The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-07-28

didases announced themselves. telling
him he intended TO run
He then Jumped on The Record
calling it McLauriu's paper, saying
! McLaurin had $500 worth of stock il
The Record ADD that Elleybe apd Nea
had stock 10 it also.
McLaurin promptly denied thi'
charge and told the simple truth tba
| Geo R Koester is 10 sole and absolute
| control of The Record and no man OF
the face of the earth can dictate to hin
| or tell hin what tc put in his paper Of
not put in.
May6eld paid no attention to thi'
| correction. but repeated his false
| charges against The Record. in which
neither McLauain. Neal nor Ellerbe
has cent of stock.
May6eld then made speech in ad
vocacy of low prices for cotton. lumber
aud other things the South produces.
Then knowing the ansipathy of msnJ
Colunbians to the dispensary Law. he
attacked it. 10 play to the galleries
despite the fact that no mao 10 South
Carolina ia more responsible for the
dispeosary and metropolitan police
laws than is s. G.. May6eld.
He charged McLaurin with running
an independent ticket for the constitu'
tional con vention.
McLaurin: That is not SO.
Maytield ALI right, withdraw it
Did you write the Popuiist platform?
McLauriu That is none of you,
business
He said be wanted to ask E!lerbe
questions but Eilerbe was not present
He repeated his charge about state
house combination to back McLauriu.
he said Neal was slated to bethe next
governor and that Neal made bargaio
to defeat McIver for reelection he
received much applause.
Irby was greeted with much ap-
plause as an old warhorse. He was
standing just where he wac in 1886,
the ouly original package" in the lot
He devoted his attention next tc
Gonzales, saying that Gonzales's pape'
got telegram wrong. misqaoting him
saying he would .now" open factional
lines. when the word should have been
s.oot," The telegram was responsible
for the error. and not the State.
He said Mayield had swiped his
speech If May6eld's speech were
worth half Of dana. be would take
is. He was at loss what to say.
He said The combination was against
him. the only farmer among the candi-
dates.
He was aot against tue o.hers. bu,
was skiouing his own cat for Office
W. D Mayfeld tried to pull S. G..
May6eld out of the race. Evaos came
in at the last minute, Duncan bid be-
bica log and cane out at the last mo.
ment. But for him there would have
been 20 fight against McLaurin.
But for him aud Tiilman, Evans
would have been law clerk 10 "Uncle
Bills" Office in Augusta. May6eld
would have been a school teacher 10
Barnwell. Duncan would have been
ploughiog in Newberry and McLaurin
might have been probate judge.
He told how he made Evans COVER
nor.
He said be knew all the Reform Sc
crets. aud they we're afraid to fight him
for fear he woad tell all he knew.
He told his ..Nlu" hand joke. applying
it to the atteuss to elect Ellerbe gov
eruor 1894. E
he told Of the attempt to make
Evans keep out of the race for govern
or in 1894, aud intiuated that he made
Tillmsn support Evans instead of Ell
erbe. bis first choice. He told his dad
aay joke, adding that Evans. his boy,
had bit hiu, which was wrong.
After bis buffoouery bad proceeded
awhile. voter asked bio what i. al
had to do with the United States sen.
ate.
He replied that he would show hia
| after awhile. He was running hi:
campaign to suit himself.
He attacked Ellerbe's action in re-
ference to the court of inquiry.
He then criticed Gonzales, charging
him with being an enemy of the poo'
people add friend Of negroes.
He attacked McLsurin because be
alleged McLaurin opposed Tillman' ;:
management Of the Darlio gton riot.
He attacked She'll. because Of biz
alleged support Of Butler.
He charged that Ellerbe was cheat.
ed toto the Office of Comptroller Gen
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