The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-17
APPROPRIATION BILL PASSES.
STATES MONEY MEASURE GOES
TO THIRD READING IN
HOUSE WITHOUT MA.
TERIAL CHANGE.
TOrrens Bill to Scnate-MOOrc and
LaGrone Have Pending Resolution
for Inquiry into Clemson Finances.


gether beautiful Shedding" today for
the general appropriation bill. Chair
man Dick, with Mr.. Lilies at his side,
mad smiles and sunshine as the bill
went merrily along to it's third read
ing. section after section being adopt
ed without as much as the dotting of
an "i' or the changing Of q figure.
Last night all the opposition seemed
to ooze out on the fight on the item
of $4,000 for the special legislation
fund for the governor and over the
appropriations for the support of va
rious activities of the common schools.
Section is called the Campaign Sec
ton or the bill, and on this the house
argued for a full hour this morning
without making any increase but let
ting votes get into the record. AS this
paragraph was finally adopted there
IS, however, an increase of $4,000
over the suggestion of the WAYS and
means committee. That committee
recommended the sending Of $3.50, 900
for the public schools in connection
with help for high schools, NEEDY ru-
raj schools" and term extension The
house increased this amount to $27O,-
600 and then let the bill go through
substantially as reported. The COM
mittee recommended an increase of
$4,000 in the, item for the support ~
needy schools and the cutting out of
the item Of $4,000 for the school
building fund.
The house agreed, by a close vote,
to cut off the fund for helping in
school building construction this year,
added the $4,000 to the support of
needy rural schools and increased the
amount to be used in connection with
the support OF rural schools. Mr.. La.
Grone this morning tried to have the
house increase the support for needy
rural schools to $75,O but failed by
a vote Of 28 to As. Mr.. Warn tried to
have the fund for the extension Of the
terms Of schools increased, but this
also failed. Mr.. Martin, Of Kershaw,
and Mr.. McMahan made strenuous ef-
forts to- have the. house retain the
item for the encouragement of school
buildings, but the ways and means
committee persuaded the house that
this could not be done and provide
for all the other items that were in
the bill as reported and keep the levy
at what it had been fixed, which was
the same as last year.
After the section as to the public
schools had been agreed upon there
was pretty smooth sailing and nothing
much happened to the hill as reported
by the committee. after it's very care
full and difficult work.
Mr.. Toole made an heroic but un-
availing effort to recommit and there
by kill the Rogers -Harris-C Corey bill
to Introduce the TOrrens system Of
land registration in this State in June,
1915. The house reiterated it's po-
sition as favoring the measure, and to-
day by a vote of so to sent the Tor
rens registration bill to the senate.
The hard fight against the bill was
made today by Mr. Toole, Of Aiken.
There is about all the argument there
is to be found against the bill.
The idea of Investigations does not
appear to be at an end yet. In the
list of pending resolutions is one rela-
tive to Clemson College. 1t comes from
Messrs. Moore and LaGrone, and
reads:
l. That committee Of three men,
bers Of the house, to be appointed by
the speaker. and three members of the
senate, to be appointed by the presi-
dent of the senate, shall constitute a
special committee to make a thorough
investigation OF the financial condition
OF Clemson College, and any other
matters concerning the management
or said institution, and all officers
and employees of the said Clemson
College, and the property belonging
to, or under the control Of the trus-
tees of said institution.
2. The said committee shall have
power to send for persons and papers
and the records of all officers. trus-
tees and employees. to swear witness
es and punish for contempt any per-
son who refuses to obey any order of
said committee; to employ an expert
accountant and stenographer, and to
do any and everything necessary to
thoroughly investigate the conditions
of said institution.
3. The said committee shall report
to the next session of the general as