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SEN. LATIMER ON IMMGRATION 'ke on 'uJse at Gree.: il.e Wa nesday Nit --Dpclared h. was not Opposed to Immigrants Who Came From North of Europe. Greenville, September 26.-United States Senator Latimer spoke in the Court House here last night by re quest of the Farmers' Union on the subject of immigration. He said in part: ''The editor of the News and Cour ier in an editorial of the 20th inst states: The kuestion of state aid to immigration should have no place in the campaign for United States Sen ator in South Carolina next year. What the South iCarolina General As sembly may do for or again-st the sup port of the department of immigra tion and agriculture, of which Col E. J. Watson is the head, is too small a matter upon which to hang the elec tion of a'senator.' "I have no. criticism to make of the statement made by the editor of the News and Courier as quoted above except that I have a right to my views upon this question, an~A having stated those views, if they are not antagon ized by the newspapers or by my op ponents in the campaign for re-elec tion I see no necessity for hanging the election of a senator upon that issue. "The editor of the News and Cour ier further states that in the short in terview I gave out to the Greenville News I failed to discuss the most im portant feature involved in the im migration question, viz., its hearing upon the question of white supre macy in South Carolina. "In the first place the policy of bringing immigrants, and the class of immigrants that I object to, in my judgment, will in no way add to the. citizenship of our state or promote the attainment of those conditions which we hope to produce through immigration. I have stated before and reiterite it now that immigrants will not stay in South Carolina until we have made their conditions, which involve wages paid and social surroundings, equal to these they can .obtain elsewhere in United States. In the past and at the present time 'we are paying lower wages in the south than in any other part of the t7nited States, and until this condition is changed so that labor will receive as good wages here as elsewhere.it is impractical to huope that the laborer will remain with us. This, of course, has nothing to do with the immi grants who come here to rent lands or purchase homes, and to that class I have never raised the ,slightest ob jection. "A further\policy that I object to is that of paying their transportation. This involves a tax on our people and imposes no responsibility or expense upon the immigrants brought here, and as soon as he is landed and finds that he can do better elsewhere he im mediately leaves the state and we have borne the cQst of his transpor tation and the disaippoinitment in cident to losing his services. During 2 the construction of the water power] near Belton some 75 or 100 foreigners were brought here from the north to construct the dam. They had their tra.nsportation paid, and, I am reliab ly informed, the next morning after they landed at the dam nine or ten failed to report for duty, having left during the night, and in a short per-. 1 iod practically all of them had gone3 and the parties paying their trans portation had to lose it. This effort on the part of our people to get im migrants has been tried over and over again, and in every instance that I 1 have heard of has proven a failure and a loss to those who put up the money to pay their transportation. < "I would like to know from the I editor of the News and Courier what number of white citizens have been added to out state from the 500 or a 600 immigrants that were brought ov-t er on the Wittekind, and if it is not i true that the more than $20,000 put up to. pay their transportation was t practically a total loss? "I am in favor of, and so-stat~ed in i the interview I gave to the Greenville t - News, a good class of immigrants coming to South Carolina and mnak ing it their home, and put myself on i record now as not opposed to immni- i grants coming here from Northern I Europe; but this class does not re- i quire to have their tran~sportation i paid, and when they come and pay I their own transportation I am satis- d fled that more of them will remain I with us, and even if they should go o there will be no loss to our people. "No one realizes more fully than t I do the importance of white supre- I macy in the south, but I deny that t the class of immigrants that I pro- t test against being brought to South r Greeks, Roumanians. Southern Ital ians and Asiatic peoples, that will - come over the Triest Line will aid us in maintaining white supremacy in the south. I state farther that, in my judgment the better class of im migrants, viz, those from Northern Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France, Holland, Belgium, England, Scotland, Ireland, Denmark, Norway and Swed en will not go to Triest to take pas sage for the United States. There are millions of people in Europe to day ready to come to the United States if they had their transporta tion paid and I am satisfied that we could increase the number of immi grants coming to this country to the full carrying capacity of all the steamship lines now coming to the United States if we would but put up the money to pay their transporta tion, and if we co-ld keep them on the farms we could increase our cot ton crop to 15,000,000 or 20,000,000 bales, and the result would probably be that we would take 5 cents for it instead of ,the present price. "It is claimed that our country was first settled by immigrants. This is true, but they came of their own ac cord and I have no objection to such people coming now as came in the early history of our country. They were from desirable sections of Eu rope and there are millions in Europe today who would make acceptable citizens here, but I favor their relying on their own resources to get here. "A few years ago it was regarded as extremely dangerous to travel alone through Sicily or without the protection of soldiers. There were so many robbers and bandits that it was almost impossible for one to pass hrough the island without being held ap and robbed or murdered, and it wvas a common occurrence for Lhese )andits to capture members of the ivealthy families and demand a large ;um of money for their release. In nany instances these amounts were )aid, and in others payment being re used, the captured party was mur lered. In passing through Sicily I nade inquiry about the robbers there ind was informed that there are no Longer any robbers and bandits in Bieily, that they had all gone to the [nited States. Nearly all of the out rages, foul murders kidnappings and 'obberies that have been perpetrated ni New York city and Chicago have een dlirectly.a traceable to the Ital ans and other low classes of immi ~rants that have come from Southern ~urope. All of the anarchistic organ zations of the country had their ori rin and derive their membership al-' nost entirely from the same element, md it was at the hands of one of >f this class that McKinley met his leath. ''The editor of the State in an editorial of the 21st instant seems ard put to find any reasonable ~rounds upon which to criticise my nterview and started out; by making ~omplaint of my advocating Federal id to drain the swamp lands south of Jolumbia, intimating that it is nec msary to have immigrants to drain t and to utilize it after it is drained. [presume those swamp lands are >wned by some one and we have had dtizens enough in the state up toI late to take care of practically all thej and in the state. However, if there s any land there that is not needed or cultivation by the population we tlready have it can simply wait, as t has been doing these hundreds of ears, until it is needed by the natur 1 increase of our population, and by atural increase I mean those who ~ome to the south of their own ac ord as well as the natural increase y birth.I ''The editor of the State goes on C nd quotes me as follows; I' am not >pposed to the people coming here, >rovided they promise to make good itizens and benefit our country rath r than prove a stumbling block and hindrance. I made no statement to he effect that we should exact prom ses from those who desire to come iere and, therefore, the criticism of his statement is without force. I rea ize the value of the promise of such mmigrants as the state refers to, and, herefore, could not have made such Sstatement.j " The editor of the State also crit eis.s my knowledge of the mill busi tess, which may be a just criticism. realize as well as he does that manu aturing and diversified industries a the south add to its prosperity; but further hold that it is better to pro-' uce what we now produce and sell at >resent market prices here than it rould be to over-produce, which rould be the result of over-popula ion, and be forced to sell on the mar ets of the world in competition with he cheap labor of Europe and take he low price that would naturally esult therefrom. It is the oer l.imaIi on :It)nnqe ut i Rs the low price to labor that prev there. In France, Germany, Northern Italy the price of day bor on the farms for women is fr 15 to 25 cents, and for men it is fr 30 to 40 cents per day. In manuf tures the wages paid are from 30 10 cents for women and from 40 to .ents for men per day. "There is no better example of 3onditions that prevail under ov ?opulation than around Milan, in listrict of Lombardy, Northern Itk [n an area embracing about 4,000,( ieres, a population of nearly 4,0( )00, with the richest agricultu ands probably in Europe, and argest manufacturing interests, >racing the manufacture of butt !heese, silk, cotton, hemp, linen, ir 'vool, farm implements, wagons. c -iages, buggies and machinerv of ?ry description which employ aIm two-thirds of the population; , with the soil producing wheat, o: .orn. potatoes, barley, rye. grapest almost all fruits, wages range fr 15 to 25 cents per day for women f from 20 to 30 cenits per day for n on the farm, and from 30 to 40 ce for women and from 40 to 50 ce for men in the factories. Why wo not a repetition of these wages i !onditions, or probably worse, co .o the south under over-populatic These people have utilized all t'C water power for running their i ,hinery and for irrigation purpoc and all other natural resources, that I cannot imagine it possible CA Th AS KNOWN We have decid We believe this advantage of o pay an extra pi pay. We quot4 averything goli Dres: )utlng. mer cales, nice goods................ 'laid Dress Goods....--......... ruburn Suiting.-..-...... show Silk_ .._......._ 3roadcloth, all colors. -... -lome spun.- -.......... 4otions at lowest figures. 3elts.........-..... ..... ...... spool Cotton................ Jewelry al The best line ever brought A go'od Watch for 99c. C See our line of Jewelry ar We are prepa same money if liave to pay an ellow when yo TH E 1n- m t:-2ir io m' 111ul ilize Lo adlau is ta-e everv resouc-ee at their com ,inand. They are a more industrious la- people, and yet a great deal poorer o than our people. This is but an illus tration of the conditions in France, and in fact, throughout all Northern to Europe. t "I might continue indefinitely these comparisons between conditions he in Europe and in the United States e to the advantage of the United States, e but deem it necessary at present to say no more. )00 0 It doesn't always pay to be good ral and it never pays to be bad. -he The Paciflic Ocean seems to be m- 0eaming up pretty well under See er, retary Taft. on, YOURa Id b t, LIVERN om ad is your best friend or your worst N P enemy. Active it's your friend. N ts Torpid it's your enemy, and its N t army is' Consfipaion, Biousne, N Sick Headache, etc. Ni m e N 4 ,eir AD TOZO Zw.As aa- makctive, strong and healthy, N es, livers, preventing and relieving N so liver troubles.N for Complete Treatment 259. S.IiN HAVING DEC] a Credi HERE, WASA/ (HO PAID HIS' 3d to make this A to be to our advar ur customers. Wh 'of it to make good. 3 a few prices to sIf ag up, our prices ar SGoods! ..... ... .. 5c. yd. ...5 and 6 14c. yd. - ...10 and12 1-2c. yd. ...._ ... ...15c, yd. ....~.2 1.2, 15, 20 and 25c. yd. .........____ .10c. yd. ....25c. yd. I .$1.00 yd. cheap at $1.25 .... ............-...5c. and up.( -.-.-.-- .....10 to 25c. each. ......lc. aspool. nd Watches! to the town of Prosperity. l )ther grades in proportion. id supply your wants in all lines. .red to give the buy they will give us th extra profit to mal u buy of us. Y'ours with bargai S's..' Prosperi A "Bilious Attack." SymptomS. Sour stomach,' nasty taste in mouth, sick headache, sallow complex. ion, the world your enemy. CaUSe. Constipation, inact ive liver, overflow of bile T into the system. Relief. Treatment for two nights before retiring with th 101" er mA TONIO PELLET8 One a night, don't worry, sleep w well and Nature'll do the rest. in Entire Treatment 25 Cts. d - ee Arrival and Departure of Trains. Schedules of passenger trains iu in nd out of the Union Station, New- g erry, S. C. ty Southern Trains. nc o. 15 for Greenville .. .. 8.56 a. m. o. 12 for Columbia ....10 32 a. m. tic o. 12to o. 18 for Columbia .... 1.50 p. m. 19 .19 for Greenville .. .. 1.35 p. m. tu .11 for Greenville .... 4.42 p. m. of . 16 for Columbia .... 9.47 p. m. I 0.,N. & L. Tris. tie >. 85 for Laurens .... 519 a. m. ma . 22 for Columbia .... 8.47 a. m. on >. 52 for Greenvile ..12 46 p. m. iod . 53 for Columbia .... 3.10 p. m. lea . 21 for Laurens .... 7.25 p. m. da3 . 84 for Columbia .... 8.30 p. m. rhe foregoing s&hedules are given or [DED THAT It Systi BURDEN T( OBLIGATION CASH STORE f tage, and we kn en you buy from the loss on the fe low how, on a c 'e coming down. Clothing! We are prepared to give you bi r Clothing than any concern offe oys' Pants from 25c. a suit-and B< Aen's Pants $1.25 a pair and up Men's ( en's Suits $5.00, $7.50, $10.0( We've got the goods and pric< live us a look. Shoes! Here'we can do you much goo 3hild-'en's Shoes~..................... Vo men's Shoes............ .-........ en's Shoes........................ ...... All goods from the farm wear t< If you don't look us over you w ing public more eir trade. Remner <e good the loss s for all, U RGE tv. S. C. IL- fur informatiun. are not guaran ed and are subject to change with, it notice. ily 15, 1907. G. L. Robinson, Station Master. CHEAP RATES Via Southern Railway. Jamestowzo ar-Centennial Exposition, Norfolk, L On account of the above oeeasiow e following instructions will gov n the sale of round trip tiekets to. :rfolk, Va. from Ntwberry, S. C. Season ticket-$19.55. This tieket. 11 be sold daily April 19th to. zn&_ eluding November 30th, 1907, finaO te to leave Norflok returning De mber 15th, 1907. 60 day ticket-$16.30. This tieket 11 be sold daily April 19th to anJ eluding November 30th, 1907, fipal te to leave Norfolk returning six (60) days from cete of sale au& t lated than december 15th, 1907. Fifteen day ticket-$14.30. This ket iwll be sold daily April 19th and including November 30th,. )7, final date to leave Norfolk re ening fifteen (15) days from date sale. -oach Excusion ticket-$8.55. This ket is not god in sleeping, Pull n, or Parlor cars, and will be sold Tuesday of each week during per of the exposition, final date to ve Norfolk returning ten (10) Fs from date of sale. For routes, stop-overs, etc., write call on us. )THEMAN S, rom this date. ow it is to the , us you don't hlow that don't Clothinrg!! gger values for your money ring goods here tis season . up. >ys' Suits 75c a suit and up.. 3orduroy Pants $1 .25 a pair.7 ), $12.50 and $15.00 a suit. is and they must be soli. Shoes[ d and save you Tfos of'morey ........... 25c. to $1.00 a pair. ...........99c. to $3.50 a pal" .........$1,50 to $5.0Oa pair the nicest Patent Leather. ill lose money. goods for the nber, you don't on the other CI