The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-02-17
ties; Senate bill to repeal
ling for q master for the
srkeley and to devolve the

"a States of America certain lands
Me harbor of Charleston for the pur-
E6se of maintaining home and sani-
1tarium thereon; Ashley's bill to amend
section 1899 (596) Of volume of
the revised statutes. 1892, as to
labels on commercial fertilizers.
These also passed their third reading:
Caughman's bill to incorporate the Sa-
luda and Johnston Railroad Company;
the Senate bill relating to the adjust
ment of certain bonded Indebtedness
herein mentioned of Newberry township
or township No. /, of Newberry county;
the Senate bill relating to the adjust
ment of the bonded indebtedness Of
Mendenhall or No. 8 township of New
berry county; the Senate bill to amend
section 4 of the act to make the school
district of the town of Greenwood to
issue bonds for the purpose Of purchas-
ing school property and building pub
lie school houses in the town of Green
wood; Senate bill to amend the act to
establish Greenwood county, fixing the
amount of commutation tax and salarl ss
of county supervisor and his clerk;
the bill to amend the act amendatory
to the act to regulate fishing at certain
times in Aiken, Barnwell, Darlington,
Colleton and Orangeburg counties;
Senate joint resolution to procure in
formation with a view to the establish.
ment Of reformatory for youthful
criminals; Senate bill to include por-
-s.ioM OF Edgefeld and Abbeville coun-
ties in the new county of Greenwood;
McCullough's bill relating to the COL
lection of taxes in towns and cities.
At the night session an unfavorable
report was presented on Banks bill to
abolish the county boards of control:
The following resolution, introduced
by Kibler, was adopted without objec-
tion: Be it resolved by the House Of
Representatives of the State Of South
Carolina, the Senate concurring, That
the granting of hotel privileges by the
State board of control is contrary to the
spirit of the dispensary law and should
be discontinued. That copy of this
resolution be sent to each member Of
the General Assembly of the said board
Of control.
The Senate returned with amend
ment deLoach's telegraph and express
company bill. The House declined to
concur in the amendment to strike out
telephone companies. The provision
for the contingent fund Of $500 was also
not concurred in OH the ground that it
had no reference to telephone compa-
MES.
TUESDAY, STH.-The House passed o
resolution to adjourn next Wednesday,
the 18th. Childs' prohibition measure
was taken up, some of the speeches be-
ing able ones. That of Mccullough,
on behalf of prohibition. was strong
argument, we'll delivered. Many of
the speakers dealt with the liquor situa-
ton in an exhaustive and painstaking
manner and much was said for and
against the present system Of handling
the liquor traffic in South Carolina.
Livingston offered as an amendment an
absolute prohibition measure. This
was finally voted down. Before any de-
cisive vote on the merits Of the bill
proper could be reached, however, the
hour for recess came and the further
discussion of the measure went over
until Wednesday.
Wyche called up his bill relating to
adulterated food, medicine and liquors
and it was ordered to third reading
without debate.
E. D. Smiths bill to require all per-
sons attending State colleges to pay at
least $40 q year tuition, which was de-
bated last year and brought over to this
session, was called up by the author,
and after some discussion was killed.
Westmorelsnd's dog taxation bill was
also killed.
WEDNESDAY,, ORE. in the House the
prohibition bill met its death, the yea
aud nay vote resulting as follows:
Yea-Speaker Gary, ALI. Asbill, Aus
tell, Bailey, Banks, Bethune. Blythe,
Caughman, Crum, Davis, Geo. W..
DeBruhl, Dukes, E6rd, Epps, Gage.
Garris, Goodwin. O.. p, Graham,
Hamilton, Hazelden, Henderson Hum
phrey, Hydrick, Ilderton, johnson,
Hotaoe E., Kibler, Kinard, Henry J. !,
Kipard, j. D., Lester, Mishoe, Mitch
ell, Mcdaniel, McKeown, McLaurin,
McWhite, Nettles, Phillips, Pollock,
Prince, Pyatt, Rogers, Sinkler, Skin
ner, S,mpkins, Speer, Sturkie, Thomas,
w. H., Zimmerman, Wolling, Welch,
West, Westmoreland, Winkler, VII
iiams, Witherspoon, Wyche, Yeldeli =
5S. Nay-Ashley, Carraway, Childs, Col
cock, Davis, W. c., DeLoach, Fairey,
Fox, Gasque. Goodwin, H. P, Hollis,
Johnson, II. E, Limehouse, Living.
ston, Lotion, Mauldin. Meares, Mehr-
tens, McCullough, Owen, Patton, Price,
Rainsford. Robinson, Sanders, Sea-
brook, Smith, ]. R., Smith, s. w.
Smith, E. D., Steven,on, Sullivan,
Toole, Werner, Whisorans, Wilson,
Wingo-39. The vote wss clinched.
Pollock's amendment to Child's bill,
which was to regulate the O. p. stores.
was taken up and debated at some
length. Pollock spoke in its behalf,
but it was rejected.
The legislative appropriation bill was
presented by the committee on waye
and means.
Atthe night session favorable ma
iority report on the Lee county bill was
presented. The Senate notified the
House that it had agreed to the resolu'
ton fixing Wednesday as the day OF ad'
tournament.
The Senate made some amendments
to the school book bill of L. +. John
son, so rs not to make it mandatory tc
have school book repositories in GER