DlTiTl?Y Sfc ? ; '? . ? ? ' . ; --5.: /? Tillman as 1 Smith Hake Rfply to En qn'rici s of CeBgretiiai Aikca. A VERr* SHALL HATTER Aiken \Yt a ted to Know if Either of the Se: a tors Said "Congressman Johnsen Had More Sense than all the Oth r South Carolina Congress men Pi I Together. 'Repress atative Wyatt Aiken, of South Ca cllna, has given out the correspon ence which resulted from his person illy conducted investigation conrernin ; a statement reported to have been made recently by Governor Blease in a speech at Spartanburg, for which the Governor gave as his authority a United States Senator. The st itement, as reported, was that a Un ted States Senator told him (Governo Blease) that Congressman Joseph T Johnson "had more sense than all the other South Carolina Congressi len put together," which, the Gove nor is reported as having said, con! rmel his own judgment. Repres- ntative Aiken, in an effort to find or t what Senator was respon sible for be remark quoted by Gov ernor ?h ase addressed on July 7th this note o Senator Tillman, also en closing nc ?spaiper clipping of Govern or's Bleai e's reported statement: "Surel; Senator Tillman did not say this. (Signed) Wyatt Aiken.." A simi ar note and clipping were sent to ?' enator Smith, from whom n? reply vas received. Senate; Tillman replied as follows: "Trent m, S. C, July 10, 1911. Hon. Wy itt Aiken, House of Repre sentative' , Washington, D. C.?Dear Wyatt: have received the enclosed which sp ?aks for itself. I do not know fro n what paper you took the clipping, nor even do I understand who was speaking. But that does not matt >r. I have never said that Joe John ion had more sense than all the othe ? Congressmen from South Carolina, for it would not be true. He is n?.t naturally brighter, If as bright, a j several of our Represen tatives. '1 have complimented him on his Indus ;ry and persistency in work ing for I Is constituents. That is all. J am su'prised .that you anpear so thin-skin led, and the hot weather must be getting in its work on your brain, tut heretofore I have never found yo i very sensitive or willing to 'fly off' like this. I hope you will soon be well again and will settle down ar d resume the even tenor of your wa:'. "Hav< just returned from Orange burg, wl ere I had a delightful time. All the people there seem to !be Tillman! es now. Very sincerely yours, (Signed) B. R. Tillman." The 1 allowing letter was sent to Senator Smith by Mr. Aiken on the 3rd of A ugust, 1911: "Horn e of Representatives, Wash ington, .). C, August 3, 1911.?Dear Senator: Not long since when Gov. Blease spoke at Spartanburg, the newspap ;rs state that 'When Con gressma i Joseph T. Johnson came upon tl 3 rostrum he said that a United I tates Senator had told blm . that Mi. Johnson had more sense ti.an al the other South Carolina Congres smen put together, and this, he said, jonflrmed hj? own judgment.' "Whi e I am nar thin-3klnned at all, I ft It that it was nothing but fair to j >u and to Senator Tillman to inquire f the above report emanated from eil ier of you gentlemen. Sena tor Tillr an promptly replied denying the stat ment so far as he was con cerned ? ad stated further that he did not beli ve the Governor's assertion to be tn e. "Aboi t that time I also sent the clipping) to you pinned to a seperate sheet ot paper something like this: 'Surely Senator Smith did not say this,' ar d signed my name. I have heard n >thing from you, and think ing per) aps you did not receive the clipping and note I have concluded to write you again and ask that you tell me whether or not you made such a emark to the Governor. "Wit regards, your very sincere ly (Signed) Wyatt Aiken. The ollowing reply was sent to Roprese itative Aiken by Senator Smith: "Was aingjton. D. C, August 10th, 1911. 3on. Wyatt Aiken, House of Repres( ntatives, Washington, D. C, Dear A ken: On account of illness at home t nd, having just returned to the city. this is my first opportunity of repl; ing to your letter of recent dare. "In reply I beg to say that I re mem.be . in the course of a casual oonvers ition with the Governor, on the car;, of speaking complimentary of Con; ressman Johnson. Just \. hat languai e I used I do not recall. "I di i not receive your newspaper clippinj, your letter being the only commu lication I had from you on the sut iect. "Wit i kindest regards, I am, very sincere' y yours, (Sig\ed) "E. D. Smith." Afte ? receiving the above reply from S?nator Smith, Representative Aiken i ad the following to say: "I th rk Senator Smith might have bad th manhood to say whether he did or aot ma*..l aad many others wounded. A '.arse Dumber of houses were blown down. * ORANGE BLIND MAN CURED pHIS SIGHT RESTORED BY HYP* NOTIC TREATMENT. Former Policeman Retired as Hope lessly Sightless from Atrophy of Eyes, Reads Large Print. Ralph Swineston, who was retir ed from the New York police force with a pension In July, 1903, as hopelessly blind, was able to read ordinary print after Dr. Alfred J. Fox had hypnotized him in the Hotel Frederick, Fifty-sixth street, near Broadway, New York. The World says Dr. Fox three months ago treated Melchior Luy sterberg in St. Mark's hospital and demonstrated that he could make the man walk though Luysterburg had been a hopeless paralytic for three years. Dr. Fox, naturally dellghte-'l after the experiment said he believed it was the first time atrophy of the eye had responded to any treatment. The former policeman has had two treatments. He lives at No. 418 West Fortieth street. One unusual feature of the exper iment lies in the fact that hypno tism generally depends upon a con centrated look into the eyes of the hypnotist. Swineston could give no such glance and the physician ex experimented with ihm in a mild way for several days before definitely putting the six-footer into the hyp notic state. "I fidst went to the doctor a week ago, said Swineston to a World re porter for the World Thursday. "I'd heard of what he told a man in St. Mark's and I thought he might be able to do something for me. "When I left the force I could stand on the curb of a street and not see a car pasing. I could not see any person's full face. By looking sideways I could get a hazy view. I could not read anything. I could not see an electric lamp If it shone in front. "After I was retired with a small pension for total disability I went to making little toys. Then I got a job in a paper box factory cutting cor ners. That doesn't need sight. Two of the men working with me were blind. "I could just see a general blur of light. That was disappearing when a friend read me about the hypno tist making the paralyzed man walk. I said, "If he can do that why can't he make me see again?" So I came to him." After explaining the case, Swines ton droped his head on the back of an admchair and Dr. Fox talked to him in a low voice, making passes before his eyes. There was nothing spectacular about the performance. Swineston went into a sleep that .lasted nearly an hour. In Its course the physician whispered to him many times: "The arteries that supply your eyes are getting stronger. The nerves are growing stronger. The can see. You can see letters. Your eyes are much stronger. They will soon be allright." The big fellow, breathing heavily was brought out of his sleep. He looked the reporter squarely In the eye. He read an advertisemnt in large type. He failed on smaller type. "But my eyes are getting stronger, sure," he said. "Wouldn't it be fine if they got so good that I could go on the force again." ? PUT NUGENT OUT. Jersey Democrats Resent Insult to Governor Wilson. At Asbury Park, N. J., fourteen members of the Democratic state committee, the exact number neces sary for a quorum, voted Friday af ternoon to declare vecant the chair manship of the organization, occu pied by James R. Nugent, who was recently asked to resign because of his aleged reference to Gov. Wood row Wilson as "an ingrate" and in other opprobious terms. This action followed rioting, which the police were called upon to quell, and was taken after Nugent and a supporter had left the rom and the quoruri had been reestablished by othter members of the committee. * Pays up the Cost. A check for $42,395.69 was re ceived Friday at Washington by the department of justice from the Stan dard Oil Company In payment of costs in the dissolution suit brought by the government under the Sher man anti-trust law. * Two Amercians Drown. Advices received from the Congo Free State say that two Americans, Messrs. Delforge and Black, mana gers of the American Roma company travelling on the river Roch off Lis- i pa. The bodies have not been re covered. * Hurled to the Ground. At Meneola, L. I., Bud Weinberg, an aviator, while trying to qualify for a pilot's license, Friday fell 250 feet with his machine. He was only badly bruised. The machine was wrecked. * Lynched for Cause. At Farmville, Texas, Commodore Jones, a negro, who nsed insulting language in addressing a young white woman over the telephone, was hang ed by a mob Saturday night. :B?RG, S. G, TUESDAY, AU WILL NOT DOWN Governor Blease Again Denies He In sulted (he Yonng Lady IN SPEECH TO RED MEN Says His Enemies Concocted the Scheme to Injure Him, and that They as Well as His Friends Know Why it Was Done, But He Didn't Tell His Hearers. Governor Blease's first address to the people of his home county, since his inauguration was delivered at a Red Men's Rally, at Young's Grove, near Prosperity, Friday, which was attended by about two thousand peo ple. Governor Blease was enthusi astically received and made what was regarded by those who heard it as one of the best adresses which he has e\er delivered'In that county. He spoke on the "Principles of Red Manship," but he branched off once or twice to discuss matters connect ed with his administration and per sonal attacks which had been made upon him. Near the close of his address he said that he felt he ought, before the people of his home, who knew him, to refer to the Belton Incident, the! acusation that he had insulted i a woman. "I shall say nothing about her," he said. "She may be a spure and as spotless as an angel, but the man or the woman who was present on that occasion and heard what took place and tells the truth will tell you that I did not insult her." He said he wanted to tell the good women present, many of whom had known him since his boyhood days, that he had said nothing on earth to hurt her feelings or to offend her. "Why they concocted that scheme is plain," he said, "to my enemies and will be understood by my friends. They have fought me with oveiry kind of abuse, vituperation and slander and could not hurt me and they 'went to that extreme, to which all dirty, unscrupulous hounds like them will go, thinking 'now we wfll strike him with a woman, we will bring him Into controversy with a woman.' " .at Continuing, he said: "Ladies, those of you who have known me all your lives, if there is one of you in that crowd that believes I would in sult a woman without cause or with out provocation I will thank you from the bottom of my heart if you will stand up or raise your hand." There being nq standing or lifting of hands on the part of the ladles. he said, "Men, you who have known me all my life, if one of you, wheth er you be my political friend or not, believes that Cole Blease would in sult a woman without dause or provocation, be man enough to hold up your hand, if you please. I want you to do it, if you believe that." The only response was In the na ture of remarks to the effect that he ought to know the people of New berry did not believe any such thing, and cheers. Governor Blease said: "My friends I thank you, God knows I do." That charge, he said, had hurt him when none of the others could, "because," he said, "I had as good a mother as any boy ever had and I had as good a step mother as God ever gave to a family of children, and whenever I stoop so low or get so cowardly as to insult a woman, I hope God will paralyze my tongue." Governor Blease defended his par don record, taking up several cases and going into detail and requesting his hearers If there were any other pardons in regard to which they would like to hear the reasons which actuated him or any other matters connected with his administration which th-jy would like to hear from him upon, to ask him. He said he had spoken to between 30,000 and 3.".000 peiple this year, more than had attended all the campaign meet ings last summer, and lie was tryin? to get among the people and find out their wishes nrd the policies which were for their best interests. In congratulating the Red Men in-on the fact that there were no rcrro lodges of the Order, he referr ed to secret lodges among the ne groes and, among other things, says he had positive proof that there were a man and his wife living in a dis tant State trying to perfect organi ations throughout the Southern States among the negroes, claiming the societies formed would pay bene fits in cases of sickness or death or distress, but before any neco could become a member of the society he had to sign an oath that he would not work but eight honrs a day and would obey the mandates of super ior officers and he was being taught that he was a social equal of the white man. He said it was not true that he was unfriendly to the negro when the negro was in his place, but he wants to sound a word of warning. "So long as you can get white women and white men to go into the school bouses of this country and teach negroes and associate wtih them side by side, so long will these sceret orders flourish among that class, and so long will the white people have trouble, and it will be come serious." "Not long since, he said, he had passed by an institution in South Carolina and had seen a handsome GUST 15, \MI NEGRO DIES AT STAKE i TAKEN FROM H03PITAL BY A MOB AND BURNED. The Ne gro Shot and Killed a Special Poll ?man at Coatsville, Pa., and Was Burned Near the Scene. Zacariah Walker, a negro desper ado, was carried on a cot from the hospital at Coatsville, Pa., Sunday night and burned to a crisp by a fren zied mob of men and boys. The negro, who Saturday night shot and killed Edgar Rice, a special police man o' the Worth Iron mills, was first cvagged to the scene of the shooting, begging piteously for mer cy. A dispatch from Coatsville says the negro had been arrested by a posse late Sunday afternoon after a search which otirred the country. The posse finally found him hiding In a cherry tree. The neiro with the last bullet in his revolver shot himself in the mouth, falling from the tree. He was inmoved to the 'hospital and placed nnder guard.. A few minutes after nine o'clock a crowd numbering almost 1,000 per sons appeared at the hospital. The leaden, were denied admission but they quickly smashed the window frames and crawled through the cor ridor. When Walker was first tak en to the 'hospital he was strapped down in order to prevent 'his escape. The mob, seeing this, gathered up the bed and placing it on the shoul ders of four men, started for the country. When half a mile from the hospital they entered a field and quickly gathered up a pile of dry grass and weeds, placed the bed con taining their victim on it. A match was applied and the flames shot up quickly, entirely en shrouding the screaming victim. That not a vestige of the murderer bo left, the mob tore down the fence along the road and piled the rails on the burning negro. After waiting for half an hour the mob dispersed. A curious feature of the burning was the fact that there were almost as many women in the crowd as men. During the march from the hospi tal to the scene of the burning of the negro, not a policeman was encoun tered by the mob. Even the man on duty in the hospital made no effort to stop the leaders who gained admit tance to the institution. The only masks worn by the members of the mob were handkerchiefs drawn over their faces. Coatsville is a town of about 1 0,000 population and is lo cated on the main line of the Penn sylvania railroad, about 30 miles west of Philadelphia. WANTS SABBATH OBSERVED. Governor Bleaso Orders Sunday Amusements Stopped. Governor Blease has addressed to Sheriff Coleman, of Rlchland Coun v. a letter directing him to abate alleged nuisances at Ridgewood, in respect to violations of th eSabbath observance laws; the letter follows: W. H. Coleman, Sheriff Richland County, Columbia.?Dear sir: I am informed that there is a shooting gallery, which Is operated on the Sabbath, at Ridgewood, and I am al so informed that there is a game, commonly described as "throwing the babies," which is also operated on the Sabbath at that place. You will please go there and make an investigation and If you find this is the case, close up these places and arrest the operators. Please give this matter your prompt attention, as in my opinion there is nothing more degrading to the morals of the peo ple than the desecration of the Sab bath day. Very respectfully, Cole L Blease, Governor. Blazing Whiskey Flowed. In New York on Friday blazing whiskey flowed all over the block and the police reserves were sum moned to beat back a mob Intent, on rescuing some of the liquor for personal consumption when an au-' tumobile truck loaded with spirits caught fire on Fighth avenue. The whole truck load, worth about $1, 000, was destroyed. *j Cowhided by n Wontim. Because, it is alleged, he circulat ed reiKirts detrimental to the charac ter of Mrs. H. G. Sherrill, wife of a well known citizen of S)>encer, N. C. George L. Webb, a machinist in the Southern railway shops there, was cowhided by Mrs. Sherrill, who im mediately afterwards went to police headquarters and submitted to a charge of assault. * _ white woman walking across the campus of a negro school, with one arm around a negro boy and another arm around a negro girl. That hap pened, he said in the city of Colum bia. Tie said he expected to recom mend at the next session of the Leg islature the passage of an act pro hibiting anyone from teaching in the schools of this State who has not received a certificate from the State Superintendent of Education and the Governor. Th( greatest portion of Govcernor Blease'8 speech was a fine effort along fraternal lines, only the few diver sions of a political nature being here] givrn. He was frequently Interrupt ed by applause and he said that the vaim reception which he had re-J reived at the hands of the people ol Ms native county made his heart glad. ?1 mm JUMPS THE TRACK FOUR PEOPLE ARE KILLED AND MANY ARE INJURED Passenger Sideswipes Freight on Sid ing and Trains Are Piled Up in Mass of Twisted Iron. Four persons were^killed and thir ty injured when the Pennsylvania 18 hour train, en routs "?from Chicago to New York, fft 'd the track on the western outs. i. 3 of Fort Wayne at 6:03 Sunday evening, while going at the rate of 50 miles an hour. In leaving the rails the two en gines pulling the passenger train side swiped a freight engine and the three piled up in a mass of bent and twist ed iron. The dead are: Wm. E. Arrick, Fort Wayne; en gineer on freight. Peter Malone, Fort Wayne, engi neer on flyer. W. Criech, Fort Wayne, fireman on flyer. Unknown passenger at St. Joseph's ?hospital. The police department, the fire de partment and every am'bulance in the city were called to the scene of the accident and the injured were soon taken to the hospitals. At least 50 doctors were on the scene within a half hour of the time the trains came together, and within a short time thousands of people had collected about the wreck. Tho main track and the track on which the freight train was stand ing were torn up for a distance of 200 yards. The two engines of the flyer were torn from their trucks and thrown down the embankment, while the en gines of the freight reared in the air over the trucks of the flyer's en gines. Passengers in the seven rear cars escaped with only outs and bruises. SET HIMSELF ON FIRE. Abbeville Farmer Finds Death in a s Very Strange Way. Charles Nlckles, son of L. C. Nick les, of the Santuc section of Abbe ville county, died Saturday night from the effects of burns received last Fri day, when he made an attempt at self-destruction, with the result that his father's toarn and its contents were destroyed. Young Nichols had been suffering for some time with melancholy and Friday went into the barn on his father's farm, covered himself with fodder and set fire to it. Others on the place were attracted by smoke and with great difficulty saved" the young man from immediate death. It was impossible to check the flames and the building and its contents were burned with a total loss. Young Nickles lingered until Sat urday, when death ended his suffer ing He is twenty-two years of age and had been farming wtitib' his father VERY QUEER ACCIDENT. Huge Turkey Buzzard Causes Two Cars to Leave Track. At Los Angeles, Cal., the lives of a score of passengers on two inbound beach cars were placed in jeopardy late Friday night by a huge turkey buzzard. Just as a Venice flyer and a Del Rey car were approaching a switch the buzzard charged the bril liant head lights of the flyer. He missed his aim and crashed through the glass door, knocking the motor man back into the aisle just as he was .applying the air brakes to bring his car to a stop. The Del Rey car was already on the switch and the cars crashed, both being derailed. None of the passengers were in jured. * Will Sell It to CiV. Authority is given the secretary I of the treasury to sell the old post ! office and courthouse at Charleston, ! ?. C. to the city of Charleston by a j senate bill passed Friday In the j bouse For sentimental reasons the 'people cf Charleston objected to the I depait'.anei's plan to tear down the ? old building. * Jokers Were Killed. At Detroit, (Mich., Frank J. Cook and Daniel Vreeland, special detec I Lives for the Lake Shore railroad, j who were killed Saturday night by ; Si>ecial officer William Burnett, of I the Michigan Central railroad, met [death as a result tpf a joke they at tempted to play on Burnett. Negro Kills a Negro. S At a negro barbecue just beyond ' the city limits of Abbeville, Josn 1 P( torson. a negro, wias shot and killed by Burton Fuller, another ne ! fL-ro Fuller claims that Peterson was . beating him with a stick when ho i srhot. Fuller is in jail. * Powder Magazine Exploded. The government powder magazine magazine at San Jose California, ex ' ploded Frday from an unknown j cause. Several persons were killed I and many others wounded. A large ; number of houses were blown down.* Aviator Injured in Flight. Pud Weinberg, an aviator, while trying to qualify for a pilot's license at Mineola, L. I., Friday, fell 250 feet with his machine. He was only badly bruised although his machine was wrecked. ? TWO CENTS PER COPY, BIG WORKS BURN Southern Wood Produus Company Tlanl al Conway Destroyed. A SPZCIACULAR BLAZE Without Warning, Explosion Fol lowed by Rapid Spread of Flames Results in Serious .Burning of Several Employees and Total De struction of Valuable Property. A special dispatch from Conway to The News and Courier says as a re ?Uit oi a serious fire, the causes of which are unknown, which suddenly ?roae out Tnursday night in thei plant of the Southern Wood Products Company, tne day foeman, M. David W. Tisdale, lies in a critical condi tio?, several other employees are in jured and the large new plant of th?i company is a complete mass of char red ruins. All of the employees were at their posts and the work was proceeding,, seemingly, in perfect order when, tnere was a slight explosion and the names flashed and spread over tho whole building; all materials con tained therein being highly Inflam-, maule and there was no hope of sav ing the factory. In the explosion and first breath of the fire, Mr. Tisdale was com pletely enveloped in the gas-laden flames. A negro workman, near at nand, received serious burns and oth er minor injudies. Except for tho coolness of other employees, who, recognizing their danger and the ne cessity for prompt action, seized those who had been mos: seriously burned and plunged them into a tank of water, the results wou?i have been far more serious. Mr. Tisdale, who was almost crazed by his burns, broke from hie friends, and cloudy folk wed by a, burning negro employee ran all the way to Conway, a distance of nearly a mile where he was given medical attention. His condition is now con sidered critical, while the others who were burned are out of danger. The fire was very spectacular, the .rays of the flames being accentuated by rapid explosions of tanks of ben zine, oils and other explosives, the products of the company, that shot upwards immense columns of fire and smoke, which were visible miles away. The heat was so intense that nothing could be saved from the fac tory, although by neroic efforts the old factory nearby, the office building and the residence of Mr. .Vlagrath were saved. A number of railroad cars on a nearby siding were burned. Mr. L. D. Magrath the superin tendent and general manager of no works, when seen, stated that t.la loss would probably exceed $40,0')0 with no insurance to cover, as the in surance companies have, on account of the nature of the business, refus ed the risk. Mr. Magrath had no statement to make relative to the plans for rebuilding nor of the prob abilities, as up to this time no ad vices had been received by him from the New York offices. The company's lightwood timber holdings were extensive, suf ficient to run the plant for twenty years, and they were continually ad ding to their possessions. This com pany the oly thoroughly suc cessful process for the extraction of tupentine, rosin and other prod ucts from ligihtwood, and the burn ed plant was the pioneer factory op erating under the new process invented and perfected by Mr. Geo. Walker, of New York City, preisi dent of the company. It was reviv ing a rapidly declining Industry of this section of the State, that of tur pentine distillation. The first plant built by Mr. Walker and his associates was erected here six years ago. After a few months of successful operation it was burn ed, but was immediately rebuilt. Since that time an entirely new proc ess having been discovered the op eration of the plant already in exis tence has been discontinued. Work was begun on the new factory a li tle over a year ago, and the factory has just been completed, althouish portions of it have been In operation for several months. New Cotton Pest A new cotton pest discovered near iMacon Ge., is putzling the cotton experts. It made its appearance first on the farm of C. J. Langston about si-, day ago and has destroyed about IS acres of cotton. The bug is a brilliant red in color and attacks tho stalk and leaves of the plant. * Killed in Mine Disaster. At Hoch urn, Prussia, fifty men were killed in a disaster at the Han nibal coal mine Friday. Sixty min ers were entering the pit to begin their day's work when the cable of the cage in which they were being lowered broke, dropping the party to the bottom of the shaft.- ? The Earth Trembled. The most severe earthquake shock felt in the vicinity of San Francisco* California in years was felt in that place on Friday afternoon at three forty. The occupants of the stores, much alarmed, and fearing a rcoc curence of the great shock of a few years ago, fled into the streets.