The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-02-16
Pass Child Labor Sill.


days ago., the house by large ma
jority voted in favor Of substitute
child labor bill introduced by Mr.. Nc
Cullough; the new bill, which was
given a second reading on a yea and
nay vote Of 81 to SO, provides that
after July l, 1915, no child under l5
shall work in factory, mine or tex
tile establishment and after July l,
1917, no child under Il shall work IN
similar occupations. A special pro-
vision is made to prohibit children
under "A from working in district
where the compulsory school attend
snce law is in force.
Only Two Quarts Per Month.
Prohibition measures were further
entrenched in South Carolina when
the senate by a vote Of 26 to Is re-
duced the amount Of liquor that may
be imported each month from one
gallon to two quarts. Earlier in the
morning an amendment to limit
monthly shipments to one quart was
rejected by vote Of q to 2S. Sew
eral other amendments were offered,
among these being two to allow the
alternative Of beer shipments. One
by Senator Hughes of Union would
provide for so bottles or one-half bar
rel Of beer monthly. Senator Sinkler
Of Charleston offered in substitute an
amendment to provide for 80 bottles
Of beer. Vote was not taken on the
alternative amendments during the
morning session
The bill by James H. Hammond OF
Rchland county providing for the is
suance OF bonds by the county fof
rosd improvement was accepted by
the house on yea and nay vote OF
.2 to Il after a heated and rather
personal debate among members OF
the delegation, the majority Of whom
had introduced a similar bill. The
"clincher" was put on and the bill was
sent to a third reading.
J. E. Swearingen, state superinten.
dent OF education, will urge the finance
committee of the senate to increase
the appropriations for the schools OF
the state by $4,000. He said the in
crease would supply the needs OF the
schools for the year, but that no pro-
gress could be made
The house passed the bill by Mr..
Hicks and W. H. Rogers, Jr., to re-
Quire cotton mills to pay their en-
ployes every week. Mr.. Hicks pro-
duced petitions from operatives and
letters from several corporations, ask
ing that the bill be enacted.
The bill by Messrs. Moore and Rob
fnson to establish the John De La
Howe industrial home and school for
destitute children, carrying state ap
preparation Of $4,000, was given
second reading in the house, with
practically no opposition.
The committee on privileges and
elections returned a favorable report
on the bill to create Mccormick coun-
ty, in behalf Of which large dele
cation from Mccormick recently ap-
peared before the committee.
The bill by Mr.. Dixon providing for
an inheritance tax, which is in effcct
in all but six states in some form,
was killed in the house on yea and
nay vote o. IS to ~, after an adjourn
ed debate from the morning ses sjion.
The house killed bill by Mr..
Lynch Of Florence to declare that it
would rot be unlawful to store beer
and light wines, the bill Deing
ouasi-amendment to the gallon-a-
month law.
A bill providing for an election in
April on s250,000 bond issue for the
improvement Of roads in Union coun-
ty has been introduced in the house.
Refunding Bonds.
Bids for refunding part of the state
debt, amounting to s5,0O0,o00, under
the terms of the refunding act of 1912,
have been called for by the sinking
fund commission. The commission
decided to insert an advertisement
for bids which will be opened Febru-
ary 1e The new bonds will be issued
in place Of the brown consols and
will bear per cent interest which is
one-half per cent less than the state
is now paying. It is estimated that
the state will save about $4,000 to
s25,oOO year by the transaction. The
bonds are to be sold for not less than
par. Under the refunding act passed
IN 1912, no provision is made for e1-
empting from taxation that part Of
banks investment in the new bonds.
The brown consols are exempt from
taxation.
Mr.. Robinson Of Mccormick in Alb
beville county has introduced bill
In the house to establish Mccormick
county, which was recently voted in
by the voters Of the territory con-
tanned in the proposed lines.
W. ". Moore, adjutant general, is
hopeful that the senate will approve
the item inserted in the appropriation
bill by the lower house, which creates
an emergency fund OF S25.o00 to meet
the federal property shortage Of the
national guard. "This shortage must
be settled not later than June 3O," he
said.
Without debate the house passed to
third reading a bill by Mr.. Jackson
making it misdemeanor for a minor
to receive intoxicating liquors. Pen
atty for the violation Of the statute
is placed at not more than s1oo or II
months.
A favorable report has been re-
turned on joint resolution to allow
A. W. Todd Of Charleston to bring
suit against the state for the recovery
Of such fees as an architect he may
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