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Lat Iiu Extract! From tli Dailfe.
MONDAY.
HOUSE.
Bills .and resolutions w ere adopted
a's follows: To give North Carolina
the Illinois law tor protection of in
ebriates ; to make it a misdemeanor
to fail to remove obstrucsions. to pas
sage of fish in streams within 30 days
alter notice from the State Board of
Agriculture ; to prohibit the taking at
.elarns' in Brunswick county ; to pro
tect sheep by taxing male dogs 50
cents and female dogs $1.00; to
amend the charter of the Chamber of
Commerce at Wilmington ; to provide-
that when a person shall be de
clared insane the husband or wife of
such shall be first entitled to guar
dianship of his or her propery.
. The following bills were passed :
to makej wire fences lawful fences in
Edcombe county ; to allow Nash
count to levy a special tax and to
work the roads by taxation; to incor
porate Bridgersville, Wilson county;
to allow Washington county to levy
a special tax for bridges ; to allow
Robeson county to levy a special tax;
to incorporate Saratoga, Wilson
county
NIGHT SESSION.
The House met at 7:30 o'clock.
Trie calendar was taken up and the
following bills passed: To levy a
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special uia 111 iuc siuth. ix iciiiiuiy
of Nash county; to incorporate Win
tersville, Pitt county ; to allow Green
county to levy a special tax. "
SENATE.
The Senate met at 4 o'clock p. m.
A Petition 'was presented trom the
Robeson County Teachers Associa
tion asking for .four months public
schools.- Biils vvere introduced ; to
lejauzi bonds issued by E'izabeth
City and to levy, a special tax to
authorize the city ot Greeneboro to
issue bonds for the establishment y( a
public library ; to increase revenue
arid regulate insurance.' The biH
passed to distribute the State Records
ctllU V.'OlUlllctl i.CLUlU3 .J CdLlI lllCiU"
her ot the general assembly and to
d fierent co'lt-ges and scl 0)ls in the
State.; ' .
NIGHT SESSION.
The Senate inet at 8 o'clock. Bill
for the relief of the deaf, dumb and
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oiina, at iviieitin was taKen up. it
carries an appropriation of $34,000
lor a new building. It is said. that the
present building in which the blind
boys sleep is unfit for occupancy.
The bill passed allowing judges of
the election $2 per day and 10 cents
per mile for carrying returns.
TUESDAY.
HOUSE.
The . House met at. 10 o'clock.
Some of the bills introduced were : to
nrohihit thp sale nf limrrir within two
miles ot public speakings, not to ap
ply to ' towns where there is a police
iorce ; to incorporate Richmond coun
ty ; to amend the chaiter of Newbern,
to allpw Beaufort county to levy a
Moore county ; to make it a misde
meanor for one' who- is not authorized
to perform the marriaee 'service; to
allow preachers to vote without 90
days residence in county and 30 days
in township ; to provide for. working
public roads in Halifax ; to allow the
' people of La Grange to vote on the
l.quor question ; to establish a dis
pensary in Bladen County. 1
i Bills passed third reading incorpor
ating Wintersville, Pitt countyj ; to al
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low (jreen to levy a special tax ;
to-allow Jackson county to levy a
. special tax ; to allow Nash county to
pay debt ; to allow Yancey to levy a
special tax ; to allow Perquimans to
levy a special tax , to allow Transyl
vania to levy a special tax "to allow
Nash to levy a stock law tax ; to al
low. Caswell to levy a special tax ; to
incorporate Saratoga, Wilson county;
to allow Nash to levy a road tax : to
provide, that in any county where
there is a law to work the convicts of
, the count vv the convict vvhp has
moved his case' shall be worked in
the county from which he moved it.
At noon the bill to amend the lease
of the North Carolina Railroad came
up. , After much talk the bill to an
nul the lease passed the House by a
close vote of 60 to 54.
- .NIGHT SESSION.
The House met at 7:30 oclock.
Bills were pasied to incorporate
the People's Benevolent Association ;
to amand the charter of the Atlantic
& N. C. Railroad ;' to regulate the
service of ; process in criminal cases ;
The bill to provide for the fusion
ists taking charge" of the penitentiary
came up. It was passed by a vote of
59 to 36.
The Agriculture. Department & A.
& M. College was also put in the
hands of .16 directors, 14 to be ap
pointed by the governor, which means
of course Rep-Pop rule.
SENATE.
The Senate was called to order at
11 o'clock by Lieutenant-Governcr
Reynolds.
Bills and resolutions were intro
duced as follows : To provide for
cotton weighers for Wadeshoro, Mor
vin and Lilesville ; To amend chapter
152 Laws 18Q2 ; to incorporate the
auxiliary board of health; to establish
a board of train, locomotive cmd
boiler inspection for each county of
the Stale ; bill to amend the code re
lating to foreclosure of trust ; a bill to
abolish the complaint of hard : times
Section 1. That lrom and after
the inauguration of Hon. Wrn. Mc-Kin'ey,-
President of the United States
on the 4th of March, 1897, it shall be
unlawful for any Republican or Re-
poplican or "Gold. Bug Democrat"
to complain of "hard times" -or ot the
continuation of the present "gold
standard of finance," or to criticise
adversely the financial policy of said
McKinley's administration.
Sec- 2. A violation of this act by
any person who is embraced within
the provisions of the foregoing section
shall be deemed an offence against
patriotic duty, and upon conviction
thereof the offender shall be impris
oned in the insane asylum of North
Carolina until the expiration of the
term ot office of President McKinley
and the inauguration of his successor.
Sec. 3 This act shall be in force
from and after the 4th day of March
1S97. .
This bill, on motion of Mr. Lyon,
was immediately taken up and placed
on its passage. Mr. McCasky moved
to table. Carried.
Bills passed second and third read
ings : To incorporate the Piford
Sanitarium for consumptive negroes.
To renew and keep in force trie Wil
mington, Norfolk and Charleston R.
R. Company. t
The special order of the day was
then taken up. It was to provide for
the general supervision of railroad,
steamboats, canal boats, express and
telegraph companies. It is desired
to reduce passenger rates to 2)4 ctr.,
for first class and 2 cents for second
fare per mile. It also forbids the use
ot tree pasess by public officers-". Af
ter much argument and an amend
ment the bill was. tabled..
Bills passed third reading to allow
Rutherford county to levy a special
tax; to revise the jury list ' of the
State.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The following bills were passed. .
I To provide for 'lawful fences in
Randolph county ; for stock law in
Robeson county ; to. incorporate the
Wingate School, Union county ; to
amend apportionment of school fund
in Stokes and Robeson ; to amend
act incorporating Mocksville ; to
change the corporate limits oi Thom
asville ; to incorporate the town' of
Hardin Cotian Mills, in Gaston coun
ty ; to provide for the working of
' public roads and highways in Macon.
WEDNESDAY.
HOUSE.
Bills were introduced in the House
to require sheriffs in sales of mort
gaped land to give notice 01 such
sale to mortgagee ; to incorporate the
Snow Hill Railroad ; to incorporate
the Independent Ordre of Farmers
and Mechanics ; to protect fruit ship
pers by requiring railroads to pay
cost price of goods if there is a great
delay ; to entitle widows of Cejmfeder
ate soldiers to fourth class pensions;
to repeal the act making $10,000 ap
propriation to the University ) to pro
tect coal miners; to locate a line'be
tween North' Carolina and Tennessee
and to pay therefor $300.
Bill passed to allow penitentiary
directors to pass upon i the falue of
bonds offered by counties as'jpay fcr
convict labor. I
Bill to pay D. L. Patrick !ex-Pro-
fessor State University $i,7oobalance
on salary was tabled.
SENATE, i
In the Senate bill to establish a re
formatory for youthful criminals
passed secoud recading.
THURSDAY.
HOUSE. j
Bills were introducediin the! House:
to impose tenjdollars penalty Tor kill
ing mocking birds or nobbing nests ;
to forbid e-Cpnfederate soldiers from
recievingensions whije initiates of
soldiers hcime; to require hej attend
ance of all children betweenVhe ages
of eight and fourteen years at school ;
to pay colored A. Sl M. .coi'ege its
pro rata share of card script lu d; to
require railroads to carry bicycles as
other baggage ; in regard to legal
price of gas ;rto make misconduct at
rehgious meetings a misdemeknor ; to
require cotton mills to pay their em
ployes the second Saturday night fol
lowing their employment and making
it unlawful, to longer withold their
wages, the offense. fo be a misdemean
or and the penalty fine.or imprison
ment ; to allow Lumberton td vote on
sewer bonds ; to, make the? railway
commission a board for the equaliza
tion of taxes. " I j
A bill was passed requiring the
county commissioners of each, county
to meet on the first Monday in June
a.nd revise the jury list.;
It was decided that House to ad
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journ Tuesday until Thursday at
tend the Newbein fair.
senate';
Bills were introduced in the Senate
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lo prevent the pollution otj streams.
with saw dust where fish inhabit; to
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prevent the jsale of liquor wijthin two
miles of certain churcnes iii Craven
county.
The Senate decided to adjourn
Tuesday to attend the Newbern fai,;
FRIDAY.
II OUSE.
Bills were introduced to revise and
incorporate the charter of Wilson ; to
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GETTING REABV
Every expectant mtother has
a trying ordeal to face, r If he; does not
1Uk l W
I get ready , for, it.
tliere is jno telling
what may happen.
Child-bij:th is full
of uncertainties if
for Infants and Children.
" Castoriaisso-w-elladapted'tochildrentht
I reeorntQend it superior to any prescription
knowa to ine." IL.A.' Archer, 51. X.t
111 So. Qxfoid St.- Brookljn, K. Y. i
'The use of 'Castoria is so universal and
its merits so well knowa that it seeaiS a work
of- supererogation to endorse it. Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach."
Cablos Maktyn, I. D.,
New York City.
Castoria cures Colic, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di
gestion, . ,4 . "
Without injurious medication.
" For several years I have recommended
Castoria, and shall always continue to do
so, as it has invariably produced beneficial
results." I"
Edwin F. Pardee, M.'Dm
li'th Street and 7th Ave.J New York CSty.
The Cestacr. Cojipant, 77 JIcerat Street, New York Crrr.
GEO. D. Pres't.
. SAIC'L HODGES, gec'y. & Trea
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(INCORPORATED JAN
Successors to
liDpilE CO.
3, 1896.) ,. 6
; GEO. D. GREEN & COv
WILSON, N. C.
"The Geo. D. Green Hardware Company" was incorporated January 3rd,
1896, and as successor to the late firm of Geo. D. Green & Co,, will conduct a
general hardware business in the town of Wilson, N. C, at the stand fbrmerly
occupied by said firm. Will deal irk
Hardware, Agricultural Implements, Builders' Materials,
utlery,' Lime, Paints, Oil, Plumbing Materials and House
Furnishing Goods.
Mr. Geo. D. Green, senior menlber, as President, and Mr. .Lat. Williams,
the junior member of the late firm, will continue to give their personal atten
tion to the business. Mr. Samuel Hodges, Sec'y and Treasurer, will join them
in the conduct and management of the business of the corporation.
" "ery Respectfully", ' , ;
6 2:j-6m.
Geo. D. Green Hardware Company.
Nature is not given proper assistance,
rViotSter's frten
A l - u m i - n ui 1 1 1 .
While North buying Silverware
we selected, a full line of orna
ments in . . . ... .
As bright as Silver.
As pure as Gold.
As cheap as Brass.
is the best help you can use at this time.
It is a liniment, and when regularly ap
plied several months before baby conies,
it malies the advent easy; and nearly pain-
I'Anci a hundred other articles. Every article-sold under abso
ciJs, relieves the distended feeling, short-( lute guarantee not to tarnisn. xiso a lull line Ol j
ens labor, makes recovery rapid and cer
tain without any dangerous after-effects
. . ALUMINUM . .
Pins, Buckles, Picture Frames, Match Safes
Mother's Friend is go6d fpr only one
purpose, viz.: to relieve motherhood ol
danger and pain. j
$1 dollar per bottle at all drug stores, or cent
by mail oTi receipt cf price. -i J
tion for women, will be sent to any address t
upon application to ;
THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Watches, Clocks k SilYerware.
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Plate Glass Front.
Nash Street.