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ator, Senate Journal, pages 277, 294, 418 and 427; also page 5, Journal of 1906, he voted against the dispensary and for local option by state board and again,t the hotel and beer privi leges. In the senate of 1899 he voted for what was then known as the Ar cher bill, which was a direct thrust at the dispensary. In 1904 he voted for the Brice bill, and also voted against the amendment which the friends of the dispensary offered, putting on the half mill tax levy. See Senate Jour nal, pages 398, 399. With this record he is Iot conlsisteit inl his preseit. views, for lie has, on all occasions, by his votes, whenever tlle opportunity olyered, voted maainist the dispensary system. In 1902, as seiator, when the bill was introiulced to prohibit trusts, Mr. Maiivin voted against the hill, andl for tIle truists. See Journal, pages 462 and 4172. At the same session, when the railroad relief bill for employees was offered, lie voted to kill tle bill, thus voting against. the employees. See pages 262, 276, 504. At. the same session, when the state was endeavor ing to repeal the charter of the Vir ginia-Carolina Chemical company, a trust throttling or attempting to throttle tle people of Soith Carolina, and which Attorney leneral Bellinger anl his assistanlts were fightinag wtih all their power. Mr. Man Iing voted againsft tile hill to suspend this corporation. See Joirnal .1902, pa-e :t-16. Inl the session otf 1900, Joimn., pa,.,ie 206;. Mr. 'Manning vot ed ninst the chil labor hill. le also voted a'inist the hill to prevent strikes. lock-otnis. etv.. page 32. Jour nial 1905. 11e also voled against, tle hill for ten hours inl the cottonl mills. In the session of, IS93, House Jourial., page Si, also inl the Senate Journal of 1900. page 365. lie voted against separate coaches for theo two races, thlus voting for white ladies to be thrown in the same Coaches with neg ro men. In the session of 1893, House Journal, page 334, when tle attempt was being made to reduce the rate of interest from S to 7 per cent, inl tle State. he voted to1 redtiee it. When we were tightiIl%r so hard to give ileyoung ladies ot Wintihrop Chrismas holi days,. he lined hiimself up with the oppositioli and voted anainst the holi days, pa,.te 15 of the .lournal of 1906). Wilt this record I elaim lithat Mr. Mainning is not vonsistenI in his pres ent positions before the people. and is not t Ie friend t that element of the people who need protection. Col. Sloain, while a member of the senate. in 1892 aind 1893. voted nast the dispeiisary every time le had the opportuiitv. and used every effort lie could to kill it. Ii tile ses sionl of 1SI9N, pIage 163a. page 233a, Pa2( 25ta he volted ag aist separa te coaches, and used every effort that was possiblie to he used tiI kill the hill. and when he finaillv tfoundh that it wvould pass. he ilhen nmove,i to postponle it sn'oilln into effect until iene year after date, so is ii nive antiher opphirtiniiiitv to de feat iieti efe it coulId he um-le ef 'e't ivye. Ther. e arme t them r mtt eis in the ecor ofi Col. Sloan to wvhich I iiht mter. hiut 5ii tar as 1 ail jll fo rimed, hie i ionsistent iii still si at in*n for heini. in 1905. *iournal. 277. 1 defended lie dispeiisary by my vote, and oppos ed allowinn state hoards fto close dispensa ries. WVihl a member of thle house I opposed allowinig county dele gat ions to name couty b oards of' control, as my vote show, been use I kniew thlen t hat the result woul he as if is today, because thle county hoards, in coutieis where the delega ions were opposed to the dispen sar would nat urally he men whlo were opposed to thle dIispensarmy. Tlhiose men wvould elect dispenseis and their clerks who were opplosed to thle disp ensary. You would thus har thle friends of the dispensaries fioii holding posi tions in thlemu. Anid suchi haus been thle caseS. I opposted boinding state eon stables. JIournal 1900, pages -143, 147, because I knew anid said, as reported in the N ews and Courier February 8, of that year. t hat it would hampei' them in the discharge of their duties. and1 to a large extent would keep them from being effective in their work. Such has come to he the case. I introduced a bill in 1906, in the senate, to repeal the Brice law. In 1890, Journal, page 376, you will find my position on the separate coach bill, and I believe I introduced the first separate coach bill, that was ever introduced which was afterwards t ak en up by Mr. Caughiman and pushed to a successful termination. I have alwvays favored biennial ses sions of the general assembly, as the Journal of 1899 and others will show, I lhaving introduced resolutionts ini the K house al9ng that line in 1890. Aiid all during the time I was a memiber of the house I worked and labored for ' the ten-hour law for, mill people, jatid T opposed the compromise of' 11 hurs and am still in favor of the ten-hour iaw. I worked and voted fo: the bill to prevent lock-outs. I intro duced the bill which gave to the nigh schools a portion of the free schoe money, which was mainly for th, benefit of the cotton mill people. Thus it will be seen the platfori upon which I stand today I hav, labored for in season and out of sea 8011, both upon the rostrum and ii the halls of the house and sonat since 1890. And I stand before yoi today as a candidate upon those prin ciples, as a candidate of that class o )eople who Ieed protection. Ani while I am opposed to no class, fllm do niot desire to array class agailns class. and would not do so, yet i lie samie timie I believe inl tle 1l ein ettilly tor tihe protection o Al. Ay inotto has always been: B truei to Imly friends, stanld by in; frienlds rei."Illess of cirCIImISt iiev., an11d do what is right, ind at the righ1 tine. If elected gvtwelior I will failhful ly, fearlessly and impartially enforei every law placed uipon the stauti books of South Carolina. During his discission of MIr. Man in1'" s record Ie said that Mr. Man ning had left the house of his fathers im was hiollering dispensary just t< be governorl of South Carolina. H had left the house of his fathers, Wil Onic ere V overno of South Calro liiia, ai had left it since tile le.."isla hire ad,joirnied inl .1906, and since I1 lef't the cily of, W'ashinlgt-oil 1al411n. abhouit Mfareb or- April. Iiring Mir. Iliense's disclssiion 4 Mr. Maninint's vote on the searat (oach1 hill "Mr. M n111111nigl" asked Mr Blea.e to state how lie (Manninig: voted ()In the Cauglhian hill. Mr. Blease: In the session of 1000 piige 365, you will find in the recordi in the lihrary across there that yol voted against it. Mr. Manning: You will find furth er. )n1, oIn page 399, I think, inl till samlle J0onrn1al, that T voted for thi Caughmian bill. Mr. Blease: Another change Whet you SAW VOII W're iin the minoritV just like you art doing now: sti Mr. Blease said it was., up to him t( explair Ii is Clan1geC of front, whlen h had Voted] everv timle against the dis peisarIy, had voted for the Briee lill when Brice holdly stoodI 1ponl ti floor and said. ''I introduced it fo the puripose of killing the daninabl dispensary.'' When the friends o the dispensary got togetlher and fixe, up a half mill tax clause to put on th Counties votinlg out the lispenlsary Mr Manning voted oive again against th, dispensary p weople, ag aginst put tin! ill that half mill tax. Why was M mannin's position chianged ? ie ask ed. Because Mr. Mantining holieve that nlow to say tile dispensary is th< Iest soliilut oft tlie whiskey question is thlie n111lv ro1ad1 to the govei'1ror's Of lit't. Mr'. Blease paid his irespect s to Mr Ainsel. " Four yasago my tfriem Aniisel was 4onle of1 thle hot test d ispen s:n'yV meni I eveir heard'l speak. Toda:W he i4f1r local opion b411het ween whiiske' andi pro"hibit ioni. ando if' you ask hiin wh1ich 'i line he wouild vote tfor I don' knw which'l one he would say' but helie've hle wouh1i say prohib)ition.' Mr i. Biease defent'ided tile displensar as5 it no4w'1 stands~ andI read an1 ar'tiel Friaser' Ly'on. You)1 kn1ow1 the St at airticle w"as tot thle eI'Yeet that Lvi hadl said hefore' tile investig~at ing coml mlittee that he wld')1( say very~ frank ly t hat if he had evidence to shot fraud in any~ of these mat ter's h wold)1 cer'taiinly otter' it to thle com mitt ee. ''T have chlalleniged thle gen tlemeni whoi ar'e tighit ing the dispeni sar in i t he diff'er'ent counties toi slim whin'i thle c'orruiption1 exists.'' sail Mir. Blease. ''I have challenged thei 4) show thle meni guilty of corriup)t i4) and if t hey will pinht out thlose me1 whol4 ar1e corruplt t hey will be pr'ost ent ed. I say to 0you thait I chlalleng anly maii to showu~ today that the stat dlispe?nsary' is 'or'rupt. Itf I was got ernior' otf South Calrolinal and a ma was provedC( to be corriupt ini any oflIk I w'old do my b)est to put him inu ti penitent iar'y. Buit getting up) ani saying there is fraud doesn 'I pros fraud. I say to you1 today that til dIispIensaryv is thle best solution of tl: whiskey question, and the state di: pensar~iy is the way to manage it.] you can 't contrl' men01 iln Columbi what ini the name of God would ye do wVithl 124 all ov'er Southl Carolin tihe inmbeir yon wold have wit contty dispensaries?'' Mi'. Blease wvanted tile proof< fraud, and let it be war to the knil andi and the kinift to i hilt. ''If you will take hea say I ('anl ruin anybody's echaracte Ah, liy trie'nds, thlink of it. Two me &set Iztgt her. One wvhispers ill tIl oIther''s ear some slalnder about so11 faii' girlh. That whisper is fanned ii to a little brnae. Diecntly it is Win Newinin mQ whirlwind and then a cyclone, and v pure girl's reputation is gone, by th( t foul mouth of some liar. So it is witt a man's character. When you strik( a at a man's character, do like Mr Lyon did. I congratulate him upor 2 his manly course. He said: I hav4 3 not the proof, and, therefore, I don' - make the charge. Mr. Blease said h( I believed he stood here as the only may 5 who had the dispensary in his heart He stood where lie had stood for six - teen years, and not, just since two o: c three weeks or nionths ago. Mr. Blease asserted that Senato: Tillman was t(e autihor of the Ray t sor-Manning bill. He said: ''I wan t t (ell you. while tihie greatest man i4 South Caroliiia is preseti, liht wheil the bill weit before tlie dispenlsarN callsm1 it was laid oIn the table. Whei Senator Tilliian lput his views int< typewritin.- and selit it iito tile can eus Senator Tillman'"s view%s wvere in corpolated into the Raysor-Mannin bill and the substitute bill came baeL to (lite senate. The itaysor-Manning bill has never been before the senate to be voted on, but it was Ben Till man 's bill. Now it is at tempted to be daddied by Manning and others.'' Mr. Blease's Life. Cole. L. Blease, son of Henry IHI aldA Mary A. Blease, was born in Newherry counlty thir(y-eight years ago. 1i received is collegiate edu catioi at Newherry colle.e aind gradu ated at the (1oveinmeit ILaw School at Washiintoi, D. C., beiing admitted t< Iractice bef'ore the suipreme court 01 the Distriet of. Colunbia in 1889 and bef(ore the supemle court of Soutl Carolina a few days later. le was admitted to practice before the su preie court of tle United States il March, 1893. lie entered polities in 1890. le was elected to the legisla ture ant was chairnian of the commit. tee on privileges and elections. H( was twice elected speaker pro temi ie was re-elected to the house,leadin" the ticket. He was a member of th< state board of canvassers for foin years, aid was presidential elector oi the deinoeratic ticket inl 196 ant 100)0. lie was a vin elected to th house in 18989 anld was chairman of the committee on military. He serv ed two years as a member of th boarId of visitors of the Citadel Acad Vmy. le was elected to the state sen ate.from Newberrv in 1904. In addi tionl o these positi."s he has beel counity chairman, and a member o: nearly all of the state conventions. H( is now and has been a mem1beir of tll state democratie executive .committet, for Ien years, having beenli unanimons Iy .re-elected by his county conlventioi in 1906. I-I also served for thret terms as city attorney of Newberry. In addition to .these plositions ol political trust, 1ir. Blease has helt tile positions of great sachem of th< Ttiproved Order of Red Men, and is noiiw t heir great r'epresen tat ive to th< great conneil lot thle U'nited Stales lit' has also been grandl master of thc 1improvied Order ofi Odd Fellowins, ail is no 4w their g~ran id r'epresen'litat ive ti lhe sovereigni irandl lodge'. I1e is alIsi a mnembler o f (lie grantd lodige Knight, of Pythiias ofi South Carolina, and it a niember o' (t'e Woodmeii of t bi IAside' from his otlies of political prominence anid his posit ions of' honm,i in secret societies lie is known as ont as the ablest criminal lawyer ini th< state, and has bieen engaged ini tht successful, active and lucrative prae tice ot' his profession for t hopiast six teen years, during which time lie hiar attained promlinence in many imipor-. lait cases thlroughout the state. . The Fight on Blease. .. Editorial Laur'ensville Uerald. e. The Heriald, as e veryv body knolws 1 has never yet hid its political lighi a under a bushel, and fourthlermnore has always symipathiized with the can 1 dida te against who thle ant i-pre'ss 0 the stilte turnts its hat ceries of ridieh e aiid slander. In numerous instalice: e we have seen, men otter for otlc s whose moral characteCr wvas iiot ahovy n eiriticism, liut not 011e word oft pro e test was heta rd against t hem, cit he e from Ithe( anti-press or thle pulpit d Whby? Because that particular can e dida te beloiiged to the ant i-Tillmiai e faction and nev'er lost an opplortuniit; e to dlenounce Ben Tilhnan in the mos . rab.id termis; but the par'ticular cnn f didate of whom we speak belonged t a that class known as ''the betteir ele u~ ment,'' which fact was sulicient t a, veneer him for all political pur'poses hi That same 01(1 game of slanderin reform candidates is heiing resorted I f with iincreased v'ehemnene agains e lHon. Cole L. .Blease, caindidate fo e governor. Thie anti-newspapeirs hay e.. kept. up an incessant and bittecr f'igh .on lhin ever' sinlce it 'ras1 anino nce a that lie w~ould b)e a 'nailidate, an e even the pirea(cher's (as in the case o e Ben Tilhnan, several years ago,) ar . now writing ipbUtical articles agains i unfair argument -to poison the minds of the voters against him. There Is i not a reader of the Herald that does not remember when these same polit ical preachers denounced Ben Tillman I from the pulpits as being a loathsome, lecherous creature-unfit for the so ciety of (lecent men, and not to be in cluded in the galaxy of our great men, i i etc. But how did the voters treat such unfair, hypocritical denuncia fion? . Merely as the vaporings of the tools of a political class that had Ar rogated to itselft all the wisdom of the state and affected to believe that the right to hold and parcel out. the olliees belong to a certain few by right I of inher-itance. and that Ben Tillman and all of his followers were but political illegitimates that had no\ ri-Its inder the excilsive code of i this "better elemient.'' And now, thev are trying the same game in ref relce to Mlease; but, notwithstand in tle flight that has bei made on him, we don't believe there is a single hoiest, consistqit reformer in Lanur ens county but who can see that Cole Blease is the logical candidate for every reformer in Laurens county to vote for. In the first place he has as much ability as any candidate in tle field, and there are many other ( reasons wylV lie should be the choice of the reformers. First. He is the only Tillmanite (":11lidate in the field for governor. Second. le is always outspoken :Ind holnest. never a straddler. Third. 1Ie is no new converl to Tillianisim or tile dispelsary, hut one 1 the Ohl Guard of 1890. F-ifti. lle stands flat footed for the disenAryvithouit anly Compromise a to plaeate its enenies. Sixth. If yo vote for Blease you will not fall into the trap set for you t by tlie anti-dispensarvites and ene- it mies of Ben Tillman. ri In addition to these six reasons why all uncompromising reformers should vote for Blease, there is the y additional reason, that no candidate a in tlie field and champion of the rights F of the conimmion people as has Blease, d :1111I the cowardly insitinatiols of those who would injure him from a inial point of view are hut tile les Sion sharpshooters of th'le hypocritical mra1l crusade that woull blast tile - odname ad 11( (11racter of any dis pensary. can1d1(lidate siiply because nhII candidate is no41t tihe m1ain of their choice., an1d becanse they dread the ability and uncompromising polities E of the object of their political hatred. In view of' all these facts, it is sulf- A fleient to say that Blease is the logical candilate for Tillmanites to vote for. Swo d youir duty, reformers; and all - who would suipport all open, outspok enl man, one who has always'ben true to his colvictions. ENGINE SMALLER THAN A FLY. Made of Gold and Steel, But Weighs e No More Than a Match. Technical W4nrbl. - Tinly Tim is te liamne of' Ilhe small1 gold aiid steel and is so small that a con1i1m4on lionuse IitIs easi ly smallest .22 short Cat ridge. Balance wheel and all . It' we'ighs just 4 iratins comp1 lete,' whliebl is about t4o 104ose' a commlionl matchll. It fakes 120 such eninles to4 which L almosi 2.001 to4 weigh a pot11ial and( more t ha n.0, 000 to weigh a toni. The eingine bed and( stand1( are of' gold. The shaft runs in hardenecd and ground steel bearings inserted ini the gold bed. These b)ear1ings ar ie counterm boired froni thle inside to~ form a self-oiling bearing. The fly wheel has a steel center and4 arms, withI a gold rim, andl 'his pair t (h compille'te wtheel) weighs a gr*iaini. The cyvlinlder is of steel with octa gonial base hii'.ly p)olishied. The stroke is 1 -32 of' an ineh;i bor'e 3-100 of an inch. Seve'nteen pie'es arie used in t he c'on(striuiction ofC t his engine. [Te feed is thIirough thle gold blase, I which is 1h4ollow. '[le speed of this enlginle is 6,00(1 revolhutioins pet' minute. -When r'uniniig 100 lper s'conid no mo tioii is v'isible to the eye, but it makes -a note hike the nisie of a mosquito, -caused by th.e v'ibrating piston rodl. The hor'sep)ower' is 1-498,000 of one horsepower. Comiipr'esser Oil' is Usd1 ( to ruin it ; and it may be of interest c to note that the amount requ1iried to ' make it hum can easily be borne on -the eyeball without winking., -''Katharine,'' said Bob, as he Sbrought his club chums down to the 3 depot platform, ''these are all my t friends.'' ''Glad to m'eet. you, gentle rmcen,'' replied the bride sweetly, 0 ''anid I anm sor'ry that you are going tto lbe sick.'' ''Sick ?'' echoed the~ dI'owd iln astonishmen(it . '' Why should Iyou thiink we are going 14) lie sick?'' ''Oh, because soon after the honey moon1 0 maieCiiid man11 always find. a re mainy sick fr'ielidS to sit upwithI.' W. E. PELH Reliable Ph We sell Sure Remedi As is Reliable. We gua 'action with every pack When your doctor w ring or send it to us. )reparing medicines. )ractices; we use pure nake our highest aim t ishes. Our prices are Pelham Reliable Druggistz 20th Making TWO THOL #HOICE TENNESSEE Lnd While it Lasts to 1 3est Patent $5.0 3est half Pat. $4 3est Meal 85c. t 3est Grits $1.75 1 Don't pay any more, don't be sv long, save money and buy from us, Our immense stock of spring goo, es and fancy goods and staples, ot >g novelties in millinery. Come ax ght thing in prices, style, quality, ly cannot beat us, we don't mak4 ou up on balance, people gettin nd looking out more for No. x. C orty years experience counts son on't you forget it, PROSPER FRANK R. 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CAR, ISAND Barrels of that FLOUR Just Received Qo at O Every bbl. .40 guaranteed. ushel. Sack. ritched off by argument, come right is arriving embracing all the novel r Mrs. Moseley in the North select. id see us, we are prepared to do the &c., for an all round bill you sim : a cut price on one thing and burn g educated and opening their eyes ome and see us and be convinced. ething, we will treat you right and , S. C. ER & COMPANY, ive Sellers Money,Loaned on Improved Farm is p Stocks and Bonds RtY, S. C. Bought and Sold. 1 Want to Fnge Real Estate trs. th American Land Company here. NTER, Manager. W. W. WHEELER, Cashier. GEO. JOH-NSTONE, Attorney. ATIONAL. DANK, ITY, S. C. . $25S,000 00 . . . .3,500 00 ,* . , 25,000 00 ors . . $53,500 00 Proof Safe. and Fire Insurance. d prompt attention.4 your business. e investigation. conservative business on business prin SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. ye deposits in this department from ua 4 er cent interest aIIw~ed, payable -y, S. C. . . $ 50,000.00 . .h 25,000.00 . . 235,000.00 . siness principles. nsideration consistent nking. n deposits in savings ire Proof Vault. -oof Safe. J. E. NORWOOD, Cashier.