Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IVI Nil 1 1) 1I i tWS 4M A/4 RUTA m,r~II 'IE)1860. VW PJY S. C,q TUESI\.Y9JLY1 90,T CEAWE,$.04YA THE CHESTEK MIE' TING, 11N1enTI,143AN MiUEVI:) wui .lio stinaIttor's Speec t wv, 1 It ue tiure of tMi . eing-j,ok~ wlvit., For'ce m1id Vigot'. Iotrumaeil t lie rIp) i -otry Sym.t cii I, if lte Uaninpalgli s):.4t'mvith U'l 1liinittl 'I I I I o (Ite (."pecial to Now., -!ud C'ourior.) Chestoi-, July 2(.-- Tll menagerie so to spoiak, had an 1I day per1-foril ancen boro and then "11win.gall" tigel Camn1-1 in. Sminator Til1lman mao1 red )ot speech and It. now gf)(inrpy k) , 1 in tho fight.. Ie w loli utitil tic very last arid when hto tallal mado it lively. Tillman 'as received with tho old-time whool-. Tro boginl ait thl end, Sonator Ti: I nan d: This was hil soVe: It m11eetuig tind ho protested agaiw t alwitay;s being put last. There vwro soeio who thouoght hoought to ronlillin at hoie. It was not his fmu1 i U010 0110 else did not want to 'o Senlator. 11e never felt happy n11less ho had op position and lie p:eferred it. le may bo a fool, butI he was never ac cUsed of it, and, ibOrefow, ho did not try to be a dict,'or, but felt free to givo advico. As long as he was Sonator he felt frec ,, talk. All are acreed on National i-sues and there was no use to talk .1 such matters unless he wanted t, sheer around or say some sweet things. L, bad se riously regarded lmi duty; lie had thought it over, an., fooling his obli gation, lie Alt it carried with it some responsibiliy t* amst i% throwing light. "Did you tic teach mo to use this tongue, to u- it vigorously ? Did you label that tonguo for Na. tional use only. If so, say so. I you say so I will oboy, but if not otherwiso advised, I ,n going to talk right out on the liquor question." The people were f coo to do as they ploesed and lie winited them to do so. It was charged that but for Tillmn there would now be prohibition. lie said lie worked for the dispensary law. The prohibition vote was noth ing like a goneral vocw and the other 30,000 did not voto tit all. As to the dispensary boing v great political machine, he said that when it came in ho had just boon-roelectad and lie . needed no machino. l advisod the dispensary because he did not believe prohibition could bo enforced. He did this to save the Ltate from deg radation and the people from being hypocritos under pohibition. The people have voted on this question almost solely wh' electing State officers, members of the Legisl atuire and other oflicers, andu if it had net been for him it wvould have been put. in the Constitution without any huts or ifs. H-e did this hocaulse the Court .decision was pendinmg. Heb wrote the clause. Whenever hiis tongue grew forked he wanted to be kicked out. "The minority," lie said, "is asking :you to give up your Glod-givon rights and if you are not careful you will - Ibe hack where you wvere eight years ggo. The State holCs $400,00O0 wvorthb of liquor and that liquor will be frit tered away or be lost, but if you want it that way it is your right. Dispen sary men, he heard, were going to vote for prohibition candidates. Men =should stand for pi mci ples and stand by them. Stand by your principles. If it is going to be a matter of re election and good fellowship, then you had better go back to the con vention system. Your commnrittees atre going to run the pnimary by gagging the speakers and liuiting the speak .ers. He said the reports were gene. rally fair. Men must not vote for porsonal prefenee, hit on princi ~ple, but you have such a right and ~do as you please, and I will not corn -lplaini. The people av governed in ~ South Carolina, and the only way is 'to allow free time and take off the bridle. There have been accusa ,tions of integrity anid no time for the 'charges or denials. I serve notice that I am going to speak first some. -whore. This gagging of speakers -will kill the primary. Better have few spaakers. What use is there, for instance, for the candidates for com missioner to speak ? They can show nothing in ten miniutes; absolutely niothing. You do not want a man who can~ merely tell jokes, but those . was anil outrilgo to limit the (]Gov. n1 n('rIM to tlir-ty Milliubs. Tliov are ti il the Saiv. Thivy SlIoild all have s, mloro Limnp, bult momew Of themi do0 not n1 wiait morc timle. Evory n1111,1 should I have all Ite tI he wi a Ili ts." It was fmm!2y, Iho Si(j, to soo Gon zal , an1 till ovt 11 vowed licen"'O Illan, now thio oirm of the prolhiition t( pa"ty- Hto -aii 11hat,ozl roughitb openly and biravely, ahliogli e Somnetimlcs dlid Int to Il tl truti. it h Was old und tlale, this tiling abol d (h liu(Ilor n111(i and preacliori being on the saimo line. ]to never said i thoro was fill agrevint beo n ie i pireaeirs and baitrkeopers. 1at imuch 01 is now being mado out of it, although 1 Ie had reopeati it t wenty-fivo times mi Ito pictured th, army of minisers in i wihie fihting the diSpens:ry, 11n1 Col. Hoyt, said he, wis accepting all l of theso Vots. Now, the solo ques tion is whetlier ticse arilies are Iighting the "ao10 <ispersary. Now, islholp ) Durcan hand Fi1id that he, S Tillmni, lied wlenl he 1-aid the Pro- W bibitionists iid liquor men weru al. i licd under Col. HoIIt. 'T11ha1t was so- m voro languo-g,l, maul bm once lused such. 0 language, but 1li did not do so now l that h e aIts in 1h1 8ovate, blut left si that to Bihp n1mlcau. (A use.) It f that Hisht fhuw B l) wo.!: d 1 feel sollrY for vhl Ito had Said. G Thln Ie took uip ithe fotomperamce w committOO MA its (laCIratiOn, which hl 1denotiuced any insinition that the effort of Christian miniiters and d, other citizens to rid thix Stato of this N gigantic evil im a mought or voluntary h COmbinaition with the saloon' element ki as a baso stander, that is itself an at. t1 tempt to strengthen the power of A this most. damuablO iniunity." le rt said if these minlisters wis1led to ac- L cuso him of issuing t slander it was w well and good. It would not hurt l him. Tnie peoplo saw and know o what was going on and what the con ditions actually wore, and Io reitor ated that the liquor mon and Pro- O hibitionists were allied, and whether w' this was accident or concert he carml not, as Ie only spoce of conditions. Then he took up Dr. Gardner's sormon and faid he would reply to the charges thero mado whe ho got jo to Grconville, and he said he loft it. yi to the audienco if ho Wilfully mis- d, represented any one. He meant no pi rollection oil the ministers. He be- ol lieved they wore mistaken; he be- w lieved they were wrong and perhaps a fanatical. These men had l6ft :"oir pulpits and gene into politics, and o1 miade themrsolves liable to criticism. rc These m' ' or; had come dowvn to et discuss politics, and1 thiose who come w down put themselves 0on a1 lane with mt other politicians, and lhe was going w to talk out, and if they did not like b<~ it they could lumlp it. The T.Ien Comn- m imandmnents have nothing against sell- gi ing liquor, and the Bible mnak-s cc liquor selling p)ermissible. No man fc can go flu-ther than he as to the evils L of liquor selling, but he, as much as h<4 any minister wanted to cur-tail the mf sale. He aked his hearers when re they went home to think wvell wheth- C er they wantod1 to throw out all the y .ood things of "Riefor-m" lie would to have no complaint as to what was m done, but lie asked all to watch the bt Legislat.ors. Senator Tillman received a great pi deal of app)lauso and whooped up the dispensary. lie will attend the at meetings at Winnsboro, Yorkville, bi G-affney, Spartant4urg, Union, Green. hi villo, Pickoens, Wanlhalla, Andersen, at Edgofield, Saluda, Lexington, (io- m lumbia. TiHE OTHER.I BPEAKUR8. 01 Now to ireturn to the beginning. P) The meeting was opanedl with prayer tI and Chairman Caldwell announced1 tt the spoakers aind b)egged that theme pl be no personalities. a Mr. Derham was aibsent, b)ut sent C his regrets and assurances that the tax department has never been in ai better condition, lie denied that lie ii has ever obstructed Mfr. B3rooker's c( work. o4 Mr. Brooker insifted that he was P embarrassed and handicapped by ti the absence of Derhiam. HIis charges b; have been made one by one, and they 0 have never been denied. Every C chargo was true. Derhami lived 150 - ,lid to Ills vork, becliuso of his ab. me from Columbia. .erham did ot Visit the couitios its Ic<purod. le wanalted to ho allowel to go mn 1ijj h-is w N qk. I lo n'vi'er fIml any M r. C',lwi.-. 'p r or S p ril Itilt oif I-Aluent ion, sp.,l-' first (of i I ill the colit v schoi Li. I Ile [alian, o said, W'i a high tvn.d, )IJest, Zea-ll,)Ils and Christian gent.lo an. Ho objected to his polit ie Utility schools belong to t cunties id couty, control should not m ig. )red. Ilo favored popular i on couiity Superintendolts. 3.1la imi has ignored county contro! or thority. McMahIIIIn, li chargvd, i0d high -IdOd mt10hods ill try 3in(g securo tho appointnieit of tho ite board of education. Superintendent McMalaa aisked minator Tilbnanl abolnt the lippomlt. ent of his board of edication, and ma1or Tillhan said ho co-ii1lted ith Siqperintendent Mayflield, but at Mayfield (lid not namo the hoard id gave him at list, but they (01111l I. lo wanlted to ask Mr. May field out the matter, but Mr. Capers idI ho was not, I111111 g l 1 iils .ItN field, an11d Mr. Ma-yfild was mot k, d alyt hing. 3Ml'I,ahlin " asked OVe1ror MAc.Swee1ney w ht oIr Ca rIl aIs his ciididate, Or wther he wla *ought out by him, and GO-0ernor .CSveenoy sa,id 1ho)1) had n1othing to > with Mr. Caper's candidacy. Mr. CMahan then explainled wvy and >w ho tried to secure cortain well lown and r(i1a1lifiOd eduetors ion .e board, and said he Ii d lieird 1 r. Qll had help urgo Mr. Cal"ers to mn. He talked rapidly to cover th -ound)(, and explained his vicvws and yli he advocate( manual training of 'groes, and why ho urged live best lutcators taking hold of i tiegro >rmal school. Col. J. W. Floyd, for Adjutant encral noroly announced that he is a candidato for re-election. Mr. Roise was absent. 'OR IAILROAD COMMISSoNER. Mr. J. G. Ethoredge was absot. 1r. J. If. Wharton kept up his kes. le mado no charges and Olded to no one in having dono his Ity to his State. lie went over 'otty much tho samo grounds and aphasizod the high local rates. lie anted shods built wherever freights e delivered. Mr. B. 13. Evans said one of his >ponents had ittacked him, but in gard fo theo requests of the Stato mmunittoo andic his own sense ho >uld hereafter conftine hiimsol f to gument ; he would no longer auts er or make any personal references cause he thought other maltters ore important. lie took up rates, -st flour iad then tobacco, lie 'fndomined the board of eqlualiz/ation r reducing the assessment of the rlncalster and Chester Ra~iroad. HeI ild thait these alssoMsmonts were ado on the reconmmendation of the ilroad board. Hlo argued that irolinianis wero as good as any 133ko0 tourist, and1( wantedl all trains mak3 local stops. South Carolina erchants go to locate iln Augusta cause of tho rates. Hie jumnped 0on . D. Evans for going around on 185os. Mr. T.iN. Berry said: he would riko no man and wvas runnmng as a isin,ess man. lHo rep)eated that he is always boon1 a temperance man 1(1 wanted1 to be mensured as a an. M~r. J. E. Pettigrow attack(ed nio io. Ho spoke of the un'ty of the op1)o. HIe out-lined the duties of 0 comlfmissioners and indicated at lie would stana boetMoen the peo e and railroads. Ho said that lhe arted the wvorkc for pensions for >nfederato soIldiers. W. D). M[ayfield made some pigs~1 it references to his comnpetitors. e explained that much flhat was mrplainodi of could readily be rem lied. Nor was it reasonable to ex 3ct too much, lie contende'd that to commission should not bo paid y' the railroads, and said that the !Ily commodity on1 which South arolina has the lowest rate is cotton (Conucluded on3 Ferth Page.) W ill Conti This Sui Selliing I aEx ourselves we have doi and pleased. All about i&; that we h and that is our reasor SACRIFICE SALE, bu1 ter Goods, we clean 01 get ready for the Fall i about half prices. Here ar ot me of the Pri the prices talk out Iot trumLet we know of Elegant, stylish, well made suits at ')9.75. We sold them at $14 to $17 and they were worth the money. At $7.25 we have suits that went like hot cakes at $1 1 to $13. We have made cuts like this in all colored spring About Shoes. Oxfords for ladies' at 88 cts.---a good shoe-cheap ,at $1 .50, a better one at 1 .90 and a 'creation in lad ies' footwear at $2.1 5, 00iTTDN4UE8. We remember we called your attention to our cot tonades but we think we are doing you a good turn when we tell you again that we have (Gottonados at I I and 1 2 cents as good Straw hiats. " All go at 1 -2 price--that's all. We have a number of revelai nue Only Thirty D ceeds Anyvhlng we have ev ie something in bargain C ave determined to sell e i for this great Cut Sale we do it to make room 1 Lr tables and buyers saN n Midsurnmer and y/Ou g ces-we don't have to wr id and reach your ear your pocket. and summ ner suits. Would like to tell you all about them, but space costs noney and we cannot af ford to spend much in these cut price sales. Work pants at 68 cents. Good solid pants and worth a $ 1. 10. Some few pair Joan Pants at About Shoes. will be worth $3.25. so all along.Ithe lino in footgear down to those 48 and 75 cents Oxfords that we told you about. and in some cases better than you have been pay ing 15 and 1 8 cents for. Those 4--4.Shirtins at 4 cts. and Sea Island4~-4~~at 4 cts. are going fast-iod reason---cheap. Straw Hats. ions in prices that we will gladly t NEW BE iys More. 3r done and we pride >ffering that surprised ach Season's product -it should be called a or New Fall and Win re dollars. We must et seasonable suits at ite much about them, through the greatest 46 ots. Everybody knows what these are and that the price is about 1 -2. We have not forgot the little fellows and the prices of every garment a boy wears isreduced to such an extent as to make it al. most a crime to not buy something for the boy. About Shoes. Almost every kind of men's shoes and'irn~every style, at all kinds of prices butI always worth the mon ey and in 3 many c-ases much more. 10OTTONffDES. S We piled our windows full of 50 cent shirts at 25 cents. The people soon caught on and (they went off like hot cakes--a few left. Straw pats. nfold to you. ~RRY. S. C.