The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03
County Seat of Roheson.

The committee on counties, cities and
towns decided to favorably report the
bill to allow the people of Robson to
vote next August on the question OF
moving the court house from Lumber
ton to Pembroke, which remove is pc
titioned fer by two thousand citizens.
There will at the same time be a vote
on the question of the issue of forty
thousand dollars in bonds for building
a court house and Jail.
H3ey's bin which passed the senate
today authorizes the county boards of
election to appoint registrars and
Judges of elections in towns and
when they find it necessary to order
new election, object in this teing to
remove negroes from TegistratiVe rolls.
It is said that In about twenty towns,
the government is republican n OF
course only republicans would be APP
pointed registrars and judges of cleo
ton. That the negroes WOul vote this
| year and then say next year their
| names were on the registration books
and thus easily make cases TO beat con-
stitutionality of the new constitutional
amendment.
PiIOtuge Bill POstponed.
MOrJon's pilotage bill is postponed
until Monday. at the request of George
ROUntree who is sick.
No Appropriation for st. Louis Expo
sitiOD.
The Joint committee on appropria-
tons is now holding a secret or execu-
tive session. 1t is said it has decided
against II state appropriation for an
| exhibit at the St. Louis exposition.
Chairman D%oughton, of the house fl
nance committee, desires me to give as
surance to the public that the second
500, 600 to keep the public schools open
four months will certainly be provided
by this legislature.
Night Session of House.
At the house night session. the follow
ing bills passed third reading:
To amend the charter of the Bank OF
Fayetteville.
To establish the Farmers and Mer-
chants Bank of Wilson.
To confirm the franchises and charter
rights of the Suffolk and Carolina rail-
way.
To establish a ~dispensary at Edward,
Beaufort county.
To incorporate the Washington and
! Nandemere railroad.
To Incorporate the Belsam and Black
Rock railway.
To incorporate the Tennessee and
North Carolina Railroad company.
To incorporate the Bank of Nashville.
To incorporate the Roanoke Island
Celebration Company.
To incorporate the Merchants and
Farmers Bank of Columbia.
! To incorporate the Bank OF Raeford.
To provide for the care of certain in
! sane persons. idiots and lunatics.
To change the time of holding the
fall terms OF court in the third district.
To protect and promote the fish in
DINA.
To amend the code extending the
| definition of the term "Inebriate."
Chairman DoughtOn, of the commit
tee on finance. introduced the machin-
| cry act prepared by the joint commit
tee on finance.
Bills were introduced by Suggs to al
low Washington to issue schoo bonds,
and to require compulsory school at
tendance at Washington.
The resolution to borrow one hun
dred thousand dollars to pay the out
| standing school claim against the state
was reported from the education COM
mittee without prejudice and went
over until tomorrow, pending an effort
to compromise.
Bills We're introduced as follows:
To allow Alamance to issue bonds.