The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-23
WE PRoDDED THE vARMINT.

We PR0DDED THE VARMlST.
The Columbia Record winces
at our exposure Of its hypocrisy,
and replies to our warning to
Prohibitionists against being
sandbagged by footpads, by re.
ferring to us as, "That variegated
ass" The employing Of such
epithets will not aid in it's hypo-
critical efforts to assume an un-
natural position, they must be
blind indeed to not be able to see
the motives prompting The Re
cord in advocating prohibition,
and it is such friends (?) that the
cause of prohibition should pray
to be delivered from.
The Record says it's advocacy
of prohibition, sis a natural out
growth of the State dispensary
law" and makes this assertion
with as straight a face, as ever
"a pirate scuttled a ship" It will
not deceive anybody, The
Records record is too wellknown;
the people throughout the State
well remember how that paper
flooded every nook and corner
with it's pleadings for the reten-
ton of the State dispensary, its
denunciatlon Of prohibition, and
it's defense of those who We're
suspected of being stepped IN
crime. The reading public knows,
in making the effort to stay the
peoples wrath and save that
hive of corruption, the Record
was not prompted by patriotic
motives, but that it was
believed to be in the EN-
ploy Of those interested in the
retention OF that despised insti-
tuition. Has The Record been the
beneficiary of the liquor inter
ests? Does The Record deny re
ceiving money from liquor men,
Has anybody interested in The
Record appealed to liquor mer
for funds9
We ask these questions with
purpose to lay the foundation
for contradiction. There is nt
sense in epithets and replying
with such terms as, "That varle
gated ass" it does not ado
any force to the argument
it rather shows the blink
ing> of dishonest eyes whel
the strong white light of truth
is flashed in it's face. Nor doe:
it aid to misrepresent facts with
regard to The States past rela
tions to The TINES. So fal
as we can recollect The State
has always been very courteous
to The TINES, and has frequent
~ honored US with reproducing
our editorials; we have frequent
ly differed with The State, ane
it has with US, but that was all
There was at one time a membe:
of it's staff whose fathers can
didacy for governor we opposed
which brought on a persona
controversy, not with The State
but with the man referred to
and this could have been avoided
possibly, had mutual explana
tons been made. The State is az
honorable antagonist, it fight!
fair; it does not resort to villif
cation for argument, it is not
hypocrite, it is nota professiona
leg-puller, it does not advocate
policies for revenue only, it does
not desert it's principles, it's edi
torial columns are not sold, it is
honest.
'sThe record has no apologies
to make for being the first daily
to come out squarely for prohi
bition," neither has the thief any
apologies to make when he joins
in the hue and cry Of s'stor
thief" to mislead the public,
The record now supporting pro
hibition as "the natural out.
growth Of the State dis.
pensary law is the cheek
lest utterance we have eve,
read from it, when we
consider the very recent
past attitude Of that pa
per. The dollar should not blind
the Record to all shame, for the
sake Of decency. if it will llreverse
itself then have the manhood tc
acknowledge the truth, that its
principles are solely mercenary:
whether it makes this acknow.
Judgement or not, it is our opin-
ion that the Records advocacy
of. prohibition is insincere, and
we would much prefer be-
ing regarded in the Opin-