The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-11
We Reluctantly Reply.


nentS were it not that We WISH
to make a comparison for the
enlightment OF the puolic we
would not waste our space o}
giving it attention. \ casual
reader can see at glance the
motives prompting bis Wild ap
peal to ignorant prejudice. and
we make an humble apology for
taking any notice Of it.
We will point out Mr.. Mitch
un1's inaccuracies in their order.
It is not true that the delegation
was instructed to levy two
mill tax for the purpose OF erec-
ting new court house, and one
mill will be all that is necessary.
He says the vote was l6 IN IA
vor of the court house PROPOSE
ton and 10 against. and OF those
voting in favor was The TINES
Editor. The vote was 26 for,
and Z against, and The TINES
Editor did not vote either way
because he was presiding. but
wonld have voted with the ma
5ority had it been necessary.
He intimates the town OF Man
ming treated the balance Of the
county unfairly, and speaks of
those leaving the court house IN
disgust on account Of the wrang-
ling. and says those favorlng
the court house proposition sent
out into the streets to secure
enough voters to win the recon-
mendation for the levy. In the
first place, very few of the citi.
zens Of Manning attended the
meeting and their staying away
was for the purpose of giving
any Gdemagogue no chance or
semblance Of an excuse to appeal
to town against county prejudice
We do not think there was pre-
sent at the time Of taking the
vote over seven town persons.
but when the meeting opened
there were at least twenty, tne
majority became disgusted at the
presumptious, and sickening
speeches that were being made,
they left: some of them saying
that '.the old tine nigger pow
vows were more decently carried
on" We know Of no sending
out on the streets for votes. and
if they were sent for, those who
came in were from the country.
Mr.. Mitchum knows that a
majority of the people of Claren-
don are opposed to building a
new court house, just how be
knows so much we cannot say.
This guardian Of our treasury
must have talked with all Of the
people, he has been very busy
looking after whether or not the
people want a new court
house. ii did, we do not
see how he has been
able to attend to his business Of
teaching the school for which he
is being paid salary out of the
public treasury. If he has been
running about the county polling
the sentiment, he has been neg
lecting his school duties. The
fact is, Mr.. Mitchum has been,
and is now a beneficiary of our
public treasury. and he has
drawn more money from the peo-
pies taxes than he has
paid in taxes. His lack of IL
nancering knowledge is display
ed in what he says about the ul
innate cost Of the court house.
Mr.. Mitchum would have US to
stand still. make no improve
ments, live as did our grandfa
theirs when the country was not.
developed, there were no public
schools, no public colleges, and
we may say no freedom for the
poorer class of white people: all
men have a voice in our govern
ment to-day. whereas, in the days
of our grandfathers not all men
were even permitted to vote. 1t
will not do to retrograde back
to the days of the great grand
fathers, it would bring about a
a very unhappy condition for
some.
We agree with Mr.. Alitchum
when he SAYS he is not poltici-
an, but from his maudlin spec
ches and writing. he evidently
would like to be: but deliver Us
from evil the good Book teaches,
and it would indeed be an attic
ton should ever he become a
politician.
We have not the space nor the
inclination to waste tine in max
ing more extended reply: but
Mr.. Mitchum' reference to the
Editor OF The TINES having
become so warped since his ell
ection that he seems blind to the
interests of his constituents and
deaf to their entreatieS" is such
an outrageous misrepresentation
tnat We must say a few words. !
The TINES Editor represents
the people, and not d fey indi- |
vldpals who get all they possibly |
can from the public, and who
are opposed to giving ANYTHING |