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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19
FRAUDULENT TRADING.
Relating to Businesses Conducted
Under Styles.

The new law for the prevention of
fraudulent trading provides that if
any person shall transact business as
a trader or merchant under any name
or style other than his own, EXCEPT in
case of corporation, and fails to dis
close the name of his principal or
partner by sign placed conspicuously
at the place where such business is
conducted; or If any married woman
shall conduct such business through
her husband or other agent. or If any
husband or agent of any married wo-
man shall conduct such business for
her without displaying the christian
name of such married woman and the
fact that she is a feme covert by a
sign placed conspicuously at the place
where such business is conducted. then
all the property. stock of goods and
merchandise purchased, used and con-
tracted in the course of such business
shall as to creditors be liable for debts
contracted in the course of such BUSH
ness by the person in charge.
Any married woman conducting
such business without complying with
the provisions of this act shall for all
purposes be deemed and treated as to
all debts contracted as a free trader.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19
VAGRANCY LAW
An Act Defining 1t and
Providing Punishment
Therefor.

The full text of the new law defin-
ing4 vagrancy and providing punish
meht therefor is as follows:
That section 1884 of the Code of
North Carolina be and the same is
hereby repealed.
That all persons who may come
within either of the classes herein
after named shall be named vag-
rant:
Persons wandering or strolling about
in idleness, who are able to work and
have no property to support them.
Persons leading an idle, immoral or
profligate life, who have no property
to support them and who are able to
work, and do not work.
All persons able to work having no
property to support them. and who
have not some visible. and known
means of a fair, honest and reputable
livelihood. &MEE
Persons having a fixed abode. who
have no visible property to support
them and who live by stealing. or by
trading in. bartering for. or buying
stolen property.
Professional gamblers. living in idle
ness.
All able-bodied men who have no
other visible means of support, who
shall live in idleness upon the wages
or earnings of their mother, wife, or
minor child or children except male
child or children over eighteen years
of age.
That the punishment for vagrancy
as defined in this act shall not exceed
fifty dollars fine or thirty days impris-
onment
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19
AN EQUITABLE ADJUSTMENT.
An Act to Eenable Married Men to
Sell Their Real Estate.

An important law in reference to
rights of married men was enacted
by the Legislature. providing that
every man, whose wife is a lunatic.
confined in any asylum for insane per-
sons, in North Carolina, shall have the
right to sell and convey any of his
real ESTATE by deed. except his home
stead, without the signature and pri-
vate examination of his wife: Provid-
ed the superintendent of the asylum
in which his wife is confined shall
certify that she is of insane mind and
memory.
When deed executed by a married
man, whose wife is insane shall be
offered for probate before the Clerk of
the Court in the county in which the
land is situated and the execution of
such deed shall be acknowledged or
proved, if the certificates of the super
intendents and clerk are in due form
the clerk shall then order the regis
tration of the deed and certificates.
When such a deed shall be executed
probated, and registered in accordance
with this act. it shall convey all the
estate and interests of the grantor in
the lands conveyed free and exempt
from the dover rights and all other
interests of his wife. This act shall not
apply to the homestead Of the hus-
band.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19
HYGIENE LABORATORY.
Protection of Public Health by Keep
ing Water Supplies Pure.

An important new department ere
ated by the General Assembly was the
State Laboratory of Hygiene. This de-
partment is for the better protection
of the public health and to prevent
the spread of communicable diseases.
and is under the control and manage
ment of the State Board of Health.
For the support and maintenance of
this department an annual tax of sixty
dollars, payable quarterly by each and
every water company is levied this
tax to be collected by the sheriff, and
the act carried with it an appropria-
ton of $1,000 for this laboratory.
In the laboratory there will be made
monthly examinations of samples
from all the water supplies of the
State and when in the opinion of any
County superintendent of Health there
is reason to suspect that spring and
we'll waters are contaminated and
dangerous to health. the laboratory
shall make an examination of such
waters also.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19
LANDLORD AND
TENANT ACT
Law Making 1t a Crime to
Fail to Live Up to Verb
al Contract.

An act that has been much discussed
is the new Uzzell Landlord and Tenant
which passed for q large number of
counties. Some members of the Leg
islature regard it as the most impor-
tant and best act of the session, and
they incorporated the counties they
represented so as to make its Provis-
ions applicable to them. Other repre-
sentatives did not favor the principle
underlying the act and, while Offering
no opposition to the bill to Apply only
to counties desiring it, would not con-
sent that it should apply to the coun-
ties they represented. The bill there
fore applies only to a certain number
Of counties named therein. 1t is to
be hoped that in it's workings it will
justify the high expectations OF it's
supporters and have none of the evil
results feared by some other good leg
islators. The full text of the law is
as follows
Section 1. That any tenant or crop
per who procures advances from his
landlord to enable him to make a
then Wilfully abandons the same with
out good cause and before paying
for such advances, shall be guilty of
q misdemeanor.
Sec. 2. That any landlord who may
contract with tenant or cropper to
enable him to make a crop. and viii
fully fails or refuses to furnish said
advances without cause, shall be guilty
Of q misdemeanor.
Sec. 3. Any person who employs Il
tenant or cropper who has violated the
provisions Of section 1 of this act with
knowledge of such violation. shall be
liable to the landlord furnishing such
advances for the amount thereof, also
be guilty of a nisdemeanor.
Sec. 4. That whenever any tenant
or cropper shall enter into a contract
for the rental of land for the current
or ensuing year. and without just
cause wilful neglect or refuse to per-
form the terms of this contract. then
the tenant or cropper shall forfeit his
right of possession to the premises and
the landlord NAV recover possession
of said premises in the manner pro-
vided for in section 1877 of the Code
Sec 5. The punishment for any
violation of any of the provisions of
this act shall not exceed a fine of fifty
dollars or Imprisonment for more than
thirty days.
See 6. That this act shall apply to
the following counties: WAYNE, Lee
noir, Greene. Johnston. Jones. Onslow.
Craven, Cleveland. Sampson Pitt,
Duplin. Gates, Cumberland, Perduim-
ans. Chowan, Robson. Bladen, Nash,
lIarnett, Edgecombe, HEREFORD. Will
son, Rockingham. Fender. Currituck,
CASTOR. Northampton. Beaufort. Chat
ham. Tyrrell Mecklenburg. Halifax.
Caswell. Camden. Cabarrus, Columbus,
Martin, Montgomery. Wake, Hyde,
Arson. Franklin, Union.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19
THE EXPOSITION
This State May Join Vir-
ginia i'm the James
town Celebration.

The Legislature adopted a resolu-
ton heartily approving the movement
of Virginia to appropriately celebrate
the ter-centennial of the landing and
settlement of the English at James
town in 1907 and the Senators and
Representatives of this State in Con-
gress were requested to cooperate
with Virginia's Representatives in Sc
curing an appropriation In aid of the
proposed exposition commensurate
with it's purposes and worth of the
great historic event which is sought
to be celebrated.
A joint resolution concerning the
jamestown Exposition was adopted,
carrying an appropriation of thirty
thousand dollars; one-third payable
out of the taxes levied in 1905, one
third out of the taxes of 1906, and
one-third out of the taxes of 1907 for
the purpose of providing suitable
exhibit for North Carolina at the
jamestown Exposition in 1907, which
appropriation is to be expended under
the direction of q commission to be
appointed by the Governor to repre-
sent this State at the Exposition. The
commission will consist of ten citi-
zens, one from each Congressional
District
The appropriation provided for will
not in any event be available until,
and unless Congress appropriates or
authorizes expenditures of not less
than one million dollars in aid of the
jamestown Exposition.
The Board of Agriculture was di-
rected to use the States exhibit under
its custody and control in making a
suitable exhibit at the exhibition, and
the commission was empowered to
erect at Jamestown a suitable State
Building for the purpose of exhibiting
the States resources. to cost not more
than iXEant1r thnIl nd anlln
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19
TO PREVENT INJUSTICE.
BY ImpOvident Restraining Orders
and IniunctiOns.

The injustice by hasty and IMPROVE
dent restraining orders and in1unc-
tons without notice has been prevent
ed by an action of the Legislature
which amends section 344 of the Code.
by striking out the words "ten days
notice, and inserting in lieu thereof
the words notice to be fixed by the
court of not less than two por more
than ten days; and after the word
thereof in line three the following is
inserted, IF he is within the district
or in an adjoining district, but if out
of the district and not in an adioin-
ing district, then. before any judge
at the time being in the district. and
If there be no judge in the district, be-
fore any judge in an adjoining dis
trict''
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19
INCREASE or PENSIONS.
Increased Appropriation of Seventy
Five Thousand Dollars.

An incease of SIS, 900 was made in
the APPROPRIATED to Confederate vet
Grams by the Legislature. The new
law apportions the fund which is now
$275,0 900, as follows: Cd To such as
have received a wound that renders
them totally incompetent to perform
manual labor in the ordinary vacations
of life, $4,000; CD To such as have
lost a leg above the knee, an arm
above the elbow. $4,000; CD To such
as have lost a foot or a leg below the
knee or a hand or arm below the
elbow, or have q leg or arm utterly
useless by reason of a wound or per-
manent injury, $500; Cd To such as
have lost an eye. and the widows and
all other soldiers who are now three
fourths disabled from any cause to
perform manual labor $4,000.
Amendment to Pension Law.
The following is the full text of the
bill amending the pension law, SO as
to allow meritorious cases in which
the applicant possesses $500 worth of
taxable property to be placed on the
pension roll:
An act to amend section 410. chap
ter 273 of the Public Laws of 1908,
entitled an act for the Relief of Con-
federate Soldiers, sailors and widows
so as to authorize the County Board of
Pensions to place upon the pension
in the classes to which they would
otherwise belong certain disabled Com
federate soldiers, sailors and widows
now disqualified under the provisions
of said act. The General Assembly of
North Carolina do enact:
Section L. That sections 4 and 10
of chapter 273 of the Public Laws of
1903, entitled An Act for the Relief of
Confederate soldiers sailors and Wid-
ows, be, and the same is hereby
amended by adding at the end of said
section the following words: Pro-
vided that the County Board of Pen
sions may place upon the pension roll
in the classes to which he or she would
otherwise belong any Confederate sol
der, sailor or widow, disqualified by
the provisions of this section, who may
appear to be unable to earn a living.
from properly valued as much as $500
or more for taxation, and who may
appear to the board from special cir
cumstances worthy to be placed on
the Pension Roll.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19
For Administrators

EXECUTORS, administrators, adminis-
traitors with the will annexed, and ad-
ministrators de bonis non, with the
will annexed are empowered to sell
land bid in for the benefit of the estate
they represent, under a new law.
Whenever land is conveyed to any of
the above, he may sell and convey it
upon such terms as he may deem just
and for the advantage of the estate.
Whenever land conveyed to any such
personal representative is not convey
ed by such personal representative
during his life or term of office, his
successor may sell and convey the
land as if the title had been made to
him. If the predecessor has contract
ed in writing to sell the land, but Ialls
to convey it, his successor in once
may do so upon payment of the pur-|
chase price.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19
NEW CORN MEAL LAW.
Standard BusheI Fixed at Forty
eight Pounds.

The new corn meal law is as fol-
lows:
Section 1. The standard weight Of
bushel of corn meal, whether bolted
pounds.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to pack for sale. or
offer for sale, or offer for sale in this
State, any corn meal except in bags or
packages containing. by standard
weight, two bushels, or one bushel. or
one-half bushel or one-fourth bushel.
or one-eighth bushel, respectively.
Each bag or package Of corn meal
shall have plainly printed or marked
thereon, whether the meal is 'bolted'
or 'unbolted,' the amount it contains,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19

bushels, or fraction of a bushel. and
the weight Provided, the provisions
of this section shall not apply to the
retailing of meal direct to customers
from bulk stock. when priced and de-
livered by actual weight or measure.
Sec. g. Any person or persons
guilty of violating either of the fore
going sections of this act shall be
deemed a misdemeanor and. on con-
viction thereof, shall be punished by
q fine of not exceeding fifty dollars.
or by imprisonment not exceeding
thirty days, or both fine and imprison-
ment, in the discretion of the court"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19
JUDICIAL SALARIES.
Increased by Legislature to Three
Thousand Dollars.

salaries of the judges of the Superior
Courts and tn Supreme Court Justices
to $4,000 per year. The act amends
section 1888 of the Code by striking
out the words twenty-five hundred"
in line 2, and inserting in lieu thereof
the woods three thousand: and sec
ton 1874 of the Code by striking ont
the words "twentv-five hundred" in
line 2. and inserting in lieu thereof
the words three thousand" The act
was in force from its ratification.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19
TO RE-RUN BOUNDARY.
Between North and south Carolina.

The Governor was authorized by tie
Legislature to employ competent
surveyor to re-run and remark that
section of the boundary line Of the
State between this State and the State
of South Carolina which constitutes
the boundary line of Scotland and
Richmond counties in this State. The
work provided for shall be done within
one year from February The appro-
priaticn provided for shall not be
available unless the State of South
Carolina has appointed a.sllrveyor fer
similar purpose. and the amount shall
not exceed the actual cost of the sur
VeV
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19
Written Instruments.

new act adopted by the Legisla-
ture amending the law of evidence
relative to written instruments pro-
vides that it shall not be necessary
to prove by the attesting witness. in
struments to the validity of which the
attestation is not requisite; and such
instrument may be proved by admis-
sion or otherwise. as if there had been
no attesting witness thereto: Provid-
ed, that this act shall not affect the
method and manner of approving in
struments for registration as now
provided by law
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19
Neterinarv Medicine AND Snreerv.

The law regulating the practice Of
veterinary medicine and surgery in
North Carolina was amended by the
Legislature, changing the date of re-
quired registration in the Office Of the
Clerk of the Superior Court in the
county i'm which those practicing pre-
vious to this act. The old date was
January 1, 1905. and the amendment
changes the date to January 1st, 1906.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19
s22o.0oO $4,000
$4,000 $4,000

AS a party, we have kept our
pledges to the unfortunate and Con-
federate soldiers. In the next two
years the State VIII e9pend nearly ST.
100000 on these two classes. Who
will complain? We only wish it could
be more. We have provided a new
building for the colored insane at
Goldsboro; one for the whites at Rail
eigh and a hall of amusement at
Morganton No new accommodations
were provided for the deaf. dumb and
blind, because these institutions can
accommodate more pupils than they
now have, but not so with the insane,
though an investigation made by reso-
luton of the General Assembly shows
that there are fewer insane in jails
and county homes than generally re-
garded. Fifty counties reported ninety
eight in county homes; twenty-one IN
jailS. We replaced the burned dormi-
tory at the Normal and Industrial
College; gave the State University the
chemical laboratory so long needed.
and which, by the way, is the first
building the State has ever erected at
This historic institution. though it owns
property, the gift of individuals. worth
between one-half and a million dol
lars.
In conclusion, / desire to say that
much benefit was derived from the
systematic work done by our Speaker
as chairman of this committee two
years ago, as we'll as by his counsel
and advice during this session. What
ever credit may be due to anyone be-
longs to the entire membership Of each
committee, which sat patiently and re-
peatedly and heard each institution
carefully and conscientiously with
hearts desire to do exact Justice to
ALL
Yours respectfully
WESCOTT H. ROBERTSON,
Chm. Appropriations Committee of
the House.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19
THE BRIGADTER GENERAL.
Salary Increased by the Legislature.

There was an increase of $3.50 an
nually made by the legislature in the
salary of the brigadier generals of
North Carolina. The act amends Sec
ton z, Chapter 54s, Public Laws Of
1903, by striking out the words "ona
hundred and fifty dollars and insert
ing in lieu thereof the words 'three
hundred dollars.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19

bond issue or in the light of our ex-
Dected resources The fate of many
bills depended upon the solution of
this question. If no bonds were TO be
issued, then we were bound to cut
and cut deep. A tentative vote was
taken, with twenty-one voting for no
bonds and four voting for bonds. This
vote, while tentative. was the policy
followed during the session. and we
never found it necessary to reconsider
this vote.
The momentouS question with the
Appropriations Committees then was
how $571,033 could be distributed to
satisfy demands amounting to $1.25a.-
000 This was our task. How we'll
the committees succeeded is best an
swered by the statement that the Sem
ate ard House of Representatives
passed the Omnibus Appropriation
Bill without a single amendment or
alteration, which manifestation of
confidence the committees acknowl-
edged with pride and pleasure.
What did we do? We issued no
bonds, yet we had a margin of SS.400
left of the $571033. Personally I
feel satisfied that the surplus will be
much larger than our treasurer esti-
mated, because OF the great lnduStrlal
awakening in this State; for example.
we k'.cN now of $3.50 1000 invested
in new cotton mills, which will appear
on the tax books for the first time
and there are many other new
sources of income. North Carolina is
not standing still in a material way,
but is advancing alongside of the fore
most States of this Union.
The following figures may be of in
terest, which include not only the in
crease, but the total appropriations for
the respective institutions and classes
for the next two wears
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19

money isn't everything if he has more
of 1t than he knows what to do with.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-27

meanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined in any sum not less
than twenty-five dollars nor more
than one hundred dollars for each Of
Tense, and it shall be the duty Of the
prosecuting attorney in such county,
when it has been determined by the
board of county commissioners under
the provisions of this act that three
fourths of the lands in such county or
portion of county is under fence, on
complaint of any freeholder or resi-
dent of such county to forthwith
prosecute the owner of such stock
found running at large for such mis-
demeanOr
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-27

outside of the incorporated cities and
towns, is under fence, and that live
stock found running at large in such
county or portion of county on or
after thirty days from the first pub
lication of said notice shall be treated
as estrays, and estrays in any county
in which at least three-fourths OF
the area, outside of the cities and
town therein, shall be under enclos-
ure or fence may be taken up at any
time in the year.
Sec. 6. Any owner who permits
his live stock to run at large con-
trary to the provisions of this act
shall be deemed guilty of misde-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-27
Graduating Exercises

The h;oh school graduating exer-
c;ses will take place at Odd Fellows,
b.Il naxt Thursday evening All
naYrons and friends # the school are
cordially. invited. Following is the
program:
welcome Chorus .............. -. ....-.
|'Remarks-..... IF T. Joubert, Principal
slavery n the United a. s.a.es'.'.''.'. 5000
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-27

Rev. W. J. Sharp viii preach
Memorial sermon at the Presby-
terian church here tomorrow at IL
o'clock.
John L. Blair will deliver the Mem
orial-day address at the valley Pres
byterian church next Tuesday af-
ternoon, having consented to do SO
at the urgent request of all Of the
members of Silas Casey post. All
who can do so are requested to bring
flowers to the valley cemetery with
which to decorate the soldiers
graves.
General Joseph Wheeler claims
that General Logan's attention when,
on May 5, 1868, as commander of the
GraDd Army of the Republic he is
sued. the first order in regard to
keeping green the memory of the
brave 'sboys in blue" had no doubt
been called to the custom of the
southern people of annually setting
apart day to pay reverence to
those who sacrificed their lives for a
principle that was dearest and near
est to their hearts.
The women of the SOUTH says
General Wheeler, "were ever assidu-
Gus in their care of the resting places
of their dead, perhaps because Of the
customs peculiar on this side Of the
Atlantic to Mobile and New Orleans,
where on All Souls day each year
the cemeteries are carpeted with un-
told myriads of rare and costly flow
ers strewn by devoted hands over the
graves of the beloved dead"
April 26 was the day set apart by
a consent spontaneous in it's univers-
al adoption. Alabama's and Geor-
gia's first public Memorial day was,
in 1866.
Women, and women alone,"' says
General Wheeler, 'inaugurated the
custom. Men, more reserved in
their expression of the sentiments of
their hearts, might permit their de-
parted comrades quietly to become a
part of general history, but women
would not have it so. The southern
states fell quickly into line, and then
the custom found its way into the
northern states"
Foreign Federal Soldiers