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PUBLISHED TRI -WEEKL SAYS HEU m h K-w York Man flunks GWrnor Wil sen Will Freak Ail Rcccrcs THE COUNTRY FOR HIM ? * > ?Sentiment as Seen by the New York er on a Business Trip of Ten Thousand Miles Makes; Him Bc . .lieve that Gov. Wilson Will Sweep the Country Next Y<;ar. J. W. Binder, of New York,' writes as follows to the New York Times concerning the presedential election next year. Editor of New York Times: The next President cf the United States will be a Democrat. His name is Woodrow Wilson. His ma jority in the electoral college will be greater than that given to any President ever elected. These are strong statements. Let. me tell you why I believe them to be true. I have, within the past two months traveled more than ten thousand miles in the United States. I have talked with some of the big gest men in the country. I have al so talked with workingmen, com mercial travelers, small merchants and others. The sentiment in favor of Wilson is simply tremendous. His adminis tration in New Jersey since his elec . tion as Governor has made friends for him by the thousand. Business men feel that in the hands of such a man their interests would be con served, while the working men hail the New Jersey employers' liability law, enacted at his urgent demand, as one of the best laws ever put ofi our statute books. A (Nichigan man ufacturer, many times a millionaire none of whose fortune has been made by security juggling, said to me: "I am for Wilson because I be lieve he recognizes that the govern ment of this great nation should be put on a business basis. The business men of the United States have accustomed themselves to re gard government as something a side, j somethin? mysterious, intang ible, in Which ihey had but a. pass ing interest, and to which plain business principles could not be ap plied. Hence, for the past fifty years the. functions of government have been largely in the hands of law yers. Now, while I have the highest regard for law and for its exponv ents, I have yet to see the lawyer whom I would make the general manager of my business. If this be true of my own personal busi ness, involving a capitalization of less than $10,00?,000, on what grounds can the people of thi3 coun try possibly justify their placing the coj!i.'ol of the greatest business in the world?the government of these United States?almost entirely in the hands of lawyers? I have no hesitation in saying that the post office department of the United States should be made to be self supporting, if, indeed, it cannot be made to show a profit. I believe it can, if ;t is administered without re gard to politics. It should be the buisness of the President of the United States to see that it is so ad mi niste rei. I believe that Wood row Wilson would insist that it be so administered. Hence I am for him." Oae of the men I talked with was vice mayor of a large mid western city. He is an enthusiastic Wilson supporter. I asked him what objections he had heard to Wilson's candidacy. He could name oniy one. That was that Wilson changed his mind on the matter of the initiative, referendum and recall. It is true. He did. He cays himself that for fif teen years he taught his classes in Princeton that neither of these doc trines would work. He says, fur ther, he can prove today that they won't work. Then he adds with na tive f-^'-ess. "but the trouble is they do work," and, recognizing that practice is always better than theory, he adapts himself to the changed conditions, and faces con ditions as they are, not as he theo etically believed them to be. "This." continued my Democratic friend, "is in my estimation, the best indica tion of Wilson's strength." J. W. LMnder. Hunting Negro Murderer. Officers are searching for a negro. Ash'jury Jones, alias Ashbury Mar iney, who is wanted by Sheriff Lyon of Abbeville county for the murder of his wife which occurred Monday night. Mariney. it is charged: used a razor, cutting her from eir to ear death resulting instantly. Death of Judge Klugh. James C. Klugh died at his home in Abbevillo on Thursday, at the age of f>4 years. He had been in bad health for the past two years or more and for the greater part of the time unable to do any work. Butter Dean Causes Death. When a butter bean became lodged in his windpipe, John It. Dillard, aged four years, died in great agony at Columbus, Ga., Friday night. The child was the son of J. Z. Dillard of Ochille, Ga., and was visiting rela tives at Columbus, Ga. OPPOSE TILLMAX. May Drop Out of the Gubernator ial Race and Reach Out for the Senator's Scalp. A dispatch from Columbia- to the Greenwood Journal says friends of Governor Please, who have had talks with him since his return from the political junket through the Piedmont section of the state, say that, while not ? committing himself, he is thinking strongly of entering the race for the United States Sen ate against O. R. Tillman and Col. Jasper Talbert,, of Parksville. The people are watching the sit uation with interest and the .next public speak' ; or ^inhering, may bring forth something of interest. It is said that the governor is very much peeved because of the state ments made by Senator Tillman in his letter to "Bose" Crews. The entire situation has been brought about as a result of the ex clusive interview secured by a staff representative of The Chronicle and printed in all of the South Carolina papers. Although three months away, there is much speculation here as to what the next general assembly willi brin? forth. All ot the politic ians who have been accustomed to ask for office two years in this state are keeping still with their tongues awaiting the verdict -of the law makers on many questions that might come up. The present outlook in this state is that there will be no other cand idates to enter the race for gover nor except Ira B. Jones, who is to leave the supreme bench on Janu ary 9, and the present governor. Should the present governor re tire from the race and ,go seeking senatorial honors, then there would likely be a number of. candidates for the place. Among those who might run would be John G. Richards, Jr., Thos. G. McLeod, Richard I. Man ning and Howard B. Carlisle. With the mixed up condition the indications are that the next cam paign in South Carolina will be one of the most strenuous in the his tory of the state. From the present outlook, it seems as if the whiskey ques tion will be eliminated. With that question out of the way the issue would be men. THE DEADLY HOT SUPPERS. One Xegro Shot and One Slashed in Xewberry County. In the St. Phillips section six miles from Newberry, ;here was a ne,5To hot supper with the usual ac companiments on Saturday night. Monroe Leitzsey was shot just un der the eye with a pistol by James Wilson. While Dr. Dunn was look ing for the ball Leitzsey coughed it up. It had gone through the roof of the mouth and dropped into the throat. Wilson died. Ten minutes after he had dress ed Leitzsey's wound, the same phy sician was called en to sew up two gaping knife wounds for Bennie Jones, nesro, who had been slashed by Will Baxter ad Jack DeWalt at another "hot" supper, on John Wicker's plantation, near Colony, four miles from town. Gambling and blind tiger liquor played prominent parts in both performances. Warrants are out for! several parties?for selling liquor,! carrying pistols and gambling. KILLS HIS BROTHER-IX-LAW Sam Williford, Roy of Eighteen Shoots Ed Anderson. On Saturday afternoon about G o'clock about three and a half miles from Union Sam Williford shot and fatally wounded Ed An derson, his brother-in-law, Ander-1 son married Williford s sister, and j tliey were all living together. It isi [understood that Anderson was un der the influence of whiskey and ! was mistreating his wife, and this ' Williford resented, firing at An '? derson with a pistol twice and in bicting one wound in the abdomen. Anderson was operated on Satur day night, hut died Tuesday, Wil liford surrendered to the sheriff last night about 10 o'clock. An derson was a man about I1C years of age and a carpenter by trade. Williford is little more than a lad, being 17 or IS years old. Mayor Seriously Hurt. Mayor W. M. Mein tire, of Mullins, met with a serious accident Thurs day. .Mr. Mclntyre was directing the loading of the town's large safe which was being removed to the clerk's now office. The sale fell from the dray and pinning him un derneath terribly mangled his leg. Mis leg was broken in two places and otherwise badly crushed. Killed in a Railway Wreck. Julian Hendrick. fireman, was in stantly killed, and Engineer John Surrency had his left leg so badly crushed that it will have to be am putated, when the engine on a phos phate train on the Mulberry, Fla., branch of the Atlantic Coast Line turned over at 6 o'clock thia erven-* ing. ORANGEBI Rer Ha; Be These of ihe Crew if a Schooner Lost id tl c Gale. ARE BURIED ON BEACH Party Gone Prom Charleston to Learn Whether the Dead Men Floating Ashore Included Capt. Jarvis, of the Margaret A. May, and His Two Brothers. The News and Courier says Col lector of the Port R. W. Durant, Jr.', President John G. Cherry, of the North State Lumber Company, and Capt. McGee, master of the schooner Collins W. Walton, and others left the city Monday aboaid the Govern ment boat Sumter for Kiawah Is land to investigate reports to the ef fect that several bodies of white men drowned at sea were either re covered from a wreck or washed up on the beach of the island some time ago and buried by the inhabitants. The gentlemen who compose the party going to Kiawah Island be lieve that among- the bodies may have been the remains of Capt. Ed ward L. Jarvis, master of the schoon er Margaret A. May, which was lost during the storm of August 27, sup posedly in the neighborhood of Cole's Island or Kiawah Island. The only relic of the wreck was the stern of the vessel, which washed up on Cole's Island beach after the storm. A Mr. Grimball, living on Kiawah found a scarf pin on the beach af ter the storm, bearing the initials "E. L. J." This pin is supposed to ha.e been the property of the mas ter of the ill-fated schooner. Grim ball stated that he found the pin in the end of a piece of piping- attaclr ed to a portion of the wreckage from the deck house of a schooner. It is said that Capt. McNeill, who is working on tht_ wreck of a schoon er at Kiawah Island, believed by many to be the schooner Margaret A. May, discovered dead bodies in the wreck. These, it is said, have been temporarily buried in the sand, pending further investigation. The bodies will be examined by Mr. Dir rant and his party. When the bodies were Io,und Mairjstrate Hill, of Kia wah Island, is said to have ordered them interred. Capt. E. L. Jarvis was a member of the Commercial Club, and of the Carolina Yacht Club. He was one of the youngest and most popular skippers on the coast, and his death was a great shock to his many friends. He was beloved and honor ed by all who knew him. Aboard the Margaret A. May when she was destroyed were two brothers of the master of the vessel. George L. and Raymond Jarvis. The party p;oin.?; to Kiawah to make investigation of the report that bodies were found from the wreck are hopeful that the remains of Capt. Jarvis can be found and turned over to members of his family. KILLED AS THEY SLEPT. Father, Mother and Children Slain at Elisworth, Kan. Slain as they slept Sunday night, the bodies of Will Showman, a chaf ftur, his wife and three small chil dren were discovered Tuesday night in the Showman home by a neighbor at Ellsworth. The victims are Wil liam Showman, 33 years old, his wife Lester Showman, S years old, 1 year (old. The Showmans lived in a small cottage 300 or -100 yards trom any other house. The farther, mother and baby were in one bed and the two other children in a second bed. Wilson Would Heat Taft. The New York corresponrent with the Taft party writing from Califor nia says: "Mr. Boyne, who is presi dent of the State senate, ex pressed the belief that Taft could carry the State provided Wood row Wilson, who made a very suc cessful trip there some months ago, and is looked upo:i as having the support of Bryan, were not his op ponent." No Chance For Tuft. Discontinuing his subscription to The Independent because "It has to he too much of a Taft stand-pat journal for me," a Toledo man writes: "Taft stands no show for re election in Ohio, or anywhere else for that matter, and he should hare no support, as he does not deserve it." Colored Well Digger Killed. At Anderson Van Cherry, a negro well digger, was killed Monday when the banks of a well he was working in caved in, burying him under five feet of earth. The earth was quickly removed, but it was too lato to save his life. Evidently he died instantly. Football Killing Begins. Suffering a blow on the head re ceived in a football game between the scrubbs and reserves, F. M. Hol3se, of South Carolina, a student at the University of Georgia, is in a Macon hospital in a serious con dition. JRG, S. C, THURSDAY, OCTl BLOOD ON TBE MOON i * GOVERNOR BLEASE CHALLEN GES EDITOR HENRY. The Governor Dared the Editor to Repeat What He Said in Paper to His Face. Governor Blease, having taken exceptions to a reference to himself made in the Spartanburg Journal by the Editor, Mr. Henry, the Gov enor got wrathy and wrote Editor Henry bhe following letter: "STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Executive Chamber. Columbia, Oct, 10, 1911. "To the Editor of the Journal: "A friend of mine has forwarded me your paper or the 9th, in which you speak of me as a villian." "I spent part of three days in your city last week. Why did you not come to my face and tell me this, instead of your cowardly action in printing it in your paper? "I will be in your city again at your county fair, stopping at Arg yle Hotel. If you desire to make this statement be man enough to make it to my face and not he a slurring (sic) coward and strike me in the back. "Cole L. Blease." To which Editor Henry replied as follows in the Journal: "The expression referred to is contained in the following para graph: "There is fine material in South Carolina politics just now for a comic Quera with Col,e Blease as the villian." Of course, Mr. Blease may take this as he likes, but there are prob ably few readers of the Journal dull-witted enough to think a sug1 ,?,estion of the governor's fitness to play the part of the villian in a com ic apera dramatization of the pres ent political situation ?n iSouth Carolna, is "speaking of him as a villian." There are perhaps people who think Mr. Blease a villian or worse, but we-have seen no newspaper that has stated its opinion of him to this effect. Certainly the Journal has not done so. We shall have to ask his exce? lent excellency to accept our regrets to his invitation to meet him at the Argyle hotel in this city or else where. We would not intrude our unappreciative presence or attempt to interrupt for a moment the con tinuous performance he gives where ever he goes of his favorite burles sue, which might be entitled, "Gov erning a Great State," hut which he renders with a seriousness and an importance that produces an un conscious satire. We are little concerned about Mr. Blease or his acts or his talk, but when a man as ridiculous, as comi cal, as grotesque, as droll, as ab surdly vain as he is gets into the limelight he is sure to furnish bet ter material for newspaper para ,?,aphs than for serous denunciation, much as he would prefer the latter style of treatment. . DYNAMITERS MAKE WRECK. Ma?y Buildings, Including City Hall, Are Shaken at Spokane. Dynamiters wrecked the office of the Sun Employment Agency on Front Avenue Spokane. The ex plosion shook scores of other build ings, including the city hall, f??r blocks away. The entire street with in a block each way of the employ ment agency was littered with broken glass, wood and section of corrugat ed iron, of which the walls of the buildings was composed. N one was injured although a number of persons were in the Immediate vicini ty. The damage is estimated at sev eral - thousand dollaars. Killed by Automobile. At Atlanta, Miss E. A. Edwards was killed and her sister, Mrs. A. E. Dobbs, was seriously injured Tues day night when they were struck by an automobile just as they stepped off a street car in West End. Ed Haynes, the chauffeur driving the machine, was placed under arrest. Pair of Young Foolish (iiiis. The lure of the stage led two young sirls to run away from Wilkes Barre, Pa., according to the poiice of Jersey City, who Tuesday night arrested them there with a young man who, they say, had offered to serve as their pilot in a theatrical career. Marine Ends His Life. At Beaufort Edward Montgomery, a marine, committed suicide at tht> "uaval station .Monday night about 10 o'clock. It seems for the past few weeks he has been despondent, and this possibly caused his act. Value of Farm Buildings. The value of farm buildings in South Carolina in 1900 was $2C, 9."?G,000 and in 1910 the figures show that they are valued at $62,902,000. This speaks well for the South and especially the farmer. Lynching in Arkansas. Nathan Lacey, a negro, who, it Is stated is charged, attacked Mrs Tho mas Cox at her home, near Forrest City, Ark., Tuesday, was taken from the local prison by a mob and lynched. DBER 19, 1911. DON'I WANT TAG Progr?SMve Wing of the Republican Party Declares For La Folltllee SAY HS IS LOGICAL MAN Two Hundred Members of the In surgent Party Meet in Convention in Chicago to Outline Plans For Campaign to Defeat President Taft in the. Convention. ' The two hundred progressive Re publicans in their first national con ference at Chicago on Monady in dorsed Senator Robert M. La Fol lette of Wisconsin for president and declared in favor ot a direct pri mary as a means for the expres sion of a presidential choice. The indorsement came in the shape of resolutions framed in part by James R. Garfleld, former sec retary of the interior, who, it was held by the delegates, appeared as expressing the views of Theodore Roosevelt and who it was feared who oppose a declaration in favor of any individual. Mr. La Follette's indorsement went through without a hitch, however. A resolution followed a day of La Follette enthusiasm in which his name was cheered repeatedly when it was mentioned by a dozen speakers. Contrary to expectation, the confer ence was concluded in one" day, most of the delegates left the city, and the progressive ^programme outlined for tomorrow will be de voted to support of iState and local candidates and conditions. The resolutions were framed by a subcommittee of five and were re vised by Mr. Garfield and Congress man Irwine L. Lenroot of Wiscon sin. John E. Little of North Caro lina was a member of the subcom mittee. The resolution read: "The progressive movement is a struggle to wrest the control of government in the State and the nation from th representatives of special privilege and restore them to the control of the people. The issue is the same in all the State, though the problem may be pre sented in different ways "In the national field, the con trol of government by special priv ilege is evidenced by the influence and power of the reactionary leath ers in both parties in checking of preventing the enactment of pro gressive policies pledged by the Re publican party. , "The present- condition of uncer tainty in business in intolerable and destructive of industrial prosperity. It is worse than idle to leave a question of whether great business enterprises are legal or not merely to judicial determination. Industrial corporations should by affirmative legislative enactment he given defi nite rules of conduct by which busi ness shall be made safe and stable while at the same time the inter ests of the public should he fully safeguarded. We seek constructive legislation not destructive litiga tion. "We favor the ascertainment of the choice of Republican voters asj to candidate for president by a di rect, primary vote, held in each State pursuant to the statue, and where no such statue we urge that the Republican State committee provide that the people be given the right to express their choice for president. "Robert M. La Follette of Wis consin years ago found conditions in his State not unlike those of the nation today. Under his leadership all opposition was overcome and j there was enacted in Wisconsin a system of laws that stand as models for legislation In all States of the Union. "The record of Senator La Fol letto In State and nation makes him a logical candidate for presi dent of the United States. His character, his courage, his record couage, his record of constructive legislation and admisistative ability meet, the requirements for leader ship such as present conditions de mand. "This conference indorses him as a candidate for the Republican j nomination for president, and urges that in ail States orgaizations be formed to promote his nomination." Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Ne braska sen.t the biggest delegations out side of Illinois and the indorse-1 ment of the Wisconsin man became appaent early in the day. Senator Clapp of .Minnesota made the key-' note speech. "I believe," he said, "this gn?nt uprising that is making itself felt from ocean to .ocean will lose its force in internal discord unless we take a symbol around which to ral ly. "Senator La Follette is in him self a platform that represents the progressive spirit." A national organization built on the lines of the usual political or ganization was outlined. The plan included the naming at a later date of State, county, and precinct com mittees and officials. Popular subscriptions to finance the campaigns came as a sugges tion from Rudolph Spreckles of California which was adopted by the finance committee. "The people must be made to un A?TOS IN THE STATE REPORTS SHOW OVER FIVE THOUSAND MACHINES. The Greatest Number Are Owned in the Counties Having Improved Highways. The State says that automobiles and good roads go hand in hand is shown by reports that have been re ceived at the State department of agriculture from the various coun ties of the State The greatest number of miles of improved highway are found in the oounties h^vvn,?; the largest num ber of automobiles. The reports from thirty-seven counties show that 5,355 automo biles have been registered since 1906. The reports show that from July 15, 1910, to September 1, 1911, there were 1,868 automobiles registered in' the State. Greenville county leads the State in the number of automobiles, there being 419 in that county. The fol lowing shows in the number of au tomobiles in each county of the State: Abbeville . 109 Aiken.128 Anderson.357 Bamberg. 54 Barnweli. 98 Beaufort ?./ 27 Calhoun.. . ' 55 Charleston .Zl. . 380 Cherokee. S6 Chester .,. 118; Chesterfield . 109 Clarendon. 181 Colleton . 20 Darington. 211 Dillion. 98 Dorchester .i. 19 Fairfield .~.. 30 Florence.i.. w. . . 241 Georgetown . , . . 41 Greenville. ./.. . ?LL9 Greenwood ..TT. . . ^36 Ha-upton .f. . 31 Horry. 19 Kershaw . .. 77 Lancaster . .... 59 Laurens. 127 Lexington .?. 118 Marion.<.. 142 Marlboro . rP ' 379 Orangeburg .}\)... 219 Pickens.? .. . .|.. . S3 Richland .0~ . . 332 Saluda . .?... 26 Spartanburg.4 ... 308 Sumter.ir- 308 Union. 60 Williamsburg. 50 Total. 5,355 WARSHIPS POUR SHELLS. Battle Fought Wednesday Along the Water Front of HanKow. A general engagement between the Chinese revolutionary army and the imperial forces was precipitated on the water front at Hankow, China, Wednesday by the attempt of Admir al Sah Chen Ping to land a large body of troops for the reinforcement of Gen. Chang Piao. Chang Piao, who although offically dismissed by the Pekin government, still retains his command, was entrenched with several hundred of the old provin cial army in the native city close to the foreign concessions. It was just day break when Admiral Sah order ed his .cruisers to disembark their soldiers near Chang Piao's position. The revolutions ' ie Wu Chang fortifications immeJh cely shot fire with their artillery. The gunboats In tlie river replied with a rain of shells and diverted the attention of the Wu Chang artillerymen, effectual ly covering the landing. Scattered bodies of revolutionists on both sides of the river joined in the fighting and by mid-forenoon it was estimated that 2,00 imperial troops anJ nearly 10,1)00 rebels were engaged. The warships used up a largo quanity of ammunition, but the effectiveness of thoir fire was hampered by the fear ol endangering the foreign conces sions. All the foreign warships in the river sent ashore marines to pro tect foeeign interests. Profits From Chester Truck. J. T. Bass of the Baton Rouge section of Chester County from a three-four-aere watermelon patch this year realized $122.55 from the sale of watermelons, besides having plenty to oat. .Mrs. D. E. I!ass of the same neighborhood realized $12 05 from tomatoes raised on an acre row, besides having plenty for home consumption. Dispute Causes Tragedy. Will Dent. Iving near Columbus. Miss., shot and killed John Brown lee, a prominent planter Monday night and was himself shot and killed by Babe Brownlee, a brother of the victim. A part of the charge from the shotgun used by the negro also killed his wife. derstand that this is their fight," telcgaphed Mr. Speckles. "Let the average citizen's dollar take the place of corporations and you have an organization that will be free." The finance committee ordered a popular subscription in each State and recommended the appointment of five men to outline means of ar? pealing to the public. Resolutions regretting the death of Justice Harlan were adopted. # TWO CENTS PER COPY. THEY ARE BUSY Anarchic Pet Dynamite Under Tl<$ Tafi's Train Was to Use. AFTER GOVERNORS 10? Anarchists Plot Not Only to Kill President Taft, But Also the Gov ernors of Three American and Two Mexicans States Who Were To Hold a Conference. Anarchists seem to be getting busy out West. Thirty-six sticks of dynamite was found under the CaLr tan viaduct, 20 miles north of San 1 ta Barbara, Cal., several hours be fore Pesident Taft's special tain passed over the bridge en route to Los Angeles Tuesday morning. The dynamite was found after the watch man engaged in a revolver battle with two men who escaped. The dynamite was discovered at 2 o'clock ?iri,t morning. The pres ident's train passed over the bridge at 5 o'clock. The night watchman saw two men on :he bridge shortly before 2 o'clock. They were at the opposite end of the 1,000 foot span and ran when ordeed to halt. The watchrns.n huried across the bridge firing several shots, which were re turned. After the pair had escaped the watchman returned to the bridge and began an investigation. Near the center of the span, lodged on one of the supports of the viaduct, 'he found the 3G sticks of dynamite with a 10 foot fuse attached to one of the sticks. He left the find untouched,, going immediately to Santa Barbara and notifying the officials. A dispatch from El Paso, Texas, says an arrest has been made in con nection, it is alleged, with a plot which Mexican secret service officers declare had been formed to assassi nate the three American, and two> Mexican Govenors who are to meet in that city for a conference next Friday. When the alleged anarchist, whose name is withheld, was arrested, he attempted to shoot the El Paso de tective who seized him. A stubborn fight ensued. Other suspects are he being" sougtht. Tho Mexican secret service men claim that a band of anarchists have gathered at El Paso and formed def inite plans to murder Gov. Colquitt of Texas and the Govenors of Arizo1 na,-New Mexico, Sonoa, ?nd Chihua hua during their visit to the city. Abram Gonzales, Governor of Ohi huahua, is said by the detectives to be the special object of the attack. Gonzales is a greaj, jovial f^Jow, almost as big as President Taft. He was Madero's Secretary of War during the insurrection against Diaz,, and had his headquarters at Et Paso. He was elected Governor last Au1 gust. He declared that in r;iture Mex ico was to be the land oi walth for poor men, but he has made himself unpopular with the aristrocracy by crushing monopolies and among cer tain classes by putting down gambo ling. Col. Glenn, commander at Fort Bliss, and the police chiefs of El Paso and Jauez, held a long con ference to-day. The Executives are welcome here as El Paso's guests, and will be carefully guarded. FLAPS OVER TO WILSON.. A Republican Newspaper Bolts Its Party for Him. A Sacrameno, Cal., dispatch says [the Sacramento Union has ccnie out (strong for Governor Wilson, Demo jcrat, of New Jersey, for President in 11912. The Union .ras always been ! Republican and was still supposed to I be Republican at least, but it has .?nuounced 'that it is independent and believes the best tiling for tho nation is to defeat the Republican party. It extols President Taft, but doubts the wisdom of re-electing him. Tho country needs a staple, and a respon sible government and in the present condition of the Republican party this can only be obtained through the Democrats. Deadly Hot Supper Begin. Walter Cobb, colored, lies at tho point of death as the result of four pistol shot wounds received at tho hands of one Jim Howland, also col ored. The shooting occurred Satur day night some two or three miles south of Alken, and followed a dis pute which had arisen at. a hot sup per at. the home of Howland. Burned His Three Victims. Gov. Kitchin, of North Carolina, has offered a reward for Will Mcln tyre, wanted in Rutherford county lor a most notable series of crimes; He operated a blockade dist.ilcry, and now it is believed that he com mitted three murders for the purpose of robbery, and burned tho bodies of his victims in the furnace of his dis tillery. White Fiend Attacks Child1. .1. K. Jones, a white married man, is under arrest in Rocky Mount, charged with attacking Athcl Rice, thirteen-year-old girl, while she was returning homo from school.