The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-12-10
THE THI5E MANNING TINES.
WEDNESDAY,, DECEMBER 10, 1890.
BILL ARP
Comments on the Present Condition OF
Affairs.

ssLet not him boast who putteth bis
armor on like him who taketh it off.
ssLet those lauo- WHO win" He
laughs best wao laughs last" and
other maxims to that effect. We have
5 had little episode up here Ill the
mountains, and the way it has turned
out looks like some OF US laughed al
the wrong time. But it is ali owe,
now, and we can all laugh, except
those sangaine individuals who staked
their g1eenbacks aid lost. They are
not yet calm and serene. It is right
shard on feller to lose his man and
money too. If man will bet on an
election, have always thought he
ought to bet against his desires, end
then if he wins he has got his money,
and if he loses be has got bis man,
and so comes down easy.
Well, it did look like the old doctor
had everything in a swing around
here and all along the railroad for lSO
miles. Just think of a congressional
district 13O miles long, and a great
railroad splitting in two, and sixteen
I towns along the line, and the city OF
Rome red hot besides aad almost ev-
serybody hollering for FELTON,. che is
bound 10 wip," said his friends, 'sthe
sdevil can't, beat him." and SO tney
5staked their pocketbooks until they
were empty, and they are empty still.
But these farmers-"these alliance
5men'-they made no noise, they kick
ed up no dust, they waited until they
could see the whites of the enemies
eyes, and then they fred all along the
line. Tie woods were full of them.
Where did they all come from? 1t
reminded me of the old times when
Ds: Miller used to run against Lump
skir in this same district. They stump
ed It together, and had big barbecaes,
and tie sovereigns came out by the
thousand and eat the meat and drank
the eloquence, for DR.. Miller had as
much reputation then as DR.. FELTON,
has got now, and he was called the
Demosthenese of the mountains.
Lumpkin was big, beefy, thick
sensued man, and couldn't elocute
very much, but he was democrat,
while Dr.. Miller was whire. He made
Lumpkin sick on every stamp-so
sick that sometimes when he had The
conclusion be wouldn't take it, and
the boys all shouted for Miller, and
toted him around like the old Virgin
iars used to tote Patrick Henry. Good
gracious, what racket they made, but
when election day came they came
slipping out from their log cabins and
hollow logs. and from under the clay
roots and other hi,ling places, and
;;ust everlastiEgly showed the doctor
snder. 7 hadn't forgotten those mem
sorable campaigns, and hence I didn't
bank my faith in sanguinary man
snsr upon Dr.. Felton's success l kept
one ear open to hear something drop,
and it dropped, But we can all laugh
and rejoice now, for there are bigger
things than the seventh district. The
nation is safe, and that is victory
enough TO satisfy anybody. We did
think that we were just obliged to
-nHys Or. TE1rOu II cougrrss TO night
the impending battle, and lead the
forces and electrify the democracy,
and swing his Damascus blade and
put IN his hallelula icks and save the
nation, but the news of our victories
have come. over us like the sounds OF
many waters, ant hope has revived
and freedom has quit shrieking, and
now maybe we can get along without
The doctor. Maybe we can. I expect
She old man Eloquent has fought his
slass 6ght, and he fought it nobly. He
fought to save the pure democracy,
but maybe it is MT to be saved. I see
that Mr. German, one of the alliance
leaders, says that democracy is dead
and republicanism is dead and the
peoples party are going to run the
machine. Colonel Polk said that long
AGO, and so did Livingston, but it was
! all smothered until after the elections:
sIs viii come out now, and it ought to:
There are as many republicans in the
alliance up north and northwest as
there are democrats, and they are
obliged to have new name. Mr..
SGorinan is right, and if the, new par
ty viii do right that is alt We wants
But right now, when the democracy
has won these signal victories; we
think the southern alliance ought to
ifaa into line and let the good old dog
swag his tail little while longer.
But ] reckon we will all stand aside
and let the farmers have their own
way. Fighting them don't seem to do
ANY good.
Ills ike Colonel Patterson, of North
Alabama, who, at his first battle with
The Yankees was ordered to take his
regiment and charge battery that
was away over on 8 hill and was
throwing an occasional shell down in
tie valley. "Boys," said he, s'you must
shoot chargin', and charge a shoot
in, and we'll get 'em." And they did,
bat when they got within about a
quarter of ia mile the battery suddenly
turned loose a terrific voAey OF grape
and canister upon them, which de-
moralized the colonel, and he waved
his sword and shouted: 'Boys, quit
shootin' at 'em-quit shootin' say,
for it just makes 'em madden"
We will just quit shooting at the
farmers, and if they can get the sub
treasury and run it. let them do it.
sIf they can't, then let them get some
,,- all ,ro3t o,,I oon