The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, July 15, 1948, Image 8
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, July 15, 1948
CARD OF THANKS
Wo \VTs?r~to express our. thanks to
e\ery one for their kindness and
sympathy*shown us upon the death
of our mother and grandmother, Mrs.
W. H. Bagwell. Also for the beauti
ful floral offerings.
, —MKS. L B. TRAMMELL
AND FAMILY-
HOW LAURENS COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES
IN HOUSE VOTED ON IMPORTANT MEASURES
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The Chronicle's Correspondent Lists Measures
Introduced and How County Delegation Voted.
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summery and-23 coiThties are electing 1 each ...legislative member, and
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senators.- Primaries are
August 10th arid 24th.-
One of the issues which aroused
the greatest distention between the
House and Senate . last- session was
the question of public welfare funds.
The Ways- and Means Committee of
Goodyear Tires
and Tubes
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which was finally accepted by both
houses in the free conference repor
ie state general apprporiation
bill. On the first of these roll calls,
to nrrease public welfare funds by
Dr. Felder Smith
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South Carolina, is electing represen- The amendment voted upon would
tatives, to the general assembly this nave provided mileage, ai^d SI.800 for
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pelfl increase in the present compensa-
tioTi: The H uise rejected the extra
pay amendment by a 09r34 vote, with
Representatives Martin, Miiarn and
Wasson voting against extra-pay:
Tiie must expensive legislation be
fore the house last session was one
the House established an appropria- which would have appropriated
iion of $5,246,500 for the State Pub- about t.re and one-half million dol-
, lie Welfare 'Department during the lars iii surplus funds for various state
1948-49 fiscal year. The House institutions, with the largest'amount,
raised this amount by $932,000 to a $4,390,000 proposed allocation for
a total* of over six million ^dollars | school building construcfion.and re
fer public welfare. In all, • three [ pair in tire counties of the state,
roll calls were taker! on public wel- ; The measure would have exhausted
fare increases ni the House of Rep-j the state surplus fund. The'fiv.e and
lesentatives as a result of Senate. pne-half million dollar surplus allo-
ms.stence on the $5,246,500 amount, | cation bill Was tinaliy rejected by a
cne-vote margin in the House, with
Represnetatives Milam and Wasson
\ on the state general apprporiations voting with the minority. Repre
sentative Martin did no; vote.
The House failed to take final ac-j
$932,000. Representative Martin, Mil- tion on a*bill which would have re
am arid. \\ asson voted with the ma- > quired sewerage sv-stems to be m-
jority -for the increase. - ; stalled in textile villages. A mo- ;
j One bill in the House last session tion to reject the measure failed, by!
would have prohibited the General a 25-75 vote. Representatives Milam j
Assembly from electing its own and Wasson voted with the majority •
members to salaried public offices, against rejecting; the bill. Repre-!
The measure passed in the House, sentative Martin was not recorded as
but was not acted upon in the Sen- voting. . , 1
. ate. . Representative . Milam .vote4 : Passed in the House but not in '
I W1 th the majority of the House for the Senate was a bill which would
the passage of the- bill. Representa- have 'required "proof of financial ]
fives Wasson and Martin did not vote responsibility” from drivers who had'
i on the bill’s passage. i their licenses suspended.
wIiH ^ USe kil i le ^ me >K Ure WhlCh: That is * drivers whose driving'
ions nf ‘h, S w T the , pr ° V1S - licenses had been suspended could
ions of the state Workman’s Com-! not again obta.n a driving license 1
pensation Act employees and em- i{ th had fa;led tiJ satl! f fy court
payers engaged in the business of judg ^ ent for damages cause J in an
operating a sawmill, planing mill or automobne acc]dent Repre^ntative’
C sluppmg centam- Milam voted with the'minority to re-'
! fnoJnf ?h • 0 ^-. atI *p S * ? nd " wor H -j.ee: the- measure. Representative
n Employers and’ Martin voted againse Action and
employees in these industries are ex-
empt from the provisions of the state' ‘ ‘ • ed ti '' , iilt - ng -
Workman’s Compensation Act. Rep-
jiesentative Milam voted with the
majority of the House to "continue”
Patte Directs Glee Club
^
Dr. Edouard Patte, professor of
French and sociology at Presbyterian
college will speak at the morning
service of the Presbyterian church
:n Belton on Sunday morning. Rev.
John S. Walkup.is pastor of the
church.
Dr. Patte is director of the Pres
byterian college Glee Club, which
will broadcast over the Presbyterian
Hour at 8:30 o'clock on the same
morning over stations throughout
the South. Stations in Greenville
•and Spartanburg are included in the
five which will carry the program
in South Carolina. The program will
be heard over the Greenville station
at 10 o’clock indhe morning.
The minister, a native of Switzer
land, has spent a great deal of his
time in Y.M.C.A. work in Europe
and in the United States. He was
graduated from John Calvin College
in GengvaJbnd-from the University
of Geneva. He has taught in'the
schools of that city and has been ac- i
tive in boys’ settlement work and the
Boy Scouts.
During the_war Dr. Patte was a
Y.M.C.A. chaplain in Europe and in
this country. He and Mrs. Patte and
their son, Chris, have been residents
of this city for one year.
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Another bill killed by the House
would have required that county
taxes had been paid lor the pre-
:•{ the bill, which had thd effect of cedmg year before a driver could
killing it. Representatives Wasson ob,iain a ™tor vehicle license. Rep-
and Martin did not vote on this bill. resent atives Milam and Wasson vot-
^ The issue of extra pay was before ed Wltb * b e majority to reject
the House again in the 1948 session,
after a $750 "official expenses” al
lowance voted for themselves by the
the
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measure, while Representative Mar
tin did no tvote.
A proposal to create a "non-po-
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; legislators in the 1947 session aroused, htical state, fish and game commis
*.« a great deal of controversy. As sion" died Iasi session •through the,
K originally introduced in the' 1498 failure of the Hoyse to take decisive
«.♦ session, the extra pay bill would have action upon it, although a motion to;
Ki provided $1,800 compensation for re :i e/ct the measure failed 33-58. Rep-,'
►.jl.j i me mbers, as compared to the present resentatives Martin and Wasson were
— $1,000, would have given each mem-, not recorded as voting.
, ber another $7.50 per legislative day 1 filibuster by Matthew Polia-
| "for expenses.” and would have paid of Spartanburg, prevented de
mileage to and from the General As-! cisive action, and thereby killed, a
sembly. No action was taken on the ^ hill u'hich would have provided for
bill by the House and an effort was i the retirement of a large number of ;
i made by its sponsors, Representa-1 e * ec t lve officers, including the coun-
tives Welborn qf Anderson, and Hiers *7 solicitors, the Attorney General,
Assistant Attorney General, Adjutant
and Inspector General, Secretary of
State, State Treasurer, Comptroller
General, and the State Superintend
ent ot Education. The bill, because
of the filibuster by Rep. Poliakoff,
whenever it was brought up for
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House action, failed to pass, but
direct. motion to reject the measure
tailed 24-59. Representatives Mil-
I am and Wasson voted with the ma
jority to reject the bill. Representa-
1 tive Martin did not vote. .* t j
i An unsuccessful amendment pro- 1
posed to the state deficiency bill!
sought a $50,000 appropriation to em-;
ploy an architect to drqw plans and
'specifications for a new state peni
tentiary, and to make an estimate of;
the cost of its construction, and also
would have provided that the in
come from the penitentiary would be
authorized by the legislature for
construction. Representative Milam
voted with the majority to reject the
amendment, while Representative
Martin voted with the minqpity
against rejection. Rep. Wassorf di
not vote.
Rep. Wasson did
Fuller Revival Choir
Members To Meet Here
Sunday Afternoon
The people of Clinton, and near
C.inton, who would like to render |
service as choir members in the com- :
ing Fuller revival meeting in Lau- !
rens are asked to meet at the First'
Baptist church here Sunday after- 1
I noon, July 18, at* a .q’dock. . Plunkett
j'Maflin, director of rtusic at the New
Orleans Baptist seminary and who is
to be in charge of the music at the
meeting is to be here for the prac-
i tice. All of those interested in sing-
| ing are invited.
Last Rites field For
Mrs. Florence Mimms
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Mrs. Florence Mimms, 83, died
• suddenly Thursday morning at the
, home of her nephew, L. A. Dickson,
tin the Belfast community of New
berry county. ,
The funeral servh?er"“Were held
I Friday afterjioon from the graveside
at Mountam Rest cemetery, Kings
Mountain, N. C.
Mrs. Mimms was a native of Oco-
, nee county but spent most of her
life in the Kings Mountain commun
ity. She was a member of Little
River-Domineck Presbyterian church
near here.
The deceased is survived by one
sister, Mrs. W. H. Maxwell of New
Orleans, one brother, O. E. Norris
of> Columbia Falls, Montana, and a
number of nieces and nephews.
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