The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-07-04
THE STATE CAMP Al6N.
The Events of the Week.
THE FLORENCE MEETING.
Senator Butler Makes Very Moderate
Speech.---Gouernor 1sNnaon Ansa0ers
tie Question put to Hsns.---Me
Smaller L;ghts are Making Things
Hot.

Hot.
FLORENCE, S. c., June 29-There
we're not over 400 persons present at
the campaign meeting at Elm, twelve
miles from here to-day. Very few
town people attended, the crowd was
shout three-fourths fillmanite. The
principal feature of the meeting was
DR.. Pope pitching into the ring that
they had stocked the cards in the inter-
est of John Gary Evans for governor.
Gen. Buffers speech was digDi6ed
discussion Of national issues and he
did not once mention Tillman's name.
He made splendid impression which is
said to have gained votes. Gov. Till
man declared he was pure Jeferso-
nian Democrat while Cleveland was
Republican in disguise. There has got
to be another party, said he, OF Demo-
cracy has got to change its leaders
from top to bottom and come out like a
butterfly from chrysails. Gen. But
Ter says the senator's in Washington are
honest. If they are they are honest
in their own interest. There is no
doubt that some of them we're bribed
by the Sugar Trust, but Of course they
have whitewashed the whole thing and
the tariff bill is going back to the
House With a tax on sugar that will
give the Sugar Trust 100 per cent,
profit.
The governor said he wished this
meeting had been in Florence where
the dispensary had been burnt. "But
Pm behiad those follows" said he,
..and if you stand up to me on the
;ury some of them will laud in the
! lpenisentiary. / advocate the dispen-
sary 8 just as it is With its constabuIary
apdsight Of search: IL mau UNDER
takes TO make 'barroom Of bis house
snd hides ahiskey under his wife's bed
i ought ste bess taken away from him
Just as quickly as if he had hidden
stolen pig under there"
(Old man Tom Green-.'He's
damned sogue If he does it.
Following is summary of the gov
errors answers to dispensary, questions
published in these columns to-day:
l.. At the time the dispensary opened
7 had more stock Shan the $50, 900 ap-
propriated.
2. Yes, We exceeded the appropria-
tion made BY the Legislature before
: dollars worth of liquor was sold.
8. We bought on credit. As busi-
ness men starting million dollar busi-
ness With ionly $50. 600 capital we had
to get credit or not run the busi-
ness.
4. We have made enough money to
pay all debts and We have $1,000 to
turn in the treasury as soon as We can
sell it.
5. Dispensers are on half pay and in
charge Of the States property.
6. Some whiskey mea have loaded
Butler up by showing that there is
either a representative wbiskey trust or
else some money is coming from some
where down here. l suppose it was these
.wbiskey men who hauled Coxeyites
to Rock Hill. Whiskey trusts grant
rebates only to those who buy from
them alone and not from anybody else.
We got no rebate and we owe them yet.
We bought grea. deal of liquor be-
cause We expected Congress would 5000
raise the tax and that the price would
60 up.
Z. Dispensers are not being paid.
We are going to wait until we open
again and then expenses will be paid.
8. am Governor Of South Carolina
and will open the dispeosaries as soon
as I think it lawful aud proper, and
General Butler can whistle for his
answer.
The Governor declared that Senator
Butler had been prompted by men in
Darlington for he saw marks Of liquor
men on the paper. If Senator Butler
had been honest in this matter he would
have accepted his proposition to 60
ahead and investigate the records and
prosecute the State commissioner on
bond if be found any shortage. In
stead of that he asked questions that
issinuated there was stealage.
General Ellerbe characterized John
Gary Evans as the '.out-dodginest pus-
son be ever saw" God deliver him
from such reformers as Evans was in
1883 He referred to Eyans's reform
letter written to the Augusta Chronicle
in 1888 and said it was very funny his
name was not signed to it.
Evans-My name was there, but
they put my nom de plume at the bot
tom.
Ellerbe-Well, Why didn't he, fellow
citizens, send that letter to the Register
or some other reform paper instead of