Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-23
ACREAGE REDUCTION.
Senate Passes House Bill With Con-
flictinu Amendments.


The cotton acreage reduction bill
permitting only third OF the ara.
Dle land TO be planted in cotton in 19lt
and prohibiting the production or ovel
1000 pounds or lint cotton To the worn
animal, passed the senate late las
night, and was returned to the house
with amendments. Violation OF the
provisions Of the bill is made a misde-
meanor punishable by Imprisonment OF
not less than ten days nor more thar
thirty days or q fine Of not less thar
$25 nor more than $100. The vote or
the final passage of the bill was 19 to 6
those voting for the bill being Sena-
tors Alderman, Buck, Christensen
Clifton, Goodwin, Gross, Hough, u. b
Johnson, Ketchin, Laney, Mars, Nc.
Richardson, Sharpe, Stuckey, Werner.
Those voting against the bill were
Senators Beamguard, Earle, John
stone, Sullivan, Sinkler, Young.
The following pairs were announced:
Appelt for the bill, with Walker
against; Carlisle for the bill, with
Manning against; Lawson for the bill
with Williams against.
After the passage of the bill, Sena-
tor Laney moved to reconsider the
vote whereby it passed third reading
stating that he was opposed to the
provision making it a misdemeanor to
violate the provisions of the bill and
a crime to plant cotton. He said he
wanted to substitute as penalty a tax
of cents a pound on all cotton har-
vested over 1000 pounds lint to the
work animal The motion by Senator
Clifton to table the Laney motion was
lost, IL to IA. The Sumter senator
col n
would only mean the reopening of the
whole discussion and he demanded q
roll call on the motion to reconsider
which was ordered, the motion being
lost Is to 10 and the senate refused to
reconsider the vote.
Those voting to reconsider were Sen
ators Beamguard, Earle, Goodwin, D.
B. Johnson, Laney, Sharpe, Sinkler
Werner, Williams and Young; total, 10
Those voting against reconsiderine
were Senators Ackerman, Appelt
Buck, Carlisle, Clifton, Gross, Hough
Alan Johnstone, Mars, McLaurin, Null
lins, Nicholson, Patterson, Richardson
Stuckey; total, Is.
An amendment by Senator Sinkler
eXempting sea island cotton, grown on
the sea islands and in the vicinity OF
the coast, from the operations Of the
bill, was adopted
The bill as finally passed by the SEN
ate, was in the nature Of compromise
between the advocates of taxation on
production and reduction in acreage
Senator Clifton explained that the
house would not stand for taxation on
production only and it was his amend
ment which was adopted, putting In
the idea of the house bill prohibiting
the planting Of only one-third of the
arabic land in cotton in 1915, and limit
ing production to 1000 pounds Of lint
cotton to the work animal. He also
made the penalty for violation a mis-
demeanor punishable by fine and i'm
prisonment. 1t was this provision
which brought forth opposition from
Senator Laney, who opposed making
violation a criminal act, but wanted to
place a tax Of cents a pound on any
excess.
The bill will now go to free confer
the two houses.
The original Sullivan bill permitted
$500 pounds lint cotton to the work
animal, but an amendment by Senator
Appelt reducing this to 1000, was
adopted before the passage Of the bill
last night.
The appropriation bill was given
second reading and will be considered
by the finance committee at meeting
this morning at 10 o'clock.
The Haynsworth bill, providing that
bonded warehouses shall give bond up
to 10 per cent of the storage capacity
of the warehouse, was given third
reading and ordered enrolled for rati-
fication, the amendments eXempting
Sumter and Lexington counties from
the provisions of the bill, having been
reconsidered and stricken out on mo-
ton of Senator Clifton.
An effort to adjourn over until Mon
day night was voted down and the sem
ate finally decided to meet this morn
ing at II o'clock-Columbia State.