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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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