The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-11-24

!dent or contemplated SO doing. rs
70 the plan followed Here are ex-
tracts from the replies:
Washington: The dinner given
20 President TAFT was arranged b.
q joint committee OF the Chamber
OF Commerce and board 0: trade.
Tie committee issued invitations 10 |
a few distinguished guests. who. o: !!
course. paid nothing. Al! others
who attended paid $50 plate. The
list was limited The list. however.
was not confined TO W;ashinstonians.
New Orleans: Al the banquet
rendered President Tai: here last
February. just before his inaugu-a-
ton. all those who attended Were
invited 20 pay s22o. with the eNcep-
:ioa OF Mr.. Ta:;'s party. the press
,of New Orleans) and possibly Ok
o. two guests OF honor Those in
vi,a,!ons 20 participate were not
confined TO citizens OF Louisiana.
Atlanta: I have just wired you
that we did exactly the same thing
her. in Atlanta. and K is the usual
custom. not only here in the South.
but in every o;he. city in the coun-
;.y. I, seems to me il IS
4 very sensible custom. Some
body has 10 pay. Why cot. there
fore. those who arc there in the ca
pacity Of hosts? SO Ia as
have heard this is :h. cn,v IL
stance OF complaint Of this kinG on
record
Savannah. The Ta:; hanqu"C
vii: be attended by $50 rc:st..s
.,bou; thirty viii! bc guests o! In"
city: the go who are not spec II
guests Will pay $50 per plat. for IN.
occasion IN eighteen years do 10
recall! a function o. the sort in III
city that was no, similarly financed.
Invitations to participate in thai
banquet and its expense banquet
given in IN" name o: SavanEah-
were sent 10 Atlanta "nd elsewhere
in Georgia.
The dicec: charge that Cclum-
| Dia vas attempting TO make the State
At large pay for her fro!ic. and III"
Infamous insinua;ion that the plan
OF a committee. OF which the Gov
e-nor. the mayor and myself were
the mem bers. had engaged in 4 mon
ey-mak;nS scheme. warrants refer
ence to what was spent in Co!umbia
aside from the luncheon--whosc cost
by the way. was not covered Dy th'
estimated $40 plate Aside from
the erter:a;nDent in the State Hous'
the outlay was. as accurately rs
can now secure the figures. $500
Tilln,an TartIy Ccn$urcd.
.'i have no means Of defining tn
motive prompting 3. r. .Tillman 4
make the gross and icsolent Tcpl.
he did TO the invitation 10 De hos
instead OF a guest at the luncheon
TO the President. and j; is imr,ateria
whether be imagined it an opportu
nifty 70 hurt Columbia. o! 10 emoar
-ass his political opponents on tn
committee. or TO hoodwink SullIbl
backwoodsmen. But his !!i-b!e'
TRADE. his maliciously false state
: ment Of Co!uubia's position. HI
charge that our rlan was violation
. OF hospitality and Indecent. woui
. have been ignored BY ME had 10
papers IN South Carolina. some o
them perhaps nisinterp-eting tn
. committees silence while the CUES
was approaching. INDUCED in who!
/ II unjus,ihed. and. as distinguish
ed Georgian writes me. unp.ecedent
ed ccri,!cism o: this city.
, That Til!mau. who has neve
baked at the price Of Dime. wheI
paid for with the money Of taxpay
. ers. should essay the role OF Var
; McA!lister is grotesQue. Tho ma
. who as a CUES, OF honor IN Charles
ton took the hide OF his hosts an
. then rubbed in salt. and gave Char
lestonians a stomach-turniuS troI
which they needed year. 10 recover
the man whose coarse speech whel
making addresses by invitation la
brought the blood 20 the faces o
farmers wives and daughters II
South Carolina. the man whose pro
family before women has shocked j!
South Carolina and in Washington
this mans criticism. say. o
hospitality and etiquette is gro
tesque. The an;mous is revealed
when Tl!imaa. notorious for lack o
courtesy. lack Of refinement. and fo'
general uncouthnesS. and boastfu
Of his disregard Of the conventions
attempts 10 De mentor Of Columbia ::
| manners. And when II comes tt
maintaining the good name Of South
Carolina, for which he now essays
10 be jealous. TillmaA's display OF ar
appetite for getting something 70:
nothing or much for little. which
had its inceipient manifestation when
! he was Governor In the cultivation
Of private oat crop at public ex,
pense. and ITS latest development in
the Oregon land affair. might be de-
tailed as startling Inconsistency be-
tween the word and III. deed.
IF Mr.. Taft knew anything about
the reason Senator Tiilman gave for
abseutirg himself from the luncheon.
be said nothing about It. but en-
joyed a good dinner. A. s.
AS BAD as THE SOUTH.