The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-02-26
LEGISLATURE ADJOURNED.

States history. We do not re-
eret that the work is over for 1t
was the most unsatisfactory we
have ever attended, there was
more work and less accomplished
than at any previous session.
One reason for the drag was the
work of undoing and stralghten-
inc out of former legislation to
conform with the court decisions
of the constitution. I worked
very hard to make a uniform
seed cotton law, but could not
Get such a one as would be salts
factory so thought Of the two
evils | would take the least, and
permit the law relating to IL
censes to remain as it is. Not
withstanding the bill came to me
very late in the session / sue
ceeded in pushing through bill
to define the limits of the town
of Summerton, and to prohibit
the sale of liquor, it is now a
law, and since its passage l have
received a letter from merchant
of that town informing me that
I misrepresented the sentiment
of Summerton, when I stated IN
nv speech on the bill that the
people of that town wanted such
legislation. Iacted solely on a pc
tition signed by a large number
of the citizens and also upon let
ters, and then from my individ-
ual knowledge of the property
owners I had no hesitency IN de-
Gliding to help those people to
prevent the sale of liquor under
the caves of the three churches
and the academy. Personally 1
am for the dispensary as a means
of handling liquor, but as Rep
resentative I regard it my duty
to carry out the wishes of the
people, and if a majority OF the
white citizens of Clarendon were
to petition or vote to prevent the
sale of LIQUOR I would regard it
as an instruction to me that l
would be compelled to obey. The
citizens of Summerten asked for
the bill and as their servant 1
gave them what they wanted, l
had no personal interest in the
matter, and if I have prevented
some fellow from getting a job
as dispenser at Summerton l am
not sorry. l do not believe the
letter I received voices the true
sentiment of the majority Of free
hold voters of the town Of Sum
merton, and I do hope that some
one will take a sufficient interest
in the matter to ascertain.
On largely signed petition
from Douglas township l intro
duced bill, which was enacted
into law, making it a punishable
ofense for persons to tear down
the pasture fence in Douglas
township. This was another
matter that I had no interest in,
but it was so important to those
interested that they petitioned
for a law.
I also introduced bill to
amend an Act entitled "An Act
relating to the powers of certain
corporations" which was referred
to the committee on corporations,
composed principally of lawyers,
and they recommended it's pas
sage. I succeeded in getting a
majority vote in the Senate, and
had no reason to think there
would be any opposition in the
House. but when the bill came
up to be passed to third read
inc, it was late in the session,
and the members were clamoring
to clear off the Calendar, each
man trying to forge forward the
measures he was especially IN
terested in and caring nothing
for the other measures; in this
condition of things Mr.. Galluchat
made opposition to the bill, and
he is reported to have said that
it was political move to pre-
vent the people from having the
right to vote upon themselves
bonds for improvements: and the
other members Of the delegation
not correcting the statement the
enacting words Of the bill were
stricken out. I regret exceed
ingly that Mr.. Galluchat made
such a statement, because it
shows that he did not read the
provisions of the bill, as the OBJ
iect of the bill is the opposite Of
his statement. Had I dreamed
that he was going to oppose the
measure, should have posted a
number of my friends in the
House and then the measure
would have gotten before the
body on it's merits. It is well to
state the object of the bill. There
is a general law relating to in
corporations, which gives town
council the right to levy tax as
high as ten mills upon the real
and personal property. Law
yers differ as to whether a town
comes under the general Act
without first submitting the ques-
ton of surrendering its charter
to the qualified electors. Our
own council is advised that we
are now under the general cor