The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-08-22

LIS UaSOI OF plOltnCG gays. lue
illicit sale of Whiskey is dectgasing.
The dispensary law bas been as we'll
enforced during The past year as here
tofore."
The mayor Of Chester says: "The
dispensary law is not violated in town
or county to my knowledge. | think
the Illicit sale of Whiskey is decreasing
The dispensary Law has been as well
enforced during the past year as here
tofo1e.
The mayor of Laurens says: "The
Illicit sale Of whiskey is decreasing
considerably in this city and in the
couaty. The di5pensary law has been
better enforced during the past year
than heretofore" "
The mayor of Orangeburg says:
There is no violation Of the dispen-
sary law in this city, nor have |. heard
of any in the county for some time. /
Judge the dispensay law is being better
enforced than heretofore.
The mayor Of Rock Hill says: The
ILL it sale Of whiskey | DO rot thiak i,
Increasing. 1t is sold mostly from
pocket b;iod tigers. l favor the Law
and would like to see it kept on the
statute books as regard 1t as the best
solution. "
The mayor Of Anderson says: No
illicit whiskry is sold in this city.
The mayor of Winnsboro says: ''The
dispeusary law is not being violated to
our official knowledge or information.
The Illicit sale Of whiskey is decreas.
lug. The dispensary Law is as well, or
better enforced thaa heretofore. "
have earnestly endeavored to en-,
force the law without blood=hed, but
this lsw, as all other laws, must be en-
forced without apology to aoy man.
Nov, my friends, ask 10 all caudor
in view of the conditions that exist in
prohibition States, and the record in
the enforcement Of the law in South
Carolina, is there any reason to qres
tioc or doubt the motive OF the blind
tigers ia joining forces with the prohl-
bltionists For whose benefit is such
au alliance? Let the past experience
speak for the lr,5ent If prohibition
should win, its Continuance would have
to depend, as in other States, upon its
old ally, the tiger.
Again, the most enthusiastic prohi-
bltionist does not hope for a prohibi
ton legislature. That means contin
uapce Of the dispensary. Now, my
friends, who is the more likely to en-
force the lava mau who honestly be-
lieves in the law, or man like Col.
Hoyt, in whose nostrils the very name
Of the dispensary Law is stencil.
y W, my fellow citizsns, in conclu-
lou | thank the people of the State
or the support given to my admins
cr4tion and am grasi6ed for the harmo
uious work Of all the members of the
administration. I have endeavored to
fulfill the duties of the Office of COVER
cor with the same fidelity and upon
the same business principles that has
always characterized my official and
private life, whether as member Of
The general assembly, IS lieutenant
s,vernor, or in the Democratic coun.
els. I am running on my record,
merit aud G.ness for the off ,e, aud not
upon the dement's Of any other man..
am running as an individual Demo
crat, uufettered by the nomination or
suggestion Of any faction and bound by
40 platform except that Of Democracy.
/ would rather my tongue should cleava
20 the roof ofmy mouth than to dip
into the cesspools Of SANDER and vitu
peratioo Neither my State nor any of
| her honored citizens, such as my oppo-
nents, shall be slandered by me for
self-aggra ndizeuent, and rather than
90 into Office by mud Singing and Bit
ter vituperation, | will 60 to my grave
uDhoncred.