The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-07-17
Wants to be a Legislator-Woe be Unto the
Dog.
Editor The Manning Times:

Editor The Manning Times:
AS am now debtor TO you for THE
TINES, I have to write and ask YOU to
let the paper come on and will pay up
as soon as l can. Ny wife likes to read
it. although she says she could print a
better paper herself Is it not strange
that women will find fault with every
thing q man does and yet they will ask
Us to marry them.
Not since was small boy wearing
knee skirts did I ever see so much rain
fall as we had in May and June this
year. and our crops look bad from it.
but may do better than we expect at
present.
Mr.. Dempsey Griffin is home from
the South Carolina College and trip
10 Asheville, n. c., as delegate to the
y. NJ. c. \.
Miss Oneida Griffin and Miss Della
Geddings are home from the Orange
burg College.
Mr.. L. A. Graham lost his baby girl,
II months old, on the 9th instant. She
was buried at the Connor graveyard.
Mrs. Julia Ardis died on the Ith and
was buried at Calvary church.
AS we could not get the railroad COM
pany to accept the name of Clarendon
for our town, we had to get the Post
master General to restore the old name
of Pinewood to our postoffice, which
was done on the first of July. Many
thanks to Mr.. Bristow for the same.
I haven't heard a man say he regret
ted the Governors action in calling off
the Tillman-McLaurin scrap this year.
Some of my friends want me to run
for the House of Representatives from
Clarendon next year, but time will de-
eide that. If YOU have no objections l
will give my views on some public ques-
tions. If l was lawmaker of this State
I would favor the completion of our
State House, a liberal support TO our
colleges, common schools and old vet
erans: I would favor keeping State and
county taxes as low as possible to pay
lawful expenses: I would favor an
amendment to our stock law, to allow
stock outside of incorporated towns to
run at large from the first of December
to the 10Th of February, as is now being
unlawfuliy done all over the State every
winter. l am in favor Of our old pistol
law, but opposed to the Henderson gat-
ling gun pistol law we have now; this
is mean law to say the least ofit. To
enforce this law against the farmers OF
the State would be an outrage, and it
would not affect town people. am OPP
posed to all YankeeiZed laws for this
State: l am in favor Of the dispensary
law, and to improve on it wherever pos
sible to do so. Twenty and thirty day
terms on chaingangs is no punishment
to criminals or profit to the county:
would favor sixty and ninety-day terms
for small crimes. an in favor OF dol
lar tax on all dogs except packs of fox
hounds, for which I would make a lib
eral reduction. l am satisfied that
could make a smooth working dog law
that would meet the approval of every
intelligent man in the State, as it would
protect the owners of valuable dogs,
stock, poultry and school children from
the worthless dogs the negro raises and
which overrun our State. There would
be no way for negro to jump the law
without jumping into the chaingang for
ninety days or pay q thirtydollar fine.
l woulG favor any law that will help
my Sta:e along in the race OF progress,
for ain aware of the fact that 1t has
kept behind many States of the South
in progressive law making.
PINEWOOD FARMER.
Pinewood. S. c., July II. 1901.