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i tolott Lin. XCXBEJI 1-, ~ XEWBEHK. ? < - T.:E.SI?AV. KKBR.M.rv^. ' ~~ "twice a week, m a yeah. Adjournment S * Daylight Su * - REVIEW OF WURiv OF ^r4irnif afO. umu b?M.ML AMEIflOLI r) / important me\sh:ks which >VEKE ENACTED. I t ? State Levy Six and One-Half Mills, j iiut Lartre Amount Authorized to Be Borrowed. \ (By .1X0. Iv AULL.) Special to The Herald and XewsT Columbia, Feb. 21.?Witxi the iegis-, I iative clocks registering somewhere j K nround 11 o'clock Saturday night, the! general assembly got through with the work of the 1916 session and ad-1 - * - j:* ?*. " 9" Anb r\t? I journea sine uit* ctt w i.iuvn uu i Sunday morning. An effort was made j in the senare between 11 and 12 j o'clock Saturday night to adjourn un- j til Monday, so as not to work on Sun- j * day, but it failed. The motion was \ made by Senator John stone, of New. J B berry, and urged by Senator Sharpe ! r of Lexington. The members, however, j were determined <o get through with i $he work and go home. The Appropriation Bill. ? The free conference report on the j VwCIl n'Od r.Anoi \ hpfnrp Spprupi let 11UII UiH v> ao 1 v.u w*v? v | midnight, and was adopted in both} houses. The bill then had to be pre- j pared in the engrossing department | and sent to Gov. Manning. As finally j ratified, it fixed the State levy at six ; and one-half mills, carrying approxi-; i mately ?2 477,."J1.29. The levy is af ' half mill* less than last year, while the : amyjat is $14,000 larger. .The con-1 ference committee cut $50,000 out of j the State hospital extension work ap- j - ? r\r\ nr\r\ v,.+ J propriation, maKing 11 ;?jluv,uuu. uu. allowed the governor to borrow an additional $50,000 if it should be found necessary. The fund for prohibition ' i enforcement remained at $50,000, to be borrowed if necessary. The salary of Lthe superintendent of the State hospital for the insane was fixed at $6000, the conference committee adopting the senate amendment in this re Arad. Twenty-five thousand aonars is B> be borrowed, if necessary, 'to pay Bie federal government for lost militia Hquipment. Liquor Legislation. The session was enaracterized by |W drastic laws dealing with the liquor ' " traffic. The prohibition act which was submitted to the people in. the general election last fall was re-en acted, to prevent any cloud resting upon the legality of the statute in any ^ possible future contest. The amount which any person in the State may order during any calendar month was cut down from a gallon to two quarts, but one may order 60 pints of beer in i lieu of the two quarts. ;The measure first contained a provision that any amount of liquor carried in a suit- j case or traveling bag would require' -~o- travpline basr ro be la- j IU c CUI C V, UOV V/ * v* V< 0 w r belled io the effect that it contained j liquor. This section was finally cut out. as was also the portion of the bill ^ which would have prohibited a man from giving a drink to nis friend. I The Liles measure which makes the j | puiiishment for selling liquor a; ! I straight chain gang sentence, without! the alternative of a fine, was ratified, j B and has been signed by the governor. .Mr. Liles being presented with the pen with which the act was signed. Early in the session an act was passed making drunkenness on the highway a g misdemeanor. Heretofore, in order to constitute a misdemeanoi, the drunk5' ences sad to be accompanied by some jf|' disorderly conduct but no disorderly! F conduct is necessary now. An act was also passed to inclide "go-betweens" I in liquor purchases. b^| Then, the legislature has placed $.">o 000 at the disposal of the governor j W to enforce the prohibition law. True [ it is not a direct appropriation, the governor bein^ authorized to borrow ~ " J ine Die At ; nday Morning 1 i it if i: rs .vy, which means that the. Sr::;o \ h;4ve to pay interest on the J amount ? :,d uk* next legislature will I hi ve ro L; r.r ;he burden of fixing a ievy t, -over such expenditure a? may be n!ade. This is also true as to any ! amount which may he borrowed for j (he State hospital and the militia. It is not yet a crime jo take a drink, j but under a strict construction of the i act. it is pretty nearly a crime to keep ' the two quarts one may order after j he gets it. Lei't-ovfr I>ispfiis?iry Stocks. For a while it looked as if the counties waich hart left-over dispensary i stocks were going to be allowed to keep thrm without any measure being provided for their disposal, but j finally local bills began to be intro- j duced providing for the disposal o\ j these stocks, and every county gov ' through its measure allowing the i**ft- j over stocks to be sold a; wholesale in wet territory outside the StaJe. Mr. J. K. Breedin who was largely interested in the prohibition election x - ~ f'n a r?f hr.r last fall, issued a srau'iiit-m mu vn?v. . (?3y in which he pointed out thai tampering with the law as it was ratified by the people last September was dangerous in that it would tend to breed discontent and put the question I of prohibition back into a political; campaign?or words to that effect. The ! legislature, however, did not seem disposed to see it that way. and every measure making the liquor laws more stringent found ready support both in ihe house and in the senate. About the only one that did not gei ' ill rough was the Carlisle bill, which i passed the senate, but failed in the j house, prohibiting the newspapers from publishing whiskey advertisements. ifonstitutfonal Amendments FuilW. The three constitutional amend-, ments of State wide importance which j were offered during the session all | failed. They were as follows: To submit to the people a constitutional amendment providing for woman suffrage. To submit to the people a constitu-1 tional amendment allowing divorce in j citain cases. To submit to the people a constitutional amendment for biennial sessions of the general assembly. None of the proposed amendments could secure the necessary two-thirds in either house. Administration Measures. Among the "administration" ni*as *-o fin-QC thp ant ures wnicii wcic iamivu ..^ providing for the Torrens system of land registration, which is optional at this time; the measure for a board of conciliation to act in disputes between capital and labor; the McCullough (iiild labor bill, prohibiting the working of children under 14 years of age. I in mills, mines or textile establishments. after the first ot' next year, and the strengthening of the tax com- i i? Elinor f/>r .j hr?a rd i mission at.'l miruuni^ t\ji li , of review. This board of review was j in the act as it was passed last year, j but in some manner was lost out of the j bill before it went to the governor for j signature. The McCuilr;i2h child labor bill as if was finally ratified is a marvel in brevity. It concains exactly 23 words. It simply provides that after the first day of January. 1917, no child under . the age of 14 years shall be employed j in any mill, mine or textile establish- i ment in South Carolina. iThe workmen's compensation act, which was one of the "administration" measures, failed of passage. The employers' liability act, however, was passed. This act follows the federal statute and makes that sfatute effective in South Carolina. It eliminates the doctrine of contributory negligence of employees and also eliminates punitive damages. The representatives in the legislature of the 1 a4 Coring people were favorable to this measure, but opposed the workmen's compensation acr. Weekly Pay in 31111s. Oil the last day of the session the oil! was passed and ratified requiring weekly pay days in mills. -'The representatives in the legislature of the ianoring element were iiiients?-'iy mtrested in this hill, and are very proud of its passage. Driving Out flu* Southeastern. One oi the hardest lights of the entire session was on the measure prohibiting insurance combinations for the purpose of fixing fire insurance rates. This bill was aimed directly at rlip Southeastern Tariff association, and tho State warehouse system figared largely in its discussion. Trie bill was not introduced at the instance of the warehouse commission r, but during the fighi for ami against the bill the commissioner was | ? day afler day summoned before committees. There is no doubt that the reduction in fire insurance secured by the commissioner outside of the Soctheastern and the refusal of the Southeastern to work with tho commissioner in thp protec;ion of S*::te cotton had a great deal to do with the passage of the bill. There was a clear majority in the Iioiisp of some 22 members lor the jihnlirinn of tho Southeastern. On | Thursday night the members who were trying to save the Southeaster: I instituted a filibuster which kept the house in session until after 3 o'clock Friday morning. but the majority against them was determined, and the bill was shoved through by main force. During (his filibuster Speaker vHoyt was firm in his rulings, and re-| ec*?d a great deal of credit upon himself by the manner in which he handled a most difficult situation.. The bill was nilored through the senate by Senator Laney of Chesterfield, and through the house by Mr. Odom of Chesterfield, and the agricultural committee. Ttie bill was ratified and sent to the governor 011 Saturday night. It pro- j i hibits combinations of insurance companies for the purpose of fixing rates; provides for a review of rates- by the insurance commissioner, subject to summary court review; exempts the Mill Mutuals and Factory Insurance association, and provides that nothing contained in the act shall be held to i interfere with any insurance placed | by or througn tne state wareuuuae commissioner. , State Warehouse Commissioner. The strength of the State warehouse commissioner was clearly evidenced during the session. On the part of some there was opposition to him and to the system, but practically every request which he made of the legislature was granted. In fact, it may be stated with truth that prohibition and warehouse system were tne aoiuiuaui issues in the South Carolina legislature of 1916. They had no connection and there was no attempt to con-1 nect them and their being mention^*! together is not intended to convey this meaning. What is meant to be conveyed is the fact, as shown by t'ne rocords. that 011 every issue joined affccting prohibition or the warehouse system, either commanded an overwhelming majority of both house and There \va? only one measure which was advocated by the warehouse commissioner for the benefit of the farm- j ers which failed of passage. This was the Beattie-Laney graders' bill. Thi6 bill would have enforced the federal standards in South Carolina, and have increased the annual value of the cotton crop to the farmers by at least a million dollars each year. The bill was killed in the senate before it reached the "house. It may be interesting to note now I the members from Newberry noted on l the bill to drive the Southeastern | trust out of the State. On the passage of the bill in the senate there i was no opposition. In the house Mr. i Workman voted for the fill (to drive the Southeastern out) and Messrs. l f Mower and Chapman voted against the bill (to allow the Southeastern to; remain in the State). Over i nthe sen-' ate when the bill went back for concurrence in the house amendments, a test vote was had. and seven of the senators voted for non-concurrence. ' > ' * ?t *K_ ixjii wnicn WOUKl pill lilt; uui 111 ticci conference and permitted another fish: in the house. TYio senator from Xewberrv was among those seven. Rural Credits Delayed. The enactment of a rural credits j system was delayed for another year,' but a committee was appointed consisting of three members of the house and three members of the senate to compile d&ta and to make recommendation ro the next session of the gen- j eral assembly. The senate commit- j tee is composed cf Messrs. Williams, of Lancaster, Johnstone, of Xewherry. and Sherard, of Anderson.# The house committee is composed of] Messrs, Toole. L. M. Rogers and Huff-J man. The Public Printery. The special committee on printing, nnmnncorl nf ?!r> T") Ji f O T!? TvP11 11 1 11 1 O ^V/UI^WO\.U V> i- K^. w.w-x, . . | and Christensen and Representatives Cothran and Arnold, have elected W. R. Bradford, a representative in the nouse from York county, and a practical and experienced newspaper man and printer, dark. Under l he terms of the new printing bill, Mr. Bradford"? duties will be to supervise the lettisg of all contracts for the public print- j ing. His active duties will be for five ; months, for which he will receive a salary of $1,000. Mr. Bradford is one - < n. t. naive nonar niPtl in oi jut1 nt*M i\m/v?n ?? o|?? | the State, and the committee was for-J tunate in securing nira as clerk, for he is not only efficient, but believes in rigid economy, and will undoubtedly sane a great deal of money for the tax-1 payrs. Senator Christeneeu is the chairman of the committee, and the next meeting will be in Columbia on March j - - 3rd. The New Judicial i ircuit The general assembly added Another judicial circuit to the thirteen circuits of the State. The new arrangement leaves Charleston in a circuit by herself, and makes a new circuit of the counties of Colleton, Hampton. Beaufort and Jasper counti.es. Solicitor Peurifoy, who has heretofore served as solicitor of die old ninth circuit, which included Charleston, is moved to the new circuit, and Gov. Manning has appointed Mr. W. S. Grimball, of Charleston, solicitor of the ninth, or Charleston circuit. Following ttie declination ui rtepicsentative George Warren, of Hampton, who was elected over his protest as judge of the new 14th circuit, th# general assembly elected Mr. James E. Peurifoy of Walterboro, a brother of Solicitor Peurifoy, who will be the solicitor of the new circuit. So that t the judge and the solicitor of the new I circuit are brothers. Mr. Peurifoy J * / was opposed for election by Mr. W. B. i rimhpr of Walterboro, but Mr. Peurifoy received a substantial majority of the joint assembly. The appropriation bill carried $~v">00 on acoi:nt of the new circuit. McCormlok Comity. Thr legislature added another county to the 44 counties of the State, provided the case now pending in the supreme court is not adverse to the new county on the legal aspect of the matter. Governor Manning on Saturday signed the new county measure. There was very little opposition in the legislature to the formation of MoCcrmick county. -There were a number of gentlemen before the committee of the senate in advocacy of the new county. Abuse of Free Scholarships. A stringent resolution directing the State board of charities to investigate the financial standing of those eniovins: free scholarships in the State's educational institutions, was adopted as the outcome of t'ne fight in }he general assembly against the abuse of free scholarships. The board of charities is to look into the financial condition of fhr scholarship holders. their parents, guardians and other persons liable under tne law for their support,' and to make report to fhe board of .rustees of each institution.) It is made ;he duty of tnese boards to act upon the report submitted to them and to revoke or allow the beneficiary scholarships or free tuition as in their I judgment the justice of eacn case may | require. The law does not affect free | scholarships now held, j Closing Scenes. When the gavels of Lieutenant j J Governor Bethea and Speaker James! I A. Hoyt fell for the last time and the ! I members of the general assembly rvti Snnrinv mnrnine. the 11 Wi?c vy Gfr first streaks of dawn were visible in j the east. The end was calm and peace- J fu!, and t'nere was much wringing of hands and expressions of mutual es- j teem and friendship as [he various! members bade one another good-bye J and turned their faces homeward. The entire time or oom nouses uuui .'he moment they assembled at 8 o'clock Saturday night until they broke up a: daylight Sunday morning was taken up with details incident to the clo^e. This consisted for the most i part in adopting free conference reports and ratifying bills. The houses spent most of the time in recess, subject to the call of the chair. Muflfe in the Air. The usual jollification scenes occu;.icd, a large place in the final night. The piano, which has stood for several days in the lobby of the State nouse, was rolled into the house of i | representatives and the members gath- j ered around it singing the old familiar runes which are always a feature of the last night of the session. As the night wore on and 'he fact ttiat the _ --A* ?? ? . , 1 J " ^ ^ s\r\rvi r\ 1 i "7 parung wvuiu awn i.umc ????> i, d, the songs drifted more and more :o the sentimental, culminating in the patriotic. A tnrill went throughout ihe house when the group around the piano broke imo the national anthem, and the feeling found its climax in the outburst of handclapping and cheering when "Dixie"' was heard. Representatives Beckett, of Beau| fort, with his violin accompanied the piano, greatly to the enjoyment and j pleasure of the throng. There were several mock sessions of the senate and house during the I aours of waiting. Senator Hughes of [ Union, and Senator Lee, of Darlington, led the fun-making in the senate, and the clever maner in which they got | off hits on the various senators was I fully appreciated by the crowd. Read! ing Clerk Hitchinson, of the house, 1 was called in to act as reading clerk | of the senate at the mock session and I this he did in his usual happy way. i I He was particularly good in his bur lesque bills on the pet -subjects which various senators have kept to the front during the session. On the house side Representative Odom. of Chesterfield, and Representative Massey of Lancaster, were the j spc-aKers lor rue muciv scaowu, a,?u :hey are a good team. Winding: I'p the Business. There were several resolutions put through just before final adjournment. The senate concurred in the house resolution requesting the senaators and congressmen from this state ro vote for the bill now before congress to pension Confederate soldires and their widows. The following senate appointments I of various committees for the ensuing year were announcd by President Bethea: Committee on penal and charitable institutions?Senator Geo. M. Sruckey of Lee; committee on Sfate educational institutions?Senator Huger Sinkler of Charleston: committee on quarters for State officers?Senator J. vt vivifoic nf Abheville. and Senator T. H. Ketchin, of Fairfield; committee to investigate rural eredits and make i i recommendation to the legislature as j provided by resolution, session 1916? Senator D. R. Williams of Lancaster: Senator Alan Johnstone of Newberry; Senator J. Tv. Sherard of Anderson; I | committee on State printing, provided for in act of 1916?Senator Xiels Christensen of Beaufort and Senator C L>. Lee of Darlington. Speaker Hoyt appointed the fcfllowing committees: On rural credits, Messrs. Toole, L. M. Rogers and Huffman. On nenal and charitable institu Lions: Messrs. Rush and S. A. Graham. Educational institutions: Messrs. Berry and Wingard. On work of the code commissioner, Messrs. Carey and J. F. Walker, Jr. Resolutions of Thanks. With Senator Alan Johnstone in trie chair, the senate adopted resolutions thanking the presiding officer, clerk% attaches and all others connected with the body, for their faithfulness and devotion to duty. The following resolution offered by Senator Carlisle was adopted by the senate: Resolved. Tnat on the eve of its adjournment, the senate desires again to put on record its high appreciation of the ability, courtesy and dignity with which its president, the Hon. Andrew J. Bethea, has discharged the difficult and delicate duties of his office. ) "Resolved, further, that the president's official robe be presented to the Hon. 'Andrew J. Bethea. lieutenant governor." The lieutenant governor was also presnted by Senator Alan Johnstone of Newberry, with a beautiful gold watch fob from the attaches of tho . senare. The lieutenant governor ia fitting words expressed his appreciation of the resolution and the gift. Speaker Hoyt Thanked. During the closing hours of the session Speaker Hoyt, of the house, was thanked for the ability and fairness with which he had presided during the session, and was presented'by the j house with a handsome silver pitch| er. . Chairman Liles, of the ways and | means committee, was presented by ! the committee with two silver pieces, I and Rpresentative Geo. M. Reid oC Anderson county was presentd by the ' agricultural committee and the advocates of the Laney-Odom anti-Southeastern bill with a traveling bag taken as a token of appreciation of bis as distance in breaking up the 6libuster against that measure. Final Adjournment. It was a little past 5 o'clock when the house attended in the senate chamber and ratified the appropriation and county supply bille. These were immediately taken down to Governor Manning. E. C. Epps, was appointed to wait on t'ne governor and notify him that the senate had transacted th? business of the 1916 session and was readv to adjourn sine die. The com mittee returned and reported that til* governor would communicate witb them in a message. Close on their . .... heel6 came Col. 0. K. LaRoque, the, governor's private secretary, with a | message which was read in person by him. Governor Manning notified the senate that he liad signed the appropriation bill and the county supply bill, and had no further communication for them. He commended them for the work whic'n j they had done and wished chem GodI h Me that on motion of OJ/CCU. IV ?? Miw Senator Sharpe, the senate at 5:35 a. m. adjourned sine die. The house did likewise, and the session of 1916 was at an end. His Car Upset. Last Sunday afternoon Mr. W. T. Buford's car took a notion to skid while on the road about a mile from Mr. Buford's residence in the Bus?->. J ., y. v. River cnurcn community, anu ui/?* pinning Mr. Buford under the cai Mr. Buford was riding alone when th accident happened and fortunately for h.im a negro tenant house was near , and several negroes ran out and lifted the car off him. Mr. Buford was I nainfniTv bruised. the most serious injury being a gash in his leg which required abouf a dozen stitches. The rut n-ns caused by the crashing of the i windshield. Dr. Pope of . Kinards. J dressed the wound and Mr. Buford is getting on 0. K. .ir.