The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-02-14
IAR BEL LAWMAKERS
What Our State Lawmakers are Do
ing Raleigh.
The Pure Food Bin.

and Buxton offered an amendment
providing that the State board of
pharmacy shall publish variability In
drugs; TO prevent the importation of
liquors into Cherokee and Macon, and
to prevent any person from keeping
n possession I'VE a gallon of whisk-
ey, excess of that amount to be pri-
ma facIe evidence that such person is
seeing the liquor. The bill also makes
the possession of the United States
revenue license prima facla evidence
violation OF this act aid authorizes
the searching of places where it is
suspected whiskey is concealed In
violation Of the act, to be a INSIDE
mcanor, punishable b, a fine of not
less than $25 or imprisonment not
less than II days, vith heavier pen
aitles I.i>nE second Convection, not less
Ian $5e II less than 80 days, the
bill 10 so into effect May !, next.
The bill to prevent the hunting and
killing of deer In M;Lcncii passed, as
did the following bills:
For Practical Farmers.
The bill caIne up requiring the
commissioner Of asnl::pie and MEM
bers of tic board of agriculture to
be practical farmers and. active In
their profession. AyoccI' opposed it,
SayiE" all the Iremfers Of the board
of trustees or The Agricultural & Me-
ciIanical College shuu..l not be far
mers ard that he Il OF git it unwise
% separate The board oil agriculture
TrHm the board Of :r;.s Ges, and that
Ibis Dill would result N such q dis
solution. Buxton asked whether the
Commissioner and b alG Of agricul-
Gil said it had the h,nr;y approval
ef HE department 81 agriculture;
that there was frittIon between the
Agricultural & Mctl anical College
ard the board of agriculture, and Il
was thought best to separate The
board. The dcpar Lient was sup
ported by the farmers ard the latter
should not be required to support the
college. urewrr though; it wise TO
separate the board, bet unwise 10
pass this bill.
-Ayc@ck could see no good in sep
araiIon Of the two Institutions ard
Thought they ought I" go hand in
i:an,i and that the fa'Me1s ought to
r!aImi, stand by and support the col
lcces.
Bills passed:
i" prevent tIaspassinc On lands of
another In BERTHE.
To define place of sale of liquor in
Alexander by giving it the anti-jug
law.
To protect the Stat swamp lands in
eastern North Carolina.
A bill to promote public dec.ency
to cut or write obscene words on
trees or public places, under penalty
of $50 or 80 days fine was considered
and then went back on the calendar.
/ The bill prohibiting public drunken
ness passed second reading and then
went over.
The bill to amend the ~revisal by re-
quiring all dealers and companies Of
fering fertilizers for sale, to stamp on
package, weight, trademark, guaran-
teed analysis and per ceDtage of nit
rogen, phosphate, ammonia, etc., was
taken up.
London Mental Anguish Bill Discussed
The bill came up providing for codi-
flying all the Supreme Court decis-
ions on mental anguish cases against
telegraph companies, and to make
statutory the principal of mental an
guish as established by the Supreme
the bill being unfavorably re-
ported by the judiciary committee
and with a minority report. London,
the author Of the bill, explained it,
that the Supreme Court, in a
decision, had practically asked for
He said the bill was oppos-
ed by three able telegraph lawyers,
and was reported unfavorably by a
bare majority of the committee. He
said there was no criticism to be made
the telegraph companies effort to
defeat the proposition to recognize '
by statute the doctrine of damages for 7
mental suffering due to negligence of
telegraph companies. The represents
tatives of the companies have the
right to seek to defeat a bill making
by the act of the Legislature a prin-
ciple established by the court.
He offered an amendment striking
put all the sections of the bill except
the n declaring and establishing a
doctrine of mental anguish.
A Dangerous Bill Says Doughton.
Further argument against the bill
made by Doughton and in sup
port Of it by Preston and Stevens,
saying it as dangerous to
business interests and that already
business men of North Carolina
thinking that this Legislature
vas inclined to hit every body that
lad a little money. He had never
appeared for a telegraph company in
lis life, but did not think it fair to
enact such legislation and moved a
preference to a committee so the bill
be amended. Stevens declared
Ill the talk about the business inter-
throughout the State being afraid \