The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-02
NORTH STATE LAWMAKERS
Work That is Being Done BY h
North Carolina Lawmakers.
Antique Law Repealed.

In the Senate bills were introduced
to require the use of broad wire and
not barbed along the side of roads; to
prohibit the sale of liquor in five
miles of Gold Hill. Bills passed
abolishing the three days Of grace and
making negotiable laws uniform; for
the relief of county commissioners re-
garding the ve~rifcation of claims.
House bill repeating the law refundfng
to Treasurer Lacy 1914 stolen by
Clerk Martin, was first referred to
the claim committee, then placed on
the calendar. There was argument
on the bill regulating fishing in the
great sounds and connecting waters
and it was made the special order for
Thursday. The Senate then took up
the special order, namely, the bill in
~creasing the salaries of judges to 3d.
500<and repeating the act allowing SUI
perior Court judges $3.50 for expenses
for travelling. Mr.. Williams asked
what had become of the bill allowing
$1,000 to the Governor for expenses,
saying if this were not allowed, he
would oppose the bill. Mr.. Scales said
the present bill was a unanimous
compromise. Considerable debate fol-
lowed.
LII IhO 4AOuoS q pCbAb1OA vas hAO0
from $500 members of the Baptist AS
ISOLATION and 500 voters, that the
Watts law remain as at present, or if
changed, be made more stringent.
Bills were introduced to allow Spencer
to issue bonds for schools and electric
lights and to establish graded schools;
to amend the law regarding deeds Of
trust; to incorporate Tuckaseegee
Railway, to amend the law so that the
executor of an estate shall not be eX-
ecutor Of the first testator. The House
took up the special order, namely, the
anti-jug law of 1903, the bill being to
repeal 1t, except as to Cleveland, Ca
barrus, CASTOR and Mitchell. Mr.. Nc
Ninch offered amendments incorporat-
ing h State anti-jug law into the
Watts law, section 2, saying he had
no desire and the friends of temper
ance had no desire to take advantage
of accidental law, but by the passing
OF the bill with his amendment, this
accidental law would, in effect, be re-
pealed, and at the same time a straight
anti-jug law be enacted. Mr.. David,
OF Haywood, chairman of the commit
teemen OF liquor traffic, moved that
the bill be referred to that committee.
A debate followed.
The House took up the special or
der, this being the bill to repeal the
anti-jug law of 1903, except as to Cleve-
land, Cabarrus, Mitchell and CASTOR
counties. McNinch offered an amend
ment Incorporating an anti-jug law for
the State into section 2 of the Watts
law, saying he had no desire and the
friends of temperance had none to
take advantage of an accidental law.
but that by passing the bill of his
amendment, this accidental law would
IN enec be repealed at the same time.
a State anti-jug law would be enacted.
Davis, of Haywood, chairman of the
committee on liquor traffic, said that
as the amendment injected entirely new
matter; which was MOI considered by
the committee when it made it's origi-
nal report, he moved that the bill be
re-referred. Murphy, of Rowan, object
ed to this re-cOmmitment, saying he
thought members ought to meet the is
sue squarely and be willing to say
whether they desired to take advantage
OF an accidental law or not. Wineborne
said he introduced a bill for repeal, ex-
cept as to the counties above referred
to, which are named in the acts of
1903, and that the bill was so worded
that any county desiring it could be
placed within. the anti-jug law terrific
ry. He added that it was a well-known
fact that the anti-jug law bill, apply
ing to a whole State was defeated in
1908, and hence that it was nothing but
proper to repeal any law which had
been enacted by mistake. Graham, of
Granville, favored re-commitment of
the bill, as did Stewart, of Harnett,
and Alexander, of Mecklenburg. Koonce
OF Onslow, opposed postponement, say
ing it was generally understood during
the campaign, and he had so stated to
his constituents, that the law would
be repealed because it was tainted with
error, If not with fraud. He had the
authority Of the distinguished chair
man of the Democratic committee for
be assurance that as a matter of course
the law would be repealed. Warren, of
Jones, said the law was not made an
issue in the campaign in his section,
because it was universally considered
that as a matter of course it would be
repealed. This is the only manly course
to pursue, and then, if it is desired.
another bill giving an anti-jug law to
the entire State could be introduced
and stand on its merits. Men high in
authority in North Carolina had led the
people to believe this law will be
4OpOoACu ~ 1dI DIS II TG1dlSu
to territory not included in the bill. He
opposed any postponement Murphy, of
Rowan, said he had no objections to an
anti-Jug law of those counties whose
desired it, but was not in IA
vor of ~postponing action in repeating
the law covering the whole State. The
people expected to see the law re-
pealed promptly, and yet here it was
the 10th day of the session and the
bill to repeal had been held back and
now it was proposed to still further
postpone it. Mitchell, of BERTHE, favored
the repeal without any further post
ponement, saying it was well-known
how he stood on the temperance ques-
ton n how the liquor influence tried
to defeat him in the last campaign, but
he could not rest contented a moment
without voting the repeal of the pres
ent law, passed inadvertently. He be-
lieved an anti-jug law could be passed
by this Legislature to cover this whole
State, but whether that was so or not.
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