The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-20
PRIMARY NEXT TUESDAY.

ing MS vote as d Tree Willie Lneh'
He should resent any interfer-
ence, dictation, or bribe, whetb-
er the bribe be money, whiskey
or anything else. There is a
way some people have Of impos-
ing on men who are unable to
read and write; they will pretend
to prepare tickets for them. as
directed, when the fact is they
deceive the voter. A man who
cannot read will do well to have
his ticket prepared by man
who he knows will not deceive
him.
The executive committee in
putting a stop to candidates vot-
ing except where their names
are enrolled, intended to require
candidates to stay at their clubs,
instead of going to other clubs
to watch voters. We have heard
that a certain candidate has sent
word for his name to be enrolled
on certain club, that he would
be there on the day Of election.
If we were a voter in that club,
and found this or any other can
didate there, even if we had in
tended to vote for them, we
would change and vote and work
openly against them. We regard
it an insult for a man to watch
US, and we should certainly as
sert our manhood by openly do
ing all we can against any can
didate who leaves his own club
to work at another since the &C
tion of the Democratic Commit
tee. The white men of Claren-
don have the intelligence and
the manhood to vote as they
please and on next Tuesday is
the day for them to teach poll
ticians. a good and wholesome
lesson in decency.
Pay no attention to reports,
two years ago, the telephone
wires were kept hot carrying
all kinds of reports which we're
false, and intended to be injuri-
Gus to the other side; these re-
ports were not sent out by can
didates, they were sent out by
: men who were interested in be-
half of a candidate. We know
that there is an organized effort
against the writer, that will do
all in their power to encompass
his defeat. We know already
some of-ssaheir plans, and if they
fnd sthat they cannot beat him
otherwise the executive commit
tee will be depended on for tech
nicalities. On Thursday after
the primary the executive COM
mittee meets and it is the duty
of every committeeman to be
present, if he is unavoidably de-
tanned, he should give a written
proxy to a reliable man. There
must not be any trickery, the
people demand fair play, and
propose to have it.
We also understand that there
will be a lot of voters brought to
Manning from another club for
the purpose of swelling the vote
for one of the candidates for the
senate against the writer, to
have it's influence in the second
primary to create the impression
that the writer was beaten at
home, but it won't work, that
trick was played to elect dele
gates to the county convention,
and the people are on to it. Let
the drove come on and fill the
boxes here if they can, the regu-
lar voters at this place will make
somebody sick, and teach them
that people had better stay
wheEe they belong.
On the day Of election the
rum holes will be spotted, and a
sharp look out will be kept on
the men who are dishing out
whiskey. There is a commit
tee whose duty it is to look out
for just these things, and for
double voting, and for dishonest
methods generally. This COM
mittee is composed of substantial
citizens who are pledged to pros
ecute the keepers of places
where whiskey is dished out on
election day, under the ''main-
tanning of a nuisance" act, and to
prosecute and expose any and
all violations of law which go to
make the primary dishonest.
This is no bluff, but a real thing,
and our mentioning it, is simply
to keep down anything which
might have the appearance of
wrong or unfairness. Itisa known
fact that whiskey was used in
this town at the last primary,
and those that used it claimed it
was the other side, we do not
know only from hearsay which
side used it, and are inclined to
believe that both sides in accus-
ing each other told the truth,
butin this election we shall know.
The writer is a candidate for
the state senate, and he can
place his hand upon his heart
and swear that he never in all
of his life attempted to give a
man whiskey for his vote. He
never in his life offered a man
money for his vote, nor has he
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