The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-01-27

Redwine: To take J.. r. Gordon out
OF a school district In Union couaty.
also To establish Indian Trail School
District. Union county.
Biggs: To allow a clerk OF the or
poratIon commission to afrix its seal
In the absence Of the commissioners.
McNinch: To amend divorce law.
Enriughaus: BY request. to allow
Wilson district graded schools to issue
bonds.
Mcqueen: To amend charter Of Max
ton.
Mitchell: To regulate killing Of
squirrels In BERTHE county
Allen: Amending code providing for
partition Of mineral interests when the
same have cen separated from ID
ian6.
Aso to provide a lien for purchase OF
money by stumrage.
Allen: To incorporate the Bank Of
Jackson
Cufieid: To prevent hunting an
Martin county without written prlsiH
eye.
Overs: To forbid hunting on lan1s
in Curr.tuck county without written
consent of land wner
Redwine: To establish = rSforna-
tory.
Davis: To forsld throwing sawduss
in South Fork creek. Burke counsy,
and 10 ailow Morganton to have u sew
Grange system.
Fleming: To repeal The charter Of n
OF the North Carolina and Tennessee
railway.
Feimester: To allow Hickory To pay
trustees OF schools $40 from magistrates
in Jones and TO regulate primary cleo
tins In Crave
Graham OF Orange: For the rel.ef Of
county commissioners.
Mcqueen. by request; To create b
county OF Lee. also TO prevent public
drunkenness IN school districts OF
Moore county.
Redwine: To allow the people M
Union county 20 eject road commits
sioners.
Frizzell: To amend charter OF Jack
son., Green county.
BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF LACY.
Williams introduced a bill to repeal
an act of this session. relieving State
stolen from his office by Clerk W. III.
Martin. Williams asked suspension Of
the rules and that the ball be put on the
calendar. Graham OF Granville object
ed but the House voted 10 suspend 10
to 2S. Williams moved that he bin ~
put upon its immediate passage. Strong
objections were made but on q rCll
all the bill IA taken up SIS to II.
Prior TO the introduction OF this bill
by Williams, efforts had been renew
ed to have the bill reconsidered simply
to allow members to have their votes
recorded on roll call, this being aivo-
Gated by Mitchell, Murphy, Biggs. 40
Ninch and Williams. and opposed by
Winbourne. Graham and Murphy OF
Rowan. Speaker Guion ruled that the
bill having e signed by the president
of the Senate and being a Senate bill.
could not b. r~econsidered or by intro
ducing a bill to repeal the act. Their IL
was that Williams presented his bi.i.
He called the previous question when
the bill came UP. but afterwards with
drew the call. Graham, of Granville,
made another strong argument in sup
port of the bill passed yesterday
and in opposition to the Williams bIlh
Winbourne opposing the Williams bill
declared that in long experience In poll
itics that this was the first time tsA
had ever known members OF n party
to join the minority party, trying to-
put their own party to a disadvantage
Gus position. Mitchell aid he was sur
prised at Williams argument from tho
fact that all who opposed the Lacy re-
lief bill yesterday only asked the poor
privilege today OF having their votes
recorded and hat this had been denied
them. He said he understood the de-
falcatiCn OF Clerk Martin was discov-
ored by accident and that all this III
about Lacy for his great detective Ca
pacity was out OF pace. Laughing
house opposing the bill, said IL there
Were any odium in voting for the re-
lief OF Lacy and against the bill low
pending he would be proud to go on
record. lie had understood hat the
bill for Lacy's relief had not been sug-
gested by Lacy but was introduced at
the suggestion Of the governor. En-
ringhaus and Fowler spoke in support
OF williams bill. Fowler spoke At
length, mainly reciting what he te-n-
ed the great services OF Treasures
Worth, his reputation as an honest
man and a careful official and that not
only had Worth given up his home N
his old age to pay the SIG, coo stolen by
Clerk Martin, but Worth had not asked
the state to refund it to him.. He said
Martin had the confidence OF the oeo-
pie OF Raleigh and that no n a
ever suspected that ne was a thief n
hence it was not negligence In Worta
to consider him zones Stronach said
1t appeared 10 him that hose who
were so much in favor OF saving the
state some money woul stop taking
up SO much expensive time In making
long speeches He wanted to vote.
Cunningham paid a high tribute to tine
excellent services of Lacy and deciar-
ri lIidL "HEl az SpsSIIdId dAi tllfSCl az
governor of the state suggested a :e-
lief bill and recommended It's passage
he was proud to go on record In favor
OF II. Murphy IF B~uncombe. made an
earnest argument In favor of the bill
to repeal and declared that as an ear
nest friend Of Lacy he COLD but say
20 him that he could not afford TO re-
ceive a dollar of this money II II were
returned to him. Williams called he
Era.-inff1 nts1effSn the rail UQz astS-
tanned n debate was cut short. sew
eral members begging TO be allowed to
speak. They gave notice that .nsy
would speak in expls nation of thei-
vote on roll cali. Gordon of Stokes
demanded a roll call and the dernaEd
was sustained by a large majority. The
bill passed second reading % to- &c.
Speeches explaining their votes wsns
made by Alexander. Mailard. Boner.
cowles, Feimstcr, Glenn. Gordon or
Stokes, Grant n Glenn. The bill was
1hen put on third reading and passed.