The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-02-20
Tho Diapit Fins Oneo More.

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| Under the above captain tho News
most timely editorial, which yye com
.lment to tho attentive perusal oeall|
II White men. Our cotemporary says iii
| speaking of the recent Republican
Il C9iiSention, "iil tho division of tho
slWlite people Of this State the Republi-
4 can leaders SEQ their opportunity, and
they have been lviolS 60 seize H. Tie
Il address which they have sent out is
Il plausible and adroit. 1t is calculated
i Iat0nco to arouse tho negro and pull
\ tho White man into false sense of
seourity. Its statement of the race
4 situation asilp. clement Of the political
q problem is rs ingenious as it is fnlla-
fcious. Tho Republican address rep
resents tic colored people MS the patent
Il recipients Of all mannor OF wrongsat
the he hands Of tho white people, .who, arc
q charged with breaking faith with them
Tand dcpriying them OF their civil
! rights, and with the intent to render
4 them ever after powcrless TO assert
those rights, yet there is declared to be
no attempt to overthrow white s,tprc
macy, no Republican or colorcd capdi-
dates are put forward, but the Republi-
cans, nine hundred and nincty-nine
y thousunlths Of whom are colorcd, arc
advised to yoto for those white men
whom they can best trust. Now, we
takc it that the intelligent white peo-
pie of this State have no desire to I'M
!, poSo upon tho negroes, nor do they
J wonder that tho colored people should
look at tbs Constitutional Convention
from racial standpoint and seek to
accomplish what they think best for
their race. But the white people must
be. permitted likewise to look at it
from a racial standpoint and be OK
! pected to do what thoy think best for
tho white raco. Wilt be best from
that point Of yeiw that the delegates
; to the Constitutional Convention owe
their election exclusively to white
men, or that they Shall owe il to white
men aided by negroes? Can any white
} man hesitate as to the answera Arc
all or amajority Of tho white people
, of South Carolina ready to rally round
the polls, check by jowl with our col
| Orcd fellow-ciCizcns, OH q footing of
J, perfect equality, and choose tho best
men for the Convention, regardless Of
|. color or political prejudice2 Certain
ly not! However desirable such a
, political millennium may be from a
purely abstract point Of vicw, il docs
not exist. This election must be either
, the white man on ono side and the
negro OH the other, or some white men
on ono side and The negroes and some
white men on the othor In the lat
. ter case what will be tho rcsult9 iii
: our humble opinion the white mon
} who haye negro allies will be beaten
out cI their boots. But supposing that
the white men and their negro allies
, should win. What thcn9 Would
} there eyer be peace in South Carolina
, with party in power that depends OH
| .ie negroes for its majority2 1t is an
ugly dilmma, but we had as well face
be white mans Convention
out and Out, elected and supported by
J the white people Of the State. We
, can trust white mon to do right by
; thcir inferior race, but we cannot
trust The inferior race with power
over the white man"
The ST. Matthews Shortage.
Tho Columbia State says Gov. Evans
has received from Dispcnsary Inspcc-
!, tor Scruggs his report OF his invcstiga-
ton OF the accounts Of the dispcnsary
{ at st. Matthews, He reports That the
total shortage is $2,2S2. SO. The bulk
Of this amount falls on the State and
| not on tho. county, as Governor Evans
thought. There is now due the State,
, SO MI. Scruggs reports, 50, 03S.3G. The
+. amount due the county on account of
unpaid profits is only $24l47. The
: stock. on hand at the dispensary as ac-
& e >eo|nied on Monday by4Mr, Scrnggs,
! when he took charge Of the dispcnsary,
was worth $1,516.16. Dispenser Evans
: has purchased from the State since the
r. A
! gust last, $G,2S9. If worth Of liquors,
), and the total stock carried since the re-
= opening amounted to 81, $50. 49,
= Governor Evans now believes that
= the shortage has been accumulnting
. for some time, and he thinks that there
. must have been something misleading
4 about the reports or the shortage would
: have been discovered long ago. Gov
crnor Evans has already forwarded
all tho necessary papers and instruc-
II tons to tho attorneys in Orangebllrg
}. representing The State and he says TIC
i State will lose nothing and Dispenser
J. Evans will be made to suffer.
t, Governor Evans says this should be
= q warning. to other dispensers. Tic
p says That all dispensers ana all Others
y connected with the system might as
5. well understand that the States bust
Q ness is not Il thing to be ''monleycd
! with" He says he intends to slow
h absolutely no lcnicncy with any one
a in such a matter where States money
g is involved
/ Governor Evans had Mr.. Dukes
!, one Of the members ofthc Orangcbure
J. s.I,nty board, Of cnntrel in Columbio
!. and went over with him tho entire
e matter of the shortage of Dispenser
3 Evans Of ST. Matthews. The members
Ii OF the board, it seems had divided IN
'c the dispensarics in the county, SO thai
y one incumbent could look after Certain,
}. ones .only Mr.. Dukes could not IN
G dcrstand how Mr.. Evans managed tc
C make such shortage, as he had noted
Il nothing wrong during his periodical
d visits. >>
y Could Not Give Bond.
= BUTLER, Ga, Feb. 15.-Scyoral OF
= the officers recently elected by the pop
!, ulists in this county havo failed to gaiyyc
= bond and have returned their commits
- slons to Governor AtEinson They
Q were G.. a. j. Pope, Sheriff; a. B.
y Pccd, treasurer; j. E. Brewer, coro-
q nor; j. Fl. Ncwsome, surveyor. MI.
J Pope has held the place of sheriff for
2 moro than twenty years, under Demo
! ! cratic rule, but two years ago he Joined
y the populists, and has heretofore had
y no trouble to make his bond. All the
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