The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-10-01
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Editor of The Manning Times,
Manning, S. c.,

Editor of The Manning Times,
Manning, S. G.
Dear Sir:
In the past two years, you have
made your mean little thursts at me,
through your paper, that think has
been unfair; and uncalled for.
If you have ever made a favorable
comment, I have failed to see or hear
of it. Officially we have ignored your
comments, hoping that you would see
that it was injurious to any progress
sive movement, to continually find
fault, never give creoit, when deserv-
ed or remedy for an apparent evil
Patience has failed to be a virture,
and in the future we expect to hit
back, with the sole purpose of getting
better roads-roadS; roads, roads, will
be my text, preached from any sub
ject you may inject into it. We have
a clear conscience; and can prove a
clean record. I have done my best
with the funds available, and have no
apologies to make for what I have
or have not done.
1t takes money to do things, and
we have a law that covers the situa-
tion thus, Section No. ID, Act No. 352,
1918, 1t shall be unlawful for the
coul,ty Board of Commissioners, or
any member thereof, to create by con-
tract, express or implied, any obliga-
tion against the county which with
the obligations then existing and
chargahle to any particular item of
approp7'i alton, shall exceed the amount
specifically appropriated therefor.
Should the county Board of Commits
sioners, or any member thereof, vio-
late the provisions Of the paragraph
next preceding in this section, the
said claim resulting therefrom shall
be declared null and void as against
the county and the officer offending
shall be held responsible to the claim
ant therefor, upon his official bond,
Section No. 6, Act No. 65, 1919 Ali
taxes levied and collected within any
of the said districts for road and
bridge purposes by law Of force or
hereafter enacted shall be placed to
the credit by the County Treasurer
Of the district from which it is collect
ed and expended for said district. This
is the law, and / have no objections
to it? But I do object to being blam-
ed for not keeping the roads and
bridges in first class condition. There
Is 405 lin. feet of bridging on Black
River near Manning, the total collect
ed for district No. 8, and 27 which
covers these bridges would not build
one half of them with wood.
When I took charge in 1917 the
County owed $40,000.00 Exclusive of
bonds) and had been run in debt in a
few years, to the extent that $30,000.-
90 floating debt bonds had been is
sued. The $40000.00 unpaid claims
had to be paid, there was 800 people,
including you. that were clamoring
fer theirs Up to March the 18th,
1917. the end Of the tax collecting
period for 1867 there was paid in
and available for this debt $24,000.00
All of which was used. From a bust
ness STANDPOINT I passed through a
small He'll before the debt was settled
And my administration received it's
first black eye, (In the estimation of
some) so much for that.
We had nothing to pay current ex-
penses with in 1917, except borrowed
money and would not have any, un-
til the 1918 taxes were paid in.