The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-19
THE LEGISLATURE
MOVES SLOWLY
It Is Not Possible to Complete
Work and Adjourn On
Time.
BILL TO REGULATE
SMOKING IN PUBLIC
BILL TO REGULATE
SMOKING IN PUBLIC
House Passes Bill to Apprc-
pirate 100000 for Memorial
to Soldiers Who Fell in France

=
ator Padgett Of Colleton should be-
come a law, smoking in public eating
places would become unlawful. The
III introduced by the Colleton sena-
:cr provides that it shall be unlaw-
fui for any person to smoke tobacco
or any other substance during the
meal hours in any public eating room
within the State. y fine Of not less
than SO nor more than S25 is pro
vided for those violating the act.
Senator Wharton CT LoureDs has
introduced a bill appropriating $780,
900 for the State training school fer
the feeble minded. T:lc money would
be used in the construction OF a new
bu ding. SIXTY thousand dollars was
appropriated for this purpose at the
last session Of the genera! assembly.
This has been found to be insuffl-
cent.
Senator Christensen served notice
on the senators yesterday that they
night as we'll set any idea of ID
ioarniag Saturday week ont Of their
heads. IA said that he thought
mat it would be . human in,oossib;'-
" for .he assembly TO conclude the
work before it in that time
The Icn1:,rl:s Of Senator Christen-
sen We're brought about by q state
mert by Senator Padgett of Cole
ton in 2 debate that the general as
sembly could f:ish its work next
week.
To the svc3risc Of nearly every one
the house has passed with vecy little
1ehate q bill providing Ger a me-
mortal building al t1;e University of
South Carolina - cost 100000. to
! - erected IN nremory OF the South
! .~arc,jn. bog WHO fell in France. 4
IS planned to erect a similar building
1T Clafin College Orangeburg, as a
memorial to the colored soldiers who
died for the fag.
Many differenc forms Of memor-
ials have been proposed. The cit!'
Of Columbia proposed to give the
land fo:> big memorial park, If the
state would erect the memorial build
inss il it. \ bill. introduced in the
aouse pv Representative McAdams Of
Aubeyil!c providing for the erection
OF monument on the State house
grounds TO the memory Of the boys
has passed the house and is now in
ne senate. 1t will probably pass that
body also.
Senator Christensen of Beaufort
has introduced in the senate a bill re-
quiring the Stat. tax commission to
make complete survey Of the State
by Stat. COUNTY and school districts
and private property lines
One LII that Won't get through the
legislature is thai introduced by Sem
a tor Ridgell Of Lexington providing
FOR the erection OF an administration
building to house State Offices. There
are at present large number of State
departments occupying Office build
ings in Columbia. The rent on these
buildings is right considerable. It
has been figured that this rent would
more than pay the interest on the
.,onev Invested in new building
owned by the State. Nevertheless It
$ a safe bet that the administration
Building Will not be authorized by this
general assembly. Sentiment has not
....ye::a & YZed for it yet.
The good roads measures are liz
bic to come up in The house almost
2ny minute now. The sentiment for
their passage is very strong and it
seems more than likely some sort of
measure Will get through looking to
the construction OF a permanent high
c-a.- system. The BONO issue bill and |!
.!ne bill reported by the good roads |
committee for the house providing the !
machinery Cor the construction OF the
ystom ;3pear to have a good chance. !
T'~"nninent men from ali over the |
State have been here during the ses- !
sion and some are here now in the
interest CT these bills.