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THK LKDGER. 1 huri??w S. rartftr, KDlTO't \ND M.XNAGKR. cr: WKDNKSDAY, Air.rST 15, 1000. Vote as y<?n prav, "Thy King* dom come, Thv will I?o done on oartli as it is in heaven," and the i ' i legal sale of whiskev as a hever* | iijje will soon become h thin?x of i the p:.,t When the ten commandments . wi re jjiven to Moses (?od did not j first consider whether the people, would live u;? to them. lie took the principles of ti^htand founded the laws upon them. Christians cannot stop to ask whether the . ... I people will live up to pr hibition. j Moral principles are heaven horn and as the kingdom of Clod ad- j vanees in this worhl will lie em- , ho into tlu? statute laws of the | hm I Christian people, in the fear of (iiiiI and hive for man, do what \ on I elieve to he the will of (io.I as you read it prayerfully in His word. You can tind church mem hers ( who will vote for the dispensary I hut y< u cannot tind mcmliers who , will vote to retain in the ehureh a member who accepts the position lit* < 1 I?;11P1K(?I' I ' , which sells whiskey us a beverage, i is u good thing for a church mem- j her to vote for it certainly ought to bo a good tiling for :i church t member to run. It will lie more tolerable in the great judgment day for the man who forfeits his memoerahij) in the church of (iod to become a dispenser ot whiskey as a beverage than lor the more | enlightened members of that1 church who misdirected his steps bv advocating and voting for the i dispensary. Wo hoped that factionalism and bossism hud heen buried for all time. All bitterness, all hatred and prejudices we thought were buried forever when the people of all factions laid them aside and elected delegates to the constitu- j tional convention in 1895 devoid of partisanship The disregard of factional lines in that election gave the State a constitution suited to the whole people ?a con 1 stitution that assures equal rights' to all and special privileges to none. Seeing the good fruits of their wisdom then we hoped would en ise them to close their ears to appeals to arouse prejudice and passion for all lime. We felt that in all future elections the com-I petoney and <piaIitication of men , aspiring to ollice and the princi- j pies or issuf.-. they represented, ; would ho tho only consideration influencing the voter in casting bis i ballot. Hut, ala*, wo find efforts! again being made to revive factionalism. ?Ve find our scnoir United States Senator, whom the] whole people desired to honor by i re election without opposition, the instigator of such efforts. Shame | upon him. Indignation at such, littleness and unfairness to poison the minds of voters and enthrone piejudice in the seat of judgment. should rankle in the heart of;' every right-thinking Carolinian. Men of reason, will you listen to j his dictation Will you sutler J J him by such appeals as he is j making to divide the democratic j party again into factions? We bclicvo not. We believe the bulk of the people will vote according ^ to the dictates of their consciences I on the prohibition issue and ac cording to their best judgment as to competency and qualification of ' candidates. Wo do not moan to say that Tillman will not boss a good many voters?he will dicta'e j the vote of a number of both the , old factions. You will find some i who worship him that will vote ns lie savs, and you will tincl many of his old opponents, whose passions the S? nator has directed every effort to arouse in this canvass, that wdl probably do just what ho wants the in to do ard tells them from every stand to do, viz: to scratch hi* name from the ticket. Senator Tillman bosses the extremists of both the old fac-j tions and hut for them he would I not dare undertake to dictate poli, tics in this State. His bund raised against n man like Col Hoyt would l?e no more thun the wind from a little hand bellows against the staid old oak, were it not for the extremists of both the old tactions. lie abuses the one and tells him "now go and scratch my name whe i you vote. Be certain to do it,'' and he loses his temper, and goes and does it and helps him rekindle the tlames of factionalism. The extremists <?f the other ol?i faction believe such accusations as that the "oh1. I antis,'' the preachers and the barkeepers are in an unholy alliance to kill MY dispensary baby, and thev become angry and vote for a . man for governor of the Senator's liking. Yes, lie bosses the ex-1 tromists of both factions, but1 there is a large class of independent voters- the men of both the old factions who wire not extremists? die men who think for themselves and vote according to ttieir judgment, and we believe they are in the majority in the State. Many of them are conscientious prohibitionists and many of them believe honestly that the dispensary law is best, hut they are mostly agreed that, prohibition or dispensary, C<d Hoyt is the man to enforce e;ther. Senator Tillman is anxious to defeat Col Hoyt for Governor. His reasons are well known, if von want to assist him in the work just scratch Tillman's name off the ticket as he invites you to, an?l you will play into his hand and he just as subservient to his bossism ns his most rampant follower was in WJO. You will enable him in the interim between the first and second primaries to make a strong appeal to factional* ism l>v reasserting, with more show of troth, the on warranted assertions he has made in this can vass. Men keep cool. Don't let the Senator arouse your passions and make you lose your rea* son. Vote for Tillman and lloyt, and forever put a quietus on efforts to revive the old animosities and prejudices of the past. Thinking inei were glad when factional lines were wiped out and if in a moment of pas?ion they permit them to l>e revived, it will be hut to repent at their leisure. Still fur Tillman, But Will Vote for M\>yt. To tho Editor of The State: In 1890-92, when Senator Till man was touring the State, everytime he was interrupted by anyone in the audience he would give them a raj) by saying: "You are the kind that buys a pint of mean liquor and ?jo homo and abuse your family." In 1802 when he advocated poll fax and we voted against it, j lie would make a similar slur i?i. -- ? viuut mo nui IllKl persons buying li(|iior. Taking him to ho sincere in what he said then ami now, wo turned to "personal pro'* libitionists," but wo differ with him in his religion. (""Salvation for myself und damnation for sverybody else.'* Widow Bedot.) Prohibition for ourselves and liquor for everyone else. 1 am torry that he is backing out of the rules adopted by him for the guidance of his people. I am an original Bog Tillman man ami am one now, and propose to stick to the % old advice he give me. Establish^ ed rules that Ben Tillman mnkeft always take precedence over these new fangled ones which is forced from him on account of the other candidates having been connected with the legislative part of our government for ton years and have accomplished nothing. " I I ? _ X ? / V I II i I 1 Will VlllCIOl' VjIM HUM DPCIlllSO | he can enforce the law ? like Till ; 1 man. I will vote for him because ' he does not dtink like Tillman. 1 will vote for him because Tillman said at Orangeburg that all the candidates for governor wore his friends, hot Col Hoyt was the cleanest ami most upright and j honorable, and that ho did not like J tho way tho dispensary was now : run. Col Iloyt. is frosh from the people, and Tillman told us in 1S90 to elect him or a man fresh from the people. So I will vote for Col Hoyt on these grounds, and aai reliably informed Tillman's conntv and home box will do the same thing at the primary. Aiken. Aiken, S C, Aug 10. " ? | The Issue of Bossism One of the two great issues, of this State campaign is Bossism. It is second only to the liquor issue; it is hound up in it and perhaps is equal to it. This issue has been forced by Senator Tillman. Unopposed for re-election, with no public demand for his presence at tho meetings and without any message fiom his field, the national field, to deliver, ho has shouldered his way to tho rostrum and, beginning with a simulation of mildness, has gradually developed his speeches into harangues of the worst type of his past, appealing to liato and prejudice, seeking to break up the peace of the State, hectoring, falsifyingand dictating. Ostensibly his purpose is to keep the dispensary from being repudiated; but he is after more! than that. * * * * His prime desire is to defeat Col Iloyt, fur he knows him to he a man who if elected governor would not be ruled by him. Tillman has had his head so turned by success and j power that he has come to regard it as his right ) have a servant m the executive chamber. His secondary desire, if wo are to judge from the contemptuous style of his references to the present executive, is to prevent the nomi- | nation of Gov McSweeney. The govei nor has failed to "raise hell on Chieco street" according to the i 111manic prescription, ami he has twice shown h most reprehensible disposition to think for himself; At the Democratic national convention of 1800, McSweenov, T V Williams and others constituting a majority of the South Carolina delegation, revolted when Tillman tried to make them vote for Teller for president on the ground - as stated l?y .lohn Gary Kvans for r Tillman?that this would gain the j support of the Silver Republicans for Tillman's nomination to the presidency in 1000, The majority wouldn't vote for anyone not a Democrat: they defeated Tillman's scheme and l>v means of the unit rule cast the vote of the delegation for Bryan. A similar thing Imp 1 ?4 1 l- - * m uiu rm'iu imuoniii convention. T'llman tried to force the delegation to support Towno for vice president, and ugain they Mci Sweeney being one of the leaders ? refused to vote for a Republican and by means of the unit rule j made Tillman's vote as well as their own go to Stevenson. These were wounds to the Boss's vanity, and he naturally prefers a more uniformly obedient man as governor. We are for Hoyt and expect to aee him nominated, but hossism being a vital issue in the campaign, we would like to see the votes of all South Carolina Democrats who will not vo*e for lioyt cast for the candidate who is next to him in independence of Tillman and therefore in Tillman's had graces. Let it he Iloyt or Me- J Sweeney because the ltoss wills it . otherwise. If half the Democrats in South Carolina who denounce I the rule of Itiivv; I I mill -irn ! sistont they will etFeetually end j the rule of Boss Tillman.?The; State. Tiiat "Unholy Alliance." ! The Bottom Knocked Out of thoj Senator's "Logical*' Conclusions. To the Editor of 1'lte ^tnte. I .lust now the political atmosphere is disturbed about an "unholy alliance bstwern the whiskey , men nnd the preachers.'' Will you allow me to make a statement nnd ask a few (piestinns? ?? u i ir (in* carnival whs neinjj ' held'at Abbeville, S C, July 17-' 18-li? the dispensary whs closed. j Was this the result of an uidnlyj alliance hetween the whiskey men \ and preachers of this county, or j was it the opinion of the town officials that it ??'ould he to thebest interest of the public that the I dispensary should be closed # If for the best interest of the com I munitv for the dispensary to be closed three days in July why not 366 days in the year ( The Democratic party is considered the white man's party in; South Carolina and if a f*w ? <?!. ored rotors vote the Democratic j ticket would it lie safe to assume that wo are all negroes ? Certain* ly, if the logic of the dispensary advocate is correct. They ussurac, because the former bar keepers align themselves with the prohibitionists that we are work ing to open tin* barrooms as for mejjy. Again: If the dispensary advocates are in the majority should not the electoral vote of South Carolina be cast for the Republican nominee for the presidency < The Democratic party claims to be opposed to trusts, monopolies, etc, and if the dispensary is not a trust ami monopoly of the whiskey traflic in South Carolina what is it ? 1 ask these questions not as a preacher nor th* ?nn of ? ?n-on?. v ..V ..W? for I am neither, neither am 1 a whiskey man, hut a plain l'rohibitionist. Due West, S C. There is u very ancient story of n <]uaek who when called upon to treat patients suffering from ail ments hevond his ken, proposed to throw hi ill into tils, for, said tie: "I'm h ? II on tits.'' So with lien Tillman: whenever he linds himself stumped by a problem in political medicine he pioceeds to throw the voters into n stub* of factionalism, for, says he io nimseiT, **im n ? 11 in factional ism." So he used to he.?The State. FOR KAllOtOAl) COMMISSION KR. W I) May field, <'o'uml?la, S C, ilore by announced mm a candidate for Railroad Coinmiemner, subject to the Slate Oeiiiocr.itic prim try. POSITION. The ('ommtaaioiiera should In paid l>y thefttaie instead of by ihe railroad** ami the term of office should he reduced from aix years to two yeur*. Stop discrimination-. i reofht rales should he ** > regulated hh t< : ? Kncourage fruit growers, truck farinera ami canners. ami enable them to otter their products on the m ir?et on ?<jiial terniH with any alate. Induce manufa"turers of all kinds to Io?m ? in this State and enatile them to < IT r their product** on the market on n|U?l terme will) any Slate K i?l?!e cotton idi 1 Ik in thia State to buy on any market in the State, Give cotton mill* the beat ratea for whipping their producta. Knahle wholeaale merchanta in tliia Htate to compete with wlio.eaale merchanta in adjoining Hlatea. Make Char lea too, Port Royal, and Georgetown import and export ottiea on an equal footing with Wilmington and Savannah. WD MAYKIKL1). Announcements. i FOR SOLICITOR. | I will stand f?.r it-nomination to the ottlt-e t>f Solicitor <>! tlio Hixth jutlioial Circuit subject to th^ results of the 1 Democratic Pilmary. j K I1ENRY. V72 I in reby announce myself a cantli<!?? f??r Solicit rofiheSixtii ' iictiit, Hubji-ct to tne ru es governing tiie i Democratic Ptiinary. I W C. HOUGH. V7. I hereby atlnouiioe myself a eamli(I (? fur the ? ill -e of Snluiltur' ? ?f the -ixth Jmiieial ireuit, pled.rinK my? Her t< ahitle Hie result of the tlemo? | ciaii"1 piinian ueeiion, and faithfully ; to <li8chnive the tlu'i-s of shl ofll e' in the event of my eleotlon. II OS F x cDOvV. 1 FOU HOUSE OF KEPKES?N?* | A llVEv I am a rautlhlute for the Legislature ami wil ahitle tin- result of tlie p/i niary. 0< A R w pons. VA i f hereby aiinounee myself as aeaus liilalr for the House of R presenta- } lives snh'i in to the rules governing Detno. r itie Primary. K L. HIt KLIN v? I atn a cantlMaie for the Legislature, suhjeet ior i'es oi Detnoeratic Primary .1 HAKliY KOSI Eli. v/" I I'lie many friends of J N K.-trhii$e resuertfuily ami >unee his name for re-elee ion for the House ot Iiepre> sent tliv< h f Laiieaster eounty, ami will ahitle hy the result of tlie primary eleeliou. MANY YOIEIH | I am a candidu'e for the House of Uepre-ent uive* auhj nit to the Democrat ie primary. .1 W HAM EL. v. I am a candidate for re-election to I I he ljejjialai ure. 1 will aluile the reI mill of the democratic primary elee| tion, T Y WILLIAMS. FOU CLEUK OF lOURT With a hiijti of appreciation of pa*t consideration* ami tokens of I k/ioliierf- and v\ it h a deep feeliin? of I gratitude for the name, I beg to anI oounce myaelf a cand dat for re eleet'on to the olflc?* of ?'lerk of i ourt ! foi Aancaater ( ounty at the approaching primary, hU'Jeo to '.lie rules of the Democratic primary vv I p/ n? r ir i? *? / u t wiv liiv V. The many frieuda of Mr. JoMeph F I <ir??k;<?ry hereby announce him an a candhtate for the office of flerk of the f'ourt, Mihject to lie remilt of the L)i niociutic Primary. MANY FRIENDS. mail?I i mil i i in i' ? FOR SHERIFF. I hereby announce myxelf a camli* j lint- foi Sheriff, nil jeet to the rulee of ! Democratic party. .JA.J/ES s WILSON aw The many friemiH oi ('apt John P j i Hunter hereby announce him uh a I iMiiniunii' r<?r i in- ??ni e of -Ium ill", ,-u".? j i| to the result ?>f the democratic primary. Mr liunier's line rrcnrrf an rih rill iit the past is a sufficient guura ..tee of what hi-> future adllli nl*traj thiii will he iu cu.se of his election. | MANY VOTERS. | FOR COUNTY TREASURER. I am a candidate for re-election to 1 tlie ollice of County Treasurer. \V. 0 CAUTHEN. j FOR CO UN t Y AUDITOR. I hereliy announce myself ana can didate for theollleeof County Auditor and p'edpe myself to abide tho result | of the Democratic primary. E C CROXTON. I respectfully announce my candl* i dacy for the office of county Auditor, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. Li J FERRY. ao? j ASr Editor:--Realising the valuable service* rendered during liin term of office, the neatness* hikI correct nee* of hi* work, and knowing him to l?e well qualified for the pqpitlon, please announce the name of Jno A Cook for re* election to the office of County Auditor, Huhje t to the rule* govern* ing the primary. J/ANY FRIENDS. FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. At the solicitation of a few friends I Announce myself s candidate for the office of Huptrlntcndenf of Education. R. BAXTER BLACKMON. At the continued solicitation of many close friends, a* well as being deeply Interested in fhe progress of education in our county, I now an* noutioe myself a candidate for the ob flee of County Superintendent of Kduration, su'je t to the rules of t'ie Democratic Primary. r M BELK <u/. TIia muiiv fripitilu r?f \f r Vmoai Baekmon, hereby announce him as a candidate for ?lit* i (lice of County Superintendent of Education, subject to r?sult of Democratic Primary. To tlie Voters of Lancaster Cbunty: With many thanks f >i past favors, and at the solicitation of friends, I heieby annou. ee tuyself as a candidate for tlx oillee of County Superintendent of Kdu at ion, subject to I lit* rules governing tlit* Democratic pri-? mary ; and. if elected ray time and energies are yours for the bent interests of education. .) E BLACKMON, 077. Mr Editor:?Please announce the name of PROP \ C ROW ELL hh a candidate for tlit* c.fti-e of County Su|m rintenileilt of E oration, subject to tile rules governing the Democratic primary. If elected, we pledge him in discharge the duties of the olli -e to the beat interest of edueation. MANY FK1ENOS. FOli .SUPERVISOR The many fiiemls of Mr. It H Sapp announce liim liini as a candidate for County Supervisor sutject to tiie rules of tlie I)i>nui(>rul in l> r I m it... MANY FRIENDS. c/K> The friends of W Q, ('askey, announce him us a candidate lor county Su|Ct visor Mi f.'uskevill ahulc the rcMill ?.f the Demoeralio primary elec* ions. V/i At the earnest solicitation of many friend-, I hereby announce myself as a candidate f ?r re-election to the office of County Supeiyisr. subject to the result of tile democratic primary M (J GARDNER FOR tOKONER. The many frrends of C C Ho-ton. Hr . announce him for the ottiee of Coroner, subject to the rules of the Democratic Primary. w/a I announce myself as a candidate for the otlice of Coroner and tdedge myself to abide /lie ro-oli of ??? democratic primary election. .1 E HI E vv MaN w The frionds of D N MACKEY ails Uounce him as a candidate for the of* li e of < oroner. and pledge him to abide the result of I lie democratic primary. MANY FRIEND?. V/. I berehv ann< unce myself a candidate for re election to the rllice of ('oroner, and pledge myselt ?o abide tlie result of tlie prtmars. K YOUNG. I-OR MAGI-TKAIK. FOItClIlil.S CRKKK ANI) CANE CKEKX TOWNHHIP, The many friends of Mr W I* <"a?key respectfully announce him as a candidate fur re election to the office of Magi-ti ate for (Jills 'reek aid Cane Creek t >wnsnipa si hject to tlie 'esult of the Denmcrutic primary, MANY VOIEKJ. *0* cedar creek townsh p. I her? hy announce myself a candidate for re election to the office of Magistrate f.>r Cedar ' reck tow nship, aul jtct to tin* demociatic.primary. JOHN KING i"iina???I HORSES! HORSES! HORSES 1 We have ju?t received a carload of .. .mvci n:m iioii'ui iroin Atluntu,every animal having bran carefully eelee ed in iierwon by our Mr. Rlliott. In the lot are tome of the lineal hordes ever brought to thi* market If you wnnt a good Haddler, or a good Driver, or a good combination home, now in your time <o net It. We now liave just what you want and need fall and tee for younelf. We take pleasure in exhibiting our atnek, an well a-* Vehicle*. 1 A f will either Hell or xwwp, hii<I uU Q will H?-ll elth r lor the cash VI C or good paper ELLIOTT & CRAWFORD R. K. Scott Dead. Toledo, Ohio, Aug 13?Robert Kinaton Scott, twice governor of South Carolina, died laat night at his home in Napoleon of a|>oplexy at the age of aeventy-six.