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

Barney disclaimed responsibility for
his brothers voting wrong. Barney
was generously applauded.
T. NJ. Berry made prohibition talk
and said practical prohibitioaist is a
safe business man.
w. D. May field contended that cot
ton mills in upper Carolina are sending
to Alabama for cotton on account Of To-
cal rates.
Mr.. j. 4. Pettigrew was at home
and courteously declined to speak, but
welcomed the candidates to Florence.
Patterson was the first speaker in the
gubernatorial tourney. He discussed
briefly the failure of the legislature to
appropriate funds for the common
schools after taking dispensary profits
from them. He made his same dispen-
sary speech. He said that the prohibi-
tion proposed is but the dispenssry law
without the beverage feature. The rich
will then send out of the State for
liquor and the poor will patronize blind
tigers Maine sells more liquor unlaw-
fully than South Carolina does lawfully.
Col. Hoyt charges all the crime in
South Carolina to the dispensary. The
attorney general Of Maine attributes
rascality there to prohibition. Repeat
ed his old charges Of coalition. Said
that McSweeney is not friend Of the
dispensary.
a SHARP SPAT
Col. Hoyt toek hand primary, the
first one siuce Pasterson's dismal fail
ure at Walterbcro. Col. Hoyt was re-
ceived with cheering He was forced
to omit discussion of other issues and
confoe himself to the liquor question,
as his opponents had devoted so much
time to MIN.
Patterson interrupted Col, Hoyt once
and the crowd cheered the colonel.
| Patterson had claimed that nine.tenths
of the people drink liquor. Col. Hoy;
disputed it.
Pattersoa-Take hand primary.
Hcyt-Why didn't you do il?
The colonel took hand primary to
see how many in the audience drank
liquor. The number Of fists poked up
vas absurdly small and the crowd
howled for Hoyt. Hoyt then said that
Patterson had said that the crowd was
sober because the dispensary was
closed. The colonel pronounced this
slander on the people Of Florence and
the crowd cheered again. If prohibi-
ton is farce, why did Patterson advo-
cate it in 1892? And does he support
the dispensary now because. as be says,
the majority Of the people favor it?"
Col. Hoyt read denunciation of the
dispensary written by the Rev. W. r.
Richardson of Columbia, and when he
came to paragraph where it was said
that small politicians use tito ride into
Office, the crowd cheered again.
Would Patterson refuse the support
Of papers if they came to his rescue
for he needs rescue? Would Patterson
accuse them of being subsidized if they
supported him? The News and Courier
is too busy booming the exposition to
notice the State campaign editorially.
Perhaps if Editor Hemphill knew that
Patterson is candidate, he would sup
port him, Col. Hoyt remarked sarcastl-
cally. The course Of Mr.. n. 6. Con
zalez is as truly independent II this
campaign as it has been in everything.
Was Gonzales support of E!lerbe in
1898 failure? Gonzales supports him
on other grounds.
"Read his editorial and you will see
something not very complimentary to
you, sir" he said to Patterson.
Patterson retorted that in the consti-
tutional convention he had introduced
resolution charging \. G. Gonzales
with falsehood against John Gary
Evans and 1913 delegates of all factions
had supported it.
Col. Hoyt said he was not Mr.. Con
zales' champion, but he was quite sure
Patterson would not face him (Gon-
zales) and use the language he did here
today.
Patterson said he had said the same
thing in the constitutional convention,
pointing his finger at Gonzales at the
time.
Col. Hoyt retorted that if Patterson
had done so it had been under the pio.
lection Of his privilege as member OF
the convention.
Patterson replied that Gonzales had
opportunity to see him afterwards.
During the controversy there was
cheering at the conclusion of every
thrust made by Col. Hoyt, while Pat
terson had no applause.
As Col. Hoyt concluded, Mr.. Petit.
grew presented him with bouquet
with the statement that the ladies Of
Florence looked for manliness in the
governors office if he were elected.
WHITMAN AND GARY.
Walt Whitman exhibited a map Of
South Carolina and said that three Of
the candidates for governor come from
bunch of counties down on the Sa-
vannah. Walt said Gary had asked
him where he was during the var.
Walt replied that he was only y years
old when the war broke out, but he
plowed an old blind mule to make bread
and meat for the soldiers, and two Of
his brothers shed their blood in the
cause. What had Gary and Patterson
and McSweeney done for the old sol
diers whom they SO profess to love?
He put the laugh on Col. Hoyt The
latter had admired Walt Whitman's