The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, August 21, 1914, Image 1
| -? 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
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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.
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>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