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A 'J. ' v* r " ""COLBY BLAZE" IS ON THE STUMP AND SOUTH CAROLINA'S | . HAPPY. . 11 Political Foes in for Summer of Denouncing.. yjjft-O v.\ *>- s-rrr.ws MANNING SCRUGGS, . ! I- in Th? Dearborn Independent. As the boys up in the woolhat dist rict would put it, "Coal Blaze's" hat Is in the ring and all doubt about the gubernatorial campaign being a pink-tea affair in South Carolna this autumn has passed. As we write that the Honorable Cole Livingston Blease -v*v. > is again in the battle zone, with a third term in the governorship as his goal, the mauve syrnga lends its fragrance to the zeffthyrs of spring and the ringin intonations of the one-gallus voters of the commonwealth, who are for Blease first, last and all the time. pi. . ' The Blease boom came up with the crocus, but it failed to pass out with the pussy willow- It hangs on like high taxes and red mud in the piedmont section^ because Mr. Blease known from the mountain tops of Dark Corners to the sands of the sea at Charleston, as "the stormy petrel % of politics," never yet has shown the white feather. He is as fond of a political battle as a bulldog, and he never quits until his jaws are pried or his friends succeed in carrying . < hm to higher channels. When Mr. Blease, then serving his second term as governor, resigned that office in 1915, he had the stage set for him to step into the United States Senate, but it proved even for an expert politician and near-statesman, as he was at that time, a case of toe many cooks spoiling the broth. And so instead ongoing to the Senate, Mr. "* " * ?iftf 1Q W JSleaae resumed uie piatuvc v.. ..... in Columbia. In matters of criminal juris-prudence, there are few lawyers of the capital city who know the law as he knows it, and still fewer r who can even approximately match his wits at the bar when it comes tc wringing a verdict from'a jury. Mr. Blease began his political career, as fa/r as state estimation is concerned, in 1896 when he became a presidential elector, but he had been a member of the South Carolina fiouse of Repreesntatives, and Speaker, pro tem, of that body from r ; J ; bargains] Men's Overalls?all sizes Walk-Over Shoes, for Men 1 Men's Army Russett Shoes Men's Union Suits _ 1 Women's Oxford?, rubber heels A trial will convince you that Mack's Dry 1338 Assembly St. on the Spend Next Su ifi r nr IOLL ur \ $3 .50 ROUND TRIP F t; { ' '. \ Good Oi r Leaving Lexington via < t . Arriving Charlcstoi Returning ticket will be good 1< day. Also on 3:00 a. m. Mom gage checked. Not good in p< ?ENTIRE DAY OF FUN AN J Excellent Sailing, Bathing, Fish Charleston, Fort Mou | Week Ei Sold for all trains Saturdays ar starting point pror to midnight i j j Summer Tourist tickets bearini on sale to Mountain and Seasl tculars communicate with i TICK % j Southern R. ; f ? 2*> i r % kL t " i.Wk r Newberry County even before that campaign. As a presidential elector he soon won popularity on the stump. He has been in office most of the time since he was licensed to practice law, except during the last decade, hav.ng been maycr of his city, representative of his county and district in the South Carolna House and Senate, and twice governor of the state. He is a candidate, he says, now, not because it will satisfy any personal hAMusA hia friends in sist on his saving the state. ""And when the pcturesque individual . whom the loyal Bleaseites refer to as L Coal Blaze, or just plain "Coley," gets 5 on the hustings, we are ready to in. form the six or eight aspiring gentleI men who also have their hats in the . gubernatorial ring, that they will , know that they have been in a fight . when the smokescreen lifts next November. For be it known that the Honorable Cole Livingston Blease is the equal of the late Representative (Private) John Allen, of Mississippi, when it comes to repartee, as witty as the eminent Senator John Sharpe . Williams in political story-telling and as vindictive as Thomas Brac-kett Reed ever was in debate. With these spltendid equipments on the stump, coupled with the fact that Mr. Blease knows the political history of practically every public man in South Carolina, he is well-nigh impregnable. And as he has announced that he will speak in every : county in the commonwealth before the primaries close this year, the rank and file of the men voters are pre1 dieting a hot time in the old state this year. As far as the women voters are concerned, there is an element 1 of doubt, but Mr. Blease says he cal' culates to get his share of that- vote because he was a consistent opponent of woman suffrage, but a warm sup' porter of the law when the majority put it across. The strength of Blease, by iong odds the most talked-of man in South 1 Carolina, and the causes of Bleaseism 1 are results of the social and economic conditions of the state, and of the I quaint manner the one political party, t the Democratic, conducts its cami paigns here. The primary is all-imI por;ant. The general election is a i mere form, since there is but one set I of nominees. A rule of the party is i that candidates shall make a tour of * sam ~~ " I SVEKY DAY AT Goods Store ,v . C> ? ^ ^ - . rts i 49c 75c Pr. ,...$4.95 Pr. $3.49 Pr. 55c Salt $1.95 Pr. , we sell cheaper. Goods Store Market Square Columbia, S. C. * * . ndaj on Delightful I 7 PALMS ROM LEXINGTON, S. C. lly oa Train 9:32 P. M. Saturdays Columbia a 7:35 A. M. Sundays ?aving Charleston 5:15 p. m. Sunday following date of sale. No bagirlor or sleeping cars. > FROLIC AT THE SEASHORE? ling and Water Sports. See Historic ltrie and Sullivan's Island ad Tickets td Sundays limited to reach original Tuesday following date of sale. BT final limit October 31. 1922, now lore Resorts. Stopovers. For parET AGENTS ail way System the state and speak once in every county. They generally travel er masse, adhering to a schedule arranged by the executive committee. This round of speech-making and hand-shaking comes always in the summer months, when men's tempers are, at best, eccentric. But this is a slack time for farmers and South Carolina is an agricultural state. The county-to-county method is a decided I advantage to the stump speaker, particularly since the campaigner can usually beat the metropolitan newspaper to the audience. Then, too, in South Carolina, politics is more than politics. It is a recreation, a part of life, a thing in which the citizen at large has a big interest, a medium through which men express themselves. For this reason a political fight is usually as welcome in the rural districts of South Carolina as a genune circus. Men gather at the county seats from villages and country-sides.far away. Automobiles are parked with rare abandonment, but there are yet remaining in this state many buggies and farm wagons and they are in evidence at these political meetings. Another unusual feature of the South Carolina political gathering is that scores of Negroes are there, not that they expect to v*>te, but they want to hear the jokes that they feel sure they will hear from the candidates. At some central place, a platform is erected and the candidates appear : on it to tell the opening joke about themselves or their opponents, for the fortieth time. In past campaigns generally the opponents of Blease have spoken first. One after the other they have their say and then the time arrives for Mr. Blease to speak. Instantly there is a wave of animation. Any stranger could pick out Cole Blease from those who oppose him, for their faces are expectant. "Tell 'em about it, Coley," shouts a man out in the crowd, and i instantly the Blease men, scattered i wiedly al lthrough the audience: shout abck such enthusiastic answers as, "He'll tell 'em," and "Lawsy, massy, ain't he a man!" Mr. Blease runs his fingers through his long bushy hair, takes a sip of water, smiles, as his fighting jawbone gets reauy iur auuuiii etna into his speech, with his sleeves rolled up and a dare for any contender plainly written on his banner. He denounces his enemies, either persona] or political, lauds his friends, declares FRETFUL BABIES ' 7 'Cheer Up Instantly When Dr. Thornton's Easy Teether Removes Cause of Pain. Mother! When the child becomes cross and peevish with feverishness. sour stomach, coated tongue, bowel 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 to t? not tuicoo oncci ^uwuci wviufJUdcu 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. Tf it fails to help your child your monev back without question . Twelve powders in a | package with fun directions. 25c at I youi druggist?Advertisement. KEEP YOUNG. People with bad backs and weak kidneys are apt to feel old at sixty. Many old folks say Doan's Kidney Pills j help them keep young. Here's a Lex-| ington case: Mrs. C. S. Kauch, W. Main St.. says: "I was complaining with my back and kidneys and the trouble came on from heavy work and a cold. Mornings I felt dreadfully tired and my back was sore and stiff. Sharp pains caught me across my kidneys. My head felt light and I became so dizzy I wasn't even able to get out of j bed. I was run down and my housework became burdensome. My kidneys did not act as they should and when I read about Doan's Kidney Pills I bought some at the Harmon Rfnrp Loan's rid^mo of the trouble and I haven't had a spell with my kidneys in some time now." 60c, at all dealers. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs.. Buffalo, N. T. Cures Malaria, Chills, Fever, Bilw W ious Fever, Colds and LaGrippe. I he has nothing to apologize for and never did and never will apologize and the cheers of his friends drown1 out the remainder of his battle-charge I barrage. Then Mr. Blease takes a fling at the "hostile press" and that generally includes all the larger newspapers of j the state and the South, not to mention the nation at large. He attack* high taxes and those in office whc impose them, gives his opinion of the creaton of new offices to be filled with * i political Neposes, declares undying devotion to the laboring man's cause and so on, until the driving, dynamic concluding rhetoric is again drownec out n the cheers of his friends. He knows the chords to play upon. It would be a long story to continue this narrative to its logical conclusion. Mr, Blease is in a class by himself. He would have made good as an actor. He might have shone in the business world as a captain of industry, or possibly he could have been :" I wearing the shoulder straps of a lieutenant general. He is versatile.! There is no gainsaying that fact. But he chose the law and the politlcai ( hustings for his very own and these mistresses have never found him a slacker. He is a spellbinder but he is notr.-auy more like the late Senator ("Pifcchlork") Tillman than Senator Tillman was like the dignified and erudite General Wade Hampton. The one thing that has caused the comeback of Mr. Blease in the political domain of South Carolina politics is the after-the-war reconstruction, incidental hard times, due to the cotton KbH wnvil T.d high taxes. Mr. Blease is < p?.< i cd to the hard times, the high, taxes and the floods, of course, but so is most everybody else^rOnly Mr. Blease is smart enough to capitalize on those distressing cefeditJcns. Phs Coal Blaze annsvuniami.* ?*.v is Miis-ins South Caro i i mm' w linawake up, take a drink, ask what 0 c.1ock, and show no evidence I of drowsiness. And that is what makes the mare go in this former 1 ". stronghold of revolt against what its 1 " 'A- " citizenship considered wrong. n m \ ? TOBACCO GROWERS TO HOLD MEETINGS IN S. C. ' Thiit^ eight mass meetings of tobaecoftgrowers in the South Carolina .belt begin next Monday and will be cartftSlff to every marketing pc!nt of the M^fo^lation accordng to present plansppf the Tobacco Growers Co-, operative Association > 1 lieiitjders from Kentucky, Virginia and^Orih Carolina are scheduled to of tlie association in ^otiai^-Ofeolina next week on a. spealchg tour which will reach thousands of tobacco farmers in this State. N Vice: Presidents of the association from Virginia, North Carolina and 1 t 'ik- . ?v t 666 quickly relieves Colds, Constipation, Biliousness and Headaches. A Fine Tonic. DESIGNS | WENDING BOUQUETS FLOWERS, Chas. L. Sligh FLORIST 1446 Main St. Phone 2761 COLUMBIA. S. C. Our > N Accuracy Quality Service give you "Well Fitted Glasses" ELMCREN Optometrist and Optician 1207 Hampton Street COLUMBIA, S. C. AikiytAHltltAtiUli itJutaifcifc jj GIFTS THAT LAST ? - tir i nt c U1AMUIMLP3, WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SILVER, CUT GLASS RELIABILITY SQUARE DEALING BOTTOM PRICES. AyfeRY-SjEWELER COLUMBIA, 5.C 1619 MAIN ST. .South Carolna, offcials of the Extern; son Division for several states, veter- j an leaders of the 72,000 tobacco grow-j ers will address the farmers of South I Carolina whose last chance to signup their 1922 crop with the marketing association will soon be over. Why tobacco sold in Kentucky through the Cooperative Association brought $29. per hundred while burley tobacco on the auction floors averaged less than $21. will be told by ! members of the Farmers Burley Pool. Tobacco growers are coming all the way from Kentucky to tell why 90 per cent of the burley farmers have signed the Cooperative Marketing ; Contract and to explain why three thousand new members rushed intc thei rassociation after the second payment on their tobacco was made last month. C. E. Marvin, famous stock raiser and tobacco grower of Lexington, Kentucky, who stirred thousands of farmers to action in Eastern North Carolina on his recent tour, is expected to be with the South Carolina growers next week. Mr. Marvin told the tar heel growers why Kentucky farmers who could never get loans from their local banks before, can now raise hundreds of dollars even after receiving their first and second payments on tobacco, through the Association. The sign-up of South Carolina i growers continues to increase followj ing the meeting of warehouse man| agers for the association held in FlorI ence last week. I Prominent tobacco planters from j South Carolina who have joined the :_ ?: *v. ^ j a.ssui:ia.uun wjiuiu liic lctai, ic? <.,a.j o J are George Holliday of Aynor, Horry County, J. C. Davis of Centenary, one of the most prominent planters of lower Marion county and Warren Godbold well known farmer of lower Marion county. I Tired I! jJB *1 was weak and run-down," R M relates Mrs. Eula Burnett, of 4 ; 4 Daiton, Ga. "I was thin and ISJ Sj Just felt tired, all the time. 9 j 9 I didn't rest welL 1 wasn't N | fA ever hungry. I knew, by N 9 this, I needed a tonic, and 9 H as there la none better than? R ICUDII) B The Woman's Tnnift B JM HV ft VIBIWII V V1IIH ? . B . . i I began using Cardui," jR 3: continues Mrs. Burnett 1M 3 "After my first bottle, I slept U H better and ate better. I took H | 3 four bottles. Now I'm well, A | feel just fine, eat and sleep, R j my skin is clear and I have M gained and sure feel that S | Cardui is the best tonlo ever ? made." jS Thousands of other women U ^ have found Cardui just as 3 j Mrs. Burnett did. It should K ' H help you. At all druggists. * J makes early layers of produces fast growth in young chicks. 2lA We carry a complete line of Caro-Vet Si Hogs and Poultry. We will gladly refund results from the use of any Caro-Vet rente AUTHORIZED DEALERS I S. W. Boozer Chapln, S. C. Brookland Cash Gro..New Brookland, S. (?. Eargle Drug Store Ohapin, S.C. J. S. Wessingcr & Son Chap'n, S. C. L. P. Fox Batesburg, S. C. CORT! | I" FIREF E Storm-proof, too, because they ii fl that the hnest driving snow or rail Best roof for country buildings, bees They'll last as long as the building I A?3 I Lorick Bros., COLUMBI COUNTY SHORT COURSE. The third annual short course, of Lexington and Richland counties County Home Demonstration, under I the supervision of Misses Katherine I Chappello and Annie Caughman, the agents, will be held in Columbia, S. I C., at Chicora College. beginning Tuesday, June 20 and lasting through Thursday noon. June 22. The club girls attending this course of three days will have the good fortune of receiving instructions from three of the very efficient state Home Demonstration Agents of Winthrop College, namely: Mrs. Dora Dee Walker, in charge of food conservation; Miss Lola M. Snider, Nutrition Specialist and Miss Elzabeth Forney, dairy specialist. Other than all ful Ihours of work, some play and recreation have been planned for, on the program which will be supervised and directed by the following county home demonstration agents: Mrs. Maude Mclnnis of Darlington county; Mrs. Mary Abbergotti of Aiken county and Mrs. Maude Russel Oden of Berkeley | county. Each club girl of Lexington county | is asked to be present for by being absent you are missing a royal gooi I time, important information in canning. cooking, etc. and heaps of fun. Something Missing. She?You are a perfect dear! He?Not perfect, darling, you bave my heart! NOTICE OF ELECTION. All resident qualified electors of the age of twenty one years, in Fairview school district No. 27, wijl please take notice that an election v'll be held at the school house therein, known as Old Fairview school house ,on Thursday, the 29th day of June, 1922, to vote an additional-10 milLs levy for school purposes. Polls will open at 7 a. m. and close at 4 j p. m. Bring tax receipt and regisI tration certificate. |. By order of the County Board of | Education. I riAiN xv rAJJUtii r, CLINTON HUGHES, W. E. RAWLS, j: Board of Trustees Fairview School District, No. 27. | June 14th, 1922. . i ???????>?? . i ? LOANS NEGOTIATED ?on? ] Improved Farm Lands. CALLISON & BARR. ITome Nat. Bk. Bldg., Lexington. First Nat. Bk. Bldg., Batestourg, S. O, Catarrh Can Be Cured Catarrh is a local disease greatly influenced by constitutional conditions. It therefore requires constitutional treatment. HAUL'S ^CATARRH MEDICINE is taken internally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. HALL'S CATARRH BfEDICINE destroys the foundation of the disease, gives the patient strength by improving the general health and assists nature in doing its work. AH Druggists. Circulars free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. om Every Hen ( for a loafing hen. You can make layers L out of every solitary hen you own. Egg Producer tonic, develops the egg-producing organs; young pullets; keeps poultry healthy and pound box, 50 cents, tandard Remedies for Horses, Mules, Cattle, your money if you fall to get satisfactory \ ftv J I N LEXINGTON COUNTY J. M. Craps Gilbert. S. C. > Rice B. Harmon Lexington, S. C. J. R. Lanford Swansea, S. C. Julian Sharpe Edmunds, S. 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