The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-12


Clarendon. 2 Oconee .......... Z
Colleton .5 Spartanburg 80. 5
Darlington. ...3 Sumter .
Edgeiel '........6 Union =
Fairfield .....3 Williamsburg -. )
Georgetown. - Io1k ..........-.4 Il
Greenville .....5
MIR. Wilson made an effort to get the
bill referred to the Judiciary committee,
but failed, the House by vote OF 49 to
II referring it to the committee on prlvl-
leges and elections. BE states that the
friends of the bill do not purpose press
ing it at this session, but will let 1t go
over to the next.
LEGAI1zING PRIMARIES.
The bill introduced by Senator Buist,
OF Charleston, to protect political prl-
maries and conventions goes pretty
much to the extent of providing, IN
these contests, the same machinery,
safeguards, privileges and penalties that
the law now fixes in regular elections
provided by statute. The notice pre-
liminary to the election; the swearing
of managers and voters; the count of
the vote, including the declaration Of
the result; the form and manner of cast
ing The ballots; he manner of making
returns; the right Of challenge, with
rules in the case of challenged votes;
the qualification Of voters and election
of officers, and the penalties for any
infraction of the law touching the pri-
maries-al these matters are included ln
the proposed bill, which is modelled after
the existing Law Of New York.
OTHER MATTERS.
Senator Moody of Marion has intro
duced bill to create the new county OF
Florence, out of parts OF Darlington,
Marion, Williamsburg, and Clarendon.
There will be lively fight between the
friends and the opponents OF this meas
ure.
Senator Hemphill, OF Abbeville, IN
troduced a Joint resolution to amend
the Constitution so that no new county
shall be formed without first submit
ting the question to vote of the people
in each county from which the territory
should have to be iaken to form the
new one. The resolution was unfavorably
reported by the judiciary committee, anu
was defeated by q heavy vote.
Among the matters of interest crop
ping out in the title of new bills intro
duced is a proposition by Senator
Patterson of Chester to have the COM
mutation tax increased to 81 from 81,
and fixing the time required to be worked
on the roads at not less than SIX nor
more than twelve days.
Representative Smith, of Marion, has
a bill in the House, providing for bring
ing cotton seed fertilizer under the priv
ilege tax law. This fertilizer has not,
heretofore, been taxed as other feItlll-
zers, aud the adding of it to the list will
largely increase the State revenue from
thai source.
Senator Smythe, of Charleston, has
introduced bill appropriating the fund
recovered from the United States Govern
meut for rent of and damage to the
State Military Academy to certain uses.
This bill, in accordance with the recon-
mendation of the Board of Visitors OF
the Academy, appropriates, after paying
the necessary expense of collecting the
fund, the remainder of the S77, 600 to
.sAe following purposes: For rebuilding
the west wing and repairing and remodel
ling of the remainder of the building,
s5l, ,4S2; for library, $1,000; for equip
ping the department of mathematics and
engineering, S2,35S; for the department
Of chemistry and physics, SlO,3 Tor
the department. OF drawing, 81, ,0F0. Total,
s72, $50.
The bill providing mode of ascertain
ing the names of registered voters con-
yicted of disquaGfying crimes, and re-
curing their names to be erased by
the supervision of registration from the
registration books, passed its second
reading.
Copies of document addressed ''ro
the Honest Democrats of Marion Coun-
ty," and containing lengthy and de-
tailed protest of L. S. Bigham, of
Marion, against the result of the Primary
in Union County, in which Hon. T. G.
Moody was declared elected Senator,
have been received here by members OF
the Senate, enclosed with the written in
junction: "Resd aud show them around. J"
The protest closes with tue follow
ing: stAnd yet the Executive Commit 20
endorsed the election which was proved
and admitted to be fraudulent and
corrupt, and decided to have Marion
County disgraced and represented in the
Legislative halls OF the State by man
not nominated under the rules governing
the primary election, and the election
which we held was fraudulent and
corrupt"
THE INAUGURAL CEREMONIES.
The Inauguration of Governor JohI Pc
ter Richardson took place last Thursday al
o'clock with the usual ceremonies. There
was quite a crowd Of spectators-nosr Of
them ladies. The oath of office was al
ministered by Chief Justice Simpson in
the presence Of the joint assembly. The
Governor then delivered bis inaugural ad-
u.c-s-a well-tinxd, dignit!ed and well
written paper. The oath of office was
next administered by the Chief Justice to
Lieutenant Governor VIM. L. Mauldin.
The Joint assembly being declared ad-
journed, the Senate retired to its chamber,
and each body proceeded with its regular
business.
Paper bags, in which many articles are
sent from the grocery store, should be
saved for use when backing stove. You
can slip the hand into one of these, and
handle the brush just as well, and the hand