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TILLM ANISM AND BLK ask1n.H. Cross Anchor Youth Writes to Senator Commending His Course In Past Campaign. To the Editor of The State: In this crisis In the State's history j I feel I will not be misunderstood In giving the letter which follows to the presa. The writer has kindly con sented that I shall do this, and it is more gratifying to me to Introduce him to hlB fellow citizens In thlH way. He Is bound to be heard of In South Carolina hereafter, or I am very much mistaken. I have never seen or heard of blm before, but such seed corn necessarily will grow a fine crop The letter should be an Inspiration to old and young men alike. b. r. Tlllman. Trenton, Sept. 24. Cross Anchor, 8. C, Sept. 6, 1912. Hon. b. r. Tlllman, Trenton, S. C. My Dear Sir: I wish to offer you my congratula tions on your recent stand for right eousness in this State The part you took?at the risk of your own defeat?? in the campaign Just finished was, to my mind, the finest single act of your groat career. When you were elected governor tho first time, I was a boy about four years old. As I grew In statue, you grew In fame, and when you and your deeds wore discussed around the fam ily fireside, I, with tho uncanny acu men sometimes displayed by preco cious childhood, caught the enthusl asm in the tones of my elders* voices and you became my dol. Too young | to apprecate the principles you stood for, I turned to the personality be hind them, making you the hero to whom all my boyish worship was ac corded. My dirty little fists were al ways ut your service, and woe to the playmates who dared to question' your honesty or to doubt your ability. When I became old enough to take an in terest in, without being able to un derstand, public questions, I confident ly turned to you for information. In ceasing to be my idol, you became my authority. At last, I, too, became I a man, and began to work out my own solutions of public problems. With the light of reason to guide me, I ex amined anew your doctrines, and I rejoiced to find that my man's un derstanding approved my boyhood's Idol and pronounced it good. Then came Bleaselsm?that other name for graft, greed, selfishness, sordldness, and hatred. With a feel ing akin to dismay, I saw that, be cause they did not know what it Im plied, the term had no terrors for great masses of honest people. They failed, with a blinding full of pathos, to differentiate democracy from mon ocracy. To them Bleaseism was Tlllinnnism, and, with a loyalty as splendid as It was pathetic, they balled what they thought was a now chief of old principles. With more courage, perhaps, than wisdom, I tried to show them the difference between you and your principles and Blease and his ideas. Thoy answered me with sneers and scoffing. They proclaimed that bold, bad man, as another Tlllman, and declared that you yourself, stood sponsor for him. Twas then, senator, that doubts of you came to me. Why does he not speak? I thought, surely that master mind sees whither we are drifting? nay, not drifting, but rushing head long; South Curolina has honored him with all her richest gifts. Does he not owe it to her to repay? I listened longingly for your voice, but the days passed and it came not. My doubts grew stronger aud i thougnt bitterly: "Just for a handful of silver he left us, Just for a ribbon to stick'in his coat." For all those doubts and question ings, sir, I humbly ask your pardon. You were wiser than I. As the right time, and under the right circum stances you raised your powerful voice in warning to your honest, well-mean ing, but wholly misguided fellow citi zens. At the risk of defeat you spoke! 'Twas a splendid thing to do, and I congratulate you again most heartily. I notice in your recent open letter to Gov. Blease, that you doubt the wisdom of having given self-govern ment to the masses. Under present conditions your fear is natural, but in the larger view it is unfounded. The last campaign has demonstrated one thing to every reasonable man's satis faction: we who claim to be intelli gent must educate the hitherto neg lected masses, or take the direful con sequences. The socalled better classes are reaping what they sowed. Hence, In enfranchizing the masses, In show ing them their power, you have at the same time pointed out to the classes the imperative duty incumbent upon them of educating the people?all the -kJ_ _ _-r people. Is it possible that you bullded better than you knew? The three mill constitutional tax for common schools, Winthrop college for women, Clemson college for men?all those embodi ments of great ideals answer grandly, "No." Yours was the spirit of the master-builder who planned not for a day, but for all time. I say you did not err; for, under heaven's favor, your work means tho betterment of all the people, indus trially, socially, educationally, morally and spiritually. The power of tho masses has shown the classes by the strongest of all methods, demonstra tion, that longer neglect of the great body of the people means destruction. We who claim to want better things msut do our duty In self-defense. Sir, a brighter day Is coming. Schools will become the centro of community life; the church will cease to bo a thing apart, and become a living force in the lives of her mem bers; correct sanitary methods will substitute health for disease, and in preserving the body will improve the mind; and in all things reason shall rule, and passion and prejudice shall be banished from the realm. Then "In a nobler, sweeter song" we'll sing the glories of a South Caro lina as fair and good and pure as poetry has ever dreamed or philosophy hoped for. Sir, there are thousands of young Carolinians enlisted for the war and we, the recruits, salute you, the veteran. Your scars, now in the hour of conflict, Inspire us to renewed ef forts in the fight for righteousness, and In the afte time, when victory comes?as come it must?for: "God's in His heaven, all's right with the world." the memory of them shall remind us that you were the first and greatest leader, and, half gladly, half tri umphantly, our bands shall softly play. "Hail to the Chief." Sir? and 1 use that once fine term in Its originally noble significance? Sir, I have never seen your face, nor heard your clarion voice ring out its challenge of battle for the right, but with the profoundest respect and with the utmost loyalty, I venture to sub scribe myself. Your friend, Grover Patton. WATCH YOUR HAIR, LADIES Eternal Vigilance Is the Price of Lux uriant and Radiant hair. If dandruff germs are devouring the nourishment that belong to the hair, It will soon begin to fall. Furthermore It will lose Its life and lustre and will become dull, faded and even gray. If you have any signs of dandruff, go right to your druggist today and get a 50 cent bottle of PARISIAN Sage. This delightful hair tonic ts guaranteed by Laurens Drug Co. to kill dandruff germs, clean the head of filthy dand ruff, atop falling hair and Itching scalp and preserve the color and beauty, or money back. And It docs just what It Is guaranteed to do and that's why its sales are so enormous the countrv over. PARISIAN Sage is the favorite of refined wonien. One bottle proves its superiority. How is this? A large size bottle of the best quality sewing machine oil, only 10 cents. S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co. BREEDERS OF LIVE STOCK. To Hold Annn.il Meeting Daring the National Corn Exposition at Colom bia in January. Columbia, Sept. 24.?Breeders of live stock throughout South Carolin? will be interested to learn that the South Carolina Live Stock Association will hold its next annual meeting in Co lumbia during the National Corn Ex position. The exact dates for the meeting have not yet been fixed but they will be set within the Exposition dates, Jan. 27 to Feb. 8. The associa tion has a wide membership among the farmers of South Carolina. The announced intention of Its officers to secure the best possible program, and the fact that the meeting will be held in connection with the exposition in dictates that the coming session will be a banner one in several respects. The secretary of the Association,. Prof. J. M. Burgess of Clemson Col lege, and Mr. George H. Stevenson,, general manager of the exposition are at present working on some of the prominent details of the program for the coming sesBion. This will later be announced in full. Mr. W. D. Byrd of Laurens is pres ident of the organization. The vice presidents and their respective de partments are Messrs. B. H. Boyktn, Boykin, horses and mules; W. T. Walk er, Blackvllle. dairy cattle; S. D. Cross, Chester, beef cattle; T. J. Kin ard, Ninety Six, sheep and goats; Karl" Dargan, Darlington, swine; Thos. E. lloltzhhouser, Columbia, poultry; B.. Harris, Pendlcton, manufactures; E. J. Watson, Columbia, statistics. HOW TO STRETCH MONEY Buy Your Fall Bill of Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Dry Goods, Millinery, Notions and Racket Goods of RED IRON RACKET STORE, the Big Store with Little Prices, always Selling Same Merchandise for Less Money. Come and look through and we will prove our claim with Lower Prices for Same Goods. Buy here you'll smile and be happy and when you get home with the Goods the whole family will smile. Special for this Week! 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