The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-19
prophet Comes Again.
Editor The Manning Times:

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norant set to the regions OF eternal
darkness, place l don't think he is fit
to go until ne repents some. My brick
must have nit him hard blow to bring
such howl Of rage and to set him to
digging in the graves Of dead men like
Hampton and Manning to find some
thing to cast at the ';Prophet." J. H.
L. must be the man who wants people
to look up to him as the embodiment OF
wealth and wisdom in his community,
that cast his vote and voice against the
cause of education or my brick could
not have hit-,h1m. In his abuse OF
':Prophet,:he said he had no brains.
and hat fools never die: it was not
necessary for him to say this, for his
Tepistle is abundant proof that be has
10 brains and that all the fools are not
dead yet. prophet knows that he is
poor and ignorant, but am not so ig-
norant as to take what one man says IN
The TINES as an excuse to hurl Schem-
inc dishonesty and dirt at a majority OF
the best men we have at Pinewood. j.
E. T.. must be full Of dirt himself or
he would not cast it so freely at other
people. He tells US that Hampton was
the greatest leader the world ever saw.
This is broad statement. Mr.. Editor,
as you well know. I would never think
of entering the broad field of the world
in search of an equal Of Wade Hamp.
ton when I could find his equal and
superior in the Southern States. / have
never read of anything great he has
ever done to entitle him to such great
distinction He captured two thousand
head of beef cattle from Gen. Grants
army in Virginia during the war, but
anv Good fox hunter like he was could
have done the same thing. Louisiana
and other Southern States with lead
ers like Hampton came from under the
rule of the negro like we did in rs.
Hampton as our leader IN 'l6. assisted
bv such men as the Buffers, Garys,
Tillmaus and Prophet he redeemed
our State from negro rule and the peo-
pie gave him all the Office and honor
they could bestow on him and now
when his friends dip into our tax money
to the amount OF ten thousand dollars
TO build a monument for him not a
word of protest comes from prophet"
or any of his ignorant set that J. Il. l..
would send to the regions OF darkness
with his God and blood-given right to
vote. He will pat J. NJ. Barwick and
the Graham boys on the back as long as
they do his bidding, but let them assert
the Tillman-given right to vote as they
please and he will consign them to the
regions where it is said that Ice don't
keep.
With such men as D. W. Brown, J.
W. Weeks, J. r. Griffin, DR.. NJ. D:
Murray, B. B. Broadway and others [
could name voting in favor OF our school
tax, this writer tells US that such men
as DR.. P. NJ. Sally. P. q. Broughton,
with the Richardson's, Grahams and L.
NJ. Barwick cast their votes against
scheming dishonesty and dirt.
MIR. Editor, how many Intelligent
readers OF The TINES do you suppose
will accept this statemet OF his as The
truth? I think the number will be pre-
cious few. He seems to be q man that
is well filed with that low aim in life
that Brother Clyde told US was a crime
against God and man, for he and his
followers have voted against the school
from the time the district was formed
to the present and l expect he will con-
tinue to do so with his God and blood
given right to vote that he boasts of.
He had better keep ''Prophet" out OF
the Legislature if he can, for If get a
chance at him I will relieve him of the
duty of voting my poor, ignorant kin
against the cause of education under
the pretense of resenting schemlng dis
honesty and dirt in the school election
at Pinewood.
This ignorant ape of aristoccacy tells
US that "Prophetn threatens to disfran-
chise our brightest, most esteemed and
in the past most honored families, re-
gale them to the rear on the ''nlgger. >
:Prophet'' thinks that ]. Il. L. had
better take the time he spends in fight
ing our school in trying to pull some OF
his brightest, most esteemed and hon
ored friends not many miles from Pine
wood off a seat with the 'nigger" that
';Prophet'' and his following had moth
ing to do with putting on. :,
Mr.. Editor, please tell your pickup.
correspondent at Pinewood, "Buster, "
that he had better quit using the
'sProphet's' name with Booker Wash
ington or he might not be able to ride
his Uraguy goat when it arrives at
Pinewood.
Yours truly,