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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
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COUNTY SABBATH
SCHOOL CONVENTION
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Meets at Town of Due West
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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.
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