The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-10
Lawyer Cantey Grunts Again.


Special to The Manning Times.
Through the columns of the Man
ming Times, / desire to call the at
tention Of the people OF this county
To certain matters, which l consider
Of vital Importance to the pubic
welfare.
Within the very near future this
county will be called upon to select
a chairman of the Democratic party,
which really party constitutes the
county government, and desire to
hereiu announce my individual
views upon the subject.
Of course you ur,i [, MIR. Editor,
are personal friends, and l ain salts
fled you feel more kindly towards
me than towards any OF your other
political opponents, for the simple
reason, that whenever l have any
reason to criticise your political
actions, I write you fraukIy upon
the subject through the columns OF
your paper, and sigu 1ny name to my
communications, Which l happen -
know is not the custom Of those who
for many years have opposed the
adroit State Senator from this
county.
The fact remains. Senator, that
there is q great deal Of dlssatisti,c
! ton in this county, Oh account OF
your political authority, and think
the reason for this dissatisfaction is
due to the fact that YOU do not stand
definitely for any political policy.
that you keep yoar political ear too
close 10 the ground, and finally. that
you maintain political position by
simply floating along with the flat
sam aud jetsaln o. the prevailing
political sentiment.
Sometimes. l think, Mr. Editor,
that you are justified in assuming
the aforesaid attitude. because Of
the attitude Of the element in this
county, who have for many Years
opposed you politically. Let me ILL
us1rate my position by referring to
the campaign in this county for
State Senator. You, of course know,
Mr.. Editor, us I told you privately.
that On account of family relations,
l voted for Mr.. w. c. DAVIS for
State Senator as against you, and
further because Of tile fact that
believe Mir. Davis would have proved
an excellent representative, but the
fact remains, that Mr.. Davis was de-
feated in his lace for the Senate,
! for two reasons, to wit
In the first place, there are great
many ignorant people in this county
who worship Mr.. Davis and who as
sumed the position in the last county
campaign that the county would
stulify itself by not electing him, and
Of course this fact had much 10 do
with his defeat, for the simple rea-
sen that u race OF people Of any de-
gree Of Intelligence are not hero
worshippers; in the second place the
the defeat of Mr.. Davis was due to
the very element who brought him
out, namely, his political friends;
the impression got abroad that Mr..
Davis had a hobo crowd of political
friends, who were riding and traver-
sing the county from one end to the
other in his political interest; I am
satisfied, If Mr.. Davis had cut loose
entirely from his hobo political
friends and had come out for some
thing definite and stood on his own
merits, he would be the State Sena-
tor from this county today.
But you say, Mr.. Editor, what has
all this got to do with the election
OF County Chairman? say frankly
it uas everything to do with the cleo
ton Of the Chairman, for the simple
reason that neither of the aforesaid
political elements which haye here.
inbefore described have any moral
right to demand the Chairmanship,
since neither Of them stand for the
-tndependent moral judgment of the
county.
In view OF these facts, take the
liberty Of hereby nominating Mr..
Charlton DuRant, Of Manning, as
County Chairman and hope he will
be elected when the convention as
sem Dles in the near future and my
reasons are these, to wit: Mr.. Du
Rant is Il good citizen, prominent
church mem Der, a good lawyer, and
has done much for the moral uplift
of tie county, and the decent, indie
pendent, moral sentiment Of the
county demands the election Of such
citizen as County Chairman.
The second question, which | de
sire to discuss, is that Of good roads
and good bridges in this county.
Now, 1 really think Mr.. McFaddin
has made the best supervisor this
county has had in many years, but
it appears to me that we could have
better bridges, although l do not
understand the exact status OF the
funds set apart ior road improve
ment. However, it appears to me
that the present method Of building
bridges in this county is I. useless
expenditure and IL waste Of money;
the board bridges which commonly
prevail are usually washed away
whenever heavy rains come, ard
many OF them are generally hardly
pa ssabiy.
Why not have most, if not all, Of
the streams in this county covered
with brick or cement bridges, which
are much more safe FOR public travel
and more enGurable, and they could
certainly be constructed in such u
manner as to add beauty to the pub
lie highways in this county.
Suppose you take this matter up,
Mr.. Editor, with the county COM
luissioners, ana if the necessary
funds are not available, devise soue
method by which the people of this
county can have the brick Or cement
bridges which will prove Of value
and beauty.
The third question, is that OF the
question of a telephone in tie county
court house. for :the benefit Of the
public outside Of Manning. l under
stand the county commissioners have
already authorized the placing OF a
telephone il the county court house,
but that some of hecourty officials
object on the GROUND that the tele
phone will be Of too much annoyance
to them. Now, Mr.. Editor, l think
it will be conceded that the court
house at Manning was established
for the benefit OF all the people III
this county and the people should
have free excess to said court house
by telephone connections and other.
wise. l never heard Of county