The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-01-17

hibiting the employment Of convicta
on State farms.
Bills were introduced as follows: By
Hoffman, to allow Morganton to buy
electric light plant; Boushall, to amend
the charter of ST. Mary's School, Raj
eigh, putting it in charge of the South
Carolina, as we'll as the North Carolina
Episcopal Diocese. Austin, for the re,
lief of s. B. DelIinger, OF Yancey-
Clarkson, to incorporate the North
Carolina Society of the Cincinnati;
Justice, to amend section 500 of the
Code, in regard to evidence Git excludes
evidence OF any person directly or in
directly interested in any transaction
between himself and a dead man, unless
the dead mans relatives offer evi
dence); To allow Mcdowell to levy
special tax; for the relief of the sheriff
of Mcdowell; Foushee, to authorize
Durham to issue school bonds ;Lowery,
to allow exemption from taxation
manufacturing enterprises which come
to North Carolina. This bill we con
slider one of the most pernicious yet
introduced, being class legislation in
it's worst form. 1t is modelled after the
bill which has 1st passed the Alabama
House of Representatives exempting
from taxation for ten years all factor
les or manufactures established in Ala.
bama from 1898 to 1904. AS we said
last week: The capitalists dol,
lar does no more to build up a
State than the farmers dollar or the
carpeDt er's dollar, and it is, to say the
least, unfair to tax the men who for a
bare living work in the factory, while
the factory owners go scot free. Let
us hope that this legislature is too
democratic to pass such an un-demo.
cratic bill. Gattis, for relief of Sheriff
J. z. Hughes, of Orange; Allen, opsy
A. L. s winson balance of salary as en-
rolling clerk in 1892 Barnhardt, to
make it a misdemeanor for railroads to
kill cattle in Pitt county Fleming, Tor
relief of the Superior Court clerk of
Clay county Ray of Macon, to amend
section IS. of the Code, by making bas
tardy a civil action, allowing a Wo
man TO appeal from a magistrates de-
cision.
The calendar was taken up. There
was q1ite a debate on J 1Iian's bill to
repeal the act of 1892, which requires
all officers of State banks, railroads
and other corporations to take and f,e
oaths. Overman and J 1stice cham
pioned the bill.
Nj. Stevens. of Union, took the op.
posite view, and ''smelt a mouse" He
thought, he was certain, there was
something hidden behind this effort to
repeal the existing law. No person
should object to taking an oath to sup
port the Constitution and laws of the
State.
Mr.. Overman: But there is no neces-
sity of requiring a certain class to take
it twice. Every business man tax es
this oath when he votes or registers.
How would you like to have a law
which said you should take such an
oath before you would be allowed to
engage in EARNINGS
Mr.. Stevens: There's something back
of it all-some reason why the cor
porations want this law repealed that
doesn't appear on the surface.
Finally, Nj. J0hnson, Of Sampson,
asked for the yeas and nays. Then it
was the popularity of the bill suddenly
waned. Some of the members didn't
care to have their names recorded as
favoring the repeal and the bill failed
to pass second reading. Noes, II; ayes,
40.
A resolution declaring that Senators
should vote directly for United States
Senators, was taken up. 1t was adopted
without dis 3ussion. 1t calls on the
Senators and Representatives in Con
gress to use all their influence to have
such an amendment to the Constitution
submitted to the legislatures of the
various States.
A resolution raising q special joint
committee to examine the public laws
OF 1895 and 1892 and ascertain which
of them are Of value, was adopted.
SENATE.
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