The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-07-27
Tuesday Was Truly a Great Day
at That Place.
ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD
Gathered to Hear Senator's Tillman
and Latimer. Mr.. Ed. Smith,
OF the Cotton Growers
Association, Made
Speech,

Speech.
Senator B. r. Tillman WAS received
by an audience Of about 1,5o0 people
ct Lamar. Senator Latimer and Mr.,
e. ID. Smith, Of the Cotton Growers
a ssociation, were present and spoke,
The audience were as responsive to
Senator TiIlman's characteristic ut.
tcrances as at any time since his ap-
pf arance In 1890 lie WAS vigorous
and energetic exhibiting as much
Ripger In his efforts and as much In
tjs remarks as he has ever exhibited
H. Darlington County. When max
Ing his attack on the Court House
Ring" and the members Of the last
Legislature who voted against the
Raysor, Manning bill and who sup
ported the Morgan bill, the old fami-
liar "Hurrah for Tillmar - was az
nuch In evidence as ever before. 1t
was q Tillman audience and Tillmap
knew 1t. His admonition to the peo.
PIE TO leave at lie me this summer the
Il gislators who bad voted against he
State disperaary net with surpris-
irg response ard apparent approval.
Senator Tillman came down from
Cferaw Tuesday afternoon, leaving
Tie train at Darlington. and with
Dan II. McKeithan, II. E. Sigh aud
DR.. j. O. Lawson, entereo ap automo
bile, and, after spinning around Dars
lirgton, they wer ded their way to
Lamar, where he was the guest OF
Ex- Senator j. w. Beasly. The speak
iLg was in a pine and oak grove, al
most In the centre Of the town Of
Lamar. A stand for the accommada
tion of the speakers and seats for
about 100 persons were erected under
enc Of the famous Darlington oaks
The seats provided we're, Of course
rot sufficient for the crowd and hun
G1eds OF people stot d for three hours.
Serator Tillmans speech was what
/, is usually designated as hot stuff"
ESQ much did 1t jmpresss the boys that
a caucus Of dispensary friends was
held in Warr'S Hall right after the
speaking, and the following named
gentlemen will be the dispensary
candidates: For the Senate and for
the Legislature: George p Scarbo
rough, ]. p. Kirven, j. E. Miller and
w. A. Dowling.
1t is probable that George p. Scar
borough will be the Senatorial candi
date and the others mSntined will be
for the House. Mr.. Scarborough
voluntarily retired from the cnicc Of
sheliff two years ago, after having
served twelve years. He Is one Of the
lesdtng citizens Of the county and is
very popular Messrs Bowling, Kir.
ven and Miller have all served in the
lover house before.
Senator Tillman was the second
speaker. His first speech In this
county was made twenty years ago,
and was made from the porch OF
Manuel Marcos store at Ly6ia. Boys
who were In the cradle then are now
voting. Lethargy was as great then
as now. He found then the Court
House ring In charge Of a few bright
young men, who controlled the no.
limitations for onice. He raped the
county Democratic executive COM
mittec for closing the list OF entries 80
soon. He thinks 1t Is trick. He
says the State" is big rattlesnake,
and the Darlington Ncws a little
Iattleenake He said tie people
would think him green man II he
were not to di8cuss matters when 1t
seemed to him that South Carolina
was going to the devil or the devil
coming to 1t. He said the people had
said to him: I'VE like your way OF
talking, be Governor. And when he
had served while they then said:
I'VE Ike your way OF managing the
GoveYnorship, be Senator" and by
Goo he had been Senator. He refer
red to the dispenSary system, and said
1t had been settled time and again by
tie people as the best system Of con-
trolling the sale of whiskey, but some
people who can see no good in TIL
man or Tillmansm are still lying
awake at night dreaming, schemipg
and praying for some chance to get
even with him.
Senator Tlllman said he had It on
good authority that when candi.
date for the position OF a director Oh
the State diSpensary board approach
ed members Of the Legislature to vote
for him the chief qEalit tication requir-
ture was whether or not the candi-
Date would steal and steal verytniDg
In sight. This was to bring the State
dispensary into disrepute. Spartan
burg's Legislative delegation Ia re.
kponsible for the rottenness in the
county beard there. Jim Farnum
vas the head devil in CUrruptirg the
State dispensary. When they got
y after him he took his Trunk and went
to Georgia, and when the trunk was
brought back all evidence OF his
schon es had been destroyed. He re.
ferred to Davis'S testimony before the
Investigating committee and scored
the committee sor not finding the
liquor drummer who, with Hub Evans,
saw the llqnor drummer give mem.
bers Of the State board money.
The Darlington Legislative dele
,ga5ion had no right TO vote to destroy
the dispensary. They had no In
struction from the people Of Dazzling
ton to that effect. They were traitors
for SO doing He spoke Of the Raysor
Manning bill as a cure for the evils o.
inc State dispenarry. lie left n(
doubt 1T that senator Manning Is "
Ills opinion the man to elect Cover
nor; he did not say so, but then II
sounded 30.
He referred to the government by
newspapers before 1890, when The
News and Courier was circulated In
nearly every homo. 1t was then