The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-01

braced up, went and got an OK from
neighbor. He gathered up the old
ploughs. Three days he worked On the
field with his OK, and three days he
worked out and made rations for his
family At the end of the year he ha1
three bales Of cotton and did not owe
cent on them, and today tnat farmer is
pretty we'll off and does not owe cent.
The lien law is rainbow to the mer-
chant Ninety-fve per cent Of the
merchants who deal, in liens fail sooner
or later. The lien law is calculated to
make men dishonest.
Mr.. Threatt, of Chesterfield, thought
this law best with the homestead law.
\ man is bound to have something to
eat and wear, and with which to feed
his stock. This bill will make every
poor man hireling Men cannot get
credit unless they have something on
which to base that credit lie hoped
the bill would be killed.
Nr. F. D. Smith, Of Sumter, said Mr.
Fairey's man made his independence
with the lien law in existence. II the
lien law drove this man and others to
Independence then it does no harm.
The lien law is wanted for c lass OF
people who cannoI be reached other
wise. Under the homestead law there
is an exemption Of 81, 800 Repeal this
lien law and no business-like business
man will make him avdances. Repeal
the lien law and there can be no share
crop with the smaller and poorer class
of farmers. especially the colored ones.
In every country where there is a
free tenantry the tenant will have some
thing to say about the crop he helps to
make. He lived in the fine tobacco
section and business men were quite as
willing TO stiputate tobacco las cotton.
To pass this bill VIII do no good
Nr. Woods. OF Clarendon, thought
this the most important bill OF the seS-
sion. The bill affected every one. Vlr-
tualiy South Carolina has no homestead
law. Every day you see homesteads
passing from the hands of their owners.
We must give the people Of the North
credit for taking advantage OF our posi-
ton. They know our crop must 60 on
market. He saw no use to retain this
relic of Radicalism. This Is not an
honest law as he viewed it. y great
deal has been said about doing away
with small farmers. If you let the law
stand in a few years there will be no
one here to rent to. He saw noreason
to retain this statute. Who are profted
by this lien law? Not the poor farm
ers, orthey are the poorest OF the poor.
A motion to indefinitely postpone the
bill was last, and the further considera.
ton of the matter was then postponed
until Wednesday when it was taken up
again and debated at considerable
length. On motion to kill the bill
the vote was:
Yeas-Speaker Gary, Ashley, Bell,
J. B. Black, Blythe, Bolts, Colcock,
Cross, Crumm, Dargan, Davis, Dean,
Bowling, Epps, Estridge, Floyed, Gam
bic, CAN'T, Hill, Hopkins, Jenkins,
". j. johnson, LOCKWOOD, Lotion,
Lyles, Manning, Laban Mauldin, Nc
Cullough, E. D. Smith, McDill, Nc
Cow, McLaurin, Mehrtens, Miley,
Mobley, Montgomery, Moss, Nettles,
Pyatt, Henry B. Richardson, R. B. y.
Robinson, c. P. Sanders, Sawyer, Sim
kins, Sinkler, G. P. Smith, jeremiah
Smith, Stackhouse, Stevenson, Suber,
". j. Thomas, Threat, Warn, West,
Weston, Wharton, Whisonant Williams
Wilson, Wimberly, H. H. Woodward,
NJ. B. Woodward, Young.
Nays-Bacot. Bailey, Blease, Brown
ing, Caughman, Cosgrove, DeBruhl,
Dendy, E6rd, Il. Il. Evans, \: G.
Evans, Fairey, Cause, Graham, Hen
| derson, HoAmeyer, Hollis, Jackson,
Mann, Marion, William L. Mauldin,
Mccoy, McCraw, McLauchlin, Means,
Patterson, Peurifoy, Richards, George
w. Richardson, C. E. Robinson, Rog-
| ers, Z. L. Sanders, Seabrook, Sharpe,
J. L. Smith, Strom, Sturkie, Theus,
W. H. Thomas, Zimmerman. Werner,
Wingo, Winkler, Woods, Wyche.
After the bill was killed Mr.. Ashley
moved to consider the vote and to lay
the motion on the table, which was
| adopted, and the matter is now at rest
| for year at least.