The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-09-28
WHO'S TO PAY THE FREIGHT?

WHO'S TO PAY THE FREIGHT!
Ne. satisfied with the remarkable
small vote given him for the leslsla-
ture by the people OF his own county
who know him best, a. {. jones'
state Chairman of the Prohibition
Executive Committee is again out IN
the public prints; this time reaching
ont for the United States sSenatorshlp,
and in his card he places the blame
for Prohibition defeat upon Senator
Ben Tillman. Let US see, if our mem
ory serves US right, this Mr.. Jones is
one of the ssuse-to-be's" who was CIV
en- an indefinite leave Of absence by
the election of 1890, and from that
time on, we have read numerous eS-
pressions Of opinion IN the newspapers
from Mr. A. C. Jones; it was this same
Jones who claimed to have accepted
position in the Office OF Secretary Of
State (chief clerk) with the under
standing that be would retire with
his superior, and when Col. LIP
ecomb's time was out, he declined to
continue in the same position with
Major Leitner, prefering to 60 into
business, and his salary, since 1856,
has averaged at least one thousand
dollars a year more than his position
as chief clerk in the Secretary Of State
Office paid him.
Mr.. Jones is 8 fine business man
and personally We esteem him high
ly; we have so expressed ourself on
former occasions, but his retirement
from politics when he LETT the Office OF
Secretary OF State was not perma-
nent, as his frequent letters to the
press show. After MS entering busl-
ness (becoming drummer for North
ern dry goods firms his passion for
politics was so strong, that notwith-
standing the fact that he averaged
at least one thousand dollars a year
more than his position in the Secre-
tary OF States Office paid" him he ac-
cepted a position in the engrossing
department, and thereby prevented
some persons who were rot averaging
one hundredth part OF the money that
was being made by Mr.. Jones and
who possibly were in need and strug-
Cling to win bread for their families.
Mr.. Jones, wejudge to be a man fond
OF politics, and the fact that his own
people would not support him, for
the legislature, does not oaze him IN
least as is shown by his announcement
as a candidate for United States Sen
ate. Jones is after Ben Tillman's
scalp, and With the hope that the Pro-
hibitionists of this State will continue
to be huddled together to be voted as
the leaders may aExthe label OF pro-
hibition; he comes out early and offers
himself upon the sacrifcial altar.
We invite the attention OF our
readers to Mr.. Jones letter and We
will ask them the question, if they
cannot see more politics than ''moral
principle" in the document. He is
willing for the sake OF moral princi-
pie to sit upon the platform OF
Hon. 0. L. Shumpert, and Col. Geo.
D. Tillman, that>is to exempt coun-
ties by a two-thirds vote from the
operations of prohibitive law, pro-
v:ded such counties would assume all
expenses for the enforcement OF the
law and responsibility connected with
its sale. At one time we charged Mr..
Jones with being an astute politician,
but now We beg leave to withdraw the
word "astute" that the word politi-
clan may remain without any pre-
fix.