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APPROPRIATION BILL BtCOMES STATE LAW BOTH HOUSES ACT Ql 1CKL1 ON VETOES BY GOVERNOR Measure Received by House Shortly After Noon on Monday?Sent to Senate in Evening:. The State, 6th. Voting amost continuously at the morning, afternoon and night sessions yesterday, the house last night ai 10:15 o'clock finished consideration of the general appropriation bill and sent the measure to the senate. All bills and resolutions on the calendar "were continued at the morning session. Everybody thanked everybody else last night in the house just before ad journment. These thanks were handed -out with rising votes. The members rose early and often as tribute after tribute was paid to the various attendants. With some of the tributes were gifts?the usual gifts that go to some of them. Speaker Smith % was presented with his robe of office and responded with a few remarks. James A. Hoyt, clerk of the house, was given his robe and broke a silence of six years (expect on roll calls) to thank the members. Robert H. Welch, chairman of trie committee on enrolled acts, was thanked and given a pitcher now used in one of 'the committee rooms. Mr. tVelcli has often admired the pitcher, although it is cracked. The thanks bacilli then spread rapidly, and "before the epidemic was stopped by a quarantine invitation from the senate to come over and ratify acts, the following were thanked. each coming in for a few kind words: The press, the sergeant-atarms, the reading clerk, the bill clerk, . the pages, the engrossing department, the chaplain, the telephone operator, the telegraph operator, the pages. Nobody thanked the house clock, because it stopped. Remember Dr. Wyclie. The house last night adopted, by a rising vote, a resolution sending a message to Dr. C. T. Wyche, speaker protem, felicitating him on his . recovery. Dr. Wyche, it will be recall ea, was SiriCKen wim a yaiai* Cio stroke while presiding over the deliberations of the house several days ago. At one time his condition was very serious, but he is now recovering rapidly. Representative C. C. Wyche thanked the house for its consideration of his father. Accompanying -the resolution will be a beautiful bouquet of roses as suggested by Representative Welch. At midnight last night the general appropriation bill; having passed through both the house and the senate, became law. The senate overrode every veto which had been overridden by the house, except as to the item of $4,000 lor the rent of 22 offices, to he occupied by State officials in the Union National bank building. The veto on this item was sustained by the senate. Clock Turned Back. When the house was called to order at 10 o'clock yesterday, Mr. Miley of Bamberg moved to continue all bills and resolutions on the calendar. Ke said he saw no use in taking up the time of the house in discussing them. The house agreed to the motion. A moment later the house took a recess subject to the call of the speaker. Since the house agreed to adjourn sine die at 9 o'clock Wednesday, yesterday was not considered a new legislative day. Tiie iiands ot the clock in the hall of the house still indicated that is was 8:30 o'clock presumably of Wendesday night. The house refused to recognize any timepiece as an authority except irs own clock. The house had nothing else *o do except wait on the governor to return the general appropriation bill. Clerical Error Corrected. At 10:50 o'clock the house passed a resolution recalling the general appropriation bill from the governor's office for the puropse of correcting clerical errors made in the bill in the engrossing department. Une or tne engrossing clerks failed to copy the provision relating to the expenditure of the $5,000 item for the enforcement of law by the governor. The senate struck out this provision, but the free conference committee put the provision back in the bill. In copying it, the provision was omitted. At 11:20 o'clock the house agreed to a concurrent resolution from the senate rescinding the action whereby it oraereu me general appropriation bill enrolled for ratification and recommitting it to the committee on enrolled acts to "be correctly engrossed. !A,t 11:35 o'clock the committee on enrolled acts reported that the general appropriation bill had been correct-1 ly enrolled and was ready for ra-tifi-' cation. The house, at the invitation of the senate, proceeded to the senate chamber, where the general appropriation bill was ratified and sent to the j governor for t'he second time. Veto Messaare Received. j i At 12:30 o'clock the house received | the general appropriation bill from the gowrnor with his message which was Xo. ~>9 of this session. He returned The bill without his signature. The governor's message, vetoing 28 items in the general appropriation bill, was read in full to the house. Thpn the house went into the consideration of the various vetoed items. The first veto was the provision rejquring that the State librarian should I ? 4- V. y Cfnf a AO/iV? oil lulu uveri iu mr ciaic cavn mwinu un money received by her for the sale of books, etc., as oilier Stare -officials are required to do. By a vote of 54 to 42 the house sustained the veto. The governor vetoed the item of $3,000 for purchasing meters and general repairing for public buildings. Mr. Dick said the appropriation had been asked for by the State electrician. By a vote of 39 to -"7, the house sustained the veto. The item of $1,000 for repairing the neating plant was vetoed. Jn his veto message, the governor said this item was for repairs to the heating at the governor's mansion. It was stated on the floor of the house that the chief executive was wrong in this ; assumption and the appropriation was ! for repairs to the heating plant of the State house. By a vote of 69 to 2S, the 'house overruled the governor's veto. The item of $2,500 for preparing and printing the State handbook by the department of agriculture was vetoed. By a vote of 51 to 47, the house susI tninpri t"hp vpto The appropriation for $3,000 for the expenses and salaries cf the State board of medical examiners was objected to by the governor. The house overrode his veto by a vote of 67 to 27. The governor vetoed the item of $4,000 for -the tax department for books and blanks, investigation and installation of system of bookkeeping and examination of financial condition .of /"k r> * * Af "D** r\ I'Af A f f A A ? UL V^UUllCO. . cl VUIU UL V* LU 1U, the house sustained the veto. 2 o'clock,, the house receded until 8:30 o'clock Library Section Stands. The governor disapproved of the following proviso in the section for the University of South Carolina: "Provided, That 'the board of trustees of the University of South Carolina be empowered to permit the erection on the grounds of the university, under such restrictions as they may deem i wise, a building to be used as a free public library." Mr. Dick said that by passing the proviso over the veto the 'State could get a library building worth $100,000 which would be open to everybody. By a vote of 51 to 23, the house refused to sustain the governor's veto of this provision. The following members voted to ! sustain :ne veio: tNays: Addy, J. W. Ashley, M. J. Ashley, Creech, Haile, H. <F. Harielson, Hardin, Holley, Irby, J es, Kellehan, Kelly, Kirby, Lybrand, Melfi, 'Miller, Moore, Nelson, Rittenberg, Robertson, W. S. Rodgers, Jr., W. W. Scott, Senseney?23. Tiie governor vetoed the item of $5,000 for building a hospital at the State Colored college at Orangeburg. By a vote of 47 to 37 the house sus| tained the veto. Mr. Liles of Orangeburg made a r-m ^ ? /x n v\ aa 1 ^ /n r* ? ^ /% SLiyug ctyjjeeu lu nit: uuuse lu pass iuc item over the veto. "1 am not asking you for anything for the negroes," Mr. Liles told the house "but I am asking you to make this appropriation for the protection of the white people of Orangeburg, who are daily exposed to contagious diseases because there is no place to treat the negro students when they are ill with such diseases." By a vote of 57 to 34 the house sustained the governor's veto of the item of $7,500 for running the farms at State Park. Soldiers' Home. The governor vetoed the following item in the appropriation bill: "For salaries and wages of officers and employes at Confederate infirmary, and in no case, other than as herein provided, to wit: " For commandant, who shall reside on the premises, and have control of the institution subject to the board of commissioners, day and night, r\ 1 n y tt w rvt- /v ? X A a iiiuutiiij ocLiai j iiui together with board and lodging, $600. "2. For matron, who shall reside on the premises, a monthly salary of not exceeding $o0, together with hoard j and lodging, $600. j "3. For physician and all medical j services required for the inmates, not exceeding $50 per month, $600. "4. For employes, includicg cooks,1 nurses and other servants or laborers,! i 1 Helps With At night when the < tlie sitting-room table sti the next day, the telepho: neighbor a mile down tb his school-mates. Childri get pleasure and profit fr< Do you know how little tl valuable it is ? See the nearest Bell write for our free booklet I FARMERS' LINE SOUTHERN BELL TE AND TELEGRAPH C 163 S. PRYOR ST., ATLANTA, GA. j j all not to exceed six, and none to receive more than $25 a month, besides board and lodging 011 [he premises. $1,800. "Provided, That no member of the board 01" commissioners and no in- I mates admitted as indigent soldiers ! shall be paid any salaries for any services: Provided, further, That all officers and employes .herein provided for other than the members of the board of commissioners, shall give their entire time to the duties of their positions on the premises, and no one shall be related to any member of the board of commissioners within the sixth degree." There was a division of opinion in ?-U ^ "U A _ ? . me uouse as to wuesuer or not mis itme would cut off the salaries of all the officers and employes" of the infirmary should it be elimated from the bill. By a vote of 50 to 44 the y use sustained the governor's veto of this item. Historical Commission. The entire section of the bill mar ing appropriations for the historical' commission was vetoed. The section | carried a total of $5,270. The governor vetoed each of the five items' i in the "section. By a vote of 75 to 20, the house refused to sustain the . veto of the section as a whole.' Tie following members voted to I sustain the veto of the section for the historical commission: Addy, W. J. Ashley, Blackwell, Cross, Daniel, "Fortner, Gray, Hardin,! H. F. Harrelson, M. C. Harrelson, Ir-! by, Kirby, Lybrand, Miller, Moseley, j t Murray. Xelson. Robertson. W. W. i Scott, Summers. By a vote of 75 to 20 the house refused to sustain the veto of the item of $1,800 for the salary of A. S. Salley, Jr., as secretary of the historical j cofmission. The house then overrode the veto of :lie item of $250 for a contingent j fund for the historical commission by j a vote of 70 to 22. The veto of the item of $1,000 for printing by the historical commission j was overriden by a vote or 70 to zy. The h-ouse then overrode the veto ; of the item of $1,500 for work on the Confederate records by a vote' of 63 1 to 25. The provision that the secretary of, the historical commission should turn i over all funds received by him each j month to the State treasurer was ve- 1 toed by the governor. By a vote of i 67 to 21 the house overrode the veto, j The governor vetoed the item of $2,000 for interest likely to accrue on. the bonded debt. Mr. Dick explained that this was simply an emergency j fund. The veto was sustained by a vote of 48 to 40. By a vote of 56 to 34, the house sustained the veto of the governor on j the item of $25,000 for the sinking j fnnri tn nrntprf tTiP honrip.d debt of i I the State under the act of 1912. Mr. J Dick told the house that if this item ! were not. passed over the veto then J the next general assembly "would have to appropriate $50,000 for the sinking fund with the interest on $25,000. j The governor vetoed the item of; I $300 for the phosphate commission, i < j The house sustained the veto by a J vote of 21 to 66. < ! T The house overrode the veto of the j item of $450 for the State hoard of i j law examiners "by a vote -of 65 to 20. i , The item of $1,500 for the State Plant Breeders association to "be paid through E. J. Wateon was vetoed by / x* the Lessons! i ! :hildren gather around ldving their lessons for ne often rings. A little e road wants help from en as well as grown-ups om the farm telephone, lis service costs and how Telephone Manager or ?? -t A postal will do. DEPARTMENT JLEPHONE COMPANY (LfflJ,! Free Flower Seed Hastings' Catalogue Tells You About It If you are engaged in farming, or j if you plant only vegetables or flow-1 ers, you cannot afford to be without t the big catalogue published fresh and new ev^ry year by the great Southern seed house, H. G. Hastings & Company of Atlanta, Ga., and sent absolutely free, postage paid, to all who writ? for it, mentioning the name of this newsnaner. In this catalogue we tell you of a splendid offer of free flower seed to all our customers, five magnificent varieties that mean beauty about your home and a pleasure to wives and daughters that nothing else can give. This catalogue tells you, too, about! our big cash prize offer to the Corn ! Club boys of your state. It tells all j about our fine yielding varieties of j corn and cotton?the kind we grow j on our own 3,200 acre farm. It tells ; about the best seeds of all kinds for planting in the South. It should be in every Southern home. Write toOn ^ 1 nf no pAn/1 i + f a vAll uaj auu iOt uo o^uu it tu jwu, H. G. HASTINGS & CO., Atlanta; Ga.?Advt. the governor. By a vote of 44 to 48 the house sustained the veto. The house sustained the veto of the governor on the item of $1,000 for the State Live Stock association to , be paid through J. M. Burgess, secretary and treasurer -of Clemson college. The veto was sustained by a vote of 50 to 40. The governor vetoed the item of 54.0UU tor tne rental or zz rooms m the Union National Bank building for offices for State officials. Mr. Dick said that by making the appropriation the State would save $840 on the rental it was now paying for offices for it officials. By a vote of 75 to 16, the house overrode the veto. At 7 o'clock the house took a recess to 8 o'clock. Evening Session. Reassembling at 8 o'clock, the house ! fru-vtr 11T\ +Vi ttqI-oq/I ifom r\f 5 ~ On A for IvJUIV It jj T CUV/U IWV/Ui Vi. YV,V VV * V* j the South Carolina Agricultural and ' Mechanical society, under Whose aus-; pices the State fair is held in Colum- i bia each year. By a vote of 50 to 36 the house sustained the veto. By a vote of IS to 73, the house i sustained the veto of the item of SI,-; 000 for the State negro fair. The house sustained the veto of the j governor of the item of $1,200 for! the South Carolina Poultry associa- j tion. The item was sustained by aj vote of 29 to 63. Mr. Welch of Rich- i land made a strong speech in favor of the passage of the item over the ! veto. The governor vetoed the item of, $522 -to pay the stenographers and marshal employed by the special leg islative committee, which recently j investigated the 'State Hospital for | the insane, rne nouse overroae me veto by a vote of 10 to 84. Veto Overridden 80 to 4. The governor vetoed the item of! $400 for a monument over the grave I of McKie Merrhvether of Edgefield,1 who was killed in the Hamburg riot. while fighting under Gen. Butler. Mc- j Kie Merriwether was the first man to, lay down his life to redeem South j Carolina from negro rule in 1876. Mr. I^ong of Aiken spoke in favor ! Df passing the item over the veto. Mr. wycne, -oi ;spar;anDurg, spoKe. in favor of sustaining the veto of the j t governor. Mr. DeLaughter, of Edgefield, mak- j (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8). j ? r TOUF Florida Havai T uesday, March Personally G C. H. Gattis, I trict Passen S.A.L. Rai Chaperc Mrs. C. 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