The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-01-08

influence and affiuence Of the Stand
ard Oh Company could assist faith
full Senator, a. win be seen from the
following letter. When the Stand
ard Oil Company could not help q
man politically It could help him pro-
fesstonalIy.
December 1a. 1901.
Ny Dear Senator:
have your kind favor OF yester-
day. We have. OF course. noted your
recent disasreeable experience with
T. With the utmost interest. Think
yoa have done right In not being
goadsd by hm into doing a foolish
thiRS.
am greatly interested in tho sue-
sest.on Of tho lan practice, and will
see that It L. kept IN mind. with the
hops that something may develop In
which / can bs of service to you In
connection herewith
With kind regards, ! am.
Very truly yours,
Jno. D. Achbold.
Hoz. 5no. l. AeLsurin,
Senate Chamber.
PRahinEton, D. c.
II would appear from the above
letter that Senator NcLa0rin had
delicately .nttmated to Mr.. Archbold
that be vas o lawyer and that there
were other methods than nero cam
paisn contributions by which Mr..
Archb could express his apprecia-
ton OF Senatorial eourtesiee.
Mr.. Archbold replies that he u
greatly interested in the suggestion
OF the law practice" and promises
Senator AcLaurn that he will see
that 1t 10 kept IN mind" Mr. Arch
bold oven goes 30 far "a to hope
that something may develop" In
which be can be OF service to Senator
McLaur1n I'm connection Herewith. I"
Senator AcLasrin 10 SO eager to
deserve Mr.. A-ehbold's good op!n-
lon and to carry out Ar. Archbold's
suggestion Of doing a little tudtc-
ious nassing occasionally" OF TILL
mea. conveyed In the letter from Mt.
Archbold to Congressman Sibley,
that be eventually calls Senator Till
man . har and comes to blows with
him on tho floor OF the Senate.
The last letter OF this McL-"-in
series Is written By Selator 4cLau-
rim In hss retirement. and It vas OF
that retirement that Senator McLau-
rim had spoken In TIE letter publish
&c IN tho preceding Issue Of this mag
az.ne when he had described himself
as ''streoded like an old hulk on the
shores Of tho political sea. suffering
from that worst OF Ills, q waste OF
powers unemployed" We fnd Son
ator McLaur1n still corresponding
with the friend Of whose scQuaint-
ance be must pretend to be proud
and still hoping that "in the Provt-
dence Of God' be may have further
political opportunity and may get
back q. hie ancient enemy once more.
Bennettsville. S. c.
Dear ar. Archtold:
do DOT know whether you saw
the enclosed in the Sun" or not. 90
I sent It You have no idea how
tense the situation is becoming since
the President entered upon his de-
parturo from sAe policy OF his Pre-
oecessor Oh the race question. Per-
sonally ! ME 3r. Roosevelt, but
very much fear he will get us into
trouble on tho race question IN tie
South and the labor question in the
North.
He ought have his vail adorned
With the old proverb. Rome was not
made In q day" where he could see
1t nrst thing In the morning and the
last thing at night
With hndest reEards. am
Yrs Gn-ereiy,
Jnc. l. McLaurin.
TO Sr. 5nn y. AreAbold. a. Y.
?. g. There 10 q Hght brewing
o7~r the dtspensary In this State and
perhaps in the Providence Of God. !
may get beck At my ancient enemy
onoe moro. J. L. ".
Senator NcIaurt1 meant Senator
Tliman sB his ancient enemy. but
IN reality Senator Tfllmsn vas not
go much bis enemy az the beneyolent
Mr.. krchboh. OF whose friendship
EcI-aarin var 90 proud and Jet
whoAe association and patronage
McLaurin into HE only real df1icul-
ties.
Senator AcLaurin was Of no ser
vice to the Standard OH Company at
This time and had been Of very little
-ervtce throughout his brief political
connection with that institution. He
retired from politics not msny years
after the day that he walked into the
spder'a parlor at No. 26 broadway.
and being out OF politics had no bet
ter opportunity to return "past fav-
ors" than occasionally to write Mr..
Archhold about matters IN which he
thought that gentleman would he ~
tarasted. or ebout situ"t'N"s wh':t
snew"ll to a~nr, the ir.a-"sts Of the
Stardard OF Cn,nnany.