The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-16

of general sessions. This Dill was
Introduced BY me late a; the sug-
eestion OF our Clerk Of Court, VINO
has experienced a grave lplusslce
done to certain witnesses, they
are bound over 10 attend court
and must attend. but if they do
not 60 on the stand he circuit
iudse cannot certify t, their be-
ing material witnesses and hence
these bound over Witnesses. fore
ed from home, at more at less eS,
pense. cannot get pay. The bill
seeks to correct this injustice, out
as l said it was called to ny at
tention late and I am afraid can
not get it over to the House IN
time for it to become law.
Senator Smith of Hampton had
a bill to provide for High License
for the sale of LIQUOR but 1t was
killed in one. two, three order,
the time is not ripe for such meas
ures, some Of the advocates of
High License are about as short
sighted as are the Prohioition'sts,
and it is hard to convince them
that South Carolina is now under
going an experimental season:
The State Dispensary was tried
and proved a most horrible night
mare. Local Option was tried and
under It the people have prohiol-
ton in all but six counties, and
now the Prohibitionists on the
one hand and the License people
on the other give the conserva.
tive 10 end of annoyance and
trouble in constantly bobblng up
with their ''isms." If both would
let the legislature alone honest
IL believe a solution of the liquor
problem would be reached in due
time which would prove satisfac-
tory to all concerned. Right now
the democratic principle Of Local
Option is working wonders Tor
temperance, and if our good
friends, the Prohibs vii! be Pc,
tient all will come around right.
The past few days the political
incubator has hatched out q brood
OF gubernatorial candidates.
among them is the gentleman
from Kershaw, whose announce
ment veri6es my prediction three
years ago, when l said '.thaS John
G. Richards, the former vehem-
ert supporter. of the State Dis
peusary, after being defeated IN
his effort 10 hold the people OF
the State to that Did stencil pool,
would proclaim himself a Prohi-
bitionist and would try to take
the lines out of the hands Of the
always Prohibitionisss to drive
the band wagon into the guber-
natorial Office" He has done 1t,
and mark, Richards will keep
Col. Featherstone busy this sum
ner. l. at one time, though: Col.
Featherstoon had the governors S
Office sLugly tucked away IN MS
vest pocket, only waiting for An,
sells time to expire and then walk
| in, but my mind has undergone a
great change since talking to
many gentlemen from the up,
country. The fight for the CUB:
ernatorial plum will resolve itself
down to Featherstone and Thorn
as G. Mcleod. the present pop.
ular and able Lieutenant Cover
nor. Mcleod is a Local Option
ist; when he gets on the stump he
will make convincing speeches,
be will also convince his hearers
lof his sincerity and earnestness,
and I say, after years OF close as.
sociation with him. the people OF
South Carolina need have no fear
in putting Thomas G. Mcleod IN
the executive chair
He is a bright and learnec 4aw-
yer, an experienced business man,
one who always interested hlm-
self in those affairs that tended
20 aid in uplifting the interests OF
the farming classes. In Mr. Nc.
Leod, our present junior United
States Senator E. D. Smith, IN
wb >se caree. we all feel SO proud,
had a strong advisor, not only
after he became candidate for
the Senate but before. and all
through the time when Smith was
making ms fight ali over the
South to bring the cotton farmers
|of the South to what justly be-
!onged to them. l am sure that
when the people Of the State learn
of the services T. G. Mcleod has
rendered to the State and espec-
tally to the farming interests, they
will regard him with more favor
than they vii! the professional
politician, who resorts to ride
any, and all things for office.
Lieutenant Governor Mcleod has
been the presiding officer Of the
Senate for four years, and, did he
stand for that Office again | ara
sure he would haye no opposl-
ton. He conducts the duties OF
his Office with firm dignity, learn
| ing and fairness: il his long ca
reer as legislator and presiding
officer, we have yet to hear Of the
first adverse comment: such a
man in the Governors office is
what the people want, and when
the primary comes on. Mcleod
will not have to explain why he
cbanoad front on this. and that