The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-14

school age&aeeA not attending school,
and where IS per- cent of the enroll
ed scholars dosnot attend, ma order
compaFsorpeducation, had AREA
been adopted.
There was a compromise on the
bill, and it was re-referred to the
committee on education, which will
report a. substitute to provide for an
election 80 tbs sehoo! district er town
ship only, and report the sAbsti
tute bin
Other Matters.
The bil-tonpretect therstrawberry
growing industry, by providing tax
of one, cent a bushei on strawberries,
to. pay fer an officer to inspect the
fruit and look after cars, was OPP
possdEby Mr.. Williams, Of Duplin, He
said the BILL was gotten up by the
TRUCKERS association, which did not
represent .oae-tAifd of the. strawberry
growers.
The object of the bill was to make
a Democratic Legislature endorse a.
tax by this association on which a
Republican congress had declared was
unlawful
Mr.. Laughinghouse advocates the
bill, As
ISOLATION was a Ged-send to the farm
ers and truckers in Eastern North
Carolina. Had it not been for this
association the truckers would have
lost $500, 600 by failure of the rail-
roads to furnish cars year before last.
Mr.. MGCracken, Of Columbus,
strongly urgedqthe passagetof the bill
and DIR. McNeil, of Cumberland, stat
ed that unless the bill became a law,
nc feared the strawberry industry
would. be killed. ~
Mr.. Morton explained the bill, a Y
ing it was badly needed, and was abb
soluteiy necessary for, a continuance
OF the strawberry growing industry
Mr.. Williams, further opposing the
bill, statedlits only object was to give
offices to men who had been put out
of business and had lost their jobs
by the passage of the Hepburn bill.
Not n strawberry grower In fifteen
had anything to do with the Truck
Association, and this association
was preparing to tax every ROVER to
keep some of their promoters in
Office.
The following counties were ex-
from the law: Fender, Scot
land, Wayne, Robson and Duplin
and so amended the bill passed its
final reding,
To increase the pay of clerks and
employees Of the house by allowing
them mileage, and the pages ten cents
q day in addition to their salary,
To establish the Stonewall Jackson
Training school. This is an appro-
orlation of $500 for the substitute
Institution for a reformatory. 1t pasS-
ID by an unanimous vote.)
The bill to take Surry county from
Eighth congressional district and
attach it to the Fifth district, came
Up. Manning, of Durham, Register,
f Granville, of the fifth district and /
darshaw, of the eighth district, OPP
'osed the bill.
Mr.. Doughton favored the bill,
it was a plain proposition as
o whether the eighth district should
ave the probability of a Republican
lember of congress two years hence.
He said he did not blame Mr.. Har-
haw for opposing the bill for he
new that if a clean, honorable man
Ike him was the next candidate for
ongress, he stood a first class chance
I being congressman himself.
Mr.. Hankins, of Davidson, and Mr..
lowd, of Meckienburg, favored the
LII, declaring 1t was necessary for
he election of a Democratic con-
ressman in the eighth district. and y
not endanger Democratic sue
sss In the fifth district.
The bill passed its second reading
q vote of 81 to Al. aObiection
sing made 70 its third reading, a
lotion to suspend the rules was I
dopted and the bill passed its final {
!,
the bill regulating the Investment
b reserve fund of inusrance COM 4
anles doing business insNorth Caro- &
ma, being reported unfaYorably By 4
le committee, MI. Lockhart, its au-
lor, brought up on a minority re-
,rt.
After Mr.. Lockhart had spoken a
W minutes in support of the bin, |
agreed tolhave further considera- '
On postponed and the bill was made a
special order. z
"A Joint resolution that the general z
adjourned at12 O'Clock Mon t
y, provoked much discussion Mr.. v
lstice, from the floor, called atten- d
Of the house to the many very b
bills which had not been
ssed. He said hat unless the SEN
e moved faster than it was doing,
d this house passedia resolution to
journ Monday, the probability was a
at members would 60 home dis m
by not having fulfilled their Il
edges torthe party and to the peo- o.
Mr. Blount, and other members In
oke on the same line, declaring that IL
was the duty of the members to o.
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