Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-06-27


four years been in charge of the dis
pensarya Were they original dis
pensary men? He does not say there
is corruption. He does not say there
is. TIE goyerhrr tf the State has
not been a dispensary man more than
to say that it was the best solution
Of the liquor question. He criticised
Gov. Hayward as not being agres'
sively in favor Of the dispensary
He is ready and willing to defend
any attack on The State dispensary,
and il Tile psJpie 9F tie State don't
approve Of his views he will go back.
10 The State senate for two more years
and keep on defending it, for he
will still believe il is right; he child
I'd the opposition to the dispensaly
in the State campaign with having
shifted froja broliibiticb Ii IDEAL OPP
lion.
Dispeasary Roasted.
Mr.. Joel E. Brunson of Sumter was
the next speaker iu alphabetical or
der, He declared the dispensary ques-
toll to be the lending issue because
it involves more in dollars and cents
aid ii also affects 50 closely the moral
welfare Of the whole people. In reply
to the claim that the dispensa1y helps
to educate the people he declared that
education and culture do not safe
guard the people from iutenperance..
He 1llotaii ftohi tie ldst iiiessage Of
Gov. j. G. Evans to the legislature
in which he claimed that even if sale
Of liquor brought trouble it would
bring revenue to educate the people
and thus to heal the wounds caused
by iHishp5tailsS:
Mr.. Brunson preceded to strong
arraignment of the dispensary's
profit feature. He was vigorous and
used telling SMILES. 1t requires the
sale Of $4QoO;OgG Of liquor to get
Ss0O,U0G iii profits for State; cities
and counties. Of this amount but
100000 is the educational :salve"
to heal the !!t.5tliiiitds as referred to by
Gov. Evans. In other words out Of
every 81 paid for liquor only 16 cents
is given back for educational salve
and Of that only 2 cents stays in the
county; the rest being ai:-ided imong
countless soine 81 whom have no dis
pensaries:.-
Mr.. Jones for Local optioh.
Nj: a, q .Jores 5f u isrewberry, who
has been a leader in the many fights
against the dispensary and took the
stump in Newberry county last sum-
mer against SenatJr Till
mali aid. helped III . driv-
ing lht }. tli4psbEar5 6ut af that
county, followed Mr.. Edawrds. Mr..
Jones speech had grit and backbone
in every line. He does not profess
TO be an orator, but he speaks force
fully ard gives Solcelto his powerful
convictions. He wilNbe out Of the
camapign for seVyaI days on account q sesesaat {
of illness at home. u rs
TO Reform Dispe1saTy,
Senator R. I, Manning Of eunter,
who was ,leat iiitr6duGed; Stated lis
record for the last IA years as leg
islator from Sumter county, and for
! eigth years of that time as a senator.
He may have made mistakes, these he
frankly admits, for all are human, but
he had always tried to apply the rule
right to every actioIl.
The ainfdti5pai institutions ar6
growing and The fight against them is
largely a thing. of the past. The III
stitutions, have grown and of course
the appropriations have grown in or
der to provide necessary aceommoda-
, tions,
He described tile growth Of pension
appropriations from $4,000 TO $780,
600.
The unequal assessment Of proper
ty he declared TO be a burning issue
which he had not the time to discuss.
There should be strict business sys-
tenn in the conduct Of the government
just as there is in business affairs.
Mr. McMahan.
The address by Mr.. John J. Nc.
Mahan Was classic. In siatesmail-
like thought it has been unsurpassed
by any expression Oh the political
stomp in this State in years. 1t can
not be reproduced even in part, as
the theme would be marred in a con-
densed report. He inveighed against
the tendency of people to disregard
or to give too little regard to their
rights and duties as citizens. II is
in periods of prosperity that the
great dangers to governments creep
in. People are then intent upon Other
things than the public veal.
1t is with shame that in these days
OF prosperity we note the corruption,
not III the dispensary alone, but in
country affairs as well. 1t is the duty
Oh the people to be vigilant. We
should be ashamed of connections
which would have been intolerable
even under radical administration.
The standard Of integrity, Of truth
and of worth Should be the same in
public affairs as in private life an6
YET loo often is The excuse for 6
crime that it happened in politics.
He stands iii this campaign for the
same educational reforms for which
he fought in his four years service
as State superintendent of educa-
ton. He advocates an experimental
school farm i'll every county.
The speeches Of the candidates for
The other Offices were well received.
AT Walterboro on Thursday the
speaking was about the same as the
day before. The crowd was small
and the attention was good.