Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-02-25
Local Optionists Yield.

| LOCdl OptlonlStS H1el1.
| Having reached an agreement
| Wednesday morning whereby the 10
cal optionists consented to let The
two Statewide prohibition bills come
| TO vote before the close cf the leg
islative day, the bills were voted on
| Wednesday night, the bill declaring
Statewide prohibition and giving
The present dispensaries till next
July to close out their present stocks
being considered first. This was
passed to third reading by a vote of
% TO 40. Every attempt to amend
The bill failed, except one by Mr.. Gar
rls, cutting the pay of the expert ac-
| countant down to S. from $40 day.
An amendment cxempting George
| town, Richland and Charleston coun-
tountios failed 66 to Al.
A substitute offered by Mr.. Irby
providing for referendum in Au-
gust. 1910, as between Statewide
prohibition and the present system
was tabled 60 to 81 Other important
amendments which failed were two
| by Mr.. Doar, one exempting the
coast counties and the other making
the act effective twelve months
hence.
The House then took up the other
prohibition bill, which provides the
conditions under which drug stores
may sell alcohol and wine for sac
ramental, scientific and medicinal
purposes. BY vote of 80 TO 80 the
| House refused to kill the bill and
later passed it to third reading.
Neither bill can reach the Senate
till Friday and it is hundred to one
shot 1T will not get through that body,
with the result that there will be no
change in the present system.
The House bill directed against
liquor drummers, has been withdrawn
The Senate bill is now en- the House
calendar and it is barely possible that
the bill may be passed
In the Senate Wednesday night
Senator Graydon got up his bill do
| ing away with the present mileage
book regulations. 1t has passed the
| House and now has n fighting chance
TO get through the Senate, it appears,
on Thursdays Senate calendar as a
debateadjourned bill.
The Senate passed resolutions by
| Croft for referendum on adding n
fifth member to the Supreme bench
| and increasing the term of the SUI
! preme judge to ten years. BY vote
of 23 to Is the Senate Wednesday
night passed the lien law bill slightly
amended. The House will accept the
amendments, and thus ends fight
that has been going on for half Il
century.
After a three days. fight which
may or may not have been n filbustcr
TO keep certain other bills in the
background, the Senate finally de-
cided Thursday to kill the lien law
a great deal of time has been lost
and much of the most important
| legislation of the session remains to
! be done within two days-providing
| the legislature adiourns Saturday
night. None of the three appropria-
tion and supply bills have been touch
ed by the Senate.
The following list of uncontested
| Senate bills were passed to third
reading by the House Thursday On
the bill which would appropriate So
| 900 for suitable service for the
battleship SCUM Carolina objection
was made by Representative Irby.
1t had been hoped to get the bill
through at the present session in
order that the battleship might be
properly equipped with the service as
| given b all other States.
An appropriation Of 5000 was given
for memorial window at Blandford
church. Petersburg. Va. Tor those
who Lost their lives and arc buried
in the cemetery near the church.
The list Of the bills are as follows:
Mr. Weston-To amend an act TO
establish the insurance department
Of South Carolina.
| Mr.. Bates-To amend section 2940
Of the code Of laws of South Caro-
lima. 1902, volume l, relating TO the
emranellinc of Jurors.
Mr.. Gravdon-To fix ne place of
trial in all actions to recover the
| penalty fixed by statute for DELAYS.
loss or damage TO freight by common
carriers.
Mr.. Clifton--To amend section .
Of an act to amend section 9 to
regulate the manner in which common
carriers doing business i'll this State
shall adjust freight charges.
81 Mr. Sinkler-To establish board
Of commissioners for the promotion
of uniformity of legislation in the
| United States.
Mr.. Otts-To provide for costs in
the original jurisdiction Of the SUI
promo court.
Mr.. Sullivan-To fix the salary OF
the mayor or intendant of any city
or town.
J Mr.. A. Johnstone-To provide for
the administration oe institutions sup
ported by the State OF South Caro-.
| lima 10 the benefits offered by the
| Carnegie Foundation FOR the AL.
yancemept Of Teaching.