The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-01-29
.NTHE UPPER HOUSE.
4 Bill to Establish a State Ferr2N2ec
Mandatory.
AN INVITATION DECLINED.
What the state Senate t1aS Done
During the Past Week
in the Way OF leg
iSlatiOn.

The Senate met at 10 o'clock "H
Tuesday morning Of last week and in
the half hour <sss%--- the con1enng q
the joiaf assembly had disposed OF
everything on the calendar.
Mr. NcGowan'S bill, which came
from the house. authorizing cities.
towns, school districts and counties 70
issue bonds to refund bonded indebted
ness. was given its third reading ard
sent back to the house with amend
mentS.
Mr.. Sheppard'S bin providing for
only one set Cf commissioners ana
managers for State and federal cleo
tions was given its third reading ana
sent to the house.
Mr.. Raysor's bill authorizing school
district No. 81. in Orangeburg coun-
tv. to issue bonds was also given its
third reading.
INVITATION DECLINED.
Senator Henderson announced that
a committee of citizens OF Augusta.
Ga. was present. to invite the mem
berS of the legislature to attend lhe
Good Roads convention now being
held in that city, and on motion the
members of the committee were IN
yited to address the senate. Maj. W.
T. Gary and State Senator SULLIVAN
both of Augusta. were then lntro-
duced and formally extended the IN
vitation. Senator Maytieid offered a
resolution regretting the inability OF
the legislature 70 attend, but extend
ing the wishes Of the general assembly
for the success Of the convention. IhiS
was adopted after a brief discussion.
Senator Mayfeld, Of Denmark. IN
troduced bill to establish state
fertilizer plant.
THE SEED COTTON BILL.
In the Senate on Wednesday Mr..
Appelt's bill to regulate the traffic OF
seed cotton and to provide a license
for the same was the first matter to
be taken up after the morning hour.
Mr.. Graydcn moved to strike out
the enacting words. The bill IS very
defective, he said, and it would DC a
DANGEROUS law. The present law has
worked satisfactorily in his section
and he believed it would be SatiSfac-
tory all over the State if enforced.
No seed cotton can be sold between
sundown and sunrise. This bill, II
passed, would bring about worse con-
dition than at present. The bill pro-
vides for a license of s25 for purchas-
ers Of seed cotton. This is TOO low.
What should be done is to stop the
sale of seed cotton altogether.
Mr.. Applet defended his bill. Its
object, he said, is to provide uniform
law. His county requires a license
from persons who buy seed cotton,
while the adjoining county OF Will
liamSburg does not have license sys-
TEN, and the negroes on the border OF
Clarendon would take their cotton
over into Williamsburg and sell 1t.
This was unfair. He did not specially
favor the license system, but If there
are to be licenses in one county there
should be license in all. His county
received $1,000 from these licenses
last year.
After some further discussion the
bill was killed by an overwhelming
vote.
HARD ON kIDNAPPERs.
Senator Sheppard's bill to amend
section 2475 of the general statutes,
relating to kidnapping, by extending
the provisions of said section to any
case of taking away minor without
consent of parent or guardian" was
the special order and was taken up.
The bill, which was introduced at
the last session, was reported favora-
bly, with slight amendments by the
committee. The bill provides life I'M
prisonment for persons who kidnap
children in the hope Of securing re-
wards.
It was given it's third reading with
practically no discussion and ordered
sent to the house.
CORPORATION LAWYERS.