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. The Abbeville Press and Banner I . "'V tJY W. W. & W. R. BRADLEY. ABBEVILLE. 8. O., WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1912. ESTABLISHED 1844 'JS DICTAG] BY BU! FRIEN] Startling Testimon gusta Hearing Charges Laid a Executive?All to Secure Par Hearing al Tomo The long-looked-for testimony of Thom as K. Felder was delivered in Augusta Fri day and Saturday before the committee nnnnini?(l hv t he last legislature to inves tigrate the dispensary. Mr. Felder himself testified that in the bridal chamber at the Kimball house in Atlanta he was present at the payment of $4,000 to ' Hub" Evans and his attorney, Cole L. Blease, then senator from New berry county. Felder claims that the money was paid by an Atlanta firm of liquor dealers and that it consisted of bills of the denomination of $1,000 each. Other charges made by Felder in his testimony were to the elTect that Blease, while State Senator, had, in connection ?uu fn fnrm n WlLll nun avails, w? % syndicate for the sale of whiskey to the State dispensary in order to make the payment of the rebates surer. Felber promised the commission that he would endeavor to have other witnesses to corroborate Ids testimony at a subsequent hearing. Improper use of ins office as Senator in blocking or in forwarding railroad legisla tion was another charge made by Felder. W.J. Burns, the detective who unearth ed the McNamara dynamite conspiracy and who secured the evidence which con victed Abe Kuef, the San Francisco graf ter, was a prominent witness at the inves tigation. Burns detailed two of his detec tives to operate in South Carolina. One of -1 ? ..t ?.\r? Wilonn " UXt>se, llliucr cuc nauic vi mi. <. made his headquarters in Charleston. Claiming that his intention was to open a large gambling house and blind tiger in Charleston, he ingratiated himself into the good graces of "the boys," and sub mitted testimony bearing on the liquor situation in Charleston, among which was j a list of alleged eontributoi-s to the cam-' paign fund of ?he governor two years ago.' The statement was made that $2,000 was! paid for the pardon of Rudolph Rabens, the Charleston man who acted as a fence for the gang of safecrackers that infested South Carolina some years ago. As far as the writer has seen, nothing was intro ducted to substantiate this charge. ^'"Wil son" himself did not appear before the committee, but his chief, D' tective Burns, promised that he would appear later on. The other detective, who passed under the name of "Mr. Porter," aud represent ed himself as a Chicago attorney interest ed in securing a pardon for Gus DeFord, a noted yeggmnn now in the penitentiary, annearod and submitted transcripts of conversations alleged to have taken place between himself and Sam Nichols, a young attorney of Spartanburg. These conver sations were supposed to have taken place in hotels in Spartanburg and in Washing ton, D. C., and records of them were made by means of the dictagraph. In substanpe the conversations amounted to this: That fur the sum of $15,000 Nichols agreed to secure the pardon for DeFord. Of this amount Nichols was to receive $5,000, Sims, a Spartanburg lawyer associated with him, was to get $5,000 and the re maining third was to go to the campaign fund of the governor. Nichols has re reived, according to the statements of the detective, $1,000 of the amount promised and the j>etition for the pardon has been circulated in nparuiuuurg auu receiveu numerous signatures. Nothing was brought out to show that the governor had any know ledge of tins a (Tair, and he has denounced the whole thing as a fabrication. His statement DICTAGRAPH LIKI Augusta, Ga., July 14?How does the dic tagraph work? This question has doubt less l?een asked by thousands of South Car (liiiiiuun niiiuc tiio iuLit: iiisti uiucui/ v?uo m troduced into the investigation of the af fail* of the State dispensary. The dictagraph is a very simple instru ment and might be installed in any room in the State. It is constructed along the same lines and principles as the telephone, A wire is necessary to carry the sound o! the voice from one room to another. The dictagraph proper is a very small in> strument about the shape of a completed horseshoe. It isa very delicate instrument with a sensitive disc and is placed on one end of the wire. This is the "sending' end. At the other end of the wire?the re ( Hiving end?there are two earpieces. These are placed over the head of the expert stenographer. HOW IT IS DONE. For instance, a detective takes up a case He makes the following arrangement Two rooms are secured. The "receiver" o the dictagraph is concealed in the''room very probably behind a calendar, a pic tun RAPH Ul RNS TO ( D OF GOV ly Disclosed at Au? Wholesale Graft it Door of Chief eged Frameup don?Further l Columbia rrow. will be found elsewhere. The investigating committee will meet again on Thursday at Columbia. Below is a portion of the proceedings millurl fi*im thtt rlnilv nroati* Augusta, Ga., Jul yl2.?backed by William J. Burns, the detective of international fame, and the dicta graph that has played such ah lea* portant part in the conviction of grafters in the United States, Thomas B. Felder, the Atlanta attorney .today began his official attacks on the rec ord of Cole L. Blease, governor ot South Carolina. "We are going to clean out the Auirean stables today," lie said. William J. Burns, the detective who put the Los Angeles dynamiters behind the bars, uncovered a dyna mito /inncniranv ovtorirlinv ar>rn?a nnp isde of the United States,and has fig- P ured in the apprehension of more big P criminals than any other one man n in the United States, was quoted from e the witness stand as declaring that the San Francisco graft case was in- t finitesimal "compared with the con- e ditions which have existed in Scuthi P Carolina." Char?ees Startling: Conditions s P.'ece Dy piece Felder, in his testi- a mony,charged alarming and startling 1' conditions of official corruption in * South Carolina. For five hours or ii r jre he was on the witness stand and h in a connected story made the charge * of unlimited graft,legislative "syndi- n cates" controlled by Blease as sena tor, of money demanded by the "syn- J dicate" to block legislation, of par- a dons alelged to have been purchased h from the governor, one in Charleston t having cost $2,000; of corruption li money collected from railroads for engineering out of the legislature * bills the railroads didn't want, of a 1 frame-up made in Atlanta by Blease t and "Hub" H. Evans with Bluthen- a tha 1& Bickert, a wholesale whiskey c house, for adding rebates to the cost d of whiskey sold the State dispensary S so the rebates could be turned over to p the board of control by the whole- v salers; of $4,000 in one lump sum li paid into the hands of Cole. L..Blease and Hub Evans by Monroe Bickert, c when the deal was first framed on E the occasion of a visit to the liquor a house in Atlanta; of the schedule of 0 protection tax levied on the Charltsa- f ton blind tigers by Blease, and of nis i share with Chief Constable Stothart r in that monthly tax. Felder gives a lot of the dictagraph information Wilson gathered on the Charleston istuation. in ?mn "i*gers i Referring to Wilson's temporary 8 | residence in Charleston while he was c posing as a gambler and blind tiger I I and gathering the leaders of the call- c ! ing from all parts of the country, Mr. t Felder said that Wilson was so well liked hy the "tigers" that he came i near being elected a delegate to the t State convention from Charleston. i "He obtained a history of Charles- 1 ton from Beersheba, found out all c about how to obtain protection and t got the whole history of the seamy j; side of the city," said Felder, referring ? to Wilson. j 1 "A bill was introduced in the South 11 Carolina legislature prescribing a penalty for the delay of non-delivery ? of telegrams. , i "I went over to Columbia to make t i an argument in opposition to the pas- i j sage of this act.. t I ?T ??* ^ ? U A TftrAtnO hntol * l 1 WCHt UU W 11 IU LUC iiciuiuv UUbv?| I* where Senator Coleman L. Blease was 1 stopping. He said in a very modest : way that he controlled the legislature and that if my company was with him i to come across with the quid proquo i WORKS TELEPHONE or under the table. The wires are concealed and led to the adjoining room. The de tective enters with his man. At the other end of the wire and in the other room is located the expert stenographer who sits at a table with note book and plenty of ink. The stenographer takes down the conver sation going on in the other room just as a court stenographer would take down the . testimony by a witness on the stand. ' These notes are later transcribed. Every J -.1.1 la HI woru, UVUU wmopciui^i iO hcoim uiDbiiii/i/ij In the adjoining room. I When the hear!iik was called to order i here Firday morning T. U. Felder an II nounced that much of the testimony to be ' presented had been secured by tho dicta graph. He asked permission from the committee to give a practical demonstra i tion. This was granted. Detective Reed, testifying before the committee, stated that it was impossible to "fake the testimony of tho dictagraph." He gave a technical description of the work l ing of the instrument and stated that any irregularity on the stenographer's notes J would i>e immediately detected. 3ED 1A.TCH rERNOR 9 (meaning money). I made it clear to lim that I did not represent that part )f the company's business." "On one occasion," said Felder, "I ,vas in Columbia at the Colonia hotel. Hie card of H.H.Evans was senr up. [ knew his reputation as a gun-play iriifiji.* ne caiuc 1:1m i:;c m **0 nild as a zephyr. " 'You don't want to sent me to the jenitentiary,' said Evans to me, and he tears were trickling down his jheeks. I did not ask liim how many :hsi*li*?n he had." Felder said that Evans wanted to nake a clean breast of connection s-ith the dispensary affairs, but that le did not want to testify before a ourt. First Document "Ben Stothart, chief constable, ap ointed by Blease, stated at the time f his aDDOintment to the position, it 'as understood between him and the overnor that protection should be iven to the blind tigers operating in city of Charleston, provided Uiey rould pay a stipulated sura per month > him, that this sum amounted in the ggregate to between $3,500 and 5*000 per month; that as soon as ie collections were made he deduct tl his commissions for making the lime and would personally take the alaui-e to Columbia, S. C., and pay ; over to the governor. "He stated further that protests ad been made to the governor gainst t'neso collections by interested arties, but that the governor would ay no attention to them; that de land had been made upon the gov rnor for his dismissal, but that He elt perfectly secure in his job, for he governor was a man of independ nce and had the power to do as he leased with it. "Also that the governor b::d is ued a pardon to Rudolph Rabons, blirid tiger man of the city of Char eston (I believe this is the name), eceiving therefor 'he sura of S'J.OOu q cash. The said Stothart stated that :e had conducted the negotiations rhich resulted in the pardon of this nan. "This con\ersation occurred in the i" '? in tho r>itv nf f!harleston. i?5/ic uuk. ? . iter the said Stothart and party iad had several drinks together in he blind tigers of the city of Char eston." "Mr. \V. Carlton Wright was-inter iewed at length in the city of Co umbia, and discussed conditions ob aining there during his incumbency ,s private secretary of the general ounsel of the Southern railroad. He iscussed at length the dishonetsy of ienator Cole L. Blease. The most pertinent statement made by him, /hich is auoted literally, is as fol ows: "Why, of course, I know he is a rook. When I was working for Ab ley, I handed him a check in the .nte-rorom of the senate chamber on me occasion for $500 as compensation or his services in defeating a pending ill affecting the interests of the rail oad." Third Document "Henry Hasselmeyer, whose place if business is near the market in he city of Charleston, upon being iBked how the blind tigers in the city ?f Charleston were getting on, he re died: "We elected Cole L. Blease gov ;rnor and we now have full protec ion." "Asked as to the method by which >rotection was obtained, he stated hat shortly after the governor's in luguration the chief of the constabu ary force was called to Columbia for ;onference with the governor. In his conference with the governor it vas agreed as to the amount th.it >ach blind tiger in the city of Char eston should pay monthly for pro ection." "In said conversation the said Has ielmeyer stated that he personally visited the governor at Columbia and * *- * * fV?io ;nierea nis pruiesi agaiusi tmo angement, stating to the governor hat this graft should not be collect id; but the governor waved him aside with the statement that he was run ning that end of the matter." "In this connection I deisre to state that when Cole L. Blease was Benator from Newberry and a bill was introduced to appropriate $15,000 to be used by the attorney general of the State in conducting the prosecu tions against the grafters, that the liquors dealers employed the said Blease, then a senator, to oppose the passage of said measure- and as A matter of fact the said Blease did oppose by speech, vote and influence the passage of said resolution, and that he received for his services the sum of $250 in cash, which was paid to him at Wright's hotel in the city of Columbia, State of South Carolina. "W. B. Roy of the city of Louisville, Morton A. Goodman of the city of Cincinnati and aJmes S. Farnum of the city of Charleston are said to have knowledge of this transaction. A Sew Avenue "After calling the election for the new county of Hey ward, and after the bill passed, Fred Dominick, the law partner of the governor, was em ployed and paid a substantial fee to influence executive action thereon. If called upon before this committee Fred Dominick, if he will corroborate his verbal statements in connection with this transaction, he will state that he was employed because of his influence with the governor; that the compensation received for his service was substantial; that he obtained the desired results at the hands of the executive, and that he divided his fees with the governor of the State of South Carolina." Felder offered in evidence the fol lowing letter to subtsantiate his tes timony that Blease tried to raise a slush fund of $25,000 to control dis News Snapshots Of ?be Week senate decided the case of WUBam Loi pensary legislation and failed: "Atlanta, Ga., March 20; 1912. "Mr. T, B. Felder, Atlanta, Ga. "Dear Sir: "On Wednesday, the 18th inst., I r^eit^d <?ity of Alhacy, and while there met B. M. Wilson and had a long talk with him in regard to dis pensary matters in the State of South Carolina: "He stated to me that it came within his knowledge that Cole L. Blease, now governor of the State,had represented, while a State Senator, Lanahan & Co., liquor dealers of the. city of Baltimore and had made large sales to the board of directors, consti tuted H. H. Evans, L. W. Boykin and John Bell Towill; that in consequence of certain dissatisfaction arising in the matter of paying rebates to the board of directors it was decided that instead of continuing to pay rebates through Blease to the board that the reDates as agreeu 10 ubiwwu Dicasc and the said board should be paid through the Baid B. M. Wilson, and this was accordingly done.s "In further conversation with the said B. M. Wilson, Wilson stated to me that when the bill was introduced in the South Carolina legislature to abolish the dispensary and for an in vestigation of the system, that the said Cole L. Blease, now governor of the State of South Carolina, devised a plan to defeat all pending legislation affecting the dispensary, both as to its | abolition and investigation. The plan I as outlined by Blease was as follows: "Certain liquor dealers were to raise the sum of $25,000 and, pay the same over to Belase, then a member of the State senate. This money was to be used by him with the members of the legislature to defeat all legis lation affecting the dispensary. It was further understood and agreed, that' after the defeat of the legislation as aforesaid was compassed, that a syn dicate composed of the said Blease, Nick Block of Macon and others should, in consideration of the con tribution that they made, control the entire liquor and beer business with the State dispensary, dividing equally the profits thereof. Block Balked "Wiiann further stated that the plan formulated by Blease to compass a defeat of pending legislation mis carried for the reason that Nick Block of Macon, who was one of the syndicate,stated that the amount pro posed to be raised was out ow all rea son, and that the same results could be accomplished upon the expenditure of the sum of $2,500. "Yours very truly, "Smith D. Pickett." ("Original mailed Hon. J. Frazer Lyon.") In addition to the Pickett letter Felder submitted the following evi dence gathered by "Mr. Wilson," showiner the corruption election fund in Charleston county used to carry Blease's election. "Col. T. B. Felder, Atlanta, Ga. "Dear Sir: Your favor of the 21st to* hand and contents noted. I am herewith inclosing list of blind tigers thp.t contributed to Blease's campaign fund. This is not the original list, but a copy. I am not sending the original for the reason that it contains a few names that are not blind tigers, and I thought best to send the names of the blind tigers only. The Retail Business League is better known in Charleston as the "Blind Tigers' asso ciation.' These names on the enclosed list are correct and the amount op uosite each is a correct amount that each one gave towards buying' votes in Charleston for Belase: Retail Business league, $277; Santo Sottile, $200; Jim Farnum, $500; Clarence Halsey, $50; E. F. Ostendorff, $25; V. Chicco, $25; J. J. Landers, $25; Geo. Murphy, $25; J. W. Hunt, $25; P. J. Carraway, $25; O. H. Werters, $25; James Sottile, $50; Gus. Stuster, $50; H. L. Koster, $25; F. W. Mappus, $25." IMPROVEMENTS TO STORE BUILDING. Messrs. Hartclon & Wilson Mak ing Charges in Place of Business. The store room of Messrs. Haddon A Wilson is now undergoing repairs, which when completed will give them a place of business of which any concern might well he nroud. The ceilincr is beinsr replaced entirely by a metal ceiling, which is being painted so as to reflect the maximum amount of light. The stairway leading to the millinery department has been remov ed from the center of the store and in its place, at the rear of the building, is being erected a broad llight with an ample land ing, maki?g the upstairs depai-tment ac cessible with less effort and adding to the general appearance of the interior. The firm expects to lay in a complete stock fur the fall trade. inal Prohibition convention was held in A a. Pat McDonald broke the world's rec< ted a new world's record when he ran 8 ent of the Wilson campaign, and Chariee finer of Iltlnofa The booae voted to lmpi BLEASE TALKS ABOUT HEARING Say8 He Will Be Helped Instead of Hurt. DENOUNCES FELDER AND BURNS. I Claims to Have Received Mes- ] sage From Friends Assur ing Him of Support. Wyatt Aiken Taylor In Greenville Pied mont. Columbia, July |15.?"Cowardly charac-^ ter thief, debauchee and pimp" were words used by the Governor in referring to Thomas B. Felder, who has given such sen sational testimony concerning South Caro lina's government in the recent days. The Governor also said that Burns, the detec- 3 tive, was a "cheap hireling." t The Goveanor dictated a statement in e recard to the recent testimony before the investigating committee, which sat in e Augusta, in which he said he would in the future take up |each item of the charges against bim and make a denial and pre sent proofs that the charges were false. The Governor's statement is as follows: "The entire transactions as brought out in Augusta have been done at this time in the campaign for the purpose of injuring me, thinking as we had passed over half of the state that it would be impossible for me,to reach the people again. That whole thing is a tissue of misrepresentations and wilful lies, which I will show the poo ple of the state at the "proper time with the proofs. I have received numbers of telegrams, letters and telephone messages from my friends throughout the state and from'parties who have heretofore never { been my friends in which they denounce the committee for the action it has taken and assuring me of their undivided sup- i port. I am satisfied they have done me ^ no injury but have materially strengthen- t ed me with !by friends and all over South j Carolina, who love their state and who ^ will resent the manner fn which this cow- j ardly character thief, debauoheo and pimp c has attempted to injure the chief magis- ^ trate of this state with the assistance C-.t j this committee." t Referring to W. J. Burns, the detective, ( th9 Governor said: "In^my opinion Burns t proved himself .unworthy of belief and a t cheap hireling, as he has in other of his ? transactions." ? 1 KING-WATSON INCIDENT. The Governor said he did not care to , make any mention of the incident of yes- j terday when he ordered J. N. King and 0. ( W. Watson out of his presence. He quot- i ed one of the men as using in his home ( words of very ungentlemanly character. v Sam J. Nichols, who was connected with the alleged pardon bribery scheme as re lated by the Burns detective, left yester day afternoon far his home in Spartan bur*?. Gov. Blease said today that Nich ols had never mentioned anything to him about a pardon for Gus DeFord, and that no such pardon has been issued. Remarkable Record. Mrs. McDonald, widow of the late Col f Sam McDonald, who is at present making i her home with Mr. A. J. Sproles, at Green- 1 wood, has a record of being a great, great c grand aunt. Her husband, Col. McDonald, was a soldier in both the Mexican and Con federate wars and Mrs. McDonald receives " lkAfK fKo nofl/Mlfll Q Til 1 | U> ^UllOlV/ll 11VU1 IJVl/U UilV tlltwvtiui WIUI MK governments. Mrs. McDonald has many relatives in Abbeville county, among whom is Mr. R. E. Cox, of the Peoples Bank, a grand nephew. Mr. Leonard Preached. ltev. T. E. Leonard, pastor of the Meth odist Church, whom sickness has prevent ed from preaching for several Sundays, was sulTlciently recovered to fill his pulpit last Sunday morning and evening. Mr. Leonard has been granted a vacation by his congregation, and the Methodist church will be closed next Sunday. Speeding Some. Mr. John A. Young, who lives near Troy and who is a rural mail carrier, made the trip from Hunters to Abbeville, a distance of 11 miles, in 20 minutes the other day, which speaks well for the condition of thel roads in that section of the county. tlantic City, N. J. American athletes >rd for the shotpot.with a heave of 50 1 X) meters In 1 minute 59 940 seconds. - i t>. Hlliea "was chosen to take charge od each Judge Robert W. AxchbaHL INTERESTING FEATURE FOR CORN SHOW Exposition Schools for Prize Winners. BOYS WILL BE GIVEN INSTRUCTION . Bust of Dr. Knapp as Prize Prominent Men to Participate. Columbia, S. C., July 15?Special?One of he most interesting features of the Na lonal Corn exposition, to be held in Co umbia next January, is the first Exposl lon School for boys, which will- be com K)8ed of ;the prize-winners in the Boys' Jorn Clubs In every county In the sou hern states. The attendance upon the chool is expected to reach at least one housand, and preparations are being laid < in a broad scale. J. B. Hobdy of Alabama has been select das Superintendent of the Scho?l. Mr. lobdy is the assistant in charge of the Joys' Corn Club Work in Alabama, with leadquarters at the State Agricultural College at Auburn. Later on he will make his headquarters in the National Corn Ex )osition offices at Columbia. Mr. fiobdy itands exceedingly high among agricul ,ural educators of the country, and his ex >erience fits him for the managemeut of he unique school. The boys wirf be di Ided Tinto companies and squads, and hroughf the co-operation of President1 iiggs !of ;Clemson (Agricultural College,! :adets of the first class will bei placed in j ommand of the boys, who will be under: emi-military discipline during their stay | 11 Columbia. They will be comfortably! [uartered on the State Fair Grounds near he Exposition buildings, and will be given laily instruction along agricultural lines >y some of the foremost! agriculturists of he country who will be in attendance at he Exposition. But the boys will not iave all work: the; City of Columbia, U U I A ? onnrA.' II ruugll 1 to ^vuur-ii, uao rnauo an c*|s}/j.\s niation for a banquet to be given the boys >n the last night of the School. The trip o South Carolina will of itself be quite an ncenti ve to any of the boys living in dis ,ant states. There are enrolled in Boys' Joru Clubs this year seventy-five thous inds boys in the various Southern States, ind the pupils at the School will be the lelected boys out of ^tliis great aggrega tion. As a tribute to Dr. Seaman A. Knapp, vhose work for the Agricultural develop ment of the South makes it peculiarly ap propriate that his memory be honored in :onnection with the Boys' Corn Club iVork, South Carolina will offer a hand some bronze bust, as the prize for the >tate making the best showing each year n the boys' and girls' club work, The tward of this bust of Dr. Knapp will be nade during the exposition school, prob ibl y at the Boys'banquet. Several nota )le men have already promised to be pres snt on this occasion and participate in the ssuing of diplomas to the boys and award-1 ng of the bust. Dr. Car wile to Kuu. Dr. P. B. Carwile has his announcement or the House of ltepreseutatives in this sue. Dr. Carwila ba? previously served n thd house. He is a strong supporter >f Governor Blease. rOM FEEDER WILL MEE ANYWHERE OUTSI AND GIVE HII Atlanta, Ga., July 14.?"I am neither a >ully nor a braggart but I am willing to neet Blease anywhere outside the state of Jouth Carolina and give him any personal atisfaotion he desires.'* This Fstatement was made ..today by riiomas B. I'elder on his return :to this :ity after testifying before the special in vestigation committee of the South .(lam ina legislature, probing the old state dis >ensary case, at Augusta. The statement was in answer to a decla* ation made yesterday at Bamberg. S. C. >y Governor Blease, in which he said: *'11 vill give any man $1,000 who will get Tom i'elder two feet on this side of the Suvan lah River and let me be present." In the statement Governor Blease also ixeor iated the members of tho investigat triumphed at the Olympic games in , leet 4 inches, and Meredith, a school* William F. McComba was offered the f tbe Taft forces. The United States / COUNTY SABBATH SCHOOL CONVENTION ' y " Meets at Town of Due West U U1J ArtliUi ^ *# PROMINENT MEN WILL SPEAK. Open Discussions Will Be Fea- f tore. Schools Urged to ' Send Delegates. The Fifth Annual Convention of the Ab- a bevillfi County Interdenominational Sab bath School Association will be held in Due Weoton Wednesday, July 24th, 10 a.m. Speakers rather than subjects have been selected, and these -will speak on subjects in which they are specially interested. Some of'the speakers are:. Eev: J.W. Carson, Newberry; Miss Graoe W. Yandiv ver, Spartanburg'; Mr. Cullen Sullivan, Anderson; Eev. A. E. Cornish, Abbeville; Mrs.M. A. Carlisle, Newberry; Eev. H. W. Pratt, Abbeville. Each school Is urged to send a written statement or tne numDer.oi teacnera, pu pils, .males and females, in the school. Delegates will be expected to make an oral report of their schools. . It is hoped that the open discussions of any subjects relating to the Sabbath School may; be a special feature of the Convention, so delegates are requested tp. come prepared to .ask and answer ques tions. While each school is urged t* send at least four delegates there is no restric tion as to numbers, and'it is hoped that as many as can"come will do.so. Nearly alL delegates can reach Due West by the opening hour. Those who wish to come the day before wiU be gladly enter tained. Such will please send their name to Mr. E. S. Galloway, Due West. The public is cordlrlly Invited to the ex ercises of the Convention, and to the din ner which will be served on the church grounds. E. B. Kennedy. PROTRACTED MEETING AT BAPTIST CHURCH Distinguished Preacher Will Aid Pastor Bristow. Beginning next Sunday, July 21, a series of raeetiogs will be held at the Baptist church. On week days the services will be held at 9:30 a. m. and 8:30 p? m.' On Sundays the usual services will be held. The pastor, Rev. Louis Bristow, will be assisted by the Rev. Dr. H. Leo Jones, a distinguished divine, who is pastor of the Citadel Square Baptist church, Charleston, who will arrive in Abbeville on Monday, the 22d. Dr. Jones comes o{ a distinguished fam ily of preachers. He is a son of the late J. Wra. Jones, chaplain of the army of Northern Virginia, and three of his broth ers are preachers of note. They are: the Rev. Carter Helm Jones, of Oklahoma City, Okla.; Rev. M. Ashley Jones, pastor of the First Baptist church, Augusta, Ga.; and the Rev. A. Pendleton Jones, who has re- , cently accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Baptist church at Newberry. Dr. Jones is a preacher of great power and his work will no doubt bear splendid results for good In Abbeville. The meeting will continue for two weeks. T BLEASE DE OF CAROLINA M HIS "SATISFACTION" ing committee in bitter terms, adding: "It is against the law to send challenges in South Carolina, but If any member of that committee will come to ne and tell mo ho believes what Tom Felder said, you won't need any duelling law and Charlie Smith will be your governor." C. A. Smith is lieutenant governor of South Carolina. Continuing, the governor referred to the lynching of three negrocfe recently in Olar and Is quoted as follows: ' You did like .'men and defended your neighbors and put their black bodies un der the ground." On his return to Atlanta today, Mr. Fel der was accompanied by Detective E. 8. lieed. whose evidence, secured with a tele phonic device, created a sensation at the Augusta bearing. i