The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-02-22
KTNGSTREE. SOUTH CA AROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY a.

and not few dollars expended on
the permanent road work of South
Carolina.
To insure the permanency and the
cooperation of both the federal and
State authorities a highway COM
mission bill was enacted. There
were a series of propositions along
this line. In the Senate the principal
suggestions came from Senator'S
Sinkler, Brice and Johnson and over
on the House side the Crum.Carter
Berry suggestions were those most
generally considered, The situation,
however, resolved itself into such
wide differences that compromise
was effected in free conference. The
crux of the highway commission
situation is that the board will con-
sist uf five members. three being
the heads of the departments of the
engineering department at the Uni
versity of South Carolina, Clemson
and the Citadel and two to be ap-
pointed by the Governor.
The support of this board is to
come by way of a license tax on all
automobiles operating in the State.
This tax is to range from five to ten
dollars per car and is to be in lieu of
city and county license fees. The
major portion of the fund is to be
expended in the county where the
license is collected. The proportion
is 80 per cent to the county and 20
to the State.
The disposition of the General AS
sembly was unfaltering in its sup
port of the common schools. A d.
rect increase of $4,000 was grant
ed as a subsidy for the weaker
schools throughout the State max
ing the fund distributed along this
line for the various grades of schools
aggregate about 100000.
The bill looking to the establish
ment of an institution for the care
of the feeble.minded of the State
passed the House, but was not
pressed IN the Senate. where it
would have passed had it been in.
sisted upon, but the disposition is
altogether favorable for some such
work. 1t is possible that it might
be worked out as coordinate
branch of the Florence reformatory.
The asylum policy of developments
was continued. Three hundred thou
sand dollars has already been ex-
pended in the permanent develop
ments and repairs and the assembly
at this session made ample provis
ion for the continuation of this hu-
name work.
As side issue, so to speak. of the
liquor legislation was the passage of
a bill which prohibits absolutely all
liquor advertisements in South Caro-
lima. The bill also prevents the sale
of periodicals or magazines contain
ing liquor advertisements and some
of the outside magazines that are
now on the news stands will prob
ably have to clip these advertise
ments or the magazines themselves
will have to get out editions suited
to the States that have this law.
The warehouse situation seems to
be quiescent. An appropriation of
$4,000 was made for the continued
of the system, but there
seems to be no enthusiasm about it
and there were frequent remarks
that if the administration and men,
bers were not committed to the con-
tinuation of the system that it would
have been another of the efforts of
the State to 90 into business that
would have gone on the junk heap.
More legislation was enacted at
this session ofia local character than
has ever been known before.
Speaking of the matter of the con-
gestion of legislation there is stress
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