The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-01-17
HAVE MET AGAIN.
Both Branches of the Legisla.
ture Convened Tuesday.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE

In the House aud fhe Senate Since tht
Session Began in the Way Of
LEGISLATION. Governor Hev.
wards Message Read in
Both Houses.
Tue General Assembly of South
Carolina met In annual session on
Tuesday Of last week. The whole
day was taken up in organizing and
hearing the Governors message read.
The message is a long document, and
like all State papers prepared by Gov.
Hayward. is clear aud to the point.
The most important subject it treats
Is the dispensary. The part of the
message bearing on this subject Is
printed in another column.
THE HOUSE.
In the House of Representatives.
Clerk Tom Q. Hamer called the roll
and announced that quorum was
present, and Speaker M. L. Smith
called upon the Rev. Mr.. Pratt to
open the proceedings with prayer.
Speaker Smith made a brief open.
ing address, and said he would offer
70 suggestions as to what ought to be
Gone. The members are fresh from
the people and know what they want,
but he fell that If the same broad
conservatism and liberality charac.
terizsd the action Of the members
that nothing but success would
crown the work Of the General AS.
semblY.
Announcements were then made
that several newly elected members
were present ready to be sworn In.
The new members sworn IN Tuesday
are:
e. Marion Rucker, of Anderson.
Wm. Anderson, Of Cherokee.
Arnoldus Wander Horst, Of Char.
lesion.
MIR. Dobbs's election has not yet
beer declared, and as soon las the
election Is declared he will take the
oath. ~
Messrs. WhaleY. Doar and D. O.
Herbert were appoi2ted to notify the
Governor that the House had organ
lied and was ready to receive ally
communications.
Messages were exchanged between
the Senate and House that each was
ready for work.
The annual message Of Governor
Hayward was read, having been pre-
sented by Private Secretary Norment.
The members gave careful attention
to the reading.
There were only two new measures
introduced the first day. Both OF
the new bills came from. Mr.. Toole, OF
Aiken county. =
The first was a bill to restrict the
number Of hours of labor in cotton
mills to ten hours, instead Of eleven,
as is the law at present. Mr.. Toole
introduced a similar bill last year, but
III was killed.
Mr.. Toole's second bill was to re.
duce the passenger rate in this State
to two and half cents per mile. 1t
Ia now three cents per mile on pas
ssnger trains, with no second class,
which arrangement was adopted by
way of compromise.
The House adjourned, after about
an hours session, to meet on Wednes-
day at eleven o'clock.
The house Of representatives got
down to business Wednesday and at
tackled the calendar with an evident
desire to kill everything that came In
sight. Six bills were tabled and with.
drawn by their authors, there were
recommitted, three had the enacting
clause stricked out, the parliamentary
way of saying that they were kilt
and two were also killed by being
indefinitely postponed.
Sneaker Smith announced the ap'
pointment Of Mr.. e. NJ. Rucker, Jr.,
as member OF the committee on ways
and means, and stated that MIR. Jno.
G. Richards, Jr., would be the chair
man Of that committee. The following
executive appointments were an
nounced by the speaker:
Journal Clerk-Chrlstie Benet.
Bill Olerk-W. F. Norton.
Keeper of the speakers Room
James N. Pearman.
Mail Clerk-John Sharpe.
Doorkeepers-R. B. OWings, Ben
Eoover, - Mckinney.
Pages-James 81. Tompkins. Earle
Moffett, William Martini John B.
Patrick.
Laborers- William Long, Henry
Gillian, George Edwards, Caleb Bra
cy, Robert Chisolm.
After short debate the house post
poned indefinitely the bill presented
by Mr.. Ardrey to sell the State farms
The vote was 79 to 80. In the course
Of the debate Mr.. Banks OF Orange
burg called attention to the fact that
25, ,OGO bushels of corn we're raised on
these farms last year.
Mr. J. B. Watson's bill suggesting
an increase in the length of terms ol
circuit judges was killed. The bill