The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-24
Especial to The Messenger.)
SENATE.

PIRATE $1,000 TO clearing out ADoSkle
swamp To incorporate the Carolina
Mutual Life Association. To prescribe
certain books to be used in the uni
yersity and other colleges. To incor-
porate the State Order of Junior Me-
chanics.
Bills were passed as follows: To
amend the charter of G~oldsboro. To
authorize Fayetteville to establish and
operate an electric light and power
plant. To establish graded schools at
New Bern. To provide a short form
of agricultural lien and chattel mort
gage. Allowing clerks 10 cents for
p%robating, and the register of deeds
80 cents for registering bonds. ct ap-
plies to Cumberland, Nash, Edge
-combe, Greene, Duplin, Wayne, Lenoir,
Onslow, Pender, Wilson, Robson, Bla-
den, Brunswick, New Hanover, Moore,
Sampson, Beaufort, Carteret, Craven,
Jones and Richmond.)
The election of directors for the leaf
and dumb school at Morganton was
held.
The president interrupted the discus
sion to state that the Scotland county
bill would be signed and ratified. He
signed it with a gold pen which had
been given Senator Glenn for his bril-
liant speech.
Senator James then nominated the
men put forward by the committee,
namely: M. l.. Reid, of Buncombe; M.
H. Holt, of Guilford; V. ". Richardson,
of Columbus; N. B.. Broughton, of
Wake and r. A. Grier, of Mecklen-
burg. Senator Smith put in nomina-
ton DR.. H. c.. Herring, of Concord.
Upon the vote being taken the nomi-
nees of the committee were elected, DR..
Herring receiving thirteen votes.
Senator Cooley asked that the Gull
ford dispensary bill, which had been
submitted with favorable committee
report, be referred to the judiciary
committee He believed the dispensary
is a private corporation and thought it
best the committee should decide as to
whether sufficient notice had been
given under the constitution.
Senator Wilson, of Guilford, asked
if the senator's real purpose was not to
side track the bill.
Senator Cooley answered mo"
Senator Wilson spoke for the bill and
said it was purely a local measure, and
should be passed upon at once.
| Senator Bryan said the democratic
party ought not to go into local mat
ters where members of the party were
so much at variance. He opposed the
bill and considered it's enactment a
dangerous precedent.
enato Glenn moved that the bill
be referred to the judiciary committee,
reported to the senate in the morning
and made a special order for 1 o'clock.
This motion prevailed.
The bill relating to the establishment
Of a geological survey, providing for
investigation of the oyster and fish
interests of the state, passed final read
ing.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr.. Ray, of Macon, after three weeks
sickness, was in his seat.
Mr.. Winston introduced a resolution
to raise a joint committee to recon-
mend trustees of the Agricultural and
Mechanical college.
AN OoA XhCSSIS. ILL
and Patterson of Caldwell, a committee
to ask the governor for the names of
the trustees of that college whose times
have expired. AS the house branch of
the joint committee on ventilation of
the two houses Currie, Of Moore, Trot-
man and Henderson were appointed.
Bills were introduced as follows: To
allow school districts to pay for max
ing out school tax lists. The governor
to appoint three commissioners to the
Paris exposition. To regulate fire insur-
ance rates in North Carolina. To amend
the charter of Warsaw.
Bills passed as follows: To allow
- Greene to levy a special tax To allow
Wilmington to refund it's bonds. To in
corporate the town of Gibson.
The house took up as special order
the election of trustees of the deaf
mute school at Morganton. The joint
committee nominated NJ. L. Reid, of
Buncombe; NJ. H. Holt, of Guilford; ".
V. Richardson, of Columbus; N. B.
Broughton, of Wake; r. A. Grier, of
Mecklenburg. They refused to surren-
der to the fusion rule and have con-
Quoted the affairs of the school in an
able manner.
Mr.. Hartsell nominated DR.. H. c.
Herring. saying he was the best pre-
pared man in the state outside of Pro
lessor E. NICK. Goodwin.
Mr.. Allen, of Columbus, said the
whole fight was made against Mr.. Rich
ardson. He said he thought they were
going to fight Mr.. Richardson with a
whale, but instead they brought forth
a Herring"
Mr.. Ray read a letter saying DR.. Her
ring was an enemy Of Professor Good