The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-01-15
WHEN SOLONS MEET
TALK OF HARMONY SESSION Els
AN Idle BREAh
BLEASE TO START Arrow

MEASE lU SIAKE A WM
The Columbia Correspondent OF the
Augusta Chronicle Thinks ''Har-
mony Session" is Out Of the Ques-
ton. IS the Governor Wants q
Row and is Bound to Have One.
The Columbia correspondent OF
the Augusta Chronicle says some
people in this State are talking about
the harmony session OF the senerai
assembly. This is all idle talk. for
tne very life OF the South Carolina
general assembly Is the talking
which develops into hot :ectionaI
fights. There never has been q "har-
nony session" Of South Carolina
general assembly and there never
win Do, until all Of the loud talking
politicians have passed from the are
ma. The chances are they never Will
80 there You are.
There are plenty Of bra:Ey men
IN the body, but they are literally
smothered when the rantinS time
comes along. The one definite sub
sect for talk has not been di:tdeo
uper so far, but some one will hno
1t. That subject is going to eoo up
and the mass Of legislators will fol
low It blindly. Whiskey has been
the talking subject for many years,
and now it is something else. lie
people in this State just love poll
tics they must have.
The present governor OF South
Carolina is absolutely dependable IN
rome particular-that is to start some
thing. He would never consent to a
"harmony session. Just as sure as
twice two IS four he will start some
thing and the wise ones here are OF
the opinion that it will be started
with his annual message.
Some one said the other day that
this was going to be quiet session.
and that a progr2 2ssiye program OF
legislation would be carried out. EV-
cry South Carolinian. down in his
heart, il he has the interest OF the
State at heart, hopes that the pre-
diction will come true. But II 1t
should come true, then there would
be new day In this State.
The blatant ones will blaze forth
with all OF their glory, insofar as
loud talking goes, when the compul-
sory education measure is proposed.
-Free niger will be shouted loud
and strong, and alleged argumen.
against the measure put forward
The thinking people Of South Car
oHna realize that the hope OF the
future Of the State lies in the educa-
ton Of the children. They also real
lie that the education o, all children
depends on the right kind of com
pulsory education measure. How
ever. just as IN the past, this meas.
ure is going to meet defeat.
Taxation is question that reaches
practically every man one way or the
other. This question will be one Of
the most important to be faced BY
the next legislature. About $4,000,
600 will be necessary for the State
government this year. It Is estimat
ed that about FIVE and threa-foor.f
mills will be sufficient for the ordi
nary purposes. Yet the asylum bond
issue was defeated, and the fund:
borrowed must be returned to the
sinking fund commission. This vii
necessarily raise the tax levy, for al
realize that the work Of relieving thu
congested condition at the State Hos
pital for the insane must go on.
The supporters Of the governor
VIC were elected to his gene Il ss
sembly, are marshaling their forces
and viii put up dete3niuei fight Il
gain every possible inch ot grouad
They want important committee as
sisnments. which they viii net ge
unless Mendei L. Smith loses hi!
nerve. He is assured VI election L!
speaker, and the Blease people wan
George Rembert for chairman Of th'
ways and means committee chair
manship.
There Is little interest in the re
BORT to be fled by the Legislative
committee that was appointed to in
vestigate the charge Of the governol
against Attorney General Lyon, ant
the members Of the Ansel winding-ul
commission. The commission viii
very probably exonerate all charged
by the governor and let the matte,
drop at that. There was nothing o
an incriminating nature proved
against the governor at the Angus
ia hearirg-however the suspicion,
may have been aroused-so It is sup
posed that the committee will nerel!
submit the verbatim testimony o
the hearing. The committee viii
very probably touch on the Charles
ton graft situation.
The Charleston racing situation /:
causing considerable comment JUS
now. and the general opinion Is thai
nothing Nil develop to prevent the
alleged sport. No one knows Just
what action Thomas H. Peoples, the
next attorney general. will take.
A member Of the Charleston Coun.
ty delegation will introduce meas
ure for high license liquor law IN
South Carolina. Under present con.
dttions it does not seem necessary tc
enact any kind Of whiskey legislation
Tor the laws that are en the books
are being aagrantIy violated from
one end Of tbe-stats to .shother: i
is estimated that there are fully s.
600 places IN South Carolina where
whiskey may be purchased. Right