The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-01-13
Bill Introduced to Abolish
( Sale of Near Beer In State
absh Piedmont County and Favorable Report on Trinity
sge 10 Own More Than 100000 Worth Of Properly
We're Most important Measures :

and was ordered engrossed and sent
TO the house
Skies. of Wake: Changing the name
of the Baptist University for Women
TO Meredith college. Referred to com
mittee on education.
The bill remedying the defect in
the call for bond election in New
Bern was the first ratified by the
present general assembly.
Senator Johnson, Of Duplin. was al
lowed to withdraw his bill relating to
the landlord and tenant act
House Bills.
Among the bills that were favor
ably reported from committees were
General carr's bill TO enable Trinity
college to own more than $4,000. 900
worth OF property, this being needed
to enable the college to rebuild the
administration building on the scale
desired since the recent fire burned
IL. And the bill by Roberts, OF Bun
combe. TO prevent the detention of
women In houses of prostitution
against their win on account OF debt.
The bill by Pace, OF Wake. to pro-
vide for the payment by railroads of
wages due deceased employees with
out the formality of executor or ad-
minispator was reported from the
proposition and grievances commit
tee unfayorably. being pronounced
nnsound in law.
Battle, OF Wake: Increase the sal
AIRY OF the state librarian 20 $1,000.
Ewart's Joint Resolution Passed.
The joint resolution by Repre-
sentative Ewart, OF Henderson. COM
mending Governor Pothier, OF Rhode
Island. for declining to accept for
Rhode Island the gift OF North Caro-
lima repudiated bonds from the New
York Bond syndicate came up for
passage and Judge Ewart in a yig-I
orous speech explaining his Tesolu-
tion, paid the highest commendation
10 the Rhode Island governor and
the high sense Of propriety he exer-
cised in declining 10 receive the
bonds. he referred at length 10 the
Interesting and significant discussion
of the issue as Il transpired In the
Rhode Island legislature. in which
Senator Arnold was quoted as Sc
yefeiy criticizing those members OF
the Rhode island assembly who
would advocate receiving the bonds
and entering into the harrassment
Of sister state. Judge Ewart ex-
pressed regret that the necessity had
come for the enactment OF such a
measure as one pending for prevent
Ing state officers from accepting fees
for professional, service in harrass-
ing the state This never until now
became necessary. Not even during
the reconstruction days when the
state Is understood 10 have been the
least creditably represented. unfor-
tunately places OF trust and honor
have lately fallen to some who have
thus betrayed the people and patri-
otric statesman must submit TO such
humillating statute on account OF
these false ones.
Representative Doughton offered
an amendment. that was accepted.
striking out the expression in the
resolution to the effect that these
bonds have never had and can never
have any standing IN the courts OF the
country Thus amended IL passed its
reading and was sent TO the senate.
A bill 20 provide a prosecuting att
torney for the town OF Greenyille
passed It's final reading.