Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-03-12

shaw on the second Tuesday in June
was passed by the house.
Mr.. Dick, Mr. Epps and Mr.. Belser
of Sumter made statements In re-
gard to the bill and the tangle which
resulted over the last dispensary cleo
tion in their county. The result OF
the last dispensary election in Sum-
ter has not yet been determined by
the supreme court, to which 1t was
appealed.
BY a vote of 81 to % the house
killed the Sullivan bill providing Tor
the establishment by the state or
hospital for the treatment of pellagra
and the appointment of commission
to study the disease which is still
medical mystery. The bill proposed
the appropriation Of $4,000 for the
hospital and $4,000 for the mainte-
nance of the commission.
The governor returned to the house
the DeLaughter joint resolution ap-
propriating S400 for monument over
! the grave of McKie Merriwether OF
Edgefield, who was killed in the
Hamburg riot while serving under
! Gen. Butler. The message said there
was an error in the name Hamburg
as it occurred in the joint resolution.
Action was deferred on the message.
Despite the declaration of the gov
ernor that he thought it "the rankest
Republicanism that could possibly be
adopted by any body of men calling
themselves Democrats" the house, by
vote OF 90 to q, overrode the veto
of his excellency m the act giving the
citizens of Rock Hill the privilege of
holding an election to vote on the
question of adopting commission form
! of government.
Senate.
The senate sustained the governors
veto of the Lide bill to provide aid
| for farm demonstration work among
/ the rural schools by vote on the mo-
! ton of Senator Lide to pass the bill
over the veto, II for passage and IL
against it. 1t was pointed out that
no provision had been made in the
appropriation bill for the items in
the measure. Senator Lide suggest.
ed that provision could be made next
session.
The senate sustained Gov. Blease
in his veto of the medical inspection
bill and thus the act fails to become
law. 1t provided for mild form OF
medical inspection of the school chill.
dren of the state. This is the sec
Dluine the legislature has pa9ssSs a
= n.rsspTcr!e ~ anu -lne sos'
grhco veto has been sustained. The
house and senate overrode the gov
ernor's veto on the portions cf the
county supply bill
The senate killed all second and
third reading bills on the calendar
carrying the two-cent rate bill and
other important measures, but the
general assembly was unable to ad.
| journ sine die as expected. The ap-
preparation bill was sent to the gov.
ernor but the senate, seeing the pos
sibility Of getting way, even IL the
bills were returned was unlikely un.
til late decided to return, after re-
naming i1 session close to the mid.
night hour. Important bills that died
on the senate calendar under the mo-
tion to kill anil second and third read.
ing bills include the Charleston high
license measure, the compulsory edu.
cation bill. The Fortner bill as to
whites teaching in negro schools and
80 other measures Of lesser import
ance.
There seems to be no disposition
on the part of the opposing minority
in the senate to allow vote on the
rate bill at this session of the legisla-
ture.
Senator Laney, who made a speech
in favor of the 2-cent fiat rate, asked
Senator Young if he was trying to
prevent a vote on the measure.
81 am trying to kill the bill any
way l can," replied the senator from
Union.
Senator Laney asked to whom ref.
erence had been made in the charges
of politics and damagogism. Senators
Crouch and Buck said that they had
refernce to no member of the legis.
lature, but to influences outside. Sen.
ator Laney said that he did not be-
lieve there wa sa senator on the floor