The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-02-15
HIGHWAY TAX Bill.
KILLED BY HOUSE
"ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT"
GIVEN SOLAR PLEXUS.
Automobile Purchase Money Mort
gage Measure Defeated
After Debate.
The State, 18th.

The State, 18th.
The "abolitionist movement" in
the general assembly received an
other solar plexus yesterday morning
when the house gave the quick dis
patch to the Barnwell delegation bill
intended to take the eXpending CT
the two mill road tax from under the
direction of the state highway COM
mission and to. place the control Of
these funds in the hands of the coun-
ty authorities.
The bill was taken up as a special
order, motion to defer debate until
Monday being lost. Representative
julius H. McInnes of Darlington re-
ported that the special committee
named to investigate the state high
,>way department had completed their
hearings and asked that the house
postpone action on the bill until the
committees report could be present
ed to the house. Representative Ed
gar A. Brown of Barnwell, author CT
the BILL, spoke in opposition to this
deiay, alleging that the committee
was composed Wy Of men favorable
TO- the highway department and that
the report would bring little un-
biased information to the house. a
motion to continue the bill until next
session was then proposed and on q
yea and nay vote was carried, 53 to
81, During the course of the de-
bate it was pointed out that the two
snaill levy for highway construction
the expending of which the bill was
concerned with, had been omitted
from the appropriation bill as re-
ported out by the house committee
ON ways and means and that there
fore during 1921 at least there would
be no money to be expended.
Sapp's Bill Killed.
The measure proposed by Repre-
sentative Claud N. Sapp Of. Colun-
! bia to give bona fide purchase money
mortgages on automobiles priority
over ether liens was killed without
even a resort to the roll call. This
Bill which has been urged by the
automobile dealers and the bankers
of the state for several years, was
designed;;to make these purchase
money mortgages as easily negotl-
able as other similar papers. The
fact that under the present law the
injured person in an automobile ac-
Ecident has prior lien on the car caus-
ing the damage makes the loaning
!; Of money on such mortgages, speak
ers in defense of the bill pointed out,
Ia dangerous policy.
Representative Sapp, author Of the
passage of the bill, urging that the
bin, made a strong plea for the
automobile dealers be given equal
consideration with the men in other
businesses. Representative Simon
hof Of Charleston, a graduate of the
University of South Carolina law
school, made, his maiden speech in
opposition to the measure, while Rep
resentative Asa Hall Of Anderson
also spoke in support of Representa-
tive r. j. Wade's motion to strike cut
the enacting words of the bill. This
motion, debate on which had been ad-
journed from last Friday, was carried
by decisive majority.
e Textbook Measure.
The bill introduced by Representa-
. tivcs Hamblin and Kennedy to regu-
late the. textbooks that shall be
taught and to standardize the grades
in the public schools of the state
was also continued until next ses-
SION, probably extended debate, on
the measure being throttled by the
bills opponents.
The consideration Of local and
county bills occupied q generous por-
ton of the houses time, a verltable
spate of these measures being ap-
proved on third reading and sent to
the senate. Local measures also
constituted the overwhelming major
ity of the bills passed to third read
ing, only one or two statewide meas
ures coming up for consideration.
Among these, however, was Repre-
sentative j. R. Bryson's bill to pro-
hibit the wearing of the official en-
blem of the American Legion by
other than bona fide members Of that
organization.
The house adjourned, to meet
again Monday night at 8 o'clock.