The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-09

same man AdTlIH, III OIU dS0,n au DO01
Treasurer for two terms, and finding
he had lost $4,000 by another's dis
honesty he had to go into bankruptcy.
The bill does not give Worth n cent
but Lacy $500, who is in the same con-
dition, no better than Worth. We
should not give Mr.. Lacy $500. 81 have
spoken to one of b most prominent
Democrats in the State and with but
one exception they have all said the
action of the Senate and House was a
most dangerous one" Boddie moved
to table the bill. Ayes and noes were
called for, 10 Senators voted to table
the bill and IL voted in the negative.
and the bill was tabled. On motion OF
Senator Zollicoffer, the Senate was ad-
journed until IL O'Clock tomorrow.
ANTI-JUG LAW.
The McNinch bill enacting a law the
place of delivery of liquors the place Of
sale in prohibition territory. He stated
he voted for the repeal of the sneak
law of two years ago, and he called up
on those Of the House who acted in
good faith to allow this bill to pass
it's second reading. He was willing for
those living in counties bordering on
the Virginia line who desired to do so
to have their counties exempted be-
fore the bill came up on its third read
ing. In reply to a question Mr.. Nc
Ninch said that the anti-jug law was
yet in force, the Senate not having
repealed it. He said he had copied the
exact language of the present law.
He declared that there was a POSSIBLE
ity that the Senate would so delay the
i repeal of the anti-jug law as to make
the enactment of the present bill i'm
----sAI1 a. 49, @%La~ An-6 80 &hn hill
was allowed to pass the House with
these counties deserving exemption
placed there, no harm would be one
them, while the prohibition counties
would obtain relief. Murphy opposed
immediate action. saying it was ridicu-
lous to vote on this bill before the Sen
ate had acted on the other. Should the
Senate fail to repeal the present law
it would remain in force as now. He
moved to postpone further cOnSidera-
ton until the Senate had acted On the
repeal bill. If the present law was re-
pealed he would vote for the McNinch
bill after his county, and such other
counties as desired it had been exempt
ed. McNinch and burlington spoke
against postponement, while Woodward
of Wilson, Warren. Mitchell, Murphy of
Buncombe, Wood and WinbOrne favor
Gu II. lUCXNluCH UClOIc luC HO(IOh "
postponement reached the vote agreed
that the bill should be made a special
order for Thursday. 1t was ordered
printed.
The Vagrancy Law.
The House took up the bill defining
vagrancy and fixing the punishment
therefor. 1t was explained that it was
the Georgia law, but that an amend
ment submitted by Alexander, of Neck
lenburg, and endorsed by the commit
tee, including able-bodied men who
were idle and lived on the wages of
wife or minor children. Biggs N
dorsed the principle involved, which he
said, makes it a crime for a man to
live on the labor of his children, and
said he desired to enter his protest
against any such legislation. Redwine
declared that an ~able-bodied man, who
would work his wife and little children
simply I. support him in idleneSS, was
q criminal, and should be so treated.
Biggs said he did not subscribe to the
present Idea that men could be made
moral by an act Of the legislature. The
bill was very strongly supported by
Owe, Powers, Davis. of Haywood, and
Alexander, the latter describing very
strikingly the conduct of many trifling
white men who, as he said, Lying
around cotton mills, will not work, be-
cause the wages of their wives and
little children support them" Biggs
offered an amendment, so as to say
minors, not Over Is years." Alexan-
der accepted the amendment, and the
bill then passed it's reading.
A bill passed authrrizing registers of
deeds to administer OathS in proving
accounts to be presented to the county
commissioners.
The bill to prevent misrepresenta-
tons of merchants in the sale of goods
and in advertisements came up. and
was explained by it's author, Stronach
of Wake, who said it was designed to
protect honest merchants; that the BIZ
BILE said all liars would be burned, and
he desired to keep as many merchant
liars out of the eternal fire as posi-
BILE. The law proposed had been in
use in New York and worked well.
Upon objection of further considera-
ton of the bill. it was made a special
order for next Friday.
The bill introduced by Butler, pro-
vidfng for the election of county
boards of education by the people.
came up with an u~nfavorabIe report
from the committee on education. But
Ter presented a minority report, and
explained and advocated his bill, say
ing the law would not go into opera
tiCn in 1906. SO that tue terms of the
present boards of education would not
be interfered with. The three men Sc
lected- as the board of education of
each county were now holding the
most important offices of the county,
and they should be elected by the peo- |
pie. Graham Of Lincoln, said that un- |
der the present system education had
advanced more than ever before in
North Cardinals history. and thai the
people had made no demand for this
change in the mode of selecting their
school boards. He moved that the bill
go to the table, and his motion pre-
vailed by an almost unanimous vote.
Pass Final Reading.