Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-07-25
STILL STUMPING ON
Politics Not Quite as Hot as the
Weather.
SENATOR TlLLMAN is ALONG TOO
And Helps the Boys Contribute to the
Gayety OF Nations Synopsis of the
Speeches.
AT Bennettsvilie.

Al BennettSvilie.
BennettSlille, Special.-The meeting
here was attended by over thousand
people. and they came for miles to hear
the discussion Of live issues.
The first speaker was Barney b. Ev-
ans. He said he had been taunted with
the fact that he would not in Marlboro
attack the record Of w d. Evans. He
renewed his charges taday and said
they were direct at w. D. official re
cord. w. ID. has no right to ride on a
pass. He must pay his fare and rail-
road REFUNDS according to law
Mr.. Berry said this county was pros
Porous because it was prohibition
county. Prohibition does prohibit
here Col Pettgrew was willing for
w ID. Evans to carry the county. but
ne wanted the votes not going to Ev-
ans.
w. d. Evans, who introduced his
competitors. had not intended to sneak.
but replied to Barney The rates are
not driving mills out II the State. Five
nave been established in this county
since he went on the board. Pacolet is
building new mill in Georgia because
the> attitude Cheraw IS too low. and
the mills now running consume nearly
all the cotton raised in the State.
j III. Wharton proposed to correct
evils of demurrage, overcharges. etc.
w. ID. Mayfield is not here. Ether
idge has not been with the campaign
for five meetings.
The first candidate for governor TO
speak was Frank B. Gary. IL" said he
would not force dispensary on Marl-
boro and he did not want prohibition
forced on Abbeville Let. each have
what it wants. He believed in the dis
pensarY law.
Patterson was the next speaker He
is not well-has been sick for three
days. This is the political birthplace
of Ben Tiilm.n. There is Il powerful
newspaper trust. and McSwccney tri-
ed To get the pull Of the press Patter-
son stated he had sta to tie dispen
sary through the scandal last fall He
did not want to force the dispensary
on Marlboro. but prohibition is but a
sentiment here. I'm addition to Char
leSton'S tiger industry, he claimed that
there are over 900 in the city of COlum-
bia. The law can not be absolutely
enforced in Charleston. but he would
do ii better than it Is done now or step
down from Office.
Gov. McSwecney said that all Pat
terson wants is TO fool the people to
put him in office. Patterson looked all
over the vouchers in the comptroller
generals Office and could find nothing
against the administration but war
rants paying for few newspapers.
No man in South Carolina is so ignor-
ant as to think that newspapers sup
port can be bought for dollar a year
Every governor had subscribed for pa
pers-SOme had even taken magazines.
Col Walt Whitman came at the
eleventh hour. arriving from Cheraw
His quaint witticisms kept the crowd
laughing.
Col. Jas A. Hoyt is in accord with
Marlboro-a prohibitionist as long as
Marlboro has had prohibition. This
county has resented any attempt to
change. Marion had been a prohibi-
tion county, but a dispensary was es-
tablished there without the consent Of
the people Dillon had tried to have
the dispensary removed and could not
II illbecomes a candidate for governor
TO- go around the country abusing the
papers for not supporting him. Patter-
son has been into sixteen counties and
II is a reflection upon him that no pa
per has come to his support Col Hoyt
could not repudiate or reject the sup
port of papers that oppose prohibition
and vet they have taken him up on his
manhood
Col. Knox Livingston introduced his
competitors speaking in kind terms
of each OF them present. as well as OF
Col. Tillman. who wired that he was
left in Augusta.
Cole 5. Blease. Winklcr and Sloan
each made strong speech. Many peo-
pie think there is as much eloquence
among the colonelS as among the can
didates for governor.
DR.. Zimmerman and Captain Jen-
nings were here and spoke Judge
Moore spcke Bcllinger was absent
McMahan WIS not here. c. pers made
a hit.
BTooker and Derhtm had a little tin
Brookcr accused Derham of perverting
the record Derham told him he must
not say tnat Brooktr returned that
Derham had exhibited a letter from
Auditor Suuier Of Columbia statins
that some OF Brokers charges were
not true The latter went to see
Squier and the lattcr denied writina
il. Derham exhibited the letter from
Squier.
The candidates for Congress foil W
ed these those for State Offices. The
days speaking was closed with a Wig
orouS and characters tic speech by Sen.
ator Tillman
DerIington's Day.
Darlington. Special was no
excitement at the camnaiqn meetin