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1# ??BB?gg??I???a???? ISSUED SEMI-WEEKLY. ' l|j l m. grist's sons, Publisher.. j ? #??8 IfewWW: 4?* <M promotion if th< golitiqal, ?o<|iat, tgrieultM anil <Eommet[cial Jnleresls of (h? {ftiptg. { J ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVJLLLE. 8. C., TUKSIXAY, AUGUST 13, 19121 N~0. 65. LET COTTON 1 W Farmers' Union Issue People of So AN APPEAL TO~T By Means of State aid, Those Country May Secure to 1 Sweat of Their Own Brows ? formity With Decision of S Fellow Citizens: At the annual meeting of the State Union, held In Columbia on the 23rd and 24th of July, the undersigned were Instructed to Issue an address to the people on cotton marketing and to cjraft a. bill for Introduction at the next session of the general assembly, which will be In conformity with the recent decision of the supreme court on the state warehouse act. A Vital Principle. We herewith submit a measure embracing not only a state owned and ^ operated warehouse system, but also intended to standardize cotton grading CLOVER CALAM I.V ' a. Devastated ( This shows the effect on a cotton ftf Before the storm the field gave promise Now there will be nothing. This afford about four thousand acres, although so structlon was lighter where standing ti wind; but these places are not numero the storm were completely ruined, and tute. ft and baling, so that the stamp of South Carolina will be accepted the world over at its face value as a guarantee of merit. It Is recognized as a vital business principle today, that consolidation, r not competition, is the foundation of %v- wealth, because it reduces the cost of production and makes for efficiency and economy in placing commodities on the market. Fellow farmers, it is only in our business where the old-time brutal law of "the survival of the fittest" re* mains of force. We alone are competitors, one with the other, in the markets of the world. With the sovereign power of the state government behind them, let the cotton planters, with due regard to the laws of supply and demand, market their cotton only when demand ensures a fair profit, taking care of the surplus as do the V producers of iron, copper, coal and [ other standard necessities of life. Cotton Comer-stone of International Finance. The marketing of cotton is of world-wide import, because, since the J adoption of the gold standard, cotton ^ has become the very cornerstone of international finance. It is through cotton that the United States controls the balance of the world's trade, and the south, having a natural monopoly of its production, has it in her power, through wisely directed effort, to largely dominate the finances of the unueu amies, uisieau 01 uviupjuiB the subservient position she does today. ^ What Fixes the Price? Political economists are agreed that the price of commodities always advances or declines automatically as the measure of value increases or decreases. If the quantitative money theory then be correct it means that if the supply of gold increases in prow portion to the increase in business ~ transactions, that prices hold steady and prosperity reigns; per contra, with a diminishing gold supply, and an increasing volume of business, prices decline and hard times come. Applying these basic principles to cotton, what do we find? 1st. Cotton is an export crop, the ^ surplus sold abroad fixing the price of that which enters into domestic consumption. 2n This being true, the price of cotton is fixed not in relation to the supply of gold in the United States, but in the cotton manufacturing cen^ ters abroad. There is no other great world crop bearing just the relations to the financial system that cotton does. Wheat, erain. wool and mpnt arc world.widp products, a failure in one region Is CLOVER CALAM ? m v BBBSEl^* u/n> Where a Mira This picture shows the demolition pied by twelve people. The roof was tion in the centre and the left wall canr ins: the people down: but all crawled whose back was badly wrenched. compensated by over-production In another. World-wide consumption and restricted area of production is what makes cotton "King." Have W? Brains to Solve Problem. After the panic of 1893 and the settlement of the free silver question, the great financiers of New York were quick to take advantage of the monopoly in cotton production to turn exports of gold into imports, thereby "restoring confidence" and prosperity. New York has steadily each fall drained Europe of her gold reserves by demanding pay for cotton in gold. ^ Watch the imports during September, October and Noveinber. It is these which within sixteen years have transferred the center of the financial v 1 \ PROBERS BE FREE. ;s Stirring Address to mth Carolina. HOSE WHO LABOR. Who Create the Wealth of the rhemselves the Proceeds of the i.?New Warehouse Bill in Conupreme Court. world from the banks of the Hague to the banks of the Hudson and made Morgan, not Rothschild, its king. Each year the foreign balance of trade is just about equal to the value of southern cotton sold abroad. Has the time come when southern genius and southern statesmanship is equal to the task offered us of God ? Can we turn to our own advantage an opportunity greater than any people have had since Canaan was ofTered a free gift to the children of Israel? At present we "make brick without straw" and the hand of the "task master" is heavy. Our crop is produced and the expenses are paid, not in money, but credit paper, whose redemption in gold is unheard of; at least 90 per cent of all the business ITY, AUGUST 3. : " . . ' * \ Cotton Field. field about two miles south of Clover, of yielding a bale of lint to the acre, s a fair idea of the devastation over ome of it is not quite so bad. The dember helped to break the force of the us. Most of the crops in the path of niiy or more iamuies were ien ue?utransaction connected with making the crop is by check, draft or "promise to pay." When it comes time to market the crop abroad where the price is fixed, payment is demanded in gold, and the actual shipment of the metal itself begins. This gold does not enter into circulation, but is locked in the vaults of New York to maintain a commercial supremacy in which the south is not permitted to share. Vision of the Future. We have a vision of the time in the near future when, through this system, southern ports will become the cotton distributing points of the world and southern banks, the channel through which shall flow this steady stream of gold, which fructifies the commerce of the nation. At present we permit each year the purchasing power of our customers abroad to be depleted for an advantage to New York, which is a positive injury to us, because of the steady fall in cotton prices resulting. A mere statement of the proposition reveals the economic blunder which holds the south In bondage. It is as unjust to European spinner3 as it is cruel to southern planters. It is generous only to the gamblers who exploit both spinner and producer. The remedy we propose is to bring the producer and the spinner together through a system of government warehouses, which will, as sure as fate, become the basis of a foreign and domestic system of banking, which will reduce interest rates and relegate money to its only legitimate function ?a medium of exchange. "State's Rights." The recent decision of the supreme court is of far-reaching effect, greater, perhaps, than any of us now realize, for it gives a broad Interpretation of the powers of the state in protecting her citizens from combinations which would confiscate property by destroying the profits arising therefrom. The South Carolina decision marks a new era and will be the authority most quoted in the social and industrial questions now pressing for solution. The objections to the bill were on technical questions, and the broad door to the police powers of the state was opened wide by the court. It would be historically fit, should the trust question threatening the security of the nation be settled by South Carolina leading the way back to "state's rights" and the reserve powers of the people vested in their state legislatures. No better illustration of the effectiveness of the scheme which we propose could be found than in the crop just marketed. In October, under the impact of a crop estimated at 14,500,000 bales, cotton declined to eight cents. This sum | rrier, wnen tne crop is Known to ue not IITY, AUGUST 3. cle Happened. of the (ottage of W. T. Robinson, occuthrown to the right from the foundale down on bedstead and chairs, knockout unhurt, except Mrs. Robinson, much under 17,000,000 bales, cotton has been selling at interior towns around i 13 cents, a difference of about $25.00 per bale. Twenty-five dollars a bale on XOO.OOO bales so sacrificed of the crop in South Carolina last year would amount to twenty million dollars. We call your attention to the undeniable ' fact that this enormous loss lias fallen directly upon the planters. The banker, merchant and fertilizer factory have been paid in full or are getting interest on balances carried over. The railroads received the same freight per bale on carrying the largest crop ever produced. Where Loss on Last Crop Fell. We further call your attention to another fact in connection with this loss: Among the planters It has fallen most heavily on the smaller ones, those least able to stand It, because the planter with money or established credit was able to warehouse his cotton and realize from 11c to 13c for it. Will Make Consumer Pay Expenses. We debated in our minds for some time the feature of a direct appropriation from the state and finally concluded that it was best to let the cotton crop take care of Itself In the manner suggested in the bill. Heretofore, under our methods of marketing in competition with each other, all charges, including transportation, have been borne by the producer. Under the scheme proposed, the expense of marketing will be in the nature of a tax on consumption, shared by the consumers of cotton the world over, and every economy which can be introduced will enure to the benefits of both producer and consumer. To ths Bankers. We desire to call the special attention of the bankers to the report of the banking committee of the State Union, and we earnestly request the assistance of our banks, and suggest that they arrange now to secure sufficient funds or get assurances of extension which will avert the disasters of last fall. Vnnr nrnfita crnnllnmnn rlnnonH VOPV I"""'"! sruucureu, j largely on the surplus which farmers are able to deposit with you after settlement of the expenses of the crop; therefore, we confidently expect your co-operation. To the Manufacturer. To the Manufacturer: We say that this bill does not seek to deprive you of Just profits. We recognize the fact that our product is without value until your spindles change it into cloth. It Is to you we look for that extension of trade and a development of new marI kets which creates an ever-widening demand for American cotton. The inspection, grading and lessening of marketing cost, enables us to give you cheaper raw material and thereby Increase your profits as well as ours. To the Laboring Man. To the Laboring Man: We say, the more money our cotton brings in from abroad the greater the demand for your I labor, and the higher wage, you can demand, whether In the factory, workshop or the farm. The tendency is toward congestion In J the city, which means competition between laborers. Help us increase the profits on the farm to a point where labor from the country will not seek the town to compete with you and make still higher the cost of living. An Appeal to Good Government. In conclusion, fellow citizens, as we revere the past and hope for the future. we say that the time has come in South Carolina for an uplift, political, social and industrial. E. W. DABBS, Fresident, JNO. L. McLAURIN, Committee State Farmers' Union. A Bill. A till to Regulate the Ginning. Baling, Inspecting, Warehousing and Marketing of Cotton and Other Products. Whereas, Cotton is the great money crop of this state and annually brings into the channels of our trade fifty to one hundred millions of dollars; and, Whereas, No commodity known to the world's commerce is marketed in such disreputable condition as to size and shape of packages, mixed contents and scarecrow covering, And whereas, No other commodity of any importance known to the world's commerce Is marketed with such utter disregard of the laws of trade. Tn (hp lansruaee of the staute of 1789, "Whereas, It Is necessary tobpacco should be inspected before the same is sent to foreign markets, as well as to prevent fraud between the buyer and seller, as to prevent that article (the growth of this state) from being brought into disrepute abroad." Now, therefore, Be it enacted, That In the exercise of the police powers of the state and for the common defense, a state inspection and cotton warehouse system is hereby established. I. That Richard Roe, John Doe and Thomas Blank are hereby constituted and appointed a commission to carry out the purposes of this act. Their terms of service shall be two, four and six years respectively, and upon the expiration of their respective terms, the election of their successors shall be for a term of six years each. II. It shall be their duty to study the conditions under which cotton is grown, harvested, ginned, baled, stored and marketed, and as a result of such investigation, to organize a system that will bring about needed reforms, and provide for the most economical and scientific handling of this great crop from the fields to the mills. III. It shall be their duty, when they have determined upon the best system of ginning, baling and covering. to recommend its adoption by all ginners as fast as practicable without undue expense, it being one of the objects of this act to have a uniform bale, that will make South Carolina cotton distinctive in all the markets of the world. IV. They shall have the power to appoint as many inspectors as may be necessary to see that the ginneries are kept up to the proper degree of efficiency, whether they be private or public gins; that proper bagging and ties are being used; that there is no false packing or excess tare being used, and any other duties found necessary to carry out the purposes of this act, V. It shall be the duty of this commission to establish by lease, purchase or building as many warehouses as may be found necessary to properly store and to gradually market the cotton crop of this stute, and to appoint managers and such other employes as may be found necessary to handle the business in an economical but thoroughly efficient manner. VI. It shall be the duty of the said commission to receive for storage all lint coton properly baled and issue its receipt, serially numbered, clearly setting forth the weight, grade and length of staple, so as to be able to deliver the identical bale on surrender of the receipt for the same, such receipt to be transferred only by written assignment and the cotton which it represents deliverable only upon the production of the receipt, which is to be marked "Cancelled" when the cotton is taken from the warehouse. And the state of South Carolina, in the exercise of her police powers, will carry out the provisions herein set forth. VII. The inspection tags hereinafter provided for, and the warehouse receipts above named, shall be so designed that the brand "South Carolina" shall be unmistakable, the Pal 11 rr, v\iiu a. uaic ui tuuu 11 1^1115 at its roots, and the shield of the state on either side. VIII. To provide for the establishment and maintenance of this system an inspection fee shall be paid of 25c per bale on all short staple cotton, 50c per bale on all extra staple cotton, and $1.00 per bale on all sea island cotton grown or offered for sale in the state. Evidence of the payment of the fees above stated shall be by an inspection tag setting forth the weight, grade and length of staple of each bale of cotton under regulations to be provided by the commission. IX. In fixing the charges for handling and storing cotton the said commission shall bear in mind that it is the purpose of this act to establish a system which shall be self-sustaining, and provide the facilities to market the cotton crop of this state at a minimum of cost to the producer. X. The inspection fees provided in this act shall begin on July 1. 1912, and shall then apply to all cotton carried over from the old crop or new cotton coming in. XI. By reason of the fact that the cotton crop now matures so much earlier than when the cotton year was fixed from September 1st to August 31st, the cotton year under this sys CLOVER CALA lit* ' ' i;' ' : ;:Destruction of 0| The cottage above that was complf pled at the time of the storm. TWj damage were occupied but the occupan tern is hereby declared to be from July 1st to June 30th of each year. YTT Tha r>nmml?9lnn shall make annual reports to the general assembly. XIII. The commission shall give bond to the state of South Carolina In the gum of $50,000 each, conditioned! for the faithful performance .of their duties. And shall require good and sufficient bonds of all employes in such amounts as they may deem necessary to protect the public Interests, and shall keep fully Insured all warehouses and all cotton or other commodities on storage in the same. j XIV. To encourage a diversifies agriculture the commission are directed to utilize the said warehouse for the storage of corn, hay, oats, peas and other non-perishable farm products put up In commercial pack-' ages during such times as there may be room, and on such terms as will cover cost of Insurance and storage. XV. The said commission are hereby authorized and empowered to make such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary to carry out he 'nteiit and purpose of this act. not inconsistent with the provisions hereinbefore specifically set forth. XVI. The salaries of the commission are hereby fixed at $5,000 each per annum, payable monthly, and transportation when in the discharge of their duties, with actual hotel bills when away from their homes on duties connected with their office. And they shall fix the salaries of all employes with a view to economic but efficient service. XVII. All money collected under the provisions of this act shall be turned into the state treasury monthly, and shall be held by the state treasurer as a separate fund for the purposes of this act. All warrants for salaries and other expenses provided for in this act shall be accompanied by itemized vouchers and approved by the commission and the comptroller general before payment by the state treasurer. XVIII. To put this act into Immediate effect, the sum of $50,000 be. and the same is, hereby appropriated out of any money In the state treasury not otherwise appropriated. XIX. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. THE QAFFNEY MEETING Gov. Blease and Judge Jonea Spoke to Voters of Cherokee Yesterday. The following report of the Cherok"? meeting at GafTney yesterday was made for the Columbia Record by Wyatt A. Taylor. Over a thousand people heard the candidates here today, in the baseball park, and a brass band and a cheering crowd heard the candidates for governor. The Gaffney Manufacturing company shut down for the day and'ltwas CLOVER CALAM [fa* Debris of This picture shows the debris of No. 2 across to Mill No. 3, which stand said other mills shut down at noon. The mills closed to allow the operatives to hear the candidates and a large part of the campaign crowd was of the "mill boys." There are five cotton mills in GafTney. Twenty-five extra policemen were employed for the day and good order maintained throughout the meeting. Opening his speech with a defense of his pardon record, especially in the pardon of George Hasty, the Gaffney man who killed two actors in this city in 1907, Governor Blease said he was not sorry he pardoned Hasty, who, he said, was a poor man, without friends and influence, and he called on those who did not blame him for pardoning Hasty to hold up their nands. A large number of hands went up and many cheered. Governor Blease said that William Thurmond, Jones's campaign manager, had killed a man in Edgefield, and Leroy Springs had killed a man in Lancaster county, both being acquitted because, the governor said, they had money and influence. Governor Blease caused 'laughter when he told of a "secret order" meeting in GafTney, at which he said the Jones people had assembled to talk politics, and they asked all in the hall who did not favor Jones to retire. "What sort of a secret order was that?" asked the governor. There was applause, but one man In the crowd remarked that the story was all a lie Governor Blease referred to the letter nnhlished in the mnrnine- naners from Senator Tillman. In which th senator referred to the political situation in this state, and he said Senator Tillman was giving Jones "some good advice." "I'm glad somebody has given him advice, for he needs it," said the governor, and he continued: "Uncle Ben says the slush they are pouring oijt is going to re-elect Bleas . That's poor consolation for Ira. But it's the best he could do on this occasion." A fence with a score of men on it crashed to the ground and five minute later another bunch of men went down with a falling fence. When the consternation had subsided, the governor said: "I must be having a terrible effect on these Jones fences around here." The governor said the reason the newspapers gave accounts of the campaign meeting in Lancaster which were favorable to Jones was that Mr. Charlie Jones had sent the reporters a bottle of "happy water" and they had to make the reports complimentary to "Happy's Pa." When Governor Blease ended a half dozen young ladies came to the stand and presented him with flowers, one placing a large floral horse-shoe around his neck. During this presentation ceremony the band played "Dixie" and the crowd cheered lustily. MITY, AUGUST 3. ' ''' p?rstive?' Houus. tely destroyed happened to be unoccuother cottages showing more or less ts escaped without injury. In his speech the governor said he had heard that he would be assassinated In Gaffney today, but he said if he was killed there would be many people "going down the same road with him" and leaving about the same time. Judge Jones was announced at 2.30. Judge Jones made use also of Senator Tillman's letter to James I* Sims, reading the portion which said that no sensible man believed that Judge Jones favors social equality and the portion which said Jones is "eminently quantified to be governor." "If any man can get Senator Tillman to say that either Blease or Duncan will make a good governor because he is 'eminently qualified,' I will give that man a hundred dollars in gold." Judge Jones dealt at length on the "social equality" charge and his sentiments were well received. "Give us good government," shouted a man in the crowd. "That's what I'm coming to," replied Judge Jones and he appealed for a government for all i the people. One man was arrested while Judge Jones spoke. "Put it to Cole." shouted a voice and there were cheers for both i candidates. "I object to your saying put it to Colle," replied Judge Jones, and he declared he was not fighting 1 Colie as?a man but he was pleading for : good government. I , m . i THE SPARTANBURG MEETING Tremendous Crowd and the Best of Good .Order, e Following i??the Atlanta Journal's account of the Spartanburg meeting last Friday: Spartanburg, S. C., Aug. 9.?It was a ; big Blease day at thfe campaign speaking here, which, in addition to the fact i that the Blease men in the crowd were < clearly in the majority and developed a number of other highly interesting features but practically no disorder. i Governor Blease, in the course of his ; speech, referred to the Massee rcquisi- i tion as heard here this week, to the i howling down of Mayor John P. Grace, : of Charleston, here, last week and to i the dictagraph and Samuel J. Nlcholls, the attorney of this city, who figured prominently in the Burns' testimony i introduced before the investigation ] committee, at Augusta, several days 1 ago, all matters that have been the talk < of the state. THa aAvarnnr rloclarcH that ho h?H < I *?'C o"?Viiiwi uvvwtvv* ?> ??. ?V ? I heard the report, both here and at , Gaffney, yesterday, that $5,000 had 'jeen i paid to him to pass the Massee requi- i sition case up to Judge Sease for de- | cision. He denounced the author of the j report as the blackest-hearted liar that < ever disgraced a state. He declared i that Judge Sease was an upright, hon- ] orable man. He reviewed the history of his connection with the Massee requisition and said that he granted the requisition when it was first presented to him and had since declined to have . ^ ITY, AUGUST 3. Mill No. 1. Mill No. 1, looking from the top of Mill s intact. anything more to do with it. He said that he made this statement to Harry Stokes, special attorney for the state of Tennessee, in the governor's office at Columbia. Mr. Stokes, who was present, corroborated the governor's statement. Not a Case of Brains and Eggs. Speaking of the howling down of Mayor Grace and of throwing of rotten eggs at him, the governor said: "Some- , body asked me why they did not serve brains with the eggs and I said that the Jones men did not have the brains." With . reference to Mayor Olin L. Johnson, of Spartanburg, who has been asked to resign by the citizens for not keeping down disorder at the Grace speaking, he said: "You'll never have a more honorable man or a greater friend of the poor man than Spartanburg has in the mayor's chair right now and you are going to send him up higher." "Infernal Lying Dictagraph." Referring to Mr. Nichollsand the dictagraph, he said: "You had a great machine here not long ago. Jones and his crowd tried to drag down one of Ktf o? Infonnol Ivrlnnr yum nt'OL men >?j ci.ii o> .j ...n dictagraph, to hurt Cole L. Blease. What did they get? They'll get the worst beating they ever had on August 27." Spartunburg county Is the most populous county in the state and the crowd that gathered here today numbered between 5,000 and 6,000, the largest assemblage that has yet greeted the campaign party, Blease Men in Majority. Before beginning his speech, the governor took a hand vote of the crowd, calling for the Blease men to hold up their hands and then of the Jones men. The result showed that the Blease supporters constituted two-thirds of the crowd, if not more. At the close of his speech he was presented with a silver loving cup, gift of his Spartanburg friends. The cup and the flowers accompanying it were brought up to the platform by little Miss Iris Landrum, daughter of B. O. Landrum, of this city, who is a colonel on the governor's staff. The governor was also presented with a gold-headed umbrella by C. S. Turner, on behalf of the governor's friends of the Pacolet cotton mill village. In addition he received four or five bouquets. He then passed out through the crowd, followed by hundreds of his cheering supporters. It was distinctly a Blouse day and the ovation accorded him was unusual. Judge Jones' received a warm welcome from his supporters who were present, and varied his usual speech by making a vigorous attack on Governor Blease for allowing 172 bills of general importance oassed by the last legisla ture to become law without his signature. He also sarcastically criticised the governor for stating at Gaffney that he had been warned of assassination. Says Blease Has Armsd Bodyguard. "There's W. P. Beard," said the judge, pointing to him. "He's the governor's bodyguard, and goes around armed. State whether you are armed or not, Mr. Beard." "Have you the authority to ask?" replied Mr. Beard. "There, look at him," said the judge. "He doesn't deny being armed. The governor said at Gaffney that somebody else would go, too, If he was assassinated, which meant that Mr. Beard, with his concealed weapon, would make that somebody go." "Have you got a pistol," some shouted to the judge from the crowd. "No, I have not," replied the Judge, holding up his coat and taking out a corkscrew from his hip pocket. "This corkscrew Is all I have got. I show it that Governor Blease might see It and not swear that I was about to assassinate him. Governor Blease is not afraid of a corkscrew and no Bleaselte is, for that matter. I use it to open mucilage bottles, ink bottles, pepper sauce, and things of that kind." After the meeting Mr. Beard admitted that he was armed, but said that he had been commissioned deputy chief constable, and followed the campaign around to keep order. Mr. Beard is editor of the Greenwood News-Scimitar, a Blease paper. "An August Frost." Governor Blease took the corkscrew and asamined it, and referring to it lr> tsv*. A. ?Tkn T..J? laici, oaiu. me icvc|iuuu juugr juiich got here today Is what I call an August frost. Its a cold August day for him and no doubt he wanted it to help him warm up when he returns to the hotel. He says that If you take the negro out of my speech there is nothing left but froth. When he takes that corkscrew out of his pocket, his brains are all gone. When he gave up the corkscrew he lost his speech." Jones Quotes Senator Tillman. Judge Jones read a letter from Senator Tillman to J. L. Slims, of Orangeburg, in which Senator Tillman said that the fact that Judge Jones voted against the separate coach bill did not show that he was in favor of social equality of races. "That disposes of Governor Blease's social equality charge," the judge declared. He repeated his offer of $100 to the first man who would get Senator Tillman to say that either Blease or Duncan was eminently qualified for the governorship, a statement which Senator Tillman has made about Judge Jones. Governor Blease criticised the Charleston News and Courier for denouncing the work of detectives In the Beach case at Aiken and for praising the Burns detectives in the case of the work against him. Lyon to Prosecute Evans for Libel. Attorney General Lyon stated on the stand today that he would have B. B. Evans, one of his opponents, prosecuted for criminal slander In Spartanburg county for statements made by Mr. Evans on the stand today. Mr. Evans spoke of Sheriff B. F. Sample, of Saluda county, as a thieving sheriff and of E. W. Abel and B. W. Crouch, of that county, who signed a statement declaring Mr. Evans' statements about Sheriff Sample false; as men who if they had their Just deserts would be In the penitentiary for burning their houses to get the Insurance money. Mr. Lyon states that the prosecutions against Mr. Evans would be instituted after the campaign is over. The only case of disorder was thaf of a Jones man, who kept interrupting John T. Duncan, during the letter's speech. He was ordered arrested by the chairman and was taken away and locked lin. The chftlrmfln. Pi- 1^ Archer had to call for order several times, but otherwise the day was peaceful. Including' the police force, the sheriff's force and special policemen, there were 150 peace officers on the grounds. THE MEETING AT UNION. A Big and Noisy Crowd Made Much Disorder. Union, S. C., Aug. 10.?A crowd In which Blease supporters predominated, but not overwhelmingly, made Judge Jones's speech at the campaign here today a continuous struggle with their cat-calls and interruptions, says the correspondent of the Atlanta Journal. Cries of "sit down," "shut up," "let Blease alone," were hurled at him, Interspersed with hoots and jeers of every description. When he was not being interrupted with shouts, there was a steady hum of conversation among the crowd that drowned his voice except for persons standing near the platform. The chairman, McBeth Young, and Mayor T. C. Duncan pleaded for order in vain. Judge Jones, however, refused to be howled down and proceeded to the end of his speech. He was then presented with flowers from his admirers, and attempted to make a speech of thanks but the howls of the crowd prevented him. A number of howlers were evidently under the Influence of liquor. Governor Blease charged that Judge Jones invited the howling by bidding for the crowd to insult him, and by trying to insult the Blease men in order that the papers might say that a crowd of Blease supporters refused to hear Judge Jones. The meeting was the most disorderly one of the week, and the only occasion during that period when there has been anything like a persistent effort to howl down Judge Jones. With the exception of the feature of disorder, the speaking here was colorless and featureless. Judge Jones made very little reference to Governor Blease, saying that for one day he wanted the campaign to be raised above slime and mud slinging. He declared he wanted to see a constructive policy of legislation put through in the state which would include the enlargement of rural schools, the building of good roads, an employers' liability act for the benefit of Industrial workers, and liberal pensions for Confederate veterans and their widows. ? He prodded the governor for threatening Charleston with injunctions and metropolitan police in case that city voted for Jones and for saying that he would make the Jones men sweat blood between now and January in case he should be defeated. "He's the great bulldozer of state," declared the judge. This city being the home of Judge W. H. Wallace, Judge Jones replying to the governor's criticism of him for voting against Mr. Wallace for a circuit judgship, said: "I did vote against Judge Wallace, but I voted for D. A. Town,.f ?Uln nl?w ...Kaoa D C arnu, ??i lino ciij , wuuoc own, u. r. Townsend, is now doubtless working against me." Judge Jones also called attention to Oovernor Blease's commutation of imprisonment sentence of Cardoza Hampton. of this county, convicted of violating the dispensary law to a fine. He said Hampton was the worst blind tiger in the state. Oovernor Blease read a letter from J. T. Willlard, a real estate dealer of Spartanburg, he stated Mr. Willlard had written to a kinsman. Mr. Wllliard told his kinsman, according to the letter, that Blease was charged with gambling and drinking and couldn't answer the charges and that church people could not afford to support him. "When the campaign is over," declared the governor, "I am going to make Mr. Williard answer these charges against me in the courts." To a member of the crowd who cheered at the mention of Senator Tillman's name, the governor said: "Tillman must be your daddy, you are such a good Tillmanite." Oovernor Blease was presented with a silver urn and a wreath of flowers by his Union county supporters. He took a hand primary which showed that his followers were massed almost solidly around the stand and predominated in the crowd. A large number of people about the outskirts of the crowd, however, did not hold up their hands. Lowndes J. Browning of this county, member of legislature and one of Oov. Blease's bitter political enemies, was on the platform during the governor's speech. The governor, however, made no reference to him. B. B. Evans, replying to Attorney General Lyon's statement yesterday that he would have Mr. Evans arrested for slander, declared that resort to the courts in a slander case was the part of a coward. "Why, all I want," said Mr.Evans, "is a good hickory stick to defend my character. If the attorney general Jumps on me I'll show that he has appropriated money belonging to the state to his own use. If he has me Indicted for slander I'll have him indicted for pilfering." Mr. Lyon declared that his purpose |/? uocv U11115 mi. E/vaiiB 4 vi niaiiuci was to try to redeem the state campaign from the mud slinging contest into which it had degenerated. "If I can eliminate the slanderer from our campaign by this statute against slander," said Mr. Lyon," I am sure that I will render the state a great service. "When Mr. Evans gets ready to use his hickory stick let him come on and there will be less hair on his head than there is now when he gets through." WHAT 18 8LANG? Examples of the Rapid Change Language is Undergoing. Dictionaries give so many definitions of slang that it isn't easy to understand Just what it is. Slang seems to be the intelligent expression of today, which is certain to become the classic of tomorrow. It is far from pleasing, CLOVER CALAMI A if Damage to This picture shows the damage to 1 north toward the smokestack ot Mill be observed that a part of the roof is | department below and spinning frames says the Philadelphia Inquirer. Tet one must admit that slang has a certain value, adds the writer, else our sporting pages would be much different Take a citation from the account of a recent game: Baker walked, Plank sacrificed, Oldring fanned, Baker stealing third. Barry popped. No runs. To the initiated this means a complete account of. the innings, but to the outsider it is as comprehensible as an Egyptian hieroglyphic. The truth seems to be that we are taking more short cuts now than ever to express thoughts or emotions, while we are lacking that literary language which the ancients possessed. No one sup poses that the common people of Athens or Rome spoke as Thucidides or Cicero wrote. Language was a fine art in those days, and the reason , the so called romance languages, descended from the Latin, differ so greatly from the classic forms Is that French, Spanish, Italian, etc., are descended not from the literary language, but from the ordinary forms of speech used by the multitude. In Shakespeare's day there were many great writers, who, most unfortunately, are largely forgotten, but the common people did not talk in Elizabethan English and many of them wouldn't have understood it But in this day of popular education, newspaper circulation and free libraries there is no longer a set standard?not even In the dictionaries? so that any one may speak very much as he pleases. The language is undergoing a great change, and not all of It Is for the better. Grammar is no longer taught with any rigidity, and the subjunctive mood is being crowded out entirely. It remains only for those who think of language as an art to eschew slang and to try and preserve the classic forms. And they must do this in the full consciousness that their labors will be unappreciated and largely unavailing. It Was Safa.?The captain of a merchant vessel gave an Irish seaman his spyglass, of which he was very proud, and told him to clean it carefully. Pat met with an accident during the cleaning, and went to the captain, asking: "Captain, will yez tell me if a thing can be said to be lost whin one knows where It Is?" "Lost when one knows where it is " said the captain, "why, of course not. How foolish you are, Fat." "Well, sor," said Pat, "then yer spyglass Is safe, for it is at the bottom of the sea." CLOVER CALAMI P ? ; - --t Destroyed I This was one of the best residences company, of course along with the othe i/^'The late Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia, was accosted one day by a drunken panhandler, who asked for a dime. The archbishop gave him the dime and said: "My friend, don't you think It would be possible for you to walk in the straight and narrow path?" The panhandler straightened up. "Who? Me?" he asked. "Show it to me. I used to be a tight-rope walker." iM'The characters of some men only last till the whitewash wears off. 8TINQ OF A 8NAKE. Fiery Ordeal That Followa a Kiee From a Puff Adder. Not many men are alive to tell what it is like to be bitten by a puff adder, one of the most venomous of snakes. In South Africa, vvhere it is found, ita bite is believed to be certain death. Nevertheless F. N. Streatfleld, formerly resident commissioner of Bechaunaland, not only survived the bite of a puff adder, but told his story in the London Field. He had captured the snake, which waa three feet and a half long in South Africa, and was bringing It home confined in an old cartridge box to present to the Regent's park zoo. He says: Somehow or other it became known to my feHow passengers that I had a puff adder in my portmanteau, and they begged to be allowed to see It For a long time I refused, but at last was ;Overpersuaded and fetched her ladyship. Taking her out of her box and grasping her close behind her head, I explained to the company the marvelous economy of the poison apparatus. I opened her mouth and displayed the fangs, showed the poison glands and how the muscles that raised the fanws at the same time pressed on the glands and forced the poison through the tiny duct Having concluded my lecture, I began to put her ladyship back into her temporary home. In getting rid of a poisonous snake you should be sure TY, AUGU8T 3. n?j qgHH Mill No. 2. the south end of Mill No. 1 looking No. 1 which was left standing. It will Stone, and there is exposed the carding above. that no coil is wound round an arm and that its whole body is free. Then when you let go your, hold your hands should be instantly snatched away out of reach. When I was in the very act of quitting my hold some one spoke to me, and I-have no doubt that I left my hand within reach of the deadly fangs instead of snatching it away. I must have turned my head toward the man who spoke to me, for I did not see the stroke. But I felt as if a knife had been sharply drawn across my finger, and, looking down, I saw the blood flowing freely and her ladyship out of her box, trying to make her way across the table. I snatched her back by the tail, caught her by the neck again and got her safely Into the box. When I was struck there were about twenty men in the room. Twenty seconds afterward there was not one. I never saw a room cleared in like time. They aJmply tumbled over each other. When the prisoner was again under' lock and key the company came slowly back, and the doctor appeared. I asked for ammonia. There was * none on the ship, and so I had to take a great deal of brandy. I lanced my finger down to the bone, where the snake's fang had made a wound. Then I sucked the wound vigorously. I gave my keys and home address to my good friend W. L., who promised to look after me and to carry out my instructions while I remained insensible. Soon after that I became unconscious. I had told L. that I should be report^ Kn* thai T ?KaiiM r?/\# Ka on/1 cu ucau, uub iuai a suvuiw *iv% w, w..u that K he could get even a few drops of brandy down my throat when my heart failed it would jog on again and that by and by I should come to. It was 10 o'clock when I lay down on the smoking room sofa and became unconscious. When I came to again the east was rosy with the morning sun. Several times during the night the doctor told L. that I was already dead, and if my friend had not obstinately refused to listen to him and insisted on following out my own instructions I should have been sent, wrapped up in a piece of canvas, to the bottom of the sea, some 350 miles north of Maderia. I never felt so ill or suffered such pain as when I recovered consciousness that morning. I ached from the tip of my finger to my shoulder, as if the bone had been redhot iron, and my swollen arm looked like a hard pillow. They carried me to L.'s bunk, and there -I lay for twenty-four hours. Then ITY, AUGUST 3. Y t a3?Pv Rssidsnc*. i in the mill.village. It belonged to the jra. with the help of a friend's arm I could crawl a few yards. By degrees the pain grew less, and by the time I reached home I had begun to take a little Interest in life, but for months I had to be very gentle with myself. I have never since been so strong as I was before and have come to know the meaning of the word "tired," something I did not know before her ladyship took hold of me. \XM" Big plans do not balance small performances.