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???????? ? . ."*? . * " .tw*?* .. . . > v .>/:!/ '-( ? > -.: Our : ; 1>S . . ty St a rff*d Jul ~ TJiousai II will be ? f JL V M The Cash S STAtt CAMPAIGN I^paHty pays visit : < [\ YV. TO ABBEVILLE (Contniued from Page One) /. . to hang them up to dry." He said that he had paid Seventy-five Dollars for the privilege of running for Railroad Commissioner and that he was entitled to 18% minutes instead of 11 minutes, and that he was being discriminated against, though his opponents only desired eleven minutes as they had nothing to tell the people. He referred to them as "undergrowth." . For Lieutenant Governor. Dr. E. C. L. Adams thought that the' present incumbent had no right to make the office of Lieutenant Governor the subject of ridicule. He criticised Mr. Bethea for going on the Ford Peace Expedition, referring to the resolution against preparedness adopted, on the Oscar n. Andrew J. Bethea, the present ~ 1 u. Lieutenant uovenior, cuuuucunu speech by saying that if his opponent wanted to get there he snould ride in a Ford, and not a ."Twin Six." He stated that he was a peace advocate. He advocated a single term of four years for Governor and Lieutenant Governor* stating that we had too much politics for tine production of peace, harmony, good business and prosperity. He favored tile education of every child in the state, especially alon? industrial lines and in home ecomontcs. He favored a pension for every widow of a confederate veteran, who was over sixty years of age. He also was in favor of appointing women as Notaries Public and Trustees of Schools. While he is a peace advocate, he "J~i? 11?1 L" -mta Trrilliricr fn follow II auties uutb u? nw nu....B ? Woodrow Wilson and he called on the people of the State to rally around the flag under the chief in the White House. Candidates for Governor. Robert A. Cooper was the first speaker among the candidates for governor. He was received with generous applause from every part of the audience. He referred to his work as Solicitor in this County for twelve years and stated that he was willing to leave the question of the governorship to the people of Abbeville County who knew him, and that he was willing to stand or fall upon their judgment. He referred to the Mexican situation, stating that it looks like we are going to war but that he hoped some means might be contrived to settle our difficulties; that the blood and lives of our boys misrht be spared. He said that the people of the State owed it to themselves to see that all officers discharged their duties according to the law and he pledged himself that if he was elected, to know no favorites, but to administer the laws as they are written, impartially and fairly, to every man, woman, and child in the State. He referred the matter of taxation, stating that there had been talk of the reduction of taxes since the first campaign he knew anything about in 1890, but that instead of taxes being reduced the State appropriations have grown from $800,000 to $2,500,000. In other words, the amount of the appropriations trebled. He stated that he did not know whether he could reduce the taxes or not and that he would make I no promises along that line, but that | he would assist the people to ?ee that every dollar which they paid was ap- , propriated to a proper purpose, and see that the people got "value received" for the money which they paid. He stated that the burden of taxation should be borne equally and that every man in the State should ' - " mi* 1 iSx_ receive his proportion 01 tne Denenis therefrom. i He advocated improvement in the Rural Schools. He called attention to the fact that only ten per cent of the boys and girls of the State are permitted to enter the institutions of higher learning, and that ninety per cent of the people of the State obtain the only schooling they ever get I in Ae schools nearest their door. He,. therefore, advocated a policy of better schools in the counter. He thought that the Rural Schools should furnish to the boys and girls of the State a course of study equal, at least, to the first two years of the present college course, stating that this was being done in California. He opposed the granting of free tuition In State instttutons; his tow i? that if a key or girl i* unable >emkA . *!' . v* ** #;.* i'"-^ '?? >1 < > - t ~. " * }.. -Vv.. tie 29th, an ids of Dollars J SACRIFICED ir to I. A > tore j to pay tuition in these institutions i hp.-or she, should be allowed to bor- i row the amount from the State and re-pay it after graduation when the * egrnipg power has beefi increased. J In^tffis way the State Institutions * would, in a great measure, cease : to ? be a drain upon the people of the *! State, and the attention of the peo- 11 pie of the State coruto be "given, -in a 0 greater degree, to the development;* of the Rural Schools. " He favored a business organiza-' [ tion of the State Government and J, said that the government should be ' run upon the same business-like me-1v thods employed by the business man ? in managing his own affairs. He I" stated that the institutions of learn- * ing in the State should be managed * by one Board of Education instead fe of a board for every institution, and jv that one Board should be able to * handle the institutions of a Charit- * able nature in the State instead of F a multiplicity of boards as at pres- v ent He advocated the teaching of ag- f riculture in the pommon schools, stating that the wealth of the State * depended upon the production from a the soil. He stated that the farmers t of the Country were the wealth pro- t ducers of the country and that if * the farms went down the State a would face starvation and bank- t ruptcy. As the wealth producers v of the country are the tillers of the t soil, he maintained that they were i entitled to the first consideration in T the matter of legislation, and that r they ought to be able to get the best n advantages to enable them to carry v on their work, and that legislation " should be had which would make the g farm life as attractive to the people r as it can be made. 9 He advocated the organization or t management of a warehouse system ii which would enable the farmers to store their cotton after it had been 1 made, and to receive negotiable re- v ceipts therefor which would be re- a ceived as collateral in the money v markets of the country so that they might not be forced to put their pro- C duct UDon the market at an inoppor- s tune time. He stated, however, h that all this could be done without o the State spending one cent, but af- P ter the manner in which the Nation- o al Government controls the matter v of currency and the money markets c of the country. s He stated that real estate was the best security for a debt but the poor- s est collateral which a man can offer o for borrowed money. This,condition n he would remedy by the adoption of ? the Rural Credit System and an ex- C tension of the Torrens Land Regis- ( tration Law, which would prevent s the payment of money for abstracts, t of title, etc., and would guarantee o the title to every piece of land in ii the country. fi While all of these matters of legis- r lation might be carried out, he re- v minded the people that the legisla- e ture could only offer opportunity to c a man to do something and that ev- ii ery man must work out his own des- ] S mi i y I _ uny. ine government, ne says, can a only open the door of prosperity and 1V it is left to the individual whether he t will take advantage of it. He de- s plored factionalism in the State, i r stating that one administration 1< would pass some constructive meas- b ure which the next administration a seeks to tear down. He thought the h people of the State, who are all one j a people, and who have one - common t interest and destiny, should get to-11 gether and accomplish more for the h good of the State; and that in the I development of all the institutions of I the State the people should work t. together upon some definite program I for the betterment of these in- s stitutions. He stated in conclusion that he was running for governor because he had ever been taught that the humblest citizen might aspire to the highest office in the gift of the people; that no one had brought him out; that he had asked permission of no man to run but that he was running upon his own qualifications, which he had a right to do, under the laws and the Constitution of the State. He urged the people to go to the ballot boxes and as they registered their votes to think of their country and not of their friends, and to vote as patriots and not as partisans. At t.Vin pnneliiainn nf Ma inaai>h hn waa liberally applauded by his ? friends in the audience. c D?aCiuunp?. c Mr. DesChamps was the next r speaker. He stated that if the pea- I ?? ?tmmmm? , > ' m 1 4k r iWinitial d Will Coni 1 . '/ A'orth of-hig i thisSgmi-A mfll/A mnm fi Ill IV V - \jr\f .ma. m * > NIM < >le voted for him as hard as he was ironing for them that he would be sleeted. He referred to the fact thai le was not being "mentioned suffirtently" . in the md^tee ot reports oi he meetings and told his story ol he guinea rooster and the guinea en^Uie one crying, "DesChamps, )esChamps, DesChamps, and the ther, "That's right ghat's right, hat's right" He stated that they vote answered ? bp the Muscovej Inrk. which was hieard to say. as it istened to the guinea, "For what, or what; for what?" Which in turn fas answered by the Plymouth rock, i genuine American fowl, as follows: For gov-n-o-o-o-r." He claimed hat on his father's sde he was ^rench-English and that on his mother's side hp was Scotch-Irish, that he fas also German-Jew, and American hrough and through. He stated hat he was raised on sweet milk, gun >owder and red pepper, and that he fas fighting conditions that be, and or things that be not. He was a riend of the trusts and monopolies, te said, and everything else that was forking for the benefit of mankind nd the glory of God. He stated hat the very men who ware cursing he trusts and monopolies belonged o the' political trust, the worst oi ill trusts and combines. He stated hat all other trusts were ~ whitefinged angels compared to this rust. He denounced factionalism a the State, saying that if it were lot for factionalism he would be the text Governor. He referred to the natter of "isms," ridiculing any man fho allowed himself to be called an ite," saying that out of these things tow hell, damnation, rottenness and uin. He stated that the trouble in lexico today was a result of facionalism and referred to factionaljm in India, the matter of caste, etc. He advocated a true South Caroina Democracy, made up of men rhose hearts were brave and true, dvocating the laying down of the rorst and the taking up of the best. As he concluded his speech Exrovernor Blease came upon the tand escorted by from fifty to one undred men wearing the red badges f the Blease-McLaurin Club of the ibbeville Cotton Mill and a few thers who cheered him vociferously rhen he commenced and when he oncluded, as well as throughout his peech. John T. Duncan was the next peaker. He said that if he was sure f all the votes which DesChamps did ot get he would not say any more, le said that the "Bleaseites" took Jooper for a "Bleaseite" and the Jonservatives took him for a Conervative. He referred to the mater of Cooper Literature being sent ut by the Columbia State, intimatng that he thought Cooper was at irst the choice of that paper. He /tloim QQ fll p jui<~ UiCU iuaiuaiig u w****** uw w ?..? rork done for the afflicted. He statd that Manning was making his amoaign on his misfortunes, referr()g to the fact that he employed a iuperintendent of the asylum from nother State and that he did not now that he could not do this, and hat he had attempted to raise his alary without knowing that it was lecessary to have the consent of the sgislature to do so, whereby he had een forced - to pay a considerable mount of the salary himself which ie stated Manning was then bragging bout. He stated that it was wrong o keep a man like this in office as here was danger of bankrupting tim. He referred to the Fifty Thousand )ollars appropriation of the legislature for law enforcement, which Mease says is a campaign fund. He aid that Blease ought to know about his. He stated that if the ballot had ieen taken on the day the campaign pened the race would have been beween Manning and Blease and that Jlease could not have added to his 'ote and that Manning would have >een Governor and that this was the irogramme which the "system" had repared. He referred to the Elimiiators' Conference in Columbia two rears ago. He said that the Conserratives did not seem to understand he situation any more than the and that if Blease would et the matter alone he would soon tave the latter in the middle of the oad. He referred to the fact that Jlease said two years ago that if we tad war in Mexico he would lead the iouth Carolina troops into that ountry but that he was present tolay running for governor and did tot seem ready to volunteer. He >1m referred to the sympathy of the gr ? ? Clear. V-.'..Vry _ :V tiiiue iTilPOii h|class, season; NNtJAL'. CLE A1 of our Fail stoc ERS IilKslii <::*> -r.i.v:. irv V ' * -v '^afrldidA^es' s6^iiig that' it' was s not sympathy that was' needed. He stated that South Carolina stands to ' be disgraced because there are no ; volunteers. He accounts for this by ; saying that. Manning has no magne* | tism about him and cannot attract any followers. He stated that he 'wanted to send negroes to war and 11 keep the white boys at home. He ; jumped on John Gary Evans and "the r System," the /Supreme Court and : everything else in general. He stated , ' that in every club there were two ' men appointed by the "System" to 1 watch matters and report to head; quarters. He claimed credit for ' cleaning out the dispensary political , ' machine; he states that the liquor trust was spending money in this | campaign and that Blease is their ] ! first choice and Manning their se- , cond, and that the political system ; in Columbia was backing Manning first and Blease. second. Cole C Bleat*. i Cole L. Blease was the next speak- i er and was lustily cheered as he 1 . commenced to speak by about two l hundred followers in the audience. 1 He read a letter from the Warehouse \ Commissioner, John L. McLaurin, i stating that he was unable to be in Abbeville and address the people on J [ account of the sickness of a son. He then advised all voters to eni roll, reminding them that the enroll- 1 , merit two years ago did not entitle '< i them to vote in this election. He i referred to the requirements for eni rollment and the matter of enrollment, all of which is stated more ' fully in another column of this pa- 1 per. He stated that he had been told by 1 a responsible man that the report . had been circulated that he expected ] to withdraw from the race at an opportune time and advise his follow ers to vote for Cooper. He denied this, saying that nothing but the j hand of the Almighty could take him ' out of the race: he also stated that ' Cooper had never voted for Blease 1 and that he was not a "Bleaseite," 1 and that therefore he owed him i nothing. He stated that Manning ' was "gone and don't know it" and ' that he was dodging every campaign 1 meeting possible for the reason that 1 he cannot face the fire. He referred to a letter carried in the State from 1 Piphord Snnrllav atitinw tlint A W ' Jones, head of the Tax Commission, paid taxes on an interest in sixty-two acres of land near Abbeville, returned in the name of J. E. Jones, et al., which letter Mr. Sondley had written as a correction of a former letter, stating that Jones paid only a poll tax. We are living, he said, in the most lawless administration we have ever had. While the Manning administration is crying "law and order" there has been seven riots in South Carolina during the seventeen months of his administraItion and fourteen white men have been murderously assaulted by nejgroes and seventeen white women. jHe said that the Manning adminisItration had closed up the "blind ! tigers" but those with their eyes open were still operating. He said that there had been more criminal cases commenced in the seventeen months of Manning's administration ithan ever before. He referred to the claim that Charleston had been ;made dry, stating that the process consisted only of the blind tigers moving from down-stairs to the upstairs, quoting a grand juryman of the Federal Court, from Walhalla, I stating that the only effect was to raise the price of "mean liquor" I nonfc fn Arto /IrtllflT ; II uiu acr ^ vvuvo w vmv J and twenty-five cents per pint. We have had more special judges in the ; seventeen months of Mannings' administration than in nine years beJfore he said, and more special 'courts. He stated that the Manning administration had been busy making a place for its pets, referring to the three members of the Tax Commission which was costing the State from Fourteen to Sixteen Thousand Dollars per year, the Board of Charities whch apointed a fifteen hundred dollar Clerk of a Chamber of Commerce to a position where i ne was receiving more stumy wan the Governor. He stated that a pusher from the Columbia State who i had been making nine dollars per ; week had been given Fifteen Huni dred Dollars per year and that they i were paying a stenographer Twelve ; Hundred Dollars per year and a negro porter Four Hundred Dollars per year who did nothing but sit up in f a sky-scraper and keep cool by an i electric fan, he referred also to the * r 4- > VHMV, y ance ! igh Saturd: able merchant RANCE 5ALE k ' IB UN Abb I ? new circuit composed of only one County costing the people $6,200.00 per year. He said that all of this was being done at the expense of the fanner and when the farmor came in dusty at night and says'.to the Governor, "Watchman, what of the night?" the only answer he got was, "Plow on." He stated that six to eight thousand dollars had been spent in cleaning out the penitentiary, a job which he says he completed during his administration. He paid his respects to the Board of Conciliation and the members thereof, whom he said were a Bank President and a large Cotton Mill owner; a type setter from The Columbia State and a lawyer from Newberry, who was attorney for three cotton mills and three banks, and a brother of a big Cotton Mill President He also referred to the Board of Bedew. He stated that the fifty thousand dollars appropriated by thtf Legislature for law enforcement was nothing but a campaign fund for Manning and that Manning had appointed three constables in Newberry County who were drawing salaries and doing nothing but working for Manning. He referred to the fact that tills rroncy had ;n*t been appropriated but thr.t the Legislature had provided that it be borrowed saying that it wculd be paid back next year when no election is an. He stated that the Superintendent of the Asylum now receives Six Thousand Dollars per year, when ht> had formerly been Secretary of the State Board of Health at a 3alarjr of Eighteen Hundred Dollars, and that he was no1 six thousand dollar man. He referred to the fact that he had been criticised for turning Dr. Babcock out of the Asylum and for insulting Mrs. Saunders, which he denied, and criticised Mannings administration for not putting them back in if they thought he had done wrong. He referred to the fact that during his administration he had turned every negro office holder out and that Manning had put them back in office, and that he had made it so iot for Manning in Walhalla that he went to Columbia and turned them ill out again. At the conclusion of his speech he pas handed several bouquets and a :urry comb with this inscription: j PS [j THE UN!Vf [ ] The largest shoe fac S makes less than on tire shoe output, b j | . Company builds hali biles made in Ameri necessary to supply QJ pie who are looking f 1 cost. Get yours tod Z ] Touring Car $440; ( [ 1 Car $640; Sedan $74< I Detroit. On sale at [ J Also a full line o | ] accessorie I ! All prices f. o. b. D 9 L. W. WH I SmnimnminiiRnn - j/l V ... .... 1 .y " , j. . . g ^ 4 T r* !>ALE ' ' . - <: ; . _, ; " y. ay, July 29 dise will kJ in order || CO. ev/7/e, S. C. "When you were defeated for- the ' senate your enemies sent you thirtysix of these with which to curry mules; take this one and curry the jack-ass es." Altogether the campaign meeting was one of the most pleasant ever h?ld in Abbeville. The people enjoyed having the speakers with them and nothing unseemly passed between any of toe candidates. The audience was largely composed of Cooper forces, although Ex-Governor Blease had a strong following in the audience. 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