The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-01-15

! Will be necessary 2t tAlS session"
! There were on the rolls last year 6,50t
pensioners. In part 2 Of the comp
troller generals report you will find ar
J itemiZed statement OF the distribution
of this fund. together with a list Of
pensioners on the roll.
! In this report the comptroller calls
! special attention to the fact that II.
distributing his money. a soldier ot
years OF age who was not wounded or
: injured in service. fares the same as
the wounded soldier, and the widow
whose husband was killed in battle or
died while in service, and who was not
REMARKED shares equally with the 90
year old widow, who lost her husbanc.
within the last two years
! He also submits suggestion as to
! classification and the amount to he
paid AS the comptroller general is
FAMILIAR with this subject his sugge<i-
! ton should have your careful atten-
ton.
! UNWILLING OF THE CHICAMAUGA
! ,IONUMENT.
| The monument which, through your
generosity, has been erected at Chica-
mauga to commemorate the heroisr
displayed by the Confederate soldier
from South Carolina on that battlefield
! was unveiled With approximate eXer-
cises on the 27th Of last May. The
monument is one Of the most beautiful
! and appropriate on the field. 1t is
made Of South Carolina granite, and on
! the one side is a bronze life-size Con-
| federate infa.ntryman, and on the other
q Confederate artillerynan. The top
of the monument is a graceful bronze
! palmetto tree, the emblem Of the Pal
metto State. On one side is the in
scription: ITO her faithful sons at
Chicanaauga South Carolina erects this
monument to commemorate the Valor
they proved and the lives they gave
on this battlefield" On the other are
: the names CT the regiments which rep
resented South Carolina in this battle,
and to the members Of which this
monument was erected, together with
the number Of. killed and woundedd
from each.
The exercises at the unveiling were
most appropriate and Were largely at
tended by veterans and citizens from
South Carolina. For a detailed de-
scription Of the monument and account
| Of the exercises I refer you to the pub
lished report of the commissioners.
J All true sons of South Carolina re-
| joice that she has at lest done her duty
! to her sons who fought and fell ON this
; historic field.
i REDISTRICTING.
At your last session you had before
you for consideration several bills Tor
! redistricting the State. None was
| passed and the whole subject will come
! up for consideration at this session.
There no longer exists any reason Tor
the shoe-String districts. which we
have in this State and it is q duty you
! owe the people to redistrict the State
| into congressional districts that will be
compact and contiguous in territory.
! This should be done without regard to
the political fortunes or interest Of any
; individual and solely with a view of
serving the interests Of the people OF
! the several districts. At the last Ses-
| sion of the congress Of the United
! States an act was passed in which the
following section occurs:
Section 3. That in each State en-
titled under this apportionInent the
number to which such State may be
entitled in the Fifty-eighth anc! each
subsequent congress shall be elected
by districts composed Of contiguous
and compact territory and containing
as nearly as practicable an equal num-
! Der Of inhabitants"
! You will note that this act OF con-
gress provides that the districts Shall
! be composed of territory compact and
contiguous This may not be nlanda-
tory. but as there is no reason at pres
ert for the congressional districts re-
! naming as they are It seems to be
the. part OF wisdom and good judgment
! at this session to pass an act making
them contiguous" and more com
FOREST PRESERVATION.
It is only recently that the subject
! Of forest preservation has attracted
any attention in this country and even
now only a few States have made any
systematic efforts to prevent the
wanton destruction Of the forests. and
to enact such laws as will tend to keep
| the supply Of nerchantable lumber.
! In our own State our people have been
almost reckless in the destruction OF
valuable timber, without even realizing
! it. And it is not likely that we will be
able as yet to arouse them to the i'm
portance of the subject. The State OF
! New York is foremost in the work OF
forest preservation, and while this
work is yet in its infancy even in that
State, it is accomplishing much that
| will be Of inestimable benefit to the fu-
trre The department of agriculture
| has a forestry division and it's officers
are ready at any time to assist in the
way Of instructing land owners as to
the best methods to pursue either Tor
the preservation Of standing timber or
! Of planting land that is entirely open
with the young trees or with seed.
! One OF the most important things IN
| connection With the work is to instruct
! the people as to the real value OF their
! timber lands, and in this way prevent
them from ignorantiy disposinG OF
these at prices that are far below their
value.
| AS we have no department Of agri-
culture except in connection with Glenn
sen college the work OF beginning and
! laying plans for the preservation Of our
! forests might be left TO this institution,
but even q few thousand dollars spent
; on this work would pay big returns in
! the future.
! LOUISIANA PURCHASE E&POSI-
! TON.
Next year will be the one hundredth
anniversary OF the purchase by the
United States of the Louisiana terri
! tory This great territory was pur-
chased from France in 1893, and at
present comprises nearly all Of the
! States Of Louisiana, Arkansas, Mis-
souri,, Iowa. Minnesota, North and
South Dakota, Nebraska, a great part
I Of Kansas. the Indian territory, Colo
RADIO and Wyoming, and ell Of Indiana,
Montana. Oregon and Washington. To
celebrate the centennial anniversary
! OF this event. the Louisiana Purchase
exposition will be held in st. Louis.
| Mo. during 1909. The management Of