The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, August 17, 1906, Image 1
VOL XLIII. NO. 67. NEWBERRY. S. 0. FRIDAY. AUGUST 17. 1904. TWIOE A WEEK. Si.50 A YEAR
FRESH POSSE PURSUES
FIEND IN GREENW001
CHING WILL FOLLOW CAP
TUBE OF RAPIST.
Negro, Failing in His Diabolical Pur
pose, Out Young Lady's Throat
and Fled.
At a ite hour yesterday afternoon
the negro, Bob 1)avis, who on Tuesdai
attenipted a criminal assault upoi
Miss Jennie Brooks, ot the Mt. Morial
sectioni of Greenwood county, atm
Vlo, after failing inl his diabolica
purpose, cut. the young lady's throat
had not. been caught, but the scarel
for him was being continued, and i
was stated that it was thought h
would soon le in the hands of hi
pursuers and that no earthly powe
could prevent a lynching. The crim
has stirre.d Greenwood county mor
than anything else since the Pheoni:
riot. Armed men have been in contin
nous pursuit of the negro since h
criie was comillit-ted, and the coiuit.
is beilgl scoure(l fromli one end to thl
other.
At. 4' o'lock yesterday afternoot
The Herald and News received th<
following telegram fron Greenwoo(l
"Bob thavis has not been caught' a
yet, but a new posse has been formed
-and they are.still in pursuit. of the ne
gro. The last report. is that Davi:
has been seen about five miles belov
here, towards Ninety Six. Crowd
are leaving the city to the scene ol
his suipposed hiding place.
"Joel Bailey."
The young lady, it was thought yes
terday afternon, will recover.
Sheriff McCaslan is with the crow(
in pursuit of the negro, but then
seems to le no hope of preventing I
lynching. The men ol Oreenwooi
county are determined, and the larg4
crowds searching for the negro il
every part of Greenwood county ar<
swearing vengealice.
An Account of the Crime.
One of the most (diabolical ateipl)t
at criminal assault possible was n'ih
Tiesday upon the persini of Miss Jen
nie Brooks, the 20-year-old daughtei
of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Brooks of tl
MAlt. Moriah section of (Greenwoo
Vcounty, by a nlegro named Bob. Davis
The fiend did not accomplish his pur
pose but he came near murdering Mis.
Brooks.
The crime is a horrible one. Mr
Brooks is a farner who lives betweet
Greenwood and Mt. Morial clhureb
about four and a half miles fron
town. Ie is a very siecessful farme1
and has accumulated property. hi
connection With his fairm he rmis I
store. . The store building is abi
50 yards or less from his house. 'Thl4
public road runs between the two. 1
is ia very piuilic place an( is seeni
incre(dile that the fiend woutld havi
been s hold( as to attempt such <
crime ini sneh a public place and ii
broad, open daiyligh t. It i.s thle enis
toni of the family to keep the stor<
lockedl anid to opueni when culstomen'
.coime. '*'nesday Mr. and( NIMrs. Brook
had gone .1o at tendl a priotracted1 meet
ing at Rehobot h. They left thei:1
two eldlest daughters, Misses Jenni<
andl Nalo, and their grandmother, Mrs
ilerlong, at home. The grandmothei
uises a rolling chair, being a confirmei
invalid. Miss Jeninie wasii called t<
the store by some negro custonmers ani
while they wecre there the negro Bol
Davis came ini. She says she did noi
like the inegro's looks. HIe waited un
til the others had goiie out of th<
store, then he asked to see some shioes
HIe selected a pair and then boughi
a pair of p)ants, then lhe told her~ hi
wanted some bacon. She told him sh<
was out of' bacon.' IHe pointed to somi
*that suited him ini the box and she
canme from behind the counter to got
it. As she did so ho grabbed uip the
moat knife and came towards hei
Vsaying: ''You are what I want.''
A Brave Girl.
Miss BrookS, who was perfetAy
cool wvhon relating her' awful experi
ne,says she saw an iron har before
-amid attemphted to get it to do
h etrs f. The negro made in
~~us onslaught wvith the knife
hrew up hier hands involumn
lhenri ace. The bl ow of thea
. stsevered t wo of lier fin
Cor.
gers. As soon as she dropped her
hands, he again struck at her with
the knife, this time making a ghastly
wound in the throat. This wouind is
about four inches long and missed
the carotid arteries by the mere frac
tion of an inch. With her blood spurt
ing from the wound in her throat and
disabled in ler right arm by the other
wound, Miss Brooks successfully
fought off her assaulant, finally in
some way seeuiring the knife, though
she says she does not know how she
o -ot it.
Became Frightened.
I ''le thill. that Saved lici was a paiss
I erby. Mr. .1john TPolbert, coming to
I town in his buiggy, passed the store.
The passing frightened tlie negro. lie
I fled and](] Miss Brooks came to the door
i and had strength eiiough left to call
3 to Mr. Tolbert. le had heard, he
. said, a peculiar noise ill tle store, but
r led her to the gate, where he was met
a by her sister, who said she woul
take her inl and for him to go for help
c to cateh the negro. le did so. In a
- short time-Ienl were leavin.", town in
d droves. I)r. 0. P'. Neel welit to the
W01ouded girl at, once inl an automo
bile, MIr. Tolbert having caught him
by 'phonle I'roil the tIearest 'plhole to
i lie Brooks home. I)r. Neel thinks shie
will recover.
I )eteriniled hani scoured the coun
try. The ne-ro was traced to tih lilard
Lahor Creek swamp. Oi tihie way lie
. made an old negro, Watt Ilackett, give
him a hlt, having (11opped his own inl
thel Brooks store. He had tlie shoes
umider his arm, Hackett said.
His Brother's Example.
An inexplicable tlhing inl connection
with , the erime is that this negro's
brother, Jake Davis, was lynched in
Greenwood eounity about 12 years ago
lfor criminial assault upon i an old lady,
Mrs, Muinday. Bob Davis had his
brother's fate before-him, yet lie at
t(Ilpted worse; Woul have murdered
his vietim bef'ore the deed.
Assaults Negro Woman.
It was learned that thite ie-ro af'ter
Ite -ssault on Ms Brooks valle ittp
as Iear to (own I as tihle Bell place,
tiie iiiiles firoii tihis vity, a tiier
mal'de an assault onl a nlegrO W01man1
.whose namne could not be learnled. in
tis attempI)t lIt was sucet-ssrul. ic
dtescriptioll of tihe negro fit s exactly
I Bob )avis and there is no doubt that
.Owh saie vield committed both crimes.
Will Recover.
IMiss Brooks says that she was
fighting so lesperately for her life
and her lionoir that she was unable
I to give the alarm by screaming. Hei
resete was purely accidental. Mr.
1 Tolbert, passing i In his bIggy, did not
lknow that aiiyt hing unusual was going
oii in the store, hcaring. oily a slight
I noise, blit the store is so nleari' tle read
that (the net.ro bweamle frighltenecd
\%wicn he heard the buggy and gave up
the unequal fight lie had beeni waging
with the brave girl. Mr. Tolbert is
the head of the famous Tolbert family
Sand it was lie wh'lo was the center of
fidht near Phoenix in 1898, whlen af
- ter the killing of Etheridge at the poll
3 in-r' prbcinlet oni electioni daiy by nie
roes, political followers of thle Tol
berts. t here ensued so bloody a riot
- andl lynching. Mr. Tolbert, who wa
a brave ('on federate s.ldlieir, w"ith lis
3 little granchild in the( buggy with him,
-faed the mob fearlessly until his
horse, -wounded, ran away wvith him
frocm the crowd in the opposite di
rei-ct ion.-*
The scenei) of -the (ontriage is he
tween (Greenwoodi and Phoenix, a lit
tle off the i'oad running bectween these
two places. It is about five miles
from Or'eenwvood t.owii, to the southi.
The Bell place, where tihe nege later
assaultedi the negro woman, is ab)out
two miles from the Bi'ooks home. All
of that portion of the country is being
seachled almost foot by foot, and it
wlbemarv~elous if the negro is niot
cap)ture'd. At one time it wvas thought
that he was surrounded ini a swamp
but if he was he made his escape.
Love of Idleness.
Londtoin Chronicle.
The ' 'hard-wvorking wife oif a p)oor
country irectoi- whose income has been
decreasing every yeair for' the past
twenty years,'' forwards us the fol
lowing accounit of hier ('exeien(e of
th country 'ramp. Shie ites:ri
whp -,has been with us .for seven
yeais; we cannot aford to keep a
man, although we have a large gardel,
anitd are obliged to keep at pony, as
We artle eight. miles froiml town.
"Iast week we had our field of hay
lit, and ats there was no available
man to come and help make an( carry
the hay, I wenlt dowin the road to see
if I coulild get a trpltll) oP anlt 'unIllem
ployed ' to come. I saw six or eight
of. thlei betweel here and tile village,
whiech is a1 (IuarIter of a1 mlilo away.
Some were lying down on the road
-;idel, and(1 otlhers (111 able-bodied mlien)
wer-e valking along.
"I asked themi if they wanted work,
andlt thley replied that they did. ]
said,'Will you come and help us make
the ay? You shall have good food and
plenty (o drink, an( a good place to
Mrs. Longworth's Campaign.
Whata's the use of being a pre-i
dent's dailiter if ()lne doesn't gel
I te full glory of it I Apparently this
is the oliioIl ol Mrs. Niellolas 1,ong,
wor-thl, who mnay Aivashingtoln so.
eiety a jolt by stiie of1 It he jlans whiel
she is said to entertain. She stil
prlipsv., to take precedent as Ihe
-laughter tif Ilhe president and not
accept the psition givein as merely
the wif'e of a memiebr of con-gress. Sli
was p1obably inspired by the examphl
of Illady Iusan Towinlev. wife of th<
tir secretary ot' the Britisli emlibass-',
I(] daughter 'f the Earl of Albenimar.
le. Last winter Ladv Towiley refius
ed to be rat,.1 as ihe wife of i smnal
diplomat "44l insisted )In takin.g hei
nlace P, dai,hter of an1 earl. and
ill soine himses received the plate o
hon1or. Mrs-. Lonlworth wvill h1Ave 'dr:W.
in rooms. so rmnor has it. to whiel
only Ihose who receive cards maN
eomle. ond aisola11neimlu artIie S. dinnler:S
111( other onteritinmen1tisk to selec
-atherines of congenial souls of politi
Cal prestige Which entitles them I(
'Suclih honlors. yet do not )ask in Ilh
sunshine of Mrs. Longwortl's smile
will find trouble ahead.
T1rriman tIncreasinq Estate.
New York Times.
E. I. aii .-imani. in blyin.g up lan(
arun01111d his famouis estae at Arden
Oranitge Cuitv. lias seere(d. it. is said,
i 'great st.ret(h " of 1Id i the uppel
Painapos (lint, is faious in the htis
tory (if the county, for the doubl
reason that title to it has never pass
ed since the time of the original pat
entee, who got the land by royal war
riant, an(1 because it is about tile mos
lawless stretch of country north o:
the backwoods of Kentucky. Th<
district is far fromt any railroads. Th
few settlers are said to be the de
scendants of runaway Colonial slave
adre:legaides, and to tile native
of the farming onllt ry on the out
skirts of the tract, nothing is too ba
to Charge them. The local mraof:
to charge them. The local arms o:
the law give the Woods ther-eabolit:
:a wide berthl, antld m1anyi~ ar e the t ale:
14o1d to.the sumimer' visitor of murllde
and high eimes hav'e gone unlpunishi
ed. The whlole tribe are' squaltters
without title to the land, and Or'ang,
County will waltch withI interest the4
finaneer''s attempts to Oct polssession
No Need to be Jealous.
enaor W )epew tells (If a Econversa5
ion betwi'en t wo mnen of his acqllui
anlee, one of whom is the husband 01
'14 e(xceptionll y han11dsome woman.
It appears that oneC eveninlg aftei
'linnier' thle seconld m1'anI remarliked t(
thie prioud( hlusband at a momient wher
'lie beauty' attenlCItionl wast given else.
wvhiere, ''0O41 man0, your wife is sniel
a beaut.iful ereature thatnt T wonder you
l1e no0t jealouls of her.''
''To tell you the truth, T am,'' an.
s'ewered thie bhsand, frankly and
wuithI fine disregard of thle attempt ol
his friend to be facetious. ''For t.hat
reaRson I nlever invite aniy One here(
that any sanie woman couild take *i
fancy to.''
Everybody has tr'ouble of some kind
Whait is the nature of yours?
The average wvishi is abouit as valmua
le as the cheek of a bankrupt.
People are confronted every day
with little problems and do not know
what to (10 wvith them.
E'veryonei' 13 natui-al ly di sIikes Ithose
ol who ar'e so) goo4d th3ey Snist
the top line ini ey
THE STATE GAMPAIGN
MEETING WAS STORI
SOME EXIITEMENT, BUT QUIE
SOON RESTORED.
Mr. Ragsdale Iiterrupted Mr. Lyoi
And There Was a Rush Towards
The Stand.
Ther wits sm e e(I emet alI t h It
Stale 411mpai.n Ieeliing ill Newherr;
ll Tlteslav. For a few moments i
S(.e.lned. that there bngi e at persoll
all diffietiity, but blquiet waIts soonl re
ston-4 a11d.the ineident Was at an en<
so far as Newber'y is eoicerned.
The inceident ocecurred(urn tht
speeii of ir. J. Fraser Lyon, candli
date frm Attoiney General. Mr. Rage
dale. his opponcllt, had asked wi
the dispensary investigating comml
tee. if it had( discovered corruptio
ill th man(111,11agelient of the dispenlsal
hadl not1 broum,-ht ind(ietmlents algafin,
tlose wio were corruipt. inl order I
have IlIeI puIn isheil.
urin hlie ((Iur'se( of his admdres:
Nir. LtI on said that Mrl. agsiale kne,
tha.t the law said notline abouit if
dientls being brught by tle con
mi Ie. " lIe knows tlAt it is not (h11
duty 411 the committee but imhal it i
tle duty oi the 'ourts'' sa-id l
Lyon. ''ald when e stanl(ds bef'ol
an intelligent, audience and14 says 0th1
it is fle duty of' the Committee,
bran(I it its lie tiick ot' a politie:
demagogue and trickster., and I
knows it.'
Mr. Itagsdlale, whio Was staninl
near the platformIll, said, "I don
know anything of' the kind, it is al
solutely 1utule."9
Mr. LyVonl, conitiuing, said: " It 1
or any odher liviln. being cain poii
to .k;ie word (or- line inl the law mind
'lhieli our commit tee is working wli
either suggests or reihes one sit
-le member of that commit tee to ma
indietiments fit- brinlg indiitimei
against anlybolydy I am willing to (1u1
IIe race. lie kniows it aid every bod
else knows it.'
lIy this tiie Mi. 1-agsdale had gm
,It I lie stand)( allI was stal(ilg. Ile
iMr. Lyon. Ile appolached Mi. I 'yo
an I said "Knows Wh111at ''
-l i. Layon started to reply, (he geI
flemeii were close together, and the1
was a rush for the stand. MIr. I
-v11. Ivins, rornier ciiiriman of ti
-lState boar of colitrol, was inl Froi
of the stand, where lie lad been durii
the whole of the meeting prior I
that filie. le Was approaehiing thI
staml, as lie sai(d alterwarlds, to 1m
veilt Itay possible troible. Nir. Col
L. Illease, calndidIte for governor. an1
Nir-. F. 11. Dominick, count-y eliai
man. were betweeii Mir. Lyoni ai M
iagsdale before tliere wa,Its tiiv 1,
an fuyrther worls. The people, lom
vver. continue(d to ciowd tle stan(
and lie tension was high for a fe
condi. mlis. Mr. Blea se, add(1ressiung 4h
i'r'iwd, told thle pleI t hat lie hadl
helaince to be (hoveror an1d aske
hem'i for1 his sake notl tom ha3ve an1
disiturba nce in Newb)err.
IQuiet wvas 'restoruedl andm Mr. Ti
conl)tinuiedl his amddre'ss. l1(e sa id t ha
he'1 reret.teri exceed'iingly t hat his lriii
iir d ist urlbaiie. " ' doni 't brinlg ain
hiar-.re agast any mlan," lie sali
mm l'ar as miy commlients in this caniu
pigniLl ar ic (onernedi'i t hey havye bee
ba31sed uipon evidence whiIeli hias bee
swuoirn 4(o by mlen ini whom I have' gr'e3
c onftidence and1( ot hers ini whlom I hav '
no coniifidence whatever (''i' w isl
tio say th is, that if' a mn'ebe of' thai
oild bioar'd of' control wished to sa
anuythinig ear~ to exonierate his ('11a1
aeter.' if lie r'egard'iedI any m--d' belin;
put upon01 it, lie had thle ompportunit,
(o comeilt before thle whole peopie u
SouthI Carolina and spe(aik just as h
ighi~it sp)eak befoi'e thiat comm1 iiittet
and it whoui(Ildie a part of t he perma'flh
iii'It records of' the St ate of. Siiiti
" My friends, '' lie conc(l uded,
havi e ver'y lit t.e else to say tim youi to
day hut I w~aunt to1 repecat again that
don'I believe thbat anly graf ter 1
MouthI Carolina will viote for J. F'rase
layon.''
At th cl onialuso M)~N .. I oli
unprintable. Speaking of Mr. Lyon,
he said. ''He said it ol of her strunps,
I (lure him to say it.'' Mr. Evans was
surrounded by some of his friends
andi41 Mr. L,you was oni the platforni
111 1urriiled by his friends.
Why the Scene Occurred.
Other andida(tes Were introduced
1 m, h : i tw I :t. vGlI- 11-oeeIil. As a
Iatter of t'lact for. several (ays tie
peolie throughouit the StaBe have look
ed fllr Some exciilteilt III the meet
ing hre. Wlenl Mr. Lyoul begnII his
spweech the( crowdl present, knlowing
t. tie feeliing th lat existed in regard
- to the dispeisary ilivestigitionl,
- t tlIllhai.It possibly there might be
Some uInpleasalitless and tlie tenisionl
was high. When iMr. -agsdale went
e on the stand to rel)y to Mr. l'youl's
stlatemnentl, it. was as if the cord had
sna)pe and there was a rush for
the stand. Thaitt prweeipitated the
whole excitement. Had it not been
a that something ofti the kind was expect
Md ti( incident would probably never
t have occurred.
0 Air. Ilease ItId MI . Ihiminick were
first bet ween ir. Lyoui and Mr. Rags
ihale and li. Blease's apiial to the
x rOWI stopped (he -ish towards the
stnd. IIingi the whole excitemeitt
there was not a wIeapIonl dr1awn nor
e any% attempit to dIraw a1 weaponi.
S There were aboult onie thoiusand Iwo
. ple preseit an(I they h,ad th ieir friienids
e amn the emiididates, ht they were
inot looking ror troile. and it was
I siiplY excitement of ti mlometI inl
d conieetion with itle rumors that, had
a been ciriulated 1hrouigholit the State
tiat CauisedI tie rush towards thle
9 stialil.
Ragsdale and Evans.
A representative of The Ierald a'nd
News hiad a talk with b)hoth hMr1I. l'vans
e and Mri. HragsdaBe. Mr. Evans said
that lie had no idea of aiythig when
Slie t'irst 1a1pproached tle sanm d duriing
IN]. I 4yLonl's speeeli except to prevent a
possible diTfieultv betweenl Air. Lyon
e an Mr. Ragsae
% Ir. - a14sdhlale satiI I was very
it partiielar inl my speech 1o state t hal
y I wouhl iake nii lersoial attacks ill)
onl thev ebare 1e 11f an vone1. I (,(In
>t. inIed nIyself, siriily to critieisis of
II M 1:. yoIu 's puoitIial recorl. I was
very ihiell sirlprisem wlen le lelolne
ed imle as a lemarene mIIIh a political
triclkster. heause I have ennducted
ellV vaailmig-Ii Oll 41 high IlIIe and have
retfraiieI froil n Bthant wlich is
e 11nfair. I h21ve ilterrupl)te(d him be
i fore. andt i iterrtihplel limI t-lay
beenuise I felt that lie had no right
to attaclik my cha11raIlcter, and I Ipre
V'erred For the tmaBr tel ito be ajl.isted
at Ile time and before the plel)C
vwelivre tile c.hags were m11a1-iv. I mere
ly wenit forward oi Bhe stuimp inl ord
er to dlef,emil Iy i'h1anieter andi(i to It
myself in a rIolir light be'or.f (le
r)Beopl4 if whom am a comparative
iiriig tii colii-se of* Ilis speee lf ,
iagslae had severly critivised Mr.
I I,' ro, saiyin I.g lie h ad spn t.
fifteent t housandl(11 dlarUs. Biad empilloy..
2d1sever l eect ~i, ai corpis ofl Inaw
y ers hadi In I sw~~er Bio hiold up hlf~ Bai
'imillioni udolhirs ' wor'lhI of' ela ims, had
t birout'IiBihlt idiimenls againlst no1 ine.
flie hadi allsi saidl it was srneta
I,yo had t honi.h t B.it ncessaryU, to( so
- ne etea l o thle Abberv'~illec
lIar to thle effeet that Mr. Lyon was
n1 practicinig at torney' antd had hand
t WithI the except iin of' thIiis incident
e B le meet ing wenut ailong1 smoothlly
I troughiont.,
The Other Candidates.
Te'anididlates for railroad ('lnlmnis.
ilO'Unr spoke f irst , and were I followedl
by~ the'('1I (lndidates for.i goveyrn or. There in
was very little appI laiulse of aniy kind,
ex'eptd that MrNIi. IBlease recei ved ani
ovation whlen hie tooik Ithe sBando.
eeedled to at tack piohib i t.ion ini New
-berry, saying Bthat it was aI fare'.
T Meeting was Representative.
Th'le crowd pren(set. at tic mneet.intg
r Tesdy epreseinted eveCry par it of
Newb'lerry C~ouniti y. C'ounti y Chir mman
F'red. II. I )omiie(k pridiled t hrough
(oit andit pra'fyer was spokeni at the
at. I le opemiing of t he meetinig byv thle
ptBi-B 0' r b
\- 4 xce . a n i gy
served by Mr. J ame8 Dunbar. The
meetiing was held at Jones's Grove,
about ofne mile from the Court House.
While tle weather was warm the
heat in the grove was not excessive
and thet day was very plensintly speit
by those who attended the meeting.
A bouti twenty-five laidies were present.
The Meeting In Detail.
The meeting wis called to order by
County Chairman Fred. It. Dominiek.
Mr. Ihlomliitk bespoke for each1 of the
(11111didales Ihe ellrefull attention of
MvTr 0one present. IlI, preseited the
R1ev. (leo. A. Wrtight, pastor of the
F11irst Baptist church whol% ula asked the
diviii blessing uponl the proeedings.
uring the Couise of the priyer, the
Rev. Mr. Wright said it was to ho
hoped thllat nobody hald collie to the
meeting expeetitng trouible or looking
for trouble.
For Railroad Commissioner.
Tile Candidates for '1ailr-oad colmlilis
sionier- spoke first. Mr. .1. M. Sullivan,
of Anidersont, spoke of tle importance
of the office of railroad eoimmissiotier
11nd whalt ithe present railroald voml
mission had not doli. The tracks
were in deploribi condition, he sid,
lad he lavireighllt rates were 1nmeh high
er il SIthl Carolina thanl in Gorgia.
It couldn'ttanderstand tihe glarinig
hie(ialities of whitcht lit- sploke.
M r. .J. A. Summ11ersett, of liehland,
pled".e-d if elected lie woutld give tlo
offie his 1un1divided lim atid atteI
lion. and wotild -ive it with i a knowl
ilge of tle blisiness thlat Would prloven
or benefit. AMr. SumerSettIhals hnd14
IIIll experiencee inl (Ite raildoar )usi
less. latet's wore too hIigh noIr,~ait1
there was di'c IliintOin he said.
Col. .6o. I ton, of 1iren
Nai l ij.t .feigh Iates ol.tle artticles,
inlulidinl?.g cot tion. thite "fit-iele of.i er.c
aimlise inl wliel ihe Pn-nt mIIai 11%sses
tie people Were inlterested hiad beenl
redtuced 25 pr en(t. sinhe ith liad been
ol t comiissionl. ]He replied to til
otler candidates whio lnd ttactked
Ilhe recond it Iflth commission. 11o
spoke ol' wIalte coll.tt1mmissiolln hadi4
(one, a114d was w)lliin o sitii otl
Ihis revol..
Mr. James Caislkr. of Titzah. said
fiat as ncih as ihad been said, New
laherry iteoed a <lpot. Newherry was
lls pt);-vY lown with as stlolIY (ie1,411 as
Ite lad seen anmywhlenv. 'I'Tis slowed
'1hait Col. W11m1r1had14111 11, beeln aslepp.
Southl Corolina was dliscriminlated
aginlsl inl Ilhe ma1.ttvir or raibl-old ratles,
Iel Said, 1and Col. Wh1arton Itihd not,
explainied wly it was. If ' elected t
ra11ilro1 ad" ("1mh110 'tly hlim. He1
Wolhlil't (ee tlake. a free Iss. Col.
Whartont 111 hbeln bougIt, Ie said. le
Io only got, frem 1p.aS(.s fr Itimself,
bit fiort his frields.
AMr. .. C. Sellers of Nrio, Iad
stlmtinlim to ,Iy, tof his oplponeints,
1a1ol w,Ihy f Iey shu0lhi nt he elected.
Ili( toll-ught th ofite ot' railroad com
mtlissiol ShiId le properl y distribil
led ver thIte Stlte andt41 not keep the
ofrfite inl fri'r or five voutietis, ill of
For Governor.
Thet t'aadiiates fior g~tloernort weret
'Ith int'dneed. l. W .dad
Mr.t' A. C. .Ton(s Oxpresse5ld pleasure t'
itt betintg withI his homet peoplh.., hais
netighboii rs an td fiendutos taoh discuss thet
issuies confront'va intg thle eopleo of' Soth I
(arolina. Hie watfedh to thanak thoitse
whota stoodat wiith htimu i during the pasf
ini Nt'whet'ry 'outy. lie believed if
th le v'ot' werle fakent tver ftodaty the'
mla,jortityV wuhtll lbe gr'eaf'r. Itli ad
nioft'ee in towna or countliy whlere Ithe
dhispeary(i' O w a oed out lut that,
ft' goaod pe'opfle ther'e wore pleatse'd
withI the r'tsutt. itt tnet ort f ttw Itfit's,
e'spclly(' in HarrylOtl', f thereIII was etn
lhaini thtat t' law w~as be'iing v'ilated,
bt ever'ywhet'e else ft'econitfions
whIere th' dispaetnsaries had bnern voted
ouit wer'e' frin 75 fto 90 per cenf hatt
Oni everty slum het~alt htad appaleod
to flt' petole to give sneh suppforlt fo
the haigher't instifttis of' learninig as
anrd adlvancemen'ttt'a. lie favortedl Chr ii'
tinnt educlation altnd was; in sympathy
wifth the detoanintia tal colleges. He
had al1so apjpealed to tie people on
every s tlm tto suppot, the commallon
s'Ihools. lit' watted flo see thte com
mtion s'hiools impraiovedl. Hie wantfedI