The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-09
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9. 1880.

It is almost an assured TACT tnal IL
Anti-Ti!lman club can be formed over
there. There are not fifty Antl-llli
NANTES in Salem.
Our business men are totally care
less about the future progress OF oul
town. They are not imbued witt
enough energy to meet together te
discuss probable benefits.
All the clubs must meet Saturday
July 18th. Let every member who
can possibly do so be at his elut
meeting promptly. The meeting Aug
I'd is also important. Be sure to at
tend these two meetings.
II is now almost an assured fac
that Clarendon will have but one
county convention, that on Aug. 9Th
Delegates to the State conventions
for the season will then be elected
and all county officers will be nom
mated.
MIR. Junius E. Scott has accepted
the position of editor of the Sumter
Watchman and Soudhron, and begar
his work on that paper last week
Mr.. Scott is an easy and fluent writer
has had some experience IN newspa
Der work, and will give his readers
something to think about
Clarendon must be the banner coun'
ty in the State for order on the 26th
OF course we will 'whoop it up 70,
T;llman, but we must give a decent
hearing to every candidate. Tillmar
is q good speaker, talks sense, and car
easily hold his own with any of the
candidates. We do hope that the
Manning meeting will prove the qui'
etest of the campaign. Give every
speaker quiet and attentive hearing
The Tillmanites attempted to hold
private conference in Columbia last
NIonday night, but sharp newspaper
reporter stole march on them, got
his ear to the key hole, and next
morning reported full proceedings Of
the private conference. But when
they got the private remarks public,
II was all right, all for Tillman, and
nothing in the conference to be
ashamed OF. And Tillman will get
there.
Seven county conventions have so
far been held, and six of them are tor
Tillman. Abbeville, Chester, Cole
ton, Hampton, Marlboro, and Union,
have elected delegates for Tillman,
while Georgetown is against him.
These seven counties cast sixty votes,
and of these sixty votes Tillman has
ffty-four, or nine-tenths. And so it
viii be when the long roll is called in
Columbia at the August and Septem-
ber conventions.
Day after day and week after week
we hear the cry that the political tide
has turned, but to our vision the great
Tinman tidal wave is simply rushing
forward, gathering increased force as
it goes, climbing higher and higher.
a few clubs opposed to Tillman meet
a.a-esss resolutions condemning the
farmers movement, but the vast ma
jority of the Democratic clubs in this
State endorse Tillman and reform
and Tilln,an will be elected.
The regular old line politicians are
naturally nearly all on the anybody
to-beat-Tillman side, and were it not
for the fact that the reform side num-
.bers three or four to one, thssstarow-
ing great preponderaneeof numbers
,on The Tillpasassde, we would be
sls lass sanguine of success. The
men supporting Tillman are few OF
them politicians, but are quiet, con-
servatiye set, who desire to do what is
best for the country. Taking our
county as fair sample there will be
found comparatively very few vino
can be bought over, either by silver
dollar, q drink of whiskey, or bull
doze. They will be found standing
firm, shoulder to shoulder, when the
last roll call is heard.
The Summerton Star has changed
hands, and Mr.. j. E. Gardner is now
the editor. In his farewell Mr. P. G.
Bowman, who has been editing the
paper the two months ofits existence,
Asays that there was such pressure
ousht to bear on him that he had
to decide between financial embar-
rassment or advocacy of Tillman, and
as his convictions were of an Anti
Tllman character, he would not COM
promise his principles: so he sold out
his interest in the paper to Mr.. Gard
ner, who proclaims his hearty support
to Tillman and reform. All this sim
ply eorroborates our views, that Till
man is and has been very strong in
this county. But we had no idea he
was as strong as he really is. He gains
new strength every day. To think Of
of it: a large, strong, and influential
Tiiiman club in the town of Foreston,
and Summerton likewise for Tillman
II this campaign Of education" does
NOT soon terminate, all opposition to
Tillman will disappear. We suppose,
however, there will be a few Anti
Tillman delegates in the county con-
Yea:ion, but there will be only a few.
Tomorrow an Anti-Tillman confer
ence will be held in Columbia, and
anybody opposed to Tillman is invit-
ed to attend. The object apparently
aimed at is for everybody to come to-
gether, get all their heads in caucus,
and see if they can't scratch out some