The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-08-23
cAspaIeN MEETING.

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Nandidates for Congress Address the
People CT the 9th District at Lake CITY.
'The three candidates for scat in
the iower' house Of congress from
the 9th district addressed IN aud
irnce of about two hundred and tif-
~ at the cotton shed last Saturday.
The meeting was orderly. and
passed or without any Specia! un-
plvaSantEeSS. As in every similar
gathering there were one q" two
noisy one who talked loud and III
t"rru!tCd the speakers somewhat.
II was am Interesting meeting, and
at t;nI@S almost exciting.
It impoSSihIc It say WhO had
the crowd. II was very evident
that each of the candidates had
friends in the audience, and Il hand
primary might have shown nearly
an even division. Whether this
surniSc be correct results viii
prove.
CsUnty Chairman \ Ii. Williams
presided and introduced the first
speaker at y. III. The time allow
cd was thirty minutes, with five
inmates latitude.
J. L. ELI.EEBE.
Mr.. E,lerbr said in substance a~
follows: My speech will be strict
~ in;personal. will discuss only
rub!ic matters. However, must
refer t. the record of two years
ago. Then received 5S more votes
Iaau Norton. Had Lee county
voted would have received 30 or
300 Mlorc than he. As 10 the Vote
ui the md regiment. There were
unlvI32 boys in the 2nd regiment
from the 9th district. These cast
l&3 ballots. Norton Claims to have
aiidavits from lGl that they were
,limib,e. lie refused to let me see
.hrse aiiidHvits. At the meeting
of tie executive committee these
affidavit, were produced and claim
vd TO be good. On the face Of these
rauprs there i actual fraud. Some
swear they lived in Su-lter, which
j not in the 9TH district. llerc IL
one of boy who was born III 1878
anal therefore could not have been
twcnty one in 1898. THESE papers
they claimed as true are absolutely
false.
Norton has an affidavit purp0rt-
inc to have been signed by Col.
Willie jones, stating that lie mott
fed the county chairman of the
election in the md regiment, etc.
This Was not signed by Col. Jones.
The sentence relating to kilograms
j. i'll 4 different hand fcOm the rest
of the affidavit and was apparent
~ intcylincG, have telegralAS frGm
the chairman that they did not
receive the telr&raES referred 10
in affidavit. ! asked Norton to let
me take the affidavit to Cot Jones
t. find out if he signed il, hat Nor
Jon REUSED that also. You (N0r-
t,n) have got to give up, that paper,
f,rthr CamOcralS of this district
viii not send YOU back 10 congress
with that papcr hid in yrur
pocket [Eller"e intnnatrd that
Norton knows that it va, forged.
Scarborough was Nurton's law
Yer in the contest. He is a good
speaker. Most of the Scarborough
badges have seen were on boys
and "niggers."
must touch on three questions.
! favor free silver. Am opposed to
trusts. Fertilizers are higher than
last wear because Nirginia-Caro-
lima Chemical Co., trust has enter
cd the field.
He concluded with the story Of
q coon hunter. He was cheered.
r. 3. SCARBOROUGH
Was next presented. He spoke
aS follows: l have no apologies
to make for 10y candidacy. l am
exercising the right every citizen
has. Norton and Ellerbe claim
they don't consider my candidacy
serious. That is only a ruse. |
am going to beat both Of them.
AS Nortnn's lawyer | had moth
ing n do with those papers Ellerbe
spoke of. Merton says that is cor
recti | never heard those parerS
questioned until they were Ques-
toned on the stand by Ellerbe.
scarborough then went on to ex-
plain how the papers We're used,
in which he was cOrrOborated
by Norton ! did vote for Norton
the first time he was Il candidate.
Would have voted for him two Years
ago had | not been away. First
time Norton had only a part Of
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