Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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> ; THE I Merchants & Plai ? "The Old R a The Oldest and Largest I ; On July 1st we paid our 6 j dend No. H>. making a total ; stockholders in Cash Dividend: While the chief object of t profits for its shareholders, it i of its customers, and its const I ment of the community in whic I ment is liberal, pursues a proj ; strictly to legitimate lines of b I If this appeals to you LOOK FOR THE BANK VV1 i And deposit your money whe * | F. M. FARR, W. F. GILLI ' President. Vice-I' P I I I P II I LITTLE MONEV WILL 1\ OF GOOD GOODS IN OUR SEASON IS DRAWING .TO WE WANT TO SELL OUT EU GOODS WE HAUE LEFT. 0 DO IT. BUT THE WEARING S GOODS IS NOW ONLV AT 11 WHILE THE CHOOSING IS G WHOLE FAMILY NEEDS. REMEMBER! BIG UAL NOW. L. S. TOV* PHONE 71 OPF "a" "a" "a" "a" "a" 1 SUMMER'S % | These Buggies ai ?? & With fair and reasonable ?? If any part of the vehicl V imperfect material or wc parts are returned to us, without charge. T 4 Come aud Lot X i The Peoples Lawrence G. Southard ATTORNEY AT LAW I Will Practice in all Courts 0 Office Opposite Post Office I "UNDER1 GOVERNMENT ^SUPERVISION member bank under \ federal reserve act iters Nat'l Bank tellable" \ ? Bank in Union County ! * >er cent. Semi-annual Divi- ! of $2X8,000.00 paid to our s since organization. J this bank is to accumulate ; s ever mindful of the rights < ant aim is for the advance- \ h it is located. Its manage- ; ;ressive policy, and adheres < anking. i I TH THE CHIME CLOCK * ! I 1 re it will be absolutely sate ! I AM. J. D. ARTHUR, j resident. Cashier. J I I ? I i ? MOMAAIMMiMAtMMMAMM BIG \ VALUE I F0R r * < your money ' NOW IOW BOV BIG BUNDLES STORE. THE SUMMER A CLOSE WITH US AND ERY PIECE OF SUMMER .1 ID DDirrc 1111r r r aaki vn r nivud will juull >EASON FOR SUMMER "S HEIGHT. COME NOW 000 AND BUY ALL THE UE FOR YOUR MONEY INSEND '0SITE1EXPRESS OFFICE BUGGIES! VV*XXV%%X%\XXVVV\\XX% 1 % re Guaranteed? use FOR ONE YEAR. % es fail, by reason of irkmanship, and said X uro nrlll 1 Tf v n in t cyiav/C oaiuc ?? T Y \N\\\\\\\\\\\\V\\\V\S ok at Them! 4* % Supply Co. f * BARRON & BARRON Attorneys at Law UNION, S. C. ^actice in all Courts. Mony to loan on City and Farm 'roperty. TILLMAN'S FAREM BIDS Announcing His Retirement With He Urges That Voters Cast T1 Speaks Also ot His Own i By I*. H. McGowan. Washington, Aug. 14.?Senator B.1 R. Tillman today announcing that he \ would not again become a candidate for the senate, gave out the following signed statement: "Fellow Citizens: "I was G7 years old the 11th day of August and felt like sending all of' you a greeting. 1 served you as governor four years and have been youri senator in Washington 20 years. When my term expires March 4, 1919, if I live so long, I shall have held the highest offices in your gift for 28 years. An old man desires to thank you for your generous support all this long while. May he not, with-1 out boasting, but in sincerety and earnestness, say that he has done his j very best for both South Carolina and the nation? Constituted as I am, 1 could not have done otherwise. One of the first lessons my good and noble mother taught me was, 'If a thing is, worth doing at all, it is worth doing) well.' While I was# governor, therefore, I was governor, as every one in South Carolina knows, not of the Tillmanites alone, but of all the people. I And since I have been senator I have tried to he as good a senator as there i was in Washington. A Large Figure. "Since August, 1885, when I made; my first speech at Bennettsville, 1 have been one of the most prominent j figures, and since 1890 the most pow-! erful political factor in South Caro-, una. From the very start I won th?* I love and confidence of a large major-; ity of mv fellow citizens and it wa- j because of the genuineness of my Dc-1 mocracy that I was so hated and bitterly opposed. Many Rood men be-i lieved 1 was an office seeking dema-1 gogue and could find no languagr strong enough to express their hatreilj and contempt. "Two years ago when a test of my patriotism came, I demonstrated t<?! those who had always opposed mcj that I was not the selfish politician j they had judged me to be. No one knew better than I the risk I ran in making the Ferguson letter public. I knew it jeopardizezd my reelection but I would rather have been beaten than to have remained silent. My frankness, straightforward openness of speech and honesty of purpose?I despise hypocrisy above all other vices?have thrown me into many a briar patch when a more cautious man would have avoided, but I never have lost sight of the id^ls whllji opened before me at Behnettsville and the welfare and uplift of the masses have always been the guiding star which led me on. Your faith, fellow citizens, sustained me, and I preet you in this farewell address with affection and confidence. "This is my pood-bye to public office. I shall not he a candidate apain. Two years apo when I asked you to reelect *ne that I mipht 'die in iu-;rness' I fully expected to die very soon; but the pood Lord has seen fit to prolonp my life and by teachinp me to live rationally has enabled me to repain some depree of health. Should I live to the end of my term, I shall be 72 years of ape and I now serve notice upon all who are interested that T shall not try to succeed myself. If I live until March 4, 1919, 1 shall die out of and not in harness, as I have always wanted to do. Bui t shall not worry. Death awaits us all and is inevitable. I po th? way of all my fathers, and I try to say in all humility and sincerity, 'Lord, Thy will be done.' Hopes for Best. "For four years at least many men in South Carolina have had their eves on the seat I held. This is natural because of my illness and the expectation of my early death. There hasbeen some discussion of it in the newspapers, which was to be expected. How curious, fantastic and cruel is human selfishness; but withal how natural a thing: it is. It is the only element of human nature which is universal. I do not complain at it. and I earnestly hope that the man who is chosen will serve the people as faithfully as I have. You may find a man with more ability than I possess; you can not find one who will brinr to his work greater earnestness and honesty of purpose. "Under the peculiar circumstances which now exist in South Carolina, I hope I may be permitted to say a fe\ words about the present situation in our State without being: misunderstood. It gives me deep concern. I am mortified and disappointed that the primary system has failed to develop in the people sufficient political intelligence to enable them to escape the wiles and tricks of demagogues. Audacity and aptitude in repartee, coupled with a striking nersonari-* have maH<; the neople an easy prey. Instead of candidates being compelled t.) discuss public questions and policies. thev have been allowed to make anneals to prejudice, and the people, blinded by these arts, have follower and made heroes of men who are wholly unworthy. I have been md still am accused of inaugurating this method of campaigning. I challenge the production of a single speech of mine wherein I departed from the discussion of public issues or indulged in unparlimentary language until forced to do so by unfair opponents. The more bitter enemies of the reform movement began the vituperation and abuse that have marked South Carolina politics since H90. They answered argument with invective! they greeted truth with shower of mud and filth; and they, not I, /ELL PEOPLE BEWARE End of Present Senatorial Term lieir Ballots Against Blease. Career and of His Aims. must bear the responsibility. Still Has Confidence. "Two years ago I lamented the same thing, and said I doubted whethor I haH nr*+ ? *? --- .. ..w niuuv a iiiimluiw in giving the people the ballot and teaching them how to use it. But I was impatient. I here reaffirm my confidence in the people?all the people collectively. I believe that the judgment of the whole people?rich and poor, educated and ignorant, high and low?is the surest and truest guide to political action. Their mistakes will be fewer and will be more quickrj nended than will the errors of any one class, be it ever sienlightened. I believe this so religiously that I would rather have a bad governor or a bad senator elected by all the people than a good one elected by anj one class, be it ever so enlightened. I their blunders; the rule of a class tends to the growth and perpetuation of abuses. I have implicit faith that all the people of South Carolina are going to stamp out Bleaseism sooner or later. The strongest Bleasites will be leaders as soon as they are convinced that they have made a mistake. . If I did not believe this, I would lose all faith in self-government. "Jefferson's slogan was, 'Teach the people and trust the people.' To this principle all patriots will give credence, and all Democrats will gladly obey. When the demagogue comes along and blinds the people by the glamor of his arts and instills deviltry and poison into their minds, good citizens must not despair, but redouble their efforts; for the truth is more powtjriul than falsehood and must prevail in the long run. "Again I reaffirm my faith in the people. The battle between privilege and freedom, between equality and favoritism, is world-wide, and ages old. It has brought the cataclysm which- we are witnessing in Europe today* The people of that continent are struggling to free themselves from the shackles of autocracy and the divine right of kings. It is a battle between autocracy and republicanism. The contest in South Carolina in 1890 was to overthrow an aristocracy which had come down to us from colonial days. The Real Revolt. It was a real revolution, in which families were divided, father against son, and brother against brother, showing that principle, and principle alone, moved the people to action. It was my high privilege to lead that i -n-ement which emancipated South rolinians from the thraldom of an oligarchy which had ruled the State for a century. That was my greatest work. I taught South Carolinians to know their rights and how to obtain these rights, and the State has made marvelous progress in every way. In education, in some of its aspects, it has progressed more than any of its sister States; for we have Clemson and Winthrop as model schools, the best of their kind, and, if there were less selfishness and more public spirit throughout the State, the lamentable ignorance now existing in some sections would soon disappear. But our common schools in many counties are sadly deficient, and must be improved. A democracy without adequate means for educating its citizens is bound to be shipwrecked. We can not afford to let our children grow up like weeds. If we do, ignorance will choke out all that is best in our people and destroy our civilization. The State in self-defense, if for no higher reason, will, somehow or other, have to see to it that all the white children get at least the rudiments of an education. Compulsory education is a big question, and I have never here of ore favored it, but acute diseases demand drastic remedies, and if a statute can be framed that will force the white children into schools and at the same time give the blacks only the kind of training?manual and industrial?which they can assimilate, it ought to be done. Effective compulsory education will require a great deal of money, but if we are not willing to spend money for our children, God pity us. Whether a general law or local option by counties is the best is a matter of opinion and will hav?. to be thri"jhprf out I"' 1?s-i-i?-- 1 uic legislature. Their Mistake. "The people two years ago elected a man governor who has 'run amuck' as it were, and displayed so little realization of his high opportunities that it makes me sad and angry to he told, as I have been more than once, that Tillmanism is the direct cause of Bleaseism. All thoughtful and intelligent men know that this is only a half truth, and half truths are the worst sort of lies. Tillmanism taught the people that they could whip and destroy special privilege with the ballot. That was a good thing, all must admit. Nnw 5a t;ii nianism to blame because the people have used that same ballot with which to elevate a demagogue? Yes, I taught the people that they had a right to govern South Carolina and I proclaim the principle anew. They do have the right, even if they elect a hundred Bleases. 'Teach the peop!o and trust the people.' We will, in the end, have better government at the hands of all the people than we would have if any one class ruled. The people will rectify their blunder* as soon as they have become convinced of their error. "It would be just as true to say that Democracy causes Socialism and (Continued on page 7) ;[ Some I That it Will TO B1 Right now we are selling comes to South Carolina foi less than we can buy it by t A barrel or two of our Pan you against bread troubles f and save you several dollars Coffees of all kinds and gi per pound; not a cent adva tea in our stock, though nea vanced from 5c to 10c per these have been withdrawn f Extracts and Spices of all kinds, fresh and guaranteed been advanced 25 per cent c not advanced a cent on anytl' Sugar, Meats (only Dry ? and corn products are the c gest and best stock of good t County that we have advam These items we are selling replace them. Hundreds c Meats, Canned Fruits, Pres< ments, Relishes, Jellies, etc., than you could make them the present cost of sugar. We will do our best to pr< this business, and as long a divide the advances caused clysm of war that is hanging world. We appreciate your busint pay you to do more busines ever before. UNION . GR01 Phone 100. 1 I SW1 j; $1.50 Shirts for f 1.00 Shirts for i* X t Remeri Y X Our Semi-Annua j of Clothing will i Y til our stock is 1 | minimum. | Clark Clotl A^A ATA ^4. ATA i^A A^A A^A A^A A^A ^A J^A a^A J^A A^A ^A A^A A^A A^A A^i 1 < ???< i ^zy S | Comfort H y characterizes the homes thai j* the Furniture we sell is of ti ' f the most presentable and m particular where we buy eve none from the manufacturer ^1^ ThllS WP arp pnahloft fn rn?Afo t l-U Y thus have we earned the r *f the best at the lowest prices | Bradley-Es .A. A^A A T^f1 lungs Pay You LJY! the best Flour that r 75 cents per barrel he car from the mill, sy Flour will fortify or some time to come besides. *ades from 20c to 45c nee on any coffee or rly every tea has adpound, and many of rom the markets. kinds, Cereals of all I, some of these have >r more, but we have ling we have in stock. >alt Meats) and Corn inly items in the bighings to eat in Union ced at all. ' for less than we can if items of Canned 2rves, Pickles, Condiwe are selling for less yourself today with otect every patron of s we have stock will by the great cataj like a cloud over the sss and believe it will s with us today than ;ery cor' * wyr JK. A^4. T|r on in I i*ts I r . . . $1.101 . . . 85c | iber | il Cost Sale x continue unreduced to a ling (Jo. | a^A A " ^ 4 t we furnish, because Y . - L i. ii i A te uesi, tne strongest, JT ost durable. We are V ry article, and accept jr without a guarantee, t* ct our customers, and ? eputation for selling ? ites Co. I