The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-02-14
THE N. c. LEGISLATURE
What Our State Lawmakers are Do
ing Raleigh.
The Pure Food RilI

| NF' lawn ChtttA dA aulElIuGtIl
pro"iding that the State board Of
pharmacy shall publish variability in
drugs; 10 prevent the importation oI
| iiq.oTs into Cherokee and Macon. and
10 prevent any person from keeping
III possession over gallon Of whisk-
| ey, excess OF that amount TO be pri-
ina facie evidence that suCh person j.
seeing the liquor. The bill also makes
| the possession Of the United States
retenue license prima facla evidence
| violation OF this act and authorizes
the searching Of places wnere ii Is
suspected whiskey is concealed in
violation Cf the act. to be a misde-
mcanor, ptmisnabie b., :. fine Of not
less than SO or imprisonment not
less than u days, with heavier pen
ailies nToE second cCl's ;c;ion, not less
tan $50 Or less than 80 DAYS, the
hiil 10 90 into effect May i, next
The bill to prevent the hunting and
| killing Of deer iii M:tcno.i passed, as
d:d the following bill>:
For Practical Farmers.
The bull came up re iuiring the
! commissioner Of a:rIG ::le and men-
berS ot TIE board Of agriculture to
tc practical farmers and active III
| their profession. AytCcs opposed ii,
| snyIi;@ all the Itemfers of the board
Of trustees of the Agricultural & Me
| clIamcai College should not be far
mct5 and that lie Il oreht it unwise
70 separate The board OF agriculture
| from the board Of :r;.s res, and that
| :hI~ Dill would result n such dis
solution. Buxton asked whether the
commissioner and bCa1G of agricul-
turc had considered tIl- bill. Mitch
Gil >nid 1t had the h;Hr:y approval
+ the department Il agriculture;
| that there was trIttICn between the
| Agricultural Il Mechanical College
aid the board Of agriculture. and l.
was thought best TO separate the
| board. The dcpar Lent was sup
| ported by the farmers ard the latte"
| >noh!d not be required 10 support the
college. Nrewrr thcEch: it wise 10
separate the board, bet mwise 10
| pass this bill.
Ayc9ck could see no good in sep
araiion OF tie two Institutions AID
thought they ought !" 90 hand in
i:an.i and that the f.rH:ers ought to
r!llu, stand by and support the col
| lC"cs.
; Bills passed.
To prevent tras2assinr OH lands oef
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 i'll
| eastern North Carolina.
y bill to promote public dec.ency
| To cut or write obscene words on
trees or public places, under penalty
OF so or 30 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. @uaran
teed analysis and per centage of nit
roeen, phosphate, ammonia, etc, was
taken up.
| 4s4SAAOo1 6AAI5 b4h O4o1uooOu
The bill came up providing for codi-
fyin" ali the Supreme Court decis-
ions on mental anguish cases against
| telegraph companies, and to make
| statutory the principal of mental an
| euish as established by the Supreme
Court: the bill being unfavorably re-
ported by the Judiciary committee
| and with a minority report. London,
! the author of the bill, explained 1t.
saying that the Supreme Court, In a
decision, had practically asked for
| such legislation as the bill contem-
| plated. 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
of the telegraph companies effort TO
defeat the proposition to recognize
bv statute the doctrine of damages for
mental suffering due to negligence OF
telegraph companies. The reprcsen-
tatives Of the companies have the
right to seek 10 defeat a bill making
by the act Of the Legislature prln-
| ciple establised by the court.
He offered an amendment striking
out all the sections OF the bill except
! the one declaring and establishing a
doctrine of mental anguish.
A Dangerous Bill Says Doughton.
Further argument against the bill
was made by Doughton and in sup
port of it by Preston and Stevens,
Doughton saying it as dangerous to
business interests and that already
the business men OF North Carolina
were thinking that this Legislature
was inclined to hit every body that
had a little money. He had never
appeared for telegraph company IN
his life, but did not think it fair to
enact such legislation and mcved a