The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-02-01
SUMTER. S. c.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 1. 1905.

tanburg, IT. Seventy-seven votes were
necessary to a choice. Total vote 15S
D. j. Griffith was reelected, super
intendent of the penitentiary without
opposition.
For penitentiary directors to sue
eeed J. G. Mobley, A. K. Sanders and
NJ. O. Rowland; these were nomi-
rated for reelection and w. D. Kirby,
of Cherokee and B. F. Holman of
Aiken, were put up in opposition.
aiessrs Kirby, Mobley and Ssnders
v1ent in on the first ballot. which re-
suited as follows: Rowland, 65; Kirby,
12O; Mobley, 14o; Sanders, 1872; Hol-
man, 12. In the last election NJ. Ar
thur T>ibler, of Newberry, was elected
without opposition to succeed Cole l..
Elease, resigned, as trustee in the col
ored college at Orangeburg.
The house judiciary committee today
unfavorably reported the biennial ses-
sions measure on the ground that the
amendment to the constitution had
been improperly submitted to the peo-
pie for one reason and that the
amendment was not printed on the
Journal of the two houses by the last
legislature.
Columbia, Jan. 27.-By an aye and
nay vote of SO to 46 the house killed
the South Carolina University bill.
1t passed the Morgan bill to pre-
vent fraud in the primaries with
amendments engrafting the idea of
Richland Democracy as to candidates
fling expense accounts and forbidding
candidates giving or subscribing to
charity, but rejectedthe amendment
limiting the primary to qualified elect
o1s
1t passed, without amendment, Nc
Masters bill to prevent garnishment
against railroad employees on the part
OF collecting agencies.
Passed a bill to establish state ar
mory at Columbia.
At 1 o'clock the house was debating
Josh Ashley's bill to abolish the i'm
bureau.
The senate has adjourned to Monday
after accomplishing no business.
After continuing debate until Tues
day the house adjourned for the day.
Columbia, Jan. 22.-After a brief
fight the house adopted a resolution
directing the speaker to appoint a
committee to block out the necessary
changes in the constitution to fit in
with biennial sessions and report to
the next session Of the legislature,
which means in the opinion Of the
house, biennial sessions cannot be car
ried into effect until after the next
general election.
The resolution called for a report
by the committee. with all due speed
but that was amended by a decisive
vote, so as to get the report at the next
session..
The house spent the remainder of
today's session with uncontested mat
tiers.
All dispensary bills were made a
special order for next Tuesday.
Columbia, Jan. 3O.-Though not
even vote has been taken on any of
the numerous bills seeking changes
in the dispensary law the matter is
slowly but surely coming to a focus.
and the fight will begin in earnest in
both houses on Tuesday, when all dis
pensarly bills will come up as spe-
cial order in the house and when the
Eaysor and Brice bills will be discuss
en- as special orders in the senate.
Perhaps the most important bill on
the subject is the substitute which the
house dispensary committee will rec
ommend-important because Of this
recommendation. This bill is practi-
cally the same as Senator Mornings