Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I BRIGHTER OUTLO Hera is one man who Is not alarm ed over the situation produced by the European conflict. John G. Ander eon, president of the Rock 11111 Buggy company, when interviewed by a Record man as to conditions, said: "I do not believe the people of the cotton States have any real cause for alarm over the apprehension of losing the bulk of the cotton crop on account of a low price incident to the European war. "The people of the world must be fed and clothed as usual. If they are interrupted for a few weeks in trans portation facilities that ought not to bankrupt us, because a way will be found to supply them. There will be no embargo on, the commerce of the Pacific. England is our biggest cus tomer for raw cotton and she may be depended upon to keep her 'mills running. She must have our cotton. Her navy will see to that. "There need not be any fear in this cotntry on account of the supply of money. The government has already attended to that. Farmers can, this fall ,easier than ever before, arrange to borrow money on their cotton if they want to carry it over. This Is absolutely assured. "Business should move along as usual. In fact. I look for a period of -unusual prosperity in this country, and especially in the South, on ac count of the condidtions in Europe. It 14 too bad to profit by our neighbor's Bales Esti Countries Consumed creas Normal Times Per C1 United States . 6. . . 5,500 50 Nngland ........ 3,300 . diermany . ..........1,250 Russia ... 375 France ........ 800 --Austria-Hungary 625 Italy............. 550 All other countries 1,800 25 Totals .. . 14,200 Figures are in thousands. "But suppose that on account of the war the world consumes only 12,000, 000 bales, and we have to carry over 2,000,000 to another season? Thai condition would not spell disaster The surplus can be financed and cot ton' carried without the slightest dif fEculty. In fact, twice that amouni could easily be handled, and the finances of the country not strained "In such a contingency the farmer niex: year, would decrease his acreage and by the time the next crop was harvested, matter would be evened up, with the producers' barns full of corn, hay and other food crops te his everlasting benefit. If the war enly has the effect of forcing the farmer to diversify his crops it wdll be of great benefit to him. The curse * * * Strong DrInk, Is It Useful? * * Wm. D. S. * * * *5*5 * *s * * s ** ** My family physician was also a Methodist preacher, a stritely temper ate man. And I use his name, to show how the people stood then on the use of spiritous liquors, lHe said to me "Send a five galron jug up to my house for some tine double proof rye and corn whiskey. Cousin lIfasting .John son will soon he dIown with a hailf barrel for my mnedical use. I want you to have -it readly in your closet when ever I cnll for it, It was' not long be fore my negro blacksmith was dlown with typhoid fever. Trhe doctor caflme, and treated the man. The next move was that he came to the big house and~ -cailed to me to get a .lug and put one gallon of thle .Jlhnson whiskey in it. -assaf'oetida and mixed it up. "You give all the negroes a dinfk out of the jug every morning. Call them up to the dloor andi measure it out yourself and see' that they swallow it. Keel) up the (dose until we stamp out the fever." A'nt~idoling tlis time. Our fathers had their white glass decanters on the side board, filled with home-made corn whiskey, apply arnd peach brandy. Of ten a little orange peel was put in to flavor the wvhiskey. Our mothers also had their comomile bitters for sick stomach and indigestion, In the sprIng time when the children got white around the lips, they were doned with a decoction of whiskey and tansey ixashed into it, to expell the wortme lrom them. For years we thought it OK FOR COTTON imsfortunes, but that is just what the war means to the United States. "Our cotton mills have been run ning along from hand to mouth since the ,paiic of 1907; many of them losing money and few able to make both ends meet. Some have not been able to keep running half the time while others have gone into bank ruptcy and are now standing still. The war means that they will very soon be running to full capacity, and if many of them can get labor, run ning night and day! "This means employment for thous ands at good wages, who are now idle most of the time, and an Increase in the consumption of raw cotton of not less than 50 per cent. The cot ton crop will not be sacrificed; we can manufacture most of it and send it abroad, not a sraw material, but as a finished product at good prices. When the war is over we will be able to hold to most of the trade that is now waiting for us. 'The following table will be inter esting to those fond of figures. I have no means, of course, of know ing whether they will represent actual conditions or not, but I should thing, generally speaking, that the world will consume almost as much cotton the present season as it did last, and if one country falls below the esti mate in the table, some other will go .above. At any rate the figures will sharpen one's appetite for speculation: nated In- Estimated De- . e Account crease Account War War . | Hales Per Ct. I Bales W Q 2,750 .... .... 8,250 25 825 I2,475 60 750 500 75 281 94 50 400 400 75 469 156 25 I137 413 450 .... .... | 2.250 3,200 ... 2,862 14,538 of the South is this all-cotton theory of farming. I have absolute confi dence in the ability. of the country, the South especially, to take care of it self. Business should go along as usual. "The firrt shock of the impending conlict is passed. Financial matters are being straightened out and there is plenty of money to carry on the business of the country. No man ought to get excited. Cool heads and calm judg-ment are necessary to meet an emergency. The cotton crop, on which the South depends for its pros perity, will find a market at remunera tixe prices. Tihe business men of the South, with the help, if needed, of their frIends in the North, will solve the question if, indeed, it needs solv ing." not possible to keep house without a supply of spirits, always to be ready for colic and snake bites. In later years the urgent call for emergency whiskey got to be so burdensome that i banished it from our house. I can not see where we have suffered in any way in our health. I know we get atlong much better since we cut the acquaintance of liquor Tihe tremeudlius increase in the sale of spiritous liquors in the United States in the last few years is alarm Ing. We are now using twenty-eight dollars worth to every head of our p)op ulation. Our South Carolina dispen saries are gradually adding to their large sales. Columbia, during the month or Alay, sold sixty-nine thous and dollars worth of the hot stuff, all going down the throats of our people, wAithlout adding onie iota to our pr'os perity. flow are we going to check the monster?" Summ ser Coenstipastion Dainwrerou s. Constip~ation in Summer time Is more dangerous than in the fall, win ter or sprinlg. Thle food you eat is of ten contaminated and is more likely to ferment in your stomach. Thea you are aIpt to drink much cold wa ter during the hot weather, thus in juring your stomach. Colic, Fever, Ptomaine Poisoning and other il's are natural results,' Po-Do-Lax will keep you well, as it increases the Bile, the natural laxative, which rids the -bow cla of the congested poisonous waste. Po-Do-Lax will make you feel better. Pleasant and effective. Take a dose tonight, 50c at your druggist. Only On. "BlROMO QUININB"* To etthe euiel atfor felt name, LAXA. T QVIOMO CsNeNa. kfosinauro cab and hedache an$ W,j:*I.Jld, TItLMAN ISSUES Washington, Aug. 14.-Senator B. R. rillian, today announcing that he would not again become a candi date for the senate, gave out the fol lowing signed statement: "Fellow Citizens: "I was 67 years old the 11th day of August and felt like sending all of you a greeting. I served you as gov ernor four years and have been your senator in Washington 20 years. When my term expires March 4, 1919, if I live so long, I shall have held the highest offices in your gift for 28 years. An old man desires to thank you for your generous support all this long while. May he not, without boasting, but in sincerity and eaunestness, say that lie has done his very best for both South Carolina and the nation Cnostituted as I am, I could not have done otherwise. One of the first lessons my good and noble mother taught me was, 'If a thing is worth doing at all, it is -worth doing well.' While I was gov ernor, therefore, I was governor, as everyone In South Carolina knows, not of the Tillimanites alone. but of all the people. And since I have been senator I have tried to be as good a senator as there was in Washington. A Large Figure. "Since August 1885, when 1 made my first speech at Bennettsville, I have been one of the most prominent figures, and since 1890 the most pow erful political factor in South Caro lina. From the very start I won the love and confidence of a large major ity of my fellow citizens and it was because of the genuineness of my Democracy that I was so hated and bitterly opposed. Many good men be lieved I was an office seeking dema gogue and could find no language strong enough to express their hatred and contempt. "Two years ago when a test of my patriotism came, I demonstrated to those who had always opposed me that I was not the selfish politician they had judged me to be. No one knew better than I the risk I ran in making the Ferguson letter public. I knew it Jeopardized my reelection but I would rat-her have been beaten than to have remained sllent. My frank ness, straightfor ward openness of speech and honesty of purpose-I de spise hyprocisy above all other vices -have thrown me into many a briar patch when a more cautious man would have avoided, but I never have lost sight of the ideals which opened before me at Bennettsville and the welfare and uplift of the masses have always been the guiding star whicl led me on. Your faith, fellow citi zens, sustained me, and I greet you In this farewell address with affectior and confidence. "This is my good-bye to public of. fice. I shall not be a candidate agali, Two years ago when I asked you to reelect 'me that I might 'die in har. ness' I fully expected to die very soon; but the good Lord has seen II to prolong my life and by teaching me to live rationally has enabled mi to regain some degree of health Should I live to the end of my term I shall be 72 years of age and I no" serve notice upon all who are inter ested, that I shall not try to succeed myself. If I live until March 4, 1919 I shall die out of and not in harness as I have always wanted to do. Bu I shall not worry. Death awaits us al and is inevitable. I go the way of al my fathers, and I try to say in al humility and sincerity, 'Lord, Thy will be done.' , , Hopes for Best, "For four years at least many mer in South Carolina have had their eyei on the seat I held. This is natura because of my illness and the expec tation of my early death, There hat been some discussion of it in th~ newspapers, which was to be expect ed. How curious. fantastic and crue is human selfishness; but witihal hov natural' a thing it is. it is the onlI element of hu'man nature which ii universal. I do not complain at it and I earnestly hope that the mar who is chosen will sreve the peopli as faithfully as I have. You mna3 find a man with more ability than possess; you can not find one wh< will bring to his work greater earn. estness and honeaty of purpose. "Under the peculiar circumstance, which now exist in S'outh Carolina, Hope) 1 may be0 pernmitted to say a fer, words about the present situa-tion i~r our St~ate without being misunder. stood. it gives me deep concern. am mortified and disappointed thai the primatry system has failed to de velol) ini the people sufficient political intelligence to enable them to ecap~i( the wiles a'nd tricks of demagogues Audacity and aptitude in repartee coupled .With. a striking personality have madle thme people an easy pr'ey instead or candidates being compelled to discuss public questions and poll. cies, they have been allowed to makt ap~peals to prejudice and the people blinded by these arts, have followed a'ndi made( heroes of men who ar'e wholly unworthy. I have been end still am accused or inaugurating thim method of campaigning. Ichallenge the production of a single speech of mi-ne wheroin I departed from the discussion of pubice issues or indutlg ed in unparliamentary language until forced to do so by unfair opponents. The more bitter enemies of the re form movement began the vitupera tion and abuse that have marked South Carolina politics since 1890, They answered arguments with invec tive; they greeted truth with show. er'a of mud and filth; and they, not 1, must bear the responsibility. Still Has ConfIdence. "Two years ago I lamented the same thing, and said I doubted wheth er I had not made a mistake in giv ing the peaple the ballot and teaching thetn how to use it. But I wiasImpa tient. I -have reaffirmed my confidfw~ee in the people--all the people cob lectively. I believe that the judg ment of the whole people--rIch and poor, educated and ignorant, high and low-is the surest and truest guide to political action dre.. ..ts..ke will be fewer and will be more quick ly mended than will be the errors of any one class, be it ever so enlight ened. I believe this ,so leligiously that I would rather have a bal gov ernor or a bad senator elected by all the people than a good one elected by any one class. The whiole people correct their blunders; the rule of i class tends to the growth and per petuation of abuses. I. have implicit faith -that all the people of South Carolina are going to staanp out Bleaselsm sooner or later. The strongest Bleaseites will be leaders as soon as they are convinced that they have made a rpistake. If I did not believe this, I would lose all faith in self-government. "Jefferson's slogan was, 'Teach the people and trust the people.' To this principle all patriots will give cred ence, and all Democrats will gladly obey. When the demagogue comes akong and blinds the people by the glamor of his arts and instills de-vil try and poison into their minds, good citizens must not despair, but dedou ble their efforts; for the truth is more powerful than falsehood and must prevail in the long run. "Again I reafllirm my faith in the people. The battle between privilege and freedom, between quality and fa(vorltism, is world-wide, and ages old. It has brought the cataclysm which we are witnessing in Eufrope today. The people of that continent are struggling to free themselves from the shackles of autocracy, and the divine right of kings. It is a battle between autocracy and repub lieanism. 'he contest in Soutf Car olina in 1890 was -to overthrow an aristocrcy which had come down !o us from colonial days. The Real Revolt. "It was a real revolution. in which, families were divided, father against son, and brother against brother,t showing that principle ,and principle alone, moved the people to action. It was my high privilege to lead that' movement wh4ch emancipated South Carolinians from the thraldoim of an oligarchy which had ruled the State for a century. "That was my greatest work. I taught South Carolinians to know their rights and hod to obtain these rights. and the State has made mar velous progress in every way. In edu cation, in some of its aspects. It has progressed more than any of its sis ter States; for we have Clemson and Winthrop as model schools, tle best of their kind, and, if there were less selfishness and more public spirit throughout the State, the lamentable ignorance now existing in some sec tions would soon disappear. But our common schools in many counties are sadly deficient, and must be im proved. A democracy without ade quate means for educating its citizens is bound to be sh4pwrecked. We can not afford to let our children grow up like weeds. -If we do, ignorance will choke out all that is best in our peo ple and destroy our civilization. The State in self-defense, if for no higher reason, w11. somehow or other have to see to it that all th white children get at least the rudiments of an edu cation. Compulsory education is a big question, and I have never here -tofore favored it, but acute diseases demand drastic remedies, and if a statute can be framed that will force the white children into school and at the same time give the blacks only the kind of training-manual and in dustrial-which they can assimilate, it ought to be done. Effective compul sory education will require a great deal of money, but if we are not will ing to spend .money for our children God pity us. Whether a general law or local option by counties is the best is a matter of opin ion and will have to be threshed out by the legislature. Their Misjtake, "The people two years ago elected a man governor who has 'run amuck' as it were, and displayed so little realizat-ion of his high opportunities that it makes me sad and angry to be told, as I have been more than once that Tillmanism is the direct cause of Bleaseism. All thoughtful and intelligent men know that this is only a half truth, and half truths are the worst sort of lies. TillmanI ism taught the peole that they could whip and destroy special privIlege w'ith the ballot. That was a good thing. all must admit. Now, is Till manismn to blame because the people have used that same ballot with which to elevate a demagogue? Yes, I taught the people that they had a right to govern South Carolia and I proclaiml the principle anew. They do have the right even if they elect a hundred Blleases. 'Teach the peo 1)l and trust the -peopic.' We wil( in the end, have better government at the hands of all 'the people than we would have if any one class ruled. The peoople will rectify their blunders as soon as they have become con vinced of their error. "It would he just as true to say that Democracy causes Socialism and anarchy as It would be to say that Tillmanismn caused Blleaseismn. I lad my health cont.inued good., I would have taught the people the folly of hBleascism two years ag~o ipointed out the difference and stemmed the tide which Jones found hl'mslf unable to cope with. I would have guided the Tillmanites, while IBlease only misled them, and all for the gratification of lisa own selfIsh ambition. Tired of "Law and Order.? "A large per cent of those who two years ago and now are yelling 'law and order,' want a law and order of thoir own contriving. They are not ready to admit that, politically speaking, all white So'ut h Carolinians are equal. They thin k themselves divinely commissioned to rule every body else, and this, not Tillmanism, Ia the true cause of Bleaseism. The plain people saw this resurrected ,bourbonism and, thinking It was the olkI 'ring' come to life again, took Ble)kseism in preference .to it. Blease hiimself is a snere symptom, The rpal fever is bigotry, political Intol.. erance and noein Titiete ' canl ipon you, rpy fellow c~tisens, - you rho know and claim to want better und higher thingd, to broaden your ysynpathies. Stop prating about 'law Lad order' and treat your next door ieighbor with a little more consid ration. Though he live in a hovel, hough he never saw the inside of a school room. he has the same right to vote fo Blease that you have to. vote igainst him,. aid you h4ve 'no more right to question his motive than he has to juestion yours. Learn Lhat great truth, act on it to he ut termost and my 'word for it, Blease Ism will disappear-and it will not :isappear until you do learn it. "Then too a certain class of our fellow citizens have been very un lust and unerasonable in their deal Ing with the poorer people, treating them with no consideration what ever and showing a contempt for t-hem. This is especially true with regard to those who work in the cot ton mills. In many communities the peol)le in the mill villages are a class apart, looked down upon and not as sociated with. No wonder Socialism and the 1. W. W. are getting a foot hold .among these citizens of ours. It was not so'once, and it ought not- to bh. so now. We all should address ourselves to the remedy lest it bring dire disaster upon the common wealth, for in the last analysis white unity is absolutely essential for the continuation of good governmerit. If these poor men are trampled under foot as they have been taught to be lieve they are, they will point with any movement. no matter how -radi cal and ultra, to get revenge. This is the secret of Blease's hold on the people who work in the cotton mills, and we ought by every means in our power break that hold by showing the same respect and consideration for the mthat we do for others. "Maliciously Ignorant,". "As for those who compare Blease the man with Tillman the man, they are, for want of a bteter term, what I may call maliciously ignorant. Blease and Tillman are both popular idols and there the resemblance ends. I had definite ends to accomplish; my personal character and private life were always above reproach and my integrity was never questioned save by a few slanderers who merply as serted without attempting to prove. There is just enough similarity be tween Blease and Tillman to deceive the -ignorant and furnish a bludgeon to the vicious. "I do not believe Governor Blease ought to be sent to the United States senate, because he is not worthy of the honor, and 'so believing I would be recreant to the .people of South Carolina if I did not say so. But do not misunderstand me. I speak as a citi zen merely and I fully realize and recognize the right of the humblest man in South Carolina to differ with me. A man's ballot is his own and no other man has a right to criticise him for using it as he choses. "I am too near the grave to tell any I-les, if I ever had the Inclina. tion to do so; I have nothing to gain by speaking; hence thete is no *ol fishness In 'my utterance. But I love the State which has honored me so long and in such a marked degree and I want to warn our people-those who wili listen to me-before it i too late. I repeat, there Is absolutely no element of personality'or selfish. ness In it. All my ambitions-and I thank God they were all worthy ones -have been satisfied. Therefore, I speak, as it were, from a eountain top, looking down upon my fellows, who in a few years must follow me to the grave. If ever a man's utter. ance ought to cause the people tc pause and listen and think, mine should. For all essential purposes I speak as one who is dead. If I tllow ed selfishness to influence me, I would quietly work to have Blease sent here because there is nothing more cert'ain than this While Wood row Wilson Is president Blease will get no recognition in the way or pat. ronage Wjhatqver. I have had little or none, but I would have it all here after. with Blease as a colleague. 11 a Republican should follow .Wilson Blease might in a way' duplicate or repeat 'my attitude towards Cleveland, who did not recognize Tillmanites e South Carolina as Democrats at all, If the unh'appy difference among our people in South Carolina shall con tinue and Bleaseismn becomes thec dominant factor in the State, Bleasie might in time play -the role of Ma hone in Virginia. All signs, how ever, point to the triumphant reelec tion of President Wilson and the con tinuance of the 'Democratic party ini power. "There is one striking thing about Gov. Blease as a leader and a states man to he very seriously considered It seems to have been lost sight of up ToThe .I now have wil .blacksmith and i .L. Whitlock. Per +attention to all 'a . Horse Shoein +Try ud. Mou ntvi WITH' HALF THE Wor1d at War Prepare to feed yourself and stock. Call on R-. 0. Sullivan at the Tunabling Shoals Mills, for seed wheat. Come to the Big Store and buy Red Rust Proof Seed Oats, and Winter .Seed Rye, and Crimson Clover Seed. Cotton Seed Mel, delivered anywhere 'ithin the city limits. Talk to the "Big Chief" and trade with the Boys. The Big Store is open from G a. m. to 6 p. m. J.li. SULLIVAN LAURENS, 8 0. Infcton a34.Insect Bies Dangtronas Mosquitoes, files 'and other insects, which breed quickly in garbage pails, ponds of stagnant water, barns, mus ty places, etc., are carriers of dis ease. Every time they bite you, they inject poison into your system from which some dread disease may result. Get a bottle of Sloan's Liniment. It is antiseptic and a few drops will neu tralize the in-fection caused by insect bites or rusty nails. Sloan's Liniment disinfects Cuts, Bruises and Sores. You cannot afford to be without it in, your home. Money back if not satis fled. Only 25c at your druggist. -Now the Trouble Start. Constipation. is the cause of many aliments. and- disor4ers,.that aae - 1fe miserable. Take Chamberlain'i Tab lets, keep your bowels regalar and you will avoid these diseases. For sale by all dealers. CONDENSED PASSENOER S0EDULE Effective August 16, 1914. Greenville. S. C. Arrivals from ' eprtures for Spartanburg . Spartanburg Nqo. Time No. Time 3 740 A. 4. 2 7:00OA.iM. x 5 10:00 A. M. x 4 8:05 A.M. 7 11:50 A. M. 6 10:19 A. M4. 9 1:45 P. M. x 8 12:10 P.M.. x11 3:05 P. M4. 10 1:35 P. M.. 16 5:10. P. M4. 12 4:00 P. 1t% 17 7:05 P. M4. x14 6:25 P. M4. x19 9:30 P. M., 16 7:50 P. M4. 21 12:30 P. M. 18 11:50 P. M, (x--Limited Trains.) 'Arrivals from Departures for Greenwood and Greenwood and Anderson Anderso'a No. Time No. Time 4 8:05 A. M. 1 6:00 A. M. 6 10:10 A. M. 3 7:50 A. MK. x 8 12:10 P. M. 5 10:00 A. 4. *10 1:35 P. M. ** '. l1>50 A. M.. 12 4:00 P. M. . .9 1:45 P. M. x14 6:25 P, M. 11 3:05 P. M, 16 7:50 P. M. 15 5:10 P. M4. 18 11:50 P. M., 19 9:30 P. M4, (x-Limited Trains.) (*-Trajns from Anderson ONDY.0 (*--TPrains for Anderson.)' C. V. PALM~I, . General PNds'enger Agt., Greenville, S. C. Public!' mhae the expert voodworkmnan, R. 'sonal and prompt. rork.. g a Specialty.. c~RISP lie. S. C.I