Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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L ' o yrt: m - ■iJk '•**»*. *r m¥- rx. * THE HBt DBTRKT COKOtESSMNAL ELECIWN the Re* Were a man or tWb men to travel over flvo eonntlea in South Carolina deliberately poisoning the walls of the people, their lives would not be * infs. ■! „„ «.• „ * W^cre one or two men to carry boll weevils into a South Carolina county with th«* expectation of profit to themselves, they would be lynched. In The State •’yesterday our Char leston correspondent wrote in res pect +o the recebC’content for repre- centsTive in Congress: •There have been fewdf any dec- . ttont, barring the municipal primary ”” 'eleition of two years ago. when there ■»- was such a flow of money used in buving and controilins votes. The workers shdwed the rolls publicly, making no secret of the purpose to which it was being put." In the city of Charleston this sort of disgraceful and criminal conduct Is not a new thing but .t is common- report that - the Charleston method has been extended In some measure to the rural counties of the* d.strict. If the report be true, it means that some men who hitherto have been honest though poor have now to cam- to their graves the guilty knowledge that they have sold them selves. their self-respect and their title to the respect of good men fon a few dollars. It means that docent, country coromutilties have been be-t fouled. Where lies the’fault? None will excuse the miserable bribe-taker. What about the -gentle^ rata" who furnished the dirty money « to corrupt the* clean u.eur or to cor rupt again the men already dirty?* v, Sitppoain'jt that tjje charge be true, whence came tli** “rolls ’ publicl;. displayed a, the.* polls? Perhaps they wore contributed, all of them, ay ward-heelers, “blind-tiger” and "dive" keepers and not by any "nice*", kid-gloved, educated and tailor- made gentlemen with credit in the banks but if that !»«■ believed, fools are not b-as nunierour than ra.nviis Surely, the? gentlemen that draw checks and in tho privacy of the!;- offices hand the money to thoir dis- croeet friends who. in the Imclc-rooni of the whiskey den. divide it among tho "workers," are not guilty—how- well everybody knows that they arc innocent and ignorant of the foul purposes to which the money will be • tit? Certainly, we may blind our ° eyes to all that is ugly. What abotkt the man who Imports the boll weevila for distribution? To stick a ten dollar bill under the nose of some poor rustic and convert him into a bribe-taker and a traitor to his State is small offense. To slip two hundred dollars under the hst of some farmer or country merchant of consequence in his neighborhood that he may use it to pollute the morals of hia neighbors may be overlooked '*r it Will be forgotten in a few daya. To spread political leproay In a com munity la a small crime—but a spite ful negro hussy who poisoned a well would be lynched. ' Hear the defense, wise and con vincing: "Why. don’t you know that if my friends spend no money the other fellow’a .will? If a man is go ing to be a ’tlght-wad’ he had better stay out of politics.” So say they all, in the Pint District. Men were accused of illegal voting and sent before the magistrate but "as usual, the charges, were not abs tained and they were'flismlased." So it has come to be always in Charles ton and rapidly is coming to be else where In the State—the sous of men who fared shot and shell for the sake of a cause are afraid to stand up for common honesty in public elections at home, ('onyuunitieft stink with political corruption and not a man protests. Tin* twenty or fifty who sow it and batten on it continue to be re ceived as gentlemen and “fine let- lows.”' Who in tin* Charleston dis trict has the courage to fold his arms when the hand stained with bribe giving and the baud of the benefici aries of the degradation of the poor is offered? Where i« the man bra v e enough to make effective the protest which he privately speaks against corruption tv. denying respect the rorruptor? not be such fcyprocit««*a to deny tho wretched truth.—The State. There 10 now. and waa before elec tion day, talk” of an investigation by Congress into the manner in which the election on Tuesday was conduct ed. Ifan election ever justified an investigation it la row. Heretofore when an election was held we were - aWe tp state that, “everything passed of? quietly"—so far as the-St. Georse poil was con cerned..’ Cut we arc vcry .so-ry to say that at this time It is not so. It was anything but quiet. A nnmixr of ftghtv occurred, some the result of* political argument, some, for other causes and some "just so." To |go into details as to methods used to carry votes by either side would be too shameful to appear in these cclvnins. Its enough to cause an honest man ,to hang his head In shame. This un lawful practice was net confined to this poll, hut It prevailed, at several polls and we ye not in position to say that it did not prevail throughout Dorchester county and th° district STANDARD, W ALTERBORO, S. C. APRIL 23,1913. Ym >H mod to rub-just lay oa W Kffady. It penetrates at ones to the seal cf the trouble. - tfavt* ftoef Miks Et.su Maxtuiy, 4**9 Talmas Ave„ Chicago I1L, writes:—“About two ywats -ago my mother broke down with rheumatism. Tne doctors didn't do say good. My mother was persuaded to try Sloan'S liniment., and in three weeks trss entirdy well — and 1 believe she Is cured forever." WhfT* aVc* wee drifting to? It looks *ust like wv: ere all bpund for th** deviL, 4 tuupl be g&id that the polL- so .fa;- ps.,wc* know throughout the' cQunO'rHt/'c* (onductcd In a, fair am’ honest, manner. But whaf happened at the Dorchester poll in Summer ville?. Two substantial citzins of Gbo-gc were provided v.dh prop er authority and credential/ to ap pear as watchers at that poM. They were treated in a shameful rnar.r.e? and not allowed to perfhri.i the u*. ties Imposed upon there. When a poll eo condui t* iteelf as to rail forth criticism the law gives the right to watch such a poll. Then du< f thai prevailed at,, Summerville-T’TCjday hould he rigidly Investigated. We te Informed that th- t - vn autho r •I ?l!SS H. F_ Lite DELS af. Gilroy, C-kr .. Ufttcs>—"My mother has used one 50c. - bottle of Sloan's Idnimenfc a.ad ?Jtho the is over 83 years of age, me has obtained great rdhd from her iheui^auwis.’’ Rdanrmttbra Em>cly Com - ^ Mlos Evf-tTIA JilYra. of 1:15 Wyoming St.. Dayton, ffiuo, wrrites: — •* My mother was troubled with rhrana:i>m and her fr.cnds advised her to get Sloan’s Liniment and her rheuir.atLcnt is entirely ge ne. At the same time the family was troubled with ring-worm*—there were five ring-worms between my sitters sad 1 and Sloan's Liniment cured every cne ci us in a week’s tine." SLOANS LINIMENT is the bes remedy lor neuralgia, sciatica, lumbago, chest pair.9, asthma, hay fever, croup, sore throat and fcnra.ns. At all dealers. Frier, "fjc n lV)c M and $1,00. Sloan's Book on Hotse?, CaMle, llo-s and Poultry sent free. Address | Dr. EARU S. SLOAN, BOSTON, MASS. 1 i« s of .,Summervillc acted very r^’d'i toward the two men icnr the purpose of fiocint; that didates get a square tfeaf. icr** foi ran- If watch- • a .i ootb erp were k nt to ikt. Georg- we art y'ure they would ko truteri with courtesy. The Dor. h<««f r i: our Huguenot and Dilgcint Fathers, through bitter pcfse utiofts < ante to this laud and amidst their tears and prayers laid the foundations of Christian Empire. On tlm founda tion their children have, builded until today, America la tho of nat.o' - and a joy at. 1 fnup.ration to tfn* t tyhole earth. Tt;eie are, however, threatening d ,, :ia :s befpre which I tremble, and » which the com-'treks that bitied fortes of tl. * Church and all! Method our moral manhood and womanhood " 'Man’s honor is irs life, both grow* In one. Take honor iror.i k...i Voi kis’life is done.’ v -t Will do yp^r repairing reasonably as to priceand well as to workmanship. We use none tyit the best material in making re pairs^ Your further patronage will be ap preciated. \ * . Your horses shod at any time. Mr. B. F Fralix has charge of the shop and horse shoeing, and will be glad to see you. Open all the time. HORSESHOEING A SPECIALTY Smoaks Blacksmith Shop; DR. II. M. SMOAKS. CARTER. PROPRIETOR SOUTH CAROLINA I • nn? * of honor, as to .oil hiu> ' Whem ir u in an'3 l,o can ‘ loop ko lov - *!f for a f-*v.*. naltry doilar»? \nd v. here* is tin* man's sons of honor uud putn'otic'm v. ho in willing to c*ntc t . ;.d hold office fho'tld k** know it i** !'<* result of ways th .t an* da: arc. tfe \. :n?' •' thiit At# Dangctou-. "Some o ; ' our fiiodcrn poiitica! . .. , ,, truihods are crouch to cause creat imst ho directed if v.o would ?-av** ^'aA.ngton. Vicious and Degrading. The use of mo:ic*r in «:«*cticr..i is tho logical and inevitabl* outgrowth of a condition of affairs under which the one aim has been tor make it easy for anybody to vote provided only his skin is wrhite. The primary elec tion system which exists in South Carolina today is an open invitation to fraud. Where anybody who wants to vote can do so and is under no necessity whatsoever to ostablish his right it is certain that corruption will follow and will spread. The primary was devised ostensibly to open the doors oVpolltical privilege and political preference to the man of modest means. For a quarter of a feentury in South Carolina demagogues have drummed it into the ears of th# peo ple that any movement which had as Its object the safeguarding of our election laws in any way was a blow aimed directly at tha poor man. Thera was never a falser preachment. It is the right to the ballot to which every citlsea is entitled under a free Government like ours, but It is no guard agd to prove hia possession of that right. - Such a condition is for his own protection—for his very salvation. Whef? voting is made easy rote-buying is made easy also, and where vote-buying is practiced corruption and degradation are sure to follow. There is no country in the world which has today *0 vicious an elei tion system as that which governa the politiVa of South Carolina. The people of many parts of this State are only beginning to Appreciate how- vast are its potentialities for evil.— The News and Courier. A Restricted Hallot Ksarntial. No tight for deieniy in Charleston or in South Carolina can get very oi*r nobie civilization from filling mto decay an ! ruin aa other nation? of the past. I nov. mention but one of there threatening dangers and one of the greatest: A corrupted bal lot. Rumors «>f < iirruption. "You have just closed an election in thia city for the high aud respon- aible otflee of.Congressman from this! distHct. and I presume one of'your worthy cititena has been chosen and one whom I trust in no sense would countenance an illegal ballot. Then- are. however, rumors afloat, that money was freely used in tho pur chase of votes during the election. As to the correctness of these rum- ora I know- not. and for whom surb votea were caat I know not. But I with to say. as a < ititen of Charles- •' ton. and aa a patriot, who loves his country, that the man who puts on the market for aale to the highest bidder hia manhood and sovereign ty as an American cltixen. is un worthy of the name of a Charlesto nian and an American citizen and de serves the just contempt of all good men, nod the maq who buys hia vote la but little If any better. A man’s ballot is hia moat sacred heritage and should be the expression, not only of his intelligent manhood, but of hia patriotism. To sell his vote, is to sell his citixenship and his honor, and he is thus helping to destroy the very foundations of civil and,religi ous liberty, those two brightest jew els in the diadem of our American Republic. True are the words of Shakespeare: Jefferson and Calhoun to turn in their graves. 1 ar., how ever, very optimistic over tin* fu ture of our country, as I believe the public and civic conscience is rising to a higher'plan'*, crpei .aUy through the increasing^ power of the public press. "Now, my beloved brethern. I would not be misunderstood in thir deliverance. This pulpit, under my administration, shall never be used as a.political rostrum. But where utterances helpful to £he civic purity of'our city and State' are needful 1 shall not hesitate to make them here, and elsewhere, for our churches will not prosper in a corrupt civic at'mofiphere. And pleas** don’t forgot that I am a citizen r.s well as a minister in Charleston, and want all vour homes just as happy as 1 would have my own to be. and all your churches as prosperous as I long lor this 'dear old church’ to be." 1HXBAIUT4JBBT CO Y School Books at Klein’s Drug Store A complete line of School Books can be found here, arrangements having been made whereby this store is designated a,s a depository. COMPLETE UNE SCHOOL SUPPLIES. A full line of books will be kept at all times and the public will be served prompt ly. Klein’s Drag Store Walterboro, South Carolina. UBBE* Roofing-- From SmoMks. *-. * Smoaks. April 21.-—Special: » Mr. and Mrs Jamee Goodwin have re turned home after spending sometime tn c St Augustine and other places in Florida. Mr. Goodwin’s health is better than .t was before he went to Florida. Born to Mr and Mrs L. B. Goodw in^ a 10 pound girl. far which does not attack firtt of all the outrageous election laws which now exist and which put a premium j on intimidatntn and fraud * Matters 1 tw:l! continue inevitably to go from bad to worse until tjie ballot is prop- | erly restricted and due safeguards are thrown around it. The women ot England are prepared, thousands of them, to sacrifice even their lives , 0 * .n the light to secure the ballot. No j man in South Carolina today knows ,, . ...... ..... iwhat his vote is't/orth. Its vuiue But "Why this outbreak . some , bt . , by fruut , , H(fote he baa time tp.lexv* one inquiries. "Th** re;ent election "as little worse than othejs." We reply that in that the corruption was carried outside* of Charleston it prob ably did set a new low ret.MaL. Be that as may. *n fs‘time that the people think upon these things. The whole State seems to be moving in the same direction and If such things may be and cause no wonder, it is stupid to complain that the dema gogue flourishes, that juries are re creant and that crime multiplies. If the estimates of the suni^ of money spent in the late Firat district cam paign are not wildly exaggerated, the political methods tolerated in parts of the district by white men among themaelvea are not lesa shameful ’ than those that scalawags, carpet- baggert*Mnd their negro dupes em ployed forty years ago and we should the polls. Such d slate of nflaiiK ii a refle« tion upon *ko int'-ll gijHe and upon the liite,*;- riiy of a people who afhiw it t:> coiir Mr.tie What' sort of a government Is it undur wjiith thousands of men feel that they must keep p* rsonai watch over the polls from the tihic* they open until the* ballots are count**’ r ed. and even ihen are in doubt as to whether they have* not been robbed ot their votes? # Therc ought to be* ten thousand men in South Carolina who would Join in a movement to visit Columbia during the next session of .the Legislature and demand the pt»- aage of laws which would make It practicable to end a condition which it a diagrace to our civilization.— The Newa and Courier. Front « Minister. The following la a* portion of a aermon delivered by the Rev C. N. Donaldson, D. D.. of Charleston: "More than two hundred years past '*1 Sash, Doors, Blinds, Rooting, Brick. . -V * # IsAftd XUgJit Over Wood Sbingloo Ms Dirt, Ms MsfAsr In a Very short time any budding can have its fire- trap covering turned into a modern fire-pmrf. rturm pmef, UgAimhq prmf roof at a very moderate cos:—a roof that will last as long aa the build and never need repairs. 4 For Sol* Li A. WICHMAN & SON Walterboro, South Carolina. And all Builders Material Carried in 6. Stock in all Merchantable Sizes. Orders VWH <*, r promptly tilled. Let us figure with you. We are sure our prices will save you money on your needs. * . , G. A. SAVAGE. laufaciarer of Rough art Dressed Walterboro, : s : : : Lanier. s. c JUST OPENED > Everything New and Fresh I wish to inform my friends that I have ji^t opened up a NEW GROCERY STORE at the DR. PADGETT OLD STAN»\ and 1 will be glad to have you come around and see me when in need of anything jn the line of GRO- - * CERIES. My stock is new and my prices are right. Give me a trial is all I ssk. Edward Pinckney DR. PADGETT’S OLD STAND