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SENATOR BLEASE GIVEN OVATION AT HIS HOME (Continued from page one). W olina, saying that the governor has } special trust in his care, prudence and integrity. When the senator from South Carolina come up ho says, Wo don't want that man for post master at Greenville. lie is asked, Why? Hasn't your governor said ho is a man of honor, a man of proudonco, and a man of- integrity. Oh, says the senator, he is a negro. But the negro says, But, Mr. Taft, didn't you say in your speech of acceptance that you would not hold color against a man? Mr. Ansel said Ben Tillman apI pointed a negro notary. Wasn't that II pitiful? Newspapers which had curs ed Tillman for everything on earth " were now seeking to justify Ansel by Inn act of Tillman. Ben Tillman did appoint a negro notary, but that appointment waked a desire in that negro 's breast for office. He was not satisfied to be a notary, but wanted to be post master, and Joshua Wilson was post master at Florenco today. Tillman had fought the appointment of Small and Orum and others, but he had never fought the appointment of Wilson as post master. Why? Because if he should raise the question, lie would be asked by one of the senators, Weren't you governor of South Carolina? Tillman would reply that be was. "Is that your signature?" "Yes." "Did' n't you say there tlirf you reposed special confidence in the care, prudence and integrity of Joshua Wilson, and sign it as governor?" "Yes, sir." "What did you sign that for?" Mr. Blease said that lie knew exactly what Tillman would say, and he would tell, if the ladies would excuse the expression. Tillman would say, ''I am .d sorry I did so." That was the reason Tillman did not fight him. He himself signed a certificate as to his character and reputation and honor. Mr. Blease said if he was governor of South Carolina, no matter who signed a negro's petition, he would never appoint a negro a notary public of South Carolina. Mr. Blease altacked (lie second leim idea, citing the record to show that Mr. Ansel was not entitled to a second term by reason of any precedent in the Democratic party in this State. Ansel would not say whether he had voted for McSweenev and Ellerbe for second terms, although Mr. Blease asid he had asked him. Mr. Blease said lie wished Mr. Ansel would sav i hwether or not he had voted for Col. Hovt, so that the people of Greenville might know. Mr. Blease showed by the record that as far back as 1880, as a member of the nominating convention Mr. Ansel, along with the rest of Hie Greenville delegation, had voted aorainst (he namination >f John ('. Sheppard for a second term. Mr. Blease said that his enemies conceded his ability and ihe fact that he had the strongest platform on which a candidate for governor of South Carolina had ever .stood, and, driven to desperate straits, they had attacked his moral eharactcr, "slabbing me in the hack, aided and assisted by men whom T have never seen, and today there is a man's name in that card in tire State who would not know ine, T believe, if T walked across that street in front of him today? the Rev. J. Fj. James, because I have never seen him, and T doubt if he has ever seen me before in his life." "I have made my fight," said Mr. Blease, "and made it like a man, and I propose lo continue to make it like a man." Mr. Blease made a few closing remarks and sat down amid prolonged applause. Governor Ansel. fJovernor Ansel was received with applause, and was given close and respect lul attention. Governor Ansel said il was a great pleasure lo him to be in Newberry today and look the yeomanry of Newberry in the face. , ITe thanked Ihe ladies for their presence. He fell that the Stale was safe so long as the ladies look an interest in polities. ft was a great honor to be governor of South Carolina?Ihe greatest State in Ihe Union, and her greatest asset was her brave men and beautif u women. lie had discharged the di,?Ls of his office with fidelity, and had given to each question presented to him his time and liis best thought and best talent. He was seeking reeled ion but ho did not ask : it because he had been governor for the past eighteen months. ' lie asked reelection on his merits and on nothing else. He look up the fin- < ances of the Stale, reading the fi- j gnrcs ,and stating that he had recom^ mended that a 2-mill tax be levied, 1 '? 4 . * . : - .. ( . i . ' to continue for two years, to place i the State on a cash basis, so it could i pay as it went, and not have to bor- 1 row. If he had been a politician, try- ' ing to do what was popular, he pro- 1 bably would not have made this rec- | ointuendation. But he had looked at it as a business num. lie wanted to i do something to catch up. , lie Had recommended I lie raising I ol the salary ot (lie governor, and t he would do il again. The governor * ol North Carolina and (lie governor f of Georgia got .+4,000 each, while the I governor of South Carolina got only \ 13,000. 1( had cost him $1,000 a year ( more than his salary to hold the oflice. I lie increase would not have ( done him any good during his first 1 teim if it had been passed, because i the salary of an olliccr can't be rais- f cd while he is in oflice. It would have \ affected him during his second term, c But he had not recommended this increase because he wanted $1,000 ; mote. What was the salary compar- ( cd with (he heritage which a governor of South Carolina would leave to his children? ^ lie had recommended that the ad- s visability of the erection of a new } governor's mansion be looked into ov * a commission, to report to the lcgi*- , lature, but lie didn't recommend that we go and build it at once, because * before they do that they should have ! nil the information as to its cost and the advisability of its erection. The Ansel administration had been [ charged with being (he most extrava- * gant since the war. But the governor did not make the laws, he said'. The [ legislature made the laws. It might 1 be said that he could veto them, bui ' should he set up his judgment against ' lite representatives of ||,e people in '. the general assembly? What were 1 some of the appropriations? In 1800 1 tin; C on federate pension was $50,000; today it was $250,000. Were we 1 going to take any away from (lie old 1 soldiers? Then an appropriation of ' $ >0,000 was made for the establish- I ment of high schools. Then $48,000 1 was appropriated for an extra dor- 1 mitory for Winlhrop. That this was * needed was shown by the fact that ' W inthrop that session was forced to ' turn away from 'her doors 400 girls. ' He toqk up the negro notary, lie said lie did appoint a negro notary, J' and a few negro notaries had been {1 appointed by every governor for the p past twenty years. Mr. Tillman, Mr. 0 Ellerbe, Mr. I ley ward and others had 1 appointed one. lie had appointed s this negro notary on the reeommen- ' dation of two representatives of (he ' Greenville delegation. Governor An- s sel said he was a Democrat, and had ( always been a Democrat, and would f always be a Democrat. ' He was held responsible, lie said, ' for (he establishment of the depart- * ment of immigration, which was established several years before lie was f elected. 1( was a department not onl.\ of immigration, but of commerce and agriculture, ami recently a mag- * nificen! hand book had been issued setting forth the advantages and re- ( sources of the State, lie was as ' much opposed to indiscriminate im migration as anybody, but he would ' welcome home seekers. And not one ' eon( of the appropriation of (his department, he said, could he used for paying the passage of immigrants. He defended the olVce of insur- . ance commissioner, saying that the ! ollice did not cost the Slale a conr, ! but that the State had really made j by the creation of (lie oflice. Ho stated his views on (he whiskey ( finest ion, saying lie had recommend- ( ed an amendment to the Carey-Cot lira n law providing (hat only one dispensary could be established in a ] county, except those counties con- j taining large towns and cities. He said lie favored State-wide prohibi- j tion, with (he privilege (o counties j to vote in county dispensaries. ( Oov. Ansel sat down amid ap- i plause. c ZEPPELIN'S AIR SHIP FLYING. I Up to 11 O'clock Tuesday Night He Had Gone 2f)0 Miles and his Balloon was Sailing Serenely. 1 Friedrichschafen. August <1.?Arising ivoni ils floating do<-l< on the dark green waters of Lake Constance early this morning the ir.eaf dirigible nil ship of Co.inl Zeppelin was sent iaway for a 24 hour journey in the <nir to Mayencc and return. Late tonight the apex of the triangn/nr flight t had been turned, and the molester of rhe air, with nose pointel southward, J was reported speeding along under o starry skies toward Friedrichschafen, a where i( is hoped the joi rney will end j, Wednesday. The flight, io Mayoncc, g however, not an uninterrupted f Due, 1'oV something was wrong with a a propeller while speeding along above (lie valley of (he Rhine and Count J Zeppelin was compelled to bring tlio I lir ship down to the surface of tli iver at Nachcnhcim, eight miles fron Uayence, where repairs were effected n?e dirigible again was sent 01 ?igh and the trip that probably wil >rove a record one was recommenced Tho weather for the ascension wa nost auspicious. The ship of the ai ose majestically to a height of 40 ?eet, and crossing the lake circled th own ol Constance, then turning rc raced the path of its flight, and dc bribing a perfect circle, passing ovc Kriedrichschafen, and then soarei vest ward over the lake to Basle, o: he Swiss frontier. Turning the ves >el slightly toward the nortliwes -ount Zeppelin steered it over Mill nuisen, and then directed its fligh northeasterly to Strassburg, thenc ollowed the valley of Rhine north vard to Mayence, a distance altogeth >r of 250 miles. Everything was going smoothl; vhen the trouble to the propeller oc jurred and somewhat impeded th >rogress of the air ship, but whe he balloon had been brought dow "ount Zeppelin found the defect s light that he telephoned his secretar it his office in Friedrichschnfen 'We will start again some time t<i light and coinplotc the trip." His expectations were realized, fo 11 less than 4 hours everything Inv >een made perfect. The people gathered on the bank >f the stream and sang patrioti ongs and cheered Count Zeppelin. At 10.1.) p. ni., the air ship ros gain and turned her bows towar Mayence, where she arrived at 1 ?Vlock, and passed over (lie gap igl'ted city almost beyond the vie\ >f the populace, which had gat here u the sheets 'expecting to witness he passage of the balloon. Soaring onward for a short db ance, the air ship was turned honu Aiird. Whether it will follow th tinerarv laid down by Count Zej >elin, retracing its outward path t \arlsruhe and thence flying soittl: easterly over Stutgart to' Lake Coil itance, is not known. If (he air shi naintains the speed at which it wa ia\elling today, it should arrive i riedrichschafcn tomorrow forenooi I lie quiet villages and small town 'long the shores of Lake Constant iwoke this morning to find that th treat event for which they had wait 'd lor weeks and months had oecui cd?Count Zeppelin's air ship ha tartcd on an epoch making journey V majority ol (he scant population <> 1 riedrichschafcn, however, despit triet secrecy of the Count's assu iates, got wind that something wa 'bout lo happen and assembled be ore daybreak at Munzell, opposit lie floating balloon shed. In thi died, throughout Monday nigh vorkmen had been busy making e\ >rything ready tot* the journev. A 5 o'clock I his morning, every I hit! vas in readiness for (lie exit of th lir ship. Counl Zeppelin could not hav diosen more delightful wealher for darl. A glorious sunrise inaugurate the day, and (here was not a clou n I lie sky. I he lake was as smoot is a mirror. Wrecked by Storm. Stullgarl. Aug. .">.? During a sion loda.v I lie Zeppelin airship brol, iway Irom its moorings, look fir ind disappeared in I he air. Seven >eisons were injured. Count Zeppi in is safe. It now appears thai the airshi xploded during a thunder slori his afternoon. Previous lo (he e: dosion il burst, into flames and i supposed lo have been si nude b ighlning. The latest reports sav s completely ruined. 1 he storm came, up suddenly, reai n." 'I|(1 airship loose from ils moot ngs, the explosion followed an lien a greal eoiumn of fire shot in! he air. followed by a crashing to tli 'a rlli ol i he motors and frames a I ached lo I lie underside of the shi| several bystanders were knocke lown. NEWS OF WHITMIRE. "lie Coaling and Going of Many Pcc l>le?Marriages-Other Matters. Whit mire, Aug. 0.?Rev. Fostc J peer spent a day of last week n icdalia. Dr. 11. K. Boyd and wife have rc ui lied from a visit to Newberry. Mr. and Mrs. William Maybin', o lobile, A la., are spending the mont 'f August with their parents, Mi nd Mrs. Frank Maybin and Mi nd Mrs. J. F. Cofield. Time deal ently with them and their man riends rejoice lo see them lookin well. Mrs. Sal lie Townsend and Mr* fyra Moore were at Mrs. Georg >ouglass' last week. Miss Pannii o Epps came over with thorn and won 11 down to Newberry to visit Mrs. Jac I. Henderson. 11 Misses Blanche, Mat tie and Fanni 11 Lake and Mr. Will Lake, of Unioi I. after visiting relatives here have l'l s turned home. r Mrs. .J. E. Yarborough and childrc I) are spending some time in Shelby, c C. > Mrs. Sallie Hardin and daughlei i- Julia, are visiting her brother, Mi r S. A. Jeter. il Mrs. .J. E. Cofield, Mrs. S. A. Jet 11 er, Frances and John Jeter an j? Joseph mid Kate Howie al t tended a birthday party given littl [_ Miss Norn Cofied, on July 28. Mr, t Fannie Cofield gave a delightfi' o dinner at her pretty home near Bet Eden and gave us as many fin peaches as wc could bring with u to Whitmire, we all spent a plensar v day. How nicc it is to plan sum !_ way to make otners happy. 0 Miss Ann Rice is quite ill at th n home of Mrs. Victoria Coleman. Di n Pryor, of Chester, visited her Sal 0 urday. Mrs. M. E. A bra ins is visting Mi '. and Mrs T. W. Abrams. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Pearson an son and Miss Sara Halfacre were r Mrs. J. E. Cofield's several days c ^ last week. Mrs. David McCracken and daugl ter, Eleanor, have returned to t hoi s home near Santuc. 0 Miss Winnie Henderson is with r( latives at Mavbinton. e Married, al (lie parsonage, by T? il Foster Speer, Mr. Bye and Miss Mar 1 Evans. >- Mrs. liohcrt Elmore is at tho hom v of her son, Mr. W. E. Elmore, d Cross Keys played Whitmire in s game of base ball here last Saturda evening. Wliitmire was victorious. Misses Conic McCarlev and Willi _ Duckett have gone to Tvbec Beac o for a few weeks. >- "Nita." o i- $1,000,000 CHICAGO FIRE. f. p So Hat That the Firemen Had t s Fight Flames a Elock Av/ay? n Grain Elevators Burned. i. Fire in Chicago on Monday whic s was so hot that the firemen could n<i e get nearer than a block of it, an e which made il necessary to pi a - streams of water on buildings Hire - and four squares away, this aftei d noon destroyed the Rurlington clew tors " E" and "F". I ho dock trans f for warehouse of that road and eitl e er burned or rendered useless 100 bo >- cars. The loss on tlie grain in lli s two elevators is placed by Armoti >- & Co., who owned il, at $700,00( e The total luss is placed at $1,000.00 r The fire started al 1 p. in., in Bui I, lington warehouse, supposedly from - cigarette dropped near several ba *? I' y William E. Pelham it j " t Cents an i?. The imerest we give begins d lars. 11 is a small beginning about this final result. Figut week for a number of years a interest. It will be interest in j. mind to do it?most profitable i Four Per Gent On it Our institution is under tin [j examined by the vState Bank ; : The Bank o '? Pi ospei \ i DR. GIvO. Y. IIUNTKR, President. I J. P. BROWNK, n I Cashier. t rels containing chemicals, k At (ho first explosion the 2.">0 mei employed in the warehouse ami cle e valors fled ami it is believed all cs ), caped. !- highly tire.engine companies am three fire tugs had all (hey could d n to confine the conflagration to it I original limits. At 3 o'clock, Fir Marshall lloran, declared that fni ;, tlier spread of (he flames was not t r. i he feared. SENATOR ALLISON DEAD. J low?,'s Grand Old Man?Membor* o e Congress Since 1863 and p. Sen* ator Since 1873. il j ^ Dubuque, Iowa, August J.?Unite h States Senator \\\ H. Allison died a e jus home in this city this afternooi is I he immediate cause of his deal it was heart failure. The end came a o a result of a serious sinking spell du to prostatic enlargement, complicat c ed with kidney diseases, and during r. : period of unconsciousness, which ha t- lasted since Saturday afternoon. Two weeks ago the Senator left hi r. home in the city to escape the heal lie went to the home of Mrs. Fanni d Stou(, a friend of the family, livin it on the Asbury road a few miles froi if town. For a few days his conditio seemed to improve, but he later In i- Ran to grow worse. Medical advis ir ers urged that an operation be pei formed to relieve the prostatic, er ?- laigemcnt, which was bringing hi condition to a crisis. Saturday morr ing the senator was brought bac y home. Soon afterwards lie relapse inlo a condition of senii-unconseiouf o iiess. Except for brief periods of pai llial recovery lie remained in this cor n ! dilion until death came (his aftei y noon. | News of the serious illness of th ic I aged senator was kepi from the pul li lie as much as possible until his deal j came as a surprise to (lie thousand of friends residing in this city. Onl j the more intimate friends of Hie fan jily were aware of his critical eond tion. Senator Allison was born at Pern j Ohio. March 2, 1820. His boyhoo : days he spent on (he farm, which wa h ( his birthplace. Keaehing younir mar it hood he secured his education in A1 d . legheny college, in Pennsylvania, an y j the Western Reserve College, of Ohi< e He was admitted to the liar in 18f>( j From 18.)0 to 18">7 he practiced la1 i-I in Ohio. In 1857 he removed to Dc - buque. lie was a delegate to th i" j National Republican convention i x j Chicago in 18(10. lie was a nienibo ?' j ol (lie governor's staff during th ir civil war. In 1803 lie was elected ( V congress and served continually unt 10 1871. In 1873 lie was elected Unite r-I Slates senator from Iowa and re| 11 | resenled his State in this capaeit ! - j until (he lime of his death. & Son, Newberry, S. C. id Dollars. > with cents and ends with dol truly, hut there is no <|iiesliou v how much you can save each nd then add to it lour per cent, g?and if you make up your We will welcome you. Savings deposits. : supervision of and regularly Kxaminer. f Prosperity, "ity, S. C. 1 I)R, J. >S. VVIIKI'XKR, V. President. J. A. COUNTS, FIVE ;i Newberry 0 s f 1 Company s e c# &> i (A Q lc Mnni BffiiBI v ii - o B <> il (1 )V IB | ^SiW ? L?ffiS !!