The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-07-16
SENATORIAL RACE.
The Candidates Speaks to a Large
Crowd at Orangeburg.
LATIMER GEES FOR EVANS.

LATIMER GEES FOR EVANS.
These Two Candidates Attack Eact,
Other and Indulged In Crimi-
nation and discrimination
for Some Time.
The senatorial campaign meeting
was held al this place on last Thurs
day. The party came over from Sum
ter. where they had spoken on Wed
ne:day. The following account OF
the meeting was furnished The News
and Courier by its regular correspon-
dent. He says Orangeburg never does
ANYTHING by halves. 1t is that unity
of action and confidence Of her people
in each other that makes Orangeburg
one Of the finest counties in the State.
Nothing gives these people-mo pleas
ure than to attend campaign meet
ing. SO when the announcement was
made that big and brainy candidates
for the Senate would speak at Orange
burg Thursday fully l,aOO people
gathered around the stand, erected on
the cast side OF the Court House, and
gave the candidates the greatest In
spiration they have received on this
campaign. Everybody expected not
stuff" and they were not disappointed.
Every candidate made votes, but how
the ballots will add up no one knows.
THE MEETING.
The Senatorial meeting was called
to order by County Chairman W. ..
Tatum at Ills a. M, and an earnest
invocation was offered by the Rev. II.
B. Browne. a presiding elder Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. The
first speaker introduced was
COL. wM. ELLIOTT.
Col. Elliott was at the disadvantage
of being the first speaker, knowing
that his speech would be criticised by
his able ompetitors, who would note
everything he said. Col. Elliott said
that the old Black District had at
various times covered nearly half this
State, and if he had represented half
of it, why not trust him further and
make him Senator for the whole State?
He told of his record in the civil war
and his work in behalf Of his home
people in the dark days o. reconstruc-
tion. He was chosen to lead forlorn
fight in his district and terrible con-
tests followed each election, yet his
Congressional record of fourteen years
is before the people and is unlmpeach-
able. The total amount of approprla-
tions obtained is in round numbers
$1,000, 200.
Col. Elliott spoke Of the wonderful
improvements in the manufacturing
interests Of the county and, as we are
becoming nation Of exporters, it is
necessary to improve the'0transporta-
tion facilities on Gods highways. "
He spoke of the Appalachian forest
reserve and how beneficial. its estab-
lishment will prove to the South IN
the prevention Of destructive overflow
OF our Southern rivers.
THE HON. J. j. HEMPH1LL.
Col. Hemphill threw handsome bou~
onctc at tho ladies
A voice: Praise the gals If yol
don't geta vote" -,
We will do ourselves an injustice II
our re presentativeS content themselves
with getting appropriations; we need
leaders in Washington from the South
who can protect our political inter-
ests. He charged that the Democratic
committee had reported adversely on
one occasion, but Col. Elliott called
him down and reminded him that he
made such a statement before and it
was not true. MIR. Hemphill yielded
to Col. Elliott's correction and passed
on to the Philippine Islands, denounc-
ing colonial expansion and spoke OF
our Oriental trade, especially the small
returns accruing to US from the Phll-
ippines. He said that in the discharge
of his duties as a lawyer he has often
been called away from South Carolina
to attend to professional matters.
Some of his competitors want to say
that he had given up his citizenship,
but again he deemed it expedient to
tell of his home connections in Ches-
ter-the same statement he MADE at
Chesterfield Court House. Col. Hemp
hill received a beautiful bouquet OF
flowers.
EX-GOVERNOR EVANS.
Mr.. Evans felt the inspiration OF an
old-time orderly campaign audience.
He told why he entered this and the
former Senatorial campaign. 1t took
his competitors five years to tree Nc
Laurin, and now they all come here
and want to be Senator. Dan Hen
derson went all over this country GUS
sing old Ben and everybody connected
with the Reform movement. Now he
comes here preaching unity, but give
me the peas and Henderson the cake. "
He spoke of Latiner'S charge that 1t
was said of him he took $500 out
Of the bond deal. He denounced 1t
again. II anybody will find it l will
divide and give them two-thirdS OF IT.
Latimer says that his record is clean.
We shall investigate this little mat
ter. He denounced the transporta-
tion trusts" said Mr.. Evans. but
that pure, honest, DR.. Stokes, whom
you all loved';-
A voice: Let him alone now: he
is dead"
But Mr.. Evans went on to read the
charges made by DR.. Stokes in the
YorErille Enquirer, and which have
already been printed. Latimer was up
at Tirzah claiming all the credit fo1
the free rural delivery, when Mr.. Grlst
reported his statement in daily paper
and thus caught up with Mr.. Latlmer:
claiminr what did not belong to him.