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teet under the sae mahogany with Booker Washington. In introducing the senator Mr. In. gtram spoke of Tillman'Is tight 20 years ago for the education of the massos. He had taught tho people self-help, taught them the dignity of labor. le had put a now song In their ntuths, now faith in their hearts alid a now moaning in theiT lives. "I int'odico to you," h1o said, "the groat tiomocrat and foremost chamn. pion of tho people's rights, 11. It. Till Man."' Senator Tillman. A mid applauso Seator Tillman canio forward. lio opened with a few coiplimentary rtmitarkm to the erowdo saying what a pleoasure it was t'or hitu to ble petsefnt, ite etn1e because he hadl wointhiing he waited to say to the plille ''ho Iewspapers ud satid he shonld Mtick ito niatitona11l aitrairs utid ntit ut'd die with stale mattrs. lit' hnd heln at vitizoen andi Iaxpayor hef'oroeit ho.b 1'11Vn i l Ver o and%)1 111 is still at vitizell anid taxpatyor. lie has as much right as aniy onlo to talk abi1ot these ntattters and it' ainyhody waonts him to keep Aluiet lie says it is "11non1e ot' his busi ness.' Glad of Opposition. lie was glad to leartl on the dany the eaillpiign otenied (liat lie woulid have oppoitiol, as he oulld then make speehes without being accused of tulddling. Still lit' didil't hnery holte, but stayetd inl Washington1 and attended to the people's husiness thetv. its lit' felt satistied tht' people would attolntd to his husine'ss ietv. lit' t'olt ty that the people would rv eleet him, but if they want another senator they Poultd elet another. The oftte belonged to the ipeople tud he doesin't want any oflet that hasn't got the entior-cement of the peopile. lit, was sorry lattipkin had quit. lie thad hoped Iunpkin would stay in antd att as at "'teastr." to stir him ip to at good trae. He waitet to stir up a little o' that "Tilhanistu" that useI to he so rit'e throuAlighoult the st atet. if 1.In1pkinl latd stayed in the raoe the votlors who ta4d serathe him inl 1900 wontl have had solie oite to volt t'or "T'hlese 'eople dto it like tue, have never liked tie atid I don't tare if hey nevter do."' seIvamt ed the seiator. 1tnaking.- a tamlpaign gritu1aoe Whiskcy. Sonator Tilltanit then took up11 the whiskey (Inestion. saving- that as herttoo this wonld be h th issue itt this state this year. lie disenssed flte whiskey probletml inl its hu e phas es. showingz that this had heetn a probleil in all the states, lie said iunty ot' (host, who con leittedl thet rdispensatry and piteaeht'd pI hibiteiIto, kept hslior at hnie aId w ere t he t'ello\ s w\ ho _ot ,inls a t CI ivol" Ill, e 1,(ree- .nd % t , tAt I s. t,i' Il w o I'Z trade, The IfNlo ' the tailro'ad dec't need t he dipn sart, as he ean gevt lignor liy e'\plis. t~ther }Wesphe hc\ i. to \i.late t he lawii to gevt wihi-;ke' andA this hwe~ds law lesmi ie he'.ieies in~ getIting the andi Iten enfatvingz that law. ile be ijyes0 tiaIt is the dispen sary' law, Tihe ple had enors-ed the' dis li cit'oled each' of' the's inst anes, Then Seniatort T'ilhwun took up the chang'ies wihicht had b'een inade in the law and laidi up~on the legislatuim thei~ rspo'nsi bility for the eorr-uption helieved to bet in thet dlispensary, Th'evi ew s"nme thtinv the governor did not do which wonhid hai e kept out some tof this rasity, he asserted. lie stated his oh.iections to the IBrie law, hint he does not want to forve whiiskey back into atny cunty if thte maj\rity of white democi~wrats do not watnt it, If the voters want pro hibitionm and will enforve it, let themt have it, lBnt he is opposedt to this prohibition whteo whiskey is solhd na, detr enver and the mioney sent to At ianta and Charliotte while the sehool t\mit suffers, Hie is tipposed to s.teal its. but yoni can get honest menr tto take chairge of the busins. He said there hatd beetn tronble ini the "npet' 'visar's oftkle in Gireeille and they didn1't abolish the oftRees but abolished the man, He wanted them to putity the dipensary% and pnt honst ment in eharge. He believedt there was eniomug seed torn of hons*ty left in the state. ?makta's 3sttaph IMsga little tta at the n-spa, per, 8.aator Tillmean took up his wvittea , H ha4 Saed it up t Rythe an h said, LumpkinIs eandidaoy remlndm me of an epitaph on the grave of an infant who died two week after birth: "If so soon I was to be done for, What in thutiler was I begun fort" 'When Senator Tillman .strted out making-9poeches last summer he be gall at Greenville onl the Glorious Fourth, the speaking being held at the new fair grounds four miles from the city, Tie next time tie senator took the stutp, at Anderson In August, he had his speech written and gave all his newspaper friends a copy before ie hogan to speak. In that speech he out lifted his plan to eure the admittedly sick dispensary, a sheome which was closely followod by the lRaysor-Man ninig-Tillian bill or tit, Tillnn-Man ning-liaysor hill, at tiht following ses sion f to h legislatu re. ''oday Senator Tillita also had a propared speech. It tracks very closely the speech at Andetr'son last August. giving his plan to 'puri'v flie dispensary by vesting tilie pur chasitnz power in a changeable hoartd ot' three metibers, huvinig only t'roml hbod warehouses and placing tiho responlsiility for tle detail manage mient ot' the business on another board of three and tle commissioner. Thq Prepared Speech. senator 'Tillm1antt's prepalvd speeelh follows: " d There is bmt one important issme involved in this campaign so far as state aftairs go. and as for my own candidey, it msts on the record whie I have made since I entered publie life sixteen years ago, and the ittimate knowledgo which the people of tie state have of my cltaracter.per sonality and qualitications. I am will ing to leave it there without diseus sion or presentation. The tight d state dispensary vs. Couity dispen sary, for no otte expects the prohibi ion condidates. however. worthy and well tialified they may be to I veive verv elheh. With all their efforts ( and they have bieln m-any antd long continued). the newspapers whit'h have always t'oight the dispenlsary have not been able to drim up a candidate t'or guv er*nor who advoolltes local optiton straight as against dispensary and prohibition and only in Charleston does that idea have any men otfering. for ollive under it. The local option offered t,he people, is between prohi hition and county dispensary and the whole tiglt is to dVsto'y the state dis pt'isar-y tirst with l no other -purpose than to then obtain the privilege ot' relning the ohl ba rroomls qunder the new -Iuist, ot' litilor stores selling 1n1 dt' constitiliotmal limitations. Th.. rea0 l ti-lt is t'or the control ot' the legislatirte. htanlst, he vernoi e 0. t ama1k e or lmln e tle haws anad : I try I ~ i to nforc thiem, 1is .n u a 'hit. c * \'er le ri l'i \ i d e ,Ie us r' ct. he ,to o\\e.Ic } i2 pu ished ui "i have the tient on th dipesaywith Ithe nitimat e purpos~e of hain tmzhe counoty dispenais trtN dnto licensed bat' tmos if' Ihe ljor0t to private individutals rather than let it renait in the hands of state *'oiicials. Those' who clami'tor ' o conn1y disp'ens.aries instead of one 5ta t' dispens5ary, mulhst demions trate how~ it is e'asier' to lirent corruptio'n among~ the thirty or fori'ty nnty hoards thani t stop it to one state harnt I have great faith in the gval commnon sense~ of the peo'ple and do nct believe they can be prsaded to destroy the state dispensary- and leave each c'outnty to pntwhase ad s.el its own liquor, Yet The State and News andi 7oinier, wichl have alway-s hat edi the dispensary 'worse than the devil hates holy water,' are advoest ing catndidates who favor uuty diise penisaries, The only possible goAl rwason thtat can be advanced on this line is that the prohibition eoonties udter the cmustitution reeit-e a part of the ptronts whieh arise from the sate of liquor in the other enunties. This is unjust as everyone must me knowledge, but it eent be remedied very easily by having the state dis penarmak o poBIs other than a few thonsand dollars abore its u-. ning~ expenses, thus learvig the oun, ttue and townts to die the pro&ts between these, This can be eeaiy done andi when we eensider the ex pens~e oft bawing liqisor in retail gan titie. and ptaying koeel freights on it instead of aig earlod lots and Pa.yingr thwag6 freigb' the eeenty dispeasary eeanot sand the tempail ma $r .I . is aot -he smm "The leakove or otoa age in the b,t. tling of liquor at each %t,,nty dispen sary would be immonw, and I know no way tuit it could be pteveitAll;tpr do I know any by which it wo\Id be possible to prevent the whiskey be ing watered, bottle refilled, relabeled and other schemes of making money dishonestly, if the system were adopt ed. It is not possible to prevent it, and I do not think any seisible man w1k \considers the question will ser lously contend that it is. Even if one half of the counties in the state should adopt the prohibition-blind tiger-jug trade-program it would be better, more economical and thqre would he less possibility of corrup tion and speeulation in the purchase and handling of liquor in the other dispeisary counties. if the buying hottliig and shipping should be done at one central depot instead of in eaeh county. "it uimst not he forgotten, because it was the nderstanding (and a bar gain n%as made) during the light in the legislature last winter against the state dispensary, that the ultimate iurpose is to have Charleston whole sale liquor dealers supply the county dispensaries as well as the jug trade by express in dry eounties; and while this would he better than to have this litifor shipped in from North Caro lin and Georgia. as it now is, be eanse it would keep the money at home, I do not believe that the peo ple of the state are now willing or will ever he willing to see the state dispensary destroyed, with the in evitable result that liquor selling will gradually go back to the old system of private control. I would be glad to have Charleston prosper, but it is not the loss of the liquor trade that hurts Charleston. Other things are to blame. "The issue between private control and control by state officials must hinge at last on the question of whether or not the people of South Carolina shall determine that we can not find honest men enough to Carry on fihe dispensary system and devise laws to make those who are dishonest afraid. I say we ean. I do not believe that every man who handles whiskey must hevome a thief. I believe that the people only need to see and know that the dispensary system can be re. formed and cleansed of corruption to make them stand by it. "I will proceed to give the phm which appears to me after a great deal ot' thought and consideration %I suggestions from very many sources to he the best. We will hegin n the collities. "Connty dispensers should he elect el in the demoeratio priliary t he same as other oflleers. The ewounty boarl shtm11d he conliosed of the 1.ay O'r Ot' the town1 inl whieli a dispen,ary i- ath. he superviso1 ot the. win 'Teentyv d ispen:ser sho.uld he nr' .ia'le 'y he gov ernor T or t.an se, a e by :he leg~islaiture. but its dni \y -hould he ' otndtgnrld less, th same aisi.o the btiryan hoapita.l fori the insane arec run. It s-hould not i'nrehag. anyi whli-key or anything el-e regqniied in the hnsi ness. hF.veryvthing reqnired, i''.inig the whiiskey-. should he b'uneht uder annual contracts made as follow-s: Af-. ter thie state eommtissioner has adv-er tised in the manner prescr-ibed byv law land this ought to lbe veryv clear and wpeitie. leaving nothing to the diis c'tion of anyone, and go'ing fully into details), the bids should lie op ened in publie byv three men selected jnst before the date texed byv the gov et-nor and the eoutr-act made with the lb'west hidder by~ the year- for the sup plies to be ordem-d out by the commit-s stoner as needed. These three mnen are' 1 t Tev. only onc-e and a:llyu to make the entracts.. The bidders will not know who will make the awalis arnd therefom' cannot enter in to colluisioni in adwanc- anid even should the guover,or (which is incon.. eeivablel be willic: to select a board 'which it- -ld act eornptly the spemtci.. tieations of the bidding made with minuteness and the publicity would prennft any graflt. "No whiskeyr or tignoir shoulhd be purchased except frm m govemment bo-nded aareoee. In case of wines and beer the brewers should aloe famyish the tirst direct frm the brew. eries, and the 'enall gaatity of the othem used could he beIbed about in the adnetintment so as to imsure honesy and the prest and best az'x tieles. For the intouuation of thc., ureo are not jKsted. 1 will say that the g.orrament - beded warehouse. are ander the cotrol of the Unitedi State. intemia remenu ocials em tirety and whiskey deposited ini thema <tme -ieet tree the sInU aa the owner is not permitted to manipulate It or handle it in any -iay until the tax is paid and it is removed. We thus get a gliarantee of absolute pur ity without a Cheimical analysis and such liquors are as much staple ar ticles of commerce as corn, wheat or bacon. It is the blended and retitled whiskeys that are adulterated and I where the cheating comes in. The blending and mixing could be done ini the state dispensary where there w6uld be no incentive to increase protfis by adulteration, besides the law would provide severe .penalties for that kind of thing. - " The county dispensers being elect- I ed by the people will be anxious to please the people,as they will be beat en at the polls,if they do not .do their duty. The county board, chosen as indicated, will he responsible to the people also With -every incentive to give a good administration. The whis key pumvhased in that way will be as pure and as g%-u as ean be obtained , Under any potsible conditions and there is absolutely no way in which corruption can etvp in, if here is the least effort on the part of the people and the governor to prevent it. "The troubte with the dispensary 11now is that our g"vernors have neg Ilected their duties and have not kelt supervision over the workings of the local dispensers and the state board. Fxeuse may he found for this by say ing the legislature put the dispensary beyond the governor's control. This is trite in a way, and it was a very wvat mistake, yet the governor's oath of oftlee requires him to ''see that the laws atv executed in mercy.'' And with the power to appoint con stables at his discretion and detee tives also, when needed, it cannot he denied that the demoralization and corruption which have been so much 1 in evidence would have been prevent- r ed by the govenior's using trusted agents to keep supervision over the dispensary system an'd see whether the law was being carried out. I did, this,. but iy successors seem to have thonht it unnecessary or too much lahor. I not only watched the dis- 0 pensers. hut I watched the Constables a too. though a detective, who report ed to me alone. The necessity for the more ricid enforcement of all law makes the coning election for gover nor important. Things have been run too loosely and too little regard paid - to enforcing the law. I criticise no one. but simply give the people the E facts as I see them and, of course, they alone can supply the remedy. We should elect the %"overnor who will do this and do it fearlessly and zeal ously. hut there is still small oppor tunity t'or graft in tle scheme outlin1 ed. pr,vided the legislative commit tee which superintends the other state institutions and the grand juries of the various colunties pay attent ion to tOhei! 11ties. No novernment has ever been dievised that would run it self ( a nu every eoverunment is an intde x otf the ' .iellie ce, publi it piit and p a rit i-m ei its people. i thle peop'le are nignzrant and indifferent and eense to w:atch and look after~ their~ afYairs.I the ever'nment theyr give themriselves' no ':r. n: hemselves. .'Te . 'ndit ions in the dispenmsary now are directly traceable to the blnn dering~ and neglect of the legislature. That body plaeced the state dispensary in the hands of three politicians. elected wit hout consideration to tit niess. expe'rience or character. threw no re-t net ions whatever around the administ rat ion. left the door wide open. limited the salary to 4(10 and now we see the result. I have always said and believed it was desiignedly done to destroy it. Polities and not titness have mo'st always controlhld the leeislative elections, but no amount of salary alone would cure the evil of which we complain. "The oriiginal boand was composed of the g'overnor, attorney generalI and:. the comptroller general, three of our higThesi state otliiials elected by the eopl~e, butt the vitalt mistake was in not muaking! strict rules and reenmla tions for the purehase of whisker. The enemies of the dispensary~ de elare that it is inherently vicious and that it cannot be purined. This err is indicative that those who thus centend practically confess that they 4 have lost all faith in the honestr of men or in the ability of men to give i thetmselves just and honest govern wuent.. I for one do not believe that I all of the honest men are dead. The people are ding-usted andi they have a right to be, but the one ezime whieh they should no~t forgive is the failure af the last legislatuire to ehant.e the law so as to prevent any further tealinq and to restorqe the dispensaary I sysJtn to its original purpose, that of cotroling whiskey and minirmiig the evils inseeparable from its sae, and um. The eneies of the dispensary were beat on killing it and the eme-J (continudon Page Sir W. E. PELH) Reliable Ph We sell Sure Remedi is is Reliable. We gua action with every pack, When your doctor w )ring or send it to us. 3reparing medicines. aractlces; we use pure rake our highest aim i Nishes. Our prices are Pelharm Reliable Druggist4 20th Making TWO THOI 'HOICE TENNESSEE nd While it Lasts to Best Patent $5.C Best half Pat. $4 Best Meal 85c. k Best Grits $1.75 Don't pay any more, don't be si long, SaTe money and buy from uf Our immense stock of spring goc Leas and fancy goods and staples, o' ag novelties in niillnery. Come a ight thing in prices, style, quality ly cannot beat us, wt don't mak ou. up on balance, people gettil nd looking out more for No. z. C otty Years experience counts sor on't you forget it, PROSPEi FRANK R. HUNT We unk Co-Operal uyer and Sells e ny Lands, Any Where, ri h Bilin Any Pricej NEWBEE When Yc Buy, Sell or Exch Our connection with the Nc nables us to handle land any'a FRANK R. HIL -I. 0. MOSELEY, President. A. A. CARLISLE, Vice-Pres. THE PEOPLE'S I PROSPEF Sokodes Liailit Protection to D)eposi DIRECTORS: Burglar GEO. JOHNSTNE. Potes R. L. LTHE .R. We wani .A OSEKILER. We do a JOW B. PUFELLERS. eiples. G- W. BOWERS. We re H. C. NOSELEY. semi-a N ewberi lapital stock paid in surplus . . . )eposits . .. We do busIness on br We extend every co vith safe and Sound ba tour per cent. paid c De part ment. F Burglar Pi PSndISMet armacist6. es. What yo U of rantee Absolu i is-i4. age sent out. rites your preadIption Our main busine is We allow no slpohod st medicines only. we to carry out the doctor's reasonable. & Son, . s, Newberry, S. O. CAR, JSAN D Barrels of that FLOVR Just Received Go at )0 Every bbl. -.40 1 guaranteed. >ushel. Sack. witched off by argument, come right ids arriving embracing all the novel. ur Mrs. Moseley in the .N6th select. ad see us, we are prepared to do the , &c., for an all round billUyou sim. e a cut price on one thing And burn ig educated and opening their eyes ome and see us and be convinced. mething, we will t eat you right and ER & COMPANY, tive Sellers Money Laned on Improved Farm Stocks and Bonds tRY, S. C. Bought and Sold. u Want to ange Real Estate I T-r. rth American Land Company Nhere. JNTER, Manager. W. W. WHEELER, Cashier. GEO. JOHNSTONE, Attorney. IA TIONAL. DANK, llTY, S. C. . . . .$25,000 00 . . . .3,50000o y, .. , 25,000 00 tors . . $53,500 00 Proof Safe. and Fire Insurance. id prompt attention. t your business. e investigation.', conservative business On business prin SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. ive deposits in this departmeint from p4 prcent interest allowed, payable nay. l ry, S.C. . . $ 50s000.00 . ~. . 25,000.00 -. 235,000.00 isiness principles. nsideratlon consistent nking. n deposits in Savings ire Proof Vault. cof Safe. J. u. imvoo0i, Geher.