The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-07-25
THINK WELL, THEN ACT.

conditions the more are we con-
vinced of the Importance OF Vot-
ers thinking well before casting
their votes for Representatives.
Itoften happens that candidate
appeals for votes when he has
nothing but lip service to offer,
and his principal motive IN beng
q candidate is to soothe tt2poilt-
ical scabs brought On from dis
appointment Such a candidate
viii make any promise his tongue
can deliver, in order to deceive
the voter into placing him IN a
position where ne might get his
revenge upon those whom he
holds responsible for the dis
torbed condition Of his mind.
The most effective work done
in the General Assembly is done
bv men who are not endowed
with speech-making: in fact, the
speech makers accomplish little
work and cause a great deal OF
valuable time to be lost: they are
very expensive luxuries. The
kind of a man needed in leglslat-
i've work is one who in com
mittee has the confidence OF
his fellow-committeemen; such
one may not be able to open MS
mouth in behalf of a measure be-
fore the legislative body, yet the
fact that he favors or is opposed
has more weight than a dozen
wind machines.
We therefore urge upon the
voters to not allow themselves
misled by oilytongued polltl-
clans into the belief that it IS
necessary to send men to the
Legislature who can tell moss
covered jokes, or pump out a
lot of hot wind. We are not So
Letting votes for any particular
man or set of men, we are only
urging against the selecting of
men who have grudges to graf
ify, and, to accomplish their pur-
pose they will block and hinder
those who have an ambition to
be of help to the people.
When the present Senator was
sworn into Office January, 1899,
the board of equalization had al
ready fixed the property assess
ment, which stands for four
years, and we found the county
burdened with a debt of nearly
$4,000, and a threat being made
of a suit, unless some provision
was made to pay the outstanding
claims: had the holders Of claims
obtained judgments, the taxpay-
ers would have been further bur
dened with interest at the rate OF
s per cent. 1t was decided by
the delegation as plain bust
ness proposition, thatit would be
to the peoples interests to in
crease the levy three-fourths OF
q mill which made the levy 13
mills. This experiment was
tried, and as a result, the debts
of the county were all paid, and
at the session Of 1900 the levy
on the same valuation of prop
erty was brought down one mill.
thus making it one-fourth of a
mill less than when we went into
office, and a large debt removed,
and one mill less than last year
If the delegation elected this
year will work in harmony with
the Senator, our word for it, an
other mill and, may be two mills
will come OFF at the coming ses-
sion. All that we ask is a dele
cation to work harmoniously as
far as county affairs are concern
ed, and unless such d delegation
is sent, we repeat that which we
have heretofore said, "Clarendon
would be better off with no rep
resentation at all" The people
Of Clarendon know the men who
have already announced their
candidacy, and they also know
the men who will announce later,
for we take it that no man in this
county would have the face to
become u candidate for so i'm
portant q place unless he was
known to the people. We would
not presume to say to the voter
that he shall vote for this or that
man, but as a citizen engaged in
a public work, we have right
to express our opinion as to the