The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-03
OVERRIDES VETO
ON TAX MEASURE
SENATE GOES OVER GOVERN
ORS HEAD
Only Three Votes to Sustain Chief
Executive on Resolution to
Extend Tax Time
The State, l.

night passed the tax extension resolu
ton over the governors veto and or,
dered the measure sent to the house
where it will likely be considered to-
day. The vote came after heated DIS
cussions on the motion to override the
governors veto.
Governor Cooper vetoed the resolu,
ton, which extended the time for the
pavment of state and county taxes
until June /, 1922, Monday night and
in a message to the senate declared
that if the resolution became law II
would seriously impair the crelit OF
the state.
Debate on the motion to pass Tie
resolution over the governors veto
was rather warm, beginning with
Senator Noise, who declared he diff
fered with the governor on the un-
constitutionality of the resolution and
who said he did not believe it would
impair the credit of the state.
Senator Johnstone said he regret
ted that his sense of duty did not
place him in position to vote to sus-
tain the governor and he said he do
not think the credit of the state would
be impaired by its passage.
Senator Beasley said the resolution
would not impair the credit of the
state and he declared the state could
borrow money to meet the outstand-
ing notes and that the people could
not borrow money at all, He made
an urgent plea for the relief OF the
people in the low country, who are
hard pressed, the senator declared.
In Bad Company
Senator Duncan said the vetolng
had been done in an ex parte manner
upon the advice of certain state Of
Hcials and banks in Columbia. Sena-
tor Duncan declared the governor
might want to put himself in the po-
sition with Houston and W. 2. u.
Harding, but that if he did he would
pet in bad company. Mr.. Duncan
said he had never heard of such ar
roeance. He declared the pepole OF
the state were the credit of the state
d bo 5aniad that the credit would
be impaired.
Senator Wells, author of the resoIu-
ton, pleaded for the passage, de-
claring that if it was not passed 1t
would throw the property Of hun
dreds of people into the hands OF the
sheriffs. He said the people would be
driven to the wall if relief was not
oiven and he was not in favor OF
driving them to the wall at this time.
He said the credit of the state would
not be hurt.
Senator Hart spoke in favor of sus-
tanning the governor, declaring that
the extension meant piling up two
wears of taxes to he paid in Septem-
her and that it would mean that the
school and county bonds would go m
to default. Mr.. Hart said the eXten-
sion would embarrass the state ana
that taxes would not be any easier to
pay in September than they are now
Senator Wideman said Mr.. Hart
was absolutely wrong and that the
people of York had not been hit by
the boil weevil like Clarendon or
they would be praying for relief. He
said the tobacco crop in 1921 was
failure in his county, no cotton was
made and the people were hard press
ed. The people can not pay their
taxes "and this is something you al
must do for u.s." Mr.. Wideman de-
clared.
Senator McCravy said his county
like some of the other Piedmont coun-
ties. was in a better position to pay
taxes than the low counties as 1t had
not been hit by the weeviil, but ne
was in favor of extending a helping
hand to the low country.
Senator Laney explained that South
Carolina was not in the banking bus
iness and had to deal through the
banks and he therefore was not IN
favor of criticizing the banks, but he
thought the extension should be
granted in such extraordinary condi,
tions. He said extensions should
never be granted except in the most
extraordinary conditions, but to hin
these conditions were here now anc
he favored the passage Of the resoIu