The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-04-02

SNmmerton. S. c., March 20, 1919.
Eiitor The Manning Times:
For the benefit of those who attend
ed the meeting of the Railroad Com
in1SSlonerS at Summerton on the goth
oaI OF March, l beg to request that
yoi publish the enclosed order of the
Commission.
This final order of the Commission
| aIonati to absolutely nothing, for the
following reasons, to wit:
Similar orders have been issued
ne past, covering a period of
Wentv years. which amounted to alb
Soiutely nothing.
The authorities of the North
western Railroad Co. regard the rail-
road Commission as an immense iol<c
ana pay no attention to any order is
sued by the Commission and the Com
mission makes no effort to cnforc,
any of its orders.
The Northwestern Railroad Co
| .Ins number of friends in Summer
ton who are employed by the railroad
ana who have passes over the rail
road and these hcnchmen keep quiet
" the pubilc meetings and afterwards
go around and see the Commissioners
privately and thereby bctray the pco
pie.
Your Summcrton CORRESPONDENT in
this weeks issue Of your papcr is
mistaken IN stating that | called the
| meeting for the Goth day of March
In fact, | did rot call the meeting
, and when the Commissioners wrote
me that the meeting had been called.
l advised the Commissioners not to
waste the time Of the people with the
matter, that the Commission had all
the facts for the past twenty wears
and-had done. nothing, but that if the
commission insisted on coming to
Summerton, I would be pleased to
present the question at issue.
your Summerton correspondent also
states that he knows nothing of the
grievance that the railroad Commits
sioners have against Mr.. Cantey per-
sonallY, put # your correspondent had
communicated with me upon the sub
ject, he could have had the plcos,Irc
of reading all the correspondence with
reference to the matter and POSSIBLY
thereby become enlightened. The
commissioners became offended with
me, because at the recent session of
the Legislature. / ignored the Com
mission ana took up with Mcssrs
"idemnn and Sprott, the question Of
competing common carriers to install
telegraph Instruments at all Junction
al points, in order that the travclinp
public may determine the whcrcabo,rt
OF trains, the object of course boinc
to relieve the situation at Wilson Min
The railroad Commissioners of Soutb
Carolina evidently at first onposoJ
my Dill, because whom I first sent the
oil to Mr.. Sprott, he wrote me that
the bill was useless because the Cow
msSloners had promised him to take
up the matter as soon as the I.opisIr
turc adjourned, but when rcplicd r.
Mr.. Sprott and sent him letters and
orders from the Commission showinm
that the Commission had promised
that verv thin" year before and had
done nothing, Mr. Sprott of course cot
busy and had my bin to pass the
House.
Therefore, if the railroad Commits
s)on"rs have any grievance AGAINST mo
personality, it is due to the fact that
| ""'""hF them with tho Goods on"
an" in their own hand writing and
under the official seal of the Commits
sio~
Now Mr.. Editor. hrman nature is
a very strang thing in this rcspcct
tc wit: II safe cracker is actually
caught in your Bank with his hands
ON thu money. he becomes inelItcd
because forsooth Won have ;ntrnhn,) ~,
the special privilege Of his Royal
Highncss.
Please n"h,jsh in vour noxt hsuo
these sc erol communications for the
benefit Of the public.
Yours very truly,