The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-02-07

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reading Thursday:
The Senate.
The Senate took up the bill making
10 years separation and 10 Issue
cause for divorce it having passed
second reading. Buxton : amendment
that the bill shall apply only to exist
ing cases was read. Mclean asked
Buxton If he would vote for the bill
if the amendment was adopted Buy
ton replied he would not. Hicks de-
clared he hoped the amendment would
be voted down; that there were peo-
pie in this county and almost every
other county in the State who were
laboEing under the repeal OF the sta
tutes Two years ago.
Mitchell spoke against the bill and
quoted extracts from the proceedings
Of the National Divorce Congress. He
declared the bill would lower the
sanctity of the marriage relation. He
was a~member of the last legislature
when the Stale clamored and the
churches demanded all the divorce
laws enacted since 1888. He declar-
ed he believed there were mercenary
motives behind the bill. The South
ern people are the hope of the land
and in the interest of good morals
and society in North Carolina and
the country he hoped the Senate
would defeat the bill. Buxton ex-
planned that if the bill should become
a law his amendment would make it
as little damaging as possible by linn
iting eases, and this would apply to
very few. He opposed abandonment
for any length of time as 4 cause for
divorce. Buxton's amendment was
lost by vote Of 26 TO II, and the
bill passed third reading % to u.
Pass Final Reading.
Bills passed final reading as fol-
lows:
To amend the charter of Clinton.
To allow the commissioner of in
surance to revoke the license Of any
insurance company diverting its
funds to political purposes.
To give laborers in the capitol ID
days vacation annually.
To repeal the charter of Roaring
River.
To enlarge the powers of the State
Chemist in regard to the regulation
Of foods with an amendment provid
ing that in the appointment OF an in
spector Of drugs, the board Of agri-
culture shall confer with the State
board of pharmacy.
To appoint magistrates IN Cumber
land.
To establish a dispensary at Wind
SOr.
To increase the n,1eSer of commits
sioners OF Wilson.
Other bills which passed were as
follows:
To amend the charter of the Wash
ington & Vandemere Railway.
To amend the charter of the Me-
chanics' Dime Savings Bank of Ra-
leigh.
To amend the charter of Red
Springs.
To amend the charter Of the Nam
thala Railway & Flume Company.
To amend the road law of Hert
ford.
To amend the laws regarding the
public schools of Durham.
To amend the charter Of the New
bern graded schools.
To allow New Hanover county to
employ duly licensed anditor.
For the relief Of the commission
ers Of Mcdowell county.
To prevent telling timber in Broad
river, Mcdowell county.
To abolish the water and light
commission in Newbern.
To allow High Point to issue 5 per
cent. bonds instead of 6 per cent.
To protect game in UnioA.
To allow Rockingham to pay its
county commissioners $3.50 per day
and mileage.
To amend section 1912 Of the Re-
visal by adding cor clerk of the
court of records
To settle the bounadry between
Hertford and Bertie.
To amend the law so far as John
ston~county is concerned regarding
| fili4g leins.
To give Macon and Gates counties
the road law.
To allow Caswell to levy a special
| tax.
To extend the limits and increase
tax rate at Old Fort.
To allow Maxton to issue bonds.
A plan is on foot to have gar
nishment law enacted by the present
legislature, and looking to this end
the Retail Merchants Association
throughout the State have decided to
| have introduced a measure on the
following lines:
Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of North Carolina and 1t II
hereby enacted by authority of the
| same that on and after the passage
of this act, the salary, wages or IN
come due laborer, clerk or other EN-
ployee of any individual, firm or cor
poration within this State, shall b
subject to seizure upon the fcllowln:
manner: Fifteen per cent. Of tn
monthly wages, salaries, or income o
from $15 to $50, or in the same IA
ratio of daily or weekly service; =
per cent. of the wages, salary OF III
come from $50 to $50; 35 per cent. o
wages, salary or income of $50 o
upards, and in no event win ther
be a greater amount exempted tha
$50. The balance of weekly o
monthly wages, salary or income ca