The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-08-17
! ROW D} MEETING G.
The Candidates Curse and Draw
Pistols Il Gfetl:@i;ie.
TIE LIE PISSED FREELY.
Thomas and Gray Have a SquaIIy
Time. Other Candidates Con-
Quoted Themselves De-
Gently and in Order.
Gently and in Order.

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Gently and in Order.
Last thursday was c;i'Hla!gn Gay at
UrccnNlIlc: ana the ola tcwll had 4 hot
tlAc IN e9nse2ucHce. M .: lilSin' Ser
Pen'; Lar. but no bones broken, no
blood snc"' ! ne rcpfoo'S valiant ANA
the co''hier-checNS fuarrcl2oine OF pre-
Vlous campaign meetings dWmdIc INTO
nothlngncsS Beside the lies direct and
the Dalhcadcd daMis th3t hu;tlcd across
the hustlng> thursday. Dynamite
guns We're unIlmbcrcd, causing cores
pondcntS. whose ilrSt thought was to
live to tell the story, to execute the
double shuttle to escape an eutiiading
ire, that somehow didn t enflade. The
vaudeville outdld itself, and there was
!ladcan heat IN the atmosphere. Ian
talizins Thomas, GRITTY Gray aud Ea-
ger Evans, alias bell@ere"; Barney,
were the star performers. IAe other
members OF the troupe remaining IN the
wings during the pyrotechIlcs.
Those who looked Tor a hot time
during the rai!roadcommiSSion tilt were
notdisappointcd Commissioner Thomas
lampooncd Gen. Gray on his native
heath. ridiculng his business record.
and Gen. Gray applied the lie without
lis and butts, which ended in 4 torrent
OF cpitlctS Major Evans finally get
ting into the breach and painting the
commissioners record IN black. The
story Of the day is an unprecedented
one: Attcr twenty speeches had been
made by condldateS tor both offices
Chairman Austin read the following by
request; rw
h&ilToad commissioner i thomas OF
tcrs reward OF S0o to any OF his com,
petltors who, by Monday next, will
figure any just and reasonable rate OF
fertilizer as the law requires, based on
the cost Of service, over the different
roads OF this State. The money has
been deposited in the City National
Bank Of Greehville, and an order for
the same will be given to any one Of
them complying with the above.
The reading had scarcely concluded
when Major Evans bounded to the
front and cried; mere no use to walt
unit! Monday, want that money right
now: lie began to calculate the rate
Mr., Thomas cndeavorlns tG stop hlm,
telling the chairman 1t was not falr to
let Evans speak out OF his turn. Evans
stood to the rack, declaring he had been
challenged and would reply. After de
failing the amount of investment, debt,
earnings, etc. OF the Southern hallway;
he Inquired that the average rate on an NJ
money invested OaSlns the fsle ol
interest att per cent. Is - cents per
hunoreo or less thah caTloao lots -, Iol
eleven classes. NOW, ne cf!eu' H1
thomas, give me your MONEY L.,
=, You maven Sato Z 1hl"s' Ueci'te''
Thomas: that all goose saoole.
ON, sad Evans, SO you are TO DC
the Judge, that where the siicS scheme
comes IN; leave 1t TO the people
whether calculated a fa{e. Y olcc;
mats what you old. lLaushter ana
cheerlh9:. r., -.
OommlSSl9her IAoclas Oesan MS
speech; when ne referred 10 'ne re-
WaTo Evans declared he Aa1 a s'lll'g
tled TO 1t: Continuing ne s&lo ne na''
fought MS colleagues on lhe O9atu oe 7
cause Tor 1oas years tmcy 2 hao Ioooeo
the farmers OF GreenVlile OF sixty Genus
per ton on .ie, ieruNzers. a..
voice: Gan you calculate 'Aa'
rate:
Thomas: Yes; am trained to It, | |
saved the people one hundred thousand
dollars by my rate.
Gen. Gray Interrupted with motion
that the five minutes time OF the seven
candidates be extended to ten minutes,
for" said he, / want to show this
man up
Mr. Thomas: Mr.. Gray is clever
gentleman. He's sample OF the rest
OF my opponents. He's a lawyer IN
Grccnvlllc with client, hunting JOB.
Ilc Tccolu Suo"S lHd1 Hc Ids IloS i'to :"
case IL five years | went b. his Office
today. and the grass was growing around
it. and hole in the window was stop
ped up with pair Of old brcechcs. He
has been dead failure in everything
he has tried. Now is it safe to en-
trust such man with this important
position?,
Gen. Gray sat still under.this assault
When his turn came he said he had not
lived in Greenyille for twenty-eight
wears for nothing, and the people will
give the lie to this man charges, as |
now do" As he said this he stepped
toward Mr. Thomas. shaking his finger.
The people don't know it, though,
declared Thomas with laugh.
GRAY: They knew it IS not true.
Thomas: Yes it is, every word Of
it.
Gray: 1T shows he hasn't the in