The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-26
upon ordered to be engrossed for the
third reading.
TOWNSHIP BONDS.

The House judiciary conulseee
reported bill whicn is intended as
substitute for all township railroad bills.
II Is rs f"lolws: -.
sWnereas certain townships IN this
State have by their vote expressed thei'
willingness to subject themselves to tax
.tlon for the purpose OF paying bones
ISSUED by them in s..G OF Certain railroads;
4u0, whereas, by by reason OF oe'ec'
Il the 4 Is authorizing sae issue OF SAID
oouds they have been declared 'nv;llld:
Now, therefore, for the purp"se OF
carrying into Eject the expre sseu Will oi
TIE people OF said townships, be 1t en-
acted, &C.:
..oect.on l. That the township bonds
heretofore issued by county comm'sslon-
els, as the corporate agents OF any town
sa,p III the State, in aid OF any railroad,
,y vote OF the inhabitants OF SAID town.
snip, are hereby declared TO De deb;s OF
>aid townships respectively, having au
thorized the issue of the same, and the
lntere st and tho prlncipa thereof snail
oe paid according to the terms OF the
said bonds or tax, by tue asst ssment'
levying and collection OF an annual tax
upon the available property IN ssld
townships, as may be nece ssary, IN Ike
manner and by the same county officials
Is the tax levied for county bonds ID ald
of railroads is assessed, levied and col
lecte'; said tax to be known and styled
IN the tax books as the township railroad
tax, and when collected shall be pa!o
over hy the treasurer OF the county to
to the holders Of sld bonds as the.
interest thereon 1nay become due and
according to tae terms thereof.
The House Lad very lengthy debate
on the bill reported by the committee
relative to township bonds issued In aid
of railroad
Mr. Brawley moved to amend BY
striking out Ill alter the title o: the bill
and inserting the following as section l:
Section l. That the township bonds
heretofore issued by county commission
ers rs the corporate agents OF any town
ships, are hereby declared to be debts
Of said townships respectively having
authorized the issue OF the same: And
the interest and principal thereof shall
be paid according to the terms of the
said bonds. or tax, by the ASSESSMENT,
leyying and collection of an annual tax
upon the taxable property in said town
snip as nsy be necessary, IN ike manner
and by tine same county officials as the
tsx levied for county bonds in aid OF
railroads is assessed, levied and collect
ed.
There vss long and spirited debate.
Finally the bill passed with an amend
ment 10 the effect that no township
should be liable OF its bonds unless he
rad subscribed to should be &C.
tasIly built through the township.
TIE CLEMSON COLLEGE.
When the Clemson Agricultural Col
lege bill came before the Senate it was
debated for three hours and passed,
seventeen Senators voting for and fifteen
against it.
Ghe bill came up st fifteen minutes
after ten O'Clock as special order. The
debate was opened by Senator Ed wards,
ot Darlington, N q long ana forclbie
argument in support OF agrlcultura! ed
ocation in general and OF TIE acceptance
of the Clemson BE- quest in particular.
Mr.. Sojourner, Of BarOwell, followed
IL u speech III wnich ne declared himssit
As Iarmer IN favor of agricultural edu-
cstlou, but opposed to tue establishment
Of the Clsmson College, on the ground
ol lis location - oae ei,d of the STATE
atd because he properly wGs 20 o,0ssd
as au endowment apc not Tor bullGing
an agricultural college.
Mr.. Murray, OF Anderson, headed the
oppos t.un to The bill in brilliant
speech, IN which he enlarged "a tne
Clemson Cole movement as covert
stack on the South Carolina Colieg-.
He a. ...,-.vo the legality cf Mr.. Glen
SOU. "ill, sni caled on the Senate not
70 :>liow the lower Euuse and put the
STATE n the und,g.:tied 20, itlou OF cou-
sting with the gr"st granddaughter "t
C.thona Cor the possession Ga historic
Fort Hill.
Col. McMa~ter, OF Riohiand. spoke
orr fl against :.:le pending measure and
against sricu ursl edut,ation, which Ee
oeIleveo 20 be humoug, and moved to
postpone the biil.
This motion was WITHDRAWN to allow
he debate to cont ne a2d Dir. Pope, OF
N-wbe,ry, took the f or to sdv' cat.;
tae bill, which he did in al eloquent
speech full Of argument and replies to
he positions taken by the opposition.
He discussed the legal jif6:ulties alleged
TO be in the wav and described them as
s.bugbears" by which no one would be
frightened.
Mr.. Bust, OF Charleston, advocated
the postporement of further consldera-
tion OF the bill to the next session, point
ing out that immediate action was not
imperative and declaring that the only
way to secure prompt hearing of the
viii contest in the United States Su-
preme Court would be for the State to
hold of, when the interest Of the State
in the decision would cause the case to
oe advanced on the docket. he decla. ed
his willingness to vote hundred thou
sand dollars year if necessary to rua a
grand Agricultural College, provided the
State should have its absolute control.
Mr.. Donaldson, of Greenville, called
on the friends Of the bill not to be led
away from tie true issue by the plea for
delay. He demanded that the repre-.
sentatives Of the people should come
squsrely out and say whether or not the
cry for an Agricultural College should
I've needed. He made strong plea for
education for the farmers sons and
urged that the State accept now the