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JUHE IRMA 0. JONES HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A OOD AND USEFUL CITIZEN IS A MAN OF THE PEOPLE The Candidate for Governor Worked His Way to the Top, and Has Serv ed the State in Positions of Honor and Trust With Fidelity and Abil ity. It is right that the peopTe or south Carolina should know the fact about the candidates in the race for Gov ernor before the 27th of August be cause no one can vote properly un less he votes intelligently and to vote intelligently one must know the record of the candidates. This arti cle Is written to let the people know about Judge Jones. Few people know that Judge Jones is a man of the people. He is proud of the fact that in Newberry county, where he was born, there are still peopli living who remember that his father was a respected carpenter and his mother assisted her husband in the support of the family by sewing for the neighbors. Almost from childhood Ira B. Jones looked at life seriously. His schoolmates remember that often in the afternoon when they were at play he would go in early to study for his classes the next dai, and they testify to the fact that he gave early promise of becoming an upright man and a useful citizen. By careful study and by taking ad vantage of such meager opportuni ties as were offered, he obtained a fair educatIon. Schools were not then what they are now and that is probably the reason why Judge Jones remembering his own difficulties and wishing to smooth the road for oth er poor boys declared that as gov ernor "The Improvement and De velopment of the Common Schools shall have my keen interest and hear ty support." It would be easy to tell and might be Interesting to learn how young Jones having gotten an education moved to Lancaster county and be gan the practice of law. How clients came slowly at first and how later having inspired the conhdence of the people In his home town he acquired a large and paying practice. What we are chiefly interested in, however, is his political career. In 1890 Ira B. Jones was elected to the Legislature from Lancaster County and it is evident that he was widely known and that his ability bad been recognized, for he was at once made chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the House and was later elected Its Speaker. Those were stirring times, for the great reform government had just swept.over South Carolina and par ty spirit ran high. Senator Tillman, then Governor, was instituting many needed reforms and Judge Jones, as Speaker of the House, did efficient service. Be it said to his credit. however, that although the whole State was aroused by political ani mosities, Judge Jones so conducted himself as to receive the hearty ap Dlause of his friends and at the same time, by his fairness, he won the re spect and confidence of those who had been his political opponents. It came, therefore, as a natural re ward for service that In 1896 he was elected Associate Justice of the high est Court in the State. It may be mentioned In passing that his present opponent in the race for Governor seconded his nomination and voted fox him for Associate Justice. Hav ing served twelve years as Associate ~Justico, In 1909, upon the retirement of Chief Justice Pope, Judge Jones was elevated to the position of Chief Justice, whichx is the highest judicial position In the gift of the State. It may be truthfully said that no Judge in South Carolina in many years has enjoyed greater reputation both for ability and honesty than Ira B. Jones. The same industry and conscientious performance of duty which was noticeable in him as a young man had characterIzed his work as a Judge. He has been the recipient of hon ors from his fellow men and the em oluments of office, but thte satisfaction of a hard day's work well done has ever been his best reward. Among the charges hurled at Judge Jones by his political opponent is that he has leaned to-ward corpora tions. Suffice it to say that as attor-' ney he never represented a corpora tion and as a Judge he repeatedly up held large verdicts against the cor porations. In the case of Rhodes vs. the Granby Cotton MIlls of Columbia. be upheld a verdict of $8.000 in fav or of Rhodes on the ground that there was evidence that he had been unjustly discharged an4 blacklisted. by the cotton mills. The verdicts which he sustained against the rail roade would run up into the hun dreds of thousands of dollars, there being one verdict against the South ern Railway Company for $25,000 and many others for large amounts. He has never leaned either toward o; against corporations, but his de eisions and rulings have been what those of every Judge should be-ust and fair to all. As Citizen, Lawyer, Legislator, Judge and Chief Justice, Ira B. Jones has "made good'". He hias lived an upright moral lIfe; is a conscientious member of the Associate Reformed PresbyterIan church, is temperate in hIs habits, and has measured up to all the requirements of a true and useful man. It should be remember ed that this man who is now before the people in the race for Governor has never In his life been charged with anything unbecoming the high est and best citizen until his a~ppon ent brought charges against him. The absurdity of these charges en best be shown by the fact that Cole L. Blesse himself voted for Judge Jones for United States Senator in 1909 with such men as F'rank B. Gary, Legrand Walker, 3. L. Coker and other high men. To try to make South CarolinIans believe that this man who has been their Judge be lieves in social equality between the r~ces is so evidently a trick to catch votes as to need no exposure. Ira 2. Jones is no political experi ment, and as a Governor, he may be eunted on to give the people the same honest, faithful and intelligent service which has always characteriz ed his work in their behalf. Eleven-Tear-Old Mother. The youngest mother recorded in Iowa medical hIstory is an eleven year-old girl from near Davenport.I who gave birth to a healthy S 1-2 pound child at the University hlspit-1 al Monday. The hospital authorities did not make publIc lhe girl's name. < Vote at Pacolet Mills. The vote at Pacolet Mills in Spar anburg County has been polled as far as possible, and from present indica tions will be as follows: Jones, 90;: Blease, 81. The same precinct two years ago gave Featherstone, 77;, TERRIBLE BUTCHERY MANY SHOT TO DEATH ON MEXI CAN RAILWAY TRAIN. Fingers and Ears of Women Hacked Off as Quickest Way to Get Their Jewels. A dispatch from Mexico City says thirty-six soldiers and more than twenty passengers were slaughtered by Zapatastas Monday afternoon in a canyon, one kilometer north of TIcu man, 110 miles southwest of Mexico City, when a passenger train, south bound from Mexico City, was attack ed from ambush. Meager details, which did not reach the city until Tuesday after noon, Indicate that the savagery dis played was not less, and perhaps greater, than that which character ized the massacre of troops and pas sengers on a train between Cuernav aca, and Mexico City on July 20. So far as known Tuesday night only a part of the train crew escaped. The first story of the assault was sent to M1exico City by Conductor Marin and Collector Dominguez. who although wounded, had managed to make their way to Vautepee, twelve miles away. They were forced to steal through the Zapatista lines and did not arrive at the telegraph sta tion until Tuesday afternoon. After the firing ceased the rebels swarnaed down the hillside and set fire to the three cars composing the train. A few of the wounded had crawled out onto the right-of-way. thus escaping the fate of those nn able to leave the cars. They were burned, according to reports receiv ed. The leader of the rebels made ab solutely no effort to restrain his men from acts of brutality greater than any that has yet marked the cam paign in the South. The wounded, pleading for their lives, were struck down without pity, and even looting was held In abey ance until the slaughter was com plete. Not satisfied with robbing their victims in ordinary manner, the fin gers of men and women were chop ped off with machetes in order that the rings they wore might be more quickly secured. Ornaments were torn from the ears of the women and pound child at the University hospit ed. Among the passengers were two newspaper men, who were among the killed. They were on their way to interview Emiliano Zapata, the chief of the rebels. One of these, H. L. Strauss, a native of Uruguay, and consular agent of his country in this city, was employed at ene time on the New York Herald. He was making his trip into the Zapata territory as a representative of El Imparcial. The other correspondent was Ignacio Her raras of El Pais. SENATOR B. R. TILLMAN. New Light on the Character of a Man AN Honor. The WaC!ngton Post says no finer tribute could be paid to a statesman than the one paid .by C. Leslie Rey nolds, the new superintendent of the National Botanic Garden, when he said that Senator Benjamin R. Till man of South Carolina is the best posted man in national .life on the subject of plants and shrubs. If more statesmen could study na ture as Ben Tillman has the world would be a better place in which to live. It was because he tried to get closer to nature that Senator Tlllman got closer to humanity. He came to Washington with a gift of vitriolic speech and a fighting spirit. At first his attacks were none too kind, but in time he learned from nature the great truth that all men are brothers and that the strong must lend a help ing hand to the weak. In the senate the other day Sena tor Tillman spoke of the miracle of his rescue from death by paralysis. It was his own fine spirit that wrought the miracle. His study of plants and shrubs and flowers has brought him to a calmer, saner view of life. Senator Tillman, according to Supt. Reynolds, spends hundreds of dollars yearly In experimenting with new plants for hjis home in South Carolina. Every dollar that he spends in -this way brings big returns. There are times when it seems that plants and animals know much more of the art of living than human being know. It is profitable to study the tranquil ity of the garden. To many persons the Tillman of the "pitchfork" may have seemed a thrilling figure: but to those who know the Tillman of to-day his view of life is broader, his spirit finer, and his character nobler. The gar den to which Senator Tillman gives his leisure time has aided him in giv ing better sea-vice to his state and has undoubtedly renewed his grip on life. Becoming a hortIculturist, he has be conme a greater statesman. And it is to be hoped, and expected, that many years of usefulness are before him. Makes Himself a Voter. The Governor has granted a par don for the purpose of restoring cit zenship to J. William Holman, con victed at Orangeburg in May, 1903, of breach of trust and sentenced to three years' Imprisonment. Since as siming office the Governor has exer cised clemency in 376 cases. Hailstones Kill Child. Caught out in a fearful hailstorm which swept over Sheridan county, Wyo., and Southern .tosebud county, Mant., the three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. :3f. Walsh, ranchers on Rat creek, was so severely pelted by ce while playing in the yard. that leath resulted. Swallowed Eighty Dollars. Robert Arney, a marine from the Fort Mifflin Barracks near Philadel phia, has four $20 bills some Place [n his system, but he is unable to get them. Arney saved the SSO from i hold-up man by swallowing the bills. The footpad was captured lat -and held in bail for court. Opposed Roosevelt and Died. Dr. J. A. Hatch. a prominent citi zen of Victoria, Tex., and former con gressman of OhIo. dropped dead while attending the Republican coun ty convention. Dr. Hatch had just concluded an address against a res lton indorsing Roosevelt for pres dent. Fireman Taken for Burular. Thomas Devlin, a member of the1 re department in Springfield. Ill., is n the hospital wIth a bullet in bis lead, fired by C. B. Watts, who mis ook Devlin for a robber. Tbc fire nen entered the wrong house while oming home early in the morning. Hair Turned White in a Jiffy. John Lentz of Seven Points, Pa., vas struck by a passenger train near il home and hurled thIrty feet :hrough the aIr. When struck his air was black. When he landed It was white. One of his horses was OLD VETS iOME ROW OLD SOLDIERS CLAIM THE RIGHT TO VOTE FOR THE MAM OF THEIR CHOICE One of the Old Veterans Charges That He Was Told That If He Failed to Vote for Governor Blease He Would Be Discharged From the In stitution. Old soldiers quartered there and the officials of the Confederate Home are busy writing to the papers ex plaining the pros and cons of the re cent difficulty resulting in the whole State being aroused over the situa tion; fierce resentment being express ed at what is sail to have been a "hint" to one of the old soldiers that, unless he voted for Blease, he would be discharged; the suspension of a Veteran from Lancaster County, the home of Judge Jones, for thirty days, and the charge by Mr. John J. MeMa han that the chairman of the board, Major Richardson, in allowing him self salary Is violating the law. The controversy begun over the publication of a statement coming from an old soldier to the effect that an employee of the Home, Edward Jones, a supporter of Judge Ira B.. viaes, for Governor, had been given *a "hint" by Major H. W. Richardson, the chairman of the board, that un less he votpd for Governor Blease he would be "fired". The matter was aired in the press and Major Rich ardson denied any attempt at coerc ing the old soldiers or attempting to influence them to vote for Blease. It seems that Major Richardson made a speech to this effect at the Home and denied Veteran Massey the right to reply, at least that is the charge. Subsequently more charges and de nials passed and then Veteran Massey was suspended from the Rome for thirty days on the charge of being drunk, and in a card Major Richard son stated that he had a petition signed by a number of the Veterans -sking that lassey be barred from the old Soldiers Home. It should have been stated that Mafor Richardson is an ardent sup porter of Governor Blease. Former Representative J. J. McMahan, who is running for the Legislature in this county, wrote a letter to the press in which he stated that the records showed that Major Richardson had been drawing a salary and pointed out that the Act creating the Home allowed the members of the board no salary. He called for light. In his reply Major Richardson stated that he had drawn the salary as treasur e: of the Home, saying, "As chairman I draw no salary. The money I earn is for my services as treasurer, book keeper and general manager." The last card was signed by thirty of the old soldiers at the Home and declared that they have no knowl edge of the petition which Major Richardson says he holds from a Inumber of them asking for the per manent discharge of Veteran Massey. The whole matter has caused Intense interest throughout the State and the people are stirred -up over it. It ,s said that out of about sixty odd soldiers who reside at the Home all favor Jones but about sin. What Richardson Says. In his statement Major Richard son says: "For nearly a year I have served the Confederate Home with-. oue one cent of remuneration. On December 1, 1911, I resigned as chairman of the board, my personal business requiring my time, but still having the interest of the old soldiers at heart, went before the finance committee of the Senate, accompan ied by Dr. Butler, the night before the Legislature adjourned, and show ed by actual figures the needs of the Home. The patriotic gentleman, chairman of the finance committee of the Sen ate. heartily agreed with me that the appropriation should be Increased, and It was increased from $14,000 to $20,000. Then on March 11, 1912, I was called back by the Governor to the board meeting, and was unani mously elected chairman and treas urer and voted a salary under bond. My time ever since has been given to the home. I audit all the ac counts, keep the books, give out all contracts, and am responsible by or der of the board for the management of the funds and the Confederate In firmary. "As chairman, I draw no salary. The money I earn Is for my services as treasurer, bookkeeper and general manager. As to the legality of my salary and Dr. Butler's, we presume the Comptroller-General, vbo has so ably conducted his office for years and disburses the funds for every paid official of the State, knows his business." Veterans' Statement. The signed statement from the old soldiers follows: We. the undersigned, inmates of the Confederate Home: seeing In to day's issue of the State newspapers a statement made by Major Richardson that he now holds a petition from mary of the Inmates of the Home de claring that Massey Is not a fit in mate of the Home and asking for his permanent discharge. We, the un dersigned. declare most positively that we have no knowledge of any such petition. (Signed) Win. H. Vogel. S. Boi neaus. E. Blackmon, Dwight Wes coat. N. W. Jones, J. W. Willson, W. H. Williamson, J. H. Williamson, I. WV. Byrd, Isaac Gregory, J. E. Bush, Asa Turbeville, W. W. Edwards, J. W. James, H. 'M. Fornter, W. C. Per ry, H. Boineau, S. D. Boland, C. C. Horton Sr., J. T. INays, F. M. Car ter. W. C. Cameron, I. T. Gregory, D. V. Morgan. J. V. Bryce, J. V. Young, J. A. Lomax, L. B. Culler, J. Gideon, L. P. Collier. Majior Richardson draws $1,200 per year and Dr. Butler $600 per year. Both Richardson and Butler are strong anti-Tillmnan men, but are strong for Blease. The latter is a son of Gen. M. C. Butler, whom Sen ator Tillman defeated for the Senate. Al! About a Kiss. Some amusing things happen at the ca-..paign meetings. At Gaffncy a little girl carried un a bunch of flowers to Governor Blease, he took her up and kissed her, and be'gan to speak of the innocence of childhood and the kiss the little girl had given him, when some fellow in the au dience yelled to the Governor to cut it out, as the little girl did not know any better. The Governor got mad and Invited the intruder to meet him up town after the meeting and settle the matter. The fellow said there. was no reason to wait to go up town. a.; he was ready to settle it there and then. The matter is still unsettled. Father's Fall Kills Child. Abraham.Ansel fell down stairs in his home Tn Lancaster, Pa., while carrying his twenty-month-old child. His full weight landed on the in fant's head and crushed its skull. It dia in a short time. SEVEN DIE IN CHAIRI ALL OF THE VICTLMS WERB EX] CUTBD FOR MURDER. Sir Were Italians and One a Neg and They All Met Their Fa1 Quietly. Seven murderers were electrocutA in New York Sing Sing prison Moi day morning. This is the large number of criminals to suffer tl death penalty by electricity on at one day since the electric chair w, adopted as a method of capital pui ishment. The six Italians and o negro executed Monday mornir went to their deaths quietly. Ti wardens work was accomplish( within an hour and sixteen minute The condemned were put to death the following order: John W. Colins, Lorenzo Call, Sa; atore Demarco, Filepo Demarco, A gelo Giusto, Vicenso Cona, and Jo eph Ferrone. Prison guards expected that Fe rone might put up a fight on his we to the execution chamber, but I walked meekly to the chair. Cona fainted as the straps were b ing adjusted about the body. TI cap was fixed quickly and the leth; current sent through his body. All the prisoners, with the exec tion of Colins, walked into the deal chamber protesting their innocence Colins cme in smilingly and seet ingly happy. He did not deny h guilt. He prayed on his knees at tl chair for a minute before he was e: ecuted. Giusto, Cona, Cali and the two D marcep were convicted of the murdi o' Mrs. Mary Hall in a lonely fart house at Griffin's Corner, in Wes chester county, on November 9, 191 Znaza, the sixth mcmber of the bat of assassins, was electrocuted July after he had confessed in a letter Governor Dix that he had stabbf Mrs. Hall to death. The others were convicted as pa ticipants in the crime. The m( gained access to the house on ti pretext of buying milk. Colins, who was a young Floric negro, killed Michael Lynch, a Ne York city policeman, on the mornir of July 1, 1911. GASOLINE ENGINE TROUBLES Some Remedies Suggested by Cler son College On The Subject. There are many farmers over th county who have gasoline engin, to use, either to furnish lights, pun water, or run some farm machiner The Clemson College authorities ha' lately issued a Bulletin, entitli "Some Gasoline Engine Diseases at Their Remedies," which we produ< for the benefit of those who hal gasoline engines. The article fc lows. When a gasoline engine that known to have carried a load refus< to do so again we should not co: demn the machine as a whole, bi sho-uld understand that prodadly or small thing is out of order, and v should search for and repair th trouble. The best general treatme: for the diseases of the gasoline el gine is to make free use of the pri verbial ounce of provention in tI form of gasoline, good cylinder oil, gcod battery, a good wiping rag, at a frequent close inspection of a bearings and working parts. Soul Carolina has no law regulating tI Quality of gasoline offered for sal and the farmer must sometimes a cept inferior gasoline or do withou The low grade gasoline contal cheaper, less volatile oils, and do n< vaporize -easily, depecially in co: weather. Pouring hot water in tl carburetor will help to get the engix started in case there is this troubi and the heat from the engine itse will usually vaporize the gasolit after the engine warms up. If gasoline contains water it me be remove by straining through piece of very fine wire cloth( throgh a piece of chamois skin. Regarding cylinder oil, on accout of the very high temperture of tI intertior of the gasoline engine cylii der a special oil having a high burn cylinder. Ordinary machine oil o de~ steam engine cylinder oil shoul never be used as the heat of the gast line engine cylinder chars these oi: cylinder hith a deposit of carbon the soon prevents contact in the spark< an d stops ignition. The writer has in the case of on gasoline engine which was in exce lent condition being discarded by th ,perator, on the ground that it coul not be depended upon, when the on] trouble was that the operator. despit repeated advice to the contrary, it sisted on filling the lnbricator wit any oil that black and thick. TUse good grade of gasoline cylinder o aned not more of it than the mani facturer's directions call ofr. If Ignition is by means of a batter one secret of a successful operatio is to know your battery. Every gas< line engine operator should have battery ammeter which may b bought for small sum, and with thi the battery should be tested frequeni ly. A good quality of dry cell suits ble for ignition shonld read frox twenty-five to thirty amperes whe: new, and a cell should be throw: away when it will read lower tha: six amperes. One dead cell in a battery greatl reduces its power and should be re placed as soon as discovered. Battery connections should be es amined frequently, as they are ver; disposed to work loose, especially I :he battery box is subject to an: ;haking. A source of trouble In gasoline en ;ine operation Is the occurence of th spark at the wrong time. When th, spark occurs in the cylinder the gase >us charge is ignited and burns ver rapidly, producing the pressure i: he cylinder. Since a small amoun >t time is required for the max! Liter the ignition to occur slightl: 1efore the piston reaches the end o be conmpression stroke in order tha lie piston may be started on thi working stroke with the gr'ea.tes Iressure t'cting on it. If the ignitIon occurs any after the ~nd of the compression stroke, a ver: ~reat loss of power results. Whet t Is necessary to change the time o: ;nition it can best be done by trial he adjustment being made to pro !uce the greatest power in the en tine. This is very easilly dudget .fter a little practice. Regulation of the gasoline valve it he carburetor will vary with differ nt atmospheric conditions, and hould always beset to secure great St power DENIED E-CRIME PROTESTED INNOCENCE IN THE FACE Of DEATH eHIS HYINi STATEMENT d M- Alexander Weldon, Colored, Convict. .e ed of Brutally Murdering a White M Nian in Florence County, Was Elec. - trocuted at Columbia Last Tues. g day for His Crime. d Alex Weldon, the Florence county negro, was electrocuted at the State a penitentiary Tuesday morning ai 11:15 o'clock, for the murder of Eli 7.. hu Moye. Before the current was y. turned on, and when he was seated . in the electric chair, he talked freely and bitterly and pleadingly denied . that he was guilty. He said that he y was being sent to his death for a e crime about which he knew nothing, He was brought into the electrocu tion chamber 11:03 o'clock, and plac ed in the chaar by two guards. The current was turned on by J. C. Rob bins, one of the guards at the peni. . tentiary, and the negro was pro h nounced dead at 11:17, after twc charges of 1,950 volts had been seni . through his body. The first curreni s was turned on for' one minute and e ten seconds. His body was greatly . contorted while the current was on. The required number of witnesse a- were present, being admitted b3 ir cards and a number of citizens fro= i- Florence county were in the group t- including T. A. Moye, brother of Eli L. hu Moye, who was murdered. The .d body of the negro will be buried Ir 8, the State penitentiary cemetery. o Th. warrant of execution was reac d to Weldon Tuesday morning at 9:3C o'clock. During the morning, the r- service was held with Weldon b3 n Richard Carroll. At -the service thE Le negro declared he was innocent, anc that he knew nothing of the crime a The negro shaking and trembling W from head to foot was led by twc g guards from the death cell which hE has, occupied for several d.ys to thE electrocution chamber. He sat dowr in the chair without resistance. Twc guards were standing in front of thE 1. chair, and the straps on his ankles arms, and body were quickly adjust ed. The State electrician, after dip. pir.g the metal cap in salt water Is -placed it on the head of Weldon. IS This seemed to cause him to loose hi! .p nerve and he began to mutter: "] want to talk, I want to talk! " dapt e D. J. Griffith was present, and order ed that the cap be removed, so thal d he negro might talk freely. With a trembling voice, the negrc said that he was innocent. "I wan1 'e to tell you what I can about thE - thing. I want to tell you exactly al I know. I am in this electric chai Is nut for what I done, but for whal s somebody else done. I swear I didn'1 . know that Mr. Moye had been kille it until the next morning. I want rc tell : iu that it was not my rault th-V e he was killed. I am about to go tc e eternity, and I have made peace witl is my God. Facing eternity, I woul,. it not dare tell a lie, for I know, anc 1- you know that nothing can save mi ,.. frcm death in this chair. A lie no's would_ do me no good; it is too late and, knowing that I am facing eter a nity, I could not go there with a liE d on my lips.'' 11 Here the negro almost broke down h IH called for T. A. Moye, a brothei .e of Eiihu .Moye, who was murdered 5, iMr. Moye, I feel sorry for you, and SI feel ,sorry for myself. I will soor t.me with Elihu Moye, because I ba. a lieve he is in heaven, and I am go ing there. I could not tell you a lie; tyour brother was the best friend thal d I ever had in the world. If I could *e tell you all about this -murder,] .e would do it; but I can't. If I coulc 3, give you ease from your trouble: if mind, because of your brother'! .e death, I would do it. Mr. Moye, yot know it is no need for me to lie now The first time that I knew that Mr. *Moye was killed was the next morn a ing. I was in my house that night r with three other people, and wE heard the shot fired that killed Mr. t Moye eThe negro then called for several Snegro ministers who were present, and asked that they see to it that his Sbody be given a proper burial. HE [then called for Corporal Wilson of d the penitentiary, and thanked him ffor the kindness as shown while hE s was a prisoner there. The cap was t then adjusted on his head, and at r 11:15 o'clock the current was turn ed on. He died muttering a prayer. Alex Weldon was convicted in e Florence county on October 28, 1910, -on the charge of killing Elihu Moye, e a well-to-do planter of that county. d Clarence Ham and William Burriss, y two negroes were convicted at the e same time and for the same crime. _It was'charged that Weldon and Bur riss committed the crime, while Ham stood guard. Ham was hanged in a Florence county In November. 1910. .1 and while on the scaffold confessed that he had watched the house while the other two negroes committed the act. Burriss was confined in the State penitentiary for several months pending an appeal to the Supreme Court. He died several weeks ago. a Elih-u Moye was alone in his home e when the act was committed. and the s general belief was that robbery was -the intent of the negroes. _ There are three prisoners confined in the death cell at the State peni tentiary. Isiah Butler. who was con Svicted in Charleston county was sen I tenced to death, was to have been 1 electrocuted yesterday. He was granted a respite by the Governor un ~til August 30, -upon petition of the o .cials of the penitentiary. It is said that a petition is being circulat ed for his sentence to be commuted - to life imprisonment. fDoes Very Little Good. rIn event of the Steel Trust being dissolved it will not be wise to ex -pect very much to accrue to the ben Sefit of the public. As a matter of Ssentiment and on general principles -most people hope dissolution may be rordered. -Also there is always the 1 hope that something better may be Saccomplished next time. But, jugd .ing from the results following the -dissolution of the Standard Oil and other trusts there is not much pros pect, as the Sherman Act now stands, t!hat dissolution will be of very great pablic advantage. With an ability and genius worthy of a better cause the oilicials or the very corporations already dissolved have seemed to flourish on dissolution. Still it is a long la?'e that has no turning and~ perhaps the turn is almost reached. Fr'tune Awaits 3Missing Man. Application has been made by the relatives of William Freed. formerly of Philadelphia, to have him declar ed legally dead. He disappeared in 18G3 and has not been heard from since. A fortune of several thousand dollars, left by his father, awaits the. missing- man. TURNED THEM LOOSE NO REQUISTION WAS ASKED BY GOVERNOR BLEASE Several South Caroffna Murderers Were Set Free in Savannah on Technicalities. The Savannah press runs a story saying several murderers wanted in South Carolina have benn released from custody in Savannah on hab eas corpus proceedings because Gov ernor Blease had not requested re ouisition. The sheriff of Beaufort count was present at the Savannah hearing and declared the governor's ffice was asked a wwek ago to issue the requisition papers. At any rate according to the Savannah paper the murderers are now at liberty. The following is form the Savannah Press: Not knowing whether Gov ernor Cole L. Blease of South Caroli na will issue requisition papers for men caught in Georgia and wanted in the Sister stae caused Judge Walter G. Charlton, in the Superior court this morning to release two men who aer charged with murder. A third prisoner will be held until Saturday. ,The night of July 29 there was a general fight on the steamer Planter, which carried a crowd of negro ex cursionists down the river. While in Carolina warters John James was shot and killed. Returning to Sa vannah, four men were placed under arrest, in the case-John Gillstrap, Henry and Charlie "Rc~inson jand Charles Jnes. Argument for therelease of the men was made by Col. Golding and Mr. Leo A. Morrissy, representing the State made an eloquent plea tha.t they be held, SheriffMetear of Beau fort county, was in court and stated that the solicitor of the Beaufort dis trict requested Governor Blease for papers over a week ago. Judge Charlton said he had no rigut to hold the men. Over two weeks had elapsed, he said and no ntimation has been made by the gov ernor that he even intends sending the papers, and Judge Charlton de clared that he could not hold men indefinitely, just because Governor Blease was busy campaigning and did not take the time to fil out and send the papers even if it was his inten tion to send them. Concluding Judge Charlton stated he did not believe that Governor Blease would honor any requistion papers sent to him by Georgia, nor did he think Governor Blease would send papers into Georgia asking that prisoners be returned to Carolina The local authorities, Sheriff McTeer and the solicitor were comended by Judge Charlton for the work in cat ching and holding the men. Judge Charlton devyared that he would hold Robinson until Saturday ana the others were released. Judge Charlton said that nothing had been heard from Governor Blease as to whether he Intended sending the pa pers and that two months from the present time the argument that the papers might be on the way could be put up, but owing to the gravity of the offence, he would hold Robinson until Saturday. THREAT MADE GOOD. Confederate Veteran Suspended at Soldiers' Home. Some time ago we published an ar ticle about an incident at the Confed erate Home in which Mr. Samuel F. Massey, charged that the employees of the Home were being forced to vote for Blease through a threat of removal. Mr. Massey has been sus pended for 30 days. The charges preferred against Mr. Massey are in subordination, breach of rules, drunkenness and insulting a member of the board of commissioners. Mr. Massey says that he was not cited to appear before any members of the board and that only two members of the board were present, Mr. Richard son and Dr. F. W. P. Butler. He received the following commun ication: "Columbia, S. C., August 7, 1912. "J. P. Caldwell, Superintendent CJon federate Infirmary. "Sir: You are hereby ordered to sujspend Samuel F. Massey, an inmate of the Confederate Infirmary for 30 days. Charges: Insubordination, breach of rules, drunkenness and in sulting a member of the board of commissioners. (Signed) " H. W. Richardson, "Chairman and Treasurer." "Soldiers' Home, August 7, 1912. "To Samuel F. Massey. In obe dience to the above order you are hereby suspended from the Confed erate Infirmary for the space of 30 days. (Signed) "J. P. Caldwell, "Commandant." The trouble ending In the suspen sion of 'Massey had its beginning when Maj. Richardson, chairman of beard of commissioners and a salar ied officer, appointee of Gov. B.leases told Edward J. Jones, a Confederate veteran, but not an Inmate of the Soldiers' Home, that he could not hold his job as hospital steward at the Home if he did not bestir himself in behalf of Blease. Massey heard of the threat, and understood that it applied to all employees whether In mates of the home or not, and so re ported it. Later, Maj. Richardson, In a talk to all employees, denied that he referred to all employees. 'Mr. Massey was not then allowed a hearing, and made a statement in the newspapers. He did not regard Maj. Richardson's admonition not to use his name, and his suspension is the final result. Massey's Record as Veteran. Mr. Massey was a member of Co. A, Second Batallion, cavalry, under Capt. Jas. P. Adams, of Richland county. He was afterwards in Co. , Fourth South Carolina cavalry, ommanded by Col Rutledge, and was under Capt. J. C. Foster. He was wounded at Trevillion station but went through the battle anyhow. He is from Lancaster county. TERRIBLE MASSACRE REPORTED urks Said to Have Butchered Wo men and Chilfren. A cable gram from Cettinge, Man enegro, says terrihle reports were aining a circulation in the capital f another niassacre o fChristains y Mohammedans in Albania. A band of Mohammedan Arnauts otfported by Turkish troops. Friday racked a section of the Chirisrain pop lation in the B3erana district of Al ania, which is one of the Monte 1ergin frontier. A fierce fight ensuied and women nd children are reported to have een murdered by wholesale. Many irls were made captive and carried fr by Mohamamedans. A large number of Christains and heir families have fled the territory nd taken refuge in Montenegro. The nov enent has ordered the niniste'r of war. Gen Vukotics, to roceed to the frontier and personally o take charge of the situation in WILL SHOW FUND JONES SCORES A HIT IN REPLY ING A SILLY CHIARGE OFTEN MADE BY BLEASF Blease Taken Out of His Room to Let People See He Was Not Drunk. --Near-Fight Between Lyon and Ev ands is Most Exciting Feature of Meeting. Judge Jones at the campaign meet ing at Abbeville Friday, declared most emphatically that not one cent had been put in his pockets by cor porations to assist him in his cam paign for Governor, and that he was paying his own expenses. Thus has the question frequently asked by Governor Blease been . answered. Judge Jones declared he wanted a clean election ana proposed to obey the letter of the law governing cam paign expenses, and would file his statement at the proper time. Judge Jones while in Abbeville was the guest of -Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary. Another near fight between Attorney-General Lyon and Mr. B. B. Evans created some excitement, but -he prompt intervention of officers and by-standers prevented a person al encounter, although bith of the belligerents appeared in the humor for a "scrop", and many in the crowd were disappointed when they failed to come together. For Attorney-General. For Attorney-General Messrs. Pee ples and Earle spoke about in their usual vein. Mr. Evans, it seemed. was at first somewhat cautious in his language, referring to 0ir. Lyon, but, evidently encouraged by some shouts of approval, gradually opened up in characteristic fashion. Mr. Evans again ridiculed Mr. Lyon's claims to being a lawyer. He asked if anybody in Abbeville County had ever entrust ed an important case to his opponent. Mr. Evans said he hated to accuse anybody of stealing, but that Mr. Lyon was not a poor man, and de clared that he (Lyon) has recently sold a piece of property in Columbia for $7,500, although his salary was but $1,900 a year. Replying to some remark from the crowd, Evans de clared he was not afraid of Lyon, say ing "it takes two to make a shoot ing match, and if he can shoot any quicker than I can I am his mea.t, but if he don't both of us will go down together." Mr. Lyon began by denouncing Mr. Evans, at whom he pointed his flun ger, and declared it was very dis agreeable to be in a campaign with a "dirty liar like that". Evans was sitting within arm's length of the speaker, who declared that his op ponent could flaunt his bravery but the people of Saluda and others "know he's a dirty liar". Mr. Lyon said he had been taunted for employ ing a Georgia lawyer. "Old Tom Fel der," again chimed in Josh Ashley. "Yes, and what's the matter with you and yuur kind is that Felder caught the grafters and that's ,what you don't like," retorted the Attor ney-General. The excitement came when ~Mr. Evans attempted to make a categor ial reply. Mr. Lyon warned the chairman he would resent any insult Evans might offer. "I have denied seriatim the charge of this dirty fraud, whom I. have denounced all over the State an infamous liar," began Evans, whose words were cut short by tne advance of th'e Attor ney-General with clenched fists. Ev ans assumed a waiting attitude. The chairman grabbed Mr. Lyon. Police man Bl'uce Mr. Evans, while the mayor and several citizens rushed upon the stand. By force of super ior numbers the would-be combat ants were kept apart. Mr. Evans made another attempt to reply. but the crowd was in no huarnor to listen, so he gave it up and the Incident was closed. Governor Blease. Governor Blease described his ar rival in Abbeville, saying he was met at the depot by Messrs. Win. N. Gray don, Wmn. P. Greene, and others. Later, said the Governor, among those who called at his room in the hotel were Chief Justice Gary. Ex Sheriff F. WV. R. Nance, Senator Moore, Senator Earle and Represen tative Peeples, the last two candi dates for Attorney-General. The Governor said Mr. Nance wanted him to go out on the streets, insisted on his doing so, but gave no reason for the urgent request. The Governor said he did not go, but later learned that the ex-sheriff's object was to prove false alleged reports that he (the Governor) was in his room drunk. "lit's a lie,; not so," came from the crowd. "Another Jones lie nailed." said the Governor. Mr. W. R. Richey Sr.. of Laurens, sub stantiated tihe Governor's statement that he (Mr. Richey) and his son were not supporting tne Governor with a view to obtaining a pardon for R. A. Richey, who is serving a term in the Penitentiary, having been convictedl of mistreating a white girl under fourteen years of age. In this the Governor claimed he had nailed still another "Jones lie". R. A. Rich ey is a brother of W. R. Richey Sr., who is a prominent 'attorney of Lau rens. "Never did, it's a lie." came from Josh Ashley when the Governor ask ed him to .corroborate his (Blease's) denial that he had promised Ashley to pardon Pearmnan, who killed Nance in that county, and according to the Governor, "Jones lie" No. 3 had been put where it would do no harm. The Governor paid his re spects to the local papers, the Med ium and the Press and Banfner, call ing them "two by four sheets," "me toos." and the like. The Governor read a letter from E. A. Newman, of a Camdlen mill "il lage, saying Charles D. Jones. "gave Archie Vincent, of Heath Springs, $50 to work for votes for his father till August 27. "Best Governor South Carolina ev er had," once more broke in Josh Ashley. The Governor, in warning is supporters of an alleged plot to count him out and warning them to atch th. polls closely, took a shot t Democratic State Chairman John< ary Evans. to whom he referred as< "the biggest scoundrel they .'ould 1 get for chairman to rob you. They' ay they are going to steal the tick ets and have a shortage." Gove-n- 1 r Blease was roundly applauded as e closed. Judlge .Jones. Judge Jones, introduced in the ' pera House. was greeted with pr., a onged cheers. His speech was given 'lose attention and was frequently unctuated with applause, as the peaker would drive home some fact r refute a charge. Judge JTon/s rebuked Governor 11ease for a "breach of hospitality" '': n heralding the fact that Chief Jur- t ice Gary had called at his (the Gov- c rnor's) room, the speaker declaring 5 t merely a courtesy from one high c of!!cial to another The Governor lh CAUSEU BY CATTE TICK ENORMOUS LOSS OF HUNDRED MTLIJON TO THE SOUTH. Bureau of Animal Industry Doing Much in an Effort to Eradicate the Pest. Although the South, the "garden spot of the world," was never more prosperous nor was the outlook for 3ontinued prosperity with good prices for cotton, corn and all staple crops ever better, that section is losing ev ary year, by accurate computation be tween $40,000,000 and $100,000; 000 through one source alone-the rexas fever tick. That these figures are correct there is no doubt. They are taken from the reports at the de partment of agriculture, and if there is error anywhere it is because all losses have not been reported. H. W. Graybill, assistant zoologist in the bureau of animal industry, de partment of agriculture at Washing ton, spoke interestingly regarding the work of the department and what the farmers of the south should do to cut down this big annual loss. "The eradication of the cattle tick from the southern states," Mr. Gray bill said, "is a problem of prime im portance to the agricultural interests of that section. The elimination of the tick would give a tremendous im ulse to the cattle and dairy interests, place southern agriculture on a more scientific basis, and, as a consequence give a greater measure of prosperity to the south as a whole. Although the extermination of the tick would bo the greatest benefit to those states in which the tick now occurs, the benefits resulting therefrom would not be confined to them, but would be enjoyed to a greater or less ex tent by the rest of the country, in consequence of which the problem be comes, to a certain degree, one of na tional importance. "During the past six years the bu reau of animal industry. has been conducting tick eradication work in all of the states of the infested re gion except one, In co-operation with the state authorities. During this time 162_648 square miles have been rendered free of ticks and relieved from the restrictions placed on in fested territory by the national quar antine measures against splenetic fever, and in a considerable addition al area the work of eradication Is well under way. The area which has been rendered free exceeds the com bined areas of the states of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. "As generally known, there are va rious kinds of species of ticks occur ring on cattle in the Southern states, but the one that chiefly concerns us here is the much-dreaded "cattle" or "Texas" fever tick. It is the one most freqgently found on cattle, is much more abundant than the other species, and is naturally, the one to be most feared because of the enor mous damages resulting from its ravages. When the losses occasion d by this parasite are once thorough ly understood by stockmen and farm ers there will be little need for fur ther argument on the question of tick eradication. It is hardly necessary to emphasize the fact that the tick Is something more than a simple blood sucking parasite, it being the carrier of a dangerous micro-organism, or germ, which it transmits to the blood of cattle, thus causing the "Texas fever" just mentioned. "The south needs more and better live stocit and larg'er and better dairy industry, and these objects would both be greatly promoted by the de struction of the tick. Furthermore, the increased production of live stock by reason of its important bearing In maintaining and improving the fertil ity of the soil, would be of Indistinct benefit by increasing the yield of field crops, and an incidental, though im portant advantage of stock raising and dairying, would be found In the distribution of the farmer's income throughout the year, enabling hiin to live strictly on a cash basis at all times. It can thus be seen that the benefits which woild accrue to south ern agriculture from the extermina tion of the Texas tick would be very great and far-reaching." Mr. Graybill is most enthusiastic over the possibilities possessed by some of the southern states, especial ly Georgia and the Carolinas, for larger stock raising. Everything, he says, is there to make such ventures successful except the complete eradi cation of the tick, and that Is a very serious matter. relations between Judge Jones and Chief Justice Gary were not any too cordial, the speaker declared that his successor in the State's highest ju dicial position is "now the best friend I have in South Carolina." -"Governor 'Blease said Chief J'us ice Gary is a better man than I, and I heartily concur In that." said Judge Jones, who further declared that he and Justice Gary had been friends from boyhood and when he beate me for Ossociate Justice we ran and ended as friends, and when I ran against him for Chief Justice, the race was a friendly one," continued Judge Jones. When the speaker asked what ele vating though had been suggested by Governor Blease's speech, and de eared it was nothing but malice. slander, dirt and cituperation, a voice in the crowd said: "Mr. Jones, ou 'caused It all." "I have not caused it all," Judge ones promptly sent bacg, declaring de had always fought rafr, had not struck below the .belt and only at :acked Governor Blease's official rec 3rd, which everybody, he said, had a right to criticise. Judge Jones declar ad It was perfectly proper for Gov rnor Bdease to refer to his public record. Judge Jones' statement that Dr. P. B. Carwile voted with him against separate coaches, brought down the louse. Dr. Carwile is one of the overnor's warmest supporters in Abbeville County. and is a candidate ~or the House on the Blease ticket. "I1 just want to tell Dr. Carwile 3overnor Blease says he's a nigger over because he voted against sep rate coaches." said Judge Jones, 'and remember Carwile is in the ame boat." Judge Frank B. Gary, Messrs. T. L. Graham, J. T. Rooertson, J. E. ~odd and R. E. Hill, the latter now aster of Abbeville county, were th'ers whom Judge Jones declared pposed separate coaches to which e added the Hon. Day Magill, now Lieutenant Governor of Green cod County," but formerly a mem er of the House from Abbeville. Judge Jones said there were, "Not lany fools in Abbeville County, who an be fooled by any such rot." udge Jones made his usual strong lea for law and order and closed mid thunderous applause. Judge ones received four bouquets and ~overnor Blease one. Pirate Ply on Lake Ontario. A pirate craft Is believed to be ply 1g the waters of Lake Ontario and ) be responsible for raids on scores f cottages on the New York lake iore. Those who have seen the raft say- It Is a long, low drab Lunch with a powerful gasoline en.