The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-11

has the appearance of coerclan,
creates the suspicion OF a desire
to corrupt the electorate, and, i
is virtually telling those people
they are not competent to decide.
We regard the declaration Of
Stewart Starr that he will be at
the Sandy Grove polls on cleo
ton day. as insulting presump-
tion, no high-minded people will
stand for.
It is alright for Stewart Starr
or any others to attend a mass
meeting, before the election day,
discuss the question: this would
be right, and a proper consider
alton for the people, but after
that, the people being the jury,
they should not be iuterfered
with in the writing of the YER
dict. We take the liberty to sug-
gest that Stewart Starr attend
the mass meeting, We are inform
ed will be at Sandy Grove, make
his argument, then go nome and
shiny on his own side.
In this Stewart Stars twelve
columns of small type matter, he
uses the name Of Mr.. D. ". AL
derman quite freely; we are not
here to defend Mr.. Alderman
against the attacks Of, some man
who is manifestiug much zeal. in
the new county interest. whether
he is prompted by mercenary or
patriotic motives we do not
know, but we .hlnk Stewart
Starr is unjust to Mr.. Al
derman. If that gentleman has
expressed himself on the pend
ing question, we have never
heard of it, and if he cares one
way or another we do not know
it. However, according to Stew.
art Starr, Mr.. "Alderman's game
is to keep you where you are. in
Clarendon" then this twiukling
Starr. which twinkles to the ex-
tent that he is like a monte-card
.'now you see it, and now you
Alderman the cold blood
ed conspirator wants TO get his
clutches on the people Of Sandy
Grove and keep them in Claren-
don.
What does this Lake City law
yer take the people of Sandy
Grove Cor any way: Does he
think they are children to be
frightened or cajoled into voting
ghost stories? Look out
you Sandy Grove idiots, accord
ing to Starr, "Alderman's game
is TO keep you as you are, in
Clarendon" run niger run, the
bear will catch you. or Sandy
Growers if you do not actas Stew
art Starr wishes, and vote for
Rutledge. the Devil Will catch
you sure.
AS matter of information we
would like to ask if Mr.. Alder
man has not considerable landed
interests in Sandy Grove town
ship? If be has he would have a
right to take an active interest
in expressing his choice low that
township should vote, but he has
been away, and SO far as we
know has had nothing to do with
it. If then as a property owner
in that township he would have
a right to express preference,
what right has Stewart Starr to
dictate how the Sandy Grove
people shall vote, when he has
no property interests whatever.
It is not our privilege to know
Mr.. Starr, but our information is,
he but recently moved to Lake
City from Florence, and to Flor
ence he came from somewhere
in Georgia, but his native home
we do not know where it
is. He seems to be movable,
nor do we know that Stewart
Starr is his real name, but we do
know that Mr.. Alderman is nat
uraHy more interested in t b e
welfare of Sandy Grove, because
he has investments there. and if
it is true, he is opposed to Sandy
Grove being voted into Rutledge,
it should have the contrary ef-
feet Starr intends by his alarm
ing declaration that Alderman's
game is to keep them in Claren-
don.
D. ". Alderman is a business
man, a successful business man.
not scintillating Starr which
comes into sight at intervals,
here, there, and finally nowhere,
but solid permanent fixture.
How did he reach this plane, by
doing business in a business way,
and requiring al matters OF a
material nature to come under
and be controlled by business
principles. Therefore if Alder
man would advise against the
Rutledge county proposition, he
has considered the conditions and
reached the conclusion that it
would be 4 bad business PROPOSE
ton. So far as his railroad Is con-
cerned it does not make any diff
ference to him whether ne pays
taxes in Clarendon or Rutledge,
except, IN so far as it forces him
to pay q double taxation. bonds