The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-08-02
Governor Manning.

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auguration. l called to urge him to
veto bill which was improperly
against this paper. The governor did
not veto the bill. Like many others {
was very much incensed. =
Fourteen months have come and
gone since then. On every side I see
what Mr.. Manning has meant to South
Carolina. Racing at once stopped.
That shrewd scheme for filching mon
ey, for ensnaring young clerks into
gambling was given its sentence of
doom when the election of Mr.. Man
ming became a certainty. What does
that mean to the moral tone OF South
Carolina? You men who have sons
what do you think about it? r.
Mr.. Manning began his term bv con.
tributing from his own pocket two
thousand four hundred dollars TO
make out the salary required to get
the right man as superintendent or
the Hospital for the Insane. This pa
per regretted his doing so at the timer
but the results prove the governors
wisdom in SO doing. The new supers
intendent effected saving In the
asylum of thirty-four ,xA1ssSsnd doix
lars, by being a level-h1 business
man as Nell as a cap9 pecialitt.
The governor asks IL that EEood busi-
ness. We must say, yes. Mr.. Man:
nings handling OF the asylum has
been greatly to his credit and to- the
comfort and better care of the in
mates. ~ ~ jte . ~
Gov. Manning, through hfs expert
ence as a banker and b. his efforts:
borrowed money Tor the State at the
lowest rate ever known here ana re-
funded some bonds, a saving In inter-
est alone of about $40, 600 a year, ,s.s 4
remember What do you think OF
that for good busihesss Gows Man
hing approved some bills In the inter-
est Of the workers in the cotton mills.
and now the most influential >cSttoii
mill presidents are not only against
him, but active I'M their fight on Mr..
Manning. BY signing such bills Cows
Manning lost some OF his longtime
friends, but what do you think sabout
those bills Are cotton min presidents
to make the laws of the State?x They
were given a hearing. What greslter
courtesy could the governor have
shown? The mill presidents shot;d
make their fight against the se&isla-
tors. If they must fight. 4 nave no
sympathy with reckless attacxss OF
corporations. We need them, and tf1
development of our country depends
upon the encouragement We givecapi
ital, but legislators from mill districts
stood sponsor for. the pfifx. = @'iss
But great as have been Mr.. Man 3
ning's services IN other directions. ths
erowning distinction Of his aaYafns<
tration has been HIS strasght-fof warGf
and vigorous efforts To enforce the:
laws. Coming into Office at a time .of
radical change in the liquor laws
laws with which he was probably n6t
in full sympathy at the time-ife
counted his oath of ONCE and s1is 4rs4
sponsibility to the people as sdprsnae
obligations and addressed himself witM
all vigor to the task Of maintaining
what We call the peace and dignity dS
the State. Primarily all law enf6rce-
fnent rests with magistrates and sfier-
ifs, as well as jurfes, and full credie
must always be given these 'oGfriaiS
throughout the State: but nons' eias
less the governor of this State has 1sn.
tered upon the duties Of his ofiice%s6
whole-heartedly that sheriffsa ana
magistrates know that behind chem ie
the supporting arm OF the State With
all the power Of the governor cAices
4 can personally testify, after visitbste
all parts OF the State, that Gov. DGans
ming has done full part in improving
the conditions in South Carolina fhis
x i
is not hearsay, nor is "it it"the cheap
claptrap of a political "a stump
speaker. I know the tr,ith '6f
what I am saying. Just what this has
meant to South Carolina is Beyond 'sil
estimate. Since the first and fil.hest
duty of a government is to enforce law
and maintain order Gov. Manning
must be accounted one of the MOST
successful governors in the history OF
the commonwealth. ~ % *+N ~3.f
Mr.. Manning Is plain; unassufnins,'
neighbOrly, likabfe man. He N
full Of the every day, home
| ly virtues, quiet, hpme-lov-
ing man., with warm heart'and a
quick sympathy. He gives himself
without stint to the service OF the
State and gives patient, courteous
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