The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-01-13
FIGHT ON DIVORCE QUESTION.
ANY LEGISLATION WILL PHoBA-
bly, BE A COMPROMISES.
Watts Liquor Law VIII Probably Re-
main I'm Force-Prcparing for the
Inauguration Of Gienn-A soldiers
Home Inmate Passes Suddenly
Awas-MaSons Arriving 10 Attend
Sessions OF the Grand Iodge.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. -. g January 9.

Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. ". g. January 9.
AT the Capitol today a good deal was
going on. outside the west front work
men were building the platform for the
inauguration ceremonies. which IL the
weather is favorable will be held out
doors Inside. the rotunda was being
electrically arranged and also decorated,
SO there was plenty OF stir. The very
cold weather of course is a draw back.
this morning being about the coldest'oi
the winter
At the Soldiers Home yesterday at
%;ernoon one Of the inmates. W. L. Far
irington, died very suddenly. He was
lat the church services. which ended at
. O'Clock and III hour and a half later
was sitting in a hair in his room. talk
ling 10 his room mate, when suddenly he
fell over and died in a moment.
The State today granted permission
for the dissolution OF the Charlotte Tel
lephone Company.
The public schools here are filed to
the lirait. Work is being pushed as
rapidly as the cold weather will permit
loE a new school at Brooklyn, a suburb
lof the city. quite near the Methodist
Iorphana ge. In the Wiley public school.
built for 400 pupils. there are now $50.
IA number OF these will be transferred
ito the Brooklyn school. The sewing D.
Ipartment in the domestic science school
lis in operation and in a dey or two the
pupils will get to work Ill the cooking
department there.
Chairman T. B. Womack Of the code
Commission says the second volume
will be completed by the public printer
tomorrow. 1t is a small volume as
compared with the first one.
In IN interview with Representative
lWinborne of the House, regarding i'm
Iportant matters, he said that the SEN
Itiment there in favor of a reformatory
FOR young criminals is very strong. II
lis learned from the head of the Kings
Daughters of North Carolina that HI
border is entirely willing to- give to the
Estate the site presented To the order
flor a reformatory at Lakeview. Moore
lcounty. This site was presented to The
kings Daughters last spring. and the
location is very fine.
Representative Winbornn was asked
what seemed to be the opinion in re-
lgard TO liquor legislation and replied
THAT it seemed to be to allow the Watts
Ilaw to remain in force. marely curing
a few defects in it. as that Law appears
to have a very large measure of public
flavor, and Democratic opposition to it
has become very small. In response to
Ian inquiry about VIA would be done
lin regard to divorces, Mr.. Winborne
isaid there were a good marry views on
THAT question and said that while some
members warmly favored a sweeping
ilaw. limiting divorce to biblical grounds.
isome wanted the open door. He ex-
IpresSed the opinion that whatever bill
Twas passed it would be a sort of COM
lDrOmise and that there would be really
Ia hard fight on the divorce question.
ISome members are heard to say that
they want anybody who desires a di-
ivorce TO have one.
Some Masons came in today, among
the prominent Ones to arrive being
IGrand Master walter L. Liddell. and
deputy Grand Master F. VI. Moye. The
lGrand Lodge meets tomorrow night and
will have a very great attendance. 1t
will tomorrow afternoon lay the corner
stone Of the imposing new agriculture
building at the A. and NJ college.
Among other arrivals today were H..
IL. Goodwin, Dunn; John d. Davis, Elm
lCity; John NJ. Campbell, Thomas A.
Jones, Asheville! Chase Brenizer, Char
Hottie; Frank Arnfield. Monroe
Wake Superior court met today, for a
terminal term. a. true bill may be
found against Raymond D. Bynum for
murder, but he will not be tried until
March.
Examinations have been held at Kin
lston for free delivery mail carriers.
There will be three of them and they
will begin work at $50 a. m. and end
lat s p. M, unusual hours, but made
necessary by the way the mails arrive.
There will ha a delivery to the whole
town as late as s p. m.
Il is learned at the United States
IMarshalss Q<iee that while directly af-
ter the Watts law went into effect there
Twas j great falling off in business, that
now the latter is back at about the cd
Iamount- 1t is said by the officers that
for a while people would not report the
location of Illicit distillers and that one
sheriff told the deputy marshal hat IL
The saw a still in operation he would not
report it.
On the 24th instant the creditors OF the
wv. w. Mills Lumber Company n OF
lWalter W.. Mills. both ~bankrupts, will
inject here. Walter l.. Watson Is trus-
tee. The schedule OF the company shows
debts amounting to SOS. 528 and assets
Iclaimed to be worth s95,514. mainly in
the way Of securities. amounting TO s92,-
900. Mills personally owes $50, 4ss, and
Ihis assets claim to be S147. 600 of which
Jail except 81 1000 is in securities. Most Of
the debts of the company and Mills are
ITO saw mill men.