The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-08-22
THE BATTLES BEGUN.

The Clarendon campaign has
opened, started with a special
meeting at Smiths school house
in Sandy Grove township Tues
dav Of last week. It was a PIC
mic occasion and all Of the candl-
dates were invited to be present.
Rev. R. E. Smith presided over
the meeting, and too: he made a
fine presiding officer. The at
tendance was fairly good, would
have been larger, but there was
much sickness in the community
which prevented a good many
from attending. There was a
nice turnout OF ladies 1and they
were as much interested in the
speeches as the men. T h e
speeches were all delivered on a
high plane, not a discordant note
was struck. Major H B. Rich
ardson, Louis Appelt and J. w.
Kennedy we're the candidates for
the senate. Messrs Richardson
and Kennedy announced them
selves as in favor Of the State
dispensary, and opposed to local
option. Mr.. Applet declared
himself in favor Of local option.
He was opposed to forcing a dis
pensary on a people who BY a
majority vote say they do not
want it.
For the House of Representa-
tives DR.. I. NJ. Woods and D. l..
:. Green were the only candidates
present, and these favored the
dispensary, Mr.. Green being
wiling to let the people decide.
No candidates present for SU-
perintendent Of Education.
For County Supervisor, Messrs
r. E. McFaddin, G. Allen Nc
Faddin and J. NJ. Strange made
speeches.
Then came candidates for
Auditor, Messrs A. P. Burgess
and E. B. Brown
Candidates for Magistrate,
Messrs Kennedy and Turbeville
made talks.
An excellent dinner was serv
ed and everybody had an enjoy
able time. Wednesday at New
Zion was the first regular meet
inc. Mr. J. C. Baker had charge
and did his work we'll. At this
meeting all of the candidates
were present. The speaking be-
gan before the train arrived:
Messrs Appelt, Kennedy and
Richardson for the senate; the
first named advocating local self
government, and home rule, the
other two advocating the State
dispensary. On the arrival of
the train new candidate forIthe
senate came, Mr.. NJ. G. Gallu-
chat, and when introduced, and
before he fairly swallowed the
water he had drunk, he began to
make charges against Mr.. Ap-
pelt. He charged that ''Appelt
introduced bill in the senate to
let the nigger VOTE" and that he
Represented the Republican
party on the floor Of the senate. "
He did not tell what the bill was
Appel introduced in the senate,
only that it was to let de niger
vote" The bill Mr.. Galluchat
refers to is one he endeavored to
make capital of four years ago:
when the wind was taken out of
his misinterpretation by the
published bill, and the letter of
Hon. Joseph F. Rhame, the gen
tleman who drew the bill for the
town council of Manning when
DR.. W. E. Brown was Intendant,
and which bill has nc political
significance whatever, and was
prepared for the sole purpose Of
projecting the taxpayers of Man
ming from any attempt to in
crease taxation without frs. OBJ
tanning the consent Of a majority
of the qualified voters; those liv-
ing outside Of Manning had NO
voice in it, as it was purely To-
cal town measure: Mr.. Galluchat
is hard pressed for material to
prove Applet a Republican when
the attempts to hoodWink the
people with such rot, and espec-
tally so, after he has been told
by Intendant Brown that the bill
was introduced solely in the in
terest Of Manning, and at the re-
quest Of council, and drawn by
Hon. Joseph F. Rhame, who, as
a citizen and taxpayer saw the
protection such a bill would be
to taxpayers against any attempt
at extravagance on the part Of
council: The bill passed the SEN
ate without opposition, had two
readings IN the House without
opposition, Mr.. Galluchat being
present, and its final reading
came up on the last night of the
session, Mr.. Richardson was in
charge of the bill. being absent
at the time, and while the usual
confusion of a last night was 60.
ing on, Mr.. Galluchat had the
enacting words stricken out. In
our opinion he had the bill killed
because Of some little pique, and
not because he saw danger in it,
but to save his face, he hatched
up an excuse, which is asnisrep-
ton, and q ,.oa6inr of tho