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ABBEVILLE. S. ()., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1912.
ESTABLISHED
SENATOR Til
ON STATI
Columbia, S. C., An*. 8.?"No sensible
man in the state believes that Juifge Jones
is in favor of social equality. He would
make a good governor, for he is eminently,
qualified."
These statements are contained in a let
ter by Senator b. K. Tillman to Jas. L. j
Sims, editor of the Orangeburg Times and j
Democrat, which was announced here last
night.
"As you weie the head of tiie reform,
movement and was governor when Judge I
Jones voted against the separate car act,
we would like for you to say whether you
consider Judge Jones an advocate of social
equality because he voted against the law,
and whether in your judgement lie would
make a good governor of the state."
This question was asked of Senator Till
man by Mr. Sims and the above answer! I
was received.
The following is Senator Tillman's let
ter:
"Hon. James L. Sims, Orangeburg, S. C.
"Dear Mr. Sims: I have your letter of
July 29th, for which please accept my
thanks.
"I have been surprised that Judge Joues
has allowed Governor Blease to put him
on the defensive and made him explain
something that needed no explanation, for
no sensible man in the state believes that
Judge Jones is in favor of social equality,
and Gov. Blease has laughed in his sleeve
to see how shrewdly he has muddled the
water. In other words, he has played
polities more adroitly than the judge.
"In reply to your question: "As you
were the head of the reform movement,
and was governor when Judge Jones voted
against the separate car act we would like
for you to sav whether you consider Judge
Jones an advocate of social equality be
cause he voted against the separate car
act we would like for you to say wliether
you consider Judge Jones an advocate of
social equaility because he voted against
the law, and whether in your judgment he
would make a good governor of the state,
I answer:
"I do not consider that Judge Jones was
an advocate of social equality because he
voted against the law and I believe he
would make a good governor, for he is
eminently qualified.
"1 say this more willingly because it
cannot be construed as my taking sides as
between the men, I announced last fall
that I would not do this and thus far I
have seen po reason why I should change
my attitude.
"If the newspapers keep on publishing
such stuff as Grace's attack on the gover
nor and the distagraph "slush" they will
certainly make Blease governor again.
"Very sincerely you re,
B. R. Tillman."
Washington, Aug. 10.?Senator
Tilljnan today issued the following
statement relative to political condi
tions in South Carolina, having spe
cial reference to the publication of a
letter he wrote J. L. Sims of Or
angeburg a few days ago:
"Many telegrams and letters have
come to my office since the publica
tion of my letter to Mr. Sims and I
deem it both necessary and proper
lor me to make a statement to the
press. In that way alone can I pre
vent mistakes from being made and
having words and ideas put into my
mouth which are not warranted.
"I have not written any letter
which was intended or could be used
as Jones campaign literature. I
have desired to maintain the attitude
of neutrality in the governor's race
which I announced at the beginning. I
have never believed a United States
senator ought to take an active part
in the nomination for State offices.
What letters I have written were
penned in the hope of moderating
the fury with which charges and
counter charges were being .hurled
back and forth. But instead of pro
ducing that effect, it has seemed to
increase the bitterness, and I am, re
solved that I will not permit my
self to be drawn into this fight fur
ther. I am in Washington discharg
ing the duties of my office as sena
tor from South Carolina as well as
my health and limited strength will
permit. While my health is steadily
improving I have no hope of it becom
ing sufficiently restored for me to do
any speaking in the campaign. God
knows I wish I could, for if there
ever was a time when the people
needed clearness of vision and sound
advice, it is now. I could speak
what I can not write aud do it with
more force and effectiveness.
The Primary Plan
"Among the public services which
I have rendered South Carolina, I j
consider none of them more valuable
than the aid I gave in the establish- |
ment of the primary system for State
offices, with the county to county cam-l
paign. When rightly used, this I
latter is a great educational force!
in msiruuuug uie peupie upuii many j
public questions and bringing them
face to face with the men who are
seeking their votes. I have been
sincerely anxious that nothing should
be done to impair the usefulness of |
this educational agency. Instead of
our candidates discussing great pub-1
lie questions and teaching the people,
the meetings have been little else
than vulgar quarrelling matches in
which blackguardism, vulgarity, ob
scenity and abuse almost without liin
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it and all maimer of filthy speeches
have been allowed to predominate
The State's good name has been
dragged in the mire of the disgust
and shame of all right-thinking Car
olinians. Patriotic citizens must take
counsel together, how to lift these
meetings hack to a high plane and
make (hem the great educators they
lire intended to he.
"Judge Joi^es ought to have been
content with what 1 said and stopped
there. He had no right to incite
Gov. Blease's friends to bombard me
with telegrams and letters, by offer
ing $100 reward to any one 'who
would get me to declare Blease or
Duncan were eminently qualified for
the governors office. I do not see
that it is my business to 'dictate to
ihe people of South Carolini i*s to
whom they should elect governor.
Preferred Richards -
"If I could have done that, John
G. Richards, Jr., would be govern
or now. I am naturally frank and
blunt and somewhat impulsive, there
fore, in writing to my friends in
South Carolina I have not been on the
watch lest some phrase in my letter
would lay me under suspicion of be
ing a Bleasite, Jonesite, or a Duncan
ite. For instance, some days ago, in
writing to a friend in Marlboro, I
said: "Sensible men will never
weigh Senator Tillman and Gov.
Blease in the same scales. If the
fools do. it is not any fault of mine..'
I said this in the same spirit in which
I said: 'No sensible man in the
State believes that Judge Jones is in
favor of social equality, so no one bit
O flkrwl will roo-arrt Rlpnsp as the Oillv
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representative of Tillmanisra or its
best exponent. There are hundreds
of Tillmanites In the State who are
better exponents of both than either
Jones or Blease or Duncan. 1 do not
see what that has to do with it any
way. The issue is, or ought to be,
integrity of purpose, patriotism and
ability, cleanness of character, high
ideals, capacity to lead tlu- people and
show them the best way to go, cour
age to execute the laws unflinchingly
and without fear or favor.
Han Shamed Him
"I have been made aBhamed, as
every South Carolinian milst be, at
the vulgarity, indecency and coward
ice that has been shown on the stump.
When my brother senators read about
the passing of the lie being in every
meeting in South Carolina, they with
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a VKilfU BUCCl anuuc lu y<- >u
prise. I have no word to say because
I can not. I resented the lie with a
blow on the floor of the senate and
that has been regarded here as an
illustration of the State's spirit. The
people of the State ought to compel
those who seek their votes for high
official positions behave and speak
like gentlemen. The people can do it
and the people alone can do it. One
can speak boldly, aggressively and
truthfully, and not flinch from stat
ing the facts,' and do it in parlia
mentary language, and public opin
ion should demand this, and the peo
ple s-hould enforce it as a rule. Else
for the State's good name, we had
better cease having these State cam
paigns at all; and they are too val
uable to give up because of the man
ner" in which they are being prosti
tuted. It is a disgrace to have them
conducted in the way they have been
this year. It would be little short of
a calamity to have them cease alto
gether.
"One word in conclusion, and the
most important ftord of all. There
are men in the State who believe if
Judge Jones is not elected that the
State will go to the d^gs. There are
others equally honest and partiotic
who believe that if Blease is not elect
ed the reform movement and prin
ciples it stood for will be destroyed.
Both are wrong. The fabric of our
government is not built on such a
flimsy foundation, but it is of vital
importance?and I say this with all
solemnity of which I am capable?
that the legislature to be elected this
year is of more importance than is
filling the governor's office. If we
have brave, true men, who are honeBt
and not to be browbeaten or bribed
or seduced into betraying their con
stitutents, no bad governor can do us
any irreparable injury, and without
them no good governor can do much
good. So I, implore my fellow citi
zens to see to it that the very best
men in each county are sent to the
house of representatives ahd the sen
ate. Then, whether Blease or Jones is
elected, we will be safe.
(Signed.) "B. R. Tillman."
COTTON PRICES PAID
Averaged One-tenth of One Per Cent
Less this Year than in 1911
Washington, August 11.?Prices be
ing paid farmers and cotton planters
throughout the United States averaged
one-tenth of 1 per cent less on August
1, last, than a year ago, according to
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uie ueparnnetii ui agnuunuie. iu-a
average was based on crops represent
ing more than three-fourths of the to
tal crop value of the country. A monrh
earlier the prices paid producers were
17.5 per cent higher than on July 1,
1911.
Prices on August 1, last, and August
I, 1911, respectively, all in cents iu
j eluded:
Corn 79.3 and 65.8 a bushel; wheat
89.7 and 82.7; oats 44.3 and 40.2; barley
66.8 and 69.3; rye 77.9 and 75.5; buck
wheat 83.5 and 76; flaxseed 175.2 and
199.2; potatoes 86.5 and lot'.;butf?:r 23.7
and 21.7 a pound; chickens 11.3 and
II.2; eggs 17.4 and 15.L a dozen. Hay
was only $12 a ton agaiiut $14.S7 a
y jar ?go.
Crop conditions on August 1 for Hie
Ut" cd States avojrs ;oJ 126 per < ^nt
tetter than on the aamj date last year
a .?! t'.u'ee-tenths o? ] per coiit better
tnoi thy average condition of recent
vt?r?.
IMPROVEMENTS TO STOUE
The store building occupied by the
Hot Hustler Racket store and owned
by Mr. Allen Smith, is undergoing re
pairs. The Hot Hustler has been oc
cupying rooms on the second floor of
the building, during the progress of
the work, which is about completed.
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Photos by American Press Assoclat
News Snapshots
Of the Week party b
leged M
It Parfc-ao-Prtiioe was destroyed by
SIDELIGHTS ON
MEETING A
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(Wyatt A. Taylor in Columbia Record)
Spartanburg, Aug. 10;?The revela
tion of the fact that ?W. P. Beard, ed
itor of The News Scimiter, wno nas ac
companied Governor Blease on a good
part of the campaign, is deputy chief
constable of the State; the howling,
seething mob of Blease supporters;
the intensity of the political situation;
the good order that prevailed, encour
aged by the vigilance of the Spartan
burg police, assisted by a hundred and
fifty extra policemen; the presenta
tion of Governor Blease with a silver
loving cup, the gift of his Spartan
burg rriends, and a silk umbrella, tht
gift of Pacolet friends, and the hum
orous parts of Judge Jones' and Gov
ernor Blease's speeches were features
of the campaign which were newly
brought out, at the meeting here yes
terday. There were people here from
all over Spartanburg county and mapj
fram neighboring counties, and the
day was one o/ the most intensely in
teresting days that Spartanburg has
seen in many years. Politics was the
universal topic of conversation and or
the street corners and in every Aomt
and place of business men, women and
children were "talking" Blease and
Jones. The speech of the governor wat
what attracted a large part of the
crowd to the "speaking" and hit
friends were not disappointed, for hi?
speech was full of the governor's
characteristic references to his oppon
ent and all persons not of like, politi
cal sentiment with him.
Another "Rumor"
The governor told of another rumoi
that he has heard fecently. One ru
mor that he said recently had come
to his ears was that he would be "as
sassinated when he went to Gaffney
The rumor he told of yesterday was
concerning W. J. Massee, the Macon
Georgia, man who was this week re
leased by Judge Sease after a hear
ing on habeas corpus proceedings
Massee having been arrested in this
cify and a requisition for his return
to Tennessee, where he was wanted
in a slander suit, having been honored
by Governor Blease. The rumor was
that Massee had paid Governor Blease
15,000 to pass the case up to Judge
Sease and have nothing to do with it
himself. This the governor denied
strongly and he branded as a falsifier
the man who started it. He did nol
| give the name of the person who had
told him of the rumor.
Besides the contest between Judge
Ira B. Jones and Governor Blease, one
of the features of the meeting here
was the announcement by Attorney
General Lyon that he will' prosecute
'for libel Barnard Bee Evans, candi
date for the office of attorney general
who has denounced in such vitrolic
and scandalous terms attorneys oi
Saluda, the present attorney general
Sheriff Samples and other citizens ol
Saluda county, and many other per
sons for whom he has no special am
KNOWS A GOOD THING
WHEN HE SEES IT.
W. A. Calvert Will Use Quarter
Patre Advertisement In Press
and Banner.
Mr. W. A. Calvert, the furniture man
having decided to begin an aggresslv<
campaign for increased business, has con
t nut ted for a quarter-page advertiseraen
to appear in each issue of The Press an<
Banner. In these advertisements he wil
offer to the people of Abbeville count]
sorue good bargains in furniture, house
hold goods, buggies, wagons, etc. It wil
be to your interest to watch his weekl;
announcements.
Excursion to Savannah.
Wednesday, Aug. 21st, there will bo ai
excursion to Savannah, Ga., over the Blu
Ridge and Southern, by way of Columbia
The fare from Hodges will bo $3.60, ant
the train will leave that place at 8:45 a.m.
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iident Roosevelt and Governor Hiram J<
site party convention at CWcago. Gov*
y Senator Elect onie James of Kaitnckj
vide open" conditions In New York dtj
Are.
CAMPAIGN
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ity. Evans has made statements that
can not be printed'because they are
libelous and the attorney general pro
poses by bringing the action against
him to test the new libel law, enacted
* by the 1912 legislature.
Didn't Sign 172 Bills
"You talk about your great gover
nor," said Judge Jones in his speech
yesterday, and he^ charged that the
governor had failed to do his duty
when he did not affix his signature
x ? 1 '?n WJll? /v?n Kv loorialflMlfP
IU J. I id Ullio Ciia^v^u xjj buv w
' this year, one of which he said, was
' a bill to require railroads to furnish
' passenger coaches with dressing
rooms for ladies. Judge Jones yes
terday repeated his offer of $100 for
the man who would furnish him with
an affidavit from Senator Tillman to
1 the effect that he considered John T.
' Duncan or Cole L. Blease "eminently
qualified" to fill the governor's chair.
1 He also repeated hiB request for some
r one to tell him what Governor Blease
! had done for the poor man.
Pan Against Blease
1 Judge Jones "pulled off" an amus
; ing pun when he showed his pocket
1 cork screw, and said it was the only
weapon he carried on his person, add
1 ing: "I don't need it to open beer bot
1 ties, but I will carry it when I follow
his political bier."
- Local Incidents Mentioned
Governor Blease mentioned the re
' of nrhi>h MqvAT
' UCUt UlCCUUg av nuivu w" ' ,
1 of Charlesttrti, spoke, and also the re
cent "4icta graph sensations," in
which Sara J. Nichols, the Spartan
burg attorney, figured so prominently.
"Somebody asked me why they
" didn't serve brains with the eggs,"
said Governor Blease, referring to tire
hurling of eggs at Mayo^ Grace., "and
I told hhn that the Jones crowd didn't
have the brains."
' Governor Blease wai referring to
. the conflicts between the courts and
the governor, and he sail that' Judge
Jones had tried to make him do the
? will of the supreme court and that he
' had replied to him:"01d man, you go
i back and put on your robe and come
1 again."
I As an. illustration of the political
i feeling In the city of Spartanburg a
i boarding' house at 229 East Main
> street had a large banner over the
front door with larga red and blue
1 letters reading "27 votes in this house
' for law, order and Jones," and an
other house, 258 East Main, had the
1 sign in the front reading: "This house
for Jones." Many Blease supporters
wore red ribbons labelled for the gov
ernor and many Jones supporters had
white badges bearing the name of the
former chief justice.
It was one of the largest campaign
crowds, assembled in one of the larg
est counties, a county polling an ex
ceptionally large vote, and a county
in which political feeling has been
aroused to an unusually high pitch,
1 -A 41. n.o a T\r\+ nrt a inriflent tn
ft Jill J CI IUC1 C n?tj 11VSV WltV
cast a blot upon the proceedings of
the day.
MCMURKAY DRUG CO. IN
PROGRESSIVE PROCESSION.
Have Began Systematic Adver
tising Campaign.
Realizing the benefits resulting from a
well-planned and systematically conduct
' ed advertising campaign, the McMurray
Drug Company, has joined the progressive
t procession and signed a contract for a
^ regular advertising space to be used for
I the entire year.' Each issue of The Press
f and Banner will carry the readers of the
paper an interesting and important mes
I sage from this firm; don't forget to keep
up with offerings.
Death ol* W. \V. Gibert.
Mr. William W. Gibert, one of the most
11 prominent farmers of Abbeville county, ol
0 tho Monterey section, died in Greenwood
" hospital Wednesday morning at 6 o'clock
1 where ho had been taken for treatment.
V.aa*i aofmnalv a\r?\r fi\r> nhrtllf a
HC IlOO UCCU OOUVUOtJ Olvn 4V'i MVVWW w
month. He was about 50 years of ago,
The body was brought to Abbeville Wed
nesday afternoon, and!the interment wa*
at Upper Long Cane Thursday morning
at 10 o'clock.
Mr. Gibert is survived by his wife, whi
was Miss Mary Benson, one sister, Miss
Pauline Gibert, of Anderson; and twc
brothers. Joe of Atlanta, Alex.N. of Au
gusta, besides a large number of relative*
in this and adjoining counties.
A largo crowd attended the interment
and many floral offerings were sent in bj
loving friends.
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> hnson of California were nominated fo
irnor Wilson of New Jersey was notified
r. Henry H. Carran took charge of tlx
rtonoHii ranrtnnfltnB Leoonte. preald.
ABBEVILLE BOC
HAD D1
Sixteen cars containing about 70
enthusiastic boosters for Abbeville,
left the square last Thursday morn
ing for a trip through the southern
part of the county. The procession
was headed by Mayor C. C. Gambrell
and was in charge of Mr. R. L. Dar
gan, as chief marshal..
The first leg of the trip was com
pleted, when the party reached Cal
houn Falls, where a stop of about an
hour was had for the purpose of get
ting acquainted and partaking of re
freshments. The stop at this thriving
little town was thoroughly enjoyed
by every member of the party. The
Abbeville boosters were cordially re
ceived by the people of Calhoun Falls
and there was a pleasant comming
ling which will no doubt prove val
uable in strengthening the /ties of
'friendship between the folks of Cal
houn Falls.
Up to this point the trip had been
extremely pleasant, but on leaving
Calhoun Falls, the dust added great
ly to the discomfort of ;the "Boost
ers" until a refreshing shower inter
vened to put a stop to this objection
able feature.
ML. Carmel was the next point at
which the party stopped. Here, though
the stay was quite brief,-the-"Booet<
ers" were made to feel thoroughly at
"home.
At Willington, most of :the people
were in attendance at the county cam
paign meeting, and, as the rain was,
by this time, beginning to come down
quite steadily, the party tarried only
a very short time.
LOWNDESVILLE.
Happenings of a Weqjc In and About the
Seven-Hilled City?Personals.
Lowndesville, Aug. 10,11)12.
Ill honor of Miss Mabel Moore of Barn
well, and Miss Catharyne Reid of Iva, there
was a gathering1 of the young people of
this place and nearby country, at the
pleasant home of Mr. IJ. A. Tennent, one
mile west, Friday night. All was as joy
ous as it could be, At a reasonable hour
refreshments of an appetizing kind were
Rflrved.
Oil above night there came hear being a
serious, accident. As Mr. Holcombe Har
per was going up the hill beyond the creek,
driving Mr. T. D. Cooley's auto, it choked
down, as it is called, and ran back, and Mr.
R. S. Garner and Miss Ida Allen were in a
buggy also on their way to the party. The
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approached him, turned to one side, turn
ing the buggy directly across the road,
the machine struck it and smashed three
of the wheels. Strange to say, the occu
pants of the buggy were not even
scratched.
Mr. and Mi's. T. B. Holcombe and little
babe left Wednesday morning for the old
home of the first named in Spartanburg,
where they will spend some days with
"the old folks at home."
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Kelly of Walhalla,
came down yesterday a week ago to the
home of Mr. W. L. Bowman, the father-in
law of the first, where they spent several
days.
Mr. Clement Latimer who is in business
at Anderson, came down Wednesday and
stayed a day or two with kindred and
friends at this his old home.
Mr. Wilbur Blake of Calhoun Falls came
up Thursday and spent the day with
friends.
Mr. Will Adams and his two sons of
Starri came down Thursday and went on
to Latimer on business. He came back to
1 this place Friday and spent a while here.
A good little rain Thursday, (badly
needed), another much better rain that
night and several during yesterday, well
supplied our wants in that respect for the
present. \
Mr. J. Bruce Moseley of West Virginia,
i nonio in Vrirfftv fn t.hlss his old home, and
wiu remain for some days with his friends
and loved ones.
There were two picnics in. reach of us
Wednesday; the one atCarswellniue miles
north of ws, the other at Montt>rey seven
miles east, at both of which there were
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ELIGHTFUL TRIP
I The thriving town of . McCormick
'was the next objective point. Here ihe
reception accorded the visitors was
most hearty. Many citizens of McCor
mick and surrounding territory,-join
ed the ."Boosters" at dinner, which
was served jn* a grove adjoining the
handsome school building, which the
citizens of . McCormick have recently
'Tho
r president and vice president by the
I of his nomination by the Democratic
) aMermanlc Investigation into the at
ant of Bald, perished when his pala<%
ereciea m a cpst ui *uv, />> ?
ing is a commodious and Well arrang
ed structure and would be a credit to a
town many times, the size of McCor
mick.
The stay at McQormick wa? curtail
ed by the coming of a heavy rain,
which called for fhe attachment of
mud chains. ' .
One good feature of the trip was the
fact that no accident of a serious na
ture marred the pleasure of the occas
ion. Of course, there were one or two
punctures and a few blow-outs,, but
nothing that could be classed as a
real breakdown occurred. . , ,
Taken as a whole, the crops in the
section traversed by the "Boosters,"
were very good. Though in some
places cotton was small, it showed a
healthy condition. Prospects appear
good, for a. crop of about average pro
portions.
While there are some bad spots in
the-xoads, iu the.jitauv.they are. very,
'good, though widening in some sec
ti?ns would be of benefit. > .'
Owing to the fact that it has been
[ impossible to get the illustrations
I ready in time for publication in this
I issue, the -writeup of the country em
braced in the trip has been postponed
I unm a later issue.
repieseritatives from this place. It .is a
well known fact that there is hardly any
thing tha,t is more drawing- than a picnic.
They come on at a leisure time, and those
who have attended have a pleasing recol
lection of enjoyable occasions and go again
when opportunity offers.
Mrs. R. W. Humphries and her three
children' of Sumwr came Wednesday and
will remain with their many friends for
some days.
Many have no doubt heard the condi
tional promise to do a certain thing "aedld
day In August." Last Sunday and Mon
day those who had made the promise
might with propriety have.been called
upon for a statement, as both dayfi were
unusually cool for August. Flreit added
to comfort. \
The county campaign meeting a? sched-'
tiled came oft today. Some of the would-be
county officers came, in Friday evening,
all of them came in the nest morning
"armed and equipped as the law directs."
These were all as smiling as you pieaee,
and in.the best of humor. A large crowd
of men, women and children were in at
tendance. Every thing was done in de
cency and in order, quite in contrast to
many of the State campaign meetings, of
which we hear. Troupe.
BLEST BE THE TIE.
Abbeville, S. C., and Snow Hill,
Md., in the Bonds ot
Matrimony.
Tho following is a copy of invitations
that have been sent out:
"Mr. aud Mrs. Clarence Morris Taylor
request the honor of your presence at the
marriage'of their sister, Julia Fretwell, to
Mr. William McCaslan Barnwell of Abbe
ville, S. C., on Wednesday evening, the 21st>
of August, 1912,. at 8 o'clock, Snow Hill,
Maryland."
Mr. Barnwell is one of the best known
and most highly respected young men in
Abbeville, and the bride is well known to
our people as a most charming young
mwnian Ail ai-a dad to have so Dretty
and so attractive a younft woman move
her citizenship from Virginia to Abbeville.
She will bo welcomed as an acquisition to
the community. May happiness attend
the auspicious union which it is hoped,
may last for many years.
3Ir. Bristow in BnH'alo.
I The Rev. Louis Bristow left Monday for
Buffalo, where he is to preach in a meet
ing. In his absence from town next Sun
day, the preaching in the Baptist Church
will be by the Rev. J. A. Cliambliss, D. D.,
President of Anderson College. Dr.
Chambiiss is said to be one of the most
K)lished and scholarly men in the State,
e is a South Carolinian, but has resided
for many years in the North, where he lias
held some of the most prominent pulpits.
He is a cousin of Mifc. L. W. White, and
has many relatives in Piedmont South
Carolina.
Library in New Quarters.
The Public Library opened Monday in
its "new quarters, over Haskell's store.
The stairway is just beside the entrance
of Harper & Morgan's drug store. The
new quarters are a big improvement over
the old ones, and the management is to
be congratulated upon securing the rooms.
A visit to the library by one unacquainted
with the institution would prove interest
ing. It is open to the public at regular
hours?from nine to one o'clock each day.
MEETINGS OF THE
COUNTY CAMPAIGN
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HOW THE LEGISLATIVE
CANDIDATES STAND.
THREE FOR JOIES, FOIR FOR RLEME
Meetings Will Be Resumed
Next Week, Closing at
Abbeville Saturday. .
The precedent established at Mc- . .
Cormica by Chairman P. C. RoDinfton,
of-not requiring candidates tor ofilceB '
to state where they stand on the
Blease-Jones issue has been adhered
to by the chairmen of all the meetings
up to thjs time. That regulation was
promulgated by the McCormick club
and othnr clubs have been following
suite, so to speak.
Most interest centers ih the race for
House or Representatives. The candi
dates for the House have all declared
themselves. . _ -Si
Mr. Gibert, in his opening speech at
McCormick, spoke of his. DeLftHowe
bill, a bill to change the DeLaHowe
school fund into a scholarship fund f
for Clemson and Winthrop. Mr. Gibert
assured the voters that he had no idea
of making the race for the House until
Gov. Blease called the members of the
House a 'set of liars. This was more
than he could bear, therefore, he
would: run, declaring that he was
neither a liar nor a coward. He. stated
that he would vote for Judge Jones
on the 27th of August, providence per
mitting.
Mr. Howard Moore in his initial
speech of the campaign at McCormick,
stated that the State paper was" re
sponsible for candidates in the Gover
nor's race and conventions in the coun
ty requiring the candidates to state
where thev stand and as to the Gov- -
eraor'F ~ace. He fearlessly stated that
he T 'luld vote for Blease unless some
thing unforseen happens.He expressed
himself as being opposed to the school
inspection bill and said that If such a - J
bill was passed-he would try to back
an amendment to it allowirig one's fun
ily physician to inspect the children
of the family. He also stated that he >. .'
considered the cotton mill merger one
of the most dangerous things South
Carollna'has to deal with at present
He stated that he would fight it to the
bitter end;
Hon. J. Melvin Ashley sated his
platform as being low taxes,, better
schools, better coljeges, and better ' ^
roads. He considered our roads as J
good as any, but thought they might
be much improved. He' stated also that
he, was-^against - the mill Buerger, and.
while he expected to vote for Blease
he would not be dictated to as how ha
should vote tn the House of Represen
tatives should he be elected. He said .
that he expected to follow blindly
neither Blease nor Jones but would
vote for the good of Abbeville county.
Hon. P. B. Car wile talked on school
improvement and good roads. He fav^
ors a small increase to our present
-%?rv,Tv.iitQtir>n t?Y Th? burden of his . -
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initial speech was concerning the de-J
velopment of the highways. As be
tween Blease and Jones he said that
he expected to vote for Gov. Blease.
Hon. W. N. Graydon in his first'
speech of this campaign and in the
others following, goes for Got. Blease
with gloves off. Mr: Graydon spends
little time in talking issues. He con-'
siders the Governor's race a crisis and
is doing all he can to bring the people
to his view of the matter. Mr. Graydon
has been well received in all points up v;
to Lowndesville, where there were
some interruptions until the Hon. IJL
McOalla made peace. Mr. Graydon
grows eloquent and frequently states I*
that if by a word of his he could de- '
n ttlnaaoiam.
liver SOU til Liaruiiua 11 um mf
he would speak that word though he
himself did not get a single vote.
Mr. J. W. Rampey avowed his Inten
tions of voting for Gov. Blease. Mr.
Rampey's policies are largely in the
defense of Gov. Blease's administra
tion. On every stump he defends the ,
Governor.
Probably the most conservative can
didate in the race is Mr. Frank Robin
son, of McCormick. He plainly states
that he will vote for Jones, but outside
of that statement he talks issues.' Mr.
Robinson says that it is useless al
most to talk three or four issues when
there will probably be more than a
thousand important issues to settle in
the House. What is needed is good
men, men who will conscientiously
go at each and every question that
arises and will work at it until it is
satisfactorily settled.
Quite a number of tilts have taken
place between Capt Nickles and Su
pervisor Stevenson. Mr. Stevenson is
intn o otumn sneaker of.
UCV Ciupilife liitv >
renown. So far the campaign has de
veloped no unpleasantness among the
candidates.
Mr. Foster Hammond is also making
way on the stump. Heretofore the can
didates for Superintendent of Educa
tion have not spoken on the campaign.
They have established a precedent
Mr. Hammond scores his opponents
on? by one, beginning at "B" and go
in/? down the alphabet, one by one,
and another day beginning at "W" and
going up to "B".
There. are four more days of the
campaign, beginning to-day week at
Antreville, Thursday at Due West, Fri
day at Donalds and Saturday at Abbe
ville. 4
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