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NOT "DADDY" OF BLEASEISM. Senator Tillman Set? Noble Task for John Ii. Nt. I MU in. Washington. Nov. 2.-That John L. McLaurin, as a pen nance duo tho people; of South Carolina, undertake to destroy nieaseisin, is suggested hy Senator Tillman In a statement which ho has Issued In reply to charges made hy Mr. McLaurin in his recei:t speech before a gathering of Blease followers in Columbia. Mr. Tillman says that if McLaurin will, he can destroy Uleaselsm better than any other man In the State, and that ho (Senator Tillman I will help him. Mr. Tillman's statement in as follows: I read in the South Carolina pa lters John L. McLaurln's farewell ad dress, or statement, withdrawing from the Governor's race and bidding : adieu to politics forever, lt. is a pa thetic utterance pathetic because it is the swan son;; of a very brilliant man, who failed to be a very great ' niau because he lacked tho moral fibre to always Ix- true to himeslf and his convictions of right rather than allow ambition and selfishness to war)? him. His life, in a way. is. a sermon, which young men every where ought to take to heart. Noth ing in the State's history is more lamentable. If he had only been 1 true to true Tillmanism. Ki which he 1 says he was converted in 1910, he ' woiil 1 lie ll) tlx" I'llitCti States Senate ; now and would bo au ornament tn it. 1 Itel ie veil Him a Traitor. McLaurin .-ays: "lt is the irony of fate that I. who suffered most IlljllS- ' lice from Tillman personally, should : w be the sole defender ?if Tillman- ' ism."' There are two things about this statement upon which I desire to : comment. 1 never did have any per sonal ill-will towards .lohn L. Mc Laurln and have none now. I de nounced him in the Senate because I believed lu* was a traitor to the people of the State who had sent him 1 there. The people were convinced that my charge was true and have ' sustained it whenevr they had an ' opportunity. When he says he is "the sole de fender of Tillmanism," he means among those Bleaseites to w aom ho 1 was speaking. He, of course, knows there are tens of thousands of Till man ites, som? of whom voted for and some, against Governor Blease last year, who have never wavered in their adherence to Tillmanism as they understand it. and as he now understands it. Charles Carroll Simms outheroded Herod in his Bleaseism, proclaiming that it is higher than Tillmanism. He illustrates Byron's couplet: ' Ile stood a foe with all the zeal Which young and fiery converts feel." i Kutta An Anarchist. Ile is. no doubt, as sincere in his Bleaseism now as he was in his Haskellism ii. 1890. He never un derstood Tillmanism at all. Inherit ing a grand name he thought he was an aristocrat and has ended bj be coming an anarchist, and wants to run into the Governor's office on demagogery. Truly "politics does make strange bed fellows;" and if th?- Tillnianitos who deserted me last year on account of Blease vote for Simms for Governor, it will be a re markable transformation. lt will only show how wild men can become when their political passions are aroused, and how litt hi wisdom, or reason, governs their actions. Wise to Withdraw. There are SOIIH- things about Mc Laurin's statement that aro very ad mirable, and I sa> now that I. for the first time since 1 denounced him on the door of the Senate, believe he has ai last become a patriot and wants to do t lie State all the service be can during the balance ot' his life. Of course, he has played poli tics so long and Used diplomacy so much that oven now he cannot drop the role al! at once. I ha\<> fell here tofore that he was trying to 'come back" into politics under the spur of ambition, and I still believe that was bis motive. 1 have been hoping that Governor Blease would endorse him as a successor in the Governor's of fice, feeding that that, would be enough to damn both of them in the eyes of the people. Mut Blease had too much political sense to make sucli a blunder as that, and McLaurin ' is wise in withdrawing once for all into private life. Disowns tin- Pittcniitiy. Tillmanism is charged with being the father of Bleaseism. Tillman disowns tlx- paternity, except as a bastard. Bleaseism is the incestu ous child of unscrupulous ambition on tho body ot' 'Tillmanism. Blease has "Stolen the livery of Heaven to serve* the; devil in" that is all. ami bas done it very adroitly. He has stolen most of his thunder from my speeches, I was the originator of the phrase. "To hell with the consti tution." 1 used it in Chicago, and have always, In season anil out of season, whenever I have spoken on the subject, proclaimed that lynching ought to follow rape. Yet thia has been Blease's stock in trade. He has used it whenever opportunity of fered, and tho people have such short memories they have forgotten that the idea is mine. Blease is a past master at demagogy. That is how he has deceived the people so. A Shrewd Politician. "What McLaurin says about "fac tionalism making South Carolina a little Mexico" ls all too true; and 1 agree fully with what he says about the necessity for the good and true men of both factions getting togeth er, and electing a Governor who will be Governor of all the people and not the Governor of "his friends" only. McLaurin has always been a shrewd poiitclan, and he realizes fully, as all thoughtful men must lealize, that the loud-mouthed shout ers at the Blease banquet are "office seekers" and nothing more. The statement. "I don't suit them; (hey don't suit me. so 1 had just as well be a man; that is better than being Governor," is very, very ad tnirbale. But I would have liked it better in this form: "I do not suit them; they do not suit me, so 1 will lie ;i man hereafter, and my own 111 a 8 not a slave to ambition. That is better than being Governor." Should Work for the People. McLaurin has such great ability thal it is .. pity his brains can he ol' no service o the people in a public .areer now that ho has come to his tenses. I agree with him that his political career ls ended, bul he is >till a citizen ol' South Carolina, and herc ate many avenues open to him for doing the people service. Ile should seek out the one which he 'ikes best ?mil work for the better ment of the Stat?' and its citizens. Ile has no equal in the Slate as a ttltmp speaker. I know localise I trained him. as he himself will ac k nowledge. If McLaurin will run for the failed States Senate in order to be permitted to speak al the meetings [he rules of the party would bar him if he were not a candidate-he can analyze and thus destroy Bleaseism far better than any other man I know of. He can do what my health will DO longer permit me to do, and make Amends for his past sins and bin i ilers. Suggests Pennaiice. If I had been able to make even three speeches in South Carolina last year I do not believe Blease would ever have been elected Governor, and if I were able now or dared to ni uki speeches he could not be elected tc the Senate. Because I have faith in my own honesty of purpose and pa triotism and think i count show be yond possibility of doubt thal he i. II II fit to come to Washington as :i Senator from South Carolina and it no more to he trusted than was Mc Laurin. I would undertake io dc Ibis anyway had not tho physicians ill of them, warned mo that it would result in my death while speaking. I un willing to dir for the State if nee .ssary, hut I realize only too sadlv hat my strength now is not equal tc the task, and I can no longer pin) lio rolo of t he gladiator on the liusl ngs. lt may bo that the good (?ot viii rtstore my strength so that .viii be able to take the risk. But i Mcl..uirin, as a pennance, will under ake tlx- work, lhere will be no neel vhatever for me to speak a wotil Ml the moral force I possess and .ealize 1 have a great deal of i imong my fellow citizens will bi exerted in this tight Tor decency ii State potties. Cause ol' Insomnia. The most common cause of Insom lia is disorders of the stomach am oust ipat ion. Chamberlain's Tablet: orreet these disorders and enabh on io sleep. For sale by all deal TS. adv. The world would be a much pleas inter place if it cost $5,000,000 t< ake om a poetic license. Kl ll' LA XVII VF. FOB SICK CHILI) ttlVK u< ALII 'OH MA NY Kl P OF FIGS. '(causes Tender Little Slimmed Liver, Bowels Without Injury. Lvery mother realizes that this i lie children's ideal laxative an ihyslc, because they love its pleat mt taste and it never fails to effei i thorough "inside cleansing" witl nit griping. When sour child ls cross, irrit; de, feverish, or breath is bad, st< nach sour, look at -the tongue, nu lier! If coated, give a teaspoonfi >l "California Syrup of Figs," and i i lew hours all tho foul, constipate vaste, sour bib' and undigested foo Kisses out of the bowels and yo nive a well, playful child agaii When its little system is full of coli hroat sore, lias stomach ache, ilia boca, indigestion, colic-remcmbi i good liver and bowel deann ihoilld always be the Hist treat mei given. Millions Of mothers keep "Callfo ilia Syrup or Figs" handy; flu know a teaspoonful to-day Raves m k child to-morrow. Directions fi babies, children of all Ages at grown-ups are plainly on each bottl Ask your druggist for a 50-C6 bottle of "California Syrup of Figs Beware of counterfeits sold here. G the genuine, made hy "California K Syrup Company." Refuse any oth fig syrup with contempt. adv. ? MR. LEVER'S 1 TO C Interesting; Letter from Forn Cristobal-He Accompan Party on River Chagres Agricultural Committee Corozo Palm-Facts that tics of the Canal Zone in I (By S. P. KISTO 13AL, Canal Zone, Oct. 27. -Editor Keowee Courier: Last year I sent Tho Courier a lotter about our senior Senator. In this letter I wish to write of the visit of our senior member of the House of Representatives to the Canal. Ac companied by Mrs. Lever and by Mrs. and Judge O'Hair, of Illinois, who dele..:- ?1 Ex-Speaker Cannon at the hist election, Mr. Lever gave me the pleasure of taking him for motor boat trip on the Chagras. Mrs. Lever is an exceedingly lovely and attractive lady, of a pronounced blonde type, while Mrs. O'Hair is a beautiful brunette. I evidently pays to he a successful statesman in more ways than one. but 1 will venture that it was more the man than the statesman which won out in both these cases, for these gentlemen Im pressed me with their simple manli ness before I found out that they also richly deserve tho title of "statesman." A good many years ago 1 heard Mr. Lever, in Columbia, commence a speech with the statement that bc "made no pretenses of being a statesman.'' This was so refreshing ly in contrast with a good many ut terances I had heard that 1 sat up and paid attention; and when he finished I commented to myself that "there is more of the statesman in bini than he or most of us know." He has grown since those days. Now chairman of the Committee on Agri culture-custodian of the expendi tures of hundreds of millions of dol lars per year-(easily one of the three or four most Important posi tions in Congress.) this unassuming little man is really the "Little Giant" of Hie Palmetto State. His size reminds me of the story of Al exander Stephens and Hob Tombs. Yon all know how Tombs told the people tiiat he could swallow the lit tle fellow Stephens whole, when the latter replied. "Yes. and you would have more brains in your belly than you've got in your head." Well, Mr. Lever has brains-real, I've, actives grey matter, too. He showed it on this trip. His interest took in everything. He wanted lo know about the rain-fall on the ('bagres. I told bini that the rain on the water shed in a year would fill a ditch as big as Catlin locks (lld hy .",() feet), which would extend from the North to the South Pole, (over :'.<>n billion cubic feet), ile asked about the relative size of the river. I told him it was the smallest river ol' equal fame in the world - the .Ionian ?3 just a little larger. At the entrance to Culebra Cut it is about the size ol' the Tiber at Home. Among Amer ican rivers it approximates the Mer rimac. Ile asked about the Vege tation on its banks, and I showed him a giant wild fig tree, bigger than ?ive oaks; the guyacean, whoso timber is the hardest and heaviest in the world; tho cspave. which is of the mahogany family, worth $80 a thou sand; the corozo palm, which boars I?0 pounds of oil per annum, richer than oleomargarine; the Panama hal palm, which produces a fiber stronger than cotton; and orchids whose beauty millionaires buy at high prices at home. There was para grass, rich food for cattle, cov ering tho bottom of the Canal like a carpel; guinea and bermuda grass swarming over the bills; rubber and cocoa trees in the woods ?ind all soils of tropical fruits around the vil lages in the valley. The ladies seemed to have eyes open for everything. Mrs. O'Hair photographed a big Hg tree growing out of an old abandoned French dump car. Mrs. Lever took the wheel and became the first lady from South Carolina to navigate with her own hands the waters of the Canal. Mrs. O'Hair also taking her turn and showing that ladies from Illinois can do other things beside vote and look pretty. Mr. Lever gave interesting com ments on matters political as we wont along. Ho showed how tariff reform alone was not all we needed: thal a crying necessity was a better means of the distribution of pro ducts. Ile commented on Mr. Cal houn's lack Of humor that possibly this was tho one aspect which made so much of a tragedy of tho great statesman's career. He linked Presi dent Wilson with our old teacher, Dr. Woodrow, ns an instance of a family tendency to combine intellect VISIT ?? I :ANAL ZONE. icr Walhalla Boy Now at icd Congressman Lever and and on Land-Chairman of a Big Man-Great is the Point to the Great Possibili the Future. j* j* j* Verner.) Jj with practical business sagacity. Three qualities struck mo as pre eminent in Mr. 1/ever's character common sense, industry and loyalty. His head is so level. Ile avoids the ? rant and the cant of the demagogue, ' while proving the sincerity of his . patriotism by years of persevering lighting for the welfare of the pub- < lie. He seems to have few or no an- ' gular prejudices; he can sympathize with the misfortunes of an ancient aristocracy while recognizing the '. meritable progress ol' a broader de- ? mocracy, He does not go into con niptions over the negro question; he spends moro time on the graver white question, ile is not afraid of the Japs because he has confidence in the Americans. His industry has tuen prodigious, and his reward that ' ot' the man ol' whom the wise king said: "Soo'st thou a man diligent in business: ho shall stand before kings: he shall not stand befoie mean men.'' His loyally is magnificent. Some "reformers'" ride howling to Con gress on the wave of popular unrest, and subside tinder the waters of in sidious influence. No Hailey is our little man from Lexington. He stands to-day where he stood In 181)2; on a high hill perhaps, but the blaze of the sunlight shows no spot on his career. His name well typifies him -he may be the lever by which we may overturn many a ranking in justice; a lever may he only a small steel bar, but it can turn over many tons. It is a happy omen for us that two native sons of the Carolinas should now be running the agricultural In terests of tho United States-one as secretary r?: the department, the other as chairman of the Horse Com mittee. Dave House and Asbury Lever are both men of whom the State and the country may well be proud, and of whom we expect great t ?lings. The Corozo or ( aluino Palm. lt is fairly well known that many palm trees bear nuts rich in oil. Oi these there is tho West African Biais, from which the bulk of the great African oil trade is derived; tin; cocoanut, now distributed widely over the coasts of the world; and thc corozo or catiline of Central and South America. The last named ls the least known and used. There are many other palms which also produce oil nuts, but they are not as rich m Tai as the above three. Tho corozo palm is extrniely abundant on tt.e ('anal Zone and In the regions to the north and south. The tree grows to a height of about 35 feet, the trunk being some 18 inches thick, crowned with a spread ing top of fronds from 15 to 2 0 feet V long. lt is the commonest palm In these regions, and lt. ls probable that trees will average more than a thousand to tho square mlle where they have not been cut or burned; some places they are much thicker, of course. This means that tho Re public of Panama probably bas 30, 000,000 of these palms, an exceed ingly conservativo estimate. One palm will produce at least one, and often two, bitches of nuts per season, weighing SO pounds each, and containing 40 per cent of oil, to the bunch. That is, a grown palm will produce, on an average, something like forty pounds of oil lier annum, and the life of a tree ls not less than 20 years. This crude vegetable oil is worth about two and a half cents a pound. In other words, the corozo palms of Panama standing now contain $30,000,000 worth of good vegetable oil per an im m. The country people extract and uso this oil to a limited extent, but the method used -heating the nuts in rico mortars or on stones and al lowing tho oil to collect on top of cold water- is so slow, wastes so much oil and is so expensive, that little of this enormous quantity is utilized. Tho oil is used for food, in cookery and as a lubricant. It makes good soap. To tho query, 'Why has this great resource lnin so long undeveloped?" the answer is, "Why has this great resource lain so eers burn black walnut to make corn fields?" or "Why did tho Hoers sleep on tho South African diamond and gold fields for threo centuries?" or "Why have tho Central Americans burned whole foresta of mahogany into charcoal?" A system of local mills, of a kind 1 to extract this oil economically and to obtain a full percentage of the 1 fat, would probably add these palms to the great oil-producing Melds of tho world. The corozo nut is harder than tho African Klais, and the palms are not so close to transport as most I cocoanuts-facts which bear on the 1 question of the lack of development < -but as roads Increase and the me- ? chanlcal means of oil extraction are improved, it will probably not be ] long before the value of this palm is t appreciated. If the Canal Zone were allowed to grow up In this palm, or ir one could I conceive lt planted as thickly as it ? might be, the Zone alone could pro- l duce an annual output of oil worth, 1 at present prices, $25,000,000 gross. Nervous and Sick Headaches. Torpid liver, constipated bowels ? ind disordered stomach are the causes of theso headaches. Take Dr. King's New Life Fills. You will be | surprised how quickly you will got ; relief. They stimulate the different organs to do their work properly. No better regulator for liver and bow els. Take 25c. and invest in a box I to-day. At all druggists or by mail, j H. Vi. Bucklen & Co., Philadelphia or St. Louis. adv. SCHOONER'S HOLD KI LL OF FISH Not a Soul on Board-Baffling My.s te ry of tho Seat. , New Bedford, Mass.. Nov. 6.-The 1 laded, yellow pages of the logbooks Of the New Bedford whaling Meet fail to record a mystery of the sea more hauling than that presented to day when the revenue cutter Gresh am towed into port the Gloucester fishing schooner. Annie M. Parker, which was picked up Monday with all j sails set, her hold Ulled with fish and without a soul on board, 60 miles j east of the Nantucket lightship, j There is no trace of any of tho nine teen men composing the schooner's crew. In its details the mystery recalls tho case of the Boston brig Marie Celeste, which was found abandoned St sea some forty years ago. The fate of her crew never was known to the world. Tho British steamer Astrakhan, hound from New York for France, sighted the Parker Monday drifting with all sails set. Boarding the schooner, officers of the steamer found four of the dories missing. A few barned pieces of bread was all the food in the galley, indicating that before leaving the crew had has tily gathered together a supply of provisions. The schooner was not leaking and was in perfect condition, except for the loss of one jib. Salt fish, valued at about $8,000, filled the hold. .\ prize crew from the Astrakhan took charge of the Parker and turn ed her over to the Gresham. The Parker's owners said she sail ed from Sydney, N. S., for her home port October 20, siter a fishing trip to the New Foundalnd Grand Hanks. Sho was in command of Capt. Vin cent Nelson, a votera!? Gloucester skipper, and was manned by a crew of eighteen. The owners could offer no explanation of tho abandonment of the vessel. There is a possibility that the Parker's crew was picked nj) by some sailing vessel. Had they been taken on board a steamer the rescue probably would have been re ported by wireless. Birmingham, Ala.-F. L. Willis suffered greatly from asthma and bronchitis. He writes: "I got no re lief until I took Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. It entirely removed those choking sensations, and never failed to produce an easy and com fortable condition of tho throat and lungs." Bell's drug store. adv. Tho new United States law which protects ail migratory birds went into effect November 1st, and the new measure will be a great thing for tho agricultural sections, as it will prevent the slaughter of birds which destroy insects. Federal au thorities will co-operate with State Officials in enforcing the law. BUMMING UP THE EVIDENCE. Many Walhalla People Have Been Called UH Witnesses. Week after week has been publish ed the testimony of Walhalla people kidney sufferers-backache vic linis people who have endured many forms of kidney, bladder or urinary disorders. These witnesses dave used Donn's Kidney Pills. All have given their enthusiastic appro val. It's the same everywhere. Thirty thousand American men and women are publicly recommending Donn's - always In the homo papers, isn't it n wonderful, convincing mass if proof? If you are a sufferer your ?erdict must be "Try Donn's first." Here's one more Walhalla case: Mrs. Ida Hellams, Factory Hill, Walhalla, S. C., says: "Wo have used Donn's Kidney Pills in our fam ily with fine results. I know that they live up to the claims made for them. They were obtained from Dr. Bell's drug store and used tor pains In the back and sides and trouble wit li the kidney secretions. Com pleto and lasting relief was had." For salo hy ail dealers. Price 50 cuts. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the Uni ted States. Remember tho name-Doan's ?md take no other. adv. VfcLAURIN COMKS BACK AT BRPT. Sot Sure Whether to Curse or Pray, Shouts "Bless the Ix>rd." Dennettsvllle, Nov. 4.-Senator Tillman's letter is so "Tillmanesque" that, when 1 read it yesterday, I tiardiy knew whether to laugh or sry, cuss or pray. 1 expect a little o? ill is in order. He hits Please with a moat axe, pitchforks me. ignores Smith and spits in Simms's fn^e I am not KOing tc ,et myself loose (if I can help it). Tho situation is too serious, for, from the way I feel ind he feels, we'd be fighting iu a pair of minutes and let South Caro lina go to the devil, as we did before. I will honestly acknowledge that I lia ve never been able to got entirely aver an early affection for Senator minian. I have said hard things myself, but 1 don't like to hear other people S? y one word against him. lt" I had conquered and had him down, I would never have rubbed sand in Iiis eyes. Ills letter is distinctly of fensive: "Johnny is smart, but he is a bad little boy; he sassed papa. Papa is sorry, but como here, John ny, and hand ino tho brush. Now gel across my knee: papa is going lo spank you. Hut il' Johnny is good Hie balance ol' the week he can go lo the 'movies' Saturday." I feel like saying "damn." bu,I I'll . say 'Bless the Lord." That letter discloses why I could not gel on with Tillman, why Latl mer couldn't, and why he ?md Smtib .an't agree-an imperious will that brooks no opposition. I could get on with him now; I'd laugh at him. I used to take him and myself too se riously. I will say, however, that God never made a man big enough to talk down to nie. My record in Ibo Senate needs no defense. I have tlone the "petulance" ol' the "very nearly great man." who was too far Ahead of his time; I have suffered the bitter fate that conies to all ad vanced thinkers. After "pitchforks" [ire forgotten and "dung heaps" plowed under, the State warehouse idea, with agricultural products as ?I bankable asset, will give me a place In history, where foul sland ers and my own weaknesses are for gotten. God has been good. I do not need an ofho? for my name to live. When Cole L. Pieitae stood up before 8.000 people and said, "Ho is i good man; he woul Governor; he has bei i had sd by the scurrilous South Carolina," he mn ii :ona! friend that will last miserable bootlifks and sycophants have turned on him, like those who used to lick Tillman's hand and at his bidding drove the steel into my heart, and are now ready lo drive it Into Tillman's, for tho favor of ano ther. Senator Tillman has served a great purpose; he does not need an DflUce to perpetuate his fame, but ho is a man- -poor, weak clay, tho same ;is 1. In ns both is that imperisha ble spark which, alter death has washed the dross away, will shino clear and bright. Why should ho still seek to dim the lustre of my star? I envy him not the faintest ray of his own. I rejoice In all true greatness, and sorrow in what is lit tle, for are we not all M EN? Cod must judge between us, and the balance he strikes shall be for all eternity. I long ago forgave him; his letter shows he has never been able to do that. Cod does not expect repentance except from the "near" great; lifo is a pose to nt) per cent. The world is a stage; my sense of humor saves nie. It made me laugh to see how utterly the public misconstrues tho true character of both myself and Tillman, lt is tho joke of tho cen tury. Tillman's pose from the beginning has been bluff, brutal honesty "Pitchfork Pen"--"Give 'em hell and mb it in: lie overplayed his hand a little. Down underneath lives tho most astute player of the political game that ever dealt a card - tho only man without college training that I ever knew with a classical edu cation. Under tlint roughness there ?ire exquisite literary tastes, a giant mind that has read, digested and as similated tho wisdom of all tho ages, and applied lt lo practical politics. Beneath bluster is tho subtle genius nf a Tallyrand. Ile has made every man in South Carolina vole for him ono Mme or another. I laughed with him when the Gonzales solemnly voted for him last summer. I am no politician; 1 haven't fool ed anybody, and Tillman has fooled everybody except himself. I was the seeker for abstract, truth, care less of personal fortunes. Tillman was the adroit political acrobat that could change from a Radical to n Conservatlve. I tried to reason it out, and was crucified foi* the rea son?, not the result. Woodrow Wil son and fTnderwood are just whoro I stood 15 years ago. His letter is so full of Tl ll man ism .his arrogance and dominant power over men-that I almost love him Y J_ (Continued on Third Page. )