The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-02-19
CAPITOL CORRESPONDENCE.
SENATE CHAMBER.


all over so far as the session OF
the General Assem- bly, for 1905 IS
concerned, but the coming week
means much for those who have
mes sures of importance for their
home constituents, for instance
have upon the House Calendar
three bills that mean a great
dea? to local interests. The bill
to validate the election in school
district No. 9 means that should
it fail it may cause a years delay
in building our school house,
then / have a bill creatinga bond
issue to pay off back indebted
ness, this was done without any
increase in the tax levy. Here
tofore Clarendon has had a one
half mill levy for public roads,
I have taken away the one-nalf
mill for roads and placed this
one-half mill to pay of the IN
terest on bonds and create a
sinking fund. Now if this bill
should for any reason fail it will
put US in bad shape. | have
made several trips over to the
House looking after these meas
ures and all other measures l am
interested in, and find things in
a very congested condition. Mr..
Dingle aided by Messrs. Scar,
borough and Woods, is watching
a chance to bring forward all Of
Clarendon's bill, and he hopes to
get them up in this mornings
session, if he succeeds there
will be no trouble about their
getting through.
Mr.. Scarborough's bill for the
additional bond for Summerton
school district is through and
has been ratified and approved
by the Governor. Mr.. Scar
borough stayed by his bill until
he got it through and it is the
only way to succeed uphere.
Dr.. P. NJ. Salley of Pinewood
and Mr.. Jos. r. Griffin came up
Friday to look after the bill to
consolidate school districts and
25, and they We're gratifed to
find the bill was already rati-
fed and in the hands of His Ex.
cellency the Governor. I accom-
panied them to the executive
Office: and we had the pleasure
Of witnessing South Carolina,s
Chief Magistrate afix his official
signature to the Act which con
solidates school districts l and
25 in Clarendon county to be
hereafter known as school dis
trict No. /. I predict there will
soon be a movement in Pine
wood for a first class school
buil1ing and if I am correct, |
hope legislation just completed
is the preliminary step.
TIE lien law repeal has Great
ed the hardest fight OF the ses-
sion, and it appeared to me at
times that some Of those who
We're protesting to want the lien
law repealed were not as sincere
as they would like for their con.
stituents to think. | am not say
ing this to give cause for some
Senator to rise to question of
of personal privilege; that racket
has. run itself out I hope, but I
base my opinion upon the fact
that when the proposition was
made to wipe out the mortgage
clause the very fellows who
were loudest in demanding the
repeal of section 3059kicked like
steers with scalding water thrown
on their backs, they would no5
listen to it. It will be remember
ed that at a mass meeting held
in the court house I expressed it
as my opinion that the repeal of
the lien law would not give the
relief they expected, but it
would ultimately prove a bles-
sing to the merchant and bur
den to the landlord. However
this mass meeting adopted a res
olution instructing the delega-
ton to vote for the repeal Of the
statutes which permitted the
mortgaging Of a crop before it
was up and growing. I was
pledged by the action Of that
mass meeting and therefore put
my own judgment aside to carry
out nv instructions. In my re-
marks to the Senate | told them
how I was situated, and unless
they were willing to repeal the
whole lien scheme, it was hy
pocrisy to repeal section 5O59 as
that would only be giving the
people a shadow when they were
clamoring for substance. I made
several efforts to get my amend
ment adopted but the pretending
lien-law repealers would not con-
sent finally my amendment was
tabled in order to take up the
Hydrick bill from the House was
in ali particulars like my own
amendment; this too was killed,
the debate was adjourned over,
and the next morning Senator
Rogers Of Marlboro introduced
another amendment looking to
the repeal Of the mortgage
clause, this time it fell a tie vote
and the President killed the
amer.!ment. then when it was