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TENSION LACKING AT ST. GEORGE DOWHESIER VOTERS CHEER FOR SMITH. J Candidates lor Offices Discuss Issues & M\ J ..i? 4/kik ! J ' ~ tteiore y roivu ui *uv jii luumi Seat. The State. St. George. July 28.?Statements ;avoring the enforcement of law ?,nd against the abuse o: the pardoning power were warmly applauded at the meeting here today of candidates for i State offices by an audience of about [ 400 citizens o:' Dorchester county, many of whom were women. The day was one in which there were many - ' * ri V, Aon/lirlotfl fr\-T I uueers iur n.. -l>?. ouhui, tauuiuuit * wUnited States senate. It was so onesided that the tension of factionalism < was absent. T.;e audience gave all candidates a respectful and attentive nearing. For the first time in the campaign a collection was taken during the meeting for the benefit of the sufferers from the hailstorm in and around Rock Hill. The meeting was called to order at 10:45 o'clock by Milton S. Cromer, county chairman, in front of the school house. The Rev. \V. E. Wiggins offered prayef. Tells About Office* G. Brice, candidate for attorney general, in the absence o:' the incumbent, Thomas H. Peeples, told of the business connected with that office and the kind of lawyer he thought should be chosen. He made his customary charge of "masterly inactivity/' In speaking of the reply of Mr. Peeples, who averred that he was excused by the supreme court from participating in the dislbarment proceed ings against C. P. Sims, Mr. Brice said that of course the court excused him, for it would not mandamus Mr. Peeples to appear. A. VV. Jones, candidate for reelection as comptroller general, said that 1 the masses of the people, or the poro er class, were paying an unjust proportion of taxes. "When they realiz-2 the inequality," he said, "there will be a revolution or a definite demand cn the legislature." James A Summersett, candidate for the same office, said that he was pleased to take Mr. Jones' record and show it to the people. In answer to the charge that he had used unfair means in placing the asylum insur ance, he stated that it was placed by t_e unanimous vote of the board of regents. There was an argument between the two candidates on the question cf the stock of a bonding insurance company said to be controlled by Mr. Jones. Muore Claims Support. W. W. Moore, asking for reelection as adjutant general, stated that a majority of the officers of the organized militia were oehind him. He told of his "trials and tribulations at the hands of 'the minority.' " He again r read his several indorsements, one of which was from George . Warren of Mayesville, in the quartermaster corp. M. C. Willis, opp-sing candidate for adjutant general, was absent. Frank W. Shealy, candidate for railroad commissioner, said trdt he did not want any vote gained by attacking any man, rival candidate or otherwise. J. H. Wharton said that the legislature had given power to the railroad commission to c rrect rates, both freight and passenger and the faults in the telephone f.nd telegraph service. W. I. Witherspoon said that he stood for a fair and square deal in all interests of the railroad commission. He stated that a great many things had been injected in this campaign that he did not care to notice. George W. Fairey said that he thought the railroad commission needed a business man rather than a politician for "you never know where a politician is at." He charged inactivity in the commission for the past several years. , C. D. Portner told of his fight in the legislature for the passage of a 2 cent flat rate bill. "I admit," said the speaker, "that the Fortner Din nas nothing to do with the race for railload commission tout when they attack me I am going to defend myself. His reference to his friendship for the governor brought out many cheers for E. D. Smith and a few for Blease. J. A. Hunter, candidate for lieutenant governor, sa d that he stood v for enforcement of law to the letter at all times. He told of his work and ~ f +V( A n c?xrl 11 TO pleasure as a iutrmuer ui mc acjiuu. investigating committee. "Hope to see every child," he said, "have a chance for education, I appeal to you to see that your children, are educated.He vigorously defended the new primary . rules. IKt B. Frank Kelley said that he was mk in favor of working convicts on the II roads. He stated that the time was not ripe for Statewide educati.n. He advocated liberal appropriation for the Confederate veterans. Andrew J. Bethea told of his work in tne various occupations lie has pursued. He prophesied a "political and educational r'reed m for the people of t/.e State," His eloquent advocacy of enforcement of law was applauded. He asked Mr. Kelley to come out with him and denounce the 1 assault on James H. Mcintosh. M. I). He further challenged Mr. Kelley to explain his vote in favor f killing a bill that would make attempted assault a capital crime., Mr. Kelley. M-\ Bethea averred, had boasted that he was the author of the bill that prohibited newspapers from publishing r.e names of women on whom an assault had been made or attempted. f'vVilliam M. Hamer ridiculed some ) the points n which candidates for lieutenant governor based their pleas for suffrage: 'Mr. Bethea for being Gov. Ansel's secretary; Mr. Hunter for serving on a committee, a? a member of which he "sprung nothing"' that Dr. E. B. Saunders' could not na^e done herself; that Mr. Kelley was a Bleaseite." He pointed with pride to his private record. John B. Adger Mullallv, candidate or governor, spoke next. John G. Richards told of his work 5 ~ l /-vrri o 1 o f 11 ro a n f\ a a railroad ill LUC ICsJOiuiuiv commissioner. He said that he had fought for a 2 cent flat rate and for biennial sessions of the legislature, "which is a veritable incubator of politics." Regarding educational matters he stated that he was tho author of a bill that created 124 scholarships in Winthrop college and put a proviso in Clemson college scholarships ~ r\9 TormArc Kq 0*1 VPT1 nrP^PT* tlicit bUiii w i :ai 1x1^1 o uk, o* w r - - - ence. This was the peroration to his attack on Statewide or local option compulsory education law. "VTalk that thing, bubber," shouted a large voice from the audience as Mr. Richards continued his attack on compulsory education. His statement that he was a supplier of Blease foi United States senate was received the same way as the declaration 01 Mr. rormer; mai. iS, many cheers for E. D. Smith. A recess of an acur and a half was taken :or dinner. Charles Carroll Simms was the first speaker when the meeting reconvened at 2:30 o'clock. 'Cornbread and Bacon" Candidate. "I am the only man in this campaign," he said, "who believes in cornbread and baccn and in being a human being." Re ridiculed the platforms of his competitors. He charged that when he tore the platform of Mr. Clinkscales to pieces at the Georgetown meeting Mr. Ricnards immediately "stole his thunder." He told of his warning concerning the education of the negro. He told of his fight befcre the court of appeapls in keeping farmers from being declared bankrupt. "Why doesn't Mr. Manning and his whole crowd," he said, "come across to the great class of lalboring people and advocate to them peace and harmony? Mr. Manning wants one class I to have all offices. "Mr. Richards has come into the fold of Blease lately, but I never knew that tie price of repentance was being elected tj the governorship. I*et him stay in the railroad commission.'' Would Imporre State. Charles A. 'Smith stated tliat he i wanted to make the State always a j better place for the working man to j live in. He urged that there be a j fixed levy foeyind which ti:e legisla- I ture could not go. His favoring a 2 { cent rate on railroads is based on < the point that it is a right of' the people. He said that the public service corporations should be made to realize that they aie seravnts and not masters of the people. "We are reaping what we have ; cr^vn " bp sairl "hv violation of the i liquor law that makes our State what j i; is. today." This was said as he out- j lined his plea for prohibition. He j stated that he was in favor of any- < tning that would expand education j among the white people of the State, i Mendel L. Smith launched into a defense of his position on compulsory education, saying that 'being a Demo-' crat he was in ifavor of a local option I law. He urged that something be done to decrease the percentage of illiterarcy among the whites, saying that South Carolina ranked third rem the foot of the States in the ! South. Speaker Smith then went into his scheme to use the lime deposits of the State for the decrease in expense of i fertilizer, for which South Carolina paid $23,000,000 last year. He eulogized the Confederate veterans and spoke highly of the work of the State board of health. stnnd nn the enforcement of 'aw and issuance o:' pardons was cheered. Law Enforcement Issue. Lowndes J. Browning charged that Mendel L. Smith and Richard T. Manning have never stated how they would use the power of the office 01 chief executive to bring about the enforcement of law. Mr. Browning then went into his scheme for the State tj loan money to farmers on long time in order to have farmers own their farms and homes. He said that the present tendency of owning large estates was detrimental to the interests of the State. He launched on taxation and school improvements. Mr. Browning said that with all his '^oart he condemned the action of ihe conference br.ught together for the purpose of electing one candidate. "It io just as debasing to be the coattail swinger to a coterie of bankers as to be a coattail swinger of Cole. L.\ ' lease. Lay aside factionalism when you go to the pells cn August 25," he said. i John ri. Olinkscales said that he in dorsed the statements of Mr. Browning in regard to the "elimination conference." He stated that he would try to enforce the laws as they appear on the statute books. He upheld his position on Statewide compulsory attenadnce at schools. "I am pleading," he said "that every parent give his child a chance. It is a shame to the State to have a child grow up without knowing how to read or write, for the greatest invention of all ages is the "0 letters of the alphalbet." Driven Indoors. A sudden shower of rain forced the speakers and audience to take refuge ' -ii the nearby school house. Robert A. Cooper also said that he agreed with Mr. Browning in his' statement favoring non-:actionalism. He repeated that he entered the race i on his own initiative and wculd leavi1 t..e question of his fitness for the posi- ! tion to the voters. Mr. Cooper insisted that "provision J should first be made in the matter of j education." He advocated a "system 1 oi school," doin gaway with the socalled common schools. He then develepoed his plan to place in each! county a farm demonstration school ! for the broader education of the ! farmer. He repeated his advocacy of! a rural credits law. He spske of j . I the seriousness of the "paramount issue of law or lawlessness," saying t .at disregard for law was both con-; tagious and infectious, and that sucn ! conditions as exist in this State would I damn any State. "If elected governor 1 shall recognize no faction, and will be the friend of all." iAt this time a collection was taken for the sufferers in the district of South Carolina where tne hail caused ' a damage amounting to more than ! $500,000. The coilectioh at St. George j amounted to $12.15. John T. Duncan spoke of the "system.'' Warns of Merger.. W. C. Inby, Jr., spoke of his work j in t:.e legislature in thwarting the ; scheme to sell the asylum property. . He warned his hearers of the evils of \ the "great cotton mill merger." He 1 assailed the "Yankee capitalists," who own the cctton mills. He advocated a corporation commission to guard against this merger. "The cause of the high cost of liv- j :ng," he said, "is having negro producers and running the white people from the forms to the towns." From + ....Inf V>o. r??ivolrvnoH hie -nlnn for llil J puiut UV uv T i4iky ? - "cheap money." He said that if the | small farmers could he returned to J :he farms by this means, it would! tself settle the question of education, j Richard I. Mannings told of the j power of the governor. He said that j tie could not promise a reduction in j taxes as the progressive spirit of the j day demands the use of money. "The | greatest economy," he said, "is get-1 -a _ -i_n yy ting tne most ior a aonar. Mr. Manning presented tils argu- I ments in favor of a local option com- j ulsory school attendance law with ! i term of seven months in each year. He said that the law relating to fer- | tilizer was defective. Mr. Manning concluded with his i ^ Dissolve me in water ~ ^ an(* spray trees, or 3 ~ s \/jc?fe~9/riA vegetables, or plants, p II KrfcS jj.jffrN- or flowers, ana I will ? == ^SwgEsaa?^^ kill every parasite I ? [ ^ ? tonch, and won't g i H r~TTi hurt the plant. = ; 5= \ s J Sprayed fruit or vegetables look jj j | better, keep better, and bring ? j j| fancy prices. ? | g Let me also spray the chicken houses = j If: and hog pens and get rid cf all mites, j= : = worms and germs that stunt vegetation ^ rf and give hoga and poultry the cholera. ?1 y I cost you 5c. a can?just about half s j =3 the usual price. I AM? s" j 3 RED BEVSL f! j LYE jl I gO. Fjji CAES |l ^ k?;l For cans almost as b:? as jr-J 1 ii those that cost you lJc. I? , | SAVK 3BLY 1LA3ELIJ 1| i IN SUCH PAIN ! WOMAN CRIED Suffered Everything Until Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Florence, So. Dakota.?"I used to be very sick every month with bearing d?wn pains a?d mg-mmi backache, and had headache a good deal of the time and rxj litlir very little appetite. WmTL^ r^e Pa^ns were so ||| -ee- JP| bad that I used to j d?wn on the ^??r anc* cry> be-' cause it hurt me so //jrnT//// JT)ff I could not do Will?ft f />l any work at those 'i l w(i/i II / 1 times. An old woman advised me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and I got a bottle. I felt better the next month so I took three more bottles of it and got well so I could work all the time. I hope every woman who suffers like I did will try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound." ? Mrs. P. W. Lanseng, ' Route No. 1, Florence, South Dakota, j ' Why will women continue to suffer day in and day out or drag out a sickly, halfhearted existence, missing three-fourth9 of the joy of living, when they can find health in Ly$lia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound? For thirty years it has been the standard remedy for female ills, and has restored the health of thousands of women who have been troubled with such ailments as displacements, inflammation, j ulceration, tumors, irregularities, etc. | If you want special advice write to ! Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confl- j dential) Lynn, Mass, Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence. I ? pi'ct^miru ?n&wh prvnnfvmnins* tne ' VUOWVU1U1 J vw..^w c J injudicious use of the pardoning j power and the condition of lawless-' ness. He said that his enforcement! 0'" larvv would 'be Statewide. The meeting adjourned at 5 o'clock. u <S> <s> STATE CAMPAIGN. 3> \$> i Following is the campaign itinerary: Winnsboro?'Monday, August 3. Chester?Tuesday, August 4. Lancaster?Wednesday, August 5. Yorkville?Thursday, August 6. Gaffney?Friday, August 7. Spartanburg?Saturday, August 8. Union?Tuesday, August 11. Newberry?Wednesday, An?us/ 12. Laurens?Thursday, August IS. Greenwood?Friday, August 14. 9bbeville?Saturday, August 15. Anderson?'Monday, August v17. Walihalla?Tuesday, August 18. Pickens?Wednesday, August 19. Greenville?Thursday, August 20. $> <? <$> BARBECUES *> >S> <$ We will furnish a first class barebecue at Jalapa in Sligh's pasture on j Thursday, August 6, campaign day. Geo. EDtingr. ~ I Oscar Mayer. I will give two barbecues State i campaign day, one at my residence and j the ot~er one at the place where the 1 is peaking will be, at the corner of! ^vlain and Hine streets, August 12,! 1914. J. M. Counts. i We will furnish one of the best and | most up-to-date barbecues at New- j berry State campaign day, August 12,1 1914, in toe beautiful grove on the ground that the speaking will be held. ; During the day we will have one of: the best cooks in the State to prepare,! and guarantee a first-class dinner; j will also serve refreshments of all kinds, to make it a pleasant and com- ^ fortaible day for every foody. Be sure to come and hear the candidates for ~ ntVior iQtn.tp officers. g-vciinji auu utuv,* ? Don't forget the date, August 12. A. P. and H. H Ruff, Mgrs. j I will give a firs: class barbecue | August 12, State campaign day. J. M. Counts. | I ! I will give a first class barbecue, J August 5 county campaign day at j Williams Grove. Special attention given to women and children. J. W. Sanders. ! I i * I i "We will give a first class barbecue j cue at Mt. Pleasant July 31, county j campaign day. J. D. H. Kibler, an expert barbecuist, will cook the meat and make the hash. Cold drinks will be served during the day. G. H. Cromer and Sons. The scnool improvemnt association 4 ?I i uibamj^ Pirate The telephone goes h roads. The telephone overcc cles of bad roads and m farmer and other rural res ness in the city and " roads are impassable. Progressive farmers ai roads and telephones, modern civilization are do toward eliminating the isc You can have a telephone small cost. Send a post; giving complete informal FARMERS' LINE SOUTHERN BELL TE AND TELEGRAPH C . will give a first class barbecue at Pomaria compaign day, August 11th, for .be benefit of the school. Mrs. Jno. C. Aul!, ( President. * We will serve a. ^arbecue at Halfacre's mill on campaign juiy 29. Everybody invited. Special arrangements will be made for candidates and young people. ( C. L. Ruff, C. H. Sligh. We will give a first c'ass barbecue \ a-: Silverstreet county campaign day, August 13, 1914. J. M. Nichols, W. H. Nichols. AVe wl l give a first class barbecue at the residence of Col. D. A. Ruff on Friday, August 21. There will be dancing for the young people. The dinner will be eooked by Mr. Luke Sease and a good dinner may be ex pected. D. B. Ruff, F. A. Gallman. We will give a first ?lass barberue at Bethel school house, Pomaria, on county campaign day, August 11. The services of an experienced cook have , been secured and a fine dinner is assured. A pleasant tim<a promised. 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