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to hang them up to dry." He said
that he had paid Seventy-five Dollars
for the privilege of running for
Railroad Commissioner and that he
was entitled to 18% minutes instead
of 11 minutes, and that he was being
discriminated against, though his
opponents only desired eleven minutes
as they had nothing to tell the
people. He referred to them as "undergrowth."
. For Lieutenant Governor.
Dr. E. C. L. Adams thought that
the' present incumbent had no right
to make the office of Lieutenant Governor
the subject of ridicule. He
criticised Mr. Bethea for going on
the Ford Peace Expedition, referring
to the resolution against preparedness
adopted, on the Oscar n.
Andrew J. Bethea, the present
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Lieutenant uovenior, cuuuucunu
speech by saying that if his opponent
wanted to get there he snould
ride in a Ford, and not a ."Twin Six."
He stated that he was a peace advocate.
He advocated a single term
of four years for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor* stating that
we had too much politics for tine production
of peace, harmony, good
business and prosperity. He favored
tile education of every child in the
state, especially alon? industrial lines
and in home ecomontcs. He favored
a pension for every widow of a confederate
veteran, who was over sixty
years of age. He also was in favor
of appointing women as Notaries
Public and Trustees of Schools.
While he is a peace advocate, he
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Woodrow Wilson and he called on
the people of the State to rally
around the flag under the chief in
the White House.
Candidates for Governor.
Robert A. Cooper was the first
speaker among the candidates for
governor. He was received with
generous applause from every part
of the audience. He referred to his
work as Solicitor in this County for
twelve years and stated that he was
willing to leave the question of the
governorship to the people of Abbeville
County who knew him, and that
he was willing to stand or fall upon
their judgment. He referred to the
Mexican situation, stating that it
looks like we are going to war but
that he hoped some means might be
contrived to settle our difficulties;
that the blood and lives of our boys
misrht be spared.
He said that the people of the
State owed it to themselves to see
that all officers discharged their duties
according to the law and he
pledged himself that if he was elected,
to know no favorites, but to administer
the laws as they are written,
impartially and fairly, to every man,
woman, and child in the State.
He referred the matter of taxation,
stating that there had been
talk of the reduction of taxes since
the first campaign he knew anything
about in 1890, but that instead of
taxes being reduced the State appropriations
have grown from $800,000
to $2,500,000. In other words,
the amount of the appropriations
trebled. He stated that he did not
know whether he could reduce the
taxes or not and that he would make
I no promises along that line, but that |
he would assist the people to ?ee that
every dollar which they paid was ap- ,
propriated to a proper purpose, and
see that the people got "value received"
for the money which they
paid. He stated that the burden of
taxation should be borne equally and
that every man in the State should '
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receive his proportion 01 tne Denenis
therefrom. i
He advocated improvement in the
Rural Schools. He called attention
to the fact that only ten per cent of
the boys and girls of the State are
permitted to enter the institutions of
higher learning, and that ninety per
cent of the people of the State obtain
the only schooling they ever get I
in Ae schools nearest their door. He,.
therefore, advocated a policy of better
schools in the counter. He
thought that the Rural Schools
should furnish to the boys and girls
of the State a course of study equal,
at least, to the first two years of
the present college course, stating
that this was being done in California.
He opposed the granting of
free tuition In State instttutons; his
tow i? that if a key or girl i* unable
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to pay tuition in these institutions i
hp.-or she, should be allowed to bor- i
row the amount from the State and
re-pay it after graduation when the *
egrnipg power has beefi increased. J
In^tffis way the State Institutions *
would, in a great measure, cease : to ?
be a drain upon the people of the *!
State, and the attention of the peo- 11
pie of the State coruto be "given, -in a 0
greater degree, to the development;*
of the Rural Schools. "
He favored a business organiza-' [
tion of the State Government and J,
said that the government should be '
run upon the same business-like me-1v
thods employed by the business man ?
in managing his own affairs. He I"
stated that the institutions of learn- *
ing in the State should be managed *
by one Board of Education instead fe
of a board for every institution, and jv
that one Board should be able to *
handle the institutions of a Charit- *
able nature in the State instead of F
a multiplicity of boards as at pres- v
ent
He advocated the teaching of ag- f
riculture in the pommon schools,
stating that the wealth of the State *
depended upon the production from a
the soil. He stated that the farmers t
of the Country were the wealth pro- t
ducers of the country and that if *
the farms went down the State a
would face starvation and bank- t
ruptcy. As the wealth producers v
of the country are the tillers of the t
soil, he maintained that they were i
entitled to the first consideration in T
the matter of legislation, and that r
they ought to be able to get the best n
advantages to enable them to carry v
on their work, and that legislation "
should be had which would make the g
farm life as attractive to the people r
as it can be made. 9
He advocated the organization or t
management of a warehouse system ii
which would enable the farmers to
store their cotton after it had been 1
made, and to receive negotiable re- v
ceipts therefor which would be re- a
ceived as collateral in the money v
markets of the country so that they
might not be forced to put their pro- C
duct UDon the market at an inoppor- s
tune time. He stated, however, h
that all this could be done without o
the State spending one cent, but af- P
ter the manner in which the Nation- o
al Government controls the matter v
of currency and the money markets c
of the country. s
He stated that real estate was the
best security for a debt but the poor- s
est collateral which a man can offer o
for borrowed money. This,condition n
he would remedy by the adoption of ?
the Rural Credit System and an ex- C
tension of the Torrens Land Regis- (
tration Law, which would prevent s
the payment of money for abstracts, t
of title, etc., and would guarantee o
the title to every piece of land in ii
the country. fi
While all of these matters of legis- r
lation might be carried out, he re- v
minded the people that the legisla- e
ture could only offer opportunity to c
a man to do something and that ev- ii
ery man must work out his own des- ] S
mi i y I _
uny. ine government, ne says, can a
only open the door of prosperity and 1V
it is left to the individual whether he t
will take advantage of it. He de- s
plored factionalism in the State, i r
stating that one administration 1<
would pass some constructive meas- b
ure which the next administration a
seeks to tear down. He thought the h
people of the State, who are all one j a
people, and who have one - common t
interest and destiny, should get to-11
gether and accomplish more for the h
good of the State; and that in the I
development of all the institutions of I
the State the people should work t.
together upon some definite program I
for the betterment of these in- s
stitutions.
He stated in conclusion that he
was running for governor because
he had ever been taught that the
humblest citizen might aspire to the
highest office in the gift of the people;
that no one had brought him
out; that he had asked permission of
no man to run but that he was running
upon his own qualifications,
which he had a right to do, under
the laws and the Constitution of the
State. He urged the people to go to
the ballot boxes and as they registered
their votes to think of their
country and not of their friends,
and to vote as patriots and not as
partisans.
At t.Vin pnneliiainn nf Ma inaai>h hn
waa liberally applauded by his ?
friends in the audience. c
D?aCiuunp?. c
Mr. DesChamps was the next r
speaker. He stated that if the pea- I
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>le voted for him as hard as he was
ironing for them that he would be
sleeted. He referred to the fact thai
le was not being "mentioned suffirtently"
. in the md^tee ot reports oi
he meetings and told his story ol
he guinea rooster and the guinea
en^Uie one crying, "DesChamps,
)esChamps, DesChamps, and the
ther, "That's right ghat's right,
hat's right" He stated that they
vote answered ? bp the Muscovej
Inrk. which was hieard to say. as it
istened to the guinea, "For what,
or what; for what?" Which in turn
fas answered by the Plymouth rock,
i genuine American fowl, as follows:
For gov-n-o-o-o-r." He claimed
hat on his father's sde he was
^rench-English and that on his mother's
side hp was Scotch-Irish, that he
fas also German-Jew, and American
hrough and through. He stated
hat he was raised on sweet milk, gun
>owder and red pepper, and that he
fas fighting conditions that be, and
or things that be not. He was a
riend of the trusts and monopolies,
te said, and everything else that was
forking for the benefit of mankind
nd the glory of God. He stated
hat the very men who ware cursing
he trusts and monopolies belonged
o the' political trust, the worst oi
ill trusts and combines. He stated
hat all other trusts were ~ whitefinged
angels compared to this
rust. He denounced factionalism
a the State, saying that if it were
lot for factionalism he would be the
text Governor. He referred to the
natter of "isms," ridiculing any man
fho allowed himself to be called an
ite," saying that out of these things
tow hell, damnation, rottenness and
uin. He stated that the trouble in
lexico today was a result of facionalism
and referred to factionaljm
in India, the matter of caste, etc.
He advocated a true South Caroina
Democracy, made up of men
rhose hearts were brave and true,
dvocating the laying down of the
rorst and the taking up of the best.
As he concluded his speech Exrovernor
Blease came upon the
tand escorted by from fifty to one
undred men wearing the red badges
f the Blease-McLaurin Club of the
ibbeville Cotton Mill and a few
thers who cheered him vociferously
rhen he commenced and when he
oncluded, as well as throughout his
peech.
John T. Duncan was the next
peaker. He said that if he was sure
f all the votes which DesChamps did
ot get he would not say any more,
le said that the "Bleaseites" took
Jooper for a "Bleaseite" and the
Jonservatives took him for a Conervative.
He referred to the mater
of Cooper Literature being sent
ut by the Columbia State, intimatng
that he thought Cooper was at
irst the choice of that paper. He
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rork done for the afflicted. He statd
that Manning was making his
amoaign on his misfortunes, referr()g
to the fact that he employed a
iuperintendent of the asylum from
nother State and that he did not
now that he could not do this, and
hat he had attempted to raise his
alary without knowing that it was
lecessary to have the consent of the
sgislature to do so, whereby he had
een forced - to pay a considerable
mount of the salary himself which
ie stated Manning was then bragging
bout. He stated that it was wrong
o keep a man like this in office as
here was danger of bankrupting
tim.
He referred to the Fifty Thousand
)ollars appropriation of the legislature
for law enforcement, which
Mease says is a campaign fund. He
aid that Blease ought to know about
his. He stated that if the ballot had
ieen taken on the day the campaign
pened the race would have been beween
Manning and Blease and that
Jlease could not have added to his
'ote and that Manning would have
>een Governor and that this was the
irogramme which the "system" had
repared. He referred to the Elimiiators'
Conference in Columbia two
rears ago. He said that the Conserratives
did not seem to understand
he situation any more than the
and that if Blease would
et the matter alone he would soon
tave the latter in the middle of the
oad. He referred to the fact that
Jlease said two years ago that if we
tad war in Mexico he would lead the
iouth Carolina troops into that
ountry but that he was present tolay
running for governor and did
tot seem ready to volunteer. He
>1m referred to the sympathy of the
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'^afrldidA^es' s6^iiig that' it' was
s not sympathy that was' needed. He
stated that South Carolina stands to
' be disgraced because there are no
; volunteers. He accounts for this by
; saying that. Manning has no magne*
| tism about him and cannot attract
any followers. He stated that he
'wanted to send negroes to war and
11 keep the white boys at home. He
; jumped on John Gary Evans and "the
r System," the /Supreme Court and
: everything else in general. He stated ,
' that in every club there were two
' men appointed by the "System" to
1 watch matters and report to head;
quarters. He claimed credit for
' cleaning out the dispensary political ,
' machine; he states that the liquor
trust was spending money in this
| campaign and that Blease is their ]
! first choice and Manning their se- ,
cond, and that the political system ;
in Columbia was backing Manning
first and Blease. second.
Cole C Bleat*. i
Cole L. Blease was the next speak- i
er and was lustily cheered as he 1
. commenced to speak by about two l
hundred followers in the audience. 1
He read a letter from the Warehouse \
Commissioner, John L. McLaurin, i
stating that he was unable to be in
Abbeville and address the people on J
[ account of the sickness of a son.
He then advised all voters to eni
roll, reminding them that the enroll- 1
, merit two years ago did not entitle '<
i them to vote in this election. He
i referred to the requirements for eni
rollment and the matter of enrollment,
all of which is stated more '
fully in another column of this pa- 1
per.
He stated that he had been told by 1
a responsible man that the report .
had been circulated that he expected ]
to withdraw from the race at an
opportune time and advise his follow
ers to vote for Cooper. He denied
this, saying that nothing but the j
hand of the Almighty could take him '
out of the race: he also stated that '
Cooper had never voted for Blease 1
and that he was not a "Bleaseite," 1
and that therefore he owed him i
nothing. He stated that Manning '
was "gone and don't know it" and '
that he was dodging every campaign 1
meeting possible for the reason that 1
he cannot face the fire. He referred
to a letter carried in the State from 1
Piphord Snnrllav atitinw tlint A W '
Jones, head of the Tax Commission,
paid taxes on an interest in sixty-two
acres of land near Abbeville, returned
in the name of J. E. Jones, et
al., which letter Mr. Sondley had
written as a correction of a former
letter, stating that Jones paid only
a poll tax. We are living, he said,
in the most lawless administration
we have ever had. While the Manning
administration is crying "law
and order" there has been seven
riots in South Carolina during the
seventeen months of his administraItion
and fourteen white men have
been murderously assaulted by nejgroes
and seventeen white women.
jHe said that the Manning adminisItration
had closed up the "blind
! tigers" but those with their eyes
open were still operating. He said
that there had been more criminal
cases commenced in the seventeen
months of Manning's administration
ithan ever before. He referred to
the claim that Charleston had been
;made dry, stating that the process
consisted only of the blind tigers
moving from down-stairs to the upstairs,
quoting a grand juryman of
the Federal Court, from Walhalla,
I stating that the only effect was to
raise the price of "mean liquor"
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J and twenty-five cents per pint. We
have had more special judges in the
; seventeen months of Mannings' administration
than in nine years beJfore
he said, and more special
'courts. He stated that the Manning
administration had been busy making
a place for its pets, referring to
the three members of the Tax Commission
which was costing the State
from Fourteen to Sixteen Thousand
Dollars per year, the Board of
Charities whch apointed a fifteen
hundred dollar Clerk of a Chamber
of Commerce to a position where
i ne was receiving more stumy wan
the Governor. He stated that a
pusher from the Columbia State who
i had been making nine dollars per
; week had been given Fifteen Huni
dred Dollars per year and that they
i were paying a stenographer Twelve
; Hundred Dollars per year and a negro
porter Four Hundred Dollars per
year who did nothing but sit up in
f a sky-scraper and keep cool by an
i electric fan, he referred also to the
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new circuit composed of only one
County costing the people $6,200.00
per year. He said that all of this
was being done at the expense of
the fanner and when the farmor
came in dusty at night and says'.to
the Governor, "Watchman, what of
the night?" the only answer he got
was, "Plow on." He stated that
six to eight thousand dollars had
been spent in cleaning out the penitentiary,
a job which he says he
completed during his administration.
He paid his respects to the Board of
Conciliation and the members thereof,
whom he said were a Bank President
and a large Cotton Mill owner;
a type setter from The Columbia
State and a lawyer from Newberry,
who was attorney for three cotton
mills and three banks, and a brother
of a big Cotton Mill President He
also referred to the Board of Bedew.
He stated that the fifty thousand
dollars appropriated by thtf Legislature
for law enforcement was
nothing but a campaign fund for
Manning and that Manning had appointed
three constables in Newberry
County who were drawing
salaries and doing nothing but working
for Manning. He referred to
the fact that tills rroncy had ;n*t
been appropriated but thr.t the Legislature
had provided that it be borrowed
saying that it wculd be paid
back next year when no election is
an.
He stated that the Superintendent
of the Asylum now receives Six
Thousand Dollars per year, when ht>
had formerly been Secretary of the
State Board of Health at a 3alarjr
of Eighteen Hundred Dollars, and
that he was no1 six thousand dollar
man. He referred to the fact that
he had been criticised for turning
Dr. Babcock out of the Asylum and
for insulting Mrs. Saunders, which
he denied, and criticised Mannings
administration for not putting them
back in if they thought he had done
wrong. He referred to the fact that
during his administration he had
turned every negro office holder out
and that Manning had put them back
in office, and that he had made it so
iot for Manning in Walhalla that he
went to Columbia and turned them
ill out again.
At the conclusion of his speech he
pas handed several bouquets and a
:urry comb with this inscription: j
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senate your enemies sent you thirtysix
of these with which to curry
mules; take this one and curry the
jack-ass es."
Altogether the campaign meeting
was one of the most pleasant ever
h?ld in Abbeville. The people enjoyed
having the speakers with
them and nothing unseemly passed
between any of toe candidates. The
audience was largely composed of
Cooper forces, although Ex-Governor
Blease had a strong following in
the audience. It is* not believed that
any of the other candidates for Governor
had any considerable number
of followers present though each
was given a respectable hearing.
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