Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-03-16
STATE LEGISLATURE
AIDJ0URNS sine DIE
FINAL CURTAIN OF GENERAL As.
sEMeLY RINGS DOWN ON
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
INCOME TAX LAW IS PASSED
Governor Cooper Approves Appropria-
tIon Bill Which Was Really Last
Work Of the Body.

+ Ending perhaps its longest session,
the South Carolina general assembly
adjourned sine die Sunday afternoon,
the senate at 3:45 o'clock and the
house Of representatives at 1898
O'Clock -.
Just before adjournment the COVER
nor notified the two houses of hic ap-
protal OF the general appropriation
bill carrying an aggregate Of $685.
1O6.04 and a levy of seven mills. This
is decrease of $685. ,02s.2S. Or approx
tmately 15h per cent, Of the appro-
priations for 1921. The levy last year
was IL mills.
The general assembly had been in
continuous session since early Satur-
day morning, and the officers, men,
bers and attaches OF both bodies were
thoroughly fatigued when final ad-
journment came Sunday afternoon.
The spirit Of levity which characterize
ed the closing hours of former gen.
eral assemblies was entirely lacking
this year; there was too much work
piled up to indulge in horseplay, ex-
cept sporadically.
The engrossing department did sn
herculean job. The young women and
the solicitors connected with that
branch Of legislative activity worked
from 10 O'Clock Saturday morning un-
til the legislature adjourned. The work
was so exacting and SO thoroughly IA.
tiguing that many efforts were made
to adjourn both houses Saturday night,
but without avail. The majority of the
members were determined to stay un-
til all the business was completed and
they could 60 home for good.
Throughout the long vigil the clerks
and attaches of both houses and a
handful of members Of both bodies
were In constant attendance, keeping
company with the half dozen newspa.
per correspondents who had contin.
ually to nurse the general assembly
in its somnolent hours.
The conferees- on the general appro-
priation bill worked necessarily until
the final sheet of the measure was sent
to the engrossing department.. The
act was completed just before the re-
port Of the committee was sent to the
general assembly at 1:30 o'clock.
The senate adopted the report with
very little debate, but it took the
house OF representatives just two
hours to concur in the conference re-
port. A spirited effort, led by Edgar
A. Brown, of Barnwell, was made to
adjourn debate, or reject the measure
in the house, bGt this proved unavail.
ing.
There has been resentment among
the farmer members OF the house
because the house conferees on the
general appropriations bill were all
lawyers, and they blazed into open re-
volt on the floor OF the house in the
discussion Of the amendment to the
measure. The house conferees con-
sisted Of e. T. Hughes, Of Marion, a
lawyer; Claud N. Sapp, Of Columbia,
a lawyer, and Eugene s. Blease, of
Newberry, lawyer, and, on the part
OF the senate. Senator H. H. Gross, of
Dorchester. planter and banker Sen
ator Thomas B. Pearce. OF Richland,
Wholesale merchant, and w. s. Rog.
ers, Of Spartanburg, insurance man.
The claim was that the interest of
the farmers, who have 81 representa-.
tiyes In the lower body, were not suf-
ficiently safeguarded. It had been
whispered that there was a movement
among the farmer members to organ
ize and reject the bill. but, after con-
sideration debate. opposition melted
away and the report OF the conference
committee was adopted. E-NN
Both the house and senate accepted
the report Of the conference committee
fixing a state income tax law.
Under the agreement finally reach
ed every person who pays federal in
come tax must also make a return to
BY q vote of 20 to 16 the senate