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v ! (This Advertiseme*i HI H Hidtty mum i t I i In recent papers have apeared advertisements in the inter| est of Cole L. Blease for a THIRD TERM as Governor of South Carolina. The friends of decent white Government, the friends 1 of schools, of good roads and of the Confederate veterans are j Let Us Compare T I APPROPRIATION BILL 1 Af f KUrKlA 11UIN BlUi NET INCR | Wh Now let us do something that Cole Blease did not have the nerve to do. Let's be honest with the people and show them who and what class of people have benefitted by this increase. In 1914 the county schools of the state were receiving nothing or practically nothing to help them keep their doors open and the average term then was about three months. The rural schools are now receiving in round numbers about one million five hundred thousand dollars every year and as a result the . school terms throughout the state have been doubled. \* hy did . not Blease have the nerve to tell the people of the State this? He was afraid because he knew the people were heartily in fa. vor of good schools and he wanted their votes and if he told tViPrri tha truth that hp ronlrl riot pvront. to earrv out his Dlan of ! deception. * I So you see exactly where over one million five hundred I thousand dollars of Blease's scarecrow has gone. Now let's j see where some more*is. ! In 1914, the last year Blease was governor, what were our old Confederate Veterans getting from the state as a pension? They were getting practically nothing and many of the heroes of the sixties were virtually paupers. They are now getting | practically four times as much and conditions at the old Confederate's home have been improved tenfold for the better. What If Blease is elected and does what he insinuates he will do, that is reduce all appropriations to where they were in 1^14 it will? Reduce the average school term to three months instead of seven or either force every man to pay five or six dollars every few months for each child he sends to school. It will again cut the school teachers down to about enough to pay board at a second rate hotel or boarding house. It will handicap every poor but deserving boy or girl in securing a higher education. It will make a vast majority of our Confederate Veterans absolutely dependent upon their relatives or the county for the f necessities of life. i The rich man can and does send his boy or girl to training ' school and college. You can't hurt him by cutting out the com. mon, graded and high schools. The poor will have to do withj out these benefits. IDid you know that seventy-five cents out of every dollar you will pay in 1922 for taxes was voted on you by yourself and it never leaves Chesterfield county. Did you know that even if every state office from the Governor on down received absolute| ly no pay that it would only reduce your taxes about two cents 1 on the dollar? i Let us now pass from this subject to another. Who is the real friend of the people? Blease is a city bred and born man. t is Published and Paid for by the Chesterfield County Supporters of Thoti Ihh H AH getting out this edition of The Advertiser and paying for it themselves in order that the people may not be misled. All over the State Blease has read and compared the appropriation bill of 1914 with the appropriation bill under the he Figures and See Whe UNDER PRESENT ADMINISTRATION UNDER BLEASE, 1914 EASE ava fha Inrv*A9 CP Right here is where about one million more dollars go to and also the men who are recvieing it. Did Cole L. Blease tell you this? He did not. Why? He was too shrewd and did not want you to have the facts. He knew that there was not a decent white man in South Carolina that would be cheap and unpatriotic enough to insist on his taxes being reduced five or ten cents at the expense of our old Confederate Veterans. Just here then 9 is where another of Blease's scarecrows have been knocked over. In 1914 and under Blease's administration it was almost impossible for a poor boy or girl to go to college for the state government was giving precious little to the schools in order for them to give free scholarships and free tuition. The~State is now giving many more times it was giving under Blease's administration in order that the poor but deserving boy and girl might have a chance. Would you cut this out in order for you to save a few cents per year. Did Blease tell you that a great per cent of the increase was in order that the boys and girls of the state might be better trained as useful citizens and that they might have a chance in life? He did not?He was afraid to. Right here is where about another half million of that increase ge es to. In 1914, under Blease's administration the teachers in the Would The Resi He is a criminal lawyer only. McLeod is a country bred men and lawyer. He has considerable farming interests. He has as many or more boll weevils and troubles as.you. He has piedged himself on every stump in South Carolina in favor of tax reduction. But his plan is not to cripple everything of vital interest and absolute necessity td the people. He is determined to make the big man and monied interests pay their part of the taxes a thing which they are not doing now and did not do under Blease. Did Blease tell you that he was proud when a Yankee Republican defeated the Democratic candidate for president in 1920? He openly boasted of this and he cannot and has not denied it. Did he tell you that he helped to hinder the prosecution of the war against Germany when your relative was risking his life for his country? He cannot deny this. He has not denied this because he knows it is true. Did he tell you that he recommended Joe Tolbert, a republican to hand out offices in South Carolina? He could . not deny it for his own signature to the letter would give him a way. Did Blease tell you that he was proud at the downfall of VVoodrow Wilson a southern Democratic president? He has also boasted of this and does not deny the charge . Did Blease tell you about his turning out of the State penitentiary between 17 hundred and 2000 criminals which the nas G. McLeod) 4 j ! I \ I 111^^ ^1jjj I present administration. He has not had the nerve to tell the ( people though where the increase went to and who were receiving the benefit of the increase. If he had done this he knows that his plan of deception would have been knocked into a cocked hat. j re the Money Goes j $6,534,925.82 , 2,146,253.04 I $4,388,672.78 t loes schools of the State were receiving an average salary of about j $35.00 per month and a great percent of them were wholly un- j fitted from every standpoint to train the children of the state. j Do you want the same kind again? Cole was again absent i minded and of course for got to tell you this. I In 1914 there were only three decent school houses in Ches- ' terfield County. Did Blease tell you that now there are at least twenty-five modern school buildings in the county and that 65 cents out of every dollar you pay goes towards the payment of these buildings and for competent teachers to use them? He did not. He was minus the courage again. In Blease's advertisement over his own signature he almost in tears pleads for these different things. Is he going to pay all the cost himself? He must do this or you must do it or do without them. You cannot get something for nothing. Did Blease tell you that taxes had been reduced this year j about twenty-five per cent? Did he tell you this and that despite ' the fact that the schools, the Confederate Veterans and the J feeble-minded would still be taken care of. Did he tell you that ' this was made possible by the work of an agency which he solemnly pledges to abolish? Did Blease tell you that in 1914 the State levy was 6 mills, now only 71/>1 lit Be? juries and judges had convicted? Do you want that many more turned out upon the law abiding people of the state? j Do you want this type of man to head the best and proud- i est state in the union? McLeod is and has always been a real Democrat. He strongly advocates and has promised strict law enforcement He is in favor of tax reduction by equalizing the tax burden and making the monied interests and corporations pay their part of the taxes. He is in favor of good schools, good roads and taking care of old Confederate Veterans and also the veterans of the last great war. He has been honest with the people. He is a dirt farmer and of course will take care of the farming interests. McLeod will be our next Governor. Blease was defeated when he failed to be elected in the first primary. . If Blease can put the state back to where it was in 1914 j would you be willing for him to do it? Cotton was then bring- j mg under his administration 4 or 5 cents per pound and tobacco I about the same price. We had then under his administration I one of the greatest panics the country has suffered. He did J not promise to bring back these bad conditions. Of course he could not as any sensible person knows and likewise all the j changes he can make or all he can do is to raise hell, appoint f notaries and turn loose prisoners. Can a Leopard change his j spots? I