The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-02-08

OUR COLUMBIA LETTER.
Columbia, February 6, 1905.

NeltTal Assembly ID tOuay resting on |
its laurels after a week of hard labor,
account of salcsday after putting
through number of uncontested mat |
ters at the Saturday session.
There were several very important !
debates last week in each Uouse, and |
the action of the two Houses on these |
matters marks the policy of this Lcgis
lature. Both have put themselves on
record, for instance, rs opposed to
compulsory education; the House re-
jecting the blll without much ado |
while the Senate dallicd with 1t as if |
it might be passed but finally send |
ing 1t back to the committee, which |
means that it will not come forth any |
more this session in all probability.
The House has put itself on record
as favorng some change in the court
system, having paascd the bill for two
new circuits. This bill is now on the
Senate calendar with IL favorable re-
port from the Judiciary Committee,
and that means it's chances for pas
sage are good. According TO this bill
two new circuits will be created but
no judge or solicitor will be disturbed
in the Eighth Circuit the judge, Klugh,
will be put in the ninth and the solicit
tor, B0ggs, will be iii the tenth, but
the other judges and solicitors will
solicitor being elected for the new
Fret Circuit. This circuit will be
composed of Charleston, Colleton and
Beaufort, and already several Charles
ton lawyers are being "mentioned" for
the place. A solicitor will have to be
elected for the new Ninth Circuit, aud
the only one mentioned now is Mr.. 4.
A. Cooper, of Laurens, who ran against
Solicitor Sease last year. In the tenth
Ia hn
Anderson, Greenville, Pickens and
Oconee. and among those deemed eli
gible are Geo. E. Prince, of Anderson,
and Thomas p. Cothran, of Greenville,
both members of the House and Soli-
citor Julius T.. Boggs-and il the
genial Boggs IL put on the bench there
will be another election for collector.
Under the bill as it passed the House
the arrangement of the circuits is as
First-Charleston, Colleton and
second--Berkeley, Dorchester,
Georgetown, and Orangeburg.
Third-Hampton. Aiken, Bamberg,
Bernwell and Edgefield.
Fourth Clarendon, Florence, Lee,
Sumter and Williamsburg.
Fifth-Chesterteld, Darlington, Hor-
~, Marion. Marlboro.
Si4th-Kerehaw. Lexington, Rich
land and Saluda.
seventh-Chester Fairfield, Laneae-
ter and York.
Eighth-Cherokee, spartanburg ard
Union.
Ninth-Abbeville, Greenwood, Lau-
rens and Newberry.
Tenth-AndersOn, Pickeus, Oconee
and Greenville.
The special court law is repealed and
the governor is given power to appoint
special only when the regular Judge
ia sick.
The most spirited debate in the
House last week was on the PROPOSE
tiOn to take par: Of the fertilizer tag
tag from Clemson and give it to Win
throp. and after full discussion it
was agreed to let as much as .S75. coo
that the balance 70 go To Winthrop.
In the Senate there are a majority and
q minority report on this, and ae the
Winthrop people as we'll as the Glenn
son people are opposed to it it may not
get through.
The Senate has devoted come of its
most serioue momente to the dispen-
what 10 Q combination OF the billie in
troduced by Senators Reysor and Man.
ming. The justly celebrated "Brice
bill" was again. presented BY Senator
Brice and again defeated. Then the
Senate took up the bills which are de-
signed to improve the dispensary by
making 1t more difficult for the mem
bers Of the Board OF Control to graft
If they want to graft" The bill
TO be appointed By the governor, each
to receive a salary of 1.d00 9 year; q
commissioner to be elected by the
Legislature at salary of @3, 900 year,
and the duties OF the board aud COM
missioner to be mqca,e the came as
G.1s: :AS T--eeSSsaS plan, tho GiituTohCo
being In the method OF purchasing.
bide quarterly; the bids and samples
shall be sent to the State treasurer,
who shall open the boxes, take out the
sample, mark it with q distinguishing
mark and number ie, entering the
whole record in o book. The bid,
numbered but without any means Of
Identification, shall be cent to the
board with the sample, and after the
board has selected the bid the treas
the name Of the bidder public. This
complicated syatem 10 designed to con-
ceal from the board the identity OF the
bidders with the view 10 prevent ap-
proaches from the said bidders. This
is the giet OF the pending amendments
to the dispensary law. Another change
proposed 10 to allow the intendant and
council of any town in which dia-
Pensary Is operated 70 name one mem-
ber Of the County Board of Control.
There are proviai0ne TO puniah vio-
Lotions OF the regnlationa 40 TO Raerecy
Of the bids.
During the week the House passed o
measure which 10 1sslgned TO assist the
public schools, the author being Mr.
Richarde.' This provides that per
cent OF the county school fund shall be
get aside to supplement- funds raised
by any school district for the erection
Of new school houses, and when any
district has raised 500 for th:e pnr..
iResss i shai. Teoeivo SO SO from this
fund.
The House has also passed bill to
prohibit cock lighting In this Stats,
the present statute prohibiting the
sport only within Q certain distance of
any school house or church. Another
bill that has passed is to prevent shoot.
ing matches for turkeys, etc.
The calendar Of the house Is crowd
ed and nnleSa n phpn0minat n m nunf nf