Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-07-18

dnCe 10 Iue ulSpeESdlN. nut was Will =
ing to concedeprohibtion to unwilling
counties.
Since the gauge of battle had been
thrown down, he would accept the
challenge. During his six years ser
vice as speaker, he had known Tilman-
ite. no Conservative. had shown no
partisan preference and in this cam
paign had made no partisan utteran-
ces. But there is an attempt to defeat
him because he is Gary and a Til
mantle He was a Tillmanite when
Tillman needed friends and not when
he became powerful.
Patterson was the next speaker. He
was glad that the county to county
campaign had not been abolished. 1t
guarantees free speech. Briefly refer
ring to the educational question. he
spoke of the good features of the dis
pensary No plate glass mirrors. no
cut glass decanters. no obscene pic
lures on the walls. no street strikers.
no selling to drunkards and to minors.
He would like to see absolute prohibi-
ton. but it is impracticable. He had
when % years old been prohibition
chairman in his county. and had seen
1t fail. People would vote prohibition
and patrOnize blind tigers. over n
million dollars of liquor is annually
sold Illegally in prohibition Maine,
while in South Carolina with double
the population the sales were practical
ly less. Crime is being fostered by
prohibition in Maine and Iowa, as we'll
as political and social distemper. Col.
Hoyt is not asking for prohibition.
Under his proposition the State would
get no revenue from the sale OF liquor
but it would be sold, for under the viii.
son ect people within the State can
send to other States and get all the Ii
Quor they want The Columbia State.
the bitterest enemy of the dispensary.
and Il friend of high license. is supper
ting Col Hoyt because he (Hoyt last
fall favored coalition. Col. Hoyt says
that he is not responsible for the sup
port of The State. He knows that
Gonzales is a heavy yoke on his neck,
and he is trying to get out of it,
NV henever The State and News and
Courier tell the truth. you may know
chat the millennium is at hand" ex-
claimed Patterson Patterson produ-
ced a letter from Jim Tillman in which
the latter declared untrue an interview
in the local columns OF The News and
Courier in which ii was said that Jim
Iillman had denounced Patterson. for
arraigning the newspapers. Tillman's
letter stated further that there were
other inaccuracies in the interview
Patterson said he would not arraign
McSweeney in the latter's absence
Col Hoyt closed the debate. His
candidacy, he said, is giving his oppo-
nents lot Of trouble. In reply to Pat
terson he said that the latter fayors
the prohibitive features OF the dispen-
sary law, then why not prohibition >
Patterson is also attacking the enforce
ment of the very law which he (Pat-
terson) supports He also answered
Patterson S statement that more liquor
is sold in Maine than in South Carroll
ma Patterson had compared the
amount OF liquor sold illegally in one
State with that sold legally in South
Carolina. How much liquor is sold il
legally in South Carolina? Col. Hovt
then stated that Patterson had falsi-
fec his position on coalition He had
merely urged the prohibitionists in the
legislature to unite with others to over
throw the dispensary law. in order to
pass prohibition law When the leg
islature refused TO do anything with
the dispensary he (HoyD had stepped
back upon his prohibition platform
and Is there today, without qualifica-
tionS. Any man who says that he is
today in coalition with any influences
and that he will be so influenced when
governor talks foolishness. He then
paid his respects to Gary. The latter
Is now advocating local option be
tween prohibition and dispensary. and
yet he refused to vote for the Robinson
bill last winter. He twitted Walt
Whitman for changing his platform
Walt is opposed to the dispensary. he
is opposed 20 prohibition. in fact is
there anything in the world which he
is not opposed 10?
The candidates for lieutenant gov
ernor concluded the speaking. Col
BIease defended the dispensary. He
favored liberal support OF State cole
SeS' but he was not in favor OF the
methcd of granting scholarships
COL Tillman stated that the cduca-
ton OF the negro means social equality.
amalsamntion and finally damnation
10 the white man. There are not 5000
pure bred white men in Cuba. where
the races mingle in social gatherings.
Col Livingston said tina, the river
which passes through his county skirts
the city OF Georgetown. He hoped that
It would not be long until there would
be bands of steel connecting George
town and Marlboro.
Col Wiukler declared that he be-
lieved in the dispensary. not as
money making institution but as
means Of reducing intemperance.
Col Sloan, the last speaker hurried
through his speech as it was but a few
minutes until train time. He made a
few local hits and referred pleasantly
to GeOrgetown's growth
Speaking at Kngstree
Kingstrce. Special-There were
about 200 honest farmers of William