The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-02-09

81 agricultural SuOJeCtS IL tuo poD~AS
schools. The bill provides that when
the trustees Of any community shall
have provided, by public suoscrF.
ton or special taxation, the sum OF
$1,000 for the teaching Of agricultur-
al subjects in as many as three pub
lie schools, the state will provide an
equal sum, upon warrant by the su-
perintendent of education in the coun-
ty in which the schools are located.
The bill further provides that $4,000
shall be appropriated for this purpose
In public school extension. The
courses Of study include training IN
numerous agricultural subjects, with
orcharding and gardening likewise
emphasized. Courses of study are
to be outlined by Clemson College,
subject to approval by the state board
Of education.
Special Message.
Gov. Manning has sent to the gen.
eral assembly a special message, rec
ommending that provision be made
Immediately for paying the salaries
and expenses Of the state dispensary
auditors office for December and Jan
uary, those for the former month hav-
ing aggregated s44s.20. L. L. Bultman
is auditor and his assistant is A. S.
FAINT. Auditor Bultman in a letter
to the governor explains that the e1-
penses Of his Office have been appor-
toned heretofore each month among
the dispensary counties, in proportion
to their respective sales during the
preceding month, the amounts OF
which are not known until about the
5th. The attorney general has held
that no payments out OF 5dispensary
funds could be made after December
81. 1t was necessary that the audi
tor should keep his office open dur
ing December and January.
Sell Beer and Wine.
An effort will be made in the lower
house to put through constitutional
amendment allowing beers and light
wines to be sold in Charleston under
rules to be prescribed by the general
assembly. Mr.. Fromberg IS the au-
thor Of the measure which provides
ethat the general assembly shall not
delegate to any municipal corporation
the power to issue licenses to sell any
alcoholic liquors except beers and
light wines, but the general assem-
bly, may delegate to municipal corpor-
atiors having a population Of more
than 10000 the power to issue licenses
to sell beers and light wines under
such restrictions as the general assem-
bly, may prescribe"
The bill by Senator Williams OF
Aiken to allow the judge in his dis
cretion to impose a fine for involun-
tary manslaughter received third read.
ing In the senate, and was sent to the
house. The bill provides that fine
Of not more than $4,000 nor less than
$500 may be imposed for involuntary
manslaughter. By the present law
Imprisonment ranges frorm two to 80
years.
The bill by Senator Nickles Of Alb
beyiIle to give municipal corporations
power to conhscate concealed weapons
and contraband liquors passed third
reading in the senate, and was sent
to the house.
During the past several days Gov.
Manning has been working on his par
don report which will be sent to the
general assembly this week. The
acts of clemency by the governor have
been few. He, however, will give a
complete history Of every case acted
on during his first year in office.
A bill by Senator Ketchin to pro-
vide for an election in Fairfield ccun-
ty on the issuance Of $4,000 in bonds
for repairing the court house and
erecting a county Jail was given a
second reading.
The house adopted resolution to
have a commission Of three appoint
ed to aid the insurance commissioner
in investigating into certain alleged
irreglarities in rates, as outlined IN
a newspaper article written by John
T. Roddey Of Rock Hill. The resolu-
ton was presented by Mr.. Dixon.
After many delays the house passed
the bill amending the resident hunt
ers' license law so as to include IA
counties under its provisions. The
additional counties are: Sumter, Fair
field, Edgeaeld, Richland, Newberry,
Spartanburg, Bamberg, Kershaw, Col
Teton, Horny, Pickens, Union, Ander-
son and Saluda. There are now 81
counties in which the law is in effect.
The 2-cent rate bill, upon which q
hearing was held before the railroad
committee Of the senate, is to receive
a majority unfavorable report in the
senate. The bill has passed the house.
A bill providing that the liquor left
over in the dispensaries be sold at
wholesale prices to bidders without
the state was introduced in the house
by Mr.. Sturkle.
A bill has been introduced by Sem
ator Laney Of Chesterfield to enact a
system Of graduated inheritance
taxes. Similar bills have been BE-
fore the legislature within recent
years.