The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
THE FIsE LAW AsSURDITy.

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nal bill introduced. in. that 1t Is
so amended as to take away a
number OF its Objectionable lea
lures, although there still re
mains enough OF the drastic IN 1t
to make people wonder how much
farther the organized few will go
in Ger work Of oppression, be-
fore the wrath of the masses IS
aroused. A reading Of this abom.
ination will convince any reason
able uind that the trainers and
the advocates of such legislation,
cannot have the interests OF the
masses at heart, nor are they sin.
cerels seeking the protection OF
the fish: they have some other
purpose IN view:in our opinion
the caurse of the Audubon Socle-
ty has been run. The leaders
oyerssached themselves by hav.
ing laws enacted that are oppres.
sivel, ridiculous and which the
people will not stand Tor, sney
will aemand OF their Representa-
tives the repeal Of these oonox.
ious statutes
TIE writer opposed the passage
Of these laws because he knew
that The people were being mis-
Represented in the representa-
tions made by the advocates Of
the measure. They made it ap-
pear. it was not only the Audubon
Socissy that was urging this leg
E:at;on, but tnat the Farmers
Unio:. insisted upon it. The Sen.
ator from Calhoun stood upon
the s-uate floor and insisted that
in urSing the passage Of the game
aud fish laws be was representing
the Farmers Union, he further
misied the senate when Claren-
don aad Berkeley asked to De ex
empfed. BY reading frori the con-
stitu on the Inhibition against
spec,,.l legislation and be argued
that # these counties were ex-
empt d it would nullify the whole
Act. The writer protested and
direc I'd attention 20 the provis-
ion @, the constitution which al
lowe :, special provisions in
general laws" but the head Of
the society and its Secretary had
loo5ied for these measures and
had secured enough promises
from the up-the-State-members
where they have no fishing, to
get what they wanted through
the senate, then the only hope
was getting it killed in the House
but the Audubon Society people
were on the job and succeeded in
the last hours of the session in
slipping it through.
Section 3 Of the abomination IS
8 most preposterous proposition,
read it. SHOULD any game fish
be taken by net or other appli-
ance while fishing for other than
game Ssh. they shall be immedi-
ately returned to the water from
whence they came" In the name
Of sense who is to know wheth-
err the fish designated as game
fish" have been thrown back into
the water, or into the frying pan
Of the fisherman? Then too, the
provision Of section ,, which for
bids the selling Of fish between
March and November is a damn
able piece of legislation. we are
satisfied the succeeding legisla.
ture will repeal it as a matter OF
self respect. Under the Act a
man is permitted to 6sh with hook
and line, yet il he catches more
than be wishes to eat he cannot
sell them, and if he does, he is
liable to punishment, because he
must prove that the law was not
violated, a complete reversal OF
the promise Of the constitution.
which requires that q man must
be proven guilty before he can
be punished, but under this mis-
erab,e law a man must prove his
innocence or go down into his
pocket to help support a Game
Warden.
No, the people wi;' not stand
for such legislation, neither will
all of the members OF the Audi
bon Society stand forit, they have
been misled. and are convinced
that the laws asked for go too
far, are too drastic, and they
never would have subscribed to
the membership of the society
had they known the extent the
leaders Of the society were going.
We have information that there
are members Of the Audubon So
ciety who will have nothing more
to do with it, when they Joined
1t, it was to lend their aid to a
reasonable protection Of the game
and fish. but they did not intend
20 deprive the people from priv
ileges they have enjoyed always:
these people are convinced there
is more behind the Audubon So
ciety movement, than mere pro-
lection Of the birds and Ash, and
they are going to come out OF 1t.
There is no doubt that good
citizens everywhere favor protec.
ton for the game Of the forests
and the fish Of our streams, and
the people up-the-State are not
blessed with these gifts of nature
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