The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-01-13
Bills TO Come UP
LEGISLATURE Will find MUCH
TO DO AT NEXT SESSION.

CONVENS next TUESDAY
Compulsory Education VIII be Enact
ed, Either Statewide or by Local
Option - Prohibitionists Want
Measure Passed Militia to be
Regulated.
Economy and progressive legisla-
ton should be the keynotes of the
session of the South Carolina genial
assembly which convenes in Columo
Tuesday. There will be nearly 10
new faces in the House and Senate. |
The first few days will be daro:ed to
organization. A speaker, clerk an
other officers are to be named for the
House. After few days Of round
ing up the routine matters, the herr
bers will get down to work, and the
most profitable session in Ceay years
is expected.
There will be no factional forces
in the House or the Senate this year.
The men who have been elected Will
come to Columbia with the common
purpose of working for South Caro-
lima.
Never in the history of the State
has there been need of SO much re-
construction work. During the past
four years the legislature has accom-
plished practically nothing. All pro-
gressive measures have been blocked
by the governor. He is going out OF
Office now and man in thorough &C
cord with the House and Senate is
coming in There is a clear track,
and if Richard I. Manning does not
make good as governor it will be his
own fault.
Here are some of the things that
the next legislature will do:
A law providing for compulsory
school attendance will be passed and
provision made for its strict enforce
ment
A commission will be named to
study the States tax condition and
make report and suggest certain
certain changes, so as to bring about
equalization.
A law providing for medical in
spection of school children will be
passed.
A commission will be named to
study the needs of the State hospital
| for the insane and make recommen-
dations
Provision will be made to place
the State militia on a firmer basis.
Some kind of a marketing meas
ure will be passed.
There will be fight over the ques-
ton Of prohibition.
The members of the new general
assembly realize that financial condi-
tions are depressed. There will be
few new appropriations. 1t will be a
hard matter to secure legislation that
will require the expenditure Of addi-
tional sums of money. It has been
estimated that if all needs are met
that seven mill State tax levy will
have to be provided.
The fight for a compulsory educa-
ton law has been long one in South
Carolina, and now it's passage is alb
solutely assured. The exact terms Of
the measure are yet to be agreed
upon. Two bills will be introduced,
the first Statewide measure, faith
cred by Frank Evans, superintendent
of the Spartanburg city schools, and
second the local option bill by ]. E.
Swearingen, State superintendent of
education. One of these bills will be
enacted into law, and will be in ef-
i feet for the next school session. Every
boy and girl in the State is to be
given chance.
The State cotton warehouse act
and the cotton acreage reduction laws
! will be considered at the coming ses-
sion. An effort will be made to have
both measures repealed but the re-
duction law has many friends and the
prediction is made that it will remain
on the statute books. The cotton
warehouse will be amended. An ad-
ditional appropriation will have to be
made for the maintenance Of the
| warehouse system. John L. McLau-
rim, the warehouse commissioner, will
send his report to the legislature,
showing the results accomplished so
far.
| Clemson's income will be material
ly cut down because Of the decrease
in the sale Of fertilizer. There has
been a rumor for some time that the
college would ask for an appropria-
ton of 100000 or more. There is
|
ident Riggs stated several days ago
that the finance committee Of the
board of trustees had not decided to
ask for an appropriation.
The prohibitionists are determin-
ed to press their fight at this session.
II they fail to secure Statewide
prohibition law then the referendum
will be asked. The leaders Of the
movement want measure to vote
on the question next September. The
report by the State dispensary audi
tor will show that more than s4,000,-
| 900 worth of whiskey has been sold
by the county dispensaries this year.
Richard I. Manning is preparing
his inaugural address. He has made
no statement whatsoever as to what
| measures he will recommend. He is
expected to sound a progressive note
and fight to the end for such meas
ures as will be of benefit to all
| classes.
The State officials are grinding
away on their annual reports and few
recommendations will be contained
in these books this year. The gen.
eral assembly pays little attention to
suggestions by State officers.
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