The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-17
HAVE MET AGAIN.
Both Branches of tae Legisla-
ture Convened Tuesday.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE

Legislation. Governor He,.
wards Messsge Read in
Both Houses.
The General Assembly Of S)utt
Carolins met in annual session on
Tuesday cf last week. The whole
day was taken up in organizing and
bearing the Governors n esssge read.
Tie Message Is long document, and
like al State papers prepared by Gov.
Hayward. is clear and to the point.
TIE most important subject it treats
is the disp :nsary. The part OF the
MESSAGE besring o. this subject Is
printed in another coluhI.
THE HOUSE.
In the House OF representatives
Clerk Tun G. Hamer called the roll
and announced that quorum was
present, anc Speaker ID. L. Smith
,aI.sd upon the Rev. Mr.. Pratt to
open the proceedings vito prayer.
Speaker Smith made :. brief open
ing address, and said he woulu ,fsr
no Suggestions as to what ought to be
done, The members are fresh from
the people and know what they want,
but be fel! that If the same broad
conservatism and hberslity charac
uer.z,d the action Of the members
thai nothing but success would
crcWn the work OF the General AS
semblY.
Announcements we're then MADE
that several newly elected members
were present ready to be sworn In.
The new members sworn in Tuesday
are:
E Marion Rueker, Of Anderson.
Wm. Andersen, Of Cherokee.
Arnoldus Wander Horst, Vi Char
lesion.
Mr.. Dobbs's election has not yet
beer declared, and as soon as the
electioa Is declared he will take the
oath.
Messrs. WhaleY, Doar and D. O..
Herbert we're appointed to notify the
Governor that the House had organ
IL q and was ready to receive ally
com nunications.
Messages were exchanged between
the Senate and House that each was
ready for work.
The annual Message OF Governor
Eeyward was read, having been pre-.
Sented by Private Secretary Norment.
Tue members gave careful attention
to TIE reading.
There were only two new measures
introduced the first day. Both OF
the new bills came from. Mr.. Toole, OF
Aiken county.
The first was a bill to restrict the
mum her OF hours OF labor in cotton
mills to ten hours, instead OF eleven,
as is tine Law at present. Mr.. Tucle
introduced similar bill last year, but
il was killed.
Mr.. Toole's second bill was to re-
3uce the passenger rate in this State
TO two and a halt cents per mile. 1t
is now three cents per mile on pas
senger trains, with no second class.
which arrangement was adopted By
way Of compromise.
The House adjourned, after about
an hours session, to meet on Wednes-
day at eleven o'clock.
The house of representatives got
down robustness "Wednesday and az
tackled the calendar with an evident
desire to kill everything that came tn
sight. Six bills were tab.ei and with.
drawn by their authors, there were
recomnitted, three had the enactins
clause stricksd out, the parliamentary
way Of saying that they we're kilt"
and two were also killed by being
indefinitely postponed.
Spesger Smith announced the ap
potnlhent OF Mr.. E NJ. Racker, Jt.,
as mambsf OF the commiJ5ee on ways
and means. and stated that Mr.. Jno.
G. Richards, Jr., would be the chair
mal CT that con mlttee. The following
executive appointments were az
nouccec by the speaker:
Journal Clerk--ChrisSie Bene5.
Bill Clerk : NORTON.
Keeper Of the speakers Room
Janas n. PeaFnz2.
Mai Clerk-John Sharpe.
Doorkeepers-R r. OTngs, Ber
hoover, = Mckinney.
PAges-Jsmes a. Tonpkins: E ri;
Mo7s5t, William Martin, John 3
Patrick.
Lahocers-Williau Long, Henr!
C li,au, George Edwards, Caleb Bra
cy, Robert Chisolm.
SITTER short debate the house post
pone3 indefinitely the bill presented
| bg Mr.. Ardrey to sell the State farms
TIE vote was IS to SO. In the cours
Of the debate Mr.. Banks Of Orange
burg callei attention to TIE fact tina
25, 900 bushels OF corn were raised OF
unese farms last yeer.
iIr. J. B. Watson's bill sug2essln
an increase in the length OF terms
circuit jljges was killed. The bi
merely provided that the people t
given the opportunity to vote on th!
gus ion.
G,.cs. Henei's bill proposing tHS
execution Of criminals be ccaducte
xi,nin the penitentiacy wslls w
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