The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-28

game warden has expired and the Of
flee is, therefore, vacant, and it is
important and necessary that the said
| office be filed at once in order that
the interests of the State be pro-
tected.
Nov, therefore, l. Richard |. Man
ming, for the reasons above stated
and by virtue of the power and au-
thority vested in me as Governor of
the State of South Carolina, do here
by appoint Wade Hampton Gibbes,
of Columbia, South Carolina, chief
game warden for the State of South
Carolina, for the term provided by
law.
"Given under my hand and the seal
of this State, at Columbia, this Goth
day of February in the year of our
Lord, 1917, and in the one hundred
and fortyfirst year Of the Independ-
ence of the United States of America.
Richard l. Manning, Governor"
| Col. Richardson in statement
said:
"Mr. Gibbes came to my Office this
morning and demanded that the office
be turned over to hir.l. He showed
me commission that the Governor
had given him, dated today, and con-
tended that my commission expired
yesterday. My commission is for four
years, from March 7, 1913, and in my
judgment will not expire until March
II, 1917 l have only been drawing
my salary from March 7, 1913.
| told Mr.. Gibbes that l refused him
the Office upon the ground that l did
not consider his commission legal, for
the reason that he did not have the
recommendation of the Audubon So
ciety, as required by law. neither did
he have the confirmation of the SEN
ate. / further called to his attention
the fact that both branches of the
General Assembly had passed acts
putting this Office in the hands of the
people, and providing that the in
cumbent retain the position until the
next general election, that this act
had been returned to the Senate with
the Governors veto, which the Senate
had as yet failed to act upon, carry
ing the matter over until the first day
of the next session. The General AS
sembly, l told Mr. Gibbes, left CO.
lumbia under the impression that no
action ould be taken until the charges
OF the Governor against this depart
mcnt had been investigated. | fur
thcr called to his attention that, mas
much as the above mentioned act
which was vetoed by the Governor,
provided that the incumbent hold Of
flee for two years, that then, upon
their return next year, the General
Assembly, if it failed to sustain the
Governors veto, the law would have
stood as at present, with the cncum-
bent holding the Office. ] told MIR.
Glbbes that there was not any per
sonal feeling in this matter whatso-
ever, and he agreed with me on this
point-that we ould remain personal
friends. He left my Office with the
understanding that when the matter
was decided by the courts, if the de-
cision should be in his favor the cmol-
umcnts of the position from now on
would go to him, and if the decision
should be in my favor that the emol
umcnts of the Office should go to The
present game warden and his assist
ants.
81 am in this fight to the finish. Bv
taking this attitude, l am making a
personal sacrifice, because / am offer
ed position, which is no open to me,
that would pay me $500 per year
more than the position which / now
hold. 1t is possible that / would not
have taken this decided stand had it
not been for the bitter message of
| the Governor against me and this de-
partment, but on account of this mes
sage l expect to hold this office, if
possible, regardless Of whether or not
l receive one cent Of money for the
work / do for the State from now on"