The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, August 01, 1900, Image 2
THE LEDGER.
Ttiurlow S. Carter, t
EDITOR AND MANAGER. <
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1900. \
An alliance is an organization or *
compact between individuals, com
iuunities, states or nations for the
. I
accomplishment of a certain pur- i
pose or purposes. An i'unholy i
alliance" must ho one which ig- '
notes and sets aside all good and
whose sole purpose is the accom- i
plishment of any and everything
base and wicked.
The Southern Christian Advocate,
in reply to the letter from
Senator Tillman to its editor,says:
"It needs not many words to char i
acterize this matter. Senator J
Tillman's letter does not modify
his charge. Indeod ho explains it
and actually argues to sustain his
baseless statement?and so adds
to the insult. Whereupon it is I
1- i- - * ' ? A I - * - - ' '
onr uiuy 10 say mui nis statement ,
is an inexcusable outrage?the 1:
, i
greater because made by a man \
whose position demands particular ,
regard for truth and at least ordi ,
nary respect for reputable people. r
His high opinion of religious peo- (
pie ''cuts no figure" when they (
ditTer with him ! Then they are j
"blind fanatics," etc. He seems f
to think he carries all the wisdom j
of our commonwealth and to dif- j
fer with him is foil*. His entire ,
course in this affair deserves re- \
bukc by all religious people, llis (
abuse of good men will not help ,
his pet monstrosity, the dispeusa-. ,
ry. That shame to our State and \
damage to our citizens will go.?
And barrooms will not come back
either.
''We believe Col Hoyt is going
to be elected. Evidently Mr
Tillman shares that belief, or he
would not be on the stump."?
Sumter Watchman. That i? the
way it strikes The Enquirer at
this writing, and while we are not
inc ined to question Mr Tillman's
ri?:ht to go on the stump, as do
some of our contemporaries, we
are unable to approve his good
judgment in the matter. Were
the dispensary a new thing, or
still in the experimental stage, the
neonle micht in n>?i
. ? instruction
; but novr, after they
have had the benefit of tome seven
years or eight years of practical i
observation, it seems that they i
ought to l>e competent to decide j
for themselves as to the merits or
demerits of the system.?Yorkville
Enquirer.
Preachers on dispensary.
Senator Tillman says "When 1
ministers of the gospel go into 1
polities they lay themselves open i
to be criticised.'' '
The ministers had not gone in- I
to politics in any true sense of I
1.1 i* -_i- ? - '
njrti, n Mm. 11 was oniy evident >
that most of them favored prohi- t
hition, which they have a perfect
right to do, and to ho perfectly 1
candid, it is hard to see how a
minister of the gospel could ad~
yocate the sale of liquor by State J
or individual.
To have an opinion on a politic ]
cal question is not going into j
politics. There was no excuso in r
the world for Tillman's chargo of ^
an "alliance" between them and r
barkeepers. Perhaps it is their y
resenting the charge that he calls a
going into politics. He only ']
knows. t
This much appears plain: Sena- c
tor Tillman would rather break t
down every good influence the y
ministers of the gospel may have t
than see his pet scheme, the dis- t
jiensary, suffer oefeat. if it were
a question of preachers or the t
dispensary, he would say, hold on 1;
to the disjiensary.?Greenville 1
Ne vs. l<
Tillman and the Preacher*.
Although as strong as it could
>e expected to be under the cir:umstanc*s,
Senator Tillman's ex#?
Sanation as to why he holds the
>reachera to be in alliance with
he blind tigera is far from satis;actory.
in the first place, in their re*
ationa to the liquor question, the |
uotivca of the preachers and the |
alind tigers are so widely aeparat-J
5(1 as to ronlce the idea of an alliance
ibsolutely absurd. The tigers
?re interested only for the love of
a;ain. The preachers are interest^
3d for love of their fellow men.
But between the tiger business
and the preachers there is *bso~
lutelv nothing in common. Senator
Tillman surely knows this.
Are the tigers and the preachers
really working to the same prac j
tieal end ? Senator Tillman says '
they are. We assert that there
is not the slightest scintilla of.
;ruth in his charge.
!
Hilt itf t\im
Wi VU1*
taction have any political or social 1
nflu?nce. Not on? out of a dozen
s able to vote or to influence the
rote of anybody else. It is a
s-ell known fact that there is as
nuch or more tiger business in
Jharleston, Columbia snl other'
lispensary towns, than there is in
owns where there are no dispen^.
taries. The reason is plain. The
iger business can be conducted
n a dispensary town with much :
nore safety than in a town where <
.here is no dispensary. The
jompetition (loos not count for
much. By closing at night, the
iispensary divides time with the 1
Ligers, and the tigers are able to
buy their supplies from the dispensaries
and still sell thera at a
profit. These are facts undisputed
and (indisputable.
When the dispensary was first
established in Charleston, Columbia,
Greenville and other towns,
the principal opposition came from
the barkeepers. It is not that :
way now. Most of the barkeepers, |
along with many others, have
since drifted into the tiger busi-;
nese, and relieved of the license
tax, in most instances they find
tigering more profitable than salooning.
We believe that a poll
of the tigers of the state today
would show an immense majority
in favor of the dispensary. We
believe also that if the tigers were
able, they would have a dispensary
in every non-dispensary town
in the state.
No, the preachers are certainly
not in alliance with the
tigers. The sympathy between
tiie liters and ttie dispensary is
much stronger than it ia between
the tigers and the preachers. The
preachers are working against
both tiger and dispensary; but
aot til of the dispensary law. If
;hey win, they'll wipe out the dispensary
and apply the balance of
.he law against their alleged allies,
,he tigers.?Yorkrille Enquirer.
The Father and Son Drowned
Together.
Special to The State.
Williamston, July 29?About
[1 o'clock this morning John K
lames a section boss in I'elzor
nill No. 4, and his son Frank, tive
rears of age, were taking a boat
ide above the dam at Pelzer
hen the little son lost his balance
ind fell headlong into the water.
L'he father sprang from the boat
o rescue bis son and succeeded in
etching him, but being unable
o raise him from the water,
hich at that point was very deep,
hey both went down together for
he last time.
A few hours later Mr. James'
ody was found, and in its emtrace
was the lifeless form of the
ittle son for whom the father had
ost his own life.
Tillman in Cheater.
Cheater dispatch of Thursday to
the Greenville News: Senator
Tillman threw himself into the
breach today in behalf of his
"baby," the dispensary. He defended
his use of the word "alliance"
as appliod to the combination
between the ministers and
the barkeepers by quoting from a
standard work the definition of the
word as "a combination to effect
a onmmnn nnrnnoA ' ' U **
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what Incomes of Col Hoyt's underlying
principle if he accepts
the whisky rotes and is used to
effect their purpose. Gonzales,
who hated the dispensary and who
hated prohibition, which is the
opposite of local option, had como
out openly and boldly as he always
did when he had an object in his
support. Col Hoyt and Bishop
Duncan had said that he, Tilluian
had lied. The speaker himself,
he said used to indulge in had
language ; but since he hud become
senr or he had reformed and
Bishop Duncan was welcome to
his opinion. About Dr Gardner's
strictures, he would say nothing
now ; but would hare something
to say about them when he reached
Greenville. lie was accused
ot meddling in something that did
not concern him in the discussion
of the dispensary but he boldly
proclaimed that he had something
to do with the dispensary. And
when a combination was formed
to defeat it, he would tell the
people what he thought about it,
so help him, and then if thoy
choose to rote for prohibition, he
did not care, he would have dis?
charged his duty ; and if anybody
did not like it, they would have to
lump it. When ministers of the
gospel go into politics they lay
t hAllluol I'AQ n ?A?n r\ ka
tuviuuvit v? W|r^U VIS I/X7 1^1 II It lfft'U
and he would do bo.
An Infamous Charge.
Union Times.
Senator Tillmun made a big
blunder when he made the infumoua
charge in his speech at Bennettsville,
that 4'there is an unholy
alliance in this State of
preachers and bar keepers, led by
Col Hoyt," and ho has called
down upon his heud the wrath of
the preachers and of many who
are not preachers.
The Fling Should he Keiented.
Baptist Courier.
Senator Tillman eridently in
uneasy lest the preachers' good
influence will be powerful enough
to help to break down the dispensary,
and he seems willing to
throw contempt upon them by
linking thorn with the bar keepers,
and in this way break their hold
upon the people. His fling at the
preachers should be resented by
all right thinking people.
Mr C (I Featheratone R?rt fY?1 .1
L M lrby were in Charleston lust
Tuesday on business before the
United States court. They were
interviewed by The N<-ws and
Courier as to the probable eutcome
of the gubernatorial race, |
and both expressed the opinion
that the race is between Hoyt and
McSweeney, with the chances in
favor of Hoyt. When asked if
the election of Hoyt would mean
much of a victory for prohibition,
Mr Featherstone replied: "Not
such a great one unless the legis~
lative body is in favor of prohibition.
This I hardly think will
be the case. However, we are
trying to elect prohibition representatives
from all of the counties
All that lloyt can do is to
enforce the dispensary law, so as
to make it almost a prohibitory
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HELP! HELP!
Oh who will join our prohibition band
And help to save our native land,
To ihe rescue we beg you come, <
And help us fight whiskey, gin and (
turn, I
Ye members of the church of God,
Who want the comfort of His roJ; 2
Why need you pray 'Thy Kingdom
come" t
And vote for whiskey, gin and rum ? t
' Our nation moiirn? hpnooih iKia '
i Which day by day ingrowing worse,
It downa itn thousands every year,
Still meu go ? n and never fear.
1 If your home's safe, will you not save 4
t Y ur neighbor from a drunkard's r
grave? '
Theu help us move the tempting (
snare.
Which hasteua on so many there. '
Ye prohibition men, will you not
Hinee you have said our course is right? '
Oli, come and join us. one ami all
And we will win or bravely fall.
Yes, like the waters or the sea, 1
You want His Kingdom here to be; !
Hut, as the miser clings to g'dd,
To your old party still you hold
You waut, vou say . a house above,
i Where all is joy, ?nd peace, and love; '
But do vou hope to reach that laud,
And go witti drunkards hand in bund? 1
We trust you'll reach that land so fair
" 1
But no rum-seller will be there;
Ah ! no, your party there must be,
Flora drunktn not* and barrooma free "
Then, who will come without delay,
And help us work while yet 'tis day ?
Oh ! mav you see our country's state,
Ere we must cry, Too late ! Too late ! r
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(For The Ledger. *
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The Candidates for Governor?as
One Man Saw Them.
Gary undoubtedly caught the t
crowd here Wednesday. And 1 c
do not judge this front tho demonstration
iu his favor, but from tho
talk of the people. He is a clear, t
forceful speaker, and impresses ?
you as a man of ability and back- 1
bone.
* * *
ine laities nil like lloyt l>ecause
Hoyt doesn't like whiskey?and j
; Hoyt pets the flowers. Ho made .
out a pood case for his side and 1
will poll the full prohibition rote i
of the county.
; * * #
i McSweeney had more friends
when he sat down than when he
pot up, for Gary had taken nearly <
all of them from him by his arraipnment
of the constables, and ,
especially of the constable who
interrupted him. Hut McSweeney
redeemed himself somewhat by
his promise to investipate the
mailer or constables going around '
to campaign meetings. lie makes
the impression that he is honest
and conscientious, and trying to
do the best he can. I
* * * (
The newspapers haven't been J
doing Patterson justice?possibly J
because he has not done them ?
justice. He is not tho most bril- '
liant man in the world, but neither
is he a fool nor a crunk. Ho
made one of tho best speeches of
any of tho gubernatorial eandidates.
* * *
The Honorable G ?Valt Whitman
is an amusin" kuss, and adds
much to the gaiety of tho meet
ings; but it is a pity that he will |
i pers'st in spending his money <
canvassing for an office that he
cau never get. Junius.
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Announcements.
FOR SOLICITOR.
I will stand for renomlnation to the
>ftlce of Solicitor of the Sixth judicial
Circuit subject to th9 results of the
Democratic Primary.
J K HENRY.
(UTS
I h? reby announce myself a candilate
for Solicitor of the Sixth < ircuit,
lubject to the rules governing the
Democratic Primary.
W. C. HOUGH.
w
I hereby announce myself a candi?
I ite for the oftlce of Hohcltor of the
<ixth Judicial i ircuit, pledging my?el*
t?. abide the result of the demo-,
ratio primary olectlon, and faithfully
At discharge the duties of said office
n tlie event of my election.
THO-S F VcDOW.
FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENs
I ATIVE*
I am a candidate for the Legislature
md will abide tlie result of tlie priwary.
ostmr w pons.
ac.
I hereby announce myself as a caniidate
for tlie House of Itepreaentaives,
subject to the rules governing
he Democratic Primary.
R L. tllCKLIN
C4>9
I am a candidate for the Legislature,
ubjeet to rules of Democratic Primary
J HARRY FOSTER.
The many frieuds of J N Estridge
espectfully aun.>unc? his natne for
e-elec(iou for the House of Repre-.
eutativts of Lancaster county, and
vi II abide by the result of the primary
lection.
many voters.
I am a caudidate for th9 House of
lepreeentatives subject to .the Demoratic
primary.
J W HAMEL.
I am a canoidate for re-election to
he Legislature. I will abidu the remit
of the democratic primary elecion.
T Y WILLIAMS.
FOR CLERK OF COURT
wim a nigh sense or appreciation of
?a*t considerations and tokens of
Kindness and with a deep feeling of
irstitude for the same, [ beg to anlounce
myseif a candidate for rejection
to the office of Clerk of Court
'or /yancaster ( ounty. at the approaciing
primary, su'Jeot to the rules of
itie Democratic primary.
W8LPORTER
The many friends of Mr. Joseph F
[Jregory hereby announce liim aa a
candidate for tlie offlce of Clerk of
Lhe Court, subject to be result of the
Democratic Primary,
MANY FRIENDS.
'OMgMMMMSMaSaaiHBNIB
FOR 8HERIFF
I hereby announce myself a candilate
foi Hherlff. subject to the rules of
Democratic party.
JAJfES S WILSON.
The many friends oi ('apt John P
Hunter 'hereby announce him aa a
candidate for the office of HherifT, sublet
to tlie result of the democratic
primary. Mr Hunter's flue record as
Slit-riff in the past is a snfflcient guarmteeofwhat
Ills future administration
will be in etise of his election.
many voters.
for county treasurer.
I am a candidate for re-election to
:he office of County Treasurer.
w. c. oauthen.
for county auditor.
I hereby announce myself as a can lid
ate for the office of County Auditor
ind pledge myself to abide tha result
>f the Democratic primary.
eccroxton.
ten
I roei>ect fully announce my candil.n?A>.
* * *
v*i my I/lias ui miUdiy AUIlllOr,
lubject to tlie rules of the Democratic
>riin?ry.
L J PERKY.
aoo
Mr Editor:?Realising the valuable
ervice* rendered during his term of
dtlee. the neatneea and correctne**
?f his work, and knowing him to t>e
veil qualified for the poeition, please
innouDce the name of J no A Cook for
-e* election to the ofltce of County
tuditor, aubje t to the rules govern'*
ng the primary.
If ANY FRIENDS.
?0R SUPERINTENDENT OF
EDUCATION.
At the solicitation of a few friends
[ announce myself a candidate for the
>ffloe of Superintendent of Education.
R. BAXTER BLACKMON.
low rr.cv
Th?. manv friends of Mr. Ernest
B'j^ljion, hereby announoe him as a
candidate 'for the office of County
Superintendent of Education, subject
to result of Democratic Primary.
To the Voters of I*ancaster Cbunty:
With many thanks foi past favors,
and at the solicitation of friends, I
hereby annum.oe myself as a candidate
for the office of Oounty Superintendent
of Education, subject to the
rules governing the Democratic pris
mary; and, if elected my time and
energies are yours for the best interests
of education.
J E BLACKMON.
u/s
Mr Editor:?Please announce the
name of PROF A C ROWELL as a
nan.li/ln?n /?? tU? -i?a ? ^ ?
vauuiuair -iwi me mure ui i ouniy
Superintendent of Education, subject
to ttie rules governing the Democratic
primary. If elected, we pledge him
to diRChttrKe the duties of the office to
the beat interest of education.
MANY FRIENDS.
FOtf 6UPKKVIS0R
a
The many ftienda of Mr. R H Bapp
announce him him as a candidate for
County Supervisor subject to the
rules of the Democrat ic Primary.
MANY FRIENDS.
coo
The friends of W Q Caekey, announce
hint as a candidate for County
Supervisor. Mr key will abide the
result of the Democratic primary
elec'ious.
c/to
At the earnest solicitation nf m?nr
I friend.", I hereby announce myself m
I h candidate f >r re-election to the office
' of County Huperyis- r, subject to the
j result of the democratic primary
I M C GARDNER
FOR i O RON EE.
The many frrends of C C Horton.
Hr.. announce him for the office of
Coroner, subject to the rules of the
Democratic Primary.
?
I I announce myself as a candidate
for the office of Coroner and pledge
| myself to abide fhe result of the
democratic primary election.
JERIKWMAN
C/73 '
The friends of D N Vf irtrvv
nouuce him as a candidate for the of*?
lice of Coroner, and pledge him to
ahide the reault of the democratic primary.
MANY FRIEND8.
CtK
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for re-election to the office of
Coroner, and pledge myself to abide
the result of the primary.
R. YOUNG
, tUR MAGIVrKAlE.
BUFOVD TOVVNHHIP
Mr Editor.*?Please announce J B
Eundelbiirk fnr ' n -* 1
(.v. ? * n^ioviavc UI ouiuru
Township.
MANY FRI?ND8.
to*
FOR GILDS CREEK AND CANE
CKEKX TOWNSHIP,
t The many friends of Mr W P Cankev
respectfully announce him aa a candidate
for re-election to the office of
Magixtiate for Gills Creek and Cane
Creek townships subject to the result
of the Democratic primary,
MANY VOTERS.
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