Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-02-15

By a;Yote Of 68 to 81 the house OF
representatives Tuesday night put it.
self on record as favoring the origi-
nal "Brice bill" This bill was intro
duced By Mf. Tgoia Of Aikeh, ara was
the Identical bill presented by Senator
Brice Of York last year. The vote
last ys6r was 19. til. 6e; The. majority
being ia. favor OF piaciiiG the odious
half tax on the counties voting out
the dispensary.
Among the new bills introduced
were:
Senator Butler-Fixing the time for
holding courts in the several circuits
This bill Is conditional Ia the passage
Of the:Egn tirtlilt bill:
Senator Butler-To incorporate the
Cherokee, Union and Spartanburg rail:
way.
Senator McGowan-To incorporate
the Reedy River Power Company.
At the morning session of the SEN
ate third reading bills on the calendar
were read and debate begun On the
10.circutt Bill bllt this WAS Interrupted
by thessvisit of the house SO that aGts
mightsbe ratified.
ACT RATIFIED.
Debate was then curtailed by the en-
trance of the speaker and clerk to
ratify5acts made into laws as follows:
To allow county treasurer of Ches-
ter to B6rrow finds:
To prohibit trespass.
To allow Clio school district iii MARI
boros to issue bonds.
Tosdispense df all moneys in State
treasury EuoWn as {Ifett tan funds:
Ceding to government certain lalds
on Sullivan's Island
Amending law relating to powers of
trustees of the S. C. M. A.
For the. protection Of aids to navi-
CATION established by the United
States lighthouse board.
Fixils liability Of stockholders i'll
banks.
After ratification was over it was
not long until the senate adjourned
until eYenigg:
The house sent W6Fd that. it refused
to9 Include traction engines in t6s Pre-:
Visions of the automobile bill and the
president appointed Senators Mcleod
and Warren as members Of confer.
ence committee on this amendment.
The historical commission bill from
the house, was amended On motion Of
Senator 6: L. Blease by reducing the
salary of the clerk from $1,000 to
$1,000. The bill which the seilate seRt
to the house had the amount of $1,000.
The bill known as the matrimonial
law was killed.
The House, by vote Of II to 20,
refused to kill Mr.. L. o. Patterson's
bill for the establishment Of an In
dustria1 school for boys at a cost Of
$4,000. It then passed, the bi1i amend=
ed so as to reduce the amount to s5,=
600, but requiring the penitentiafy peo-
without expense ftjf the construction Of
the original buildings. All amendments
also requires three Of the seven trus-
tees to be women. The board is to
select the place for the school.
The Senate passed the tenth circuit
bill. amended so as not to interfere
with the present arrangements regard
ing judges and solicitors 1t makes a
ninth circuit out of Greenville, Ander-
sea, Oconee and pickens, and tenth
circuit out of Charleston, Beaufort and
Berkeley
Answering the invitation to address
the Assembly on the 9Th, Iii The litter
est Of the Jamestown Exposition, Gen.
sral FltZhugh Lee wired his regrets
from washington, saying that on that
day the matter would come up in Con-
gress. and he could not reach South
Carolina. He suggested that the mat
ter could be attended to next year,
but thought it might be best for the
Senate to take action now along the
lines suggested in his letter Of d few
days ago:
One Of the interesting features Of
House legislation so far was the de-
cisive majority with which that body
last night passed the .Toole bill, which
eliminates the tax feature from the
Brice act, allowing counties to vote out
their dispensaries The Senate has
killed a somewhat similar measure, but
the Senate bill went further. and al
lowed not only counties, but commun-
tiles, to vote ont their dispensaries,
and the friends of the Toole bill are
by no means discouraged with the
prospects OF it's passing the Senate.
To hold this proviso of half a mill tax
over the heads Of those counties de-
string or which might desire to vote
out their dispensaries is looked upon
as threat, which is being resented.
The handwriting upon the wall has
been brought into bold relief by the
action of the House. which comes
freshest from the people.
In the House Of Representatives
Thursday, there was a final fight on
Nh. .Patterson's bill to establish an in-
dustrial school for boys.
The ten-hour labor hill was killed,
as was also the inheritance tax bill
Col. D. 0. Herbert's bill to codify
the militia laws of the State was
passed by the House. Col. Herbert ex-
planned that the laws of this State are
in imperfect condition, and the bill
would re-enact these laws with a num-
Der of desirable changes. The bill pro-
vides for no appropriation, although it
does increase the salary of the adju-
tan, general from s1,50O to $1,000. He
showed some instances in which there
is no warrant of law for the militia Or
ganization; there is no statute to pro-
vide for three majors to regiment, al
though every regiment has three ma
iOrS to comply with the manner of Or