The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-04-20
Mr.. FEATHERST0NE
OUT OF THE RACE
WITHDRAWS FROM GUBERNA.
TORIAL CONTEST.
His View is That His iCandidacy This
Year Would Not Help Cause
Of Prohibition.

ago WAS after earnest solicitation
from his many friends and admirers
and from the prohibition forces
throughout the State: the step was
ta!''H h"E"r" The rxH"t platform Of
Coz. NH'cl was knuwn. Il u:.> sun
p"~rI rital Mr.. An>rl would run ON
III" ~"lua platform u!."u Whirh hc was
'.'rt"d ~" years AGO. ut IN letter
t" NJ. ,'Ii'ryr-i"H" " r,v da"S 900.
part u which is below quoted. II will
he seen i|iat Mr. Anerl now occupies
'hc SAM" position that Mr. Feather
stone arlM"unrrI last fall. namely, a
r'rrrS" l"ral option law. under which
'hr counties will aI BE- dry until the
dlSr"nSary is voted in. thus throwing
'h" hur'irn on the people who desire
the dlSprn>ary: further. The number
OF dlSp"nSarirS in IL county will be H.
mitrd.
Mr. f"aIhrrSi"nr has had the mat
ter OF withdrawing under adviS,mrui
FOR some time. and throughout his de-
liberation he has been in close touch
and communication with promincn,
pr"Iihi'i"ni>tS in ihr State and his de-
clSI"n tmiHN waS after Il careful re-
view Of ih" >iluati"n: he deems his
withdrawal for the best interests Of
the prohibition cause in South Caro- !
linA
In announrjuG ii> Withdrawal. Mr..
t""lI"r>tonr says:
""rNrrnl weeks a"u announce,
my candidacy for governor Of South
NAr"t'no. upon II State prohibition
platform.
believed then, and still believe. !
that he people are tired of the liam
or traffic. and that they are ready lo
take II Great forward step and sweep
the I'-a!lIrd iraIlir ont Of the State. !
he announcement Of my candi- |
dary was made at the suggestion Of
som" "f our I"alin" prohibitionists--
men VIII" nave been with me in the
hight since the campaign Of lS0S. They
h"Il'Nrd l'lat there ought to be i'm th.
campaign II candidate who w,ulJ
MAX" IN aggressive fight. and wcr,
k'md enough [" Suw"rS, that nuwhl
/" lead ihr m"vcmrut
u have already stated. rrr>ou-
ally i did nol ~ri rrr /" 80 into ,Ic
h""i ~ lhlN time. hnt | yirIdrL to
what ! conceived to be The calI ur
duty.
did not hesitate to say that i;
W"n!d be Il source Of "raliiraiion TO
me t" be governor Of the State, but
he desire t" crafty nv personal am
hl'i"n alone would not have been Sur-
.lirlrnt I" induce me to enter the race
at this Time
Shortly after the announcement
of my randilacy il waS publicly suv-
@">ir" hN Gov. Ansrl'S friends that
he WaN ais" in favor of prohibition
ani that H. would offer fer reelection
on that pln,lnrm.
Ii seemed tn ne r.at II,, cousr ,r
lr"A'h'lloH mi%lI' BE- Weakened by
haNlm" l"n candidates in the field,
ANA ihrl il! i" would ,Spuu,c that
raH>" ii would be thc part Of Wisdom
f"r ne t. withdraw.
Actin" upon tnS idea AMI with
III" approval OF my prohibition
Friends wrrt, Gov. An~rl Con Feb.
2?) that il he expected to make the
race ON that plat lIorm would not op-
pose him.
am III receipt or letter from
s'he governor informing me that he cx-
poets to advocate the reverse Of our
present local option plan. lie saws:
Gov. Ansel's Position.
My position on The liquor qucs-
ti"n is what | call restricted local op-
tl"n-lhat is. local option rs between
county prohibition and county diSpcn
sary. Those counties voting TO sell
liquor shall be restricted To one dis
pensarv in the county and that one at
the county seat, except in those coun-
tirS wherein there is Il city Of more
than $4,000 population. in which
counties more than onc diSpemsary
may be established. This is in ac-
cordancc with my recommendation to
the general assembly as set forth in
my annual message of 1908, is in the
interest Of temperance and will mini
mizc the sale Of liquor.
"'With the experience that ! have
had in the past two years in the pro-
posed elections that were desired in