Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-01-20
SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE
a Number of Bills Passed By the
Body.

q .. tNAAAOSA VI FGSSEQ DIV III
& Body.
. The house Of representatives tacp
8 ed three important questions on tt
6 third day of it's session. One of thes
8 is the disposition of the tag tax o
lertlllzers;; another is the punishmer
: OF Vlolators Of farm labor contract
and the third is treating" on ele,
ton days. No action was taken in tn
). matter of fertilizer tax, and of the il
8 creasing the penalty to be impose
{ upon farm laborers who fp'' 70 com
> up to their contracts, but nous
? sy a large majority pass he bill
prohibiting. selling liquor treatin,
ON election days.
Ihere were four third reading bills
and each was passed and sent to tn,
Senate, including Mr.. Wade's bill t.
outlaw slot machines. The four thirt
reading bills were: Mr.. Beamguard's
to provide for the immediate deliver,
OF freight; Mr.. Coggeshalls to pro
vide for the immediate shipment and
delivery of freight, and Mr.. Dorroh,s Is
TO regulate the size Of cabs used by
railroads.
| After the conclusion OF the work of
the morning hour" debate was >zre-
sumed on Mr.. Haskells bill to require
the recording of deaths, births, and
marriages. The author hoped that
Ibis would not be regarded as a. mar.
l5age license bill, and hoped that no:
laarriage license amendments would
10 attached to it. This bill will sim
llify matters in probate court. In
recording deeds 1t will also be Of
great value. The fee Of ten cents
!or recording a birth or death or mar.
=ge is not fee, but is to pay the
Expense.
DR.. Lancaster, of Spartanburg, sug-
gested a happy domestic picture and
sontended that while the-b is all
right it required the physician. to re-
lord the birth of child within five
Lays, when really many children are !
lot named in that time, the. proud
parents being too happy to select
,bie.tod - tho ,,tI, =. 49, ~. etay
80 nIo ,as;os ~ .ns oia on ene eIouna tnat-
known.
MIR. Wade. favored the bill, as 1t
would facilitate the enforcement of
the law against child labor in cotton
mills, as the exact age of children
would be known under the proposed
aw.
By vote Of .45-to a. the tonso
,truck ont the onsotino - n,ords 0'0
~ Tbare ~ 1,.s n o,,i+a na...as ais,ea, "o.us. {;
, ...:,',, -. "aS qutee d uiseuss'on VI MT'
Dill proposing to amend the
aw as to farm labor contracts. Mr.. II
;arWile's bill provides for an in. |
reased penalty. Mr.. Cooper offered
substitute bill embodytng that faas.L i
ure and making another : nronosed: {
baneo IN the Ia,,, ~ ra.,,,..,,., - e
1,s, rot;oo ~ - t'.m - ID ts .!
n,oteo. +ha :. esus.n laas ....a - ,l:s
pioteet tne il.etn inah WHY nas ssSsss tSSEStss
ngly emplogea g man %lo glls hasss;s
,at,re Of sthe5b n which ssperm lSs
torn tive punish Fie g
" 80 ~ +hssa darKies who violate con-
, o. sts ,,,orIr;ne the public roads, and :
az. - ,en+irnent in his county. :
MS IS Tue s ,r.. Dsvore debate was =
IN motion Oh MI iS.o,s hoe hill. Of :
djourned, as ne hi!n'st L. oor,r,,t. :
Ike. nature whlch Is ~ 'De
&c room. :
,c,or. Was no event Of particular '
ln IN tre. proceedings Of the
ny. - ,enresentatives Friday. The
lousv 'asr was proceeded with IN
,asn ,aa,,ior manner until: every bill had
esu'al a,iIad The most interesting
s wont of the day was. Mr.. Poilocks
..;tb wing a bill entitled "a Dill 10
;, =, ,,sthar reou,ate the purchase and sale
- a. ;n ;ntoxicsting liquors and beverages
49, " tha state"
"iIN,n This mea snre was introduced at the
Lot session and at that time included
a provision that all concerns, muS'
sua.ors Tbatlnroyision became a law,
tec,o. 49, nart nf the bill which Mr.
any,. anu one opain e introduced and which
:. oiloSM - TiI,, Withdrew Yesterday pro-
he 49, sau +he reduction of the stock
Nlueu go ~ sn that the county schools
on :uSe sanu cot wore. money. Mr.. Pollock
avidentIy saw the futility OF pushing
tha ~ Measure and withdrew it as the
sIisest eus % thing to do under the circum-
stonoes %.S In doing SO he said: This
s;m s;,I wa. thoroughly discussed at the
~. ~ sas.ion ma of the generally assembly,
l las. the t house in it's wisdom recorded
anu On s;sonnroval ,ne While l still think
tis tS.+ uap 4na bil1 should pass in the inter
ssIs of the public schools of the state,
: Tsa5 an =, unwilling to argue my views on
the house In opposition to the WISHES
ot the majority, believing that tne az
eregate wisdom of the house is supe'
Flor tn that CT any one man. Ihere'
fore in Difference to the will OF the
house as expressed last year, | move
~ Law tbe hill on the table and ask