The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-11
TELL The TRUTH AND SHAME TIE
DEVIL

people 70 a course they should
take in a public matter, but IN
doing this, we must stick to the
truth, and not follow the exam
pie set by Stewart Star He
says suppose some man says. ;,
He will see to it that Sandy
Grove don't vote for Rutledge,
expecting no doubt, to buy you
like sheep at a slaughter
Ge states an inSinuation, which
ne dare not assert, and mention
the name or names Of the party
or parties, he insinuateS made
such a declaration. "a truth
half told is the most dangerous
sort of he Nobody has hint
ed at buying the voters Of Sandy
Grove to vote against Rutledge,
no man, who knows those p3o-
pie would dare offer to bribe them,
but to Intimate By way of COW
ardly insinuation something of
tie kind had been said is a
scheme to arouse a resentment
which smseks Of trickery, and
exposes the character of the man
who resorts to such tactics.
Suppose some man says" &c.
Why not come out like man and
make the charge, it is a contempt
able method to mislead, to '.sup-
pose" that which the man who
makes the supposition knows, is
impossible, and only makes it for
the effect 1t might have on sensi-
tive minds. Anything may be
supposed. one may suppose"
that Stewart Starr is the paid in
strnment Of those having real es-
tate interests at Lake City, but
It would not be fair to make tae
insinuation; if 1t is a fact that
..Stewart Starr" is working for
Rutledge for so much money,
and his pay depends upon his
success, his zeal is easily explain
ed It wonld be wrong to make
srcn an inSinuation, and there
fore We say that unless Stewart
Starr, can prove that somebody
said. ssEe viii see to it that San
ay Grove don't vote for Ratledge
expecting, no doubt, to buy you
Ike sheep at q slaughter" be is
not conducting himself in a man
ner worthy the confidence of so
good a people as are those Of
Sandy Grove, who by implica-
sSon he Is eadeavoring to de-
ceive.
Stewart Starr also says that
ssMr. Applet says Clarendon Is
bonded for $40, 600, and tgunting-
~ points a finger at you and says
d-n you. pay it; you got it to
do" Stewart Starr ISLANDERS US by
a nisstaeement Of facts. Mr.. -Ap-
pelt has never said .'d-n you
pay it: you got it TO do, and he
knows it. Ee also knows that
MS motive for making this false
statement was to prejudice the
vosers Of Sandy Grove against
the arguments made by Mr.. Ap-
pelt IN opposition tc the forma-
ton Of Rutledge with any por-
ton OF Clarendon as q part, and
especially the arguments made
by MIR. Appel exposing the mis-
representations made by the pro.
moters Of the Rutledge county
scheme. Mr.. Appelt asserts. not
insinuates, that Clarendon coun-
ty has bonded Indebtedness of
$4,000 bat he has always had
too much respect for the people
OF Sandy Grove to even think
''d-n you pay it; you got it to
do" But Notwithstanding the
statement and the quoting of the
constitution by this twinkling
Starr. we take the position and
it is the position of lawyers OF
repute that the very article and
section quoted by Stewart Starr,
which reads. All new counties
hereafter formed shall bear a
Just apportionment OF the valid
Indebtedness of the old county or
counties from which they have
been formed, " means to apply TO
such Indebtedness, as has not
been settled by securities, but
once a county has been bonded.
or mortsaged, for a bond has the
same effect as q mortgage, it
is q debt only to those who
give the bond, and no others
are liable, therefore it is plain,
even to a layman that legisla-
ture cannot make a law authoriz-
ing a county to issue bonds, and
when they have been issued bonds
under its authority, make another
which viii release portion of
the county from the liability by
voting itself into another county:
it is not law nor common sense.
Nor could the legislature after
authorizing county to issue
bonds, make a law that viii i'm
pose a townships proportion Of
a bonded Indebtedness, on those
sections of a new county that had
no part or interest in the issu-
ance Of the bonds. In our judg-
ment Stewart Stars claim that
the whole of Rutledge county, if
formed, viii pay the debt is only
to create the impression on the
minds Of voters of Sandy Grove.