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

sceeding August 1918. AS a boys
she joinedIthe staff Of the Man!
sning Times. S. A. Nettles beingI
sproprietor. This journal be hadE
sowned and edited for about 30E
syears. Mr.. Applet took much |
Sinterest in the MALTA and served
GAS a major on the saff of Gen.
sJoseph L. Stopplebein.
! "Mr. Applet leaves brother
sHenry Appelt, at Darlington,E
land two brothers and two sisters
sin the North. Mrs. Appelt. form /
serly, Miss Eliza SteinmeyerE
sClark of Manning. survives her
shusband with two sons and four
daughters, all of Manhing, as
follows: l. I. Appelt, Mrs. c. A.
sMcFaddin. Misses Augusta, Mat
stie and Vallye Appelt, and il
sM. Appelt.
'Besides being a Mason, Mr..
sAppelt was a member of thes
sKnights of Pythias and the
sWoodmen of the World. Hell
sattended the ceremonial session.
sof Omar temple, Mystic Shrine,I
Gin Spartanburg last week.
& "Outside his county, in which,
She had long been a prominentE
spolitical figure, Mr.. Applet was
sbest known as the editor of THEs
sMANNING TINES. He wrotes /
zvoluminously, fuently and point. H
aedly, held decided opinions and /
awas accustomed to address hlsE
constituency intimately and at
slength each week regarding hlsE
svlews of men and measures. Al
characteristic feature of THEs
$T1MEs was the long letter from
sthe editor printed in each issue
sduring the legislative session.
q 81 am deeply grieved at theE
adeath of Senator Appelt," saidl
sLieut. Gov. Andrew J. Bethea
slast night. I saw him SundayE
sand he seemed cheerful and dis.
scussed with me many natl
aters both political and per
asonaf. He was particularly
stouched Sunday by the visit OF al
snumber of little Sunday schooli
schildreu of the First Baptist
schurch, who took flowers to his
sroom. He remarked upon thes
Sineident and told me how appre:
Sciative he was OF. it. Senators
sAppelt had long been a faithfuIs
smember of the senate and his
sdeath is a great loss" /
1 "The lieutenant governor lasts
might appointed the followings
aSenators as a committee (. at
stend the funeral of Senator Ap-E
apelt at Manning on Friday: /
I s'Huger Sinkler of Charleston;e
sE. C. Epps of Williamsburg; j.
NV. McCown of Florence; NeilsS
aChristensen f Beaufort; G. d.
sLee of Dal-. ton; George MI
sStuckey of Lee and W. H.
aSharpe of Lexington. He mott !
afed the members Of the commit I
atee Of their appointment by, tel.S
segraph." /
4 The funeral was conducteds
sfrom his residence on Railroads J
/ sAvenue Friday morning, attend
led by one of the largest crowds
athat has ever attended burials
service in Manning. PeopleE
scame from all parts of the coun.
aty, and from other counties, tot
pay their last sad respects tot
sone who had given so manyE /
I years and so much of the best /
service of his life fol- the publicE
welfare.
Rev. l.. B. McCord, pastor of !
sthe Manning Presbyterian
schurch, of which the members
sof Senator Appelt's family, mosts
aof them are communicants, and
to which he has so long contrib
suted freely, read the burial SER
& svice and made some beautiful
1 and appropriate remarks in the /
life of the Senator and his many
sgood traits and his love and SER
ssvice for bis fellow man. Many
faces were heavy with grief; and
many tears were shed, the min. /
lister announcing as a joy and
delight amid the heaviest sor.
Grow, that in his last hours the
sSenator had placed his faith ins !
! the Christian religion, saying to !
Ia member Of his family and com
smunicant of that faith, ''Your
sGod is nv God, 7 have nothinge