The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-04-20
The Town Government.

The new town council recently elect
ed has been installed, and IL has plen
" 20 do, if it does the work necessary TO
keep the cown Ia good condition. The
lack OF money viii be draw 5ack 70
anything like putting IN any improve
uencs o: a permanent character, and
the citizenship cannot expec, from q
council handicapped as the new oce viii
be, anything more than ordinary rou-
tine work. II is our Information, that
the funds derived from taxes have been
pledged in advance by the retiring coun-
Gil, they had 40 right 10 do this, but
right or wrong. it has been 6oce aod
the new council have nothing else 70 do
but pay up.
Every man elected represents proper.
" Interests, all OF them are new except
the Mayor, he has had experience as
Alderman, and as acting Mayor. BE
should be ID position 20 Know the towns
needs, being young and a!nc::ious we.
have no doub. be will If properly sup
ported give TO the town as good an ad
uinistracion IS conditions will permit.
It is the duty of al! good citizens 70 give
such aid 10 the officers as vii! help them
IN the administration of Affairs, and
when it is seea that the council is ec-
deavoriog 10 60 something for tie pub
lie good. let Us give them credit as quick
II ss we criticize them when they do
tina: which we disspproye Of.
To begin with, We propose TO suggest
20 the new council that one of the most
impor,an, things for them 10 consider
is the towns sanitary condition: an
inspection OF the store los will show up
q condition needing the immediate at
.en,ion OF the council. Then there
sho..'d be made some provision which
VII. ,ut stop 70 the filthy condition Of
the streets, waste paper flying about,
piles of dirt, trui. skins and all manner
Of flsn that accumulates 70 an extent
which should receive pronp, and efec-
tive attention.
The laws OF the town should be en-
forced, not with view OF making mon
ey, but solely IN the interest OF good
order: they should be enforced with dis
cretion, snG not always sc the letter, for
instance, the laws asains, Sunday SELL
ing, there are none who would care TO
see general practice Of Sunday selling,
but we do not think the inhibition should
60 50 far as 70 require the police 70 ar
res: che news butchers on the Sunday
trains who sell newspapers and fruits,
TO the passengers on the trains passing
through, we do no, think i, right TO for
bid the delivery OF fresh meats and ice
within certain nS1rS IL the hot months
on Sundays, nor co we think IL alto
eether fair 10 have ordinances which
will prevent the free selling OF products
from the country: it is Injurious 70 the
town. as it keeps away q people the town
must get supper. from. y farmer t:as a
beef o. pork be wants 70 dispose Of. ua-
der the regulations heretofore existing,
he either had TO sell j: 10 The markets.
or pay license, the resul, was that
many one regarded the require ment
an imposition and they went elsewhere
where the right OF legitimate barter and
sale was 40, restricted in the interest Of
few. and some OF the few, members OF
ccunci! aiGing in the making OF the re-
ssrictive laws This town should repeal
every ordinance that has tendency 10
keep people away.
II is 10, our purpose TO dictate 70 coun-
ci! wha, il should do, ou: Us a citizen, d
taxpayer and one who is forced 70 pay q
license 20 do business. =e claim the
privilege 70 :e. council know how we
see things, and thea when we have done
so. i: is up 20 couocil 10 see il there Is
anything in the suggestions made. But
whatever council does. :here should be
nothing secre, about il, the pubic
should know, the telephone poles and
! the public spots decorated with 40 ordi-
nance is no, the proper way TO give prop
e.. notice Of i towc law. The fo,rne-
council, is = matter OF economy refrain
| ed from using the town paper for the
purpose OF giving publicity 10 the ordi-
nances they enacted. and yet they we're
no: SC economical when they paid large
sums Of money for superiatendiug work
,ha, the police could have done withou;
extra cost 10 the taxpayers It is penny.
wise and pound foolish to gag at grats