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


try 10 put stop 70 the system or
practice Of ksllns the fish in our
streams. | regard this an evil
chat should be suppressed, and if
it Is not, in very short time
there will be nc fish. The com
plants are coming to me from all
sections that the dynam:ting OF
Hsh has become q serious condi-
ton. not only devastating the
hsh but impairins the health IN
communities by the thousands Of
fish destroyed and left to decay.
If the bill passes it will have the
effect Of putting stop to the sale
| of dynamite and other explosives,
except gun powder, and thereby
make it inconvenient to those
who engage in this bad practice.
I have a joint resolution on the
ISenate Calendar, a third reading
bill providing for the paying OF
the attorneys fees and expenses
lin the matter O; the Rutledge
county fight. ]. II. Lesesne ESQ.
made the fight before the Board
of Canyassers and Won out, when
the Rutledse people appealed
the cause to the Supreme Court
MIR. LeseSne was again sustained,
and thereby saved to Clarendon
county about 81, 500 u year in tax
eS. MIR. Lesesne was put 70 con.
siderable expense besides his val
liable service, and to ascertain
what would be reasonable TO
charge. the matter was referred
to good lawyers and they gave Us
their judgment he was entitled to
at least $500, this took upon my
self to cut down to $4o0, and I am
sure the people will gladly sas-
tain this when they consider the
amount Of labor eutaiied, and the
expense Of appearing before the
several boards and courts.
There has been several bills,
very drastic in their nature: in
ltrodrced for the Audubon SocIe
| tv, and so far they have falls: OF
passage. One bill liking license
to be paid by persons owning
guns. and makingit a misdemean-
| or to own a gun without having a
license, aud the carrying gua
even upon ones own land was
evidence that the gun was being
used for hunting purposes, in
violation of law. It was urged
that this bill sought to deprive
a man OF privileges which has
been enjoyed always. in the in-
terest OF the gun clubs and the
owners of the hunting preserves;
Iit was shown that large areas Of
forest lands are being leased by
nou-residents, men who come in
to the State for few days sport.
and in order that these magnates
may pay a large rental the own
ers of these lands would prohibit
the shooting Of game at all. The
bill was indefinitely postponed,
which in my Judgment was a
proper disposition OF it. The ten
dency of Legislation is to restrict
time honored privileges, not for
the public good always, but with
a SIMS r motIve-to stop the or
G,nary herd from hunting so that
the favored few may have mon
oply of the game. 1t was sug-
sested to those who wish to de-
priye the general public OF sport,
that they introduce a bill prohi-
biting the shooting of birds for a
period of three years. not allow
ing anybody to kill birds, but
they object, If they are to be com
PEELED to stop shooting on the
lands they own or lease, so it is
evident TO my mind that the eff
fort to secure prohibitive gaming
legislation is not in the interest
of bird protection as much as it
is in the interest Of the rich non
resident sportsmen, and this was
the view Of those opposing the
bill.
Some of our Legislators seem
to think that they are sent to Co.
llumoia to convertible government
into a state of holiness by putting
upon she statute books, laws to
restrict everything, they learn Of
some Objectionable thing to them
and to remedy it they would make
"a law against it There was a
bill prohibiting the playing of
pool in public places by boys uu-
der eighteen years of age, he'd
the bill passed in that shape
young men who frequent the par.
lorS of refined social clubs and
Christian association halls would
have been deprived of the pleas
ure they enjoy in a social scien-
sifc game. The game of pool is
not a gambling pleasure unless
one makes it so: betting can be
done on anything. checkers,
chess or any other pastime, and
because forsooth some men have
bet on pool game, good, hard
working boys are to be deprived
of the pleasure, even where 1t is
known they are above gambling.
We know that there are places in
cities and towns where boys con-
gregate to play pool, and they
probably bet and use ugly iangu
age, but where such places exist
it is the duty of the town author
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