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id a t "IWTT7 mn I n No co I I A-P fVlA I^clil/ ui l/lic at home be to seek it. thousands < \ 1 Few it or other bei believe in t . ; If There i ought to be proverb tha i T-t- w;ii 4-1 J.L Will UU Li think of thi Ti The Fa annually we The r I Next Sessi * TILLMAN 0> THE PRIMARY. Letter to R. M. Jeffries That Bill is Being Prepared for >'ext Legislature to Safeguard Primary. Senator Tillman's letter follows: The Question Answered. "I have just received your valued favor of July 30 and have read it with great care. After citing my recent interview about the purity of elections In our State and defending ana saieguarding the primary, you say: 'We take the liberty of asking you for a .sta.ement concerning the recent election ia the first congressional district .to name a successor to the late Hon. Geo. S. Legare.' You go on to say, ""There has been much said converning the use of money in the first district* and we are writing this to ask whether this .nat<or has been present ed to you.' Further, you ask whether this mafter has been officially brought ;o my attention, and whether I am in position and intend to do anything in the premises. In other words, it seems that you desire me to discuss iiie conditions in the first congressional district brought about during the recent primary. "You close by saying. 'We are contt ; n * ? ri ?-v?r?+ fViQ loot olckotirtri in tViie V 111 Vs U elicit Ci.x^ iUOlz HVii ** A v*A*w district was a dsgrace to our election system.' etc. "Briefly, I can not go into details or cover all the points your letter would suggest, but I have this to say: Not His Province. "Xot being a member of the house of representatives I can not with any show of reason be expected to actively enter into the matter in that body. 1 woi.Id regret exceedingly if any of the members from South Carolina should feel called upon to press fr\T o-.-, ini-Qc + i jratirtn of thn r>rm H i t inn <5 AUI CI ii 1U ) &OH^U(UUU VJ. and charges of bribery which obtained in the recent primary. There are better ways to safeguard our primary t>vai) to 'ventilate that election here. No cue knows better than I do that unless we do purify it and make its verdict more trustworthy and reliable tlic people will have nothing to do -with it. It will be destroyed as it shoulJ be, ?nd those who want high office in South Carolina will be left to fight it out at the polis when the legal election comes off in November. " This would inevitably result in "bringing the negroes back into our politics. All of them that could register would be registered and carried to the polls, led by white men and College M % liege in the State has more lo; young men who go to college cause they can get what they Citizens of the county regi of dollars to the endowment c Newberry C ien of prominence in the comr en students "over on the hill, he College or not. It is the c are a erood manv bovs in Ne\ C3 %J 4/ over at the College. Perhaf ,t "a prophet is not without ho lem no harm to read what ot s College. iculty of the University of Vi: ill trained men." i .1 HI lght coin ion Opens Septe * - protected by white men. Unless we reform the entire system of criminal procedure so as to guarantee conviction and punishment for violations of 'aw, as well as guarantee freedom from promiscuous pardoning of criminals, the State would soon grow so corrupt and debased and its politics so debauched that there would be no living in it. Must Not Allow It "Whatever else happens let us see to it that the white people continue as thev now do to be the onlv ar j lr.ters in our politics. We can not af| ford?it would be a crime if we should | do it?to have the negroes mobilized and become the controlling factor in our elections. Even if we are not able to stamp out the use of money altogether?which we will never be able i to do if the negroes get control of our Stats government again?we can punfy cur elections and safeguard ithem if the legislature of South Car! olina will only do its duty when it j meets again in January. Men are at 1 work now, as I happen to know, preparing a bill which will do this, according to the law and constitution. This bill will safeguard the ballot of ovorv <?, b ' ie man entitled *o vo e. No gooi citizen wants to disfranchise any white man; at the same time no good citizen wants white men n^t entitle.1 to vote to har'; fry thing to do witi cur elections "I am enlisted in this fight for the balance of my life, and will do all I possibly can to bring about such a law and the creation of a public sentiment behind it that will compel its J enforcement. "This generation of younger South 'Carolinans knows nothing about the horrors of negro domination and negro political activity. I passed all through it from 1S6S. the first year in T-T aV* AT' ^VT /> T'Af f a 1 "f O \\ tiicj c>> t;i v wLtu, iu iv, liav^ year in which we overthrow the carpetbag government. Democrats Jlust Act. "If the legislature will do its duty we will never have any more trouble in our primaries such as we had last summer. If it does not do its duty then all good democrats must see to it that a convention of the democratic party shall be called early next year to make changes in the constitution of the party as well as safeguard and purify the primary. 'You say, 'We do not propose to let our iew eaitoriais printeu immediately after the election be all we have to say concerning the matter. I beg that you-do not let that be all 71il\ j. U f IILIIUUL n( Not in tY J*R\ nHiBaBBni pal local support. Ninety per , go to their own College here want without going abroad *rdless of creed have given . /? )I ollege nunity have not at some time " Ask any of them if they minfv'c mAi^f valncthln QOcof VW.11VJ kJ V T UlUUvJLv UUkJV^t* vberry county, however, who >s their parents do prove the inor save in his own country." her people away from home rginia says: "You send us gge for P mber 18. For ' Irzz MM LU. ~~ JJ_ 1111 you have to say, but continue to agitate the matter and educate the people up to their duties. "I have heard so much that saddened me and caused me to blush with shame about the corruption and bribery in the last congressional race in your district that I have . been forced to conclude Chat there must have been fearful demoralization. If there had been a contest for Mr. i Whaley's seat by any one, the facts would all haive been brought out under oath. As it is, nothing was done or can be done that I know of, at least not by me." "Very sincerely yours. "B. R. Tillman." >nor in i le Case of r C( li The President of the men are distinguished abo 1 A Young* Men's Chi moral atmosphere among; college I visit." 1 D. C. Heath, the gre; over again, I would send t If When you can get for dard education, Why Send Youi 1 The College gives a fi A. B. It gives a thorough ical Engineering, preparing of other Technical Schools ratories, its Gymnasium, it tioris and its thorough cour ^ewberir Catalogue Addr ?^ H+fH "mil ffW V haiat aitayah 9 This If you w ?*rl service use ijjlk "?lS H "V Always re MM No coal, s IpjMfe STANDARD Norfolk, Va. g ^ Ridimond, Va. FARMERS CA>T RAISE MONEY Through Uncle Sam for Cotton -*T i- - T\ _1 jioYemenis uei'iarus aeuauu vSniitli. i Washington, Aug., ?Should Representative Ragsdale of South Carolina fail to have inserted in the currency bill that clause which would make cotton in bonded warehouses basis for the issuance of currency, Senator Ellison D. Smith will make a fi rvVl t- fr\r ? t ?*"? r Vi a o A o f rv iiai u iiii,11l lui 111 Liic ocuait. Senator Smith is heart and soul with Representative Ragsdale in his idea. It is likely the grain interests of the West will bring influence to j bear upon their congressmen to havej ts Own 1 University of South Carolina ve all others in the University i istian Association Secretarj your students is better than it publisher, says: "If I had hem to a college like Newben your boys everything you ws m D A ? ??? r uuya nw ay i rum ill Literary course leading to I four-year course in Electrical 1 them for positions alongside in the South. With its buildi s Faculty of trained men, it: se of study, Newberry Colleg y county ess Pres. J. Hei fjj ' = Going To Cook, Summpr? ant cool, quick BSSpDEDOHB tim rL ^ady for use. ? ^ rnrvl/fi Ar ocll^o HbU^ vi aouivo* ;d better, everyOIL COMPANY (H ew Jersey) Charlotte, N. C. LTIMORE CbaHejloo, W. Va. Charkstoc, S. C. grain also made the basis of currency issuance, along with cotton. "By this plan the treasury of the United States gets interest on its money," said Senator Smith. "Where on the-other hand it costs the government to put out bonds." The truck farmer of course cannot J expect to get in on the deal because his stuff is perishable, while cotton, corn, wheat and other grains can be stored in bonded warehouses as se curity for the issuance of currency. "This plan means the farmer can get money from Uncle Sam. It means that when he borrows money on cotton in bonded warehouses the interest he pays goes into the treasury of j t-e United States and not into the, i ? i P . O 1 county: I says: "Your r." r said: "The at any other a boys to train ry." mt in a stanHome? ;he degree of and Meehan ! of graduates ngs. its Labo3 high tradie is r boys I hi I iry narms. | =il 1 v 7? * /3F * . J.".- t v\r\r*1r rvf o r\ f i r\ rl JiVi rl 11 n 1 KonVaro " o ^ i rl ]yucivcLo ui uiuiit iuua; uauu^i o, oaiu Senator Smith. Counting Ages. "I am 33 years old," announced a woman of 58 at tea last night. "And I am 25," said a woman of 4o. Then turning to a girl of 16, who stood. nearby, she asked: "How old are you, Ethel?" \ "Oh," replied Ethel, "according to present reckoning I am not born yet." ?Kansas City Star. Juvenile Privilege. A man who wants to yell with glee T\ O TT 4-V, V* o / ? oil (TOTY1D O fop Jfiuou yaj uao^uan t* *.w# Much happier a boy must be, Since be can always holler free.