The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-12

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He detailed the disadvantages that
would come from the operation OF this
bill.
Mr.. w. J. johnson said that this
was a necessary bill; the railroads
were the only corporations that sub.
iected the fair women of the State to
the necessity of riding in car with an
inferior race.
Mr.. OTIS said that the bill had been
disc lssed and passed by this house on
more than one occasion.
He demanded the roll on the adop
ton of the bill, the call resulting in
the adoption of the bill by the follow
ing vote: Yeas So. nays 80.
CHECKS TO LABORERS.
Mr.. Miles bill to regulate the issu
ing of checks, scrip and due bills to
laborers and wageworkers was then,
taken up and ordered to third read
ing without debate in the following
shape:
Section i. That unless otherwise
provided by special conract, it is here
by required Of al persons or corpora
tions who employ laborers or wage
workers by the day, week, month OF
year, or by the job or piece work, tc
pay such laborers or wageworkers in
good and lawful money.
Sec. 3. That if any person or cor
porations, after the approval of this
act, shall give to any laborer or wage
worker, except as provided In the
preceding section, as compensation
for labor or service performed, any
due bill, check or scrip of any des-rip
ton which is intended to be in lieu OF
good and lawful money, and which is
not paid or redeemed in cash for its
full face value when presented, the
said person or corporation so offend
ing shall be deemed guilty of misde'
meanor and upon conviction shall be
punished by fine or Imprisonment in
the discretion of the court.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
When Mr.. B. J. Johnston's bill to
prohibit the running of freight trains
in this State between the hours of IL
o'clock Saturday night and IL o'cl ock
Sunday night, was taken up. Mr..
Johnston made vigorous speech in
its favor. He said there was now a
law against running trains on Sunday,
but the law was being constantly vlo-
lated. The railroads violate the law
every day.
Judge Townsend said that the pre-
sent law on the subject covered the
case exactly. He read the law.
The bill was further discussed by
Messrs. Bocot Williams and Magill
Mr.. Magill moved to indefinitely
postpone the bill. On this the roll
call was demanded. The house re-
fused to indefinitely postpone by the
following vote: Yeas 33, nays So.
Mr.. Gadsden made an earnest plea
in behalf of the truck farmers in the
lower portion of the State. Lhe truck
farmers would lose more than the rail-
roads.
Mr.. Watson said other farmers had
things which got ripe on Saturday and
Sunday also. They had to suspend
work on Sunday. This argument was
all poppycock. The poor men work
ing on railroads needed protection.
They should reverence and hod invio-
late the Sabbath day.
Judge Townsend called attention to
the palpable manner in which the bill
would conflict with the United States
interstate commerce law, which
would cause a discrimination against
the State of South Carolina. The de-
bate was interrupted by the arrival OF
the hour for the Joint assembly At the
night session it was resumed. Final
ly the enacting words were stricken
out and the bill killed by vote of 46
to Al.
THE COLORED COLLEGE.
After much debate the bill to estab-
lish the college for colored students
was passed in the following shape:
Section 1. That Claf1in college be
andi is hereby severed from Clafin
University; provided, that this sever
ance shall not operate so as to inter
fere with the teaching and instruction
now being given during the present
session. which closes in the month of
May, this year.
Section 2. That during the year A.
D. 1896, there shall be established
within this State a normal, industrial,
agricultural and mechanical college
for the higher education of the colored
youth of the State, and that said col.
lege shall be known as the Colored
Normal, Agricultural and Mechanical
Ho11ooo of South Horo1ipo
Section 8. That the Colored Normal,
Industrial, Agricultural and Mechani-
cal College of South Carolina shall be
a branch of the university of South
Carolina, but shall be under the man
agement and control of separate
board of trustees composed of seven
members, six of whom shall be elected
by the general assembly, whose term
of office shall be six years. But the
general assembly shall at its present
session elect two of said trustees for
two years, two for four years and two
for SIX years, so that two of them shall
60 out of Office every two years. The
governor of the State shall be ex-ofti-
clio the seventh member of said board
of trustees.
Section 4. That the board of trustees
of the South Carolina college now in
control of the property belonging to
Clafin college shall turn over to the
board of trustees of the Colored Nor
NAL, Industrial, Agricultural and Me.
chanical College of South Carolina all
of the real and personal property be-
longing to Claflin college.
Section 5. That the board of trustees
of the Colored Normal, Industrial,
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