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Ujreii Tillman to Fight.
Winm Words From Talhfert?Tito ,
Senator Started to Use 11 i-? :
l'ilchfork Tactics on the ]
Ex-Congressman, Who j
Resented With Meat. j
Special to Tho Observer. I
Edgefield, S. C., A up. 5.? 1
The dispensary debate bore today
came near ending in a tight. 1
Senator Tillman, whoso appear- '
anco made the gathering of real 1
moment, started in to pitchfork 1
Hon. W. !. Tftlbert, who had interrupted
him. Mr Talbcrt got
wralhy at once and practically
dared the Senator to tight, but 1
the iatter pooh poohed his opponent's
anger away. It looked 1
stormy for a few moments, but
passed away without any harm
having I con done '
Interest centered in what Mr.
Tillman would have to say, for his 1
sphinxliko silence had boon puzzling
many, hut there can now tie
no doubt as to where he stands. 1
In his speech ho stood flat-footed- '
ly for I Ho dispensary as the best :
kolu ion of the liquor problem. '
He said that it ?tits Iho best way '
to meet the difficulty ever yet devised,
and if there was corruption
existing, as many alleged it was to
lie ascribed to the conservatives, i
who had amended original dis- '
pensary legislation us to partly
nullify it. Return it to its form
and it would restore to South ,
Carolina the reputation of having ,
best handled one of the most difficult
problems besetting latter.,
day Commonwealths. As between
high license and real prohibition,
he always favored the latter, if it
prohibited, but as it had been
proven that it did not, the worth
of the dispensary was manifest.
He quoted many internal revenuo
statistics to prove I lie amount
of liquor sold in so-called prohibition
localities, lie urged '.he
people to discard all changec
made in Iho dispensary act and
returning iu us original provision8
give it another trial. There
were live other speeches made, but
nothing of particular moment wus
uttered.
A RED HOT SI*AT.
It wis whilo Senator Tillman
was talking aho.it pieferring prohibition
to any license system that
he said it there was no chance for
the dispi nsary to live then he
would lino up with his friend
Talbert and shout for prohibition,
lie went on and said: "I will
nover consent by my vote or influence
to aid the re-establishment
of suloons in any county in South
Carolina."
Col. Talbert from bis seat:
"Thank God, one old sinner hus
come in."
Tillman turning to Talbert said:
"Why didn't you say that three
years ago when you were declaring
you would enforce this damnaj
* ble law?" The crowd cheered for
Tillman and Talbert.
ICol. Talbert said with fetling:
"1 said I would support the law ?
I novcr did advocate it. lou are
mistaken and when you were in
trouble I stood by the law and
said I would go to Columbia and
defend you. I never advocated
tho law, 1 have supported it. 1
have been a prohibitionist for full
20 years."
Senator Tillman was still facing
* Col. Talbcrt who had meanwhile
gotten up and was walking across
the platform.
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Seni tor Tillman said: "I am j
lot imputing your motives.'*
C/l. Talhort replied: "1 have
lot eoino here for any trouble but
f you want a personal controversy
I am hero. I supported the law
because it is the law and if it is a
prohibition law I will support it."
Mr. Padgett the chairman of
the meeting thought there may ho
trounlo and ho went up to Mr.
l'ulbert and caught him hy the
arm and spoke to him. There
was no trouble. The crowd hur?
railed u little and still standing
near Tillman, Talhcrt said: "If
you desire a personal controversy
I am hero and you can got it.'"
Tillman: "You broke into my
speech, sir."
Talbcrt: "You alluded to me
iiiul sIhjcU jour finger at uie
which 1 cannot take from any*
body. If you want a personal
lifliculty you can get it.
Senator Tillman laughed and
remarked:
"I've boon along that road
many a time before," and turning
to his table said: "Now, the
figures for Lawrence, Mass.,!
show."?and then went on with!
his speech The incident was I
closed.
August Kohn. |
A GKIVl TRAGEDY
is daily enacted, in thousands ol
homos, as Death claims, in each
one, another victim of Consumption
or Pneumonia, lint when
Coughs and Colds aie prop
oily treated, the tragedy is averted.
F. G. Huntley, of Oaklandon.
Ind., wiites: "My wife hud the
consumption, and three doctor, i
gave her up. Finally she took Dr. j
King's New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Cold.-o
which cured her, and to-day she
is well and strong." It kills the
germs of all diseases. One dos.
relieves Guaranteed at 50c and
$1.00 bv Crawford Bros., .1. FMackoy
& Co. Funderhurk l'har.
tnacy, druggists. Trial bottle free.
Greenville Bought Enough Liipior
to Float A Ship.
While tho official figures cunnot
be obtained, the grand jury which
is now investigating the county
dispensaries, has the amount of
the lotnl sales of whiskey in the
city of Greenville for the fiscal
year, which closed on August 1,
and it is urdorstood that the
amount is more thun #155,000.
This includes tho three whiskey
dispensaries only and has no ro^
feronce to tho beer houses which
also make onormcus sales.
These figures give an idea of
how mu:h money the people of
Greenville county spent for whiskey
during tho year, and when the
quantity ordered in from North
Curolina and other places is considered
in connection with the
consumption of beer from tho four
beer houses the total must run well
beyond $200,000. ?Greenville
News.
SICKENING SHIVERINGFl I>'
of Augue and Malaria, can be relieved
and cured with Electric
Bitters. This is a pure, tonio
medicine; of especial benefit in
malaria, for it exerts a tnio curative
influence on tho disease, driving
it entirely out of tho svs em.
It is much to be preferred to (v>uin
ino, having none of this drug'*
bad after-effects. E. S Monday,
of Henrietta, Tex., writes: "My
brother was very low with malarial
fever and jaundice, till he took
Electric Bitters, which saved his
life. At Crawford Bros , J. F.
Mrtckey & Co. and Funderburk
Pharmacy drug stores; price 50c,
guaranteed.
Despotic Rule i'i Spartan-' |
burg. |
An Kilo it to liridlo Hyatt, \\ rston
and McLuurin at the j
Meeting of the County
Cotton (ii'owerH1
Association.
Special to Too State.
l?y .Fas. A. Hoyt, Jr.
Sparlunhurg, An;'. 5 - I'ho .*
meeting at the opera house here!
today, which was attended by GOO r
or TOO poopic, undoi the auspicoa
iiw. vj .iii i? o .i? ;,,i /
Ill I I1U UUlitlMJI 11 VA'? l' 'U HPnUV,UHiUll
developed a situation Unit was
extremely unfortunate, as it was
entiicly unnococ u y. The i It'ort
whs undo >y t'ne president ?f the
county organization to prevent
former Senator Me Lannn front
speaking anil the ellor* was parti'
ally unsuccessful in that the president
announced that if McLuurin
spoke it .vuuhl not 1)0 with his
consent or by his invitation.
The president < f llio county
association is the ivuv. E. L. Archer.
forme, ly a Methodist preacher
and formerly a Tillmanite loader
in this county, at one time holding
the cilice of Statu senator. It
seems that Mr. Archer is very
bitter against McLaurin and his
prejudice led him today to inject
politics into a meeting where
otherwise there would have been
no mention of politics. Senator
McLuurin had come hero with no
intention of mentioning polities
but of talking cotton, as ho bid at
Manning last week and he had
como on the invitation of the secretary
of the county association,
which ho had every reason to can
siller uuthoritutivo. lie found on j
his arrival Hint llio president, Mr. '
Archer, and the secret iry, Mr.
11. S. Lipscomb, were at cross
purpose in this matter It appears
that neither the secretary nor the
president is possessed of the sown
dest judgment and between them
they worked up a very ugly complication
that may hurt the Southern
Cotton association in this
county as much as it will hurt Mr.
McLruirin or help auy one who is
opposed to his political views,
among the latter class being The
State's correspondent.
Mr McLuunu, having come here
on what ho had every reason to
believe was an otTiciul invitation,
was placed in a very peculiar position;
lie had either to speak over
the protest of the president or put
himsolr in the position of running
away, lie took a dignified stand j
and got as much out of the little I
scrap as any one else. Ilia speech
amounted to little, for the reason
that he was not called on until
three others had spoken and the
time was unpropitions for an address
of any length, when folks
were thinking about dinner, hut
what he said was well worth, hearing,
for whatever one may say or
think about Air. McLauriu ho has
a fine understanding of this cotton
question and can diseuts it in a
statesmanlike manner.
Mr. McLaurin was not the only
olio who was rtilectod upon by Mr
Archer, however. Mr Archer
intimated that Mr. Hyatt and Mr.
VVoston, each of whom .holds a
higher oftico in IheSoulhernCotton
association than .lonu vt.- a ....i
? - 4 VII* < \ I tllUl f
Way nut invited to this meeting
tind that they t>oth spoke merely
by Hutl'orunce. Tbeao two men
have spoke 1 nil over the State in
the interest of the Southern Cotton
association and neithtr of them
way fi>r a moment daunted by this
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iti' i iiitil it >p. Mr. Hyatt, being sa
called on fust, made it plain that tli
bo dill not intend to bo lead out m
< : lite meeting and that further ha
lie did not intend to bo dictated to 11
us to his future career merely bo- in
cause b" was at this particular So
time interested in an olTicial cu- hu
pacity with this 01 gunizution.
There are varying views as 10 p(
the effccljjof the squabble and Mr.
Archer's friends contend that he C(]
was only preserving his consis p,
tency in taking the position ho nc
dd and endeavoring to keep poli- th
ti > out of the niovemont. Oth- [j
crs, however, tako tho ground nc
that by his extromo intorpreta- ,n
tiou of that idea ho did more to rj,
I t ing the matter of politics to the y(
front today than would have m
been done by a political speech ^
from Mr. McLaurin or a dec- ^
laralion front Mr. Hyatt that . .
, , hi
ho is it candidate for governor?a
declaration that lie is not at all
sr
likelyo to make.
Mr. Archer stated that tho Spartanburg
Cotton association had invited
Mr. Ilarvio Jordan and Mr.
L< r\ 0?!.i I . - -
rj. v. omun nore to speak today ""
Mr. Jordan had been delayed by
a Into Ir.iin and would come this P
afternoon. Mr. Smith was pres- 1,1
ont, as was Mr F. II Hyatt, the (*'
treasurer, and Mr. Weston, the
secretary, who would speak. *l
Mr. Archer did not say tlmt
Messrs. Hyatt and Weston, would ^
speak and be did not mention Mr. ^
Mel auriu. lie said that ut the '1(
conclusion of Mr Smith's address
the cotton association would ud IU
journ until afternoon when Mr.
Jordan would speak.
Col. F. J. Moore introduced
J i
Mr. Hyatt, who first read letters u
from Mr. II. S. Lipscomb, of the
committee on invitation, and Mr.
L'. F.. Chapman, treasurer, inviting
him to address the meeting.
lie then said he had never run w
for ollicc and didn't expect to hut
if tin wanted to run he would do
it ;;.d run liko the mischief, too. ed
He said that if the crowd didn't ti<
want him to talk because bo in
wouldn't promise not to run for ar
office, be would sit down. It was hr
up t > the crowd, said Mr. Hyatt lc
whetherHie should speak or not. hi
There were calls for him to go ot
on and Mr. Hyatt proceeded, cc
making a splendid speech on good th
road . diversification, im migra- Tl
lion iud the cotton question. ur
In a very happy vein, Capt.
Chat Its Felly, tlio veteran editor <m
and soldier, introduced Mr. Fran- ut
eis II. Weston, as "Frank Weston, ar
a plain fanner of Richland." ?u
Mi. Weston said ho was pre- p,
sent as secretary of tho State
u?
VI'UMII ii^noLliiuuii DUUUUSe II WHS |-j|
his duty to bo on tho tiriDg line
when the Hug oT that causo was cf
unfurled. lie then made the best
speech ho has yet made in this w
cotton campaign, laying stress on |0
the purposes of tho organization 8i
and whatit has alroody accomplish 0j
od by smashing tho statistical buc.
roan of tho department of agricultore.
x
Mr. E. I). Smith was introduced
by President Archer. His vj
speech was simply grand and st
held tho crowd spoil bound. Kl
TUB MUDDLK-.
Mr. Archer said that ho found pi
after ho camo to tho city that oth- cc
cr gentlemen had been invited to fo
apeak hero today, and that after a
the collection had boon taken any hi
citizen of South Carolina was at in
liberty to address the meeting as
citizens of Spartanburg but not as di
the Southern Cotton association, b
Mr. II. S. Lipscomb arose and vi
II
id that ho had boon do' by
o provident the courtesy
aking an announcement, w! :.-h
> would make aftet t!m ir, t
o rofei red to what Mr. M -Lam - (
had done for tho (Jolton aciation
and his mastery of tin- u
hject of cotton.
Mr. Archer reiterated hi.- !l
wition.
Mr. E. 1'. Smith said ho want- ;
I, as provident of tho association. 1
defend his position. This i> a
unpolitical organization and fi
o nature of the case mu-t he.
o had insisted that polith s .-In :
>t bo discussed at tnese n et :
,
gs, but, sai 1 he, "1 have no
?ht to say to any man *bd\ 1
m join this organisation vi. i
list promise not to run foi oi 1
:e.' Ho would l>o a fool to do
at and 1 would be a fool to ask
'
m to do it." Ary citizen inrested
is free to come in and
leak at these meetings.
When Mcl j.unin slopped ont c ! t
0 bounds at Dillon ho h i I pro8ted.
As long as he stuck to
10 text it was all right h i if In
it off the text he (Smith .v nhl ,
;t on him! He had Mi Lam |
harness now and propn-td t
ivo him for the cotton
an and \f ho kicked out , \
aces ho could go t-> thin. 1 :
Mr. Archer, roferrii g , .
inith's simile, said wit .
at when he tried a mule i. e ana
3 bucked he was done with him. j ,
lr. Archer then left the platform
id tho hall.
A large portion of the crow 1
ft also hut whether then depar
iro was duo to a desire not t
jar Me La arm oi a dosir t
liner remains to be e.\j la? >f
Both reasons were proba f .
lerative. It was 2 o'clock v h
is incident took place and dm?
us as interesting as cotton.
Mr. mci,Arms.
Mr. MeLuurin said ho was pm
1 in a most embai rassing t -i
in lie ha1 received letter- asU
g him to come to Spartan bin :.r
id make a political speech II
id refused, lie had received a
ttcr from Mr. Lipscomb as' ing' ^
m to coiuo and speak on this ! (|
icasion. Ho bad said he would |
me only under the auspices ol v
0 Southern Cotton association, v
liis was tho misunderstanding
ulor which he canio.
His political career ha- been j
ich that he could afford to pusinoticcd
and in contempt such
1 exhibition as had been given;
day. Ho would prefer speak in-.:
i tho citiz lis of Spartanburg on
to invitation of the free people'
ither than that of any political
dss I lo thanked them for thci- < i
nirtesy.
Ho was reminded of the time,
lun Capt. Shell, Col. Hugh Fur
y and himself spoke here on a |
uiilar occasion and ho took the ,
iportunity to pay a tooling tri- ;
ite to the intelligence, character ! 1
id courage of Farley, Lis friend. 1
here followed ail apostrophe to
io Confederate soldier and i rciow
of the smith's tight i' : : mm
df government and the s,
ifforings under Reconstruct i<
Coining to tho subject- t '
resent situation, he discus.- . i c
)Uon cpiostion and the matter t
reign markets. He spoke n .
short while, realizing llu.t ;!
ntr was late and the ?iovvd w
npatient to <jet uway.
When ho concluded the cro-vd
isporaed for dinner and reas-eisi
led ill 3 o'clock to hoar Mr. 1 Inr
ic Jordan.
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