? UMUHB8 lillllil Published Weekly ABBEVILLE, 8. C. Bathing suits are made to fit the occasion. Mark the returned vacationer. By his tan ye shall know him. Some people gc on picnics and oth ers get their shower baths at home. Old General Humidity is once more in supreme command of all the forces. Air pockets continue to cause trou ble, but nobody ever tries to pick them. The tides ebb and flow in political battles, but the fly gets swatted all the time. Another way to avoid sunstroke is to let somebody else do the political wrangling. Airship or aeroplane. They can both become engines of death when the unforeseen happens. In Germany, too, the birth rate i? declining. Is the whole human race going to commit suicide? New York has again given evidence cf Its dislike of dead ones by avert ing the hears? drivers' strike. Not until his wife goes away on a vacation does a man fully realize the joys of poker as a summer sport Conflicting emotions sway the girl who is a delight to the eye in a bath ing suit but who freckles in the sun! A historian claims that the liberty bell Is a myth, but our English bretb ren have reason to suspect otherwise. J J Perhaps If the weather bureau will take an Interlude in its prediction of showers, the perverse skies might far vor us. A T j A JJOI1UUU BUUiagOlkD nuu uvu? male attire had her shins kicked by a mob. Even the hobble skirt has Its * advantages. A snlt brought In 1826 has Just been ettled. There must have been some of the law's delays In the good old times, too. Why bother to water the plants while wifle Is away? It's much easier to buy her a new set just before she Is expected home. We are becoming a spry and spright ly people, science finds. A reflex, no doubt,,of the agility acquired in dodg - tag automobiles. One pleasurable form of summer va ' cation is to spend two weeks on one of those scout cruisers now engaged in bunting icebergs. A French town has proposed a grad uated tax on fat residents, those under 135 pounds being tax free. The weight of opinion is against it f T? thfl laree increase in business ? eh own by the Indianapolis poetofflce for the fiscal year evidence of the in dustry of Indiana's authors? An Aastrlan count has gone into bankruptcy with assets of $7.20. It looks as if some American heiress might get a bargain there. When a small boy can go around all day attired in nothing but a cotton bathing suit the amenities of civiliza tion do not greatly bother him. Over in New York an alimony claim for $28,445 was sold at auction for *100. This does not sound like a sporting proposition. It looks more like a donation. ? I There are nearly 12,000 lawyers in active practice In New York city. No wonder some of the people there pre fer to settle their disputes on the ;' streets with revolvers. ' A Pennsylvania farmer Bays he has a flock of hens that can run the mu sical scale, but what we want In our heaa is less artistic temperament and more egg laying ability. A New Jersey man has been fined for allowing mosquitoes to breed on his land. But how can a man disperse a flock of Jersey skeeters unless h? be armed with a gatling gun? A denizen of a Detroit boarding house demands that his room rent be returned because he has been forced to kill 28,000 bedbugs. If he does not have a care he will be arrested for hunting without a license. Students of the University of Chi cago have been forbidden to use tooth picks in public. If this Bort of thing keeps up, Chicago will soon be de prived of all its distinguishing charac teristics. It is said that girl scouts must learn to bake bread, wash and iron, do sim ple cooking, build a coal fire, darn socks and take care of babies. But what's the use? Girls who can do all of those things don't ?ave to do any scouting. Pecple who complained of the heat during the past few days should have their attention and memory directed to the records of a year ago. Having re calls the temperatures of that tor xid Interval they will be duly thank ful that they are alive this year. New York fisherman claims that a deep sea turtle swallowed his hook and dragged him to the bottom of Ja maica bay. He admits that he was soused with sea water, but there are those who harbor other suspicions. Another sign of reverting to the savage period of the race is intimated In the suggestion offered by members of the physicians' meeting that kissing be abolished by law as unsanitary and a salutation by rubbing noses or fore heads be substituted. Science seema to be advancli^g like a crab backward. WILSON NOTIFIED OF NOMINATION IN STRIKING SPEECH WILSON AC CEPTS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION. 1/PUtlAT f rtr Till- OllinitPII RtTNUl c ur inc. irHmrmuii Governor Wilson's Speech of Accept ance Was Full of Trite Sayings and Snappy Sentences. Seagirt, N. J.?Woodrow Wilson, governor of New Jersey, in the pres ence of several thousand friends and admirers from many state, accepted the Democratic nomination for presi dent of the United' States. The speech of notification was made by Senator-elect Ollie James of Ken tucky, head of the notification com mittee. In his response, which was a masterpiece of rhetoric and beautiful English and full of trite sayings and Enappy sentences, Governor Wilson attacked the tariff and trusts and out-1 lined the things for which he, as the 6tandard-bearer of the party, stands. He demanded an immediate reduction I downward of the tariff and real regu lation of trusts. Governor Marshall of Indiana, the Democratid nominee for vice presi dent, was present. Governor Wilson said, in part; "It requires self-restraint not to at tempt too much, and yet it would be cowardly to attempt too litle. "There are two great things to do. One is to set up the rule of Justice and of right in such matters as the tariff. The other is the task of pro tecting our resources. In this we face Questions of conservation and devel opment. . "The tariff question as dealt with In our times has not been business. It has- been politics. . "The -working people of America are, of course, the backbone of the nation. No law that safeguards life, that makes their hours of labor ra tional and tolerable, can properly be regarded as class legislation. "We are not the owners of the Phil ippine islands; we hold them in trust for the people who live in them. "We have been a spendthrift na tion and must now husband what we 1? ? - TI7*v wMof rlnvolnn o a wol 1 I ilttve uc rnuot UV/ * ViV^Z, U? trv?t as preserve our water powers and must add great waterways to the transportation facilities of the na tion. "We must speak not to catch votes, but to satisfy the thought and con science of a people deeply stirred by the convention 'that they have come to a critical turning point in their moral and political development "There is another duty which the Democratic party has shown Itself great enough and close enough to the people to perceive, the duty of the government to share in promoting ag ricultural, industrial, vocational edu cation in every way possible within its constitutional powers. "I heed with deep thankfulness the message you bring me from the coun try.' I thank God and take courage." Defiant Answer to England. Washington.?By a vote of 44 to 11, the senate refused to strike from the Panama canal bill the provision exempting American ships from pay ment of tolls for passage through the Panama canal. The defeat of the Bur ton amendment to strike out the dis crimination in favor of American ships was the senate's defiant an swer to the protest of the British government against the legislation. It was this clause of the bill which led Great Britain to send a formal protest to the state department. Turks Mutiny; Revolution On. Salonika. European Turkey.?The Turkish gendarmes in the garrison at Okhrida, Albania, mutinied and their commander, General Djemalrey, de clared war in the name of the Young Turks against the present govern ment. The commandant gave notice that would lead an army against Constantinople, and issued a procla mation calling upon all loyal Young Turks to join his standard. The reb els will attempt to force the abdica tion of the present sultan, who took \he throne when Young Turks rose. Pays $40,000 for Meal. Petersburg, Ind.?Several years ago a tramp appeared at the kitchen In which Maggie Drain was working and asked for something to eat. The family in which she was employed as a servant protested, but she gave the man his breakfast, and an hour later he returned with a paper which he handed to her, charging her to keep it. It proved to be a document giving to the girl the property of Marshall McMurran at His death. The will has been probated, and Miss Drain will get $40,000. Former Governor Alva Adams of Colorado, who Is also national ?om mitteeman for his state U.S.MARINES flt NICARAGUA WASHINGTON LANDS' A FORCE TO PREVENT ANARCHY IN NICARAGUAN REPUBLIC. The Marines Landed at Corinto and Were Hurried by Train to the I Nicaraguan Capital. Washington.?American bluejackets and marines were landed in Nicara gua for protection of United States citizens and their property. The ex noHiHrvn nort nf the fnrp.e of the eUn *" ? *? ? r boat Annapolis, under Lieut, James A. Campbell, Jr., was lande.d at Corinto and transported by rail to Managua, American forces were landed only after President Diaz had confessed the inability of his government to protect the American-owned line from Corinto to Managua and the steam ers on Lake Managua. Some of the latter had teen seized by the revo lutionists under General Mena, depos ed minister of war. Mr. Weitzel de manded of Mena the return of ves sels his men had taken and used as warships in the attack upon Managua the capital. The American minister reported that foreigners concur with resident Americans in Managua that this ac tion upon the part of the American naval commander was the* only move which could have prevented complete anarchy and the spread of disorder throughout Central America. The state department is averse to intervention in the factional quarrels U1 IUD VUUUOl A1U^1*V??U vjPuv?v?| but it Is understood its position in this case Is the constitutional guar antee must be respected and whoever seeks to administer the government of Nicaragua must base his title not upon force of arms alone, but upon the majority of the balolts of the people, cast without duress. T ' LIME BENEFITS THE SOIL n?.IDaaI/I?4 a# OUUinoill nminn/ awuwv wvwnivt w? .Interest to Southern Farmers. Washington. ? An Investigation made by President Finley of the' Southern railway syBtem has shown that experts in the chemistry of soils are unanimously of the opinion that lime in some form will benefit many of the soils of the Southeastern states by correcting their acidity and Improv ing their mechanical condition. President Finley has secured the opinions of experts throughout the Southeastern states and also in the Eastern and Middle states, in some of which experiments with the use of lime have been carried on for a long Berles of years. These opinions have been published In an Illustrated folder, which is being widely distrib uted among the farmers in the terri I x Vi*r IKa Hnoa nf fViA lury Uiivciocu uj VI vuv Southern railway system. Farmers and others interested tn this subject may obtain copies of this folder by addressing W. W. Finley, president Southern Railway company, Washington, D. C. New Kind of Whisky. Columbia, Mo.?A new kind of in toxicating liquor has been discovered in Missouri. At the bottom of every silo is found a liquor produced by the fermentation of the silage. It is similar to ordinary corn whisky be fore being distilled. Only Chinese Birdman. San Francisco.?The only Chinese aviator in the world, Tom Cunn, made an aeroplane /light at- Alameda carrying Gen. Lan Tien Wei, formerly J- J 4V? Ill COmuiaiiu Ul lUC luauuuuuaii aiiiijr of the Chinese republic, and now in this county to inspect the American army. The general was taken one thousand feet up and carried through turns and dips In fearless fashion. When he set footf on earth he an nounced unqualifiedly that aviation would be introduced into the Chinese army. Witness Shot Dead. Winona, Miss.?The finding of an unbreeched shotgun, wrapped in a sack, in a ginhouse, 200 yards from the home of Eugene Shewmake, at Eupora, where Walter Permenter was fihnt to death, inspires the Deace offi cers to hope that the assassin will be captured. This is the first import ant clue unerathed in the last chap ter of Winston's county's bloody trag edy, in which pretty Janie Sharp was killed. A reward of $1,000 has been offered for the arrest of Permenter'e slayer. Turkish Parliament Dissolved. Constantinople, Turkey.?An impe rial decree was issued dissolving the Turkish parliament. The chamber of deputies passed a vote of want of confidence In the cabinet. The presi dent of the chamber called at the palace to report the action of the chamber, but the sultan declined to receive him. It is reported the cabi net has ordered the arrest of Talaat Bay, ex-minister of the interior; Dja vid Bey, ex-minister of finance, and other leading members of the commit tee of union and progress. \ UNDER ARREST j HE MS SELF i * COLONEL CORNWELL PREFERS DEATH TO FACING EMBEZ ZLEMENT TRIAL. WAS NATIONAL GUARDSMAN Feigning Sleep, He Escaped Detec tion and Put Bullet Through ,Head. Philadelphia.?Col. 'Gibbons Gray Cornwell of the Sixth regiment, Penn sylvania National Guand, and a prom inent lawyer of West Chester, com mitted suicide on a train on which he was returning from New York to his home city to face charges of ap propriating bonds belonging to a trust estate. As the train approached the West Philadelphia -station. Colonel Corn well, who was sitting beside the con stable who accompanied him, leaned over the seat in front of where he had placed a dress suitcase. Pretend ing to be Bleeping, he quietly opened the baggage and drew out a revolver which had been presented to him by officers of his regiment. Before the constable was aware of what was go ing on, he had placed the weapon In his mouth and shot himself in the head, a physician said that death had been instantaneous. While the regiment which he com manded was in camp, one of his cli ents died, leaving a will in which oth er executors were named for the es tate for which he held in trust In vestigation by new executors, it is al leged, led to the discovery that a num ber of bonds belonging to the estate were missing. . t Colonel Cornwell, who failed to re turn home when the regiment broke camp a week ago, was taken into cus tody in New York, but was released on his promise to return home with the contsable who had a warrant for his arrest. He Indignantly denied that there was anything wrong with his accounts and, when starting home, seemed to be in good spirits. As he neared his destination he became morose, and finally escaped 'the contsable's detec tion and ended his life. ? 1 ' I $25,000 TO PROBE GRAFT But While Aldermen 8pend That Much, Crook* Will Put Up ' $50,000 to Free Becker. New York.?The committee 01 nine appointed by the board of aldermen to investigate the alleged alliance be tween the police and lawbreakers be gan taking steps to make a sweeping probe. Special counsej will be re tained and $25+,000 will be expended getting at the vital facts in the sit uation. A fund of $50,000 is said to have been raised for the defense of Police Lieutenant Charles A. Becker, under indictment for the murder of Herman Rosenthal, if he will remain silent about the police system and throw - HO Jlgnt upon me uaui;uuu ul uiuuiu from the underworld. . There was a conference of Beck er's counsel preparatory to the argu ments before Judge Mulqueen in the court of general sessions on the mo tion to dismiss the indictments against the accused lieutenant Grandfather^ of Q. O. P. D?ad. Kansasi City.?Ira Haworth, known as the "grandfather" of the Repub lican party in Illinois, and a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, died at a local hospital, a charity patient. He WES OU0 OI LilfcJ E31JL rncii vi uu auvtiu ed the first Republican meeting in Il linois in 1856 and later wa? one of the delegates who voted for the nom ination of Lincoln for president. Kissing Put Under Ban. New Orleans.?Kissing, in so far, at any rate, as teachers and pupils are. concerned, has been frowned upon by the committee on elementary schools of the city school board. The com mittee issued iistructions to the su perintendents of schools to warn the teachers of the dangers that lurk in osculation and to advise them against practicing it in greeting their pupils. Culpepper, Va., Swept by Fire. Richmond, Va.?A disastrous fire broke out in Culpepper, a Virginia town of 3,000 inhabitants. A tele phone message from a neighboring town said that all wires were dawn to Culpepper, and that the latest re port from there stated that the fire was sweeping through the entire busi ness section of the town. The latest message from Culpepper came from a railroad operator who said that the fire was driving him from his key. He stated that practically the entire business district had been wiped out. First Victim of Electric Chair. Columbia, S. C.?The first legal electrocution In this state took place at the state penitentiary, where Wil liam Reed, a negro, convicted of a felony, paid the penalty of his crime. The bill providing ior ine installa tion of an electric chair was passed at the last session of the legislature after a hard fight and received the signature of Governor Blease. The chair used for the execution Is of the same make as the one In which Hen ry Clay Beattle, the Virginia wife slayer, was executed. Former Bandit Seeking Office. Oklahoma City, Okla.?The most remarkable candidacy for nomination to office at the approaching August primaries in Oklahoma is that of "Al" Jennings, former outlaw and train rob ber, once sentenced to life imprison ment and then pardoned. Jennings is seeking the office of county attor ney of Oklahoma count on the Demo cratic ticket. He has made such an effective campaign that wagers are be ing freely offered that he will be nom inated and elected. Jennings Is prac ticing law in Oklahoma City. I-.- m i "Bill" Sulzer of New York, one of the well-known Democratic congress men. SLOIC $250,000 IK HRy ' /' ' \ v " ?r\ MOST 8UCCE3SFUL '^RAFFLES* OPi RECORD IN HANDS OF CHICAGO POLICE. He: Watched Movements of Society Women In Order to Pull Off ' His Coups. Chicago, 111.?After twenty-four I Virtura? wnrV fhn nnllro mmtlleted SI1 UU Ut U n Via bUV ^/v **V v f ? inventory of the art treasures, brie a-brack, jewelry, silver plate and oth er articles stolen by Jacob P. Guth rie, alleged society burglar and forg er, now under arrest, and announced that the goods recovered are estimat ed to be worth $250,000. After a partial examination of the barn and the room in a storage ware bouse which - Guthrie used to hide a portion of the articles stolen, the po lice estimated the value at $150,000. This was nearly doubled when half a dozen additional trunks and chests filled with jewelry, laceB and bric-a brac were discovered. Much of the stolen property was found in Guthrie's home, where he lived with his mother, sister and brother, who is a Chicago policeman. r More of the young man's history revealed that after graduating In a course in electrical engineering at a Chicago technical , Institute he ob- i tained vemDloyment with an electric | company. Later he was employed in the municipal laboratory. Subsequent* ly he was appointed an Instructor in electrical engineering at one of the public high schools. Guthrie Is 26 years of age, six feet in height and weighs 200 pounds. He 1b poorly dressed, although when '.ar rested he had more than $16,000 de posited to his credit in Chicago banks, phief of Detectives Halpin said: "Beyond a doubt Guthrie has ob tained the most valuable collection of stolen articles I ever saw in all my connection with the Chicago po lice departments. There is an . end less list of all kind of jewelry, silver ware, bric-a-brack and art treasures. There are diamonds, rubies, sapphires, ' naovlo nrnrfK thmiflanHfl of dollars each. REBELS FLEEING TO BORDER Believed That the United States Will Increase Patrol Along the Border. El Paso, Texas.?Movements of the Federal and rebel armies in the dis trict south of the border at this point, together with the yet uncompleted de sertion of the American colonies in the trouble zone, occupies the Inter est of officers of the United States troops engaged in patrolling the bor der at this point. A party of thirty men from Colonid, Diaz, to the "west of the Casas Gran des district, arrived at Hachita, N. M., according to advices received at Bliss, and the colonies are expected to reach the border. The Americans from the latter settlements are re ported to have been unsuccessful in reaching the Federal army, engaged in a series of skirmishes with the ?Oflooa nronrlAQ anH h a VP re U CIO ttUUUV V^uuua ?V?? . V attempted the hard overland trip. A report has reached the United States secret service that General Sal azar, with 1,000 rebels, has evacuated Casas Grandes with the two groups of Federals, greatly outnumbering the rebel forces, in pursuit. Dog Flntts Murdered Girl. Washington, Pa.?After a search of 24 hours the body of Celia Funka, an 18-year-old Austrian girl, who ha Back.?Detective Burnt Flr?t Start ed Investigation. Detroit, Mich.?The arrests of six teen aldermen and the announcement that the prosecutor will request 18 warrants charging the sixteen arrest ed and two additional aldermen with conspiracy to defraud the city, by bribery and other means added a new sensation to those that hav$ accom panied recent investigations Into 'al leged graft In councilmanic circles. Seven of the nine aldermen now under bonds to appear for hearing on charges of bribery in the Wabash Railroad street closing case were among the sixteen arrested. All of the officials arrested have been re leased from custody on ball. . It is understood'that the new war-, rants will In no way conflict witir the charges preferred in the Wabash case but that they will go into the official business transactions of the aldermen for several years .back. The ?o {/3 "Ka rr. UOW CUXCDID ai c oaiu CVS UV Vifv * vr J suit of the personal investigation of , Prosecutor Hugh Shepperd who was seriously 111 when the first alder- ' manic arrests were made upon evi dence secured by Detective William J. Burns. One of the two officials for whom warrants will be asked in connec tion with recent developments is out of the city. The other appeared per sonally before the prosecutor with bondsmen and he was released with- ! out the formality of being roistered at police headquarters. Wireless Plant Startles 'Unci? Sam. Washington.?A powerful wireless ! station at Sayville, L. I., practically commanding New York harbor and controlled by a corporation reputed to be under the influence of the German government, is being observed by the Navy Department and the Department ! of Commerce and Labor. Officials here have quietly been watching its ' progress and trying to determine if it comes within the provisions of the Lodge resolution recently adopted by . the Senate declaring that the United, . States could not see without grave . concern the actual or potential pos session of * any harbor or other place ^ on the American continents by any government not American when pos session would give to such a govern ment practical power of control for naval or military purposes. President Vetoes Wool Tariff BUI. ' Washington.?For the second time ! within a year President Taft vetoed a. bil lto revise the wool tariff?schedule K, of the Payne-Aldrich law. With a { message of disapproval the President returned the bill evolved as a com- . promise between the house and sen ate, holding that its low rates would ( Dring disaster 10 uuiue uiuuduicb. . . i I Senate Pasted Panama Canal Bill.- j Washington.?The Panama canal ^ administration bill providing free pas sage to American Bhips, prohibiting railroad-jowned vessels from using the waterway and authorizing the estab lishment of a one-man government when the canal is completed, was passed by the ^nate by a vote of 47 to 15. Passenger Train Ditched. St. Louis?Thirty-five persons were Injured, some of them seriously when Mobile & Ohio train No. 2 from Mobile to St. Louis, was ditched near here. Relief trains were sent from here. The train was composed of steel cars which were making their first trip and I ; trainmen said the steel coaches pre vented loss of life. Two Cars Were Overturned. Shreveport, La. ? Two passen'ger cars were completely overturned | when a Louisiana & Northwestern train went through a trestle one mile from Athens, La., more or less injur- j ing several persons but with no fatal- j lties. Among those hurt was Asso ciate Justice A. D. Land of the Louis-, iana Supreme court. J. A. Y/emp!o | ~? 1J T - rvflrKonc tha or Mansneia, x^a., w a.a pui uuf o vuw j j most seriously injured, being reported j , | still unconscious three hours after ] the accident. His little daughter was f also injured. . Battleship Injured on Shoals. I ^Newport, R. I.?The battleship Ne- j braska came limping into Boston har- j ( | bor badly disabled as a result of run- j 1 ning into an unchartered shoal four j t miles west by south of Point Judith ' ( light. The nature of her injury is not I , definitely known as the usual reticenre J ( of naval officials, until their formal I j report is made, is maintained. The ' t Connecticut, also the victim of an ac- ? cident, came in harbor under her port j t engines. The accidents will keep both | { ships out of further drills for some ! j time. i i Mexican Invasion Causes Alarm. Austin, Tex.?Advices from the bor it--.. >rnvlfion "in vnrlprft" , Qer ars uiui uic iucAivu** -?? t who crossed the Rio, Grande and were j reported raiding American ranches, t left Texas as quickly as they came, t These dispatches seem to indicate the i rebels did not remain on American < soil long enough to do much damage, i Governor Colquitt of Texas lost no t time in asking the War Department at ( Washington for protection when h? < learned the Mexicans had come intr ] Texas. I rHE ORGANIZATION MEETING TO TAKE PLACE IN NEAR, FUTURE. 9 . v h. MUCH ENTHUSIASM SHOWN C *ace Track to Bo Scene of Proposed Exhibition of County's Resources During Last Week In November.?* *i,' j j ,7^ Midway Attractions and Races. Charleston.?Charleston Is to have i county fair during the last week of November, unless those who are In- / lerestgd in the project are very much nlstaken. At a meeting at the Char eston Hotel, the whole matter will discussed and a Charleston Couc , ? ; :y Fair Association organized. Tho plan is to hold the fair on the race track grounds and to make it an wnual event. ) The proposal that Charleston have i county fair was made by Capt P. W. Wagener and has been .repeated rhe Merchants' Exchange, of which. Capt Wagener Is a prominent mem ber, has taken the matter up and the,. r chamber of commerce is also prepar* sd to back it. It is expected that all commercial organizations will approve " Df and assist the project,and that It .:,, will have the endorsement of the btisl- "..fv a ess men and merchants in general, rhe meeting to be held is open to all ind every man who is interested in the plan is inivited to attend. s A county fair, such as is proposed, will be a very different proposition from the old-time eala week. Thera will Jbe plenty of amusement features but there will also be a great deal la ; the way of solid Instruction and in the cray of advertisement of Charleston, uity and county. The fair will be more tike the state fair at Columbia, and like the county fair which is held each year at Spartanburg, for exam pie, and which sometimes attracts 1 is many as 12,000 people to the Piedmont city, V V - . . i Automobile Struck by Train. Florence.?Charles D. Bray bad a narrow escape from death at the crossing of Colt Btreet and the Colum bia branch of the Atlantic Coast'Line. His automobile was struck by the Drain ana tnrown arouna aim on to i side track, but only the front wheel was broken and the axle bent - This is not a dangerous crossing, ordinari ly, being far down the yard, but,Mr. w Bray says that -he could not see the Lraln coming until he was practically jn the track. J ' Laurens County Cam0al0n., Laurens.?The race between Jonei md Blease for governor was made tho Issue of the county campaign which jpened here with a rousing though or lerly meeting at the court house. The Issue is confined so far to the caiull iates for senate and house and it pas in pursuance to a resolution laoptea at tne county convention mat jailed for an expression for or against Blease. 0. P. Goodwin, for the senate, leclared himself in favor of the pres ent governor, as did six of the candl- .? iates for the house, W. R. Richer, Homer Black'well, W. C. Irby, W. W. Campbell, Joe G. Sullivan and George Browning. Many People At Campaign Meeting. Camden.?Twenty-five hundred peo ple, perhaps more than that, were ad iressed by candidates for contested state offices from a stand in Monu mental Square. Life-long residents 3f Camden say that probably tw> fifths of the persons present were from other counties. Several Blease leaders from other sections were cdn jpicuously present, among them being George R. Rembert, of Columbia, , FYank Kelley of Bishopvllle and A. W. Todd of Charleston. Automobiles by the s9ore from adjoining sections and from some more distant, .and morning trains brought in large puan? ties of visitors. Campaign In Pickens County. Florence.?Several hundred Pick* ?ns county voters heard the speeches af the candidates for the senate and congress from this district which tvere delivered at the court house. The meeting was presided over by bounty Chairman J. T. Richey. W. .7. Talbert kept the crowd In excellent aumor with his jokes with which h<9 interspersed his speech. He criticised Senator Tillman for his vote on Lon ger. N. B. Dial delivered a straight forward business speech which made i deep impression. First Eexecution In Electric Chair. Columbia.?The first execution in the electric chair was conducted 'a :he death house of the state penitenti ary here when William Reed, col ored, received 1,000 volts of electricity ?.nd was pronounced dead. The law changing the mode of execution from langing to electrocution was passe i it the last session of the legislature ind appropriation made for installing ;ne cnair, wmcu i? ui? tut? sauc pai ern as the one used in Virginia ani n which Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., met lis death. Coroner Held an Inquest. Lancaster.?Coroner King held aa. juest over the body of Will English, i young negro boy of the Dixie sec ion of this county( who, it is alleged vas shot July 17 by his brother, Hen y English. The boy died from the iffects of this wound it is said. Th9 verdict of the coroner's jury was that he deceased came to his death from junshot wounds inflicted by the di> :harge of a gun in the hands of tfenry English. 'Henry was brought ;o Lancaster and lodged in jail. (