The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-25
THE LEGISLATURE.

Inc SOlOnS at COlUmOla are
just about ready to do nothing
of interest to the public. The
season of speech-making will set
in this week, and the eloquence
that will strike the ceiling will
be a marker for generations yet
unborn, and glad they might be,
to escape the hot vapors when
emanate from the craftsmanship
that would regulate by law the
price of cotton seed, peas: corn;
catfish should be included IN
order to give the enterprise OF
Brewington proper protection
and encouragement.
The bill to bring Clarendon's
Jury out of the kinks, SO that we
can do business in a legal way
has been ratified, and while it is
a general law, made SO neces-
sarily, on account of South Car
olina's poorly made constitution,
it only affects Clarendon for the
present, but there is no telling
how soon some omission may
occur in the drawing of juries,
and this bill which was gotten
up by the judiciary committee is
to provide for such a contingency
Josh Ashley's bill to abolish
the immigration bureau has re.
ceived a favorable report. but
we will wager a yallow dog agin
a privilege tax tag that the
bureau will not be abolished,
and it should not be repealed.
The best piece of legislation a
South Carolina Legislature has
enacted since the time it legis-
lated out of office the dispensary
board whose official conduct was
more than the friends Of the in
stitution could stand. We refer
to the time when it was proven
cheap whiskey was palmed off on
the public under fine labels,
when the armored crew were
accusing each other, and shoot
ing one another. Yes, when that
gang was by legislation lifted
out of office, it was good work,
and it would have been a key
stone in the arch of honesty, had
no provision been made for the
future direction Of the corrupt
ing hive. We cannot believe
there are enough men in our
Legislature who are so blinded
by ignorance as to retard the
progress Of the State by abolish
Ing an institution which is the
States future hope.
The prospects for DesChamps'
bill. from what we can learn,
are exceedingly small. It will
keep, however, until the next
next election and form a basis
for the building of a campaign
manuscript, a necessary instru-
ment when out on the hustings.
Captain D. J. Bradham spent
Sunday at home.
Senator Davis spent several
days of last week at his Sum
merton home.
We have not as yet seen where
any votes have been recorded
upon questions of interest, but
these things are likely to be on
the dispensary bills, immigra
ton bill, and other measures
that legislators are uncertain
which position to take. We shall
be on the lookout for these re-
corded votes and keep our read
ers informed; we shall also note
the lodging whenever a fellow
sneaks from facing the music.
There is a strong temperance
sentiment throughout the State,
and in our opinion, in the next
campaign a leader will be found
who will carry the temperance
banner through successfully,
unless the dispensary is reformed
This opinion is based upon the
action of the political weather
cocks, who we see beginning to
point their bills temperanceward
and many a man in the legisla
ture now. went there a strong
advocate of standing pat on the
dispensary, will when the time
comes, vote for temperance re-