The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-03-10


the senste took up the anti Greek frs
ternity bill, but Tor an hour before
the gallery began 10 FL with college
students who quietly and patiently
awaited the result. When the bill
finally was taken up, Mr.. AcCa!la
moved to table the motion Of Mr:
Henderson to continue the bill until
the next session. The vote is as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Alexander, Archer, Cornor,
Dennis, DuBose, Gaines, Love, Maui.
din, McCalla, Mcdaniel, Miller, Nor
ris, ODell, Pettigrew. Sanders, Stack
house, Suddath, Tsloird, Turner,
Wallace, Williams-22.
Nays-Buist, Dean, Douglass, Hsy,
Henderson, May field, Moses, Mower,
Ragin, Rsgsdaie, Walker-u.
Mr.. Sloan had paired with Mr.
Griffith, but he would have voted no
ne stated.
Mr.. Brow asked to be excused from
voting as he was trustee Of the col
iege and did not wish to be commit,
ted to either side. His request was
granted.
The vote was taken on the question
of the passage of the bill and by the
same aye and nay vote as above the
bill passed.
Debate on the house bill to provide
for the Office Of banking and insur-
ance commissioner and to define the
duties of the same was begun by Mr.,
Miller. The debate was quite lengthy
an6 at its close the bill was postponed
10 the next session by the following
vote:
Yeas-Alexsnder, Archer, Brown,
Desn, DenRis, DuBose, Gaines, Love,
Mauldin, Miller, Moses, O'Dell, Rags,
dale, Scarborough, Stackhouse, Sud
dath, Talbird, Turner-IS
Nays-Buist, Douglass, Hay, Hen
derson, Mayfeld, McCalla, Mower,
Norris, Pettigrew, Ragin, Sanders,
Slosn, Walker, Wallace, Williams
Is.
In the Senate on Monday the house
concurrent resolution relating to the
better ventilation Of the State house
and providing for ascertaining the
cost of completing the north and
south porticos and the central tower
was agreed to, after being amended by
striking out the section that provides
for 800 being expended in securing
estimates.
House Joint resolution directing the
comptroller general to levy and col
lect supplementary tax for the pub
lie schools was continued, as was the
house bill to provide for TWO more
members of the executive committee
of the State board of health, and for
the appointment, powers and duties
OF township and local boarosof health
in this State.
The bill putting an additional grad
uateo license on insurance companies
Was the special order Of the night ses-
sion, and when it was called up Mr..
Douglass moved that it be continued
until the next session. The direct vote
on continuance was taken without de-
bate and resulted in refusal to contin-
ue by the following vote:
Yeas-Brown, Buist, Dennis, Doug
las, Griffith, Henderson, Miller, Moses,
Mower, Rsgsdale, Talbird, Turner,
Walkers.
Nays-Alexander, Archer, Connor,
DuBose, Hay, Love, May6eld, Nc
Gala, Mcdaniel. Norris, O'Dell, Pet
tigrew, Ragin, Sanders, StackhoUse,
Suddath, Willaus-17.
Mr.. Buist, when the vote was an
nounced, moved to strike out the en-.
acting words. He said from the vote
ne did not expect it to prevail. He
hoped, however, it would. II It was
desired to keep outside capital from
coming into and developing the State
this bill would secure that object. The
bill would have either OF two effects,
said MIR. BUST. It would either drive
companies out o. the State or they
will find some way to make the peo-
pie pay this additional tax
Mr. McCalla ssid tor the past six
years it had been charged that the
government was standing on the bor-
der of the State with drawn sword
to keep capital out, but if any had
been kept away he did not know Of it
He wanted the day to come when the
corporations would bear their just
proportion of the taxes. This was not
the case now, and never would be so
!ong SIS certain persons cry down
every such measure as this.
Mr.. Ragsdale said when he was seen
taking up the cudgels for corpora
ton it might be known that ne
thought it was bearing its just bur
dens. These companies were paying
their proportion Of the taxes, and for
that reason ne thought the bill should
not pass.
MIR. Mayfeld said he would suppor.
the bill because he thought 1t an squ.-
table measure. These insurance COM
panies never brought any money 10
the State and took out s great deal.
Hs wished 10 see them pay for the
protection they received.
The aye and nay vote on Mr.. Bust $
motion to strike cut the enactng
words resulted:
Yess-Buist, Douglass, Griffith, Hen
derson, Moses, Ragsdale, Talbird, Tur-
uer, Walker.
Na5s-Alexanjer, Archer, Connor,
DuBose, Hay, Love, May feld, Nc
Daniel, Miller, Mower, Norris, ODeI,
Pettigrew, Ragin, Sanders, Sloan,
Stackhouse, SuGdath, Williams-l9.
The bill then passed.
Mr.. Henderson moved to continue
until next session the income tax bill,
and submitted his reason for so dong.
This bill was unnecessary to meet the
exigences of the State government .or
this year. II it were necessary, II
should 90 into effect before January,
1898. If there was deficiency atthe
end OF this year when the general as
ssmbly met mex. year, the time for
collecting taxes could be extended and
the bill put in force then. This, he
submitted, disposed OF the arguments
that the bill was q necessity. He fur
ther objected TO the bill because il had
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