The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-17

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HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Speaker Guion called the House to
order at 1 2 o'clock, prayer being ofer-
ed by Rev. Massee of Baptist Taoer-
nacle Church
BILLS RATIFIED.
To incorporate the Dover Southbound
Railway Company.
To confer police powers on deputy
sheriffs and constables at Cooleemee,
Rowan county.
To prohibit public drunkenness th're
and to appoint J. NJ. Jennings a JUS
ticc of the peace.
To amend the charter Of Rocking
ham,.
To drain Gear creek in Henderson
county.
To change time Of holding school
elections in Chadbourn, Columous
county.
To amend sections 1893 and 1904 Of
the code, ~relative to tax and fees on
CORPORATION OF railroad companies.
To prevent hunting on lands OF an
other in Rutherford township without
permission.
To drain Mud creek in Buncombe
county.
To regulate the pay of veniremen and
jurors in Forsythe county.
To allow the town of Rockingham
| to issue bonds to construct waterworas.
PETITIONS.
~Cowles-From citizens Of Wilkes
| county for establishment of an 1mmi-
grafton Bureau
By Boney-Affidavit Of H l. House
| that no notice had been given Of act
1 - ranpaI sfnoE Ia in FEEDER Point
township.
| Shipman-FrOm merchants OF COium-
| bus for repeal Of merchants tax.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
The following bills were introduced:
Riggs-For relief Of Romena Moore
| of Durham county
| Britt-To allow Robson county TO
borrow money from the school funds.
Hasten-To extend time for the North
State Trust Company to perfect it's Or
organization .
Eringhaus-To change time Of hold
ing court in Pasquotank.
Fainnster-To allow the mayor and
| aldermen of Hickory to donate 10000
to he Hickory Graded School.
Glenn-To ratify and amend the char
ter of Asheville.
Byrd-To protect fish in Yancey
county.
Cunningbam-To allow board of az
riculture to fix salary Of commissioner
Of agriculture.
Rives-To amend the laws of 1893 rel-
ative to deprelations by domestic
funds.
FINAL READING.
Bills passed final reading to provide
for working public roads in Macon.
To authorize a special tax for built
ing a bridge across French Broad river
in Jackson county.
To amend the charter of the Dur
ham and Southern Railway.
To allow Waynesville to make 9
contract for an electric light plant.
To allow Durham to issue schoo
bonds.
To make territory within incorporate
limits Of Lincolnton a graded schoo
district.
To allow Goldsboro to issue bonds.
To amend the Buncombe stock law
To incorporate Walnut, Madison
county.
To allow Camden county to levy spe'
cial AK.
To provide sewerage for Monroe.
LIQUOR ON ELECTION DAY.
The House took UP the bill making
it a misdeneanor to sell or give ava.
liquor within 5 miles of a voting plac'
ON election day, with an amendmau
Incorporated by the committee provid
ing that a man could give away
drink provided that he did not do s.
with intent to influence the election
following the section of the code. Nc
2 Ninch and Alexander of Mecklenbur2
Davis and Murphy of Buncombe, spok
: against the amendment, saying j
would be well enough to suspend til
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= in private houses, one day in two years
1 and claimed it would be far better t
do this than by adopting the amend
ment to practically license the givin
away of liquor on election day. !
would be impossible to convict anybod
: under the language of the amendmen
- Winborne said it was an outrage 4
. bind every man a criminal who, in tn
l privacy of his home should extend
common courtesy to a friend, simpl
because it happened to be ON elect.o
day. Under the proposed law a ma
= would be a criminal who gave his wifi
n or cook a small dram to ease the too III
ache, or such like afflictiOn. FOWle
= of Sampson said he had heard Of yer
= little trouble about the giving away /
t liquor in recent elections, except i
4 Buncombe county and he opposed tn
motion to strike out the amendmer
/ / IN IL "NS NffJ S
=, Buncombe. Murphy, of Buncomb'
again spoke, saying he had seen youn
. men who were temperate dead drul
on free Republican election liquor d;
Buncombe county on election day. ]
require the state to prove the inter
would be to nullify the law. The cour
4 ty of Buncombe, regardless of polite
desired to break up his disgrace
o using whiskey to influence election
Powers offered an amendment striair
out the words. with the intent to
IL f1uence the election and this W;
adpoted by a lareg majority. VIII
e borne offered an amendment making
o a crime to give away cigars n Il
n bacco on election day, but this w;
defeated. Murphy Of Buncombe co:
tended nat whiskey would take Il
4 electors thinking faculties away, viii
tobacco would not. McNinch noddt
l. approval at this argument and ask
Winborne if he honestly desired Il