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_ THE PEPL E'SJORA VOL io.--"N0. I I 1IiN s S. (.. IIIJRSDAY, AUW''~1)OliDLARAYA THRI LAST MEITING. CAMl'AIGN (I>SlI) ATCOIlAMBIA Thto Canflidates4 sawa Their iues For the Liatst Tio Ieibro ICloection Day. 'The St ate, A ug. 3mrd. The Statti campaign has closed. The last meeting was held in this city yes terday. There wero about 500 people gathered around the stand at Hyatt Park. The place was well wooded and comparatively cool. There was a con stant demand on the spring in tb hol low-the dispensaries in town were closed. The candidates wtro all In good form, notwithstanding the terrible weather which has attended them the last fortnight and notwithtandilng the strain upon the man phyleal, the man mental and the man moral. Lr it re quires some0 solf-control for a candl date to know his limit and to say -I no" to his many friends who want to stand treat. Senator Tiilmt.n was the first speak or. Ilis child is quite sick and lie wanted to get to Trenton on the iorn Ing train. tie made about the same specch as elsewhere lately. In answer to an article in The Stato yesterday, he said he would not accel)t the ollice of United States senator if a majority in the State scratchod his name oli the ticket. " If they don't want, to vote for me IET Ti 1sciATClil." He felt sure, however, that lie would be uphold by the people. He sailed Into the itev. W. I. Richardson yester day. He held a hand primary and about half of the 350 then present showed down for the dispensary. The others didn't vote. A few held up for prohibition. There were few incidents. The E'vanses had a little liare up; Whitman took offense at Col. lloyt calling him an ex-preacher ; Col. lloyt and Mc Sweeney had a misunderstanding about which should speak tirst ; Mc Sweenep talked a good deal about the Batesburg incident and devoted a lot of time to Gary ; and the latter passed off the Batesburg incident as a maLtetr of little consequence, after showing that he did not, charge McSweeney with "sending" constables out to work for him ; Col. P'atterson went for all his opponents with gloves olT. Hoyt and McSweeney seemed the favorites for governor, and Mr. Gary changed many votes to his column, while not a few expressed sympathy for Patter Hon. Senator Tillman was the first speak or, being introduced out of order so that he might catch the train to leave for home. He got right down to the discussion of the liquor question, saying that notwithstanding criticism he had a perfect right to appear, because he had said that lie would resign from the senate In order to como back here and run for governor in defense ofithe - dispensary. Some men who are thost, blatant and editors who are reviving bitterness in regard to him are the very ones who charge himii with doing It, and that is not true. 'a.,ike the card in The State today signed Joab Ndwards. Ile wants me to sign a pledge that I will not stand for -ena tor if I don't receive a majority. I have made this statement in broad daylight and to ask mc to sign a pledge is an insult, for it says practi cally that I am a liar This is the poorest sort of a preacher because he hasn't got any churches. lie took up his remarks about preachers. ie said that he had ecen unintentionalhy mis. quoted by reporters. lie had said he would not swap his chances with some reachers, and he wouldn't, but they eft out the word " somne.' Iefe-ring to the hook of II abakkuk, it was more or less an eobsolete book, amid some of the preachers don't know that there is even such a book. (Laughter amid ap le then jumpe.d on prohibition, say ing that under it people wold~ have to get whiskey by swear-Ing that they wanted it fom- med icinal or sacramental purposes. Now, will you swear that ? Then you will swear to a lie. (Laugh Loer and appiauise). P'rohibition could not be onforced. lie reforr-ed to the free sale of liquor when the dispensamry law was deciamed unconstitutional. Pirohlbitionists want to bring back the same conditions. l'm-ohilbition wvill make liars anI hypocr-itos out of you. You will swear that you have the belly-ache or some otherm ache in order to get whiskey. (Gm-eat laughter). Where Is the doctrine gotten from that It ia sinful to dIrink liquor ? Hie defied any bishop oir preachier to show that any such idea existed before 1846i. The sacred writtings are full of warn ings against its abuse. Hie had said there was an unholy alliamce between preachers andl barkeepers to bineak up the dispensary. lie stuck to that statememnt because he believed it cor rect and the de(vil himself couldn't make him take it back. fle then took uip Mr. Richamdson's surmoni. In mreply he taid that he did not need thme dis pensary as a mach ine, lie had already been elected by 22,u000 majority and what was the use of having another machine. If he had been a demnagogue would I ahave thrown aside the sup port, of Gonzales and hlis little clique of oroachers. There Is no prohibition in this ease. It is siniply the old barroom system or the dispensary. lie said that there were blind tigers throughout the State, yet the preachers never fulminate against them. Hie themn took up the text upon which woe is called down upon him who givothi his neighbor drink. They say I have no right to in terpret ab text.. I have as much..right to do that as any preacher. I haven't got to take my Interpretation from them. They wou'dni't help me when I got In a hot pla1ce in the mnext world. Hereads and~ studies the Bible and will not give up his locas aboat, it at the dictation of any prcher. fle couldn't see how high and imma culato m~nisters could go to tihe polls arm in arm with barkeepers In a holy alliance. Ho said it, lie mecamit it, ho wouldn't take It back, and the devil couldn't make him change lis mind.. Hie was not attacking the proache-d. They first had attacked him by name. Ho had called Dr. Gardner down for saying something that was untrue in regard to him (Tiliman.) Dr. G;ardner would leave-. 46 any -aumitster witi whom he had been in contact if he hais ever treated ministers discourteously If Dr. Gardner is a man and thb Christian gentleman he is reputed ti bo, he would have withdrawn thosi slanderous charges. Voice-Ho's a liar, ain't, he. Tillman-I will not say that, but hi has slandered me, and if he doesn't ce tact, you can make your own infer onces. When Tillman concluded he sal that if they wanted to scratch his namc oil the ticket let them do it, although he, of course, would be ploasei with v unanimous support. le was quitting the stand when he had his hand pri wary. About half the crowd showed down for the dispensary. " Pretty good sprinkling for lRich land," Tillman exclaimed. Somebody told him that a lady in the crowd voted for the dispensary. Tillman was dclighted at this. The candidates for RtA ILROA D CONMMISSION ItM were then trotted out.. V. D. Maylield being at home. did not speak, but in. troduced the others. W. D. 10vans spoke of his record as a representative of Marlboro. lie de fenced his administration on the board of commissioners. Would compare his record with that of 11. B. 10vans. tie touched up the latter's insurance busi ness in Columbia. He and Ilarney jawed and sassed cached other a little bit to the amusement of the crowd. It was nothing serious. J. G. Etheredge, of Lexington, made a very manly speech Le had beensick the first part of the campaign. He has been a successful insurance man and is fitted for the office. J. I..Wharton, of Laurens, said that on the campaign he had not used any harsh language nor had he made any charges against his opponents. He then spoku of existing irregularities in the railroad rates, tariffs, etc. B. B. N vans of Edgetield said that the commission, in the language of Jas. L. Orr, of Greenville, is ignorant or subsidized. He cited the lease of the South Carolina and Georgia to the Southern and said that it was a viola tion of the constitution. W. D. Kivans says the rates have not been increased. When W. D. did this he knew he was falsifying the records and is deceiving the people. Columbia, instead of being the distributing point, is the point dis criminated against. This man Garris, "Old Beckroge trunk Garris," had assailed him in The State. He, Barney, had sent his reply to The State but that paper had de clined to take the article, as it had t-ome tables of rates in it. He would condense these tables and ask The State to print it then. After he concluded, W. D. asked to reply to Barney's statement as to the rates to Aiken'. He said Barney is an adopt In falsifying the record. Barney-These are your figures ; not mine. W. D.--If I have been subsidized, the same-consideration would buy a whole cowpen full like him. Barney-.That's the wail of a dying calf. M r. T. N. Berry, of,Darlington, spoke next. He is . a prohibitionist. He spoke of his business qualifications for the oflice. le has been a successful insurance man. Mr. J. M.. Pettigrew, of Plorence, re (.3rred to his war services under Maxcy Gregir and others. The railroads are not to be mistreated, but they have lawyers to represent them, and the State needs a board of commissioners. lie delivered a valedictory, referring leclingly to the separation. leh of the candidates was applaud ed. (,ONG-RE-SSMNAN WVilSWN. rhe candidates for congress were then given an opportunity to speak. Mr. Jos. T. ,Johnson was absent. Hon. Stanyarne Wileon, the present representative, was well received by the crowd. He sp~oke of national issues, and cited his record in congress, especially his speech against imper-ia lism. LHe jumped on the trusts. He was proud of his district, a magnili cent stretch of country from the moun tains of North Carolina to the Con garoc. Two years ago he promised that the Congaree would be opened. Ile didn't know that anybody would have the hardihood to deny that the feet of his work would be accom plished. But his opponent had done so in his (Wilson's) absence at Davis the other day. Wilson said that he had not done it all, but without his work, Senator TrIll man could never have gotten the ap propriation. lie told how he (Wilson) had Worked for the bill before the house committee. The amendment in troduced in the serate by Tiilman had been written by Wilson himself. It was the only amendment which went through over the protest of the en gineer. lie said ,Johnson is too heavy, toe slow for this district, a man of but one idlea. rio had not the time to discuss all questions fully, hut would do so at the night meeting. W A 1/' WiIITMA N. The first spoaker for governor was Mr. G. Wait Whitman. lHe was oe0 the lirat in the State to advocate pop. ular government. lie then made fur of his competitors. McSweeney and Patterson come from the s'wampt whore they raise nothing but candi dates, alligators, mosquitoes and nig gers. -Gary 18 fromA A bbevilie, wherc they have established a Garyocracy Hie likened the candidates tg ilroat trains ; Patter on is tryiny to driv< railroad spikes with a tack hammer Gary is a big fine-looking engine, puf fihg up gradu with a load of emp~ties MQSweeney earrios a load of red liquoi and corn liquor and beer, and Col hoyt is a big mogul, with mighty littl< steam, carrying two Pullmans, one load ed witn bishops, guarded by angels the other filled with the world, thi flesh and the devil. T~he prohiAtionists distort scripture He didn't know If Col. Hoyt was lead ing liquor men or prohibitionists. I Col. Ijoyt were elected, he didn't know whether it would be0 a victory for pro hibition or liquor men. Hie then tacklod.Mcsweeney. If thi dispensary law were enforced there wouldl not be this fight today. The lay is violated in the dispensaries. LI< said he had no backbone and let th< h)Iind tigera run riot, If Me . didn't get enougi votes in Richland I County to elect hiir, he would go out of th executive iansion. If tl) pe0 plo wanted to elect a ian, tako Whit Sinan. ( le'wise there are several 3 casy-goig gJOLI for nothing fellows to select from. C'.. J.AS. \. l1OV%1T. C01. Lloyt was called next. 110 po') tested that it was not his turn, that ie succeeded Gov. MIeSweenev. Chairman ( ibbes stated that M r. Whitman and Gov. McSweeney had exchanged places in the ioutino antIld he had so announced before Mr. Whit man spoke and Col. I oyt should have then protestUd. The colonel said he hadn't understood the announcement that way. Ni'. MlcSwoeney stated with spirit that he didn't care in what order they sploke ; he wasn't trying any snap judg muent. 1le started to speak, but Col. Iloyt, telling hii not to lose his temn per, advanced and delivered the fol lowing address : "in the closing meeting of the caI paign, and as the representative of the prohibition lXmocrats of South Caro lina, I desire to paiiiee on record a full statement of my position upon the par amount issue of the campaign, with brief roference to other topics. I n do ing so I wish to preface my remarks with an acknowledgment of the kind ness and courtesy received by me at the Lands of the candidates for all the oflices throughout the pilgrimage over the State, and to express my applrecla tion of their fr'iendly and social atten tions on all occasions. It, has been a source of great pleasure to be associat ed with them, and whatever may be the result of the primary election I will always cherish the recollections of their gentlemanly behavior and exem plary conduct, which have bee a credit to the State. l'ew instauces of any unpleasant nature have occurred, and the campaigners will part from each other with sincere regret, what ever may be the result of their hopes and expectations. " There is no disagreement, among the candidates for governor except upofn the liquor question, and there has been no issue raleed in this campaign on any other line. Thle educational policy of the State has been regarIed on alI sides as settled and lixed, and whatever differences may have been prevalent heretofore, the friends of higher education may fel secure in obtaining just and liberal appropria tions for the respeutivo institutions which are fostered and sustained by State aid. The cowmon schools are unanimously regarded as the basis for the instruction of the people, and there is only generous rivalry in pointing out methods by which the children of the Stato may obtain better facilities in tese schools, which are the sole reli ance of nine-tenths of the school popula tion to secure the benetits of education. There will always be differences of opinion as to modes and methods of se curing the best results from the public schools, but the frcqueut, discussion of theso methods among the masses them selves will inevitably tend towArds the improvement, and advancement of the schools, which should year by year grow more in favor with the patron and receive their earnest and hearty support. Much of the desired elliciency in the common schools can be obtaindct by zealous, hearty cooperation among their friends in every locality and the day will never come again when the public men of South Carolina ,vill be come indilferent or lukewarm in tire support of these nelpers to the pro gress and advancement of all tire people. "The prinipal issue in this caiml paig n has been the liquor trailie. ani tile pMOlihibition Democratsof Somith Ca r-olilna have chosen .o make t-this con test at the Delmrocr'atic primary because we ar'o muember's of the political organ ization whIichl is in virtual control of all the alfair's of the State. We had tire right to r-aise this issue within the party li nes because the machine ry of the State government, hais been used to construct and operate a system of Ii (1uor1 sellIng, which has for its clhief objoet the constant, increasos of the eon sumiption of liq uors by the citizens of the State, mamnly with the view of makinrg money ourt of thn businehs in which the Stat~e is engaged. SThe State is encouraging t~he use of liquor on the part of its citizens when it should by every means d iscour-' age that which wastes the i'.iresouCe's par'ai~ zes tire energies anrd destroys the manliness of throse who should be thu shield and priotectioni of our hromres. Th'Ie State is engaged for prolit, in a business that strips the homne of coin for'ts with as much cer'tairrty as a cy clone mows dlown tihe mighty forest :a business that, ollens tile gates of peili tion to lost souls ; a business than that, the genius of hull has never fash ionedl a more cornpleite method of r'eruiting its ranks ; a business that has bor'ne fr'om time immnemorial the badge of dilsgr'ace In civilized and Ch ristian commuinnIties, andi that, Is now exaltecd in the sover eign and enlightened common wealth of South Carolina to tho dignity of gov ernmient ser'vice andl government pro tuction, so that, our youth are taught by the exampile of the government, it, self that the manufacture and sale (If liquor is an honorable and desirable ccuiipation. - " IWt tyears ago tire pr'ohibitionists of South Carolina asked the plrivilege (of testing public opin on as to whether licenlsedl saloons should ho permitted within its borders. This request was made of the managers of the Demp cratie election machinery, who con-' Senltedl that a separate and unofltial box rmight, be placed1 at each poll whlire every voter' coulid cast a ballot for or against pro'h i bition. Tire opponents (of tire license systemr were without elli . ienit organlization, but tire Voters 'vol untarily went to tihe polls and rolled up a majority of 10,0010 against, the sa - loons. The I louse oif lI presentativos by a majoIrity olf to lE paissed a pr'o h Ibi tory law in accordian cc w ith tile verdict at tire poll s. but ernourgihi mem bers were afterward- foeund to rejet the law whiiichr they hiad iided in friamin rIng and a substitute Wias discovered in the priesent dli peni-ary l aw. - 'robhi tion Demnocrats werie then placed in an awkward p)osition atnd mitany oif tiremn know not what to do. Therz salon had been abolished, and thisk was one of the 'objects for which they iradt strun.ggled 5 in the plast, yet liquor1 .-efliing was not stopped. On the contr-ary, the State had been madi to e.,,.a.. in th b,,... nees under the pretenco of controlling the traflic and giving to consumers a colliioiy that was 'chemically oure,' at a price that would not admit of pro lit. This was coupled with the declar ation that the saysteI thus inaguaIted without the consent of the people was 'a step towards prohibition,' and many acquioseed iI the legislation with the belief that the State would really unl dertake to minnimiz. the consumption of liquor. It was a law upon the statito books, and many of the law aihid i ngi and peace-loving citlzens, though hion'-stly opposed to liquor selling in any A%pe, throw the weight of their inilluence iII favor of the execution of the law. "The dispensary law was far from satisfactory to a majority of the people and it is no wonder that its progress was contested at every step. The courts were invoked to compass its de struCtion, wiLhl the result that the Imiain Icatures of the system were sustained by the courts, and thbo statute was ul impeded In its progress towtards prohi bition. l)ispensors have neglected to oberve some of tle most salutary fea tures of the law and theniselves have becoio violators when they werc tx pected to ho i's guardians: ini ors anId drunkards h ave found it easy enoug h to procuro liquor with or without toe conn ivance of the dispenser;. 'eemiic ily pure' has bccomo1S ab 3 byword and to mean the vilest of the vile: the agrent, of the State have defrauded and diefal c3ated in large numbers and 1ew liave bCen made to feel the IInaItics for their Imisdecmeanor; the State board Of control has more than oIle Iecoime an exhibition of exceeding ofleunce in the nostrils of the good peiopile of the coimIion weal th, So that ti me and againi it has been necessary to make changes and bring about reformatlions; ScIdaIls alost without numher have tracked its pathway; charges of dishonesty have been constant, and the publiV was iIade famiia' with rebates and the salliple room; in ab word tihe entire sys temy, has been perieated with suspie ion, distrust and causcs of olfence in in) striking contrast with thbe honoralije record of South Carolina's trlorious piast. las the system proved ' a step to wards prohibition ?' Not in the sense that originated this ph rase. but in an other and truer sense the demand for actual and honiest prohibition of the laiuor traflic has been largely increai ed by the [ailumres land slorteoningmi of the dispenisary system, which has been 'weighed In the balances and found walbing.' That is the indictient we b-i ng against it to-day, and Lto the Democratic voters we Lurn for a ve'r Ilict. In its stead we would oTfor them Ztil further reizricidol of tile liulor tr'alie, destroying the prolit and bever age features of tie present system, and limiting the sale of liquor to strictly necessary pIurloses, stueni as mlediciill, mechanical and sacr abmental uses. This substitution would take away the odium of the State's heing engagLed in ab buiIeIs tbut, is irosti tuting thbe youth of tihe countiry, waeting tLe i-c sources of the poorer classes, bringing diegrace and degradation upon fan illes, Impoverishing th homus of our citizens, and wibtholding bread from the women and children who aro cursed with the blight of the drink dlemon 'rohibition offers an opportunity to' work for tie el - vation of tie entLire people, the better instruction and training to the young, tie creation of incentives of Industry, and tibe mIoral advancemnt, of the StatO to keep pace V itlh its imiaterial prosperity. "We deny Ihat it is ab proper fun Lion of the govern miie,t to engaige inl this business for tihe money ,hlere is in it, and we u Ltrly irepuldlate Iniy Ir po)n1iAbility for the hajuful con:,e quinces i that inevitably lowv from Lle iisti'ibitioni of the great curse of mian kind among the people by sworn uhli eial obS f Lthe .btate. If tile giovernmiint can engage ini the sle oif Ii quor' for the prioilit wie ilib y lbe der'iveu iherfromi, thlen it is leg i imait-e fiir th~e govern - mlent L.) buihi Cotton miiibs hu11 and sell generali mierechanbd ise, or do0lil anthIng else thiat wIll likely raike money sio thbai, thebI taxes will be~ reduced andl expennhee of the public sei'vice w ill he curtaile l. Tholi principle of sellinug liquior' for a proilit, is idenitieail w itLi selling an~y other comimodit Ly fior gain, and the ao voicates of the dlispensa ry have never climed that, is r'ight, Lo engaige in otheri lilies of Lirade. '"In the Inflep tion oI(f tihe biusinles s thiere was heard a y renL dea libut, thLe State tak ing control of the Iliqpnor traiili undeir the polbee powers dlesignaited hy thle conisti uitioni, but tllhis is no(w an~ 01b .'olete airguimenit,, and the chi ef i'eliance for su ppor1t of Lthe diis pensary is Lthe proli t featurie , whIIiebl is liel (1UpI t~i the pieolie as a means for relieving tbe burden of taxation and promloti ng the i -llency oif tile public schiools. Take aiway the proi t, feat ure and the mi ght~y octopius will dwindle ini Lthl eyes oif those who are looking to it, for' a'sist anco in defrayIng the ex penises oif goy. ei'nment.. Take aiway thie proit, feature abnd the defenders of thie system will gro(w fewer every year. This is the bbas upon01 which it rest, abnd the cei Lire structur'e will fall for lack oif sup. porlt,. Bhin d the proli t lies the strength-of the dlispensar'y in this pr'es ent campiugn, with its d1istiibution of the gain aimong the town and count~y govern ments. '"NO manbi has y Jt, beeni found Li) arg' .1 that the miorals of thle people are in trinsicallIy benefited by the sale oif liqluor. It, wabs never' arguied in the dabys (if thbe sia'oons that they Ihn proved the morl-bs or promoted the r'ighteous 1.e5s of any commllu n Ity, andi~ the nwere chabnge of method in the sale dodmsoot andi~ cannoitt alter the situation in Lthis respect. Thu State engaging lia this un holy tralli c does not, ti'ansiiiut e the X brand of chlemical ly pure in to an agency for' the priom~otlion of virtue and moliIty among the sons oif Southi Ciur olina. T1heo elevation and I mproveme nt of society are iiot, Involvied in the in creased emcumliiptioni oif liqur b)v the citlizens of the State, noi' u >es it,'tend to bring peae abnd hiapiplness to the hlomes of thle hiumble or the rieb. The sable oif liquor is admilittedl on li sides to he ian evIl and only an evil, aind it ie not d11iiniIhed in iany resplect because the sovereignty of the State Is Liihro(wn ariounil the trallie. "'e Stiato flOW pirohiits all oif its eitizens from engaging in thbe trallie, andl ibarogates to Itself the right to d Is pense liqiuor for a val uabile con~itdera tion, creating a monopoly ulnder the guIse of asesuin~ig control of an evil, L anld incr*eainir the evil itself by a cor tant tnLreimiet of thu mnopol The Iatmvott of the dipeniSary by teinl halve stealdily refu1se-d thet passag of anly law which wouhd afford an oi portunity for tiny conltrmunity to ex preSs their opinions On this subject andt(! the(, only mtil hod of reiiebing i vetlier ha been U, to putifth vaid le who riLisen the prohibitione enti un-t, of the0 Sta te. This bringS til Ilut-Ail fairly before tth peole Wihl art! LI control of 1ti: ove rt' n I-i lt, an ara-i N S LIi. e iittr t t fr- tial u11(1 its ei rit tas i Souttion of Lihe liI probitcin. cLimpa gtn v wt l to d.Iz. uss t I ittlur qulistion, and whie lI have no1 Iquestiontd thi i i itto d io, thter Wit litl a itrent. nLed f i hS lic ing to til reocut oIf the ianididwats who era s voca1ting thipear 6ystemI, an~d III ha., not athil aniything to thel discusl sionl not alreattly presenlati. "TwNo h1wyers halve been enigaget 'i'ain&tu, le nd a tivail wa e of tilte dits eL) .ary system.11 and hm in) th.-ridingv t.114 CItl Of prohibit. WiiI a ezre they lit, L qu11al tol the OCCasion1'f \\'ere thet tign1, uilthl .e 1ti10S po0 itiIg 1 it dinOlutioi L Of tUbe 'great16 mora1-1 inlStitultiOnl ' I'its ainy one becomeo aIi-mIed for tit- e tifi of the ditpentarwy, to that, it was neccs Lary for. teit( flither to ru into L 1t, itnin t. dILeWidly hii:Litb and i tVr u his cbild from detArutleionl ? " TI Year..: algo th eltmillitor wal; 1 a mari Ig iaga i I t W ad lit I t I 1)1o Isign Of '10, aintd] said VII iIh-ti'ly th a Lithe I mocratU of Soulthl (hlrolina u r haIIving at familily ua r lwhich IllampII on ought not o . Int feir with, I: iot tie codtiition toduy aetiopl iLenti Stni ' iinp tn waIite rei. coge/. I leador of the D) no I'Lncy of that im Mid TilmiIIa itihe I ecgn adel to-i iy. Ttrut, latlito was not teO a ieeandituite fo'r r lec ion, i t it, w: itly ai hortli tim i' u il Lii1hIe was' ith ftLed, ai nd h6 ii defl.it wai co p : hi llu h d did i nII t ( I ti w i tL fam)ily Lilturre-i. SiIchl a i ret Sul, callno befall S. nati r l ilhai as th re i il Lbani e folr tpp) ii tion t Iliii in hil campaign, a n I ther a'it-, liii decire ti block hIi- way to rli th it-ietion on ,lib par of any cosi -abeelmntu in thb pr1ty. li wa fLii: l L.Ccodeit'd th right of wluy ly Imeuni of very phast. o Denmoracy, and benem his courne i ti is caii iili doi it 1 it i ulipirt, w ji thec genermt-., tri,-M6 tin ,lt - le ha rt_ ivd it the ha ndLy o f Ihi fklo p( ) -IM criats. It wa a Miieakt on his par t t act contrary to the rt hiiemn, a idow by hilin fori thet-- prtper conduct it 1:nitiei t tliatL r u eit nunaiii circuintaecu itox unhksi ho lbd i Ugh pur-o f n ladtview t let ire pIr. eern ami ong the di iii nluwry vanitliate i govertor., whicbhe haldihtm! Lphatie termi theiL wi on rea f abl xcuse i nt eil int L r ''MI.C1 ill fitsmily tuI tir o l 116d frr ad tly C lires "dis in i re uarai 0ii L liquor iuie atnd al.!: th peopl f Le oA=Sl know juat, w ho he It ood. U ha11t nlot, added anything to t~heir Com cepion of his position i regard to ti dispeoLnsary sytomit. " I Iis talent~s ought to havel boeen i requIIisitionl UelseWherI'l inl t, diSCussiO of national itstes bIe for. the puople piv ot Sdtes, w ihr h1 trml' reUndie valoable ervice in the ofni iold t Llte cause of itl~mocrney, and aid In th election of Brynli and tevenIon, ou national rtandard h1arIr . Lii lilt inChoe to iiaregard thi-i oppori1i-( t1unity and haots thrown hil e tf into t it- ia contest, Jkehuaoricvg thay ith, people wil eteect, nol lilangoernl thi-, year Will is It in yll p t h~ y withs himl, whichl i quivalent t :-ay) n traitt Lit, p ~ld atre go~ing L~o titt-y nuihit, t~o hli-, hi) poli11ie 1 asoncit. I i U ) x I' taord Iiar I- tile muodo and ikanner of the canpaign '. l 1ny part, and as was said at the out 8 set, I can1 declarO at the Cose that the 0 Contest, has bOOn Waged Upon01 tho iighiest )la0 of which I am capablO, - for which thero is no blush of shame among mlly supporters." A There was no interruption during s Col. Iloyt's speech except when Walt Vh itian objectod to the charactor ia Stion1 of hlill ats anI) eX-pireacior. Wa Ssaid tils wias aIl u1Iijust slur. It in I tiIatled that Walt did not got out of I ithe ministry Iroptrl11y. r Gol. C lloyt lpologizod ilian fully for wron)dii NI r. Witlman's feeling., and S"aid 1,111bti he hadi1 not intiended the term II Inany unkind sense. t lie wai verV iIerally apphioUdod. (aM\. M'S\\'mNICY. Gov. iclweeneyev Was received with atppiuml-. In IW; he haI(!1.d worked w ith the DIllocracy of IWc l and. I Iis op ponents wonhl attack his record on wI at ? Merely on Lit -ir statemtilv i, 1.tat Lhere are bliind tigers in Ghartles When ho went into ollice he reduced LhCecolnstabIlari alter consultation with tilt intentidants of towins, who promised their i' help in enforcing the law. Any insiliaLtionl thiat, ho iIn sympliatly with I'lind igers or thiat he ilas giveni) his CIsIthie s ( orde8rs not to n force the law is ahsolitely without foundation. lle hiad tried to elforco Lhbe law ear iet-4ly, w ithiut friction, m) Lhat it would brilg aItit 110 had feeling. No coI stablile liitler Ik amililsilitriation had ente'red a home or insultce.j a woman. lie had not interfered with other do prtilients of the adini1istration and not been diCtateild to by aiyhody. The trouble in Ghiarlestom Is that, whln war raits aive sworn ouLt, the grand jury in every instaice haw thrown out tho in dictmentis. le had a better force lin Columbila, they had deported them SeIves holineisty Itid it) complaiaint had ieve' C0111 to himiii of thllir aiLons. T1he taLte-ine nt tLhat he Ias constahles work. ing for tiis asiolitely unfounded. Tio the eoitiary, he had told them to VotW ifor whomsoever they pleasid. At Ma rion, NI r. Gary ha iaid something about Gnistatble tlaemaii interferiig wiith i6 Mec. 1eman 1113S that, hi WaS there It on olelCal buhiniiess and his record wIas attaeiked hy i r. Gary. Gai. ry ( otto voce)---Why, I never hell of the man11 holo. Nit "Swl 'eeney coniltilluing said that Mlr. (;arly wats misinformed or- m1iun di-stood what was told him when lie made that chliarge at Iateshuorg. lie Liten r-0ad a letter firomi Mr. W. V. Sliirris, clerk at disptisiry, showing Limt Constabeshav no1t uit their w 1vork in Collubla, aiil sid tit, they w., ere warIied not to show their iilnd in his electioin. lie would not, sund 150 colstabt8 to Chailestonl "to raise heil." mh,' kli. 1not belieVed in coUrciUl and shooting mien and woiiien. ile was appittuded when he Haitid that h_ le w ished lie -Ouild snd lI 'ons, the hig an1ist, to tle penitentIary for life in. stead of giving him a pardon. le wiais warmly applauilded when he I-Conchuded. M r. I'ank 13. Giary said that, Ie had been coming to Golumbia foi 12 years, and he was ph'dito E300 that her pro gre-ss for tihe past two was greator tlian for the preceding ton. lo had aiLways 1,aken a deop Interest i Col 11111 bia, and in the last General Assembly lad stood shoillder to shoulder with the I amen tel Piattton in getting for Co. hii ililia what sh)1) demianded. 110 was elecred when le aild he would not go downi in the mil to pull himself into oflici. iH ,bhen t uatacked prohibition. li ha-, the highet rspet for the mon of ( hod who aret, doing no much for human dy ani'd who are ihon-stly In Iavorlw of prvoli I 111 ion. Ihlt sniehi a law wvoid he a filiure, asr showedt biy pr'oihitlon In Liiib;r Stat*-s. I I is local liptionl Is mocre 13'y toui lel coutae8 reiject, ai dispens~ary If "ii 'lw doni't wiant, it. Th'le law now pro "' viihs Ltlht ai i ipensary elannotl lie ('s tabl jihed except, w itli Liihe majoityI votec of the c:itiz/ens and)1 fr'eehllderh. Ilie thoes not go any further. lie dots not invor a1 local Opittion for' higih Ii eu-list'. lIe is ini favoir oif the d1s ~isnsary, a but, not, loosely enforced as it, is Lod ay. " Gov. McSweeniey enifor'ces tile law In A bhuiville w here it ii popu~ilar 1and. to the poilice in Chiarl Ieston Is del1egated th po 4)I 1wer ofi ciif ri'ng Liibe law thbere, 2when it is well knowni that thbey are As. Lii the IHatmesburg ineidenit eon eirning wh' v ich hi) much:I 1) habeeni said, Ihe 8 tiated tha lit whiiat hiad hia ppe ned w as moerely thiiis : ii. had innocenitly said, hL had hiIeardl Liiat Liie constables hiadi lueft, Coliiibia and were workIng for n r iavorito. lie dlid not, say that Y tibey hadl iben seti. MIcSweeney gilt, 1inti a terribl he rage and Is yet in a ratto - vrit. Gary reopeated that these gen thi en, I(lastL~ln anid Shlitirn, ha~d imade Li t- hin'Oami)nts t,0 himu. They were -oil tihe ground miow arnd wolid prove it. iAs to tile ol soldier's, lie said that hi) had0 always supported cver'y measure loiok ing toI theIir advancement. (Jo!. I 'attersoni has stid that it is wrong LIo Itake tooi many birds out of the samio nesit. Gairy said If thbey be songsters, lIt them sing, lie Is going It alone, hails no papers1' boosti ng hit), hais noi isii -iir faction buck of him, ie poned fun u t l 'ab tcrson as a "peace colonel !"I whi) 1) has a1 ocd job no(w anti hae. a brotLher a wilh- isn 0illee, anti it comelis wIthi bad a: grace from him 01 L speak of a Gary tocracy. Gary was warm'y applaudedf. d was the last, speaker for go ernor. lie n devoited moilst oif his time Lt) Gary. Het e had held In linec foir the Giarys and e I'vanises, andl hais poiltionu on till is - p:~n8iary waie well knoltwni lie ihad con NiiItntl favored it. lie then rcad tfiruor Gairy's (iha rlIes ton speech1 aiind said r that the papers~ down thiere had1( 1indor ,tlood him i tto he fior local opltion in la viir of high license. Gary's plan1 will .tarvO out , Lihi idis ptensar1y. Nii one( had diiie nore to enforce tie haw than he had. lie hail the great. respect for Iol. Iloy t, but tlied that, lit Has nolt (iii-- 5tent in his5 poiition, Hie de Ilariid that the diispen)Isary law in Char le.stoni andi Columbliia wais a farce and a huIi10mg In the way it wvas enforced. Go) and4 see1 for yonerolve V nd 11 do1(1 not talki my word foi it..' lie julmped on NeSweeney for apitin g newspaper men) Lio ollicoi arid thee subsided. -Th'ie ra in -every-dlay for 40-'dog-days lirolphet has gonio lover Li) join I,1 Hung r Ghan, ndr is rowi. To All Our Pickens Friends. We want to say that we intend this 1.all to have the )est line of Shoes and Diry (tood ever shown in Easley, and al prices the same as you pay in Green ville. ()ur Easley store will have everyt hing our Grrecnville store has. Yiou know our stock is the largest in Greenville, therefore you know what you can lind in our Easley store. We are agents for some of the best shom factories in the United States, Ild we will sell them at the lowest possible! price. Mr. .1. Melton Kimg. our manager, asks all his friends to give him a call that he may let them see what he can do for them in suppilping their wants in D)ry Goods, $hoes, etc. It will save you a long ride to Greenville. le has many things that he is selling at hargiain prices, and invites inspection. Keep your eye on this space and it will save you many a dollar. Yours truly, R. Le R. Bentz, Cash Dry Goods and Shoes. J, MICLTON KING, Manager Easley Branch. Greenvillo Store,...... ... Corner entrance, 201 Main St. LEWAgeint for Butterick Patterns . The Following Goods to go BELOW COSTl All Latest Style. No Old Stock. iLadies' $3 IT)'Pan Oxfords at ........ $200 Ladies'$200 fTan Oxfords at ........ $160 hadies' $l 50 'an and Black Oxfords $100 NtiHoes' $1 25 'Tan and Black Oxfords $100 I'hiiiiren's $1 00 TVan and Bi1k. Oxford, 80 PRIDE &c PITrON, 106 S. Main Street. W' Leiret door above Lipscomb & Russell's PIT T'S Antiseptic Inigorator! Cures dyspepsia, indigestion, arid all atomaeh or b~owei trog bles, colie or cera muorbus, teething troubles with children kidney troubles, bad blood and all sorts o sores, risings or felons, cute and burns. It im as goodi antiseptic, when locally apnlie~ as any thing on the market. 'Try it and you will praise it to others if your druggist doesn't keep it, write to Pitts' Antiseptic Invigorator 60o. ~THOMSON. GA... iMonvilie. H. (I -TJho attorney general is busily pro pairing his appeal to the supreme court in the Neal case. There are several legal points which wore brought up by .Judgo Benet's decision, and lator by .Judgo Klugh's, which was' diaotricaily opposi1te. There are still other' points to be brought out and it may he that, Col. Neal may again be brought to trial should the supreme court decide in favor of the attorney general. --The waLtn system of Atlanta, Ga., has failed t' ico within two weeks, be ing out, of use for nearly twenty-four hours and causing much Inconveni ence. OUlR GIREATECSTA RPECIALIST, F'or 20 yearn D r. J. Newton Hathaway has so siuccessfulily treated chronie diseas eu that) he in acknowledged today to stand at thie hcaud of huis p rofossion in this line. is i exclusive inethod0( of treatment for Varicocele sand Siricture, without thae aid of knife or cautery mires in 90 per cent, of all cases. Ii n e treatment of the loss of Vitail or~es, Nervous D)isorders,, Kidney and( trinatry Compini'~its, Paral ysis, Blood 'PoisonI inRhumatism, Catarrh, and die -cases peculiair to womeni, lhe is equnally suacncessfual. IDr. hathaway's practiceefa mol re than doubtle that of any other spoo. malis. ('sesn pronounced helpless by other phynsicians readlily yield to his treatment. Write him todlay fully about your ease. Hie miakes no charge for consultation or advice, either at, his ollice or by mail. J. Newton H athaway, M. D., 22% South nroad strent, A tlanta, Gn: