The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-17
MAY NOT NEED A BOND ISSUE.
Receipts of tue Treasury Will Ex-
coed observation-disclosures to the
Hall of JIistory-BM % Amend the
Law Iiegilrding Life Insurance.
Messenger Bureau.


Raleigh, n. c., Feb. ID.
The weather continues very bad in
this section, there having been another
saeet yesterday, though a small one,
rain following last night and a rising
temperature taking away most of the
but IS yet frozen to a conside cradle
depth.
Members of n legislature state that
they nave q statement from the state
treasurer to the affect that h receipts
FOR this year and next year, including
the balance in the treasury will aggre-
gate $500. O0G, and that there will be
some $437, 900 in excess of expenses.
From this they are arguing that nc
bond ssh will be necessary and ONE
them offered a bet that there will De
no such issue. The advocates Of a bond
issue say It is a necessity. It is also
chained by the opponents OF the p.ali
to erect a new building for a Hnll of
Records that no step of this kind Will
De taken, but that the matter wall be
postponed until Two years hence any
way. The policy Of delay is a "ery
popular one with some members.
Tomorrow the Legislature will have
it's first night session The session is
considerably more han half over and
has certainly been one of the most I'M
interesting ever held, certainly in the
experience of our correspondent.
Today the subcommittee appointed
to % into the matter o fthe contln-
Uance Of the state geological board and
survey met, and State Geologist Holrnes
appeared before =, very happy to be
given an opportunity to show what the
survey has done for North Carolina
and very full Information ON that point.
The code commission left out Of the
e code anything regarding the Se0-.
logical survey, ON the ground, it is
claimed, that the law regarding the lat
ter was vague.
1t Is expected that there will be a
very great decrease in the amount of
commercial fertilizers used this season,
and Of OourrSe a corresponding diminu-|
ton in the revenues of the agricultural
department. The sales of fertilizers Tor
cotton viii very quickly show wheth9r
the growers are complying with the;
terms OF their compact to reduce the
use of fertilizers at least % per cent.
Colonel Arthur Ellington Smith of
Charlotte has presented to the Hall of
History one Of the ammunition boxesI
used on the Confederate ram Abe
marie and it has been placed with theI
other relics Of that vessel, which play
ed UGH an important part in naval
operations in this state, until it wasI
sunk.
Major Joseph NJ. Morehead, the pres-I
ident Of the Guilford battle groundl
company has presented to the Hall of
History Il superb collection of photo-i
graphs illustrating the various monu-l
nents which adorn the grounds, which,
Dy the way are only ones, so far asI
revolutionary battles are concerned,
which are properly kept n marked
throughout the south. His devotion tol
hhe work is a monument to his patriot-l
ism and zeal, both national and state.
A b.! is to be int: oduced in the leg-I
islature designed to amend the law rel
garding life insurance, SO as to required
that the companies shall be r~esponsipleI
for acts and declarations of theirl
agents and that the policies shall bel
very plainly written. with no clausesl
IN SINAI! Typ which will affect t1el
statements made in the large type-inI
other words to make the policies e~ntire-I
1y clear and to show the cash value,l
in caSo such is provided for and to hayeI
no cloudy clauses.