The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-02-19

BILL Is INTRODUCED

/ UU4 ~ AS &eS~SSA~
TO TIGHTEN UP PRIMARY LAa's
IN THIS STATE.
Senator Nicholson Explained Meas
1re Wednesday Night Which HI
introduced in tho Senate.
The bill BY Senator Nicholson K
tighten up the primary laws was ex'
planned 70 the senate Wednesda!
night and was called Thursday morn'
Ing for action Some amendment:
were proposed BY Senator Nicholson
and the bill az amended provides ir
brief for the appointment to consist
OF board Of registration TO consist
Of three members who shall. sis
months before the meeting of tht
club, make q new enrolment Of vi
voters, .;
Each voter Offering to enroll mus,
state his place Of residence and aun1-
Der, and Q certificate with these on
It shall be issued. The requirement:
for registration are twelve months
residence in state, six months in
county and three months in voting
precinct or ward.
All club rolls are TO be closed :hiz'
ty days before frst primary and copy
fled with the auditor.
The registration board must see
that no person enrolled has his name
on another club, and the boards are
to meet the first Monday In August
to hear protests, and also have the
power OF purging the rolls.
Violations Of the requirements u
enroll are made punishable by ane or
Imprisonment. Duplications and re.
peating are guarded against in the
provi S,ns Of the bill. The registrs-
ton boards are to be paid BY the
ccanty, and are to draw their pay On
the arst Monday in August. Any per-
SON denied tho right Of enrolling can
appeal to the courts.
had practically completed his plans
and Specifications before the author
ity was given him to act as architect.
Mr.. Moore said that "as far as he
knew, politics had nothing to do
with the matter" Mr.. Aitchum SAT-.
that it had not been his intention
tt. reject on any member and With
drew his statement.
Mr.. Lee of Darlington, O msmbe-
OF the subordinate committee from
the committee on State house an5
grounds. which made the contract
with A. W. Todd, reviewed the trans
actions Of the subcomm.ttee. He
said that be- realized that the COM
mittee had exceeded It's authority and
had 50 testified before the investiga-
ting committee last year, but tina:
the recommendations OF the govern
or could not have been carried out
satisfactorily BY expendins a few
thousand dollars. The subcommittee
may have been over enthusiastic, but
Mr. Todd had been employed in good
faith to do the work. added Mr..
Lee.
II honestly believe Mr.. Todd Is due
something By the State OF South
Carolina" declared Mr.. Leo. II DO
not know how much" Mr.. Lilies Of
Orangeeurs and Mr.. Boyd Of Spar
tansurg opposed tie appropriation Of
$4,000 Tor A. ". Dodd. X1. Dlc6,
chairman of the ways and means
committee, said that q majority Of
the body had agreed that Mr. Todd
was due $1,000, and he intended 10
stand by the majority OF the COM
mittee-
The members who voted In fave.
Of including the $1,000 appropriation
for A. W. Todd IN the bill were tne
following: Messrs Blackwell, Brown
ing, Bushee. Daniel. Dick, Goodwin,
Gray, Hardin. HARRISON. Holley,
Hunter, ". A. James. Kirby. Lee.
Lumpkin, Melh. Miller, Michum. Mla-
son, Moseley, Murray, odom. Rem
bert, Rittenberg. W. 8. Rogers, Jr..
senseney, Thompson, Wander Horst.
walker. Warner. WEIGH. c. c. Wyche
So.
The member who voted against In
cludine tho appropriation for A. v.
Todd In the bill were the following:
Speaker Smith, Messrs. Addy, ]. ".
Ashley, Atkinson. Belzer, Bethea'
Bowers, Boyd. Brtce, Charles. Glow
ney, Courtney. Creech, Cross, Dan:e-
ler. DeLaushter, Epps, Evans, FRI
day, Fripp. Gasaue. Greer, Hall, Har-
vey, Haynsworth, 1rby, Jones. King.
Kirk, Lilies, McCravey, Mcdonald.
Mcmillan. Mcqueen. Malpass, Martin,
Means, Miley, Mitchell, Moore, Now
ar, Nelson, Nicholson, O'Quinn, reg
ues, Pyatt, Ready, Riddle, Riley, Rob
ertson, Robinsin, L. n. Rogers, San
ders, W. N. Scott, Sherwood. Shirley
Smiley. Stanley. Strickland, sturk'e,
T.ndal. Warren. Whaley. White
Whitehead, Wilburn. Williams. c 4.
Wyche, Youmaas, Zeigler-71.
Paired-Ki3ler, aye. with ". F.
James, nay, 2.
Not voting: n. ]. Ashley. Barn
we'll. Baskin. Fortner, Halle, Harpe:'
Hiott, Hutchinson, Hutson. johnson
Kelleham, Kelly. Kennedy. Lyorand'
Massey, sapI Schroeder. steyenscn--
is.
Subsequent efforts to approp' tate
s11eo. $500 and $500 f'r Mr.
Todd failed. The appropriation Dill
as amended was passed to .h!r'i rea1'