The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-07-23
CAMPAIGN ROT.

may be derived from fulHOts
which have been put into circu-
lation for the purpose of Great
ing prejudice against US. We
are running a newspaper and 1t
is a part Of the work of such an
institution to find out what is
going on, and finding it out, the
people are entitled to share it
with US.
There is much whispering 60
ing on just now among certain
men, about a fearful secretabout
our political status. Our op-
porents have sunk their plumets
into the earth, and discovered
that "Appelt is an Anti that,
she sold out to them and it is
absolutely necessary that he
should be defeated for the Sen
ate" Why said one who favors
one of our opponents, ''Appelt
used my name in his paper, and
now I am oblige to fight him, as
the Reform faction cannot afford
to let him win"
We wish to say that this man
who is now trying to draw fac
tional lines, was only too glad to
get for himself two years ago
the vote of the former Conserva-
tives. He did much catering to
them and awfully opposed to
anything like factionalism, now
however. he is, and very natur-
ally so, supporting one Of our
opponents, and to do so he would
reopen the old factional sore, to
expose it to those whom he
thinks he can fool a vote out OF
against US. When that has no
effect, then "Appelt is a Repub-
lican, and we cannot afford to
vote for him and put the State
back into the hands of the Re-
publicans. The idea of a man
who has fattened at the public
crib in positions with salary at
tachments. insulting the intelli-
gence of white men with such
rot. So far as factionalism is
concerned. we are glad that is at
an end, and that men can be
elected to Office without clinging
to the coat-tails of. some popular
idol. The principles of the Re-
form movement are here to stay,
we are as loyal to them as we
ever were, but we are heartily
sick of a gang of pap-suckers
who did nothing for the Reform
cause until they wanted to land
at the political lunch counter
they were not seen or heard from
while the battle was thick and
fast, but when the smoke clear
ed away they could be found
going over the field looking for
what they could pick up.
It was the same way when we
were fighting to place in su-
premacy the white man, these
political microbes now infesting
the body polite, attempting to
cast opprobrium upon our politi-
cal loyalty. by whispering about
that "Appelt is a Republican. "
What nerve? There may be a
few men in this county who have
been so unfortunate as to not
be able to read and write,
who can he fooled by such
stuff, but if they will think
just two years back, they will
come to the conclusion that if
"Appelt is a Republican" now,
he must have been two years
ago when he helped snatch from
the burning brands of defeat
some who are now questioning
his loyalty to the Reform cause
and the Democratic party. Ap-
pelt does not want to be elected
as a Reformer or Conservative,
those two things are in the past
except with a few pap-suckers,
if he cannot be elected upon his
merit, and as q true and loyal
Democrat, he does want the sup
port of the people.
Then we are informed that it
is being told about: that ''Appelt
has spent two thousand dollars
to buy his election. This is very
absurd, but as it is being told and
it might be believed by some we
herewith state that "Appelt has
never in his life ever bought a
vote, either with money or whis-
key. That he does not permit
his place of business to become
hole to dish out liquor for can
didates on or before election
days, nor does he sanction any
such methods. Appel has a
family to support, and has no
money to spend on political
dead beats. But, says another
wretch "Appelt paid party s25
for a certain club and was glad
that he got it so cheap" This
is false, but if Applet had bought
that club or even a voter, he
would had conscience enough to
have paid out good United States
money and not fooled anybody
with deprecated coin.
There is another report that is
being circulated, but the nature
Of it is such, our attorney advises
US not to make mention of it in
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