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PART II. FIRST CUSS r | ^"1 JOB WORK H I EXECUTED J I VOL. LXn. NO. 41. CITES FOUR MIS 'OF SEP W. H. L. McLaurin, Reply in; Declares He Holds Tillmai sary and Indirectly for tending Its Adi The following reply by W. H. L. McLaurin of Latta to a letter to him by Senator B. R. Tillman is self-explanatory: Latta, S. C., Oct 1, 1912. Hon. B. R. Tillman, Trenton, S. C. My Dear Sir: Today's mail brought me your letter of September 28, together with 2 - * L12.1 1 2_ 1 IV. _? copies 01 same, puuusnea in win ox the leading papers of our State: The News and Courier and The Columbia State. It gives me pleasure to note the spirit of your letter, which not only does credit to your own name, but will commend you to those who are not of your views, whom you style, always, as your "enemies." As to the general statements of your letter, senator, it is not necessary to reply, because history either contradicts itself, or the record you have * kept, and that kept by others, have not kept pace. The answer to all those questions, however, will be found in the official records of your "incumbency," and the files of the newspapers of that day. The one question under considera tion is not whether you are or were responsible for all, or any of the corruption that naturally, and necessari ly followed in the wake of the dispensary the great "moral institution," for which you claim responsibility, in its origination. The except from my letter, which you use as a basis of your defense, does not charge the responsibility of any or all of the corruption attendant upon tiie dispensary, upon you at all. It only charges that you are the "paternal ancestor of the dispensary, and of Bleaseism;" the first of which you frankly admit, the last you repudiate in a former letter to me. Since then, you admit being the original parent.of the dispensary, and grace, in so far as your intentions were, or are concerned, but in so far as a sower may be responsible for the harvest, by the seed he sows, you are responsible, for all the disgrace, and fruits of that sowing. It is not sufficient to Henv resnnnsihilitv on the grounds of good intent. That may mitigate the crime, but never excuse. So that it must be said in all candor, and in considerateness of your feelings, senator, which I do not in the least wish to wound, that you are indirectly responsible for all the disgrace brought upon the State by the dispensary, and its fruits as well; and that you are directly responsible for the dispensary?a disgrace within itself, too true to be denied. To make this clear to your mind it may be well to review a little history, and point a .moral or two. If memory serves aright, the State, by the voice of the people ( which you were so fond of magnifying, when you were seek.4.1 1 jug tu ucbiirune tne nuvucnus una grafters," of your early campaigning) had spoken by an overwhelming majoriftr for prohibition. It was your clear duty as their servant, which you gladly proclaimed yourself to be, to have acquiesced in that will, and as governor of the commonwealth, seen to the enforcement of the law appertaining thereto, as religiously, as you would, or did, any other law on the statute books. You had been elected governor, not senator, or representative. It was yours to execute the laws not to enact laws. It was neither your prerogative, nor the lawmakers,' to institute the dispensary or any other form of sale, of whiskey, until the voice of the people had spoken again, authorizing you, or rather the legislature?to do so. If this is a Democratic government?a government of the people, by the people, for the people, a doctrine which you fondly proclaimed, ^ then beyond all cavil, the voice of the people, as expressed at the ballot box, must be obeyed by those elected to serve, or a. trust, solemnly imposed, has been betrayed. It is not sufficient neither becoming to assert that the great State of South Carolina did not snow wnai mey wanted, or wnat was best for them at that time, or now. True, it is, that at times, in the history of every State, by the use of money and whiskey, and other dirty means, the elections do not represent the best interest of the State; but here was an election fought out between the great moral forces and the . 4 -. * HE 1 TARES JATOR TILLMAN jj to Letter Given to Press, n Directly for the Dispenthe Corruption Atministration. whiskey element, and in site of all the crookedness and debauchery of the antis the cause of prohibition, which is the cause of God, was overwhelmingly successful. And be it said, senator, to your everlasting discredit, you who proclaimed your eternal subserviency to the voice of the people, you who had made war on the autocrats, and the plutocrats, you, senator, of all men, disregarded and defeated the will of the people as expressed at the ballot box, their best, and only effective vehicle of expression, and projected the great moral institution?the greatest source of demoralization the State has ever known, which still bears your name, and paternal sanction. Can you surely disclaim the disgrace of such a progeny, while still claiming its sireship ? to make plain my meaning?you not only admit the authorship, and institution of the dispensary, together with declarations of your qualifications, by reason of the thorough and exhaustive study you had given the question, but you still believe in your disgraced offspring, and doubtless you would now wield your trenchant pen in its defense, if occasion required, as you did six years ago, when you stumped the State for its retention, knowing that it was reeking with rottenness, and ruining the State. It may not be amiss, senaor, to say, that with all the mistakes you have made in your public career, some of which have amounted to crimes against society, I still have very great respect for you, because of your sincerity, courage and .undisputed intellectual "acumen." So that I may say, sincerely, my feelings are of the very kindest nature, but in saying i.L!_ T a ? * una, 1 cannot avoid, ir l would, ttie facts of history, which stand out before me, that makes you responsible, largely for the blight upon our great State, of the dispensary, and its resultant corruption. May I set forth in summary the four greatest mistakes of your public'career in closing. 1. The example you set in campaigning, of appealing to the passions and prejudice of men, instead of appealing to their higher instincts, and reason?which has made possible Bleaseism, and gave him the key to success, by the same route; rather than the broad plane of constructive statesmanship. And the trouble is not ended yet, South Carolina will suffer for several decades yet from the blight of "Peanut Politics" until her masses have been educated above passion and prejudice to the broader pianc ui reason ana principle. 2. Your assault without discrimination, upon the press of the StatN which destroyed the confidence of the people in newspapers, to a very large degree. Not the intelligent or educated, "to be sure", but the ignorant and illiterate, who were, and are, and always will be, the easy dupes of designing politicians, and unscrupulous officeseekers. This destruction of confidence in the press, has shut up about the only effective and available means of wide, quick communication with the people. and made the ignorant and illiterate, the pitiful plastic tools of the vicious political parasite, in every corner of the State. True it may be, that you were unfairly treated, maligned, slandered?by some?the result of your wholesome charges against the press, so destroyed the people's confidence, that Bleaseism has been made possible. 3. The installation of the dispensary, the curse of the ages, with all its debauching consequences, was your third and greatest, /nistake. You will never be able to clear yourself of the guilt of that great sin in this life, or in the next. It will not stand the test of time, or eternity. Neither the laws of God nor the laws of society can never justify it. That sin, along with the others, must be pardoned, not justified. God only can do that. And" He will?upon an honest repudiation of the whole thing, and not until then. 4. The last but not the least of your political mistakes, was your insistence upon the retention of the dispensary six years ago and your presumptions canvas of the state to that end. Coupled with this, was your public assertioiT "that the preachers, barkeepers and the devil, were in league ;V# W - ; |^y, JNM UNIOX, S. C., FRIDA FELL 500 FEET raviu A DALLUUIN Tuscumbia (Ala.) Man and H. G. Petty Killed at Fair Grounds, When Parachute Failed to Open. Tuscumbia, Ala., Oct 3.?Lorenzo Howland, 15-year-old son > of L. D. Howland, and H. C. Petty, Nan aeronaut, fell 600 feet from a balloon and were instantly killed at the State fair, grounds here today. The tragedy was witnessed by a large crowd of spectators, which had assembled to witness the ascension. Howland 1 previously had been standing near the balloon while it was being inflated. When it soared upward spectators were startled to seo him dangling, head down, from ono of the ropes on the balloon. In some manner Howland's feet became entangled in the rope before the balloon was turned loose. The aeronaut made heroic efforts to rescue the man from his perilous position. When the balloon had reached a height of about 500 feet he cut thp nnrnriuifA IAAQO frnm fk<i KOIIA^M downward. For some reason the parachute failed to open. The men plunged to the earth and were killed. Howland struck the earth first and the aeronaut landed on top of him. When spectators reached the two men both were dead. '$1,000 CORN PRIZE WILL BE AWARDED The corn contest committee proposed, because of the facfe that the drouth had injured the corn crop, to cut the $1,000 prize in half, and give only $500 this year and the remaining $500 next year. But the directors of the** Chamber of Commerce decided yesterday to give the full amount of $l,0f>0. The Chamber of^^ommfrceJMU riven $500, association $200. The raising of more and better crops is one of the very things in which the Chamber of Commerce is 'most interested, and specially desires to promote. The com contest has resulted this year in the growing of 2,000 more bushels of com than would nthArWIQA llOVA Konn county, and it is corn of a superior quality.?Spartanburg Herald. WITH WHEELS OF BUGGIES LOCKED MEN FIGHT DUEL. Kershaw, S. C., Oct 4.?Edward Gregory is dead and Oliver H. Watson fatally wounded as the result of a pistol duel in the road near here today. The two men met in buggies - and when the wheels of the vehicles became locked both began to shoot at close range. It is Said that a feud had existed between the two for years. , Gregory was shot through the head and instantly killed. Z- 1-J *? ** - * n nisuu is wuunuea in me leu lung and has little chance to recover. to defeat the dispensary;" an assertion you must have made out of resentment to the preachers for their interference with the life of your offspring, which might have been proper, had you not known the falsity of the accusation. True it might have been, that all of these different callings, and persons, were in array against the dispensary, but how different the viewpoint, and motive, and who better than you, senator, knew, "that politics makes strange bedfellows." Such supercilious allegation against men, wholly unselfish, .and sincerely patriotic, as were the ministers you placed in workinc alliance, wtth ?ha "arch fiend," who made you say it, is, and was wholly indefensible. I trust you have seen this, in this light, ere this, and that your sense of justice, will yet lead you to frankly apollogise to these, the noblest of no* ble men, of the highest and holiest calling yet given to men. Yes, senator, I believe you Are responsible, indirectly, for the corruption, and directly for the dispensary; now disgracing and destroying our people and commonwealth. My sense of honor and truth impel me to say so. It WnuM CM VP ma i-??l ?a. a? tirely exonerate yon from any and all responsibility, bat the record is against you. There is but one way to amend and do the right?acknowledge your error, and repudiate your progeny, and God, and men will forgive. To this end may 1 humbly exhort you. , Very sincerely yours, W. H, L. McLaurin. j?T -% \ 3N " Y, OCTOBER 11, 1912. DEMOGRAPHY AND WHAT IT MEANS. Interesting Conclusions are Reached by Scientists and Specialists at the World's Congress of Hygiene. Washington, Oct. 4.?The world's congress of hygiene and demography, which has just closed its 15th annual session in Washington, has moved spme of the epitomizers of the capital city to incase its results in the I traditional nutshell. Everyone knows, of course, what hygiene is, but nobody except those who look it up or happen to meet someone who has looked it up, knows what demographphy is?an dit isn't safe to take the word of any newspaper article, if one really wants to know what it is. There are thousands of people in Washington, though, who have learned within the past few days that demography is, in a broad sense, the drawing of inferences and conclusions from medical and vital statistics. It doesn't include just any kind of conclusions or inference?it has got to be a scientifically drawn one. Among the more important discoveries announced during the sessions of the recent congress are those enumerated below, which are said by the epitomizers to comprise the results of the congress in a nutshell: Mine explosions can be reduced through the use of a new chemical, which absorb* coal dust, the chemical not being named.?Sir Thomas Oliver, England. Sneezing and not the scales from children having measles carries the germs of the disease.?Drs. John Anderson and Joseph Goldberger, Washington. TV?o r\ roo rtf io n 4 *?1V utvau Vi. IIUII^VA AO a [/VVCIIV factor in the development of socialism.?Dr.Max Rubner, Germany. Infantile paralysis is carried through the bite of the stable fly.? Dr. M. J. Rosenau, Harvard Univer**^he gland virui ef rabies is better as an antitoxin for rabies than the brain virus.?Dr. Warren Poor, New York city. Insects are the carriers of typhus fever, a proposition which has been disputed during the congress.?Drs. Joseph Goldberger and John Anderson, Washington. Infantile paralysis is carried from person to person through the secretions of the nose.?Or. Alfred Petterson, Sweden. Disputed by Dr. M. J. Rosenau, of Harvard University. Benzoat of soda in food preparations is not harmful, despite the conclusions of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley.? Dr. John H. Long, Chicago. The virus of a new micro-organism used in a hundred bilionth of a centimeter, will kill rats carrying bubonic plague.?Dr. Frederick Novy, Ann Arbor, Mich. Tuberculosis in Children. Fully 600,000 public school children in the United States have traces of tuberculosis.?Dr. S. Adolphus Knopf, New York. There must be an economy of woman's energy if the nations of th* world are to maintain the high standards set by the age.?Dr. Frederick Zahn, Germany. The great advancement in science will make it possible for the next century to realize Ponce de Leon's /iwoam (inl Dmam* ui vmiii vi [/ci pvtuai ) VUU1. x icaiUL'iii William H. Taft. Farmers are the healthiest class of humanity and liquor dealers the most sicky.?Dr. Jacques Bertillon, France. Dwarfs can grow, no matter how long the stunted conditions has existed.?Dr. Lafayette Mendall, Yale University. The child should make its own moral code and have any kind of food 11 wants when it wants it.?Dr. Woods Hutchinson, New York. Infection by the air is no longer the chief factor in the spread of infectious diseases.?Dr. Charles V. Chapin, Provodence, R. I. All milk fed to babies should be pwaMsurueu, 10 insure neauny miiK being fed to children.?Nathan Straus New York. Immunization from influenza meningitis can be obtained through the virus of the serum of persons suffering from the disease.?Dr. Anna Wollstein, New York. Prevent Malarial Fever. Malarial fever parasites can be produced artificially, thus opening the way for the prevention of malarial fever.?Dr. C. C. Bliss, New Orleans. A specific yellow fever parasite exis? and was discovered by him. Disputed by the United States army medical officers.?Dr. N. Fornet, German army medical college. Bone is not dead tissue, but is constantly changing, and that new bone I PAC riMi PROGRESSIVE F LAUNCH1 With B. Sherwood Dunn, of tional Committeeman, th< Launched in South Caro guard" Beard Columbia, S. C., Oct 4.?Under the leadership of B. Sherwood Dunn, of Aiken, provisional national committeeman, the progressive party was launched in South Carolina today at a meeting held in the Columbia Hotel. The progressives will put out an electorial ticket in the November election, but will not have any nominees for state offices in the race against the democrats and socialists. At the meeting today Mr. Dunn stresed the point that the progressive party is an independent "white man's" party, unaffiliated with either the republicans or democrats. The selection of a state chairman and state vice chairman has been postponed. The officers selected at the meeting yesterday were: W. P. Beard, Abbeville, state secretary; L. W. C. Blalock, of Goldville, state treasurer. Members of the state executive committee: First congressional district, W. P. Utsey, second district, Thomas Thomson; third district, C. E. Gray, fourth idstrict, R. A. Hannon; fifth district, I. H. Norris; sixth district, C. R. Tabor, seventh district, W. Boyd Evans. Those Present. Among those who attended the meeting at which the progressive party of South Carolina was started were the following: E. E. Clement, Inman; Captain G. W. Mudd, Columbia; A. D. Palmer, Columbia, J. D. Odom, Batesburg; W. A. Reckling, Columbia; T. H. Wannamaker, Columbia; Dr. V. P. Clapton, Shelton; C. E. Gray. Westminster: C. Rav. Inman: A. R. N. Folger, Seneca; W. W. Bruce, Columbia; W. P. Beard, Abbeville, R. A. Hannon, Spartanburg; L. Coin, Camden; Lawson D. Melton, Columbia; L. W. C. Blalock, Goldville; W. Boyd Evans, Columbia, Isaac H. Norris, Yorkville, John Cantey, Camden; Ben H. Harvin, Harvin; Dr. C. R. is being continuously laid down.?Dr.' Francis M. McCudden, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. Male immigrants marry American or American-born women, while female immigrants marry foreigners, preferably those of the same tongue. ?Dr. William E. Chancellor, Norwal, Conn., formerly of Washington. Infant mortal itv throiicbont tho world is on the decrease, despite increased population and birth rate.? Edward Burnell Phelps, New York. Oysters in their raw state during non-hibernating periods are not carriers of contagious diseases.?Dr. Herbert D. Peace, New York. Inoculation of persons known to be bacillus carriers is entirely impracticable.?Dr. W. L. Moss, Johns Hopkins University. Not a class of humanity but what has its stupid, dull, backward, or sickly children, therefore medical inspection of the public schools is a prime necessity.?Dr. Helen MacMurchy, Toronto, Canada. Contagious diseases are spread through the pollution of railroad roadbeds, therefore there should be laws for regulating these carriers.? Dr. William T. Sedgwick, Boston. Causes of Divorce. Race suicide, refusal to accept the duties of the home, and the desire for fine clothes and pleasure are the real causes for the divorce evil in the United States.?Dr. Samuel Dike, Massachusetts. Heridity has nothing to do with the character of a child. It is the child's environment which is the de? termining factor in character building.?Dr. Charles Gilmore, New York. Alcoholism is the result, not the cause, of insanity among those predisposed to mental disorders.?Dr. Tom Williams, Washington. Soap is the greatest civilizer of mankind.?Dr. Yandall Henderson. Yale University. Reading and writing are unhygienic. ? Dr. Gardener C. Bassett, Johns Hopkins University. The Panama canal will be a meet, ing place for yellow fever plague and contagious diseases from eastern and western North and South America, as well as from Asia.?Dr. L. E. Gofer, Washington. Rural communities eat too much fried meats, and bathtubs in farm iES 9 TO 12 EXCELLENT 1-^ ADVERTISING I J MEDIUM ?1.00 A YEAli. ^RTY liU JLIN COLUMBIA Aiken as Provisional Nai Progressive Party was lina on Friday?"BodyState Secretary. Taber, Dillon; Thomas Thomson, North Augusta: H. A. Murphy, Columbia; E. A. McGregor, Batesburg; W. King, Columbia; John McCravey, Columbia; H. A. Simons, Columbia; J. Bihari, Ridgewood; S. T. Westberry, Columbia. The meeting of the progressives was opened today by a strong address from B. Sherwood Dunn, of Aiken, who declared that the party had been formed to combat the invisible and insidious powers, which were robbing the people of th :r rights to rule. The movement against the corruptionists was dominated by a religious spirit which was bound to make the progressive party a success. Pay Their Own Way. Mr. Dunn sold of his conference in New York with leaders of the progressive party at which he insisted I uiai oniy wnne men snould be affiliated with the movement. Mr. Dunn said that when he found that the progressive headquarters were short of campaign funds he informed Senator Dixon that the party in South Carolina could rely upon contributions from individual members and not expect any financial assistance from the national headquarters. Cash contributions from the pro- * ' gressives present at this meeting yesterday made up a campaign fund of nearly $300. ,, f>. The progressive party plans to organize in every county in South Carolina. The executive committeemen r *. in each congressional district will appoint county chairmen. Progressive , " ! campaign literature will be broadcast ? ?;* although the progressive party will ^ content itself with putting only an electorial ticket in the field next November, it expects to receive a good vote. The short time remaining before the general election deters the party from holding a primary to nominate a state ticket. houses are as scarce as honest trusts. ?Dr. John Hurty, Indianapolis. Ten per cent o fthe entire population of the United States is inherently defective and unfit to be parents.? Bleeker Van Wagenen, New York. Walking in the vet grass in your bare feet is apt to bring on hookworm diseased?Dr. Bailey Ashford, Porto Rico. The non poisonous tuberle bacillus is an effective vaccine for tuberculosis.?Dr. Victor Vaughan, Ann Arbor, Mich. An Appropriate and Useful Memorial On a choice site in Nashville, upon the campus of George Peabody Col- *.. ^ lege for Teachers, the Tennessee Division United Daughters of the Confederacy will erect a memorial to the men and women of the Confederacy. This memorial, to cost $50,000 will take the form of a women's dormitory for the descendants of Confederate soldiers. A few days ago Mrs. N. B. I^Aoi ay a o okaiwmnM /""**' x^vu.v* f wo Vlioiilliau VI tnc VJAX 1 ?> Home Committee, entered into a mutually satisfactory agreement with the College looking to the erection ofr this building as soon as the funds are in hand. The members of the Tennessee division U. D. C. will receive hearty commendation and support in this great undertaking. They could not rear a more appropriate or useful memorial than such a splendid structure at this central Teachers' Collega for the South. J Stobo Young's Parole Extended. Columbia, Oct 3.?It is understood here that the parole of J. Stobo Young, former secretary of the Seminole Securities company, who was serving a sentence of one year in the state penitentiary, has been extended by the governor from October 1 to December 1. Officials at the penitentiary said today that, while no official order had as yet been issued that it was understood that an extension of time had been allowed. Ycung was convicted at the same time wit'?? John Y. Garlington. At the meeting of the local chapter of U. D. C. in Beaufort, it was decided to have a "Woodrow Wilson Tea," the proceeds of which will go to the Wood row Wilson campaign