The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-04-28

MANNING. S. c.. APRIL Is, 1915.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY,
TIE FUNERAL on TIE LATE HON LOUIS
APPLET.
Seldom has the town of Man
ming seen such a concourse at a
funeral as assembled to pay theI
last tribute of respect to the dis
tinguished Senator from this
county.
Louis Appelt came to South
Carolina, from Green Point, L.
l., when a boy about IA years
old. He went to work in the
Office of tta Manning Times, and
and died it's editor and proprie-I
tor. He made the ManningI
Times one of the leading news
papers in South Carolina, and
his editorials were probably as
widely copied and attracted as
much attention as those Of any
weekly paper published in this
State since the war. His Capi.
tol correspondence was pecu.
iarly brilliant and forceful.
He was intense in his likes and
dislikes, though always fair to|
an opponent, and never strik-
ing below the belt. 1t will bel
very difficult to maintain the ed
itorial standard set by him, be-
cause ne injected SO much of his
virile and tense personality into
it.
The funeral was attended BY
many prominent public men. and
the floral tributes were sent in
such profusion that the house
could hardly hold them all. At
ter the funeral these were taste
fully arranged about the grave,
so that it seemed to be a fairy
bower Of flowers.
Senator Applet was a man oil
very decided political convic-
tions, and in the bitter factioual|
strife that we have had in South
Carolina never hesisased to|
speak his mind boldly about mem
and events.
This necessarily made him
strong enemies, as well as
strong friends. Of personal en-.
enies, he probably had none,
for twas almost impossible for
any one to dislike him who came
into contact with, his genial kind
II personality.
There existed the strongest!
personal and political friendship
between him and Hon. John L.
McLaurin. He espoused Sena-|
tor McLaurin's cause with. zeal.
which led to a breach between|
Senator Tiilman and SENATOR
Appel. The My Dear Appelt''!
letter, written by Mr.. McLaurin|
has become almost a historicalI
document in this State, andI
brought Mr.. Appelt prominently
TO the front when he was not
known much outside of Claren-|
don County. We heard Senator
McLaarin say, with deepfeeing,
when he was at the funeral, that
after his retirement from thes
United States Senate sshe wrote
Appelt that he was out of poll
tics forever, and that AppeltI
conld do him no good, and that
IN the then state of public feel
ing Appeis had better not del
fend him or mention his name int
Che paper, as it would probably
do Applet harm" Senator Mc-|
Laurin said that he greatlyI
prized the letter which he re-!
ceived in reply, in which Sena-I
tor Appelt said that :'if it in-I
iured him he was proud of it. butt
that he would defend SenatorI
sMcLaurin as long as he lived. II
THIS was the key to his char
acter-intensely loyal, and With
the courage of his conyictlonsl
he would stand by them at anyI
cost.
Senator Applet took a veryI
prominent part in the passageI
OF the present State Warehouse
Act, and last winter in the Sen
ate was a tower of strength inI
protecting the system against
those who sought to destroy it.
There IS one remarkable fact
Ia connection with the manyI