The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-10-21
TOTAL ELIMINATION DEFERRED.
Ineffectual Attempt to get 1t before
the House by Its Advocates.

Columbia, Oct. 17.-An unayailing
attempt was made in the house yester-
day morning by advocates OF total
elimination Of the cotton crop in 1915
to defer final action on the committee
cotton acreage reduction bill whicl,
was before the house for the second
reading. The house, however, refused
TO postpone the passage of the com
mittcc bill and sent it to the senate.
The house adjourned yesterday al
O'Clock TO meet at O'Clock Monday
night.
When the select committees bill
reducing cotton acurage came up for
third reading Mr. Charles OF Flor
ehce moved to adjourn debate on the
measure until next Tuesday. Mr..
Charles said that the house had been
stampeded Thursday to the commit
tee BILL He declared that advocates
OF total elimination OF the cotton crop
IN 1915 felt that they had been be-
traycd into voting for the committee
ILL.
MIR. Mcmillan OF Marion said that
advocates OF total elimination want
cd a fair hearing. If total climina-
ton had known Thursday that this
would not be given them, there would
nave been more than 10 votes against
the passage Of the committee bill to
;hird reading. Mr.. Mcmillan did not
think that any further action on the
committee bill Should be taken until
elimination had been discussed.
Mr.. Kirk of Williamsburg wanted
final action on the committee bill de-
ferrcd and Monday at noon set as the
time for taking up the total climina
tiou bill
Prefers Bales Basis.
Mr.. Gasquc OF Florence asked that
action on the committee bill be post
roncd. He said he was convinced
tEat the bill should be amended to
rlacc tho basis for reduction on bales
and not on acreage. Mr., Gasuue
wanted total elimination of the cot
ton crop considered by tn chousc.
Mr.. Stcvcson OF Chesterfield urged
tie house not to about face" on the
committee bill, but to send it to the
senate at once as time was valuable
He said there was no sense in post
poning the committee bill for total
elimination bill.
Ihcrc IS no attempt to railroad
th" committee bill and for ono
would like to hear total elimination
discussed said the Chesterfield
member
Mr.. StevcsOn took Senator Bank.
lead and Walter Clark OF Mississippi
to ask for proposing relief plan
which was untenablc under the
United States constitution and con
demning as worthless the committee
acreage reduction bill in their
speeches in the hall Of the house last
Thursday night.
Mr.. Stanley Of Horny said the house
would lose nothing by waiting a day
or two to allow the total climinators
a chance.
Mr.. Bethea of Dillon said that be-
cause he was in favor OF total clint
nation had not prevented him from
The committee cotton acreage re-
duction bill which he thought ought
TO go to the senate.
Refuses Delay.
BY a vote Of 66 TO % tc house re-
fused to adjourn debate on the com
mittee cotton acreage reduction bill
until next Tuesday at noon
The committee cotton acreage re-
duction bill was passed and sent to
the senate.
Action was deferred on a resolu-
ton introduced by Mr. Moseley of
Srartanburg inviting Senator E. ID.
Smith to address the joint assem-
bly, on the cotton situation.