The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-03-09
4 U|RE ENDS.
LONG SESSION! / ] |!

The session of the legislature sga sWhtteith tit
came to close Sunday morning
3hortN after O'Clock. with five rep
resentatives and seven senator's pres g
emit, VIII go down in history as one OF
the most, fruitless In a long time 90
Tar as new laws We're, concerned.
From first. to last the greater part Of
the time OF the senate was consumed
III efforts to abolish various activities
81 me state government. Failing in
ettorts to accomplish any additions.
tne economists Of the senate sought,
through the. medium Of the general
anpropriation bill to accomplish their
desires, though the results were -prac-
Ideally nil, the outcome OF theaewhole
matter being the outright abolition
.of the pension department (thf6dgh
q general act),. the practical abolition
;of.the bureau of, rural sanitatt9n ln,r; p;
der the supervision sof. the boagd zpf
:healths by asreduction OF the appro-
prtation, and the abolition Of attend
ance officers to enforce compulsory
school attendance, through both ahe
medium OF d general act and tha re-
duction Of appropriations.
A From Tuesday merning untg1atee.
Friday night Cor rather SATURDAY sR
norning, for it was 2 O'Clock when en-
the senate adjourneD thes,s upper
BODY battled over, the appronSiatikanr SliRtk p
bdlI. measure which usually reauirsss
one, day, or at most two days for pass
age. when the economists Of the
senate found that the finance com
imlttee had added about $3oo,o6o.oo
ia the bill as it came from the house,
ahey were wrathy and began a bonn
::bardment on each and every item Of
The measure, there being scarcely a
5dspartment Of the government Or an
sinstitution which did not come under
fire Ia the four days Of bombardmsnt,
witch opponents put up. At times
the barrage was heavy, but the
Recommendations Of the finance COM
mi S1,aittee were 4 adopted in the main. AS
j matter OF fact It was Senator Wat
ANS. member OF the finance c0nhnt-
zee; ana voting usually to SUSTAIN The
sconan,ittee, who secured the only re-
ductions which the senate made in the
nm, amounting in all to $ss,o72.2s'
sof which s65, 100000 came FROM the
.annrt5priation for the asylum ana the
remainder from the board Of health.
The attack on the board Of Jhealth
:vas particularly heavy and at pwes
tie debate waxed warm. Dr. efros-
ason. who championed the state board
Sc health, made a strong plea for its
'Bupport and was warmly congraeu-
lated, for the manner in which ne
bandIed his opponents. His sallies
Were were to the point and were evidently
enjoyed by the senate and the oyer
oxowded galleries. a3.s3
The attack began with the reading
saf the first section, which fixes 'ehe
levy. a determined fight being wased
Sn make q flat reduction in all items
|of go per cent. and fix the levy sac-
;eordingly. Failing in this the tight
vas renewed when the section relat-
III to the governors Office was
raaef1ed., the senate voting to cut out
II appropriation of $3.50 FOE the
nreparation Of the budget, though
sthis action was afterwards recon
Ssdared and the amount restored.
Listening to the debate, one was
lfSreed TO the conclusion that times
Sra really very hard in South Caro- |
M M here was more pessimisttc talk |
fhan has ever been heard on the floor
IL either house, and Senator MeGhee
bf Greenwod went so far as to say
nat lie would be willing to close up !
an the schools for one year and all
81 f the state institutions Of learning
SSnfatement in which he / could
SSraay have been in earnesh2 hut |
w;hich was undoubtedly madeain' the
Neat of debate. Il -
sfsAs the bill finally passed the sem
lie it carried practically s17o;ooe.oo
More in the total than was sent over
81 the house, but when it had finally
passed the ordeal of free conference
Il was lower than as passed by the
house. so that all the row in the SEN
ate was loves labor lost after all.
I. The upshot is that the levy this
year is set at IL mills, including
half mill to complete the new Cltaoei'
as against 13 mills last year, and IN
addition the two-mill road tax IS shs-