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TlE PICKENS SENI URNA Plntored April 23, 1903 tit Pi ckens., (3 ., ag secondl class matter, ui'dor iut of C ng~i ~i f .~r~ ,1 8 . VOL.__________________ PICKENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, ,191.N9 - --~ _ LIFE SK ETCH U HOW HE BECAME FITTED FO The People Elevate to the Leadership o of German Extraction, whose Educati Schools and whose Record as a PL - the Abiding Confidence and Es Law Under Major Whitner-El Greenyille-Catrd'&.:e for Martiu F. Ansel, who will bo in augurated next January as Gover. nor of South Carolina. was born ill City of Charlestoni, the date be. ilg the :12th of (l"iceIh, 1850. lie is of Gorman demen I. His fath er was John J. Ansel and belong ed to a good and pros wrons family i Wurtenburg, Germany- iifore coming to this country h had re coiVed a thorough course of train. ing inl ono of the celebrated toch, nical mstitutions of that country and had won th tit.le of skilled mas ter mechanic. When he came to tais country, he was still a you-ng man, and unmarried. Soon afterwards, however, he won as his bride Miss. Fredorika Bowers, a native G3r. I man like himself, and a woman of extraordinary refinement and force of character. t The marriago of the parents of the nowly elected Governor was conisiluma9ted in 1h1iladelphliia. They did not, tarry there, however - From Philadelphia they came to - (.harleston, and leure the futire Governor was born. Later the young couple removed with a party of friends and coun tryimen 4 to Walhialia. The home wich they t horo founded, andI wherl1o the bay hood days of young Mrtin were passod(, is still occupied b~y mlom bors8 of the faiily. The close .of the great struggle which resulted in the ovecrthrow of slavery found Martin F. Ansel a lad of 15. Ho had no opportunity to enjoy tho benets of a collegiate $(eduation. HeI w'as, it is true, for a timuo a member of the litorary society of Newboerry Collogo, hut the education which he received -was the education afforded b.y the publhc school at Walhalla. lie is to-dlay the firm friend of tihe com mon school, and throughout tihe campaigni whichi has just resulted in his Hweeping victory at the polls5 ho has exalted above everything elso those institutions of learninig to which so large a proportion of the youth of South Carolina must look for their preparti on for life. Don't misunderstandl lIFe is firmly the friend of highor edIucat ion, of tihe colleges of the St ate, and hie4 ardently desires thir increased prosperity ; bult it is on ly n atural that he should have a particularly tender place in his heart for thatt class of schools which dlid so nmuch for him. - Mr Ansel studied law undiler 4' Major James JH - Whitner. lie had N not yet attamuied his maj;ority when he was admitted to the pact ico of his chosen profession., For nearly four years he was located1 at Franklin, N. C., and then he came to Greenvile in this State, in January, 1879. lHe was arrayedl wihteforces led by the pleeriess 1 Hampton in thO meorabrlllo cam. p)aign of that eventful year.. His p)olitical career may how. ever, be said to have begun in 1.882, with his ('lection to the Logia..h laturo from Greenville County, F M. F. ANSEL. R GUBERNATORIAL HONORS. I a Great State a Charleston-dorn Mat on was Gleaned from the Public blic Servant Has Secured for him ceem of the People-Studied ected to the Legislature from 3overnor Four Years Ago. 14, was thon 32 years of ago. H was re-olected to the 1ouse o IeopresontaLives in 1884 and aigal it 1886. In oach of thiesc years ho Ihaded th ticket in the primal ,Iection. 1In 1888 be wits electe( jo'icitor of the o1(1 8:h jiudicia mIucit. el discharged the dutiei )f this highly responsible oflict vith marked fidelity, and the esteem >f tho- people who knowN, him best vho watched him narrowly, as al >rosecuting attuineys are watched vhile for twelve long years h4 vent in and out among thom, ii videnced by the manner in whici hey cast theii ballots in both tl< )rinaries this year as well as ii ,ho pritmrry four years ago who Ur Atisel was first an aspirant fo uIbernatorial honors.They showpe( iniistakably that they had ful (2ifidonce in him, and of till ribute Mr. Ansel is justly proud. Mr. Ansel first ran for Governoi n 1.902, In the primary that yeai if lacked but few votes of being it he second primary with Capt D ll inch Heyward' The dispeinari V1us not an isBue in that campaign nit Mr. Ansel two years ago corn uitted' himself as favoring the ider f a local County optoin in a lotte o the Deinocratie, voters of th tate in wNhich he made pulilic thii ortion of his platform. M. 1Asi.:'s PL.ATFf0 10. Mr. Atisel's ptltform), upo: hich he sought the suffrages 0 south Carolina, was as follows: Ill the lbst place I stand 1or- the( ducation of the youth of our be >ved State. I would not take one 3t1. from any of our institutions is mlaking bit O)ur bu~yer's ai fall will be headqgt Watch this s] LEAD ERS Sof1 higher d (utIca tion in) tlis State, 1)u hId I 1m God.mpod i'l the groa t w rk tilat t.hy are doing ill pr p-ir iug the you.'ig mdli InIl wlomen of our CorImIonI wealth to fiL them solves for their life work. StIl I sland for the advanceniot of the Co4mon sch10o of the S~ftto), It iA in these schools that 90 per cent of the boys an~d girls of the State 'vill recuivo all the schooling that they will ever get, and as most of tho hurdens of hlf will full on(I this ninety per coentm, !et us 1'r pare them. Its bust we can for t1e attIle of life. Let u- see L1 it that, the 3 coimmion schools are provided wi tI f the best teachers, the bost school I houses and equipuIent and the .longest terms possiblo II thlQ - second place, I aidvoate the making of better roads in our State, the highways that, so many a of our people are obliged to use to get to market, to church, to school and other places. I maintain that the general Government should appropriate large sums of money for this purpose; with this and our convict labor before many years, most of our roads conld be macnada mized, and when this is done, the high tax that the farmer now pays in the wear and tear of his stock, his vehicles arid himself, in travel ing over the presont bad roads. would be very much lessened. I am glad to knov that soine of the counties htve been doing good work along this line, but much remains yet to be done and I be, lieve that the general Government should help in this great work. I-I the third place, I aim opposed to the system of a State Disponsary. I am in favor of Local County Option, betweCn County Prohibi Liun and County Deipeusa ives. Let each couny --vy fer itself whether it desires that liquor shall be' sold in that. county, or that it shall not be sold therein - This sytem has been, and is LOW, the law in several of the States ar ound anmd near us, and it is regaided with katisfaction, so far as I have been able to learn. You know what you had rather have in your county, and you s hould, therefore, have a rihgt to .; redu1ctionis ini mainy li re now in the Easter'n )ace OPI for(r Iavertisel FLTF-B iN LOWPRICES. say so, aid not 160 othe10 Con1tis ( vote upon what your cout]y sliond have. You malnla'e your ownI couity afl'aiz sin ovorything (ise, why nlot in) this matter? I favor each counoty voting upon that question for Ihiuetves. i the I votl ii for liquor to b" (o, l, I th.-n let a counoty dilspen1sary h!e klpen! ed inl that, county tinder the ruii 1-11.9 now throwi aroild th1 s:o. of 11(u.r With such (the1cr r. goli - tions au tho Lerislai .r m111' de m best'. Lot the (animty lioar.! r co iol bie appoilted by the Gavo';.r ad,1 let. the board so appointiId have charge ,f tle whole timatcr for that county, sanid hoid to report to tei .Jldgige lt eu termi of 1110 Cirecuith Court, for that .-.ulny of all of ltg act ings and domg:-, and Lhen , I the Judge liml 1:bat repuj to the grand jury for their inspec tion and iivestigation, with such iistruitc ions as he may think proper. Wlatever pr(it is made will go to the couity. Let the dispensem-rs be paid a snlaiy al)d not a comn mission on what they 8011. If the vole is for prohLibitioln then31 allow no l (ilor to be sold in such county, and pass ft stringent law providing for the p1nii sh ment of all "bliid tigers" anl other violators of this law, anud ma1ko it the duty of the county shuil's, deputies, constables, marshals, po licemllol alld other poace ollicers to < see to it that this Jaw is enlforced, I and ll violators are brought to jusstce and punihinent. T would 10 glad if no li:uors r were sold as a boverage, but the ' conditione viro suich at this tino. t1at I be lIiev this to h the 1 est way to de-al with the IusLiuoLon Firtheriliord, I Iavor the enact ing of' all sich laws as will be for the betteeti nt1 of ti i peOIple of the c Statie; thiat will enable them to dtit C be-tter things for tLiselves an1i I more for their neighIi hbo'rs, and thait will Idviince al thu- Nintocas of the propic O[ this be loV( (I Common wealtth 01 rll-s; and also liberal ap- IW propiamtions foir pensions for the F old Conlo-lerate sold1it; % iwjo o ' n0edy. Th1ey dV-soiv(i cosidera tiol at, oIlr iaids Pild .loud h e.. pVOVided for. .ltXiiai ne thiS plaltI1Ii) aitd if il yuil thIlk 100 worth- of N<,n1 .t[ frage, I will prom le to gveto the) til Stat. and ler inte-rtst.i my best thoughrt, talenit and time- V, n s1 to make room for muarklets and1( alre'ady I ch~anidise at thle righ t j nen't, weC have someile i Lr a.L8ii ('r*ti '-ribo L'exits, an1(1 Aisitht, C'I, v.%Ii vrites from tho City I lall, San A il I') L'ex. : "Noarly two yo.i' ftr tI:''*t I. wostiomias s44'retitmy :1zt t wt., it i i meoflthe SII(im1cIng ft gmiii c:m I i t i Lry altii(It to seit level pr()otIt I.: mltwl for ino mi~(l I I it)C e l i tlt'IIici! di h(vtltarrlt anl(I coldI ill I Ito 1wtd, :t n(I dvielert (lebi lit V to sit)ich :il 1 xli tit a- t., 11105, it in('itato int fu~r it ttcn(1:-ta U lily (lit lc's. I -11 n'wis iriduced to try Peruia, aimu ftc,- taking several bottles inj si~ijj!. loses I any pleased to sayi (lint I wns 'nti'rcl v restored to miy ;lurnfl I cruftji. 'ie use of Il'crunIa to miy leIS. \ TO AVOID) AI.PIN DI ','111,4. i 0 Mos tl icti i's I wiv liii ""yo zt i 9tt c li 5.ltii t~ ait B31-11 eln t ttw~iv Wsh,4 V('11ItO" m. qw w, Pl 1" I !iiI1: 4-/ l''I you I think all ready-made Clothes are alike, you haven't secn ou r Schloss cioth es. ihe way they look is one diffcren ce and a big one. Ex o styling and tailorinr re'jsponsi Ib le for that a ndi the (riAs are as good as the u~ormg. -t drop your IprejudiCC n ct Read y-Made" long 1 a to try oin a ScIloss - You'll find it far be(tt.er n IIc averare custoi.tail rk, Ih.aVe all thw latest style;. Suits 1 TLI Endel, KCONOMY IT !y sat 1 11 1 hy 111 e anld a1< W il It ".'14 Inv, I r [, yolu (i) -Y' havF Sv. 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Jamesoh, liss ,Jsswi lhuniiltolo, Mr. n1d Mrs. A. 1. 'T. lor, Mlr.--. W . A. AlvE inney. 4 E WTON bir d o --k HSpt.. 25 and 26. vathat 114)'41 and1 \t i h thoroulghly 0ur1yV The cbalr es will be. 16o '.% Ri*g Store this IS;s C