The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-03

49, AAeu, tnere was no comma ri |
wi III the price of products then ard
now especially for foods, the prices On j
all such had greatly increased. IT was !
wen known that no boarding. house or !
Aolel coul furnish board for Ga
Si0 a month, without going ont Of Tho
BUSINESS at a heavy loss. The ,oI,ege
-du never charged a penny for hoard
except the actual cost. bur II had M
iohds with which to supplant The loss
.iCaHed at trying to provide board AZ
% per month. Ehringhause advccat-
ec the bill, saying that board was al
Iedoy SO much higher at IS a month in
greensboro than at Elizabeth Citv was
the reason the girls of that section
eouid not go TO the Normal and Indus
tr1al at Greensboro and desired one AT
City. He hoped everybody
would t for the Elizabeth city
school. Mr.. Butler Of Sampson said
that 1t is for no other reason. The fact
mat President McIver recommended
thls amendment, was sufficient. He had
TINS institution at heart and knew lis
needs and had served it with a fidelity
ana devotion that was unparalle1. II
was ridiculous to suppose that any one
could get respectable board for a Young
l&dy in any Of the cities or larger
towns Of the state for S. a month with
out a loss somewhere. Sentelle advo-
Gated the bill. 1t was opposed by An
crews OF Orange, Williams, of Dublin.
n Fowler, Of Sampson. Fowler NOV
ed to table the motion to reconsider.
Inc motion to table was lost. The
motion to reconsider prevailed hv a
vote OF 56 to 20. Williams moved to
max the bill a special order for Satur-
day at ~ O'Clock. This was defeated.
ON motion of Murphy the bill was made
q special motion for 8 o'clock p. m.
VISITORS FROM TENNESSEE.
During the discussion of the Normal
and Industrial college bill, Represen-
ihtlVe Jefferson, announcing that a
m from the Tennessee Legisla-
ture which had come to Raleigh to in
VeStI2ate the Insurance laws of the
state and get information from Insur-
ance Commissioner Young, was in the
Ioboy and moved that the privilege of
the moor be extended to them. The mo-
ton was adopted by a rising vote. A
recess Of five minutes was taken and
the gentlemen were given an informal
reception in front Of the speakers
stand, members pressing forward to
welcome them, being presented AMI in
troduced by Commissioner Young. The
members of the visiting committee were
Senators F. l.. Culbert, chairman; j.
E. Carrots, L. V. Woodlee, H. E. Hause,
w. L. Davis; Representatives Williams,
Chas. II. Love, r. D. Mayo, W. W..
Faw, WooGlaw Steele and H. NJ.
Chandler.
FINAL READING.
The following lills passed inal read
ing:
To prohibit drunkenness at Spray.
Resolution for a joint meeting Of the
House and Senate Thursday at II
O'Clock to elect trustees of the State
University.
The Scales Seaate bill to amend the
law to prevent fire waste was re-referr-
ed to the judiciary committee, after
Robertson had urged it's passage. The
bill increasing The salary of the chief
clerk of the secretary Of the state from
81, OG0 to 81, AGO was advocated byMitchell
and Cunningham, who said the present
clerk was a most efficient one but with
an insufficient salary. Feinster offered
an amendment that the increase tie
paid out of fees of the secretary Of
state, saying hes understood 1.-The latter
received a salary and fees amounting
to OVer So, 500. The amendment was
adopted, IS to q, and hen on motion
of Biggs the bill was tabled.
SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY.
A message was received from the
governor recommending $4,000 annual
appropriation for a school Of technology
at Spray, to be established by B. Frank
Mebane and other prominent men
north and south. A bill was introduced
to establish such a school and together
with the message was referred to the
committee on education.
The HOuse consurred in the Senate
amendment to the bill repeating the
anti-jug law. excepting for the coun-
ties named in that law. The new
anti-jug law, as amended by the Sem
ate came up, when representatives Of
many counties which had been strick-
en- from the excepted lists by the Sem
ate protested to such an extent that
a motion to non-concur to the amend
ments prevailed and a committee Of
conference was appointed. Murphy
of Rowan, Davis of Haywood, Ehr-
inghaus Bill passed to determine
determine and compute the present
value of annuities.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
The bill to abli a geological
survey for the state came up and Win
bourne moved to table it. Graham of
Granville said he hoped one of the
most useful departments of the state
would not be stricken down by a mo-
ton to table. Winbourne withdrew
his motion upon the assurance of
Robertson that the bill was properly
guarded. Warren opposed the bill
! SAYING while it was an Improvement
on the present law. in that it allow
ed $500 a year instead of $4,000.
he believed it was all money thrown
away: tina during the past IA years
the department had spent $4,000
and that the only legal member of the
; board was now and had been for many
: years a resident of New York. He
said he introduced a bill to abolish
, the office. after looking into the mat
5 ter and finding that even the state
g~eologist had been living out Of the
state for a yea and a half. but that
the $4,000 had been expended every
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