The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-06-27

orders. Some of the counties may hol6
back few months, but they must al
sooner or later fall into line. It Il
either dispensary or blind tigers, anG
the lawabiding people will soon grow
sick and Disguised with the latter
Our dispensary law Is the best prohibi
tion bill ever passed, and every discern
ing man knows 1t, too. II It fails, 1,
does not mean prohibition, but return
to bar-rooms. The fight against 1t Ii
purely political. AS is we'll known
OF about 100000 to prepare for this
business, and the antis now think that
II they can prevent the various
counties from establishing dispens.
aries, and thus entail heavy loss
on the taxpayers, that they can use
1t as q bludgeon to fight Tillman with.
Had this law originated with the
antis, you would have seen it lauded
and praised by every town in our
State. The same spirit prompts the
fight on our dispensary bill as made
the old defeated faction slauder the
good name of South Carolina, and do
all in their power to prevent the sale
of our bonds. But they made disas-
trous failure then, and will also make
failure in their war against the dis
pensary law. We will certainly have
dispensaries in twenty counties, and
not counting either Charleston or
Spartanburg, and this will enable the
and satisfactory test. I believe that
1t will be q success, and the very men
who are now 80 bitterly fighting the
bill will soon see the error of their
ways. Any law that closes up every
bar-rOom In our State Is certainly q
long stride toward prohibition, and
cannot see the consistency in certain
church members joining forces with
the bar-room keepers to try and make
1t nullity. I never expected to live
to see the day when a coalition would
be formed in our State between pro-
hibitionists, church members and
liquor-sellers, to defeat q law to close
the doors of bar-rooms. But, as I
said, politics are at. the bottom of the
matter, and there is an old saying that
politics make strange bed-fellows."
Is there any truth in the report
published in the Greenville News that
there has been love feast between
Shell, Donaldson and yourself in that
city 7" we next asked.
II have not seen the article" replied
the Senator. "But like everything
else that emipates from that sheet, It
Is without foundation or truth. 1
spent day and night in Greenville on
business, and my visit had no political
Significance whatever. I passed Cap
tain She'll and we bowed, and this was
the extent of our communication. But
that article shows our people what lit
tie reliance can be placed in anything
that comes from the old anti papers.
They never seek facts, but will publish
whatever they think will tend to divide
and confuse our Reformers. I am just
now engaged in the important business
OF keeping our lines intact and frustra-
ting the schemes Of our enemies. am
not fighting any one unless they first
fight the rule of the people, when they
will hear from me every time. am
marching square in the middle of the
road, have burned the last bridge.
between my self and the old Straightout
faction, and do not ask favors or politi-
cal quarter of them, and neither will l
extend any. They know just where to
find me. and that is, battling in the
ranks of the people,"
One more question, Senator.
What do you think will be the result
OF our State Alliance Convention ?"
II have neither doubt cr fear but
the deliberations of this important
body will be marked by conservatism
and wisdom, and that the delegates
will not see their organization deliver
ed over to the enemy. The antis, who
have abused alliancemen like set of
pick-pockets, are now trying to use the
order to promote their own political
ends, and will make desperate effort
to capture this convention. 1t Is there
fore necessary to send our best and
truest mon as delegates. But I have
no doubt that the movement will be
strengthened and encouraged"