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M??????1^? jggXJEI3 SEMI-WEEKL^ L. m GRISTS SONS. Publishers. | & dfamilj Jlcttsyager: ^or the promotion of the political, Social, ggrieuiturat and Commercial Interests of the geopty. j '""^2," "Wahi,IS?EI>1855. "YORKVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JAJCtJ ARY 20, 1911. 1^0767 **+A *?*A ***A ?M~f*A *$*A I?**. I .FORTUNE i <, Novelized by Lo | From the Play oi * ^ m by Wind f g Copyright 1910. by Winchell Si ***A ?t#+A ***A ***A ?*+A CHAPTER XXI. Beneath the hrim of her dainty hat, with veil thrown hack, Betty's dark hair waved hack, glossy with the sheen of perfect well being, from a face serenely charming, the more s<> for her slightly deepened flush, and the eves that shone into Xat's danced with the light of enjoyment, bred of his supreme astonishment. Her father, who had left Kellogg ana come in to get Nat's advice regarding some large orders received that day, greeted her warmly, gave her a parting hug and retired. "Nat, I'm so glad to see you again!" "It's such a surprise, Betty!" "I knew it would be. I just couldn't wait, Nat, when I found I could get here by the night train instead of tomorrow morning. I haven't been home, you know, but I couldn't resist the temptation to stop in here and see what?the store looked like after all these months. Besides, I thought that you or father"? Her eyes fell, and she faltered, withdrawing her hands. By now he had himself in hand. "Why," he laughed, "you nearly took my breath away. Even now I can hardly believe it." "Believe what, Nat?" she asked quickly. "Thet you're the same little Betty Graham. I never saw such a change." "It's a change for the better, isn't it, Nat?" she asked, with a smile half wistful. "I should think it was. It's just marvelous." "Did I seem so very awful, then?" "Nonsense. You know you didn't, only now"? "Then you think father will be pleased?" "If he isn't I'm blind." She looked away, embarrassed and touched by his interest and his feeling. "And does it make you a little proud, Nat?" pi*. flv 9H9BB mm ' W ' aSF bw5t jQpr f?..v REB FATHEK GAVE UKK A PAUT1NG UCO. "Proud!" he exclaimed blankly. "Because you know you've done it all. If there's any improvement in Betty Graham today it's because of you. If it hadn't been for you"? She shook her head very decidedly, seating herself on one of the chairs by the soda fountain. "Why, Nat, don't you suppose I have any memory?" she went on. "You began making me a better girl the very first day we met here in the store by the things you said to me. And ever since I've been watching you while you were making life a heaven for father and me and thinking that if I were a man I'd try to be as near like you as I could." "Oh, don't say that!" he pleaded wretchedly. "It's true. And when you sent me away to school I promised myself I'd try* to repay you for the sacrifice you must be making for me; that I'd follow your example as nearly as ever I could: that I'd work hard and try to treat people the way you do?kindly. Nat, and considerately and bravely and tenderly and honestly"? He dropped into a chair near her and buried his head in h>s hands. "Don't!" he begged huskily. "Please. Betty, don't!" She bent forward and took one of his hands, patting it softly. "Nat. I think you're the very best man in the whole world!" "Don't!" he groaned. "Don't, for heaven's sake!*' "Oh. I know, Nat?I know you don't like me to say tliis. hut 1 must, just the same, tell you the truth about myself It's so splendid to live the life you do. You're all unconscious of it, hut I want you to realize it and know that I do too. You've made everybody love you, and"? But confusion silenced her. and she gently replaced his hand. For several moments neither spoke. Then Nat broke the tension with a short, hard laugh. "That's right," he said inscrutably; "that was the idea." "Nat. what do you mean?" He turned to her. "Betty, does it make you?feel that way toward me?" She colored divinely. "Why. Nat, of course. Why, every one"? "That's why 1 came h> re, Betty." he pursued, blind to her embarrassment. "I came here with the idea of getting married." He was staring gloomily at the tloor and could not s>-e the light that dawned upon the girl's face. A ***A ?*+A ***A *#*A ; //twre/f. 1 uis Joseph Vance f the Same Name M tiel Smith nith and Louis Joseph Vance. ? 1 **+A **+A *#*A ?*+A H-H-A "You never guessed that, did you?" "No," she breathed brokenly. "No, Nat, I"? "Well, it's the truth, and"? Ho rose clilU jiiu\cu dui i tan i it" you Just now?not now." "No, not now, Nat." Betty, too, got up. "I think I'd better go home and see father. I mustn't forget"? She faltered, half blinded by the mist of the happiness before her eyes. "No?wait." She stopped to find his gaze full upon her. For the first time "TONIGHT I BECAME ENGAGED TO JOStF LOCK WOol) " he comprehended that she had not understood?that, worst of all, she had misunderstood. "I must tell you," he blurted desperately; "I must." Instinctively she moved a step toward him. He hung1 his head. "Tonight, Betty?this evening, just a little while ago, I became engaged to Josie Lockwood. She stood as if petrified throughout a wait that seemed to both interminable. "Oh, Nat, dear." she said, "I'm so glad for you. I wish you all the happiness in the world. I? Good night." The hand slipped out of Nat's. He did not move, but waited there with his empty palm outstretched, despair in his eyes, and hell in his heart, while she walked quietly from the store. After some time he awoke to the knowledge that she was gone. "Blithering fool!" he growled. "Why didn't I know I loved her like this?" He took a turn to and fro, distracted. "And now I've made a mess of everything. Good Lord, what can I do? I must do something or go mad!" He swung round behind the soda fountain counter and seized a bottle. "I know what! The rules are off! I can have a drink' I can have two drinks! I can have a million drinks if I want 'em!" Pouring a generous dose of raw whisky into the glass, he lifted it to his lips and threw hack his head. But the heavy bouquet of the liquor was stifling in his nostrils, and the first mouthful of it almost choked him. In a fury he flung the glass from him so that it crashed and splintered upon the floor. "Great heavens," he cried. "I don't like the stuff any more! But"? his gaze fell upon the cigar case?"I can have a smoke. That'll help some!" With feverish haste he snatched a cigar from the nearest box, gnawed off one end and, thrusting the other AlA/vkrJ linhtAf mifCn/l vtcrnP. ously. But to his renovated palate the potent fumes of the tobacco were no loss repugnant than the whisky had been. Half strangled, he plucked the cigar from his mouth and stamped on it. "Oh," he cried wildly, "I'll be?I'll he damned!" He paused, staring vacantly at nothing. "And even that doesn't do any good! God help me. I've forgotten how to swear!" To him in this overwrought state came Tracey, lumbering cheerfully in, **HERlt! HOI.D ON! WHERE ARE TOO GOING?" his mouth shaped for a whistle. At sinht of Nat he pulled up as if hit l?y a eluh. "Kvenin', Mr. Dunean. What's the matter?" ISv an effort Nat brought his naze to hear upon the hoy and comprehended his existence. "Ain't you feel in" well. Mr. Dunean?" "No?rotten!" "What's the matter?" "Nothing!" Nat shouted ferociously. "Anything I kin"? "No!" At that instant Kellogg appeared. "Hello, Nat! What's been keeping you? I came down to bring you home to supper." "Go to blazes with your supper! Keep away from me! Don't talk to me! I don't want anything to do with you, d' you understand? You and your confounded systems have got me Into all this"? He caught sight of his hat abruptly, ceased talking, grabbed the hat and jammed it on his head, muttering, then started on a run for the door. "But what's the matter?" demanded Kellogg, thunderstruck. "Here! Hold on! Where are you going?" To the only place I can get any consolation. I'm going to church!" (To be Continued.) COCK FIGHTING IN MEXICO. It Still Exists, But Glory of the Game Is Gone Forever. The ancient inhabitants of Mexico were ever fond of sports of all kinds, and in the days before the coming of the white man to the shores of America they indulged in a sort of pelota game, in aquatic contests, races, wrestling matches and military exercises of various kinds. They also hold endurance races, much after the manner of the modern Marathon races. All these were purely athletic. But they also had many games of chance and skill and certain pastimes, suc h as fighting coyotes and other wild animals. There is no doubt that these tendencies of the Aztecs and other native races made them take kindly to the bullfight and the cockfight. The latter especially, owing to its in expensive limine, cany uciaiuc a IIIvorite pastime of the lower classes, and later on taken up by the better people. Soon every one who was able, and most people were, had one or more fighting cocks. Every Sunday and every feast day there were literally thousands of places throughout Mexico where the populace or a goodly part of the men spent the afternoons at the side of the cockpit. It was no uncommon thing for some well-to-do gentleman to go to the scene of the contests accompanied by half a dozen or more servants, each with a bird under each arm. In those days the true devotee of the sport prided himself on his knowledge of the fighting qualities of the birds, and he believed that he was able in most cases to pick the winner on sight. Then, too, there were strains and families of birds known throughout Mexico as well and as favorably as the finest blood horses are now known throughout the United States. Canada and all the sporting countries of Europe. Some of these birds brought very high prices. Sometimes a rich gentleman risked as much as $100,000 in one day on various cockfighting contests. In years past the great cockfights were held during the month of December in connection with the festival at Guadalupe. Then this sport vied with that of gambling for popular favor. Of the thousands upon thousands of pilgrims who visited the shrine the greater number of the men brought with them one or more fighting birds each, and some of the peons and lower middle classes from interior points brought many birds to sell at the villa. These were carried in great wicker cages upon the heads of the owners or in ox carts; often the journey to the villa took from one to three weeks. In those days the cities and towns swarmed with professional gamblers who made a living at the side of the cockpit. They were men who had spent all their active lives in the sport, and they had learned, almost instinctively, as it were, to judge of the merits of the birds as soon as they appeared at the pitside. Profiting by this experience they were able to gain the majority of bets that they made and thus to make a good living out of the sport.? Mexican Herald. PERFUME MAKING. It Is an Old Art and Sometimes Very Expensive. How many women as they take up from their dressing tables the dainty cut glass bottles of their favorite perfume ever give a thought to the many intricate and interesting processes that have to be gone through in order to provide them with these delightful scents? Possibly only a few have ever heard of Grasse, the quaint old town In the Maritime Alps, which is the centre of the poetic industry of scent making, and from whence are exported to the four corners of the earth the raw materials and essences used by manufacturers of perfumery and pomades. Secrets of extracting the perfume of flowers and preserving it was known to the people in the south of France over 500 years ago, and the industry has now grown to such an extent that whole districts are devoted to the cultivation of flowers for perfume. To give some idea of the vastness of the business it need only be mentioned that the amount of rose leaves handled in a month reaches the amazing total of a quarter of a million pounds, and almost a similar weight of the petals of orange flowers, tuberose, jonquil and violet are also used. All these leaves are picked by hand into baskets, divided and sorted at the factory before being taken to the distillery to undergo the process known as maceration, by which the perfume is first absorbed by grease and then transferred to alcohol. This process of maceration consists of steeping the flowers in heated fat, where they are left until all their strength is extracted, after which they are drained in wooden trays and later subpected to hydraulic pressure. The fat which has absorbed the essence of tne flowers has now become pomade, and is sent in this form to perfumers :iII over the world, who by means of alcohol extract its sweet I.ess. After being robbed of its perfume the pomade is finally made into cakes of soap. The most expensive perfume is, of course, attar of roses, and it requires , no less than forty-eight pounds of rose leaves to make one gram of oil. During the flowering months of April, May, June and July the fields around flrasst tre literally alive with sunnyfaced men, women and children gath- , ering the fragrant harvest. It may be interesting to mention that the basis of all perfumes consists of | eight flowers?the rose, orange bios- ( som, violet, jonquil, mignonette, jasi mine, tuberose and cassia, and although nearly all other flowers and i also scented woods, herbs. Iris root and lavender?are pressed into service they ; 1 merely act as useful assistants.?De- i troit Free Press. I INAUGRUAIJFJiOV. BLEASE Pretty Warm Address Out of ttu Ordinary. PLATFORM OF CAMPAIGN REITERATED Some Things Persona! and Some Things Public?Thanks His Friendi and Takes Some Shots at His Enemiea?An Address That Is Characteristic of the Man. When the time came for him to take the oath of office last Tuesday, Governor-Elect Blease was so weak thai he was unfit to .isk nimseir alone, anc was supported on the arm of his physician. The oath was administered b> Thos. C. Dunbar, the aped magistrate ol Ellenton, who was made a notary pubHe the day before in order that then might be no question as to the legality of the proceeding. The galleries of thf house of representatives were crowded to their capacity with friends and admirers of the new governor from al] parts of the state, and there were frequent bursts of applause during the delivery of the inaugural address which on account of the physical inability of Mr. Blease was read by Mr McGowan Simpkins, reading clerk ol the house. The inaugural address which In many respects is very much out of the ordinary, is as follows: Gov. Coleman Livingston Blease, in his inaugural address to the legislature Tuesday afternoon, said: Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, members of the erenpral assemble of South Carolina, ladies and gentlemen: Independence of thought, freedom of action, an abiding trust in and devoted love for God have won for me the greatest political victory that has yet been recorded in the history of South Carolina. Aligned against rne were a united daily press and an almost solid weekly and semi-weekly press, pourins forth all kinds of falsehood, vituperation and abuse, receiving the assistance of a number of men who call themselves ministers of the gospel?God save the mark!?who stood behind their pulpits and gave vent to envy and malice and slander of the most virile, malicious nature against me "These hypocrites had left their masks and stood In naked ugliness. They were men who stole the livery of Heaven To serve the devil in"? all of these combined with others, making a set of political character thieves, the meanest and most contemptible people known to man. Never Discouraged. i was never discouraged. i Know that God did not love ugly, and that the people of South Carolina were for fair play to all her sons alike. Hi? Noble Band. Men have rallied and fough^n^undreds of battles, but no bMjHPwPflsf men or braver soldiers or mo~re loyal and devoted friends ever rallied for a fight than those 56,602 brave and honorable men of South Carolina, who on September 13, 1910, said to my enemies, "You shall not press him down; you shall not destroy his reputation; you shall not crucify him upon a cross of vituperation, slander and falsehood; you shall not crown him with a crown of persecution, envy and malice." And by the help of an all-wise and all-powerful God, the victory was won, and we can and do today say, "Praise God from Whom all blessings flow," and my prayer is that His choice blessings of this earth rest upon my friends, and may each of them some day be crowned with a diadem in heaven. Pities His Enemies. For those who opposed me honestly and fairly, I have no word of censure. It was their right to do so, and I feel that they were but exercising their high right of American citizenship. For the others I have but pity, for I well know that their consciences, if they have any, are giving them censure and punishment enough for their eowaruiy anu unuernanu manner 01 opposition. Zenith of Ambition. I thank, and wish for you to convey my sincerest, most heart-felt thanks to your constituents for their assistance in giving me the position which was the zenith of my political ambition. Should I never be elected to any position again, personally I will have accomplished all that my life's work has been for, so far as political preferment is concerned. The only ambition that is left is that I may perform the duties of the office of governor in such a manner that I may receive at the close of my term the "well done" from those who placed me in the position. His Friends the Editors. At the campaign meeting at Florence in 1910 I said: "I notice in the editorial columns of the State newspaper of this day, 'We shall in a day or two have something to say in regard to the candidacy of Candidate Blease that will not be regarded as endorsement.' I believe that the people of South Carolina are in favor of fair play, and I now request and invite the man who wrote that article to come on the rostrum at Columbia at the state campaign meeting at Columbia, next Saturday, August 6th, and have his 'something to say in regard to the candidacy of Candidate Blease,' to my face, where I can and will have the opportunity to make reply. And if he declines this, then 1 demand that he name a time and place where he will agree to meet me face to face and make his state ment. Two years ago this paper published articles about me, and when my friends sent replies to these articles, the publishers of the paper refused to publish them, thus cutting me off from any opportunity to prove their statements false to the readers of their paper. A brave man comes out in the open and fights face to face; a coward lurks in the dark, or hides behind his editorial desk, and, assassin-like, strikes from behind. To which class does the writer of this article belong? His future actions will show.'" The Columbia Meeting. At the campaign meeting in Columbia on August 6. 1 repeated the statement as made at Florence, and called for the writer to appear. He failed to do so, and I repeated the question, "To which class does the writer of this article belong??and said, "He is a coward." I do not believe that it would be possible for any other man ever to have to undergo the vituperation and abuse from the press that I had. And why did I have it? Because of my professional connection with a noted criminal ease in this state. I most respectfully recommend that you gentlemen of the general assembly pass at this session an act providing that any newspaper editor or reporter who shall publish, or cause to be published, any article reflecting upon the private character or the public record of any citizen of this state, which is not true, shall be punished by a fine and imprisonment. An act of this character, In my opinion, will save much better feeling, and possibly bloodshed in future campaigns of our state. I beg leave in this connection to call your attention to a leading editorial in the Newberry Herald and News of September 9. 1910, which is as fol.ows: "The Menace." "It Is a good subject at this particular time, and its Importance has been driven home. J "The people of South Carolina are menaced. "The menace Is unfair newspaper methods. "The Columbia State of Thursday carries on its first page a cartoon of ' Mr. Cole L. Bleaso, over the label, 'The Menace.' , "The Columbia State knew at the time the cartoon was published that it s was as unfair as it was false. The Columbia State knew when the car toon was aesignea tnat it was mis. leading and false. The Columbia State knew that the publication of the cartoon had for Its object the misleading' > of the voters of South Carolina, and was. therefore, maliciously false, and was a malicious slander of a man who t led all the rest of the candidates and 1 received SO per cent of the votes of the state. Is that not an intentional and gross Insult to one-third of the voters ' of this state? r "His side will have no showing In . the Columbia State. No reply will be allowed. i "That is the Columbia State's meth' od. > "That is 'the menace.' . "The Columbia State has a large circulation. There are people who read ? '.> JHB - %' %v-?. GOVERNOR the State and who do not see the other side, because the State does not print the other side. "That is 'the menace.' "Before the first primary the News and Courier, the Columbia Record and ; other newspapers in South Carolina were charging the Columbia State with unfairness, and, in fact, with malicious falsehood. ^^Simply because these newspapers I agree with the State's policy the gubernatorial race, will they keep silent under the same conditions which existed when they brought their charges against the Columbia State?i . because, forsooth, then the Columbia i State was going against the grain and now it is cutting along with it? "Surely the manhood of the newspapers of South Carolina is not a thing of the past. "The newspapers of South Carolina have in the past wielded a wonderful influence. It is because they have made for themselves a reputation of fairness, and, presenting both sides, have urged the claims of the side which the newspapers thought would be for the interests of the state of ! South Carolina. "The course which some of them are j now pursuing may help the men of! their choice in this particular race? though we doubt it?but the profession : suffers. ot'ari'l,A/1v a 'flnnarp I VV IIJ. ItUl fine MVUJ ** - . deal?' "The Columbia State, for instance, | and other anti-Blease newspapers will, reprint in their news columns com- | ments favorable to Mr. Featherstone,. i but ignore anything favorable to Mr. Blease. That is 'newspaper* business j , with a vengeance. > "So far as the Herald and News is concerned, we delight in being ignored by the Columbia State?or boycotted, or put on the famous 'black list,* as you please?but what we started out to say was that the cartoon In the Columbia State Thursday j morning was the limit downward in newspaper business as we have observed it. "The days of factionalism and peri sonal prejudice in South Carolina are happily over, and we believe that the people of South Carolina, when the' matter is brought to their attention, will resent under-hand and below-thebelt methods. "For that reason, which is creditable to the people of South Carolina, we believe the Columbia State and other newspapers who are taking unfair advantage of Mr. Blease in this race are doing him more good than harm. "It is not for Blease that we mourn, but for the newspaper profession. " 'The menace'?the real menace? will be met by the people of South Carolina, as they have met all other: (jut'suuns. "During the campaign and before | the first primary election, the Colum-1 bia State made a strong fight in an j argumentative manner against Mr. | Featherstone and thereby brought j down the wrath of a large majority of j the papers of South Carolina charg- j ing it with 'unfairness.' They had practically nothing to say about Mr. | Blease, he having distinctly defied them to make their charges, if any they had, to his face. They failed to do so. Now they are making one of the ugliest and most slanderous campaigns against Mr. Blease that has ever been waged in the state of South Carolina. What do the newspapers think of this fight at this time? Is it , fair? Mr. Blease and his friends have no manner now in which to answer them for they will publish nothing favorable to Blease; he can not answer it on the stump, the campaign is over." And also an article from the Shreveport, Da., Journal, of Septem- : her. 1910: "Speaking of the News and Courier the election was a striking example of the wonderful 'power of the press' to mould public opinion. Every newspaper in the state, with the exception of two country weeklies, supported 1 Featherstone and called Blease out of his name. They succeeded in making the people believe Blease a regular Satan In one respect ... A news- ; paper possesses power to direct pub- 1 lie opinion only to the extent of its independence, Its honesty and its impar-1 tiality. These three things are nam m find in combination in a newspaper of today." And also an article from the Edgefield Chronicle: "We do not join hands in the avalanche of abuse that has been heaped upon the head of the governor-elect. ' If personality was the issue, how sad i a reflection on Mr. Eeatherstone that he could not carry his own county, ; while RIease carried his by a substantial majority." And also a comment from the Columbia Daily Record: ! "Disliking to do so. for obvious rea- 1 sons, yet the Record now feels con- ' strained to say, as a supporter of < Eeatherstone and an opponent of ' Blease, that the repulsive cartoon in ' the State of Thursday, portraying 1 Blease aa a vulture, is offensive to the sense of decency and fairness." And an article from the Macon, Ga.. Telegraph, of September 25, 1910: "There is a citizen over In South Carolina by the name of Blease, who has done a remarkable thing. The readers of almost any South Carolina newspaper a week or two ago would have found good reason for the belief that Blease \vas everything that was bad or undesirable, to say the least; that In expressing a desire to become governor he had shown unpardonable presumption; that his candidacy was a fit subject for jest, and that he had not the ghost of a chance. The Charleston News and Courier contemptuously reported the fact that only three newspapers in the whole state hart ventured tr> pndorse the eandidacv 11 of Mr. Blease. All the dallies, large and small, the religious papers, nondescript and what not, thundered at Blease continually. Moreover he was bombarded from the pulpit. . . ." New Orleans. And an article from the New Orleans Picayune of September 14. 1910: "The vote today hinged very largely on the personality of the two candidates for governor. In the interval between the two primaries the press of the state made a strenuous fight upon Blease, attacking his record as a BLEASE. t legislator, attorney, and even as a pri- j vate citizen. Every daily and all but s two weekly newspapers were aligned t against him " I His Platform. In making my campaign during the . past summer, I announced that my ^ platform was: 1st. An honest administration of all laws, fairly and impartially to all citizens alike. e lid. Enforcing all laws upon all" sUl^ T jects, and obedience to the constitu- e tion of the United State and the con- a stitution of South Carolina. f 3d. Keeping forever separate the legislative, judicial and executive departments of the government, each, however, doing its duty and endeavor- r ing to uphold and support the other. e 4th. Trial by jury for all persons , accused of crime, and enforcing the judgments of courts founded upon the verdicts of the juries. Government By Injunction. This I stand firmly upon today, and I consider government by injunction the most vicious and degrading which . can be tolerated by any civilized nation, and I beg to call to your attention sections 5. 16. 17 and 25, of arti- ? cle 1 of the constitution of this state, * which every officer of the state is sworn to uphold and obey. The Dem- v ocratic party in her national conventions condemns injunctions in the most strenuous terms. South Caro- ^ lina, though she is the bed-rock of Democracy, violates this Democratic doctrine in the meanest and most con- ^ temptible form, and, in my opinion, only those exercise it who are governed by spite and malice for those whom they use it against. Biennial Sessions. As I said in my canvass, I am in favor of biennial sessions of the gen- ? eral assembly. The people of this 0 state have already expressed them- ? selves in favor of it, and it certainly j should be given to them. Confederate Veterans. p I am in favor of a liberal support to F our Confederate veterans, and hope h that, while you gentlemen will not be o extravagant along this line, yet that a you will give to them whatever is nec- F essar.v to make them comfortable, and a that you will so amend the pension n laws that so many unworthy people s who now receive it will not receive it, c in order that those who are entitled t to it may get more of that which is v appropriated. I need not say more a on this subject, for any man who does not love the ex-Confederate soldier is either a Yankee or has negro blood in his veins. 0 J recommend liberal appropriations 1 for all our state institutions of learn- c ing for white boys and girls. They, a with our denominational colleges, are J1 doing a grand and glorious work. ? None is in the way; none can be spar- " ed. If there is rivalry, it is friendly, v and spurs all on to a greater work. 1 But 1 ''o not believe in the extrava- J1 sance .hat the general assembly has , been engaging in along this line for 1 several years past, and I cannot and " will not give my sanction to it during my term of office, and I therefore hope, 8 in order to keep down any friction along e this line between the legislative and c executive departments, that, you gen- ? tlemen will reduce these approprla- >' tions. ? The Common Schools. f( I am in favor of building up the free c school system so that every white child b in South Carolina may be given a good tl common school education in comforta- r Ide and convenient school houses, and a in paying teachers sufficient salaries t< to secure the best, and of books, especially histories, by southern authors for southern children, and I hope that you a will take such action and make such ii appropriations as will bring about o these reforms. tl Opposed Compulsory Education. i< I am absolutely opposed to compul- a sory education, and have little pa- f. tence with, and much contempt for, that man or those men who go around ^ in the state or outside of the state s and parade figures to show the per- r, rentage of the ignorance of our peo- p pie. And if they are state officers, or v hold positions under the state govern- f, ment, they should be decent enough j, to resign, and if they are not then they Ci should be kicked out. If what they say t ?tfA oU,-.nl,1 oil (rot oiwl is u uc, v% c oiiwuiu an fivi iwm uivi cinv* (j try to remedy it, and not parade it and p humiliate our state by advertising it. p If some people are being paid for this p kind of speeehes, I recommend that p you al>olish their positions, for they are 0 not helping, but injuring us. "In my t< opinion, compulsory education in the p hands of the state means disrupting the home, for it dethrones the authority of the parents and places the paid agents of the state in control of the p children, and destroys family govern- a ment. Those agents stand between the p child and the parent. They represent it the state. They are not responsible to si the parents. They impress upon the b minds of the children the views of t< the state, and virtually say: 'We have taken you out of bondage and made fou free; we are giving you what your jnnatural parents would not give you,' ind no child on earth can be subject to such influences and teachings and ?scape imbibing the spirit of rebellion igainst parental authority, and conseluent disrespect and ingratitude. Children are to easily Infected with the idea that their parents owe them everything while they owe them nothing n return, and with the design and law >f God set at defiance, who can compass, by the widest stretches of the nost gigantic mind, the conditions that will follow. We desire to see the itandard of education raised in South Carolina; we want every boy and elrl n the state to have every nosslhle mportnnity to gain for themselves the ,-ery best and highest degree of equlpnent for life, hut we do not want It at he cost of parental authority and the leace of the home. Family governnent and parental responsibility antelate all others, and it is possible for vlld. extravaerant, and madly enthuslistlc men, who see theory and theory >nlv, to destroy family eovernment, tllenate children from their parents ind force the home Into a scene of itrife. rebellion and wretchedness." The Bible savs a great deal about obelience to parents and reverence for pa ents. and believing in that hook and ts teachings as stronely as I do, and or the sake of our children, our counry and for the future, I believe in letIn? the parents keep within their >wn control the rearing and education )f their children, Negro Education. I am opposed to white people's taxes )eing used to educate negroes. I am i friend to the negro race. This is jroved by the regard in which the nerroes of my home county hold me. The white people of the south are the jest friends to the negro race. In my >pinion, when the people of this counry began to try to educate the negro hey made a serious and grave mlsake, and I fear the worst result is yet o come. So why continue? I took this lame position in my first political race wenty years ago, and each year has jroved more clearly that I was right hen. and the future will emphasize hat I am right now. I believe that you nembers of the legislature can pass an ict which will meet all the requirenents of both the Federal and state onstitutions, which will remedy this, ind I recommend that you do so. The jresent system of paying schools their )ro rata share hy enrollment is absurd, jecause the negro teachers have learn:d how to pad their rolls, and children vho only attend school possibly one >r two days are enrolled and the ichools receive money upon their en ollment. I could go into this matter nore elaborately, but time will not pernit. I respectfully refer you to the re- | >ort of your state superintendent of education, and I am sure if any of your ommittees will ask him, he will be lelighted to furnish you all the infornation In his possession along this Ine. Mamgna Ran i qJ rat inn. I recommend that you pass a law equiring either a marriage certificate >r the registration of all marriages in he office of the clerk of coqrt for the :ounty in which the marriage takes lace. I he"e been advocating this for lome years, and it is really amusing 0 me to see here recently some peo>le and some newspapers coming out n advocacy of it at this late day, hopng possibly that such an act will be assed, and that they can say, "we lid it." Against Mileage Exchange. I hope and recommend that you will nact such law as will do away with TTP"~flfRominable system of having to xchange mileage for railroad tickets, .nd provide one fare on all railroads or both rich and poor alike. Labor and Capital. I respectfully recommend that you ass laws that will favor and protect abor in all its legitimate callings and ndeavors, and such laws as will proect capital in all its lawful investnents, so that all of our people may be roperly protected, and that we may ;ive equal rights to all and special irivileges to none. Cocaine. 1 respectfully call your attention to he evil of the sale and use of cocaine ,nd such like drugs, and would recomnend that you pass an act making the ale of It or the having It in possesion without a proper legal excuse a rime punishable by imprisonment without the alternative of a fine. I lso, in this connection, beg leave to all your attention to the evil of the labitual drinking of coca cola, pepsiola, and such like mixtures, as I fully ielieve they are injurious. It would be letter for our people if they had nice espectable places where they could :o and buy a good, pure glass of cold eer than to drink such concoctions. Cigarettes. I respectfully recommend that you ass an act prohibiting the smoking f cigarettes by boys under the age f sixteen years, and prohibiting the ale of cigarettes and cigarette paper n this state. I respectfully recommend that you iass a law prohibiting the sale of toy ilstols and guns, and also a law prolibiting any child under sixteen years f age owning or having in possession .ny gun or pistol or toy gun or toy listol, or gun or pistol of any charcter whatsoever, as in my opinion oany of the accidental and other hootings and killings of today are aused by the desire for guns or pisols created in the minds of the youth t*hile playing with toys of this char,cter. Crowded Courts. Some action should be taken to rid ur circuit courts of the expense of rying minor cases. We often see ases in court where many witnesses re called from their places of bustess, sit around the court house posslly for half or the entire week at eavy expenses to the county, and .hen the case is brought on for trial here is either nothing in it or possily a fine of one hundred dollars or ?ss is imposed in case of conviction, think it would be better to put more f this kind of cases in the hands of he magistrates, so that they could be ummarily dealt with at absolutely no xpense to the county and where they ould be given as much punishment s is many times given by our circuit udges. Either this should be done or lse you should establish a court for he trial of all cases less than felony, or you see from the extra terms of ourt held, from the special judges eing appointed, and other expenses, hat the question is becoming a seious one, and the people are tired nd beginning to complain of the sys?m as it now is. Cotton Futures. Much has been said about the enctment of laws in regard to the labor i our cotton mill. These people are ur people; they are our kindred; hey are our friends, and in my opinjn they should be let alone, and al>\ved to manage their own children nd allowed to manage their own aflirs. I am fully convinced that dealig in cotton futures by mill officers as lost thousands of dollars to our tate, and today have some embarassed, which money, if it had been aid to the laborers for services, ould have saved many a close down ar a week or two, where the help has een put out of a job, and which have aused sometimes suffering and pain. can not say that resignations or eaths of officials have been caused y such dealings, but sufferings have een brought to the people who work 1 the mills, and if any legislation is a take place, as between the mill wner and the mill operative it seems > me that this is the line along which a work. Hospital For Insane. There has come to me much comlaint in regard to the management of nd dealings with the patients and roperty of the state hospital for the isane, and admission of persons who hould be tried in the criminal courts, ut who are accepted by the superinmdent before a jury has acted upon the case. I would respectfully recommend that you amend section 2247, volume 1, of the code, by striking out five and Inserting seven, so as to give each congressional district a representative upon that board; or possibly It would be better If you would so amend It as to give each Judicial circuit a representative upon the board. In this way all parts of the state would have a representative. White and Negro Convicts. I respectfully recommend that you amend the law which places white convicts in the same camp and works them along In the same squads with negro convicts. I do not believe in this, and believe that a governor would be justified in granting a pardon to a white man who is thus treated. and I beg of you to remedy this evil at your earliest opportunity. For License System. I would respectfully recommend that you amend your present dispensary or prohibition act so as to provide that In case a majority of the white citizens of any county shall desire a license system, that it may be granted. Section 11, article 8, of the constitution of 1895, provides in part: "The general assembly may license persons or corporations to manufacture and sell and retail alcoholic liquors or beverages within the state, under such rules and restrictions as it deems proper." We now have the law so that they may have a county dispensary or prohibition. Now, in order to be truly Democratic and fair to all parties, in my opinion this amendment should be made. Upon this platform I made my race for the governorship, and upon this platform I was elected, the majority of the white people expressing themselves as in favor of allowing those counties where prohibition cannot be enforced, and where the dispensary has proved and is proving to be a supply station of blind tigers and cheap whisky?that they should be allowed to have relief by this system. I would not favor, under any conditions, forcing it upon any community, but if a majority of their white people want it, it Is their right as provided in our constitution and they should have it. And when I say white people I mean white voters, and you should provide that all questions of this character shall be settled in a primary, where every white citizen is allowed to vote, and not submit it in a general election, where the negro might be and,is the balance of power. Not For Bar-Rooms. But under no conditions or circum stances would I sign a bill allowing the reinstatement of the old bar room system. And If license is allowed I recommend that you prohibit any whisky Being sold in less quantities than one-half pint, or between sunset and sun-up, and that you prohibit it from being drunk on the premises or sold under any circumstances to minors or inebriates or behind closed doors or screens; prohibit any obscene pictures on the premises, or any billiard or card or pool room connected therewith; and providing that any person holding a license who shall violate any provision of the law shall immediately upon conviction forfeit his license and be forever thereafter barred from being licensed, and in addition be imprisoned at hard labor In the state penitentiary without the alternative of a fine. Public Hangings. I respectfully recommend that you amend the present law so s s to make executions for the crime of rape, or assault with intent to ravish, public, as I believe this will bring about more satisfactory results?allowing others, and particularly those of the younger generation of that race from which most of these culprits come, to have a full view of the punishment meted out. Possibly by this means some lynchings could be prevented, though ?? ?V>la 4a nnmmlHa/i T OU 1U1I5 as lino V1UI1V tw VVM*M?a??w?a have little hope of lynchlngs being stopped. Some newspapers and some people, In every controversy between the white man and the negro, seem to take delight in taking the side of the negro, and denouncing the lynching, but this is a white man's country and will continue to be ruled by the white man, regardless of the opinions or editorials of quarter or half breeds or foreigners. The pure blooded Caucasian will always defend the virtue of our women, no matter what the cost. If rape is committed, death must follow. Appropriations. I sincerely trust that in your deliberations you will be liberal, but not extravagant, and that you will reduce expenses, and not make any extravagant appropriations for any purpose, stop the useless expenditure of money by officials, stop the creation of and abolish useless offices, and all other methods of careless, extravagant and useless expenditure of money, and that you will not create an increase in the tax levy, but that you will reduce both the state and the county levies, as all our taxes are too high, and our people are now burdened with taxation. They are groaning under tneir ioaa ana Degging relief, and to you and you alone must they look for It, for you and you alone can give It, and If you do not give It the responsibility will rest upon you. And be assured that in the next campaign the lines will be closely drawn along the line of extravagance and the expenditure of money, as the people are today aroused upon this matter as they have not been in years before. As for my part, I believe that the grandest, most perfect and independent form of government is a poor government and a rich people. When you make a rich government and thereby impoverish the people, or make a poor people, you reverse democracy and create dissatisfaction and discontent among the people, who are the masters, and not the servants, as some would have us think. Give me a poor government and a rich people in place of a rich government and a poor people. For the past few years the idea seems to have been to raise the tax levy higher, make assessments higher, make more extravagant appropriations and spend the people's money uselessly, making both the people and the government poor, for the benefit of a few who hold special positions and draw large salaries and who have been trying to create here in our state an aristocracy, not of blood, not of brains, but of money. I beg you to change the course, and by so doing you will make for yourselves a reputation that the people will rise en masse and say to you, "Well done, good and faithful servants." Independent. I have been advocating these principles for years in the house, in the senate and on the stump in my home county and throughout the state, and have stood squarely upon them out in the open and never waited to see which would be the popular side before taking a stand. Even when some of them were very unpopular and It ooomd that anv man who dared ad vocate them was doomed to political oblivion I stood by them and made the fight to keep them up and begged the people not to be deceived, but to hear me for my cause, and now we see some men and newspapers who did not stand for them, or who, if they did, were afraid to acknowledge it, endeavoring to claim the credit of leading in the fight. We are glad to have their help, even though it comes at so late a day and is possibly hypocritical. And now, In conclusion, I pray God's direction for each and eyery one of you, and that you may do your full duty, conscientiously, and to the best interests of the entire people of your state. And as for myself. I pray God that he may so guide and direct me in the discharge of my duties that I may be fair and impartial to all of the citizens of my state, both black and white, and that He may so direct me that during my term of office His will, and not mine, shall be done. The army is experimenting with ? - - -1' *<% rvlu ron a el IH'W MICH ucsigucu iu pivivv ? ?v? sel or building and then scatter scores of bullets carried behind Its solid steel head.