The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-01-12
Friday, January II, 1906.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

general assembly is getting down 10
the work of the session. The Or
ganization of the two houses and OF
the varius committees and waiting
for the reports of committees on
bills introduced usually consumes
the first few days of the session,
and it is seldom that the actual work
of grinding out laws begins until
the second week. This year, how
ever, both the house and the sen-
ate attacked with energy the calen-
dar of bills brought over from last
session, and many of them have al
ready been killed or otherwise dis
posed of.
Governor Heyward's annual mes
sage, which appears in The Herald
and News today, was read on Tues
day. The message is a lengthy
document, and speaks for itself.
Taxation, which is the most import
ant question confronting a people,
is discussed, the governor being OF
the opinion that with a few changes
in our tax laws the burden Of tax
alton can be made to bear evenly
upon all the people. Governor
Hayward takes the same position on
the dispensary question as in his
lest annual message, recommending
that the state commissioner pur-
chase all the liquors necessary, and
!. that the salary of the members of
the state board be increased to
$500 each, and that they meet
once each week and remain in ses-
sion as long as necessary to dispose
of the business demanding their
attention. He says that he favors
the dispensary system if corruption
in its operation can be eliminated.
Compulsory education is strongly
advocated by the governor.
Taken as a whole, the message is
conservative, and about what was
expected.
& There are a number Of elections
to be held at this session of the
general assembly. 1t is not prob
able that Chief Justice of the SUI
preme Court Y. J. Pope will have
any opposition for reelection. The
terms of six of the circuit Judges
expire, only Judges Memminger,
Prince, Hydrick and Gary holding
over. It appear now that a few of
the circuit judges who will stand
for reelection will have opposition,
AS one of the senators expresses it,
this is very quiet legislature, and
nobody seems to want to preclpstate
a heated contest. =;
It is stated that neither Col~$tno.
Bell Towill nor Boykin will lz#be,
candidates for reelection as mem
bers of the state board of control.
AS a matter of fact, Col. ToWlll
has already accepted position with
the Armour people, and will give
his time to the interests of this cor
poration. Several candidates have
been mentioned for their places.
among them Mr.. John Black, OF
Columbia, former shipping clerk
in the dispensary:: Mr.. Wylie, OF
Chester; Representative Dukes, OF
Orangeburg, and Mr.. J. ". Raw
linson, OF Richland county. There
Will, OF course, De plenty o1 Cdllui-
dates for the positions.
So far there has been no active
opposition to Mr.. H. H. Evans, who
is candidate for reelection as
chairman of the board. Mr.. Ev-
ans is in Columbia.
Exactly when the elections will
be held has not yet been definitely
fixed, though next Tuesday has
been suggested by the senate. In
addition to the elections above men
toned, there will be others for COL
lege trustees, penitentiar,v directors,
etc.