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% V VOL. 8, NO. 103, SKMI-\ Biiiiiiuin iiiiimiiinrn mm annuunuu HIMSELF A CANDIDATE Sumter Citizen Will Be in Race For Governor. PLEA FOR HONEST BALLOTS Declares That He Will Not Recognize Party Divisions Unless Forced to Do So. The following is taken from Thursday's Columbia Record: Announcing positively that he is In the race for the governorship, Hon. 'R. I. Manning, of Sumter, early today issued a statement calling upon the people of South Carolina to get together on a platform of prin cipies ana pieuani? ior uuiiwbi pri- i mary elections and for a business ad- I ministration of the affairs of the j s.ate. "Unless it is forced upon mo," I says Mr. Manning, "I shall not recogi ize the existence of two factions in the Democratic party in this state." Advocating strict enforcement of existing party rules as to the pri- | maries, Mr. Manning takes the stand ; that there should be just such amend- | ments to the rules as will give every white man in the state, not disquali- : fled by constitutional or statutory provisions, the right to vote and will ! prevent any man from voting more than once in a primary"No man with proper self-respect and sense of right, would want an office acquired by fraud," states Mr. Manning, "so that what 1 am plead- ' ing for is honest elections, the result of such elections to be the expression of the will of the voters independently cast and honestly counted." Mr. Manning's statement was is- 1 sued early today before he left for his home after spending last evening In Columbia, and is as follows: "My attention has been called to a statement made more than once to j the effect 'hat I may not be a candidate for ernor in 1914. "I feel called upon to answer this statement and, in doing so, I shall take occasion to make certain other declarations which I deem pertinent ' at this time. "1 shall be a candidate in the ap proaching primaries for governor of .; South Carolina. "Unless it is forced upon me, 1 shall not recognize the existence of two factions in the Democratic party | in this state. My own belief is that ; the people of the state are tired of strife and that the time has come , when the interests of all our people will be advanced by getting together on a platform of principles, administering the government along busl- i ^ ness lines, looking to the upbuilding of the educational, agricultural and commercial development of the state. ' All differences among the whites in governmental policies and officers have been settled in the Democratic ^ primaries. "The qualification of the suffrage ( in South Carolina was adopted primarily to guarantee white supremacy. Political differences among the whites were to be settled by the primary elections. In order to settle , these political differences so that the ( will of a majority of the. Democratic 1 'voters of the state shall be obtained. I. it is necessary that the party rules ; shall be strictly adhered to and, < without going \into detail, my opin- ' ion is that they should be amended so as to insure honest elections in ( which every white man, except those j disqualified by constitutional and ( statutory provisions, shall be given , the opportunity of voting, but that , no man shall be allowed to vot? more than once. "The qualifications for voting In the Democratic primary are well , known and my purpose 1s not to relax i the existing requirements, but to , i safeguard the honesty and fairness i of primary elections so that the dec-1 laration of the primary will carry < with It the assurance that the noml- , i nee of the party have been honestly , and fairly nominated, and that all i Democrats, including those who may j be opposed to such nominee, may unite in the support of the party < nominee In the general election. "No man with proper self-respect ] and sense of right would want an office acquired by fraud. So that what I am pleading for Is honest elections, the result of such elections to < be the expression of the will of the voters Independently cast and hon- : estly counted. i "The great object to be attained Is : to get the honest expression of the i will of the Democratic voters and no i one can complain of the alteration of > any of the party rules and eonstltu- i tlonal provisions that will secure this i objects* I call on all candidates for i state offices and others Interested In honest government to unite with me ! In preserving and maintaining fair i elections In the party's primaries. < "In such election no one need fear the result, for the majority must i trulo. "My position has always been for a < fair ballot and for such rules governing elections as will be manifestly fair to all. "Demands for restrictions upon the 1 VEEKLY. ballot in the primary besides those already provided in the constitution itiivi luivn, art* ovrnsuauoweu oy IIIC more imperative demands of honesty in the conduct of elections and the maintenance of the integrity of a white man's party in South Carolina. With the ideals of honesty realized, and with party harmony restored, constructive legislation, tend- i ing to uplift all of the interests of our state, will become easy, and will be cheerfully observed. In government, as in nature, evolution does not proceed by leaps. "At the proper time I shall announce my platform and shall endeavor to show in detail the principles for which I stand and the policies which I think should be pursued In order that South Carolina, in all respects, may keep abreast with the wonderfvl progress of the other states of the nation." WILL BE GOVERNOR, SAYS CLINKSCALES Xails Humors That He Will Not be in Hace as Canards?He is a Seasoned Campaigner. , The following appeared in The j Spartanburg Herald of Thursday: "I will most assuredly be in the , race for governor and will make an unrelenting campaign," said Dr. John G. Clinkscales. of Wofford Col- j lege, yesterday. "Also, you might ' , say I will be the next governor of [ the state." i j Rumors have been prevalent throughout the state for several | months that Dr. Clinkscales would ' not be in the race; that he intended | to withdraw. He lays this rumor 11 with the foregoing statement. It i was said that he would be physically unable to make the campaign be- j r.iusf ?ji in neaun. Yesterday Dr. | Clinkscales stated that hp had been ; campaigning for the past 14 years for Wofford College and as an apostlp | i of education and that "a little thing" i like a canvass for gubernatorial hon- 1 ors would not deter him. 1 Dr. Clinkscales said because he i had indiscreetly exposed himself in 1 all kinds of inclement weather this 1 summer in making his educational 1 speeches, he had contracted a severe i cold and had to be confined to his I room for about a week. "For this i reason, I suppose," he said, "the i rumor of my physical disability \ started, but since that time I have | made many speeches." When Dr. Clinkscales made his an- ! nouncement that he would be In the < race for governor, running on a com- 1 pulsory education platform, it creat- i ed a deal of Interest throughout the state, for there Is hardly a sec- i tion in South Carolina in which he is | not known. For the past 14 years < he has averaged two speeches a day i during the summer on educational topics, and he is perhaps one of the best extemporaneous speakers in the < state and an orator of finished abil- , ity. In debate he is a foeman of ] tested metal. Dr. Clinkscales said yesterday that , he had expressions of pleasure at his decision to run for governor and ' assurances of support from all con- J ditions and classes of people in his , lecturing tours over the state. DISCUSS PLANS TO SAVE FOOD FISH i i Conference Held to Devise Means to ' Prevent Catching and Use of Fish as Fertilizer. Washington, Sept. 24.?Destrue- ' tion of food fish in the waters of the \ Chesapeake Day and its tributaries ' was the subject of a conference held . yesterday in the office of Secretary ' ( of Commerce Redfleld. The primary' , Idea of the conference was to devise means for the enactment of uniform . ' laws to prevent the catching and use I ( of fish as fertilizer. j. Secretary Redfleld, Governor rjoldshnrniieh r?f MorvlonH n i (tentative Jones of Virginia, representing Governor Mann of that state; 1 Senator Smith and Representative Linthicum of Maryland, Commissioner of Fisheries Jones and Major Edgar Jadwin of the corps of engi- l neers of the army, representing the secretary of war, participated in the conference. ' It was pointed out that thousands , of tons of flsh now are helng taken annually and turned over to fertilizer works which have been established on the shores of Chesapeake Bay and Its tributaries both In Maryland and Virginia. This wholesale destruction of flsh Is reducing constantly the food flsh supply and increasing the market price of flsh to the consumer. An even more serious condition was indicated by the fact that the flsh are prevented by the thousands of nets stretched in the bay and the rivers tributary to it, from ascending the streams in the spawning season. The flsh are caught before they have had opportunity to spawn and inuB unioia millions or nsn in embryo (ire destroyed. ( The presence of so many nets in < navigable waters was regarded by the I conferees as an obstruction to na?i- '1 gation which ought not to be permit- < ted. Major Jadwit. suggested that 1 Secretary CJarrlson now was giving serious consideration to this phase i of the subject. No definite conclusions were reach- I ed but the conferees expect to fol- < low up the subject with a view to se- < curing the enactment not only by < the national Congress, but by the . legislatures of the states affecte of < uniform laws for the protection of < food fish. i / . ^ 0 LANCASTER, S. C., FRIDAY, fc SIMMONS DUES NO! A SCA FEARJRADE WARS FOf Conference Between Senator Failure a and Robert F. Rose. Wallin I i THERE IS NO DANGER. REPORT I Chairman of Conference Committee MrClionl Says Resolution to Continue Signal .k Trade Relations is Unnecessary. antl Washington, Sept. 24.?Chairman Washln Simmons, of the joint congressional J failure" a conference committee, informed ofii- cials and i cials of the state department yester- Railroad day that he did not believe it neces- held by Bary to supplement the tariff bill eommisslo with any resolution designed to con- of the Wa tlnue existing trade relations with 2, in whic foreign countries. The point raised i jured. In Monday by Secretary Bryan, and day, the which had given the state department crews of officials concern, was the subject of lapses, an a further conference yesterday be- tors for tween Senator Simmons and Robert ment." F. Rose, a foreign trade adviser of Operati the department. Haven am "I don't believe there is any dan- of the sys ger of foreign countries Imposing for promu tariff enalties against the United tieally pe States or any reason for such action," letters" ai said Senator Simmons last night, vising op< "The new tariff will offer the minimum rates of the United States to all countries and I can see no just reason "Man f for any countries taking action to Commissk disturb existing conditions, or to ed the rep withdraw favored nation treatment cial authc from the United Stntes." it reaeher PREPARE RESOLUTION. positions. The state department was at work vrpsterdav unnn n-ni"? ?*?'?? - ? ?t ???, |#i vpaiaviuil Ul il .. resolution, such as the officials de- ine r('Port sired to have passed by both houses nuated sip i>f Congress. puaranteeinp that maxl- f mum penalties of the proposed new . so1^ law would not. be applied apainst neft jUV any countr>' until an opportunity had su'tPa V)r been piven for the nepotiation of new J treaties. A majority of the mem- ^'erp "el" bers of the tariff conference com- "r e' mittee do not believe its passage is ,s- j"1 nceessary, but its introduction will rat^ ,he depend entirely upsn the decision aoo'dent a reached at further conferences be- pnuipment tween the state department and con- none o* G gresslonal leaders. a" oaJa?t The conferees yesterday completed o> jnoderr most of the administrative sections cor of the tariff bill, but left open a num- aw IIav< ber of important items that will be adoption disposed of later. These .aclude the saPprinten retaliatory section of the law, the wj] anti-dumping clause, and the section positive giving five per cent rebate in tariff or uot th on poods brought in American-owned ru'es of t ships. CENf CONTINGENT FEES BARRED. *# ??. After a The senate's amendment prohibit- the testim Inp attorneys from taking customs tion. Com rates on a contingent basis was part; agreed to. The strong inquisitorial "The dl features of the house bill, which Was the f would give this country authority to properly t exclude merchandise when foreign urp Qf manufacturers refused to disclose control th their cost of manufacture, or show <jPr that j their books, was modified materially, before pa: In its new form this section of the 23 and bill would give the secretary of the Afla'ms to treasury authority to levy a penalty was pr0pP In the form of extra duty against cauRP wafi goods where manufacturers have Wands to shown an undue disinclination to diR- | aR require close manufacturing costs or other | jnR auton Information considered necessary by wafi Jn th< American appraising officers. j aCrident x The Clarke cotton futures tax bill of Pmpiov< will be taken up by the conferees to- duties (hP day. An opportunity will be given i pntjrpjv j, Senator Clarke to make a short state- i ftn(j Kpvp, ment and a similar opportunity will), , be given Senator Smith, of South j ftn(j there Carolina, who has drawn a bill for 18Upervisjo a cotton future tax that has received i ofTi<*ors o some consideration in the senate. tions whi< were possl rttuiwriuJN ur After gi PROPERTY ORDERED including ??? I of the flm In fane of Ixiss, Demands Woiffd he McChord Made For Indemnity 1'nder T)n Certain Conditions. nlV' whor onize as i San Jose, Cal., Sept. 24.?Replying nance and to a telegram sent by I)r. R. S. tion, oper CSrigsby of this city, requesting pro- great syst? tection of the Mexican property of a lie therefc land company. Secretary of State the know] Bryan has wired Grigsby as follows: possessed "Department has sent appropriate and trave telegraphic instructions to the Amer- ience has lean consul at Hermosillo and con- the public mlar agent at Guavmas regarding either flna iesired protection of your property. VOI< In case of damage to property department would use its utmost en- The re leavors to obtain the indemnity to meetings svhirh you might appear entitled by jjnven afj ;he rules and principles of interna- . . tional law. It has been frequently *' p tield that a sovereign is not ordi- adopted (1 larily responsible to alien residents then at tl 'or injuries they may receive within leave notli lis teiritories from insurgents whose judgment onduet he can not control." ates. will Dr. Grigsby, his brother, Harry C. 'in the ope Srlgsbv, and other officials of the that there company, a San Jose corporation, placed up* [led from Mexico in response to the nals, safel warning of the state department else which ^ailing upon Americans to leave the passenger troubled zones of that country. i lines." There t ipnln Celebrates Discovery of Pacific report say Seville, Spain, Sept. 25.?The "This ty 'ourth centennary of the discovery declares >f the Pacific ocean by Vasco Nunez "They ass le Ralboa will be celebrated through- forcing, jut Spain this veifc- with great aclat. "Rut nn \ congress and exposition, tnaugurat- vised by ^ ?d by the Spanish government, open- ' rules wer* ?d here today with elaborate cere-1 "Rules monies. only a sm SEPTEMBER 2<>, 1913. rilllin nrilOlinr latlons was made the subject i IHING CENSURE ot T^r OP DUT1 ) TUC MCIM UAUCM "Dereliction of duty by thus I III Vl MnVrli are charged with the making a i nuii i ii i ? i_i i forcement of safety regulation not fail to weaken respect fc ruies. Kules not Intended to ind Inefficiency Cause of forced have no proper place i i railroad company's code of r K'ord V\ reck, Sept. 2. tions. When the operating c of a railroad permit such rules violated with impunity they < r OF COMMISSION. reasonably expect to escape r sibility for the consequences o violations." Severely Condemns Vse of The report contains no 1 >ysteni. Old Wooden Cars mendatlons and no orders, as 1 . ? , , ? ... terstate commerce commissi I Dead letter Utiles. without authority to control ? . ?. ,,,, pervise the operation of trait gton, Sept. -4. is suggested, however, thai II along the line, fro,? ?m" forthcoming annual report i directors of the New Haven comml88lon will recommend tc down to its trainmen, is s th enactment of laws the interstate commerce fprr, |fic authorlty upc ni to have been the cause commls8lon to regulate train .llingford wreck, September t.nna h 21 were killed and 3 5 in- ' its report, made public tocommission blames the NO STRINGS TO d scores officers and direc- SULZER CHE "inefficiency of manage . ... v. Could I'se Funds as Tie Like ng officials of the New [1 the officials and directors cording to Witnesses Scl item are grilled scathingly and Mnrgenthu. lgatlon of regulat'ons pracrmltted to become "dead Albany, N. Y., Sept. 24.?( id for not personally super- nnr Sulzer was free to use the 1 -rating conditions. check given him by Jacob H. a New York banker, In any w ARTS IIIGIIKR UP. chose, the banker so declared allure in thi< ' o" " nn ' com ?ivn?-on Htana at me lni| ?ner McChord who prepar- i ment. trial of the governor, ort, "hegan high up in ofTl- I designation of the check acre irity. It was natural that hack as a contribution to the 1 down to those in lower nor's fund did not restrict its but still weighted with that purpose. Mr. Schiff said, onsibiltty." Henry Morgenthau, ambassa it the time of this disaster. Turkey, formerly chairman c points out, were "anti- I finance committee of the na :nals condemned by the lo- I Democratic committee, testlfiec mgtnemen as well as by the ' when he gave the governor a vice commission of Con-1 for $1,000?a personal contril 'and old wooden cars, un- ?he had placed no limitations such traffic as they were ' use. He said, however, that h to accommodate. These made the gift to help the goi to be contributory reasons in his campaign and had been rtensive number of casual- ishly generous." nmi8sioner McChord indi- These are two of the alleged results of a similar recent paign contributions which the t Tyrone, Pa., in which the cles of impeachment against th : was all steel, and which ernor charge that he misused, le passenger was killed, as "It possibly cannot make an lesson in favor of the use ference in this case, but if I we ? equipment. ting in a criminal prosecution, nmissloner demands of the Judge Edgar M. Cullen, presid ?n road the immediate the court, "I should have to c of an adequate system of the petit Jury that if the owne idence and supervision sented to the use in any mani II give those in authority the money or check given bj information as to whether party to whom it was delivered e safety requirements and use would not constitute larcer his railroad are observed." This testimony marked the 3URE OF McCHORD. ,n* ?f *he actual trial of th< peached executive, which up . comprehensive review of noon todav. had been delaye ony taken at the investiga- arguments of objections of c? missioner McChord says in for the defense. At that hour i stacles to the taking of test Irect cause of this accident had been swept aside bv vote allure of Flagman Murray | court, thereby permitting E o protect his train, the fail- i,amb Richards, of counsel fc gineman Miller properly to , managers of the impeachmen e speed of his train, in or- 'outline the evidence against th le could bring it to a stop ernor. This opened the case. ssing automatic signal No. the failure of Conductor i itihkp certain that his train * it*"* DAMAGE IIY WHITE G rly protected. An additional i the failure of Engineman Federal Experts Advise Farm bring his train to a stop. Infected Areas to Plow Dee d by the rules, before pass- . . ? . tatic signal No. 2.1. which ... Washington. Sept 25.?Crc > stop position. While this nl"?,s- *ow? *v vas directly due to failure ?? the extent of $7,000,000 las ps properly to perform their fr?7 theunattfuck? of common signal system In use was fobs while the damage to the nadequate safely to direct "?otjiy and Potatoes in othe rn the movement of the i 'cRted ?ro?s of Ahe un\7 no me of traffic over this line. ' the Ohio from the Atlantic on was a deplorable lack of South Dakota, was at east $, n on the part of operating 1 a? that the total loss las n this account, the condl- * U8e w"? n?1 ,0Sf "h led up to this accident O-.Ofrt.ft 0, according to a c lb]e i vatlve estimate made by Jot vlng a list of executive offl- navls ?,f thp United States bur. lirectors of the New Haven, j entomology, many of the foremost men Observations seem to make inclal world, Commissioner Jain, h? says, in reporting his continues- i ings, that in the Northern stat s directorate were and are -?ds snojjnfuj sjtO jo apXn n the confiding public rec- t,PR is years. May beetle! nagicians in the art of fi- unusually abundant in 1908 I wizards In the construe- 1911 and the grubs caused the atlon and consolidation of eRt damage in 19 09 and 191L mis or railroads. The pub- advises farmers in the regioi >re reated aecure that with year to plow deep ledge of the railroad art the best time being ordi by such men investments between October 1 and 15. 1 should be safe. Exper- j shown that this reliance of NEW CORN OR A PES. was not justified as to nee or afety. Government Control of Gradi CE OF DIRECTORS. All Big Markets Is Now Assn port points out that at | Toledo. Ohio, Sept. 2 5.?Ann< of directors of the New ment is made from headqu or disasters at Bridgeport htpro the Grain dealers' Na _ . , Association that Dr. W. J. 1 Port, a resolution was govern men t crop technologist lirecting President Mellen lend the discussion at the na le head of the svsteni, to convention of the organizati ling undone "which in the New Orleans October 14-15-1 ot himself and his associ- proposed standardization of conduce to greater safety rates in the United States, ration of the railroad and It is explained that 1,000 delt shall he no limitation from all parts of the country w on the Installation of sig- tend and there will he submit! Ly appliances, or anything them the new com grades, pr will imporve the safety of gated by the government depar travel upon this company's of agriculture August 22 last. | Proposed federal enforceme hd directors stopped, the the standard and uniform gri s. it is announced, will place in c -pifles the whole situation," of the department of agricultu Commissioner McChord. i pervision of all corn entering umed the vote was self-en- . interstate commerce. * thus ; 1 government control of the gi i Intelligent system was de- in all the big market of the eo vhich to ascertain when | It will be proposed at the ct * disobeyed. I tion that the government also were disobeyed largely and llsh uniform grading of whea all proportion of these vio- oats. $1.50 PER YEAR. ^CONFERENCE UNABLE TO' SI ACREE ON FUTURES TAX r? ( d II - | >r all be enin a Tariff Hill Conferees Come to egula>fflcers Drawback. i to be cannot espon- A FINAL DISAGREEMENT. f such recom- Dccid?> to Report Disagreement on .he In- This Section?Smith Com pro?n ,B ? VI ?? : v- . or 8U. inise May \\ in 1 et. '8 th* Washington. Sept. 24.?The tariff ;JJe bill conferees today came to a final disagreement over the proposed tax ) ( on- on trades jn cotton futures. It was c?.n~ found impossible to agree either on ?n t"e the Clarke amendment adopted by opera- tjie senate or the (ompromise known as the Smith-Lever-Rurleson plan. After a conference at the White House, participated in by President Wilson, Senator Simmons and RepreCKS sentatlve Underwood, and a long debate in the conference committee. It | was decided to report a disagreement il. Ac- ijQfh honses of Congress, dff The conference report on the rest of the tariff bill will be completely harmonious when the measure gets lover- back to the senate and house. *2.r?00 it was predicted tonight that Scliiff, I strong movement in behalf of the ay he compromise plan that had received today general indorsement from Southern peach- senators and representatives would The be started as soon as the renort ts .no nr* made. useTo | T,!R COMPROMISE. The compromise would compel all dor to contracts for future delivery to >f the specify government grades. ar.d tional would compel deliveries of cotton to 1 that be at that grade or close to it, the check difference to he settled at the prebutlon vailing commercial prices, on its I This plan, modeled on the bill of ie had Senator Smith of South Carolina, and I'ernor perfected by Postmaster General "fool- Burleson, Representative Lever, Hoke Smith and others, has the I cam- ' strong support of several of the house ! arti- : conferees. e gov- | As a result of the conference with ' President Wilson, the committee setiy dlf- tle<l finally the foreign policies inrp sit- volved In the tarifT bill. The most " said important developments were: ent of Agreement on the 5 per cent tariff harge rebate on goods brought in Amerir con- can-owned ships, with a provision ler of that it should not affect countries ' the with which the United States has , such treaties prohibiting such discrimiiy." | nation. open- I Defeat of the reactionary tariff ? 1m- j provisions of the senate that would until authorize the President to assess exd by tra tariff duties on certain articles minsel from countries discriminating against all oh- the United States, imony i "u'e'tlr SPEAKER CLARK \r DEFENDS CAUCUS e govHaps Republicans For Their Howling and Called Attention to MethRURS ?*'s ?' Reed and Cannon. Washington. Sept. 24.?Speaker crs in (0(}ay quit his gavel to take the l?l.v. floor in defense of the Democratic >ps of caucus against the Republican atiffered tack. t year "This continual howl about the white caucus is the most idiotic thing that lime < n .1,? r in- i feneration," shouted the speaker, rth of "The country wants to know what aan to Con Kress does, it does not care tliree> >,000 - j whoops how it did it. We have ret year vised the tariff and put through a < than hill changing the hanking and curonser rency system. If these measures are in J. I not good, we will be the ones to sufeau of fpr- If they are good we will gain; | but we did not propose to let you It cer- Republicans bring up other subjects t find- on the floor while they were under es the consideration and distract the attenI i?toi tion of members and of the country , were from the great issues involved." and 1 Speaker Clark said he would not great- answer Republican attacks by callHe itiP attention to the way former is in- Speakers, Reed and Cannon put this through important legislation, narily I "That would he a case of the pot i calling the kettle black," said he. : "A lot of you fellows have been talking too much for your own good an7how^" concluded the speaker. I Progressive Leader Murdock took ng in jflsup With Speaker Clark over his red. statement that the country did not. >unce- carp how Congress did things so long arters as they were done. Mr. Murdock tional 8a,<1 the caucus resulted in lack of Duvel. decorum, brought about a small atwill tendance and ended in gag rule. He (Innnl Said tlierp was no reason file ilnnru on in of pvor>' committee room should not. 6 on bo ?Pengrain l Soutli America Shipping Corn to ?gates i New York, ill at- ' New York Sept. 25.?What is said ted to to be the largest shipment of corn reomul I ceived from South America for more tment|than two years arrived here yesterday when a steamship put In with a >nt of cargo of 7,300 tons of shelled corn adlng. from Iluenos Ayres. This shipment ontrol marked the beginning of a large 1mre su- portntion arranged by several proC into dure dealers in this country. It is giving said. adlng i It is stated that under the prevalluntry. ing price of corn in this country lm>nven porters can buy corn in South Amerestab lea and pay the difference In the cost t and of transportation and still have a margin left.