The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-02-26

the leading attorneys IN eastern
South Carolina. his name has
been frequently mentioned in
connection with the supreme
bench. He has been the sena.
tor from Georgetown since 1894,
and there is no man IN that body
who is held in higher esteem.
The main reason why LeGrand
Walker is not on the supreme
bench today is his own modesty.
He IS as modest and gentle as a
lady, but fearless and deter
mined in the discharge Of a duty.
He would make South Carolina
a magnificent United States
Senator, one in whom the senior
Senator would have ready
helper in matters for the good
of the State, and one who would,
by his intellectual force dlstlng-
uish himself before the country,
as broad, liberal, student and
thinker, legislator, and states
man. South Carolina's Gener-
al Assembly would honor itself,
and the people of the State by
eIecting LeGrand G.. Walker,
United States Senator.
All legislation for Clarendon
has been successfully accom-.
plished. The delegation worked
hacmonously, and there is no
reason for the people to com
plain. There will be a great
deal more money for road pur-
poses at the command OF the
county commissioners, and the
county tax levy remains the
same as last year, that IS for
county purposes; Of course, we
pay an additional mill for court
house. It has been arranged for
the commissioners to borrow
$4,000 of surplus funds in the
hands of the treasurer, to pay
off one Of the bank notes. and
the balance to go on the roads.
which balance will amount to
about 81, 800. Then there will
be a $4,000 bond issue, out
of which another note'will be paid,
leaving about $4,000 to go to
road building, making in the
neighborhood of IS, 800, with
which the commissioners can
use for road building, and if this
does not relieve conditions we
will be at a loss to know what
to do.
In publishing the bill for the
court house, by an oversight,
the names of the commissioners
were left out.
The Commission to build the
new court houseSis D. W. Alder
man, W. Scott Harvin, c. NJ.
Davis W. c. Davis and Charlton
DuRant. These gentlemen are
well known, and we are satisfied
their selection is approved.
The board Of registration is
now composed Of j. Epps, b.
D. Hodge and W. T. Kelly. The
only change is Epps in the place
of Worsham. The delegation
decided that inasmuch as it is
recognized that Salem should be
represented on this board, to
leave the selection to DR.. Woods
and his selection was confirmed
by the delegation.
The 'sAppelt liquor drummer
tax bill" never reached consid-
Grafton in the House, and it was
finally tabled along with about
200 or more other second read.
ing bills chat were hung up on
the Calendar. Had this bill
ever reached consideration it
would now be law, however
shall if I live, reintroduce 1t
at the next session. There was
no liquor legislation at this ses-
sion, the feeling prevailed, that
as the matter would be an issue
in the coming primary to let the
matter rest until next session.
The present session has de-
veloped considerable politics,
and Governor Ansel although be
has, made a splendid record, and
Notwithstanding the very proper
custom of giving a Governor a
second term, the political tape
worm is too strong in some pol
iticians to Withstand the tempta.
ton of being lured into the COM
ing campaign to ride upon the
crest of a prohibition wave, but in
our humble judgment they will
awake to find their mistake.
Governor Ansel will be re-elect-
ed and he should be. If the
Prohibitionists are sincere, the
legislature is what they want,
the goveror has no vote. and so
far as being in sympathy with
their cause is concerned, he sure
ly is not antagonistic to it. Per.
sonally he is a sincere Prohibi-
tionist. so pronounced, but elect
ed on a Local Option platform on
which the Prohibitionists joined
him, and we think we can safely
say, that as a matter of political
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