The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-12-15

: tcnt:on to the fact that the agriculture
} committee of the House, composed o
13 farmers representing all the asricrl
!! tural interests IL the State, had unanl
: mollsly agreed that this was not the tiln'
t to repeal this law.
The previous question was called ant
} the bill was killed by q vote Of s. to y
THE TREASURY RESERVE: FUND.
When Mr.. Haskell's bill to create {
treasury reserve fund, the provisions O.
which have already been published, wa.
taken up, Dir. Pope moved to strike ou
! the enacting words.
Nh. Haskell explained the object o.
tie bill, and earnestly urged the House
IL consider well what it was about to do
He warned them against doing anything
that would tend to injurc the credit ot
fhc State
DR.. Pope said that the bill had been
introduced ut the instance Of the comp.
trollcr general to put the money beyond
the co!.:roi OF tic House He didn't
propose 10 use The whole Of this money.
He didn't think that more than SIS, ,0OC
Of it would nave to be used on the basis
Of four mill taxr There was good
many things that the Legislature intend
cd to cut down, and q good many things
that they wouldn't be called upon to pro-
vide .ur. 1t was very singular thing
that these gentlemen had been using the
fund fer years, and now, when they
found that the House was turning its at
tentior TO it, they sought to block the
game.
Mr.. .i4Scl opposed the bill on very
different grounds. He thought it would
impair i!!o credit OF the State to divert
the various funds named in the bill.
Mr. y. G Wilson, Jr., Of York, was
in favor OF tie bill. He called attention
to the fact that the two opponents Of the
bill who had spoken had opposed it on
entirely opposite grounds, one because
the bill allowed the treasury to use the
funds, and the other because it did not
DO so. He explained that under the pro-
posed bill it was only intended to use
such of the funds as were applicable to
general purposes.
The debate was continued at length by
Messrs. Hutson, Ficken, Pope and Has
llell, and a vote on the motion to strike
out the cnacting clause was finally
reached, with the following result on the
bill: Yeas :ttG, nays 10.
The reading Of the bill was then re-
sumed. Another discussion arose, how
ever, on an amendment offered By Mr..
Parker, OF Ahbevillc, proposing to strike
out the provision allowing the use OF the
fund for the payment of general appro-
priations and Of salaries, IN amendment
which would have prevented the use of
the fund to ride over a scarcity OF money
in the State treasury. The amendment
was tabled, however, and the bill ordered
10 lie cngrossed for 4 third reading.
TIE HORIZONTAL R::DresIoH SALARY BILL.
When the ?oiG offered by DR.. Thomas,
OF Union, 10 provide Tor horizontal re-
duction OF the salaries OF the State
officers was reached, Dr.. Thomas read a
speech prepared for the occasion, At
the close of his remarks the House,
without a division and without any
further discussion, killed the bill.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
The bill in relation to the running of
Sunday trains being taken up, Mr..
Stewart, of York, moved to strike out
the enacting clause, and supported the
motion in a short speech. He could not
understand Why railroads should be a.
lowed to labor seven days in the week
when citizens We're not. His principal
objection was that the passage OF the bill
would tend to promote the growth of
isms in the State-such as Communism
and :inarchisin, and would break down
the peace and sanctity Of the Sabbath.
Nr. Norton, Of Marion, said if this
bill was passed the Legislature should
also pass law allowing the farmers to
drive their ploughs on the Sabbath.
! Mr.. Gary, Of AbbeviIe, spoke at
length upon the lth commandment and
moral culture generally.
Mr.. Lawton, OF Hampton, and Mr..
kershaw, OF Darlington, spoke in favor
Of the bill, pointing out that by permit
ting the running of Sunday trains dur
ing certain months in the year the Leg
islatue was really lcgislatins for the
benefit OF farmers, viz, those who raised
fruits, melons and truck produce.
Mr. Stanland spoke of the moral
aspect OF the question. He said if some
of these members would go to Florence
some Sunday, where dozen trains are
locked up, and see how the employees
observed the Sabbath, they would soon
acknowledge that they would be better
of morally if they were hard at work.
Nj. hershaw arose to say that he had
lived at Florence Ror eight years, and to
his knowledge the employees of tie rail
road at Florence were all members Of
the church. He supported the Dill be-
cause it WAS in the interest of the truck
farmers.
Nj. Browning, Of Berkeley, put in Il
plea for the truck farmers Of lower South
Carolina, showing that the present law
entailea great losses upon them. The
bill, he reminded the House, applied
only to fruit and truck trains.
This discussion threatened to become
interminablc, when a member called the
previous question, which limited the
debate to an hour.
Mr.. Archer, OF Spartanburg, delivered
an address on the happiness of the en-
joyMent of the Sabbath. He reminded
the House Of the prophecy Of the
Prophet Jeremiah, who predicted the
destruction OF Jerusalem III case the
Jews did not observe the Sabbath.
The bill was finally passed in the fol
lowing shape: