The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-08-16


made pretty much their customary ar
gument on business lines. Mr.. Whar-
ton protested that the rate Oh esgs W s
as high from Seneca to LaurenS as to
New York.
w. D. Evans and Barnard B. Evans
had a tilt about the dispens ny poll
cies which were secured through Bar
nard B.
G. Walt Whitman took the middle
of the stand and Grated at length and
with vigor regardless of the profuse
flow of perspiration and heat. In start
ing out he said if liquor WAS made in
this State he favored patroniHing home
industries. He reiterated his usual
pleaSantrieS and arguments.
! Mr.. Frank B. Gary also had To wade
out in the broiling sun and announced
his platform and views, 50 we'll known.
Some one complained that inferior IL
uuor was being sold and he said this
was not the intention of the dispensary
system and it should not be so.
He was running because he was
real friend of the dispensary and be-
cause the law was not now being en-
forced.
A. Howard Patterson said there was
but one issue in this campaign and that
was the liquor question. and he waded
into his regular defence of the dispen-
sary and some one who interrupted
him was asked what he favored free
liquor. and Patterson told him to vote
for prohibition. He took up his GUS
tomary argument and wounl u with
his attack on the McSweeney admins
'tration, especially as to Charleston.
He pounded McSweeney for not se!Z
ing bar fixtures and worrying the poor
mountaineer who sells jug OF liquor.
He said McSweeney talked about say
ing money. II he had few more CON-
stables they would do something. He
said estimate 400 tigers in Charleston
and 100 in Columbia, put the sales at
81 90 each. which would be $500 day
or $3.50, 900 per year and the constables
if employed could save this. Ellerbe
had about 60 constabie3, say at :,
would be $4,000 year. McSweeney
has A. constables, which would be $3l,-
$50; difference 1880, instead Of $40
900 as claimed. There are in Charles
ton 1S0 revenue licenses and suppose
each of these sell S. day. that would
be $500 a day, per month s2,700. per
year 24,000 worth of tiger liquor sold.
So, instead of saving. the State is Jos
ing by not having the constab.e'.
Gov. McSweeney said about the only
thing against him was the TRADE about
him and Charleston. All he wanted
was TO have the last year compared
with any other year. 1t was wrong TO
single out any town. He did not claim
90 much. but the people were doing
.neir share towards enforcing the law.
None of his constables will ever be "a :
owed to injure any one on ht1sy
GROUNDS He read telegram from
Chief HOWE in which he showed that
Instructions were issued to seZe nX-
ures and he stated that the reason nx-
.ures were not seized was that the u.
GERS got the goods back on claim ana
delivery and the constables had not
,een able to provide for counted bonds.
The State board had been asked to pro-
vide for these bonds, but has not yeI
lone So The expenses had not peeh
included in Mr. Pattersons figures, ana
ne imagined a great deal.
He did not agree with Gary there
ought to be prohibition in one county
md dispensary in others. II there
we're to be improvements in the dispeh-
.ary it must come from the legislature,
and prohibition to begin with would
increase taxes.
Col. James A. Hoyt said that the
friends of the dispensaTy had alreauy
criticised it sufficiently for him not 10
say anything about it. There is TO use
10 20 to Kansas to find violations OF
the dispensary, for any law is violated
there or here. He believed there would
be agitation until the dispensary IS
abolished The dispensary has some
good features but they are getting IN
bad repute by non-enforcenent. moral
questions, If they affect the peop'ee,
have a perfect right to enter into pol.
itics. The State has no right to en-
gage in business
He insisted that there was no neces-
sity in the Bible for expressly pr2hlD-
lting the SAFE OF whiskev. to begin win
the general principle is against IL
uuor selling, and there was no such vile
stuff known in the days Of the Bible as
fuss x, and he took up the biole 10
show it's argument against the sale or
liquor.
Senator Tillman was well received
after a six hour wait He said he was
limited because of time, and some
cried: The moon is shining" and TIL
man caught the joke and thought this
was a good one on him about this
moonshine country. He then took up
Col HnYt's sneech and said 1t dis