Evening journal., 1907-08-26
FARMER SENATOR
TO MAKE ADDRESS
Benz. R. TiIIman the AttraC-
tiOn for Farmers Day at
BrandyWine Springs

United States Senator Benjamin r.
Tnlman. of South Carolina. who has
gained for himself more sobriauets by
his denunciatory speeches in the Sem
ate at Washington than any other
member Of the upper house, is the at
traction for Farmers DAY at Brandy
wine Springs on Wednesday and
Thursday of this week.
The most extensive preparations
without consideration of cost. have
been made for thee Entertainment of
the farmer and his family. For
months the management of the park
has been endeavoring to secure the
services Of Senator Benjamin r.. Till
man. of South Carolina, to speak en-
this occasion and he finally consented.
He will be introduced by John G.
Gray. The ex-governor win speak at
the park on Wednesday, August 2S,
and on the day following, big Thurs
day." special entertainment win be
provided for the families. as this day
win be known as Family Day.
Invitations have been sent to every
rural resident Of New Castle county.
enclosing two strips of tickets, which
are good for free admission TO every
amusement of the park for the use Of
the country children. Prizes viii be
given for the Dretuest baby. the fat
test and best twins, also for doll ba-
bies brought by little mothers. No
residents of this or any other city
will be eligible to these contests. A
prize viii be offered to the largest
family registered
Senator Tillman has selected his
favorte subject for his address at the
Springs. "The Race Problem from a
Southern Standpoint" which theme is
of interest TO the people of this sec
ton Senator Hoar of Massachusetts,
one time said of Tnlman: HE is an
honest. manly and able statesman"
When Tllman first came into view
as public man the impression spread
abroad was that here was an unedu-
Gated. uncoth. brawling Southern far
mer. who aspired to rule his State.
This was one of the earliest misinter-
pratations of the man that was cir
culated over the land. Benjamin X.
Tnlman came of one Of the most in
tellgent. and it might be said aristo-
cratic. of the old South Carolina FAINT
lies When he was a boy before The
war he had for a governess and tutor
the sister of Chester A. Arthur, who
afterwards became President of the
United states The Tinman family
lived i'm luxury until the war swept
away it's property in slaves and left 1t
nothing but deprecated land. The
present Senator. on that account. did
not go to college, as nearly all the
rich Southern youth di6 before the
secession. nor did he study law. He
became farmer on the ancestral
estate. and there he stayed, literally a
tler of the soil until the great poll
tical uprising Of the farmers of the
1 West and South took place in 1890. Mr
/ Tulman, however. during the twenty
/ five years of his steady farm life was
an eager student of books and affairs
such as became the brother of O
prominent fourteen-year Congress
man. the cousin of perhaps the lead
ing lawyer of the Alabama bar. anC
tho near relative of other Tnlman'
who became respectively n professor
at West Point. a district attorney il
Tennessee and United States min
lister in the diplomatic service. Th'
South Carolinian collected in thos'
years one of the largest private librar
les IN the South. and all who knew
him appreciated his intellectual ac
complishments and his unusual stron'
mental capacity.