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' - ?"" ? **???..? .i.ii , - ? ? - ? . ? - ? - ; ^ 1^1'The Camden Chronicle^] x.. i 11. ? jx - JU- iiij ,^n i ,i . >. Li .L^j^jjigggggaegacseggaBgaeBi I I)<II !!!)? ,1. Mill ,1 ii.li mn \\iKi,matamemaatammtmtm i ? > ? ? ? ? *'i- ? ? ? ~ VOiiUMJK XXHJ. CAMDfcN, SOUTH OAliOiiiNA, OOTOBKR 18, 1011. NUMBMK 1M. PERFECT PRINTI NO PRODUCED BY PRACTICAL' PRINTERS PLEASES PATRONS. TRY OUR SHOP. ? ..... ?22 i" 'I ? ? ? ? i SENATOR TILLMAN'S WitirHr towards to^S4t'^ce AGAIN DHCLARBtf HIH NKUTKAJL ITY ? UBNIKH TAKING PART IN AI4LBGBD MSKTINQ ? Wffl 19 FOR NBITHBR JONKH NOR BUSASB ? RICHARDS HAS HlClfN MlBlUi3i*HlCHKNTJhil>. Senator Tillman, has neat to The Dally ltocord, for 1 ubllcatlon, a oop <>r a letter he has written to Mr. W. T. Orews, editor of the Wews 8cimltor, replying to an editorial Id 1 the first issue of that paper, Sept. I 22nd, and denying that he took! part Wth Major Johp G. Richards, 1 Jr.. in any scheme to bring out! Chief Justice Ira B. Jones as a can-j dldute for governor. Senator Tlll-I man declares this report does both himself and Major Richards great injustice, and that so far as"~he himself is concerned he reiterates | jtbot he is taking no part in the) contest for gpvernor, aa both thai candidates are "old Tlllmanltes" I and the people must choose the betel ter fitted man of the two, without [ ^dictation from him. | It may be salih i|pon authority that Major Richards had nothing 1 whatever to . do with Inducing Mr. l Jones to run for governor and I that as a matter of fact Major 1 Richards has not given Mr. Jones J any assurance that '"he, Major 1 Richards, will not himself become a J candidate for that office wagatnstT both JoneB and Blease. Major I Richards has not Intimated even to! this closest friends what he propos-1 eg to. do in that regard. 1 The ' letter from Senator Tillman | Is as follows:. . I Trenton, S. C/, Sept. 2B, 1911. Mr. W. T. Orews, Greenwood, S. tJ. 1 Dear "Bose": This morning's mail' brings me the first, number of I your new paper,' The News Scimi-I ter. I was very much surprised 10 1 Hind that you had hatched a m"'?'*! nest out of my recent viqft 40 John! G. Richards at Liberty Hill, and I have been none too tender of his I feelings, and have dealt very un-l Justly with hjm. - Although 'it 1? 1 perhaps not worth while, I take J the trouble. to write you this letter! which you are at liberty- to -pub- 1 llsh. I Your father was my staunchl friend all of his life and It will not! add to my peace of mind or con- 1 tentmenjt to. feel before t die that I his son is not the same loyal friend! that Tom Crews was. I know your I paper will circulate. If It circulates J at all, among the pronounced Till- J manltes of the state because the Laurensvllle Herald with which I you have been connected was al? I ways one of the "bltie hCn's chick- 1 ons" and outspoken as regards to 1 Tillman ism. 1 think it unkind, j therefore, to > lend ' yourself to any I suggestion or scheme which will! weaken the confidence in me , of | any friend of mine. You know* lM yqu know anything, that I have! nothing to do andr never will have! anything to do with , that Gonsales I crowd, or any emissary that they I will send to me. I may be a fool 1 and not recognise such emissary,! but X think I yet have sense 'nutf I to know an ambassador or agent! of that bunoh of politicians should one approach me. I Your editorial, "The^Plot Against! Blease," is so unjust to Richards nn<i me and sp ! calculated. to mis- 1 lead 1 write this in order to set you straight: l? the first place, Richards Is not the India rubber I politician and hypocrite you iaatn uato he is, but an honorable and high - toned man* and ?hould have been elected governor last year, if character and ability to serve the I people creditably had been consid ered by the voters. The subject 1 of Jones' candidacy was not discuss ed during my- visit. to RioKkrds and! his announcement was a surprise toj me. Richards has known all along that my candidacy for the senate I depehded entirely on the condition of my health, and even If I am In bed, unless wfrftlly parslyse^l e^j poet to ailow the people pf South Carolina who want to do so to have Iha opportunity to vote for tap. I am anxious to see whether ??nc not they apprwLU my ?i.d honwt .tfoyu to th.m Uw t??&. ??')??? Sow MM or used la the w?jr you suggest la (be editorial in an Insult and out rage to me and I am shocked to have such an assaasin's blow oome from Tom Crew's eon. If I am re-elected I will not resign hut' die In 'harness. I You of all men aro the last one to Insinuate that I a so cowardly and to easily wrap around people's fingers that ' would Join any suoh combination. I am astonished at you and of course you know I am very much hurt. I do not expect to take sides in the governor's race next year. It i? none of my business, anywsjr, and my policy as a public man has always been that of Jeffer son: "Teach the people and trust the people Both of the candl dateu thus far announced are old Tiituinnltes and' the people must Judge for themselves which one of then is best entitled to their con fldeuce. ' Very respectfully, B. R. Till mau. / / Tbe article to which Senator Tlll mau refers Is as follows: * The Plot Against Blcase. "Several days ago Senator Till man was the guest of Mr. John G. Richards at his home In Kershaw * ounty, and when the senator left for his home at Trenton the chief] justice of the supreme "court of the state. Judge Ira B, Jones, made! a pilgrimage also, to Mr. Richards' home, which seems suddenly to have become the political mecca for all antl-Blease politicians. "Immediately after Chief Justice Jones' return, home he sent his res ignation to the governor, to take effect next January, and also noti fied Col. Brooks, Clerk to the su preme oourt, to that effect. This turn of the political kaleidoscope j affords some Interesting prognostlca tlong, and at the' same time devel ops a political scheme that has been hatching in Columbia for some llUio. wk?u yup Uiar News and Courier correspondent whom Tillman loved and loves above all other newspaper corres pondents, of the anti press Of the state, laid all his wires and,, made report to Gonzales and Co., the po litical leaven began to "work. The big city dallies immediately began to sing the praises of Judge Ira B. (Tones for governor and all die lit tle "me-too" antl-Blease papers in the state yelped approval and have been making the welkin ring ever since with the praises of Mr. Jones. "Whether or not Senator-TiHman has given these conspiring, politi cians any pegs on whioh to hang their political hopes, we don't pre tend to know; but whether he did or not, ' the antl-Blease politicians are trying to make Senator Till man's old friends and supporters believe he did. But at any rate, it 4s easy to ploture the suave - Rich ards and the sedate and wise chief justice sitting out on the porch of Mr. Richards' country mansion plot-| ting the political downfall of Mr. B lease and the- manacling of his! 'vicious and ignorant' supporters. The Delilah-like mediator and politi cal ambassador of the Gonsalps wing of the Blease opposition had already delivered his ultimatum to the plotters who were now ex pected to carry out their part of the scheme, by deceiving or fooling the 'old-time' Tillmanfte- Reformers' ? and to this extent his mission was suooeesful. Now, Jones and Richards get to work. The latter had already wormed out of Tillman, under the guise of personal friend? ship, as to the probability of Sen ator Tillman's being able to make an active canvass next year, ' and also as to the probability of his resigning the sens tors hip in. the ?vent of his re-election, with no op position. 0o, the balance of the Plot was plain' sailing for Jones and Richards. The Gonsales poli ticians had! already 1 eft it be': known [that. they were not going to toler ate any more prohibition foolish nees lUi the next gubernatorial cam rfaitn. so it was out of the q tui tion for Richards to beoome a can didate, as he wag too well known a pronounced prohibitionist; and a few personal expression* Of n one for another, Mr." Rich ard. patriotically -aacrlflowl- hlm MK to th. political atobltlona of Juattc. Jotraa. and It m than aod JBKKKD BY OHOWI). Toledo AvUtor to Burned to Deafh Wlxll? in Mfctel* A Dayton, O., dispatch, carried by the Associated Press, eald: Forced into the air by the jeers of thous Hands who called him a coward, F. H. Miller, 23 years old, a Toledo aviator, shot Into the sky at twi light the other evening and when 200 tee t up was burned to death before the eye* of the spectators, on the Miami county fair grounds at Troy, norht of here. Miller had circled the race track and was Just starting into a spiral glide into a neighboring corn field when eeine thlng went wrong. He Could be seen making ' a frantic attempt to get his machine under control, sud denly the whirring of the propellers ceased. The craft then , dropped like a shot for fifty feet, a tiny blue flame was emitted from the. engine, and In an Instant the gaso-' lino tank exploded. The maohlne was wrecked, debris was hurled h-tndrcds of feet In all directions. What remained of the aeroplane and its ' driver were burned almost to a crlrp as they dropped rapidly to,, earth. It was Miller's second flight of the day and the fifth and last of the week. In a short flight shortly after noon his machine' acted unsteady and he did not care to go up. Mr. R. M. Kennedy, Jr., of Sa vannah, ChC was In Camden this week. *He was acoompanled by Mr. U Evelyn, a citizen of Wales, Eng land. * v announce his resignation, an <), la tor oh, couie "tit as a candidate agalust Cole BleaHe. Of course, be ing u prohll'ltionlst hlu^elf, Mr. Richards bundled up ?iiu prohibi tion vote, tied ;.t ?with a piece of blue ribbon soured .It with pledge of the prohibition press of the State, presented it to Mr. ? Jones wl** *11 the knightly courtemr. ?*?? ; from one conspirator to another. This done, Mr. Jones' resignation was prepared, which, -.on his return {home was to be sent to the gover nor, and later on to follow It up with the announcement of his can didacy for the governorship. The latter' port of theprogram, how ever, seems to have been hurried a bit. The conspirators got word of tjie fact that there were many old friends of John Gary Evans who began to use his name In connection with the governor ship, when the Gonzales crowd warned Chief Justice Jones to 'do about' ? get busy ? and Mr. Jones' announcement for the governorship was immediately forthcoming. This )much of jtbe plot has already come ]to light; but there is another side to it that the people don't know yet. "Mr. Richards is to keep In con stant touch with Senator Tillman, and of course, he and he alone, is to know when, the Senator is to (retire ? whether by declining to run in the next campaign, or whether he will resign after re-election, if the latter, then Mr. Richards is to |>e given the field alone, so far as the prohibition faction is ooncemed, and he is to get the support and influence of the Jones administra tion and the Gonzales crowd to suc ceed Tillman? all this to reward Richards for his. self-sacrifice, pa triotism, etc. : "But what is to become of Gov ernor JoneeT Is he to be permit ted to fall out of public notice at the expiration of a little old measly one term as governor? Not a bit of it. The plot takes care of him fully and substantially. At the expiration of his term, the wune political machine that made him governor is to still further re ward him by giving him the Hon. Bid. Smith's seat in the United States senate. "This is their scheme ? their poll lcai plot to defeat Blease ? and ev en If it takes old-time Tlllman-coat taH swingers and Tillman's old-time bitterest enemies to accomplish it, they are going to try it. But as Blease's election showed that the P^Ple were not going to be ruled at the dictation ef Gonsales politl w*jhardl- **llw Uat ABOUT SCHOOL BOOKS FROM SUPT. SWEARINGEN what old bookh THAT . OAN HE UXOHANCiKD FOR THK NUW ONKH. ?J. B. Swearlngen, State superin tendent of Education and secreta ry of the State board of education, haa called upon all managers of text-book depositories In the State to co-operate In supplying the new book adoptions to the schools of the State. The following Instructions are given: "Under the text-book contract of the South Carolina state board of education with the BO publishers whose books have been adopted for use in the schools of the State, lib eral exchange terms have been granted to all purohasres. Any old book in use from 1906 to 1911 are exchangeable for any new book to be used under the recent State adoption. "An old book that can be re cognized Is exchangeable. "The condition of the books or the leaves, and the number o t the micslng leaves, should not be tak en Into consideration. The only requirement is that the old book shall be on the same subject as the now book introduced. "All exchange prices are printed >r pasted on inside the front cover of the new texts. ^Purchasers and dealers may secure full and clear Information by reference to these of'Jclal labels. Promotional ex change does not require that the new book shall hi of the same grado as the old book presented by the purchaser. This point Is clear* ly covered by Section 6 of -the State text-book contract. ~"v "The central text-book deposito ry should fill all cash orders with in three days after their receipt. If in the delivery Of books occurs, pleas* ivyvn i yivmpny to the State superintendent of educa tion, the date and the nature of the order and the books omitted in the shipment from Co lumbia. - A copy of the order Itself, marked so as to show the books ordered but not received, would be more satisfactory. "Any overcharge should be promptly reported to the State superintendent of education." Ueat Ancrum to Charleston. Washington, October 6. ? First Lieut Calhoun Ancrum, U. S. mar ine corps, has been detached from the advanced base school, at Phila delphia, and ordered to the mar ine barracks, Charleston. - 1 ? "? % Shooting in Chesterfield, ' ? Mr. Wesley Raley, of Chesterfield county, was shot by Mr. Thomas Ca toe, also of Chesterfield county, on Sunday night last. Particulars of the unfortunate affair cannot be ottalned. Mr. Haley's condition, we understand, is quite serious. BERT LEIGH Is "The Kan on the Box" Opera - House, Tuesday, Oct. 17. Those Of our local theatre goers who appreciate high class come4y should be very muoh Interested In the coming of "The Man on the Box," dramatised by Grace Living stone Furnlss from the novel of the same name by Harold McGrath, to be presented at Opera House on Tuesday, Oct. 17. As the book was, and still is, one of the best sellers, so has the play proven to be one of the best and most successful of comedies staged in recent years. Both In the book and on the stage, "The Man on the Box" devel opes a combination of comedy, sen timent, farce, emotion and mild melo-drama that Is pleasing to all lovers. it is well written. Its soenes are well" constructed, and the plot proves with a stupidity of action that helps along its mirth giving qualities and its comic pow er. Mr. Bert Leigh heads the oom pany, presenting the play here, sup ported by Miss Billy Long and a strong oast. The prodtootlon will be complete In all details. Seats on sale at iF. Leslie Zemp's Drug atone. : >* W ;-t - 1 - -??* - r y\ HOMJf MUHOHANTtt 'Who Are Blddlnf For Your Triule Through Th? Chronicle. Now that money In la plentiful circulation don't forget the home merchants. Don't go or aend away from home for whet you can get from them. When a dollar goea away from town for anything that can he bought here, Juat that rnuoh goes out of local circulation forever. Did you ever atop to think of thatT It will pay you In the long run to patronlce home dealera, even at a little higher price, but they do not aak that ? all they ask la a aquare deal ? a" chance to figure with the out-of-town fellow. We feel eatiafled that many of our frlenda aend or go elaewhere for knany artlclee mainly from thought leBsneps, It la time to do aome thinking along thla line. If we ever expect our town to amount to anything let ua patronise home en terprise and keep the dollara at home. The below mentioned flrma are regular advertisers of The Chroni cle and they are*aaklng your trade. ?Jt Is the intention of this paper to accept no objectionable advertlalng, no patent medlcinea ? none but rep utable concerns or manufacturers ? and we commend the following to you: ? -g-y -? "r? ? ' ? Baruch-Nettles Co. ? Dry goods. Hlrach Bros.' A Co. ? Dry goods. Gilt Edge Store*? Dry Goods. O. : I0r?' > Groceries. The 1 Kir kwOtodi- -Grocery. ? Qrocer leg, ? j G. Lt Blackwdfr? Jewelry. A.' D. Kennedy ? Hardware. The Misses Gerald ? Millinery. W. W. King ? Horses. Belk & Klrkland? Real estate. Rhame Bros. ? General merchan dise. H. W. Northcutt, Bethune ? Fur niture. J. H. Moore ? Contractor. 8. M. Mathls ? Wood and coal. ?G. W. Crosby-r? Ice Cream Par ^^ifnternatlonal Harvester Co. ? Ma chinery. , Hacker Manufacturing Company ? Builder's Supplies, W. K. Tavel ? Surveyor. A. B. Kirschbaum Co. ? Clothing. KERSHAW'S COTTON CHOP. Citlkm Thinks This Year's Yield Will Be L*rge?t Made. Reports from all sections of the ?county seem to indicate the yield of cotton this year will break all records. Much open cotton remains in the fields owing to the scarcity of pickers, in speaking of the trAp in Kershaw county a promi nent planter said to a Chronicle man this week: "After visiting nearly every sec tion of the county I think the pre-' dont crop of cotton 1b as large as any the county has ever produced. Of course, there are portions of the clay lands where It Is not up to what has been produced In some years, hut as a whole, the crop Is a good pne. It has been a hard job to get It picked out, as labor appears to be scarcer now than It has ever been known to be before. "However, I cannot recall a year (when a crop was made with as little work as has been given to It this year.' In agreat many of the fields the only work done by the ho# hands' has been the chop ping ont and thinning to a stand. All the rest of the work has been done with the plow. "The cost of fertilisers has been higher than usual, but at the time the crop was planted It was thought that the prioe of cotton would hold up to 14 or IS cents, which would make up for the increased price on *11 brands of fertilisers. This was a mistake, as good grades of cot ton are now selling for less than 19 cents per pound* so that with the high prices for fertilisers and labor the farmer will be lucky to cope out even." : ] Mfnnkaflss for State Farms* Columbia, Obt. ?. ? The contract for .two sanitary stockades on the State farms ? in Sumter oounty, to Wit when completed #l7f066, was awarded today at a meeting of the board, of directors of the State pen itentiary.^ Mr. Geo. W. Waring, of I _ a - ^ _ - a. a ? 't 1 the contract. - I ? t /"''"I!? - v* ' SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS IN PARAGRAPHS HAPPENINGS OF INTKHK8T IN THJfi STATE UATUKKHD FROM Ollt UXCHANOK8. Florence baa awarded contracts for $60,000 worth of bithullthic and macadam .street paving. Thirty million dollars have been invested In new enterprises in this state since the first of January. The cltixena of Charleston will undertake to raUe $100,000 to aid in the establishment of a line of steamships to Panama. A. recent estimate from a relia ble source placed the number of telephones in the world at 9,600, 000 or 12,600,000 miles of wire. The Rouse-Peguea Auto Company of Cheraw, has a public hiro auto, made in its own shops here. The time la coming when thin company will do more of this Bort of thing and perhaps put on the market an automboile that will bo mado entire- . ly in Cheraw. ?? Mrs. D. E.. Hydrick, wife of As Hociate Juatice D. E. Hydrick, of the supreme court, died at Spartan burg Sat u r d ny in O r n I n g, a fter brief Illness. Mrs. Hydrick before ^ her marriage was Miss Roaa Lee, -the daughter of MaJ. and Mrs. John A. Lee. pioneer citizens of Spartanburg. ffO ? ] yl , ^amuel Rldgeway, a nqfro want ed , in ^yullamaburg county on the charge o t. manslaughter, was arrest ed in Sumter Saturday afternoon, by Policeman J. M. Darwlck, but later, when he was being taken to Jail by Mr. Owens, the Jailer, ~he made his eacape by striking Mr. Owens In the face with hie hand cuffs and doing a sprinting stunt which Mr.' Owens was unable to equal. Henry S. Drummond, who waa found dead In a room at a Gaff n?" Tuno/lnu mornlnir A I A/1 from natural causea, preaumably or heart failure. Thla waa establish ed by a report from chemiat, to whom the atomach of the dead man was Bent. An empty bottle labelled "morphine" was found In Mr. Drummond's ault case and on thla acoount the jury, at the coro ners inquest waa unable to agiW yon, a cause of death. "I do not promise to more In the chatter and unless the Supreme . Court interferes, the man will cer tlanly be hanged Friday/' said Gov. Blease Monday, when asked what he Intended doing about the batoh of petitions received . at his office . urging executive clemency in be half of Hyde, the mill engineer who killed hla wife and her father in the, Orr Mill village ai Anderson. One petition from the mother of Mrs. Hyde urges the Governor to let Hyde hang. Perry Edwards one of the wealth ifst citizens of Greenville county, killed Bob Petty near Taylor's sta tion Friday night while Will Ed waids. and Perry's brother, and Petty were engaged in a fight. Per ry and Will Edwards went to vtho home of Burl Hudson to collect a bill for lumber and while there Pet ty came over and started the fight with Will Edward*. Perry camo to the assistance of his brother and choked Petty to death. He died a few minutes after/ the difficulty. MarrUfe Iioeuei Iswutxl Since October First. " ? " ? t* ? ?' ' Marriage licenses have been le aned since the first of October, 1911, to the following: Mr. Ernest Gregory and Miss Al ma Horton, of Buffalo township. Mr. XL T. Hilton, of Lancaster, and Miss Dalay "Plyler, of Bethune. John Carlos and Hattle Boykln, colored, both of Camden. Thoee recently returned are: Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gregory. Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Hilton. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Bills. Mr. and Mrs. Heyward Catoe. [?" Thirty - two lloenses hare been Issued altogether. boofjT-MfcWi Wanted. , WANTED ? A teacher for the Oak land public school. Address. C. F. Pate, trustee, Lu^rtXMv ? B. F. IX 1. '7* ~ "* ?' ? '? ' -r^'