The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-03

combinations, or associations,
all three being the samoa
menace to the people, then they
can with safety vote for me, be-
cause my record in the Senate
and in my paper is too well
known for me in this late day to
change.
People! this is one time when
the right Of suffrage should be
exercised with care; stop and
think Of what has been done IN
the present campaign: if you do
mot know. ask some one Who
does. and YOU will lind that for
an Office which barely pays eX-
Ipenscs, money without stint, and
low trichery have been used: fol-
low this up, and you Will not find
where l have offered q man q
copper for his vote or a drop Of
liquor either. Look and see the
influential workers against me,
what does it mean: | know of
my own knowledge that men
who are financially interested III
oil mills are actively engaged IN
fighting me, some Of them even
leaving their business to go ont
to several Of the campaign meet
ings: do YOU believe these men
would leave their business If it
was only a case Of personal pref
erance: Oh no, I have opened
the eyes Of the people through
these columns to the danger
ahead of them. and because Of
this, every scheme that human
ingenuity can devise, together
with foul methods. is being
brought into play to defeat me.
I could have kept Off this oppo-
sition, and gone back to the
Senate unopposed, if I had been
unfaithful to the people; if l had
shut my eyes to the manlpula-
tons and lethargy Of our tobacco
and cotton markets, and not
warned the people against the
combination Of corporate greed,
but had permitted without expo
sure the scheme and drowsiness
to go on, Applet would have
been alright and no one could
have been induced to oppose
him.
By standing for what I regard
ed the peoples interests, what
has been the result: Those l eN.
posed, organized a corpora
ton, and by protesting to be
sincere Prohibitionists, induced
some to take stock who had no
enmity towards me, but were
religiously sincere in spending
their money for a cause they
wish to see triumph; the conse-
quence was. my personal enemies,
made so, because | would not be
led by them, started a news
paper in opposition to The TINES
and used every method that
hatred could devise to break
down my paper and drive me out
of the business, hoping to have
the field to themselves and be-
come the sentiment moulder for
Clarendon; but the people did
not give them that gratifying
result. I thank God The MAN
MING TINES has today, larger
subscription list than at any time
in its history, and its advertis-
ing patronage the public can see
for itself. l did not build up my
advertising Or subscription pat
ronage by cutting rates, nor did
cut rates by my competitors
cause me a moments worry, my
advertising rates are at least 10
per cent higher than the corpora
ton paper, and the business men
who are not in the stock company
willingly keep these columns we'll
filed; the stockholders Of the cor
poration paper have boycotted
THE TINES, but I have managed
to get three square meals a day
without the patronage Of my
boycotters. I mention this to
show the beginning of the fight
against Applet, and I appeal to
the farmers Of Clarendon whose
friend I have always been, to say
by their votes next Tuesday. that
they will not lend themselves to
strike down a friend to crafty
personal and business spleen.
My opponents are hard pressed
when they seek to fool voters by
trying to put in circulation a
dirty story that negroes are elec-
tioneering for me. / have no
doubt some few negroes ABOUT
this town whom I have done IA
vors for, have expressed them
selves as "wishing Mr.. Applet
success in his race" l have not
the slightest doubt that some one
or two who work around my
office occasionally, did say u
want my Cap'n to be elected, !"
what is there in that: I viii
venture to say, the negroes who
work about Mr.. Davis house Or
are thrown some crackers
over his counter at his store,
have expressed their wishes
for "Cap'n Charlie to be cleo
ted" and the same might be said
of Major Richardson, for ''Marsa
Henry" is much beloved by his
old servants. But for some low
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