The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01

State, and whenever they are
attempted they should be re
buked as did the people o:
Union.
GRIsT FOR The LEGISLATIVE MILL.
The time for the annual ses
sion of the general assembly o:
the State of South Carolina is
drawing near and with it comes
the correspondence between
members who have bills they
want passed and bills they wish,
ed killed so that by January "A
the day for the opening, consid
cradle work will have already
been mapped out for the entire
body. There are elections to be
held, commissions to report, and
the house will find very heavy
calendar of continued bills con
fronting it. Some of the bills
relate to general laws and are Of
importance, but a majority o.
them are local and will doubtless
be passed or killed during the
first week in order that time may
not be wasted and the work fin
ished in 40 dayS. During the
closing days of the last session
the house continued 151 second
reading bills and about 40 senate
bills.
THE NASH BILL.
Na55arally considerable debate
IS expect on the nash bill, known
as house bill 12O, and providing
for absolute prohibition. This
III -~sS continued at the las
SESSION. after being used by. the
5.s..easa:y advocates to stave of
s.a 04s.Sa of the State machine
:a;cg unsuccessful many Of
.em anged at the last anc
-ersIcIs the vote last session
on the Carey -Cothran bill andNor
the motion to continue Mr..
Nash's bill cannot be taken as an
indication of how the vote viii
60 this session. There is a prop
Osition being pushed by a mum
Der of prohibitionists to adopt
the suggestions made reversing
the local option law as it now
stands; in other words to require
the counties wanting the dis,
pensary to vote them in. This
may be used as substitute for
the Nash bill or may not. It vii.
certainly create much talk and
debate.
RAILROAD LEGISLATION.
Railroad legislation will be
determined largely by the report
of the special legislative com.
mission appointed to sit during
the recess and investigate
freight rates and alleged dis.
examinations, especially toward
the city of Charleston. This
commission has held several
sessions and has accumulated a
mass of matter with recommen.
dations. The railroad commits.
sion has ssked for authority to
select a special attorney and an
expert on road conditions and
this may be filed with the report.
Attorney General Lyon has
stated that he will ask for a suf-
fcient sum to conduct the suit
against the Southern railway on
the 'merger" complaint, the
81, 900 given at the last session
not being enough to go into the
case. For this reason nonsuit
was granted at the recent term
Of court in this county.
Senator Weston has a 'spass''
bill, requiring railway companies
to file with the commission a list
of passes issued. The bill was
continued by the house last ses-
sion.
Mr.. Aver has a second read
irg bill roqalring the railroads
to furnish ira nsportation to the
State militia at the rate Of one
cent per mile. There are num-
Der of bills as to the liability of
common carriers to their en-
ployes Of local interest in the
continued. bill from Representa-
tive Mcdaster, abolishing the
grade cossing at the corner of
Taylor and Laurens streets.
This matter is now being dis
,ussed by the street commission
and the Southern railway au-
COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
On legislation affecting educa-
;ion perhaps the most important
oil is what is known as the COM
oulsory school law. This is a
combination Of the two bills in.
by Representatives
Aull and Kershaw and it is be-
.ieved has a good chance to pass
5here being little opposition
shown at the last session. There
S also a continued bill to pro-
vide for the teaching Of hygiene
and physiology IN the public