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LETTER TO TILLIAN FROM GEO. B. CROMER HE PROTESTS AGAINST INTRO DU CTION OF FACTION. Tilman is Charged With "Shifting cf Ground."-The Duty of a Worthy State Leader. The State. The following "open letter" to Sen a.tor Tillman from Hon. Geo. B. Cromer. of Newberry. has been re ceived by the State for publication: Hen. B. R. Tillman. Dear Sir: I protest against the in troduction of the tom-tom and the spirit of faction into the movement by which the merits of the dispen sary are to be tested. The tom-tom is the instrument of the juggler and factionalism is t+e resort of the poli tician. The people of this state have the rig:ht to expect something higher and better from you. Your recent letter to Mr. Higgins was a calm. sane and judicial statement of your attitude on the dispensary question. but for this very reason it was dis tasteful in certain quarters, and you were accused of straddling. You gave that letter out a- an expression of views. and. my name having .)een kindly stggested by you. I was asked :o answer it in the New Voice. I declined t0 do so for the simple reason that in this county we wisn to test the dispensary question on its merits and. e:-efore. desire to exclude every nossibie phase of "Till man: in. Shifting Of Ground. in the Higgins letter you recog nized the widespread and well-found ed belief that the dispensary is cor rupt in its administration, and that the present agitation is an expression of popular dissatisfaction. ' But in your Edgefield speech you shifted your ground. and took the position that the movement is political in sig nificance and is a covert attack upon you. In the Higgins letter you said that the remedy for the coruption rests with the legislature: that in the last legislature the friends and enemies of the dispensary got together and did nothing but appoint a committee: that ever since you were governor you ihave given advice and made sug gestions. but that your opinion has had no weight with the legislature: and that if the next legislature does not apply the remedy. you will help to kill the dispensary. In your Edgefield speech you said tnat if the next legislature does not adopt certain suggestions that you in tend to make. - u will help to elect a legislature that will. And you said by implication at least, that you will go to the "Reforiners" for that leg islature. I appeal from Philip drunk to Phil ip sober-from the temper of the Edgefield speech to the tone of the Higgins letter. In Newberry there ino disposition :o make an attack upon you under cover of a movement against the dispensary. It is not a political movement. It was begun in an off year in order that it might be a test of a zreat moral question. unclouded by personal and political considerations. It is not a move ment of the politicians. but a move ment of the people. You have dloubt less noticed that the countes that were strongly "Conservat:ve" are not in the movement. A Duty to South Carolina's Youth. I do not question your right to take part in the discussion. Inde pendently of the fact thTat you are the author of the system in this state. it would be strange if you were to remain sii.ent. By yirt ue of your high office and of your great influence it is your duty to speak. but to speak sanely and tempeiiately as you did in the Higgins letter. You owe- a great deal to the youmh of this state. votr owe them the best that you have to give. W\hen the dispensary was first nut on trial there may- have b-en good reason for an appeal to a fac tion, but that reason no longer ixists. Thie system has been on trial for m'ore -than 12 years. It will soon be voted on by :hou;sands of men who were -cnly eight or ninu' y-ears old when it w~as adopted. When you speak n.ow, we are entitledl to have ynn speak from the point of view of statesman Besides. v-ii .ave to munh sargac ity to fear That this movement against the dispensary can endanger your po litical future. You occupy a large place in the history of South Caro lina for the last 15 years, and for a number of years no rival has challeng ed your primacy among the political leaders of the state. Ben Tillman. the senator representing South Carolina. can well afford 'to discard the metsh ods of Ben Tillman the partisan lead er. I do not mean to be offensive. Yon know of my appreciation of the distinguished services that you have rendered this state in a number of directions. But I do earnestly pro test that you have no righ' to befog this question by lowering it to the plane of partisan politics. It Debauches Morals. That tie administration of the dis pensary system is corrupt any fool can see as he runs. But I go farther than that, even at the risk of having you charge me with cant and hypoc risy. ' No mat,ter how high your pur pose may have been in adopting the system, in its origin it seems to have been a cunningly-deviser scheme to chloroform the public conscience. No Jesuirical attempt to debauch morals by using the end to justify the means could have been more successful, if the system has been honestly adminis tered. The corrupt administration will save us Irom the system itself. What It Teaches the Children. Governor Hock of Kansas. tells me, are rearing a new civilization here. I believe there are more than a '1uarter of million of young people who have never seen a saloon. Pro hibition is the only logical attitude of law toward the liquor traffic, and the whole country will some day recog nize the fact." "What sort of civ ilization are we rearing in South Car olina? Our supreme court, in its famous decision upholding tihe consti tutionality of the dispensary law, laid down the following as a fundamental proposition and said that if this pro position is not true the law is uncon stitutional. "That liquor, in its nature, is -dangerous to the morals, good or der. health and safety of the people, and is not to be placed on the same footing with the ordinary commodi ties of life, such as corn, wheat, cot ton, iobacco, potatoes, etc." Kansas says to her children, "The liquor traf fic is dangerous and ought to be pro hibited." South Carolina says to her thousands of school children, ''The liquor traffic is dangerous to the mor als, good order, health and safety of the people, and therefore we will sell liquor and get all the money we can for the schools." You may call it cant if you will, but in effect here is an insidious attempt to wed public edlucation to the liquor traf6ic. It is an unholy alliance and God will put them asunder. We cannot afford to lower the ideals of our schools. We must nIot pois.on the fountain that nourishes the heart and brain of our people. Vicious and Dangerous Scheme. The business of the saloon keeper wias becoming disrepu.table in this state. andI saloon keepers were begin ning to find it difficult to justify the business in the eyes of their children. The dispensary system attempts to make the traffne respectable and repu table. How can de children in nur scVols answer the sophistry of the argument. that whatev'er contributes to the support of the schools is good and wise? I lav it down as little short mt an axiom. that any' restric ive scheme that Lakes control of a rafBic that is dangerous to the morals of the people and controls it in such a way as -to make it reputable, is a vicious and dangero~us scheme. Better Things Than Money. Let me suggest an historical paral lel. A great leader wvas commanded to go down against the Amalakites. standing for immorality, and destroy them and theirs utterly. When he ws called t-o account by the old prophet and asked what meant the lowing of cattle and the bleating of sheep. his lame excuse was that the people had kept the best of the sheep and oxen -to sacrifice to the Lord. The prophet's answer was as swift and withering as lightning. "Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice." Sacrifice i~ good. but there are bet ter :hings than mere sacrifice. The pr~er:::. n ' a great state wvas corn re' :: extjr-:ssed at the ballot box. traffic. And when called to accoun: it makes the pitiful plea that while it has not destroyed the traffic managed it so as to get money for the taxpayers. Money for the schools is good, but there are better things than money for the schools. The blight of God's curse falls upon the people that resirt to methods that dull the public conscience and lower the tone of public morals. Appeal That a Patriot Might Heed. Senator Tillman. the dispensary syster cannbt help you, and you can help it only temporarily. It is wrong in principle and corrupt in practice, and its doom has been written. By throwing your powerful influence against the present agitation you may save the dispensary for a while. but it is tottering and must fall. It is fortunate for you that your reputa tion rests upon achievements that will endure. You recall. do you not, the desire of Jefferson that his epitaph should remind posterity that he was the author of the Declaration of In dependence, and of the bill for re ligious liberty. and the father of the University of Virginia. And so his name is handed down, riveted to civil libert. and religious liberty, and higher education. three things that can never depart from the earth, or from the love of men. And von. what would you be remembered by? There is \\iinthrop. and there is Clemson: well may you- heart swell with hon orable pride. And there is. I will nut name the 'third thing. What true friend would link your name wiih the dispensary? What bitter enemy could desire a worse fate for you than to have you raised to that bad emi nence? A wise solution of the liquor problem is one thing: the dispensary is another. What The People Want. I have very little political ambition, and no taste for public controversy. You need not remind me that it is none of my business to take care of your reputation. I know that. :But in a quiet way I have for many years been doing my best, little as it may have been, to develop strong, clean, brave manhood in this state, and it saddens me to feel that you are I about 'to let the pride of opinion and the fervor of debate stand in the way of a fair and open test of a great moral question. The people do not need advice, they need free opportun ity to vote. Respectfully, Geo. B. Cromer. Newberry, S. C., Aug. II, 1905 W OR K BY A Newberry Steam Laundry Co. Just received 2car loads of Buggies. I car load of Wagons. and a lot of up to-date and first class Harness. All to be hacd at REASONABL.E PRICES at A T. BROWN. Season Tickets Via. C., N. & L. The Columbia, Newberry and Laur :ns railroad offers Season Tickets to. the following points, limited untif October 31st, 1905: Asheville, N. C. $7.o= Alexander 7.35 Arden 6.75 Biltmore 7.0 Brevard 7.9a Flat Roo]- 6.3c Fletchers 6.6r Hendersonville 6.40 Hot Springs Murphy II.3C Saluda 6.oc Swannanot 7-35 Tryon 5.6c Waynesville 7.80 Lake Waccamaw 9.3 Wrightsville 11.70 Carolina Beach I1.55 Georgetown 8.3c Conway 10.10 Isle of Palms 7.90 Sullivans Island 7.90 Waterloo 1.95 Cross Hill Glenn Springs 4.45 Spartanburg 4.10 Greenville 4.05 Parties wishing to purchase tickets' to points beyond Spartanburg wif please notify me before the trains are due, that I may arrange to have ticks ets ready on their arrival. For schedules or further informa tion phone or write, J. W. Denning, Agent. Wliat a BarIuI I A bargain is where a purchaser obtair.s an articie at a lower price than the same article is usually sold for, or be low its regular market value. Now I seldom use the word bargain, because it has beers abused so, but you wil find that this definition applies to everything I offer at a reduced! price. I am offering some bargains in pic tures and pocket books: Call in and see for your self and you can calE them bargains if yotr wi h, but I call them a: "sinch" for .you. My prices are one-fourth off of the regular price-. "Ti.e B est O)ne FIFTH ANNUAL -: TO : ATLANTA, GA. The New York of the South. -VIA C. N. & L. and S. A. L. R'YS. Monday, July 31st, 1905. $200 ROUN L onger Return Limit than Ever' Before. LEAVE. ROUND TRIJP'. Little Mountain 8.00 a. mn... . $2.25 Prosperity . . . 8.15 a. mn.. . . $2.00 Newberry . . . 8.30 a. .. . .2.00 Kinards . . . . 8.50 a. mn.. . . 20. Arrive at Atlanta at 3.00 p. mn.; As turning, special train will leave Atlant at 9.00 p. mn. Tuesday, August 1st. Tickets good to return on regular trains up to and inciuding Seaboard train No. 32 leaving Atlanta 1.C0 p. m.. Thursday, August 3d. For further information and tickets,. call on any C.N. &L. Agent or J. W. DNI4InG Ag't Newherry. S. (. Notice of Election in Newberry County on the Question of "Dispensary" or no "Dispensary." State of South Carolina, County of Newberry. j WHEREAS, the following request and order has been received by the Commissioners of Election for the County and State aforesaid: OFFICE OF COUNTY SUPERVISOR, Newberry, S C., July 29, 1905. Fred H. Dominick, Esq., Chairman Commissioners of Election, Newberry, S C. Dear Sir: Whereas, a petition of one-fourth of the qualified voters of the County of Newberry has been filed with me as County Supervisor of Newberry County, asking for an election on the question of the removal of dispensaries in the County of Newberry. Now, by virtue of the power and authority in me vested by an Act of the General Assembly, ap proved on the 25th day of February, 1904, (Acts 1904, page 495) I do hereby request and order that you call an elec tion, submitting the question of "Dis pensary" or "No Dispensary" to the qualified voters of Newberry County; said election t' be held on the 29th day of August, 1905 and to be conducted as other special elections. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) J. MONROE WICKER, (Official Seal), Supervisor Newberry County. Notice is hereby given that an elec tion will be held at the several precincts established by law in Newberry County, on Tuesday, August 29th, 1905, upon the question of "Dispensary" or "No Dispensary.'" Polls at each voting place will be opened at seven o'clock, a. m., and closed at four o'clock, p. m. The following named persons have been appointed managers of said elec tion: Newberry: W. T. Gaillard, Jno. A. Summer, Thos. Tarrant. Helena: B. F. Goggans, J. S. Chal mers, T. G. Williams. Newberry Cotton Mill; J. A. Senn, M. P. Williama, J. M. Guin. Mollohon Mills: W. 0. Wilson, T. M. Schumpert, E. Shealy. Garmany: B. B. Leitsey, T. W. Folk, Ben F. Cannon. Mt. Bethel: J. D. Nance, James Ste phens, S. J. Cromer. Glymphville: C. L. Leitzey, J. H. Smith, John A. Cromer. Maybinton: B. H. Maybin, T. A. Hawkins, J. J. Thomas, Jr. Whitmire: F. W. Fant, J. L. Evans, W. C. Scott. Cromers: A. C. Sligh, R. L. Abrams, T. E. Chandler. Jalapa: H. M. Mayer, A. L. Waters, Eene Hitt. Longshore: A. J. Livingston, S. E. Senn, J. W. Wilson. Williams: J. B. Scurry, J. S. Werts, J. W. Matthews. Utopia: W. L. Buzhardt, J. M. Nichols, A. L' Thrailkill. Prosperity: L. C. Merchant, Geo. F. Huntar, N. A. Nichols. Hendrix Mill: G. E. Dominick, E. T. Mayer, W. W. Shealy. Slighs: C. B. Eargle, E. E. Sligh, J. W. Long. Central: J. P. Sheelv, J. L. Stock man, BS. Wicker. Little Mountain: J. K. Derrick, J. N. Feagle, A. C. Wheeler. Union: M. C. Moore, M. L. Long, J. D. Quattlebanin Jolly Street: "Jno C. Wilson, T. E Stone, J J. Kibler. Pomaria: G. B. Aull, J. G. Long, B. H. Counts Walton: W. B. Graham, J. L. Crooks, 'T. H. Cromner. St. Philips: W. F. Koon, M. L. Wicker, W. T Dickert. On the day of election, the managers must organize by the election of a Chairman and a Clerk, if necessary, which Clerk shall be some person other than one of the Managers, as no pay will be allowcd to the same person act ing in both ca'pacities. The Chairman elected is empowered to administer oaths. The Mar.agers have the power to fill any vacancy, and if none of the Mana gers attend, the citizens can appoint from among the qualified voters the Managers who, after being sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election, the Man agers and Clerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the same is com pleted, and make a statement of the result for the said office and sign the same. Within three days thereafter, the Chairman of the Managers, or some one designated by the Managers, must de liver to the Chairman of the Commis sioners of Election, Fred H. Dominick, the poll list, the boxes containing the ballots and written statements of the result of the election. One of the above named Managers for each precinct must call upon the Chairman of the Commissioners of Elec tion, Fred H. Dominick, at his office on Law Range, Newberry, S. C. on Thnrs day, 24th day of August, 1905, to re ceive ballot boxes, poll lists and in structions n t{oMaiNfy. Chairman. M. J. LONGSHORE, J. B. DERRICK, Commissioners State and County