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eMnning Eimss. L.4OUI. APPEL'r. Fditor IANNING. S. C., AUG. 5. 1914. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY DEMAGOGISM. The average politician seems to have the idea that anything is fair in political debater any. im pression he can make which is not literally a lie is legitimate, and, it is for the other side to straighten out the tangle or prove to the contrary. Not long sidce there took place a mock campaign meeting for the benefit of charity, one of the debaters charged his opponent with fav oring social equality, and by in direction proved his charge. He said that his chaffeur was at that time wearing the clothes of his opponent, and his opponent could not deny it. The impres sion sought to be created was, his - opponent and the negro caffeur were on -such terms of social intimacy they would wear each other's clothes, the fact is, the chaffeur was really wearing a suit of cast off clothing given him by the gentleman debating n the other side. In other words, a truth half told is often -the wickedest kind of a lie. Mr. W. P. Pollock, one of the candidates for the United States Senate attempts to make politi ca capital out -of the fact hat in , Charleston , county there are many foreigners, or as he terms 'them "Fur nuers" registered to . vote, audi these "Furriners" kill the -tes-of the natives. His idea isocreate a false impression rough prejpdicing te unthik ingaaist a class of citizens who are entitled to vote under constitution and laws as much so as-is the native to the nanor born. The names Pol lock reads at the campaign meet foreears of many of them have leen ii America longer than 'the orehears of Mr. Pollock, they -an trace theirancestry back to time when they left their ative lan without. compulsion twcome.to the land of the free -and theh4me of the brave. Mr. Poilock's ancestry may be able ~> o do the same, but we have neer seen a irecord that gave e his.incestors a clean sheet or Sclearance card. -The "Furriners" referred ,to <- bPollock are Dot only. citizens ~ today and entitled .to all .the rthts of 'the native born, .but they were citizens in the daysof f etrevoldtionary war, the war -~with Mexicos and the war be tween the States. Scan the Srecords and the same names 'Pouock undertakes to speak of eleorfulyare to be found on erolls of the German Artil Sley, the Fuzilers, Lafayette rtillery, Irish .Volunteers, ~~:Washington Light -Infantry, B -.umter Guards and the several ~-'ompanies of Charleston that placed themselves upon the - altar of their country-the bloody iields of Virginia, Tennessee and 1be other fields where the soldier of the Confederacy was ordered to defend the: principles of the South. Read the names upon the monumerts erected -to the memory of the confederate dead' and .the names of these sae"Furriners" will be seen. 'ake the name of "Pollock," if -it is not a foreign namie, then we -confess -that the name of the pawn broker usually seen on the signs in a-city with the prefix 'Uncle,'tis altogether American. Pollock's harangues about the "Furriners" are disgustingly out of place; we venture to say did the Italian, French, German, Scotch,Irish.Swede,or Scandina vian societies, one or either of them invite this same Mr. Pol lock to deliver an address before them, he would, instead of glibly speaking of them in terms of scorn and derision as he is now doing on the hustings. he would be singing their praises, Iauding their ancestors, and pictuiring th em as t he greatest people on earth, but he is in politics now, and is ob sessed with the idea the masses are simps, and easily fooled. He holds up to scorn the name of Vincent Chicco, we do ifot think Mr. Pollock is informed - - about Mr. Chicco, other than that the man is said to be selling -liquor, and this may be true. *Charleston, unfortunately per haps, has never taken kindly to the liquor regulations of this State, no more so now, than un der the administrations of Till m xan, with his arm of constables. Evans with a metropolitan po lice force to aid& in the enforce ment of the law, Ellerbe, Mc Twe eney, Heyward, and Ansel. Tha w is obnoxious to the no ple and it will not be respected. Chicco does not respect the law, neither do some who are not "furriners." and some of these are natives and officers in churches of Charleston. But Chicco the citizen, before the trying days of 1376 lived in Charleston, yes, when Pollock was in his swaddling clothes this same Vincent Chicco was per forming a public duty faithfully and well. When the alien and the scalawag had their heels up on the necks of this people, and the humiliation became unbear able, Chicco responded to the call of our leaders and manfully did he risk his all -for the deliv erance of this State. Chicco was one of the reliabies in 1876. As a member of the Charleston police force he was entrusted with the dost risky beats of the city; where life and limb was in danger, he could be relied upon to do his full duty and obey the orders of his superiors, and to day, in the city of 'Charleston, regardless of what is said of his liquor traffic, there are many of the older citizens who feel under great obligations to Chicco. It is the meanest kind of ingrati tude to hold up to the scorn of the younger generation, a man who has done so much for the land of his adoption. The courts are to try violators of law, and not the hustings. When Pollock speaks of "fur riners" he should go a little slow. He should know that in the list of names he reads are men living today who are large ly responsible for the develop ment of this State, no doubt they have some of their money invested in what was once the "God-forsaken" sand hills of Chesterfield County, the home of Mr. Pollock, and, 'these same men have filled places of honor at home and abroad-he should remember what is thought of the bird that befouls its own nest. Oh, says Mr. Pollock, these ---:-rier' kill the votes of the natives.. The -inference. being the 'furriners" are ignorant and ,the natives are educated, but let us see. Take up the issue of.The News and Courier of July 24th. and we find the foreign names or what purports to be foreign from thei' sound, to be written out in English-in full by the writer thereof. and many, yes, very 'many of the American names signed with their cross marks; this too in the city proper, where there are as fine schools, day and night, as can be found in any city, in the Union. In the country in Charleston county the same condition exists, many natives -sign with their cross mnarks, while the "furriners" sign for themselves. We es specially noted the club rohi of Adams Run, a section of Char leston county noted for its ex cellent people. aristocrats of aristocrats, where the taste of speggetti, or the smell of Lim berger cheese is unknown, where they never hear a hand organ or see a banana unless they visit the city to take their products to market to sell. The Adams Run section is solely American and native Carolin ians to the manor born, there tre practically no "furriners" among them, and yet, the rec ords as compiled Iby The News and Courier from the club book filed with the County Chairman of the Democratic party shows the lamentable fact that out of 118 names upon the Adams Run Democratic Club roll 49 names are signed with cross marks. Kill the votes of- the natives, who is killing the votes of the natives? It is not the men with foreign names. it is those who boast of their Americanism but keep their brethern in total ig norance. Go to any portion of Charleston County that is large ly controlled by those who bear the narres of parents that came from across the ocean, and you will find schools and churches, civilizatior' and progress. Go elsewhere and their is ignorance and stagnation. It is disgusting in the extreme to hear a politician going over the country speaking disparing ly of "furriners,'' when it is known that many of the people his tongue so glibly handles are is equal, mentally, morally, so cially, and. commercially. Men who have riseni in this world in their respective* vocations are never heard attempting to create a prejudice against a class of our citizens by such means. We never- hear this sort of humbug gery except from some fiy-blow ing politician who is either . ig norant of wathe is tlii about, or heis presuming upon the ignorance of th~e masses; in either case, it is insulting to the DEMOCRACY STANDS. Clarendon is to be congratulat ed on the wisdom it manifested last Thursday when it declined to send delegates to the "Elimi nating Convention" that assem bled last Friday in Columbia. It so happened the writer was out of town on that day, and there fore did not attend the gather ing, as he probably would have done as an onlooker, but he was told on his return the vote stood 28 to 27 against sending dele gates. Capt. W. C. Davis pre sided over the meeting. Among those who opposed the proposi tion of eliminating candidates chopping them out to a. stand, were Messrs. Charlton DuRant, D. 3. Bradham and Joseph Sprott; the latter we are told made a strong speech against the scheme, and reminded his hearers of the turbulence and strife created by the Haskell movement. Among those who favored action were Captain W.C. Davis, D. M.Bradham,0.C. Scarborough and others. We are glad this county acted sensibly and did not lend itself to be a fire!brand. Those of us who remember the trying days referred to in the remarks of Mr. Sprott. know what agony the people of this state suffered on account of the action of a few hot-heads; they remember the scenes enacted in every county in the state, how crowds of negroes were encouraged to turn out to the polls, and what had to be done to keep these people from overwhelming us at the ballot box. There were many men like Mr. Sprott who did not favor Tillman, and would have been glad had be been defeated in the primary, but after he was declared the nominee of the Democratic party they took their m'ediciue like good Demo crats and stood by their 'obliga tion, and, when the Haskell ticket was put. into the field these loyal anti-Tillman Demo crats manifested their disap proval in no uncertain terms,'in no uncertain manner, and stood ready to defend the cause of Democracy at any cost. It is with this ghost of the past in mind, menstrue and tried are unwilling to become tools for. to say the least of them, ah indiscreet set of politicians, who would ruin if they cannot rule. The Columbia State in a recent editorial undertook to defend the call for the "Eliminating Con ventlon," one of its arguments was, the call was not without precedent. We would reannd The State the rules of the Demo cratic party . as changed for the purpose of putting a stop to the conventions which it recites as precedents. In 1890 the tamous March convention was held and suggested Tillman -for governor, this was followed by the Independent Convention which put forward Haskell, then later a convention put forward Pope, but at that time there was nothing in the rules prohibiting such conventions, excepting the Haskell convention, the rules then, and now, pledged a voter and candidates to support the nominees of the party, but the Haskellites did not stand by their pledges, and after partici pating in the regular primary and got whipped, refused to sub mit, and put forward an Inde pendent ticket. Hampton him self"saidjan Independent is worse than a Radical." In those troub lus days to be charged with being a Radical was the limit of a Democrat's scorn. The loyal leaders of the Dem ocratic party after their exper ience with the Haskell and Pope movements, placed a provision in the party rules and oath that candidates are required to take, which makes such schemes* as the "Eliminators" proposed, impossible in the Democratic party-any candidate who ac cepts a nomination from - a fac tion is debarred from participat ing in the primary, therefore, The State's contention that the movement for the "Eliminating Convention". has a number of precedents will not hold. We admit there was a time when independent movements were attempted, but the patriotic people of the state realized the danger of such movements to white man's supremacy, and ended them forever by political ly ostracising any man who con templated such a movement. It is amusing to see how these "Eliminators" met at the Jeffer son Hotel in Columbia, the same place where the new party rules were prepared, and after look ing about them adopted a reso lution declaring that it was not necessary to put forward a can didate or to chop out the candi dates to a stand, as Bleaseism was dead. We did not know efore that BRaseism had any thing to do with the race for i governor, a majority of the can- 1 didates for that office are recog- ) nized as unfavorable to Governor Blease, but Blease is not running for governor, therefore, we do not see what the opposition to Governor Blease has to do with ( the race for governor, neverthe- 1 less, it does have a whole lot to do with it according to the gen- ; blemen who are opposing Blease i for the United States Senate, if I they are right that Bleaseism is 1 dead, them it seems to us they : would be glad to discuss before t the voters something more en- 1 lightning than who they favor I for the senate. When it comes to the race tor the senate there is a line up, Blease and Smith, it cannot be otherwise, but for the other 1 offices, we contend there is no line 1;p, we contend that the two 1 Smiths, Clinkscales, Cooper and 1 Manning will get votes that are also going to be cast for Gov- 1 ernor Blease, and we have no doubt that Richards and Irby will also get a large number of Blease and antWBlease votes, but we do- not believe their is, or has been any understanding among the Blease-, ites to vote for any particular candidate for governor; had the "Elimination Convention" settled down -on one or more candidates, ifwould have forced similar action. on the part of those who were eliminated, and the man put forward by the eliminators would have been crushed out of political exis tance, by the help of the out raged eliminated. THE RECORDS MORE NERTE. The Columbia-Record is mak ing a bold effort to assume the leadership for the anti-Bleaseites it has become so -bold that it has even attempted-to dictate whom the antiBlesseites shall vote for,. but its presumption is being re sented by the two SunIth's, and properly so. By what right does this newcomer into the state presume to dictate to. the voters who they shall vqte for. True, Editor Moore did work -in South Carolina many years ago; we think under the Reform regime he managed to get a magistrate's office in Charleston or perhaps he was an applicant for it and failed, then he had the nerve to run for attorney general, we are sure he failed in this; the next we heardof him he had gone back to hisliome in North Caro lina, and found a job in Macon, Ga., where he worked onanews. paper until the Robertson inter ests gave him a-job in Columbia. to edit The Columbia Record. He 'has hardly been in i the state long enough to be a quali fled voter in the primary, and yet, he presumes to tell the Democratic voters they should vote for R. A. Cooper, R. I. Manning or J. G. Clinkscales. He plans for-them to disregard their personal choice -and center upon the gentlemen name by him. Is 'it any wonder that Hon Mendal L. Smith, Hon. Charles A. Smith .and Hon. Lowdnes J.Browning resent this attempt to stultify the princi ples of Democracy? We do not know whether or not this dicta tion will be accepted by the rank and file of the anti-Bleaseites, but we do know that there are many voters who purpose to vote as free - white men, and not be tied down by any factional string, among them is The Times editor. He r'efuses to let any man or set of men make him stultify himself,andere gardless of self appointed leaders he will cast his vote for Charles1 A. Smith of Timmonsville fori governor. He would regard it impertinance on the part of any| man to attempt "to lhne him up" to vote against personal choice. The Columbia Record was oneI of the first newspapers to decry factionalism, but it ti tinconsist ent; it would have the Bleaseites to disregard factional lines and I surrender their principles to bheir antagonists, but while it is|1 thus arguing it also seeks to in ensify factipnal divisions. The movement to get the opposition| to cut off some of the candidates of anti-administration views and concentrate upon men of its se-b ection, has done more towards 1 :riving the non-factional Blease tes towards John G. Richards than anything that has happen- I ed so far in the campaign-many Bleaseites who were considering|: Mvanning, Chnkscales, the twoi Smith's and Browning have now hanged their atti tude and will vote straightout for Richards on the first ballot, it was Generall Grant we believe, who said "the Democrats could be relied upon to do the fool thing at the right 14 time," and the friends of Rihards cn.n console themselves with the same thought about heir adversaries in this cam )aign. The people are tired of strife md bitterness, and would wel ome a cessation of it, but as ong as such newspapers as The 3olumbia Record are permitted o have influence with factional sts, instead of men voting upon ane, sensible lines, selecting heir candidates from the stand oint of merit, regardless of who he candidate himself will vote or, the division will become nore mark and intensified. The nasses are not children to flim lamed by the hypocritical pro lession of non-tactionalism, es ecially when they see for them elves that it is on the principle )f the white man's and Indian's irkey and buzzard trade. The hite man said "Indian you take she buzzard, and I'll take the urkey" The Indian thought a noment and said "No." Then he white man by way of com romise said "I'll take turkey md you take buzzard," turkey !or white man all the time. Just ;o is it with extremists, they ould do away with factionalism provided they do uot have to nake concessions to the other ade. Factionalism cannot be aiminated in this way, - nor can L few men dictate who the mass s shall vote for. TE WAR. Europe is threatened with the greatest war known to history, gbouldit materialize there is no telling where and when it will nd, but we hope and trust that its awfulness, and its far reach ing magnitude may appeal to aivilization and yet arrest the Donflict; each side making con essions, or localize it to the riginal source-the ancient rouble beween the Teutonic and Slav races. The Austrian aggression against Servia is regarded by Russia as an aggression against her, and as a consequence, the White Czar must meet the issue. Germany by the terms of the bripleallianee, which is compos d of Germany, Austra, and Ita ly must go to the aid of Austria. Then there is England, in an al liance with Russia and France under obligations to help Russia. 'urkey, and Bulgaria because of bheir allied interests will help he triple alliance; and Servia, Roumania, Mentenegro, and Greece,by their treaty obligations involves them ,against the side of the triple alliance-Germany, Austra, and Italy. What makes it probable that war is inevitable, is the fact that these countries have been expecting such an emergency for many years, and have been inaking preparations for it. If is comes it will be of short duration. While all of the civilized na ions of the world stand aghast it the outlook,~ and are earnestly praymng that this horror may yet be averted, there are men who are taking advantage of the con itions, to profit financially. It s true there is good cause for larm, the fact of the exchanges elosing, the Trans-A t 1 a n t i c iteamships being called in from ahe high seas, and a general de noralization appearing, i s ground for alarm. yet we lo not share in this apparent eneral alarm for the people of his section of the world. There will no doubt be some depression n the price of cotton, and in lation in the price of food stuffs. ut a Wise Providence has pro ided an abundant crop of corn. mnd regardless of what may be he ultimate result of the con roversy in Europe our pe$le ieed not fear starvation. There is no need to be pessi nistic, in other words the time s now when it behooves our eaders to look upon the bright side, and go on with their work >f harvesting their crops with a pirit of optimism, whistle and sing while you are picking your otton and breaking your corn, mud trust to Him who has so >ountifully blessed you to bring iings out for the best. At a time like this, many of ie alarming reports are started y those who desire to profit by the scare, that they may demor dize the people and take from hem their honest toil for a mere ittance; our advice is to be atient, and not let your pro. lucts get away from you until ron have satisfied yourself that Smarket price has been offered, and not even then while condi ions are in a demoralized state. henever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless hll Tonic is equally valuable as a eneral Tonic because it contains the vel knntoicpropertiesofQUININE nd IRON. It acts on the Liver, Dnives at Malaria, Enriches the Blood and wa~d m tea Whole Syatem. 50 cents. WHAT ROT? If the ingenious editorials in The State do not change simple minded people from their present purpose of voting then Editor Ball has been wasting a lot of beautiful thought (?) His edito rial entitled "Another word to Mr. Reader," is so far fetched that even the child can see its misleading purpose. If Editor Ball is aware that contributions are made by the unpronounce able names he refers to why does he not appeal to the law upon the statute books to stop this nefarious business. But we are satisfied The State's editor does not write of what he knows but of what has been told him. He accepts hearsay evidence that the things he hints are facts. We agree to the proposition that if "Nick Telouponaisas was making $3,000 a year out of an unlawful and unlicensed whiskey shop in Charleston" it would be a liberal contribution, and it can be set down that it was given not as a contribution; but "as one of the expenses of the liquor business." Not only would this be true of Mr. Telouponaisas of Charleston, but it would also be true of Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones of Columbia, and if the Greek is running an unlicensed liqaor business in Charleston he is violating the law, the same as the American who recently moved into Columbia from Lex ington or the sand hills of Rich land. Then why should The State be constantly exposing the sins of Charleston? It seems to us if hearsay evidence is to be. considered The State's editor could give the Law and Order League of Columbia valuable aid by walking out of his office for a few minutes to secure the evidence that Columbia is a blind tiger town. The call for the cotton con ference is timely, and we -hope it wil be attended by as many cotton growers, and we also hope that politicians will not take advantage of it to further their -aspirations. We do not know what can be done by a conference of this nature, but there is this much certain it can do no harm. and it might ac complish some good. The federal government, has signified its intention to take care of the farming interests; it will put sufficient money within* reach to prevent a panic, and tis call for a cotton congress at Washington with the President and the members of his cabinet in the conference some tangible scheme may be agreed upon by which the cotton farmers will not be embarassed by the pres ent upheaval - The suggestion to call an extra session of the legislature, in our opinion, is not to be considered for a moment. What can the 'legislature do towards relieving the present threatened distress ed conditions? Governor Blease as the power to call an extra session and we have no doubt he would do so did he see where the general assembly can be of service- If an extra session was called about the only thing it could do would be. to express it self through resolutions, but resolutions will not aid the farmer to hold his cotton until the trouble is over or the ae pression is relieved. How's This r We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by F.ll' CHiE~ & CO., Props.. Toledo. 0. We. the undersigned. have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years. and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and linan ci'ly able to carry out any obligations made by EST & TKUAX. wholesale druggists. Toledo.o0. WALINZG, KINNAN a MARVLN. wholesale drug Hsi Catarrh Cure is taken internally. actrm directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all trai' Famil -Pil ar th est. Bees Stopped Railway Traffic. Bees, held up railway traffic on the London and North-Western mail line near Shap Summit for several hours recently. The bees swarmed in a sig nal lamp. No relief was forthcoming until an official from Penrith dislodg e4 them. Tompkins and Tennyson. Kindly Hostess (to nervous reciter who has broken down in "The Charge of the Light Brigade")-"Never mind, Mr. Tompkins. just tell us it In your own words."-Punfchi. Marry and Get Used to !t. A young lady of my acquaintance gets extremely angry at times. She will throw knives or anything she can get her hands on. She jumpe, kicks and slams things at a terrific rate. What can be done ?--Query in Chicago Tribune. Denizens of the Underworld. A gentleman who visited one of the rock-cut tombs of the Lydian 'Desert found It tenanted by bats. They were so numerous that they swarmed over his person, while hundreds fluttered around him. Explorers of the pyr-a mids of Egypt have had similar expe i-ences; indeed, wherever there are caves, or crypts, or subterranean tun - nels, or church towers they are haunt Se byt -ata-centific American. Dogs of War That May Be Turned Lose. Peace Reserves Total War Avail_-le Strength Stren2th for Duty. Austria............390,000 1,610,000 2,000.000 3,000,000 6ervia...... ..... 32,000 208,000 240,000 TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Austria............90,000 1,610,000 - 2,000,000 3,000,000 Germany ..........870,000 4,430,000 5,200,000 1,000,000 Italy..........250.000 950,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 Totals ........1510,000 6,990,000 8,400,000 5,200,000 TRIPLE ENTENTE. Russia........1,290,000 3,000,000 5,000,000 5,200,000 EOaland ..... .254,500 476.500 730,000 2.000,000 France..*........ 720,000 - 3,280,000 4,000,000 1,000,000 Totals.......,264,500 7,056,500 10,230,000 8,200,000 Boys and -Girls, AUTOMOBILE Given Away Free! SSave the Labels on SunshineI Biscuit Packages Pur. chased at our St6re.0 Wrappers on all 5c. Sunshine Packages count ...I vote. Wrappers on all 100. Sunshine Packages count..... 2 votes. Wrappers on all .15c. S unsbine Packages count. ..,. 3 votes. Wrappers on all 25c. Sunshine Packages coant..... 5 votes. Waappers on all 3Oc' Sunshine Packages count..". 6 votes. Wrappers on all 50C. 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