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THE WORLD'S FAIR.
The managers of the World's Fair
have discovered that it will take
15,000,000 toVun it, $5,000,000 of
which has been appropriated by the
city of Chicago, $5,000,000 sub
scribed by citizens, the remaining
0,000,000 to be made up in some
other wayT The, original estimate
was for $10,000,000, but the direc
tors fi rid that this amount will be
insufficient, and hence have deter
mined to make it $15,000,000.
How they propose to raise the ad
ditional sum we do not know, but we
trust thatj they will succeed and that
there willj be no shortage of funds to
make th Fair a successful and a
grand one, such as it should be, con
sidering the event it is intended to
commemorate. j .,
Now that the Force bill is laid
aside and practically buried there is
no reason jwhy the South should not
come to t'
u
enly to be
he front and resolve not
there herself but to help
the Fair a
ong in every way that she
can. 1-t-rs1 not likely that she will be
asked to contribute. any - money but
she will be asked to contribute of
her resources, natural and artificial.
There was when the Force bill
was under consideration bills pend-'
ing before several Southern Legisla
ture appropriating sums of money
i
for State exhibits, action upon which
was postponed to await the disposition
made of that bill. Texas, a great
State, not only, in size but in every
thing, even jto her yarn spinners, led
off with a proposed;, million dollars,
Alabama and Tennessee following
with a quarter of a million dollars
each, North .Carolina falling in mod
estly with an economical little twenty-five
thousand dollars. As the
Force"bill obstacle has been removed
and dropped down into a very deep
hole, the probabilities are that these
appropriations will now be made,
and that the other Southern States
which have not yet taken any action
will follow suit, so that all these
States will be represented. I'
When the States to which we have
referred: suspended action on the
proposed appropriations some of the
leading: i Republican papers of the
North deplored that! fact and con
ceded that the fair would be a fail
ure without trie South! The McKin
ley tariff with jits excessive discrimi
nations against foreign manufac
tures will greatly restrict if it does
not entirely, prevent exhibits from
foreign countries, so : that the Fair
will be dependent almost exclusively
on home resources, the most attract
ive of which, in the greatest variety,
are to be found m the South.
As far as manufactured products,
and products the farm go the
North could make a fine exhibition.
but these alonl would give no just
conception of ithe productive! capa
city of this country, however large
theexhibit might be. 'In the stretch
: of territory South of the ; Ohio from
Virginia, on the East to Texas on
the Southwest
there is a variety of
resources . of
mine, quarry, lorest,
farm, garden and orchard, that can
not be equalled on either hemisphere,
suitable collections of which from
each of the Southern' States would
'make in themselves a grand exposi
tion. Here is nearly every known
useful mineral, nearly every known
useful stone, nearly every known
useful forest tree, with nearly all the
grains,; grasses, fruits, vegetables,
etc., grown tn the temperate and
Jnany of thosi grown in the tropical
climes. I ! - 1 .J "'
Aside f rom jany pride of country
the South' may have, and should
have, in the success of the Fair it is
to her interest to be represented
there. : It will be her grand oppor
tunity to display in a comprehensive
way her resources in comparison or"
CQntrast with
the resources of other
sections, and
as a business matter
she should and must take advantage
of it. .-. -I,,, ;
We want to see the South there,
see her come
up superbly, with ex
hibits ; that
will not only do : her
credit but dd
credit ; to the , country
of which she
is the grandest part.
Somebody! should send the editor
of the Chicago Inter-Ocean a map of
North and South Carolina, so he
couia see just where "the oyster
Pirates of South Carolina are trench
ing upon the preserves of North
VOL. XXII.
I.
DEATH OP KB, JTJiJTJS A. B0JTITZ.
The public was surprised yester
day morning, at the announcement
of the death of Mt. Julius A. Bonitz,
proprietor of the Messenger, which
occurred about 9 o'clock a. m. It
was known that he hid been ill for
some time, but was not thought to
be dangerously: so, and he himself
doubtless little dreamed how near was
the end of a struggling and some
what eventful career. We say strug
gling, for few men have battled more
resolutely against fickle fortune and
few men have by the sheer force of
determined will backed by a hopeful
temperament met adversity and sur-
mounted it as he did.
At the close of the war, in which
he served nearly four years in the
Confederate army, he found himself
in Goldsboro,- where he engaged in
merchandising, made money rapidly
the first year and lost it as rapidly the
next in, farming, and soon found him
self where he began, with nothing.
His next venture was as a brick -
maker, in; which he failed, because
his money gave dut when" the first
kiln of brick was about half burned.
iNotning aauntea, ne succeeded in
swapping this kiln off for the outfit
of a newspaper which had succumbed
to fate, and without money, friends
or experience in the . business,
started an editorial career in
which, with all its ups and downs,
where a less hopeful, persevering
and indomitable mart would have
given up in despair, he won success
and established the Goldsboro
Messenger, which became a paper of
great influence, and one of the best
weekly newspaper properties in
North : Carolina. He conducted
this successfully as an organ and an
able champion of the Democratic
party, until June, 1887, when he re
moved to this city and established
the daily Messenger.
Mr. Bonitz was a native of Ger
many, horn in 1842, but came to this
country when a youth. In 1873 he
married Miss Delia Bernt, of Lynch
burg, Va., who, with four children,
two bOys and two girls, are left to
mourn a devoted husband and a
kind father. To them in this sad
bereavement we tender our heart
felt sympathies, and trust that the
clods of the valley may rest lightly
on the toiler who has been thus sud
denly summoned from "labor to
refreshment." .
DEATH OF MR. J. A. BONITZ.
Sudden Demise of the Proprietor of the
Wilmington Messenger.
Mr. Juliuz A. Bonitz, proprietor of
the Wilmington Messenger, died yester
day morning, at The Orton, in the
fiftieth year of his age. Mr. Bonitz had
been confined tcrhis bed about a week,
with an attack of rheumatism, and his
death resulted from the disease reach
ing his heart. His devoted wife
and two youngest children were
at his bedside during his fatal illness.
the two other children being absent at
school. His funeral is announced to
take place to-morrow afternoon at 3
o'clock from St. Paul's Lutheran
Church. The interment will be in Oak-
dale Cemetery. .t
Mr. Bonitz was a native of the King
dom of Hanover, Germany; his birth
place being the city of Clausthat-Zeller-
fold, in the Hart Mountains. He came
to this country in 1857, landing at Bal
timore, Md., and at the breaking out of
hostilities between the North and South
identified himself with the Southern
cause, coming south ne volunteered in
the Goldsboro Rifles, and served for
nearly lour years in the Confederate ser
vice. Alter tne war ne engagea in tne
newspaper business at Goldsboro and
established the Messenger, published
weekly and semi-weekly. In May 1887,
he removed the paper to this city and
commenced the publication of the Daily
Messenger.
Mr. Bonitz married in Lynchburg. Va.,
in 1873, Miss Delia A. Berndt, daughter
of Mr. Adam Berndt, a native of Prussia.
He leaves four children two sons and
two daughters. For ten yeaf s he was
Chairman of the Democratic Executive
Committee of Wayne county; was dele
gate to the National Democratic Con
vention in Baltimore 1872, to Cincin
nati in 1880 and to Chicago in 1884; for
six vears President of. the Board of
School Trustees of Goldsboro, and for
three years was Chairman of the Wayne
County Board of Education. At the
time of his death he was a member of
the Executive Committee and one of the
.Directors of the Eastern North Caro
lina Insane Asylum. In 1881 he was
chosen Grand Chancellor of the Order
of Knights of Pythias and since then he
has been the representativeof the order
to the Supreme Lodge of the World.
He was also an active Mason and was a
member. of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church. '
Geological Survey of the State.
The Chamber of Commerce oi Wil
mington, at the meeting held yesterday
at the Produce Exchange, adopted the
following resolutionsjn regard to the
bill pending in the General Assembly
providing for a geological survey or tne
State: , - -'-
Resolved, That this Chamber of Com-
me-rpf. anrt the froauce E.xcuanc, -iu
irtint meetinc. believing that such a sur-
vev would greatly enhance the material
progress oi tne state, ao neanuy ay
prove and urge the passage of such a
bill. .
Resolved. That a coov of these resolu
tions be sent to our Senator and Repre-5
sentatives of Raleigh. -
Kentucky has 400 square miles of
water. What use has Kentucky tor
all that water ?
1 HE
THE ASHE-DANIELS FRACAS,
Different Versions of the Encounter Be-
tween Capt. Ashe and Josephus
Daniels, Esq. .
House of Representatives, . Ra
leigh, N. C, Feb. 5. The House met
at 10 o'clock, and long before that hour
tne hall was pretty well filled by mem
bers and lobbyists, all dissussing the
fracas which occurred last, night be
tween Capt. Ashe and Mr. Josephus
Daniels, about which there are many
different rumors. Both the belligerents
report personally in the House and ypur
regular correspondent , sits between
them. They both came in promptly
and took their respective seats at the
reporter's table. If the cowhide was
used as stated by the Ashe men no sign
on the face' of Mr. . Daniels, showed it.
The Daniel faction say there was no
cowhide. Ashe's friends say there was,
and that it was used vigorously. Sen
ator Paine substantiates Mr. Daniels'
version, and two or three Raleigh citi
zens substantiate Mr. Ashe's'version;
and so the matter stands, There is
much interest manifested in the matter,
an4 the excitement is still high. - - '
SENATOR PAINE'S STATEMENT:
Raleigh, N, C February 4th. Mr.
Josephus Daniels and myself were walk
ing up fayetteville street this evening
at about a quarter to eight o clock, and
as we passed Capt. Ashe's office Capt.
Asne came outand said to Mr. Daniels:
"Good morning; you have said things
about me that I do not intend to take.''
Mr. Daniels replied that he (Ashe)
had said things about him (Daniels) that
were not true. . -
Cant. Ashe then attemoted to strike
Mr. Daniels, raising his arm with some
thing in his hand like a stick. While
his arm was upraised Mr. Daniels
caught it and pressed the arm back.
1 then caught them by the shoulders
and separated them and said, "Gentle
men, this will not do;' There were two
other gentlemen present whom I did
not know, but afterwards learned to be
Capt. Ashe's nephews. This ended the
occurrence. Mo blow was struck.
J. W. A. Paine,
Senator from Lincoln county.
The Turpentine Season.
The naval stores men of Georgia and
South Carolina are reported as not very
much encouraged over the prospects of
the coming year. This is attributable to
the tightness of the money market and
the difficulty of securing the funds that
are needed for the beginning of opera
tions. The chief trouble, however; is the
scarcity of labor. The operators in Geor
gia and Florida report that there will be
considerable difficulty in securing the la
bor necessary to keep up the work and
that many new tracts will not be touch
ed this season. The negro laborers, it
seems, have largely deserted the turpen
tine farms and have gone to work on
railroads or at the phosphate mines, or
returned to the farms in North and
South Carolina. The agents who gen
erally go to North Carolina to secure la
bor have had considerable trouble in se
curing laborers. A great many of the
;o!d hands havereturnedbut not enough
to supply the demand.
' RtV. SAMpT JONES.
The Evangelist Gets Away With the
Mayor of Palestine Texas, in a Per
sonal Encounter.
Rev. Sam Jones, the evangelist, was
attacked at Palestine, Texas, last Mon
day, by Mayor Word, !of that city, for
something Mr. Jones had said in his
sermons at Palestine. The Mayor struck
Mr, Jones with his stick, which the lat
ter wrenched from the Mayor's grasp
and belabored hun severely with it. The
Mayor has since been laid up with sev
eral severe cuts on his head and face.
Rev. Mr. Jones dictated the following
telegram to some friends in Georgia in
regard to the matter:
"The one-eallus Mayor of Palestine
tried to cane your Uncle Jones this
morning at the depot. I wrenched the
cane from him and wore him out. I am
a little disficured. but still in the ring.
I criticised his official career last No
vember. It needed criticising.
"bAM. P.JONES.
ANOTHER BATTLE. .
t
Walking Sticks Used in a Lively Manner
By Editors Ashe and Daniels No
One Hurt. j
Special to the Star.
Raleigh, N.'C, Feb. 6. Anbther en
counter took place this morning in the
corrodirs of the Capitol building be
tween Capt. S. A. Ashe and Mr. Dan
iels, in which walking sticks were used
in a lively manner. Just as the en
counter took place Senator Ardrey and
Reoresentative Cooper came up and
separated the two editors. Neither
were hurt. Capt. Ashe with Senator
Ardrey went into the room of the
lrrwr of th Canitol. This second en
counter was of course the topic of com-
ment during tne aay. coin eauors,
when . the House of Representatives
rAnwnprl mnk their seats at the re
porters' tables, taking notes for their
two papers., w netner tnts win ena we
matter or. not is hard to tell.' Of course
i. : A kn Via 4rcrtAa rf tVl turn
editors that this second encounter
should have taken place, and every
means will be used to endeavor to
reconcile matters for the future. ;
The parties were arrested this evea
ing. Capt. Ashe was fined one dollar
and costs, and Mr. Daniels was fined five
dollars and costs.
NAVAL STORES.
Comparative Statement of Beceipts at the
Port of Wilmington.
:Thenaval stores exhibiLposted yes-
terdav at the Produce Jixcnange, snows
receipts at this port as compared with
last, year, asfollows:
Spirits turpentine, 63.U20 casks; last
year, 62.765.
Rosin, 296,038 barrels; last year,
224.928. "1
Tar, 48,796' barrels; last year, 57,870.
Crude turpentine, 16,672 barrels; last
year, 18,371.
Increasing Cotton Beceipts.
Receipts of cotton at this port as
compared with receipts last season, con
tinue to increase. Up to date Feb. 6th
the total receipts since Sept. 1st, are
166,839 bales; last year, to same date,
the receipts were 126,514 bales; showing
an increase so far, of 40,825 bales.
Receipts for the week ended yester
day were 2,553, against 1,881 bales ,the
corresponding week last year.
3EKLY
WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13,
GENERAL ASSEMBLY. -
Mr. Bellamy's Assignment Bill Passed by
the Senate Beport on the Bailroad Com
mission Bill In the House the Cigarette
Bill Passed and Other Matters Were
-Acted Tpon. .
, Special Star Report. .
, .--.-'J'-. SENATE. ' -.
Raleigh, Feb. 5, 1891.
: The Senate was called to order by
Lieut. Gov. Holt, and opened with pray
er. The journal of Wednesday was read
and approved.
BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
By Aycock, to amend chap. 2, vol. 2,
Code, to change the name of the East
ern Insane Asylum. :
By Bull, to incorporate the Citizens
Bank of Newberne.
Bv King, to amend the charter.of the
town, of Greensboro; also, a bill to incor
porate the Commercial and , Security
Company of Greensboro. " -
By Speight, to permit the Albemarle
and Raleigh R. R. Co. to change the
line oi its roads . near the town of Tar-
boro. - ! -
ByTwitty. to incorporate Greene Ri
ver Baptist .Church in Polk county. "
By Bellamy, to incorporate the Bruns
wick, Western and, Wilmington R. R.
Co.; also bill to incorporate a fire com
pany of Wilmington. . . '
By Lucas, to provide for the payment
of the indebtedness of Beaufort county.
uy Avera, to amend the constitution.
to allow the General Assembly to in
crease and regulate the jurisdiction of
justices of the peace for the purpose of
reducing costs in minor cases.
By Parker, to repeal the charter of
the Murfreesboro R. R. Co.
By Morgan, bill in relation to the
town charter of Elizabeth City. :
ay. rlobrose, tor collection and appor
tionment of railroad tax in certain
townships in Rowan county, and for
otner purposes.
Butler, from the Joint' select Com
mittee on Railroad Commission, sub
mitted a report with a R. R. Commis
sion bill, which was read by its title and
500 copies were ordered printed.
Gnggsby, from the same committee,
gave notice that he would send forward
a minority report. .
Walser said upon the reading of the
R. R. Commission Dili, il it contained
certain clauses he would desire to file a
minority report upon the same.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
Bill to secure to creditors a lust and
equitable division of the assets of those
who dispose of their property to
assignees. -
McLarty , supported the bill and said
that while filling the office of Clerk of
superior Court pi his county he had had
ample opportunity to see the great
wrongs perpetrated by assignments
where all the assets were swallowed up
by preferred creditors, most of whom
were relatives of the bankrupt, to the
great damage in some cases to orphan
children. He hoped the bill would be
carefully considered and passed.
King opposed the bill. He did not
believe the bill would accomplish the
ends sought after. He thought the
debter knew who of his creditors were
most entitled to what he had when cir
cumstances forced him to make an
assignment. He should be allowed to
prefer his creditors.
Twitty thought the bill would work a
hardship upon the small merchants of
the State and cause many to not. tide
over hard places in business life.
Bellamy favored the bill just as it was.
It was a good law and could not and
would not ' work hardships upon any
honest man.
Walser believed every business man
in the State desired this legislation. He
read from a letter of a large tobacco
manufacturer asking for just such a law.
Green, of Wake, favored the bill be
cause he believed it was - well intended
and had a tendency in the right direc
tion. The old law was but a bill for
fraud and rascality, and used to its full
est extent in North Carolina.
Williams approved the bill in one of
his usual stiong arguments, supporting
the wisdom of our forefathers who en
acted the law as it stands to-day upon
the statute books.
Turner explained how the pending
bill was in perfect harmony with the
general statutes of the Stafe. The man
who is financially dead should stand as
the dead man without a will. His cred
itors should have the same chance as
the dead roan's creditors, where the
debt was not based upon fraud. The
pending bill was a law which the busi
ness interests of worth Carolina de
manded.
The bill passed the second reading.
On the third reading White submitted
an amendment that provided that mort
gages made within thirty days before an
assignment shall not be binding on the
creditors oi tne assignor.
The previous question was ordered.
Mr. White's amendment was adopted
and as amended the bill passed its third
reading. .
Lucas asked leave to record his vote
in favor of the Soldiers' Home bill, pass
ed yesterday. He said sickness had kept
him from the chamber yesterday.. 1 he
strongest word which could be used was
duty. 1 he senate yesterday oau none
ita rintv and none it well, lie was nroua
f the vote yesterday on the Soldiersi
Home bill, and he wished to be oi re-
cord on it. It was a subject dear to his;
heart. He loved the name, Confederate
veteran, and it wastf sweet duty he had
to perform to add his feeble voice, and
alwavs his vote in its Denaii. iaiK oi
the granduer of State chivalry and pa
lowed her old soldiers to seek homes in
county poor houses, grandure, chivalry
and patriotism had taken their eternal
flic-lit. He was glad the Senate had so
noblv done its dutv.
Mr. Ardrev introduced two bills; one
to extend for thirty years the charter pf
the Baltimore and Ohio Iron Company
Also, a bill to change the name of Meck
lenburg County Poor House. Referred
to Committee on Corporations.
Bills passed recond reading as ioiiows
To amend charter of Salem Water
Supply Company; to incorporate the
bank of Commerce of Favetteville; ito
amend section 23. art. 4 of the- Consti
tution, providing for election xt solici
tors in the manner that judges are now
elected. j
; Rill tct, annortion the school funds
among the school children of. the State
was made the special order lor to-mor
row at 12 m. .
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The House met at 10 o'clock, Speaker
Doughton in the chair, And after prayer
by Rev. Mr. Branson of the city! the
journal was read partially, and! on
motion the further reading was i dis
pensed with ' and the following peti
tions were introduced. j
. PETITIONS." . j
Walker, to prohibit the sale of liquor
near Shiloh church.
- Scott, to prohibit - the "sale of liquor
near a church in Alamance.
Earnhardt, in regard td license to re
tali liquor.
Daniels, in regard to oyster interests,
Also in regard to teaching hygenie in
public schools.
Nasi, to incorporate a school. -"
Morton, in regard to temperance in
struction in public schools, i Also, to
prohibit the sale of liquor near phos
phate works. -
rioiman, to prohibit sale of liauor
near a church. Also, protesting against
incorporation of a school. Also for a
a iustice of the peace, o
wnite, to repeal the merchant s tax. :
Coffield, in regard to fishing in Mar
tin county. - ?r
feebles. in regard to fishing in Roan
oke. Also, three petitions from Alli
ances to require the Petersburg Rail
read to rebuild road before the charter
is re-enacted.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Middleton, to ' authorize commis
sioners of Duplin county to levy a special
taX. " .
Oliver, to amend the charter of Lum-
berton. - . .
Oliver, to incorporate the town of-
Hub. - . i,
Earnhardt, to amend Schedule B of
the Revenue Law of 1889. ! '
Brake, to provide artificial limbs for
certain Confederate soldiers. i
Houck, to amend the charter 61 the
town of Morganton. ; - !,
Strauss, to amend the charter of the
town of Gaston. . Also, to incorporate
Mountain Island.-"' " ; i.
Wood, in regard to fishing . in Roan
oke river. .
Morton, to change the time for the
tax listers and assessors of New Hanover '
county to commence their duties. Also,
to prohibit the sale of liquor near
Nevassa Guano Companv s Works. Also.
to incorporate the Phoenix Hose Reel
Co. of Wilmington.
Adams, to regulate the sale of liauor
in North Carolina. 1 i
Mann, to emnover the (Vimmissirttipra
of Carteret to levy a special tax. j
Sutton, to amend the law of homicide.
Coffield, in relation to fishing in Albe
marle Sound,
Oliver, by request, to amend the stock
aw of Robeson county. ;
The morning hour expire and as un
finished business the bill to prohibit the
sale of cigarettes to minors was taken up.
Peebles spoke in favor of the bill and
spoke.of the action of the committee in
their report of the bill.
walker sent up an amendment as a
substitute that "any person using or
causing to be used any form of opium
in tne manufacture of cigarettes shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor."
Hopkins advocated the bill. j
Henry opposed it: also. Messrs. Hall
of Orange, Adams, Scott and Skinner.
ttrtnson favored the bilL
Sutton called the previous question
and demanded the ayes and nays. The
call was sustained: " Upon a vote taken
on thesubstitute the substitute was lost
by a vote of ayes 29, nays 69. The
question recarring on the original bill as
amended by the Judiciary Committee
the bill passed, by a vote of ayes 63,
nays 33, its second and third readings.
McOill, by unanimous consent was al
lowed to introduce a bill -to amend
chap. 67, Laws 1887, in regard to con
tracts by railroads.
Bryan, of Wayne, in regard to erect
ing a graded school house in Goldsboro,
and to issue bonds to pay for the same.
Reports were received from the Com
mittee on Enrolled and Engrossed bills.
and afterwards the calendar was re
sumed.
SPECIAL ORDER.
Bill in relation to divorce civing an
other cause for divorce providing that
if either husband or wife be convicted
of a felony and flee the State and re
main away for six months, this may be
ground for divorce.
Bryan, of Wayne, Lowery and Perry
Opposed the bill. Ray explained the
action of the committee.
Cale (col.) favored the bill and said
there was a woman in his town chained
to a man, and "she couldn't get away
from him to save her life." "".Laughter.
Skinner moved to recommit. Adopt
ed. ... ;
Bill to amend an act incorporating
the. Charlotte & Georgetown railroad;
passed third reading, and was ordered
enrolled for ratification.
Bill to prohibit the sale of liquor
within two miles of any school house or
church in the State, provided that it
shall not apply to incorporated towns.
Tabled.
Bill in relation to the leasing of tur
pentine trees or orchards; passed second
reading. , ,
Hill to incorporate Waughtown, in
Fqrsyth county; passed third reading.
I Bills to authorize Lincolnton to issue
bonds; to construct water works; to clear
out water courses in Cleveland county;
to incorporate the Citizens' Bank of
Winston; to charter Kobeson institute,
Lumberton; to punish the false registra
tion of cattle; to prohibit the sale of
liquors near a church in Haywood
county; to amend the charter of Tarboro
Land and lrust Co.; to allow a township
in Cleveland county to subscribe to rail
road- stock; to incorporate' Cherryville
Manufacturing Co. of Gaston county; to
amend the charter of Edenton passed
third reading.
Bills to authorize Moore county to
levy a special tax; to amend the charter
of Maxton passed second reading.
Kill to regulate the fees of sheriffs and
constables, was referred.
Adjourned.
SENATE.
: Raleigh, Feb. 6.
The Senate was called to order by
Lieut. Gov. Holt, and opened with
prayer by Rev. Dt. J. Curtis of this
city. The reading of Thursday s journal
was dispensed with;
Petititions were presented by Bel
lamy, White, Speight, Reed; Gilman and
Kussen.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
By Green, of Harnett, Vfor the benefit
of Fayettevule Light Infantry.
By McLarty, to amend chap. 110,
Private . Laws 1889, incorporating the
town of waxban, Union county.
By Bishop, to amend chap. 2, Laws
1889, for the relief of Northampton
county. .;
By McLean, to prevent the mse of
screens in bar-rooms.
By Parker, to amend sec. 709 of The
Code in relation to Pasquotank county,
By Culbreth, to empower the com
missioners of Columbus county to com
promise and settle with their late
sheriff. .
By Parker, to authorize Commission'
ers of Pasqnotank county to issue bonds
and levy a special tax.
By Galloway, for relief of Luoy Har
per, late sheriff of Greene county.
By Speight, to incorporate the West
Tarboro Land and Improvement Co.
By King, to amend chap. 484, Laws
1889, to supplement the school fund.
By Reid, to amend the charter of
Marion, McDowell county.
, By Aycock, to incorporate Pikeville,
Wayne county; also, to prohibit the
obstruction of the passage of hsh in Lit
tle river.
- By Bishop, to amend chap. 33, The
SPECIAL ORDER.
' Bryan's bill providing for the more
equitable apportionment of the public
school funds among the school children
of the State, was on its third readinsr.
. Bryan made a strong appeal for the
passage of his bill, believing it was a
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constitutional requirement which former
Legislatures had .overlooked. He be
lieved under the oath taken by mem
bers the requirements of the consti
tution demanded this legislation.
un motion of McLean, the bill was
laid upon the table. ? " - :
Bill to incorporate the WichoviaLoan
and Trust Company, Amended by the
Corporation Committee ,and as.amended
the bill passed its third reading.
tsui incorporating the town of Kuffin.
Rockingham county, passed its second
reading.
on motion of McLean, bill in relation
to apportionment of school fund was
taken from the table, and on motion of
Avery, referred to Judiciary Committee.
Bin to perpetuate the records of su
perior Courts; tabled.
Bill to incorporate Mt. Aurora Female
Seminary; passed second and third
readings.
Bill to incorporate the Wilmington &
Southern Railway-Co.; passed second
reading. .. - .
Bill to pay C M. Busbee for profes
sional services; passed second and third
readings.
Bill to incorporate Leaksvule Collegi
ate Institute; passed second . and third
readings.
Bill to amend the charter of the
Southern Mining. Melting and Manufac
turing Company; passed second and
third readings. - ? - ' A ::
Bill to drain Lion Swamp, in - Pender
county; passed second and third read
ings. : -
jregsby, from the Committee on En
rolled bills, reported sundry bills pro
perly enrolled, which were ratified by
the President of the Senate. "
The Railroad Commission bill was
made the special order lor 12 o'clock m.
to-morrow. .
Bill to require banks, banking institu
tions and bankers to make stated re
ports to the State Treasurer.
The bill passed the second and third
readings. Also the following bills'. To
authorize Craven county to levy a
special - tax; to change the name of
poornouse in all the counties in the
State to "Home lor the aged and infirm";
to incorporate the Society for the pre
vention of Cruelty to Animals and Chil
dren; to comprom ise, commute and set
tle the State debt; to require sheep
raisers to mark their sheep; to incorpo
rate Duke's bank; to amend the charter
of Greensboro.
Bills passed second and third read
ing: To amend the charter of Suothern
i-incs; 10 amena me stock law oi rucn
mond county, (adds Bladen county); to
authorize Burke county to issue bonds;
to authorize Haywood county to levy a
peciai tax. ! 1
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House .came to order at 10
o'clock Mr. Speaker Doughton in the
chair,, and after prayer by Kev. Mr.!
Mcllwaine, of uastoma, the journal of
yesterday was on motion dispensed
with and the' following petitions were:
Introduced and referred:
petitions.
Walston, for the appointment of cer
tain justices of the peace for Camden
county. ,
Hickman, tor repeal of the merchants
purchase tax.
Lowe, by request, lor prohibition in
Durham county.
Anderson, for incorporation of cer
tain churches in Henderson county.
Tatom, by request, for prohibition in
certain townships in Bladen county.
Mewsona, that Sam. late be appointed
justice of the peace.
Kobeson, that Yancey county may
levy a special tax.
Lineback. for the aoDointment of H.
B. Holden justice for Forsyth county.
1 atom, to prohibit the sale of liquor
near a church in Bladen county.
Long of Columbus, for prohibition
near the town of Hub.
Bryan of Wilkes, against the forma
tion of a new county.
t rancks, from merchants of Onslow
county, in regard to the purchase tax.
Vestal, request from citizens of surry,
protestiag against the formation of a
new county. v
Bryan of Wilkes, from citizens of
Wilkes for the formation of a new town
ship.
bills introduced.
Bills were then introduced and re
ferred, as follows:
Hiletnan, to establish graded schools
in Concord. -
Strap, to prohibit sale of liquor in
Gaston county.
Fickett, to empower County Com
missioners of Anson to issue bonds to
build court house and jail.
Robeson, to authorize Commissioners
of Yancey county to levy special tax.
uilmer, to provide for the study of the
effect of alcoholic and narcotic stimu
lants in the public schools.
riancill, to repeal ? charter ol Mar-
garettesvuie.
Dixon, to enable the Commissioners
of Cleveland to build a lail.
Keed, to amend charter of the Atlan
ta, Asheville & Baltimore railroad.
Reed, to incorporate Hazell, in Bun
combe county.
Keed, to incorporate w. c. tlectric
Power Co.
Tatom, to prohibit the sale and manu
tacture of liquor in Elizabeth township,
in Bladen county. Also, to prohibit the
sale of liquor. within two miles ol Mt
Pleasant Church.
ICoffield, to define the fees of justices
ot the peace and constables under the
chapter of The Code entitled. Landlord
and Tenant.
Sutton, to incorporate Hope - Mills,
Cumberland connty.
Sutton, to establish a department for
the criminal insane. -
Sutton, to define justifiable homi
tide.
McGill, to exempt Cumberland Mills
from the provisions of chap. 27, kLaws
1887. -.
Scott, to allow the County Commis
sioners of Alamance to sell poor house
property. t
Henry, to pay Prof. Patrick for past
services at the University. .
Calloway, to amend chap. 45, Laws
1885.
Calloway, to allow 'Commissioners of
Chowan to levy a special tax.
Hall, to prohibit sale of liquor near a
church in Halifax county.
Woolen, to prohibit the sale of liquor
near Bethany Chuich in Randolph co,
Zachary, to change the line between
the counties of Jackson and Transylva
nia. '
Denny, to prohibit the sale of liquor
near Mountain View Church.
Denny, to amend chap. 138, Laws
1889. .
Denny, to amend the charter of the
Granite Land and improvement Lx.
Murdock, for relief of David Fox and
F. W. Brooklin, two Confederate sol
diers. - '-'.(
Scott, to satisfy a Claim against the
trustees oi the university.
Skinner, to provide for the drainage
of streams in ritt county.
calendar.
The calendar was taken up and bills
disposed of as follows:
Bill in relation to the Norfolk &
Southern Railroad; passed second and
third readings.
V Bill to amend chapter 71, Laws ,1887;
tamed. ' - : . . "
Bill to amend chapter 181, Laws 1887;
passed second and third readings.
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Bill to incorporate the Baptist State
University; passed second and third
readings.,.-. " .
Bill to establish free ferries across the
Cape Fear and Brunswick rivers at Wil
mington; passed second readings.
Bill to aoolv taxes in Pender from the
W. O. & E. C. R. R. to the payment of
the subscription of Topsail township to
the Wilmington, Onslow At East Caro
lina Railroad.
Bill to repeal chapter 31, Laws: 1889;
passed second and third readings.
BUI to amend chap.' '&''&, Laws 1889,
in relation to vicious contracts; failed.
Bull to amend The Code and to' re
quire clerks of courts to make annual
reports; referred to Judiciary.
am to amend acts ot loSo, amenda
tory of Thei Code, fixing the bonds of
county officers; passed second and third
readings.
Bill for the protection of mrors and
witnesses; passed second and third read
ings. !
Resolution in relation to reports of
State officers; tabled.
Bill for the relief of L. Dillehunt,
sheriff of Jones county, and to appoint
a tax collector; passed second and third
readings.
Bill in relation to lawful fences in
amlico county; passed second and third
readings. . ' :. v
Bill to, prohibit the sale of deadly
weapons. - ' -
Perry, Pickett and Alston advocated
the bill. Sutton moved to strike out
pistols." Skinner opposed the bill: said
he was opposed to all of this class leg
islation; it would accomplish nothing.
and that it would be better to call a halt
in this matter. Ray favored the bill.
McGill moved to amend by making the
law "applicable to minors only. Gill
favored the bill. :Morton opposed the
bill, said it was .class legislation;
legislation. That the constitution guar
anteed to the citizen the right to have
arms and that tbi carried with it the
right in his opinion to dispose of them.
Such legislation was undemocratic and
he opposed the passage of the bill.
Bryan ot Wukes favored the passage of
the bill. Zachary opposed the bill. He
spoke in behalf of the boys of North
Carolina. He said that the boys of
North Carolina had been unjustly as
sailed; that ever since the Battle of
King s Mountain the boys had re
sponded to the call of the State.
button s amendment to strike out
"Pistol" was lost. McGill's amendment
to make it "only applicable to minors,"
was lost. . I-
Williams offered amendment that the
bill shall not apply to Iredell motion
to table by Adams bill tabled.
Bill to amend sec. 1246 of The Code
relative to the registration of deeds;pro-
viding for cases where the clerk or his
wife are interested; passed second third
readings.
, Morton, by unanimous consent intro
duced a bill to incorporate the New
Kiver Oyster Company-
Bill in relation to the working of pub
lic roads in Buncombe county was pass
ed and ordered to the Calendar.
Bill to create a new township in
Richmond county passed second and
third reading. ;
Bill to amend the charter ot the town
of Weldon passed third reading.
Bill to define and prescribe when
leases of tupentine trees or orchards
shall expire in the absence of special
contracts. Morton moved to amend by
striking out December 31 and inserting
March 1st. Currie moved to strike out
and make March 10th the date.
McGill opposed the bill unless the
time was extended to March 10th. He
said that it was impossible to get out
the turpentine in cold weather. ( 1 be
bill makes leases expire December 31st.)
The bill was passed as amended.
Bills passed third reading: To allow
the juice of fruit and wine to be sold in
Granville county; to include Buncombe
county in the stock law; to prevent
gambling at agricultural fairs; for relief
ot sheriffs, tax collectors anJ their rep
sentatives. Pending discussion of the
bill to exempt ministers of the gospel
Irom road duty the House adjourned.
j SENATE.
Raleigh, Feb. 7.
The Senate was called to order by
Lieut. Gov. Holt. - The reading of the
journal of yesterdaywas dispensed with.
BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
By Gilman, to perpetuate the land
marks ot oyster grounds in Onslow
county, and to facilitate the catching of
migrating fish.
By Bishop, to amend sec. 709 of The
Code. .
By Davis, of Haywood, to prevent the
sale of deadly weapons. -
By Wilcox, to prohibit the sale of
liquor in a certain locality in Moore
countv.
By Bellamy to pay the Wilmington
Messenger and Raleigh News and Obser
ver and other papers, for publishing the
location of the oyster grounds under
the Law of 1887.
By Avery, to incorporate The Blue
Kidge Turnpike Co. -.
,. E ' BILLS PASSED.
To authorize commissioners of Craven
county to levy a special tax to pay in
debtednessraassed third reading.
Incorporating the town of Ruffin,
Kockinghafu county; passed third read
ing. ' !:
Incorporating the Wilmington and
Southern Railway Co.; passed third
reading.
To authorize commissioners of New
Hanover county to issue bonds for a
new court house; passed third reading,
jTo amend charter of High Point;
passed second reading.
j Lucas introduced a bill to extend the
provisions of sec. 198 of The Code for
.the Washington & Kinston Railroad
Company; referred to Internal Improve
ment Committee.
jTo incorporate Faison, Duplin county;
passed third reading.
jTo prevent unnecessary delay: and
costs in the trial .of criminal pases;
amended by 'Judiciary Committee and
passed second and third readings.
) SPECIAL ORDER.
t Substitute for S. B, 175 a bill to be
entitled, "An act, to proyide for , the
general supervisions of railroads, steam'
boat or canal companies, express and
telegraph companies, doing business in
the state ot Worth Carolina.
i A minority report of the Joint Select
Committee upon the establishment oi a
Railroad Commission, signed by Sen
ators Grigsby and Walser,was read; also,
submitting a substitute tor tne Dili re
ported by Butler from the Committee
on Railroad Commission.
Grigsby said he wished to be under
stood to be . in opposition to a Railroad
Commission. He did not feel himself
to be a statesman," but in his love and
patriotism to the State of North Caro
lina, which he has adopted as his future
home, no senator on the noer could ex
eel him. He had been asked by reso
lutions adopted at a mass meeting of
the citizens ; of Ashe county, to vote
against a Railroad Commission. He be
lieved a liberal and not arbitrary law
was demanded .at this time; he would
not be placed in opposition as opposing
a Railroad Commission law. .
j Walser said it is useless to eulogize the
great good which railroads have done in
the development of North Carolina, and -.
the entire south. ; He did not - think ' it
necessary - to : thoroughly discuss .the
minority Report. ' The question was now
whether in creating a Railroad Commis- ,
sion it shall be one of reasonably super
vising powers, or shall it be an iron-clad
commission. The bill ' reported and
recommended . by the minority report
was just such a law as was formulated
by the Inter-State Commerce law, .so.--"
modified in its provisions as to suit
the demands of North Carolina. The
making an iron-clad bill "he "was-'
opposed to a supervising commission
he felt would do good here, as else
where. This rate making was a very se- .
rious and objectional difference between
the two bills presented by the majority
and minority bills. - There is a paper in
Kaleigh known as the state LhrontcU,
which had taken pleasure in misrepre
senting me two years ago and ever since '
on the Railroad Commission. It has
come to that point that a Senator .should
he say a kind word in favor of a railroad
or : the great good they are, doing,
the cry goes out "he is bought up by
the .railroads." He had signed the mi
nority report not because - he was wed
ded to it and its recommendations, but
because if compelled to vote f6r a Rail
road Commission and the decree had
gone forth that the Legislature m ist
pass a bill creating a Railroad Commis-
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siuu uc uvurcu a jiir Din, ooui 10 tne
people of NortH Carolina and - the rail
roads of the State rather than the vi
cious, rate-fixing, iron-clad bill present
ed by the majority report.
ine question recurring upon the bill
reported by Butler from the Committee .
on Railroad Commission, Lucas moved
that the Senate go into Committee of
the w hole for consideration of the bill.
Bellamy opposed the motion, and said
he was ready to vote for the bill as a
whole,but he understood certain amend
ments would be conceded.
The Senate refused to go into Com
mittee of the Whole.
Lucas offered . an amendment to re
duce' the salary of Commissioners from
$2,500, as fixed by the bill, to $2,000. Lu
cas advocated, his amendment, and be
lieved the people demanded it. Butler'
opposed the amendmeut.
Walser sent forward an amendment
that "not morehhan two of the Commis
sioners shall be of the same political
party. Williams of Pitt, favored this
amendment: He did not think this
egislation should have any political
significance in it. The amendment was
lost.
Grigsby offered the following amend
ments: "First. "No member of this
General Assembly ; shall be eligible as
a commissioner.
Bellamy gave notice that when mem- .
bers of the Democratic party went into
caucus and agreed on a salary of $2,500,
and then came into ths body and re
duced it to $2,000, he did not feel bound
by the caucus action and that hereafter
he would vote as he pleased upon the
bill. - . .
Davis, of Haywood, thought the cen
sure of Bellamy rather revere. He
stated that a caucus of more than one
hundred members had fixed the salary
of commissioners at $2,000 and last night
a caucus of fifty-four members had,
raised it to $2,500.- Lucas supported
Grigsby's amendment, as also did Bel
lamy.
Culbreth and McLarty stated they had ,
attended but one caucus on the Railroad
Commission bill.
Bowers changed his vote frem the ne
gative to the affirmative on the amend
ment reducing the salary from $2,ou0 to. ,
$2,000.
Pending discussion the senate. ad
journed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House met at 10 o'clock; Mr.
Speaker Doughton in the Chair. Pray
er by Rev. Mr. Perry, member from
Chatham, and then the . Journal of yes
terday was read and approved.
PETITIONS.
Petitions were introduced as follows:
Oliver, for prohibition of sale of liquor
at Luhiberton.
Pritchard, two petitious in opposition
to prohibition of sale of liquor..
Kay, from citizens and merchants ot
Macon county, asking repealof purchase
tax.
Hickman, from citizens of Columbus,
asking Senators and Representatives to
procure an appropriation for a canal in
said county.
- RESOLUTIONS.
Bryan, of Wayne, resolution for the
appointment of a joint select committee
to investigate the' proposed amending
of the charter of the Wilmington &
Weldon railroad.
BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
Foust, to incorporate the Farmers
Alliance Exchange.
Peebles, to amend sec. 8335, 1 he Code,
relating to Supreme Court Library.
Stroup, for the State to furnish school
books to school children at actual cost.
.The morning hour having expired,
Jones moved to make the Railroad
Commission bill the special order for
Monday at 4 o clock p. m. I he mo
tion prevailed and the special order was
made, - i
Bryan, of Wayne, asked that the
resolution for the appointment of a
select committee in regard to W. & W.
railroad be taken from the calendar and
considered. Adopted.
Bryan then addressed the House in
favor of the resolution. Morton offer
ed an amendment to strike out all in
the resolution in relation to the Peters
burg railroad. He said he protested
against coupling the two roads. If you
are going to say to the W. & W. railroad
you must give up some of your privil
eges, consider the matter separately;-let
them be considered separately. There
is nothing lair in this way of investi
gating two separate corporations at the
same time and building one by the opera
tions of the other.
Jones moved to amend so that the
committee could investigate at the same
time if there were not back taxes due
the State from the W. & W. Railroad;
that he saw from their report that they
had a large amount of money which they
put down as a trust fund; that, it bad
been suggested that since the committee
who made the investigation of the rail
roads liable for taxation adjourned, it
had been discovered that this road owed
the State a large amount of money, and
he also wished the committee to be
appointed to have the power to send
for persons and papers and look into the
matter.
Hall, of, Halifax, said he thought it
bad to have to use one corporation as a
lever to bring another into terms. He
then read from the report of the com-
smittee appointed at last session who in
vestigated the ;road "that the W. ot w.
Railroad was entirely exempt from tax
ation by its charter; that the Petersburg
Railroad would pay taxes to the State, ,
but that if the W. & W. Railroad were
compelled to build a line to the Vir
ginia line it would be entirely exempt
from taxation under its charter."
Peebles spoke of the legal aspect of
the situation. ,
Bryan, of Wayne, said the resolution
did not deny the charter to the Peters
burg Railroad nor the proposition of
the W. & W. Railroad; that it only in- ,
vestigated these matters. He then called
the previous question. .
Morton's amendment was lost. '
- Tones called for the ayes and nays on
his amendment. Call sustained. . The
amendment was accepted by Bryan and
the resolution as amended was adopted
by a vote of ayes 45, nays 40.
Bill to incorporate 'Maxton was taken
from the calendar ard passed third
reading. -,
Burlington News: Dr. Sellars
tells us of an eagle killed by John Main
er, on the Doctors farm in Randolph
county, some time ago, which measured
7 feet from tip to tip. After it was dis- :
abled it fought savagely and had . to be
shot the second time. . Its claws (the
nail part) were two inches long.
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