The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-15
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
ADJOURNS
Appropriation F o 7
State Purposes To-
tails S5,839, 106.04

South Carolina general assembly
adjourned sine Gle this afternoon.
the senate at 3:34 o'clock and the
house Of Representatives At 3.3S
o'clock.
Just before adjournment. the
governor notified the TWO houses
Of his approval Of the general ap-
preparation bill carrying an aggre
gate of s3.S39. 1864 and & levy Of
seven mills. This is a decrease
Of 1928, ,O29.2s, or approximately
u l-2 per cent Of the appropria-
,ions for 1921. The levy last year
was twelve mills.
The general assembly had been
in continuous session since carly
Yesterday morning and the officers.
members and attaches OF both
bodies were thoroughly fatisued
when q final adjournment came
this afternoon. The spirit OF lcTity
which characterized the closing
hours OF former general assemblies
was entirely lacking this year.
There was TOO much work piled up
to indulge in horse play, except
sporadically.
The engrossing department di':
men and the solicitors connected
with that branch &C legislative ac-
t;vity work from 10 o'clock yeSter-
day morning until the legislature
adjourned, the work was so eX-
acting and so thoroughly fatisuing
that many efforts were made TO
nd journ both houses last night. but
without avail The majority OF the
members were determined TO stay
until al the business was COM
pleted and they could go home for
good.
Throughout the long vigil the
clerks and attaches OF both houses
and q handful OF members of both
bodies were in constant attendance,
I.kccpinG company with the half
dozen newspaper correspondents
who had 10 continually nurse the
general assembly in its somnolent
hours.
The conferees on the. general ap-
propria tion bill worked inceSsant-
ly from l. o'clock Yesterday morn
ing until about 10 o'clock this
morning when the final sheet OF the
measure was sent TO the epgroSslnS
department. The act was complet-
ed just before the report OF the
assembly at 1870 O'Clock. The SEN
ate adopted the report with Very
little debate, but IT took two hours
; TO concur in the conference re-
port; y spirited effort. led by
Edgar y. Brown, Of Barnwell, was
made 10 adjourn debate. or reject
the measure in the house, but
this proved unavailing.
among the farmer members Of the
house because the house conferees
on the general appropriations bill
were all lawyers. and this blazed
into open revolt on the floor OF the
house this afternoon in the discus
sion OF the amendments TO the
measure. The house confereeS con-
sisted OF +; r. Hughes. Of Marion.
Il LAWYER: Claude y. Sapp, OF Co
lumhia. a lawyer. and Eugene IS.
BleaSe. Of Newberry, Il lawyer, and
or the part OF the senate, Senator
II. II. Gross, OF Dorchester, planter
and banker; Senator Thomas +.
Pearce. OF Richiand. who is Il mcr-
chant, and w. S. Rogers. Spartan
burg, insurance man.
The clash WAS that the interest
of the farmers, who have fifty
four Representatives in the lower
body. were not sufficiently safe
guarded. II had been whispered
since last night that there was 4
movement among the farmer mem
! bcrs 10 organize and reject the bill.
but after considerable debate. OPP
position melted away and the re-
port OF the conference committee
WAS adopted.
However. J. Il. Atkinson, OF
Spartanbur%s, Speaker OF the House.
addressed that body on u question
of personal privilege and di>claim-
ed any desire ito slap the farmer
in The face" when. in fact. the con-
fcrccS were chosen because OF
their peculiar fitness for the mat
tcrS under dispute He had no
apology 10 offer for his appoint
mcnlS. he SAID.
When tn, report OF the commit
tc" was received in the house al
| 80 o'clock this afternoon J. T.. -.
Anderson. of Florence. asked that
debate might he adjourned until
1890 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Eugene buckingham. OF Aiken.
said that the appropriation bin
had been thrown from one side 10
another. which statement Mr..
Hughes. chairman OF the ways
and means committee. resented.
claiming that there had been no
twisting OF appropriations. and he
ahiurcd the members il they We're
we're not towards but We're men I"
vote concurrence in the senate
amendments.
Edgar y Brown. of i:arnwell.
opposed the Anderson resolution
in Il vigorous speech. proposing 4
continued debate on The lppro
priation bill He said that The
farmers We're not represented dl-
rrctN or indirectly on the confer
rncr committee and there We're
liitN-ioIir ot them in the house. He
said that il ,:chatc was adjourned
ih,r,. would be time for al interests