The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-12-11
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
HIGH LICENSE AND LOW SAL
ARIES.

HIGH LICENSE AND LOW SAL,
ARIES.
= isa,c:, c. Dills-.a Change il sisc
Caury Law.
The motto of the present Legislature
seems to be high license and low sal
aries. The House has passed to
third reading a bill to charge State
license Of $5O0for each barroom. There
is now a county license Of 500 aad a
United States license OF $25-This viii
either leave very small license for
for the cities and towns or else it will
break the barrooms.
SThe bill for The regulation Of mar
RACES passed the House on Saturday
snd was ordered cngrossed.
The. economists are in control. The
bill for the reduction Of official salaries
went through the House by vote Of
56 to 3S.
The following is the vote whereby
the House passed to It's third reading
the bill to reduce the salaries Of pub
tic officers:
yeas-Arnold, Austell, Bean, Bow
7n, Broyles, Bryd, Cleveland, Cobb,
Cooper, Connor, Davis, Dukes, John
Gary Evans. W. D. Evans, Fowler,
Cox, Eugene B. Gary, Glenn. Gold,
Harden, John r. Harrison, Howard,
Hunter, Irby, Jackson, Jenkins, 3. ).
Johnson, J. u. Johnston, Lancaster,
Niles, Miller, Morrison, Moseley.
McDanial, McKissick, reurifoy, a,
c. Sanders, A: y. Sanders, Shaw,
Smith, Stanland, Stepr, Strom, Tin
dal, Thompson, Tuner, Van6iver,
Wallace, Waller, Watson, Wharton,
| Whitlnire. Wilborn, Williams Yela
dell and Zinmerman-5S.
S=.z-The Speaker, Adams, Al
uricn: 3arkley, Baxter, Benet, Boat
wright, Brawley, Bci5to,. Canon, Cap
pelham, Causey, Cbilds, Dantzler,
Ficken, +. G. Fishourne, ". J. Fish
burne, Guess, Haskell, Hazard, Hey
ward, Hughes, Jenny, Lee, Maher:
Meares, Moses, McCrady, McHugh,
McK;nstry, Nettles, O'Brier. Plow-
dsn. Raysor, Seegers, Tupper, Wash
ington and Wilson'S.
The bill provides the following saIa'
ries: Governor $1,000, zow $500;
secretary of State $3.50, now s., 100;
State treasurer S2.lO0, no change;
comptroller general 81, 100, no change,
superintendent Of education $3.50,
now $2:100; commissioner Of agricui-
ture 81, $50, now $2,l00; adjutsnt gen.
eral 81 200, now 81 500; attorney gen
erai $3.50, now S2,100; assistant
attorney general $1,000, now $500:
State librarian $500, now $500; super
intendent Of the penitentiary $3.50,
now $2,l00; physician Of the peni-
tentiary 81 200; now 81, 500; Governors
private secretary $1,000, now $1,000;
Governors messenger $3.50; keeper Of
State House grounds $500 now $500; |
chief clerks ofsecretaryiof State, comp
troller general, commissioner 81 az
riculture. superintendent of peniten.
tlary, each 81, 200, now $500; three
clerks of State treasurer each 1,500
no change, bookkeeper comptroller
general 81 200, now, $500; clerk Of
pension department, superintendent
of education and adjutant and inspec-
tor general 81 900, now 81, 200.
The salaries Of employees are SINH
larly reduced.
The saving proposed to be edec ted
is about $4,000.
Its fate in the senate remains in
doubt. The two elements fer and
against retrenchment are very evenly
divided III the Senate.
The House passed, after az amin at
ed debate a usury bill making the rate
ofinterest 1 per cent except on con-
tract when interest shall not eyceed
S per cent.
The first bill which passed bot h
houses was one which provided that
no railroad should charge its rates or
schedule without publishing a notice
of same at least three days before such
changes.
Other bills introduced are the fol-
lowing:
By Mr. Nettles, to provide more
efficient system Of working the pub
lie roads.
By Mr.. Watson, to repeal the cor
eealed weapons law.
By 1ir. McHugh. to provide for tie
administration Of the estates Of inssl-
vent debtors.
By Mr. Gary Eyins, to exempt from
taxation all property of companies en-
gagged in the manufacture Of cotton
bagging from fbre5 grown within the
State.
BY Mr.. D. Harrison, to impose
tax on dogs. Taxes themSl each and
gives the money to the schools.
By. Mr.. Eders, to prevent the sale
of pistols, pistol cartridges, dirks, dag
gers, slingshots and metal knuckles
without a license from the Clerk OF
Cou1S.
By Dir. Raysor, reducing the priyil-
iege tax on fertilizers from twenty-five
cents to ten cents 8 ton.
By. Mr. Zimmerman, joint re5clu
ton proposing an amendment to The
Constitution abolishing the homestead
law.
By. Mr. Hazard, to regulate tie tez-
alton Of building and loan associations
Ct provides that those association
shal! Lot be required to return foc
taxation their capital stock cr securi-
ties, but that the shares OF stockhol-
doris shall be taxable il the hands Of
the holders.
By Mr. Raysor, TO amend the ia;T.
relating to violation OF contracts.
By Mr.. Tuppsr, OF Charleston, c bill
to prohibit children under Il years OF
age in manufactures. The presidents
OF thirteen cotton mills in all sections
Of the State were present. Speeches
were made by Messrs: Barnwell, Of
Charleston; Ro6dy, Of Rock Hill; Con.
verse, Of Spartanburg; Smythe and
5ammett, Of Greeavil!e, and Barrett,