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MR. LCVER'g SPEECH. Am Outline of the Addrcw* Delivered ?4 the Isjnpolgn Meeting Wrdne? The wiedom of the primary *ye tem lies In the fact that It bringe thone teehing public plecee face to face with tan people. It la the people's right to eee those who ere to be trusted, to hear them and to look them over it Is the same philosophy that put* a witness In the box that he may be seen by the Jury, his ac? tions) noted end his manner consider? ed, that the jury may be better ena? bled to errhre st the truth. I am happy to have the opportunity to come before my fellow cttuens. those who have honored and trusted me. that they may hear from my own Hps the story of my stewardship? what I nave done and why I have done It; What I have not done and why I have ?ot done It. It In your tight to have this?It In my pleasure to give It. The sixtieth congress will go down i he history as being wttho it special tMerent In so far as affirmative and peogr aestve ?egitlatlon la concerned. Thoee In power, the Republican ma? jority, adopted a plan of Inaction, to make the seceenary appropriations and adjourn, 'inch was the slogan of | Saves* r Cannon and the little corterfe which control legislation. The sins Of commission of this congress are hot nearly 10 great aa Its sins of emission. The tariff remains unre? vised, an tl-Injunction legislation eleepe sa the pigeon holes of the com? mittee on Interstate aad foreign com? merce; t> safe currency hi a thing for the future; the efforts to preserve the fereeta, an one of the links In the chain of the conservation of our natural re acuten, must await the pleasure of Mm RepahUcaa majority. All la hew legislation, legislation urged by .* snoot than three million people, on been nee Speaker Cannon to permit legislation, itlon e: the Sherman law was awl had. This congress has done the very leant that It was possible for It en da and yea, moke the pretence of 'hevtng dene something. The cur? rency lejrfggetton potted it a mere gtehi ensfl to meet the political ex friary. But It must he noted that those saJhiree are oharnable to the party In power. The Democrat! at this senesen have been more active and it that I have ever seen them, the rsanlt that the speaker ap the cotter* rum. with the result of the minority were al? ms the distinction of appropriated over a billion making the record for ap for one year, and this in of a widespread panic, ill not tire yon. however, with SB Of those general pro poll with which you are familiar end which are not of direct interest. Ton want to know whet I have done at your representative, which benefit* have brought to the district, what menenren I have undertaken and what success I hove had. It is well known, of course, that the bulk of ttkm In all legislative bodies U in the committee. Tou will re? nter that your representative !? on the great committee of agricul? ture, and thin is more interesting when we remember that tlghty per? cent urn of the population of South Carolina depend upon agriculture. In fact. Is directly concerned In all that goes to the upbuilding of agriculture. I have heeu a member of thin com? mittees for four years, and am now the second Democrat on It, and one of the five members who make up |ho appropriation bill which keeps the department of agriculture going, whloh In turn given us our toll sur? vey, our demonstration farm work, our dairy work, our cattle tick eradi? cation work, our diversification Inter? est! and ell of the various Unet of worh being done by the department hi the South. The appropriations of thlt dtpnrtment, during this yeer. emounted to nearly twelve million dollars, exclusive of the three million which we ipproprtated for enforcing the meat Inepectlon and pure food laws. It Is hard for you to Appre? ciate the responsibility that rests up? on one who has to vouch for the ap? propriation of this tremendous sum of mooey, which Is nearly ten times as much as the amount appropriated to run your own State government It in through this committee that I think I have done my best work for the district. I have had e deep ap? preciation of the responsibilities of Southern agriculture and nm in en? thusiast with retpect to them. It hat been my effort to Interett the depart? ment In our section, and to secure ap? propriations for the Initiation of new lines of worh end the development of the old onee. First of all, you will remember that It was my bill that secured ths appropriation of 120.000 for the teaching of dairying In the South. Wb/n we remember that South Carolina Imports dslry pro? ducts to the velue of three and one half million dollar* per year, you enn readily understand how Import? ant It Is to the State that this young Industry be promoted and given ev? ery eenelderatlon which lie legitimate. The experts of the department, men who have actual experience, are teaching our dairymen ; the most Im? proved methods of the business. The result s shown in the report of the secretary of agriculture for 1907, In which the statement is made that the herds with which the department has dealt show an Increase In value of production of $3.75 per month for each dairy cow. This gives you some little Idea of the value of expert In? formation as it touches our natural resources. There is no reason why the South should not be a successful dairying country. It depends upon the use of improved methods In the business. The department of agricul? ture Is giving up these, >nd the re? sult Is certain. I expect to see the day come when a great live stock industry will be built up In the South. Dairy and beef cattle are at the very foundation of auccessful agriculture the world over. The trouble has been the slav ishaess of our people to the one crop system?cotton?and the presence of the cattle tick, the latter making it Impossible almost to make the cattle Industry profitable. Several years ago the department began the work of the eradication of the cattle tick In the Infested area covering fifteen States, this State being one of them. I am very much impressed with the promising results and have my whole heart In the effort to secure large ap? propriations to enable the depatment to conduct a campaign against this Southern peet which it is estimated Is costing the South not less than one hundred million per year, and this State eight hundred thousand. The appropriation for last year was one hundr?d and fifty thousand dollars, which was secured largely through my efforts In the committee. This year this appropriation was increas? ed on* hundred thousand dollars, and I do not think that there can be found any one familiar with the facts who will deny me the credit of be? ing responsible for this ?increase. I am Just Informed that seventeen In? spectors have been appointed to cover Georgia and South Carolina and "that the majority of these will be used In South Carolina." Tour State legislature appropriated I, 000 to coooperate with the federal gov ernment in this work. It haa al? ready been begun In several of the counties In the northern part of the State. It hi my hope that during the present year the quarantine line will he moved as far down as Columbia and that the next year Jf so will see the quarantine lifted from the South Carolina cattle, and this, you under? stand, will give your asUli ae^ess to all of the markets of the world. I have long felt that the solution of many of the Ilia of S ?uthern agri? culture lies In the dl '**rsiflcation of her, agrlcultue. My observation to? gether with the history of agriculture convince me that no nation can rely I with confidence upon a one crop sys? tem as the basis of Its agricultural welfare. The story of the Northwest with reference* to wheat Is only a repetition of the conditions that have existed In the South for years and years. The Northwest depended en? tirely upon wheat. If the crop were good the farmers were happy, if it happened to be bad, they were not, and so It Is with us. If the seasons are propitious, we make money on our cotton. If the rain comes and the girun grows and the Q op kr u rallur?, there is a complete tallur?. The .1 ?-Tine that 1 have taught !s that cotton as far as possible should be rnnde a surplus crop. No farmer can afford to buy the ordinary neces? sities of life, when they can be raised upon his farm. No farmer can af? ford t o buy his meat In Chicago, or his wheat and corn In Iowa when his own noil Is especially adapted to the growing of these. Farmers' organi? sations and farmers' resolutions will amount to nothing unless the farmer himself hid made hlfself Independent of hit cotton drop. What we are try? ing to do for the South through the department of agriculture, through Its dt monstratlon farm work, Its soil Kurve,8. Its breeding work and all of that i to bring the Southern people to th ? point where they may be hi? de* dent of king cotton, where they shall be able to make of this tyrant a serve it, who shall contribute to the happiness and welfare of all of the people. We are now slaves to It, and can rever realise our full possibilities until we have shaken off his shackles. I do, not preach the doctrine of re? ducing cotton production, I plead only for an Increase In the acreage of other crops. I plead for an Increase In yield per acre In cotton and an In? crease In acreage for other crops. To this end the department has begun a soil demonstration work In this coun? ty and In all of the counties of my district and this work In the future will be under th-> managemnt of Dr. 8. A. Knapp, whose work In Texas and the West Is known of all men. I believe that this work Is the begin? ning of a new era In Southern agri? culture. I do not believe that it Is too much to say that It Is fraught with more possibilities for good than any work undertaken In the South within recent years, with the possible exception of rural delivery. What we want to do I? to put the farmer in a position to hold his cotton a* it pleami him and not ns it gratifies some one else and this can never ho done until the farmer is taught suc? cessful agriculture, and successful agriculture means diversified and in? tensified agriculture. I think that the records of the committee will show that the Increases of appropriations for these purposes have from time to time been made upon my motion and upon my Inslstance. It is a new work, the results of which cannot be seen In a day, but will go on and on and on gathering strength with each day. In my experience as a practical farmer and my observations I have been struck with the fact of a lack of uniformity in the grading of cot? ton in the different cotton markets of the country and I have had the Idea In mind for a long time that the lack of uniformity has caused the cot? ton producer to suffer largely. In a bulletin on cotton just Issued at the South Carolina experiment sta? tion, the statement is made, that on account of the lack of such uniform? ity the variations and differences sometimes amount to $20 . per bale. This Is a loss to the farmer, ,who does not know whether he has middling or strict middling. He must depend up? on the judgment, to say the least, of the cotton merchant, and to that ex? tent he is at the absolute mercy of the buyer. Having this fact in mind, I put upon the agricultural appropri? ation bill at this session, an amend? ment which provides for the estab? lishment of a national standard for cotton grading. The department will call in a number of expert cotton men and these experts will make up the grades, nine of them, and these samples, representing each gade, will be put up in convenient boxes for use of the farmers, farmers* organi xatlonB and any one upon paying the small cost of putting up the samples, can obtain them. It is my idea that the cotton buyers will voluntarily adopt the standards thus made by the department and when the farm? er brings In a bale of cotton be will walk Into the office of the cotton buy? er, and with sample in hand, com? pare It with samples prepared by the department to be used as standards. This will In a measure put the farmer upon a footing of equality with the buyer and protect him against any undue advantage. If, however, It is found that the merhcants do not take to this standard, then It might not be bad for the State government to make the standard of the federal gov? ernment the standard of the State, and by legislation, force the cotton buyers to use this standard. There should be the most cordial coopera? tion upon the part of the State and the federal governments In seeing to It that an absolutely square deal Is given to the citizens of the country, to the cotton growers In this case. I believe that this grading means a great deal to the cotton growers of the South. My efforts to preserve the forests of the White mountains and the Southern Appalachian mountains were to protect the navigability of our streams and to save our timber supply as well as our water powers, Is too well known for me to com? ment -Upon lt. I presume that every one recognises my leadership In this right. There Is a strong sentiment all over the country for some legislation of this kind, but so long as the pres? ent majority controls the house, I do not hope for any serious efforts In this direction. The best that we can do Is to keep up the agitation and be prepared to take advantage of the first weakness we may find In the ranks of those opposed to legislation of this character. We of this State are perhaps more interested In the pres? ervation of the forests of the Appa? lachian mountains than any othr peo? ple of any other State. There Is not a single navigable stream in South Carolina which does not have its stream souces in the mountains of North Carolina and these very forests are protected in the so-called Lever Currler bill. There is hardly a first class water power In the State which does not trace its beginning to these forests. It must be borne In mind that In the three States of Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina more than fl/ty million dollars are Invested in cotton mills alone, which get their power from the streams ris? ing In the Southern Appalachians. This capital employs more than three hundred thousand of our citizens, people woae dally bread depends upon the success of these mills. No one doubts that the cutting down of the forests result In drying up the springs and hence the ultimate result will be that we shall come to the condition of Prance where navigation and wa? ter powers were almost destroyed in the destruction of the forests. It Is now costing France fifteen million dollars per year, and France Is only a very small area compared with the United States, to reforest her moun? tain sides which were foolishly per? mitted to be denuded. We are com? ing to this condition as fast as we 1 can and it seems to me the part of wisdom and statesmanship to pre? serve the forests we have now. My efforts In behalf of a public building for Sumter you gentlemen know, and yon have shown your ap? preciation In public resolutions which I desire to take this occasion to 1 thank you for. I also if.cceeded In getting fifty thousand dollars for the thriving city of Orangeburg. These appropriations will give you magnifi? cent federal buildings, buildings in keeping with the progressive spirit of the people. I have not neglected to care for the improvement of the rivers that run through my district, and, as you-know, succeeded in get? ting a large appropriation for the Congaree river at the last session of congress. The federal government is spending sixty million dollars annually in irri? gation work In the west and it is a strange coincidence that the irrigable lands of the west are just about equal to the lands of the South susceptible to drainage. There are something like eighty million acres of land as rich as the lands of the Nile, capable of the production of every crop that grows under the sun, in the South, which are now of no value because of the lack of drainage. The com? mittee on agriculture is dealing with this problem and each y#ear we are increasing the appropriations for the employment of experts to teach our people the best methods? to be used in drainage oprations. You will re? call that I have had during the last few months a party of surveyors south of Columbia, doing some dem? onstration work. These have flinlsh ed and I trust soon to be able to give a report of their work to the people. Work of this charcater is also being done In Charleston and Georgetown with most beneficial results. I think that it Is not too much for me to say that I have been somewhat instru? mental In these undertakings. But for the work to be an entire and com? plete success other legislation is needed. This work of bringing into subjugation of these valuable lands, now useless, will take a great deal of time and patience before the federal government can be induced to go into this business, but as population in? creases the demand for land grows and the chances of success of federal aid will become brighter. I have cordially supported the work of the bureau of good roads. The appropriations for this work are small when account Is taken of the tremendous importance of good roads to our people. It is a matter of su? preme Importance to this nation that a balance be maintained between ru ral and urban population. No greater danger threatens us than that our population should drift into our cities leaving our fields to grow up and lie waste. The drift of population Is to? wards the cities. The cause is not hard to find. It is due to the monot? ony and inconvenience of farm life. We have to some extent remedied this through a system of rural de? livery and if we will supplement this with a splendid system of good roads I suspect that the drift of population of the nation will be from the cities to the country. No one can measure the benefits that a system of good roads must have upon our country and Its future. The hope of the people and the perpetuity of Republican institutions depend largely upon the willingness of the farmer to stay on the farms. These, Mr. Chairman, are the line* upon which I have worked and upon which I expect to continue to work if I am honored with reelection. I re? gard these as practical and of vast Importance. . I have fought along these lines, feeling that to do the practical work of my district is of more importance to the people than to make great tariff speeches. I would rather have the reputation of being of benefit to the great mass of the people of the State in a practical way, sowing a thought here and yon? der, than to be able to send back to you the greatest speech that had been made upon the currency this session. I have tried to make myself familiar with the work of my own committee. You appreciate the fact that all legis? lation becomes the work of the committee when I tell you that over twenty-six thousand bills were intro? duced at the present session of con? gress. It would be a physical impos? sibility for any man to become famil? iar with all of these and hence 1 think it better to confine myself to one line of work and make myself an expert with reference thereto. I have chosen as my line of work the up? building of the agricultural Interests of South Carolina and the care of the practical things of my district. I trust that my course meets your ap? proval?I believe it does, because I know you to be a practical people who are looking for results and who are *eeking light, that you may improve your condition, better your home sur? roundings, send your children to school and bring to yourselves such happiness as you have not had be? fore. Before 1 close, I desire to bring to the attention of the people of the entire district the fact, that a new registration of all voters is required this year. Every one who desires to become a qualified voter and elector must get another registration certlf icate. The old ones will not serve for you, for, as It wero, they are out of date. This la a matter of great im? portance to you and you should see to it that not only yourself become registered but that your neighbor have his attention called to the mat? ter. I trust that the press of the county and the State will urge the importance of this matter, for it Is of special importance to this district, which has a contest every two years. WRECK OX ASHEVILLE LIXE. Considerable Delay Occasioned But Xo Damage is Reported to T. P. A. Delegates. Spartanburg, June 20.?Passenger train No. 9 in the Asheville division of the Southern railway, carrying many of the South Carolina delegates to the National T. P. A. convention at Milwaukee, was wrecked this morn? ing at 11.30 o'clock near Sigsbee sta? tion, six miles from this city. The engine and tender jumped the track and the front trucks of the baggage car were also derailed. No one was Injured, though the track was block? ed and trains on the division were de? layed until tonight, when the first train passed the scene of the wreck at 9.30. Among the Spartanburg peo? ple aboard were: Mrs. C. P. Ligon, J. E. Gentry, J. P. Fielder, William Moore, Col. and Mrs. J. B. Cleveland and Mr. and W. B. Howe, J. H. Dud? ley and A. L. Byrd of Columbia and Mr. J. W. McKiever, of Sumter and Dr. and Mrs. C. B. Walter, of Wof ford College. A "bucking rail" is believed to have caused the wreck. GREAT CROP DAMAGE. Terrific Storm Sweeps Swath Forty five Miles Wide?Hail Four Inches Deep. - Prairie du Chlen, WIs., June 21.? A terrific rain, hail and wind storm late last night, lasting 40 minutes, lit? erally ruined crops In a wide territo? ry, unroofed buildings, demolished trees and put the city light plant out of commission. Hall four Inches deep was piled up on the walks and. trees two feet In diameter were twisted off. Wash? outs on the railroads are numerous and indications are that the storm covered a swath from Cassvllle to Lynxville 45 miles wide and worked from the west to east. LaCrosse reports that a terrific wind and hail storm swept from Winona down the Mississippi to Dubuque last night Two big tents In which the chau tauqua is being held at the Lacrosse Interstate Fair grounds were blown down, burying 1,500 people under? neath. None, however, was seriously inured, although many were painfully bruised. Capt. R. P. Hobson was the princi? pal speaker at the chautauqua, but he had left the tent before the storm broke. Badly Sprained Ankle Cured. ?Three y%rs ago our daughter sprained her ankle and had been suf? fering terribly for two days and nights?had not slept a minute. Mr. Stalllngs, of Butler, Tenn., told us of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. We went to the store that night and got a bot? tle of It and bathed her ankle two or three times and she went to sleep and had a good night's rest. The next mornng she wa9 much better and in a short time could walk around and had no more trouble with her ankle.?E. M. Brumitt Hampton, Tenn. 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by all druggists. D. W. Roof, who was tried in Co? lumbia on the charge of murder, killing George Newman, aged 3 years, by running over him with a wagon, received a verdict of not guilty. The killing was accidental. A Grand Family Medicine. ?"It gives me pleasure to speak a good word for Electric Bitters," writes Mr. Frank Conlan, of No. 436 Hous? ton street, New York. "It's a grand family medicine for dyspepsia and liver complications; while for lame back and weak kidneys It cannot be too highly recommended." Electric Bitters regulate the digestive func? tions, purify the blood and impart re? newed vigor and vitality to the weak and debilitated of both sexes. SMd under guarantee at Sibert's Drug Store. 60c. The withdrawal of ex-Gov. Hey? ward from the senatorial campaign mixed things considerably. Many men in this neck of the woods, how? ever, are going to turn their votes to R. Goodwin Rhett, twice mayor of Charleston, and one of the strongest men today in South Carolina politics. ?Kingstree County Record. Born in Iown. ?Our family were all born and rais? ed In Iowa, and have used Chamber? lain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy (made at Des Molnes) for years. We know how good It is from long experience in the use of it. In fact, when in El Paso, Texas, the writer's life was saved by the prompt use of thiB remedy. We are now en? gaged in the mercantile business at Narcoossee, Fla., and have Introdu? ced the remedy here. It has prov? en very successful and is constantly growing In favor.?Ennis Bros. This remedy Is for sale by all druggists. MR. BENNETT TRANSFERRED? i Lcuvcn IHMttBOfj as Head of Soil Utili? zation Work in Lee, si i im it and Oraiigcijurg Counties. Mr. Frank Bennett, who made the soil survey and who has been in charge of the soil utilization work of the department of agriculture in Lee, Sumter and Orangeburg counties, will be taken away for other work. Mr. Bennett has been working un? der the direction of the bureau of soils, but the bureau of plant indus? try has taken charge of the work and requested that Mr. Bennett be transferred to the bnreau of plant in? dustry. But the bureau of soils thinks Mr. Bennett too valuable a man to let go. The following letter from Mr. W. J. Spillman, In charge of trie farm management work of the department of agriculture, explains matters: Washington, D. C, June 20, 1908. Mr. E. L Reardon, Sumter, S. C. My Dear Sir: I am writing to ex? plain the delay in the work we con? templated in South Carolina. On my return Dr. B. T. Galloway, chief of this bureau, requested the transfer of Mr. Bennett of the soil survey to this office in order that he might continue in charge of the work in South Caro? lina. The bureau of soils, however, declines to consent to Mr. Bennett's transfer. We are therefore looking for another man. We have a man in view who Is now on his way to Washington to consult with us about the work. He is a practical farmer from Mississippi and also a graduate of the Mississippi Ag? ricultural college. We hope within another week to be able to make definite announcement of our plan' in this matter. We are ready to say {hat the work will go onk Yours very truly, W. J. Spillman, Agriculturist. Dr. Spillman, while in Sumter a few days ago, said that the scope of the work will also bo widened by the experimentation work along winter paste, c foods, such as crimson clover, In the summer, and rescue grass and? other nitrogenous plants like cow peas, etc. Mr. Bennett's removal will be great? ly regretted as he has gotten in close touch with the farmers and business men and Is a very competent expert. No Need of Suffering From Rheuma? tlam. ?It is a mistake to allow rheuma? tism to become chronic, as the pain can always be relieved, and In most cases a cure effected by applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm. The re? lief from pain which It affords Is alone worth many times Its cost It makes* sleep ana rest possible. Even in cases* of long standing this liniment should! be used on account of the relief whichi It affords. 25 and 60 -cent site for sale by all druggists. METHODISTS ON DOG QUESTION, - ?> District Conference Takes Action Re? gardlng Their Attendance at' Church. At the Methodist District confer? ence held at Hartsville last month a * resolution was offered by the commit? tee on church property and unani? mously adopted by the conference* urging the trustees of the several charges throughout the Florence dis? trict to forbid the attendance of dogs at church during the hours of wor? ship, such being not only a nuisance,, but an embarrassing and dangerous; nuisance.?Florence Times. ?Mrs. S. L. Bo wen, of Wayne, W. Va., writes: "I was a sufferer from kidney disease, so that at times I couiu not get out of bed. and when I did I could not stand straight. I took Foley's Kidney Remedy. One dollar bottle and part of the second cured me entirely." Foley's Kidney Reme? dy works wolders where others sire a total failure. Sibert's Drug Store. Lawrence Hunter, a young white man, has been convicted by a Lau rens jury of the charge of assault with criminal intent upon a little daughter of Mr. Gus Moore. Hie counsel has given notice of a motion for a new trial. Fred Eilerbe, color? ed, plead guilty In Laurens to the charge of assault with criminal in? tent. The presiding judge gave him 20 years. Rucklcn's Arnlcn Salve Wins. ?Tom Moore, of Rural Route I, Cochran, Ga., writes: "I had a bad sore come on the instep ef my foot and could find nothing that would heal it until I applied Bucklen'e Ar? nica Salve. Less than half of a 25c. box won the day for me by affecting a perfect cure." Sold under guarantee at Sibert's Drug Store. ?Many remarkable cures of stom? ach troubles have been effected by Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. One man who had spent over two thousand dollars far medi? cine and treatment was cured by a few boxes of these tablets. Price, 21 cents. Samples free at all drugigsta. ?Mrs. S. Joyce, Claremont, N. H., writes: "About a year ago I bought two bottles of Foley's Kidney Reme? dy. It cured me of a severe case of kidney trouble of several years* stand? ing. It certainly Is a grand, good medicine, and I heartily recommend IT* Sibert's Drug Store.