The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-14
Tillman Convert Talks Again.


Tillman Convert Talks Again.
Since writing my last letter have been
somewhat amused at the efforts that certain
individuals are making to discover the au-
thor of the communication signed "Tillman
Convert" Some said it was fellow living
on Black River, others said it was man
living in or near Manning, and another said
it was one of fTillman's campaign documents
that was prepared by him and sent to q
Jealous admirer to have published in order
to create Tillman sentiment, and thus
they keep on guessing and they have not
been able to discover the writer yet. re-
gretted very much that I did not see you
when you were here few nights ago L
wanted to ask you to loan me some of your
up-country exchanges, but did not know yon
were here until went to the postoffice the
next morning, and while there some one
mentioned it.
I see from the papers that the State Exec
utive Committee had meeting and selected
the 26th of July for mass meeting to be at
Manning. Ihope We will not be disappointed
in having the largest gathering ever held at
the county seat. Every farmer ought to be
ON hand and hear the speakers. I hope
Farmer Tillman will be there, and If he is
will venture the assertion that fair play will
be the order Of the day. do not believe
that the people Of this county are going to
submit to the brow-beater and bull-dozer.
All that we ask is to give our man q fair
showing and respectful hearing, and we
will give their men the same treatment.
| have Just finished reading the account
of that horrible lynching in Lexington. It
is awful beyond expression, but why this
lawlessness? Il it because the law is not
strong enough? or is it that proper efforts
are not made to execute the laws? In my
Judgment new and thorough system ought
to be organized by which the law of the land
can be enforced. 1t las got to such pass
that people can take the law in their OVID
hands without the slightest fear Of punish
meat. Men can commit crime in this State
and acknowledge it and then go nnpnn-
iShed.
4 thorough change is necessary. Men
ought to be tried, and il they fail, then keep
on electinc new men until We do get officers
and juries that will do their duty:
Some say that the present officers are
good men and will do their duty, but that
the jury system is to blame. If this be true
then the jury system should be changed.
Something must and should be done if the
already blood-stained name OF South Caro-
lima is to be cleanSed.
am glad to see that the newspapers are
holding up with their abuse OF our leader.
They are beginning to fna ont that the
more they abused him the closer his friends
would cling to him, and if they had in the
beginning Of the family fight resorted to
sound argument instead OF abuse 1t is very
likely they would have succeeded in MAX
| ing their canse stronger, but by lndulslng
in calling him hard names and rldiculing
his personal appearance, they lrrltated I'LL
man and his brother farmers, and not only
them but others also to feel that sympathy
which is aroused when fellow man is be-
ing uniustly prosecuted. The die Is cast,
| the opposition have done their work, and ii
now behooves us to do ours. We have got
to watch as well as pray, and not let them
kinds Of sweet promises.
The Democratic clabS will soon be organ
lied, and then it will be our duty to turn
cut and see that our men are sent to the
conventions and that We have our friends
on the executive committee. If we sit idly
at home and let the opposition attend the
club meetings of course they will elect their
friends, and the farmer will be to blame.
Once We lose our opportunity at home the
work will be done, and it will be useless for
us to open onr mouths.
Now let me say to my brother farmers
that it is their boundcn duty to turn out to
the meetings OF their respective clubs, and
when they do turn ont they must cause
themselves to be heard. If they cannot get
up and make speech get up any way and
state Your feelings, how you want to vote,
and who you want to vote for. Whatever
YOU do don't allow yourselves to be dictated
to by your former leaders, but select the
men that YOU have every reason to believe
are sincerely advocating your cause, and all
will be We'll.
was disguised to hear one Of the oppo-
sition say few days ago that he would sup
port Tillman if some one had not told him
that he was an infdel He admitted, how
ever, that he believed Tillman would make
trst-clas;s governor, and that his admins
! tration wonld be a progressive one. 1mere-
ly mention this to show how some people
stoop in order to dig filth to throw at a can
ddate. After calling 1illman all kinds OF
hard names and finding that it did not have
the desired effect they are now trying to ap-
peal to the religious sentiment by telling
| orr people that onr leader is one that refuses
to believe in God.
do not know whether Tillman is q be-
lieYer in God or not, bnt do believe that
if he ut any time ever expressed himself as
being IN nnbeliever these fellows instead OF
handing the news around by word OF mouth
would get the Anti-1i!lman papers to pro-
claim it in large headlines. do not believe
that Tlllman is an unbeliever, and will not
believe it until can hear it from a source
that is not trying everything possible tc
crush him. TILLNAS CONVERT.
ForeSton, May l3, 1890.