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FOB THE VINCE
TEXIILE
SCHOOL BILL
A Big Majority in the House
Yesterday.
THE VOTE WAS 57 TO 37
IT WILL COME CT ON THE THIRD
READING TO-DAY.
AN ELOQUENT SPEECH bY MR. CLARKSON
Othe s Made Strong Argun en s for Establish
men: of the School. I htre Were Also
Some Sledge-hammtr Blows
Against it.
The Vance Textile School Bill passed
its second reading yesterday.
The majority in 'avor of its was i
comfortable one, wun something t >
spare.
The vote, on th > ayes and noes being
called, stood: Ay»*s, 57; noes. 37.
The bill provides for the appropria
tion of SIO,OUO for ilu* purpose of erect
ing a building. It is understood that
the mill men of the .State wit iu’msh
the machinery.
The school is to be a department ol
the Agricultural and Mechanical College
of this city.
Consideration of the bill had been set
as a special order for yesterday at 12
o’clock, and at that hour it was called
up by Mr. Clarkson, of Mecklenburg.
The establishment of this school is the
one ambition of Mr. Clarkson’s legisla
tive career. He has his heart set on it.
He realizes the necessity for it, and
early in the session he introduced a bill
for the establishment of “The Vance
Textile School.” Not the bill yesterday
passed, but one that blazed the way for
other bills that followed, Later all these
bills were taken and one bill made of
them embodying the best features of all,
and harmonizing all factions.
Before debate on the bill began in the
House yesterday, two amendments were
offered to the bill, both of which Mr.
Clarkson accepted. They were:
Bj; Mr. Winston: That the SIO,OOO
appropriated should not be used if the
A. and M. College had available funds
without it.
By Mr. Alexander: That no money
appropriated shall be used until all the
machinery necessary has been contri
buted.
This done, Mr. Clarkson opened the
debate with a speech both eloquent and
convincing. It was a strong speech, and
won generous applause during its deliv
ery and hearty congratulations from
fellow-members at its conclusion.
After referring to the efforts he had
been making to get this school estab
lished and the various bills that had
been introduced to the same purpose.
Mr. Clarkson said he believed it could
be run better and more cheaply in con
nection with the A. and M. College
* than anywhere else.
“Os course there is a great desire
among the towns and cities of North
Carolina for an opportunity to bid for
this institution, but after consulting with
the faculty of the A. and M. College and
with the various mill men, I have de
cided that this substitute bill ought to
be introduced and passed.
“The faculty of the A. and M. Col
lege say they have sufficient resources
to run this school without extra ex
pense, provided the State will erect the
building and the mill men will furnish
the machinery.
"There is no matter that I have more
at heart than this matter. The reason
I have it at heart is because I look
forward to the future. As l stand
here today and look forward, I believe
this is the hope of the Southland—the
manufacture of its great staple, cot
ton.”
Mr. Clarkson discussed the tariff tax
on cotton.
"It was this that caused South Car
olina to pass its Nullification Act —it
was this that caused a great statesman
to declare in convention that he had
rather see this land a grave of free
men than a home of slaves.
“But I need not rehearse the sorrows
and drawbacks of the past. It is to
the future that I wish to direct your
attention.
“The hope of the South is to bring
the manufacturing interests of New
England to the Southern States. To
this end I ask you today to aid the boys
of the South—of North Carolina —in
learning how to turn the staple in the
field into time fabrics and quadruple
its value.
“A pound of five-cent cotton can I*o
made to bring $2. You need onlv know
how to do it. That is the object of
this school.
“There is a Jewish maxim: ‘He who
does not teach his child a trade, helps
pave the road to thievery.’
“It was this principle that led to the
establishment of the present A. and M.
College for the agricultural interests
of the State. It is that principle that
induces ihe milling interest of North
Carolina to ask the establishment of
this textile school.
“The great contest in this country
today is the industrial battle. It has
b**en said that tin* battle of Santiago
was won at West Point, the battle of,
‘Manila was won at Annapolis. If we
would win the battle for commercial su
premacy. we must win it in just such
schools as this that I ask you to es
tablish. The industrial battle of the
South must be won in these schools. If
we would win commercial supremacy
we must fight for it.
“During the past seven years tills
section has been going forward by
leaps and bounds. Will we aid this
progress, or shall we retard it? If
we would not he behind we must strain
every nerve: we must use those means
that the God of Nations has placed
within our reach. We must follow the
lead and keen up with the pace set
by our neighboring States—by Georgia
and South Carolina. Both of these
have already established schools of this
kind.
“It has been asked. Why call it the
Vance school? Because he was the
truest man that North Carolina ever
had in public office. He was a friend
to the hoys. lie was the patron of
education. And no more fitting me
morial can he erected to the memory
of the Great Commoner. It will In*
a living monument that will burn its
lessen into the heart of every boy
there trained.”
Mr. Robinson, of Cumberland, advo
cated the passage <>f the bill and said
there was a demand in North Carblinn
for the bill.
“North Carolina must be a progressive
State if it would stay’ iu line with its
sister States. The time once was when
a man was rated by what he knew.
Now the question is. What can you do?”
Mr. Davis, of Haywood, said it was
seldom he spoke on any ltcstion.
“1 come here to vote and not to talk,
but 1 believe 1 would be recreant t<> the
trust reposed iu me by my constituents
did I not to-dav raise my voice in pro
test against this hill. I am opposed to
it. and I will give you my reasons:
“I. I doubt if the old State is able to
establish this school. The old mill al
ready has as much machinery as the
water will turn. There are the schools
already established and the charitable
institutions.
“2. We onl.v appropriate $1 to the
education of each hoy and girl in the
common school. Here we are asked to
give some S2OO for each hoy to be edu
cated in this school.
"3. Then there are the old soldiers.
1 want a larger appropriation for the
Soldiers' Home; more money is needed
for pensions.”
Mr. Clarkson: “Wouldn't this school
be an investment that would enable us
to better help these old soldiers?”
MR. IIHRIOT CLARKSON,
Author of the Bill to Establish a Textile
School.
Mr. Davis thought it possibly would,
but he wanted to set no precedent of
this kind for future legislatures.
Mr. Winston: “I understand that in
the manufacture of the fleecy products
of the fields the deft hand of woman
plays an important part. I therefore
send forward an amendment providing
for the opening of this school to the
white woman of the State.”
Mr. Clarkson said that was already iu
the bill.
Mr. Stevens, of Union, followed Mr.
Davis’ lead across the opjMsition fence.
He stated his opposition' to the bill in
brief as follows:
“Before we begin this high-grade
textile legislation we had better look to
and improve our public schools.
"I submit that this is not the time for
the establishment of this school. We
came in pledged to retrenchment and
reform, and there is no popular demand
for this institution. We are going before
the peonle with a constitutional amend
ment. It is the most serious issue the
people of North Carolina have ever had
to consider, and we ought not to load it
down with such matters as this.
Mr. McLean, of Harnett: "I feel in
advocating the passage of this bill to
day that I’m speaking for the poor boys
of North Carolina; that 1 am doing some
thing to improve their chances and
brighten their future.
“I am in favor of the three cardinal
principles of Democracy in North Caro
lina: The Christian religion, Whitt
Supremacy and popular education. And
I only’ speak for this bill because some
of its friends have expressed the fear
that it may not pass.
“My friend from Haywood expresses
the fear that it may close the doors of
the Soldier’s Home. I want to tell him
that it will only make us the richer and
the more able to help the veterans who
have given their health and strength
and limbs itpun the battle field,”
Mr. Ray, of Cumberland, opposed the
bill. He said it was the very poorest
class of women and children that work
ed in factories—women and children
who would never see inside Huh school
if' it were established.
“Let me tell you. If you will go to
an old woman that I know, cloven miles
west of Fayetteville, you’ll find an old
woman that can tell you more about
spinning and weaving than the whole
fix of this school.”
Mr. Leatherwood, of Swain, wasn't
afraid to vote for the bill and then g<*
back and look his people in the face,
he said. He thought it in the interest
of all classes of the people of the State,
and he hoped to the Lord it would pass.
Mr. Alexander, of Rutherford, didn’t
want the building put up till the mill
men agreed to furnish the machinery;
and he resented the statement of Mr.
Robinson, of Cumberland, that North
Carolina is to-day the Rip Van Winkle
of the Union.
“North Carolina has come up from
the workshops and farms until we stand
among the first States of the South.
“F believe the school would be a good
thing if we could establish it without
too great cost to the State, Now if
the machinery is guaranteed, as my
amendment provides, then I am willing
to vote for enough money to erect the
building.”
Mr. Boushall explained the bill and
thought the amendment of Mr. Winston
would enable the A. and M. College to
erect the building without its costing
the State of North Carolina a single
dollar.
Mr. Williams, of Iredell, was not op
posed to the establishment of the school.
He thought it would do good. But he
was opposed to appropriating money
for it.
“Now it is proposed to take the money
out of the A. and M. College fund.
Where does this fund come from? From
the farmers, when they buy fertilizers.
So the farmers arc expected to erect a
Til IS NKVVH AND OltStSßVffitt, FEB 9,18 i 9.
building and establish a school for the
cotton mills of North Carolina.
“Too many of these schools-schools like
this- that we establish, shoot over the
heads of those for whom they are in
tended, and leave the poorer classes of
our people down in the dirt. Let us put
all the money we have in the education
of these people who can't read.”
Mr. Carniway. of Isoioir. wanted to
cut down the appropriation to the negro
normal schools and use it for this pur
pose.
Mr. Abbott, of Camden, wanted to go
a little further than the bill. They ask
us now for SIO,(KM). Then in future
they’ll he here asking for money to
run it.
Mr. Holman, of Iredell, considered the
question one of vital importance. He
appreciated what the mill men were do
ing for the State. But they were, it
seemed to him, able to take care of taem
selves.
“The slogan in the last campaign was
retrenchment and reform. We are striv
ing for a reduction of taxes. And yet
the deaf and dumb and H'"-’ "*><> in
sane are calling for help. Their institu
tions are crowded. The soldiers must
he aided.
“The young men or young women who
would take advantage of this school are
those who can help themselves. Those
who are down in the dirt cannot go
higher than the free school, and it is
there that we must invest our money.”
Mr. Carroll, of Alamance, made a
brief but strong speech for the bill. He
said the members of the House seemed
to forget that we had an Agricultural
and Mechanical College without one bit
of mechanics in it.
Mr. Stevens —“If the cotton null men
will come forward with $24,000 for tins
school, as the United States government
has done, then I’ll vote for this $10,000.”
Mr. Carroll —“Vote for the bill, brother,
and then we’ll talk about the part of
the mill men in the matter. They'd do
their part.
“It’s not too late for North Carolina
to become the first cotton mill State in
the South.”
Mr. Allen, of Columbus, reminded the
House that there was a penitentiary
debt of $200,000 for which bonds will
have to be issued. He advised members
to go slow. He favored the school,
but he thought it tthe wrong time to
establish it.
Mr. Winston, of Bertie, said he
would not vote for this bill on the idea
that it helped a single mill man in
North Carolina.
“I shall vote for this bill because 1
desire whin a mill man easts his eye
about for a superintendent or a skilled
operative it will rest on a North Caro
linian.”
Mr. Stevens —“Why not, then, vote
money for a commercial college, when
am; reliant can find a l*ook-keeper?”
Mr. Winston—“ Because we’ve go 4
them in many schools all over North
Carolina. If we did not have them,
then I’d vote for one.
“I want every single agency in North
Carolina developed so North Caroline
people can do North Carolina’s work
I shall vote for this bill so that alier
labor will not have to be brought hen
to develop our resources.
"I’ll vote for this bill though there’*
not a mill in my county. 1 vote for
it because I believe future Legislature?
will assist it and aid it to do the great
work that we map out for it. I vot<
for it to be in Raleigh because hen
the hoys and girls in the school ear
enjoy advantages m»t elsewhere af
forded.”
The debate was closed by Mr. (.'lark
son. who called the previous question
hi doing so he referred eloquent h
to the condition from which the South
has arisen and said he was proud b<
was a Southern man.
“I want this school so that the boy*
and girls who stand with weary limb?
by loom and spindle may have sown
prize ahead to light their faces, sonn
ambition to inspire them, some inceu
five to h Ip them save up their earn
ings.
“My heart is in it because my hear*
is with the jvoor <»f this land. And I
say to you it will lie an everlasting
disgrace if the legislature -refuses tc
vote this jkitiful sum to establish this
school.
"it would bo false economy—such
economy as the farmer would show
should he say he was too poor to buy
seed corn or wheat.”
Hn the passage of the bill Mr
Stevens, of Union, called the ayes and
noes. The call was sustained.
The vote resulted: For the bill, 57:
against it, 37.
The following members explained
briefly their vote: Boggs, Brown, of
Johnston; Council, Currie, of Moore:
Curtis, Davis, of Franklin; Foushee.
Hartsell. McLean, of Richmond; Mc-
Neill. Ranson, Smith, Snqies and Trot
man.
In his explanation, Mr. Council said:
“I do not feel. Mr. Speaker, that this
is an opportune time to pass this meas
ure. No question was more prominently
discussed in the last campaign than was
the extravagance of the Legislatures of
1895 urnl 181)7. We promised the people
if sent here that we would guard their
interests and enter upon no doubtful or
experimental legislation. I do not say
the spirit of the bill is not a good one.
and in proper season should be enacted
into a law. hut in the great voyage we
are to take two years lienee, we should
lie cautious, less we load the old ship too
heavy and find her cast upon the rocks.”
A FUSION PLAN THAT FAD
A Legislature That Can Make Laws
For You While You Wait.
The Fusion Agricultural Board has
been cultivating a nice little patch of
clover these many mouths.
They culled it: a surplus in their treas
ury. but we called it a huge hunk of
Fusion pie, which they proposed to slice
and pass around among the faithful at
the proper time.
And yesenlay was the day set apart
for the feast; but there was no feast,
and now we know there never can bi>.
For the pantry is locked, and lasr night
the festive Fusionist went to bed a
hungry and wiser man.
The pie? It was a $25,000 of cool
cash, surplus from fertilizer taxes. How
to Is* divided? To be given out by a
Fusion board, to Fusion folk, to build a
building to give the Museum increased
space.
The contract was to be given out yes
terday. but it wont’ be given at all now.
And the reason is this.
Soon after the Senate met. Senator
Brown introduced a bill to withdraw
from the State Board of Agriculture all
authority to build or authorize its agents
to build any building and declaring any
and all contracts made by such board
null and void.
The bill trotted through its several
readings with a rapidity measured only
I by the flexihilty of the rending clerk's
tongue and was sent to tliie House wish
; out engrossment. Them again it did
j the three-readings net at n 2:1(5 gait and
I passed on to the enrolling clerk to come
j back half an hour later for ratification
as a law of the land.
And this is why the Fusion cows did
not yesterday push down the pasture
fence and begin browsing upon that lus
cious surplus clover.
Surely there's many a Klip ’twixt tin*
pie and the lip—and this is one of them.
| THE HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The House was opened with prayer
I by Rev. ,T. W. Lee.
Reading of the Journal of Tuesday
was dispensed with.
Reports of Standing Committees were
read as follows:
Engrossed Bills —By Brown, of Stan
ly.
Judiciary—By Carroll, of Alamance:
Carr, of Duplin: Hartsell, of Cabarrus;
Currie, of Bladen; Moore, of Jackson.
Counties, Cities and Towns—By Gat
tis, of Orange.
Appropriations —By Abbott, of Cam
den.
Fish—By Williams, of Dare, and
Welch, of Chowan.
Banks —By Leak, of Anson.
A resolution was introduced and
adopted directing the president of the
Senate and Speaker of the House to at
once issue commissions to tile twelve new
directors of the penitentiary, and notify
them of the time of meeting.
Among the bills introduced were the
following:
To promote the raising of pheasants
in North Carolina.
To incorporate the Dismal Swamp
Railroad.
To prohibit sale of whiskey in the town
of Shelby,
To allow Transylvania and Ashe coun
ties to levy a special tax.
To compel railroads to provide* auto
matic couplers and brakes.
To protect water supplies in the in
terest of public health.
To allow the officer in command of
the naval brigade to appoint bis staff.
Among bills passed were the follow
ing:
To establish graded schools at Kin
ston for both races.
To allow* townships in Lincoln county
to vote road tax.
To punish by fine or imprisonment
persons liuting in Wake county without
consent of land-owner.
To allow Mitched county to levy a
special tax to pay indebtedness.
THE DAY’ITuSINESS.
RBI»(HUW> FROM COMMITTEE.
Bills were reported favorably by
Standing Committees as follows:
To amend chapter 30!). Laws of
1891. istablishing a school for white
deaf and dumb children.
To re-enact chapter 172, Laws of
[BO3, authorizing Buncombe county to
fund its 1 smiled indebtedness.
To amend section 1, chapter 81. Laws
*f 1807, to protect deer in Hyde‘county.
To append chapter 201, Laws of 1807,
*o ri gulate hunting and fishing in Cur
rituck county.
To amend the Cabarrus county read
law.
To allow Rockingham county to is
sue bonds.
To increase the number of commis
sioners of Perquimans county.
To protect fish in Transylvania
county.
To authorize the city of Fayetteville
to establish an electric light and mo
tive power plant.
To amend the oyster law passed in
1807.
To create the office of game-keeper
for Currituck county.
To re-enact chapter 0.3, Laws of
1880, abolishing the June term of Pas
quotank court.
To re-enact and amend chapter 327,
Laws of 1803, in regard to the drain
age of Lincoln ami Catawba counties.
To repeal chapter 170. Laws of 185)7.
authorizing building of a bridge across
Ivy creek. Madison county.
To amend chapter 03. Laws of 1807,
public road law of Warren county.
To amend section 1, chapter 05, laws
of 1801, against cruelty to animals.
To amend section 218 of the Code,
in regard to service by publication.
To repeal chapter TOO, Public Laws
of 1807. as to non-suit.
To amend chapter 34 of the Code in
relation to the practice of medicine, so
as to require all physicians, from what
ever school, applying for license after
1 nimiary Ist, 1000, to stand examina
tion.
To amend 1,500 of the Code.
To provide for proving town ordi
nances on appeal from mayor’s court.
To amend the charter of the town
of Gastonia.
PETITIONS PRESENTEI).
Peition from Jesse R. Williamson, a
disabled Confederate soldier of Ala
mance county, asking permission to ped
dle without license. |By Carroll, of
Alamance. Committee on Pensions.
Petition of citizens of Bertie county
asking that Jarvis B. Hoggard be placed
on the pension roll. By Winston of
Bertie. Committee on Pensions.
Petition asking incorporation of a
Methodist church in Moore county. By
Currie, of Moore. Committee on Propo
sitions an! Gtie,'ances.
Petition asking incorporation of Ebe
nezer church iu Catawba county for two
miles. By Boggs, of Catawba. Commit
tee on Propositions and Grievances.
Petition for repeal of the slock law for
Southern Pines. By Currie, of Moore.
Committee on Propositions and Griev
ances.
Petition of merchants of Stanly Creek.
Gaston county, for repeal of Merchants’
Purchase Tax. By Hauser, of Gaston.
Committee on Finance.
Petition for incorporation (two miles)
of Salem and Mt. Sinai Methodist!
churches, and Mt. Hope and Bethlehem j
Baptist churches, in Cleveland county, j
By Hoey, of Cleveland. Committee on .
Propositions and Grievances.
Petition against incorporation of Mt.
Sinai Methodist church. By IToey. of
Cleveland. Committee on Prottositions
and Grievances.
Petition from merchants of Concord
for repeal of Merchants’ Purchase Tax.
By Hartsell. of Cabarrus. Committee
on Finance.
Petition from merchants of Western
North Carolina for repeal of Merchants’
Purchase Tax. By Holman, of Iredell.
Committee on Finance.
Petition of merchants of Watauga
county for repeal of Purchase Tax. By
Council, of Watauga. Committee on
Finance.
Petition for and against a dispensary
for Union county. By Stevens, oft
Union. Committee on Propositions and
Grievances.
Petition to prohibit tin* manufacture
and sale of whiskey within two miles of
i Myrtle Bank church, in Brunswick
j county. By McNeil, of Brunswick.
* Committee on Propositions and Griev
a nees.
NEW BILLS INTRODUCED.
11. R. 1,048. Resolution notifying di
rectors of the penitentiary of their elec
tion and the time of their first meeting.
By Mclntosh, of Alexander. On calen
dar.
11. B. 1,049, S. B. 283. Act to regulate
holding of inquests in Northampton
county. Committee on Counties. Cities
and Towns.
Tl. B. 1.050, S. B. 390. Act to amend
chapter 431, Public Laws of 1897. to
remove obstructions to fish in Catawba
river. Committee on Propositions and
Grieva nets.
H. B. 1,051, S. B. 407. Act to appoint
AVfn, H. Long a justice of the pence.
Committee on Justices of the Peace.
IT. It. 1,052, S. It. 414. Act to vali
date registration of certain conveyances.
Committee on Judiciary.
H. It. 1,053, S. It. 415. Act to appoint
justices of the peace for Duplin county.
Committee on Justices of the Peace.
H. B. 1,054. S. It. 421. Act to ap
|w>int additional justices of the jteaco for
Northampton county. Committee on
Justices of the Peace.
11. It. 1.055. S. B. 4.39. Act to re
peal chapter 125. Private Laws of 1895.
appointing township tax collectors for
Nash county. Committee on Counties,
Cities and Towns.
11. B. 1,05(5. S. It. 498. Act to au
thorize the building of a bridge across
Ivey Creek, in Madison county. Com
mittee on Roads.
li. It. 1.057. Act to restore Wm. 11.
Bright, to the pension roll. By Leak, of
Anson. On calendar.
H. B. 1,058. Act to amend chapter
149. Laws of 1895, to drain low lands
in Rowan, j-avie. Davidson and Ca
tawba counties. By Boggs, of Catawba.
Committee on Agriculture.
11. B. 1,059. Act to extend the time
for organization of the Southern Trust
and Guaranty Company. By Ivcak, of
Anson. Committee on Corporations.
H. B. 1,000. Act to amend tne char
ter of Mt. Airy. B.v Hamilton, of Sor
ry. Committee on Counties. Cities and
Towns.
H. B. 1.001. Act to drain the low
lands in Gaston and Lincoln counties.
By Reinhardt, of Lincoln. Committee
on Propositions and Grievances.
11. B. 1,002. Act to incorporate the
town of Hnllsboro in Columbus county.
By Allen, of Columbus. Committee on
Counties, Cities and Towns.
n. B. 1,003. Act to amend chapter
399. Laws of 1893, so as to jtermit the
commander of a naval brigade to appoint
bis staff. By Willard, of New Hanover.
Committee on Military.
H. 13. 1.0(54. Act to compel railroads
to provide automatic brakes amt couplers
ou ad ears. By Justice, of McDowell.
Committee on Railroads.
H. B. 1.005. Act In protect water
supplies with reference to public health.
By Reeves, of Ashe. Committee on
Public Health.
FI. B. 1,0(50. Act to authorize the
levy of a special tax for Ashe county.
By Reeves, of Ashe. Committee on
Counties, Cities and Towns.
H. B. 1,007. Act for relief of Allen
James, a soldier. By Carr, of Duplin.
Committee on Pensions.
H. B. 1.008. Act to put mime of
Thagard Smith ou the pension roll. By
Carr, of Duplin. Committee on Pen
sions. I
11. B. 1,009. Act to procure the free
passage of fish in Stewart’s Creek. By
Carr, of Duplin. Committee on Propo
sitions and Grievances.
H. B. 1.070. Act to incorporate Penel
ope Academy in Burke county. B.v
Hoffman, of Burke. Committee on Pro
positions and Grievances.
11. B. 1,071. Act to incorporate thej
Dismal Swamp Railroad Company. By
Abbott, of Camden. Committee on Rail
roads.
11. B. 1,072. Act to promote and pro
tect pheasants in North Carolina. By
Botisliail, of Wake. Committee on Pro
positions and Grievances.
H. B. 1,073. Act to establish a
graded school at Lexington. By Thomp
son, of Davidson. Committee on Edu
cation.
H. B. 1,074. Act to appoint addition
al justices of the peace for No. 7 town
ship, Cleveland county. By Huey, of
Cleveland. Committee on Counties,
Cities and Towns.
H. B. 1,075. Act to incorporate the
towqi of Waco, Cleveland county. By
Hoey. of Cleveland. Committee on
Counties, Cities and Towns.
H. B. 1,070. Act to repeal certain
laws whereby the town of Shelby and
townships No. 1 ami 3 are exempted
from local option laws. B.v Hoey. of
Cleveland. Committee on Propositions
and Grievances.
11. B. 1,077. Act to prohibit the sale
of whiskey in Shelby except upon a
physician’s prescription. By Hoey. of
Cleveland. Committee on Propositions
and Grievances.
H. B. 1,078. Act to authorize the
commissioners of Transylvania county to
levy a special tax. B.v Wilson. of
Transylvania. Committee on Counties,
Cities and Towns.
11. B. 1,079, S. B. 59(5. Act withdraw
ing from tin* Board of Agriculture the
power to erect buildings. On calendar.
H. B. 1,080, S. B. 130. Act to revise
and amend and consolidate the insanity
laws of the State. Committee on In
sane.
11. B. 1.082. Act to confer upon the
Board of Internal Improvements power
to appoint an agent of swamp lands.
By Allen, of Wayne. Committee on
Judiciary.
PASSED THIRD READING. i
H. B. 800. fl Act to amend section
9. chapter 15, Private Laws of 1895.
ii' -orpo rating the Farmers' Mutual
Fire Insurance Association.
11. B. 0(52. Act to punish trespass
m>on the lands of another in Wake
county—line of not less than $lO nor
more than SSO or imprisonment for
.30 days to hunt or fish on lands of
another without permission of land
owner.
11. R. 1,081. Resolution of sympathy
for Representative Davis, of Hyde. B.v
Winston, of Bertie.
H. B. (573. Act to amend chapter
111, Private Laws of 1871 and 1872.
11 .r 079. Act to amend chapter
194, Lax of 1895. so as to hold the
road election in Lincoln county by
townships, and in any township vot
ing for the levy the law shall be in
force.
11. B. (557. Act to amend chapter
171, Public Laws of 1895 ,so as to re
quire persons setting large steel traps
in Graham county to designate their
presence by blazing the timber.
11. B. 080- Act to prevent tin* ob-
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struetiou of Ward's creek in No. 11
township. Cleveland county.
H. B. 991. .Vet to establish a graded
school for the town of Kinston.
11. I>. 5(>2, S. B. 119. Act for the
relief of ('. M. Rogers, late sic riff of
Granville county —to pay him $89.02.
amount overpaid h.v him in settlement
of the State taxes for 1890.
II ,R. 1,048. Resolution notifying
directors of the penitentiary of their
election.
H. It. 1.007. S. It. 59i5. Ad taking
from the Board of Agriculture all pow
er to erect or repair buildings or make
contracts therefor.
11. 13. 102. Act to amend the Code
in regard to payment of witnesses in
Buncombe county.
PASSED SECOND READING.
11. It. 111. Act to establish th Vance
Textile School.
11. It. <57(5. Act to allow the connnis
sinners of Mitchell county to levy a
special tax.
AMENDMENTS CONCURRED IN.
H. IS. 557. 8. B. .313. Act to amend
chapter 57. Laws of 1807.
11. It. f!3L Act for the benefit, of
Rockingham county to issue bonds to
pay off indebtedness.
CALENDAR REFERRED.
11. B. (585. .Vet in incorporate Neils
River Institute (colored) at Weldon.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
If. it. (540. Act to regulate fees of
registers of deeds and clerks ex-officio
of the board of comity commissioners.
Committee on Salaries and Foes.
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Is so largely a matter of music tha
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MATINEE SATUKDAY.
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Prize Ideal Cornet Band and Concert Orchestra,
presenting a repertoire of all new dramas
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0 Big Specialty Acts 0
Seethe wonderful moving picture machine,
showing all the 1 .test war views. Saturday
Matinee, the great sp-ctacular drama, “Cinde
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Night Prices—lo, .0 and 30 cents. Matinee
prices iO and 20 cents.
,L*dies free on Monday and Tuesday night* if
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Seats now on sale at King’s Drug Store.
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NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that applica
tion will be made to the Legislature o
North Carolina to incorporate the Allen
Bros, and Hill Couipuny for the pur
pose of dealing in a general mercantile
live stock and real estate business.
J. M. ALLEN.