The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-07-18
Won. but neither Of the two had

Lyon, but neither Of the two had
on their scrapping garments.
Ragsdale seemed to have a kick
coming to him because the Green
vile News has seen fit to express
the opinion that Ragsdale's can
didacy was for the purpose of de-
feating Lyon, and that he, Rags
dale, has no idea Of being elected.
Mr.. Ragsdale seemed to feel that
government by newspaper" was
taking holdof the country, and as
he. although newspaper owner
himself, is not getting the sup
port of a large portion OF the
press, he is entitled to nurse a
complaint about them; whereas,
if his candidacy for the othce OF
Attorney General has failed to
appeal to Ragsdale's own breth.
ern of the press, he should stop
and ponder, if these close scru,
tinizers of ability, character and
fitness, have not after all dis
covered his weak spots. Rags
dale's speech was strong,voiced,
and hard -gestured, but that was
all-simply all.
J. Frazer Lyon followed, and
although he had not had the ad-
vantage ola former Introduction,
as had Ragsdale at a Woodman
picnic a few days before, but
nevertheless he is a "chlpper"
too, he was well received, and
his quiet, digniied manner made
for him a good many friends who
were impressed with his earnest
ness of manner, his avoidance Of
anything that might be construed
as gallery-playing, and his pole
cat illustration was complete
answer to the question. ''if there
is corruption in the State dispen-
sary, why is it the committee up
on which Lyon figured so con-
spicuously has not put somebody
in jail9"Lyon says the committee
traced the pole cat to his hole,
traced him by his smell, saw his
tracks, found the hole, and when
he asked for the shovel and pick
to get him out, he is baked, now
he is asking the people to furnish
him the shovel and pick, and
when they give it to him he will
unearth the whole tribe Of pole
cats that have put their stencil
upon the good name Of the State.
at a, cost of thousands Of dollars
to the taxpayers.
The candidates for Adjutant
and Inspector General, did very
little more than announce their
candidacy. Colonel Boyd ap.
pealed to the voters as an old
Confederate soldier, who has
been connected with the militia
for many years.
Mr.. Lewis W. Haskell of Alb
beville, a young and handsome
man was reared in the military,
a first honor graduate of the Cit
adel academy seventeen years
ago, and who has been actively
connected with the militia ever
since, and who, for his military
knowledge, was recently ap-
pointed Assistant Inspector Gen
eral, in the place of Colonel Pat
rick whose i'll health forced him
to resign, made a splendid i'm.
preston upon the audience, and
we believe he will carry Claren-
don easy.
The meeting passed off very
pleasantly, everybody was in
good humor, prospective candi-
dates for county offices were,
here, there, and every where:
little conferences were held, and
it was altogether a typical poll
ticians day.
The ladies held a nice spread
in the court house lobby for the
benefit of the ball team, and it
was well patronized. The.candi-
dates had the privilege of wit
Messing a great game of ball and
help root Manning to victory
over Orangeburg, and then they
left on the evening train for
Monck's Corner: some few stayed
over, spent the night in Man
ming and left the next morning.