The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-02-02
Lilies Bill In Senate.

Debate in the senate was confined
exclusively for one day to the Lilies
bill from the house, designed to put
teeth" in the prohibition law, by i'm
posing chaingang or prison sentence
for violation, without the alternative
Of a fine. Considerable Lewiston eE
lists in the senate over the measure
The consensus Of opinion at this time
fayors the passage of the bill in its
original form
The Lilies bill as brought over from
the house provides that prison or
chaingang sentence of not less than
six months nor more than two years
shall be imposed for the first viola
ton. Subsequent offenses carry with
them minimum sentence Of one year
and MAXIMUM Of five years. The cir.
cult judge in his discretion may sus'
pend all Of the prison sentence for
the first offense but 80 days and OF
subsequent offenses all but so days,
upon such terms and conditions as
he may see fit to impose" The Laney
amendment provides the alternative OF
a fine of not less than s100 nor more
than $1,000 for the first ofense.
For Uniform Road Building.
The advisibility of creating state
highway commission with license
on automobiles for it's maintenance
was both championed and disapprov-
ed on the floor of the house IN de-
bate which on motion was adjourned. 1.
The principal object of such com.
mission as outlined in the bill propos.
ed by the house committee on roads,
bridges and ferries, is to cooperate
with the road authorities Of various
counties and to study the system OF
public highways and road construc-
tion, 1t was urged in behalf Of a COM
mission that there should be one body
with supervisory and advisory powers
over the large amount Of money ex-
pended by the counties Of the state
during the course of year in road
work, the aggregate being about ST.
100000.
No Party to Agreement.
W. NJ. Riggs, president Of Clemson
college, authorized the following
statement: Neither Clemson college
nor it's president is party to any
agreement or understanding TO oppose
or support any scholarship OF free
tuition measures pending before the
legislature. I am not aware Of any
concerted action to be taken by state
college presidents"
For New Circuit.
After a long debate, in which op-
position gained much strength, the
house refused to recommit the bill
providing for a Fourteenth judicial
district, composed of the counties Of
Hampton, Colleton, Jasper and Beau
fort, by yea and nay vote Of So to
so. The bill was later given a third
reading and sent to the senate by a
vote Of SO to. "A.
No State Printing Plant.
Constitutional objections exclude
from consideration the project Of a
state printing plant, according to the
special committee from the house OF
representatives, which in cooperation
with a similar body from the senate
has been investigating the public
printing problem during the last year.
The house committee is composed Of
Representatives W. R. Bradford Of
York, chairman; L. L. Wagnon OF
Union and W. ". Harris, Of Laurens.
Article II, section 5, constitution
Of 1895, says: "The printing Of the
laws, journals, bills, legislative docu-
ments and papers for each branch OF
the general assembly, with the print
ing required for the executive and
other departments Of the state, shall
be let on contract in such manner as
shall be prescribed by law" =
House and senate bills are printed
in II point (pica), with plea OF
white space between the lines. The
committee recommends that they be
printed in 10 point Qong primer), that
the space between the lines be re-
duced to points (nonpareil) and that
the length Of the line be reduced from
Sc to 80 ems, so that linotype compo-
sition may be facilitated; 1t is also
pointed out that the eye more easily
takes in the shorter line.
"The committee considered at
length the printing Of stationery Qet-
terheads, envelopes, tally sheets, roll
calls, etc) annually done for the
general assembly" says the report.
"The cost Of this printing IS in tie
aggregate considerable. Much OF it
now is inferior in workmanship and
done on a poor quality OF paper,
though the charge for all Of it has
been high enough to warrant the e1-
pectation that first class printing on
first class stock would be secured.
"All of this printing should be IN
cluded in one or more contracts, to be
awarded to the lowest responsible
bidder, instead Of going to perhaps a
dozen or more printers, as is now the
practice Uniformity, better prices,
better material and better workman
ship would be secured if this work
were let by contract"
Mr.. Smiths house bill to increase
the salaries Of state officers was kill
ed in the house by the decisive ma
jority of IS to "a. The bill had re-
ceived a majority unfavorable report
from the ways and means committee,
although it's provisions were not to
boone effective until after the expiI-
ton Of the terr~~ Of the tncumbents.
The house passed without discussion
a resolution introduced by Messrs.
Beckett and Fripp Of Beaufort indors-
Ing the policy Of national preparedness
as outlined by President Wilson and
calling ,loon the South Carolina dele