The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-04-28

! did Governor Tillman complain Of
other Legislatures and other admins
trations when his own has not done
anything?' cloud cheers for Shep-
pard)
Are you president of bank ?" asked
j. M. Whitmire.
w. w. Burgess: 81 move that Jerry
Whitmire take the stand lie has
more mouth than ANYBODY else"
cloud laughter.)
"GeS, ! am president Of Il bank" said
Governor Sheppard, "and there are
thousands of poor farmers in Edgelield
who thanked God this last year that /
was. (Appiause) When crops were short
and prices were low tided them over
the winter and never sold a mule, arr OK,
a piece OF property or a farm. cloud
cheerS) Thousands of farmers whose
farms were run thanked their Lord that
II good man was a bank president
n dozen questions were here fired
at the speaker and he responded hy
saying that he was treading ON
the toes OF the audience. Among the
questions was as to how Edgelield had
gone and why the farmers there had
gone back on him. "Wait till the time
comes" answered Governor Sheppard,
"and you will see whether it goes three
TO one for him. In my friends own
township he only beat me e,eight votes
and as certain as the Lord made Moses
Will beat him. / will beat him sure in
his own township"
There was another long interruption.
Some boys had crawled on top of the
stand and the chairman had to
run them down. The confusion had
Deen SO great in front that those
IN the rear could not hear anything.
The Hon. Nj. l.. Donaldson appeared
on the stand and appealed for order.
lie SAID that some men had come here
for information and large number
OF them in the rear could not hear any
thing. After another ten minutes delay
for the row to quiet, Governor Sheppard
resumed by saying that the audience
gave him fair attention until he began
telling them of Tillman's faults. If the
crowd would keep quiet he wruld con-
vince them. He had shown figures
which could not be doubted The far
mer's convention which nominated Till
man demanded rigid economy, the abo-
lltlon of useless offices and the reduction
of salaries and fees of both State and
county officers. Ca voice. "And a pri-
mary.D The speaker referred to Till
mans speech here two years ago, in
Which he spoke Of wanting a legislature
III sympathy with him and in which he
mentioned kid glove clerks employed
around the State house, the time they
work and the large salaries paid them.
lie had a legislature in sympathy with
him. when the governor commences
his speech said Governor Sheppard,
"aSk him what time the State house
clerks now goes to work, how many of
them wear kid gloves, and how many
Offices have been abolished or salaries
reduced. / say that not an office has
been abolished or a salary reduced"
What do you charge for liking up
papers on loans?' was the question ask
Ell by some one.
Nothing, sir" was the answer; call
ask you is to go to the farmers of Edge
field"
What do other banks charge? was
the next question.
can do to tote my own skillet" was the
retort. "You fellows remind mo-" said
the speaker, "of the joint debates in
the times of 1876. We never had more
uproarous times than now. | know
you don't want to be compared with the
radicals of those times"
"What per cent do you charge on
money!" was asked.
j.
"Before that bank was established the
farmers got money from commission
merchants and factors and paid them
from 20 to 40 per cent. for it, You
have got to get more than the bank
business before you can hurt me before
the farmers. Most of the stock holders
are farmers who made their dollars be-
tween the plow handles. They con-
duct business on business principles
and that's what you haven't got now in
your State government and what you
need. (Applause) l grew up during
the war and was the right hand and left
hand of my widowed mother. When you
talk Of farmers and laboring men being
In trouble you touch me to my heart.
No man In South Carolina grew up
more in sympathy with the farmers
than l did. | worked at the plow and
made money enough to como to Fur
man university and when my money
gave out / went home. never had
any trouble in being elected by the far.
mers of my own county. All this talk
about factory presidents and bank pres
ldents is the mereSt bOsh But am
not here to defend myself from that
kind of stuff. am here to show you
where the promise of retrenchmcnt and
reform have not been carried out. Not
one dollar has been saved in taxes. On
the other hand they have increased.
The taxes this year are S36,400 more
than last
GLOW about Coosaw?" was asked
several times.
81 never doubted that the charter of
CoosaW expired in 1891" said the
speaker. 81 had long talk with Gen
eral Connor before his death, and he
told me that the charter would expire in
1891. Governor Tillman took the enc
of his fight from General Connor. 1t was
uLklDd OF The governor to ignore Attor-
ney General Pope and take the advice of
an attorney general Of former admin
istration. | was in full sympathy with
the States litigation, but it was not wis
dom to stop work and lose money to the
State" (Voice: at was human ma.
ture.w
at was human folly" retortod Gov
epnor Sheppard. 81 repeat it was human
folly to stop work and lose 100000 or
more of an income to the State" no
good business, he said, was done that
way. 1T was proper for the State to as.
sert her rights. There were some edi-
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