The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-02-17
a BAD BILL KILLED.
The Sas.to Senste Believes in Observing
The Sabbath.


The Sss.to San&te Believes in Observing
The Sabbath.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Feb. 12.-The sen
ate had but two hours to devote to the
calendar Yesterday and one of those
was consumed in discussing the run
ming of fruit and fish trains on Sun
day; hence poor progress was made IN
getting through with the bills or
hand.
Mr.. Archer started the war OF words
when ne moved to strike out the en-
acting words of Mr.. Walkers bill 70
amend the act relating to trains carry
ing fish, fruit, vegetables and other
perishable products on Sunday The
amendment was to add January, Feb
ruary and March to the list Of months
in which fast trains bearning these
products can be run on the Sabbath.
Mr.. Walker pointed out the great loss
that would entail on the truck farm
ers and ihermen if the bill was killed.
Messrs. Ragsdale and Archer op-
posed the bill Mr.. Archer said that
Sunday was the balance wheel of
civiliz alton and further stated that the
negro had preserved southern civiliza-
ton by refusing to work on Sunday.
Mr.. MayGeld pointed out that there
were two sides OF morality TO this ques-
ton. It might be morally wrong to
run trains on Sunday as Mr.. Archer
held, he said, but it was a greater
moral wrong to injure ones neighbor
and fellow citizens The bill would
not Gecessitate the crews of trainsrun.
ming on Sunday unless they wanted,
for they were perfected by the laws
of the State.
Mr.. Norris said the senate had no
moral or legal right to vote away the
Sabbath day to be used for business
purposes.
Mr.. Archer arose and characterized
the arguments of Mr.. May6eld as
specious.
Mr.. May6eld replied that he
wanted the gentleman from Spar
tanburg to understand that there
was nothing specious in what he
said. He had spoken his opinions un-
reservedly on this matter and he in
tended to continue to do so in the fu-
ture. He then continued that Mr..
archer indulged in sentiment that
was not shared in by his constituents
of Spartanburg county. He had not
the slightest doubt that the good far
mers Of that county on a Sunday
when they saw rain coming up
FASTENED out and put their curing
fodder under shelter. They did so
to save it and for the same reason the
truck farmers and FISH shippers were
anxious to have these trains run on
Sunday.
In the course of MS remarks Mr..
Mayfeld termed the opposition to the
bill ''sickly sentiment" This brought
Mr.. Norris to his feet who demanded
if Mr. Mayfeld thought the observance
eS-the Sabbath sickly sentiment. Mr..
Hay field replied that he did not.
Mr.. Archer arose to repel Mr.. May
fields assertion that the farmers OF
Spartanburg took their fodder IN out
OF rain on Sunday. In doing SO
ne stirred up hornets nest IN Mr..
Walker, who said that the opponents
Of the bill had tried to make it appear
that the supporters had no regard
whatever for the Sabbath, but he
wished it distinctly understood that
they observed Sunday in as Christian
way as they the opponents OF the
bill.
Mr.. May6eld closed the debate by
quoting the Scriptures, directing his
remarks to Mr.. Archer in particular.
The Savior taught, he said, that if a
man had an ass in the ditch on Sun
day, he should pull him out, but it
was his honest opinion if Mr.. Archer
| had an ass in ditch on Sunday he
| would let it stay there until Monday.
The aye and nay vote was taken,
resulting in the bill being defeated by
a vote of is to 16. The vote is as fol
lows:
Aye, Alexander. Archer, Brown,
Connor, Dean, Douglass, DuBose,
Gaines, Griffith, Love, Mcdaniel,
Norris, Pettigrew, Ragin, Ragsdale,
Sanders, Stackhouse, Wallace-19.
Nay-Buist, Dennis, Hay, dender-
son, Mayfeld, McCalla, Miller. Mos
es, Mower, O'Dell, Scarborough,
Sloan, Taloird. Turner. Walker, Will
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