The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-29
A big Campaign Meet
Ing.
BARNWELL TURNS OUT
OVER THREE HUN
DRED PEOPLE.

largest croWds OF the campaign
greeted the speakers here to day.
There were between 800 aud 400
pc sons, over score being ladies.
Chairman G. Duncan Bellinger,
whom Barnwell wants in the Attor,
ney Generals chair, made an ideal
presiding officer and not an inter
ruption or discordant note came
from the audience.
Col. James Fl Rice, of Ninety
Six, candidate for Superintendent of
Education, made bis first appearance
on the stump. He said that the
common school is the supreme inter.
est of the people When Superin-
tendent of Education he had devoted
his attention to the children He
thought that the Office should be
divorced from the colleges, which
needed no assistance
Governor Ellerbe was well receiv.
ed. He declared that George D.
TiIlman was trying to destroy Glenn
son and Winthrop He had said
that Clemson was hnmbug. Yet
while he was q member of it's board
he made report saying that it was
doing large and splendid work.
Col. Tillman replied that Julian
Mitchell wrote the report.
Governor Ellerbe said that Col.
Tillman was man of too strong pas
eions and preiudices to be Governor
of South Carolina. He (Ellerbe)
was charged with being political
trickster, but he had called for the
proof, and it could not be brought.
His enemies had gone to poor old
man Watson, used him as sewer
pipe and filed him with lies about
him.
Uncle George Tillmau was loudly
applauded He said with great vigor
that it was false that be was trying
to pull down Clemson College All
he wanted was that neither Clemson
nor Winthrop should have more for
ordinary expenses than the Sonth
Carolina College The United States
government may yet cali on US for
the money Clemson College has
squandered. They are putting up
three times more buildings than they
need, and anybody with a political
pull can get place there he cri.
ticised the State board of control for
buying their liquor privately. and it
had been intimated that it was fer
the purpose of getting rebates,
Col. Schumpert said he would make
no pledges to change the Laws of the
State, because the Governor is not a
lawmaker. but he wonld recommend
Just and wholesome laws to the Leg
islature and would see that their
enactments were enforced without
favoritism
Col. Watson said that Ellerbe had
made a deal in Charleston, and he
would prove it by dozen witnesses
before the campaign closed. he
dared him TO show his correspond
ence with the Charleston people. He
believed, and the people of Richland
believed that Ellerbe appointed Al
ston for a consideration.
Mr. Featherstone pleaded the cause
of prohibition Nine tenths of the
people believed, said be, that it was
right. and only disagreed on the
ground of expediency. The dis-
pensary was probably step in the
right direction, but it encouraged
>whiskey selling aud gave the traffic
an air of responsibility. No drunk
ard could enter the kingdom, of
Heaven, aud the man who sells him
the whiskey was worse. From a
legal and moral standpoint those who
license. who aid aud abet whiskey,
are likewise guilty.
Senator Archer said that it the Meth
odis. Church enforced it's Law
70 the subject Of wbiskey driskiog it
would deplete its membership ooe-half.
Tillman was 10 bis dotage sod should
be reIega,ed to private life He scored the
managers Of Clemson snd Winthrop for
the extravaeant expenditure of money
in the establishment and maintainance
of those institutions.
Mr.. Walt Whitman said that for
thirty years be bad been student of
political enoomy aod yet it Was circu-
lated that be was sn igoorauus.
daughter There we're some lying
scoundrels who would make him liv~
iue wreck.
Five-miuu'e speeches we're made by
Candidates Eosoo and D.sbam for the
Com p'roller Geueralship /, Gen Watts.
Col Floyd and Major Blythe. for Adju-
tans General: Col B-sdhsm. Mr. Cooper
and Secretary Tompkius. for Secretary
OF tate; Messrs May field, Bsosn and
NJ. Mshao, Cor Superiutendens of Elu.
.a,;o, and Noere G,av Harris