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CANDIDATES COME TO BLOWS. Blease Leader and Jones Advocate Draw Blood at Conearee Meeting: in Richland Campaign. Columbia, Aug. 1.?A first fight between George R. Rembert, the Blease leader, and John J. McMahan, the strong Jones advocate, both candidates for the house, at the Richland campaign meeting today at Congaree, drew blood and caused the crowd of 500 voters to be thrown into a state of intense excitement. Several blows passed, one blow from Mr. McMahan's fist drawing Diood rrom Mr. Kemoeris mouth and two slight lacerations on his face evidenced where Mr. McMahan's hits fell. Mr. McMahan suffered a slight laceration on the lips as the effect from a blow of Mr. Rembert's fists. When the combatants went together at the stand the crowd surged towards them and in the melee Mr. McMahan ? n j ? i ? J 1?- ? a ieu, mppea u is saia uy some, ana Mr. F. Sumter Earle, one of the commissioners of Columbia, had hold of him. Dr. E. C. Adams, one of the Jones candidates for the hous4, rushed at Mr. Earle and jerked him off Mr. McMahan hurlint him a few steps away. Only the interference of bystanders prevented tliem <Tom coming to blows. From eye-witnesses who were present on the stand it is gathered that Mr. Kemoert was replying to Mr. mcMahan, who had scored his "Bleaseism." In the course of his reply Mr. Remoert challenged the Jones leader in Richland to meet him in a joint debate at the city opera house and have the tiling out. It is said that Mr. Rem fcert remarked that he did not "want any little jay bird," but the real Jones leader, Mr. McMahan took offence at the remark and eold Mr. Rembert, "You don't know whether I am the Jones leader or not, but if you will come out here in the woods I willf give you a good beating." Then it is said that they went together. The Congaree meeting today further tightened the lines between the Blease and Anti-Blea.se forces, the latter candidates for the house scoring Governor Blease for a statement attributed to him at a* meeting at Jacobs, in this v county, the other night, when he is said to have told the voters only to vote for the Bleaseites, naming them. The Jones candidates flayed the governor and asked the people if thev "were going to let Blease dictate to them as to how they should vote. Alva M. I.umpkin came out ^trongly for Judge Jones and John J. tycMahan scored "Bleaseism." Dr. E. C. Adams, E. F. Bookter and W. R. Fishburn ranged themselves on the side of Judge .Tones. G. R. Rembert, J. A. Summersett, J. M. Rawlinson and J. T Miller came out for Blease, .while R. 3M. Welch and J. S. Huffman were noncommittal. It was distinctly a Jones crowd. They displayed their prefer- j ence, it is stated, by asking Mr. R^ bert many questions about his stand tiy Governor Blease in the legislature. The first fight between Messrs. Rembert and McMahan almost broke np the meeting and has also fired this /kAll f M A nil AC+? /N ^ "D1 A vuuiuv uvci qucouuu ui Ditrac)"ism." Many groups on the streets were discussing it this afternoon and tonight. ' Richland county polls about five thousand votes and advocates of both Jones and Blease are claiming the oonnty. MRS. GRACE >0T GlILTY. jreea woman Mianes Manas j)ltn Jurymen?Atlanta Society Woman . on Versre of Collapse. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 2.?"Twelve good men and true," today declared Daisy Opie Grace "not guilty" of the charge of shooting her husband, Eugene H. Grace, with intent to murder. The verdict was reached after two hours' deliberation, during which the accused woman underwent all the agonies of one in her position. When she was supported into the court room just before the entrance of the jury at 5 o'clock this afternoon, Mrs. Grace appeared to be bordering on collapse. Trembling from head to foot she was assisted to the chair she had occupied oil rliirino t Vl O t T1 Q 1 1 r>V) Koorov* lo c?f C4.X1 UUi 1UJ-, LUV. HiUij ?* UiVU JLCbO C Monday, and awaited the verdict. As the jurymen filed in, one by one, Mrs. Grace straightened herself in her ehair, then sank back and gritted her teeth. "Gentlemen of the jury, have you agreed upon a verdict?" Judge Roan's inquiry broke a silence similar to that of the tomb. "We have." resnonded the foreman. "We find the defendant not guilty." r ? ?? i The Drawback. MI fold mine hands and stand and H?ait and know mine own shall come to me?unless a copper catches on and pinches me for vagrancy."?Houston Post | Aiken Ac ! In Unprecedently ? I Passage of Bi Army Popular and Influential in t Commands Attention of I Ready Aid of His Co Made Part of Democ: % Of the Strictest Integrity, He and Courteous, Aiwaj to Serve his I (Abbeville Press and Banner.) 1 Editor Press and Banner: i j It has occurred to me that many I people at home do not know how rei suits are accomplished in congress. Some people may think that the men;ber who makes the most speeches, or i ; the loudest ones, is the most useful ! congressman. This is not the case at all. The point I am trying to make :was well illustrated here this week I when Representative Wyatt Aiken got through a joint resolution raking an | emergency appropriation of $5,000 for the purpose of fighting the army worm i in Anderson county and other places | where it had occurred. In order to make the whole matter clear I had better tell the whole story j from the beginning. Last Sunday j night Mr. Aiken received a telegram | from Mr. J. W. Rothroc, the farm ; demonstration agent for Anderson I county, telling of the appearance of 'the army worm in that section, and i asking that an expert be sent to look over the field and advise the farmers what to do. Mr. Aiken went to the agricultural department next morning ! (Monday) and saw Secretary Wilson about it. Mr. Wilson telephoned to Dr. Webster, the entomologist of the department, and asked him to come over. They discussed the matter, and Mr. Aiken insisted that Dr. Webster i should go to Anderson at once. Dr. j Webster said there was no money ; available?that the appropriation bill | for this year had not been passed, and 'that all the money given in the last j appropriation bill had been exhausted. ' - Mr. Aiken began feeling in% his pock: ets and pulling out money. '"I don't iknow whether I have enough money with me to pay your expenses," he I said, "but I can get some more by the time the train leaves." "I'm game, too." exclaimed Secretarv Wilson, arid he beean to die ur>. ! too. And between them Mr. Aiken and Secretary Wilson made up enough money to pay Dr. Webster's expenses on 'the trip, and he left Washington jthat night Dr. Webster reached Anderson ! Tuesday afternoon and at once got an automobile and went to the infested section, in company with Mr. Roth! rock and other citizens. He found the i situation worse than he had. expected, jand went back into Anderson that night and sent Mr. Aiken a telegram j giving the result of his trip. He urged i That more money be made available | at once in order to put other experts ! in the field.i Mr. Aiken got this telegram Wed! nesday morning. He did not know j ! how much money would be needed,! ! but as soon as the house met he intro- \ j iluced a joint resolution making an \ appropriation of $15,000, had the reso! lution referred to the committee on i agriculture, and then telephoned to | Secretary Wilson to come up to the j eapitol and talk to the committee j about it. Mr. Aiken then went to work, seeing the members of the house personally and explaining the matter to them. The leaders on both sides of the house, Republicans as well as i Democrats, were seen and all of them agreed to support the resolution. Mr. Fitzgerald, the chairman of th? appropriations committee, was seen. "Well, you know we are trying to j make a record for economy," he said, j "but this seems to be a case in which j you need money down there, and you ineed it right now. Figure out just how little you can get along with, and I will not oppose it." Other influential members of the house told Mr. Aiken the same thing. Secretary Wilson appeared and went before the committee. He was told what Mr. Fitzgerald had said, and after discussing the matter for a while, he said he thought $5,000 would be sufficient to carry on the work until the regular appropriation bill should be passed. Thereupon, the committee reduced the amount named in the resolution from $15,000 to $5,000, and i j Mr. Heflin, of Alabama, was instructi ed to report the resolution favorably to the house on Thursday, of course, | all of this took some time, a::a by i ts Quicklyj H . m* rs ! >nort I ime secures 11 to Combat Worm he House Mr. Aiken Always -lis Hearers and Has the Workers?His Speeches ratic Campaign Books is True to His Party, Prompt 'S Ready and Anxious Constituents. the time the resolution was reported to the house Mr. Aiken had talked to practically every member present, and had lined everybody up for it. Mr. . Heflin made a short talk, explaining the necessity for the appropriation, which everybody had been told of be fore hand, and in very few minutes the resolution had passed the hoir There was not a dissenting vote. Mr. Aiken then had the resolution hurried to the senate. Under the regular routine it would not have been sent to the senate until the next day, but Mr. Aiken was in a hurry, and he speeded things up. In the senate a" unexpected obstacle was encountered, j The senate was working under a un- J animous consent arrangement by j which the tariff hills werp, to be voted - on before any other business of any ! kind would be considered. Under this agreement Mr. Aiken's resolution could not possibly be reached before Monday. Mr. Aiken went to work and explained to the leaders on both sides, and made them promise that they would not delay his resolution. He ; talked to nearly all the senators that j afternoon, and perfected an arrangement by which his resolution was taken up that night, after the vote on the wool bill was taken, and it was passed a without a dissenting vote. Senator Smith did . not know of the arniy worm Demg.in Soutn Carolina until Mr. aiken came over to the senate with the resolution that had been passed by the house. He got very much excited, and said $5,000 would not be enough, and wanted to increase the amount to $25,000. Mr. Aiken told him that Secretary Wilson had said that $5,000 would be sufficient and urged him to lpf- thp ftAO armrrmriation ?n ; . through without delay, pointing out J that an amendment would send it back i < to the house and conferees would ! ] j have to be appointed, and the matter j would be delayed, and very probably j the whole appropriation would be' defeated. Senator Smith finally con- | sented to this, and Mr. Aiken's resolution went through the senate with out a dissenting vote, just as it had passed the house. Within 48 hours after Mr. Aiken was notified of the appearance of the army worm in Anderson county he had an < expert on the ground, and within 48 , hours more after the expert had made his report Mr. Aiken had secured an-jj other $5,000 for stamping out the evil, j, Quick work, wasn't it? And Mr. ATfcen did this effective;. worK witnoui maning any speecnes. j. He did not use gum shoe methods, nor j < did he use a brass band. He knew^ what to do, and went ahead and did it;j without delay. By working on thej^ members of the house and senate per- j ( sonally he got what was needed, andjj got it without delay. If he had made , the most eloquent speech in the world, | and filled many pages of the Congres-!, sional Record, he could not have ac-i complished the desired end halt so j. ) I quickly. Xor could a new member ^ of congress, no matter how able or j eloquent, have accomplished such re-; t suits. He^' simply would not have i( known what to do, or how to go about!, it? he would not have had the person- j, al influence that was necessary, and that can be attained only by long and , acceptable service. This incident shows the kind of congare=sman Wyatt Aiken is. He has i abilitv and energy, and the thing that i men call personal magnetism, and he j is always on the job. He is person- j ally one of the most popular men in the house, and he is absolutely honest. There has never been any suspicion as to his integrity. He is true to his party and to the best principles j | of his State, and as he never taiKs on j | th^ floor of the house unless he has ; something to say, he is always listen-j ed to with respect: He has not "talk-! i ed himself to death," as so .many, members of congress have done. He has not destroyed his influence by too much speech making. Yet he is one of the most effective speakers in the j house, as is shown by the fact that; in ' the two last national campaigns Mr.' Aiken's tariff speeches were mcori I porat^d in the Democratic campaign [ book. Only the best speeches are us- i ed for this book. The leaders of the party thought Mr. Aiken's speeches were so good, of the hundreds of speeches made in congress, that they were willing to go before the country on them. And it is reported here today that the campaign book for this year, soon to be issued, will contain another of Mr. Aiken's speeches. It will be read by millions of voters between now and November. This shows what the party leaders think of Mr. Aiken's speeches. They do not select the weakest speeches to put before the people ot the country. Mr. Aiken's record in the house is as good as that of the best. He is on important committees, and he is an influetnfial and effectual member. He has many bills to his credit. In one congress he secured the passange of more bills than any other member, Democrat or Republican, senator or i representative. This is a remarkable I statement, but it can be verified by the word if any one will take the trouble to do so. Haven't the people of the Third district every reason to feel not only satisfied with their congressman but proud of him? A. M. Carpenter. Washington, July 26. (Adv.) Only a Fire Hero but the crowd cheered, as, witb burned hands, he held up a small round box, "Fellows!" he shouted, "this Bucklen's Arnica Salve I hold, has everything beat for burns." Right! also for boils, | ulcers, sores, pimples, eczema, cuts, j sprains, bruises. Surest pile cure. It j subdues inflammation, kills pain. On- i ly 25 cents at W. E. Pelham's. DODSO'S LIVEK TONE BEATS CALOMEL No Need Now to Risk Your Health Taking Dangerous Drag?New Remedy is Guaranteed. ? Next time your liver gets sluggish and you feel dull and headachy go to W. G. 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Asbill, , ! k Cashier. c NOTICE OF ELECTION. j 1 A written petition having been pre- J j. >ented to the undersigned trustees of |.t Jilverstreet school District No. 58 of | j STewberry County, South Carolina, j signed by at least one-third of the resi- c lent electors and a like proportion of | ? :he resident freeholders of the age of ! e ;wenty-one years, of said District, ask-1 * ng that an election be held to deter- | j nine whether or not Silverstreet j, School District No. 58 will issue and ; T jell coupon bonds aggregating forty ! ( lundred dollars, payable within twen- j t :y years, at the rate of interest not j ? exceeding six per cent per annum, j ( payable, annually, for the purpose of j ( erecting buildings and for equipment j ( 'or maintaining public schools in said |1 District. 11 An election for said purpose is here-1 by ordered to be held at H. C. 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Counts, dated the 6th day of Feb uary, 1912, the conditions of which iave been broken, I will sell to the lighest bidder for cash at the ware- j louse of the Prosperity Wholesale :ompany, at Prosperity, S. C., on the !rd day of August, 1912, at 10 o'clock t. m., all of the stock of goods of the said Prosperity Wholesale Company, consisting of groceries, articles of nerchandise, etc., an inventory of vhich amounts to $588.74, which inventory ,1 ay be seen by calling at the >ffice ^f the undersigr a; also, th? juilding of the said Pr03p?*if.v Vibo!^>ale Company, valued at $400.00. purchaser of said building to hive thirly ;30) days in which to move the same )ff of lot, and the proeee Is of 3am? **ill be applied to th<; payment of the nortgage debt. Eugene S. Bbase, Attorney and Agent of Mortgagee. Newberry. S. C., July 1912 TEACHER WAFTED. Teacher of experience wanted for Jnion school. Term of five months md possibly six, at $50 per month rrustees will elect on August 3. 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I will give a first-class Barbecue at my residence, County Campaign day, Monday, August 26, 1912. J. M. Counts. We will give a first-class barbecue at Jolly Street on Saturday, August 17, county campaign day. Good dinner ? guaranteed. Come, everybody! J. A. C. Kibler. E. H. werts. POLICY HOLDERS ANNUAL MEET. \' ING. \ The policy holders of the Farmers' < Mutual insurance association of Newberry county will meet in the court house on Saturday, August 10, at 11 o'clock a. m. A full meeting is desired. R. T. C. Hunter, t. t rntins. President. ^ Secretary. " * * | "M | -I -M nnHHH^Hriflwfl X^ny i|j