Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Cameo Is more popular now than ever. It is an ideal gift for a birthday or wedding anniversary. We have some beau ties is Scarf-Pins, Pend ant-Lockets and Broa ches in both the shell and stone varieties at reasonable prices, qual ity considered. FLEMING BROTHERS JEWELERS V HOW TO REMOVE FRECKLES Wilson'? Freckle Cream It Pos itively Guaranteed to Do the Work. Letters aro constantly being ro celved by the makers of Wilson's Freckle Croam from prominent ladles ?>?<?> lrij- that they liuve at laat discov ered how to remove freckles. Juet because you Happen to have freckles Is no reason why you should always have them. Mrs. M. J. Itlvers wrote from Berne, Switzerland, saying: "If after giving Wilson's Prockle Cream a fair trial It does not eure your skin, there Is no remedy for you. 1 always took the best care of my skin, but freeklod dreadfully und coull get no remedy until 1 foun.l Wils u s Freckle Cream. ' One Jar of Wilson's Freckle Cream will cause yoi r freckles to perceptibly fade, and the second Jar will entirely remove them. The druggist Ib' Instructed to return your money to you If It doesn't do just what we claim for it. Try a lar tuUuy. You'll be delighted with Its fine effect on your skin. If your druggist cannot supply you, send 60 cents to the Wilson Freckle Cream Co., Cuarleaton, S. C, and they will ?end you u full size Jar. LAURENS DRUG CO. Special Agents Harris Lithia Water for I.aureus Coun ty People. Residents of Laurens Countv will be furnished with HARRIS LITHIA wa ter for personal use, free of charge, by applying at Bottling plant between nine o'clock A. M. and Noon Sundays. Bring glass vessels thoroughly cleans ed. Harris Lithia Springs Co., C. H. Pettus, President. 46-tf FINAL SETTLEMENT. Take notice that on the 31st day of August, I will render a final account of my acts and doing as Administrator of the estate of R. B. Copeland, de ceased, in the ofllce of the Judge of Probate of Laurens county at 11 o'clock, a. m., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Administrator. Any persons indebted to said estate are notified and required to make pay ment on that date; and all persons haviug claims .against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven, or be forever barred. J. C. COPELAND, JH Administrator. July 31, 1912.?1 mo. Simpson, Cooper & Babb, Attorneys at Law. WUl practice in all State Courts, prompt attention given to all business. N. B. Dial A. C. Todd DIAL & TODD Attorneys at Law Enterprise Bank Building, Laureae, S. C. PRACTICE IN ALL COURTS MONI?Y TO LOAN Pile*! Files! Piles! Williams' Indian Pile ointment will cur* Blind, Bleeding and Itching Hies. It as frorbs the tumors, allays Itching at once, Mil as a ??ultloe, gives instant relief. WUllawis' Indian Pile Ointment Is pre pared for Plies and Itching ef the private parts. Druggists, mall 60c and $1.00. MKLLIAMS MFO. CO., Krone.. Cleveland, OMo LAUBENS 9BIJt; . O. Laurens, S. C. CHESTER S PILLS Fills In r7? wd jbtM ??Sili\V *-*l?f >I>W Mik 1IM?. V*V SM? BY DRUOOISTS FVrRYWHEWi MAYOR JOHNPTcRACE PRODUCES THE PROMISED PROOE ON BLE?SE Spartanburg, S. C, Aug 17?John P. Grace, mayor of Charleston, who came to Kpartanburg to attend the Panama canal conference, yesterday gave out for publication a lotter from Governor Cole L. Blease, proving that Blease told an untruth when he said ho believed that Mr. Grace had never supported him. Mr. Grace left for Charleston last night. He said there was no doubt that Judge Jones would carry Char leston and that a conservative esti mate was that his majority would bo 1,000. Following is a statement made by Mayor Grace, together with the lotter referred to: "I believe I have shot so many holes in Blease's veracity that there la hardly a place left in it where 1 might strike. But It Is necessary for me to do so In order to keep a prom ise which I made In my first reply to BleaBe In the controversy \fhlch a few weeks ago waged between us. "It will be recalled that Blease made this statement: 'I desire to state that I have never made a con fidant of John P. Grace In any man ner, shape or form. 1 knew that hej opposed me In the first primary two years ago. und I have never believed that he supported me, or even voted for me In the second primary?' "Replying to this, I said: 'This, of j course, he knows Is a lie and fortv nately for me the proof of it Is I writing. Not only did I support him before and In the first primary, but I wrote the strongest kind of edito rials which were sent to him and copied in some of the few otate pa pers that were supporting him. If 1 mistake not. In the Newberry Herald and News for one. "'I nm at Glenn Springs and 1 have not access to my lotter files, but remember distinctly receiving a very appreciative letter from him, hanking me most cordially for this support?' "In Iiis reply to this Interview and with the full opportunity on his part to consult his letter files, he still sticks to his original lie, reiterating it in the following words: 'As to Grnce"s statement that he supported me, he told me himself that he did not support me In the first primary and I was Informed by those who had charge of affairs for me In Charleston that he was against me and for Me Lcod, but that ho claimed to be for me In the second place?' "To which I again replied, as fol lows: "'1 expressed great surprise In my recent Interview that Rlease would go so far as to Intimate at this time that he ever had any doubt that I sup ported him in both the first and sec ond primaries, and he repeats these doubhts In bis recent Interview, going even so far as to say he (meaning me) told me himself that he did not support me In the first primary.' "I would like to know where and when I ever told him this. This Is the most mendacious lie that Rlease has ever uttered, because It carries with it a monstrous and manifest ab surdity. 1 would be in a very diffi cult position but that fortunately the proof is clean not only that I did sup port him In the first primary, but that he and everybody else knew it. Moreover, as I said in my Interview, 'it is all In writing but unfortunately I have not a copy of my newspaper llles with me at Glenn Springs. I will take this phase up later.' "1 find that my memory was good, because upon my return to Charles ton, at great pains, I went through my old letter flies and amongst many other letters from Blease, all mani festing most cordial and appreciative friendship, I find the following let ter: The Letter. '"BLEASE & DOMINICK, " 'Lawyers, " 'Newberry, S. C., Sept. 24, 1910. " 'Hon. .lohn P. Grace, Charleston,1 S. C, I " 'Dear John?1 called to see you when in Charleston before the elec tion, but you were out of the city. However, It may be that missing you accomplished more than if 1 had seen you, for you certainly have done me noble service, both personally and through your paper, and 1 assure you that it is very highly appleclated; and I want you to thank the people of Charleston tor me for the very hand some majority that 1 received. " 'When I get to Columbln you must be sure to come to see me. You will always find a warm welcome there, either at the oillce or ut the mansion. " 'Please also thank-for me for his letter of congratulation and for the assistance he rendered me in the tlrst. " 'With kindest personal regards and best wishes for your own happi ness and success, 1 am, " 'Yours as ever, (Signed) '"COLE L. BLEASE.' Best Kind of Evidence. "It would seem almost Incredible that in Iiis second interview Blease should have stuck to the lies so ill told in the iirst, because by that time he had the advantage of my notice to him of my documentary proof which 1 thought 1 possessed against him. But he had so little regard for his own veracity that It did not seem to bother him. How does he feel now. when confronted with this letter! It Is a well-known principle of law that the highest character of testimony is the confession of the criminal him self. Even verbal confessions, duly witnessed by others, are of very bind ing character. And, of course, the strength of all confessions is that they shall be voluntary and without any compulsion, fear or dread or hope of reward. "Here, therefore, we have Blease's spontaneous, voluntary acknowledg ment in writing of my support of him, both personally and through my papers. "In all the other instances in which I have proved that Blease was a liar the proof was largely circumstantial, corroborated, however, by easily de termlnable facts. But in this in stance 1 prove him to be guilty of a deliberate lie. twice told, after due warning, by his own documentary tes timony. "I admit that ordinarily he would not be a creditable witness even against himself, but as that would in volve the fact that he was lying either in one instance or the other, It will hardly make any difference to the public, and, fortunately, in this instance, his own testimony Is borne out by abounding facts. Whatever, therefore, the people of South Caro lina may now think of their governor this at least is certain, that over his own signature they know he is a liar and it seems to me that the day has not yet come when a man should be elected governor of South Carolina,] the main plank of whose platform, Is that he knows how to lie not only With his tongue but with ills pen." Lisbon Loeuls. Lisbon, Aug. 11?.?Your, correspond ent from Lisbon, In spenking several dnys ago, to Mr. Pasley, of Spartan burg, who is visiting homefolks in this county, brought up the subject of pol itics In Spnrtanburg county. Mr. Pasley, said that his idea was that only a few people who voted for Feather stone In 1910 on account of personal friendship, will vote for Hlease this year. On the other hand, there are a great many more who voted for Please before, who will support Jones this j time. Jones wlfl beat Please from 1,000 to 1,500 votes In Spartanburg. "I am confident," be said, "(hat there will be a Jones delegation elected to the legislature." The lines will be closely drawn for the legislature, but the question of Jones or Hlease Is not entering Into the race for other offices. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mllnm, of Greenville, are visiting Mr. Milnm's mother, Mrs. Mary Mil am. Mrs. Llllle RowerB, of Americus, Ga., Is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Smith. Mr. J. T. A. Ballew Is visiting his mother In Union. Notice uf Election, State of South Carolina. County of Laurens. Whereas, petitions signet] by a legal number of the qualified electors and free-holders residing in Youngs school district No. 2, Lnurens county, South Carolina, asking for an election upon the question of voting an additional 1 mill tax upon the property in said school district, to be used for school purposes, have been Hied with the county board of education, an election ' is heroby ordered upon said question, said election to be held on the 5th day of September, 1912, at W. I'. Harris* store in said district, under the man agement of the trustees of snid school district. Only such electors as return real or personal property for taxation and who exhibit their tax receipts and reg istration certificates as required In the general election sliall be allowed to vote. Those favoring the 1 mill additional tax shall vote a ballot containing the word "YES" wrltter or printed there on. Those ngainst the 1 mill addition al tax shall vote n ballot containing the word "NO" written or printed thereon. Polls shall open at the hour of 8 o'clock In the forenoon and shall remain open until the hour of 4 o'clock in the afternoon when they shall be closed, and the ballots counted. The trustees shall report the result of the election to the county auditor and county superintendent of educa tion within ten days thereafter. GBO. L. PITTS, By order of Couty Hoard. . 4-2t * TILLMAN FLOUNDERS. ? Maybe we aro mistaken about It, and it is all so big and broad and great as to bo beyond our complehen slon; but even recognizing such a pos sibility, we have the temerity to re mark that the position of Senator Tin man, as outlined In his open letter, would be amusing if it were not more or less pitiable. While Senator Tillman has said and done things in this present campaign, especially back before the canvass opened, that seemed to involve him in a partisan manner, if all that should be wiped out, he could not avoid being mixed up with it in a way that would swing votes to Blease or Jones even though he were dead. So far as the two candidates are concerned, their status is about like tills: Judge Jones is a former Tillman lte with an anti-Tillman following, and Governor lllease is a former an ti-Tillmanite with a Tlllmanite follow-j ing. This may not be strictly true as to Governor Blease; but our recollec tion is that during his early political days lie was not especially enthusias tic for Tillman. But nevertheless. It is a fact beyond dispute that original Tillmanism is now the strongest ele ment behind Governor Blease, just as original anti-TUlmanlsm Is the ele ment upon which the strength of Judge Jones is based. There are ex ceptions in both cases; but the excep tions are only sufficiently numerous to prove the rule. So far as the primary campaign of today being any nastier than was the campaigns of the eurly nineties Is con cerned, that Is all buncombe. Those who are unable to remember have only to look back Into the newspapers of the day for corroboratlon of the statement. Neither Judge Jones nor Governor Blease has indulged in any hotter language than was used by Senator Tillman in the old days, and both have talked a? much high plane talk as he ever talked. We do not want to be understood as justifying the exhibition now going on. We are merely stating the truth. And also it is a fact that in the old days Tillman made as many unfounded and unwar ranted charges against the crowd he was fighting, as are now being made by either Judge Jones or Governor Blease. In those days Senator Till man's motto was, "I make the chargesi and it is up to you to disprove them." He made charges against the other side that it was never able to disprove, and they made charges against him that remain disproved until this day. The fact remains, also, that Governor Blesae has done more dl3 proving than Senator Tillman ev r did. The senator tells us that he disap proves the idea of a United States sen ator interfering in state politics. It will be remembered that that was the pretext on which Wade Hampon was defeated; yet It was common talk at the time that Tillman helped John Gary Evans all he could in that gen tleman's first race for the United State senate and in subsequent races. Alleged Tillman letter in behalf of Hon. John G. Richards figured in the gubernatorial primary of two years ago. and now the senator tells us frankly that if he could have had his way John G. Richards would have been governor now. Vet he does not try to Interfere, he says, tl Is a fact that ills attempted Interference did not amount to much then; but if the senator really thinks he Is going to get off lightly this time, he is badly mistaken. The Jones crowd, the senator's for mer enemies, want him to come out for Jones. Their real reason, of course, is political; but they are put ting it on "personal" grounds only. They don't see how the senator can remain neutral as between such a line man as is Judge Jones and such a "buccaneer" as Gov. Blease. and they Insist that this is reason enough for anybody. As a matter of fact we are Inclined to think that for various rea sons, mainly through envy of Gover nor Blease for out-Tillmaning Till man, the senator would like to see Jones elected, and if It was an off-year with him he would be for Jones; but ns It Is. he is going to keep close to the shore. He still has sense enough to know that with such a strong prolv ability of the election being settled in the first primary, he cannot feel any security thnt the Jones |>eople will vote for him anyway, and knows full well that if lie undertakes to stick his knife into Governor Blease, the Bleaseltes will certainly scratch, him to the tune of 35.000 or 40,00 votes. In the general assertion of the sen ator that there are "hundreds of Till 'manttes in the state who /ire better exponents of Tillmanlsm than either Jones, Belase or Duncan, we agree most heartily; but that seems to be begging the (|uestion a little. There are no doubt better exponents of Tlll manlam in the state than even Till man Is, or Tillman ever was; but they are not In this race and are not to be considered In connection with tho present coutrovoruy. Tho question now Is mainly between Hlease and Jones and the respective parties be hind them. No, we do not believe that Judge Jones believes in social equality, nor do wo believe that the Ibsuo involves the personality of either Bleuse or Jones, nor do we believe that the otato will be lost or ruined whichever way this thing goes. All wo see in it Is a struggle for power, the event of which struggle is to be the domination of Tillmanlsm or antl-Tillmanlsm, which ever side may win. and with which terms Hleaselsm and Joneslsm have now become Identical.?The Yorkvllle Enquirer. "Were all medicines as meritorious as Chamberlalu't, Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy the world would be much better off and the percentage of goffering greatly cecreat-ed," writes Lindsay Scott, of Temple, Ind. For 8ule by all dealers. BRUCE BROWN CHALLENGES. Bruce Brown Asks Winer of Itlg Kreuch Have to Meet Him in Ameri can Grund Prize. David Bruce-Brown, twice winner of the American Grand Prize Race, has challenged Hotllot, the great French driver who won the French Grand Prize at Pieppe on June 25th and 26th last, to meet him in this year's Amorl can Grand Prize Race at Milwaukee Bruce-Brown won the llrst day's round of the French race and was leading on the second day when he ran short of gasoline and was disqualified for tak ing on a fresh supply at a spot not designated as an official supply sta tion. Following is the letter which tin American sent to Hoillot: "My Dear Bollott:? 1 regret not to have seen you before I left Paris, be cause 1 wanted to talk to you about the American Grand Prize Pace. I shall drive In that race the same Flat car which 1 drove over the Pieppe Cir cult, with the same wooden wheels, the same demountable rims and the same standard Mlchelln Tires, and 1 chal lenge you to meet nie there. 1 should he very pleased to con tinue our contest of Dieppe, as I re main convinced that under the same conditions, with the same cars which we drove at Dleppst, 1 could llnlsh ahead of you. "Will you be kind enough to let mo have your nnswer at the earliest pos sible moment? 'Meanwhile I beg to remain, "Yours very truly, "David L. Bruce-Brown." As yet Hoillot has not indicated whether he will come to America for the big races, but It Is generally be lieved that he will. The Grand Prize Race will he held in .Milwaukee on Sept. 17. 11(12. Mr. W. S. 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