Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Its citizens until there has been es ta? lathed in every hamlet in South Carolina, and within reach of all white children, commodious comfort" ftblc and attraCtlVi MhOOl buildings, supplied with all modern facilities for teaching. Its debt is still undischarg? ed until our school term is lengthen? ed t" II irooki each roar, and until propertly equipped and trained teach? ers arc furnished each school. With thc<- !,. . improvements as th* goal, l prom tat, If sleeted. Governor, to do all in my power to promote and pr< tc. t ill of our educational Inter e>t-s. and t" strive to give South Caro? lina educational advantages the equal of those enjoyed by any Of the States. Agriculture. Fellow citizens, our agricultural industry is the foundation Of all our wealth and prosperity. It Is the lied - Rock upon which all our material in? terest must rest. I shall stand for and urge vigorous support for all agencies making for our agricultural development. If elected Governor 1 shall urge legislation as will tend to Induce capital to come into our State for the purpose of developing to the fullest extent our great natural re? sources. In the past decade South Carolina has enjoyed the greatest commerical and Industrial growth of her history. These great Interests must be foster? ed and every effort made for even greater development. Agriculture has not kept pace with the rapid strides made by our other interests. This has been due to the fact that abnormal conditions have oontrolled the mark? ets, and the farmer has not received Just and remunerative prices for his farm products. These conditions have been greatly canged in the past two years, and we are now receiving liv? ing prices for our farm products, and prosperity is smiling upon all class? es of our people. This relief has been brought about by organized ef? fort upon the part of the farmers and those friendly to his great inter? est. The cotton growers association and Farmers* Union have been great bulwarks of strength in the great fight for agricultural freedom and supremacy. These organizations have R t only carried on a defensive but an aggressive warfare. They have de? fended our people against the specu? lators and other parasites who have been feeding upon the very vitals of th" farmers of the State, while at the same time they have Inculcated in? telligent methods of farming. They ar-- leaching our farmers how to leave the old ruts of fifty years ago and climb to the sure highway to success. The Intensive system of farming and diversified agrlcultur. They are teaching us to tear down smoke-houses and corn cribs that we have ere. te l in the North and West and rebuild them Upon our farm here In South Carolina. There at- m my contributing agen? cies In the great agricultural revolu? tion that Is sweeping over the State: the Demonstration Farm Work, car? ried on by th.- Government farm ex? tension work under Clemson's con troll the Stah Agricultural Depart? ment, the <*orn Breeders' Association and the State Fair Association. All of these great powers tor good should be fostered end liberally supported by the Stat u While a member of the Legislature, I have done all that I could to enlarge their powers and give th- m th. necessar support. If elected Governor, i will do g|] that I ras to strengthen them and in ? re iv, t heir in!hn n< ? for the good of our 01 its and our people. fcgrtcultnrnl Lien law. For eleven years, and until we sue c. eded. I led tue tight of the farmers of the state for the r? peal of the agrh Ultural lien law, This law was enacted Immediately after the war. If was then a necessity but in late years it bad become ? source of op* pessslon rsther than relief, in re? pealing this law my purpose was to aid our farmers in cutting loose from the old order of things; from the one I Pop i h a and the paying of exorbi? tant lien prices. My purpose was to place our farmers in a position to intensify their farm-: and diversify their Crops SO that they might be? come Independent i to encourage them to make their farms self sustaining and grow cotton SS a money crop, and at the same lime be in ? position to hop) that cotton and deman I ? remunerative price end get it. Fellow cltIsens, there were other UPSjenl reasons for the repeal of the lien law This law. through Its ruin? ous effects, had completely demoral? ized our nsgru labor. The negro as s farno r bj SS a rule ? complete failure unless he h is the intelligence of the Whits man to direct his efforts. Un- : tl?r the lien system the negro was his own hose, and became absolutely worthless. He was worst- than worth- | less, my friends for the farms that he w.is working were deteriorating in value each year under his manage- i ment. The lien law converted what la the verj best Isbor for the South , Carolina cotton growers when intelli? gently direc ted. Into :i shiftless worth- I less ( lass of eumberers of the earth. ] and for this reason if for no other, it should have been repealed. The first stop lias b< en taken and we need to go a little fsther and prevent the giving of a mortgage until the erop Comet into existanee. If the farmers of South Carolina Will rema n firm , and demand relief from every phase j of this old law, my word for It, th* wisdom of the chance will be fully demonstrated and In a very short period of time. Good Honda? I Another vital interest my fellow citizens, is the building of good and permanent highways In every county In South Carolina. The great wonder is that this vital Interest has been so long neglected by our people. Bad highways is the very heaviest tax I that our people have had to bear and I It Is ??.Ii'-imposed. The wear and j tear upon stock and vehic les and loss I of time Incident to the travel upon our public roads, is the greatest bur? den we carry. No public utility will add more to the value of our prop- j erty and wealth of our State than good and permanent highways. The J effect .v ill be to eliminate distance I aoji make life in the country very I much more pleasant and desirable. I This Improvement will be a great I economy and blessing not only to tht I State hut to all of our people and In J every walk of life. I shall stand for and urge the per- I manent Improvement of our high ways, such Improvement to be made under local self government In the various counties. Expenditures of The Government. I Fellow citizens,^ if elected your gov- I Brnor, I shall urge the utmost care I md precaution as to how we shall I mend the hard earned tax money of the people of our State. Wherever I it can be done without impairing the j public service and the best Interests j jf our State the re should be re- I trenchment. We should use the I frostest care to prevent the appro- I [>riation of more money than our an- I BUS] income will warrant. Our State I lebt is already too large, and our an-j anal Interests Very great. There are I ixpendlturei that cannot be reduced, I those for edacstlon and the Ex-Con-1 Sdsrats Bolulers, and there may bei ?thers, but the pruning knife should I ic used wherever possible to keep j ?ur expenditure within wise and I mfe bounds My record will show [hat I Used the greatest precaution I In voting appropriations of the peo-1 pies money while i was a member I ?f the Legislature, and I still stand I lor wise econom) In all of our go> -I ?i nment affairs. Bonded Debt, in r.t l:! our state debt becomes duel md our bonds are p> be refumb d. I Our bonds are drawing 1 l-'J per I pent interest today, but there is no I food reason why our bonds should! not be Hosted at at least 1-2 perl ?ent. We have $800,000 In our sink- I inir fund today for the purpose ofl retiring bonds to that extent, there-1 l ore our interest that is now very I burdensome should )>.? very material- I |y reduced, and there should, there- I fore be a corresponding reduction In I taxation. Taxation, j The Inequalities Of taxation are sol manifest to every South Carolinian! that a complete revision and re-ad-1 justmenl of the tax machinery of our Btate has become a demand ofl our people There is no reason, fellow cltlsens, I why the tax department of our gov ernment should not be run on a| business basis. I am opposed to any I scheme that w ill increase the tav j burden of our people, but 1 most j earnestly favor a policy of assessment I that will force this burden upon the! shoulders Of those best able to carry! it. and who ate receiving the greatest! degree of protection at the hands of t he go>? rnment. I favor an equalisation of assess? ment upon tax values all along the line. There is no equity In a system of taxation that allows the assessment of mules in one county at 50 per cent ot their true value, ind In another county at TT? per cent. A taxing sys? tem Is msnlfestly Unjust that per? mits the shares of otic bank In a giv VOTE FOR GOVERNOR 1906. Official Returns of First Primary Four Years Ago. THE FOLLOWING TABULATION OF THE OFFICIAL RETURNS OF THE FIRST PRIMARY 1S0< WILL BE FOUND INTERESTING AS A BASIS UPON WHICH TO FIGURE THE PROBABLE RESULTS OF THE FIRST PRIMARY THIS YEAII. Ansel. Rlease. Brunson. Edwards. Jon< s. Manning. M Mahan. Sloan. , Abbeville. 997 508 10G 2 6 460 21 36 Aiken. SIT 1.173 170 07 25 511 48 94 Anderson. S.8I7 632 214 n 43 545 57 183 Hamberg. 329 142 263 6 24 315 19 45 Harnwell. 861 216 264 4 12 564 22 60 Beaufort. ?*47 19 40 1 13 187 7 34 Berkeley. 296 383 141 ll 14 28 29 43 Charleston. 1,624 123 26 1 15 702 8 12 Cherokee. 1,021 476 301 IS 26 135 45 42 Chester. 735 366 116 6 10 373 55 17 Chestertlehl. 360 171 502 9 33 1,077 36 76 Clarendon. 407 123 183 3 21 877 11 19 Colleton. 739 297 393 24 13 653 53 116 Darlington. 875 252 24S 5 6 697 nn it i Dorchester. 488 428 161 2 5 llf 24 Edgelleld. 719 208 193 50 10 47: 2< 11 Falrfleld. 401 306 130 2 4 14? 19 Florence. 579 131 327 15 9 591 SI Georgetown. 468 39 88 3 6 544 5 18 Greenville. 3.372 764 379 4 11 725 27 74 Greenwood. 903 341 232 3 32 224 20 101 Hampton. 659 178 8 0 38 34 112 24T Horry. 258 577 303 9 18 789 103 313 Kershaw. 475 320 171 7 19 635 56 44 Lancaster. 931 129 458 11 24 406 58 74 Laurens. 967 1,188 266 3 21 386 77 7* Lee. 303 587 241 1 3 593 7 21 Lexington. 760 767 264 20 32 915 56 229 Marion . 867 119 634 8 20 1,405 60 44 Marlboro. 59 103 242 6 38 930 66 17 Newberry. 8 4;; 1,020 127 0 117 133 45 IT Oconee. 1.7?' 308 92 4 14 186 38 72 Orangeburg. 424 521 7 10 1,645 41 48 Pakens. M 379 489 4 11 173 17 80 Klehland. 1.020 938 123 I 12 512 264 424 Saluda. 3,7 809 180 169 24 254 30 4? Spartanburg. 3.835 920 479 22. 41 1,068 131 319 Sumter . 278 99 329 2 5 1,091 15 23 Union. 1.059 470 181 9 31 742 30 59 Williamsburg .. ... 550 206 702 3 10 562 53 66 York. 1,291 333 168 4 12 557 92 37 Totals.? 39,131 16,972 10,465 565 838 23,208 2,222 3.370 en county to be assessed at 40 per cent, while the shares of another bank in the same county are assessed at ??0 per cent. Nor is there any sane reason why farm lands shoLVd be returned for taxation in one county at to per cent, of their value .vhile In another they are returned at 60 per cent, of their true value. This, follow citizens, is the con? dition that prevails throughout the length and breadth of our State, and 1 promise that If I am elected Gov? ernor to give this great subjec t my most profound thought that I may be aide to recommend to the Legis? lature a system Of assessments that Will be reasonable and just and that will hear with equitable force upon all our people. Duties of The Governor. Fellow citizens, if you should elect rue Governor of this proud, this grand old State. 1 will consider it my sa cred duty, to familiarize myself with every detail of the government an! keep in constant tomb with tin Working tones of all of our institu? tions. I will regard it my sacred du? ty to inform myself, to the very best of my ability upon all our public af? fairs, so that T may intelligently rec? ommend to th<- law making bodies of the State those things that the good of the State and peace and happiness of our people demand. Confederate Soldiers. Mr. Chairman, and fellow Caro? linians, liefere l close my remarks l want just a few words in regard to tin Ex-Confederate Soldiers ,the truest and noblest type of our mag niflcent citizenship. The Confeder? ate Sol r is dear to every true Southern .cart. There remains but few of these heroes in South Caro? lina for us to honor. A large pro? portion of thos ? who yet remain have been rendered Infirm cither by old age or wounds received in battle. South Carolina Is doing a noble part by these old patriots but not what she should. The pension roll has in creased sine,, l have been in ihe Legis? lature from $50,000 to $250,000, and still are those deserving and needy who receive no aid at the hands of this State. Soon, too soon. fellow citizens there will be nothing left to us hut hallowed memories. The Con? federate Sol.Hers will be gone to ans? wer tiie roll call with Lee, Jackson and Hampton on the other side of the river. This great State cannot afford to allow one of these heroes to suffer. This is a matter about which we should all be agreed, and cause the State's purse strings to loosen. Ii I am elected Governor it shall be one of my proudest privil eges to recommend the most liberal appropriation for them. I trust, fel? low citizens, to live to see the day, when South Carolina can claim the proud distinction of administering bountifully to each and every one of these, her noble sons. Conclusion, In conclusion, my fellow citizens, I wish to state to the people of this County and our entire State, that no man can appreciate more thin I will the honor of your support for this, the most exalted position within your gift. No man will strive harder both in public and in private life to re? flect credit and honor upon our proud State and her great citizenship. No man will work harder to preserve and promote every interest of our State and of each individual of the State, from the humblest to the greatest than 1 will, and I promise to return \ air commission to you as pure and unsullied as when you intrusted it to my keeping. WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT COURT. Mrs. Newly EUcll Worried About Con? dition in England, t Prom the San Francisco Argonaut.) Exactly what is to happen in the court of George V is causing profound anxiety in the bosom of many a new-rich woman of America birth. Humor has it that one such had cheer? fully expended many thousand dollars In acquiring a house in the vicinity of Park Lane in preparation for cut? ting a figure In London's smart set, and has been looking forward with much elation to boasting of her en? tertainment of King Edward, etc. But the new King is credited with the laudable desire to keim his court free from notoriety hunters who have had wealth too short a time to understand Its liner uses, and even to be adverse to the mercenary spirit which so of? ten enters into the alliance between British peers and American heiresses. If these anticipations are realized Georg V will do much to rehabilitate the name he hears. There Is no American worthy of respect who is other than disguised with the antics of those of his fellow-countrymen and countrywomen who loses all sense of decency when blind fortune dowers them with wealth. There is no crime in being suddenly made rich, but w hen the accession of wealth leads to the aping of manners alien in every re? spect to the life of those who are more at home behind a washtub than in front of a throne the wish may be for given that this country's natural resources were no longer capable of causing such distressing spetacles Sometimes snw pity that the generation ? . leeves to shirt sie e eliminat? ed. Scarcity of Cattle. ] "The reason the beef cattle have grown so scarce in this country, is that people sell the calves before they quit sucking." s This very practical answer to a } question recently asked in the Enqui? rer, was given by Mr. Alonzo Rose, a well known butcher of Yorkville a few days ago, and pursuing the sub? ject further, Mr. Rose said: 'Yes, that's all there is to it. Peopb >d will sell a calf three weeks old for a ' dollar or a dollar and a half?I have bought them for 75 cents?rather than keep them a year and r^ll them for twelve or fifteen dollars. This kind of thing has been going on for years and growing worse of late, and no wonder cattle are scarce. It could not be any? thing else in the face of such a waste. Asked to suggest a remedy, Mr. K ?se said: " About the only thing I can think of, is an act of the legislature to pro? hibit the slaughter of calves under, say six months old. You see it is about like this. Something like 75 per cent, of the cattle increase in this country is from mily cows, and these cows are kept entriely for their milk and butter. The owners of the cows are as a rule not prepared to take care of the calves and them for what mitrht 1 are a few people, w what a profitable thinj these calves and raise of the calves go to the butchers, who sell them as veal. If we could put^ a stop to the slaughter of the calves, more people would drift Into the Idea of providing pasturage, and in the course of a few years, beef would once more be plentiful. But as things are going now, the difficulty of getting good beef is steadily increasing." As illustrating the profit in cattle raising, Mr. Rose said that be has bought scrub calves at less than $2 and sold them for $12 in less than a year, without being out anything for raising expenses that he was able to keep an account of.?Yorkville Enqui? rer. -I Rather curious that a conspicuous preliminary to the ceremones of his home-coming should be a lawsuit by the brass band.?New York World. e "t No man is more cheated than the selfish man.?Beecher.