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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,
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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
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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,
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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.
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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).
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formed to link forty cities and towns
with motor bus lines in competition
with railways.
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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
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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
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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