University of South Carolina Libraries
THE LEDGER. Tli * rlow S. Cartel. EDITOR AND MANAGER. \VKL>N KSDAV, SKPTKMHKll 5, 1000. Senator Tillman announces t!mt two. thirds of the Legislature elect* cd are dispensary advocates, so there is no hope for the passage of a prohibition law by the r.oxt legislature, ''"he dispensary cannot ho interfered with then for at least two more years, hut this is no reason why we should not work hard for the election of Col Hoyt next Tuesday. If elected lie will construe and enforce the dispensary law so as to g?t all the prohibition out of it possible and that is what all prohibitionists and dis pensai N advocates ought to want. Its enforcement,especially int'har leston and Columbia, during the present administration has been a far* ical farce. W hen Tillman was governor and trying to enforce the dispensary law in those cities he was hated worse than , and could scarcely get anv votes in either of those cities. But. see lu< ... : ?? vmoi niiuililiil^ ill J l J tin lU'N Mr MeSweeney curries them. Hoes it not give show of truth to the charges made against him hy three of his opponents?Gary, Patterson and Whitman?in the recent state canvass as to his non-en- | foreement of the law there. We heiievo the final and truo solution of tlie whiskey question will he 1 the dispensary law shorn of its beverage feature. We regret that a legislature has not now been elected that would eliminate the beverage feature of t'-ie law. Hut, let us have a governor who will curtail the sale of whiskey under the present law as much as possible, both by interpretation and enforcement of the law. Col Hoyt is t hat man. 2907 to 59:5. The election in Charleston carries its own comment. There is only one explanation. Charles-' ton gives MeSweeney 2907 votes , against 591} for Hoyt, because Charleston is in favor of the (lis- I pensury as administered in Char lest >11; ami that is so ad mini store* 1 as not to interfere with liquorsellers. Ilero is an "alliance" that ought to open the eyes of the people of the State to the true status of alfairs. The publication of Charleston's vote ought to he the only campaign document needed for the overwhelming election of Col Hoyt next Tuesday.?(ireenville News. Mis*Junie Ceo of Anderson, who has been spending some time with her sister, Mrs John Stcivmun, of this place, returned home Monday accompanied by Miss Mary Moore, daughter of A C Williamson, who will enter the graded school of that , city. Laundry Agent wanted for j Lancaster and vicinity-?Iligh j grade work and good commission to right party. Address with reference, Camden Steam Laundry, Camden, S C. Mill Notice! Plyler Hayes have their grist and flouring mills in fine condition j and are turning out only the best i grades of meal and flour. Every day from now until Sept. 1st will be mill day. ft loo J}r. E. Detchon's Attti Diuretic. May bo worth to yon more than $100 if you haVf a cbbd who sons bedding from IneontenenCe of water during sleep. Cures old and young alike. I rrests the trouble at onee. $1. Hold by J F Maokey A Co, Druggist, ban-, inter, 8 C. m.-. . ONCE MORE. McSweeney and Hoyt to Try I Conclusions the 11th. HOW THEY STAND. A Statement of the Yolo on Toes- j day East?The Presidential Electors. I f The State. 1st, inst. r The State Democratic executive ; I'liiiiMiittun ??>?>? !.?.. ni.'lit .....I .. I v ...V*. till1 I 111 il few hours the otlicial returns were 1 1 tabulated, the results declared, ! the second primary ordered and j nominees for presidential electors made. For State officers there will only have to he at second race ; for governor, lie.itcmint gover- i nor and railroad commissioner. Of the State ollicers nominated on the tirst ballot Mr. .Jennings, for State I'reasurer, is tl>o only man not an incumbent. All the congressmen were nominated save Messrs Wilson ami Norton. The formor is supplanted | by doe .Johnson and Norton has to make a second rare with Scarborough. i In the race for lieutenant gov ernor Sloan by a close share makes the second race with Tillman. It took final returns to determine whether the second man was Sloan or \V inkier. W 1 ) Im un. o..,l vvi ... ii< Mug air i t? n?( lUIl ;m? the second heat for railroad commissioner. All solicitors races ended on the first lonnd, Hildehrand in the First circuit and Hoggs in the Kighth being the new men. McSweeney led Col llovt by 5,2(53 votes and lin ked a little over 7,000 votes of going in on the first ballot. The total vote for governor was 02,120, which was hut 0 greater than that for lieutenant governor. The total vote for the other ofiices was: Treasurer, 01,108; comptroller treneral. 01.401: snoerin ' 7 I tendent of education, 01.811; adjutant general, 00,864; railroad commissioner, 00, 804. There were 18,750 who did not rote for Senator Tillman. Til K RESULT. The results were declared as folio ws: UNITED STATES SENATOR. B R Tillman 73.670 GOVERNOR. McStveeney 30,007 I lov t 33,833 (iarv 12,050 Patterson 0,052 Whitman 401 I.I Kl'TKN \NT ?JO\ KKNOIt. Sloan 17,007 l?l ease 0,550 Winkler 10,005 Livingston 14,713 Tillman 35,380 8F.rKF.TAUY OF STATE. Cooper 80,702 ATT< ?ICN BY < F.N F.KAI.. Bellinger 78,030 STATE TREASURER. Timinerman 44,754: Jennings 40,444! COM I'TKOI.I.EK O F.N Kit A I.. Derlmm 00,000 Brooker 21,702 SIJT'ERINTF.N DENT Ol F.DI.'CATION. McMahnn 55,331 j Capers 30,4801 ADJUTANT AND INSl'ECroU OF.NF.RAI. i j" it>y * i I t?, *?+ | lionse 14,230 ft AIDKO A r > r< ?l MI SSIt )N K K. VV I) Evans 21,014 Wharton 10,501 B B Evans . 14,610 May held 15,427 Pettigrew 5,014 Berry 11, Etheredge 5,912 PRE8IDENTIAI. ELECTORS. When the committee first met it was found that several of the counties had not gotten in their 11 figures, so the selection of electors was entered upon. Secretary Hunter first reading a circular from the national committiee in , regard to the election of men as electors who held olliccs of any kind; thev are barred by law. The disqualifying oflices were : enumerated. After a brief discussion of the , 1 I circular, Mr. Appelt nominated !' Col K D Leo of Sumter; Mr. Dial nominated Col (Jeorge Johnstone; and Mr. Wilborn nominated Mr. i \V 1> Trantliam of Kershaw. Col Wilio Jones was nominated l>v Mr. Tatnm, but <Inclined. Mr r. II Moss of ()rangeburg was t nominated and there was a dis- < cussion as to the eligibility of Mr. r Moss, he being a member of the I retiring general assembly. lie I ran of course resign before the 1 general election if he cares to. i Idle vote resulted a> follows: i Lee-2, Trantliam II, Moss lit, 1 .Johnstone II. Messrs Leo and 1 Moss were elected. t Idle others were chosen as J follows: t First District ? M \V Simmons. Second District?W \V Williams, i Third District?Cole L Bleasc. 1 Fourt District ? W MeB Sloan. ( i' mil i?i>tricl \\ 1" l'olloek. I Sixth District?M S Csintcy. ( Seventh District? (jicor?*eTupper. : A special committee was up* i pointed to tubulate the returns. t At 11:150 o'clock the result of the tabulation was declared by \ the committee, Cupt Williams < making the report of the sub- t committee. i it savki) ills i^:a 1' A D;i forth, <>f Lu(i range, f ?ia, suttcrcd intensely for six months with a frightful running sore on his leg, hut writes that * Bueklen's Arnica 8ulve wholly cured it in ten days. For I; leers, t Wounds, llurns, Boils, l'ain or , IMIes it's the host salvo in the world. Pure guaranteed. Only 25o. Sold by Ciawford Bros 4 druggist. -M Mrs. Tom Bontley Commits ^ Suicide Near I'm ion. I e Special to The State. Union, Sept. ?At (?:30 r o'clock this morning, two miles j above town, Mrs. Tom Bontley kilted herself with <> vli.u.mn <!..? ",uln"n ",ll; I was, when found, shot in the ab ^ domen, and it seems that even her t clothes were scorched I?v the dis j charge of the gun. The direct cause of the killing is not known,hut it i> < said she had be.cn very despondent for a year on account of the death . of her daughter. IIISM AH lv'- IKO\ |' .\ b i < v?: \v as tliu result of lus splcndie. ( health. Indomitable will and tremendous energy are not found where Stomuch, Liver, Kidneys ( and Bowels arc out of order. If 1 you want these (pialities and the ? success they bring use Dr King's . New Life Bills. Tliey develop j every power of brain and body, t Only 25c at Crawford Bros drug ' store. | Negro and Horse Killed in Spartanburg County. . ^ Special to I lie Slate. Spartanburg, Sept d.?This j f afternoon a negro driving a horse j hitched to a wagon met with a \ tragic death on u railroad crossing O r"* I just this side of Uich 111! I on the Spartanburg. Cnion and Colutn-! hiu road. Man and hoi so were hoth killed and vehicle smashed to i ' pieces. The name of the negro was 1: Columbus Moore. | ( mi* a it?: womkn. < in former years when thin wo- ( men wished to gain flush and round ' ness of form they would take ' warm baths and follow this by 1 rubbing into the skin cod liver oil. Mow they employ the more < elegant way of buying Scott's ' Emulsion and taking it internally. ? It increases the weight of thin 1 babies and delicate children also. 1 fOYT HEADQUARTERS OPENED IN COLUMBIA iVilli Mr. C. C. Featherstone in Charge of Working force. INTKRVIHW WITH TllK M A N AG ICR. SIr Featherstone Considers 1 lovt's Chances (iood. 1 low lit* Kxpeets the Vote t?> do Next Time. The State, 1st itist. Colonel lloyt's friends have nl eadv l?e?*un an active and vijji'ant 'auipaign for tin* second primary md seem perfectly confident of andm" their man. IIeadquarters lavo heen opened in Colombia, with Mr. C C Featherstone in liurjje, and the principal work will lie done at this place. Mr. KeHtherstono was in the city \ csonlay and jjuve the following in erview to press. When asked ihotit the result of the election he aid: "Col Hoyt has jjolten a few nere votes in first primary than I expected him to j^et. When in Charleston the latter part of duly I predicted to The News and Courier man that ho would 10,000. When the entire vote is n it will lie seen that my prediction has heen more than verified. 44'l'o'have gotten such n vf)te i rvith such odds against him is a i jroat victory f?>r Col lloyt and ho cause which ho has so ably epresentcd. It shows that the )ooplo helievo in the right, and ( hit they recognize the ability md purity of Colonel lloyt." 41 fVlint about Col lloyt" chances ,o win in second primary f' 441 miu satisfied that his chances iro good. (J over nor McSwcency ' cad of a few thousand Votes unounts to little. Ninetimesout >f ten the man behind wins in the lecond heat. Tuko for example ny race with Governor Kllerbo i wo years ago. Ho led me by i 13,000 votes and yet in second (lection lie only beat me by about 1,000. And if mv friends hud ealized my strength 1 would uive beaten luni badly. "If Col >nel noyt's friends <now his strength and will go to vork, he will bo our next gov- , srnor. "Gary and Patterson took away | i good many votes from Governor VlcSwecney on ueeount of tho 'barges made against Gov Mcswoeney by tbein, viz: that the governor was i*>t cnforeeing the lispensaiy law. ''It will bo remembered that iary and Patterson, both of whom ire men of unquestionable ability, 'outage and honesty, both charged jpon tho slump that the governor's nforecment of the dispensary law van a fraud and a humbug. "Senator Tillman made almost he same changes "Now, there is no doubt of the' 'act that a great many men who avor the dispensary believed those ; barges and thought the present nforceinent of tho law could be j mproved on. Most of them, too, ire men who honestly and sincere- ! v believe that tho dispensary is lie best solution of the liquor piestion and who are especially nterested in tho enforcement of lie prohibitive features of the ! aw. In other words, they have i sincere desire to make the prosjnt law hotter and to do what they an to make it load un to out and >ut prohibition. That thero are thousands of such people in tho State cannot be doubted, and they tiavo the respect and confidence ot those who do not agree with them. A large proportion of tho men who votevl for Gary and Patter* sen came from their ranks. Now that their candidates are out of the race, for whom ire they going to vote ( They cannot consistent^ 1 ly vote for Governor McSweeney, and, in my judgement, they will vote for Col lloyt. And they will do so for the reason that they know that ho will enforce the law rigidly and make it as near prohibition as it can be made. ! "Hut in addition to this, a part of the Gary and Patterson voto came from their personal friends. not because they believed in the ' dispensary law, hut because they recognized the honesty and ability of (iary and I'at erson. Mr. Gary lias hocn in the general assembly for ten to twelve years and for a part of that time presided over the house with conspicuous fairness and ability. lie comes from a largo and influential family. His brothers, who are upon the bench, are men of ability and influence and 'here is not a particle of doubt but that a part of his vote was a purely personal one. "And the same can be said of Mr Patterson, whose ability and good public record cannot be i ijuestioned. A part of this vote I know will go to Col Ilovt, and I believe that by far the greater part of it will do so. t "And then we must take into consideration the fact that there is u good largo vote which did not romo out last Tuesday because it was uncertain as to what chance Col lloyt stood. And there arc at least 1,000 voters who were out of the State?in the mountains and elsewhere. But nearly all of these votes will come out in the second primary. "A systematic and organized effort will now he made by Col Iloyt's friends from this on and there is every reason to believe that Coi lloyt will he our next governor." "What about the whiskey vote in the State { Who it''1 tli?? reporter asked. "No miin can look ut the Charleston vote and the mountain vote anil doubt for an instant that (jov MeSweeney received it. The talk about Iioyt's petting the whiskey vote is nonsense. liis vote mine from prohibitionists, from dispensaryites who want a bettor enforcement of the law and from others who know his record in war and in peace, and who recognize his ability and purity of character. "I want my friends in the State to know that the tight is not lost by a great deal and that bv a strong pull and a pull all to~ gether we can win. "We fought upon principle and for the right and have nothing to retract. Wo will tight to the last ditch and expect to win. "Wo will conduct tho work largely from Columbia where our friends can reach us for tho next few days. HORSES! MORSES 1 unucEc ?i IIVEIULO We have just received a carload of j numlterone horses from Atlanta,every I animal having been Carefully mlec td , io person I?y our Mr. Kll lot t. In the ' lot are Some of the finest horses ever ! brought to this market. If you want a good Saddler, or a pood Driver, or a good combination horse, now is your j time to gel it. We now havejuat what i you want ami need, full and see for yourself. We take pleasure in exhibiting our stock, au well at Vehicles. |AI will either sell or swap, and jMM CI will sell either for the cash VV ? or good (taper. ELLIOTT & CRAWFORD T.W.SECREST, SURVEYOR, OHCKOLa. 8. <J. Ir fully equipped, and qualified, and solicits your surveying. Fillman Tells How Scratching Feels. HIS ANALYSIS OF TIllv PRIMARY. Says his OM Antagonists and Not Fven All of Them, Were the Scrntchers. The State, 2d inst. Senator Tillnmn was here last night, having attired in the after noon to attend the tneeti"g of the executive committee of the board of trustees of Winthrop college. Ho returns to his home thin morning at ll:3o o'clock. Of course tie gave the press something about the recent election. He said: "1 have always be^ lieved that the dispensary had the support of two-thuds of the people of the State and this election shows that is about the proportion. The vote for Col Hoyt is several thousand more than the anti-dispensary vote. In other words his personal popularity and his being an old Confederate soldier added materially to the support he received. "Another evidence of the strength of tl e dispensary is in the complexion of the next legislature ; of course, the figures arc not complete, but 1 have watched the county papers pretty closely and the members of the house of representatives who will support the dispensary will he more than two-thirds." As to his own vote and the scratching of his nnmo he said: "1 was very milch gratified ta find that the strenuous efforts toarray the religious people of the State against mo had signally failed. 1 have made a earefnl study of the returns from several counties and I do not believe that 2,000 of those who scratched me were influenced by religions sen titneni. The people could not her made to believe that I had wantonly insulted the ministry or that I was lacking in respect for rcli gion i no scratching came frotix my old political antagonists of 'DO and '02 and any one who will tako the trouble to exuminothe returns from anv county can easily verify thu. It is very gratifying to me to know that only about half of those who voted 'against me in '02 could ho induced to scratch me this year. It shows that the effort which was made to revive factionalism signally failed and many of my friends who voted for prohibition will, however, resent the scratching in the nexi primary.'' As to whether there will he as large a vote in the second primary as in the first primary Senator Tillman suit!. "1 hardly think so, but it will depend on develop merits in the next week. The friends of the dispensary will not bo caught napping I am certain, and if the prohibitionists display any activity the vote may be equalled or even surpassed. There is one thing in which I our sure and trust every one will join me in hoping ? that the result will bo decisive and that the State will have relief from any further tight' ing on the whiskey question." AnnniinrenriAni? FOIt Till: SF.CONI) Democratic Primary Election, Tuesday, September 11th* 10OO. For House of Hi prtn> ntattven. J N Krttriilge, J W Hmnel, T Y William*, J Hurry Fouler, For County Supt. FMor at ion T M Kelk, A C Howell, For County Supervisor. W < Hukry, M (J Hani tier* For (oroner. J rj H tew man, K Young,