The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-02-23
TIE SENATE ADJOURNS,
THE LAST DAYS OF TIE SESSION OF
The SO0Y.
The jim, Crow Car Eiu Passed by Large
Msjolisy-Cther Buls Passsd--PrsaidsEe
McSweeney Complenentsd by the sera-

Msjo1isy-Cther Bulls Passsd--Prssidsrt
McSweeney conpleu entsd by the sera'
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! IN tee Senate Monday house reso
luton came up providing Tor 8
committee CT one senator aro
two representatives. to investieate whist
disposition should be made Of liquor
sam pies received by the state board OF
control, and on motion OF Mr.. May
field was indefinitely postponed. Mr..
| May field said it was too late for such
Investigation at this session.
When Mr. Moses bill came up pro.
vidirg for the creation OF Lee county.
Mr.. Hay moved to indefinitely pcst.
pore the bill. This motion was lest
and the bill forming Lee county was
passed.
The Pee Dee county matter then
came up and after some discussion
was referred back to the people for
another vote.
The separate coach bill was then
taken Up and passed its second Tead-
| ing by the following vote:
| Yeas-Alexacder. Archer. Brown,
Conner, Dean, Gaines. Griffith, Hen
derson, Love, McAlhany. AcCaIls,
Mcdaniel, Moses, Mower, ODell, Pet,
tigrew, Kagsdale, Suddath and Wal
lace-19.
Nays-Buist. Dennis. Douglass. Du
Bose, Hay, Jef9ries, Lesesne, Maui
din, Nav field, Milar, Norris, Scarbor.
ough, Sloan, Stackhouse, Tslbud,
Turner, Waller and Williams-1S.
| Immediately after the Senale oper-
ed On Tuesday Mr.. Dean moved to re.
consider the vote whereby the house
resolution of Monday providing for
an inquiry into the disposition OF Il
quor samples by the State board OF
control was indefinitely postponed.
After some discussion the motion was
adopted by the folio wing vote:
| Ayes-Alexander, Archer. Brown,
Buist, Connor, Dean, Dennis, Doug.
lass, DuBose, Hay, Henderson, Jetfe-
ries, Love, Msyfeld, McAlhany, Mil
Ter, Moses, Mower. Norris, O'Oeil,
Pettigrew, Ragsdale. Scarborough,
Sloan, Talbiri, TUrner, Waller--2:
Nays-Gaines, Lesesne, McCalla,
Mcdaniel, Stackhouse, Suddath, Wal
Lace.
The chair appointed Mr.. Ragsdale
on this committee.
Mr.. Gaines offered a concurrent res
clution calling for the appointment OF
a commission consisting OF one sena-
tor and two representatives, to lnvestl.
gate road Improvement, tue said com
mission to receive the sum OF $50
each and permission to accept free
TRANSPORTATION from railroads and the
fright OF the investigation to be report
bg bill Or otherwise at the next
Isession of the legislature. The resolu,
ton was then adopted.
| The house bill to provide for the
taxation of telegraph, telephone, pal
see car, sleeping CIR, drawing room
car, dining car, express and last
freight, joint stock associations, com
panies, copsrtnerships and corpora
tions transacting business in the State
OF South Carolina, aid to repeal acts
in conflict, created much debate. The
senate committee, to which was refer
red the bill, offered an amendment
which provided the taxation Of the
above named concerns by fereDt
plan. The speeches pro and Goa were
oumerous and when the vote wss Il
nally taken it resulted in the rejection
of the amendments and the passage OF
the bill BY 81 ayes and II nays.
a concurrent resolution forbidding
the granting of hotel privileges by the
dispsnsary was the occasion OF an
amusing debate.
The vote on rejection Of the rosolu-
ton resulted:
YeSs-Buist, Dennis, Gaines, Hay,
Henderson, Mapldin, Miller, Noses,
Sloan, rslbird. Wallace-1l.
| Nays-Alexander, Archer, Counor,
Dean, Douglass, DuBose, Griffith,
jJeferies, LeseSne, Love, Ma fed,
McAlhaney, Mcdaniel. Mover, Nor
ris, O'Del!, Pettigrew, Ragsdale, Scar
borough, Stacshouse, Suddsta. Turn,
er, Waller, Williams-24
When the Jim Crow car bill was
taken up for its 6nal reading last
night Mr.. Moses amended by proVid'
ing that railroads must have one sec
ond-class coach to every train n
which all persons paving second
class fare can ride.
Mr.. Henderson amended by making
the la " 60 into effect the 1st OF Sep.
tenn Der.
Mr.. Miller had all narrow gauge
roads exempted.
Mr.. Scarborough amended by pro.
viding that the provisioMs of the bill
do not apply to roads under 40 miles
of length.
Mr.. Buist amended that nothing il
the act shall foroid railroads from al
tachirg passenge, coaches TO freight
trains.
Mr.. Sloan moved to strike out the
enacting words. By the following
vote the senate refused to do SO:
Yeas-Buist, Dennis. Douglass, Hay,
Lesesne, Mauldin, Miller, Norris,
iSloan, Stackhouse, Talo!rd, Turner,
Willisms-13.
NayS-Arcaer, Bro Hn, Connor. lean,
IDuBo>e, Gaines, Henderson, J ferries,
May feld, McAIha2y, McC2iia, Nc
Daaiel, Moses, Mower, O'Dsll, Petti
grew, Ragsd&ie, Scarborough, Sud
dsth, Wsilace, W2!lsr-2l.
After some further amendments had
been offered and voted down Mr. Nor,
RS moved to Indefinitely postpone the
bill.
There were several speeches made
for and against. Mr.. Henderson
brought out the poia: Ina: as the rail
roads had Of their own 7oIiti0n estao
lished separate waiting rooms al de
oots thatit was righ. they should pro
vide separate accommodations On
trains.
Some one Of the speakers thought
that the races should be kept separated
for were they not the day might come