The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-20
THE LIEN Law REPEALED.
SENATORS AT LAST HEED VOICE
OF PEOPLE.
The Devoted Friends of the Lien Law
And Its Victims, the Poor Farmers,
Yield to the Demand for Repeal
That Has Been Growing for Twenty
Years.

the lien law repeal bill which has been
discussed for the past two days. Near
ly every senator has had a say on this
measure. 1t was thought that
vote would be reached immediately
on this bill on which all senators
naturally had their minds made up.
Senator Kelley was willing for a
vote to be taken at once. but discus
sion arose and continued for the past
two days and nights.
The house passed the bill by a vote
Of IS to s5.
The vote In the senate stood as fol-
lows upon Senator Kelley's motion to
table Senator Montgomerys motion
to strike out the enacting words of
the bill:
Ayes-Appelt. Carlisle, Carpenter,
Christensen, Crosson. Earle. Graydon,
Hardin. Harvey. Hough, Johnson.
tombstone, Kelley. Lide. Mauidin. Nc
Gown. Muckenfuss. Rainsford, Stew
art. Sullivan. Summers. Waller. West
on. Wharton-24.
Nays--Bass. Black, Croft. Griffin.
Laney. Montgomery. OTIS. Rogers.
sinkler. Spivey. Walker. williams
IL.
So the hostile motion failed.
When the vote was announced
there was a storm Of exceptions OF
counties to be exempted coming un-
der Senator Montgomery's amend
ment to exempt the county Of Marion.
The exemptions came thick and fast,
including. Lancaster, Charleston, ETC..
etc. The amendment was tabled on
an aye and nay vote by 10 to II. thus
bringing all counties under the pro-
visions Of the bill. The vote stood on
Senator Kelley's motion to table the
amendment exempting certain coun-
ties:
Ayes--Carlisle. Carpenter. Christ
ensen. Crosson, Earle. Harvey. Hough,
Johnstone. Kelley. Lide. Mauldin. Nc
Gown. Muckenfuss. Stewart. Sullivan,
Summers. Waller, Weston, Wharton
-19.
Nays-Appelt, Bass. Bates. Black.
Croft. Graydon. Griffin, johnson. La
ney, Montgomery. Otis. Rainsford.
Rogers. sinkler. spivey. Walker. Will
liams-17.
The tabling Of this amendment left
the bill applicable to all counties.
Senator Clifton Immediately after
the vote on the lien law bill to strike
out the enacting words was lost pro-
posed following amendment:
THE title of bill to be-: TO declare
the law In regard to giving security
upon crops not in existence and to
| declare the same invalid"
For section insert the following
ANY lien or mortgage given upon
crops to be grown. and before the
same are up and growing. shall be in
effectual to convey or have any in.
terest in the same. and no such lien
or mortgage given or executed there.
on prior to the actual existence of the
shall crop shall be enforceable in any
of the courts of this State: Provided
Nothing herein contained shall apply
to landlords liens on rents and sup.
plies or to laborers' wages"
Upon an aye and nay vote to table
this amendment the vote resulted
Ayes 21; Is.
So the amendment was lost.
Senator Clifton moved to indefinitely
postpone the bill. He claimed that
the understanding was that some
such amendment would be agreed
upon.
Senator Kelley claimed that the
Clifton amendment would kill the
bill.
There arose a great deal more dis
cussion on this amendment. Senator
Clifton claimed the bill in its present
form would be Intellectual. He oh.
| Jected to the so-called Hydrick
amendment In that this purports to
amend section 3005 OF the code. Mr..
Clifton's amendment affects section
3O59.
Senator Clifton then offered an
amendment practically the same as
his own amendment and the Hydrick
amendment. which was passed by a
vote Of % to II.
The bill passed to third reading
then.
The amendment to the lien law re-
peal bill which passed the senate is as
follows:
Strike out section / Of the bill and