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State believes that Judge -Jones is in
favor of social equality.' Just as no
one but a fool will consider Judge
Jones as being in favor of social equality,
so no one but a fool will regard
Governor Blease as the only representative
of Tillmanism, or its best exponent.
There are hundreds of Tillman
ites in the State who are better exponents
of both than either Jones or
Blease or Duncan.
"I do not see what that has to do
with it anyway. The issue is, or ought
to be, integrity of purpose, patriotism
and ability, cleanness of character,
high ideals, capacity to lead the people
and show them the best way to go,
courage to execute the laws unflinch
ingly and without fear or favor.
"I have been made ashamed, as every
South Carolinian must be at the
vulgarity, indecency and cowardice
that has been shown on the stump.
When my brother senators read about
the passing of the lie in every meeting
in South Carolina, they with a
veiled sneer allude to it in surprise.
I have no word to say because I can
not I resented the lie with a blow on j
the floor of the senate, and that has I
been regarded here as an illustration
of the State's spirit.
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"The people of the State ought to
compel these wuo seek their votes for
high official positions to behave and
cnAflk like gentlemen. The DeoDle can
do it and the people alone can do it. j
One can speak boldly, aggressively and
truthfully, and not flinch from stating
the facts and do it in parliamentary
language, and public opinion should
demand this and the people should enforce
it as a rule. Else for the State's
good name we had better cease having
these State campaigns at all, and
they are too valuable to give up because
of the manner In which they
are being prosecuted. It is a disgrace
tn have them conducted in the way
they have been this year. It would be
little sort of a calamity to have them
cease altogether.
"One word in conclusion, aua the
most important word of all. Theie are
mea in the State who believe if Judge
Jones is not elected that the S-.ate will
tn tho do^s. There are others
equally honest an-d patriotic who believe
that if Blease is not elected the
Reform Government and principles it
gfcood for will be destroyed. Both are
wrong. The fabrie of our government
is not built on such a flimsy founda-1
tion, but it is of vital importance? |
and I say this with all solemnity of j
which I am capable?that the legisla-j
ture to be elected this year is of more |
importance than the filling of the gov- j
ernor's office. If we have brave, true |
men, who are honest and not to oe i
brow-beaten or bribed, or seduced in-;
to betraying their constituents, no bad
governor can do us any irreparable in- j
jury, and without them no good gover- i
nor can do much good. So I implore^
my fellow citizens to see to it that the
very best men in each county are sent \
to the house of representatives and j
the senate. Then whether Blease or
Jones is elected we will be safe. ,1
(Signed) ^ "Tillman."
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MAINTAINS NEUTRALITY.
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Tillman States Position in Letter to \
J. Beiton Watson.
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Anderson, Aug. 10.?J. Beiton Watson,
who has at different times since
1884 represented Anderson county in
the legislature and was aligned with
the reform forces in this county, recently
wrote to Senator Tillman asking
where he stood with reference to i
^he gubernatorial race. The following
reply was received from Senator Tillman
by Mr. Watson: i
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"Washington, Aug. 1, 1912.
"Mr. J. Belton Watson, Anderson, S. C. |
"My Dear Sir: I have your letter
of July 30. I have already notified
the people of the State in two or three
ways, both in the newspapers and by
private letters, that I am 'hands off'
in the ( governor's race, and no man
or set of men has the authority to use
my name as indorsing either of the
two candidates. I have stated before
and I mean it now?and you can publish
this if you see fit?that when I
change my mind and decide to take
sides, I will do so over my own signature
and give my reasons.
"Very sincerely yours,
(Signed) "B. R. Tiilman."
This letter received by Mr. Watson
is dated two days prior to tne one received
by Mr. Sims, of Orangeburg,
from Senator Tillman.
. Columbia, Aug. 7.?Some few days
ago Mr. James L. Sims, editor of the
Orangeburg Times and Democrat, in
writing to Senator B. R. Tillman on
general matters and the political campaign
going on in the State, enclosed
the letter published below and requesed
the senator to give his views on the
question asked therein.
Mr. Sims's Letter.
Here is the letter Mr. Sims wrote to
, Senator Tillman:
"Orfk-e of the Times and Democrat, j
"Orangeburg, S. C.
'"Senator B. R. Tillman, Washington,
; D. C.?My Dear Senator: Many of the!
j reformers who were with you in the j
: nineties and who still believe in you
j and are doing all they can to have you
; returned to the senate are supporters
j of Judge Jones in his race for the governorship
and hope to see him elected.
As you doubtless know, Judge Jones
has been charged with being in favor
of social equality because he, with
many other good men, when in the
legislature, voted against a law providing
separate cars for the races
when you were governor, because of
rhp nnnonstitutmnalitv of such a law
under the constitution of the State at
that time. Other charges have been
made against Judge Jones because of
his acts as a legislator and justice of
the supreme court, which we need not
mention as they are familiar to you.
Judge Jones was speaker of the hous=
of representatives' when he vote''
against the bill providing separate cars
for the races, having been elected to
that position by the reformers, wiio
afterwards elected him associate justice.
We feel that these charges I
against Judge Jones are a reflection on 1
all reformers, as they made him asso- j
ciate justice after he committed the;
act, for doing which he is charged with |
being in favor of social equality. The j
same may be said of the other charges
against Judge Jones. As you were the
head of the Reform Movement and!
were governor when Judge Jones vot-j
ed against the separate car act, we
would like for you to say whether you;
consider Judge Jones an advocate of
social equality because he voted
against that law, and whether in your
judgment he would make a good gover- j
nor of the State. With great respect, j
I am vorr trillv vnnrs I
JL uiu ? vt; v* u*^ ^ wv**. wj
(Signed)- "Jas. L. Sims."
Here is Senator Tillman's answer to
Mr. Sims:
Senator Tillman's Reply.
"United States Senate,
"Washington, D. C., Aug. 3, 1912.
"The Hon. James L. Sims, Orange- j
burg, S. C.?Dear Mr. Sims: I have!
your letter of July 29, for which please
accept my thanks. I have been surprised
that Judge Jones has allowed i
Governor Blease to put him on the defensive
and made him explain some-1
thing that needed no explanation, for |
no sensible ?nan in th^ State believes i
that Judge Jones is in favor of social
equality, and Governor Blease has
laughed in his sleeve to see how
shrewdly he has muddied the' watei
In other words, he has played politic
more adroitly than the judge. In rr
ply to your question: 'As you were the
head of the Reform Movement and,
was governor when Judge Jones voted !
against the'separate car act, we would
like for you to say whether you consider
Judge Jones an advocate of so- j
cial equality because he voted against J
that law, and whether in your judgment
he would make a good governor:
for the State,' I answer: I do not consider
that Judge Jones was an advo-!
cate of social equality because he vot- i
ed against that law, and I believe lie!
would make a good governor, for he is
eminentlv qualified. I say this more
willingly because it can not be con- j
strued as my taking sides as between j
the men. I announced last fall that
I would not do this, and thus far I
have Seen no reason why I should
change my attitude.
' If the newspapers keep on publishing
such stuff as Grace's attack on the
governor and the dictagraph 'slush'
they will certainly make Blease gov-1
ernor again. |
"Very sincerely yours,
"(Signed) B. R. Tillman."*
ARMY WORM\A YANDAL.
Stops Trains and Damages Crops to
Extent oi Last
Month.
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Washington, Aug. 8.?More than $S,_
uuu,uuu carnage was ao:i-e to crops in
the South last month by the army
worm, according to unofficial estimates
of the department of agriculture.
Whether the season's second brood
of tlit? irsects, already appearing in
South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia and
other States, will increa?? this loss is
of much concern to government experts.
All the means at iha depart |
I ment's disposal are being used to m.:-e:
the emergency.
j Reports to the department say cne
army worms, at some places naii a foot
aeep 011 ramuctu ira.t;tt.?, uavs oiupptu
trains. This loss is plased at $1,000,000
in Georgia, while in Arkansas 20
per cent, of the corn and 10 per cent
of cotton planted have been destroyed.
Losses also have been great in Tennessee,
the Carolinas, Alabama, Mississippi
and Louisiana. In some of these,
' particularly Louisiana, they excsed the
million mark. Corn, cotton, sugar
eanp and rice rrons from Louisiana to
the Atlantic have been affected.
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JONES HAD HARD GOING
AT THE UNION MEETING
}IADE DETERMINED EFFORT TO
SPEAK TO HOSTILE CROWD.
Blease Received Cheers, Loving Cup
and Flowers?Says Jones Using
Corporation Money.
Union, Aug. 10.?Judge Ira. B. Jones,
candidate for governor was almost
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nowiea aown uy supyuncia ui uis opponent,
Governor Blease, at the State
campaign meeting here today. That
the greater part of the audience of
about 2,000 was in the humor to prevent
Judge Jones speaking was very j
apparent, and it required the combined |
efforts of County Chairman McBeth
Young, Sheriff J. G. Long and Mayor
T. C. Duncan to hold in check the dem- j
onstration against the former chief j
justice.
Judge Jones chided his tormentors I
for their disposition against according
him a fair hearing. He was full of:
fire and his words breathed defiance i
when, in conclusion, he shouted, "I j
want to say I propose to be the next j
governor of South Carolina. The people's
will will be registered on the.
27th of August, and neither men who f
make noise, hold up their hands in |
_ I
primaries nor howling mobs will con- j
trol the destiny of South Carolina, but.
the men of South Carolina will do ;
their duty and save their State."
Governor Blease's voice was in bad j
shape today. He declared he had al- |
ready made fourteen speeches this;
week and would make it fifteen at!
Jonesville tonight. The governor made
110 effort to attain the standard of,
l
oratory reached by him at former meet- j
ings, nor did he inject the usual
amount of spice into his address, even j
cutting short the repetition of his at- j
tacks on Judge Jones. He probably
thought "what's the use? nearly all of I
them are for me any way."
And the bulk of the crowd was for .
him. The governor's adherents at the j
cotton mills here turned out in full j
force, the mills having shut down at.
noon (as is customary on Saturday)
and by the time the governor's turn
came to speak, there was no mistaking
for whom the vociferous cheers, were
intended.
Governor Blease today directly
charged Judge Jones with using cor- j
poration money to finance his cam-'
paign, declaiming that such conclusion j
was justified by the failure of the;
judge and his campaign managers to !
make affidavits to the contrary.
Eians's Hickory Stick.
Mr. B. B. Evans, in replying to the
threat of arrest for slander, made at:
Snartnnhnrg- hv Attornev General Lv
on, defied that official to carry out his '
announced plans of haling him before 1
the courts, and stated that he would j
retaliate by indicting Lyon for 'pilfer- i
ing."
"Where is the warrants?" Evans j
asked. "A good hickory stick is all i
the warrant I want."
"Now, they have threatened me with !
arrest for slander," said Mr. Evans.!
"How can we slander a man without <
character. I never make a statement!
I can't prove," he continued "If I
have slandered them what have they ,
done to B. B. Evans?"
"Where is the warrant?" asked Mr.
Evans. "The sheriff, he hasn't got it.
I suppose Abney, Felder or Stevenson
interpreted the act for him (Lyon) or
he wouldn't have known it was on the
hook."
As for the hickory stick Mr. Lyon !
said this was not the first, time he was
so threatened, "and by some with more
sand in their gizzards than this man
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has. If he uses a hickory stick on
me, he'll find he hasn't as much hair
on his head as he has now," concluded j
Mr. Lvon to ye'.ls of delight from the
crowd.
Another Cuj) for Blease.
Governor Blease received another
lovine cud tcdav bister than the one
he got at Spartanburg yesterday. On J
one side of the cup the following was j
engraved, "Rdeemed, Carolina's'best. |
Hampton-Tillman-Blease." On the re- [
verse side was, "Govenor Blease, from '
Union county friends." The cup was !
presented by Mr. J. G. Long, Jr. The !
governor also received a floral horse- i
shoe. "From a number of his lady j
friends of Union, with love and co'nfi- j
dence." I
Jones Determined to Speak.
Judge Jones realized that he faced a
hostile crowd when he began his
j speech. Before he could start it was
necessary for the chairman to appeal
for quiet, and these appeals were repeated
at intervals while the judge
was speaking, but 111 many instances
were unheard.
| Major Duncan, ir an earnest talk to
the crowd, asked thai the speaker be
not interrupted, and for a short while
afterward better order prevailed.
Tnioc tvug nPTsistpnf and an
ll UU57 ^ g.
iparently determined to have his say,
t
no matter how many in the crowd
thought otherwise. He hud it, but it1
was mighty hard going. He said he
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felt he could come before any audience
in South Carolina and claim a respectful
hearing after his long and honor- j
able public service.
Judge Jones called the governor tlu j
"great bulldozer of South Carolina," j
and quoted the latter's threat maae ai
the campaign meeting in Charleston
when the governor declared he would |
try to give the people of that city
metropolitan police and injunction if
they voted for Jones.
"He wanted to bulldoze the people j
of Charleston into voting for him," j
said Judge Jones, who called attention
to another threat of the governor's
that "if they are lucky enough to beat j
me," before leaving office, "I'll make
the gang sweat blood."
Judge Jones again made his appeal
for decency and good government.
Closing amid great confusion, he received
a basket of flowers.
Blease Charges Corporation Aid.
"As Judge Jones didn't bring any- I
thing but his corkscrew, I'll have to
drink water." said- Governor Blease, in
a husky voice as he began his address.
"I charge Ira B. Jones with receiv- |
ing from corporations of South Carolina,
or from officers of corporations, j
money to pay his campaign expanse.
I filed affidavits at Camden Monday |
stating that I was not paying campaign
managers, nor people to travel over
the State to abuse me like his crowd
is doing me," continued the governor,!
flo/iloro/1 tViQf Tn era Ti-?noc: aftpr
?> uy UV/V1UI V/U mtA-U U UU^V VVUVK/J v??. wv/?
six days, not having filed affidavits in
reply to the charge, "I have a right to ;
presume that he is receiving assist- j
ance direct or through officers from
the corporations." The governor read
a letter from J. T. Willard, he said, of!
Greenville, to "show what dirty filth ;
the Jones eang is using to trv to beat I
me."
As read by the governor, the letter j
indicated an effort to induce one of i
his supporters (a cousin of the writer) j
to desert the governor, as "you are a j
consistent church member, and do not
drink or gamble." The governor said
that when the campaign was over he
would make J. T. Willard answer for
"the dirty lie he has sent out."
"I can go home," said the governor,
"go to bed, stay there until the 27th of
August and then beat Ira B. Jones."
In ponnection with a defence of his
pardon record the governor said he
had "no apology to ma^e to Jones or
his supporters" for anything he had
done as governor. The governor said;
"this crowd" after him went to Au- I
I
gusta and got some slime and filth, j
then went to Spartanburg; that they j
worked Felder and Burns and "DisGrace,"
from Charleston. "Worked all j
the dirt and filth and I haven't a word j
against Judge Jones, because he's fol-.j
lowed by a dirty, filthy crowd that can
be controlled by Spaniards-Cubansniggers."
.Tones, if he should be elected, would 1
be governor in name only, he declared, j
saying: "Gonzales will furnish the j
brains." "But you needn't be uneasy,"
the governor assured his -supporters,!
"for Jones ain't got nc* more chance of I
being governor this year than that i
I
school building got to walk over here
and shake hands with the chairman." j
When the governor said: "I thank j
you all for this reception," indicating j
he was about to stop, there ca-ne from |
one man in tne crowa in p'eacnng tone, j
"Oh, go ahead, don't stop." The gov- j
ernor declared Judge Jones wanted
the crowd to howl him down. To the
governor's invitation to visit him in J
Columbia there was a thunderous;
"thank you." In conclusion the gov- j
ernor made this prediction "tomorrow i
you'll see in your newspapers, next;
V\ C C A. I4I 1110 is uivsii at cixcbc \
this was a Jones crowd, and to prove 1
that, if they publish that, they'll pub- !
lish what's not true." said the gover- I
nor, "you Blease people hold up your,
hands."
The governor's friends were wildly ;
enthusiastic by the time he concluded '
and aimost "eat him up" when he left'
the stand.
Obscured Identity.
Judge Locks, presiding judge of the I
federal court, first district of Florida. J
was annoyed at seeing one of the at- :
torneys, attendant upon a sitting of the ;
court, put his feet upon the desk ia i
front of the one in which ne was seat- j
ed. .
"Marshall!" roared his honor, "you
will oblige me by identifying the legs
to which those feet belong!"?Judge.
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(Barbecue notices $1.00 each up to
eight lines; all oyer eight lines at the
rate of one cent a word.)
We will give a first-class barbecue
at Keitt's Grove on Fridaj', August iZ,
county campaign day. A good dinner
is guaranteed.
0. A. Fe!k?r.
B. M. Suber.
X Will give a Uico~^ia-oo uai
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State campaign day. Will sell meat
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7-9-tf. J. M. Counts.
I will give a first-class Barbecue at
my residence, County Campaign day,
Monday, August 26. 1912.
J. M. Counts.
We will give a first-class barbecue
at Jolly Street on Saturday, August
17, county campaign day. Good dinner
guaranteed. Come, everybody!
J. A. C. Kibler.
E. H. Werts.
We will furnish a first-class barbecue
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will be made for the entertainment
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R. L. Lominick,
* Caldwell Ruff.
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COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON '
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128th Year Begins September 27.
It offers courses -in Ancient and
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Political Science, Debating^
Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Engineering.
I Courses for B. A., and B. S. degre?
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A free tuition scholarship to each
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and free tuition, open to competitive
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Expenses reasonable. Terms afcd
catalogue on application. Write to
Entrance examinations at all the
county seats on Friday, July 5, at 9
a. m.
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