The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-08
Representative and Editor Settle
Then Differences
MANY PASSED.
Committee for Pender and Exempt
Certain Persons of New Hanover
FROM Jury Duty.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh, \. c. March 4.-The Sen.
ate met at 1890, Rev. DIR. Bumpas Of
ferring prayer. A great number oil
minor bills passed, most Of these being
third reading bills authorizing bono
issue, special taxes and incorporating
towns, these bills having already been
referred to, in some cases twice.
The bill TO submit to the voters OF
the territory of Moore and Chatham,
to be included in the territory of the
proposed county of Lee, the question
Of creating that county, passed second
reading, 30 to 2, after Seawell had
stated the purpose Of the bill and
Reeves of Chatham had spoken in Cd
position, the bill having already pass
ed the House.
A number of new bills were intro
duced, those Of interest being as fol-
lows: By Mclaughlin to incorporate
Cumberland county Historical Society
by Drewry to authorize the State Geo
lOgist to cooperate with the United
States Geological Survey in making
a Typographical map of North Carolina
by Bellamy regarding the erection of
and keeping of powder magazines in
Brunswick and New Hanover.
On Aycock's motion, the compulsory
education bill was made special order
for tomorrow night.
Bills passed incorporating the Kins-
ton and Carolina Railway; to give
Cumberland a stenographer; To give
Robeson county the good roads law.
To require at least one director and
one stakeholder Of railways chartered
III this state to be citizens Of North
Carolina.
The Senate considered Preston,s
immigration bill. Mitchell opposed the
bill. Fleming supported it. Mason
said it worried him more than any
other bill before the Legislature. The
discussion was continued while a
great number of bills were ratified.
At senate's night session mon bills
passing final reading were: Incorpo-
rating Monroe Trust Company; Blue
Ridge Association for Christian Train
ing; prohibiting sale of liquor within
two hundred feet of any church or
schoOl house in the state: amending
charter of Charlotte Law Library Ae-
ISOLATION.
THE HOUSE.
Speaker Justice called the house to
order at $50.
Following bills passed final read
lngs: TO incorporate the Weldon
Roanoke Rapids Railway to
amend the time of commencing work
the Southport Railway: to
incorporate the Ladies Aid Society of
Fayetteville; to extend the time for
the organization of the Graham COUNTY
rallroad; to appoint a finance commit
tee for Fender county; to exempt GER
tain persons from jury duty in New
Hanover county.
Wlnborne asked the house to allow
MIN to make a personal statement,
n said: Saturday night l rose to a
question Of personal privilege in COZ
nection with an article in the Raleigh
Times. [ knew the article was alb
solutely false and hoped the editor had
been imposed upon. Last night the edi-
tor of the Times and myself had a con-
erenCe and there was no difficulty in
coming to an understanding. The
editor has acted the part of an honor
able gentleman and / retract what l
said about him. He explained to ME
the difficulty about divulging the
name of the man who gave him the in
formation and I was satisfied that this
exposure would involve several in Sc
rious difficulty"
The bill was taken up to provide fire
escapes in all hotels. public building,
other buildings occupied for sleeping
apartments or for work.
The house overwhelmingly tabled
the bill.
The Dilling child labor law bill came
The bill providing for an appeal
to the supreme court from the orders
of a judge setting aside verdicts was
tabled.
The senate freight rate bill came
over and was referred to the committee