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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,
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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
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