The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-25
SENATE VOTES PLAN TO SAVE
FOR A RECESS RUSSIA ADOPTED
Resolution Adopted for Ac
5ournment Until July on
Account Of Flu
HOUSE NOT YET
PANIC STRICKEN

csr, Says Legislators as Safe
iii Columbia as at Home.
Columbia, Jan. 2S.-The joint reso-
luton to postpone the present session
es the general assembly until some
time in the summer reached vote
lin the senate yesterday, where 1t was
carried by roll cali Of % to IL, the
date being set at the second Tuesday
in nSTuly. In the house it will come
up for consideration today. The m
licaSsons are that there is difference
opfnion between the two houses as
the necessity OF postponement.
DR.. j. A. Hayne. State health o.al-
Ger. was asked 70 appear before boeh
snouses individually. In the: house
DE- Hayne said that reports from all
spaFts of the State indicated that tnere
were approximately as many cases
now as there were in the general
prevalences sof. the disease in October
ana November. The number of cases
over the State was estimated to be
approximately 10000. The virulenct'
of the disease has been greatly re-
duced, Dr.. Hayne emphasized, as
shewal by mortality reports. In Oc-
tober there were 4,100, deaths in South
Carolina above normal, practically all
OF which resulted from influenza .and
com maaications nIeeoNvmb neelS :
ccmplications. In November there
were 1900; in December, 1,10o. Jam
nary figures are not available. A gen.
erai recrudescence Of the disease
since the. middle Of November has ce-
4 Cured: The opinion OF DR.. Hayne
mas that with ::he present status, rep
rese,ttatives were as safe in Columbia
asstsiey would be at home.
The senate went into executive ses-
sian when DR.. Hayne appeared, but It
IS understood that his statement ,here
WaS practically the same as ln the
Senator Buck of Horny. who intro
dueeA The resolution, said, Lives are
Woris,ssnore than money to South Car
Gina. Senator Ketchin Of Fairfield
sad that he believed conditions. were
better IN Columbia than anywhere
disc, and that the danger was in go
A ing back home and bringing the dts-
ease TO other members Of the senate.
Senator Hough Of Lancaster said that
the senate could not properly traa
IT'S business unless it was in sound
Health and its mind freed of anxiety
about those at home.
Senxtor Watkins Of Anderson COM
rrfeated son the: fact that the places ~
anarganaent in Columbia were still
open senator Laney of Chesterfield
Thought that the general assembly
eonllS get through with all Of its bus
s ::nesss pf a. pressing nature in three
weeks. Or in one week more from the
present He said that It was his in
fnrnaation that money was tighter
than 3atlany time since 1914, and that
s It might be hard to borrow for :}ae
Stare at this time.
Senator Christensen of BeaufoIt
SAID that much was expected Of Tia"
! present session Of the general assem-
{ bly, IA the way of constructive legisla-
1Iion9sand that the people would be
elsa ppointed if the legislative ma
chine stopped now.
Following :sorae discussion on a
time for reconvening which was final
sy setsat the second Tuesday in July,
i the Senate voted on the resolution rs
follows For postposement: Banks,
Beamguard, Christensen. Clifton, Har-
reson. Hough, Johnstone, Ketch'!l,
EigHtseys Marion, Massey, McCu1cl}en,
McGhee, Miller, Moore, Padsets, Rob
insoM, Shelor, Walker, Wharton and
Widsplan. Against postponeme;it:
Alexander. Baker, Baskin, Blaek,
Duncan, Johnson, Laney. Pierce,
Ridgeil. Rogers and Watkins.
The house resolution for ioint
committee. to frame a bill for State
system of highways was objected to
: by Senator Laney on the ground ttat
the senate should not be bound by a
proposition that had never in 80 many
Clifton of Sumter said that the son
{ ate wasn not bound to anything by the
: resolution, and chat it was merely to
expedite legislation. On its passage
the senate committee on highways.
bridges and ferries was designated 20
meet with the house COMMITTEES.
The senate passed resolution,
which came over from thu house. cx-
tending the sympathy Of the general
assembly to Governor Cooper on the
death of his brother. Luther S. Coop
er. yesterday.
The senate will meet this morning
at Il O'clock.
The following resolution has been
prepared for Introduction in case the
postp ponenxent is decided on:
Whereas, the epidemic of influenza
is increasing to an alarming extent
throughout the State and has become
a menace to the health OF the State,
and whereas, the legislature of South
Caroline should not do that which is
forbidden by the State board Of
health in prohibiting the CONGREGATION