The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-31
The Legislature.
Tuesday, Jan. a2-Twelfth Day.

intoxicated persons from travelling or
common carriers.
Daniel: Bill to leasen The number
of challenges In civil and criminal &C
ltions.
Mitchell: A bill to make it unlaw
full for any tenant to leave landlord un.
| til ali his debts are paid.
Bills passed final reading: To pro-
hibit the manufacture and sale cl
liquor in Burke county and to prevent
shipping 1t into that county.
Burton A bill to make it unlaw-
! ful to sell any toy pistol carry
ing cartridge or to sell cannon
crackers larger than quarter inch in
diameter or more than three inches
II length.
HoUsE-GijIiam a till to establish
a dlspensary and !. graded school in
! Windsor.
kltchin: A bill making ten years
separation between husband and wife
grounds for divorce.
The bill passed third reading giving
Judges power to exclude from the court
room all persons except parties to
the trial in cases OF criminal assault.
Wednesday, Jan. 23-Thirteenth Day.
SENATE-Nothing was done in the
Senate OF special interest to the readers
of TIE CoMMoNwEALTH.
HoUsE-At II O'Clock the Senate
entered and the result OF the ballot for
U. S. Senator wac announced, electing
Senator +, M. Simmons to succeed
himself for six years from March 4,
1907.
Thursday, Jan 24-Fourteenth Day.
SENATE--Senator Daniel: A bill to
conapel railroads and steamboat lines
20 ship articles rendered them by the
route selected by the shipper.
HoUsE-The most important meas
ure before the house was a bill by Mr..
Dillony FOR mild compulsory school
law.
Mr.. Neal! A bill to furnish protec-
ton from fire at the Soldiers Home.
Hr. Kitchin: A bill to amend sec
ton 1851 of the Revisal.
4 bill passed third reading to amend |
the prohibition law of fchnoton county
50 as to permit persons who own vine
yards and orchards to sell cider and
wine OF their own manufacture in |
quantities not less than a quart.
Friday, Jan. 25th-Ftteenth Day,
sENATE-The bill to prohibit the
sale OF wine in Littleton passed third
reading. The News and Observer report.
err said of this matter "The trouble
there Is thsv an election Tor prohibition
Tails carried, but the manufacture and
s,le OF wine Was allowed. = man there
and sails while parties
club In to buy gallon, then divide it
to drink. This has been a great an.
noyance to Littleton and the male and
female schools there have been annoy
ed by this. The bill as passed rids
Llttleton OF its wine shop; which is
said to have sold 1900 gallons of wine
asst year.
HoUsE-The dope bill consumed
most OF the time in the House and was
finally killed.
Saturday, Jan. 26-Slxteenth Day.
Mr.. Drewry: A bill to enlarge the
Capitol building and to provide rooms
or judiciary and State officers.
Mr.. Mclean; A resolution to ap-
oropriate $4,000 additional to the
North Carolina building and exhibit
1t the jamestown Exposition.
HoUsE-The bill to put Solicitors
IN salary occupied much of the time.
1t finally passed, allowing Solicitors
2,5CO in fees and all fees over that
amount are to so to the State treasury
md all Solicitors whose fees are under S
hat amount shall hold the fees thew l
collect as that much Of their salary.
Monday, Jan. 2S--Seventeenth Dav.
SENATE-Most of the work done in ;
he Senate was Of local nature per-
aiming to particular counties.
HoUsE-Most OF the work in the
1ouse was also OF a local nature.
The bill approprlating $4,000 addi-
lonal to the jamestown Exposition
,assod Its final reading.
Ihe relief of Coughs and Colds
through laxative influence, originated
With Bees Laxative Cough Syrup con-
aiming Honey aud Tar, a cough syrup