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MR. FEATHERSTONE OUT OF THE RAG] WITHDRAWS FROM GUBERNA TORIAL CONTEST. His View is That His (Candidacy Thi Year Would Not Help Cause of Prohibition. Mr. ( . ('. Foal licrsl one, ?11" La u rcii.aniiniineed Id a press reprosontal iv mi rimrsii'ay inni'iiihis willulrawa J mm tin1 race for governor. His en trance i111 <? I lie coiilcsf several week U.uo was alter earnest solieilalioi J'roin liis many friends ami admirer ami I iDin the ]ir<>11it>iI ion force.1 1111*< hi ti'I:??111 tile Stale; I! i, > step wa la!;i- i ' r I ! ?. ]?! ?i form o A: i! u ,i; l\ ti<iw i*. Il - sup p':~<'I thai Mr. Ansel v.miM run "i I"' - in; iila! form ii; "ii w liii-ii lie w eicc!i'?l ; wo \ -ars avo. ,? ( ;n a !etl.-i ! ' M i' Miln-r i'.i;c da's a-., par! nl which is below <j11 >t?* I. il wil lie seen llial Mr. Aiisi-I now oceupie'lie sami' position that Mr. Feathersloce aMii-'iim-ed la-l fa!!, namely. reverse local option law. under which ) lie co11111 i**s w ill all lie dYy mil il I In ?lisp< nsary is voted in. tlnis tli rowing Hie Inmieu im I li, people wlm ilesir? the dispensary; lurther, (lie nunihei ol dispensaries in a county will lie limited. Mr. I''eal lierstone has had Hie mailer of withdrawing under advisement for some time. amT Ihronuhoiil his deliheral ion he has been in close loach and communication with prominent Prii?ii'iii-l > ia the Stale ami his decision to.lay was after a careful review ol ihe situation; he deems his w il lidraw al for the hesl iulercsls of the prohibition cni.-e in Soui|, ("aro!'i .innonnciii^ hi- v\ ithdrawal. Mr. I' . a I herst one >ays : cveial wci'ks .iv 11 I announced ni\ candidacy for uov.-rnor of South * ' "iiim. upon a Slate prohihi| ion I da I form. I believed then, ami' I -til! believe. 1I pl" are tired of the liqitoi 11 a llie. ami that I hey are rcadv to lake a ureal forward step and sweep Hie legalized Irallic out of the 'Stale. I he announcement of my candidacy was made at the suggestion of S||ino o| our leading prohibitionists ? nien who nave been with me in the light since the campaign of |S!)S. Tliev belie\ eil I hat lhere ought to be in the <'ni"piti'.:ii a candidate wlm would make an aggressive ti-hl, and weiv kind em.mil, h? sM'-est that I on-lit I" lead :!s? movement. ,'1 1 have a I read v slated, person:: did ,,oi ,.,i! illt), 'i n; ::: ! ii i- t i!?n'. b?i| I \ icld if I. wlial i conceives!* to ii,. jjlt. r;,|| (>! duly. I did not hesitate to sav I hat il would lie a source of graI ilicaI iou It: Die io be governor of the Stale, bul the desire to graiily niy p.'rsonal ambition alone would not have been suf licient t,i induce me to enter the race al l his | ime. Short ly al'ier the announcement ol in\ candidacy ii was publiclv suggested b\ < i o v, Ansel's friends that he wa> also in tavor ol prohibition lllii III;:! ii,- would otter tor reelection ?'ii that pl.n! rin. *"ll s.eined to me r'af the cause ol I ''iI; ;i tnid|< lie weakened by h:i\iu? ! crmli.latos in ihe Meld, :,ll'l I n il il he would espouse that can-:1 il would be ihe part of wisdom *?'n:e i - with.flaw. Acti:i". upon this idea and with the approval ol' my prohibition friends I wrote < Sov. Aiwl (on Feb, ' I ha I il lie expected lo make the race on that platform I would not op. pose him. I am in receipt of a letter from Hie governor informing me thai he ox pects to advocate the reverse of out present local option plan, lie savs; Gov. Ansel's Position. ' My position on Ihe liquor quos tion is what 1 call restricted local op I ion?that is. local option as betweei county prohibition and county dispell sary. Those counties voting lo sol liquor shall be restricted lo one dis pensary in the county and that one a the county seal, except in those conn lies wherein there is a city of mori than LVi.OOl) population, iu whiel counties more than one dispensai" may be established. This is in ac eordance with my recommendations Ii the .general assembly as sel forth ii niy annual message of 100S, is in th interest of temperance and will mini nii/.e tiro sale of liquor. " 'With I ho experience that 1 hav had in tlie past two years in the pro posed elections that wore desired i some counties on the liquor qucstioi I am of (he opinion it will be bet tor to enact a law by which a count; can vote on tire question of voting i the sale of liquor as above restricted instead of voting it out, as now pro Tided?that is, mak? all tho countie ' dry until a majority of the qualified ^ voters ol' a county vote to sell liquor i in that particular county, and, if a majority of the qualified voters vote to soil, that one county dispensary then be established as above set forth, with the right to vote the dispensary out at a subsequent election.' 8 "'Ibis is practically the plan that I outlined in an interview given out last fall. State Ready for Prohibition. ,> "As L see the situation now, J bcI lie\e tin? Stale is ready to take even _ I a greater step towards prohibition ^ than this; but such a plan will, prac| lically, give us I hive-fourths or more i<?l the State for prohibition. ; | "With the policy of the Stale des j *'la r,,d to be opposed to I ho Ira flip, C ! coupled with Hi., good effect produced . by iIn* practical workings ,,1' a prohi, *?iJi??n law. ihe counties will I),. verv I" exempt themselves from the 1,1'Iii"I '"I1 law ami lo place ( . Ives in direct opposil ion to the I j well d<.-fined moral policy of the Slate, j " I "nder such circumslances, I do . | not believe thai my camridacy Oils i j year w?uhl l)t. productive of good to i the pmiiibit ion cause ami I w ill not ' be a candidate. W bet her I lie Stale I )eiuoeral ic coii\enl ion w ill be asked to permit a direel vote upon I he question in the primary this summer, I am not now prepared to say. 1 have my own personal views upon this subject, but beJ lor,, jniy definite conclusion is reachled it may be necessary to have a conllerence o| (he prohibitionists. | nni 'seeking i<? do what is best for the ul1 limale onl|' of ih,. cause. I I'ersoually, I shall continue to go ! into ilillerenl seel ions of the Stale I and advocate prohibition, i shall offer j my services to any sod ion lhal may i de>ire Iheni. whether il lie, to make ; pi'eelie-i 'llerally throughout tile ate iir i:i counties where campaigns air I;. in'.:' made under lite present law. I hi1 Ii^111 is on and the prohibi-I ti"nist? e.Npcct to keep il up until they js|"l> 'he legalized sale of liquor in ! Soulh ('andina.'' i Ansel's Letter to Featherstone. j < 'olumbia State. IStli. J I he announcement of the withjdiawal ol ( . ( , I*'eaIliei'slone from the race for governor was read with considerable .interest in Columbia yesterI da\ nioiuing. I his means, according lo the letter written by flov. Ansel (to Mr. Featherstone, tiiat the plalj form in the primary this sumnier will j lie a reverse oI the local option plan? jlhat is. that the Stale will be prohibi. i lion ami each county desiring a disI ,! iis;iry .-ysleni will be required to I I vole ii in. ' 'hi- wa< the plan advocated bv Mr. ' I r . at :ici>.|i,ne I.i~t summer in his interview t;iveil the press. It was bej lieved some time ago. however, that , l''eaI herstone would' not ne ii ' j eamliit'ale for governor should fiov. Ait.-el lake this position and as a result there will probably be a move made by the prohibitionists of tin1 Slate to have adopted a! the State Democratic convention in Mav a resolution for the expression of the | opinion o| ilie voters on State prohibition. Ibis may be decided upon at i } sonic convention of ihe prohibilion1 ; is Is as indicated in Ihe letter of (jov. Ansel to Mr. I'Valherstone. (!ov. Ansel in his annual message j''? tue general assembly expressed a i desire to amend the ('ary-Cothran I law >o as t<> allow dispensaries in ' j count> seats only as shown in liis lcliler to Mr. I* eat hersione. The message i j had I lie following on county dispenI sl.ri.'s; | " A I ter l he enactment of the Carev! j ( oi lira n act. regulating ihe sale of' liquor in this State, and in obedience j to its provisions. I appointed county j dispensary hoards in all those coun | lies that had not voted out the sale ' | of liquor under the Mrice act. For a short while and' until Ihe county disj pensaries were opened up, we had ! Stale prohibition, and I am informed - I that many converts were made to Ibis i j plan during that time, t inier that act count\ dispensaries were started in 1 the said counties ami have been run uing ever since. I appointed an aud' il"1'- W . 1 >. W est, as provided for in ^aill act, who has performed his du R j I ies with fidelity ami ability, and who 1 : has been diligent in seeing that Ihe > j law i> strictly enforced by the countv - dispensary board's and by the dispensers. 1 call your attention to his report, which gives you full information o as to tlie business done by the dispen saries in each county where liquors nre sold. 1 am glad lo say that the e change troni the Stale dispensary sys' (em to (be county dispensary system n was attended by less trouble than I i, anticipated. 1 think, however, that - in some of Ihe counties more dfsperiy saries have been opened than are necn essary. The act on this subject should I, be amended, and T recommend that not more than one county dispensary a be allowed in any county wh?r* liquor is allowed to be .sold, except in those j counties where there are cities with a i population exceeding 25,000. This j amendment will bo in the interest of j temperance, and will minimize the ! sale of liquor in the county dispensaries and in the State. Elections have been bold in three of the counties of the Slate to vole out the sale of lirptor since Ihe Carey-Co I h run law was j onnclcd. In two of those counties?-! Kershaw and Chesterfield?it appear- j I'd that it majority of the votes cast were in favor of 'no sale.' In Ivor- : shaw the election was declared ilie- j f>al. while in Chesterfield the matter ol the lo.ualily of tin? election is now pending in the courts, but the dispensaries are si ill doin<>' business in Ibis . county. Owini? to this condition of ali'airs ami'oilier reasons I niiuht uivo I recommend thai Ihe said act be furliter amended by providing' that when an election is hold in any county uuder this act and ihe returns show that a majority of the voters east their ballots io prohibit the sale in said county, that the dispensaries be immediately closed and kept closed until the matter^ is finally determined by the county board of canvassers, (he State board of canvassers, or by (he courts, if resort be had to the courts." The amendments suy?>esl ed did not pass, owinu" to opposition in the sena t e. 1 ry Ice Cream Homemade Candy & Fruits. Old Postoffice Building ?a? L.raii JONES' G S, B. Jones. , DBA LIS STAPLE & FANCY OR( Confectioneries, Fruit, Phone 2/2. New be i Dear Madam Housokeepei We tention to our stock of groceries and solicit a your potronage during t We feel safe in say in, the most complete that that we can serve you i ner. 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