The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-12-16

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COLUMBIA CORRESPONDENCE.
A Busy Week-Tution and q New Board
Of Trustees-Prohibition for Anderson
and Larens-various Matters Of Interest
In Legis1ation.
ColuMB1A s. G., Dec. ~, 1886.
Both branches of the Legislature are
now working with the uttermost diligence,
and are rapidly drawing the sessions
work to a close. Nothing has been said
about an adjournment, but it has become
part Of the unwritten Law Of the State
] for the Legislature to adjour, on the
morning of Christmas Eve, and The pres
emit body does not intend to violate that
laWs The Senate stopped the introduc-
tioa Ssof bills yesterday, and the House
will stop to;morrow. All the work will
:ss:iDs i'm by. that time, and with the ten
minute rule, which limits debate in
both Houses, the measures will go
through the legislative mill very rapidly.
The Senate has consumed great deal
of tilne on the bill to require
TUITION FEES
in the South Carolina College, which was
introduced by Senator Edwards, and after
elaborate discussion passed, requiring
tuition fee of forty dollars, aud ten dol
lars natriculation fee. Mr.. Murray
offered an amendment, which was adopt
led, allowing young men who show by
affidavit, and the certificate Of the Clerk,
Auditor and Sheriff that they are unable
30 pay, to enter without charge, upon
condition that they teach two years in
Che common schools on leaving College.
Thia condition to the amendment was
subsequently. by general agreement,
stricken from the amendment, and in
this shape the bill goes to the House for
its action. Mr.. Murray's bill to change
sthe Board of Trustees Of the College, so
rs to consist Of the Governor and two
1 members from each Cong ressional Dis
trict was amended by placing the Judges
4 Of the Supreme Court and Superinten-
.sdent 81 Education on the Board, and in
! this Sshape; much to the astonishment Of
sstde sslf:constituted managers of the
College interest, goest the Senate.
THE ANDERSON PROHIBITION
bill came up in the Senate with an un-
ffayorablss report from the Judiciary
Committee. i. Murray moved to in
definitely postpone the report, and after
/: arguments from Messrs. Smythe and
McMaster against the motion and Mr.
Murray for it che report was postponed
by q yote Of q to II. The bill then
;Scame up for consideration, and was
E amended BY Senator Crews, by making
ii apply to Iaurens County also. There
: was d persistent fight over the various
sections Of the bill, but all of them were
sustained, except section nine, which
was stricken ont on the ground that it
was covered in. section seven of the bill.
: On its third reading Senator Murray
amended the bill 30 as to provide for a
separate registration of voters in each
township, al which every citizen Of the
State twenty.one years old, and not
disqualified from having committed
crime, and Sho has resided six months
in the County, shall be permitted to vote.
With other immaterial amendments the
bill has gone to the House, and will
be favorably reported from the Anderson
A.and Lanrens delegations, and will proba-
- PASS The House and become law.
The opponents of prohibition are
holding up their hands in holy horror
Eat this bill, because they know that if it
becomes alaw prohibition will get fair
test. They have made great deal of
uDfagorab,e comment on the fact that
prohibition doesnot prohibit, and they
fear that q trial under this bill will pro-
Shibit.
a measure of unusual importance has
been introduced in the House by Col.
Irby. of Lanrens, and in the Senate by
Mr.. sligh, of Newbeuy, which is in its
nature
"A STAY Law,
providing that there shall be no enforced
sales ofproperty in this State until
December, 1887. It is claimed that the
bill viii pass the House, but I do not
think it will pass the Senate. It's effect
would, I think, be disastrous, for it would
destroy the credit of the business men of
the State, and with that the credit of the
State. The times are tearfnlly hard all
soyer the State, but such measure of
relief as-this would set the State back in
credit so far that it would take twenty
years to overcome it. In view of the
early maturity of our State debt, and of
the importance of refunding it at
lower rate of interest, We think the pas
sage of this law would be most unwise.
The House passed bill to abolish the
s~offce Of Jury Commissioner, but it was
defeated in the Senate. The House has
also passed bill to reduce the salary Of
School Commissioner to two hundred
dollars, which, I think, will also be
defeated in the Senate. Mr.. Murray has
secured The passage of bill in the Sen
Blteto provides
MORE EFFICIENT ROAD Law
for Anderson County. 1t requires the
Commissioners to appoint overseers for
highway districts, and divide out the
hands; requires them to work not less
than ten nor more than twelve days, and
makes nine hours of actual work consti-
tute days work; it requires the over
seer to return to the Commissioners the
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