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I,T *7 V Cole L. Blease B< Uio < 1 HO K Former Governor Declares He is in ? Race to Serve State?Attacks the ^ Administration. <r C< Lexington, May 21.?Cole L. Blease, ex-governor and candidate for governor in the coming campaign, ? addressed a large gathering at Rikard's ew flour mill, eight miles from the county seat, yesterday. The former governor was applauded fre- " quently. Vi g< | Mr. Blease declared tnat ne was I not running for governor now be- jj I cause he wanted the job, but he was I running hecause he was representing I the great band of "reformers" which I was organized in 1890, and because,at ~ I a conference of the followers of this n I movement Jwldin. Columbia, at which I?'1 I there were 262 pepresentative South, 9 Carolinians present, he was called jdl I upon again to lead the fight for the ' I people. He said that he had en- tl I deivored then, as he had endeavored;tl I before, to get another to take up the si cause; but to this they would not H accede and he was now running be- L I cause he felt that he could be of st I service to his people, not to himself. e< I Mr. Blease declared that no living st I man knew the reasons which moved lo I him to resign as governor four days S( I before his term expired, but one of w I them wa3 to give the Baptists of sj -A I South Carolina an opportunity w . I have it said that one of their best and | I greatest men, the late C. A. Smith of sj Timmonsville, had been governor. S1 I Law and Order. ts I Mr. Blcase charged that more white P' I women had been assaulted by ne- 'J1 I groes since he left the governor's I office than in the ten years before; 14 a I more white men have been killed by 88 I negroes in South Carolinia since he P< I gave up the governorship than before * I and yet, he said, pepole talk about w I law enforcement and accuse the 41 I T.Iease administration of lawlessness. a] I All this crime is not being perpetu- m | a ted by "Bleaseite convicts" either; ' ?' of fVio on nr. g< for, he said, omy iwv UUV vi vuv moos number of 1,575 that received w I pardons or paroles from him had a I since gone wrong, according to the r* I best information obtainable. The ?* speaker charged that nine crimes out w I of every ten in South Carolina are 9( I committed by his political opponents, lt I not his admirers. He said that a day I or two ago he was asked by a man G if he would turn out the convicts as * he did before if he were again elect- SI ed, he replied that he would not, be- s.t cause they were not in the peniten- ll( I tiary and on the chaingangs to turn ?* oat?he had cleaned things out dur- m I ing his four years in the governor's ?] I office, he said. I Six convicts had received pardons ^ or paroles from the present governor on Friday, he said, and, according to the reports, they were pardoned at the suggestion of the pardon board, * to whom strong petitions had been made; but during his administration lie had no need for a pardon board, J lie went down to the penitentiary and opened the gates. The law then, " as now, provided for a pardon board " end he ?ave these positions to his ^ friends, but acted purely on his own ^ initiative he declared, saying further F that he was governor, "and even my bitterest enemies won't deny that fact." Mr. Blease said that the present governor is not the governor of the people, but the "acting governor controlled by corporate interests ana " born with a silver spoon in their mouths." Plea for Education. The speaker made a strong appeal . for education, asserting that the hope of the country deper. Is upon the education of the boys a>\d girls. He . scored the legislature for what he J. tremed extravagance in its appropriations to Clemson, Winthrop and other higher institutions, and for alleged inequality in the distribution of pub- . lie funds to the rural schools. Nobody on earth knows and nobody will ~~ ever know, he said, how much money R Clemson college gets. He said that L the average country boy and girl !" ' could never reach the point where V they can enter these collgees and that ^ the free scholarships are handed out j* to the rich?to those who are amply able to pay for their children's schooling. , Mr. Blease said that when he turned Dr. Babcock out of the asylum his opponents declared that no other man eoold fill his place; that the insane B had been treated unfairly and the asylum itself ruined, but as soon os the other forces came into power, y< they put in a man who used to be ^ secretary of the State board of health '? eolowr 1 QOn a ttoo> of Via I Ol head of the asylum, with a salary of $6,000, more than the salary of the ^ governor. He said that the present superintendent of the asylum lives in a house in the city of Columbia and practices medicine every day "and ~ they told you that Dr. Babcock was U the only qualified man for the place!" The speaker said that there was no *5 stronger Bleaseite in South Carolina " today than Dr. J. W. Babcock. c* a ?.i i rt miac&i LUC Licgmaiuic. ? The legislature was scored for ce creating new offices, among them the State board of charities and corrections. "If any man can show me oi where this office has done a dollar's di worth of good I'll vote for that man for governor," he said. He charged that the secretary of the board receives more than the governor of the State, adding the amount for expenses. ef The former governor charged that fc there are two men in the State holding commissions under the present ar governor as constables who have never made a raid in their lives. One a, of these, he said, works in a cotton cs mill and receives $3 a day for being et constable?all to build up a political y campaign. th / He declared that he would not at- ai tack any man's personal character it during the campaign, but he would take care of himself in the event his N own was attacked. ai The head of the State convention, ss egins State Campaign [r. Blease said, was one of the lead>tr onrnnratinn lpWV(?rS ?T1 the UP" l6 w ? mntry, being attorney for the West n Union Telegraph company. The lease people offered the convention fanner instead, but he was "turned jwn" for a corporation man. He lid that the reason he suggested Gov anning as a member of the "big >ur" to the national Democratic conjntion was because he respected the jvernor's office, not because he has le grain of respect for Richard I. [anning. He hooted at the idea of saying lat factionalism was dead, charging lat the present administration cared everything its own way by the se of the "steam roller," showing le strongest sort of bias aud prejuice. Mr. Blcase said that he was glad rat the convention had turned down le request of the warehouse eommis- r oner for a place on the programme, e said that he had told Mr. Mcaurin to follow the campaign this tt - V?rt ko/1 nrnmln. limner, ne umiscn, ?<. uuu 1, would announce from every ;ump that Mr. McLaurin would fol>w and if the people wanted to learn >mething about the warehouse they ould wait after the others had >oken. No Place for Factions. In conclusion, the former governor iid that it was a disgrace to the tate to hear people going around ilking about "Bleaseism" and "Maningismthat there is no such thing i i existence, and it has no place in outh Carolina. "I'll ask no man for vote, I am honest aoout that," he ud. "My only desire is to show the aople of my State what is going on; care nothing about your votes. The | hole matter hinges itself on one lestion: Are you for the people or e you for the corporations?the oneyed interests?' At the conclusion of the former jvernor's speech, Claude N. Sapp, ssistant attorney general, delivered ' strong adress. He came as a repssentative of the attorney general's fice, in the absence of Mr. Peeples, , ho was detained at, his office on ac>unt of important business matters, was announced. The meeting was presided over by eorge Bell Timmerman, who was inoduced to the audience by Senator , harpe, who said that he was not rong enough to stand the strain. So:itor Timmerman, intrduced the Jier speakers, but before doing so, ade a brief address, announcing his j vn candidacy for reelection to the fice of solicitor of the Eleventh cirlit, a position he has held for 12 ' jars. He renewed the promise he 1 ade during his first candidacy, the -omise to serve the people by distarging his duties without fear or ivor. ' Col. E. J. Watson, commissioner of 1 jriculture, who had accepted an in- ] tation to make an address, could >t be present. Col. Watson sent a 1 >te of- regrets by T. P. Huffman, in 1 hich he said that his throat was in j ich condition that he could not , ?eak above a whisper. Successful Target Test. The use of motor trucks and arored automobiles has already been j jmonstrated in actual warfare, but ; remained for the American troop o wow nViocinor Pancho Villa in Mex O iivn vuMwt.>0 . o, or guarding the border, to demlstrate the feasibility of putting ] dinary touring cars to military use. , A few days ago an Overland tourn car was driven north of Columis, N. M., by United States artillery- ' en. A machine gun was mounted i the tonneau and targets were ed at, with the macmne iravcimg id at a standstill. The test was reported to be very 1 iccessful. It was found that a ] uring car was fully as logical and < i feasible as a truck for the pur- , >se. The demonstration proved ' lat the vibration of a gun being ed does not swerve the aim a parcle. In fact, the car barely is taken. The objection to cramped larters was also conclusively disissed when it was shown that four , en could ride comfortably in the , ir with the gun. i Death ot a Veteran. McCormick, S. C., May 20.?M. M. i rown, one of the oldest residents of ] te county, died at his home last , hursday at the advanced age of 74 >ars. When the call fr volunteers as made for the War Betweent the 1 tates, Mr. Brown went as a member j :t he Hampton Legion, and was ansferred to Company K. 15th egiment, S. C. Volunteers, and I jrved with distinction throughout -1 le war. At the time of his death i was a member in good standing of ( amp Wade Hampton, No. 1064, nited Confederate Veterans. Mr. Brown was born in this coun- ] r and has lived her eall of his life, i e is survived by his wife and six uiaren, two sisters aria nve Dre- ^ ters. Interment was at McCormick metery on Friday morning. ' For each agreeable thing you hear f : others you will hear forty-seven , sagreeable ones. LIV-VER-LAX ACTS SURELY, SAFELY. . ( Just because you are feeling the ill < Fects of a torpid liver is no excuse , ?r buying a harmful medicine that >o hrrmtrht nbvsionl rlocnv +Vinn<s. ids. Calomel is dangerous and as reryone knows has very disagreeable id weakening after effects. Medi- i tl science has found a natural, veg- 1 able remedy, GRIGSBY'S LIV- j ER-LAX that thoroughly cleanses i le liver and bowels without causing ; ly bad feeling. Children can take 1 with perfect safety. Every bottle i jaranteed. 50c and $1 a bottle, i one genuine without the lieness < id signature of L. K. Grigsby. For i tie by any druggist. |i SPENT 1600 IN HUNT FAR m If Ill/Ill I V/ll lll-l.IL FATHER TELLS OF TERRIBJ SUFFERING HIS DAUGHTER ENDURED. Just two and a half bottles of Tt lac have banished in three (3) wee the stomach trouble with which M Mary G. Kernels, of 16 Hammett ? Anderson, S. C., suffered and whi< during the preceding eleven (1 months had caused her to have least two hundred (200) convulsioi said her father, G. W. Hale, of Hammett Stv, Anderson. Mr. Hale said he, with others, h laid out Mrs. Kernels body at lei two hundred (200) times during t past eleven (11) months, each til thinking her dead. "I hoped a really was dead," he said, "so 8 would not have to longer endu that awful suffering." Mr. Hale's statement follows, a it is one of the most remarkable ti has yet come to the attention of t Tanlac representative: "For five years my daughter, M Mary G. Kernels, suffered after e* ing, the most severe attacks of in< geation. We had tried every way find relief for her suffering, but wil out success. She had even be under the knife at a hospital, duri the past year we spent at least ? hundred ($600) dollars for docto: bills for her, but Tanlac was the or medicine which gave her relief. Ta lac is the greatest medicine on earl "Her suffering was so intense a: so terrible that it caused her to into a kind of convulsion. We h laid her out, thinking she was de at least two hundred (200) times the past eleven months. Scores times when she was laid out, I hop that she really was dead, so she wot; not have to longer endure that awi suffering. "But, she was relieved in just ta (2) weeks by Tanlac, and now, f teen (15) days after she began ta ing it, she is up and goes out visitir though she had been confined to h bed six (6) weeks before she beg taking Tanlac." Mrs. Kernels, who lives at 16 Hai mett St., said: ''I suffered frc chronic stomach trouble, and steadi became "vorse despite all treatmei Last stimmer I was twice operat on, without gaining relief. I w told my case was hopeless, but I l ?an taking Tanlac and the very fii dose decreased the intensity of tho awful attacks which followed ea meal. I have taken two and a hf (2 %) bottles of Tanlac, and ha gained ten (10) pounds in weight, am doing my housework now, and not suffer those attacks." Mrs. Kernels' father and his wii tier husband and a neighbor we present during these conversations. Evans Pharmacy, Anderson, w be pleased to answer any inquiri regarding the above statements. Tanlac, the master medicine, sold exclusively by P. B. Speed, A beville; J. H. Bell & Son, Due Wej E. A. Fuller & Co., McCormic Cooley & Speer, Lowndesville. Pri 51 per bottle straight.?Adv. McCORMICK. Miss Connie Morrow, who taug the Buffalo school the last two ten has returned to her home in Nor Carolina to spend her vacation. Miss Mamie Stui'key, who taug school at Tillman, S. C., return home Saturday to spend her summ vacation. Miss Leslie Newman of Gree wood, is visiting friends in McCc [nick. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Cothran of A justa, were guests here last week Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Rheney. Mrs. J. C. Brown spent sevei days last week in Augusta. Miss .Timnifji Millpr nf Pin Branch, spent several days here la iveek with Miss Winnie Thurmond Misses Mamie Patterson, Lu Brown and Clifford Beckum spe last week-end in Augusta. Mrs. J. D. Ashmore is spendii several days in McCormick with h daughter, Mrs. A. J. Hendrix. Mrs. Mattie Carroll is spending while in Florida. Col. H. C. Tillman and Mr Dagna candidates for Congress, paid M Cormick a visit during last wee Both of them have some friends hei F(>rmpntwl Win?. Orlando, Fla., May 20.?The coi mittee appointed last year to stu< the problem as to whether wine us< at the communion should be fermer ed, submitted two reports. The m jority concluded the matter shou be left as it is in that each chur iecide for itself. That report w adopted. The minority reported th Christ used fermented grape jui and that fermented wines should 1 used now. RASTUS WR J Pantervil R. F. D. maigh 22. .1 J J!J 1_ _ 1 _ uoer eaaitur?i tcnoae you woo LE " ' recernue a sho nuff coarespondint a give me ther job when you seen ho' i put it doun. a felar whitch Is 1 the kuntrie ken keap you betai^poas m" ed then a toun man. i sea thet th jlcs ;Medum hes taiken up dote, this i rs. > * j. J jest like the Medum. it seams tc :h,' mea that you hev got them on th 1) | run, when a man coppies arter yoi you is it, en when i seed that th flS ' Medum wus runnin arter dote whe jyu flung him overhoard i sais tc ' miself, the Medum is follern. i se ac* thet you have maid them put on ^ corntest, en git ernother eddutor, e ke by a ordomorebil, an now thay i ne follern after you wid dote, whic he has alreddy bin taiken in by Mannic offis hoalders. i knose dotes riti lre frum reedin it in yore paiper, an sees that his letar in the medum i n(* ritten by one of the offis hoalders ui der mannin. i sees that jon Mat Laurin sais as how one in twenty \ a offis hoalder under mannin an i rs* cose evry wun of them kin tel yo a^" why mannin shood be illicted. bu it seams that they kennot keap theii selves konvinced of it as they keap sayin it oaver an oaver to theiraelve en an evryboddie else. We wil tai nc i -m J.L. 1?i.. 1 ?- 11 ? Kare ux me sote nous oms noaiaeri !1* whitch is ritin letars ter ther paiperi 1:8 enny ole offis hoalder kin alwais gi lly up a excoos ter keep hisself in offh boath r. e. hill an dolph jones, white! was up frum columby sattidy ca: n toll you all bout this, but w men in the kuntrie whitch is fre a*j white is goin ter doo ther voatin i; . this rais an dont you forgit it neethe we is not voatin fur a guvner tha orders dote to sit doun and then gi ^ up, an becos he done it, thinks h ?uj orter voat fur him. we is fur a mai (whitch ken run the guvnerdmint with out havin sixteen hunderd boards e: NO new offis hoalders, an we is goner gi it: we want you ter look in ye books an sea how menny new offise ej! hes bin ereeated by Mannin sints h an is guvnar and how mutch sallery w is now payin theas offis hoalders. w think it wil maik sum of the\ offi im hoalders write in black sum moar te ily | - - - ? j^RKRRfiuyysaaR as a 1 A S I PR( ill [ J - i WOULD YOU S is I j lieved for a few cei b- [ 3 to yourself and ym ?| r J Have you NERV< ce j j are constipation, cc II head, heart flutter, (J ing of heaviness aft C IF YOU HAVE K ht j | tion does not apply th &c you have :fSj Ner IJ n [ 1 and we have the R ,r- i J pared for only one I Bj positive are we of A ?u; S, REFUND the pure !j COULD ANY OFF ii I er I * E i The Remedy for on a j| Fails. >i. ! ?|j FO e f! IN 1 J Bowoenit j s It j! "Think Over It!" ' as 11 W1 [vmrnmnsmmnm * 1TES LITICAL DOPE \ j 1 try ter kiwer up ther jobs whitch ' ,/l A*r aiw u viiwjr au iiuoiuiiii I n we had a grate time at our alfalfar j w barbeku. it wus a grate success. ] n cusin Jon hortin was thear, and so \ wus hennery tilman, ben's boy, en j gorge mergill, en mr^merkord from j ie greanwod, en so wus cusin Klide en ^ is so wus fimitoor Kar whitch rode up ] !r ter ther barbeku with cusin Elide in < his new mersheen whitch you maid l - him by ter keep up with you. is fur- ] x' nitoor Kar runnin with cusin Elide < e en cusin Jon or is he jest ridin? i j n heerd him say that him an cusin Elide ] :r come up on shores jest like you work \ a a crop on half, he sed that cusin y a Elide funisht ther mersheen en ther j n gasoline en tfcit he furnisht ther 1 is hash an ther gas. as soon as i got h thare i seed em boath at the taibal, j is an cusin klide staid jist with him til y n he got his dinar an he wus rite. < 1 cusin jon was lookin smilin an hap- 1 18 pie. but it do seam ter mea that if J l" cusin jon is fur ther poar man it is 1 time fur him ter oapen up his bank 13 an let us poar men have sum munny n at strait intrust, 6 per cent, if he ^ ttrottfo a Iamm wtil ? WJI5 IVUC, TTC VTIX ^IVC IV VC1 I him an let ther intrust run rite on. ^ )g as i sed in mi last letar i hoped i we wood soon hev rane, en we now k hev it. hs soon as mi letar come out j 3 in the press an banner it cummenct , tec cloud up en now we have ther < it Q ;]| ?you want i e ij: ?you want i n |j; ^mmm ?you want t t j|! ?you want i t ij: ?you want i e >\' ?you want ? n M h ;; ?you want i II i ?you want a lt i | ?you want j 8 ij; i All of which are sold < ! W. E. JOHNSOI TRAIG )P05IT UFFER from any disease its? Do you wish to conti ir iamily: _ OUS INDIGESTION? the >stive bowels, dizziness, dull constant headache, L er meals, sleeplessness. [OT THESE SYMPTOMS to you. BUT if you have 1 rous Indige; emedv to Relieve you. T jiijgfe, NERVOUS INDI this remedy will \ has^orice on your own st ER BE MORE FAIR? CALL FOR iTKTJ^ Ill V ily one Disease. A Positiv< 64 DOSES FOR $1.00. R SALE ONLY BY THI Simpson D VOUR MONEY BACK. IY CONTINUE TO SUFI ane. i guess tho that the maimjpi jffls hoalders will t#lf you as h'aw iolph brought it tip with him friuot. . culumby an that Mannin had it maidi xr fit ther krops of abvul counties lest as he has fitted the offises tor* ;her pollertishuns. en he wil jiKol fai* n^aava i4> Ktt oil fVio ?\mo UUOl WA J/A VVTC At/ IJ J Oil VUC MW, lv-? whitch is in ther offises unless ifc i? lick sonlj*. dix has cm out stoat:. n the rais fur ther guynar. your/. cen tell jest where he stands e?yon* will sea. i sais ter dix, who is japt tur fur guvnar, an dix said "beflri lir good men." now that is .the* \ . waigh fur a man ter cum out an tell , iow he stands, if a man kennot cum. >ut fur wun let him taik boath. he urnt that from wide bradlie wh/ezfe. le runned ther press an bannar am , iver sints if you ask him he wil cum. *ite out but dix is illicted by the peepul whitch is us an he can erfordL ter cum out, but wun of theas felars whitch hoalds his offis by pintmint 'rum the guvnar he sii.gs ther taaq?j 'Whose bred I eet, his song i sing." i sea that mannin forgot ter saigiai n his paiper as is tellin all he did, what he done with that too thousand iolars whitch he axed ther legerla.? tur fur ter run ther offis of ton*Peeepuls, ther turney generel whitchbL. tie colefooted an give back. yours til next time, rastus macknite. ??????? ??? Submarine Warfaia. London, May 19.?Sir Edward Grey^. foreign minister announced in can?nons that the British minister afc~ Vatican informed the government" ;hat representatives had.been made? >y the Vatican to Germany withA*. i dew of inducing Germany to abaa? Ion submarine warfare. ? i Watch i r: a Watch Bracelet ' j ? ' i Lavalliere J lz i Ring ; g . i Bar Pin , i h a Card Case \\?' .,;|S Wedding Present ] i Graduating Present ? and guaranteed 6$ j ^ The Jewefer r nmmaiiuitfiinaamiugg iHT || ION I if you could be re- [ i ; nue to be a burden I . 3 symptoms of which j K swimming of the | p' oss of appetite, feel- I j|; 5 then this proposi- j | ;hese symptoms then g i, mon jl his Remedy is preGESTION, only so S give, that we WILL SB atement. SE Hi m EE 1 || e Money Back if it I | iniflf to ll IUQ VVi gK'.' "Think Over It." ?j| FER? Si fiffiRrafyyysafiy^ 1 .. V'.x