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WHAT NEW YORK THINKS. Comment* From The World, The Sui and The Times. In the person of Cole L. Bleas' South Carolina presented tc the coun try a skillful demagogue without po litical conscience, whose appeal wa to the lowest prejudices of the popu lation and whose course was marke< by definite and unceasing efforts t< promote his personal ambitions with out regard to the welfare of ih< State or its people. Having enduret him for a season that must hav< seemed even longer to us own ciu zens than it did to their compatriots who at least did not suffer him as ; daily diet, the State has squelchec him in the Democratic primaries it a manner justifying to the hope tha his future in public life will be shor and of no moment. If in Blease's makeup any of th< qualities that reproach popular government is lacking, the deficiency i? so richly compensated by the over luxuriance of those he does posses: that it is not noticeable. To vulgar ity, unscrupulousnqss, violence anc the exploitation of the basest in dem A*- ?1 - r-nVi-Jc- mnmon ocrauc ruie cicasc unCU tary success, and his downfall is more than the overthrow of an in ' dividual, for it comprehends the vie torious reaction of political decencj following a mean debauch that re duced public life to the lowest anc most contemptible pass of degrada tion.?New York Sun. B lease and Bleaseism. \ Twice elected governor of SoutI Carolina, to the shame of its decern ( ' citizenship, Coleman L. Blease's am? bition to be a senator of the Unitec States has been defeated at the prif maries. The result is of more thai local interest, for it promises the rehabilitation of an American commonwealth and consigns to private life ? vicious character. It seems almost impossible for ? man in a responsible position to b( as depraved as Blease has appearec to be: yet we have Senator Tillman's word for it that the governor's lawlessness. butality and vulgarity ar< natural and not assumed. He has been encouraged in bis violence, per Caps, Dut tne oenei uiai 11 ?a? lar, but at heart he is a ruffian anc a blackguard without a rival in oui political history. ! While self-respecting Carolinians have fought Blease to a finish, thej have not yet killed Bleaseisiii. To dc that they must educate the people Twenty-five per cent, of South Carolina's population is illiterate. A considerable element of the whites is ignorant and misled. Prostrated bj succession by war, carpet-bagism. tht hideous orgies of the freedmen, hurricanes, earthquakes and the blasphemous demagogy, that now approaches an end, a once proud State cannoi ? hope ever to stand truly erect unless it shall have the sure support of popular intelligence.?New York World Cole Blease's Defeat. Despite the aid of a strong and un scrupulous political machine and o; a direct primary law that included many loop-holes for ballot box stuf c . fers. Cole Blease has been rejected by the electorate of South Carolina as a candidate for United States senator. Governor Blease has taker < care to let the people of the wholt country know what manner of mar he is. His belief in the efficacy ol lynching, blatantly expressed, his cus torn of pardoning convicts by wtiole sale?he has set free over 1.20( criminals in that small State?anc his addiction to violent language anc coarse epithets have too long identr ( fied South Carolina with a spirit t( which the term of Bleaseism has been applied as denoting everything bad in politics. Senator Benjamin Tillman?noi the radical "Pitchfork Ben"< of hi: younger days, but a statesman 01 whom tl\e atmosphere of (the senate has had a clamoring and renovating i influence?issued during the primar: r campaign an appeal to the voter: "not to disgrace the State" by send ing Blease to the nation's capital ?New York Times. One Means of Support. Miss Campbell, the Sunday-schoo teacher, discovered, to her horror that some of the small members o * her class had taken as literal truth the tales of ancient gods and god desses which they had read in ; child's mythology at school. t , She determined, if possible, to de KT- oir?Tnld lncir* am 2511 U > UCliCl uj> ciuiy v ivD*v, ? ? with this end in view .she asked: "Who was it Amelia, that sup ported the worm on his shoulders?' "Atlas, ma'am," the little girl re plied promptly. ; "That is correct," said the teach er. "Now, children, think. If h was supporting the world on hi shoulders, of course he could not b standing on it. Now, what support ed Atlas?" "I know," cried Amelia. "He mar ried a rich wife!"?Harper's Maga _ zine. r v SMITH TO WORK FOR FARMER. a To Continue as He lias Done for Past Five and One-half Years. Bishopville, Aug. 2S.?In an intere view with Senator Smith at this place Friday, where he addressed about five hundred farmers in the court 55 house, and urged them to organize and get ready to hold their cotton, * he said regarding the recent election. 3 in which it appears that he is returned to the Cnited States senate e by a handsome majority, that he * would wait untii the official count and announcement to make a full statement, but that he did wish at * this time to thank the people of the 1 State generally who supported him } _ . ? . ^ for reelection, ana especiauy me iar** mers of the State for their support. 1 Mr. Smith 6aid that he has talked t and planned and dreamed for the farmers of South Carolina and the i South, and has endeavored to in every way look after and protect s them and that he is deeply grateful to them for the confidence displayed 5 by their returning him to represent them in the senate. He said that as his opponents charge that he has done nothing but talk cotton and work for cotton for the five and oneJ half years he had been in the 6enate, he pleads guilty to the charge and serves notice now that he is going 7 back to do as he has always done, and that having more experience than during his first term, expects to be able to accomplish more for the farmers, and thus for the whole people of the State and the South. He said that cotton being the basis 1 of their wealth, that which raised 1 the price of cotton and raised the standard of living of the Southern | -- 1- - 1 - I people as a wuoie ?uuiu unicm uvi only the farmers of South Carolina ' and of the South, but that it would benefit the whole nation, in that the money coming: from Europe to pay 1 for cotton kept the balance of trade in our favor. 1 The senator declared that this is J not Smith's victory, but the farmers' victory, and that he believed this will ' demonstrate to the people generally and to politicians in particular, that i factionalism does not stand a ghost 5 of a show any longer, especially the factionalism that depends upon the support of farmers to keep going. He 1 saic^ that by this election the farmers, all of them, rich and poor, high and low, had served notice to all selfish ' and scheming politicians that they were no longer a bunch of "rubes" ' to be caught by the nose and led to any trough that suited the politician and made to drink whether they wanted to or not. He stated that the farmers, who all had agreed for many years are the foundation and backbone of the nation, have arisen and asserted that they have manhood enough to prescribe for themselves ' and take their own medicine and not | 1 the concoctions of some schemer. He ' believes that factionalism is dead forever in South Carolina. Plays Havoc With Hogs. Washington, Aug. 24.?Diseases caused the swine breeds of South P Carolina to lose 50,700 hogs valued , at $461,370 last year, according to a report which has just been issued by the department of agriculture. This is an average death rate of 65 per 1.000 head. During the year ^ 1913 the ratio was 75 head per 1,000 k and a total of 57,500 head were lost. The latest census reports, which are . dated January 1, 1^14, 6how that there are 780,000 head of hogs in South Carolina, and they are valued ) at $7,098,000 or $9.10 per head. . The farmers of the entire nation . last year lost 7,004,800 head of hogs from disease. Their total value.was } $75,000,000 and the death rate 119 per 1,000. 5 - I DAXGEK KKOM !SK1. t German Aviator Drops Bomb in Paris ; Street. 1 ; Paris, Aug. 30.?A German aeror plane flying at the height of 6,000 . feet over Paris, dropped a bomb into 5 the city at 1:30 o'clock this after. noon. The bomb struck near L'est J railway station, but did no damage. Though startled by this threatening occurence Parisians remained tranquil. All have been gradually accustom1 ed to much more serious events as '? possibilities and the people of the f capital are equal to either fortune? s hard won success in the north or a - temporary reverse. a The official communication issued by the military governor last night - ordering that houses within the zone 1 of action of the Paris forts be evac uated and razed has been the subject - of much discussion and various rumors have spread throughout the !- city. Gen. Lacroix, military editor of - the Temps, takes a hopeful view of e the situation, saying: s "The Germans continue their turne ing movement on their right. We - have replied by assuming the offensive afXovion Horcien and at Guise. '- The result is indecisive in the first di rection, but our attacks will be resumed." MANNING THANKS PEOPLE. Warns Them A jainst Indifference in Second Primary. To the people o:' South Carolina: I thank the Democrats of South Carolina for the support given me in the primary just closed, which I feel is an endorsement of my stand for a progressive, business-like and nonpartisan administration of the State government. Ia the circumstances that surrounded the campaign, the support I received in all sections of the State causes me to feel that the people have confidence in my sincerity of purpose, in my fitness for the high office of governor and in my determination to be the servant of all the people / in the office to which they will elect me on September 8th. I am deeply appreciative of this expression of confidence and I once again assure those who supported me in the first primary and those who will support me in the second, that my mind and heart, my time and all the ability with which I am endowed will be dedicated to the sendee of ^A A - ? ? J * ?? * k, '> O ?o>/\ A P OUT dl<il6 aiiU LU Lilt* UlOUiaigc u i the duties and responsibilities of the office with fairness to all. Our danger is indifference,, engendered by too great confidence. It is the duty of every citizen who really loves his State to vote in the coming primary. As your chosen leader I call upon the men of our State to vote for me, not personally, but for the principles for which 1 stand. As your governor I shall U.bor to enforce all the laws with firmness, with justice and with mercy, and to aid in the abolition of factionalism and bitterness and for the upbuilding of our State in all ways that will make for the prosperity, happiness and enlightenment of all the people. RICHARD I. MANNING. Sumter, S. C.f Aug. 28, 1914. Tillman vs. Ill ease. Trenton, Aug. 26.?Tillman to Blease September 1910: "Hon . Cole L. Blease. Newberry: "Congratulations. Let the heathen rage. "B. 'R. TILLMAN." Blease to Tillman, Aug. 1912: "B. R. Tillman, Trenton, S. C: "Let the heathen rage. They still rage. "COLE L. BLEIASE." Tillman to, Blease, August. 1914: "Hon, Cole L. Blease. Columbia: "The heathen still rage, but the people rejoice. See Deuteronomy 3rd, two fifteen. Good bye. "B. R. TILLMAN." Note?Third chapter, 2nd verse of Deuteronomy. "And the Lord said unto me, fear him not for I will deliver him and all his people and his land unto thy hands, and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto'Dihon. king of the Amorittes, which dwelt in Heshbon." The above is the verse Tillman referred to Blease in the telegram of August 1914. MEET QUICK DEATH. Young Man Drowned and 8-year-old Youth Electrocuted. Greenville, Aug. 30.?Hugh Mooney, 18 years of age, an employee of the Samson mills, was drowned this afternoon while in bathing in Clairmont lake, about three miles from the city. The young man and two companions were in the lake when Mooney went out over his depth. He could not swim and neither of his companions being swimmers, they were compelled to stand in shallow water and watch Mooney come to the surface three times and finally disappear. His body was recovered by a diver one hour after he sank. The young man had neither father nor mother, but is survived by three sisters and two brothers. His brothers were on the shore when he was drowned George King, the 8-year-old son of Mrs. W. L. Mauldin and stepson of Dr. \V. L. Mauldin, was instantly killed early this afternoon, when he stepped on a live wire. The little boy was playing with two other children in the yeard of his step-grandmother, Mrs. W. L. Mauldin. widow of the late State senator. The wire was a guy, which had come into contact with the feed wires of an arc light. In stringing the wires the feed wires had been thrown over the guy wire, which, with an iron peg was fastened to a tree in Mrs. Mauldin's yeard. The insulation of the feed wires wore away, the peg burned the tree and then came loose, the wire failing across ine siaewani. ji lay there some time, but was thrown over the fence and into the yard by a man who noticed it. He used his cane in throwing the wire. The children came out into the yard to play an the little boy stepped on the peg, which was at the end of the wire. He screamed once and fell, 2.300 volts of electricity passed through him, killing him instantly. Dr. Mauldin but recently married Mrs. King. RUIN, SHAME, SLAVERY. ; Lord Robert Uses Plain Terms in Making Appeal for Recruits. London. Aug. 30.?Field .Marshal Lord Roberts, addressing a meeting last night for the purpose of obtaining recruits for the army, declared the country was in great danger. I There was no use in mincing words, j he said: defeat would mean ruin, shame and slavery. 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