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?rKCOMM 1TTEE CLOSES IT-COIMRY SESSION j To Make Report to Executive Committee in Columbia on Tuesday? Very Little Done. Anderson, Sept. 26.?The subcommittee of the executive committee of the Democratic party of South Carolina finished its labors as a committee of the whole today until the members assemble in Columbia Monday to consider all testimony in hand and prepare a report for the State executive committee. The day spent in Anderson did not prove exciting. Late in the afternoon the committee went into executive session and decided that the committee will meet in the State library of the State house at Columbia Monday at 12 o'clock to review the work done and prepare its report. The work done by the subcommitte from the Anderson committee has been painstaking and thorough, and when the committee arrived here it found matter for its consideration in excellent shape for action. After a day in which considerable time was lost in one way and another plans for onntimianfo qtiH onn^lnsirvn r?f frhp work of the committee were adopted ]ate in the afternoon. To Continue Work. J. D. Bivens and R. M. Jeffries will proceed to Orangeburg to conduct an investigation there of the disappearance of the rolls and any other irregularities noted. T. B. 'Butler is authorized by the committee to collect all affidavits at Spartanburg and other evidence at hand and convey it ir\ tVio r*r\m i Mqa fr\r* tlm maafino' * V liiV WilllUlLtCC JLV^l lUVs XU^UUg Monday. J. T. Duncan was notified that the will be expected to file with the committee not later than Monday affidavits in support of the charges mentioned in his affidavit filed with this commitee yesterday. This is expected to include an affidavit from W. A. Lee of Pelzer, a witness mentioned in the affidavit from Duncan yesterday, who was advised by ^telegraph to present himself here today. Efforts were made by telephoning to Pelzer to secure Lee's presence. Duncan arrived in the late afternoon and read his affidavit already submitted. His presence had been requested by the committee in an effort to have the charges offered by the deponent made more explicit.' Duncan this afternoon inserted in the affidavit the statement that Lee's assertion as to being paid %2 a day by jones supporters and a statement -that two corporation physicians had stated that Jones supporters had deposited $1 OS.COO in banks for work in the last ten days of the campaign were made to him by Lee. Inquiry in Anderson. The investigation here disclosed j that the work of the subcommittee' , 'has shown that in an alphabetical list; of na-lies on poll lists, carried through "a, b, c, d, e, f," there are 7S names that appear more than once. Some of the names are on the lists as many ' ps fight times and in each of the 78 cases the names appear as often as twice. The total number of names in 1 question is about 200. Thp subcommitte, represented this afternoon; principally through Leon L. Rice and j W. H. Canfield, has been able to make an alphabetical copy of the names' only through the first six letters of the alphabet. It was decided this afternoon that: the duplicate names should be called by the chairman and those in the crowd in attendance at the court j house should oe given a.i apportunity I to give any information as to the status of the names. The committee j wishes to establish as far as possible whether the names represented sepa-j rate individuals or one person voting' more than once. Afi .ur. sievenson caued tiie duplicate names persons in the crowd spoke' up and offered, at the suggestion of! the committee, to make affidavits of. the existence of such persons at the polling places mentioned. A number of persons volunteered to give affida vits. Among the most prominent were i "Josh" Ashley, Joe H. .M. Asb'ey. rc-: cently elected sheriff, and 0. L. Gray,! elected to the legislature at the re-l cent primary. .4s the names were called the chairman of the committee, \Y. F. Stevenson, entered the names of those to make the affidavits and later the com- j mittee delegated to Leon L. Rice and j K. P. Smith the duty of taking and i preparing these affidavits and forwarding them to the subcommittee for presentation to the State executive committee. Although no tabulation was made it seemed that about onehalf the names under consideration were accounted for by the announcement, "I know him," and the assurance that affidavits to that effect would be forthcoming. ,nna uisturoanee. A mi!d disturbance at the opening of the investigation varied the monotony of the proceedings. Shortly after the committee had arrived in Anderson and started a session in the court house it was found that no steno rapher was available at that time ai I while a search for a stenographer w being instituted it was decided to r ceive the records of the subcommitt in evidence. As these were aoout to be present by Leon L. Rice, chairman, attorne for the governor insisted that IV: Rice be sworn beiore presenting t copies of the poll lists, etc. Mr. Ri stated that 'before bein% sworn 1 j feit called upon to state that as mu | of the work of copying the poll lis ; etc., had been done by clerks and n under his observation much of t under his observation much of t matter would be as far as he was co cerned "hearsay." At the wo "hearsay" jeers, hoots and chee broke out from.Thany of the sever hundred persons assembled. "Josh" Ashley's voice could heard in the outcry. When the cha man rapped for order and it was n immediately restored Mr. Stevens quickly explained that such an 01 burst would not for an instant be t< erated. "This committee is here direction of the State executive co: mittee, the highest authority in Sou Carolina," said Mr. Stevenson, "a if it can not conduct its deliberatlo without interruption from the asse' blage, then the committee will remo itself to a location, where the pre ence of the assemblage will be d reused with." Order was soon restc ed and the committee was not aga i interrupted. On account of the failure of the < fort to secure a stenographer lit was accomplished at the morning s( sion except the introduction of the c cuments in the hands of the Anders subcommittee as to the duplicatio on the polling lists. The absence of detailed work f the committee at the morning sessi gave attorneys and some members the committee opportunities to deli\ short addresses. The matter of J. Duncan's' affidavit as to statements | W. A. Lee, of Pelzer, to Duncan, w j recalled and a call lpade for L I and Duncan. At this time neith : appeared in the audience. At the convening of the committ I for the afternoon, J. B. Park a: I J. D. Bivens, as a committee comps ed the copies of the poll list with t original pool lists and reported tb th? transcript appeared to be corre At first the committee decided to cj names which were duplicates to s ! if the identity of these voters cou be established. It was decided to call the nam and allow persons in the crowd say when they knew the differe ?nen of the same name in the sever parts of the county so that affidavi : could be secured. This was decfd on and various names taken frc whom affidavits will be secured Messrs. Rice and Smith. "Josh" and His >'ephew. When tre names of "J. W. Ashle; was called "Josh" announced th these two were all right, as one re resented himeelf and the other "Brot er Tom's boy." After J. T. Duncan had read t affidavit already submitted to the coi mitfcee it was found that W. A. Le* presence had not been secured by t] committee, although a telegram ai telephone message had been forwar ed to Pelzer. The committee was n able to learn the details of the wi ~~ T ~ ni mug away ui juet; iiuui uie jjuuui forces to those of Judge Jones. At tbe close of the calling of d plicate names the committee went i to executive session and decided send the members of the committee additional counties as previously 01 lined. The members of the committee a tonight scatterii-g to their homes ai the counties assigned until the reco vening of the subcommittee ' at C lumbia at noon Monday. J. B. Park went to Greenwood, W. ^ ^ 1 A r,V? 1 1 ^ \* r> OLCYCIISUIl LXZLl 1U1 A^IiCV.nr, > . B. Butler departed for Gaffney, ai W. B. Wilson, Jr., took passage r< Rock. Hill. Messrs. Bivens, Jeffri and Greer are in Anderson tonigl Mr. Greer will go to Union tomnro' while Messrs. Bivens and Jeffries w go to Oraneburg. To outsiders a feature of the mee ing today was the appearance in il crowd of members of the Ashley fai ily or clan. Many persons in tl audience were pointed out as "Tl Ashleys" and not a few of those de 'ignated spoke out in the meeting. \V. Ashley several times said, as namp wac onllpd "Hp's n p-noH ma he voted for Blease." Mr. Stevenson continued to she his ability as a presiding officer, f with a rather restless and turbule audience, at all times in evidence, 1 conducted the deliberations of t; committee with calm yet insistent di I patch. CHICHESTER S PILL! V/CK THE DIAMOND BRAND. A, Ladies! Ask your Dni^yist for <'iil-ehef?-t?*?*,9 Di?iT?fMid Tirr.-i]/^ I^ ? : >: .n' V \}~ V uvi.yru ' .) . ' !. .. ? g-j.SPECIAL COURT TO TRY j? id; VAUGHN OCTOBER 21 j e- Will Probably be Tried Behind Closed J ee. Doors?May Not Take More Than B Two Days. vs j Greenville News, 27th. 11 * A special term or me com i vi gcu- g* he eral sessions to try T. U. Vaughn will I ce be ordered to convene in this city on I ie the third Monday in October, the 21st; I prox., according to a statement given I ts' out yesterday morning by Solitor Proc- I ot tor A. Bonham. he Mr. J. J. McSwain, chairman of the he board of trustees of the Odd Fellows n Orphanage, communicated with Gov. rd Cole. L. Blease by long distance telers ^ phone yesterday morning and stated to him that both the solicitor and the ^ trustees of the Odd Fellows orphanage desired a special term of court to iri rji'onncp nf thp charges against "Vaughn. ^ Uiup V"^i V w w Upon being informed that Judge J. W. DeVore had already ordered a special term of the sessions court to be con^1 vened here on the fourth Monday in by October, the 28th prox., Gov. Blease ^ I stated that, if it were satisfactory to all parties concerned, he would order the special term to try Vaughn one us week prior to the term ordered by Judge DeVore. ve ,s_ This arrangement is acceptable to 1 js_ the trustees and the solicitor and the j )r_ governor will, therefore, issue the I . i formal order for the special term | Llll " within the next few days. ..Judge DeVore will preside at the special term tje of court which he ordered, but it will ?s_ be impossible for him to preside at lo_ the special term ordered by Governor on Blease, as he will be engaged in holdns ing coiirt elsewhere. This being the case, it will be the duty of Governor I Blease to designate some one to pre- 3 on side at the term which he b order- I ed. In case any of the circuit judges I ,er are disengaged at that time, one of 1 rp them will be ordered here to preside. I bv Otherwise, the governor will appoint I as some special judge. ,ee Governor Blease's ordering the spe- I er cial term of court will, of course, I rrron^ ilirv will ha VP to I mean mc gianu - - _ ee reconvene and that the jury commis- I ad sioners will have to draw a special I Lr- venire. The drawing of the jurors I he will be done within the next few days, at The grand jury will not convene unct. til the morning for the special term tc ill convene. If they find a "true bill" ee against Vaughn, the trial of the case* Id will proceed at once. When interviewed by a News fees porter Solicitor Bonham stated that to the court would probably be held be- I nt hind closed doors. It is customary to al try cases of this nature in private, ad- ^ its mitting to the court room only such ed persons as have a right to be there, 9 >m such as witnesses, jurors, officers of by the court and relatives of the parties G concerned in the trial. There is also a provision in the || J A~ 11 ~ f Aotimnnv I y'7 statutes which anuws woumwuj _ at of the deponent in a case of this na- n p- ture to be taken in private. The de- E h- position is then brought in and read to the jurors. Whether or not Solici- I he tor Bonham will adopt this plan, he | n- ,was not in a position to state yester- g i's day morning. In trying cases of crim- ? he inal assault, however, Solicitor Bonid bam has frequently had the depon- A ' 1 - M - -A 4-1-% ? vivt/toiwiOQ d- I ent to taKe tne sianci m uie picocuv/c ot j of the jury. In a case like this, of n- course, the doors of the court are an closed to the morbidly curious. A citizen who is conversant with u- the facts in the Vaughn case stated n- yesterday that the trial should not to consume more than two days, basing n to his assertion on the supposition that t"i it- not more than two witnesses would 11 be put on the stand?the deponent e re and the defendant. liU n_ Domestic Combat. b 0_ Denver Times. /( E. Trowbridge Dana, grandson of F. the poet, Longfellow, who was re- ^ T.' cently married in Chambridge with a jt id: beautiful ritual of his own composi- d Dr tion, said the other day to a reporter. ^ en "If all couplets gave to marriage it. j the profound thought and reverence 2 w, j that my wife and T give to it there ill | would be fewer misniatings. I V "The average married pair, it some- j 't- ti nes seems to me are like tne tninnes. j -.j lie "Pa," said little Tommy Binks f i| one day, 'what's a weapon?' [ie " 'A weapon, my son,' Binks an- \ 10 swered, is something to fight with.' 3 s" " Then, pa,' said little Tommy, is j ma your weapon?' " j n> { If we are ever in doubt what to do, j jj j it is a good rule to ask ourselves what ,w j we shall wish on the morrow that we ~~ orjhad done.?John Lubbock. nt; he NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. 0 he fl s I Notice is hereby given that 1 will ! make final settlement of the estate of _ | Mrs. Anna E. Sheely, deceased, in the ri ? 1... tr S ; Probate Court ot .\ewDerry couuij.i ; State of South Carolina, at 11 o'clock j 'in the forpnoon on Thursday. Oetob-^ or 21^12. and immediately thereafter' :i i -'pv]y for letters dismissory, as admin- r-C iistrator of said estate. j A \ TV. Ssee!v. ! ei ! Administrator, i j Srpenber 21. 1012. ; ' i i The K Capital Rg VI ??^ I You ma nr if maffp IV! ii lilMkbV some of y< save ioi be able to "The Bai Four Per tic u.nrrncu Five Widely-Different S Easy-Selling Magazines Want a Representative I To Cover Local Territory I There is Big Money for the right person. Man or woman, young or old, if you want work for one hour or 8 hours a day, write at onc'e to THE BUTTERICK PUBLISHING CO. I Butterick Building New York a OBHBHQBlHnBn . SAFE SUBSTITUTE FOR CALOMEL ) L Mild Testable Medicine for the Li?or Tim* i? Free From the Dansers . of the Powerful Cliecimal, Calomel. The W. G. Mayes drug store has a lild, vegetable remedy that successjlly takes the place of the'powerful lineral drug calomel, the old-fashiond liver medicine. This remedy is Dcdon's Liver-Tone, a very pleasant tastd liquid that gives quick but gentle elief from constipation without the ad after-effects which so often fol>w taking calomel. Dodson's Liver-Tone is fully guarnteed to be a perfect substitute for alomel, and if you buy a bottle and ; does not entirely satisfy you, Mayes rus: store will promptly give you your loney back upon request. It is 4lne for both children and rown people. " V iililiilg Flagged Train With Shirt Tearing his shir: from his back an hio man flagged a tiain and saved it 'om a wreck, but H. T. Alston, Ralgh, X. C., once prevented a wreck ith Electric Bitters. "I was in a terble plight when I began to use lem," he writes, "my stomach, head, ack and kidneys were all badly afctPd and my liver was in bad co:i io!i. but four bottles of Electric -it>rs made mu feel like r new man.' r;i;;! w 11] convince you of fbeir v-hlpss merit foj any stomaoti. iv'er Kidii^v *rO'ihie ?nce o : cr-iit &' E. Pelham's. [ewberry Savings Stock, - $5C MMierU jUDO^j y be a Farmer, cr a Miller, or rs not what your trade or pri )ur money in the bank. It v * ' a rainy day or a day when; earn as much as now. / ilk Thai Always Has Th Cent Interest Paid on Saving: i, President J. L N1 If This rye is well aged, pui vwzz (roc all freigh delivered We grui . ^ - ... back if i flkw Bum The next B complete W with you: Kit : i ^??iMB? NOMINATIONS. For House of Representatives. H. H. Evans is hereby announced as a candidate for the House of Representatives from Xewberrv county. ! and is pledged to abide the result 01 the Democratic primary. ~7 C. T. Wyche is hereby announced as a candidate for re-election to the Legislature from Newberry county, subject to the Democratic primary. For County Superintendent of Education. i . I am a candidate for election oy tne people of Newberry county to the office of County Superintendent of Education, which office I am now filling for an unexpired term by appointment from the State Poard of Education. I will abide the result of the Democratic ! primary. Elbert H. Aull. i I George D. Brown, Jr.. former surer: inten/?ent of the Prosperity hish : school, is annouced as a candidate for j County Superintendent of Education. He will abide the result of the Demo! cratic primary. i I i ^ 1 r For Supervisor. To the Voters of Newberry County; i At the solicitation of many friends 1 i j have concluded to make the race for ; I supervisor, and if elccted I will stay : I ~ ioVi n'rivb fnr th O hPSt in V Li U1C jyJU UUU TT v/i U *.V4 V?v V terest of the county and will give you the best service that I am capable of; and I hereby pledge myself to abide ! the result of the Democratic primary. ' TV. A. Hill. i t yin~is herebv ' r.^Muo-fj a candidate fo- C?r:t:r I ? visor, subj ?cf :o the Democrat- J prrmiry. j i ' . >vu'L'iii M14jhiim ; DanK | >,000.00 j| fo/vf ^ a Carpenter, y > X \ nfpQQinn nut I/IVVUIVU, J*-* | , viil help you | g you may not I 1 I I ? . e Money" I s Dflimifs I - - T * ORffOOD, Cashier J tt trrFWiEi jflMP-JH i'i"l7TWW?Mm?i??P? ? e and of an exceedingly fine flavor?a rye that rery medicinal purpose?one that aa a host you to your friends and know that they will be Full gallon bottle $3.33 Two " " 6.66 Three " " 8.66 <2s shipped the day order is received. We pay it or express charges. Prices given here mean to your freight or express office. irantee the quality of this brand. Your money lot entirely satisfied. Send trial order today. train back will bring the goods to you. Our price list sent upon request. Enclose this ad r order. , ALISBURY LIQUOR CO. [anchester Station, RICHMOND, VA. I I ' For Connty Commissioner. Joe YV. Epting is hereby nominated ? ' for che office of Sub-Supervisor, and i is pledged co abide by the results of the Democratic primary.. Friends. j i iierebv announce myself as a cati didate for re-eiection as County Couii missioner, subject to the Democratic pi unary. L. C. Livingstone. > 1 am a candidate for re-election as f j Couu"vV Commissioner, and will abide | che rules of the Democratic primary. Custus L. Leitzsey. Thomas L. B. Epps is hereby announced as a candidate for County Commissioner, and will abide the resuit of the Democratic primary. For Magistrate >*o. 10. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Magistrate for Xo. 10 township subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. E. H. vVerts. I hereby announce myself as a can; uidute for -Magistrate Xo. 10 township, i and will be subject to Democratic primary. H. B. Richardson. Magistrate Xo. 11. E. A. Hentz is hereby announced as J .* -K i. . i?- > r r X" ^ 1 1 a cauuiuaie ior Magistrate lur .>u. xj. township, subject to the Democratic primary. Voters. 4 H. H. Ruff is hereby announced a3 a candidate for Magistrate ior No. 11 township, subject to the Democratic primary. CHICHESTER S PILLS THE DIAMOND BRAND. y\ Lwdles! Ask yon, Drugrlat for /j\ Chl-che?-ter*s DlaniondBrand//V\ ' , 'r >. '*!''? fn Wed ttwi <?oM v'r*iwS\/r / X SM.C<1 w ith 3!:S 1'. \ y tes i ake no othor. Buy of roar ^ I - t>rusel??. MJ j j? Jf l?lAil??ND PILLS 1-.T ^k? yr us t. fiowr. :ia 3c^r,oi:cst. A!"-v> ! : .! 1 i > snin nv FYfKvu^