The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-02-04

ne constitution 80 is to permit special
legislation on The matter OF working
me roads ami fixing the communication
tax to the needs and desires Of every
county.
! ne llouSc has passed a bill using
the value OF scholarships in Winthrop
College, from Sii to 500. The House
has killed afr. Unions bill to devote
'ii INC dlspeiiSary profits IT, the public
schools.
Numerous measures of local impor-
lance only and Il lot of others seeking
To- amend the statutes, none of which
VIII ever be heard of, are on the calcn-
dar OF each House and will be passed
or rejected without much discussion.
1t takes time, however, to dispose OF
business of that sort, and hence much
OF the most importantwOrk of the gen
cIal assembly ls of this nOn-spectacular
| character.
ne liousc, for instance, spent an
hour and Il half one day discussing a
bill to punish stealing from the field.
one OF the most important actions
taken by the House has beer the pass
age of " bill. by Mr.. f'ordc, placing
tcli-ycar convicts on the county chain
gangs. This is II good roads, meas
IRE. and it's speedy success indicates
INC sentiment for improved highways.
liic House has also passed Il bill to
abolish the office of phosphate CON-
missioner. d~cvolving the duties upon
tie State gcOlOgist. a similar bill war
PASSED ny the last Legislature and wal
vetoed ny Gov. McSwceIlcy, the Lcgis-
laturc failing to pass it over the veto.
ne Senate has passed, without any
debate, two OF the most important
measures of the session The Marshall
child labor bill and Il biennial sessions
bills, the latter requiring Il twO-tllirdB
vote. 1t was expected that both these
| XyfkIlfI ytSc fl,n S..,nt, I,,t &.-, -.z.
sornc surprise that they should slip
through no easily. The vote on tho
passage of the submission of n cOnsti-
tutional amendment inaugurating bien-
NAL sessions of the Legislature was as
follows, 80 to q:
AyesnAldrich, Blake. Brice, Butler.
Forrest, Harden, Herndon, Hood,
johnson, Manning, MayfieId, Mccall,
McDermOtt, McIver, Mcleod, Pouri-
Toy, Ragsdale, j. w. and G.. w, Ray
sor, Sharpe. Sheppard, Stackhouse,
Stanland, Walker, Warren.
Nays-Goodwin, Hay, Hough. Mar
shall, Talbird, Vonkolnitz.
The vote On tho child labor bill was
rs follows, 23 to 13:
Ayes-Aldrich. Blake, Brice, For
rest, Goodwin, Marden, johnson, Man
ming, Marshall, Maytield, Mccall, Nc
Call: McDermOtt, Mcleod, Ragsdale,
}. w. and g. W., Raysor, Sharpe, Shep-
pard, Stackhouse, Stanland, Talbird,
NOnk0lnitz.
Nnys-Butler, Carpenter, Davis,
Dennis. Douglass, Gains, Hay, Hern-
don. Hood, Hough. McIver, Walker,
Warren.
The Senate has spent considerable
time on two bills introduced by Sena-
tor Gaines of interest to the farmers,
one regulating the weight of corn meal
Il nnn tina nfhnr nD,,lrc. H. 49, A. -
seeu anu lint cotton, requiring q license
and imposing restrictions upon the
traffic. Both of these will pass after
further amendments.
The House committee has made an
unfavOrable report on the bill to pro-
vide an exhibit at the st Louis exposi-
ton, but it has not come lid for CON
sidcration in tho House. Senator
Aldrich has introduced a similar bill
Ill the Senate. npprOpriating S35, 900.
Tuesday was the day set for election
or II successor to Associate Justice
Pope, and n code commissioner. The
two Houses met in joint session at noon
and balloting began with the following
nominees: Z: A. Woods. of Marion,
James l.. Tribble, Of Anderson, Robert
Aldrich. OF Barnwell, James +. Izlar,
of Orangeburg. j. +. j.. CALDWELL. Of
Greenwood and w. X. Gruber. of Col
Teton. After three ballots thJre was
no election, he vote on the third bal
lot standing: Woods, II; Aldrich, 80;
II; Gruber, Id; lzlar, 9; Cald.
until noon Wednesday when balloting
was resumed and the race soon mar
rowed down to MI. Woods and Col.
Aldrich, with the result that Wr.
Woods was elected by 81 votes to 81
for Col. Aldrich.
The election of code commissioner
was Umt then entered upon With the fol-
Jr., of Columbia, Z. c. H~ayneswortb,
of Sumter, +. H. DominicK, of New.
berry, and j.. E. Mcclure, Of Chester.
SIX ballots were taken without an
election, Mr.. Dominick's name being
Withdrawn before the sixth ballot.
The iirst ballot stood: Elliott 20; Hay
"a. The sixth stood: Elliott, SO; Hay
nesworth, Al; Mcclure, so. The assem-
ply then adjourned until 8 p. M, when
Dallotlng was resumed and Mr.. Elliot
was finally elected.
TIE TAX SYSTEM.
There has been prepared by a spe-
clal committee. after conference with
n executive officers, a bill to remedy
the existing evils in our tax system.
inns ID perhaps the most important
question which will come before the
more common and Judgment for
!ts proper solution and less oratOry.
but still it is most important.
Senator Hood has introduced a bill
to authorize, ratify and confirm the
right and power of Joseph J.. Fret
we'll and his associates, their success
SORE and assigns, TO construed dams
across seneca river, and the Tugaloo
river, and the Savannah river, to- the
Georgia line ut A~ndersOnville, Nc
Donald's Shoals. ~Stevenson's Lodge.
Iumey'sShOals and Middleton's Shoals.
IN Anderson County.
Jas. A. Hoyt, Jr.