The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-02-16

paGts Inspector Fails ThH 2Gprcp-is-
ton BIZ Under Fire
The Senate was not IN sessioG S2tur-
day or Monday. On Tuesday nothin%
Of general ia:aresS Ess 6a2a except
tie passing OF g bill 10 urr;sh school
books at cost, which vas afterTardS
rccols:Gere6. Or WeGQesdSy the
joint committee OF the house and sen
ate, Messrs Moses and Archer On the
par. Of tie senate, appointed to ;nvesti
gate and report On the Necessary 9Th
GERS and attaches OF the general GS
semb}y reported thaJ the following
clerks sEo attaches can be dispersed
with: In the senate, the c!e> k to
roads, etc, general committee Clerk,
clerk to raiiroaa aud clerk to prTilsg
es srd election; one dcclkeeper aid
one porter, daily saving Of S2i.
In the house. clerk CT claims, en
rolled acts, one doolkeeper, one labor
er and one porter, dsily saving G:
SIS; q total saving per day OF $50
The committee introduced bill 10
carry out their recommendations.
The Senate then ratified g n1m5sr
Of bills ano adj burned.
In the Senate on Thursday a lengthy
discussion took place over Mr.. Now
er's bill amendiug the revised statutes S
relating to judgments. l! provided
that judgment should ee s lien for
twenty Jears without privilege OF re
newal. Mr.. Rsesdale offered an
amendment Substituting ten yesrs for
twenty. This was adopted. Then
Mr.. Hay moved to strike out the en-
setting words Ct the bill, as AMENDED,
and this wasdone. Thus after march.
ing up the hill and sroUnd the bill
and down the hill again, the law wss
left as it now is.
Mr.. Dean representing the minority
of the committee on commerce sGd
manufacture. spoke in favor OF abol
ishing the Office Of Phosphate Lnspec
tor. He said the industry was IN g
state of collapse and the inspector had
but little to do, except to stsy on his
farm. Eeoid not wish the total aboli-
ton of the Office but to empower the
phosphate commission, consisting OF
the governor sn6 certain other state
cffcers, when they deemed it wise or
necessary. to employ an Inspector and
pay him $50 q month. This would
save the state considerable sum.
We have heard much hard times and
economy, and this is 3 good time to
practice what We preach.
MIR. Archer said the ma alority OF the
committee, after careful Consideration
decided that inasmuch as the phos
phste industry was looking up, they
deemed it best to make no change.
Mr. Pettierew agreed with Mr.
Archer and cited cases where the IN
spector had detected and corrected er
ro-s by which many dollars were
saved to the state. The business is on
the increase and it is important that
we should not disturb the present
method.
Mr.. Dean said the nil ority did not
wish the sbolition Of the Office as the
senator from Florence seemed to have
assumed. The offce was merely a
sirecure and it would be we'll to have
it abolished.
Mr. Archer moved TO indefinitely
postpone the bill. On this motion,
the ayes and nays were called and the
bill being killed by toe following vote ::
Yeas-Archer, BUS, ,DuBose, Gains,
Hay, Lesesre, Msuldln, May 6eld,
McCalla, Mcdaniel, Moses, Mower,
Norris, O'Dzll Pettigrew, Saddalh,
Tslbird, Walker, Wallace, Williams
30.
Nays-Alezander, Brown, Connor,
Dear, Dennis, Douglass, Griffith,
Henderson, Jtferies. Love, McAlhs
ny, Miller, Rsgsdale. Scarborough,
Stackhouse, Turner, Waller-l7.
When the appsoristion bill came up
the first 6eoate arose over the amend
men. to raise the contingent fund Of
the a6iutant and inspector general
from SIS to $3.50. Mr.. Archer moved
to table this amendment.
Mr. Buist said SIS was absolutely
inadequate. The Office had never had
less than that amount. The amount
was left at $3.50. An effort was made
to cut the appropriation for the tray
cling expers OF the adjutant general
from $500 to $3.50.
Mr.. Archer favored the reduction
because we were on gold standard.
The amount was finally left at $500
The amount for the state board OF
health was raised from $500 to 81,
500.
Mr.. Pettigrew moved to indefinitely
postpone the amendment increasing
the appropriation to the South Care,
lima College from $50, 900 TO S25, 600.
He said the time Tor economy has
come. Every officers salary had been
reduced and tbs reduction should X
tend all along down the line. TIE
college professors were getting the
same salaries SIS years ago.
Mr.. Archer said in the denomina,
tional schools of this state, S44 boys
were taught at an expense Of S23, 750.
In the South Carolina College 172
boys were taught at cost $25 coo.
He thought if ca could be taUs b. for
S23, ESQ It was reasonable that I72
could be taught for $50, 000 For near
II q century this college has drawn
an average of S25, COO or total OF
over $1,000, coo In tnat time. Why
have no. some OF her graduates, some
of her friends who naiutain that We
cannot get along without this illus
trous institution-why have they not
given an endowment to the coItegs
that they hold so dear. Oi the nun
Der of pupils referred to, seventy one
pay tuition. This is matter OF ecoa.
oDy, and he thought $50, COO sut1
cient.
Mr.. Henderson said this question
should be discussed q1ietly. We a.
know times are hare, but 20 fsc!s
have been given, 10 figures adduceo
to show that his college ecu d be run
on s20,000. If the college IS ex.rava
gantiy conducted why could uct al
investigation have been msde2 The
college was no pauper. L was maoe
by our lawmakers. They gave it ex-