The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-07-01

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themselves and their fam lies were
taken away from them aud thei
salaries were paid by South Carolin,
and not by the railroads.
He then spoke of various disparitie
In the rates in this State and In othe
southern States, and attributed tn,
difference to lack of attention by thu
railroad commission. He spoke al
length of the accident on the trestlt
at Fishing creek which had not beer
properly inspected by the commission
Mr.. Evans said that he had the solit
support OF the people of old Marion
his native county, and hoped the peo
pie OF Sumter would. see tit to give
him their support.
MIR. j. II. EARLE.
Mr.. John H. Earle of Greenyille wa,
the next candidate for railroad com
missioner to be introduced. Mr.. Earle
was In the county OF his birth ant
among people whom he had knowr
from childhood.
Nlr. Earle said that he had no rec
ord save that as a private citizen an(
a lawyer to stand upon. He did mo-
owe a man a dollar, and he had neve
done man mean trick. That wa!
the record he stood upon.
He did not care if railroads were ir
the hands Of receivers, they should bt
required to give the people good ser
vice. Greenville, one of the most i'm
portant cities In the. State, had 4 little
depot which had been there beyond
the memory OF man. All that he
could say was that he would do his
duty. That was all he promised. He
would see that the railroads got JUS
tice, but he would also see that the
people were given justice. The com.
mission was the only body to which
the people could look for correction
OF their wrongs. The commission did
not have all the power it should have
but 1T should apply to the legislature
for more power.
MIR. Earle denounced the use Of liz.
uor and money in elections, and put
himself on record as against all such
methods to secure an election to Office.
MIR, JOHN G. MOBLEY.
MIR. John G.. Mobley of Fairfield,
candidate for railroad commissioner,
was the next speaker.
Mr.. Mobley thanked Sumter for the
vote given him two years ago, when
he carried Sumter county against his
nine opponents. When Mr.. Caughman
was elected, which the people of South
Carolina had done as reward for the
Jim Crow car bill, a just and proper
law and one which deserved the graft
tude of the people'of the State, he
retired into private life with clean
conscience. He conducted a campaign
on his personal merits then. He pro-
posed to conduct the same kind this
time. He would never obtain single
vote by unfair Or improper means.
he believed that time had come for
the people of South Carolina to look
abonh&the oflceilof the railroad com.
mission.
He said in the case of the Fishing
creek wreck the commission had been
guilty of this great neglect, and the
blood OF the victims of that wreck
cried out against the reelection of Mr..
Garris.
He did not have time to point out
all the wrongs done by the railrods,
which the commission should correct.
lie said that an engineer had told
him that he hoped he (Mobley) would
be elected. For the engineer felt that
when Mobley was told of defective
piece of roadbed that the defect would
oe cured. He said that the railroads
by their policy Of discrimination were
the farmers and other pro-
ducers, the backbone Of the country,
poorer and poorer.
lie cecried against the delay of
trains for the service Of rich Yankees
and their dogs. He did not believe i'm
lighting railroads because they we're
strong and powerful, but he did be-
lieve in making them deal justly dy
the weak.
MIR. Mob'ey said that in the days
when tie railroads were owned by our
own people the Determinations OF to-
DAY did not exist. But now that the
roads we're in the hands of bloated
oondholders whose only purpose was to
bleed the people for all they could, the
methods OF :" ucting the railroads
were differ
TIL; LAST SPEAKER.
Mr.. Ii. J. Gignilliat of Oconee was
the last candidate for railroad commits
sioner to be introduced. MIR. Gignil-
Hat SAID that from the speeches OF
the preceding speakers he had dis
covered that Sumter county was an