Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-02-14

III. w .fChS S>pt HIS pure IOOu Dill
made a special order for Monday at
noon.
Mr.. Nash asked to make his p,uhi-
bition bill a special order and the ayes
and nays were called on the vote. The
house was pretty evenly devided be-
tween those who thought the matter
had been sufficiently thrashed out and
those who painted for more of the
fray. The vote was 81 to 80, but A.
G.. Brice changed his vote before the
result was announced and by one vote
Mr.. Nash S request was refused.
Mr.. Wyche called up his bill alb
olishing all special school districts in
the State except in towns of 5000
and took the floor TO defend it, ex-
planning that the loose way the legis.
lature formed special school districts
in violation of the constitution had
already caused great confusion and
imperilcd bond issues. The State
superintendent Of education as well
as county officers had asked for this
bill. There are so many vagaries il
the special law that it was necessary
TO wipe them all out and start over
anu secure unlformlty.
Mr. Dixon thought it would be
leap in the dark.
Mr. kershaw thought the bill
would work great hardship and i'll
justice and that these districts were
working well and ought not 10 be in
terfercd with. His own town OF Tim
monsville would not willingly sur
render It's special charter Tor any
thing. 1t would he an injustice to
the other schools because ii would di-
vide the working force Of the county,
already loaded down with work.
The motion OF Mr.. Kershaw to
strike out the enacting words pre-
vailed.
A substitute bill for Mr.. Brice's
bill regulating the sale OF cocans
and other drugs, which is pretty strin-
gent IN its provisions, MS passed
Mr.. Brce's child labor bill was.
taken up III place OF Mr.. Dixon 5.
which was withdrawn There was a
ma loriy report unfavornble and mi
norlty favorable. AR. Lawson, who
made the adverse report. moved to
strike out the enacting words.
Mr.. Brice explained the provisions
of the bill. 1t added Il provision to
the bill now in force providing that
no child under II could be employed
Ill factory during school term unless
the child could read and write legib-
ly.
Mr.. Gyles supported the bill. think
ing 1t move in the right direction
Mr.. Lawson thought the bill a
compulsory education bill for the fac
tory people and ii compulsory educa-
ton be good thing let us have it
for all people and not lesislate either
for or against the factory people.
Mr. Greer protested against any law
that would keep any one from work
ing.
Mr. Greer of Greenville opposed the
bill. The cotton mill people are get
ting along very well. They have
chances for education which are de-
MED TO people in the rural districts.
If the hours of labor are reduced the
income Of the operatives will be re-
dued. 1t would take children ont of
school and put them i'll the mills.
Capt. w. w. Dixon of Fairfield,
the author of compulsory atten-
dance bill, favored the bill. He spoke
at length on conditions in mill com
munities. Let the children he taught
to read and write.
BY vote of ~ to 81 the house re-
fused to strike out the enacting
words. On the question of ordering
the bill to a third reading the vote
was 90 to 3S.
Mr.. Tatum s bill to amend the lien
law was taken up and debate adjourn
cd. Mr.. Tatum made very clear and
forceful presentation of the bill,
showing how it dovetails into the
Richards bill to repeal certain see
tions of the lien law.
There was spirited debate in the
House over the Harley bill. directed
at the hopes of Hayward county. The
bill after an interesting debate, in
which Representatives Croft, Harley
GarIis, Carey and others engaged,
was killed by vote of 50 to 81. Mr..
Croft of Aiken, made feeling speech
addressed i'll favor of the bill. de-
claring that Hayward county was an
Augusta chamber of commerce scheme
and that Augusta had raised the mon
ey to carry 1t and spent the money
God knows how; that Augustans were
moved into the territory to carry the
new county, which had been voted on
already twice III violation of the spir-
1t of the constitution: that Augusta
corporate interests were trying to