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TILLMAN'S CAREER (My Dear Mr. Editor: In rummaginng over some old letters and papers which I had laid away I came across the enclosed clippings from the Post Intelligencer, a newspaper of Seattle, Wash., edited by Scott C. Bone. The clippings were sent to me by w.,t rioi-icrVifcir wVirt was; thpn living on in v uau^uwi "?w v.^ ? ? ?^ Lopez Island in Puget Sound; she '/ thought, I presume, as it concerned a prominent citizen of my native ?tate I would be pleased to read it, and so I was. 1 < And now, though iW is somewhat old, I bethought me that possibly it might interest you to know of the tribute paid to one of the distinguished citizens of our dear old state by a prominent editor of the great northwest. Raining all day here and rather . 1 -C i.1 ? j C001 iur l/HC scasuii. Very respectfully, ; ... Y. I. Hutchinson. ': 511 Jefferson St., Wilmington Del. jl June 1st, 1922.) i i Scott C. Bone in Post-Intelligencer j ^ (Seattle, Washington), July 4, 1918. 1 Elected governor of South Caroli- j na in 1890, at the zge of 43, and re-' ejected in 1892, in each instance by 1 an overwhelming popular vote, and 1 since March 4, 1895, holding a seat in ; ' tjie^ IJnited States senate, Benjamin * It. Tillman, known i.o earlier fame as 11 "Pitchfork Ben Tillman," who has 1 passed beyond at 71, was a rugged, '1 picturesque character who served his 1 commonwealth and country well. His ^ ; vYV j,'"- 4' *v. fourth ferm as senator was all but 1 completed. He was tired. Alter # twenty-eight years of public life, he e felt, that his work was done. He was t *? retire and made announce- t ment some time ago that he would ' not ask for reelection. South Caro- * line dissented, however. It prefer- * red he should, wear the senatorial 3 toga to the end. And so he did. j 1 I)eath forestalled the decision forth- t coming at the polls. j 1 Writing of this "Diamond in the ( Bough," a year aa^o, in this column, '( empliasr's was given to the fact that ; * the term Reactionary in his case con- [ * veX?4 no sinister or opprobrious | ^ meaning. "He reacted," it was said, j1 "fr^n a pronounced radical into a i safs, sound lawmaker." * ) The tribute then paid to his worth 1 a? a lawmaker and a man is here, in ^ par^ reproduced: s "tanked* only in continuous ser- 1 viceby Gallinger and Lodge and 1 * sha ring honors of tenure with War- I ren,.ViMartin and Knute Nelson.?he ie % r>rtmmit.tee on naval ( I'iidlUlMlii V/l l/tiv ? f affairs and a mem'ber of the commit- j iii ij, I tee 'on appropriations. These as- j signnaents in themselves mean and i have meant toilsome, laborious days, ( with mind bent upon colossal war i nndertakings, attention to a mass of i detail and, of the appropriations side.; i . the doing of things ir the exact way J i conforming/to governmental proce-li dure. * | j I "Do not underestimate the magni- j s tude of the work now in hand, at the; national capital, or minimize the hard ! and heavy tasks imposed and involv-! ed. _Any member of congress, senate or house, attached to a committee ( bayliig to do with war preparations,' these tense days, is performing a i man^s sized job. Be sure of that. ] "Keep it all in mind and curb your < fault-findning and restrain your crit- 1 icism as the work goes on and as de ?3 A > ? * ' - - ? . lays recur and as mistakes multiply. ,j "Over a quarter of a century ago j W.._ ?._ T> T;nMn?, vavnl'ifinnixpH ' joenjamm iv. xmiuau iciuiav>v..._'?i the Palmetto 6tate?upset the old or-'; <jler of things and established a new. J Hitherto the negro had been the dom- 1 mailt issfue, with the aristocracy in &'saddle of ascendency and all ii-j 2 . , 1 I t^fn^3 political governed rigidly by, precedent and tradition. Thcise were 1 'gbocj old days,' no doubt, as South ~ * * 11 Kllf fVlOV ^aranmans yet retail ui^iu, k/?v v could not go on forever. Times ; change; the world moves; new conditions arise and man adjusts himself tp.*t^em. If, perchance, the adjustment be tardy, if it come reluctantly, if it be resisted, then a force appears to give it stimulus and hasten it. "'jphis man Tillman, with his imagin&ry, but dreaded pitchfork, became . that force in 1886. He was an agitator, agitating fdr industrial and tech? niq?l education for the masses. He disturbed South Carolina's serenity anc( tranquility. He shocked the sensibilities of the accepted classes?affronted the dignity and hauteur of a proud people. He went at his mission bluntly, roughly. He had but one eye (lost the other by illness just when he had quit school to join the Confederate army in 1864) and was not pleasing to gaze upon. Aristocratic South Carolina did not like his looks. It resented his activities. But of what moment this when he had captured the imagination of the masses and set them to thinking? It counted for naught. He wielded that imaginary pitchfork powerfully, successfully. Soon the state., the higher classes dazed by the whirlwind of the crusade, saw an agricultural and mechanical college established at Fort Hill, Calhoun's old homeland other things accomplished. "South Carolina, out of the rut, proceeded to elect this one-eyed, pitchfork-wielding man governor, and two years later to re-elect him overwhelmingly. Progress continued to be his motto; enlightened usefulness on the part of the people his aim. He was instrumental in establishing another institution?a normal and industrial college for women at Rock Hill, which promises to lead all similar schools in the South?and he regulated the liquor traffic, so demoralizing in its influence and effects upon high and low alike. "Nothnisr succeeds like success, and his rousing of the people and achievements in the fir?: office he ever held made a United States senator of him: He .defeated M. C. Butler, the Co*nfederate brigadier, erstwhile idolized by his commonwealth, in a popuhr contest in 1894, winning overwhelmigly, and he has worn the toga all these years intervening and kept it unspotted and clean. "Upon his advent at Washington lis fame hid preceded him and was notional Ho was pvnerted to stir UP na i/iv ii?i. v- z uhe senate as he had stirred up South Carolina. H:3 constituents gave earning that he was bringing his pitchfork a'ong. But nothing monentous or terrorizing occurred. The mexpected happened. Save for a :ew. somewhat violent lapses of the ;ongue wnne nc was ucv> ?na jetting his bearings, he deported himself mildly and becomingly. In a little time he was no misfit. He found ;hat the United States senate, unlike South Carolina, was in no urgent leed of a purging or reform, but nade up of statesmen and patriots as jealously enlisted as he for the pubic weal. He grew to like them and ;hey to like him. Chandler, of New Hampshire (long out of the senate md who died a few months ago), be:ame his crony, but would sometimes iruelly bait him in debate to provoka xj.'. j au.:j. 11S temper. Aiuntii aau iiaic 6"**lim a modified appproval. To Mark rlanna, ibounding in red-blooded felowship, he was ever persona grata ind, as the years came and went, the South Carolinian lived down the repitation he hid brought. His coleagues,uniformly gave him their re- # tpect and some^ of them their love. V.x\d he proved worthy of it?this dianond discovered in the rough, but jolished by wisdom and wear of service and shining brilliantly in duty ioing devotion to his country." A statesman of broadened visio-n, senator Tillman wjs a helpful friend >f this North Coast section and of v Alaska. Chairman of the naval comnittee, he was in position to 'be "help:aL He had a primary part in the framing and enactment of legislation 'or the development of the Puget iound navy yard and was a staunch supporter of the Alaska railroad. jSOUND DOCTRINE FROM UNEXPECTED SOURCE Greenwood Index-Journal. i "Asserting that the states are being threatened today by federal usurpation of power, Governor Miller declared himself on "state's right"? ;he paramount issue of the civil war." The above is the opening para seraph of a front page story in Saturday's New York Times. The Governor Miller referred to is Governor Miller of the gteat state of NTew York and he is a Republican, i Before becoming" Governor Miller. was a judge of high rank and his legal knowledge has long been recognized and admired in his native state. There <are two things we wish to commend, in the statement of Gov. Miller: His advocacy of .-state's rights and his statement that this was the paramount issue of the War Between the States. He, like many others in the North and East, now has learned that slavery was not the'paramount issue nor anything more tnan an incidental issue. True Gov. Miller is not like some John the Baptist, preaching a new and strange doctrine in the wilderness of New York. Other governors and other leading men in the North and East have recently had a say or two on the subject, but no one of them has made it the subject of a long and elaborate speech as did Gov. Miller at Glei\Cove last Friday. All of us have been guilty of calling on Washington for this and for that. Every evil under the sun could be cured by congressional legislation. We wanted help for this and for that; we wanted the congress to buy cotton and to give a minimum price on cotton; we wanted federal prohibition and we got it?just look at it, will you? we wanted woman suffrage by federal amendment and got it, and now there is talk of a federal ban on tobacco, federal legislation to regulate the length of. wornJ en's skirts; talk of federal regulation of firearms, and heaven only knows what else reformers have in mind for our disturbance. Gov. Miller probably correctly says 1 there will never be any effort to dis- i rupt the Union by secession again but the Union is in danger from three < sources?from revolution; from legal : disruption by constitutional amend rr.ent or by usurpation by the federal govei nnment of the legitimate func- 1 tion-i of the states. And he cites Gecrge Washington's warning that < usurpaption of federal power was the j greatest danger. It is time to wake up and assert " the faith that our fathers fought and ! died for. This section is becoming as bad as any other in its dependence J on the federal goverment. Let's J elect our best men to the state legislature and turn our faces to Columbia rather than to Washington. j ] His Flowers j When Christ came down from Galilee . ' ? - . . .. 1 The flowers in His path, 'tis said, Bowed each its eager lovely head, ' From the field and garden leaned to ' see, , When Christ came down from Galilee.1 ^ And little pagan winds that pass lr* invnnc rnmmprfp wit.Vl thp PTflSS. . *** w ~ o That day bore incense unto Him From every radiant, reverent rim J Of petalled beauty to the brim. j. t ;] White roses looked on Him and knew ] Divine the eacrament of dew, i And as He passed, the passion-flower Mourned for that far-off purple Hour ] When it should bloom on Calvary, ] The symbol of His agony. And all the wistful, wondrous while, ? Wic Father's flnwprs that know no guile 1 Gave back to Him the Father's smile, ^ And sweetly comforted was He, As He came down from Galilee. ?Frances Dickenson Pinder in The < Forum. \ < "Wonders of the Lleep During the recent trans-oceanic misunderstanding a young Bostonian ^ enlisted as a gob on one of the de- ^ strcyers. It was observed that in every spare minute he was draped . over the rail, anxiously studying the 4 surface of the water. To' all demands as to what he was lookiiig for J he had but one answer: "A whale." "See -here," remonstrated a: com < rade older in service, "youu see a whale soon enough/ A whale ain't J so much. Just a big fish, that's all a whale is. Whatcher so nuts about seein' a whale for?" "It has :>een my lifelong ambition," replied the Bostonian, "to see a whale 'blubber. It must be impressive in- ' deed to view such an enormous crea1 ture in tears." - : ] It Needed It ^"Do I understand your husband as- J saulted you?" asked a magistrate oi a much damaged woman who appeared before him with the request that her considerably worse half be put 1 under restraint. ; "He did that. Smashed me over the bean with a motter, that's what." /'Smashed you with a what?" queried the court. ! "With a motter. One of them * ?:n, o things you nang on te wan Wil/il CK frame round it and "Bless Our Happy home' in the middle." _ ' , NOTICE OF REGISTRA- i TION OF VOTERS ? i Notice is hereby given that the books of registration or enrolment of voters for the primary elec-fcion are open and may be found at the places named below. The enrolment com- ( mittees for the clubs are also given, j All persons who are expecting to vote in the primary election we notified that in order to vote their names must be on club rolls and that the vot - . , * er must sign the roll himself or ner-. self. Under the rules of the party there is a new enrolment each year and even if you were enrolled last' year you musr enrol again this year. The books will remain open until the fourth Tuesday in July and after .that date it wiH be too late. Enroll now and be prepared to vote for state an(f, county officers. Ward 1?Elsie Gilliam, J. J. Hitt and Maggie Thomasson, book at' Hitt's store. j Ward 2?J C Kinard, W. W Cromer, Mirs Eunice Abrams, C. P. McDaniel, book at chamber of commerce. Ward 3 Xo. 1?C. B. Spinks, R. L. Tarrant, W. B. Wallace, Oook at Exchange bank. Ward 3 No. 2?I. T. Timmerman, J. M, K. Buzhardt, 0. C. Wilson,' book at I. T. Tinimerman's store. Ward 4?E. H. Aull, Jas. L. Aull, Blanche Davidson, book at Jas. L. Aull printing office. I Ward 5?J. H. Chappell, W. M.j Thomas, Mr. Oorley, book at Corley's . barber shop. Helena?J. G. Miller, Mrs. Nellie Davis, J. W. Henderson, book at Miller's store. Oakland?Jeff T. Cromer, D. D. Darby, W. B. Bodie, bpok at Sanders' store. Hartford?Z. W. Denni6, M. B. El jazer, J. F. Hawkins, book at Elea ser's residence. Johnstone?P. B. Banks, W. E. Wallace, Mrs. Zonie Lane, book at W. E. Wallace's residence. Garmany?B. B. Leitz/sey, Jno. T, 3xner, E. S. Boozer, book at B. B. Leitzsey's office. Mt. Bethel?W. C. Brown, Geo. S, Ruff, Jno. C. Baker, book at Geo. S. Ruff's residence Mulberry? T. W. Keitt, J. A Sease', T. W. Harman, book at J. A. Sease's residence. ^ ? * r-i A_ 1 VC Mt.1 Pleasant?U. rrea smiin, una, J. W. Caldwell, J. S. J. Suber, Sr. book at J W. Caldwell's. Maybinton?J. L. Thomas, L. B. Whitney, A. H. Maybin, book at W. B. Whitney's. Whitmire?R. M. Aughtry, J. A. Darby, W. G. Puckett. book at town nail. Long Lane?T. W. Hentz, W. S. Flentz, B. H. Caldwell, book at B. H. Caldwell's residence. Jalapa?0. H. Abrams, W. E. Epps, B. L. Albritton, 'book at Jalapa Mercantile Co. Kinards?K. (j. Smitn, j. a. uomulick, A. C. Johnson, book at J. A. Dominick's store. Trinity?C. E. Abrams, John Brehmer, J. C. Waldrop, book at C. E. Abrams' residence. Longshores?J. R. Spearman, G. FT. Martin, J. E. Senn, book at G. H. Martin's store. Dorr.inicke?F. J. Harmon, J. N. Livingstone, M. M. Livingstone, book it J. N. Livingstone's residence. Reederville?K. E. Livingstone, r T. Workman, J. H. Dorroh, book at R. E. Livingstone's store. Chappells?J. B. Scurry, A. P. Coleman, Eunice Allen, book at 3o!eman and Scurry's. ' Saluda, No. 7.?H. W. Bowles, J, 5. Wait, W. H. Saqders, book at W. 3 Sanders' store. Van^hnville?L. H. Senn, M. J. Longshore, H. D. HoJlin^sworth, aook at L. H. Senn'i re^id'i.ica. Silverstrset?0. W. J t&ng, J. M. Nichols, flayer Havk'd, nook at J.-M. Nichols' store. Utopia?H. L. Boalware, W. W. rferbert, J. A. Sciiumpor", book at W. W. Herbert's. East Riverside?E. L. Haye-3, J W. 3romer, T. A. Robinson, Dook at E. L. Hayes' residence. ^ Prosperity?Dr. J. S. Wheeler, E. W. Werts, Mrs. C. T Wyche, book at fV'erts' store St. Lukes?C. S. Nichols, N. E ravlor, J. W. Taylor, book at C. S \Tic"nols' sesidence. Rain*?*. No. 9?L. L-JDominick, D M. Bccjenbaugh, "J. E. ^onts, book al B. M. Bedenbaugh's residence. ' O'Neall?0. 0.. SheaJy, Pat Wise Henry Wes>singer, book at Pat Wise': residence Monticello?0. C. Dominick, P. W Counts, Olin Counts, book at P. W Counts' residence. Liberty?J. T. Hunter, G. F. Hun ter, Mrs. 1l. C Hunter, book at' G. F Hunter's residence. Midway?J. S. W'atts, Geo. A Counts, Mrs. Esoie: Singley, book a J. S. Watts' residence. Big Creek?J. P. Harmon, P. E Knnkie, W. E. Nichols, Uook at J. P Harmon's residence Little Mountain?j. B. Derrick Mattie Boland, Eugene Wheeler, bool at J. B. Derrick's store. Union?T. J. Wilson, Geo. S. En low, B. B.,Rikard, book at T. J. Wil FRETFUL BABiRS Clioiir Up. I sf;mtlv When \Di\ Tliorntnij V Rasv TWth er Removes Cause of Pain. Mother! Whyn the child becomes cross and peevish with feverishness. sour stomach, coated tongue. tfowel trouble, cold or colic give a course of the old reliable Dr. Thornton's Easy Teether and note the quick improvement Dr. Thornton's Easy Teether is a harmless sweet powder composed of antiseptics, digestants and granular stimulants, contains no opiates or harmful drugs. Babies like it and take it more freely than sticky syrups or liquid medicines. Hundreds of unsolicited testimonials received during the past fifteen years from doctors, druggists and appreciative mothers prove its efficiency beyond question of doubt. If it fails to help your chifd your mbney back without question. Twelve powrfer" in a package with full directions. 25c at j-our druggist ?Advertisement. I son's residence Joily Street?A. C. Richardson, G, I. Kinard, Jim Dowd, book at Jim Dowd's residence. St. Pauls?J. J. Xibler, F. F. Liv' incrstone, L. B. Bedenbau^h, book a! J. J. Kioler's residence. Central?A. L. Aull, Eusephes Koon, E. S. Shealy, book at A. L, Aull's residence. Zion?T. B. Richardson, H PI Folk, John Kinard, book at John Kinard's ' residence. j St. Phillips?P. F. Halfacre, E. L. | Ruff, book at J. L. Ruff's store. Walton?J S. Prowler, J. L. Crooks, W. J. Ruff, book at J. L. Crooks' store. Pomaria?H. W. Lominick, R. J. Johnston, W. D. Hattori, Tbook at H i W. Loniinick's store. j Peak?T. F. Chapman, W. M. Wil, sor., W. H. Suber, book at Suber's 1 store. J Cross Roads?G. H. Shealy, J. A ,1 Cumalander, A. N. Shealy, book al ! J. A. Cumalander's residence. ,! J. D. Wheeler, .' Chairman. I T? F?. Leitzsev- Sec. SOUR STOMACH INGESTION \ Thedford's Black-Draught HigHj Recommended by a Tennessee Grocer for Troubles Resulting from Torpid Liver. I ? .! East Nashville, Terra.? The efflci lency of Thedford's Black-Draught, the genuine, herb, liver medicine, la ' vouched for by Mr. W. N. Parsons, a grocer of this city. "It is without tloubt the best liver medicine, and I ^ don't believe I couid get along without 'I It I take it for sour stomach, head ache, bad liver, indigestion, and all ; J other troubles that are the result of j a torpid liver. i "I have known and used It for years, i and can and do highly recommend it 1 to every cne. I toon't go to bed without it ia the house. It will do all it claims to do. 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