The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-04

bacon to white trash and free
niggers." The party l refer to
comes from a long line of dis
tinguished people, and l really
believe he thinks it is beneath
his dignity to work, rather than
do so he will hang around the
hotels and clubs watching for
an invitation to eat, or drink, or
both; frequently he has not a
cent in his pocket but borrows
when he can hypnotise one who
enjoys the society of antiques.
The Industrial school at Flor
ence extended an invitation to
the legislature to visit it which
was accepted, and Friday was
pleasantly spent in the Gate
City, I have noticed criticisms
by some writer's who character.
ize these trips as ''junkets,"
they would have their readers
think these trips are at the ex-
pense of the taxpayers. The
members of the general assem-
bly, are paid the enormous and
munihcent salary of 5000 a year,
it matters not whether they are
in session one day or six months,
they get that same salary, there
fore, 1t will be seen the taxpay-
ers are not out a cent. The train
was furnished by the public
spirited citizens of Florence
through private subscription and
the entertainment was also furn'
|ished by them. It is this spirit
of bigness which has made Flor
euce the Gate City, whereas, the
pin-headed policy of the assem-
bly's critics remain content with
the croakings of the frogs, rath-
er than get in touch with the
world and grow and do things
greater than snarling at people
who try to keep up with the
progress Of the times. These
criticisms remind me of the bark
ling of a fee chasing after an au-
tomobile, well through ignor-
ance or viciousness: when
through ignorance they are to
be pitied, but the vicious will go
far enough to be yanked back in
time to prevent them from doing
much damage.
The object of these visits is 10
acquaint the members with the
needs Of the institutions, to let
them see what the State has to
support and the work being
done. so that when an appropria-
ton is asked for, the members
will be in a position to judge
how to act. I think it wise on
the part of the assembly to visit
the institutions of the State, al
though I frequently do not go,
prefering to take advantage of
the time to go home to look af-
ter my individual affairs, but !
see no harm in: the others going,
especially, as it is al no cost to
the taxpayers. The only objec-
ton 7 have to the trips, is the
number of hangers-on who
have no connection with the
legislature that go along because
the ride and grub is free, some
of these cattle go home and send
up howl about the legislature
wasting time on junketing trips,
but they are always ready to
take advantage of every trip
they can get.
The McLaurin Warehouse bill
has been changed by the author
to meet some Of the objections
that have been raised against it..
In the original bill he provid-
ed for a tax of 25 cents on every
bale of cotton raised, but this
feature has been changed to %
cents for every bale offered for
storage in the Warehouses un,
der the provisions of the Act.
This change will bring to its
support several who were
against it before, but in the
changed bill to meet the changed
financial support, he asks for an
appropriation of $3.50. 900 instead
of, as in the original bill $50, 900,
I am not prepared to say how
this appropriation asked for
will be received, if the State is
EEgoing to take hold of the propo-
sition, it might as we'll make up
Its mind that it will take some