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EPRESENTAT1VE MAYO A9RS HOUSp TO REPEAL CHAP. 1019 LAWS OF 1907 The folkrwlnx Is ths subetenc C>w? MM, Uwl ? 1*0?. which | bu baea bnrafht before th* House (or repell*tio?i by keyrsaeiitatire J. U Mayo: , Thai to order to pro (and* (or. purpose UK kohMc^l* courts of Bsaufortl codbty and lor ?o. oncost of bu.i - of told comity, ths Boud of Commissioners of eald county U hereby authorised sad directed to ttoae bonds of the eouty to the aassat of tw*B*y-flva thousand dol lars. (III. 000) to bs dated on th* ?ret day <lf^tob*4. pne.thouesnd . alas hundred and eevec. and to ma ture on ths ftnt dar of October, sue ' thousand pise hundred and dtty \ Are. Ths said boads shall be sijn ed by th# chairman of ths Board of County Commlsssloners and shall be countersigned by ths dork of said board, and shall bare affixed thereto 'ths county seal. The laUrest there on shall not srossd Are per osnt per annum, aad ^Ull be payable semi annually on the tret days of June ?i*d Pfttm her of each year until the mstffUy of said bonds, unless thsy have teen aooner dlsclpj-ged. Thsy l"|kU be tt .denominations of not Isss nnA hundred dollars each, and ? . *-i have attached coupons repre .It;ng Hcinl-aunusl payments for In ? due upon each .respectively, . npurvi tfi be identified by orreepondlng to the bond ?"*> thsy ars attached, and ?i'"h other evidences of . Il Board of Commission er, scribe; said coupon* ? ?'? ha -Mxu?-d by 4 he . chairman of ird of Commissioner?; the * ' f .iflii. under thla section shall /? .'' oid all county and mu ? 'Von. aad thla fact shall i-ear upon the (ace o( the bonds: ^rorldsd, that ths Commissioners ?nafter named shall hare th* r jo reduce the number and counts of ths bonds provided for in this set It In their opinion, they caa make the neceeeary lmprove ments suitable to the needs of the ~unty with lees smount. Sac. t, No bond issued under the provisions of this sot shall be sold or otherwise disposed ?f for less than tta par Talus, and all coupons of said bonds accruing to the date of sals of said boads shall be de tached before said hoods are dellvjr d See. I. That before disposing of ?he ssld bonds provided for In thl act: the safd Board of Commission ore of Beaufort county shall by pub Ho notloa, to be printed In some ? fiewspeper published .In said count; for at lens* thirty toyp and In slier " other newspapers as in thslr dtscre tlon may ha wl*?, Invite bids there for; said bids may be for the whojr amount of Kid Issue or any pari thereof not iaas than one hundred dollars, aad shall he eecurely sealed and deposited with tha chairman o the Board of Oossty Commtesloner aad by him safely kept unopened nntll the data tied Jn.the publica tlon ler th? consideration thereof, whea the same shall ha opened In tha pressmoe lot' Met oKlaens of the county aa may dyelre to attend, and 'he said ComnlaMooara shall pro ceed to award and allot to tha said purchaser* or say OM ot them s, many of tha toada a* they may ther dsrfra to <M*po*e of: Provide! howsrsr, that th* saM Commission era amy reject say or all of said tods In fhstr discretion ?ee. 4. That tha ftro6eeds srislor from the sale of Us bonds Issusd % undfcr the provisions of tfcis act shall coastnate a separste aad dlstlso' fund, to be applied add appropriat ed to tbs purpose for wMcti they are Isened aa provided herein; aad the said Board of Ooafelartoaere shall - eaase tha ?ftsaaaisi of said oosntj to <BHa and keep separate aceonhts ?f *14 funds ?aa. I. That In order in faf the taterset oa said beads as It may ae. ?rne, aad th* as (1 snnusll > a special lai eoBetesM to meet I ta* shell b Ium art levied and collected, and shaU bev Imposed upon such property polls ad other subjects of taxation m ere now or may hereafter be sub ject to taxation under the la we of this state; and said tax shall be col luded by Us egsers efe>rfo4 wlU> the collection of ether oounty tax es and who ehall In respect thereto be liable ? officiary u well as per sonally to all the requirements of law bow prescribed, tor the faithful colkeotioa and the pigment of, the other Usee. ?ec. tv Thai the Btoard of Copn ty Commissioners shaLlappolnt three citlsens of the ooupty to be known ea the Courthouse Commissioners, ^or ^tbe purpoea of suiffrtntsndlng the erection of said Courthouse and other public buildings provided for in this act, and for the Improvement of the Courthouse grounds. and for the purpose of carrying oat the wd visftoos of this sot with fuU power to sell the old Courthouse or pro ride for the use of material or any part thereof In said building to the building of a new Courthouse, add in case of sale, to use the money tor the MUgfe purpose; and lb pay for the* same by means of orders upon the Treasurer of said county of Beaufort, according to the terms of the contract which they may make: Provided, that said contract aha! first be submitted to and approve^ by thq Board of County Commlsslon ers; that the Treasurer of Beaufort county shall pay out the funds rea lised from the bonds sold under the provisions of this act upon the or ders of the aforesaid Board of Com missioners, signed by their chair man and countersigned by their sec retary. ^ ? Sec. 7. That Commissioners pro vided for in section sis of this aet shall orgsnlxe by electing a chair man and secretary, and shall make ayrh rules and regulation* and pro vide for the payment of such agents and cl&rka as may b* neceeeary to -wry into effect Che provistoiAjkof this act, and they are hereby cfeated and declared to be a body politic and corporate under the nape and style of the. "Courthouse .Commis sioners" and their znlaetings shall be at such times and place as they may deem j)ece|aary and proper for the performance' of their duties as provided for by this aot, and their corporate existence shall oease and determine apon the erection and completion of the Co'urthouse, and Its acceptance by them, and the dis charge of all contracts created by them ; that their com pens at lop shall be such as may be fixed by the'&oard of County Commissioners. 8ec. 8. That during the period of tearing down the old Courthouse now used by the county of Beaufort ibd erecting a new oftie, the Board tt Oounty Commissioners of Beau Tort county shall provide a suitable ?lece for holding the oodrts of said x>unty and also a suitable office for ?rhe officers ' of said ? oe??4y. AH isles and advertisements required by law t6 be made at the Courthouse toor shall be made at the place des ignated fer hold! ok the courts of -aid county ft fom the time the Courthouse ceases to be occupied as <uoh ustll the new CourtBouse Is re ceived and accepted by the Coprt-. louse Commissioners. Bee. 9. That the dhtlea Imposed and- powers conferred by this act shall be construed to be mandatory and not dirsQtory, and any officer provided for under this act/ or any duty imposed or power con f err c under this aot a pop any parson, fall ing to discharge such duty or exer cise such authority, shall bs guilty af a misdemeanor and .fined or fm ?rtscwed at ths discretion of the lourt. w , Sec. 10. Provided, that this act ihali be submitted to the qualified oters of Besufort county set an ele Mon to* be held op tke eeeood Tuee iay in August, one thousand nine hundred and seven, which eleetln shall be ordered by Up County Ca?r missions*! of Beaufort county a' tbsir meeting on the Hot Monday In July, cm thousand mln* hundred sad seven ; wMoh election shall be held under the same rules And ref< letlone and restrictions a% is yrcrsfd ed by Jaw for the election of men bewoC the Qenerml Assembly, and returns made and the rteulte de clared In accordance with Hie rales provided In. the general emotion vot Kon nald questions. Those favwr Um !?? rnbtlf rot? ? tkk.t en irs. mm Mrs. E. 8. atpmons delightfully entertained Priday evening last. at bar handsome home on But Mala llfMt, m bunur uf lw ualuf. Miia Louise Qrl*. the oooaafcm b^af a linen ibover. -&be' fcraclous bosteaa In bar uoual charming yajyier. wel comed the guests in the - reception hall, which waa attractively deco rated tn green. From the recep tion ban the gueats were ushered Into the boar living room, where places were soon found around small .tables for a game of bridge. In thia room the oolor scheme waa red and green. The hall* were ar ranged for dancing, and the young people enjoyed thla amusement to the fullest extent. At the appoint ed time Little Mlaa Margaret Handy and Master Caleb Boll, dreesed as bride and groom, entered to the strains of "Lohengrlns" wedding march and showered the brtde elect with numerous and useful ar ticles of linen. At a late hour moat dellclona refreshments were served. About fifty enjoyed Mri. Simmons' hospitality and "the func titfit proved to be one of the moat delightful of the aeaaon. ifpi , PRESENT WEEK Th^er wi will offer their potraa# thla w?*fc Mi eaolualve pic ture prognCm. with a chance ta pro m&a ?r?ry ?Hbt- Ttt?y Will fl? three rwto of tfce ??Unhreraal" e t tee ?fery nlffct. ^picture? are proving to fce * great drawing card for this popular play hou?e. Tomorrow nlgfct the fourth liartall mesrt of the 'Trey O' Hearts" will be' ahown, w&ftoh la driwlng very large crowds every night that It la shown. Thla picture haa aome of the beat aconery In It that haa erer been here In 4jiy photoplay- The aeecea are all vary exciting, and In teracting. and ifcould fcu vary good baalheea fo| *>?w;0 nlghta for thio hotaae. Price* 4 thla week are 5 ahd 10 oenta. RETURNS H HOME. Botih Chadwlck, who haa b? ?*? W"* jj$ Mra. K. L. Roper for aeraral weafca. returned to ber homo In Swan Quarter ' thla after noon <0 the ragfet of her many friend a. FLOODS AND MUD IN , WEST HALT INFAlfTtY ALONG BATTLEFRONTS London, Jen. 10. ? The British re ply to the American note occupies the 'attention of the British press and public In the absence of any important news from the European bsttlsGttds. _ The Germans en,d French official reports of the most redfcnt Jfcp^Uagln the wept** ^ ar# aflooet a repetition of those Is sued on precdlng days. A British eye- witness, who has been the official historian of events at the froct, lays etreee on the im portant part played b^the artillery and high explosives In modern war fare and claims superiority for the allies in utllley which la being us ed to Its full strength. From the ?oast to the river Oise, where the country la under water, and the rivers are flooded, the big guna bare been engaged continuous ly, but the water and mud prevent the Infantry from coming into ac tion. Along the Alsne valley, how ever, and through the Champagne district as far aa western Argonne the French are pushing their offen sive and organising the ground gained. These gains have been made at heavy oost& , In western Argonne the Germans also claim to hsve msde gains and to have repulsed a French attempt tc carry theie^ -treaebee in the Woer re and Alaaoe. "the only news from the east is the German report that the Russian ?offensive tq^frard Mlawa has failed, their foree'havlng been driven back. In the Caucasus 1he Turks have made a stand on the frontier near Kara-TJrgan and are fiercely attaey ing the Rosslsn lines. Seemingly *h?. Russians believe the report that the Turkish cruiser Goeben hu been,- damaged, tor their i Black aea fleat,; *rlth the Goeben. hu been atMpMqp , Turkish porta and destroying tjUtt ahlpping. There la MX <^rslopment In the .fast beyond tti?. revert from Sofia the* M. QueuadlofT, former Bulfa rt?n ?ulnl^iaiirMtuWi 1? leering for Rome on & semi-official mission, the object of which la to as certain the attitude of Italy- toward* the possible future coordination of Italo- Bulgarian interests In the war. Rg? li'? Entry Into War Would Result In Its Rnd. Paris, Jail. 10. ? G. I. Diamandy, deputy in the Rumanian parllamen* and member of the Franco-Ruman ian mission, now in France, declar ed at sf banquet Saturday night that Rumania wan on the eve of grave developments. He aeld ho was sur Rumania's entry into the war- would result in it* end. He added tha*1 he did not speak officially but voic ed the sentiment of his people gen erally. Paris, Jan. JO.?' The following of ficial communication was issued to night: "Last night In the Champagne re gion two counter-attacka by the Ger mane one to the north of Perthes, the other to the north of Beause Jour wore . repelled In the Argon ne two rfnfnor attacks by the enem? jWa-ve *t Fontaine Jtfadsm end at St. Hubert. ^ There was a lively fulllsa<fe In the direction of hill 183 west of Boureutlles and on Le Rulsseau dee N*oorlsson? but no attacks. ? "The night was calm on the rent o t the flgont" which shall be written or printed the words, "For Courthouee," and thpm Opposing shall vote a ticket on which ?hall be written or printed, the words. "Against Courthouse." That la the event there shall be a majority ef the quail fled voter* "ol the county voting In favor of a Cotirthooee, "then all the powers, privilege#, authorities and "4?tles shatl.be lromelately conferred upon the persons and bodies herein nam ed, and It ehall be their duty to pro ceed at once under the provtetons of %hle act; hot If a majority of the quad! fled voter* shall be agala* the Court houee. t%eo this eat shall be imhvat ?c?M. ?as. 11. That Si Const r T tmt naw of B???lort e^ulr dull roeotT* w* ii'illU'lM for performing Ik* 4?Um raqolrad of flk uter thM ?* u ?*r ?? fw ?wt of Conatr OoaalMlMi of Ion hit: Prs*IM. that **14 m*a*m ?U?w?i kiabrlw. < ft? ll. nu u. Bov< of Com ?7 OWIWHW ?t JNMtart o^b a.ftdflk' Am .*3 ty shall have supervisory direction and control o t all work dona and psr formed under this act by tha Cocrt houae Commissioners, and tha said Courthouse Commissioners shall re port In writing at aaeb monthly znaat tog of tha aald Board of County Commladonwn of Beaufort county, tha pmgrmm of tha work dona by them, showing an Itemised state ment of all dtehnri wants mada hy therm ; and tha said board of Com m hi "loners of Beaufort county, or a^y one of them, shall at all thbes hare full and tree eoesas to any and all rswrds at tha aald Courthouse Ooanml? loaars. / Ste. II. That tha aald Coart houee Commissioners provided for in thla Ml shall ha elaatad by tha Board of Com Discovers of Baaa fort earn sty at th?{^ tayolar meet 4*1 on tha first Money ta June af Bee. . 14. That this Mt shall be la fm? from and aftar Hs rati** ttaa. la tha Gaaaral J Wily read thraa Umm m* raUM ?k* ** fth ??* ot Man*. lf?T, IV; ; i '. . " '_** ? PUBLIC DOCK Ml HI 1 . mm Mr. Editor: ? Taking It for grant ed that the Mvipiyir tiftMn of the town ehould know everything, 1 would like to iil, IT fftB M Ml1 mh wh&t la to beocmw of oar public wharf property? other Im provements are b?Lnjr di*x*fi?d, tl (teems to me that this vbvi proper ty should he completed. A year or t>o ego, oar dtiaens were called upon to vote en additional bood issue of $16,000 for e public dock, "which at that time eeesned to be i gr^pt ne ceMtty," end I beltere H wee, end la now, M ta well known. Our cltUene reeponded to that cell; bond taeue carried ; property '/ i then the matter ended. ?Ta ry re ta e publlo utility need ed. It la vUMt public dock, end u ell know. In Ite preeent condition. It cannot be ueed. Why the need of thta extra tax on our dtleeoe If the property cannot be of toneftt to them, I am Informed that the Board of Aldermen Intend to aak the leflala ture tor pernriaelon to Inane more bonda to complete improrementa. Now. why cannot enough he added to oomplete thla wharf, no that the general public can jet the bene? of the lnvaetment? The city now baa 915.000 la this wharf property end ee a bncflneas proportion, it doee lean to m It should be completed. So that it could be uaed. Agitate the propoaltlon. Mr. Bai lor, and oee if yon can't jet the Board of Aldermen to add enough to their improvement bill to com plete thla Wharf property, eo that the oommeroa coming to thla elty by boata can be eared for. The eit lxena are surely entitled to the UK! IS DESTINE i SI H SlIIMI About two o'clock Sunday morn ing Mr. Floyd Smith, who Urea Juat north of the Washington Collegiate Institute, on the college grounds, and about a mile and one-half from the city lhnlte, was awakened by hearing something felKo? and fonnd that the roof of the kRohen and din ing roiom of his residence, which waa on Are, had fallen In. With the aaaletance of a numbed of boy students from the Collegiate Institute, and others, he eucceeded In earing most of the househould furnishings, with the execution of the con ten te of the kitchen and din ing room. The build tngr waa totally destroyed. Two young lady studewfcs at the institute, who boarded with Mr. Smith, were fortunate In saving most of their effects. Mr. Smith carried ne Insurance. mmat <?> hum At their regular meeting oa Sun day afternoon, January trd, the Ba reea Class of the Ftret Methedlet Church, held their annual election of officer* The following were elect ed to eerre during th^ oocilng year: J. T. Bland, president; 9. T. Lewis, ?les president: Bills ?. Phillips, sec retary and treasurer: W M Keer, teacherj R. O. Skinner, assistant teacher. These {heatings are held et the chun* each Sunday etftemoon at a o'clock and & cordial latitats on is eartended to streamer* aad an to attend these meetings. W> WOT OCTIA *"?" *? Mi *m4 9m. Un to" ?lltliewMM WMat Ifr* D. B. PMt*r? u< ??%. wt. km tMM tkMil k* Mltw UN. w. a. m tw. aniittt p* mm l? rMnaw. ?.?.?* mw>wM M Kn - ? . REVIEW OF FOUR DAYS' SESSIONS OF ASSEMBLY FORCAST FOR THE WEEK w?lle Om ywm moo of thai OaoarmJ i* but four day. old, acllj tlms .enough baa passed for the people of Norm Carolina to get ? aotpewhat definite Idea of the cal lbr* ?t ?*? preeent leg&latora and Hmmif -f ih. l.^.i..,, fay rspreeent. ?a* of the most prominent members In the upper house bu stated: "This MMloa of the Genera! As oembly wl|l be marked br a wise *-A&j ? ?tlsm . by an equally *'.se ?oonooy. and by a realism, .en,,, ?of Its members of their (real oppor tunity and still greater responsl blHtlee to the people of North Car ollaa." Hw Week's Work. The outstanding f? tures of the ? work were the organization of the two branches of the Ajeem Mr. the election of officers, the ap pointment of the many employers, the reading of the Oorernor Cmlg's tMaaage and the announcement ol t be committee#. But three bills of important hare been Introduced so far. One, touching the oontrol of the 9tato oonrlcta; another, the State High way Commission, ths third, to es tablish a home for (alien woman. As to the first measure, the sen ttmant at ths Wcetern members es psclally aeems to be abongly against North Carolina withdrawing its aid through the oonrleta, to the work being done In that part of the Mete b? Che ultimate fata of the bill la problematical. ? A Measure of Umrrj. TI>9 proposed home for fallen wo ???a, a merciful measure, eeemo to bar* struck a reeponse chord In the beasts of the North Carolina law makers. and according to some or the beat po?ad men of both houses measure will become a law substan tially as drawn. TOa 8?a<a Highway Commission lMlr '"Used to t>e a wis, Ptaoa o* legislation . will hardly pas. ?t this sumlon, it' la said- It l? Pointed out that State- wide leglsla Uoneorerlng matter* la wSlch the different counties, dues and towns are personally and Intimately inter ested. Is not popular In this state. During ths four days the Aswo blT tmm la pseslon there harp bo*? 67 bills Introduced In the Mouse and 88 In the Senate. Tkt proposal to consolidate, as nearly a; may be, the vast number of local Mils eventually lo be dropped Into the hopper, seems to hare met with but faint encouragement. As some of the members aay. It would un doubted ly expedite the wdrk of the Assembly and greatly lessen the work of ths clerical Some ? but the chanoes are ths sams old way will prwrall. This Week's Work. The coming wesk. with the com pl?lon of tba lists of committees, snd with the consequent tuning up Jit the kvlUatlTa machinery. Nriu be marked by the introduction of a Hood of local bills and by appear ance on the floor of a few of the More Important measures Wheth- 1 -*r the daddies of these aforesaid and previously meniloned impor tant m?Murw will reoognlse tMr offspring after their Journey ckrv the legislative mill Is a question to be submitted to some reliable for tune teller, seer or prophet. May be they will ? but again the rhsnr? are that they will not, for there are some big, burly and rode m?a waiting for them with various and sundry amendments which will change their appearance substanti ally ? and then some. State Wide Primary. Senator Weaver may bring In his State-wide primary bill ? about the pnd of the week. Its provisions, of course, cover rfl parties and all of fices. The Senator from Bunoombe is not talking much for publication about his measure, but It Is very carefully drawn, according to thoSe who know, and the Senator, with his oo-laborer, Benator Hobgood, are going to make a historic light for its passage. To the minds of Western mem bers the merlon of a State-wide primary law brings Tlrld recollec tions of how" such a law might, ?n^i would, have changed the results of a recent congressional election held there. This, of course. Is one of ths Im portant measures of the session and its fate will be watched with Inter est by the state ax large. Child Labor Law. Also during thle coming and eventful week the reading clerks will pick up a carefully folded manuscript and drone out "A bill entitled an act to give the child-la bor some teeth." Of course, that wont exactly be the title of the bill but that Is what it will amount to. If the bill becomes a law. According to the members who know the provisions of the act. It is a thoroughly good one and ou< which the voters of North Carolyn will heartily approvs. . Australian Hanoi. If Representative Qallatin Rob erta. Australian ballot bill is Intro duced this week also, as it may be, the legislative mill will have about all It can grind for some time. Ths North Carolina Equal Suffrage League has a little measags for the Assembly, but It will not be deliver ed Just now. Neither will any amendment to.the liquor laws com# up at present, nor the ever-recnr-* ring question of Insurance preml tms. These, with the farm legists tlon. euch as land segregation, s more equitable system of taxation, foreet preservation, snd so on. will be left for the future. Fish and Local Laws. A state-wide fish law may make Its appearance this week, and cer tainly several dog laws will appear on the scene. But the big measures tol of, and the numberless local bllle sure to be presented, will give the members all they can do for on* short week of six days ? and when the week end draws near doubtless many of them will be ready to ask for leave of absence until ths fol lowing Monday. WHIT SERIES ON THIS. EVE. 9p*d&I ariluca will ba oonduot?d at Rt. Fatar'a Bptaoopal church Tfeoradajr ?rr?nlnt at 8 o'clock. Rar. Will toon B. Co*, rartor of St Jtfha-a r*ri?h. and Rat. Dr W. H.' Milton, rector of St. Jamas Pari ah. trf Wllmta?tott. will ba tb? ap?tk?ri at tbia matlnt mar. MMfcaalal Hard tut. 1n gtrlnt aatlaa of tMi m*at1nt raatarflay, laid apadal atiraaa on Ha Importanr*' amfl aptotatari tmy manfoar of ttaa rni^?ma?loa a eomatttaa of ona to aaa that tha nbnreh Wan wall flllad oa ftbla aaaaalom. Tba ravalar laoatlriy of ?b? (ill* of noMw, . VIM b? fc*M Winn ?(M at OMr mut U H)> hutn ?uU*Um. ?? * ?'?twk. *11 ma tan w ? v RNNQUICE1ENT OF WEDDING ON iff NEXT Mr. and Mm, C, H. Jordan ann*>unee the approaching marriage of their diughteT Olivia to Mr. Frank A. Wright on Monday, January the elgfeteaath nineteen hundred and flftaen I Washington, North Carottna. No cards in the city. New Theater ? , rumour ' 'TOTWMi/nRWorwi*.' t? MBA? ? # mkmmulk ohanobd imanr, PrlwIalMOlM,