Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-02-12
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS
Some Few Minor Acts Have Been Ratified.
Legislative Body Went to Charleston.

Columbia, February 3.--The House
was ip session six hours to-day, aud
made a favorable Impression on the cal
endar which now contains moro than
twenty pages.
Dir. Browns bill to protect the farm
ers OF the State, especially the fruit and
vegetable growers, passed its second
reading jim the House, after hard fight.
There is considerably interest mani
tested here in relation to adjournment.
In all probability we will not adjourn
until the full forty days have expired.
WEDNESDAY, February o.,
The new jury law has passed both
houses and is now the law of the land.
The code, prepared by Mr.. Townsend,
Code Commissioner has been declared
to be the law in South Carolina by
statute during the next ten years.
The child labor bill has been under
consideration in the House for two years.
A number Of speeches have been made
on both sides. The bill was defeated to.
day by vote of 81 nays to SO yeas.
This is much larger vote for the bill
than was cast for it last year. But the
contest will still go on.
Lee County will soon be numbered with
the other counties in the State.
In the Senate, n bill permitting women
to vote for President and Vice President
was defeated.
Mr. Kiblers bill from the House, re
quiring tho owners of geese, turkeys,
ducks, chickens, etc., to come within
the requirements of the homestead, was
passed and will become law.
There was joint session of the Legis-
lature tonight to receive the commits
sioners from ST. Louis, Missouri, and
other States.
THURSDAY, fEBRUARY 6.
There was Legislative reception hast
night. At o'clock there was Joint
session for tho reception of the st. Louis
delegation, sent here to induce the State
to be represented at the great Exposition
to be held in that city-the centennial of
the purchase of Louisiana and adjacent
territory by the government of the
United States. Addresses were made by
Mcssrs. Ravenel, Garner and Reese, and
Director General Averill, of the Charles
ton Exposition. At o'clock the Gene
raj Assembly and these gentlemen re-
paired to tho ~Elks' club, where every-
body had n good time. Refreshments
were served, and at O'clock the enjoy
able reception was ended.
Senator Ilderton's railroad relief de-
partmcnt bill caused somc more discus
sion but it was finally adopted by vote
of Is to 16. All efforts to materially
amend it failed. The bill finally passed
by a vote of IS to lG.
There was longI debate over Senator
Appclt's bill to regulate the traffic in
seed cotton, but the bill was rejected by
a large majority.
An interesting question came up in the
House. When the new apportionment of
Representatives, was made last wear,
Lexington aud Orangcburg lacked but n
fraction of being entitled to an addi-
tioual member. Since then a township
in Lexington has been annexed to New
'Ni ~ 40 lliltDlldIlS. Mr.
Moss, OF Orangcburg, said that on ac-
count of that loss Of populations Lexing-
ington would lose one Representative
and Orangcburg ought to gain one. A
long debate was had on this measure,
bat it resulted in Lexington retaining
her present representation by a largo
majority.
Both houses, in taking up second read
ing bills, passed only those upon which
there would be no discussion.
Senator Graydon introduced bill
requiring agents of laundries operated
outside of the State to pay license tax.
Senator Mower introduced bill pro-
hibiting the wearing of tho Southern
cross by parties who are not entitled to
10 sc.
The bill to provide text books to
pupils in tho public schools at cost was
killed in the Senate.
Both houses will be in session tonight.
We go to Charleston tomorrow; will
return Monday morning. r.