The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-06
Messenger Bureau,

Raleigh, N. c.. March &
The supreme court is devoting his
week to appeals from the Fifth district
the docket being a light one.
Members of the legislature appear to
nearly all agree that the session will
practically end next Saturday; that is
most of the members will go home that
day. A few will remain probably a day
or two longer to close up business. The
house calendar is very badly choked
with bills, a number of public bills
among them.
The legislature is ~voriue to
make their special department pay the
entire expense of the agricultural build
ing at the Agricultural and Mechanical
College here. A bill was originally in
troduced providing for an appropriation
OF 500, 900 by the legislature for such a
building. After a while, some of the
members of the legislature got up q
bill providing that the legislature
should pay $4,000 of his and the agri-
cultural department the remainder. The
fact is, the agricultural department
revenues fuctuate, n last year were
less than for the year before. The de-
partment has a very large amount of
fixed charges, including besides the fer
tiliZer analysis and inspection, the
museum, the chronological work, the
soil test farms and the extremely i'm
portant work of the state veterinarian,
DR.. TAFT Butler. There was a confer
ence Saturday between the board of
agriculture and a member of the legis-
lature who is pressing for the use of
the departments own funds. 1t was
found hat his idea was that the legis-
lature should give nothing at all, but
that the department should bear the
whole expense of the proposed building.
1t was also found that two or three
members of the legislature favored the
idea of making the department pay all
the current expenses of the college.
The board of agriculture last year APP
~propriated 81, 900 to the college. for
scholarships and for pay of students
working or the farm. What may be
termed a compromise bill has been pre-
pared, by which it is p divided that the
board of agriculture shall appropriate
from time to time such amounts as can
be spared from it's funds. which may
not be needed for the legitimate pur-
poses of the department under the eX-
listing laws and regulations, for the
erection and equipment of a suitable
agricultural building, and if necessary
for the purchase of additional lands
therefor. The bill provides that the
board shall have authority to borrow
money for the speedy erection of the
building.
Among today'S arrivals were Joseph
E. Robinson, GoldsborO; Junius Davis.
Robert Ruark, J. o. Carr, Wilmington;
Locke Craig, Ashevilie; A. H. Eller.
Winston; w. E. Stone, Goldsboro; H
B. Short, Lake Wackamaw; Stephen
Mcintyre. N. A. Mclean, Lumberton;
S. A. Schloss, Wilmington.
1t was said yesterday by a prominent
man that Governor Aycock appeared
to be disposed to locate both the Nash
and Davidson monuments at the Gull
ford battle ground.
1t is learned from an attorney regard
ing the killing of Ludlow Skinner by
Ernest Haywood, that over 100 persons
saw the first shot. 1t is ascertained
that there will be no habeas corpus pro-
ceedings, to get bail for Haywood be-
fore March 23rd. A week ago it SEEM
ed to be the opinion that such an effort
would be made in a day or two, but
the attorneys for the defence seem to
have formulated nc plan. 1t is said
that if the case is not heard at the
March term, but goes over until July
an application may be made for habeaS
corpus after the March term ends.
Attorneys for the prosecution today
asked the solicitor Of this district whe
has declined to prosecute on the ground
OF kinship to Haywood, whether he had
the power to appoint a prosecutor pro
tenn, or whether that right does not
rest in presiding judge: This is really
q very interesting question.