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<?( f V? \- f/ f i . tr'l jf- ' ' I V ll ! '< . M j PLATFORM OFJHE PARTY Democrats Pass Resolution in Cotf vention. 9 m - WILSON ADMINISTRATION IS EMCRSID Agricultural Farm Blca Jets Support ?land Democrats Mirst Stand for Adjusted Compensation for Service Men?Welcome to Women Voters? Pledge of Lower Raie of Taxation oa Farm Lands. Following is 'the platform of the South Carolina Democracy as adopted at the recent state convert ion: 'The Democratic party of South Carolina, In convention assembled, recfflrras its allegiance lo the principles of- Democracy expressed in our state and national platforms.' Wo extend < our best wishe^i apd hopes, for the rehealth and 'happiness of **7 r7**l our strickefi'lender, Woodrow Wilson. 1 t Wo are satisfied that the nohle principles fur which he l'ougpt will yet prevail. It is with great 'satisfaction ' that we li/rfrn' of the increasing love aqd adn\iration for him hy the American people-manifested by pilgrimages to hip honie. We pledge ourselves to continue the fight until the pence of N ~ "jtlie world is guaranteed. Also we ex4 tend greetings, and good wishes to ^ James M. Cox for the valiant . and courageous fljht he made under ad\ verse cifcumstii nces for the Democratic party. % A condition unparalleled in our history now confronts the people of South Carolina. From the time of our organization as an inde.j "ndent state the foundation df our economic structure has been agriculture. F">r tfVer a century, our ,?upply_ of jiipjk-y has been largely dopendbnt u.t*>n mo price of cotton and its by-products. Of late years the manufacture of cotton cloth has become inseparably ljr.ked with the production of the raw material so that the two now form tHe basis of our prosperity. ^It, behooves all good citizens to look to the welfare of the cotton farmer and the cotton manufacturer as a matter of tclf-preserva tlon ancl. far the life of our institutions. "At this time, the boll weevil threatens the further profitable production of cottota Through its hws our debt! have been increased and the burden* of taxation impoe^d by the state and the nation have become unbearable The Republican party, which now controls every branch of our federal government, is owned by the big moneyed interests of the North and East, Thes? people are essentially manufacturers They prjdujfc nothing/so. tar as agri culture is concerned arid are not self' supporting. They gonstitujk' the moncj lenders $>f t^e^cojijitr'y and their hi tefests are*and always wMtdie^ antpgo ? nistic to ritrfe. They winfi" to- buy oui products as* cheap as possible and t< accomplish this end to make the dol lar as dear as possible. /Acting upoi these principles they haw- decrease! the amount of money in circ-ulatioi ever $8 per capita .in the last yea and according to reports of the treas ury are continuing to do so daily They hnvb hoarded three-fourths o the gold of the world in Washingtoi and New York and although it is en titled to free coinage by our govern ment it is held in bullion drawing n interest and of no use as money t anybody. They have, by refusing t assist in the economic reconstructio of European countVieJ wftb this gob destroyed the markets for our cotto goods abroad while the people of thes i 'y. V " | 4 countries are paked arid crying to I clothed. .-.They have isolated Ameri . ca. seeking to force the ?overnmen1 of Europe to pay their debts in go] and to adopt ^he gold JdarSdnrd who they idfhtv that there gold 1 be had in Europe. Thetr scheme (to force our Tillies to j>ny them 11 enormous premium for their hoard* bullion or remain naked and helple* > . The same system of deflation is beii worked on Europe as it is upon tl South and West? lloth are beii pauperized to increase the fortunes these disciples of oupidity. The gc bog is worse than the ball weevil l?ii "We indorse the adjifsted compe nation bill now before congress. Indorses Bloc. "We indorse the agricultural bl in congress. We commend our sen tors for belonging to the sumo and . AIRPLANE SMUG r jj^ " ' ' -*\ /: ' JX ' ILaMissMSiSry !w.:..?-t:;;.:aaa^<., The wreckage of this g owned by bootleggers and en fifty quarts of the whisky w deuce that the route was a J .aster,/. . . 1 V- . DOUBLE TERROR O ?ji *iPijPh|/: I ' " rrj^^ ' t ??*** II iBjjjlllgjj^B...^Jj&rf*-. J*' &23F1 ^ Here they are, Moe and Izzy, I agents, without their disguise. Moe Izzy?that's Mr. Einstein?is the or turge upon them and our members in j congress the necessity of maintaining I at all times such an organization to protect the farming interests of this ! country. "We call upon our senators and con- ! pressmen to provide a system of short ' term eredita. This is especially neces- ; sary now that live stock and dairy ' farming must to a large extent take I the plnro of cotton farming and the ! present system ot 30, 00 and 00 day loans, and evpn six months loans, is 'otaliy inadequate' for such farming. I lu thiu connection we urge the exlen- j I sion of the war finance corporation j until a system as outlined above can be placed in operation. "There are in every city and town men and women who receive .from | $2,000 to $!>,000 pe\ annum snlarie. . j who pay no taxes whatever. These 5 con only be reached |?v income, luxi ury, and excise taxes and we depiapd 1 that such laws be put upon our statute J books. These laws are the fundamental principles of all fair systems pf taxation! The lowest rate should be placed upon the lands that produce the. living of ouii people, indeed if possible they should lie exempt. The highest rates should be placed upon lands held for speculative purposes and all luxuries. Let the necessities j he free. j "The prevalence of eritno is always I an expensive burden upon the poo> t pl?\ A spirit of lawlessness, if tol. | crated. mea<ns a disastrous loss of 1 * - ? "-I i- r\ f* t nit ionu 1 | lilt', limn jiiim |ii ujh-i i.? <n ?nv v ... 1 Wo demand a strict enforcement of i I all our laws and especially the pror hihltlon statutes? 'The bootlegger Is . becoming a menace to our civilization, r. The boldness vMth which illicit liquors f are sold is alarming to all good ,citin zens. We warn our people against - this great evil and most unscrupulous . enemy to Christian civilization. There o should he no place in South Carolina o for such undesirable citizens. Wo o demand that the punishment of these n criminals be by fine and imprison^], ment with no alternative sentence and n our judges should see to it. We would ie 'recommend that all practical means ie be devised and put into eff-ct for i- speedier trials and hearings of apts peals in cases of felony and in those Id civil matters in which the public genn erallv is vitally interested, o I "Our public schools and institutions - -i u l... II I.11.. cun. is j w learning miumu i?- nwnmj in ported hut economically administered >d Education is the surest safeguard ol is. ] ]iberty and the greatest preventative ifT pf oppression of the weak and poo: ho ' by the strong and the rich. It *is betig ter that we live on bread and watei of : and give our children an educatioi ild ; than to dwell in luxury and give t< ig. | the state an ignorant posterity. Th n- I condition of Km ope today is largel; | due to the ignorance and degradatioi of its farmers. NTo taxation /is bur or densome that goes to the education o a- j the masses, hi a government wher we j the people ary the sovereigns, un in GLING CANADIAN WHISIC iant airplane, which crashed to earth 1 gaged to transport Canadian liquor into ere confiscated by State troopers, who irosperoud one. The flyer disappeared ii F BOOTLEGGERS ' | k\\. t\ aBb^t <? w< k\lF S v i 0 Sw ? 4. / ' . BHBH^^Hgj^H^HHHn||H v .- , m . li y1 ^ f> ??? 4 ^ J||j(((^^ **** S?,i the country's most picturesque dry ?Mr. Smith?is the one on the left, le pointing the accusing finger. norant citizenship means ultimate despotism. We recommend that every child be guaranteed a minimum of seven months and a high school education "under trained teachers. " \^'c insist that every child be given the foundation for a college education and that it bo made compulsory. Our'colleges are well supported and patronized but in view of the hard times we believe that no additional public buildings except public Schools should be [ unueriaKen ior me pi-crimi..Welcomo to Women. "We welcome the advent of our women In polities. Thpy* chould have representation in every department of the state government. Our social ahd political organizations will never he pure until the men stand orf t'.ie same moral plane with our women and fight together for better conditions. I "We disapprove .ill Sunday sessions of the* legislature. "We oppose all national laws that tend to infringe upon the rights of I the state and local governments. "We pledge the people that In this crisis in our financial affairs South Carolina shall tal^o no backward step. By the strict economy and hearty^ cooperation of all our citizens and j business interests our state institu 1 tlons khnll be. preserved. we nave \ met crises before. The Democratic descendants of the Confederate soldiers. having manifested their heroism in surviving the difficulties that confronted them and the ashes of war, | have still burning jn them the same | patriotism and the same courage to I surmount the difficulties of the present hour." ' BEE CULTURE GROWS 1 It Is Now More Than a Sideline for Canada Farmers. Bee culture is no longer a mere side llr.o with Western Canadian farmers but is a recognized, established phase ' of agriculture, says a Winnipeg. Canada, dispatch. The financial return is such that in certain Manitoba settlements, including Brokcnhead and i Iywlywood, honey production has be j come one of the' leading industries. A million pounds of hor.ey was the 1 output of this province last year, says | I he.annual report of the apiarists' ,as:! aociatlon. which shows that a numbei . iof bee keepers produced ten tons ol . j h<?ney in a season, with ah avoragi r ]>of 250 pounds per hive. The hulk ol j the output, however, was produced 1>j | small farmers engaged in di\>ersiflec . farming. r| The report shows that there are abou 1 . 15,000 colonies in Manitoba, and tha -? | the apiarists' organization, the Man! e tohu He6 Keepers' Association, nm1 y I haa over 1,000 members. Reports t i ! the association give tlie names an< - methods of many farmers who bav if | cleared as much as $1,000 a .voir qn e j who took up bee keeping either as i-hebby or an experiment. Y TO U. S. WRECKED. iear Croton, N. Y., revealed it to he the United States. One hundred and found an oil stained map, giving evia a waiting automobile after the dis FROM GENOA TO THE HAGUE~ [ireat Economical Conference Takes; Adjournment. i i LLOYD GEORGE SAYS WHAT HE THINKS , ^ j Lecture to Russia In Which It Is Made 1 to Appear That If the Russians Had Been More Reasonable Mere Would Have Been AccomplishedGenoa, May 19.?David Lloyd George, i the British premier, in his valedictory before the final plenary session of,, the economic conference today, said the Genoa weather had been sunny an 1' gloomy nrrtf that sometimes there hart ; been thunderstorms, but all had ended today in a blue "sky? says the Associated Press"That is the history of the confer- ! ence," he added. "We need all kinds: of weather to make a good harvest; j and if you take a good look at tluconference you will find we have garnered fine crops." "These crops," Mr. Lloyd George listed as the coming meeting of The Hague, the pact for ncyi-aggression, and the reports of the finance, transport and economic commissions. "Let me say this abifUt the conference and the way it debated the Russian question," said Mr. Lloyd George. "The dlscusslpns in themselves have demonstrated the value of the international conference. "Here is a question which has created political crises In different countries, which has provoked wars and revolutions in two continents, debated : in conference in an atmosphere of calm and courteous investigation. What lK'tter justification could you have for conferences than that? I ion-.-, o nu.nii, f/??. w?flpf?tinn nn the difficulties we had in this conference before we resume those discussions 1 sincerely "hope that month will be utilized with a view of discussing' and suggesting a solution for those difficulties. "I should like to say one word in that respect upon the Russian memorandum. I do not know what the effect of-.this memora'ndum was in Russip; but I know the effect outside of Russia was disastrous. "It produced reaction against the spirit of settlement, and if it were the last word to be uttered by the Russian government I should feally despair of accomplishing such at The Hague. I tm referring to the eleventh of May memorandum. "Europe and the world need the produce which RU'ssia can contribute and Russia needs the accumulated wealth and skill which the world can place at Its command. Russia cannot recover for a generation without that help." "Europe is more and more tilling up the gaps left by Russia- Russia needs more and mope the help which the world can, and is anxious to give. If Russia needs help she can get it. "If Russia is to get 'help, Russia must not outrage the sentiments, if theyjlike let them call them prejudices, of the world. There is real sympathy for her condition. "What are these prejudices? I will Just name one or two, because they were air trampled upon in the memo, rnndum of May 11. The first prejudice we have in western Europe is that il you sell goods to a man you expect tc get paid for them. The second is this If you lend money to a man and he promises to repay you, you expect he will renav you. "The third Is this: If you po to s , m:in who has already lent you mono} and say, 'Will you lend me more?' h< will say to you, 'do you propose to re> , miy .me \Aiat I, cave you T and you say 'no, it is a matter of principle with m< not \o repay,' (here is a most extraor dlnary prejudice in the western mini . apuinst lending; more money to tha persori. It is not a matter of princi r Pie." r Appeals Issued. 1 "All the oriental nations not rfepre sented in the conference, united to t gether here in, what was calied th Faithful ' 1 Th. ; uin ih( ^ ^ j Gil ? . r^S. Th HOG; with 3 genuine fT**) Gillette i */ Blades J / fi/ v CILLET1 k . QskX A Sg <jk \XT PAT. t Xf o* \NOT TO I No blades li the qenuir Gillette Bla< 'oriental conference" passed unanim- 1 usly today a strongly worded appeal to European and American public pinion. The nations represented were i India, Egypt, Turkey, Afghanistan. Georgia, Asserbaijan, Armenia and j Syria. The appeals say: "The rivers of our venerable history, the sacred history of all civilized nations, are overflowing with blood. i/ook it the flanges, the Tigris and the Euphrates; look at the ^Jordan and the Nile. Do not these names recall the most solemn moifients in human history? On their banks there is war and desolation. "Death has unfolded hip black wings over the whole cast, over an area iar i vaster than Europe. Nations which have been great and desire to be free are lighting with despair in* their hearts against the imperialism of European nations, which move with violence against defenseless populations, using all the weapons devised by human malice, even |K>ison gases, ad has been recently done in Egvi't and in Malabar, by order proclaimed by commanders of the British troops, despite the fact that such means of offense have been barred by agreement at Washington. "The East dc ot hate Europe, for what it has dom o much lis it hates imperialism, the mixture of Injustice and violence of certain conquering countries.' The East has given everything to Europe in its recent peril. The Bust remained calm when revolt might have precipitated E#rope into far greater catastrophes. The East allows itself to he hied for the profit of certain powers while hypnotized with promises which were ndver kept. ' "These words we address to public opinion in Europe and America?an 'appeal from oppressed brethren to the sense of Justice of the breihren who oppress us." WAR ON GUILLOTINE Death of Landru Awakes Hostility to Capital Punishment. Through the publicity" given to the Landru execution, notice has again been attracted to the guillotine, and the Socialist papers, of which there are a number in Paris, are demanding abolition of capital punishment or that guillotinings take place in the privacy of prison. | In fact the public is not admitted j to*executions, except when there is : laxity on the part of the local officials, the publicity being due ^to the presence of reporters. It is urged that reporters should not be required to attend such function as the public would accept as accurate any prison governor's announcement tlpit a man had been guillotined without assurance by newspaper men. In a few weeks the guillotine will have operated for 130 years in France. Before the Revolution condemned persons were put to death in various ways. In some cases hones were broken by blows from an iron bar. Others were made to die In agony on the wheel. Many nomes were decapitated with the sword. The majority, however, tfere hanged. In 1790, a humanitarian Dr. Guillotin, procured the issuing of a decree that a criminal should be decapitated by a simple machin^ with a knife "which should i fall like the thunder." Actually, Guil' lot in. who was a professor of anatomy i in the I'aris School pf Medicine, had , nothing to do with the constructior ! of the sinister machine, and he diec ! of chagrin because his name war I given to it. i' A German harpsichord makei named Sehmitt built the first gqillo ? tine under the direction of Dr. Louis secretary of the Academy of Surgery , Louis XVI., who prided himself on hi: s skill as a locksmith and his know - ledge of mechanics, is said to havi J advised the adoption of the triangula t form of knife instead of the scythe - shape of the original design. Tlii story of the king, who was subse quently to lose his head on the gull . lotine, is discredited in many quar . tors, although it appears in the "Mem o I oirs" of Samson, one of the grea ? rj 7 ' ' ? s"Brownie"?a gene Gillette ' e same fine genuine lette Blades e Gillette shave If you don't know what that means?ask your neighbor! eBrownie Hrillette i"E SAFETY RAZOR CO.. Boston. U.S .A. , Tou) at all Dealers JOV. 15. 1904 \ MlET7? \ o o rx fiiAOt \ "oX 3E RESHARPENED -T1 -jT-SF^Q ike 0^%^ If des hangmen. To the first guillotining; \yhich took place in 1792 on the i'laco do Grove, the people of Paris thronged in crowds. At the swift end of Nicholas Pelletier, a footpad who had robbed and stabbed to death a traveller, they clapped their hands with satisfaction. After that the guillotine was kept busy. | From August, 1792, to July 1794, 2,- ' 633 persons were beheaded, including 334 women. In recent years the amount of guillotining has largely depended on the personal views of the president of the moment. Thirty years ago President Carnot executed everybody who* had been sentenced td death. Then President Fallieres went to the other extreme, being opposed to guillotining anybody. This led to an outcry, in consequence of which criminals guilty of particularly brutal murders escaped the penalty. From 1912 the death machine has worked with reg ularity. But there has always been latent hostility and the Landru cnso has brought it to the surface. In addition to the cry for abolition of capital *73 ? Proud of Job THE SELF-MADI RATHER PROUD THAT IS ONLY N HE HAS A RIGH' I IF HE HAS MAD lie'lias something to l>< ' with nothing and won I to pat himself on the Ik HE OPENED A S AT THE BANK I WORKED, SAVE i until things began to i | road is open to you. h ? ' OUR BANK WIL "I 1 ? ? - ?i? mm m * tt r A < PEOPLES BANK A e C. L. COBB, President r J. H. B. JENKINS, Jr. Active Vice President s C. W. McQEE, Cashier SAFETY FIRST-SE - n AL1 t fa? ' ? For Y< THIS BANK IT 1 IKUCJJ 111 (J iJr.M, in YORK COUNT Field of Endcav WE ARE ALWAYS TO RENDER a ers of this Couni glad to lend our try and enterpri JOIN THE MANY HUNDREDS 0 I? * that this Bank 1 if age of a Ban kin Valuable. fBANK O THE OL ? M. L. SMITH. President JAS. A. PAGE. Cashier :> Miss SALLIE SIFFORD, Asst. If Safety Sat punishment there is a demand certitude that a man is guilty befori^Kt^ in ii. r beheaded. and in I..indrii's cas^^^H certitude was not established. <$!& <, Women to the Front.?Some hereto-^B'tfij fore prominent Democrats who wcr^^^B present explained with "a grin tha^^^J they were not delegates hut tnere-^^^fi l> accompanied their wives who wer^B'.^ delegates. One of these was Col. Springs <! i< k from this state in the national con-^Kjrap vention which flrst nominated Wood-^Rjf row Wilson. When he and Mrs^H V Springs arrived at a Columbia he registered thus;. "Mrs. l^roj^B&ji Springs and husband." Mrs. Sprlngs^K^ l?y tlie way, was unanimously elected^K^ tlie woman member or tin- Vitiona^^H Democratic committee and in a very^fcg gracious littl* speech expressed hei^Kj| thanks. She is widely known as aH^ former president of the State I'Vil'-ra-^^H 4i? -c \iT?^./v?o? /"'InKo on/1 nu nnn kllJfl I'l IJIIM ll'i Vyiuwa uitu >4., v... .? j tin; mpst iiuWIir spirited wpmen inB^i1 j South Carolina, She served as soc-^K-^ j rotary of one of the committees and j had a good di al of real work to do.? j Greenville Piedmont. -r'JH the I : MAN IS USUALLY I OF THE JOB. M ATURAL. I r TO BE. I E A SUCCESS of his life, i' proud of. If he started n lis own way, lie is entitled H iek. Xo doubt early in life H AVINGS ACCOUNT I LND S D AND SACRIFICED < 1 come liis way. The same H "OLLOW IT." I # ? WW. L DO ITS FART. f HND TRUST COMPANY I A ' K J. M. 8TR0UP, Vic* President :|g J. T. CRAWFOkD, .Vic* President H WM. 8. MOORE, Aut cuniir ^ RVICE AND PROGRESS I WAYS _1 Many | sars f <; AS ENDEAVORED to to rests of CLOVER and < 1 V in the Front Lines of its or. < I < I GLAD < * Real Scrviee to the Farm- <> tv and in fact we are always < > Service to any Legal Indus- < j LSC. <> < i * < F SATISFIED Customers ;' ias and thus obtain advant- ;; g Service that is Really < * <> F CLOVER I D RELIABLE S. A. SIFFORD. Vice President < [ F. L. McELWEE. Asst. Cashier Cashier JNO. R. HART, Attorney <> isl'action ? Service i < >