The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-02-25
SENATE PASSES
NUMEROUS BILLS
STATEWIDE MATTERS GET AT.
TENTICN DURING DAY
Recei-es Cotton Redacticn E>-o.:l.
tion IS "Irfo"-aaticz.' Po2d5
ard Fishes
The State, q.

The State, g..
TIE senate ta:red OF ..hc ga2 il
full force yet 5tc.day morning ale
the three ballots for a.: associate JUS
tee had been taken AID the "@.,ach;E.c
Of state" moved at a rapid fate 5u-
;; irg the session. A large number Of
.ctatew:ae bills ard many local MAJ
: ters were advanced a reading on the
calendar.
Representative Ea2r bill TO allow
. Tie drawing Of private porCs III Sou.ia
Carolina was amended in the senate
end sent back % TIE house tor fiGai
acton. Before passing the upper
house the measure me. with coas:d
cradle confusion, the president a.
rcuac:rg during the ''cpc-l sc1so2 Ger
a7nerdiaerts' that the "b:i w2s q
very coni1sed mater" :.ff@ac in?
formally discussing tha matte ti'2
measu.c w&s G::aily GG-.::vc*s a FIJI
reading. AS It went TO the house i
was stated that tie measure merely
gave onners CT private pc@ds power
to draw them and to use the is:
therein.
Representative Mcl..ilian5 measure
to require telegraph companies to de-
liver messages il eli incorporated
towns or cities, as amended by The
judiciary committee so as 70 apply
10 only towns OF $4,000 people c.
more and then as amended by Sera-
! tor Pearce so as to include cities o.
5000 people or more, came ID for
consideration and Senator NadgG',t
amended the bill so as tc include 81
towns of 900 or more pcpi-.
This brought on spirited discussion
and the measure was temporarily heI6
over. The bill as originally framed
was drawn to require messages to be
delivered anywhere in Charleston.
It was said on the floor Of the senate
! that by rule Of the companies or the
railroad commission > hat messages
are only delivered one and one-fcurth
miles from the center Of the city, and
this left a large portion Of Charleston
out. The general opinion was that
the messages should be delivered m
all cities and towns.
Tales Box Charge
! Representative Smiths bill to
amend the law in regard to the num-
Der of names to be placed II the
tales box so as to allow not less than
100 nor more than 800 was passed to
a third reading. The law now says
that not less than 100 nor more than
400 shall be placed in the box.
A concurrent resolution from the
house calling for a joint assembly at
8 O'Clock last night to ballot again
for an associate justice was objected
to and held over temporarily.
What was said to be stand against
"meddling with. other peoples busl-
ness" was taken by the upper branch
on the resolution of the house COM
nittee on agriculture in regard to
the need for reduced cotton acre
age when Senator Wells moved that
the resolution be received as lntor-
nation and this was adopted. Ihe
resolution, which called for an eX-
preston of sentiment on the part OF
the general assembly in regard to the
low price of cotton and the necessity
for reducing the acreage this year,
met with plenty Of objection &ad the
n,o:ion Of Mr.. Wells seemed to be he
best solution to the problem.
Senator Pearce's Dill 70 fx The ore2
season for doves = the state trcE.
August Is to March vas advanced
- third rea!;nn after t:l2 C;.lfav"r-
able report CT lie committee On tia2
and e&.le and forestry h@4 bees ia:1
~, fhr taIiC.