The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-30
"Slab's" Nominations.
Editor The Manning Times:

Editor The Manning IlllleS:
It seems like times are mighty hard
and that there amt much to write
about, and yet when I stop to think
there is Just lots and cords of stuff that
ought to be told. And Mr.. Editor in
the outset l want to congratulate the
woll-hat brigade. They tell me that
this same wool-hat-one-gallus crowd
met in Manning last Saturday. and IN
fact that the trust guns even frownlng
down upon them from all the surround,
ing hills, completely surrounded ana
appearantly at their mercy, lnsplte OF
this bic fact. this one gallus crowd
dared to meet and elect Il commander
whose name is JUSTICE. All I've got
to say is go it boys, | glory IN your
spunk." Trim your ranks, polish up
YOUR old flint and steel. inside and out,
so that when YOU call on her she can
pon clear. and shoot straight. For |
r.lI Won fellows we've got to use her.
We amt got a gun half as big as that
trust Gun told about, but We've got a
neap more OF 'em. on with q little gun
shot. I hear that one merchant III
Manning has come out like q man and
declared which side he was on. He
said the farmer was the man he had to
look to for the sale OF his goods, and
therefore the farmer was his friend.
and that he would sell no trust goods.
Every farmer in Clarendon pulls his
hat to that merchant. Brother, watch
and see what the sign of promise IS.
And now why can't more OF our mer-
chants take the same stand. Some say
1T amt no use, this farmers movement
amt going to amount to anything.
No it never will amount to anything II
we don't go at it like we mean business.
I know everybody remembers that
pretty little verse, Little drops OF
water, Little grains Of sand" :" Alright
big help amt the only kind OF help we
need now. We need the big help and
the little help, and heap Of 1t. And
I lust want to say again to the mer-
chants of Clarendon. Whose side are
YOU ono Come out from behind the
bushes and be men. 1t amt no use for
the merchant and the farmer to try to
get along without one another. Inc!
can't do it. They ought to be and act
like brothers, and I believe that Is
about the feeling that exists between
them.
But our merchants haven't taken
time to think out what IS the matter.
Merchants, I believe that when you
realize that your best friends are IN
danger. YOU will come to his rellet.
We are in trouble and we are going to
do all we can for self-protectlon. relief
and so on, but you can help US If you
Will. Now, Mr.. Editor, q few words
along another line. The farmers on
last Saturday dug up an olo muzzle
loading GUN that's been buried ever
since the revolutionary war, and to
evervbodv's surprise she was IN excel
lent condition. only needed little ruo'
bing up to do good work. She got the
rubbing Of course, and was loaded &C,
cording to order. She was loaded ana
laid by ready for use at moments no
tice. Now we don't want to have to
shoot that gun, for 1 tell everybody l
know what she is loaded with and when
she does shoot, somebody IS gong 10
Git hit. and hurt. Now we don't want
to hurt ANYBODY that amt our aim or
intention. but we've got to protect our
selves. AS I said once before. we are
the most innocent set OF little ianos
YOU ever saw. if you will treat US rlght,
but our leaders name IS JUSTICE, ana
and Justice we have got to have or
somebody's got to know the reason
why. This particular gun was Loaded;
cooked and primed for the cotton seeo
oil mills. All we want is justice, and
Justice cannot and will not allow any
man or set of men to buy our produce
and realize profit OF from % to loe
per cent. We can't stand that ana we
wont stand it. for the very good reason
that we don't have to. We have decld-
ed that before we will fill your Golfers
any fuller, we will bury our seed and
fli our corn houses little fuller. There
is reason and sense in that for our
leader JUSTICE says so and we are 60
ing to stand by JUSTICE.
JOHN SLAB.