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Sec. 3. Any person. firm or cor
poration violating any of the provis-
ions of this act shall be guilty Of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall pay fine of not less
than 100 or more than $500 or suffer
Imprisonment for not less than three
months or more than one year, III
the discretion of the court, for the
first offense, and for any subsequent
ofenses shall suffer Imprisonment Tor
not less than two years, in the dis
cretion Of the court; and, Provided,
further, 1t shall be- the duty of the
board of pharmaceutical examiners to
concel the license Of any person
convicted under this act shall be pro-
hibited from employing a licensed
druggist thereafter.
Sec. 4. That all actssand parts Of
acts inconsistent herewith with this
act be and the same are hereby re-
pealed.
Sec. 5. That this act shall take
effect Immediately upon its approval
by the governor.
The Cotton Question.
Representative Etheredge Of Saluda
introduced in the house a concurrent
resolution calling for appointment
of a committee from the two houses
to confer with the State warehouse
commissioner and other persons, look
ing to the formation Of a cotton cor
poration to stimulate trade in the
foreign field, as suggested by w. P. G:
Harding, governor of the board of di-
rectors of the federal reserve system,
when in Columbia Thursday. The
resolution was adopted and reads: 8
BE it resolved, by the house of rep
resentatives, the senate concurring:
THAT there shall be appointed three
member sof the general assembly.
two of said members to be appointed
by the speaker of the house and one
by the president of the senate, for
the purpose of comforting with the
State warehouse commissioner and
such other persons as they may deem
advisable as to the advisability OF
establishing in this State an organl-
zation or corporation for the purpose
of regulating and stimulating the sale
of cotton, both locally and in foreign
countries The said committee shall
further consider the adyisability Of
the plan outlined by w. P. G. Harding,
governor of the board of directors,
in his speech to the general assembly
on February 13.
THAT the said committee shall make
report of it's findings and conclu-
sions to the general assembly at the
next session"
Election by Legislature.
The general assembly on Friday
elected three directors of the State
penitentiary, four trutees of the Med
ical Colleeg at Charleston and a trus-
tee of Winthrop college.
For the three positions on the board
of directors Of the State penitentiary
there were seven candidates. They
We're Jasper NJ Smith of Colleton:
j. A. McDermotte of Horny, O. c.
Scarborough of Clarendon; c. L. Jones
of Orangeburg, A. B. Pearson of
Spartanburg; A. ]. Mobley of Colum-
bia and Banks L. Caughman of Co
lumbia. The vote resulted as follows:
Smith, 81; NcDer1notte, "a; Scarbor-
ough, 1o3; Jones, 80; Pearson, As;
Mobley, SO, and Caughman, 40.
Messrs. Smith, McDermotte and Scar
borough were accordingly elected.
For the three positions on the board
of trustees of the Medical College of
South Carolina there were. five names
presented, DR.. w. A. Trip Of Ander-
son, DR.. W. A. Woodruff of Pickens,
DR.. ]. NJ. Davis Of North, DR.. c. S.
Breedin of Anderson, DR.. S. B. Fish
burne of Columbia and P. H. Gadsden
of Charleston The result Of the vote
was as follows: Trippe, 81; Woodruff,
; l29; Cavis, 12s; Breedin, z; Fish
burne, 104, and Gadsden, 120. Messrs.
Woodruff, Davis, Fishburne and Gads-