The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-16

after its execution, and for this filing
the clerk must provide a book and VII
be entitled to charge OF the fee live
cents. The bill IS now in the hand Of
the Judiciary committee.
AT the opening of the Senate had
the honor to nominate Key. a. ~
Brunson. formerly pastor Of the Man
Ming Methodist church. now pastor o
Main Street Methodist church III Col
umbia, for Chaplain. Senator r. h.
Weston nominated Rev. J. +: knox,
an Associate Reform Presbyterian m!n'
lister. Mr.. Brunson was elected by one
majority which OF course was pleasing
to me, and know is appreciated oy
the people OF Clarendon, where Nr.
Brunson has warm friends.
The house delegation is parceiea OH
on committees rs follows: Scarborough,
Agriculture. Penitentiary, Accounts.
MI. Scarborough has already done
GOOD service OF the agriculture COM
lnittee. He is Il strong advocate OF
repeating the lien law, and this
gives him good chance to let the
State have the benetitof his experience
as an arriculturalist. He has also had
much to do with penitentlary affairs
(outside Of course) and he will prove
himself we'll acquainted with the needs
of that institution: being i business
man he will watch the accounts With q
close eye.
Dinele is on Roads, Bridges and
Ferries, Internal Improvements and
with Scarborough goes to the Peul-
tentiarv. I have wondered if these
two gentlemen coming from Summer
ton had anything to do with p2ttlng
them on this committee.
This is Mr.. Dingle's first term aud of
course he will have to learn how things
are done. He is fast getting acquaint-
ed, and we believe he will, by the time
the legisture gets well under way. be
in position to do good service.
Woods is on Banking, Finance and
Medical affairs. DR.. Woods is an old
hand at the pump, and this accounts
for his managing to keep them from
loading him down with multiplicity
Of Appointments. His medical COM
mittee will probably receive a number
Of bills relating 10 vaccination and mid
wifery-the abolishment of both. We
that the Society OF
Mothers'' is anxious for legislation
which will be a protection against a
certain practice by incompetent women.
[ doubt if there is a member OF the
medical committee better fitted for the
position and one who knows more about
;he needs of the people along this line.
DR.. Woods has introduced a bill to
amend the law relating to magistrates
20 as to abolish the Office of magistrate
1t Turbeville, and increase the salary
II the magistrate at New Zion from
800 to $500 a year. | do not know
what demand there is for the change
but it does seem, that if there IS no
aeed for two magistrates in Salem,
then the remedy is to abolish one office
and leave the pay stand as 1t IS, that IS.
# the object is to save money. l pre-
sumo the delegation will hear from
Salem about this matter, and l would
lrge that section to inform the delega-
ion right away whether or not DR..
Woods bill represents their wishes: so
far as am concerned it IS entirely. a
matter of local importance, and were
1ot that the pay comes out OF the
entire taxpayers, the wishes Of the DR..
alone would be accepted, but [ cannot
see where there will be any saving #
# one Office is abolished; and the re-
naming Office gets three times the
oay, or one hundred dollars a year
more than both Offices cost. 1t is mat
ter the people of the Salem section
should make their wishes known with
out delay.
DR.. Woods and myself were about to
prepare bills on the subject OF "lmml-
grant Agents looking to make prohi-
oitive the carrying out of the country
the labor, but when I learned that DR.
Sawyer of Georgetown had already
cotton Solicitor Wilson to prepare such
! measure I gave way to prevent
multiplicity of bills and to be the bet
;er enabled to help push through this
much needed legislation. DR.. Woods
aas also concluded he will wait, and
amend the Sawyer bill on its passage.
The purpose of this measure is to hN
he license so high, and make the pen
lltv heavy that agents from Georgia
md Florida will be chary about coming
nto this State for labor.
The inauguration takes place Tues
Law and then work will begin IN hard
earnest, day and night.
The great liquor question will be
brought up the latter part OF the week
Ina it will be a continuous performance
Until something, one way or the other,
1as been done; of one thing l am
almost sure and that is, the Raysor-
Manning bill-the authorship claimed
oy several others, will not become.
aw. The House will pass local option
cill but as yet the Senate is problem
atic-too close to form an oplnion;there
IS majority in the Senate against the
but whether that majority
will agree upon definite bill IS hard
10 say. There are some few who want
prohibition and these will be hard to
bring to understand that the principle
If local self-government is higher than
4 theory impossible to obtain and that
ov clinging to that which they must
know cannot be gotten, they play right
into the hands of the State whlskey
IudCuluS. IL IA4CoO lOS cSASA~o 49, 49,
ING out for prohibition the response.
bility for the continued existence OF
the State rum machine is upon them
and them only.
A resolution was introduced by SEN
ator Blease, and adopted by the Senate
requesting our Senators at Washington
to Stand by the President and General
Darlington, in the matter relating to
the Presidents order discharging the
negro troops that ''shot up' the town
Of Brownsville. The resolution went
over to the House, and dseveral speeches
endorsing the Presidents action were
made but when it was iutimated that
Senator Blease's resolution was crack
at Tillman, it placed on record the
House as voting against it's convictions
for fear of displeasing the big, man at
A South Carolina legis-
lature, for fear Of giving 5e offence to to one On,
man, prefers stultifying itself, and ap-
pearing to the world as being IN sym
nathy With the black brutes who shot