The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-02-17
Pass Child Labor Rn,.

Jorlty voted In favor Of substitute
child labor bill introduced by Mr.. Nc.
Cullough; the new bill, which was
given a second reading on o yea and
nay vote OF 81 to 80, provides that
after July l. 1916. no child under 13
snail work in a factory. mine or tex.
tile establishment and after July l.,
1917, no child under IA shall work in
similar occupations. A special pro.
vision is made to prohibit children
under Ia from working In q district
where the compulsory school attend.
ance law is in force.
Only Two Quarts Per Month.
Prohibition measures were further
entrenched in South Carolina when
the senate by vote Of 26 to 18 re-.
duced the amount Of liquor that may
be imported each month from one
gallon to two quarts. Earlier in the
morning an amendment to limit
monthly shipments to one quart was
rejected by vote Of 81 to %. Sew.
eral other amendments were offered,
among these being two to allow the
alternative Of beer shipments. One
provide for 60 bottles or one-half bar
rel or beer monthly. Senator Sinkler
or Charleston offered In substitute an
amendment to provide for 80 bottles
or beer. Vote was not taken on the
alternative amendments during the
morning session.
The Dill by James H. Hammond Of
Richland county providing for the Is
suance Of bonds by the county for
road Improvement was accepted by
the house on yea and nay vote Of
AZ to Al after heated and rather
personal debate among members Of
the delegation, the majority of whom
had introduced a similar bill. The
"clincher" was put ON and the bill was
sent to a third reading.
j. q. Swearingen, state superinten-
dent of education, will urge the finance
committee Of the senate to increase
the appropriations for the schools Of
the state by $4,000. He said the in
crease would supply the needs of the
schools for the year, but that no pro.
gress could be made.
The house passed the bill by Mr.
Hicks and w. H. Rogers. Jr., to re-
quire cotton mills to pay their en-
ployes every week. Mr.. Hicks pro-
duced petitions from operatives and
letters from several corporations, ask
ing that the bill be enacted
The bill by Messrs. Moore and Rob-
inson to establish the John De La
Howe industrial home and school for
destitute children, carrying a state ap,
preparation Of $4,000, was given a
second reading in the house, with
practically no opposition.
The committee on privileges and
| elections returned favorable report
on the bill to create Mccormick coun
ty, In behalf Of which large dele
CATION from Mccormick recently ap
peared before the committee.
The bill by Mr.. Dixon providing for
an inheritance tax, which Is In effect
in all but six states in some form,
was killed in the house on yea and
nay vote os 65 to A., after an adjourn.
ed debate from the morning session.
The house killed bill by MIR.
Lynch Of Florence to declare that it
would not be unlawful to store beer
and light wines. the bill being
quasi-amendment to the gallon-a.
month law.
A bill providing for an election in
April on a $25O.0O0 bond issue for the
Improvement Of roads in Union coun.
ty has been introduced In the house.
Refundlng Bonds.
Bids for refunding part Of the state
debt. amounting to $5.0OOOO0, under
the terms Of the refunding act of 1912,
have been called for by the sinking
fund commission. The commission
decided to insert an advertisement
for bids which will be opened Febru.
ary 16. The new bonds will be issued
In place OF the brown consols and
will bear 4 per cent interest, which Is
one-half per cent less than the state
is now paying 1t is estimated that
the state will save about $4,000 to
$4,000 year by the transaction The
bonds are to be sold for not less than
par. Under the refunding act passed
In 1912, no provision Is made for ex.
empting from taxation that part Of a
banks investment in the new bonds.
The brown consols are exempt from
taxation.
Mr.. Robinson OF Mccormick. in Alb.
beville county has introduced bill
In the house to establish Mccormick
county, which was recently voted in,
by the voters Of the territory con.
tanned In the proposed lines
w. W. Moore, adjutant general, is
hopeful that the senate will approve
the item inserted in the appropriation
bill by the lower house. which creates
an emergency fund Of $25, 1000 to meet
the federal DrOperty shortage of tho