The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-14
His PraYe, Was In Unknown Tongue.
Editor Manning Times:

Editor Manning Times:
The first editorial in your paper o'
this week is an exceedingly adroit ar
ticle and is deserving of some notice,
in that said article is in some respects
correct and in other respects it is mis-.
leading. Now, Mr.. Editor, you under.
stand. have prayed for you often, but
it appears that you positively refuse to
get on the moral side of any pablo
question and I do not know whether 1t
is due to the fact that my prayers have
gone awrv or because you are inher-
emily crooked.
Personally, l have never considered
the question of compulsory education
as having be-n an issue in the State
campaign of last summer, but on the
contrar, have always regarded the
issue at that time as having been one
of plain choice as between political
morality and political immortality, and
assuming that the vote was an honest
vose, which I do not believe, the result
of last summers election was clear
victory for public immortality.
While I may be mistaken, have al.
WAYS regarded Blease as being plain,
unadulterated political crook, but I am
satisfied he represents the majority OF
the people of this State, and therefore
am forced TO the conclusion that the
! majority of the people Of this State love
wickedness rather than Righteousness.
Furthermore, I am satisfied that
George Rembert, whom 1 knew at
| Wofford College, and who is very much
of the type of Blease in private and
public matters. will be strong candi-
date for Governor next summer: OF
course, would not vote for George
R-mbert for any Office. but as l SAID
before, since the people of this State
love POLITICALLY immortality rather than
public morality, George Rembert will
be hard to defeat.
AS an evidence of the fact that the
peop:e of Thu Stat- love wickedness in
public affairs. w,tness the appointment
of Samuel Nichols as an Associate
Justice of the Supreme Cour Nichols
was practically caught with the goods
on" 10 an effort to Secure 8 pardon IN
b. half of y client at the hands of Blease
and he set up in defense the fact that
be was drunk aud be summoned his
father aud uucle both whom ar hon
orahl- men, TO prove the fact that he
was drunk and they of cou's- 80
very tisfacr orily; of Curse, Nicho's
would uut hav- accept-d the al. resaId
a. polutm.n,, if he had regarded de-
cen, sentiment IL his State with aIy
degree of courtesy, and Bea>e OF course
would not have appointed N'ckols, II
he had not known that the majority OF
the people of this State love crime and
graft as was so well said by the late
James H. Carlisle. many years ago.
Now, MIR. Editor, in view OF the
Aforesaid facts, which no one will deny.
what are the good people and patriots
Of this S ate to do under the clrcun-
stauces; under our constitutions, We
have perfect freedom in religious mat
rers AMI W. canum for,:e our prop t.
Receive Instruction N public morality
from the various religious denomina-
t ons. but under the public weitare
clause of our constitutions and the
police power af the State, we can edu-
cate the coming generation and pros
pectiye voters through our public
schools, in matters pertaining to science
history and personal and public moral
lty.
Therefore, Mr.. Editor, am satisfied
we should have compulsory medical
inspection and compulsory education,
provided the laws along these lines
can be shaped to meet actual conditions
For instance. agree with Blease.
that it is absolutely indecent to compel
under the public welfare clause, the
young girls of this State, to be inspect
ed and examined by the ordinary male
physician, and if we must have medical
inspection, think the laws should pro-
vide for the inspection of the girls by
women PHYSICIANS; realize this Is a
delicate subject, but am reliably in.
formed that several years ago, there
lived in Union county, this State, a very
prominent male physician, who maze
specially OF diseases of women, that
said physician kept a diary OF all OF his
cases, and when he died, his admins
traitor came into possession OF the diary
and filed the record with the Probate
Court of Uuion county, the result being
that the record became public proper
ty, and it is said the publication Of the
recorI in question created quite deal
OF dissatisfaction among the married
people and many of the noble husbands
of Union county were well-nigh per.
suaded to depart instantly for China.
OF course, all the crooks are not IN
the medical profession, but you will
sometime find crooks in the legal pro-
fession; for instance, during the last
term of court in this county, an action
was on trial. involving the rape Of an
estate and the robbery OF two highly
respected old people, late of Summer
ton, and one of the witnesses in the
action, who had committed perjury
more than once during the trial, was
asked who persuaded her to commit
this unprecedented perjury, and she
deposed that one Of the attorneys IN
the case vas au active accessory to the
perjury and this was not denied.
However. I think there should be q
distinction in the proposed laws with
respect to medical inspection and COM
pulsory education; for Instance, I am
satisfied medical inspection should be
universal. Including the negro race,
for the reason that many OF The COM
mon ills and diseases are contagious;
on the contrary, am absolutely op
posed to compulsory education for the
negr,', for the simple reason that the
negro has no political duties to per-
form and never will have any, so long
rs the white people OF this State are
mindful of their obligation TO civiliza-
,ion, and furthermore, the education
of the negro simply means the ruina-
ton of goud cooks and good hoe-hands;
since the courts do not Usually man.
damus administrative boards. in whom
there is vested a sound discretion, the
legislature of South Carolina, can read
ily prepare and enact law, to meet
The actual conditions along the lines
aforesaid.
There are of course other questions
besides compulsory education, and one
issue next summer, will be the nomina-
tion of United States Senator; can
not understand whv the good people OF
this State will ignore this question and
leave the choice as between Blease and