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{ " - ' ** ' .' . II. 1.1. SPBAfT, I "Y~ Bwilti. B?< Offca: Op-Stairs In M Bart Balldlng . Terms: STRICTLY CASH. 15TII YEAR. DISPENSARY CANDIDATE FOR THE GOVERNORSHIP.| Senator Cole L. Blease Formally Announces His Canditlncv. State Senator Cole L. Blease, \ of Newberry, has, throngh the columns of the Herald and News, formally announced himself a candidate for govern or of the State. Reports to the effect that Senator Blease would make the race have been going the rounds i for some time, but he had given out nothing definite until approached by a reporter of the Newberry paper. When asked as to his position on the dispensary, Mr. Blease1 said: "I think it very unfortu-! nate that our people should have | reached the point where dealing with the whiskey problem is to be the paramount issue in the j State campaign," he replied, "especially at this time when South Carolina is forging ahead in all, matters commercial and industrial. There are many things i which the people should consider , in electing their officers besides this one. However, in 1892 I voted for the dispensary and I have from that time and am now in favor of the dispensary system. . That is, I am in favor of the repeal of the Brice law. I am in 1 favor of the dispensary system for the handling of the whiskey question, as I believe it to be the best solution. I think it too large a question to be made a local issue, and should be decided by the whole people of the State in a primary election. I have always opposed submitting it in a general election, because that woul 1 allow a class of people to vote who should not be permitted to settle questions between white Democrats." "Are you in favor of the State dispensary?" "I am, because I believe it is the best way to manage the busi- i ness. If, as some charge, it is j uvuupu iiuw iuuvii inure room would there be for corruption if there were 41 purchasing powers instead of one. In other words, I am in favor of the State dispensary management and the repeal of the Brice law." Mr. Blea.se was asked what he would do with the counties which have already voted out the dispensary under the Brice law. "If the people of the State vote in favor of State management and repeal the Brice law," was his reply, "the general assembly would then pass such laws as would permit the establishment of dispensaries in all counties where there are none or forbid the establishment of dispensaries in such counties, upon certain conditions, and if these counties which have voted out the dispensary "/ere to comply with these provisions, dispensaries would be re-established therein. In 1902, when I was a candidate for lieutenant governor, 1 told the people all over the State that the whiskey question was not settled, although some candidates proclaimed from the stum]) in loud tones that it had been settled and that the people were satisfied. J knew then that it was not true | and that the campaign then being j managed in the form that it was I 1 _ i_ _ LI!.. .1 it - -IT oniy u> ounu uio uisj>ensary poopie. It has come out. as i pre-1 dieted. The fight had then just1 begun. The dispensapy people were sleeping. The combination 1 against it of all its enemies was lying dormant for the purpose of striking it its death blow. Just as I thought the thing has turned 1 out, and there are now people claiming to be for the dispensary I who are hoping to get office upon it, and at heart would mash the i life out of it if it were in their power." "Are there any other matters which you would like to mention," was asked Senator Blease. "Yes, sir;" he replied. "I am in favor of biennial sessions of the general assembly. I am in | favor of a law pronibiting children under twelve years of age from working in cotton mills. I am in favor of a law limiting the hours of labor in cotton mills; to ten hours per day and for railroad employees making it not more than thirteen hours per day, I am in favor of liberal appropriations to provide for our Confederate soldiers. I am in favor of liberal but not extravagant appropriations for our state instituLdM ^ : .. a P FC w%txvm*.t whiiiw ^ m v ?^iii mm^wtaprawb?www?w Assistant Attorney General Ray. Immediately upon the approval of his bond by Solicitor Timmerman, Attorney General Youmans appointed as assistant attorney general Mr. Duncan Ray, of the Columbia bar, who has already taken up his new duties. The office is glutted with work, byt reason of the fact that only one j man has been attending1 to the; duties since Mr. Gunter was stricken ill. Mr. Ray is said to be one the ablest lawyers in the State, and is particularly strong in what is known as an office lawyer capacity, which is so much required of the attorney general's department. # Kew Cotton Mill For Clover. There is strong talk of adding another cotton mill to the Clover : cotton mills, says the Gastonia' News. This will be the third! mill. The stockholders meet the j the 17th of April to decide on the matter finally. The mill will; almost certainly be built. The now mill will be built beside the j old mills Nos. 1 and 2. The new I mill will be built to double the capacity of the mill to give day ; work for all of their present operatives and will be about ten j tnousana spindles and will run on Egyptian cotton. The Clover mill has been one of the most i successful mills in the South. Tillman Won, But A very amusing incident connected with the decision in a public debate, took place at the graded school a few days ago. The subject of the debate was: "Resolved, That Tillman is a greater man than Calhoun." Each side was represented by a number of the best orators in the advanced departments of the school,'and each pupil made a strong and effective speech in support of his respective subject. The judges?well, we'll not name them?listened intently to the several arguments, and retired to render a decision. This was no easy matter, however, for here another debate took place. The good, bad and lacking qualities of both Tillman and Calhoun were again brought up and discussed at length, and it looked as if Calhoun would come out the winner. But things took a sudden change. One of the Calnoun admirers pounced upon Tillman with the remark that he had forced the whiskey curse upon the State, something that Calhoun would not have been guilty of. Then came the parting remark from the Tillman admirer that Calhoun had forced us into war, and to use the words of W. T. Sherman, "war is h?!" Tillman won. # State Reunion Datc3 Changed. At a meeting Thursday of the central committee on arrangments for the coming reunion of Confederate veterans in Columbia it was decided to change the date for holding the gathering. The dates were first fixed for the fourth week in May but it was afterwards discovered that the meeting of the grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias would be held in Sumter at that time and the reunion will therefore be heW on May 10, 17 and 18. tions of learning,' and in favor of building up the free school system so that every white child in this) state can De given a common1 school education in comfortable and convenient school houses. I am in favor of taxes paid by the white people going to and being used only for the education of white children. I am opposed to the extra court system as it has been practiced within the last couple of years. I am opposed to the extravagant appropriations which in some instances are being made by the general assembly. There are other matters which I might mention as being opposed to or being in favor of, but when they are presented by the advocates of them on the stump I will then present to the people fully my views upon all questions that may be raised in the campaign, and rest my candidacy upon my record in the State legislature and the State senate since 1800." DEMOCRACY, JL'Sl )RT MILL, S. C., THUL STEEL CREEK INFESTED WITH BLIND TIGERS. One of the Many Culprits Bound Over to Court. Greek Moore, a negro whose home is in Lower Steel Creek township, was bound over to Mecklenburg superior court on Thursday in a bond of $50 for j selling whiskey. Moore is said t.O ll!\VP hoprt Clinril vincr nkniit r.11 ?? . ? H/wwt* 1115 Cll/vut Clll } the thirsty citizens of Steel j Creek, and had become so bold ; in plying his trade as to begin dishing out the fire-water to young boys. As witnesses against Greek, Moody Thomas and Cleveland Campbell, two white boys, aged 19 and 15 respectively, told of some purchases they had made ; of the negro. Judging from! their testimony, Greek was never without his stock in trade for their last account with him was made last Sunday, on their way to church. Moody and Cleveland stated that a little 4'dram" made them enjoy the services better. It appears, says the Charlotte Chronicle, that a good deal of complaint has been made by the residents in that community. Moody Thomas stated that he used cider as a substitute when the tigers become scarce. A j mixed dr nk, he said consisting; of cider and ginger was sold and never failed to make a drunk; come. Other arrests are liable to follow. Miliitary Attractions For May 20th. Those Charlotte people certainly have their shoulders to the wheel of progress, and everyone is pushing with a determination of making the coming 20th of May celebration the grandest in the history of the city. The latest attraction is a cavalry troop and two companies of infantry, regulars, about 300 men in uniform, which will visit the city and take part in the celebration. Mayor McNinch visited Washington the past week and, after a consultation with Secretary of War Taft, telegraphed the Charlotte newspapers that he had induced the secretary to order Troop E, 13th Cavalry, from Fort Myer and two companies of infantry from Fort McPherson, for the celebration. The visit of the troops, the cavalry especially, will be quite an addition to the various attractions already booked, and is a further assurance that visitors to the city will find plenty of entertainment. Life Insurance in South Carolina. The annual reports of the Insurance companies are being Hleil with the comptroller general. Of principal interest are the statements of the three big companies?the Equitable, the Mutual and the Now York I.ife. The Equitable had in force in Soutli Carolina for the fiscal vear loot. fi.tUT policies aggregating $11,364,225. At tlx* tlo?e of the tlsctil year 1905 there were 6.S5X policies aggregating $11,584,897. There was an increase In business of but $220,000, although the number of new policies in excess of lapses was 211. The amount of business written was $1,309.07 and the policies which ceased aggregated $1,678,3^9. The premiums received were $361,136.96; losses paid $261,0C0; gross profits, $100,000. The New York I-ife had in force for the fiscal year 1904, 7,315 policies with f:x e value of $13,570,353. At the close of the fiscal year 1905 the policies aggregated $14,922,732, an Increase of $1,362,249 on 723 policies. The amount of Insurance written during the year was $2,160,873 with lapses aggregating $1,098,523. or a net gain as nbove stated of $1,362,349. The amount of premiums was $184,311; losses $133,148, a gross Income of $315,000. The Mutual had 7,862 policies in force during the fisral year 1904, with face value of $15,756,843. The amount of Insurance written during the year was $1,708.6'>3 with lapses aggregating $1.S4G.900. The amount of Insurance In force at the end of the fiscal year 1905 was $10,118,600. showing an Increase of 257 policies with a face value of $361,000. The amount of premiums received was $121,508 and the losses aggregated $192,739, leaving a gross income of $229,000. The new business was; New York T.ife $2,400,000; Equitable $1,900,000; Mutual $1,710,000. The lapses were: New York T.ife $1,100,000; Equitable $1,680,000; Mutual $1,347,000. The gross earnings, excess of premiums over losses, were as follows: New York T.ife $315,000; Equitable $100,000; Mutual $229,000. - / V o /1 / JL j ICE, TRUTH. ISDAY, APRIL 5, 190(3. WILL CUT OFF MANY RURAL MAIL ROUTES. York County Will ProBably Share in the Proposed Cat. A Washington special to The State says that some of the offi-; cials of the postoffice department I some time ago were somewhat 1 nettled at the reports published j in this correspondence that they , intended to discontinue rural free delivery routes which did not j handle as much as 2,000 pieces of j mail a month. They were nettled especially because in that same letter I called attention to j the fact that the operations of i this rule would effect routes principally in the South, where the j negroes on the routes who do npt j use mails very much caused tne average number of mail pieces to be so low. The number of mail j pieces handled on the routes in j South Carolina, according to the I figures of the department, averaged 2,400 pieces a month. In North Carolina the average is only 1,900. So stirred up about this report were the officials that they issued a special statement to the papers of North Carolina where portions of the story were copied, with a view of modifying the imnression. Representative Finley, who is a member of the house committee on postbftice and postroads, has just received a letter from Mr. DeGraw, fourth assistant postmaster general, confirming that report. He gives a specfic instance of the cutting oft of routes or the disposition to do it. "You will observe," says the letter, after giving the number of mail pieces handled on routes in York county, "that the amount of mail J handled on these routes is far below the average per route, 3,GOO per month, and below the minimum which it is thought a route should handle per month, 2,000 pieces." The letter notifies Mr. Finley that two more routes in Cheioh. county will be established, completing the county system of that county. Mr. DeGraw says concerning Cherokee county that the records show that during the quarter ending December 31. 1905, as compared with that ending June 30, 1905, there has been a material increase in thb amount ot mail handled on the rural routes of Cheokee. It was in view of this improved condition that the two new routes were established and the county system perfected. Inspections have been ordered of the routes in York county and the number of pieces of mail will be counted. The department i states to Mr. Finley that the object of this is to "ascertain the cause for the adverse conditions on these routes, and, if possible, increasing their patronage." Pending reports from these routes the department will hold up other applications for other routes in York county. Moral: The country people of York and people everywhere on rural free delivery routes had best get busy and take news papers and write letters to folks or send out their bills through the mails. Thousands of Confederate Graves. The recent appointment of Col. Wm. Elliott, of Columbia, as commissioner to mark the graves of Confederate soldiers w ho died and were buried near Northern prisons during the war, reveals the fact that in 89 localities there are buried 30,152 Confederate prisoners of war, viz: officers 455, enlisted men 28,490, unknown 720 and citizens 481. Many of *1 i ? * . , . uiuae were long ngo Dunea in trenches and it is said that it will be almost impracticable to identify individual graves, notwithstanding the fact that the names of many erf the persons may be found on the records. Approximately 9,300 Confederates are buried in. National cemeteries. The contract price for headstones that are to be used in the marking of Confederate graves will be $2.13 each, at the place of manufacture, and it is estimated that in round numbers $70,000 will be required for the purchase of the stones alone. To this must be added $1.25 each as the cost of transporting, handling and setting the stor.cs. . i , r a ,.f rr c LIVIIS^ ?an??t? i ! w a?TTmnM^m?i ?i Tillman Popular in the North. A Spartanburg merchant, who has just returned from New York says that people have no idea how strong a hold Senator Tillman has taken on northern sentiment. His name is on the lips of nearly everybody in New York, financiers and wholesale merchants and business men of large affairs as well as the ordinary citizen. He is looked on. says the Spartanburg merchant, as about the biggest man in the country, not even the president being regarded as more prominently identified with current questions and legislation than' the South Carolina senator. This! SlWrt'JinKnw mni-nUonf " 1 III.' has never been a Tillman man and has never voted for Tillman, but expects to be so this summer as a candidate to succeed himself in the United States senate, lie says it would be nothing short of a national calamity for Senator Tillman to retire from the senate at this time. Spartanburg Journal. Pay Small Bills. There is far too much negligence everywhere about the small amounts of money. Itnotunfre-i quently happens that men will; have a small amount charged! when they have sufficient money j in their pockets to pay it, and i subject the creditor to the trouble 1 of sending it for collection when' he needs it, taking the chances of learning that the debtor is away from his place of business or from home and perhaps subjecting him to the imputation of being in a needless hurry for , payment. More attention to this point, and especially by those to whom the payment is immaterial, who can pay at one time as well! as another, would be a vast im-! provement on the present mode j of many persons in doing business. The promnt navment of small bills is a matter of more' importance than is generally attached to it. The present year promises to add several thousand dollars to the taxable property of Fort Mill, for in every section of the town new buildings* are in the course of construction, while plans are being prepared for buildings that are in contemplation. By the close of the year i many new buildings will have! been erected in the town. 1 DON'T FORGET ? i We will soon he ill our new store. i Watch our ads. as we have something pleasing in store for you I ?lw>, I ? III." 11 ? I* get into our new quarters. Don't forget! Mciisi i Co.; 'mW ' . * V Ukl | l , THE tlMES will bo sent cnty a reasonable y 0 tlma cn credit _____ Dcflt LooK for More. Pay Up Promptly. ? ' NUMBER I. EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS, j The Hon. Nicholas Longworth is once more a mere speck on the * horizon of public interest.?News and Courier. The press dispatches tell of a Pennsylvania boy who faces one way and walks the other. We have known people who faced both ways and did not walk at all. ? Florence Times. The Spartanburg: people have the right kind of spunk. City Council has just awarded a $100,000 contract for paving: the streets. Thate the way to do it.?Rock Hill Record. We learn from the Charlotte News that some folks in that town have started a Tillman presidential boom. That is about as far as it will go, but stranger things have happened in politics.?Columbia Record. 1 We have often wondered why young men carry pistols at any time. Especially has it been a puzzle why they carried deadly weapons when they attended parties. Is the young man of South Carolina always looking for trouble?Greenville Mountaineer. We may cut down the cotton and tobacco crop, and the fruit , and truck may be badly nipped by the frost, but the crop of candidates in the State and county will not be affected by the freeze. It is the cold spell in August that is feared for that crop.? Florence Times, It is said that when John Temple Graves heard that Judge Parker said the South should come to the front and name the next presidential candidate, he went out and bought a shirt collar one size larger and let out his trousers two or thvoo hntton holes. ?Carolina Spartan. Senator Tillman thinks there are so many Federal judges in the South who have lost the confidence of the people that it will be necessary to have their names put in a catalogue in order to keep up with them. He has told more truth than many people are willing to admit.? Greenville News. The Newberry Herald and News says it is for Senator Tillman against the field this year, notwithstanding it has never supported him in the primary heretofore when he has had opposition. The Sumter Item predicts that there will be no field this year, and says the Herald and News is safe in taking this position.?Times and Democrat. Senator Tillman has scored a prompt victory in his arraignment of national banks for making campaign contributions. The committee to whom the matter was referred said it was not necessary for him to offer proofs, and at once agreed to report a bill prohibiting such acts under severe penalties. Senator Tillman is making a reputation for doing things, as well as talking <1 r? /T 1 * . auuui Liic-iii. ouuaio express. The president is said to be "delighted" with the way in which Senator Tillman is handling the rate bill and does not hesitate to say so. It is asserted that he has requested all of his friends in congress to give the South Carolina senator all the assistance in their power. Tillman and Roosevelt pulling together make an odd-looking learn, but it must be admitted that they develop a good deal of dragpower.?Savannah News. The names of various gentle men nave neen suggested as suitable candidates for governor. Our good friend Hon. M. F. Ansel is among those who will make the race. We are sorry to see that he has gotten on the wrong platform for the Press and Banner. This newspaper is supporting the dispensary first, last and all the time. We can't vote for any man who would tinker with that law. We want it enforced, and we want evil doing removed from its management. ? Abbe-i ville Press and Banner.