The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-02-24
GENERAL ASSEMBLY ENDS
PEACEFUL 4O-DAY SESSION
GENERAL ASSEMBLY ENACTS
SOME PROGRESSIVE LAWS

National Guard Of South Carolina !.
public schools; laborers in cotton
mills; anti-liquor sentiment; agricul-
tural interests in relation to schools
especially, and local measures.
or administration measures the fol-
lowing were enacted or amended in
conformity with the governors mes
sage. The Mccullough child labor
bill; the Toole and LaGrone bill to
! teach agriculture in common schools:
the Torrens system Of land registra.
ton as introduced by Messrs. Carey,
II. ri. Harris and l.. NJ Rogers; the
board of cancellation as provided in
the Dill by j. w. Boyd; the bill by
Messrs Num-, w. S. Rogers, Jr., H. III.
Harris and Brigham relating to hours
OF labor; the amending of the militia
laws; the continuation of the state
poard or charities and corrections and
the South Carolina tax commission;
additional aid to the state reformatory
at Florence. Gov. Manning advocated
the enactment Of rural credits law
but this was put in the hands of a
legislative commission to report at
the next session; Gov Manning also
advocated the workingmen's compen.
sation law which stuck on second
reading in the house.
Through coalition, in which mill
Tia supporters and prohibitionists be.
came hcd.fellows, the National Guard
was given an emergency fund of S25.-
ooo for the payment of shortage in
equipment. A bill by Mr.. Beckett
provides for the inducement of at
tendance upon drills. A bill by Messrs.
Hammond and Mills provides for the
readjustment Of militia laws so as to
conform with requirements of the war
department.
Under the appropriation bill con.
soldated and graded schools were
given $120,000. The appropriation Of
$4,000 for high schools was also nut
| on q solid basis through the efforts OF
Mr.. Mills and Senator Nickles. in
! whose bill the state board Of educa-
ton is authorized to establish not
more than FIVE teacher training courses
practically no opposition developed in
either house again the IMPROVEMENTS
| IN the school laws; in fact, 1t was dif.
ncult to restrain the legislators from
being lavish in their appropriations.
although the note Of economy had
been sounded.
Messrs. Brigham. II. H. Harris, w
,. Rogers, Jr., and Num- are respon-
sihle for the passage Of bill, which
was said to conform with the wishes
or both employers and employees. re-
garding the hours of work in cotton
mills and prescribing the method of
docking,
Prohibition legislation centcrcd prin.
cipally around two bills--the Lilies
chaingang measure, already signed
by the governor, and the two-uuarts.
a-month measure by Senator Carlisle
Ihe other important bill on this form
OF legislation was measure yalidat
ing the prohibition referendum cleo.
tlon, whereby 1t Is declared illegal to
manufacture or sell alcoholic bcvcr.
ages with an exemption OF home
made grape and berry wines. Incl.
! dental to the incoming OF prohibition,
1T was necessary to provide ways and
means for the winding up the county
dispcnsaries; this was handled by the
several delegations individually.
what Is considered one OF the fore.
most steps in making South Carolina
an agricultural state was the enact.
mcnt OF the bill by Messrs. Toolc and
LaGr0nc to provide for the teaching
or agriculture in the public schools.
| The authors Of the bill started modest
! ~ WIN an appropriation OF $4,000. 1t
was urged that the incubation OF agri-
cultural knowledge at an early age
would prove a great impetus for gen.
cral rural developments.
George S. Mower, speaker pro tenn
pore. and Messrs. j. L. Walker and
Williams were appointed by Speaker
Hoyt after the ratification OF the an.
preparation and county bill to wait
upon Gov. Manning for his final mes.
I sage OF the 1916 session.
by resolution the house at the ses.
sion Saturday night made a present
Q 10 Speaker Hoyt and to Speaker Pro
y iempore Mower of the gowns they
|. nave worn during the past two ses.
@ SONS when presiding over the lower
n branch.
}. resolution that would undoubtedly
v nave passed IL presented earlier in the
q session failed Of final consideration ir
& the house Just previous to adjourn
n lieh' sine die. The governors flna
8. message interrupted debate on the
matter
5. one OF the bills ratified saturda,
n "ihn' provides that the supreme cour
}" hereafter shall hold its sessions on thu
n second Tuesday in April and Octobe,