The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-13
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Especial to The Messenger
Raleigh, N. c.. February lin the
senate bills were introduced:
To prevent legislature from creating
office to be filled by member of the
body which creates such office.
To establish a dispensary at Snow
Hill.
To require only 10 days notice in
contested elections in legislature.
The bill regulating the liabilities OF
hotel keepers passed.
The bill requiring railways to blow
whistles and ring bells when people
are on their tracks was unfavorabl,
reported and was made a special order
for Friday.
A bill passed to regulate the sale of
concentrated commercial feeding stuff.
The bill prohibiting the sale of fire
crackers over inches long, toy pistols,
spring and air rifles passed second
reading.
The bill to relieve State Treasurer
Lacy of $737 stolen from his office by
w. H. Martin. a clerk was tabled.
llllIOuuCeu d Ulll W give
Brunswick and New Hanover the bene-
fit of the oyster protection law
The House.
In the house today bills were intro
duced:
To protect owners of live stock
To establish Lee county out of parts
Of Moore. Chatham and Harnett.
To improve AnsOns public roads.
By Bullard, to prohibit shipments OF
liquors into Cumberland.
Bills passed as follows:
To incorporate the North Carolina
Farmers Protective Association.
To incorporate Orrum in Robeso1l
county.
To incorporate Pinetops, Edgecombe
county.
To allow Fayetteville to issue bonds
for water works and other improve
mentS.
To direct Pender's commissioners in
use Of sinking fund.
To incorporate the Bank of Martin
county.
To incorporate Charlotte.
To allow private corporations to sell
coupon bonds at discount.
Child Labor in Factories.
There was hearing this evening on
the bill to regulate child labor in fac
tories at which speeches were made by
w. r. Odell, Senator Gillian, Repre-
sentative Parker, of Wayne, and 9TH
ers Gillian offered a substitute, which
appears to be we'll received. The COM
mittees appointed subcommittee
composed of Senators Beasley, Allison
and Walker, Representatives Dockery,
Parker and Whitaker, of Forsyth, to
prepare a substitute. This sub-com-
mittee had with it three representatives
of the cotton manufacturing interests.
o. r. Jarrett, state organizer for
North Carolina of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor is here aiding in look
ing after the interests of some good
bill.
The mill men who met with the sub
committee were w. c. Heath, w. r.
Oden, DR.. ]. H. McAden, w. c. Erwin
d. Y. Cooper and Thomas H. Battle
The subcommittee drafted the follow
ing bill:
Section l. That no child under 1:
years of age shall be employed in any
factory or manufacturing establish
r.ent in the state.
Section 2. That not exceeding 66 houri
shall constitute a weeks work in al
factories and manufacturing establish
ments in this state and no person shall
be required to work in such factories ol
esta blishments longer than IS hours
provided that this shall not apply tc
| engineers, firemen, machlnlstS, super
Iintendents, overseers, section or var
hands, office men, watchme1 or persons
engaged in repairing break-downs.
Section 8. All persons standing in tht
place of q parent hiring children shall
furnish to the employer a statement II
writing of the age of such children
any such persons who shall mistake
the age of such child shall be guilty o.
| a misdameanor. Any person employ
| ing labor for any manufacturing es
ia blishment who shall knowingly vio
late this act shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor.
Section 4. This act shall go into eftec
/ January l, 1904.
| Mr.. Parker, of Wayne, pleaded TO
! the adoption of another section as fol
| lows: That no child under fourteen
shall be employed in any manufactur
| ing establishment between s p. m. an
5 a. m,'' but it was voted down. III
will file minority report, asking tha
the joint committee incorporate this i
the bill at the meeting tomorrow.
License Tax on Telephone and Tele
/ graph Lines.
! The Joint finance committee tonigh
agreed on license taxes on telegrap
and telephone lines and express CON