The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1893-12-20
THELEGISLATURE.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. l3. 1898.
HOUSE.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 13. 1898.
The bill redistricting the State, so al
TO put Charleston in the Black District,
vas debated. but hnal action wa:
postponed.
The bill to form the new county o.
Greenwood passed its third reading
q nunbarof biils. ofsno general inter
est also passed their third reading.
SENATE.
The bill in the interest of the
phosphate industry in this State. caused
lively debate
Mrs. Virginia D. Young's petition
for stizenship vas placed on the calen'
dars
Il numbr cf bills passed second read,
log. among which we're.
70 incorporate the town Of Fairfax,
in Barnwell county.
4 joint resolution appointing Hon J
B. Kershaw. of Kershaw County. a
corSmisssoner for the State to prepare
for nse of futare historians historical
skeseh Of the Lost Cause. and the part
that South Carolinians took in said
cause.
To charter the town of Athens. in
Greenville county.
authorizing and requiring the Comp
.roller General of this State to draw his
warrant on the State Treasurer for the
sum of $4,000 for the trustees OF the
South Caroiina Industrial Winthrop
and Normal College. and the State
Treasurer to pay the same.
20 ameud an act entitled IAN Act
10 .mepd Section 1902 of the General
Statutes of the State, relating to the
apportionment Of the free public school
fund"
To amend an act entitled .'An act to
provide for the establishment of new
school district in Richland county. aud
to authorize the levy and collection OF
4 local tax therein
To Incorporate the town of Swansea.
in Lexington county.
To amend the charter Of the city of
Columbia IN RichhBd.
20 iueerporste the city of Chester.
To amend an act entitled .'An act to
charter the town Of Walterboro, 10 the
county Of Colletoa. !"
To amend Section 2184 Of. the
General Statutes relating 70 the persons
for whose benefit actions for damages
may be brought BY the executors or
administrators Of persons whose death
shall haze been caused ~ the wrongful
act, seslece or default Of another.
To amend an aot entitled ..An act to
ineospoeate the town Of Essley, in the
county Of Piekens."
At the sighe sersioo, the proposed
4abssitute for the present dispeosary
bill rss debated without final action.
THURSDAY. DEC. IA.
HoBss.
Tie Hoase coutipaed the debate on
the redistricsisg Of the State. t Vas
confessed on the eoor Of the House By
Mr.. Kaotts Of Lexington, that the
whole scheme originated in the fact that
Dr. J. William Stokes had been defeat
ed for Congress BY Mr.. Bravley. and
this Vas measure of revenge against
Charleston for not voting for him. Mr..
Knotts is reformer, aud what he said
appealed to the dominant element 10 the
House. such Of them as had been kept
In ignorance Of the attentions Of their
faction. The result aas tba, after q
spirited debate, the bill was rejected,
by vote Of 54 to 42s s...,s.
AT the night session, nothing was
done beyond the expenditure Of gas
for all which the people pay at the rate
of about $1,000 day.
SENATE.
In the Senate the Dispeusary Bill Of
Mr. John Gary Evans held the boards.
But before the debate began. an amend
mens TO the bill making 6rs, grade
teachers certificates for Eve years was
passed which renderssueh certificates Of
force unsil revoked BY county boards of
examiners
A large number Of bills passed third
Senator EIpley 81 consurrent resolus
tiou King lie 23fdinst. 8 the day for
Adjournment was adopted.
The phosphate biH vas amended SO
.s to insure 10 other companies the priv.
ileee Of mining on the same terms as
those companies to which the bill refers
after which it passed its third reading.
Senator John Gary Evans called up
the dispensary bill, special order:
Finally, after long debate. the bill
vas literally forced through It's second
readinp. though with few important