The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-08-25
A Practical Farmer Who Had Gain>
ed Experience by
CONTACT WITH THE WORLD.
Two Busted Life Insurance Agents, TIVE
Busted Farmers, One Old Political Preach.
er, and One Old Lawyer.
WALaALLA MEETING.

! near ending III row. There
was hot time, and the crowd clam
bered upon the platform where
the row was raging and forced the con-
testants to sit down. Mr.. Whitman
made some practical remarks couched
in the vigorous phraseology of his fer
tile, sparkling imagery. Governor El-
lerbe referring to Col. George TiIlman's
criticism of the dispensary, declared he
was not responsible for its enactment.
Everybody knows Ben Tillman is,
and surely he would not say that he
did it to corrupt the morals OF the peo-
! pie. favor the dispensary law as the
best solution. applause, and cry of
That's weak. y You want prohibi-
! tion to reduce drunkenness, and claim
that the dispensary will reduce it more
than prohibition will. I would favor
prohibition if it could be enforced.
Ministers of all denominations united
in advising me that the dispensary had
decreased drunkenness 46A per cent.
| The ministers do not point to Maine
and Kansas and Iowa because they
know prohibition there proved mis-
erable failure" Col. Tillman's speech
evoked applause and laughter, mingled
with an occasional prohibitionist pro-
test. "Talk about liberty" he said,
you have two dispensaries here that
were forced upon you. God would not
have allowed Noah to plant vineyard
if he had not intended for him to use
wine in reason. Notwithstanding the
oceans of whiskey, beer and wine, the
world has gone on for centuries i'm
proving in every way" He signed the
Clemson report stating that in one
short day he could not investigate that
institution. Julian Mitchell wrote it
and stuck in some hlgh-falutin words
that didn't mean anything, and at the
time he signed it he had five commun
ications to the press in his pocket de-
| nouncing the management of the in
stitution, and Gov. Ellerbe read them
on the train that day, and yethe didn't
tell you so, and they were published in
the next three or four weeks. Col.
Schumpert said he was for sustaining
the educational institutions and i'm
proving the common schools. Col.
Watson pleaded for school house and
d church in reach of every citizen.
Mr.. Featherstone spoke with vigor. For
fourteen years he had been making
prohibition speeches and his views had
not changed one iota. He had said that
he had taken q drink of whiskey as o
beverage, but he was none the less
qualified to talk prohibition. He had
seen the evils of whiskey and for years
had not touched it, Col. Mower re-
ferred to the fact that he was prohibi-
zionist and his opponent supporter Of
the dispensary. Mr.. Bellinger injected
some spice into his reply. He stated
that thousands of copies of Movers
home paper had been circulated in this
section anu that in any article therein
Mower lauded himself as a lawyer
Speeches were also made by Candidates
Derham, Epton, Berry, Sigh, Gray,
Stansell, Tompkins, Cooper, Bradham,
Watts, Floyd, Blythe, Rice, Maytield,
McMahan and Brown.
ANDERSON MEETING.
The meeting was o large one, about
nine hundred persons attending. All
the speakers were heard attentiyely.
Gov. ElIerbe began by naming Ben
Tillman as the author of the dispen-
sary law, and declaring that his brother,
Col. George Tillman, had stated that
it was originated to corrupt the morals
of the people. II did not say any such
thing" quoth Uncle George, tartly. 81
said 1t was gotten up to control cleo
tions aud for the politicians to divide
the spoils. "Oh, WELL, said the
governor, chats the same thing,
that would lead TO corruption. "
Col. George 1illman stood for more
liberty and less taxation. Liberty was
invaded by the metropolitan police, by
the whiskey constables, by the execu-
tive appointment of township officers
instead of by election The people had
managers CT election thai they didn't
wantrammed down their throats. There
ought to be township government in
South Carolina as is the case every.
where except in the South, where the
negro has been the bugagoo. The con-
stitution, however, had removed this,
and, besides, the Spanish war had
caused a liberalization between the
North and the South. Col. Schumpert
declared that he would not have an Of
fee by running down his opponent,
but called attention to the slgniti-
canoe OF Blk CuuuiudlSo iuuAiuS
against Gov. Ellerbe when he had
had only one term and had been
elected by such large majority.
Uol. Watson ridiculed severely what he
termed the so-called prohibition move
ment, and bitterly asked if strict tenn
perance man like himself was to be cast
aside by temperance people for raw
recruit in the cause. He dared to say
that large majority of the prohibit
tionists were those who called the State
officers spies and tried to kill them,
while they would buy whiskey from
wagons and never inform. The prohl-
bition candidate, Mr.. Featherstone,
was received with flowers and cheer
ing. He was glad to sound the prohl-
bition tocsin in a county where so
many noble men had fought all their
lives for the cause. 1t was time for the
protesting Christians OF South Carolina
to call halt. Watson Doasted OF
preaching temperance for 10 years, bat
had been voting for the sale OF liquor.
Mr.. Archer said he represented the