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EVANS AND MOBLEY FIGHT. Candidates For Railroad Commission er Get Together on the Streets of Columbia. After having received an unsatisfac tory reply to certain demands made by himself upon Mr. W. Boyd Evans, Mr. John G. Mobley. of Fairfield. yes terdav attacked Mr. Fvans with a rawhide. The Lffair created a decided sensation1. i,,r it occurred almost in front .-f the :onrt house at a busy hour .,f the m,rning and before the nw.. me eii<l he parted a large crowd had collected. It wa- evident that no mere politi cal disagreement caused the affair. for Mr. Mobley. though a man of high spirit. has always been regarded as very amiable and kindly in his na ture. H-{e and Mr. Evans are candi dates for the office of railroad coni missioner. and were contestants for the same position two years ago. It was said yesterday that at a politcal meeting at Hampton an encounter of this kind was narrowly averted. Mr. Mobley. witnesses say. struck Mr. Evans at least four blows with his horsewhip which he had purchased for the purpose. Mr.'Mobley was un armed and offered this ,he says as the deepest insult which he could to one who, he believed. had invaded his p.rivate life in making a political cam paign. The two clinched after the first few passionate blows from the rawhide. and friends rushed up. Mr. Mobley tore himself away from those who were trying to calm him and there was another short encounter before Sheriff Coleman appeared and separated the belligerent parties. Each was put under L peace bond for $3oo and summoned to appear in the recorder's court this morning. Mr. Mobley stated yesterday that in the last campaign stories damaging to his character were circulated. Not withstanding the fact that he has court records and affidavits from hon orable men to show that the attack upon himself was unjust, the same stories have been put into circulation recently. When he came to Colum bia Wednesday from his farm in Fair field, he was told that Mr. Evans was responsible for the circulation of these damaging reports. He immed iately determined to demand an ex planation of Mr. Evans. and failing to get a satisfactory statement. he would apply the horsewhip. Yesterday morning Mr. Mobley, ac compained by his cousin, Mr. F. M. Mobley. waited on Law Range until Mr. Evans appeared. After introduc ing his cousin to Mr. Evans, Mr. Mob ley stated the object of his interview. Mr. Evans denied Mr. Mobley's accu sation, whereupon Mr. Mobley. it is said, drew his rawhide from the paper in which it was wrapped and struck at Mr. Evans' face. The latter, ward ing off the blow, received the stroke on his shoulder. In an instant several blows with the wvhip were struck. when Mr. Evans closed in upon his assasilant. Before serious hurt was received by either party 'friends interfered and pushed them 13 or 20 feet apart. Upon both demanding to be released and freeing themselves, they rushed to gether and several blows were passed before the sheriff arrived. The sheriff immediately telephoned for Magistrate Moorman and as soon as the papers could be executed Mr. Evans and Mr. Mobley were put un der peace bonds. Mr. Mobley stated that as far as he was concerned he was satisfied and that he would not offer any further personal violence to Mr. Evans. Later both were sum moned to appear before the recorder'r court this morning on the charge of "disorderly conduct." It is probable that a full account of the whole affair and circumstances leading up to yes terday's denouement may be brought out. Mr. Evans. when asked by a re porter if he desired to make a state ment of the affair. said he was reluc tant at this time to go into the whole matter and only cared for he present to make the following statement: "I have been summoned to appear before the recorder tomorrow morn ing. being charged with disorderly conduct, and I presume that Mr. Mob Icy is also to be :ried. At the trial I will testify. and do not think it prop er for me to make a statement prior to tilat time." Mr. Mobley was also asked for any statement that :he voluntarilj? cared to make public. His position as char. acterizer by himself is as follows: "Having been informed by a gentle was using unfair methods to damage my character I gave him an oppor tunitv to denv or confirm this, which he evaded in an insulting manner.; I then applied a horsewhip to him. "I was totally unarmed, not having even a pocket knfe on my person at the time of the encounter. As much as I regret having to do this I have no excuse to offer for having thus pro tected my honor. which I hold dearer than mv life." BRING ON THE ANTS. An Old Resident of Charleston Says They Will Live in This Climate. News and Courier. -1 have seen in the papers a go'od dea! albut the ant that i- said tio be an enemiy of the bll weevil, and much speculation as to awhetler )r n-t he can he brought to this section. and if s. whether he will become acclina ted and thrive." said an old resident of Charleston to the News and Cour ier a few days ago. "Well. I can an swer a portion of the inquiry. for I have seen the ants here-and they, appeared to be doing well. It was, fully three years ago that I saw the big brown ants. that .1 understand are the kind supposed to thrive and wax fat on the boll weevil. The ants are making their headquarters in the de cayed trunk of a large fig tree. out on King street extension. in a door yard. They seemed vigorous and hearty. and were simply swarming over the fig tree and searching for anything in the way of fresh meat that might be about. The colony i was there for a year. I expect. or at any rate for some time. and then it seems to have disappeared-moved to another section or left the coun trv. But while the ants were there! I had ample opportunity for observ ing them. and from this I feel sure that they would not take unkindly to our climate. Of course. I am not saying. that the importation of these insects for th'e purpose of fighting the boll weevil would be the best thing to do. I have not made the subject a study and it might turn out to be a! cure that was worse than the com plaint. But that something must be done I am certain. "No." said the citizen in reply to a question as to whether or not, he raised cotton. "I have farmed in the south for fifty years, but at present. in my seventy-seventh year. I am ac tively engaged in truck farming on Charleston Neck. But I take an i terest in all of the various kinds ofI farming and planting. and have watched with apprehension the pro gress made by the boll weevil and the course that he seems to be pursuing. It is distressing and causes me much anxiety. "And yet I do not know that even if the boll weevil reaches this section that it is of necessity a permanent trouble. Other pests have come, had their day and gone. The potato bug. for instance was a perfect blight upon the industry for a time and there were many who went out of the trucking business permanently on ac count of the ravages made by the little striped hardshells. But thev have practically gone out of sight. We heir little or nothing about them and if they do not visit us again with in a few years we will forget them en tirely perhaps. Then the., was the Lincoln bug. a bad fellowv taat ate all' kinds of vegetation and was so ugly and disagreeable looking that the~ birds wvould not totuch him. But he disappeared also, after having a few days of his own, and if not entirely out of sight he is nevertheless stuffi cientlv retired not to worry the far mers to any considerable extent. "Along in the- tomato patches and fields at one time we would have trotu ble with the tomateo worm, also an ugly, fat and particularly ravenous pest. I can remember when we had the colored boys passing through the rows every day armed with scissors. upon which they found Mr. Worm and the execution act was done with out trial-his presence on forbidden territory being sufficient for his con viction. Now we scarcely ever see one of the green felows. The Englsh sparrows have taken this pest in hand and saved us lots of trouble and expense. They appear to find the tomato worm better than we could and destroy them as fast as they ap pear. ''So yotu see. 1 am in hopes that: something will he brought here or Weev;l ai soon as he arrives. f am stire. lor instance. that the brown ant If irazil anI other places would like lin S-imb Carolina. and if he is t-,h par: icularly partial to 7Ich varmints as the b-)lI weevil then I liop. lie will be brought in and c, l, nized. It is a very serious matter andl shuitld be s considered by all the peoplh. for the matters that interest tih farmer:, must in the e-,d interest evervhIdv ese.", Congressmen's Stories of Shooting Irons. ".i~ting ir tlns. as tie boys ont mly y "a!! irearn. have heeii the cause oif many deaths." said Representative Gregg o Texaa. antid I never read f a death be this route that I am not * :nined if an inscripti-on which can be foud II a tombstone in one or thI cI-rchvards in the s:ate of A kan:sa,. Iz reads: 'Thi stone i- sacref! to the mem ry f Wi!!fiami Hardy. who caie to his death by fooling with a Colt's e,:ate. ie orf the oid kind. bras. M# tnted. and of such i; the kingdom ,f heaven.* Representative Johnson of South ( arolina. who was a listener. said: *Guess the inscription is all right. its powerful bad punctuation-abont as had as that which makes an in scription read awfully funny on a tombstone in a burial ground in my state. I have never seen it. but have been told that it reads: *Erected to the memory of John Dawson who was accidently shot as a mark of affection by his brother.' "I told one of my republican friends about this and he simply laughed and said that we people of South Carolina had peculiar ways of showing our af fection." What It Takes to Win. New York Times. The successful candidate must re ceive at least 239 electoral votes: In the old solid south. ncluding Dela ware and Maryland. there are 162 electoral votes. leaving 77 to be se cured in the north. New York with 39. Connecticut with 7. New Jersey with 12. would only give 5S-19 short of the requirement . The additicn of Indiana with 15 votes would leave the democratic candidate still 4 short of the number still necessary. for a choice. There need be no worry about these four votes, however, for the winning back of the democracy of New York. Connecticut. New Jersey and Indiana would be accomplished only by the rise of a refluent wave in politics of such power that it would inevitably sweep other states into line. There is Illinois. with 27 votes. as to which. if the democratic quarrels are settled. there will be cause for republican uneasiness: while in Wis consin. which has 13 votes, there is an open and violent faction fight, the two repuiblican senators having join ed in a formidable bolt against the regular candidate for governor. "Pa, what is lady?" "A lady, my son, is a female who does not have to insist that she is a lady."-Cleveland Leader. DOES THIS SUIT YOU? Mayes' Pharmacy, the enterprising druggists of Newberry are having such a large run on "Hindipo," the new Kidney Cure and Nerve Tonic, and hear it so highly praised that they now offer to guarantee it in every case to cure all f.orms of Kid ney Troubles and Nervous Disorders. They pay for it if it does not give you entire satisfaction. if you use it, it is their risk not yours. A 50 cent box sent by mail tnder positive guarantee. NOM I NATIONS 'OR RAILROAL COMMISSIONER TO MEET THE GRATIFICATION of the people it is announced that the jolly candidate for Railroad Commissioner will be in the race this year-Cansler of Tirzah-the lame farmer of York and the fox SENATOR t HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF as a candidate for the office of State Senator. Subject to the rules of the Democratic party. COLE. L. BLEASE. GEO. S. MOWER IS HEREBY AN nounced as a candidate for re-elec tion to the office of State Senator. Subject to the rules of the Demo REPRESENTATIVES. ilEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF' a candidate for the House of Rep re-sematives from Newherry county. Siubject to the rtles of the demo cratic primary. John XV. Earhardt I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF1 as a candidate for re-election as a member of the House of Represen tatives from Newberry County. Subject to the rules of the Demo cratic party. ELBERT H. AULL. [ AM A CANDIDATE FOR THE' i House of Representatives, subjcct o the rules of the democratic party.i FRED H. DOMINICK. T HLREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF as a candidate for the House of Re presentatives of South Carolina from Newberrv county. F. W. HIGGINS. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for the House of Rep resentatives from Newberry county and pledge myself to abide the rules of the Democratic party. Arthur Kibler. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for the House of Repre sentatives from Newberry county, subject to the democratic primary. W. H. SANDERS. COUNTY AUDITOR. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for the office of County Auditor, subject to the democratic primary. L. I. EPTING. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF as a candidate for re-election to the office of County Auditor, subject to the rules of the Democratic Primary. W. W. CROMER. SHERIFF. BEING CONSCIOUS OF THE fact that I have discharged the duties of the sheriff's office to the best of my ability, and believing that I have the endorsement of the majority of the people of Newberry county, to this end, Iwould again announce myself a candidate for re-election, subject to the decision of the democratic primary. M. M. BUFORD. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Newberry County. Subject to the Democratic Primary. W. A. HILL. COUNTY TREASURER. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for re-election as Coun ty Treasurer and pledge myself to abide the rules of the Democratic party. JNO. L. EPPS. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for County Treasurer, subject to the democratic primary. EUG. S. WERTS. SUPT. OF EDUCATION I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSEL1 a candidate for the office of Super intendent of Education of Newber ry county. Subject to the rules oi the democratic primary. THOS. E. WICKER. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for the office of County -Superintendent of Education, sub ject to the rules of the democratic. primary. G. HOWE LIGON. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for the office of County Superintendent of Education, sub ject to the rules of the democratic primary. J. S. WHEELER. CORONER. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE 1MYSELF a candidate for Coroner for New berry county and pledge myself to abide the result of the democratic party. JNO. N. BASS. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for re-election to the office of Coroner and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democrat ic Primary. F. MARION LINDSAY, CLERK OF COURT. IHEREBY ANNOUNCE MY se'f a candidate for re-election to the office of Clerk of Court. Sub ject to the Democratic Primary. SJOHN C"".t" G "GGANST. SUB-SUPERVISOR. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a cadidate for the office of Sub Supervisor for Newberry county and pledge myself to abide the rules of the democratic party. JOHN A. C. KIBLER. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for Sub-Supervisor for Newberry county and pledge myself to abide the rules and regulations of the democratic party. W. H. WENDT. COUNTY SUPERVISOR. W. P. COUNTS IS HEREBY AN nounced a candidate for County Supervisor, subject to the rules of the democratic primary. VOTERS. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for County Supervisor, Subject to therules of the Demo cratic Primary. J. Y. FLOYD. .\NDREW J. LIVINGSTON IS hereby nominated for the office of County Supervisor, subject to the democratic primary election. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for County Supervisor, subject to the rules of the demo cratic party. G. SAM MOORE. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for County Supervisor, subject to the rules of the. demo cratic primary. J. MONROE WICKER. MASTER. W. D. HARDY IS A CANDIDATE for Master and will be grateful to the people of the county for their support. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF as a candidate for the office of Master for Newberry County, and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic Primary. J. W. D. JOHNSON. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF as a candidate for re-election to the office of Master. Subject to rules of the Democratic party. H. H. RIKARD. MAGISTRATE. WE, THE CITIZENS OF. TOWN ships Nos. I, 2, and 8. hereby an nounce Chas. B. Tidwell, for the office of Magistrate, and he is pledged to abide the result of the democratic primary. CITIZENS. J. H. CHAPPELL IS HEREBY announced a candidate for re-elec tion as magistrate for Townships Nos. 1, 2, and 8, and is pledged to abide the result of the Democratic Primary. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF as a candidate for re-election to, the offce of Magistrate for No. 3 Township. Subject to the rules of the democratic primary. T. P. ADAMS. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for Magistrate for Township No. ro, subject to the rules of the democratic primary. P.B. ELLESOR. COLIN L. GRAHAM IS HEREBY annou- -d a candidate for Magis trate for Township ~No. It, subject to the democratic primary. JOHN W. ROPP IS HEREBY AN nlounced a candidate for magistrate for Township No. 7. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for re-election to the of fice of Magistrate for No. ii town ship and pledge myself to abide the rules of the Democratic Primary. W. F. SUBER. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for Magistrate for No. 9 township, subject to the rules of the democratic party. B. B. HAIR. THANKING THE PEOPLE OF No. 3 Township for their support in the past I hereby announce my sslf a candidate for Magistrate in No. 3 township pledged to abide the result of the primary, and the wishes of the people. Frank E. Maybin. NOTICE FOR FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that I will apply to the Probate Court for New berry county, S. C., on the first day of July, 19o4. at ro.oo A. M., for let ters dismissory and final discharge as Administrator of the personal es tate of Mary A. E. Sheck, deceased. A. H. E. Scheck.