The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-02-06

SUMMERTON NEWS
BRIEFLY WRITTEN

our Congress in many, MANY wears.
1t IS manifestly just and proper, and
with out women voting, l can see bet
ter things ahead for you and me and
tor the whole county. And as soon as
| get that catfish stew | will show YOU
that it is good thing.
l have never heard anyone accuse
Ike Applet of being blind. In fact,
most people think like | do that he is
blessed with extra good sight and can
see Tar ahead, just like his father
could before him; Just like "Curlv
Head' John Lowndes McLaurin," who
can see things not miles ahead, but
~ years ahead of his party. It's !:
wonder to me that this man, who is
gifted with more brains than any we
have had in Washington, for | may
say, 30 or 40 years; as that is asfar
pack as my memory goes, is living to-
day. lie certainly must be man of
great physical as we'll as mental
strength to survive the wound he re-
celved when he had the pitch fork
stuck into him. | suppose it was for
it's quite evident that his brain was
not injured by the terrible stab from
the High Lord and Master, the then
wheel horse in the pulling, but whose
strength Is all gone now, and the time
IS near at hand for the people of
South Carolina to get Il younger horse
to put in the harness that this great
statesman will have to get out of if
what | hear is true.
speaking of horses, do love a fine
horse, a high stopper, with plenty of
good old horse sense; but of course
wouldn' t have Il blind horse as a gift
as tired as l am Of walking around
all the time: And as l don't care to
purchase a "broken-down," blind ami
the State of South Carolina, the
grandcst in the Union, invest in one
that is not perfectly sound in every
respect: | want to see this old Pal
metto State, ably represented in
Washington. We are now in the Low
cr House, but not in the Senate, where
we have in one case a man, although
ne mas been power, is now growing
old; in the other we have a "rapid,
fire" talkcr who talked himself into
office by "fooling" the people, cspc.
cially the farmers. l have never vet
seen a man who could talk SO fast
that 1t took 27 stenographcrs in are.
| lays to take down his speech that
was worth Il cent. Certainly not &c
cts, which is about what one pound OF
cotton is worth; and as cotton is the
only thing that he knows and thinks
about, could bet YOU that an XraI
examination of his head would show
instead of its being full of the much.
needed gray matter is full of cotton
not fair, or strict good mid, nor ever
mid, but full of low, ordinary, OF
llntcrs, the kind he used to make a
speciality of handling at such trcmen,
dous profit. Poor old South Caro-.
lima, the laughing stock of the coun-
try north of Mason <nd Dixon line
and west of the Mississippi river
Some people say we are going to have
a grand shaking up this summer, and
! let it come for the Lords sake, for VIC
need it real badly. Oh! if we could
Just get man in the Senate like Nc
lhurin, man who knows good
thing when he sees it, and who al,
ways sees it in advance, whether il
, was born in Maine, Massachusetts
or Pennsylvania, and is good for South
Carolina and the whole United States
and l will vote for such things re.
gardless of pitch forks and critics al
home.
We can't afford to nave a man in
! washington who is not strong sup.
; porter of Woodrow Wilson and the
people of South Carolina would pray
and ask for light and guidance i'm the
matter, | feel sure that their prayers
VIII be answered, as prayers are when
they ask for the right things, such as
light and guidance in order that VIC
make no mistake. When a man has
been the victim of foul play and has
been unjustly treated it is due hin
that the wrong should be made good
And now is the time to do it. Now is
the day of salvation. My friends and
voters of South Carolina, send Nc
Laurin back where he justly belongs
Don't ask him if he will change his
mind about standing for anything else
that he might have in mind. But just
go right ahead and make him enter
the race for the Senate and you car
rest assured of having a thoroughbred
sensible, far-seeng horse in the race
regular Dan Patch or Nancy Hanks
l Will bet on this horse. Who will you
bet on?
T.. A.