The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-07-18
ON THE ROAD AGAIN.
The State Candidates Resume
Their Speech Making.
TIE ATTENDANCE SMALL
The Well TroGden Ground Gone
Over by the Vote Hunters.
Not Much interest
Manifested.

NdNUSS(SC.
The State campaign meetings were
resumed last Tuesday week at George,
town. The attendance was very small
and little interest was manifested ID
what was said and done. \ number
of the candidates were absent.
WILLIAMSBURG MEETING.
There were about TWO hundred people
in attendance on the meeting at Kings,
tree on Wednesday Capt. Jennings,
candidate for State Treasurer opened
the speaking. DR.. Zimmerman vas
absent.
BROKER and Derham warmed up a
little. Brooker charged DerEam with
allowing treasurers to make settlements
whenever the latter want To. Derham,
interruptiDg, said this was untrue.
Brooker said he could prove it in the
record for 1897 IN Richland county.
Derham said that he had certificate
from Sheriff Cathcart coutcSdicting
Brooker S statement.
Capers made the crowd holler by as
sailing McMahan for naming flag Oh
Winthrop college for a Yankee sol
dier" who was teaching at the summer
school. McMahan was not here today:
Col. Floyd said Williamsburg had
been one of his banner counties. He
wanted to keep its support. Dr. Rouse
was absent.
". D. Mayfeld, W. D. Evans, j. H.
Wharton, B. B. Evans, J. + Petit
grew and Mr.. Berry told why they
ought to be railroad commissioner. B
3. Evans prodded ". D. Evans. Bar.
ney denied that rate on cotton had
been reduced. "and l defy him to deny
it" W. Evans replied: Il &c deny
it." Barney asserted that one man $
word is as good as anotheTs. He then
read some figures that the local rate
from Kingstree to Greenville was 80
cents and to Norfolk q cents. Barney
continued to make his charges, and |
defy him to deny it." Col. ". D.
Evans each time would say, I do deny
it." Barney stated that since the sale
of the South Caroliaa and Georgia to
the Southern the rates had increased.
W. D. denied this. Barney said this
denial wss not the truth. ". D. sd-
vsnced toward him aud it looked sQual-
ly, but the Marlboro gamecocs kept ad-
mirable control Of himself under the
terrible excoviation Of his Edgefeld
namesake. Barney, shaking his finger
excitedly at ". D., said that to prove
his assertion the rates a. Aiken had
gone up since the sale Of the South
Carolina and Georgia he could cite the
tariffs.
CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.
Gary was the first speaker for the Of
fee Of governor. He to-day for the first
time referred to the fac, that he has no
papers backing him up. He reiterated
his support Of the dispensary, and
jumped on prohibition, but advocated
local option between the t9o, He pro
duced the record showing that he had
voted for the Archer bill as amended
by Winkler SO as to allow each county
the right to establish or to remove cis-
pensaries. Col. Hoyt said he had not
referred to the Archer bill, but to the
bill prepared by Mr.. Robinson Of An
derson, which provided for vote be-
tween dispensary and prohibition:
Gary charged coalition between blind
..igers and prohibition to squeeze the
life out CT the dispensary. He accord
ed all honor to honest prohlbluonlsts,
but warned honest men not to be per
suaded to vote for prohibition. He
again stated that facticnal lines had
been drawn against him, as he was a
Gary and Tillmsnite. He wants to
be measured as an individual.
Patterson began by saying that while
MIR. Gary is discussing local option, he
would discuss the dispensary. Patter..
son attempted the role Of humorist and
told several jokes today. Gary IS see
ing ghosts. Nobody in the campaign
has said anything about the Gary's hold
ing Offices until yesterday, when Walt
Whitman saiG something about It.
Nobody is attacking Gary for support
iDg Tiilman. He said that Gary didn t
have the courage TO come out II favor
Of the dispen:aiv at Charleston.
Gary-That is absolutely untrue.
Patterson said that at Charleston he
had asked Gary if the latter was n tay-
or of high license for Charleston, and
the latter said that his position was IN
der5tood by the crowd.
Cary asked the crowd if they
wanted nc to explain my position
again. and they said 10.
Patterson-But the people Of South
Carolina must have an explanation.
Gary-The people know how l stand;
Won are the only one who does not, aud
il YOU haven't got the brains to take It
in | can't give them to you.
Patterson then paid his respects to
nrobibition. Everybody in South Car
1Iina knows that if GoDzaiez takes up
fellow it beats that fellow, and SO
Col. Royt says he did not seek the sup
port Of Gonzales.
Patterson then began on McoTeeney,
msEinc the same old charges OF non
enforcement Of the law. he MADE a
new point" that NJ. He!ch' OF Inc
firm Of Welch & Eason, runs 0ilno
liger and has a United States revenue
license, Yet McSweeney has ccmnlS'
stoned him member Of the Charleston
county board Of con!roI.
McSgeeney stated that he had noth'
ing to do with it. The appointment:
,rs,e made by the legislative delegation
from Charleston.
patterson said that Mcsweeney couto
at least kick him out.
MeSweepey replied that he could moi
L;cE ont mar whom he had not ap