The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-07-04

III III 'AiilliSH, SuNtl tlS ll'tH III
the dispenSary law enforced perfect,
in Charleston. He said that he was :
thorough believer in the dispeusary
and that prohibition would not prohibit
Is has been demonstrated wherever
tried. In the enforcement of the dis
penSalv law he reSorted TO busines,
methods, and the records would show
that the law is being enforced now bet.
ter than ever before. because th" p%o-
pie are gradually giving up their op,
position: that he reduced the conStab,
ulary force. because there was no ne.
cesSity for so many. they We're in one
¬her'S way. and with Il reduced force
he got better results. and saved 10 the
people about $4,000 in salaries. II" was
proud of the fact that under his admin.
iStratiOn. il the execution OF the dis
DcnSa-v law. not Il drop Of blood has
been shed. a:ld 10 private homes have
been entered and that more contra
band liquors hay" been seized than ever
before. and this without the slightest
friction. He is doing all in his power
10 pat down blind tigers: in Charleston
the overwhelming opposition to tn"
law. together with the entire legal
machinery OF thai county being in tie
hands OF opponents of the ltw. il is l
herculean task 10 have the law su,.-
ce>Sfully Y enforced in that city. 1t viii
take time TO overcome the opposition,
and the law in that city. is gradually
gaining friends. Talk about 4 per-
feet enforcement of that law in city
il-l 'hI, of
nentS do an: better than | have done:
Tillman. Evans and Ellerbe. my pre-
decessors. could not shut up the blind
tigers there. and admit that haze
been unable to do So. and | appea! to
Your reason and common sense to say
whether my opponents can DO so. Con-
tinuing the Governor said it was easy
enough to make promises, but placed IN
position. and CARRYING them out was
another matter. He denied with spirit
that he had any sympathy with the
blind tigers as has been charged. and
if the people of Charleston were going
to vote for him, it was because he was
born in that city. and the business men
there. have known him all of his life,
repect him for his integrity and busi-
ness qualifications. He only asked fair
play. and that he be given 4 chance to
carry ont his plans. 1t was his honest
endeavor TO make non-partlsan gov
ernor. and be an instrument in the
building up OF the best interests OF the
State. vt the conclusion Of the gov
ernor'S speech there was considerable
demonstration of approval, the audience
seemed to be impressed with his earn
estneSS.
Col. J. \. Hoyt. the nominee of the
Prohibition conference. and who took
the pledge required by the constitution
of the Democratic party, that he was
not. nor would he become. the candi-
date of any faction. either public or
privately suggested. was next intro
duced. He started out by saying that
he had been business man longer than
Governor McSweeney. and he was an
other who had never made q failure.
He reviewed the history of the dispen-
sary law, and depicted some of the hor-
rors resulting from its enforcement, he
said their was more rowdyism in bar
rooms. because there We're more bar
rooms He protested against the State
making him a partner in the whiskey
business. and that the State was COM
mitting sin by polluting her hands in
the liquor business. Prohibition he
claimed was success in Maine, and II
elected governor he could make 1t a
success here, the reason prohibition has
failed where tried in this State is be-
cause the municipalities would not en-
force the law, and Prohibition Gov
ernor can do nothing without a prohi-
bition legislature. Colonel Hoyt de-
MED his being in coalition with advo-
Gates of license and then said in The
MANNING TINES of last week was an
editorial charging him with being in
coalition with high license. That
statement was untrue" (many cheers
for THE MANNING TINES and a few
for Hovt although the reporter who
was sent out by the Columbia State,
and which newspaper is advocating
license but is supporting Colonel Royt,
says There were cheers for Hoyt, and
some for The MANNING TINES. /"
Editor Applet. who was standing IN
the audience, in 4 respectful manner
asked to be permitted to interrupt the
speaker, and obtaining his consent,
proceeded to ask if the editorial re-
ferred to by him, was not taken from
The South Carolina Baptist word
for word. Colonel Hoyt admitted that
it was" and stated, that The TINES
had used used the name of Rev. j. ".
Perry in connection with the editorial
in the Baptist Editor Appelt re-
piled, by asking Colonel Hoyt if it was
not fact that Rev. J. W. Perry's name
appeared at the head of the editorial col
umns of The South Carolina Baptist"
rs one of the editors. To which the
Colonel replied yes, but said that he
did not write the article. He then
went on and said that he was not in
favor of high license, and that the dis
pensary was better than license. Edi-
tor Applet asked him if The South
Carolina Baptist, paper published by
his own church denomination, did not
charge him with being q license man.
and that some of the stltfest high IL
cense contests it ever had, was with
Colonel Hoyt, and this is the same pa
per which has Rev. J. W. Perry as one
oiits editors? He replied, Yes. Then
said editor Appelt, the statement which
YOU so vehemently characterized as un-
true. is true as far as THE MANNING
TINES is concerned. but if untrue at
all, The South Carolina Baptist Your
own denominational church paper
stated that which was untrue (''cheers
for Applet came from the crowd. Mr..
Ell. Wilkins yelled out "let Hoyt talk, .
which was responded to quickly by Mr..
S. H. Bradham, who said let Applet
talk" and the crowd cheered again for
Appel. and laughed at Mr.. Wilkins.
During the coliloquy between Colonel
Hoyt and Editor Appelt, there was no
dis-espect exhibited or intended to-
wards either of the gentlemen. both
understanding the proprieties between
gentlemen, and each respected the
others rights when a speaker alluded
to man in his audience. Colonel Hoyt
complimented his audience, and ex-
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