The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, October 23, 1908, Image 1
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BRYAN WILL WIN
At Least That Is the Way H
Looks Now.
VICTORY IN THE AIR
All Signs Point to a Democratic Land*
slide on Tuesday, November 3,
When the People will Win Not
Only the Presidency, but the
House as Well.
All the forecasts of the election
Indicate a sweeping victory for the
Democracy by the election of Bryan
and Kern: The New York Herald
and The New York World have been
?conspicuous agencies of a serious at
tempt to arrive at some reliable
judgment of the conditions, and then
reports and conclusions are very in
teresting, and, to the Democrats
more than important. '
In last Sunday's issue these great
newspapers each presented the re
sults of a careful and extended can
vas of popular disposition toward
the candidates, made in conjunction
with other newspapers in various Gee
tions of the country, and they bota
reach the conclusion that the last
few days oil the campaign may de
termine the issue, while they agree
that there are strong. evidences ol
an undercurrent that may develop
Into a Democratic landslide.
The Herald, which is supporting
the Republicans, thinks that Taft i"
within 38 votes of his goal, while
Bryan needs 81 more electoral vote*
to assure him of victory. "Ther:
are political conditions in the West,'
says The Herald, "indicating a Dem
ocratic landslide. There are signs
in New York, .presaging political
?chaos." Obviously tuat means un
rest and uprising of the people cuj
dissatisfaction with the party in
power that must promise brilliantly
for the Democrats.
The World thinks the result de
pends upon the vote of New York
State, and in that State It figures
out a plurality of less than ten thous
and for Taft, while it estimates that
the Democrats will elect their State
ticket by 184,000 majority. A tre
mendous majority such as that for
the State ticket could not be re
corded withiut material effect upon
tbe national ticket, and if Chanlrv
Is elected Governor of New York bv
anythingc approaching the indicated
figures, Bryan will surely carry the
State and win.
COMMITS SUICIDE.
Stole Money From Father and Re
Morse Overtook Him.
A special to the Augusta Chronicle
from Atlanta says remorse over hav
ing taken $25 of his father's mon
ey to satisfy a longing for a bicycl?,
led John Arthur Hiburn, a 12-yea>
old'boy, ti commit suicide Tuesday.
The lad lived with his paretns at
286 Waldeo street. He left home
Sunday afternoon and went to tho
house of a neighbor, where he spent
the evening. He left at 9 p. m. He
was seen no more until when found
?early Tuesday suffering terrible agony
from the effects of his dose of car
bolic acid.
The discovery was made bv
John W. Henley, assistant United
States district attorney. As Mr.
"Henley was going tf wirk he heard
the cries of two boys, and on investi
gation found them carrying a third,
who was in the clutches of convul
sions.
Young Hilburn was carried into
the home of Alderman i-rank Pitt
man on Park street, in front of which
the acid had been drunk, but died
twenty minutes later without speak
ing.
.? half emptied bottle told the
story.
The parents were prostrated by
news of their child's death and can
not account for the same except on
the theory that such was brought
about by remo?e over having taken
$25 the elder Hilburn had left lying
around carelessly.
GAFFNEY ELECTRICIAN KILLED.
Young Man From Michigan Touches
Live Terminal and Dies.
A young electrician named N. K.
Streter, while painting a switchboard
in the engine room of the Gaffney
Manufacturing Company Tuesday
morning, touched .a live terminal
with his brush, with the result that
2,300 volts of electricity were sent
coursing through his system. He
only lived about five minutes after
the accident. The physicans say
that he probably had a weak heart.
The young man has only been in
Gaffney about two months and came
here from Michigan. He ha? rela
tives in Ashville and the remains
were turned over to Shuford & Lam
aster, undertakers, awaiting instruc
tions from his people as to their dis
position. The young man made
many friends in Gaffney and his
death was a shock to all who knew
bim.
Cotton Mills Resume Operations.
A dispatch from Eatonton, G%.,
says that the Floyd Cotton Mills of
that place resumed operation this
week, after being closed about five
montbs.
KIDNAP YOUNG WIFE
TWICE CARRIED OFF BY TWO
, STRANGERS.
Kept Prisoner in a Swamp, Enduring
Maltreatment and Finally Return
ing to Her Home.
After spending a night of terror,
hiding in a barn from friends, who
were searching the woods for her,
Mrs. Abbie Meeriongola, who was
twice kidnapped by two men and
kept a prisoner in tne woods, re
turned to her sister's home, In
Huntington, L. L, Monday . She was
so frightened and dazed by her ex
perience at the hands of the kidnao
|pers that she could ted no connected
story of her ill treatment.
Mrs. Meeriongola is 17 years old,
the daughter of a well-to-do farmer
and the wife of a contractor, to whom
she was married six months ago.
She was first dragged from her home
on October 10. A neighbor saw her
bring led to the woods between two
i.' med men.
Three days later, after her father
and husband had sought for her In
vain, she staggered into her father's
home and said that she pould re-/
member little that had happened
during her absence except that she
had been kept a prisoner in a swamp
by two men.
A few days later anotner attempt
to kidnap her from her father's house
was made, but was frustrated by the
appearance of her husband.
Again last,Saturday afternoon the
two kidnappers raided her father's
home, and, frightening her mother,
with a revolver shot, again draggeJ.
the young wife away. The help of
the police again was summoned*, anj
Sunday afternoon 'two officers
found her in the custody of two men
in the. woods near Huntington.
The girl was lying on a pile of
brush, while her captors were playing
a game of cards. r^The kidnappers
gave battle to the police, but were
overcome and arrested. ; Alarmed
and apparently half crazed the girl
fled into the swamps. The police
pursued her for a short distance, but
soon lost trace of her.
NEGROES BUNCOED.
-
An Old Flim-Flam Game Being
Worked Again.
The Columbia State says It has
been reported that there are a ouplo
of "smooth crooks" in town who
work their game on unsuspecting
negroes. The two artists are of the
colored race also and they go about
their work in a hackneyed maune*
which, like other time-honored gags,
lands a "sucker" occasionally.
The two walk in among a crowd of
negroes, and drop an' old, worn
pocketbook in the crowd. Then one
of them stoops and picks up the
pocketbook, which contains a $2?
bill. The negroes who are in the
immediate vicinity of the pocket
book have their attention then called
to the "find." The artists then pro
ceed to tel lthe two or three negroes
that they will "divvy" the money If
there is nothing said about the find
ing of the pocketbook. The unsus
pecting negroes agree to this, of
?course, and then comes, the division
of the spoils.
After some figuring the exact
amount due each is obtained. The
$200 bill, which, of course, is "fake"
money, is handed over io one of the
victims. He has to give back $15
change and this is where the crook.?
finish their work. They pretend
that they are going to a store to
get the rest of the money changed
The victims never see the men again.
It is said that several negroes who '
have come to town and sold cotton
have lost much money In this way.
FOUND HIM GUILTY
I Of Attempting to. Burn His Store
at Bennettsville.
A dispatch from Bennettsville to
The State says Zephry P. Wright
chagred with burning his store, was
sentenced by Judge Gray Monday to
serve a period' of ten years at hard
labor in the State penitentiary.
The grand jury returned a true
hill. The solicitor empaneled a trial
jury, put iu the evidence for the
State and tnen announced that th.?
St-Ue would be satisfied with a ver
dict of guilty with recommendation
for mercy. Attorneys announced
that such a verdict was acceptable.
The foreman was Instructed to
! write such a verdict. When the de
fendant was arraigned for sentence
his counsel read the proceedings had
before the probate court and made
an an eloquent and touching appeal
for mercy on the ground of the men
tal unsoundness of the defendant
basing his plea upon personal knowl
edge of the defendant's mental con
dition and the proceedings in the
probate court, whereupon the presid
ing judge imposed the minimum sen- i
tence of ten years.
The entire community sympathizes i
deeply with the defendant's family,
but the general opinion is that his
counsel acted wisely. <
Deadly Work of Snowstorm. i
Six accidental deaths are traceable !
to a snowstorm that prevailed i:i i
Colorado Saturday night and Sunday. '
Besides, seven persons sustained se- I
rious injuries in railroad collis- I
sions and in coming In contact with 1
live wires. I
ORANGBBTJ
HOME ONCE MORE
Senator and Mrs. Tillman Landed
at New York Saturday.
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ARCHBOLD LETTERS
\
Read by Hearst Are Important Fac
tors of the Campaign?He is "Glad
That the Light Has: Been Turned
on the Commercial Democracy
Gang" in This f^tate.
Senator and Mrs. Tillman landet
in New York on Tuesday after an
absence of five months in Europe,
fie is greatly improved in health an 1
enjoyed his trip,abroad very much.
He did not tarry long In New York,
but left for his home soon after ?e
landed. He crossed the ocean in the
fine steamship Kroonsland. He was
besieged by news gatherers as soou
as he landed in New York.
"The Archbald letters that Mr.
Hearst has read are the big thing
of this campaign and the one sub
ject of interest on the other side,"
"I see that he got McLaurin. I
am not surprised. We were on to
McLaurin in the Democratic wing
of the senate, and read bim out of
the caucus eight years ago.' He be
longs with the corporation?controll
ed senators and we told him so."
"I cannot but feel a little pity for
Senator Foraker," continued Mr.
Tinman. "'He is an old man .and Is
no worse than a good many of the
rest of them?In Ohio, too, I might
add. He, of course, deserves what
punishment this expose will bring,
but I hope Mr. Hearst will get the
rest of them.
"No, I will take no active part in
the campaign. It is too nearly ov*.r
for me to bestir myself. The last
session in Washington was the most
trying I have ever known and I was
almost prostrated at the end of it.
I do not^want to waste any of my
regained strength.
Senator Tillman paused to engage
in repartee with a Philadelrhian
on the tariff question, and then said
that he would hurry to Washington
for a few days. From there he will
go to his home and rest until his
duties call him to the capital agabi.
Tillman in Washington.
The Washington correspondent of
The Nevs and Courier says. Senator
and Mrs. Tillman arrived in Wash
ington Tuesday night en route home.
When seen at his hotel Wednesday
morning, Senator Tillman was sur
rounded by half a dozen or more
newspaper men and other friends,
who had called to welcome him
home, and to get his views on th;
Presidential campaign and other
matters.
Senator ?Tillman is naturally very
deeply interested in the outcome e-f
the Presidential election, and al
though he has been absent, and not
In close touch with the management
of the campaign, yet his general
knowledge of the situation leads
him to believe that Bryan will be
the next President of the United
States. He does not intend to enter
the campaign, but will rest from his
travels, and be ready for the ap
proaching session of Congress in De
cember.
To The News and Courier corre
spondent the Senator 8aid that hi
had read the Archbold and McLaurin
disclosures, and that the light had
been turned at last on to the acts
and doings of the "commercial De
mocracy gang." With unusual vigor
the Senator said: "What I would
like to know- now is this,* 'what
newspaper in the State received any
portion of that five thousand dol
lars from the Standard Oil, and why
is it, the different detective editors
within the State have not taken the
trouble to ascertain what newspaper
supported the 'comercial Democracy
gang' and publish the list so that
the people could know who the ben
eficiaries were."
Continuing, he said: "Certain
newspapers have been very vigilent
in 'raking up past records. Now let
them come forward and give the
people the names of the bobtail
papers in the State that were knock
ing at the doors of the Standard
Oil treasury for 'lubrication.' Hal
it not been for the unexpected death
of President McKinley it would b3
difficult to say just how much harm,
would have been done to the Demo;
racy of the State by the sleuth-like
editors pf South Carolina so long
as they were receiving 'substantial
support." "
SEVERAL KILLED
In an Attempt to Make Arrest? in
Indian Camp. '
A telephone message from Ovando,
Montana, says that Deputy Warden
C. B. Peyton and four Flat head In
dians are dead as a result of a light
between Deputy Peyton and his as
sistant. Herman Rudolph, and a
band of Flathead Indians near Hoi
lands prairie on Swan river Tues
day afternoon. Peyton and Rudolph
were attempting to arrest the In
diaus for hunting without a license
and killing deer In excess of -the
Dumber permitted by law. Peyton
went to the camp of the Indians and
[old them they must accompany bim
Lo Missoula. Without varning they
fired on the deputy with rifles. The
Eire was returned by the deputies.
EG, S. C. FBIDAY. OCT?
RUINED BY COCAINE
SAD PATE OP A MAN AND HIS
Wife.
Blighting Effects of the Drag.Vivid
ly Illustrated in the Case of Two
Young People.
The blighting powers of cocaine,
says The News and Courier, were
vlvialy demonstrated when Louis
Malone and his wife, Rosa, a young
white couple, were arrested and
I hailed before Magistrate O'Shaugh
nessy's Court on a warrant perferr
[ ed against them by Mr. Elias S. Win
gate, charging them with malicious
mischief in cutting up and otherwise,
demolishing an old schooner belong
ing to him, lying at Potter's wharf,
in which he aiiowed them to live
through compassion excited by their
destitute and desperate condition.
Both persons appeared before the
magistrate in an almost starving
condition, clothing in rags, neither
of them weighing, over 75 pounds,
and frankly attributed their condit
ion to the use of the devastating
drug. Their wretched and skeleton
like appearance excited so much pUy
in the breast of the prosecutor dur
ing the course of the trial that hi
suddenly resolved to dismiss the
charges against the two and prayed
the Court to turn the prisoners loose
Malone has since been arrested by
the police oh a charge of vagrancy
and sentenced to a fine of {5 -or to:
ten days In the County Jail.
Before becoming addicted to the
use of cocaine Malone, who was born
in this city, is said to have been a
first-class carpenter, but the evil in
fluence of the drug soon sapped nls
vital powers, and this is the more
pitiful because of the fact that he
married, and through his influence
his young wife also became addicted
to its use. About a year ago the;
couple came here to live, but we'it
from bad to worse, and It eventuallv
came about that the two had no place
to call home. *
After wandering about for several
months they at length picked out the
old dismantled schooner "Maggie."
moored at Potter's wharf, as a place
of residence. The owner, Mr. Elias
S. Wingate, hearing the deplorable
story, was loath to eject them from
the sorry shelter as long as they
behaved themselves, but the two
soon made themselves objectionable
by tearing and cutting off the wood
work of the vessel to use as fuel
with which to keep warm on cold
nights. Mr. Wingate personally tried
to induce them to leave, but had to
resort to the law, as the Malone0
positively refused to leave peaceably
Constable William R. Way states
that the condition of the two cocair.3
fiends in their "home" was almost
unbelieveably bad. They slept In a
place barely eighteen Inches high in
the hold, because the other parts of
the vessel were too uncomfortably
cold for them in their drugged con
dition. The officer had hard work to
find out this sleeping room, but was
finally attracted by the groans and
moans of the woman, wh ohad just
previously taken a stiff dose of the
poison and" was under Its influence
The deck of the schooner was de
scribed as being literally covered
by the little white pill boxes which
had once contained the cocaine.
Offers of help were made. to the
Malones by Magistrate O'Shaughnes
sy and several other people present
"at the trial, with a view of relieving
their destitute condition, but these
Jclnd offers were bruskiy brushed
aside by the man, who stated that
they were too far gone already in
their Indulgence of cocaine to care
for assistance. When Louis was ar
rested by the police on a charge o"
vagrancy Friday afternoon he gave,
the officers a terrible fight for the
possession of the cocaine syringe and
the drug.
Salvation Army officers found out
the condition of the couple, and
were especially excited to pity
through Rosa's ragged and wretched
appoarance. The woman was taken
to the Salvation Army home and
there cared fbr before It was decided
to send her to her home In Birm
ingham, Ala., but Rosa stayed there
only a few short weeks and then
again followed the fortunes of her
husband. In an uncommonly short
space of time she was again in the
same deplorable condition in which
she was found by the Salvation Array
officers. The skin of both unfortu
nates has turned a deep yellow
through the excessive use of the
drug.
STARTED TO BURY LIVE WOMAN.
Physician Finds that Supposed
Corpse nus Not Dead.
At Ellis. Kan., the timely inter
vention of a physican who was not
satisfied with the appearance of'tlu
body Tuesday prevented the burial
alive of Mrs. Thomas Chapman,
sixty years old, who was supposed
to have died suddenly of heart dis
east on Saturday. The body was
prepared for burial, but was not
embalmed. The funeral was to have
taken place at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon. A few minutes before
the coffin was sealed, a physlclao
requested permission to see the body.
An examination confirmed his sus
picions tb:it the woman's body was
made rigid by suspended animation.
The wompn was removed from the
coffin, placed In bed and revived.
While her heart is weak it Is believ
ed Mrs. Chapman will recover.
3BEB 23, 1908..
A FOUL TRAGEDY
.1 .
Band of Mask Mien Lynch Two
Prominent Men. i .
CAUSE OF THE CRIME
Was a Law Passed by. the Legisla
ture in Reference to Pishing in a
Certain Lake Near Where the Two
Men Were Killed by the Ruf
fians.
Col. R. Z. TayloiY aged 60 years,
and Captain Quinten Rankin, both
prominent attorneys of Trenton.
Tenn., were taken from Ward's Hotel
at Walnut Log, Tenn., Monday night
by masked night riders and murder
ed: Captain Rankin's body was
found Tuesday morning riddled wPh
bullets and hanging from a tree one
mile from the hotel.
Efforts to locate the body of Col
onel Taylor have been futile thus
far, but it is believed I hat he wan also
killed. The trouble which result
ed in the death of Captain Rankin
and the probalbe murder of Colonel
Taylor was caused by the passage
of an Act by the Legislature regulat
ing fishing in Reel Foot Lake, a short
distance from Walnut Log.
A night rider disturbance over
the same matter occurred over a
year ago. Ever since then Colonel
Taylor and Captain Rankin have
been in constant receipt of threaten
ing letters, to which they paid little
heed. Mr. Ward, the manager of
the Ward House, at Walnut Log,
telephoned Sid Wadell, a stockhold
er In the West Tennessee Land Com
pany, stating that about 25 masked
night riders came to his hotel at
midnight last night.
According to this report the night
riders lined up outside the hotel,
pulled out their revolvers and called
Colonel Taylor and Captain Rankin.
T,he two men did not suspect troub
le and came down immediately. As
the attorneys passed into the front
yard of the hotel the night \riders
covered them with revolvers. Before
Captain Rankin and Colonel Taylor
had an opportunity to retire they
were surrounded ,and seized.
They were put on horses behind
night riders and carefully guarded.
The night riders then quietly took
up their march from the hotel, turn
ing down the road toward Reel Foot
Lake. Proceeding to the edge of
I Reel Foot Lake the night riders pull
ed out a rope and placed the noose
about Captain Rankin's neck.
Captain Rankin was strung up
from a limb on the bank of the lake
for the fishing ^privileges of which
he had contended with the night rid
ers. The masked men then stepped
back and opened fire "on the swing
ing body, riddling it with hullets.
Leaving the corpse of Captain Ran
kin hanging on the bank of Reel
Lake, the night riders took Colonel
Taylor to another spot. Search nea<"
Captain Rankin's body has failed
to reveal a trace of the murderers.
The trouble between inhabitants
on the banks of Reel Foot uake and
Colonel Taylor and Captain Rankin
organized several years ago, when
the two latter men organized the
West Tennessee Land Company,
bought Reel Foot Lake from non
resident property owners and made
regulations of their own concerning
fishing privileges.
Colonel Taylor also secured the
passage in the Legislature of an Act
making it a misdemeanor to fish in
the lake without paying a heavy fee.
Fearing trouble Captain Rankin and
Colonel Tr?; lor had remained away
from the vi unity of the lake for
some time. Recently, however, they
heard that the feeling against them
had somewhat subsidised. The at
torneys went to Walnut Log Monday
to see about some legal papers.
A man named Powell is said tD
have been forced to accompany the
members. Powell had been stopping
at the hotel, and when the riders
called every one out and vompellei
them to line up, Powell. Colonel
Taylor, Captain Rankin and the sur
veyor, whose name is unknown, are
said to have been taken away.
Powell states, it is said, thai after
killing Rank,in a vote was taken
regarding the dlspuosition to made
of Taylor. During the dispute Tay
lor made a dash and jumped into the
bayou, starting to swim across it.
A numlier of shots were fired at him.
and in the confusion Powell slipped
away and brought back the story of
the escape or attempted escape of
Taylor.
R. Z. Taylor was the father of the
Vanderbilt foot ball star. Hlllsman
Taylor, who was married to Miss
Katherine T;.ylor, the daughter of
Senator Robert L. Taylor, last fall.
Captain Rankin was a prominent
lawyer of Trenton . He was captain j
of a military company in the Spanish
American war and served in the
Culian campaign.
Governor Patterson offered a re
ward of $10,000 for the arrest af
the person or persons guilty of th-3
murder of Judge Taylor and Captain
Rankin at Reel Foot Lake. Gov
ernor Patterson was at Covlnpton
when news of the murder was re
ceived and immediately cancelled his
engagements to speak there Tues
PLAN TO BUY VOTES
REPUBLICANS WILL ATTEMPT
TO BUY ELECTION
Says Bryan, Whet Is Accorded En
thusiastic Demonstration Through
out His Trip in Illinois.
% A dispatch from Chicago says
William J. Bryan arrived in that
city Monday night at eight o'clock
in a blaze of glory after an all-day
trip through Illinois. A dense
throng assembled at tne union depot
to greet him as his special pulled
in an hour and 16 minutes late, and
in the crowd to do him honor were
a large delegation from the * Cook
county Democracy, members of the
national committee and all the local
Democratic candidates, including the
candidates for congress, who escort
ed him in 50 automobiles to Pilson
park, where he addressed a great
throng.
As he emerged from the station
a great quantity 6r red fire and Ro
man candles were set off, the crowd
all the while wildly cheering. As
the long procession of motor cars
passed down the street their occu
pants continued the pyrotechnic dis
play. From Pilson "Park the Dem
ocratic candidate was escorted to
Arcade hall, where another big crowd
was on hand and accorded him a t
ovation. Many in the Pilson park
audience were laboring people.
"If I am elected president," said
Mr. Bryan, "and the more I travel
and mingle with the people the more
I am convinced that I will be elect
ed?if I am elected I Intend to have
a secretary of labor as a member of
the cabinet. The affairs of the work
ing men of this country are too great
not to have a representative on the
president's advisory board. From
this secretary I should seek advica
on legislation of interest to the work
ing man."
Taking up the subject of publicltyl
of campaign funds, Mr. Bryan said:
"I asked ? /large audience whether
they were in favor^of the Republican
method of publishing contributions
after the campaign or the Democrat
ic way of puo. .ig tnem before. I
asked all in favor of the Republican
way to hold up-.their hands. Not one
hand was displayed."
The teat?re of Mr. Bryan's journev
through his native State of Illinois
today was the accusation, repeatedly
made, that the Republican party was
now preparing to purchase the elec
tion. The statement, first made at
Alton, caused a distinct sensation.
The Democrats, he said, were asking
only for $100,uuO w?fcfl which xo
finish the work of the campaign,
while the Republicans were asking
for $1,000,000. What, do thftjf
need the money for now?" he in
quired. And answering his question,
he declared that it was for use on
election day, "as they have used it
year after year."
The trip to Chicago from Lincoln
wa i made via St. Louis and the uem
ocratic candidate for president all
along the line of travel through this
State was accorded enthusiastic
demonstration by large, cheering
crowds. He delivered 16 speeches
in all. some of them of conslderab'e
length. Stops were made at East
St.. Louis, Granite City, Alton, Carlin
ville, Vergen, Springhorn, Lincoln.
Bloomington,' Pontiac. Joliet, Leont
and several other places not on the
schedule. At Bloomington he met
his former running mate, Adlal E.
Stevenson, the present Democratic
candidate for governor, and both
spoke to an Immense audience.
yjiie of the surprising features o.
the trip was the monster demonstra
tion accorded him at Joliet. But 10
days ago he spoke in the same plape
He talked mainly on the labor ques
tion. Vociferous applause greeted
him when he said: "My friends, 1
think too much of the next genera
tion to stop my efforts to rid this
country of the evil of private monop
oly.
"I am willing to go down ou my
knees, every morning and say to my
Father in heaven, 'Give us this day
cur daily bread,' but God forbid that
I should make my countrymen go
down on their knees at morning and
say to a trust magnate, 'Give us this
day our daily bread,' and have hiri
answer. 'I will if you will vote the
ticket I want you to.' You can not
[ afford to fasten that sort of sys
tem on this country or any other
country." I
CHESTER NEGRO A SUICIDE.
Aged Plantation Dnrkey Cuts His
Throat With Razor.
James H. Heatherington, an aged
negro, living on Mr. J. B. Atkinson'
place, near Armenia, Chester county,
Monday committed suicide, a thing
few negroes do. Heatherington was
an industrious and respected negro,
ana w < getting along as well as
usual this year, but somehow became
worried about the outlook, with the
result that his mind became affected.
A few days ago he told tns daughter
good-bye, and since then In conse
quence, his actions had been watched
so as to prevent him from taking
any rash step. Monday morning,
however, he got. hold of a razor, ana
stealing off into a nearby thicket,
cut his throat. Coroner Leckle held
an inquest Monday afternoon, with
Mr. Harrison Grant as foreman of tie
jury, the verdict being that the de
ceased came to his death from ??!f
lnfllcted wounds.
$1.50 PBB ANNUM.
WILL WIN OHIO
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Results of the Cincinnati En
quirer's Poll indicate "
A BRYAN LANDSLIDE
The Canvas Was Accurately Made*
and the Figures Show Big Demo?
cratic Gains, and Are Such as U*
-Put the Election of Bryan Beyond
Any Doubt. . >
With the view of getting a line on
the drift of political sentiment iu
these last weeks before election, the?
Cincinnati Enquirer has been taking;
a secret ballot. The canvas is ac
curate, the results being ascertained
and verified by mathematical experts.
The figures show big Democratic,
gains and are such as to put the
election of Bryan beyond any doubt.
Most interest'ng are figures from
Taft's own State, Ohio, and his own
city, Cincinnati. They show a stata
of affairs which admits of .only ona
interpretation?that Bryan will carry
Ohio by many thousand plurality.
For example, the Enquirer made ;* i
canvass of the. Lunkenheimer Brass,
works in Cincinnati, one of the larg
est concerns of its kind in the coun
try. ( '
Out of those in the establishment
who voted the Republican ticket in
1904, forty-nine will vote for Bryan.
in 1908. Only sixteen who voted
Democratic in 1904 will vote for Taft
this year, while eight Republicans:
will vote for Debs,,one Republican,
for Prohibition, one Republican will
vote Socialist and three Socialists
will vote Democratic.
The canvass made in tho First,Nat
ional Bank building showed thirty
nine Republicans who will shift to
Bryan as against nine voters who
will shift to Taft. In the Fourth
National Bank building eleven Re
publicans voted for Bryan, while on'/
two who voted Democratic in 1901
will shift to Taft this year. ' In the
Mercantile Library skyscraper is
shown this extraordinary change:
Republican to Democratic, 51;'Dem
ocratic to Republican, i. In th*
Union Trust building, among bankers,
lawyers, doctors and insurance men,
forty-three shift to Bryan as against'
twenty-two to Taft.
In the canvass of the plant of Hel-^.
mers, Bettmann & Co., one of thtt
largest shoe "factories of Cincinnati
seventeen Republicans went over to
Bryan, and not a single Democrat will
vote for Taft, this being especially
significant as showing the Bryan,
trend of the labor vote.
The decisiveness of^ Democratic
gains is brought out with startling
clearness by analysis of these figures.
Among the professional and mecan
tlle classes, as represented In tho>
big office buildings, there is a Re
publican shift of 17 per cent, while
the Democratic shift to Taft Is only
8 per cent. Among the laboring peo
ple, as shown Ly the canvass of the
Helmers-Bettmann concern, there is
a Republican shift tr Bryan of 33 1-:?
per cent and no shift to Taft at all.
It Is fair to assume that workers
and salaried people represent it
least two-thirds of the entire vote of
the country.
Now, the total Republican vote of
Ohio in 1904 was 600.059. The total
Democratic vote was 344,674. Ap
plying the canvass in Cincinnati to
general conditions throughout tb<3
State of Ohio, we have:
Total Republican shift to
Bryan.166,33$
Deduct Democratic shift of 8
per ecnt of professional
and mercantile vote .... 9,209
Net Republican shift to
Bryan.157.13J
Add total Ohio Democratic
vote in 1904 .'.344,67 E
Estimated Democratic, vote
in Ohio for 190.8 .501,80?
Estimate Republican vote in
Ohio for 1908. after de
ducting net loss of 157,
133 .442,92-;
Estimate Democratic plural
ity in Ohio for 190S. 58.881
Similar or larger Democratic gain.-;
are shown all through the Middle
West. Every indication is that they
will be repeated in New York. This
extraordinary testimony to Bryan's
strength is the unwilling evidence of
a hostile witness. John R. McLeau.
proprietor of the Cincinnati Enquir
er, who is making the canvass, has
always been bitterly antagonistic toi
Mr. Ilryan. His papers, the En
quirer and the Washington Post, are
both fighting him. But he is com
pelled, by the stern logic of facts, t.i
make these remarkable concessions.
And they agree with the admissions
of Republican National Chairman!
Hitchcock, who is forced to adml*:
immense Democratic gains ali
through the West.
Dies in Circus.
Waddy Bramlett, a rural carrier
on one of the R. F. D. roi.tes out of
Greenville, dropped lead in the tehc
of Ringland Brothers circus Tuesda/
He was entering the tent
to witness the performance, . and
it is supposd that he became over
heated while waiting for the gate*
to open. He fell just as he entered!
the tent and died before medical aid.
could reach bim.