The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-26
WANT new COUNTY
OVERMAN THE NAME
Mount Olive Would be the
County Seat.
AFTER CAPE FEAR PILOTS
The Senate Hears Lengthy Discussion on the
Question of the Proper Method Of
Potage and Towage at
Wilmington.

Wilmington.
The Senate was in 4 listless mood yes
terday after the battle of liquor legisla-
ton.
The smoke of the contest of the night
before hardly seemed cleared away when
Give EN- Watts, boys" had been the
battle cry.
Business pushed along in steady
| the hours passed, till about one o'clock
when the bill repeating the compulsory
pilotage act of the Cape Fear pilots was
reached, and then oratory was put on
tap.
During the introduction of bills there
was a ripple OF interest when the clerk
read by Senator Aaron, bill to be
entitled an act TO form the county OF
| overman." On investigation it proved
that the bill proposed to take large
slices off of Wayne and Duplin, smaller
| cnes off of Lenoir and Sampson, and have
| for a county seat the flourishing town OF
Mount Olive, on the Atlantic Coast Line
Senator Aaron says that this county
would be the richest agricultural county
| in the State and that the name of Over
| man was selected in honor of the newly
elected United States Senator.
Senator Warren presented two bills
yesterday, which if they become laws
Will be effective as labor saving de-
vices and will materially reduce the
| size of the volumes in which biennially
! the laws appear
| The first of Mr.. Warren's bills pro-
Vides that the various Boards of County
| Commissioners be empowered with the
authority to allow ex-Confederate sold
iers who desire to peddle, to do so with
out license. The second of these is to
| give authority to the resident judges of
| the various districts to give permission
| to Clerks of the Court to be absent from
| their offices at special times when they
| so request, this to be in the discretion
of the Judge granting such relief. Many
| bills asking for these things occupy much
! time OF the General Assembly each ses-
| sion and Senator Warren's bills proprose
| to stop this.
The House bill for the prevention of
the spread of disease among hogs re-
| curing pens to be erected and certain
sanitary precautions used met with oppo-
sition. Some twenty-five counties asked
| to be left out, and Senator Webb only
saved the bill from total annihilation by
| saying he wanted Buncombe in the bill
| Finally it went over to another day
| Senator Hoeys election bill, having
| for it's purpose the placing of the chief
| control Of city and town elections in the
| hands of the county board, also met with
| opposition, as it seemed that it would
provoke clash of authority He ex-
| planned that its purpose was primarily
to have new registrations in the various
cities and towns, and in order to avoid
| having the names of negroes not quail
| fed for the suffrage kept on, or put on
| the books at places where the Repubii-
| cans controlled the machinery and thus
in this way give them a means of assault
on the constitutional Amendment. The
bill was finally referred and will be
heard again.
Senator Godwin's bill providing that
railroads rebuild without unnecessary
delay where depots are burned went
through the Senate and goes to the
| House By it Immediate relief is ex-
| pected by the people of Dunn and it is
| to be the means of future help to towns
where depots are burned.
| The oratory of the day did its whir-
| ing around the bill proposing to repeal
| the compulsory pilotage laws at Will
mngton. The Chamber of Commerce of
| Wilmington and some of its merchants
say that the system in vogue hurts the
commercial growth of the city, while the
pilots say that it is all right is only
what is just and that by virtue of pre-
vious laws and faithful service no change
/ should he made.
! Senator Bellamy opposed the BILL which
| had come with an unfavorabIe report
from the Judiciary Committee, a minori-
| ty report favoring it, He described tho
conditions, held that the pilots were
right in their contention and that at the
bottom Of the matter were two trusts
| Senator Brown favored the repeal and
declared that it ought to pass, that it re-
moved hardships from shippers as rail-
| read rates were made UP from shipping
rates. The pilotage ard towage charges at
| Wilmington he felt we're too large and
| the city was being hurt. Senator Bel
| lamy asked him if he was not interested
in the lumber business. To this Mr.
Brown replied vigorously saying that he
was, to a small extent, but that because
of this he was not urging the bill, but
simply because it was right.
| Senator Travis aided Senator Bellamy
and spoke against the bill. Senator Bald
win stood by Senator Brown and the
i bill. while Senator Webb opposed the re-
peal The arguments were all at length,
and each speaker warmed up to the sub
ject.
! The capstone of oratory was put on by
Senator Wellborn (Rep.l, of Ashe He
talked patriotism, told Of the days of
/ the Revolution and how little girl in
the Cape Fear section had aided General
Greene in saving the country and freeing