The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-06-28

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Jim Tillman began by saying that
while he was a stranger some Of his
relatives were not. He delivered
message from his aged father On his
farm in Edgeield." He said "he has
found Methusaleh's receipt for lclg
living: drink plenty Of buttermilk, eat
no supper and keep out of politics y
He also had a message from his un-
Gle, who is now opposed by a fellow
Jones, "a dry goods drummer who has
lately taken up notions for a side
line He had no Confederate war re-
cord, but he had been colonel Of the
First South CCarolina in the Spanish
war, and one of his opponents had
given him a medal from the privates
under him.
Winkler explained his position on
the Harris Lithia issue by saying that
a bill was introduced providing for
pure water, and everybody knows
what Columbia water is He replied to
Tillman that pure water is an incen-
tive to sobriety 1t is better put than
is Columbia water with liquor in it.
He favored the dispensary and had
done all he could for it. 1t is the best
method yet devised for restricting
sale of liquor. 1t is no new thing, but
has been tried successfully in Europe.
However, he is in favor of letting each
county do as it pleased. and had SO
voted in the legislature. The consti-
tuition is not mandatory, but permits
local option elections. However, he
was opposed to high license under dis
pensary law. Col. Sloan is fighting
wind If he hopes to see restoration
of barrooms.
Col. Sloan retorted that he had
thought that he was fighting wind in
this campaign.
Capt. Jennings spoke kindly Of Dr..
Timmersan, who was absent.
Mr.. Brooker renewed his affirmation
that though Mr.. Derham is an honest
and honorable man he has disregarded
the law and has allowed executions to
be on the books year after year. Der.
hams influence had been against him
for five years. Brooker declared he is
running for an office which he really
does not want, but he wants to get
into position to continue the work in
which he had been stopped. In Barn
we'll county he had allowed the settle
ment for 1897 stand on the books until
1899.
Mr.. Derham stated that Brooker at
sacks the sinking fund commission,
consisting Of the governor, attorney
general, comptroller general, State
Treasurer, chairman Of finance COM
mittee of senate and ways and means
committee of the house. Would he dare
say these gentlemen had been dictated
to by the comptroller general? The at
tack covers every treasurer and audi
tcr of the State, and he is the great
reformer! Does he want the job so that
he can dictate to the sinking fund
commission? Does he want the ap-
pointment of treasurer and auditor, as
he has said on the stump? He then
pitched into Mr.. Brokers figures. He
found $500 in executions where but
$500 had been issued.
Col. Hoyt was greeted with hand
clapping.
He tackled Blease, who had told a
Joke in which a girl had perverted the,
golden rule so as to allow her sweet.
heart to embrace her. The colonel
said that not all Scripture could be
perverted. He quoted the verse in
Habakkuk, which says, Woe to him
who gives his neighbor. strong drink,
who putteth the bottle to his lips
Now, pervert that, can you?"
He then paid his respects to Mr.. Pat
terson.
In regard to his editorial Of last win
ter in which he had advocated coali-
ton between opposition to dispensary,
he said that he had agreed to it on ac-
count of the minority of 140 to % OF
the prohibiticnists in the legislature.
He had done so that there might be
repeal of the dispensary law followed
by prohibition.
He concluded by appealing for the
liquor question to be settled and to De
settled this year.
Mr.. Gary said that when he saw Col.
Hoyt getting so many flowers he was
forced to say, That's right, ladies,
bring on the flowers, for we have
buried him" He had buried Col Hoyt
politically. If elected himself he
would show the same imparoiality
which he had done in the speaner's,
chair. His friends knew that he had
never been a usurer. They knew, too,
that he was a true friend Of the dis
pensary law. He then explained his
local option position-to let the sew
eral counties vote between the dispen-