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*M>BHER GOVERNOR BLEASE
MSCUSSKS POLITICAL SITUATION
Sag Had Nothing to do With DIstrl*
Motion of Tickets?Every Man
Mcst be Governed by Dictates
of His Own Conscience.
fllpecial to The Herald and News.
Columbia, Nov. 5.?In view of the
^iatribution of general election tickets
with, the name of Governor ManBigg
elimiaiated, and the name of
Former Governor Cole L. Blease printed
thereon as a candidate for governor,
Mr. Blease was asked today, Just
etore his leaving for Walhalla, where
be will be engaged in an important
murder case which will be called for
trial on Monday morning, for a concise
statement of his position in regard
to the political situation at this
time, especially in reference to the
ceceral election to Le held on Tuesday.
The former governor made plain
<?& fact that he had not sent out any
tickets, nor had any passed through
feU hands, nor had he authorized the
Beuaing oui 01 any Dauots. "so iar
as the -State ticket is concerned," he
?ays, "every man who participated in
the primary was sworn to support the
man who received a majority of the
Wes caat in that primary, and whomever
his conscience dictates to him
as having received the honest majority,
lie should support." Mr. Blease
made it plain that he is not at this
time a candidate for any office.
In regard to the national ticket, he
contends that if a man is a National
Democrat he ehould support the Wilton
nominees; that if lie is a National
Republican, Tie should support the
regular Republican electorial ticketthat
there is no half-way ground/'
His statement, in full, is as follows:
"You ask me to define my position
in regard to the political situation at
this time. In 1890, when the Haskell
movement was at its height, General
Matthew Calbraith Butler said: 'There
ici A ri/I ^TI 4V? 1 n, Ofni A
kliUUlC SiUUUU ILL L1A1& lOU&CC
no half-way house. A man mu6t either
be a Democrat or a Republican.
*niat statement at that time sized uj
in a very few words the political situation.
The same situation applies
today. So far as the Progressives are
concerned, they are a bastard political
association, comprising a few men who
are disgruntled. So far as the Adams
and Tolbert fight is concerned, it seems
to be a hybrid fight, with neither side
having the slighest chance in regard
to the popular vote, 'but which may
possibly, if Hughes is elected, result
in one or both, faction having a voice
in the distribution of Federal patronage.
If a man believes In the principles
of the National Democratic
party?if lie is a Democrat?he should
Tote for 'Wilson electors. If he is at
Republican, he should vote for the
regular Republican electors.
"So far as the State ticket is concerned,
every man who participated
in the primary was sworn to support
-the man who received a majority of
4be votes cast in that primary, and
whomsoever his conscience dictates
to him as having received the honest
majority, he should support. Personally,
I presume I shall not he ar
of voting, because I will not be
kome on the day of election, ha i*.
important legal business which cl me
away, in the interests of client .
charred with A^rioun crimen
"I have not, for myself, taken any
interest in politics eince I was deliberately
and cold-bloodedly robbed on
s <he 12th day of September, in th? so.
-called Democratic primary. I am not
mow, and will not, so far as I know
:now, be a candidate for any office. I
have not authorized the sending out
of any tickets wit?. my name on them.
None of them have passed through
my hands, or through my office, or
through the hands of anybody authorized
by me to use them.
"Each man must abide by the decision
of his own conscience. I still
?tand where I stood at the beginning
?I would prefer to be in mv Dosliion
than Mr. Manning's. If he is elected
be knows, and his friends know, that
he will have been elected by fraud,
perjury, coercion and intimidation,
^backed up by the most fraudulent and
corrupt election that, has ever been
held in this State. If a man can receive
any honor from holding an office
when his nomination has been gained
by such methods as that, he it welcome
to the honor."
S03EE POLITICAL GOSSIP
Greenville News.
Although the general election was a
fortnight away, the 1918 political pot
was boiling over at Columbia last
week. For many years, the State fair
has afforded a convenient occasion
for a general assembly of the politi\f#\
VI.. _ AVt A A TT 'A n Vl A \
\aetua. man v <* uumeicu^c r> as- uciu
this year. Political leaders from ev-ery
section of South Carolina were on
iiand, all bent on laying plans for
the campaign two years hence. Only
the supporters of Mr. Blfease went so
far as to have a formal convention
tout there were present in tlie capital
enough opponents of the former governor
from the various counties to
form a large deliberative body.
Interest centered in the gubernatorial
race in 1918. The contest for the
United States Senate is not yet attracting
much attention. The AntiBlease
men freely admit that they were
caught napping in the first primary
this year and are determined that such
a condition sliall not occur again.
They regard Blease and Bleaseism as
"being anything but dead and are fully
aware mat tne Anti-mease iorces win
ihave a tremendous fight on their hands
tv. o ears from now. The Blease and
j^n+i-Please factions will be better or??ri^ed
in 1918 than ever before. Both
* i e a complete organization at
~ ' many months before the prii
of Robert A.
\,e wijj again
-inriidate for governor, wai
hailed with intense satisfaction not
only by his old supporters tout also by
a countless multitude who supported
<iov. Manning and others in 1914 and
1916. Rumors had gone abroad that I
T nno man m4orV*f AnrvAta Pnn.
cug uaui gao v/^j/vsru w*a
gressman Nicholle in 1918, or might
enter the race for United States Senate.
Such talk had encouraged the
gubernatorial booms of other prospective
candidates. Those who dej
sired to support Mr. Cooper wished
j some statement from him at an early
date so that they would not be em5
barrassed by the requests of others
1 a-4ir? cooV */% ch/wod.^ flvivDrnor Wan. 1
ning. As soon as Mr. Cooper announced,
lie was assured c? splendid support
by influential men from all parts
J of the State. He is regarded by most
of the Anti-Blease leaders as an unbeatable
candidate. Many of the more 1
1 conservative men in both factions believe
that, were he elected governor,
he could do more toward destroying
factionalism than any other man In
South Carolina, for he is not an in
tense partisan and will have not only
the respect but also the support of no
small element of the Blease faction
Prominent politicians from many
counties predicted that he would carry
them unprecedented majorities in
1918, expressing the opinion that he
would get a much larger Tote than
that accorded Manning this year,
i It is probable that one or two candidates
on the Anti-Blease side will j
i offer for the gbernatorial nomlna-1
ttion. Nobody seems to know Just
what Dr. Joihn G. Clinkscales. of Spar- i
tanburg, will do, but there Ib consid- j
1 erable belief that he will not be In j
' the battle. Former Lieutenant Gov-'
ernor Thomas G. McLeod of BishopTille,
will very likely -be in the lists
; again, and is regarded as a man who
' would be a formidable factor. The
| opinion is general that Lieut-Gov. Andrew
J. Bethea will toss his sombrero
' into the arena. He ha9 no small following
and is an energetic campaigner.
The only announced candidate
( for governor, other than Mr. Cooper,
is Attorney General Thomas H. Pee
. Dies, who has been identified vith the
, Blease faction, but is not considered an |
intense partisan. Re was twice elect,
ed to his present office over opposii
tion and this year had no opponent.
, There is some talk to the effect that j
John <x. Richards will again appear,
as a Blease candidate for the govern
orship.
'Will (Cole L. Blease be a candidate
for governor in 191?, and not run for
the United States senate? Certain
exceptionally well-informed observers
iu vuiumuiii gate it as tucix ^piuiuu :
that the former governor will again
seek a third term as chief magistrate;
and run for the senate in 1920 against ]
E. D. Smith. It was pointed out that
W. Jasper Talbert, who used to he
in Congress and who ran for governor
in 1902, has already announced for
the Senate, and was chosen permanent
chairman of the Blease convention
last week. He is said to be very
close to Blease and has long been a
T,,eaee leader, having during the late
' tv. npaign engaged Senator Tillman in
si - rp controversy in which no compliits
were passed. Those who. be.
ive that Mr. Cooper'a principal antagonist
in 1918 will be Mr. Bleast
argue that no other Blease man can
roll the vote that the governor canj
rnmmanH and thftf +hp. control of the
governor's office is essential to the upbuilding
and progress of the Blease organization.
They contend, further,
that Mr. Blease would have a better
chance of defeating Senator Smith
! than Congressman Lever, since it is
i generally felt that the latter will be
in the 1918 senatorial race and will
make a strong bid for Senator Tillman's
seat
There is no denying that there i?
! general apprehension in the Anfcij
Elease camp as to the general election.
A strong and thorough effort
| t. ill be made to get out the entire
- Anti-Blease vote. It is believed that
1 ^1<AiinAn/1n /\f Klo fAHnwai'fl will vrtfp '
liiu uaauus v/i uua n ?v ?v
^)or >Mr, Bleaib and disregard the
party pledge. The Anti-Blease leaders
are keenly aware of the danger,
taking -the position that, as the Anti;
?!ease men were fooled completely in
the first primary this year, so they
might easily be given the same ?ert
of deal in the general election. They
regard as significant the fact that the
former governor has nowhere ad vis I
ed his supporters to vote for the nominee
of the Democratic party and that
he has done nothing to prevent them j
, irom voting for Blease. The entire
Anti-Blease organization will be at
work this week.
The outlook is that politics will
have an unusually potent hand in the
shaping of legislation for the next two
years. While much has been said
about he probable absence of fac
tional lines in Law-maiang, Tne isews
does not believe that such will be the
case. It is indicated that the legis-i
lative supporters of Mr. Blease will j
follow the same line attack that
he pursued in the late campaign.
Charleston is going to try to get wet
again. The liquor question will figure
prominently at the M?7 session, as
v4l)l the proposal to establish the
Australian 'ballot system so as to minimize
coercion, deceit and fraud in
the elections.
The ending of the 1916 campaign
has been merged into the beginning
^ ^ 1 a1 o a n +ttta
\JL tilC JLV ?0 VUJULCOU. AAAC UtAt mw
years will see unusual political activity
in South Carolina and politics
is going to be played from now until
September, 1918, with very little cessation
of hostilities. The next campaign
will be one of the fiercest and
most momentous In the history of the
Palmetto State.
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COTTON GINNED TO OCTOBER 18,
CROPS OF 1916 AND 1915
Director Sam L. Rogers, of the Bureau
of the Census, Department o?
Commerce, announce? the preliminary
report or cotton ginned by counties
in Soupth Carolina, for the crops of
1916 and 1915. The report was made
public for the state at 10 a. m.f on '
Wednesday, October 26.
( Quantities are in running bales,
counting round aa balf bales. Linters
not included.)
Coun ty 1916 1915;
Abbeville 12 51s 12 8341
Aiken 25 215 22 018 j
Anderson 26 235 22 533!
Bamberg 16 333 11 1411
Barnwell 32 464 24 266
Beaufort 3 247 1, 401 !
.Berkley z ivz 4 ?5t>u i
Calhoun 13 882 10 615
Charleston 1 324 2 210
Cherokee 2 258 4 814
Chester 8 780 16 407 j
Chesterfield 10 6?7 16 051j
Clarendon 11 034 14 944 |
Colleton 9 087 7 678 I
Darlington 9 018 18 3541
Dillon 13 983 16 951 j
Dorchester 5 777 7 038 j
Edgefield 19 590 15 569
Fairfield 6 091 12 653 j
Florence 9 409 16 738 j
Georgetown 384 1 215 j
Greenville 11 672 14 426,
nroAnwnrv? 1 fi 720 12 115 '
Hampton 12 836 8 176'
Horry 1 519 3 2841
Jasper 3* 867 1 72b
Kershaw 4 699 14 740
Lancaster 4 146 9 568
Laurens 15 182 16 887
Lee 9 865 18 549
Lexington 14 968 13 776
Marion 6 445 7 563
Marlboro 19 322 27 494
Newberry 16 594 18 779
O^onen 6 589 5 661
Orangeburg 38 997 39 523
Pickens 5 665 4 801.
Richland 9 950 11 108
Saluda 16 908 13 36*
Spartanburg 20 266 27 274
Cnmfor 1 fi 17
CUU11U1 AV VVV 4k I VW
Union 4 695 V 166!
Williamsburg 5 705 13 211 |
York 7 085 14 135
Total 508 635 581 667
EDWARD C. ELMORE
RESIGNS AS CHIEF CLERK
Columbia, Nov. 2.?Comptroller General
Carlton W. Sawyer, as the result
of the sudden resignation of Chief ,
Clerk Edward C. Elmore, has promoted
John S. O'Brien, of Charleston,
to the position of chief clerk, and Mr.
W. IV. Sutherland, of Columbia, to the
position of bookkeeper. ^?r. R. L. Osborne,
of Anderson, has been made auditing
clerk.
Comptroller General Sawyer today,
{^ f A a J*t 11 AClf f At* O of Q f A
Ill lCO^UUDC LU a KMUUwl IVi Cb DUktCment
in regard to the resignation of
Chief Clerk Elmore, said:
"In reference to the resignation of
Mr. Elmore, as chief clerk in the camptroller
general's office, I wish to state
that I regret his severing his connection
with the office. He filled the
position for auditing clerk most satisfactorily
for four years during the
term of General Jones, and when I became
comptroller general I promoted
him to the position of chief clerk.
'Aifter about 18 months I found that it
would be to the Interest of the public
service to have him resume the position
as auditing clerk, and let me find
other assistance as chief clerk. With
a view to the business efficiency of this
nart r?f .tho- ava/miHva rJpnarfmpnt T rh.2
gested this change to Mr. Elmore,
whereupon, to my regret, he severed
all connection with my office. The office
of comptroller general is charged
with details affecting all branches of
the public service, and its efficiency is
essential to the proper conduct of public
affairs. Such efficiency is my sole
aim in the selection of my assistants
and the conduct of the office while I
may be comptroller general."
Mr. Elmore says he will run for
comptroller in 1918.
NEW8 PEI3TT IS MADE
dim t T?nT? T?rrm nACma WADf
l/JOLEA-rXiA JDtl t JOIJ JHV/iUj
Federal Trade Commission Issues Report
of Investigation Showing Prices
Advanced Without Sufficient Cause.
Washington, (Nov. 3.?The federal
trade commission issued a preliminary
report today on the news print paper
situation. Before the full report is
published the commission will yield a
public hearing to manufacturers, publishers
and others Interested. The report
issued today says in the first half
of 1916, contract prices went, in some
instances, as high as $3 per hundred
pounds, and after July 1, went to
$3.50. Before January r current marTr/if
-rwelnCLr* ron?a/1 hofvoon 49 STlrf J8
acw JJi. iV/^O www ?? w** yw ?.V. y-r ]
but since then they have gone to $6
or $7, and even higher.
It is asserted that "the average
price" received by domestic manufac-!
turers did not advance in afay thing
like the degree that current market
prices advanced 'because most of the
paper was sold under previous net receipts
of domestic manufacturers were
legs than $2 in thp first half of 1916.
Averag*.
"The average cost of manufacture
in domestic mills was less tnan |
per ton, or $1.65 per hundred, during j
the first half of 1916, as shown both I
by the manufacturers' own cost sheets
and by the costs as "revised by the
accountants of the commission. Furthermore,
these average costs were
slightly lower than in any years from
1913 to 1915.
'Though the average cost declined
in the first half of 1916, market prices |
of some of the materials advanced in '
prices, sulphite and ground wood were
produced by most of tbe paper manufacturers
without cost increase anv.
not bought at market prices. Some j
other manufacturers were protected
against the increase in prices Dy contracts.
Other materials bought at advanced
prices were very small factors
in the total cost. Certain economies I
irere also practiced in the use of ex- .
pen6ive materials."
WAS WARMLY BECEIYED.
Farmers Tribune.
Hon. Fred H. Dominick, congressman-elect
from this district, arrived
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er until Wednesday, when he left for
Helton to take in the fair, going from
there to Greenwood, where another
fair was in progress. "While here,
Mr. Dominick was kept busy receiving
congratulations from those of
his friends fortunate enough, to run
across him, as his stay here was limited
and he was kept on the jump. Mr.
Dominick said he was being flooded
with letters from office-seekers and
job hunters, but that as he would not j
take office until the 4th of next>
March, he was trying not to aseumo
the duties before that time and that
n-:ieu rally he would not aetempt to
do anything in the way of making appointments
until he assumed the duties
of the office. Mr. Dtminick stilted
that he had not even decided on
who would receive the appointment
of private secretary. '"But I have
utfiermmea on inia: "i win nave an,
active secretary who will spend Ms i
time in Washington helping me look
4
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Advai
f
stuae
On or aboi
baker cars?boi
vanced from $7
In che face
raw materials c
? ?
baker cars, pi
But now condit
point where Stv
increase to thes
For the pe
rapid advances
ing into the ma
steel of all kind
metal, aluminui
And these adva
ISO per cent.
Studebaker
margin of profi
with a substanti
the FOUR and i
seven-passenger
you will still hai
i J.1 :
equal uieca in p
design, and all-r
Our alio
present
to be ex
JL ?
want to
you to (
4?Cyclinder Models fa fl
Roadster. . ... . $ 850 ||lu
Fouring Car 8*75
Newh
Landau Roadster 1 x ou
Lowei
u??.ci' cue uaereats of nay constituents '
u^a u<3 >ou ue v capauie man, too.'1
aaid air. IxmiUUCK. "it a U0 USG IOC !
ttuy one io a^piy tor LuaL position, lor !
i
n b &oin^ LlJ ue a case oi tue omce
occmu^ nie man; ne naa got to meas.
ure up to one i Uiiuk will make a competent
secretary 111 every sense ot
tiie word."
Jdr. Dorumick's tilends noted that
he -aas "looking good;" in fact ht
aJd he had gained several pounds'
since iae strenuous campaign.
Mr. Donnnick can say what proba- j
vi.. ??.v- ? j- I
Ul} UU UlUOl tdUUlUAlB tau, ilC 1UAUC
no promise as to reward before the
election, in case re was elected. He
said tnat those who worked hardest
for his election Iug not even ae yet
asked for anything, but Mr. Domi-j
nick's friends know that he will not!
forget the faithful when time for action
comes.
In all the advice w^ have read for ;
the proper care of children, we have
found nothing which recommends taking
the baby to the movies.
Among the pathetic incidents of life
to that of a girl trying to divide her'
affections betwen a young man and
her dog, so neither will feel hurt.
ice in ]
of
baker
) *
it December 1st, the pr
Ji the FOUR and the SD
r5 to $100 over prevailing
of the rapid increase in t
entering into the construc
_i i i
reseat prices nave ucc
ions in the industry ha
idebaker is forced to add
e prices.
t . .1 .1
ist eighteen montns tne
in the cost of all raw ms
nufacture of automobiles
s, pig iron, castings, sta
n, leather and upholster
nces range all the way
has always been satisfie
t?and you may rest assi
ial increase over prevails
the SIX will still be the i
' cars in the world at thei
ire to pay from $300 to $
ower, roominess, econon
ound dependability.
itm?nt of Studebaker cars c
prices is very limited and is
;hausted at any time. So, i
" _ .hi Art
i save irom o to we
;ome in at once.
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>erry, S. C. Columbia, 3
r Main St 1218 Lad}/
WEEK OF PBAYEK.
The week of Prayer services will .
be held in Central Methodist church J|
November 5th-llth. "The council tu.s li
turned this year for an object of pray- i
er and thank offering to that great
neglected field, Latin America, and to
the Latin Americans in our own land,'
On unday at 4:30 p. m. a serrie*
with the Y. P. and Juniors will b*
in charge of Misses Epps, and at tfc*
evening service the pastor will preacb
a special sermon.
Monday at 4 p. m.?Topic: '-Reasons
of Prominence of Latin Americans."
Leader: Mrs. R. D. Wright.
Tuesday?Topic: "Religious need* g?
Laim America." Leader: Miss Eelisabeth
Salter.
Wednesday?Topic: "Social Needs
of Latin America.'' Leader: airs.
George Johnstone.
Thursday?Topic: Scarritt Training
School. Leader. Miss E. McCoilough.
Friday?Topic: Our Objective*?
Reo School, Holdine Institute. Lead
er: Mrs. W. I. Herbert. j
All the ladies of the church
Invited to these services. Visitors
from other churches will be welcomed.
A man in Seattle had a desperai* }
fight was a devilfish with tentacle*
six feet long. The shark sensatioa is
already outclassed, and the fish story
has arisen magnificently to the new demands
upon its ingenuity.
\
Prices
_ I
Cars
ices of StudeC?will
be ad
g prices.
he cost of the
:tion of Student
maintained,
ive reached a
a substantial
re have been
i
iterials enter?esoecially
on
M m
mpings, sheet
ing materials.
r from 40 to
d with a small
ired that, even
ig prices, both
most powerful
r prices. And
finn mnrf* to
ly, beauty of
it the
likely
f you v |
urge
6?Cylinder Models
Roadster $1060
Touring Car 1065
i. c.
_ Landau Roadrtsr . 13SO
St