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TO THE VOTERS OF CAMDEN AND KERSHAW COUNTY ' * . Think politics and talk politics for these are political times* but remember that no matter who js elected the Kershaw County Fair will be held November 7th, 8th and 9th, 1912. u- 8 WRITE THE SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION. THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE GREETED CAMPAIGN PARTY * ' ? .t t? t (Continued froiu first page.) "that the mayor of Spartanburg should resign because the mayor of Charleston In making attacks on mo was howled down jn bin city." "Yet," lie continued, "the mayor j of Muunlng should bo memorlaliz ed In bronze because a supporter Of, Bleaso wan howled down in at tempting to make a speech in lilw city." "Whenever 1 have' Jobs to give," ho ?ald, "Blease men will get thein and other men won't get a Hmelf. No man but a Bleaso man need ap ply." He wont 011 further to nay, 1 "Whenever it is a matter of hold ing the balance of power between a Bleaso man and an antl-Blease man right governs, but 1 never ex pect to sign a commission for an office which I have the power to appoint unless a man proves that he voted for CoJe Blease, and the other gang can't help it for ?the roat of thiB year and for the next two years. Ho said that he had pardoned a groat many people and expected to pardon more. "Suppose they could beat me," said the governor," re ferring to hlB opponents, "I have until twenty-one days In January, and if ever you 'Bee' , a gang sweat blood, I'll make that gang sweat before I get thru with them." At the conclusion of his speech, Governor Bleaso was presented with a floral tribute by Miss Hough, daughter of Senator Hough, and with a watermelon by C. L. Myers, of Darlington. The following in scription was 011 the flowers: "To Gov. Cole L. Bleaso: ? It lias beeti a custom from time immemorial to bestow honor upon him to whom It Is due. Please accept this from your supporters. -Presented by Miss Teressa Hough." There was prolonged cheering for Governor Bleaso and when he got down from! the stand he was borne amid wild demonstration on the shoulders of his friends to the automobile whleh awaited him. John T. Duncan. .John T. Duncan, next speaker for (governor, said, In tho outset, that he would show th,e of Ker-' slmw that a goatilehian could run for governor. Hfe said that he had come to give plain, sober facta and "thoso who have come to offer their hipp, hipp, hurrahs for a man on his last legs might just as woll re tire." He said that Blease knows ivs far as South Carolina la concern ed that 1; would he best for him to retire, that Hleaae knows him self to he a corporation man, that both of his opponents were corpor ation men and that each proves It on the oth^F;? He claims.- that they make big out of little things and neglect the little Issues and as hundreds of people were follow ing Blease's automobile ho pointed that out as an example of their de votion to trivial things. He attacked vehemently, during the course of his speech, W. A. Clark, Gonzales and the rest of what he called the political ring. He said that the present governor was elected two years ago not be cause of any love for Blease, but because the hatred for Gonzales was greater than the hatred for Blease. He expounded further that Gon&'iles would be satisfied wltth Blease or Jones as governor; that Blease had been mixed up with the editor in a great graft game, and that Jones wouldn't push the school book question because by so doing he would be stepping on Gonzales' toes. He spoke of hav ing shown up John Gary Evans and VVylle Jones and of Bleaso as a man "down and out." Judge lru Jones. Chairman Kirkland next Introduc ed Judge Ira B. Jones, who was re ceived by the audience with hear ty applause and cheering. In refu tation of the charges brought for ward against him by Governor Blease. he took up separately, of ten cheered by his audience. "From the descriptions of me by Bleaso and Duncan," began the Judge, "yon are prepared to see a devil. I'm just plain Jones: noth ing more."' Judge Jones said that he was not an aristocrat, as .was claimed by his antagovfst, but that If he were he would not be asham ed of it, and spoke of his relatives who had lived here in Camden and among the peoply of Kershaw coun ty. He said that ho was not a Corporation Jones as Bleaso had termed him, that he had never re presented a railroad and that this was not because he was deficient as a 4awyer, which has been suffi ciently proven, he said, by his state placing him on the Supreme Bench. He spoke of having remained on the bench for sixteen years until he voluntarily retired. He told of the fact tbat he had been unani mously elected, 4 that Tillmanltes, conservatives, and Blease himself, had voted for him. "Why," asked Jones, "did they elect me; why did not they name some one else; why didn't Blease name hlmoelf?" "I an^ such a rascal, " continued Jones, ironically, "v<Jted against the separate coach bill." On that account he said that he had been ? ?? ? ?? ???'? f mm i m charged with believing in social equality, and continued;., "JFunny, but after that lie voted for me for associate Justice. Why did he do it?" "Because he didn't believe it," came a voice from the audience." "No," said the Judge, "didn't be lieve it then and doesn't believe it now. He simply thinks he will catch suckers." Judge Jones said that he realiz ed that many of the Blease support ers in the audience were not. from Kershaw and In this connection he said It 1m the quiet sober men, not the rioters, who will control the destiny of Bouth Carolina. Further refuting the social equal ity charges, Jones cited that O. W.! Moseley, W. F. Russell and J. W. tyloyd, of Kershaw, vot$d as he did in regard to the separate coach bill. "They don't believe in social equal ity, do they?" he asked. "No," answered many voices from the aud ience. "How about J. Thornwell Hay, (to whom Judge Jones paid a beautiful tribute) did he believe iu social equalltyT" "No," came the answer from many voices In the audience. "Well," continued Jones, "he voted Just exactly as 1 did." He pointed out that Senator Maglll had voted the same way and s&ld that It was not a question of sOcial equality, but of economies and con stitutionality and that Governor Blease had the idea that there were men in Kershaw county whom he could "guzzle" with such charges, with such charges. He mentioned that he had made the first speech in Lancaster in 1876 for white su premacy and that afterward had led the fight in his county againBt Haskell, and furthermore that he had helped to write that article in the constitution by which negro su-l premacy 1b made impossible. Judge Jones next took ntp the mattter of his ancestry, mentioning that some of his people had form erly lived here and saying that If he had a drop of Jewish blqod In j his veins he did not know it, but that if it were true, .fee would not be ashamed of It but proud of it. He paid a glowing tribute to the JewB, and said that he did not have to bother with the lltttle flings at him, that they were not able tto penetrate Mb armor of character. He declared that his son, upon whom Blease had cast reflections knew more law now than Blease would know if he Btudied it for ten years. He denied having said ?that liis son had had only one case In supreme court and explained that hip statement was that he lmd only represented the Southern Railroad once in the Supreme court. ? As "the vilest falsehood that ever fell from human lips," Jones brand ed the story that his son had been employed by Ben Abney. "If Ab ney favored the corporations then" said Jones, "what will he do for them now when he lives in the mansion, eats at the same table and is the chief counsel for the gover nor?" Judge Jones said tliat while he wttu ?tlll 011 the bench Blease, tak ing advantage of hie position had charged hie Impeachment and blam ed, Blease for the indulgence In pergonal it lee which ha* characteriz ed the campaign, The speaker dwelt on the neces sity for the advancementt of education In South Carolina and Bald that though he was by no mean* in favor of taking anything away from the atate college*, the public and rural schools were the branchea of the educational system which lay nearest aud dearest to his heart. He satd that torn# scheme must be devised by which the school j can have longer terms and express-) ed that that one thought was worth more than 10,000 Meases. He scored bitterly the present governor's attitude toward lynch ing, and denounced him lor having said that be would pardon any man for killing people who offered in sult In a home such aa had been offered him by King and Watson. "Bo help me God." said Jones, "I will never lead a lynching mob and never incite another to murder with pardon, bo help me God, never!" Jones expressed himself on va rious issues at hand. He expressed himself In favor of compelling the Insurance companies to invent at least half of their reserve funds in South Carolina, as in favor of the Torrent System of land registration and in favor of the publie ware house system being submitted1 to the people so that they might vote on It directly. He suggested fed eral aid to public roads and wants to see a workingman's compensa tion act passed so that Injury re ceived in the different industries will be paid for by those industries. He said that he favored all Of these things for the poor man. "And yet they say I'm no friend to the poor man," he continued. ?'What has Blease done for the poor man?" he asked. ; ^ "Nothing," caraea reply from the audience. "What he wants to do," said the speaker, "is to fool them." He said that If turning them out of the penitentiary was benefitting the poor that Blease had some, friends in there yet that be might turn out. In this connection He pointed out both sides, saying that the man whose barn was burned and the family whose bread winner was mu* dered, were by no means benefitted by the pardoning of the offender." The best .way t ohelp the poor, he said, "i& to enforce the law." He told of Governor Blease offer ing an amendment to shut the schools to the children of the men who were unable to pay the poll -tax and asked if this showed a friendly attitude t othe poor man. "Take the negro out of Governor Blease's speech," said Jones, "and it wouldn't be worth shucks." "I have heard it reported, came a voice from the audience, "that IN NEW QUARTERS HAVING recently moved my place of business, 1 wish to announce to my friends and the trading public generally that from this date on, I will be found in the store formerly occupied by Baruch Nettles Co's. annex on Main Street. It will be my aim to carry the very best in my line and extend a cordial imitation to my customers and friends to call and see me at any time. J. G. CUNNINGHAM The Insurance Office Door Is the open sesame to protec-L tion against fire, you owe it to your family as well as yourself,^ to see that such protection- ia afforded. Don't wait until the house is on fire before thinking about a policy; it will then be tod late. Drop ui a line today or better still, come in and we will write pou a policy. C. P. DuBOSR A GO. and Fir? Insurance.' ; if you are elected you will dfttfran-j chiuo the popr white man. Will you do that?" "No! 80 help me God, No!" an swered Jones. While Judge Jones wuJ| telling the audience that he was not running for financial reasons, one of his admirers in the audience said, "No, you want to nave the state from curruption." Jones thanked him for his words. After he had finished his speech Judge Jouos was surrounded on the stand by many, of his friends and was cheered time and time again. The Vote iu 1010. Hollowing is the total vote by counties In the second pri mary of 1910: Feathertfone Blcate Abbeville . 1,081 1,108 Aiken 1,206 2,230 Anderson., , . .. 2,819 3,497 Bamberg,. .. .. 463 491 Barnwell 816 1,156 Beaufort.. ..... 308 361 Berkeley 399 481 Calhoun 339 37 6 Charleston , , 829 3,666 Cherokee 1,674 1,439 Chester. ...... 941 844 Chesterfield.. .. . 1,239 990 Clarendon 710 861 Colleton. ... . . 1,071 1,160 Darlington 1,440 934 Dillon 996 661 Dorchester 486 829 Edgefield, 912 77 6 Fairfield .670 634 Florence 1,023 723 Georgetown.. .. 442 942 Greenville.. .. 2,836 2,214 Greenwood 1,288 "1,042 Hampton 826 922 Horry* 1,060 1,497 Kershaw 793 907 Lancaster. . ^ . . . 1,472 960 Laurens 1,692 1,872 Lee 625 774 Lexington 1,301 1,925 Marion 923 602 Marlboro 1,236 920 Newberry 963 1,692 Oconee 1,654 1,044 Orangeburg 1,578 1,589 Pickens 1,192 1,830 Richland 1,623 2,644 Saluda 648 1,319 Spartanburg. . ... ? 4,544 4,060 Sumter . 8 46 7 07 Union 1,100 1,690 Williamsburg.. .. 1,273 977 York 1,748 1,670 Total. . . . . . 50,605 . 56,250 CONTROL OF ARMY WORM. United HUiU'-s Department of Agri ? culture Offers Suggestion*!, The Department of Agriculture Is using all the means at its disposal to meet the emergency caused by the very great destruction of the crops in the South by the fall ar my worm. This insect? i? presont in unprecedented numbers from Louisiana and Arkansas eastward -to the Atlantic Ocean, and Is destroy ing corn, cotton, sugar cane, rice, and other crops to such an extent as to cause great anxiety on the part of planters and others. * By means of an emergency appropria tion by Congress it is possible for the Department to render quick as sistance. Plans for this work, in co-opera-^ tion with the States concerned, are being rapidly perfected. fhe in ject will undoubtedly continue its ravages for some time unless it is checked. In all probability anoth er brood will appear after the pre sent one transforms in the ground. I For these reasons Immediate ac-i tion toward destroying the worms is strongly advised. I The Department recommends the use of arsenlcals. Among these are arsenate of lead, Paris green, and London purple. In most cases it will be best to apply those poi sons in dry forms instead of with water. Dry applications can be made by sifting the poisons upon the plants through light cloth sacks or by means of blowers or dusting machines. Liqxiid applica tions must be made with spraying apparatus to be effeotive. For this reason the dry applications meet the present emergency better than liquid ones. Arsenate of lead in powdered .form ? Is recommended above all other arsenlcals because it will not Injure the foliage of any of the Jleld crops grown in the South. It may be applied without the addi tion of any carriers. Paris green is next in effectiveness, but should >be mixed with its weight of air slaked lime or flour to prevent the "burning of foliage, which is likely to occur if it is applied undiluted. "London purple may be used, but should be applied with air-slaked lime or flour, as recommeended \u the. case of Paris green.. Wherever It is feasible to use liquid sprays, arsenate of lead in powdered form should be used at the rate of three pounds per barrel of water. Paris green should be used at the rate of about 10 ounces per barrel. It Is best in case Paris green Is used In this way t oadd 2 pounds of fresh ly slaked llnie to prevent burning. -^JVhether dry or liquid prepara tions *re used It Is extremely Im portant that the apllcatlons be made with thoroughness. Jn J|e cas6 of corn some of the poison sfcotiTfl' be i y placed iu Che heart o I the plaut, where the greatest damage 1b done A small amount Is all that 1b re quired to kill insects. In the case of cotton, powdered arseuate of lead should be applied at the rate of about 5 pounds per acre. The usual method of utilising cloth sacks carried through the field on horseback is perfectly adapted to this crop. On forage crops and others in the case of which unforttunate re sults might follow the use of arse nicals, other expedients must be adopted, in pastures and in some instances on alfalfa many of the worms can be destroyed by the use of rollers or drags. Iu alfal fa that would be Injured by rolling or dragging, Che plants should be cut for hay. When the worms are forced from the fields by this means, many can be killed by the means of drags or by plowing them under when they make their way to other fields. immediately after cutting, alfaljta. fields shoultl be thoroughly disked. This will kill many of the worms before they can leave and will break up and de stroy the cells of those that have gone into the ground for pupation. The method of destroying the in socts when they are in the quiet stage in the ground, to which ref erence has just been made, is of Importance next to the useof arsenl cals In checking the pests. In fact, in mauy cases it is far the most effective means that can be follow ed. For fields threatened with In vasion but. not adtually attacked, a deep furrow should be plowed out around -the entire circumference of the field; Into this the caterpillars will fall, when they may be crush ed by dragging a heavy log thru the furrow. If the soil is such as to be somewhat Impervious to wa ter, this furrow may be kept part ly filled with water, on the surface of which a small quantity of kero sene may be poured, which will kill the worms almost Immediately when they come Into contact with It. Since the worms seem Invariably to consume the grass and other veg etation growing In fields before at-< ?tacking either corn or cotton, It should prove an important method of proteotlon to spray or dust grass and weeds In cornfields threatened with attack with arsenate of lead according to the methods^ advised above. Throughout the greater, part of the South there is likely to be an other destructive brood of the arpiy worm which will come from the transformation of the present gen eration in the' soil. Therefore every effort should be made to break up ?the pupal cells, so that the next brood will not appear. This can be accomplished by the use of cul tivators, plows, and harrows. Wher ever any crop which can be tilled has been Injured by the fall army worm it,, Is advised that further In Jury be prevented by the use of cultivators and harrows. Much _ , good ran a I HO be accOmnH-Zl plowing fieldH or yorUiou! . fields where all of the c?0b been destroyed. The tre*!?. 1 bare places about cultivates: in this way will be 0f auuuSi To summarise the sltuatE!* Department recommend* !? application of arsenical i>oU<J? the working of the grou,T * ever practicable, In order V vent further damage. v0 Warning.? Great care alio, taken that cattle and other are kept from pasturing ta ? where the grase or other cromi been poisoned with araenicSJr* so that poisoned plants an 9 fed to stpck. jamei WlW? Secretary of AgrlcuuILl Washingtton, D. C., July iy!^ Uainpaigu Dates. -Spartanburg, Friday, Auku#,( Union, Saturday, August 10 New-berry, Tuesday, Auguiu Laurens, Wednesday, AAuiusi Greenwood, Thursday, Att*3 Abbeville, Friday, Auguat u Anderson, Saturday, Auuat li Walballa, Tuesday, a uSui I Pickens, Wednesday, Auguat! Greenville, Thursday, August) A Surprise MarriSge, That Splendid floung man, Mr X?. Baxley, forniSr}y of Bethunt 1 >ho is jjiow engaged in thsj business at Plnewood, 8. C prised some of his friends lit last by getting married. The tunate young lady was Mlag < Barwick, of Plnewood. The a9 fortune, however, is not altogeQ for the bride, for Indeed the j husband made a most happy leotion in the one who will m with him through life. Betid*! charming personality the bride possessed of many fine qualities head and heart. The marriage curred at the, residence of Mr. B ry Truesdel,, on Main stre^a 5:30 p m. and the ceremony performed by Mr. W. L. McDovjfl Mr. *nd Mrs. Baxley left tmn9 d lately on the northbound Sotttlufl train tor Kershaw to spend'19 days with friends and relating ?the old home of Mr. Baxley, i which they will be at Mine their friends at Plnewood. Wins Scholarship, Mr G. C. Gasklns, son of John Gasklns, of Westvlll^, the successful applicant la competitive examination for scholarshipp In the Unlversltr; South Carolina, recently held^ this county. Mr. .Gasklns is a splendid yi man and we congratulate him on his success. Mr. C. I* W of Camden, was named aa alten ? % Found. .-rf A bunch of one dozen keys found in Camden on Tuesday^ Owner can get them by calllBf? the courtty Auditor's office paying for this notice. THIRTY-THIRD .. Annual Mountain Excursion via /'? -I SOUTHERN RAILWAY Premier Carrier of The South. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1912 ? ~ Extremely low and attractive Round Trip Excursion. M CAMDEN, S. C., To: ? -CI Asheville, N. C., ...... Brevard, N. C., 'Ja Plat Rock, N. C . . " J Greenville, S. C . Hendersonville, N. C., , .. ....... *.?? ? ? ?- ? ; Hot Springs, N. C Lake Toxaway, N. *** .'..Is Saluda, N. C., .. ../Ah Tryon, N. C Walhalla, S. C * * * * Waynesville, N. C.. . Similarly reduced fares In effect to various other North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Children between the ages of 5 and 12, Half , ?00(i ? Tickets will be sold for all trains August 14th, 191*# iDC]fl reach original starting point on any regular train up to a j ing, btu not later than midnight, August 31st, 1912. For detailed information, apply to Ticket Agent. V ANNUAL Mountain and Seashore Exc The AT LANTIC COAST LiINJQ announces extremely round trip rates for the above occasion to Washington, folk, Richmond, Wilmington, Myrtle Beach and to the Mou Lake and Spring resorts of North and South Carolina. Tickets will be on sale fofr all trains on Wednesday. * 14th, limited to return on or before August 31st, l#^ Full information, reservations, etc., may be obtain* ^ I. M. Mat his, ticket agent, Camden, S. C., or by addre*W. T. C. WHITE, W. J, CRAIG, General Passenger Agent. Pasaenger Traffic Wilmington, N O. , Wilmington, " w ust m ? to il. c