The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-01-18
RICHARD IRVING MANNING;

The message delivered by the GOV,
ernor contains about 1000 words The
governor was given close attention by
the members and the spectators while
reading the document.
After pointing out that the prohibi.
ton law should be ameEded in sew
eral particulars the governor pointed
the necessity for the appointment OF
constable to aid the local officers in
enforcing the terms Of the act. 1--WE
need law that can be effectively and
rigidly enforced" said the governor.
Gov. Manning discussed conditions
at the state hospital for the insane and
urged that liberal appropriation be
made to continue the program Of i'm.
provements. He asked that the legis-
lature visit the institution in a BODY
and see for themselves what has been
accomplished during the last two
years.
Governor Manning's veto Of The bill
placing the election OF state game
wardens in the hands of the legisla.
ture and depriving the Governor of
the appointment OF this official was
sustained by the house The term OF
the present game warden. Col. A. A.
Richardson. will expire this spring and
mad the legislature overridden the vote
or the governor his successor would
have been elected by them.
The efforts OF Representative Scar.
son of Barnwell county, the author
OF the bill. to get it repassed over the
veto Of the Chief Executive. failed,
52 members voting to override the
veto ana TO to sustain it. giviu.s the
Governor a clear majority.
Two other bills vetoed by The Gov
ernor one the duplicate o. an act al.
ready signed validating Il school clec.
tion in Limestone Township OF Cher.
okee County, and the other amending
the drainage law. were sustained IN.
animously.
Representative r. p. Cochran OF
Greenville lead the sucressfu, fight
which sustained the veto OF the Gov.
ernor on the game warden bill.
The house agreed with the Senate
to make the visit to Winthrop Col.
lege on the 18Th. the Li:lhday of Cen.
Robert f.. Lee
The first Of the new bills wcle Grop.
ped into the Legislative hopper on the
house side. two being to make the
legal rate OF interest six per cent. one
providing for the short TORN system
OF rural credits
Representative Joseph A. Berry OF
Orangeburg was elected Speaker pro
tenn defeating L. p. COthran OF Green.
vile. The appointments announced
by Speaker Hoyt for the session we're.
Assistant clerk. Campbell McL,ain
OF Columbia: secretary to the Sneak.
er. Miss Kate Cantwell Of Columbia:
journal clerk r. e. Carwile of Co.
lumbia; desk clerk. John A. Kaminer
OF Columbia; pages. John Radcliff OF
Columbia. James r. Bacon Sharpton
Of IGdgeheld. Ned McSweeney of
Hampton, Charles Milford of Colum.
ba and Rutledge Lilies OF Orange.
burg: porters for the Speaker. Mack
Breeg of Columbia; for Judiciary Com.
mittec. West Oliphant Of Edgefield.
for ways and means, Jeff Weston OF
Congaree; laborers. Ike Reed OF New.
berry. Jordan Oliphant OF Edgefeld
AGRA Bozeman Of Anderson and Conn.
Gil Cross OF Barnwell; doorkeepers. w.
N. Austin OF Greenville, C. B. Prince
OF Abbeville and J. N. Mitchell OF
Anderson.
Governor Manning signed the bilI
passed by the 1915 legislature reenact.
ing the South Carolina prohibition
law. thus. 1t was said, removing ali
doubt as to the laws validity. The
law was passed in 1915 to become AZ.
fective II approved by popular vote
This approval was given In septembar
1915. but later the e'constitutionalitv ~
the law was attacked because the atate
constitution requires that all laws he
enacted by the legislature.
The law prohibits the manufactures
and sale Of liquor within the state and
limits sliipments for personal use to
one gallon month to any one peraan