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DIFFICULT TO TELL WHO IS IN THE LEAD JtOKT. \. < OOl'ER IS (aiMMJ KVKHV DAV. The Eleven (??ihernaforial Candidate ?ill Ail l?ei >oies?i anipiiiizii Now Half (her. "W. F. Caldwell in Xews and Courier. Columbia. July 20.?With the county-to-county canvass of the candidates for State offices one-half over the Question asked every day, "who is leading" in the race for governor, is just about as hard to answer as before % the campaign opened. And hardest of all persons to answer this question with any degree cf knowledge are those who have followed the candidates as they have gone from town to town. Twenty-three meetings have been held and there remain twenty-one before the canvass closes on August 2<>. A sigh of reli'.v was by many, especially the newspaper men, wi;en ti.e half way mark was reached ami passed. While the line-up of i > candidates on t :e so-called Blease issue wi'l play a nr.ijor part in the result, still all of the candidates will get v tes regardless of factions. Each have their personal following and it is apparent that mnnv neonle of one faction Will YOte for a candidate of another l action. This is the way matters are at present, but if certain rumors which have been floating around are true there may be a line-up before the election. This is W' rth keeping in mind. Four Bleasc ?ren. T>.ere are four friends of governor Jtsiease in me racy iu sunccu mm, J(vhn 0. Richards, W. C. Irby, Jr., C. C. Sirams and J. B. A. Mulally. There are six anti-Blease men also offering for governor, R. A. Cooper, John G. Clinkscales, R. I. Manning, M. L. Smith, L. J. Browning. The eleventh candidate for governor is John T. Duncan, who is not allied with either faction, but who tells the people every where that he is running himsel'f and that they are getting this year where he warned them to go two years ago, in the middle of the road with Duncan. Mr. Duncan is holding the crowds this year and at every meeting he " as received close attention, and the crowd always wants him to speak longer. He is hitting the present Slate Administration some heavy blows, just as be hit the Jones movement tv.c years ago. He is alco constantly wading into his opponents. O 1 almost every stump .Ir. Duncan is ]>ivuicting tnai governor BIea?e is defeated and at one place said he would not carry six counties. He is keeping up a steady pundins cn what he calls the "system" and is undoubtedly one of the most interesting campaign of the year. !The matter agitating the people now is with a large number of candidates of both factions offering for governor who will be in a second race. Many are predicting that two anti-administration men will make the second race, while others are saying one representing the Blease side and another the anti-Blease faction will be in the run off. This latter is prabably the most widely accepted view and under all the circumstances and conditions the most reasonable conclusion, but there are other possibilities worth considering. A Possibility. For instance, with six men to divide the anti-Blease strength among isn't it a strong possibility that two Blease men will lead on t.:e first race and make the second primary? It is worthy of note to at there are two more to divide the anti-Blease vote than there are to get the Blease v te, in other words, four candidates of tiie Blease side of the house and six of tile opposition are running. This would certainly be the case i.:" the factions divided their vote on the strength of the returns two years ago. In that race G vernor Blease received over 71.000 votes and Judge oJnes over Gfi,000, but. of course, there may be a centering: of the anti-administration vote on two men while the Blease vote will be so distributed as to keep all or them out of tie second race. Or it may be the other way. You can figure as you have a mind to. What of the fight which Mr. Irfiby is making on Mr. Richards? Is Mr. Irby attracting votes and detracting from Mr. Richards, or is the reserve the result? Mr. Irby's characterization of Wr. Richards, or is the reserve the reBlease baby"' and a "recent convert." and such expressions as "camp followers." together with his insistent questoining of where Mr. Richards stood two years ago, and four years ago. and one year ago are hound to have some effect. r f iv^r ' : > Mr. Irhy or to Mr. Kh ' ! er*a:rj'y w'i! h Vr. - Th- : another anglv < a v. hie'..- to lUu: \vh? v:;ill.* second race. Co<?jht (iaininir. i Then* is no man in t.e race lor governor who was not considered of mur-i political strength at first, but , who is beginning to attract attention, | and that is K. A. Cooper, of Laurens, Solicitor Co per is making his tight on the lt^ue of law enforcement, coupled with more educational facilities :or ; the rural schools conservation! oi health and the (bringing of; of scientific knwoledge \f\armi ing to the doors of all the agricul- : tural classes. While in many counties j ' he was unknown, he has left every one j1 I f \ with intnds behind him, and is being j placed by many as among a possibility j ' for the second racc. This much prac- i I tic-ally everybody admits, tnat if Air.; i Cooper makes the second primary he j will in all probability be the next gov- ; j ernor i South Carolina. .John G. Clinkscales is making his j ' main tiu'..t on compulsorv education. / i I ^ .Mendel L. Smitli is for loeal option :c compulsory education, conservation or i the public healf..i and conservative use I o,' i > pardoning power, It. . Manning promises a business admiiilctration i ami arraigns the wholesale paidoning 1 ov.'or as responsible for lawlesseness. W. C. ! i .-ii*' s.->es tiic ii sity to.j-1 regulation o t o mills and proposes a c mmission lo supervise aid. r< .filiate j iheni. and also advocates ri.ral credits I I plan. L. ). Browning advises State aid to assist white people to own their own homes and a reform of the tax ' i assessments. Proposes Referendum. Charles A. Smith propose a referm- j ' dum onyeB.rr OhfirScs-nrd lontaa ! vocaies ouier strueuve measures. .joiui j j G. Richards is fighting compulsory ed- ( j ucation, but advocates more support i' 'lor the common sell ols. Charles Car-;' -1 J j rolls Siinms is advocating more meas-j, ; ures :or the laboring and poor men. ! John T. Duncan is fighting the "sysj tern." John B. A. Mullally is saying | that he is holding on to governor I Blease's coat-tails and advances meas? ' - - ? ~ W U ? ^ 1 1 rtrvAWn f MfA n >"> ^ ! urtrs 1ux" ijjt; l'uciuu luiii uycianvc anv* the laboring people. One feature of each meeting is the declaration of Mr. Richards that he in' tends voting for Governor Blease for j United States senator. This is received | by the Blease followers with cheers '! and by the Smith m<-n with jeers. At ! Aiken last week he raised a regular I storm by asking certain suestions ot' ^ Senator Smith. 1 The candidates for lieutenant gov- j ' ornnr A I Rpthpa R IFrnnk KpIIpv. ! I J. A. Hunter and William M. Hanier.; ' are getting: on one another's public I i records. They are injecting quite a ; i good deal of "ginger into their race. II /riie meetings this week are at Ride land <:n Wednesday, Walterboro on ; Thursday and Charleston on Friday. ! | READY TO DEI LAKE TMTE Carranxa Sends Message to Wasiiigtou ! Expressing- His Willingness to ('ease. f\Viashingt;: n, July 20.?Gen. Carranza today informed the I'nited States government he was ready to declare a suspension of hostilities ! against the government of Provisional i President Carbajal, Huerta's succes- \ sor. pending negotiations with Ms j representatives for the transfer of au-j thority at Mexico Citv to the c nsti- ! tutionalists. The Constitutionalist! ! chief cordially expressed his view to ' .John O Silliman. nersonal renresen-i ' * " I . tative of President Wilson, ami Con: sul General Hanna and Vice Cousuii Robertson, who interviewed him at i 1 Monterey. He expressed a willing: ness to receive the commission o: j, i three appointed by Provisional Pr-esi- j dent Carbajal to discuss peace. Secretary Bryan announced the receipt of a message from the American repre-1 se'iiative with the comment that j , prospects for an agreement between 1 : the two factions now were very lav-j orable. j Pi- impression is general here that I i t ho negotiations will be successful, j I J Insists on Surrender. | Gen. Carranza is insistent, however,', that the surrender of the Carbajal |, government should be unconditional. I He is willing, it is declared by his j representatives, to grant a limited j ! amnesty as a voluntary act of gen- j ' ! erosity en the part of the constitu-1, i tonalists a:ter they obtain the reigns , _ _ I oi government, it is the intention ot the constitutionalists to give guaran| ces to the people generally, hut to ! prosecute those in the plot by which j Madera was overthrown. Most of the I latter already have left Mexico. I Xo official information has reached j Secretary Bryan as to whether the i Carbajal commission has left Mexico ! City. Newspaper reports for several \ ; days liavo said they were on route' I north w.-itmI. ? Protocol to itc KiTectito. I Stcr tary i>vyan tod v said that. ;irot ' -"i"y ' \' -rira Falls, > ' : > I\v ' * *??] ! icau 'a>-tions would become efiVvtive j i i ^HaveYou Pouli Cure the liver and you cure the birc all poultry troubles are'due to a disord Thousands of poultry raisers who use round to keep their flocks in good hea recommend I Bee Dee ^ I It's a Liver Medicine. Also a strenglhing Tonic. Fhere's No Gorn That ' % "CMS-IT" Won't Get "" I So More Fussing. Plasters, Salves and Corn Pains. Try the New Way. j jj "Just look at the way that corn j ' oines off!" That's what you'll say I '' vhen you try wonderful "GKT3-1T" j ;j >;i that corn you've tried so long to j r Si ft} if VIad am, For Thosa Corns That M^>.e You Jump 3 ^ ^ r v ci -V? xxj "r.fts.it " 1 VUl OI I our A i JT it uiiuv.11 ut v?b?w . pry off cf your toe. It's easy to apply I "Gi^TS-IT"?one, two, three, and iljs j [lone! The corn begins to shrivel, Sj iway she goes, surely, absolutely. A few drops will do it. "GETS-iT" nev- j c cr makes toes red arid raw. Corn j pains go! It means the end of cutting and gouging of corns, the end of sticky plasters that don't work anyhow, the end of salves that eat up your toes, no more "harness" or fussing. Try "GETS-IT," the new, sure way, for corns and calluses. "GETS-IT" is sold by all druggists, 25c a bottle, or sent direct by E. Lawronno P"h?r>ner? GETS-IT" is sold in Newberry by ^ W. G. Mayes and P. E. Way. J if a satisfactory agreement were ? reached in the proposed conference. Ambassador Da Gama, of Brazil, t and Minister Suarez.of Argentina dis- t cussed the Mexican situation gen- 1 erally with Secretary Bryan today. Speaking of reports that Gen. Villa \ had offered Gen. Carranza by promoting Maj. Fierr . and others in dis- j favor with t':e first c.iief. Secretary j Bryan said he had received "nothing J definite enc?igh to make public." ? r HAMPTON COUNTY TKAUKDY < Joe Woods Dead; (i. ('. Owens Maims j Sell-defence. r. News and Courier. Hampton, .July 20.?.Joe Woods was { shot and killed late yesterday a. ternoon at Cummings, in this county, by j G. C. Owens. Both men are white. . The shooting occurred while they were 1 011 the way t'r.m Sand Hill church. Jt seems that both of the men, in < < company with Lee Woods, a brother ol the deceased, and Vincent Tuten. another white man, had gone to Sand ( Hill Baptis". church, at which place a 1 revival meeting was held, yesterday 1 together in a wagon furnished by "Mr. Owens and after spending the day at ] t ihe church they were returning to _ C;iminings, when within about two miles o Cummings a dispute arose between the two principals about whipping t'.:e mule and cursing in the presence of the wife of Mr. Owens. The testimony of witnesses at the j /| coroner's inquest, which was held tolay, was conflicting as to which of the men took the initiative, one witness claiming .that Owens shot Woods without the slightest cause. This witness was the brother -cf the deceased. An- 3 jt'.:er witness. Vincent Tuten, and the snly other one examined by the coro- | tier, testified that Woods cursed Owens 1 and brought on the difficulty. Tuten swore that the Woods brother's at- t tacked Owens and Owens shot when he had backed against a fence in a lane, where the killing occurred. The ^ weapon used was a 32-calibre pistol, the bullet, cnly one being fired, taking fi 1 K effect in the chest and cutting into ^ the aorta. Death was almost instan- c< st taneoi s. The coroner's jury empan- y d elled at Cummings this morning is brought in a verdict that the deceased ? came to his death from a pistol wound ^ from a pistol in the hands of one G. C. I n Owens. b Early this morning Mr. Owens came j 1 to Hampton and surrendered to De- i puty Sheriff Lightsey. He has employ-1" ed ueorge warren, i^sq., as nis anur-j ncy. Mr. Warren attended the inquest ' and examined The witnesses. Mr. I Owens did not testify. Ho was in-I terviewed this niorriing and claimed ; ! !;: 1 f? 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The new dis :overy, Croxone, does this because i leutralizes and dissolves all the poi ;onous substances and uric acid tha odge in the joints and muscles, t scratch and irritate and cause rheu natism, and cleans out and strength ;ns the stopped-up, inactive kidney; ;o they can filter all the poisons fror he blood and drive it on and out c :he system. Croxone is the most wonderfi nedicine ever made for curing chror c rheumatism, kidney troubles, an bladder disorders. You will find i iifferent from all other remedie: rhere is nothing else on earth like i [t matters not how old you are, c low long you have suffered^ it i practically impossible to take it int :he human system without result: ^ou will find relief from the first fe1 loses, and you will be surprised ho1 ijuickl}'- all your misery and sufferin will end. An original package of Croxon costs but a trifle at any first-clas drug store. All druggists are ai thorized to sell it on a positive mone} back guarantee. Three doses a da for a few days is often all that ever needed to cure the worst bacl ache or overcome urinary disorders. STOMACH SUFFERERS Hayr's Wonderful Stomach Remsd is Recommended and Praised by Thousands Who Have Been Restored Jri ?| a'^01't three m'on t b by three of our most nror fl'-il'1 "X /??; inent physicians that would have to submit securec* -Lt ^ treati7je: e'!Mill ^ ^rcc 1 i?ns and passe M'pftj 1 hundreds of Gall Stone EySSoSB"* f? Since taking your med cine I work regularly ar ?n't feel any ill effects. I am praising yoi emedy to all my friends. I think it s worthy i le highest praise. B. L. DOOLEY Roanoke.Va. CM^Pnrftro of Qt'vmorli I \-\T-r anr{ TntPStin ilinents are not asked to take Mayr's VVondei j1 Stomach Remedy for weeks and montl ?fore the))* feel benefited. 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