The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-02-17
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
house Defeats Child Labor. House Passes
Dog appropriation and Sup
ply BlllS.--0ther Matters.

| N"S'Su Ny CIlc Ieneral Assembly
this week was the action of the Hous,
IN killing the Compulsory Education
: Bills. Mr.. Aull's Bill requiring the at
tendance for sixteen weeks of each yeaI
OF children between the agea of sever
and twelve, came up as a special order
on Friday. After discussion, the RAY
sor Bill, requiring the attendance OF
children between the ages of eigh,
and twelve upon the common schools
for eight weeks of each year, was sub.
stituted for the Aull Bill. Messrs.
Aull and Banks, of Newberry took
part in the debate. Mr.. Banks op-
posed the measure in a forcible and
effective speech, on the ground that
the parent, and not the State, is the
most competent judge of what is best
for the child. Mr.. Aull, as reported in
the News and Courier, 'made forci-
bic argument in favor of compul-
sorry education, claiming that the
wealth of the State is in the educated
masses. He took up the matter of the
education of the negro and showed that
this was useless bugaboo. He show
| ed that thirty-three states had COM
pulsory education laws and gave figures
to show that since these laws had been
adopted illiteracy had largely decreased.
he took up the matter of peoples pro-
ductiveness, showing that it is propor-
tlonate to intelligence He was
thoroughly posted on the whole mat
ter BY a vote (, , GO to Sd the Bill was
indefinitely postponed, which ends the
matter so far as this session is con-
cerned. The roll call was:
Yeas-Speaker Smith, Bailey, Baker,
Banks, Bass, Beamguard, Bennett,
Black, Brooks, Brown, Carwile, Clifton,
Colcock, Cutler, DeBruhl, Doar, Don
nald, Dorroh, Bowling, Ford, Fox,
Fraser, Glover, Gourdin, Halle, Hill,
lrby, James, johnson, Kibler, Lesesne,
Mccain, Mauldin, Middleton, Morgan,
Nichols, Parnell, Patterson, Pearman,
Peurifoy, Potts, Pyatt, Rankin, Raw
llnson, Ready, Richards, Richardson,
Russell, Seabrook, w. G.. Smith,
Stuckey, Tatum, Traylor, Wall, Wing
ard, Wingo, Wise, Wright, Youmans-
60.
Nays-Aull, Barron, Bates, Black
wood, Bomar, Callson, Coggeshall,
Cooper, Davis, Dennis, DesChamps
DeVore, Doyle, Edwards, Cause, Har-
rellson, D. O. Herbert, j. f.. Herbert.
Hinton, Holman, Humphrey, Jamegon,
King, Kirby, Lancaster, Laney, Ian
ham, Leaverett, Little, Lotion, Logan,
Lyles, McMaster, Mace, Magill Ma
haffey, Minis, Moses, Moss, Pollock,
Quick, Rainsford, Sarratt, Sinkler,
Jeremiah Smith, Stackhouse, Thomas,
Toole, Towill, Tribble, Webb, Whalcy,
Williams--5
APPROPRIATION AND SUPPLY BILLS.
The House has passed the Appropria-
tion Bill and it has gone to the Senate.
The Suppy Bill was taken up and the
State levy fixed at five mills, the ne
as heretofore. The Newbn~v
levy was fixed as folov'c
tional school tax, n.
county tax, 1-2 mills; sinking al
note, 1-2 mill. This is to provid. for
the interest and principal of $4,000
which the county supervisor is author.
lied to borrow from the State Sinking
Fund in order to pay past indebtedness
Of the county.
HAMPTON MEMORIAL FUND Bill.
In accordance with resolutions adopt
ed by the last Democratic Convention.
recommending that suitable statue
be erected by the State and placed in
the State capitol, the House has passed
Bill providing for an appropriation of
twenty thousand dollars to be used in
connection with ten thousand dollars to
be raised by voluntary contribution, the
appropriation not to become available
until the ten thousand dollars in volm-
tary contributions shall have been
raised; the total amount to used for the
purpose of erecting upon the capitol
grounds an equestrian statue to the
memory of Wade Hampton. A COM
mission of five members to be appoint
ed by the Governor, which shall take
charge of the matter, is provided for.
EXTREME GAME LAW.
The House has passed Mr.. Nor
gan's lGame Bill, putting the bur-
den of proof upon the man having game
in his possession. The Bill provides:
Section 43l. 1t shall not be lawful
for any person, except upon his own
| lands, or upon the lands of another with
| the consent of the owner thereof, to
net or trap partridge; and it shall be
unlawful for any person to sell, offer for
sale, or ship or export for sale, any
| partridge or quail or deer or wild tur-
| keys for the space of five years from
the approval of this Act: Provided,
that nothing in this Act shall prevent
the Importation for sale of any partridge
or quail: Provided, further, however,
that the handling, possession, contro
or owcrship of any partridge or quail