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

FARMERS movement. lie naQ nealt
charge aud full grown one.
declared to the gentleman from Ric
land that he kew nothing of any appe
for delay on account of the absence
the gentleman st New Orleans.
e heard nothing of any such request, al
r asked the gentleman to state his autho
ity 70. the assertion. Mr.. Haskell VI
at this moment entering the hall.
Mr. Brawley said that be was respoI
: sible for the statement that tie conslt
Grafton of the bill had been prematurel
forced last week. He had gone into tt
conference with an earnest effort ,
reach an agreement on the bill whic
would be satisfactory to all parties. Th
. conferences we're Interrupted, he Wa
unable to say why, but not broken VI
and on Friday, before any agreement ha
been reached, the gentleman from Able
vile, to his surprise, had called up tn
bill. He had objected to its immediat
consideration, not on account of tn
absence of the gentleman from Rlchlant
bot in order to obtain time for furthe
thorgh on the subject. That delay hat
| beer refused.
Mr. Bean saw, in what he C .lled th,
glitter opposition" TO this bill, 40 at
tempt to prevent the farmers from get
ting their college without bu :dening ths
State with taxes. A slip of the tongue
by wnich Mr. Bean alluded to the
"horny- headed sons Of TOLL" set the
House in d laugh, which lasted during
the remainder of his remarks.
Mr.. O'Brien was perfectly willing tc
admit that the gentleman from Edge
6Sld fully represented the variety OF
fsrmsr be had happily described as
'horny headed," but b., MIR. O'Brien,
undertook to speak for the "horry-
hanted."
Mr.. Bean explained that he was very
hosrse, and hadSaot used the term attrib-
uted to him, He was sure the reporters
had put him down correctly.
Mr.. Mckiss;ck felt it due that he
Should make some short remerks. Had
he been here he would have voted for q
Clemson College, but not for all of these
provisions. He begged to remind some
gentlemen in tois House that he had
been a ploughman WI n they had been
sucking their fingers in infancy, and that
heiwas not going to be put o1t of sympa.
thy with the farmers. He cautioned the
farmers agaist selecting poor lawyer
leaders. He did not expect to re:urn
here, but some one would who would
see thousands of dollars ea.cn up by this
college IL its present shape
Mr.. Beaet explained that the bill had
been called up not because the gentle
men were absent, but because it would
have jeopar1izrd its passage to have
waited any longer.
Mr.. Beawisy said that he did not
charge uofairness.
Tie bill then passed its fnal reading,
its opponents not calling for the yeas
and nays.
The controversy had been hot and
eloquent one, and for time it looked as
if trouble would come of it. But the
disputauts had been moved to laughter
by the mishaps OF Mr. Bean, aod the
war cloud foated away.
PROHIBITION DEFEATED.
The bill. with an anfavorably report.
to prohibit the sale of Intoxicating
liquors, introduced by MIR. Childs, Of
Rthland, was called for By that gentle
man when it was reached on the calendar,
and be made gallant but usavailing
6ght for it. Mr. Childs said thst South
Carolina bad always been found in the
front rank OF advancement against any
enemy threatening its rights, its liberties,
its peace or its welfare, the empty
sleeves of many of the members Of the
House attesting their devotion to their
couutry's cause. To-day she was con-
fronted by 40 enemy that checked her
prosperity, retarded her advancement and
hindered the progress of Christianity.
Mr.. Childs then reviewed all the argu-
ments for aud against the prohibition of
the liquor traffic, and said that it was
evid.n, that the flowing 6de was on the
side of temperance reform, and that it
was the next great question that must be
settled by this country. The bill be had
introduced did not affect the question of
individual abstinence, but was openly
meant to check the evils resulting from
the liquor traffic. High license, he con-
tended, could not check or control the
thing.
He then appealed to the Christianity
and moral sentiment of the Legislature
to throw the weight of their influence on
the side of the bill, and let the State
RIGHTS OF MARRIED WOVEN.
Several hours were consumed in de-
batting the question of the rights of mar
ried women, as developed in two bills to
amend certain section of the General
Statutes, and to declare the law relating
to The separate estates of married
women.
The substance of the bills is in relation
to the right Of married women to acquire
by purchase any species of property in
her own name and to take proper lega!
conveyarces THEREFOR, and to contract
and be contracted with in the same mao-
ner as if she were unmarried. and that all
couveyances, mortgages and like formal
instruments of writing, executed By g
married woman. shall be efectual tc
convey or charge her separate estate
whenever the intention so to convey, o.
charge such separate estate is declared IL
such conveyances, mortgages or othe1
instruments of writing. The bill wa
unfavoraoly reported. A general deoat'
ensued on the motion to indefnitel.
| postpone, and the bill was finally rejected
by vote of 90 to Q.
The bill TO limit the right Of dove
| was rejected by vote OF 20 to 10, sfte
a spirited debate.
/ FUNDS FOR CONTROLLING DISEASES.
The memorial of the executive con
mittee of the State board of health, re
lating to the control Of contagious an
infectious diseases, was favorab!y rePor
ed, and the committee recommends
that the aid asked for be granted an
that the amount of $500 be appropriate
for the DurDoses mentioned in the meme