The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-02-02

required, 10 tne emo tnat property CT
North Carolina shall be projected, and
its various departments furnished faci'-
ities for properly transacting the busi-
ness of the State.
"This matter is respectfully submit
ted to your consideration"
| The message was referred to the
Committee on Public Buildings and
grounds.
HoUsE-Governor Glenn sent to tt e
House the same message that was eent
to the Senate.
Other matters acted upon were If
only general importance.
NINETEENTH HDAY-wEDNEsDAY,J JAN 25
SENATE--Senators Alexander, Brag-
aw, Odell, Springfield and Scales offer-
ed resolutions and petitions against the
divorce laws which at present obtain in
the North Carolina courts, and the Pc
titlons prayed that all divorce laws en-
acted since 1888 be repealed. The pc.
titions were strong in their depuncis-
ton OF the laxity allowed by the law
in marriage relations, and which al
most made the marriage altar a mart
for the buying and selling OF husbands
and wives. They were referred to the
Committee on Judiciary.
Ms. Scales also cent forward petl-
ton from the Friends church, OF Gull
ford county, asking thai the Watts
law he amended, and commencing the
es-e! lial value Of an enti-jng law. The
petition was referred to the Committee
On Propositions and Grievances.
Mr.. Arendell offered a petition to
amend a certain law preventing the
sale Of l'qnor within five miles OF cer-
tain churches. Propositions and Griev-
ances.
Senators Webb, Scales, Eragaw,
Bryan, Long OF IredelI, Mclean, Cox,
Thorne, Alexander and others present.
ed petitions in b:haif Of their cousti,u-
ent merchants to have the act, com
monty termed, the merchants tax law,
repealed. These petitions in general
are as follows:
1--WE respectfully petition the Gsner-
al Assembly OF North Carolina to repeal
Section 81 of the Revenue Acts. c',u.-
monty known as the merchants tax
for the following reasons:
THAT 1t is unJust, unequal aud rot
in proportion to tsxes LEVIED on oths
legitimate lines OF business.
"That its operations have been at
tended with disastrous effects upon the
mercantile interests of the State.
"That 1t has not wholesome, moral
effect and,
That the merchants are among the
largest property holders, and are there
fore taxed on real and personal prop
erty, and the said sales tax operates as
double taxation on mercantile inter-
es.s."
Referred to Committee on Finance.
Special to allow married women to
make contracts came up. Senator
Ward introduced the bill. After con-
siderable argument the bill was lost by
vote of % to 20.
HcUsE-Forty-six bills were intro
duced in the House. Most OF them
were local.
MIR. Gayle introduced bill to pro-
tect fish in Whites mill pond in Hall
fax county.
TWENTIETH HDAY--THURsDAY, JAN. 26.
SENATE-Se nator Thorne introduced |
a bill to protect game in Halifax and |
Warren counties.
At IL O'Clock the special order was
taken up to consider the bill raising
the salaries OF Superior court Judges to
$3, 500. There was a long and spirit
ed debate on the bill. It passed .howev- !
er, by vote of "a to %.
HoUsE-The most important feature
before the House was the bill to repeal
the anti-juR law. After lengthy cor
slderatlon 1t was repealed by vote OF
83 to "a
Bills were introduced by Mr. Morgan
for the relief Of Miss Perry Wright, a
school teacher in Scotland Neck.
BY Mr.. Gayle to provide that certain
funds be paid in to the trustees OF the
graded schools of Scotland Neck.
TwENTY-FIRsT DAY-FRIDAY, JAN. 27.
SENATE-The bill to prevent the
and sale of liquor In Scot
land Neck passed third reading.
HoUsE-There was no very Import
ant matter before the House and the
day passed without special incident Of
any kind.
GRAVE TROUBLE FORESEEN.
1t needs but little foresight to tell
that when your stomach and liver are
badly affected, grave trouble Is ahead,
unless you take the proper medicine
for your disease, as Mrs John a Young,
of Clay, NY, did. She says: II had
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