The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-10
SENATE DEBATING
APPROPRIATIONS
NINE SECTIONS OF BILL PASSED
TUESDAY NIGHT
Effort Made to Reduce Amount for
University-Finance Commit
tee Wins Out

tee Wins Out
The State, 8.
The senate got into action on the
general appropriations bill last night
and passed the first nine sections OF
the measure without a single change
from the recommendation of the fl
nance committee, despite efforts to
cut down the University Of South Car
olina appropriation and efforts to
raise clerks salaries.
The finance committees recommen-
dations were put forward at every
hand, so much so that Senator Nc
Ghee said he was tempted to move
that the entire appropriation bill be
adopted as printed without further
debate. The action of the senate was
the smoothest so far encountered by
the finance committee.
Good Start Made
When the DILL was taken up and the
sections and subsections read item by
item no effort to make change was
made for the legislative department
the judicial department, the govern
or's office, secretary of states office,
the comptroller generals office and
the attorney generals Office. The first
amendment of the night was made by
Senator Hart to increase the salary
of the bond clerk in the state treas
urer's Office from s1,700 to $4,000,
but this was voted down. Some eX-
plantations were necessary on the adj
iutant generals appropriation, but
no serious objection was voiced.
When Section 10, the university,
was reached it occasioned consider
able discussion and effort to reduce.
Senator Wightman moved to amend
the amount to pay the professors
s1O2,97O, and make it 100000, but
after debate the amendment was
turned down and the item left alone.
The provision for $4,000 for plans
and preparations for a woman's
building also brought on good deal
of debate. Senator Goodwin moved
to strike out the amount, but after
debate the senate refused to strike
out the item by vote Of % to 6.
Senator Wightnlan's proposed amend
ment was killed by a vote of 35 to 2.
Senator Bonham early in the night
moved to restore all salaries of state
employees to the same basis as OF
1921, but following explanations he
did not press the motion with the
understanding that it be taken up
after the bill has been finished Sec
ton by section.
Senator McGhee of Greenwood
made some observations on the un-
iversity, the need Of endowment OF
the institutions and said that reduc-
tions should be made. Mr.. McGhee
said he wanted the people of the state
to consider the matter of an endow-
ment for the university such as other
schools have and he asked what the
alumni of the school have done along
this line. He also asked what the
city of Columbia has done and an
swered the question by saying that
Columbia had done nothing for the
university except to admit that it was
here
Total in Sections
AS passed last night the nine sec
tioss Of the appropriation bill carry
the following totals: Legislative de-
partment, S1OS,167; the judicial de-
partment, s157,69S.66; the govern
or's office, s17,969.24; secretary of
states Office, $4,000; comptroller
generals office, S723,906.34, this in
cluding the 100000 reduction made
! by the finance committee over the
house bill for pensions; attorney gen
erals Office, S14,331.25; state treas
urer's office, 1851, 7,S34.62; adjutant
generals office, 5,996.5O; the univ
ono