The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-07-25

About the Dtsp-rsaey a: :he Ma'l-
boTo Meeting.
eETER THAN PRoHtBETlON
Nearly all the csneidates Has
Their Say u The One
Thousand Psc pie Who
Was Present

vile last eCN6SO2t Ms "-'HHoto " q
thousand people, who caaIe fer miles
to hear the candidates discuss the issues
of the day. This is the htme Of ". D.
E1aas, candidates for reelection as rail
road commissioner, aud of Knox
Livingston candidate for Lieutenant
goverLcr. E.ch vas we'll received and
will carry tk@ county solid!y.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER
The first speaker was Barney 5
Evans. He ssid that he hae oeen
taunted with the fact that he "oa!4 not
in Marlboro attack the record OF ". u
Evans. He renewed his charges today
and said they were direct at W. D. $
official record. " D. has no right 10
ride on pass. He must pay his fare
and railroad refunds according to law.
Darcy Duucsnis the railroad conuls'
sioper.
Mr. Berry said this county is pros
porous because it is a prohibition
county. Prohibition does prohibit; here,
Col. Pettigrew was willing for ". D
Evans to carry the couaty, but ne
wanted the votes not going (! hSaas;
". D. Evans, who introduced MS
competitors, had not intended TO speak,
but replied to Barney. The rates are
not driving mills outof the State. FIVE
have been established IN this county
since he went on the board Pacolet is
building new mill in Georgia because
the attitude Of Cheraw Is too low, and
the mill now runriUg consume nearly
all the cotton raised in the State.
j. Il. Wharton proposed to correct
evils Of demurrage, overcharSes, etc;
W, D. Msy6eld is not here. Eth
eridge has not been with the campaign
for FIVE meetings.
GUBERSAToRIAL CANDIDATES.
The first candidate for governor to
speak was Frank B Gary. He said ne
would not force dispensaTy on Msrl'
boro and he did not want prohloitlon
forced on Abbeville. Let each have
what it wants. He believed in the dis
pensary Law. There has been tax en-
forcement. Have the manhood to en-
force it il Charleston as wei! as a!se-
where. McSEeeney is running on his
record and be dosn't show anything
but the pardon Of Pors. No child
would pardon notorious biganist. If
the governor would show some back:
bone, the blind Gg'r> would be AFRAID
Of him. His sentiu,n5 that 10 Con
fe6erate soldier shoGl.; - to the poor
house was cheer,d. Va, cannot do too
much to foster the pub &c schools. Pat
terscn asked Gary liag about the
latters speechin Charleston. Gary re-
piled explaining fully his position OF
the LIQUOR question. He was cheereo
Patterson was the Dext speaker He
is not wel!-has been sick for ttr:e
days. This is the pol;;ic1! o;T;hp ace
of Ben Tiliman. There is po"crfu!
newspaper trust, aud Mes sce"ey tired
to get the pull Of the press, Paterson
stated he had stuck to the dtsi enssr}
through the scandal last fall. He did
not want to force the disfeusary on
Marlboro, but prohibition IS but sen
timent he1e. In addition 10 ChaT!,s
tons tiger Industry, be claimed iheTe
are over 2O0in the city of Columbia:
The law cannot be absolutely enforced
in Charleston, but ne would 10 1t pet
ter than j, is done DOW or step down
from Office. All through his speech ne
took great paiasto sho" his reverence
for Ben Tillman.
Gov. McSweeney said that all Patter
son wants is to fool tie the reople to put,
him into c&cs. Patterson looked ali
over the vouchers io the comptroller
generals Office aud could fad nothing
against the administration but war
rants paying for few newspapers. No
man in South Carolina IS 50 ignorant
as to think that newspapers support
can be bought for dollar a year.
Every governor had subscribed for pa
pers-some had even taken magazines
He was cheered when he referred 10
the Pons case.
Patterson-sI bave letter from a
gentleman II Laurens saying that you
sre grinding GU, lot Of psrions.
McSHseney-"Oh, well, 1hat from
some fellow who's IL sympathy with
you" (Applause.)
The governor continued that be ce-
6ed any man to show where singh:
pardon had not been jusofeo: lie had
told his chief constable n Charleston
to enforce the dispensary Law rigldly.
The grand jary in Charleston, like the
grand jory ia Baruwel!, which soutdn
believe Patterson in prohibition days,
will rot support the officials IL eotorc'ng
the dispinsa,y Law The gocernor reao
Ietters from the mayors of NeHoerry
Chester, Spartanburg, Salu3s, Florence
s1d Tsurens. coumendipg his enforce,
Tsent of the dispensary law. he 1ur'
Dishes proof Of his adnlu's'5a'lon-the
others make promises. AeS"eeney
made very favorable impression here
Col. Walt Whitman came at thf
eleventh hour, arriving t-on IheEa*
g;s ous;nt witticisms kept the croWc
laughing. ne ieuN0D
time it is getting some OF the turkey l
has been pulling toSn.
Col. Jas. a. Hoyt is in accord VIII
Marlboro prohibitionlst as long a
Marlboro has bad prohibition, Ihi
county has resented any attempt I
change. Marion lad been a p1oblol
ton County, but dispenssry ~ss es
tabished there without the consent 0
the people. Dillon had tried do, 70 hav'
T. IN becomes candidate for governo
TO 20 around the c0uutry abusing tn
na1ers ~ ~ for not supporting him. PatteE
son has been into Is counties and It
rejection upon him that no p3pe
has come to bis support Col. Hoy
could not repudiate or reject the sup
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