The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-27
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Hot Fight ii South ;: Carolina lima Will.
End at Polls This
Week. 1&
llLLMA.N in THE i :: FOREFRONT 4: I;
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ContestSfo Attorney Generalship
Overs1adows That for Gov
ernorship.
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COLUMBfA,s. O., August 2G---Th he
state dispensary, which came into ex.
iistence Under tho leadership OF e. ii r..
Tillmnn moro than thirteen years ago, 10
on trial. Whether the liquor traffic IN
South Carolina shall continue under State
control or whether It shall be lie II. to
the counties too say what they want ns
ibetwaen county dispensaries and prohi-
.litioM,S willfbe settled iii the Democratic
primary to be held on Tuesday next,
Tho campo Ign was practically closed last
night after the thirty odd candidates for
State Offices had spoken In each OF the
forty-one collntles l3&
Senator Tillman has no oppo-3
sition, he has taken an tive par IN
state issues, making q four weeks M CAM
;paign OF his own In support Of tho state
diapensary He declined TO take part IN
the regular canvass. saying that he would
not speak IL his time was limited.
Hot Fight. Is5s. SIT
Predictions made years ago that other:
States would follow South Cardinals
business have not been fulfilled, as no
other state has adopted the method .sSsE5
From It's, beginning the dispensary man
had oppositio Not until the last e GIL
teen months, however, has this opposl-
ton made itself felt. Nearly two years
ago legislative committee was ssFf q p
pointed to investiga to the charges 4of graz
alleged to exist in the management q
tho institution From time to time this
5conrnittee has brought Tout revelat lions
Of more or less startling nature. In
one Instance, 1t was testified that the
dispensary placed an order for $35, 600
worth of wtliskey labels. Proprie tors Of
reliable houses In the label business tes-
tilted That they would have filed the
same order for from $1,000 a to SO, ooo.
This and other revelat ions OF aS5 llke
character has caused su dden and Vide
spread opposition55to the state disp zen
sary. n ST. 5s, III
senator TIllman# Is fighting for the IN
stttution on the ground that It can be
reformed and kept cl can, while It's 9 pp s7
Enents claim THAT II; has been corrupt
from itsinceptiont and cannot pc cleatnsed.
The t,ispensary9 has grown from n $4,000
business to4more than 50 600 GOO q year.
S Race for Attorney-G General.
For the first time in he history OF the
State the race for At ornfiy General over :.
shadows that Of Governor. This Is due
to he -fact$that Senator Tillman, In A his
openinE speech in the campal gn. urged
the people to defeat J. Eraser L Lyon, Hvho
has been the leading spirit In the dls pen--
snry2 investigation and Is a cnndi date Sf Tor
Attorney-G General, Senate human y y supT
porting j. + w, Ragsdale, while Attorney
General Il Leroy i. on mans seeks re-
election on his long record.
There arc eight candidates for y Cow Gov
ernor. ns follows: Martin IT. Ansel Oocal
opt!on); Joel y. 4Brunson and A. G. Jones
TProhibitionlsts); w. "A. Edwards 8(anti-
Scorporation) Richard Manning,
Lieutenant Governor John Il. Sloan;$ Ohm
AlcA1ahon and Cole T.. Blease are al
advocates Of the State dlispen sa Y.
In tho E51Elird Congressional 8 District,
congressman Aiken Is opposed by Solicit
|ttor julius Il. Boggs. while In the Fifth
Or. II. u. Strait Is oiN,osing Congressman
Finlay. The OTHER FIVE incumbents have
no opposition. s III 81 IA IL