The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-02-08
The Appropriation Bill
Increased By The House

/! Ayes, for the amendment.
Nays. against the amendment:
! Yeas-Speaker Jas A. Hoyt, 'Arrolc
Atkinson, Belser, Bolt, Bowles, J. W
Boyd, R. D. Boyd, Brown, Charles
Crum. Dennis, Dixon, burst, Folk,
J. NJ. Graham, S. A. Graham, H. H
Harris, H. w. Harris, Huffman, Hutch
inson, Hutto, Jackson, Johnstone, La
Grone, LeGrand, j. T. Lilies, Lotion
T. M. Lyles. McInnes, McKeown, Nc
Mahan, Malpass, J. NJ Martin, Means
Mills, Morrison, Mower, Oxner, Rob
inson. Rush, Russell, Sellers, Shuler
Sumner, Toole, Wagnon, ]. F. Walker
Jr., J. L. Walker, Wallace, Wingard
Wood, Wright-53.
Nays-Austin, Berry, Bradford, Brig,
ham. Bruins, Carey, Cherry, Dantzlec
DesChamps, Dew, Etheredge, Fani
Fromberg, Graydon, Hammond, Har-
per, Hubbard, King, Lane. McLaurin
.Ne3f, Momeier, Moore, Muldrow, Num-
Odona, Ramserp. Sanders, Searson, Sen
seney, Smith, White, Williams, Wolfe
| Workman-35.
Pairs = Mccullough and Friday;
Beckett and Friday; Bailey and Mas
sey.
State Warehouse Appropriation.
The ways and mean committee had
cut the appropriation for the ware
house commissioner down from S15,-
900 to SO 0G0 which would nave been
tax upon the commission and would
practically abolished the system
The AGRICULTURAL committee of the
house proposed amendment increasing
the amount of the appropriation to
SIS 900. the same as last year, and al
lowing the commissioner to use such
Of the income Of the commission as
might be necessary in the proper con-
duct of the business. Both these
amendments were adopted by the
house, and if they are concurred in By
the senate will place the commission
upon a proper financial footing:
In the appropriation bill there was
an item o, s15,691 to take advantage
of the federal. appropriation under
what is known as the Smith-Lever act.
It was pointed out that to continue this
fund in South Carolina the sum OF
ss1, ,sS2 wolud be necessary, and the
ways and means committee consented
to the increase on the floor of the
house.
The house also inserted an appro-
priation Of s1,S0osto buy linotype for
the printing school at the Deaf, Dumb
and Blind institute.
. The increases, including the $4,000
70 be borrowed, aggregate about
100000.
Lilies Chain Gang Bill.
There was a strenuous fight in the
senate on the Lilies bill making viola
.tions of the prohibition law punishable
by service on the chain gang, without
the alternative of fine, but the bill
passed a second reading by large
majority. The fight will be continued
on third reading. The test vote was
on Senator Laney's amendment allow
ing the judge to impose fine upon
conviction the first time.
Those who voted to table the Laney
amendment, and thus for the Lilies Dill
making it a straight chain gang OF
fence for blind tigers, were: Beam
guard, Beattie, Black, Buck, Carlisle,
Christensen, Earle, E. C. Epps, R. d.
Epps, Evans, CHM, Gross, Alan John
stone. KitchiA, Lide, Mullins, Nicho,-
son, Nickels, O'Dell, Padgett, Sherard,
Spigner, Werner, Walker, Wightman-
Total 25.
Those who voted nay, for the Laney
amendment for the option of fine,
were: Banks, Brice, Goodwin, Hughes,
Laney, Lee, McCown, Sharpe, Sinkler,
stuckey, J. F. Williams, D. Reece Wil-
liams-Total II.
The following pairs were announced:
DuRant, ave.. with Harvey, nay; Rich
ardson, aye, with D. B. Johnson, nay.
Senator J. A. Banks of Calhoun coun-
ty offered an amendment allowing the
Judge to suspend all Of the sentence
on the first offense, but it was voted
down, % to Is. Senator Williams OF
Aiken offered an amendment to allow
the Judge to impose a fine where ne
believed the crime was committed uniD-
tentionally. This was killed, II to 20.
An amendment by Senator DuRant OF