The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-02-12
GOVERNOR URGES ACTION.
SPECIAL MESSAGE REQUESTS
PASSAGE OF BILLS OF STATE.
WIDE INTEREST.
Chief Executive of State Deems Six
Measures of Great Importance and
/ Would See Them Enacted into Law

COIumpla, FeD. S.-GOV. Manning in
special message, urged upon the Leg
islature last night immediate action
upon six pending measures: That en-
acting the Torrens system of land title
registration, one creating scheme of
rural credits, the Toole-LaGrone bill
for the teaching Of agriculture in the
common schools. the Mccullough bill
raising the child labor age limit 20
IA years, the Buck -Mills-J Johnstone
bills providing for a workmen's COM
pensation plan and the Nicholson bill
for the certification of teachers by a
State board
These measures are in my judg-
ment Of Statewide Importance" the
governor said, "and I feel that the in
terests Of the people demand the en-
actment Of these bills into law. Your
desire and ability to serve your State
ARE unquestioned. I, therefore, urge
lagain, with earnestness and sincerity,
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 i'm
portant Statewide measures"
The special message is as follows:
! Permit me respectfully to call
tyour attention to the Importance of
pressing the consideration of certain
measures on your calendars. which 1
deem Of importance to the great
body Of our citizens whom you and
i represent.
my reason for this message is that
we are approaching the closing days
lof the session and I earnestly desire
THAT these matters should not be
overlooked.
There have been meetings Of citi-
lzens in many localities throughout
the State calling on the legislature
to adopt the Torrens system of land
Iregistration and enact the same into
law. This is a necessary prereQui-
site to O. 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 ]
Earnestly urge it's adoption. ~
'Forty-three per cent. of our white
farmers are tenants. The dream OF
i 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
rlay seem radical. The result is i'm
portant. I deem it of the utmost
Importance to take the steps neces-
jssry to bring it about.
Let us not dajourn this session
J until these two measures are made
into laws. Then our vision for future
development will be turned into q
reality and our rural population will
find full scope for their soaring and
]elevating ambitions, to find realiza-
ton in people happy in the prospect
OF future comfort, contentedness and
happiness.
Il earnestly urge upon you the de.
STABILITY Of enacting into law the
Toole 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 can not
attend an agricultural college and an
Ienlightened prosperity is the result
among this large body Of our citi-
zens.
"Thc Mccullough bill, which pro-
vides for the raising of the child labor
age limit to IA years, is of great i'm
portance and should be speedily en-
acted. 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 eff
ciency when he begins work.
1.-THE workmen's compensation bills
introduced by Senator Buck and Rep
resentatives Mills and Johnstone have
been carefully worked out and in my
Judgment will meet conditions exist
ing in South Carolina. There is moth
ing in the act that can injure the
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