The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1897-02-10

candidate who was bothered by that
Hewould swim 1t if necessary, no mat
ter how nigh 1t might be. However,
tho people have not considered the
subject, and tho whole thing should
be ventilated. But there is no necessi
ty for the bill at this session, and he
moved to continue it. This was LOST
by large vote, only thirty-tive vote
Mr. Winkler moved to adjourn the
debate until tomorrow. Mr.. Harvey
moved to adjourn, but this too was
lost. 3,' n
Mr.. Patton called for the previous
question on the whole mattor and Mr..
llderton said that he did not think
snap Judgement" should be taken,
'Iho Speaker said that there was no
snap judgment" in the matter, but
The question was one that must be de.
olded in tho regular order, and the
chair had no discretion. Mr.. Ilder.
ton then Withdrew the remark. but
insiskd d that further time should be
taken for consideration, .sl3
Mr.. Patton said that he had no OBJ.
lection to further consideration of the
Pill, but he did object To filibusterine
tactics. . ma a Y = t'''' "
Several parliamentary motions wore
offered but finally vote was taken on
the motion to indefinitely strike out
the enacting words, which was dc.
feated by 36 to 81 by tho following
vote: n, =
Yeas Hon. r. B. Gary, Speaker.
Ashley, Bethune, Carson, Cunning.
ham, Geo. w. Davis. Dukes, Ed.
wards, Eilrd, Epps, Fairey, Glenm,
Q. 7. Good win, j. S. Graham. Thos
e, Graham, Hamilton, Harvey. Hen.
derson, Ilderton. Kennedy. Henry T
iAinard, Lester, Magell, 4 Miles. Jooi
IL. Miller, McLaurin, McWhito. Ow-
en-, Russell, Skinner, Simpkins. SpSer.
Sturkie, Zimmerman, Wolling West
moreland, Witherspoon-3 SO. d
Nays All, Armstrong, Austell; Ba-
cot, Bailey, Banks, Bedon. Blythe.
Burns, Childs, Colcools, Crum, Cush.
man, Eox, Gadsden, Gage, dasaue
Il. p. Goodwin, H;ott, Hollis. Hum.
phrey, johnson, 'kibler, Lancaster.
Layton, Limehouse, Lotion. Maui,
din, Meares, A[ehrten, j. E. Miller
Mishoo. Mitchell, Moorer, McCul,. u,
Tough, Mcdaniel, y Nettles Patton
Perritt. Phillips, Pyler, Pollock
frince, Pyatt Reynolds, Sanders, Sink
Ter, =, Il. Smith, E. {. Smith, Steven
son, John T. Thomas. jr., Werner,
~ Vincent, Whisonant, Wilson, Wingo,
Mr.. Cushman introduced a bill to
prohibit railroad corporations or com.
panies from employing any person
under the age of 19 years as nipht
telegraph operator. The penalty is
sl0O to be collected by the Railroad
commissioners. v, i B 4.
The House then adjourned to Fri
day. I s'''] 5
In5the House on friday q bill vas
lntroduced 4 to abolish the q ofIiceWof
2 county board 9 of con troll and suhief
constables and & s ate constable sSand
deVolYe their%d tiles upon & at fieT2 2ofIf
GERS, and provide des for he elect tiooi1fl 81
n State COMM njssi On nd coun tyi dis
pensers The d les of county bosl laFSs
5oasas I le lsa
shall be elected by, the reopie & 5, ssi,ha
Stats Commissioners er s$is I to q beS e1eciad.
by the people as any Other State OH.
Ger. 1, &. . B ~ s.
The committee on interpretations
reported all labor measures unfa Vora-
bly, and recommended in q special re-
port that the house consider immedi-
ately all the reports as presented and
reject the bills.
When Mr. Kibler's labor commits.
sioner bill was called up Mr.. KiBler
arose and said: II would ask to with.
draw the bill from the files of tho
house." III
The house then rejected Mr.. Ilder.
tons bureau of labor bill and Mr..
Mauldin's bill limiting the hours of
labor. Mr.. Ilderton's bill relatine to
the hours Of labor for women and
children was allowed to lie over in
his absence.
When the house got ready for busi-
ness Mr.. Rainsford called for his sin ;n.
deposit bill, which had been
made special order for this hour.
After some discussion the bill was
passed to a third reading. The law
provides that il shall be unlawful here.
after for any insurance company or
association to transact any business in
thls state unless possessed OF at least
$l00, quo of paid-up cash capital, or in
lieu thereof shall file with the comp.
tr0ller general the certificate OF the
ollicla! Of some other State Of the
United States, under his hand and
official seal, that he holds on deposit
or IN trust for the benefit of ali the
policy holders or members Of such
company or association securities
worth at least $100,OO0; or in tho ali.
sence of such capital or deposit then
to deposit with the State treasurer OF
south Carolina valid securities aggre.
gazing $l0, 600, said treasurer to be the
Judge OF the validity Of such securi-
Ties, which shall be subject to any
Judgment entered up in any court OF
competent jurisdiction in this State
upon q policy Of insurance issued to
any citizen of this State by any such
company, and such jud dgments shall
be q lien upon such securities.
Mr.. Fairey's bill to require the own.
or bitches to pay licenses was taken
NY. Mr.. Ashley moved to indefinite
ly postpone the bill. The house had
practically killed the bill when some
protest was made. Mr.. Kibler, and
MIR. Fairoy defended tho bill. Tile
house was in the act of striking ouI
the enacting words when Mr.. Sturkie
said ne thought there was some merit
in tho bill. s,.,7s . I
Josh Ashley said they could not leg
islate against the niger without legis
lating against the pSct white man
they were in the SAINT oat. If there
was anything poor white man lid
love 1t was his dog; don't take his on
ly pleasure away from him.
!. Mr.. !. Hollis said it was wasting tim,