Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-02-03
STATE LEGISLATURE.
Bills That Have Become Laws Id
That Body
MUCH WORK is BEING DONE
Proceedings Of the House and Senate
From Day to Day-Nsw Bills and
Other Matters:

1t was. expected that the discussion
on the now famous Cause "shad"% bill
would be concluded in the senate
Monday. 1t was on the calendar for
third reading and Senator J. ".
Ragsdale moved THAT 1t be read.
Senator Hardin noting the absence OF
Senator Walker asked that it be pass
edsoVer, which was done.
Senator w. e. Johnson has bill on
. the calendar to prevent strikes and
ilockouts. This bill vas read FOR the
second time. This bill says Alr ,Ibhn;
son.; is identical. with the one killed
bykthe house few days ago by two
votes, but which passed the senate
3lastSyear. He wants to give the bill
better chance for it's life than it re-
,ceiYed before when many of its
friends were absent from the floor Of
the house. The bill reads:
4 Section /. That from and after the
approval Of this act no cotton or
woolen manufactory shall lockout or
refuse Or fail to give employment to
operatives or employees because Of
friction, disagreement or trouble Of
any nature whatsoever between other
such mandatory or manufacturories,
and their operatives or employees, and
noscotton or wooleE mandatory shall
lockout or refuse or fail to give en-
ployment 10 It's operatives or en-
ployes for the purpose Of coercion, or
ofsassistiig directly or Indirectly any
such mandatory whose operatives
OF employees have struck or discontin-
ued work for any reason whatsoever.
or which, FOR any reason whatsoever:
has locked its operatives or employees
out, or failed Or refused to give them
and no member Of any |
labor union or labor Organization com.
posed Of persons who are operat 'es
or employees Of any cotton or woolen
and no operative or en-
ploye not member of labor organi-
zation shall strike or refuse to work
Tor their employer or employers be-
cause Of friction, disagreement, be-
tween any other mandatory or man.
and it's or their operatives
or employees; and no member Of such
abor union or labor organization and
10 employe of such employer, wheth-
sr member Of d labor organization
,r not, shall strike; fail or refuse to
york as employed to work by such
cotton o. woolen mandatory on ac-
count Of said trouble elsewhere.
4 Sec. 2: That the circuit judges of
his State shall have power and au-
hority, at chambers or in open court,
o make such orders as may be neces-
ary OF proner to enforce this act.
sIgenss section 1867 of the civil c6de T
5lincluding baby carriages as bag.
age as we'll as bicycles. The amend
ID section reads:
bicycles and baby carriages shall
,e deemed baggage 10 rthe purpose
if transportation by common car
.iers. Common carriers shall carry
BICYCLES and baby carriages under
he same rules and subject to the
,ame liabilities as govern trunks and
other separate baggage OF passage
No person shall be required TO craze,
cover. lock, box or otherwise protect
Dicycles or Eaby carriages as bag
gage, under the provisions OF TINS sec,
ion. But said common carriers snail
not lie required to carry more than
one bicycle o. baby carriage for any
one person.
An interesting bill sent to the house
was Senator Brice's to amend the
code so as to make the Office OF state
librarian appcintive by the governor
instead of elective as at present
A number CT bills relating purely
to matters local to the counties were
sent to the house. The only new Dill
introduced was Senator Carpenters
relating to some moneys held by the
county supervisor of Pickens.
The senate was in session less than
an hour. Just before adjournment lie
body received from the governor the
special message relative to the va
cancy on the winthroy board.
The House of Representatives by
majority of one vote Monday killed
Mr.. Haskells bill to repeal the act au-
thorizing a special term Of court to be
granted upon petition Of majority OF
the members OF the bar of county.
The vote was so to 40. Mr.. Williams
moved for a reconsideration and TINS
time the vote was more declueaiy
against the bill-50 to 90.