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? Mf Al KI> DELIVERS
; RED HOT REJOINDER
HRflft Warehouse Commissioner Takes ExB
c*?i?f;iini t?i Oimrobrious Term as
Applied to Him By John (iary
npr Evans.
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T>,e Record.
"It will thus be seen that the opposition
to your resolution was not.
; a? you state, 'that the -State committee
had the power to allow the commissioner
to carry the matter into
politics," but wiietner uie wareuuusc
system should be endangered and destrayed
by the ambition of a discredited
politician seeking to carry it in"
/ to politics for personal reasons.''
The foregong was used by John
hpt-v Rvans of Spartanburg chairman
of the State Democratic executive
I committee, in a letter to J. Arthur
F Banks of St. Matthews, senator irom
| Calhoun county, and its verbage revy'H
ferred to- John L. McLaurin, State
f warehouse commissioner.
M "I defeated him for the United
If States senate on the issue of' Commercial
Democracy,'' said Commissioner
McLaurin in reply to Mr.
* Evans, "and have never been defeated
for any. office for which I was a canIdidate,
while he has gone down in de|
feat time and time again." The commissioner
says that Mr. i^vans has
never forgiven him for the terms,
^apist," and "imitator," and "the
squeek of a squeedunk, trying to imitate
the blast of a trumpet," applied
fto .Mr. JbJvans.
Commissioner iMcLaurin also
charges that when a "man not restrained
by conscientious scruples"
desired in 1912 to "overturn the
results of the election" John Gary
Evans was elected <State chairman.
Baps Bethea.
The warehouse commissioner also
pays his respects to Jl. J. Bethea, lieutenant
governor, and announces that
fc Omunissioner McLaurin. will not run
L for lieutenant governor or any other
W office this summer.
F Tie controversy was the reeult of a
' letter published in the press of the
State by Senator Banks, as president
of the South Carolina Warehouse association,
in which he asked Chairman
Bvans if State warehouse commissioner
was not a State office, and
If so, should not the State warehouse
commissioner toe nominated in ins
primary and have a place in the campaign.
In his reply Mr. Evans gave
as his opinion that the warehouse
commissioner was a 'State office, but
that the action of the State Democratic
convention showed that it did not
want the office considered political
and that the executive committee, in
^ effect, was instructed to keep this of
? fice out of politics.
"There is no place in the Democratic
primary election or the campaign
for the warehouse commissioner and
I shall endeavor to carry out the intention
as well as the expressed de^
sire of the State convention," says
Mr. Evans' letter.
* "We have been denied our lawful
im right," concludes a statement to the
warehousemen of South Carolina, giv
f en out by Senator Banks, "but we
may etill conduct a campaign of enlightenment
by arranging meetings
for discussion of the warehouse system
and the possibilities of its extension
and perfection, which I feel confi- ;
rdent, you, as members of the association,
will arrange." |
Commissioner McLaurin verbally j
amended the statement of Senator
Banks by stating that the State warehouse
commissioner would go into
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I Cut Glass,
Silver, Jewelry,
and any thing tl
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- w eaaing or
gifts. See me
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l Mayes Book ?
The House oi
j very county in the ^taie this sum
mer, lioi(i independent meetings an'
discu>s the principles upon whit-li tin
. w.trenouse system is built and tii?
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t vans' Letter.
j The following io Lie letter of Chair|
man Evans tc Senator Banks, undei
| aate of May :i"tth:
"I have your letter in which you
a.<k me tiiis question: "Is not the of
IK't: Oi Oiatt; tt dICUUUSC v.uuiiiuooiui.1
er a State office? And it* so does not
ti.e law require that the commission|
er be nominated in the primary, and
' if so should he not have a place in
' the campaign.' In my opinion the of'
fice of State warehouse commission!
er is a State office, but in view of th:
action taken by the recent convention
of the Democratic party, held in
Columbia on the 17th inst. I am of the
QDinion that the* State warehouse
1 commissioner has no place in the
| Democratic primary nor in the campaign.
j "As chairman of the 'State Democratic
committee I am bound by th3
action of the State convention, and
| that convention expressed, more than
' once, its desire that the office of
State warehouse commissioner should
I
' not be considered a political office,
and that it should be kept out of the
| primaries. In fact the sole object of,
i your resolution was to place this ofj
fice in politics and the debate shows
| that the convention intended to keep
. it out.
"Mr. Graydon of Abbeville is quoted
j as saying in the debate: 'If you want
to kill the system put it in politics.'
j He argued that it snouia oe entirely <*
j business office. Mr. D. S. Henderson
of Aiken stated that: 'The question is
not the efficacy of the warehouse sys'
tem but the matter of changing th 3
system from a 'business organization
to a political machine. Don't let us
drag it into politics. We have not
forgotten that this man who wants
this system put in politics, wanted to
introduce commercial democracy in
, South Carolina." It will thus be seen
that the opposition to your resolution
i was not as you state, 'that the State
committee had the power to allow the
commissioner to carry the matter into
politics,' but whether the warehouse
system should be endangered and destroyed
by the ambition of a discredited
politician seeking to carry it into
j politics for personal reasons.
| "I, therefore, hold that the acton or
j the convention was an instruction to
the State committee to keep his office
out of politics. There is no place
, in the Democratic primary election or
| campaign for the warehouse commis
1 sioner and I shall endeavor to carry
, out the intention as well as the expressed
desire of the State convention."
McLaurin's Reply.
Senator McLaurin in reply to State
! Chairman Evans, said:
"The term 'discredited politician'
j comes with poor grace from ex-Gov;
ernor Evans. I defeated him for the
j United States senate on the issue of
'Commercial Democracy,' and have
never been defeated for any office for
| which I was a candidate, while he has
! gone down in defeat time and again.
He has never forgiven me the terms
| 'apist' and 'imitator,' 'the squeak of a
squeeduaik, trying ^o imitate the blast
1 of a trumpet.' That showed him up,
! and the people of this State took his
measure. He is nov/ lined up vritti j
! his former enemies trying to crash
| his former friends. I am standing by
the same principles I started on, and
! will die there. |
j "He owes his position as State
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:e to Buy
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China, Sterling
Persian Ivory
hat you need for
Commencemen t
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before you ouy.
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- j chairman to the fact that i;i 1!M:
I ioiut1 man not restrained by eonscien
i ! tions scruples was needed to ovo v
k'tnrn the verdict of tlu> pecplc at the
ballot box. It was a wi.-:e choice. an<
would have carried out its purpose
1 i. a U? \> /-v Kr o nnn.
| UUL lllill liu w U,. n I'V-X,
; pie's wr:uh.
I "Mv friends in the convention onlv
i | asked a plain right conferred by the
j statute law. He admits this ler?al
j rii^ht. How, then, could a convention
! repeal cr ignore Section 2S2. savin?
i "all State officers shall tio into the
i primary?"
"It matters not to me personally.
I am tiying to discharge my duty, and
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I will continue uiseussiiig uiess issues.
| I am just back fr?>m Anderson and
| Greenville, and have plenty of invita
| tions to keep me busy. 'Let the
! heathen rage.' .
'! "Mr. Evans refers to my resolution.
| He is mistaken. I knew Mr. Evans'
i crowd, and never even asked for my
j rights. It was the resolution of a
[ body of representative farmers, and
i his answer to this body is. "Rather
I than give you what you request, we
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! will violate the law to aeieat u. -u.v
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proposition v.a? to run for lieutenant
1 governor, but the warehouse -associaI
&
! tion would not consent, and so the
! present lieutenant governor may rest
| his soul in peace. 1 shall not run
! for any office.
1 "I agree with him as to the long
list of distinguished men v.-no nave
pre-.iously held the office. They made
; the office great. Everybody agrees
1 that it is big enough for the present
j occupant. Times have changed, as
well as lieutenant governors. None of
. them before ever made it the basis of
j a junketing trip to Europe to ? Iver
I tise a vulgar millionaire. They couid
' not af-Ford it."
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'<? A TRIBUTE TO A NOBLE
i <fc WOMAN <*
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In a nearby country churchyard
there stands at the head of one of its
graves a modest headstone with the
word "Mother" carved upon it and as
usual the name and the dates of birth
and death; and then follows the sim
plest, trie most loucmng, iuc muai
pathetic, the most eloquent and to my
mind the most perfect epitaph of all
the countless efforts I have read, by
which affectionate sorrow has sought
to display itself upon the monuments
that mark the last earthly resting
?1 ? ^ Aaari T t simnlv
piitCCS <JL l.uc uciuitu uvuu>
says: "Everything about the house
seems so different since she has
gone.'' I can never read those simple
words but that my eyes are dimmed
with tears. So natural. So made. So
childlike. So human. So full of lonely
longing. iSo eloquent of love. So
j filled with the bitter truth that life
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is out a synonym iur iuss?u ^ui indeed
one long parting,?one long
goodbye.
"Everything about the house is so
different since mother has gone." If
some fond neart can truthfully inscribe
above my head when I have
gone just those words in substance
* * 1 -1 1 ,4 V\<-\ c n'0?.for
i ininK my Sit:trp wuum
For well nigh half a century a good
wile. A mother. The heart of a
home. Aye, more, the mind and soul
of it, without whom it were not. A
woman of character. Of native dignity.
Of poise. Of courage. And
withal of tenderness and affection
deep and true. Who can tell anything
about such a character, or its
; nr? inflnonfO r?r it<! Simnlfi 2 Tail
UCUX5II AU'UUVUW) V * WW x w
deur in the true sense of that word,
and above all of its sweetness and
loveliness. 9
"Who can find a virtuous woman!
for her price is far above rubies. The
heart of her husband doth safely
trust trust in her, so that he shall
have no need of spoil. She will do
! him good not eul all the days of her
[ life. She see"keth wool, and flax, and
! worketh willingly with her hands.
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; She is like the merchants' ship; she
bringeth. her food from afar. She
riseth also while it is yet night, and
giveth meat to her household, and a
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portion to her maidens. She considered
a field, and buyeth it; with the
fmif. of her hands she planteth a
vineyard. 'She girdeth her loins with
strength, and strengthened her arms.
She perceiveth that her merchandise
is good; her candle goeth not out by
night. She layeth her hands to the
spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
She stretcheth out her hand to
the poor; yea. she reacheth forth her
hands to the needy. She is not afraid I
of the snow for her household; for
all her household are clothed with
scarlet garments of double thickness.
SThe maketh herself coverings of tapestry;
her clothing is silk and purple.
Her husband is known in the
gates, when he sitteth among the eld
ers of the land. She rnaketh fine
linen, and selleth it; and delivereth
girdles to the merchant;. 'Strength
and honor are her clothing; and she
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shall rejoice in time to come. She
openeth her mouth with wisdom; and
in her tongue is the law of kindness.
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She looketh well to tne ways oi nei
iiousehold, and eateth not the bread
of idleness. Her children arise up,
and call her blessed; her husband
also, and he praiseth her. Many
daughters have done virtuously, but
thou excellenth them all. Favor is deceitful,
and beauty is vain: but a woman
that feareth the Lord, he shall
be praised. Give her of the fruH of
her hands; and let her own . orkj,
praise her in the gates."
The greatest forces In nature ar?
silent and bidden. Silenty the springtime
its crown of verdure weaves and
all the trees on all the hills put forth
their thousand leaves. The spheres
swing in their vast orbits through illimitable
space held and kept by the
silent, hidden forces that -rfold them
in their eternal places. The Power
of iWoman! Hidden?silent?profound
?mysterious?quiet,?gentle?unseen;
it knits hearts together in the truest
union?it is, if not divine, the most
nearly so of any human attribue.
A beautiful young woman in every
sense of the word?a beautiful matron
in every sense of the word?no
one ever came under the influence of
the character of Miss Mary Jane
Scruggs, or, as she was destined to j
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oe, iv.rs. *1. union oummeis. out
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what that person received an irnpres- j
sion that raised all humanity in his j
or her estimation to a higher plane, j
The lessons and influences that I
such a life teaches and exrets ar* j
not written or recorded in characters 1
material and tangible and visible to 1
the bodily sense, but they are none
the less effective and none the less
imperishable. They live and are a
light. They live in others' lives.
They will appear to work for good
in this world in hearts as yet >unborn.
In the aggregate they mould a people?'tis
they inspire nations to love !
the paths of virtue and of purity and
of honor. The home-makers are the
I character builders under their Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ, whom He j
chooses above all other instrumental- j
ities?whether preacher, or poet, or i
philosopher, or statesman, or law;
giver, or teacher to build character,
and thus to make the world better i
and sweeter and cleaner by laying j
the foundations in the hearts and
minds of men and women for the superstructure
of higher and better as
pirations and achievements.
The priestess that presides at the !
altar of the home knows the doctrine!
of love above all others, and if there
be one creature under heaven or on
earth that can teach the theologian j
even what is the love of God it is the
mother.
We say, "She has gone." In one
sense, yes. But iu a thousand ways,
no. Xo one of us can ever tell how
far the potent influences set in motion
and Radiating from one good
| woman's sphere of action snau reacn
land reform and hedeem. 'Such an injfiuence,
so emanating, is an endleeX
chain for good. It is an ever-widening
power. The future has its hope
in the home. The home is what the
mother may make it. Xo stream can j
rise higher than its source. Our
daughters are our richest assets. The i
~1 ~ nro/>orvtc anH thA lifp i
CAtfinpit? ail'U 1'1 uuv> V ?- ? I
of such women as she "upon whose
new made grave is laid this tribute
of respect are the lessons that may j
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June 13 to July 21, 1916.
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D. B. JUHIN3UIN
I teach the deepest truths to those that
i are to be the mothers and makers of
men, and thus the real rulers under
God of our destinies?the arbiters of
! our fate.
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A temporary inmate or ner nome,
I which was the old ante-bellum, colonial
mansion in which the writer waB
born, it was my privilege to be intimately
associated with Mrs. Summers
| for some months before the end. PatI
ient. Uncomplaining. Cheerful,
' though stricken. Thoughtful of oth. 3.
| Loving and beloved. Who can come
j into contact with such a character
I and not be the better for it?
| That even her going itself may be
a lesson as was her life, let me, for
! that purpose only unless it be that
her many loving friends will be glad
: lU uear ui <Luy niv/mcm, uunoivi ?.?*I
vial attending her demise, recite this
! sad but suggestive coincidence. , Mrs.
Summers was at the evening meal J
and appeared to be better than usual, i
j After the meal and seated in the!
: family circle around the fire I had i
' just written and read aloud the last j
i word of the following lines when she !
! complained of the sudden pain that j
was to prove the beginning of the!
end.
The Future;
L'ouia it oe given 10 a man iu nuun i
The ill that is to him to come,
Perchance within an hour or so,
'Twould all his faculties benumb; i
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His soul would tremble like dry grass
Tossed by the storm on withered
stem, 1
Howe'er fearless, a child would pass
Through every fibre, like a requiem
Of dead delights and peace as well, j
The sweetness of each flower would j
be a stench? ' ' j
All beauty loathsome and the earth a
hell? j
Each vital fire of joy and hope
'twould quench,
And all a charnel house of choas dire
Would his soul be, trampled by
fear
Into the very mirtc and mire
Of sure misfortune rear.
Thank God we're blind to what the'
hours unborn may hold
And know not what before us lies.
'And that sweet hope deceives and!
makes us bold,
Expecting ever earth to be as fair
as Paradise.
Thank God that when we do remember
that, as true
As that we live, sorrow will find
us out,
We can to Him who made and died to
save us too,
Turn trustful eyes; and put our
fears to rout;
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Knowing that He who loves ua as
His own most dear,
Who tempereth to the lamb that's
shorn the storm,
Will walk with us the vale through j
shadows drear
Giving ue grace to face our ills in j
every form!
Even as the last word was read the
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peaceful hearthstone was the scene of j
trouble and distress, and again was J
the truth about to be brought home ;
to us that in the midst of life we are
in death. Would that we all were a^ !
well prepared for that inevitable,
dread visitor as was this heroic,
op College, I
ina, |
educators of the United
ray and Thorndike, of
Df New Jersey, an ex:ation,
President of the
is Education Association,
provided to meet the
School Teachers (3) Pri5)
Those wishing college
imposing specialists and
idergarten practice and
f Education are authorvho
do satisfactory work
Cnmnani#-4 Frlnrahnnal
arge, New Gymnasium,
Field and Play Ground
School Bulletin.
, President,
Rock Hill, S. C
sunnBraBBnnHMigHHBkt
faithful, gentle Christian "wife and
mother.
The lines that follow are so pertinent
that they are subjoined to this
tribute of resDect bv one who knew
this noble woman now gone to her reward.
Written and read fcy the writter
in the hearing of Mrs. Summers before
she passed away it seems not in)
appropriate to set it forth as a memorial..
Earth's Great Ones. 1
His min conceived the wondrous instrument
That a whole people find their lib^
erties safe-guarded by?
AniT at his death the very firmament
Quivers with the intensity of a nation's
cry,
And monumental tribute names him
! of the great?
Because he made a state.
Arother's mind conceived the wondroue
battle plan
Upon whose issue hangs of countless
lives the fate
And hopes for centuries to come of
millions yet unborn. This man?
The victor;?the orator, the bard,
the young, the old congratulate;
And monumental tribute names him
of the great
Because he saved a s'ate.
4 nrtthor'c minr? pnnrfMVPd the WOn
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drous melody
That fills a country's heart with
patriotic pride?
He penned the patriotic words that
e'er shall be
The inspiration of the free man and
his guide: .<
And monumental tribute names him
of the greLt
For he inspired a state.
In an old village churchyard is a
grave
About which violets are peeping
forth this soft, 'Spring day?
Its tombstone tells not of the wise,
the geriius or the brave;
But one word?"Mother"?does the
simple stone for epitaph dieplay;?
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Xo monumental tribute rises here to
heaven's dome?
She only made a home.
Ah, wondrously in love she made its
constitution and its laws;
She fought?ah, God, how valiantly
?its countless foes;
Her very self for,food slie gave; its
inspiration 6he; and she the
cause
When that home sent out graceful
daughters?saints; and manlysons?heroes;
Of self she thought not, nor of what
was writ in the Recording
lAngel's tome;?
cjv.a Aniv m?a home.
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An, when the Master shall His hand
in benediction lay
And place the crown of stars most
glorious on the head
Which He deems on that glad millenial
day
The one upon which highest hon*
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ors snoina ue sueu,
Will His discerning eye amongst
earth's great ones roam,
Or find out "Mother" who but made
r* TTrwm o f
a J. iv ui v
Jno. B. Aager Mullally.
"Boecobel'' Plantation, Pendleton,
South Carolina.
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