The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, March 05, 1908, Image 3
NEW GENERAL LAWS
A ? -
5 immary of Important Ads of
the Session of 1908
MANY MATftRS OF INTEREST
General Assembly Passed t Great
Many Measures of More Than Lo
cal Application? Work of the Ses
sion of 1903*
?f th? 8Teater P?rt of
the general laws or laws of a general
application are as follow.:
act to Provide for insurance
compames organized under the laws
ti? it?!? o make deP?sits in
trust with the State insurance com
missioner or Stste treasurer to ootn
? oT1; requirements of law in oth
?r b tat es.
- to establish an infirmary
for Confederate veterans.
"An "n act enki?ed
An set to fix the amount of the
compensation to be paid to the coun
?f v"riou' coun"M
An act to repesl section 14, vol
ume 1 code of laws for the compen
sation to be paid to the members of
the general assembly.
An act to make the term of office
or county superintendents of educa
tion, county supervisors and registers
?or mense conveyances four years.
. An to amend the law in rela
tion to the names and locations of
the voting precincts in this State.
An ^ act to authorize and empower
electric railway, gas and electric light
companies to lease their property and
purchase other companies.
An act to amend section 1200, code
-of laws, volums 1, relating to coun
ty boards of education.
An act to amend an act entitled
An act to incorporate the Audubon
society of South Carolina and to pro
vide for the preservation of the wild
*birds, non-migratory fish and animals
of the State."
An act to fix the amount of com
pensation to be paid to the county
auditors and treasurers of the va
rious counties of this State.
An act to provide for the election
?of a State health officer aiul to pre
scribe his qualifications, powers, du
ties, responsibilities and to fix his
compensation.
An act to provide for the reenroll
ment and registration of the qualified
?electors of this State during the year
1908 and to provide compensation for
? he supervisors of registration.
An act to establish the insurance
?department of South Carolina and to
provide for the conduct of the same.
An act to prohibit the use of wells
for sewerage purposes.
An act relating to contracts for
personal servisa and advnnccs there
under, declaring certaiti offenses con
nected therewith of evidence and pro
cedure in such ceases, and prescribing
punishment therefor.
An act to amend section 948 of the
?code of laws of South Carolina, vol
ume 1, relating to the probte of deeds.
An act to creat Calhoun county.
A joint resolution to authorize the
comptroller general to draw his war
rant and the State treasurer to pay
the samo in favor of the public print
er.
An act to further prescribe the
powers of cities containing more than
5,000 inhabitants.
An act to amend the law relating
to magistrates and their constables)
their powers, duties, jurisdiction, sal
aries, etc.
An act to guard against the intro
duction^ of the Mexican boll weevil
into this State.
An act to authorize the commission
ers pf the sinking fund, out of funda
in their hiMs, to make temporary
loans to the regents of the State
hospital for the insane.
An act to provido for tho charter
fees for domestic cotton holding and
storage associations.
An act to amend section 518 of the
criminal code of this State, 1902, re
lating to fish ways.
An act ceding to the United States
?exclusive jurisdiction over certain
lands acquired for public purposes
within this Stato and to authorizo
the acquisition thereof.
An act to amend section 2732, vol
ume 1 of the code, relative to the dis
tribution of the reports of the su
preme court of the State.
An act to declare the entering of
any building occupied as a bank with
intent to steal by force or otherwise
a felony and to provido punishmen.
therefor.
An act to amend section 198ft of
ioIo ?f ,nws of 8outh Carolina,
J?02, so as to empower towns and
cities containing over 1,000 inhabi
tants to rcqnire road duty on their
streets and ways or the payment of
a eomutation tax in lieu thereof.
An act to protect patrons of parks
and other places of amusement.
An act to amend section 258 of
the civil ?ode prescribing certain
qualifications for voters in and cer
tain regulations in connection with
party registrations for primary elec
tions in counties containing a city
of 40,000 inhabitants or more, and
for tho prevention of fraud and il
legal voting in the some.
An act in relation to the invest
ment and loan by tho commissioners
of tho sinking fuud of tho fund for
State insurance of public property by
the rfnking fond commission.
An act to amend an act entiled
"An act to authorise the State treat
nrer to receiver from the United
States government a certain fund and
to bold the K(\mc subject to the uses
declared by &n net of congress, ' so
as to allow a change of investment.
An act to provide for the teaching
of physiology and hygiene in the pub
lic schools.
An act to amend an act regulating
the sale of oysters and other shell
fish.
An act to amend section 2004, code
of laws, volume 1, relating to the
liability of employers of minors to
parents or guardians.
An act to amend sub-division 17,
of section 88, of volnme 2, , of ths
code by allowing a change of venue
in magistrate's courts after new
trial has been granted.
An act to amend an act entitled
"An act for the further protection
of partridge and quail, " by changing
the time and to include Mongolian
pheasants and wild turkey.
An act to provide a penalty for the
jurors, when duly summoned, who
shsll neglect or rqfase to appear in
obedienee to the venire duly issued in
the police court of any munisipality
or magistrate court in this State.
A bill to allow constables com
pensation for services beyond their ,
jurisdiction.
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section 7, article 8, of the con
stitution, relating to munieipsl bond
ed indebtedness.
An act to amend section 2004 of
volume 1, code of laws of South Caro
lina, 1902, relsting to the power of
aldermen in the trial of cases.
An act to make the organization of
the National Guard comply with the
requirements of the United States.
An act to amend section 299 of the
code of laws, volume 2, relating to 1
disorderly conduct and obscene or
profane language in public, so as to
further deflnd said offenses.
An act to authorize and empower
the South Carolina Military academy
to execute to the United States thf
necessary bond for oijii nance and
ordance stores.
An act to authorize and empower
county boards of commissioners to
condemn certain trees on eaeh side
of public roads. o
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section 4, of article 13, of the
constitution of the State, relating to
| the ofiicc of adjutant and inspector
general.
An act to amend section 2015, vol
ume 1, code of laws, 1902, relating to
the issuing of bonds by municipal
corporations for certain purposes.
An act to require all insurance
companies incorporated under the
laws of this State to secure their
policyholders.
An act in relation to the establish
ment of new counties.
An act to amend section 195, code
of laws, volume 1, so as to provido
for registration for special election.
An act to amend section 529, crim
inal code, relating to stealing of oys
ters.
An act to permit the establish
ment of public baths in cities con
taining a population of more than
20,000.
An act for the protection of elec
trical transmission lines.
Railroads and Corporations.
The following acts affecting rail
roads and other corporations were
passed :
An act to amend an act entitled
"An act to incorporate the Bam
berg, Ehrhardt ft Walterboro Rail
way company, ' ' approved the 23d day
of February, 1906, by conferring
upon it ccrtain additional powers and
ratifying all acts done under the ori
ginal charter.
An act to amend the charter of the
Georgetown ft Western Railroad com
pany.
An act to recruit the Augusta ft
Aiken Railway company to erect cer
tain station houses or suitable shelt
ers of certain named places along
their line of road. .> ,
An act to amend an aet entitled
"An act to ratify and confirm the
charter of the Parr Shoals Power
company, granted by the secretary of
state on the Sth day of December,
1904, and to confer additional pow
ere on said company.
An act to charter the great council
of South Carolina, Improved Order
ef Red Men.
An act to amend section 2034, code
of laws, 1902, volumo 1, relating to
the power of railroads to eonneot
with, cross, purchase, lease or con
solidate with other roads.
An act to incorporate the Augusta
ft Edgefield Railroad company.
An act to provido for a sinking
fund for the townships of Catawba,
Ebener.er and York in York county
for the retirement of bonds issued
by said townships in aid of the Char
leston, Cincinnati ft Chicago railroad.
An act to authorize and require the
secretary of state to issuo to the Ab
bevillc-Qreonwood Mutual Insurance
company the certificate of organiza
tion provided by law artd to ratify
and confirm the organization, here
tofore made, etc.
An aet to require railroad com
panies to put cinder deflectors on ths
windows of passenger coaches.
An act to nmend section 2 of an
act to regulate the ma-iner by which
common carriers shall adjust freigkl
charges.
An act to amend section 2170, code
of laws, volume 1, so as to increase
the penalty for non-po?tinf of de
layed peawnger't rains as required by
lew.
Aa act to amend section 2166 of
the. code of laws relating to passenger
rates on railroads.
An aet to veet in the South At
lantic Trans-Continental Railroad
company certain rights and privileges
and to define its "powers in the State
of South Carolina.
An act to require the Southern
railway to build a depot at Blacks
burg.
An act to prevent public drinking
on passenger coaches
Laws Applying to Courts
An act to divide the State into 12
judicial cireuita and to arrange the
same.
An aet to authorize the rendition
of judgments at chambers by con
sent in defsult eases.
An aet to provide for special court
stenographers.
An act to amend an aet to provide
for holding eourts in so far as same
relates to Fifth oireuit and to pro
vide for eourts in Eleventh circuit.
An act to provide an extra term of
'court of common pleas for Colleton
county.
An act to regulate the time for
holding courts of the Ninth judicial
circuit.
An act to provide for the time of
holding courts in the Fourth and
Twelfth judicial circuits and to ar
range the same.
An aet to amend an act entitled
"An net to provide for the times for
holding the circuit courts in the
Seventh judicial circuit and to ar
range the same, ' ' approved Febru
ary 21> A. D. 1906, in so far as it
applies to the time for holding court,
in Union county.
An act to establish a county court
in the county of Sumter and to define
the jurisdiction and powers of such
court and to provide for the conduct
of the business thereof.
An act to regulate the time for
holding the courts of tho Ninth judi
cial circuit.
An aet to amend an act entitled
"An act to provide the time for
holding courts on the First judicial
circuit."
An aet to amend section 450, code
of laws, volume 2, so as to require
copies of rules of couft made furnish
ed clerks of court.
The Relief Act.
A joint resolution to relieve for
mer State Treasurers W. T. C. Bates
and W. H. Timmermaa and State
treasurjr R.II. Jennings and their re
spective bondsmen from liability on
the official bonds of the said former
State treasurers and State treasurer
for the loss of ccrtain bonds, purloin
ed from the State treasury during the
period from the year 1895 to the
year 1901, inclusive and to authorize
the attorney general to discontinue
suits commeuccd on said official
bonds.
An act to enable Will A. Kirby, Jr.,
of Dorchester county, a minor, over
the ago of 20 years, to apply fbr ad
mission to the bar.
Registration by New Law.
The committee on free conference
reported on the registration bill,
which became a law and was en
rolled Saturday, The law was nec
essary because of the requirements
in the constitution that voters regis*
tered in 1898 register again at the
expiration of 10 years. As a result
of the additional works placed upon
the supervisors of registration the
salaries were increased.
The law as to the manner in which
registration shall be conducted this
year is as follows:
The report of the free conference
committee, which was adopted and
became law, was as follows :
"Section 1. That the supervisors
of registration in each county of the
State are required to re-enroll all
the qualified electors in this State
during the year 1906.
"Sec. 2. That the same time the
?aid supervisors shall register all per
sons who make application therefor,
and who may be entitled thereto.
"Sec. 3. That for the purpose
of such enrollment and registration
the said supervisor shall ? keep the
boo&s of registration open at the sev
eral county seats every day, Sunday?
oxceptcd, between the hours of 9 a.
m. and 0 p. m., during the months
of July and August, 1908; and in ad
dition thereto they shall attend, dur
ing the month of September, 1908, at
least one dsy in eaoh township, in
their respective counties, of which at
least ten days '-notice shall be given
by advertisment in a newspaper pub
lished in Um eounty ; and in ooun
ties oontsining f>0/)00 inhabitants
shall attend in each eity, town or in
dustrial community containing 300 or
moro inhabitants at least one day,
upon similar notice r'^rovided, That
the provisions of this section shall on
ly apply to the re-enrollments snd
registration for the yesr 1908.
"See. 4. That for the purpose of
said re-enrollment, the seerotary of
state shall furnish tho supervisors
of registration with all the neeesssry
books, and the sum of $600 shall be
appropriated for supplying said
books.
"Sec. 5. That tho supervisors of
registration shall each roceivo for
their services during the year 1908
the sum of $200, to be paid by the
State, quarterly, as other Stato of
ficers arc paid, except in tho coun
ties of Anderson, Charleston, Orecn
ville, Surntrr Orangeburg, Richland,
where they shall each receivs $250
*
for the year 1906; Provided, That
in 8partanbuif eounty they- shall re
ceive this year $300, to be pmd u
above provided. That after the jMf
1008, the eipervisors of registration
shall each receive $50 per annum in
off years, except in the above named
counties, where they shall each re
ceive $73 per annum in off years, and
in general election ycais they shall
receive $200 eaeh per annum, includ
ing the county of 8partanburg.
14 See. 0. All acts or parts of aets
inconsistent with this act be, and the
same are hereby repealed."
MURDERERS CONFESS
Negro Boy Tells How They Murdered
Aged Whito Woman and Then
Robbed Her Home.
Columbia, Special. ? Ned and Brack
Toland, negroes, aged 19 and 17
years, respectively, late Friday after
noon. made a full confession of the
murder of Mrs. Paul W. Elliser, the
aged white woman who lived just
across the river from Columbia.
Brack, the younger of the brothors,
said that Mrs. Elliser suspected
domethiug as soon as they entered the
house. When they got inside Brack
said he caught the old woman and
held her while his brother knocked
her in the head with an axe. They
put her body in a basket aud Ned
struck her two more blows. They
then proceeded to rob the house, tak
ing a gun and a number of articles
of wearing apparel. No money was
found.
A Sad Bereavement.
Dillon, Special. ? With Masonic
honors the remains of Mr. Jake Par
ham were consigned to their last rest
ing place at Mount Holly Saturday.
Mr. Parbam was 29 years of age; has
been a sufferer for several months,
sxhibiting throughout a wonderful de
cree of fortitude and patience at hid
place of business until withiu a ver>
few days of his death. The aged
father, Mr. A. K. Parliam, deserves
especially the sympathy of every one.
His bereavement is peculiarly dis
tressing, bis son Jake being the sol?
survivor of what was only four years
ago a happy home. Within two
months two sons and one daughter,
all grown, were buried, his wifo fol
lowing within a year after and Jake
alone was left to hiiy.
Arrested in Chester.
Chestor, Special. ? The police auth
orities here arrested on Saturday
night a white man giving the nam)
of J. A. Stamper, charged with bouse
breaking and larceny. It seems tba'
the accused broke into the station of
the Carolina & Northwestern railway
at Lincolnton, N. C., and took there
from quite a bunch of railroad tick
ets, together with a conductor's
punch. The arrest was mado by in
structions from Conductor H. M.
Ross, to whom one of these ticket*'
was offered in payment of fare.
Stamper was held in jail here until
morning, when he was taken to Lin
colnton by Chief of the Chester Po
lice W. S. Taylor.
Two Hen Arrested.
Aiken, Special. ? J. C. Richardson,
who formerly ran a saloon in Augusta
and M. C. Todd wero arrested at
Hamburg and brought to Aiken and
lodged in jail by Dispensary Con
stable Musco Samuels, charged with
violation of the dispensary law. Tho
two men were running a grocery store
in Hamburg. The store was raided
by Constable Samuels and six or sev
en gallons of liquor were seized. It
is stated that they have been running
a blind tiger for some time. They
were given a preliminary hearing be
fore Magistrate Smoak and released
on $400 bond each, to appear at tho
court of general sessions.
Destructive Fire in Belton.
Belton, Special. ? At 10 o'clock
Wednesday night fire was discovered
in the frame mercantile building of
J. T. Cox. There was no insurance on
the building but the stock of mer
chandise owned by J. O. Ragsdale,
Belton Coco-Col* Bottling company
and Fant & Willingham were insured
for about $1,100. No elue as to origin
of flro. Tho building wag valued al
$*2,.r?00 and the contents at about the
same. But for the good work of em
ployes of Southern and Bine Ridge
railways, assisted by the citizens of
tho town, the passenger and freight
depots would have been destroyed.
Man Who Shot Despoller of His
Home Is Pardoned.
Tampa, Fla., Special. ? Harry Bom
ford, a former plumbing contractor,
who has served seven months of n
one-year term in the penitentiary for
shooting Captain Park, a steamboat
master, nephew of State Treasurer
Park, of (leorgia, when Park surpris
ed him in Park's homo with Mrs.
Park, was pardoned by the Stato
board. , j
P atm efto^Ajyairs
The News of South Carolina in Condensed Form
Federal Aid Proposed For Our Hijbl
Schools. |
Clemson College, Special.? Presi
dent P. H. Mell has received It letter
from the Hon. Chas. R. Davis, call
ing las attention to a bill before con
gress, looking to the endowment
throughout the country of secondary
high schools for the purpose of en
couaging the teaching of agriculture,
the mechanieal arts and homo econo
mie6 for the better education of tho
people at large. President Mell rec
ommends that all who are in favor ol
this plan write to Congressman Davio
and to the representatives from South
Carolina giving their endorement of
his bill.
The measnre provides for the pay
ment to each State and territory -of a
?urn amounting to 10 cents per capita
,f the population. The stipulation is
made that all States and Territories
receiving this aid shall furnish suf
ficient money to pay the cost of build
ings and grounds ns well as instruc
tion in the other branches necessary
to a well rounded high school course.
One-half of all tho money received
from the government shall, the bill
provides, be used for instruction in
igrieultural high schools maintained
inder State authority in rural com
munities, the number of such schools
m any one State or Territory not to
sxeeed one school for each 10 coun
ties of the State or Territory.
The bill further provides for gov
ernment aid to State agricultural ex- 1
periment and to State agricultural ex- i
I periment stations on condition thai j
?he State appropriate an equal |
amount for the maintenance am.
equipment of these stations.
Both of these funds shall be paid
?emi-ennually ? on July 1 and Janu
ary 1. The State mdfet make to tho
lecretary of agriculture a detailed ac
?ount of the disbursement of sums re
ceived under the provisions of tho
*ct. The grants of money authorized
by the bill are made subject to legis
lative assent of the several States and
Territories to the purposes of the
slants. .
Congressman Davis recently had an
interview with tho president in whicu
the bill was the subject of considera
tion. President Roosevelt then ex
pressed himself as highly pleasc-i
with the measnre, giving it his lull
est endorsement. He ealled a*1?'
tioti to his speech in Keokuk in Oct -
ber when he said that the federal gov
ernment should cooperate with the
Stato to provide practical education
for the youth of the nation.
Mr Davis' bill has received numer
ous other endorsements from the (lead
ing educators of the United State*
and the measure has been favored oy
educational organizations, farmer
associations, State agricultural and
mechanical colleges and commercial
manufacturers* and industrial
1 cations throughout the country. The
hone is therefore entertained thai
conrgess will consider tho measure
favorably. . .. . ? ?
Mr Davis has been investigating
the few objections suggested against
the bill and in reply to the claim that
federal aid would lead to nationa
ownership of the ?hoota quotes
liatiea Riven by the United .
commissioner of education, the Hon.
R. E. Brown, which show that sine
federal aid was given to State colleges
the percentage of their support r -
ceived from the national government
has greatly decreased.
The schools provided for in this
net Mr. Davis points out, are of ex
aftiv tiie eh.r.c.cr .. those
established under the MorriTl act ol
To Build at Chick Spriuft*.
Greenville, Special. ? Tho Chick
Springs company has let a contract
for rebuilding the hotel which was
recently destroyed by Are. Work will
begin in a day or two and tho new
house will bo ready for guests when
tho Reason opens this summer. Tho
new building will cost $50,000 and will
be better than the one it is to re
place.
Checking Up Finances.
Columbia, Special. ? One of the im
portant duties of tho comptroller
general within the next few days will
he to go over the appropriation bill
item by item and cheek it up with the
estimated revenue. It ie estimated
this year that the raise in levy will
still leave a deficit of about $35,000,
ttfthough the increase in tho franchise
taxee may reduce this materially.
Other incomes may oxeeed the rev
enue est mates made in the beginning,
hut it is certain that thore will bo
no balance to the accounts at the end
of tho yesr.
Firs Horses Rnn Away.
Manning, Special. ? The team of
horses attached to the Are engine ran
away Tuesday afternoon and on a
short turn in the street, turned the
engine over and damaged it so badly
until it will be necessary, it is thought
to send it back to the factory for
repairs. The negro driver came out
uninjured, but Mr. Frank Hawkins
was injured endeavoring to hold otn
of the horses after they broke out.
1862 and like them will s? rang! hen
?ho State directly and the federal
government indirectly. As these State
colleges have remained under Stats
control so will those contemplated by
the bill centinue under State control,
therefore no danger of centralization
attaches to their establishment. Thij
measure bridges the gap between thu
education of the home, the l'arin and
the shop. Heretofore our education
has lacked unity, it has been too much
centered about the literary, the non
industrial; its forms and* substance
have been too little coordinated with
the traiuing of the home, of the shop,
of the farm and of the great outdoors.
Through technical training it will
keep our youth out of a peasant or
submerged class, and by encouraging
the States to expend more for educa
tion it will greatly increase general as
well as technical education.
Appropriation Bills and State's In
come.
Columbia, Special. ? Comptroller
General Jones recently went over the
appropriation hill and after consid
ering all items totaled the whole at
$ 1 ,88; >,S.")7 .27. This, however, docs
not include the legislative supply bill,
which will make the total about
$1,635,000. It is estimated that tho
levy of five and one-half mills on a
valuation of $267,000,000 of property
will raise $1,468,000, and the fran
chise license tax, the insurance licenso
and foes from the ofiice of the secre
tary of state will make the total
about $1,641,000, giving a surplus of
about $6,000. The general assembly,
however, did not make any appropria
tion for a deficit of $68,000 for tho
year 1907, although it is required by
the constitution that each legislature)
provide for any deliciciency for the
preceding year. This will make a de
ficiency of about $62,000, although
this will show on the books only, the
State having paid the debts with tho
money borrowed during the past year.
Just ten years ago the total valua
tion in property in South Carolina
was $173,772,000, or about $90,000,
000 less than the present cstimnto of
value. The appropriations for that
I year, on a levy of livo mills, were
$879,500, or about one-half the ap
propriation for the current year. At
that time the State had a surplus of
$101,000. but there were numerous
departments not then providod for
and the large increase in the demand
for better work, for more reports and
for a more careful supervision of
every institution under tho control
of the State has had much to do with
this increase.
Good Roads for Sumter.
Sumter, Special. ? The good roads
movement inaugurated by the Sumter
chamber of commerce during last yer
will soon begin to show results. There
were two enthusastic good roads
smokers held in Sumter, at which rep
resentative farmers from every sec
tion of the county were invited,
plans for general improvements of
the county roads were discussed. Tho
city and country were brought inl'i
closer touch. Tho business and pro
fessional men of Sumter and the
country were brought into closer
touch, ami tho country mer
chants and farmers were united for
better roads. As a result of these
meetings the Sumter chamber of com
merce had the Sumter delegation to
pass a hill through tho legislature
just adjourned to borrow $15,000
from the sinking fund commission for
tho purchase of improved road work
ing machinery, and authorizing the
expenditure of money for good r>ad?.
Inspection Dates. *
Columbia, Special. ? Adjutant Gen
eral Boyd has issued an order chang
ing the date for tho inspection of
threo of the militia companies. 'Hio
inspection at Conway will be held
April 21 instead of March 10, the in
spection at Georgetown will be held
on April 2.'i instead of March 11 and
the inspection at Winnsboro will bo
held April 27 instead of April 20.
Attempt to Wreck Paasenger Train.
Charleston, Special. ? Three oars of
?rain No. 17 of the Southern railway
wero derailed near Kingville at 0.15
Tuesday night, the result of a mis
placed switch. Tho engine, baggage
and mail cars passed safely over the
open switch, but the three passenger
coaehes left tho track. The pas
sengers were given a bad scare, bnt
only minor injuries wore sustained.
All passengers were crowded into the
cars ne*t to the engine and proceed
ed to Columbia. The switch hod been
opened evidently with tho intention
to wrock that or other trains.
Small Wreck at Hartsvile.
TIartsville, Special. ? A wreck in
the yards here Tuesday afternoon
caused by a box car leaving the tmck
at a switch i liter fered with the de
parture of the afternoon train. The
<ar ran into the roof of the new de
pot did some damage. The Wades
boro passenger came bv and carried
the passengers and mails on to Flor
ence. The wrecking train arrived
Tuesday night to clear the tracks.