The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-03

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ucat.on CT Aecklenourg count - bor-
row money.
To change the time for holding cleo
ions for sc@oo trustees n Chadhourn
county.
To amend chapter So. laws OF 1901 re-
.ating TO Dare county.
To provide for primary elections in
Craven county.
To pay Miss Fanny Wright a school
teacher in Scotland county.
For relief Of II. F. Willie. a school
teacher IN Hyde county.
To invite General T. F. Hoke. the las.
surviving major general Of the CoE.-
Tolerate army 10 accept a public recep-
tion from the General Assembly.
Toirt resolution endorsing the James
town exposition and requesting North
Carolina senator and Representatives
In Congress TO favor an appropriation
b he national government
To amend the laws Of 1889 relating TO
killing osa y dynamite, by adding
the Counties OF stanly. Ashe n Mont
gomery - the set a. killing fish by dy-
Mantle.
: AESsAGEFDOM TIE GOVERNOR
message was received from Gov
GstsDT 11EE11 transmitting Sat TS@D1G-
ten OF ID trustees of tie University
and the report Of President Venab.e.
Governor Glenn said that from all
statements made 10 him by President
Eenable and from the unanimous decls-
ion Of the trustees after careful inVes-
tig2tion il was approved that there was
absolute need for the better equim"nt
Of the University, and that the request
for q $5G.C00 building and laboratory
building Should be granted If possible
to do so. Ee also called attention 20
reports and requests for the other
state institutions and said he felt sure
the Legislature would Go ali that was
possible 10 aid these institutions.
PAMLICO RIVER BILL.
Mr.. Laugninghouse, of Pitt, who in
troduced the bill to prevent use OF
dutch nets made a strong II earnest
specn in its advocacy. He stated thai
the present law was passed without The
knowledge Of the people and was in eff
feet, a sneak bill, any members OF the
legislature of 1901 having assured him
that they did not know of its granting.
Since the act OF 1901 people in Il terri
tory of 20 miles above Washington had
bSSH ClIIloSl oL~NcIAItAg "a AA"'
to satisfy the greed os half a dozen
wholesale fish dealers in Washington.
Even the people O. that city Were now
compelled 10 pay twice as much for fish
as they did before the law creating a
fish monopoly for Beaufort county vas
passed. The speaker gave an interest
ing recital of how tbs law was operat-
cd so as to break up fishing along Tar
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pie against 500. He related how fish
wagons and carts used 10 go grom
Vance, Franklin. warren, Wilson am
Wayne counties TO fisheries on Tar
river, to get fish and how by the oper
alton of the present law this trade had
been broken up and the people in ali
that section had to buy their shad and
herring at high prices, and could not
ever get them at that since the whole
sale ealer at Washington shipped
| them north at too high prices for North
Carolina farmers and for poor people.
He told how the Dutch n pound nets
in pamlico county had prevented the
passage of fish above Washington, and
said that not only were the counties
of Pitt, Martin and Edgecombe and
Nash bordering on Tar river deprived
OF fish but in q few years the sh2d
! would be exterminated. He asked that
his bill prohibiting the use of such ex-
terminating fishing apparatus, be pass
| ed. although the committee had &C.
| ported it adversely.
Mr.. Harris, OF Beaufort, replied t,
Mr.. La~ugninghouse and opposed the
! bill. He quoted from the United State
J Fish Commission to show that tn
| Beaufort county fisheries as at present
operated did not tend to exterminatt
the shad and herrings and gave then
all the protection they needed. He &C.
scribed the fishing operations on Pam
lico river and said they did not prevent
the passing OF fish UP the stream tt
Tar river and its tributaries. He SAID
the Dutch and pound nets which The
Laughinghousc biz proposed to &C.
strCy cid not catch as many fish oi
present their passage near so much a
the innumerabIe gill nets all along TN
streams. Mr. Harris submitted liner
esting statistics showing the immens
amount of capital invested in this n5f
industry. which would be practically
confscated if the bill passed He was
followed by Mr.. Jones, OF Hyde county
who earnestly opposed the bill. Ex'
Congressman Branch. Of Beaufort
made a strong and earnest argumen'
in opposition to the biz declaring ina
it's passage would almost destroy in
oustry. which supported thousands o
laboring people and fishermen, as wei
as c~onfscating in effect many tnous-
ands of dollers Of invested capital MT
Woodland, of Pamiico county IN oppos-
ing the bill said Mr.. Lauginghouse {
bill and reminded him OF ar
| old SONG which ran:
| Little Boy Rlue blow your horn.
Be sure and blow t fine,
! Give to the Beaufort dutch nets he'll,
| But don't you dare to toueh mine
After further speeches favoring the
| bill Mr.. Pines. OF Chatham. and Mr.
| clearinghouse. the previous question
was called and the bill Oh motion OF
| yoo5ard of pamIico was aid on the