The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-09
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Burton Bill, Designed to Class
Public Drunkenness as Crime,
Causes Big Fight.
GONE ONE TOO FAR ALREADY
Burton Says People Will Get Dis
gusted With Democratic
Party. i
GONE Il TOO FAR ALREADY.
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sltALElGIi, N. c., February Sin tia
Legislature to-day the House debated
+ through the entire session except tho
time devoted to tho Introduction OF
bills tho bill by Parsons to eauallze,
the number Of challenges by tho state
and the defendants In criminal cases,
and finally killed the bill by a roll
call ballot of A to &c.
Just before the adjournment in both
the House and Senate notable bills.
prepared by Speaker Justice, OF the
House. were introduced, entitld an act
70 prevent unfair and unjust discrim-
nation In freight rates and to corr
rect abuses in tho handling OF freight.
Thissbill was introduced In the House
by Speaker Justice In person. and In
the Senate by Senator Holt, who is
his colleague from Guilford.
Decidedly the feature in the Senate
was the fight made by Buxton. or
forsyth. and others against the Burton
billie make public drunkenness mis-
demeanor, punishable by fine and m-#
prisonment, including sentence to the
roads. Buxton declared that the Dem
ocrhtlc party had enacted tho Watts
and tho Ward bill in the direction OF
temperance and voted special temper-
ance legislation for many localities.
Gone Far Enough.
The party had. he thought, already gone
far enough, and this effort for legisla-
tlon us to individuals, and making si'i8
further inronds on personal liberty, WIS
going entirely too far. II there was not
a halt. the party responsible would be-
ovcrthrown by a rcvulson OF public SEN
timent. The limit Of this so-called tenn
| perance legislation was at hand.
Quito n number OF the other Demo-
cratic Senators reiterated the views ot
| Mr.. Buxton. The bin did not pass. being
referred to the Committee on Proposition.
and Grievances, where 1t will doubtless
| remain.
Tho new county OF Lee which the Scri-
ate voted to create to-day out OF portiona
| OF Moore and Chatham. with Sanford as
tho county seat, Is to comprise an area
OF 157,9oS acres will have 1870 votes and
81. 625. 131 tax valuations. S
County of Lee.
The joint Committee on Counties,
| Cities and Towns. In connection with
| the Legislature, has decided to report
favorably the blu 10 create the county
| OF Lee out Of portions Of Moore and
! Chatham counties. with sanford-Jones.
| boro az the county sent The bill pro-
| vides that Lee county shall assume It's
/ proportion Of the bonded indebtedness
on Moore and Chatham counties and
that the Governor shall appoint tho
1 county officers for Lee county until the
next general election. rhe new county
i is designed to have an area OF 1896
! acres, 1870 voters. and includes textile
1 property aggrcgating s2.625,l31. There
i will probably be fight on the floor of
both branches OF the assembly over the
i passage of the bill.
Tho Military Board appointed by Cow
crnor Glenn to prepare a revision OF the
i North Carolina military laws. has about
completed It's worlk and a. bill cmbody-
ing the changes desired will be intro
duccd in the assembly within few days.
1t will ask a total State appropriation
4 for military purposes OF $4,000.
rhe Appropriations Committee OF the
4 House or Representatives voted last
evening to allow special appropriation
OF $4,000 for the exhibit by North Caro-
3 lima negroes at the jamestown EXPOSE
+ ton ~ So ~