The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-02-08
HOUSE EMPLOYS
FATAL HEAD HOLD
PUTS MEASURES TO SLEEP IN
QUICK ORDER
Not Ye. Ready for Movie Censors-
Greek Letter Bill Siumbers
Till Next Year


The State, 5.
The house of representatives
claniped a fatal deadlock on several
young and promising bills at its ses-
sion yesterday morning, and when the
smoke cleared two measures lay cold
in death with their "enacting words
removed, one was struggling with a
Continued indefinitely" sentence
hanging over it and another was limp
ing around: with Continued until the
session of 1922" stamped across its
chest.
It was open season for bills and the
house went after some Of the meas
ures with considerable roughness.
The two measures that were killed
outright were of different natures.
The first was a bill introduced by
Representative F. G. Harris Of Spar
tanburg and had to do with the regu-
lation of the exhibition Of moving
pictures in South Carolina. The house
could not see board of censors at all
and the bill was slain without mercy.
Another bill that followed in the path
of the movie, censorship measure was
that of Representative j. W. Moon OF
Creenville, and it had to do with the
time given man to make good "a
check issued when ne had no funds
in the bank to meet it. Representa-
tive Moon wanted the time shortened
from 80 days to Is, but the house
saw it differently and it: too, died.
Let Pool Rooms Live
Representative F. G. Harris bid to :
prohibit the operation of commercial
pool rooms in the state after a. GER
tain date received short shrift it be-:
, ing. continued indefinitely. =
Then the Greek letter fraternity
bill stuck up it's head. This measure
was introduced by Representative =.
R. Ellerbe Of Dillon and provided
that the board of trustees of the I'm
iyecs;ty Of South Carolina determine
whether or not secret fraternities be
allowed at the institution. This meas
ure was continued until the session
of 1922.
So savage was the humor OF the
house that members who had meas
ures due to come up for second read
ing moved that they be passed over
until next week, in several instances
certain days being fixed for debate
on the measures. y
Back TO Committee
The bill of Representative J. B. At
kinson of spartanburg which was in
tended to grant additional powers
and duties toi the public service COM
mission came up for third reading
and was sent finally to the ways and
means committee, which is under
; stood to be against the measure on
account of the finances involved. It's !:
! commission to the ways and means
committee probably means its death
so far as the house is concerned.
This public service bill attracted
considerable debate, Representative
C. n. sapp of Richland expressed his
disapproval of it, while Representa- Z
tive J. o. Sheppard Of Edgeheld made
speech in favor of it, as did >.
I,vles Glenn, Jr., of Chester. Repre-
sentative E. T. Hughes Of Union OPP
posed the bill, while Representative
+ K Owens favored it. The motion
70 send the bill to the ways and
means committee was passed by
vote of So to %.
A large number of new bills were
introduced and many measures or
dered sent to the senate having re-
ceived three readings in the house.
A majority Of these measures sent to
the senate had to do with local al
fairs in the different counties OF the