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&&HATOK TILLMAN EXPLAINS HIS OLD UTTERANCES A few days ago a iNew York Sun carried an editorial entitled "Ben Tillmflri T?pr\nn.?ddc>rR '' whim whi]p nn the whole complimentary contained itfertain statements to which the senior Soatn Carol na senator objects, and "which have - prompted him to write a card in reply, which reply was published in Saturday's Sun: Th#> Sun's editorial said., in Dart: About ten years ago The Sun had occasion more than once to call attention to what seemed to be the dual mature of Benjamin Ryan Tillman 4feen and now a senator in congress for South Carolina. One day Mr Tillman would be a statesman, the next a raging man, whose conduct 1! observed a few centuries before woult3 bare invited exorcism. One day h? "would churn the senate with his intellectual powers, and on the morrow strike his colleague in the face. In tils periods of self-possession iew mec xa the senate had a better grasp oi things; in the periods of "possession" none had looser hold. "I am a rude man and don't care," he said, and went on to justify the stuffing of bal lot boxes, to cry "to hell with the law!" and to declare that the whi1:? nan must rule the South "regardless of all the Yankees between Cape Cod and Hell.'' Unfortunately for Mr. Tillman, the TMi<h1in. of that day remembered his outbreaks and perhaps forgot his usefulness. If there are persons who Tetain in their mind's eye only the picture of Tillman with the pitchfork, we call their attention to speech delivered in the senate on Saturday by the real Tillman, from whom, we trust, the black spirit is forever fled. He was acquiescing in tl<<" bill for the construction of the memorial amphitheatre at Arlington, a measure wtrieh previously her had +n rmrvoRp. He made a mVAAU w vrr?r^ _ frank confession of the ancient prejudices that still smouldered in him, ' tent declared that he had reached t..e conclusion that he should do everything in his power "to make Arlington a Mecca for the South as well as to? the North." To the iabovf Se* >t"T Tollman made the following reply: To the Editor 01 the Sun?Sir: A friend of mino ha; called my attention to the editorial" article in The Sun. "Ben Tillman Kec-nsider s.*' I am led to write this letter in conseq ence, and hope you will print it n .v, For vears I was / LiC CUlU'i i?j jM0v. ? .. , a egular subscriber to The Sun, and occasionally I buy a copy now. Its 'ditorial page lias alwav-s interested me very much, because of tire brilliancy and lucidity of the articles with 'which it is filled. But you have unintentionally been led into an error of fact, an,' the quot lions you made from the speeches and lectures I delivered some years ago l*ad me to explain and justify what I said. When I said "To Hell with, the law ?T*? -t / * V? T il earit tne reconstruction cu; t<iuivu gave negroes just, wraivip; ted fro ?j slavery?many of them only one generation removed from barbarism, and none of them more than three generations?the same right to vote as white meu throughout the Unit d States. When you remember tiiat South Carolina and Mississippi then, as they do now, have large negi "> ^majorities?and to have allowed the Votta /loafrATM negroes 10 ruie tvuum xic* ? our civilization to say nothing of our property?you can understand it. The law of self-preservation compelled us to do it by every means possible, and when we took the state away from the negroes despite the bayonets, with Grant in the "Wlhite House, we used -our "brains to outwit force by stuffing ballot boxes. That is tall. If the crN?+v "ho*? /VKavp^ or acauiesced in )JUUV1L oiuu . the "law'* passed 'by congress it woukl fee a veritable hell now for decent white people to live in, and that fact is now recognized hy all sensible people, Jv'orth and South. I justified lynching, in the senate, for rape, and rape only, iand I am taking the liberty of sending you my speech made on that occasion. It was in answer to the gifted John C. Spooner one of the ablest lawyers and the very best debater I have ever known. He did not attempt to reply, "because he could not controvert my reasons or dispute my facts. If you do not agree with my conclusions after reading it I shall "be very much surprised. You are in error in saying that 7 was "acquiescing in the hill for the construction of the memorial amphitheatre at Arlington, a measure which I had heen previously inclined to op'pose," showing that you yourself did not read my speech, and did not read the letters of the secretary of war at ?11. The bill I introduced was not for the "construction" of a memorial am - [ pMtheatre, font for the protection of, | the .amphitheatre against the indcriminate erection of memorials to those who may be selected for sucii distinction without well founded reason." to use the words of the secre tary of war. Washington already has a mon-j strosity of that sort in the rotunda of the capitol, where statues of nobodies have been sent by the states aa their representatives there. One is constantly asking about this or that J ?i?i. i statue: "Wno is ne, ana wuai qui ziu t dc to merit being here '' . . B. R. TILLMAN. I Washington, D. <?., Aug. 3. J TEESOXALS FROM OTHER PL4PERS. O. B. Mayer, Jr., of Newberry is the guest of Mrs. O. W. Leonard on Hamp" ton avenue.?Spartanburg Herald. > J. B. Marchant bas accepted a position as overseer of card room at the r Mollohon mills, Newberry, S. C.?Textile Bulletin. Mrs. A. M. Lester and Miss Blanche j-wf PrncnaritTT ara visitiner thf* XVI' UiVi VI A A vu^/v* ^ AW 0 - ? family of Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Ridgell , this week.?Johnston Times. Miss Marguerite Y/yse of Prosperity is visiting Miss Louise Ridgell.? Johnston Times. Miss Saraih Spearman of Newberry i; lie attractive guest of ber brothei. James Spearman, in the home of Prof. G. F. Long.?Johnston Cor Edgefield Chronicle. Miss Brooke Jones entertained her set with a lovely al fresco party for , her house guest, Miss Margherita , Matthews, of Newberry. Miss Mat. thews returned to her home accompanied by ber gracious hostess Miss . Brooke JOnes.?Edge-field Chronick.. Mrs. J. L. "Walker and children Vi'Q va pwnA lXpu~berrv for a "Visit to , relatives.?Johnston Cor Edgefield j Advertiser. During the past week Mr. and Cffirs. John Marsh have had as their guests Mrs. Lou Jones, Misses Willie and Olinthia Jones of Laurena and Mr. Mayer of Newberry.?Johnston Cor Edgefield Advertiser. Mrs. Robert Gee and little son or Newberry are the guests of Mrs. M. C. I-Vrctngum for a few days.?Union j Times. . T. R. Summer and Claude Summer,' of 'Newberry, who have been visiting their uncle, T. H. Cromer, have re, turned home.?Greenville Piedmont. LMiss Ethel Cromer has- returned from a visit to her sister, Mrs. Henii gway, in Kingstree, * an3 her aunt, Mrs. J. H, Summer, in NewberryGreenville Piedmont. James Kinard, son of Dr. J. P. Kinard, who has been at his father's summer home at Black Mountain, N. C since the close of the last session of Anderson college, is the guest 01 Carroll Griffin. After spending a week here he will go to 'Newberry, where the family will make their' future home.?Anderson Mail. Miss Pearl Davis of Newfberry spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. W. B. i Jeter.?Ninety Six Cor Greenwood! Tnj^Cv Miss May Crouch is visiting her sister. Mrs. J. P. Long, at Silver street in Newberry county.?Batesburg Herald j tMlr Jothn P. Long, a prominent! merchant of Silverstreet, motored t*| fiatesburg Monday.?BatesT>urg Her*j aid. Miss Bessie Bedenfcaugh of Newberry is visiting her sister, Mrs. Jessie Schumpert.?Batestwirg Herald. Miss Daisy Whitmire is vfsitiu* Misses Trucie Smith and Ijene Work - n ?: 11 ? man in Kinaras, ?. u.?^reenvina Piedmont. Miss Lucy Riser of Newiberry is vistting the Misses Gideon on Greenville street.?Anderson MaiL Miss. Pearl Davi3 of Newberry '.i visiting (Miss fWl D. Jeter. *?Ninety Six Cor The State. Miss Glad&s iCfaappell of Newberry is the guest of Miss Mirisjn 'Norris. Miss Chappell taught in the high ^ Va?a oflvorol vaoro a crr\ OTlfl ! tfUJiUVtl Ofc I V^J. ca ;yuig ??? has many friends in Edgefield.? Edgefield Cor The State. 'Miss Annie Wheeler is spending J her vacation with her parents at Prosperity.?Eau Claire Cor The ' State. Col. Dave H. Wise left Monday for | Newiberry on business.?Aiken Journal and Review. I Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Davenport and family of 'Newberry spent Sunday ta3 the guest? of Mr. and Ddtrs. W. P. Montjoy.?Clinton Chronicle. BO YOU KNOW THAT One million two hundred thousand Americans die each year, it is esti-j mated? Heart disease, pneumonia and tuberculosis cause more than 30 per cent, of deaths? Tihe U, SL Public Health Service it the nation's first) line of defense against disease? ji NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION. State of South Carolina, County of Newberry. Tri Qr?f?orfiaT>pp with thp rnlAR of tile Democratic party, a primary election is hereby called, to be held in Newberry county on Tuesday, August the 29th, 1916, for the following officers: Governor Lieutenant Governor. Secretary of State. n - n - t ^ompuruiier vreuerai. State Treasurer. Adjutant and Inspector General. State Superintendent of Education. (Attorney General. Commissioner of Agriculture. Railroad Commissioner. Congressman from Third District. Solicitor of Eighth Circuit. State Senator. Three members of the House o! Representatives. Superintendent of Education. Sheriff. Clerk of the Court. Treasurer. Auditor. Probate Judge. Master. Coroner. Supervisor. Two County Comn sioners. j Magistrates of Re pcctive Townj ships. Voting places fixed and Managers and Clerks as follows: Township >"o. 1. Ward 1?Hiram L. Speers, E. Pink Bradley, S. S. Cunningham; Clerk, J. H. Baxter. Ward 2?C. B. Martin, B. L. Bishop, R. H. Swittenherg; Clerk, F. W. Chap man. Ward 3?C. H. Cannon, F. L. Paysinger, E. M. Evans, Jr.; Clerk, T. Roy Summer. Mollobon?R. L. Harmon, 'Allen E. Dyson, D. A. Rivers; Clerk, D. D. Darby. Ward 4?G. E. (McCrary, Jas. R. Davidson, T. B. Kibler; Clerk, C, F. Latban. Ward 5?Edgar Hiller, D. D. Connelly, Robert Powell; Clerk, A. C. '"Wiard. Oakland?Milton F. King, E.. T -r>: m m . nu.% T5 lot xvivci s, x. cj. ornau, v^ici jtv. \j. iiuiu. Johnstone?Joe Coppock, S. B. Neal, L. A. Tew; Clerk, W. E. "Walj lace. I Helena?Burr F. Goggans, W. V. Bledsoe, F. G. Spearman, lerk, W. F. Wightman. Hartford?J. P. Summer, W. B. Goggans, J. S. Hutchinson; Clerk, J. F. Hawkins. Township >'o. 2. . | Garmany?T. 'W. Folk, J. F. Lomia[ ick, Jno. A. Shealy; Clerk, Jno. T. Oxner. Mulberry?J. A. Sease, H. M. "Wicker, Jim Caldwell; Clerk, T. "W. Keitt. Mt. Betnel?J. a. .brown, jno. s. I Ruff, Jr., J. C. Baker; Clerk, W. C. i Brown. Township Jio. 8. Mt. Pleasant?J. E. Ringer, D E. Berley, G. F. Smith; Clerk, J. S. J. Suber, Sr. Maybinton?Jno. B. McCollum, W. V. Lyles, David Henderson; Clerk, C. E. Eison. Township No. 4. Long Lane?C. Cromer, H. L. Felker, S. W. Derrick, Clerk, Chri3 Folk. Whitmire?>S. B. Sims, Henry Mill* ^ 1- n A er, J. t. unanaier; \jxer?., o. a. jetci. Totnishlp No. 5. . Jalapa?Hix Connor, W., C. Miller, J. R. Epting; Clerk, iW. C. Wallace. Kinards?J. A. Dominick, iAl D. Johnson, W. D. Gary; Clerk, S. B. Evans. Township No. 6. Heederville?J. A. Davi3, J. J. Abrams, A C. Miller; Glerk, I. M. Smith, Jr. TV\-mini/>ta?"Vf O PTiariTv^n ThrnnAa J. Harmon, James Abrams; Clerk, Jno. tM. Livingston. Longshores?R. L. Sterling, J. W. Wilson, A. R. Dorroh; Clerk, G. H. Martin. Trinity?J. S. Crouch, E. J. Schroder, Jno. Brehmer; Clerk, H. F. Longshore. Township No. 7. Ghappelis?Leo. Hamilton, W. M. Cromley, R. S. Boazman; Clerk, B. M. Scurry. Saluda No 7?T. R. Sanders, Rab Ham, H. C. Fellers; Clerk, J. S. Werts. Vaughnyille?P. N. Boozer, Brooks "Workman, J. G. Coats; Clerk, L. H. Senn. Township "No. 8. Silverstreet?W. P. Blair, Geo. P. Bouhvare, G. T. Blair; Clerk, 0. W. Long. Utopia?W. R. -Schumpert, W. W. TT,Arhprt fi. f! Blair: Clerk. G. W. Nichols. i East Riverside?W. L. Bushardt, W. P. Paysinger, J. H. Cousin; Clerk, E. Lee Hayes. Township Ho. 9. Prosperity?Robert K. (Wtee, Pat Mitchell, Ernest W. Werts; Clerk, W. f P. Gibson. Little Mountain?J. K. Derrick, A. C. Wheeler, V. B. Saase; Clerk, Eugene Wheeler. St T/hVpq T P Hn.wkins .T. W. Metts, N. E. Taylor; Clerk, C. S. Nichols. O'Ncall?Cole S. Wessinger, Jno. A. Nichols, Jno. Garrett; Clerk, A. L. Sheal7. Monticello?P. W. Counts, Jacob 1 Warner, T. L. Day/kns; Clerk, Joe Connelly. T\ i r~t lt.i u T joig verves.?'Maicomu dwwi , j.j Bennett Dominick, Chester Butler; Clerk, Otto Boozer. r Liberty?J. M. Lester, W. S. Boozer, J. T. Hunter; Clerk, R, C. Hunter. Saluda No. 9?D. M. Bedenbaugh, J. E iMonts, Jacob A. Bowers; Clerk, L. W. Bedenbaugh. Township So. 10. Union?M. L. Strauss, D. W. Buz> hardt, W. Brown Franklin; Clerk, J. M. Wilson. Jolly Street?L. C. Troutman, S R. Metts, 0. S. Richardson; Clerk, T. A. Elliscr. Central?J. A. Counts, r. A. Shealy, | T. O. Bundrick; Clerk, W. S. 'Wicker. | St. Pauls?J. J. Kibler, J. .T. Epting, Fred Wicker; Clerk, Berley Beden-J j baugh. T Axi'Tl f'lli.i V A "1*1 Pomaria?Joe Alewine, G. S. Long,! W. B. Counts; Clerk, W. D. Hatton. | St. Philips?Hampton Sease, A. E.: , Lominick, D. E. Halfacre; Clerk, O. ?1. . Sligh. Zion?Thomas Ringer, Thomas Gra| ham, George Richardson; Clerk, j James Eargle. j Swilton?T. D. Shealy, R. B. Shealy, ! L. E. Kempson; Clerk, Geo. A. Counts. Walton?Wm. H. Folk, L. L. Suber, Wm. B. Graham; Clerk, J. D. Crooks. Managers will please call for the i Boxes and Tickets on and after the j 126th instant. Club rolls will be fur nished by the secretaries of each club. Any voter voting at a precinct.not in the township where he resides must vote for the magistrate for the township in which said voter resides. Rules for Managers will be found pasted in back of each club roll. See Sections 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40. FRANK R. HUNTER, Chaiiman. B. B. LIETZSEY, Secretary. OEEJVYULE AFTER THE SPEEDEES. Greenwood Journal. Up in Greenville *own the authorities are getting after the speeders at a pretty lively rate?none are being spared, not even the innocent fellow ! T.1W1 in -r\o coin or thmuo1!!, Vlio a rirk i f ? ^IV AJuk JlJCt>kJ bUA A?vuwr **v knowledge of tlie requirements, and who pulls open the throttle and lets her drive. All alike are fined in the Recorder's court, and given to understand that the thing has to stop. But the culmination was reached in a metting of the city council when one member wished to excuse the visitors and return their fines. Another member was in for no courtesies and made his reply so hot that the other fellow resigned and left the council chamber. And so it seems that Greenville folks are not only after speeders, but they aren making it lively one for the other. What shall be done with Greenville and Anderson? We believe in courtery to strangers and to visitors, but they themselves should be courteous (and not < violate the common aiiejities of life to say nothing of tie law. Because ' a fellow is in a strange place, there 1 is 110 reason in the world why he should not behave himself. Every i man who runs a machine knows what the untsjal requirements and he should not fe6l that he can do as < he pleases when he gets laway from i home. i At the same time, There are some : places t.:at take undue advantage of persons parsing through the.n in ma- i ciines, and not only heap indignl- 1 ties upon them, hut make it a rile < to pull all the money that they can j 1 out of them. Such conduct is too! 3 reprehensible to be given a decent j J name. It is a shame and it reflects j< ? - AT- - J- -11- ^l.tTOV ! , jnpon any ipiace inai a.n-j'ws c. ulhh6 j of the land to be dene. 1 -so- 3 PULLING FODDER 1 Clemson College, S. C, July ?. } When the lower leaves of the corn i begins to turn a little yellow, and j the ears begin to look as if they < are fairly good sized, the farmers' < hands begin to itch to get into the i field and pull the fodder. Instead! | of standing right still and scratch-'t ! in.g his hands, as the quickest and best [a way to get rid of the itching sensa- j a tion, and as the long headed man will | s do, hundreds of farmers over the ii state put all hands at worfc stripping ^ C (Politics T. l\ 11 io me y Newl Fellow Demo* I have ms re-election a strictly to my standing som< I have been w candidates foi have been mi I have gh honest admin: fice of Count* m re-elected de people of Ks I will be fair t give them wh 1 wish to some cheap around makin I only expressic would do if th portunity to the fellow wh< and tattling. Your vofc predated. V\ all, I am, Yo Lhe corn stalks. There is no question but tlia der is a good feed. It would hi be, for a whole lot of the foo< would later be in the grain is leaves, but this taking off o leaves causes the grain to shrin the corn will be much light weigiit, and will not be of so quality for breeding purposes. only this, but the corn will not ? - ? as well as it wouia 11 it is anov mature without pulling the fodde it will not make the best seeed Experiments conducted toy Mr. Coker of Hartsville,, S. C., s! that fodder pulling results in iuction of yield of from 1-0 pei to 24 per cent, depending upo ripeness of the fodder, land th< from rot is from 8 per cent to ] :ent more in tlie grain from f< pulled corn than it is in the :mm porn that has not been f< :ulled. In the light of these facts, ;he farmer can prove for hims le wants to, there is little doub t would he mu-ch better to >lenty of forage other .than con ler, and to leave the leaves o :orn stalks until the ears are matured. After the ears have 'been tak< he stalk, the wfoole plant, leave .11, might be cut and used for .nd the value of this kind of fc &L to be as a .fitter f 3 at least equal to cottonseed ! tattle will readily eat bxkAl roxxj JAdvertisement* oters of I jerry County I crats: 11 ide a clean race for II nd have attended fl own race, notwith- fl 5 have intimated that porking against other 9 r other offices. They m sinformed. fi iren to the people an H 1st ration of the of- I / Supervisor and if sire to assure the wherry county that :o all the people and at is justly due. say, when you hear I politicians going I ig charges, they are 1 ig to you what they iey only had the op- ' do. Always watch j guvo aivuixu uuiLuig 0 e will be highly ap- j I fith best wishes to ja urs truly, -1 J. C. SAMPLE I if it is cut fine, wet and well mlxeofl , - , with cotton-seed meal or other coa-H t f od- m ive to centrated f00ds- ^ 1 that mm in the Personalg From Saluda Standard* 9 f the '^r- aIld Mrs. A. M. Oonwill ana k, and Hubert Evane, of Newberry* I er spent last (Wednesday with the family j good of -SclKumpert. m Not Miss Jemm.ie Wise leaves the lau M : keep ter part of tils week for a visit to I ved to | friends in Newberry. m ir, and! Mrs. Laura Wise and (Miss (Nellie ffl corn.j Wise, of Prosperity* visited Mrs. Ver M D. R. ca wise last week. Misses wiine bowed Miae and Pat Wise returned home a re- with her. " cent a. L. Coleman, Mioses Ruby Colen the man, of Latta, and Dennie Coleman, 5 loss 0f Newberry, passed though here SiatLO per urday afternoon on their way tc jdder- Johnson. grain Clarence Wise and children, ot jdder- Newberry are visiting in $ie home 01 verda 'Wise. which ]3Ub Langford, o Kinards, visiter -elf if friends in the community last week, t that Misses Kibler and Caldwell; of grow ^wberry, spent last week with, ber 1 fod- friends and relative? of the Cherry, n the jjin seccion IUiiy m BO YOU KPfOW THAT m off Slo&neas lowers esming capacity? s and feed, Disease is the station's greatest 8 ied is frurden? hulls. SunHght and sanitation, not silks and j ;&Ag* satins, make better Mies?