The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-24
TALK ON LIQ.JR BILLS.
Believed That n Compromise vii
be Reached-The Railway Demur-
rage Bill - More Free Delivers
ROutes-StOrm Does Damage IL
BERTHE.
Messenger Bureau.

Raleigh. n. c.. February 10
Most of the talk TODAY was arcut
liquor regulation bills. Representative
Watts said he had always felt that it
would be a very hard task to get his
bill through. and had always thought
he would be glad to have any majority
! for it. A senator said he id not think
the Londo bill could pass that hcty
| but had an idea the Watts bill could
! do so and that he thought III seIIa u
might take up the Watts bill. A teTy
powerful pressure has been brought to
bear to defeat any and all Fquor ECU
lation bills, one of the CHER arguments
being that it would cause the democrat
ic party to be defeated two years hence.
The liquor men have rafusej TO be in
terviewed and have lone their work
very quietly indeed. 1t has been the
policy of the State LiGuor Dealers as
ISOLATION for several years to have no
public meetings and to do its " TX
quietly, avoiding publicity. Some Ier-
sons have thought that the Watts bill
would pass the house and the Lon
don bill the senate a~d then there W uIS
be a compromise bill.
A sheriff remarked today that he ca
not see where the ~eVenua. an increase
of which is so much needed. is TO come
from. When told that it was Thought
that it would be a large incroasA in
property valuation he replied that this
would not result until assessors W.re
secured who would do THEN duty. He
said he knew of a building in his CIV
worth a 500, 900 assessed for $40. 600
Of another worth $1,000 assessed for
$50. 600.
The weather man here vontured the
remark 10 days ago that he did mt
think there would be any more &c Id
weather this winter. He missed il Tor
yesterday morning and this mOrn,n
were two of the very coolest OF the
season. The farmers say that there
will be no damage from the cold unless
possibly to small grain. Some wheat
is probably hurt.
The demurrage bill which was re:,y1t t
ed ~favOrably in the legislature t"!ay
is intended to compel the Railways to
handle their cars more quickly from
one station to another. Under the
present regulation, the railways CHI nrge
if a car IS not promptly unloadrd. The
purpose of he bill is to give the re-
ceiver of the car a chance TO make a
like claim in case the car is not prompt
y anu property uSllNeIEu.
Postmaster Bailey. who looks after
the payment of the rural tee delivery
mai carriers in North Carolina was
today notified of the establishment ihis
month Of % new routes, bringing the
total number up to 223.
One of the ice factories mere will be
operated by electricity flom Neuse
river at Milburnie and The plant is
now being changed for this purpose
IT iS said that tho Pa1oiph Cnc md
Electric Co.. will go into the .rght
and owe combination.
The State Agricultural and Mechanic
cal college here asks for total aDp~o-
priations of s45, 600 a year tor each OF
the years 1903 and 1904. It will IN q
separate bill ask for $50, 600 10 pay dobts
which were incurred by the burning Of
Watauga Hall, and the necessary re.
building of that and also the "on.
struction of the Pullen Memorial Bud.
ng. The actual appropriation for he
college is said to be no greater now
with 500 students. than it was cieht
years ago when there were only $50.
Work on the main building at the
Methodist orphanage here * not 20 b.
resumed until the middle of March, or
account of the weather. The trustee:
have employed a teacher at the or
phanage. Up to this time the children
there have been attending the city
public school.
Francis b. Winston arrived tce1a!
from BERTHE, and says Iuesuay might:
storm caused great obstruction in tina
county. The storm had two paths. on
across the northern AMI the nthe
across the southern end of the county
From - to Is dwelling houses "ver'
blown down and Mars Fill Baotis
church was entirely wreckad: IS hos
were killed. and severa1 men. WOTheI
and children were injured. some seri
ously, but none fatally. The loss o
timber was immense. A whirlWfnt
tore through the forests in the north
ern part Of the county leaving destrur-
ton in its wake.
A charter was granted today tn
Lenoir Lumber Co, of LenOir. caldwell
county, capital $50. 600; r. L. Gwyn anc
others stockholders.
1t is decided that only the sum ~
solutely necessary for the insane Gev
lum shall be appropriated. The state
need of funds is too great to petmi
any additional appropriation.
Among today's arrivals were W. Q
Howard and J. r. Gaski1l, F. c. TIar
den. w. H. Ragsdale, Greenville. c. w
Mangum. J. 3. Holland. New Bern: s
H. LeWith, Wilmington