The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-04
In Plain English.
ITO Wool Hats Uadismayed."
Editor The Manning Times:

Editor The Manning Times:
In your issue OF the 2Sth, you have an
article from your New Zion correspon-
dent over the initial B criticising my
recently written communications for
and published in The TINES, all Of
which the readers are familiar with.
Besides, the readers have BIS article
before them and we guess they have
also read the same.
We are glad to note that B's good
sense compels him to admit that the
writer's dispensary arguments is logi-
cal, even though he mistakes patriot
ism, ''for a narrow factional spirit.'
We have for several years past belier-
ed that factionalism is dead, and for
this reason if no other, we would be
the last one to revive it and we chal-
lenge the proof from any source to
show that we are trying to do so.
"Factionalism' we dare say, did in
the past. in measure, cut, some figure
in 'landing into public Office class Of
men" through misplaced confidence"
who has since shown their insincerity
to principle, and today, are no more
nor less than political turncoats.
= We are glad to know that people on
BIS side of the water have no objection
to the writer advocating his ideas on
the liquor question, and that they ex-
tend the same right to him to do so
that they extend to others. and for the
information of B, we will say, nowhere
in our recent writings have we charged
anyone in his section with being poll
tical "traitor" even if they do disagree
with the ';sage of Davis; as the oracle
of New Zion charges, and we agree
with him in every particular in regard
to those who served their country SO
'iwell in war and in peace" and will
ever contend that the Confederate
soldiers was the grandest, and the
noblest soldiers that the world has
ever seen. Some of these old soldiers
agree with the writer that the dis
pensary plan is the best solution Of the
vexing question OF whiskey in South
Carolina, while others differ with him.
Many old soldiers admire and contde
in Senator Tillman and will vote for
him, but none will ''fall down and
worship Tillman'' as the ''oracle OF
New Zion writes.
B. writes that his ''people resent the
writer's appeal to ''wool hats'and they
regard it nothing more nor less than
an insult to their Intelligence for any
man to appeal to them in such a man
ner." We are indeed sorry that IS So,
for we have good friends in BIS coun-
try and we would not intentionally in
suit them under any circumstances
whatever ''The people are ready to
listen to the writer or anybody else
whenever he or they have ideas to ad-
vance, but this must be based upon
common reasoning and not factlonai
hoodwinking." The writer believes
that the people OF BIS section is an
intelligent and reasonable people and
will believe us when we tell them that
we take no stock in creating "factional
hoodwinkery."
We have no knowledge who The
! MANNING TINES correspondent B. IS,
and hereafter if he has anything more
to communicate through the pubic
print in reference to the writings OF
the writer, he must fight openly, strike
straight from the shoulder by writing
his grievances over his own signature
and not over an initial for if he does,
we will pay no further attention to his
epistles.
In all the writer's communications
he writes them over his own signature,
in plain English.
GEO. r. JONES.
Davis Station. S. c. March 81. 1906.