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Rll far inches," notwithstanding the t that t';?e trunk was being curried Mrs. Blease and myself, each ding a separate and distinct ticket, w, if this trunk should have gone the rounds it had gone without * extra charge, why w<?s it that all once these "inches'' gfot in, and it had to be paid for extra/? If this isn't a small way of robbing {people I must say that 1 don't know J of one. The 4"> cents is a very smi/ll matter, but it might not be to souje poor people who must use the railroads, and 1 call it to your attontionj botn becau^: vf the injustice in sucli practice and ^ ^ * * r\y\ O 71 V U etause ii II JJiatijucu vjii lima.people it will dishonestly put a good deal of money intc> somebody's pockets, and you ought to .-top it. f do not suppose it will Jhappen to me kS again, because 1 wilL/ watch out for my "feet and inche^ both. But it is not right, and vo# gentlemen ought to prohibit it b^law. In other words, gentle men , IV' is not the pitiful sum unjustly,^aken from me that 1 care I Jouse t'aat only to give you a t-S ?fhiif- Hip manv rt'UiUJI CIC niuouai-.w.! . sums added together, which are going into somebody's pockets, by this mean, inquitious system. Smoking in Dining Rooms and Cafes. There is a matter that I have not 'previously mentioned to you in my messages which 1 desire to direct your attention to. Many of you are young men. Some of you, however, kare as old as 1 am or older. Those of you who are will recall tje time in South Carolina when if a gentleman smoked a pipe or cigar while walking -1 TV. ^ Ltraot hv f hp side of a B itlUHg UU ?-uc ou w.. lady he was not regarded as well reared, and such a thing as smoking while riding in a buggy with a young lady would not have been tolerated. But today we have not only seen these things, but we 'have gone a great deal further, and too far. I regret exceedingly to know that ^ people in South Carolina (1 will not say gentlemen, nor will I say true By men) sit in our public dining rooms, rA?ranrants and cafes, and smoke fm cigars and foul little cigarettes, and "whiff and puff and blow the smoke ^out through their nostrils, and this ^^ smoke is carried either by the natural Obreezes or the current of an electric fan into the eyes, mor.t. s and nostrils of refined women. It makes me asr hamed for my State. If I were in one of these places with a lady and should see a man light a cigarette or cigar 1 would quietly ask trim 1 ^ ' *1* Af/v W'&TCi please not to smotve, LilCl C ladies in the ropm, or I would get up and leave with her. But everybody does not feel like doing this, and I have actually heard ladies complain bitterly to their escorts of the annoyance of this smoke. / I had seen this thing done in some places and some countries, and had thought it ungentlemanly, but I had never believed, until I saw it, that I would witness such a thing in South *" T 1 ivitnoccOli i r C'cirOilDcl. -t> U L 1 liinc niiuwcv/u ? and I now appeal to you as lawmakers, not for the protection of trie Men?they can protect themselves? but for the protection of the women of South Carolina from this kind of insult. if I were running one of these ? places I would not allow this kind of conduct. If I had my own way, personally, when a man lit a cigar or cisarette in a dining room where I ladies were' accustomed to be, if it were my place, I would invite him out, and if !ae did not leave, I would put him out. But people do not "want to be jgoing around fighting, and it is your duty to see that the laws protect the womanhood of South Carolina. I call upon you now, as men, to pass an 'Act making it a mis^ demeanor for any person to light or to smoke a cigarette, cigar, pipe or ^ any other-article containing tobacco or other commodity in any public dining room, restaurant, cafe or other " ' ?" moulc place or oinmg u: &civm6 which ladies are permitted or acY customed to visit. 1 do not think that such a law is necessary for any true gentleman or well-reared man, but k there are some people who come inB to South Carolina who have no respect for us or our ladies, and they ' should be made to respect them, and if there are any citizens of our State Y- who are not ?iecnt enough to respect the women of the State, they also should be put in the "made" class. Great noises are made over conveying ciseascs by insects, etc. What is more dangerous than smoke passing +v>r.-mcrh rrmmimntive. svDhilitic or other diseased throats, noses, etc., ^ and into the mouths of decent women? If it does not convey disease m it Ctrlainly is nauseating. * Establishing New Counties and Annexing Tart of One County To Another. , 1 call your attention to the fact. That the loose custom of changing county lines every time somebody mad because his property is assessed a little higher than he thinks it ought to be, or. the supervisor doesn't work the roads just as some few citizens think ne should in their neighborhood, or because an adjoining county has a dispensary, should be regulated and so restricted that county lines may be changed only kwhen there is some real necessity virwi vpa?nn for it. I'nless something A is done in this regard it will soon be inipossible for officials to determine in what county transactions take place; sheriffs wii* not know when V they reach their county lines; solicitors will be worried to locate the venue in criminal cases, and v auditors and treasurers will find k difficulty ih determining what county to assess property in and collect taxes thereon. You should take some Hpk positive stand upon this matter, givA ing the governor, or someone, dis: ~ +s\ rl Afnr-iiino Whpn \y~ CreiiOIlctl V puncia iyj ucici imuv .. .. there is a real necessity before allowing it to be done. It is most, assuredly becoming a great annoyance as it stands today. Personally. 1 have no interest in the matter, but there is necessity for some wise action in this regard.1 You should also take some positive action in regard to the establishment of new counties. 1 favor small counties. I favor having a county seat as conveniently aceussib!:- as I ' possible to every citizen. T:.o more coui:lTcs we have the better tu citizens will kno.v ^ach other, the sooner the criminal can be brought to t..e bar of justice, jhe .l-ore spe-'uily can civil litigation be ended, and there are many other ? ] /-k/'xnli'l nnnm^r^tp 1T1 J~t?;iSUIi:s \> muu i cuuiu biiuiiiviuw - ? favor of small counties. Hut 1 do not believe in creating new counties whe:i by so doing one of the present counties will be ruined. 1 simply call these matters to your attention, giving you my reasons, in order that you may take such action as you deem wise. Cattle Tick Eradication. A great deal of agitation has been : going 011 in reference to the eradication of the catle tick in our State. Of course, everybody is in favor of this mo.ement, and foolis'.i indeed would bf he who would oppose any effort in this direction. However, it is a matter which you should not give only hasty consideration to, and you should not be swept off your feet by sentiment, but you should investigate very seriously and very carefully what work has been done, and how it is done, and how best to continue the ' wcrk. 1 have suggested, and repeat to you, ilu't 1 tliii k C'emson college is receiving enough money from the farmers in the fertilizer tax 10 give at least part of It back to the farmers by using it for the eradication of the cattle tick. Clemson college was established in 188S, while the Hon. John Pptpr Richardson was governor, and he stated in his message of 1S.:?0 that after a long fight in t>.e courts i something o.er 800 acres of land i and $11,2S3 in money had been received from the Clemson will. This property was turned over under Governor Richardson's administration, and much work towards the building of the college was completed dur? lg his term. j If you will notice the .rouse journal " XirVli^T?k 01 tflSL SC5SIOI1, )UU ?iu oct ? uvi\/ Gov. Benjamin R. Tillman said in his message to the general assembly in ; i89i. '1 would s'iy, fi rther, that after th-> Cle nson ejil'.'iie shall havp gocteii well under way and equipped, in four or live years ai un.st, there will be no::?!) ir.oney ,>?>w going* to that school to run it. a;so this girls' school (Winur'ip college) without taxation.'" If you will now take the report or Clemson college during tlio past year, you will see what a great prophet . the then governor was, and if you I will take the appropriation asked i foi by Winthrop lor this year, you will see that it is a good thing that i the old caslcni of atoning false proi phets is not now in order. i However, the enormous amount of money which is received by Slemson college is felt by a great many people in the ' Srate to be the most extravagant j appropriation ever made to any in I stitutlon of learning in tne ooucu. II would, therefore, call your particular. attention ,to a careful study of this matter i!rom every standpoint, and insist that Clemson college go I this work of cattle tick eradication on ' its present receipts, without any | extra levy upon the people of South i Carolina for this purpose. And in this i connection I desire to call your attention to the following letter received ' from a very prominent farmer m this State, and one who stands high in the councils of the farmers' unions, having held high position in r.he:-e organizations: "Governor Cole. L. Blease, Columbia, IS. C. "My Dear Governor: I wish to commend your interview about the cattle tick question and to call your attention to one little item in its connection that has probably escaped you. Richland county is agitating the raising of $40,000 by legislative appropria| tion, this sum to tome from taxing all i the people. All counties that are ! above the quarantine line and those ! under process of cleaning have had I to pay a good portion of the expense i of the work. Newberry county is now paying about $500, possibly more, I and I presume mat ot.ier couuues mc ; paying a like proportion. Now, it | would hardly be just to tax those ; counties that have worked out their ; own problems for those counties l that have not shown enough interest j in the matter to do the same thing. ' It would be unfair and I am ; sure the people of the State will endorse our positon. Either make Clemson do the work (and heaven knows they are doing little enough except dabble in politics) or let the i various counties work with the col| lege and the United States Departi ment, as the other counties have done. For your information I wish to state that no tick authority believes i that, the State can be cleaned in one ; year, so it would probably mean an 'appropriation tor a like amount the ! coming year.'* As shown by this letter, you will see that it would be very unjust to gi\e $40,000 out of the State's money without giving- proper consideration to those counties which have already paid their PRO RATA share for re?ygE|gjjji^ .1 -i -i.- . u ? llGVlllg tllCIllseivcs Ui Hit; (;aiuc nvi\. .Now, gentlemen, do not understand me to say liat I oppose the eradication of the tick. I do not want some i little, lying editor to come out and isay: "Blease Fighting Eradication of Cattle Tick." I am only calling J your attention to the inequality which ! might result from a "nasty considerai tion of the matter, and to an extravagant expenditure of money which I could be turned to useful purposes. repeat. eradicate uie caitle tick, and do it in a common I sense way, with as little expense as possible to the aleady overburdened | tax-payers. The Primary System. j Many years ago some of the ; counties of South Carolina adopted | a system of primary elections, which system provided for the selection of | candidates among the White people | for the Democratic nominees, for the I mirnose of avoiding a division among I the white peopde in order to keep the negro vote from becoming a factor in the politics of this State. Many years before that the eight-box law had been in use, and it had been sncc-csi-iiil in uc*i>r:\ing th<- negro of J participation even in the general e.ivi.on.-, except to a limited number. I 10 go through the entire history of Uiis matter might oe ve?y interesting in vi-lu. n ri.iw nothing or iittl " of it, anil yet it niigiit somewhat levwai a condition 01 aii'airs \vun;ii ; it nni:iit jc as weii to let Ue to: gotten. Latv;" liie biate Democracy auep:ed , iiut pi unary eiction system io.- tiie ; l>i.i j/Uso Oi nominating candidates j ior ail State ana1 county ottiees. I .)u~t a siioit tune afterwards ' . c.xioi racy of t.:e State adopted it lor ; the election oi canaidates ior con- I and ihp United States senate. | i he last convention lor tne nomina-j tion of a governor and State officials : was when Gov. John Peter Richard- j son was nominated for his second term. Then came the struggle of the tu'iorm party in l?90. 'i .:e history of til is ana campaigns from then uL) 10 tne present would be very interesi- ( ing . eadaig. but 1 presume it is un- j necessary to g:ve it here. However, j 11 stems that this system was per- j lectiy satisiactory when Governors [ ill.man, fcAans, Ellerbe and :Vl-> <u-.-io-.iftv wfti-p ftleeted. and i: reached 1 iib neigiit in the eyes of many people ?especially certain newspaper editors?wiio aie now condemning it, tiiid gave most .spiendid satisfaction to these distinguished gentlemen, when Governors Heyward and Ansei j wore eiccted. Nothing was heard of i its being unsatistactory to t'.iis great j element of our people when uen. Joseph H. Earle was elected to the I ailed States senate, ana when many congressmen and many State officials were chosen. But, alas t.ie campaign of 191 frame alone:. When that campaign came along the then governor of South Carolina, on the Stn day of .July, 1912, issued a proclamation which read as follows: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Executive Pepartmnt. Proclamation. WHEREAS. Information has been ;;i\eu uiiio me that divers persons are traveling in different parts df the State of South Carolina and are, by the payment or promise of money or o.iier articles of value, endeavoring to procure to vote for or against 5.1 rVir.riniarv i certain i;aiiuiuait;:} in iii<_ L,i j , election, which is to be held on the } i'ith day of August, I9i2, in violation) of Section 350, Code of Laws ot Souin j Carolina, 1912, which reads as fol-! iows: "Sec. 356. At or before every political primary election held by any policical party, organization, or association for the purpose of c.ioosing candidates for office or the election of delegates j to convention in this State, any per- I son who shall by threats or any other j lorm of intimidation or by the pay- | inent. delivery or promise of money or other articles of value, procure or offer, or endeavor to procure another to vote for or against any particular candidate in such election, or who shall for such consideration offer to i so vote, small be guilty of a misdemeanor." Now, therefore, I, Cole. L. Blease, governor of the State of South Caro lina. in order that justice may be done j and the majesty of the law upheld,i do hereby oner a reward of $100 each !or the first five convictions of any, person or persons w.io shall be found guilty under said section: Provided,! That said five convictions shall be j had in five different oounties of said I i State. In testimoney whereof, I have here- 8 I unto set my hand and caused the great seal of the State to be affixed, ' 1 ^ 'Ot-V* /-Imr /a 4" T 11 1 \T A at tJOlUmUlcl, in is olii ua.y vi uuij, -j.. i 0. 1912, and in the 137th year of the i independence of the I'nited States of I ? America. Cole L.Blease, Governor. , By t'he governor: j R. M. McCown, Secretary of State. * , And in his opening speech at Sum- 5 ter, he said: : "After reading the sections of the j statute in regard to fraud in elections, \ \ Governor Blease said: "Ar?ri I fall nnon all of my friends to see that any person who attempts ! \ to buy votes in this primary, or who ! intimidates voters by threats or other- ? wise, be immediately prosecuted, and ' if you need any assistance in the pro- i secution of the case,I promise you, as ) governor of this State, to furnish it,; * because I believe in a fair, square*- el- i, ection, and propose, so far as in my j } power, to see tilat it is held for all the i offices of our State. You, my fellow ^ citizens, watch these two things; we I now have a majority; we have the; battle won, and all that we have got to I < do is to see that we get a fair and \ x -3 ? Z4. * 11 . ; lionest snowing, i cannot uo iu an, ; can only do my part; it is up to you j to do yours. If the people are de-j \ feated, and the corporations and newspapers and the old ring take J charge of t'.:is governient, the people : 4 w?ll be the sufferers. The fault will j not be mine. Let the consequences ? be what they may, the people of my 4 State will be forced to say Cole. L., . Blease did his part." ; * But when this primary election was ' held in August, 1912, great charges of , - * 1 t fraud were brougnt, ana tnese noiier i , V/.an thou" lords of Democracy, the. 4 editors and some other?all "great , guardians" of South Carolina's pri-: ) maries, who were defeated and whipped out of their boots with j i all their money and chiconery1 ] and trickery, all at once discovered j that the primary was reeking with' : fraud and was a corrupt system and < was horrible to contemplate. Yet it was the same primary system that: hu'J nominated their Hey ward and their Ansel?the same men participat- ! j ed in it?and t'ne :->anie primary sys-! jtein which had sent Senator Earle to I Washington and Senator Smith to c Washington against former Governor : I Evans. \ TTTl -i- 1 +V. nonii rrll 1 \T I wny uia it uecuiue su Lnuiuuginj , {. corrupt all at once, and such an in- 1 ' iquitous system? Was it simply be- j cause Blease had whipped the "aris- s tocracy" and those who thought that i1 they owned the goverment, or was it i ? 1 t'OXTlXl'ED OX I'AO K ?;.) i* VI M i ne m I Capital Si I"T*he Ban! . ^ C fy>in , mil i > "r'il JJL 1/ " <y. ' y?UF i ? | its safety, the combi the stron: county. 1 | it's safe. Ilf IFE is i IL3J balan | bank. 4 ?lo f$\ |l Nph/aik? ffc \ ?] 1,V1 VMk" I? top Mrs. Walter Vincent( of Pleasant Hill. N. C., writes: "For three sum- ,f. mers I suffered from FS i ?J nervousness, dreadful I? | pains in my back and | /g\| sides, and weak sinking rg) i spells. 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All Druggists or by mail Kickapoo Indian Med. Co. Phila. or St.; Louis. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. I, Assessment of Real ana personal i Property for fiscal Year 1914. I, or an authorized agent will be at the fol- (; lowing places named below for the 1 purpose of taking returns of both real ;: estate and personal property for Fis-, < cal year, 1914: '1 Newberry January, 1st to 13th, inclu ' sive and on every Saturday. Kinards?Wednesday, January 14th. Whitinire?Thursday and Friday, ,1 January 15th ano 16th. I' Pomaria?Mondaj', January 19th. Walton?Tuesday, January 20th. Glymphville?Wednesday, January ' 21st. ! ! < at?..u.?Tliiir-crlov Tsnnarv '22 ! Jlit} UlJLltUlA i uuiouuj } , . Jolly Street, Friday, January 23rd. i. Little Muntain?Monday, January i 26th. Prosperity?Tuesday and Wednes- < day, January 27th and 28th. !, O'Xeall?Thursday, January 29th. j ] St. Lukes?Friday, January 30th. ] Longshores?Monday, February 2nd. i ~ j? i Silver street?luesaaj, reumaij . 3rd. ^ |< Chappells?Wednesday, February 4th. Xewberrr Cotton mill?Thursday,,' i r I aceaaKBMinv vgara? 1$ Bank $50,000 ie Money" 4 ) /filp1 I our bank. i i >rry aooui bank are f some of len in the i jy where ? \ \ t eve a good not with our L February 5th.1 nairland Pnttnn mill?^Friday. Feb ruary 6th. Mollohon Cotton mill?Monday, Feb- / ruary 9th. And in the Auditor's Office in the Court House Friday, February 20th, after which date a penalty of 50 per cent will be added against all persons, firms or corporations failing to make their returns as required by law. I would dislike very much to have to add this penalty but I am required by law to do so. The law Tequires a tax on all .notes, mortgages and monnicn or* iTKinme tny on in cy O, CLIOW C4.XA W 0 comes in excess of $2,500. There shall be a capitation tax of fifty cents on all dogs, the proceeds to be expended for school purposes. Dogs not returaed for taxation shall not be held as property in any of the courts of this State. All male persons from 21 to 60 years, except Cenfederate soldiers, or those persons incapable of earning a support by being maimed or from any other cause, are liable to pay a poll tax of one dollar. Real Estate is to be assessed this vear. Each tract or lot 01 land must be assessed separately. Also state to assessor whether you hare bought or sold any real estate since last return. The lav,* requires that all property, both real and personal, be assessed "at^its true value in money," ft'bich is construed to mean, "The sum 3f money for which said property, un 3er ordinary circumstances, would sell for cash." Please don't ask that your property be taken from the tax duplicate the same as last year. The law requires :hat all property must be listed on "ppr'ar tax rpt.nrn blanks and nroDer !y signed and sworn to by person making return. Please be sure to have rear returns in, on or before the 30th )f February, 1914. ? Eugene S. W?rts, County Auditor. Dec. IS, U13. MiaasXlSHHHBHH