The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06
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The Candidates Plead With the
Dear People.

Dear People.
CHARGES AN ALLEGED DEAL.
The Governor Defends Himselfagainst
Certain Charges. A Lot Of Talk
About Buying Newspapers. Senator
Connor Takes a Hand
There was Som" spice III the Sumter
campaign on Tuesday of last week:
After l =oo;l many candidates had
spoken. Coy. ElIcrbc took tie stand
and WAS received with applause. Called
to the office by the people OF both lac
tionS. he did not ask reelection Il the
Infamous charges against hm We're
proven. He would not bow to the po-
litician< il he never held Office. it!S
only ambition had been /" give unset
fish service. No manly man wouid ad-
vance charges that he could nnt SU>-
tain. Tillman had MADE wholesome
charges against his administration. mt
he. would not prove them. Tilman.
had zone to Clemson with 4 minority
report in his pocket but thcy bam-
boozlcd him and he signed report say
ing the college WAS doing 1 grand work.
Qaughtcr.) Why didn't he have the
! courage Of his convictions? He was
soured by defeat in politics and his
Judgment has bcomc prcjudiccd. Il
was unfortunate that he should come
at this time when the people We're get
ting together. to Try 2nd tear down
everything. did not inluguratc the
diSpcns,rv. though | wish | had that
honor Ben TiIlman did it. and does
he George Tillmam dare say that he
did i, to corrupt the morals o! the peo-
ple? The goycrnorwas loudIyapplan"-
ed as he concluded.
Col. George Tillman was chccrcd a>
Inc began. Ellcrbc> charge that he
was trying to pull down, Clemson was
infamouSly false and Ellerbc knew 1t.
But why should Clemson spend 500
600 when the mother college spends
only 5000 He objected to the
amount of money spent. Time would
show that Clemson and Winthrop Were
failures as far IS what they were III
tended to do. He objected to the bug
cabinet and other useless buildings.
| One reason for the deficit last year
was the enormous expenditure 1T Glenn
| son.
Responding to Governor Ellcrhc :
invitation to prove his charges concern
ing the fertilizer tag tax. he read l let
ter from Representative l.. ). Comor
of Orangcburg. saying that, as Cover
nor Ellcrbe had said if Colonel Iiilman
could prove that certain parties got al
the fertilizer they wanted without pay
ing the tax he would withdraw from the
race. he would state us follows:
In 1896 sent 100 old tags that
had been used to the manufacturer. had
100 sacks Of bone shipped me. and my
invoice will show that | got credit for
the 100 old tags. could have sent
the same old tags back and had another
carload sent in the same way. On Jan
uary -. 1898. | witnessed 1 carload OF
| fertilizer being mloadcd and delivered
to consumers without a single tax TAG.
| called witness and reported II next
dav to three members Of the beard Of
trustees of Clemson and to one Of the
INSPECTORS who told me he had wit
messed similar delivery and had re-
ported it to Clemson. y year
or two AGO certain dealer in this coun-
tv was reported time and time again for
delivering goods without tax tags until
| it had become so public that member
of the board of control compromised
with him for 1928. | have been told
this by one of the trustees and by one
of the inspectors. The same member
of the board informed me that lot OF
cotton meal was seized in Marlboro last
year and that they compromised for
$3.50. Governor Ellerbe isa member
of the board of trustees and Of the fer
tilizer board of control. The trustees
report show that fertilizers sampled
were below the guarantee from is to 20
per cent. yet we are to hear OF the first
prosecution. You have 4 good case.
and if you can get the people to hear
YOU. YOU can make it warm Tor the so
called governor.
Col. T'illman exhibited table show
ING that $3T3.043 Of this tux has zone
to Clemson. and out of the pockets Of
farmers. and stated that when bill
providing fer cancellation OF tagS was
introduced in the senate. McSSrs
Norris. StackhouSc and Nauldin. mem
bers Of the Clemson board votedagalnst
it.
THE CLARENDON MEETING.