The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-08-15

SponSiblc position of Lieutenant-GOverhol: ~
that position aiScnarsed .soiueI my the proud
endorsement of the body over when l pans piesius
ed My platform has already been an ti,,Iss
in my annual message and on tne t,ain forr
but Shall cnde;,vOr to give 1t TO you again, ioi
| believe the people should hear iully Iiie caL-
didaeS asking for their sufffnge' AS you klloMi 1i
succeeded the lamented GOV. fIieIoe w n iir,
ont his uneXpircd term, ana come UeioIe So9
now TO give an account of my stewardship ana
To ask your endorsement. am one oi tne PA IA
pie and have fought my way through tne woil9
Single-handcd and alone and am not asnaiilJiu
of NV record Ever since have been IN pup
lie life have continuously fought for the peo
pie and their rights u,,, ,,,or,
am an advocate OF an ec0nolllicai stenaf sott~.if
ment wisely and judiciouSly Administered
with aS small a tax as the safe operation Oh tn'
government will allow. My service mas no
been lip service, big professions little ueeus,
for have never vet let an opportunity pass 10
help the Young men and young women upward
and onward in life, and have always endeav-
ored to protect and preserve the proud name
of my native state, l3r the ProuEfSi Pi'nm %6r
have nv services TO the old soldier been wasted
i'm sympathetic speeches and patrlollc ,s GiiuI
SiUnS, but both in public and IN prlNlle liie
have silently and quietly done all IN my power
TO smooth the road of the tOttcring Confederate
soldier on his final march to the grave.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
lam firm beliver in the common schools
II is to them that owe my advancement IN
life NV education was limited TO them my
heart Is wrapped up in them, nan 1 wouia M oe
MS traitorouS to desert the common scnoolS as
the college man would. be to desert ms anna
mater. Starting out in life as an orphan ana
penniesS, the only friend had was the irec
public schools. / have taken u SpecEtl iLIei- 1t
est in them and shall continue 10 I1 So as ,1is .a
MS | can be of service to them. believe that
special attention should be given TO the euuca-
tion of the children at our cotton laGt9rles.
When appointed the State Board OF Eouca-
I q I.
an able teacher of school OF Il manufacturlng
town in order that the interest," OF Ine factory
children might have the beneflt Oh ms expert
ence, and that they should have representa-
tive on the hiShesl euuc''''"'' "''''" ia Wv
State.
Likewise am n consistent friend of the col
leges both State and denominational. glory In
the proud record our colleges nave mace IN tLe
past and the splendid unlimited future oeiole
Them. School houses have done more for civil
lization and Christianity than all the armies
of conquest have ever done or can ever 40.
MATERIAL. PROSPERITY OF THE STATE.
Tho material prospcrity of our State is ex-
ceedinpIv pmtifving While this is not due I"
nv administration, for no Governor can H"P
our march of prosperity, yet nave uo,ie ',,
in my power 10 help the grand movement
along and to establish contidcnc" in our enter
priseS and in our State government.
INSULT TO INTELLIGENCE.
NV opponents have attacked me because
subscribed for the newspapers. by such
charges they expect to catch the unthlnKlnS
such charge is an insult To intelligence Al
of my predecessors properly subscribed lqr
papers and paid for them In the same way. III
Is absolutely necessary for TN" Governor 10
know whether proclamationS, advertisements )
for supplies and so forth have been puDiiSsneu
rs paid for, and to keep posted as 10 grana jury
presentmentS violations OF the law, condnct OF
public officials, riots, lynchings, ana SO ioItn.
only a few days ago crime was comfnltteu IN
Florence County. The prisoners were arrested,
and had II not been that the Governor was
posted as to the state of feeling at Florence, In
Il great measure through the newspapers, y =
crime would have been committed that wOula
have been a foul blot on the good name Oh our
State and an insult TO Christianity ana per
version of law and order. And, my Irlenas,
say here in this connection that SO long as
am Governor that will exhaust every avail
abl. means of the State before will allow mob
law or lynch law to dominate the government
and rule the land.
LOCAL OPTION AND PROHIBITION WOULD
BRING CONFUSION.
But we are here to discuss measures ana noI
men, What is local option, and what "oulo
be the result of such scheme? H. Is so I'M
practicable that neither Governors TIL man, not
F.. Evans nor Ellerbe, all Sttlwart friends ol the
Dispensary, ever once thought OF Suggesting
such an idea, and no honest prOnlhillonlst can
favor 1t, for il allows that which ne DelleNeS 10
he Inherently wrong. The result OF such a
scheme would be conglommeratlono oi pfohiDi-
ton and DispenSary counties, Cach bearing inc
burden and receiving the ill-eftcct OF the DINER
with no benefits to either. 1t is patchwork,
crazy quilt theory and could only result IN
confusion and simply lives as a theory, only
upon the >p"ciouS dcmagoSic idea OF local sell,
government, for il 1t local Sclf-gONcrllinent "
If so, how or where will you limit it? G0u caii-
not limit it toa Congressional District. for couli-
ties may want ii. You cannot limit IL To rUuii-
ties for particular townships may want it. Iou
cannot limit it to townships for some Of the nll-
merous towns of a township may want it.
And then you could not only have Il county
full of bars or dispenSaries against the scntl-
ment of a county, thereby defeating the theory
of local option, but you would have such di-
versity of the liquor business that the reVe-
nues would be SO small that special officers
Duld be a thing of the past and illicit liquor
traffic would be untIammcllcd.
DISPENsARY LAW ENDORSED BY EVERY
LEGIsLATURE.
But local option is not a material factor in
this campaign. The issue is clearly Joined be-
tween Dispensary and Prohibition. The Dis
pensary is no experiment 1t has been Il statute
law or ana has by
conventions have endorsed it and none have
dared to condemn it.
DIsPENSARY REMOVES INDUCEMENTS To
LIQUoR-DRISKISG.
1t has proved to be the only practical solution
OF the liquor question. People always have
and always will have liquor. The greatest evil
to the public is the liquor seller. The more he
sells the greater his profit. The profit feature
is his only incentive and therefore, more the
encouragement he offers the buyer to buy more
and more. That being the case the best solu-
ton Is to remove the cause that compelS the
unfortunate to buy more and more. The
DiSpenSary solves this:
The dispenser gets his salary whether he sells
one drop or not, and he is not allowed to in
dulge in the seductive and disastrous credit
system. 1t Is of no interest to him to sell inn
pure liquor or to Scduce minor or to give a
free lunch to the unwary. He is sworn and
bonded to enforce the law and his position is at
stake. If he fails TO enforce the law you, the
people, who give him his position, can blame
only yourselves.
PRoHIBITIoNIsTS FIGHT THE DIsPENSARY, ,
but THEY ARE EXCEEDINGLY CAREFUL
NOT TO ISTERFEEE WITH BLIND
TIGERS.
How different is the blind tiger, the progeny
of prohibition, whose only ambition is To make
dol lars for himself and drunkardS for the State
and whose only claim TO tocitiZenShlpi is based on
his brazen effrontery as Il law breaker. But 1t
is contended there are tigers under the Dispen-
shry system. Certainly, but the DispenSary
law does not make tigers. Do you suppose
people patroniZe tigers because there Is Dis
penSary law, or because they want liquor to
drink?
1t Is the patronage that makes tigers, and Is 1t
not natural to conclude that if you abolish the
Dispensary that the patronage heretofore going
to the DiSpenSary will go to the blind tigers
thereby increasing them ten fold.
Then, when the Dispensiry goes the special
officer must go, and with only the civil officers
who are now unable to cope with the few tigers
enough to sagscr every citizen who loves his
home and respects the law.
Under q prohibition law Il heavy tax must he
levied upon every one to enforce the law
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