The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-29
Statewide or Local Option Par
amount in South
Carolina.
PRIMARY Pr! SET FOR TUESDAY
Candidates for State Offices
Divided in Their .s
Views.

Columbia, S. c.. August 2s.-For
twenty years the liquor question has
been more or less the dominant issue
in South Carolina politics. In the
Democratic primaries, to be held
throughout the State Tuesday. the Issue
4 Is clear-cut as between State e-wide pro.
hibition and the present local option
law under which thirty-seven of tho
forty-three counties In the State have
prohibition. In the six wet" counties
liquor is sold under county dispen-
sary system, with strict regulations
against selling to drunkards or minors
or after sundown or on Sunday or be-
hind screens. and only in original pack
ages, with drinking on the premises
prohibited. The profits are divided be-
tween tho city. where the dispensary
is located, and the county.
Nominations are to be made Tues.
day for all State and county officers,
and for Congress from each of the
seven districts, and in each instance
nomination is equivalent to election.
Only in the race for Governor and IN
contests for members OF the Legis1a-
iture, will. the liquor play any part.
There are six candidates. for Gov
ernor. three who. favor Statewide pra-
hibition, two local optionists and one
who is making a more personal" can
vass. Thomas q. Mcleod, of Lee coun-
ty, the present Leutenant-Gove
and Cole l.. Blease, Mayor OF New
full candidate for Governor, are the
local option, candidates.
| G. C. Featherstone, of Laurens, an
unsuccessful candidate for Governor;
Captain John G. Richards. Jr., of Ker-
| shaw. for the past two years the
leader of the prohibition forces in the
House of Representatives, and F. II.
Hyatt, business man of Columbia.
are running on a. statewide platform.
John T. Duncan. of Columbia. is the
other candidate.
Fights ON ConSressmcn.
Their votes for a tariff on lumber
in the special session last year have
resulted In determined fights being,
made upon two members OF South Car
olinas present congressional delega-
tlon-J. Ellerbee, In the Sixth Dis
trtct, and A It. Lever, In the Seventh.
The con test in the Sixth has been espe-
cially heated. and at a recent cam
paign meeting a fisticuff between Mr..
Ellerbee and one of his opponents. p.
A. Hodges, occurred.
Representatives Wyatt Aiken. in the
Third. and j. T. Johnson. in the Fourth.
have no opposition.
! In the First District. Representative
George Legare Is opposed by ]. H. Le-
hense, of Manning
In the Second, Representative j. o.
Patterson Is opposed by Solicitor ]. T,
Byrnes, Of Aiken, and c. w. Garris. OF
| Bamberg.
In the Fifth. Representative D. e.
Finley Is opposed by Solicitor ]. X.
Henry, of Chester. and T. B. Butler,
OF Gaffney. In the Sixth. Representa-
tive Ellerbee is opposed by p, A.
Hodges, of Bennettsville; B. B. Sellers,
OF Marion. and q. w. Brown. OF Dar-
llington. In the Seventh. Representa-
tive A, n Lever is opposed by DR., w.
w, Ray, of Riohland.
Charles A. Smith, prohibitionist OF
Florence county, and Il, Walker Duval
local ophonist. of Chesterfield county,
are candidates for Lieutenant Cover
nor,
Attorney General ]. Fraser Lyon,
who won national notoNety by his
prosecution OF State dispensary
graftars, is opposed for re-election by
Barnard 3. Evans. OF Columbia,