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FORMER GOV. BLEASE ADDRESSES BIG CROWD TALKS TO THREE THOUSAND IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. Speaks 011 State And National iTopics. Thinks Congress Should Be Convened?Receives Ovation. Following is a full synopsis of tlje speech of former Governor Cole. L. Blease to an audience of 3,uuu at a community picnic in t?e grove at Old Hundred settlement, in Greenville county, on Saturday, August 7, as reported by a staff correspondent of the Anderson Farmers' Tribune: Former Governor Blease, who was present by special invitation, was (presented by Chairman R. H. Jenkins after the congressional candidates nad finished their addresses. Governor Blease (was in splendid form and held the closets attention of his audience from the opening sentence to tf:e close of his address, a synopsis of which follows: The former governor expressed his appreciation of meeting with the peo pie of the great and prosperous county of Greenville as a plain citizen, seeking no office and no political favors at the hands of fois fellow citizens. "For four years I was your servant, and I think that while I was governor of South Carolina there is not one who will say that I was not the governor. 'Possibly I did finings that some will not agree with. The Saviour Himself did not satisfy ail when He was on earth. I did not do anything while I was in office that I said I would not do, and I did not leave undone anything whicfn i said I would do. Hoped Some Got 15 Cents. "Last year you were told that if you would re-elect Senator Smith you would get 15-cent cotton, and that McAdoo had a billion dollars up there in "Washington that he was going to eend down South for tfoe relief of the cotton farmers. I hope that you peo? 1 X ~ J X "U? ir pie who voieu iur omau ua*c 50c j.0 cents for your cotton and that his friend McAdoo has sent yon some of that billion dollars. tood Thing For Him Not Elected. "You know it is really a good tfcing for me that I was not elected to the senate last year. Under the methods ? " -3 nr/vr At%nmar?f O.f T\T"o oVl_ 'jJUI~SUt?U UJ UUI s*" ujlucui at uaouington these hard times were bound to come, and had I been elected the newspapers and the bankers would have said tf:e hard times were caused foy ?lease's election and that Wilson and McAdoo refused to help you because you voted for Blease. There were many good, honest peopie mislead last year by the promise of higher price of cotton and that money would be sent into the South to move cotton.. And now see "wfjat the same newspapers which were telling you last year you would get 15 cents for your cotton if you elected Smith are saying: Papers Tell Different Story Sow. "The Columbia Record on July 26, in an editorial headed 'Too Much Cotton Planted,' says: 'The farmer is in part to blame for his own condition. H>e has planted too much cotton. He assumes great airs ana min&s ue u<ts done wonders because he has reduced his acreage from 20 to 30 per cent. Man's memory is so short.' Now you people know this paper would not Slave dared say that last. year. "The Columbia State of July 28th caid editorially: * * ? 'The State at tfcds time risks no prediction on cotton. * ? The man who has not depended on cotton solely, the man who lhas not been a slave to one crop, the man of the stamp of George Sease, about whom Mr. Haltiwanger wrote in TV:e State yesterday, will not "go hroke" if cotton sells for eight cents, "but that price will leave little or no profit, and spells "hard times" for the farmer whose reliance is cotton?who can't get away from cotton. There are so many of them, too.' "Do you thing The State would have printed taat during the last senatorial campaign? "And then, listen at this editorial PYnrPssinn from thp same naner in an issue of very recent date: " 'In the address of the Lee county farmers to the president, this expression is of uncommon significance: . .if our staple field crop, cotton, should sell for twelve cents per pound, there are millions of us in the Southern States tfcat would not realize a net wage 01 two and one-nan cents a daiy. " 'Now cotton has not fetched an average of twelve cents a pound for any consecutive period of ten years since 1880 and, war or no war, there is not the slightest reason for assurance that it will command that average price in future. If cotton at twelve cerits a pound means no adequate wage to millions of people, thsir case is, even If the present European complications snould be cleared away, mttprlv boneless, and it is insanitv for V the able-bodied of them not to abandon the cotton fields and seek employment of a more profitable character. Not for thirty-five years, preceding the ? T ftT'Avn n?A/1 C> r\ ! prtseni wa.r, nave puucs atcia5cu ov . much as twelve cents, and we see no reason to predict a higher average in the future.'" Governor Blease Laid, "the trouble] with the Southern people today is not that tV?ov Viuva rvlnntpd tOO much COt UM V ^ ton. It is the 'do-nothingness' of the president and tte Democratic, socalled, congress at Washington. You've got no Democratic president. If you had, instead of his actions being controlled by lEnglish capital, he would say to England, You've got to let our commerce alone; you've got to let our cotton and our provisions consigned to neutral countries go through. If you don't, we'll make you. England has always overriden as far as she could the rights of t):e people of this country. Her overbearing attitude and tyrannous treatment of the colonies was the cause of our fight for independence. Congress Should Be Convened. "Congress should be called together at once and a law passed prohibiting a single dollar or a particle of provisions or munitions being sent to England, to her allies or to Germany, and it should also forbid any factory to send any arms or ammunition to Europe tear, would either prolong this war or maybe in future be used to fight us with. Let the United States buy all such output by our factories. "A onhctnntial increase in shiD ments of war munitions is now about to begin, and will continue for the next six months, and American factories will be rushir^ the delivery of millions of dollars' worth of war material from the United States to Europe. This County and War MUteriaL "Statistics show that had the United States been facing on its own soil either of the great armies now contending in the great European struggle it would have been utterly at the mercy of the enemy within a few montl:s, because of the lack of anything to shoot in the firearms of the army and navy. "If every ammunition plant of the United States government was to run twenty-four hours a day their combined maximum production would be about 1,000,000 rifle cartridges a day. The entire supply of rifle cartridges stowed in government arsenals and fr?r hilt Tint VPt dfllVPr^d vri" -v* ^ amounts to approximately 252,000,000. All privately owned ammunition plants in the United States, working every minute of the twenty-four Lours, have a maximum production of not exceeding 4,000,000 cartridges a day. "When Germany went into the present great war being waged in 'Europe she had on hand 50,000,000,000?just think, fifty billions?rifle cartridges and 25,000,000 rifles, or five rifles for main in +Via -fiol/? O rvr? 9 ftHft rfllinds V* / U1M-U *Ai I.UV/ U.VAV4 MUXA -JV V v ? w of ammunition for each rifle. Let the Ricih Enlist First. "And lyet they want to send these munitions we need so bfcdly ri^ht here at home across the ocean to Europe, and at the same time talk about getting this country into war. ^If the Washington administration and Eastern capitalists succeed in forcing war upon us, you working people wait un til all ti:e Dangers, tne capiiansis, me mill presidents and stockholders, the big wholesalers and other wealthy men enlist and go to the front, and after they are there, if you are needed, it will be soon enough for you to enlist. "This tiding of loading vessels with W51son So Friend of the Toiler, arms and ammunition and having a few international tramps aboard to make it a passenger vessel should be stopped. The reason we hear so much about Germany destroying ships is i that when Morgan's money is touched it touches iMcAdoo, and Ice runs to Papa-in-law Wilson and crys outrage. Woodrow Wilson is no friend of the toiler. If he was he would not have been elected governor of New Jersey, the most corporation-ridden State in the American Union. Why Onr Congressmen Keep So Quiet. "And why do our congressmen keep so quiet about these outrages on the commerce of tnis country? They are| too busy hanging around the pie counter, waiting to see what jobs are to be given out. And with them it's a case of keep your mouth shut if you want to appoint any postmasters, rural mail carriers and other job-holders? and if you'll notice they have kept tfceir mouths shut since they came yinmo T'Viott- ara afraiH if fhov citc ii V V. X *-* V- J t Ui* M.4U 11 V AA J u?^; anything their pie supply will be cut off. ^Can't You Do a Lee-tle BetterP Speaking of Senator Smith's well-: known imitation of the farmer pleading with the cotton buyer to know if iie couldn't do "a lee-tle better," Gov-! , . I ernor Please saia some one ougnt to write Smith and ask him: "Can't you do a lee-tle better" for us than you: are doing? Speaking of the war, Governor < Blease said this is no Christian war;j \ he did not believe the I^ord had anything to do with war. If He had the Confederacy would i: av-e won her cause, for it was a just and holy cause. "War is the work of the devil," he r. O i i"? daiu. The Last Legislature. Referring to tne last legislature, the former governor said it had created many useless offices. It will not be long before some one will be coming to your house and telling you what you must eat for dinner, as well as what you must plant in your ground. T? p nther dav thev had a disnute in Columbia about what was a split pea. The tax commission has some pretty foxy politicians in it. They started off on the banks; next would come the cotton mills, and then the farmers. lAfter the farmer is taxed to the limit the commission will discover tl..at the oilmodt. Viotta oiir>Vi Q n OYTIPTISD that i am vauo uavg ouvu uu v-?.^ vM?.v , they are not earning dividends, and assessment must be reduced; also the banks and the mills and the other corporations; I.Mr. Farmer's tax will stay right at the top where they put it. The legislature put a tax of 25 cents a sack on fertilizer, but who pays it "VX7"ho? railrftfldc nrp 1 lie laiUiy, uuvu w v. v. ~ taxed who pays the increased tax?the man who pays freight; the consumer pays it all in t! e end. Bankers live off the people who borrow money. You whose wife wears calico pays for the silk dresses and automobiles of TTTfL tne DanKer s wue. wren yuu uunwv i $100 and the bank president takes out $8, 'gives you $92 and makes you j pay back the $100, he steals more than | ti p value of a chicken. Yet you thank | him. If a poor hungry devil steals a chicken, you yell, 'Put him on the gang.' When a mill docks a boy or girl for a whole yard of cloth on account of one little spot it's a thief, and God will not allow it to continue to prosper. That is one of the reasons many of ti:e mills are not prospering. Lots Of tHe mills ana mill yresiuema wish now they had back some of the tJ.ousands of dollars they have contributed to beat Blease."Touching upon the State warehouse system, he told of some of the benefits of the system to the cotton farmer, and said mat we ao uui wnm iu uc fooled into supporting any federal warehouse system. With an administration in Washington tJiat was friendly to the South, they might send us competent white graders, but what is t/\ nrAvpnt them sending negroes here to grade our cotton. They have negoes as mail clerks on ti e trains and negro mail carriers in our cities, so why not negro cotton graders. They say they will send you honest graders, but you will remember we nearly perished under the administration of Grover Cleveland and now we are just about qo had nff lmdpr WnOdrOW Wilson. Wilson is not a true Democrat, and I defy any of his friends to meet me in joint debate before an unprejudiced audience. I will prove it before any fair-minded body of men. Your Democratic congressmen and senators tell vou thev can't get rid of the negro j government employe because of the civil service. If a Republican congress passed the civil service act, wl:y can't a Democratic congress repeal it? His Opinion of Mr. Wilson. "Mr. Wilson is a big-hearted and affectionate man," Governor :Blease sarcastically said, "and his heart hlp^ds for the nation, yet just a year ago he buried his wife over here in Georgia?the wife of his bosom, the moti.er of his children?and he has not been to her grave since she was put in it. If so I have not heard of it. 'No, he hasn't even visited it to drop a silent tear, or to place upon it one little rose. And yet his friends hold him up as tender-hea rted?in love with t:is people. No, my friends; a man. who will not in a whole year visit his dead wife's grave has no tender heart?has no loive for his family, his friends or his nation?no, not he; but f:e is a cold-blooded, self-opinioned and egotistical big I. ;Listen at this, printed in the Atlanta Georgian, of Friday, August 9, 1915: Blooms Strewn on bJraye of juts. Wilson. (By International News Bureau.) Rome, Aug..6.?Tribute was paid today to the memory of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the pres ident of tf:e United States, on the first anniversary of her death, and from 9 to 10 o'clock this morning a constant stream of children flowed past her grave dropping blossoms on it. Later in tfr.c day several hundred adults took part | in a memorial and brought floral tributes to the cemetery. And He Plays Golf. Cornish, N. H., Aug. 6.?.This be I ing the first anniversary of the death of his wife, the president spent several honrs upon the golf links playing with Dr. Cary T. Grayson and Prof. George Howe. Afterwards he worked for some time in his study. "Playing golf in 'New Hampshire on a loafing trip, and hasn't time to visit his wife's grave, # while the Southern i * i people, out of respect to her, cover her ga.e with beautiful flowers." White Voters Disfranchised. Speaking of Democratic control, Go.ernor Blease said: "You must rise in your might if you wish to control your elections. The last Democratic State convention disfranchised many white voters, and if the same crowd are continued in power many more will be disfranchised if it is necessary for them to do so in order to gain their ends. Two thousand negroes will vote in the September election. The present State Democratic administration is catering to the negro vote as a balance of power in the contentions between white men. Jiews the Papers Give Readers. The newspapers advocate the views of the politicians their bosses approve and give G-ose views to their readers as news, but candidates whose iviews are not in line with those of the owners of the papers can not get their viowe h*>frvr<i tho nennlp " Farmers' Secret Societies. Governor Blease said that some politicians and newspapers had roasted the secret societies organized by the farmers in the lower part of the State. These societies are no more secret than are the Farmers' 'Union and Farmers' Alliance. The reason for the roast is because one must be a real farmer and nothing but a farmer to hold membership. It is tl'.e only organization of Simon-pure farmers since the old Grange. One can not be a backer-farmer, a preacher-farmer, a merchant-farmer, a lawyer-farmer, or any other kind of a hyphenated farmer and belong to the new society. You have to earn your living by your tarm, ana 11 you ao anyming eise you can't get in. That's the reason the politicians are fighting it; they can't get any spies in." Man Who Sells Ballot The former governor paid his respects to the alleged farm demonstrators and good roads demoqstrat ors, who are iioimng mure ur it;ss than political henchmen. He made a strong appeal to ti e men on the duty of the father in being upright and honest in the handling of his political franchise, and reminded his hearers that it was natural for tl:e boy to think that his father could do no wrong, and that his teachings to his son made more impression on the'man of tomorrow than all tl-e other train ing he would ever get. "He who sells j his ballot is worse than a thief; he is ! selling the liberty of the boys who) are not yet men ana corrupting the j mind of tl:e citizen that is to be." j Anything For Service of Friends, j "I can't say yet whether I will make I the race for governor or not. The, time is too far distant to say posi- i lively. As I have said before, I will! do anything that will be of service to j my friends. If they think it is best; for me to make the r^ce, it is possible j, tl at I will do so. It depends upon I tv a ttto tt + i r-? rro 1 ^rvlr ! UI'I CUillSUtiiVJCO. A lie ? t* * Ljjiiii iuua| now, if the campaign opened nextj week, I would pull off my coat and | jump right in." Governor Blease was given an old-j time ovation at the conclusion of his j speech, leaving a short time afterward by automobile for Belton, where he addressed a meeting in ti e Wbodmen's hall Saturday night. I Summerland College For the higher education of young women Healthful location Every modern convenience A competent, working faculty For catalogue or other information wnie to P. E. Monroe, Leesville, S. C. NOTICE. A meeting of the stockholders of The Farmers' Bank, Silverstreet, S. C., will be held in t):-e bank building at Silverstreet, S. C., on Tuesday, the 31st day of August, 1915, at 4 o'clock p. m., at which meeting the matter of liquidating, winding up the affairs and dissolving the said bank, a corporation under the law of the State of South Carolina, will be cosidered and -voted on. Stockholders may attend in per soil or ay proxy, xius meeuug is uxdered by the terms of a resolution of the board of directors of said bank. H. 0. Long, President of The Farmers' Bank, Silverstreet, S. C. SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATION. The scholarship examination for the Citadel academy will be held at the office of the county superintendent of education on Friday, August 13, 1915. Tfcose desiring to take the examina I tion will bring their own paper ana 1 pencils. Charles P. Barre. County Supt. Education. 8-10-2t The Quinine That Dots Not Affect The Heed Because of its tonic and laxative cffect, LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE is betterthan ordinary Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor ringing in head. 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T) At nrcfiflf ?ri:axi uc a, iicu. u^/vru bui, ^ ^ ? the corporation and, if the property of the corporation should be sold under foreclosure, or in liquidation, such preferred stock shall be a lien upon the proceeds of sale, after paying expenses and the debts of the corporation tihat. no dividend shall be paid | upon any other stock in any year until the preferred stock authorized by these resolutions shall have received a dividend of eight per cent.; that such prej ferred stock is to be regarded as col! lateral to secure the payment of notes and obligations of the company on 1 ' "* i?1 J ~ ~ a*?A 7 ? o V\7 n WI_1C.I1 Xiie IIOIUCI Oi i UUil aic and any payment made on this preferred stock out of the earnings of the corporation, or out of any sale of its property, is to be regarded as a payment on the obligations assumed by ti-o rflcnoptko "holders of said stock, and the payment in full of such obligations out of the earnings or property of the company shall retire sud'a preferred stock in full. By order of the Board of Directors. W. P. Derrick, President and Secretary. ^....