The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-02-09


| Treasurer for two terms, and finding
be had lost $4,000 By anotker's dis
| honesty he had 10 go into bankruptcy
| The bill does not give Worth one cent
! but Lacy $500, who is III the same con.
/ dft'on, no better than Worth. We
should not give Mr Lacy 5000 Il have
| spoken TO one Of the most prominent
| Democrats In the State and with but
one exception they have all said the
! action Of the Senate and House was q
most dangerous one" Baddie moved
to table the bill. Ayes and noes weri
| called for, 19 Senators voted 10 table
the bill and II voted in the negative
and the bill vas tabled On motion OF
| Senator Zoilicofer. the Senate was ad-
! 1ourned until 12 o'clock tomorrow.
ANTi-JuG LAW.
The McNinch bill enaeting Law the
| place Of delivery OF liquors the place OF
| sale in prohibition territory. He state
| 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
its 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 question Mr.. Nc
| Ninch said that the anti-jug law was
| yet n force the Senate not having
repealed il. He said he had copied the
exact language Of the present law.
| He declared that there was a possibil-
| ity that the Senate would so delay the
repeal of the anti-jug law as to make
| the enactment of the present bill i'm
| possible. On the other hand if the bill
was allowed to pass the House with
| those counties deserving exemption
placed there, no harm would be done
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 McNfnch and burlington spoke
against pos.pOnement. while Woodward
of Wilson, Warren Mite lell. Murphy of
BuncOmbe, Wood and WinbOrne favor
ed it, McNinch before the motion for
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 exI aimed that it was
Z 10 lN,-t not
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 en-,
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 t. support him in idleness, was
a criminal, and should be SO treated.
Biggs said he did not subscribe to tle
present Iuea that men could be made
moral by an act OF the legislature. The
bill was very strongly supported by
Give, Powers, Davis, of Haywood, and
Alexander, the latter describing very
strikingly the conduct of many trifiins
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 cle
bill then passed its reading.
A bill passed authrrizing registers OF
| IN n O
accounts to be presented to the county
| commissioners.
The bill. to prevent niSrepreSenta
t 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 tc
: protect honest merchants; that the Bi
: bic said all liars would be burned. ana
5 he desired to keep as many merchant
liars out of the eternal fire as possi
5 BILE. The law proposed had been in
use in New York and worked we'll
' Upon objection CT further co1sidera
r ton of the bill it was made a specia
: order for next Friday.
5 The bill introduced by Butler, pro
r viding for the election of county
boards of education by the people
: came up with an unfavorab,e reDor
IIOEl tue tu
; 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 tie terms of ths
/ present boards Of education would no
i be interfered with. The three men Sc
7 Iected as the board of education OF
: each county were now holding tn.
most important Offices of the county
: and they should be elected by the peo
d pie. Graham Of Lincoln, said that un
t der the present system education hat
d advanced more than ever before il
0 North Cardinals history, and that the
!, people had made no demand for thi:
d change in the mode Of selecting theil
4 school boards. He moved that the bill
l. go to the table. and his motion pre-
t vailed by an almost unanimous vote.
: : Pass Final Reading.
d The following bills passed final read
d ing: To establish graded schools il
d Fremont; TO pay chairman OF the
t, board Of commissioners OF Northamp
: ton county s100 per annunn. and mem
{ bers of board 81 day and mileage
E TO pay witness nalf fee in not trut
( bill cases in Caswell county; to in
t. crease the pay of jurors in Greene
!, and Rutherford counties; to amend
e the charter Of the Yonahlossee Rail
II way Company; to fix the time Of hold
n ing courts in Warren: to protect kot
: owners in TyrelI; to regulate the speeC