The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-03-09
SENATE FINISHES
FINANCE MEASURE
Total Advance Over House Bill
Reaches Near Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars

Columbia, March 5.--Thc senate nj
an early hour this morning finished
the general appropriation bin after a
beree battle TO reduce the measure
since last Monday night and by it's
completion OF the bill the general as-
ssmbly will In all probability adjourn
sine die early tomorrow morning as is
she usual custom.
All day yesterday and last night
the bill was under fire In the senate
ana II was only until after midnight
last night that the reductions showed
signs Of weariness and gave in, pass
tns section by section without objec-
ton.
~ finally passed and returned to
the house shortly after o'clock this
morning. the measure carries an in
crease Of about 5000, 900 and levy
OF IL 1-2 mills as proposed by the
finance committee, half mill in
crease over the house bill.
Sections under fire with terrific
barrages during the day included the
highway commission early this morn
Ing and the law enforcement fund
during the afternoon. The highway
commission was finally saved after
al the senate amendments had been
reelected on motion by Mr.. Wightman.
Tie vote was reconsIdered and the
amendments adopted with the excep-
Hon OF oil salary increases which
were stricken out, with tho exception
uf the engineer. he being increased
from S+.5o0 To $4,000. The commits
sioN was increased To over ss33, 900
from the house hill and nm amend
ment adopted requiring the commits
sion TO deposit the 80 per cent. vehi-
Gle FUND with the county treasurers,
this relieving a somewhat uniform
kiek.
.fA Health Decrease
The Statc Board OF Health was de-
creased by t1s.>t7.s2. the department
or rural sanitation being abolished
tnd the bureau OF venereai diseases
beiEk reduced by $4,000, bu. a few
increases were allowed, leaving the
total decrease TO around $4,000.
= AFTER the bill had been passed sec
ZION by section n reconsideration was
ned and the state hospital was cut by
s05,QoQ half OF. the building item
retommepded 10y the finance commit
tee. hts ITEM. OF $4,000 was passed
In us. entirety during the afternoon.
The, tax commission was granted
Two. additional field men and a slight
incrtpse OF $4,000 i'm its sum as pro-
vided for by the house.
During the early hours of the
morping the budget commission,
WHICH was stricken 'out Thursday
pight was placed back in the bill
with the original appropriation of
deolao as the sum To maintain II.
The department OF agriculture was
given n $4,000 increase over the
, house bill.
An increase Of $4,000 for building
and repair purposes at the Confed-
esaee home was allowed. -,
Efforts to abolish the highway COM
mission. the tax commission and TO
make a 90 per cent. hat reduction
were all lost.
The afternoon session was given
over largely to a discussion on the
senate finance committees recom-
msncation to appropriate $1,000 for
the aid OF the Fairwold industrial
school for negro girls. This section
"a advocated by the COMMITTEES was
stricken out after an ali afternoon
fight. the main objection being that
this year the $1,000 would be asked
and next year the amount would
probably he $4,000 and two years
from now II might he several hundred
thousand dollars as several sena-
Tors stated on the floor that If ali
the negro girls OF the type proposed
TO be housed in this school were
taken care OF II would take a res
Gvation and several million dollars
Another big fight was staged on
the committees Recommendation to
sdvaoce the item for law enforce
ment from $28.400 i'm the ways and
means bill to $4,000. After a severe
attack on the whiskey constables
and the fiagrant violation OF the law
over the state at present the COM
miftee's amendment was stricken out
by big vote. An item OF 1916 was
allowed In the fund as pay for treat
ment by DIR. Query to Constable
Bateman. who was killed near Cam
den about two years ago. The Sec
Mons referring to the Catawba In
Mans ar,. the committee on deaf and
blind children were adopted with
eut debate.
The entire afternoon session, from
%S30 o'clock until o'clock, resulted
I'm defeating the finance committees
amendment on the Fairwold school
and the law enforcement fund.
The morning session on the bin
spened with the state department or
education and several items In this
section OF the measure came under
nre. After all the amendments had
been considered and the fight over
the 0eDart mRnf emerroh ,rith IN In