The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27

ING TIMES, MANNlE
not forced to go there, they apply to
get there, and make their application
with the full knowledge they must
after graduating teach two years in
our public schools, while they are Civ
ing this two years of service they are
paid fall salary, and they should not
want TO be released from teaching un-
less they paid back into the treasury
the money the people expended IN
their education. The friends of the
bill won out.
There are number bills to create
commissions, which ought to fail, as
most OF these are expensive luNurles
and OF no good to the State There are
also mass of wildcat measures, Ior
instance, to create a commission TO
guarantee bank deposits, another to
compensate for loss of property by
theft: still another to whip the devl!
around the stump, to take away the
right of trial by jury. Then there are
any quantity of bills to operate the
railroads by legislation, the legislators
to supply the Statutes, while the stock
bolders supply the money. A reading
of many of the titles to bills introduced
strikes me that there are men in the
General Assembly who are imbued with
the doe-in-the-manger spirit. They act
as if, because they have not, they would
deprive the rest of the countay, and are
always seeking to throw obstacles
in the way of progress. Such men
should amend the free school Acts. as
TO age limit.
During the week Supervisor McFad-
din and Commissioner Broadway were
here IN attendance upon the good roads
convention.
Messrs. G. NJ. Hicks, T. NJ Davis,
and r. D. White attended the Farmers
Union. The latter vas present IN the
senate gallery during the debate on .
bill providing for county attorney. |
have no doubt Mr.. White was in
pressed with what he saw and heard,
and will use it in the future, as 1t IS
rumored he has legislative aspirations.
Mr.. F. C. Thomas was on the United
States petit jury al of the week. No
doubt he was charmed. On Saturday
Mrs. Thomas and her daughter came
to Columbia and spent the DAY.
Harking back to the political side of
prohibition, there is a strong aad grow
ing belief that the prohibition leaders
are shrewdly working for a comblna-
tlon OF the influences OF the Metboolst
and Baptist churches. The supposltlon
now is they will put up Featherstone,
a. Methodist, for governor:C c. A. Smith,
g. Baptist, for lieutenant governoreand
the balance OF the State ticket mixed
similarly. While all OF this is going on,
the mail order whiskey houses are not
complaining and want prohibition TO
win in all of the Southern States, but
Congress must not interfere with inter-
tie commerce. I am amused at the
movements OF certain individuals whom
know. can read them like a book.
They may, by their hypocritical pro-
fessiors fool some good men, and they
are fooling them at this time, but all
OF these GOOD, sincere men, cannot be
fooled always. No longer than Satur-
day certain minister told me that s'lf
certain fellow continues his brazen
deception he will feel it his duty to ex-
pose him" ''Why," says this minister,
that fellow is hobnoobing arounu with
prohibitionists and the scamp is cheek
by-jowl with the scurvey politicians
and blind tigers. He isa pretty prohi-
bitionist.'' Then he went on and eX-
pressed the opinion that many fel-
low who now expects to climb up to
political fame on Jhe prohibition ladder
will find its rupgs TOO weak to hold up
his hypocrisy"
During the week delegation OF
Clarendon and Williamsburg gentle
men, Messrs. J. S. Evans. and S. NJ.
EIaynesworth from Clarendon: MIR. E.
E. Rhodus and Mr.. Gourdin, of Greedy
vile, came up to try to get the two dele
cations TO give them legislation for the
building of a new road from polrt
near Workman, across TO Black river,
the Manning and Kingstree road, open
ing up an undeveloped section and
shortening, by several miles the dis
lance to the railroad station at Greely-
vile or Foreston. The survey presented
showed the protected road to be en-
tirely in Clarendon, some haif-mile
from Williamsburg line, but it is
argueC by the projectors of the road,
the line being so near, the two counties
should build the road. as both counties
would be benefited. The members of
the Williamsburg delegation took the
position that they had no power TO
make provision for the contemplated
road. as it was out of their county, and
the Clarendon delegation could give
DO encouragement because of lack Of
funds, as well as not being willing to
build line road alone. 1t was sug-
gested to the visitors to make another
survey, call for an election TO throw
the owners OF the property between
the contemplated road and the present
Williamsburg line TO Williamsburg,
making the road the county line, and
then they would be il g safer position
to ask both counties TO build jointly,
as both. counties would have equal
jurisdiction, over the road. [ think the
suggestion will BE- acted upon,a and ifit is
Clarendon will lose a small portion of
its territory, but that should not stand
in the way of Development.
The General Assembly was enter
tanned last Wednesday evening at the
University with an oyster supper. l did
not 90, was busy.
The governor rendered the General
Assembly reception last Friday. I did
not attend this function either, was TOO
lazy TO dress. "a"