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w T0LU3TE I, JfUMBES 58. KEWBEKEY, SOUTH CABOLDTA, FRIDAY, JULY 19,1912. TWICE A WEEK, fLSf A Y1AE. r - __ ^ . J S. J. Nichols 7 Before T NO AGREEMENT FOR MONEY FOR BLEASE SAYS SCOTCH LIQUOR HAD PECULIAR EFFECT. Denies Blease Was to Shart in Any "Profits"?Believes Bleasc Could Not be Bribed. Columbia, July 18.?S. J. Nichols, of Spartanburg, was the tirst witness to take the stand before the dispensary investigating committee in session ? here today. It was read into the record mat Mr. Nichols had requested that Detective Reed be present at the hearing, but > that the latter would not come into ISouth Carolina. In a dispatch from Spartanburg this morning it had been stated that Chairman Carlisle, of the committee, had been notified that Detective E. S. Reed, -of the Burns Detective agncy, would, not appear Derore me commiuee 10 confront Mr. Nichols. That, dispatch said that Felder and Reed had made it known they believed their lives would be in danger in coming into South Carolina. Mr. Nichols corroDorated certain testimony that had been takdn by the dic* tagraph at the Spartanourg hotel. He denied that he had said the governor / ihad received anything lor the signing of the interurban bill, but had represented to his excellency that if he did not sign it, it would hurt the Piedmont section of the State. He said that when he went into Reed's room there were two quarts of v Scotch whiskey on the dresser, and that he became intoxicated, and now can't say what took place. He declared the whiskey had a peculiar effect on him, and that the dictagraph testimony did not represent his "sane moments" or the facts in the case. He denied that he had evei been offered any bribe for anything or by any one. He denied he had represented . Green in securing a pardon. The telegram he sent to Reed read: ."Things don't look good; come to ^^Spartanburg at once." The original was placed in evidence. * Considerable amusement was created when Nichols was asked what a dictagraph is. He laughed and remark ed: "I don't know, but I have hearn tell of them." His lawyer elicited the fact thac stenographers can change their notes in transcribing, creating the impression that later this will be specifically * charged. The stenographer's notes were never sworn to. That part of the dictagraph record where Nichols referred to the governor sharing in the "profits" for the Deford. pardon, he said was erroneous; that Sims, of Spartanburg, and not the governor. was the one referred to. It I was charged the stenographer had in-1 serted the word governor to make the . record "miscarry." George W. Wickersham's magazine * article, wherein it was stated that Burns had used improper methods in investigating certain 'jases, was read hy Mr. Nichols. u- x*:_i ~ + ^J ? I ivn. .NJtuuig nauv siaicu, ujjuu quco- j tion by his attorney, that he had never made any agreement to receive any money for Governor Blease and that lie did not think the governor would receive a bribe if offered. Mr. Nichols said that if he had made the statement that he would accept ttioney to be used in connection with \ Governor Blease's campaign that he was under the influence of whiskey at the time. > He denied that he had done "much pardon business," as alleged by Detective Reed. He stated that in several '"jcac V>a VioH tiAon /-kffprpil lnrorp fppc tn U\/ 11MU UVVU v/l*. ^ * "'V* O v -WW vv secure pardons, but bad refused to consider them. At the conclusion of Mr Nichols' i testimony the committee recessed unL til 4.15 o'clock this afternoon, when several witnesses who are here from estifies he Commission I Pharletsfnn will he pY,1;Tlinf-r] in the Charleston situation. The library room, was crowded thismorning when Mr. Nichols gave his testimony. He was frequently interrupted by applause. Mr. Nichols returned to his home in Spartanburg this afternoon. Denial From Got. Blease. governor tfiease announced today that he would issue his reply to the Felder and detectives' testimony, from the State house steps, tomorrow night at 8 o'clock, at which time he had been invited to make an address. This address will be separate from the regular campaign meeting 10 be held in the opera house at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Spartanburg, July 15.?"At my re 'quest Senator Howard B. Carlisle has | consented to call a meeting of the J dispensary committee, to be held in ! Columbia probably some time this week and at that time I will go on the stand and tell of the dictagraph conversations which are alloged to : nave tasen piace Between myseir ana Mr. Porter, the Burns detective," said Samuel J. Nichols, the Spartanburg attorney, so prominently mentioned in the testimony before the committee in Augusta. "Until that time I have no statement whatever to give out," continued Mr. Nichols. "What I say I want to say on the witness stand and after being sworn, so that it will become a part of the record. If I talk now, it would merely be a statement and I must refuse to say anything whatever." Only Expected Fee, Says Nichols. He did state, however, that he was acting in good faith with the "Chicago attorney" and was only exDetcine a fee for the services rendered. Mr. Nichols was in the governor's mansion in Columbia on Sunday morning when the papers came and the flaring headlines were the first intimations he had that he had been trailed by a Burns man. "It was all news to me," he said, "and I was as much surprised as anybody when I read the testimnnv " TTo nnt csv woof f>nmmont Governor Blease and others present made about the matter. C. P. Sims, the other Spartanburg attorney, who drew up the petitions for the pardon of the Gus Deford and circulated them in Spartanburg and obtained a number of signatures, said ne naa notnmg to say of tne matter today. He expressed the opinion that at the time he did not believe Porter was an attorney but rather sized him up as being another yeggman, a pal of the prisoner, and he said he knew that these fellows often paid big fees to secure a pardon for one of their number. Don't Fear Blease's Threats. Mr. Nichols is anxious that the committee meet on Thursday, but Chairman Carlisle said he did not know the date of the next meeting of the committee. It will be held in Columbia, probably this week. Mr. Carlisle did not know whether or not. any more testimony from the Burns men would be introduced before the committee. "Xo, we are not very nervous over the threats of the governor," continued Senator Carlisle, "and wc will confirm p to nrohp into thp affairs nf recent State dispensary regardless of the governor." Mr. Carlisle stated that he had heard criticism of the committee for spending the State's money in order to employ the detectives. He stated that these expenses were not being paid by the State, and also said that he knew Mr. Felder was paying tne Burns men. Refrained From Pressing Probe. '"The committee has been abused by Blease," continued the chairman of the committee, "but we refused to take advantage of the situation and retaliate by allowing testimony which tended to throw light on the private life of the governor. Col. Felder wanted to introduce this testimony, but the committee refused to hear it, as it had no bearing 021 the dispensary situation." Mr. Carlisle refused to divulge the nature of the testimony, but it was stated from another source that it was concerning the conduct of Governor Blease while at the Southern Commercial congress in Atlanta ] in 1911. The act for which Felder says he will have Blease indicted is alleged to have taken place in Atlan- 1 ta at this time. "Mr. Porter" a Good-looker. ] On his triD to Washington and Bal- ) jtimore Mr. Nichols was accompanied 1 'by the News and Courier coresp'Md- < lent and others. The party met Mr. < I Porter in the Altaraont hotel in ^lal- < timore. He came triero after the con- i versation with Mr. Ni;?io'!s in the >'ew 1 Willard in Washington. Mr. Nichols 1 had already been in Baltimore and 1 then went back to Wasb'ui rton to hold I the conversation with Porcer, which < is alleged to have been recorded by ( the dictagraph. t i Mr. Porter, or rather Mr. Por-teer, with the accent on the eer, was a ' 1 J onnaona/1 5 mm iicp- ^ llcUiUSUUi^ mail auu ajfp&aivu uuuvuwo ly wealthy. He wore an English walking suit and carried a cane. He was at the Altamont only a short tiim. \ Por-teer visited this) city on two occasions. He met a number of the Spartanburg men and, as :>ne of fiiem said, "He had manners like a wh'skey drummer," BLEASE ISSUES STATEMENT. . t Will Prore the Charges False, Says i the Governor. i i Columbia, July 15.?The following < was carried by the local afternoon i newspaper as a statement from the 5 governor's office: i "The governor dictated a statement 1 in regard to the recent testimony be- I fore the investigating committee, f which sat in Augusta, in which he said s he would in the future take up each t item of the charges agaiast him and make a denial and present proofs that the charges* were false. The gover- s nor's statement is as follows: I " 'The entire transactions as brought c out in Augusta have been done at this 1 time in the campaign for the purpose T of injuring me, thinking as we passed * over a half of the State that it would 1 - 4 be impossible for me to reach the peo- 1 pie again. That whole thing is a tis- i sue of misrepresentations and wilful s lies, which I will show the people of i the State at the proper time, with the c proofs. I have received numbers of telegrams, letters and telephone rues-' j, sages from my friends throughout the v State and from parties who have here- j tofore never been my friends, in which j, they denounce the committee for the z action it has taken ana assuring me ^ of their undivided support. I am sat- a isfied they have done me no injury, v but have materially strengthened me j with my friends and all other South f Carolinians who love their State and v who will resent the manner in which c this cowardly character-thief and de- f bauchee and pimp has attempted to injure the chief magistrate of this t Stale with the assistance of this com- n ..uttoo.' r "Referring to W. J. Burns, the de- i: i.1,? ?'i t\ in V nniTl- T tilC V C<1 llUi *11, au j vjf *" I * ion, Burns proved himself unworthy d of belief and a cheap hireling, as he t has in other of his transactions.' 11 >0 Comment on Incident. c "The governor said he did not care a to make any mention of the incident r of yesterday when he ordered J. N. L King and 0. W. Watson out of his res- 6 idence. He quoted one of these men o as using in his home words of very c ungentlemanly character. v "Sam J. Nichols, who was connected ^ with the alleged pardon bribery c scheme as related by the Burns detective. left, vesterdav afternoon for his j s home in Spartanburg. i] "Governor Blease said today that t: Nichols had never mentioned anything 1 to him about a pardon for Gus Deford, 0 and that no such pardon had been is- * sued." h ' - d ? Chinese Chorus Girls. _ . c In some Chinese theaters the stags c manager has an economical custom of employing dummy figures cut out of cardboard and the like, to swell s A1 ' - ? iV _ _1 1J.T ? X _x T1 me raiiKs ui me cuorus wiuiyui ai tiic same time swelling the salary list- s Obviously, such a device would never p do in this country, for a cardboard e chorus girl would h dly satisfy the Q matrimonial requirements of our gilded youth. In China it is most unusual for women to appear ?n the stage, and b the feminine roles are taken by boys, t SCHOLARS AS PRESIDENTS. < H>n of Accomplishments Hare Often < Occupied the White House. Boston Transcript. 1 This is the season of omens. The i politicians, tired by the strenuous ex ? ? i periences of the Convention weens, < lave fallen back on the study of >mens, which is not too exciting exer- i :ise for warm weather. Most of the :>men collectors appear to be operat- , ng for Wilson. They have found out :hat candidates whose surnames end , with the syllable "on" liave generally , been successful, and this discovery jives them much comfort. Inevitably, is Governor Wilson has been president >f a well-known university, we are :reated to as many essays on the j 'scholars in politics" as if the title ? md subject had not become a little :imeworn. ( In the matter of scholarship our ( )ublic men have always stood well in ; comparison with the statesmen of < )ther nations. Governor Wilson does * lot tower in isolated grandeur because of his learning, nor because of he high educational positions ne nas 'illed. Many of our Presidents have eceived liberal educatio-is, and sev>ral of them have been scholars in he wide sense of the word. These lave not been pedants, but they have iad at their command varied leaning. Jefferson was a man of many accomplishments; Madison was a earned Hebraist; John Quincy Adams veemed to take all knowledge for 1 lis field of relaxation. To the last of lis life he delighted in the classics; ' Monroe possessed acquirements; Gar- 1 ield was a student. No less than i ieventeen of our Presidents received 1 he benefit of what we call "college ! education." The two Presidents, how- 1 >ver, whom all the world agrees were 1 . * supremely great, Washington ana Jncoln, never saw the interior of a allege as students. They were ed- 1 icated in the great university of the ' vorld. Their early book learning'came ] rom reading and rereading the best English writers, not so much of their ! ime as of their fathers' times. Washington and Lincoln each formed a * plendid English style. <ind Lincoln, n the Gettysburg address, rose to I i :lassic purity of diction. < As for college presidents and col- i ege professors, John Quincy Adams vas professor of rhetoric and belles . ettres in Harvard, and the lectures t le delivered .in that capacity had i great vogue in their time. That vas long before he was President, .nd he was appointed to the cha4r 1 vhile he was still this side of forty. Lmong Garfield's honors may be ilaced the presidency of an institution yhich since his time has grown to ollegiate dimensions. When Garield took its presidency Hiram colege was Hiram Institute. He brought o his labors so much enthusiasm, so nuch scholarship, that he gave i:o Hiam a power of attractions that older * , I c nstitutions in Ohio soon sensed. x liram was sometimes called in those s ays "college" and sometimes "insti- c ute," but it is now, and has been for 1 lore than forty years, a fullfledged ollege among the institutions that < re not great in attendance, but are i espectable in standing. President t rarfield, as he was then called, had i 0 much influence with the young men t f Hiram in 1861 that a considerable t ontingent of the 42d Ohio regiment 1 /as made up of Hiram students, who I ollowed him into the army. His ? areer was typified by the expression i sword and gown," for he was alike c oldier and instructor, and he taught 1 the spirit expressed in his famous c ribute to Mark Hopkins to the effect t hat, given a log cabin with a student l n one end or tne oencn aim ;vi<ha [ lopkins on the other, and there you f ad a university. The "college presi- t ent" and "the college professor" pre;- j edents are not exclusively Wilson f ampaign assets. f Going below the president's rank in a earch of scholorship in our public i nen and politicians, the fair minded 1 ttrill K/\ im. -t> CCKCr iur uiauuu nr m uc 1U1- i tressed with the truth t.hat whatever j Ise have been the shortcomings of >ur political leaders, they have not a acked for liberal knowledge. Tnl& c [as often been found in men whom t he general public do not place in the s i category of scholars. Quay, for instance, had not only the ordinary liberal education, but had pushed his learning into fields generally neglected by men who are, nevertheless, entitled to be caV:ed students. The ^te Senator Davis, of Afinuesota, read Ju venal, the most vigorous of the Roman satirists, in the orig'iia!, at moments when the senate debates became dull. Many other scholars might be named in running over the list of American political celebrities. The scholarship of some elevated the entire tone of their careers. With others, as with William L. Marcy, who delighted in Plato, it was a thing apart. He was spoilsman at one hour and student at another. The nobler scholarship is that which refines men. until they are above the sordid influence of spoilism. rt wac illnst-raterl in onr earlier"Dresi ients, who would as soon have thought :>f seeking to procure the discharge of a, rival's servants as of turning out Dbscure customs and postoffice clerks Df a political faith opposite to theirs. $> <8> $> CLE3IS0N EXTENSION WORK. <S> 3> ^ Article SB. <S> s> <$> When a gasoline engine that is fcnown to have carried a load refuses to do so again we should not condemn the machine as a whole, but should understand that probably one small thing is out of order, and we should search for and repair this trouble. The best general treatment for the diseases of the gasoline engine is to make free use of the proverbial ounce of prevention in the form of gasoline, ?ood cylinder oil, a good battery, a ?ood wiping rag, and a frequent and :lose inspection of all bearings and working parts. South Carolina has no law regulating the quality of gasDline offered for sale, and the farmer must sometimes accept inferior gasoline or do without. The low grade gasolines contain cheaper, less vola:ile oils, and do not vaporize easily, * 11 -? Dah *?inop especially in cuia wcaouci. n/mmj, lot water on the carburetor will help to get the engine started in case there s this trouble, and the heat from the engine itself will usually vaporize the gasoline after the engine warms up. Care should be exercised in applyng hot water, not to get water into ;he carburetor. i 1 WAIAW 1* TY1 O V I ir gasonne cunuuus na^i it ?uaj , )e removed by straining through a riece of very fine wire cloth or hrough a piece of chamois skin. Regarding cylinder oil, on account )f the very high temperature of the nterior of the gasoline engine cylinler a special oil having a high burnng point should be used in the cylinler. Ordinary machine oil or steam />vH^ar nil should never be J illiUUl V** ised as the heat of the gasoline engine } :ylinder chars these oils and covers jverything inside the cylinder with l deposit of carbon that soon prevents :ontact in the sparker and stops iglition. The writer has observed the case )f one gasoline engine which was n excellent condition being discarded )y the operator, on the ground that * " *- 1 lin/in "wVlOn ! I COUia noi UC ucpciivi^u he operator, despite repeated advice o the contrary, insisted on filling the ubricator with any oil that looked lack and thick. Use a good grade of jasoline cylinder oil and not more of t than the manufacturer's directions all for. If ignition is by means of a battery >ne secret of successful operation is 0 know your battery. Every gasoine engine operator should have a >attery ammeter which may be bought or a small sum, and with this the >attery should be tested frequently. good quality of dry cell suitable or ignition should read from twentyive to thirty amperes when new, and 1 cell should be thrown away when t will read lower than six amperes. One dead cell in a battery- greatly educes itsi power and should be re )laced as soon as discovered. Battery connections should be eximined frequently, as they are very lisposed to work loose, especialy if he battery box is subject to any haking. WHmmCE IS ALIVE ON SCHOOL MATTERS ELECTION ON HIGH SCHOOL SOON TO BE HELD. Pleasant Social Affairs?Other Items of News and Interest From a Lire Town* Whitmire, July 17.?Miss Sarah Fant, of Newberry, is here visiting her many friends and relatives. Mr. E. H. Aull was in town last week looking after the interests of our school. Since taking charge of the office of county superintendent of education, Col. Aull has seemed especially interested in the school here, and has certainly befriended it. With three SUCH gooa Dusinss men its iYreswrs n. H. SubeT, David Duncan and Thad W*. Coleman for school trustees, the school should succeed. These trustees, our citizens, and Col. Aull are all enthusiastic over the putting on of a high school. An election looking to that end will soon be held. Whitmire has a splendid brick school building. The school has grown rapidly dur ing the last five years, and when the extension to the Glenn-Lowry cotton mill, now in process of erection, is finished, the number of pupils in. school will be almost doubled, and to meet this demand we must have the highschool. Our citizens are trained in the school, and the future of Whitmire depends largely on its school. At a recent meeting of the board of trustees the following teachers were elected: Suprintendent, Mr. S. J. Wall, of ??- 2 5 1 n r? n a Marion; principal, nans. o. a. Whitmire; primary teacher, Miss Lula Donnan, Laurens. Mr: Wall comes highly recommended. He received his training as a pedagogue under that noble educator, Prof. Patterson Wardlaw, in the South Carolina university, and has taught successfully for five . ' years. Mrs. S. A. Jeter is a Winthrop graduate, has been in the school room more than 20 years* and has just nnished her fifth session here. Miss Lula Donnan is a good primary teacher, and has taught here three years. Dr. and Mrs. J. K. Gilder were in town last week, the gue.sts of Mr. F. W. Fant Mrs. J. B. Pitts entertained the Carlisle Sewing club, of which she is a member, last Friday. The following ladies were present: Mosdames C. A. Jeter. Paul H. Jeter, J. T. Jeter, W. H. I Jeter, M. C. Deaver, J. D. Fleming," L. P. Thomas and J. G. Rice, all of Carlisle. Mr. Z. H. Suber and mother, Mrs. Nancy Suber, and Mrs. RoDert Elmore, were called to Anderson last week to attpnr? thp funeral r>f Vfr. John Har grove. Mrs. Nancy Suber is still in Anderson visiting relatives. Mr. J. M. Major spent the week-end with his family here. fP . Mr. J. W. Hipp and family spent the week-end at Mr. J. C. Abrams'. Mr. M. E. Abrams and children, Tom" ond T iif>v TJVanfoia cru>nt the. Sahhflth U>UU i A WyV ?* V ?MW with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Abrams. . ;r^| Master William Childs, of New York, is spending some time with his aunt, Mrs. H. K. Boyd. Mrs. Emma Andrews, of Greenwood, is visiting relatives here. Mr. Walter Black, of Waxjaaw, N. C., has succeeded Mr. Gibson as section master here. . - M Mr. James Adair aiid family, of Clinton, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jno. M. Finney. Misses Pellerree Hollen and Lizzie Ruth Davidson are spending some time ' with Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Gary and Mr. and Mrs. Jno. M. Finney. Messrs W. C. Doblins and Turner, of Goldville, were in town last week. Mr. Ben Copeland, of Renno, was here last week. Mrs. Jno. R. Rosebro entertained Thursday evening in honor of ber two sisters, Misses Roberta and Mary Helen Nielson, of Baltimore. Mrs. R. M. Xielson served refreshments in the dining room. Misses Sarah Fant, of Newberry, and Mary Helen Nielson. played and sang. The folio win;; young persons enjoyed the eveaing together: Misses bena Young, Kate Hargrove, Sarah Fant, Bertha McCarley, Winnie Henderson, Myrtle Suber, Kate Mc(CONTINUED ON PAGE 5). ' tjtSw