Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-01-30

Big Propositions That Are Receiving
Attention By The PeopleB Repre-
sentatiIes In the, General Assembly.
News and OhservarA

4 the General5 Assembly.
News and observer.9
That the senate is in tune with a
spirit d detefmfH&tf0h0936 act!
promptlyAUni$ sclass or measures that
have usually been postponed delayed,
n consequently defeated, is appar-
entAfrom the promptitude-ofactio so
Tar By its committees Attic very
tee last week, several bills looking to
Judicial reform were considered at
ondessanas a suh7N0mmittee, is new at
WofK 4seFffsct1ng amendments Suggest
cd by tie c~c6nfeFees, III sJytmhibatHy with
these mitch en ggfed TefO4aas a. tHe
criminal law. ssttis- plas: st R.ltlfissis
At this same session-the employers
liability billawhiph haalbaepsdefeRted
at TWO previous sessions of a 4HfepnBFdd
EZRA! AsssmRlyni slwaEStR the enata 4
was R 4S1 q rs 4R4 ara l RStiSss
s giEs nsrt 4 i9 S4Eg HeSEsSaE zStR
be heard, and the matter W61ida beis
acted upon without delay. 4 afratt IN
Yesterday the sarnH eoninAeRdAbfeg
celebrity TwAassBh6#Kby tKe cBfainfgeee
on co~Tp6f4tf5t1s, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I'd
AtStKe'as41Bfnihgst SESSION rSeratgr4
LoviAg0od 4ntrodnoed apabif1 tOSAmendsd
LSectiefr 1854 observation-disclosures
E1fp granting ~dhaEters40 ceapnrationaalaI
ptThes bi~llspudNidesa that I'M aHseasessl
,8heE8a0haTteralhaNe beenst granted too
suchsncoFpQEatione-Rs WateE,n.peWeEs
electric plants andeEailEoads and work
has pot beg4ps their rightsr,poWers,l
and s,prAYpegesr sahallh his. fPRrfffA fte 1T
MereS q + ,Hsa3E IEg&
work csoonnffinuaffy pfogecdttgdt GSffia
completed in i've years ffom Marcel Il
1613,. the charter Shall" be forfeited.
This Bf1f went to the c6rp6rati0nicomE'
|amitteg. aGhairmann1 fBfyaHt lhad Hvfuna
meetfngfbf FhgrTcemMEteBa,, affdpafnong
sseverHf 6eher NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
discussed and put in the wayaOftspeedye|
Edisposal. 3s.ant rls,t 4aHrV YaTr-
a%fdtJnssln sal: a. } saiusy1 91ct,I aEf ID
The needfor thaaehangepin.the lam.
was sstrongly snreaentednbystS enatQIRsl
observation-disclosures lald, ,Hph~d
g~oodluaEhay showed that in the noun
tain3 sec.tieAEa development. l9ff natural
resources such aasA Mater " and
RAILROADS was ,pFacttiGalR prevented,
by greed Or speculative, corpofatfon
promoters, wis. under the 1Afftudg OF
the present corporation law, had OBJ
tanned charters for all the Water poW-
ers, and ali possible railroad rights 81
way Though gaps i'll Observation-Disclosures
and Would n6tI'7deVelop them. IFhisgI
saidh' Senator uTEoRingoody@dss exactly
kpara44elt with thendog iinsthe ~manger.d
kwhotEcould Not eattthes ihay54but per41
IsistedltnI depFiving the wanted
and1meededDi timSenatoEI Hannah told
Eof one railroad gap of fourteen miles
FonlyAwhieh ifIbuHt IfWeHldn save the
Statethe tmileagesa6oEeF. 400 miles for,
RepTasentatiEe-tRaE, or, Macon, Who
hadIte travel through three states to-
get to Raleigh. IN order tQ. be ABLE TO-
charge for over 800 miles haul Of
freight it was claimed, that the South,
,ern Railway had practically the con
troll OF this short gap of t6urteeh miles
Efor g99 IT wodld not build, and
yet held exclusive right to the only
route that ncoutf be- BGl9ts.S
VFtJisldE31 ~ ss&fHa65lib siJtt snncsI
\ Other Instances '6f possession Of afP'
1.-THE 5wateefpg power resources n0fithS.i
mountains wef9f cited, where charter
tights Ahd1IuBeeR granted, ana the
MISUNDERSTANDING Observation-Disclosures
we're AotJdeFel0pfhgIthes powcFs, hat
Or monopoly purposes. .sa1;It hottnT 4
i This gQuesti0nNWaai60ughtIOut -four
Yeansaeo.4nMR.hG R.aAnrven, tattorlay
for .sathe 4CaFclina-Feanessae Power
eDmpany.ppposedttb the billt he deGlar1I
cd that it WAS simply tight BY acom-
panyt of promoteAs against his COM
pany, which, had ,RFpepded1 oyer $780,
600 in, getting sUTTYeyys and estimates
for constructing q plant TO cost sever
a million dollars: He secured the
charter four years ago. and expressly
provided in II that TIE sscofporatfon
6omHtHfissggiionf sh6Gfdt have controf YovP<'
the corhpanyy:.di Hef said his company
BBasshAmperedr by litigation, rsnd-itt
coufdfA0ttmoRe raster otKahntAe courts
Senator J0hes5 wh0sas Sl~perfCr5court
fudge had riddetftthezdistrictg asked df
| the eAghtsbetWeGR theppoWef company
Observation-Disclosures aJyffriendlytI
a~uarrelYnand theIlitigation InotstFnmpnt
"a Ap for thessRArpOee 0f3sRFeEentingt
the building of the railroad gap, on
6nefhandraAd Of preventing other peo1
pie to ,deyelep4 water power p the
s Senator, lf Hannah ~ replied 'ithhssffo thsfl
mas Ifs infpffpma5tfE1Hn h and IbsIkieeff;n $40
~ ,s,,..z4sf = iSsIftSS .tt,r,iv r4ftrss,n
Senator Mason here came to the rfeT1
lief oE Attorney Newell, and said that That
whils, he was not a member, p 3
committee he. could plainly, see that
the Bill Was, calculated to play havoc
With fecoofpofations In other parts Or
the STATE that had vested fights.
Senator Gf1ifam stated that white
he wass1n' sympathy witAftheaS ob5eet
of the4tbiI1p he1thougkt dt IshVuldssbe
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. with anHiewBho
coyeringsthe dlls~recONntedgiwhAe not
hurting u0ther f1egitimataly s~obtai1edII
chagteEssceH moved the appointment
of aEsub1coWmittee gof fyessof WHICH
the gchaiTmanf should be ope, tn cqn on
slider the bill and, report this ora sNb-
stitltts bill, back TO the 6fqnmittes.
This. motion was adopted. The SUB,
COMMITTEES is;i-SepatoTs BTYAnHfa T7fl-