The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-02-01
IMPORTANT BILLS
LIMITED TO -FOUR.
Legislators Work Ha1
Little Accomplished.
IMMIGRATION is SAFE.
Handling the Appropriation and Supply
Bills Would Furnish Work for
Balance Of the Session.

host lmportant matters to be Consid-
cred by the General Assembly this
year are: Taxation, compulsory educa-
tion, the dispensary and biennial scs-
sions. The House has made Auke on
biennial sessions, and it has not touched
the main issues ON the three other
questions. The dispensary legislation
is likely to be reached within the next
ten days, and whatever is to be done
relative to the finances of the State
will hardly be taken up for two weeks
or more. 1t can hardly be urged that
the pending bills to place the banks
under the State board of equalization
in the matter OF assessments, the bill
to tax legacies and bequests and tight.
enthe income tax law will materially
affect the finances of the State. No
well conceived plan Of augmentiug the
resources of the State has been sug-
gested, and the idea of many Is that
with the normal increase of values and
the revenues to be derived from the
franchise tax, there will be no neces-
sity for any new scheme. Capt. Sellers
has offered bill which, if it prevails,
would raise considerable income for
the State from insurance companies,
but it would do no good to the Golfers
of the municipalities.
The House, it may be said, has got
ten down to real earnest work. The
members are remaining here and are
attending to tho business for which
they were elected.
There have been great many meas.
ures proposed, and the House Journal
already shows that over four hundred
bills and resolutions have been offered.
If no other bill were introduced during
the session, except the appropriate IN
and supply bills, there would be ample
to do and indeed it would be much bet
ter Ii such should be the case.
The House has not heard word vet
on compulsory education, and what the
temper of the members will be on this
important issue is absolutely unknown.
IMMIGRATION.
The House has heard several speeches
2bB9a saipp 3ag On dts4i hs bill JILL. Of Mr.. Ashley
tion. The department will not be abol.
ished- that much is comforting.
HONESTY IN PRIMARIES.
The House, upon the frame work of
MIR. Morgan's bill, has passed very
good statute looking to the improve
ment of the primary system, which it
c ol lal
badly. If the Senate passes the House
bill! and the new Law is enforced, there
ought to be much Improvement in the
primary system in the State, and 1t
ought to be possible for q man of aver
age means to make a race.
The proposed law is made as tight
and precautionary as one could very
well be, and it now remains for the
people to see that it is enforced as it
ought to be.
BUILDING NEW SCHOOL HOUSES.
One of the mott gratifying Incidents
Of the legislation OF the year is the large
number of bills looking to the issuance
Of bonds and the building of new and
ceeds of the bonds. Nearly every
county is building new school houses,
THE TEN CIRCUIT BILL
The louse will soon have under con-
sideration the ten circuit bill. The
judiciary committee OF the House has
submitted bill and the House will
new have to decide squarely upon the
issue as to whether it wants ten cir
cults or not-the chief previous objec.
tiOn as to the arrangement of the cir
cults having been met.-Columbia Cor,
News and Courier.
NEWS FROM DIALS.
DIAL's, Jan. 30, 1905. After a long
silence, if you will give us space we
will try to gather up few items for
your valuable paper.
Notwithstanding the cod, cloudy
day last Sunday the Rev. j. H. Ander.
son delivered an eloquent sermon to
quite an attentive congregation.
Our school is in lourishing condiA
tion under the care of Miss Ida Eas.
terIipg.
Hr. and Mrs. w. G.. Abercrombie and
family of our midst, but for some time
employees of the Laurens Cotton Mills,
have moved back home.
Mrs. ELLA Smith and charming daugh-
ter, Miss May, OF the Friendship sec.
tion, spent Sunday as the guest of w.
III. Moore and family.
Messrs. Ed and Bob Harris, two OF
Greenvillc County's young planters,
spent several days in the neighborhood,
returning to their home near Reedy
river last week.
Mrs. Nj. f.. Leak, who has been sick
for few days, VIC are glad to say, is
improving.
Owing to the extremely cold, bad
weather, there has been but very little
farm work done in thiS section yet.
We regret TO say that Master Aaron
Cannon, who has been confined to his
room on account Of illness for some
time, is improving SO slowly.
Th, holidays passed off very quietly
in cur vicinity as to weddings and par
ties, nevertheless Madame Rumor says
the vending bells will be heard rin0inp