The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-25

I'm auSural address. AS a cardidat
ms ne was a private citizen. an
when the newspapers abused
sy vlllhcd him. misrepreserted him
ed ard went so far as to attempt t,
u oesmlrsch his character. be ha,
er q right to denounce his detrac
.r. tors with ail the vcllemence O
ne his nature, but when he becam,
!e governor. .!tseems 10 me he shoult
al have laid aside his heart burn.
a ln@s that enemies inflicted, riser
"a above the strife Of the campaign
g and given to the people strong
y but dignifed utterance. I re.
e. gret that the governor did not
d attempt this course. Had he
!! done so, in the spirit Of returning
II good for evil, be would have left
u his enemies to gnaw on the file
e OF disappointment.
e sincerely believe the govern
5 or Will give to the state a good.
e live administration, all good
!, citizens will aid him to do so.
J! He is young, and with as much.
0 II not more ability than many of
e his predecessors. much can be
5 expected Of him. l do not think
2 the people should Judge of the
, governor by his first public ct.
terance on assuming the Office,
5 for it must be remembered it is
human to strike back at the first
opportunity when a man has
been treated by a large portion
Of the press Of the state as Cole
L. Blease had been. 1t would
take q meek and holy man to
have turned the other cheek or
to have appeared before them
IN q fogiving spirit. l verify
believe, if he had done so, he
would have discomforted his
enemies and caused their con.
sciences to have lashed them.
About the first act of the gov
ernor was the notice OF his pur-
pose 10 remove all Of the nota.
r!es IN the state, fixing the time
February 10th. Ee also pro-
poses Legislation looking to the
making this Office term Office
instead of subject to revocation
at the pleasure Of the governor.
In this l agree with him,
there is a precedent for the
calling in ofnotary commissions,
the country is full Of all manner
OF men holding a notary com.
mission, many Of these will be
reappointed, and many will not
be.
The next thing is the removal
Of the constables: do not know
whether the governor intends to
do away with this branch of the
service or not. but if l had the
power would never permit one
OF these creatures TO hold com.
mission from me, the constaoles
do very little towards the en-
forcement of law. and l regard
upon the state. I not
only hope he will remove the
constables, but keep them from
ever again having authority. l
feel the same way about the
hired detectives that are being
to annoy and extort
ines from negroes, I would not
convict q yellow dog on the un-
:oroberated testimony of one OF
these creatures, nor upon the
of one whom they had
arrested, ard then released upon
us promise to give information
On another. The average negro
% get out OF jail or a prosecu-
ION, would tell anything. and
IN anybody to get loose himself,
! would not accept the
testimony Of q detective or any
,ne who has been promised i'm.
nunlty, unless that testimony
vas backed up by good substan-
ial proof.
The bill introduced in the
House by Mr.. Mitchum. Of our
delegation, mention OF which mas
'een mado BY me in a previous
ettar.--the limiting OF the in
ONE OF Clemson College to
l1o.O and the amount over
hat sum TO go to q primary
curse in agriculture in the pub
ic >chools.-has been reported
nfavorably by the committee.
lr. Mitchum has has had it
'laced on tho Calendar, but in
" Judgment his bill is doomed.
There are several things |
;ouId ike 10 present but | must
eSiSt because the lack of space
orbidS. wish. however. to say
his for the members cf tho
louSe: In all OF my experience
have never seen men more de-
Oteu 70 the discharges or their
utleS: if their names do not APP
ear n the papers as lntrodn-
ne bliss il does nos signify they
re Idle. for they are not All
!ree Of our members are very
unctual AZ the sessions. aru at
lelr respective comnit:ee>
here the principal: work Is
one
Up tO uCw no statement mas
Dme :rom the county commits
onerS. and until such state
cent reaches US. | cannot Go
nything towards the SGpp!y
i'll for the county. hope,