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Clea In lord* daily w^ar< clared War rast colors, Calicoes and I 10c Dress Ginghams Am<l 42-Inch Cloth, no starch, \ 7c Apron Gingham, Sale I 10c Bleaching, 36 inches i 8c White Swiss Curtain CI J. & P. Coates Spool Cottoi $1.25 Messaline, Sale Price 50c and 75c Silk, Sale Pric Bed Tick, Sale 7V?c up to th proof. 10 Balls Thread (to custom c Ladies' Belts, Sale Pri< The space is t< ING SALE on mer low prices on pape company of Shado have only one st< r m r\i I | ivi. r< tTllman's faf BIDS PEOPL Announcing His Retirement Wit] torial Term, He Urges That Ba lots Against Blease?Sp Own Career and of ] Washington Special to The State, and th Aug. 14.?Senator B. R. Tillman to- masses day announcing that he would not star \vl again become a candidate for the fellow senate, gave out the following signed greet y statement: with :<f "Fellow Citizens: "This i was r> / years old the lft h day lice. I s of August and felt like seining all jTwo ye of you a greeting. I seavt'd you as I re-elect governor four years and have been j "ess' 1 your senator in Washington 20 ,soon: b years. When my term expires March 11? prolt 4, 1919, if I live so long, I shall have ! tne to 1 held the highest offices in your gift j to rega for 28 years. An old man desires to Should thank you for your generous support I shall 1 all this long while. May ho not, serve in without boasting, hut in sincerity ested th and earnestness, say that he has done myself, his very best for both South f'aro-jl shall tl lina and the nation? Constituted as as I hav I am, I could not have done other- ; I shall i wise. One of the first lessons my all and good and noble mother taught me of all in; was, "If a thing is worth doing at all, all hum it is worth doing well." While I was Thv will governor, therefore, I was governor. \ as every one in South Carolina "For l knows, not of the Tillmanites alone, in Soutl; but of all the people. And since f eyes on i have been senator I have tried to be ural bee as good a senator as there was in expectati Washington. : has been A LARGE FIGURE. jnew&papi "Since August, 188J>, when 1 made <*d. 1 low my first speech at Bennettsville. I is human have been one of the most prominent natural :i fienren sirwl iooa ...... io.?>r fire most pow- pflemcnt erful political factor in South Caro- ["universal Una. From the very start I won the and I ea love and confidence of a large major- I who is c ity of my fellow citizens and it was'as falthf because of the genuineness of niy De- find a ni; mocracy that I was no hated and bit- possess; terly opposed. Many good men be- will hrini lieved I was an office seeking dema- estness a gogue and could find no language "Under strong enough to express their hatred which no and contempt. hope I mt "Two years ago when a test of mv words ab< patriotism came, I demonstrated to our state those who had always opposed me stood. It that I was not the selfish politician am morti they had judged me to be. No one the prima knew better than I the risk I ran in velop in t making the Ferguson letter public, intelligent I knew it jeopardized my re-election the wiles but I would rather have been beaten Audacity than to have remained silent. My coupled v frankness, straightforward openness have mad of speech and honesty of purpose? -I Instead ol despise hypocrisy aoove all other ed to disi vices?have thrown me into many a policies, t briar patch which a more cautious make tpp man would have avoided, but I never people, hi have lost eight of the ideals which followed opened before me at Bennettsvi'le who are . Ju, _ r rinor . 1 i Begins ;r to make i s compelled i the prices of jawns, Sale Price 4 '/r skeag, Sale Price 7'/2< kile Price 5< 4 Vn .vide7>^yle Price ? /-< oth, Sal\ Price 5< n, Sale Piice 4c 1 89c e L 39c e best guaranteed to be water er) 3c ;e 3c 30 small to mentic chandise which is r and when you e: ws. Come to see 3re in this town msammi DLIAl \EWELL E BEWARE k ,tn bj ti End of Present Sena- [?' Voters Cast Their th eaks Also of His }H lis Aims. i1)1 !re e welfare and uplift of the. have always been the guiding hlcli led me on. Your faith, 8:1 citizens, sustained me, and I'wl ou in this farewell address fectlon and confidence. i toj i is my good-bye to public of- wa hall not be a candidate again. co' ars ago when 1 asked you to Pei me that I might 'die in liar- tin fully expected to die very r'<' lit tiie good Lord has seen fit ra* ing my life and by teaching tru ive rationally his enabled m. mil in some degree of health. ,no I live to the end of my term, *'rr jk i _ years of ;irp and I now *'"1 >tice upon all who are Interat I shall not try to succeed bar If I live until March 4. 1919, '"let lie out of and not in harness, P<*c e always wanted to do. Hut rul< jot worry. Death awaits us and is inevitable. I ko the way intf V fathers, and I try to say in Hou iilty and sincerity. 'Lord, ont 1 tie done.' str< tfOPES FOR REST. as 1?ur years at least many men the] i Carolina have had their not the seat I held. This is nat- felt a use of my illness and the on of my early death. There peo| some discussion of it in the priii jrs, which was to the expect- enct curious, fantastic and cruel ohm aol dolin""" . .m uui wmiai now alon i thing it is. It is the only glan of human nature which is try il I do not complain at it, citiz mostly hope that the man doul hosen will serve the people mor ully as I have. You may mus in with more ability than I ; "j you can not find one who peop X to his work greater earn- and nd honesty of purpose. . favo the peculiar circumstances old. w exist in South Carolina, I whlc ly be permitted to say a few toda r>ut the present situation In'are without rietng mlsunder- from gives mo aoep concern. I the fled and disappointed that hattl **y system has failed to de- lieaii he people sufficient political Una ?o to enable them to escape arlst and tricks of demagogues, uh ft and aptituae In repartee, rith a striking personality. 1 "Ii e the people an easy prey, famll f candidates being compell- son, miss public questions and show hey have been allowed to alone eals to prejudice, and the was Inded by these arts, have move and made heroes of mon Carol wholly unworthy. I have an o TT1K LANCASTER NEWS. AHiQ Sale A TI August 7tl room for Fall and to dispose of all o Dry Goods, Clothing, c 25c Ladies' and Children's Baits c Ladies' Handkerchiefs, Sale Price. . . . c Men's Handkerchiefs, Sale Price c 10c Talcum Face Powder 1 1 * ^ iuc iHicum race 1'ower Colgate's 25c Face PotCder, Sale Price. . $1.50 White Bed Spreads 25c Lace Curtain, per yard. Sale Price. . $2.50 Ladies' White Dresses ,Sale Price. $5 00 Ladies' White Serge Skirts, Sale Pr $1.50 Skirts, Sale Price Ladies' $3.00 and $3.50 Slippers, Sale P Men's $4.00 Bench Made Slippers, Sale Men's $2.00 Slippers, Sale Price >n all our Bargains. We w< "good quality" and superior xamine their goods, you fine our sale and get the good o We are not connected K OFF ~ een and still am accused of inaugu- state for a cent iting this method of campaigning. "That was ui challenge the production of a s ? ngle speech of mine wherein I do- t'heir riKhts and irted from he discussion of public r| |)t am, the sues or indulged in unparllamen- veIoU8 progrc88 ry language until forced to do so imition> ln 80im. ' unf?ir ?PP"?ents. The more bit- ; )gre8ge(1 more r enemies of the reform movement tl,r s,.(t ,s. for v gan the vituperation and abuse vvinthrop'as mo at have marked South Carolina of their kind, an ilitlcs since 1890. They answered 8?.|flsliness and gument with invective; they greet- throuirhoiit the ? truth with showers of mud and ignorance now f th; and they, not 1. must bear the tlons wouId SO()n i w o nnMcunuM/iEt commmon schoo STILL HAS CONHDLNi h. arp sadly deflcie "Two years ago I lamented the proVP<] A dcn, me thing, and said I doubted (,Ui,to means foi lether I had not made a mistake z,,ns js bound t< giving the people the ballot and : v\e can not aflfor tching them how to use it. But I grow nke wee is impatient. 1 here reaffirm my ance will choke nfidence in the people?all the in our poopie an aple collectively. I believe that ?. u.wn. i iih aiat juukwoiic or the wh le people for no higher re; h and poor, educated and igno- or other, have to it. high and low?is; the surest and White children g< est guide to political action. Their nients of an edut stakes will be fewer and will be education is a b re quickly mendeo than will the have never herott ors of any one clar.s, be it ever so acute diseases de ightened. I believe this so re- dies. and if a sta ously that I would rather have a ! that will force th I governor or a bad senator to school and at [ ted by any one class. The whole the blacks only t pie correct their blunders; the,?manual and t> of a class tends to the growth they can nssiinil: i I perpetuation of abuses. I have done. Effective licit faith that r.U the people of ___ th Carolina are going to stamp j Hleaseism sooner or later. The i ingest Bleascltes will bo leaders soon as they arc convinced that ir have made a mistake. If I did believe this, I would lose all h in self-government. |5 &{i\, Jefferson's solgan was, 'Teach the [ile and trust the people.' To this ciple all partriots will give credand all Democrats will gladly ^ft When tho demagogue . nd blind the people by the A nor of his arts and instills HVw J nnd poison into their minds, good uh us must not despair, but rc- ^ le their efforts- for n.o .... II U III 1M e powerful than and t prevail in the long run. \gain I reaffirm my faith in the de. The battle between privilege HB^HBB^^^B-" freedom, between equality ; nd ritism, is world-wide, and ageH j 1* has brought tie- J h we are witnessesing in Europe 3 y. The people that struggling to free themselves the shackles of autocracy and divine right of kings. It is a H W A e between autocracy and repub- H I mi. The contest in South Ciyo- ^B Is in 1890 was to overthrow an ^B fll ocracy which had come down to ^B HB? om colonial days. ?' H THE HEAL REVOLT, K L was a real revolution, in which HI lies were divided, rather against and brother against brother. ^B ing that principle, and principle Bg 9 m J I i, moved the people to action. It as1 _ my high privilege to lend that ^B I arifac iment which emancipated South B| ' linians from the thraldom of the I ? - -4 . * ' <t is, inn. A. Poliak< k ot Q A ivyi ljl ai u n. JLV1.? Winter goods which ai >ur summer poods. We Shoes, Hats, Millinery, No! 10c Men's $3.00 Slippers, Sale Price.. . lc Children's Slippei ^ale Price.. . 3c Men's Pants and Suits at Sale Price 5c 50 Dozen Boys' 50c Pants, 6 to 8, a 8c Price . % . 10c Men's $2.00 and $2.50 Straw Hats, S "... .98c Men's $1.00 Silk Hats, Sale Price . . 15c Boys' Suspenders, Sale Price $1.48 Men's 20c Suspenders. Sale Prir^ icc Men's 50c Suspenders, Sale Price. . 98c Boys' and Men's Work Shirts, Sale I 'rice $2.69 Men's $1.25 Dress Shirts, Sale Prict Price. . . .$2.98 50c and $1.00 Ladies' Sailors, Sale P] $1.25 $.1.00 and $6 00 Ladies' Dress Hats, S mt you to know that we are runni * to some of cur competitors, who i out that is like money in a dree i it. We offer good goods and no with any other store. LOOK FOl Cheapest Store i tury. tion will require a great deal of mon- that ly greatest work. I ey. but if we are not willing to spend aual Carolinians to know money for our children God pity us. how to obtain these Whether a general law or local op- . y, state has made mar- tion by counties is the best is a mat- ?v in everv wnv * . ... cu- .*-i ?i opinion and will have to be *)U(" of its aspects, it ban threshed out by the legislature. f. , than any of its sis- THKUt MISTAKE. able re have Clemson and "The people two years ago elected ' Jj(| del schools, the best a man governor who 'ran amuck' as onjv id, if there were less it were and displnyedso little real- (t more public spirit ization of his high opportunities that (j0 state, the lamentable it makes me s:-d and angry to be told .pj| 'xisting in some se? as I have been more than once, that ... disappear. But our Tillmanism is the direct cause of (wo" is in many counties Bleaseism. All thoughtful and i:?- .. lit, and must be im- telligent men know that this is only . ,, ocracy without ade- a half truth, and half truths are the " . r educating its citi- worst sort of lies. Tlllni: ..ism I . o be shipwrecked, taught the people that they could 1. ** 1 d to let cur children whip and destroy special privilege 1 ids. If we do, ignor- with the ballot. That was a good'! ,n out all that is beat thing, all must limit. Now, is Tilld destroy our civili- maoism to blame because the people s. . 1 e in self-defense, if i hr ve used that same ballot with P 11 n. ar.on, will, somehow which to elevate a demagogue? Yes, 'P-J11". see to it that all the I taught the people that they had a ?t at least the null- right to govern South Carjlir.:. and I . i**118 ration. Compulsory proclaim the principle : new. They n m,M ig question and I do have the right, oven if they o'.ect rta jfore favored it, but a hundred Bleases. 'Teach the poo- e an< mand drastic reme- pie and trust the people.' We will, uPon .tute can bo framed in the end, have bettor government P , e white children in- at the hands of all the people than 1 al, the same time give we would have If any one clrvrs ruled. "^'^P1 he kind of training The people will rectify their blunders an. .' indus*ri:.l?which as soon as tin y have become convlnc- ne to, it ought to be ed of their error. emtio compulsory educa-{ "It would be just as true to say | <( ( / EvftfV Mnfnlti ^ J ...V11U1I 1 Pepsi-( Wj P.* 1 I* At Soda FoanStimulating SKaj-" ?KT THE "PEPSI" HABIT, IT WON'T (il ?NI- OIA HOTTLlS*, iter, S. C. , It's I " off's e arriving s have detions, Etc. $1.98 25c and up is to suit yourself. 11 wool worsted, Sale 24c ale Price 98c 39c 5c , 9c 23c *rice 23c i 85c rice 25c >ale Price 75c and up ing a CLEARwill quote you \m or like a > trash. We * OUR SIGN. jr on Earth . democracy causes Socialism and rchy as ?i would be to say that tnanism caused Ulcaaeism. Had health continued good, I would i taught tl.e people the folly of tseism two years ago, pointed the fifference and stemmed the which Jones found himself unto cope with. I would have ed the Tillni: nltes, while Mease misled them, and all for the iticatlon of his own selfish amn. IBD OP "LAW AND ORDER." V large per cent of those who years ago and are now yelling and order,' want a law and older tieir own contriving ? uwy are ready to admit that, politically ^ king, all white South Carolinians equal. Thoy think themselves ely commissioned to rule everyelse, and this, not Tillmanism, e true cause of Ulcnseism. The people saw this resurrected jonism and. thinking it was the ring' come to tlfe again, took leisrn in preference to it. Blease elf is a mere symptom. The fever is bigotry, political intole and social injustice. I call you, my fellow citizens, you know and claim to want better liigher things, to broaden your uthies. Stop prating about 'law >rder' and treat your next door bor with a itltle more considn. Though he live in a hovel, 'ontinucd <>n F'age Seven. > ______________ ? ' -f' ^OLA Vill Help KT YOU, ft Pure and Clean I