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WD lillillEGISMOl lersirB 2- --" . . - Hi ; .-i-r :- ELECTION ON mm I i if I : I mm r athers and ii he V enereaiiy on rromiscuous DiseasedSaimdere Answers Mam Abolition of Electric : : : i-V b. Wcmien be allowed to vote " . , . , in .primaryeiections 'f- in? North . Carolina if a biU 'inrbduceC ixi CsS6 Senate Tuea by Senator JlScaies, of 'GuilfordVbcomeslaw; ; ' ;.Jv ;Tnis is a long Way from grant- ' ; ' ing full suffrage to; women,: but :".? : .? -i ;it; is" legislation in the right dir- - V 1 ection and may get more f avor flf'abfe.t consideration at- this ses- - ,sion of the. General Assembly JfejSSiaa;:an unqualified: suffrage bill. Twq radical and timely meas les,; both of ; which were, sug- ; gested by Governor Bickett in !;vsr;his bi-ennial message,; are now 5 before the General Assembly. One : of them, by. Senator Burns of Moore, would give to every! child born out of lawful wedlock in North Carolina ample prbtect- ion through the assistance of the State.-and the father will be I P- IISHargd':; with its " maintenance r.; and education. Senator 3urns .fc.would go further and Tequire the '. child to bear the surname of the -father:: . -.V"'---- -v kkp.-fThe other not less radical soc- f ial ineasure, ' by Representative " Nichols, would prohibit the-re-"56gister of deeds in any county is- ggjsuing a marriage license to any "person. with a veneral disease, A Ranealtli certificate would be c " required pfve,very applicant for a f t: marriage license. -; - v ... - 4 j 1, mi mi 1 enerc ection to mons and Overman - recommended :Mr Bellamy's appointment 3?uesdayv They will recommend that he retain as depu ty marshal, . Wi T.- woodley, of Bertie 1 County. . ' - - -.V"-:- The dull routine of ilfe at the capita: is" enlivened this week by. the-'meetinga of the North -Carolina grand Jodge of Masons and ..the North: Carolina Good Roads Association. - ' - - "; The price of liquor inHaleigh Is qaot? ed at S20 a quart. ,-' Representative B. Q. Crisp . of Dare has not .' been seen with .one or ' more fingers "to hisv lips isince he- arrived-at uie capuoi. . - : : . . " STATE IS PREPARING - FOR SOLDIERS' RETURN Endeavoring to Suppress Vice And Tc Educate People Regarding Vener . eal Diseases.. Will Establish 1 .. . Free Clinics x To see that the returning soldier .and sailor does - not . meet: conditions -that will cause his - demobilization to be come his demoralization, Is I tmt -V f ;Mmgm r- v-, I .". .' 1 win 1 1 tlMiiiiirirTinj HON. 6. MAX GARDNER MR. GARDNER is Lieutenant uover- nor and opeaKer 01 m omw. in to be thel'C"end8 re grooming him for guber natorial honors. THEY ASA m first peace responsibility-of .any com munity, says the GrOvernment.The first reconstruction work . that any city town or; community undertakes, after the war should be to protect the sol dier from the social , vices, from which he has been- more or less free in the army.; Tne war ojepartmenc nas an nounced that it la returning the -sol diers to their families 'and to civil life uncontaminated by disease, and that it holds the community, in whifh they live responsible-for their. 'future protection and. welfare. ' . .; , - - - "There must be no peace with prosti tution, no truce with tne rea ngni a s- Jf fa plans of the directors do ease." says the Government. . While not : go awry, the present Y.M man war instltutlona will go to the C.A. Will SOOnbe converted into scrap heap as a result tr. me ciose 01 1 TV,w5f. vniica nrtan trt r - - V ii . O Will III umvj iwuov, -i w the . war, war on venereal diseases wilij , -n continue. Unconditional surrender is every oue auu lucumciaiup .wui the Government's demand f fom this not be necessary. This plan was enemy at home. ; ; - r . v " rpppntlv arrived at' and should COMMfNiTY HOME Directors Finally Take a Start In The Right Direction 2!' Here's A; Hot One : f: Tlie paisage of the Nichols bill would " create- -an interesting situation - for "Elizabeth. City. Elizabeth City is now S5the r Gretna Green tf ; hundreds of Vir-t- erinia couples. - Virginians come ' to : - - eHse from Kegisier 01 uwuo " - - , , :,J:al MuHden, and without-leaving the Kegi3- ScSJnVwedIock by justice ot ma reae,j. fl w. 31unden. it tajtes auuui xa H- i ... .w v5.... JiH HON. D. G. BRUMMITT, MR. BRUM MITT isthe speaker of the House of ReDresehtatiVes and made good from the first rap of hisgavel. campaign for the vi teV-get; aTTicense and get the knot tied , in; Elizabeth City. Such little time Is consumed in the marriage transaction i J ; ; , ' . . -here that no time is ieu w iwv" ... : undesirable weaaing. I if il Bigamy is great -oointated Minder the . arrangement ; ' Uby whieh Our Register of Deeds Is per- v- But there will be some aetay jwucw couples applying here for marriage llc enses are required to show health cerU fScates. It -will be interesting to. see J'iiMSiose -Virginia couples come in on the -morning train- and look for adoctof office .before going to the court hous m.io TnfMitire is calculated to cause -':i-V;.V;aeiays and will mean that many acou : - 1 Vple wiU miss the afternoon train back - " ' ; to. Norfolk and will have to stay in ; - - - Ellzaleth City over night. That w'll .-S5?-rrvheip the. hotel men. Ikjctors and hot . - ahonld indorse the Nichols bill. I r"::?-'"iThe '-bm reproduced by - your repre t - - t5r aentative W. O. Saunders, to abohsh Z ; : -: - ftanitar punishment n North Carolina, l. : r, :. i MnnrtP(i out of the. committee on wv T,,dieia.rv without prejudice Wed- X fftnesday morning. This,is farther than firtf,,- bin of ths 4i.vture err eot in the North CaroJaa General As KmWy. But your representative is in r earnest about : this measure and this I General Assembly is too far committed program of progressiveness to dny r v,?, hearing. -' - t; , ... -or rape. pnm; - -roilr r :. -"capital punishment pkw i,Hnn J? : O resentative has-uch a stertlizatton &Whlch had It under consideration. The Smmtttee heardr ws -au H t Elength. e"1; ould sure- 3 f ; ; .; ':.- mittee suggested thanwDswou if . ly take the life rf .Tnr v: V. : rape, if the state did not do.it, your il - - : ' representative . repUed: v, - - - ; It i ; 1 re,lcoc .. . v. .v,nii take such ' v ... ::. . ,.- w;.r; , better inai """-Th,ll do. itH life than;tnat ven- tIrst;ain if r rtn" miirn tnwarn - makinc tne assume her resDOnsioiuiy 10 nei i . -CT . diers, sailors and private citizens as present "Y a DUlIdUlS OI useful-; regards venereal diseases. - The State neg(g to every One instead Of tO i Board or iieaun is wagme u -u radication of thi.- ic w a "ci c tui'-'i Air. A. B. Houtz, president of , the inform and educate as far as possible j y. m. C. A. states that as a community every citizen as to the nature and dan- house the' "Y" will get the co-operation ! ger of the disease and Jy suppressing C the entire business element of the the prostitute and the near prostitute city for part of the funds for Its main By its -efforts, several qi ner iars" tenaoce must come rrom tnat- source. t nMnMnT'Qfri.fi fnnnn TOT fS- miH w n.nVmnfc rP rifrv will rA sislTArl luvtuo .j,--- : . 1 " : 1 t.r a... n...MtMift a n em uru counij) ran m. close second for the speakership.. He A v N i x It- - - s HON. STANLEY WINBORNE MR. WINBORNE, Representative from tablishing venereal disease clinics. The tQ make regular financial contributions I citizens of Asheyille have voted to es- and the city at large will be canvassed mm 1 1 1-, x5 tablish a free clinic ard have purpose-1 so that those desiring to rtnder as fully set about to make. tefa-, bbme ajsistance will be able. to do so. safe home for sOliirheir . people as well it is said that the different churches as for the returning oldiers and sail- m the city would lend financial assist ors. - Wilmington has also appropriated nce tothis new venture. The T. M funds for a free, venereal disease clinic c. A being more or less a religious in and it is understood that Greensbcc stitution it seems no more than ordln and "Winston-Salem" will do so in theary decency that the churches contri near future." "- " bute to its support, especially since the Y" Is supposed to be the melting pot N E W B OAT L I N E B ETW E E N of the various Christian denominations .tnp-Ai I Doubtless, contributions of this kind ELIZ. CITY AIMU wurtrwujvi .n m. to aboliah that anta- onistic feeling toward the "Y" which is The Vireinia-Carollna Transportation harbored by a few of our Christiac Co., have completed arrangements ..c i brothers. resume "Water Transportation between i The plans, wihch are now more rr Elizabeth City and Norfolk, Va-, which I ess in a formative state, will soon be has been, interrupted since the destruc- I discussed more .fully. tion of the steamer Annie last spring. 'will be the next7 speaker of the-House if he wants the post.': v ; :,' It-j-.- - m-m. m , J SKven- wun ywm "Tnpct to secure certainly can life therespect -'the no r PamPle lLv,t to a mob is ar.pro- - . -' you can no v r- ttae mob wouia - "VkHl the., criminal, nun -we'U kill nim.-- ftreuments mm is, iP'-Zt tbe state can The" steamer Greensboro, has beer secured by this Company, and arrived in this city on Thursday; and after some needed repairs, will make - the first trip. The Elizabeth City Shipyard has taken an active part- in this new "Water Transportation, and are how building at their shipyard here, a steamer of 160 tons capacity, for the 4ranatortation company, which will be put on as soon as completed. HAWAIIAN QUINTETTE IS COMING AGAIN The Hawwaiian Quintette which gave such & splendid entertainment here In November has been secured to again appear in Elizabeth City Monday night the 27th at the High School Auditor ium" under the auspices of the loca T. M. C. A. The entertainment given by these musicians was perhaps more generally liked by the audience than any similar CHAMBER ENDORSES PROPOSED DAM concert ever given hero and we can assure our readers that the coming en y r Kin n -nam TTnobb'a Creek is I tertalnment will be enioyapie to me nasBAd bv the General Assembly-, ana last notch. Jf Y . which " has already ' been endorsed by SSs-T. fcnt as rights maite a. "ufv.ir - : ; . Notes pt inwrwi t. deeply nza. , ... 14.t,k-Powerful t ?Tne siau w iTr;av night in" the Valuable ; fleonnhevlllej deatni oi i""vrt2V.iBHed lawyers of ; tne -tate. ' H. Settle, or the Elizabeth City Chamber of. Com merce. - to permit the Elizabeth City advise Water Co. to erect a dam to-shut off I at Seng's, back water from the Pasquotank river frnm rislne in the . Creek above the present -intake: it will prevent -the TCnobb's- Creek water- from becoming brackish and with a modern and up-to, date filtration plant, to eliminate vege table matter : Knobb's Creek will -then be k able . to supply . satisfactory City water. The construction of the dam would be -ef -such a nature, as to permit tha 'naastarei 'ac: water 6rlogs r down stream. v - J-"-- - "Kf; Standing room only was - available the other time they were here so y the early reservation of . seats The proceeds will be -used to reduce the indebtedness on' the Y. M. C. A building. ". . .- " . . - - '. ' . ' Read the Want Arts AN UNUSUAL SERVICE t The country Is - full of good eye specialists and ; there are hundreds of good eye glass man- NITR ATF APPLICATION turactu e" 13 CLOSESJANUARY 25TH.1 cinity to knoe that both canbe found in this town. Dr. Hatha- The time Tor maiB Wvu- L. si o iit.Kla atirl Government nitrate or soda closes Saf. wa,v ia vj January 25th. : ; skillful , optometnsT;, DUt ue grinds and fits glasses on his nrATyiisfis This unusual service urday, Vhe Generaf Assepablj See page eight of thla issue for the I great. unaerpncea;Bnw v-. u':i' c TiArealn Store ; on- Polndexter street They are offering some especlallyflne j . 2 . a ot- PTalv' reduced-prices. V- i .1 "'' larger cities. . ; . DR. I. D. HATHAWAY ':Py OPTOM ETRI8T . f : ; Over McCabe & Grlca Elizabeth CityTN a A HELL OF A BUNCH At the regular monthly meeting . of the Board of Al dermen held in May," 1918, the following unique ' and most righteous" resolution was adopted: .--... .'!;- .Whereas the Board of Aldermen in regular session on the 17th day of May, 1918, felt it THEIR DUTY TO GOD and in response to the desire of the people to discontinue the pool rooms in the town after Janu ary 1st, 1919. -.. And now further IN ORDER TO SAVE THE BOYS OF THE TOWN FROM BECOMING GAMBLERS, we respectfully ask the trustees of the Y. M. C. A. to discontinue the pool tables in their place of busi ness and substitute some -other form of amusement in their stead. - It is further ordered that a copy .of this order or resolution be-sent to the chairman of the Y M; -C. Avt and to the papets of the town for publication.- " The same Board of Alder men has recently decided to help" the boys of the town to be gamblers by granting licen ses to pool rooms. Can Mack; Sawyer and his Board look the people of EUzabethf City in the face and defend their con duct? Incidentally, what has become' . of ;;. Mack- ; .Sawyer's, gang's duty toGod?:7 ? ; Pasq tofcRerese Alter giving tne matter most f ivusana tnree hundred and twenty- i-iit. w . luvuaana- uree Hundred . anil twenty-one of the Revisal of Nineteen,. Hundred and; PiyeT - .;".'.' Sec. 3. The Board "of Commissioners ' of Pasquotank County are hereby dir eeted to provide registration, poll book '. and; all papers necessary for such elec tion and to pay all necessary expenses : " for such an election out of the general County Fund. ... , Sec. 4. That all Maws and clauses V- of laws, in conflict with this act are . . hereby repealed. ". Sec. 5. That this act rtiall be in full 1 force and effect from and 1 after Mtf ratification. - - - ' . , - ::. . '.r MID-NIGHT ATTACK ::MB f MADE.0N THE HON. LINDSAY G. WARREN Front . Line is MR. WARREN, of Washington, N. C, President pro tern jf he Senate and one of the most popular young men n that body. Trenches On This had Nothing careful - consideration Pasquo tank county's Representative in the N. C. General' Assembly .has decided to' submit the question of stock law to the qualified vot ers of the county. Pasquotank ia about due a little -excitement and a stock law election probab ly will - provide excitement enough. '- - . Representative Saunders is in favor of stock" law; -he believes that , the" best interests of " the county demand abolishing- the free range; he believes that sani tation,- good roads, hog cholera and tick eradication; the improv ment of live stock and drainage maintenalice, demand stock law. But Mr. Saunders states empha tically,; that- he "is - representing the people of Pasquotank coun ty in the General Assembly and that he is as much a representa tive of those who voted againg him as he is the representative of those who voted for his elec tion: In the interest of fairness to all of his constituents he does not feel "like imposing aT stock law upokthe county simply be- Four years -ago waiter l uonoon cause his position m tne uenerai secured the passage of a bill,, in the . .QAinh1v nrnhahlv Would enable General Assembly of North CaroUna, r"'w' - - , r pepalizing tax payers who failed-to pay mm to OO WIS. ., Ana SO oaunuera their taxes roniptly. The sheriff pf will let the people of Pasquotank Pasquotank county used that bill as a settje the question for themsel- column of editorial space was devoted to this attack., it- is a known trick among the newspaper " prof ession, the kind ' with a Hearst tinge " that an . editorial must' be something that makes an Im- i pression upon the reader regardless-of the absolute necessity of sticking to the facts in the case. Editorials of this.. nature"pied'; the type for yellow jour' rnalism -years ago; ' " . ''' . " .' v- .We: are. sure that the real offenders NEVER5URE0F WHATTHEYWANT 1 j.'. - .-.il.'K-- ?v V5 11 I Good Law Repealed, And Now Some Want It - Back- . Occupants of the T.- M C. A. thought they were in "No Man's Liand" last Monday night when they were awaken- yy:k'' V j) ed around mid-hlght by a cannonade"" : ;.; V j v. ox Diuiara oaus nying over and around them. The Elks Club, being directly back of the "Y" naturally suffered the blame for this unusual act of boyhood pranks and because some of the mem-' bers of the Club happened to be there at this hour the police force did work which would nave-made Scotland Yard look like a piker. They actually suc ceeded In finding? out just who was in the:; club, i-r This remarkable piece ;:. -" (. sleuthing - was made possible : by the i Cy said members coming out- to - investl- -!, " .. i - gate the noises in theTear of the club building. - ' ."V- ' . - . .f-: ,: -Our contemporary, the Advance, went " into hysterics and - heaped' loads j ol calumny on the local lodged : Over 'a mm him one of the most unpopular men in ves if he can, providing an elec- the county. .Two years ago the sheriff, tion at SUCh' a, time and Under using his- influence with Eugene Sfcotf g'ucll rules as 'should meet ' With who; was then represenxing p s coumj , .,. In the General Assembly, had Cohoon's the approval of all parties bill repealed As a result of the repeal Advocates Of Stock law in this county are woefully lacking the year 1918 N -. ope W hurrying to Courage. They want StOCk laWi pay taxes and the siier-ff isn t getting j and.are perfectly, willing to have for jhia act of destruction will soon fee out and hurrying any one Jvery Q their' Representative in the Geil-'apprehended and that the hasty critic-..--; -'V-C trtmeiit of -the COU1.TS Hn.trs IS SUI r . . . - f-,. i.-w-trm, rfi v .n.on a fenng for lack of funds; because the era! Assembly lyncned provided sheriff, can't get in the money. Ana i tney can get WUat. tney want. ; pUDllsb the names of the offenders when m TTT-.-;?-Si- now . our,' gobd citizens no let eia Hunreas Qf those Opposed to 'T SuMv urg- stock law have petitioned your ing Representative Sauiders to restore I representative to that effect. NOt the cohoon act with modiflcaions. J if man in f avor of stock law has Saunders restores the act and; enables! - ' - " . - x at, io. i sheriff to W m his money, the had the nerve to state the fact in sheriff and his friends will use the act writing to your representative to cuss Saunders up and down the and not a single petition in favor county for the next two years. .The - ;&i"ntl. -Aanhed vonr . v oncroRtrt bv attorney m. I F. Aydlett and one has been drafted ty J representative at the time Of this attorney C. E. Thompson. Both vol writing; .- ;PerSOnS. who want new these gentlemen are m"" "f" laWS shbuldbe honest J enough sire to renaer i .acTwo. . . .- . - , county, but Representative Saunders is and COUrageOUS enCUgh to pub not going to introduce the bill until he JJdy support their, law IXtakerS, has definite expressions ifobi Here then is the bill intro'duc ila .kaIa sst TSaortiintanlr. - Here' :S I -: . tne bin-- " - edin the House, of Representa- ! A- BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT tiveS this Week: ! PAYMENT OF TAXES IN PAS- A BILL TO BE ENTITLED "AN ACT I QUOTANK COUNTY." TO SUBMIT TO THE QUALIFIED IThe General Assembly of North Card- VOTERS OF PASQUOTANK COUN I Una do Enact: . ' : i"; V :r;k TY THE QUESTION OF 1 STOCK Section 1. That an taxes, except AWn license taxes, in auu. .vfj . - ... . ... , , mct' Ti 1 Pasauotank shall be due and payab.'e lThe General Assembly of North Caro on the first -Monday in October of eacn fjna do e'nact year at the office of the snerin: oi saia Section 1. The Board : ' of County COUnty.- j... j lpnTnmiss1nnor.4 rf 'I PaanMotaiik 'cOuntV See. 2. That on ail taxes uue aim . .-- - - - they are found put. ' IMPOSE HEAVY PENALTY : ; " ? FOR H A V I N 02 B OOZ E ; The house of representatives of the'? state legislation Saturday unanimously . . . ? I ., nsiseri the hill introduced bvRenresent- .. -"Ii' atlve Wilson, Repubiicani'i , providing Mfj that any person caught, with a uart f : r whiskey be arrested on a charge oi i ' blockading, and if found guilty bglvcn t yA a year in the state orison-and a fine of ; -i--.- . $50, Xr a fine, of $25 and an equaTprison -J term, for paving whisky Jirilosse9Won - The measure" aa it passed, the was amended so as to glv&.CQurt discre- ine oi . prison y noUfel : :vf- iinnaiVi ov! tvi first dav of Decembr of 1 are hereby authorized, empowered "and each year there shaU be and is .hereby J directed, sand it shall be their- dutjr to levied and imposed a penalty of one provide a specIal I election to . be held thefist day of -January of all voting precincts in said county leach year -there shall b and? is hereoyjon Tuesday, tee mtn cay or Aoguav ioiriri ann imooseu a ieixatijr i infnotpoii rmnrirpci ana nineteen aou a.s per cent in addition to the nalty here- which time here shall be submitted SpaStnl of Sy to : the aualif led voters of Pasauotank of each-year there shall be-and is here- County the quesuon oi ."btocK. ijaw or by- levied -and r inirtosed - a' penalty; oJNo Stock j"Law", and at said election three per 'cent m aaaiuoa xo those in favor of a general stock law Arafntiof m imnostd: that, on- an I " - . . . .... nnn!tid nn the first day of for Pasquotank County snau vote a ikrn.. Af ssTh vmi ttere shall ba andlhaiiot" on which shaU be -the wordt andis hereby r, levied -and , imposed ' a I Foi; gjock Law" and those opposed to penalty of five Per-entln AddUon Jto a: eneral stock law for said county tnSniiT,1WuCVof shaU vote a banoon-whichshall beX fco. oVofF'ftf -Pflsnimtank county to col-1 thav words "Against -Stock' Law,"--"and lect the said penalties and additional I which said eiec.tion;shallk be conducted penalUes JfX pnder the, laws provided for .the elec shbssiWerSiy Collect the penaties on suen. -aeuuqucm i piyf as near as mayuo. .uu.; mo taxes herein provided for?- I v j cast in saiT election shall be returned Sec. 4. 4;hat -tne-BoarQ -oi , . va. in like .thanner asis GOOD ROADS CMPAIGNM ; Thev,Good Roads ' campaign' - in : Pas qudt ank ' began on .Thursday. ; The Jflrst lecture occurred at Porks sctooL Those sneaking at : these lectures "are W.- H Cohoon, P. S. Vann County Sup- erlntehdent of schools and L.D. Case. Secretary of the Chamber- of Commerce Tonight the lecture r will -be ' held at Riversideehurch;dtSatay night at Salem. : Thefollowirg': Tuesday at Union church;- Wednesday . night at Newland High School.' and : Thursday night at . Mt. BTermon, These lectures will be ; beautifully -. Illustrated with stereopticah siid'es, ; which :willj:conta4n - some very good and: interesting views Commissioners f 6$ said county :may n. its discretion, extend tWe time for the final settlementsof-such taxes until , the first Monday 4nrJ uiy in eacn- y ear. ? --Sec; 6. hat alltetaoinshrdTcsbwshrs Sec 6. -That air penalties collected by tri1i'-nf -fhAr -nrovisiOhs- olt.tnis act tshall be paid to the schoo" fund of said county for the use or tne scnow iH uw ownship-on which' the tax upon which such penalty-is collected, is assessed. -Sec, 6. " That-alt laws and. clauses of laws in' conflict witn the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. - Sec , 7.' That this act shall be In force and effect from- and. after the first day ::" oi: July nineteen hundred and nineteen. Among other things .the Chamber of Commerce, is 'going toasi'tbe Norfolk Southern . to ; put . brlck payements; Tier twsh : the. Railroad and .. Main street I'where the mud is a disgrac to tne City ; and' makes, a mosi ; uuu'wm impression on. new -cpmera, 'rir,x:-J- -' provided for members of :the Genera! Assembly; and the rest-Its shall bemade out. and certified to. the "Register c; Deeds -of Pasqquotank .rCounty.' - ' Sec .2. Jf .upon the canvass of the returns of said, election it shall be found thatf a. majority -of - th'el votes "cast lij said election be for" stock law. the stock law ishaJL-be i'ahd; remain In -full, forc.e and" effect in Pasquotank County on, and after -the! first-day of Januaryr-J'Tineteep hundred- and Twenty; arid it. shall ,b unlawful for: any". sto'ekas" defined: un der section six nundced imd ightyrone Revisal of -Nineteen Eundred andJire to-run at large in , Pasquotank County under -the --'pains .and penalties appli cable to ; stock law." territory. : in. North Carolina,' as set forth in Chapter thirty five of the RevlsaJ of Nineteen Hundred and Five i and sections three, thousand three hundced. and' nlneteen,..'j..three .It now goes to ".r-:.;. - --'7n'- f-l . -.-;..';'.. w. t. wilLiams dead.-,-v-r? tion in the. first offense the senate. ;?f T.' WiUiamsdicdat liis .home yes terday, cornerrPeari "and i Martin Sts. at "one o'clock: :7 Mr; Williams " was "sixty-three years jit age and is survived v V by his wife- and . three sons.- Hersey Williamsj Township' Constable, of this city, ;iom;;wuuam8 now wii.ii liib rnvi."-. folk . and Western Railroad, lccatedfaV': Raleigh,':; and WilUam '.Williams,', who is ewitb, the -:-AmerIcanJt,"Bxpress Co and : oner half rrotnefir MricWilllamE . c : 'V j was one of the "hrosti' prominent mer chants : of this city. t. - ... . of ' Th z - Will Paritally; I Abolish Use 2' Electric Chair ! adoptied; Thu t the "Saun-5 ders BUI by, ar vote of eightytp Jt eigllteeri, Thi bill x wa? . adopts J ed vrtth an ammendmenC. wbicli - : I : abplisbes: capital punlsbnient in4 1 : arson - and burglary ; and retain- ing it in murder and -rape. : I,: ,When:the Saunders BiU - Vas . brpugbt up for debate Thursday- inorning it ; occasioned much : : sptedVdiicussibn jahd warm. de-C : bate.ve leading orators of the ; BoiKe topH much lytejexf prsingtheir : views and its amendment tatrve Saundera hin an amateur: debater! " made , a splendid Showing aind conducted a; fight which has - put ; capite! v ": punishment in this' stte oh , the, f defensiYefi-;:A;"'-- -- fbt,J---- .-- i.::..' f -:.. -'.y-ii' '' ' " ' ' ' ' --
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