The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-03

for defending the Tillman-Latimor
bill. He related his anti. .dispensary
views.
Ho said he would pay his respects
to tho Record, and if McLaurin had
$500 to give away it should be to
the people. Mayfield said McLaurin
was tho best advertised man and
jumper he over saw. The cry of
combination was gotten up by Nc
Lanrin and his paper.
In response to an inquiry he ex-
planned how Tillman and McLaurin
voted together. Tillman, he said,
voted to load down tho bill. Nc
Laurin said Tillman said his views
were identical.
Mayfield went on to say McLaurin
had killed himself here today, and he
had told the crowd it was ignorant,
and he went on tosay McLaurin had
lost his grip since he went in the
campaign. He said McLaurin had
as few friends everywhere as here
today.
He closed up by rapping the dis
pensary and saying there could be
no barrooms. The constables, he
said, did nothing at all now. The
lawyers got ten or fifteen thousand
dollars of the dispensary profit. Tho
dispensary breeds moro scandal,
calumny and rottonness than any
! thing ever known. The dispensary
is doomed. (Voices: "Right")
In response to an inquiry from
Mr.. Whitman, he said anyone except
a crank could tell the difference be-
, tween prohibition and high license
and local option with high license.
He, however, explained the matter.
Mr.. Whitman wanted to know if
Maytield called him n crank, and
Mayfield said he hardly knew he
(Whitman) was here.
COL. IRBY.
Col. Irby started out by saying the
liar was abroad. This, ho said, was
the best sign he was going to beat
his opponents all Of them. Tillman
and he had beon great friends, and
if Tillman had political "daddy"
he was that person. He said there
was now and has all along beon an
effort to alienato him and Tillman.
They dared not publish tho latest lie
in this State, but started it in North
Carolina He did not care to say
what he had dono for Tillman, but
no man could reflect on him or his
record without it boing resented.
There was an interview printed in a
Charlotte paper rejecting on him,
and the State was glad enough to
republish it. He said tho interview
reflected on him, his record and his
manhood, and he would not stand it,
and sent him this telegram:
July 20, 1897.
Hon. B. II. Tillman, Trenton, S. c.:
I soc in today's State an interview
with you taken from Charlotte OBJ
server (Nows.) Is it authentic?
j. l.. NJ. InBY.
He Then read this reply:
Trenton, S. c., July 30.
Hon. j. l.. M. Irby:
Interview Charlotte paper q joke.
Did not soeany reporter when camo
through Charlotte. Am hands off in
senatorial race. B. II. TILLMAN.
Thus, Irby said, another lie has
been nailed.
This brought forth applause for
Irby and Tillman.
He said he had no idea Of being
insulted by Tillman or anyone olse.
Col. lrby then went on to tell about
the fatherhood of the candidates, and
said McLaurin was beaten candi-
date beyond question.
Voices: "But Evans will beat
him."
McLaurin was nothing but poll
tician and went with the political
winds. He said he was the friend of
tho poor and the rich man and would
undeceive his friends. McLaurin's
record was higher than his. Nc.
Laurin, he said, joined every party
that came along. 1t has been al
legged that he proposed to Strait and
Latimer to organize separate party
and 60 in with the Populist. He