The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-02-06

better class OF whiskey dealers VINO
Get no chance to sell the State dis
pensary would welcome change. The
dispensary graf-ers have killed the
goose that has Zen laying the gold
en- eggs, have overdone the thing,
have stuck their fingers too far into
the public's eye.
Senator Blease has gotten some
more good free advertising out Of his
threat to filibuster various important
things to death, including presumably
the Carey-Cothran bill. But either
he is making a big bluff in order to
get into the limelight or he mistakes
the stuff South Carolinians are made
of. And generally speaking Mr..
Blease is NO fool. The friends Of the
bill would stick as long as he would,
but as a matter of fact a rule Of the
senate can be changed by majority
vote, so there would be no necessity
TO prOIOnS lie SSSSloA.
One Of the most striking incidents
in the fourteen years history Of the
State dispensary was the action last
week against the present dispensary
directors-J. NJ. Rawlinson, Joseph
B. Wylie and John Black-when the
senate judiciary committees resolu-
ton that they be removed and prose
cuted for violation of law passed both
houses without a dissenting voice. Di
rector Wylie was standing in the
aisle Of the house a. the time the res
olution passed that body. He looked
on without change of countenance. He
says he has acted within the law and
has nothing to fear. His attorney,
Judge =. Z. Mcdonald, Of Winnsboro,
WHO discovered for the present board
that tie Hub Evans board had made
its purc3.ases Illegally, has secured a
heer;ng for him before Gov. Ansel
next Tuesday, E-aea re will attempt
to show c2ose uy.y he should not be
removed. wat steps tie other two
members p-opo-e to take is not
known.
The present legislature has so far
shown itself very liberal in matters
educational The Raysor compulsory
education bill compelling twelve
weeks a year has been killed in the
senate, but a more comprehensive
measure has been favorably reported
to the house by way of a substitute for
the. Aull and Kershaw bills pending
in that body. Tt seems certain that
the house will pass the bill in some
form, but its passage by the senate is
doubtful. The senate has passed a
liberal measure providing for system
of high schools throughout the State
at an initial cost of $4,000.
In the final tussle over the State
colleges it is likely that Clemson will
come in for some hard raps. A bill
IS now before the house looking to
the appointment Of a joint committee
to investigate the finances and general
management Of Clemson.
Events Of the past week have fully
confirmed the prediction in the be-
ginning Of the session that this was
the most radical legislature that has
met in decade, with a gay disposi-
ton to strike the corporations, partic-
passed the Toole ten hour bill by a 5
to l vote, after it was amended so as
to defer the time it shall go into op-
Grafton till next July, when 81 hours
a week shall be the law up to July 1,
1908, when go hours will be the limit.
There is no doubt but that the house
will follow the senate's lead and
make the bill law.
Both houses have acted on the lien
law, but Representative Richards,
whose bill making a lien to a mer-
chant void and placing the tenant in
the hands Of the landlord so as to
better control the negroes, has not
given up hope. He says that with
full senate his bill will pass that body.
in spite of the fact that few days
ago the senate by a vote of 1s to 16
voted down similar bill.
The most radical railroad legisla-
ton the house has so far engaged in
was the action last week in passing
by a large majority the Kershaw bill
providing for board Of three to be
appointed by the governor to examine
and pass upon the qualifications Of
railroad telegraphers. Only those who
mold license certificates from this
board may dispatch or space trains,
and the board may revoke a license
when it sees fit. The house also pass