The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1913-03-06

Acting upon the request contained
N the governors message to lnves'-
yate the treatment alleged 10 nave
Noon received BY Simeon Ellis, nc
gro serving life term, the senate
committee on penal and charitable IN
,titut;ons met at the state house TO
5eein the taking Of testimony.
Iouse-Wednesday
The house passed concurrent reso-
Luton providing for an investigation
Of the management of the state pen
itentiary by committee Of five mem
oers. The resolution was introduced
by C. C. Wyche of Spartanburg.
Senate-Thursday.
The governor sent message to the
senate vetoing the bill to sell the
present property of the State Hospit-
al for the Insane and transfer the in
stitution to state Park" The gov
ernor said in his message that he
would not become party to the
plans of certain persons who have
been trying to get the property.
The one-mill tax bill for school pur-
poses was taken up and fight was
begun on the amendment Of the I'm
ance committee the amendment Of
Senator Young and Senator Clifton.
Tburel.u
The recorder of the city of Green
vile will not be given the right to
sentence offenders to prison without
allowing them the alternative Of pay
ing fine. The house sustained the
governors veto of the act to this end,
introduced in the house by Mr.. Hayns-
worth of Greenville. Of the members
present A voted to override the veto
and 81 to sustain it. Every magis-
erate in South Carolina now has the
right to sentence to Imprisonment
without the alternative of fine.
The house passed to third reading
Senator Carlisle's bill to require the
attendance at some school of all chill
dren between the ages Of and y
years in the city of Spartanburg for
four months each year. Mr.. Wyche
and Mr.. Moseley gave notice of gen.
eral amendments on third reading.
The ratification of the amendment
to the United States constitution pro-
viding for the election of United States
senators by a direct vote of the peo-
pie was recommended by the house
committee on judiciary.
Senate-Friday.
On motions made by Senator Crouch
all second and third reading bills and
all concurrent resolutions remaining
on the senate calendar were continu
ed until next session, including the
Rittenberg bill, the Weston bill au-
thorizing the railway commission tc
employ an inspector and the Clifton
state highway bill.
The governor sent to the senate
during the morning message veto,
ing the oil inspection bill
The Mars-Wyche bill to abolish the
penitentiary hosiery mill passed the
senate with provision to take effect
November 1, by vote of % to 1.
The Youmans measure authorizing
and requiring the counties of the state
to pay s5 a month to the South Caro-
lima Rescue Qrphanage Association
for the support of each child sent to
the home from each county was pass
ed.
The Melf kindergarten bill, per
missible measure, was passed by the
senate, with amendments.
House-Friday.
The governor sent the house a mes
sage yetoing the act providing for a
special one-mill tax for the public
schools. The message was passed
over the governors veto by vote
Of 7S. to 20.
In his veto message the governor
said the act to provide for a special
tax of one mill for the public schools
was "an abortion"
For the lack of one vote in the
house the policy Of the state as re-
CARDS the transfer Of the State Hos
pital for the Insane to State Park re-
mains undeclared, the relief of the
crowded conditions at the States Hos
pital for the Insane will be delayed
for at least another year and the work
of building at State Park seriously
ha@pered.
Senste-Saturday.
Vetoed by the governor, the Nc
Cravey-Lawson compulsory school at
tendance act, whose passage met with
such wide favor, is dead. The house
passed the bill over the veto by a
vote of about four to one, but in the
senate the act was killed for the lack
of two votes which would have passed
it by the necessary two-thirds major
ity.
Following some debate, the senate
aassed over the veto of the governor
the Mitchell l mill tax bill, as amend
ed by Senator Lawson, by vote of
81 to 8. The amended bill provides
that so per cent of the collected tax
shall remain in the county in which it
is collected ,and that so per cent.
shall go into the state treasury to be
disposed of by the state board of edu,
cation. The senators voting to sus-
tain the veto were: ADppelt, Good,