The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-06-23

w A. Stuckey,
T. z. Barfeld,
Newton Kelley,
Committee.
He further showed his friendship
for the farmer when committee
from the South Carolina State Farm
ers' Union called upon him in Jan
uary, l915-said committee being
composed of Wade Stackhouse, w. A.
Stuckey, ]. H. Claffy, and Silas
llimms-in connection with the cot
ton acreage reduction act. Resolu-
tions had been passed by the South
Carolina Farmers Union urging the
legislature not to repeal the cotton
acreage reduction act. Mr.. Manning,
on January 31st, 1915, announced, l
will sign the bill repeating cotton
acreage reduction
Mr.. Manning, when he was senator
from Sumter county in 1902, voted to
compel all parents or guardians to
send their children or wards to
school, a bill known as the compul-
sorry education bill. Mr.. Brice, the
senator from York, moved to Kill the
bill. Mr.. Manning voted "No,' thus
voting for compulsory education.
Now he says he favors local option
for compulsory education because the
people as a whole are not ready for
compulsory educa ion. Yet fourteen
years ago, when they were very much
less ready then than are now, he did
not vote for local option compulsory
education, nor did he vote to leave
it to the people whether they wanted
it or not, but he voted to force it on
them. In speaking of this subject
Representative Harper is reported by
The Columbia State, February l2tn.
1915. as having said, Governor Man
ming had drawn Section of the bill
containing the local option proVi-
sions." Another artful change in this
CORPORATION candidates political life.
When Mr.. Manning was a member
of the house of representatives in
1893. bill was introduced to change
the legal rate of interest in this State
ov reducing it, which was a bill IN
favor of the money borrower, the
poor man. When motion was made
TO kill the bill, Mr. Manning voted
20 kill #. and against reducing the
~ate of interest which the banks
we're receiving from the poor man.
T,,.u= again ne shows his interest IN
rl,c!f e he corporations-he being
q CORPORATION director and corpora
lion president-by refusing to vote TO
reduce the rate of interest, which
would hare been of great assistance
20 the poor people-those who bor-
row money. This will be found on
Yage 334 of the House Journal OF
1893.
Another place whc. = Mr.. Manning
voted directly for the interests Of the
corporations, and against the people,
will be found on page 4S6. House
Journal of 1892. when he voted to
Kill bill which was to provide for
the forfeiture of the charter of any
CORPORATION created under the laws
of this State. whenever such corpor-
alton shall refuse to pay the taxes
as assessed and levied upon the
nropertv of such corporation for
state and county purposes. On mo-
tior to strike out the enactlng words
of the bill. there were twenty-five
(22) votes in favor of the motion
one of them being cast by Mr.. K. l.
, Manning. There were eisthy-four
(9N votes against the motion-one
Of them being cast bv Cole. l.. 'Blease
Thus. it will be seen again where
Mr.. Manning came to the service OF
the corporation interests. as he IS
serving them yet.
Time will not here permit me to go
further into this mans record as
governor, but l shall, at future meet
ings, discuss his action in turning
out of Office every man who he knew
was not a political follower or MS
that he had the power to remove,
and his attempted removal OF Sher-
| iff Huckabee of KershaW county be-
cause he knew he was 'Bleaseite,
as he saw fit to call him. And, shall
further show his refusal to commits
sion men to Office because they were
not political friends of his. l shall
also show the extravaganza Of his
office by the creation of many useless
offices, all of which have been tllled
by him with his political friends
most of them appointment of him
self and some few by election. BY
the raising of the tax levy; by the in
crease of tax assessments; by the
useless and wasteful expenditures OF
the peoples money. His pardoning
and committing of the sentences OF
the very worst type of criminals, and
above all the non-prosecution OF the
man who was cashier of the bank un-
der him. when he came up thousands
of dollars short in his accounts.
cannot, in this short space, but men
ton only few of the things, but as
II proceed on the campaign l small
fully discuss other matters Whlch
the people of the State have not peen
;nforrood ahOnt because the neWSpa-