The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-28
Anfi.rillmanIte Methods and Schemes.

EDITOR MANNING l1MES.-1u Noul i''"1 10
sue see that another conference has been
held in the city Of Columbia and that three
of Clarenaons farmers We're among the con.
ferees, but that nothing could be learned OF
the result Of said conference otter than that
they would invite Gen. Bratton or some
other prominent farmer to be pltted against
Ben Tillman. These gentlemen nave L per-
feet right to hold as many conferences as
they please, as they do not draw the en-
penses ont of the peoples pockets, but when
they have conferred to their hearts content
and find that their efforts to gratlfy the am
bition of some man who has tried before,
bnt could not come it, and that man having
Lad the experience Of burnt child refuses
them, then perhaps they will give up their
conferences and say to US, eli YOU WILL nave
Tillman take him."
T think now the Ants are beginning to
weaken as far as trying to defeat l!liinan Is
concerned, but they are revenSeiui Set
and they will watch the movements OF every
man that aided and abetteI IN the WORK OF
Disappointing them, and when our primary
comes on, it is there where they Will get ID
their spite work.
Some of the Ants say that they will carry
! ss:ssSz77 against Tiliman If they have to
resort to the scheme Of running Illlman
men against each other for county othceS,
and when things get thoroughly heated they
will step in and form combinations with
the friends of I, candidate, and thereby Sc
cure the promise Of q support tor Anti! Ill
man delegates to our county conVentloh'
others say that the lines will be drawn tight
", and that every candidate from Senator
TO Commissioner will be voted for as against
Tillman or for him. In this case there VIII
be little chance for fence riding. Now while
I have no respect for 4 fence nder, 40
think that in order to qualify man for the
position for which he is aspiring, that
should not be q qualifications: some other
Qualification should be more necessary than
the knowledge that he will hurrah for or
against Tillman. Simply because 4 man
declares his intention to give his vote to my
man should not and will not influence me
to vote for him: he should be thoroughly
competent to ill the office, and # he IS an
old officer and is standing for reelection,
then the question to my mind will be, has
he done his duty and given satisfaction. II
am satisfied on these points then l VIII
vote for him.
I am glad to say that I am free from that
arrow-mindedness that is embodied IN soule
people. Why things have become so that
man will not hesitate to impart the s'lrprls-
| ing information to You that you are dam
phool" if you should be so unfortunate as
! to disagree with him, and others have taken
up notion that they are better than other
people, and to convince you OF that fact they
will tell YOU that no decent man Will vote
! for Tillman.'
The other day q Democratic club III an
adjoining county had ameeting and because
o majority Of the members endorsed the
farmers candidate and platform, i few rail-
road employees and some others Withdrew
their me,etershiv and organized another
Ctub. When this news first reached me l
! felt somewhat alarmed for the tanners
cause, for when the employees OF rich cor
poration like railroad company seceeded
! from the GourdinS club and organized 4
new club at Lanes, it made me feel as though
there might be trouble so wrote to fnend
and asked him to advise me as to the course
must pursue: whether it would be patri-
ot;c mission in me to go 70 Lanes and brng
about q con- mpromise, or to telegraph for MY.
/ Tii,man. Nv friend writes back that he
had never heard of Lanes before, and that
! ne made search Of all the maps he could
find but without success. He thinks that
am mistaken in the name, as he IS satsheu
that he knows the name OF every place IN
South Carolina that has population OF over
twenty persons, aud l believe he does, as
he has bsen a travelling salesman for num-
ber OF wears, but he was fortunate enough
to escape Lanes, especially at night, other
! wise he would certainly remember Lanes
and It's froggy popuiace.
believe in free thought. free speech, and
free action. I do not believe III newspa-
Der boycctt, because # We allow ourselves
to remain ignorant Of what the enemy are
doing they will slip upon us, when we are
not looking for them, therefore do not stop
your suLscri ption to 4 newspaper because
the editor does not write his editorials to
please YOU, OF the correspondents do not
mention your name in their commUn!ca-
tons, but continue the paper that you have
been taking and if you want more hight
subscribe to the newspaper whose sentl-
ments are in accord with Your own.
The MANNING TINES is daily growing in
popularity down here, because It's Sentl-
ments are the sentiments OF q majority OF
our people, end with the exception OF 4 few
decent men in our little town, who Will
not Join the ''Skim milk crowd, everybody
approves of the course pursued by tue
March convention, and endorses u. Il. MI
man for governor.
There have been instances in the history
of nations that the ambition OF some men
was the downfall of themselves and the
friends they desired to push forward. We
have in this county l very popular repre-
sentative whose success in politics has been
standing rs :. rocky obstacle in the way OF :,
man who loyes the dear people but wants
to 90 to the legislature. and his love for the
people is so great that lie is willing to make
o sacrifice, but he knows that ii Will be too
much of deep creek for him to wade rs
long as this popular representative IS n the
hearts of the people. Then what IS the
plan to be adopted to smash this idol? y
call is made by the aristocrstic conferees to
assemble for the purpose OF fixing things
to defeat the farmers out ol their wishes.
and this ambitious man gets prominent
relative of our popular representative to
attend the conference Ill order that the peo-
pie may think that our representative Is not
doing his duty towards the farmers caNSe,
or he wouid have tried to prevent this near
relative from attending a meeting where tnc
ONLY object WAS IL make fight against the
common pcoplcin order to keep III position
men whoa they know have grown careless
and Indifferent with their offices: and they
have held these offices so long that they are
trying to retain them by possession, and |
think if our people do not rise now, and
with one steady pull tear these set-tasts
loose, then in two more years they Will claim
! their Offices by the statute of limitation.
have no doubt that this relative that went
to Columbia was lead to believe that he
wonl6 he 6binu thp cOuntry Il great Serv; &c
if be would go and lend his counsel to the
''llid glove gang" know that 1t was soHle
such motive that induced him to go, because
he is a good man and DC not believe him
to be anything else than friend to the farm
er, but he needs more light, and being a
man whom I believe open to conviction, l