The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-07-18

pared with the barTooms. But tn
people who are appointed to enforce
the law do not 90 it. Itis enforced il
towns and cities with the aid of mum
cipal authorities, but not in rural dis
tricts-at least not in his part of th'
State. Dispenssries sell to blind tigers
The colonel then paid his respects Il
Nr. Gary. The bill he had referred
to was introduced By Robinson from
Anderson, not Robinson from Pickens
1t was introduced in 1899 and Gary
voted against it. 1t was prohibition
The Archer bill. was dispensary. Per
haps Gary had changed his mind with
in that tine and thinks that little
local option would help his candidacy
Gary, from the crowd, asked if Col
Hoyt had not last fall favored coalition
and if he had not since changed hi:
mind.
Col. Hoyt stated that he had taker
that position for porpose last winter
and that purpose was to kill the dis
pcnsary first and 10 enact prohibition
afterwards.
The dispensary law is Dot solution
OF the liquor question. Every legisla
ture has changed the Law. In reply tt
Patterson. be said there would be NJ
corruption, CT collusion or rascallty il
''dispensary" in which whiskey and
wine is kept for merely medicinal, sac.
rsnental and mechanical uses. Prohl
bition can be enforced by magistrate:
and their coDstables supported by pub
lie sentiment.
G. Wat said he would divide hi:
speech iulo three tubjects He would
say something Of himself, then discus:
measures, aud thirdly do some skin.
ming. lie would settle the educational
question two years hence, and the
liouor question this campaign. As be
tween prohibition and the dispensaGy
ne favored the latter properly enforced +,
but license is his latest fad. There Is
not single prohibition injunction in
the Bible, he says. He then proceed
ed to the "skinning," addressing him
self particularly to McSweeney.
The candidates for lieutenant COVER
nor then followed.
Col. Tillman opened. He accused
Col. Livingston Of dodgiug the liquor
question, and said he was like the
poem on the back Of a Confederate bill,
Representing nothing on Gods earth
now" Winkler speaks Of abolishing
profit feature of the dispenssry, but
voted against it.
He was followed by Col. Livingston,
who made clear exposition Of his po.
sition on the liquor question and said
that he was on record as to his stano.
A prohibitionist himself, he believed
in treating the several factions fairly
and not forcing them.
Col. Winkler said that he had never
favored the dispensary to make profits,
but to promote temperance, and he
didn't care if they took away every
cent Of the profits. He said that
competency, honesty and sobriety"
are requisites 70; the Office Of lieuten-
ant governor. He had the qualihca-
tions.
Col. Sloan congratulated the farmers
on the rain which the candidates had
brought. If their talk did 10 good,
the rain might. The constitutional
convention thought it had settled the
liquor question when it provided that
the question may be left to each coun-
ty. Each county manages its own
courts and other institutions, why not
the liquor questions? Local option is
the gun to kill blind tigers.
Gel. Blease said that the reason he
opposed Winkler's referendum was that
it left the question of dispensary or no
dispensary to the general election.
The $4,000 negro voters, the balance
of power, would settle the question for
the white people. Does Gonzales love
prohibition? Does he love Col. Hoyt?
No, but he hates the dispensary. The
liquor people want to kill the dispeu-
sary, make prohibition obnoxious and
then get high license.
Judge Moore was not here, and Gen.
Bellinger had no opposition. Gen.
Bellinger said that he had heard Of
nobody but trial justice down in
Charleston who had criticised his record
and he would not tax the patience Of
the people by making speech.
McS9eeney looked bright and fresh
today, after his rest. He stigmatized
Patterson's charges as little, absurd
and fimsy. Did Patterson mean 10
charge that the editor Of the county
paper could be bought for dollar and
. hall year? AS to granting United
States licenses, how could any power
stop the granting Of them. The con-
stables get list of those holding Ii
censes and trail them, but it is impcs-
sible to absolutely enforce the law 10 a
seaport town ike Charleston. He (Mc-
Sweeney could not go around like
Patterson locking for blind tigers. He
could not force the grand jury in Char
lesion any more than Patterson when a
prohibitionist could prevent the grand
jury CT Barnwell from throwing out the
warrants which Patterson placed IN
their hands. McSweeney defended his
record and said the dispensary law had
been enforced better than ever before
and without bloodshed. He had ap.
pointed newspaper men on his staff.
However, he had dozen who were not
newspaper men. He replied in like
manner to ali of Patterson's charges.
He defended the dispensary law as the
best solution of the liquor question.
He was applauded when he concluded.
THE FLORENCE MEETING.
The campaign meeting at Florence
Thursday was attended by about 900
people. Brooker and Derham had their
usual spst MeMahsn was not present.
Capers attacked his record as that CT
an impractical man. Capt. Rouse and
Gen. Floyd threw bouquets at each