Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, July 28, 1900, Image 2
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Saturday, July 28, 1900.
"It is funny to see" Gonzales,
an open and avowed license
man, now the organ of the pro
liibition party."?Ben Tillmar
at Chester.
Governor McSweeney in his
speech Wednesday strenously
denied the charge that he had
the State constable going round
with him and said that if there
was any present it was not by
his consent and that they would
not receive pay fer the day's
work. lie further stated that
if he found any constable working
for him or any other candidate
instead of attending to
his duties he would discharge
him as soon as he had proof
sufficient to do so.
A DEMAGOGIC SPEECH.
Of all cheap, demagogic appeals
for votes ever heard on
the stump we cannot recall a
cheaper and more demagogic
one than the language of Ellison
Capers, Jr., candidate for State
superintendent of Education,
McMahan's was a clear,thought
ful address on the cause of ed
ucation; but Capers appealed
to prejudice and to prejudice
only. What if Mc Mali an die
employ a northerner to teacl
the teachers' art? The best thai
could be had was what wai
wanted ; and the best could noi
be found here. In all Soutl
Carolina we'll venture to s?.j
there could not be found one
competent instructor in thai
branch of study. Then where
could there be any harm in
going north for him? and when
that instructor suggested that
the stars and stripes should
float over Winthrop and offered
to make a contribution to that
end, why should McMahan be
criticised for endorsing the sug
gestion? Rather, he should be
praised for it, for the stars and
stripes ought already have been
floating there. It is no "Yankee
flag," as Capers called it.
It is the American flag, as much
ours as any Yankee's. The
yankeest state in the Union has
only one star there ; South Carolina
has the same, and it is
as much ours as anybody's.
Capers' other criticisms were
apace with these and deserve
the same consideration?to be
contemptuously dismissed, with
the determination to vote for
McMahan whether you wanted
to do it at first or not.
THE CAM PA KIN MEETING.
The Cftizena of Lancaster and
Surrounding Country Give
Each Speaker Close At*
tention.
The state campaign meeting
held here Wednesday whs one ol
the quietest we have ever seen
Every speaker was accorded the
closest attention, and everybody
seemed only too willing to lei
each candidate speak without interruption.
It was a sober crowd;
not one jingle man was ween dur
ing the day that appeared to be
under the influence of whiskey.
The following account of the
meeting is taken from the News
and Courier, written by Mr.
August Kohn:
"When the meeting was called
to order Chairman Porter stated
that if every candidate spoke ac
cording to schedule the meeting
would continue from 10:30 until
5:30.
Mr. J. P. Derham wasnotpres
ent and sent excuses. He wi
absent on account of sickness an
~ announced his platform au
showed the work of his office,
j Mr. Brooker began by say in
J j he had already saved the stat
$50,000, and was in position t
save that much more. The prei
ent administration of the tax
is absolutely faulty and wronj
He charged nothing criminal, bu
gross irregularities andincompel
ency in the present office. H
. complimented Clyburn. II
charged that Derham was nc
| prepared to say the books wen
well kept, because he did no
know, Mr. Clyburn said he mad
the Chesterfield settlement i
1897 and it was entirely satisfac
tory. He agreed that in 1898 th
1 papers were sent to Columbia.
f Neither Mr. McMahan nor Mi
[ Capers was present when thei
^ names were called.
Gen. Floyd made a patriot!
sDeech. He came to show how h
had restored the prestige of th
1 adjutant general's office. Th
i militia organization was now, h
; unied, the best the state has ha
in twenty-five years. lie w.i
always prepared to defend hi
administration, which he though
' successful as far as the mone,
! went.
Mr. Rouse was absent.
Snpt. McMahan came in la?
frotn Rock Hill. He outlined hi
experience as a teacher, legislate
and student, which lie though
qualified him for his work, ar.i
then showed how he had worku
1 and was still working for th
' common schools and how b
i wanted industrial and busine*
j departments in town schooh
The town graded schools are not
doing the work formerly done b;
colleges. He is now principall
working for good teachers am
I good common schools. He begge
) that the best trained men b
[ selected.
t RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
t J. G. Etheredge was ahsen
s | Mr. J. H. Wharton "aid iner
t were towns discriminated agaim
v in rates. Then he took up th
matter of overcharge and waute
agents authorized to pay ovei
5 charges and make allowances fc
k lost articles. He said there wa
) no sense in the argument of Ion
( and short hauls when the rate o
; lumber is less from Augusta t
Camden than from Lucknow
Major Barnard B. Evans sai
' freight rates were higher her
i than in any other southern stat
except Florida. He said ther
was something rotten in Denmar
and it was the railroad commit
sion. The commissioners wer
liable to arrest when riding ove
the state on free passes. Th
commission is doing nothing fc
the people. The people wer
being annually robbed of on
million six hundred thousan
dollars by the indifference of th
commission. The commission, h
held, was either subsidized or i?
norant of its duties to the peoph
The commission now allows 9
per cent, on railroad bonded in
debtedness. They have not don
a thing except fight him ; the
were fighting him because the
' knew he would not be hood
winked. He predicted that with
in the next two or (hree vear
guano would go up three to fiv
dollars a ton. There was not
depot here fit for a good nogr'
He will see that the vestibnl
*tops tor all passengers.
Mr. T. N Berry said he wa
I running on his own merits am
not on the demerits of anyone
He was a prohibitionist and al
ways advocated temperance. II
wanted to be measured as a ma
, and stand on his merits. He sa^
'r nothing so bad in the present de
murrage. Promises can be easil
made to be broken. If electe
> there would be comfortabl
stations.
Mr. J. K. Pettigrew always bf
lieved in the value of therailron
commiasionership. Railroads ar
' combining and the people muf
' combine through their commit
? sioners. He is and always ha
been a aimon pure farmer, bu
( rained tobacco, cotton and truck
He promiaed to be faithful to th
interests of the people as he ha
' always been.
W. I). Mayfield spoke of th
I mill development and argued thi
I the surplus cotton ought to b
bought in this state and not fror
; Georgia. The rates are prohibi
I tive. Furniture factories pro;
pered in North Carolina becaus
of better rates. Then he took u
is the manufacturing of tobacco
d goods and argued that the local
d rates were too high, and the same
applied to flour mills. Wholeg
saling must remain small because!
e of the rates. He believed the
0 commissioners should not be paid
1 by the railroads or provided with
>s parses.
5. Mr. W. D. Evans Baid the cornt
mission knew some of the rates
t were too high, but changes have
e to be carefully made. The Texas
e commission cut all rates 50 per
>t cent, and has been tied up in the
9 courts since. Then he showed
t that, recently the rates have been
e reduced on fertilizers, shingles,
n wood, cotton, brick, wheat, live
i- stock, tobacco. The only way to
e work was to act jointly and cau
tiously. The two Evanses de
r. nounced each other.
r Mr D unnrs then snokf* savinc
that if elected he would not em
c ploy Yankee teachers to teach in
e the summer schools. McMahan
e is honest, but wrong. His chief
e complaint was that McMahan ige
nored county superintendents
d and other Carolina educators,
is Capers objected to white teachers
s being over colored normal schools,
t McMahan wanted to explain, but
v the time was up.
FOR GOVERNOR.
e G. Walt Whitman insisted that
s from what others said the various
r departments are in bad shape and
f he wanted to remedy things. The
j disregard of law in South Caro
^ lina was amazing and disgraceful,
H nut only as to the dispensary, but
e everything else. It these speak
H ers are to be believed the best
( men at times he feared took just
' a little too much liquor. A little
drunkenness does not effect a
v man as much as telling a lie.
^ God never made a misfit and
^ there is use for liquor. The Bible
does not condemn anyone for
getting drunk, lie went to Charleston
to make investigation, and
found blind tigers on King street
t. and Meeting street and the Bat
e lery anu v^oopei iviver and Ash
it ley Iliver, and then to the Isle of
e Palms he went in bathing on
d Sunday and found them selling
r- beer on Sunday and bougut beer
ip there on Sundav. He believed
is every dispenser was violating the
g laws today. The tigers sell more
n liquor than the dispensary. They
o were once blind, but the tigers
only have cataracts on their eyes ;
d the constables are stone blind,
e lie would enforce any law on the
e books.
e Col. J. A. Hoyt said that Mr.
k Whitman had stood on every
i. platform that had ever been
e erected. The people of Lancaster
ir were already converted to prohie
bitioL. The dispensary is put tor,r
ward as the best solution of the
e liquor problem. It is a system
e adapted to a monarchy, but it is
(\ not for America. The dispensary
e has its pood features if they were
e enforced, but they are not en
j. forced. The dispensaries are the
j supply depots of the tigers. The
system is rotten to the core and
deserves to be taken out of the
e hooks. This great dispensary will
v build up a great political machine
v and it is best to break it up now.
j He then defended prohibition.
"The women of Lancaster"
,s presented Col. Hoyt with bou
e quets.
a Mr. Frank B. Gary thought the
( flowers apt for Col. Hoyt's political
funeral. He was not here to
vilify or abuse any one. lie
H argued that no better plan than
(j the dispensary was yet proposed.
, He knew this to be a prohibition
county, but he would not change
p his views. lie was no apologist
t for the dispensary as now run.
N He said he was reliably informed
there are two hundred tigers in
y Columbia. If elected he said he
^ would enforce the law in Char
e lesion and Columbia. Prohibition
will not bring about temperance,
( as is shown by the experience of
a others.
e Mr. A. Howard Patterson said
|t the people and not the papers
$ were the jury. If Gary stood no
R better chance than Bryan he was
( sorry for Gary, but he favored
Bryan. He stuck to Gary and his
e ? ?1"
(\ WORKING NIGHT AND DAY
The busiest and mightiest little
e thing that ever was made is Dr.
King1* New Life Pills. Every pill
e is a sugar-coated globule of health,
n that changes weakness into
strength, listlessness into energy,
1 brain-fag into mental power.
'* They're wonderful in building up
* the health. Only 25e. per box
p Sold by Orawford Bros. Drugist. 8
I
family all along and has gone
down with the family. He announced
himself before Gary and
had a right to run. He then read
them the report of Gary's Charleston
speech and emphasized
that Mr. Gary would not answer
his questions in Charleston as to
his position. He devoted time to
Mr. Gary and said if you have
local option it will be good bye
to dispensary. (Voice: "Let her
rip!")
Gov. McSweeney congratulated
the audience on the good feeling
and prosperity of the State and
wanted to stop haranguing. The
dispensary law is better enforced
today than ever before and he
can prove it by letters from
mayors. Charleston is a seaport
and it is difficult to enforce the
law there, but he has done as
well there as any one else. He
saved the State $10,000 in constables'
salaries. He did this as
a business matter. Some of these
candidates tell you what they
would do with the dispensary.
The governor has nothing to do
with the dispensers. He asked
all to view the attitude of the
people towards the constables. II
had been said that constables
were here howling for him. They
were not here by his orders. He
did not countenance their being
here. They have no business here,
unloR9 they have work here. He
would investigate the matter, and
if any constables have been at
tending meetings for political
purposes they would be removed,
and they certainly would not bo
paid for being here. He knew
the constables were not here in
his interests. They were free men
and any constable could vote for
whoever he pleased. But they
must attend to their business.
FOR LIEUT. OOVKRNOR.
Col. Sloan said he had to sing
fast, and ho sung the praises ot
Blair and Jackson, and Sims and
Jones. And then recounted his
services and qualifications, and
ho denied that there were 200
tigers in Columbia, for his people
were law abiding.
Mr. Cole L. Blease urged that
the Prohibition platform demands
the sale of liquor for mechanical,
scientific and medicinal purposes.
They condemn the sale and
still insist on the sales.
Mr. James II. Tillman said he
had more kinspeople here than
in any other county. He said
Col. Sloan's remark about tigers
in Columbia had better be salted
down. He jumped on Col. Sloan
for fighting the separate coach
law, and as to Blease and schools,
he voted to take $250,000 from
the schools. He i sisted that
when you strike down the dispensary
you lose the best friend
temperance has ever had.
Mr. Knox Livingston sympa
thized with the audience for its
patience. He gave his certificate
_ r -1 A _ - i . * i
ui cuaracter, so to BpeaK, ny
showing that he had never been
defeated at home.
Mr. Winkler spoke of his ser
vices in the House. He was emphatically
in favor of the dis
pensary and urged that it had
worked wonders. His only regret
was that the good Prohibitionists
and others had not helped to support
and try the law.
Mr. James H. Moore, for Attorney
General, said that he was
charged with being a former Charlotte
printer He has had his experiences
and he was glad ot his
experience. Work waR nothing
to be asahmed of.
Regrets were presented from
Gen. Bellinger, who was unable
to be present.
Capt. Jennings, for State Treasurer,
made a clever speech.
Messrs. McDow and Hough
spoke for solicitor, and both made
pood speeckes.
HOW'S THIS?
We offar One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarhh that
cannot be cured by HALL'S CATARRH
CURE.
F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, hare known
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business tranactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their tlrm.
West A Truax. Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, Ohio.
Walding, Kinnan A Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
aoting directly upon the blood
and muoous surfaces of the systrm.
Testimonials sent free.
Sold by drujtfftsts. T5c.
Hall's Family pills are the >>e*t
For burns, injuries, piles and skin disease*
use DeWltt'a VVfteh Harel Salre. It Is fh?
original Cnnnter/oits mar be offered. IJsr
only UeWitt's. Crawford Bros ,1*
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THERE IS
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There
Is
MONEY
Here
For
YOU I
Cj5
TL
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Those
Very
Best
V
la i-2c
Percales
Newest
Styles,
Must
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Go at
8 Cents.
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liJuUoi
They
Have
Been
Charging
You
High
Prices
P
r or
Furnitui
But we
Are goin
To stop
That no1
Come an
See.
; Heath
' LOOSE YOU 11
CASH I*
UN THE TIIllONO OF.....
[FTY Buyers!
MONEY HERE FOR YOU. ,
I
Stock-taking time is drawing
near, and we must be
rid of all broken lots and
everything that shows
handling. We mention
a few?what thev have
*
sold for and what ridiculously
low prices you can
now buy them for. See
the difference between our
prices and the prices of
other stores : 10,000 yards
of yard-wide Percale Rem- *
nants that sold fast at 6c.;
our price now is 5c yard.
IOSE VERY REST U 1-2c
RCALES,
newest styles, fast colors,
must go at 8c yard. All
r~\ 1 1 * Q/ > M r T ^ I 4"? -V ^
vjui o\- lan^y 1^/11111110 aire
yours for 5 c. It is time
the shirt waist were gone,
so we will give them a big
drop?all our fine $1 Shirt
Waist for 50c, and our 50c ^
waist slashed to 25c. Our
splendid collection of Ladies
Skirts must follow
suit. Compare our prices
and goods with any store,
and you will see the wisdom
of spending your cash
with us.
? OUR EYES *
to profit and throw on our
rniintprc i mpn'c a^.1_
xw.. ?^| U * 111V/1I -J UU1"
lar Straw Hats at 25c, and
600 cloth hats, bargains at
25 c, for 5 cents. u
1 t'ERE IS GOOD NEWS FOR YOU. '
They have been charging
you fancy prices for furniture
lately, but we will
^ stop that now. At a big
sale we bought three solid
^ car loads?1,100 pieces of
furniture?at a great re^
duction. Our two store
Ld rooms are blled to the ceiling,
and we are going to gi
it~ i:r_ _r -
IL.UL ui<j me oui oi prices.
Come and see. ?
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