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- ,-be. campaign meeting Tor Darling
81 Il was *'pulled OFF, at Oats Cros
. Roads, fifteen miles from the count
seat. The reason for this is unknown
but it is thought that this point is th
strong hold of the Reform element Q
shis county. The meeting was with
- out any special incident, and was o.
the whole conducted on the ''higl
!plans," about which 50 much has bee:
heard and said and of which so ittl
has been seen.
I Chairman J. P. Kir7en called tn
meeting to order and Rev. John S
SDuBose opened the services will
{ prayer. There were between 500 ant
F 1000 present.
The chairman asked for respectful
hearing for all the speakers and pu
Gen. Watts forward to open the bail
He SPOKE OF what he had accomplished
for the 7ailitia 81 the State anu gave /,
short account OF his stewardship gen
sra1ly. -
Gen. Richbourg followed. He spoke
+ his political record and then went
ito statement of his experience il
ilitsry affairs.
Mr.. John T. Duncan wss the frs!
ustorial candidate to speak. He
said he had g conversation with Till
saFnan Friday night before the campaign,
Senator Tillman objects tc
sshsving his name mentioned. But thu
scry everywhere is 'sdon't mention my
name" All 1 want is for the people
Ito consider what 7 have said before on
the stump. He believed under the
circumstances that it was his duty te
acome before the people and tell whal
3he knew OF State and national affairs.
Being farmer himself he believed he
gknew the needs Of the people better
sEhsn either of his competitors, who
KNEW them only in theory. he then
branched off into a-discs.:ssssiieessaa essaa Of Of la
tlonal issues. Speaking of Judge
Earle he said he hsd lost the respect
af- GseserEats3sss Ss by-changirg his poll
Ybut every man must respect an
:orable, upright opponent. But he
ie7ed Judge Earle's candidacy
aid sgain bring forth the heat Of
tional politics, which were happily
.ng out. As to his other competitor
said he would say something that
had not said before. But like oil
Ter statements he mad made, they
,re the truth. He knew Governor
.ans better than the general pu olic,
ID when be knew an undeserring and
,rrupt man it was his duty to expose
m. Governor Evans was stronger
10 day he was nominated than he has
cen since. If he has made one friend
e has made hundreds Of foes. His
My hope in distress was to have Ber
illman say one word in his behalf.
lis one strength is his grip on Till
mans coat tail. In Tillman's letter he
protested against my right to use 8
private conversation. Ee did not OBJ
. ect to it because it was false, but be-
cause its use might not be fair to the
public.
Governor Evans was the Eext speak
er. he said that he was among friends
and it was hardly necessary TO defend
himself against his caluninators. They
have been saying that Ben Tillman had
dropped me, but he is not man to
stand BY and see an innocent man be-
smirched, whom they are not worthy
to touch. he referred to Mr.. Duncan s
statement that he had recently visited
Ben Tillman and said that Mr.. Dun
cans statement showed he was devoid
OF the instincts Of gentleman. He
visited Tillman on sad mission-the
burial of his first born, and would any
shonest man accuse him Of being such a
sute as to talk politics when in the
OF deepest grief9 he read Till
sSssssgsssE to the audience, which was
at the Bennettsv1lle
will be found in an.
iter reading the letter
geafter he would not
Mr.. Duncan. The
I'd his speech by
national affairs
sSt introduced.
made by his
I'D national
Earle en-
Mr.. Kol-
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