The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-07-05
Incidents of Their Canvass Through
tlle State.
CHARGES AND COUNTER CHARGES
Sometimes Enliven the r1eetings and
Break the nonotony-Walt Whit
man In the Race.
Sumter Speaking,


Sumter, Special.-The meeting here
was held in the opera house. and at
one time about 800 were present.
Col. J. NJ. knight. county chairman,
presided. Rev. j. A. Clifton. D. D..
opened with prayer. Col. knight read
the an;;-mudslinging resolutions of the
State Democratic convention.
The candidates for railroad commits
sioner came first.
Barney Evans was introduced as
Maj. Exams of Edgefield or Cuba, or
somewhere else" Barney accused w.
d. OF indulging in personalities. He
himself was attacking w. D.'S record.
He charged to-day that Coast Line and
Southern are pooling rates, and Sum-
ter is suffering from it. He was ap-
plauded
Mr.. Berry put in a good word Of pro-
hibition. Senator Pettigrew was ap-
plauded when he mentioned the name
of Joseph H. Earle. Mr.. Etheredge
was absent-sick. Mr.. Mayfield Of
fered himself as one Of seven patriotic
gentlemen who want this good Job.
Mr.. ". D. Evans replied to the critl-
eism of B. B. Evans and Mayfeld.
Barney Evans says SO much that he
doesn't know what he does say. There
was a dispute between the Evanses as
to whether or not W. D. voted for re-
duction on cotton. Barney proposed
to refer it to Mr.. H. r. Thomas, form>
er commissioner.
Senator Tillman was not here.
The candidates for governor were
then presented in turn.
Patterson began by protesting
against the time limit Referred to hav-
ing lived in Sumter % years ago. The
orderly crowd is evidence OF its salu-
tary features. When he tackled pro-
hibition he was applauded. He had
been received with some applause.
He accused Col. Hoyt Of coalition.
Col Hoyt-If You say | advocate it
Eow you say what you know is not so.
McSweeney was slightly applauded.
He characterized the charges Of ?at>
terson as too little to be seriously dis
cussed. He had followed the custom
OF Hagood and others in taking the pa
pers. He was as successful business
man as Mr.. Patterson and he believed
it a good investment Patterson had
not said anything about enforcement
Of the law in Barnwell and BamberS
and in Sumter. The six constable; IN
Charleston are doing their duty better
than twenty before.
Col Hoyt was greeted with applause.
Col. Hoyt said that Patterson was
preaching that the dispensary is pro-
hibitiye. and in the next breath he
says that there are more blind tigers
than ever before.
Patterson has made such grave and
serious charges that McSweeney ought
10 be impeached, because he reads
newspapers and has newspaper men on
his staff. Oaughter.) Col. Hoyt ad-
mitted that the dispensary law is bet
ter than barrooms He had always
worked for the enforcement OF the
law, and ne could enforce it better than
any of the other candidates. He de-
MED the charge of coalition. Would
Patterson reject the support OF reput-
able newspaper? Did McSweeney's
appointing two of his staff from The
State office influence that paper? 1t is
not supporting him. If McSweeney
did subscribe for the papers. that was
not buying their support. Hoyt con-
trasted Maine with South Carolina.
The seaport towns in Maine cause the
big sales of Illicit liquor. and South
Carolina is composed Of different sort
of citizens.
G. Walt Whitman began to fire at
retiring crowd He said Columbia
blind tigers are Jealous Of Charleston
opportunities. 1t is self-demonstra-
tive that the dispensary law is not be-
ing enforced. 1t is not being enforced
in the dispensaries themselves. He
had helped bring about the reform
movement and il hadn't done any good.
for taxes are fourth higher notwith-
standing the dispensary profits. He
made no charges. but ii looks "desper-
ately suspicious where all the money
goes.
There was slight applause when Mr..
Gary was presented. He gave Nc
Sweeney a side swipe. The blind
tigers in Charleston advertise in the
papers A few Sundays ago at the Isle
of Palms he had been taken for Ben
Tillman and the tiger there was
frightened.
Col Hoyt had never shown how pro-
hibiticn could be enforced without a
constabulary; and where was he TO OBJ
tain the revenue? He advocated hav-
ing textile schools wherever practi-
cable, and having the gate between