The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-12-23
WEDNESDAY, aEGsXsss q, 1891.
The Legislature will adjourn to-

The Legislature will adjourn to-
morrow.
The bill to establish soldier S
home in this State was killed.
We see no chance for the prohibi-
ton bill to become law. The Sen
ate is opposed to it
Hon. Preston B. Plumb, senator
from Kansas, died suddenly in Wash
ington last Sunday about noon.
A bill has passed both houses OF
the legislature, prohibiting the sale OF
liquors in Williamsburg county.
The total tax levy for this county
next year will probably be less than
fen mills. That is reform that is re-
form.
Mr.. 0'Keefe, who since 1858 has
been day door-keeper Of the State
House in Columbia, died last Mon
day night.
The bill to provide for constitu-
IonaI convention, which passed the
senate, was killed in the house yester-
day by vote Of 81 to S5.
We wish each Of our readers
merry Christmas, the gayest, hap
piest, of all their lives, with not a
shadow of sorrow to mar the Joyous
occasion.
South Carolina, according to the
last o. S, census, has population OF
1,151,149, of which nearly two-thirds
are colored. In Clarendon county
there are 6,915 whites and 16,3ls
colored.
According to the new appropria-
lion bill passed by the present Legis-
lsture. Clarendon is entitled to
three members of the lower branch OF
the Legislature. So next year we
will elect three members instead OF
two as heretofore.
The Senate voted an appropriation
of $3.50 for Clemson College, Ser
stor DesChamps favoring the meas
ure, but the house last Monday night
killed the appropriation by vote OF
81 to %. Neither of Clarendon's
representatives voted for the appro-
priation.
The house has voted to re-commit
the bill passed by the Senate, making
an appropriation Of $4,000 for the
Worlds Columbian Exposition. It
is now doubtful if the State will be
officially represented at this exposi-
ion.
After an absence OF several days
from the house of representatives, DR..
Woods, Clarendon's "Upas tree"
climber, is again at his post, and yes
terdsy, while bill to license immi-
grafton agents was being discussed,
he became involved in colloquy with
colored member from Beaufort, and
was considerably worsted, If the re-
port in the News and Courier is true,
which says, sThat this member from
Clarendon, who delights in calling
himself physician and practical
farmer, asked the member from Beau
fort if he didn't consider it
for the good Of his race that they
should be protected from the railroad
agents who enticed them away under
false pretense, to which the colored
member replied, that if a man wants
to make q fool of himself you cant
prevent him from doing so by any
kind Of legislation"
The State Democratic Executive
Committee has been called to meet IN
Columbia Jan. 5th. One of the OBJ
jects OF this meeting, it is said, is to
Determine what status those white
men occupy, who last year bolted
the regular ticket and voted for Has
kell, the Independent candidate. We
see no use for any such specific action.
AS we understand it, any white man
may, according to the present consti-
tuition, become a member of the Dem
ocratic party by pledging himself to
abide the decision OF the majority.
Those who last year voted for Haskell
and the Independent ticket violated
chat pledge, it is true, but it is not
the first time that men have violated
their solemn obligations. We think
the pledge should be made more
binding, and a provision should be
made that hereafter any member of a
Democratic club who violates his
pledge, and goes of after strange
gods, shall rot be allowed to
vote again in a Democratic primary
until he first shall have voted regu-
lar Democratic STATE ticket, but, in
case of the Independents who last
year bolted the ticket, we think moth
ing should be done to prevent their
again joining the Democratic clubs,
if they wish to. Let US do all we
possibly can to bring about harmony
in the party.
A War Relic.