The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-02-22
SIN MEN TO DECIDE ISSUE.
DuRant Bill Goes to Free Conference.
Senate Rejects House Changes.

Columbia, Feb. 1S.-The senate
last night refused to accept the
house amendments to the DuRant Ii
Quor bill and the question of de-
termining the disposition of liquor
in South Carolina during the next II
months will be determined by six
men in free conference. The bill
was returned from the house during
the afternoon and was Immediately
sent back with notice of refusal to
concur. Early in the night session a
determined effort was made on mo-
ton by Senator Purdy to reconsider
the vote of nonconcurrence and the
ablest debating of the session ensued.
The Purdy motion was finally laid on
the table, q to s. Those voting to
reconsider were Senators Beamguard,
Epps, R. D., Friday, Griffith, Nickles,
and Purdy.
Conferees Named.
The senate adjourned without ap-
pointing free conference committee
on this issue, but the president of the
senate had already designated Sena-
tors DuRant, of Clarendon, Nichol-
son, of Edgefeld, and Evans, of
Marlboro, to serve in this capacity
and the committee will be formally
appointed Monday morning at 10:30
o'clock.
Representatives Boyd, of Spartan
burg, Neuffer, of Abbeville, and
Mauldin, of Greenville, compose the
house committee. In making the ap-
pointments, Speaker Hoyt explained
that it was customary to appoint the
author of the bill, but Representative
Richey, of Laurens, the original au-
thor of the "bone dry bill in the
house, had made special request to be
relieved.
During the discussion of the pro-
hibition measures in the house yes
terday, Representative Evans, of
Newberry, suggested that the liquor
question be submitted to the people
next August, with three proposed dis
positions of the issue: "bone dry"
prohibition, qualified prohibition, or
high license.
Late in the afternoon session, Rep
resentative Mauldin moved to recon-
NIT the DuRant bill, as amended by
the Boyd substitute. This was fol-
lowed by a motion of Representative
Boyd to lay the Mauldin motion on
the table. The house sustained Mr..
Boyd and sent the bill to the senate,
thus applying the parliamentary
clincher.
The appropriation bill is also in
free conference. Representing the
senate are Senators Christensen, of
Beaufort, Johnstone, of Newberry,
and McCown, of Florence. The SEN
ate also appointed it's apportionment
of committeeman on the county sup
ply bill last night. These are Sher-
ard, of Anderson, Epps, R. D., of
Sumter, and Buck, of Florence.
Several Bills Continued.
Several bills in the senate were
yesterday continued until next ses-
sion. One of these was the insur-
ance measure to license fire insur-
ance agents, this being one of the
<tseven sisters" bills to effect a re-
adjustment of the insurance demoral-
ization in this State. Another was
to purchase 1000 copies of Murray's
criminal law, a reference book and
manual, to be distributed among the
magistrates of the State. The pur;,
chase would have caused an expendi-
ture of $4,000, for which no pro-
vision had been made in the approp-
ration bill.
A bill to be passed at the morn
ing session yesterday was that which
would require preferential enroll
ment of South Carolinians in State
institutions before granting admis-
sions to applicants from other States.
Provisions do not apply to present
enrollments.
To restrict legislative action next
week to urgent measures, resolu-
ton was introduced last night, con-
fining attention to pending liquor
legislation, local and uncontested
measures, the appropriation bill, the
uniform textbook bill and free con-
ference reports. The resolution can
be reversed by majority vote.
The free conference report on the
e-Sinkler highway commission
bill was adopted last night in the
senate.
Splinter Wounded Her Dignity.