The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-08-02
State CANDIDATES
were HERE SATURDAY

Candidates for state Offices con-
cludcd their canvass in the lower half
of the state here today, there being
between 700 and 800 voters present.
Thus far 20 counties have been
visited, leaving II yet TO be reached
Monday the candidates will go to
Camden. Other counties to be cover
ed this week are: Lancaster, York,
Fairfield, Chester and Union. A rest
period of eight days will follow, af-
ter which the party will move into
the Piedmont, opening in Newberry
August II and concluding the can
vass in Spartanburg August rs. The
first primary will take place the fol-
lowing Tuesday, August 20.
Considerable interest attached to
the meeting here today. Utterances
of John T. Duncan are bitterly re-
sented in Clarendon. Several par
tisan voters directly in front of the
stage ordered Mr.. Duncan to sit down
and to hush as he was introduced.
Mr.. Duncan followed Cole L. Blease,
who got a noisy reception. Between
200 and 300 persons left with the
former governor, who was the second
of the gubematorial candidates heard.
Opposing Ring Rule
lOl lCSS Ill IIlG
First district also spoke here today,
ing opposed by l. S. Hutto of Dor
chester and J. B. Morrison of Nc
Clellanville, and the contest is spirit
ed. Lines Of cleavage are apparent
ly being closely drawn between the
rural vote and close adherents of the
Grace-Logan faction in Charleston.
Mr.. Hutto today branded Mr.. Logan
as disloyalist. He pointed to the
Charleston American as "a seditious
sheet" Mr.. Logan was director and
stakeholder. Excited .partisans whoop-
ed themselves hoarse in urging that
he continue to "pour it in"
Mr.. Logan said the enrolment in
Charleston was above 10000 and that
the avalanche of votes would bury
AIR. Hutto so deep that grass would
be growing in the Dorchester county
candidates woodward before Mr.. HUT
to could dig out.
Mr.. Morrison said that he and Mr.
Hutto were driving the incumbent SO
hard that John p. Grace had been
making the district itinerary with the
candidates and speaking for Logan
after the candidates had been heard
Replying to Mr.. Logan's statement
CiaI nlS TWO opponents were not
qualified for the Office the McClel-
lanvillc candidate said Mr.. Logan was
not fit for the place.
Warning by Morrison
He warned the people to be on thcil
guard. There were large bond issues
being floated in Charleston. "Some.
body's handling the money and there
may be an attempt made to buy the
election" Mr.. Morrison said he
thought the acknowledgements of the
women would prove a godsend to tho
state in that their votes would guar.
antee honest elections.
j. j. Cantey of Summerton, Claren.
don county, spoke with the guberna
torial candidates today. Mr.. Cantey
said the visiting candidates were en-.
titled to everything the Clarendon
people could give except the office OF
governor. Clarendon had been the
mother of a number Of governors. He
declined to surrender his right and
determination to be governor. The
state for many years had been ridden
with scalawags, demagogues and stale
politicians who ratified their dry bones
periodically and he would be q new
political force in the state. One OF
his opponents had spoken of him as
a baby candidate. He might be that
but he was not a demagogue nor was
he stale politician. There were
demagogues who attempted to array