The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-12
Contest Has Not Reached Floor
Yet But Hot Skirmish in
Committee.
OF ASSESSORS LAST
DITCH OF TAX DODGERS
Majority Report of Committee
IS Unfavorable to Tax Asses
& sers Bill Framed to Kill COM
mission.
fBy Harold C. Booker.)

& Columbia, Feb. Tt is now IN Or
Iser for everyone to throw away Their
Rold map Of South Carolina and buy
n new one For a new county has
been added to the forty-ftye that, up
frntil shortly after noon yesterday.
kwent to make up this grand old State.
&This thing Of creating new counties
Us "a great thing for the nap-makecs'
8as well as for other, people.
Allendale county was created Win
Hess excitement probably than any
new county that has been created III
{fhe last quarter Of a century Theri-
4Were no protests over the eiecu5:!
no court injunctions and practss's' J
4no division among the people WIZ 80
TO make up the new county t:e
Election showed that they were a.
#nost unanimous for it. The new
county certainly entered the woric
$gith smooth sailing. It may auSei,
3wen for the future.
The BILL which passed the general
assembly, provides that the following
aaned gentlemen shall be commits
sa,ners OF the new county: Z. +
$Hogs, George D. Kirkland, ". L.
8Bsyan, J. Fred Lightsey, n. 3. Load
8aoit. J. w. Jenny, w. r. Darlington
8M. 81. Johns, A. T. Allen, E. H. Oswald.
Nv. Z. Riley. Jr.. and Leroy wilson. a
$;pecia1 election will be held on the
Second Tuesday in April to name
bounty officers.
Senator J. Henry Johnson, who
&sow represents Barnwell county in
in
{1in resign as Senator from BarnEeti
4 county and run for the senate from
SlIendale county. J. e. Davis. who
member of the House from Barn
fxel county. Will run for the senate
rom Barnwell county.
The new county is attached to thr
econd congressional district and viii
Form a part of the second judicia:
ircuit.
The, Senate seems reluctant to take
lp the bill to abolish the State tax
|sommission and substitute therefor
4 !, State board of assessors. Almost
Rsnother week has passde and the nlea-
f;ure has not yet been considered hy
he upper body. The proponents OF
Ehe measure seen, To be n 10 hurry
4 5 have it considered and the oppoc-
Rsrfs, are. of course. willing TO th5tie
heir time.
The bill passed by the House
f.bclishing the commission provided
4 sar a board of assessors consisting OF
,ourteen mem bers, one FROM each
judicial circuit The majority re-
bort Of the Senate committee on
.rance recommended ;iIat i.1e Dill do
laot pass. A minority Of the commit
Zee recommended that the biz ba
passed, as amended. TThe 2l7ianti-
fnents, among other things, reduce
he number Of members OF tbs :'ro-
E5osed board Of assessors TO seTe3 ore
from each congressional district o. -"
State, to be appointed by the Cove
aor, upon the recommendation II .
majority of the members OF the Gen
aral Assembl The minority report
/ II the committee vas ;igna;: by Ser
fators T. Frank Watkins, Of Andersen;
3i. E. Beamguard, Of York; J. =.
ksanks, of Calhoun; D. D. McCoj:. @.
zIar4boro, and 2 a. Miller. Of Daring
ton. A warm fight is expected Oh
f.he measure when it finally comes up
for consideration. The general opin-
ION around the Capitol seems to be
Sshat the commission VIII survive the
fdght in the Senate.
The bill by Senator Pcarce OF
fRichland county providing for the
3sanitary inspection and conduct o.
hotels and restaurants goes 20 the
House This bill has not met with the
Exposition from hotel men that hac
! {oeen expected. It is being urged by
4 S.he travelling men Of the State. a
SIght may be made on it in the House
which has a hotel proprietor, C. C.
Delegations Of negroes have ap-
4oeared this week before Governor
Cooper and the State railroad COM
omission to protest against what they
2ieciare to be unjus: discrimination
4against their race. They told the
1ailroad commission that they paid
4 irst class fare and they thought they
,ught to get first class service. They
q lid not ask the abolition Of the jim
4 Crow laws or anything like that but
! said they thought the cars provided
FOR JheA ought 10 Dc kept III d SAM
ary condition and that white men
sought not to be allowed TO drink in
them. etc They also claimed that
fticket agents would refuse to sell
ham tickets if they were busy and
4 hat when they got on the trains the
conductors made them pay extra
flares, etc. The commission asked
them to make specific complaints in
the future and the matter would be
taken up.
Columbia. FEB 7-The senate to-
Sday passed bill raising the salaries
Sof circuit Judges. circuit solicitors
land circuit stenographers and also
fpassed bill allowing members o.
the Supreme Court who reside in Co
I,-nabia $500 "a year additional.
The senate killed the Christensen
resolution providing for conmis-
sion to investigate the feasibility OF
coordination Of government OF State
colleges A bill to place enforce
ment of anti-tipping law, in the hands
Of aor-irJI1f11ro w3a