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C1AVT9N A1VTTAkTS THE "TIMES" STAND SEES rNcONS\IsTENCY AND SUS PECTS PERSONALITIES. Why Not Support Blease's Platform? Thinks Issue on Liquor Should Be Carried Into Second Pri mary. 2ditor Florence Times: Your sur prising editorial and the unfair play, demands a .reply from some of Mr. BEase's friends, I therefore ask space to make that reply. I did not vote for Mr. Blease, I voted for McLeod and Duvall, and after depositing my bal lot left the polls and did not again return to them. I took perhaps as lit tle interest in this election as any ever held, and only in the interest of fair play I pen this article. You say "that every citizen, regard less of his views on the liquor question or on any other question, should get out at once and work as hard as he can for C. C. Featherstone for gov ernor." And again you say, "We do not deny Mr. Blease's ability or his strength with the people; he is a most fascinating man, but in our cool delib erate judgment backed by our varied experiences, we feel that it would be a serious mistake to make Mr. Blease governor of the State." Now, Mr. Ed itor, what do you know of Mr. Blease's character from your varied experience for some blur upon his character can only be your reason for your extraor dinay editorial. As you admit his abil ity and fascination, if you know any thing derogatory of the character of Mr. Blease, then you should make it known. If your opposition rests upon personal dislike you can'" expect the people at large to take up your quar rel. What are you asking the people of Florence county to do. Simply to re pudiate their action at the polls, where they gave a large majority for local option and repudiate a can didate who represents those ideas and vote for a man who proclaims the op posite. You intimate that Mr. Feath erstone is the better man and we should repudiate principle and vote for the individual. Such advice would eliminate all party lines and make the people servants of their masters. Now in what respect is Mr. Feather stone the superior of Mr. Blease, what office has he held and discharged the duties of that enhances his value as a governortorial candidate. Once before he ran upon this liquor platform, but there are other issues or should be in South Carolina, than liquor, yet this one item has been Mr. Featherstone's only ammunition. While Mr. Blease has held the office of State senator, representative and mayor of his home town and in this last election not only carried his home county, but beat Mr. Featherstone in his home county. If we are to throw away principle and vote for men, then if a republican can didate is a better man than his demo cratic opponent according to your reasoning the democrats should aban don the principles of their party and vote for the republican. Now, Mr. Editor, where is you consistency under this editorial in which you enveigh against Blease. You have the following aimed at Ellerbe for voting for a duty on lumber. You say, "Does South Car olina, really mean that she does not care whether her congressmen repre sent the people or not. One would. judge so from the election returns and yet that can hardly be so." Now, Mr. Editor, the county of Florence has spoken in no unmistakable term's, that she favors local option and yet you advise the 'people to forego principle and vote for no special interest to whip a man. Now, Mr. Editor, I propose to take upon myself to advise the peo ple of Florence to vote for no special individual but to use your language, I say to them, that it is my deliberate opinion that either Mr. Featherstone or Mr. Blease will make us a good gov ernor and if they wish to vote for principle then if you favor state wide prohibition and believe it best for the State then vote for Featherstone, if on the contrary you believe in local op tion then for Blease and don't be lead away by insinuation or innuendo as to either. Certain papers in the State have been hounding down Blease just as they did Tillman, but have made no special charge or proof of any mis conduct on his part. The State this morning says he advocated the old State dispensary. So did Richards, so did Mr. Manning and the county dis pensaries are based upon the ideas of reform noted in the Rayor-Manning bill. Again I say to the voters of Florence county, rise up in your man hood pnd vote your principle regard less of the dictation of any one. In justice to Mr. Blease I ask that you publish this article.I W. F. Clayton. Another tribe of Red Men was insti tuted in Columbia last Friday night by Great Sachem 0. Klettner. The order seems to be on a boom. Great Sachema Kle:tner was accompanied by Red Man John Henry Baxter. T H E PLA'FORN OF MR. COLE. L. BLE.ASE. (Continued from page one). in the State convention I succeeded in getting the committee to report un favorably upon the resolution, and on the floor of the convention I again fought it, and the convention refused to pass the resolution, and all white men in South Carolina are yet free. My platform today is as follows: 1. An honest administration of all laws, fairly and impartially, to all citizens glike. 2. Enforcing all laws upon all sub jects, and obedience to the constitu tiou of the United States and of South larcli:a. 3. Trial by jury for all persons ac cused of crime, and enforcing the judgments of courts founded upon the, verdicts of the juries. 4. Keeping forever separate the leg islative, judicial and executive depart ments of the government, each, how ever, doing its duty and endeavoring to uphold and support the other. Upon this I respectfully present the rollowing issues for the consideration of my fellow-Democrats to whom I address myself: (a) I am in favor of biennial ses ;ions of the general assembly. (b) I am in favor of liberal appro priations for our Confederate veter ins. (c) I am in favor of liberal, but not extravaga,nt appropriajtions 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: rree-school system so that every white ,hild in South Carolina may be given a good, common school education in comfortable and convenient school houses, and in paying teachers suf Rcient salaries to secure the best. I am absolutely opposed to compulsory education, as my record in both the; house and the senate in the past will 3how. "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 destroys family government. Those agents stand between the child and the par ent. They represent the State. They are not responsible to the parents. rhey impress upon the minds of the childreni the views of the State, and virtually say, "We have taken you out of bondage and made you free, we are givng you what your unnatural par ents would not give you-and no child on earth can be subject to such in Buences and teaching and escape im bibing the spirit of rebellion against parental authority, and consequent disrespect and ingratitude. Children are too easily infected with the idea that their parents owe them every thing, 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 rellow? We desire to see the standard of education raised in South Caro lina; we want every boy and girl in! the State to have every possible op portunity to gain for themselves the: very best and highest degree of equip muent for life, but we do not want it at the cost of parental authority and the peace of the home. Family gov-, ernent and parental responsibility antedate all others, and it is possible for wild, extravagant and madly en thusiastic men, who see theory and theory only, to destroy family gov ernent, alienate children from their parents, and force the home into a scene of strife, rebellion and wretch edness.'" The Bible says a great -deal about obedience to parents and rev-* erence for parents, and, believing In that Book and its teachings as strong-i Ly as I do, I say to the parents, for the sake of their children, our country and for the future, keep within your own control the rearing and educa tion of your own children, and strike down by your ballot every effort to deprive you of the same. Our people &ght force bills in congress and they had better fight this one at home. (e) I am opposed to the higher edu nation of the negro race, and In fav or of the taxes paid by white peop'e going to, and being used only for, the education of white children. (f) I am in favor of a strict en torcemnent of the vagrancy laws. (g) I am in favor of a law requir ing 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 of 2 1-2 cents per mile on railroads in this State, but am opposed to the r'as' ::ow in force on the railroads as to milezge books and charging 15 cents excess. (i) I am in favor of good roads,: good morals, and honest government. (j) As to the whiskey question, I am satisfied that the people of the -his lin_. I favor local option, and, in r order to be strictly Democratic and al- t low self-government and home-rule, I v favor extending the present law so as s to allow a county to have license, if b the majority of her white citizens L wish it, as other counties have dispen- S sary or prohibition. However, if li- I a cense is voted, I favor the most rig orous enforcement of the laws for the V sale in this manner, prohibiting un- il der any circumstances, any whiskey S being sold in less quantities than one- a half pint, or between sunset and sun- g up, and prohibit it from being drunk r on the premises, or being sold, under n any circumstances, to minors or ine briates, or behind closed doors or screens, prohibiting any obscene pic tures on the premises, or any billiard ci or pool rooms connected therewith, s< and providing that any person holding cl a license who shall violate any pro- h; vision of the law shall immediately ir upon conviction, forfeit his license and; be forever thereafter barred from be-f ing licensed, and in addition be im- Io prisoned at hard labor in the State I s penitentiary without the alternative of a fine. I am absolutely opposed to 01 the old bar-room system, and would fi under no circumstances sign a bill to P reinstate that system. (k) I am opposed to any law re- s stricting the rights of Democrats to* vote In the primary elections, other k than in provided for in the rules 0 adopted by the State convention, P which provide as follows: "That no b white man shall be excluded from d participation in the Democratic pri- u mary who shall take the pledge re- c ouired by the rules -of the Democraic d party, and whose name has been en- n rolled on the Democratic club list five t days before the primary election, ands who is otherwise qualified under the d constitution and rules of the Demo- t cratic party, and that I have not vot- t ed before at this election, and pledge t Itj myself to support the nominees of this primary." Rule 2 provides that no person shll be permitted to vote un- r less he has been enrolled on a club e list at least five days before the pri- a mary election, and unless he has been a resident of the State one year, and a of the county in which he seeks enrcl ment 60 days preceding the next gen eral election. It is, therefore, seen b that the clap-trap, so-called argument that people are allowed to vote In the primary elections who have only been in the county for a few days or in the State for a short time is absolutely F unfounded and unwarranted, because these provisions which I have citedd make it absolutely lipaperative that in order to vote in the primary one shall 'N have been in the State one year and g in the county 60 days precpding the r general election, and this absolutely a prevents any man from voting in the c primary election who is what is com- t monly called a floater. In my opin ion, this Is amply strong, and any t Jaw passed by the 'legislature further 3 abridging the right of suffrage in the 24 primary would be vetoed by me im mediately if I were governor. (1) I am in favor of running the government on a liberal, but not ex-h travagant basis, (as is now being done) and in making our tax levy, . both county and State, as low as pos sible for a safe and economical man-4 agement of our financial affairs; and of reducing expense, abolishing use-0 less positions, stopping extravgant appropriations for any purpose, stop- ~4 ping the useless expenditure of money by officials, stopping the creation of i~ useless offices, and all other methods of reckless, careless or useless ex penditure of money that causes an in crease in the tax levied upon our peo ple, for our taxes are too high, and t our people are now too heavily burd ened with taxation- a: I fully believe that the grandest, L most independent form of government N is a poor governmnent and a rich peo- di ple. When you make a rich govern- p ment, and thereby impoverish the peo- a: pie, or make a poor people, you re- n verse Democracy and create dissatis faction and discontent among the peo- p:. pie, who are the masters and not the ti servants, as some would have us think. i For me, give me a poor government 3. and a rich people, in place of a rich p government and a poor people, for the p more money that you give your legis lature the control of, the more ex- e travagant will be their -appropriations ici and expenditures. Under our pres- Ii ent management the idea seems to be ti to raise the tax levy higher, make it assessments higher, make more ex- ni, travagant appropriations, 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 sal- tU aries, and who are trying to create an A aristocracy, not of blood, not of brains, p1 but of money. u: (in) I am in favor of the constitu- IH tional amendment to be voted upon B in the general election providing for si a fifth justice of the supreme court, fr and in favor of making the decision c of the supreme court in any case the ti final disposition of that particular case, in so far as the State courts are E concerned, unless that court itself 13 shall for good and sufficient legal g easons afterwards brought to its a1 antion change its decision. Triflin 'ith the courts, as is now being donE bould be stopped. And in order t ring this about I am in favor of suc] Lws being passed as may be neces iry, even if it require a constitutiona mendment. (n) I am in favor of all laws tha 'ill favor and protect labor in all it gitinate callings and endeavors, an ich laws that will protect capital i 11 its lawful investm4ts, and th >od old Democratic doctrine, "Equa ghts to all and special privileges t( ne," in each branch of the govern ent and particularly in the enforce ent of all laws. I have been advocating these prin ples for years in the house, in thi nate and on the stump in my hom )unty and throughout the State, an< ive stood squarely upon them ou the open and never waited to sec hich would be the popular side be ire taking a stand. Even when som( them were very unpopular and i emed that any min who dared ad >cate them was doomed to politica Alivion I stood by them and made th( ght to keep them up and begged th( ople not to be deceived, but to hea: eo for my cause, and now we se< )me who did not stand for them, o: ho, if they did, were afraid to ac owledge it, endeavoring to push rm f my platform and yelling to th< ople that they and Betsy killed th( ar and that they are the logical can date. If there be a logical candidatf pon these principles or upon a finan al form of government, and for re .iction in appropriations and a busi ss man's administration, I submi you, the people, that I am the man anding upon my past record as can date, legislator and citizen. I beg call your attention to the fact tha vo years ago I received forty tw( kousand and one hundred votes fo is position. From the information that I hav 3ceived I am satisfied that I will b lected, and if so I promise you a fai ad impartial administration of al ie duties of the office and in so fa s my power lies a reduction in ex Dnses and an honest enforcement 0 -hatever laws may now be upon you atute books, or may be placed ther y the properly .onstituted authori :. . - * " T AXERICA'S LARGEST CITY. opulaton of Greater New York i 4,766,88. Washington, September 5.-Greate ew York has a population of 4,766, 13, according to figures issued by Di ~ctor of the Census Durand. Thi .akes New York the second larges ty in the world and as large as an: go foreign cities excepting London. Since 1900 the population of the me -opolis has increased by 1,329,681, o 1.7 per cent, as compared with 3,437. )2, under the last census. The Borough of Bronx showed th 'eatest increase in the greater city ueens, Brooklyn, Richmond and Man ttan following next in order. Th ures for those boroughs, togethe ith the increases, are as follows: Bronx: 430,980, an increase of 230, 3, or 114.9 per cent. Queens: 284,041, an increase of 131, 2, or 85.6 per cent. Brooklyn: 1,634,351, an increase 0 7,769, or 41 per cent. Richmond: 85,969, an increase 0 ,948, or 28.3 per cent. Manhattan: 2.331,442, an increas 481,499 of 26 per cent. New York city contains only 164;64 wer people an the combined four en cities of ..iore than 200,000, th )pulation of which already has beel inounced, namely; Pittsburg, SI ouis, Detroit, Buffalo, Cincinnati ewark, Milwaukee, Washington, In anapolis, Jersey City, Kansas City rovidence, St. Paul and Denver. Th< ~gregate population of the citiet imed is given as 4,731,532. The city of New York as constitute< -r to the act of consildation, effec ye January 1, 1898, had a populatlo1 1890, of 1,515,301, as compared witi 437,202, in 1900, show jag an ap ~rent increase of 1,921,901, or 126. r cent for the greater city. It is expected that the census figur for Philadelphia, the third larges ty in the Uniteds States, will be pub shed tomorrow night. The popula on of Chicago, the second largest cit: the country, probably will be ax unced about the middle of th4 onth. Another Tradition Exploded. Two Englishmen were resting a e Red Horse Inn at Stratford-on von. One of them discovered a prin eturing a low, tumbling building aderneath which was printed: "h ouse in Which Shakespeare Wai orn." Turning to his friend in milh rprise he pointed to the print. IH lend, exhibited equal surprise an( lled a waiter, who assured them 0: .e accuracy of the inscription. "'Pon my word,' said the observing aglishman, shaking his head dubious' , "I thought he was born in a man ~r! -SucessMagaine Dull Sea: Every Artcile Priced I Trade. Take Adva Purchase Your Fai You WILL The Short Cotton Cr ward. We force All OUR FALL A were bought before < of going North. M market value and N Quality. The first < chaser. This is YO1 Come! We need owe. A cordial grec O. K SEABOARI ---EXCUI Savanna afl Wednesday, Columbia, S. C. to Savani Camden, " " " Special Train leaves Camden 7 Time). Returning, Tickets goc cluding Saturday, September rol sta'ions between Columbia and I For detailed information appi write J.5S. ETC R. H. ST. Real ] How many people of meai money on land? Small inve gains. We have a few farms that on their cost and at the sam in the next ten years. No. r Is 170 acres fot * homestead and tgnant house cotton, will cut 250,000 feet No. 2 219 acres good tenant houses, only one mile No. 3 900 acres near 3 r land is well timbered, and c< desirable farms. No. 4 200 acres in Newb open, plenty of good timber, cotton, all for $2,200, On eas No. ,5 300 acres near Rei $16.50 per acre. No. 6 550 acres only thri with an oil mill and a b homestead and several tenani Ljbeing worked, all for $8,500 is worthy your consideration good neighbors, has telephoi present owner rich enough ti A five room house and tw< worth $2,500 for only $2,ooc Four nice building lots on attractive price. Two lots a two story house and three ac We have numerous other i son and Greenville. HNew South R Herald and News Building, Newbe son Prices Nay Down to Stimulate the itage of Our Low Prices and Winter Goods Now SAVE Money op will force prices Sky prices DOWNWARD. kND WINTER GOODS ther merchants dreamed re bought below present othing but the 9EST In :hoice to the early pur JR opportunity. money to pay what we ting to all. ettner )AIR LINE LSION TO d Jacksonville Sept. 7th, 1910. Lah $2.00. Jacksonville $3.50 3.00. " 4.50 :oo a. m., Columbia 8: a. m. (Eastern d on all regular trains up to and in h. Proportionately low rates from all lincon, Ga. y to nearest SEABOARD Agent or HBERGER, Tray. Pass. Agt., Savannah, Ga. ANSELL, Asst. -Tray. Pass. Agt., Savannah, Ga. Estate! is do you know who have't made stments wisely made lead to large ought to pay you a large interest e time more than double in value r miles from railroad village, ,rents for 2800 pounds of lint of timber, all for $2,100. eight room residence and five rom Silver Street for $4.5 per acre. Vhitmire for $5 an acre. This iuld readily be cut into several erry county with a two-horse farm rents for 170o pounds 'of lint y terms. 1o a good farming proposition at te miles from a prosperpus village *nk and numerous stores, large :houses, 12-horse farm open and .Very easy terms. This farm if you want a nice home. Has e in the house, and has made its > retire. > acres of land right in Newberry, Reed street in Newberry at an t High Point for $550. Large res of land for $4,750. >roperties in Greenwood, Ander eal Estate Trust9 ip any ---- er. Mnanic Temple, Greenwood