The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-02

never had to Stultlty ourselves 10 sayIus
to the Southern people that the negro
should be disfrapchised, and to the
Northern people that he should be en-
titled to the suffrage-to the Southern
negro vote if you dare and we Will Kill
you, and to the Northern negro, come
to our bosom, suffey: we need your vote.
Far better is 1t for US to follow the
lead of Senator Tillman and Governor
Vardaman in their herioc efforts to dis
franchise the negro legally all over the
United States.
That is what the South wants and
she will remain a conquered but re-
bellious province till she gets it.
We saw a statement from Detective
Reed in the Greenville papers, in which
he naively said that he was "investlgat-
ing the election frauds. but the sub
committee held their their Spartan D.
burg meeting prematurely." Why
prematurely? Did this ''law and order"
committee see The handwriting on the
WALL" and bow their proud heads to
the will OF the people? We don't pre-
sumo to say, but it docs seem to US that
Reeds bland statement tends to throw
some light on the heretofore unexplain-
ed expression of 'before and after TAX
irg."
We will quote a statement made to
US this week by prominent Anti
Blease man and county official of Lau-
rens, which to our mind about sizes up
the whole situation. We do not give
his name, because be was not talking
for publication. and we did rot ask his
consent TO do so: Il like Cole Blease
personally, but am opposed to B!ease-
ism and did all I could to elect Jones.
We we were licked fairly and l think
we ought to give it up and get ready to
fight him again two years from now. l
have no patience with the way this
committee has acted and expect to
vote for Blease in the general election,
regardless of what they do, and tell
Cole 1 said so, though I'll be aein him
in the next two years."
We ioreshadowed everything that
has so far transpired in "Sinbad"
article on the Convention last May.
We saw the ''nigger in the woodpile."
When a portion of the executive COM
mittee met in caucus and marked Col.
Willie Jones and Lowndes J. Browning
for slaughter, and substituted John
Gary Evans, and so expressed ourselves
at the time.
We believe that we can speak with
some knowledge OF what our people
want, and will say that it is our firm
conviction that Governor Blease's
friends and supporters, reinforced by
majority OF the Anti-Blease faction,
knowing as they do that be was fairly
elected, will insist that he so before
the general election as the Democratic
nominee of the primary, regardless Of
the action of the commistee thereon.
In the first Of this series OF letters we
warned the committee in the name OF
II, 900 Bleaseites to ''go SLOW" we
now warr them in the name OF over
100, 900 white South Carolina Demo
Gratis to act quickly, and let their action
be in accordance with the result OF the
primary as shown by the returns before
this "tinkering" began.
We have felt it to be our duty as
white Democratic citizen and writer tc
throw what influence we may possess
in the scales againsta a movement thai
see ms to us intended to disrupt by par
tisan action the unity of the white peo-
pie of this State. If we have in our
poor way, by pointing out to the rank
and file of our people the grave dangers
of such course, aided: be it ever SC
little in the prevention of so inuolerable
a state of affair, we consider that we
should not only be satisfied, but are
richly rewarded for our somewhat
strenuous efforts. In conclusion, we
incorporate the following letter, which
is an exact copy of the original:
(Copy.)
"John Gary Evans, Attorney and
Counselor at Law, Spartaneurg, S. G.,
August p, 1912"
"George Sawyer, Esq, Ridge Spring,
S. C.-My Dear George: l know you
are very much interested in the COM
ing primary election, as you have al
ways been good citizen and reformer'
This county will give Judge Jones a
large majority tor Governor, and this
whole section will 60 for him. l am
sorry to see Aiken county apparently
for Blease and fear they DO not know
him as well as we do. Blease has never
been true to anybody. He has made
violent speeches against Tillman when
he thought Tillman's popularity was
wau;ng. He mas lied outrageous'y
upon me and he is absolutely unworlh!
of trust. am satisfied he is CRATER
and has stood in with the blind tigers
of Charleston. Nearly all Of our Old
reform leaders are against him. We
cannot afford to allow him TO claim to
be the successor of Tillman. I know
Tillman is opposed to him, but he has
opposition and cannot take sides ano
should not be asked 10 do.
4 hope you can see your way clear
10 support Judge Jones: as he is going
to be elected. With best regards, truly
yours.
(Signed) John Gary Evans
.e.o~ Lo,,;,n rna5 this letter WE