The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-07-08

lin his power to elect your op-
ponent, but regarding you a man
who has experience in politics I
desire to ask if you will be
frank with me and let me know
what will be your attitude to-
wards the Manning Post Office
appointment? 1t is not my pur-
pose to make a fight for the
Office if you are determined to
recommend some one else, but if
the attitude of myself will not
prejudice my chances I would of
course be an applicant. At pres
ent Mrs. Appelt is the Post
master, but if Mr.. Hughes had
been chosen I should have asked
for appointment as I intended
| to retire from the senate. I know
that you will have a number of
applying for this Office, and I
cannot blame you if you do not
appoint me, I lost my man this
time and I will take my medi.
cine. however, the game of pol
litics is one that is played differ.
ent by different men, often a
man is selected for what he has
demonstrated he can do in a
political contest and in this con-
test I guess every applicant for
the Manning Posi- Office elected
you. But take it from me, who
did oppose you openly that there
is an element hereiwho made the
effort to trade with the several
candidates, and only last week
they tried to get Hughes to COM
NIT himself to them for
their support. I mention this
in order that you may not be
misled into hasty action with re-
gard to this matter, and before
you reach a conclusion you will,
| if you cannot recommend me, at
least make inquiries with regard
| to Mr.. Frank B. Mofett, who
has been the chief clerk for the
past several years, and who
really IS my dependence, upon
carrying out the work in the
efficient manner in which this
office has been conducted. Mofett
will satisfy all sides here, who
he voted for I have never in
quired as I make 1t a rule never
to make such an inquiry from
my employees, but if you can
recommend him the patrons of
this Office will credit you with
good judgment.
This is a personal letter, to
You. which I am sure you will
regard as frank and sincere.
Yours Respectfully,
LOUIS APPLET.
Mr.. Whaley also said that the
editor of The Times has been
making attacks upon him ever
since his election, this too. the
editor of The Times denounced
as absolutely false, saying
that Mr.. Whaley nor any
one else can find a single edito-
rail in The Times which is an
attack upon Mr.. Whaley. To
this he replied by referring to a
communication that appeared in
The Times last week signed
"Farmer," that communication
was not an attack upon Mr..
Wbaley, but related solely to
some of his friends who it was
alleged, went to Silver, and
cautioned the postmaster of that
place about voting against
Whaley. The Times has stu
diously avoided criticising Mr..
IWhaley since his election, it
openly opposed as unwise the
proposed congressional investi-
CATION, and for obvious reasons
refrained from saying anything
editorially which would give
MIR. Whaley's friends a chance
to claim The Times was trying
to injure him This the readers
| of The Times will verify be-
cause, they cannot point out a
single instance which justifes
Mr.. Whaley in saying The Times
''has been attacking him ever
since his election. No, TIE
Times endeavors to be fair: its
editor has never been an admirer
of Mr.. Whaley, nor is not
now, but just the same
he would not hit him be-
low the belt by making un-
warranted attacks upon him,