The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-02-21
LEGISLATIVE MUSINGS.

morning. On SATURDAY every
thing was rushed to finish by the
midnight hour, and all minds
were strained in this direction,
but it was an impossibility, there
being too great a volume, and the
work was Of such character
that it could not be left over for
another session. The supply
and appropriation bills had to be
carefully enrolled for ratification
and these two documents gave
the entire force in the engross-
ING department all they could
do to get them ready for ratiica-
ton by sunrise Sunday morning.
After one mas been away from
his work for six weeks, it is al
most like a new beginning to
undertake to get back to editorial
grinding, but it is a case Of
''have to- with US, as Mr.. Les
esne who has edited The TINES
during our absence is otherwise
engaged on account of an acci-
dent which befell Mr.. Clarence
Wilkins. He is now keeping the
books of the Mcleod, Wilkins,
King Co., and therefore forces
US to take immediate hold Of The
TINES instead of by degrees.
We desire to make public ac-
acknowledgement Of our gratitude
to Mr.. Lesesne for his manage
ment of THE TINES during our
absence. He has given the
people a good, clean newspaper,
intelligently edited, there was no
attempt at heel-snapping, nor
was their any Disgusting OF his
purposes. Mr.. Lesesne did not
use any mask batteries. He did
not start out by claiming to es-
chew politics. He did not write
his editorials with the intent to
strike over other shoulders, but
like the man and gentleman who
Scorns hypocrisy, he wrote with
an honest purpose and expressed
himself in a manly way; open
were his declarations and with
the publicin his confidence. Such
a writer has the respect and ad-
miration of the reading public
and they appreciate his service
to them. There is no better way
in the world to form an estimate
of a mans character than by his
writings, if he is tainted in char
acter it will expose itself in his
writings and the public will be
the first to detect it. Mr.. Les
esne's conduct of the editorial
department of this paper has
showo him to be a man of strong
moral force, keen in observation,
thoroughly conversant in public
affairs, and a man who takes a
sincere interest in the welfare
Of his county.
The writer is at his post again
and he finds some embarrassment
to get started off in his work,
but it will all come to him in
time, and then he will give his
best efforts towards keeping The
TINES up to the high standard
which has characterized it for
these many years. We have
Just received d bran new lot of
the latest improved type, both
body and advertising, and the
Office is equipped to do the best
kind of work.
In our last Columbia CORES
pondent we mentioned the COM
ing of William Jennings Bryan,
and expressed the hope that
"Old Rock" would get there to
see and hear his political idol.
Bryan came and so did "Old
Rock" Bryan spoke to a very
large audience in Columbia, and
Immediately left for Charleston.
A committee came up from Char
lesion headed by Major J. c.
Hemphill, the gold bug editor of
the News and Courier, and Col.
w. B. Wilson. Colonel Bryan
atfrst declined their invitation,
but later when he discovered
Major Hemphill decorated with
a silver dollar badge, together
with the earnestness of Colonel
Wilson, he gave way and accept
ed: this was about midday, after
the news had already been sent
that Bryan could not make Char
lesion. As soon as the words
Il accept" fell from that peer
less leaders lips the Charleston
committee got a move on them
selves, and monopolized the tele-
graph wires until they communi-
Gated with every possible agency
to get the news spread through
out "Gold Bug" Charleston, Mes
srs. Hemphill and Wilson work
ed hard and they merited the
success they got. After they
had gotten their own city well
informed they notified the sta
tionmasters en- route, and the
writer is under obligations also
to Messrs. Hemphill and Wilson,
for the distinguished honor of an
invitation to accompany the
Great Tribune. y All along the
line of road between Columbia
and Charleston Colonel Bryan
was enthusiastically greeted, but
when Charleston was reached