! '96SB.r luiiiiuiw s. Carter, 7 \ EDITOR AND MANAGER. resuim AVKDNK DAY AN 1MBATI? ItDAY WEDNESDAY, .JANUAUY 18, 19 0.5 J SUBSCRIPTION $.0VH?VUf I be general assembly more than [50 bills have been prepared for jons deration und the most of them nivo been introduced and are iwniting the action of committees. I'hiB represents practically three lays' work, since few were inroduced on tho first day and Saturday was practically a dies ion. The hills range in variety from i concurrent resolution having for t* object tho repeal of the fouroeuth and fifteenth amendments if tho constitution of tho United States to changing the name of Hull Pond school houso to Bull L'ond club. Both ate actual bills ind not extremes of the imagination. Of amendments to tho constitution of 1S95 there ate already nine pronosed. Some of those are interesting if nothing more. One would have the terms of circuit judges changed from four to sixteen years, a more desirable length of service, to the legislator, than for life or during good behavior. Another would have more power given to magistrates, another step towards inferior courts of seine importanco. Some old favorites or better nc quaintances are up again. The shad hill for instance. Mr banders will defend to the utmost his oil inspector bill which went down laet yoar. Tho experiment station bill asks for another showing, anc so does the inheritance tax tueus ure of Mr liorbert. Thero are already six bills or the marriage license subject. Tht entry of the title on one of these, which was incorrect, made it appear at first to bo tho champion freak measure of the session. The title as it appearod tit first read "To require all persons to con. tract matrimony and to have i license thorefor," which seemet to he the first step towards th< tax on bachelors which has beoi so freely discussed. The bache lor* can breathe easy for the pres out, however, as the correot bil should be, "To roquire all wh< shall contract, etc." A bill whicl is closely akin to this and othe marriage license bills is one t< provont child marriages. It pre vides that the person, minister o nfllrilll n lin mnrrion fT ww luwi k 1VO M wilhoat the consent of the parent of both where the groom is unde 21 and the bride under 18 shall b adjudged guilty of a misdemeano and subject to punishment, etc. There are eight bills relating h the dispensary aw in differen ways. The new amendment car ried at the last election relating t< the county road law has aireadi caused three or four bills to b< presented on the road law questioi for different counties. Two hills of unusual provisioni are, to "regulate the price of cotton seed," and to "regulate th< price of peas, corn, and cottoi eoed." The author of these twc bills evidently want to grapph with the immutable law of supply and demand and throttle it with out ceremony. Another bid tc "re julate the traffic in cotton seed and unpacked lint" has the ap pearance of more sanity. The game birds of the state art not overlooked even the lowlj terrapin has a bill to guard his ex istence, while the fish are included in almost all the bird bills. Thie "close season" idoa was evidently at work in tho brain of Mr Green cf Lee county when he ovolvod what is probably the most unique bill in the collection. He Would have it unlawful to prose* cute any one for disposing of a crop under a hen from the first of February until the that of August of the year after the debt protected by the Hen had been made. Mr Green's idea ia to 8uvo the farmer from the merchant who will let the negro ao violating the lien alone until he has moved to a new home and has his crop etartod, knowing that if he threatens arrest the new landlord will probably pay the amount claimed in order that ho may not loso the farm which he bad rented to the negro tenant. The primary system ia not neglected, there being already several bills which would make for its improvement and proposing measures to bolster it up. The automobile is a new issue and has not been overlooked. A bill looking to regulato its speed bns been introduced by Mr Morgan. rhore are tbreo bills relating to tho jury law. The hand of the Law and Order league can be seen probably in some of these proposed reforms. Two bills to mako the South Carolina collego into a university have bsen introduced. A measure which would benefit the county newspapers is one that would have all the names of delinquent tax payers published before serving executions; while an1 other to require the sheriffs to 1 collect these delinquent taxes without compensation would lend " to reduco the emoluments of that 1 oflico. 1 The present method of paying ' taxes with the small penalty after 1 Jan 1st is evidently not entirely ' satisfactory, for a bill relating to ' the payment of taxes has been ' introduced. One member wants to have a i statute requiring Pullman^ cari > provided with separate comparti incuts for whito and colored peo~ pie. The Jim Grow law does nol i go far enough in the opinion of 3 the author of this bill. Two innovations, though oi * widely divergent character, are to * havo all hangings to take placo in1 side the walls of the Slate peni? tcntiary, and the other to abolish i verbal contracts. One member wants a law which - will 1'provide an efficient methoc I of securing teachers for school.'1 > Ho either "has it in" for some 3 board of the trustees or has been r nade sick at heart by relying im 5 plicitly upon the fulsome rrcsmi mendation8 presented by appli. r eants who afterwards proved in s competent or unsatisfactory. A bill to prohibit the "giving r of corrupt gifts" is after rebatei ? of every kind. A similar law ii r in force in several States. A bill of some merit is onet( o require tne county attorney to b< t present as the representative o: the State at all inquests. ) The constitutional rights ant / privileges of the individual are in 0 voled in a bill to prohibit auditori 3 frotn becoming candidates for an} office while holding office as audi< 9 tors. And just think the above repre 5 eents the first thrse days of th( 1 session! > The handsome new court house 1 at Darlington was dedicated on * Saturday last to the cause of jns tice, law and order. All the I members of the State Supreme court were present and took part in the dedication. Eloquent ad> drosses were made by Capt W C ' Coker, ex-judge Hudson, Solicii ' tor Johnson, Chief justice Pope I and the Associate justices. Pneumonia and La Grippe Coughs cuted quickly bv Fo ley's Honey and Tar. Refuse substitutes. Sold by Fundorbulk ; Pharmacy. ATTE : BA1 THE HEA i I Successors to ] ITILE CO., wh 'settle with the (ceased. wr T T L ai U lit our share of tl ings will indu ing renoyated & M ercantile < our place more have devided < ies first, on tin ment second; e the fourth roo We would c we have many For 1 i 1 as we want to ' chasing our S i In moving our Sh decided to nlace them on ! these shoes are not old as DftEW-SELBY.GODMA i ; CLOTHI And if price: ! .you to take ad1 You can have ment for ac'ia [ delay but coin ? We would 1 , have in the w ; prevents our i tion and you v 1 ; IM SH^J ; anil can make feet satisfactia , ous New Year 1 ronage, we an i - Till Lai N T ION RGflIN S T H-J 0 N E S XX XX X X X BEEATH BANK] ich has been liqu s estate of J AS. re for business ai le trade if low pr ce the public to f the stores of th Co., gives us moi ! convenient foi >ur stock into de] e corner; gout's i Iry goods third, 111. all your attentioi great iiiduceniei ihe- Next Thii make a clean pring Goods. oes, a great many of the bo; i a bargain counter, and U goods but right new and so; N and other makes. Nfi WE HAVE IN s will move tho g rantage of this gi any puit of cIoIIk al cost for the sji e and let us dres ? ike to tell you nn a y of bas*gais?s bu doing so. .//II w fill readily see w .PE FOR E you prices that n, Wishing ev< 1 and hoping for i NCASTER : 4 A EEKERSI COMPANY. r S tNG & MEllCAN lidated in order to M. HEATH, de K ticl intend getting ices and fair dealstick to us. Have Ileath Banking e room and makes i* business. We partment, grocerurnishidg departand millinery in 11 to the fact that nts to otfer rty Days sweep before pur