The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-27
WILL SHAKE PLUM TREE
GOOD JOBS AWAIT SOME FAITH.
FUL DEMOCRATS.
Citizens Of This State in Washington
Wondering Who Will Be Chosen
For Various Federal Places.


The Washington correspondent Of
The State says with a good sharp
pointed pencil, a clean sheet of pa
per, and long pole that will reach
he juicy fruit up towards the top,
there is nothing more interesting
right now than speculation as to who
will get the mig fat JOBS uder the new
Wilson administration when the
plur tree shakes in the early spring
breezes of 1918.
People in the South are wondering
what the great landslide Of November
), when the G. O. P was put out Of
business is going to bring them. Will
their political stockings be filed with
the choicest Of dainties in the way
of federal appointments for distribu-
ton to the faithful? Will there be
reward for all who have waited pa
tietly since they witnessed the sad
sight Of Grover Cleveland leaving the
White House, and when will the cut
ting Of the pie begin? Not only this,
but what kind Of pie is it? What's its
flavor and incident ally, what will be
the emolunents that go along on the
side.
Just little figuring with pencil
and paper will show what the faith
tul Democrats of the South will get
before the year 1913 is many weeks
old.
South Carolina will draw down just
about 100000 a year when all the
lobs now held by Republicans are
filed by Democrats. A Democrat will
succeed Ernest Cochran as distrlcl
attorney and will receive $4,000;
likewise there will be an assistan
district attorney. Then will come
collector of the port at Charleston
worth about $1,S00 year, and post
master at that same place. which, too
is a good Job. Add to this about -
small cities In the State where the
rostmasters are paid each year sal
aries averaging $4,000 and 60 whers
they are paid $1,000 and you vii
have a pay roll Of more than 500.
900 a year. 1t must be remembers
that the South Carolinians wer'
! among the most faithful Of all th'
Democratic workers.
South Carolinians here are Won
dering who will succeed Postmaste
Harris at Charleston, Floyd at Spar
| snburg, Young at Union. Hicks a
Iaurens, Higgins at Columbia, Web
ster at Orangeburg. and officials else
where throughout the State. Thes
are all good Offices and the pay IS at
tractive, considering that the dutie
are in the. main most pleasant.
Equally much discussed here IS tn
| question Of who will be made dlstrlc
attorney and assistant district attor
aey and collector of the port at Char
lesion. Ernest Cochran and ms as
sistant will have to go as Will +. w
Durant of Charleston.
So far as tn. appointment OF post
| masters is concerned there seems t
he little hope for any Republican t
hold over, no matter how efficient nj
services may have been to the patron
u his Office. President-elect Wllso:
intends to leave the naming OF al
such officials to the members OF TN
house. and this shows most cleafi
hat where a district has a Democra
tic COL gresham the future postmas
.ers in his district are likely to be o
hat persuasion.
There are many good official
among the South Carolina postmas'
.ors and doubtless they have mos
generally rendered faithful service
out indications point to the fact ina
hey will have to give way to the ne'
rider Of things early next year.