The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-02-16
s0RTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE


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The following b!lis passed their an-
II readings For the prevention Of
fraudulent trading The bill provides
against the use OF Il name, not that
of the proprietor. and aEains, a mar
led woman conducting the store of
her husband without her oan name.
IL prevents fraudulent trading by men
n the names OF their wives. and X
woman does business in her own name.
he act makes her a freetrader.
i message was received from the
House in resolution or. the death OF
Representative rhipps. and asking
that comgmlttec of four from
the House and two from the Sen
ste 10 he appointed 10 accompany
the body home The memorial was
adopted and Senator'S Taylor and Long.
Of Iredell. were appointed the Senate
committee. Taylor moved that the
Senate adjourn On account OF the death
Of Phipps. This action was taken.
4 brief session was held In The House
Thursday. after which adjournment
was taken out of respect OF the mem
ory of Representative Phlpps. who died
Wednesday afternoon.
The Divorce Bill.
In the House Friday the only mat
ter of Importance was the divorce
question
Ward Bill Passes.
In the Senate Friday there was much
discussion on the Ward liquor bill, il be-
ing a special order for noon. At the
close Of the discussion. Ward called
Or previous questions. Vann's amend
ment as to the size of towns was lost.
but that providing that The law shall
become effective January / fiext was
adopted. All other amendments We're
voted down, and the bill passed its
second reading-25 to 16. Gillian OBJ
iected to the third reading. and Scales
motion to suspend the rule and put
it on a third reading failed to get the
necessary two-thirds vote. The Sen
ate then adjourned.
In the Senate Saturday there were
a number Of petitions and bills pre-
sented.
The act known as the Ward bill
came up for third reading.
Ward Bill Passes.
To amend the public laws of J!
regulating the manufacture and sale
of liquor in North Caronna. Stubbs
offered an amendment providing that
the act should not apply TO incorpor-
ated towns where liquo< is now being
under the provisions OF
the Watts act Stubbs said the amend
ment was but fair. Zollicoffer sent
forward an amendment provided that
strnaaa ID in attthef thef bll bl fhoHd be son
law of 1903. Stubbs' amendment was
put and lost by vote of Is to >.
Ward accepted the amendment OF Zol-
licoffer Williams said he wanted to
serve notice on the Senate that for
years the west had stood by the Dem
ocratic party at sacrifice to aid the
men of the east. Il am not in favor
of making the matter one OF politics,
but it has been made a matter OF poll
tics and it has come to this, that the
west must lose in politics, and 1t Will
proclaim in the west that we Will not
support any officer who has favored
this bill, and | serve notice on the
gentleman from the east that II this
bill is passed the west will not vote
to return him to the United States Sen
ate. Alexander said he did not be-
lieve the bill would affect the Demo
cratic party in his section. Even many
Republicans were for the passage OF
the bill. He denied that the rights OF
any people We're being encroached up
on. and that those affected were the
men manipulating the various bust
nesses, who were encroaching upon
the rights of the State. Mclean SAID
the west was far in advance of the
east in temperance, and that Williams
was mistaken. Thorne replied to vii
liams and said that the east appreci
ated what the west had done for 1T,
now the east wanted to help the west
by driving from * whiskey manufac.
turing. Eller offered an amendment
making the time when the act should
go into effect. July 1st. 1906. Ward
said, feeling sure the bill vas going
into effect. he did not desire to injure
anv mans business, and personally
would not oppose 1t. Webb suggested
an addition to Eller's amendment. that
such towns as were now manufacture
ing whiskey would not be affected until
January 1st, 1906, to which Elier
agreed, but these amendments were
lost and the bill passed third reading,
with only two votes in opposition.
The message from the Governor re.
garding the bonds held by Schafer
Bros, of New York. was read. also
the correspondence it transmitted. Zo[
licoffer offered n resolution relative
to the South Dakota judgment, ap-
pointing the Governor, Lieutenant Gov
ernor, Speaker of the House and At
torney General a special committee tc
investigate the South Dakota bond Is
sue and ascertain what amount Is due
the bondholders and TO issue warrant
upon the State Auditor to pay this
sum.
The bill to protect water supplies. by
providing that the act shall apply to
water companies now organized and
hereafter organized was taken up. the
House having added an amendment to
the bill. providing that it shall not ap-
nIv TO artesian wells. Boddie moved
that the Senate refuse to concur in the
amendment The motion was adopted
and the Senators from Buncornbe and
Iancey were appointed as confer
ence committee.
The House spent the day in quiet
manner The following bills were rati-
fed: To amend the charter Of HendeT-
sonville. relating 10 collection OF taxes;
TO elect commissioners and justices oil
the peace in Washington county by
the people; to amend the law relative
to hunting On lands Of another in Robe
son county; to allow the commission
ers of Wake county TO make an appro
priation to the Wake County Womens
Association for the betterment OF pub
lie schools; TO protect owners CT
swine in Tyrrell county; for relief OF
Piedmont Land and Improvement Com
pany; to regulate time OF holding
courts in Jackson county; to incorpo