The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-02-21

Mr.. Croft replied that assessment
} or real estate are made every fou
years.
Mr.. Prince continued that the mill
III his section are assessed on the mar
kct value Of the stock and arc payine
as much taxes in proportion as any
other mills in the STATE. The Pied
mont mill is now assessed in Andersen
County alone as much as the amounts
quoted by Mr.. Croft for 1898. Mills
should not be treated as rail- oaLs, fol
railroads are not couiined to one county
MIR. Gunter stated that the last re-
port OF the comptroller general shows
no assessment OF mills.
The motion to strike out the enact
ing words was lost.
Mr.. Richards offered an amendment
to extend the provisions of the bill tc
canals. Mr.. Richards SAID that this
was called for by the fact that the
ment at but $4,000.
The amendment was adopted, as was
that of Mr.. .Jno. p. Thomas, Jr., to
extend the provisions to cotton seed
oil and fertilizer companies.
| TIE M'LAURIN RESOLUTION.
Mr.. John McNlastcr's resolution to
condemn the action Of Hon. John J..
McI1aurin in the United States Senate
was then reached. Mr.. MCGOWAN
moved to lay the resolution on the
| table.
This motion shut off all debate and
the vote was taken. The House by
a vote of IS to A. agreed to table the
| resolution.
in attendance yesterday who were not
IN their seats when the vote was taken.
Six out of one delegation were at the
time out OF the hall Quite a number
! who voted TO table the resolution sent
up their reasons, TO be spread in the
journal, that they thought the House
was not called upon to take such ac-
ton.
The vote to table was as follows:
Yeas ASHLEY, Aull, Bates, Beam
guard, Blease, Brooks, b )slick, Bryan,
Campbell, Carter, Coggeshall, Colcock,
Croft, Crum, Dantzlcr, Dean, del Ioach
Dennis, Dodd, Dunbar, Duraat, Elder,
Fox, Frazer, Freeman, Gunter, Hill,
humphrey, James, Jarnlgan, Kinard,
Lever, Lotion, Mauldin, Mccall, Nc
Gowar, Mishoc, Morgan, Moses, Muir
Gibson, Patterson, Richardson, Robin.
son. {. f., Robinson, II. b. n
Sanders, Seiglcr, Sinkler, Smith, j. b.,
Spears, Thomas, }. p. Jr, Thompson
Woling, Webb, Wells, Wilson, Woods,
Woodward-5S.
Nays - Austin, Bivcns, Brown,
Cooper, DeBruhl, Domlnlck, Dorroh,
Estrdgc, Castor, G0urdin, Galluchat -,
llallc, Hardin, Hollis, johnson, Kibicr.
kinscy, Iidc, Little, Logan. Lomax
l4yles, Mayson, Mcleod, McMaster,
,)no., Morrison. Moss, Ntsbitt,
Nichols, Parker, w. H., Prince, Pyatt
Rankin, Redfearn, Robert son, Ruckcr,
Smith, Nj. H., Strom, Talum, Thcus,
Thomas, w. j., West, Williams.
Wingo-44.
THE DiSpENSARY PROFITS.
The bill TO apportion the profits de-
rived from the sale of liquors was
taken up. The bill seeks to provide a
new basis Of apportionment between
the State and the cities and counties
The real object of the bill, Senator
Bricc said was to take from the coun-
ties Of Marlboro, Greenwood and Y ork -,
which have no dispcnsaries, their
share of the dispensary school fund
or force them to establish dlspensarics
AMI he thought this too small thing
for the Senate 10 do. lie moved to
indefinitely postpone the bill.
Senator Gravdon also wanted the
bill postponed. 1t is too small a mat
ter for the Senate to waste time over.
Senator Maytield claimed that the
object of the bill had been mlsrcprc
sentcd, and that it simply meant TO
give the State per cent. profit IN
stead of 10 per cent. profit as at
present.
Senator Barnwcll said it seemed to
have been understood that there was
to lie no dispcnsary legislation at tins
session, and he thought this would be
a good bill to kill.
Senator Henderson favored the bill
because it gave each county the right
I 0 say how its share of the profits
shall be applied.
Senator G1ubcr said he thought it
would be impossible to run the dispcn-
sary on the basis proposed by the bill.
Senator Sheppard also opposed it.
There ought to be some stability as to
the dlspcnsary profits. There IS no
complaint anywhere.
Senator Mower opposed it on the
same ground. The present law has
been in operation only since June, and
we have not had a chance to give it a
far trial.
Senator Bricc moved 20 indefinitely
postpone the bill and this was done by
q vote Of 90 to IL.
The bill was killed in this way.
AS TO CONVfCTS.
Mr.. StrOm's bill to increase the sen
tencc OF convicts on county chaingangs
tu ten years was taken mp for its sec
ond reading and there was a contest
over it.
Senator Graydon moved to strike out
the cnacting words. The law, he said
already allows five-ycar convicts tC
work on county chaingangs, and he
thought this long enough term. lie
did not believe man could live fcl