The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-03
DECK CLEARED FOR ACTION.
General Assembly Preparing for FL
nal Work.

Columbia, Jan. 30.-The decks
were cleared for action last week i'll
the South Carolina general assembly,
eliminating in the introduction Sat-
urday in the house of the annual
appropriation bill. 1t was not so
much what was argued and decided
upon that made last week an i'm
portant one as the putting through
of measures that under ordinary cir
cumstances would have been left III
done until the last few days of the
session. This was particularly no.
ticeable in the lower house where
many local measures received their
third and last reading.
In introducing the appropriation
bill within Is days after the, session
convened the ways and means COM
mittee, of which J. T. Lilies is chair
mar, set a record. The approrria-
tion bill carries yet another feature:
Its aggregate is less than the pre-
cedlng year. For many years tie
tendency has been to increase the
appropriations gradually, but it was
thought that this year after IS
months of financial strain a note of
economy and retrenchment should be
sounded. This determination, con-
stantly seconded by the two branches
of the legislature, has enabled the
ways and means committee to hand
in bill that calls for $2,394,499.02,
or $79,260.S0 less than last year.
The early Introduction of the ap-
preparation bill points to an earlier
adjournment of the legislature than
had been anticipated, for once this
measure is passed it will be difficult
to hold the legislators in Columbia,
no matter what measures remain on
the calendar.
In addition to passing local legis-
lation that dealt primarily with
school districts and small bond is
sues for the erection of school build
ings and jails, the legislature has
consumed many hours of the last
week in electing various officials. For
three days at noon the house and
senate met in joint assembly for this
purpose, resulting in the election of
the following: T. B. Fraser, asso-
ciate justice; S. w. G. Shipp, judge
of the Twelfth circuit; James w. De-
Vore, judge of the Eleventh circuit;
Carlton w. Sawyer, comptroller gen.
eral; F. H! McMaster, insurance
commissioner; John L. McLaurin,
warehouse commissioner; J. Rion
McKissick, code commissioner;
Mrs. Virginia Green Moody,
State librarian; B. R. Till
man and D. w. McLaurin, trustees
of Winthrop college; A. H. Hawkins
and w. H. Glenn, directors of the
State penitentiary; c. E. Spencer and
l.. P. Hollis, trustees of the Univer-
sity of South Carolina; R. H. Tim
norman, S. T. McKeown and S. A.
Burns. trustees of Clemson college;
G. B. White and Charles F. Brooks,
trustees Of the State college for ne
groes; John P. Thomas and James H.
Hammond, members of board of visi-
tors of the Citadel.
Indications are that the general
assembly will not pass the bill pro-
viding for an appropriation of $780,
900 for the enforcement of the pro-
hibition and "gallon-a-month" laws
of South Carolina No provision for
such an appropriation has been made
in the appropriation bill.
Three bills increasing pensions to
Confederate soldiers have also been
introduced with the recommends
tions of a special legislative commit
tee, but it is probable that these al
so will not be passed as the ways
and means committee, consisting of
% members, has decided on an ap-
preparation of 100000, which is the
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