The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-07-19

port that he opposed the OlSpensdIS
| law He warmly asserted his aliesl-
ance 20 the dispensary. but was will
ing to concedeprOhibitiOn 10 unwilling
! counties.
Since the gauge of battle had been
! thrown down. he would accept the
challenge. During his six years ser
vice as speaker. he had known Iliman-
| itc no Conservative. had shown no
partisan preference and in this cam
| paign had made no partisan utteran-
/ ces. Bur there is an attempt TO deieal
him becausn he is a Gary and Til
mantle. He was Tillmanite when
! T:llnan needed friends and not when
he became powerful.
Patterson was the next speaker. he
was glad that the county TO county
campaign had not been abolished. 1t
guarantees free speech. Briefly refer
ring TO the educational question, he
| spoke of the good features Of the dis
pensary No plate glass mirrors, no
! Cut glass dCcanterS. no obscene pic
! lures on the walls, no street strikers,
re selling to drunkards and to minors.
! He would like 10 see absolute pronlDi-
tion. bu; it is iTpracticable. He had
when 23 years old been prohibition
chairman in his county. and had seen
It fail. People would vote prohib!tlon
and patronize blind tigers. over
million dollars Of liquor is annually
sold Illegally in prohibition Maine,
while in South Carolina with double
a. hn nrQptlcIl-
ly less. Crime Is being fostered by
prohibition in Maine and Iowa, as Wen
as political and social diStemper. COL
Hoyt is not asking for prohibition.
Under his proposition the State woull
get no revenue from the sale OF liquor
but it would be sold, for under the Will
son act people within the State can
send to Other States and get all the IL
ouor they want The Columbia State,
the bitterest enemy of the dispensary,
and a friend of high license, Is suppor-
ting Col Hoyt because he (Hoyt) last
fall favored coalition. Col. Hoyt says
that he is not responsible for the sup
port of The State. He knows that
Gonzales is a heavy yoke on his neck,
and he is trying TO get out OF II.
whenever The State and News and
Courier tell the truth, you may Know
that the millennium is at hand, eX-
claimed Patterson. Patterson produ-
ced letter from Jim Tillman in which
the latter declared untrue an interview
in the local columns Of The News and
Courier in which it was said that Jim
Tillman had denounced Patterson for
arraigning the newspapers. Illlmans
letter stated further that there were
other inaccuracies in the interview.
Patterson said he would not arraign
McSweeney in the latter's absence
Col. Hoyt closed the debate. His
candidacy, he said, is giving his oppo-
rents a lot Of trouble. In reply to Pat
terson he said that the latter favor5
the prohibiuve features of the dispen-
sary law, then why not prohibition?
Patterson Is also attacking the enforce
| ment Of the very law which he pat
terson) supports. He also answered
! Pattersons statement that more liquor
! Is sold in Maine than in South Carroll
ma. Patterson had compared the
amount of liquor sold illegally in one
State with that sold legally in South
! Carolina. How much liquor is sold il
legally in South Carolina? Col. Hoyt
| then stated that Patterson had falsl-
fed his position on coalition. He had
merely urged the prohibitionists in the
legislature to unite with others to over
| throw the diSpensary law, in order to
| pass a prohibition law When the leg
| islature refused 70 do anything with
the dispenSary he (Hoyt) had stepped
back upon his prohibition platform
| and is there today, without qualifica-
| tions. Any man who-says that he is
today in coalition with any influences
| and that he will be so influenced when
| governor talks foOliShneSS. He then
paid his respects to Gary. The latter
! is now advocating local option be-
| tween prohibition and dispensary. and
yet he refused to vote for the Robinson
bill last winter. He twitted walt
| Whitman for changing his platform.
| Walt is opposed to the dispensary, he
is opposed 10 prohibition, in fact Is
there anything in the world which he
| is not opposed to?
| The candidates for lieutenant gov
ernor concluded the speaking. Col.
Blease defended the dispenSary. He
favored liberal support of State collie
/ ges. but he was not in favor OF the
method OF granting scholarships
Col. Tillman stated that the educa-
tion of the negro means social equality,
amalgamation and finally damnation
to the white man. There are not 5,ooO
pure bred white men in Cuba. where
the races mingle in social gatherings.
Col. Livingston said that the river
which passes through his county skirts
the city of Georgetown. He hoped that
| n wo1l1 not he long until there would