Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 20, 1912, Image 2
Scraps and |act$.
? With three candidates seeking the
Democratic nomination for governor
and practically all other state offices to
be filled, the Georgia campaign will end
with the state primary tomorrow, August
21. The gubernatorial race started
off mildly, but since the advent of
Hooper Alexander, the Democratic prohibition
candidate, who made his announcement
at the time the Tippins
prohibition measure was before the
legislature, there has been more or less
excitement In addition to Mr. Alexander
the other candidates for the governor's
chair are John M. Slaton, pres.
ident of the senate, and Joe Hill Hall,
of Macon, for many years a leading
member of the legislature. William
Schley Howard, member of congress
from the 5th district, is seeking reelection
without opposition.
? Washington, August 16: As theresuit
of a renewal of Republican Leader
Mann's fight to get a direct vote on the
Bourne-Bristow parcels post amendment,
which the senate put Into the
postofflce apropriation bill, the* house
today was forced to adopt a substitute
plan offered by Democratic leaders.
Mr. Mann forced a reconsideration of
the vote hv which the bill was sent in
to conference. He then moved that it
again be sent to conference and the
house conferees be instructed to agree
to the senate's parcels post plan. As a
substitute for this Chairman Moon, of
the postofflce committee, offered a new
plan for an experimental system confined
to fourth-class mail matter and
farm products. The scheme was based
on the zone system as was the senate
plan, with charges ranging from five
cents to twelve cents a pound, and a
limit of weight of fifteen pounds for a
package. The Moon substitute was
adopted by a vote of 143 to 86. Representative
Mann's motion subsequently
was defeated. The postofflce bill then
was sent to conference, where the conflicting
provisions will be adjusted.
? The senate on last Friday voted to
sustain the vetoes of the president on
the wool and metal tariff rivision bills.
On the metal bill the motion to override
the president did not obtain a
majority. On neither measure did the
vote approach the necessary twothirds.
Senator Simmons called up the metal
bill, which was first disposed of. Without
debate a roll call vote was taken.
Thirty-eight voted against the passage.
No Republican voted to pass the bill.
Senator La Follette made the motion
to repass the wool bill. He asserted
the bill was a protective tariff measure
and was framed according to the
tariff board's report. He analyzed the
report of the board and compared it
with the bill. Senator La Follette asserted
that the failure of the president
to accept the "Judgment of congress
was usurpation of power." Senator
Heyburn answered Mr. La Follette
and denounced the bill as a Democratic
measure. When the vote finally was taken
thirty-nine senators voted in favor
of passing the bill and thirty-six
against it. The following Republicans
voted with the Democrats to override
the wool vote; Senators Bri^tow,
Clapp, Crawford, La Follette, Poindexter
and Works.
? Juarez, Mexico, August 18: For a
few hours a Mexican Joan of Arc was
the dictator of this city. With ten
Mexican rebels marching at the heels
of her horse she rode up to the police
station and disarmed the provisional
chief of police and six of his men. The
rebels rode away mounted on the policemen's
horses. The woman fearlessly
entered stores and demanded and
received provisions and then shortly
before daylight today she rode out of
town with her admiring followers. She
is said to be the wife of Col. Lazero
Aiauio, i run tuiiuuaiiuri upriuuiiB
around Palomas. It is believed she has
gone to Join her husband after her raid
on this town which is unprotected,
save for a few police installed at the
departure last week of Gen. Orozco's
rebels. Clothed in a khaki riding suit
and riding a white horse, the young
woman dashed here and there through
the town collecting the stragglers in
the rebel's ranks. Her raid on the police
station was an utter surprise. The
police meekly surrendered their arms.
Tonight a guard of forty citizens armed
with all manner of antique weapons
patrols the streets.
? Washington, August 17: The Panama
canal bill, as agreed upon by conferees
of the senate and house, was
passed by the house again tonight by
a viva voce vote. As passed the bill
which provides for the government and
administration of the canal, contains
provisions for the passage of American
coastwise vessels through the canal
free of tolls and the admittance of
shipbuilding material to the canal zone
free of duty. The bill already has passed
the senate and now goes to the
president for his signature. A special
rule prohibiting points of order against
the measure prevented Representatives
Moore and Olmstead, of Pennsylvania,
Republicans, from renewing their attack
on the provision for the free admission
of ship materials. As a result,
there was little opposition. Mr. Moore
was taken severely to task by Representative
Alexander, chairman of the
merchant marine committee, for his
allegations that the free admission
clauses would injure American shipyards
and would work a hardship on
American labor. Mr. Alexander Jield
that with free material shipping would
be greatly benefitted and that such a
provision would in no sense affect the
labor situation in American yards. He
defended the admission of foreign built
ships to American registry on the
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not buildingr vessels for foreign trade.
The exclusion of railroad or trust-owned
ships from using the canal, in the
opinion of Representative Sims, of
Tennessee, Democrat, was worth all
the labor and time taken to mold the
bill. He felt, he said, that a long step
forward had been taken in the solution
of the trust problem.
? Paris. Aug. 18: Considerable anxiety
is evident in military circles here
over the situation in Morocco where
the French troops for the moment are
practically on the defensive pending
the arrival of enforcements which are
leaving Toulon and Marseilles daily.
The abandonment of Marakesh on August
16, by General Liautey. the French
resident governor of Morocco, was the
first note indicating that serious complications
were hampering the French
opeiations. This was followed quickly
by news that the pretender, El Hiba,
was approaching the abandoned city,
which is the religious capital of the
country and threatened to proclaim
himself sultan there. El Hiba, who is
the son of a sorcerer, has been joined
by several chiefs with big followings
who always managed when defeated by
French columns to escape to the neighboring
Spanish zone where they have
had no difficulty in marshaling fresh
forces with the connivance, the French
say, of the Spaniards. The latest news
from Morocco is disquieting and indicates
fear of a general rising in the
south. The tribes in the Spanish zone
r<*fns?? trw rpcnemlzp thf* npw sultan Mil
laJ Youssef, who succeeded to the
throne on the abdication. August 12, of
his brother, Mulai Hafid, and this action
on the part of the Moors in that
territory also is attributed here to
Spanish influence. General Liautey
has organized a flying column, coml>osed
of four thousand men under Col.
Mangin, which the French government
hopes will suffice to hold the pretender
in check until sufficient troops
can be poured into the country to permit
of a general advance and the reoccupation
of the evacuated district.
? Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 17: Clarence
S. Darrow, the Chicago lawyer,
who was found not guilty today on the
charge of having bribed a prospective
juror in the McNamara case, must
stand trial on a second indictment, according
to an announcement made by
District Attorney Fredericks immediately
after the acquittal. Darrow apparently
was unconcerned over the
statement of the prosecutor. He was
deluged with telegrams from all parts
of the country, which began pouring in
within an hour after the verdict had
been given. The court room scene
which followed the reading of the verdict.
just thirty-four minutes after the
jury had retired, was one that has had
no parallel in this city. Jurors embraced
the acquitted man and with tears
streaming down their cheeks declared
it was the happiest day of their lives.
Stopped at every step by pedestrians
who wanted to shake his hand, it required
nearly a half hour for Mr. Darrow
to make his way two blocks to a
cafe, where he and a small group of
friends went for luncheon. "The jury
was virtually unanimous when it left
the box," Chief Counsel Earl Rogers
said. Two o'clock next Monday is fixed
as the time for the trial of the second
indictment against Darrow, that
charging complicity in the attempt to
bribe Juror Bain. District Attorney
Fredericks -spoke bitterly late today of
the verdict of acquittal that had been
returned. "We simply could not overcome
the damnable atmosphere that
counsel on the other side created in the
court Yoom," he said. "As long as the
court allowed them to do it we were
helpless." The jury that acquitted Darrow
was composed chiefly of ranchers,
a third of its members being orange
growers and a majority of the twelve
independently wealthy.
JJhf ^otkviUr (Enquirer.
Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville
as Mall Matter of the Second Class.
TORKVTLLE, I. C.t
TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1912
The Greenville News argues that because
they support most of the candidates
the women should be allowed to
vote.
We are making a collection of election
prognostications being printed in
the daily papers. Most of them look to
us as they will be possessed of much
greater interest after the 27th than
they possess at this time.
We are not very much Impressed
with the idea of praying for the election
of Governor Blease or Judge
Jones. It looks too much like asking
the Lord to take a partisan hand in a
purely political fight. But against the
proposition of praying for wisdom,
strength and "grace for whoever may
be elected, we offer no objection. On
the contrary we think such prayers
are eminently proper.
The primary election takes place one
week from today. The probability is
that every voter who does his own
thinking has his mind made up as to
how he should vote. In previous years.
It has been the custom of the campaign
managers of the different candidates to
flood the country with all kinds of
eleventh hour literature. Sometimes
there is truth in this stuff and sometimes
there is none. The average man
generally finds it difficult to determine
its value. The safest way to treat it
all is to either dismiss it from consideration
Immediately, or give it unusually
careful and thoughtful consideration.
Under the first treatment It
will not affect a vote and under the
second treatment, the vote will have
been cast before the merits of the
doubtful matter has been decided.
The State has a number of requests
for a comprehensive statement of just
where Lieutenant Governor Chas. A.
Smith stands in the gubernatorial contest.
It is said that his recent card
sheds little or no light. On the other
hand, there are those whose faith in Mr.
Smith's righteousness is great, and they
write that "Smith is all right." Another
not being large in*faith, has intimated
that some time ago someone
took Mr. Smith to the top of a high
mountain and showed him much that
the heart of the ambitious man covets.
However that may be, a very' simple
solution of all doubts would be Mr.
Smith's announcement of whom he
prefers in the gubernatorial race. When
the issues are so clearly defined there
are many thousands of persons who
believe that one occupying the position
of Mr. Smith should be out in front,
and that not only his vote but the
weight of his influence should be cast
in the balance.?Columbia StateConsidering
the way in which Mr.
Smith's party got it into the neck from
the Columbia State's party two years
ago, it looks like monumental cheek on
the part of the Columbia State to ask
Mr. Smith to come to its assistance
now. But then nol>ody is going to accuse
the State of lacking in cheek.
The Issue.
When The Enquirer claimed before
the first primary' of two years ago that
a moral issue was involved in the campaign,
one of our daily contemporaries
that was fighting for the election of a
local option candidate hooted at the
idea; but this year the same people who
were then undertaking to deny the existence
of any such question are now
trying to make it appear that the
whole issue is a moral one.
Just as we were unable to see two
years ago other than that the issue was
largely a moral one, now we are unable
to see anything of the kind?certainly
not In the sense of two years
ago. The issue this year is not moral.
It is purely political and generally
speaking the alignment is on that basis.
There mav lie those who have been
led into thinking' that morality is involved,
and while we have no quarrel
with the sincerity of any such, we feel
ourselves unable to agree with them.
As to who is most responsible for the
personalities that have been injected
into this campaign, we do not care to
discuss. We do not care to discuss it
for the reason that people interested
are too much wrought up to acknowledge
the indisputable facts. If anybody
wants to take the question up next
winter or summer after passion has had
time to cool, we will be pleased to give
our views fully and clearly. In the
meantime however, we will remark that
there was no such bitterness in the
campaign of two years ago, and after it
was all over Mr. Featherstone was able
without the slightest humiliation to
congratulate his opponent, Mr. Blease,
on the latter's success. As to how the
vanquished this year is going to congratulate
the victor is now difficult to
see, although we are still hoping that
we may be mistaken in our forecast.
As to what the real issue is, most
people understand better than we can
tell them, and we do not care to try
because it will give too much ground
for profitless dispute. But we do not
agree that the issue is any more Bleaseism
than it is Jonesism, and we do not
believe that the personal characters of
the two men figure in the slightest. We
believe that if something should happen
right now to make- Blease the
leader of the Jones following and
Jones the leader of the Blease following,
the strength of Jones would become
the strength of Blease and the
strength of Blease would become the
strength of Jones, of course such a
happening is impossible; but the illustration
is apt enough.
We have said before and we do not
hesitate to say it again that on the
Blease side are men who are as good
and true as any on the Jones side, and
there are men on the Jones side who
are as good and true as any on the
Blease side. And all the wealth and
Intelligence or righteousness Is not on
one side The principal difference between
the two sides is political rather
than moral and the great issue at
stake is power and authority?the control
of the government.
We do not care to tell anybody how
to vote in this matter. We think we
have djne our full duty in publishing
the truth as to both sides to the best
of our ability. Tho best thing any nan
who wants to do right can do is to keep
his own counsel and deposit his ballot
in accordance with the dictates of his
best Judgment and in keeping with a
clear conscience.
Lieut. Gov. Smith.
Lieutenant Governor Chas. A. Smith
has our sympathy on account of the
many efforts that have been made to
draw him into a fight that does not
concern him, and we beg leave to congratulate
him on the firmness he has
shown In attending to his own business.
Mr. Smith is first a statesman and
next a believer in the proposition that
the best way to deal with the liquor
traffic is to outlaw the same. In this as
in other things Mr. Smith stands for
what he conceives to be the best interest
of South Carolina.
On the assumption that the manuI
factored sentiment against Gov. Blease
is so strong that no respectable man,
whatever his views as to the situation,
could continue to hold up his head after
refusing to come out against the
governor, strong pressure was brought
to bear on Mr. Smith to make him declare
himself. It was conceded of
course that he stood for law and order,
and public decency and because of his
high position in the Baptist church, he
was necessarily a Christian gentleman,
and would therefore have to come out
against the unspeakable Mr. Blease,
But whatever else Mr. Smith may be,
he has shown that he is no weakling.
Running for re-election as lieutenant
governor without opposition, he had
| very properly assumed an attitude of
honest neutrality. He could not see that
he was -called upon to become a partisan
of either side and with admirable
good taste, he held absolutely aloof.
They put out stories that he was work- (
ing for Blease, and when his friends de- 1
nied this there went out stories that he
was working for Jones which stories
were also denied. Then there came a
Strong demand to tell where he stood,
and he saw proper to declare himself in
a communication to the Columbia
State, which communication is published
elsewhere in this issue.
If there is anybody who can twist
what Mr. Smith has said into a declaration
for Jones as against Blease or
into a declaration for Blease against
Jones, they can do more than we can.
Mr. Smith has had long experience in
politics, and understands conditions in
South Carolina about as well as the
next one. He loves the state. Two
years ago he was for Featherstone because
he believes In what Featherstone
stood for. He very probably has
his sympathies as between Blease and
Jones, as has almost anybody else; but
it is quite evident that he does not
think that civilization will cease on account
of the election of either of these
gentlemen, for if he thought that he
would declare himself on the side that
seeme<I to hold out most promise for
the common welfare.
MERE-MENTION.
The Federal pension bill was passed
by congress last week and carries appropriations
totaling $160,000,000
Congress has appropriated $10,000 for
JnirooHcroHrvn r\f tho mofhnHq of thp
pateflt office The department of
justice is after the Elgin Board of
Trade, which largely controls the price
of butter in the United States, for violation
of the Sherman anti-trust laws.
Virginia Christian, a negro girl,
17 years old, was put to death in the
electric chair at the state prison at
Richmond, Va., early Friday morning,
for the murder of Mrs. Ida Belotte. She
was the first woman to be legally executed
in the state of Virginia, and went
to her death with absolute indifference.
Gov. Wilson made his first political
speech since his nomination at 1
Washington Park, N. J., Friday, to 4,000
farmers Two dance artists have
been given a verdict of $30,000 actual
and $30,000 punitive damages by the !
New York supreme court against the
United Booking offices of America, a i
theatrical agency, because they were
blacklisted by the agency A report
by a committee on Inderterminate |
Sentences and Paroles in Pennsylvania,
says that 85 per cent of paroled
convicts become law-abiding citizens
and never return to crime The 1
Pennsylvania railroad last week order- I
ed the immediate repair of 15,000 freight i
cars that have been out of use for some
time, and also placed an order of 1,000 1
automobile cars for its western division
During a two-days hurricane
off the coast of Spain last week fourteen
fishing boats were wrecked and
114 lives were lost The American
Bar Association will hold its annual 1
session at Milwaukee, Wis., on August 1
27-29 It is expected that Messers. (
Taft, Wilson and Roosevelt will meet 1
at Atlantic City, N. J., September 7-14, <
on the occasion of the national en- j
campment of the United Spanish War '
veterans... .Governor Dix of New York 1
has appointed Justice John W. Goff ^
to preside over an extraordinary term 1
of the supreme court to hear the murder
and graft cases revealed by the 1
murder of Rosenthal, the gambler. !
Judge Goff was the prosecuting aitor- {
ney in the Lexow investigation of the 1
police department about twenty years
ago A lone bandit held up the '
express messenger on Southern train 1
No. 13, Spartanburg to Asheville, N. C., (
early Friday morning and got away' '
with $3,000 District Attorney Whit- 1
man of New York has offered rewards '
of $2,500 each for "Gib the Blood" and
"Lefty Louie," dead or alive, wanted
for the murder of Gambler Rosenthal.
Miss Alpin Bllteh, aged 20 years,
formerly of Florida, was married in
New York Saturday to Louis H. Allen,
aged 35 years. The bride tips the scales ,
at 630 pounds and the groom weighs
130 Josephus Daniels, national
committeeman for North Carolina, has 1
proi>osed to Governor Wilson, the idea 1
of issuing an invitation to the Democratic
editors of the United States to .
visit him at Seagirt soon and the gov- I
ernor is said to be pleased with the
suggestion The defeat of Captain
John Lamb of Virginia, for re-nomi- (
nation is interpreted to mean that
Representative A. F. Lever of South
Carolina, will be chairman of the com- !
mittee on agriculture in the next con- '
gress.
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? Chester, August 6: An audience of
about 125 people gathered in the audi- !
torium of the city hall this morning to "
hear the candidates for the United
States senate, national house of repre- t
sentatives and solicitor. County Chair
man John McLure Hemphill presided.
The meeting was devoid of sj>eclal interest,
except that Glenn W. Ragsdale, 1
candidate for congress, opened the 1
meeting with a prediction that a wire
would come in probably some time dur- <
ing the morning?which did not?from i
Congressman D. K. Finley telling how
business was detaining him at Wash- ]
ington. The real reason, Mr. Ragsdale ,
said, "is that the music was a little too
lively for the congressman's step." He ,
also said something that made his an- ,
dience wake up a little when, in referring
to his work in the legislature he
asserted that many of Gov. Rlease's ve- '
toes had been in good faith and for the <
interest of the people. W. P. Pollock,
also a candidate for congress, was the <
next speaker. He was followed by W. ]
J. Talbert, who is running for the senate.
N. B. Dial, who is also out for the i
senate, S|M>ke. J. K. Henry was the only j
candidate present for the office of solicitor,
J. Harry Foster being absent.
The meeting was indeed a quiet affair, '
however the candidates should feel sat- '
isfied in that Chester gave them twice
the usual number they have been J
speaking to. ' (
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8.
Jones Publicity Bureau, Columbia?
Advertises one hundred reasons why
Blease should not be governor, and
also advertises praise of Judge Jones
by Governor Blease.
Dr. J. D. McDowell?Will pay reward
for return of a bunch of keys lost
last Sunday between Yorkvllle and
Guthriesvllle.
York Drug Store?Is making a special
showing of fine toilet soaps and especially
Invites the ladies to see it
for soaps.
Carroll Bros.?Have seed rye and desire
to supply farmers who Intend
to sow rye. *
Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Has received
another shipment of coat suits in
the newest fall styles. The oxford
sale and bargains in curtain goods.
Thomson Co.?Invites attention to a
large display of new fall gingham
dress goods, and offers a special
price for ten days.
Herndon & Gordon?Want to supply
you with fruit Jars, fresh groceries,
etc.. and will have a shipment of tin
cans within a day or two.
R. E. Johnson, Gaffney?On page
four gives additional Information
and details of the Indian motor cycle.
Write him for further particulars.
National Union Bank, Rock Hill?Reminds
you of the fact that a dollar
will start a savings account with it
and insists that you start one with
it now.
W. W. Lewis. Chairman Democratic.
Executive Com.?Publishes .information
relative to the primary election
to be held in York county next
Tuesday, 27th.
Inasmuch as some claim that tomorrow
is the last day for enrollment under
the rules of the Democratic party
it is lust as well to take no chances.
Peopla who doairo to vote in the approaching
primary and who have not
yet entered their names on the club
rolls should se>e to it that their names
are enrolled at once. Next Thursday
is Lhe last day. All names that were
on the rolls two years ago are there
now; but people whose names were
not on the roll two years ago should
see to it that they are enrolled at
once. Mr. F. E, Quinn, is secretary of
Club No. 1. and Mr. J. P. McMurray
is secretary of Club No. 2.
THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN.
There were nearly 200 people at the
Fort Mill meeting last Saturday, and
they gave good attention to the speakers;
but there were no developments
out of the ordinary?nothing that appears
to be worth reporting.
Today's meeting is to be held at
Bethany; the campaigners will go to
Smyrna tomorrow, from there to Hickory
Grove on Thursday, to Blalrsville
on Friday and wind up at Yorkville on
Saturday.
The primary election will be held on
next Tuesday?this day week.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The city council is improving Congress
street north of Madison.
? The local bas? ball team lost all
three of the games with Cowpens
which were played here Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of last week?the
score being 6-2; 12-9 and 13-2. The
visitors proved to be much the stronger
and the Yorkville boys were so disheartened
at the result of the series
that they decided to disband the team.
This was decided upon after the game
Saturday afternoon and the boys who
had been hired to play at Yorkville
prej>ared to leave for their homes.
Saturday night, however, Messrs. S. C.
Wood, R. J. Mackorell, E. W. Long,
and others got together and decided
that they would take charge of the
situation and try to make a change. A
re-organization was effected and several
new players were secured from
Pelzer, S. C. The team left yesterday
morning for Cowpens where they intend
to play three games with the
same team over which they could not
win at home. The game yesterday at
Cowpens went for fourteen inning^,
and resulted in a tie, 6-6; neither side
being able to score tne winning run.
Both teams seem to be evenly matched
now and the local fans are eagerly
awaiting the result of the game this
afternoon and the one tomorrow. The
understanding is that the Yorkvflle
bunch will return home Wednesday
night and will play Lancaster three
games here on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of this week.
THE CROPS.
Representatives of The Enquirer
have been making a good many inquiries
during the past few weeks as to
crop conditions throughout the county;
but have been unable to get information
that will assist to tangible estimates
of probable yields for this
year as compared with last year.
Down in the Ogden section crops
generally are looking pretty good. The
rains came at about the right times as
needed and work has been pushed well
along. Both cotton and corn are looking
well.
Reports from the Neely's Creek section
east of Rock Hill, are not generally
so favorable. There was too much
rain during most of the working season,
and it was either work wet or not
at ail. As a result neither cotton nor
corn seems to have been doing what
they should have done.
A farmer from near Guthriesville,
reports that cotton did not begin to
fruit until late, and although it is
now fruiting very nicely, there are so
many possible drawbacks to be contended
with that he cannot feel much
certainty as to the outcome. This condition,
suggestive of as good a chance
yet for a heavy crop as a light one, is
pretty general. The same farmer said
he has some corn that is as fine as
any that he ever saw, and some that
will hardly be worth cutting down and
hauling up for the roughness.
There are very good crop prospects
In Bethel and King's Mountain towndiips.
except over the storm-swept
listrict and the crops looked well there
until they were destroyed.
Whatever the probable yield of cotion
and corn this year as compared
with last year, there seems to be no
loubt of the fact that the farmers
generally are in better heart as to the
prospects now than they were at this
time last year.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Emma Wilkerson of Yorkvllle
is visiting in Charlotte, N. C.
Miss Mabel Berry of Yorkvllle, Is
visiting relatives in Shelby, N. C.
Mr. W. A .Jackson, of the state penitentiary
guard, is visiting relatives
ind friends near Yorkvllle.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Comer of King's
Mountain, N. C., are visiting the family
of Mr. J, C. Comer In Yorkvllle.
Miss Jennie Beard Maekorell of '
yorkvllle, is visiting relatives In Lancaster.
Mr. James G. Caldwell, of Sharon, ]
sustained a stroke of paralysis a few
lays ago.
Miss Margaret Finley has returned 1
to her home in Yorkvllle, after a visit <
to Sharon.
Miss Annie May Mc^ll of Pageland,
S. C., is visiting Miss Mamie Hogue on 1
JTorkville, No. 2.
Mr. George Cartwright of GafTney ,
spent several days at his home in ,
yorkvllle this week.
Mr. 03 C. Green and Mr. Clarence |
Bishop of Union, are visiting Mr. R. E. j
Hiwinn on Yorkvllle, No. 5. i
Mrs. Paul T. McNeel and little '
laughter of Morganton, N. C., are vis- 1
iting relatives in Yorkvllle.
Misses Jennie and Mary Plaxco of 1
Bethany, are the guests of Miss Mln- '
lie Whitesides in Hickory Grove.
Misses Esther Ford and Iconise ,
Beamguard of Clover are visiting Miss ]
Barnette Miller on Yorkvllle, No. 6. |
Mrs. Hat tie Berry and Miss Mabel I
Berry of Yorkvllle, are visiting rela- <
Lives and friends at Shelby, N. C. 1
Miss Izetta Hilton, has returned to 1
Charlotte, after a two weeks' visit to 1
Miss Eva Good in Hickory Grove.
Mr. Fred Good who has been visiting '
Messrs. R. J. and L. P. Good, has re- :
aimed to his home in Greenville, S. C.
Misses Nora Algood and Genleve \
Veal of Cherokee Falls are visiting ,
Miss Kate Jackson on Yorkvile No. 6. j
Mr. Chas. F. Carroll, son of Mr. John <
r. Carroll of Yorkville, was married at <
Jreenville, N. C., on Thursday, August i
15th. to Miss Elizabeth R. PloufT of
Franklin county, N. Y.
Miss Mary Joe Drakeford, who has
been visiting' Miss Eva Good in Hickory
Grove has returned to her home in
Yorkville.
Mrs. R. R. Allison. Mrs. D. A.
Brooks and Mrs. A. J. Berry are visits
ing their uncle, Mr. Dock Howell near
Hickory Grove.
Dr. C. J. Black of Blacksburg,
brother of Dr. B. G. Black, of Yorkville,
Is critically ill with fever at his
home at Blacksburg.
Misses Lula Moore Logan, Mary
Brooks Inman, Louise Quinn and Marie
Pegram of Yorkville, visited friends
in Lowryville last week.
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Allison and two
little daughters of Tirzah and Mrs. S.
F. Seagle and little daughter of Rock
Hill, are visiting at the home of Mr. A.
J. Berry on Sharon No. 1.
Mrs. W. F. Marshall and children,
Misses Margaret and Annie Wallace
and Master Edward are spending
sometime in the mountains of North
Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Good who have
been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Good
and other relatives on Yorkville, No. 1,
have returned to their home at Cherokee
Falls, S. C.
. Messrs. James A. Sherer and H. T.
Williams of Yorkville, left this morning
for a trip up the C. C. & O., railroad.
and will visit Johnson City,
Tenn., and the Great Natural Tunnel
of Virginia.
Misses Evelyn, Lucile, Maud and
Roy Kirkpatrlck of Winnsboro, who
have been spending some time with
;heir aunt, Mrs. W. P. Youngblood of
Sharon, left last Friday to visit their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. C.
Kirkpatrlck near Chester.
Invitations have been issued to the
marriage of Miss Helen Carrlngton,
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. James
Hawley, to Mr. John Carlisle Daniel.
The ceremony Is to take place at the
residence of the bride's parents at
Hamilton, Va., on August 28. 1912, and
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel will be at home In
Darlington after September 10. Prof.
Daniel will be remembered by many
Yorkvllle friends as a former superintendent
of the Yorkvllle Graded
schools.
COTTON AS A SURPLUS.
Mr. J. F. Carson, of No. 3 Yorkvllle,
runs five or six plows and he is one of
those farmers who has always lived at
home and boarded at the same place.
He is not what would be called a
wealthy man; but he is a man who
made a hand start after the Civil war,
worked hard, kept his debts paid, and
soon got to where he was prepared for
the "rainy day," and has been prepared
ever since.
Mr. Carson was in The Enquirer office
yesterday, and during a pleasant
quarter of an hour got on to the subject
that is closest to his heart, the
method to be pursued by the small farmer
of this county, so as to reach Independent
prosperity by the quickest
and safest route. The key to Mr. Carson's
idea is the plan he has been following
since early manhood, the raising
of cotton as a surplus.
In the course of his conversation Mr.
Carson said that during the present
year he had sold over 200 bushels of
corn a', a dollar a bushel and over, and
neari> $200 worth of roughness, and
while he does not figure that he has
made any profit off of such fodder as
he has sold, he does not hesitate to say
that he made twice as much profit off
the surplus corn he sold as be obtained
from the same number of acres of cot
tun un any pan ui inc ituui.
Mr. Carson is not to be understood as
discouraging cotton production at all.
He is a man of too much hard sense
for anything like that He knows very
well that if all the farmers of this section
would undertake to drop cotton
and go to other crops it would be years
before they woul#be able to get back to
where they are now. At the same time
he holds to this proposition which is
sane and sensible. Let the farmers get
on the cotton as a surplus basis, and
within a few years those who succeed
best along that line will be able to drop
cotton entirely and make more profit
out of substitute crops than they are
now making out of cotton.
GIRLS' TOMATO CLUB.
Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, of Edgmoor,
agent of the York County Girls'
Tomato club was in Yorkvllle last
Saturday soliciting subscriptions and
otherwise looking after the Interests
of the organization that she has been
employed to develop.
The Girls' Tomato club was organized
last spring with about sixty members,
the majority of them in the eastern
part of the county but with others
in the vicinity of Sharon. MqConnellsville
and other points. The organization
was effected later and by reason
of unfavorable weather and other disadvantages
it suffered hardships that
have reduced the number to less than
thirty; but it is the purpose of all interested
to go ahead and make as good
a showing as possible.
Up to last Saturday Miss Garrison
had raised prize money to the amount
of $60 and had along with it quite a
number of articles of merchandise
that will also be used as prizes. She
hoped to be able to considerably increase
the aggregate amount of the
prizes to be offered, at the first annual
meeting to be held some time soon.
Prizes are to be given for excellence
in the following particulars:
Largest yield.
Second largest yield.
Largest tomato preserved in wood
alcohol.
Best chili sauce.
Best record of work.
Best catsup.
Best sweet pickles.
Best preserves.
Best chow-chow.
Best jelly.
Largest and most attractive display
in glass jars.
Miss Garrison says she Is doing all
she can to demonstrate pickling, preserving
and canning of tomatoes to
individuals and to clubs, and she
wants as many members to join the
county, club as she can get. She will
be pleased to give any desired Information
on application.
STORM RELIEF FUND.
So far as The Enquirer has information,
there Js nothing but the deepest
sympathy for the people who live in
the storm swept area east and west and
north and south of Clover. Most people
know what a calamity of this kind
means to tne people on wnicn mis calamity
has fallen and many of them
realize too that the occasion is one that
rails for practical as well as sentimental
sympathy.
It is very easy to understand that the
people in the stricken territory are badly
in need of help. In many cases the
crops have been completely destroyed
and in not a few cases houses and barns
have been blown away. Gardens were
included in the general destruction and
even such wild fruit as there was, persimmons,
locusts and the like were
beaten off the trees onto the ground.
There arc no crops that can be planted
which will mature before winter, and
but scant employment for wage labor.
Some of the people, wage hands and
renters, have moved away and others
are moving, the reason being that both
they and their neighbors having lost
everything, they see that they cannot
hope to remain where they are without
the probability of still greater hardship.
There are some who still intend
to stick it out, however, and others who
ire practically ruined who could not go
si way if they would. There are cases
for instance of widows who have small
holdings of lands, which lands are being
rented; and the crops having been
iestroyed. they find themselves in debt
for fertilizers, supplies, etc, and no
>rospect of having anything with which
to pay.
Some volunteer subscriptions have
been coming In from people who find
ind realize the terrible distress that is
confronting these people, and who desire
to give such help as they can. Although
the aggregate loss easily runs
jp Into hundreds of thousands of dolars,
it is probable that if the people
>f the state could be made to fully
comprehend the situation, all the loss
A'ould be made good. We do not be
lieve the people of South Carolina could
shut their eyes to such a distressing
situation; but we know of no way to
bring the matter to their attention unless
the newspapers of the state see
proper to give It such publicity as seems
proper undep the circumstances.
Cash money is scarce at this season
of the year. Many people who would
like to help have but little to help with;
but still a number of volunteers have
come forward with liberal contributions
and we are inclined to believe that
when the people of York county fully
grasp the situation, they are going to
make a showing in their contributions
that will do them the fullest credit.
The relief committee appointed by
Governor Blease to receive and distribute
contributions has been organized
as follows: G. W. Knox, chairman; A.
J. Quinn, vice-chairman, J. A. Page,
secretary and treasurer; J. B. Robinson,
John Bank Jackson, Jas. A. Clinton,
W. D. Grist, all but the last named
of Clover. Contributions may be sent
to Mr. James A. Page, or any member
of the committee, and all such contributions
will be acknowledged through
The Yorkville Enquirer. The contributions
received up to this time are as
follows:
Senator B. R. Tillman $ 50 00
H. E. Nell, Yorkville 25 00
Yorkville Enquirer 25 00
McK. Grant, Charleston 20 00
Col. A. Coward, Yorkville 5 00
J. R. Halle, Fort Mill 5 00
J. M. Williford, No. 7 Yorkville 5 00
J. S. Glasscock, Catawba 5 00
Dr. W. M. Love, Chester 6 00
J. F. Carson, No. 3 Yorkville .. 5 00
Louis Roth, Yorkville 5 00
J. H. Coltharp, Fprt Mill 5 00
W. E. Sanders, No. 3 Yorkville 5 00
G. A. Gettys, Roddey 2 00
W. E. Gettys, No. 7 Yorkville .. 2 00
It has been suggested by one of the
subscribers above that if people interested
in the cause in different neighborhoods
will carry subscription papers
around they will be able to raise considerable
help from people who might
not otherwise feel inclined to write letters,
or who may have no bank ac
counts on which they can send checks.
LOCAL LACONIC8.
Killed by Lightning.
A 12-year-old negro girl, daughter of
Agnes Jackson, was killed on Mr. J. A.
N. Glenn's plantation in Bethel township
last Wednesday. The girl was
sitting in a swing, made of two buggy
traces attached to a limb by means of
a wire. She was badly burned and Instantly
killed.
The September Term.
There is no certainty that the proposed
September term of the court of
common pleas will be held. A venire
of petit Jurors was drawn for the first
week last Tuesday and according to official
notice duly posted, a second venire
was to have been drawn this morning;
but the second week Jury was not
drawn. Several lawyers were unable
to see the need of the proposed Sep- '
tember term, and there was some talk
of holding a bar meeting to call It off;
but this has not yet been done. There
are a few cases that will be pressed for
trial If the court convenes. In case the
September court Is held, Judge Thomas
S. Sease will preside.
Dispensary 8chool Fundi
Asked about the dispensary funds
appropriated for school purposes by
the last general assembly the other
day, Superintendent of Education
Quinn said: "York county has about
$3,500 on deposit in local banks. Under
the law, however, this money cannot
be used for paying teachers or
for other work in connection with the
conduct of schools. It is known as a
county board fund, and can only be
used in connection with the laying out ;
of new school districts or school improvement
work. None of It can be
expended except upon the approval 'of
the state board of education and there
It standa Also, under the law, no
more than one-fourth of it can be expended
In any one year. Just how It
can be expended or what It can be expended
for, I fear I cannot give you
any satisfaction. I hardly know how
to get at it myself."
From Rock Hill Into Bethoda.
Rock Hill special of August 15 to
the Columbia State: Work has begun
on what will be known as the
Flnley road, running through the
farm of Congressman D. E. Flnley,
west of this city, to the Bethesda
section of York county. The road
force of Catawba township, of which <
D. P. Lesslie is supervisor, is at work
on this end of the road next to the
city and the farmers living along the
road and owning land along it are at
work on the other end, and they ex
pect to push the work until it is completed.
The county chain gang bridge
force will do the bridge work, which <
will be concrete over two creeks that
this road crosses. The road when
finished will penetrate one of the very
best sections of York county, the i
Bethesda section, which heretofore 1
was about nine miles from Rock Hill 1
the way It was gotten to, and in bad 1
weather it wao almost impossible to
reach this section at all. The new i
road for several miles is almost a bee- '
line and will not only be a first-class
road but will shorten the distance 1
from here to Bethesda church at least I
three milea In addition to the farmers
taking their own teams and hands
and doing all the work they can be- tween
seasons on the road they have
subscribed considerable money, and
what they and the township supervisor
can not do they will contract
and complete the road.
Big Yield of Cane.
Rock Hill special of August 19 to the
Columbia State: That South Carolina
farmers can easily lead the world in
crop productions has been more than
once publicly stated. South Carolina
soil and climate?plus brains, plus work
?can do the work, and when it is not
accompished the reason can always be
traced to lack of work and energy, lack
of intelligent application. A most remarkable
crop has been raised in this
county, two or three miles outside of
Rock Hill, by Sam Barron, who owns
and operates a farm at Ebenezer. He entered
the $250 gold prize contest inaugurated
by the National Union bank of
Rock Hill. He set aside one acre, planting
it in sugarcane. Last week the contest
judges measured and weighed the
crop, which had just matured, and
found that Mr. Barron had raised thirteen
and one-half tons of cane on this
?_ A* i?n. ,.e ?io tn
jji iztf an r, m tuo n/? j?i ivp v& f im.uv
per ton, it will be seen that this acre
produced a crop valued at 1181.75; but (
that is not all. Mr. Barron will yet
make a second crop of cane on this
acre, and he feels sure that with the
second crop that acre will easily net ^
him $250. Is there an acre of cotton any- ^
where in South Carolina that will pro- ?
duce anywhere near the figure? In this [
contest many farmers of York county 1
have entered acres devoted to corn, e
l>eas, potatoes (sweet and Irish) and 1
cotton, and it is expected that some re- ?
markable yields will be made?only gro- *
ins: to show that if the southern farmI
ers would devote some of their land 1
to the raising of feedstuffs, a falling r
cotton market would not bankrupt J
them. One farmer In this contest, who 1
planted Irish i?otatoes, thinks that his ?
acre will net him over $250.
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r
? Charleston special of\August 17 to f
the Columbia State: A shooting affair j\
here this morning at the county jail, a
in which Assistant Jailer Clarence h
Levy shot and wounded William E. L
Wingate in the side, caused tremendous J
excitement, because of the fact that the fl
two men are of warring political fac- tl
tions, the Martin and Perry supporters, a
Wingate is superintendent of the city J
chalngang guards, and is the man who s;
procured for A. W. Perry the famous c
bucket containing a sample of chain- F
gang dinner. Mayor Grace declared today
that the shooting of Wingate was e
a premeditated plot. Jailer Levy claims 11
that Wingate this morning, after an J
altercation, advanced upon him with a p
drawn pistol, and he shot in self-de- w
fense. Wingate claims that he was si
about to enter the jail in performance tl
of his duties, and that he was tired a
upon without notice from thetjail. He G
is not thought to be fatally wounded, a
Sheriff Martin denies all knowledge of d
the affair beyond what Levy told him. tl
The assistant jailer was arrested after
the shooting and kept at the jail un- a
der guard of a policeman, since it was si
not practicable for him to leave at the n
time. Later he was arrested on a war- n
rant of Magistrate Williams, charging tl
him with assault and battery, and held It
at the jail pending a hearing. The two r?
men had a difficulty last night at the g
campaign meeting and the shooting to- ti
day is believed to be the outcome. b
ABBEVILLE MEETING. I
______ i
Lyon and Evana in Another Near ,
Fight.
Atlanta Journal.
Abbeville, S. C., Aug. 16.?The LyonEvans
contest for the attorney generalship
superceded In interest the 1
Blease-Jones race for governor at the
campaign meeting here today.
It brought another fight between At- j
torney General Lyon and Barney Evans
one of his opponents, and the lmminency
of a general riot among the crowd.
Mr. Evans was referring to Mr. Lyon
as "a dirty fraud and Infamous liar,"
when Mr. Lyon jumped to his feet and
made at Evans to strike him, but was
prevented by Chief of Police William
Riley, Rural Policeman Charley Bruce
and others. Many of the crowd rushed
to the stand tearing down the ratings.
Some of the onrushers were
jerked back by persons standing near
the platform. Excitement rose high
for a time before quiet was restored.
The nailing of "certain Jones lies"
by Governor Blease, the tumultuous applause
given Judge Jones by the crowd (
that gathered In the theater, driven .
there from the court yard by a shower
of rain and the judge's denial that any
monev had com# from onvhnHv fop
his campaign expenses to his pockets, j
were the other features of interest. |
The crowd numbered about 1,800 (
pecple when Governor Blease spoke. He ,
was given rousing applause and made
a good showing on his hand primary. \
though Jones declared that only a third
of the crowd responded, while the |
Blease men Insist that it was more ,
than half. The crowd that heard Judge |
Jones in the theater numbered between ,
800 and 900, and was undoubtedly a :
Jones crowd, making the building re- [
sound with cheers, at every telling
point the Judge made against the governor.
"Uncle Josh" Ashley, member of the
legislature from Anderson county, and ,
an enthusiastic Blease man was present
today and during the governor's \
speech sat In a second story window of
the court house overlooking the crowd
on the lawn below. 'Throughout the .
governor's speech he would encourage
him with cries of "that's the truth,
boy;" "He's the best governor South
Carolina ever had."
To a man who interrupted Governor
Blease, saying that he was from Georgia,
the governor replied, "I don't mind
being interrupted by a South Carolinan
but I don't want to be bothered by any
henchmen of Tom Felder. I want Jones
to have all the votes of you Tom Feiders."
"Governor Blease has asked me if
the corporations are paying my expenses,"
said Judge Jones. "I did not
intend to pay any attention to this
for I expect to file a list of my campaign
expenses as required by the primary
law and the law of the state. I
do not expect to bandy affidavits. Who
believes the affidavits submitted by
Blease and Domlnlck In this matter?
"But I will say that not one dollar,
but not one cent has come to my pock- i
ets from corporations, partnerships or
individuals for my campaign expenses.
"I am paying my own way and I
don't care what it costs to redeem
South Carolina from the shame and
humiliation that has come upon it, so
long as the money is spent legitimately.
"If my enthusiastic friends are spending
money for me I cannot help It
"Governor Blease's friends are spending
money. I see him presented with
gold headed canes, umbrellas, watches,
silver cups. The money Is coming from
somewhere."
"I've got no blind tigers to finance
my campaign not that I mean to say
that the blind tigers bought Governor
Blease's gifts, not that at all."
The Judge declared that.no blind tiger
In the state would vote for him, no
dispensary constable or pardoned criminal
would go around the state working
for him. He declared that Governor
Blease "was scared to death, was
k n /t h /\/I nn/1 ?4?>(/tlrAn" ? *<! /*! <%/! dim?
iiavi\c\i cuiu buivacii aiiu vitcu tu ou\r~ (
port his contention th&t the governor
was talking about threats of assassination;
that he carried around a bodyguard
armed with a pistol; and that he
was now telling of his fear of being
cheated out of election.
When the judge finished his speech,
W. J. Leith, of Hodges, asked, "Do you
mean to say the pitcher yesterday was
bought by blind tigers?" :
"I did not say that," replied the
judge.
Governor Blease devoted the first ,
part of his speech to refuting reports
which he said the Jones crowd was .
circulating on him. 1
He denounced as false the report on (
the streets here yesterday afternoon
that he was in his room at the hotel
too drunk to come out
He classed this also as a "Jones lie."
The report that he had promised W.
R. Rlchey, of Laurens county, to par- j
don his brother, who is serving a sen- <
tence in the penitentiary. Mr. Richey (
Is a candidate for the legislature on the .
Blease ticket. He was present today
and stated to the crowd that the gov- .
eraor had never made any promise to
him other than to say his brother could .
not be relieved.
"It has been said that I have prom- .
Ised Josh Ashley to pardon Pearman,
who killed Nance, of this county," said ,
the governor, "I want Joeh Ashley to .
say if I've ever made such a promise to ,
him."
"No," said Mr. Ashley, "it's a lie." .
The governor read a letter from E. ,
Newman, of Pine Creek, Camden, S. .
[?., in which Mr. Newman said that .
Charles Jones had paid Archie Vincent .
)f Heath Springs $50 to work for Jones j
jntil August 27. Mr. Newman said he (
:ould prove Mr. Vincent's statement to
:hls effect, by other witnesses if neces- ,
?ry. ,
The governor declared that there was (
l plot on foot for the Jones men to t
:ount him out. He warned all Blease (
nen to go to the polls early and watch t
:he count
"They got John Gary Evans, the big- j
rest scoundrel they could get as chairnan
to rob you," said the governor, j
'They are going to steal the tickets, so
:hat there will be a shortage." J
During the governor's speech he was a
isked by ex-Sheriff W. R. Nance, of
his county, how Newberry would go. j
"Newberry county," replied the governor,
"will give me 500 or 600 major- f
ty and show the Jones family that c
hey are not in the Casey Jones class." c
The governor was presented with j
lowers brought to the stand by Mrs. a
r. W. Bowie. j
THAT ANDERSON MEETING.
Candidates for Minor Offices Spoke, 1
and Then a Howling Matoh. y
There were between twenty-five
lundred and three thousand people at li
Inderson last Saturday, and there was e
i lively but not very exciting time of b
t. There was no anger in the crowd, e
t was good natured rdther than othrwise;
but it was not looking for any- s
hing new from either of the speak- o
rs, and It was Just out for a great big s
ime. y
The meeting was held in Buena Vis- I
a park, and all the candidates for the
riinor offices were allowed to have a
heir say. There was nothing new. tl
jyon and Evans had their usual did o
nd didn't over the claim of Evans ti
hat Lyon allowed Ben Abney to take d
, fee of $50,000 for merely signing a
ecelpt in the Richland Distilling case, d
!vans cited Senator G. W. Sullivan of g
inderson, as a witness to prove his y
ssertion, and somebody shouted that a
ie would not believe Senator Sullivan, d
<yon explained that he had allowed
im Farnum to plead guilty and pay a a
ne of $5,000 so as to give the lie to i<
he jury that had previously tried and u
cquitted Farnum, and Evans quoted
udge Prince of Anderson, as having 0
aid that if he had understood the
ase better he would not have allowed c
'arnum to get off so lightly. h
John T. Duncan was the first speak- a
r and was allowed to say his say with
ttle interruption. He lambasted both tl
ones and Bk>ase with vigorous imartlallty,
and charged that Jones s
ould assail Blease on the alleged n
;hool book deal except for the fact ||
tat it would involve Gonzales also, p
nd because Jones is the candidate of
onzales, of course his hands were tied
long that line. After Duncan sat
own Judge Jones was introduced and ci
ten came the howling. L
The people from around the stand la
nd from all parts of the crowd set up di
itch a noise that the speaker could v<
ot to be heard. Chairman Pear- C
tan tried to restore order; but p
lere was nothing doing. Mayor Hoi- ri
man made similar efforts with like tl
?sults. After a while Governor Blease e<
ot up and waved his hand a time or w
vo with the result that the tumult r<
egan to subside. Pointing to people a
In trees, the governor designated them
as Jones men over whom he had no 4
Influence, but requested all the Blease
men to be quiet, claiming that the
noise was being made mostly by Jones
men for political effect anyway, and
that the whole thing was a scheme to
work up sympathy for Jonea The
crowd became quiet, but when Judge
Jones started out with the declaration
that "Liberty-loving people would resent
this denial of free speech," the
hubbub commenced again. Presently
Josh Ashley got up and declared that
Governor Blease had said that if the
crowd would not let/Jones speak, the
Governor would not speak either, "So
you got to hear both or narry," declared
Josh. This brought quiet again
and Judge Jones made another attempt,
beginning with the declaration
that Josh Ashley was one of the men
who voted with him against the separate
coach bill. "I never done it," declared
Josh. "The Journal of the 4
house shows It," continued Judge
Jones, but Josh interrupted again with,
"Boys, I never done It," and the crowd
started its shouting again and kept it
up so persistently that it was at length
deemed best to adjourn the meeting.
The tumult had Continued for about
fifteen minutea
Governor Blease was the recipient
of another gold watch, chain and fob,
and also a locket, along with several
bouquets which he exhibited to the
crowd with expressions of appreciation
that brought additional cheering.
Judge Jones was also the recipient of
a number of handsome floral tributes. 1
After the adjournment of the regular
meeting Governor Blease started
to speak from the court house steps;
but a number of Jones men on the
outer edge ef the crowd began a se
nes or interruptions ana taxing mm
on their shoulders, his supporters car- 1
ried hifn across the street to the Chlquola
hotel, from the balcony of which
he concluded his speech. He said
that the howling down at the regular
Bpe&klng occurred as a rebuke to Mayor
Holleman, who is a bitter political enemy
of ihe governor.
Today's meeting is being held at
Walhalla. The campaign party will
go to Pickens tomorrow, and the campaign
will wind up at Oreenville on
Thursday.
KILLED IN THE JUNGLE. I
Strange 8tory that Comes from Depths
of Africa.
London, Aug. 19.?Hunted down by
British soldiers in the depths of the
jungles of central Africa, where for
years in defiance of all authority he
had pursued the career of an elephant
poacher and illfcit ivory trader, James J
Ward Rogers, an American, is dead. J
He was shot down by a little force of
troops which had been sent into the
wilderness in pursuit with orders not
to return without the outlaw dead or alive.
News of Rogers' death came formally
today to the British colonial office
from CapL C. V. Fox, Inspector of
Mangah&ll province, who commanded
the expedition. Although told in an
official report the story revealed is one
of the most dramatic in colonial annals.
For years Rogers had carried on his
lawless trade, which popular opinion
credited him with netting him a fortune.
The remote regions along the
Lado Enclave and Congo boundaries %
tVAr<> thA mnnAa rtf hi* nnarotlnn* Tlma
after time British officials of the Soudan
had tried in vain to trap him. It'
was this defiance of years which determined
the government to crush the
old man.
C&pt. Pox's report shows that in his 10
long operations Rogers had done more
than had been dreamed of by the colonial
offices. He had established ah.
organized administration over the wide
trackless country and was actual, if
uncrowned king. The outlaw in handling
his subjects and in the pursuit of
his trade drew from Copt. Pox in his
report, the tribute that Rogers' work
was worthy of a better cause. 9 Not ?
since the explorer, Henry M. Stanley, <
pierced the jungles in 1871 and found
Dr. Livingston has such a tale of hardships,
trials and danger come out of
Africa. Captain Pox's report in this
respect resembles most nearly perhaps
the tale of Gen. Punston's dogged a
pursuit of Agulnaldo in the Philippines.
Por the purpose of tracking the
outlaw the English commander was
given a noncommissioned subordinate
and six Soudanese soldiers. Carriers
and mules for the -transportation of
supplies were part of his equipment.
His instructions were plain?not to re- h
turn until the outlaw was captured. ?
With a soldier's disregard for red tape
Captain Pox, in his report, falls to
mention dates in describing the manhunt
Apparently the denouement of
the jungle came three months ago.
The pursuers then had speht weeks
plunging through the jungle that al- m
most defied passage, Rogers cunningy
leading them through the densest
iwamps, forests and across deep
streams. Before the outlaw was overaken
he had crossed the Nile into
the Belgian Congo.
Creeping up the Uganda bank of
the Nile the expedition pushed forward
for six weeks before the quarry
was located. Pox and his men had
then worn their clothes to tatters and
heir supplies were exhausted, leavng
them facing starvation in the wllierness.
The last twelve hours of the pursuit
were particularly trying. The chase
ed over a mountain with Rogers' men
>nly a short distance in advance. As
hey fied, the ^pe-like natives of the
lutlaw sent back taunts and jeers at ^|
heir pursuers. ' *
Dramatic in the extreme is Captain
rox's description of the death of Rog>ra
In the jungle into which they
lad descended from the mountain his
>arty came suddenly upon a camp. A
lative approached the English officer
ind said:
"The commander wants you to come %
n. He is sick and cannot come out."
Entering the hut Captain Pox found
limself in a room dimly lighted by a
andle. A white man was lying on a
much and beside him sat a compknon,
also white. For a time there was
\ dead silence. Captain Fox believed m
>e had been led into a trap. Then he
isked:
"Which is Mr. Rogers?"
"Mr. Rogers has been shot," replied
he outlaw's companion.
"Yes," Interrupted Rogers, "and by
uui uirii.
"Come, stand right here, so I can
ook at you," Rogers continued. His ^
yes were blazing and from beneath a
lanket he drew a revolver and polntd
It at the officer.
"I am a dying man, I guess," he
aid. "I didn't think they could kill
Id Rogers, but th'ey got him this time.
till you are on Belgian territory and
ou stand more chance for arrest than
do." *
Fearing that the revolver that menced
him might be exploded at any
Ime, Captain Fox argued with the
utlaw to gain time. Finally Rogers
Limed to his companion, whom he adressed
as "Doctor," and said:
"I want you to witness what I say,
octor. Capt Fox, I am a dying man,
o I would not lie about anything. This
/as my show and all my work. I am
fraid I have brought you into trouble,
octor.
"Well, I had my good times as well
8 bad. I can't stand religious people.
f you have religious feelings Just live ^
p to them."
A noise in his throat Interrupted the
Id man's words.
"Say, did you hear that?" he exlaimed.
"That's the death rattle. I've ^
eard that too many times to make
ny mistake/'
This prediction proved correct for
hese were his last words.
Capt. Fox's report also is singularly
ilent on this point, as he says he did
ot know the doctor. It is thought
kely, however, that this was done to
rotect the man.
? Lancaster, August 17: The county
impalgn meeting jpv*Ji?ld today at
ancaster Cotton mills, one of the
irgest in the county. All the candl- ^
ates addressed a crowd of about 300
aters. Good order was maintained.
andldates for the legislature were the
romlnent speakers. Out of the six
tinning for the office three committed
temselves for Jones and three refusj
to commit j themselves. A letter ^
as read frojn Congressman Flnley, W
>gretting tha^t official business detaincl
him in "Washington.
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