The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-02-12
GOT VERY HOT.
Members of the Senats Gets Ex.
cited Over an Editorial
IN MANNING TIMES.
t Was Claimed That Senator AppeIt's

1t Was Claimed That Senator AppeIt'
Paper Had Made Grave Charge
, Against Some Senators.-Senato
Appeit Was Roundly Abused, bu
He Rit Back and Said He Woul,
, Crit;cise Them When He Saw Fit
There was red hot time in tn
State Senate on Friday. Senato
! Blease of Newberry read the follow
ing editorial from the Manning
Times, which had been copied in ths
Newbebrry Observer. The Manning
Times is owned and edited by sena
tor Appelt. Before reading the arti
Gle Senator Blease said he did not
+; represent any whiskey house. and
therefore the article did not touch
him, but he thought tho Senate
ought to take notice Of the article,
which reads as follows:
The Casus BelH.
! "TEe liquor scandals continue to
hold interest, and the graft gang are
trying to work up sentiment against
Attorney General Lyon because Of his
having employed Col. T. 3. Fielder,
Of Atlanta, Ca, to assist him. They
say, Lyon had to go to Georgia to
get help. as though South Carolina
did not have good lawyers, but such
rot will fool nobody when it is known
that the liquor crew have In their
relations with the winding-up COM
mission Of the state dispensary re
tanned large number of lawyers in
ColuD bia and other cities, and some
Of these are also members Of the leg
islature, who will probably fight the
proposition Of making an appropria-
ton to defray the attorney generals S
expenses in bringing to justice men
who have robbed the state. To SEN
sible men it matters not where the
assistance comes from, whether it
comes from Georgia or South Caro-
lima, but it happens that Col. Eel
der is a South Carolinian, and is re-
| lated to the Felders Of Clarendon. I
happen to know the man, although I
have not seen him since coming here.
He is an able, fearless lawyer and
will expose the names Of members
of the general assembly who attempt
to use their relations as attorneys for
these liquor concerns to thwact the
Legislation necessary to uphold At
torney General Lyons hands. H.
formation has already been obtained
sufficient to place some men in a
very undesirable attitude before the
people, and if there is any further
attempt made to 'tamper with the
jury to defeat an appropriation to
continue investigation and bring to
justice the thieves the newspaper
reading will become mighty interest
ing, and the hypocrisy Of some OF our
patriots will have its mask torn
away, and they will be held up for
indignant derission and scorn OF a
trusting and outraged people.
Several Statements.
Senator Earle denounced the pub
lication in no uncertain terms. He
said he had never represented
whiskey house, nor had he been con-
nected in any way with the State
dispensary commission. He said that
such statements as those contained
in the article from the Manning
Times were infamous falsehoods'
and he demanded that the author Of
the article specify what senators were
referred to- And any member of
the senate" said Senator Earle, who
will publish such statements should
be expelled from the senate.
Senator Appelt's Statement.
Senator Applet, who had sat with
silence under the stream Of denun-
citation heaped upon him, but whose
face had grown red and then white,
came to his feet quickly when Senator
Earle had concluded his remarks.
He demanded to know il the senator
from Oconee meant to say that he
| (Appelt) had stated what was a
falsehood.
Senator Earle said that the infor-
nation contained in that article was
false and insulting.
Senator Applet declared that a
tempest in teapot" had been stir
red up. He said that he wrote the
article referred to and was alone re-
sponsible for its publication. He
said that he based that article upon
information which he regarded as
authentic. No names were given to
him bv his informants, but he de-
clared that he was satisfied that the
statements contained in the article
in so far as they related . members
of the general assembly being attor'
Inevs for whiskey houses were aoso
Ilutely correct. He said that while hf
was a member Of the senate be wa:
also an editor Of a newspaper ane
felt privileged to criticise person:
whenever he had information upoi
which to base such criticisms.
He said that if anybody was to D.
expelled from the senate 1t shoul'
be those senators who represen
ybiskey houses and who would u.s.
J their official position to defeat tn
: ends Of legislation seeking to give u
: the attorney general funds Wit
which to prosecute the grafters.
I He said to Senator Earle ne ha
: no right to know from whom ne go
= his information, Or what that lntol
nation was in detail.
Represents Two Houses.
Senator Weston said that 1t is
/ nenaltv that men in public life pa
70 be misunderstood by some goo
men and to be misrepcesented b
some bad men. He had no apolsle