Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 10, 1906, Image 2
Scraps and |a(ts.
? Chicago, August 8: The Tribune
says: A state of affairs more startling
and shocking than had been previously
hinted at in connection with the
collapse of the Milwaukee Avenue
State Bank was revealed last night
when it became known that through
barefaced forgery President Paul
Stensland had plundered his own
bank systematically through a period
of years. There has been discovered
in President Stensland's safety dea
onrloo Af momnrflndfl I
jjuan vavsit UUA a.ocuvo v* <*.% ...
detailing how the bank was looted.
The amount thus taken from the savings
of 22,000 poor families as set
down in Stensland's handwriting is
21,003,000. The money went to support
Stensland's real estate speculations, his
co-operative building business, and his
fine household at Irvine Park. According
to the police some of it also went
directly for luxuries for a certain woman
or women friends of Stensland's.
? Spokane, Wash., special of August
7: Four young women, in short skirts,
high boots, jumpers and Panama
hats, may be seen every day for the
next fortnight working In the wheat
fields on the ranch of Senator John
L Yend. of Walla Walla. His four
daughters have always been fond of
, outdoor sports, and are accustomed
to exercise, and when they learned
that hundreds of acres of grain were
going to waste because Senator Tend
could not hire harvest hands at any
price, they were prompt to tender
their services. Miss Alma has demonstrated
an adeptness In driving the
header box. Miss Bertha has been
operating the derrick as well as any
man. Misses Edith and Helen are
employed with the regular crew on
the big "combine," which reaps and
threshes the grain simultaneously.
Senator Tend will be able, with his
daughters' aid to save his entire crop
of wheat, hay, oats and barley. The
girls rise with the sun, curry, harness
and feed their own horses, and
do not stop work until nine at .tight.
? Butherfordton, N. C., special of
August 8 to Charlotte Observer: It is
learned here today that the Seaboard
Air Line has given the contract to the
Propst Manufacturing company of
Charlotte, to extend its line from the
present terminus to a point about one
mile northeast of town, near the Oakwood
Manufacturing company's plant
where, it is said, a handsome new depot
will be built. This, it is presumt
ed, will be used by both the Seaboard
and the South and Western railways,
as the latter road passes this point
also. The grading of the extension
will be comparatively light work and
will begin as soon as the company
shall have finished a small contract
which it has with the Southern railway
at Blacksburg, S. C. Rucherfordton
people appreciate this action
of the Seaboard Air Line, which will
give the town what It has long desired,
a union depot, into which trains
of the Seaboard and South and Westem
will enter. The Observer's correspondent
has contended from the
beginning that the South and Western
would connect with the Seaboard
at Rutherfordton, notwithstanding
the many rumors to the contrary, and
now the fact is assured.
? News has reached Washington of
the killing of five Japanese seal hunters
and of the wounding of twelve
others, on the sealing grounds belonging
to the United States off Alaska.
The trouble occurred on St. Paul
island. Quite a number of Japanese
schooners have been poaching In the
vicinity for some time, killing seals (
under cover of fog and keeping out
of the way of the American guards.
The Japanese had killed about 200 ,
seals before the flsrht occurred. Seals '
are recognized as property by International
law and the Japanese killed
by American officials on St. Paul Island
stand in the same position as
burglars shot in the act of stealing,
according to prominent authorities on
international law. No international
incident can result from the shooting
of the Japanese poachers, it is said,
at the state department. This government
has no amends to make to
Japan, other than those that courtesy
may prompt, and a mere expression
of regret that such an incident should
take place is all that Is looked for.
Japan has no treaty obligations which
in any way require her to protoit
seals In the Bering sea. The United
States, Great Britain and Russia are
the only nations bound by treaty to
offer protection to sealing in Bering
waters,, and these thiee countries
must, according to the terms of the
convention to which they have subscribed,
patrol the waters in that part
of the world and exercise every possible
precaution to' prevent their subjects
from poaching. The government
of the United States will take
no further active interest in the matter
of the killing of the Japanese
poachers save that the twelve prisoners
must be tried by United States
law. It is not intended to send any
more revenue cutters into Alaskan
waters, as it is understood that the :
ships now there are sufficient to protect
the interests of citizens of this
government.
? The state of North Carolina has
been considerably stirred up during
the past week over the lynching of
Nease and John Gillespie and Jack
Dillingham at Salisbury on Tuesday
night. The negroes were in jail
charged with the wholesale murder
of the Lyerly family at Barber's
Junction on July 13. There was a
special term of court in session to try
the negroes. During the afternoon
people began to gather from all sec
tlons in great numbers and the lynching
was anticipated as a certainty.
United States Senator Overman.
Judge Long the trial judge, and other
promient citizens made speeches with
a view to trying to quiet the mob;
but to no avail. They were greeted
with mocking cat calls and other
demonstrations of derision. Before
this the mayor had ordered the closing
of the saloons. \Vhile the speaking
was in progress, two men slipped
to the jail and tried to break it open
with crowbars. They were arrested.
In the meantime the military company
had been called out; but the soldiers
were given orders not to kill. The
crowd dallied for quite a while for
lack of leaders, while it was hesitating.
there was some careless pistol
firing and two men were wounded,
one quite seriously in the stomach.
The shooting is thought to have been
accidental. Along about 11 o'clock
lilt: nuttu iiiutru lonaiu lilt' jau uiiu
carried it with a whoop. The three
men wanted were taken out and there
was an effort to make them confess.
The effort was unsuccessful, the negroes
being too badly frightened to
talk. An end was put to the situation
by swinging the negroes up on the
same limb. The negroes about Salisbur>
became demonstrative during
Tuesday and military companies were
ordered there to restore order. During
Wednesday two men. one named
George Hall and another named
Cress, were arrested on charge of i
having participated in the lynching.
Referring to the situation in open
court Wednesday morning Judge Long i
said: "The court Is Informed that a
kinsman of the murdered people
pleaded with that band of cut-throats
and murderers to let the law proceed.
Any man who aided and abetted in
that lynching was guilty of murder in
the first degree. Any man who gave
encouragement by word or presence
or took any part in it was guilty of
murder in the first degree. The question
now is simply whether the law
shall be enforced by the courts or by
a mob, and Rowan county shall to a
man take a stand on that proposition.
When sifted to the bottom you will
find, as I have said before, that no
- M ? 1 ?? ? A oion/llnff TV Q a
man or cnarauici auu du>nunie .. ?
In that mob. I am going to perform
my duty as I see it and have no fear, i
I said before I apprehended any trou-1
ble that the law of the land is stronger
than any local mob. I do not take
that back, notwithstanding the shouts
about my ears that night. "The mills
of the gods grind slowly, but they grind
exceeding fine." "The honor and integrity
of Rowan must be preserved."
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YORKVILLE, S. C.t
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1906.
The county dispensary would be
preferable to the state dispensary
onlv in degree.
Col. John T. Sloan says the national
drink bill Is 117 per capita and In
South Carolina It Is only $2.98.
Wonder If Mr. Sloan confines his figures
to dispensary sales exclusively.
We do not see the relevance of the
comparison between the dispensary
system and the banking system.
There are a thousand ways of stealing
from and through the dispensary
with but small danger of detection;
but the official who steals from a
hank has got to either make good or
he will be caught sooner or later.
We are not Impressed with the effort
to make comparisons along this line.
Gambling.
That Is an Important subject which
"Voter" treats in the card published
In another column.
Some of us try to deceive ourselves
with the idea that cotton exchange
methods are different from other
forms of gambling; but then our
good sense tells us that such Is not
the case except that there are more
?hances with the dealer.
There Is no telling how much money
the south has lost since the war
through the so-called cotton ex
changes; but the amount cannot fall
far short of the value of two or three
crops.
Previous to the war. we used to
read, how the little and big planters
of the middle west were accustomed
to sell their crops for cash and then
spend their time on the Mississippi
river steamers until they had lost
everything they had, often including
their plantations, at cards, and we
thought It was disgraceful.
But the old time gambling on the
Mississippi steamers was not a circumstance
to the present day gambling
in the big cotton exchanges. It
was more spectacular, that is all.
But the dally losses and gains were a
mere bagatelle compared .with the
cotton exchange clean-ups, and the
harm was a thousandfold less.
The successful fight the United
States government made against the
lottery business was creditable to the
officials who engineered it, and also
to the whole people; but what was
the use In putting a stop 10 lotteries,
if the government Is going to leave
alone those big systems that win and
lose as much in a day as the lotteries
won or lost In a year?
Of course there are many plausible
arguments to be put up in favor of
cotton exchanges?operations in futures
and all that; but really these arguments
are of very little weight.
Every man in the country knows that
the whole business is little else than
a big gambling system and that is
about all there Is to It.
And it is the south that is the
heaviest loser. If the people who
play the boards were the only ones
to get bit there would be but little
cause for concern. But it does not
stop there. What the player loses
goes off north never to come back
again, and even If he has no creditors
to suffer as the result of his bad
luck, the loss affects the whole people
to just the extent that they are
deprived of cash that would otherwise
have been available for business
and industrial purposes.
MERE-MENTION.
Mr. Wesson, the founder of the wellknown
firm that manufactures Smith
& Wesson revolvers is dead Quite
a number of lives have been lost along
the Colorado river in southern Texas
on account of floods. The damage to
crops has been very great... .Russian
peasants are said to be suffering the
pangs of famine with abundant crops.
The land owners are willing to sell at
low prices; but the peasants have no
money at all Henry W. Herring,
cashier of the defunct Milwaukee bank,
offers to surrender. He blames it all
on the president W. J. Bryan is
now traveling in Switzerland Three
people were drowned as the result of
a cloudburst at Durango, Mexico last
Wednesday.
BULLOCK'S CREEK NOTES.
Crops Damaged by Rain?Mr. Swann
Back Home?Other Matters.
Correspondenre of 'lie Yorkville ktiyiurer.
Bixlock's C'reek, August 8.?The
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rect*ni rum* nu\r uuusiunauij uamaged
the crops of this section. Cotton
especially, in some places it Is very
poor.
Rev. J. B. Suann has returned after
spending the month in the mountains
of North Carolina. He is somewhat
improved in health, but is not looking
as well as his friends would like to
see him.
Mrs. J. B. Swann expects to go to
Steel Creek. N. C., today with her niece
and nephew, Miss Kate and Master
William Porter, who have been spending
sometime with her.
Miss May and Masters Gary and Roy
Wallace of Yorkville, spent last week
with their grandmother, Mrs. S. P.
Feenister.
Miss Laura Feemster is spending
several weeks with relatives in Sharon.
The young people were given a delightful
party at the home of Mr. J. C.
Blair on Tuesday evening.
Mr. J. A. Maloney of Blairsville has
been teaching a singing class at Bullock's
Creek. The school will close on
Saturday. August IS, with a picnic.
The public is invited.
? Ikivid L. English. J. Richard English
and the two negroes, John Barter.
Jr.. and John Renwick, have been
dismissed by Magistrate Johnson at
I'nion in connection with the Mose
Hughes killing as there was no evidence
against them.
LOCAL AFFAIH8.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Jas. N. Russell, Precinct Chairman?
Invites the public to a basket picnic
in 'Squire Blair's pasture on the occasion
of the campaign meeting for
Bullock's Creek township.
S. H. Epps?Of Fort Mill, is announced
by his friends as a candidate for
election to the house of representatives
in the coming primary.
B. R. Walker?Of Bethel, is announced
as a candidate for recommendation
for appointment to the office of
county commissioner.
Ladd J. Lumpkin?Is announced as a
candidate for re-election to the office
of county commissioner.
Committee?Invites the public to a
basket picnic at Bullock's Creek on
Aug. 18, on the occasion of the closing
of the singing school.
J. S. Brice, Co. Chairman?Tells vot
ters what are the necessary qualifications
necessary to vote in the approaching
primary election.
J. S. Brice, Co. Chairman?Gives information
as to the times and places
for holding the county campaign
meetings.
Thos. F. McDow, Pres.?Reminds voters
living within the bounds of Club
No. 1 of Yorkville, to enroll at least
five days before the election.
M. J. Walker, M. D.?Notifies his patients
that Drs. Bratton, McDowell
and Barron will answer his calls
during his absence at Chickamauga.
First National Bank?Says safety is the
first consideration where money Is
handled. It assures safety to its depositors.
Bank of Clover?Wants you to know
that public confidence is one of a
bank's most valuable assets. It has
more than 200 depositors.
M. W. White?Tells you that a man's
success depends on a combination of
several things.
Dobson Bros.' Cash Store?Have a
word to say in regard to the delivery
of laundry to its customers, and
also about the pay for same.
York Supply ' Co.?Have received a
""" ohinmont nf fornicated and V
crimped roofing, sningles. Premium
hams, lard,, whips, etc.
Star Drug Store?Calls your attention
to the good qualities of the Mercantile
fountain pens. Prices range
from $1 to $10 each.
Thomson Co.?Invites you to its tailoring
opening on Aug. 13 and 14. An
expert cutter and fitter will be in attendance.
York Drug Store?Calls your attention
to its stock of talcum powders,
of which it has a great variety of
qualities and prices.
Foushee Cash Store?Wants you to
stop, look and listen. A special sale
of corsets and embroideries on Saturday
and Monday.
J. C. Wilborn?Offers a six-room house
on East Jefferson street for sale; and
also 45 acres of land for sale cheap.
J. J. Keller & Co.?Don't want you to
forget that they are ready to do all
kinds of repair work; that they sell
builders' hardware, and also sell
Devoe paint?It goes further.
Yorkville B. & M. Co.?Thanks Its customers
and friends for its assistance
and patronage during its recent cost
sale. Watch the windows.
George A. Watts of Rock Hill, is the
Republican county chairman for York
county.
Mr. Harry Wylie says that tne nsnIng
on Catawba river, which has been
poor during the prevalence of high
water, is getting to be good again.
Why certainly Cansler ought to have
a good vote in York. He is the only
York county candidate and he would
make as good a railroad commissioner
as any of them.
We are giving today the fullest report
of a campaign meeting that has
vet been published in the state; but as
a consequence we are having to leave
out quite a number of other things that
we would like to put in this issue.
As the result of an accident in the
office. The Enquirer people have been
forced to buy a new paper cutter, and
have selected the latest improved
Seybold machine, sold by Schroeter
& Bro? In Atlanta. The Seybold is
undoubtedly the best power cutter
made.
The Farmers' Live Stock Insurance
company of York county had about
$80,000 of insurance in force last
year and never lost a dollar. Mr. D.
P. Lesslle expresses the opinion that
this insurance could be carried for
something like 15 cents premium on
5100.
Everybody talked nicely of the performance
of the Yorkvllle cornet band
last Wednesday. Some strangers asked
where it came from. They were
surprised that a musical organization
of such size and manifest ability could
have been gotten together anywhere
in this section without their having
previously heard of it. It is a fact that
the band is making some remarkably
good music.
The Enquirer staff begs leave to acknowledge
.the enjoyment of some fine
watermelons left at this office yesterday
by Mr. J. H. Qulnn of King's Creek
No. 1. Mr. Quinn said he was coming
down this wav and it lust occurred to
him that maybe the folks about this
office would know what to do with
some first-class melons, and that was
why he brought them along. Almost
anything in the shape of a melon goes
pretty well here; but Mr. Quinn's was
the finest we have seen this season.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Messrs. J. J. Keller & Co., have
commenced work on Mr. B. N. Moore's
new business building on Main street.
? The Ladles' Auxiliary and the Yorkville
Cemetery association has done a
gpod deal of work in the improvement
of the cemetery recently; but is about
out of money, and will be very much
obliged if people who have subscribed,
but not paid, will hand over the
amounts due at once, to Mrs. W. B.
Moore, treasurer.
FIRST REGIMENTAL OFFICERS.
Following are the officers of the
First Regiment, which has Its headquarters
in Yorkville and which left
for C'hickamauga today:
Colonel, William W. Lewis, Yorkville;
lieutenant colonel, John H. Marion,
Chester; major, Edgeworth M.
Blythe, Greenville; major, Walter B.
Moore, Yorkville; major, William T.
Brock. Cheraw; major and surgeon,
Miles J. Walker, Yorkville; captain
and acting adjutant, P. K. McCully,
Jr., Anderson; captain and quartermaster,
Monroe C. Willis, Yorkville;
captain and commissary, John R.
f .iiwlu'iv Vfivlft'lllft* f*nntuin unrl hq.
sistant surgeon, Herbert T. Hames,
Jonesvillo; captain and chaplain,
Richard C. Jeter, Anderson; first
lieutenant and assistant surgeon, D.
G. Thompson, Fort Mill; tlrst lieutenant
and battalion adjutant, Jesse
M. Goodwin. Greenville; first lieutenant
and battalion adjutant, John P.
Smith, Rock Hill; first lieutenant and
battalion adjutant, E. B. C. Watts.
Cash's Depot; second lieutenant and
battalion quartermaster and commissary.
Wyatt A. Seybt, Greenville; second
lieutenant and battalion quartermaster
and commissary, J. J. Keller,
Yorkville; second lieutenant and
quartermaster and commissary, J. N.
Richardson. Cheraw. Company captains:
Company A?T. E. Gowers,
Greenville; Company B?John G.
Richards, Liberty Hill; Company
C?J. Adger Smythe, Jr.. Pelzer; Company
E?P. K. McCully, Jr.. Anderson:
Company F?John M. Beaty.
Cheraw; Company G?Jim S. McKeown.
Cornwell; Company H?
pan.v I?W. H. Mclntyre, Bennettspany
I?Daniel C. Pate, Bennettsville;
Company K?T. B. Spratt, Fort
Mill; Company L?John It. Hart,
Yorkville; Company M?L. W. Smith,
Jonesville.
The personnel of the Jasper Light Infantry
as it boarded the train here was
as follows: John R. Hart, captain; W.
B. Williams, first lieutenant. Sergeants?B.
F. Smith. Robert Herndon,
M. K. Dobson, J. N. O'Farrell, E. M.
Dickson, F. C. Riddle. Corporals?W.
W. Blair, E. O. Petty, F. Farls, J. P.
Barnes, S. R. Clinton, R. S. Russell.
Privates?S. L. Adams, J. Q. Beckham,
C. A. Berry, J. A. Carroll, G. C. Cartwright,
S. Carson, P. B. Comer, J. W.
Evans, B. E. Gaines, G. Grist, A. Hart,
L. Jonas, D. J. Logan, B. F. N. Louthian,
R. Miller, W. A. Mitchell, J. C.
Morrow, S. A. Morrow, W. Moore. W.
M. Parish, H. Riddle, R. Riddle, W.
Rose, C. Plaxlco, F. Smith, T, J.
Thomasson, W. A. Thomasson, W.
S. Willis.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mrs. M. A. Nlles of Camden, is the
guest of Mrs. S. C. Ashe.
Master Carroll Grist Is visiting Master
Albert Riddle at Zeno.
Mrs. J. W. Dobson has returned from
a visit of ten days' to Tlrzah.
Miss Mayme Lyles of Chester, Is
visiting Miss Mamie Moore.
Mrs. Geo. W. Brown left this morning
to visit relatives in Gaffney.
Miss Louise Guy of Lowryville, Is
visiting Mr. J. B. Pegram's family.
Mr. Klllough H. White of Chester,
spen Thursday with his uncle, Dr. M.
W. White.
Mrs. Geo W. S. Hart and daughter,
Miss Nellie, are visiting friends at
Shelby.
Mrs. W. E. Erwln left this morning
to visit relatives and friends in Spartanburg.
Mr. John E. Carroll is spending a
few days with his family at Rutherford
ton, N. C.
Miss Bessie Thomasson of Gastonia,
is visiting Mr. J. M. Brian's family in
Yorkvllle.
Prof. W. E. Dendy and family returned
to their home at Douglassvllle,
Ga.. yesterday.
Messrs. Sam and Alex Patrick of
White Oak, are visiting Mr. J. C. Blair's
family at Blalrsvllle.
Miss Kate Cody will return home
this evening after a month's stay at
Do nnori T?!11r N O
Mrs. H. C. Strauss left this morning
for Saluda. N. C., where Mr. Strauss Is
spending the month.
Mr. Joe Hart returned to Yorkvllle
this week after a stay of several days
In Washington, D. C.
Misses Willie and Lee Williams and
Ella Cody will leave today for a two
weeks' stay ot Blowing Rock.
Mrs. Kate King and daughter, Miss
Mary Sue of Forest City, N. C., are
visiting Mr. J. M. Brian's family.
Mrs. Ormand and children of King's
Mountain are visiting in Yorkvllle, the
guests of the family of Mr. J. W. Dobson.
Mrs. C. Fred Williams and little
daughter, Virginia Wallace of Columbia,
are visiting Mr. L. R. Williams'
family.
Miss Amelia Kennedy left a few days
ago for Greenville, where she will Join
a camping party for a trip to the
mountains.
Mrs. John M. Pollock has returned
to Yorkvllle after an extended visit
to relatives and friends at Blacks
burg and Greenwood.
Mrs. S. N. Wilson of Columbia and
Mrs. R. M. Foster of Marlon, Ala.,
are visiting relatives and friends In
Yorkville, the guests of Miss Bessie
Barron.
Miss Belle Quinn, who Is located In
Columbia as a trained nurse is spending
a two weeks' vacation with her
father, Mr. J. H. Quinn of King's
Creek No. 1.
Miss Mamie Turner, night operator
at the phone office, has gone to her
home near Clover, for a short vacation.
Mrs. C. E. Spencer and children and
Miss Rebecca Spencer are at Blowing
Rock for the month of August. Mr.
Spencer and Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Harrison
will leave for Blowing Rock tomorrow.
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Whlsonant of
Griers. S. C., and Mrs. A. R. Rhinehart
and son. Master Raymond of Mt. Airy.
Ga., visited relatives and friends in
Yorkville this week, the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Q. Wray.
The following gentlemen lert yesterday
morning by private conveyance
for a ten days' trip through the mountains
of North Carolina: Messrs. Fred
Quinn. Tom Caldwell, Roy Carroll, J.
Hamlet Carroll, Roy Williamson,
WIstar B. Keller and N. Craig McCorkle.
Dr, and Mrs. James Wideman of
Due West, have issued invitations to
the marriage of their daughter, Miss
Margaret Statia, and Mr. James F.
Thomson of Yorkville. The ceremony
is to take place at the residence
of the bride's parents at Due
West on Wednesday, August 22.
THE STATE CAMPAIGNERS.
The campaign meeting for York
county was held in the court house at
Yorkville last Wednesday, beginning at
about 11 o'clock a. m., and lasting until
a few minutes after 5, with a recess
of an hour for dinner. The crowd was
made up of about 500 people, representing
all parts of the county, and filling
the court house to its capacity. There
were about twenty speeches altogether,
and the audience sat through the
long session of five hours, giving the
closest and most intelligent attention
that could be desired throughout. Each
and every candidate received applause
that was more or less perfunctory, and
two or three aroused enthusiasm; but
it would hardly be fair to say that enthusiasm
was a very marked feature of
the meeting. Because of the large
number of candidates to speak, the
time limit was necessarily short. The
candidates for governor were allowed a
half hour each, the candidates for attorney
general were allowed ten minutes
and the other candidates had to
condense their respective talks within
the space of five minutes each. The proceedings
of the day were opened with
prayer by Rev. J. O. Babin, and County
Chairman Brice presiding, introduced
the speakers. Splendid music was dispensed
by the Yorkville cornet band.
For Secretary of State.
Hon. L. M. Ragan of Columbia, said
that the only things to be considered
were qualification and character and he
claimed to have both. He had served
as clerk in the office for five years and
during the greater part of that time
had done what it now requires three
clerks to do. There had been no adverse
criticism of his work. He took
up the greater part of his time in telling
a dinner table joke about a dlspeptic
Methodist preacher who, on refusing
turkey and chicken, was advised
by the irrepressible hopeful of the family
to suck a raw egg. and applied the
joke with the statement that he felt
able to swallow this office and digest
it, promising that if he could not digest
it he would throw it up.
Mr. R. M. McCown of Florence, said
that he had heard Mr. Ragan joke thirty-three
times before. He, however was
not running on his ability to tell Jokes;
but on his ability to fill the office. He
had been a clerk In the office and knew
very well what was required. He referred
the voter to the different heads
of departments and to Mr. J. E. Beamguard
who. as a member of a legislative
committee, had investigated the
affairs of the office. He called attention
to an endorsement that had been given
him by the Florence Democracy. He
stated that he had never been a candidate
for office but once before and that
was when he reluctantly ran for the
state senate and was elected by a majority
of 300 votes. He read some resolutions
that the senate had once passed
in commendation of him. One of his opponents
would have something to say
of the manner in which the fees of the
office' should be paid; but that was a
matter with which he had nothing to
do. He claimed to know as much
about corporation law as any lawyer
In the state.
Mr. J. B. Morrison of Charleston,
thought the people were accustomed to
pay too little attention to the filling of
*u" r4crht lrin/l A#
IUC IlUilUl V/I1IVVU TT Vlt fcllV ttQUV n*?i?
men. and hoped that they would begin
to exercise greater care. He called attention
to the fact that Mr. Ragan in
making a gesture that called for the
placing of his hand on his heart had
indicated his stomach instead, and
suggested maybe after all the mistake
was really closer to the right idea. He
did not think that Mr. McCown was
entitled to the office of secretary of
state merely because he had been a
clerk In the office. He said that the
fees of the office should be paid to the
state treasurer the same as other revenues
of the state. He wanted Mr.
McCown measured not by the yardstick
of morality but by the political
yardstick and asked to be remembered
on the 28th.
Mr. M. P. Trlbble was not present.
Attorney General.
Mr. J. W. Ragsdale of Florence, said
he was unfortunate in being too hoarse
to make a speech. The race has devolved
not on his ability and integrity;
but how he stands on the liquor question.
He had no complaint to make;
but standing here in the county of
York, which is overwhelmingly against
that institution he says that he is for
the state dispensary as the best solution
of the liquor question. [Apnlonool
Rofnro the npnnlp of South
KIMUUVJ. f !' "
Carolina go into the business of selling
liquor through high license they had
better think long and well. Mr. Lyon
says he is willing to leave the question
to you. He voted for the Morgan bill
which did not leave it to you. My
view Is that it would be better not to
sell whisky at all; but if you are going
to sell It, let the state handle it as it
handles any other evil. If, as some
;laim it is impossible to get three men
to manage the business of the state
dispensary honestly, how are you going
to get three men to manage dispensaries
in each of the forty counties? II
the sale of liquor is an evil, why not
let the state take entire charge and
then let each county decide whether or
not it will have a dispensary? The
fact that there has been corruption Is
no argument against the dispensary II
the system is good. I defy any man to
specify a single Individual connected
with the dispensary and charge him
with graft. There is not a single man
igalnst whom they can charge corruption
and fraud. This celebrated lawyer
sf Abbeville tells you to vote for J.
Fraser Lyon. Who will Chicco vote
for? Who will the blind tigers vote
for. if not for Lyon? I want you to
take my work and my record, and 11
that Is not satisfactory, vote for him
whom you might think will serve you
better.
Mr. J. Fraser Lyon said it was an
especial pleasure to look into the eyes
cf people who could not be led away
by the pitiful little school fund. He
is opposed to the dispensary because he
believes it inherently corrupt and it can
never be cleansed. He believed it had
corrupted the legislature and that it is
a blot on the escutcheon of South Carolina.
He had spoken against it on
every stump. My friend asks who will
Chlcco vote for, If he is not going to
vote for Lyon. Now my friend knows
T do not know. If the blind tigers think
they will get immunity by voting for
me they will be very much mistaken,
i do not defend blind tigers and have
no clients among them. All the liquor
influence of the United States is now
united on three men in Columbia. If
ihere were three meg in each county,
143 in all, they would find it more difficult.
Clip the head off the state disnensary.
Suppose you have a county
llspensary, and I hope you wont. If the
members of the county board go to riding
around in automobiles and flashing
diamonds, etc., you will Soon get pretty
close in behind them. But the state
dispensary is too high up above you.
Mr. Ragsdale tells you that we have
not convicted anybody; but he does not
tell you that we saved to the state $60,000
in glass contracts alone. Mr. Smoak
testified that Black, gave a member of
the legislature a suit of clothes for his
vote and you have heard of the member
to whom a member of the state board
of directors promised a gun. When
vou vote for attorney general, I ask
vou to think and ask yourself If the
grafters will vote for me. If elected I
promise you not to spare a single one
-f them from the highest to the lowest.
[Loud applause].
Chairman Brlce read a letter of regret
from Attorney General Youmans,
who said that it is his duty to attend
to the business of his office rather than
go out hunting votes; but hoped tfiat
he would be remembered.
Comptroller General.
Mr. Walker of Greenville, said that
he was before the people in the campaign
of 1902, and received a majority
of votes of York county, for which he
returned thanks. In that race he was
defeated by only 507 votes out of 87,000
cast. The only issue was the enforcement
of the tax laws. He believes that
the township boards know more of tax
values than anybody else and he believed
In leaving these matters to local
boards. He called attention to the fact
that the Atlanta and Charlotte Air
Line railway has a commercial value
of $8,038,000 and lis assessed value is
only $2,000,000 or about 28 per cent
while the cotton mills are assessed at
about 38 per cent. Referred to Inequalities
in Greenville to which his
opponent had called attention and said
he was not responsible.
Mr. A. W. Jones was not In the room
and lost his right to speak.
Mr. Jennings without opposition for
state treasurer, Mr. Martin without opposition
for superintendent of education
and Mr. T. G. McLeod, for lieutenant
governor without opposition, were
absent.
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Col. J. C. Boyd of Greenville, said he
was not a stranger, having been a candidate
four years ago, and while he did
not get a majority of the votes cast,
he desired to extend thanks for what
he did get. He paid a tribute to tjie
military spirit of the people of this section.
He was asking for office because
his experience of thirty years In
the militia qualified him to make a good
officer. He desired to wind up his military
career of four years in the Confederate
army and thirty years In the
militia by being elected to this office.
He entered the Confederate army at
fourteen and went Into battle at fifteen,
and was put In prison at seventeen. He
also served with Hampton In 1876 and
has been connected with the militia
ever since. I want you however, to vote
for me on merit and that alone. Don't
ask It on the ground of having been a
Confederate soldier; but on merit
alone.
Mr. L. YV. Haskell said that last week
they were In the house of Lancaster,
the red rose, now we are In the house
of York, of the white rose, signifying
purity in politics and manhood. Spoke
cf the necessity of the militia and the
desirability of good service. Graduated
from the Citadel seventeen years ago
and had had sufficient experience to
enable him to discharge the duties.
After his graduation, remained as commandant
three years. Afterward was
appointed assistant adjutant genetal
and as such has inspected all the militia.
Said that the first regiment was
one to De proud or. spoae 01 me unncultv
the adjutant and inspector general
had had in getting the troops equipped;
but this, of course, had nothing to
do with his candidacy. He was willing
to leave the matter with the voters
and promised to be satisfied with whatever
they might see proper to do.
Railroad Commissioner.
Tlie candidates for railroad commissioner
did not take up the full time
allotted to them, several of them showing
more or less deference to Mr. Cansler,
and one of them making a pretty
hard but good natured punch at that
gentleman.
Mr. J. A. Summersett of Richland,
advised the York county voters to support
their own man; but asked their
support in the event that he should be
in the second race with some of the
others.
Mr. J. H. Wharton also asked for the
support 01 toi k county in tne event air.
Cansler should not be in the second
race.
Mr. J. C. Sellers Insisted that Mr.
Cansler had no claim on the support of
York county. He said that whenever
Mr. Cansler had been introduced as being
from York by various county chairmen,
he invariably repudiated such in
traductions, claiming that he "was
Cansler of Tlrsah."
The appearance of Mr. Cansler was
greeted with liberal applause; but Mr.
Cansler did not think it becoming to
make a speech under the circumstances,
for he said, "You know how I can do
them up anyway." [Laughter].
Mr. J. M. Sullivan of Anderson represented
himself as a business man,
and said that if elected he would endeavor
to give a business administration.
Candidataa for Governor.
Col. John T. Sloan of Richland, was
glad to be here. He was welcomed
into this hall by a number of warm
friends and the music of the band,
playing "Abide with Me," which he desired
all to do for a few moments. Returned
thanks for the handsome vots
he got four years ago. He noticed considerable
improvement since his lasl
visit and said that the town has ons
of the best hotels in the state. Yorkvllle
is entitled to be called the "Pearl
of the Piedmont." He was tired; butII
was a pleasure to look into the faces ol
so many honest and lnteligent people
as appeared before him. It is a sad daj
for South Carolina when a man has tc
stand before the multitudes and talk
on the single Issue of whisky?disgusting.
There are things higher and nobler
than this, but the issue is here and 1
must meet it. Four years ago I told yoi
that the state dispensary, kept out ol
politics and properly safeguarded fronr
grafters is the best solution of the liquor
question. I have been loyal anc
consistent, and notwithstanding . th<
fact that a number of counties hav<
voted out the dispensaries I still saj
the system, if taken out of politics, i<
the best solution of the liquor question
Suppose you abolish the dispensan
what will you have in its place? Prohibition
will not prohibit. The opponents
of the dispensary minimize iti
virtues and enlarge its faults. Iti
faults can be corrected by propei
amendments to the law. The nationa
drink bill is $17 per capita in Soutt
Carolina it is only $2.98. There ar<
thousands of young men in South Carolina
who have never been in a bai
room or experienced its allurements
Now let me get away from this subject,
after I tell you that whatever yoi
say shall be the law. Whether it b<
prohibition, dispensary or what I'll enforce
it. If you want prohibition, am
! elect me, I will break up every blint
tiger if it takes all the militia in th<
state to do it
Voice?What about Charleston?
That is down there by the sea when
i the breezes blow and the blind tigen
1 grow. I'll enforce the law In Charleston
just as I will in York. Said he wai
i In favor of improving the publh
school system, and of making libera
appropriations for the support of al
the higher educational institutions. ,
1 was a senator, with your senator, oni
of the ablest representatives in tha
body, and one of the most honest am
sincere. He will tell you that when th<
i enemies of Clemson were trying t<
' strangle the life out of it, I stood bj
it. And I stood by Winthrop when 1
needed friends. I am here to ask yoi
to promote me t) the governorship o
South Carolina. I have had a long ex,
perience in political life. I have served
in the house from my county, an<
in the senate; also as a member of th<
constitutional convention and hav<
served two terms as lieutenant governor.
I am qualified from a business am
moral standpoint. He went into th<
Confederate service when he was sixteen
and was in eighteen battles befon
he was eighteen. If elected he will d<
his duty. He has dodged no Issues am
he has- not tried to ride two horses at
his friend Ansel has done. He spok<
. nf A n?p| a? wPArinir thp white rose o
prohibition on one lapel of his coat an<
the red rose of whisky on the othei
' lapel of his coat. [Laughter an<
cheers]. Woe unto Ansel when the 28t!
' of August rolls round. A hard old sin
ner went Into the water to be baptlze<
and as he came up, there floated fron
his pocket a bunch of cards. The hor
rifled preacher asked him what h<
meant In going through the ordinance
with such evidences of his sinfulnes:
Dn his person. "Why, said the fellow
there is the ace, king, queen, jack an<
ten spot and if a man cannot win oi
that I don't know what the devil he cat
win on." If Mr. Ansel cannot win 01
, prohibition and dispensary both, then
seems to be no chance to win at all.
Mr. M. F. Ansel said It was a grea
pleasure to look Into the faces of th<
good people of the Piedmont, that sec
tlon noted for its push, energy and ad
vancement In all things that look to th<
upbuilding of the old state of Soutl
: Carolina. I come making no claim 01
this office 'for I have no claims. Th<
office belongs to the people and the:
will make the selection. I am prou<
that in this race for governor, I repre
sent in part the Piedmont section o
South Carolina. We have not had i
governor from the Piedmont since th<
war and it is our time now. I wish
had time to talk to you on the questioi
of good roads, because that Is one o
my hobbies. I am glad to know that ii
manv Darts of South Carolina the peo
pie have begun to realize the lmpor
tance of good roads. About 90 per cen
of the people of the country are direct
ly interested In this question. I wan
to talk to you a few minutes on the 11
quor question. I am opposed to th<
state dispensary system, and 3tand to
the idea to let each county have prohi
bition or county dispensaries as the;
might desire. It Is local self govern
ment to allow the people of each coun
ty to say what they want. It is dem
ocracy. If you can manage all the oth
er county affairs by your county offl
cers, you can manage the liquor busi
ness also. If you don't want to sell 11
quor, then have prohibition. But If yoi
want to sell liquor and a majority o
the people, so declare, then have i
county board of three men, appolnte<
by uhe governor, let them manage thi
business. Let them report three timei
a year to the circuit Judge and you
through your grand Juries, look care
fully after the manner of their conduc
of the business. The county dispen
sary is no new thing. They have beei
esiaouaiieu in umcr auxi.cs, auu v?<
system has worked satisfactorily
Prohibition is also prevalent In othe
counties than this. I stand for th<
rights of the people. This Is local self
government, the principle for whicl
our forefathers fought and for whicl
many of them died. Let the law pre
vail, and if the blind tigers undertaki
to violate your law, punish them. Yoi
don't know what other counties want
and they do not know what you want
and the thing for you to do is attend ti
your own business and let them atten<
to theirs. But my friends, I stand fo:
something higher than this?the edu
cation of those who are to take oui
places after we are gone. I stand fo:
the common schools. That is when
the majority of the boys and girls o
this day are to get most of the educa<
tion they are to have. Let us provids
the means whereby every child cai
have the opportunity to read an<
write. Given the ability to read ant
write a child has the opportunity to ge
as much education as he wants,
stand also for liberal appropriations foi
the old Confederate soldier. I do no
believe In extravagant appropriation!
In anything; but there are duties tha
devolve upon us and let us see to I
that all of them have something to ea
and to wear in their last days. If ]
am called to this high and honorabli
position of governor of South Carolina
I promise that I will do everything ir
my power for the honor and upbulldlnf
of this state. I promise to do my dutj
to the best of Yny ability.
Recess of an Hour.
At the conclusion of Mr. Ansel's
speech Mr. Brlce announced a reces!
until 2 o'clock to give the people ar
opportunity to get dinner and refresi
themselves for the afternoon session
The crowd gathered again prompts
in the afternoon, and the first speak'
er introduced was the
Hon. Cole L. Blease,
who commenced his speech with th<
assertion that "South Carolina loves
a man." York county has in hei
midst a man, and in this particulai
instance you may observe the spectacle
of the "lion and the lamb lying
down in peace together." There sits
the author of the Brice law and here
stands a man who has fought it and
who will continue to fight it as long
as it remains on the statute books
I admire a man. Mr. Brice introduced
the bill, as he says, for the
purnose of trying to kill the damnable
dispensary. He was not mealy
mouthed about it and did not resort
to subterfuge about it. If you
defeat Mr. Brice for the senate two
years from now, If he runs, you will
defeat a man. I tell you right now
that if I were here I would not vote
for him; but there is no douljt about
the fact that he is honest and no
coat tail swinger. From Mr. Brice,
i Mr. Blease switched off to Mr. Ansel i
who he described as a fence straddler. 1
i Ansel claims to stand for local self i
government. Why does he not also \
i allow you a high license option, and a
, why does he not allow you to elect i
i your boards of control? Four years 1
ago Ansel was the strongest dlspen- t
sary man In the whole bunch, and t
, now he Is trying to get elected In a
opposition. Mr. Manning tells you I
that he Is for the dispensary; but it \
is only for the purpose of getting <
votes. He voted for the Brice bill, f
the author of which tells you he in- s
troduced it for the purpose of kill- i
ing the "damnable dispensary." He I
took up the record of Mr. Manning I
' and claimed that that gentleman had <
all alnntr vntdH aealnst the diSDensarv. i
. He had started out in bitter opposl'
tion to Tillman and had voted for
Haskell. He read some resolutions
that were adopted by the Sumter people
In the early days of the Tillman
movement strongly condemning Tillman
and his purposes and with the
name of Richard I. Manning as the
first signer. Manning and Sloan took
a trip to Washington in January.
When they left South Carolina both
were bitter enemies of the dispensary;
but while they were away they
had a dream and In that dream they
saw a star. Above that star they
saw the words, "The way to the governor's
office," and across It the word
"Dispensary." Then looking at the
star through their glasses of water,
with one accord they kneeled down
and reverently shouted:
"O! Ben Tillman, we are for thee,
And for the state dispensary."
[Derisive laughter.]
Ua than +/vs\lr nn tha P o vonr.W an.
\ nlng bill and suggested that some.
body ask Manning if Tillman did not 1
. write it. He wanted Manning to tell
, just when he was changed from a
, Haskellite to a Tillmanite and said
r that just as Manning used to cry for .
] water, if he changes his religion as 1
j often as his politics he will finally
, reach a place where he can say nothing
. else but water; water; water! [Laughr
ter]. Mr. Blease said that Joel E.
Brpnson is the only consistent prohi*
bitlonist in the race. The rest are
i humbugs. As for himself he wanted
> it understood that he had joined the
' reform movement at the inception
) and although he had never taken or1
ders from Ben Tillman or anybody
? else he stands now where he has always
stood. If Ben Tillman should
come into his office and undertake to
> dictate he would order him out. He
j then read his political platform and
. wound up by claiming that he was
j willing to compare characters with
: anybody. He had gotten his early
\ religious training from Rev. Dr. J. L.
1 Stokes, whom he pointed out in the
1 audience and he referred all inqulrj
era to the doctor. He said that he
t and the doctor did not agree on the
1 dispensary question; but he was will?
ing to abide by the doctor's estimate
> of his character. As he sat down he
r was applauded. People who beheld
t the amazed expression on the face of
i Dr. Stokes at the time refrained
t rrom pusning me mauer iunner.
Mr. Jo?l E. Brunson
1 Was not able to say that he was
9 glad to be present, for he was unable
9 to conceive of a more foolish thing
- that a body of men could do than
i run around the state making Ave and
9 ten minute speeches. He said that
- the election of a dispensary leglsla9
ture would mean the loss of such pro>
hibition as the people now have. He
1 believed In education; but he thought
s education should be practical as well
9 as theoretical, and to Illustrate told
f how the Illiterate son of a black1
smith demonstrated his superior
r knowledge over the son of a preach1
er, by spitting on a hot iron before
i attempting to pick It up. He thought
- the people had already been badly
1 enough burned by the dlsp9nsary, and
i thought they should spit on It before
- taking it up again. He urgued that
e the dispensary was an expensive ins
stltutlon from whatever standpoint
3 and figured that last year it cost the
', state more than $3,000,000 in the loss
1 of material wealth. He charged to It
i three-fourths of the court expenses
i and also a large per cent of the ex1
pense of maintaining Insane asylums.
3 He declared that the state loses one
boy out of every four on acccount of
t the liquor business, and argued that
2 an everybody no matter how de
bauched he may be with whisky, has
- to marry some sweet girl the ruin Is
3 more than doubled. You can no
i more run a dispensary witnout reeai
ing your boys and girls into it than
& you can run a saw mill without logs.
f He related a distressing story of the
i ruin of a certain family by liquor.
- He jumped on Ansel for actually bragf
ging about the revenue from a dls^
nensarv In a North Carolina county,
B and said that every dollar of that
1 money was stained with blood of
1 men, women and children. He re*
f minded Mr. Ansel that although he
1 might get his pound of flesh, for
' shedding Christian blood he would be
" condemned to hell. He called upon
* Qod to pity the man who would ad
vocate whisky for two years in the
t governor's chair.
g Mr W. A. Edwards,
r of Saluda held that prohibition was
- all right except that It was lmpractlv
cable. He declared that the trouble
- with South Carolina was lax enforce
ment of the laws. He described the
- Southern railroad as a great violator
- of law and condemned the corpora
tlons generally. What this state
- needs more than anything else he
- said, is somebody to enforce the laws,
i He attacked Col. Sloan as an ally of
f corporations.
* Mr. A. C Jones,
e of Newberry, paid he was not a polib
ticlan but a business man. He reprei,
sented the homes, the boys, the moth
ers and the Christian people of the
t state. Like others who have preceded
him, he is interested In the matter of
i education. Reviewed the hardship and
b self-denial by which the various de>.
nominational colleges had been estabr
lished, and plead for the betterment
e of the common school system. He
- Is In favor of an economical admlnisi
tration of the government. Opposed
i to graft and corruption. He was in
- favor of abolition of lobbying. He
e was in favor of immigration to enj
sure that this state shall for all time
be a white man's country. In favor
; of a state arbitration law for the setj
tlement of disputes between capital
i and labor. Had always opposed the
r sale of liquor as a beverage. He re
garded the present law as undemor
cratic and vicious in principle and
r said that it had done more to dis
i honor and degrade our people cnan
f any law that had been passed during
the last twenty-five years. Ho claimi
ed to have stood with all the men who
1 had fought for prohibition, L. D.
1 Childs and others. Referred to the
1 majority for prohibition in 1890, and
t charged that Senator Tillman and ochI
ers had disregarded the instructions of
r the people and put the dispensary upt
on them. Took part in the fight of
3 1898 and said chat if it had not been
t for a deal between Ellerbe and the
t State, a prohibition governor would
t have been elected. Was also with the
1 prohibitionists in the Hoyt race. He
i supported Heyward in the hope that
, the prohibitionists would get considerl
ation; but was disappointed. Gave his
f Influence In behalf of the Brice bill,
r under which the dispensary had been
voted out in so many counties. He
was opposed to the dispensary because
of the graft and corruption that had
J grown up around it. If Senator Tlll3
man took the rebates and gave them
1 away, why should not others take
1 them and put them in their pockets?
He believed that the people are this
r year going to elect anti-dispensary
representatives and the dispensary is
going to be killed. Mr. Brunson has
been sleeping and has not even
brought about a Brice law election in
? his own county. Mr. Ansel Is trying
' to ride two horses at once. In conclusion
he made a personal explanation
of an incident that had occurred
at Chester on the day previous. In his
f speech he had said that his brother-in'
law, C. C. Davis, thought that In being
: called upon to testify as to the New\
berry situation, he had been made a
' scape-goat for others who could have
* ~ 1 '1 *T?. T.unn thniip*hl that T '
IUIU II1UIC. mi.
[ "aid I thought this, and replied to me.
! I wanted to put the matter straight, ;
but the chairman would not let me,
and that is what it was all about. In
conclusion he Insisted that he was
competent to fill the office of governor
1 and he hoped the people would vote
! for him.
, Richard I. Manning
was received with applause. He realized
that there is a limit even to such
patience as had been shown during the
Jiorning. and would only talk about a
ew things that he conceived to be
jarticularly appropriate. If elected he
vould be governor of the whole state
ind not of any particular section. He
'ecommends certain changes In exlstng
laws to meet the conditions demandid
tj i..e Increasing prosperity of the
itate. He stands for a conservative
ind economical administration of the
aws of both county and state. He
vould like to speak on governmental
luestions; but in the limited time at
lis disposal could only outline his poiltion
on the main issue now before the
jeople, the dispensary. ' He said that
hey do things In politics that are not
aught In the Sunday school; but if
:her-e js anything that is to be shown
n his record that is against the interest
of the people of the state, It has
ieen simpiy a niauer 01 perverse uulerstanding.
His invariable rule has
seen to ask of all questions, first. Is it
right? and second, is It to the best tnerest
of the people of the state? He had
lever considered his future political
interest in any vote he had ever cast,
He was free to say that when the dispensary
law first came up he voted
igainst it. He has since changed his
views. No permanent solution of the
liquor question has ever been found. I
Invite you to consider not the question
}f success of one party over another;
put those conditions that will promote
temperance and sobriety. After this
law was passed, when I saw the bar
rooms close, tne treating naoit aoonsnid
and other evils pass away, I felt that
this system had advantages that I had
never seen In any other system, and
that it was worth taking up and perfecting.
I have since devoted myself
u> trying ot make this system as perfect
as possible. That has been my
ittltude from 1894 to this time. While
the law has not been administered as
it was intended, and while more attention
has been paid to the profit feature
than was intended, and while there
has been no actual propf of bribery,
still deep down in their hearts the people
feel that there has been corruption
and bribery and they want to destroy
>t. But my friends is that the way to
jo at it? If your bank officials should
prove dishonest would you want to
abolish the banks. No you would pnt
the dishonest officials in the penitentiary.
A number of us, realising the
uecesslty of improving the law, got
together and introduced a bill, which
,vas intended to accomplish that end,
rhe outcome of It all was the introduction
of what has since become
xnown as the Raysor-Manning bill.
This bill had its origin with Senator
Tillman, Senator Raysor, Mr. Richards,
myself and others. He explained that
.. revisions of the bill looking to the
purchase of liquor from government
ponded warehouses ny commissioners
to be aDoolnted bv the srovernor. and
each commissioner to serve during only
one purchase. The business of the
commission would be to open bids subrnitted
previous to Its appointment and
will go out of office as soon as it made
che purchase. He believes that this
arrangement would purify the dispensary
and do away with the possibility
of graft. He jus unwilling to believe
chat all, honest' men are gone. He did
not believe that the county dispensary
3ystem would be free from any of the
objections that apply to the state dispensary.
There would be no way to
prevent corrup Ion In the county dispensaries.
He insisted that the passage
of the Raysor-Manning bill would
not result In the re-opening of the dispensary
in York county. He promised
that If elected governor he would do
all he could to secure an honest conscientious
enforcement of all the laws,
whether those laws provide for state
>r county dispensaries or for prohibition.
Mr. John J. McMahan
said it was his misfortune to be the
last speaker, when the crowd is tired.
He went Into the dispensary question,
and reviewed the history of the principle
of sumptuary laws. He hoped to
live to see the day when drunkenness
will be punished as a crime. Thought
.-epresentatives In congress should try
to secure amendments to the inter
3U&IC H\J IUUICIVQ Ittn ou ?o IU give MiO
states control of liquor as soon as It
came within their borders. He also
thought that the United States government
ought to amend Its laws so as to
cease the licensing of the sale of liquor
in prohibition counties. Discussed
the prevalent custom among the
people of high clandlng, who take their
toddy when they see proper. Individually
he sees no need for alcoholic
drinks; but he sees no possibility of
being able to enforce a law when
there are so many people who are as
able as he is, think otherwise. It is
very well understood that we cannot
always get what we want and the
thing is to do the best we can. He did
not think Mr. Branson should undertake
to impugn the motives of people
who differed with him on this question.
He had been before the people of the
state for a long time, and he was willing
to leave his reputation with them.
In this campaign it had been his endeavor
to bring the people to a calm,
cool consideration of this question from
the standpoint of common sense. It
is the abuse and not the use of llqnor
that makes it disgraceful. He did not
see how any man could take the position
that it is disgraceful to sell liquor.
He thought that until the
churches were prepared to enforce proIt
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not criticise tbe state made up of
church members and non-church members
for recognizing the sale of whisky
as a legitimate business. He saUlthat
the members of the board of control ,
had been convicted before the bar of
public opinion and that many proud
names had been besmirched and dragged
in the mud. In conclusion he appealed
to all the earnest, honest people
of the state to join him in punishing
wrong doers and restoring the proud
name of the state. Tbe sale of liquor
will go on in one way or another and
the only way to purify the dispensary
is to put it' in charge of the best and
highest minded people of the state.
There is danger of corruption as long
as there are rebates, and it is necessary
to abolish the possibility of getting
them. The Raysor- Manning bill
would fall utterly in its purpose for
which it is intended because after all
it is left to the commissioner to say
how much liquor shall be bought. Instead
of buying from anybody the state
should manufacture its own liquor.
Mr. McMahan was liberally applauded.
Congressional Candidate*.
Mr. McMahan was the last of the
state campaigners, and at the conclusion
of his remarks. Chairman Brlce
announced that the candidates for
congress would also present their
claims. Members of the audience,
thoroughly tired out, left in large numbers,
and the crowd was reduced to
to forty or fifty people.
Hon. D. E. Finloy
was Introduced as the first speaker.
He said that in view of the fact that
the people knew all about him, it was
not necessary for him to make any extended
remarks. If it could come to
a point where he would have to defend
himself before his own people nothing
he could say now would do any good.
Dr. Strait has several charges and
complaints. He claims that he accomplished
more In congress in fifteen
minutes that I have accomplished
in eight years. He considers it a
great reflection on me that I should
let Congressman Webb of North Carolina,
have the credit of securing the
appropriation for the King's Mountain
battle ground monument Then
again he says that I promised rural
free delivery positions to various individuals
and gave them to others.
That is about all, isn't it, doctor?
Dr. Strait said quite crustily that
he would explain the matter.
Dr. T. J. Strait
On taking the stand Dr. Strait com
nienceu uy repruacuiiiB mc auuicuco
for having refused to listen to him
when he had undertaken to expose
the treachery of McLaurln In that
same room some years ago. He recalled
how McLaurln tad pretended
to faint and said it was only a possum
dodge. He thought that the people
had treated him very badly about that
matter, and he did not appear to be
entirely reconciled. Then he said he
always stood on the watch tower and
would tell the people what was doing,
no matter what might happen. Next
he said that in his travels he had
come across several people to whom
Finley had promised rural free delivery
routes and failed to keep his
promise.
Mr. Finley quietly asked the doctor
to name a case.
Dr. Strait cited the case of a nephew
of his, and made a statement to
the effect that some five years ago
Mr. Finley told this nephew that If he
would get up a petition he would be
appointed mail carrier. The nephew
lid so, and in the election voted for
iomebody else other than Finley and