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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
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