The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-15
LAURENs G. H. S. Co. WEDNESDAY,, DECEMBER Is, 1886.

%tcntion to the fact that the agriculture
committee of the House, composed @
l3 farmers representing all the agricu1
tural interests i'll the State, had unani
mously agreed that this was not the tim
to repeal this law.
The previous question was called an
the bill was killed by a vote of IS to q
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 on
the enacting words.
Mr.. Haskell explained the object O
tn" bill, and earnestly urged the uous,
TO consider well what it was about to do
lie warned them against doing anythin.
That would tend to injuro the credit o
fhc State.
DIR. Pope said that the bill had beer
introduced ut the instance of the comp
troilcr general to put the money bcyont
the control of the House. lie didn'
propose to use the Whole OF this money
He didn't think that moro than S75.06t
OF 1T would nav to be used on tho basi,
OF Il four mill taxr There MAS n 90,
many things that tho Legislature intCnd
- " - tiA u HOOtt JIEiIh lllnbs
that they wouldn't be called upon to pro
vide Tor. It was Il very singular thino
that these gentlemen had been using tho
fund for years, and now. when thcl
found ,iut the House was turning its nj,
%tcntion to it, they sought TO block tho
game.
Mr.. Anscl opposed the bill on very
different grounds. He thought il would
impair tho credit of the State to divers
the various funds named in tho bill.
Mr.. ". 3. Wilson, Jr., OF York, was
III favor OF the bill. lie 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 il did not
do so. lie explained that under the pro-
posed bill il was only intended to use
such OF the funds us were applicable 10
general purposes.
Inc debate was continued at length by
Mcssrs. ilutson, Ficicn, Pope and Has
keli, and Il vote on the motion to strike
out tho cnacting clause was finally
reached, with the following result on the
bill: Yeas As, nays 70.
The reading OF the bill was then re-
Sumcd. Another discussion arose. how
ever, on an amendment offered by Mr..
Parker, of Ahbcvillc, proposing to strike
out the provision allowing the use of the
lund Tor the payment Of general appro-
p~riatlons and of salaries, un amendment
winch would have prevented the use Of
tIlc iund to ride over a scarcity OF money
IN IN" State treasury. The amendment
was tabled, however, and the bill ordered
to be cnGrosscd for third reading.
TIL HORIZONTAL REDUCTIONS SALARY SIN.
When the bill offered oy DR.. Thomas,
OF mon, to provide for Il horizontal re-
duction Of the salaries Of the State
officers was reached, DR.. Thomas read q
speech prepared for the occasion, At
close Of his remarks the House,
without a division and without any
further discussion, killed the bill.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
The bin in relation TO the running of
Sunday trains being taken up, Mr..
Stewart, of York, moved to strike ont
the enocting clause, and supported the
motion IN a short speech. He could not
understand why railroads should be al
lowed to labor days in the week
when citizens were not. His principal
Objection was that the passage OF the bill
would tend to promote the growth OF
i'll the Statc-8uch as Communism
and Anarchism, and would break down
the peace and sanctity OF the Sabbath.
Mr.. Norton, Of Marion. said if this
bill was passed the Legislature should
also pass a law allowing the farmers to
drive their ploughs on the Sabbath.
Mr.. Gary, of Abbcvillc, spoke mt
length upon the It'll commandment and
moral culture generally.
Mir. Lawton, OF Hampton, and Mr..
horShaw, 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
islaturo was really lcgislating for the
benefit OF farmers, viz, those who raised
melons and truck produce.
Mr.. Stanland spoke OF the moral
'|spect of the question. He said if some
OF these n cmbers would go to Florence
Sunday, where q dozen trains are
locked up, and see how the employees
observed the Sabbath, they would soon
acknowledge that they would be better
morally if they were hard ut work.
MT. hGrshaw arose TO say HAT he had
ilYed at Florence for eight ycms, and to
MS KhoWicd8e the employees of the rail
road at Florence were all members of
the church. He supported the bill be.
cause it was in the interest of the truck
farmers.
Mr.. Browning, Of Berkeley, put in
plea for the truck farmers Of lower South
Carolina, showing that the present law
entailod great losses upon them. The
bill, he reminded the House, applied
only to fruit and truck trains.
This discussion threatened to become
intcrminablc, when II member called the
previous question, which limited the
debate to an hour.
Mr.. Archer, of ~Spartanburg, delivered
address on the happiness of the en-
JoymGnt OF the Sabbath. He reminded
the House of the prophecy of the
Prophet jeremiah, who predicted the
destruction of Jerusalem i'll case the
did not observe the Sabbath.
The bill was finally passed in tho fol.
shape:
at sban be lewfui, &C., to run on Sun
during the months of Anil ATou