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| -? VOI,. fl, NO. i>2, SEMI-WEE: JENNINGS GIVES GOV. I BLEASE "DAMN LIE" "" (Pandemonium Hroke Loose at teU Sumter Yesterday jPl) GOVERNOR CALLED DOWN. raj> Ho Merely Thought it "Funny*' When \ Sumter Gamecock I'nt tin* Gall v[ Into Him to the Limit. ' r* K Y Sumter Special to Columbia iter- (Jei ord Aug. 20.?The final meeting of rllj the campaign was called to order at (,;lj the court house square in the j jn "Gamecock City" this morning by j Senator John H. Cl'fton. county iof^ chairman who said that each of tho(,j0 speakers had been guaranteed a re- (lpr sportful hearing. (.rn Before tho commencement of the vol meeting Governor Blease was driven (r0> to the square in a vari-colored float. 1 ocuuiui ouinu was given an ova- t'it tion when he commenced hiR speech out by prasing the citizenship of Sumter. ' nri He Raid that he had waged a cam- ovc paign of issues. joe That he had been elected six years of ago by "the greatest majority ever I a 1 ?iven a man, and the history of his < ^ past was behind him, that he had , act \ $ kept his promise, and had worked sen "in season and out of season" for the rec farmer, and that lie "nad no apology Hr; for the course lie had pursued. tor He eulogized the farmer as the 1 ^ great "benefactor of the human ' nice." If he is elected, he pledged aPI himself to keep up his work for the me farmer in the state. * a lef Despite the diversified resources nrwl tV,o ,1 1 I' a <?i?v! tuo ciiui uiv/uo uiivicvcu/pt:u wealth of the South, Its people are ?notoriously poor. Because of the damnable iuiqui- ' tous banking system he said there wasn't enough money to buy the ne- f eessitles and the luxuries, while .. bumper crops were being produced, lie denied that the cause of the low prices for agricultural products was ne rot over production, but under con- w\ sumption, caused by the construction jj of the currency under the old bank- lir, ing Bystem. A8 usual, the speaker today made wa sarcastic remarks about the lawyers, who the farmers thought they had to no ? elect to office, but now the farmer i lot is holding his own and is electing hisjcia kind to office. na n * o?hi. * ' ? neiutiur miimi M?r me lllll Hint' cla during the campaign rode into the discussion of cotton on his old "Cav- toi airy" horse. up The senator eulogized the women of the farm, who with work distort- ex ed hands had labored that her son pu might have the chance In life that she had been denied. no In eloquent language he spoke in Pr memory of his mother, and said that ho You haven't got money enough, am- Pr bltlon enough to make me forget wi those who produce the wealth of the <*l) world," and he pledged himself to continue to work for the farmer. an The speaker then described the 1;? lack of knowledge of the farmer in to the cotton grades, and he told how he got an appropriation which result- va ed in the standardizing of the grades loi of cotton. The buyers, he said, c\r make a difference of $lf> a bale be- to tween "low ordinary'' and "mid- pa dling" and when the staple is bleach-'th ed and woven into yarn, an expert tic cannot tell the difference between the 111 ^ grades. At the conclusion of his speech, as Chairman Clifton presented Senator ha Smith with a silver pitcher from "His ve Lynchburg friends, who know he has'ro kept the faith." Senator Smith's vll speech was punctuated with cheers wi and he was given an ovation at the 18 conclusion. sp GOVERNOR RT.EASE'8 CLAIMS. he Applause greeted Governor Please when he commenced his speech. He said he was gratified at the reception he had received throughout the bt a*?k "As this will be the last official meeting." said the speaker, "I want to warn my friends to stay at the ballot boxes, not only to cast your pa ipi vote, but to see them counted." He claimed that from 11,00 to 14,000 white votes had been stolen Ja from him two years ago. H,t He read a letter which said that Manning is the strongest anti-admin- ni< istratlon man in the race, that Man- 0< nlng is being strongly attacked, that no (Continued on Page Eight.) Hr I B KLY, k - VTERICAN CONSUL 110 PLACED IN JAIL III It. ran/.a and Villa Factions l>is for Act. 21 Paso, Aug. 19.?-Louis Ilos.er, American consul at Hor- , sillo, Sonora, lias been placed in ' by the Mexican authorities, acding to assertions today by Carzd officials along the horde r. It < not stated whether he had been jased. rite responsibility for the consul's s,,??n est is the subject of dispute be- *' >?n Carranza and Villa factions. i<Val Villa, commander-in-chief of ihtlahua, telegraphed Col. Pelins le. a Carranza official, blaming i for llostetter's arrest, todolfo de la Huerta, a Carranza cial, telegraphed agents here that stetter had been imprisoned by or of Joso Maria Maytorena, govor of Sonora, who is in open ret against the Carranza central rernment, represented by Calles. | Villa, remained today at Chihuahua y. It was reported that throughhis zone recruting of troops and nlng them with rifles smuggled *r the border continued. Villa's al agents arranged for the delivery large hospital supplies suitable for long campaign. neorge ('. Carother who hr.s been ing as a state department rcpreitative with Villa, and Paul Fuller, ently sent to Mexico by Secretary yan, returned today after an inview with the northern chief, ey declined to comment upon at answer had been given to the peal of the Washington govern- 1 nt that Villa not revolt against the | rranza government. Mr. Fuller t late today for the East. Mr. rot hers remained here. REYNOLDS NAMED it FOR SUPREME COURT citize to so creeds Justice H. If. lairton, l>e- Char censed?T. W. Gregory for At- sumr torney General. after Washington. Aug. 19.?Attorney mont neral James MeReynolds of Ten- suffe ssee, was nominated by President horoi ilson today to succeed the late H. jost . Lurton as a justice of the su- who erne court. to th Thomas Watt Gregory of Texas eoun is nominated for attorney general. , dose No Democratic opposition to the knew mination of Mr. MeReynolds is know iked for in the senate. The Judi- kind iry committee to which the nomi- (.,i ,, tion was referred will meet Mon- an,j y- nobli Mr. Gregory's appointment as at- draw rney general also will 1>h passed acqu on ny tne judiciary committor. Hluj Opposition to Mr. McReynolds Is town pected from the Progressive He- they blicans. here The appointment of Mr. McRey- j8hec Ids will mark the first break In , CI e8ldent Wilson's official houseId. It is said to have been the '" esident's ambition to go through U,IS th his administration without a ange in his cabinet. mom tli?Mr. McReynolds is f?2 years of age it vi native of Kentucky. From ' oun to, to 1 07 he was assistant at- '''v' , at tl rney general. tilt' Afterwards he was engaged in prite practice in New York. He was ng specially retained by the gov- u ,UM ] | p 4 nment in connection with the enrcement of the anti-trust laws. iN, rs' rticularly in proceedings against ' \ t t 1' e tobacco trust and the combina>n of tlie anthracite coal railroads. 'lo,n Is home is in Nashville. Mr. Gregory at present is a special sistant attorney general. He hus 'V'1" d charge of the government's In- ' ' II PP? stigatlon of the New Haven Rail ad. He was born in Crawfords- 8',nw lie, Miss., November ti, 18fil, and naln A ftp is admitted to the Texas bar in 85 His home is in Austin. As son ecial counsel for the state of Texas rm i prosecuted many anti-trust cases. ,so" > close JAPANESE bKAYK (iF.ll.MANY forte Icasei nbaMMlor F.xpeded Hourly to De- detal part From Berlin. The Copenhagen. Via London. Aug. 20. lever, A dispatch from Berlin says: heall "The Japanese aml)assador's de- tary rture from Berlin is approaching, farm io police are guarding the embassy. in IP V Q r\u nouo olu i? la ??> > ? * * " .o ompijr. 11 ISIftll panese students in Oerman univer- caste lea have left." term The Vosslsche Zeitung says, com- very anting on Japan's ultimatum to Conn irmany: office "One more declaration of war omi- He t t frighten Germany, and Japan's whlc tion is without importance." nentl iUCil LANCASTI'TR, S. <'. ! I CHARLES T. CONNO EDITOR OF Tl aster Loses One of II < Respect < YEI) COUNTY FOUR YE ions Chiiic nt I \V?Mliies<lii uiicral Thursday Xl'tornoon lOpiscopal ('liurrh?Intorin y-ii L. " ^ y >I K. (H \KI,I is seldom that the passing of ; n causes such personal sorrov many hearts as has that of Mr les T. Connors, to whom tIn nons came at 4:55 Wednesda; noon, August 19. After man; .lis of patient confinement am ring from liright'a diseas rally endured, Lancaster ha a noble and well-loved son, on gave the best years of his lif e best interests of both town am ty. His work brought him ii contact with our people, wh ' and loved him as few men ar ,-n and loved. He was a trur , optimistic, upright, fair-mind tan, fearless, yet unnssumlnt it is because of these and othe ? (|uallties that people were s n to him. Having through Ion aintance known him as a trie true friend, the people of thi and county can only feel tha have lost one whose sojour will always be to them a chei 1 memory. tarles Thorn Connors was bor lancaster January 7, 18f>.r>. 11 a son of the late Washingto . Connors and Flzabeth Han d Connors, and a grandson r late P. T. Hammond of thi ty. His earlier education he r? id at the old Franklin Academ lis place, going afterwards t King's Mountain Military Ac: y under Col. Asbury Cowan o he was prepared for collegi spent several years at the I'll ity of the South, at Sewanei i., graduating with high honor r ills graduation lie returne e. where he read law in tli > of his father, who was then i 11 k lawyer at the Lancaster ha itted to the practice of law i uary, 187 ?, he formed a par hip with General Joseph B. Kei ,* of Camden, under the tin e of Kershaw and Connor rwards tho late Mr. K. E. All was associated with them, th name then being Kershaw, All and Connors. Mr. Connors gav application to the law and In > was in the preparation of hi t. lie gave attention to ever >1 and was a zealous advocat* confinement of the office, how soon proved detrimental to hi :h and he relinquished the seden work, spending several year Ing. 1886 he was elected to the leg are, where he represented Lan ir county very ably for tw s, being elected each time b flattering majorities. Mi ion* retired voluntarily rrom th i at the end of the four year? hen entered upon the career, fo h he wan in every Teepee! em I ly qualified, for it war in tha ? ijlte ? >11>.\v. AnirsT -ji. urn. RS, FORMER RE NEWS, PASSES AWAY ?r Most l/seful and Highly ed Sons. ARS IN THE LEGISLATURE. y Xl'teriioon, \itei n Ii(iiik Illness, with Impressive Service of the ent in W'estsiilc t'emetery. :s T. CON NOUS. i veal- that he, with Major J. M. lti< v die, bought The Lancaster Revie> of which newspaper he became ed e tor, serving very successfully f< y fifteen years, or until The Review y with The Ledger am. The Knte j prise were merged into The Lanca e ter News. Mr. Connors was eloct< s editor of The News and under li e guiding hand the new paper wi e well launched. Having always live J Lancaster where he was popuh n with the people of both town ai o county, Mr. Connors mingled with h e fellow citizens as a friend ar >, brother. Of genial manner at I- a most attractive personality, peop were drawn to him and he onir?v< r their full confidence. Knowing the o well and feeling a deep interest g their individual joys and sorrows. I d was gifted also with that facile e s presslon of his interest which gave t his columns the charm of comrnd u ship with his readers. Tie chronich - local events as few writers know he to do, relating the happenings every day in a style unusually a ( pealing. To pathos, as well as humor, his pen lent Itself with e<|u readiness, giving constant token j. his interest in the shadows well as in the sunshine of life. N only did he give every item a vit meaning, but he understood t relative value of news of vario kinds and covered the local tie I very completely. As an editor! writer he was quite gifted. A cat ful student of current events, he kc himself well informed as to t'>, trend, giving his readers clear, co j cise statements gathered from f tensive thought and reading. I firm stand for law and order and 1 advocacy of all right principles a remembered by all who read 1 t paper. On matters involving question t?r right and wrong ho \v singularly froo from prejudice ai narrow-mindedness, but on math . of principle he was unyielding. T former editor of this paper had high conception of hht duty to 1 readers. It was his to help in t moulding of public thought and s fulfilled his responsibility full we Mr. Connors gave himsoir \si v loyal devotion to the people of tl his home county, refusing ma splendid offers of positions on dal 8 papers, where his talents won 1 doubtless have won for him recti 'ft nition in a ' field, bu' his lo for his home town and county w so strong that he would never bre; >* the ties that hound him to his peop ? From the phases of his work, su y as we have considered, which tho " who have road aftor him constant e know boat how to appreciate, fc ' versatility commanded the admir r tion of all who wore familiar wi I * (Continued on Po#ce Eight.) 20,000 AMERICANS TO SAIL FROM ENGLA* < 'it i/.ens' Kcliel < '< xit in it t?*<* Acc< plislie* Work Which Impresses I'liiKlish Ohscrvt'is. London, Aug. 19.?The Amerl citizens' r?-lI??f committee, organi during tlic financial and shipp panic ilie first few days of the w ended its existence today, after couiplislinients that greatly inipn i d Kugli.Ji observers. Owing to the departure for > York of Theo. llet/.ler, P. I. K? Win. 11 reed and other leaders tlie movement tlie executive conn tee empowered Herbert ('. lloo1 W. N Duane and Joseph II Day prepare to turn over the work of citizens' committee to the Ameri residents' committee, which will < tinue relief measures in conjunct with the American embassy. At today's meeting Mr. Day ported that 20,000 Americans wc sail this week for home, as aga 36,000 last week. On the ves sailing this week are accommc tions for 250 first-class passeni additional, which have not been s Most of the inquiries for these re rations are coming from persons 1 had hooked in the steerage when rush began to get away from rope. The Krem li vteamship line ha stored it< services from Havre N> \\ York. The steamer Kspa will sail August '22 and the Koch beau August 2'.t. These sailings help relieve the situation on continent. The American residents' conn tee handling relief funds is paj out thousands of pounds ster daily, chiefly as loans. Only small percentage of this mone; being extended as charity, j. 1 American embassy is besieged v persons who are expecting 1110 j_ which had been deposited with 5r state department at Washington, iV which they believed would arrive r_ the United States cruiser Tonnes 8_ Ambassador I'age is trying straighten out this tangle js Two steamers sailed today 18 two will sail tomorrow, two Fri ,,1 and eight Saturday from Kng ,,,. and Scottish ports for the l'n id .States and Canada. is The American committee has ,,, nated $l,2f>0 to the Hoy Scout or) ,,1 ization. 1 ? <i germans win big batt: in 1,1 Reports I > > Not Cover Casualties x- fore Itiiissels l-Vll?Will lie1? sist Japan. Associated Press dispatches in &d dally papers this morning said |W the Germans have taken Hrusi of the Capital of Belgium, already P- In warfare's history and in art to culture. It was here That the E ft! of Wellington danced at night of sallied forth in the morning to r :,s his army at Quatre Bras, for ot battle of Waterloo. Once stroi al fortified, the capital for years he been without armament with w "s to resist attack. 'id The German army, it was ofiic lal reported last night, was pressinj advantage in Brussels by throi P' large numbers of troops into the 'r while the Belgians are retreating molested on Antwerp, to which the seat of government was renn li~ a few days ago. ?is The official announcement of rt' German victory at Brussels did >is mention the casualties on either no French official advices stated Muelhausen. in Alsace had been ?'! captured by the French from 'f*1 Germans, who were said to be he treating on the Rhine, but in a mine it was admitted the tlern ti.t orced the French to fall back be their bases. be The Russians claimed sura ? -sse ill- outpost skirmishes on the Aunt tb and German frontiers, lis Confirmation was received f-y night of the report that Empi 11 y William bad ordered resistancr lid any Japanese effort to seize K 'R- Chow. ve as "Black Pope" Passes Away, ak llomo, Aug. 20.?Father Fra le. Xavier Wems, known as " the bl ch Pope," died early this morning f so diabetes. His fatal illness was su lv induced by his anxiety over the \ lis Ho had constantly prayed that a- t rv should rest on th* Austro-t th man arms, hut ho was equally ? ious as to the fate of the Jesuit! Frame, Germany and Austria. $1.50 A YEAR. ? POPFPIIKY PATUnilP iu i ui l i iuu /\, unniULlU HEAD, DEAD IN VATICAN can zed Cnef Over bloodstained Europe ii?K Hastened End. ar. a " V? AS A M AN OF PEACE. Itai ('loot Son <>| I'rciini'i.'il Postman < w Itov (<> lliglii?t International '111. Place ?>i Power. in nit- Itonie, Aug. :'0.?The Pope's n r. death occurred at 1 : _ o'clock this to (Thursday) morning, the (Jricf over the war in Kuropo can caused th< Pope much depression on- from the first outbreak and several ion <lavs ago symptoms appeared of the old bronchial affection from which re- the Pontiff had suffered in times past, mid On Tuesday Doctor Marchiava inst announced that the Pope was suffrrsels lug from a simple <*>ld and that poa>da siblv complete rest for a week would ;ers restore him to h's usual health. Mie old. bronchial condition spread, however, ser- and on Wednesday it was announced ivlio that the Pope's condition was serthe lous. I'*" A bulletin issued at .1 o'clock Weduo>day afternoon signed by Do< tors Marehiafrva and Amici gave ??:?. following explanation: k,M " The Pope's condition gr? worse ,un during the night. This w: d .. to v''1 the difftision of the bronchitis to the lower lobe of the left lung. Hympt ni^ of the heart weakness became n ,~ so threatening at 10:30 o'clock this in p morning that it was believed the Pontiff's life was endangered. At "l 1:30 P. M. the symptoms were slighty ls ly improved but still grave." The . Doctor Marchiafava was able to bv leave the Vatican for a time owing >ney _ to the amelioration of symptoms. Fe said that nothing early in the morning had indicated the grr.ve crisis, t on which had come on rapidlv. Shortly see. after lie left Doctor Amici examined to the patient, lie explained that the , sudden collapse was due to the P011nnd till's age and the gouty affection (lav .. ' which always combines to give bronlish . cliial catarrh of an acute nature a ited most serious charcter. (lo_ OLD AGE FATAL, tan- Doctor Amici futher explained that the Pontiff's diminished vilality caused by old nfe. might render his Illness fatal. The practice of living in heated rooms s nd breathing the LE vitiated atmosphere as a result of large assemblages in the papal a partmonts, was against him and he add oil the people would now understand why the attending physicians wer> l''' strongly opposed to the resumption 'D:?t |i(, l)ia ? - ,j ???< i w|M ??: i uutTiiv^ :iuut(jnfPS. st's' At times during the day the r'?^ rope had much difficulty in breathantl ing. He suffered much from head>ukr aches and inability to rid himself of an;1 the accumulations in tin lungs. Stimulants were injected and oxyt,ll> gen administered. Several finies the Pontiff revived and seemed much '1,lv better. lie tlien would speak t?> '1'< 11 those about him and insist bat bis desires he executed. It) on< of the:** intervals he asked for Me: signor 1 lls Rosa, recently appointed secr< tary vinp of the t'onsistorial Congregation Monsignor Rosa bad befit i n Mitlun" niiite freind ot the Pope since the cits ? since the Pontiff \v. t>shop of ,v '' Treviso. As soon as ho as not'fled lie rushed io t!??? Vatican ens! va? ad"" mittcd immediately to the apartment where the Pope was lvinp. Wonsignor Kosn remained alone with the Pope. The incident was con idered 1 n sign (lean t, as owing to his ; resent "" position Monalgnor llo^a would be " Secretaary of the Conclave on the ' ' ' death of the Pope. It is thought that the Pope confided in him his last on . . wishes. Cardinal Merry del Vnl. the Papal ' secretary, telegraphed to all the Cftrdinals, notifying them of the grave condition from which the Pope was last ? snffering. eror Later the ringing of church bell* announced to the faithful the exposition of the Holy Sacrament and walled them to prayer for the restoration of the Pontiff of health Thla gave ncig lise to rumors of the Pope's death, lack wbich the Vatican denied owing to rom the many inquiries from all quarters. p(>r. Those close to the Pope believe var that grief over the wht situation vie- brought on the final crisis and so ior- overwhelmed him that he was unable mx_ in his eightieth year to withstand jn stilt another attack if his old enemy, gouty catarrh. M