The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-08-23
HATE EACH OTHER.
Evans and Lat'mer Said TO be
Opan Political EnsmIos.
lT5lg.AN OLD TROUBLE.
Each Of tho Above OensIamen
Made Hits at One An
o,hef at the Union
NJ setting.

J.0. Abornathy, who attended the
Union and Chester meotings for the
Charlotte Observer, says thero is no
danger that the senatorial campaign in
thisstato will lack hoat, evon though
Senator MoLaurin should withdraw
from tho raoo, for the notable dovalop.
mont in tho meetings hero and at Uaion
for tho last threo day 8, aside from tho
strong denunoiation Of tho Junior soma
tor, was tho fact that while both arc
fighting what they consider tho com
mon euemy, A O. Latimor and John
Gary Evans are at daggors' points, and
it would not surprise mon who know
tho two politicians to- SEQ tho OK gov
ornor and the oongrescman como to
bloye on tho stand whom the campaign
is fairly unlor way. Evans 10 a sion
der follow, about five feet md ton
inohos tall. with sharp features. bright
eyc, black moustaohe and hair, slight
ly tsngod with gray, and thoro is some
thing about him that will mako North
Carolinian think Of Marion Butlor as
soon as the ex governor takos tho stand
to make a spoech. His political an
ta80nist, Congressman Latimer, is rooog
nizod as boiDg one Of Senator TiIlman' q
closest friends, and he certainly re-
sombles tho soni0r senator in moro
ways than ono. In comparing the two
mon, rs thoy SIT together on the speak.
ers' stand, mado the following doduo.
tion:. Square tho oongressman's Jaws.
punoh out ono of his eyos, let him fli
his mouth with quinino and 10 sll out
ward appearances tho result will be O.
soo6nd Bon Tillman. As to the abili.
ty of Latimer, 40 compared with Till
man, l cannot soy, for il may be that
no is only following the loader as Mar.
ion Butlor followed Col. L i. Polk in
North Carolina. In fact, his politi
cnlF enemioa term him "one Of Till
mans. hands" can add, however,
that ne has more pleasant addroas
than his ohiof, and would probably
create a better impression among
atrangers, provided ho did not too oloso-
Iy follow Tillman's style.
,Ehego are tho two men--Evans and
Latimer who gave it out by their
words and actions that thoy distrust.
ed each other. In assuming his share
of Of q ltho responsibility for tho election
Of kll lllsc Lsnrin to tho senate, Lstimer
said that two evils were offersd the peo.
,pleS Tho AZ tod for theFjuni6r senator
siss iessegS tho two, ohm Gary.
Isss, ;agaas It tirii ob.
dirsss ~, gnlohy all South Oarolin.fi
ians understood. On the other hand
the ex-governor made it plaiE to his
hesrera that he meant Lhtimer when
no spoke Of tho action Of certain "poli.
tioal traitors" who had refused TO take
noto Of tho warnings he had sounded
in regard to MoLaurin. He ewArned tho
people against turning out one traitor
to put in another. Mr.. Evans has beon
out OF politios for quito awhile, having
aome time after tho expiration Of his
term as governor removed to Spartan
burg, whore he has been practioing law,
and it was not generally known until
the mooting at Union that ho would en-
tor the field as senatorial aspirant.
The ex governor, by tho way, is tho
man whose namo was formerly printed
in Columbia paper thus: ''John.
garyevanB." South Carolinians can
rest assured that should all Others drop
out of tho race those two performers
alono will be worth the price of ad-
mission.