Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-01-04
WORK AAEAD50F LAWMAKERS
bme Measures. That Will Engage the
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aebme Measures. That Will Engage the
81 kttentiof1tof the Lawmakers
81 The most portant. problems the
fslew Legislature, which convenes Oh
AFuegday esth isEswse have to
%olVesW1lle lebe compulsory education and
Sthe matter Of raising more revenue BY
taxes, thougheof~cou the dispensary
Rsituation. will hob up in an entirely
3new light and about its head already
4 the clouds are. gathering for "a fine old
lstorrn. There are many othersmatters Of
minor Importance, but concerhlng
Which, there Is more or less feeling, and
altogether the sessionspEomises to be
nusually interesting and entertain
Ing one. Two-thirds ofsthis Legislature
lis entirely new blood, and IS therefore
largely very fresh from the people. The
unexpected then is to be expected, and
the end Of the, Session may see some
verysimp0rtant land far-reaching chan
ges In the statute law of the State.
This is not what Is known as5an elec'
rtion~s Observation-Disclosures aw.'
NEVERTHELESS have several importa
posi- tionss TO I'LL, by ballot. A nc
Speaker is to be chosen, but so far as
is known Mr. NJ. L.,Smith, Of Camden,
has no oppositionsl for ectio1 tofthis
positions T. C.s Hamer will also b5-re-
elected clerk Of, the, House without op-
position;s /. thought. Mr.. R. R.
Hemphill Fwllls-be.opposed for clerk of
the Senate by Dr. T. T. Sturkle, OF
Orangeburg. A new superintendent Of
the penitentiary is to be elected. D. j..
Griffin will likely be reelected without
opposition. though it has been suggest
ed that he will be onEosed@by DR.. ELL
gene .JarniEan, OF Marion.v--T%o new
judges are tQbe elsctedsbYfthis legis-
E1atur4, ths tsrR4s.of-Iudge D. A. Town
send, of the seventh circuit, and Judge
tEarnst4 Garyzof@ thesafth2ciFcritsaexp
ing this. year. Both will be candidates
for reelection. Judge Townsend will
have rivals in the persons of Senator D.
E.. Hydr:ck, OF Snartanbulg, and Sena-
tor F. P. MCGOWAN, CT Laurens. Judge
GaEE:sspDponeAts will he Senat Hay.
j., w. We're, of Edge
feld.sSeYeIaEco!lege trustees and mem
hers oGfssthe ienitcntiary board are to
sbeeseaected
&C C0MPGLSoRy EDUCATION.
= ASS trongsSentim ment in favor OF COM
fpulsorYs edueation as 9 complement to
the child Tabor: law has been rapidly
rystalizingszthroughout the State the
past several months. The State pres;
generally has oxpressed itself in favor
,of%such a law, and that those who are
the closest to the school problem want
Il is shown by the resolution recently
adopted here by the joint association
o. county and city school snperintend-
ents. Governor Hayward, who has zeal
cusly interested himself in the educa-
tional problems of the State, -favors a
compulsory education law.
Some effort may be madesto carry cut
State Superintendent Of Education Maj
tins recommendation to bring the
Citidel here and combine it with the
South Caroliha. College. as basis OF q
State university, but it is not thought
,that.this -seheme~hasTm much @chancesof
success. Though the South Carolina
College viii likely be Started out en- a
university career, by the Legislature
granting the trustees recent request for
tr auuItlonal appropriation OF .S.S5eec
for that nNrnoSe