The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-30
CONSERVATIVE CLARENDON.
NO BOGUS DEMOCRACY IN
CLARENDON COUNTY.

the Most Orderly Campaign Meeting o
the State-Ronghs and Ruffianism No'
Indigenous to Clarendon Soil.
The long expected July 26th came
at last, and with it the largest crowt
that probably ever gathered in Man
ming at one time. A heavy rain the
day before laid the dust and made
everything pleasant. Col. Earle anc
his wife came in ':,om Sumter the
night before and stopped at the Cen
tral hotel. Mr.. James E. Tindal, al
so, came in the afternoon before, anc
stopped at the Benbow house. Capt
Tillman, Gen. Bratton, and the othel
speakers came in on the morning!
train, and were taken to the Centra
hotel, except Capt. Tillman and Col
Pope, who were the invited guests o
NJ. Clinton Ga'luchat, Esq.
ANTI MoTTors.
The speakers stand had been erect
ed in the southwest part of the cour
house square, and early Saturda,
morning the Ants began putting W
their notices, such as "Bratton il
War and Bratton in Peace" "Hamp
ton '76 Democracy Good Enough,
ETC., more than a dozen being placed
on and near the stand. A large ban
ner in honor of Gen. Earle especially
resching across the street, was placed
near Solicitor John S. Wilson's resi-
dence, and later in the day was sus
pended between Lewis and Loyns's
stores. One of the prettiest notices
was shield made of ferns, which
was arranged in the shape of a pal.
metto tree and surmounted by the
words Ee~le and Bratton. A fighting
cock was woven on one side of silk
banner, on the reverse side of which
was the name Joseph Fl. Earle. An
other motto in the shape of banner
was hung in front of the speakers
stand escly in the morning, but it
raised such howl of indignation
from the Tillman men and of condem-
nation from the Ants, that in a short
time the sheriff, by direction of Coun-
ty Chairman Davis, pulled the often
sive thing down. This insulting mot
to had on one side, "Mahone started
out a Democrat" and on the other,
fsDown with the Great Bamboozler." :"
Had not this been taken down, the
crowd would in short time have at
least pulled it down and trampled it
10 the dust.
I-JLM.N BAA.5FRs.
The Ants had no club banners,
while the Tillmanites had all club
banners, there being one from each
Of the following clubs: Cross Roads,
Silver, Summerton, Pamela, Manning
farmers Platform, and Midway.
Each of these bsuners was for Till
nan end reform.
Fully he of the people wore
badges. Many of them had been got
en at other campaign meetings, and
80 were printed at the NAMING
"a IS Office. We printed 500 for Till
nan, 200 for Earle, and so for Brat
on. The badges printed at the
CNCs Office were much complimented
IS the prettiest seen in the entire
The Tillman badges were
distributed from our Office, which was
he most popular place in town. A
;rowd was in 'front.' of it for hours.
The Mamie TIM y is certainly the
most populsr paper ever printed in
Clarendon County.
THE PROCESSION.
By nine o'clock about FIVE hundred
,erso sons were at the depot to meet the
andidates, and at least niue tenths
# them were for the reform move
nent. As Capt. Tillman got off the
rain the crowd gave three cheers for
in their regular old rebel
lyle. When the candidates got into
he carriages the party divided, the
i'lman faction coming up the new
abroad street, and Col Earle and
len. Bratton going ground the old
treet. Almost the entire crowd,
however, fell into line after the Till
nan procession, while a few boys
,earing a banner, ssNo Boilers at the
law Mill" followed the other side,
nth an occasional weak cheer. About
ffsseen OF twenty ladies' were at the
Presbyterian church to see Col. Earle
ass by. An Eerle banner wss sus-
ended rom the lamp in :'ont of the
'resbyterisn church.
BIT cAap.-GN ME2TiNG y1r.
No one had worked harder for
ood order on this day than the Man
ING It's, both publicly and privately,
nd no one was more gratifed than
10 were to hee- FL the campaign per-
? speek of this meeting, as, all things
the most orderly of the
ntire campaign. The Neacs and Cou-
;sr and few others had made des-
crate efforts to have this rowdy
leeting, but thanks to the good sense
most of the leading men in this
ounty on both sides, and of the rank
nd file, there was no disturbance
uring the entire day. One man, an
nti from Foreston, wasSa little too
eep IN his cups, and becoming bois-
'rous was gently demonstrated with
? Ti'lmsrite aud quieted, but be-
inning another little racket nee- ea
nti and disturbing BIN, the Anti at
nee called an Anti policeman, and
I'd bim arrested, but as the Anti dis.
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