The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-23
RICHARD s WaA1sy NOMINATED.

ton, GQ9 nominee. ue "tteSi
did not vote for Mr.. Whaley,
bat now that he is nominated.
and of course will be elected. he
wishes for him a successful ca
reer.
The recent primary was: one
of the most unique in the history
of the district, methods We're re
sorted to that we Sincerely hope
will never again be repeated,
there is no gainsaying it. the
district underwent an experience
which it never had before, and
ITS demorallzing effect will be
felt for years to come. It is open
" charged that debauchery was
rampant, bribery and double
dealing was indicated on every
hand, and if one half of the re-
ports are true about the condi-
tions in Charleston, Coileton and
Dorchester, the contest resolved
itself down to, not a matter of
popularity, but of the ability to
furnish the money to buy the
election.
In Clarendon the contest was
hard fought, but so far as we
have been able to ascertain there
was less vote buying than else.
where. OF course, the candidates
spent money. this expenditure
was mainly for legitimate pur-
poses-the paying Of expenses
OF the friends who were employ.
: ed to- look after their respective
candidates interest. the hiring
of automobiles and buggies, &C.,
how much was spent for this
purpose we do not know, but we
do know that before the contest
was concluded it became quite
insense;. locally, there was, an
element fighting to get control
OF the post Office appointment,
this element did not have any
special preference for the per-
sonell of the candidates, because,
some of it tired to dicker with
more than one Of tho candidates
they wanted the job. and we have
odoubt, Judging from present IN
dicaSions there will bea scramble
for the position. The matter Of
good service is not taken into
consideration, it is the job that
is wanted. and Mr.. Whaley will
frd himself up against the pro j.
lem to make a recommendation
which will inure to his future
benefit, and at the same time
give to the patrons an efficient
service. He will End his greatest
worry will be to satisfy the Bet
seys who will endeavor to make
him think that had it not been for
them he would not have been
successful; some of these had
about as much influence in deter
mining the result as perhaps
any one Individual voter. But if
we can Judge Mr.. Whaley Alright
he will NOT be disposed to take
everything said to him for grant.
ed, he will exercise great care
before he makes a recommenda.
ton. He will realize that if he
intends to stand for re election
there is another contest coming
within the next few months, and
he. will, if he has the political
sagacity he is .reputed to have,
be- cautious in these matters, not
only in THIS county, but in every
county in the district. His oppo-
nent received maiorities IN three
of the Eve counties in the dis
trict, which is az indication that
notwithstanding the strenuous
efforts on the part Of Mr.. Wha-
ley's friends, he lad no easy
task to receive a sufficient ma
jority in two of the five counties
to win the prize.
We do not make any charges
against any of the candidates,
especially will we not do so since
the: result is different than we
had wished, but the country at
large had, It's eye upon this dis
trict, and it is commenting upon
the deplorable conditions which
is alleged to have existed. AS is
well known the writer does not
always endorse the editorial
comments of the Columbia State
but in the issue Of that newspa-
per of the 18th inst. it has an
editorial that IN orr opinion is
timely and worth consideration.
We therefore reproduce it in
these columns with the hope that
it will be looked upon as a fruit
full sermon. The following is
the States comment.
BRIBERY THE RULE--TEEREFoRE
RESPECTABLE.
Were a man or two men to
travel over five counties in South
Carolina deliberately poisoning
the wells of the people, their
lives would not be safe.
Were one or two men to carry
boil weevils into a South Caro-
lima county with the expectation
OF profit to themselves, they
would be lynched.
In The State yesterday our
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