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THE MANNI Entered at the Postoffice at Ma Appelt & Shoi Published Eve " Subscription Rates $2.( MANNING, S. C., WEDNEE J. J. CANTEY WRITES ABOUT TAXATION Summerton, S. C., Feb. 18, 1922 Editor of The Mann ing Times: We hear a great deal at this time about the high rate of taxation, the deplorable condition of the farmer, and the burden of Government. In this connection, it might be interest ing to furnish your readers with the experience of Richard Roe, a promin ent farmer of Summerton, who states that about thirty years ago, he and John Doe, a mutual friend of Summer ton, both attained their majority, and each inherited a farm of several hundred acres of land. Richard Roe informed the writer that during these thirty years or more, he has remain ed on his farm, adding a little here and there, has lived well and worked hard when cotton was selling at five cents per pound and also when cotton was selling at forty cents per pound, has nothing to regret, is worth at least one hundred thousand dollars, has done nothing all of his life, ex cept farm, expects to farm the bal ance of his life, boll. weevil or no boll weevil, and claims that the secret of success is the ability to stick at one vocation, through thick and thin. On the other hand, Johne Doe, studied dentistry, has the habit of practicing dentistry for a few years at a time, and then abandoning dentistry and farming for a year or more, the re sult being that John Doe has succeed ed neither at dentistry or farming, has lost his land, and is today prac tically insolvent. Richard Roe, the aforesaid success If repairs are n, Cypress, "the \ original builder Using "Mends t inaLeak They say, "if 'the Wood E build but onc It is just as tr Repair wi you stop the ly and annc rnents. Wh replace rott< wood that i I keep in mind leaps, builds < BUT BE SUI If C "TI You cantidentify it or bundle produce< of the Association. superior money's Then,- "Buy the a higher grade thal buying gives you E Your nearest lumb< Write us for list of FR EE Pl and no suabstitutes" from 177 V~( OU CAI, DF.AIErR WIIl 5 NG TIMES nning as Second-Class Matter. e, Proprietors ry Wednesday 0 per year in Agivance DAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1922 ful farmer, states that it is useless and practically a waste of time to talk about any material reduction in the rate of taxation in South Caroli na for a great many years to come, unless the people are willing to aban don good roads, the maintenance of Court Houses and good Government, common and high schools, and repu diate the bonded and current obliga tions of school districts, counties aid the State. With the experience of Richard Roe in view, permit me to de duce for the benefit of your readers, the following conclusions, to wit: 1. Let every man in South Caro lina stick to his present vocation, through hard times and through good times. There are periods of adver sity and periods of prosperity in every vocation. Professional men enjoy the blessings of many years of poverty at some time (luring their career and all is not gold that glitters. It comes with a mighty bad grace for the farmer to squeal and cry out against the Government, when the pinch of poverty comes after years of good prices, when there are hund reds of lawyers, doctors, preachers, and newspaper publishers, who day by (lay keep sawing wood when there is no money in bank and credit is at the lowest ebb. 2. Maintain the State Tax Com mission, even if it be necessary to re duce the membership by making the Comptroller General and the State Treasurer members thereof, without additional salaries, since there is no method devised by man of ridding himself of taxation, unless it be by abandoning the blessings and privi leges of civilization, but every sane citizen should demand equal assess ments and equal taxation throughout seded around the Hom Vood Eternal," was N , there's GOOD CHEER ypress he Rip Purse" ou build of ternal,' you ue that if you th Cypress cycle of cost >ying replace y should you id wood with viii rot ? Just that "'He who loc >f Cypress ancd buil mE YOU GET TH] NEDIN WA MIN YPE HIE WOOD ETERNA by this trade-mark %d I by the high-class mills1 Responsible manufactu hvorth. Grade That Fits the Jol a the work needs ? That] ~till another real saving.. ~r'dealer will advise you ho: ~.A NS for farm builina-but in the meant your local lumber dealer-no matter for Address UJTHERN CYPRI mufacturers' Associa Graham Bldg., ,Jacksonville, UTPPL-V YOU. 11P HE 1IASNhT* RhUinin CTPI the State of South Carolina. 3. Maintain the State Highway Commission or some similar institu tion, since no township or County can live unto itself, and in order to main tain good roads throughout the State of South Carolina, it is absolutely es sential that the power to co-ordinate road building effort be lodged with the sovereign State. The interests of all the citizens of South Carolina are identical, and the individual is pot merely a citizen of his particu'ar County, but he is also and at the same time, a citizen of the State. 4. Abolish all one and two-pupil common schools in South Carolina, commence a crusade for the combina tion of the -small common schools, with more teachors to the pupil, with better and more colifortable school buildings, at an immense saving in the matter of taxation to the people of South Carolina. There are num erous small common schools in South Carolina, maintained for the personal convenience of not more than a half dozen pupils, at an iitmense expense to the State and Counties, and to the great and humiliating detriment of the education of the children of the State. 5. Abolish the Railroad Commis sion of South Carolina, the Board of Conciliation, the Public Service Com mission, and in lieu of these institu tions, establish an Industrial Court, with equal and additional jurisdiction to the aforesaid Commissions, after the manner of the State of Kansas, in order that the laboring man might have some institution, under the sovereign power of the State, to which he might appeal, without the necessity of having to go on strike, and in order also, that the fear of strikes may be taken out of the con sideration of the capitalist, who will feel free to invest his money in the public utilities of the State, thereby ushering in a new era of industrial peace and prosperity to the great State of South Carolina. (. Amend the laws of South Caro lina, in order that the farmer might have a preferred lien to the amount of supplies which he has advanced during the year to his farm hands; amend the laws so that the livery stable and live stock man might have a preferred lien for the amount of the feed which he has supplied to the live stock which has been put with him for safe keeping; amend the e Place because OT used by the in the fact that MAKE A.L, REP.\IRS Of OF CASH. ks before he ds for keeps." E GENUINE i on'every board :hat are members ring, assures you >." Why pay for f rind of intelligent It's worth while. aestly. So will we. ime insist on"CYPRESS what purpose you buy. S,, Insist on "tide __water"Cypress you can identify it by this mark. ion IT IS TIMEOW For us all to quit talking and sulking over the hard, tight times, and go to work, looking on the better side. We have the Wire to Fence the farm and to make new gardens at attrac tive prices. We have the best Paint on the market for making the home' look new and cheerful, and we have the Oil Stoves and Bakers to lighten the burden of the wife. We have everything in General Hard ware, but Hardware only. We invite everybody to come and give us a chance. Plowden Hardware Co. Manning, S. C. laws, so that the garage or automo- thought no one would question, a re- I have only a kindly feeling to the bile man might have a preferred mark which we may call its sequel author of Missionary notes and trust lien for the repairs which he has made follows: he or she may see the error of these on the machine which has been put "Catholicism and Heathenism must statements which I hope are not the with him by some insolvent or encum- be supplanted by the truepreligion of outcome of prejudice. bered automobile owner; and finally, our Lord Jesus Christ." Your meetings are reported to be amend the laws, so that the man who Dun the years that I have lived very pleasant and interesting and I does not wvork and wvho attributes all n of his poverty to the high rate of in this section of the State I have know I would apreciate an invitation tton shl betoe frhith ereetof found only a kindly spirit wvhich made to attend sometime and there, face to taxation, shall be forthwithc o- me hope we were as one. To me the ce, learn how, the Church, your cuted according to due process of law.honest protestant and the sincere Je ur I presume, is to accomplih I have submitted this article to a for religious freedom. You soun and corr o mrsect an evr par-smuhRcadoendesteshit ila.vent Catholic, for my religion teaches might perhaps, permit me to tell soundme that we should love one another some of the truths and beauties of the Yours truly,' Catholicism and Heathenism i Catholic Church, misunderstood no d J. J .Cantey. not harmonize no matter how much doubt by you, and I can but feel our the Missionary author may attempnt. meeting would be just as pleasant as CONTRIBUTIEDThyaeopstineeysneoyorftronnCb. Manning Tinmes,toy In your issue of last week I readmetnwathfulofheuhr the report of The Woman's Mission-annothsprtothSciy.ubrbeoTeTme ary Society of the Methodist Church NoSceyanicmlihuhb of M4anning, and wvas sorry to note i ~vlo eiiui n rnia the followving regrettable expressionsbewog Thbaiofrlinis which seemed unjust and prejudiced: Caiyadi snn te hnor NTC F1ICAG "The United States gqve Cuba her Hael ahrwosy,"hr politicaj freedom and now the ChurchactheviteFih oead 1ilapytoheJgefPrbe must give her religious freedom.ChrtbuthgrastotheiafrCrndnonyonhe2hdy Catholicism and H-eathenism must be hiiy"oMac,12at1o'lkA.M supplanted by the true religion o fheei oecsaogitl o etr fDshrea xcti our Lord ,Jesus Christ." This remark is unpatriotic and re- lga epefra nut hita fteEtt fInhrJn asn fleets so untruly and unjustly uponopnoofohrfoonyjhnet.liE.Cmos the United States that the American-macnbegvrelyhico-d.Ixeui. ism of any loyal citizen can but hescec.GeeyieSC.Fb18192 aroused. D~oes the writer not know our Fathers fought and bled for ----- --_____ liberty, real and true ? Not only do we enjoy politiciu and religious free dom but liberty in its broadest sense. Cuba as our possecssion enjoyed this ~T~ freomad ti bttr too Mtoor the oblst rincpel ofournational honor to aceupse A merica of giving a Cuba a p)olitical freedom, deprived ofth To adore God as our conscience dic tates is the fibre of Americanism and to say that America gives to any pro cessioin a liberty deprived of this is -- treaison. The United States did no snech thing and the author of such an unloya] statement coul he brought before the court of justi;ce. After the shocking attack on Amearkahicichetheyauthoritusteqaee "CathotatesofanoHeahheaiolina, beospptytedbyfte trrerliginno DuringatheIyearsythat Iehave live ministrationecfioheofstateStadeeffects ofun onrya indlsapiitehichmad 'l'hese are, therefore, toecito andtad nhoneithprotestantinndlahethinceredJew Melareuasiecrthydof thatetheytbesandfer pentrCaehorecefornmtheeCourtnofearoe l~ntme toatewheldoatdManningnonathehet. to shoatholicismfaanyHtheyehave, why the aidAdmnisraton houd nth Missioar uo n a attempt.pan , thiwrd Igrooaontisstte.n Given nder mNhanSocisetyh cla dc Mplisimuc , S itfcivilrrareligios, if anyprincipa be.rog..hebWis f ehaiomi Chariy buuthegrofesPrfothseei Charity.