The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-07-19
The ball was opened by Capt. Jen-

Brooker andDeerham warmed the boys
I'D a little bit BrCoker charged Der
ham with allowing trcasurers to make
settlements whenever the latter want
to. Derham, interrupting. said this
was untrue. Brooker said he could
prove it in the record for 1897 in Rich
nond county. Derham said that he
was contradictinS Brokers state
ment. They agreed TO talk it out at
Florence
Capers made the crowd holler G'
assailing McMahan for naming flag
on Winthrop college for a Yankee
soldier" who was teaching at :he sum
mer school.
McMahan was not here.
Col. Floyd said williamsburg had
been one of tha banner codntlc&;. de
wanted to keep its support.
DR.. Rouse was absent.
The candidates for Railroad COM
missioners made about their usual
speeches.
Gary was the first speaker for the
office of governor. He for the frs.
time referred to the fact that he has
no papers backing him up. He re-
terated his support Of the dlsDensary,
and jumped on prohibition. put advo
Gated local option between the two.
He produced the record showing that
he had voted for the Archie" oil as
amended by Winkler so as - allo"
each county the right to establish Or
to remove dispeusaries.
Col. Hoyt said he had not referred
to the Archer bill, but to the bill pre-
pared by Mr.. Robinson ci Anderson,
which provided for vote ct|een Cis'
pensary and prohibition. Gary char
ged coalition between blind tigers and
prohibition to squeeze the life out OF
the dispensary. He accorded all hon.
or to honest prohibitionists, h:lt "an-
ted honest men not to be persuaded
to vote for prohibition. He again sta
ted that factional lines had been
drawn against him as he was Gary
and a Tillmanite. He wants to be
measured as an individual.
Patterson began by saying that w,llle
Mr.. Gary is discussing local option. he
would discuss the dispenary. Nobody
in the campaign has said anything
about the Garys holding office Until
yesterday, when Walt Whitman said
something about it. Nobody is at
tacking Gary for supporting Tillman.
He said that Gary didn't have the
courage to come out in favor OF the
dispensary at Charleston.
Gary-That is absolutely untrue.
Patterson said that at Charleston
he had asked Gary if the latter was
in favor of high license for Charleston,
and the latter said that his position
was understood by the crowd.
Gary-I asked the crowd if they
wanted me to explain my position
again, and they said 10
Patterson-But the people Of South
arolina must have an explanation.
Gary-The people know how
stand. You are the only one who does
not, and you haven't got the brains to
take it in. can't give them to you.
Patterson then paid his respects to
prohibition. Everybody in S1uth Car
olina knows that If Gonzales takes up
fellow it beats that fellow. and so
Col. Hoyt says he did not seek the sup
port OF Gonzales.
Patterson then began on McSween-
ey. making the same charges of nom
enforcement of the law. He made a
new point" that Mr.. Welch, OF the
firm of Welch & Easor Of harleston,
runs blind tiger, and has a United
States revenue license. Yet McSwee-
ney has commissioned him a member
OF the Charleston county board Of con-
troll.
McSweeney stated that he nad moth
ing to do with it. The appointments
were made by the legislative deiega-
ton from Charleston.
McSweeney looked bright and fresh
after his rest. He stigmatized Patter-
sons charges as little, absurd and
flimsy. Did Patterson mean to charge
that the editor of the county paper
could be bought for dollar and half
year? AS to granting United States
licenses, how could any power stop the
granting Of them. The constables get
a list Of those holding licenses and
trail them, but it is impossible to abso-
lutely enforce the law in seaport
ney) could rot go around like Patter>
son looking for blind tigers. He could
not force the grand Jury in Charleston
any more than Patterson wheE a pro-
hibitionist could prevent the grand
jury Of Barnwell from THROWN gout
the warrants which Patterson placed
in their hands.
McSweeney defended his record and
said the dispensary law had been en-
forced better than ever before and
without bloodshed.
Col. Hoyt said there were admira.
Ii q fnntnro- In tho licnnnSary law as