The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-02-24

allowed any one to vote under twenty
one years old. Placed on Calender.
Mr.. Russell accepted Mr.. Turner's apollo
gies, and they are good friends.
THE TURPENTINE BILL.
To prescribe when turpentine leases
| shall expire, in absence of contract
making it Jan. LIST.
Mr.. Wilcox moved to amend by
striking out LIST day of January and
inserting 1st Of April.
Mr.. Gilman explained the bill and
said tenants Clipped pines till Septem-
Der, and let turpentine remain on the
trees until spring. The tenant claims
this t~urpentine and it prOvOkes trouble.
| He ought to be required to gather crop
| as other crops. This is a m~eritOrlOus
bill and ought to pass.
Capt. Wilcox wanted to allow renters
| of land more time. They cannot get it
| out in cold weather. Custom allows
| them to get the turpentine out later.
MI. Greene, of Harnett, said it was
| impossible to get out ~turpentine In cold
| weather and this bill would work hard
ship to the poor men.
MI. Aycock did not see the necessity
| for this legislation, though he agreed
with Capt. Wilcox. Let every man
make his own contract. Passed third
reading.
Binto fund the debt of Onslow county
and levy a special tax, passed second
reading.
SHALL BOYS SMOKE CIGARETTS.
The bill to prohibit the sale of cigar
etts to boys under II years old came up.
Mr.. Russell opposed the bill; 1t
would not prevent the sale of cigar
cites, and will have a bad effect upon
the price of tobacco. Such laws have
no effect to help boys, but this would
give an excuse to buyers to reduce the
price.
Mr.. Walser advocated the bill. It
passed the House. Other States have
such laws and they have done good. It
is not our business to enforce laws. |
have smoked cigaretts and l know the
d%eleteriOus effect of of them. Boys are
killed by this habit. Some of the
brightest boys have surrendered the
highest stand in college owing to the
cigarette habit. I'd Like to stop the
making of cigaretts land being inter
rupted) whiskey too and l am opposed
to the manufacture of tobacco. | have
yet to take my first drink. I hate the
stuff. He criticized old men for smok-
ing cigaretts. He said he also opposed
cigar smoking. The law will be Obeyed
and will not injure. If every acre of
land IN Davidson county was fine to-
bacco Land, l would vote for this bill.
DR.. Twitty said that cigaretts were
very deleteriOus to boys. Men have
been sent to asylums because cigarette
smoking caused them to lose their
minds. He wanted to strike out the
section that would encourage boys to
turn informers.
Mr.. King moved to strike out Sec. 3
and 4. He said that he believed this
bill would do some good. He gave an
instance of a boy whose mind was
ruined by smoking cigarettes. He was
restored because the boy'sparents found
out he was smoking and prevented it.
His amendments were to strike out the
provisions that might make spies out
of our boys, and turn them into
infOrmers. The amendments were
adopted.
Mr.. McLarty advocated the bill. He
replied to the gentleman from Durham
and they had a cOllOquy. We ought
not to put a dollar in the scales against
the moral elevation of the boys. In
my town boys smoke cigarettes and it
Injuries them.
Mr.. Russell said the boys could get
all the cigarettes they wanted. This
grade of tobacco pays a farmer best,
and its price has gone up from 6 cents
to % cents. Parents ought to look
after their own boys. Mr.. Mclean
asked: eff the boys can get as many
cigarettes as they want, how will it
effect the tobacco raisers p Agitation
lowers the price of of tobacco was the
reply.
side of morality. Blackgums will do
Fbetter for boys than legislation. There
was a funny ~colloquy here between Mr..
McLarty and Mr.. Williams) Mr..
McLarty said he was from Union and
in union there is strength. MI. vii
liams asked if Mr.. MeLarty was mar
ried, and said, eff not, he is not a
Union man"
Mr.. Williams said that he smoked
until he had boys and then he quit it.
If I were to catch one of my boys
smoking cigarettes, there would be
some fighting on that plantation. North
Carolina people don't believe in sump-
tUary laws.
MI. Lucas said the price of tobacco
ought not to be considered. Let us
protect the boys who are soon to take
our places. Their morality is worth
more than all the cigarettes in the
world. I shall vote for this bill with
a sincere desire to do good.
Mr.. Russell offered the following
amendment: "No girl under Is years
of age shall wear shoes with heels more
than one-half an inch high, or less than
two inches broad"
Mr.. Davis come from a tobacco Sec
ton but he favored the passage of this
bill Haywood produced over $500, 600
worth of tobacco last year. Cigarettes
had a bad effect upon boys, and it is