The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-01
STATE GUARD ENCAMPMENT
PROBABLY TO BE HELD AT WRlGHTS-
VILE NEXT SUMMER

kloCtlOu LEW Oro1 eo0- hAoOT
Bill to be Argued In Committee Tues
day-No Extra Session of the Legis-
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, ~. c., February %.
The first real snow storm Of the win
ter began this morning. The ground
was very dry and ready to hold it.
1t is quite probable that the state
guard will go into camp this year at
Wrightsville, if the property on which
the encampments from 1888 to 1891 in
elusive were held car be secured.
The congressional district arrange
ment is a great puzzle. The caucus
has settled that there shall be ten dis
tricts, but now the task I'M of SO ar
ranging as to make all certainly dem
ocratic.
w. E. Gary was today appointed as
sistant quartermaster general of the
state guard.
sure that the state will build a new
arsenal ana nan OI ICCOloo. n Di
hat end was favorably reported to-
day.
The Southport, Wilmington and Dur
ham Railway Company is the one
which has invested $780, 900 in terminal
property 1t Southport. 1t will con-
meet with the Norfolk and Western at
Durham and give the latter road an
outlet south, which it greatly desires.
The state charters the Burlington
furniture company, capital $13, 500, with
leave to increase to $50, 600.
The Subcommittee of the education
a committee of the legislature today
completed the new school law. There
will certainly be -four months schools
all over the state.
Rev. w. G.. Clements, the superin-
tendent of public schools in this county,
says it can nave five months schools.
The trouble he finds is that parents
insist on taking their children from the
schools, to work. He declares strongly
in favor of compulsory education. and
says that while he sees no immediate
hope of it, yet it will be ordered Don
er or later, as a necessity.
Governor Aycock will not attend the
presidential Inauguration. He and
staff will go to the exposition at Buff
falo.
The managers of the impeachment
and their lawyers have done a great
deal of work on the preparation of the
articles Of impeachment, notably a bill
of indictment against the judges. 1t
was thought the articles would GER
tainly be presented yesterday, but the
progress made was not what was ex-
pected.
The subcommittee on election law
has completed the draft of a bill for
a new law. The August election is
done away with. Last August State
Chairman Simmons told your CORE
spondent that there would be no more
August elections. Of course the cleo
ton last August was held in that
month so as to entirely separate it
for the national election, so there could
be no federal interference with the
constitutional amendment vote at the
polls. The necessity for such elections
has ended, Of course.
The revenue bill is reported. Most
of the Objectionable features are
stricken out. There yet remain a few.
One of them is the ann of collect
ing taxes on corporation loans. No
doubt this will be modified.
The bill for a reformatory for young
criminals was today reported favora-
bly,. Great pressure will be brought to
90 ~ SCSuiC Tic pdSSdSe VI the Dill.
Many legislators, however, express op-
position to it, this opposition being
mainly from the east.
There will be argument Tuesday on
n very important bill to regulate
hours of labor and the employment Of
children in textile mills. The agree
ment by the mill-owners will then be
presented.
The concensus of opinion today is
that there will be no extra session of
the legislature, but that it can finish
by March 10th or 18th. A few days of
free service may be given, if there is
an emergency.
A bill is introduced in the house OF
representatives by Representative Duls
regarding unauthorized outside mutual
companies. The bill provides that mu-
tual companies of other states shall
De permitted to do business in this
state upon the payment by them of ali
ices and taxes as now imposed by law
upon home mutual companies. 1t is
further provided in the bill that the
tax thu collected hall be appropriated
to the textile department of the Aeri.
cultural and Mechanical college.