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P, pi -]VOL ON3 WO-- IN E M Y B. 10' FA IDA .S -M 9 9 4 PRIMARY OF HIS OWN OBJECTS TO BEING LIMITED IN t TIME OF SPEAKING. % Will not Join Campaign Party if Lim- I ited, but Will Make Own Dates o and Accept Invitations. v In the following' address Senator d Tillman announces that he will not f 3oin the campaign party, if he' is to b be limited in his time, but that- he 14 will make engagements of his own. e He ram the newspapers for their t brief reports, intimatilg that there h is a cneme to belittle and, -fiially; d destroy the county to county cam- e paigni. .. An Address to the People . of the I State: f; Felloi, Citizens: The primary sys- a tem of tlhb democratid party in South f Carolina is very largely my own work. The canvass of the candidates from g county to county seeking office dis- I cussing issus and letting the people 7 meet them face to face is an essential b ned very valuable feature of our polit- i ical machinety. The daily papers have sl always opposed this programme be- si cause it broke up the old system un-. t] der which the editors of those pApers t( exercised immense power and in a b measure dictated our politics. Unable t] to tnot the constitution changed so as to do away with this state campaign, p they have hit upon a device of ren dering it inoperative and largely nug atory by giving very meagre, unim portant and often garbled accounts of the speeches. The people being told E that the candidates are saying noth ing, do not turn out to the- meetings and this makes.the plan a failure. be epuse lhe people do not see or hear , the mten who want their votes and the newspapers pecomplish their pur pose of controlling our politics. The mectinxs are rendered rilicul ous by the short timie given to any candidate in which to present his views and make known his qualifica- t tions. The discussions instead' of be nT educative, etabling the voters to select the candidate Whose persoinal- I* ity and platform are most to his lik are farces. No ian can do him self or any important subje9t justice i In the ten, twenty and thirty minutes'. (1 time allotted to himn der the plan now being carried out and something must ,be lone to change this condi tion or overnment by iewspapers will come again to stay. I have no quarrel with the newspapers of our -state, hut n9thing ever broke up the old ring which govei'nedI the state prio' to 1890 except the joint discussions he tween the candidates for governor, tj and, nothing will restore the eondi tions of ring rule so easily and in evitably as to have such rules and reg uhntions as are now being carried out. Every candidate wants a hearng in everyv county, but .he does ntot get it, an1d ihe people. are un" d .linsz t ) lose tl the day, espJecially when they aire busy 1k in thir' farms, listening' to the kind of speecbes that are. heine maide, and 1k no other kind cant be made under the & ciremstances. There are about tweni' t ty-five eandidates, leaving out those who have no opposition and who, a therefore, have no heed to speak, and where a congressional candidate 'has ti opposition this num~ber is increased. a 1 have something -I want, to say to te the people of the state, because I be- ini lieve itis mg duy to say it, rt I e am unwillibg to join the presentawtate d4 eimmpaiga party amnd be lin1jted in'a p speechees/g I must be. . It wvould 1)- tI u;istto the ethers if I wvere' not Ii.n-r ited. T. therefore, have decided; ihnt 1k I will auptelad tone of the st~en no pid hjIg pdit ea~ ~daU. in- tI v ted dgspbg 1l t:v: .. pi thc t ime I wvant% Instead V give ne. oj tice that aft:er the ifeh of Jfil, ,wvien ro I *jil pipe-my flst pi4obat ie tumi y fo rdhwas th1 ieih ~ enks ti 'or .other .publis gabl$ e he )I4 ja *tI~nv.inhie open tir e 1duhI9 ti &t nah eh:t illn%ayab d'fr ta'n~t evoke to this. work. I have no objee. ion and tvill %e4lome the presence of ich other oificiat. and candidatcs as iy friends may -.eP fit to inviti. A mon-ent's reflecti6n will show liat the proaramme now being cirried it of limiting si eeches would be al )gether to-my advantage because Ir. 1-tinpkin could nover make rprh f an impression in the limited time ,hili he can obtain, While lie thinks au-lidates for the senate should not iseuss state issues,l think very dif, irenly and want to discuss them, tt I can do no good and will wa4fo a >t of valuable time,.which I had rntl. r devote to rest and recuperation al' )r my hard winter's work than fol the campaign ass it is being eon. .-..ed. Mr. Lum'pkin will be it. liib Ily to tell the people all about na mal issues that. I do nQt know, wir,la will tell the people about state af tirs and! how they have been mismatn. zed and how they ought to be re wined. At this 'time I have only two eu. igements in tlhe state, one at Sandy lat, in Greenville county, on July tht, and one at Elloree, in Orange. Ql'g county, on July 14th, the place here I made my second speech in the :ate. As soon as I have a,ranged a hedule of meetings I will announce ic dates and places and I shall hope > make the'meetings thus arranged at instructive and satisfactory to lose who may attend them. f shall be obliged if all weekly pa ers in the state will copy. B. R. Tillman. MR. OLARK MAKES REPLY. :e Points Out That Mr. A. C. Jones' 'Charges Have all Been Denied by Bank's Officers. o the Elitor of the State: There appeared in your paper of iine 1.5th a letter from l: A. C. imes of Newberry whieh was l.eaded Re defends his charges as 1) de Isits by tle dispesrllfl ill the Caro na National bank.'' I was at the ine confl,ied to a sick bed and did At (e the letter-- for severnl days. Ilis is the first opportimity Ifhat I We had of replying to the sarx, Mr. Jones itid.ulges in some ethi l criticisms which I deem not only tappropriate but unbecoming in a seussioii like this, and tlerefore iss them by without furtlhe7. notice. The controversy- arises over a cer in statement which appeared in a Iter written by Mr. Jones il the ininer of 1903 against the dispen ry aid to which1 Mr. Jones, ill his celt letter refers in the following lguage, ''I said ainong othler things ntI had -been informed that after c reappointimit of one of til mIei ri.s of the board of control who had tired for several years bec'aase le lit 11nitimore liouor -house huid de )sited $50,000 in his bank with the Iderstanding that it cold remainl ore -wiithouit initerest unitil called The ''Baltimnore liquor hlouse'' re rredl to waos Messrs. Wmn. Lanahan Son of Baltimore; ''Thes bank,'' e Carolina National bank, and the mnemiber' of the board of control,' eni. 'Wilie Joines?.' - true1, I his ould certainily be0 a serious reflec n. Gen. Jones5, howvever, wvhen ex nlinedl by the inlvestigating commit 0 deniied1 tihe trulth of the statement most ,emphlatie terms.' When I was amineld a short ' time ago I also mied the statemnent with equal em insis. Mr. Jones says thlat hle made e statement uipon information de ved1 from a.nothier. One would ther.e. ire sIltppose thitt. lifter these emphatic miais b)y parties who shlould .kn~ow. ats, Mr', Jones would. have been ~onilit to make tile ''amenide ho>nor let, or i~ i h questiomued 41th0 trulth .the' dehial ho shot?ild hq ve been ady Withe the- proof 4to estiablish his aim. Hesdoes neitluNr, bhet iup his re nt lottey',seeks to dnstiff hi's claim )ion miny tostimioiytlb'efdeo thl inves agtijg' eetninitteen fle sys: ''It >pers from Mir Oltnk's testimony uat. theo deposit na tiueh larger an this' but at a very low rate 'of in jhst, and1 uwhilo those who inform the may havel eno mistaken .as Ghe intereat'pa toff it''am sure M/grve dea.the favfide a peated it in writing the letter to elow the slrewdness of the whiskey mei and. the methods they used to get bu+ ness from tie dispensary and as they did not care to make this member at offer of rebates they would make de" posits in his bank and in this W6y pinee him as a member of the board ot control and chairman of the Demoerd tic party of this state under obliga tions to them." These are certaltn6 ly serious charges against one who Ws well known over the entire state and highly esteemed and respected wherever known. I do not know Ivvm what source Mr. (. derived his information as to my testimony..I wils examined by the committee short ly aftei the unfortunate breach be tween tile committee and their steno grapher who then labored under such excitement that lie was unable to fur nish to tile newpapers a stenographic report, of my testimony. The News andl Courier and The State, however, published quite an accurate outline of my testimony and I would chal lenge Mr. Jones to show from any thing there said the verity of his statement. To any fairminded per son reading my testimony it will be apparent that the deposits referred to antedated the reappointment of Gen. Jones to the board of control by -ia very man.V years and during a period when no employee of the Car olina National Bank had any con nection whatever iwtli the dispensary. A hd uirther that. they were made in connection with other financial trans actions and had 11o reference what soever to dispensoiry matter. The denial of Col. Jones and my self already made should have been satisfactory to an unbiased mind; but. in oilder now to put the question beyond cavil or controversy, I will again say that the statelelt con itaied in Mr. Jones' letter as to the deposit with the pTarolina National baI Ink is absolutely without foundation. His insi nuat ions therefore of a pur pose to bribe is wholly unwarranted. I have no doubt but that Mr. Jones is sincere in his effort to expose the frjauds and corrnpq)tions of the dispen sary; but it Seems to ie that it would have beenl far bhetter for him to have appQared before the investigating. committee and licc other witnesses afforded them the benefit of his in formation rather than deal in idle rumors.- He should also have given to the committee the name of his in formant that lie may have been sumn ioned to testify of his knowledge of the. crookedness of ''dispensary otii vials'' and the methods of ''liquor houses'' and thus render theni somei substantial aid in their noble and patriotic work. W. A. Clark, Prisedent, Carolina National Bank, Columbia, S. C., June 20, 1906. Card from Mr. Jones. To the Prohibition Democrats of Sout h Carolina : When I found, last Monday that unIless I re-entered the race for gover nior we would practically abdindon the fight we have been making to v'ote tIhe (dispensary out, county by coulnty, andi~ to close the state dispenisar.y. I felt that. it. was a duty I owed to mny party and the State to file the ledge aund stand for the homes of our peco ple, for pure D)einocracy and against the dispensary ; and opposed( to graft, corruption and extra.vagance in ever'y denartmenit of the State govern ment. I. did so at great personal sac ai fiee. I would have preferred for another to lead and let me serve in the rnks as I have done for year's. The illness of my daughter with ty phid fever, has prevented my at tendlinig the meeting thlis week, but I hope to join the camp)aign party at Blarnwcll niext< Mond4y. My pinit eip)al purpos wn ~ ritinf>this letter i.s t9 urge unon the prohllitibiiDemio erats of the state1 to elect a legisla ture tht ~11 close the.- State dispen sary nd i'4fer the. qadation back to the Aurticenand lot the av whe%her they will-have prohibit ion, ('o;nty is pensnil :. tr, high icense, unader the pro':'uinns off the Constittutionu. Thie el"ehion of a legislatuire that will abol.. j.d the state 1dispneaury nand dire th~e pooyle of. each t m i tI.e night t16 Imp what they ;an ~g ually as ti~ i~,~sthe~; C'ea govt ernor to administer to bringing fac ltnal politics into thce e--mri:i. but I believe the present condition of af fairs would justify the Dlmoc fits to dem!"u.nd of their candidiatEs for the Lrn latu1re at least, to -ay where I c ntand on this and other ques tic.l., id, if they are not om:l oken in 0thir positions, to vote for them to stav at home If tiere ever was a time that the state neuded the ser vive of its purest, ablest, and best men it is to-day. Get at work once. The whiskey forces are organized and will spend money to keep good men from running for office and to defeat if they have the courage to run. A. C. JONES Newberry, June 22. Standing by The Record. There is nothing equivocal in the candidacy of Mr. Cole L. Blease for Governor. He is the'dispensary's true lover and loyal knight and is ready anl eager to maintain his title against all entries. The dispensary is good enougih for him. Just as it stands, without one plea, he would maintain it. He has no patience with all thisf lmItering after reform. There is no need for reform, the institintion be ing already as nearly perfect as it is possible to ike it. Tliere is a good (leal of strength in Mr. Please's position. tie tilk of re forming the dispensary is beside the mark. We all know what tihe dispen sary is. It has been in operation for thir-teen years, and its effects are pret ty evident in South Carolina. Its methods are known to the public. They have been shown most elaborate ly by the investigation which is still inl progress with Mr. Lyon and Mr. Christensen as chief prosecutors. Mr. Blease is a member of the investigat in,ly committee himnself. He has been close enlouagh to see the whites of the eyes of all the Witnesses and he has heard all the tales they have told, just as the people have been made ac quainted with them through the press reports. Witi this informalion be fore him Mr. Blease stands upl) an(l eballenges ansy eandidate for oflIce who is dissatisfied with the dispen sary, either as a system or isn its meth mds of opiration, to "prove that there 1has been corruption in the dispensary and to name the men who have bene lited thereby.' Corruption means tle changing from good to bad in any quality. To iwove present co's'uption inl the dis pensary it is necessary to establish original goodness. That is a fair, task for' the advocates of various measures oI' reform for the dispensary, includ inly Senator Tillman al(d Messrs. Man ning and Sloan. They are sill urging tlse necessity for some change in the law governinlg the dispeinsary, to pre vent corruption. Now, wliere is the corruption, asks Mr. Blease. Those wh'1o 1ho1d tihat the disp)ensarly is an impossible inistitution, being inhesrent ly evil, can not enter the lists against Mr. Blease at all. There is no issue between them and him upon thle prop (isition he has stated1. lie makes no claim for tile dispensasry except its secord. There it stand1s, lie says, and [ like i,0. Nobody can quarrel with suchl an attitude. These is no account ing foir tastes, and a man has tIhe righlt to exercise his own. Mr, Blease likes the dispensary for' what it has shown itself to bo not foi' what lie fhinks it can be made t~o show itself. Anything other than what it is would be per' version. Andl there it is possible for' the unceompromising opp)onent of the dispensary as an institution, to agree with him. bThe var'iouis methods of "'reformy'' which ar'e being exploited contemplate an unnatural develop mnent. Against such proceeding, Mr. Blease, speaking firom the soul of tihe dlispensary, pro'tests. As~we have said, this is a straight forward position. Theire is no use to waste time disenussig the na ture, of the dispdhsary ainy more. We have all seen enough of it to know exactly what it is. Its rccor'd is' writ.ten in scorching pages. Those who like such thihgs as the dispensary has accom niilshed should come out, like Mr. Bllease, and deOclarie themselves in ap )rl Alind full satisfaction. Those wlg do n6t like them should demand tpl.ain upof the whole bisiness. EF nimk& os ar leso THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. 1 The Reaper Has Been Abroad-Con stables Seize Some Jugs-Per sonal Mention. Prosperity, June 28.-Mr. and Mrs. A. 0. Wise have gone on a short trip t to Olein Springs. Mr. L. S. Bowers has returned from a trip to Harris Lithia Springs. Miss Sadie Goggans, of Newberry, f is visiting Miss Isoline Wyehe. Hart Kohn, of Columbia, came up on a visirto his parents Saturday. MIr. 0. L. Schumpert, of Atlanta, c Ga., is visiting his mother, Mrs. P. L. 0 Sehumpert, and will spend his vaca- I tion here. Mrs. Elizabeth M. Simpsoi, nee I Cook, was born at Cook hoiestead V near Prosperity on June 5, 1836, and a departed this life June 24, 1906, age, seventy years and nineteen days. She 1: was married to Dr. J. B. Simpson Sep- n teier 1, 1860. There were six child ren born to her, four of whom pre- f ceded her to the spirit land. She leaves a devoted husband and two C daugliters, Miss Nannie and Mrs. S. s D. Duncan to mourn theiir loss. Mrs. t, Simpson was laid to rest, in Colony cemetery on Sunday afternoon. The I fiineral service was coidieted by her 1 istor, Rev. M. 0. J. Kreps. 0 Mr's. Simpson was a1 levoted(l moth. er. a kind neig-1hbor and a genierous f friend. Site will be Imissed by ler large circle of friends. 0 'Mrs. Mattie Conkel, the wife of 2 Mr. Perry Conkel, after a long spell I of sickliess, passed from earth anid its e soi'row on Monday Juie 25, to rest from hl'er labors. 0 Mrs. Conkel was about. 26 years i old annd leaves one child, a1 lislbaiid ainl many friends to mouiirn- her loss. I She was laid to rest in loly Trinlity emi'etery, Little Monitainl, S. C., on ( Tu11esday Jne 26. Dfepairted this life June 23, 1906, Joli Long, son of Mr. 1). 1. Lonlg. le leaves a wife and one clid and e losts of friends. We are called oil lo record a larger' number of deati this week tlian tisual t anid we would extend to all the he- v Ieavml ones mlou l1mosl Iwi -t-ell sym patly. We kniow what it is lo loose a imotier. Ve oftenl wonder if the lessons of' death tlat we r1ad almost (I daily are not lost to a large degree u1poni us. We are requested to extend file tlianks of Dr. J. Ji. fla(n Miss Natinie a Simpson and Mr. and Mirs. S. 1). Ihmi- v el to 11heir friends fior the1I many e kimdnesses shiown them diuring the last sickness and death of Mrs. J. 1t. Siip soin. .I.i There will be communion in Grace a ihiurchi oh Suinday JulyI; 1st, andl(] Mt. Tahor tle 8th. Pastor Kreps asks q1 that all nole the time. The presiding elder was inl (owni Satuday. He was holding quarterly b r-onfer'ence at Zion. Miss Jessie Moseley and Miss Della i, B3ower's left today, Thunrsday, for s, Ulinton, to attendl thle recep)tioni of Nfrs. Copeland, nice Moselcy, this A wveng. Mi's. J. A. Simpson anmd Mr's. 1). W- hi f'. Kihler' vere visit ing' in Newberr'y his week. - D)r. . sM. CrIosson, Dri. Jamel(s Cr'os-. oni aind famuily, of Leecsville, 'wer'e ini owni Oin Suinday ini attend(anee uploni lie funeral of thleir aunt, .Mr's. J1. 14. Mi's. Rosa Ci'ossoni and (daughter, a \fiss Victoria, were also in at. tendanie 2 il)oni t.he funer'al of Mr's. Crosson 's 6 daster, Mrs. Simpson. Mrs. Wrkmnan, of Clinton, and e sirs. William Smith, of Kinar'ds, are 'isit ing Mr's. S. D). 1Duncan. Mr. V. H. Thonmpson, of Columbia, ntade a flying visit, to his fatherci Sun-S lay. Mr. Mel. B. Chalmers and wife were lie guests (of Mr. J1. Y. Thompson Sun 'lay. Therme will lie a match game of base )all Saturmday afternoon at 4:30, be tween the Monticello and Saluda teams. This will 1)e the opening game fnd will be a hotly contested one.' Mir. Julins Iloozer, of Columbia, ins bieen on a visit to Mr'. J. A. Simnp ion anid family dur'ings the past w'cck. Mrs. .Joiner and,daughiter, of Helenma 3a.' i'e, visiting Mrs. R. 'T. Pugh. Mr. W. E. Moseley is at home from SUniversitf* of Virginia. He grad~ Iated from this institition second in iis class, which gives him second SAliss Lillian Luther is visiting ier >rothers in Columbia this. week. The Sorosis met with Miss Marie eagin and your correspondent was n1 error last week. He was just thir- d y days ahead. It. will come in by and ty. ' Dr., Mrs., and Miss Isoline Wyche inve gone to Charleston to be present it the commencement exercises of 'the 'itadel at which time their son, Cecil Vill graduate. Dr. E. N. Kibler has gone to the Isle f Palms to attend the State Dental ssoeiation and will be away until fonday. We saw Constable Oeorge and Po ieeman Oxner marching up street -ith two big jugs.. They got the jugs I(] the other fellow lost his jags. Rev. Waddy T. Duncan, P. E. reached a forceful sermon in Wight mn chapel Sunday night. Mrs. W. C. Dominick, we are in ormed, is quite sick. Mr. William Bobb, of the Bachman hapel section, has been spending r)me time with Mr. B. M. 1). Livings I1n. W'e have been requested to call at r-tion to the had condition of the mng bridge near' the DeWalt ptiarter ver ('1111unonl Creek. Charlie S. Schumlipert is at home Ir liehnmnd, Va. AI. Pilrim Sunday school will have te of Iheir famous pienics onl July 0. All may expect a good dilnner as iele Jay hits said so anld that is nouighi. Alisses Aargerie and Cleona Hayes, f lartford, atre visiting ars. J. P. Viheeler. Alessrs. F. It. Hlunter and It. B. Xi (zt.ey vere in, town ritesday. Ars. Quattlebatun, of Greenville, ;-., stopwed over ont Tuesday to see erV soI, James 1). Quattlebaum. Aessrs. (1,eorge Bromwi and Green litchell have been onl a trip to Saluda Oiln11y. They report quite severe aills and hleavy stoiims. Miss t 'lleY Whelveler lIet WmIle.sday 1) at temdlIlhe summiler. school at Oreen.. 'ood. liss ula Moseley hafs gone to lllto Io be pres'enlt at tle reception ivel AMrs. T. ). Copeland onl 'Thu'rs ny eveling. Aiss Ailie Lee lln'f'ord is visiting eiltives ill Biaekstock. Miss RobelIta l all, of Little lontain,. one ot' the mlost promlisinl olilu_ womteli, has been eut down it i- m in hood. She h13ad jist re ined Il411m Winthrop e(AN-1ge and wvas mtlplainlinl,g whenI sIe arrived at Mle. Site lingered util iti lis week, -heitn(liitfis set in and she Nas flled lfrom i his lif' ear lV Wednes n ilmorniilg. Site was about eigh tPln ye-Irs old and was one of Win roip's brightest sIudets. She was lid to rest in Holy Trinityr cemetery, ittle Mloiain, Ibis, Thiursday,morn m%. We extenid our most heart-felt empathties to thie b)ereaved par'ents. Mr' and AMrs Enrnest Bedenbaug of tianta, after a pleasant visit to Mr. edetnbaugh 's patents, have returned R1ev. M. 0. J1. Kreps and Dr'. JT. H. !ilson spent laIst 'Tursday wi th Rev. Mrt. B. V,. Chapman is visiting his mit, Mr's. J. B. D)ennis and his school0 ate, Carlisle Bedenbaughi this wveek. M'arr'ied at the Lutheran p)arson te in Pi'osper'ity, Wednesday June 7, by Rev. M. 0. J. Kreps, Mr. avidl Lanwford and Miss Lillie riffin, of Newvberry. Thle happy )uple was gr'eetedl by a rico shower ' 'omi adnmirinig friends. chedule of State and County Cam paign. Mt. Bethel .. .. .. .... July 31. Mt. Pleasant.. .... ....Aug. 1. Whiitmire .. ......... Aug. 2. Newberr'y (State Campaign) Aug 7 Williatm's Store .. .... Aug 8. Longshor'es.. .........Aug 0. UTtop1ia ...............Aug 10, ' Priospeitiy .... .... .. Aug. 14. Jolly Street .. .......Aug. 15. Fork ..,.. .... .... Aug. 16. .Jalapa .... .... .......Aug 21 Little Mlountain.. ....Aug. 23. Mollohuon Mill . .Aug 24. (Night,) Newberry .. .. Aug. 25 (11 A. M.) West Thnd . .. 4g. 25. (N ight.)