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? ? >?r Job Printing WUI PUnum Voii. Carbon Papers at This Office ? AMDKN, south OABOUHA, H1PTRNBKH 89, 1911 VOtUMlJ XXIU. ?" J .!?! .?! I J. .?11)11 A TALK WITH CHIEF JUCTICE IRA B. JONES NKW OANDIUATB FO? OOVKKN OH <UVK8 OUT INTiCHVlKW ? llKttl'ON i>8 TO OALUkM^ The Spartanburg Herald of Bun a day coataiuB a two column article by a representative of the paper. wfco~was sent over to Lancaster to Interview' Judge Ira B. Jones. Most of the. article la given to a review of Judge Jones' career and to facta about his family. What tfcere Is of the interview proper will be found in tbe following : "My candidacy for the governor ship," said the chief justice, "came from tbe Spartanburg Herald, and I appreciate the fact very much. Spartanburg- is a great county and great city. I know a number of your people very well, but I shall become very much better acquainted with many of them, 1 . hope" ? with k significant smile? "within the next year." ? "I am not one of those who be lieve that the newspapers have lost their Influence ? don't put me down a# any such fool as that ? but I guess you had better not use that word. The newspapers have tre mendous influence consciously or unconsciously. I'll tell you what I think tho newspapers should do." And here the chief justice raised . nn admonitory finger, much after the style of the late Dr. James H, Car lisle, and said: "jBe moderate in praise of their friends and in criti .cism of their enemies; publish the bald fact,- wltti~jUBt etTOUgg common to elucidate the situation; and leave to the readers the drawing of their own conclusions and the formation of their own opinions. This trait the newspapers should recognise, and even if they do attempt, as they might legitimately do, , to mould public opinion, the best way for them to do it is by suggestion, aqd hot by thO knock-down-and-drag-out method. Let the reader believe that ^e voluntarily forms hts opin? ion. The people of South Carolina as well as those! of other states, have a cordial dislike to being drivr en to do anything. They feel that thejr are free, and they like to M" orclse tholr freedom, and you' can't blame them for that, you know." Asked for his reason for selecting the first day of the session of the .general assembly next January as the date of the effect of his resigna tion, Judge {ones -explained that ho could not conceive himself as seek ing the governorship, or any other office while wearing the judicial, robe. It was up to him, therefore, to resign. If he resigned before the meeting of' the Legislature, the suPrmee oourt' would not havfe Its full quota -of justices from the time of his resignation until the election of his successor and an additional associate justice to the vacancy now existing. Under these circum stances, attorneys practicing before the oourt would have the right, to demand the additional Justices, and it would be the duty of the. gover nor, upon certification from the fan-1 tices that the vaoancles' existed, to appoint a special Justice in eaoh case where this demand ttfa s made. If 100 such oases should come be fore the court between the date of his resignation and the election of bis successor, Judge Jones explaln 5 ed, It would be necessary for the governor to make 100 seperate and distinct appointments, either of the same aotlng Justice, or of different ones In different cases. The power of the governor to appoint a Justice to fill out an unexpired term pertains only to portions of terms less than one ysar. Judge J opes' term has more than two years -to run after his resignation becomes effective. If Judge Jones had resigned, therefore,, before the meeting of the" legislature, which has power to choose his successor, .the Court would have been handicapped by having to secure appointments of special Judges by the governor ^in cases where they were demanded by the attorneys or litigants Interested. If he held on to his present position un til nearer the timet of the primary, be might have been aocuied of hav* lag h.M on to the ?l.nr ? loot" ? possible. -therefore, jraa the earliest/ his si resignation first 4**^ lnture, -J-* ? " - SOUTH Kit N RAILWAY "Very Ukeljr tu l*Mt On New Train to Pmw Qyudoti< # r We received a very pleasant call on Tuesday morning last from Mr. W. U. McQee, of Charleston, Dlvls lon Passenger Agent of the South ern Railway.' llr. MoGee was In town for the purpoae of flhdlug out the wishes of our people regarding a new sohedule on tfce . Southern Hallway. It U possible that within a few week* a train will be put on leaving Columbia for Rock Hill at an early hour connecting at Klng vUle with a train from Charleston. Besides giving us an early morning train from Charleston, It would al so give us a morning train (or West vllle, Kershaw and Lancasterr- ; something we have long wanted. We would be glad. to see' this train on just as soon as possible. ? r* " ' " Bonded Warehouse for Camden. R. M. McCown, secretary of state, lias issued a commission to the Farmers' Bonded Warehouse com pany of Camden with a capital stoc of $10,000. The petitioners are L. TU. Clyburn, L. I. Qulon, W. J. Dunn George T. Little, John Cantey, Hen ry Savage. S. F. B rasing ton and E. ... Brown. ' The pompany proposes to store ootton. ' Bliame Brothers. Of court* you have noticed the attractive advertisement of Rhame Brothers in to-day's Chronicle. Their goods and prices are also at tractive?especially so Is their price for the^well known Milburn w&gon. Before buying a wagon call andsoe the Milborn. ? ? ? . ' i HKIil> UP ON SCKNB OF BEATTIB StUKDKR. Farmer Reports Encounter With Un shaven Highwayman. i- ______ A special sent out from Richmond Va., says: "Samuel Martin, a farm er living In Chesterfield county, 3 J 'Mies south of Richmond, today, re orted that he was held .np at the point of a pistol at the exact spot on the Midlothian turnpike where Mrs. Henry Clay Baattle, ft., was murdered. He said that last Wednesday nigh he h*d ~ Just noticed" that a~ front wheel of his wagon had struck the iron spike driven Into th* roadbed to identify the blood spot when a rough, unshaven jnan appeared with a pistol in hand. In his fright he fell backward* off the seaC*ndr turn bled into the road. As the team (?rent on, disconcerting the highway man. Martin took to the woods an hastened home by another route." .. . "fr " . 'il can elect hit suocessor cm the same day. - That is a matter which Is up to the legislature If one may Judge from the spirit In which Judge Jones talked, he will net be a "statesman out of a lob" after his r resignation, but a statesman very ^much "on the* Job/' getting his plans In shape for the race for governor. For aevftn month he will devote his attention to that 1 "Of course It Is a sacrifice for me to gl^e up Itbe position of chief Jus tice with the duties of which I am reasonably familiar, and which I could reasonably have expected to hold for the rest of my active life. And I have not made ^he sacrifice without mature deliberation. I hav thought the situation' over. "The State of South Carolina has honored me far more than I de served, or could have expected It to do, and I consider that tbd State now fMes a^ crisis. From $very part of the Stale the call has come to ma to of fer my services. There seems to have been a uniting in the opinion that it is my duty to make the raoe for Governor and while It is a sacrlfioe on my par^^' ii f sacrifice which I shall willingly and gladly make In Jrtturii for the honor tbat the people, through their legis lature, have oonferred uiK>n me. thia thing with. , my Whole heart and energy, and while I have nothing to give but now as to my plans or my platform, there will be plenty to say after the du tlee of my tfcid aside. still the SENATOR B. R. TILLMAN jl WILL ENTER RACE AGAIN BVliUVJW THAT UK WILL BK KJS.KUfiCTttl> WITUaUT ANY TROUML.Jp. In an Interview with J. L. Mc Whorton of the Augusta Chronicle, printed in last Friday'* Chronicle, B. H. Tillman,, senior senator front &buth Carolina, definitely annuono ed that he* would would . run for the senate again, and outlined hia position In regard to the . guberna torial campaign. Th?? Chronicle's story follows: 4fl will he a candidate for reelec tion to the United Statea senate if I am alive and not In artleulo mortis. Yes, by God, I believe If I am dead I'll let 'em vote for me a little anyhow." In this emphatic language Sena tor Benjamin Ryan Tillman sets forever at rest the cherlahed hopes, as to whether he will be In the United States senatorial race next year. ?t his farm near Trenton yester day Senator Tillman "talked the matter over,* with a staff reprer aentatlve of The Chronlole, and ln> language more or leaf Tlllmanesque as the Various phases c demanded;, stated that he believed he would be elected again without trouble. "It has been said often, that 1 could sit on my back porch and be reelected," said he. "I don't know why they always mention Vny back porch, for the front porch is much more cheerful and I use it the more, but I suppose they mean to Unply that I need not even show myself r in the' campaign and that my friends lb South- Carolina will '.ee that I go back. If I want to." Senator Tillman was busy on his farm, but he ^ took time to say this much. ? . ^>:*r I* Good Heftlth. To those who are familiar with Che oft-repeated ataUments as to his falling health It may come as a. Surprise to know that he sleeps well, eats heartily, gives the whole farm his personal supervision by walking end* riding orer It every1 day? in fact, many times a day? | dictates his private and official let ters to his Secretary, and that his tyind is as clear as a hell, and his old-time fire of speech and man ner biases out atT opportune times. The only real reminder of this past affliction is the cane he oarriee? and be sometimes forgets that and gets along seemingly aa. well <*s with it.; Barring death, he win be In, the raoe, and he will make speeches too, and he says he doesn't care who or how many enter the field. Any one has a right to offer who Irishes to. Stntirely Hand* Off. "Senator, it has been more than hinted by some that ypu are encour aging, and will vback, Gov. Blease for reelection as governor next sum mer. The Chronicle want# to know directly from you if yoi| will give It, bow much truth there is in these bints and rumorsT" was the direct Question asked Senator Tillman by the representative of The Chronl rr-- ? ? ?" 4 . ' ? - - n ' k ? v * "I p not going to help a damn teoul in that race. 1 am going to; be strictly hands-off and neutral, and furthermore, X have not given'} any one any authority to say that [ % was for .or against either of the candidates who have announced. I am not going t6 mix in it or have anything to do With it." The eenator's^attention was call ed to the story In yesterday morn ing's' Chronicle, written by Col. Leo Green, a former newspaper man In South Carolina, in whloh It was' stated that Senator Tillman Would be a factor in the race, and he paid that he did not see much In the story, but that it was "probably written to draw me put." He said that be did not know who inspired the story, but aa far aa the refers encee to his being a factor was J ncerned he could only repeat what I be had Just said: That he wa^l 1 "not going to be mtaed up la it." 1 PRES. BARRETT RETURNS FROM CONVENTION t AHHH VAAMJKfW TO OO-OPKHATM IN WUHT VOU HIGHKK puim ? ? _ , Union City, Oa. ? President C. 8. Harrett of the Farmer* union, who *aa J lint returned from the national . convention of that organisation at 8hawnee, Okla., and from the Cot ton Grower* congress at Montgom ery, Ala., haa Issued a statement In which he state* the impregnable position of the Southern farmers aud urgea them to aland ahoulder to ahoulder to win the fight for fair prices during the opening sea aou. Mr. Barret aiao brands aa ab solutely without foundation the re port* of *> bumper crop, and de? dare* the world will pay a legiti mate figure for the ataple If farm-| era, In oo-eperatlou with bualneaa men of the South, wl^l conduct the proper aort of campaign. Hla state ment follow* : "To the Cotton Orowera of the Southern State*; "The recent convention of the Southern cotton growera at Mont gomery, Ala., haa satisfied methat the South, as a unit, haa at laat waked to the need of co-operating of making a vigorous fight for Insuring a fair price for its main staple ? Cotton. I do not remember to bave attended a more enthusias tic gathering, a more representative one, or one more patronised by ^prominent, hard-headed business men, Commissioners of agriculture of the Southern States and men in close touoh with every class of farmer were present.- The consen sus of opinion was - that cotton ahould be held for fifteen cents. This was in line with the .verdict of the national convention gt the Farm ers union at Shawnee, whioh de cided that cottpn should not be sold at prioes prevailing, and should be Jield - and financed for h higher fig ure. * At Shawnee more thftif if thou sand telegrams were received from various parts of tho South, declar ing that the organisation would work toward the end of holding the staple and helping needy farmers until the market reached a correct prlcc ]L r ? - - . "At. Montgomery- ?he Hon. Thom as Heflln, congressman from Ala bama; B. J. Watson, commissioner of agriculture from South Carolina, and myself were constituted' a com mittee to supervise publicity and propaganda. * "There is no* doubt In my mind that concerted measures will defeat the movement to bear cotton and will Insure a just level throughout the selling season. "Now <ls the time for the. friend of the. farmer to prove his- friend ship by substantial aid. Cotton is the best collateral in the world. The banker and the small merchant can, and. I believe will accept it as such in oases where 'distress' cotton might otherwise he thrown on the market only to glut it. "It is to the first interest of the businsqb men of the South, whether bankers or merchants, to join the farmers in this movement for their rights. Even one-fourth of a cent off the just price for ..cotton means a loss of millions visited upon ev ery trade channel. ~ It resolves it self sjihply Into a question of let ting the world know, by our actions that we are going to market and not sacrifice our cotton. If the business man and the banker falls tin his duty, if the public man falls In his- often repeated protestation* of loyalty to the farmer, they will all suffer tn similar degree. With regard to cotton, we stand or fall togethsr/ \ An unjust prioe tor the farmer n# i lack of prosperity for (th?ime*ehant, the banker, the busi ness man- ? whether in the city tor country. A just price means prosperity for all in same proportion {The mills of New England, after a season of curtailment, are resuming operations. Does this look like jthefe Is an absenoe of demand tor cotton r "It U Incumbent upon us not to Mil onr birthright, not. to yield tho rWMilta of tho year's toll at tho bo heat of market manipulators. > lYou afro t& better shape than ev er to make thl? fight a winning one You have no excuse for falling In It. You hare grown hogs, oom and other foodstuffs this past season. I You era leee In debt, leee under the AITIUCIIICNDKU IN L?AN<JAHTKR. ? . ? Frhnmer In (iiv?u Forty Mile Kido 1b Automobile. I ? : Ou Friday morning last, CMef of Police Klrkpatrlok cam? from Harts vllle to Camden over the Seaboard, ?where tie secured Mr. N. R. Good uie'u touring car to make a trip to Lancaster, to bring Ben Cassldy, a white man, wanted In HartavlUe on the obarge of reduction, who waa a r reeled lu Lanoaater on Thurs day. Casaldy had been working in the l?an<;aater cotton mill for about three week*. The trip waa made in a very ahor time. Mr. Ooodale reports fine roads and says that It is a pleasure to travel on as good a road an there la between Camden and Lan caeter. Military Companies Under Arms. Owing to the trouble which haa I existed for aome time between thej Street Car Company and the con ductors and motormen In Spartan burg, Governor B lease on Sunday last ordered three military compa-, nles of State Malltla from Green ville, Spartanburg and Clifton to hold themselves In readiness for a call to assist In the trouble in Spartanburg. Florence Military Company Disband ed by the Governor. Governor Bleaae has disbanded I the Fl^renoe military company upon | the charges that the members were I allowed to keep their equipment at , their homes; that the company rolls were padded and that members oth er than the regular organized ma lltla have been taken on encamp* ment s. BANKS OF SUMTER Offer to Come to the Assistance of Sumter County Farmers. ; At a Joint meeting of the Farm ers' Onion, .the Chamber of Com i merce and the business men of the< city of Sumter which was held Mon day afternoon - in the Chamber of Commerce hall, the plan embodied in the following preamble and reao ution .was unanimously adopted: "Whereas/the representatives of the various bank# of the city ot Sumter have offered to recommend to their dlreotora that arrangemeutB be made to secure the sum of half million dollars. If so much be nec essary, for t^he purpoae of financing the, holding of cotton, placed in any bonded warehouse, further agreeing to take care of any cotton ware house cerlflctatea presented at the banks while such arrangements are being made: "Resolved. That the thanks of this meeting be extended to our banks for their oo-operation In this matter, and that all farmers, who can, be urged to hold their cotton without such assistance, and those unable to do so be urged to avail themselves of thlp offer/' The meeting waa called at the request of President B. W. Dabbs, of the State Farmers' Union, and Immediately upon lta call to order by President 8. C. Baker of the Chamber of Comnierce, it was stat ed that the meeting bad been call ed In order to formulate some plan whereby farmers who do busi ness In this city might be enabled to hold their cotton off the market during the present low prices. ? Sumter Watchman and Southron. domination of the mortgage, than at any partod Jn Son tharn history. Ton whipped the gamblers before whan jrou were haad orer heals In debt, you wera haad over .ear* in debt. . free, you "deserve little sympathy I from yourself or the world. "As never in hlatory, the farmer and business mam of the South are prepared to battle aide by side. Th< confercnfljT.^i Montgomery.:, proved that. "My present purpose in this hour is to press upon all Southern ele ments (the necessity of keeping the pledges of eo-operat!<mL4 given at Montgomery, 71 and of representing to all Southerners the prime duty and eelf Interest of participating in a movement that moans the welfare ? "CHARLM8.| A R R HIT. ?Iff Vj^wSKj^v'- ..*f ?-'fcV, KERSHAW COUNTY MAN ACQUITTED IN FAIRFIELD JURY IN CASK OF Mil. 11. T. MIC KLK OUT OF OOUKT ROOM ONLY TKN MINVTKS. By a Jury of his countrymen at Wlmmboro on last Friday afternoon, about six o'olook, Mr. Robert T. Mtckle waa acquitted of the murder of William Thompson, colored. Thia Will be learned with tho greatest delight by Mr. Mickle'a many frienda in Kerahaw county and will imme diately be pronounced by them aa a righteous verdict, for all who kuow Robert Mlckle know that he was forced to do what he did. The evi dence brought out in the trial was practically the same aa has been currently reported and it is not necessary to reiterate it here. The case was called about 4 o'clock on Thursday afternoon. Much interest was manifested in it and there was a largo attendanco of people not only from Farfield but from Kershaw oounty na well. It waa beautiful to witnesa the loy alty and devotion with which Mr, Mlckle's friends stood by him during the trial. Many of them, voluntarily left their busineas and was with him during the trial. Those who testi fied aa to his character did so cheer fully and for the great love and teem they had for him as a loyal cltlsen and true man. The evidence showed the negro to be a very desperate character. He had upon several occasions openly threatened Mr. Mlckle's life and af ter he was shot, several loaded shells were found in his pocket which he admitted that he wan car rying to kill Mr. Mlckle. The evi deuce given by the State s wlin onsen would have acquitted Mr. Mickle. Mr. Mlckle waa represented by jCapt. M. L. Smith, of Camden and Mr. J. E. McDonald, of Winusboro', *who by the way, is one of the big pest men In the State. Mr. Mc JDouaid~le a- -matt -In all that ? word implies. The Kershaw delegation to Winna-' boro left immediately after the trial on Friday night arriving in Camden on the early train on the Seaboard on Saturday morning. Winnsboro is a fine old place- ? beautiful in its *ntiqnity. It is one of the towut; through which Cornwall!* passed and the appearance of some of the' buildings there would indicate that they are stnndlng Juat as Cornwaills left them. UiUseni of L/ee County Wish to Oo Rack Into. Sumter County. ? It was stated . in the city today that those citizens of the Mechan lcsvllle and DuBose Cross Roads section who ares, interested in get ting back into Sumter oounty, are working up the subject in the nelgh boihood preparatory to circulating the petition so that an election can be ordered. Already the surveys have been run and it has been found that 9% miles will be in the part of Lee county whloli desires to re-unite with Sumter county. A meeting of the oltlsens of this section was held recently and It was the unanimous wish that they come back into Sum ter county. The petition has been , gotten up anfl will probably be circulated in the next taw days. Following the circulation of the petition, If it meets with no unexpected opposi tion* a petition will at once U made for the appointment of a day for an election to decide the matter. Sumter Item of the 23rd. T The SMboMd Swrwy. , V The surveyors who are locating the route, of ? the South Carolina Western Railway are now at work between Bishoprille and this city. They orossed Scape 0'srv Swamp, south' of Manville. Friday aftcr n6on and Saturday were working be tween (he swamp and Mechanics? ville. The line of the survey cross es the swamp back pf Mr. R. I. Manning's place, but does not run through his land, passing back of it. It will probably cross the back part of the Mechaalesvllle planta- > tion. The lines now being survey ed may not be the route that the road WHI follow, for it Is the pre liminary surrey and other lines will probably be rum before the road la finally located. It Is expected that the surveyors will reash this city