The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-01-27

were being filed. No one seemed to
know but the nearest that could be
gotten at was that the successor Of
Senator B. R. Tillman was being
elected on the boord. No one seemed
to know definitely but the advices
were that Senator Tillman had been
dropped from the Winthrop board in
the same way that Mr.. Sease had been
left off the Clemson board. Messrs.
McLaurin and Crawford were elected
without opposition.
The final elections were for members
of the board Of visitors of the Citadel.
Col. G. S. Gadsden of Charleston and
MI. W. W. Lewis of Yorkyille were
nominated and reelected without op-
position. Senator Hardin asked who
we're the incumbents so that another
mistake would not be made. The cleo
tions were for six years.
Columbia, Jan. 22.-In the senate
today the annual debate on the shad
bill took place and it consumed prac-
tically all the time of the morning
hours. Senator Walker, of George
sown. addressed the senate at some
length on the bill, which proposes to
prevent the shipping of shad beyond
the limits of the State Senator
Ragsdale, of Florence, replied, and in
the whole argument there was nothing
new developed It was the same old
argument that has been made for
years and years.
Senator Dean introduced a bill to
punish assault with intent to rape.
The bill provides that any person con-
victed of assault with intent to ravish
shall be deemed guilty of felony and
shall be imprisoned in the peniten-
tiary at hard labor for a term not ex-
ceeding 30 years.
Senator Manning, of Sumter, intro
duced bill establishing an immigra-
tion bureau. It provides for the ap-
pointnent Of a secretary of commerce
and immigration, who shall be ap-
poited by the governor, upon the
recommendation of the South Carroll
ma immigration association. The sal
ary of the secretary shall be 81, $50 and
that of the clerk 1000. The bill pro-
vides that $1,000 shall be appropriated
for the payment of expenses Of the
bureau.
The house of representatives spent
the greater part of four hours on two
bills. One of them is a bill to amend
the law in regard to penalty for viola
tion of farm labor contracts, the other
was bill which would have the pen
itentiary undertake the mining of
phosphate rock and the manufacture
and sale of fertilizers. This bill was
killed.
A very important matter among the
new bills was the presentation Ct q
memorial from the State immigration
association. This was accompanied by
a bill presented by Mr. D. D. McCol1,
Jr., to have a buxeau of commerce
and immigration. Another new bill
which will attract attention was pre-
sented by Mr.. VIM. L. Mauldin, of
Greenville, which provides for the es-
tablishment of distilleries. breweries
and blending plants in cities of 10000
inhabitants.
There was mass of matter handled.
the introduction of new bills and
committee reports consuming lot of
time. The commission to report on
the Improvements needed in and
around the State capital made its re-
turn. There was a memorial from
the good roads convention and one
from the immigration association.
The committee to examine the affairs
of State colleges made it's report also.
When the bills under head of second
reading we're taken up, many were
passed over as the members were not
prepared to discuss them. Nh. Sinkler
withdrew his bills introduced last
year at the request of the State board
of health, one requiring the superin-
tendent of the State penitentiary to
furnish cadavers to the State board of
health and the other bill requiring
towns and cities to keep vital statis-
tics. Mr.. Wall withdrew his bill to
apply provisions Of "Jim Crow car"
Law to roads under 30 miles in length.
Mr.. Dennis withdrew his proposed
constitutional amendment relating to
qualifications of school trustees. All
these bills withdrawn came over from
last year.
MIR. Tribble's bill to exempt Confed-
crate soldiers and sailors from paying
lice:se, which had received an unfa
vorable report, came up for discus
sion. Dr.. Mauldin moved to strike
out the enacting words MIR. Tribble
explained that there is law exempt
ing veterans from license in the coun-
ties. but this does not apply to towns.
He appealed for the old Confederate
soldiers. Mr.. Holman and Mr.. Barron
appealed to the sentiment of the house
in regard to the penniless Confederate
soldiers trying to make a living by
peddling. but Mr.. Moses rather en-
barrassed the members from York by
suggesting that the bill would exempt
from license tax the two richest men
in Rock Hill. Mr.. Mauldin disavow-
ad any nnfriandly snirit toward tha