The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-03-12

borrowed shall not exceed tne SUI
of $500, ,0O0::" Sustained.
The Clifton bill to authorize tn
holding of an election on the disper
sary question in Sumter and kel
shaw on the second Tuesday in Jun
was passed by the house.
Mr.. Dick, Mr.. Epps and Mr.. Belse
of Sumter made statements in rt
gard to the bill and the tangle Whlc
resulted over the last dispensary elet
ton in their county The result Q
the last dispensary election in Sun
ter has not yet been determined b.
the supreme court, to which it wa
appealed.
BY a vote of 81 to % the hous
killed the Sullivan bill providing TO
the establishment by the state OF
hospital for the treatment of pellagr'
and the appointment of a commission
to study the disease which is still
medical mystery. The bill proposed
the appropriation of $4,000 for thu
hospital and $4,000 for the mainte
nance of the commission.
The governor returned to the house
the DeI.aughter joint resolution ap
propriating s4OO for a monument ovel
the grave of McKie MerriWether O.
Edgefeld, who was killed In the
Hamburg riot while serving undel
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 ne thought it "the rankest
Republicanism that could possibly be
adopted by any body of men calling
themselves Democrats" the house, by
a vote of 81 to 21, overrode the veto
of his excellency on 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 S
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 Is
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. It provided FOR mild form Of
medical inspection Of the school chill
dren of the state. This is the sec
ond time the legislature has passed z!
medical inspection law and the gev:
ernor's veto has been sustained. The
house and senate overrode the gov
ernors veto on the portions Of the
county supply bill,
The senate killed all second and
third reading bills on the calendar
carrying the two-cent rate hill 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 II the
bills were returned was unlikely un-
til late decided to return, after re-
naming in session close to the mid
night hour Important bills that died
on the senate calendar under the mos
ton to kill anil second and third read
ing bills include the Charleston high
license measure, the compulsory edaS
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, whe made speech
in favor of the 2-cent fat rate, asked
Senator Young if he was trying to
prevent vote on the measure.
81 am trying to kill the bill any
way I 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
but who was for or against the bill
because of good motives and honest
convictions: