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The hie Was Meeting o EXCITING MOMENT BUT j NO BLOWS EXCHANGED MESSRS. CAUGHMAN AND FISHBURNE BELLIGERENT. Tho Candidates For Railroad Commissioner, Superintendent of Education, And Adjutant General. I'ollowiug are |>ri(?|' synopses of | I lie addresses of t h?? candidates fori railroad commissioner, Slate snperiiiI?>im 1<miI ol <*iIn<*{i| ion, iiml adjutant iind inspector general, at (lie Stale campaign meet inn in N'ewberrv on \\ cdncsday. Aii exciting uiomincnl came durini; these addresses when Kailroad ('ommissiouer < 'aiiglnnan failed liis >|>|m>nenI. .Mr. Kishburne, Ji line, and Mr. Kishhiiruc made towards Mr. Caughman as it' to strike him. Chairman hominick stepping' beIwien ilte i5<>i11 lemcn and prevenl inj ' personal allei eat ion. The ineide.it .is it occurred is given in detail in 1 lie report below, llie candidates for railroad commissioner were first on ||?e program, ol these candidates. Maj. II. \V. Ificlu-dson, of linrnwell, was (lie first speaker. Maj. H. W. Richardson. Maj. Iticliardson began bv addressing the ladies, his I'ellow-eit i/.ens and fellow-veterans. lie said this was (he firsl lime lie had ever sought office. '"'I "Ot helieve the office of :aili?!"l coimnissioner needed a speaker ,,r lM,li'ician. hul a plain, practical business man. which he claimed to he. He said lie ws a native <.r the -rood old county of Uarnwell for (lie most ol his life a farmer, and lie was proud ti> say, with some success. II,. served his country as best lie could ill the War lie! ween I he Slates, when l"' '"'I'' with Ituller and riamplon ;,,'d ' iary. lie Kavc his record durni'-T the Irviii?? days of Keconstruction, l or these things lie claiinel no credit,. He simply ,li,l i,is lu|y. ullt ]It, (li(1 vlaim some credit for the people of Barnwell county for meeting (lie biggest Republican gathering ever held in South Carolina, at Mi.lwav, and Jliere piattiiipr forever out of politic in South Carolina that prince of scoundrels, Daniel 11. Chamberlain. lie ga\e a history of the remaining veins of his life. '11,. |?. }>eliev<'d as railroad eonuuissioner he could give I lie people some relief. He spoke ol the hardship of i*?>?|uirin?r those holding mileage Itooks to secure tickfis helore hoarding trains. Mr. J. A. Summersctt. '1 "d. candidate for railroad ' commissioner. said that with some de-'ce of right crilieisms had been made, I loin the mountains to the seashore, of the present board of railroad coininissioiiers. Kates were higher in S i,ith Carolina than In the :>,ll">i!i.i? Stales of Ceo.-ia and Nori!. ( N?. had called upon Mr. Caiigluinn lo explain these things ,!1"1 "I' ,,,,, present lie had failed !" ,1" " Another 111 i u ?_r was ;!,e |"ileaue !?ooks, re,,nil i?- t h.d.l'''cure I ickel s. Another 'Inn- was station facilities, whieh Wi',v ,l"1 ;ls I bey ought io be. | )\ reason ,.| these complaints the people l,:"1 regard the commission ;l> :| ' >1"'and had lost the proper ,VS|;;H r"r l'?" Hi.' commission ? ? ?? W be made what it was i? other Mates sonielliing thai would ludp ' very business interest. Me eame helore the people wit li I wonfy-seven x ears practical experience in rail,(,;,d service. lie began ;.l the hot"ii the (rack, at fS.tM) per month and rations, an.I unassisted, by merit alone, lie had worked himself up to second place on the road which he last served. For the pasl I wo years he had had no conned inn with any railroad, but lie had kept himself posted. I lie present commission was asking for an expert on track and an expert on rales. This would mean additional taxes. If elected lie would go in with the practical experience -which would obviate the necessity for experts. The expenses of the office of railroad commissioner, he said, bad trebled since Mr-Caughman had been in office. If they elected Mr. Caughman again they might expect the expenses to treble during the next six years, which would bring the expenses of the office?including incidentals and everything?up to $4,000 a year. Tf elected, Mr. Summersett promised the best service of which be was capable. Cansler, of Tirzah. Mr. James Cansler, of Tirzah, York county, made a speech characteristic of Canslor, of Tirzah, beginning with Passed at n Wednesday compliments to ladies. lie wanted th State to pay tho salaries of the coir inissioncrs. The three commissioner | should be elected at one time. Tli board should be composed of on man instead of three. Shipper should have some right of applicn tion direct to 1 he courts and withou any expense, if possible. Collection for ic<; should be made at the deliver; end, instead of the shipping end Demurrage should be charged at botl ends so that the roads would b made I<> pay for holding freight be lure shipping The person to whon freight was shipped was made to pa; demurrage if he did not lake out tin freight on its arrival, ami it was i poor rule that did not work botl ways. Wales were IV.] l-ll per cent higher in South Carolina now thai in Virginia and Xorth Carolina. Mr. B. L. Caughman, of Saluda, candidate for reelection t< the ollice of railroad commissioner referred to his record in the office saying he had done his duly feavlcssly, conscientiously and honestly. Hi referred to a circular whi<*h had been issued in regard to a decision of the commission as to a depot at Harper's, <>n the (Jcorgelown and Western road which circular he sad was bein^ used by one of the candidates?Ji.one of the foulest circulars ever perpetrated in a campaign and as an infamous falsehood, and he said lie had the records with him to prove his jisscrtion. lie defended the commission and the rates in force in South Carolina as compared with oth it States, citing the figures. It had even been stated, he said by some people in this campaign that a Barnwell man was responsible for I lie "Jim Crow" car law, but there were men in this house who had sat by 11iin for Iwu years when he was making the fight, and when he won by only one vote. His reference to "the Jim Crow" car law was received with cheers, lie promised if elected to be as true to the people in the future as had been in the past Mr. F. C. Fishburne, of Charleston, candidate for railroad commissioner, gave the record of his life. The best part of his life had been spent in Colleton, but for the >a:-t sixteen years he had lived in Charleston, and was not ashamed of it. His friend, Maj. Richardson, he said, really lived in Columbia, but claimed to hail from' Barnwell. He said he. loo, was a Confederate soldier, and in *70 he was one of the leaders in Colleton, and the people of Colleton never allowed Chamberlain to come into their county. Hut what had these tilings to do with I he office? lie said he luul helped rebuild t lie Charleston and Savannah railroad and had worked on the Port Ifoyal and Augusta railroad, lie believed he was competent In fill (he office and he invited the strictest investigation. lie didn't go around with a bottle of whiskey in his pocket or in bis valise, lie took up the matter of the circular to which Mr. Caughman had referred. Tl was not a circular, lie said, but a letter signed by the people of the community affected. That letter, he said, was read by Mr. Summerset t at Aiken and was read auain at (Jcorgelown, among the people affected, and it was never denied until a few days ago. Tt was read again at Kingstree, he said, and at both Kingstree and ("Jcorgelown, the people were there to face Mr. Caughman, and fie had not denied it. Now Mr. Caughman spoke of it as a circular, but it was a letter signed by those people at Harper. i' 1 charged him," said Mr. Fishbnrne, "that if he didn't deny it in the presence ??I* those gentlemen at two meetings that then he must hi' guilty of the charge made against him. Now he comes up here when he gets away from (Jcorgctown, and he denies it. My friends, why didn't be read the circular? He stands hen with the backs of telegrams and letters. some of which he read in Columbia yesterday, and there isn't one iota of proof in there that that letter was not correct. The telegrams' he read and, 1 think, one letter, showed only that at one time those ge.diemen were willing to compromise the complaint made if the railroad com mission would treat them right. Bui they have never carried out the com promise offered, and that lettei stands today as the complaint o: those people, because tliey liave novel carried out the compromise agree< upon." J At the conclusion of Mr. Fish burne's address Mr. Caughman arosi and asked: "Do you mean to say that T falsi fied ?" ' Mr. Fishburne: "I mean to aa; that you refused to answer thai letter at Georgetown in the presence of those people who wrote it." Mr. Caugliman: "You are a liar _ and tho truth ain't in you." 0 Mr. Fishburne made reply, but his reply was lost in tho oxcitcuient of ,s the movement. He advanced toQ wards Mr. Caughman as if to strike Q him, but Chairman Dominick steps ped between the gentlemen and no blows were passed. Chairman Dotn^ inick said he regretted the incident g and both gentlemen apoligi/.ed, and tho incident was over. 1 Oandidates for Comptroller General I, Absent. e Neither of tlie endidates for comp troller general was present. The i present comptroller general is Mr. r A. W. Jones, who is seeking reeloc3 I ion. A letter was read from his opi ponent, Mr. N. W. Brooker, of Barni well, regretting his inability to bo . present. 1 Mr. J. E. Swearingen, of Edgefield, candidate for State superintendent of education, spoke of ' the duties and responsibilities of the oflice to which he aspired, and pres1 onted his claims for the position, lie expressed his regret th.it Xewberrv county and South Carolina weie to 1 < '>e (he valuable services of ih::t ' ( hris'iau gentleman and eminent edu cat or. Dr. .las. A. B. Scherer. lli< I reference to Dr. Scherer was heartij l.v applauded. Mr. Swearingen gave ! a history of his life, . ing he had lost his sight while out 'i.M.iing at the age ol. K5, but by hard work and with the aid ol his mother he secured a collegiate education at the South Carolina university and then took* up his work as a teacher at Cedar Springs, in which position he had served for the past nine years. Tho State superintendent of education, he said, should he a man who can harmonize and systimathi/.e the various educational activities of the State. lie promised to give the ollice his attention and the Stale the best service that was in him. Mr. E. C. Elmore, of Sprtanburg, candidate for State superintendent of education, advocated a high standard for teachers. He was in favor of all our institutions of learning, but he wanted to see the country schools built up. That was the foundation stone?the country schools. The people were being forced to move from the country to the towns to educate their children, and the value of the farms was being decreased and the agricultural interests injured. He believed that while a Stale superintendent of education should have all tho educational interests of the State at heart, he should have a special care of the common schools. Mr. Elmore said most of his work had been in the common schools and the cotton mill schools, and for I lie past eight years lie bad been superintendent of education of Spartanburg county. Mr. S. R. Mellichamp, of Orangeburg, candidate for State superintendent of education, gave the loeoid of his life. After graduating ;il the college of Charleston, he entered ilie ( onlcdcratc Army and served lour years, lie w:ix not presenting that as a (nullification K>r the ollice. After the war he made teaching his profession and had devoted all his lite to education?eil5ier as a teacher or as county superintendent ol^ education. He spoke with pride ol the progress of South Carolina along educational lines, ;imT he said a man was needed in the ollice of state superintendent of education who could lead the State along lines of greater educational progress. Gen. J. C. Boyd. Gen. J. ( . Boyd, of Greenville, who is a candidate for reelection to the office ol' adjutant and inspector general, was next introduced amid applause. ("ion. Boyd slated that he is no stranger in Xewberrv, having married a Newberry girl. Tie produced letters of endorsement from more than two-thirds of the militia officers of the State, and devoted the greater ' portion of his time to the reading of several. He had nothing to say against his opponent, Col. IT. T. Thompson, who was absent, but he was the first man to appear before a i South Carolina audience and ask them to turn out a Confederate vclcr an. Col. H. T. Thompson Absent. Col. Henry T. Thompson, candidate t for adjutant and inspector general, - was not present at the meeting. Tho r regular program was changed for the P Newberry meeting in order to allow r the gubernatorial candidates to speak 1 last. Col. Thompson says that this change was made without his know ledge, and he came to Newberry on s the midday train, expecting the regular order to be observed, and for - this reason he was not at the meeting 1 when the candidates for adjutant and jr Inspector jeneral w?re Introduoed. * /uuy .NJU/VVO. YOUTH SHOOTS SWEETHEART Miss Mary Ball Fatally Wounded b Freeland Tharp Bccauso She Rofused His Company. Groensoboro, N. C., A?g. 3.?New reached this city today of the shool in?; in Wilkes county yesterday c Miss Mary Ball by Freeland Tbarj Miss Hall was teacherr in a rurt school and Tharp had been payin her attention. She refused to g with him to church but went with hi brother instead, while Freelan I harp escorted another young wc man who lived at the same hous ?vith Miss Ball. When they had re turned from church, just as Mis Ball was entering the porch, Frcelaiu I harp drew his pistol and fired Hire shots jil her. One of the bullets en tered her left breast about an incl above I lie heart, inflicting a fata wound. Tharp was captured, relieve* >t his weapon and is now in jail a Wilkeshoro. CHILD KILLED IN A RUNAWAY Columbia State, -1th. Little Mildred Lindsay, the 3-year old child of Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Ilin nanl. was tatally injured in a runa way accident near Bookman, aboul 1> miles north of Columbia, y est or day. ] iie little one climbed into ; wagon which was being drivci around the farm and shortly after wards the team became frightcnct ami ran away. The baby was tlirowr out. her head striking the groum violently. T) as ^ r-H rv ^ CD < O i g g > > jj* ^ ?-* - 3 E O ^ W CM'r/,P.50r' C-O) a ^ ^ CfQ LANDER COLLEGE (I'oriiicrly Willianistou Female College), GREENWOOD, S. C. Rev. John 0. Willson, President OI'HNS Sept. IS. 190S. Comfortable. .steam hen ted, electric lighted building, in ciu limits. Good food. Home-like life an< oversight. Thorough teaching and training. Fine worl in music and art. Coat reasonable. Send for catalogue. Due West Female College With the host modern conveniences and equipment, and liigli standards of teaching and living, this is an ideal place for preparation for the great responsibilities of womanhood. TERMS MODERATE. For attractive catalog write REV. JAMES BOYCE. Due West, S. C. University of South Carolina Wide range of choice in Scien tific, Literary, Graduate and Pro fessional Courses leading to degree of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor ol Science, Licentiate of Instructions Bachelor of Laws, Master of Arts Civil Engineer and Electrical Engineer. Well equipped Laboratories, Library of over 40,000 vol tunes. Expenses moderate. Many students make their own expenses. Next session (104th) begin.4 September 23d, 1908. For announcement write to the President, Columbia, S. C. 1785 College ci Dharhston 190! Charleston, S. C. 12 ^.h Year Begins September 25th, Entrance examinations will be held at the County Court House 011 Friday, July 3, at 9 a. in. All candidates for admission can compete in September for vacant Boycc Scholarships which pay $100 a year. One free tuition scholarship toeacli county of South Carolina. Boare1 and furnished room in dormitory $11. Tuition $40. For catalogue address Harrison Randolph, President Piano and Organ Economy If you are interested in the purchase of PIANO or_nn OKCiAN, we want to sell you on< Don't think you must go to sonic mail orde house to buy a low priced piano or organ; nc outside of South Carolina to get the lnsst plan or organ. We have a great variety of gradei and all styles, at prices which ennuot (ail I interest you. We arc manufacturers' factor representatives for several of the largcAt an most famous makers of pianos and organs We take old instruments in exchnuge an make most liberal terms of payment to thos who wish to buy on time. No house?quality ( pianos and organs considered?can undersell u fwenty-four years of fair dealing in Columbi and throughout South Carolinn is our referent and guarantee. Write us nt once for catalog price and terms. Malone's Muaic House, Columbia, S. ( PIANOS AND ORGANS. y s ?f ). il s 0 s ' JONES' a s S, B. Jones, i J DBALBi STAPLE & FANCY ORC 1 Confectioneries, Fruit, 1 Phone 212. M 1 Newb Dear Madam Housekeeper We tention to our stock of . groceries and solicit a . your potronage during tl 1 We feel safe in saying i the most complete that i . that we can serve you ii J ner. 1 We will ever keep in n . portant points: quality I , vice modorate prices. 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