Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-02-21

bunk. The socalle6 new sources
CT revenue may enable the Leg
islature to reduce the levy to 10
mills, depending upon the amount
the senate adds 20 the appropria-
ton bill.
The York delegation decided
definitely few days ago not to
put in she county supply bill an
item of $500 to employ .'boll
weevil expert" Representative
Carothers was the only member
of the delegation who favored the
proposition. Not one simon pure
farmer had requested the delega-
ton to employ such an expert.
1t is worth stating in this connec-
tion that the employment of farm
demonstrators and other special
county agents to teach the
farmers of South Carolina things
they already know will be thing
Of the past in most counties of
the State in few years., Already
T. number of county delegations
have cut off from the pay roll
their demonstration agents. I'VE
found, upon investigation" said
a few days ago representative
from low-country county, that
our demonstration agent did next
to nothing to earn his salary; he
loafed around his home most of
the time and seldom went out in
the county in connection with the
work we were paying him to do.
All such agencies are fancy ad-
juncts of government that pro-
duce little"
To John +. Swearingen, State
superintendent of education, may
be charged an indiscretion one
seldom hears of in the history OF
the South Carolina Legislature.
Last Friday morning Mr.. Swear
irgen was i'll the house gallery
when the education section of the
annual appropriation bill was up
for consideration. Taking offense
at something a member had said
about the amount of money asked
for the public schools, Mr.. Swear
lngen interrupted the speech of
the member to say in loud voice,
81 wish | could reply to you. "
Nothing came of the incident fur
ther than general criticism of Mr..
Swearingen for violating the rule
which forbids visitors to the
house from interrupting the pro-
cccdings.
There will be number of new
faces in the South Carolina dele.
CATION in Congress after March I,
1923, if the plans of a trio of
members of the Legislature do
not meet with obstruction. In the
9th district, +. L. Hughes. repre-
sentative from Marion county,
will undertake to out Congress-
man Stoll. Sam Sherrard, men,
Der from Greenwood county, has
decided that the time is ripe for
someone to take the measure of
Congressman Fred Dominick and
tEat-he is the man to do it. Claud
n. Sapp has reached the same
conclusion respecting Congress-
man Fulmer and will try to dis
lodge the Orangeburg man. Land
ing a seat in Congress is easy to
talk about.
Governor Cooper Thursday in
tlmated to the house and senate
committee which had in charge
the bill extending the time to
September | for the payment of
State and county taxes that he
might use his veto power in an
effort to defeat the measure.
which has passed both houses and
is now ready for his signature.
Should such action be taken by
the governor, a determined eff
fort will be made to override the
veto. The provisions of the bill
are for penalty of 8 per cent
in March, 5 per cent in April, 7
per cent in May. and 8 per cent
in June. July and August. No
property is to be sold by the
Sheriff for non-payment of taxes
before September /. "
Presbyterians Plan Canvass.