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THE LAST IIOUllS OF SESSION. General Assembly Adjourned Sine I>le Sunday Morning at 5.30. (Cor. News and Courier.) Columbia, Feb. 20.-In the Gene ral Assembly, which adjourned -with out date at 5.35 o'clock this morn ing, there were three features: Pro hibition, politics and passionless legisaltion. Prohibition was proba bly predominant. Whatever the pro hibitionists wanted they secured, and lt was altogether Without what might be called "th's steam roller process." As is expressed In poli tics, "they just had the votes," and whether prohibition is a success or a failure there cannot be any charge that the friends of this system of handling the liquor traille lacked for sympathy. The essential accom plishments in the line of prohibition wore, first, the granting of authority to use so much as $60,000 for the enforcement of prohibition laws. Second, the making of the violation of t'he laws a chain gang offense. Third, the reduction of the allow ance for personal consumption dur ing any one month from one gallon to half that quantity. Fourth, the application of every -known and con ceivable method of prohibiting the sale, storage or transportation of li quor except in two-quart quantities. Fifth, the iie-enactment of every prohibition statute that could be found in the records under tho Itnti flcation Act. The only measure that was advocated by the prohibitionists in the Senate and which Palled in the House was the Carlisle bill, which sought to prohibit newspapers from advertising liquors in South Caro lina, and then the House insisted and secured a more liberal allowance of real beer for personal consumption under the two-quart a month stat ute. Status of Prohibition. Pro-hibitlon is a political as well as an economic issue in this State. It is regarded to-day as extremely pop ular in Sonih Carolina. It is a po litical balloon at this time, and is going to be used during the coming summer for all tc ls ?worth. Then the 2-cent rate bill, which died tn the Senate, was another of the seve ral campaign propositions utilized on the House side. Perhaps the most distinguishing feature of this session of the Gene ral Assembly was the utter lack of passion. In by-gone days tl-5 line of dcmiarkatlon between Tillmaultes and anti-Tillmanites was very sharp. Then came the lino between the dis liensary and anti-dispensary advo cates, and more recently thc advo cacy of Governor Blease and his pol icies was an acute issue. Once or twice there was a slight symptom of an effort to inject partisan poli tics, but it -was a complete failure, and there ls nothing that was 'dono at this session of the General Assem bly that bearra any of the car-marks of partisanship. Completion of Plans. Most of the work accomplished at this session was rather in tho na ture of completing last year's con structivo undertakings; that is, tho tax commission law now in effect was strengthened, in the opinion of its friends, by a prov'sion for a board of review, which h to act as a supreme court in mattel s of taxa tion. Then the Torrens system, which passed tho House last year, was en acted into law. This system for the present is made optional, but it is thought that it will be so appealing to people that they will voluntarily accept the protection and economy that the system is expected to afford. The McCullough child labor legis lation, also advocated by Governor Manning, was also enacted into law. This ls a striking illustration of how much cnn bo said in a few words. Tho entire act consists of exactly 25 words, and reads: "No child under tho age of l i Wood's Productive I Seed Corns. 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There were several propositions offered, all of them ?having merit, but too detailed to bo absorbed, and the General As sembly appointed a commission to ?make a careful study of the situa tion, and if in the 'meanwhile some thing practical can be worked out and 'the people can bo educated to the possibilities of the rural credits system, a beginning might be made at tho next session of the General As sembly as a result of the present agi tation. Another Forward Step. Another Step forward was made in the extensi?n of support for the ru ral schools tn the towns and cities that consent to accept children as pupils from the rural districts. An appropriation of $120,000 is carried this year for the purpose of subsi dizing these schools. There can be no question of the hold that the State warehouse sys tem had upon the members of the General Assembly. Whatever Com missioner McLaunin asked for was granted. Whether this be a tribute to Mr. McLaurin, as an individual, or whether it ls to Ivis administra tion as warehouse commissioner, or to the system itself and its possi bilities, remains to be developed. One thing is certain, and that is that tho warehouse system ih'as a Gotch hold on the political situation in this State to-day. One of the essential constructive measures that failed looked towards the establishment of a State high way commission, or some other me thod of harmonizing and developing the road building of this State. The major lit y of the members apparently favored -some State system, but they could not agree upon any one me thod of handling the situation. Constitutional amendments had rough skating, and all of them fell down (the first time that they tried to roll around. There were three proposed: First, the one looking to woman's suffrage; second, one look ing towards biennial sessions, and, third, the Wolfe proposition, which contemplates the granting of di vorces under certain conditions. One of the measures that excited considerable debate and in which there was the only suggestion of a filibuster, was on the bill which ex communicates the Southeastern Tar iff Association from South Carolina. This action, lt is suggested, is a se quel to the contention of the ware house commissioner on the matter of fire insurance rates. This added to tho alleged arbitrariness of the rate-making bureau, persuaded the majority of the legislators to chase the tariff association out of the State, and South Carolina is for a second time going to try some me thod of handling fire Insurance rates without a central rate-making bu reau in this State. Under the terms of the act as amended in the House the insurance commissioner ls given tho right to review all fire insur ance rates, subject to summary court review; mill mutuals and tho Factory Insurance Association ara exempted; and it is provided that nothing contained in the act shall bo held to interfere with any insurance placed by or through tho warehouse commissioner. There was keen interest in the lia b??ity bill, which, after an intense contest, was approved. Under the provisions of this act as passed, what ts known as the doctrine of contributory negligence as applied to railroad employees was abandon ed, and to a large extent the Federal statute with reference to railroad liability was accepted as the stat ute law of South Carolina. Tue op ponents of tho bill secured an amendment by which it was made plain that tho damages to be col lected should not include what is known as punitive damages. At tho outset oj tho session it looked as if the counties that were not clever enough to dispose of all their liquor by tho first of January inst wore going to bo left with souve nirs. Some of the prohibitivo' lead ers began to urge that the counties that had not sold their liquor were to blame and that if they lost that they would have to censure the coun ty hoards and not the General As sembly. One by one the counties se cured the con8ont of tho House to the adoption of bills which allowed tho individual counties to dispose of their stocks of unsold liquors outside of tho State. This might have been ac complished in A general bill, but un der the rules of tho House what are .known as strictly local bills seem to have the right of way, and first one county secured the right to sell ita liquor outBide of the State through tho old county boards, and then ano ther adopted that plan until it be carnie unanimous, but tu each case a separate act waa passed. Mr. Cothran called himself, an "old dog In legislation," aird this is alto gether true, and emphasizes how Im portant it is when good men can be secured to accept a place in the Gen eral Assembly, like Mr. Cothran, to have them continue in the service. It was Mr. Cothran's suggestion that relieved the strain of legislation to a very marked extent and helped to let everybody go homo happy. He sug gested an amendment to thc rules by which bills that are known as local uncontested measures might bo con sidered each day for 30 minutes, and it is remarkable how much legisla tion was enacted In the course of this 30 minutes, and thereby gave tre mendous relief to the legislative mill. Notwithstanding this, on the last day of the session 124 acts were rati fied. There is a rule that no bill shall be read on thc last day of the session, and as there were no sharp issues for settlement the rule -was abrogated a id a number of bills given their final reading on the last legislative day. It would be better if this rule were made so that ho bill could be read for the last time three days be fore final adjournment. It would give the engrossing department a chance and it -would avoid the mis takes t^ a't always happen in the crowding anri crushing of the last moments of the legislative session. The mass of local legislation con tinues to grow. This is probably due to the growth of the State, to tho prosperity that is dominant, and to the desire of one member to please another. Never before have delega tions wielded such force in what might be called local affaire, and if the present gait continues the wheels of legislation are going to beso much clogged that general and constructive suggestions aro going to be side tracked. There were probably fifty or moro acts passed with reference to bonds, both outstanding and pros pective, for school buildings. There were a dozen or more bills with ref erence to county court houses. Twice that many referred to other public buildings in the various counties. A score were enacted authorizing bridge and road construction. All efforts to increase the salaries of State and judicial officers to an adequate basis failed. This was large ly due to the fact that a political year is approaching. The new county of McCormick was authorized, If the Supreme Court ap proves, practically without opposi tion. "IN A BAD WAY." Many a Walhalla Reader Will Feel Grateful for this Information. If your back gives out; Becomes lame, weak or aching; If urinary troubles set in, Perhaps your kidneys are "in a bad way." Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak kidneys. Local evidence proves ith'eir merit. P. J. Fredricks, conductor, South ern Railway, Main street, Walhalla, says: "Tho jarring and jolting of the cars brings on attacks of kidney trouble. When I have one of therm the pains in the small of my back and across my loins aire pretty se vere. 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