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J Three Cent, the Copy. WtPEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. o- V M -r vier tn I rt.r ' VOL XIII. BILL FOR tlME PfiOHBITION Full Text of Proposed Prohibitory Law Which is to Be Submitted to the People for Their Ratification on Augtst 8th, 1903. The Prohibition Bill Following' is the ful ltext of the prohibition bill as endorsed by the s ttate Anti-Saloon League and adopt- ed y the House and Senate commit ou the liquor traffic. The bill introduced in the House by Rep- was v.sentative Dowd and in the Senate by Senator Long: A B ILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE MANU FACTURE AND SALE OF IN TOXICATING LIQUORS IN NORTH CAROLINA: The General Assembly of North .( arolina do enact : Section 1. That it shall be unlaw ful for any person or persons, firm or corporation, to manufacture, or in any manner make, or sell or other wise dispose of for gain any spirit uous, vinous, fermented or malt liq uors or intoxicating bitters within the State of North Carolina; provid ed this act shall not be construed to forbid the sale of such spirituous, vinous fermented or malt liquors or intoxicating liquors by a medical depository or by any druggist for sickness upon the written prescrip tion of a regularly licensed and act ively practicing physician having the person for whom such prescription is made under his charge, which said prescription shall specify the amount of spirits required and the disease or malady for which it is given; pro vided further, that wines and ciders nay b; manufactured or made from srrapes, berries or fruits, raised on the lands of manufacture! and sold at the place of manufacture only and in sealed or crated packages taming not less than 5 gallons per package, but no wine nor cider shall be 'hunk upon tho premises where shall the package containing same be opened on said premises Soo ' Thnt fnv tlrm rmrnico nf act spirituous, vinous, or malt rs or intoxicating bitters are de- j - m d to be such spiritous, vinous, or i alt liquors or intoxicating bitters, or compounds of either or other medi cines or beverages as the United Suites government levies a special tax upon, oi for the sale of which a Cnitecl States license is required to be taken out by the person or per sons, firm or corporation, proposing to sell the same, and all liquors or mixtures thereof by whatever names called which will produce intoxica tion shall be construed and held to bo intoxicating liquors within the mean ing of this act. Sec. 3. That any physician who shall make any prescriptions (except in case of sickness), for the purpose of aiding or abetting any person ox persons who are not bona fide under his charge to urchase any intoxicate ing liquors contrary to the provisions of the act and any druggist who shall sell or otherwise dispose of for gain any spirituous, vinous, fermented or malt liquors or intoxicating bittern without the written prescription of a 1 s ga 1 1 y quali fi ed physician or intoxi cating liquor for any person or per sons not bona fide under such physic ian "s charge, without the written di rection 'of the physician who gave tho same, shall be guilty of a misdemean or and upon conviction shall bo fined or imprisoned or both, in the discre tion of the court for each and every lfensc and all druggists selling in toxicating liquors by prescription as aforesaid shall keep a record thereof, which shall bear tho dates of the sale, the names of all persons to whom sales were made, the names of the physician upon whose pres cription the sales were made and the names cf the diseases or maladies for which tho prescriptions were given; which said record shall bo subject at all times to the inspection of the soli citor of the district, the sheriff and other peace officers of the couny, tho mayor and police officers of the city or town in which said druggist's bus iness is located and all other persons; and any druggist failing to keep tho record aforesaid, or refusing to per mit examination cf such record by tke officers named or other persons shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction be fined or imprison ed, or both, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 4. The place whero delivery of any intoxicating liquors is made in the State of North Carolina shall bo construed and held to be the place of sale thereof and any station or other place within said State to which any person shall ship or convey any intox icating liquors for the .purpose of de livery or of carrying the same to a purchaser shall be construed to bo the place of sale ; provided that noth ing in this act shall be construed to ' , I ! prevent the delivery of any intoxicat ing liquor to druggist in sufficient quanties for medical purposes only. Sec. 5. Nothing in this act shall be construed as making it unlawful to sell to any minister of religion r any other officer of the Church wine to be used for religious or sacramen tal purposes. Sec. 6. Nothing in this act shall be constructed to prevent the county commissioners or governing body of any city or town from prohibiting tho sale of spiritious, vinous, fer mented or malt liquors or intoxicating liquors by druggists in their respec tive counties, cities and towns. Sec. 7. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby to the extent of such conflict repealed; Provided, however, that nothing in this act shall operate to repeal any of the lo cal or special acts of the General As sembly of North Carolina prohibiting the manufacture or sale or other dis position of any of the liquors men tioned in this act, but all such acts shall continue "in full force and effect and in concurrence herewith, and in dictment or prosecution may be had either under this act or by special oi local act relating to the same sub ject. ? Sec. 8. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdomener. Sec. 9. That the foregoing pro vision of this act shall go into effect on the 1st day of January, 1909, if a majority of the votes cast at the election hereinafter prowided for shall be " against the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors" Sec. 10. That on the first Thurs day in August, 1908, an election shall bbe held in the Federal eleection pre cints in each county to determine whether the provisions of Sections L to 8, inclusiwe, of this act shall be come effective. Said election shall be conducted and held under the same ules and regulations and in ike same manner as elections f jr State officers, and unless otherwise orovvided for in this act the general aw regulating elections as set forth n Chapter 90, Revvisal of 1905, and i:ne amendments tiiereto shall be an oucaDie 10 saicl election. At said election every person who was duly registered and qualified to vote for nembers of the Legislature at tho general election in 1906 and who has lot subsequently become disqualified o vote where registered shall have ;he right to cast one vote where so registered. At each election pre ant there shall be two ballot boxes Drovided for the purpose of said elec tion, one of which shall be tabled in alain Roman letter: "For the manu facture and Sale of Intoxicating Liq iors, " and the other: "Against the Manufacture and Sale of Intoxisat ng Liquors. In all other respects said lallot boxes shall be in conformity ivith the general laws. At said elec ion every quallified voter who is in 'avor of the manufacture and sale )f intoxicating liquors in the State mail have the right to vote in the box so labelled, a written or printed ballot )r one partly written and partly print ed bearing the words: "For the Man ufacture and Sale of Intoxicating Liq- lors. ' ' and every qualified voter op- j ?osed to such manufacture and sale ?hall have the right to vote in the appropriate box a written or printed ballot, or a ballot partly written and partly printed, bearing the words: 'Against the Manufacture and Sale )f Intoxicating Liquors. V The bal bts shall be of white paper and with out device. The votes cast shall bo Counted and returned under the same rules and regulations as the votes for State officers, provided in the general election laws, except that the board of State canvassers shall immediately af ter it has completed the canvas of the returns 'of the election fro rathe ibstracts transmitted to the Secretary )f State, certify to tthe Govvernor a 5tatement of the results, and the Gov ;rnor shall forthwith issue his pro- '.amation, announcing and deelarins the result and such nroclamation I hall have the effect to determine the results of said election. The State board of elections and the county boards of election are hereby author ized, empowered, and directed to take all such actions as may bo necessary to fully provide for the election to be aeld in accordance with this act. The several county election boards ilia! I meet in their respective counties not later than May 1, 1908, and ar range for the holding of said election by selecting and appointing a registrar and two judges of elections for each election precinct in their respective 30unties, the duties and powers of tvhom shall be in all respects as pro vided in the general election laws of the State as above referred to, except that there shall be no new registrat ion of voters for the said election. In making the appointments of judges oi elections, the county boards of election, shall, it possible eacn appoint for each election precint one! competent person, generally known COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY to be in favor of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in the State and one -competent person generally known to he opposed tc meh manufacture and sale. The several county Boards shall make publications of the names of these registrars and jndges of elections and serve notice upon them as required bv the general election laws of the St' The compensation of all officers en gaged in the said elections shall be the same as is provided by law for similar services in case of general State elections. In order to fully ef fectuate the purposes of this act and o carry out the true intent and mean. ng of the same, it is hereby provided that the State Doard of elections, m matters affecting the entire State tnd the several county boards of el sctions in matters affecting their re ipective counties shall respectively iiave full power and authority and ihey are hereby directed to make all meh rules and regulations and to do snd perform all -sueh acts and things is ahall he neeessary to complete the letafls for the holding of said elec tions and to conform the same as nearly as possible to the general laws f the State, regulating the State Meetion, as set forth in Chapter 90, Revisal of 1905, and the amendments thereafter adopted. See- 11- This act shall he in force Irom and after its ratification. MINOR ARTICLES OF DECORA TION. There are several ways "by which Hie livable quality is reached tn the furnishing of the home. One Is through the introduction of some of the minor articles that combine util ity and decoration. Jardinieres and holders for cut flowers are among this class, and fortunately for the large majority of homes where only a moderate outlay may be made in this direction Chere Is a wide ran go in choice and price. The decoration of the house with plants and flower3 was, unci of late years, confined chiefly to fhe cottage window dis play or geraniums, and- hi finer dwel lings to a formal arrangement on gala occasions with foliage plants from the florisTs; but nowadays the deco rative quality of plant Tffe "brought indoors Is, with fhe awakened inter est hi beautifying the home, better ap preciated. Flowers on the dining table, plants in the living room, ex periments in seed Taising In the nursery, and even a miniature fern ery in the bathroom, are not infre quently seen at the present time. A jardiniere, to be a "thing of beauty," must be of good design, harmoniously colored, and suited to its environment. These three re quirements are not easy to meet, but they are essential for the all round success of the jardiniere. A common mistake in selecting this article Is to forget the relative importance of the plant and its holder. A jar that is glaring in color and too ornate in design, defeats its object of fram ing the plant. New York Journal. Rice and Almond Cream Blanch onehslf cup of sweet almonds. Cut them into thin strips, or chop them fine; put them In -the double boiler wtth three cups of milk, one-fourth cup of sugar and one-half teaspoon ful salt and when hot add one cup of well washed rice; steam it until the rice is tender; when ready to serve dip it out into frappe glasses or fancy cups, till half full, put on a teaspoon of apple jelly, then fill with thick whipped cream, with another bit of jelly on the top. CURS' FOOD They Thrive On Grape-Nitta, Healthy babies don't cry, and the well-nourished baby that is fed oa Grape-Nuts is never a crying baby. Many babies -who cannot take any other food relish the perfect food, Grape-Nuts, and get well. 'My little baby wa3 given up by three doctors, who -said that the con- dense d milk on which i had fed her ruined the child's stomach. One of the doctors told me that the only thing te do would he to try Grape- Nuts, sa -I got some and prepared it as follows: I soaked 1 tablespoon f uls in one pint oi cold water for half an hoar, then 1 strained off the liquid and mixed 12 teaspoonfuls of this strained -Grape-Nuts julca with -six teaSpsonfnls ef rieh milk, -put la a pinch of salt and a little sugar, warmc2 it -al ava it to baby every two hours. "in this simple, easy way I saved haby s life and have built her up la a etrong. healthy child, rosy and lasgh ing. The food must certainly "be per fect to have such a wonderful effect as this. C can truthfully soy I think it Is the seat food in the world to raisb 3elicatc bahies on, and Is also a delicious, healthful food for grown ups, as we have discovered in onr famXtyJ Grape-Nuts Is equally valuable to x&ron healthy man or woman, far tao trae theory of it vftands fcealtit. "There's a Iteason." Hea4 His Head to WellviUe," in pkga. . THINGS. WttH TOR HEEL LAWMAKERS Opening of Both Houses of the Gen era! Assembly Under Call By ths Governor in Extraordinarp Session At exactly 11 o'clock Speaker Jus tice ealled the House of Representa tives to order, and Rev. Dr. Tyree, o tho First Baptist chrirch, offered prayer. Dr. Tyree invoked the wis dom of the Almighty to guide the members in the performance of their duties and prayed that in all their deliberations that selfish personal in terests or unworthy motives shouid not enter. Reading Clerk F. B. Arendall call ed the roll of members, 103 being present and answering. The Speaker announctd that "a message from the Governor, which was read by the clerk, it being the call of the Gover nor to the House in extra session. A message was received from the Stn ate that it was duly organized and a like resolution of information to eric t311iie was submitted by Mi. Too!, cf Catawba. A resolution by Mr. Tount informing the Governor that 1r.: House was in session " and awaited his pleasure was adopted. Mr. Dowd, of Mecklenburg, from the committee on rules, reported a rule that for the day no matters ex jeept those relating to rate regulation be considered. The report was adopt ed. A joint resolution providing for Ihe appointment of a committee of Two on the part of the Senate and three of the House to wait on his ex cellency, the Governor, was adopted. Speaker Justice named Representa tives Yount, of Catawba ; Royster, of Granville, and Cowles, of Wilkes, aa the committee on the part of the House. In a few minutes Mr. Yount on the part of the committee, re ported that they had waited on tho Governor and he would in a short while communicate with the General Assembly. The sergeant-at-arms at 11:30 announced a message from the Governor. The reading clerk then read the message, members paying strict and undivided attention during tho read ing. The reading of the message was concTfided at 11:52, occupying 27 minutes, 15 of these being consumed by the rate matter, and 10 as to the State prohibition law. There was not a sound of applause during the reading, interest on the part of both members and the great number of visitors seemed to be too intense to permit audible approval or disap proval. Mr. Cowles, of Wilkes, offered a resolution requesting the Attorney General to inform the Legislature as to the amount of expense for the legal services rendered the State in connection with the enforcement of the rate law enacted by the Legisla ture at the last regular session, and this resolution was unanimously adopted. The auditor's department reports $12,060 paid so far, partial payments only being made. Senate. At 11 o'clock President Francis D. Winston said in his most impressive style, "Let the Senate be in order." The Senate was led in prayer by Rev. Dr. Ivey, of Raleigh, and the body stood at attention and wth bowed heads while Dr. Ivey offered the opening prayer of the extra session. Then the clerk ealled the roll, which showed that 46 Senators were pres ent, the only ones absent being Etheri'dge, Diekle, (VDell and Polk. President Winston announced that the Legislature had been convened by proclamation in extraordinary session. The clerk read the procla mation by Governor Glenn. Mitchell of Bertie, offered a resolution to in form the House that the Senate was ready to take up business. The reso lution was adopted and a message of this tenor sent to the other branch. The House sent over its message tell ing the Senate that it had organized and was ready to go ahead. Rate Bill First Thing Graham, of Orange, offered a reso lution regarding the message, ex pressing approval of it and referring it to the committee on public service corporations, with instructions to the latter to report a bill regardng pas senger and freight rates along the lines recommended by the Governor Graham spoke in support of his reso lution, saying he had nothing to say regarding what had been done in the past, but thought the people of the State would be glad to see thojatc question settled. He said that he had acted as he thought right. Instead ol having bills introduced, he thought the committee should take the message of the Governor undei consideration and then report a bill. He referred to the verj different condition of affairs which now exist, since the financial troubles have come, for now the stock of out railroad has gone down from 166 t 60 and evtn below the latter figure, Subscription 30. 1908. 9 W while the stock of another railroad has been made to look like 30 cents. Senator Graham declared that per sonally he did not approve the re commendation in the message witL regard to railway rates, lwit Iiarf nothing to say as to the ether fc tines oi uie message. He would give up his own reference regarding rates, as he was- willing to yieid: thesc preferenees and settle the matter de, finitely, yet he believed the people really preferred the old rates-. He suggested to the Senate that this war the very bes't disposition to be made of the message. At a democratic cavfcus held Tues day night, it was agreed that the ex tra session will pas& a prohibition law, but will submit it to the people at the next general edeetion before it goes into effect. The House was in session Wednes day for about three-quarters of ar bour, " during which a mass of littte bills were introduced. Douglas, of Wake, who. bolted in the democratic caucus, put in his prohibition bill, which was- referred Governor Glenn sent in; a speciaV bill to prevent railway mergers. Th bill is as follows Bill to Prevent Mergera. A bill to be entitled an act to: amehd Sections 2567 and 2671; Chap ter 61, Revisal of 1903, to prevent' railroad companies from merging or securing stock in competing lines. "Section 1. That sub-Section 13, Section 2567, Revisal of 1905,. be amended by adding to the end there of the following : But no railroad er other transportation company shall acquire, hold or guarantee the bonds or stocK of, or lease or be leased' to,. or purchase or buy, or consolidate with, or be merged into any parallel! or competing railroad or transpor tation company, nor shall any railr road or other transportation, conn pany sell any of its stock or bonds to any homing or voting company,, whereby such consolidation or mexv ger may be effected' ' ' Section 2. That Section 2571' of the Revisal of 1905 be amended By adding thereto the following: 'Pro vided, that no railroads or transpor tation company, now or hereafter do ing business in this State, shall pur chase, lease, absorb, take over, buy stock in, merge with, or in any way secure an interest in a competing line of railroad or transportation company, nor shall any railroad or transportation company enter into any contract, agreement or under standing with the competing line of railroad or transportation company calculated to deefat or lessen1 compe tition in this State, and any violation of this section shall subject the cor poration to indictment, making itr guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con viction fined in the discretion of' the court." UNCLE SAM'S WAT. Englishman (on Atlantic liner): "Well, old chap, we'll soon be en gaged with those blarsted' Tankee custom inspectors." American: "You bet!' 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That "-Holding Back' senUon commse! v felt when riding on asphatt J irft roads is overcome bv the vatent "Basket Weae" tread was prevents all ai froin bong squeezed out between the tire anS the road thus cveratfnms all station. The regular price ot tueae fires is fils eer Krr, bat for advertising purposes we are raskinjr special factory pree to the nder Ut UUlf -i i. uw. - r lv.f.i-8e ncr patr. All OTGemaaappea same You do not pay a ccn : r.iitii you nave eiaiiucu We will allow a e&an cuscooa ot 5 per cent ,incrDy m iu& me price .-. u ptrrairj FULL CASH WITH ORDER and enclose this advertisement. We will also send one nickel Slated brass hand pump and two Sampson metal puncture closers on full paid oiders (th puncture closers to be used in case of intentional knife cuts or heavy geihes). 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That this act shall bo m force from arjtf! after its ratifica tion. 1 SeirttdT In the Senate Wednesday there was much discussion a to the scope of work to be undertaken' bv the win- j eiaT session but no thijg; definite was agreect upon. Bo measures were pa&sedt But Littlo Done. Vp to the close of Safurdav tha j legishrtctre had accomplished bat ; littie beyond the passage ofi some lo cal buls". L The rairoad bill and the prohibi tion Dill were both under way ns com mittees, sard a mass of information had been) made available fo tho members1.. Another busy weefe is in sight before adjournment. unvrar m grass land. Gbound! litaestone only has a mild; action In the soil. It is probably not as effective as thoroughly air slaked! llims. Prepared lime or agri cultural lime, as it is sometimes call- edj is mamy By adding water to cans- tic lime out of contact with air. By this' process? fifty-six pounds of caus tic li'me becomes seventy-four pounds of HydVnttr off Mme. Thus, you seo. you purchase' sc. considerable amount of water when buying agricultural lime. You' wouH, therefore, need to : get it at sc low cost to make its use anything likevas: profitable as caustic lime. You: will: find caustic lime tho cheapest? fbrmi in which to purchase it. Probably you' can buy caustic lime in barrels ifii cauioad lots .and get it im pretty good! condition, and as cheap,, if not cheaper, than you east obtain1 tSUie ground lime or prepared lime; If' you use ground lime bo certain to get. it pulverized as finely as possible;, for-tae finer it is ground the better will' be the results Ob tained. Southern Farm Magazine. Are a Necessity i in the Country Home. The farthear vou are removed from towm tj railroad station, the more the telephone will save in time audi horse flesh. No man has at right tocetmpel one of the family to lie m agony for hours while he drives to town for the doctor. Tel ephone asacLsflve half the suffering. 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