The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-02-22
Adjournment Sine Die At
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amount I'D the next legislature will
have 20 L,&r ,he burden Of fixing a
levy t, over such expenditure as may
be made. This is also true as TO any
amount which may be borrowed for
the State hospital and the militia.
1t is not yet crime 10 take drink,
but under a strict construction Of the
act. it is pretty nearly crime 70 keep
the Two quarts one may order after
he gets it.
Leftover Dispensary Stocks.
For a While it looked as if the coun-
ties which had leftover disDensary
stocks we're going to be allowed to
keep them without any measure be-
ing provided for their disposal, but
finally local bills began to be intro
duced providing for the disposal Of
these stocks. and every county got
through its measure allowing the left
over stocks to be sold al wholesale
IN wet territory outside the Stale.
Mir. J. X. Breedin who was largely
Interested in the prohibition election
last fall. issued statement the other
dgv IN which he pointed out thai tam
Der;ng with the law as it was ratified
by the people last September was
dangerous in that it would tend to
breed discomfort and put the question
of prohibition back into political
campaign-or words 10 that effect. The
legislature. however did not seem dis
ssed to see it that way. and every
measure making the liquor laws more
stringent found ready support both in
the house and in the senate.
About the only one that did not get
through was the Carlisle bill, which
nassed the senate, but failed in the
mouse. prohibiting the newspapers
from publishing whiskey advertise
ments.
Constitutional Amendments Fililed.
The three constitutional amend
ments of State wide Importance which
were offered during the session all
failed. They were as follows:
To submit to the people constitu-
tional amendment providing for wo-
man suffrage
To submit to the people constitu-
t,onal amendment allowing divorce in
celtain cases.
To submit to the people a constitu-
tional amendment for biennial ses-
sions of the general assembly
None of the proposed amendments
could secure the necessary two-tnirdS
in either house.
Administration Measures.
Among the administrator" meas
nres which were ratified was the act
providing for the Torrens system OF
land registration, which is optional at
this time; the measure for board OF
cancellation to act in disputes between
capital and labor; the Mccullough
cnild labor bill, prohibiting the work
ing of children under IA years OF age
in mills, mines or textile establish
ments, after the first of next year, and
the strengthening of the tax COM
mission act by providing for board
of review. This board of review was
in the act as it was passed last year
but in some manner was lost out OF the
! bill before it went to the governor foI
signature.
The McCuilcaea child labor bill as
if was finally ratified is marvel IN
brevity. 1t contains exactly % words
1t simply provides tnat after the first
day of January, 1917, no child under
the age of IA years shall be employed
in any mill, mine or textile establish
ment in South Carolina.
The workmen's compensation act
which was one of the administration
measures, failed of passage. The en-
ployers' liability act, however, was
passed. This act follows the federa!
statute and makes tnat statute effec-
tive in South Carolina. 1t eliminates
the doctrine of contributory negh
gence of employees and also elimi