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?h? bounty fttrorh. ' KINGSTREE. S. C. C. W. WOLFE. ?h COITOR AND PROPRIETOR* Entered at the postoffice at Kingstree, S C as second class mail matter. TELEPHONE NO. 83. ? TERMS in SUBSCRIPTION RATES: pr One copy, one year $1 25 One copy, six months 75 One copy, three months 50 to One copy, one year in advance ? 1 00 Obituaries, Tributes of Respect, Resolutions of Thanks, Cards of Thanks and all other reading notices,not News, will be charged for at the rate of one ;lg ?* ? ^ap dqoK ir?Q*>rtir>n ^ ceui a wuiu iv& v??vi? ...? All changes of advertisements and Jo all communications must be in this office before TUESDAY NOON in order to inl appear in the ensuing issue. All communications must be signfed by the writer, not for publication unless on desired, but to protect this newspaper. ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements to be run in Special colum, one cent a word each issue,mini- in mum price 25 cents, to be paid for in advance. Legal advertisements, $1.00 per inch th first insertion, 50 cents per inch each subsequent insertion. of Rates on long term advertisements rAfl*rtn&hle_ For rates apply at this"7 office. of In remitting checks or money orders make payable to. ^ THE COUNTY RECORD. ch "In men whom men condemn as ill, I find so much of goodness still; In men whom MEN pronounce divine, I find so much of sin and Mot? I hesitate to draw the line hs Between the two?where God has not" ? wi KINGSTREE?THE GATEWAY th TO OPPORTUNITY. 8* THURSDAY. AUG. 22.1912. Mr Tillman Wouldn't Say It. G< There is cold comfort for Governor Blease and his friends in the statement from Senator Till- -i man published yesterday, cold indeed. Mr Tillman's opinion of e(j Judge Jones is a matter of rec- ^ ord, " Ifc believe he would make t ; * iai a good Governor," he said, "for j0, he is eminently qualified." He gj gives his belief and the basis for re it. Will he say as much for /j Governor Please? He will not. })a Urged to do so by _the Gover- n(J nor's friends, "bombarded'' b^ (j them "with telegrams and letters," to quote his own words, what is his response? A column tic statement in which he pointedly < binits to say one word in the be slightest degree commendatory of w' Governor Blease and his admin- PC istration, but instead expresses ro his deep mortification for South an Carolina that "instead of our th EL candidates discussing great public erl questions and teaching the peo- li\ ^ pie, the meetings have been lit- ut ^ tie else than vulgar quarreling th matches, in which blackguardism, fri N vulgarity, obscenity and abuse, ho t * almost without limit, and all th< manner of filthy speeches have been allowed to predominate." eri The description of the tenor of : to the campaign meetings is a true , ha one, vigorously put, yet not overdrawn. But who is respensi- ^ ble? Not Judge Jones, certainly. Has Judge Jones at any time wr been guilty of vulgarity? Has . de< ^ai hnq hp ? Jie tr\ ei i^-ui uw^vuv. ,.v I uttered one filthy sentence, to b Le, S say nothing of a filthy speech? J jj Senator Tillman knows that he R has not. What says the Senator? ''He would make a good Govern- ^ g or, for he is eminently quali- J fied." Will Senator Tillman say 8 that about Governor Blease after ] H Blease's record of the) last two eai 8 years and after his speeehes and W'i B writings during thelJpresent cam- re paign? No. lie lias not done Th so. He cannot do so. It is Sti B not true.?^ews and Courier. ye;] Shall the blight' of Bleaseism ^ 1l>e extended two ivi.6vi. - has Williamsburg county has never die given Blease a majority, and foil probably never will. fait old Georgetown are making C?U e light of their lives to throw Cft^ f the joke of "Bossism" and ma log: Ring Rule," with excellent ances of success. . pet At Camden Governor Blease is nic ported to have said (and it Hui is not been denied): "To hell Ser ith the constitution!" Yet ;iuc at same institution Cole L rore to uphold, obey and de- * nd when he took his oath of lice, otherwise he never could *1C( ive been inducted into the pernor's office. ^ ====== ti?: To Ephtaim joined to his in ols we make no appeal, but co11 the receptive and unprejudic- ^en voters of Williamsburg coun- wo1 , we ask in all candor and inv irness, can you afford to vote r a perpetuation of Cole L W01 ea.se as Governor? Tillman has estpudiated him, but for his C1S1 llease's) factory and a few mit dly fooled good men, he has ern ? chance. Vote for Jones and ma cency. ^re - whi Funny things happen in poli- a < is. There's Governor Blease cor russing out" Judge Jones for me ing a tool of the railroads, len he (Blease) himself is supirted by practically every rail- 4,q ad corporation in the State 0id id actually has Ben Abney, e chief counsel of the South- ( n (the head devil of them all) dro -? cnr iii($ r? il/ii 111111 at me iiAcv," o ? ive mansion. We can imagine say is astute guide, philosopher and aga end giving Blease pointers on Ble w to fool the people and keep con em fooled. mai ======: woi In his speech at Laurens Gov- g lor Blease advised his followers jn draw the line and cast their llots for only Blease men. c^a e think it scarcely necessary do this except as to candi- terr tes for the General Assembly, io should l>e called upon to ae]f dare themselves. We cannot ord to vote blindly for our ;IS , gislators, as they are our only ?ck upon the erratic performfes of a freak Chief Executive. coa( ith Blease as Governor and a gislature to back him up, j ere would we eventually land? [n the midst of an exciting a 11 npaign let lis net forget that lliamsburg lias a candidate for U'u" election as Solicitor in the u ird Judicial Circuit. When Mr >11 was elected Solicitor, four irs ago, his friends predicted a c it he would make good, and ..,i ii able ICVA/lltO "111 U?UI> V"?V .IV , , niar 5 more than justified that predisti tion. It would be the utmost . , , not. y to turn out a tried and ;hful servant and put in hi3 R That Williamsburg will go for pla<! dge Juries is a pretty safe evei ?diction, but the .Tone? men den ould not be satisfied with a shoi re majority?make it count! of ___ . ancJ If Judge Jones receives the une cuit rided support of all the Joneses the State he will have a etty good nucleus to offset the mo' ill vote that Mr Blease claims *)ac carry in his breeches pocket. one ???sid( Governor Blease says that c}ie mb-stone agents are working nia ainst him in the interest of rep nes. Tliey ought to l>e work- cejj g for Blease, as he will prob- (jje] ly be in a position to need sen ie after August *27. 9C0] injr Politics is hot everywhere, but our neighl>or county, George- ^ wn, it is fairly sizzling. And ev dt? sav that this yeomanry P<1 ^ one whose talents, l>e thej ?o shining, have l>een hid under a bushel. Mr Stol aid havey full ninety per cent the votes of his home count; win in a walk over the cir it Laurens, with a frenziei 1) of his "friends" at hi k and front, and at leas licensed lnuly guard at hi ?, Governor Blease got "real1 sty and waded into Ben Till n himself, according to tli ort of the meeting. His E> ency told his sympathetic ai nee in suletance that they ha t John Gary Evans?the dirtieandrel in the State?to Wash ton to try to tie Jones t Iman's coat tails, hut that h ease) had shown within th t eighteen months that h Id govern South Carolina a ably as Tillman or any oth* n. He then proceeded to ei ize Hon W J Talbert and j Dial, who are Tillman's coir itors in this queer Senatori* e. Looks as if the Governc ig defiance in the /ace ( lator Tillman, and the Bleas lience fairly howled with gle< Governor Blease made the claii e that his appointee?his Ju< } in the Supreme bench?di ed the Flagler case against th antic Coast Lumber corpon n in favor of Flagler. Ho the name of common sen* ild even his discerning Exce cy foresee how his appoint* iild decide in a grave matt* olving thousands of dollars do not believe E M Ruck* ild hp a njirtv to such a trai 7 on justice as to rentier a de on before the argument was sul Jed. But assuming that the Go\ or told the truth, does any sar n believe that Col \V H Ar ws would be "rooting" for Blea* en Blease's tool(?) had rendere Jecision so disastrous to h po ration? Voters, men, r< ml>er, "Whose bread I eat h g I sing," the slogan of th 5 lamented, but still odoriferoi reat Moral # Institution," th State dispensary. Jovernor Blease has kind t pped his "social equality" ai nent iigainst Jones, who, Bleas s, voted twenty years ;ig inst a separate coach law ase knows how to hedge whe: nered and when Senator I'm n said that no sensible mai lid believe such stuff, Bleas that it was time to drai horns 011 this particular line a matter of fact Blease' rge of "social equality" oi grounds above stated is 1 ihle arraignment against th Drm party, of which he him professes to have l>een ; ling light. The legislature ive recall it, was about seven ive per cent Tillmanite ii ic days and as the separat jh bill did not pass, a ma ty of the Tillmanites mus e voted against the I till "eforc Blease virtually accuse majority of the Reform Legis re of 181K) of favoring socia ality. You can't draw an; r conclusion and it i< nt ider that Senator Tillman re s the imputation. Gentlemei ;rs, will you stand for sue! ahimny upon decent, respect white men who have foi ly years rendered their Stat* inguished service? We thinl ub-My-Tism will cure you. : RAGSDALE THE MAN. l . SKETCH OF HIS CAREER BY LIEU y GOT. SMITH?HIS LIFE AN OPEN BOOK. Having known Hon J W Ragsda i from his boyhood and observed wil approval his energetic and manly e s forts to accomplish something ar ^ J-1? ******* fUn /?Anl I 81 ine same nine meiu uiv wui s dence of the people, it gives n pleasure in this sketch to endors his candidacy as representative fro [. the Sixth Congressional District the halls of our National Congres For this position he is admirab fitted, and is conducting a campaif with zealous determination and : the same time on a plane that ?1 winning approval sand merits tl t victory apparently in sight. Returning to the thri^g litt town of Timmonsville after he hi o discharged a soldier's duty in tl Confederate army, Capt L R Rag e dale married Miss Ellen A Byrd, e daughter of Dr J E Byrd, and co e ducted large mercantile and farr ing interests there. In the tryir times of '76 he was conspicuous f< ;r his services to Wade Hampton aj Democracy; his property was d stroyed and his life sought by neg V Republicans. His barns, outbuil ings and store were burned, but I never faltered and shoulder to shoi der with the men of old Darlingb >r county, he fought until Democra . was triumphant, Hampton was Go ' ernor and the white race had drivi >e the negro office holder and carp , bagger from power. Shortly aft wards he died, leaving a widow ai four children, three girls and o n hnv .Tames Willard. the subject 3. this sketch, then six years of ag To his mother and sisters, he h s" been and is a devoted son ai le brother. Willard attended the pablic schc l" in Timmonsville and when in 1882 w taught school there he was one ie my pupils. He was one of my scb I ars until he was about sevente years of age when he left schc and went to work. He worked u >r til after the youngest of his sist had graduated from college and th took up the study of law at t >r South Carolina University, where met his wife, the youngest daught of Dr ES Joynes, now Profess i- Emeritus of that famous instituti of learning. He has served his pe pie in positions of honor and trr J~ and the confidence they repose ie him, the approval they give his wo and the manner he has held the l" trust is best shown by the large la se practice he enjoys, the growth ^ the banks of which he is presider and the unanimous endorsement th is was given him by the last coun ?. convention of Florence county whi . was composed of men of differe l!i vocations of life, officeholders?N ie tional,State and county?and of pi |S vate citizens who, differing: on oth matters, enthusiastically and unai mously endorsed him for Congp-e from this district. Mr Ragsdale has served his cou ty in the House and Senate. I was author of the bill which becan - a law forbidding: railroad compani from requiring: their employees work on Sunday except in cases i 0 emergency. He was author of the b , enacted into law extending: the tin to bring: suit against the railroi n companies from two to six year [. This was strongly opposed by th railroad companies and the winnir n of this fight was a great victory i e the time. He was author of wh) v was known as the Relief System bi which called for all of his powers i a debater and leader. He was o] s posed by skilled and experience politicians, by an influential lobl 1 and by prominent railroad attorney a and officials, and the victory he wc for the railroad employees has wc for him their gratitude, support an - confidence. He was one of the lea< ;l ers of the fight for penalty for noi payment of claims by railroad con * panies and for penalties for nnn-di - livery of freight in reasonable p< ] riods of time by common carriers He had charge on the floor of th e Senate of the Lanham House bill ii . creasing the number of pounds ( baggage to be carried without exti t pay and of many other bills enacte ; into laws curbing the powers of th great corporations and securing bei efits and rights to the farmers, I - tfTe business interests and to th I working men both in and out of th employ of the railroads. 1 | A few weeks back when he a ?; tended the annual convention of th . i Travelers' Protective Association i Darlington, Mr J C Lanham, its r< ' tiring president, presented Mr Rag: > dale to its members as one of th most faithful, untiring and valuabl members of either branch of th r General Assembly that he had eve i known;?a well deserved compl ment, to be appreciated by thos L who know Mr Lanham. In all lef islation where the rights of the pul lie generally, the masses and esp< cially the working people conflicte with the interests of the great corporations, Mr Ragsdale was found working for legislation that would be fair. With no desire to prevent L progress or injure capital he was always ready and eager to respect I and protect labor. As a citizen of Florence he has worked untiringly for its upbuilding le and enjoys to a large degree the .jj confidence, esteem and friendship of "f, her people. He has been connected 1(j with many of her business institutions and has always favored prole gressive administrations. -He has ^ for twelve years consecutively advised the County Commissioners of jn Florence county and was for years, g and until he refused re-election this jy summer, county chairman of the 'rn Democratic party. As a public speaker he has been in j demand,and he has responded cheerfully to all requests. Within the past several weeks he has been callje ed upon to respond to a toast at the ^ United Commercial Travelers' banie quet; to present a State flag to the ' public schools in behalf of the Daughters of the American Revolution; to deliver an address of welcome to the new Baptist pastor, the Rev J S Sowers, D D; to deliver a or memorial address of welcome to the 1(j State Confederation of the Eastern e_ Star; to deliver an address of welr~ come to the Farmers' Institute and to make other public addresses. The invitations to make these addresses ^ attest his popularity among all the ^ citizens of Florence and show the esteem and confidence in which he is held by her manhood and womanhood. He is a trustee of the South Car* olina Industrial School, having been J1j appointed by Governor Blease about 11 one year ago. He has taken great interest in the institution which is 0 designed to set aright the wayward feet of boys who have gone astray, ?T and the school is now growing very n rapidly. He worked hard for its es. tablishment in Florence, co-operatJ?; ing with her other citizens, and feels ' i that this school and all other schools ?. and institutions of learning should be developed and encouraged, and ei? is enthusiastic and earnest in all work that makes for learning and 1?" improvement among white boys and rs girls of the State. No one in Florence was more zealous, enthusiastic and generous than he in his efforts to secure suit le He is intensely loyal to the South it j and is an earnest Woodrow Wilson ; man, not only on account of his abils. | ity and integrity, but also on account ie of the fact that he was a Southern |e born man, familiar with her tradie tions. t With these evidences of his coni structive ability as a legislator, work ie ing for the interests of his people; with experience he has had as a de> bater and a public speaker; with the i- training he has had as a professional d and business man; with his energy er I able quarters under Christian influor ence for the railroad men who live on there or whose work bring! them there, co-operating with the Inter. national Y M C A. He worked untiring for a Railroad Young Men's J! Christian association and was made Jir general chairman and treasurer of the committee and no one in Flor? ence is prouder than he of the hand' some, commodious, comfortable a structure erected there where these ^ men and boys find clean, and economic sleeping rooms, sanitary baths, resting and reading rooms, and a* games for their amusement. n" As chairman of the Finance come.r mittee, he points with pride to the u" fact that Florence's ACL Young 88 Men's Christian association exceeds in membership and attendance that i1" of any of the other Y M C A on the le system. pg As a Democrat, he is absolutely to without spot. Believing in the Demcratic party as an organization, he II] is a strong party man. He regards le the tariff as the main plank in the platform and feels that when the ^ Democratic convention builds a plat^ form, no Democrat has a right to refuse to support it and retain an at office and enjoy its honors and emat oluments. Agreeing with Senator III Tillman and Senator Smith in their ^ interpretation of pledges to redeem the plighted word of Democracy, he j I felt that every Democrat should have voted to take the tariff off rg lumber and revise the tariff downin ward as was pledged by the Democrats in convention assembled and j as was promised by them in the last campaign. n. He is a strong believer in the doc1. trine of "State's rights" and opposs. ed to the United States interfering in any way with any of our elections. He was forceful in his discussion of ie the recent effort to turn over to the United States the supervision of our >f elections of United States Senators, a agreeing with Senator Tillman that ;Cl this was unwise if not dangerous. ie As he tersely puts it; "The United a. States has never ceded back anything :o ceded to it by any State and the ie individual States should therefore e | never cede any of their sovereign ' rights to the Central Government un! less a great emergency demands it." ximmunsvuic, o o, nu^uair %j, ^ New Advertisements j Benefits of a Bank?Farmers & Merchants Bank, Lake City. Have Us Shoe Your Horses?W M Vause & Son. ? # Final Discharge?J LGowdy,Guardian. The Most Important Book?Wee ^ Nee Bank. Wagons, Buggies, Harness, &c, at Reduced Prices?Greelyville Live Stock Co, Greelyville. Fall and Winter Goods?Jenkinswi, Bros Co. Wood for Sale?M S Montgomery. Ladies' Skirts and Waists?S Marcus. \ ... J' J Bring Your Laundry Here?G S j Chu. I Bath Room Fixtures ? Kingstree 1 i We are going to sell the goods. /' , We have them and they must and shall go at rock-bottom prices. We never let cash buyers leave us unsold. Remember, goods must be as represented. Don't forget the place, 6REELYVILLE LIVE STOCK CO. (E. L RHODUS, Kiaagir)." 6BEELYVILLE, S. C, /> i X Hardware Co. 1 Dty Goode at Slaughter Prices?L D Rodgers, j Notice to Creditors?J H Hanna, Administrator. Opening of Books of SubscriptionCades Gin & Manufacturing Co. <41 To Our Friends: j August 3, 1912, we began our 9th j year. Our business M has every year in- fl creased. We now H have in stock the largest and best * lines of M Buggies, Wagons, Harness, &.c ^ we have ever hadr*? and we see short 1 crops and possibly ilow prices ahead of us, so we have decided to offer a , Special 10?|0 Discount 1 on our entire line of Buggies, Wagons, g Harness, &c, for M SPOT CASH from 1 i today. We mean ^ just what we say. Come and see us before buying anything in our line. For the I Hair J Are you so fortunate^ to gk be well satisfied witti your JB hair? Is it long enough I thick enough, rich enoughs flB And your fair does not fall out ? Well, well, that is good, But you may know ot some B not so fortunate. Then ius* 91 tell them about Ayer's Hair 9 V igor. They will surely thank you after using it, if not be- WH& fore. Remember, it do&. not color the hair. Show the list of ingredients to ^1 your doctor. Let him decide J their value. He knows. flH MmA* by th? t. C. ATM PP.. L?wll. Km. H| and zeal, he being now in the prime I of life, he would make a sober and | industrious and capable Representa- I tive in Congress, and would protect , | the interests of his district and justify t the trust that will be placed in him by the Democrats of the Sixth Congressional District of South Carolina. 1 Chas A Smith. m :ii_ o n a iaio