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* ISSXTBP Sg?I-WBEKL^ _______ l. m. grist's sons. pubii.hera. [ % (famili) Dttrspapti;: Jjor thj; promotion of thq political, Social, ggriculfurat and Commercial interests of the gcoplg. | '""n'o^Lpv.'fTvkci-""""' m established 1855. YORKVILLE, S. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1014. jSTO. *>0. 9 -ALONE IN THI By JOSEPH Copyright, 1913, by Small, Maynari CHAFTER X. Killing a Deer With the Hands. The days had been passing rapid0 ly by, and, no longer tearing molestation from men in the Lost pond district, I returned there. In the meantime I had been living anywhere in the forest, sleeping in the open or under rude shelters thrown together in a moment. My cedar bark leggings had long 0 since worn out, and I traveled about during the daytime with absolutely nothing on. I didn't need protection for my legs now, for they had become nt tmifh .is leather. When I reached my old lean-to I 4 found I was practically out of food, so I was obliged to go on another foraging expedition. When you have obtained things once It never seems very difficult to get them another time. I soon rounded up some more trout, driving them from the big pools into my own small artificial W pools. ^ September was passing away, but the bears had not entirely cleaned out all the berries. I managed to find enough to supply my needs. I never / went hungry. Each night I slept about six hours and found that this was all the sleep I required. I had a desire to accomplish some one big thing while I lived in the wilderness, and the biggest thing I could think of was to paint a picture In color right there in the forest. How I went about this task I will tell in a later chapter. This idea took complete possession of me. I figured out _ how I could get my color, my brushes and even paper right out of the material at hand in the woods. Then I set about making experiments. In my enthusiasm I often forgot to ent A This ambition helped me mentally. and I did not suffer so much with thoughts of the outside world while the idea held me. Finally I found that I was neglecting myself. I was getting thin. Out of sheer necessity I was forced to look after myself and let other things ^ go. I I contented myself with writing an occasional message on birch Lark for the outside world or drawing a charcoal sketch on the same material. ^ At least once a week, no matter how far out in the wilderness 1 might have wandered, I made a trip to the cache to leave my messages. Once 1 left a pair of cedar bark shoes, which I had discarded. I wondered what people would think of them. Kach morning I had no idea where I would be at night. Some nights % found me at Big Spencer, others at my lean-to on Bear mountain, and occasionally I went back into the woods' near Lost pond. Twice, out of necessity, when I was ^ hungry, I was forced to shoot a squirrel with my bow and arrow. 1 roast I'd the meat and it was good eating. Many times I saw rabbits, but 1 made no effort to trap them. I didn't need them. But necessity compelled me to bring down several partridges. While I caught a few with the slipnoose, as 1 have already described, I shot uuite a number with my bow and 0 arrow. The arrow would go clear through the bird and pin it to the ground. One day, while strolling along the trail, I found a deer horn, which evidently had been shed the year before. 0 Its peculiar shape gave me visions of a crude knife, so I began laboriously to scrape it. First I filed the horn in two by means of a sharp rock. Then I filed oft" one sharp prong and ground the blade to a keen edge with other stones. In order to make a good grip I stripped the inner lining from the other covering of some birch bark, * -i- - ,.< thin 9 wmcn nas me upprumutc ui raftia. With this line shred a fairly substantial cord can be woven. I wound the handle of my new knife with this cord. Later on I found another horn, but * I didn't utilize it. simply carrying it around for luck. My horn knife proved most practical and useful. Jt would easily cut meat and later when I made my clothing it came in handy. 1 was growing to be more and more a part of the forest every day. Whenever I needed anything I simply went and hunted for it. It was always * BRITAIN'S WAR SECRETARY Earl Kitchener, who was recalled to London as he was leaving England for Egypt and appointed secretary of st&U tr\i? too V* ?. WII DF,R NESS I KNOWLES 1 & Co. waiting for me somewhere. Even the mental side was losing its grip on me. I was. in truth, a primitive man. I had gone back from the land of civilization to the forest of antiquity. Sometimes we accomplish things before we realize it. The story of my getting a deer is very much like this: The incident happened just before dark while I was walking along a little trail close to the shore of a am..11 .wn ,1 Suddenly I heard a noise in the water ahead of me. I stopped still and presently heard the noise again. Then I walked on toward the shore until I reached an old spruce tree, whose roots were growing up on one side of the trail. Of course, any game going through the water to drink had to avoid these roots. All around me was a thicket of spruce and cedar. From where I stood I could see quite an opening down toward the water. First. I noticed ripples on the water, and then a little further out I saw a young spike horn buck feeding on the bottom grass. When 1 first saw him I did not have the slightest idea of catching him. The thought never entered my head. I knew that if the deer were frightened he would run In the opposite direction from the sound that startled him. The wind was blowing from him to me, so he could not get my scent. I picked up a piece of spruce root and threw it out over the deer's back into the water. The animal threw up his head, looked around in all directions and then started out of the water up the trail toward me. I picked up a stone and threw this out into the water, the second splash starting him along farther toward the root behind which I was hiding. Carefully judging the time and distance, as soon as he got opposite me, I caught him by the forward feet, flf ~ ^ '*?, ^, -cf ".are j^fifll A Hut Erected In the Forest by the Author. [Drawn in the woods by Knowles on a piece of fungus with burnt sticks.) and down he fell in the trail. Then I caught him by the horns, and, with my weight on his back, I got control of him. I gave a quick twist and broke his neck. 1 want to apologize for killing the deer in that manner, hut under the circumstances it was the only way I had. I needed the skin badly. It was so dark now I decided not to skin him that night. I pulled the body up a little to one side of the trail and left it there until morning. Back at my camp that night I stirred up my banked tire and sat down to think. I didn't give the deer much thought. I said to myself. "Now I've got another skin." It was it small deer, but if I didn't waste too much of the skin making moccasins. 1 would have enough, with bearskin and deerskin I had taken from the wildcats, to cover myself comfortably. The next day T went and got this skin. Besides it 1 took some meat and all the sinew back to my camp. Some of the meat I ate, some I dried, and some i kept in the spring for several days where it would be cold. Then I started to work making my wilderness suit of clothes. First I made by buckskin chaps. I doubled the skin and wound it around my thigh to see if it would be big enough to go around. I found that it would, but that it would not be quite long enough. However, with the other skin I could add pieces to lengthen it. After shaping the chaps I put the skins on to a piece of wood and began punching holes along the edge with the sharp point of a deer horn. These 1 laced together with strips of rawhide. I made my moccasins by first wet unn tne rawniue ami putting my iom on it to not tin- length. I used two pieces for each moccasin, turning the bottom piece up a little and stitching it to the top piece while it was on my foot. This raised the stitching above the ground where it would not wear out. When the wet rawhide dried they were a perfect lit. Whenever I wore the bearskin I slung it over my shoulder and held it together in front with thongs. There was nothing wonderful about killing that deer. Many people have seemed to marvel about that incident, and some, not understanding the woods, have openly doubted the story. To any one who knows the ways and habits of animals such a thing would not seem wonderful. Those who have hunted and lived among the wilds do not think so for a minute. It is really of such little importance that a man who understands such things would not even mention it. In fact, not until I had been out of the forest for nearly a week did 1 speak of the affair at all. and then only when 1 was asked to explain where I got my deer. Skepticism is based largely on ignorance. When a man hears something that he does not know about he is either broad minded enough to learn more about it, of else announces that he does not believe it at all. A man of the woods might ask you something like this: "Did you have a gun?" "No." "Well, that's pretty good. You were lucky to get your deer that way." He wouldn't ask you how the deer acted because he would know how it acted. Nor would he ask how much strength was used, knowing how much strength was necessary to kill a deer in that manner. He would also know that if you saw a deer too big to handle you would not tackle it. In winter when the snow is deep the deer or moose has difficulty in getting about. They yard together, walking about in furrows worn by themselves. A man on snow shoes lean run uicm uown very <.|uivi\i? . There are many different ways to kill a deer. In the yard you can kill him with a club. You can throw him and break his neck, just as the cowboys in the west throw a steer and break its neck. Then, again, you can strangle the animal by throwing your whole weight against him. Talking with Andrew Sockalexis, the Indian Marathon runner, after my return to civilization, brought to light another experience similar to mine. This indian had run down a deer on snowshoes in the winter and killed the animal with his hands alone. I feel pity instead of anger toward those critics who do not believe simply because they do not know. The deer fights with its forward feet more than it does with its horns. In winter a deer does not have horns to tight with. Summer is the mating season, and I suppose nature provided them with antlers at this time to protect themselves. In the mating season the horns of these animals are perfect, and they are always ready for a fight. They will resist any interference from other animals. Hut in winter they yard together and are peaceful, never engaging in battle, for at this time they shed their horns and are harmless. I have obtained some remarkable photographs of these animals in the yards in winter under the jacklight. Jacklight photography is real sport, and when it is all over the animal is not harmed in the slightest degree. In jacklighting, first of all it is necessary to have a dark night. Then you need a canoe and a jacklight on a staff in the bow. Next a man who understands paddling is absolutely essential?one who when he dips his paddle in the water will do it so quietly you cannot even hear a ripple. *11 VtAtf irx An (Vtio mi ^uiuro imiwu uu?? iw viu uuo. Sot your camera with the shutter open on a box above the light. Then you go paddlinp noiselessly down the stream with a broad cycle of light sweeping the shore. Unless a beaver swimming along makes a dive and in plunging makes a noise with his tail as he goes down there is absolutely nothing to break the silence. That noise does not scare the other animals because they know what it stands for. If the animals on the shore do not get your scent you can go very close to them with the canoe. The first thing you see is two balls of fire in the circle of the light on the bank. As you come nearer the form of an animal will take shape around those balls of fire. It may be a deer, a moose, a caribou, a bear, or it may be a crane?in fact, any animal or bird in the woods. U'hon vim fool thnt vim nro close enough pull the flashlight and you have your picture. Under the spell of the jaeklight the animal stands fascinated, and it is a most cowardly thing to kill one under such conditions. There is a law against doing this, one of the few good game laws. With the moose, especially the cow moose, it is different. The jaeklight enrages the animal, and she bristles up and always prepares to fight it. She will set herself and wait until the canoe gets within about ten feet of her, when she will charge it. (To be Continued). '.t' An English company has been formed to link forty cities and towns with motor bus lines in competition with railways. YOUNG SERVIAN INFANTRYMEN AMgnnHfjL^ . # iapiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiynniiiiiiiMiuiii GOOD BYE TO PUBLIC LIFE Tillman Ready to Quit After Present Term. PRAYS FOR ELIMINATION OF BLEASE. Senior Senator Reviews His Public Career as He Would Have People to See It, Declares Himself in favor of Compulsory Education, and Bewails the Death of the Old Dispensary Abomination; But Thinks EveryThing Will be All Right if the Voters Will Just Keep the Governor Out of the United States Senate. Senator Tillman has given out the following document for such effect as it may have on the present campaign: "Fellow Citizens: "I was 67 years old the 11th day of August and felt like sending all of you a greeting. I served you as governor four years and have been your senator in Washington 20 years. When my term expires March 4, 1919, if I live so long, I shall have heUKthe highest offices in your gift fon28> years. An old man desires to thank for your generous support all this long while. May hp not. without boasting, but in sin cerity and earnestness, say that he has done his very best for both South Carolina and the nation? Constituted as I am, I could not have done otherwise. One of the first lessons my good and noble mother taught me was, 'If a thing is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well.* While I was governor, therefore, I was governor, as every one in South Carolina knows, not of the Tillmanites alone, but of all the people. And since I have been senator I have tried to be as good a senator as there was in Washington. A Large Figure. "Since August 1885, when I made my first speech at Bennettsville, I have been one of the most prominent figures and since 1890 the most powerful political factor in South Carolina. From the very start I won the love and confidence of a large majority of my fellow citizens and it was because of the genuineness of my Democracy that I was so hated and bitterly opposed. Many good men believed I was an office seeking demagogue and could llnd no language strong enough to express their hatred and contempt. "Two years ago when a test of my patriotism came, I demonstrated to those who had always opposed me that I was not the selfish politician they had judged me to be. No one knew better than 1 the risk I ran in making the Ferguson letter public. I knew it jeopardized my re-election but I would rather have been beaten than to have remained silent. My frankness, straightforward openness of speech and honesty of purpose?I despise hypocrisy above all other vices? have thrown me into many a briar patch when a more cautious man would have avoided, but 1 never have lost sight of the ideals which opened before me at Bennettsville and the welfare and uplift of the masses have '1 Iwn Vfi lippn thu mii/liner otnr whlnh Iprl me on. Your faith, fellow citizens, sustained me, and I greet you in this farewell address with affection and conlidence. "This is my good-bye to public office. I shall not be a candidate again. Two years ago when I asked you to reelect me that I might 'die in harness' I fully expected to die very soon; but the good Lord has seen fit to prolong my life and by teaching me to live rationally has enabled me to regain some degree of health. Should 1 live to the end of my term, I shall be 72 years of age and I now serve notice upon all who are interested that I shall not try to succeed myself. If 1 live until March 4, 11)19, I shall die out of and not in harn ss. as I have alwavs wanted to do. Hut I shall not worry. Death awaits us all and is inevitable. I go the way of all my fathers, and I try to say in all humility and sincerity, "Lord Thy will be done.' Hopes for Best. "For four years at least many men in S >uth Carolina have had their eyes on the seat I held. This is natural because of my illness and the expectation of my early death. There has been some discussion of it in the newspapers, which was to be expected. How curious, fantastic and cruel is human selfishness; but withal how natural a thing it is. It is the only element of human nature which is universal. 1 do not complain at it, and I earnestly hope that the man who is chosen will serve the people as faithfully as I have. You may find a man with more ability than I possess; you can not find one who will bring to his work greater earnestness and horn-sty of purpose. "I'nder the peculiar circumstances which now exist in South Carolina, I hope 1 may be permitted to say a few words about the present situation in out state without being misunderstood. It gives me deep concern. I am morti lieu aim iii.si |?im 11 men uiai uie primary system has failed to develop in the people sufficient political intelligence to enable them to escape the wiles and tricks of demagogues. Audacity and aptitude in repartee, coupled with a striking personality, have made the people an easy prey. Instead of candidates being compelled to discuss public questions and policies, they have been allowed to make appeals to prejudice, and the people, blinded by these arts, have followed and made heroes of men who are wholly unworthy. I have been and still am accused of inaugurating this method of campaigning. I challenge the production of a single speech of mine wherein I departed from the discussion of public issues or indulged in unparliamentary language until forced to do so i>y umair opponents. rne mure hitter enemies of the reform movement began the vituperation and abuse that have marked South Carolina politics since 1 sito. They answered argument with invective: they greeted truth with showers of mud and tilth; and they, not I, must bear the responsibility. Still Has Confidence. "Two years ago I lamented the same thing, and said I doubted whether 1 had not made a mistake in giving the people the ballot and teaching them how to use it. Hut 1 was impatient. I here re-affirm iny confidence in the people?all the people collectively. I believe that the judgment of the whole people?rich and poor, ei ucated and ignorant, high and low?ts the surest and truest guide to pol tical action. Their mistakes will be fewer and will be more quickly mended than will the errors of any one class, be it ever so enlightened. I believe this so religiously that I would rather have a bad governor or a bad senator elected by all the people than a good one elected by any one class. The whole people correct their blunders; the rule of a class tends to the growth and perpetuation of abuses. I have implicit faith that all the people of South Carolina are going to stamp out Bleaseism sooner or later. The strongest Bleaseites wilt be leaders as soon as they are convinced that they have made a mistake. If I did not believe this, I would lose all I faith in self-government. "Jefferson's slogan was, 'Teach the people and trust the people.' To this principle all patriots will give credence, and all Democrats, will gladly obey. When the demagogue comes along and blinds the people by the glamor of his arts and instills deviltry and poison into their minds, good citizens must not despair, but redouble their efforts; for the truth is more powerful than falsehood and must prevail in the long run. "Again I reaffirm my faith in the people. The battle between privilege and freedom, between equality and favoritism, is world-wide and ages old. It has brought the cataclysm which we are witnessing in Europe today. The people of that continent are struggling to free themselves from the shackles of autocracy and the divine right of kings. It is a battle between autocracy and republicanism. The contest in South Carolina in 1890 was to overthrow an aristocracy which had come down to us from colonial days. The Real Revolt. It was a real revolution, in which families were divided, father against son, and brother against brother, show ing that principle, and principle alone, moved the people to action. It was my high privilege to lead that movement which emancipated csoutn uudiiiuiuib from the thraldom of an oligarchy which hod ruled the state for a century. That was my greatest work. I taught South Carolinians to know their rights and how to obtain these rights, and the state has made marvelous progress in every way. In education, in some of its aspects, it has progressed more than any of its sister states; for we have Clemson and Winthrop as model schools, the best of their kind, and, if there were less selfishness and more ! public spirit throughout the state, the lamentable ignorance now existing in some sections would soon disappear. But our common schools in many counties are sadly deficient, and must be improved. A democracy without adequate means for educating its citizens is bound to be shipwrecked. We can not afford to let our children grow up like weeds. If we do, ignorance will choke out all that is best in our people and destroy our civilization. The state in self-defense, if for no higher reason, will somehow or other have to see to it "hat all the white children get at least the rudiments of an education. Compulsory education is a big question, and I have never heretofore favored it, but acute diseases demand drastic remedies, and if a statute can be framed that will force the white children into school and at the same time give the blacks only the kind of training? manual and industrial?which they can assimiliate, it ought to be done. Effective compulsory education will require j a great deal of money, but if we are i not willing to spend money for our children God pity us. Whether a general law or local option by counties Is i the best is a matter of opinion and will have to be threshed out by the legislature. Their Mistake. "The people two years ago elected a man governor who has 'run amuck' as ( it were, and displayed so little realization of his high opportunities that it 1 makes me sad and angry to be told, as I have been more than once, that Till- | manism is the direct cause of Bleaseism. All thoughtful and intelligent men know tnat tnis is oniy a nun irum, u?u half truths are the worst sort of lies. Tillmanism taught the people that they could whip and destroy special privilege with the ballot. That was a good thing, all must admit. Now, is Tillmanism to blame because the people have that same ballot with which to elevate a demagogue? Yes, I taught the people that they had a right to govern South Carolina and I proclaim the principle anew. They do have the right, even if they elect a hundred Bleases. 'Teach the people and trust 1 the people.' We will, in the end, have better government at the hands of all the people than we would have if any one class ruled. The people will rectify their blunders as soon as they have become convinced of their error. "It would be just as true to say that I Democracy causes Socialism and anar- < chy as it would be to say that Tillman- ( ism caused Bleaseism. Had my health continued good, I would have taught 1 the people the folly of Bleaseism two l years ago, pointed out the difference | and stemmed the tide which Jones found himself unable to cope with. I would have guided the Tillmanites, while Blease only misled them, and all I for the gratification of his own selfish , ambition. Tired of "Law and Order." "A large per cent or inose wno iwu years ago and now are yelling 'law ' and order,' want a law and order of i their own contriving. They are not ( ready t<? admit that, politically speak- , ing, all white South Carolinians are e?iual. They think themselves divinely 1 commissioned to rule everybody else, and this, not Tillmanism, is the true j cause of Hleaseism. The plain people j saw tliis resurrected hourhonism and, , thinking it was the old 'ring' come to 1 life again, took Hleaseism in preference I to it. lilease himself is a mere symp- ; torn. The real fever is bigotry, political intolerance and social injustice. I ! call upon you, my fellow citizens, you I who know and claim to want better ( and higher things, to broaden your ( sympathies. Stop prating about 'law and order' and treat your next door 1 neighbor with a little more consider- I ation. Though he live in a hovel, < though he never saw the inside of a school room he has the same right to vote for Hlease that you have to vote ( against him, and you have no more i right to question his motive than lie has j to question yours. Learn that great truth, act on it to the uttermost, and my word for it, Hleaseism will disap- 1 pear?and it will not disapepar until j you do learn it. , "Then, too, a certain class of our fellow citizens have been very unjust and ' unreasonable in their dealing with the I poorer people, treating them with no | consideration whatever and showing a contempt for them. This is especially ', true with regard to those who work in J the cotton mills. In many communities t the people in the mill villages are a . class apart, looked down upon and not associated with. No wonder Social- ( ism and the I. W. W. are getting a { foothold among these citizens of ours. | It was not so once, and it ought not to ( be so now. We all should address ourselves to the remedy lest it bring dire 1 disaster upon the common-wealth, for in the last analysis white unity is absolutely essential for the continuation of good government. If these poor men are trampled under foot as they have been taught to believe they are, they will join with any movement, no matter how radical and ultra, to get revenge. This is the secret of Blease's hold on the people who work in the cotton mills, and we ought by every means in our power break that hold by showing the same respect and consideration for them that we do for others. "Maliciously Ignorant." "As for those who compare Blease the man with Tillman the man, they are, for want of a better term, what I may call, maliciously ignorant. Blease and Tillman are both popular idols and there the resemblance ends. I had definite ends to accomplish; my personal character and private life were always above reproach and my integrity was never questioned save by a few slanderers who merely asserted without attempting to prove. There is just enough similarity between Blease and Tillman to deceive the ignorant and furnish a bludgeon to the vicious. "I do not believe Gov. Blease ought lO Dt? Sflll IU llic uiULtru oiaico ociuuc, because he is not worthy of the honor, and so believing I would be recreant to the people of South Carolina if I did not say so. But do not misunderstand me. I speak as a citizen merely and I fully realize and recognize the right of the humblest man in South Carolina to differ with me. A man's ballot is his own and no other man has a right to criticise him for using it as he chooses. "I am too near the grave to tell any lies, if I ever had the inclination to do so; I have nothing to gain by speaking; hence there is no selfishness in my utterances. But I love the state which has honored me so long and in such a marked degree and I want to warn our people?those who will listen to me?before it is too late. I repeat, there is absolutely no element of personality or selfishness in it. All my ambitions?and I thank God they were all worthy ones?have been satisfied. Therefore, I speak, as it were, from a mountain top, looking down upon my fellows, who in a few years must follow me to the grave. If ever a man's utterance ought to cause the people to pause and listen and think, mine should. For all essential purposes I speak as one who is dead. If I allowed selfishness to influence me I would uuietly work to have Blease sent here because there is nothing more certain than this. While Woodrow Wilson is president Blease will get no recognition in the way of patronage whatever. I have had little or none, but I would have it all hereafter with Blease as a colleague. If a Republican should folnrtl T~>1 {?-? o iifnv Hn _ low Wilson, ?>It-il?c 11115111. til 11. tii.j MV. plicate or repeat my attitude towards Cleveland, who did not recognize the Tillmanites in South Carolina as Democrats at all. If the unhappy difference among our people in South Carolina shall continue and Bleaseism becomes the dominant factor in the state, Blease might in time play the role of Mahone in Virginia. All signs, however, point to the triumphant re-election of President Wilson and the continuance of the Democratic party in power. "There is one striking thing about Gov. Blease as a leader and a statesman to be very seriously considered. It seems to have been lost sight of up to this time. He has been in public life since 1890. He came to the front the same year I did. If he is such a great leader now, more worthy to be followed than Tillman, more worthy of admiration and trust, how has he succeeded all these years in hiding it? What has he ever done in a construe11 - *V?a rtannlo nf Qntlth live way iu ucnciu mc j/cu^iv v?. mvm... Carolina? Let those who are his sponsors answer. I have demonstrated my statesmanship and ability to lead in a dozen ways. Without even mentioning what I have done in Washington as a senator, I have many monuments to credit in South Carolina?Clemson and Winthrop in an educational way, the constitutional convention, which relieved the people of the state of the menace of negro domination by the organic law under which we live, the primary system of choosing candidates and the despised and slandered dispensary which only failed because the corrupt politicians in the legislature got hold of it and the anti-Tillmanites egged them on to destroy it. But in spite of all their machination and cunning, it still survives locally in many counties. All these are largely my handiwork In God's name, let those who were formerly Tillmanites but now Blease shouters, show what Blease has done of a similar character. They can not do it and they owe it to themselves to pause and analyze things and recover their reason?if they can. They can undo some of the wrongs they have perpetuated and restore the state's good name which Blease has made a byword and a hissing. The 25th of AUgllSt will it'll nit; fiiury unu 1 vyu.ii.ii the result with confidence." (Signed) B. R. TILLMAN. THE CAUCUS OF JULY 25 Lowndes J. Browning's Reply to the Invitation. The Invitation. "July 17. 1914. "Hon. L. J. Drowning, Sedalia, S. C. "Dear Sir:?We have recently been forced to the conclusion that we are in the greatest danger of having two Blease men in the second race for governor. "Admitting that the vote for governor will he 130,000, it will in all probability be divided between the two factions in about the following proportons: 00,000 Blease and 70,000 antlBlease. These votes will be divided practically among three candidates on one side and six on the other. If equally divided among the candidates f the respective factions it will give to the Blease candidates 30,000 each and to the others 11,666 each. Of course this equal division is not to be expected but we think every indication points to the conclusion that the anti-Blease rote will be more equally divided amons the candidates of that faction than the Blease faction. The latter is largely in control of Mr. Blease, while the former is largely independent and cannot be controlled by one man or any self constituted body of men. This being the case does it not stand to reason that Mr. Blease who is an unusually shrewd politician, will in the tirst primary use his best efforts to put two of his men in the second primary, and to this end to the best of his ability divide his vote ts nearly as possible between two instead of three. If this is done it is practically certain that the six candiiates, any one of whom would be acceptable to the majority will be eliminated and we will be confronted with the humiliating spectacle of having Governor Blease dictate our next governor. In order to avert this very evilent danger some of our six candidates must sacrifice their ambitions and many of us our personal preference for jovernor to the cause of good govern nent. This sacrifice we are confident my of the six candidates would gladly nake if the selection could l?e fairly ind impartially made. How this should e done is a serious question. It cerainly cannot be left to any self constituted body of men but must be done iustly and impartially with an eye to he public good. We each have our reference for governor, some are indined to one and some to another, but ' my of us would gladly sacrifice our I ersonal preference to accomplish the lection of any one of the six anti- I tlease men now in the race for gov- ( ernor. We are confident that a great majority of the anti-Blease men in South Carolina realize the danger and feel as we do on the subejct. "With a view of devising some plan by elimination, concentration or otherwise, we are writing to ask you if you will attend a conference of some 20 representative men from the state at large in Columbia, July 25th, 11.30 a. m? at the Jefferson hotel. "It would seem advisable to write to Messrs. Browning, Clinkscales, Manning, Cooper, C. A. and M. L. Smith to be present. "Please think this matter over and write Bright Williamson by return mail, if you can attend the conference. If not, could you get some representative man from your county to do so? Yours truly, (Signed): "Edward Mclver, "N. Christensen, "Geo. B. Cromer, "W. F. Dargan, "J. W. Norwood, "S. J. Summers, "Britrht Williamson. "L. W. Lawson, (Name illegible). "Thos. G. McDow. The Reply. "July 24, 1914. "Mr. Bright Williamson, "Jefferson Hotel, Columbia, S. C. "Dear Sir:?Yours of the 17th has been following me around, and has only reached me this morning; however, I have seen copies of the same which you have sent to other candidates for governor. "I have given this matter very serious consideration. I am interested, as all good men should be, in the welfare of my state. "It strikes me that since publicity has been given to this, it means the death, politically speaking, of any man your meeting may endorse. Even had not publicity been given to it through the press and otherwise, with all due respect to the list of gentlemen whom you have invited, allow me to say that they do not represent the great needs of South Carolina today. They represent, and they represent well, one section of our people, and that is, the people of more than moderate means. Other than this, they are non-representative, and their inclination would naturally he one of their type or to one they could dominate or control. "We Need no Such Man as Governor at Present." "I shall not attend your conference tomorrow at 11.30 a. m., and I do not expect the gentlemen who will assemble at your call to give my candidacy consideration. Frankly, I am in this race for the betterment of my state. I have made no appeal to either factionalism or the poor man; I am not a demagogue, but I do recognize the fact that many reforms are needed in our state, and I recognize further the fact that these reforms will never be obtained through the efforts of the type of men whom you have called to select the next governor of our state. "With great respect, I am, "Yours truly, (Signed) "Lowndes Browning." Browning Condemns Caucus. ?_ ?-?- ?- _? TIT--1. Ta.lv, 99 in ins spffcn itl (tauciuuiu, jui) Mr. Browning condemned this caucus as a coterie of bankers who want to select the candidate for the people. Again in his speech at Charleston, July 24, the day before the caucus was to be held he spoke against the caucus. Messrs. Manning and Cooper met with the promoters of this caucus In the Jefferson hotel lobby and discussed the situation, after which the meeting was held in secret. Second Caucus. When the chief promoters of this first caucus were convinced that their plan was going to fail a call was issued signed by the Aiken delegation for a caucus to meet in Columbia, Friday, July 31, to which six of the candidates for governor were invited. In order to kill the caucus, as he had killed the first one, Mr. Browning informed the Aiken delegation that he would attend the meeting, provided It was not neia Denina cioseu uuura, In compliance with Mr. Browning's suggestion to them the Aiken delegation decided to hold an open meeting. The result was that a great number of Mr. Browning's friends, and others who are opposed to caucus methods, decided to attend the meeting and prevent any action being taken. Even before the meeting was called to order the "Manning Banker Bunch" saw that they could not get their man endorsed ?so they decided to take no action at all. Thus Mr. Browning prevented a little coterie of bankers and rich men from forcing on the people a man who represents only the interest of a certain class. Browning's one cry has always been, "Let the people select their candidate at the primary." STUDYING THE WAR MAP. B: ( _ i Kaiser Wilbelm, 011 the lett, looking j >ver a war map with bis commander- ^ in-chief, Gen. von Moltke. .< The kaiser has now gone to the front ] :o command personally his armies that * ire trying to invade France. YORK COUNTY VOTERS. Who They Are, What They Do and Where They Live. AUTHENTIC DIRECTORY FOR WHITES These Are the People Who Will Nominate Public Officers In the Approaching Primary Elections, Beginning August 25th. ROCK HILL CLUB NO. 1. W. L. Adams, salesman, 162 E. Main st. J. L. Adams, blacksmith, Rock Hill. F. G. Allen, constable, Rock Hill. J. R. Adams, mill work., Rock Hill. G. W. Ayers, mechanic, Rock Hill. C. M. Allen, mill work., Rock Hill. W. H. Ayers, mill work., Rock Hill. W. W. Ayers, salesman, Rock Hill. H. J. Allen, mill work., Rock Hill. Mose Ayers, mill work., Rock Hill. W. M. Anderson, carpenter, Rock Hill. N. C. Anderson, hotel, Rock Hill. G. F. Ayers, mill work., Rock Hill. R. A. Armstrong, far., No. 1, Rock Hill. * rn ? J1-I * XT _ 1 n??l. T T 111 J. 1. AUKins, iur., i>o. 1, nuun niu. J. C. Adams, salesman, Rock Hill. R. J. Adkins, farmer, No. 1, Rock Hill. J. L. Alderman, watchman, Rock Hill. E. D. Anderson, clerk, Rock Hill. M. G. Bryant, merchant, Rock Hill. T. F. Bell, bookkeeper, Rock Hill. S. J. Bell, shoemaker. Rock Hill. A. C. Burgess, salesman, Rock Hill. S. J. Bell, shoemaker, Rock Hill. G. A. Beach, banker, Rock Hill. G. C. Blankenship, salesman, Rock Hill. J. P. Brown, Ins., No. 1, Rock Hill. W. H. Brice, insurance, Rock Hill. F. C. Beach, banker, Rock Hill. B. C. Barnes, banker, Rock Hill. E. E. Boon, merchant, Rock Hill. George Beach, jeweler, Rock Hill. V. B. Blankenship, plumber, Rock Hill. T. L). Brooks, market. Rock Hill. R. F. Bridges, brakeman, Rock Hill. G. W. Bailey, tinner, Rock Hill. B. H. Bigham, salesman, Rock Hill. D. W. Boyd, farmer, No. 1, Rock Hill. w. i-. iiuuuin, Daroer, kock mw. J. B. Broodnax, mill work., Rock Hill. J. J. Becknell, mill work.. Rock Hill. C. P. Black, woodwork, Rock Hill. S. H. Blake, carpenter, Rock Hill. R. E. Brown, R. R. Agt., Rock Hill. D. L. Betts, railroad, Rock Hill. E. J. Bell, salesman, Rock Hill. B. S. Broom, mill work, Rock Hill. D. J. Boyd, mill work., Rock Hill. J. R. Burk, mill work., Rock Hill. John Barnes, carpenter. Rock Hill. C. 1* Becknel, mill work., Rock Hill. C. W. 1 killard, blacksmith. Rock Hill. R. J. Blackmon, mill work., Rock Hill. W. L. Bradford, mill work., Rock Hill. \V. D. Bolin, farmer, No. 1, Rock Hill. J. W. Bolin. farmer, No. 1, Rock Hill. D. C. Blanks, farmer, No. 2, Rock Hill. Thos. Westbrooks, mill work., RockHill. J. D. Blanks, farmer, No. 2, Rock Hill. D. C. Broom, mill work, Rock Hill. W. A. Bigham, clerk, Rock Hill. T. L. Blackwell, mill work., Rock Hill. J. H. Beckham, clerk, Rock Hill. W. B. Byars, farmer, Rock Hill. F. M. Burris, mill work., Rock Hill. W. O. Brown, blacksmith. Rock Hill. Alex Bailey, liveryman, Rock Hill. W. A. Blanks, salesman, Rock Hill. n C* U 111 iv. r. uvyu, lauuci, ivuva xnu. D. H. Brown, farmer, Rock Hill. \V. W. Bishop, farm., No. 1, Edgmoor. L. G. Brazel, engineer, Rock Hill. M. W. Boyd, oil mill, Rock Hill. F. D. Bishop, farmer, Rock Hill. J. H. Byars, carpenter, Rock Hill. J. J. Boyd, mill work.. Rock Hill. S. E. Beckham, mill work., Rock Hill. R. A. Bigger, farmer. No. 1, Rock Hill. A. G. Brook.s. mill work, Rock Hill. J. S. Comer, P. O. Clerk. Rock Hill. C. L. Cobb, banker, Rock Hill. F. A. Crawford, physician, Rock Hill. E. W. Comer, r. f. d. carrier, Rock Hill. W. T. Comer, r. f. d. car., Rock Hill. S. B. Collins, ins. agent, Rock Hill. M. F. Cobb, banker, Rock Hill. C. D. Cunningham, merch.. Rock Hill. M. I. Camp, mill work, Rock Hill. B. W. Creed, sew. mach. agt., R. Hill. H. B. Collins, R. R. brakeman, R. Hill. W. W. Crenshaw, mill work.. Rock Hill. B. N. Craig, Jr., salesman. Rock Hill. O. S. Crawford, student, Rock Hill. Frank Carter, mill work., Rock Hill. P. P. Collins, mill work., Rock Hill. W. T. Carter, mill work.. Rock Hill. B. N. Craig, Sr., broker, Rock Hill. P. J. Cason, mill work., Rock Hill, n \1 Pnllins mill wnrk . Rock Hill. G. C. Clyburn, salesman, Rock Hill. Henry Connor, mill work., Rock Hill. J. J. Caldwell, carpenter, Rock Hill. W. M. Collins, mill work., Rock Hill. Joseph Childers, mill work.. Rock Hill. H. C. Childers, mill work., Rock Hill. Sherod Childers, mill work., Rock Hill. H: B. Clyburn, mill work., Rock Hill. Ernest Clontz, mill work., Rock Hill. J. C. Cauthen, lumb. dealer, Rock Hill. J. W. Chandler, mill work., Rock Hill. S. B. Carroll, Jr., R. R. con., Rock Hill. I. B. Cauthen, bookkeeper, Rock Hill. I. A. Chandler, shoemaker. Rock Hill. B. W. Clark, mechanic, Rock Hill. R. H. Clendening, buggy build., R. Hill. J. B. Craig, farmer. No. 1, Edgmoor. C. S. Camp, clerk. Rock Hill. R. P. Carnes, mill work.. Rock Hill. R. H. Cowan, farmer. Rock Hill. F. G. Cowherd, physician, Rock Hill. F. T. Cox, minister, Rock Hill. W. H. Cowan, farmer, Rock Hill. W. E. Crain, mill work, Rock Hill. VV. T. Caldwell, carpenter, Rock Hill. Robert Clark, gardener. Rock Hill. E. B. Cook, merchant. Rock Hill. J. T. Cornwell, farmer, No. 1, Rock Hill. B. W. Creed, railroad. Rock Hill, J. M. Crow, engineer, Rock Hill. * A. R. Cook, clerk. Rock Hill. Claud Connor, mill work., Rock Hill. R. L. Creech, printer, Rock Hill. E. R. Chivvy, clerk, Rock Hill. S. M. Carothers, clerk, Rock Hill. W. O. Duncan, salesman, Rock Hill. O. C. Duncan, clerk, Rock Hill. R. P. Dozier, merchant, Rock Hill. F. A. Dunlap, merchant, Rock Hill, o. L. Derrich, mill supt.. Rock Hill. J. O. Duncan, mill work.. Rock Hill. J. A. Devinney, painter, Rock Hill. O. K. Dickert, merchant, Rock Hill. E. E. Dickert, mill work., Rock Hill. L. A. Doby, mill work., Rock Hill. W. R. Devinney, mill work., Rock Hill. S. W. Draffln, farmer, No. 1, Lesslie. J. H. Davis, blacksmith, Rock Hill. E. F. Duncan, merchant, Rock Hill. S. J. Dalton, contractor. Rock Hill. C. A. Dease, carriage build., Rock Hill. E. P. Drennan, R.R. fireman. Rock Hill. D. W. Davis, farmer, Rock Hill. W. M. Dunlap, lawyer, Rock Hill. C. W. Davis, butcher, Rock Hill. A. H. Drury, mill work., Rock Hill. T IJ Hrnnnnn r??-i tri rtrn,r Will William Dill, mill work., Rock Hill. M. R. Driver, insurance, Rock Hill, fl. A. Drake, merchant. Rock Hill. M. T. Edwards, merchant. Rock Hill. Baxter Engle, mill work.. Rock Hill. G. W. Esters, mill work.. Rock Hill. D. L. Eddy, letter carrier, Rock Hill. Sidney Friedheim, merch., Rock Hill. J. T. Fain, editor. Rock Hill. Albert Friedheim. merchant, Rock Hill. W. P. Fudge, farmer, No. 2. Rock Hill. C. W. Frew, salesman, Rock Hill. S. H. Faires, farmer, No. 1, Rock Hill. J. A. Fox, mill work.. Rock Hill. H. W. Fudge, old age (84), Rock Hill. Arnold Friedheim. merch., Rock Hill. D. E. Fincher, mill work., Rock Hill. F. C. Fudge, carpenter, Rock Hill. J. G. Ferguson, carpenter Rock Hill. Rolan Funderburk, mill work., R. Hill. G. W. Faulkenbury, mill work., R. Hill. W. J. Ferrell. cem. keeper, Rock Hill. Julius Friedheim. merch., Rock Hill. J. R. Franklin, mill work.. Rock Hill. J. D. Flowers, mill work.. Rock Hill. S. T. Frew, bill poster. Rock Hill. J. B. Fudge, retired (80). Rock Hill. Perry Ferguson, farmer. Rock Hill. J. M. Ferguson, gardener, Rock Hill. Joseph Furr, mill work.. Rock Hill. J. R. Ferrell. mill work., Rock Hill. T. A. Fite. mill work.. Rock Hill. S. Friedheim. Jr., M. D., Rock Hill. L F. F'urr. farmer. Rock Hill. A. Friedheim, merchant, Rock Hill. T. E. Faris. farmer, No. 1, Rock Hill. H. A. Furr. hackman. Rock Hill. U. I). Freidheim, salesman. Rock Hill. W. R. Ferrell. mill work., Rock Hill. Dolph Friedheim, salesman, Rock Hill. J. H. I^inch, merchant, Rock Hill. R. S. Feweli, liveryman. Rock Hill. S. T. Gordon, meat cutter. Rock Hill. FJ. T. Grist, ins. agt.. Rock Hill. J. T. Givens, mill work.. Rock Hill. (Continued on Page Four.)