The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06

The ::,:rc,:,~,..,' -t:,cS il; :i.e i'rt,,ir !,
.j,lrlaI Publishing r"mrm,y could haze
no possible brari,i@ Upon the editorial
I pclicv.oG The Piedmont Headlight a>
/ they are Two distinct and >rpcratr cor
porations. owned by different parties.
and both chartered by ,hc Secretary Of
! State. ANY ono Interested can call 1T the
capital ut Columbia and lind ont Inrhim-
=, self the folly nf Senator Archcrthinking
that bv buying a few hundred dollars
worth Of stock in the Journal company
had as well say he can control this paper
hv buving stock any of the banks or
cotton mills Of the county.
Senator Archer always entertained i
:. Very poor opinion Of the honor and
honesty of the prcff Of our State. Tor he
frequently remarked. when his name was
mentioned in connection with the GU
bcrllatorial race. that he woul,l have to
lay aside enough money to buy up some
ncwSpapcrtoSupporth him. Perhaps the
Senator WAS then tifhin- for 4 bid from
me.
As every man in SpartanburS coun-
" knows. Senator Archer was defeat
ted for both clerk of court and the
legislature. When Hon Stanyarmc VIII
son resigned his seat in the Senate. /
urged Mr.. Archer to offer for the iln-
expired term. and no enc ever worked
harder or more faithfully. for i candi-
dates success than did Tor Nr.
.Archcr'S election: and neither did |
charge kim one nickel for what | did
both through the columns Of The
Headlight and by pcrSonsai work
among my friends. | wrote columns
endorsing his position. and spent days
travelling over the country in my bug
BY plcadn" with our farmers to turn
out and support Mr.. Archer.
But the only return have ever re-
ccivcd for this work is the false and
>ladcrous charges made ut Manning.
behind my back and when Nr. .\rchcr
knew was not present to defend my
self. That attack wa> rs cowardly rs
it was ungratcful and Slandcron> |
have met Senator Archer several times
face 20 face recently. and why did he
not then make his charges to me.
and where could have answered them.
and not waited until he was out Of
my sight and hearing? In view OF all
that | have so freely done to start Mr.
Archer in political life. after he was
twice rcpudiatcd by his own people. |
must say that he has repaid my unset
fish kindness by cowardly. ungratefui
huSh-whacking methods.
Noman has ever served his friends
more loyalty dcvotcdly and unScIfsh-
| ly than myself. and have never re-
ccived one dollar. in my whole Jour
nalistic life for supporting either 4
man VI measure We have sold stock
in our paper and have still stock to
to sell. and Senator Archer can buy it
if he wishes to invest. But desire to
say right here that there has never
been enough money coined to purchase
the pen of r. h. Can't
So far us Governor Ellcrbe and Col.
Neal are concerned. while | have op-
posed their support of Mr.. McLaurin
at the same time my personal relations
with both Of these gentlemen have been
exceedingly kind and pleasant. When
my son was last year i candidate for
clerk of the House. Coy. Ellerbe and
Col. Neal both worked for his election
and did all that they could for him:
| would have been as basely ungrateful
as Senator Archer has proven himself
to be did | wage an unjust and unfair
war against such friends when their
own interests were at stake.
Being county man. l,would have
| felt duty bound to support Senator
Archer for Governor. had he not
proven. to my entire satisfaction. that
he was not the proper man to rule over
our great State. But at the same time
intended to treat him and all the
other candidates perfectly fair and
then abide the will Of the people.
As to my reason for not supporting
Senator Archer. | will give them at
the proper time. and the honest. anti
trust and unperchaSable voters Of
South Carolina will pronounce them
good and sufficient | have always
faithfully worked for the wcll-being of
my people. and have never as yet fallen
victim to the wilcs of trust agents or
cmissarics. Neither have myself or
The Headlight Office handled 4 dirty
| Shilling. and all Of our business tran
sactions are open to the. c.fullcst glare Of
an N-ray or calcium light have
never received one dollar from either
Governor EIlcrbc or Col. Neal in the
way Of salary Us editor. or through
any other plea. except one dollar Il
wear as subscriptions to this paper. /
supported Governor Ellerbc in the last
cubernatorial contest ut last election.
and he will bear me in the statement
that he did not then. or at any Other
time. pay me one cent. except Il post
acc stamp ! once used in his Office. He
never offered me money. and neither
would have accepted it had he tender
ed me money The people of South
Carolina know how hard worked for
Col. lrby. sending over the State hun
drcdS ot dollars worth Of free papers in
his interest. and Col. Irby will bear me
out when say that not on y refused
pay for the service but never handled
i dollar OF his money in my life The
people know how many hundred of col
umnS | have written III support Cof
Hon. Stanyarne Wilson and the only
charge ever made against that gentle
man was the actual cost Of the papers
he had mailed. paving for typcScttin".
etc. from my own pocket. Now. if |
was ON the make. and was 80 corrupt as
Senator Archer charges. it does not
seem reasonable that would have as
assessed those gentlemen rs well rs