The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-06
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has been something enormous, NOR
than at any previous session I believe
The local measures received the frs
attention, and these were many; nov
since they have been about disposed G
the legislation Of general importauc
will occupy the rest of the time.
The abolition Of the lien law, bil
known as the Orchards Bill" whicl
fixes the repeal to so into effect Jan
|uary 1st, 1908, has passed the House
and is now before the Senate; jus
when it will be reached I cannot say
because, the dispensary question ha
been made special order for Tuesda,
night, and it all depends upon th'
length of time the debate will last OF
this measure, before any other matte,
of general importance can be taken up
The present outlook is for a prolonged
debate on the liquor question. Sena
tor Blease of Newberry, the leader o
the State dispensary forces in the
Senate, has intimated that he propose!
to resort to dilatory tactics in order K
prevent the passage Of what is know
as the "Cary-Cothran Bill"-Loca
Option, passed by the House. The
local optionists are prepared to meet
any efforts of obstruction, and will. i
the necessity arises, prolong the session
beyond the constitutional limit, rathe,
than permit themselves to be frustrated
in carrying out the will of the express
ed majority in the last primary.
The dispensarv forces in the House
labored hard and ingenuiously to save
the State institution; when they real
lied that the local optionists were oe- Il;
termined to pass the local option DILL
they decided to make an alliance VIII
the Proh;bitionists to pass a pronlol-
tion bill, hoping that if it got to the
Senate il would be killed and thus force
an adjournment without any liquor leg
islation at this session, which, if they
had been successful: would have per.
mitted the State dispensary to stand
another year, but their plans were so
transparent that the Prohibitlonlsts
declined to be caught in the trap. It
was indeed wonderful Transformation
in the House. The most ultra dispen'
saryites became in a single night The
most ardent Prohibitionists. Mr.. Nash
the leader of the prohibition forces,
had prepared prohibition bill to In
troduce, but the State dispensaryites
stole his bill and had it introduced as a
substitute for local option. Mr.. Nash
distinguished himself upon this occa-
sion, and in one Of the best speeches !
have ever listened at, he repudlated
bis own bill and urged his co-workers
to make the sacrifice OF the principles
they held most dear, rather than to
become parties to the unholy scheme
conceived by the opposition His
speech was so convincing and had such
an effect upon the House, that the dis
pensary forces begged for quarter and
Secured an adjournment in order to
prevent vote, hoping, by the next
morning the effect of Nash's speech
would be dissipated, but when morn,
ing came, the very atmosphere denoted
the doom of the State dispensary, and
when the vote was taken it showed the
Prohibitionists and Local Cptionists
were together, and a number of the
pro-dispensaryites to be converts. The
vote of the Clarendon delegation vas
Dingle and Woods for Prohibition, or
rather the State dispensary. and Scar
borough for Local Option.
DR.. Woods, my readers will remem-
Der, introduced q bill for the protec-
tion Of fur animals, and when wrote
my last letter I was unable to secure q
COPY of the printed bill. Ihave it now,
and for the benefit of The TINES read
ers will publish it. This bill went be-
fore the committee on Agriculture, and
they made an unfavorable report. DR..
Woods, however, had it placed upon
the Calendar, where it still remains to
be heard in its proper order. The fol-
lowing is the text of the bill:
A Bill 20 Regulate the Hunting OF O'posSums,
RaccoonS OtterS and Minks.
Be it enacted by the Genera: Assembly OF the
State OF South Carolina:
SECTION /. That from and after the passage
Of this Act it shall be unlawful TO take, NIL or
worry any opossum, raccoon, otter or mink be-
tween the fifteenth day OF April and the nj
teenth day OF September IN any year, by any
means whatsoever.
SEC. 9. that it shall be unlawful TO catch,
take, kill or worry any OF the animals men
toned IN this Act at any time by any means
whatsoever, except with dogs or guns.
SEC. s. The violation OF this ACT shaL De
ceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment
not exceeding thirty DAYS.
Mr.. Scarborough's bill to prohibit
the eaduiteration of cotton seed meal
has passed the House. so amended as
to be practically what the present law
is, and in its amended shape it IS not
at all satisfactory to the author. Mr..
Scarborough has worked necessarily
to secure the passage of his bill, and
he was ably supported by several far
mer members, but the Oil mill interests
made such plea against the measure,
and claimed that its passage would
shut down all Of the smaller mills, that
many who were in sympathy with the
object OF Mr.. Scarborough, relented
and carried the amendments over the,
authors protest. As amended, the
percentage of ammonia is reduced from
eight per cent to seven, and the bill
goes to the Senate With its fangs drawn.
The Clarendon county road bill, In
troduced by myself, after a conference
with tae delegation, has passed both
houses and has been ordered for ratlh-
cation. The bill relating to relndexing
the clerks records so as they relate to
real estate has passed the Senate and
is now a third reading bill IN the
House. The bill to straighten the law
with regard to our treasurer's salary is
on the Senate Calendar for its third
reading and will be sent to the House
Tuesday morning.
TO meet the demands for better
school facilities in school district No. 9,
which is the district where the county
seat is situated, I have introduced a
bill in the Senate, and the same has
passed that body and sent it to the
House. For lack Of space we cannot
publish the bill here this week. This
bill simply puts it up to the people Of
the district to say whether or not they
are willing to put themselves in the
line of progress. I know of nothing of
more lasting value can accomplish for
the people of my home than to be In
strumental in providing present and
future generations with good school
equipment and facilities. I realize
there will be opposition to this pro-