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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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new store.
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our ads. as
we have
something
pleasing in
store for you
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get into our
new quarters.
Don't forget!
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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.
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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
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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.