The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-06-29
For United States Senator and
State Offices Opens
AT SAINT GRORGES.
All the Candidates for Qoyernor and th'
Other State Offices with Pew Excep.
tlOns Attend and Address the
People. Senator Tillman
Absent.

The State campaign for 1905 was
formally opened at St. Georges on
Tuesday of last week.
The meeting was oslled to order at
11.2O by County Chairman E J. Den
nls and was opened with prayer by the
Rev. MIR. Steadman. Chairman Den.
mis- then outlined the purposes of the
gathering. The people OF Dorchester
County were gathered, he said, to see
these candidates, who had offered
themselves for office, and seeing them
and hearing them, to pass upon their
fitness for offioe Ho referred eloquent.
ly to those who had made South Gar
Olina great In history and emphasized
the necessity for those to whom the
ballot had been entrusted to keep well
their trust.
The Hon.
MARTIN T. AN Ell,
Of Greenville, candidate for Governor,
was the first speaker Introduced. Mr..
Anael was greeted with applause First
Of all he desired to thank the ladies
for their presence. 1t argues we'll for
the campaign Of 1905 that they should
grace this occasion with their presence
He himself Is not running on his good
looks, however, for In that event he
feels sure some Of the others would b.
elected over him. Hs wasn't elt tctsd
four years ago, but he came so clo.s
to 1t that he felt Ii his duty to again
present himself 10 the people for their
Buffrages. He Is proud that he rep
resents the Piedmont and he '" rTGr",
of the magnificent vcto ne received In
his old judicial n'ncuit, where he Ia
best known = ne has the endorsement
grounds that he desires election. He
stands for the great principle OF high.
education and he stands vi qlalihsdly
I for the great work of the public
schools. In the youth of the country
+ bssps ttoEs OF olo country. There he
urged strongly the Importance Of the
common schools Good rsads;is another
plank In his platform. This Is a
matter OF greatest interest. We don't
want such roads that we shall have
our religion jolted out of us before we
get to ohurch." He favors seeking and
accepting aid from the National Gov.
ernmenG for this purpose He ia op
posed to the State disponsary aod he
ts In favor of local county option az
between county diSpen8ary and pro-
hibition. If the county officers are
able to take charge Of the county .
arairs In other matters why are they
not able to take care OF the county's
liquor selling, he asked. He Is oppOs-
cd to one county dictating to ano her
AZ to what 1t shall have Let the CIV
ernor appoint the board to take charge
of the selling Of liquor and let the
Governor DO responsible for them. Pay
them q salary. H. doesn't believe IN
commissions. Let them report to
each term Of the Circuit Court. Pen
sion the old Confederate soldier and
let him go to his grave In peCcc.
The Hon.
G. L. BLEAsE,
OF Newberry, was then introduced to
the audience. He Ia candidate for
Governor. He has represented New.
berry County In the Legislature sev
ef2l times, and Is to. day the county 3
State Senator. Ho oan prove by the
records that throughout his whole
career he has been consistent In the
positions he has taken. He favors
biennial sessions Of the Legislature,
laws restricting the hours Of labor, and
liberal appropriations for educa ional
purposes, but is opposed to the higher
education OF the negro. This Last
Btatement evoked applause. He favOrS
o marriage license Systom, and the
economical enforcement Of the Govern.
mont. He believes the dispensary sys
tenn ls the best solution OF the Whiskey
question and he favorB the repeal OF
the Brice law. Recurring to the ne
gro question, God never intended that
the negro should be anything else
than the servant OF the white man. II
he had his way he would wipe out the
negro college at OfanReburR. II you
have corruption In tho State dispen-
ssry, what would you have II there
were Al county boardp? He does not
favor the Raysor. M aiming bill. One
Of his reasons for this is because one
Of the amendments provides that
whenever the board thinks the dis.
penFary is nuisance they have the
right TO close 1t up. That Is not gov
orned by the people. They say the dis
penBary is corrupt. All tight. Why
is IL corrupt IL IL because men origi.
nally opposed to the dispensary lav
have Of recent years been placed IL
charge OF the system. But there Is nc
corruption In the dispensary. MriW G
Childs Coid him yesterday that since
tho d1spensarY was voted out In Cor
tain counties the Jug tratiic on biz
railroad had more than doubled. Pro
hibitiOn has failed In Newberry. HI
is ready, willing and waiting to defen(
any attack made on the dispensars
syston. He, too, favors good road
and good schools. Everybody does
But the money Of the people lie bein.
squandered now. Two more judlcia
circuits have been provided, but still
they clsmor for extra Courts. He help
ed to defeat the appropriation for tn
payment OF the expenses OF these OK
IRA Courts. II elected he will endcav
or to reduce extra Courts. He favor
q liberal appropriation for EX-Confed
crate soldiers, and he wants to see /
go 10 GhuBe 10 viii III 81 belongs an.
not to those who do not need It,,
MIR. j. &c. BRUNSON.
Uf Sumter, candidate for Governor
was the next speaker. He plunged a