The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-01-31
Columbia, S. c., Jan. 20, 191

time you publish this letter on We'd
nesday both Houses will have held
several sessions, so that you see my
letters are necessarily behind in CIV
ing you the news right up to the day
\of your publication. a.,
In my letter last week your type
setting machine by some kind of a
typographical error gave me a pretty
bad lick. In discussing the prohibi-
tion and liquor question: said "The
whiskey people know" etc., and your
types made me say "We" whiskey
people. The error was unfortunate,
particularly in that was discussing
.whiskey from the liquor mans stand
Tpoint. I am unfortunate as to my
reputation anyhow among the ultra
prohibitionists, because I do not hold
the same views they do on the whis-
skey question, but am far from being
ready to line up with the class who
might be termed whiskey advocates.
want the abuses of whiskey stopped
and the sale Of it restricted, and
morality and temperance to prevail
throughout the land. There are hun,
dreds Of different opinions on this
liquor question, and there are even
eight or ten bills on the subject al
ready introduced in this legislature.
The legislature is now at the work.
ing stage, and just one-half Of the
!. session has been spent. There is only
one thing that know Of now which
may block matters, and that is the
election of cotton warehouse COM
missioner. The joint assembly has
been in a dead lock on this election
for several days, and the ballots will
be resumed Tuesday night. Drake,
,lpf Marlboro, is now leading, with Nc
lNahan Of Columbia second. There
are -four or five other candidates still
in the race, but my opinion is that
Drake will finally be elected. have
been voting for him myself, because
s6saae is cotton farmer and business
yfnan in Marlboro county, and for
sometime past has been McLaurin's
Nfeld warehouse inspector. McLaurin
ats resigned twice, and his resigna-
g5n has been accepted and if he were
1ee-elected the enmity which is enter
tanned against him would kill the
whole system. have not wasted ia
vote son ,McLaurin since his resigna-
ton, and I want the next best man
for the position. The warehouse is
going to have hard fight anyhow
for the next two" years, and I am
. frank to say that while am sup
korting it, and have supported it ever
sAce it's creation as a matter of gov
erVnental expediency, am afraid it
is ping to have hard time to wealth
f'the storm for the next two years.
It was unfortunate for the warehouse
system the past season that cotton
went so high and there. was 80 little
stored, as farmers sold for the high
prices. Consequently from financial
standpoint the warehouse made very
little money for the State, and this
gives it's enemies a cudjel to frail it
with. The advent of the boil weevil
in this State next summer will again
probably upset matters in the cotton
world, SO that the system has an un-
Certain future to face. All these are
State matters, and if we are in pub
lie life we have to face them, and
meet them in the best way we can.
Rut the warehouse system, and ware
houses in other States saved the day
for the cotton farmers in 1915, and
believe in holding on to it.
A. The terrible rainy and cold weather
Ve have been having has had me sick
with something like grip for several
days, md am hardly able to do
mnchsat writing you letter this
week. sassS f:|
" want to be in position to discuss
some Of our local county matters
soon, and perhaps in my next letter.
Our delegation spent about all of last
Saturday in the Supervisors office
with Supervisor Kelly, going over the
EountS'gT financial affairs, and in this
|aletter can only say that the County
ehind, and we see no possible way
oct out Of raising the County levy.
is a terrible hue and cry for
roads, and II the people have
pike roads they may just as we'll
Jet to pay for them. There is
5o talk of wanting to bond the
County Tor roads, but no bonds for