The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-02

ent. SQe says S00 Was uOl OIL
cially" connected with the home
when her father-in-law died. But
here arg the questions and answers:
@. VIA. conacity were you there?
A. I was re:....y not appointed ma
tron.
@. And your capacity there (now)
A. Just the same as now, but was not
officially appointed matron.
Now if she is in no official capacity
how is she continued on the pay roll?
1t appears in the committees report
that she at one time received s25.
Who is responsible for her receiving
$50 now? I do not write this to say
she received too much salary, for L
think she and DR.. Butler are both eff
ficient and honest members of the
management, and neither receive too
large a fee. But l only wish to show
many things are done there that the
whole board is not responsible for.
During one Of our meetings I told
the board: 1--WE must have younger
and more efficient commandaIt."
Here I was met with the answer that
we could have none as commandant
but an old veteran. I called Senator
Johnstone's and Arthur Kibler's
(member of ways and means commit
tee) attention to the imperfection in
the law. They looked into the mat
ter and informed me that there was
no such law and we could elect
whom we pleased. When told the
board we must have new deal. Maj.
Richardson was ready with a "cure"
for all 1.-The ailment". Turn off Mr..
Caldwell; make a Mr.. Black adju-
tant; retain the matron; he would be
superintendent at 500 per month.
This did not suit me. Then we all
agreed that the whole board would
resign in two weeks and give the gov
ernor free hand to appoint a new
board. The public is familiar with
the last two weeks happenings. Gov.
Blease retained Mr.. Crews and
myself on the board and appointed
three new ones. We met last Tuesday
in the governors Office and adjourned
to the old home.
Just as I was starting for our
meeting three lines of typewriter
matter was put in my hands without
a signature. 1t read:"Have guard. I
think there is a side current running
to retain Richardson and the old
management" AS the major was no
longer factor, having resigned, with
no possible chance of his being rein
stated only by the governor, l gave
the matter no thought. But after our
meeting and organizing, Todd's ro-
ton to retain Mr.. Richardson and the
management in Office until an inves-
tigation took place I took to mean
"the balance Of Blease's administra-
ton" I became little restless and
hot under the collar. Now Mr.. Todd
may have been innocent Of any
knowledge of the silent current, ,
but it appeared to me, after the anon
ymous warning, he was playing with
a deck Of marked cards. When net
tied am more emphatic in the use
of words than polished. But I had
provocation. Just read the testl-
mony before the Investigating COM
mittee (all sworn toy of the gross
partially and favoritism, Of the "diet
table" for the good boys containing
all the deiicacies and luxuries Of the
markets; another for the "vile old
sinners, with stale cornbread and
fatback; a spread Of eight plates,
with food for four; the insults of
negro cooks, when asked for bis
cult, the screams Of old soldiers for
help at night, while the paid attend
ants are fast asleep; old consump-
tives, shivering in the hospital, while
blankets furnished by the ladies OF
Columbia were elsewhere. AL this Is
down in black and white and sworn
to, some by the commandant him
self.
It is all very well for committee
faced with such charges to say some
one OF the board is drunk" when he
kicks against it. 1t would have been
better to have charged him with it
to his face or said nothing.
With Todd asking me out in the
road, Richardson threatening and
storming, the matron charging me
with being a traitor and falsiher, it
was enough to make man feel
rough. When I do get rough, the
fighting blood is up. No wonder they
said 7 was drunk.
D. A. Dickert.
Newberry, March "a.
Want Them to Come Home.