Goldsboro weekly argus., 1909-01-21
After the Trusts
In North Carolina.
Nr. Manning's Bill To Prsvlde Fol
Commission To Maintain Cen.
fOrmity Of Laws Passes.

in the House by Representative
Weaver, of Buncombe, and In the Sem
ate by Senator Lockhart, Of Wades-
boro. The bill is the act Of 1907
over again with the famous sub-sec-
ton "a" back in 1t, making it unlaw-
full for any persons or corporations
to have any agreement, express or
implied, to lower or prevent the In
crease in the prizes Of any article they
may desire to purchase.
In North Carolina Confederate vet
erans worth not more than $500 are
license. Mr.. Harshaw has a bill that
would give this privilege to all those
owning not more than $1,000.
AFTER COCA-COLA.
They are after coca-cola again. Rep
resentative Perry, of Bladen, proposes
to tax manufacturers and bottlers of
all drinks containing the drug caf-
feline $50 a year and all retailers SIS
a year for the benefit of the public
schools. The bill does not, of course,
touch coffee.
Mr.. Perry, has, too, widows pen
sion bill. 1t requires only that pen
sioner shall have been married to the
Confederate veteran one year prior
to his death and that she lived peace
ably and quietly with him, pension
to continue only during widowhood.
Mr. Green introduced the joint res
olution calling for an appropriation
of $4,000 for the Alaska Yukon-Paci-
fc Exposition to open at Seattle June
1st. Senator Klutz introduced it in
the Senate.
Mr. Green also introduced in the
House and Latham in the Senate the
bill recommended by State Geologist
Pratt for the drainage of the wet
swamp and overf1owed lands of the
State, providing for levee or drainage
districts to enlarge or change any ma
tural water courses and for digging
bitches for better outlets, building en-
bankments and tide gates or pump
ing plants for reclamation Of over
flowed lands, calling for bonds to pay
the expenses.
The State School for the Blind and
Deaf at Raleigh asks for $22,843 for
1909 and $4,000 for 1910 for repairs
and improvements, and an increase
in the maintenance appropriation to
$4,000; also $100 annually for library
fund
CONTEST FOR SEAT.
Charles D. Wildes, well-known at
torney here, to-day had formal notice
served upon Representative Eli T.
Scarborough, of Wake county, that his
retention of the seat in the House will
be resisted on the ground that he is
ineligible because he is postmaster at
Eagle Rock, a rural Wake county
postoffice, and under the constitution
he cannot hold a postmastership, and
seat in the Legislature at the same
time. Powhatan McMatthews is the
client whom Mr.. Wildes represents
and the purpose is to not only cut
Representative Scarborough, who was
elected as a Democrat, out of his seat,
but to sue for the penalty of 5000
provided in the statute. Mr.. Wildes
is the defeated Republican candidate
for the State Senate from Wake
county.
UNIFORM LEGISLATION BILL.
The Manning bill to establish a
North Carolina commission to main
tain uniformity in legislation in the
United States came up. Senator Man
ming explained that it provides for the
Governor to appoint three commission
ers within thirty days after the pas
sage of the act to confer with similar
boards representing other States and
make reports to the Governor to be
transmitted to the Legislature; that
the congress of commissioners would
recommend legislation on marriages
and divorce, insolvency, the descent
and distribution of property and the
probate of wills and other subjects
where uniformity among the States is
desirable. The bill passed its read
ings and was sent to the House.
Other bills passed:
Amend Sec. 2,028, Revisal, relating
to the time for filing notice of heirs
by striking out the word twelve"
and inserting "six."
Regulate the dissolution of corpor-
ations.
PERSONAL PRIVILEGE BOBS UP. |
Senator Starbuck arose to ques-
ton of personal privilege regarding a
report in the Raleigh morning paper |
to the effect that the Republican eau
Gus considered his bill for equalizing |
peremptory challenges in the trial of
capital and other offenses. He de-
clared that IL the statement of the
newspaper were true it would put the |
Republicans in a bad light that to his |
mind would be contemplate in the !
binding Of the votes of the members |
of caucus in matters which in no
manner effect campaign issues. He |
declared that the matter of equalizing
challenges was never discussed in the |
caucus, and he did not want the
strength of the bill weakened by any
suggestion or tatnt of politics. He
had, he declared, for several years,
advocated such a reform as was con-
templated in his bill.