The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-30
LIEN LAW GOES.
The House of Representatives
Has Repealed 1t.
NO LONGER NEEDED.

NO LONGER, NEEDED.
Having Sawed lis Purpose, But No7
Said tG be Standing in the Way OF
the Eadepeuderce of the Fa;m.
ers and isborers of the
State.
The House ct Representatives IL
Columbia Thursday cid not consice
nsny bills. hut the nenbars votss
OUT E isw that hss Eesn ca the stat
ute books for many yesrs By 3 dec!s
i've nsicrIsS. Arguments extending
over three hours on the proposition *
repesl the lien law took up the tlns
Of she mem bers and Ses1acied genera
attention from ssnsto1s SID sness II
tie galleries. Yea- afts- year 80 ef'
rors has been mace TO repeal the leln
law. It has bean defeated IN eithel
one branch or tbs other ct sAe geie1-
ST assembly but tie frjenos OF she
neasu1e bslicve thas it will esss eds
yesr. The vote in tbs hcusa to pass
It from s second to third reading
~ss IS to 50, although sn effort was
made to substitute , bill By Mr.. De-
Vc,e which is more spscifc n its sp-
pltcasion IS to farm contracts.
The bill which passed to third read
ire was introduced by Mr. Richards
and merel? csl!s FOR rapesl CT tbs
lien law l.xs January Is sG EoS
stands. When reached on tee cslen
oar Mr.. Rucker asked that It be poss
oonec, stating that hs vsshsd 60 es-
press his visss cn I. but Was rts ply.
sicslly able 20 speak. hr. RcEs1es
insisted, however, that the oil be
brought up, sssting that be hsd psss
ed the ssN cvs- Gag sfter day st the
REQUEST OF maN b;rs and unlsss 1t was
disposso OF now siie d;apsnsary fight
next week might efsctuslly sioe sEaek
It.
Mr.. DsVore asked that bis bill be
tsEsu up also, wE.ch Eas s&5 eeo st
by :he house. M1. r chaEcs ;.Se Il
defense CT bis Gin. as saio 1'.e cs-
nan6 fox q repeal Of the lSW came
troro al clssses and 1t was tiiae fcs
the State to act II 1t ever interdso to
set. Both TIE farmer and :@raiezc
would be benefited .hsseby aud nc
compromise measure will be accepted
by the pscpie.
Mr.. Rrcke, opposed tbs b.. BE
said 1t simply meant that {: poor
mzn would be turned over TO ii 8 isnc-
lcrd snd With no lien ]sv t::s ten.
ant would have 70 choice. e wculo
have to sccspt what vas offered him
st any p1:cs fxsd By tie mcic -snS OF
landlord.
Mr.. Aver snd Mr.. Eydrick favored
the repeal OF the lesn law ano III.
Mann said that character sas the
only tssis OF credit 3 Gan shorlo
have. The lsw should be repss;ed sno
the tersnt snd landlord put CD cash
basis. Mr.. Yeioen spoke siung VIE
a:ne lines.
M. Sellers, who had made :: e mo-
tiou to strike ors tbs enscting 9oEds,
opposed tie passage Of the BIZ strong
y ss Cid Mt. Ga-ris, who sslo that he
has yes to see any good 1es>on 40
vanced as to why the law s! Guild be
repesled. A bank In DenEaEk, hs
sslo. with $40, ,o0) spitsl, !o:sIsd cut
ST., Coo On liens and less thsG sS Oco
Of this was loaned to nesrces. The
repssl' Of tie Ie!n iav meant the es'
esh:ishnent OF . landed sr.sscorscy
with . hopeless tenant class.
Mr.. DeVo,e, who had q substitute
bill, applying particularly to farm
cont,scss. .sid the landlords wanted
tie lien Law repesiec because is woulo
keep the ls5orars down. he explained
the legal points in the two bills and
urged that the Richards bill be de-
fested,
Mr. Gary said he had hear5 the cry
coming from the farmers for the re
peal Of the law. Il was mistake to
say that iss repesl would strike down
the Door man. On the contrary 1t
would give him indsDsndence and
would fres all classes from tne shifss
negro lsbo,sr. It is On the latter now
thst the farmer has to depeno De-
Cause OF this law bat on its 1apeai Il
Is . case Of work or starVe.
Mr.. Veroer said mention Ess oeen
nsSe OF the prosperity Of tie State,
It was not because OF the lien isW ou:
in spits Of it. &c wanted il repealed
at cnce. -,
M.. Carey fsvo1ea the DsV re bill. .
Thsre we're legal msttsrs &c &c con
siesrad In bill Of this EsHd snd tie
wholesale rep 81 Of the l.s mesn:
onts trouble for tbs isrmer. SsYs1s!
Others spoke on the same he and al
2;l5 O'Clock sn aye and nay 1ote wss
TAKEN on the ncttcn to strike ou5 tbs
ensct!ng words. The vote vas SIS fol
lows:
Ysss-Beattis, Carsy. Cl-ry, Cl.ck'
scsiss, Darham, DeVote, Dcar, Doug
lass, Fraser, Gscr:s, Goodwin, Greer,
Harrison. Henphiil, Harley, McAr
thc-, Mc&as.er, Marshall, Miller
Nssb!ts, Nichols, Reaves, R'cnsrSson