The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-11-24
COLE BLEASE SPOKE
TN MANNING SATURDAY
Defends His Pomaria Speech and Flays President
Woodrow Wilson

ons of death in their hands, struggling
to take the lives of the children Of the
living God. When you think of it
seriously, was the game worth the
scandle; was what we have received
for going into the war worth the sac
rifice of our fresh young American
manhood. Was it not as l said at
Pomaria it would be "an unwarrant-
ed sacrifice in the sight Of Almighty
God OF fresh young American man
hood"
Oh, but they offered us the League
OF Nations as our Reward. Yes, and
l said at Wagner last summer "this
so-called League is q farce and q fake,
the dream of an idealist and the
American people will repudiatc it and
all who advocate it except possibly
down here where the nigger bugaboo
IS forever held up to frightcn our peo-
pie into submission to any kind of rot
called Democratic" SO it went and the
people said to Woody get thee be-
hlnd us and go down and out"
|. The Democratic party. was in DOW
cr for the first time In many wears
ana received the endorsement Of the
people in 1916 and had control of both
House and Senate, but not satisfied,
dragged us into war and in 1913 the
people kicked out of office enough
Democrats to give the Republicans
control of both Houses and completed
the job in 1920 by kicking out the
balance. The war did it and the
league issue was the death kncll of
Wilson and his war policies.
More u. S. Senators died lust after
the declaration of war than ever be-
tore in the history of this country in
the same length Of time.
Where is the Car Of Russia? Where
Is the Emperor of Germany? Where
are the Crown heads Of Austria, Ru-
mania, bulgaria and Serbia? ? All
gone. France drove Clcmenceau out:
Italy rcpudiated Orlando and Venizc-
los was kicked out in Greece and Lloyd
George can hear the voice ringing in
ms ears saying, Thou too shall beg
for mercy, but must CO."
Come nearer home, yes, to ourscl-
YES. What about our War Lords {?
Where is Ben Tilman? Where is ].
w. Ragsdale? Where is ID. Z. Fin.
icy? Where soon will Whaley. and
! Nlchols be! Lever seeing the hand
writing of the people on the wall seeks
shelter in rcsignine and Domin;,t
who voted against WAR has been
twice endorsed by his people and Cot
ton Ed' was only saved by the help
OF those who took him as the least Of
the evils offered them.
| was so glad to see the followinu
in the Record Of the l4th inst. "A
social meeting Of the Hypatian Liter
AIRY Society was hclG yesterday after
noon at the home Of Miss Bessie Tay-
i"r on Pendlcton street. About TWEEN
/ ~ co-edS were present, who enioycd
the reading by Mrs. w. w. Ball. The
INST piece to be dclivcrc by Mrs. Ball
was Nora Perry's Romance of a
Rose" This touching little poem was
rccltcd with such expression and feel
ing that the audience was almost
moved to tears. Delicious refresh
hents were served at h;,.f past five"
That is what we need, a better feel
ing towards all mankind and | was de-
llEhted at the success of this daughter
OF our former German Consul at Char
lcSton being able to almost move her
audience to tears" Would to God that
she had spoken before the war and
not almost" but fully persuaded her
hearers and brought tears for her
iathers people and love fo, all man
KIND. The jew, the German, the Gen
TIE, and all But truly when nation
| "Sptiioo iaClOil, ana klnpuOm
against Kingdom, "there shall be
famincs and pestilence" for "all these
are the beginning of sorrow"
| l warn you now against cxtrava-
gancc, especially in the expenditures
Oh your State and your county. Your
representatives have run wild. The
| tederal government this year5is cost
ing $50 head for every ma4, woman
ana child in the United Sbftes. Your
State government this year is costing
$o'o9l ,24l. .39 by direct appropriation
besides the income from various
sources OF which the ordinary man
meyer hears. In 1911 when | left the
Governors Office. it was $2,146,253 .04
so you see how fast your money goes.
warn you further against the dia-
bollcal, outrageous and mercenary tax
scheme which the joint committee of
your. House and Senate has been work
/ ing on and which now has been com
pleted to change your entire tax sys-
tenn, placing the power of assessments
OF your property in the hands of the
enemies Of the taxpayers and the
laboring people who pay the expense
of this government. This scheme,
| understand, is headed by man
whose father was the Captain of a
negro company in the Union army
who fought your father and mine
with his negro troops right here in
South Carolina and how our people
can be lead by the son Of such a man
into such system is one thing that
can only understand by believing
that our people are kept i'm the dark
and are ignorant Of this mans parent
age, of his environment and his truc