The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-03-12
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The Farmers Split on March Nominations.

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Pursuant to the call of Capt. J. W.
Striblihg. County Chairman of the
Farmers Ass ociatien, about $50 far
mers metin the Court House on Mon
day at y o'clock to elect delegates to
the con vantion to be held this month
in Colunbia for nonaiaating a State
ticket, Capt. Geo B. Dean vas cleo
ted Chairman, and r. A. Lancaster
Secretary. Dr.. r. NJ. Smith moved to
appoint csmmittee to nominate dele
gsTes. Afr. Eber Smith wanted the
delegates elected by the convention
and moved to lay DR.. Smiths motion
on the table. He was seconded by Capt.
Stribling.
your motion is out of order" de.
clared the Chairman.
"Why?" came in anazement from
Mr.. Eber Smith.
You &re hostile TO the objects Of
the meeting end have no right to
vote"
1t fell like bomb shell, and pande-
monium broke loose. Good farmers
wanted to know why Capt. Dean had
the right to Judge their motives anG to
decree that they mere not entitled to
speak in farmers meeting, to rule
that the chairman of the farmers as
sociation of the County had no right
to come into it's conventions or to par
ticipste il its proceedings; an appeal
was taken from the chairman's rulings
and he ruled that he would entertain
no appeal.
Things got war.a. Mr.. T. E. MORE
vas pouring hot shot into the chair,
and dozen other men trying to get
the floor. Capt. Dean threw up the
sponge and asked DR.. Smith to take
tie chair This did not improve mat
tiers. 1Tr. Moore renewed the motion
to table. DR.. Smith ruled it out OF
order "5ecanse ne was hostile to the
purpose Of the meeting and had no
right to vote. "An appeal was Gtaken.
30 refused to entertain it.
Rebellion was rampant but power
less.
Sal, in favor of appointing COM
nittee Of line to nominate delegates
to Columbia say ave." said the Chair
man.
A score Of voices cried ''aye'"
at is carried" said DR.. Smith.
'sArnt you going to put the other
s;ds?" exclaimed Mr.. Moore. mo"
said DR.. Smith, "al who would vete
against tie motion are hostile to the
objects of the meeting and are not en-
titled TO vote"
"Well. I'll be durred," said some
body in the crowd.
d.. Smith appointed the committee
to select delegates. On this committee
he appointed Maj. Claude c. Turner,
one Of the most rampant Republicans
in the State, So conspi cuous II the late
election trials.
The committee retired and brought
in tie following delegation: Geo. 3.
Dean, Moses Wood, James ". Foster,
J. B. o. Laadrum, w. c. S. Wood,
Elias Smith, E. C. Allen, NJ. P. Patton,
John Dewberry, n. L. Benrett~ Alter,
nates-A. Y. Dean, Il. L. Farley, 3.
A. Lancaster, John Carver a9d r. NJ.
Smith. --- -----
saa Al IL favor of ratifying the nomi-
nation say aye" said DR.. Smith.
"Stop," said Tom Moore, "are you
going to put the negative" ;"
mo- said DR.. Smith. Gall who
vote against the ratification of the
ticket are hostile to the purpose ofthe
meeting and have 40 right to vete."
The vote in the affirmative was
pretty loud, and the Chairman yen-
tured to put the negative, but the vote
against ratification was so strong that
when a division was called for he re-
fused it, and declared the delegation
ali elected.
AsECoND MEETING.
Capt. J. ". Stribling, the County
Chairman of the Farmers Association,
deciding that this was not meeting
Of the Farmers Association, called an.
other meetiDg. This meeting was !.
entirely Of farmers. Capt.
Stribliac was elected Chairman, and
G. W. Turner secretary. They went
into an election of delegates, which re-
suited as follows:
T. E. Moore, S. E. Mason, J. W.
Woford, Jas. Il. Anderson, J. B. o.
Landrun, Moses Foster, J. NJ. Lam
ham, J. j. Vernon, n. F. Walker, J.
W. Stribli2g. Alte-nates-C. Eber
Smith, ". J. Smith, A. P. Lancaster,
2. L. Anderson.
They viii contest for seats in the
on.-Spartanburg Herald.