The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-18
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SOUTH CAROLINA
WORK FORCED ON GENERAL AS
SEMBLY UNTIL CLOSE WHICH
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LATE STATE CAPITOL NEWS
Reyiew of The Latest News Gathered
Around the State Capitol That Will
Be of Interest to Our Readers Over
South Carolina.
Columbia.

South Carolina.
Columbia.
All evidence UP to this time indi-
Gates that the present session OF the
legislature will be one of the most re-
dictionary in the history of the state
and that not one of the important
statewide measures introduced will
have passed when the session closes,
which in all probability will occur
within the 40 days formerly prescrib-
ed by law. At this time it seems that
the best that a happen will be that
Richlnad county will establish a con-
%structive %precendent that may in the
future be followed by other counties.
1t was evident that there would be
no primary reform this session; the
warehouse bill seemed domed without
any effort being made to construct a
measure that would put into effect the
idea involved, and it loked as if the
FORMER bill prohibiting white teachers
from working in negro schools would
be passed at the night session, at least
in an amended form and possibly with
Charleston county exempted.
The governor sent to the senate a
message urging the passage Of the
FORMER bill even if Charleston should
beexempted. He said that Charleston
seemed to be exempted from every
other law in the state, and he did not
see that it would do any. harm to make
an exemption in this case.
Senate.
The Stuckey bill to allow all aliens
except Japanese and Chinese to hold
property on the same basis as Ameri-
can citizens was sent to a third read
ing in the senate without a word of
opposition. This bill is said to be
Identical with the bill passed by the
legislature of California last year.
The McCown bill to allow the rail-
roads to issue free passes to the
sherifs, rural policemen and the COM
missioner Of agriculture passed the
senate and was ordered to the house.
The bill was amended to provide that
mileage now allowed the sheriffs re-
vert to the county so that it might not
be possible for a sheriff to ride on
passes and pocket the mileage.
The Werner bill to authorize the
board of school districts of the state
to purchase and operate moving pic
ture machines in their schools was
passed and ordered sent to the house.
1t provided that one-half of the cost
Of the pictures shall be paid out of
funds to be raised by poular subscrip-
ton or otherwise, and it affects only
those schools having a term Of six
months or more.
The senate sent to a third reading
the Youmans bill to allow employees
of a city waterworks to accept free
transportation ON the street railways.
The Weston bill to abolish the Of
flee of ~dispensary constable in Rich
land county passed the senate and
was ordered sent to the house.
Senator Stuckey's bill to require the
tlliZCl luSpSCIOIS SmplOy6Q Dy
Clemson College to inspect the oil
mills and plants manufacturing or
mixing fertilizers in this state was
sent to a third reading, without oppo-
sition.
Senator Carlisle's bill to celebrate
the centennial Of the Treaty Of Client
was sent to a third reading.
Senator Blacks bill to allow horses.
mules and asses to be brought into
the state without inspection was kill
ed. Senator Black asked that the bill
eb passed on the ground that the in
spection now required by law was a
farce. Senator tombstone opposed the
Black measure on the ground that the
law could be enforced.
The amended substitute for the
Nicholson bill to safeguard the pri-
mary, which was doomed recently.
was again voted down when it was
called up by a vote of % to 20. The
vote when first taken resulted in a tie