The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-11
TO PROTECT LIFE
OF THE EMPLOYEE
A Companion Bill to the Eel
low Servant Act"
BODIES FOR DISSECTION
Senator Burton's Quick Attack on The ReidsyiIIe
Future Market and The Bucket
Shop Wins in the
Senate.

Lieutenant Governor Turner was back
in the chair of the Senate yesterday after
an absence of a week on legal bus-
ness.
There was much important business
| transacted though the debate on the va
rious bills was brief, even the special
order of the day bringing on little ora
| tory.
| The Prison Parole Commission" bill
was recalled from the Engrossing Clerks
office, and will be heard again later on
ator Pharr, who has the bill in charge,
desires to examine into it further.
/ The Appalachian Park resolution came
over from the House, and was put on its
readings. This asks that North Carolina
Representatives in Congress urge it's
passage, and was done at the instance
of the Water Works Association Memo
rial Another House resolution received
was that concerning the distribution of
the George Peabody Fund
The special order of the day was. the
consideration of bills regulating the prop
for fertilizers, and of concentrated COM
mercial feeding stuffs. These bills passed
second readings and went over in order
that amendments might be considered.
The purpose of these bills is to prevent
fraud being practced on the buyers in
North Carolina.
There was a little tilt when the bill
providing for the incorporation of the
P1il
came up. Senator Wellborn (RepJ, spoke
up and asked if the clause allowing tax
TO be paid on the capital at the start and
not on the authorized capital was not
for the purpose of an avoidance of a
just tax. Senator Mann thought this a
reflection on the committee and explained
that it was simply taxing them on their
present capital with a proviso that as it
was increased the extra tax be paid the
State Treasurer, so that By this means
company might start that otherwise
might not. Senator Wellborn here sent
forward a minority report, but quickly
withdrew it when he found that the bill
being considered was not the one he was
after. OF course the Senators laughed.
Senator Burton rushed a bill through
in splendid shape. This affects only
Redsville, but it prohibits dealing in fu-
lures and the operation of bucket shops
in his town 1t went on the calendar,
straight through the hopper, and has
gone to the House.
The substitute bill giving medical
schools for dissection the bodies of GER
tain people who die or are executed in
North Carolina passed. 1t now provides
that only the bodies of executed crimi-
nails or of felonsN sNHho die while in prison,
shall be used, though even these can be
secured by blood kin to the second de-
gree, or by husband or wife. The bill
is imperative in that the body Of no Con-
fedcrate soldier or his wife be used /un-
der any circumstances, nor does 1T per-
nit white bodies to go to colored schools.
All bodies are to be embalmed, there is
to be no expense to the State and the
professors of anatomy in the medical
schools of North Carolina are created
a Board for the disposition of the bodies.
Senator Pollock in urging the passage
Of the bill, spoke earnestly for it. He
said:
This bill comes up before you again
shorn OF all of it's former offenses. 1t is
very important bill, of goodly form
and covered only with proper legal stip-
ulations. 1t means progress for North
Carolina, or its rejection means rctarda
tion. Look northward, Virginia has it;
look westward, Tennessee has it; look
Southwark and South Carolina has had
il for a half century. When will North
Carolina measure up to the standard CT
medical college excellence? 1t is
measure that must Come-why not today?
have on all occasions listened with due
respect to my legal brethren, have
bowed in admiration to their trained in
sight and followed in favor their forensic
leadership. But. now sir. when | am on
my own ground, in determining what
course is best to pursue to further the
interests OF medical science in North
Carolina, I can but turn in confidence
to you all and ask that you give this
bill your favorable approval To have
to leave your own State to obtain
knowledge is not pleasing TO ones State
pride, to have to face Northern SHOWS
is costly in health and an unnecessary
outlay OF expenditures. 1t is wrong
to force our young men to cross over the
border. il is npeachment of your
State. vlC- aH only would, here in
our Op1 ut old commonwealth they
can be .7uIppci to win victories in
the grt # life"
The better protection of
mccharie .."s and material men,
introduce So aator Webb. amends
chapte r . VS. of 1887. by requlr-
ing all ..o.s to furnish an item
lied swp -er mt Of the amounts
due mech 5a orers and material
men bofoJ .lCiv lg payment of any
money a g9ltractOr and it also
require tht lrI demand such item
ized sworn sFnept. A failure on the