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1'ublUhed Mvery ?rid*jr. Per Ajuiiuim . ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1^*?? ? ill , (I l>. Nll??, ) ) l*n blislici H. |0. |jU M? l?owi'll, . ) rttiitdwHi'^iltH mil ??IUr ?l tb fnlWiiMil South ????!??? I lop N. firo?d Ht. - 'i'hitiw 20 : OniikIcu, H. V? Oct. Ill, IV'51. AN HX P|,A NATION, The ObroDlck this weok 00 men to Mh readers several hours lulu, Nov ?r bfforo. have we hud such a runli of udverLislug aud job printing, and Just when we were ut our busiest, big ruHh, our gasoline engine went to tho had ifhd new par l? had to ho ordered before tho paper could be koi ton out. Much occurrences are unavoidable, uud wo deeply regret tho doly and loss of lime on our part, but hope our friends will boar with us until we not KolttK goOd ugaln. Bovoral large advertisements and milch reading matter had to he cut 'out of thiH Ihmuo on account of the above accident, and In order Ix^eur ry thin advertising for Fair Weok, Tho Chronicle will appear In a reg ular edition Tuesday morning. rl^> OUH HI) IIH< JIU HlCltN. Home few of our delin<iuentH re- ] Hpoudod to our la?t appeal for nmountn duo on subscription, but there are wtlll n great many who owe iih. We have inapy obllgatloiiH that are pressing just at thlu time of the year and we iie^d everydollar owing to uh. If you are in arrears call In and Mettle foryour papor and do not wu.it for us to send you ti statement. We will soon bogiu re vising our Huhscriptlou lint and If your account is not paid your name will be Btricken from the list. We do not want to lose any of our sub scrlberH, but it Ih almply a matter of business and one which wo are compelled to do. I>. A. It. Notice. In accord with the unveiling of the Partisan mounmont in Columbia. Nov. 11. by the I). A. It. of S C.. the high school pupils have been studying about tho Partisan Gonor uIh and "writing composition!! about them. The two best compositions to be published under 1). A. It. auHpTces. Interesting Review of Sooth Caro lina Politics by Ex-Senltor John L McUurin. Columbia, 8. Nov. 1. In the rally of the Hleaee forcee at the Jef ? ferwoit Hotel hero thl# week "Hleaao l?o?" wuv defined by former Heoatpr John h. McLaurin, who had boon Hpokon of a? a candidate for gover uo r to eucceed Uleaae but who hau since renounced politic*. 4 Mr. Mc Lawrln held that iJleaeeism in the lineal descendant of TlUmanlsin, and that both /ire and were an Ox probHlon of the deaire and demand of tiie inaaecii to have a part in th? government under which they iiv^i I The? former uomiior Hpoke ue fol lows: ? 0* ' ! My KriendH: \vhen a man applies for life insurance he iu aifked a Hiring of queHtlouw about hie ances try. Hereditary tendencies are carefully noted for Heverai g^nera j tioiiH and the general average of the mortuary tablo iu mathematically correct, I ' ! This doctrine of horedlty applied to great political movementa makeu what we call the history of the hn ' man race. . " " '<?; ? To comprehend HloaseiHin, quo nniHt. first understand Tillmanfcon. It in parent and child. Tillmanlfem 1h daddy; 'Tlieasolftni is the boy just In long puntH finding out that h^; in a man and anxious to try '.bin strength. <? Back of the "'Shell Manifesto," great forces gathering for genera tions broke forth in the storm of the March Convenion of 18U0. I ain going to gtvo you a brief review of the past, ho th a/ the younger men may understand the present. 1 be lieve I look at the situation without prejudice; with mal{ce toward no man, and that charity for others, which I beg for my s own shortcom ings. There has never been a time in the history of South Carolina when good policy, charity and tolerance were more needed than now. Only last year we came near "the parting of the ways" Let us be Men, not afraid to look the situation squaro ly in the face. It goes deep into the domain of eternal justice be tween Man and Man. Surely there is some way to pro vide Hafety to future generations by giving abiding relief from tho bitter strlfo which is inevitable when class OF THE - ? - ? ~ Bank of Camden CAMDEN, S. C. We beg to call the especial attention of the public to the condition of The Bank of Camden as attested to by the directors on the first quarter of its 26th year of useful ness in the community: Resources Loans and Discounts $842,78(1.57 Honda and Stocks .' 80,000.00 ? Cash on hand and hi hanks IOtt,4!?5.2B -Itoal ? Katato, Furnaiure niul Fixtures 17,01)0.07 9r& to.oi2.io Liabilities Capital $100,000.00 Surplus and profits 8H,iJT)?.W(l Deposits I . .:*02,a:*7.5l Duo to other hanks.. , , ^..l,lp7.0SJ Dividends Unpaid 18.00 9510,0 12.10 I, C. H. Yates, Cashier of the above named bank do solemnly swear that the foregoing statement is true and correct to the best'of my knowledge and belief. C. H. Yates, Cashier. Sworn to before me this 31st day of October, 1913 H. G. Carrison, Jr., Notary Public for S. C. Deposits October 31, 1912 - - $323,857.74 Deposits October 31, 1913 - - $363,534.53 (Kindly Note Comparison) II. <;. CAltlUSON ? w. M. SHANNON IjIsO N( DitH^torM * At I test .Correc : d.\\ l|> WOLFF. J NO. \V. COUHKTT G. A.RHAMK ? umrw wmi ww ?w? **w| since the March convention of we have had two political faction* a# diverge in Vlewe and wore btu?r ly hostile than exhHe In other Btate*? betwWn political partiea It dies down oe?a?lonttl|fF and we have a colorless administration thttl Bettlos nothing and eatisfies no oue. What subtle Juki dun force then rutin iho smouldering ember* into tH? flames that theatened last summer u permanent breach amoug , ii white people? ' We had an actual spilt in i89o and two ticket* at tli< general elec tion; it is folly to say .that U wum the personality of TUluian then or lileiiKe now. The private life an<l habile of Tillman were attacked Ju^ as viciously as Blease wait laat hum mer. (>ur campaign meetings were a series of rJots, and after ivv wo u In the primary, a Kro^it convention w uk held aud its slogan waa: '"ft. It. Tillman shall never be Governor of ttouth Carolina. " I have lived to see Haskell and Tillman bury the hatchet, and the< leaden* of that movement rally around Tillman and vote f or him laat suuVmer. The truth in that the movement behind both Hlease and Tillman goes deep er'thun any man's personality. Wo are also confronted with the phenomena that movements Hltullar in character have occurred in every one of tho old slave holding states. It wau not the personality of Marion Butler in North Carolina, he wan a weaker man intellectually and morally than eltlytf Tillman or Hloutse. It was not the master mind of Tom Watson nor the dash* and courage of Vardaman in Mis^inHippi or Kolb of Alabama,' But these men, like Tillman and BleaBe, inter preted and gave expression to what was deep In the souls of the plain ; people; they gave voice to their un uttered thoughts and in their per sons embodied hitherto dumb resent ments at political and industrial con ditions, which had been the alow out growth of time. fr-r V : Before the war an oligarchy baa ed on slavery dominated the polit ical, social and industrial life of the Btates which I have named. South Carolina extended' this into polities to a greater extent than the- others, j and the contest here has been long er and more bitter. , Under the system of representa tion for slaves the low country abso lutely controlled the machinery of government. In 1890 Charleston had two senators instead of one and dou ble the representation to which she was entitled in tho lower house. Is it a woi\der that there was a kick In the up country, whose white pop ulation redeomed the state in 18 7^?.' The large slave^owners in ante bellum" days were the rulers and of fice holders, and the masses of the i people wore regarded as unfit - to j govern. There were two classes of I white people as -distinct as the Patri-i eian and Plebeian orders of Home, j It was a generous, high minded oli- j garchy. it gave the world bhave ; men and virtuous women. in this j day of greed and graft. It stands ; out sweet and clean, a civilization of noble ideals. Its statesmen were men of high character and intellec tual force. It produced soldiers the like of which the world has never seen, but for all that it must be ad mitted that politically, it was an in tolerant, uncompromising ? tyranny; Independence of thought and free dom of action were only permitted within the bounds set by tho Lead ers. The "Poor Whites," as . they were termed, were not considered, and the middle class succumbed, ov erawed by these haughty slave-own ing Barons. , Feudalism amid Nineteenth Cen tury civilization could not' stand. It was well sf^id '"South Carolina sneezed every time Mr. Calhoun took snuff." Nullification and the war, were the inevitable results of a condition, where only one class in society had any power in shaping governmental policies. Our Constitution is designed to give each class and each individual his proportionate power in Govern ment. Disaster followed them, and it will follow any movement which centers all power in any particular class. This cannot be made -a. rich man's government nor a poor man's government. It must give every man the same rights and protect him in it. ; The abolition of slavery was the destruction of this system. The i'ch and powerful of the old. became the poor and woajc of the new. The pr.aeklea of caste wore, removed and the artificial distinction of class ab-~ rogated. The plain farmer (not. the planter,) the mechanic and laborer claimed their. Cod-given rights and loldly and defiantly entered ? the political arena. This brought about an irrepressi ble conflict between tho reconstruc ted orders of society. For want of a better name the issue was called after tho leader on one side or the other. Tillmanite and Haskellite; Bleasite and Jonesite. ? This must be true. Wh^t were the so-called dldu t the couM>?l ?ud with Cleinson college? 'lhat wu* merely the bat tle cry for the moment, the flag mound which we rallied. 1 well re member, when little more thau u boy In my camu^gn for the leg islature the queiMous m?kod "from ife uudiei.ce,0 '"Air you in fa*or o' the L'lciiittuu Ueuuest"? 1 in ib favor of the Ciemson He attest." "'Air you In tavor of &. R. UUmfMf" "Yts. 1 l? in favor of B. a. Tillman." '"Pans on brother, you'll do," then a great shodt, "Hur l-tall for Tillman." Neither aide par ' ed a cent abput the '"Clemsojj Be ?lueut," but way down underneath, 1 Here wus something in the souls of men that make them ready to die ir need 1)0, KKty per cent of us dldn.'t know what (be "Ciemson Be fjuest" wub, it ' took the Bupreme court to find out, ... The people were kept together dm lug K construction by the iu atiuct of rac6 preservation, After J870,,t|ie old time leaders resumed their sway and inaugurated the an tebellum policy just as much as changed conditions would permit. They were* Glorious Leader^ too in the red shirt days. Hampton, , liutler and Oar y did their work well j and everybody was amply rewarded 1 except' Gary and we havo been re ! warding that family to the extent of our ability ever since 1890. How ever, the old time supiness was gone. As early a h 1886, rumbling of discontent on the part of the' masses were heard. The cut and] dried convention held the people down. In 1886, a. backwoodsman from Edgefield came as a delegate to a farmers convention in Bennetts ville. It so chanqed he was assign ed to mV as a guest. The conven tion , like all other assemblages at that time, was in the hands of the Colonels and Generals. The - spee*. made by Capt. B. R, Tillman broke up the convention, I never saw a crowd get away from a town like they did. became ^ Tillmanite on the*M?pot, and with occasional lapses, I have been one ever sinoe. I am a better one today /than the man who made that speech. A better one than If I had spent 18 years in the United StateB senate surround ed by It b luxury and seduced by sycophants and flatterers. Perhaps, I would not know my own child? r.. because it*waa not dressed in silkq and velvets. , . The election of Tillman Governor,, in 1890 whs a general uprising of the masses against the classes, and' present conditions in South Carolina are the culmination of that great so cial and political movement. The whole thing in' the legitimate result Of the evolutionary forces set In motion by the destruction of slav ery. People formerly denied a liv ing voice in Government asserted themselves in 1890, and are reveling now in the plentitude of power, It met violent opposition in 1890, aiid there is now an effort on foot to take away the rights gained then. Revolutions never go backward. The people never give up a right once gained. The true remedy is an appeal to Justice, to the end t?at powcr may be wisely used. *. We cannot hp.ve two politfcal par ties in South Carolina. We must settle all difference in a white man's primary. A division nieans that sooner or later a minority will ap peal to the negro, and when he holds the balance of power ho will control the destiny of the state. Based on alleged frauds in the last primary there is an 'outcry "Re form the Primary." It is passing strange that this cry comes loudest from those who had complete con trol of the last , election where frauds were impossible except by the connivance of their own appoint ees. If a man has money and no moral, scruples, no statutory enact ment can prevent its use where there Is a purchasable vote. Wo have stringent laws against bribery, why has no one been punished? The man whp offers the money f and tempts the weak and ignorant^ is the real criminal. Does primary reform - mean, ex clusion only of the purchasable VOt<Tr Why not exclude thoBe able to buy?' The rule should work both waye. Our primary was loosely conduct /, * last year, but I doubt if there were, more irregularlt-ios than occur fn any hotly contested election. ?? X'K'1 After 18 76, we passed the eighth box law. This was a measure - of doubtful constitutionality to get rid of a nQfiro majority. Congress and the courts winked at [I, because ciY-^ ilization was at stake. We live4 until the Constitution of- 1895 witJT a powder mine under our feet. TtfoT new Constitution safeguards whit?'' supremacy in ttoe only way it ca|l bo done, but it is only effective Ion*; as the white people are unit ed. A split is Just as dangerous now as In 1880, in fact more so, ttif then the whole unwioldly. Ignorant, black mass had to be handled. Ji suppose that there are now ?om? 25,000 registered negro voters. They are intelligent or thoy would not be registered. J,ast year they would ppposeu w tu? burMWW* LuLUmal reetrlcttons ^?signed to hold the negro down in the general eloctlon, b* lug uaed In the primary to hold the white people down. 4u other thing, I consider It dan gerous . to entrust the work of pri mary reform In 'the hand* of those who wovtd begin on the basis of ex lu?lon. 1 hftte to nay it, hut > know t^ere Is w IHiw voterls lu this statp who would like to txcluds enough* people' from the prln^ary to Insure their gontroli why my friends, I huye heard of one 'man who said be would not decide wh?th er he would be a candidate for of flee or not until hp saw whether i h ? !?>*? < oiiHt)tuUoiml restrictions w 91* IMU Into the primary. jQftgad o* exclusion, j#t our policy be partici pation. lAt every white man in and 4hen see that he does not vote but once. All of tlu) political power in thl? state 1b ^centered In the primary/ Disfranchise a man there and yoft rob state and nation. ' It is the only protection 1 the poor and weak have against oppression. Take his vjote a^ay ;nnd the. tenant or labor .er 'ls on the same basis as the ne gro. The man of property or edu cation crtn protect himself without a V.'TT ? - : ttbrlA ?i<l in the primary by property , educational reliction*, will (oik an aure a? night follow* day, i^ ( service ou Juries and J untie* itt u court*. Dsgrlvo any raco or w claim of political power aud Xln?aV| oppression oomee. Talk ?'bout aoYerument, lu#Jtt more Important 'than aovernnjtl Ho government and #urely Qo ^ litical P4rty can hope to live met* WB? Wd to uullify t vino riichtH which antedate gover ment Itself. That is not democrat it is a despotism which euablo* 1 telligence and power to opproiw pc erty and weakness. Wiiut right has one man to g that another inau bhall not votet is the (tame old fight the man seeking a wider voice in the uffai of government and a clana wlio i gara this a* a menace to the Coi monwealth. The people will win, i they have AlWays won whoa urou ed. Let me tell you the groat i cret 6t Tlllpaan's strength in IS) aad of Oovernor Bleaae to<U $They made PrtYtlfge and Power i hut in hand to Poverty and Wfcl Ilea* And beg ite vote, and Privily and Power hated Tillman then, ] thoy Blease now. J SATISFIES ? ' ' ' ' ' _ ii i > iJ n i inn i i i | | i ii A |j|. Hi ? . A Better Appetite ? . - . ' ? .1. ? . . *;?:> ' -v '" 'k ? ' . . ' ? t <?' .;!? We manufacture "better bread" exclusively ~ 1 ^ * ? ,A -y /, 'Ask Your Grocer for It * TELEPHONE 49 CAMDEN STEAM BAKERY A. J. BEATTIE, Prop. ANOTHER large shipment of Flower Bulbs Your bulbs should be planted now for early flowers. Our prices are much lower than many. Our- bulbs are the finest in size and * quality ever ^brought here. * * ?? ?' i i ? ? i I i i i i i ii 'i A large assortment of Flower Seeds that are guaranteed fresh ' ** - . \ ? jj w. 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