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Scraps and facts.
? The Pee Dee Daily. Bennettsville,
last week got hold of a letter from John
K. Aull. private secretary of the governor,
giving certain instructions to
Blease workers in that county, and featured
the circumstance as disclosing a
Blease organization of state-wide extent.
The Daily went on to offer that
it would give 15 for the names of the
head officials and the committeemen of
the various precincts. Col. J. P. Gibson
promptly furnished all the names
and claimed the $5, which he said he
would use for some charitable purpose.
He went on to ask, why since the opposition
had practically complete control
of the election machinery, with a
thorough organization, his side was not
permitted to organize also. Col. Gibson
gave the name of Senator Sharp of
Lexington, as the chairman of the
meeting, and Mr. John K. Aull as secretary.
? The Greenville Piedmont of Tuesday,
prints the following letter from
Governor Blease to Sheriff Rector,
dated Columbia, July 20, and referring
to the near-riot at Greenville, on Saturday:
"As governor of the state of
South Carolina, having seen personally
the occurrence at Greenville, on last.
Saturday, standing on the platform
where I could see the entire transac
tion from start to finish, I congratulate
you upon your coolness and deliberation
during said attempted riot. Your
courage and coolness certainly saved
the life of the man who was attempting
to attack me, and if you had not
spoken to the man who had the pistol
drawn, serious consequences would
have followed. You deserve the commendation
of all good and law-abidin
citizens for the part you took in this
transaction."
? Washington, July 22: Proposals
for an adequate coal pier at Charleston,
S. C., to provide the independent
mines of Virginia a tide-water outlet,
have been blocked repeatedly by
the Southern railway, according to
B. L. Dulaney, of Bristol, testifying
today before the senate investigation
of the eastern coal rates. Dulaney
who owns Virginia mines, said that
while coal rates to Charleston are not
nrnhihuivc there are no facilities for
hundling it. He testified he frequently
offered to raise $500,000 for a coal
pier at Charleston for the Southern.
He said President Finley seemed
friendly, but after his death. Southern
officials seemed unfriendly. Dulaney
declared some of the road's
methods in acquiring branch lines
were comparable to New Haven transactions.
The deals show how millionaires
are made, he declared. The
witness said he had had an opportunity
to buy the Knoxville and Bristol
railway for $40,000 before the Southern
paid $500,000 for it.
? Representative James T. McDermott,
of Illinois, offered his resignation
on the floor of the house on Tuesday,
to take effect immediately. McDermott
is under charges in connection
with the lobby investigation. McDermott.
Democrat, representing a constituency
which includes the stockyards
district of Chicago, was one of the figures
in the exposures of Martin M.
Mulhall, star witness in the lobby investigation.
A majority report of the
investigation committee, now ready to
come before the house, recommended
that he be censured with officers of the
National Association of Manufacturers.
His resignation came as a sensation
Tuesday, when, immediately after the
house had assembled, he arose to a
question of personal privilege and offered
it from the floor, declaring he
would appeal his case to the people of
the Fourth district of Illinois, aiuinan
charged McDermott had permitted him
to use his congressional frank for circulating
matter for the manufacturers
and that McDermott had claimed he
had received $7,500 from local pawnbrokers
to work against the Federal
loan shark law and a $2,000 campaign
contribution from a Chicago brewers'
association. McDermott's defense was
that money received from the pawn
brokers was in the nature of personal
loans and that the brewers had contributed
only $500 out of personal
friendship. He also denied a charge by
Mulhall that he had forged Harold F.
McCormick's name to a check for $250.
The minority of the investigating committee,
recommending expulsion, reported
McDermott guilty of "acts of
grave impropriety, unbecoming the
distinguished position he holds," and
added that "his training and associations
have not given him the ethical
propositions and standards relative to
public office that usually characterizes
public men."
? Washington, July 23: President
Wilson late today ended the bitterest
nHministrfltinn hv with
drawing the nomination of Thomas
D. Jones of Chicago, to be a member
of the Federal reserve board. Mr.
Jones had written urging this action.
The message of withdrawal reached
the senate just as Senator Heed of
Missouri, one of the Democrats opposing
confirmation of the appointment,
was concluding a vigorous denunciation
of the International Harvester
company, of which Mr. Jones
is director, and those responsible for
its existence and operations. It created
a mild sensation and cut short
a debate that promised to run indefinitely.
With the brief message the
president sent copies of Mr. Jones'
letter and his reply. Opposition to
the nominee had been based on his
connection with the Harvester company,
which is under indictment as a
trust. The senate banking committee
had submitted a majority report
adverse to confirmation, signed by all
the Republican and two Democratic
members. Mr. Jones wrote that this
report was based on "a distortion of
tacts and perversion of the truth." At
the White House it was said the president's
action today did not indicate
that there had been change in his determination
to insist upon the confirmation
of Paul Warburg, whose nomination
to the reserve board is being
opposed. Nothing has been heard
from Mr. Warburg in regard to his
appearance before the banking committee
and Senator O'Gorman, who is
understood to have been endeavoring
to persuade Mr. Warburg to change
his mind and accept the committee's
invitation, is not expected to return
to Washington until tomorrow. While
Senator Reed was speaking, Secretary
Tumulty held a conference with
Senators Hollis and Pomerene, who
with Senators Lee of Maryland and
Shafroth have been most active in
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The president's secretary had not long
been in conference with the senators
from Ohio and New Hampshire before
the purpose of his mission was
whispered about the senate's lobby.
In executive session a few minutes
later the formal announcement of
withdrawal was received without
comment. When the senate adjourned,
however, there was a Democratic
love feast in the cloak room.
? Washington. July 22: Charges
that the Southern railway has been
imposed upon much as the New
Haven, is said to have been through
the unloading upon it of branch lines
of little worth, at fabulous prices, added
an unexpected feature today to the
investigation being made by a senate
sub-committee into alleged discriminations
against southern ports in coal
rates. B. L*. Dulaney of Bristol, Va.Tenn.,
made the charges in connection
with an explanation of why he believed
the Morgan interests dominated
the .southern railway and directed the
action of its oificials. He finished his
direct statement to the committee.
He will be cross-examined by attorneys
for the Southern railway. Mr.
Dulaney said he once offered to sell
the control of the Virginia and Southwestern
railway to the Southern for
SiiOO.OOO. A bond issue of $1,000.oo?>
stood against the line. His offer
was refused, he said, but later Henry
K. McHarg sold the line to the
Southern for about $6,5oo.oou with a
i>r<>tit estimated at S4.000.000. The
Knoxville and Bristol railway, sold to
the Southern for $500,000. Mr. Dulaney
said, was offered for $40,000,
and he did not buy because he did
not think the line worth that amount.
Mr. Dulaney testified at length in support
of his charge that coal is being
diverted from southern ports. "Coal
operators are robbed of their rights to
do a normal business." he said. "I'nless
some relief be granted it will be
necessary for inspectors to give up
their efforts. They cannot meet
such unfavorable conditions." He
testified he sold the Black Mountain
railway, a short line tapping the
Black Mountain field to the Virginia
and Southwestern railway, under a
contract with the president of the
latter line. H. K. McHarg, providing
that the Louisville and Nashville railway
should have the use of the line.
This was done, the witness said, to
preserve two outlets to the south for
his coal. Mr. McHarg failed to advise
the Louisville and Nashville of
this agreement, he added, and was
very angry when Mr. Dulaney gave
the information. Rates have now
been arranged. Mr. Dulaney declared,
so the Louisville and Nashville cannot
move coal from the Black Mountain
field south or east from Middlesboro,
a condition barring Black Mountain
coal from the southern field by
way of the Louisville and Nashville.
A number of similar statements were
introduced by Mr. Dulaney in support
of his contention that interlocking
directorates in New York arrange
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She ^orkviUf inquirer.
Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkville
as Mall Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVILLE. S. C.t
FRIDAY. JULY 24. 1914.
The "True Democrat" is the name of
a new campaign paper that has been
started in Columbia, with Mr. R. H.
Greneker as editor. It is being published
in the interest of Governor
Blease, and is filled with a number of
articles which deal with the political
situation from the governor's standpoint.
All of the articles in the first
issue, which has Just come to hand, are
well written, in good taste and calcu
lated to produce a good impression on
the reader. There is no statement in
the "True Democrat" that goes to
show whether it has a subscription
price or whether it is to be issued at
regular intervals.
Referring to the complexion of the
crowd at the Anderson campaign
meeting, the editor of the Newberry
News and Herald, who was present,
says:
There were several hundred wearing
Blease badges and here and there
you could see a cotton bloom as a button
hole bouquet. Some young ladies
bore a couple of Smith banners. But
there are a lot of people who object
to wearing the badges of any man.
And badges and cotton blooms do not
always indicate votes. The sentiment
of the Anderson crowd, we should
say, was about equally divided between
Elease and Smith with possibly
a predominance of Blease supporters.
Put you should remember that all
the cotton mill operatives were at
work and so were many farmers.
We feel as if we would rather see
the second race for governor between
two men of opposite factions than between
two men of the same faction. If
the race be between two men of the
same faction, whichever way it goes
the issue will be settled by the voters
of the opposite faction, and we believe
it would be better for the state to have
two well defined parties, even though
there should be no other way for it
than that they both claim to operate
within the Democratic party. But we
do not believe this condition is going to
last a great while, because a condition
under which one faction controls the
conventions while the other has a majority
at the polls is somewhat out of
joint.
Discussing testimony that has come
out in the case of Madame Caillaux
now being tried in Paris, the Columbia
State says:
Yet there is honor, plenty of it. It ilows
around one everywhere, all the time.
It is not celebrated, because it does not
need advertisement. It lives for itself.
It does for itself. It does not find it
necessary to kill because it has been
false to itself. "Honor?" It is a real
quality. But in the vast majority of
cases it is those who have lost it who
become sensitive about its recognition.
ah aU?a la oKoi?lntolv trno hilt WP
All UlUl lO auoviuwij vi mv| w. want
tu add an observation or two. It
is only those who have lost honor who
need to be sensitive about it, and they
are certainly not justified in killing because
of being caught. If they are
justified then we must also justify the
burglar or sneak thief who kills when
he is surprised in the plying of his
trade. One kills in a desperate effort
to save himself from the law. The
other kills merely because he knows
that he has properly incurred a penalty
that is worse than death. None but
dishonorable people will try to destroy
another's honor and they cannot. The
only person who can really destroy a
man or woman's honor is the man or
woman whose honor is concerned, and
when that honor is destroyed, murder
is an impossible remedy.
When Hanker Norwood of Greenville,
took it upon himself to say that
any "educated" man who is supporting
Blease is a "liar and a skunk," he made
a serious tactical blunder to say the
least of it. If the banker's prudence
and judgment were equal to the great
material wealth that is imputed to him.
he would not have made such a blunder.
In the first place the statement is
not true. In the second place, most men
of sufficient reflection and discernment
to have made fair progress in moral
philosophy, have learned that the epithet
is always a dangerous weapon, for
its invariable tendency is to inflict
more harm on the user of it than on
the individual against whom it is directed.
Then again, the epithet is not
argument and it does not convince anybody.
As to whether practically all of
the 71,000 people who supported Blease
two years ago are supporting him now
we do not know; but if they are, we
dare say many of them are educated
men of character and we do not feel
that we would compliment them if we
should say that most of them are about
as good men as is Mr. Norwood. We
should certainly hate to feel that the
majority of the people of South Carolina
are liars and skunks, and we simply
do not believe anything of the kind.
It is quite possible that this majority
is wrone in supporting the present ad
ministration, as it may have been in
supporting Tillman; but if it is wrong
it will never be convinced of the fact
by such "argument" as Mr. Norwood
is using.
The attack on Dr. Mcintosh of Columbia,
at this particular time, js extremely
unfortunate, especially because
of the tense political situation. Immediately
following news of the attack,
some partisans began to charge it
against Governor BI ease, alleging as a
motive, the fear of the doctor's testimony
as to the Riehey case, and other
partisans charged it to the opponents
of fJovernor Blease, alleging as a
motive that under the circumstances
the governor would naturally be held
responsible because of the issue of ve
racity between himself and Dr. Mcintosh.
In view of the fact that Columbia
has long had the reputation of being
one of the most lawless towns of
the south, If not of the entire country,
there Is no good ground to charge this
affair to politics at all. It will be remembered
that the late Judge Gary
was held up on the streets of Columbia
one night, and if we have not forgotten,
robbed. There was no suggestion
of political motive. Alone about the
same time, within a few months before
or a few months afterward, there were
two murders in the city, and in neither
case was the murderer ever caught. All
this was back during the administration
of either Governor Heyward or
Governor Ansel; but at a time when
there was no possible reason for suggesting
political motives and none were
suggested. According to the statement
of Dr. Mcintosh, his assailant first told
him to hold up his hands, and then after
firing, said, "Colie will not be bothered
by you tomorrow," or "You will not
bother Colie tomorrow," or something
to that effect. If this happened just
this way, then we would reason that
the assailant must have been operating
on his own account. People bent on
midnight assassination do not usually
warn their victims to "hold up their
hands"?they either stab or shoot ai
once and without warning. Neither is
it the rule of assassins to tell their victims
of their motive. It is possible, of
tbio Ottnnb m o \r have ttnpn
made by an ignorant, overwrought partisan,
and it is possible that it may
have been only an ordinary hold-up;
but as to what the real facts are, of
course we do not know.
MERE-MENTION
The first bale of the 1914 cotton
crop gathered in Georgia, was auctioned
off on the New York cotton
exchange, yesterday, at 12 cents a
pound. The bale weighed 300 lbs.
The forty-ninth annual convention
of the Ancient Order of Hibernianh
of America, was opened at
Norfolk, Va., on Tuesday H. F.
Hopson has been sentenced to serve
five years in prison for holding up the
Oakland-Orlando, Fla., bus, on June
27. Hopson wounded three men
Fearing that she would return to her
husband in Norcross, Ga., against
whom she had recently instituted divorce
proceedings, Chas, H, Haag, a
contractor, shot and instantly killed
Mrs. Edna Sykes, at Los Angeles, Cal.,
lust Tuesday Havana, Cuba,
merchants have addressed a petition
to the American legation, asking that
American warships on the way to
Mexico, be allowed to stop at that
port. The Havana merchants want
the ships to stop because American
blue Jackets spend a great deal of
money when ashore "Rocksand,"
a famous stallion for whom
August Eelmont paid $125,000, died
in New York, this week The
latest addition to the United States
navy, the torpedo boat destroyer,
O'Brien, was launched at Philadelphia,
on Monday... .Sulton Ahmed Mirzo,
ihe 16-year-old shah of Persia, took
the constitutional oath of office at
Teheraw, Persia, on Tuesday
Serious strike disturbances are in
progress in St. Petersburg, Russia,
on Tuesday, 100,000 workmen laid
down their tools as a protest against
the measures the authorities have
taken Brazil, Ind., was visited
by a tire on Wednesday, which destroyed
many business houses. The
loss is estimated at $126,000
Two hundred and fifty midshipmen of
the United States naval academy were
inoculated with typhoid fever serum
th,s week Private John McDormott,
of the U. S. marine corps at
Vera Cruz, was drowned while bathing,
on Tuesday The Chilean
council of state have approved a bill
raising their legation in Washington
to an embassy Five workmen
were killed by the premature setting
off of a charae of dvnamite at Cucar
acha elide, Panama canal, this week.
Five white men and seventeen negroes
were injured... .The interstate commerce
commission on Tuesday, issued
an order to keep separate accounts of
the cost of freight and passenger service.
The order is effective after
June 30, 1315 Mayor W. H.
Cole has reduced the police force of
Clarksburg, W. Va., to three men.
The mayor says that since the prohibition
amendment went into effect
on July 1, there has been only one
arrest for drunkenness and only three
policemen are needed Ex-Senator
Albert J. Beverage of Indiana,
opened the campaign of the Progressive
party in Illinois, last Tuesday,
when he started on a four days'
speaking tour through the central
part of that state The United
States battleship Texus, has been
equipped with electric cooking ranges.
The Texas is the first battleship to
be equipped with electric cooking apparatus
Garrard Harris, associate
editor of the Mobile, Ala., ltegister,
has been appointed a commercial
agent of the U. S. department of
commerce The Empire Flour
mills of Columbus, Ga., built in 1858,
were destroyed by fire, Tuesday. The
mills were valued at $15,000 and the
loss is covered by insurance.... Di
rector or tne c ensus w. j. rutins nus
withdrawn from the Georgia gubernatorial
race and will confine himself
to the duties of his Federal position.
The "drys" and "wets'" of Toledo.
Ohio, are making a vigorous
campaign in that city for signatures
for rival petitions on the prohibition
question, this week Two boys
were (frowned in a mine cave hole
near Wilkes-Parre, Pa.. Monday
The long expected "rate decision" by
the interstate commerce commission
is to be made public within the next
few days. The report is anxiously
awaited by the commercial world....
Wm. Coleman, a special officer, employed
to guard a fruit farm fron
depredation, is in jail at Camden. N
J., on the charge of murdering Tony
Plawska. The latter was running
away with a suit case full of apples,
given him by the farm foreman, when
the officer shot him in the back.
The Japanese steamer Komagata.
with her 300 Hindu passengers,
is to be escorted away from Van
t'uuver, v .. uy ?i up iiiaci.
A skeleton brought up from
the bottom of the Schuykllle river by
a dredge near Philadelphia, last Saturday,
has been Identified us that of
Frederick J Holder, who disappeared
September 28. 1913. A watch that
came up with the skeleton was identified
by the man's wife Three
of the twenty-four balloons which
started in an air race from Paris.
Sunday, were blown across the English
channel and landed In Wales.
A priest, arrested at Bernay,
France on suspicion of being a spy.
has made a confession, stating that he
was in the employ of the German war
department Eleven men were
killed by an explosion in a gold mine
at Salgburg, Germany, Monday
Argentina is to spend $ 1.500,000
for an exhibit of that country's resources
at the Panama-Pacific exposition
The war department
has awarded the contract for the eons'ruetloi.
of pari of an army hospital
at Fort Shafter, Hawaiian islands, to
a Chinese firm of contractors
There are f? 62,r> students registered
for the summer term at Columbia
University, New York city ,A
special session of the Ohio legislature
commenced tit Columbus, Monday
morning at 10 o'clock and .after reducing
the state lax levy and acting
favorably on two other measures.
adjourned at 9 o'clock p. m
Lawrence Robinson, placed on trial
Monday, charged with murdering a
Boston police inspector, committed suicide
in his ceil Tuesday night... Fire ut
Campbellsville Ky.. on Wednesday de-,
stroved property to the value of $80.- I
Onit The steamship Victoria arriv-'
< <! at Seattle, Wash., Wednesday, from}
V.imK Alaska, with SSOO.OOO Worth of'
mild bullion on board Luke Dillon.
an Irishman of Philadelphia, was re-j
cently released from jirison in Canada. |
after serving fourteen years of a life
sentence, for having participated in the j
destruction of a lock of the Weliand
canal in Canada, during the Hoer war.
During the first week of his liberty
Dillon saw his first flyinjf machine and
wireless telegraphy, had his first ride
in an automobile and also a subway
car and for the first time saw electric
cars propelled by the third rail system.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Thos. W. Boyd?Is announced as a
candidate for re-election to the office
of county supervisor.
J. E. Latham of Bullock's Creek?Is
announced as a candidate for the
office of county commissioner, subject
to the Democratic voters.
Box 14 7, Hickory Grove?Wants to
sell a good horse, top buggy and harness
and will sell very cheap.
J. P. Faulkner?Says his mill has been
thoroughly overhauled and is in
charge of Mr. W. F. Roach, and
will give satisfactory service.
J. M. Stroup?Has a new line of Belleaire
enameled ware and also a new
line of tinware of all kinds.
T T g. Cn Hub 1(10 11(111 reft
cedar shingles, and offers them at
$4.50 per thousand. See them for
lumber, hardware, paints, etc.
Sherer & Quinn?Sell Barrington Hall
the Baker-ized coffee.
Lyric and Airdome?Give the moving
picture programme for all of next
week.
Thomson Co.?Closes Its mid-summer
sale tomorrow night, and suggests
that you take advantage of the low
prices on the last day of the sale.
Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Says It will
save you 25c to $1 a pair on oxfords,
pumps, sandals. White rubber
soles at reduced prices.
Wilkerson Mercantile Co. and McGlll
Bros.?On page four give additional
information about Genasco asphalt
roofing, which they sell.
Next Tuesday is the last day for enrollment;
but the best time to enroll is
right now.
i
Several people who were in Yorkville ;
from Bullock's Creek township, yesterday,
say that crops down that way are
looking only fairly well. The cotton
crop on red lands is going to be short.
The candidates for governor will
speak In Rock Hill, on Tuesday night, 1
August 4. The state campaigners will
speak at Yorkville. Thursday, August
6th. The meeting will be held on the
Graded school grounds.
The twenty dollar subscription acknowledged
today from Lancaster
council No. 38, Jr. O. U. A. M., was
sent to the chairman of the storm relief
committee by Senator Beamguard.
Senator Beamguard Is past state councilor
of the order and the check was
sent to him. At the same time the
Lancaster council sent a check of equal
amount to the hall sufferers of Laurens.
FOR THE HAIL SUFFERERS
The following subscriptions have
been received under the recent proclamation
of Governor Blease asking for
help for people living in the stormstricken
districts of York county:
Gov. Cole L. mease, Columbia, 525 00
L. M. Grist's Sons, Yorkville... 25 00
A. C. Kauffman, Charleston... 10 00
T. D. Lashley, Kollock, S. C.... 2 00
W. A. Clark, Columbia 5 00 1
Jno. M. Williford, Yorkville... 5 00
Geo. L. Baker, Columbia 25 0fl
Colin McK. Grant, Charleston . 50 00
B. H. Willis, Cottageville 5 00
Cash, Leesville, S. C 5 Ot
J. H. Coltharp, Fort Mill 5 00
Jas. L. Quinby, Graniteville ... 5 00
M. H. Blair, Sharon 10 00
Rev. Henry Stokes, Yorkville . 5 00
H. L. Spencer, Cheraw, S. C. .. 1 00
W. E. Ferguson, foreman 1 00
J. C. Blair, Sharon No. 1 5 00
W. T. Beamguard, Clover 5 00
Lancaster Council, No. 38, Jr.
O. U. A. M., John A. Cook, .
R. S 20 00
WITHIN THE TOWN
? Yorkville lost all three of the
baseball games played with Greenwood
at the latter place this week;
the scores being 9 to 0, 7 to 1, and 8J0
4, respectively.
? Work on the new court house
and the bank building across the
street is progressing rapidly. Both of
the contractors are now laying the
brick for the fronts of the buildings.
? The wutermelon crop appears to
be large this year, and for the past
week there have been at least ten
wagon loads of the fruit on the streets
each day. The prices vary from ten
cents to twenty-five cents.
? One of the best baseball games
seen in Yorkville In quite a while
was that played Tuesday afternoon
between the Yorkville and Clover
colored teams. Neither side was able
to score until the eighth inning. The
Yorkville negroes won?3 to 0. They
also defeated the Clover negroes on
Monday by a score of 8 to 3.
COMMON PLEAS !
The jury in the case of the Smith j
& Furbush Machine Co., against the .
Enterprise Mfg. Co., of Hock Hill, re- ]
turned a verdict for the plaintiff in ]
the sum of $4,2fj.32. i
The case of S. J. Kimball vs. the |
Southern railway, the defendant in- s
stituted a counter claim against the i
plaintiff for freight charges on a load (
of horses shipped from Atlanta to
Rock Hill. One of the horses died
on the way and Mr. Kimball sued the
railway company for Its alleged value,
$235. The court instructed that the
jury deduct the freight charges from
this amount and return a verdict for
Mr. Kimball in the sum of $104.
A case of unusual interest was that
of E. Hope Smith of Rock Hill against '<
the Rock Hill Gas Co, the plaintiff
suing for $20,000 for alleged defama- s
tion of character and false arrest.
The defendant is alleged to have
caused the arrest of the plaintiff on
January 11, 1914, charging him with
the theft of several bags of gas fittings
from the defendant company.
|n his cppiplaint the plaintiff alleged
tpaf he >ya? placpd jn the city
jail surrounded by dirt, filfh and negroes,
and fhaf hP was depied bail
after his arrest and Hiadp to spend
the night in the city Jifii, and fhat on
January 13, In* was acquitted of the
charge after trial hy Jur>'The
jury returned q verdict for the
plaintiff in the spin pf $1,000. Wilson
& Wilsop apd J. H. {Poster represented
the plaintiff and Spencer,
Spencer & White and Thos. F. Mcdow,
the defendant gas company.
The next case taken up was that of
the Jones .Motor Cqr Co., of Hock
Hill vs. the Ford Motor Car Co., in
which the plajntiff asked for $572.50.
The jury returned the following verdict:
We find for the plaintiff in the
sum of $100,
The court is today engaged ip the
case of J. T. Yarborough as administrator
of T. B. Yarborough ys. the
Seaboard Air I#ine ItyAll
jurors not engaged ip this case
were excused from further attendance
on court yesterday, apd the business
of the court of common Pleas will
very likely be concluded |his afternoon,
ABOUT PEOPLE
Mr J. K, lfurns of Yorkville. has
taken a position with Mackoiel) Ifros.
Master Joe Woods of YorkyiJIe, is
visiting relatives at Muntersyi||e, N- C.
Mrs. (Jeorge (5. Kaves of Yorkville,
spent Wednesday, with relatives in
Kock Hill.
Miss Florence Cody of Yorkvllle, is
spending several weeks at Montreat,
N. C.
Mrs. W. L. Haber of Yorkville, is
spending a month with relatives in
Canton, X. C.
Miss Nellie Hart of Yorkville, is
spending some time at NYjirdrpalgw
Island. '
Mr. W. II. MeCorkle of Hocky
Mount. X. C., Is visiting relatives in
Yorkville.
Miss Bessie Pegram of Yorkville.
is spending some time with relatives
in Lowryville.
Col. and Mrs. A. Coward of Orangeburg.
S. C., are spending some time
In Yorkville.
Miss Ethel Latimer of Yorkville. is
visiting Mrs. Christopher Atkinson,
in Columbia.
Mica .Toaafo Pniirtnpv nf T,ennir. X.
C., is the guest of Mrs. J. C. Wilborn,
In Yorkville.
Mr. Seott Hartness of Columbia, is
visiting his parents on Yorkville R.
F. D. No. 5.
Miss Isabelle Davis of Lancaster,
visited the Misses Bludworth, in Yorkville,
this week.
Rev. Henry Stokes of Yorkville, has
returned home from attendance on the
Rock Hill district conference.
Mr. Lewis G. Ferguson of Yorkville,
has taken a position with Sherer &
Quinn, as a salesman.
Mr. and Mrs. Quinn Wallace of
Yorkville, are spending several days
at Blowing Rock, N. C.
Mrs. Emily Minter of Rock Hill, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. A.
Sherer, on Yorkville R. F. D. 4.
Miss Dell Scoggins of Hickory
Grove, is spending some time with
Mrs. Mary Crawford, in Yorkville.
Mr. William Marshall, who has been
spending several weeks in Bethel, has
returned to his home in Yorkville.
Mr. ana Mrs. jonn r-. xoungDiooa 01
Yorkville, left Wednesday night, on a
visit to relatives at St. Petersburg, Fla.
Misses Kate and Ella Cody and Miss
Beulah Ferguson of Yorkville, are
spending some time at Banner Elk,
X. C.
Misses Reba Bravvley of Mooresville,
X. C., and Lavinia Hunter, of
Gastonia, are visiting the family of
Mr. J. M. Stroup, in Yorkville.
Mrs. J. B. Pegram and daughter.
Martha, of Yorkville, left today to
spend several weeks at Wrightsvllle
Beach, X. C.
Dr. and Mrs. J. D. McDowell and
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Spencer and families
of Yorkville, are spending some
time at Blowing Rock, X. C.
Mr. J. E. Latham of Sharon R. F. D.
No. 1, passed through Yorkville, yesterday,
on his way home from the Rock
Hill district conference at Rlchburg.
OUie Z. Hicks of Gaffney, who recently
stood an examination before the
state pharmaceutical board, made the
highest mark of any applicant.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bankhead of
Lowryville. have gone to Hot Springs,
\rk., in order that Mr. Bankhead
may have the benefit of the treatment
for rheumatism.
Mr. William Moore, who has been
viaifinc thf family of his father. Mr.
W. T. Moore, in Yorkville. returned to
the United States training ship Franklin,
at Norfolk, Va., yesterday. Young
Moore hopes to be assigned to the
battleship Kansas within the next
two weeks.
CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN
More than a hundred York county
people gathered in the shade of the big
oaks in the rear of the Yorkville public
school building yesterday morning on
account of the congressional campaign
meeting scheduled for this place by
the Fifth district executive committee,
rhe meeting included representatives
Prom various sections of the county,
more especially, Clover, Hickory Grove.
Sharon, McConnellsville and Bethel,
and was made up for the most part of
representative farmers along with a
sprinkling of Yorkville business men.
Because of the well-known ability of
both Messrs. Flnley and Stevenson as
public speakers, and because of various
questions at issue that have served
as subjects of contention on different
stumps, and because of various matters
of local concern that were expected to
come up, many York county people
were especially interested in this particular
meeting, and there was much
disappointment in the town and community
when it was learned that Mr.
Finley had been recalled to Washington
and could not be present.
Dr. J. H. Saye presided over the
meeting in place of W. W. Lewis, county
chairman, and Rev. E. E. Gillespie,
pastor of the First Presbyterian church
opened the proceedings with an appropriate
Invocation, after which Dr. Saye
introduced Mr. Stevenson.
Mr. Stevenson spoke for about an
liour and a quarter. He began by expressing
regret that his opponent was
not present. They had been together,
tie said, at his own town of Cheraw, 1
throughout his county and at other
places in the district during the past
week, and he had hoped that they
could be together in Yorkville and
imong Mr. Finley's own people. He
oad things to say he said that could be
said to better advantage in Mr Finley's
presence than in his absence. Then he
proceeded to discuss various matters,
deluding the river and harbor appropriations,
Federal neglect of its responsibility
as to the construction and
maintenance of post roads, the repeal
jf free tolls law, the splendid character
ind statesmanship of President Wilson,
the pension question and the rela:ion
of Champ Clark thereto and his
)wn record as a legislator, Democrat
ind a public servant. He was listened
:o with close attention throughout, was
nterrupted but once, and that with a
respectful question, and when he concluded
received a round of approving
ipplause.
In beginning his speech, Mr. Steven- 1
son referred to a colloquy between '
limself and his opponent at the open- ,
ng meeting at Cheraw. Mr. Finley had j
emarked the fact that Mr. Pollock, a '
candidate for the United States senate
ind Mr. Stevenson, a candidate for ,
congress, live in the same town, and i
said that if both should be elected, and
joth should claim the prerogative of
ippointing the local postmaster, the j
result might be confusion, especially if i 1
:hey should be unable to agree. The I j
: J krtf Klo ronl \r utqo tn the I
SpCttrwCI SillU umi ma f ?. >*W ,
effect that he ditj not see any trouble i
ibout that because in a matter of that
iind, he and Mr. Pollock would certainly
know enough to call in a third party
ind suljniit the niattep to arbitration;
jut even if they were tenable to agree
it all, their predjcament would not be
iny worse than the one with which his
opponent seems to be wrestling. The
erm of the Yorkville postmaster, for
nstance had expired four months ago,
md although Mr. Finley has po ope
?lse to consult in the matter, up to this
;ime at least he appears to haye made
i mistrial with himself. He, the speakle,
and Mr. Pollock, could do no worse
han that.
The speaker thep tojd of his conpecion
with the penitentiary investigation
some years u??- with the result of con,'ictjng
the superintendent of the peni- '
iary who was afterward pardoned, of '.
lis connection with dispensary ipves- \
igatjop that resujted in the saying of
|50?,p00 fo the state, and tojd of the j
>art he pjayefj in addipg alj this nrjopey (
o the common school fund. It was |
innpcessary, he said, to go fpto [.lie re:ent
investigation in cppnecfiop with
he state hospital fop the insane, tye:ause
with the facts as to this his
learers are perfectly familiar. He had
lever been a follower of Ih-n Tillman
ie said, hut when Tillman got the
Democratic nomination, he saw to it
hat Chesterfield county gave him her
io|ii) yote from stem to stern.
Mr. Stevenson went into h>S cuPflec
tlon with the investigation of the election
two years ago. He said that the
committee had taken the matter up and
found much confusion and Irregularity.
There was irregularity on both sides,
and so much of it that it was difficult
to say which was the worst. Under the
circumstances, Governor Blease having
been elected at least on the face of
the returns it was decided that there
was nothing else to do than so declare,
and this the committee did.
While telling of the investigation of
:he primary, he cited the case of one
man who enrolled at four different
places and had voted at all four of
them. A voice from the crowd asked
as to whether the man was a farmer.
The speaker replied that he did not
know; but that he was the driver of
an oil delivery wagon. He went onto
say. however, that most of the unfairness
and dual voting was about
the towns, and he with others determined
then and there to do what they
could to put u stop to such things?
such people voting the one time they
had a right to vote, and then three
or four times more to kill the votes
of that many farmers and they made
the recommendations that resulted in
the adopt n of the new rules at the
recent state convention, except that
the committee had recommended the
closing of the books fifteen days before
the primary. He went on to say
that he thought these rules were Just
and right and as evidence that no one
would be hurt, cited the fact that he
was at Clover this morning when they
enrolled their 333d man against 306
votes cast in the election of two years
ago and said that If every enrollment
board in the state would do its duty
as the Clover people were doing, there
could certainly be no complaint
against the rules.
Next the speaker went into a discussion
of the river and harbor appropriations
and the failure of congress
to do Its duty with regard to the
construction and maintenance of public
roads. He agreed with Senator
Tillman that river and harbor appropriations
were a steal, and said that
the only ground on which anybody
could defend them was that while the
stealing was going on they took their
share. He cited the fact that the first
river and harbor appropriation bill
was vetoed by President Monroe on the
ground of unconstitutionality and the
opinion he wrote was such a strong
one that it has not been answered to
this day. Then he went on to tell how
the present river and harbor bill carried
$43,000,000 when It left the house
with provision for continuing contracts
that would caJl for that much
more, and how the senate had raised
the amount to more than $90,000,000.
In the last ten years he said congress
had enpropriated $350,000,000 for rivers
and harbors, and went on to say that if
appropriations continue at their present
rate during the next four years
there will be wasted enough money to
dig another inter-oceanic canat across
Nicaragua. The responsibility for these
tremendous appropriations, he said is
traceable to lobbyists, contractors who
get rich on the expenditures, machinery
men, engineers and the like. These
work on the people of the small towns
along the rivers and tell them how
they can get reduced freight rates with
the lever of water competition. He
went on to say, however, that it is all
buncombe, and cited the case of the
improvement of the Pee Dee river. A
number of his people had spent thirty
thousand dollars for a boat that could
not carry as much In a week as three
freight cars could carry In a day and
went to the inter-state commerce commission
with an application for water
rates on the railroads. The commission
held that the boat did not compete,
which was a fact. The boat was
sold for a song and since then the only
boats that have been on the river are
those used to catch catfish and suckers.
He wanted to say that he did not
blame Mr. Kinley for any of this, because
the people of Cheraw and other
people had asked Mr. Finley's assist
aiiuf in nit; iiiiiiiti unu an uau gunc
into the enterprise in good faith.
But while there was no Constitutional
authority for river and harbor appropriations,
the Constitution makes it
ihe duty of congress to provide for the
construction and maintenance of post
roads. Congress has never done anything
The house has passed a bill to
give $25 a mile assistance in the case
of public roads measuring up to certain
requirements; but the bill has not yet
passed the senate. If congress would
drop the river and harbor scandal and
spend as much money in constructing
and improving the roads, it would not
be a great while before all this country
would be traversed by roads equal
to those of ancient Rome, which continue
to this day. The reason the farmers
do not get what they are entitled
to in the matter of road improvement
is that they have no lobby; but the
farmers should demand if the money is
to be wasted they should at least have
a dollar for roads for every dollar that
is given for rivers and harbors. >Iy
friend Mr. Kinley says no one man can
make congress build roads. I am quite
well aware of that, but one man can
start the ball to rolling, and if you
send me to congress I promise that I
will either start the ball to rolling or
be found trying as hard as a man ever
tried anything. If we should appronriatp
?90.000.000 for marts in nrnnnr
tion to population, we would have $1,500,000
for South Carolina, and in a
few years this would give us first rate
roads all over the state.
Getting down to the tolls exemption
question, the speaker said he was not
In favor of taxing one class of people
for the benefit of another. He explained
how all coastwise ships are
owned by Americans of the northeast,
and that foreign vessels cannot engage
In the coastwise trade. The Democratic
platform declares against subsidy,
and he argued that failure to
collect from coastwise ships the tolls
that they should pay would be the
same thing as giving the same amount
of money out of the treasury. The
statement is that these exemptions
would amount to $2,500,000 a year,
and if congress is to give this shipping
interest $2,500,000 a year, why
not give it $25,000,000. He pointed
out also that since the south exports
nothing but cotton and imports very
little else than nitrate of soda and
other fertilizers from South America,
and both of these commodities are
carried in foreign vessels, we would
have to pay tolls both ways, and get no
benefit from the exemption whatever.
He admitted that the platform declares
for free tolls: but pointed out that the
mti-subsidy provision nullified the
tolls plank, and in effect he said that
the whole fight against repeal was engineered
by men who had been discomfilted
by the president and had
ioughl thus to get even while hiding
oehind the platform. They knew that j
veil if they Were defeated, they could j
cite thaf self-contradictionary plat- ,
form by way of justification.
The speaker also went on to cite
Mr. Finley's allegiance to Clark, and
u yj 11 iiic h'^uiiu ui uir
lominating influence that the gentle- ,
nan from Missouri has over the representative
from the Fifth. He said
hat Mr. (Mark had voted for the Shervood
pension bill, which sought to
reblde the present ap ropriatjon of J
ibout $160,(100,000 a year fur pep- 11
(ions, wlille Mr. Underwood had voted t
igainst it. and he wanted to know c
vliy Mr. Finley hud not supported \
Mr. Underwood instead of Mr. Clark, s
Mr. Finley. he said, had apologized
'op Mr. C|ark on the ground that I
here were seven or eight thousand ?:
jensjoners in bis district and he was t
>ouiid to support the Sherwood bill in s
irder to get their support, "Jf I t
tnew that a measure was wrong, in- t
lerently wrong." declared the speak- <i
*r. '! would not support it no matter I
vho was for it. I have always be- a
ieved and still believe that there are c
nough good people in the country to o
iphold the right."
The speaker told how he had fought d
it home and in the state convention to n
;end a solid \Vi|son delegation to the t
ialtiniore convention He had not been f
ible to get tlie state convention to in- a
struct for Wilson or endorse him; but
it did pass a resolution instructing the
delegates to vote as a unit, and as a
majority of those elected happened to
be Wilson men the result was the
same. South Carolina stuck by Wilson
from start to finish, and the president
had afterward said that the position of
this state had contributed much to his
nomination.
In conclusion, the speaker evidently
referring to the meeting at which hlB
opponent had struck him, told of some
of the unpleasant personalities that
had been passing between the two.
Mr. Finley had referred to Mr. Stevenson
as the first red headed skeleton
who had ever had the Impudence to
sass him. Then Mr. Stevenson took'
occasion to say that when Mr. Finley
first went to congress, he was so thin
that he always wore a black alpaca
coat, so when the sun shone on him,
people would not be able to tell
whether the eggs he had eaten for
breakfast had been fried or poached.
But now he has to have his belts
made to order, and his breeches legs
are big enough to serve as one of
these modern fashionable skirts. He
wf.nt on to sav that he had dubbed
his opponent the "Box-ankled elephant
from York." and advised him.
"that if I am a red-headed skeleton,
I am a running skeleton, and the way
this skeleton's bones will rattle around
on the 25th of August will surprise
him."
In conclusion the speaker said that
when he and Mr. Flnley started out
together sixteen years ago they were
together for Bryan and 16 to 1. "I
am still on my old platform, but we
have gotten apart. He has already
had sixteen years and wants it to
stand at sixteen to none. He is not
willing to let me have even one."
LOCAL LACONICS
Supervisor Resigns.
Mr. J. E. Burns has tendered to the
governor his resignation as a member
nf the Vnrk rnnntv hoard of sunervi
sors of registration.
Thad E. Turney Sentenced.
Judge Moore on Wednesday, refused
a motion for a new trial in the case of
Thad E. Turney convicted of manslaughter
in two cases last Thursday.
Turney was sentenced to serve ten
years in the state penitentiary.
Tax Election Carried.
An election was held at Sharon
yesterday on the question of whether
or not the levy for school purposes
should be Increased to four mills on
the dollar. The increased levy was
voted unanimously, 27 to 0.
York County Teacher*.
The following teachers have been
elected to serve various schools of the
county in addition to those already
mentioned in The Enquirer: Sharon?
M. L. Smith, Misses Wilmore Logan
and Isabella Arrowood. Flint Hill?
Miss Lorena Bland; Smith's Turnout
?Miss Essie Carpenter; Ogden?
Misses Luella Foster, Bessie Ashley;
Catawba Junction?B. D. Refo, Jr.,
Miss Lillian Cook.
Bethesda S. 8. Association.
There was a large crowd in attendance
on the meeting of the Bethesda
Township Sunday School association at
McConnellsville, Tuesday. Short ad"
dresses were made by Messrs. J. A.
Hafner, T. H. White, J. R. Dye and
J. H. Glenn. Dinner was served on the
grounds. Much interest and enthusiasm
in Sunday school work was manifested.
Grant Pastor Vacation.
The congregation of Bethany A. R.
P. Church has granted its pastor, Rev.
W. P. Grier, a vacation during the
month of August. Work on the new
church building at Bethany is to begin
right away. Although the
act amount was not stated, It is understood
that the contract price for
the new structure was around $8,000.
All the brick for the building has been
made and there appears to be no
reason why the work should not
progress rapidly.
Union Wins from Ancona Mill.
By defeating the Ancona mill of
Yorkville, Tuesday afternoon, 23 to 5,
the Union baseball team won its tenth
game of the season. The game was a
one-sided affair from the beginning,
the Union sluggers knocking the ball
1 ? 1 n.i11 D,, *
uruuuu iiitr utriu cli wit#, otxttciica?
Union: Kendrick and YoungbJood; AO'
cona Mill: Mitchell and Harris, Union
will try to secure a game with Yorkville
to be played at Filbert, the day of
the picnic, July 31.
To Plant Potatoes.
A gentleman of Rock Hill, whose
12-horse crop was almost completely
destroyed by the hail storm, was in
Vorkville this week in quest of Irish
potatoes with which he intended to
plant his devastated fields. He got
only a few potatoes here. A number
of farmers in the hail stricken district
are planting Irish potatoes, and
if nothing prevents, York county wjll
probably make the largest Irish potato
crop in her history,
Hail-Stricken Cotton.
According to several people who
have recently traversed the hail storm
insiricis or tsetnei, uaiawoa ana rmtJnezer
townships, some of the cotton
in the stricken territory appears to be
making some headway. The leaves
are growing on the damaged stalks,
and if early frost does not kill the
plants, a great deal of cotton will be
made. In many places, however,
there is as yet no sign of living vegatation,
even the trees and bushes
being quite dead.
Mr. Canaler Seriously Hi.
Rock Hill Herald: James Cansler.
of Tirzah, a candidate for railroad
commissioner, is seriously ill in a Columbia
hospital. Mr. Cansler's condition
is such that he will probably not
be able to resume his tour of the state
with the campaign party, In fact, his
friends are apprehensive as to his condition,
Mr. Cansler's numerous friends
In his own county, and thousands
throughout the state, regret to learn of
the misfortune which has befallen him.
He is ill with a complication of diseases
and Is in a critical condition according
to the advices from his physician.
Insurance Adjuster's Estimate.
Columbia State, Wednesday: "The
situation has not been painted black
enough. It is the duty of the people of
the state to help the stricken districts,"
said O. K. LaRoque, adjuster for a
well known hail and storm insurance
company, who was among the visitors
n Columbia, yesterday, having returned
after visiting the devastated section
Df York county. He said that hail ,
storms during the past several weeks
tiad badly damaged the crops in sec- .
tions of York. Laurens. Union, Spar- j
:anburg, Anderson, Greenwood and ,
fUken counties. "I estimate that the *
iamage to crops in the state by the
lail storms will be about $1,000,000,"
said Mr. LaRoque. "In the hail section
>f York county it looks like winter
ime," said Mr. LaRoque, "and the .
'armers need seed for replanting. I f
lave been wiring all over the country _
o secure Irish potato seed, but have a
jeen unsuccessful. Some of the farm- 1
rs of York county are in destitute cir- c
. umstances. They certainly need help ^
md I hope that the people of the state '
vi 11 respond and that congress will act ^
'avorably on the resolutions that have
ieen introduced by members from the 1
listricts." ?
t
SENSATIONAL TRAGEDY. s
)r. James Mcintosh Is Wounded In Co- ll
V
lumbia Thursday Morning. (i
Stories in connection with the alleg- b
d attempt to assassinate Dr. James H. a
tlclntosh, of Columbia, in that city at a
m early hour yesterday' morning, are n
he sensation of the day and people are r
liscussing the mysterious tragedy one Si
vay or the other in all parts of the p
tate.
The first news of the affair was pubislied
in the Columbia State of Thurslay
morning, an hour or two after CJ
he alleged occurrence. The State's s!
itory was to the effect that Dr. Mcln- 11
osh was returning to his hoiffe from s'
he Knowlton hospital at about 2 Cl
('clock in the morning, and after he J
lad progressed some little distance to >'
point opposite the Presbyterian P
hurch. a man emerged from the shad- 8
iws and told him to hold up his hands. w
'he doctor grappled with the man, and 11
luring the struggle that followed the n
nan placed his pistol against the docor's
abdomen apd tired. Dr. Afclntosh
ell to the ground and the man ran C
way. While the man was running A
away, he cried, "Now you won't bother
Colie tomorrow," or "Now Colie won't
be bothered by you tomorrow." This
was said as the alleged assassin Jump- a
ed a low wall of the Presbyterian *
church yard As the man was running
away Dr. Mcintosh recovered sufflmtly
to pull his revolver out of his
pocket and Are two shots at the retreating
form and after an interval he
fired three more shots to attract attention.
This statement was given to the
papers by Dr. Mcintosh and his father,
Dr. JameB Mcintosh. J
The assailant was described as a
white man, weighing about 120 pounds
and wearing a dark suit and a dark
cap. The wounded mnn, however, is
quoted as saying that he would not
recognize him if he should see him
again. A
Immediately following the alarm the ^
penitentiary bloodhounds were sent for.
They struck a trail at the point of the
hold-up and followed it a few blocks,
where it was lost, the supposition being
that the would-be assassin had at
that point gotten into a waiting automobile.
Subsequent examination of the
wounded man, showed that the bullet
had entered the center of the abdominal
surface, ranged across to the left 4
side, plowing through the flesh for
about five inches. It developed that
the bowels had not been penetrated,
and physicians gave the opinion that no
serious results were to be apprehended
except from blood poisoning.
A statement given out by Dr. James
Mcintosh, father of the wounded man, w
and published in the Spartanburg
Journal of yesterday, was as follows:
"Dr. Mcintosh left Knowlton hospital
about 15 minutes to 2 o'clock this morning.
As he was passing along Marion
street by the First Presbyterian church
a man stepped out from behind a large
tree and called, 'Hands up,' presenting
a pistol as he did so. Dr. Mcintosh
grappled the pistol and grappled with ^
the man. In the scuffle the pistol was
placed against Dr. Mcintosh's stomach
and flrea one time, Dr, Mcintosh staggered
and fell to the ground. Immediately
the assailant left, crossed the
sidewalk and Jumped the fence, saying,
n^iu ..A.. ?A
v.uiic wuii i uc uuiucicu mini juu iumorrow.'
Dr. Mcintosh got his own ^1
pistol out and fired twice as his assailant
got over the fence. An instant later
he fired the remaining three chambers
to attract attention. The attacking
party disappeared through the
Presbyterian graveyard.
"Dr. Mcintosh has never been in the
habit of carrying a pJitQl. but being
suspicious for the last three night* that A
he was shadowed he had taken his pis- ^
tol along with him. M
"The bullet struck in the right side ^
Just over the liver. The seriousness
cannot be determined until a thorough
examination has been made which is
now in process."
The shooting took on political slg- *
niflcance because of its more or less
plausible connection with the Ous
Ritchey case. In Abbeville, Governor
Blease stated that Drs. Mcintosh and
Knownton had examined Ritchey in the
penitentiary and had made a report to
the effect that the prisoner was suffering
from paralysis from which he
could not recover under confinement.
The Columbia Record printed an alleged
signed statement from Dr. Mcintosh
that he had made no such report, but
had said that Ritchey was faking paralvsis.
At Greenville. Banker Nor
wood a?ked Governor Blease, "What
about the Ritchey case?" Governor *
Blease replied that at Colombia he
would call Dr, Mcintosh on the stand
and answer that question.
SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN
Laurens Meeting Wednesday, Broke
Record as to Attendance.
Laurens, S. C. July 22.?The largest
audience which has yet attended the
senatorial campaign was at Laurens
today to hear the candidates speakThe
crtwd numbered approximately
4,500 people. The meeting was call*
ed to order by George A, Browning,
acting county chairman, in place of A
W. C. Irby, who is on the canvaas f or A
governor. The large majority 01 the V
audience was for Gov- Blease.
Governor Blease was the first
speaker. He was savage in his attack
on the newspapers, particularly
the Columbia Record, ?
The governor said a banker and
mill president at Wbitmlre tojd him.
"To go below," and claimed that at
Anderson a large stockholder in a
cotton mill came on the stand with
a pistol in his hand, and he referred
lo the Norwood incident at Green*
vilie,
'No Blease man," he stated, "has
attempted to assassinate Senator
Smith." ?
"It was reported that I would bt.
assassinated here today." claimed the
chief executive.
"It the assassin is here there U
nothing between me and the dirty
coward. Let him shoot-" ^
Governor Blease voiced his ballet V
in fatalism, saying that his death had
been predestinated for a certain way
and nothing could change the manner
of his passing,
Governor Blease claimed that there
is a rmnor in circulation that he par*
donen a negro rapist. Fred Elledge.
This negro died in tne penitentiary,
he said, on May 5th, 191
Predicting that he would be elected
to th* senate and making his usual
attaca against senator Smith, Gov ^
ernor Please concluded his speech
by eulogizing Thomas B. Crews and
John M. Cannon, both deceased.
L. D, Jennings, the second speaker,
u'qo irn/t n-11 U /iUaawo Ua ' *
up Jtvcjycu rvifcti v-UCCiO. JE1C CCLlUliy
discussed the record of the chief executive
and he was heard attentively
by the audience, !
After paying his respects to the
governor's pardon record, Mr- Jennings
asked, "Would you get rid of
the negro majl clerk by tying him at
the em' of a hemp rope?
"Y<-3, yes," cried several voices.
"Well. J am sorry for you." replied
Mr. Jennings, "and I am glad
the balance of South Carolina does
not believe that way."
W. p. Tollock, the third speaker,
was merciless in his arraignment of .
r'-e record of Governor Blease. Blease *
hecklers howled at him throughout
his speech, but he finished under difficulties.
Those houling most were said to
ne from Anderson, Spartanburg and
ither counties. ga
A tense moment in his speech was W
when Mr. Pollock held up the torn
red Union Republican ticket and announced
that the name of J. P. Gibson
was on it.
"It's a lie," cried a man in the aulience.
Several policemen surrounded
the man and Acting Chairman
drowning told the heckler he must
>e quiet.
".A man can't come to my face and
tay that I am a liar, unless he desires
o take the consequences," replied
dr. Pollock. "It's only a coward who
itands back and Insults a gentleman.' tr
Mr. Pollock then offered to wlthIraw
from the race if Mr. Gibson's
lame is not on the ticket.
Senator Smith, the last speaker was
leckled from a mill crowd, said to be
rom Anderson county, as he began;
ind he demanded a respectful and A
luiet hearing from the audience, ad- ~
Iressing his remarks to the chairnan.
The howlers then quit. Senator
Imith did not depart materially from
lis cotton speech.
Chairman Hrowning demonstrated
hat he is one of the best presiding
iiticers in the state. He had a turoumt,
record-breaking crowd to conrol,
and attention was given to all
peakers. except Mr. Pollock.
There was a nervous tension today
efore the meeting started, as there
/as an expectancy of trouble, but {his
lid not materialize. However. the
oldness ind savagery of Mr. Pollock's
ttack on the governor seemed tQ
nger the Blease men, but they dm
othing but howl. Governor Please
o hAHOiiot n*wl ???(* Vi
r*. rn ru a auu ocuo.iui outiui
pveral cotton stalks?Greenville
'iedmopt.
? Union, July 22: The congressional
undidates in this district are makipg
peeches in various sections of the disrict.
Congressman Johnson! who is Q
Peking re-election, and Col. !J\ C. Dunan
and Sam J. Nichols spo^e at
onesville, Bethlehem and Lockhart
esterday. On the day previous Conressman
Johnson and Col. Duncan
puke at West Springs. The meetings,
hile well attended, are devoid of the *
sual excitement attending pplitical
jeetings.
' . *
? The annual meeting of the South
arolina Farmers! Union was held at
nderson, this week.