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FIRS! WEEK OF CiMAIGN. ISS, Ks \ M?KK MSCl'SSISX AND I ?EVEIX)1?MKNT8J Prohibition. NhuI Option sad High License Chief Topic Hin? Far? Compulsory Education?,'Foethcr stoar and Richard* ? tjron and K v hum ? Summary of CliargCM Agalast Attorney (ieoerS ? The Orators. Bennettsvllle, June 2?.?:'our meet? ings of the State campaign have been held; four cities of the 9tate have heard the candidates tor Itate office, why they should be elects! and upon what grounds they base I ?dr claims for ppubllc honors. Today/ 1 the office seekers are scattered oW the State restlag from the strenuOL* efforts of the past week and recu?'atlng their mengt*, for ih? Ighsfs oKhe six days of the coming week. TdWiorrow they speak at Chesterfield. Tuesday at Caan den. Wednesday * Lancaster, Thursday at Chester. Fiday at Tork vllle. and Saturady at ffinnaboro. Campalgalng is strenuous work, particularly when the weather Is as hot as during the four lays just pass? ed. Caadldates as a rale are very earnest both In their speaking and in sidewalk electioneering Up at break of day. moat of them, on the streets aad in the stores they to. meeting the pseple and presenting their claims. Thus far. however, tip majority of the members of the party have stood the strata very well Mahon. of Oreeavlile. Is the onr? one who has suffered any considerable degree of discomfort: this Is fron hoarseness, contracted the very nga day at Sum ter. This gentleman gits so emphatic aad speaks wt'h surra force that 'tis no wonder sis voice has failed. How? ever, he declares thatfafonday morn? ing will see him rlghtithere with the goods. Messrs. Pochards and Featherstone also put strength behind their to have suffered no thus far. Mr. Lyon] a great deal of 4a Ices, but seem 11 coasequem es in manner of f>ted to dl'.turb he to speak ?peaking Is not calcu his vocal chords wer? tweaty-four hours. 1 r. McLeod has a distinct advantage o rer all the can? didates, for he speaki so rapidly and without apparent effort that he can put more In a twenty-minutes' talk than any of them c^n possibly say la a half hour or more. The fesajs. whiskey ques [I others in the ssrs Richards, [yatt say that c boosing, and to discuss it; les that the |>se who choose ople who do It. uestion which a people, and certainly does. As stated before. V tloa la paramount to race for Oovemor. McLeod. Btease and the Issue Is not of th Uiey would wish no;" Mr. Featherstone in caadldatea are not t issues, but It is the He says that any ai affects the morals < the whiskey quest lo^ la of importance ana the people will insist on Its discus* on and settle? ment. Mr. Hyatt tsi a prohibitionist, has always been and will always be; he assisted In the irr.?algn In Rich land County, tent his efforts years ago against the old State dispensary. Mr. Richards, while in days gone by advocated the dispensary, and bit* r local option, declares It was but a means to an end and that the time Is now ripe for a State-wide law. Mr. Featherstone has fought for prohibi? tion for twelve years, in season and out of season Mr. McLeod would not disturb the present good cond'.t Ions: he Is a local optionist as between dispensary and prohibition. Mr. Blesse advocates a three-cornered op? tion as between dispensary, prohibit? ing and high llcensv Mr. Duncan says any bill the General Assembly paaaes he will sign and enforce. Compulsory education la a mild is? sue so far. Some of the candidates appear disinclined to consider this subject an of particular important ??. or to regard it as a roal issue. Mr. Hleaee !? the only one of the six who has come out strong against the sys? tem; he la unqualifiedly against it. Mr. Mcl^eod says that under present conditions he does not favor the law, but that the time may come, after the State ?hall have built schools in e\? ry ?ectlon. when such a law will be fSOOOa* sary Mr. Hyatt does not see the SjOceaalty of dim uaslng the matter at all; he thinks there Is no necessity for the law now. but does not know what a few years may bring forth, and he Is not Justified In saying what he will do or advocate In the future under changed conditions Mr. Richards touched on the subject for the first time y.sterday, saying that It Is Up to the State to build the school house* then the cblldren will att. nd. thus im? plying hn opposition to rnenpolslun Mr. Featherstone has not stated his stand on ihe question. On < taxation the candidates are agreed that the expenses of the Gov? ernment aro hli(h enough, some de? claring them to be too high. Mr Rleas?> . specially is emphatic in his declarations on the subject, saying that extravagance in the appropria? tions is costing the people entirely t4>o much. Mr Foath? rot one says that tAxes are high enough, mavhe tog H<h sag thit be favors sufllelenl ap feroprlatlons IS SOSWIact the Jtffalrs of g > ? --rnrnent In | I SfBcteS Messrs. Richards and McLeod du not emphasize the subject. Mr. Hyatt ll alarmed over the financial situation and would, hy huslness methods, save | the credit of the State and reduce the costs of the Government. He and Mr. ttlease devote more time to dis? cussing financial matters than any of the other aspirants for the Governor? ship. Practically the only definite state? ments regarding good roads is the op position to a highway commission and the voting of State bonds for the pur? pose of building good roads. The plan of letting each county handle the proposition for Itself is advocated by those who mention it. and no one of them has taken issue. ! PesUhcrsCone aad Richard*, j It Is conceded on all sides that there will be something doing be- I tween Messrs Richards and Feather- I stone on ths prohibition question. Not that they differ as to the policies ad-1 rocated or that differing brands of prohibition are offered. Ths fight is I over consistency. Mr. Richards on I Friday accused Mr. Featherstone of I climbing on to his platform, citing the fact that two or three years ago, in I a newspaper interview, Mr. Feather- I stone did not urge 8tate-wlde prohibit- I Ion, but conceded that at that particu-1 lar time he advised local option, just I the thing Mr. Richards has argued I and ths plan he has pursued. Teeter-1 day Mr. Featherstone jumped on his accuser good and strong for advo? cating the old 8tate dispensary a few days ago, even campaigning Kershaw County in Its defence. The question as to who is the logical cai. lldate of the Prohibitionists is the iMue be? tween these gentlemen. although Mr. Featherstone declaros Ibers is abso lately no friction, and that |f the Pro? hibitionists choose Mr. F bards in? stead of himself, he v i'i c< .tinue to give his services In behalf of the I cause as he has done In the past. i Practically every candidate for j Governor, by Implication, "has It In" I for Mr. Featherstone for insisting on I discussion of the whiskey question. Every day they remark that they would wish it out of the campaign, hut?every day they discuss the Issue. J Ricas,? and McLeod. i Just what Mr. Rlease has up his sleeve for Mr. McLeod Is impossible to say, but something is going to hap- I pen If indications are to be counted I on. In his Darlington speech the gentleman from Newberry stated that I he had Intended referring to some I matters of record in the State Senate, I but that certain persons had left the hall, and he would bide his time. It Is thought by some that the question of compulsory education is involved, and that Mr Rlease will attack some vote or stand that Mr. McLeod has taken on the matter. It Is intimated also that Mr. Blease will have some? thing to say as to Mr. Rlchards's rec? ord in the House. John T. Duncan. John T. Duncan, of Columbia, seems to have nothing against any of those in the race for Governor, at least he has made no attack thus far. His principal occupation is "exposing'" the "System" (with a big S) in Col? umbia and advertising his newspaper. Lyon und Kvans. | The Hon. J. Fr?ser Lyon. Attorney General of the State, says that he does not propose to attend all the meetings of the campaign answering what he terms as ridiculous accusa? tions which printed records will prove as false and which all newspaper readers know to be untrue. He is going next week to Chester to prose? cute the alleged dispensary graft cases, and to attend any other busi? ness of Importance that may require his time. On Friday he was in Flor? ence attending a meeting of the hoard of trustees of the State Reformatory, and he will attend several other meet? ing of various nature during the cam? paign. Mr Lyon says that the accusations I brought by Mr. fcvans are either wil? ful and malicious misrepresentations or the grossest Ignorance. He has de fled his accuser to prove his assert b'iis. Just what course Mr. Lyon will pursue in the future is not known; he may continue to discuss the work of his office as he did here, declin? ing to notlc?? the charges, or he may reply as he did at Blshopvllle. citing Some of the f.K |ay ai they appear in the reoofda. Om fact Ih very evident thus far, and that Is that the people who hear the epeechei are with Mr. Lyon. While Mr Bvans has roootved some ap? plause, Mr. Lyon has received sub? stantially an o\atlon In every town visited thus far it wai .1 noticeable fa t thai Mr Bvana* Darlington ?pes< h was received in silence, The ( harm * Bummed up, it may be said that the iharges preferr? against Mr. Lyon are (i) Inefficiency; (2) thriftless: I :> extravagance; (4> unfaithfulness. ? Mi the first. Mr. Lvans Claims thai the Attorney Oerierai Is not much of a lawyer, a nable to cop,- with those Whom he meets and unable to ap? pear before the Court with sufficient strength to win the State's cam s. ih ceasxHatlng the employing of other at? torneys to assist him. The second charge is that Mr. Lyon has not carried on the work his office requires with proper dispatch; he has delayed eases, he has not pushed cer? tain litigation that is imperative, cit? ing the Southern merger uit and the rase against the Virginia, Carolina : Chemical Company, and that he has allowed men under indictment for ? graft to go untried for such a length of time. As to extravagance, Mr. Evans quotes from the Acts of the General Assembly the amounts appropriated for the use of the Attorney General, which have been expended in hiring lawyers to do the work that Mr. Lyon himself should have done. Mr. Evans criticises the Attorney General for paying such exorbitant fees to the lawyers who have assisted him in the dispensary casea, naming Messrs Ab ney, Stevenson and Felder. Unfaithfulness to his trust is charg? ed in that the Attorney General has allowed certain persons indicted for graft to go free upon turning State\ evidence. Mr. Evans says that such compromising with crime as the nol prosslng of the case against Moton A. Goodman was a betrayal of trust, likewise the Farn urn case; that such actions were an insult to the great State of South Carolina. Features of Cam pa Igt?. Without doubt the fight on the whiskey question and the fight against Attorney General Lyon are the inter? esting features of the campaign. What else of importance and Interest will develop remains to be seen; it Is not apparent at this time. Some Fine Oratory. The people who listen to the cam? paigners this year are hearing better oratorical efforts than in any cam? paign in South Carolina In many a day. Five of the candidates for Gov? ernor make excellent speeches, each having a pleasing delivery. Comment on this fact has been very general, the people declaring that all the speakers are interesting. Indeed, the fact that the crowds have been so easily held during the four hours that have been required for most of the meetings argues the excellence of the speeches and the quality of the ora? tory. Mr. McLeod may be likened to the polished orator of today, say possibly Henry Cabot Lodge. His style Is free snd easy, the words flowing with rapidity and musical intonations; no halts or bobbles, sentence following sentence in easy sequence with pleas? ing effect. Mr. Featherstone is of the Webston ian type. He is a large, heavy-set man, with a big head and a massive Jaw; as he utters his ringing denun? ciations of the whiskey traffic the mighty thunders of his voice peal forth and he shakes?not his gory locks, for in the matter of hirsute adornment he is somewhat deficient, but his great big head, lending em? phasis and force to his words. Mr. Richards is the Demosthenes of the crowd. There he stands, tall, stalwart, erect, his long arm extend- | ed at an angle of ninety degrees, the j initial linger working overtime, but with marked effect, keeping well in time with his articulation. Mr. Rich ards's voice rises and falls with vary? ing tonality, and the listener must listen. Mr. Hyatt is not what may be call- 1 ed an eloquent speaker, unless plain? ness and directness of expression be eloquence. He is more like a learned college professor, thoroughly acquaint? ed with his subject and capable of impressing his knowledge upon his audience. Mr. Blease has the appearance of a legislator, one accustomed to speak? ing on any occasion and at any time, always prepared. His long hair and the manner in which he carries his head indicate that he is thoroughly at home in legislative halls. One might say that he Is eloquent without fear of challenge. Without reference to the nature of his speeches, Mr. John T. Duncan Is the prophet, sounding a note of warning to a people standing on the verge of destruction and ruin. He may be likened unto Jeremiah or any of the others whose voices were lift? ed in the wilderness of Israel's de? pravity, calling them back to the old paths of rectitude. Nor is all the eloquence confined to the Gubernational candidates, many of the others possessing that envied ability to entertain and instruct. One is compelled to admire Mr. Lyon's style; one is forced by the rapidity of his speech to hearken unto Mr Evans; Messrs Smith. Mahon, Duvall and Scarborough wax eloquent at times to the delectation of their hearers, while the others make no pretentious to oratorical accomplishments, satis? fying themselves and the audience with straightforward presentations of their claims. The people are interested in the campaign. While there is nothing sensational and nothing going on In the "scrapping" line, which, of course, would attract more people, there Is much substantial concern In the mat? ters discussed and without fear of error one might say that It is more nearly an educational campaign than South Carolina has had in several years. S. E. Boney. NOTICE. On Tuesday, the lvth day of July, 1910, the Supervisors of Registration will open their Books of Registration from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. at Mayesville, S. C, for the purpose of Registering, transferring and renewing lost certifi? cates. T. D. DuBOSE, S. J. WHITE, W. S. DINKINS, Board Sup'v's Registration. 6-11-ltaw?5t VISITED MANY ASYLUM3. South Carolina Commission Obtained Much Valuable Information. Columbia, June 26.?Dr. Babcock said today that over 40 offers had been made for sites. These offers will be considered at the next meeting of the Asylum commission. By appointment, the members of the commission were to meet Dr. Wilson in St Louis, on June 10. Dr. Wilson was in St. Louia attending the annual meeting of the American Medical Association. He is first vice j president of the Association. Dr. Wil? son was met by Dr. Babcock and Judge Purdy. The first asylum to be inspected j was the St Louis Sanitarium. The place was thoroughly Inspected. There were 746 patients. The grounds covered SO acres. The asylum was constructed to accommodlate only 860 patients. They found a veiy much overcrowded condition. A night ride brought the party to Peo ria, 111. Here they met Dr. George A. Zeller, the authority on pellagra, who attended the conference in Co? lumbia last winter. He has a large number of pellagra patients at his hospital. The Peorla Asylum has 3, 107 patients. There are 500 acres In the grounds. The next day the members of the commission arrived In Chicago. The Cook County Asylum was inspected. There were 2,165 patients there. The capacity of this asylum Is only 2,000. There were 226 acres of land In the grounds. Another asylum to he In? spected in Illinois was the State In? stitution at Kankakee. Here wers found 2,616 patients. The capacity was 2,200. After a trip of over ten days, which carried them to more than a score of States, sleeping on the cars at night and Inspecting hospitals for the in? sane during the day, three members of the commission, appointed to take charge of the enlargement of the South Carolina Hospital for the In? sane, have returned to the State. The members of the commission to take the trip were: Dr. J. W. Babcock, su? perintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane; Dr. Robert Wilson, Jr., chairman of the State Board of Health, Charleston and Judge Robt. O. Purdy, of Sumter. The other two members of the commission, Col. Le Roy Springs, of Lancaster, and Dr. George B. Cromer, of Newberry, were unable to take the trip, on account of business reasons. The trip was made for the purpose of making in? spections of the asylums of the Mid? dle West and East before announcing a plan for the improvement of condi? tions at the South Carolina Hospital J for the Insane. It was announced today by Dr. Babcock that a meeting of the com I mission would very likely be called early In July, and that the commis? sion would very probably sit with the members of the board of regents of the Asylum, at their regular monthly meeting, which is to be held on July 14. Among the places visited by the members of the commission were St. Louis, Peoria, 111., Chicago, Buffalo, New York city and several towns in New England. No statement was made by Dr. Babcock as to what con? clusions had been reached by the commission. The result of the work will be discussed at the meeting which is to be called In July. Much data was secured by the members of the party. Several institutions were inspected in New York and Massachusetts. It was found by the commission that all asylums inspected were congested and that the buildings could not be erected fast enough to accommodate all patients. This was especially so with the St. Louis Asylum. A build? ing was erected at a cost of $70,000 to accommodate sixty patients. When the building was completed there were one hundred patients to be re? ceived. . i COLUMBIA CLUBS ENJOINED. Temporary Injunction Against Three Obtained Yesterday. Columbia, June 28.?Judge DeVore yesterday In the circuit court grant? ed three orders, on motion of Attor? ney Oeneral Lyon, requiring three so? cial clubs In the city to show cause before him on July 1, why they should not be perpetually restrained from the sale of spirituous liquors. The orders were granted upon affida? vits made that liquors had been pur i chased at the three places in viola I tlon of the dispensary law. Those against whom the orders are directed are the Savoy Club, situated at 1219 1-2 Taylor street, of which P. W. 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