The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-22
OF Governor Anssl to the legIsia-
ture Now in Session.
A STRONG DOCUMENT

81 ~ aSSsGN SSS~ssaSss
Ee Gives the General Assembly In
formation Upon the Departments
Of the State Government With
Comments and Suggestions Gath
cred From Close Observation Dur
ing the Year Of His Administration.
Gov. Ansel's annual message was
read to both houses of the General
Assembly on Tuesday. He begins
his mess &c by saying:
''It gives me pleasure to say that
We have been signally blessed the
past year, at the hands Of the Al
mighty, with health, with peace and
with ple1ty-our people have been
spared from famine and pestilence
and from storm and cyclone; and,
while during the past few weeks,
there has been some scarcity Of mon
ev. vet our barns and cribs are full
and no panic is threatening"
He then inpresses upon the Mem
bers Of the legislature that the
highest Of all honors IS to make
laws to govern the people. This
honor has been conferred Hpoc you
BY your constituents, and beg that
you bring to the duty assigned you
your best knowledge and judgment. .
The Governor then makes the fol-
lowing recommendations concerning
the different interests Of the State:
I. An extra two mill tax for State
purposes for the next two years to
pay the obligations Of the State as
they mature, so that hereafter it will
not be necessary for the state to bor-
row money to meet its current ex-
penditures, but to "pay as we go.
2. A special tax sufficient to pay
the deRc,eEscy Of several thousand
dollars in the revenues this year to
meet the appropriations made by the
General Assembly at its last session
in excess Of the revenue derived
from the last years taxes.
8. The adoption Of "the inQulsi'
tcr;al plan" In the assessment Of al
property for taxation. He says nors
care should be used by the county
auditors IN receiving the returns o.
the tax payer. The oath should os
administered and the party fully In
terrogated as to his or her propert!
and the property valuation thereof
When this is done publicly the neigh
bors who may be present will know
whether the valuation is correct, ane
the ''tax dodger" will be required
to answer correctly or take the con
sequences.
4. The adoption Of stringent &C
providing for the punishment OF ooti
landlord and laborer for violations
Of labor contracts, and making !
smisdemeanor for one person to EN-
ploy a lahore, who is under contrac
with another; such q law havint
been rendered neoe ssary by the de
cision Of the United States Court de
claring the present law relating t
labor contracts unconstitutional
5. The repeal OF the lien law
which "has long since accomplished
the purposes Of its enactment" ant
for the reason that: its repeal woult
be "better for landlord and tenant.
s. The amendment Of the Carey
Cothran Act regulating the sale o
liquor in this State $50 as to provid'
that not more than one county dis
pensary shall DO allowed in an,
county where liquor is allowed to b.
sold, except in those counties wher'
there are cities with a population ex
ceeding 25,000," such an amend
ment being, in the opinion Of tn
Governor, ''in the interest Of TEN
perance," and minimizing "the sal'
OF liquor in the county dispensarse
and in the State" a further amend
ment Of the Act providing tha
when an election is held in an.
county under this Act, and the re
turns show that q majority Of tht
voters cast their ballots to prohibi
the sale In the said county, that th'
dispensaries shall be immediatel!
closed and kept closed until the mat
ter shall finally be determined BY the
County Board Of Canvassers. tht
State Board OF Canvassers, or By tht
Courts If resort be lad to ths
Courts" Further amendment OF tht
liquor law will be recommended By
the Governor by special message
during the session Of the Legis!a
ture.
Z. The passage Of an act proyid
ing for new registration books in the
several counties Of the State, and re
euiring the Commissioners Of Reg
istration in the several counties tc
revise the lists Of names Of the quail
fed voters of the State.
s. The careful consideration Of the
educational needs Of the State, and
proper provision for the support Of
the several State institutions as re.
commended in the reports Of the
State Superintendent Of Education
and the Board Of Trustees espeeiallI
charged with the direction Of these
establishments. Among the other
specific recommendations made by
the Governor upon this subject is
the building Of another dornitory
for the Winthrop College for Women,
encouragement s'in every way posi-
bic of Clemson College" and by in
ference, liberal appropriation for the
South Carolina University and the
South Carolina Military Academy
9. "All needed appropriations for
this institution" the Institute for
j.