The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-03-01
SUMTER, S. @, WEDNESDAY, MARCH l. 1911

sian We'll at tho same institution, II
Is only a question Of whether it is
cheaper TO pay $4,000 once for all,
for water supply. or to annually
pay $500 to the city of Orangeburg
for water.
The same argument can be applied
to the heating plant at the university.
AS to the infrmary at Winthrop,
IL was butt To accommodate the av-
erage sick In an institution Of 500,
Il has now grown to more than 700.
Should an epidemic Of any contagious
disease, measles. mumps typhoid
fever etc. break out there, 1t would
very probably bring tears and sorrow
to many homes on account of the
Inadequate provision for coping with
such contingency. God grant that
his excellency, in his zeal for econ
omy, shall place no mother Of our
State In mourning garb.
While I might criticise with equal
justice most OF the other vetoes Of
his excellency. there are but two more
for which l shall ask space in your
columns to show his absolute incon-
sistency.
His excellency vetoes the appropria-
tion of $4,000 To the State Agricultu-
raj and Mechanical society, giving as
his reason that such appropriations
are unconstitutional, yet these appro-
priattons were made under the con-
stitution of 1868, and under the con-
stitution Of 1895. and / have no hesi-
tation in saying that no money ex-
pended by the State has returned as
large dividends. not only in develop
ing our agricultural and live stock
interest. but also in making our peo-
pie a homogeneous mass, and maxi
ing them feel the kinship of race
throughout the entire length and
breadth Of the State.
His excellency vetoes this appro-
priation as being unconstitutional
and yet he allows to go unscathed an
appropriation Of $4,000 for the corn
breeders association, an organization
but one year old, that has held but
one exposition. and that an absolute
farce so far as corn n-breeding was con-
cernsd.
Jerry Moore with his 22S bushels
per acre could hsve won no prize
under the rules adopted by this asso-
citation. The man who produced 80
to 40 bushels OF corn Of the single
cared variety would sweep poor Jerry
Moore with his measly little 22S bush
els of prolific corn in ignominious de-
feat from the field. Yet his excel
lency approves Of an appropriation
OF $4,000 to perpetuate this organi-
zation, he is so insistent upon it that
he invites me as chairman OF the ways
and means committee, into his Office
and lays the matter before me, after
the ways and means committee and
the house has disallowed this appro-
priation.
IL the appropriation for the agrlcul-
tural society is unconstitutional,
where does he get his constitutional
suthority for this appropriation?
Recurring now to the Steward bin
for new building at Winthrop, that Is
approved, it is very much needed and
j rejoice that Winthrop has secured
II, but 1t will add not one more girl
to- her roll of students. Just here il
Is due the members of me free con-
ference that / make the following
statement: When the appropria lion
bill reached the senate. after this bin
had bee. approved by the governor,
that body attempted to reverse itself
by adding a section, known as section
az. which read as follows:
That all acts and parts Of acts in
consistent with this act are hereby
repealed"
The evident and only object Of the
senate was TO reverse itself in regard
TO new building at Winthrop, but it
might have other and more far
reaching effects. On the morning be.
fore the free conference on the ap-
preparation bin. his excellency took
me aside in the hall OF the house and
called my attention TO this section.
stating that If that section were left
I'm he would feel compelled to veto the
bill, and in that position / think he
was absolutely correct. 1t was this
argument that Winthrop already had
her building assured and the
university and Citadel were equally
entitled To theirs that won out i'm free
conference. and finally secured tho