The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-08-07
I'achman Chapel and Union Academy Chips


, meeting last Friday to get peep at
our State House candidates. We shall
not Gwen try to give q synopsis Of the
proceedings or the day, as regular re-
. pcrters were there to take care of that.
! We heard no estimate as to the size OF
The crowd, but would suppose that there
i was fully 800 persons present, and it
Is quite gratifying to me as we'll as COM
| plimcntary to the people of Ncwberry
| County to say that it was one OF the
qNictcst, soberest, best behaved and at
'cntive State campaign meetings that
We ever attended. The speaking evil
IDENTIFY showed that there Is but one
Issue being discussed. That is the
Same iold cry-dispcnsary or so.callcd
! prohibition. There Is no public qucs-
tion under the sun that ha- caused
more agitation and enthusiasm and un-
called for abuse than the dispensary
law, and the whole cry comes from the
barroom element; this great so-callcd
| prohibition movement 10 only means
being used to kill out the dispensary.
But we don't pretend to SAY that we
have no prohibitionists at heart in the
| STATE. We think that Ben Tillman's
| assertion that there is an unholy alli-
alce OF preachers combined with the
old barkeepers all over the State is q
li.tlc too broad. We have as good and
God ever let tho sun shine on, and this
class will vote for and maintain the
dispcnsary law. Why? Because they
| know that prohibition is not at all prac.
| ticGt'e at this time. Yor had rs we'll try
to make " river flow up stream as to
| prevent the people of South Carolina
from drinking liquor absolutely, and
the good, moral people OF the Sta tc who
are not uslhE prohibition as political
| hobby know this to be fact. I could
go on and take up columns Of space
| showing the practicability OF the dis
| pcnsary law, and the impracticabilty
of prohibition, but there has been so
much said along this line until it is q
hard matter to say anything without
using the sentiments Of others. The
friends OF the dispcnsary arc perfectly
satisfied with the law. All this howl
you hear about Charleston, Columbia
and Grcenville's blind tigers and the
law not being enforced only comes
from violators Of the law who have
always been using every effort to break
1t down. Why Governor McSweeney
has become such q bad man just since
the campaign opened is very easy ac-
counted for. The IIoyt supporters
know that McSwecney is tho standard
bearer OF the dispensary fight, and he
holds the flag in his hand, and the only
way to whip the fight is to kill the
captain and get tho flock scattered.
Governor McSwecncy didn't wait to sec
how the tide WAS llowing SO as to know
how to launch his boat that he might
land safely. His message to the Gene
raj Assembly shows that he sood for
the sumc principle then that he does
now. Aud his speech at Newbcrry last
| Friday showed 10 the people of the
county that he is running on his own
merit. lie was the only one among
his competitors that held his head
| above mud-slnging and abusing other
candidates. A new scheme has lately
arisen from tho prohibition wing. The
idea Is to got as many as possible OF the
| dis3ensaryites to vote for Gary. This
is done In order to weaken McSweeney,
knowing that he will be the man to beat
| in the second race. But the people are
| well up to such little tricks, and tho
friends Of the dispensary are as true to
tho cause now as they have ever been.
so you can just wait until the 2Sth of
| This month and you will see McSweeney
rise above all these unj just accusations
that arc hcapcd upon him. Friends,
we must stand by tho one who stands
| by our principle irrespective of what
others say. Bluff who-thut McSwee-
ney won't be in the second race. He
will not only be In the second race, but
he, Miles B. McSweeney, will be the
Governor OF the State of South Caro-
lima for the years of 1901 and 1902.
| CAIl's OF a DIFFERENT NATURE.
/ ~~i'N N'i''"''} " JouiiS hCSlo lou vi
about Is, stole q yearing from his
father, Mack Gillian, last Wednesday
night. Bill is natural born thief. He
has served term on the chain-gang
for house breaking, aud has been into
several other stealing scrapes which
have put his father to no little trouble.
| Hlll ran away from his father over
year ago and lived in the upper part of
The county. As soon as Mack missed
his yearling he suspected his son, start
cd out in pursuit, tracking the yearling
in the direction Of Newberry. As soon
as he got to town he found that Billie
had sold the calf to Mr.. Jno. G. Adams
$500. AS luck provided, Mr.. Adams
had not paid the boy for the calf, and
es soon as Billie got the glimpse of his
father he "burnt the wind" Mack
has taken out a warrant for his boy be-