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f. EXPLAINS ISSUES I r CIJNKSOATiES GIVES OUT PEATFORM OF HIS CANDIDACY. ; ? FOR LAW AND EDUCATION Wofford Professor Outlines His Views on the Importance of People Uniting for the Sake of Progress? Doesn't Want the Oilice at Cost of Personal Bitterness and Hate. Dr. John G Clinkscales, professor \)t mathematics at Wofford college, ^ ' Spartanburg, candidate for governor In the Democratic primary the coming summer, has given out the following platform in a statement to y the people: When any man presumes to offer himself for any oilice in the gift of the people ho is expected to have reav sons therefor and it is liis duty frankly and sanely to state tliein. The people he would servo have a right to "know even beforehand what ho thinks i ' about vital matters of common good. It has, therefore, become a custom for candidates for public oflico to an^ nounce a "platform" in which they af are supposed to lay down the principles and policies they expect to advocate. With such an announcement I now come before the people of my native v State, whoso history and traditions are dear to me, and whose future / progress along right linos is of deep h patriotic concern to us all. I do not | liko to describe what I have to say as "'my" platform, preferring "our" platform in the thought that it expresses the sentiments, the views, tho hopes, tho aspirations of thousands of right thinking people in this great commonwealth, regardless of whether they shall voto for me or not. ^ Measures Not Men. I believe the time has come for us'to have in our political life loss of abuse of persons and more of a sane discussion of policies and principles. We can not think clearly for the common good if we have in mind the do** feating of men rather than tho proVr ( inoting of measures. Certainly for me no ofllce is big enough to cause me to want it at the cost of personal \ bitterness and hate. If the campaign closes with my opponents not more friendly to me than when it began I shall be greatly disappointed. -2. 1 believe the time has also come when we should think of ourselves as v,> one people with common interests and hopes, and that whatever contention!. may have divided us in the past, T-r we are at bottom united by too much that belongs to us all not to see that whoever would disrupt us into warr ing factions, poison our sentiments V towards ono another with suspician and distrist, and keep stirring tho 1 unwholesome ferment of bitter class J prejudices is an enemy to our peace, j our prosperity, and our largest progress. I repeat, therefore, we are ono people, and wo must do our thinking in terms of the largest good to all tho people of the commonwealth without regard to class conditions or previous alliance of any sort. And even should I fail of elec? Hon, I shall count the service render ed worth any cost if in my campaign I shall sow the seeds that shall fruit In a greater harmony of feeling and purpose than wo have recently known in South Carolina. Harmony and Unity. * 3 In this spirit, the spirit of harmony and unity, the time has come for a study of conditions in South Carolina as they really are with a view of applying the administrative and legislative powers of the State to A>, the great end of promoting the material welfare and progress of all the people. We are engaged in varied tasks and labors, the tasks and labors by which we get a living and hope to get a little more than a living. Our problems are thus largely * economic and industrial in character. \ i THey grow out of what we do in shop and storo and office and on the farm, and concern the happiness and progress of our entire citizenship. The w-orld about us, other states, is on the big job of developing its natural ref sources in the fullest and most profitable manner. Aro wo on this job in South Carolina? It seems to me that ? our duty 'ms at last come when realty izing our common needs and gather' ipg all the knowledge we can of what others have successfully accomplished* we should sot our political machinery to work, in the most scientific way, to advance every industrial Interest. In saying this, I have in f mind no special lntorest or pot {Jf scheme, but rather I am possessed with the conviction that we have reached a -point In onr history when we should begin in. the spirit of perfect fairness to apply the most modern methods to conditions as they are ?for example, to the gTeat question ij of qqqitable taxation, to the efficient, * economical administration of the functions of government, and to the v I betterment of both rural and urban \ life as far as this is a matter of legis\ lation. To these ends I solemnly \ pledge what influence I have. Must Look Aheajl!. i. y A < Ul 4. But while the time has come f for the boginning of a thoroughly irnifiigiiiMiiMi ii inn I scientific effort to bring out legislative and administrative machinery up to their full standard of efficiency, and to develop'our material resources for the good of all the people, wo must remember that in the nature of things it is only a beginning we aie making and a preparation for future realization. The achievement of the great ends we have in view depends absolutely on what we do with and for tiie human material in the State. This leads me to the subject that has been with me a lifelong passion?universal education. Democracy means, of course, the right to vote and equal uy Deiore me law. isut tneie is a conception of it that goes deeper than this, and that is, equality of opportunity, the giving of every child the same chance to realize his best self, to conquer his surroundings intelligently and therefore fruitfully, and to serve co-operatively tho collective Interests of his community and State. From ray standpoint, the child as a future member of society can only attain these great ends by being exposed to tho creative and developing process called education. Tho right to this opportunity is, in my view, the most fundamental right in a democracy. For we get nowhere wisely in anything except through a trained and enlightened citizenship. The costliest liability of this commonwealth is ignorance. All our progress waits upon what wo do to banish it forever from us. Tho reform of our laws, the improvement in the efllciency of our legislative and administrative machinery, the proper regulation of our industrial interests, the development of our material resources, tho all round welfare of the people?all linger and halt till we havo trained our citizenship to know what ought to be done and how to do it. And this is the task of tho school, the college, tho university. I, therefore, have fixed in my mind tho vision of a jjivast army of children in a school sys1 f ft ry\ n rl m i n ] etrvrn/1 11Knt?nlltr A I.UU1 UUUIlUlObVil GU IIUC1 ClllJ (villi i; I I 1 ciently, an ever increasing body of young men and young women in our colleges and school and college consciously moved by the high ideal of service in the upbuilding of the State. The common schools, the high schools, the university, Clemson, the Citadel, Winthrop, shall receive my most cordial support, and I shall ask every denominational and private institution to join in friendly co-operation in hedping a great commonwealth realize its bqst life, social, moral, political and industrial, by properly training all the youth of the State. This is our biggest Job and all else is but a baffling dream till we 1 have done this. Observe the Law. 6. In the last place, I believo it is time for us to come to a realization of the use and meaning of the law. Nothing wo have is safe?life, liberty, property?unless it bo protected by the law. A lawless people with justive perverted or laxly administered are a people who are relasping into barbaric conditions. Hut, however easy and frequent seems the violation of law in this State, we simply must not remain a lawless people. What we need is to bo called back to our best selves and to bo reminded that to persist in our dangerous habit of lawlessness Is to forget what is finp in our history and traditions and to bo faithless to a noble future whose guardians we are. If I am elected to the position of chief executive of the State, I pledge myself to try the tonic effect of enforcing the laws without regard to section or class. I believe the results of such a course will be a stuffening of our moral fibre and a cleansing of the moral atmosphere to such a degree as to make South Carolina a better place to live in and South Carolinians proud of their citizenship. We dare not go on as we are, and if I should imagine for a moment that as governor I should have to make a truce with lawlessness of any sort, I should continue teaching boys in the hope that they one day would be ablo to accomplish the reforms impossible to this generation. J. G. Clinkscales. ? ? mm; workmen killed. ? Fatal Explosion in Caisson of Bridge Being Constructed. A dispatch from Memphis, Tenn., says between four and eleven workmen were killed and as many injured in an explosion of gas Monday in Caisson No. 5 of the new J. T. Harahan bridge being constructed across tiie Mississippi river there. The dead and injured are being removed slowly from tlio caisson because cf the gases. The explosion is said to have occurred when tho tube was driven into a pocket of ^as near the Arkansas shoro. The men work in the caisson in shifts cf eighteen or twenty and it is said a change of shifts had just been concluded. The dead and injured are being placed on beads to be carried to Memphis. ? ? ? Escape From Jail. After forcing their jailor into their cell with a pistol two youths held for burglary Monday escaped from the Tulsa, Okla., county Jail. A waiting automobile whisked them to safely. ? ? ? Killed Trying to Escape. Three convicts were shot and killed and two others injured probably fatally in an attempted break from the incorrigible ward of a Sacrajnento prison Saturday. f s -I ( THEY ARE PAROLED1 J GOV. BLKASE TURNS MORE CONVICTS ON THE PEOPLE. TWELVE SLAYERS FREE' Among Released Are One Guilty of Criminal Assault, Two of Arson, t 1 Five of Larceny?One of llurglnry, j i une or iiignway iloDbery, several 1 r for Violating Dispensary Law. c f According to papers filed with the j secretary of state Monday the gov- j. ernor has granted fifteen paroles to ( prisoners serving terms in the State c penitentiary and the county chain gangs. Eight manslayers are included in the list of those released. The ^ paroles were issued to the following ^ prisoners: v Willis Perry, convicted in Green- j wood In 1906 of carbreaking and iar- ? cency and sentenced to two years in ] the penitentiary. f Arthur Byrd, convicted in New.bor- ? ry in 1908, of manslaughter and sen- \ tenced to ten years. 1 Bud Ligon convicted in Oconee in ? 1913 of murder and sentenced to life j in tho penitetinary. Gilder P. Varn convicted in Char- j loston in 1904 of grand larceny and < sentenced to six months on the chain j gang. i 1 Ely Freeman, convicted in Green- \ villo county in 1913 of arson and sen- z tenced to ten years in the peniten- ] tiary. ] Amanda Truesdale convicted in ] Kershaw in 1914 of larceny and sen- , tenced to six months on tho chain i gang. Bud Simmons, convicted in Saluda < of manslaughter and sentenced to t two years. ] Majoe Smith, convicted in Abbe- ] ville in 1 909 of murder and sentenced ? to life. On February 20 the governor ; reduced his sentence to twenty years ] on condition that he serve on the ] county gang. Noy he is parolled. Frank Williams, convicted in Horry in 1913 of manslaughter and sentenced to two years. William Gantt, convicted in Edgefield in 1 896 of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Stephen Turner, convicted in Marion in 1912, of manslaughter and sentenced to ten years in the peniten- i tiary. i 1 Ambrose Scruggs, convicted in 3 Cherokee in 1912 of manslaughter and sentenced to five years. ' J. W. Sykes, convicted in Cherokee < of practicing dentistry without a li- 1 ' cense and sentenced to pay a fine of ' $100 or serve thirty days on the ? 1 chain gang. James Biull, convicted in Darling- < ton in 1906 of criminal assault and i ; sentenced to the penitentiary for ten 1 - years. On February 17 the governor 1 reduced his sentence to nino years - and eleven months on the condition 1 that he serve time on the county i > chain gang. Now ho is paroled. Herbert Tarrant, convicted in , 1 r.ronnvllln i n 1 01 0 nP nrenn tsnn . WAA V A?*V AAA A 1/ X U I* t PU11 (ill Vl D U 1 1 ~ ' tencod to 12 years in tho peniten- ] 1 tiary. , On Thursday of last week the Gov- ] ernor paroled fourteen others. Three i 1 were sent up for manslaughter and j one for murder. They were: James Jeter, convicted in Chero- : 1 kee in 19^01, of murder and sentenced , to life. Early this year his term was j commuted to twenty years. John Lawrence, convicted in Pick- ] ens in 1912 for assault and battery . ' with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons and sentenced to , three years. ( 1 Otis James, convicted in Richland ] in 19 09 of larceny and sentenced to , ten years. , P L. Pound, convicted in Lexing- , ton in 1913 of obtaining goods under false pretenses and sentenced to three months or a fine of $450. John Lindsay, convicted in New- ^ berry in 1913 of violating the dispensary law and sentenced to six months. ; Will Guy ton, convicted in Anderson in 1908, of burglary and sentenced to 12 years. Cato Williams, convicted in Marion in 1908 of highway robbery and sentenced to nine years. Dennie Wilkes, convicted in York ( in 1913, of violating tho dispensary ( law and sentenced to a fine of $10 0 or { serve 12 months. John Smith, convicted in York in ^ 1013, of housebreaking and larceny and sentenced to one year. George Epps, convicted in Union In 1912 of manslaughter and sentenced to four years. J. C. Judson, convicted in Wil- , ' liamsburg In 1912 of assault and bat- 1 tery of a high and'aggravatod nature f and carrying concealed weapons and c sentenced to five years. John Walker, convicted in York in 1912, of manslaughter and sentenced to two years. ? Marmon Mansell, convicted in 1 1 Pickens in 1913, of assault and bat- 1 : tery of a high and aggravated nature and carrying concealed weapons and sentenced to two years. J. H. Haynes, convicted in Oconee 1 - in 1913 of violating tho dispensary 1 law and aentenced to a lino of $100 i or serve six months. Parolod on con- 1 dition that a fine of $25 bo paid. i Tom rt>sttoon, convitced in Wil- 1 UNDERWOOD VICTORIOUS ? ? Hi A BAM A SENDS HIM TO SENATE BY BIG MAJORITY. ? iichmond P. Ilobson is Snowed Under?Democratic House Leader Will Wear Senate Toga. Oscar W. Underwood, for nearly wenfcy years representative of the ilnth Alabama district in the lower iouse of congress, swept the state in lis .battle with Congressman Richuond Pearson Ilobson for the norailation for United States senator, ae ording to Tuesday night's returns roin Monday's Democratic primaries, dr. Hobson conceded the victory to lis rival candidate beforo noon Tueslay, although returns still were inomplete. Mr. Underwood's nomination ternlnated one of the most spectacular >olitical contests in the history of the tate. With tlie exception of a whirlwind speaking tour during the Christ nas holidays, tho successful candilate's campaign was conducted by lis friends. One of tho chief claims or recognition for their candidate ulvanced by Mr. Underwood's friends va3 the charge that Representative Iobson was neglecting his duties as i congressman to conduct the campaign. Mr. Ilobson entered the senatorial 'ace nearly two years ago. lie visitjd every county and town in the date. In stump speeches he charged lis opponent with having been inluenced by the liquor interests, lie ilso charged that corporation in111 on CO WMR holltnrl tllf* /"omnoiofti >?< v? v*4W Vivill (MttKLI V/ J ? Mr. ITnclerwood for ?he presidential nomination in 1914. All of the charges were denied by Mr. Under wood. The activities of the distinguished candidates attracted nation-wide interest in the outcome of the primaries, when Mr. Ilobson sent the fol lowing telegrom to Mr. Underwood: 'Accept my congratulations upor /our nomination. As the Democratic nominee you can count on my sup port in the election. "Richmond P. Ilobson." \ + ? . THE CIGARETTE SMOKER ? How Tliey Are Rendered Unflit foi Business. Mind Becomes/ Dull. All narcotic poisons tend to be numb the nervous system, weaken tin mental power and corrupt the mora nature. t The boy who begins to smoke cig nrettes before the age of twelve wil loubtless .become a degenerate, ant the first symptom of his degenerac; will be to lie about his being addict 3d to the habit. Many a fond mother has been fool 3d by the heartless lies of her fiend Ish cigarette offspring, too far gon< In depravity to care a rap whethei lie has any mother. If such boys live to get out of tlieii teens, they generally" manage soon t( get into prison cells. A large percentage of hearties criminals aro cigarette fiends. Judge Gemmill, of Chicago, recent ly stated that of twenty-five thousanc Dr more criminals that have passet before him, many of them had the tell-tale yellow stains on their fin gers. Go to the cell of the neyly arrestee murderer, and you will see the cigar 3tte in his teeth or hear him calling for it. Cigarettes harden tho heart for ter rible deeds, and unfit the mind foi iny useful service. "Smoking cigarettes," says an im ploring mother, "has made a wroeT 3f my son, once bright and full o1 )rain3 and ambition. Now he can'1 think; lie can't hold a subject in his inind. Ho was a stenagraplier, bui low he is nothing." Japan and China have prohibited cigarettes and opium, but wo Ameri cans who think ourselves superior tc the yellow races are allowing 0111 /outli to practice a habit which will utterly ruin the nation in one generation unless checked and suppressed, ? ? ? Men Overpower Watchman. Three men who entered tho department store of Timothy Smith & Co, n Roxbury, Mass., Sunday night, overpowered tho watchman and blew ipen the safe, escaped witli several ;housand dollars. The burglary was lot discovered until early Monday vhen tho watchman was found. ? Girder lilts Five Men. A OA 1 -i?-? - ' ? ^ iunuu steel giraer dtoko loose 'rom a derrick and crushed three ioors of tho framo work of a bulking on lower Broadway Saturday, carrying six workmen with it. Five >f them were injured fatally. ? ? I>epnrtincnt Store Robbed. Three men entered a department store of Boston Sunday night, bound ind gaggod two watchmen and rob)ed the safe of $2,000. ? Bring Out Heavy Vote. Alabama Democrats yesterday cast >allots and ended long light between [Tnderwood and Hobson. liamsburg of manslaughter in February of this year and sentenced tc Lwo yeara. WMMH?? ? ]GIVEN HIGH PRAISE - OAIUtANZA SPEAKS HIGH OF WILSON AND BRYAN. HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM Constitutionalist Ireader in Carefully 1 Worded Paper Explains the Atti- 1 tude of His Party Towards Anieri- j can Statesmen ami Their Adopted 1 i Policies. i A carefully worded communication ' from Gen. Carranza dealing with the ' rebel foreign policy was made public Monday by Dr. Henry Allen Tupper ( of the International Peace Forum at K1 Paso, Texas. Doctor Tuppor interviewed Gen. Carranza at the request ( of Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas. . The letter says in part: "I possess a deep admiration for J the American people and hold in 1 great personal esteem President Wood row Wilson and Secretary of State William J. Bryan. I know they are men of the very highest mental- { itv as well as moral and political ' aims and for that reason I think that ' their friendship toward me, and tho 1 sympathy evinced for tho principles 1 . of the Mexican Constitutionalists, are ( , not only sincere but entirely disinterested, and are the result of the exist. ing harmony between the aims of the , cause which I have the honor to rep. resent and the ideals of the Arnerij can democracy. I "As long as I am at tho head of the > Constitutionalist army, or in any oth cr office my policy will bo to strive in such way as to hpve our international 1 obligations with foreign governments - become more and more cordial, and - especially with such countries as have - their destiny linked with the politi: cal economic and personal interests i of Mexico. 3 "l sincerely regret that incidents - of an international character should haye given riso to an interpretation not entirely in accord with my real attitude as the chief of the Constitutionalists. I have striven to place myk if in the legitimate light deserved by the high aims of our party, without overlooking the cordial suggestions which were offered me within the attitude just expressed, neither evading responsibility nor ignor3 ing diplomatic customs and usage. 1 "In surpuance of this attitude all representations and matters called to our attention by the United States in 1 an unofficial way have, in the past, * received our prompt attention and I ' assure you that hereafter the samo " attention will bo given to all representations and matters presented to " us through the United States in be" half of other nations, in conformity 3 with international diplomatic usage r and custom notwithstanding tho 'act that wo always have deemed it preferr able to avoid responsibility being 3 thrust upon the United States by other powers as a result of its attitude s toward tbo political conditions now existing in the republic of Mexico. "I can conceive no better evidence 1 of the spirit of cordiality and friond1 ship which wo bear towards tho Unit3 ed States than our willingness to re" reive unofficial representations and claims made by tho United States I government in regard to all matters * concerning its citizens within the re> public of Mexico. I must, however, call your attention to the fact that we could not, without sacrificing our r hard-fought for prestige, consider representations made through the good offices of the United States in : behalf of foreigners, unless we bo f previously informed that such modiat tion has been requested of the United } States by the interested nation." 1 SPEAKS FOIl BUYAN. ? , Johnson Says Commoner Has Passed Through Criticism Unscathed. The uniforms of stato department . footmen, their compensation, the Panama tolls fight, Secretary Bryan's ' salary and his Chautauqua lectures, . and half a dozen other subjects, occupied the house Saturday during . consideration of legislative, executive . and judicial appropriation bills. Estimates included provision for a i coach and footmen for the Bryan car- , - riage, which provokes comment. Hep- , resentativo Johnson of South flnrn lina, in charge of tho bill, read from , tlio Bible tho story of tho fiery fur- ^ naco and declared Secretary Bryan 1 had como through a furnace of ( "criticism, sarcasm and rldiculo with , his hair unsingod and his ,body unscathed." i , Asked to ho Jailed for Murder. j Henry CfOldsby approached a Dan- 1 villo, Va., policeman Tuesday night, i and said: "I'm a murderer and want to bo arrested." lie claims he killed a Georgian named Ilart at Douglas, Ga. 1 Killed ller for Visiting. ( Because his wife, ft bride of seven months, persisted in visiting her . parents^ Alfonzo Zuniga, of San Antonio, Texas, Salu$fay killed J er, j i wounded his ipother-in-law and then j probably fataWy shot himself. ] .... * . . jtri ~-v.* . \ W mssriK \ a y & ' e 31 PENSION CHECKS READT 1 AMOUNTS FORWARDED TO TOT VARIOUS COUNTIES. < Hie Comptroller-General Distributes Money to Counties?Doss of Pen n t H sioners During Year Was 283. Tho State pension report was anlounced Monday from tho office of the comptroller-general. The total fund to bo paid this year for State pensions Is $256,488. The total number of pensioners is 8,780. The roll n 1913 was 9,102. During the past /ear 84 9 pensioners died. During ;he year there were 566 pensioners wiring r? Mio i*a11o rpv.^. ? ? -11 ?11 ,v?v*v>\? vv tnv i vnoi A no ppHCilliUUS 'or pensions wero considered at a recent mooting of the State pension joard. Following amounts will be sent to iach county in the State: \hbevillo ! 4,392 \iken 9,912 \nderson 15,384 Bamberg 2,688 Rcirnwell 4,320 Beaufort 7 20 m > Barkeley . 3,096 Calhoun 9 84 Charleston 7,584 Cherokee 6,624 Chester 4,2 4 8 Chesterfield 6,3 60 Clarendon 3,93 6 Colleton 9,02 4 Darlington 5,376 Dillon 3,408 Dorchester 3,600 Edgefield 4,10 4 Fairfield 3,504 Florence 6,504 Georgetown 2,136 Greenville 14,712 Greenwood 3,984 Hampton 3,600 TTorry 6,744 Jasper 1,32 0 Kershaw 4,392 Lancaster 5,97 6 Laurens 8,280 Leo 2,352 Lexington 7,632 Marlon 4,056/. .^ Marlboro 3,288 Newberry 4,560 Oconee 7,464 Orangeburg) 6,216 Pickens 6,7 44 Richland 11,976 Saluda ' 3,786Spartanburg 17,92 8 A Joa 1,100 Union 6,6$.4 * Williamsburg York . . , 8,\<Q Total $256,484 ? FIGHT HOG CHOI jE It A. ? - Annual Drain on Animal Industry a Seroius Monaco. Experts of the department of agriculture estimate that the annual loss from hog cholera in tho United States is $75,0u0,000. They regard the eradication as ono of tho most serious problems that faces the bureau of animal industry, for the loss caused by it approximately as great as that from all other animal diseases combined. Tho loss from hogs killed outright by cholera in 1912 was estimated at $00,090,000. Tho loss to tho hog industry indirectly resulting from the disease was about $15,000,000 more. Tho cholera is most, common In the corn states of the West and South. Tho two other chief animal diseases are cattle tuborculosis and Texas fever. Statistics upon the annual losses from those two diseases never have been gathered by the department of agriculture. Texas fever and cattle tuberculosis do not cause anything liko tho number of deaths as does cholera, but tho loss to tho cattle industry through illness, interference with reproduction and making cattle unfit for marketing is heavy. Tho losses run into many millions of dollars a year. ? + SHOT THROUGH WINDOW. Two Negroes of Grier Engage in Fatal Shooting Scrape. After Homer Arnold's wife had locked him up in his home at Grior Monday to prevent his killing Gofer Paden, whom ho had been chasing about the house with a pistol, Paden stepped around to tho windo\. of the window of the room in which Arnold was locked and fired two shots at him through tho window pane, both taking effect and resulting in the death of Arnold several hours later. ? ? Thrive Killed in Wreck. x fi. :*1 Three persons wore killed and thirty-flvo injured at Attica, Ind., 3unday when a passenger train fell Into tho Wabash river. The trestle gavo way. ^ Jg 11ml in Three Places atf V 1 ^ * -