The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-07-31
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ing up weekly.
w. ID. Evans discussed tho policy
Of tho board and laws regulating
rates first, and said that rates had
been rrIuced on fertilizers, cotton,
brick, wheat, live stock and other
goods. Tho board is quietly and
eurefully reducing ratios, and tho TO-
mnrkable growth OF manufactures
shows that there is encouragement
t. such enterprises.
CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.
G. Walt Whituan, who spoke Of
Caryocracy, and Tho two lawyer
candidates., and tho two newspaper
candidates either Of whom wVuid bc
q nnsIit, lie expected to catch up in
his business, with part Of his salary
as Governor. All tho candidates cx-
copt lloyt came from tho little sor-
ton around EdH.G2ld, which got I'LL
tho Offices since tho time that The
memory Of men rnnneth not 10 tho
contrary. lie made n plea that The
UP country should yoto for up-coun-
try mon, either himself or lIoyt.
I'illmnu had said thNt tho News and
Courier and tho State had maNo tho
people believe lin to be q fool.
Thoy did this by lying on him.
Mr.. Frank Is, Gary put iii good
word for better roa,s. lLo argued
against prohibition anal in favor Of
tho dispensary. flo rotated Abbn
v'i!e's Unsatisfactory eXpericnco with
prohibition not long ago. During
tho AbbevillG Carnival, ho said, tho
dispcnsnry was closed and there was
not an arrest for drunkcnDcss. Tie
spoke Of tho constabics following The
campaign and argued that the lax
ity Of tho enforcement Uf tho law
was reproach and Outrage. The
law must be enforced or it will be
abolished. lIo WAS a friend Of the
dispensary aud would onforco 1t ac.
cording to the original purpose OF
cNrtailing the saic. He resented tke
lie" of over being a do1gcr. Finat-
ly he took up school matters and
sn!d a few things about his record in
Abbcvillo and the House.
AIr. 4. II. Patterson again tool: up
Gary's speech at Charleston and
Georgetown, and said he still thought
it local option speech at Charles
ton. lie took up tho dispcnsnry
aystem and its advantages. FINALLY
no discussed the prohibition plat
form Of Col. lIoyt and went over bis
previous ground.
Governor McSweency emphasized
tho fact that peace and prospcri. ;
were on every hand and that but fol
tho politicians and tho prohibition
fight everything would be happy
Whom men said his administration
was n failure why did they not show
it and prove that they can do better:
Ills first effort was to get tho coop
Grafton of the mayors and shcriirs il
enforcing tho law. I[o was tho
friend Of the disponsary aud was do
ing all ho could to enforce it unG
wake up sentiment in favor Of i.
lie could prove by tho records that
tho law ls better enforced than two
years ego and no was telling on|,
that which he could provo. lie huC
nothing to do with tho dispcnsar,
except to control tho constabularv
and all admit that the law is rigidl,
oaforced except in Il few places here
hAd there, and in those places it i.
better enforced than heretofore. lie
thanked God there has been nt
bloodshcd in this State in enforcing
this law. Flo was u candidate no
because OF his present position, bu
because he thought his record en-
titled him to it. At Orangobnrg Mr.
Patterson started o6t to abuse him
he made charge after charge, bu
thoy wero SO Aimsy and falso that h,
has abanoned them, bnt he had no
tAc manhood to como up and apollo
gjzo to the pcopla for tho false insi1
uations mado against him. Rofcr
ring to the Floronco outrage, he sal,
no was'satislied had tho two negroe
gone to Florence they would hav,
boon lynchcd and he had prevented
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