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THE PEOPLES JOURNA VOL io.---NO. 28. PICKENS S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUsT 9, 100. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR GARY AND PATT1eRtON FIGH T BiLOWS liu AT LiAUlENS. Two Vanidittates 1for Governor Hn gage In a PlatIcuil on the stamt. In the News and Courier, Au.ust Kohn writes of the campaign met Ling at Laurens on Saturday: The great educational' camp sign evolved into a biigging match to :ay. It was someUw bat the unexpected w h ich happened. Prank B. Gary and A. llow ard Patterson had a rough and tumble tight before a thousand Laureus people, men and women. They fought with ties peration and determination until .Jim Tiliman and others separated ti., in, and then they wanted to get nack at each other. Had the accident ocuurred years ago in this county, when tiuru were a cartload of pistols at a mettin4, there would have been funerals hero to morrow, but now all the feeling seemb to be between the candidates. Today the result was two badly bruised facub and emphasis on the style of campaign ing going on, and if others showed the same spirit there would be many more fisticuffs from day to day. At touay's meeting Mr. Patterson in his specch attacked Mr. Gary about his Charles ton speech, reading the clippings and making the statement publined. Mr. Gary thought this persistent eliart wab to make it appear, indirectly, that he straddled in Charleston, or favored a local option while in Charleston with the license feature, which he insistea was not the ease, and Patterson's eLifort by reading extracts was to piace him In a false position as to what he said, and his attitude on the liquor ques tion. When Mr. Gary's turn came to speak he immediatel, repliel that he old not "straddle,' and that his position then as now was plain. Mr. Patterson was sitting about five feet behind where Mr. Gary was speaking, and Mr. Patterson got up and he satu : " I] r. Gary I want to expilain something." Mr. Gary turned squarely around and said: "Now. Mr. Patterson, I want to ask you plainly is what I have said about that Charleston matter true ?" Mr. Patterson said be would explain. Mr. Gary replied that there was no use to explain, but insisted on knowing whet-h er what he had just said about the whole matter was true or not. Mr. Patterson went on to say the cai.di dates would not agree with Gary, or something on that line, and said he dared to prove his statements by any of the candidates. Mr. Gary insisted on a direct reply as to whether his statement about the Uharleston speech was true or not. By this time tne two men were within arm's length, look og fiercely at each other and, no doubt looking for a b.ow. Mr. Patterson said that if he vas n.At allowed to explain he uiust deny what, Mr. Gary had said was correct. Mr. Gary then said : " If you say my state ment is not correct you say what is not so." The two men joined. Patterson stuck out, and claims to have hit lirst. There was not, a second's dihference in the passage of blows. Patterson sti uck Gary an uphanded blow under the loft eye, which cut the skin for half an inch long. Gary 'it Patterson on tht mouth and cut the lip and strucic him under the eye. It was not a minute be fore half a dozen men were around the two combatants ; they were up agait.st each other, ulincued, and sevreal blows were passed, but they w cre pulled apart. Gary was taken toward the front, o the stand and Patterson to the rear. Tiey said nothing, but were eager anu watching. Crowds pressed up to the stand, sume yelling for one eanuiuate and some for another. By the aiu of' two policemen, Sheriff Mcravy, Sena tor Tillman and Chairman Smith, those who belonged on the stand were instructed to get back and sit down, and those who did not belong on the stand to get cit. At this time the can didates had mopped 1,heir faces and wiped the blood from their bruises. When quiet wab restored Mri. Gairy faced the audience. Somnew hat, uts hevelled and bruised, and quivering all over and with clinched hands, he spoke out, and said when lie leot home * ~ he decided he would be a geitlemian and give no possible ofence to any one, in turn he would not take any ,nlbult, from any one. He had treated Mvir. Patterson as a gentleman and a friend, but he had1 gone too far, and lhe woulo allow no man to insult him withbout hitting hi m in the mouth. M r. G ary apologized with feeling and almost tears for having fought before ladies, and expressed his deep regrets at t~nc incident. Then he went on and eon cluded bis speech, cutting it here anu there. Mr. P'atterson was allowed to make a statement, and said he was very sorry for the occurence. He did not, like such things. He and Gary had been warm friends and he had been a staunch friend of the family, but, when ever a man told him he lied ho tried to put his fist in his mouth and give him thbe best he had in his shop,. When the two candidates had tiakjn their seats a policeman, who looks likce the pictures of Mr. D)inkelspiel, gouid naturedly held out, his hand and saidu time disturbance would cost each of the combatants $5, or they would have to go before the mayor's court. Mr. Gara~ paid his S6 and Mr. Patterson followed suit. Through the elforts of Clerk of Court Bolt Mr. Patterson and Mr. Gary met, shook hands and agreed to be friends and comrades as when they entered Laurens. Of course nel ther of the contestants was hurt to any extent. After the scrap it was up hill work for all the candidates untli Tillmian was presented and he was received with enthusiasm. He whooped things up and had the boys hurrahing. lie took a primary, and called me up to the front to note the vote. Not a dozen voted for prohibition, but when It came * to vote for the dispensary pretty much every one voted, and there was one of those old-time dispensary fields of up. raised hands. Tiliman was happy and so did every one else seem to be, and he remarked that there was nothing much in the talk of six hundred tigers in Charleston and two hundred in Co lumbla, and he put no faith in this talk, and commented on the evidences of there being no tigers about Laaurens, and that there were not near as many tigers as some tried to make out. The crowd was quite large and in the best humor. 'MEETING AT GREENVILr. n1l(oGnsr cWOWD YET. Hoyt Well iteceivett and Tillmnian I'rles to Stir Things op. From The Daily News. .1h crow'd that greeted the Statte caipa igners, wIlo spoke lery. r day froi a stand erected in t.l. city parik at the north end of Alain street was larger than had gatilered 00 an1 simfilalr occasion inl G reelnvile lier-. toforle tind twice as large as aly Cam-!.4 paign gatiheri ing so far in this State this sulimmer. Men werie present, inot ily ftom this but froi eveiy neigh. borinig enomity, sollie travelinlg over tlhirity miles in huggies to iiar Sela tour Tillmnan speakll, whI It. 11 COm., k wns the feature of the day. Although tllere were a numbe1l1t:1r (if G reenvile City: people presrth hese for the most part, did not take part iln tihe. hand priimaries anIvi ut le r demonstriations peculiar to a TA! itnan Campaign meeting. The criowd wis iiade lp to a decided degree of boii bustic adiirers of their "oiliest oinly" len and he voted them with Ili,, hand primaies il favor of what ever ie wanted. Throughot. the hand Iaising showed that ft'e crowd endorsed him by not less than 1W to 1. Seia t toI Tilliiana esti la t edi the crodvtl o' .!,500, which was probably " at least 500 above the nmberi e -l.;aly piresent. lie voted the ciowd aimost solidly for the dispensar v as against prohibition and in t h(- wuinle way hie .made themu endor.R, hr aP,.-d sition that "the preachers are in :n11 uiholy alliance .with the wh sie' men led.by Clol. hoyt," although the samte erowd a short tilie before that shouted almost with unanimity for llo3t., an1d this .County vill give him handsoIe Majority inl spite of the way the crowd yesterday exhibiteda its feelings and sentiments by means of the hand primaries. Tillman -was his flercest and Ito inlade his lost 11gly faces inl express ing contellipt for those opposing himn anld1 his "God child," the dispensary law, which Ie d1raimt ically declared was a legitimate offspr'ing of 1 11111 riage bet ween Reason and Prohibition and not, a cheat, for prohibiti lin as had been cialrged. P'rohibition, lie said, waited to marry that old hag, fauittaismn, butl he prevented this, which vas his duty to d as governor inl the interests of tle people, over 20,000 of whoil the retun ms showel hiad not voted oil the question. A majority of the people, thefreh-ui 0 ltil. voted for prohibition. 11e chaiaeteri.ed as sneakin'r i COVI rdily shirking the efforts natIc onl tle part of eer-tain politiciars tIo have the liqu1or question voted Ipn r separat ely. 13y a peeIlliar. coinci dence this scellle was adopted ini Greenville comty at the suggestion ' of one of Senator Tillman's staunch est, friends, Capt. A. lilythe. Sentlo- ihnan handled the IRev. Dr. C. S. (lrdiner roughly an(d Said C.1tat his attack ill a1 receit sermIlonl one tile dispensar1y law was false. lie wns interiupted with Ihuiirahls for Dr. to I hniarner. lie spoke with finle scol1 -Ind (ont1emilp1' of priest, craft. and g (11tiutd stcriptur1e lo show thiat. Ilere e was n14 founldationl theret fojr prohlibi- it Tht ('3ampaliigners' spea'Zk I oday inll Il'ickenls. A ma13jority o'(f themt' leflt.i yester~day' for that town. The (Ithers get. out of Grietenivilh'lei thimorn ing lit I; o'cilck oni a5 freight It rain. Collnetl liloyl. openled tihe speaintg t y aiintl conled h1( iis retarke byt ' 13 sa ying: for iilioyt."' "'Tnis nitI withi che ters iand applau111se "'Sit down, Ctilonel I youl're' al1 right I; -N. W . itokerI, for' (oiniloll lerI genel1, said( het waIs not. uniknlown' ti yearsi' inl tihe Civil warti. lie served six year ns ans a1 dlirectorI (If thle pienit en tiary. iIlr live y'earis he wast ani ex p(rt in the( taix (thi depatmet. 11(e re checked and sitl lopped~ hiis ( itrooker's) work. . le chalrged thatI Mr'. D)erham i liltssed $4 ,30t.4 ... the1( eyedt(it o.(f tile sheiif il of Clare'dIon coun ty in cleari .J. P'. 1Derhamii, (cand(1itdate for rte elect ion ats comtollerOlti, saidit tiat thIis staitemenl'lt ats to Mr..lirooker's 'hiarige wav~s nuide1( by tilt gent lemaln wlt nmd~te the t sttii(lett ill any gtoodt to tell whyi~ Mr i. itrotiker shouiltd it h 3le eletd. Mr . I )trham1 wa'~is vigorously ap~la3uded't. i"Ol scilOOr, SUP'EltiNlNI)NENTi. Ellisonl 'apters, a1 former' Gr'eenlville manii* 15I asa iitnditdate forl suiperiiinlteri hea11rty applai31use. 110 wals heremi that1 3as Ia (clerk in a sItoreO in -Min stret'tt and( iis flirst teachin. experience't as$ ai tultor' in the White Ic orse school. Froin hierte lhe wet3I to .Columbia andit gr'arl tated at thet Sot~lthi Car~ioi lna college. lie presentedi his clairns as a1 pra'Ict,il manli as against ai thleor1et cal mani. lHe helievedl his opponlent'S adin~liistrationt 11( had 1 not oly been1 a failurae but itt t wo4 year's mnof'e .of it would disrupt te whole school system, lie attacked Mr'. McMaihian for fathering tihe act t) take the choic~e of thee ounty su per~tintndenig ohlit, of the hands of' the pe~opl1A ,'is was "ruthlessly tramplliing, on demIlo~racy." Hie charg ed that lyis opJponent was endeavor'ing t) take thle entire system uinder his e . e # concludedl anid hearty lipplatiuse l Cries of "youi're ill right; we'll ote for you." .1. ,1. A'eAlilial, for re-elec'tioll as stipe rinlt endent, Of eductMion, Said hie MA tine L il on anl aiggrssive plat formil. Jih deliedi I ot Ie ati failed to cotilsuli, the SLtat boart. As to the ehairge I hat lie was trying to take t-he Cboice of thet countiy Su~perinktend [nts (lit. of th lihids of flit people lie said it waitil comlipeteit, Imenl for t hat place. lie wallted Ile position lali'n olit of joli Iies is na1tit'Ih Is IoM ;le(, wantled 14) see the suiperinlteni mnts with goot Salaries 4 loseni by ti oard is the cit-y siperiiteiden ts it'e SO as to elevate aiu improve the :oiuty scools. Ar. AlNIalaii wais also applauded, F OR ADMITAINTGN -ll, (worge.t 1). toise, for adjilitalit, gena -ral, vls absent and Clirmiani Ii1ii A ist inl 'ead a let ter of regret, froin hin. lis oppolleti, .. W. Floyd, referred Al asniltly to ALj. J'"- Al. Ilythe, of lis city, his oppolneit t wo years ago, Iltd to Alaijor lilythe's collpally, tle lreeiville Light. inlfaLntry, and then poke of low the ililitiL Syster bad 'eiently been improved. ColoneIl 'loyd Illde a good illipressior aili %-Is heartily applhilded. j0lt It A I JaltOAI D(CO.\ Al I SSI()N Jit. 13. It. Evalns for railroad coiiunis ioun, reviewed the Xit.iation Is to liseritninationl against thl;s seclionl re. arding tile high local tariffs. The resent, coimissioiers are "rit lier .filorant Of tile coiditions ori the y are t Iubsid ized." "thiless you ele? ccr ttei f honor, integrity, int elligence aLnd acukbone you will coitinie to ,1itier nt thle fuiture as you have ink the. list.. The pe'ople of Sioth Carolina re being robbed by tlie railroads of 1,260,000 ilatnally oin accoulit, of this iscrilintationt. 1Ie at tacked the ex rexs COILpanLy and said it was tlte a t t, of tile present, Subsidized oard that, the express rates inl North irolinia atid Georgia were from .0 o 0 per cent, lower t' i han ill this tale. lit! was uamyapplaumded. 'I'. N. lerry, also for raoad Coni lissionler, was a prohibitionist. Ile i'Zi ru lihng Is a clean honlest umui. [e was checered. J. '. Pettigrew, for tile samie of ve, said he was attached to(renr ille on1 acconilt of having two brave reenville boys who fell in his COiii any and were buried together. lIe d'o'ated and promised lower lo'al es. W. I). Alayfield, for the same posi ion, Said that this State paid hIigher will freight raies thanl anly othe Wae, with the single exOfption If loridl. Consequently South Carolila uinu11fneturling enterprises cannlot. Mllpete with those of other States. thinta can ship flour to every loint I South Carolina Cheaper Ilani tIle reeiville roller ml1ills can. Whoesale iielirants inl every surrounding3'i and eighboritig State can hi heliafer Ito this Slate than the inIrchanLts f this State itself. t. 11. Wharton, for the Saille place, aid le had educated foIt' daulighters t, ( reenville Female Collegi' and aL on it Fualini university. lIi also eviewed I le discviriti lili ion it m I it'it. W. 1). EILvls, candidat e for re-eh ion aS ra IIiload comm iiss*I mv., wats hsentf AN) BEN TILLMAN -WOK'%. Senlator Tillmain Said: "Mr. Chairmian, Inies and fellw it iz.n's: It, is six years sinlce( I hild hle pleasriie. if ailressing thie Demui racy ofI Greenvillt, anid after this og absenlce it is a sorlice of great ralifialtion to look you il tihe Iaie neet more11 an1d hetar. yourl firm geet w, pinxiiig befori'e I fiorget. it., itat hing weak anid sliaky ini thle kntees t'e'i. I doni't. kniow whtheri'i it. is theii e'nderisip~ ini te I)emoeai C pairty -oura~ige oft thle imeni tlt wh are ito lead rtrriiville ini rank arie tru asi~ stexel, ui will vote is t hiey pleasie ini spite >t jiirii sdiet ion to I lt'etint I'LLIry. Now~t -he'y havie chan iged thle prlogranL forli~ hie firist. tim e inil t~is 'anvi a x. Owi ig i any absen'lct to spleakl ini l)akotta (I'or iry'a i, wvhit'h I aigreetI to dt. be 'ore5 L cogresst i Cdoilrnedit', Ii hd tou y Li grett howl airtse fr'omi siuiipeu >leti,~ wot Ive I ogl not. ovd Ine ite imv' t. and dot lovei' meI now, lli tha t' li'as~t ol'eddligtt, Liiing ha lit Ia Joel 1890,lgl an it. Ii ii I lt. ts. nt' II to is .'ishuti lhjeited~i~i it' pretnin ltao be-i 5eole ofii teitat, n iiil t hait. i t hid n;t igt t o~ rhti3 Iiit'he t ideaiiijL iwas a tnne ha. hw Iey ailie ofitheifacil thae )itilihav no oppitionhai is lintr, thaCor lt ie aug t t linet, myel witgh atlest ixlingi' nationat tissue an o leaet. dse and'~tIi' fats eiIixi imptntin this ete stri CtlyI tioii to's fttegiv camain I rsi. No11w, het have chai nge iithe ixhours flov (w'it t', tlie to a lt >I isteecheIls hichuar I almost; know lby' ct , 14Ill'f i 1 i. toet they la e u me ti' dont.gh kno wther 1 i amlim itedl wl~ talilltan ov N hsti'-Now, ittak all Wll,' felluowr~ cit fizens3, thilae I aml fee)1ling ai lit ttt underil' I i S t. e her, tiutis iins foriiyour Sint erest buOt he for uii belgitssiiwat toe, the nit-l ter 'S straight, wh I a m niil he fnd whait tt right I av here.i Now, ithel' CairsttiLace, u n ghongstitton of the Ii)lit'craic prty,~ ei fta11tlDem era til committe isilC ordei' to ap Itoes and neeks get, cut Of le fault is not mine. I They say that I should not appear I at, tihe meetings and if I did I sldmilt dlixttiss niaLt.ioaill 4IlIestion ; there is lit dispute ipon4 national I uestionus. SSuppose I ha.d not, coie what wouhiti4 have beeii ti h neeuslat otn; i hat lien Tillmnll nres 44o loiger for the oeit gallus and wool hat fellows; he has gotten his fat, ofliee antd goes aboul his business. They would haveI (char4 ged tile with having got tenl theI swell. head and growing too hig fori Ilny breecles. ''hen wheln i (to comie illo tihe! camlipaign inl obedienice tI o Ii order of the execitive toinlit t4e they i il'4 4 P)4 tuir arun and lit is 11(- 1Idlinig in aI tight I hat. 1ev IIas 44) 1 n10ce1n ill. The people (t11 Sot , I 'arolina have entotigh of itieligt'eniee Ito vote on the ques It)I ion wit houtI4I hiII. It is not li ig iew. iI. is I he sa me tld vry t of '90 and 'V:2 when) I had 544 41 iny neople (ink Ilny back. It did n)ot, 1a te' Vha. I aid Or l did, it. wasli I would be dainned if I did, anld be daiilted if I did not. The first. thing I want to pointf. out hiere and direct, your atten1tion to is a1 44)na1Itt' Whit'lh I thilk is asluxhd0te ly wronig. I is iha1.I1 your DeImoratic excet ive comIittee has givel I lie an4didates a. hole to hide ill; has furnishe a dodge, by giving a box inl whiCh you0 11Sl441l decidle WIIth ie1' you want, prohibition or not, instead o)f 141vin g tile m41en4 line u1p1 and disctiss Ite <question and not. elect, men1 who - will hon4eyfuggle to lie inter'est of 1 he public without, discussion alg th144 lile whether you wanlt prolhi- i (ion Or 10t. Inl '112 it Was no4t, Wheth I I'lr you wanted prohibition or wheth- I 1' yilu elected Tillian governor. 'hI' 444nly issu4e todaiy is whetllier Ite dis. penisary law will Stay or prohibition tak e its place. Then we will have free whiskey. (Yells for 1loyt)." . 'N til had better (ulit, that. lollei' ing, now, if you get upl) that old gaine t you will get pretty ho. I say this i ineSs18x is gr4eatly ill fLVor tof the 1-andidates anld gives them th Is op- f portinlity to dodge the issue, antid 1 will say that you will be fools if you tion't. 4a1ke every candidate for ti li legislature inl tlis contity con e out 4tid say if lie is not going to vote for 1lh4e dispensary. If the majority have this right to vote for it, you Illve i the riigt to have our servants to C Vote for it. YoU 1ave nio right to let .1 1heh bring these boxes aniong youi without, kiowing how they stand. If they don't like it let tieni lump I it. The <Ilestion which concerns ,)i In4y friends, is one of vital i)ipor 1n1 lice. It is oie which involves tile future -welfare and integrity of' our)4 Ahildren and grand-children. -it is 1 l(estioni of vital importance and s Ilirefore is not. to be lightl' diS NSeued and whisked aside. AnoIth14er phase of the cluest.ion as far as I an1 conlcernked why I am1 ill this fight, naaking this issle, is be cause .I have been attacked person al Ily, an4d -whI4( en t1441 4men4 u11netake 1to slap ne inl the face, (-atll in tiuestion t Ilny actions as governor, an4d whell I get. cowardly enough to keep silent it, will be t.iine to send ine bick 1.0 Trenton to Stay. I (on1't wLlt to Iienltioni 1oyt's nam114.e inl an4y other thaln il a, iniost frienadly way, and just wiay. I did not c111 here to interfere as uniong men. I didl not Come here to say foi you It votle for or against him. I am here Ito discuss the issue between prohi bition and the dispensary an(d I d'oi't propose to treat Iloyt unfairly. 114e is a high tonled gen4tleinan4, but I warin I you now the! nmore you holler that wiay the less you4 will like it before you get. through. Col. liiyt declre ill a speech th the( Ii<lispenary 1law1 is a haxtar'd haw~ an id the4 <1uestion is how the44 d1ispen-f sary has' i come'411 into 14Southli' CaroIiila. :ii amiere now 14) tell you)4, and4( it is entIir'ely pr'oper' for' me to diiscuxs it, from44' th istump 441, but, the pulpit)1. 1444 I1tae it up iand sermitons ar 4e being pr'4aenhe 84unda4y lafter1 Sundl~ay 4)4 i4 and14 sayinlg we4 asked14 for' an4 egg anid t hey ga4ve ux a4 scorp'1ion4, we1 asked14 for' breadt and4( they gave us8 a stonie. Wihat were't the4 factsx ill "'2, after years4' r'eslinig ini cot)y after' coun14 ly going dry'3, and4 .4 turnin g 1444( goin4g w~et un4tiI sp4ecial boxes were' pr'ovi ded on4 one44 side to let. those vote for' it, or4 agaiiinst it? The issue wasx not aiga4ins.t prIohiibition1 but41 it waIs against '1'i limanismi anid antiismi or4 .Shephiard ismn. In thiose boxes were 60,000 votes, 35,000 of thlese were for pr4o lhit ion. T1her4e wer'e 92,001) vo4tes1, and(1 lhee were1'144 32,001) not Voting oni it. Proh01ibi tion4 never14 dlid halve a4 4441 jor'ity.' Tlhe 4le gislature '4 came 1444 m.)e') to get, me to44 help them downi4414114 on the4 winnIing 8sid4, th1ey' had id444 wha41te4ver4 stan by41 3. Pr4ohiit ion4 had4 failed but ii43 I 4 the td 144 sav11Il e the 1went Well, at1 that: timet 1 14ad( just1 box I 4'leced(( govern'4444r. in4 '2 22,)000 m4a1 jtority', but in4 spite of that facet, thiey said4, and44 y444 4144 14ear4 it 84414 now, t hat1. it wasI a great I1)41 p el Iiitica m cine14 to fur1th4er my1 ownV4 amb11iitins. ini the 1Ii had 1114 1bigges machiner('4 44 y oru4gan4 ized'( ilnl his State4 or4 any13 other. 4 State14. VOlt4s, and1 ~i44 whe tey 844y 14VI avanced wh'1y, 1how1 ('ontempt41)Iible it sounds to a4 manil whlo loves 4 the 44 trut. Wh'len the issule had44 pass ed , pro4hi - bi tion1 fal iledc, main 44ly 1444d tru'4ly thr ouigh 1my 110' efot who had been 114 elected 1( there'4 and1( thet re41formiiers with, and)4 ithou4041tregard' 14) who favoretd pr4ohlibition1 and4( wanlted to put1 te ttion hatving failed and1( be4l ieving firm my43 obser1vation it was4 an1 impossibil ity3. hiowOeer, in4 view of1 the 01)ject lessxon givenl fr'omt a4 State( 11hat1 '14d it t. wh V4is4key 4ran r'iotI, I res'ohlved as al publc4 m)pu i n11414141 illice11( that4 it would1( not be4 good for' Southl CaII olinai to have'4 14uch1 141 aw. It. wou1ld pi.ve a4 lesson whlich I dhid not wanllt to see0, 1hierefore I wentI. to wor'k to insxtituIte som1ethin4g better. 1 inlvest igated1 the dlispe :18sary t Athiens, Gai. I found 111ha after thet townu was8 run b4Iy proh0li bition4 that, d1runkenness448 1114 'on the increase1 84. Theli prolhbtion ists repor't ed 11118 .to the legislatur14e and( 1asked( to have a4 dispensary for Clark COun ty and 14 manh) to sell it. r reported It to this State and got the Senate to 14ubt~titulte the dinpnnnry an enacted, ind then got the house to accept that. That is the straight, plain his tory of how I enactedl tle dispen siary. I had a conference with t Methodist ininister in the conference who had harge of the Irohibition affairs. We iade several alterations in the bill mtuinly at, ny suggestions, somei( inendinents, etc. When ihe talked to me he said this fight in South Car lina was against the saloons.. I be ieve it. is an iniquity and I will go is farl ats anly 11nan1 to expell theia rrnt the State tend destroy thaltt ltass of liquor selling. When Colonel lIloyt. says it is a astard hiwt and I had disowned niy aby I walit. to cnll his attelitiont and 'our* assertiol to iht alislrdity of his ilrl ik. Ilere is my version of the t ory. Old Prohibition, who hadt( ween the pet, of South ('arolina, aind il l inaid nianted Faa ttticisHinl. I V vanted to narry that old maid. lIe bought, he had her. Ile actually hald lie preacher ready wilenl I found a rooid looking ytlnig girl nlled Colin 1ion Sense. I said )yoit want. that old nlaid buit you1 ennt hve her. [tilt I vi il iarry you to this girl here. At , er persuading he agreed to imarry ,onanllon Sense. The dispensary law s the offspring of Prohibition and 'oinuion Senlse-. Now, the old nian Opudiates the marriage aid says hat. he hal madting to do with it, d( Says his off spring, the dispen arIy. is t. hastard anld he askc you copie to help him to get a divorce 41 he enn1 go to his first love. fanat is ii. Is this a bastart? NoI, yol 11OW it is not. It, is the result. 41 a 'glal inizar riage. I ain tlie Go utlite f this baby and I proplst 14 inahe his old 111111 stand upl) to his (onI raket. I Conme now to another of the i acks againlst, ne. A 111111 vio goes a1to tilie pulpit to ma1.ke a. political peech aid who --- (Cheer:,. for ;ardnier). Tililiall-I would have thought. 14 ew as you are you wV11ould have the eceney to keep your niouths sliit. Cheers). Keep it. upll, tie miore you low that. bellows the hotter the tire rows. In this seri4oln or political peech which this reverend gentle 11an11 put, forth froin his pulpit li akies positions oil tihe several phases f this subiject, which I will read to Oul aid dilciss as briefly us I canl, lid explain then to yoll. I will Say ' hat if he Iad niot, takenl lie liberty ailnonig ot her thiigs to tent-ion . nc by talne in 11 insulting nid outrageous inlanner, I would al myw him to preach what. le pleases lid pass it without. a word. IlIre 4 one clauise in his serinion: "Nothiny .nit alter the fat. that inl elling liquor as a beverage to its iti zeus for a prl'otit, the State is do lig a lil ilimiorlal act, and no sort, of )Jical quibbling, an1d () sort. of delil gogie appeal to the prejudice or thie upidit-y of the people el 'cover 1u)p IatL fact." Ilie has n 11t authori t~y to ask me hat. If it is utinmoral to sell whiskey is 11. beverage through State oflieers, .len it, is eqIually itiiituoral for t-he tate to have wiiskey 4old u11nde r icense through these agentswlo pa'y 'or the privilege. 'I'lere is not the eintila of difre'ence between t he 'miditions the ground of this light, 5 that. it is IL sinful aind irinort1al ase of whiskey is derived fron a )ats ige in the Bible up1)on1 which I nevet' Iear-d any Sermon01 preachled bu, ta >ohlibitioni ScrllolI, inl ly life. "Voe uto0 hiin Chat. givth'lI his ieighIor drink, and right, t iere 0 dispute with it, mineedibisi'TAl( hey stop; they don't. go (lit and rive You the whole of it. 'l'h1ey nake 1ite Ii bert y w it i tli is text. hi they (14 withI 4 lthers. Nobody413 Like it. Butti as i y they stopl right Ilhere, but, whalt~i is the btalancje of t h text., '"T'hat pulittext the bottle to( huim, and ma11kest.ut im 'druk," and4( also4 "that thu mailyest look upon~l his nalkednless." TIhat Ii 1111ay cheat htim or hamiboozle hlim whetn y'ou make1(4 him dIruthik. I 1am1 going to give you4 11) lnoter text. I lere is what Sol omon)1 says. 11here is whatl the wisest 11a41 that ever. livied xaid, (r'ead it), S(o if the peop1le can41 qlutt( scr'iplturel I can quo10Cte thern too. T1here is ani other te'xt I ha~ppenled to stumllblt over, fell oni it, and I added it to myt others. Th'lere is one thing thtese mlenl ar'e dloing, if nmothtinig else, thbey are maklhing 14e( stud~y myt Bile. I will show y'ou whiere the prohlibitionists coulelt their text. and1( leave (ofY tihe tatil, the essentiatl senise. TIhey preach immo1rality to d1rin and 41( sell it 1as a beverage. I cointend, 1 take( it thtere is niothlinlg in thle lBible wh'i ebt forbids thte 11se oIf whtiskey. We, bel41ieving y'ou hadt~ the ri1. 14) if you14 had(1 lie monedy to pay14 fot' it and( 141 no txue it, bIut, to4 41 cotrl' it. the4 d1ispensary t* law wats ented~C. I dlid not- -,yant mty fellowv eit-izenis forced inl order to4 getI whlinskey, because t hey 1owed( it, to) lie and1( pla~y thle hypr(erit e, to get sick( everly tme t hey (came444 to town to4 gelt.ta doctor's cer1ftflate, so4 T sub s4 t itutedl the disp~ensary syxt eim. stoodo by thle law~ inl Columimbia for' a yeart and4( It half at almost the risk oIf mty life. Th'le prohlli bit iomnist s 1arp on) II the( fact thait hey hand IL mtajority; I wold say3 they dlid not11 havel a1 maiijor1 ity. I will p)oint to the1.1( fact tha1:t iii '94 t hey wentt d ispensxary' with anI (ov e4rwhelm1inug major1i ty. Th'le Ilous~e and1( the1 Senate iln 1895 were'4 ini favor oif it. Itn '96 inl favor (If it., '98 inl fav'or (If it e'x.epit a few friendx oIf pr'o h ibitlion, 1and now th1ey' come1) to) us ill this year1 o.(4f 19(00 and4 sweatr they wtere cheated 44(. ''Tey expect you to right 1 themil, 1.4 take(4 114( scorp'ion 1and( briseH his head and give them a1 nice4 loaf oIf bread. WVell, gentlemaen, you1 r'ecolleet, ini '94 und~er' the sutpremetl courjt we 1had( pr'ohibi tioni for three4( month)Ils. You know you got more1' whiskey then. You know from obl servationi thalt dlrunlkenness is d~e creased in GIreeniville4 iunder the diS pensary, and4( you- kno1w the people have learned to control their Ia ptp~e tites, because they cannot get it t(o dIrink as they did. Th'len you know when the dis5pensHary is closed4( up if. stays shut and .you can't get, it out1 (of the back (door1. It has been charged that t here is an unholy alliance betwen thle whis key men and the church. I chiargedl it, nnd I chnrge it. here no(w algatin. "That, charge is too absolutely false to reecive a iowent's credlence from lly liunn being who has the slight est, lingering regard for truth left inl him. Seniator' Tillmnt , who mnade that charge, knew it, to be false wlen he iimade it. The clairge cannot be interpreted as anything else but a mieanl and conteIlptible elfor't to break t.he force, of lie alniost, Iian iWimus advoeney of prolhibition by tle )retcrse1.4, anid sr ved its aithbor as a good liloclsio aIso 1t) throw contenmpt uiponl it class of Inen-I for which v has inl many other ways ex pr-essed colteinypt." lien t. only lhargesilt with Slt der inl uit-Iering tho0se woralS, know)% ingu Il llI to be 111truei, itll. he(! go's furrh nd weres III teed th inl ito express cowntept. r mn, forv whome nil have conempt. I y here I inl t his pre-senCe, among~t 1.h1e pe)ple- I who) listent to (Gardner, tha tia rn e r < Stowes it. (d hitbsell' to prove it by bringineg h ertI)itetes, or he owes linei i l I pronainnsed it a false It ir we e n mIi aeligion wa'.is br ight I intl qet1stion14 inl 'f and '9! anlt they I hir h e w Witht iniiteliy, V I SaI' id I ilel t I wias a. po fa lln sinnerwhe il going frntl lt. iradl i ) to the grua Ivev, 1 at11 itinlg i I . w luli esses adt ie yiig !I it t o ()ii f t I h lie , I u 4 f, I lwe at'1 1 In p (r 14h I 141I (-.I sa. I ly th t'It i ever ItreaI ed il I wV 1 C it hi ill resp ct I; I t 11t it isal 1 ways hit. I heIt .idog Ihat. hwlit' I I lIe -1 I w ayvs howlis. I l i aIn lliaI n e w ith t 'lte preaihers ltd barlkeelpers rw not ? Is it tI rue (r l1t' '. (\ ' ic - -Ye ). \'er'vy well, I will vo l youl (on it. All Yom who believ e it. n1ot (rue ho l u1p1 . your righit, hand. Now, aill you who 1 helieve they are inl anl lillil e writ- I ten' or otherwise , hold up11 your Iand. One imo.. word aInd I al done, I Itil 1ory I hld to rig this mttter ui 1 here, butl I believe allways inl comling to at ma's house, face to fac41, teeth to teetih, if 1. have at ont'rovesy toi 'Set~le, and therefore haud ver~y little t to saly unltil I camne here an1d 1 am11 " orry h li not hiere, bt, his friends will tell what. I have said when Ihe loles, fn l''-et him li r'1t iitl ' I logy 1 ind publish itI . I believe he is an hiorable man4 anld thlat. hei will do r it. nw more pltas o) f tivhe ques lion a'nd I anm done. Anl efort. is being mi ad he by it i inilisters of the gospi e I bt111 1 dotd khnow whetle by If I ma rity, 14 t s t he e pul pie , t to take Ia arge of the ulter fil of Sothe ro-1 lia. Not prevabitig Ithe word of God, s ias rdevred by the divine minister, but.V preaching politics. Inl conicusion I a gi na to se the snilse here 0s to pr-ohibitionl or no4 proh0ibition, onl leg- t isilative candidates, Col. 11oyt would P take t(he consables away, he(! hopes inr Some Way to enlforce it h e( l(wt, but he r (ann4tt d it, but if olt send down t)o the legislitlure it Colutmbia you( will protect, tleit law, Ietwe pol ivy o f t ve S tateV. Now\, ats I haitVt. not had an1 y ot1her. opportunhiit y I wiS to SVC I how I \i you ritl -e gIoilng tg vI' I cx it n i I eislat 11r ie. T() repe1al tht- dispensa-ryN Ilaw ando en4net. prilhibitionl? I will ask y oumt to h hl yoilu. right. 11an1i inl support of Ihe (ispl e ry. R)ihn,' yul hav t beel fair a1111 julst; you have givgen us-, a s 1 raig t,I n p tltli, (if the melet inigs, bilt 411 have been I.Ijst. it' sI llpress things you shotild repot. N 1%vI ask yu to repot. it, was it, is. iv ts a straight, i'port the ni lil e I1iy her1 of people here. I wohl I say t welty-five hun114 dred in l a ll. All you who ale going if) vigi for legislaios wvit i wil t u pt t. 1the dispenls' ary, ho(ld up yolmr right. hland. (Crow'd Ifor dispenlsary). THE1 OTil iti SI-'A K tiS. At ite conyclusion of Senator Till mI'S ,spc(hi1, the guber tri a lI - didates were given s opiltinity to rie themsle of therla usul. hpeeh t iertire Inr fr'i.g't it. paswe say, gedi iat forIitul re-hichtin,~i was toued.n hitez,''la said wsnt.herto laing waut. wol makce hoolea speebch. lie goerori le ai that durie ne ny hnil rhcentlyntritidtyerewaorcedlthatbooe worntkk and thatl thereta book been1 hartr tol therpeople, othe aahesa in the Bible that referred to Prohibi tion. Col. Hoyt in strong terms denounc ed as utterly false TPiman's state ment that the preachers were ia an alliance with the barkeepers. He ask ed the question, "Who are the bar keepers?" Don't the blind tigers here in Greenville go to the dispen iary to buy their liquor? Are the lispensaries in league with the reacliers? Col. Hoyt said that it was sinful or Immoral to sell liquor, le State of South Carolina was hein deep in sin. The condition of Areeiville and Greenville county is low ten t imes worse than it was dur ng the ten years' enforcement of the (eal option law. At the conculslon >f Col. loyt's s)eechi one of Green -ille's fairet naidens came upon the >lat forii and in a graceful manner 1iesented1 him with a lovely bouquet >f flowers. (. Walt Whitman was next on the >ogrami. Air. Whitman said that as non as he finished speaking he would le reatdy to aiake a drink. He began iy giving a history of himself and iestors. lie said that lie was born it Spartanburg county, and that he 'as proud of it. Mr. Whitman traced is ancestry back to a rear admiral il the EInglish navy. le said that he new what. it was to have a hard time hat lie had always been a hard work rig minii and could sympathize with li poor farners and laborers. He aid that. Nr. Gary had asked hir.i clere lhe was (uring the war, and hat, le had replied that lie was too ountig to go to the war, but had pent the timi behind the plow hand 'S aId had lost two brothers who ied fighting for their country. He inde tin attack upon the State co' 'ges, saying that lie did not believe it taxing the farmers in oredr to tin these State schools. He asked lie voters to give him a vote and saild hat if lie didn't make a better gov rinor than MeSweeney had made be 6oild kick hiiself. Mr. (ary was introduced and began saying, "I contend that the best ny to deal with the liquor questioni by the dispensary system. I claim hat prohibition will not lead to the esults elaimied by its advocates." Ile e ferred to a recent visit of li4 to the sIe of l'alms saying that lie "luand itnerous blind tigers there id also in tihe city of Charleston. He aid that, if Governor McSweeney v'ould go to Charleston and aissert is i iianhood instead of sending one r- two constables, he would be able o put ia stop to the many blimi ti "ers in Charleston. Mir. Gary said that prohibition had ieen tested and proved a. failure and hiat t lie dispensary had proved a sue ess, and until we (tin get something >etter let its keep it. le was oppos d to the high license system, but be ieved that. each county had a right 0 decide for itself whether it vould mave a dislelsary or not. lIe advoeated the establishment of mublic schools, that the State could iiot do better than foster the public ichools, but that lie was not in favor of pulling down the State colleges. The detmand for eduented men was growinig laily and if we do not fur nish ourt boys with an education we wiuld have to inport educated men fromn the north. In referring to the old soldietr he said that during 1is term in the legislature lie had ahvtys sipported every measure presented that concerned the veterans. He said lie hand represented his county five timies in the legislature and once ini the constituitional convention, and I hat du iring the last six years lie had been speaker of the House of Repre senIt ti ives. WVhen Mir. P a tt erson was presented lhe coinpllainied of the height of the plIat formn shelf, and said that lie nev er liked to have anything between himisel f and the people. lHe saidl that before the dispensary lawv was adopted his county seat, Barnwi~ell, at Chr'istmnas timie wvas a scenie of dehauchery and riotous con duclt. Chiristumas, nowv, lie said, wais like Sundany. lie said that the prohii bit ion party werie not, advocating to tal pirohtibition, but wanted1 the sale of liituor' continued for inedicinal pur Mr . P at terson said that. it was gent etall y coniceded aill over' the St ate thaitt( Govuernior NecSweeney lad not citforced Itie dispensary law. lie sa'id that I.there wvere at least six hun idrecd blind tigers ini Charleston, and atbout two~ hundred'C~ in Columbia, and that t~hey have been turned over to the )vacchful car'e of the p)olice whm were ini cahtoot with the tigers. anis wa's next. initroduied, having been ah senit. whien his turin came, lie said lhe hiad trid to do his duity in his 'itlice'. Them rate on fer'tilizers, on ivotd ai jid (it hier commtJiodities, inclucj big cot ont, hatd beeni reduced. As a restult. the low country hadl shipped its eot lon to the mnills upi hero. They had bteen told tha t the board ha~d donie niothing, thatt the factorie.u had been driveni fromt the Sta te, but yet cttt oni nulls hiad sprung upj all over thiis c!ountr'y. It had been said that lhe was sublsiized'(; that Jas. Li. Orr said so. If AMr. Orr thinks so bie hans niever i' iiade anyi~ comlinltt to the board. liis family was as honiorable as Orr's lie dletailedl his political re'ot'd ad told1 of the honors his homie coutnty had given him, lie was un ihe steerinig commiittee of the consttit itional conivetntioni anid had bsein electedl lirt't vice-president of it' tirinia association of railroad commiiiissiioner's. lHe would never be guilty of doing anything that would binug dishonor (on his wife and ten c'hiildrieii and priomised to serve the plel im the future as in the past. Col. Jlames HI. Tillmian, candidate fotr hieutenatnt-governuor, wvas next in trodutc'ed. lie 1had4 hieard so mnuch speakinig that lie dre'amned of it at night ando lhe kniew thle pecople were t ired. lie was ta canid~ate for lieu tenianit-gover'nor and~ four' honorable me opposedl hiini. T1hiey had all held othe~e betfore' and lie never' had. He could not refer them to any official recoird, but there were boys in this couniity whlo ser'ved uinder himi in the Siinish-Amiierican wvar. lie referred to (Coh. .Johnt T1. Sloan and his war reCcord(. Thelin to Seniator Knox Liv inigstoni, whiom lie said lie couldn't get. onl any platformn. Livingston [Concluded on page 4.1