The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-02-19

that next week the House will
reconsider and give its sanction
to the movement, Why there
should be any objection TO a cit
izen Of this State haying the Of
fetal endorsement to go to other
States at his own expsnSe to
urge legislation which has for
it's purposes the betterins of the
conditions of the cotton growers
I cannot see. especially when
that official endorsement is not
to cost our taxpayers a cent,
therefore I hope that upon due
reflection the House will recon-
slider and adopt the Senate reso-
luton.
When the news Of the Pine
wood tragedy reached Columbia
the Governor sent up to the
chamber for me Immediately, in
formed me Of the killing of 20
liceman Barwick. and he at once
ordered the penitentiary author
it,es to take the bloodhounds to
Pinewood, in few minutes they
telephoned that the dogs We're
on their way to the scene of the
killing. The Governor acted very
promptly and the penitentiary
authorities responded in lik e
manner. I was shocked at the
news of the deplorable affair.
Che young man killed was a
splendid fellow, but be could not
have expected trouble when he
accosted his slayer or he would
no doubt have been prepared to
handle the murderer without in.
Jury to himself. =,
The rural police bill for this
county has passed both Houses
and is among the ratified Acts,
as soon as the Governor approx
es it the law goes into effect, but
in order to save applicants for
the police positions writing to
the Governor, and to the mem
bers of the delegation. l will re
iterate what I have said before:
the Act does not give the dele
cation any authority to reco-
mmend the appointments. this is
done upon a petition to the coun
ty board of commissioners from
at least. one third Of the free.
holders of the township desiring
a rural police, and the commits
sioners after receiving this petit
ton recommend the appointment
TO the Governor. The Governor
has received letters with regard
to this matter, I saw one which
was signed urging him not to
appoint a certain man to the po,
sition, but this letter could not
be considered even though the
Governor had the right to ap-
point upon his own motion, it is
useless to write anonymous let
tiers as they can only find the
waste basket,
The timber tax bill introduced
by Senator Dennis CT Berkely.
which seeks to tax standing tim
Der is now pending, the bill pro
vides for the taxing OF all timber
wh.n it is severed from the soil,
regardless of whether it is from
the soil of the owner or not,
therefore, if it becomes the law,
and the courts sustain it's consti
tutionality, it simply means that
a double tax is placed upon the
timber Of the owner of the land
when he undertakes to utilize it.
In order to prevent this double
taxation. which in my opinion.
the courts will annul, I have IN
troduced an amendment Of two
simple words, "of another" which
if adopted, will fix the bill so the
timber tax sought will apply to
such as is owned by those who
do not own the land; this will
have the effect Of. collecting tax
es from the tim Der concerns that
own vast amounts of timber upon
lands of other people. At the
present, there are large quanti
ties of timber owned where the
taxes are paid by the owner OF
the soil, and they escape taxation
because the land owner under
his contract when the tim Der was
purchased agreed to pay the
taxes, this cannot be changed by
legislation, but when he sewers
that timber from the soil, it then
becomes a separate property
personal property. and should
be liable for taxation, this is
what my amendment proposes
to do-to make the timber from
the land of another, personal
property, and subject to taxa
Jion, without entailing upon the
owner of the land a double tax.
The bill was argued pro and con
on Thursday and my amendment
was tabled. but Thursday even
ing on the motion of one Of the
leading advocates of Senator
Dennis proposition, the motion
to table was reconsidered and It
is now again pending before the
Senate.
In matters of this nature the
public mind Is liable to become
confused, when a measure seeks
to make 'large"concerns pay tax
es. it at once becomes popular.
but when to do so a drag net is