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I 51 %\y Countjj Jteofti. |1?| VOL. XXVI. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1912. NO. 17 |? THE I And you will want Fruit Ja ^ I them* and will insist upon i sag Remember, we have Ic . We also make Screen D gg in town we will make them 1 Coffins and Caskets CAMPAIGN DAY : IN KIN6ST8EE; LARGE CROWD OF VOTERS AT- , TEND AND ACCORD WEL- f COME TO VISITORS. i Tuesday was campaign day in 1 Kingstree. It was all that one 1 could expect for a July day. The thermometer ranged well up in the j * L ?1-*-^ KT. I eighties soon aner oreuMaai a?v* noon the mercury hung around the t nineties, and old sol poured forth j a fine sample of "ye good old sum- ^ mertime." , ^Notwithstanding they had had ( davs respite from their strenu- j H campaign work, the "Greeks ( Rid Trojans" who were to contest J here not for Helen, wife of the King v r of Sparta but for political favor be-! c ' fore ?the voters of Williamsburg j county, for the high offices of the j of South Carolina, at a meet- s mg which had been scheduled to j x take place at 10 o'clock, were slow.e in reaching the battle grobnd. I, Some at the candidates reached j Kingstree Sunday afternoon and * night while the more important L] ones did not arrive until about L, 11:30 Tuesday. jc The large new building known , as Gorrell's tobacco warehouse i was put in readiness early Tuesday 1 j morning, and long before all the j candidates had reached town aloutI 400 people, including a number |1 of ladies, had settled themselves}^ ? comfortably where they remained! { during the four hours of speech j j making that began at 12 noon. ! A The meeting was called to order t about 11:40 by Mr A C Hinds, who , t, presided in County Chairman Stoll's } stead, the latter being absent, attending court at Manning. s The list of candidates was as fol- g lows, and spoke in the order named: 'j J T Lyon, Thomas H Peeples, f |^and B B Evans, for Attorney (ten- , K T Carter, E \\ Mcl^aurin for j ^^ te Treasurer. ^^^hio G Richards, J H Wharton'( and James Cansler for Railroad: Commissioner. j ;1 hv. T Dnnejin. Ira B Jones and',. Cole L Blease for Governor. , r When the meeting wa.s called to'e order between eight hundred and a ^ thousand people had gathered in'( the big warehouse. Good order j prevailed until Judge Jones started i v jPftis address about 2 o'clock. His s hluctii'ii to the audience was ,] ^^Peeted by tremenduous cheer- j HPig. but there was a small clement " r of disturbers on hand from adjoin-1 ? ing counties, chiefly among whom * was a big rough rul?e wearing a i | tt^ack hat and blue shirt and a dark,' ? ^shaggy mustache the whole of which ' ? is said to have hailed from Man- | ning. It was his interruptions that ^ ( caused Judge Jones to remark "that \ the difference between Jones men J and Blease men is that Blease men j don't want to hear the truth. They ^ squirm and wiggle and yell and try J to howl down the man who is rub- : bing it into them." A number of Blease rooters, any one of whom ; could easily be singled out by his ;; general appearance, were scattered > J. : FRU rs. There is not a man or w< t. We have them in any size e Cream Freezers, Ice Tea Tu 'oors and Windows, any size, so that you can get them on $ ?I Kings ' 1 hroughout the audience. But it < vas a Jones meeting, and it can be 1 aid with impunity that it was a neeting of the representative voters ' )f Williamsburg; men who are able, ^ villing and ready to do their duty is they see it at all times and upon ' ill occasions. Judge Jones routed ^ lis enemies and held the best of the ^ hrniicrhnut his soeech. I1 Attorney General Lyon was the irst speaker and was received with learty applause. In a brief mention of his oppon- ( jnts Mr Lyon said: "I do not at- , empt to discredit my opponents; ^ ,wo of them I have the highest espect for." The Attorney Gen- J >ral paid little attention to his comX'titors, giving his time to a review ? ?f his administration. Mr Thomas H Peeples made his isual speech, which was well re- j j .eived. Mr Peoples told the crowd j r le would have as good a record as j ^ Attorney General in four years as < ome others had made in six years. \ Senator J R Earle was not pres- . nt but sent a letter to the chair- | nan. In Mr Earle's letter he said: I favor the economic administra- jj ion of the government in all of its1 j, lepartments and the prosecution of j II wrone-doers alike and the con-! - raiment of nothing from the eyes} ?f the public." ! When Mr B B Evans was anlounced there was a "Hurrah for, .yon!" "You must he one of those graf-1 ers he let off," retorted Mr Evans. ( dr Evans referred directly to Atorney General Lyon, and told the >eople they ought to elect a lawyer vith a brain of his own. He stated hat he was running on his own ibility and that he was no "pin look" lawyer. Taking the stand again, Mr Lyon said: "Evans' statements from beginning to end are a tissue of lies." Phere was tremendous cheering or Lyon upon his unqualified delunciation of Mr Evan's charges. Messrs S T Carter and 1) W Mc.aurin, for State Treasurer, made hort addresses in which each canlidate set forth his claim to office. John S Richards, J W Wharton inrt -fnmm CansW fur railroad commissioner. Cansler was the big ! lciise with the crowd, and conclud-1 \ <1 his address by assuring the voters j hat he was going to be Railroad j 'ommissioner. MrJnoT Duncan was the first! f the candidates for Governor to peak His remarks seemed to bei lirected against Gonzales and Clark. Judge Jones followed and in the j 1 A Talk That Is g Go to the National Mercj g there is a difference betwet | TTp-to-HDa/tc ? while anyone can give you | IDTZTJ C ? where we serve you the fin | _ OTJTEB SH ? ?- ? ' ! 1 _ g We have now on aispiay ? 8-a Respect: IT S E )man that will say that they 1 i with prices right. Also Top mblers, Refrigerators, etc. Just give us your specificatic rour first trip. * Remember, w tree Hard1 Wholesale and ? bJj ?nioni>lra aalrl 4*T HfVAf ATUIOr U1 Ul.^ icinaiivp ch?iv*. * -represented a railroad in my life." "That's because the railroads iidn't want you," came the cry from a rube in the audience. "Oh, let him say it," advised i Judge Jones, "he is saying only what < lis master says" ? pointing to < Blease. This thrust called forth tremendous applause. J Again the speaker's disturber in- i errupted to say: "You just wanted < orrie of that money yourself and i wouldn't get it." 1 Quick as a flash Judge Jones said: 1 'Here is the difference between f Tones men and Blease men: Blease < nen don't want to hear the truth, rhey squirm and wriggle and holler 1 ind try to howl down the man who 1 s trying to rub it into them. They 1 vent to Georgetown- for that pur- 1 X)se. \Y H Andrews, the champion ? og-roller, brought them there. c m .1 I . i?i i i A ( nil II IV II WUII lltx/t.vj , w M money. When you make money SELF; when you invest money ERS, No man serves others j That's why putting^ your mor WATCH is almost always unj more than a four per cent retur Beware of get-rich-quick sche Let OUR Bank B We Pay 4 per cent inten FARMERS <fc ME "ABSOLUTELY SAFE" Now Going On at mtile Store if you want real b 3n a real bargain and a barga ^ 3-ood.s at HjOt; a bargain. We also invite yc 3r est kind of4Soda Water. We a DE JD'EIJPj&.EZTI - n i; n J-l a nne line ui wnucmcu e> am fully, , E. l nai * rigni, mease nas ai least one og-roller in hi? camp. Vou know, * hev had those Andrews men there nth Blease hands around their hats, * ust like it is around your heart turning to his interrupter). I told 1 hem they were tagged like sacks of ^ ertilizer. *' The aud^nce cheered 1 icartily. .1 Referring to his vote on the sepa- ? dtdtU <jwntHKvonveu'\ f\ : to ksuty til mora ran MAL'F mAnPU hi I ASO N will not put up fruit during s and Rubbers. If you don'l >ns, we do the rest. Why d e are leaders, not trailers. ware Con rate coach, or "Jim Crow", law, Judge Jones said that Dr A H Williams of Lake City, one of the best men in the State, had voted with him against separate coaches, and no one thought for a moment of accusing l)r Williams of favoring social equality. He also named D L Brown, H E Eaddy, J H Black well ind J W Singletary, all prominent men of this section, who voted as lid Judge Jones. The speaker deaounced as wholly false and infamous any intimation that becJause le voted against separate coaches in ;he early 90's he favored social squality. Here again the speaker took no;ice of an interruption from a young nan on the front row. "It's all ight when he (Blease) can find lien with such narrow intelligence is yours; hut, fellow citizens, he uin't fool all the people of South Carolina all the time. If anylxxly ries to fool a Williamsburg audi:nce he will fool nobody but the ools in it." Judge Jones referred to thegrantng of a pardon to Henry Davis, the rVilliamsburg negro who murdered lis father-in-law at Salters, and isked: "Is there anybody herefrom ^alters who signed a petition asking r 'UOU/flCWC' | I >a it few men know how to invest ?r/\i< /lAf?an/1 Aftltr if ??An V Ml 1 D_ juu ucpcnu uiiij u|/uu i vyui\- \ you must depend upon OTHas well as he serves himself, j ley into something you can't jrofitable? that is, if you wish n. :mes! e YOUR Bank. ist on savings accounts. RCHANTS BANK,J LAKE CITV, S. C Andrews, S. C. I argains. This is right, gf tin, for a real bargain is gjj <7* 3?xices, ? >u to our gj EJ JSTT, KB ; tlso call your attention to gj MBITT. | 1 Ladies' Oxford Shoes, gj FELDMAN, Manager, IS HE the summer. We know you ; buy them in time it's not oui elay? Just send us a card v lpany ? for the pardon of Davis?'' "No, no, no," and several more no's came from the audience. When Judge Jones took his seat the cheers and applause were n 1 /\.i4 J /io f r-? l r\ r* i n ??/%1li?n\ a ft*AO aimwat ucaicuiug, in \uiuyn: it n4w exceeded by that nowhere else, except possibly at Georgeeown. Men waved their hats and handkerchiefs ; they rose from their seats and for several moments the warehouse resounded with the liveliest bit of noise heard in these parts in many a day. It was hushed for a few moments only to allow two young ladies to march up the aisles and present to the speaker two beautiful floral tributes. The young ladies were Misses Eunice Harper and Ada Brock ington. "Next to a Ijeautiful and gracious woman is a beautiful flower," said Judge Jones, and then there was unrestrained applause, Chairman Hines pounding for quiet. Governor Blease was the last speaker. He took the platform at 3 o'clock and was received with lusty cheering by his followers and a lot of small boys who love to make any kind of a noise. The speaker started off by producing a few documents to show why he had pardoned three, of the several hundred criminals, lie has liberated from the State penitentiary since his inauguration in .January 1011. In referring to the Henry Davis case he said: "As to the pardon of Henry Davis, I have no apologies to make; I'd do it again. In the first place I didn't pardon Henry Davis. I paroled him on the plea of his aged parents in Florida who need his assistance for their supjwrt. His petition was presented l>y Mr J? McG Simpkins, of Edgefield, and was signed by some citizens of Williamsburg, some folks in Florida and !,?. a,...... . u.. r*jiiiv vi inu juiui.i. lit jiaivnt'i j on condition that he leave the State i within twenty-four hours. South Carolina was the gainer; one nigger dead and the other one out "f the State." He referred to the J 1> Files mat-j ter which created some stir in the i Trio section some time ago. In ev-1 ery line taken up hv him he would j have his audience to helieve that he,: as Governor,had acted wisely.justly j and for the l?est interest <>f the State. I we can furnish at the lowest possible'pri handle the best of everything in music, with you. Railroad Fare Paid to Out-of-Town Cistooers. Xs Seigling Mv 243 King St, C) . w **' \ : R E will want Jars, must have r fault. Come early. nth sizes. If you are not On the whole his speech was very similar to his Florence address, full of abuse and uncouth language for everybody who was not a Bleaseite or presumed to criticise his official actions. As to what he terms the "social equality" record of Judge Jones, he said: "When I showed up his nigger record in my speech at Bishopville, I eliminated him forever from politics in South Carolina. I wonder if those pretty girls who brought him those flowers know he voted in 1891 and 1892 to make your wives and daughters and sweethearts ride in the same coaches with big buck niggers?" HEBRON NOTES. Mad Dog Bites Several People and Other Dogs. Hebron, July 1:?One of the most exciting things that has ever occurred in our community was last Wednesday, when a mad dog went to the home of Mr M C Driggers and bit him, two of his children and one of his brother's children and several dogs on the road. Mr Driggers and children are now at Columbia under treatment. Mr Driggers killed the dog. Mrs I M Edwards and son,Charles, wno nave oeen living nere ior tne past year, have returned to her old home at Mullins. Messrs Archie and Fred Coker of Columbia are spending some time with their parents, Mr and Mrs J M Coker. Dr L W Moore and brother, Bert? of Moore's X Roads were pleasant callers in our village last Sunday afternoon. Mr J 0 Gowdv spent Sunday with his parenes, Mr and Mrs J J Gowdy, at Lake City. He was accompanied home by his sister, Miss Dess, who will spend a short while with friends. Whippoorwill. If you are a housewife you cannot reasonably hope to he healthy or beautiful by washing dishes, sweeping and doing housework all day,and crawling into bed dead tired at night. You must get out into'the open air and sunlight. If you do this every day and keep > our stomach and bowels in good order by taking Chamberlain's Tablets when needed, you should become both healthy and beautiful. 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