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

and kinds Of liquors as may be act
ually required by the commissioner to
Gil orders from the county dispensa-
ries,' the commissioner being given
exclusive authority to make the pur-
chases and may reject any and that
fail to correspond with the sample.
All goods must be bought in bulk and
bottled at the dispensary except such
case goods as are of high grade and
standard reputation, and all left over
at the end of the fiscal year of these
kinds of goods are to be shipped back
at the expense of the seller. Expert
accountants appointed by the governor
are to go over the books and vouchers
and report to each legislature on the
business done in the fiscal year ending
the Goth of November. The quarterly
purchases are to be made after adver-
tisement for bids in the state daily
newspapers and two newspapers out
side Of the state and the purchases
made in the previous quarter are to be
published in the state Whiskey drum
mers and agents are forbidden under a
penalty of a fl of not less than
$1,000 or imprisonment for not less
than six months to solicit a member Of
the state board and anyone connected
with either a county or the state dis
pensary and clerk or a dispenser or
a member of the state board or any
one connected with the dispensary
who violates the provisions Of this
charter is to be punished by forfeit
ing months salary for a first Of
fense and by losing his job if he re-
peats the operation.
In addition to the Raysor bill and
the Brice bill (the amended Brice
bill of last SESSION. Representative
Toole has a bill providing for voting
out dispensaries and providing a quar-
ter mill instead Of the present half mill
for enforcing prohibition in the county
so voting out its dispensaries. Mr.. La
Fitte has bill calling for popular
election of dispensers and Mr.. Ford
has bill to give the governor half a
mill levy in those counties
Il 1o1
enforced to pay for extra efforts to
enforce it, Doth of which there have
been printed in full in this correspond
ence, which has yet been reported by
the committee Mr.. Earhardt has bill
directed against the club tiger, but it
is feared that it is too sweeping and
might do away with reputable clubs.
And nothing has been done yet with
reference to compulsory education.
The subject is a the head Of the spe-
cial order list in each house. The D.
O. Herbert bill has been hanging on in
the house for several days. being pass
ed over each time at the authors re-
quest. The Raysor bill will come up
for amendments on it's third reading
in the senate on Tuesday; at least that
is the order
Another important subject which is
yet to be dealt with is that relating
to taxation and the states finances.
All propositions along this line SO far
have been promptly killed. There is
yet on the calendar Mr.. D. o. Her
bert,s bill to make the final limit for
paying taxes without the penalty the
31st of December. the present per
cent. graduated penalty applying on
the 1st of January, but this has been
unfavorably reported.
There is evidently a determined eff
fort on the part Of the friends of Win
throp college to get some Of the fer
tilizer tax now going to Clemson Mr..
Pollock has a bill in the house pro-
posing 20 give 4U per cent. OF the tax
to Winthrop and this has been favora-
bly, reported, as has Senator Johnson's
bill proposing a third Of the tax for
Winthrop, but Mr. Etheridges bill to
divide the tax half and half has been
unfavorably reported because Of con-
stitutional objection.
There are two important bills on the
calendar of the house affecting cotton
mills. One seeks to extend to the mills
the fellow servants liability and the
other looks to the enactment Of a ten
hour labor law. 1t seems unlikely that
either will pass.
Our old friend, the shad bill. has
bobbed up again, as have number of
bills looking to the protection of oy-
sters, terrapin and the like. A concur
rent resolution is to be pushed forward
for the appointment of committee to
consider all of these kind of bills and
report by bill.