The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-19
tlEIl|ne THE CALENDAR.
Audubon Hills Passed-Discussion OF
General Measures Yesterday Re-
sults IN Passage or Death.

Columbia. Feb. 1l..--At the after
noon session the house sent to third
reading Mr.. Hamer's bill providing
for court house at Dillon for Dillon
county.
Mr.. NcKeown's bill to empower all
cities and towfs to require coal. coke.
Ghays. cotton seed cattle and other ar
tsciss to be weighed by public
weisher came up and Mr.. McKeown
explained it, meaning. 1t was finally
passsd with amendments.
Mr.. Cothran took up his bill pro-
vidins for the further winding up OF
the state dispsnsary and II was sent
20 third reading. The bill gives the
commission the power to hold certain
county dispsnsary funds for the pres
ent for the settlement Of claims. The
amount involved 10 about SCI. 900.
The house also passed Mr.. Doar's
olu providing Tor an inspector OF all
pleoholic liquors shipped into the
0>ats.
The bill provides that all liquors. II
found to contain impurities. shall be
esnt to Clemson College for analysis.
If the liquors. ars declared all right
q Clemson the shipment will be de-
1lvered. The finc for violation is not
lsss than 500 nor more than $500.
.@Ae pay Of the agent Of the carrier Is
10 per cent. Of the amount of fine COL
iectsd. the same to be approved by
the county board Of commissioners.
Mr. Lawson called up tho Audubon
eeciety bills The first providing for
~ protection Of game birds. was
taken up by substitute and the sub
s(ituts was passed with several
onendmsnts.
1r. lawson then called mp another
q the Audubon Society bills provid-
ms for fish and game commission.
apt IL was passed with some amend
pnents. His bill providing for q IL
Cshss for hunters by vote of A to
- wss indefinitely postponed and the
clinchsr applied. N4
Mr.. Huehes' bill to secure replica.
OF the statue Of John c. Calhoun now
N ths statuary hall In washington, to
- placed In the capitol In this city,
CANE up. II carried an appropriation
Of $4,000 and Mr.. Hughes urged the
general assembly TO consider the need
for statues to the noted sons OF South
Carolina and the fuct that 1t was an
. opportunity to secure an excellent like
ness of Calhoun at reasonable sum.
Z - paid high tribute 20. Calhoun
nnd'beegsd the house to take broad
nlndsd View Of this bill.
The vote on the motion to strike
eut the snactins words was: Ayes a:
nays 80.
The state senate held a session Of
- minutse last night but In that half
hour two hshts were precipitated that
promised 20 be senatorial battles roy
- until one was stopped by a point Of
order and the other by the arrival Of
the hour for the joint assembly.
The senate convened at 9 o'clock,
& and Senator Hardin forthwith moved
70 table his bill ito authorize the re-
, gents Of the state Hospital for the
Insane to purchase lands and provide
for the paying for the same" and to
take up In its stead the Carey Sawyer
house bill. which is Identical. This
was objected to. and the senator from
Chester made motion to take 1t up.
This motion carried. Senator Kelley
then made a motion to table the bill
And q viva voce vote. and a standing
vote were taken. but before the an
nouncement Of the vote was made an
aye and nay vote was demanded. On
the vote to table the bill. the senate
refused to lay II on the table by a
vote OF 2s to 9.
Senator Graydon urged the senate
not TO consider the bill ut that time
NJ but few minutes were to be had
and the bill required much discussion.
The senator from Abbeville said that
the chairman OF the investigate
committee of the affairs of the asy-
ium was not present. nor was the
chairman of the judiciary committee.
the committee that had recently pro-
posed a resolution asking for the res
isnation Of the very people with whom
the present bill under discussion pro-
poses to entrust such important du-
ties. He said that 1t would probably
be much better to allow the senate to
pass on the resolution from the judi
ciary committee first. Senator Gray
don urged that the friends of the bill