The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-02-18
LETTER FROM TIE CAPITOL.
ONE MORE WEEK BEFORE
THE SESSION CLOSES
Nc Four Year Term for legislators,
immigration Bureau Bill Passes
SEED Cotton License Killed.

SEED Cotton License Killed.
THE CAPITOL. COLUMBIA, TcbrU-
ary 15:-One week NOR and the
General Assembly of 1904 will have
passed into history. We are now
working night and day. The life of
the conscientious legislator is by 10
means IN idle ore and his Office no
sinerurr. The leg SlatiYe day begi
at 10 in the morning and ends at
1880 to II at night, with intercess-
ions for dinner and supper. Those
who are on important committees
have all the afternoon work they can
attend to. One should not judge a
legislator by he Number OF bills he
introduces or the amount Of wind
jamming he indulges in. The truest
and best tests are intelligent voting
and earnest work.
Mr. Kings bicycle bill, Of which
mention was made last week, WAS
Knocked in he head by The Senate
few days ago. As another said:
when it reached the Senate all its
tires were simultaneously punctured"
The resolution looking to an am
mendment OF the Constitution SO as to
extend the term of members OF the
House of Representatives from two
to foul years was defeated N the
western end of the Capitol.
The bill providing for the repeal
Of the agricultural Len law came up
for consideration one day last week.
The discusSi n WAS earnest and ex-
haustive and the measure was showed
under by Il large majority-a larger
majority than on practically the
same bill last year. There seems to
be desire on the part of . great
many members to let the people settle
! this matt T.. They stand ready to
carry ont the will of the people when
that will is expressed.
| Year afteryeal for many years the
State Board of medical examiners
has been asking for and often obtain
ing changes III the law as to the
practice of medicine. Nu'h friction
| has thus been brought about he
tween the Board and the physicians
of the State and between the Board
and.the State Medical College Re-
Gently a bill agreed upon BY all di-
rectly concerned Was introduced and
has passed both houses. It. is too
lengthy to set forth in this article.
1t purports to settle definitely the
requirements for admission to prac-
tice and Is If such general interest to
medical meL that it would be wise
for them to post themselves on the
measure when the same is published.
A joint resolution to amend the
Constitution so as to change the
limit within which the county line
can be cut in Corning new counties
from ei light to ten miles of the old
court house has been presentet. by
Representative Mare of Marion. 1t
is claimed that the direct object Of
this bill Is to defeat the formation Of
u new county out of the upper part
Of Marion county. If We keep on
making changes in the constitution
we might as well have none.
The bill providing for a bureau of
immigration was passed in the
House BY great many Of our
best hinkers this Is regarded as
measure of the utmost import
ance-as the way to solve in the most
practical manner our labor prob EN-
and the manner in' (which to obtain
desirable settlers for our waste lands.
In a few words, the bill provides for
a secretary Of immigration who will
advertise our resources end act as
agent in securing good laborers and
III dlsposIng OF our surplus lands to
those desiring to come among us.
Things became pretty interesting
in the House Thursday night when
discussion on the report of the State
House commission reached the point
where Messrs Williams and johnson
called each other 4 liar. For mo-
ment it seemed that rious trouble
might be imminent, but quiet was
soon restored and the House settled
down to its usual calm.
The measure which is now tower
ing abovea others in general inter-
est is the bill which provides local
option on the question of dispensary
or no dispcnsary. In the Senate it
is known as the Brice bill; IN the
House, the Peurifoy bill. The leid-
ing features of the bill boiled down
are: That on petition of one-fourth
Of the voters Of a county the super
visor shall order an election on the