The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-02-19
MANY NEW STATUTES.
THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE WORK
ON THEIR CALENDARS.


ON THEIR CALENDARS.
Mum b ers of Bills Go Through the Differ
ent Stases--An Interesting Account o.
the Proceedings.
COLUMBIA, Feb. 13.-Special: The
past two days have been days of work
in the Legislature. Today was calen
dar day in the Senate and as the cal
endar was small one with the excep
ton of the special orders, which were
passed over, the session was shor
one. The only matter of any inter
est whatever was the bill to repeal the
law in relation to exemption to rcac
duty, over which there was some
what lengthy debate which was sea
soned with humor Of an uncoEsclou:
nature and interspersed with amend
ments of various sorts and kinds
some of which were offered twice ir
succession. The great object Of the
would-be amenders seemed to be t
exempt boys and ministers from roac
duty. The idea seemed to prevail
that the company kept while roac
working would be damaging to the
minds of those classes. But Mr.
Moses solved the whole question at one
lick by making neat little motor
that killed the whole bill, and left
matters in statu quo. The homestead
bill with the $500 exemption for bach
elors was the only other matter OF any
general interest considered.
Mr.. Harrison presided during the
greater part of the session and the cal
endar had dwindled down wonderful
ly when the welcome motion to ad
journ prevailed.
THE HOUSE.
The house Of representatives had
dull and uneventful day session. The
members were given test as to THEN
desire to adjourn and 60 home in 8
fortnight from Saturday next but rs
yet the day of the final adjournment
is hanging on the distant calendar OF
time without even a number upon II
to provide for its Identification, and
what is more no further effort will be
made to number it until one week
from today when the house will talk
about the matter again.
When this conclusion had been
reached the registration bill was taken
up and after the house had voted down
an amendment offered by Mr.. Patton
to prevent the possibility of frauds In
the issuing of registration certificates
and an endless variety of committee
were made. Then Mr..
Bacot took his blue pencil and an
hour or more elapsed while he made
verbal amendments one after another,
changing a word here and there and
every now and then putting in com,
ma or semi-colon, all without even
a dash of general interest.
A number of new bills of no general
interest were presented, also with a
number of reports of as little interest,
and the senate resolution to fix the day
for final adjournment was made the
special order for the 2Oth..
THE PRIVILEGE TAX.
The feature of today's work was the
debate on the privilege tax on fertlliz-
ers. The proposition was to abolish
the tax absolutely so far as the farmers
are concerned, thereby cutting OFT
Clemson's annual income, and to levy
instead tax on every ton OF fertilizers
sold, sufficient TO maintain the expert
mental station and provide for the
analyses, the tax to be paid by the
manufacturers. The whole morning
session was practically devoted to the
debate, and the real effect Of the bill
that the farmers would continue to
paw the same for their fertilizers In
the long run, the manufacturers get.
ting the amount of the tax now paid
was not pointed out until about the
end of the discussion. As it was the
proposition caused the closest vote of
the session, the bill being killed by
only one vote. The fight was an IN
teresting one throughout.
The committees substitute for Mr..
bill to amend the present
act in reference to the distribution Of
the privilege tax on fertilizers was TAX
en- up, being the special order.
Mr.. Rainsford said he was common
friend of all the institutions of higher
but he was special friend
to Clemson college because he was a
farmer; farming had been his occu,
patton all his life. Hence it was I'M
possible for any one to charge him
with wishing to injure Clemson. Glenn
son had come and asked for an appro-
priatiou at the outset. breaking her
contract not to ask for anything.
Last year she asked for $50, 900; they
appropriated $4,000: in some way it
read S35, 1000. The trustees discussed
whether to take it.or not, and not on
" took it, but used it. They owed ii
to the State to return that $40, 900 on
moral grounds, if no other He then
quoted the figures showing the income
of Clemson college. The farm ought
to return the institution at least
SIS, 900. He said the board of trustees
we're running hotel there. Think
of these figures" he exclaimed
They are Astonishing me-" If these
figures were presented to the people
they would be astounded also. Her
income would be 500, 900 this year.
He could not see the necessity for
such an amount. He wanted the
privilege tax fund to be divided and a
portion given to the girls. Every
student now at Clemson was benef'
ciary. Gentlemen, do you believe
that every student there should be a
benefciary:'' At least ITO of the little
bows there could be as we'll educated
in the common schools as at Clemson.
Mr.. Tatum thought this was a good
scheme, but Mr.. Connor now had a
bill before the house which if it passed
would make this bill useless. He
moved to adjourn the debate on the
bill until Mr.. Connor's bill was dis
posed of. This was agreed to.
Mr.. Watson wanted to have the
Clemson college bills postponed until