The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-05
REARRANGf2 BY THE COMMITTEE OF
THE LEGISLATURE
The Committee Meets and Receives
Report From Its sub-Committee-Ar-
rangement of the Committee Accept
ed and to be Reported In a Bill-Sub-
Committee on Judicial Districts
Hears Complaints and Makes Chang
es-Loud Complaints
Especial TO the Messenger }

mlttee on senatorial districts met to-
| night. Senator Morton presiding.
Messrs Morton and Watts had. as a
| sub committee, prepared a scheme of
| apportionment and it was this which
| was discussed.
Mr.. Smith, of Johnston, kicked be-
cause his county was put with Samp-
| son and Harnett; Mr.. Brown of CO.
| lumbus because his was put with Blad-
| en-; Mr.. Norbell, because Swain was
put with counties now composing the
| Thirty-fifth district; Mr.. McAlister,
because Cabarrus was put with Bavie
and Rowan; Mr.. Alexander wanted Ca
barrus put with Mecklenbug.
| Mr.. Wood, of Randolph, was pleased
| with the ub-committee's report,
which was the result Of time and care.
Mr.. Blalock, of Stanley, said that
| when time came to re-register it would
| be found that negroes would be better
| able to read, write and explain the
| constitution than many white men
and that the democrats could not hope
| to continue in power and be successful
unless there were fair elections; that
| day and would be voters.
| Mr.. Watts said the scheme gave
| from Raleigh east twenty-five sena-
tors and from Raleigh west twenty
eight.
Mr.. Stewart of Harnett, moved, that
| the report be adopted as it stood and
| that it be prepared in the shape Of a
| bill. This motion prevailed. Here
] is the scheme as thus adopted:
| First District-Currituck Pasquo-
| tank, Hertford, Camden, Perquimans,
| Chowan, Gates.
| Second District-Martin, Washing
| ton, Tyrrell, Beaufort, Dare, Pamlico,
| Hyde.
Third District-Bertie, Northampton.
Fourth District-Halifax.
Fifth District-Edgecombe
Sixth District-Pitt.
Seventh District-Wilson, Nash,
| Franklin.
Eighth District-Craven, Jones, Car
teret, Lenoir, Onslow, Green.
Ninth District-Wayne.
Tenth District-Duplin, Pender.
Eleventh District New Hanover,
Brunswick.
Twelfth Observation-Disclosures, BIaden
Thirteenth District-Robeson.
Fourteenth District-Cumberland.
Fifteenth District-Sampson, Har-
, nett.
Sixteenth District-Wake.
Seventeenth District-Warren, Vance
| - Dor
son.
. Nineteenth District-Durham, Or
ange, Alamance, Caswell.
. Twentieth Observation-Disclosures
Twenty-first District-Guilford.
Twenty-second District-Chatham
. Moore, Scotland.
: Twenty-t third District-Anson, Union
Twenty-fourth District-Stanley
Montgomery, Davidson.
Twenty-fifth District-Davie, Row
an, Cabarrus.
Twenty-sixth District-Forsyth.
Twenty-seventh District-Stoke!
Surry.
Tenty-eighth ,District-Alleghany
Ashe Wautaga.
Twenty-ninth District-wilAes, Yad
kin.
Thirtieth District-Iredell.
Thirty-first Observation-Disclosures
Thirty-second District-Gaston.
Thirty-third District--Cariyll, Lii
coin.
'e Thirty-fourth District-Clevelan
/ Rutherfordton, Polk, Henderson.
Thirty-fifth District-Alexande
sr Caldwell, Burke, Mcdowell.
IS Thirty-sixth District-Mitchell, Yal
n. cey. Madison.
r Thirty-seventh District-Buncombe
s. Thirty-eighth District-Haywoo
I'd Transylvania, Jackson, Swain.
lg Thirty-ninth District-Macon. Cla
Graham. Cherokee.
The ub-committee on courts al
De judicial districts heard complaints
IN night from persons interested in I
s. judicial appointment.
n Senator Wcodard appeared for I
b. arrangement of new Third and -Four
ne districts. transferring Edgecombe
n. the Third and Pitt to the Fourth.
It said Judge Browns apportionme
in | amounted to legislating Solicit
ALI Moore, of Pitt, out Of Office and (
les commodated nobody except prospect
ty candidates for solicitors. He gave ]
on tice that unless change was made
70 licitor Moore would simply move fr
Pitt to Wilson and defeat their pla
This is considered a clincher.
my Mr.. Marlborough. Of Franklin. a
advocated the change in justice to
the licitor Moore.
Mr.. Baldwin. Of Forsyth, protes