Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-02-10

phone company.
Senator Mannihg's bill to increase
| the salary of the Supreme court jus.
tices;. the new road bill; Senator
Deans municipal Indebtedness bill;
were among those read for the. third
time. The bill for the completion OF
the State house was held UP on its
third reading aud 1t is expected that
there will be q fight over its passage.
The calendar was again taken up at
ing bills were disposed Of Those read
and passed were Senator Williams
bill to provide for "a jail in Williams
burg county and his bill to locate the
boundary lines between Georgetown
and Williamsburg counties.
Favorable report was made on the
bill to have the attorney general
make a test OF the Southerns lease of
the S: c. & G. r. r.. bill to provide
for the punishment Of safe crackers,
and the bill to provide for two wear
terms for railroad commissioners.
The proceedings of the senate were
watched by many affected persons
Thursday morning when Senator Har-
! dins bill to put cotton seed meal under
inspection. as fertilizers now are. was
brought up az special order. The bill
was freely discussed and several
amendments offered. some Of which
were adopted and the others deferred.
/ Debate was adjourned on the bin until
this morning on motion OF Senator G.
W. Ragsda1e.
The act itself is lengthy. yet explicit.
II is an amendment to the fertilizer
bill, providing that the chemist at
Clemson college shall examine the cot
ton seed meal, 2J cents being paid on
each ton as d lax to support this inres-
tlgatlon
Every bag must have printed on it
the name and location of the manu-
facturer. the number of pounds in the
4 bag. and the minimum percentage Of
the ingredients guaranteed to be pres
ent. Also. these bags must be labelled
according TO grades. Of which there
are three, determined by the chemical
composition Of the meal. Samples for
I.analysis must be submitted to the
State chemist.
The specifications for grades. AS
amended. are more than G.5S per cent
Of nitrogen equivalent to 90 per cent
of ammonia). high grade; less than
6.5S per cent Of nitrogen equivalent
10 s per cent. of ammonia) and not less
than 6.1S per cent. of nitrogen equiv
alent to 72 per cent. ammonia) stand
j ard grade: less than 6.I8 per cent. Of
nitrogen equivalent to 71.2 per cent
3 of ammonia) low grade; provided,
! however, that this percentage shall not
apply to meal made from sea island
cotton. which the board of trustees OF
Clemson shall grade.
Any person violating the law by
4 selling grades inferior to the one mark
ed on the bag. or if the bag is 5 per
4 cent. short weight will be fined So
lSfor each bag.
Il 1t was proposed to insert instead OF
Ssection 10 the following:
IL "All sales, or contracts for sale OF
IISfertilizers. fertilizing material and cot
ton seed meal. in violation of this ar
sl;ticle shall he void; no title shall pass
.ltby such sale and no person buying
5lssuch fertilizers. fertlizing material or
.cotton seed meal shall be bound in any
4 manner to pay the price cost thereof. :
This provoked quite discussion.
a 1t is also proposed to add a new
section saying that the State may
maintain an action in the courts
n against yiolatoys OF the law as to
grades, regardless OF their residences.
the action to be sustained by liens
upon the fertilizers or meal. If the ac-
tion is carried out and the goods sold
Under execution. their grade shall be
examined by the Clemson college
j chemist so that q purchaser from the
n sheriff may know what he is buying.
] Some amendments not yet acted upon
\ are:
II Senator Mayfeld: That in case of an
n ;ction, any seller may be taken as all
j agent of the company for the purpose
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