The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-01-24

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seal
F.verabie reports wrrc u.ss< es
hills:
To prevent th6 sxr~ssssrr snd ssis |
Of snderen, nieiurss aua tsseAshstinw
indecent ssowx ard to prxxsrs she
tsery and sxtortlon CIT mortgages ea
household eeods, sts.
To secure tbs pensioners tAs
amounts allowed theEl ~ p~nsso'
boards.
To compel water enrnpasiss 80 sup
ply ahcis@ons drinking water.
To prohibA the salleosion ef sun
in excess Of the Trg4sas fare fTon
passengers who for reasonable saus
do not have tickets
There ~a. a report without preJn
dice on the bsh prescribing the Inan
ner ia which passengers should eniei
! and leave trains. II was sisted thai
nearly all the railway bills went o9s'
until next Thursday.
House.
The House under the new rule met
at 10 80 and as no minister was pres
ent there was no prayer. Nevcfai
petitions were introduced for the Fe-
peal af the homestead law. the sup
preston Of Normouism aud the abo.
lition Of saloons in More anton.
Among the bills introduced were
the following:
To enlarge the powers of the State
board of pharmacy.
By Horton: To separate white and
eolored persons on stysst railways.
By Galloway: To prevent shs waiv-
ing OF bills of indictment.
py Mangum: To amend the Re
vi.al as In delays III transporting
freight. also requiring railway com
panies to furnish freight cars.
By Hampton: To amend the revisal
regarding the clerk of Currltuck
court.
By Price: To extend the pension
Law TO certain exaConfederate soldiers
By clearinghouse: For the reliei
of prisoners in Jail in Pitt awaiting
tIial.
BY Buchanan: To regulate pay oi
witnesses and Jurors in Moore.
BY Mauney: To authorize the cor
Ioration commission 10 require rail
ways TO install more passenger train
and make councillors.
, Reformatory Bill.
. Just before the close OF the session
. Mr.. Preston. of Mecklenburg. asket
. leave and Was allowed TO introduc'
: out of order bill providing for re-
/ formatory and manuel training sehoo
: for criminals and wayward children
: Three hundred copies Of this bill wa
ordered printed.
, Morganton to Be Dry.
: A bill that caused considerable DIS
cussion was enacted on Thursda,
e this being the measure to prohlbi
: the sale of liquor, beer OF wine !
;. Morganton. Morton, opposing th
: bill said he understood Morganto
o had voted under the Watts law an
: that the people there had said the
y preferred saloons. The present pre-
+ position is that the other part of th
y county shall vote Morganton dry. d
4 though the Watts law gives the MOI
r. Canton people the right TO vote o
n the question every two years If the
|. so desire. The Democratic party
+ pledged and committed through I'll
e Watts and the Ward laws to the pla
J. of local self government and not |
J. go any further in these matters. AZ
ie ery, of Burke, said the people of h
d county demanded this Law, and IN;
a he had petitions signed by 1,200
ls them asking for it, there not beng
le single petition against 1t. The matte
N was the one issue in the late can
j. paign, candidates Of both polite
parties demanding it. II the bI
d were defeated it would mean his p
litical and professional death
Burke. He declared be absolutely b
$: lieved the people in the country h'
oc right to say what they wante
when the saloons in Morganton we
in poisoning and distressing the mo
pf remote townships in the county.
~ Blount. of Washington, and Gibt
of Swain, spoke in advocacy OF Z
N bill. Gibbs saying he was a ReFub
~ can. but could tell the House po'
NJ lively that if this bill were not pas
ed. Burke would go Republican t.
years hence. Owens, Republiea
ri from Sampson, favored the bill. Bo
man. Republican, of Henderson, e
on auently and strongly supported
bill, saying that his county was e'
mi rupted by barrooms in Marion and
hi hoped to see all such places clos
or and put out of business. Upon
roll call vote only two noes we're e
scc en- against the bill.
all Friday va: particularly duii d
er- The Lecis.ature in noth branch
mo There was no session Saturday.
tcdy having adjourned out of
is s. ect for .he memory ot General
/; Lee. 4 large number Of the mc
tie bcrs went home.
ro- The bill to provide IN the ST
the care of the mental detectives
brought up in the Senate and pla
on the desks OF the members. l
bIv is Beckett s bill creating a spe'
commission to be known as the b
scs pital commission, composed Of
ted superintendents Of the four pril
the pal hospitals and four practical b.
tod ness men who are employed to
not over 1000 acres of land and el
y huildiu0 for white epIIeptics