The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-01-22
GOVERNORS MESSAGE
ELEASE URGES CEHIAlN MEAS
URES BE ADOp rEO.
Short Synopsis Of the Message Which
he Sent in to the General Assem-.
bly, Tuesday.

Oily 1uesoay.
The annual message " Governor
Cole L. Blease was read in the house
and senate Tuesday AMI cont uned
many matters Of inte: est. Recon-
mendations for a fat tWo-cens Ols-
senger rate on all railroads. the levy
ing Of oIe-mill tax for :he sup
port Of the common schools contain
ing note OF warning that this must
be enacted otherwise the appropria-
tions for tho colleges would be We
toed, the changing Of the name OF
Clemson college to Calhoun univer-
sity in honor of John c. Calhoun, the
consolidation Of the Medical college
at Charleston with the University OF
South Carolina, making it branch
thereof, a tax on water powers, re-
pealing Of the law giving cities and
towns the rights to grant exclusive
franchises, the cutting Of the legal
rate of interest to six per cent, pro-
hibiting banks from charging reg
ular customers exchange on checks
passing through their bank, prohibit
ing the express companies from
charging for the return Of money
collected on c. o. D. packages, were
all contained in the message.
The governor recommends tn, ne
law against carrying concealed wea-
pcns be repealed or amended so as
to provide for those desiring to carry
pistol to take out a thirty-day license
with the clerk of court and the pub
iishing Of the list of such license
holders and the making Of the viola
ton Of this law prison sentence
without the alternative Of a fine, the
requiring Of every detective to reg
ister with the secretary Of state and
take out a license, the passing OF a
resolution submitting to the people
an amendment to tba constitution
providing for the election Of all
judges by the direct vote Of the peo-
pie, the passage Of an act making 1t
a misdemeanor for any reporter or
editor to send out garbled reports OF
speeches and the requiring OF the
publication Of a correction in the
same place and with as large head
lines as the original article.
The governor scores the comptrol-
ler general for having turned down
the warrants for his detectives and
accuses him with having seriously
interfered with the enforcement OF
the laws and asks that it be made
mandatory on the comptroller gen.
eral to pay his warrants on his con-
tingent fund. He asks that an act
be passed making it necessary for the
| chief justice to hold in MS hand the
certificate Of a reputable physician
that circuit judge is i'll and unable
to perform his duties before such
Judge be excused and a special Judge
appointed in his place. He recon-
mends that Clover and immediate sec
ton OF York county which suffered
so severely from the storm last year
| be exempted from taxes for the year.
The governor renews his attack on
cotton mill mergers and again rec
ommends that the hosiery mill at the
state penitentiary be abolished. he
! attacks trusts and combinations and
cites the Carolina Public Service cor
| poration as trust. This is the COM
pany which has been buying up ice
| plants throughout the state within
| the last few months.
a warning Is issued to the new
| members against allowing themselves
| to be cajoled into supporting on the
floor propositions which, they oppos-
ed in committee room and in which
they are in the minority. He re-
| views at length the prosperity OF the
| state and pleads with the legislature
to lay aside any political feeling It
| may have and to enact laws for the
| good Of all the people. The message
covers several thousand words.