The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-10-09
''MANY MINDS, MANY MEASURES
AT CONVEYING EXTRA SESSION
Governors Message Read in BOtk
HOuses-NumbeE Of Measurers
Presented-Acreage Re
ductiOn.
The State, 7th.

ton planters.
The governor sent up a message, ap-
pended to which were suggestions al
to legislation at the extraordinary
session. This message was received
by both houses in pamphlet form.
In the copy to the senate, pages of
the pamphlet had been stricken out
by the governor, but the copy of the
pamphlet sent as a message to the
house had not been edited In other
! words, the senate received an expur-
gated and the house an unexpurgated
edition
The Upper House.
The senate remained in session ap-
proximately one hour This was con-
sumed largely in the reading OF the
governors messages two of which
were received yesterday. The first
contained some suggestions as to- rem
edial legislation. Measures suggested
we're:
That committee be appointed to
confer with similar committees from
other cotton growing States that uni
form legislation might be procured.
That !"stay law, of one years du-
ration be enacted.
That the payment of taxes be post
poned.
That the legal rate OF interest be
reduced to per cent.
That careful and serious consid-
Grafton be given the passage of a law
curtailing acreage.
That warehouse system be SINH
larly considered.
And that tie residents of certain
districts in York and Eaurens coun-
ties be relieved of taxes one year in
consequence Of hail yisitations.
81 do not care at this time to ex-
press an opinion as to the constitu-
tionality of law for the reduction OF
acreage, the governor commented
Legislators were advised to pass it,
and "let the courts take the RESPONSE
bility Of nullifying your action"
AS to the warehouse plan, the gov
ernor did not advocate State control,
and emphasized that ;le would not ap-
prove Of any bill that placed the sys-
tenn in the hands of State officials as
ex-officio managers.
Protest BarnweII Seat.
In the other message the governor
inferred that members of both houses
were holding two positions of profit
and trust"
Supplementing this second message,
petition was filed from Rarnwel.,
protesting Senator Patterson's seat, on
the dual grounds of holding the po-
sition of physician and assistant ply
sician at the State Hospital for the
Insane and of having become non
resident Of Barnwell county. This was
signed by R. C. Kirkland, county
chairman of Barnwell county, and
chairman of the county executive COM
miTtee, and had been adopted by the
county executive committee il ses-
sion August 27, 1914.
Expenses of the extra session re-
ceived much consideration in the
batch of resolutions first offered.
A resolution was adopted, dispens-
ing with unnecessary clerks and at
taciles of the senate
Another resolution, by Senator
Christensen, asked that legislation be
restricted to issues germane to the
situation. and provided that expenses
be limited to S. per diem and mileage.
A concurrent resolution was offered
! by Senator Williams OF Aiken, witn a
similar restriction as to legislation,
and providing that members receive
no compensation. The resolutions,
along with another by Senator Hall of
Cherokee, which restricted legislation
to relief measures, and provided that
adjournment be set for not later than
October 20, are to be considered to-
morrow.
The Barnwell Protest.
! Basing their protest on the dual