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WE HAVE LISTED WITH US FOR QUICK SALE
THE B. R. McCREIGHT MERCANTILE PROPERTY,
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For price and other particulars, see
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REAL ESTATE AGENTS
BEARD TELLS WHY
McLaurin Did Not Make Race;
Will Not Vote for Richard*
i SUItor The < Bronte)# ?
Ill glviilg I Ills Kt it t (Ml It'll t to tllH
it H* my pur | Mine to show why Senator
M ?r| ,h urtu should not inid it l?l not use
ly enter tin- Kulicriialorial nut' us
vlcii rtoux sacrifice whereby unworthy
DM|itrai)U to high nttlcii would l>?*nt>ttt
hy the expenditure of hi* Campaign
fund, Mini his uhtlfty lis li ?a inpa iftici
; And ulro to show why no ti'tu/ lilease
{ man when fully Informed, or autl ollh
| re. for that matter, can afford to voto
! f? ?)? Joliu (I, lltchardx unless, indeed,
I they are prepared to honor tin- memory
| of Benedict Arndhl and defend the aet
of Brutus.
First. twelve candidates for one of?
I 11 Ce ami tlu? short time allowed each,
I I- ridiculous, for no man ean possibly
<11 scuss tjio Issue, much lesM make a de
I fehso of < jovi'rnor .Blouses' oft)chll re
cord as a lilease -candidate shouhl he
aide and VVlMlhg to do In twelve or
fourteen minutes. ,
Hccftnd, Blease loader^ f<>r tK61f o\YW
wellish ) air poses are supporting one or
more of the a nLl lilease candidates.
These conditions are more or less in
vogue all over the state ami all of the
anll-Blcase candidates for governor
are: the recipient of this support t)ius
weakening the faetinnal candidate hy
at least one-fourth if he hud n<? far
tional opposition.
Third. there were Uiihh? otheij lilease
candidates to divide this already mi -
polity vote, with, making it imposslhle
to get a hirai^htout. lUea^e imiu In 4h?*
second race.
Fourth, the one partisan candidate,
Mendel I,. Smith will get as large a
lilease veto as any of the Blouse can
didates themselves, making asurance
doubly sure that no stralghtout. lilease
hum will he in the second race even.
Fifth; not satislled with allowing
their personal ambitious and greed for
office, envy, jealousy, Incapacity for in
(elligent leadership, and general lack
of harmony and good faith, to de
moralize the Hlease faction us a light
force, a number of inconsiderate lead
ers intent only upon their jiersonal
aggrandizement, left the lilease ranks
to seek a candidate whom they could
exploit and manipulate, and slipped
.John f}. Richards In under cover of
night, after rescuing him from the an
tl discard.
McLaurin is too big /a man to run
us a puppet for any set of dark lant
ern rlngsters masquerading as leaders
of the cause of the masses, who as-,
semble themselves under the magic
name of "lilease" and the "common
people" to further their own ambi
tious schemes, so he <11(1 not enter the
lists.
lie could have run as an indepen
dent lilease man like Irby, Sims and
Mullally, making a fourteen minute
bid for the support of a faction al
ready defeated by the new and Ini
quitous enrolling rules? a plethora of
candidates and the prostitution of sec
ondary leadership ? but what was the
use?
Now I have nothing personal against
Mr. Richards ? but here are the rea
sons why ^tleasites shouhl repudiate
him. He is not a Blease man, he has
never aftiiliated with the mease move
ment, except clandestinely during the
last campaign in his. race for railroad
commissioner, when he played both
sides for., the suckers, telling, it is
stated, Bleasltes how he slept In the
same bed with a governor at Mpnck's
Corner and tlieiv deriying It as a cam
paign canard when questioned by the
a nils. In that raee he was quietly
backed by Ben Tillman whose protege
he is, and the Gonzales, who .are de
lated to him. He is Ben Tillman's po
litical "Trojan Horse." A card sllp
ped from John Ga ry Evans' sleeve,
coming from the enemies' camp as the
"Greeks bearing gifts" and will obey
his ma'sters if elected.
lie was first a strong disitensafyite,
then when that institution tottered, a
state-wide prohibitionist, when Cole
Blease won out on local option, he be
came convinced that local option was
ordained by God. And now lie is a
very strong and earnest local-option
prohibitionist-eounty dispensary! te, de
pending altogether upon the dominant
sentiment? -of the section he happens
to be In.
He has l>een 011 every side of every
quest loti and in his eel-like political
course has always flopped from one
question to another ; from .fler'y furnace
to frozen glacier, with the ease and
sang-froid of a Salamander ? but al
ways flopped too late to land.
Mr. Richards' sole claim to Bleasism
is due to the fact that after I bad
fully exiK>sed his political double deal
ing and forced his hand and the hands
of his friends under great stress of
pressure from t,hose hidden friends he
came into the governor's oflice and
stated to those assembled that "as the
governor's principles are nearest to
mine If any one asks llie who I will
vote for for senator, I will say Blease."
Then afterwards in answer to inquiry
as to how Senator Tillman would take
it he replied in effect: "I have written
to him explaining my position, and it
is satisfactory to him." Thus did he
and his friends dangle before the eyes
of BleasTtes, the great prize of Till
man's friendship and assistance bas
ing the whole proposition upon treason
to t'i<- "i i ii<' other, pirbHiM both
I don't know, l>ut Ttl Imaii'H fricmls
Hif talking that Richards ga ve Till
man to undorwtand that hi* wus i 1 1
loyal to Tillman and only declared for
Hlwise I c > gel tlii' vote, . I believe that
t rye, for ithiunds wiik averse
to >making a [nihil* declaration and
wa* evading it Ulttll I published It on
hi in and madi' Idm nunc out in (In*
Opell.
I >lca?dto.v | ii|i|m^c will | m > y|ad lo
loll rn that Mr. Richards was tho ail
thoi ? ?r (ho act iojH'iil}iiK tho lion law
? ia U.\ the pool f. ii in renter*
And in P.HI at a liHJ'beciio at hi*
houto, liberty Hill, it is sai'd ho iv
f?is<*d to Int roilt|?'(> tho governor to
t|lO audience \x lion requested to do so,
Hut in Hill tho governor was undo?
a hot liro of Inula I criticism and so:
olali.N *o- 1 .racised as an olllolal hy tho
mill*. who a I'M Mi'- Hlohrtfdx' friends
and relatives, and was supposed to ho
down and onl an a political fiiiitor.
Since that time ho has hoon elected
u??\ ?M,iioi' again, which makes a big
dltl civm o, - and therefore this rcversl
hloo|.?nl>li' hin-k notion - shorl -circuit in#
political acrobat Is now \v i 1 d I \ in JfoVi*
wltli Ills excellency,'.
< 'oi l a I u aspiring demagogues and
dh-t;itoi realizing that normal condl
t|on would lilast tholr hope-* of elec
tlon I </ congress and other high ?>ili<
and. not wanting a strong man in tho
oxo' iillvo chair w|n'? would stand ho
t\\?i ? them anil their eventual sena
torial ampliations sought from tho
_i :m \ \ : i r? I of tin- on oniy a skeleton to
dill .before the eyes of a sensible
ili.'i/i.'Jil-'. MUliloi a spiuuUi** in.
<-oiii|M'(cnt upnii whom to | >(i 1 1 the
shines as with a inarlonotto. Well,
they found him ami are to ho eon
grahrltftod upon I he wisdom of thoir
eliohe.
When these Incompetent minor lead
ers. inconsiderate of the dubious sena
torial race and realizing that to jeop
ardize their, loader was to throw the
light brought John (J. Klchnrds In un
der cover of night, to make Ids doath
bed confession of faith, and declare
him "horn again" they seryed notice
upon all in the gubernatorial race
that there was no factional light ? 80
now let them nurse tholr puling In
font.
T!n? campaign up -to date proves that
my analysis was correct at first. The
gubernatorial campaign is getting f ur
tlier and further away from the sena
torial, and Ho lady-like and mild, that
it would seem grotesque to attmpt to
disturb the sweet slumbers of the gu
bernatorial sleepers.
No "governors" shaking last this
time, but to be heard by even the
small crowds, they ask to rotate with
the minor officers. May tie if John Dun
can could speak last every day he
could bold the crowd for them.
Why not ask Richards why be don't
resign? whether be wants to bold
bis otHcu to- pay campaign excuses
with the salary and free transporta
tion? Of whether be thinks he will
need it after the election?
Gov. I ilea so is the expression of the
working people's m>lltlcal Uoiie and I
will stick to him despite the treachery
of others which he can't help. I Will
vote, for Irby, Peoples, Fortner, and
Kelly for*- they are all true Blease
men.
1 think the second race will be be
tween Mendel Smith, Copper, Olirtic
scales or Manning, in which case Men
del Smith will be the next governor.
We Ulea sites have dropped cmr candy
as far as the chief executorship is con
cerned.
Even if Richards is elected, we are
still out of it for he is supported by
a combination of Ren Tillman, John
Gary Evans, Charleston liquor Inter
ests, the Columbia State* and turn-coat
minor Rleaslte leaders.
Mr. Richards says he is not a "coat
tail swinger." Well he is not swing
ing on one coattail, but bf is serenely
lurched upon four: that of Ren Till
man, John Gary Evans, Gonzales, and
Governor Rlease.
W. P. Iieard,
Abbeville, S. O., June 26, 1014.
GIBSON'S GREAT COMEBACK.
How He Answered a Something For
Nothing Proposition.
According to Printer's Ink, Charles
Dana Gibson is said by an exchange to
have been amused at receiving not long
ago a printed circular signed by an au
tomobile firm that read:
You are cordially invited to partici
pate in our grand $100 prize drawing
contest. Each participant may sub
mit one or more drawings advertising
our automobile, and the winner will
I receive a grand cash prize of $100.
; Drawings must ^e sent prepaid, they
n rest be original, ami all unsuccessful
drawings Will remain the property of
the undersigned.
Mr. Gibson, who can scarcely be per
suaded to make drawings at $1,000
apiece, smiled over the jitfnted circu
lar, then took a sh<*et of note jmper
and still smiling, wrote to the automo
bile firm :
You are cordialy invited to partlci
l>ate in my grand $10 prize automobile
contest. Each participant may wubniit
one or more automobiles, fully equip
! i>ed, of his own manufacture, and the
winner will receive a grand cash prize
of $10 in gold. The automobile sub
mitted should be brand new and must
be shipped ?. o. b. New York. The un
successful automobiles will remain the
property of the undersigned. Charles
Dana Gibson.
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A TESTIMONIAL
The remarkable war has beon demonstrated in the use of (lit*
twi.oic CANNADV hi <?(.v i>> oik* of ttw popular mail riders from
flit* Camden post ofllre, Ik* having UNrd (lie buggy t liat he is now
driving for tlirw and out* Intlf years t-onthmousl) every day except
Sundays and holidays. Figuring on 800 working days per year lie lias
traveled 27, MO miles with this buggy and it is. still in use and malting
Ids daily trips. Below is a testimonial from .Mr, Thompson which
speaks for Itself. There tire other 'lu\ lor (annatly buggies that
are used by the Camden rural route rarriers:
?'Camden, S, (Vtluim 01 h, J01I.
Messrs; Springs & Shannon,
t'Mllidon, S, < J,
t ??>n t leinen :
"I take pleasure In Mtylug that l bought one of tin* Tiiyluf Cuii
UlUly buggies sold by your linn about l>eeeiuber 1st IVM.0, ? 1 havo
used this buggy nearly every day slnee and don't own ajiOlher buggy
or have not owned any other slime I bought this one, so you ean,
readily sen that the buggy ha* been eonstaid use, 1 luivo probably
driven It 15(H) miles in that length of time than the figures given
above Ji7,!100 miles. Therefore taking the aetm.il measured miles and
tin- oxiinutr number of miles (l.">00> yull will sec I I i ; I N ? ? tr;i\el
ed sno jiiilrs in this .'lie bu;r:-\ iiiul It Is goOd repair attl.T Hfid
expect to use It at least (1 mouths longer,
"Yours truly,
",i. w. Thompson."
SPRINGS 8c SHANNON
Camden, S, C.
Millinery
Millinery
PRICES REDUCED
For the next few weeks I am reducing
all prices on my stock of
SEASONABLE MILLINERY
CALL AND SEE AND NOTE
1Z prices v
Miss Mattie Gerald
BROAD STREET Millinery That'. Styliih CAMDEN, S. C.
Millinery ?
Millinery
Tribune and Stormer
BICYCLES
We can give you these wheels ranging in
price from $30.00 to $50.00. Come in and'
see them.
We also carry everything for wheels and
have Mr. S. B. Beard in charge of repair de
partment, who give the best of work.
Camden Motor Co.
N O T I C E
To Automobile Owners
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Insist on getting GULF REFINING GO.,
GASOLINE. It's Better. Let me show you
or ask the man who is using it.
J. B. ZEMP, Agent