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% VOLCTdE Lli, MJMBER >>. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIIMY. .ITLY 24, 11)14. TWICE A WEEK, $L?I A YEA*. Gov. Blease Re Statement o IN THE CASE OF i PAROLE R. A. RICHEY VII rim SIXTY VKii LLAT. ,U?,Lii^i> run BLEASE. Concerted Action to Howl Blease Down?But Finally Gets Attention of Crowd. Special to Tae Herald and News. Columbia, July 23.?The senatorial meeting was held in the theatre ';.ere today and' was attended by 'from 3,000 t/-v 2 nftft nponle. Mr. Pollock. !Mr. Jennings and Senator Smith mads J about their usual speeches. \ When Gov. Blease the last speaker, j was introduced, there was a concerted effort to howl him down. At the ! beginning of his speech, however, he was presented with a silver loving I cup troni the farmers of Richland county, other presents, and about 15 bouquets. He read the inscriptions on these j testimonials, and finally gained a:i attentive hearing from the entire aud- [ ience. He charged that the effort to ; howl him down came from members j of the Columbia, Metropolitan and ; Rfdgewood clubs and he instructed Chief Constable Kibler to close these clubs and to keep them closed. It is conceded that the crowd was about 60 per cent. Blease. (The main interest so far as Newberry is concerned centred in the i reply of the governor to Dr. Mcintosh, j The governor stated that he was very sorry that Dr. Mcintosh could not I be present but he said that the assault! upon Dr. Mcintosh last night was not j committed by any Blease man because Blease men are not midnight assas' ;ins. He did not make any attack up.on Dr. Mcintosh, personally, but con.eluded liis address by reading the following statement, signed by Drs. f Knowlton and Mcintosh and offering -a reward of $100 to any cne who "would prove that the signatures were cron nin UVl ^VllUlUV. The statement which is directed to the governor reads as follows: "At the request of Mr. \V. R. Richey, of Laurens, S. C.. and with the permission of Capt. D. J. Griffith, superintendent of the State penitentiary, and of Dr. R. T. Jennings, surgeon of the same, we have this day visited and examined Mr. R. A. Richey, now confined in the hospital o: the penitentiary. We would report that we find Mr. Richey suffering from a marked neurosis, that the same closely simulates a true paralysis. We are informed that Mr. Richey has had such trouble for t'.'c past ten years j or more, and close confinement is | rendering it more marKea. w e do not believe this conditon. will oe improved so long as Mr. Richev remains a prisoner in the penitentiary. We do believe that freedom, out door exercise, etc.. would restore him to as good a state o:' health as he has enjoyed for the past ten years. "Respectfully submitted. "A. B. Knowlton, M. D., "James H. Mcintosh, M. D." ! The mills were not closed down today. . , BESIGNS SEAT IN HOUSE TO SEEK VINDICATION McDermott, Accused Illinois Congressman, Takes Case to his Con stituents. Washington, .Tuly 21.?Representative Jc.mes T. McDermott, of Illnois, today on the floor of the nouse ffered I tads Signed *f Dr. Mcintosh v his resignation to take effect at once. McDcrmott is under charges ii; connection with the lobby investigation. A 1 rVwmrvf t Hor*lo YY*rnll/l ''MH uvi UlV/tV U .u 11V " V/V 1V4 ?? ibeal his case from the judiciary committee" to the pe-p^ o: his district. T] He ?aid he alr?<'uy had forwarded his resignation to t'.:e governor of Illinoisand ad announced himself as a can- JI di'late for re-election. ; to Mulhall had cnar^ed that AIcDer- i i pi mott had permitted aim to use 111s j congressional -rank :'or circulating matter for t'ee maufacturers and had claimed he received $7,500 from local U< pawnbroker.-, to work against the Fed.o era; loan snark law, and a $2,000 cam- i . . ?*1 paign contribution from a Chicago brewers' association. I lu McDermott defense before t.Me com- j nj.'ttee was that money received . rom j the pawnbrokers was in the nature of rer-sop.a] loans; and that the brewers t0 '.iau contributed only $500 out cf per- j sonal funds. He also denied a charge I w by ?*uliiall that he had forged Harold | m F. MeCormick's name to a check for { $250. M *1*11' ortunatelv I came to this house a poor man; lortunately for myself, \V; however, taking into c nsideration the th character of the charges matfe aginst w; me. 1 leave this house a poor man,'' p. said LUcDermott in announcing his m resignation today. "I have been com- a pelled during my services as a member of this 'r.ouse to bororw money. I ,i( have not been in a position to g;o to j. bunks and to tender to em the securi- . KI ty they require. I have been compelled to b-rrow from my friends, it so happened that afterward persons ( H from whom I borowed oney became la '.he opponents of legislation which passed this h:use, affecting their busi cess as pawnbrokers and as liquor ! 1 f dealers. a h? "1 have many warm friends in this ! cb iioii.se. T~eir elections are approaching. I do not desire to embarrass them in any way. I am conscious of no or wrong doin^. My only offence is that ca I -have borrowed money. ll1 c-cl "I go ;:rom tnis hail to my constitu- i ents for the purpose of appealing to them for t-e vincidition. 1 am will- ,0 ing to abide by their decision." By resigning from the house, McDermott, of the 4th Illinois district, tA brings to an end the agitiation in the house that 'followed t'^e publication and investigation of the lobby charges made by M. M. Mulhall.a former agent or the National Association of Manufacturers. or Chairman Webb, of the judiciary SI committee, said later no action would 'a be ought on the report of the ju- pc pi diciary committee recommending resolutions reprimanding McDerni-tt and 1)1 officers of the National Association of Manufacturers. These resolutions had ^ been fixed by a special order for ccn- & sideration in the house Thursday. The Business School in Newberry. s(! ,1; Mrs. Ray's bus;ness school h^.sdone U1 very successful work, considering that ll( it has been in operation only one year. The school is now an institution of the city. A large enrollment Jl is expected in the \11. A business 11 school, such as .Mrs. Ray's, is of great ut benefit to a town, and should receive the hearty cooperation of the public. C:1 The advisory board met vesterdav 1 S? afternoon and discussed matters peri hi taining to the interest o: the school. A scholarship i? offered to anyone jC enrolling and securing three other students. c. Si Each one enrolling and securing one other student will get ten per c]( cent, reduction in student's fees. tl' Who will take advantage of the op- b( j portunity afforded? ni tt Dr. Mcintosh nesting1 well. ai . .A phone message from Columbia a Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock stat- tt ed that Dr. J. H. (Mcintosh was resting w well. It would be impossible to state tc | for several days what would be the d< ' effect of the wound, but it is thought e: j it will not be serious, as it is only a flesh wound. In grappling with the ti assassin Dr. Mcintosh was able to di- S I vert t':e course of the bullet, but for tl which the shot may have proved fatal. j rr SURENS CROWD " ! WAS BOISTEROUS: I I | t) VEKV SKK10CS DISOKDKK AT; MEKTlXj MOWK VKH. Jllook Exchanges Warm Words And- I itor Who [ndertakes to Interrupt \ His Speech. I ie State. r.aiirpnvc .lulv '21?Tlif> record- i eaking crowd oT the campaign came Laurens today to hear the senarial candidates, t.;ere being ap oximately 4,500 persons present. i in consequence of the shakeup at i reenville last Saturday, many .voters ! mie here today from adjoining coun- J ?s expecting another tilt. L ng be- j re the hour for the meeting to be- j n the natural amphitheatre out in I e grove where the meeting was held ! id been packed. The meeting was j >isteious, but there was no excite-j ent, altnough t.ie governor said j at it had been rumored that he was | be assassinated here today. Reminding his hearers that there as nothing between him and the an who would s.i'cot, the governor ged that "if the assassin is here, let m dohis dirty work."' The nearest approach to disorder j as when W. P. Pollock'referred to j e Union Republican ticket of 18S0, ! hich ticket contained the name of J. j /"" :! ?! ?ft' A... 1 ?jriu>>un Ul Uie guvciuui cs SlcUl. Wilt* an in the audience branded this as lie. At this tense moment several po" emen hurried about the man. woo ;pt repeating: "It is a lie and he lows it." The Cheraw candidate's reply was: ii man can't come to my .face and 11 me a liar unless he's willing to ke the consequences." Harking back again to the assassiitirm iripa fhp envp-rrmr said that newspaper yesterday in an editorial id invited the assassination of the iief executive. "I'f I should be killed.'" the g-vcrnadded. "more hearses would be lied for the next day than for any years." The cause he represent;. he explained, would stili go on. Reporters and editors came in again r a scathing assault, most of them ins placed in the "Ananias club." "The reporters and two-thirds of X A/lif Awn It A r\ 1 ^ T1?/M1 1 "V-v A tn r tuitui s, lie 5am, wuuiu uc in ill before night," if adjudged as manias and Saphira were. Mr. Pollock gq> the brunt 01 tl}?. ickling today when he was making >lo assaults 011 Ue governor's rec ci. The leaders vwere in small! nuns, and kept up "team work"' in i ,{.sing an uproar when a particular )inl was being emphasized, or the imax of an argument was ap oached. , Sheriff John Owens referred to ese as "intruders" from Anderson, reenville, Greenwood ind Spartanirg counties. Tailing directly to one particular I luad, he reminded then, that they d not belong to Laurens county and ;nce were not needed as yell leaders. The sheriff also said that he did not ?lieve that theri would nave been ly disrespect shown to any speakers id there been 110 invasions from her counties. George A. Browning, who acted as lairman in the absence of W. C. by, who is a candidate for governor, lid that these were also strangers to im. Gov. Biease was the first speaker i J ay, and began with the quotation: "Those whom the gods would deroy b.~.ey first make mad." He said the anti-Blease .forces were rfeated, and in substantiation cited tree cases where men have recently jcome enraged. One, he said, at Whitire, when a mill president invited te governor "to go below;" another Anderson "when another man with gun climbed on the stand," and a tird at Greenville last Saturday, hen J. W. Norwood attempted to get ) the governor after having been enounced as a coward by the chief cecutive. No Blease man, the governor connued, had yet tried to assassinate enator Smith. T: any one of the iree, he wont on. had been a Mease n. lire crv of anarchy would have i i gun** up and the man would have been I lrjt in jail. Doesn't Fear Aassassination. In discussing assassinarion the govt-i i.or saiti that he had no fears of being killed, and added t at though a Methodist ..e was a fatalist to the extfir of believing t.iat there is a certain way and a definite time for every man to die, which can not be evaded by the machinations of man. Another report was being circulated in Laurens county, the governor oWrtjil Thie luac rlisit the tipo-rn FYprl I'ZUcJge, convicted in Laurens county in !0'i8 on the charge of assault with intent to ravish and getting a sentence of 20 years, had been pardoned. iVs tne governor said, was a characteristic campaign lie. as the penitentiary records would show, he claimed. thai the negro died May 1HH'. Newspaper reporters were liars, the chief executive charged; were paid to lie an'2 if taey didn't would lose their l"ol)s Warning the audience not to believe anything that appeared in tne newspapers, the governor predicted his election August 2~>, basing its certainty on reports which he has )crn getting that many men who did ' ? * 1 A noi support nun two years ago womu vote fcr him this >ear. '"If I were as certain o. being saved ts \ am of going *o the United States senate/' the governor continued, then I'd never pray for myself again, !Mt only for my 'friends, as I'd be safe." Again today the string of race prejudice was much harped on, and this urew applause frc m the strong Blease "ollowing in the audience. M;in'v ('(iiintr I^aurens, he said.1was a sure enough white man's coi nty. "A nigger," r,e idded, "could no more ride the mail in Laurens county tl'an a keg of powder last in hell." This, he explained would not be allowed without hini as governor, and he was sure it would not with him in the governor's chair. . Tlie governor got two iarge baskets )f flowers, which he said he would place on the graves of Tiiomas B. Crews and John M. Cannon. L. D. Jennings developed an attack j;' ptomaine poisoning last night and was not* in his best form today, but ^ot an attentive hearing. The wholesale granting of pardons, the mayor of Sumter said, was undermining the system of trial by jury md was responsible :or general disregard for the law. "For ages." he continued, "men's minds were active in discovering <est methods to try criminals. The plan whfcb the combined wisdom of our forefathers agreed upon was trial by iiirv thp r>nnr; hpin? nresided over J *-? * J ? vvv*' " w- ?O X' - ? by a judge, supposed to be learned in the law. Do you t?:.ink that better tnan the present situation now existing in South Carolina?" he asked. The getting up of a petition, Mr. Jennings explained, was due only to the efforts of some lawyer, who was representing the convicted man. For this, he said, the lawyer was paid, and he did not blame the lawyer. "It's .lis business," he added. Mr. Jennings pointed out that four more years of the present policy would produce a jstae of affairs similar to t'.iat in -Mexico. Many in the audience shouted their disapproval of this by answering in the negative. Just Like Mexico. 'IT'nere will 'be an absolute disregard for law," the speakei? retorted, "and that's exactly the trouble in Mexico." in the course of his spee/j (Ve gov ernor had much to say about taking he negro out of civil service, and predicted much as to the hemp and limb method of destruction. The Sumter candidate said that he, too, did not believe that the negroes ; should hold offices in South Carolina, nit that he did not agree with the chief executive as to the shotgun and hemp rope plans of getting rid of the negroes. When the question was put to tne audience, "Would you take part in hanging a man who was delivering mail in I^aurens county?" there were many answers in the affirmative. The proper way to prevent negroes from holding these jobs, the speaker explained, was by repealing the 14th ! and 15th amendments, thus dlsquaH (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 ) i FIGHT FEATURES RIDGELAND'S DAY ()>LV DEVIATION KM) 31 Al'ATHY I OK MEKTLMi. (.indicates Act as Peacemakers to Stop Trouble?Usual Speeches l'-ul to Draw Applause. J The State. Riugeland, July 22.?In an effort I to silence an auditor who appeared ! recalcitrant in the eyes of t'ae marshal. Harry Bennett, the marshal became the object of fists and a "billy" at the hands of James, Ernest and Charles Cooler. The altercation occurteci early in the meeting of candidates | for State offices held here today and i was t .e only taing that marred the piacid sur ace and undemonstrative attitude of the audience cf about 300 $ persons, many of them women, rhroug.'.otit the speeches of all candidates. the audience remained indiiIVrent tv> t'ne various pleas for its suffrage and se.eral speakers failed to draw applause. The right, o:' course, was the drawing card, while it lasted, h'u the fig.u, like the entire meeting, began and ended in silence, with scanty applause and disinterested observations. In view of the fact that close connections .:ad t- 'be made to get to Waltei boro, w..ere tne campaign meeting will be held tomorrow, the speeches of candidates for governor were limited to ten minutes and of all ot..er candidates to live minutes. ! The meeting was called to order at ! nj: iv o clock by W. A. Sauls, county chairman. The Rev. J. R. Funderburk nered prayer. For More Military. W. W. Moore, candidate for reelecj tlon to the oflice of adjutant general, spoke lirst. He advocated that a military company be organized in eao-' county, provided the necessary regulations have been complied with. M. C. Willis, opposing candidate, charged that the indorsement o: Gen. Moore were secured while Moore was on a tour of inspection bearing a petition. Candidates for railroad commissioner spoke next, as follows: George W. Fairly, C. D. ?F'jrtner and J. H. Wharton. Mr. F.rtner took J. A. Hunter to task for "butting in" the race 'for railroad commissioner by discussing t e Fortner bill. "If LVlr. Hunter/' said the speaker, "takes it up at any othcfr meeting. 1 will show up his record and put him out of the race.'' Frank W. Shealey and I. W. Witherspoon, candidates for railroad com-! missioner, were absent. B-. Frank Kelley, candidate for lieutenant governor, in a reply to the charge of A. J. Bethea, said that the reason he resigned .from the dispensary winding-up commission was that ir. was impossible for him to attend its meeting because of pressing work at home. Andrew .J. Bethea referred to his work in the formation of Jasper county as G:v. Ansel's secretary. William H. Hainer said that he was in favor of en orcing all laws whether good or bad. J. A. Hunter denied that he was working against C'. I). Fortner or was 'butting in" the race or railroad commissioner. "Mr. Fortner is t;o insignificant," he said, "for me to fooi j wrn. The iN?tv Begins. ! Just as Thomas H. Peeples, candiI date or attorney general, began to I speak, an altercation between aJmes ' Cooler and Harry Bennett, marshal, took place. Friends of the two entered in and there were several fighting. A "billy" was seen, landing on the heads of the combatants, who ~i.or onH oavin? nnthinS. I VV yI t/ Ulllift 1 aik\A, fcj?-*>j ***^5 ?? - ? w Several auditors, among them the sheriff and candidates, forced their way between the fighters and after pulling and pushing in brute silence finally separated them. Blood flowed from the faces of Mr. Bennett and James Cooler. The altercaticn began when Cooler asked threateningly, it is said, "How | about Tom Peeples." Mr. Bennett told him to keep quiet, and resenting j the order. Cooler clinched. The fight (CONTINUED ON PAC^ 5.) DR. J. H. M'INTOSH WOUNDED BY ASSASSIN PHYSICIAN SHOT AM) PAINFULLY INJURED. Drives Him Away After Struggle. Sure of Hearing Reference to Bothering "Colie. 5 The tiSate, 23rd. Dr. James H. Mcintosh, well known Columbia physician, was shot and painfully wounded 'by an unknown man. who attacked him shortly before .2 o'clock this morning as the physician was returning home along Marion street after a visit to the Knowlton hospital. According to statements by Dr. Mcintosh the assailant, after a struggle, fled ! over the wall of the Presbyterian ) churchyard, shouting as he scaled the j wall: "New, you won't bother Colie ! tomorrow," or "Now, Colie won't be bothered by you tomorrow*." Dr. Mcintosh recently has been brought forward into the senatorial j campaign, Gov. Blease having said j that he expected to invite the doctor : to be on the stage at today's meeting I when he would answer the question I asked at Greenville, as to his statej ment regarding the condition of R. | A. Richey. who was paroled by the | governor-. There is no clew to the identity oif i T^V. MnTntncli'c. acciilant TTlP WOUIlfl 1/1 . . ed man describes him as being small, about 120 pounds in weight, dressed in dark clothing and wearing a cloth cap. Bloodhounds, summoned from the ; penitentiary, arrived some time after ! the shooting. Bystanders had been | kept away from the part of the wall j which the assailant had scaled in his j escape. The trail, t-erefore, was reli atively easy. ' The dogs followed the trail through j the graveyard to Bull street and | thence down that street to the cor! nor nf Rnli and Pendleton streets. Tnere the tiail was lost, about half way across Pendleton street. ' Statement of Father, i Dr. James Mcintosh, father of Dr. James H. Mcintosh, this morning made the following statement, as repeated by his son when he reached Knowlton's hospital a'.ter being shct: ! "Dr. Mcintosh left Knowlton's hospital about 15 minutes to 2 o'clock this morning. As he was passing along Mariou street by the First Presbyterian church a man stepped out from behind a large tree and called, 'Hands uu,' presenting a pistol as ne | did so. Ur. iViciniosu gr<tuijcu iu^ I pistcl and grappled with the man. In I the scuffle tiie pistol was placed against Dr. Mcintosh's stomach and fired one time. Dr. Mcintosh staggered and ley to the ground, immediately the assailant left, crossed the sidewalk and jumped the fence, saying, 'Colie won't be bothered with | you tomorrow.' Dr. Mcintosh got his j own pistol cut and fired twice as his I assailant got over the fence. An instant later he fired t:e remaining three chambers to attract attention. The attacking party disappeared through the Presbyterian graveyard. "Dr. -Mcintosh has never been in the habit of carrying a pistol, but bei ~ncTM"f>innc fnr the last three 11J ^ V-Wuu i vi -?? nights that he was shadowed he had taken bis pistol along with him. "The bullet struck in the right side just over the liver. The seriou mess j can nor be determined until a thorough examination has be#en made which is now in process." At 4:30 this morning it was announced taat Dr. Mcintosh had come out :rom the ether which had been i administered for tiie examination. | The wound was found to be only sui perfiC/ial and7 the doct r's condition ! ?tr? h?> "snlendid." Was piUliUUUVbU vu iy.^ ? Among the first persons to reach the wounded man were Dr. It. A. Lancaster, B. F. Auman, J. R. Shepherd and a number of others who hurried to the spot from their homes. The shots and Dr. Mcintosh's cries for help alarmed the neighborhood and in a few minutes many persons were at hand. The physicians was perfectely composed, according to those first at his ! side, and at once describe*! the a-f(COXTIXUED ON PAGE 4.)