The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-04
some HOUSE BILLS.
REPRESENTATIVES Want A Two
Cent MILEAGE and
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
Votes in the County Local Option
Plan for Compulsory Education by
Vote Of IS to 32-Two Cent Mil
cage Rate Passes 81 to 25-Con-
vict Labor Discussed.

vict Labor Discussed.
The House Thursday emphatically
expressed itself on several PROPOSE
tions. First, it passed by vote OF
65 to 80 the McCravey-Harperow =.
optional county adoption compulsory
education bill. This is practically the
same proposition that was passed last
year and vetoed, with some slight
notifications in the hope of getting
it through this year.
Then the House Overwhelmingly
passed the Mixson-Stanley two-cent
rate bill. The temper of the House
was to have absolutely no amend
ments, but vote for flat two-cent
rate. OF course, the Senate has yet to
pass upon this matter. The temper Of
the House was shown in the vote Of
81 to 25 against any notifications Of
the two-cent rate in favor Of the
roads that had small passenger earn
ings. The House also rejected amend
ments exempting short lines, the
whole idea being to insist upon flat
two-cent rate. There was very little
discussion of the bill. On the other
hand, Mr.. Sanders went so far as TO
say that there had not been a single
fact presented to warrant the two
cent rate.
The House showed a disposition to
use considerable portion Of the con-
victs now employed on the State farm
for the making Of good roads. The
bill to provide for the sale Of the
State farms was not passed, but the
disposition seems to be to sell at
least one of the farms now, re-
serving the other for the making Of
foodstuffs for the Penitentiary and
curtailing the number Of la5orers
used on the farm but at he same time
making restrictions so that th9 prop
erty will not be sacrificed to accom-
plish this purpose.
The House did not seem to want
very much argument over the option
al educational plan proposed by Mr..
Harper and Mr.. McCrayey, because it
was practically the same proposition
that had been passed last year. The
chief speech was made by Mr.. Mich
olson of Greenwood, who presented a
clear and connected argument IN fav-
or of compulsory education as pro-
vided.. He called upon the patriotism
of the members to the best interest
of the State to pass the Act, which
was done.
Mr.. Harper, who is responsible for
the new proposition which is grated
on the McCravey idea, made a short
talk in which he presented figures
and arguments in favor Of this for
ward step of the State. Mr.. McCravey
stood ready with a battery Of am
munition to enter into the fight in
defence of the bill but no one seemed
to want to raise any question, and
many of the speeches that were in in
cubation were still-born when Mr..
Ritenburg moved the previous ques-
ton.
On the vote to strike out the enact
ing words of the bill the record shows
80 to kill the measure and IS in its
foror as follows.
Against the bill: Messrs. Addy, J.
w. Ashley, M. J. Ashley, Browning,
Creech, Cross, Daniel, Fortner, Good
win, Gray, Greer, Hardin, HARRISON.
Harrelson, Harvey, Irby, Kelly, kir-
by, Lybrand, Moseley, Murray, Nelson
Robertson, ". S. Rogers, Jr., Sum-
mers, Tindal, White, Whitehead-32.
For the bill: Messrs. NJ. L. Smith,
Atkinson, Barnwell, Bethea, Black
well, Bolt, Bowers, Boyd, Bushbee,
Charles, Clement, Courtney, Dant-
zler, DeLaughter, Dick, Epps, Evans.
Friday, Gasque, Hall, Harper, Hay
neswarth, Hiott, Hunter, James.
Johnston, Jones, Kibbler, Lee, Lies.
McCravey, Mcdonald, McMaster, Nc
MILAN, Mcqueen, Massey, Means,
Melf, Mitchell, Nicholson, Odom,
Pate, Pegues, Pyatt, Ready, Riddle,
Riley, Ritenbhrg, L. NJ. Rogers. sam
ders, Scott, Scott, sensensy, Shirley,
Smiley, Stanley, Stevenson, oturkle,
Thompson, Welch, Wilburn, c. G..
Wyche, C. T. Wyche, Youmans. Zeig-
ler-65.