The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-19

states.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no substitute.
Fleming. To amend road law so
that six instead of twelve days in
each year shall be required. Judi
ciary.
Campbell. Relative to pensions for
Confederate soldiers. Committee
on Pensions.
Graham. of Granville. To require
trial of capital cases by giving to the
State and defendant each ten peremp-
tory challenges and providing that
the State shall stand no jurors at the
foot of the panel. Committee on
Judiciary.
Graham, of Granville. To amend
chaper IS laws of 1893 so as to better
define the crime of murder in first
degree. Judiciary Committee
Graham, of Granville. To facilitate
the trial of capital cases by enabling
the Judge, in his discretion. to have
a special venire summoned from any
county in an adjoining judicial dis
trict. Committee on Judiciary
Passed Final Reading.
To allow commissioners of Bruins
wick to levy special tax.
To fix time for levyfng and collect
ing taxes III Madison county.
To repeal the Private Acts, Chapter
1872 of 1908, authorizing q special tax
i'm Pinebluff for purpose of advertising
the town.
10 amend chapter IS of Laws of
1903 by bringing Rowan county with
I'm the provisions of said chapter ana
to require stenogrAphers to faithful
ly perform their duties.
To repeal act making Neuse river n
-. ~
county.
To prevent fast driving on the pub
lie bridges of Randolph county
TO alloy the city of WILMINGTON to
acquire and hold land for public park
purposes.
For the relief of the Piedmont Man
ufacturng Company.
To amend Laws of 1908 providing
for working public roads Of Halifax
county.
Atlantic and y. c. II. II.
The resolution of Mr.. Cowles COM
ing up, calling on the Governor to
send copy of evidence taken before
investigating committee of the Allan
tic and North Carolina railroad, he
explained it. He said every one was
familiar with the fact that the State
owned two million dollars worth of
stock in the road and that it had been
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been supplanted, and nobody knew
the facts established in that investi-
CATION. The Charlotte Observer in u
leading editorial on the report of the
investigation by the special commit
tee had said that there was n discrep-
ancy of $4,000 in the figures and
any one reading between the lines
could easily see that there was some
thing that had not been divulged. etc.
Mr. Cowles said the testimony ou,tlt
to be published 50 that the people
could form a conclusion for Them
selves.
Judge Graham said that the COM
mittee had worked for two months i'm
vestigating the affairs of the road and
had reported that there had been no
fraud. The printing of the great mass
Of evidence would not only be of great
expense, but no one would read it
when printed. The matter had been
settled and it was useless to try 20
stir up a fuss again over it. There
was no demand from the private
stockholders for any publication of the
evidence, nor comnlaint, as the value
of their stock had more than doubled
under Democratic administration.
He moved to lay the resolution on
the table.
Mr.. Cowles demanded a roll call.
Upon a vote on this the Speaker de-
clared the call was not sustained, no;
a sufficient number voting for it.
An appeal was made from the
Speakers court. and the Speakers
ruling was sustained by an almost
unanimous vote. The motion to table
was carried by q large majority, but
two or three noes being heard against
it, the result being greeted with ap-
plauSe.
Mr.. Murphy, of Buncombe, stated
no axri1 ~,
nor's office, and Mr.. CoWles or any
one else was perfectly free at any time
to go and read it and examine it.
Passed Final Reading.
TO amend Laws of 1908 making it
unlawful to dispose Of liquor within
one mile of churches in Columbus
county named in such act.
10 amend Laws of 1901, so that the
town of Fountain would be exemo t
from operation of provision prohibits
ing sale of liquors in two miles OF
Ions school house in Pitt county.
This bill will allow Fountain to have
"a dispensary, it having voted for one
by q large majority.
TO consolidate two school districts
for the colored race in jackson county
To amend Laws of 1901 relating to
time of holding courts in Martin coun-
ty and making certain terms both civil
and criminal.
To amend the Law of 1908 relating
to the aids de camps to the Governor.
The resolution reads as follows:
That section of Chapter 374 Of
the Acts of 1898 be amended by strik-
ing out in lines 6, Z, and 8, the fol-
lowing words
"The ,sersonal staff of the comman-
der in chief shall consist of four
aides de camp with the rank of col
onel; and the Governor NAV apuoint
his private secretary as his military
secretary and commission him with
the rank of major" and insert in lieu
thereof these words: 'Tne personal
staff of the commander in chief shall
consist of seven aides de camp with
the rank of colonel, two of them be-
ing naval aides: and the Governor
may appoint his private secretary as
his r'ilitarv secretary and commits
sion him with the rank of colonel
inSfippS of