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Scraps and |acts. i ? There are only half a dozen states, 1 Colonel Roosevelt said Wednesday j night, which he believes President Taft has a chance of carrying. One of these, he said is Vermont, in which he is to spend the remaining half of the week on a speaking tour. The colonel left Oyster Bay Wednesday night for Vermont where he opened his campaign at Bennington yesterday morning. Colonel Roosevelt said that In Ver- I mont all the power of the moneyed 11 organization was against him. In such a state, he said, he always estimated that two-thirds of the people must be for him to win an election in the face of this opposition. "In Vermont, as all over the country," he continued, "my support is coming from the plain people. Wherever we win, it will be due to them, largely to the farmer and the wage worker." Colonel Roosevelt said he expected the representatives of the "big business" to be against him and that, although certain of his leaders believed this hostility m'.ght disappear th? noaition of the Progressive par ty was understood, he had seen no signs of such a change. The colonel put In most of the day preparing his letter to Senator Clapp, which he said was now well on toward completion. "I hope to show the significance of Mr. Penrose's position In this affair," he said. "I shall bring it out in my campaign. Although some persons might be confused at present," he added, "as to the facts brought out in the senate committee's investigation" he believed that it would all be to his advantage after the dust has settled in a month or so. ? On Board President's Train, Rochester, New York, August 28: President Tatt tonight recinded his 12hour old order directing the immediate dispatch from Panama to Nica ragua of the Tenth United States infantry. From his private car in the Rochester yards the president wired to the acting secretary of war to recall the order. A sufficient force of marines, the president said tonight, would be in Managua and Corinto early next week to insure the safety of American lives and property. The president's action tonight came at the close of the day spent largely in considering telegrams from state, war and naval department heads in Washington. The president expressed tonight to friends on his car the belief that there would be more than 2,000 United States marines on Nicaraguan soil by Tuesday. A long telegram from the commander of the United States gunboat Denver in Nicaraguan waters declared that the insurgent leaders had given assurance that they will open the lines of communication from Corinto to Managua. The Nicaraguan government itself asked for assistance from the United States and stands ready to aid in opening the railway line to the coast from the capital. The message said that the rebels possess five locomotives and the government five. All ten of these may be put at the disposal of the United States if necessary. The recall of the order for the dispatch of the Tenth United States infantry followed the receipt of this telegram from the Denver. The president did not conceal his anxiety tonight over conditions in the Central American republic. In Managua and Corinto and other towns the situation is now especially dangerous to Americans, but in other parts of the country the revolution is not in hand and pillage of all sorts has been going on. The people of Nicaragua, the president' was informed, are suffering untold horror and Americans are suffering in many instances with them. Mr. Taft declared tonight that if the senate had agreed to the proposed treaty with Nicaragua which he advocated on his long trip last fall, the misery existing todav never would have been suffered. Under that treaty the United States, he said, would have administered the customs of Nicaragua and since the customs are about that country's only source of revenue there would have been little to attract a revolutionist who would not care to tackle the United States. The president received several long messages today from Acting Secretary of State Huntington Wilson in Washington. His order to the Tenth Infantry to advance on Nicaragua was issued in Beverly just before he left for Columbus, Ohio, where he speaks tomorrow. Messages from Mr. Wilson were received at several points and telegrams from the navy department also kept coming to Mr. Taft's pri vaie car. x\euner me siaie nur navy department wished to see United States troops sent into Nicaragua. The custom in similar cases has been to land marines. The president said today that while the sending of a regiment of infantry would not be an act of war he would prefer to use marines if an available force could be found quickly. His telegrams to Washington evidently were fruitful, for he was of the opinion tonight that the navy had found enough marines to look after every American and all American property that might be endangered. If he finds the situa- j tion critical later he will not hesitate K?1* ti'OO KAV\A#ii1 IU Ui3C II1C ai ill J, ISUI Itc new IIV|/V1UI that the rebel and government leaders will see the futility of trying to make it uncomfortable for American citizens. ? Washington, Aug. 29:' Announcement was made by Postmaster General Hitchcock last night that the postoffice department would be in readiness on January 1, 1913, to put into general operation the recently au- i thorized parcels post system. The postal express business, which must be organized within the next four < months, will extend over more than ! a million miles of rural delivery and star routes, and will cover, in its va- , rious ramifications, all systems of transportation of parcels now utilized 1 by private express companies. In or- ( der to take up personally and im- , mediately the work of organization of the new service, Mr. Hitchcock has 1 cancelled engagements he hard made for his vacation, and will remain in Washington to direct the organization. The detail of the parcels post system . will be worked out by a series of com- 1 mittees composed of officers and ex- ! perts of the department. The gen- J eral executive committee, appointed today, consists of Chief Inspector ' Robert S. Sharp; Superintendent John C. Koons, of the division of sal- j aries and allowances; Chief Clerk A. A. Fisher of the second assistant postmaster general's bureau, and Superintendent Geo. L. Wood of the division of rural mails. "First of all," said Mr. Hitchcock tonight, "must be prenarpd a classification of the articles that can be accepted for transportation by parcels post. The law admits to the mails practically all kinds of merchandise that can be transported safely, including products of the farm and garden as well as factory products, providing such articles do not weigh more than 11 pounds nor exceed 27 inches in combined length and girth. The mode of packing will be prescribed carefully. The present equipment of mail service is not addapted to the carriage of such merchandise and, therefore, new equipment must be provided. It is likely we shall employ extensively, hampers, similar to those used in foreign countries. in handling parcels post mail. , The style, size and material of such hampers must be determined and advertisements issued for their purchase. I "The law provides that postage on all parcels must be prepaid by affixing distinctive stamps. This will necessl- ' tate the designing and printing of at i least a dozen denominations of parcels | stamps, ranging in value from one cent to one dollar. Provision for the ' collection on delivery of the price of I a parcel must be made. Regulations j governing this phase of the system j are already being prepared. The law provides indemnification for lost or 1 damaged articles and since many of 1 the articles to be carried will be fra- ( gile or perishable the question of in- . demnity is one for careful recognition. The system of distance zones requires 1 the employment of postmasters of a 1 ^distinctive postal map on which the , ' zones are represented. Such a map already has been prepared by the de- 1 " partment and arrangements are being < made for the printing of about 150,000 in order that each postofflce and postal station in the United States may be supplied with twq copies. A directory of all offices is being complied for use in applying the prescribed rates of postage to the distances shown shown on the zone map." It is realized by Mr. Hitchcock that it is important at the outset to provide for sufficient additional equipment and transportation facilities to avoid any possible clogging of the usual mail channels. This involves one of the most serious problems now confronting the postal officials as a result of the taking over of so large a volume of additional mail. * ?4 Af.. tf nc -yornnur enquirrr. Entered at the Poatofflce In Torkville as Mall Matter of the Second Claaa. YORKVILLE. t. O.i FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1912. Richards Is elected. The only second race for state omces win oe Deiween Lyon and Peeples. The price of cotton is tending rapidly downward as the new crop begins to make its appearance. We had been sincerely hoping that this whole political fight would be settled in the first primary, for there has been enough demoralization already. If anybody thinks there is any fun in working 36 hours on a stretch, let them undertake the Job of collecting the returns from a county election for publication next day. Governor mease carnea i\ewuerry and Judge Jones carried Lancaster; but It appears that both counties were close, and each candidate could easily have been quite honest in thinking that he was going to carry the other's county. ^ We are real glad Uncle Josh Ashley goes back to the legislature; for while the old man may be somewhat short on education he is long on common sense, and during the twenty years he has been in public life there has been no reflection on his honesty. So it appears that the postofflce department is about to decide that after all congress did not mean what it said when It undertook to abolish Sunday mails. It was evident that the public was not going to stand for anything of the kind. And now that it is all over It appears that The Enquirer is the only factor connected with the late campaign that offended by declining to tear its shirt in connection with the gubernatorial campaign. And Inasmuch as The Enquirer was not seeking office or political favor, it is unable to see how that was exactly fair. t ' Neither the Gaflfney Ledger or the Anderson Daily Mail have pretended to cheep in reply to what we said to them about those unwarranted Inslnutlons they attempted to make about the character of the editor of The Enquirer. We had thought that the Ledger, usually generous in all things, would have offered proof or made an apology. The tabulation of the returns indicate that Dial was probably the principal sufferer from the Tillman letter. Most of the tneaseues wno cnangea from Tillman on account of the letter went to Talbert, and antl-Tlllmanltes who would have otherwise voted for Dial, voted for Tillman out of appreciation of the anticipated effect of his letter in behalf of Judge Jones. If we were disposed to be vindicative, which we are not, we would like to see some of the newspaper election prognosticators condemned to sit down and compare their writings of last wwk with the official returns. We Imagine that this would be punishment indeed, unless the said prognosticators devoted themselves entirely to the artistic features of their productiris. South Carolina has registered a protest against the pulpit, the press and good government. A commonwealth's press is its only light;' a state's pulpit is its only safe guide, and, good government is the state's only salvation.? Spartanburg Herald. We do not believe any such thing. There is no protest against the pulpit or good government and if there is any protest against the press it is only a demand that the press keep the record straight. Not even the all-powerful influence of Senator Tillman seems to have been sufficient to "save" the state oi soutn Carolina. coie uiease nas been re-elected governor. To those who have watched the course of the campaign, there is no surprise in this result. Up to the time of the Fqjder affair at Augusta, the outcome for Blease was much less in doubt than it was afterward. On top of that, came the abuse of Blease by the more prominent of the South Carolina newspapers and as if that were not enough, they kept up a running fire of ridicule of Blease's followers. There was never such an exhibition of poor polltics. In South Carolina, it is the rural vote that counts and the Jones people went after this vote in the wrong way. If any better explanation than that can be advanced, we want to hear It.? Charlotte Observer. Although printed in another state, the Observer has been pretty level on the South Carolina situation all the while There ia si cnnr! desil that eonld he added to the foregoing; but very little that could be taken away. While we do not think that the state of South Carolina would have been the loser had Senator Tillman been defeated for the United States senate last Tuesday, still we are very well pleased that there is to be no second race. Col. Talbert is easily as good a man as Tillman has ever been, so far is that is concerned but that is not the point. We are glad to have escaped i campaign that would have necessarily been pitched on the one question of retaliation, and which would have involved the resurrection of serious old harges, that thousands of people beieve to be true; but which have been practically buried for so long that it is setter for them to remain where they ire. Senator Tillman was scratched very badly in this county on account ?f his eleventh hour stab at Governor Blease; but he was not scratched nearly so badly as he would have been had more of the country' voters seen his letter before they voted. The most common argument Is that If the senator bolleved what he said and was going to say it at all, he should have said it sooner. This paper has had no personal illwill toward the triumphant ticket in this county and will do nothing to hinder them in any efforts for the good of the county.?Anderson Daily Mall. That either means something or It means nothing. We refer especially to the promise to "do nothing to hinder them in efforts for the good of the county." If this thing of "hindering the good of the county because of personal Ill-will," is unknown, then there is no occasion of such a promise as has been made. If such hindrance for such reason is not unknown, then it should be. But there is less oportunity for a newspaper that has personal ill-will to hinder "good" in county affairs than in state affairs. Why should not all newspapers resolve to promote all good in state affairs regardless of personal ill-will? There is absolutely no good to come of trying to hinder "good," regardless of the motive for so doing. Even a bad man should be helped rather than hindered when he is really trying to do good, notwithstanding that one may feel that the said bad man is trying to do good solely for selfish purposes. If there were any irregularities in the recent election, It wkll have to be admitted by the friends of Judge Jones that they have only themselves to blame. They had full and complete control of the recent state convention where they could have, if they had seen proper so to do, changed the rules of the party so as to prescribe that no one could vote in the primary without showing a registration certificate. This would prove an almost infallible remedy against illegal voting, though it might not be much of a safeguard against fraud. Anyhow the Jones convention did not take the precaution. Why, we do not know. The only reason we can assign was that the leaders of the convention calculated that the existing conditions afforded just as #/vt* nn U AIA RVUU uppuuuuiiico IUI illCUl oo it uiu for the other side. So far as we are concerned, we want it understood again that we have always believed and we still believe that the possession of a state registration certificate should be made a pre-requlslte to the right to vote in a primary. We do not mean, of course, that this should be the only pre-requisite. The Fair Deal. # The face of the returns and other indications point to the fact that Governor Cole L. Blease has been re-elected; but with such close figures as have been marked up, the issue is still in doubt, and final settlement remains for the official counts; but what we want to say is that whether Governor Blease or Judge Jones be declared to be the winner, we sincerely hope that during the next two ye?rs, he will get a fair deal. It Is not the purpose of these remarks to make apology for anybody. We have yet to see the public official, some of whose acts are not a proper subject of criticism and even censure; but in a like manner, every public official does some things that are right, proper and worthy of just commendation. When men, from prejudice, Interest or any other consideration allow their sense of Justice to be blunted to the extent that they are not able to see- the difference between right and wrong they are indeed in a bad way. With all the fairness there Is in us and with due respect to the opinions of others, we want to say that it has been our observation that Cole L. Blease has never had a fair deal at the hands of a majority of the South Carolina press. We do not mean to arraign the press as such or as a whole. We know the men who make the papers too well and we appreciate the situation as a whole too well for that. The prepon derating newspaper opinion, especially political opinion, comes from very few papers. There are several daily newspaper editors who do their own thinking and who express opinions of their own, but. on some things political the majority of them axe either consciously or unconsciously influenced by the opinion of others, and often they are IAH tA PAnnlnolAwa J A *- - w.iviudiuiio inai wuuiu noi oe theirs if they were more careful in their own consideration of existing: facts. It has been our deliberate opinion for TH Senator Tillman, Goven The following: detailed statin Is practically complete. County. <u CD CD 01 s Abbeville 1.3 Aiken 2,1! Anderson 5.11 Bamberg ... ? Barnwell 1.21 Beaufort J1 Berkeley 61 Calhoun 4J Charleston 2,6' Cherokee 1.8' Chester 1.1' Chesterfield I.?1 Clarendon 1.21 Colleton 1.^1 Darlington I-5' r\ui/.? 1 1 ' lyiiiuu i|i< Dorchester 8 Edgefield 6: Fairfield 7: Florence 2,01 Georgetown 5! Greenville 4,1 J Greenwood 1,4: Hampton 6 Horry 2,1 Jaspe 2 Kershaw 1.4: Lancaster 1.2< Laurens 2,2: Lee 1,0: Lexington 2.3< Marion 91 Marlboro 1,1' Newberry 1,6 Oconee 1,91 Orangeburg 1,71 Pickens 2.21 Richland 3.0: Saluda 1.11 Spartanburg 5;5l Sumter 8! Union 1.61 Williamsburg 91 York 2.3' Totals 71.51 Charleston. Bamberg, Berkeley Le*e two boxes out on all but governor nearly two years that Governor Cole L. Blease has not been getting: a fair deal at the hands of the newspapers of South Carolina. He has not been getting a fair deal at the hands of correspondents who have be* n sending matter out of the state. He has been deliberately misrepresented and ridiculed in scores of instances, and as the result thousands of people are honestly holding absolutely incorrect opinions of him. We do not want to be understood by this as holding Governor RImsa nn ni* a model in anv nar. tlcular, but we do say that there are In the state many public men who are almost as prominent as Governor Blease and who are held by people opposed to the governor, to be above reproach from every point of view; but who are really no better men than Governor Blease from any point of view. In view of the manner In which Governor Blease has been treated by the newspapers, we do not blame him, for the attitude he has maintained toward the newspapers. Some of the papers have treated him fairly, It Is true; but, it has not been practicable for him to distinguish between them and his denunciation of newspapers as a whole has been In a large measure Justified. And there has not been as Imucn sman maiice in mis denunciation as has been made to appear. There was practical politics in it. Realizing as he did that the newspapers were unalterably opposed to him, and that they would not give him a fair deal under any circumstances, it was to his interest to speak of them in a way that would impress the public with the fact, that they were his bitter enemies. That idea was most conspicuous in his famous inaugural address, and equally conspicuous in that message with which he accompanied his veto of the libel bill. We do not want to be understood as seeking to change anybody's politics. The other fellow's politics is none of our business. The only thing we are driving at is that the first duty of a newspaper is to print the facta, all the facts as far as possible on both sides. It is the privilege of a newspaper, when It sees proper, to comment on facts. The newspaper has as much right to ita opinion as any individual has to his opinion, and so also has the individual as much right to his opinion as has the newspaper. The all important thing is that the opinions of both be based upon facts. While there is supposed to be but one party in this state, as a matter of fact there are two. Scores of newspapers and thousands of Individuals have all along been trying to deny this fact and they will continue to try to deny it. notwithstanding the fact that everybody recognizes it as the truth. Denial of this fact by one side and recognition of it by the other has been one of the most conspicuous features of the campaign now on, and it has had more to do with the vote than any other one thing. But discussion of that is not our present object. All that we want to impress Just now is that if the newspapers of South Carolina would render the state the greatest and most conspicuous service hereafter, no matter who is elected, they must keep the people In close touch with the true facts. And if they would have the influence they desire and should have, they must so conduct themselves that all the'lr readers will be Impressed with the fact that they are seeking to teach only the absolute truth. 8HARON SHAVINGS. Correspondence The Yorkrllle Enquirer Sharon, August 29.?Miss Mae Smarr and brother, Mr. Willie Smarr, of Bullock's Creek and Miss Aggie Love, of Union, visited Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Shannon this week. They left for their homes this morning. " Miss Kittie Brown of Rock Hill, was the guest of Mrs. H. W. Shannon for several days this week. Mrs. W. P. Youngblood and Bons, Lee and Fred Hunter, are on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. C. Kirkpatrick in Chester. Sharon High School opens next Monday, Sept. 2, with Mr. W. Y. Boyd principal and Misses Winnie Crawford and Wllma Logan of YorkvlHe, assistants. Rev. R. A. Lummus of Edgmoor, A. R. P. church, preached Sunday night at Woodlawn Presbyterian church. Misses Ruth and Claire Crosby, of Yorkville, spent Wednesday night with Miss Jo Byers. Miss Lucy Finley, of North WllkesKn-n M n la .rlolllna Ills VTIaaaa A. ir\Jk yj, ii. 10 V IOIUII5 IIIU ililOOUO A1 ' rowood. Miss Isabel Arrowood leaves Friday to teach school at Rowland, N. C. Mrs. J. H. Jenkins of Grover, N. C., is spending: a few weeks with her, mother, Mrs. Robt Plexico. E VOTE FOR ior Blease, Messrs. Richan Will Run Se nent of the vote of the state by counties, Governor. U. S. Senator. r a c *i cd oJ ** I | ! | i o c s cd "S ? 0 H t? o 92 1,339 41 1,473 766 53G 90 1,926 87 2,068 1,012 1.014 56 2,779 77 2,951 3,443 1.667 75 684 22 854 282 166 35 1,113 212 1,294 817 28S 87 494 11 539 55 95 55 470 15 669 205 141 97 581 16 701 119 178 <0 3,475 31 3,731 1,144 1.283 41 1,255 33 1,557 965 443 48 1,148 28 1,236 630 474 08 1,299 123 1,909 408 818 84 746 20 914 662 273 BO 1,086 40 1,525 444 660 97 1,566 33 1,780 655 645 35 1,097 78 1,235 469 604 73 781 25 757 237 273 18 1 .106 261 1 016 755 185 31 787 45 821 451 293 24 1,912 71 2,288 1,227 456 96 968 18 1,033 401 126 39 4,615 149 4,851 1,?70 2,296 29 1,588 24 1,425 1,034 587 55 919 29 1,198 161 382 72 1,510 116 2,556 460 790 70 246 25 357 17 56 87 1,026 38 1,242 970 331 SI 1,548 51 1,634 839 282 93 1,773 37 1,421 1,126 1,522 90 759 29 990 623 195 )4 1,961 73 1,966 931 958 99 1,177 27 1,367 605 142 47 1,253 19 1,300 745 372 43 1,437 48 1.410 574 1,113 37 1,545 83 1,917 1,158 620 53 2,552 41 2,814 539 1,006 79 1,297 97 1,501 1,040 1,055 1 1 2,906 77 2.698 1,963 1,301 58 974 50 1,121 657 397 54 4,904 125 4,964 3,062 2,830 90 1,361 20 1,400 623 244 39 1,267 44 1,267 1,256 430 )8 1,100 30 1,402 409 231 16 1,936 51 2,099 1,322 956 251 66.4661 2,385 73.148, 37,141 ~28,476 Georgetown, unofficial; Clarendon cor ; Dorchester one box out except for gt X.OCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. Q. Wray?Puts on aile a few special offerings for tomorrow and Monday. See the 5 and 10 cents counters. National Union Bank?Suggests that you put your money where It will earn Interest after you earn It Kirk pa trick-Be lk "Co.?Is especially well fixed to take care of young people going away to school, In the matter of suits, coats and shoes. First National Bank, Yorkville?Presents a picture of old age, and ad vises you to make a wise selection of your route. John Lowry, Admr.?Will apply to the probate court for final discharge as administrator of estate of Miss Jane Templeton, deceased, on Sept 30th. Clover Real Estate Co.?Offers farm property near Clover, Piedmont and near Filbert. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Emphasizes the good qualities of Keen Kutter razors, for men who prefer to shave themselves. Bank of Clover?Pays 5 per cent on all savings deposits. Open an account with It today. Star Theatre?Will present Rip Van Winkle in moving pictures tonight, and tomorrow will have Under Two Flags from the famous novel. Chester not only tied between Blease .and Jones, but gave Duncan the largest vote of any county In the state? 284. Mr. C. L. Cobb, of the Peoples' National Bank of Rock Hill, writes that he has raised something over $200 for the benefit of the Clover storm sufferers and is still working. He will make a detailed report later. Mrs. M. L. Dickson, who died at Clover last Monday was burled at Clover instead of Tlrzah, as was erroneously stated in The Enquirer. Mrs. Dickson was Miss Mary Wllkerson, a daughter | of the late Chas. Wllkerson. BROAD RIVER MAGISTRATE. The result of the vote for magistrate In Broad River township last Tuesday, was as follows: McGIll Smith Yorkvllle No. 1 0 6 Smyrna 38 43 Hickory Grove 48 130 Sharon 63 20 Total 147 . 199 FOR THE 8TORM SUFFERERS. The cash subscriptions that have been made to the relief committee in behalf of the Clover storm sufTerers now stand as follows: Previously acknowledged ....$472 80 G. L. Suggs, Yorkvllle No. 8.. 1 50 Additions by S. S. Faris 3 50 $477 80 MAGISTRATE IN BETHEL. In the race for recommendation for magistrate in Bethel township, H. E. Johnson defeated J. D. Boyd by a majority of 64 votes. The result by precincts was as follows: Precincts Johnson Boyd Clover 30 1 Bethel 71 36 Forest Hill 47 67 Yorkvllle 12 1 Tlrxah ? 1 Total .! 160 96 MR. FARI8 9EN0S MORE. The subscription raised by Mr. S. S. Paris for the King's Mountain and Bethel township storm sufferers now amounts to 3101.80. The agregate of the first payment last Saturday was 398.30. By this morning's mall Mr. Paris sent additional subscriptions as follows: W. J. Nelson 31 00 W. V. Sturgis 1 00 J. Baker 1 00 D. El Flncher .. 60 RACE FOR SOLICITOR. Although It was not practicable Tuesday night to get satisfactory returns from the vote for solicitor, full er returns show that Mr. J. K. Henry has been re-elected over Mr. J. H. Foster, by a majority of about 1,300. The following is not absolutely correct but ft Is approximately correct: Henry Foster York 2,194 2,155 unester i,7<? &?? Lancaster 1,096 1,719 Fairfield 1,144 423 Totals 6,182 4,866 YORK IN THE PRIMARY. The York county vote In the primary election varies from year to year, sometimes more and sometimes less; but the vote of last Tuesday breaks all records. The total vote in the first primaries of the past twelve years has been as follows: 1900 3,222 1902 3,065 1904 3,324 1906 2,762 1908 3,312 1910 3,469 1912 4.463 VOTE FOR CONGRE88. Legare was re-elected to congress In ine rirai uiamci, oyrnra in me dw | ond, Aiken in the Third, Finley in the STATE OFFIC js and Garter Elected. M cond Race. ?tfkllA nnf nfflntol la aponrrlInff tn thp i Attorney General. Treaj w ? & c s ft ? Si o 5 ? is m 3 H ? ? O # 1JL71 ~395 l,046t 158 2,069 1,729 286 1,877 291 2.611 2.713 1,840 1,469 1,917 4,869 644 58 601 77 880 833 69 1,441 53 1.688 427 21 208 28 451 398 36 339 30 1.448 463 39 431 72 770 2,117 353 2,117 444 3,927 1,140 445 1,172 290 2,029 1,158 1,338 685 337 1.649 1,420 355 981 322 1.728 731 84 874 98 960| 1,064 355 804 357 1.847 1,639 235 998 215 1.850 1,296 150 634 168 712 632 35 648 62 780 1,157 66 626 113 1.479 683 99 61 163 1,122 1,881 225 1,379 292 1,682 910 61 535 60 862 4,848 899 1,485 1,599 5,758 1,617 179 1,148 141 2,254 897 87 318 274 1,036 2.121 360 986 329 1.876 201 25 182 19 283 977 111 1.276 162 1.618 - --- jao oni O 146 ; 1,714 Z?Z 4?0 <>Z1 I 1,633 182 1,574 720 2,953 692 72 889 120 1,138 1,528 375 1,592 411 2,339 ! 1,284 146 507 167 946 1.235 98 929 125 1,128 1 426 85 1,472 110 2,005 I 1,505 629 152 1,304 1,774 1 2 149 93 1,935 149 3,271 1 440 427 732 998 1.944 2.547 343 2,661 418 4.054 817 2051 936 315 1,490 i 4 381 8671 3.775 1.506 7,830 1*432 139 530 164 1,441 i 1 285 532 595 418 2,199 1 194 101 664 182 1,306 1.746 278| 1,936 362 2,984 |~62!s7ll 13,1681 45.5111 15.851 88,987 nplete for governor, Incomplete for oth jvernor: York, 17 out of 19 boxes. Fifth and Ragsdale in the Sixth. The vote in the Fifth district was as follows: RagsFinley Pollock dale Cherokee 2,024 352 667 Kershaw 1,336 812 371 York 3,695 416 286 Chester 1,672 571 264 Lancaster 1,730 796 230 Fairfield 741 93 722 Chesterfield 1,207 1,748 62 Totals 12,305 4,788 2,601 WITHIN THI TOWN. ? The Yorkville and Cowpens baseball teams Dlaved three names of ball on the local grounds Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week; the visitors winning the first of the series 5 to 3 and the Yorkville boys winning the second 10 to 6. Yesterday's game went to the boys from Cowpens by the score of 11 to 8. These two teams have played twelve games?six at Cowpens and six in Yorkville. Yorkville won four and tied one out of the twelve. The Yorkville team disbanded last night and most of the players left for their homes this morning. MAGISTRATE IN EBENEZER There was a very close race for the magistracy in Ebenezer township, the contestants being Mr. Joseph A. Howe, a merchant at the Manchester cotton mills, and Mr. R. M. Anderson, a successful and well known farmer, who lives in the southern part of the township. Mr. Howe was elected by a majority of seven votea The following shows the voting in detail: Precincts. Anderson. Howe. Rock Hill ...* 81 87 Ebenezer 36 36 XT OA ?IO iiewpun w Tlrzah 13 ' 9 Total 163 170 BULLOCK'8 CREEK 8UPERVI80R. As the result of the official count It appears that J. S. Plexico and J. B. Bankhead are In the second race, Instead of Bankhead and Watson, as appeared Wednesday. The result of the voting was as follows: 6 2 ? o B Precincts. x 2 -a "j; ? s i s i f n j & oo & B. Creek - 46 7 U 3 2 Blalrsville 11 37 27 2 26 McConnells 1 0 13 1 2 Hickory Grove... 6 2 10 6 28 Sharon 1 7 3 2 6 Yorkville No. 1.. 2 4 2 0 0 Totals 67 67 66 13 64 ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Willie Plaxco of Bethany, is visiting Miss Lois Whiteside in Hick ory Grove. Dr. D. L. Shieder of YorkvlHe, waa called to St. George this week on account of the illness of his father. Miss Mary Fant Herndon has returned to her home in YorkvlHe after a visit to Union. Miss Effle Thomas, of Moore county, N. C., is the guest of Miss Hattle Thomasson on Yorkville R. P. D. 6. Rev. W. Y. Love, of Statesville, N. C., is visiting the family of Mr. R. R. Love on Yorkville R. P. D. 3. Mrs. Shelly Smythe, of Richmond, Va., is the guest of Mrs. J. C. Burge on Yorkville R. P. D. 3. Misses Wilma and Ruth O'FarreH, of Atlanta. Ga., are the guests of Mrs. Agnes McElwee in Yorkville. Miss Annie Hawfleld, of Providence, N. C., is the guest of Mrs. E. R. Shannon on Yorkville R. P. D. 4. Mrs. M. W. White and children, of Yorkville, returned today from a two weeks' visit to her mother at Riverside. Mr. Perry Ashe, who has been spending the summer in Brevard, N. C., has returned to his home in Yorkville. REMARKABLE CAMPAIGN. "It has been the most remaricaDie campaign I have ever known and I have been through a number of them," said one of the candiates who figured in the campaign just closed. "You could hear practically nothing except about the race for governor, and I have never seen the people so hot on that subject before. They were wrought up to a point that seemed like a frenzy, and for a man like me, who was trying to get an office that had no connection with the governorship, it was trying indeed. "Why," the gentleman went on, "it got so I was actually afraid to be seen talking privately to an individual voter, because if he happened to be a Bleaselte, the Jonesites would class me that way and if he happened to be a Joneslte the Bleaseltes would mark me down for Jones. It Just beat anything I ever saw. By experience I learned that it was unwise to answer a question as to what I thought of the strength of the respective candidates at any particular box, for no matter what you might say in the stating of the simplest fact, the hearing of the remark was taken to indicate your own personal bias. "T ? a---?a ikla AtfAMrlhlno " in & Still IlUIIt HBe HUB CVCI/vuiiifi 1 is regarded as ieglJB|te. For instance the friends of a JS^Hhan would un- I dertake to make Blease men think that their friends were in sympathy with them and vice versa. I doubt if there was a candidate in the race who did not gain or lose votes on account of his real or supposed sympathies in the gubernatorial contest Anyhow, they were all like me. They never cheeped anything on the subject except when Es. ~: essrs. Lyon and Peeples Columbia State of this morning, and mrer. Railroad Com. B ? o 5 5 5 S 3 i i i s s * s 686 1,449 463 821 1,540 2,203 978 988 3,050 3.656 1.596 2.699 396 764 146 381 793 1,266 319 819 229 325 103 272 394 327 119 383 224 719 83 202 2,005 2,448 804 2,803 1,077 1,147 406 1,543 554 1,040 49 805 1,389 1,825 146 1,139 791 952 223 707 735 1,614 288 698 1,252 2.118 1,084 800 1,630 1,443 347 361 551 744 180 378 479 1.212 378 366 436 964 227 378 2,230 2,342 615 995 707 993 228 341 3,190 3.932 2,476 2,378 768 1,570 800 633 I 548 975 170 444 I 4 nftAl A An/* o o n 1 111! 1,5 1V ?,o?su 145 129 75 219 913 1,841 211 486 692 1,648 401 965 I 1,079 1,163 2,041 879 664 1.046 185 578 ! 1,401 1.844 1,196 938 1,131 1,469 192 458 1,277 1,410 169 810 871 1.435 949 727 1,806 2.016 497 1.078 1,063 2,720 558 1,051 1,660 1.446 745 1.420 1,864 2,409 954 1,630 724 1,173 418 591 2,689 4.853 3.089 3,140 820 1,548 268 443 640 1,109 678 962 734 1.014 281 751 1,433 1.761 299 2.369 ~49.03~0l 70.245 26.7701 41.922 er offices; Union 17 boxes out of 19; there was absolutely no other way for It." RACE FOR 8ENATOR. It developed Wednesday that as the result of errors made In transmission and otherwise, Mr. J. E. Beamguard was the winner of the senatorial nomination instead of Mr. Thos. F. McDow, as appeared upon the face of the published returns. One of these errors occurred in the report of the result at Newport, where the vote of the two candidates was reversed, and others occurred at various other boxes. The official tabulation yesterday gave the election to Mr. Beamguard by a majority of sixteen votes. The detailed vote on the face of the returns was as follows: Precincts. Beam- McDow guard. Bethel 64 64 Bethany 130 34 Blairsvllle 62 36 Bullock's Creek 48 22 Clover 236 61 Coates's Tavern 36 69 ESbenezer 24 46 Fort Mill 197 220 Forest Hill 46 62 Hickory Grove 130 99 McConnellsvllle 33 84 Newport 47 22 Ogden 60 42 Piedmont 31 7 Sharon 64 69 Smyrna 73 19 Uriah 49 39 Yorkvtlle No. 1 167 244 Yorkvllle No. 2 120 217 Rock Hill No. 1 367 439 Rock Hill No. 2 244 306 2,186 2.169 THE ELECTION. It appears that upon the face of the returns as balloted up to this morn ing, with only live boxes missing, governor 61 ease has been re-elected over Judge Jones and Mr. Duncan by a majority of about 2,674, the vote being Blease 71,625, Jones 66,466 and Duncan, 2,386. As uiiual, whether the vote runs close or not, and especially when it runs clone, charges are rife of fraud, ballot box stuffing, illegal voting, etc., all over the state, and as general arguments a basis of these charges it is pointed out that returns show a total vote that lacks only a little more than one thousand of being equal to the entire white voting population of the state as indicated by the census of two years ago, and also that there were about 20,000 more votes for governor than for the other state offices. This last apparent discrepancy, however, has since been reduced by fuller returns for the other offices to something like 3,000. That there may have been irregularities is quite possible. There are irregularities in almost every election; but we are unable to point out anything specific, and we are Inclined to think that if there has been Irregularities, it is hardly becoming in either side to make charges against the other, without first acknowledging its own shortcomings. Tins oDservauon is enuuea to especial and particular consideration in view of the fact that practically all of the election machinery, certainly the greater part of it, is in control of the side that is aparently losing. But as accounting for the unusually large vote there Is another thing to be considered. Take York county for instance and compare the vote of Tuesday with the vote of two years ago. Practically every precinct shows an increase and the aggregate for the county shows an increase of something like 25 per cent. Some counties have increased less; but talcing the state as a whole it will be found that the same condition prevails everywhere. As we have stated, we do not doubt that there may have been irregularities; but if there is going to be any contention along that line, it will be found that both sides will be able to make strong showings, and we do not believe any good end is to be subserved by getting unduly excited. The only thing to be done is to try to amend and perfect the election laws so as to eliminate or reduce to a minimum all possibility of Irregularity or fraud. SUNDAY' MAIL MATTER. Plans were perfected Wednesday, says a Washington Associated Press dispatch, whereby the administration of the new law prohibiting the delivery of mall on Sundays will have no serious effect upon the handling of important mail matter. Holders of lock boxes at first and second-class postoffices will have acoees to them as usual, although no mail deliveries will be made by carriers on the street or at postofflce windows. Mail for hotel guests and newspapers will be delivered, to them through their lock boxes by a simple arrangement of having that mail sorted on the railway mall cars before it reaches its destination. Such mail wHl be regarded as "transit matter" and will be distributed Immediately upon its arrival at the offices of destination, thus practically insuring a speedier delivery to the addressees than herefore has been the case. This distribution will require a minimum of Sunday work and the distribution of other mall received on Sunday will be made after midnlaht of Sunday so that It may be delivered by the carriers on their first tour on Monday. After all-day conferences with the experts of his department, Postmaster General Hitchcock tonight issued a statement explanatory of his administration of the new law. His assurance is that there will be no embarrassment to the business public and that, through the arrangement he outlines, urgent mall matter will reach its destination promptly. Orders necessary to carry Mr. Hitchcock's plans into effect will be Issued immediately. The postmaster general's statement follows: "There appears to be some misapprehension as regards the provision in the postal bill relating to the delivery of mail on Sundays. This provision does not require the closing of postofflces on Sundays, which would be quite impossible owing to the fact that the transit mail has to be sorted and also the mail collected in cities for dispatch to other destinations. To stop a tVtlo mall ntntiM mo luuvciuoiu vra. vino iiicMi nvuiu mean a serious clogging: of the whole system of mall transportation and consequent inconvenience to the public. "At present most of the mail received on Sunday for delivery by carrier Monday morning is worked after midnight on Sunday and therefore the law will not affect this mail. It will be delivered as promptly as hithertv. Mall received up to midnight on Saturday for lock boxes will be distributed to the boxes and will be available to box-holders on Sunday as usual. "There is at present no street delivery of mall by letter carriers on Sunday and therefore the law makes- no change in this regard. In short, the only mail that will be affected under a reasonable construction of the new law is that received at the pjstofflces on Sunday and hitherto sorted on that day for distribution to lock boxes. "As the purpose of the law, which was clearly enacted in the interest of employes is to reduce as far as practicable the amount of Sunday labor, the work of distributing Sunday mall to lock boxes wiU be limited to certain classes of mail that can not be held until Monday morning without serious inconvenience to the addressee. "This mail will include that for newspapers and hotel guests. The latter is peculiarly transient in character and should not be delayed. This mail, like the special delivery mail will be sorted out at the offices of dispatch on the railway mail trains In order to simplify the work of distributing it in the postofflce# on Sunday. "As practicably all business houses are now closed on Sunday they do not object to the plan, which has been in force for a year, of holding their mall until Monday morning, realizing the benefit the .house conferred on postal employes who are thereby relieved from Sunday labor. "In order to give the new provision as liberal a construction as possible postmasters will be instructed on application to have their employes sort out in emergency cases on Sunday letters of special importance. This will supplement the present privilege of having all mall delivered on Sunday that carries a special delivery stamp. "By the proposed changes in the method of putting up mall In the of flees of origin and In Its handling on the railway mail trains, It la believed that a satisfactory distribution can be made In post offices on Sundays with far less work than is now required. Thus the law can be made to confer great benefits on postal employes without inconvenience to the public." Minority Leader Mann of the house, author of the provision prohibiting the delivery to the "general public" of mall on Sunday, discussed the subject today with postal officials. He said there was no intent on the part of congress to restrict activities of the postofflce department as to inactive service to the business public. "It is absurd," he declared, ."for anybody to assume that congress meant to close postofllces as tight as a wedge on Sunday. We simply required that there should be no deAa M.ii iiveiy ui iiiu.ii vi/ me geuenu puuiiv; un Sunday in order that letter carriers and poatofllce clerks might enjoy a reasonable respite in their labor*. As much work as is necessary for the distribution and transmission of the mails naturally must be done, otherwise business of the country might be seriously Inconvenienced." CANVA88 OF RETURNS. The York county Democratic executive committee met in the court house yesterday, in accordance with the party rules to canvass the returns from Tuesday's election, to hear protests and decide contests. All of the precincts were represented. Because of previously discovered errors changing the result in the races of Thos. F. McDow and J. EX Beamguard, and 8. N. Johnson and O. L Sanders, showing the probable nomination of Beamguard and Sanders instead of McDow and Johnson, as at first appeared, and leaving the result very close, there was a recount of the entire county vote in the case of these candidate*. Appearing- in behalf of Judge Jones, and Mr. McDow, Mr. J. S. Brice ata't- ' ed to the committee that while he had no reason to charge or even suggest fraud or irregularity in the election, because of the closeness of the vote, in Justice to all concerned and for the complete satisfaction of everybody, he requested a recount. There was also a request for a recount of the vote between Johnson and Sanders. After working on the tabulations of the returns all day yesterday the committee took up the recount last evening and worked practically all night until an early hour this morning, with the result that Governor Bleaae lost Ave votes and Judge Jones lost six'teen. There were several losses and gains between Messrs. McDow and Beam guard, as the result of Inadvertence, oversight, etc., but the flnal result showed up within one vote of the previous official tabulation, and gave the election to Mr. Beam guard by a majority of 16 votes. The result was the same in the case of Messrs. Johnson and Sanders, Mr. Sanders getting the nomination by eleven votes. There were twenty-one more votes in Rock Hill than the poll list indicated. These were drawn out under blindfold, with the result that Governor R1?aaa Inat K and Jndn Jnnaa l/iat 16.. The official tabulation of therecount u fir u It could be obtained was: Total number on poll list 4.446. For United States 8enate. N. B. Dial 681 W. J. Talbert 1,881 B. R. Tillman 1,94% For Governor. Cole DBlease 8,871 John T. Duncan 61 Ira B. Jones ,..1,824 For Lieutenant Governor. Chas. A. Smith ..... - 4,878 For Secretary of 8tata. R. M. McCown 4,876 For Comptroller General. A." W. Jones ...4,882 For State' Treasurer. 8. T. Carter 2,886 ' D. W. McLaurln 1,424 \ For Adj. and Inspector General. W. W. Moore 4,841 For 8tate Supt. of Edueation. John E. Swearingen .4,864 For Attorney General. J. R. Earle : 868 B. B. Evans 281 J. Fraser Lyon 1,762 Thoa H. Peoples 1,646 For Railroad Commissioner. ' rfCUUCO V/aUOIVI Af0OV John G. Richards 1,692 J. H. Wharton - SOO For Com. of AgHoultur*. E. J. Watson 4.249 Total number of votes on poll list 4,463 Total number of namee on poll list 4,449 For Congress. David E. Flnley 3,714 W. P. Pollock 419 G. W. R&gsdale 276 For 8olioilor. J. Harry Foster ,...2,164 J. K. Henry 2,261 For 8tate 8?nator. J. E. Beamguard 2,177 Thoe F. McDow 2,161 For Houso of Representatives. A. E. Hutchison ..2,018 J. R. Haile 2,617 8. N. Johnson 2,283 W. B. Riddle 2.828 J. H. 8aye 2,127 O. L. Sanders 2,294 C. W. Wallace 2,007 For 8heriff. Hugh 6. Brown 2,278 8. 8. Plexlco 1,880 John 8. Sandlfer % 626 For Clerk. John R. Logan 1,982 J. A. Tate 2,290 For County Supervisor. .. A. 8. Barron 1,947 Thos. W. Boyd 2,426 For Coronor. L. W. Louthian 3,886 Robt. Westmoreland 971 For Co. 8upi. Education. John E. Carroll 2,473 J. C. Wllborn 1,907 For Treasurer. tv m vt.ii A oaQ nttrry e*. t,?vo For Auditor. Broadus M. Love 4,370 For County CommiMioner. W. A. Aycock 1,768 White W. Jackson 1,689 Marlon B. Love 1,171 L. J. Lumpkin 1,940 Joe W. Smith 2,078 LOCAL LACONICS. York's First Balo. The Rock Hill Herald reports the first bale of new cotton sold in Rock Hill yesterday. It was brought to market by Mr. Horace Brown and was purchased by Mr. John T. Roddey, The" cotton graded good, middling and the weight of the bale was 428 pounds. September Term Only One Day. The court of common pleas will be opened on Sept. 2nd and be at once adjourned to the next day at 10.30 a. m. Judge Sease will be present on the 3rd to pass orders and decrees. The court will be In session one day only. All Jurors will be notified not to attend. Next term begins November 25th. Fort Mill Supervisor. There was no recommendation of a supervisor for Fort Mill township In the primary of last Tuesday for the reason that no one of the candidates received a majority of the vote cast. The vote stood as follows: C. P. Blankenship 178; D. G. Kimbrell, 161; J. H. Sutton 61. There must be a second race between Blankenship and Kimbrell. Drowned in ths Catawba. Myron Sandifer, the flftfeen-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. M. H. Sandifer, of Rock Hill, and John Creighton, about the same age, and son of Mrs, W. H. Creighton, also of Rock Hill, were drowned In Catawba river near SprlngBtein farm yesterday. The boys were with & picnic party and were In swimming with other boys. The accident occurred at about 4 o'clock. The water was cut off at the dam of the Catawba- Power company a few miles above the scene of the tragedy; but up to the latest advices, the bodies had not been recovered.