The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-01
o: the county 10 which the action i.

brought.
Here is another bill reported by my
committee tuvora5!v which will meet
with the approval OF the public gen
orally, and il enforced should make Z
/ Giferenc" in the freight rates.
\ BILL.
To Prohibit, Discrimination by Common
Carriers in Freish: and Express
Rates in This State
(: be il enacted by the General Assem-
blv OF !he State OF South Caroiiua:
/, SECTION /. Tha, on and after the
! passage OF this Ac; il Shal! be unlawful
for any railroad company. Stea'Hboa'
or express co:apan,. or other common
carrier Of freight or express III thus
State, Ia pII into operation or maintain
any rate for the TRANSFORMATION OF
! treish; or express higher than is
charged in adiacen; or adjoining States
! for the transportation OF similar and
like articles under like conditions.
SEC. >. Any railroad. steamboat.or eS-
press company, or other common car
; ricr. coin. business IN this State. shall!
be liable 10 penalty OF not less than
;if;v dollars and 60. more Than Two
hundred dollars for each and every
violation of Section |. OF this Act.
which shall be enforceable in aoy court
OF compe,en, jurisdiction OF this STATE.
which penalty shall accrue 10 the State
OF South Carolina.
SEC. ;. II shall be the duty OF the
Railroad Commission o: this State 10
/ see shat the provisions ci Sectiorsl and
Section OF this Act be enforced. oon
complain, 70 the Railroad Commission
OF any consiSnee, shipper. or other
party Interested. that Section !. OF ;his
.Ac. is being violated. the said Rail
road Commission shall investigate the
same. and. ii :ne. 6no such dlscrimi-
nation TO exist, they shall cause 10 De
instituted legal proceedings in any
cour, of conpeten, Jurisdiction IN this
State for ,ae recover OF the penalty
provided in Section >. OF this Act
IoC,S APPELT. Chairman OF Com.
/ Governor B!eaSe is after many re-
forms Rcd has sert 70 the gererai as
Sec1biy = number OF messages. some os
which. tn use . common expression, are
Tho: numbers" He not oulv used the
hatchet upou the many Notaries Public
but he has gone after the ''wind!ng-up
commission" with !. vim: his message
demanding that the investigators be
Investigated has caused sensation.
Personally canoot 5e!ieve the com
mission has been corrupt. but DO not
think the Governor would cast SuS-
picon upon these men without having
information which made hi.n fee! II q
duty 20 have 40 inquiry as TO their acts
and doinss looked ia:c. There IS no
doub, that tie Lawyers employed made
stacks Of money ont OF the investigation.
and the investigation, II gone into as
t:,- Governor directs, will expose wrong
j doing il :here was Any. and }! there was
uone. i, will forever wipe away the
cloud Of suspicion which the message G!
His Exceliency may have cast upon
them. There i:nuid b- I thorough cx.
animation n:acr, -v"a :: IL taxes all OF
the summer. personally know one OF
the members Of :he cu,lmissiou, Mr..
John McSween, o. TimUIonSville. have
;kcown him ever since he came 20 the
S:a.e from Scotland, aud would have
10 have presented 70 me the most con-
rinc,ng proof before could believe he
would Knowingly .enG himself 10 any,
thing which was di>hoaoraS!e. | know
the man as possessing J character above
rep-oacE, bu, sbould it ,uru out 10 the
Investigation that the commission Gid
things they had no right 70 DO, would
still! believe, so f.,r aS John NcSweea IS
concerned, that he had co guilty kpow!-
edge out acted upon the advice and ID
s,ruc,:ous q: the attorney for the COM
mission. But my estimate OF MIR. Nc
Sweec'S character has roihinC TO Go
with the mx,,er now. The Governor
has called .or 40 invests CATION, and ic
so doing be has created suspicion
against the commission rs who'll.
hence il becomes the duty o! the gen
eral assembly 10 have IN Investigation
thoroughly made.
The last message o! IT," Governor was
"ho, shot" after those members o! the
general assembly who are also trustees
Of the State colleges, anc some who are
90, trustees but hold two offices in vlo-
la,ion OF the constitution. do not
think IS some do that the Governor Is
after an. particular person, he. ~ -:
opinion. would have the constitution
! respected bv the higa Is we'll Us the
! low. and in this he is euineutiy correct.
Senator Tiliman is 4 trustee O! boa
Winthrop and Clemsoo. and II II Is d.
c;Ged that he has 20 legal right 70 Hi
these positions. j. will remove from
these boards one Of the most valuable
advisors they have. do nos oc.lcr"
Seoaior T:!!,nan or Senator Alan joan
s,oae. both OF whom are life trustees oi
| Clemson. are violating the constitution
by holding TO the senacor>h!p aod the
.-uS;eeship 1t the same time, tur the
reason. these gentivmen were made
life trustees OF Clemson by The Clemson
will before tn. constitutional ioh!5s-
ton OF 1905. Ii i, was lawful fos them
| 10 hold this ,rusteeSh!p then. It Is now.
bu, there are others on the boards WHO
are Clearly viola:ing ;he provisions o.!
The constitution. and the Governor pro
poses 70 make them eject which posi-
! ton ,ney will keep. rney 'uust DROP
one Of them.
Governor BleaSe has cut the official
head OIL O. ThoS. + Miller president OF
The State negro college, auG Che reesnl
:,iven out IS tha: Miller was ''percic-
jou,lv active ir pol;tic,' II this IS
true, he was right TO pu. stop 10 The
heads o! our e6uca.iooa: institutions
dabbl:nS ia part!Saa politics. this IS i
view ! have always cutes,ainec, rs WI!
be ,einemoe-ci by THE TINES readers
when cirec;e5 attention 10 the head
OF the University O! South Caro!ina
makias political speeches around the
couu,rv il the inceres: o! prohibition:
nv positioa was thee. and IL is so now.
that the head OF State. educA;iona:
insti,u:ion Injuries his inauence aod
thereby hurts the Institution when he
lends himself 10 partisan politics, and
the governor is right when be lives
these officials Ia know they must LOOK
ont for Tie interests entrusted 20 chem.
Will venture the opinion ;ha; Is long
as Biease .iis the executive chair the
heads OF the Sta:e colleges will keep;
of the political grass. and If they Go
no, they Will nee, the fate CT Miller.
Personally regret that Miller IS the
first TO feel the governors di>uleaSnre.