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L)U7IS APPlcLT'. IKXdit or. b MANNNG. S. C.. JUNE 1- 1912. a - bl PUBLI5HED EVERY WEDNES)Alk - ni omniunications mustDc acco nailed by the real name and address of te wr., in order to receive at-ntiOn- ti No communication of a personai cnaracter will be pubiished except as an advertisement. Entered at the Postome t Maiaing a s Se ond cass matter. t< GRACE IS A WIGGLER. n, It is not usual for this news paper tobutt into the controversy L of others, but when the person. are the Governor of the State and the Mayor of the State's largest city, then charges of cor. ruption from either of them is of public interest. Mayor Grace in his newspaper the -Common Sense" makes the grave charge that Governor Blease was beint paid by the Charleston blind tigers for the freedom they are enjoying, and that he has traced the graft uptothe Governor hi self. The governor's attenlion was called to Mayor Grace's I assertion, and he character ized the statement and t h e man in language hot and strong. He said "that anyone who stat ed that he had rece'ived i -raft from the Charleston blind tigers was a cowardiy liar." Since then Mayor Grace in hiis newspaper disclaims having said that the P governor receive- graft. H e says, -if we had competent proof n to show that the Governor did t himself, in proper person, receiv ed this graft, our readers may rest assured we would say it." We had very little conidence in the Mayor's assertion that he had traced this graft practically up to tne governor,.but when we saw his statement and it repeat ed mt-ore than once in interviews, then we were anxious to know e the truth, because. we had stat ed in these columns several times that it is a rule we have adopted ' to support an officer for a second term, unless it is proven that he p has been corrupt, and if the ) charge made by Charleston's t Mayor is proven we could not t and would not support Governor Blease one minute, but what do we tind in the last issue of MXiay or Grace's "Com won sense?" de wiggl-s ike a snake. . e lays much 4,tess upin i i- 0 r I "pra :t'cAlls " an.a r~es ;r* - i i lawyer',- sch..-ie to co(nfuse w-t technicalities. Acc rdi:g to ,u understanding of te usual nws- c paper Engish _K y r Grac - in. d the di-ectciarge .s h te ;ov A ernor, the investigatinlg couljmit tee authorized by tue general as sembly to investigate thewinding up commission and other matters connected with the-State dispen sary, regarding the assertions of t Mayor Grace a charge, stretch ed their authority and summons him before them to testify, no one objected to the committee exceeding its authority, not evenb if it undertook to investigate theb report that Mayor Grace and Mr. t Stevenson had effected a deal t whereby Grace was to be benefit- *( ed in his fight to prevent Cnar leston from voting on the comn-s mission form of government. We are certainly glad the corn mittee called upon Grace to make gocd, and if he has only had a t dream or is giving vent to spleen . because the governor refused to dismiss the chief dispensary con stable because that otticial fought [ Grace in his fight for Mayor, and is allied with the Mar-tin fac tion, the people should know~ it.d We notice also that Grace makes , about the same intinmation against P Shariff Martin. He chlarges that Martin is toleratmng the rotten est kind of graft among the ru ral policemen, everybody wxho opposed Grace is grafting.\ Wef regard this a most unfor-tunate situation. Mayor Grace was for merly a supporter of Gov er noru Blease, was or is a member of his statT, up to the last we have hear d of him in regard to this relation he had not sent in his resiga tion, but he, when asked aout it is reported as having said he had never bought a uniform. and. that his membership was onty.C' passive-a peculiar w'ay o. ioo.k ing atit sure. -t We recall the activity of B.3H Stotriart against Grace ia iue .be was runumag for- Mayor, and n'e; have a reco.Iestion of ha o. n heard it s.aid tuat Grace iusu u Stbtart remnoved lramt tue eha letu force, out tue governorr di d not reuove eb~Otuart U - Grace's request, and f rom then on tuer-e w.as a ure,.cau ute- nf healing. Tue uen xxiet hi i appe tred in the ::a te eau veu Ju as a mnember- of tue i3raw-a dat egaiivu which put a camup u!poil Grace's cauti oi or the *o .ax polhties tile Urt. am grAw N~ot only .so, to~er': u a to put Chanue-stou .cd-j.: s form of goverunuent w.en it a had~ succeeued wonid have leis lated the Grace adanoistra-u out-of otiice, Mayor Grace wxeat to, Columbia and he saw the cuai tions bet ween the leguslature. ai..d the gover-nor, the nent tingw knew there was afrieudly inerest in his behalf on the part of i.e leader of the House and Gr ae was saved, later we hear oflrc visiting tis ieader- at his notu town, and still later tuis Ieauer gives out an interview inl wuie .I he makes the deciar~ation tilat Jones will carry Charleston. Noxx then, what arec the ueooie to un derstand? Can it be thljt Gra c-' charge against the governor:a part of a poiitical conspirayo is it that Grace is reahy tr-ylu to inject virtue in thle poliicso the State, htving giveni up the effort to redeem Charlestou Inasmuch as we hlave made a this comment upon what appec~:r-.s ed in the - Common Sense"w il1 aiso reprodues just what it id, together with the alleged tir which Grace gives as the LSiS for his assertions. The riter of the letter may be a yth or he may be genuine at iv rate we shall give the whole isiness to the readers of this ?wspapers, so they may judge ir themselves. "The statement published in iese col unus chargog whole ile graft by the constables, in ie '~enforcement" oi the Dis nisarv law in Charleston seUmS >have st ir.d un a hornet's es ho ott' Stat. The Irther1 sta~tment tha't 'we have -aIctirat PIZACTCAL X 'n to 1th, GoVeriior hiaself" a;s tywith troemen Laus itret andi has elicited )m the Governor a rather iust if indeed, irrelevant, -nial, coupled with some biting cithet. It will be noted, how 7er. that what the Governor tvs is -that anyone who slated lit ie. Biease, nad received ra ft. f r m Charle1 1 _-st oni blind gers was a coward and a liar." his is not to the point. It is a ,n sequitur. Upon it there can 2 no issue between the GoV nor and us. If we had con :tnt proof to som that tile overnor did himiiself. in proper ers011. "receive" this gema ft. our eaders miav rest aLssured t!hat e would say it. Bat we have qade no suel claim. What we ave faid, and can abundantly rov'. is that the constables Ure ill Chareston have "'re ired" it. Moreover, we say ow, weighing our words well, lat. not only nave they received but that the first thing they id when sent to Charieston was > oraizC a perfect sVstem of raft: that in one first stroke le made a lump collection of large amount. -and that ever nee, they have been esacting Ad collecting, according to the :lume of business done, a stat 3 sum at fixed intervals: and iat these actions have been )incident with the comings and oings of certain persons and rsonages whose movements oint with utmost circumstan ality to our conclusion that the raft is "traced practically to ie Governor himself." The own facts of graft collection ,e so ,l.-ar and the conditions e so convincing that we have >r oursehes reaCed a ioral U .LllkiZ:,ir i ~ i~cty >vii-n..n i ih - mat---r.-Upon culd . ue r ti. ;.:l t ru a U.' CU;i1' '(ouls t e-l i . -a -a: U. d frem. nt o ut, s' en. And now let men drop into ose matters which rre a little rsonal. It seems to be the >nvettonal thing in jouralismc >do everything behind the edi rial "we." V'iews are put >rth, characters blackened, in Emous libels and malicious lies ropagated under the all em acing imnpersonal-personal pro un, first person, plural num ar. -We" has covered a multi tde of smns. It has also ot~ord i safety against just and unjust lysical attack, and if it has ut brave men to it has as often ved cowardly writers fronm un mely graves. It is all very cc and all very conventional. ut somehow or other it seems Sus to be an evasion. When tiles amount to nothing more tan an impersonal view of im rsonal topics, nothing is to be oned and a great deal of ego sn to be lost., perhaps, in the suseof the pronoun '-I." But asmuch as the mission of this p~er is the eradication of evil govern menlt, and as most evil sovernment arises through .e -rruption of men; and as it necessary in proving the cor ption of men to come down om glitter ing generaltes to ecific charges, I feel that it uld be un wise and manifestly ijust if for another moment I lowed any doubt to linger ound the authorship of these ties, or if not always the ac al authorship, at least the in iiration. They are by John Grace, and whatever he as rts be is ready to prove. or ke the consequences. He says .LS ueCauLse outlv within theC last ok ee-rman u~aie\es and thugs ho rce.Ve m:>ra;- ec->uiragmnett om1 men~t hutger~ up areC said1 to C e Cu t reats aginlst hi, 11..r atie eLtappeaig here . For tt m be ca butr uter ug to hiap e'. a no fr-ow al ~c.ut 'l.are cimg uno 1r0 a Ot a' th- - 1 ei .s miuric-r -rhas ou a or t o --do the 0. To bUs fie dsQ adi hi em rsec . iVL r ea[ze that wxe are ti d >xA : at last to what has *nn.dd~ inL Charleston for a og time-- the telling of some .cvu ' ruhA; anid in the telling *.-c e-zrlain pers->us must be eee h IcLA else can the y t of :tar'etcc aiid the ..t - e.er 'know ;Wbe truth, and kuu'ug ni' i. Jrila abu~.t~ that reyTae te is iensarz i situa ~ 01, frlustance. " C l~o ... thbe >usticbl., are graft. ing Why 'oldn't wxe say~ it. a nd if n 3name namest'? And w' b -.I Ihouh e -nt o futher~ and shio-xi tha .ch tog~i.s are tolerated andc her upYour answeri wxil .-on or~se do it: it onlyx et, iftias.n wuo11 cares utn.j.Supose, then, we bat w 6:ek~\- that the amonnst the rural policemen, and that such is known and tol erated by the sheriff of this county. As fairminded citizens, would you hesitate to apply to him the same rule you would aDlyV to Blease? Do not misun dci stand us. We do not know and we cannot say that we be lieve with the same moral cer tainty that Martin is getting any of the graft, as in the case of Blease: but we do assert that for poiitical reasons at least fhe iknowingly tol-erates it. This we are able to prove beyond any reasonable doubt. Why then have not a right to assume that I our readers will engage with us in the same earnest discovery and elimiuation of these nearer home abuses? They seem verv anxious; to fasten upon Blease responsibility for the rotteness of conditions under his adminis tration. Why not as to Martin? Come now, readers, be honest. If anyone doubts that Mr. I Grace kiuows what he is talking about, we publish the annexed letter to disabuse his mind of the error. Fur good reasons at present we withhold the writers' name. Charleston, S. C., June 13, 1912. Hon. John P. Grace. Mayor, Charleston. Dear Sir: I see by the daily papers that von are summoned to testify be fore the investigating dispen sary comm-ttee. Such being the case I want to say that being thorouglily familiar with coundi tions. also charges that you made through your paper, which I suppose is the cause for this summous, I would be glad to render you any assistance or I testimony that would be of ser vice to you. As you will no doubt recall the fact that during the campaign. things became so strong, I was advised that Ben Stothart was promised a pardon, in the event of him putting me (the writer) out of the way, as 1 knew too much and would talk; furthermore I collected some of the money that those human vampires and bloodsuckers forced these poor people to give u0. Please let it be understood that I am not offering this as the olivo branch, but it is only a case where you are right, and I am with you in this particular, likie in all cases I am with any .mn thit I f-el ;s right. Tutjr:;->n,, ir y* u need mi or iy services you are at liberty io cl on me. Respectfuliy." WHAT WILL HAPPEN? The battle royal at Unicago i attracing so much attention that newspaper readers have little tunei for other reading than the convention news. Who is going to get the nomination is the ques tion asked by everybody. Will Teddy bolt the conventton is an other one put every time there is anything said about the doings at Chicago. William Jennings Bryan is one of the visitors at the convention in the capacity of a newspaper reporter. and where ever he appears he is applauded b y the Republican delegates, which shows the Great Corn moner is popular even with the opposition, when he is not in the running himself. If things do not go well at Chicago for Ted dy, and Harmon should walk off with the nomination at Balti more, would it surprise the na tives for a third party to spring into existence with Bryan and Roosevelt as the leaders? Both of these distinguished politicians are what is known these days asI "Progressives," they are practi caly of the same political faith, neither are sticklers for party name, Bryan oroke into the po litical arena as a Populist, and Roosevetsneaked under the tent as a Mugwump, so if the two g~reat parties do not put forward a platform of principles with a nominee to fit, it would not be at all surprising for new alignments to come from these conventions. Both Bryan and Roosevelt have taken ~up the illusion that they are necessary for the sav ing of the country fr-om going to the bow wows, without them there would be no existence, everyth ing and everyboody would c swalowved by the great oppo) sition. and the freedom 'promis ed '>y the tlaig of the country would be forever furled, the coivetions and the elections may come and they maiy go, but me country wil go rig~h! on even) at-r both Bryani and Roosevelt hve been cal kd hither to give a. account ot theiri ste wardship - 1. Tie miass will not Todty's disp~atche~s inuirate t 'at Ta ifi be nominat d, Elihu Rov as made t :nr ny cza r. Mr L S. Co:.ni >r. f O 1g ourg, who im~U. a~z.Usuued that he would be a candidate for Gov ernor, did not show up with his pledge and his assessment fee, hece he did not throw his hat into the ring. But J. T. Duncan, of Columbia. has ilung~ his hat there and when he gets warmed up it is expected that he wll: have a lot of hot stutT to throw at both of the other candidates for Governor. Just what Duncan is running for we cannot under st:d. lHe surely does not expect to win. lie knows full well We lines are drawn so tightly that bie will not have a look in, b~t if is purpose is merely to ause the two other candidates we do no think the miasses will ive him the close attention a ca:didate for a high otlice usual v meits GRACE CANNOT DELIVER. The congressional contest in the first district will be between Hon. George S. Legare and a Mr. H. Leon Larisy. Both are from Charleston, Mr. Larisy is un known to the masses, and we must believe his entering the race is for the purpose of getting acquainted with the voters of the district. but with no hope what ever of winning against Mr. Le gare who is one of South- Caro lina's most faithful servants, and now that there is strong nope of a Democratic administration we know the people of this district would not be willing to change for a new man. What is needed in Washington is experience, Le gare has this and when there is something to be done he can be depended upon to know where to go to get it. We have only a speaking acquaintance with this new aspirant for congress, our recollection of him is his activity in behalf of Grace in the last municipal election in Charleston, and wesuppose he is to be reward ed by getting the Grace sup port in Charleston. We will ven ture however, to say that George Legare has friends among the supporters of Grace that will sacrifice Grace a hundred times -:fore they would go back on him once. Legare will be elected overwhelmingly. It is to be hoped that the two leading newspapers of the State in reporting the campaign meet ings will do. honest newspaper work, and give to each of the candidates a non-partisan write up of the meetings. The read ing public is entitled to this much, regardless of how partisan the reporters of the newspapers are personally; everybody can not attend the meetings but thev, in the quiet of their homes can read just what took place if the reports are honestly made, but it the meetings are written up from a partisan standpoint, to make one side appear the favorite, the voters will soon get on to the method and instead of in - fluenceing the public mind it will have the opposite effect. There is another thing we would be glad to see, that is for the chair man of the party to hold the scales of justice with an even hand. Wuile it is. known that [ion. John Gary Evans is. a strong partisan generally, and Ile hates Bie Lse; he is .right now th- head of the party, anti decenev as well as fairness, suoulc demandt that he does not manifest a partisan spirit now. But returning to ihe news papers, it will be remembered hjow the game was worked by them two years ago, and how it was received by the masses: this should be a lesson for their guidance in this campaign. The voters of the. State are very dis criminating. theycan tel wheth er or not a newspaper story is fair or unfair, and wherr they read the ac~ounts of the politi cal gatherings they are .fully competent to judge whether or not any of the candidates is getting a square deal. TI.e Baltimore convention will be the next place for the politic ians to gather at, and already they are filling up the hotels in that city. Among the leading forc es at tbe Democratic convention there will be as fierce a struggle as the Republicans underwent, with this difference, the Repub licans went at each others throats and will never get over the row among them, while the Demo crats will fight for their men as long as there is a chance and then join with the majority to help carry the party to the White House in triumph. CLAIMS FOR CANDIDATES. Washington, D. C., June 17th. Special to The Times.-Speak er Clark will be nominated at Baltimore because he is the only candidate that will go before the Democratic Convention who can carry a sufficient nuthber o f doubtful states to insure his elec tion. This is the opinion held by leading Democrats in Chicago after a careful analysis of the situation. Speaker Clark has carried, in conventions or in primaries, enough of the doubtful States to isre his election in the event of his nomination, should lie carry the same States in Novem ber.~ Taking the primar-y vote of States in which Ciark has con tested with other aspirants for the votes of the people, Clark's popuar majority is nearly 200, Wui. He has carried solidily the States5 of Arizona, Arkansas, Cal ifornia. Colorado. Ida ho, Illinois, ow, Kauis's Kentucky, Mary .n. Mass :nos ts. 2Mi1-s5 Mot;'nj N)~r. u New t.i ap suiet, Ne adai. New Mrxco, Rh. d -Is aid, Wat innIon, West Virgimia and Wyounn. In addi tion to this remnark-able phalanx of States he has a majority of the delegates in Louisiana, Micbi iran and Lennessee, with half of the vote of the State of Okla homa. In this liit of States, Cal ifornia, Colorado, Idaho, Il linois, Kansas. Maryland, Missouri, Ne braka, Montana, Wyoming and West Vi rginlia are properly class ed as donubtfuil States, no matter hat the Chicago Convention mihl:t do. for r-hether- one man or another should he nominated at Chicago, the dlefection from the Republican ranks would be suicient to make these States ighting ground for the Demo cracy. and ther-efore these are donbtf al States. Their total elec toral vote is ill. Tnere are 532 electoral votes, of which the suc cessful candidate must receive 267. Whoever is nominated at Baltimor-e is certain to 3arry aaa, Arizona Florida, Ar Kansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Ken tucky. Mississippi. North Caro lina, Nevada, New Mexico, Okla tioma, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee and Virginia, with n total electoral vote of 159. Those who have followed the contes1 for the Democratic nominatior must regard as significant th( amazing strength of Clark in s( many doubtful States, for he ha: carried 11 of the 18 States com monly classed as doubtful. N< other candidate for the Demo cratic nomination will have a Baltimore a single doubtful Statt in which Clark has contested foi the State's delegation. Agains any Republican nominee, Clarl is practically certain to carry ii November the 11 doubtful State: he carried in the primaries. H( can, of course, carry every Den ocratic State. This would giv( the Speaker, as the Democrati< nominee, 270 electorai votes, 0: more than the required majorit, in the electoral college, not tak ing into account the seven doubt ful States in which his nane wa: not Dresented to the Democrat: in the local primaries that pre ceded the election of delegates t< Baltimore. These States are Con necticut, Delaware, Indiana, NeN Jersey, Maine, New York an Ohio. This is a most remarkabl, showing. Certainly a candidat, for the nomination who si conclusively demonstrates- hi strength in doubtful States tha he has carried, can carry othe doubtful States in which he ha won a number of the delegation or in other doubtful States fron which he will have votes at Bal timore. No other candidate fo the Democratic nommination C muster the certa-in and fixei strength in the election campaig: that the Speaker has alread, shown in the campaign for th nomination. Titanic Number Two. [BY A MINISTER'S SON.1 Sometime ago the aristocrat and money kings of our stat set about to construct a politica sbiD which would break the rE cord made by the liner, -Th People," commanded by Capi Blease. Capt. Ira B. Jones ha been placed in command: th anti-Blease editors have charg of the engines and boilers (fo they have an abundance of hc air) and Gonzales of The State has appoint-'d himself chairma Of board of directors. Anothef Ismay. No means have bee spared in equiping this vesse: and she has been heralded fa and wide as unsinkable. Thi steamer is bound for the poi known as Governor's Mansior but unless those in control hee, the many messages sent out t them, Capt. Jones, with all o board, exce'pt "'Gonzy," trul will go down; for they are goin; at too rapid rate, and are in th midst of some enormous ice bergs. known to political pilot as farners and working-men A casual inspection of the pas sengers embark~ed upon this frai craft will bring expressions c mingled joy and sorrow. Trul; it is a glorious sight to beholi great social lions and financier equalizing themselves w 1 t brawn and muscle; but wheni becomes so evident that samei done for selfish motives. iti nauseating. Capt. Jones an< crew have been warned of dan ger, and now we find this ele gant gentleman actually gom.: among the steerage passenger: and assuring them of his goot will. There are tive distinc classes of human freight upoi the Jones ship. First, we tinc the aristocrats. Second, the money power, but without muck 'blue-blood.' Third, the -would be' aristocrats. Fou-rth, thos< zonscientiously op p os ed t < Blease's policies. Fifth, thos< pposed to a governor usims pardoning power. Everyone understands whj the first t wo classes oppos' Blease. Simply because he is self made man, and opposes heir selfish methods. Trhe) on't consider him their socia qual. The third class had an estors who were "big bugs' and they hope to gain recogni ion by allying themselves witi: Lhose opposed to C. 1B. Thlis ib big blunder, for though they ay be proud of their ancestors would said ancestors be p~rout >f such coat-tail swinger's? Well [ guess not. Fourth class is th( uly erass whicb Jones shouud be proud of. Fifth, of thiose oppos a to governor s usimg paracoumna power, should cuss themn thau e~sted hian with such authority. ind stop abusing Blease, be ause he uses the power giver im. Many of the lust mentionec ittally don't know~ tihe '.iffer ,e e:.x en i p.arao a par been misl 'c by tm-' ;pp n is . B3ien-e. WViein a jo ,r deci\ .1 .' I long term.L andO a richi deVd 1 . short one, C. B3. steps ini aid idjsts matters. by reducing tin former's sentence. Is thu wrong? No. Now, as the granc ld Jones ship goes down nex August. let all- board aisi ad sing one s..;e of tha .thetic ballad: HIark frm theIi~( polis these doleful nmans, Cobl i, a'oe has'tree d !oor f r'a Jonews. T1he hiher the . Judge' gos u th T1he Ud~i~'ei h is ('hanC s ::eclu m be Brothecr Gonzales. please ris< the tune and sing withlout liniinlg That was an amxusing sp'cta ee sonme of tie bittere'st ce'enne of Senator Tilhunan mnade suel: af'ectionate sp.ecbes in is, be half at theC county conveintion.S But you can't fool all the puit all the time, and when you tra to defeat Blease by accepting en, von are making a mniseue. First Meeting at Sumter Yesterday. The campaign for State ofilees formially opeied in the court house at 11 o'clock today. with ali the ca.ndidates present. As a preliminary to the meeting the candidates met in the jury room at 10:30 and organized for the campaign and agreed upon a pro graimme for the meeting today rand arranged for a division of ltime between the several candi dates. The candidates for Gov ernor to have 45 minutfs each, for Attorney (;eneral 15 minutes -ach. Treasurer1. 10 rninutes each. Railroad Commissioner 15 minu tes each, other unopposed candi I dates 5 winutes. Today the un optposed candidates made no speeches. it being agreed that they make this concession on ac - count of the late hour at which a the meeting opened. The unop posed candidates were merely 'announced by the chairman. When the hour for the meeting to open arrived the court room was packed to the doors and the ;jcrowd was still assembling. It 5 was evident that not half of those who were anxious to hear the candidates could gain admission to the room, so it was decided to adjourn to the front portico be 1 fore calling the meeting to order. The announcement was made and a the crowd repairQd to -the lawn in front of the court house and Z5rouped themselves under the a shade of the trees and at other t points of vantage. filling the por tico to an uncomfortable degree. 3 packing the steps, filling tl 3 windows of the offices and couri I room and occupying every avail able place within hearing. At a r conservative estinate the crowd numbered one thousand,althougl: some of 'the candidates though1 3 that estimate too low by at leas1 i two hundred. e The crowd was attentive and orderly, as a whole, but there were ten or fifteen boys who were enthusiastic Bl ease partisans and were either unable to restrair their enthusiasm when other can didates were speaking, or came to the meeting for the purpose of interrupting the opponents of their idol. They interrupted Mr. Duncan frequently, and while Judge Jones was speaking they a kept up a running comment, and e punctuated his speech w i t h cheers for Blease. Judge Jones r stood the annoyance well and go1 back at the noise-makers ~with telliig effoct by relating several r jokes tue applieation of whicl was very evident. Botlh Judge Jones and Gov. Blease were heartily applauded. but there was no wild enthusiasm S or long sustained cheers thal were once upon a time the strik ing features of political meeting in this State. In comparison with some of the meetings that have been held in Sumter, the one to day was a timne affair. The chie: characteristic of the meeting wa~ the evident earnestness of thE ~great majority of the crowd, thE desire to hear what the candi dates for Governor had to say and to weigh and consider thE claims they advanced in thei2 own behalf for the suffrage oJ the people. The crowd was com Sposed of citizens of Sumter, Lee, SClarendon, and s sprinkling oi tCalhoun and Orange burg people. Fully half the audience were noi Sresidents of the city, for, despitE the f:te that the stores were closed ;com 11 to 1 o'clock, there was not a miarkedl predomination Sof town people in the crowd. If noise counted~ for anything it could be justly claimed that it is a Ulease crowd; but it was a not ceab ek fact that comparative ly few took part in the cheering that was indulged in. It was a listening crowd, niot a yelling mob, and it is the silent vote triat counts in the primary. As soon as the crowd had set tled dowvn after the change of base, County Chairman J. H. Clifton called the meeting to or der., announced that the crowd should preserved good order and give each and ever speaker a re spectful hearing. He in trod uced as the tir st speaker. His Excellency, Gov. Cole L. Blease. Before beginning his set speech Governor Blease stated that he desired to remind his hearers that it was rumored up and down the State two years ago that if he was elected Gov ernor, the State would be ruin ed. that the pubiie credit would be des troyed and prosperity would depart. In proof of the falsite ot this chaLrge he would cite the fact that only yesterday le had, as Governor signed notes of the tate for a loan o) iOU0,000 at3per cent ierest. as low, if not los er lowerL rat., than ever before obtained by~ the State on a loan. exceptu las .vear, also in hi i.- . I. i i.,t o . .\i e ;muniey o~l..a -n -4 . s u- i Cat *~ :,r .r- '. iU ore :n l a peo '* a t ume.~ a:u tiast yet was hebanner year in the re ctip1t of fees ou n oorationi cbar turs by the Secretatry of State. ITese facts do not indicate that the~ Stte has been ruined by a It r, June 1tlJh. Catarrh Cannot be Cured HOME MISSIONS. MANNING AUXILIARY Let not Him who hath called us to this work of missions make this complaint against us: "Israel doth not know; my people doth c not consider." The Missionary Voice is a - veritable text book for those who wish to know the conditions and a methods of advancing the King- 0 dom of our Lord. Every woman and man as well, ] interested in the work should t have this magazine and induce others to read it. Mrs. F. H. Shuler is the agent for both Foreign and Home Mis sions of Manning Auxilary. Hand her 50 cents, friends, and 2et this very best help for one year, or sena. to Mrs. S. L. Mar shall, Editorial Secretary, 810, Broadway, Nashville, Tenn. THE YELLOW HAMMER. And the Tie That Binds the Birj to the State of Alabama. It is not generally known that the state bird of Alabama is the yellow hammer. In explanation of this fact the chairman of the fish and game commission of the state writes as fol lows: "As a matter of history it is known that Confederate uniforms became scarce toward the end of the war; therefore in order to provide the gal lant Confederates with proper clothing the good women picked the cotton, carded it into rolls, spun them into thread, wove it on home made looms into cloth, and then they - were dis tressed to find that they did not have nor could they procure the dye with which to color the cloth they had made. They deliberated over this vexed question for many days, and finally an Ingenious dame suggested that hickory bark be boiled and that the cloth be dipped into the yellow water that would result from the boil ing process. "The happy thought was enthusi astically hailed, and tidings of the solu. tion swept the state, and so all the uniforms were made of bright yellow cloth. The coats were made with long tails, and the soldiers that wore them, when they ran after the enemy, very much resembled the yellow hammer, the bird that seems to dip through the air as gracefully as does the seagull skim the waves of the opal ocean." Birmingham Age-Herald. Castles of El Morro. There are two things about San Juan which are to be found in almost every part of Spanish America where there are mountains or highlands. One is the statue of Columbus; the other is the castle of El Morro. Most people of the United States are more familiar with Morro castle In Havana. When they hear there is another Morro at Santiago in Cuba and then another in Porto Rico they wonder what it means. The explanation is quite simple. These castles or citadels are located on pro jecting necks of high land which domi nate the harbor entrances. El Morro In Spanish simply means "the snout" Some of the picturesqueness of the term seems to disappear when we speak of a snA of land, but it is very good geographical terminology.-Chris tian Herald. Birth of a Play. Mr. Frohman Is said to possess the gift of seeing the germ of a play in the slightest incident or sentence. An American journalist once wrote to him: "Dear Sir-Why couldn't a play be written round 'Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonighty" Mr. Frohman grasped the idea and replied, "Excellent; come and see me." A few days later he received a wire saying: "Can't come. If used send $500." The check was sent, David Belasco, the dramatist, was called in, and the result was a very popular play, "The ;reart of Maryland."-Excanlff. Don't Let Indigestion K Starve You. Eat Good food won't hurt you. R. L T. taken before retiring will make you enjoy your meals and digest your food. You will soon become strong and healthy. R. L.T. The Liquid Liver Regulator Cures Indigestion by restoring the aigestive organs to healthy, natural action. It contains nothing but harm less oils extracted from roots and herbs. R. L. T. works promptly and does not gripe. Its benefits are per manent. Guaranteed as represented or money refunded. 50c and $1 Bottles Ask Your Druggist Prepared by R. LT. (,o. Anderson, S. C. FORl SALE BY eigers Pharmacy PAY YOUR BILLIS by Cheek. wich mnakes the best kInd of a receipot. and thus avoid the worriy and danger attending te carrying of large sums of money. HOME Bank and Trust Co. CANDIDATES FOR CLERK OF COURT. " HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A CAN - didate for the office of Clerk of Court for larendon County. subject to the rules of the emocratic primary. T. MITCH WELLS. ")LEDGING TO ABIDE BY THE RULES . of the Democratic Primary. I hereby an ounce myself a candidate for re election to the Mce of Clerk of Court of Clarendon County. ARCHIE . BARRON. r ANNOUNCE MYSELF A CANDIDATE for the office of Clerk of Court, subject to se rules of the Democratic Primary. J. H. TIMMONS. FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR. r AM A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE Lof County Supervisor for Clarendon County, ubject to the rules of the Democratic party. FRANK P. ERVLN. A T THE EARNEST SOLICITATION OF . my friends I announce myself as a Candi ate for Supervisor of Clarendon County, sub et to the rules of the Democratic primary. W. R. DAVIS. r O The Voters of Clarendon County: I hereby announce myself a candidate for he office of County Supervisor of Clarendon ;ounty, subject to the action of the Democratic >rimary. I was a candidate tor this ofmce eight ears ago. and was defeated only by a very few rotes. I have since felt very grateful to the >eople for the support given me in that electio7 md in submiting my candidacy I do so entirely >n my own merit, and upon this I ask the sup >ort of the people of the county, and if elected, : promise to- look closely after every section >f the county and to faithfully discharge every luty of the office to the best of my ability. H. L. JOHNSTON E HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A CAN didate for County Supervisor, subject to the -ules of the Democratic Primary. J. B. HOLLADAY. FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A CAN didate for re-election to the office of County Superintendent of Education, subject to the rules and regulations governing our Democratic primaries. E. J. BROWNE. FOR SHERIFF. SUBJECT TO THE RULES OF THE DEMO cratic party, I hereby oiler myself for re election to the office of Sheriff of Clarendon County. E. B. GAMBLE. FOR SOLICITOR. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A CAN didate for re-election to the office of Solicitor of Third Judicial Circuit, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. PHILIP H. STOLL. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A CAN didate for the oMce of Solicitor-for the Third Judicial Circuit. subject to the rules of the Dem ocratic primary. THOS. H. TATUM. FOR CORONER. TIHE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF CLAR endon County: I wish to announce that I am a Candidate for the office of Coroner for Ularendon County, subject to the rules that overn the Primary election. HARVEY C. BAGGETT. OTHE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF CLAR ~ ENDON COUNTY:-. Feeling that I can discharge the duties of the office of Coroner with honor to myself and credit to the county, I herety announce myself as a candidate for the ofce of Coroner for Claren don county, pledging myself to abide the result of the Democratic Primary. JOHN L JOHNSON. HEREBY ANNOUN'CE MYSELF A CAN didate for Coroner of Clarendon County, sub ject to the rules of the Democratic primary. I am a graduate of Cedar Springs Institute for the deaf and the blind, I performed all of the duties that was assigned to me there. I have also made a good moral character here in the town of Manning. THEODORE V. GRAY. FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. IERB ANONEMYSELF A CAN diaefrthe Hou-e of Representatives. subject to the rules of the Democratic party. JOS. H. BURGESS. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A CAN didate for the House of Representatives, subject to the rules of the Democratic Primary. - R. D. WHITE. T EEWLL BE QUESTIONS OF IM prnctocome up in the next general as sembly, and with my practical experience as a Legislator, I feel that I can be of service. I therefore announce myself a candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to the decis ion of the Democratic Primary. L M. WOODS. T ANNOUNCE MYSELF A CANDIDATE a. for re-election to the House of Representa tives from Clarendon county, subject to the rules governing the Democratic Primary. HENRY B. RICHARDSON, JR. I ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS A CA NDIDATE for re-election to the House of Representa tives, subject to rules of tuie Democratic pri mary. JAMES REAVES. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A CAN didate for the House of Representatives sub ject to the rules of the Democratic Primary. E. M. KENMEDY. FOR MAGISTRATE. TO THEVOERS OF MANNIN~G JUI sult of the Democratic primary, I hereby an nounce myself a candidate for the offie of Mag istrate at Mannig. Respectfully. EDGAR DICKSON. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE DEMOCRAT Ic voters of the Manning judicial district to continue me In the Magistrate offce for two years more, pledging myself to abide the action of the voters at the approaching primary elec tion, May 27th, 191s. D. J. BR ADHAM. FOR TREASURER. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MY CANDIDACY for re-election to the offce of County Treas urer, subject to -the rules of the Democratic party. L. L. WELLS. FOR AUDITOR. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A CAN didate for re-election to the offce of County Auditor, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. ANDRE W P. BURGESS. FOR UNITED STATES SENATE. T HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A CAN .didlate for the United States Senate, subject to the rules of the Democratic Primary. Your support and influence will be appreciated. N. B. DIAL, Laurens, S. C. BUSINESS I.0CAI.S. Rub-Mvy-Tism will cure you. Rub-My-Tism will cur e vou. For Sale--Man's Bicycle, almost new $17 50. J. H Lesesne. For Sale-18 Columbia Wyandott Ha-ns and 2 Coc-k. price S20.00. Joseph Yassney. For Sale.-12 X 12 Lidldell Auro~ma tic Engine. 7 X 12 Ar :-s Engine. 9 X 12 Chandler & Taylor Engine- All in fine conditionl. Also two good mules. W' Scott H-arvin. Two fine Milch Cows, now milking, two Eal!ons and over each daily. J N. McKinzie, Alcoiu. S. C. Itch relieved in 30 minutes by Wool ford's Sanitary Lotiou. Never fails. Sold by Dickson Drug Co., druggists. Farm Wanted-Several Marlboro farmers have asked to get them farms in Clarendon. Write me what you have and best price. R. Coshy Newton. Benettsville, S. C 5 or 6 doses 666 will break any Case of Chills and Fever-: it acts on the liver better than Calotnel. and does not gripe or sieken. 25. AIRANT'S DRUG STORE Licensed Druggist, Sells Everything in DRUGS and MEDICINES LETRIC BILIOUSrEsS" E TT~ E RS AND KIDNEY&