The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-25

the war" His reply elected 1utldn
for YOU" He was standing on the
same principle of tw" years ago.
He wanted the investigation
OF the sinking fund commission
continued. He wanted people to
know what was really going on
in this department. Proofs could be
given. lie woul9 stand Dy his record.
! honest and determined to pursue thls
work in the interest OF the taxpayers
Of South Carolina. Nr. Rrooker was
, dead in earnest and asked several
questions OF his competitors. which.
! though without results. were interest
ing.
Candidates for
ADJCTANT GENERAL
! followed. Mr.. George Douglas Rouse
leading. He spoke of his position in
the race and was we'll received from
the start and his short speech took
we'll
Capt. J. VI Patrick next marched To-
the front and in clear cut style stated
his candidacy. Capt Patrick asked t"
be remembered when they were Sc
lecting best man for this office" and
won cheers.
Col. John D. Frost came forward
and made d strong presentation OF MS
claims for this office. His record was
distinctly military from the start and
his speech was the right kind OF an
effort.
Mr.. p. T. Aver was absent again
and Col. J. C. Boyd was we'll received.
For forty-one years he had been with
the military, including 1861 to 1860.
Steady promotion had been his record
and Col. Boyd'S patriotic speech told
of a patriotic record. Cheers greeted
his remarks.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER.
Mr.. J. G. Wolling spoke first and in
spired his audience. Then came Mr..
Jas. Cansler. who did not talk in vain
apparently. Mr.. 3. L. Caughman
spoke for five minutes. 1t was burn
ing question, he said, and he added
fuel to the flames, receiving a present
reward. Engineer A. c. Jepson, with
mis- hand on the throttle: presented
the claims OF an honest man and good
engineer for this Office. The audience
was quite demonstrative one, in a
good-natured way, but had to be called
to order. Mr. II. J. kinard came on
like an express train and set the
wheels turning at once, making full
use of his 'fve-minute schedule. Mr.
John G. Mobley came next, making a
good speech, that was closely listened
to, and received practical evidence of
coming results. Conductor }. G. Vii.
born gave an account Of what he had
done. He said he had saved enough
for South Carolina to pay his weight
in gold twelve times. Evidently he
made a good impression. Mr.. ".
BOYD Evans now mounted the plat
form and gave his speech to an in
tereSted, but loquacious audience. He
scored point against Wilborn, which
brought applause, literally repeated.
Mr.. Evans also paid bis respects to Mr..
Caughman. Mr.. Fl II Prince closed the
speaking in this department by show
ing that classified rates were hard to
understand and he knew whereof he
spoke.
1t was now late. Many speeches had
been made, the setting summer sun
blazed. dinner was being enjoyed by
fortunate ones but the voters and the
candidates remained.
THE GUBERNAToRIAL CANDIDATES
now entered the lists and when Mr.. D.
c. Hayward was introduced he was
greeted with perfect storm of ap-
plause and rafting cheers, with nu-
merous cries of "Heyward." A some
what restless audience quieted i'm
mediately and listened with the closest
attention to the candidate who is. be-
yond question, the favorite here.
Capt. Hayward is clear and forcible of
speech: he knows what to say and he
is popular. He gave his reason for de-
String the Office by illustration, which
again brought cheers. His speech was
absolutely fair to his competitors,
honorable, alike to all concerned, in
Guiding the voters. He said that he
fully realized the grave responsibilities
Of the office and his statement on this
subject brought the cheers that SO tre-
quently punctuated his admirable ad-
dress. Mr.. Hayward reiterated his
platform in 1etain and as every issue
was squarely met he was thoughtfully
heard bringing appreciative responses.
He showed the high meaning OF De-
mocracy and his conclusion, Il am a
| Democrat" won hearty recognition.
Capt. Heywards speech was we'll
rounded and complete and at it's close
the audience were wild in their cheers
and concentrations. You're right,
Governor" and similar exclamations
from the audience were frequent
during Capt. Heyward's speech. Next
came
| CONGRESSMAN W. J. TALBERT,
who began with one of his good jokes.
He was not born in the plough handles.
but got there very soon. Mr.. Talbert
sounded the first fractional note by
seeking to revive Alliance doctrine but,
this did not take. Col. Talbert, in
response to remarks from the crowd
that 1.-THE Alliance was dead; said
that the great principles of the ALI
ance would never die. 1.-THE Alli-
ance-never went into politics: it was
born in politics. Mr.. Talbert raised
the old reform cry and a few scatter
cheers brought cheer after cheer for
Hayward with some connter cheers
| for Taibert.
Continuing Mr.. Talbert silenced an
interlocutOr on the state, who inter-
rupted his war record. Col. Talbert
worked himself into fine frenzy. per-
spring and shouting. He turned his
back on the audience. replying to an
interruption from Hayward. Cheers
and hurrahS for Howard were so loud