North Carolina Newspapers

4 - X'v3IXiTIY COLLEGE. ClotMy, rain Jate :n the afternoon c: af night. - 3 "T V ' V temperature for tne past 24 hours: Mm. 34; Max. 62 TT VoL XI RAIiEIG-H, N." C. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1903 No. 74 Bias Mil; . Tl - - . . . . ' i .... .- . : : KesoraeoE to Mflorse jruDlican. tditorsi Makea famous Over, It- Judge Boyd and the Wilkis baro CourtNewell Still Fightinir ri tmchai jr. rnrK , ,.:.cjrn. Feb. 17. Special. The . , .,;?. introduced by Charles Km. -:?"t bfnre the National nepubli - K.W-vIal Association, (indorsing -....!- Roevelt for president In i. t ith suYh opposition f-om t.: , r de-legates today that It , -- nt presw.-d. H Wna r.ot '. , f a that the resolution would ; j.. ;-.. but to avoid the emhar ,.i . t of a fithf over It 'consider ir.t rromp:ed the president's v.-withdraw it. There is no .......t t i. Mr. Koocveit' friends prc- ; bnt It- nn cor.aldered bad ,v. : ":nltc a fight over the r-ro-v. hlrh would have been ber--. f-.r and vld.j by he polltl.-ul ' t-f the pr"sent occupant of the :i ll-.i-e. Iroininnt umonf those s.. -.!: .- doctdl ftnd as.ain.i ;he m." t of l;oovlt by the tis Kocoe Mitvhcll of h Vrollnn. He had the support -.t! 9f'tithro editors, thrx from ; a -oid !o othrs from !l?irc, - r'K aril "hio. Th? op;ioitlon , . Intlr pfto;.f to command at i t: . Th- revolution whH nao .:'- n -!o arntlpn.l the Fcno : rry in tb,'iulh fo1 the ellml- : : . f the co!o-'-i n:an an a j-oMtf- ; I- -.r. "o rp!Mlon w-as made to , : -' ifiu'i pral?Uig alike the Mr. xi-.ly in id nKeveU drr.Inlstratioii. : ' .""llubell U-I.trei that he v. Ill ..t :..- t nilsabelh City and ":;.r ;! ? eJitri?l care of the Oaro . If tb' editorial chair la pro ..t i fr.ui Ir.VHsIon by barred doors - .1 invi:e the aid of the courts. t -.out lit th rO'.nta haiil.l ?t ;.i...-t l.irn. he proposes t establlh . F.a': (Ac orgttn in llalcigh. T::- hulinatlon !!ut Judge Uoyd did t (mr the tablihment of a fed- ,i r... Ml AYirkvUK while be wii .;t.-nl In ,tbc deaprlment of Ju? - 1. i rulteU in th- publie.it Ion' ' t:-. lttr Ahlh h wro' Frank t ii-i -nri uu iiiiii yviijjvt i. J iir i:tc in rifiy to one written by Hen- . Im v hlch he iilrrd ut th? ne - '.ty f.r the establishment of the Anjiwerina; thl. the Jude wrote ; h- n;s familiar with th- sltualn ; . i r.. miitd that there great in what Ifeudren s:id. The atti- Hi- f Jmlse Ttoyd, an hon In the : -;:v. j-i. n ritten to llidren. April :Tth. 1 . I vrholly in contract with p.rition h" took !efore Attorney r'rai Knox a few days ago wlnn the Vj'kN.n) court bIH wa under con . r.(tIon. Follouing is the letter: Tirs of ISth Instant, addressed to it" attorney general, relative to the nhhinrnt'of a lenn of th; federal New Rules Adopted to Squelsh the Democrats The House Resolved to Carry on Business in Spite of Opposition of the Minoritv I iV.:hiugton. Feb. ST. With the re- -,;-ening oi me nousc n, 'is morning the fight of yesterday resumed between the Kepublican a Its nnd the Democratic minority. Th nht. as It dfveloned yesterday " du to the Hepublkan plan to un "t Conrrsinan Butler of St. IouIs 'M iepl?ce- him by a Republican. Mr. tVanr. The Republicans, in spite of l'tfr filibustering, succeetld In un gating Mr. IUitler, and the Democrats roSvea to keep up the fight against Ipublicsn measures. It Is not ln t't ied to go so far as to fore on ex-Ir-i ssirn by compellina; the falure of ,;rropriatlon bills, but there Is no tell I -c nhat the heat of the fight may lri: g In its wake. - The R-pabllcan leads felt aufck-n-fv alarmxl thl ti'ornins'to draw up ' svcial rules one providing that motion to recess shall .t all times prc-cdence over" a" motion to d "" Jrn; th other "that it shall be In cr lr to tike from the speaker's table i.v g?nr! appropriation bill, retum 1 ith Senate amendments, and a vlc ''all be. at once , taken without debate intervening motion on the question. sWii the House disagree to said ndmnts en, bloc and ask a coufer with the Senate r If this motion decided in the affirmative, the sp?ak r sl.ll t otue.. appoint the co:fer " e rumiViItte'wUbuut intervention f any motion. If the House slt!l decide M motion In . Ibe negative the ef-f-t of the vote shall be to agive to id amendments." - Roosevelt WitMra !itrict court tit Wi'Tic-bojo, n re- I am fmlli:irttvlth.thc r!t nation, and nnirt admit tlmt there Is great force in wht yoU ray. J.lr. Amwy Introduced th bill for ihe establishment of a term f the court at Winston, and is. ns I understand. fitrtheHnfr the proposition. If your psople desire to heard In this matter It wou'd' probably be as well to lay your claims before Mr. I.1n ey, and a'-o to communicate with boater Prltrhurd relative to the same. The Winston bill by s not yet been re Parted to the House for action, so I tnl:e It there Is time for your pjoplo to bi hirrV: Itobert H. McNeil, private secretary o Fenator rrltchrjrd.- maIe the fol lowing statenirnt' today v.!th reference Ho Judge BojT effort to get a copy of the foregoing letter: "Judge hoyd's reference to me In the Observer's fJrccnsboro correspondence. In which he says thai he has made a demand for a cony of the Hendren let ter, which was recently sent to me. which demand hud not bn compiled with, does me a j-Teat Injustice. The ludge's 'demand or request was sent ont from CJrcnsboro on the 23th in stant and reached me at S o'clock a. ra the 2th Instant. At noon of that day 1 1 called on Congressman lilackburn's secretary, rt his roorrl. for the letter, I and he lo'd me h would hrlns It to my toff.ee in the hftertioon. The letter did Snot come, and-1 sent a special messen ger for it the morning of the 27th in stant, nd srnt the Jud?e a copy im r.irdliitly. Hither than desiring to pervert 'the letter I invite its publica tion. I have ontj- used it legitimately and In the manner "thht any official statement from any' "official should be fed. end have In no way done ought except 'my duly ns ari official and na tive of the counties-"whose jury system has bcn attaelrsd. - - . Jake Newell, who was turned down for postmaster at Charlotte, has not given up his right, and it is under stood that he and his TrTe'nflB have filed affidavits and . papers with , the post ; ofTice department for the purpose of showing that George SI. Hiss farmed the office out to It, W. Smith In order to get back the $L0 he Invested in the congixssipty.1 campaign. Kertatar PifiU'ftird is not going to take up thiflflgtJL.anJ., Ihryonly hope or thoe, makVng'.It . i3 "that they may be--a"b1e to Interest th postmaster general. The " filibuster ' in the House will rsutt in the death of ail minor i b'ils now pending and which has a prospect of passing. The one of most Interest, to North Carolina which' will be thus affected is the Senate bill appropriating ?oS5,0C0 for a liht-house at Diamond shoal, t ape Hatteras. Mr. Fmall had ar- ! ranged with the speaker to take the bill up under sustensIon of. the ruls. Ther- is little or no hope for its pass age r.ow. Representative Blackburn went over to Baltimore, yesterday to see his brother. Dr. T. C. niackburn. who has received an appointment as surgeon in the navy. Pr. Blackburn left today for Texas to Join the South Atlantic scuadron. These rulrs were forced through this si ft? moon, amid " Pem'ocratlc taunts and Jeers. The on'v- precedent for a continuous ! session for m lonr a time as Is now -contemplated occurred In 1SSS, during ; the fiftieth Congress. The flirht was "oV the" bill to refund J to the loyal state that had paid the direct tax assessed toy. tne reuerai gov ernment during the civil war the sum of e-"O.W0.oer This contest . took the form of a ftntmstef, nnd the House remained tn continuous session for eight days and eight nights. It , was this filibuster that resulted In the adop tion of the puf6umfwaining rule by the fifty-first CongresfV Promptly at 11 o clock Speaker Hen derson took the chair and called the House to order. Mr. Richardson, the minority leader, made the point of no quorum. "We caf not do business with out a quorum." Sn- said, rddlng sar castically. "althVJih we tan' unseat a member without "hue." V " The sneaker ' replied that there was manifestly no, quorum present, and di rected a call "of "the- House. On the call 2t;7 members appeared. Including Representative Wagoner, who obtained his s-ct yesterday." , " Speaker Henderson submitted a mes sage from tftC president vetoing a bill to give an honorable il'lscharge to ll It. Keed. an alleged deserter. Mr., Hull moved the reference of the message to the. toinnilttee on military affairs, and Uon that motion demand ed the -prevkJus question. The Demo crats forced h second roll call upon the demand. The result of the second, roll call to. IM. and sustained .1. n.kiwl. for tle Previous fiueslloii. I third call was nc-essary to refer the veto. The motfoti to-rofer prevailed I'jZ to ?. -:'--" Mr. Fleming or fjeorput arose "to ai question of the'Mtrhest privilege," and J . .' , ' , - . ' ..' . "" I JIr- I'nderwood, sought to'secure an offered a resolution declaring iatvnoopportuity to .more to Instruct the quorum v. as present when RepresentaT J nferee, to affree ? to 4he, senate tlve Butler.of. illssouri, was .unseated;-amendment authorizing the purchase that the speaker, pro tempore, ruling, t of a bust of the late rresldent McKin the contrary, viola ted. the constitut ion; ',y hy .Kmrna Cadwallader; Guild for that the announcement;that the ifcuse., j A wrangle ehsaed between him had unseated Cutler and 'seated Wagi ; and tne Ppeaker over the interpreta oner was, in fact untrue, and; that, tion of - the rule . recently adopted,' in the former lawfully, retains ills' meni-'-n-hlch the latter conceded that there bership in the House. ,There was Dem- was nothing -in the rule to." prohibit ocratlc appjause - when the rt solution the House from instructing the con had been read.-. ... ferees, but later said he was mls . Mr. Payne made a motion to iay- the taken. Mr. Underwood was proceeding resolution on the table. The yeas and U fb argue - the point, when the gavel nays were demanded on this and : thei went,, bang, and the speaker said:; "The fourth roll call .began. Mf. 'Payne's chair overrules all points made by the motion -was. carried 161 to 107. - gwitleman.- The House ,has no time to As the terms of the new rules were wSste." (Sarcastic Democratic ap rcai at the clerk's desk the "Democrats i plause.) ' ' jpr. When the confusion subsided Mr. Sherman was proceeding to de Mr. Dalzeii. speaking in support of thd iscrlbe the effect of the Indian, appro necessity for the rules, calied'attention , prlatlon conference report when Mr. to the refusal of the minority to allow ' Wtle of Arkansas, with iir concealed the sundry civil, appropriation btlp.to go to conference, a request," he said, that had never -before been "re fused iu the history, of -the House. .AThe riiics were forced through. t- Mr. Underwood of AlalianTa,"a" niin orltv member of the committee . on rules, said that "all things come to him who waits." Ten yearsago the Republicans passed the Reed" rules, as they said, to enable the House to do business, and jiow the leaders of the majority ar? compelled to make the hu miliating confession before the country that, they cannot do business under those rv!es. - , " - General Grosvenor said the gentleman from Alabama was mistaken.'" "Today he would feel the effect of the Reed rules. The Republican House v.-as not abandoning, but enforcing " the. rules made by a Republican House, and adopted by a Democratic House; which makes the halter that the ..gentleman did not like when he felt it" btgln to draw. The duty of KepubUestu' party. he said, was to save the country from an extra session of Congress with its attendant Injury to the country, dis- turbance of business and increased ex - pense 'to the government.,? All these were no.hing to the Democrats. -They had been so long without the 'sense, of responsibility that they did not" know the effect of it. (Laughter): Mr. DeArmond of Missouri sarcasti cally alluded to the pathos .which he discovered in the voice? of -the' gentle man from Ohio as he appealed to thosT members who might have .convictions of their own to yield them, and bare report on the bill to protect the presi thelr backs to the lash which' they were, j' flint of the United States, about to apply. ' - ; j Mr. Blackburn pressed the Littlefleld He thought that both Grosvenor and j anti-trust bill and demanded a votq Dalzell did not take sufficient account j pn. the question. of the resources left to the majority, j Mr. Quay asked to be excused from and " he would mention theiri in oi'de-r ' ' . that they might take heart and conr- V. v .' . . -. - '. - age. "You have Wagoner with- you." j he said amid shouts of laughter from r the Democrats, "and a man. who in the -speaker's A-hair. can override every-. ;-. thing that men generally believe ought to be respected." ' - ' 1 ' Mr. DeArmond said he was not an admirer of the late Mr. Reed, save only for his great. mental attainments; but "would Cod," he passionately ex claimed, "that a man of .his , ability and pride of character had. been iu the. chair last nis'ht." . As to the effect of the rules, which would be. Mr. DeArmond. said, to adopt without consideration an' amaidraent put to the appropriation bills "by the Senate, he asked how long the majori ty expected legislation of. -that kind would stand the scrutiny.of the courts. He bade them to go on. assuring them that the Democrats could s.tand the sit uation and its results as long -as- the Republicans. . j '- Mr. Williams of Illinois .-followejl. . lie said that he was one of the Democrats who had doubted that the, Republi cans would perpetrate, the outraga yes terdav after onlyvtwo hours debate. He referred to the votes cast ..last night, considerably worse than in November, and said that they showed ot no time the date of last report, and growing more than 164 Republicans-in the hall,- v-orse every month. Some "revival in and yet a speaker had been able; to i pusmr and tobacco prices due to expec count 173 present when there- whk not'!taton 0f tariff 'law. kThe interests of that number in the clty. Something ; pniplnos in sugarv and tobacco exten he said, ought to be doae to put the y0t an(j failure of bill will be a blow seal of condemnation upon such outra- j ,u face of those interests. Number of geous proceedings - ' , ( tobacco factories will have to close, Concluding the debate in opposition ' uni many sugar haciendas will be put to tlie rules, Mr. Richardson said that" up for saie at a sacrifice if the bill the minority had been doing nothing joes not pass. Custom receipts have throughout the proceedings that "was fallen off this month one-third, show wrong or peculiar. They had a right jng decrease of purchasing power of to demand that the RepubHcans should ; jgands General business stagnant, proceed under the rules' of at Repuh- ; jj political parties, including . labor lican House, "and we will." he shouted- unionSt most strenuous in petition for Mr. Cannon, the - real Republican , tariff bill. Effect of its failure very leader of the Ilouse, concluded the de-.( digcouragin& bate on" the present re.5ohitlons. He r Vice Governor I.uke Wright endorses spoke with unusual earnestness, as If ,n the strongest manner all that Gov exhorting his hearers n.rfKPrd.tP.4.ernor Taft has said and states he has matter of the very graves eharactef, - apprehension--as to the affecting their eternal welfare. . ' ;Jd?ma&e that may corner to the island -mis is h gon iiiiinii uj iiwvm; r he sala, ana ine majority, is n-vnai- . . . i. r. the nendalum swung back and forth, the responsibility goes, to, one side or to the other. Both are respon bbt; In VtesV'anal pie. The majority yesterday, said he, properly believiiig they were doing a righteous work to unseat the eontestee - - CF a . 1 1 appeal from that a.nion. to a just pup - lie sentiment of the country.. -; The previous' question-. was .' 'ordered in an, election case, tne aiunopiy,.De-.; fi ... ... , lleving the same. saw fit.-1 interpose from nearly six years of devastating every possible objection. aiiothe mat- xyarfare, with the accompanying de i.rVa'fouht out. There Is only, one" struction of property and the breaking on the rules 169 to 111 and they , were passed 153 to IM. r,C -rThe- rules were put' .Into operation at once. ' Senate amendments to the ag- Si:' ricu It ural a propria tiop; ' Ti"lr - "w ere" read Richardson tternajaded. ', a - roll 1 unonorr r-;Mi8a gree to them onferente.' The motion was agreed to yens 260, riays one; present. jmirtn, maae.ine point ot order tnat he was squandering tb valuable time of the House." j TK CiT-BLlTIIH Dt!HE FOB The L:tiletll Bill Reira Ita Qatat nilntht nau - Washington, Feb.v 27, The naval ap propriation' bill "was taken up in the Senate this morning. , An amendment was agreed to , appropriating $5,000 for the erection of a monument in Arling ton cemetery, Va., to the memory ot Captain Charles Vernon Gridley of the United States steamship Olympla. .Mr. Foraker offered an amendment, which was agreed to, providing for , plans for the erection of a monument i at Vicksburg military park to the mem- ory of the gunboat flotilla operating in western waters during the civil war. The bill then was passed. The military academy appropriation bill, authorizing the president to ap point a cadet from Porto Rico to West Point, was passed. Mr. Bailey of Texas said he desired ; to record himself against any proposl- 'tion confining appointments to .natives of any place. t "Then you want to stand up for the rights of carpet-baggers?" remarked Mr. Hoar. Mr. Bailey replied that he had had an unpleasant-experience with carpet baggers, and that he hail no disposi tion to stand up for them for any place on the globe. Mr. Hoar called up the conference Tariff Relief v! Philippine Distress The President Urges Con gress to Take Action to Avert Calamities That Are Now Seriously Threatened Washington, Feb. 27. The president sent to the Senate, today this mes sage: To the Senate: I have just received a cable from Governor Taft which runs as follows: j "Necessity for passage of House tar Iff bill most urgent. The conditions ,of -productive -industry and business if there is not substantial reduction in the tariff levied against Philippine good coming to the United Mates v" s. . . . I very earnestly ask that this matter re ceive the immediate attention of Con- P-yed for be ifyniV- - , . . M lamities has befallen the Philippine up of trie bonus oi social oruw,anu w.e 1 habits e peace rui mausiry, mere-wc- Iturred an epidemic of rinderpest which , . " ir.Arr.iA Tct tli-v nwp emersTinff voting, on the Littlefield bill because he owjied stock in corporations which, he . said, he supposed Trould be treated as trusts. V, He said he would vote on this : preliminary question. The; Senate refused ". to take up the Llttle'field anti-trust bill 28 to CS, -as follows: "K Yeas Bacon, Bailey, Bate,; Berry, Blackburn,- Cai-mack Clay, Culberson, DuBois, "Harris, Heitfeld. Jones of Ar kansas, '-McCbmas, MeEnery. McLau 'rln '..of Mississippi, Mallory, Martin, Morgan; Nelson, Fatterson, Pettus, Rawlins,; Simmons,' Taliaferro. Teller, TilhnatC Turner, Wellington 2S. Nays Aldrlch, ; Alger, Bard, Bever-IdgeV-.-BUtnliam,; -Burrows, Clark of Wyoming,. - DeBoe, Depew, ' Deitrlch, Dillingham, Dolllver,- Dryden, , Fair lianlcs'FQi'aker,1 Foster; of Washington, Frye, GalJlnger,. Gamble, .Kanna, Hans uruugn, aiuni , nwu, amicuic uuu6c, tln lne aispatChOf business, atld If the Millard, --Mitchell, Perkins, Piatt ot J members . will let up In the hitiodiu Connecticut, Piatt of .New York.-Froc-( tion of bills nnd give Speaker Gattis tor, Quay,; Simon, Spooner, , Stewart, 'the right of way with tlm ca!end.ir-he Warren, Wetmore 2.' . jwlll be about ready to f?how a clw ; The; Senate &t 1:43; p. m. went into'sheet when the hour for adjournment executive session: to consider the Pan- Sine die arrives. It is pretty certain, aina canal treaty. "Senaitor Morgan however, that if new bills-keep pouring took the floor immediately and con- tiimfams-icmaiM in uwunuunw i.. Panama canal treaty. He had spoken onij- awm ieu innimes, nen inrrc.jert on the calendar. was a.rdJI-call to secure the presence! The session is nearine- the home of a quorum, which was 'made at the; stretch, and the day for long 'speech instance of Senator Pettus. .'making Is over. Still the divorce bill is The Senate' returned to open session yet on the calendar and that is always at 5:13. ' !a fruitful subject for a disnlavof ora REBEL SUCCESS Five Hundred Chinese Sol diers Killed Pekin, Feb. 27. Advices received here today show. - that 500 imperial troops were caught February 16 In ambush ( in the Yang-Yihg pass by the rebels! of the province of Kwang-Si, South China. All the soldiei-s were killed and the rebels Captured large supplies of arms which the troops were taking to the besieged garrison of Chi-Yuen. The official . representatives admit that the rebellion n Kwang-Si is In creasing and has spread oyer the bor der into the province of Hunan. The viceroy . of Hunan has sent troops to the boundary to check the rebels ad vance. " - . Tebacco Growers Combine I-exi ngton , Ky., Feb. 27. Toba ceo gi-qwers from twenty-six counties in Kentucky, two counties, in Indiana and ojie in Qhio met here yesterday to per fect ..the .organization' of a.'. company which, has for its purpose the fixing of prices. - The capital stock is to be $3.000,000, . divided into shares of $10 each," to be held by 4,000 tobacco . grow ers. ..The schedule of prices submit ted runs as "High as 26 cents a pound. A guarantee , is' to tie given to every signer-that-an advance of 50 per .cent will be paid' over the trust price. for the destroyed ninety, per cent of the cara baos. the r Filipino . cattle, leaving the people without, draft animals to till the lands or to aid in the ordinary work of farm and village life. The ex tent of thedisaster can be seen from the fact that the surviving carabaos have Increased oyer ten fold in value. At the same' .time a peculiar oriental horse" disease became epidemic, further crippling transportation. The rice crop, already reduced by various causes to but a fourth of .its ordinary, size, has been;, damaged by locusts, so that l?Ie pWce of rice has nearly doubled. Under these circumstances there is imminent danger, of a famine in the islands. Congress is. in course of gen erously appropriating three million dol-Iars-to meet the" immediate, needs; but the indispensable and pre-eminent need is the resurrection of- productive in dustry from the prostration into which it has been thrown by the causes above enumerated."" ,1 ask action on the tariff matter, not merely from the standpoint of wise governmental -policy,' but as a measure, of "humanity, in response to an appeal to .which 'this ' great people should not" close its ears. We have assumed responsibilities to wards the Philippines which we are in honor bound to fulfill. We have the specific duty of taking every measure in our power to see to their prosperity. The first . and ".. most important step in this direction has been accomplished by the .Joint", action of the militarj- and civil authorities In securing peace and civil government. The wisdom of Con gress at thep resent session has pro vided for them a stable currency, and its spirit of humane liberality and jus-i tice toward;them will be shown- in 'the appropriation now substantially agreed upon of three million dollars to meet their; pressing, i immediate necessities: but there remains a vital need that one thing further shall be done. The ca- By White of Jones An act to ap lamities which -have befallen them! 1oint jU,tke of the peace in Joites averted by no human o.otif...6..6.. above enumerated- could ' hve leen averted by; no human - wisdom. They canont be completely repaired: but the suffering can be' greatly alleviated and a permanent basis of future prosper ity assured If .the economic relations of the island with the United States a re- put, upon Pa satisfactory ta?i3. - : ' THEODOR ROOSKVELT. White . llouse, Feb. .27, lf3. The Floe .. v . ir , . ' ." .V' Jill Hpuse Passis the Oyster Law Revenue Bill - is Turned Over to the Senate. a Much Work YetvRe- ? mains to Be Dent - i The House is making good prorc? in and certain dilatory tactics are k"pt Up me Doay win ne compellet to work .without pay or adjourn with many bills tory. Then, the bond biij. is' waiting its turn to be attacked. -Therela much work remaining for the last week of the session. It.ran only be completed by a determination on the part of ih members to stick to business and. fol low the rules adopted for the trans action of the same. - Klata Nat Admitted I Yesterday a bill by Mr, -..Warren -of Person to -authorize and 'require the state Hospital at Morganton to . ad- mit and care for one Willie Harris, an idiot of Person county, was -;iHed up out of its order and was about. to pass. Nn " , t T , V k '! V- i II.. ! 1 crii.uii IU ... Ll.Ctl. LIT lll'llJI J1CL9 rules and regulations under the gene ral law for the admission .of .patients, and it is ,also against those rules to admit idiots. He opposed any act that that annuls the 'general law in' this matter when it is impossible to care for all the insane. Dr. Stevenson of Iredell said the hos- pital could not accept and care, far un fortunates in this class. It is full now. ami it s.('sii1-l ncalAca in s taiir.t n . ... . .., . v ,. require the authorities to 'do so; ' 1 opposed the bill. ; !; "V? "-' io,7 ,-:.rMk.u. - 1 va .j'tt: the Interest of the curable' Insane; ot whom there Is a large number, as many or more than rmi be'- accommo dated, moved to las the bill on -the table. The motion to table was. adopt ed by an almost unanimous vote. ' The amended oyster, la w . was fully explained by Col. Iucas, 'chairman of the committee on oyster interests, and passed its several readings. The revenue bill passed its third reading after about an hour spept in trying to amend it. Only-one amend ment succeeded in getting through and that reduces the proposed tax of two hundred (loJlars on oil companies doing business in the state-to one. hundred dollars on oil companies doing business in the statta to one hundred dollars.. Haaaa BalHgs In Vatall . r . : : : openea wun prayer uy i;?v. vr. r. mtiiiu j Is S ' For the first lime , rim-e. Vhe :igisla- Mr. MMte .r ii.ii.iix .-in..- ..-n. Mm ture began its work there were no peti- '.provision t..klt,g oii..oii:j..yd.- v. i-i-tions introduced. : .' ' i.'lt lht; "original -jl..f. ..r.'r-d Iff th- The committee on health made a fa-i commit tee. The .;iiii'-n-irv i,t v..-. bit. vorable report on the-bill to prohibit Mr. Self; Amnd sctmu-iJ. u n ta the sale of cigarettes and cigarette- makeajc. o;i slot tna'-hha j !'.lt-4 per. lntraduetlaai af ISlMa K By Gattis An act to create a new township in "Orange, county and pro vide for working the roads. By Humphreys An aet to amend sec tion 2, chapter 69. private laws of By Hinton An act to establish a graded schooCat Elizabeth City. - By McRae Jn act validating the act by which the Bank of Wadesboro was incorporated. . . - . - , - - By Moore An act to incorporate the Bank of Ralford. , By Phillips An act to protect the citizens of Brunswick county. By Riddick An act to amend the law relative to cotton sed 'weighers. By Murphy An act to a mend sec tion 3123 of the Code relating to fees. By Woo ten An act to-repeal the law relating to the use of dutch and pound nets in Lenoir county. ' -. : -.- ' By Leeper An act to prohibit the manufacture, sale-or, shipment of liq uors in Gaston and Cleveland counties; amended by adding ' 1 Cabarrus "and Mitchel counties. By White of Jones An act', to pro hibitpublic drunkenness. . . By AVhite of Jones A n ' act : to pro hibit the, killing of deer and quail Jn Joijies. ,V; - By White of Jones An act to tax traveling liyde and eg"g purchasers. By White of Jones An. aet to pro hibit hunting on lands of" another, with out consent. ', . county. ' By Dobson An act for the relief of C. H. Harris, clerk superior court of Surry county. By Dobson An act reianng- o iae public schools at Pilot Mountain. By Shelton-Au act to protect roads r tt. T. ,. , - . . . , .... ..!.. i-- tty laugmriaife .ii .ni-w """" the auxiliary board of health Ut Edge - combe county. - v." ' ; dof Ms ' ' . j , i " Fowing M By King An a. t to give j,tuv the peace power-to smto-i.-e rVri to work on public roads. By BenbwAn net to repeal the ijie of "1901 relating to the asssnient of property. By Doughton An-act te nmrnd th law regulating prlman elections. By Kreeger An net to sk roads of Stkes county by taxntlon. By Guion An art to-reguJntetrpubVe road wprk.ln t'ravert county. . By rabain An act to reul-vte tha sale of stock. ' By ilorphew An art to anirnd chap ter Cfi, laws of 1501 in recird to ruttiiu; timber. . Paaaed Vlnal ll4lajc - - An act, to prohibit the sals and Im- puliation of liquor in CrMor 1rVe , 1?. nj. t'ab.irru an.l Mlttlvll ur;tl". j The ovatrr law wm nut .... it. r..il jir.fs and explained b ol. l.mas. h.lr-' ! n-.nn of the. oyster committ Th- live sub--omnilslMiiers v Im i.'ce(id SiOO eoh undor the oll law writ- ut o fBTal on" prslAtant provl.bd far t a salary of $7K. The yst-r louvn-H-sinner's salary I raised liom tH f f900. The old law expmiWd JVIO" : or than the new one n-ovi.'e .far. th't resulting in a saving of- u.n-y si cl at the same time rlvin. better protc thn. The total expense H jr.ir ft ondtictlbg the oyst-r Industry w. a 527,435.11 alil the rct-eipl .y. . 173.63. showing that th 1?idutry t' be sclf-smtMining. Co'. Ueves with proper lnn.l..in.lli r t d ,-nrlng for the oyster litaumry. it v. Ill ,,,, yield a large junouiit of uv nun j to tlie state. Mr. Blount war.tel fo ameni tlie ttltl making the chief Irp-Vt... , ..-r,rv $1,200 instead of $:hk). i'w. I,u;i op posed the amendment. The .-.mend-inent was lout and the bill pawed ita several readings. A resolution , as offered t authorise the committee' on justire of wh" .n'e t cmplov a clerk fr tlu- reinnlnder ;oi the term uas adopted RtTitNi Hill mn Ihtra Kaic The revetiue bill ine up on third ti--s(IIug and re vera 1 amendment CM v;. ', ; r J,'!r ' - , ' ! Carlton: To make tax on-ex. ompanle $1.50 per n.Uo Instrad of $2.00. ' The-amendment m;is lwt Zt to L. , Mr. Moore: Amend mf-itliniii pur chase tax, making it .'tit -.-nm mi th one thousand dollar nlf. Insn-ad f 40 cents. The anviidment -.tn l'ex. Mr. Dobsoii: Amend by ttiakii r jien. slou tax 3 cents Inrt.iid of 1 id.s. Tha amendment was lost. Mr. Meirae: Amend ye.H.'ti T.2 that no city, town or county shall levy ad ditional tax on .-persona v. ho draw, deeds. The amendment Mas l"t, . .Mr. Stubbs: Amend s'-rtiun n by i striking out the - words one. huti-lred" j and insert "iifty. i-l.tin- to . on I Ik liquor, dealers .1k to' ii ril;e ut i word "shall" in line i: and '.ntt lb? j word "may," leaving it in tti" dl.-a Won of the commissioners- to l;-vy county tax. on ti!iMii.. :'. .-neini cuts wer" hi.'t. of $2.50. The jn.eudni'-nt was Mr. Graham: .Amend. s r as. to prevent the auditor or ?reiurer from using th'nppropria;ii'i ;in in that section for the pm pose f.-.ln clerk hire. The am'n'lin'ot .;, ;,'t by 35 to 5.1. Mr. .Smith: Amend by . t ik'ric o'il of section 6) In reca-d to v. at.-l Insert n provision uhi'h li l-v'nn would protect the n-m.'II iu.iX'1 ot wine and brandy. Th" Hon pro-. ld- that makers 'cannot sM In l-s 'thn five-gallon quantities and th- auv r-.d-ment provides that th". ouai.tlty reduced to one gallon. 1 .The unind ment was let. Mr. Luther: AnWid that f'lh'r rea ovators be taxed fifty doKms !.-- I of ten' dollars. The ,am -tvlinoit wit lost. ' I : Mr. DouRhton: Arr-nd f ivuUm tlx Ucense tax on oil d"al'-ri "" hurelted dollars instead of two huidr-d. Th amendment whs adopfd. As amended the bill pa.ed Its t Hit d and final readlng-l y to 17 no, i Those voting In th" amrniailv- ?r- : Messrs. Alexander of Merkl"tiburg. Alexander of Tyrrell. i"as.v. Kloun'f Brltt. Brltton. Bulla rd. rr)ton. 'ow.ii-, Crocker. Curtis Daniel of Vanr. Daughtrtdg. DavMsor.'.- ! kry. Dougbton, Drewry. Krwli. Kthendf, Foy, Freeman of Me klenbtirjr, r'.!-r. Gay, Gluyas. -Goo-le, 'Or? ham; .Colon, Hamilton. Harrington of Harnett. Har rington . . Of Moore. Hinton. Hooker, Humphrey. Hunter. Kirg.. Kinand, lrr Utile. le. I,iie:jB. Ltltlier, Mason, Moore. .Morton, Ma'Cal!. f 4 Will t man." Parker of H..lir.x. -. I'arl.i-r Wayne. Phillips. Pri " of l:w klnahai t 'ItM..- Kr.lx.r.1.11 I'U'KT. f-Vott. H.fi , . . ,. M,. .,,.,, ,,t an:;;;;;-,,; V rnXtK ' . ' Tllni...,,. I tiM:, r t. -r..fo, - ........ t a?n. A alters, rr . . .,, n,, of " Continued ".VMihkei of