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B?ease Makes a Statement Tails of the Recent Election-'-Accepts Defeat, but says It waa Not Accomplished in the Right Manner. To My Friends and Supporters: Th?* iniquitous and unfair rules pass A due sense of gratitude and thanks cd by the state democratic convention to ydu for your confidence and sup- OI ]Mt jviay> which was entirely in non. as well.as a feeling of propriety adversaries, were In upon my part, impels me to make to ' you a statement, as briefly as I can, tended to disfranchise the uneducated with n gard to the late primary elec- but poor and honest white men who tlon tor the United States senate. were supposed to be. and I believe As you know, two years ago I made . , P*t?nr mv the ll8ht for reelection for governor *erV? ? " ?T ?arge extent, my without having any financial means to blends and supporters, maintain anv organized management Those rules n.srte lt not only dtffi lu roy behalf inj that campaign, and ?ult and inconvenient, but humili?t, had to rely entirely ?pon the volun- i?K. for them to enroll their names tury expression of the will of the poo- upon the duh lists to which they be ole in castine their votes at the polls, longed. Yet there were enrolled upon I was opposed by the organized ef- the club lista ot the state i54,3ii quai fortH and thc resources of the bank-1 Wied voter?, us reported under the er?, manufacturers and corporations, managen", ?rot ol' my opponents. Out of with substantially the entire press of that number ut the last primary the thc state lined up against me with the returning boards for the several coun dc termination to show neither fair- tics, nearly ah of ..hom were under ness ?or Justice, nor to abate a single the absolute control of my opponents, eftort to misrepresent the true state ?ho di<T not permit or allow any rep: .if tho campaign as it progressed, but reeentatlro or adherents of mine to on the contrary to distort and vllllfy be appointed or t.> engage in the con. pto In every respect. lue; of ?bis election, returned only With this combination of press and U?.Sui votes, being 21,5f0 votes lesa capital against me, I received 72,043 than thc r.uaUfted voters enrolled and vol.?!.. o ?ec? of R.49& over a man wno appearing upon th? club lists. After 1 ...lcd from his early en- ?itch a campaign as we had. how ls t:^- ; ?i,t? ?public life with the Tfll- the abBence of theje votes to be ac ?nabi'to' n. tvemdhti and who had been counted fjr? In two years' time mftny trained as the candidate In whom the young men bjcame entitled to vote, senior senator from South Carolina and in my oplnlou did vote. I ask, and tho press placed all of their hope how can these results be explained? of defeating me. This gentleman had Certainly cot by any action of my been spoaker or the house of rcpre- friends and supporters in counting nentutlvea, had been an associate Jus- tb? > >tes. lice upon tho supremo bench, and had Any fair minded person desiring to been chief Justice up to the time he know thc truth cannot fail to recog re.^igned for the purpose of carrying nise that there is something wrong.! the standard of the trusts, capitalists, Examine the votes of Charleston, Co corporations, and tho presB, who had lumbla end other towns, and it is ev conspired with the determination at ident who controlled and obtained the ull events and under all circumstances votoa of the blind' tigers and the dis to try ii perpetuate their control over pensary followers. With this vote I the politics of Sbuth Carolina, and se- was taunted throughout the state by lect her state officers. th-i law r^d order gang, and yet when immediately after that election lt the count came who was seen to have was announced by the partisan and pocketed thu vote? unacrupolous majority of the state 1 The primary was intended for thc executive committee that there were free expression of the white Demo frauds and wilful Irregularities com- eratic voters' wishes as to who should milted hi thc election which was held be their candidate. It waa intended to under their own management and aus- make easy and afford facility for the pices. I t.uietly tben submitted to the free expression of their will, and not Indignities and Injustice which were Intended to circumscribe their right, attempted to be perpetrated, upon roe and certainly not substantially to de .ind the majority of the 'people of the ?troy lt. These rules and the mach?n, .date. I cry inaugurated under them and the There were cast In that election I effort given to them were intended to for state officers 140,767 votes. It wa* heniper and make inconv?nient this vehemently asserted by the newspa. expression of the will of the white pera and by tho members of that ox-j-Democrats, especially the very.people ecutive committee who were trying that the party should have protected to nullify that primary election, that and aided in the exercise or their 'there were not that many qualified manhood suffrage. I was aware, at white democratic voters in the state, the beginning, of this purpose and io The proceedings in the nature of a tc-ntibu upon th*, part of my oppo copMM^glch Were inaugurated by i ?a ti. l forecasted lt upon ail occa rny Opponents, under:' the -adrice and t..one-that the machinery of con unnptcea of the partisan executive destine this election was taken out of ?vjmm?rtee, -however, showed conclu*- j-uar hands, my adherents, friends and nlvely, even by the one-sided and par. supporters, and placed wholly within tiona! examination made there, that tba hands of my adversariesNand bit such charge yds without foundation, tor cap?nente. and the contest resulted in a rldlcu- While I believe and even know, so io us farce. -Var ts one could know, that I would There was evinced In the present 'receive a majority of the ballots cast election the gr eat oat Interest in any for the office for which I was run. election held within the last twenty nine. I insisted that, unless the vote years or more, and yet the total mun- which was cast waa safeguarded and her af votes ap cast for the office of the true returns made, and a proper United States senator, as reported by count had, that 1 would not be de ray opponents in control of the count, dared the nominee, I implored mv WUK only 132,801- about 8,000 lesa friends to see that I have bad from than were cast in the election of 1912. aM sources that toe much relniuci. Subject io Change Without Notice, We Will flange: A ton of Meal for a ton of Cotton seed. A ton of .16 per cant Acid fpr 1625 lbs of ^l aSr?f 1?-2 Fertflii?r for 1655 los of A ton of 12-2 Fertilizer for 1780 lbs of ?oed. A ton of 12 l l Fertiliser for 2250 lb? of Seed A ton of iO-2-2F3rtiiizer for 2650 lbs of *?? .? ? ??. . .- sr* ..? ma*?? peed aeuvereq ar r armers mi IYIUI. Meal delivered ai Farmers Oil Mill* Fertilizer delivered at Fertilizer Mill. IN MAY BE A BETTER MONEY tOP NEXT YEAR THAN COTTON Wheat and dats are money crops in the summer. A summer -money crop may be very desirable next/.summer. Il usually is. It pays to fertilize wheat and oats when sown. TRY OUR 12-1-1 Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co. J. E. VANDIVER, Present and Trea.. wai (laced upon p?rf'dieu* adversa ries. 1 fait no apprelieslon from any nf thr attacks made by tho two men who came into the race and made their mire campaign one of abuse. Their position wa? peculiar. They declared that Senator Smith was not entitled o be re-elected to I the office ot senator! that bis claim ?for re-election, in the light of hi? ac tions in the i < ante, did not entitle him to succeed h'-mself, and that his pre tensions Hure without foundation. A; the home t.me, ir I was unfit, and Sen. UUIT Smith wuH not fit, whom then ?hmild the people elect out of the four that were running? These two? It necessarily followed that one of these two should he elected, If thoy were r!.??ht. Could the people in one breath de claro that Smith was not entitled by anv action or service that he haul r^n dt-red to tin- people to be again their (anatol, und yei vote for him? J\o, they trttl no confidence in these two men, and the resuit ol tne vote showed it. I did not recognize them as candi dates, or worthy of p 'se as such. It ">'. a question entu. between m> ? (.elf and Senator Brm..., and three weeks before the election who can say. after knowing the result of the meetings which we had in all parts of the state that I would not beat him In the ruco by what 1 then claimed- foy 8.00? to 11,000 majority? I do not shut my eyes to the fact, nc r do I care to pass it over without acknowledging it as a fact, that the ?"yninotlon which was stirred UD by the bankers and the manufacturers In the name of the cotton planters of this state, was seized, upon by Senator Smith and Ills' friends to persuade the farmers of the necessity of his clec lion to the United States senate, to aid them in certain pretended anticipated actions that the administration of President Wilson would take in their behalf, and that the failure to elect him would be met with serious resent ment by the administration, and harm and injury would result to the farm ers. Then .too. it was argued that those who were greedy for office would fall of obtaining appointment and enjoy ing the apoils which an administration c*ld give and confer upon those who would cast their votes and use their influence in behalf of candidates who had obtained by servile actions and ready obedience the good will of the departments of the federal govern men. I have no censure for the farmers Of ?4??- .tate. I simply sny they have been deluded and betrayed, and lt will not bo long before they recognize the fact and feel that they should have stood by me in this election and re sented, thLi attempt to deceive- them. But "even with this change I ntfll un doubtedly, would have been elected had an honest count been made throughout the state, and an honest election held, in two of the largest cities of the state.' , As I have/said. I feared nothing from the misrepresentations of. th? two -Tvouhi-be candidates. I paid very little attention tc what they said. The record had been made up, and was accessible to oil. Their principal cry was raised against the power vested in thu governor by the constitution' of tho Btat.-: to see that the laws are executed in mercy. Exercising thia onerous but most, obligatory duty, 1 have e\ercised mercy. I have endeav ored to see that the laws of the state aro not heartlessly and cruelly en forced, and I have followed, aa any one who har the slightest knowledge upon tho subject knows, the same principles now prevalent In ..most all of our Mates, which have abrogated tim cruel end barbaric treatment ol prisoners. And yet a candidate for thc United States senate, obeying the du ties of hts office, exercising the man dates of humanity, has been "es poaed" for thc first time, ? believe for the exercise of a generous heart uni a l?erciiut nature, to criticism .'oui and unjust. . I do not recall nt present any other instance except t... of the Roman governor, who *<-and no fault'Jn Him of Divine Nature, and yet wai com pelled, by the clamors of tho cruel and unmerciful, to pass i sentence which from that day to t its, has boon con demned in nil Christian lands; But. li I mistake hot,no'vi has been soi vile as to charge the es eutive tn the'exer cise o( this m< ?rul attribute, with which the con ' .utica clothes him, with having K i influenced by cor. ru pt purpose ?v illegal gain. If I am mistaken, let -<:e now demand that Such wretch '.ow make kuO^n UH charo in h certain and. specific way as. wh . I shall call for Judicial investiert!?- against bim,.that ha may ?jot by co' ardly evasion &Ussipt ti escape, th- punishment which he just ly deserv? :. TI.--- -.vas asethsr matter >?k?c*u was Utnr-donged Into *he ears of thc people, ano which the public nmy noa with calmness look at In its true light. The misrepresentations of , rn? in tilla matter ?sro vile, but York .N>Unt v. the home of the subject of this 'Uscusslon, showed by her vote' hon she estimated the dirty charges made ?jrainst me. I received in that counts S.054 votes: Jennings received 69; Pollock received 81 ant Svnlth rreelvec mos. As to the men making tb eat marier tho estimate in which .th?. poofTle of his own county held bim sud the estimate which they-put upot tue truthfulness of bis charges, what ever they wev*\ h? aseo by the vofc which I received In his county, whlcl was as follows: Chesterfield County Bl?aae, 1,336; Jennings. 28; Pollock 413; Smith, 1.320. The election has been declared. Ai the executive committee counted If Senator Smith received 72466, I re ceived 06,913, Jennings received 2, 268. Pollock received 1.364. ll shall no be Insincere In saying that this bm been a fair count or a true result. : carefully considered before the meet lng of tbe executive committee ' th? condition which presented Itself, was unable without adequate fun la ti eryiloy attorneys and pay for wit neaso? to conduct an extensive laves tigatlon or a recount, under a proies i" MOORE'S Loose Leaf System Is the Correct Method of Keeping Ledger Accounts. \y^E are fully equipped to handle your Rul ing, Binding and Blank Book Work with neat ness and dispatch. In this way. before a committee al ready pledged to defeat me. I felt then, aa I feel now, that the strife of the campaign, should and, that it wa ! my duty to lend my efforts to that result. It is better for me to be defeated than for my people to un dergo montes of factional fight, crim ination ami recrimination, and an ex uense of Hie manner in wbich these ballot boxes have been handled. I ac. quiesce i.: the election. Ishall. vote for Senator Sm'tli Hut 1 now assert that lt Is, manifest that the primary sys tem as conducted in 1012 apd in 1914 by the peope who haye been in crfhrgo of its management cannot survive that it ( .innot- rurvrve - unless* thone iniquitous, unjust und. unfair rules shall.be repealed, unies* thoso whom they approbriouuly call the ''lower oroer" in our state be encouraged to vote in the primai y instead of being deterred; unless they bb fairly treat ed, and honest men be found to con duct the counting uf tito ballots cast at the polls, and hon. t men to see that such an hnest count is properly tabulated, by the state executive com mittee. ?. I deem it a pride that T have always maintained that the primat y. system is the one that we snouia uphold and keep. I lia ve never and will net no iv raise my hand or voice to defeat its present results. But I warn the peo ple of South Carolina that the patience of the true majority of thc manhood of South Carolina will very little longer stand the treatment which th'oy-have received. 'lo you. my friends, I have said.that my political ambition was prat i lied four years ago I ha*e never had any Special-desire of any further odvance iftent in political*!!?* ?x?>pt *p serve those whose oplhfw?,' W?o?e' rights and interests I repos? nt, and. by yrhom .|, have slo^-through storm and" sunshine. They say thaU Blease fem ia djra?&lfttg*:*?- defeated -for tar ornee tirar he tairtbr. hr the manner above described, but ttlcaaelsm is not dead. > . What .s BleaselbTn? Every message tlmf I have sent to the legislatures since I have been governor, which bodies were under the control of my opponents, has been in. the interest and for the~ betterment of_ the poorer classes bf ou*r. people, and the adjust ment upon equity and fairness of the rights between them and their richer and moro fortunate! fellows. 1 have as governor maintained the rights of the poor man td an equality with those of the rico' mau, in tue ex ercise of ali the duties and obliga tions in the life of the citizen. I have worked and struggled. that tho poor white man of South Carolina shall havo the rame voice in government as the rich man; as the banker, the capitalist, the president of the mill, and the railroad officers; that when it comes io voiink Cor ?nice, that the section man and railroad operative, who toils day by day for the. support of his family, shall, have:, ute. same right to vote - for. whomsoever . he pleases aa the .president ot tuc? mao. who rides in his pr?vele cor. sur rounded hy lils subordinates obeying his beck and cali; that the elora in the banking hoU?re.'.when' be goes to the polls'to cast hfs vote, snail be .as un in i'la enced 'In his choice a's to '. who shall govern him, hs the president of the bank Who touches' his bells ' and ring? into. bia presence the out-door messenger, .or In-door clerk; and-that the mill operatives who toll by day and hy night shall have. proper pro tection .'.gainst the undue - influence Df of fleers, and. owners ef mills. Now. what has anti*Blst?etbui oven? Look at the records of the legisla lures. Did they Initiate any laws tor the poor man? lias anything been pamed ?yhlch can w oth*?rwl??e knov" [han ac oppression of tho 'nasses and the protection of the rich and of cap Itl? Have they seer that the crrpora ilons of Oils state have fulfilled even the statutory requirements in their | conduct towards the public? Have. Lhcy seen that freight fates and pas senger rates and freight accommoda tions and passenger accommodations iav o been carried out? 1 know of no euch laws. Antl Bleaselam is therefore nothing but '.benet u at ion ot the rulo of the cor porations and the rich over the poor; the denial ot salutary laws for the leal th. safety and protection of/those irho cannot protect themselves, lt la the indignation of the press against my Interference with their opinions ar with their recommandations of Candidates for office, or their control. >f the eresturo WNMU they Have help. ?I pat in office. These are the forces I have fought, Fhese are the forces I will continue to fight, whether .1 bear tho standard sf tho people that X represent. Or whether f stand uti an humble helper In advancing their cause. The truth of thia rfttuaiVon, like all other truths, will et I oat prevail. As for my rature, I shall endeavor, like those ahem I have loved, whom I have Fought tor, whom 1 hate represented, te make a iving out of my profession, sr as best I usn. But, whatever be my fortune, I nay to you, my rounds and supporters. ? thank you for <he ta vor you bars shown me; I thank PRINTING BINDING JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT TELEPHONE 693-L NEW WATSON-VANDIVER BUILDING A TRIAL ORDER-THAT'S ALL RULING BLANK BOOKS -,- i * ul-!--~-tit Advertise In ?afc M? ii' '?../'J?.S'VW- f? ? \ ?5 --'u \ gencer Tac Best Advertising Medium in Upper Carolina The Following is Ori? ?f th? Many Testimonials Received From Advertisers^in The Intelligencer : ? ? .?i .t. ?I Anderson Real Estate and Investment Company CAPITAL STOCK $50,000.00. Real Estate? Stock, Renting Anderson, S. C., August 27, 1914.. Advertising Manager, Andersort Intelligencer, Andersort S. C. r*^\? Dear Sir:- % rV'> 'ft* ?. -fi \ dh I think it is only right that 1 tell you of tWb irtcidentf . * that have occurred recently by our advertising in your paper. Ycs ter'dSY;'?. r-**u .*"lked into the office and sa?? thal he wanted 'io i *J? look at the Orambt?crMm'?Raf^? Vere cutting-Tip "West of Yne+cHy.*^*^^ I showed it to hrhvand sold Wm one of them, before I got back tor - ?J thc office, ? asked$$&jiB???L^ mmim in The Intelligencer.'"'.-"T"*'^" ?--.4 - v Recently we^had Jin inquiry from Columhia about {ftfarrh and when the man came up)Ve sold him tbe^j&?e. . We^no raid he saw the advertisement in The Intelligencer. Yours very truly, > L. S. HORTON, \ - First Vice President. 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