The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-26

suit me- oat wheu sax that tae
politicians We're hoodwinklng the
masses. determined to do my
b -, to thwart them by exposure,
this | did az the time and every
argument made by me has been
sustained. and at this session it is
confirmed by the a;ority in the
lower House by the splendid ac-
robatic performance they treated
the people to las Friday, com
pletely reversing themselves
when they were giTan an oppor-
tunity to repeal the mortgage
clause so that the lien law would
be repealed sure enough.
The Senate with the aid OF some
men who are opposed to Prohi.
bition succeeded in passing the
injunction bill which if it passes
the House will do more TO help
break the influence Of the Pronl-
bitionisssthan anythingtheycould
have done. If the injunction plan
of enforcing the law is reSorted
to, it Will be only q matter Of
short time when the people will
rise and relieve themselves from
such oppression and fanaticism.
The law ought 70 be enforced but
it should be enforced in an order
" and time. horored manner and
not according TO the tyrannical
| whimS Of men VINO never had a
practical thought in their heads.
The day for the rack and the stake
| has passed, and while many peo,
pie honestly believe in prohiol,
ton they believe as we do, that
the best way to .iave a law en-
forced Is TO get the people to have
respect for the law. and this can
not be accomplished by harasslng
and oppressive statutes. Accord
ing to this injunction plan before
Senator Clifton yanked some OF
the fangs out OF it, the Attorney
General or Solicitor cou'd ruin
financially any man in the State
by dragging him all oyer the
State to some Judge who would
issue an injunction, but this much
| OF this attemp: to RusSianize
South Carolina has so far as the
Senate is concerned, been cor
rected. In this connection, will
say the best and strongest argu-
ment against this terrible engine
of oppression was made by the
Senator of Grecnvil!e, q sincere
Prohibiticnist. but the whip had
been welded by the powers that
be, and this cu6gel was put
through the Senate.
In my last letter | think | said
| that there would be a state wide
Dill adopted at this session, | do
/: not think so now. providing there
IS a full Senate. I have made a
canvass Of the Sisuauon. and Snd
there are at least % who will not
vote for statewide. some Of these
are Prohibitionists and ordinari-
~ would vote for state-wid>> bill
but they regard their action last
year as tacis agreement, and
having voted for the compromise
they are going to stand by it for
this session. but will advocate q
state wide bill on the stump next
isummer- Some of the strongest
ProhibiLlonists in the Senate are
| for standing by the compromise,
then there are some chiilblain af-
:iicted ones, who would like to
dodge, but these are being wat
ched.
The most amusement I get out
of this session is watching the
cringers. The other daya certain
| preacher came down to the Sen
ate Chamber and the politicians
were bowling and scraping as if
he was some high muck-a-nuck
and had the power to dispense
specials. The preacher took in
the situation and he would stand
around, look wise and superior
while he was in the Chamber, the
leader Of the Prohibition;Sts be-
came exceedingly active, in pay
ing his homage to the gentleman
now regarded with as much pow
er as is possessed by the Pope,
and that power is courted by the
great protectors OF the people
until they land in some good, fat,
political JOB. and then the people
will wake up to fud they are
stung in the same old way-it was
ever thus.
| THE TINES readers will reIem-
Der a controversy this newspaper
had with The Columbia State
about the Columbia Glass Comp
any. The TINES wanted to know
who are the stock holders of this
concern, simply because the wind
ing-up commission alleged that
this concern had robbed the State
out of thousands of dollars. The
State got in ugly mood about it,
and said that the stock holders
are good and true men whom
none will dare assail. / hope The
State is not mistaken. but il The
State has confidence in these men
why is it that newspaper refused
to publish 2 letter from Mr.. Geo.
K. Packham, which reflects npon
49, .o~l,,oS ~r tt,i.- <ri,c~ n>,o,>