The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-02-05
ONE PASSED AND ONE KILLED.
Senate Fixes Time to ADJOURN and
Rejects Compulsory Gducation.

In the Senate On Friday Senator
Gravdon's concurrent resolution
that the general assembly i'd
journ sine die February Is was the
first matter taken up after the morn
ing hour. Senator GraydOn urged that
the resolution should pass. The work
OF the session is very well advanced. ht
said, and there is no reason why all
the work OF the session cannot be &C
complished in 15nore days. Before the
constitution Of 1895 was adopted The
legislature was never in session more
than 80 DAYS. II this resolution is
passed now it will spur lis al up anC
make US push wo:k more rapidly
Times are hard now, and. II the leglS'
lature will adjourn on the 18th instant
it will save about $1,000 in the cost O
a LEGISLATURE session. Anyway. let the
senate pass the resolution and send II
to the house and throw the response
bility on that body.
There was no further debate and az
ave and no vote was taken on the QueS'
tion Of adopting the resolution. The
vote was Is to II in favor Of the resclu
tion. as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich Applet. Brice. Dean
Douglass. Goodwin. Graydon. Hen
derson, Ilderton, Livingston Nc
Dermott, Mower, RagSdaIe. RaySor
Sharpe. Sheppard. Stackhouse. Will
liamS.
Noes-Barnwell. Blakeney, Brown.
Caughman, Dennis. Glenn, Hough
Hydrick. Manning, Marshall. Sarratt,
Sullivan, Talbird. Walker-14.
This puts the issue up TO the house
for the present at least.
Senator Aldrich offered resolution
that no bill should receive its third
reading on the last day OF the session.
The resolution went over for further
consideration.
COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
When Senator Raysor's bill to re-
ouire all children under II years ofage
to attend school for at least eight
weeks in each year. Senator Brlcc
moved to strike out the enactlng
words. He didn't like the idea OF
compulsion. This is Il free country.
The idea of compulsory education
originated in Germany under d
monarchial government. He thought
this bill would cause more friction
than the dispensary law caused when
first enacted. No jury in this section
of the State would ever convict per-
son for violating such law.
Senator Raysor said there was moth
ing harsh in the bill. and safeguards
had been thrown around its provision:
to prevent the working OF hardShipS
The proposition has the endorsement
of all the educational authorities. anc
no one can have the interest OF the
State more at heart. He believed
such law necessary, especially II
South Carolina. He thought it un'
necessary to argue that the infusion
of education among the masses OF the
people would tend to advance the
prosperity of all the people-the en-
tire State-and he thought the best
and quickest way to bring this about
would be by the enactment Of such {
measure as the one under conSiderl
tion. He quoted from the report o.
the State superintendent of education
showing that only 43 per cent. of the
children of the State are in regularat'
tendance upon the public schools, anc
that the enrolment is only IS pei
cent. AS to the argument against
the compulsory faction Of the bill, we
legislate every day for the physica
well-being of children and why can We
not legislate for their mental well-be
ing. The negroes are, as a rule, tax.
ing more interest in getting an educa
tion than the whites. so nobody neec
fear that the proposed law would bene'
fit the negro more than the white
children. The negro children are at
tending the schools now, while lr
many cases the white children are not
Again, educated labor is always pre-
ferable than uneducated labor. When
ever the parent withdraws the priv
lege OF education from child ther
it is the duty Of the State to interfere
and see that that privilege iSeItendec
to the Children. The Indifference OF
wickedneSs OF parents or guardians
should not be allowed to stand in the
way of any child obtaining at least {
rudimentary education. This. Of per
sonal liberty, no parent has any right
to allow his child to stay away from
the schools. Ee should be made t
send them. lie did not believe that tht
law if passed would increase taxes tc
any extent. AS to the talk about edu'
eating the negro, the negro chill
dren are already in the schools anc
will stay there. 1t is the white chill
dren that we are after--we want to
get them in the schools and keep then
there. We know how parents are: i
the teacher oIendS them they stoE
their children and this should net be
allowed. The bill should provide fol
larger term than eight weeks, it i:
too mild.
The vote was then taken on Senator
Brice's motion to strike out the en-
acting words Of the bill. The motion
was carried By a vote OF IS 70 IS. ant
the compulsory education bill wa:
killed. The vote on the motion u
strike out the enacting words was d!
follows:
Ayes Aldrich. B!akeney, Rrlce
Brown, Caughman. Dean. Dennis
Douglass. Glenn. Goodwin. GraEdon
Hough. Mower. Nassdale, Sarratt
Stanland. Talbird, Walker
Noes-Appelt. Barnwcll, Bowen
Henderson. Hydrick. llderton. LlT'
ingston. Manning. Marshall, NcDer
mott, Raysor, Sharpe. Sheppard
! Stackhouse. Sullivan. Williams -l6.