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Address of Senator Til! Delivered Before the Sta Democratic Conventior Senator Tillman addressed convention as follows: Mr. President and Fellow citiz First, allow me to thank yo the reception you have given haven't words sufficient to es in fitting terms the gratitude ; for the love and trust the peop South Carolina have always s after they came to know me. I "found myself" at Bennett in 18S5 and began to know for purpose I had been sent int< world. Ever since I have had one object in life-the honor welfare of South Carolina and people. At first, I was distruste* cause of my radicalism and fi ness of speech; but the people learned that I was not a hypo or a liar and that they could de . on what I told them. I served as governor for years. Then they sent me to the ate, and have kept me there since. Four years ago I bade i well to public life and told the pie of South Carolina I would again ask them to re-elect me. health was poor and ? sought to from my labors until my time C? But suddenly and unxpectedly Weir with Germany was forced t: us. Honor, patriotism, and ev thing that men hold dear were in jeopardy. There was nothing us to do but fight. Under tl changed conditions I was confror with this question: "What is my ty?" I knew that I held the im] tant chairmanship of the commi on naval affairs, and besides won the confidence and respect many powerful and influential r connected with the governmi This prestige and influence belo ed to the State more than to If I held to my announced purp not to offer for re-election, t chairmanship and all that went y it would be lost to South Carob After thinking it all over from viewpoints and consulting with friends, contrary to the expr?s: wishes and advice of those I h dearest-my wife and children reached the conclusion that the le I could do was to allow the peo of South Carolina to decide : themselves. Consequently, I of: ed for re-election. I thought it v my duty for these reasons: Carolina's Enviable Position. South Carolina now occupies very enviable position in our pub affairs. The chairmanship of t committee on agriculture in t house and the chairmanships of t committee on naval affairs and t committee on interstate coramer in the senate are held by three its citizens. Long service, hard wo and high character alone can w such high places. Occasionally "i accident" breaks into the senat but after six years he is always elir inated. In the house things are som what different, but in the main tl same requirements there as in tl senate obtain. In both branches < congress men must win their spu: and be worthy of them to contint long to wear them. On March Cth I made the announc ment asking the people of South Ca: olina to re-elect me for the fift time-something that falls to th lot of few men and never has falle to the lot of a South Carolinian i the State's history. I do not fe< worthy of it myself, but then circun stances and not I compel tho situatio The senatorship belongs to the pe pie of South Carolina and no ma: or set of men has any right to pic! the man to occupy it. If the majorit; of the people want any other ma: I want them to have him. Recently sinister rumors began ti be industriously circulated. Thesi reports were whispered from ear t< ear. Most of you have heard then and know to what I allude. I say t( you I have not made and I will no" make any political deal with any mar or set of men. I am in this race tc stay and to win. Other stories have been and are still being industriously circulated. The most pitiless and most pitiful one too, is that I am ' physically unfit and mentally unfit and that my mind is practically gone. My friends in various parts of the State have written me repeatedly of things of this sort that they have heard. The only thing that is of any moment now to you is whether it is .true or false, and that is the reason I cm here -to look you in the face and let you see my real condition. Even if I were able to make speech es on "the hustings" the conditions in Washington are such as will make it necessary for the friends of Pres ident Wilson and the democratic ad ministration to remain at their post I of duty. I feel that I ought to re main there and I will remain there. I In my case it ought not to be neces sary for me to canvass the State. For my public career and my life are an open book and all well informed men in South Carolina already know it. I know I have done great work for the State in more ways than one. The historian will give me credit for other things than the establishment of Clemson and Winthrop Colleges. I have been trying to discharge the duties of my office to the best of my ability both before and since I was paralized. I believe I can do the State more good in the senate now than any other man it could possibly send there. Every man at the navy department and in the senate too, knows that I am performing my du ties as a senator. The secretary of the navy's own paper, The Raleigh News and Observer, had an editorial on it which I will give to the press and let the papers publish it or not, as they see fit. When the democrats came into power the democratic caucus saw fit to give the chairmanship of the com mittee on appropriations to Senator Martin. My friends told me the only reason they permitted it was because they feared the work would kill me and I was given the committee on naval affairs instead. Since the war came on that committee has had as much or more work to do than the committee on appropriations. How I have performed those duties the world knows. Urges Clean Primary. South Carolinians have never been accustomed to seeing their elections carried by money, and looking back over an extended experience I do not remember that any money was ever used in a primary until 1904 in the second congressional district. Since that time I am sorry to say money has been used more and more lavish ly as the years have passed. The pros titution of the primary by the pur chase of votes ought to be stamped out now, once and forever. It is a cancerous growth that should be cut up by the roots. Naturally I do not want to be defeated in my old age but I had rather go down in defeat than enter upon the diabolical and criminal business of attempting to debauch my fellow Citizens. Such con duct is treason. I can justly claim to be the father of the primary system; just as I also claim to have compelled the democra tic State committee to inaugurate the county-to-county canvass. I shall not see this destroyed if I can help it. Blackguards have caused it to de scend into a "mud slinging" match. But the people should remember that it served a good purpose in 1890 when men like Earle, Bratton and Tillman were asking them for their votes, and it may serve a good pur pose again. If it is killed it will be a bad thing for the State and enable the newspapers too often the tools of capitalists and corporations, to "bamboozle" the people and deceive them. This is the message I bring to my people; the world is passing through the greatest crisis in history. It re quires men of wisdom and experience as well as faith and vision to guide the destinies of this nation. The peo ple of South Carolina will decide whether I for another man shall be elected one of their senators. As your senator now, and as chair man of the great committee on naval affairs of the senate I am proud to say to you that when the test came those of us connected with the navy could truthfully tell our people "All is well with the licet." It has con voyed through the submarine zone transports carrying more than five hundred thousand men, and their supplies, and this too without the loss of a single man. "To Hell With Hun Lovers." Feeling as I do , with my record of achievement in the past and with the work I am doing now I am con fident the people will allow me the privilege of serving them further. But, win or lose, I want thc voters of this State to know exactly where I stand on the one issue before them, the war issue, and on this I can but repeat what I have said before :"To hell with all German sympathizers, and thank God for Woodrow Wilson." Following Orders. The preacher was going his night ly round to see that all was locked up safely, when he heard someone prowl ing around in his barnyard. He went cautiously forward, and soon discov ered that it was his laborer, who had been absent for some time with rheu matism. "What are you doing here this time of night?" said the good man. "This cold, damp air can't be good for your rheumatism." Doctor's orders, sir," said the prowler. "What's that? Did he tell you fc> grope around at night?" "Well, no, sir, not exactly; but he said the same thing-he ordered me to eat chicken broth." Use For Coffee Grounds. The question of what to do with the coffee grounds ha* at last been satisfactorily answered. Just dump them into the garden. They contain some valuable fertilizing properties, including a large percentage of nitro gen and a fair amount of potassium and phosphorus.-Popular Science Monthly. Some History of the Kaiser. Mr. Editor: I'm going to give you a lesson in history about the Kaiser. If you will look at the black cancerous growth of German despotic imperialism during thc present war gathered in Belgium and Northern France, Russian Po land and a large strip of Russian territory which extends almost to Petrograd (the Russian capital), it has gobbled np Romania. Serbia, and in its march Southward its tena cl es have hooked in Bulgaria and European Turkey, for yon must remember these so-called allies are merely German vassels, the C/.ar of Bulgaria being a German prince and the Sultan of Turkey a mere profit. The tentacles of the octopus haye crept too, into Asia minor, reached out almost, to the Suez cana' on the west and dug down to the Persian gulf on the South east. Thus the Prussian sword has been thrust through the vitals of Europe the belt resting on the gray north sea and its point piercing the very heart of Eastern Asia anu and resting on an arm of the In dian ocean. Now understand, this war is a war of peoples against Knights, of democracy against despotic auto cracy. The Anglo-Saxon ide?l, which is our ideal, is based on the conception that the government is the servant of the people and exists only for their benefit. The Anglo Saxon ideal reached its fullest ex pression and full fruition in the American Declaration of Indepen dence- Our forefathers dedicated their lives to that ideal and sealed it with their blood. The German ideal of government is diametrical ly opposed to ours. There the in dividual is the servant of the gov ernment and exists only for the benefit of the State-and the state is the Kaiser and his junker aristo crats. In Germany the State is everything, the individual nothing, nothing but a cog in a vast ma chine, and oiled only so the ma chine will run smoothly. Such in dividual liberty as Germany enjoys is permitted only if it does not in terfere with the Hohenzallern inter est and the Kaiser's devine rights. If the German people had got the habit the British had, and the French got a little later, of cutting off the heads of Kings, and ac quired the French and British yearning for self-government, we should have the United States of Europe, world democracy, and there would be no Kaisers and no war to-day. "From Hamburg to Bagdad," rs the triumphant cry of the Pan-German. Soon if this in ternational burgler is not restrained lie will sweep across the Suez Canal into Africa and China, and later on we are to be enslaved, and then the cry will be "Hamburg to ?Jape Town, to the straits of Mag ellan." This looks like a very big 1 world to you, but to the Gerraau : General*staff and the Kaiser it is a place little biger than an orange,and they have decidid, unless you re sist, that they will swallow it al!. Prussia has not attempted to cancel her intentions as regards this country. Liston, if you please to what our Ambassador Gerard, who repre sented this Government in Germa ny for four years, has to 6ay in his tremendously interesting book, "My Four Years In Germany." "l had an audience with the Kaiser in October, 1915. At that time he rose, walked over to me and, put ting his face three inches from mine said: "Remember when this war is over, I'll stand no nonsense from the United States, Just bear that in mind." On another occasion he told Ambassador Gerard "he'd make short work of the United States when he got through with Europe." Here is the Prussian threat against the world embodied in three brief sentences. "One month for Fiance, one year for England and three years for the United States." Then liberty and feedom were to die, Prussian hel mets were to be put upon our heads, and one of the Kaiser's multitudi nous; sons placed in the White House, and the whole bunch of us set to working mud goose-step ping drilling, fighting and toiling , for the benefit of the butcher of Berlin. J. Russell Wright. Miller's Must Furnish Their Own Blanks For Certificates. To the Corn Millers of South Car olina: Hereafter the Food Administra tion will not furnish millern with miller's certificates of corn ground. These can be printed locally or or dered from some printing house. We have arranged with the R. L. Bryan Printing Company and The State, Job Department, both of Co lumbia, S. C. to furnish them. Yours very truly, Wm. Elliott, Food Administrator for South Car olina. We were never better prepared to supply the needs of our friends in warm weather merchandise than we are to-day. Every department of our store is chock full with all of the newest things of the season. We sell the celebrated Walk-Over Shoes for Ladies and Men. We have all of the late styles in the popular leathers. Come in to see them. Large stock of Clothing for Men and Boys. Come in and let us show you through them. We have many things in our Ladies' Ready-to-wear Department that will be of special interest to our lady friends. We invite them in to see these stylish creations. In our Wash Goods Department we have just what you need fer every member of the family. Our prices too are very reasonable. We bought early. ' , Beautiful assortment of Trimmed Hats for Ladies. Come in and let us show you through our large assort ment. Stylish Straw and Felt Hats for Men and Boys. See our good values in Panamas. Let us show you through our large stock. ISRAEL MUKASHY NOTICE We pay the highest cash prices for guano, cotton seed meal and oat sacks. See rae at Rubenstein's store at Edgefield, or L. Weiner's store at Johnston. L. WEINER. Just received a large line of Silk Skirts in solid and stripes. Come in to see them. 1. Mukashy. Now is the time to protect your crop from hail. I can place you in a good company. I can also pro tect your home with tornado insur ance. E. J. Norris. LOST-On Friday an Automobile tire, 34x4 between Edgefield and Gaines, or between Gaines and B. A. Hunters. Tire was on rack. Reward if returned to G. McG. Smith, Green wood, S. C. Cotton Seed Wanted! If you are through planting bring me your surplus Cotton Seed. I am paying market price. Also have Meal and Hulls for sale. J. G. ALFORD, Oil Mill. .^..^?UMi .^, uuammpm-Hill -----i ?? ? ? i 8 Farmers of Edgefield County We take this means of announcing that we have pur chased the stock of hardware from E. M. Andrews Fur niture Company at 1289 Broad street, and will continue the business at the same stand. We invite the farmers in Edgefield county to come in to see our large stock of Plantation Hardware. In addi tion to plow stocks, plow gears, plow steels, harness, we carry a full line of shop tools of all kinds. Do you contemplate doing any painting? If so, see us before buying your paint. We have everything the farmer needs. See us when in the city. Whittle & Plunkett 1289 Broad St. Augusta, Ga.