Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-01-25

uhe lolIOWlng new DlllS WeIe lAtio-
duced: :; y
Senator 3ivens-To amend the laW
relating to magistrates and consta-
b,es.
Senator Hood-,To. abolish days Of
Grace oa t!otes AID. other papers;
Senator Wells-To make the act reg
ulating relief departments Of railways
@ general law for al. coTporatiobs: o..
Senator McIvc;-TO haFb ChestEEs
field and Marlboro purchase the Che
raw bridge across the Great Pee Dee
river.
Senator Hoad-~Rslating to jury fees;
Senator Butlcr-T6 punish cCrrups
giving, etc: ..... -.
Senator Earie-TS require railroads
TO abolish erad6 Crossings. =;
Senator Earle-To limit the hours =
york OF railway employees operating
Eenatot ttasic;aa-Relatihg to ttauster
Of persons from school districts.
Senator Mauldin-Giving authority
To corporations intending to furnish
water and light power to condemn
lands:
sehatcr e, $, Bease-ira preveht the
employnS-t 81 celtaili persons Ill the
legislatm or in the engrosslng de-
senatoj arls-Relatinng IS Survival
If aoticki j.
:. Senator &. Blease-Ratifying and
extending charter and power Of the
Payr Shoa over company.
Senator inning-Relating to the
payment of .nnual license fees by cor
hoiattbns: This bill corrects all er=
rur.j &C.,
Senator Marshall-To prevslt pItE::
one except the State electrician from
interfering with the new heating sys-
tom of the State house.
Senator Blake--Incorporating the
board af trustees Of the A. r. P. synod
ST the S5utii:.. ......-. -
ELECTIONS.
A concurrent resolution introduced
by Senator Warren was adopted to hold
the following elections on Thursday,
January 26: Two circuit Judges, to sue
trsd Judges Ernest Carp and .: A,
Townsend; a superintendent Of the pen
itentiary, to succeed Capt. D. j. Grif-
fifth; three, members of the board OF
directors Of the penitehtiary, to sue:
coed Johli t.. ilOjlcy, hi 4: Sanders
and M. o. Rowland; one trustee of the
colored college at Orangeburg, to sue
coed Cole L. Blease, resigned.
The D:spensery.
ThE dispensary laM seems tp he the
chief subject of interest in the Senate.
Not content with the other two bills
that have been introduced. Senator
Brice has put in still another. This
is not an investigating bill, but seeks
to change tho law, and is along the line
ct the eelebrated "Bficas, local option
iii; Introduced Gy sha Senator ffonl
York in 1904,
It substitutes foI the present. sec.
tion 7, the following:
"see 7. There may be one or more
eounty dispensers Appointed for each
-ts::nt,s;4 the place pf business OF each
. TO be DESIGNATED by the e5Hiity Board
af conEroli Dut the. State hoafd Of con;
troll must give consent Before more
than one dispenser can be appointed
in any county, and where the county
board designates a location for dis
pensary, 20 days public notice of
which shall be given, it shall be com.
petent for majority of the qualified
voters Of the township in which the
dispensary is to be located to prevent
Its location in such township by sign
ing petition or petitions 10 the county
b0afd r6qt,hsting that nd dispensary
be established in the township. Any
incorporated city or town may secure
the establishment of q dispensary OF
dispensaries within its limits in the
following manner: Upon the petition
Of one-fourth Of the qualified voters
Of such town or city, as shown by the
registration books of the same, al,
election, either upon the question OF
the establishment CT removal Of dis
pensaries therein being filed with the
intendant or mayor of such town or
city, he shall order an election submit
ting the question of d;spensary' or
no dispcnsary' to the qualified voters
CT such town or city, which election
shall be conducted az other special
elections, by managers appointed by
the town or city council; and if q ma:
jcrity CT the ballots cast be found and
declared to be for dispensary, then
a dispensary may be established in
said town or city, but il majority or
the ballots be found to be against
the dispensary, then no dispepsary
shall be established therein, and any
dispensary already established shall
be closed. Elections under this sec.
tion cannot be held oftener than every
four years.
mo dispensary shall be established
in any county, town or city wherein
the sale OF alcoholic liquors was pro.
hibited prior to July 1st, 1898, except
as herein permitted. Provided, That
where dispensaries have been estab-
lished in such county, town or city,
they shall remain established until re-
moved Or closed as permitted in this
act. Provided, a dispensary shall not
be established in any town or munici.
pality without majority vote Of such
town or municipality In favor OF such
establishment"
Barring the introduction Of new bills,
there was nothing Of deep or lasting
interest in the proceedings Of either
the House or the Senate Tuesday, both
of which held short sessions.
The Senate occupied its time dis
cussing the Blease dispensary investi.
cation resolution and passed it with
amendments extending the scope Of
the investigation to practically every
detail Of the system from it's inception
10 the present The commission is tc
meet as often as it sees fit, and is not
required to report until the next meet
ing of the Legislature.
Among the new House bills this
morning was one by Mr.. Boyd, max,
ing ordinary pronssory notes invalid
# presented for discount at any other
bank than that. en- which they are
drawn.
Mr.. Fishburn introduced bill re-
quiring marriage licenses. The couple
is to get a certificate from the clerk