The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-08

VI tliC Oiu UlO(k.
He has daughter, of sweet sixteen,
now attending the Normal school in
Buffalo.
The Major was captain and catcher
of the old Niagara baseball club in its
palmiest days, and there, as every
where, won laurels. In those days of
amateur clubs the New York CHibber
pronounced "young Wheeler as the
best catcher in Western New York ~
That club, it is weil-known, won the
gold ball for the championship of New
York State while he was catching for
them at the great State tournament at
| Auburn.
The appointment of Major Wheeler
as assistant postmaster was endorsed
by the Department at Washington,
which recognized in him man quail
fed by eighteen years of honorable
service. 1t was praised by the press of
the city without distinction of party.
The foregoing article, as will be seen
by credit above, is from the Buffalo, N.
Y, Sunday Truth.
When Major Wheeler assumed
charge of the postofice at Danville,
there was a great feeling, politically,
against him, as would have been
against any man from the North (es-
pecially Republican, about that time
1t was natural enough that he would
work for his own party during election.
For four years l conducted straight
out Democratic newspaper at Danville,
Va, and during election times l al
ways made it pretty hot for Postmaste,
Wheeler. Notwithstanding such treat
ment at my hands, he invariably made
it point to favor me whenever in his
power, whether in private life or official
capacity.
The object of this sketch is to ex-
press my gratitude to Major Wheeler
for special kindness proffered to me
when was in financial straits.
After spending four years and more
than $1,000 endeavoring to establish a
daily newspaper at Danville, Va, a
town then containing about three
thousand white people, l was at last
forced to the wall by one of the
wealthiest men of the place, though l
had on several occasions defended him
at my own peril. During my trouble
and embarrassment, in the midst of my
own townspeople, for whose interests
in building up the town and surround
ing country had spent my time and
money, not one offered to come to my
assistance, except Agar M. Wheeler,
who, as soon as he heard that | was to
be sold out, modestly approached me
and remarked:
Manning, l am not rich, but il
$500 or 81 900 will help you out Of
your difficulty, l will let you have it. !"
The proposition fairly -plussed
me, realizing that could never return
the kindness politically, and conse-
quently he could not expect any fnan-
cial benefit, save security for the
loan, which would have simply been
my word-my note. With my heart
i full of gratitude, respectfully de-
clined the loan.
This one simple fact impressed me
more torcibly than ever before with the
fact that "friend in need is friend
indeed" and in ga. NJ. w." | found
that friend. 1t took me four years to
find, out of population Of nearly one
thousand men, nearly all of who m
were Democrats, and at least one hun
dred of that number each to a man
could have put my paper on a safe
financial footing without embarrass-
ment to himself, that not one would
offer to "pull me out of the hole
However, at this late day | do not
desire to play the "baby act" but sim
ply to give a deserving man his just
dues; man against whom nothing can
be said, only that he was, is and will
continue Republican and while /
was born, live and will die a Demo
crat, | do not hate man because he
differs from me in politics; my knowl-
edge of men and matters in the world,
after considerable travel and observa
ton, have made me more liberal in
my views towards my fellow man.
Very sincerely,
w. T. MANNING. =
| Juneau, Alaska, Jan. I, 1891. haSi12
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