The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-12-09

trouble and be greatly appreciated.
The Baptist State Convention met in
Spartanburg last week.
The prohibition bin has passed the house
by majority Of 16. 1t Will probably be-
come law.
The bill to form a new county out OF
parts of Oraugeburg and Lexington coun-
ties, 10 be known as Calhoun county, was
killed in the Senate last Friday.
Rev. John ". Murray, of the S. c. Con-
ference, died very suddenly of apoplexy IN
Darlington, last Thursday night, While
sitting IN the Methodist church listening to
the conference proceedings He hved only
en- hour after he was stricken.
Senator DesChamps last Thursday offered
a bill to allow c. R. F. Baker, OF this couh-
tv, to obtain divorce from his wife, Whom
Baker, in his petition to the General AS,
sembly, charges with lnhdellty. Inc OH
Was killed. It seems hard IN just Such
cases as the above to be denied the rigat or
privilege Of divorce. but we hope Soutn
Carolina will never for any cause grant
divorce.
There was a close contest in the General
Assembly last Thursday between attorney
General Y. J. pope and Judge W. II. Wal
lace, candidates for the position OF ASsocl-
ste Justice of the Supreme Court, made va
cant BY the promotion Of Justice Mclver to
the Chief Justiceship. Pope won the prize
by a majority of six votes. Senator Oes-
Champs voted for Pope, and Representa-
tires Richardson and Woods for Wallace
The correspondent of The News ana Co0-
rier says that three colored votes were 60
ing to Wallace. but were deferred oy Dr.
Woods, "wbo has made himself rather con-
spicnouS this session, and who was the only
man who made speech during the nomi.
nations. He seconded the nomination OF
Judge Wallace"
A bill to punish cockI7 fighting
was passed last Thursday, and while
it was being considered an amendment
to include horse racing was trultsessly
attempted. This amendment brought DR..
Woods, Clarendons conspicuous member,
to his feet and he began climbing that
Upas tree" so that his colleagues might see
! him; and the higher he climbed the more
they saw of him. According to the report
he "entered violent protest against the
infringement Of the personal privileges OF
South Carolina gentlemen farmers, but the
bill went through while he was still talking
lL.
: discussion of the prohibition bill, Dr.
Woods, according to the News and Courlers
correspondents report, made himself con-
spicuous: ga broad and very audible
smile came over the House when Dr.. Woods,
of Manning, the funny member Of the
House, after trying all night, got the eye OF
the speaker and floor and was asked to
come out in the aisle to deliver his speech.
.As member of the military committee, he
+ said, .he could vote, if the bill was passed,
for o large fund to support the militia Of
the state to put down riots. Laughter
DR.. Woods's remarks were not very con-
aected, combined with which the members
seemed to be affected with an epidemic Ct
laryngial affection, which prevented his re-
marks being heard, despite his prominent
and central position in the aisle.
We regret to see such paper as the News
and Courier render itself so ridiculous be-
fore an intelligent public. Unless the leg
lSlatnre, and rs to that matter, all things
animate and inanimate bows submissively
to its infallible dictates, then the offending
!. marty is characterized as fools, irSrates, and
other such opprobrious terms. In the elec-
3 ton for associate justice last Thursday, the
Wallace party had as they thought, secured
the vote of six negro legislators bnt the
speech of Dr. Woods IN favor Of Wallace
caused three of these negroes to change
their vote to Pope. Now listen to the cor
respondent of the News and Courier: The
Wallace men point to TIE rather significant
fact that sitter all the administration owes
its narrow victory 10 the negro vote in the
Legislature" And then the headlines to
the article about the election: Ills Pope,
--,eeiis pity, and pity It's, It's Pope" The
whole effort Of the News and Courier seems
to be to make it appear as If Pope was
some insignificant carpetbasSer, and that
the men who voted for him had disgraced
themselves. Pope certainly made most
excellent attorney general, and if he makes
aGsood chief justice as he did an attorney
gans,al. then will the State be indeed hap
py in izs selection. In this connection let
us again say, what we have often before
sai0. >that the vile vituperations heaped
upon the present administration, both be-
I fore and since the last election, has ten
.ie,cy not only to greatly strengthen the
present administration, but also to widen
the breach between the people Of the State.
Blessed are the peacemakers" cannot be
spoken Of the News and Courier.