The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-03
HEI lRl CHARLESTON.
He Expresses His Grafiaeation at
The handsome Vote Given
Him, Talks About the
Final Outcome.
necial to- The State.

Charleston, Aug. 2S.-Capt. D. c..
HeyWara of CoHegon passed through
Charleston today, en- route to Colun
hia, leaving here thls afternoon for
the capital Capt. Heyward stated
I gratifed at tho handsome vote accord
ed him, and while he felt highly COM
plimented, hesaeeepted it as an syii-
deRce that the great mass Of voters IN
South Carolina approved of his efforts
to eondue5 his campaign on high prin-
ciplss, and that they were In accord
With his platform to administer the
AVS Of the State fai-lJy and impartial
Z and to be a governor Of the entire
State without regard to faetienal or
secsional differences.
certainly appreciate the vote
given me By the good people of
Charleston, q, he said. $ I cannot pos
sibly thank them IN person, out I felt
so assured of their kind consideration
that before the recent primary I deYot-
led my time elsewhere, feeling assured
that Charleston would stand by me as
she has 50 Loyalty done. / hope to be-
back here In a few days and meet as
many Of my Charleston supporters as
possible. Another gratifying feature
Of the recent vote was the very ibe-
raj support given me by the mill dis
tricts / have always been a friend
to she labomng men, as evidenced by
the unanimous vote given me by every
labor;ng man who lives IN my neigh
oorhood, but have not been In public
s Life hefore and had no way heretofore
80 move Is and therefore cannot but |
feel that the loyal way in which the |
mill districts stuck by me is tribute
well worth cherishing, and should /
Become governor VIII endeavor TO
prove to those worthy citizens Of our
State that they have not Teposed their
trust in me unwisely.
What do you think of your chances
II the second primary was queried
; By the reporter.
They could scarcely be better and
not be- q certainty, replied Capt. Hey
ward. believe practically every vote
:yYen me IN thesfrstl primary will be
accorded me IN the second race. In
my case yon see. the support was the
Spontaneous ex preston of people TO
one whom they trusted. 1t was,
take It. Fote Of love, affection and |
respect and they will be Just as ready
60 gige it TO me in the second race as
they were In the first. have every
reason 10 count on the support Of the /
friends Of the defeated candidates. In
the campaign Itreated every one of
ny eppeaents fairly and gave them
every possible consideration. have
the good viii Of Dr.. Zimmerman. Col. !
TiIiman, Col. Talbert, and Mr.. Ansel.
s. All Of them I count as friendly to me,
and IN the second race count on re-
ceiFing the b1lk Of the votes Of each
defeated candi date.
The total vote, you see, recorded
up TO date, is about so, 600, and using
that simply as basis, 10000 odd
votes will be required to elect. My
vote is already about 80, 900, SO I mere
: ~ have to get 5000 votes out of the
SC, 600 given to my opponents to give
me the required 10000 These figures
are crude, but they are practically about
the way it will result and blind
man can therefore see that my chances
are excellent. just let ray support
ers remain true and then Use all fair
and honorable methods Of inducing
the supporters Of the defeated candi-
dates to join with them in their sup
portsof me.
What about your movements, Capt.
Heyward, inquired the newspaper
man.
Ny movements, be replied, will
be largely governed by circumstances.
My plan. is. however to continue
the fair, upright, honorable and high
campaign which I have heretofore
eoadRcted, and knowing and behev-
ing, as do, that it meets the full
approval Of the State, my efforts will
BE- to roll up a large majority, so
that there will be no question as to
whether the people of South Carolina
approve Of the manner of the cam
paign which has been conducted. y
The British colonies are helping the
mother country to strengthen her
navy. They have nearly all agreed to
contribute, and it is assumed that the
total contributions will amount to
& about 50, 650,000 a year, which would