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f |jt Srtitcbman ani Soutjinm. Fe Stfish cd Wednesday and Saturday. ?BY? QSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY 8umtkr. S. a Timm * 11.10 per annum?In advance. Ad ?ertssesnenu: Oaa Square first insertion.fi.ou ?vary subsequent insertion.6? Contracts for three months, or langer wtu be mads at reduced rates, All communications which sub? set-vs private Interests will be charged far as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect wtll be charged far. The Sumter Watchman was found? ed la lilt and the True Southron In lift. The Watchman and 8euthren aew has the combined circulation and tmlaeaee cf both ef the old papers, aad is manifestly tbe beet advertising seed in m in Sumte r. Question: Are you for Jones or Blease ? Answer: "I dm for the sane Ity of human life and the majesty of law." Query: Is he for Jones or for Blease? , see Do you. or do you not believe, that the preachers of the State stand for thst which is highest and best? if you are In doubt about any moral Is? sue, will not these doubts be removed by ascertaining how the preachers stand on this question? if you are conscientious In your desire to vote on the 27th of August In the fear of Ood and for the good of your State, if you believe that the ballot this year presents Itself as a moral problem. If you have been unable to solve this problem with any degree of satisfac? tion to yourself, will It not prove help? ful to ascertain how your own pastor Is going to vote, how the mujorlty of the pastors in your community will vote, and how the majority of the preachers of tbe State will vote? Af? ter you have ascertained this fact, do you not think It will be safe to vote with them? a a a In thinking of the equestrian statue of the Orand Old man of South Car? olina, the lines of Capt. Hancock's poem have come to our mind and the author will, we are sure, pardon a slight paraphrase: x "Would Hampton, slated in his massive strength On a charger that paws the air, CouM he see hi* sons In their dee? disgrace. Would he ride so proudly there?" "He would come right down from his big brats horse And hide bis face with shame, fror the Stats be loved is In tbe duet A htot's upon her name." e e ? The law In respect to the granting ef pardons and paroles by the Gover? nor should be amended in one par? ticular. Under the present law It is possible for tbe friends or attorneys of a convict to prepare a petition, pre? sent It to the Governor and frequent? ly secure the pardon before the gen? eral public has notice that such a movement If on foot. Pardons more often than otherwise are granted on an ex parts showing, the petition be? ing prepared by Interested parties, frequently an att<?rne> who receives a a fat fee for his services The sig? natures to the petition are easy to ob? tain, the average nan signing any pe? tition that Is presented to him. Those who would oppose the granting of a pardon are not asked to sign the pe? tition and more often ti?<*n otherwise know nothing about It. For this rea? son many pardons have been granted that were not Justllfied and woul 1 i never have been granted, provided the , Oovernor has any respect for his oath of office and doe* not traffic In the j pardoning power for the political 1 benefit of hlm*elf and the financial profit of hin friends. Kor thls^reason i we advocate the amendment of the law so as to require those who present a petition for pardon of ? convict |e glv#? thirty days notlee. t>y publication, of their Intention to apply for a par den This In the law In North Caro? lina and mime other States and It rocld be ad ?pted with advantage on South Carolina. This would put the public on riotu .< and If anyone h | I snythlng to say In opposition to the granting of a pardon he could appear before the pardon hoard tnd StgtS his reasons for egawetag 11m i?".i see in the first pftgaar) two pegfl Ige Blesse received |M votes Is SwJgteff County. I ?man IVat herstoim Hyatt I v M< Leod 1.1 M. Iii? hurdg 62. In the second primary Hleaae recelwd 7??:. Featberstone Mfl D?jes that look like Mlease will get mu> n gsjajgggi 'o Sumler County this vear .' g g g It will gSgg be time to plant VS ? >' for winter gat SI crop and Igfjgg I The farmer who needs forage in the spring and summer should put in I few gajM "f vetch, as It Is easy |g pro? duce two to three ton* Ol vetch hay to the acre at very litle expense. We know of one farmer living within I few miles of this city who this spring cut three and a half tons of fine hay from one acre of vetch. It Is a mon? ey making crop and leav es the land in better condition for other crops than before it was planted in vetch. The vetch comes off in time to be follow? ed with corn or pea vine hay. * * i Attorney General Lyon will be re elected by a big majority?there is no doubt of that?and Earle and Peeples are making the race merely to get acquainted throughout the State, hoping to get something in '.he future. Evans is making the cam? paign for pleasure, as he has neither the hope nor expectation of election. Some people have queer ideas of pleasure and Barney Evans is one of them?he takes pleasure in abusing and being abused by Fr?ser Lyon. % * 0 When the County Executive Com? mitte meets to tabulate the votes a special committee should be appolal ed to make a searching scrutiny of ' all the peil list? for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not there is any truth In the reports that are be? ing curculated that the same names are being put on different clubs for the purpose of repeating. If fraud of , this sort Is attempted or committed in Sumter county the Executive Com? mittee should ascertain the facts and prosecute the repeaters. ? ? ? Are you going to vote for the man who took a solemn oath to uphold and defend the constitution and then said, "to Hell with the Constitution?" ? * * The Piedmont section is known to have a considerable number of Re? publican voters who have moved into the State from North Carolina in re? cent years, and it is stated that a majority of these Republicans will vote In the primary next Tuesday. There are also many Democrats in the State and they have put out a State ticket which they propose to support in the general, election. Should these Republicans and Social? ists be permitted to vote in the Dem- . ocratic primary? If they do vote should they not be prosecuted for per- , Jury? j e e e I So Senator Tillman has written a ' confidential letter to a Spartanburg 1 partisan of Blease that 10 friend of Blease wojld want published. At last we have the direct statement from Senator Tillman that he is not a friend of Blease. for It: he were Blease's friend and endorsed him for Governor he would not have written a tetter that containing statements so derogatory to Blease that no friend 1 would want the whole letter made public. es* The endorsement of Gov. hlease by j Rev J. A. Sllgh. of which so much has been made by Blease supporters , turns out to be the repayment of a political debt. Those who have mem? ories will recall the fact that Be?. Mr. Sllgh was for several years more j of an office hunter than a preacher. I and on the testimony of another Lu- I I theran preacher we have it that Mr. Sllgh is under obligations to Cole Blease, hence his perfervld endorse? ment of his political benefactor, ess Stothart. the graft collector, still holds' Gov. Blease's commission gl chief constable in Charleston and he [ has not yet testified as to what he lid with the graft traced to his hands. He still fears that to tell the truth ; would incriminate him and others. i e e e I Every voter in the city should at- | tend the county campaign meeting ? Ither tomorrow night or Saturday. The candidates for the legislature are discussing the real Issues of the campaign and it is important that the men who vote should hear them. We d'? not want to make any mis? take in the men we send to the leg? islature to represent Sumter county WORTHY COLORED MAN BLAH. - i neie Boh*1 Hlckaoa Died at south L> nciihiirg Wednesday. - l.\nehbur?. Aug. 22?Robert Hick son. colored, familiarly known rti "Uncle Bob," after three days of I desperate Illness, palled SW iy at nil home near south LynchburSi s. c \estei lav about noon. Cm le Bob w one ot the truest democrats and h i been llUrf e I ^ 7 ?l. ami had voted wltl the whites ever since that Mine. A evidence of their esteem a Inrgi number ol bis white friends will at tend his burial today. Uncle Bob liu been mail carrier between Lynchbui ami South Lynchburi for abou twenty years, and wai faithful t< every charge, lie wan about ti year obi. Mate Chairman John tl -i ? K ha? offered a reward "i lieu for arrest, w itb 9\ Idence to - i any person guilty of fried in con necttoa with lh< prlmor) on Tue 0a) lle.M. THE CAMPAIGN ENDS. ION Ks SPEAKS FOR LAW AM) oh ?Kit?Kl.EASE STANDS BY HIS FRIENDS. TVernendou* Crowd Assembled In Greenville But Good Order Wus Enforced and ah Tin? Candidates Wore Given a Respectful Heering. Greenville. Aug. 22.?Piedmont counties to the number of a dozen yielded an audience of 4.5G0 for the State campaign meeting held in City Park. Oreencville, today. This was the forty-fourth and last official meeting of a biennial canvass unpar? alleled within a score of years for spirit and interest. Elaborate police dispositions fore? stalled execution of any will or pur opse which ought have been enter? tained to create disorders. The only disturbance was a tist tight between spectators, which was quelled in Its Inclplency without interfering appre? ciably with the programme. Expected predicltlons of victory were made by both of the candidates for governor, in whoso c wtest the chief interest of the campaign centres, but between their respective profes? sions of confidence appeared the dif? ference w hich exists in character and temperament between Ira P. Jones and Cole P. Please. Whereas Judge Jones was content U* express deep and serene satisfaction at his assured ex? pectation of victory, without attempt? ing extended or absurdly specific pre? dictions as to the vote. Gov. Please protested his belief in his reeleciian so fulsomely and extravagantly, with so much of studied emphasis and re? iteration, that he conveyed to observ? ers trained in interpretation of his moods a strong impression of panic and of sullen misgiving as to the out? come. "He sees the handwriting on the wall." Judge Jones declared; and unprejudiced visitors from other places who heard him agreed that the gover? nor did indeed have the manner of one who has seen dismaying visions; this, too. in spite of all the moral support afforded him by tht presence of faithful backers gathered from all the State to make a last strong show? ing in his behalf. Characteristic also of the two men. In their widely different ideas of pub lie policy, were the addresses they delivered today as their last formal messages 10 the people whose suf? frages they have sought in this cam? paign. Gov. Bleasr only rang the changes anew on the sort of appeal which he has relied on. throughout ! the 1J years of his participation in | state politics Rancorous and vlndic- I tlve in spirit, intemperate in manner, j his address was directed to the pas- I sions of his hearers rather than to i their reason though he was astute J enough to refrain for once from such j threats as he Indulged himself in at Charleston and Camden against citi- j zens who might have the temerity to 1 vote ag.iinst him. "Niggers" and news? papers he berated as usual, repeating . bis t a miliar doctrine of lynch law in certain cases, lie reaffirmed, his ; Spoils policy?"1 stand by my friends" , ?and again committed himself, to the \ granting of executive clemency, with- ! out reservation as to the merits of the , Oaas. whenever petitions presented I bore signatures which in his opinion Wets sufficiently representative of lo- i eg) sentiment. He closed with the prediction that he would carry the j election by : majority of from ls.000 j to 20,000 votes, I Aspects of Live meeting which were . what reporters call "features" were, the attendance. the largest of the : campaign in point of numbers and ' of territory represented; the volume I and general distribution of the up- t Plaues given to Judge Jones and to) J. Fr?ser Lyon, attorney general; me failure of Please to apply to Messrs. '( King and Watson in their presence the epithets "hoboes" and "drunkards'" Which he has elsewhere employed In | referring to them?his failure, in fact. | to mention at all the Incident at the governor's mansion in which they fig? ured; the demonstration evoked by Mr. Lyons deefnse of Martin F. j Ansel, ex-governor, against the Indi? rect charge of falsehood made by B. p. Evans; the failure of the Blease forces, widely recruited as they wore, to make convincing demonstration ol ?uperloi strength, numerically, in tbe crowd; tio- tenor of the addresses de ' llvered by Blease and Jones, the me savoring of the "practical" politician the other havlnH the tone of the pa? triot and statesman, snd .in attack on j 1;. it TU I man senior Pnited States I Senator from South Carolina, bj James Pansier, this being the onl> n 1 j table tew matter Introduced b) any I of the candidates for minor offices 'except certain references l?y Mr. Lyon. I The ? ampntgn part) dispel ?ed tin- evening. Judgt Jones and G ?\ Blease, J. O, Bich it ils, Jr., and S. T. ? 'artei lei t for ('oiumblu, M 1 1 .v on j went t" Abbeville, Judge Jonen 'v Mpeuk tomorrow evening In Bock Mill. The prlmarj ? i? > I on. whl< h v\ ill kely determine the result of the race for governorship, ?t least, will ! e held August -7. tive days hence S Judg.- Jones spuke in part as fol - lows: 1 An the campaign draws to a close I think it my duty to the voters of South Carolina and to myself to de? clare again as fully and clearly as 1 can the principles for which I stand: The real issues of the campaign have become clouded. The people have not had a lair chance to con? sider matters of government which would be beneficial to them, i am sorry to say this has been largely a campaign of abuse and vituperation, j and 1 feel that the good name of j South Carolina has suffered from it. A campaign should not deal with per? sonalities, it should deal only with matters of government and pulilical records. As 1 have said Duncan is nobody. Blease is nobody, Jones is nobody. South Carolina is everything. It is South Carolina and Cue just gov? ernment of her people that demands your first consideration. Bettor Schools. Since the campaign has been in progre ss 1 have realised as never be? fore the ciying need for more and belter schools. Good education should be put in easy reach of every Sotuh Carolina < hild. I believe also In sup I porting properly our institutions of I higher learning, but those who supply i education like those who supply bread j should hist see to it. not that some get the tim st quality of bread, but that all get gnod bread. Thomas Jefferson. I the greatest Democrat of the nine . teenth century, declared. ' The educa | tion of the people can alone make them the safe as they are the sole depository of our freedom." ; When our people all become better j edueated such a campaign as this will i be Impossible. They will then see through and understand the methods of the demagogue and the unscrupu 1 lous politician who cloud* the issues and muddies the water. 1 would make the people realize that they can protect themselves from such methods and from graft and power and un? scrupulous wealth, only by being so educated that they can detect the false and know th* true. 1 would also impress upon the people that only by means of an education can. one have a fair chance In life and every South Carolinian has the right to demand that his child be given a fair chance. . j Good lloodb*. j Our people are already awakening.: to the necessity for good roads, but j they do not yet appreciate what can be accomplished. When roads are made better, farms improve, schools are well. j attended) delivery 64. mail is more j regular, crops are oa.*Uy marketed... land values advancu, rountry life iE> j made more attractive and the tax- j payers feels, he i? getting something J for his money. The farmer is now..' always has beeni ami always will be the pillar of strength, which supports our whole financial straieture and it ?s Of vital importance to our develop-j j ment that he be given, encouragement.. e 1 will approve any l ill which 1 think, is calculated to give us good roads-. Drainage and Conservation of Soil. ? Those who have traveled ever Soatb? Carolina must know that In the fut.uire there is a vast work to be don* in. draining our low country lands anal ha protecting the hillsides of our country. This work will have to be com licenced in a aroaril way. but we may hope for Federal aid ;*nd I favor a law de Vising some system by which OUS resources would be conserved on the one hand by protecting the .and? now In culti? vation ami on the Other by reclaiming thousands of acres- sow LdJ?e in marsh and swamp* Befusntetl Title System? As a means of making Land titles more stable and valuable l favor the appointment of a eoSQmission to de? vise some systeui. of recording papers I 1 such as the T?rtens title system. By i i 1 '; this system ths validity of the title ! is certified by a public officer and ean I not thereafter be questioned. The I owner of tend may then borrow j mono) on it Without going through j the cumbersome and expensive pro? cess of having his title examined each t .!?? he wants a loan In this way Und wttl be a> quick and easy secur? ity as stocks are now. Position OO Labor Question. There can be do doubt that the condition of the laboring man, the railroad employee and the factory operator would be benefited by the enactment of an employers' liability act. Such an act should abolish the common law defenses to liability for accidents on the ground that tuey I were caused by the negligence of a I fellow servant, or that the employee contributed to lib* injury by hi^ own negligence or lhat the employee as? sumed ihe risk of such accident, Such an ac| would provide substantial relief In t he Injun d mm or his famllj and would in the end prove beneficial to doth tin employee and the employer. Warehouse System, Since i im i al a ?? i'*f "m State ami tli, futui e of ngrieull ur? In I he State He Inseparable w. Bhould see to it 11 possible that our farmers ure pro tected from the mnrka I manlpul itor I and the Wall Street sp< culator, Such ? protection can be had only through j an adequate warehouse system and 1 ? suggest the enactment of a law which 1 Will be constitutional providing fur a system of warehouses for the storage and holding of farm products. The ! receipts for crops delivered to such j warehouse should be a negotiable i asset in ihe hands its owner on - Which he could borrow money untn , the sale of his crops. The Liquor Question. : The liquor question is no; tn Issue in this campaign, but i again stat that I favor county local option with proper enforcement ?>; the law. TIic ton federate Soldier. Our State has never been financially able t?? reward properly the heroism I and devotion to duty of the Confed- j erate soldier, although 1 believe his reward has been large in the love which our people feel for him. Those who fought against us have long been amply provided for and 1 stand for the award of liberal pensions to <?ur old soldiers. Economic Government. Let me say that 1 consider public office a public trust and 1 declare it my purpose to see to it that our gov? ernment is honestly and economically administered so that the burden of taxes may be light on the people. j The Enforcement of Law. So far I have dealt with the mate- \ rial matters of government. Let mt j j now refer to the principal purpose J and duty of government?the enforce- j ment of law. Without enforcement Of law bur civilisation IS a farce and. i our government is a failure. Let us remember tliaL we have recently \ come through ;l bloody and demoral? ising w v and a still more demoraliz- j ing period of ieconstruction at which J time our people became used to acts of violence and bloodshed. Let me i remind you that that period has j passed and in order to bring back a j full measure of peace, prosperity and happintrs? t% our State the law must ; be enforced. The strong, the rich and the wise can. generally protect them? selves and. our people should learn that the law is every man's friend, but especially is it the friend of the poor man. When, violations of law are 1 openly countenanced and condoned i 1 then the gates are opened for Injury t and oppression. Back In the days when might was right and there was , ] no law it was th*r poor man and not j the rich who vas ground down by the j Iron heel of oppression. Unquestion- j ably lawlessness in our State is on the f I i increase and. the best and surest wav | to check it is. to puuisb crime and to \ so educaie OSW people that they will > f uphold the law. The tree use of the pardoning pAW.QF can only encourage j the criminal. 1 believe in justice ; tempered with mercy, but 1 do n -t \ land can not. believe in throwing wide) the doors ?? the penitentiary and;j i liberating murderers, grafters and.: 1 pickpockets,. * Government! for All the People. If I am elect**! Governor, which H have every reason to expect, I shall be ! j I the Governor of all the people and 1 1 shall count all: South Carolinians my friends. Government is for the good ?if the whole people and not for the benefit at orre's person or politiual j friends xnd 1 pledge you that the wel- [ fare of the r*ople- *>f South Carolina shall be my object* I can not but deplore1 the fact chat the Governor has saud1 thiit if I am elected ho- "will j make That gang sweat blood" during the 'ialarucc of bis term. SmrHy this Is unfair political coercion. "That | gang" can only r*f? r to the tnsvjotity j of the- tsrte Democratic wldfcw voters of south* Carolina *?ho< hereto - J foite had. the rtgUt to vo.0 :i?r whom? ever '.hey pleased. V 'na , right has j tlw Governor to make tforsa " sweat j b'aod'" for exercising the rights which ! every free-born Amern go citizen has J exercised since the Revolutionary? I War. I ! Attend to ?D?the* ef CMBcc. I have never crltbcssed and l hope I shall never orttloiae the privat?' ;,nd ; personal character M the Govergpr. i But his public andj official acts are the propel- subjects of comment and trlti- j clsm by every tax-payer and every | v oter in South Carolina. It Is tr?< duty of thi. Governor to approve vr veto ever- bill that the Legislature sends j up to him. He should pass out the bill one w ay or another. Out Of two hun? dred bills submitted to the present Governor he has passed en twenty fight aud let the remaining one hun? dred and seventy-two ko unsigned. I1 ask If the people are BOt justly due better service. Defend the Cogeflttnlon. The founders of our system of gov | ernment were wiser and more far- I I sighted than l am. When the> devised jour system of government they i allotted certain duties t.? the Gov ernor, certain duties to the legisla? ture, and certain duties to the courts, it is nelthei Just nor Is It according to i;iw for the legislature to usurp and take iw i\ the powers of the Governor and the courts, nor is it in accordance with the law for the Qov? i rnor t.? usurp ihe powers of the Leg? islature and courts and If elected l J shall not say "to hell with the Constl- j tutlon." but I shall endeavor to keep my oath of office by upholding the \ nstitution and the laws of my Stite which the best public ssrvoats have always found the surest means uf securing peace, prosperity and happi ness to all the people. All 1 am 1 owe to the people of South Carolina. By their choice I ha re i.een a member of the legisla? ture, seeker of the house of repre? sentatives, a?ociate justice and later chief justice <.f the supreme court. I held the last position until January last and In sll pr ?babtltty couM have held it until my death. Like many men in South Carolina, i saw the trend of affairs, of govern? ment by friends for friends alone, of Contempt for law. of abuse instead of advice, and of pandering to ;? mob spirit instead of helping our people to help themselves. I saw clearly the end to which our Mate was drifting?anarchy?a reif" of might, not right; violence, not la Keeling this and being grateful f a/hat the people 6t tihm Stats ha made me, I gave up my secure po tion?the highest judicial posit on in ?he Statt?and came into the fight to bring back peace to south Carolina, to resiors law to its temple, cntent in our homes, and to enable South ! Carolinians at home and abroad to be I able once more to mention the name 4 their State with neither an apology I nor an excuse. I 1 knew full well the personal abuse ! Chat L would have to endure. 1 knew how the forces against me were en? trenched and how desperately they VSUld cling. t?? their advantage. But knowing the moral til ?er of tJie peo? ple of my State. I looked ahead and ! beyond to the breaking of a new day, a day promising better things to each it us. I bane worked to that end un? moved by abase and undetered by threats* How many threats and how much abuse* I have stood every soul in this State knows! We are now at the end of thi^cam ?yiign. By the sacrifices I ham made, ean 1 not ask you to join me in my Hght for better, cleaner, purer State? For a State where our. chil? dren may grow up secure in their ?ttsted rights* aa free-born Airvericao* -right to a fair and equal ehance ?to free speech?to them pi-otection at law?to those things for which our fathers fought and died. Sty election means more Vj South I Carolina than, it does to me. To the State the principles I stand r" >r mean (everything, for if they trumph it means thai fhe taw-abiding people of Ithis Btaf uwn go> (tend to !the cons [ If yoi th< - -.4 have wilfJ be given to brirgirg back order from chaos, law from, anarchy, peace fn.m internal strife ind dissen? sion. If yoiuelect cae I will, with the-help of an alWwise Providence, bring South Carolina, into her own agjjin and re? store har within and wHhout Is her once proud position when States looked to h*.-r for guidance* ;^nd the nation rtnstened to do her hOttOT. Jud^e Jo nee had a lot of Tun out of the governor's talk if assassination, of bailot-^ealing. of short-ticketing and < counting-out ard other election frau bs "1 tabYO never b,-?-rs afraid: of assaoS inat?>n anywhere io South Carolina.'' he asng. "But look at the governor. Wiry, he's scared to death. Here's his bodyguard, w?o carrldt a big au Inmnfff pistol ? for , what0. At Suactanburg, just to show him I was P:*t armed, ami was no-, intending to assassinate him. 1 hate to shew him the- only weay>on I earned, which wa? 4 corkscrew, and I showed him that ; particular wreapon because I knew that If these was oim> thing Governor Blease was not afraid of. it was a corkscrew. He nod only talks about i assassination, but about stealing club j rolls, stealing t vkets and counting out. My friend* there will be no ; stealing Of tickets and no counting, i out my behalf, if 1 know it. usl I haSO no fear ?f such methods Iwing used against me. What 1 want is a full ballot and a fair count. 1? we have that. WS will bury Bleseism so deep that will never be reeurrgctol. I tell you again that he s seared. Hfl has actually tried to bUlldOOS ad threaten the indomitable people of Charleston and to Muff the people of the whole State With ;> throat that he will make them " sweat blood. l ?r. Cook, of North Pole fame, claims to be ;< Democrat, and a> the Hon. Ted Roosevelt ssys he >v ints a [ Democrat to be his running mate, why not give the doctor the iccond place on the Bull Moose ticket?? Wilmington Star. The last of the i lub rods wert over tVednesda> night and v--\ *ed I ??:> \t III FARM? from Coats. N. C. Graded school; I [ also L'"e acre ' irm near This land ! for sale, ^ heap. W i te W H. F ur rlsh, Coats N. C,