The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-25
CANDIDATES IN MARION.
BLEAsE MADE ANOTHER ATTACK
ON MANNING.
Mr.. Manning Shows His Sense of
Duty-McNIahan's Sensible Views.
Sloan After Ansel-Other Speakers.

Marion, July 1s.-County Chairman
Stackhouse presided today.
Railroad Commissioner Wharton
took up the Sunday train complaint
in this section, declaring that the
commission is not responsible for its
continuance, as they had issued copies
Of the law to every railroad official
and it is now up to the grand jury to
prevent the violations.
Mr.. Cansler said what he objected
to is that the railroads carry Armour
goods free.
This is the home OF Candidate John
C. Sellers and he cut his speech short
with the announcement that every
body knows him and testified to the
geniality and extreme cleverness of
all the candidates.
Mr.. Sullivan thought he could aid
in correcting railroad determinations.
Mr.. Summersett was evidently
born under rhyming planet, as will
be seen from the following couplet:
Cali the votes that Sellers does not
get I hope. you'll give to summersett. .
Manning Answers Blease.
Mr.. Manning answered the Blease
criticism Of his vote or the Jim Crow
car bill by stating that when it was
first introduced its provisions We're
glaringly defective and actually inde-
cent, so that he and others felt that
they had no course but to oppose it
and it was defeated. Afterward, when
these defects were renld;ed, he voted
for it. He has served in the legisla-
ture a long time and he certainly
could not take the position to please
everybody. He had only considered
what was right and had always sup
ported those measures that he regard
ed as in the interest of the people. No
Office in the gift Of the people could
tempt him to take a position because
Of its popularity. He would never
violate his consistency advocating a
measure unless it had his honest con-
Iyictions behind it. He declared that
the advocates Of county dispensaries
offer no plans to safeguard them from
the very evils that exist in the State
dispensary, while he did offer well
digested scheme for purifying the
present state dispensary.
Mr.. McNIahan Follows.
Mr.. McMahan stood for system Of
education that shall be complete from
the university at Columbia to school
in the poorest districts supported by
the State if necessary. He was en-
phatic in the declaration that he stood
for progress to bring about that better
state Of affairs which is within our
grasp if we but have the courage to
reach it. The moralist had raised his
voice against barroom license money,
so the cry Of tainted money for the
schools from the dispensaries is far
fetched The position of dispensers
is not disgraceful, so good men will
take it. The prohibitionists had made
fatal mistake irculcating the con-
trarv idea. They ought to have united
with other good citizens in seeking the
appointment of men who would en-
force the restrictive features regard
less of profit.
Sloan After Ansel Some More.
Lieutenant Governor Sloan pictured
Ansel as holding glass Of whiskey
in one hand and a glass of water in
the other, saying. boys, have some
| thing He did not care which they
took if they would elect him governor.
| .sI would rather be governor Of South
Carolina he declared than to be the
emperor Of Germany or the king OF
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my subjects the grandest and greatest
people on the American continent.
Mr.. Ansel Presents Himself.
Mr.. Ansel said he had served for
twelve years as the law and order rep
resentative of his dist.tct. He had no
claims to present but psesented him
self. The county officials manage
other things and they ought to man
age the whiskey. They are having
county control in Virginia now and it
| is coming in Carolina.
Marion AS Object Lesson.
Mr.. Blease referred to Marion hav-
ing voted out the dispensary and de-
clared that today there is no scarcity
of liquor here Go to the depot and
| watch the train and you will see IL