The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-02-09
IN THE HOUSE.
TIE WORK OF TIE BoOr DURING
TIE PAST WEEK.

n TAO W -SN'
several Measures of importance coms Up
Som are Passed aud Some syo hm=d-
Som Spicy Debate.
On Monday curing session OF 8
little over two hours the House did
not accomplish very mucl Il passed
the Werner bill providing Ter the
heavy punishment CT those c0DVic' 'e5
Of tse seduction Of an unmarried NO.
man under promise OF marriage; teen
Mr.. Ashlay's bill 10 appropriate the
privilege tax TO the common scboaiS
got killed. and josh says he caHno.
undeYs ard row such g list reform
should be refused. Mr. Biyt5e's bill
requiring assignment Of mortc ages 10
De entered on The record also received
3 desc OF knock cut drops and died.
The following is ths bill ir regard 10
seductioG as IL passed It's third reading:
Section l. That any person who
Shall, under promise c uarriage, have
illicit carnal intercourse with any Ia
nrsrried woman OF previous cnasse
character, shall be guilty Of a Inisae
meapor, and upon conviction shall oe
punished by fms o. not less thsD
$500 or more t5an S., coo. Or iDprls
onment for rot less than sixmoothS 40;
more than fve years, either or boa q,
TIE discretion Of tAe court: Provided,
that no conviction shall be had u-Ger
tbs provisions OF this act IN the testl
neny of the female se6uced, uHcor-
rocorated by other evidence, either
positive or c;rcumstantial, nor unless
warrant &c sworn out or prosecution
commenced within one yesr after the
commission Of the ctf9nse Provided,
fur,her. that the subsequent intermar
4iase of the parties msy be pleaded SIS
Z d~fense.
Oa Tuesday the House Of Represen
ta,ives side,racked everything else and
look Up the annual appropriation bill
Il cot along beautifully with il until
The appropriation OF 81 coo for the
general expenses Of The State board of
heslth was reached Then debate II
which much vas said 10 criticism and
defense Of the Stst4 board, about vac ,
ciration, about smallpox, ab ut the
Inability and ability OF doctors to d
asnose smallpox, and about little CT
everything else, was begun The ap.
preparation had been 81, 500 lsst year,
and it was proposed TO pu; it pack 81
tDat figure. Finally, just bstore the
recess for dinner, the house by vct2
OF SO to IS declined to adopt tue in
crease.
Tuesday was the last day for the in
troduction CT new bills and the big
whi!e papers came in thick and fast.
rae most ro;able Of the new bills in
tro6uced were those On the same sub
jsct irtrcducsd by Meysrs R9gers ard
Ildertoo, 6esi sizned 10 c3m p-l commc
carrie. TO transport members Of Inc
general assembly, State and c5uoty
tfcers, judges, solicitors and s5tr'fs
from place 10 place when on cti :iaI
business free Of charge.
The House WecneSd day devoted lis
entire dsy session to the consideration
of the appropriation bill The mos
notable grange made 10 tne bill was
tne cutting down OF the $25, eco fx 4
for the South Carolina college TO $50
900. There was quite hard fight 1or
the old college, but it as Of no avail
No fight was :uade on the Citadel ap-
Drcpriatioa or on general appro-
prialionS for any Of th7 ether STATE
colleges Another fight vas 70 .Ga on
The appropriation for the State Fair
society, AID this provision was cut ou:
OF the bill altogether. DR. St1rk!e
succeeded in getting the $1,000 put IN
tor the State board OF health increased
TO $500. The Mackey claim fJr
50 $40 was passed.
Mr.. Eird'S bill to divide the privil-
ege tax on fertilizers equally between
Clemson Agricultural college and
Winthrop Normal college was then
called up. The pending QUESTION was
on motion to Indefinitely postpone.
and debate bsiog thus smut OF the
house plunged iutc roll call on the
motion. The house refused to in6e6-
ni;ely postpone the bill by g vote o.
46 to co. This was clinched
Mr.. Edrd had an amendment to
give $50 0OQ to Wint' rop and the re-
m4inder to the public schools. II
Winlhroo's $50 600 was not ..made up
q ter Clemson had gotten hers, then
the general fund should pay the defc
1t. His previous amendment co7ered
all this save the reference to public
schools.
Mr.. Caughnan wanted to sknow if
this $50, coo to Winthrop wss to BE- in
addition to the appropriation already
made.
Mr.. ". Il. Thomas said that the
farmers of the State would awake
quickly to the fact that the tax they
we're paying was going elsewhere and
would demand the repesl of this tax
It vas now KEEP: at Clemson By virtue
of TIE fact that there was an expert
mental station there. Il could not be
properly applied at Wiuthroo. Soon
all Of these institutions would be
kuccking at the door for direct appro
priations. Then which and ho x many
wculd go6oxn2 He called uoon the
riends of higher education to rally to
he sun2ort OF the colleges
Mr k,nsrd did not believe there was
any use 10 get scared. The farmers
haG no obj to letjiog part OF
this money 10 ito Winthrop cajl. ge
Il Clems2n g9t too mu:a L was righE
10 give the surplus 10 Winthrop.
Mr.. McLaurin asked Why they
81 Iuld not make the tax so ins.-&d Of
25 cents, and hls support all the col
yeges il It Vas right 10 support Win
tnroo with 1t.
Mr.. Efrd disclained any hostility
10 the institutions of higher learains
Ehe records sho PeC hat he had SUI
Dorted !hzm He had pledged hir5self
10 this people He hac tod his peop.r
hat Clemson was letting too mUch 4:
no. bscau-e he was an enemy 10 i,