The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-08-21
HATE EACH OTHER.
Evans and LatIrnsr sald to ba
Opsn Political Enc mics.
Hts AN OLD IRoUsLE.
Each of the Above OentIamen
Mada Hits at One An
oiher at the Union
NJ setting.

j. O. Abernsthy, who attended the
Union and Chester meetings for the
Charlotte Observer, says there is NO
danger that the senatorial CAM paign in
his slate will lack heat, even though
Sonstor McLIurin should Withdraw
from the rs'e, for the notable develop
m5nt In the meetings here and at Union
ior the last three days, aside from the
sIong dendnoiation OF the junior sens-
tor, WAS the fact that while both are
hshting whist they consider the COM
mon enemy, A O. Latimer and John
Gary Evans arc a. dsgSers' points, and
II would not Eurprise men who know
the two politicians to sec the e1 gov
oruor snd the congressman coma to
bioSs on the stand when the csmpaigu
is fairly unier way. Evans is slen
der fellow, about FIVE feet and ten
Inches tall with sharp features, bright
eye, black moustsche and hair, slight.
ly tlnSed with gray, and thec. is some
tlng about him that will make a North
Cerolipisn think OF Marion Butler as
soon ss the * governor takes the stand
70 make sspeeoh. His Political an
tagonlst, Congressman L,timer, IS recog
plzed as being one of Senator Tiilmsn's
closest friends, and he certainly re-
semsles the senior Eenstor In more
ways than one. In comparing the two
men, as they aat together on the speak.
ers' stand, | made the following deduc.
tion: Square the coDgressman's Jaws,
punch out one of his eyes, let him fill
his mouth with quinine I'D TO all out.
ward appearances the result will be- a
second Ben Tillmsn. As to the sbili
ty of Lstimer, as compared with Tall
man, cannot say, for it may be that
be is only following the leader as Mar
ion Butler followed Col l. L. Polk in
North Carolina. In fsct, his politi
cal enemies term him "ouo Of Till
mans hands" l can add, however,
that he has = more pleasant address
than his chief, and would probably
create better impression among
strangers, provided he did not too close
~ follow Iillmsn's style.
These, are the two men-Evsns and
Lstimer-who gave it out by their
words and actions that they distrust-
I'D each otbeI. In assuming hi. share
of the responsibility for the election
OF MoLiufin to the senate, Latimer
said that tao evils were offered the peo
pie AID he voted for the junior senator
as the lesser Of the two. John Gary
Evans was the other. At etLer times
he referred to Evans in more or less
direct terms, which all South Csrolin
ians understood Ga the other hand,
the ex-g governor made it plair to his
hearers that he meant Lltimer whom
he spoke OF the action of certain "poli-
teal traitors who had refused to take
noto of the warnings he had sounded
in regard to McLaurin. Hewarned the
people against turning out ono traitor
to put in another. Mr.. Evans has been
out of politics fol quite swhile, having
some time after the expiration of his
term as governor removed to Spartan
burg, where he has been prActicing law,
aud 1T was not generally known until
the meeting at Union that he would en-.
ter the field as a senatorial aspirans.
Tho eI governor, ty the way, is the
man whose name was formerly printed
in Columbia paper thus: John
garyevans. South Csrolinisns can
rest assured that should ali others drop
out OF the race these two performers
alone will be worth the price of ad-
mission.