Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-01-31

Ine ltlcntand delegation Dill, pre-
venting public service corporations
frsm denying service to "A patron In
case Of dispute over charges demand
ed and providing for the investigation
OF the true charges, was also among
the number Of measures agreed to on
third reading without debate and sent
to the senate. This bill, which was
thoroughly discussed In the house on
second reading provides that in the
event any dispute should arise be-
tween an individual consumer and any
public service corporation or company
over the amount Of q bill for gas, wat
err or electricity, the consumer may
appeal to the courts. The measure
would also require the public service
company to continue it's service unin-
terrupted to the consumer during the
investigation OF the charge.
The abolition of the present state
highway commission and the substitc-
tion therefor Of highway commits
sioner with limited authority is the
purpose OF bill introduced in the
house by Representatives e. T. Hughes
OF Marion, E. r. Ellerbe of Latta and
Z. r. buckingham OF Ellenton, The
bill was referred to the ways and
Hughes, chairman of the committee.
The measure is expected to encoun-
ter determined opposition once it
reaches the floor of the house since
plans are now being made to intro
duce bill to enlarge the present
highway commission.
Considerable argument was also oo-
casioned over the bill to require all
persons, firms or corporations engaged
in the business of canning, packing.
picking. preserving, boxing or in any
way preparing any food for sale and
| shipment to stamp, brand and label
the package South Carolina Product"
The bill, OF which Representative b.
p. Carey OF Charleston is the author,
would order the food inspector to reg
ularly inspect these foodstuffs to guar
antee the enforcement Of the meas
ure.
The bill to require all railroads en-
| tering the city of Columbia to erec.
an adequate" passenger station here
was recommitted to the committee on
railroads. The bill is fostered by the
Richland delegation.
The Barnwell delegation measure to
take the supervision of the expendi-
| ture of the moneys collected under
the two mill road levy from the hands
OF the state highway commission and
to devolve this power upon the va.
rious county authorities, was fixed as
| a special order.
The measure is one OF the numer-
GUS bills aimed at the state highway
| system carried over from last year and
1t is expected to come up for debate
after the discussion of general bill
to abolish the present state highway
commission, which will soon be in
troduced by Representatives Edgar A.
Brown of Barnwell and E. T. Hughes
Of Marion.
The killing of the bill introduced
at the last session by Representative
O'Rourke of Charleston, to repeal the
act allowing appeals from the de.
cisions of city democratic executive
committees; the passage to third read
ing of the Richland delegation bill to
prevent the use Of milk bottles owned
and marked by one company or per-
son by any other person or company:
the. rejection of the measure to allow
members of the national guard COM
pensation of So per month after six
months service and the introduction
of a bill to permit persons unavoid-
ably out OF the state on the day Of
lot by mail were the features-if any
features there were-of the otherwise
unproductive session.
Frequent requests from divers mem.
bers for the passing over of various
bills. so delaying the action of the
house, excited some criticism during
the session, Speaker Atkinson Of
| Spartanburg pointing out to the men,
| bers that the houses only hope Of
avoiding an extension of the session
lay in the taking up and disposing OF
| bills as they were reached on the cal
endar Representatives r. B. Belser
| of Sumter and j. w. Hanahan Of
Winpsboro also voiced their opposi-
ton of the evident program of pro-
crastination.
"'The members Of the house" Speak
er Atkinson said should reflect that
It costs the state something to meet
| here every day and should not delay
| the session by continually passing
over measures that might as we'll be
disposed OF when they are reached on
the calendar" THE house." Mr.. Bel.
ser thought. "is not making progress"
| while Mr.. Hanahan in agreeing with
Mr.. Belser also took various members
Of the house to task for their too
frequent absence from the sessions
After long delay Mr.. Wightman
moved to strike out the enacting
words and by vote OF 10 to Is the
bill was killed only to be revived
again on motion OF Senator Pearce