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s-. BLEASE'S OPENING SPEECH DELIVERED AT OPENING STATE CAMPAIGN AT SUMTER. Hon. Cole L. Blease Clearly and Suc cinctly States His Position on the Issues. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gen-| tlemen. South Carolinians: Two years ago., when I appeared before you as a candidate for the of- j fice of governor, I was introduced to you as Senator Blease. This morn ing your chairman Introduced me as Mayor Blease, of Newberry. Two years^ago I represented Newberry county in the State senate. At the close of that year I voluntarily re tired from that position and last December I was elected mayor of the city of: Newberry, where. I was .born, and where I have; lived all my life. So it is with pleasure that I can to day repeat the boast which I made, in the last campaign, viz., that the people of my home town and coun ty have never refused to elect mie to . any office that I have asked them for. I,have been town attorney and am now mayor, and have represented the county in the house of repre sentatives and in the State Senate. I have been elected to nearly every; State convention since 1890, when I began my ser.vice . in . the house of representatives, and am now serving my fourteenth year on (the State! Democratic executive committee. In the race for governor two years ago I received a majority of the votes in the town of Newberry and in the | county of Newberry, and in the sur rounding counties of Laurens, Salu da and Union, and in that section of j Lexington adjacent to my home coun ty.. Where the people know me best I I received my largest vote, and of f that I am proud. As to my success in my profession, the records in the office of the clerk oV the court at Newberry will show that my name appears as attorney in nearly all of the important criminal and civil cases of the county. I have - served the State as speaker pro tem. of the bouse, and as president pro tem. of the senate as presidential elector twice, and as a member of the State board of canvassers for four years, and I beg to refer you to those with ?whom I have served and those whom I, have served as to the manner, in which I filled these positions and discharged the duties thereof. We are told today that conditions! in South Carolina demand a sound and economical, but not penurious, business administration, and it is true. The financial question is the | greatest issue which confronts ou> people. And who was it that first) called attention to our financial con dition? Blease did it on the fioor et I the senaJe, and worked for a more[ economical government, and begged I the senators to reduce ?ppropria- j tions, not to create useless offices | and to stop burdening the people with taxation. In 1906 and 1908 I went| on the stump all over this State and begged the people to pay more at tention to their financial affairs, and did all In my power to make the financial condition of our State the principal issue in both those cam-1 paigns. But the politicians and cer tain newspapers wanted to keep con cealed the true conditions, so they J hollered "liquor, liquor." and hid the facts, as far as possible, from the; voters. Now. since they can not keep these conditions hid any longer, some of them are yelling, "Let li quor alone, and let's have a business campaign." . All right, that is what I have been begging for, for year, and I am glad to see that the peo-| people have at last waked up to find that I was right, and that they are | now demanding what I have been | trying to-get for years?a more econ omical form of government. Two years ago I exposed the im migration law so completely that the legislature was forced to repeal the act and abolish the immigration bu reau. Had it not been for my fight that abomination would still be with liS. I fought for the inspection o! our mills as to health and as to working children under the prohibits 1 age | and not within the legal hours, and the legislature has made provision for this. I fought for night school for chi" dren who could not attenl day schools, and succeeded in getting a law passed upon cu'Jt subject. 1 fought the effort whici was made to I*eep thousands of our whir people from voting in the p.*?i?wry, and in the St'tr* convention 1 suc ceeded in getting the committee to report unfavorably upon the resolu tion, and on the floor of the conven tion I again fought it, and the con vention refused to pass the resolu tion, and all white men in Soul a Carolina are yet free. My platform today is as follows: 1. An honest administration of all laws, fairly and impartially, to all citizens alike. 2. Enforcing all laws upon all subjects, and obedience to the consti tution of the United States and of South Carolina. 3. Trial by jury for all persons accused of crime and enforcing the judgments of courts founded upon the verdicts of the juries. 4. Keeping forever seperate the legislative, judicial and executive departments of the government, each however, doing its duty and endeav oring to uphold and support the oth ?er. Upon this I respectfully present the following issues for the consid eration of my fellow-Democrats to whom I address myself: (a) I am in favor of biennial ses sions of the general assembly. fbl I am in favor of liberal ap propriations for our Confederate vet erans. (o I am in favor of liberal, but not extravagant appropriation for our State institutions of learning, so that all of them may be kept upon a high standard. (d) I am in favor of building up the free-school system so that every white child in South Carolina may be given a good, common school ed ucation in comfortable and conven ient school houses, and in paying teachers -sufficient salaries to secure the best. I am absolutely opposed to compulsory education.as my re cord in both the house and the senate in the past will show. "In my opinion, compulsory educa tion at the hands of the State means disrupting the home, for it dethrones the authority of the parents and places the paid agents of the State in control of the children, and de stroys family government. Those agents stand between the child and j parent. - They represent the State, j They are not responsible to the par ents. They impress upon the minds of the children the views of the State |and virtually say, "We have taken !you out of bondage and made you free, we are giving you what your unnatural parents would not give' you?and no child on earth can be subject to.such influences and teach-! ing and escape imbibing the spirit of rebellion against parental author j ity, and conseouent disrespect and ingratitude. Children are too eas ily-infected with the idea that their pi.-rr.ts owe Lhcm everything, while they owe them nothing in return, and with" the design and law of God set at defiance, who can compass, by the widest stretches of the most gi gantic mind, the condition that will follow? We desire to see the tan dard of education: raised it. South Carolina: we want every boy and girl in the State to have every possible opportunity to gain for themselves the very best sad highest degree of equipment for life, but we do not want , it at the cost, of parental au thority, and the . peace of the -home. Family government and parental re sponsibility antedate* all others, and it is possible for wild, extravagant and madly enthusiastic men, who see theory and theory only to destroy family government, alienate children from their parents and force the home into a scene of strife, rebellion and wrechedness." The Bible fays a great deal aboui; obedience to parents and reverence for parents, and, be lieving in that Book and its teach ings as strongly us I do, I say to the parents, for the sake of tbeir chil dren, our country and for the future, keep within ysur own control the I rearing and education of your own children, and strike down by your ballot every effort to deprive you of the same. 0?rr people fight force bills in congress and they had better fight this one at home. (e) I am opposed to the higher education of the negro race, and in favor of the taxes'paid by white peo ple going to, and being used oniy for, the education of white children. (f> I am in favor of a strict en forcement of the vagrancy laws. (g) I am in favor of a law re quiring either a marriage certificate! or the registration of all marriages in the office of the clerk of the court of the county in which the marriage takes place. (h) I am in favor of a flat rate ol 2 1-2 cents per mile on railroads in this State, but am opposed to the rules uow in force on the railroads as to mileage books and charging I 15 cents excess. I (i) I am in favor of good roads, good morals and honest government. (j) As to the whiskey.question, 1 am satisled that the people of the State are tired of the agitation along this line. I favor local option, and, in order to be strictly Democratic I and allow self-government and home-J rule, I favor extending the present law so as to allow a county to have license, if the majority of her white I citizens wish it, as other counties have dispensary or prohibition. How-J ever, if license is voted, I favor the most rigorous enforcement of the I laws for the :tale in this mannet. I prohibiting under any circumstances, any whiBkey being sold in less quan tities than one-half pint, or between sunset and sunup, and prohibit it I from being drunk on the premises, or being sold, under any circum stances, to mii-ors or inebriates, or behind closed doors or screens, pro hibiting any obscene pictures on the premises, or any billiard or poo' rooms connected therewith, and pro viding that any person holding a li cense who shall violate :<ny provis-l ion of the, law shall immediately no on conviction, forfeit his license and be forever thereafter barred from be ing licensed, and in addition be im prisoned at hard labor in the State penitentiary without the alternative I of a fine. I am absolutely opp.is d I to the old bar-room system, and j would under no circumstances tignj a bill to reinstate that system. (k) I am opposed to any law re stricting the rights of Democrats to ?'ote in the primary elections, other than is provided for in *.he rules j adopted by the State convention, which provides as follow: 'T.hat no white man shall be excluded fluni I ui'ticipation in the Democrat .c ?t? niary who shaii lake rhe plebp"- r* 'iuired by the rules cf the boi. oc it lc party, and whose name has .'.een enrolled on the Democratic ctnii five days before the primary elert <?:. ?.nd who is otherwise qualified under the constitution and rules of the Democratic party to vote in the prim ary election." The oath referred to is as follows: ' I do solemnly swear that I am duly qualified to vote at this election, according to the rules of the Democratic party, and that I have not voted before at this elec tion, and pledge myself to support the nominees of this primary," Rule i provides that no person shall be permitted to vote unless he has been enrolled on a club list at least five ?lays before the primary election, and unless he has been a resident of the State one year, and of the coun ty in which he seeks enrollment CO] 'ays preceeding the next general election. It is, therefore, seen that the claptrap, so-called argument that people are allowed to vote in the j primary elections who have only been in the county for a few days or in the State for a short time is abso lutely unfounded and unwarranted, because these provisions which I have cited make it absolutely imper ative that in order to vote in the primary one shall have been in the State one year and in the county 60 days preceedins the genei il election, nnd this absolutely prevents any man from voting In the primary election who is what is commonly called a floater. In my opinion, this is amply strong, and any law passed by the legislature further abridging the right of suffrage in the primary would be vetoed by me immediately if 1 were governor. (11 I am in favor of running the government on a liberal, but not ex travagant basis, las is now beiiu done) and in making our tax levy, both county and State, as low as pos sible for a safe and econinical man agement of our financial affairs: and of reducing expenses uselessm tco of reducing expenses, abolishing use less positions, stopping extravagant appropriations lor any purpose, stop ping the useless expenditure of mon ey by officials, stepping the creation :if useless office . and all other meth ods of reckless, careless or useless expenditure of money that causes an increase in the tax levied upon our people for our taxes are too .high, and our people are now too heavily bur dened with taxation. I fully believe that the grandest most progressiv, 'most perfect and most independent form of govern ment is a poor government and a rich people. When you make a rich government, and thereby impoverish the people, or make a poor people, you reverse Democracy and create dissatisfaction and discontent among the people, who are the masters aud not the servants, as some would have us think. For me, give me a poor government and a rich people, in place of a rich government and a pcor people for the more money that you give your legislature the con trol of, the more extravagant will be their appropriations and expenditur es. Under our present management the idea seems to be to raise the tax levy higher, make assessments high er, make more extravagant appropri ations, and spend the people's money uselessly, making both the people and the government poor, for the benefit of a few who hold political positions and draw large salaries, and who are trying to create an aris tocracy, not of .blood, not of brains, but of money. :(m) I am in favor of the consti tutional amendment to be voted upon in the general election providing for a fifth justice of the supreme court, and in .favor of making the decision of the supreme court in any case the J final disposition of that particular! case, in so far as the State courts are concerned, unless that court itself shall for good and sufficient legal reasons afterwards brought to its at tention change its decision. Trifflin? with the courts as is now being done, should be stopped. And in order to bring this about I am in favor of such laws that will protect capital in all its lawful investments, and the good old Democratic doctrine. "Eq ual rights to all and special privileges to none" in each branch of the gov ernment and particularly in the en forcement of all laws. I have been advocating these prin ciples for years in the house, in the senate and on the stump In my home county and throughout the State, and have stood squarely on them out in the open and never waited to see which would be the popular side be fore taking a stand. Even when some of them were very unpopular and it seemed that any man who dar ed advocate them was doomed to po litical oblivion I stood by them and made the fight to keep them up and begged the people not to be deceived, but to hear me for my cause, and now we see some who did not stand for them, or who, if they did, were afraid to acknowledge it, endeavoring to push me off my platform and yell ing to the people that they and Betsj hilled the bear and that they are the logical candidate. If therebe a log ical candidate upon these principles or upon a financial platform for more economical form of government and for reduction in appropriation and. a business man's administration, I submit to you. the people, that 1 am the man, standing upon my past record as candidate, legislator and citi7en. I beg to call your attention to the fact that two years ago I re ceived forty two thousand and one hundred votes for this position. From the information that I have received I am satisfied that 1 will l>e elected and if so I promise you a fnir and impartial administration of '?11 the duties of the office and in so Far as my power lies a reduction ir expenses and an honest enforcement of whatever laws may now be upon vour statute books, or may be placed there by the properly constituted au thorities.?Adv. Kelly's Wood Yard. For the best grade of wood and oal. call up J. B. Kelly the wood man. Oak and fine mixed, and cut co the proper lengths. Send ?n order for trial load, and you will always iuy wood nt his yard. Also dealer id ice and makes deliveries to any nart of the city. Call or phone. Notice Filing County Claims. Office of County Supervisor; Councy of Orangeburg. All claims against the County should be filed in the office of the Supervisor on or before the 25th lay of June, 1910. M. E. Zeigler, 6-21-3. Clerk Supervisor. .Notice of Increase of Capital Stock. A meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of Norway will be held at I p. m... July 23, 1910, in the bank milding at Norway, S C, for the lurpese of. increasing the capital nock of the bank from $10,000 to ?;??!:>.000. 6-1 6-4. T. Q. Cogburn. Cashier: Removed by Lydia E. Pitik= ham's Vegetable Compound Holly Springs, Miss.? "Words are inadequate^ fur me to express what yourwonderi'ul med icines have done lor me. The doctors said 1 had a tumor, and I had an operation, but was soon as bad againasever.l wrote toyouloradvice.and began to take Lydia E. Pinkliam's Veg etable Compound as you told me to /x/do. 1 am glad to "Isay that now J look and feel so well that'my friends keep asking me what has helped me so much, and I gladly recommend your Vegetable Compound."?Mhs.Wili.ik JCmvAiins, Holly Springs. Miss. One of the greatest triumphs of Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vegetable Com pound is the conquering of woman's dread enemy ? tumor, if you have mysterious pains.intlammatkm.ulcera tion or displacement, don't wait for time to confirm your fears and go throucrh the horrors of a hospital opera fcion. but try Lydia E. Pinkbam'S Vege table Compound at once. For thirty years Lydia E. Pin^ham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs.lias been thestandard remedy for female ills, and such unquestion able testimony as the above proves the value of this famous remedy, and should give everyone confidence. If you would like special advice about your case write a confiden tial letter to Mrs. 1'inkliaiu, at Lynn, Mass. Hor advice is free, and always helpful. CLASSIFIED COLUMN i One-half Cent a Word Found Notice* Free. For Sale?Registered setter pup?. Llewellyn strain. $7 each. Apply F. N. Rickenbaker, Orangeburg, S. C. 5-5-13 For Sale?Farm Land, 48 acres, more or less, situate within one mile of city limits of Orangeburg on the Belh-ille Road, See A. M. Salley, Orangeburg, S. C. 2-24 Agents Wunted?Boy and girl agents to sell 24 packages of The Shur win Polish for us, and receive a beautifuJ Camera or Doll Free. Write todoy. The Breaker Supply Co., Box 25, St. George, S. C. 3m* For Sale?One 60 H. P. Pillis Tour ling-car, originally cost $5,300 with top. In fine condition, little used. Apply at once to B. Klein, 56 W. Russell St., Orangeburg. Car will be in Charleston on the 12th. It Cypress Shingles fbr Sale-?40,000 all heart No. 1 Shingles ready for prompt shipment at $4.10 f. o. b. Cope. Also several thousand No. 2s at $2.25. ?KIttrell & Reed, Cope, S. C. 5-14-tf. Wanted?Improved farm of 100 to 150 acres on public road within three miles of Orangeburg. Any one desiring to sell advise fully regarding place, location and price. Frank E. Smith, Orange burg, S. C. . 6-30-tf. Wanted?Bright girls, between 16 and 22 years of age. Attractive occupation with good salary at start and rapid advancement. No previous experience necessary, sal ary paid while learning. . Apply in person at Exchange, Southern Bell Telephone Co., Orangeburg, S. C. 6-30-9* Notice?Hereafter we will put on ordinary horse and mule shoes No. 1 and 3 for 40c per pair. For larger sizes and exfra work 50c per pair. We use Capwell horse shoe nails. Cost 16c per pound, others cost 8c per pound. All work guaranteed. VonOhsen and Culler. 7-9-4* Money Made Quietly on the side. Unlike No. 1. "Sealed secrets." E Rogers, No. 5, Horseshoe, N. C. Hogs and sheep. Poland China Pigs and Shropshire Sheep. Good In dividuals. T. E. Brown, Mur freesboro, Tenn. Wanted?To buy Hides, Wool, Bees wax, Tallow, etc. Write for prices Crawford & Co., 508-510 Reynold. Street, Augusta; Ga. Maplehurst, on the Asheville and Lake Toxaway railroad. Three hundred feet from station. Mod ern Conveniences. No consump tives taken. A. L. & L. E. Daven port, Horse Shoe, N. C. We need immediately about 20 men and 50 good grade teachers for desirable locations in this and other Southern States. Write at once for particulars. Education al Bureau. Raleigh, N. C. Representatives wanted?for great est discovery in the history of medical science (a new treatment for tuberculosis.) Possibilities un limited. Patients improve .as if by magic. Address Nature's Crea tion Company, Dept. 16, Colum bus, Ohio. Wanted?Hardwood3, logs and lum ber. We are cash buyers of pop lar, cedar and walnut logs. Al? want poplar, ash, cottonwood, cy press and oak lumber. Inspectloi at your point. Easy cutting. Writ* us. Savannah Valley Lumber Co Augusta, Ga. Wanted young men 17 to 35. Pre pare for railroad Mail clerk ex amination. Beginners salary $S00 Advancememnt rapid after first 6 moths. Only common school edu cation needed. Other high sab aried positions for both sex. Free catalog and full particulars for fre scholarship. Oswego Insti tute, Dept. Civil Service, Oswego N. Y. Notice of Sale. I'nbed States District Court, Eastern District of South Carolina.?in the Matter of A. R. .Vlobley, Bank rupt. Pursuant to an order of \V. W. Williams. Referee in Bankruptcy, before whom the above entitled mat ter is pending, I will sell at public auction, at Springfield, S. C. on the 15th day or July. 1910; at twelve o'clock noon, to the highest bidder, for cash, the stock ol* goods, wares and merchandise, and furniture and fixtures of bankrupt. Stock con sists of dry goods, notions, shoes, clothing, etc., valued at $4,fifi7.4.S. and of glass counters, safe. etc.. val ued at $181.15. For rurther par ticulars apply to Trustee. Frank E. Smith, June 20Mi. 1910. Trustee. Dated Orangeburg, S. C. Estate Notice. All persons indebted to the estate of Catherine E. Connor, deceased, must make payment of same to M. S. Connor, Esq., Attorney, Si. George, S. C. at once, and all persons hold ing claims against the said estate must present the same duly itemized and verified to the above named at torney, within thirty days, or he de barred payment. Julia E. Westbury. Administratrix. Estate C. E. Connor, deceased. Bowman, S. C. May 27, 1910. ? I Real French Drip Coffee can not be made unless the cof fee itself is _pre jjared; blended and roasted ae cording to the famous French method. Use IUZIANNE COFFEE For all around family r?j use. Jhe Reily Taylor Ca, NEWORUANS,as.A "Complete Line." DOORS, SASH and BLINDS, LIME, CEMENT and . PLASTER. Get Our Price Before Buying HAY, CORN, OATS and RICEFLOUR. Our feed for Horses, Cows and j Chickens are made from clean sweet grain. Fresh Supply of TURNIP and RUTABAGA Seeds AL FALFA and CLOVER. Ayers & williams. Beware of Fakirs AND Ask Yourself a few Questions If a strange man who claimed to be a Doctor knocked at your door and asked you If any one was Bick and If you wanted hi? Bervices, wouldn't you nay "no thank you, not you." But' Bend post haste for your regular family physician? When your watch is broken, do yon give It to a peddler to repair? No. You take it to some reliable Jeweler who guarantees bis work. If you are particular about these things why not he so with your eyes? When they need glasses? Have them examined and correctly fitted, with the proper 1 en see and f ramei, by i competent Optometist and Optician,' who is permanently located here 1b thia city and who guarantees ist lofactlon. Jno. T. Wise JEWELER AND OPTOMETIST. 50 East Russel St., Orangeburg, S. C. Hundred! of satisfied Customers In this County. Ask them. h. A A A MONEY TO LOAN $ I am^Prepared to lend money on improved] farms 7 per cent, si-nple t terest Terms to suit - bor rower; no discount taken out and no charges made ? except a small fee [for J paper. Y. T. BILDEBRAND D. P. O'CAIN Land Surveying Correct ly Done. Prices Mod eate. Orangeburg, S. C. R. F. D. No. 4. "Hot Tom" THE PROHIBITION DRINK. 5 cents a glass at all Grocers. <>><><><>o<>o<><><><>^ FIRE, LIFE, BURGLARY, TORNADO ALSO SURETY BONDS Written toy H. C. Wannamaker I represent companies that's know to be good, Give me some of your business. THE PEOPLE'S BANK ORANGEBUG, S- C. CAPITAL STOCK.980,000.00 SURPLUS. 20,000.00 STOCKHOLDERS' LIA BILITY . 30,000.00 PROTECTION TO DE POSITORS .$80,000.00 D. O. Herbert.President B. F. Mnekenfnss.Vice-President 3. W. Culler.Cashier A. T. Wannamaker... .Asst. Cashier DIRECTORS. W. O. Cram A. M. galley 3. T. Rickenbaker W. L. Glaze G. L. Salley Robt. E. Copes. D. O. Herbert B. F. Muckenfusu H. C. Wannamaker. 4 per cent interest paid in Savings Department. Absolute security guaranteed to Depositors. ?e????????eee????<'?e???????e???????oe?e????????eo??< GLOVER'S Great Clothin We offer for the next two weeks a few Suits, each of broken lots, at below cost Only have a few sizes of each Lot. Also some bargains in extra pants Watch our Window for Styles and Prices. GLOVER'S Orangeburg, S. C STILES R. MELLIHCAMP, Orangeburg, S. C. Fire Insurance. Companies Represented: Springfield Assets Over 9 1-2 Million 61 Years Old Queen of America "8 1-2 " 19 London Assurance Milwaukee Mechanics "3 58 ** Shawnee " " 1 1 -2 " 28 " " ALL OLD LINE. IS VOirit CAR ALL RIGHT for that long ride you are planning for the TWELFTH? Better be sure than sorry. Have us overhaul your automobile and fix any little thing that need attention. Remember that little defects o'r breaks have an un comfortable habit of suddenly be coming big ones when far from home. ?A full line of supplies. Culler & Salley