The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-13
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! terestng hearing, ma the committees
! GpoEinted by the several cnUrches will
| be present TO advance reasons why the
present lax divorce laws should be re-
Ipealed.
The legislative representation from
McckIcnburg county may soon De
called upon by the citizens Of Char
lotte to introduce bills allowing the
city Of Charlotte to conduct a Git
Drug store" Charlotte being pro-
hibition town. the BILL as drawn III
is considered the best means for the.
successful execution of the eXistla%
law now operative in that city as 10
the sale Of liquors. The bill as drafted
is in many respects an unrr J@l docu-
ment. The purpose Of City Drug
store" will. of course, be to give
Charlotte real prohibition, ma liquor
will be sold there by prescription only.
no other drug store, firm or corpora
ton being allowed 70 manufacture.
sell or exchange any spurious, Vinous
mat or Intoxicating liquors or bitters
of any kind in Mecklenburg county.
The liquors will be sold at cost by
the CITY Drug Store-cOSt meaning
original cost of liquors and incidental
expenses of handling and distributing
the same. No sale will be made eX-
cent for cash. Before selling or de-
livering any liquors tofany person the
clerk must have a written prescription
from a reputable practicing physician
regularly licensed by the State. The
prescription must state the amount and
kind of liquor to be furnished. the
date ON which the prescription is
given. and no prescription win be
filed if presented tWenty-four hours
after being given. The clerk shall not
fill prescriptions for any known
drunkard and shall have the discretion
TO refuse any prescription that he does
not think is bona fide. The Charlotte
City I.rug Store, the bill provides. shall
keep such necessary drugs and medi-
cines for the poor of the city. provided
no drug or medicines shall be kept for
sale, and shall be given only on the
prescription of practicing physician.
There is one man in the Senate who
assures his friends that he will not
explode with oratorical bombast, nor
will be strew the floor of that body
with flowers of rhetoric. This man is
the big hearted and liberal minded
Mr. r. II. Kicks of Nash county. who
is like the citizens of his county per-
fectly contented and always happy
Senator Kicks says all the counties in
North Carolina are good, but that he
made as much progress in the past ten
years as any other. Nashites are law
abiding and cheerful. and there is q
general progress among them, which
though not scintilating with flashes of
extraordinary achievements in the
worlds eye, yet is sure. steady and
steadfast. He says he viii not intro
duce but a very few bills, all Of q
local nature as Nash county has good
xkFtf
not care to experiment aid NEEDLE
with them, believing folks should let
good enough alone.
Away back yonder during the
years that have gone by the late Dr..
Michael f. Arendeu, of Carteret
county, who served his people for
twenty years as heard in the General
Assembly. was session in and session
out the energetic and efficient chair
man of the Senate Committee on In
sane Asylums. 1t was a fitting tribute
to his memory and his untrin9' eff
forts in behalf of the States unfor-
Inmates that his son. Hon. VIM. l..
Arendell, the present senator from
Carteret. should be assigned this inn
portant craftsmanship, to say nothing
of the acknowledged fitness and the
high character of the present Senator
himself. who is one of the soundest
and safest men in either house.
The Child Labor bill was introduced
yesterday in the House by Col. Cum
ingham. and referred to the Commit
tee on Education. DR.. McKeiway, who
is very much interested in the passage
of the bill, was seen by a News and |
Observer man and said that he was
very hopeful of its passage, as its
main features had received the en-
dorsement of Governor Aycock ana
of Governor Glenn in their messages |
in the Legislature: while Senators
Simmons and Overman and several |
members of the North Carolina Con-
gressional delegation were in sym
pathy with it, and that the whole min
iSterial profession and an the teach |
ers of the State favor it,
My idea in framing this bill" said
DR.. MckelWay, was to secure the
passage of q measure that can stand
without change for some years.
have tried to be as conservative as
possible. not only in the framing of
the bill, but also in writing what !
have done about the conditions in our
manufacturing establishments. in the
main these conditions are excellent.
It is a pity that this one reproach
should exist. l have found that many
persons interested in the mill indus
try, financially. are anxious that this
repro3ch shall be removed as they are
unwilling to profit at the expense of
the lives and health of our children
Drs Register and Member have told
me that the exemption Of girls be
tween the ages of twelve and four
teen from their long tasks in tn mills
viii save the most of them from the
troubles which affiict so many of them
now, and [ feel sure that every good
woman in North Carolina is with me
for an effort thus To save the future
mothers of the race. The require
ments that children under fourteen
shall not be employed at night IS an
other most humane measure ANY one
who has seen, as l have. the children
who were trying TO s.eep in the day
Tune in crowded quarters, with the
lilies and the heat. the noises OF thu
mouse going on can understand how
cruel night work is for girls of ten
der years.
And the educational requirement
is one that fits exactly into our suf
frage scheme. IT will send the chill
dren TO school who are now waiting
IN ignorance unit 1.-The time comes foI
lnem to enter the mill and if a bOy