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'i jsrtjn&j? -- 2 A umgriinuw mju/namcmo* 1U0U8T 14. 1112. V - -V if^- ‘at Um WalUrboro, 8. C., I M m MOMd-«lMS m&ttar I 1179. «ad«r Act of lUreh ^ MT*. Snb-ryljrtl'jB Roto*. ) Tear 4 . ••• •» mm t— im 81.®® Montha »8® «e Month* «8R I. Froetkolly totltldas of —mea to ao that- |t jwMj^ ha aro la poaltlon to toow tho ««aim> a goo® !4ta for tbo eaadld&tca for cation* of tho man—«itfa aa McL^d the Loglolatart to osgoon them- Mahalog. John Gary Sraaa, M. L. Smith. D. 8. Hondo non, D. C. Hoy- ward. M. F. Anson J. L. McLanrla, and acoreo of others. f. Eighty-five per cent 4 of tho members of the last Legislature. 7. Every State officer who ha* served with him. I.’’ Nearly all the leaders In thought sod service In Souih Cgr- selves as to whether or not they are la favor of rural policemen for Col leton county. Most of tho coun ties m the State have this* law. The people in the country are entitled to some pot ice protection. These mounted officers could go over the country once or twice a week and see that the laws are enforced. They could put the blind tigers out of bUHlDeea.. Only recently two dastardly *eer. ■3/ Published every Wednesday at Walterboro S. C. <8WEDNE8DAY, AUO. 14. 1*1*. crimes wrere committed in our olina—we mean those men who gl re . county.’ As yet no one has been of their time ard talents to help ' arrested. ' If we had two or three better conditions and to build up tbd Uve rurrJ policemen, perhaps the S,.,. .. hom. and n hro .d. UCndm. ^ dTJ^A. profesiilonal and business men. We do not feel we have over drawn this picture. The above will be conceded true by ardert Blease supporter*. Which crowd will you der the sheriff and be of great as sistance to the solicitor in work ing up testimony In certain cases This is-w has worked well in the other counties, of the State. My. Editor, if you think well of mhink it for QUALITY-none better ^ - Buy it for ECONOMY —one pound equals two of the ordin ary kinds. 41 THE KULY-TAYLO* CO O *,-> ■t '' K'-r At Spartanburg at a night meet ing, Bleaae referred to a colonel on his staff aa “the dirtiest skunk South Carotins ever produced." This fa the same colonel of whom fileaae Mid n few weeks ago. when be re fused to believe that this colonel urns done with the governor. "John 1s nil right." How time does change one’s opinions! Ira R. Jones says that In matters coming before him as governor he wonld not know friend or enemy, bat justice would be his motto, Irrespective of how the person vot ed. Cole L. Blense says only friends need c-pply. Which Is safer as an Officer clothed with anthorltyl? line up with f Under which banner ft, i shall be glad If you will ad will you march? The 27th of Au-jvocate same in your paper. It la guat will record your answer. Your }» hoped our members In the ' legislature at our next session will vote Is sacred!. have passed such a Ian for Colleton county." j C. W. Glover. ‘‘I tm%XD BY MY FRIENDS." Editor W. P. Beard, of the News- Bclmlter, n weekly Blease newspaper published by Rev. Detective Creigh ton at Greenwood, claims to hold m commission from Governor Blease dated July IS, aa deputy chief con stable of the State, whose chief dnty it is to preserve order on the speakers’ stand bt the campaign Meetings. Thus has Bleaae provid ed himself n private armed body guard, and another friend with a fat sad easy Job paid for out of the public treasury. Oh, yes, Coley stands by his friends. WHO ARE HLKAAE’S FRIENDS I AND ENEMIES!? Who are Bleaso’s friends f We Mean those whom he calls !n‘o counsel and with whom he aesocl- Stee on terms of social equality and depends for political support? Let as see: . > • * Hl!nd'tigers, criminal*, law break ers. grafters and gcmblers. \ He aaya so himself and they swear so. Let us name a few: Sam Nichols, wjio testifies him- aelf that he is a drunkard. He ataye dc-js at the mansion. and nays he has made over $1000 |r, a year securing pardons from his tnetm, tne governor,- tnus placing » commercial value on his friendship Stothart,'chief dispensary consta ble, who testified under oath that be drank and slept with the govern or and that to answer a question ns to whether or not he received graft would incriminate him. The charge that he collected graft from 810 blind tigers in Charleston and this was dlvdled with the governor baa never been cleared np. ° “Rev." Creighton, oho was axpell •d from the Methodist conference, and who wni appointed by Govern or Blease as * private detective at a salary of'|100 par month. Hub Evans, Rawlinson, Towill, Parnnm and othara who secured considerable notoriety* t* grafters daring the dt.ys of good stealing un der the dlepenamry*. About 400 pardoned criminals, Oho have committed almost every crime prohibited by statutory law In South Carolina from house burn ing to murder. » Ben Abney, the chief counsel of the Southern railway, who Uvea at the mansion. * We could name others, but the above will suffice to show what Influences will shape the policy of Blerae should he again be elected governor. Do you relish It? Of course there are others sup porting him and some of them good men but they are not called tn»to th council chamber to help promulgate just and correct principles of gov ernment. Isn’t this^true? We have aqt overdrawn the picture. Now let us see Who are not his friends and supporters, if we have been correctly informed: 1. Practically* every minister of the Gospel in the Stnta. 2. Ninety per cent, of the law yer* of the State, to which profes sion Bleaae belongs. S. Ninety per cent or more of tbe presidents of Collect end th* * prstoMors of tbo mmo. gad of teach . Srs la iwm schools. 4. Niaaty-flvo per coat of tbo •f Up fltato. _ We hsve been thinking a llt^Je of the fevortte motto of Governor Blease which is "1 stand bpCamy friends." He has carried this farther than any. governor South Carolina has ever had, giving all appo|ntmei>ts to his friends and pardoning them no matter what their crime or guilt. He even now announces his Intention of going farther and in addition to stand ing by his friends, he expresses the determination to make his “enemies sweat blood,’* for the re mainder of his term of office If he is defeated. What be will do to them if elected he does not say, but doubtless the same thing. In either event only a portion of South Carolina will have a governor as long as Blease holds that position, and no one will be governed by a Just governor. He will "stand by" those who "stand by" him, and make the other "gang sweat blood." So neither side will get justice—"friends" will get every consideratioo, fairness and Justice, not entering into the mat ter at all. “enemlea” will get no consideration, fairness and justice not e^en considered. * Governor Blease does not seem to realise that he occupies in his official capacity the position of father to a family. Suppose a fathe has .a number of young boys, a ma jority of them doing those things well plerrtng ^ ln~ the sight ^f the father,.* minority of them doing thing* displeasing to the (ether. Thi* doe* not remove the faef^hat all a-re his sons, and are entitled to the same fatherly care and pro- ExceiMor Bible Clam .Herts. Island ton, Aug. 12—Special: The Exceletor Bible Claes of Cross Swamp Sunday School met at Mrs. W. D. Berry’s Tuesday evening. Ju ly 30, for the purpose of electing officers and also of selecting some ' special work for the clan. ( After having some music and several songs, the following offic ers were elected: Presided. Mrs. W. D. Berry. Vice-president, John Avant. Teacher. Mrs. Joe Ponds. Aulstant teacher, Miss Mattie Polk. Secretary, W. M. Godley. Treasurer, Joslah Ponds. Corresponding secretary, Mary Polk. The members of tbe committees were also appointed. Suggestions were made as to the work the clan should do and it was decided that the best work at present for the clan would be to keep the church grounds in>. order. Corresponding Secretary. itinne *■ r Miss LECTION FIGURES INTERESTING FACTO AS SHOWN BY RETURNS OF 1»10. FEATHERSTONE VS BLEASE Bleaae Elected by Only 5.1 S3 Votes Over Prohibit loti Oaadldnte. Some Dethsrtloaa Ttwrrtrom. Columbia, August 3. — Special: With the primary election len than a month off. and confident claims being made by the ardent support- Kershaw.. .. .. ..793 907 Lancaster.. .. .. ..1,473 969 Laurens.. .. .. ..1,592 1,872 * % • • • # .. .. 625 774 Lexington.. 1,925 Marion .. .. .. .. 923 502 Marlboro. . .. .. ..1,236 920 Newberry .. 1,592 Oconee .. .. 1,044 Orangeburg .. .. ..1,578 1,589 Pickens .. . . . . ..1,192 1,830 Richland .. . . ..1,523 2,549 Saluda . . . . 1,819 Spartanburg.. .. ..4,544 4,050 Sumter ,. .. .. .. 846 707 UnioD. . ^ . . . .. ..1,100 1,690 Williamsburg. 1.273 97 York.. .. . t .. ..1,748 1,670 Total .. .. .. 50.605 56,250 | The First In the firs! primary the vote for the° leading three candidates was very close. Out of len than 100, 000 votes cast, Blease," Feather- Mrs. Renta Mrs. Rents entertained Friday e*# ening ii> honor of her cousin Mamie i Bunch of Charleston snA^fonr ' of Mr. Rents’s nieces. Mnles Kath- ' leen deTreville and Edith 1 Fraser added much to the enjoyment by their sweet music. Sherbert and ' cake was served during the even-* tng. Those present were. Misses Viola Andersen, Rbame r Grace, ' Florence Anderson, Edith Fraser, Gena Hill, Mettle Baker. Kathleen deTrevelle. Johnelb>, Grace ai>1 • Quintare HoftMIfii, Jtuby Goodwin, Marie Bunch, Mary and Pauline McCaojj. Postell Wltaell, Jesse and rJames deTreville, Dan and Wltsell Anderson. Edgar Jayeock*. Eddie Warren. Randolph Howell, Willie Fripp and Girard Hyme. ers of the two leading candidates for B tone and McLeod together received Governor, It is of some interest to look back to the campaign of 1910 end in the light of the election fig ures of two years ago form some 77,292 votes, with six candidates in the race. Ths vote for these three was as follows: Blease. 28,- 984; Featherstone, 24,142; McLeod, tj* 0 j-B «)._ _u B tirmm #Kia vaav ta,Hera ' 32,144* Blease had a lead over Idea of the ehances thli year. Judge Pes ^ k€rttone of only 2 g 44 An d Featherstone had s lead over Me- Classified Adrerfiseaeits FOR SALE. FDR SALE—W# have meal and bulla for the summer, trade, Wal- ♦erboro Oil Mill. 7-10-1 Ot DRUMMERS can get single and double buggies from me at any time to make trips. R. C. Brab ham, Williams, 8. C. 8-14-4t LEARN I TELEGRAPHY, E&rn $50 io $150 per moMh. Thousands of operators needed. Most fascinat ing sod educational work. 'Po sitions assured I sJl graduates. Write Immediately for cata logue. Spartanburg School of Telegraphy, Main St., Spartan burg. 8. C. j 8-14 6i. BUSINESS LOCALS. Jones Is s new factor personally In the primary, bnt the strength of Governor Blease and of the opposi te* to him is pretty well known. Mr. Blease was elected in the second primary of 1910 by a major- Leod of only 3,978 votes. The Slease, MoLeod and Duncan vote was the anti-prohibition vote and It amounted to 53,234, as against to - CM, . um. »o„ than 5.000 , “•.‘JSL.’S £ a much larger total vote was cast Blease received only 55,250 votes to 51,605 for Featherstone. Mr. FbJiiurne Withdraws. Editor, Press and Standard: PeriiM: me through your toinmrs. .. ., L , to express my deep j appreciation tectlon. He would be considered an 0 f the encourr-gemeiff and offers of unnatural father if he bought suits of clothes Mid shoes for his "good” sons, and nothing for his "bad". Suppose one of the."good" sons told his father e lie or disobeyed him, the same offense being com mitted by on# of the bad." Would ths father be justified In "pardon ing" the "good" son, and placing double punishment on the "bad"? Should he not treat both the samef Of course he should sad ev ery father know* this Is what he does or would do. Bo should th* governor do with those who commit crimes. A par don should pot be handed out to n "friend" quicker than to an “enemy,” and when n governor—the official father of hit people— does differently h* prostitutes his high office, become# unsafe and violates his oath of office. He himself be comes a party to the crime. Is this not true? You Blease supporters: Do you wish to place the power in 'a men’* hand to wrong a dear rela tive or frlendi? Your brother, per haps, is a Jones support given me by those of my friends who prompted and were Instrumental in having my card in serted in your paper as a- candidate for the office of Master for Colle ton County. I regret very mnch that considera tions of health will not permit tnv enterlng a political campa4gn. this action on my part being taken af ter a consultation with my physi cian. I have fully considered the matter and beg to ensure my friends that thli consideration has Induced me to keep out of the race. ■ W. J. Flshburne. Walterboro. 8. C. Aug. 13. (Big Rattler Killed. * ’ Walterboro r waa Invaded by n large rettleanak* last Tharaday. His j majesty came to the premises of Mr*. L. W. McTeer. not boanting on meeting with serious opposition and perhaps being Ignorant of the pres ent# of De^i Clark, a young negro house boy. Such reckoning, however, cost this rattler dear, tor he lost his life. 'The measurements taken this long and had 12 rattles. after death indicated that rentier'was 12 l-2‘ feet long Withdraws from Rare. L.hereby desire to withdraw my supporter ' ’’•fT ,or Sheriff. I am ... Impelled to this step on account of or your father or some other the f#ct that niJr f^her-ln-law; Mr. relative, or perhaps qrour best friend D. E. Smoak, Is a candidate for Governor Blease sajw he will "stand the same office and I do not votes—to be exset, his majority was 5,133. A change of less n than 2.600 votes would hsve defeated him. In Charleston his majority was more than that; It wrs 2.- 745. and it was freely charged just after that election that at least fif teen hundred Traudulent votes were cast In^Charleston County. Ii> Rich land the majority for Governor Blease was over, one thousand; it wgs 1.027. shd'^t substantial change in these two counties would ordi- r*arily be sufficient'to bring about defeat of the present« Governor. In 1910 Mr. Blease hrd in the sec ond primary the support of practic ally all factions in Charleston as against a . prohlbttlor-'.st, whereas this year M^hyor Grace triumphant at recent municiple election, is op posed to him, aad the/ Anti-Grace faction la at least not for him, so far aa any one knows. At any rate It Is certain he will not re ceive In Charleaton the landslide vote he got two years ago. In ths second primary of 1910 Governor Blease received a major ity of the votes in twenty-four of the forty-three counties, as follows: Abbeville, Alkea, Anderson, Bam berg, Barnwell, Beaufort. Berkley, Calhoun, Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton. Dorchester, Georgetown. Hampton. Horry, Kershaw, Laurens, Iro, Lexington, Newberry, Orange burg, Pickens, Richland. Salad*, and Union. < Of these counties which gave Bleaae a majority those giving him the largest majorities were the following: Aiken, 1,024; Charles ton, 2,745; Horry, 447; Lexington, 624, Newberry 429, Richland 1,026 Salad*. 661; Union, 490;. In other counties which be carried his ma jorities wore small. Governor Blease’s opponent, Mr. Featherstone. received a majority in the following eighteen counties Beaufort, Cherokee, Chester, Ches terfield. Darlington, Dillon. Edge- field, Fairfield. Florence. Greenville, A Card From Mr. Pellssn. Editor, Press and Standard: Please allow me space through your valued paper to say to my friends throughout the county that I am unable to attend the campaign meetings, being accidently shot last Friday, but I hope to be out in a few days and I eek a careful consideration of the voters. Yours truly, I C. W. Pellura. TOe Trials of~urr TVavHkr. "I am a traveling' (salesman,” writes E. E. Youngs, E. Berkshire. Vt., “and was often troubled with constipstion and indigestion till I began to use Dr. King’s New Life Pills, which I have found an excel lent remedy:" For all stomach, liv er or kidney troubles they are un equaled. Only 25 cents at Jno. M. Klein’s. W. P. Addison, of Cottageville, candidate for re-election as | town ship commissioner, was in town Monday. Have your ayes examined at S. Finn’s Jewelry Store by Dr. C. R. Couiton. Dates: Aug. 5 to 10. Fresh Ruta Baga Seed—Turnip seed of all kinds. Terry A Shaffer. Rub-My-Tlsm will cure you. Plenty of fresh turnip seeds at Klein’s. Rub-My-Tlsm will curs you. Nunnally*s candies fresh every week. Try a box for your summer girl. At Klein’s. Plenty of fresh turnip seeds at Klein's. Imported Ginger, all at Klein’s. Plenty of fresh turnip seeds at Klein’s. Plenty of turnip seed of all varieties at Klein’s. 5 or 6 doses 666 will break any ease of Chills and FVver; and if taken then as a tonic the fever will not return. Price 25c. 5-22-3m . Preaching at Bethlehem. There will be preaching at Beth lehem church on the third Sun day in. August instead of the fourth Sunday. There will be no preaching on the third Saturday. J. C. Lawson, Pastor. Jno. C. Goodwin'and son, Robbie, of Smoaks, spent Friday and Sat urday in town.) Mr. Goodwin stood the examination for tho Citadel. BEST QUALITY EXPERT WORKMANSHIP L. Wetherhom & Son "S? cypress" DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS Charleston, South Carolina Prompt Deliveries Estimates Furnished care by” you. but that hb will make your run a * a ln»t him. I, therefore, de*lre to thr-nk my friends for their pronilne* of anpport and to a*k that father, brother or friend "sweat blood*’— and he braods them as "that gang”; he say* he will do more than justice, to his "enemy”, your father, brother or friend. Had you thonght of this? Is It not true? Are you *o selfish as to save yourself and condemn those near and dear to you to the ven geance of a man like Cole Blease? Think of this before you vote for him on the 27th, and if you find you have been mistaken be man enough to te.y so and do the right thing with your sacred ballot. Meeting at Heaideaeont Hie. The campaign meeting to be they cast their vote* for my wife’s father. Mr. D. E. Smoak. Respectfully, I J., Manr/e Carter. * Ritter. 8. C.. Aug 12. S. 45. Pierre a Oaadklate. The card of 8. O. Pierce for magistrate of Glover e-nd Sheridan townships appears elsewhere in/this issue of The Press* and Standard. Mr. Pierce was the latest entry in to the political arenas coming into the race Monday. He Is s well i known and prosperous saw mill man , «nd farmer at Cottageville and is in the rare^hustling for votes.i ' Oil'd From CW. Col. C. O. Henderson is to be held *t Hendersonville, Tuesday, congra:ula«^‘oa hi'>* no oppo- Aug. 20. will bo at tho auditorium >m 0 n in th* primar *« for of- st ths handsome new school bniidln nee of Master. And^yrt th.a <s 1ST ° f "•■S****™ 1 * th * ,ourth time. siDc# he held lhai j will fnrnlsk dinner to tke cam- office, that tkla has happened. 'And palpi party The public It invlt- we do not wonder ar it now, aa ed to attend thi# mooting—ladle* many exproaa tho belief, that ho Included. ..OMtifei isUrttodMU.S Should he elected tor llfe.J Greenwood. I^ncsster, Marion. WH-, Hamsbnrg, Marlboro. Oconee. Spar- tanburg. Sumter and York. The Seroml Primary. The vote by counties in the see- ond primary of 1910 was as lows: foi- County. Featherstone Blease. Abbeville . 1.081 1.108 Aiker*. . . . 1.206 2.230 Anderson. . 2.819 .3.497 Bamberg. . 491 Br-rnwell. . 815 1.155 Beaufort. . 308 361 Berkley.. 399 , 481 Calhoun f339 375. Charleston 820 3.565 Cherokee. . 1.574 1.439 Chesterfield 990 Chester .. 844 Clarendon. . 710 861 Colleton .. 1.071 1.160 Darlington 1,440 934 Dillon.. .. 995 561 Dorchester 486 829 Edgefield . 912 775 F'airffold.. 670 634 Florence.. .. ..1,021 723 Georgetown 464 • 42 Greenville 2.314 Greenwood 1.042 Hampton.. Ill 922 YTjiiwm AaVS■Je* 1.497 — The Brick Store * * $1.50 American Beauty Corsets at . R. and G. 50c, 75c and $1.00 Corsets 25c* Men’s $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 Shoes gg Boys’ Straw hats Below Cost Mens’ Stra^v hats Below Cost ' ' 38 14 Sheeting Sets. Yard, Worth 8c. If you want fresh Groceries and prompt delivery ’Phone The Brick Store ’ f