Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-08-04

perpetrated on the taxpayers than
when the colleges were built as poor Z
mems colleges. He distributed his
educational circulars and they were (
snatched up with ayidity by the
crowd.
Mr.. Whitman's appearance made
the squatters rise and get gleefal.
The redoubtable G. Walt finally
squelched them with the remark
Whiskey has one virtit. It brings
out c mans character, and il ne As;
fool it will show it to a dead moral
certainty" ssi.;;s
The liquorites and ex-squatters
gave Governor Ellerbe the glad hand
and were eager to hear him on; the
dispensary question. The Governor
declared he had been one of the first
persons. to join the "Reform" move,
ment, but that he had been elected !
GoVernc as tho exponent of peace
and unity. "There are," said he, ga
certain set of politicians and little
set of mercenary newspaper editors
who are political rostitutes, who
have slandered and abused me be-
cause they could not use me, IdefyS
them to meet me face to face before
the people and make their charges. s
GLOW far you think you'll get P'' B
was the salutation from a liquofite
as Col. Tillman came forward. ~ 9th
ers chimed in with CALCULATIONS of d
more or less relevancy, until Uncle
George told them they had better go
back to Doko and sleep off their
drunk. Some of the crowd began to 3
howl and spit fire, and Uncle George
thundered at them: 's,This is the first
time dispensary whiskey has been
used at the meetings in the interest :
of the political machine that is back
ing one of the candidates for Cover
nor. He ought to teach you better
manners or take you around and ex-
hibit you" Howling was redoublcd,
and Uncle George declared this was
an indication that from now on I'M 4
the 30th of August free dispensary
liquor would flow from the monn-
tains to the sea TO carry the election
for one of the candidates.
In my report Of tho Chester meet
ing yesterday in some unaccountablo
way one word was changed in Col.
Tillman's speech, making him favor.
"prohibitive" license, when he said
"private" license. While this was a
manifest error of the types, the tele-
graph or the fast gliding pencil, yet
Uncle George was emboldened to get
up a man of straw, and declare that
The News and Courier and the State
distorted" his remarks. He is here
by assured that as peace Offering
the "distorter" will be crucifed If he /.
STOW his head, hands, feet or face
again. 4.
Col. Schumpert also faced the
storm. After buffeting it for ten
minutes he said he hoped the decent
people there would eliminate the
trash. He prognosticated a littlc,
saying that he was going to be Cow
ernor, and that Ellerbe would not bo.
at any rate he could guarantee that
he would sustain whoever was elected
better than the drunken howlers
would.
Col. Watson nipped the first
howler in the bud by Offering him .
silver dollar TO shut up. Flo was
very emphatic in denying that he
had abused Ellerbe. What he said
was simple fact and truth. He
thought it was peculiar that Ellerbe
did not 60 to Horny. If it had been
himself he would have gone thore to
assert his manhood if they had put
him in the river, Being interrupted
frequently, he said he did not want
the votes of drunken howlers. *
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