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SKETCHES OF THREE j CAROLINA GOVERNORS. . | GEORGIA EDITOR GROWS REMINISCENT AND RECAILS PASSAGES IN THEIR EARLY CAREER. Co! I'leasaut A Slot all, editor of' the Savannah Press,used to work on the Augusta Chronicle. At that ? i time three Young men from South Carolina had tile habit of dropping into the Chronicle office now and then to see the reporter*. Col Stovall has Uvn letting his nieniory dwell on iImv* rwenrlv and tiie result is the following editorial in The Press: About twenty years ago, in The Chronicle office in Augusta, some interesting people used to come in at night and chat with the editors Many of these visitors were from across the river, for Augusta is very largely made up of South Carolinians.and in the course of a day about half the visitors are from Carolina. Oae of these.men was a short, thick set, florid boy,with light,sandy or reddish hair, lie had grey eyes aud wore a large mustache. It we reanember aright bis hair was cu rly. He was a modest, quiet newspaper man. who published the Hampton Guardian. Most of these ueighborg papers lived by securing advertisements from Augusta, aud M B McSweeuey baa gooa paironage in that city. He was a practical printer, in fact, and began bis career as a newsboy. His paper was always well set up and neatly printed. He was a stickler for baring a clean, bright print, and his was one of the best of the. country weeklies which came to the office. Every time McSweeney went to town, which he did about eooe a week, be received a notice in the personal mention something like this; "Mr M B McSweeney, the progressive editor of the Hampton Guardi?u. is in the city. The Guardian has a large circulation in the new oounty, and those who patronize the advertising columns of The Guardian ' find it a good investment.'^ "Mac'' was really a warm hearted, attractive boy, and the newspaper craft was very fond of him. He probably had a little farm,owned a horse and buggy and enjoyed life in the qoiettSimple way of country editor? which, by the way. is about the most satisfactory way that a man could live. Another visitor in The Chronicle office for whom tbe bo*s had a great liking WR6 young John (iarv Evans, He came over froni Edgefield to read law in his uncle's office. John had not begun to take life seriously. He was tall, slender,rather frail looking; had small dark eyes, with a very fine brow. He was popular with everybody. He was essentially a favorite in society. lie possessed a fine, delicate tenor voice, and even in conversation bis tones were rather high and piping. After living in Augusta a few . - ? .... (H years ne came uj? iu i uc euiuuj^ic one uigbt and told tiieiii to announce that he was going to move to Aiken and open a law* office. There was a perfect how l of protest. The crowd did not want him to leave Augusta. They told him that the man who left Augusta left God's country,and that the move to Aiken was to bury himself and to give up all thought of a career in the law. However, John Gary had thonght it over, and next morning the Chronicle contained a peisoual item something like this: "Mr John Gary Evaus, our popular and talented young townsman, who has been reading law in the city for the past two years, has decided to return to his native State of South Carolina. Mr Evans will hang outj hid shingle in Aiken, and we bespeak for him the confidence of the people in his new home." John Gar$ Evans was the youngest aolon of the house of Gary. His uncle, General Mart W Gary, had been * a power in Edgefield during the early days of Democracy, but for some reason he-did not train with the political school of Hampton, Butler, Hagcod. Kichardson and others. The other uncle, Major William T Gary, had moved to Augusta just after the war and was practicing law. He was later, judge of the Augusta circuit was a member of the Legislature! from Richmond couuty and was up-' pointed United States district attor-' uey by President'Clevelaud. He also1 had a good practice in South Carolina, and it was probably by his au-' vice that the young nephew returned j to Aiken. Very frequently a plain farmer! from Edgefield used to come to the Chronicie office. He lived at "Rop f ers,'' South Carolina, which was a postoffice in Edgefield county. Reach-1 iug the city he would climb the high steps principally to see the Hon Patrick Walsh, who was the editor and publisher of the Chronicle. His name was Hen Tillman, and now and then he would write a communication to the Chionicle stressing the rights and recounting the wrongs of the Southern farmer. These articles were always well wiitten. The man did not seem to be cultivated in his manner. He had but one eye and his hair was rarely well brushed. But he had evidently read a great deal and there was lots of vigor and originality in his pieces. Generally he signed "Farmer" to his articles. They mainly related to South Carolina matters. Next, Captain Francis W Dawson,the editor of the Charleston News and Courier, became attracted by these articles and wrote Ben Tillman, asking him to publish them in the JNews ana uourier. tie wrote sometimes for that paper, but was not entirely weaned aw?y from the Chronicle, which was really his home paper. His brother, George D Tillman, was member of CoDgress from that district. He wa* one of the braiuiest and moat original men who ever represented South Carolina in Washington. Ben Tillman was a free lance, but his articles set people to thinking. Finally he got the farmers stirred up. They organized a farmers' movement and pretty soon Tillman became a political factor in South Carolina. His first appearance in a convention was in Columbia in 1886, when John Peter Richardson was nomiuated Governor. He was a delegate from Edgefield and favored the nomination of ex-Governor Sheppard,who was from the same county. Who was Ben Tillman? The people of Angnsta began to talk about him. His cotton factors said that he was a good farmer, but that his wife wus a better farmer. He was a stickler for paying his debts. He was not a large planter, but his credit was good on cotton row, When he used to come to the Chronicle office at night he inTariablv brought a pretty jar of fresh butter or a little basket of fruit for his friend, Pat Walsh. This shows that Ben not only raised cotton but that he made, his own supplies. He had a hue orchard, a good dairy; many people said that the management of his wite secured these things. At any rate, he lived at home, and he lived well. Now and then the locul columns of the Chronicle would print an article like this: "Our popular friend,Captain Benjamin R Tillman of RoperVhas left upon our table some fine fruit and fresh eggs, just from his flourishing little Carolina farm. Come again, Captain, the latch string always hangs on the outside." Who was Ben Tillman? Well, he was captain of the cavalry company, or the red-shirt fellowe,over in Edge** ? "* n T . i n n new. w nen vrovernor uonn r>vxordon, with General Wade Hampton, was invited to Augusta to open the fair, P>eu Tillman brought his company over from Edgefield to turn out in the parade. The Chronicle boys remember that daring the exercises the Edgefield troopers were banked over in an old field and the sun became very hot at midday. They remembered Beo Tillman's dashing across the field on horseback to ask the commander if he might move his troopers in the shade,as the men and horses had ridden across the river from Edgefield that morning and needed water badly. V 1 A.u~ J.1 i>uw )uu iiu>e lue mretr peittuuages who used to come to the Chronicle office at least once a week and relieve the long vigils of the boys at night by talking politics; gossiping about persons and things?discussing "the grandeur that was Greece and the glory that was Rome." Ben Tillman was remarkably well read; John Gary Svans was classic and delicate, and McSweenev was a very quiet man who talked but little, but was looked upon as a good friend and a deserving fellow. I do not recall that these men ever met at that iuu. They may have aifd they may not have done so. If they did 1 don't remember that they impressed each other. Their lives moved in entirely different spheres. Their ages and professions sent them far apart. Well, time changes and in the great crucible of politics these men after a while got together, Ben Tillman continued to write his articles. His faction be came a majority party. I well remember the night he was elected Governor. lie came over to the Chrouicle office as usual and sat by the desk of the news editor. The Chronicle received specials from all parts of the State and Ben Tillman read, but from the telegraph ticker, the news of his triumph. Pretty soon the office was filled with Edgefield people and Carolinians generally, congratulating "Captain Tillman," cr "Governor Tillman," which should it be? "Boys, call me Ben," said the leader,and it was generally chat way, anyhow. I don't recall that John Gary Evans or McSweeney came in that night. If they were in town they did. I remember that somebody wanted to set up champagne over Tillman's election, ^t be refused it, oay IU? IUOW IIV UIU'I V nav *? MV?v* drank it, and that as for a raw oyster, he couldn't touch one. Well, John Gary Evan3 plodded along in Aiken. The Garys all joined the Tillman movement, and first thing.we knew little John Gary had been elected to the Senate?the same pale-faced, delicate little chap who ased to sing tenor and make his remarkable speeches in the district court. Then, after Ben Tillman, he was nominated and elected Governor, by the farmers. The rest is known. He became president of the constitutional couvenMon, which pat dispensary,negro disfranchisement and aondivorce in the organic law of South Carolina. His career was meteoric. No one in Augusta dreamed of it. But 15en Tillman went to tne united States Senate and John Gary went to the executive office in Columbia. But truth is stranger than fiction. In some way McSweeney?quiet, plodding, popular?had broken into the Legislature. He, too, was a Tillman mar,. Finally he went to the Senate and then became Lieutenant Governor. During his term of office, as second in command, Governor Ellerbe died and McSweeney actually beeame Governor of South Carolina. This accounts for all three of the Chronicle visitors. McSwteney died the other day?the quiet newsboy and careful printer. John Gary Evans is living in Spartanburg, rich and successful in his law practice, and Ben Tillman is Senator and lecturer, making about as much on the platform as he makes from his salary in the upper house. State of Ohio, ) City of Toledo, [-ss. Lucas County, ) Frank J Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F J Cheney & Co, doing business in the city of Toledo, county and State aforesaid, and that said tirm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cored by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A D1886. A W GLEASON, (Seal.) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inernally. and acts directly upoa the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonals free. F J CHENEY & CO, Toledo, 0. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. When you come to town put a copy of The Record in your pocket and consult its business direc tory?the advertising columns in making your purchases. tf Old papers for sale cheap by the hundred at The Record office. COTTON GINNERS' REPORTCrop Yield for Present Year Estimated Less Than Ten Million Bales. Memphis, Tenn., November 5: ?J A Taylor, president of the National Ginners'association, toI 7 j day issued the following bulle| tion: j "Complete returns indicate a | maximum crop of 9,780,000 bales, I not including linters or repacks. I Minimum figures 9,486,000. j "The heavy falling off is over the belt except in Georgia ana the Carolinas, where there is about as good a crop as last year on a little smaller acreage. "Maximum report by States: Alabama 969,000; Arkansas 644,000; Florida 60,000; Georgia 1,870,000; Louisiana 239,000; Mississippi 958,000; Missouri and Virginia 58,000; NorthjCarolina 648,000; OklahorfuiS?, 000; South Carolina 1,185,000; Tennessee 253.000 Texas 2,309,000. Total 9,780,000. "The ginners say the small yield is largely due to the smallness of bolls and low yield of lint. As the crop is so near ginned, we will probably not make our December estimate." The cotton crop in 1908 was < * I'm Ortrt 1 1 l_:i? 1(W? 1JL,081,0?3 uaies, wuiie 111 xi/vi the yield was 13,550,760. If you deeire h clear complexion take Foley'* Orino Laxative for constipation and liver trouble, as it will stimulate these organs and thoroughly cleanse your system, which is what everyone needs in order to feel well. D C Scott. ? ^ ^ AAAA W w w w * w V w w w w W W W w w I J. D. GILLAND, | : Real Estate Broker j \i KINGSTREE. S- C. ?????????? 4 j t I have a list of great bargains ^ j in city and country property. J J Call and make your selection, j 1 Easy terms on large and small I i farms, cit/lots and residences. f J i Tax Notice- . The tax books will be open for collection of taxes the 15th day of October nex t for the year 1909. Tax levy as follows: % For State, mills " Ordinary County, " Special Roads, 1 J' ' Roads, . 1 " ' Constitutional School, 8 " A capitation tax of $1.00 on all male persons between the ages of 21 and 60 years, also 50 cents per head on all dogs, also 2 mills for retiring bonds in King*. . LI_ , ?:ii? 2? tv,n/)a tree townsmp,* uuus 101 icuimg wuua in Lake City township and 2 mills for retiring bonds in Greelyville school district, No 22. Commutation (Road) tax. $2.00. Levy for special school districts as follows: No* 17, 26, 27, 28, 29, 83, 35,36. 4 mills; Nos 15. 24,31, 3 mills; Nos 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 32, 2mills; No 18,1 mill; Kingstree, No 16, 4 mills special, 2 mills High school. I will be at the following places mentioned below for collection of said taxes: Oct Kingstree, 15, 16, 18,19, 20 and 2\ Hehron, J L Gowdy's store, 22 Salters, 23 Greelyville, 25 and 26 Gourdins, 21 Suttons, 28 Trio, 29 Harpers. 30 Nov. Benson, V W Graham's store. 1 Bloomingvale, 2 Morrisvilie, 3 Rhems, 4 Church P 0, W R Graham's store, 5 Rome, 6 Lamberts, 8 Ards X Roads, Eaddy's store, 9 Jolinsonville, 10 Vox P O, 11 Prospect, 12 Leo, 13 Scranton, 17 and 18 Lake City, 19 and 20 Cade*. 22 Lake City, 23 Kingstree, 24, 26, 27, 29 and 30 L7tJU. Kingstree, 1, 3, 3, 4 and 6 Lake City, 7 Kingstree, From 8th to 23rd and from 2Sth to 31st December, inclusive. Those who desire to pay their taxes through the Ihail would expedite matters by dropping the Treasurer a postal asking for the amount of their taxes so as to avoid sending the wrong amount, also stating the township or townships, (if property is owned in more than one) ana if possible give school district wh-< re property is located, also state whether poll or road tax, or both, are wanted. Alter paying taxes examine your receipts and see if all of your property is covered. If nor, see about it atonce. By following the above suggestions complications and additional cost may be avoided. J Wesley ' ook, 1-1-10 County Treasurer. , \ ' The highest me | on fo Sir James Crichton Br of Loi gives the best reasoi Quake: In an article published in the Youth's Companion of September 23rd, 1909, Dr. Browne, the I / a f ?** a i o I itif knritv a n nituitai a u v > i v t i i. jr v m foods, says, about brain and muscle building? "There is one kind of food that seems to me of marked value as a food to the brain and to the whole body throughout childhood and adolescence (youth), and that is oatmeal. "Oats are the most nutritious of all the cereals, being richer in fats, organic phosphorus and lecithins." " He says oatmeal is gaining ground with the well-to-do of Great Britain. He speaks of it as the mainstay of the Scottish laborer's diet and says it propPREsSfllli O We have a numb* 6 Oil Paintings and O 16x20 sizer suitable 1 8 Fane3r T77"o] n that we are giving away | THE W0MA1 Q a high class Magazine for the lad O tains 48 pages devoted to literatui y) and a dozen or more recipes in eat x the small price of subscription. X Remember you get the Picture ?> Magazine once a month for 12 mo A of 25 Cents in connection with T1 O old or new subscribers. Sr We have the pictures and the pj X subscribe. X Tk? $0000000000000 Batfikimg ? VniT have more or less ot j||[ If such is the case yc 1 service. If not alrea not consider the advisability OUR SAVINGS is calculated to serve all clai from $1 up, and allows 4 per quarterly. * Bank of Wi KINGSTR i I Rugs and /) We have just received HANDSOMEST UNE OF! thai Ever Been Show Call and lc We also have ^rvEZEsrzriz;, needed for nni^wivrft A i> WX' JU' Xil m * Services rendei j L. J. S 1| "THE FURNI dical authority J tods, I owne, LLD.-F.R.S.1 1 id?D, ;j us for eating more 41 r Oats ] duces a big-boned, well-developed, mentally energetic race. ' His experiments prove that good oatmeal such as Quaker Oats not only furnishes the best - W food for the human being, but eating it strengthens and en* larges the thyroid gland?this , I gland is intimately connected j with the nourishing processes ! y m of the body. < J In conclusion he says? ' iLfl "It seems probable therefore ' ^9 that the bulk and brawniness of the Northerners (meaning the Scotch) ha^ been in some' measure due to the stimulation of the thyroid gland by oatmeal porridge in childhood." The Scotch eat Quaker Oats because it is the best of all oat meals. mSSt I ;r of handsome V ^ rnoiogravures, r for framing,' also 7A :1c Patterns J absolutely free with * \ Wl VS WORLD. 8 ] iee. The Woman's World coi4 Jk mjM e by the best writers, fashions' TA JBwj :h number that are easily worth1 W\ L? , the Pattern and a first class I w} fifl nths all for the nominal sum J le Kecord. This offer is open to IK ittems ready for you when you Y" <9 f R@?c>ffdlo ; R I ooooooooooooc 1 it. Possibly it is with us. >u know something of our dy one of our patrons, why " of becoming one? DEPARTMENT sses. It receives deposits > cent interest compounded jfl illiamsburg, s J EE, S. C. 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