The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-07-17

ways supported MIN lot cOuSIesS. IlS
told of his junketins trips to the South,
bringing northerners with him to let
them see the South as it is. and if the
voters in South Carolina do not think
nim honest why vote against him for
the senate. He does not believe in
cussing Yankees. There is neither
sense nor business in 1t.
At Sumter.
Sumter, Special.-The senatorial and
confessional meeting was held here
Wednesday in the opera house. The
eight candidates had an audience at no
time numbering more than 175 voters
Of the Game Cock county
The meeting was devoid Of single
incident and everybody was glad when
the mandate of the State executive
committee was complied with.
The small attendance disheartened
the candidates and some OF them did
not utilize the allotted so minutes
granted each speaker.
The speeches were practically the
same or variations Of the originals pre-
pared TO aaDihilate Commercial Dem
ocracy," but as 10 advocate of the new
doctrine is in the campaign their shot
Ind shell was wasted on the desert air.
Those who heard the candidates for
the senate were impressed with the
ability and fitness of the majority of
them to represent the State in the SEN
ate, and one man expressed 1t: Il wish
that l could vote for them all"
At Orangeburg.
Orangeburg. Special.-The meeting
here was rather lively. The Senatorl-
al candidates warmed up somewhat.
A pretty three -cornered word scrap oc-
Cured, in which Messrs. Evans, Lati-
mer and Johnstone were the particl-
pants. A lot of charges were hi2ted
at and others openly made. Evans
charged Latimer with using free passes
and getting them for others in defiance
of State laws. Also of voting to give
away S3,000,000 worth Of franchises
in Washington. Latimer charged
Evans with taking $4,000 in bond
deal. The speech of Col. Johnstone
was spicy. The meeting on the whole
was on the old order of South Caro-
INA CdmpalgIS.
At Bambsrg.
Bamberg, Special.-The senatorial
and congressional meeting was held
here Friday in the court house in the
presence of about 200 people. Nine pa
pers of "tanglefoot" were spread before
the voters and no stone was unturned
to persuade the voters to light on their
respective Iapers. Each paper had
spread thereon a mixture Of expansion,
ship subsidy, trusts, tariff reform,
work in congress and State legislative
work, intermingled with honeyed
phrases to catch the unsuspectlng
voter.
The same old speeches greeted the
| listeners, and aroused about the Gus
tomary enthusiasm.
At Georges.
Georges, Special.-The senatorial and
congressional candidates meeting was
held here in the court house Saturday
in the presence of about 300 people.
The morning session was not without
incident. Messrs. Evans and Latimer
were at it again and at one time 1t
looked like it would be fight within
the BAR Of the court rom, but the sher-
iff OF Colleton (an adjoining county,
put stop to the matter.
It came about III this way: Mr.. EV-
ans was the first speaker and in his
speech prodded Mr.. Lattimer in the
same way and on the same matters
which had been brought out at pre-
yious meetings. Mr.. Latimer made
about the same refutatiols and said
that they (meaning the Refo-EerS)
haG carried Mr.. Evans as long as tney
could and had dropped Evans, and he
also made some allusion to Evans being
his friend" to which Evans replled:
You never were my friend; you be-
trayed me like dog"
Then Latimer brought up the Sl5,O0o
bond deal and said Evans had been
charged with it in the last camapign
and Evans corrected him by saying
that it had only been ::inored and
some reference was made to an anony-
nous circular in connection with Mir.
Duncan's name but their meaning was
not cleared.
Mr.. Evans added that he had denied
the accusation at the tiin.; denounced
it as a lie; he now denounces it as such
and the man who repeats it is liar.
At this point Mr.. Latimer appeared
as If he had reached the point where
endurance ceased to be virtue, hence
the enactment of the little tragedy.
The meeting proceeded without in
cident until after recess when the par
ty went to the hotel to get dinner.
Mr. Latimer walked into the hotel
and proceeded to Mr.. Evans room and
said: Mr. Evans, wish to have a