Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-01-17
THE LEGISLATURE NETS. / Il
The Governor Message Was ssad cad
-Dispensary Investigating ! son,-
,,;t+e. Not Heard From Officially.

After the calling Of the roll, by Yllic
It was made evident that qu$rul3
Z was present, Speaker NJ. L. s% %Sd
) took charge of the proceeding y
presented the chaplain, RsSiyreb q :,
Pratt Of the Second Baptig delbera.
Columbia, who opened the entire
tions of the day aesntirely appro.
session with Il pra36n.
pirate to the eagan of Greenville
Col. Fl. ASfr. w. A. Nesbitt OF
then preseaE successor to Mr.. y. j.
that colHteased. Other new mem
Watsop presented as follows: Mr..
bers5s Wander Horst Of Charleston
ATT. Huger Sinkler: Mr.. Rucker Of
bdersun by Mr.. j. Belton Watson;
;ghd DR.. William Anderson of Chero-
'kee by Mr. Otis. These new members
and their sponsors presented them
selves before the bar of the house
where the members elect subscribed to
the oath of Office. Mr.. E. W.. .Dabbs,
who was elected to succeed the late
Col. Altamont Moses of Sumter, was
present but was not sworn in, as the
State board Of convassers had not had
time to pass upon his credentials.
On motion of Mr. 7. B. Fraser of
Sumter, the house notified the senate
that it had organized and was ready
On motion Of Mr.. T.dlhrdlrdlua
for the transaction of business. Col.
Tom C. Hamer, the clerk Of the house,
carried the. compliments of tile house
to the senate and Gen. R. R. Femphill.
clerk of The senate, brought similar
greetings from the senate.
. On motion of Mr.. Whaley, chair
man of the judiciary committee, the
house sent its greetings to the Cover.
nor and a committee of three was ap-
pointed to convey to his excellency the
information that the house was ready
for the transaction of business and
was awaiting his pleasure. The COM
mittee, consisting of Messrs. Whaley.
Doar and .. O.. Herbert, returned
announcing that the governor thro'
his private secretary, Mr.. J. E. Nor
ment, would submit in writing his
suggestions to the general assembly.
Mr.. Norment was then presented by
the sergeant at arms and. presented
the annual message Of Governor Hey
ward. At the conclusion of these for
malities the message was read and
then the business grind Of the session
was started.
Contrary to expectations the in-
vestigating cimmission did not send
to the house the bill providing for
more, authority and power to be given
to the legislature IS committee Sena-
tor Hay called meeting of the com
mittee for Monday afternoon in order
that the situation might be canvassed
for the last time before the bill was
presented in order that it might be
lacking i'll no essential qualifications.
The first bill introduced was one
by Mr.. Richards to grant a charter
to the company which; proposes TO
build a.railroad from Heath Springs
in Lancaster county to Maggilli in xKer-
shaw county This company 5requiifgss
certain charter rights eli could not
be obtained from the secretary 5of
State, said Mr.. Richards, and tie com
pany will pay the regular charter fee
Mr.. Toole of Aiken introduced two
bills which will attract attention, one
is the socalled "ten-hour labor bill"
providing that the number of hours of
labor in cotton mills and other such
enterprises be reduced from II to 10
per day. The other bill was to reduce
the rate of fare on passenger trains
in this State from 3 to 2 1-e cents
per mile.
Senate Organizes.
1t did not take the senate long
Tuesday to get to business. Half an
hour after Lieut.. Gov. John T. Sloan
had raped for order and the roll had
been called, the calendar was being
read, the pages were scurrying about
and visitors and senators and officers
of the legislative departments were
passing in and out of the big doors:
just as if it was mid-session. To
make the illusion more complete, sew
eral politicians were holding an ear to
mouth conversation in the lobby.
President Sloan Speaks.
President Sloan made short but
impressive speech Of welcome. He
said: Gentlemen of the Senate: I
resume the discharge of the duties of
the Office imposed upon me under The
constitution with the full determine
ton to do all / can to promote the
work Of the session in q successful and
satisfactory manner, and I shall rely
upon your kind indulgence and CO. op-
Grafton to help me i'll the performance
of it. Since we last met in annual
session another year of health and
abundant harvest has passed; and it
has pleased the Almighty to bless our
State with prosperity, great, almost
unprecedented, the extent of which
will be read by thousands with wonder
and astonishment.
"We can well rejoice as we behold
this grand picture of prosperity. The
cotton mills, banks and various cor
porations have delighted their stock.
holders with several millions of dol
lars paid out in dividends, the earn,
ings of the successful year just past,
and the farmer and laborer have met
with like success in their respective
callings. Rejoice, that our resorces
are varied and unbounded, that our