The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1902-09-19
OUR NEX'l' GOVERNOR.
A Mass Meeting i'll His Honor Held
at Walterboro.
HE MAKES A GOOD SPEECH.

HE MAKES A GOOD SPEECH.
The People or Capt. Ilcyward's Homo
County Gather az tho County
Scut to Honor Their
| Fellow Citizen.
| The first public demonstration madt
in honor Of Capt. ID. g. Hayward since
he announced his candidacy for tn,
GorernorShip i'm June Of last year oc
Cured at his homo in Waltcrbore
Thursday evening, when the people ol
his county gathered TO bear Testimony
to their approval Of the action OF the
| voters OF South Carolina in selecting
their fellow citizen TO be the Demo
cratic nominee for Governor Of South
Carolina. Although his candidacy was
announced sixteen months ago, Capt
Hayward has studiouSly avoided every
effort looking to u popular dcmonstra-
tion.
Visiting the various counties OF the
| State during the period preceding the
formal opening OF the campaign and
forming the acquaintance OF the solid
and substantial citizens or every sec
ton, Capt. Hayward did so in so unos-
| tcntatiOuS q manner that his over-cOn-
tident opponents scarcely realized the
| remarkable political support which
| this new factor in South Carolina pol
itics was awakening. At every point
visited there was no lack Of enthusiasts
tic friends, who would gladly have
given public evidence Of their high
regard FOR the man or their choice,
but it was understood that such a
4itStffseBp ctien would not be to- Capt.
Hcywards liking, and SO 1t was that
throughout the long months proceed
ing the second primary there has been
only the steady onward move OF popu-
lar favor looking to the final elevation
OF tho modest, hightoned Collcton
gentlemen as the next Governor Of the
| State
On September ., however, tho votes
were cast and the tclcgraphlc bulle-
tins began to disclose tho fact that
Capt. d. G. Hayward, OF Collcton, was
actually the choice Of the South Caro-
lima Democrats for tho otlice OF Cover
nor by an overwhelming majority, and
then it was that tho pcnt up enthus-
asm OF the good people Of Collcton be-
gan to be manifested and no restrain
| ing law could curb the determination
! OF those who had known Clinch Hey
ward best to do him public honor and
to give expression in some public way
to the qualification and pleasure which
they experienced in having their trus-
ted and honorcd fellow citizen elected
to the high Office to which he aspircd
and which they realized he would SO
worthily fill. Thus it was that by
common impulse the men, women and
children accepted the idea OF tender
ing u sercnadc to their distinguished
fellow citizen, and that from every
section OF the county there should
have assembled the gallant sons OF
Collcton, dcsrouS OF eyincing by their
presence in WaltcrbOro and by their
| participation in tho scrcnadc the great
pleasure and qualification which they
felt in having their favorable son
chosen for the high olice to which he
had just been elected.
The spirit Of enthusiasm was not
confined solely to the citizens Of Cole
ton, for throughout the assembly
could be disccrncd faces familiar in
Dorchester, Charleston and Beaufort
counties. That SO large and represent
Gatlvc gathering should be the OUT
come of q practically impromptu effort
without opportunity for much public
notice, is only another evidence OF the
popularity Of Capt. Hayward where he
is best known and most loved. The
vote OF Collcton county may be acccp.
ted as an earnest of how well he
stands at his home, and it Is this
practically unanimous vote OF his
ncighbors which Capt. Hayward cher
isllcS even more than the nomination
itself. The vote is truly indicative
of tho popular feeling here, fo1 it is
impossible to find anyone in this coun-
ty who has not q kind word or a song
OF praise for Clinch Hayward. Rich
and poor, high and low, tho lnnucn-
tial citizen or the inc0nspicuous labor
CT, each and all, speak highly Of their
fellow townsman and rejoice In the
high honor which has become his.
The public meeting was but con-
crete evidence oil their good will and
high regard. 1t Is not surprising,
therefore, that the meeting held to-
night should have been SO we'll attcp-
dcd and that much enthusiasm
should have been evidenced. Never
before In It's history has the quiet and
retired town Of Waltcrboro presented
so,anmatcd an appearance as 1t did
this evening when Aliens Bre Rand,
preceded by torches bornc + le en-
| tluslastic supporters Of CAP d Hey
ward, escorted him to I<lcin's Park,
where the speaking and serenadc took
place
| CAPT. HEYWARD's SPEECH. t
| Capt. Hayward addressed those be-
fore him as "my fricnds," whichslmple
expression brought forth renewed .ap:
plause. Capt. Hayward alluded the
pride he felt in receiving In the first
primary 90 per cent and In tho second
08 per ccnt7o the vote of his home
county and tllatilo would cherish tile
cndorsementofsC sColleton County as the
most precious heritage for his chlldrcn
and his children's Children. This eli.
! dOrscme1it by the people who knew