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" r ''^ fr*N^H * ' EpIS] JTfhg (frtttttfj) JJrfrtfJl M?: SplI7kes ?fS.ore fj V * -% ,^f - V 'V \ "V* SpiSe?f'ore Yfll. XXYI. KINGSTREE, SOI TH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1912. NO. 18 T. ? J YOl I ; And we know you will c | money back. C. We Stoves, Ranges, Crocke Fruit Ja Coffins aifd Caske *CE I guarantee satisfaction I dement. Plaster, etc., Goods ad--Others^Follow^J ays last week with friends and reltives at Timmonsville and Darlings )n. f Mr S D Rickenbaker has returned fter a pleasant trip to Georgia. Messrs Sam Caldwell, Wilbur ones, A H Williams, Jr, and W J ingletary spent the Fourth in town ith relatives. The tobacco warehouses will opes )rmally on Thursday, July 11. Afl f the warehouses are already filled ) their capacity with tobacco. From I indications the opening day will i the largest in the history of the arket. Lake City has one of the rgest corps of buyers in any mar?t in this State, and we hope to be >le to retain the honor of being the ader in South Carolina. P H A. SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN eetlng to be Held In Klngstree Next Ta:sday. Next Tuesday, July 16, will be material Campaign day in Kingsee, at which time all candidates r the United States Senate and ingress, and all candidates for the See of Solicitor are expected to be esent and make speeches, setting urth their claims to the respective sitions and the principles upon lich they hope to obtain the same. County officers are also expected to rticipate at this meeting and tell e people of Williamsburg county iv and whom they should elect as eir Representative in the General sembly. There are a number of ndidates in the field for this ofe and it is hoped that each one II be on hand next Tuesday to fend his right and title to the me, and that all candidates will so without resorting to such mud nging tactics as have been charac- , ristic of the State campaign meet?s. It is further hoped and desired at all candidates for minor county ices will be in Kingstree on that y in the interest of his candidacy, well as every elector. It has not yet been determined st where the meeting will be held t it is highly probable that it will ke place in the court house. Let ery voter in the county who can, inifest his interest in the affairs his State and county by his presce in Kingstree. Come early and end the day. I XT 2Jv?-CTSXC j 3, or on easy terms, if desired. We d it will be a pleasure to correspond ano Tuning in tbe Country Reasonable Rates, / ic House, irleston, S. G. MAYOR GRACE COMES HACK AT 60V BLEASE. SAYS -HIS NASTY THREATS ARE IN KEEPING WITH HIS CHARACTER.** The campaign meeting held at Charleston Friday night of last week was one of the most strikingly interesting to those outside of Charleston that has taken place since the campaign opened. It was generally supposed that Governor Blease woulu ^^ve a lot of verbal bouquets to ^Knd out to the voters of "the City by the Sea," and he did, although fkon rr>oQp mere were mure iuisucs man and required the utmost complasance on the part of the good people of Charleston to accept them even for consideration. Here is one of the ^ "bunch" he delivered: "I will be Governor the last part of August of this year and for the months of September. October, November, December and twenty-one days in January, and if you wane injunction and metropolitan police, vote for Jones, and for the rest of this year and for the next two I will do my best to give it to you " Naturally this among many others aroused the Mayor who in a lengthy reply, says: "Of course it was anticipated by me that Governor Blease would be compelled at the Charleston meeting to take notice of, and, if he could, answer the charges which I have so publicly made against him. There was no escape from this necessity. The only matter over winch I had any doubts was whether or not I should attend the meeting, and with my own ears hear what he had to say. My friends practically unanimously advised me against it. But I determined, that come what might, k it was my duty to go to the meeting. a Democrat, I have never missed Many of these meetings, and the only "thing that could have kept me away 1J 1 tttUofntror AfKorc WOUIU nave ueen v*ilowm vwiv>?> might have thought of it, cowardice on my part. "Moreover, what did it matter what Blease said? Did he not in the very speech in which he so violently by indirection, denounced me, also give utterance to the rankest indecencies and anarchy? Think of a Governor replying as to how he stood on the beer question by shouting that if his questioner (in violation of the law) would bring him up to the stage a drink of beer he would be better able to answer the question. Of course, it was grilling for me to have to sit and listen to ^ Blease's lies. The idea of his making it appear that the beginning of our troubles was when he refused to appoint a negro notary public, TirVioco nnnnintment. bv the way. I had asked only as a favor to gentlemen in Charleston who were not then, nor have ever been, my political friends. Are Messrs Nathans ? "and Sinkler also negro lovers? And do they believe in social equality? Certainly not. It is almost sickening to have to answer such tommyrot. . "There was but one cause, and Jshat was las I said in a published V J WILL lo the same thing over agaii ; are the Hardware People, 1 ry, Glassware, Tin and Agat irs ?1 Kings ?J 1 article recently). Blease had broken his public promise and his private word. I expected him to be Gov ernor of South Carolina and when ( he was elected I was happy. Any 'V J-L , J X. ; intimation by him that i wisnea to usurp those functions is more than absurd. In the presence of many | others he asked me if I would name a man for chief constable, and in their presence I denounced the whole proposition, and said that j I would hold him to his word not to appoint any, as I knew and had told him in writing, that they would be grafters. They have since dem-1 onstrated it. What more proof does he need? "Talk about facing Stothart! Wit- ( ness after witness under oath faced Stothart, and then finally Stothart faced himself, and looking himself and his own guilt, (and, I believe. j Blease's mountainous guilt) in the , eye, he refused to answer on the ] grounds that it might incriminate ( himself. Why didn't Blease read the , constable letter?the letter of fro- , phetic warning which I wrote him, ? i and in which I told him that he had i KrAlfon Vila wnrH rnrhpr than switch off on the irrelative tangent of al- ] leged social equality? "Of course, his nasty threat about , the metropolitan police is in keep-; I ing with the rest of his character, | but it is in no way disquieting. If it means anything it means simply this: Up to August 27, no matter what the people of Charleston do, the constables will stay here as graft j agents. On August 28, if by their votes, the people of Charleston have resented his dirty administration, he will take it as a sufficient crisis in , the history of the State to justify J ; his resort to whatever extraordinary i power he can stretch the laws to i mean. The metropolitan police bill t has been repealed, but he refers to ' some vague, obsolete power where"?''?? ? <m?t . >f martial law mi cr lit Hp ! U11UC1 a 3VI C Ul IIIUI uut , foisted upon us?a power, of course, j under our institutions necessarily i lodging in our Executive, if upon j any rare occasion a city held itself in open rebellion against State! authority. "That sujch conditions in Charleston could suddenly spring up over night upon his defeat could only appeal to his diseased and lawless mind and were he even so disposed, he would tind that the Courts of South Carolina, for which he professes such utter contempt, would stay his vengeful hand. "We know that Charleston also too long has bent under the fear of usurpation,but I believe that there is ;j| A Talk That Is $5 Go to the National Merc; ?? there is a difference betwei jg "CT p-to-H)a/t< (while anyone can give you IDKTJC where we serve you the fin OUK SXZ We have now on display ^ M Respect i . DO j i if vou will give us a chan che people with the goods, e Ware, ^ We Are Leaders, I tree Hard Wholesale and still pride and resentment left, and from now until election day I expect to call upon her people by their ununimous vote to spurn the bribe of peace at the price of independence, and I ask them now in the language of Patrick Henry, 'Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?' " Mr M W Driver of Chester, former superintendent of the Eureka Mill has accepted the position of superintendent of New Century Cotton Mills, at South Boston, Va, and will leave this week to take up his new duties, though his ramiiy expect to remain in Chester some time yet. Mr Driver will purchase an interest in the plant and in addition to being superintendent will be a member of the board of directors and general manager. Mr Driver is one of the most efficient cotton mill men in the South md the New Century Mills are exceedingly fortunate in securing his services. 9 Look out for the new ad of the Kingstree Dry Goods Co next week. * ' ' ' * ' * t I * 1 * ' ^ ' . v & pl \NYTH ice to sell you once. You s A full line of Shelf Hard VJot Trailers ware Con [ Retail Dealers BUDGET FROM THE BORDER CITY A SAFE AND SANE FOURTI MUCH ENJOYED-PERSONAL , MENTION, ETC. Lake City, July 10:?The Ladies Aid society of the Methodist church celebrated the Fourth with a parade and baby show. Many carriages buggies. automobiles, floats, cart; and bicycles were gaily and handsomely decorated for the occasion, The parade started from the Methodist church lawn and thence through the principal thoroughfares of the city. Dr Eaddy's automobile won the blue ribbon for the best decorated car; Mr B L Stewart for the best carriage; Will Epps for the best cart and Miss Annie Stokes for the most original decorated bicycle. The baby show was a most charming picture, most of Lake City's fumfi'ionc Vioinor vprv much in ev tuxc tltlLCiio UV. >>i^ . idence. Each of the babies in their respective carriages or carts was most beautifully and picturesquely decorated,and it was a very difficult matter to decide which was the best. S'M&'StoU I some .AND REAP A -? * ' | i start up the fire in this stove, with no susj picion of what mitrht be in the oven. When j she called her hnaband to breakfast and he ] discovered the hot stove ho clawed the hot i box out of the oven to find that his money f was burned to a crisp.- Edmeston, N Y. LoI cal. ' 1 I get enough together to make which you can REAP A RICH I e YOUR Bank ;st on savings accounts. RCHAXTS BANK LAKE CITY, S. C i i ***SV VWfVVfVVf a j a fine line of Gentlemen's an fully, E v^-v-GSJ^J^ScSCv-CvCSC-v-iivOvCJSOS \ An Unsafe Savings Bank. An Ulster county farmer ma<lo a savings bank of the summer kitchen stove during the winter.and every spare one dollar or live dollar bill William got he stuffed into a tin box which he kept in the oven. When the hot weather finally came his wife concluded to Bank your money until you some sound investment, from ! HARVEST. Let OUR Bank B We Pay 4 per cent inter< FARMERS A: ME * ABSOLUTELY SAFE" No>v Going On a antile Store if you want real 1 en a real bargain and a barg s 3-ood.s at Lc^ a bargain. We also invite y 3- ZDE^-A-ZE^Tls^ est kind of Soda Water. We ^"c^ n-n.Ts A u->' i' Andrews, S. C. ? bargains. This is right, gj ;ain, for a real bargain is j? 77" Prices, ? ou to our gj E1TT. I also call your attention to ra 2^CE13SrT. | d Ladies' Oxford Shoes. ? FELDMAN, Manager. S s . \ [ING OI ire sure to come back. We j ware, Sash, Doors, Lime, < Base Ball ipany 3 The judges, Mesdames Huggins of d Hot Springs, Ark, and Wooten of a Magnolia, N C.gave the three prizes 1 "-offered to the following babies: for the prettiest baby, to little Miss a Pauline Rollins, daughter of Dr and Mrs C D Rollins; for the best j decorated carriage, Miss Margaret g ' Rickenbacker, little daughter of Mr w ! and Mrs J F Rickenbacker; for the ? handsomest boy, Master Horace ^ Joyner, son of Mr and Mrs R F Joy5 ner. Little Miss Sadie McElveen won the blue ribbon in the White tc Stocking brigade. a' Mr L A Winston has returned ** ! home after attending the meeting m of the State Tobacco Buyers' ass<*ri- 'a ation at Old Point Comfort, Va. Mrs Huggins and Miss Gladys a* Sauls of Hot Springs, Ark, are the 'e guests of Mr and Mrs G L Sauls. Mr Timmons Cockfield of Savan- . nah, Ga, is on a visit to friends and M relatives at this place. Misses Lottie Woods of Florence l if a tft i /? n i _ r% ana Margaret wooasoi barainiaare be the charming and popular guests of tr< Dr and Mrs M A Woods. fo A number of Lake City folk went Cc to Darlington on the Fourth, most ofl of them going in cars and returning pr the same day. fo Miss Lula Coker.the accomplished po daughter of Mr and Mrs David Co- wl ker, left Sunday night fbr Dallas, Tex, where she goes to complete her pa studies in music. It is said that th< Miss Coker will be gone for 12 or wl 15 months. I'm Mesdames H V Epps and W H As Woods left Friday morning for Wil- ca; son, N C, to visit their sister, Mrs L tic 0 Holloway. wi Dr A H Williams and Mr Geo C de Haselton have returned from the sai bankers' convention at the Isle of do Palms. sli Miss Louise George of Aiken is tei spending some time with her sister, inj Mrs C H King. Miss Olive Sturgeon has returned th; home after spending a while with ofl her aunt, Mrs Joye, at Sumter. da Judge 0 S Baldwin returned Monday night after a very much enjoy J ed trip to Hot Springs, Ark. ou Mrs Bertha C Myers of Norfolk, tal \,*r? lof?f Ua?? U. PV v aticii iasi iuuiiuaj ikjl nei iiuiiic, j ~ after spending a while with her: n|.' cousin, Mrs H Nachman. ! ? : c'n J Miss Olivia Stuckey spent afewjsp -A.2>r-z"xi3:i2srai we can furnish at the lowest possiblejjpricef handle the best of everything in music, an with you. Railroad Fan Paid to Pi - Oit-oMown dstoaers. at ' X' Seigling Mus 243 King St, Chi