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I CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS SPEAR TO THE PEOPLE OF BLACKSBURG AND VICINITY. dinary man at that, argue that ho is mistaken Mr. Finley and Mr. Williams Tell What They have Done and What They Will Do.—M. Finley's Speech. The candidates for congress from the Fifth Congressional District met at Blacksburg Monday, 22nd inst., and addressed the people. Hon B. J. Gold, chairman of the meeting, in a few brief, well chosen words introduced Hon. D. E. Finley, who, after referring to the fact that he felt at home with the people of Blacksburg, as he had represented them in the State legislature when Cherokee county was a part of York and the pleasure it always gave him to meet his fripnds, said: Here in this country we have con ditions which elevate men, and be cause we have such conditions is the reason why the American Republic is Now I do not largely measure his sphere of his been able to do some things that I in his' usefulness. When a member fails to would otherwise have been unable to opinion of me but I do argue this: secure an assignment he is greatly do than as a member of the post- Take it for granted that I am a very handicapped. Ninety-eight per cent, office department. 1 have han an op- ordinary man. and that I have been ! of the business transacted is arranged portunity to study the rules and reg- on congress six years; it is not for in the committee rooms. Some peo- ulations of this department and be- him to decide whether I have had pie talk about making speeches, come familiar with all the details of enough' it is for you to say. It is a ' While the art of speech making is a its workings. Where there were flf- nuestion of which the voters are the | great and useful accomplishment, yet teen routes in this district that had sole judges. I have never engaged I 1 am going to show it is not an abso- been unfavorably reported upon. 1 in attacking an opponent personally lute necessary perquisite. I have went with the agent over the routes, in vituperation. I stand up and argue made possibly a dozen speeches,, saw that they were properly surveyed principles and measures. I am be- i more or less. During the last session and all but one or two have been put fore vou to give my views and to con-; there were 28(» members in the house, into operation. When the agent goes sider my record, whatever record I Now if the time in two years when to make the surveys, unless he is WANTED! All youi clothes that need brightening up, bring them to us. We will make tin rn look fresh and new. All work done by expert tailors. See us and join our pressing elub. ROBINSON £ JONES, Tailors. Over W. U. Telegraph Office. Phone No. -Id. may have, and from that standpoint alone I am before you. Yes, I have had experience in pub lic life. York county has honored me several times by sending me to the State legislature, and while there 1 have endeavored to render faithful, honest service. I have tried to give such service to every man alike as it has been required, and whether 1 have done so or not it is for you, and you only,, to say. While I was serving two years in the house I was chairman of the j better qualified most important committee there—the a man who ways and means committee. This committee had to approve all tax appropriations. I was in a position there to serve the people in a far more important way than I could in any other position. The chairman of a the greatest nation on the face of the : committee has more power even than earth l am proud that it is so and , the speaker of the house. During my I hope that the time will always be four years in the senate I did the when the majority of the citizens of the United States are honest, intelli gent, patriotic citizens. As long as this is so, we will grow and continue to grow and prosper, until I believe the light of liberty will radiate over the entire world. I do not mean to stand here and tell you that this government is perfect and that ev- o very thing is as it should he. Far from it. There are many wrong practices existing in the machinery of our government. It is a well known fact that any political power grows arro gant in its possession of power. It grows in grafting, in dishonesty, and in corruption. Wo have two great parties—the Democratic and the Republican. There can never lie more than these two parties, for they are so large that they absurd all other parties as fast as they spring up. The? ; par ties. in their respective platforms and candidates, voice the principles for which each party stands. Tie Re publican party stands fo a central ized government, that which, when carried to its utmost extren e. must be to the detriment of the pe pie. The tendency of the tim i is to- %varu' s centralization, but tL} great est blessing to mankind is the bless ing of equal opportunity. The Republican party has declared that it will stand pat with reference to the tariff. In practice it will stand pat with reference to the trusts. A system of grafting in office has steadily grown to enormous propor tions. When we exposed this cor- rupt practice on the part of the Re publican party we were refused a hearing. When the accusations were brought home and stated in the pub lic prints and on the floors of the senate, when the delegates demanded that these practices be investiagted, the Republicans declared that they would not stand pat and outvoted the Democrats so that congress ad journed without making any provis ion to investigate the rottenness in any department of government. My friend here says that I have not discussed the tariff. The Republi cans have been in power since 1890, when they passed the Dingley lariff law, which was framed particularly in the interest of protection Since that time there lias been no general tariff bill before congress. My friend says, “Yes, but there was the Cuban reciprocity hill.” When that came up in congress we were met again by the Republicans, standing pat, and were outvoted as before. Not a single tar iff bill has been before congress. But my friend says that I could have made a speech anyway. It is true that $500,000 have been placed in the hands (jf the attorney general to pros ecute the trusts. That was just the same as an appropriation to pay the expenses of witnesses, etc., and the bill was passed practically without debate. I think only about twenty minutes were taken up in its discus sion. And yet my friend says that I could have made an opportunity to discuss the tariff and the trusts. I say to you: Upon matters that liave come before congress, upon matters that I have had time and op portunity to consider and discuss, your representative lias always been active to look after the best inter ests of his constituents. I was first appointed on the com mittee of territories when the wave of imperialism swept over the United States. It was for that committee to decide whether we should govern the new possessions as colonies or as territories. Before that committee there came a bill for the government of Hawaii. This, largely through the efforts of Democrats, was made a thoroughly American bill. Through every section of it ran a thread drawn from the constitution of the United States. I had much to do in framing the provisions of that bill and for this I am proud. You know that the South Carolina constitution requires that a man in order to vote must he aide to read and write, and so on. The people of the Northern States have been condemning the people of the South for regulating suffrage, and in the preparation of that bill to ob tain endorsement of our suffrage law’ in this State, I worked earnestly to incorporate in that bill the same suffrage provis ions that are in the South Carolina constitution, and I succeeded. If you read that act today you will find it Just as I have told you. Nor has this been the last time that this provis ion was endorsed. Again, when I was on the territories committee (I am not now, for I have been promted a little), the same thing was provided for in the Philippines, and I think that some fruit is being borne. Throughout the North there is a growing sentiment that that manhood suffrage was a mistake and that to regulate the laws was not only right but necessary. My friend argues that six years in congress and $5,000 a year is enough for an ordinary man, and a very or- very same service. While there I was chairman of the finance com mittee, practically the same as the ways and means committee. During those last three years, you will find that the tax levy was lower than at any time during the last twenty years. I labored to give the people benef icent laws. I would not like to say how many bills I was the author of, possibly a hundred or more than a hundred, possibly less, any way more than fifty. During all the six years 1 labored to give the people of the State a better and more economical government. Whether I succeeded or not is for you to say.. When I ran for congress in 1894 York county voted for me, although I was not elected. 1 ran in '9G and was elected, and again in ’98. I honestly believe that the two years I spent in the house and the four years I spent in the senate could have been no better preparation for a career in congress. 1 have in mind one piece of legisla tion for which I claim more credit than any one else in the State. That is in regard to disabled Confederate- soldiers. When 1 first went to Co lumbia. there was a law forbidding the commissioners to give outside aid to the poor disabled soldiers. When any of .these old men or their widows became poverty struck the only way before them was the York county poor house. The first thing I did was to amend this law so that from that day to this not one of these people have gone to the poor house unless of their own accord, because the commissioners were authorized to aid them outside of the poor house. Next, a road duty bill coming un der my observation. I so amended it to exempt each and every Confeder ate soldier from duty on the public highways. Also I am the author of the pension bill of 1891. Since I have gone to congress I have gone further. My efforts have resulted in a law’ on the statute books authoriz ing the secretary of war to compile a roll of the old soldiers. 1 introduc ed this bill for the State of South Carolina, but since it was found to 1)0 wise and beneficial, it was made a general law. Now I have not re lated all this to make anything from that source that is affected. I simply mention it to show’ that I have been active in looking after the people’s interests. When my constituents have come before mo to present just claims against the government 1 have not hesitated to take and give them my careful consideration. Take an in stance right here in the town. In 1890, I believe it was, Mr. Guyton was postmaster here. One of his clerks got into trouble by trying to make too intimate acquaintance with some registered mail. A postmaster in spector came here and swindled Guy ton out of $489.50. Mr. Hemphill and Dr. Strait each had the opportunity to obtain for Mr. Guyton his claim, but some how’ they both failed. When I went to congress Attorney Hardin placed the matter in my hands and 1 succeeded in getting a bill passed refunding the money. I mention this not as a criticism of Mr. Hemphill or Dr. Strait, for possibly I had a better opportunity to obtain the claim than either of these two gentlemen. Just as I succeeded with that claim, I have done with others, and if any one has a single complaint to make of my methods, I would like to hear it. In one county in this district 1 have passed five local bills. With nearly twelve years experi ence I ought to he a trained legisla tor, I ought to be a trained debater, and whether 1 am either the one or the other, or both, are questions for you to decide. In the last congress I was made a member of the committee of ways and means. No new’ member, espec- cially a Democrat, is usually able to secure a place on any of the impor tant committees. There is not a member of the ways afid means com mittee who has not been in congress for ten years. There are none on ap propriations who have not been there at least eight years. A member doesn’t obtain a place on the com mittee of rules until he has served ten to twelve years, while to get on the postofflee committee he has to be there at least six years. The gen eral rule holds good that, in the mai ler of committee assignments no member is placed there unless he has had service and experience. 1 thought that this was a hard, unjust rule, however enexorable it was, but I had to put up with it and work at the small things until something bet ter came. Now’ that I have been in congress six years, I begin to see and appreciate the reasons for such rules. You do not want a new man to attend to your business, but you want one who has had experience and who is competent. Now, these committee assignments govern a member’s opportunity to work and congress is in session is divided pro portionately, each member would have less than one hour and thirty min utes. I took up more time than that. Some others took up a great deal more, still others required less. My friend argues that I have not ob tained a national reputation. The answer to this is not lor me, but for you to say. I have argued this, that when a man who has ability goes to congress and serves there four, eight or ten years, that he was to serve than has not had the experience. I have never said that another man cannot serve as well as I can. There are others from this district, probably a dozen that I know of, who, with equal experience, could make as good a representative as I am. I have simply argued that a man who is capable to begin with and who has had service and improved himself is more competent than a man who has not had the same advantages and opportunities. My friend says that I have men tioned John Sharp Williams and Joe Cannon, and others, as examples of men who have long continued in of fice. When Speaker Williams was twitted for giving the Southern rep resentatives better committee as signments than lie did the Northern representatives, he answered in this way: “In a great many of the Re publican States the Democratic rep resentatives from those usually Northern States, did not stay in office ten years and that he was compelled to follow' the rule for service.” I have never claimed to lie the equal of Mr. Williams or Mr. Cannon, but I mention these along with others as examples of men who control and dictate the politics of their respective parties, and they have been in con gress for ten, twenty, thirty years. I am not arguing that I am the man to be kept there, but I say that when Mr. Williams comes and argues that when a man like Wm. Jennings Bry an goes there and obtains promi nence in a short time, it does not prove that if you would send him to congress he would obtain the nomi nation for president within a few years. When my friend comes before you ami stands on his merits, as I do, ho should come here and give account of his stewardship. I have not said that he has no record, but I say that during the eight years that he has been in the State legislature if he has been the chairman of any com mittee, the speaker of the house, or if he is the author of any legislation that would give the people of the State better, wiser, more efficient laws, then he ought to tell you so. It is his right and privilege. Down at Rossville he got up and said that when he went to the legislature the old soldiers were drawing $100,000 pension money. Now they are draw ing $200,000. But my friend has not said that he is the author of that legislation. It is for you to say whether I have represented you with ability and whether or not I have al ways stood with the Democratic party in its well known attitude to ward the tariff, trusts and sectional ism. On the last issue, no one ques tion has caused greater injury than it has. By means of attempted force bills, and in its platform, the Repub lican party gives notice that it stands for discord and disunion, and it is only by uniting the combined forces of Democracy that the great peril can be averted. The Democrats also stand for economy and efficiency in government. The Republicans stand for just the opposite. In the national campaign the great est difference between the two parties is the difference in the tw'o men that are nominated. Mr. Roosevelt is a man impetuous, imprudent and with out those characteristics so necessary to an occupant of the highest politi cal office in the land. Mr. Parker, the statesman, the patriot, the jurist, the man, has these necessary qualifica tions. He is just what Roosevelt is not. Mr. Williams states that I de- denoiince Roosevelt here but I do not denounce bim in congress, and that when the president insulted every man and woman throughout the Southland I did not raise my voice in censure. In the first place, congress was not in session at the time of the Booker Washington episode. Then, I appeal to you, even if congress was in session, was it my business any more than it w'as Mr. Williams’ or any other Southern man’s business, to denounce Roosevelt’s action? Congress has nothing whatever to do with the social affairs of the presi dent of the United States. Passing this, there are other ques tions of more moment to he consid ered. Why, the postofflee bill required four months for preparation. As a member of that committee I know something of the difficulties that had to he overcome. That bill carries with it $172,500 for the support of the postal service for this year. Do you know that until the last session of congress there was not a line of law establishing permanent rural free delivery routes? All the legislation before then was merely to establish experimental routes, and not until July 1st of this year was the system placed upon the same basis as the other departments of the postoffice. I am glad that this has been made permanent. I have always believed that the farmer is entitled to the same mail facilities as the city man. I have endeavored to give the people of the Fifth District the best possible postal service. As proof of this I have succeeded in getting established fifty fourth-class postoffices, forty star routes and ninety-three rural free delivery routes. I do not need to urge the benefits of this latter ser vice to anybody. They are too well known to discuss. The people are demanding their privileges. I have placed in the hands of the right peo ple there is danger of the route being turned down. The salaries of the ru ral mail carriers alone will exceed the salaries paid to the county officials. There is not a district in the State that has more routes than this one | has and only three, I believe, that J as many. If re-elected. I promise to give you the same efficient service in this as i well as all other lines of activity that i I have done in the past, and I hope that, as the years go by, and that as I grow older, I shall be more promi nent than I am today. But whether I shall or not is the question for you to decide. W. D. A. [Mr. Williams’ speech will be pub lished in Tuesday’s issue.] ■Villiam S. Hall. J k. James A, Willis fA m SubMItaten For Batter. A German chemist, Dr. Heuner, pro poses to buy up all cocoanut oils and transform them Into "vegetable but ter," a savory, Inodorous and succulent substitute for true butter, says the London Globe. Cocoanut oil, like but ter, contains 7 per cent of soluble acids —namely, butyric acid and capric or decylic acid, which give a pleasant aroma to butter and have n taste of hazel nut. Cocoa butter contains less water than true butter and will keep fifteen or twenty days without show ing any acid reaction. Therefore it is useful in making pastry. Cocoa butter has also been found by trial the better antiseptic against infection by mi crobes, and as it is quite digestible the various boards of health have not ob jected to it. Violent Attack of Diarrhoea Cured by Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and Perhaps a Life Saved. "A short time ago I was taken with a violent attack of diarrhoea and be lieve 1 would have died if I had not gotten relief,” says John J. Patton, a leading citizen of Patton, Ala. “A friend recommended Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. I bought a twenty-five cent bottle and after taking three doses of it was en tirely cured. I consider it the best remedy in the world for bowel com plaints. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney; L. D .Allison, Cowpens. [Mrs. Anderson, Jacksonville Fla., daughter of Recorder of Deeds, West, who witnessed her signature to the following letter, praises Lydia E. Pinkhara’s Vegetable Compound. “Dear Mrs. Pinkiiam: — There are but few wives and mothers who have not at times endured agonies and such pain as only women know. I wish such women knew the value of Lydia E. Pinkliam’s Vegetable Com pound. It is a remarkable medicine, different in action from any I ever knew and thoroughly reliable. “I have seen many cases where women doctored for years without per manent benefit, who were cured in less than three months after taking your Vegetable Compound, while others who were chronic and incurable came out cured, happy, and in perfect health after a thorough treatment with this medicine. I have never used it myself without gaining great benefit. A few doses restores my strength and appe tite, and tones up the entire system. Your medicine has been tried and found true, hence I fully endorse it.” — Mrs. R. A. Andersok, 225 Washing ton St., Jacksonville, Fla. — $5000 forfeit If original of above letter proving genuineness can not tie produced. No other medicine for women has received such widespread and unquali fied endorsement. No other medicine has such a record of cures of female troubles. Refuse to buy any substitute. HALL & WILLIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. STAK THEATHE BLDG. « A INI fcc Y , !-». Cl. Notary Public In office, riven to all business. Prompt attention O r. t v • i ► -V it ■ LX! r’Nb Yery Little need be said about our :; :: Photographs t o those who have seen them. Tlieir beauty and fine finish lift them high above the work of the ordinary photo grapher. :: We can make an artistic picture of anyone. Every individual has some feature or expressionwhich makes him at tractive. We find this and catch it w ith the camera. June H. Garr Phone 176. Residence, 171. 625 Limestone Street. FOR ALL COUNTY NEWS, IM PORTANT HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE AND EVENTS OF INTEREST IN FOREIGN LANDS, TAKE AND READ THE LEDGER. ELECTION NOTICE. The primary election will be held on Tuesday, August 30th. All wiio are qualified to vote and wish to do so must have their names on the club roll at least five days before the elec tion. Every candidate must sign the pledge and pay his assessment not later than 12 o’clock of August 17th. The county campaign meetings will be held as follows; Blacksburg August 18th. Grassy Pond .. .. August 19th. Macedonia August 20th. Ravenna August 22nd. Timber Ridge .. .. August 23rd. Owens’ Ford August 24th. Gaffney August 29th. The congressional candidates will speak at Blacksburg on the 22nd, and at Ezells on the 23rd. The committeemen who have not furnished the secretary with the man agers for their respective precincts will please do so at once. The mana gers may get the election boxes at any time by calling on the secretary. G. W. Speer, J. B. Bell, Secretary. Chairman. Fri- tf. Pays Four Per Cent. All Deposits. Gaffney Savings Bank. Capital Stock Paid In Thousand Dollars. D C. Ross, Brest. J. Q. Little, J. A. Carroll, li. L. Hamks, J. G. Wardlaw. Vice-P. Directors. J. N. Lipscomb, R. M. Wilkins, W. C. Carpenter, I). C. Ross. Maynard Smyth, Cashier. William Jefferies, J. G. Wardlaw, O. E. Wilkins, RUBBER STAMPS Are my long suit. I make any kind except the bad ones. I furnish a Namo Stamp and an Indelible Pad for Marking Lineu for 4-0 CENTS. I have some other good things. jr. wii^oiv 011* iso*-*. Typewriters, Office Supplies, Etc. 1334 MAIN STREET. COLUMBIA, S. C. RECEIVER’S SALE. Stato of South Carolina, County of Chorekee, Court of Common Pleas. John I. Sarratt, a Stockholder, etc., Plaintiff. against Gaffney Carpet Manufacturing Co., .et. al., Defendants. By virtue of orders in the above matter I will, on Monday, the 5th day of September, 1904, at the usual hours of public sale, at Gaffney, S. C., soil the property of Gaffney Carpet Manufacturing Co. to the highest bid der. Said property to be sold in the fol lowing lots, to-wit; (1.) The real estate, including the buildings and machinery. (2.) Wood and all fuel. (3.) Stock on hand, including raw’ materials and manufactured prod ucts and supplies, mule, wagon, etc. Terms of sale, cash. No bid will be accepted unless the bidder shall im mediately deposit with the receiver the cash, or a certified check amount ing to 10 per cent, of the amount of his bid, and he will then be allowed ten days additional for the comple tion of said bid. The land and plant of the said cor poration will he sold at the Court House door, and the other assets at the office of the said Gaffney Carpet Mfg. Company. H. D. Wheat, As Receiver Gaffney Carpet Mfg. Co. Gaffney, S. C., Aug. 13th, 1904. Saving. / / :k m We are now in our new stable and have greatly reduced our expenses, consequently we are in a position to sell horses, mules, buggies, harness and wagons much cheaper than ever before. Ik Gaffney Live Stock Co. FOLEYSKIDNEYCURE Will Cure Any Case of KIDNEY or BLADDER DISEASS Not Beyond the Reach of Medicine For Sale by Cherokee Drug Co. For Sale by Cherokee Drug Co. For Sale by Cherokee Drug Co.