The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-12-25


} appointed, and they recommended tn
the House concur in all the Senate amen
, ments, and that the direct appropriate
be raised from $40, 900 to SIS, 900. Th
J was adopted by both House and Senai
, The bill, as thus completed, gives u
Clemson College about S47, 900 to beg
with.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES.
| Among the bills passed to a secon
reading are the following: To prohio
members of the General Assembly troi
accepting free passes from any railroa
in the State or doing business within TO
State; to extend the jurisdiction OF trla
justices for Hampton and Beaufort Couu
ties resident at or near Temassee an
Ridge!aud; to amend an Act in relatlo
to forfeited land, delinquent land an'
collector of taxes, approved 24th Decem
Der, 1897, and the amendments OF 24tl
December, 1888; to proVids for the pr
vision, digest and arrangement OF tn
statute laws of this State; to pay certain
expenses of elections in this State.
Bill to prohibit the sale or furnishing
or giving or providing to minors o.
cigarettes, tobacco or cigarette paper, OF
any substitute therefor, and to provide
penalties for the same, was passed
Joint resolution to authorize and direct
the comptroller general of this State to
drawn his warrant on the State treasurer
to pay the Rev. John johnson the sam
of four hundred dollars for one hundred
full bound copies Of his recently pup
iished historical narrative of the defense
of Charlestons harbor, including Fort
Sumter and adjacen: islands, TO become
the property of this State, and to be
placed in the libraries aud other pub c
institutions of this State, was passed.
Senator Pope secured the passage OF an
amendment to this bill requiring these
books to be distributed to the Libraries
of all the colleges in this State, both
male and female.
Joint Assembly.
The Senate and House of Representa-
tives assembled in joint session in the
ball of the House at eleven o'clock We'd
nesday morning. Lieutenant Governor
Msuldin presided.
The first elections were for judges of
the First, Second, Fourth and Sixth Cir
cuitR
Eugene B. Gary. of Abbeville, noni-
mated Gen. James F. Izlar for judge of
the First Circuit. E. G. Graydon, of
Abbeville. nominated J. F. Ficken. The
ballot resulted: Total vote cast 143:
Izlar 101; Ficken 20: Asher .. Cohen
g. General Izlar was declared elected.
The ballot came next for the judge Of
the Second Circuit in which there had
been an exciting triangular ract between
James Aldrich, General J. ". Moore
aud Judge J. J. Msher General Moore
was nominated by Senator Y. J. Pope,
Mr. Aldrich by John Gary Evans and
Judge Msher by Col. J. G. Mckissick.
The result of the vote was az follows:
Total vote cast 145; Aldrich Is; Moore
Al; Maber 25; George Croft /. Mr.. AL
drich was declared elected. Judge
Hudson and Judge Witherspoon were
unanimously re elected for the Fourth
and Sixth Circuits
A. P. Butler was reelected Commis-
sioneT of Agriculture with no opposition.
Five vacancies in the Board of Agri-
culture we're filled by the election of the
following incumbents without opposi-
ton: General Johnson, Hagood, John
Lawton, Il. L. Buck, R. A. Love and B.
+. Crayton.
E. R. McIver was elected State Treas
urer and Charles Kerrison, Jr., Regis
trar of Mense Conveyance for Charleston
County, neither having any opposition.
For directors of the peniteut tiary T. 0.
Sanders and j. J. Sarrast were elected.
The last and most tedious bsllotting
was for six members of the board OF
trustees of the Clemson Agricultural
College. The ticket agreed on in the
Clemson College caucus was nominated
tY Mr. Brawley, of Charleston, who said:
"Aa era of good feeling having arrived,
beg leave to place in nomination the
following: B. W. Edwards, of Darling
ton: J. L. Orr, Greenville; E. T. Stack
house, Marion; T. H. Harden, Chester;
Allan JobnstoDe, Newberry; ]. E. Tin
dali, Clarendon"
Harry Hammond, of Aiken, was nemi-
mated by John Gary, EVans, and j. L.
Shankliu, of Oconee, by Senator Mason.
The regular ticket was eleteed. though
Mes.rs. Hammond and Shanklin both re-
ceived good votes.
This completed the elections set for
the day aud the joint assembly, little
after three o'clock, adjourned.
Notes oftk Session.
Mr. Dantzler, for the committee on
battle flags, submitted report, which
was unanimously adopted, and which
provides that the battle flag presented
by the First South Carolina Volunteers,
and all others which may be hereafter
presented to the State, shall be placed
in charge of the Secretary of State, and
kept by him in glass cases In the State
Library, The resolution further in
structs the Adjutant General to cores
pond with surviving officers of regiments
in the Confederate service from South
Carolina, and if possible, gather up al
the battle Gags, to be kept as above sta
ted. The sum of 5000 is by the resolu-
ton appropriated for the purchase
of the glass cases. The Senate after
wards concurred.
Both houses have passed the joint res
olution for the appointment of com
mission to inquire into and report upon
suitable localities for the establishment
of an asylum for the coloyed insane, and
also to call TOR donations Of land for such
purpose. The commission is to consist
o. one Senator, appointed by the Presi-
dent of the Senate, one member of the
House, appointed by the Speaker, and
the president of the board Of regents.
They are to call for offers of land, not
less than 800 acres, on which to erect
the necessary buildings, and, in the alb
seDce of such offers, to ascertain the