The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-04
Under the Dome.

The House judiciary has gotten
a favorable report on the bill 10
lessen the penalty for obtaining
goods by false pretense. The pen
atty is now n fine Of 500 to- 81 900,
Imprisonment from one year to five
years. The change leaves this TO the
discretion of the Judge, who under
the section can make the imprison-
ment from four months TO ten years.
The bill to protect cultivated GIN
seng was favorably reported, the
limit of Imprisonment for those who
steal it being changed from five years
To three years. IT is required that
fences be ten feet high in place OF SIN
feet.
The bill providing for appeal in
contempt cases has been favorably
considered and some sections have
been added. An amendment provides
that in such cases the solicitor shall
represent the judge in the matter, and
i'm the Supreme Court this duty is to
be performed by the Attorney Gen
eral
A favorable report was ordered on
the bill TO amend service process in
writs Of attachment.
The Committee on Penal lnstitu-
tons of tho House Will meet next
Tuesday afternoon at half past three
o'clock.
The House Committee on Public
Roads and Turnpikes is called TO
meet at $3.50 this morning.
Mr.. Clarence Sawyer. of Asheville.
is in the city. Mr.. Sawyer, VINO Is
one of the largest merchants IN the
State, is president of the Merchants
Association, and is here looking after
matters affecting the merchants OF
the State now pending before the
Legislature. He has just returned
from the national meeting OF the
Merchants held in Cincinnati.
Several prominent citizens Of Wake
Forest. representing the Board OF
Trade. were here yesterday, and mao
an interview with some Of Wakes tegfs-
lators and told them that Wake Forest
is strongly i'm favor Of laws that guar
antee good roads. Among the delegates
were w w Holding and Roscoe Dodd'
IN the debate before the House
Liquor Traffic Committee ON Wedne"-
dav. after Mr. V II. Boyden, counsel
for MIR. W. A. Bailey. q distiler at
Advance, which place is declared to be
a nuisance as TO it's distilleries, hao
succeeded in obtaining a poStponcment
of action till next Tuesday as Mr.
Bailey could not attend by reason or
sickness, the debate continued thus
Rev. w NJ Curtis said he did not
believe Mr.. Bailey would be here,
that lie was not sick on Tuesday when
men in favor OF the bill had left the
county He drew out the statement
that Representative Grant Nds coun-
sci for the town of Advance ana the
distillers before the court.
Then the advocates of the bin spoke.
1t was declared that Advance was dry
when the Watts act WAS passed, that
distillers had moved to Advance, that
eight dstilleries were established
there, that after deferring the cleo
ton the town had voted for dist.lleries,
that the mayor is a distiller, that the
police is a drunkard. that for var
iouS causes the distilerS had been in
licted. that high fences surrounded
ali 1istileries, that the population OF
the town was $50. voters ~ TO %,
that there were more hogs than peo-
pie. that the stencil from the hog pens
w;is unbeara bic. that drunken men.
riots and cursing on the streets were
ordinary events, that murders IN
drunken orgies had taken place, that
Whiskey was hidden out III the bushes,
that school children had found tins
and were drunk in schools, that lap-
orers from MockSyille went to Ad-
got drunk. that the licenses 10 distl-
leries were about SIS n year, that the
police were incompetent, that Inc
stills were nuisance, that blockading
WAS IL vogue, that men feared 10 give
evidence before grand JurieS, thal
even at church services iiStilletles
within 4 stones throw were rcekinS IN
hog pen filth. rendering noisome The
air, that families left the town because
OF the stencil, that Il physician because
OF his temperance views had been
driven from the place, that police
would not arrest for violation of the
law, that for decency and modcsty the
rlace ought to be suppressed. !hT
declaration concerning the dcSlrabiilty
OF hell as a. residence in place Of Nd
vance was brought out by Mr.. Woods,
Of Mccl<lcuburg.
The oppos. ton to the bin by means
Of questions challenged the assertions
made in many Instances and demurrGd
to others. As to the Various charges
an addition was made i'm the letter of
Solicitor w. G.. Hammer read ut tho
close of the meeting, this having been
published in the News and Observer
previously
Rev. J. 0. Atkinson, editor of the
Christian Sun, in speaking of the
1t is devoutly hoped that the bill
now pending before the North Caro-
lima Legislature to prevent the run
ming Of Sunday freights will pass ana
become a law. Under the present lax
laws freights run even more on sun
days than on any other day Of the
week. And they run al all hours, car
rying all sorts Of things. the nrctenso
TO "peiSsIaablc commody" having been
abandoned, 1t being nothing but a
preiensc from the beginning. But al
ready the attorneys for the railroads
arc in Raleigh arguing that to pass the
law will be to discriminate against the
truckers "by prohibiting the carrying
Of pcrishablc products on Sunday.
We would like for somebody on the
face Of The earth to tell us what an
i1nperishable product Is. We have
seen freight after freight come by on
SUNDAY loaded, from cab to c:,boos2,
so fab. as was in evidence, Wifh lum"
Der and coal and granite and pig iron
and steel rail. Eerishahle, yes as
everything else is in this mortal
sphere. but if those responsible for
their hauling and transpoi tatIon 90
not some day feel that they them-
selves are "pcrishable'' it will DE