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

s3appOlnted post master at manning Iii
1881, during Cleveland's second termE
Eaas president, and held that positions
flor a number of years. During theI
Eatrying election times of 1876 and 1S7SE
s3I was not old enough to be personally
8 associated with him, but all the older
eScitizens Of the county will rememberI
land give testimony of his usefulness.
land how he was one of the very youngI
sSmen selected to carry out the plansE
Esof the older heads to put the Demo-
Acrats in power in the county.
& In 1890, when what was known asE
athe Reform movement came along, heI
lsand I held different political views,
land indeed several times since myI
Town ma iority have we held different
Spolitical opinions and voted different
@ly; but back of it all was friendship!
sstoo deeply grounded to be shaken byE
5 smere political differences. And thisi
Ais good time to say in passing that II
Hhave long since arrived at the conclu-
Iasion that political differences are no1s
s7suficient to rupture true friendship,E
aand mere political friendship and pol
Slitical alliances are but aeeting, flmyF
saand changeable, while true friendship
ais grounded upon something deeper
Sand more lasting.
q Flowers are lovely; love is fiowerllke;
q Friendship is sheltering tree"
q Through all the stir and the bitter.
aness and prejudice during the period
c-om 1890 to 1896 there was a silent
abut deep grounded friendship betweenE
Sthe writer and the subject OF thiss
atribute, deep enough grounded toI
Withstand the storms Of political diff
#ferences when higher and more last
ling matters were at stake. The Girl
acumstances are fresh in my mindl
E3when in the summer of 1897 there hadI
4occurred a vacancy or unexpired terml
sSof one session in the Senate fronll
7Clarendon county. It was about theI
a12th of July, writing from memory
sswhen an incident took place which II
|5shall long remember There was al
%campaign in progress for Congress-
Sman from the sixth district, Of which!
Eaat that time Clarendon formed part.
sSand the candidates were James Nor
|Aton, ]. Monroe Johnson and J. E. Ell
EJlerbe from Marion county, a man
anamed Fred D. Bryant from Darling
ston, and old man Smiley Bigham from|
AFlorence county. a meeting was heidi
Hat Paxville for the Congressional
sscandidates, and I was present only as
Ga spectator, with no idea Of becoming
Ia candidate for anything. The meet
ling had been intended for the Con-
Hgressional candidates only, and Il
sathink my friend Joe Griffin, Of Pine
Swood, was presiding. After the Con-
q gressional candidates had spoken the
Schairman arose and began by saying
THAT there was no program for any
HSenatorial candidates to speak, yeti
zthere was one present who was a good
oman to fill the vacancy, and that thel
Ameeting wanted to hear from him. Il
|ayet did not know who he was alludingI
Ito, and when he announced my name
ssto the large crowd under the depct|
Ncotton shed I was surprised and dunn
Sfounded. I at once saw fom the en-.
Enthusiastic welcome with which was
areceived that the crowd was thor
ssoughly prepared for it, though they
chad not even intimated such thing
Sto me. Applet was there that day. H.
5neYer would tell me much about 1t
3but he and few friends had started
D the ball in motion, and principally
q athrough his activity was given FL
ahearty endorsement and send off. He
Asupported me. l was elected. Ar
Seasy inference to draw for any ons
saspiring to public Office in Clarendon
acounty during the past eighteen years
Hand who might be so fortunate as tc
5receive his aitive support. served
q the one session in the Senate, and!
when I returned home I experienced
has he had done in his earlier life, the
areverse of fortune and had to grapplej
Shard with the world in business waE
q which took me away from home Il
sgood part Of my time.
q One day in the spring of 1898 heI
Scalled me in his Office, and said,
3 s"Harry, are you yoing to stand for re-
Aelection? If you will will support
syou" told him that circumstances!
awere such with me that I did not feel
5that l could give the people justice,
sand that I was going to step aside,
s with gratitude for the compliment
athey had paid me. He then told mel
sathat he had been approached on the
ssubject himself, but that he would not
adiscuss the matter with his approach
Aers until he knew what was going toE
sdo. I told him to 90 ahead, that u
Twas out Of the field He was elected
Ito the Senate that year. In 1902 ne
s'was defeated. In 1906 he was elect
sed again, also in 1910 and in 1914.
q I am making these statements from
memory only, and have not resorted
! Ito the record, I think I am stating
sthem correctly, but if I am not my
serrors are unintentional. Louis Ap-
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