The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-08-01
THE HOME STRETCH
The Race for The Goal Has Now
Commenced.
LAST HALF OF RUN sEoUN.
The Compliments Of the Hastings
Orators no Doubt Brought
Bushes TO Lancaster S
White Rose.

The dividing lire neetiog at Ian
caster Wednesday was quiet. The au
dience was thoroughly undemcnstrative
and attentive. There was little cheer
ing, 20 noise. When the meeting Wa:
called to order Fhsirmsn Porter stated
that if every candidate spoke according
to schedule the meeting would continue
from 10 80 until L 80.
Mr.. J. ?. Derham vas not present
and sent excuses. He wss absent on
account of Sickness and announced bis
platform and showed the work of his
Office. Mr.. Brooker started cut by say
ing be had already saved the State 500
600 and was in position 20 save that
much mere. Gen. Floyd spoke but
Rouse was absent.
Then came the candidates for rsil-
road commissioner. Mr. J Il. Whar,
ton spoke first. He said there sere
towns Disseminated against in rates.
Then he took up the matter of over
charge and wanted agents authorized to
pay overchsrges or make allowances fol-
lost articles. He said there was no
sense in the argument Of long and
shorts hauls when the rate OF lumber
is less from Augusta TO Camden than
from Lucknow.
Mai Barnard B Evans said freight
rates were higher here than IN any
southern State. He said there was
something rotten in Denmark and it
was in the railroad commission. The
commissioners were liable to arrest
when riding over the State on free
passes. The commission IS doing
nothing for the people.
Mr.. T. NJ. Berry said he was running
on his own merits and not on the de-
merits of anyone. He vas prohibi-
zionist and always advocated temper
ance. He wanted to be measured as a
man and stand on his merits. He saw
nothing SO bad in the presentcommis-
sion. Promises can be easily made
and broken. If elected there would
be comfortable stations.
Mr.. T. Z Pettigrew always believed
in the value of the railroad commits
sionership. Railroads are combining
and the people must com bine through
their commissioners. He is and always
has been simon-rure farmer, but
raised tobacco, cotton aud truck. He
promised to be faithful TO the interests
Of the people, as heretofore.
". D. Msy6elj spoke OF the mill
DEVELOPMENT and argued that the sur
plus cotton ought ali be boug ght IN this
State and not from Georgia. The rates
are prohibitive. Furniture factories
prospered in North Carolina because Of
better rates. Then he took up the
manufacture of tobscco goods and ar
gued that The local rates were too high
and the same applied to four mills.
Wholesaling must remain small! &c
cause of the rates. He believed the
commissioners should not be paid by
the railroads or provided with passes.
MIR. W. D. Evans said the commls,
sion knew some of the rates were too
high, but the thing has to be c.refu!ly
done. The Texas commission cut ali
rates so per cent and has been tied up
in the courts since. Then he showed
wherein recently the rates have been
reduced on fertilizer, shingles, wood,
cotton, brick, etc. The only way to
work was to act jointly and contlnu.
ously.
The two EvsDscs disputed as to the
North Carolina rate. The North Caro-
olina rate as Quoted IS all wrong. W.
D. Evans stated. He says elect him
and have one honest man on the board,
send Mr.. ". D. Evans. "Gcd save
the mark, ". D. asked to have his
character and reputation compared If
need be.
B. B. Eyans-Td never compare my
character with you.
". D. Evans have never tried to
pass of anything bogus or the people.
IF YOU will look in the attorney gener-
ais report you will find he insured 81
dispensaries in bogus companies and
the companies were not worth cent.
B. B. Evans said it would be well
to look at the records in W. D. Evan $
county.
". d. Evans went on TO say when
he ran for the constitutional conVen-
ticn there was intense opposition to
him and warra Mt was sworn out against
him fer fast driving through the streets
and drunkenness. He insisted OF be
ing tried and was acquitted.
3. 3. Eyans-Oh, that's not 1t. |
mean where you cheated a man out OF
$4,000 and judgment is recorded
against you.
Chairman-Time's up.
". D. Evans-Let me explain.
i. B. E7ans-That is personal
matter sn6 he attacked me. Make him
sit doWa.
The chairman then without further
ado presented Mr. Capers and ". D:
Evans went to his chair saying: i
paid that claim, every cent and an
poor too. -
Mr.. Capers then went on 10 say If
elected he would not employ Yankee
soldiers to teach in the summer schools.
McMahan Is honest but wrong His
chief complaint was that McMahan lg-
nored county superintendents and other
Carolina educators. Capers objected
to white teachers being over colored
normal schools McMahaD wanted to
explain, but the tlmc was up.
Then came the sovsr0or3. u. Walt
Whitman insisted that from what
others saw the variouss Departments are
IN lad shape and he wanted TO remedy
things. Disregard of law in South
Carolina was amazing and disgrace Il
not only as to the dispeusary Law ou
everything else if these speakers are (
he believed. The best men at TINES
he feared, took just a little too muc4
LIQUOR ( little drunkenness does no
afect man as much as telling he
God never made misft and there i
use for liquor. The Bible does no
.-o,o for -attI0p drunk,