The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-10
GOVERNOR URGES ACTION.
ASKS ASSEMBLY TO ACT on
STATEWIDE BILLS.
Special Message Requests Passage of
Six Important Administra-
ton Measures.

Columbia, Feb. S.-Gov. Manning
in special message urged upon the
legislature tonight immediate action
upon six pending measures: That
enacting the Torrens systems of land
title registration, one creating a
scheme of rural credits, the Toole-
LaGrone bill for the teaching of ag-
riculture in the common schools, the
Mccullough bill raising the child la
Dor age limit to IA years, the Buck
Mills-Johnstone bill providing for a
workmen's compensation plan and
the Nicholson bill for the certifica-
ton of teachers by a State board.
'These measures are in my judg-
ment of Statewide Importance" the
governor said, 'and l feel that the
interests of the people demand the
enactment of these bills into law.
Your desire and ability to serve your
State are unquestioned. l, therefore,
urge again, with earnestness and sin
cerity, that active efforts be made to
enact these laws. The people are
pleading for them and should have
them. Let me again urge upon you
the necessity for definite action on
these most important Statewide
measures.'
Torrens Land Registration.
The special message is as follows:
Permit me respectfully to call
your attention to the Importance of
pressing the consideration of certain
measures on your calendars, which l
deem of Importance to The great body
of our citizens whom you and I rep
resent.
MY reason for this message is
that we are approaching the closing
days of the session and / earnestly
desire that these matters should not
be overlooked.
There have been meetings of citi-
zens in many localities throughout
the State, calling on the legislature
to adopt the Torrens system of land
registration and enact the same into
law. This is necessary prerequi-
site to a system of rural credits. 1t
will reduce expenses in borrowing
money on land; it gives the States
warrant to title, and puts an end to
litigation on land titles. Such an act
would be a boon to the State, and l
earnestly urge it's adoption.
"Forty-three per cent. of our white
farmers are tenants. The dream OF
the South Carolina patriot is to see
these tenants become the owners of
their homes and farms. If we are to
progress, we must help these tenants
to help themselves in their ambition
to become home owners; and we must
make this possible by adopting meas
ures hitherto untried, even if this
may seem radical. The result is i'm
portant. I deem it of the utmost
importance to take the steps neces-
sary to bring it about.
LET us not adjourn this session
until these two measures are made
into laws. Then our vision for fu-
ture development will be turned into
a reality and our rural population
will find full scope for their soaring
and elevating ambitions, to find real
ization in a people happy in the pros
pect of future comfort, contentedness
and happiness.
Agriculture in the Schools.
81 earnestly urge upon you the de-
STABILITY of enacting into law the
1Toole and LaGrone bill, providing
for the teaching of agriculture in the
common schools. Agriculture is the
basis of our material prosperity. The
common school is the keystone of our
educational system. Provide for the
teaching of agriculture in the COM
mon school, so that agricultural edu-
cation will reach those who cannot
get an agricultural course and an
enlightened prosperity is the result
among this large body of our citi-
zens.
The Mccullough bill, which pro-
vides for the raising of the child la
bor age limit to IA years, is OF great
importance and should be speedily
enacted. The very wording of this
bill is the greatest argument in favor
of it's passage. The longer the child
is kept in school the greater his ef-
fciency when he begins work.
THE workmen's compensation
bills introduced by Senator Buck and
Representatives Mills and Johnstone
have been carefully worked out and
in my judgment will meet conditions
existing in South Carolina. There is
nothing in the act that can injure the