le legis-was in ilcli the r month mans-on and no the va-tp from I excep-is5 tliia •h it is f a bill vi Capitis andIT. E. Owens, on the part of the House, Generaly Asaemlv of 1907.to Gov-hire in ing thef these it think I ties the If there been n-of the tee that servants in, that or not on has nw ledge lomestic tie fur-■ts this ■ State ceipting me over he asks We feel that if ved be-proper * of the , there int the Gover-light be ar posi-BILKIXS ABROAD.(Continued from Page 1.)•ing the of the ore permits erwav from the Presidency, not toward hit.”‘‘Major Bilkin9 this iz my wife,” sed the President az a handsome woman walked in lookin’ very dignified. ‘‘Glad ter meet you. Major,” sed she, an’ we shook hands. “I hope your family iz well, sed Mrs. Roosevelt. “Yes, madam, half ov my family iz here, an’ the other half wuz well when she writ last. But she iz mity down In the mouth fer I hev started on a trip erround the world an' Mrs. Bilkins iz afraid that the Spanish or the Chinese will kill me or that the canibals ov Africa will eat me erllve, takin’ me ter be a missionary, fer I hear that they air very fond ov missionaries in sum ov them heathen countries.”‘‘I hope you will not meet with any such a misfortune,” sed Mrs Roosevelt, “an’ that 5rou will hev a fine trip. There are many interestin' sights in the foreign countries, an’ I envy anyone who iz erbout to see them.”Mrs. Roosevelt jist went rite on talkin’ an’ I didn’t git ter say much more. An’ I noticed that the President didn’t talk much more after she cum In. We married men soon git trained up in the way we should go. But Mrs. Roosevelt iz a mity interestin’ talker.After a while Mrs. Roosevelt axed us ter excuse her. I guess she had ter go an’ look after gittin’ dinner. Ov course she hez a cook, but cooks air mity triflin’ nowadays.Az ever,ZEKE BILKINS.REFEREE SYSTEM DOOMED.1 \i «ss*-d.S. B. 128: R'and mechanics liei ond reading.S. B. 138: Risation for holdlnj court, fixing the $100 per week, tl of the counties fo: term as held.H. B. 127. S. I appoint justices of County.S. B. 174: ToBertie County.AnotherS. B. 129: To i on the official bont urer W. H. Worth on his bond. P third readings.H. B. 112, S. B several sections oi tlve to supervisor sioners, etc., in Passed its sevei slight amendment.S. B. 258: RiSuperior Court to i torney-General ol giving date of begl work, name of jud ment and other faS. B. 263: To ivisal relative to u per. Passed.S. B. 264: To i visal relating to re Passed.8. R. 277, H. R of sympathy to Ital fortune. (No appi lution was passed.S. B. 293: To the peace in No Passed.In theBills introduced By -county of Hoke oPnhpiinn anri