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VOLUME L, NUMBER ?9. NEWBEBRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, v912. TWICE A WEEK, ll.il A YEA* i -? V? M 11 , WINS OUT Ih GREA Over 135,000 Votes Reporte . Lyon and Peeples Run C r Elected Treasun v ^ In on? of the greatest political battles ever recorded in a Democratic primary in South Carolina, Coleman Livingston Blease has been nominated for re-election as governor of South Carolina, his majority over both Jones and Duncan, according to the tabulation of the Columbia State Thursday, being 2,296. i :^SHB HMfl I jHHE^Mp I I > GOV. COLE. L. Who Has Been Over 135,000 votes were cast in the ? primary. The count was slow, and for a time \ It seemed as if the vote received by * Duncan would make a second primary necessary. The reports on Tuesday night, with the first tabulations in iiand, showed Jones running ahead by several hundred votes. Late Tuesday night Blease took the lead and steadily maintained a small lead over Jones until he gained a substantial major itv over both his opponents. p v All day Wednesday, when the election continued to hang in doubt, with a second race apparently imminent, The Herald and News was kept busy ^ answering inquiries. Many contradic-r tory reports and rumors were received, but the fact seemed to remain that Blease was maintaining his lead, and about 8.30 o'clock on Wednesday night The Herald and News received a bulletin from Charleston giving the re6ult in the State at large, which at that time was: Blease, L?un\can, 1,941; Jones, 63,755. On th? face trf these almost complete returns the News and Courier gave out the state, ment that Blease was apparently elected. Several hours earlier in the afternoon the News and Courier had wired The Herald and News that Blease was leading by a majority of about three hundred over his two opponents, and that Blease was probably elected. \ Mr. Fred. H. Dominiek. who has * " I ONE OF STA TEST POLITIC d? Tillman Apparently Will )ver?Richards May Ruu Ove ir?Intense Interest in the R( l managed Governor Blease's campaign, | came to Newberry on Tuesday mornj ing, where he has remained since. ! Mr. Dominick received returns Tues| day night and all day Wednesday from Columbia and Charleston and irom the various counties throughout the State. He has confidently predicted /victory for the governor since the be ... ^:-:<:;:.vj}^.-|;-<:-. 3y8ggjj|^^ BLEASE, Re-elected. f ginning of the campaign, and at 210 time during the reports did he lose confidence in the result. He "was, of course, very much delighted when the message from the News and Courier was received, and a little later when he received a report that the Columbia State's figures showed Blease's election by about 2,000. The figures published by the Columbia State of Thursday morning showed the following vote: Blease, 70,300. -Tnnw fin 9Kfi Duncan, 2,0i8. The State reported that it had about 30 precincts missing. The figures quoted above from tire News and Courier, received by The Herald and News on Wednesday night, were based, according to the News and Courier, on the total vote of the State with the exception of seven j precincts. Tillman Apparently Nominated. B. R. Tillman did not develop the strength which has been his in political days of the past in South Carolina, but the indications at an early hour Thursday morning were that he j would go in 011 the. first ballot. He i more than doubled X. B. Dial's votes | and lacked but little of gaining a i similar decisive advantage over \V. J. 'Talbert, his other opponent. The Cojiiimbia Sta'e's figures stood: Tillman. Ci.TOU. T;iM.KM i, 3?. 17 o. EASE k HPI^H te's :al ba ttles Win Out on First Ballot? r With Cansler? Carter ice For Governor i Dial, 23,563. Lyon and Peeples rtun ?her. For attorney general, J. Fraser Lyon, candidate for re-election, was I well in the lead on Thursday morning, I hut thp returns showed that a second race would be necessary between Lyon and Thos. H. Peeplcs, of Barmw-il. The vote stood: Lyon, 51,142. Peeples, 38,285. Earle, 12, 042. Evans,-i0,678. Carter For Treasurer. For State treasurer, S. T. Carter kent iin hi? remarkable run. brinffine his vote up to 72,557,, to 41,396 for his opponent, D. W. McLaurin. For R. R. Commissioner. In the race for railroad commissioner John G. Richards has a bare majority, but it seems likely that later returns will overthrow this and force him into a second race with James Cansler. Mr. Richards, the incumbent, at one time had a good lead over his opponents, but the votes that came in cut down his advantage until he I FRED. H. DOMINICK, Gov. Blease's Campaign aMnager. I ?^~ -:.,r- + o^Aim 11-i. Violf.wnv murlr \N cl^> JU^t cluwk: iiUll The vote stood: Richards, 55,">92. Cansler, 34,236. ( Wharton, 21,001. The Kesult by Counties. Following is the result of the gov, ernor s race by counties: v County. Blease. Jones. Duncan. Abbeville 1,316 1,322 23 Aiken .. 2,016 1,783 91 Anderson o,Uii id Bamberg.. .. .. 575 684 22 Barnwell i ,181 i,063 17 Beaufort. ? .. .. 178 480 ll Berkeley 633 478 15 Calhoun 399 588 6 Charleston 2,670 3,475 , 31 Cherokee 1,765 1,180 39 Chester. .. .. I,i47 1,147 28 Chesterfield .. .. i,444 l,20i 88 Clarendon 1,284 746 20 Colleton i,470 1,080 40 Darlington. 1,508 1,572 Dillon 1,135 1,097 78 Dorchester 675 690 22 Edgefield 637 1,352 26 Fairfield 729 799 50 (Florence 2,014 i,91i 72 i Georgetown.. .. 589 975 12 Greenwood 1,407 1,592 138 Greenville 4,186 4.790 25 Hampton 614 836 27 i Horry 2,110 1.433 i20 i.Iasnpr *>7fl *>", I Kershaw i,4!>2 1,026 o" i Lancaster i .201 1.4U?j 2ft' ; Liuirens 2.212 !.77o Lee 1,000 759 29 Lexington 2,304 1,961 73 Marion 909 1,177 27 Marlboro 1,142 1,283 i9 Newberry 1,613 i ,427 47 Oconee.. 1,987 1,545 83 Orangeburg .. .. 1,786 2,750 21 Pickens 2,259 i,297 97 Richland 3,004 2,867 73 Saluda I,i08 935 60 Spartanburg.. .. 5,464 4,822 i05 Sumter 888 1,353 20 Union 1,689 1,267 44 Williamsburg . . 868 i,026 29 York 2,346 1,936 51 I Totals 70,300 65,986 ' 2,018 Great Political Battle. The political battle just brought to a close, so far as the gubernatorial race is concerned, has been probably the most remarkable in the history of the Democratic primaries in South | Carolina. When Hampton and his followers redeemed South Carolina from negro domination in 1876? which was, of course,, the greatest political battle and the greatest political victory in the history of the State? that was the fight of a united Demo cracy, against scalawag and negrtf rule. The battle just fought was a battle by opposing factions in the Democratic party. There are those who think that the campaign of 1892 was more remarkable, and in some re?\ spects it was. But Tillman did not have such opposition as had Blease? j such united opposition. Even Tillman himself had declared against Blease. Returns Slow. , The returns were slow coming in, owing to several reasons. In the first place, the vote far sur-1 passed any vote recorded in a Democratic primary, going some 15,000 and possibly more beyond the highwater mark of the past. In the second place, there were long* county tickets, some of these being counted first. There was, in addition, a very slow ! count in Charleston, owing to a num : 'A' JUDGE IRA B. JONES, Defeated Candidate for Governor. ber of local conditions. Other big counties were very slow in the count. The Charleston vote did not begin to make itself appreciably known until some time Wednesday. There was the intensest excitement in Charlesrho rhiv nf fleetion. and the ^VII \/ll ~ - , _ News and Courier reported several fights around and near the polls, and a great deal of other disorder. There were a number of alarming rumors in circulation on Wednesday in regard to Charleston, k being reported that a riot "nail occurred a a that several people had been kjiied. This rumor seems to hav gained (Ii dilation based on nothing ilr.iii I the fights which occurred in the city on election day, and the further fact that the militia of Charleston had been ordered to tre held in readiness in case necessity should arise for it to take a hand. There proved to be no occasion, however, for calling out the militia. The County Races. County returns from the various counties have been slow in coming in, and at an. early hour on Thursday morning it was impossible to give any definite idea of the results in the various county races throughout the State. It seemed likely that a fair idea of the results in the various counties could be gained during Thursday. The Herald and News on Tuesday night issued extras giving the results in Newberry county. In the rush of receiving reports over the telephone, several errors have been discovered, but it is hardly possible that the results announced by The Herald and j News can be changed by the official tabulation. Owing to two mistakes in receiving reports, the totals for the governor's race in Newberry county as given by The Herald and News were not. exactlv correct. In the reDorts sent out by the News and Courier, however, these totals had been corrected, The Herald and News having carefully revised the figures in this race on account of the fact that the race in the State was so close. After a careful revision, on the unofficial returns received by The Herald and News, the following totals for the governor's race in Newberry county are given: Blease, i,6i3. Duncan, 47. Jones, 1,427. As stated in the extra issued by The Herald and News, Goggans and Wheeler tie for clerk, according to the returns received by this newspaper. This race, of course, will be carefully gone over by the county Democratic executive- committee, and where a race is so close the official figures may de' cide it one way or the other. <e> <?>' <?> A CHAT WITH 3IRS. WOODROW < > ' WILSO>. <8>; <? <s> I $><?><$> <a> <$> <a> <$><?> <e> $><$>#><$>$><?><?> <& Washington Times. \ Imagine a woman at the magnetic i age ot' middle life, soft of voice, mat- ! ronly in contour, brown of eye and i hair, above the average in height, | charming in personality and you have I the present mistress of the "Little \ White House" and possible future mis- j tress of the "Big White House," at j Washington. Mrs. Wood row Wilson, who, until young Dr. Wilson came acourting back in 1885, was Miss Ellen Louise Axson, of Rome, Ga. Mrs. Wilson is still surrounded by the aura that clings to the soft, t dreamy South and more particularly . to the old-fashioned Southern woman, the woman who was once described by a distinguished visitor from abroad as "God's agent on earth.'* It was at the close of a dinner party given at the summer executive mansion that the wife of the Democratic nominee for the highest office within the gift of his party consented to be j interviewed. On one of the big tables in the drawing room, the only one unadorned with beautiful floral testimonials of friendship, stood a huge Independence Day cake ribbed in red and white and blue. On the wall opposite the fireplace was a life-size painting of the Madonna, one unusually gracious j and free from ecclesiastic-ism. This [ was the Inst, portarit Mrs Wilson did ! t- in> l.nifllfiOTkft .cnrlr o nr.'v/i f 4 i\ i '?,*->! ill; mm. o\ u|m ' ui a. eral years ago. It is only one of the <rcms from Mrs. Wilson's brush, a / 4 rrn** i Hixivi brush with so masterful and vivid a stroke that an art critic recently gave it as his opinion that "if Mrs. Wilson could devote all her time to her art, -f? she would take first rank among the women artists of the New World." A study of the painting make3 the spectator realize that the artists's beautiful spirit of motherhood is reflected?the spirit of motherhood which Mrs. Wilson believes to be the ideal type of womanhood. "The happiest life for a woman," said Mrs. Wilson, smiling happily, "contains three elements?a husband with whose tastes you sympathize, your home and your children. I've often said?and I'm sure my husband, practical theorist that he is, agress with me?that husbands and wives reach their truest and noblest develop- / ment when they are complementary to each other. That's the way I feel about my husband. I want him to . ... . _ . .... >. feel that I am always at his side. "To say that I am pleased at Mr. Wilson's nomination is superfluous. I am proud of the trust that has been reposed in my husband. What woman would not be? Isn't it a great thing for a woman to realize that the man she loves is considered by a great political party to be worthy of the high_ ...... est office in tne land? "But I cannot say that I am elated at the honor that has come to Mr. Wilson, because I appreciate the grave responsibilities that Mr. Wilson's present position carries with it But no brave man fears or shirks responsibilities?rather he prays that his abilities will measure up to his responsibilties. "Mr. Wilson has an opportunity to do enormous good if he is permitted to carry out the principles and the high ideals for which he stands and has always stood. I know my husband better perhaps than any other person in this country. I have faith that he wil! live up to his opportunities. x ; << r tlf A A + ll ATI/? f A lrr? AtTf TMtT "Un A . i want umcib lu xvnu vv my nuoband as I know him. You know my husband's ideals and mine have always been supplementary to each other. I have the greatest confidence in his ability to render practical the theoretical ideals which he holds. I y?5aH have such great confidence in the clearness of his vision that I have fre- r quently accepted his ideas on subjects about which I had no opportunity for personally inquiring into. "I believe that Mr. Wilson will be elected. If he is I believe he will make a good president. To my mind he possesses one of the most essential . characteristics of a good president? sincerity. "Mr. Wilson is the very essence of unselfishness. He never thinks of himself. I have to do that part of his thinking fcT'That is one reason I say we are supplementary. ''') "It seems to me that a woman has almost enough to do in attending to her home. While I believe it wise for a wife to know everything about her husbands business affairs I do not ! believe in a wife interfering in his | business affairs. The home is woi man's sphere, the world is man^. "A man <ir>pc not want tr? hp hnthpr. ed with housekeeping details. As a rule they are too trival to be discussed. It is a good rule for wives not to trouble their husbands with the vagaries or idiosyncracies of the butcher and the baker. i "Do not take this to mean that a wife should not spur her husband on ! in his vocation. That seems to be the . j double function oi woman? ambition ; accelerator and mental recreator. A wife should make it her business to see that her husband secures a few hours' mental recreation every day." "Have you kept up with recent poI litical developments?" Mrs. Wilson j was asked. I