The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-08
Building Should be Erected at
Citadel Instead Of Univer-
sity of South Carolina.
WAR MEMORIAL AT
MILITARY COLLEGE
Some Aftermath of The Legisla-
tive Session-Governor Has
243 Bills to Sign But Few Of
Any Importance.

Columbia, March 4.-There has
been some talk over the State re-
garding the action CT the general as
sen1bly in voting to contribute $780,
600 to tile erection OF memorial
building at the University OF South
Carolina to the South Carolina sol
diers who offered their lives in the
war with Germany The position is
taken by many that the building
should have been located at the Clta-
del in Charleston. which is the soldaer
factory Of the State.
The point has been raised that as
a. new Citadel is going to be erected
it would have been the part OF
economy for the State to have erect
ed this memorial building at that in
stitution. Many insist that it would
have been much more appropriate
than to have erected it at the Uni
versity which never had a military
feature until the outbreak Of the
war
The bill passed by the. general as
semb provides for tho appropriation
Of 100000 when 4 sum that is
deemed sufficient has been raised by
popular subscription. The governor
OF the State is to appoint commits
sion that is to have charge Of the
| fund.
The rush at the end Of tho session
of tha general assembly proved cost
ly this year. Six bills which had
/: been passed by both houses and en-
rolled for ratification were not rati-
fed. In the rush and excitement in
cident to the close Of the session
they were laid in the desk Of the gen
eral desk assistant of the house and
stayed there until yesterday, % hours
after the adjournment sine die of the
general assembly.
There was only one bill of State
wide interest in the batch. That was
| the one to exempt from taxation nc
more than 25 per cent of the amount
Of car.ital stock and surplus Of any
bank invested in Liberty Ponds. A To-
cal banker is quoted rs saying that
the failure to ratify this act will cost
! the banks Of the State approximate
/ " 5000.
The bill around which greatest in
terest had centered was the Char
teston street railway bill. This bill
mad been one of the storm ecnters
of the session.
Lieut.. Gov. Junius T. Lilies, presi-
dent of the senate. won the high
praise Of the members Of the upper
house Of the general assemble dur
; ing the session just closed. Sunday
morning a short while before ad-
journn1cnt sine die was reached the
members Of the senate adopted reso-
!utions praising him for the splendid
manner in which he had presided
over the deliberations Of the body.
Senator Alan Johnstone, one Of the
veterans Of the senate, spoke to the
resolutions and declared that he had
never voted for resolutions of that
sort with better satisfaction than h"
did this time. lie was warm in his
praise Of Mr.. Lilies.
Preparations are being made for
! the annual meeting Of the State Bar
Association at Tybee near Savannah
! the last Of May Or the first of June.
a justice Of the United States Su-
preme Court, the chief justice Of the
South Carolina Supreme Court and
the chief justice of the Georgia Su-
pren1e Court are TO be invited to de-
liver addresses. The Georgia Bar AS
sociation will be in session at the
same time and joint meeting OF the
associations is planned.
Governor Cooper has 243 acts pass
ed by the recent general assembly
awaiting his signature or veto. 1t is
understood that there will be prac
tically no vetoes. except where the
governor is convinced Of the uncon
stitutionality Of the bills.
The central committee Of the South
Carolina Cotton Association held a
session here today for the purpose of
discussing the further work of the
new organization.