The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-01-25
OUR COLUMBIA LETTER.
Columbia, January 90, 1908.

|
la,ure has been doing steady work
this last week, and the prospect is for
J substantial results from the doliber-
ations that began today.
There will, however. be two inter
ruptions to the regular business cf
| making laws and refusing TO make
| laws. On Wednesday the Governor
| and other State officers Will be inau-
guratcd and the ceremonies, while
simple. will take up he day. The fol!
lowing day the elections will be held,
and rs these require Il roll call on each
ballot the tlmc consumed Is consider
aLlr, even III Che cases whore there are
no contests. There is nothing new in
the election prospects.
Some OF our old Legislative friends
have put in their appearance prom-
nrntly this last week. There is never
a session when a bill is not introduced
to repeal the lien law. one to regulate
the sale of seed cotton and one TO
change the law ns to trcspuss. These
can be counted on just as certainly as
the dGzen or more 70 amend the dis
pensuIy, and usually there are more
than one on each OF these subjects.
MIR. w. ii. Nclhcll, Of Greenwood,
"poDy" Ycldcll, had Il bill 10 make the
law as to the sale of seed cotton uni
f0lm all over the State, and this cI-
cited not Il little debate, as some cOun-
tics want one thing and others another.
The bill was finally passed to third
reading. II provides that the license
shall be from Sl.00 to 500. The
stealing of cotton from the fields is IL
nuisance which bothcrs tho farmers
| considerably, and il is to prevent and
punish this that tho bill is proposed.
The attempt to amend the lien law
| failed, as usual. The bill under dis
cusslon sought to prohibit tho taking
of liens on crops raised on the lands of
a third party, without the consent Of
| the owner.
The bill relating to trespass was
vigorously debated, but finally re-
| ceived "a large majority OF the votes in
| the House. 1t provides "that any per-
son entering on the lands of another
| for the purpose of hunting, fishing or
trapping or gathering fruit, vegetables
or herbs without the consent of the
owner of the land, shall be guilty of a
| be q fine OF from $500 to 500. 90 or
| imprisonment of from 10 to 30 days.
The bill to create tho new county of
Calhoun has been introduced, the law
as to the election having been COM
piled with TO the satisfaction of the
! nrOner authorities.
Mr.. B. A. Morgan, of Greenville, one
OF the more conservative members of
the House, has IL bill to regulate the
speed of automobiles, and it has ro-
| ceived the favorable consideration of
| the House, after being amended 80 aa
| to apply to the streets of towns and
| cities as well nB to country roads.
| This is not Il demagOgic measure, but
q regulation that is deemed wise in
view of the increasing use of automo-
biIes in this State.
/ frha JrIiciaru hoo nrn-
posed bill to create two additional
circuits. the claim being made that the
eight circuits which have been estab-
lished for q quarter OF u century are
not sufficient to transact the business
| of the courts. The proposition has
been advanced before, but for various
reasons has always been rejected
chinery is ample, and that delays are
caused by the failure of lawyers to have
their cases ready for trial. Others are
interested in the maintenance of the
system aB at present, because of the
apprehension that some Of the SOlici-
tors and Judges might be disturbed in
the rearrangement. Some OF this
does not. However, the plan as pre-
sented by the committee is as fol.
| lows:
First Circuit-C Charleston, Colleton
| and Beaufort.
Second-Berkeley, Georgetown, Dor.
chester and Oraugeburg.
Third-Hampton, Aiken, Bamberg,
bdEnMe aed Edgs31eld Florence 1ee
Sumter and Williamsburg.
| Fifth-Chesterfield Darlington, Hor.
| ry, Marion and Marlboro.
Sixth--Kershaw, Lexington, Rich
land and Saluda.
| Seventh-Chester, Fairfield. Lancas.
! ter and York.
Eighth-Cherokee. Spartanburg and
Union.
Ninth-Abbeville, Greenwood, Lau.
| rens and Newberry.
Tenth-AndersOn, Greenville, Pick
| enc and Oconee.
A matter which will bring out some.
| thing Of a fight Ia the bill introduced
| by the justly celebrated josh Ashley
to abolish the Department Of Agricul-
| of many the bill has been reported
favorably by the Committee on Agri-
| culture. and the department. is un-
doubtedly In danger. Commissioners
| Watson has worked very hard to make
| his department q success, and as he
| has not yet been in office quite year,
many who opposed the establishment
of the department think it only fair to
give it q chance to prove it's value or
it's uselessness. as the case may be-
While this correspondence avoids edi-
toralizing, It is but the statement of a
fact to say that Mr. Watson has work
ed harder than any other State official,
and that he has accomplished as much
in eight months as any fair man could
expect. While other officials come to
their offices at O'Clock in the morning
and leave at 3 o'cIock-some are not
there that long-Mr. Watson .can he
Found at his desk until late at night.
The correspondence of his Office is tre-
mendous. He has inquiries about
South Carolina from all portions of the
| globe, and he is ever ready to assist
any section of the State to secure in
| vestOrs and settlers. j. II.