PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKI THEY WANT TAFI Bareaa Sanding Oat Hot Air Favoring C?rk and Hanacu BUT FAVORS NEITHER Morgan and His Gang of Wall Street Allies Are Trying to Pool the Peo ple Into the Belief That Taft is Too Radical for the Trust Barons. Morgan and his Wall Street gang are trying to fool the people again this year as they did some years ago when he fooled the Demcrats into nominating Mr. Parker with the promise of good contributions to their campaign funds. As soon as Mr. Parker was nominated the Wall street gang pulled for Roosevelt, raising for him a huge campaign fund, but they did not. raise a finger to help Mr. Parker, who was too straight a man for them, but who was the most conservative Democrat, in the race. They pretended to favor him to mislead the people, which they did. Morgan and his gang are now try ing to work the same old game. His bureau at Washinton is sending out much hot air about his being oppos ed to Taft and favoring Harmon or Clark. Of course he favors neither of these gentlemen, but he wants to I make out that Taft is to much op posed to trusts to suit Wall street, thinking that this kind of talk will ? restore Taft to the good graces of the people, and that they will re elect him. This, of course, is exactly what Morgan and his gang want done. They think that by making Taft out a Radical the Progressive Republican movement will be check ed. ionoila-gijntntozba rob nxb m mbrnm The Morgan bureau at Washing ton recently sent out a hot air re port to the effqct that "Postmaster General Hitchcock had returned from the aviation mee: in New York with the knowledge that if President Taft's renominated ar.d reelected it will have to, be in the face of the House of Morgan. Not: only has no tice been served on the Taft leaders that they need not expect any finan cial help from J. P. Morgan and the men who are'actively allied w4tb? Morgan in Big Business, but the word has gone out from Mr. Morgan himself to make war on Taft. "From reliable quarters comes the news that when Postmaster General Hitchcock went to New York to at tend the aviation meet, he sounded certain of the lieutenants of Morgan as to whether contributions would be forth-coming to help reelect Taft In stead of getting aid and comfort, or the promise of any,. It ic declared that Mr. Hitchcock was turned down cold. In effect, the word has gone forth from J. Pierpont; Morgan him self that there is a time to make peace and a time to fight, and now is the time, to fight." The report then goes on to say: "It is not without reason that for some days past strange rumors have been flitting about in high political circles here that Wall street has turned against President Taft. So far as the powerful influence of Mr. Morgan is concerned this is true. Mr. Morgan is displeased over the atti tude of President Taft with respects to the trusts and combinations. It will be recalled that in recent months men like George W. Perkins, Judge E. H. Gary of the steel corporation and others have urged persistently that the Sherman law be amended, and that legislation .be worked out to permit great combinations of cap ital to exist under the sheltering su pervision of the government. "In contrast President Taft has not only said the Sherman law is in no need of amendment but he has gone further than this. He gives ut terance in his Waterloo speech to what is interpreted by Mr. Morgan and his powerful allies as notice that they must submit to reorganizations of the combinations nhey control or prosecutions will relentlessly be car ried on Attorney General Wicker sham has taken an uncompromising attitude with respect to the rigid en-| forcement of the Sherman law and] is insistent that trust magnates who violate it be thrown into prison. "Under such circumstances, Mr. Morgan and the men about him are not only preparing to resist Taft, .but they are giving attention to the question of what man to put into the Wrhite House to succeed him. They They do expect to be able to prevent the renomination of the President. They do expest t obe able to prevent his reeection. Governor Judson Harmon is the first choice of the powerful financial group f which Morgan is the center But it appears that this group has done some casting about to ascertain the strength of Harmon. Harmon iE regarded as an ideal man for presi dent. His record of enforcement of the Sherman law when he was at torney general is sufficiently devoid of anything strenuous to satisfy Mr. Morgan and his friends. But gov ernor Harmon would be useless if defeated and it is feared that the progressive sentiment in the country is so strong that Harmon would go down to sure defeat. Coincident with this, strange ru mors are arising ths.t the Harmon leaders are discouraged. At the' isame time there is increasing talk) of Representative Oscar Underwood HOW JONES CAME OUT HE BLOCKED MOVEMENT TO DE FEAT GOV. BLEASE. Being Gotten Up by Till nun it es and Antl-Tillmanites in Every County in the State. The Sparta.iourg Herald says it learned Sunday from an authoritative source that the announcement last moiath of the candidacy of Chief Jus tice Ira B. Jones, of the supreme court, for the governorship suddenly called a (halt on elaborately formed plans for a conference of leading men from all counties of the state, at which a candidate .was to be chosen to oppose* Governor Blease who would be acceptable to all elements of the opposition. There had been much correspond ence in regard to the matter, and ar rangements had been made for a meeting of delegates from nearly ev ery county in Columbia during the Reel Shirt reunion. At thi? meeting it was proposed to discuss the situ ation and make an attempt to con centrate on one man. It was then pro posed to build up an anti-Ble?se or ganization in order to be i^ady for an effectual campaign next summer. The Herald's informatiu 1 was a verse to the publication of his mat ter, saying 'I would do no , ood and might injure Justice Jones. He de clared, however, that a "r.umber of prominent men who h'.J previously been on opposite sider of the polit ical fence became disgusted with the administration of Governor Blease and agreed to forget their differences and work in harmony to accomplish his defeat. The Herald's informant mentioned the names of a number of those who were in the agreement. There were in the number Tillmanites und anti Tillmanites, prohibitionists and local optionists. The leader of the movement, a man prominent in state politics in former years, found that it was look ed upon with favor in all parts of the state. It was thought to be the only way possible to defeat Bease. Just as the plans were maturing, The Her a wasdni6umn (fu tnmbl The Herald was informed, a certain element became suspicious that it was a plot to put forward former Governor John Gary Evans, of this city, as the champion of the oppo nents of vBlease._.This -suspicion was miT?unded, according to the Herald's information, who said that sentiment had favored Maj. John G. Richards Jr., as the candidate above anybody else. The suspicious element ur?ed Chief Justice Jones to take the field at once and thus gain the advantage and ward off opposi' on. There was a conference with Senat -r B. R. Till man. Justice Jones forwarded his resignation to Governor Blease. An emissary was hurriedly sent to him, begging him to do nothing further until the meeting during the Red Shirt reunion was held. But the next day Justice Jones announced his candidacy and the well laid plans went agley. of Alabama, chairman of the ways and means committee. It is said that Mr. Morgan and his friends look on Underwood as not only the right kind of man, but that they regard him as much stronger in ca.pacity to get votes than Harmon. 'Besides there is the question of the nomination. The strength of Wilson is such as to make it extremely doubtfu' Har mon can be nominated, but w-^ nomi nation of a man looked on a3 a com promise is deemed possible. Further than this, gossip here has it that men close to Mr. Morgan have been examining into the Champ Clark situation. They are wondering whether Mr. Clark would not be pref erable to Wilson, and it is possible that, if nothing better can be done the Morgan influence and such con servative democratic strength as this influence can command, will be thrown at the last moment to Clark. If the Taft campaign canuot get financial help from the house of Mor gan, from what source are the sin ewes of war to come? "Information here is that the big campaign contributions will be de rived from the Guggenheims and that Senators Smoot and Penrose will be able to command large cont -ibutions. Of course it is well unders;ood that whatever cntributlons are made will have to be made in such fashion as to avoid conflict with the new cam paign publicity law. "Whether the hostility of Morgan will help or hinder Mr. Taft remains to be seen. In some quarters it is be lieved the Taft managers will turn this hostility to shrewd account and use it for the purpose of gaining pro gressive support." Lion Mauls Young Girl. Before a tent full of people at Utlca, Miss., Tuesday Martha Razer, twelve years old, a circus performer was so badly mauled by a lion when she entered his cage that she may die. She had almost finished her act when the largest of the two lions sprang upon her. A constable shot and killed the animal. Twins Caused Him to Suicide. At Mayesville, Ky., when bis wife presented him with a pair of twins the second in less than two years, Lee Hay, 3 0 years old, committed suicide by swallowing carbolic acid. He had been out of work some time and the rapid increase in his family, It is supposed, discouraged him. ORANGEBTJ] DENIES CHARGE Richard Afaernathy Says He Did Net M?rder William A Abbott. HE RECITES HIS STORY Abbott Was Killed in the Old Smuts ville Section of Spartanburg Coun ty, But Abernathy Claims That ? He Did Not Murder the Man Or Know Who Did. Free for thirty-two years, but charged with taking the life of a fel low man, Richard Abernathy occupies a cell at the Spartanburg County jail and officers and relatives of the man, who, it is said, was murdered by Abernathy, are endeavoring to secure evidence that will send this old man to the gallows or confine him in prison for the remainder of his life, for a mistake that he may have made in the year 1879. Speaking of.the case The Journal says: James Abernathy lived near Spar tanburg until four years ago, ac cording to statement made by them to a reporter through the heavy iron bars that stand between him and his home, where he makes seats for chairs, out of peculiar kind of woo ihairs, out of peculiar kind of wood He said that the reason he moved to Blacksburg from his former home, near this city, four years ago, was that there was no more of the par ticular kind of wood in this section and he had to go where he could get other. Abernathy stoutly asserts his inno cenice, and all efforts to make him vary his first statement were fruit less. He has told his story and it is thought that he will stick to it. He is charged with the killing of Wil liam A. Abbott, on a Sunday in 1879. It is alleged that after killing the man, he put the body on the railroad track and a train passed over it. It is also said that the body was cold when the engineer jumped from his engine and examined it. , Prom what can be learned of the killing from older residents, William Abbott was returning from a camp meeting service, which was held at Cannon's Camp ground. He was rid ing horse tack. The last seen of him alive was when he rode from the meeting, and when next hea^d of, his body was found immediately after being run over by the train and was cold in death. It is claimed that there was a party of men on the road to Spartanburg and that these killed Abbott because he had improper re lations with a woman named Dora Abernathy, the wife of a cousin of the accused man. Some history of that section of Spartanburg County will be interes ing at this time. Of course, it has changed entirely from what it was In 1879, and a resident returning would not know it. The name of the section was Smutsville. Its reputa tion as geing a bad place extended far far and wide. Strangers dred not pass through Smutsville at night, and few went through it during the day. It is said that there have been numer ous murders committed at or near Smutsville in y->ars gone by. There were three families who lived in Smutsville, but there were several branches of each family. The names were Satterfield, Abernathy and Finely. They have all scattered now, but in recent years many Aber nathys came to Spartanburg and sold home made chairs and "lightwood." There is not a resident in Spartan burg who has made this city their home for ten years, who is not fa miliar with these people. The only other occupation that he had besides selling chairs and firewood was beg ging and raising children. The Ab ernathys were past masters in both of these arts and for years it seemed that a new Abernathy child would appear at the doors of Spartanburg's homes each month. There was one more resident of Smutesville, besides these families. He was Will Hines, a negro, who was somewhat of a "king pin" in that community. It is not known whether or not he is dead or alive. These people did not live in houses made of wood or of brick, like the other surrounding homes. Their abodes were constructed of brush piled up and covered over with mud, which, when hardened by the sun, made a warm house but devoid of the comforts of the modem home. Abernathy, who is now in jail, is one of the three brothers. One of his bro thers was shot and killed. The son of the dead man was tried for the crime but was not convicted. Much could be written Oi the history of the Sattorlields, Fiuleys and Aberna thys. A reporter talked to Abernathy in his cell at the county jail. Ho is an old man and has long grey whisk ers. He is not tidy, his clothes are dirty, his hair and beard are disman tled. His eyes are small grey eyes and he glares at one until the stare is returned. Ho then looks away. He talks rapidly. Asked his ago ho says that he don't know, but he does know he is forty some odd; he says ho was born since the war. Ho told of Ab bott's death as follows: "I was at the Hardin place, about two miles from mud cut, on that Sun day afternoon and heard the whistle of the train blow. I thought that the train had killed one cf father's year lings and I went up there to see. I saw the Hankies pass ,by the mud cut, IG; S. C, THURSDAY, OCTC HER THROAT CUT FEMALE DOCTOR FOUND DEAD IN HER APARTMENT. Her Body Was Found by Her As * aistanj}, Who Delayed Reporting It For An.'Hour. At Indianapolis, Ind., Dr. Helen Knake was Sfound dead, her body cut and bruised, in a bed room of her apartment Tuesday. The police are satisfied she was murdered. Dr. Knc.be's body was found when her .assistant, Moss Katherine MjcPher eon, entered the apartment. The body and the bed upon which it lay were covered with blood but jio weapon was found in any of the rooms nor was it apparent a robbery had been committed. All the win dows were closed, though the physi cian, who wtis devoted to physical culture, habitually slept with the windows open; Dr. Knabe was last seen alive by Miss McPherson, to whom she had said late Monday that she intended spending the (evening in studying. She lived and {had her office on the ground floor of an apdrtment house in a prosperous and quiet neighbor rood. No persons, so far as has been learned, heard, sounds of a struggle in Dr. Knabe's apartment Monday night. Augusta Knabe the physician's cousin, and the la-.ter's stepfather, Franc Kropp, told the police that Dr. Knabe had no enemy so far as they knew. She was 35 years of age and a graduate of the Indiana Col lege of Medicine. The police put aside the theory of suicide when they examined Dr. Knabe's body and saw that though the throat had been slashed, there was no blood on the dead woman's hands and when no knife was found in her rooms. She was in her night gown. Reports of Dr. Knabe's death were not made to the police for an hour after her body was discovered. .Dr. Knabe, though 6he had a wide ac quaintance, is said not to have had an intimate friend among the men she knew. Jefferson Haynes, the negro jani tof of the apartment houst in which Dr. Knabe lived, waB taken to po lice headquarters to be questioned as to his whereabouts at different hours Monday night and whether or not he saw any one about the Knabe apartment other than Dr. Knabe. '' 7v *~ COW TAKEN FOR YEGG. GrassviUc Has Nothing on Sleuths in Sheridan, Pa., The good people of Sheridan, Pa., have been troubled for months by a gang of safe crackers. Extra police men have been appointed and 30 odd citizens have been deputized to re spond at the call of an alarm bell, jump into their 'hoots and shoot to kill the first prowler they see. Last week an officer saw a dark object walking toward the door of the First National bank. "Safe blowers, by heck!" he solilo quized. The dark figure tried to force open the bank door. "Halt!" demanded the bluecoat. There was no reply. Without wasting another moment, the police ran to a fire engine house and rang the 'bell. Thirty deputized citizens and police responded to the signal. "There be is, trying to get into the bank," shouted the policemen who gave the alarm. Thirty shots rang out simultan eously, and the robber at the bank door fell under the shower of bul lets. The sleuths had killed Pete Shaughnessy's Jersey cow. but did not see the body of Abbott. The train had gone by the time I got there. I had never seen Abbott but once or twice and don't know if I would know him in the street. Dora Abernathy was nothing to me. I did not care about her. It did not make any difference to me what Abbott did. She was my cousin's wife. And that is all I know about it." George A. Abbott, brother of the man who was killed thirty-two years ago, heard recently that Abernathy had made statements in Blacksburg that he committed the crime. He at once began an investigation. He employed J- C. Duncan, formerly chief of police at Gaffnoy, to work on the case and when the prosecuters thought that sufficient evidence had been secured. Abernathy was arrest ed. Solicitor Otts has stated that he has six witnesses of Blacksburg who heard Abernathy state that he killed Abbott. It is thought that Abernathy talked too much when he was pos sibly intoxicated or when he had been drinking. From Fnrm Life to an Earldom. W. Joseph Eldrldge, former Brit ish cavalry officer, now a farm hand cn his brother-is-law*s farm near Garmonimo, Okla., has just received words from a New York attorney who came to Lawton that ho is sole heir to the title and $1,000,000 estate of the late Earl MyerB, of Castle Craig. near Glasgow, Scotland. Eldridge is a bachelor, 3 2 years old. Predicts Woman Suffrage. Gov. Mann expressed the opinion recently that the women of Virginia will have equal suffrage within ten I years. Said the Governor. "However distasteful it may be to some of us] we might as well face it and pre-j pare for its coming." )BER26, 1911. DENIES REPORT Blcase Says There is Ne Friciiia Be tween Him and Tillmaa.. EXPLAINS THE MATTER In a Speech at Barn well Tuesday Governor Blease Said that He Has Never Implied That Senator Till man is Opposed to Him, and W ill Not Fall Out. In a speech at Barnwell on last Tuesday Governor "Blease made the following statement in reference to the report that he and Senator Till man had fallen out, and that he would oppose Senator Tillman In the senatorial race. Here is what the Covernor said, as furnished by him to the dally newspapers of the State: And, while speaking of newspaper rumors, I desire to make the follow ing statement, which I have reduced to writing in order that I may not be misquoted, and will, from this point today, mail a copy to The News and Courier the Columbia State and the Columbia Record, in order that they may not say that it was not forward ed to them, and that they will have no excuse in not correcting the false hoods which they have published, and to show to the world that the editorials which they have written in connection with this matter were founded upon falsehoods. They already know th6se things and have acted in concert in giving publicity to what they know is false, and have founded their editorials upon the hope that they might bring la breach between Senator Tillman and myself; and, while it is hardly necessary, yet, I wish to state to you people today that the desperate ef fort they are now making to cause Senator Tillman and myself to fall out will not succeed. I stated in a speech at Orange burg that I did not believe that the people of iSouth Carolina would de feat Senator Tillman for reelection and that I hoped he would be a candidate, and wuhout opposition. I will .be a candidate for reelection as governor, regardless of what Sena tor Tillman may or may not do. If I am living in 1912, I will be reelecv ed governor. I have never stated that I believ ed that Senator Tillman had any thing to do with bringing Jones into the race for governor. I did say that I believed that there was something in the fact that a conference had been held at Mr. Richard's house. Senator Tillman and Mr. Richards both assure me that this was only an informal dinner, at which parties were invited as friends of the sena tor; that it had no political signifi cance, and that the candidacy of Mr. Jones was not discussed, and, that it was a surprise to them when a third party came in and mentioned thf fact that Jones would be a cand idate for governor; and that no con ference was held there in regard to Jones' candidacy. I further have the assurance of Senator Tillman that he "is not backing Jones in his race," and that he "has not seen him this summer," and that he "does not know who persuaded Jones to enter the race. These gentlemen, making lhese as surances, 1 know that the. are true. I do not believe that the people of South Carolina are going to elect any man governor who is brought out and supported by newspaper trust, and large stockholders of cor porations, and who, if elected, will submit to newspaper dictation. Of course I would be glad to have Senator Tillman's vote and influence in my race, but I do not believe that it is absolutely necessary to my suc cess, because I have not yet reached the point where I believe that any one man can dictate to the people of South Carolina who they shall or shall not have in office; and, from information received from all parts of the State, I am satisfied that I will be reelected, regardless of who may oppose me, and I suppose that if Sen ator Tillman should see fit to write a letter in support of me in 191* some: parties connected with newspapers would go to him and try to dissuade him from publishing it as I am informed they did in 1910 when he was about to publish one in support of me in preference to my opponent in the secend race. I hope that this will put at rest the dirty cowardly lies that are being circulated and will show to the peo ple of the State that Senator Tillman and myself have no differences. I have recently received an invitation "to visit his home at any time," and your house, which is now being tem porarily occupied by me, is always open, and the senator will always find a hearty welcome; and we both today can well say, "Let the heathen rage.'' This race, however is giving me no concern at present as I have be fore stated, there are many men liv ing today who will be dead before that time and many children born, whose parents have not yet married. Besides this, when you Iook at me today, you see the happiest man in the world and why should I not be. I have got everything on this earth that I have ever wanted; I have al ways had plenty to eat and of the best; I have always had plenty of clothes to wear and of the best; I have for my wife today the one wo man of my life, the only one I want ed to marry, and I am well satisfied with my choice after an experience of upward of 20 years. I have always enjoyed the best of PLEA FOR OLD VETS GEN. BROOKS URGES THAT THEY BE GIVEN PENSIONS. The State Should See to It That None of Her Old Heroes Wont the Nec essaries of Life. The following plea for the old sol diers of South Carolina is made by Gen. U. R. Brooks throughout the columns of The State: To the Editor of The State: There is a class of soldiers now 70 years old and upwards who can not go to the Soldiers' home, be cause their wives are living, and, as the lav/ does not provide a place for these noble women, their husbands, no matter how feeble they are, can not and will not desert them. I know some who are renting land that have lived three score and ten, and yet they plow; and their wives, who were 'tried and true during the war, and by this time, 50 years after that terrible struggle, tired and worn by the fatigues of the farm. What can be more pathetic? It is reasonable that these old soldiers have at least $11 a month, and that thsir widows receive the same amount. Old soldiers, the State owes it to you for service rendered. You stood by the constitution of the United States as it was during the bloody days of the war. The Northern sol diers rebelled against it. You did not. You fought, and have received no re ward. You carried on points of your uaynoets vistory over many bloody fields, winning the plaudits of your enemies at the time. You represent the true type of the American sol dier. You are now unable to work. You need rest; you need comfort in your derlinlng years. Our great State, the greatest old commonwealth in the Union, Is able and willing to give every Confeder ate soldier what was paid to him during the war, $11 per month. Sure ly, the noble men of our general as sembly will not refuse $11 to those of us who have reaohed Ihree score and ten, especially the ones who live by manual labor. They stood the cold, the heat, and frequently fought as long as three days without food. In their nakedness they won battles and ate the food that was prepared for the Northern soldiers, after driv ing them from their luxurious camps The world has never produced bet ter soldiers than the men who for lowed the great Robert E. Lee. Our Confederacy died aid battle, its life'erushed out by tread of over whelming numbers. Its memories are its own. Soon all who fought for the Stars and Bars will be beneath the sod. Our dead are imperishable mem ories of what is left to us of the dead nation. Comrades, your valor has been told in song and stor:. The principles for which you fought will never die. Eternal right, though all things foil, can never be made wrong. "Ah, Muse, you dare not claim. A nobler man than he, Nor nobler man hath less of blame, Nor blamless man hath purer name, Nor purer aiarae hath grander fame, Nor fame?another Lee." "Hushed is the roll of the Confeder ate drum, The sabre's sheathed, and the can non are dumb; And Fate with pitiless band has furl ed The flag that once challenged the gaze of the World." U. R. Brooks. health, with the exception of a hard spell of sickness last fall. I have held every office that I have asked Newberry county for, and they have been stepping stones, for today I am the governor of the grandest State in the American Union, made up of the noblest and most gallant men, the purest and most beiutiful wo men, and am enjoying perfect health. With these things, why should I be worrying over an event which is to take place 12 months hence. No, my friends, not in the least. I can truly say what few men liv ing today can say, and I believe few have ever lived could have said, viz: that I have received everything on this earth that I have ever wanted, and what more could a man wish for to make him happy? If I can be suc cessful in obtaining tho same degree of peace and happiness in the world to come that I have had in this, the equal of it will never be excelled, and when my body is laid to rest, it can be truthfully inscribed upon my tomb, "Here lies the body of a man who got everything in life that he wanted," and. if along with that, it can be truthfully written, "and who was true to his friends" I will have received even after my death, all that I wanted so far as this world can give. Cole L. Blease. Wirdes* Leaps Across Pacific. Wireless communication between San Francisco. Cal., and .Japan, a dis tance of ?,00(i miles, was established. This is tho first time that a wireless message has been received across the Pacific Ocean. Hundred Horses Burned. At Milton, Mass., one hundred hor ses and forty thousand dollars worth of hay, harness and wagons were burned last night in a fire which de stroyed the Winslow Contracting company's plant. TWO CENTS PER COPY. 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