The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-04

pink ribbons in his night gown
to make it believe it is mother.
while she is out hustling and
haranguing at public meetings.
Ladies do not rush US to our fin
ish so fast.
Then too, Winthrop wants
$4,000 for an additional dor.
mitory, for the past several
years this institution has been
receiving appropriations for
dormitories, true, the college is
growing, there are about 800
girls that must be provided for,
but if each girl cannot have a
room then let them double up
for the present year: after a
while it would not surprise me
for DR.. johnson to take it into
his head the girls should have a
parlor attached to their bedroom
and if ne should reach such a
conclusion, all that be would
have to do would be to go up
north have a few words with
some multi millionaire, get the
promise of a large amount OF
money with the understanding
the State would supplement it
with an appropriation, then he
would come down to Columbia
with his trustees, and have the
graduates of the institution, and
their friends to work upon the
several delegations for this
money, with the result, that
another grab is made at the
treasury. The gymnasium prop
osition is on that line, Winthrop
will get a large donation, the
donator unknown to the legis-
lature, if the State will cough
up the little sum of $4,000 for
this play house for sister. Well,
I doubt the appropriation being
made now.
A few years ago the people of
Florence offered the State a
piece of land outside the city OF
Florence for an Industrial or
Reformatory school, the State
accepted, and from the day it
took it, calls have been made for
money for it's support; it is a
good institution, and it should
be supported, but not satisfied
with maintenance, here they
come and ask for $35, 900 for an
additional building and equip
ment, with characteristic liberal
ness the house gave it to them,
what's the difference it is the
peoples money why not? But
the senate held differently and
said NAY. Because, it is the
peoples money we must the
better guard it, and we refused
to give this little amount along
with a number of other little
amounts which does not make
the aggregate grow smaller,
this item has us dead-locked
along with the others mentioned.
I could go on with more on this
line to show my readers what
must be contended with by
those who are earnestly endeav-
oring to prevent extravaganza to
the cost of the taxpayers,
The best piece of legislation
for the masses in my opinion, is
the result of the Finance Com
mittee's efforts for the public
schools. The schools will get,
unless something unforeseen hap.
pens between now and the adop-
ton of the appropriation Act,
the public rural schools, espec-
tally the needy rural schools
will get more money than at
any time in the history of the
State, but it was not accom-
plished without a struggle. The
rich counties objected stren-
uously to the method of distri-
button of the contingent fund,
because, as they truly claim, it
forces them to contribute to
schools in other counties, where
as, as per former arrangements
the money collected would re-
main in the county whether
their schools needed all of
it or not. Now however
the school fund from all
over the State goes into the
State treasury, subject to, and
for certain specified purposes,
and that portion that is not