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r VUIjFME LII, NOTRER ",0. 5 NEWBERRY, S. C? FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1914. TWICE A WEEK, *1*1 A Y1AJL J 11 " ??amm???a??? \ Fred H. Dot Confider, ^ Aiken's Plurality / f Error Discovered Dominick Urges His Friends Errors?Pay No At tent Victory \ To the People of the Third Congres- j sional District: I I feel deeplv grateful and aopreci-! ative to the white voters or tiie Tinra j Congressional District for the hand- j some vote given nie in the first pri- j mary election. I am writing ,this simply to inform them to the fact and to impress upon them that I am still in the race for congress, and am to be voted on in i the second primary, to be held next Tuesday, 8th day of September. There was an effort, whether intentional or otherwise, I know not. to j create an impression in the district j that Mr .Aiken had been renominated i on the-'first ballot of the first primary. I. :. .... . : For several days after the election, they carried the statement that Wyatt j Aiken had defeated all of his oppon- j ents. while the figures from each j ( county, published in the same connec- ' tion, plainly showed that Mr. Aiken i , had- not received a majority of the | L votes cast. B Finally the figures given out by the i several county chairmen as official, I were published as follows: * Aik. Do:n. Evns. Hort. ! Abbeville .. .. 1495 671 87 248 Anderson .. .. 3216 3333 51 1012, Greenwood . . 1170 968 571 283 j Oconee 1912 540 75 54S Pickens .. .. 1788 1164 54 469 "" f 4 AO 1 4A 4 on CO -\ewoerry .. .. i-tfo it^t _o oo j ? 11079 8170 867 2648 j fiThese figures show a majority of j 06 votes against Mr. Aiken in ihe 1 district . Evidently these figures indi- ! cate* conclusively that the majority of the voters of the TO.ird district desire some one other than Mr .Aiken to represent ihem. I'pon receipt of the official tabula^ tVlQ TAtfl:* f* OPH- ! iiUil aiiU 1CIU1US ui lat. ? W nee county, by precincts, we find the total ifor congress the same as the totals telegraphed by the county chairman, as official. The total number of those voting is put down in the official statement as 2903, yet the total official vote for congress was 3.075. Error Discovered. A friend of mine called my atten- j tion to this and upon examination, it, j was found that Mr. Aiken was given ^ an official vote of 270 more Phan he ' actually received, as set out in the off.- j cial returns by the precincts. His vote j should have been 1,642 instead of 1,912 j an error in addition, but when Lt was ' / i / ninick n it of Success; |h ?i - D.J f Z iS unner i\eauceu uy\ 0 ' in Oconee Vote. t! to Turn Out?Watch For a ion to Campaign Lies. j( is Sure. a claimed that Mr. Aiken had a ma- -j jority over all his opponents, it was s :i criminally negligent, careless error, to say t e least, especially in view of . the claims being made in behalf of "1( a Mr. Aiken. According to the-corrected returns the official vote should fte and is: a Aiken Dom. Evns Hort Abbeville .... 1495 671 ST 248 Anderson .. .. 321a 3333 51 1012 a. Greenwood . . l\70 96S 571 283 J( rv^ATiPA * 1fi42 ">40 75 548 i y Pickens 17S8 1164 54 469 11 Newberry .. ..149S 1494 29 SS 1 10809 8179 867 264S In my own county I am informed tl a that several votes were thrown out ? because t>e names of the voters were , . . u cn the ciub rolls wit.i only their m- , n tials and this after the rolls had been purged by the executive committee and these names le t on the roll. Had Ci these votes been counted, as tr.ey s1 should have been. I would have led in , . . h Newberrv countv, so 1 am intormed, a instead of Mr. Aiken. In Xevs^v:l-rv n county I received 1,494, votes one less 0 than Mr. Aiken received in Abbeville , j( count?'. I mention this only for the tj purpose of refuting the impression that M\ Aiken and his friends have ^ been d.'ligently endeavoring to make ^ it appear tihat I would not'receive 400 ^ votes in my home county. I received , 1 c this vote in Newberry county, not- ^ withstanding the fact that there was a bitter, political fight made on me. . *The Benevolent Fund. t, Notwithstanding the fact that in a o circular circulated through the Third c? district by Mr. Aiken's friends they o admit thai for vears Mr. Aiken has i b nad a "benevolent fund" on O.and in j n Xew'oerry county for distribution, as I so called charity with "no politics a mixed" in it. I have not and have not had any "benevolent fund'' with vvhic'hi c to influence voters, either directly or fi indirectly. I received this vote also, o notwithstanc. ng the fact that Mr. c Aiken since his first election, always ct overwhelmingly carried Newberry b county by a large majority. ? ? n . /\/v AiKen railing un. s (Comparisons are not always pleas- o ant, but please follow me while I t< make a few from tee record to show ) s you 'how Mr. Aiken in the past two j years has lost out in the district. In j n 1912 Mr. Aiken, according to the Co- p lumbia State of August 30, 1912. re-^R eived a total vote of 16,243 in the d^.srict, as against ">,312 .or his oppoents". or a majority of 10,931. In 1914 e received a total vote of 10,80.9 i gainst ll,6S.r, for his opponents or a 3ta 1 majority of 876 votes against I im. 1 received in the first primary j .170 votes. Evidently a majority of the votes; f the district want Aiken retired. Suppose we carry the' comparison | irough the counties. j In Abbeville in 1912 Mr. Aiken had majority of 1,554, in 1914 his majrity was only 589. In Anderson in 1912, Mr. Aiken had majorfity of 1,554 in 1914 his ma?ritv against 'him in this county was ,1S0 and I led Mr. Aiken in A; .< cn coun.y 117 votes. In Greenwood in 19^2 he had a: rnajritv of S43, in 1914 the majority gainst Mr. Aiken was 6-">2. In Oconee in 1912, Mr. Aiken had majority of 2,1.29; in 1914 hi;; ma)rity was only 479. In Pickens in 1912 Mr. Aiken had majority of 2,637, in 1914 his ma)rity was 101; in Newberry in 1912 fr. Aiken had a majority of 1,968, in 914 the majority against him was 16. Watch the Returns. Do not the figures plainly indicate lat the voters of the district aesire notner than Mr. Aiken in congress? ome people say that figures don't e. I am issuing t'liis briefly for the urpose oif calling to the atention of ie voters of tie district that it is exceedingly important that my friends eep an eye open and watch for erors and mistakes. A mistake of 270 otes might change the results, though j expect my majority to be much reater. At an election in this dis ict some years ago, my recollection > that the majority was only about 0 votes. Made a Clean Campaign. All I ask is an honest election, a fair ount and correct addition of the re;irns before the final totals are anounced. I have great confidence in le voters of the Third district and I 0 not believe t':at they will stand for ny wrong doing, erors or mistakes 1 the interest of any candidate. BeDre closing I wish to call your attenon to one other matter. Upon the eve of the first primary el- i ction, I am informed that the most landerous statements and misrepreentations were made against me. I o not charge my opponent with the esponsibility of these statements, but Know tnat tney were put in cireuia- j on and circulated by friends of my pponents. I have net eeard of a single instance 'here any friend of mine had issued r made one remark derogatory to 26: candidacy of one of my opponents, nfairly, and nothing can be truthillv charged against me or them on lat score. My campaign has been anr* will be onducted on a hi?h plane. Notwithstanding tiie statements and ifalseoods. they have failed to defeat me, nd I am satisfied that sticjh campaign lethods will not only not be toleratd, but will be resented by s large ma>ritv of t'ne fair minded people of ie Third district. I urge my friends and the voters of lis district to pay no attention to tiese slanderous reports, and falseAinrnilnt o rroir>of r>-? a o f f Vl A uuu3 LU biuaicu aganidi iii^ ai me ist moment. In conclusion I will say nat it is'true that I failed to carry ly ho'me county, but as to personal hara^ter, reputation, honesty and insgrity, I cheerfully refer the voters f this district to any banker, mordant or reputable citizen of the town | r county o' Xewberry. whether he j e my personal or political Mend or i ot and i:' he answers truthfully, and believe he will, I have no fears or pprehension as to his reply. Mr. John A. Horton, of Anderson, ounty one of my .opponents in the rst primary only received less than ne-seventa of the vote of his home ounty?1,012 votes out of 7.612. Does ny one suggest, for a moment, that ecause John Honon did not carry is own county and received only this mall proportion of the vote of his wn county, that he is without charac2r, honesty, integrity, and has no tanding in his own county? Yet the friends of my present oppoent are endeavoring to create the imression that because, forsooth, I did j ot receive a clear majority in my ' own county, this fact is a reflection i Ti upon me. * J Denounces Such Tactics. I These are the tactics?these .ar-} t*'ie | j methods, tr.at are being urged to de- ! feat me. : ^ I have completed my campaign. It j has been clean, fair, square, open, f | honest and on a high plane. I* I have j to stoop, at. any time, to the methods | employed by some politicians. I shall I before I would do it, go down into ig i nominicus defeat and leel a thousand | fold better in deifeat than by being i * I crowned with the laurels of victory i fer - - ' tin won by deception, mis-representation | llv and "dirty" politics. t10 All 1 ask; all 1 demand, is a square be deal an honest count, an honest tabu- i ^ei lation, an honest declaration of the 01)1 result. When I am given that. I am ! *ve: satisfied, win or lose. I -ve; Again let me urge my friends and i all others who are in favor of a square \ ')() I fU r deal and a fair count to be on the look-1 *Ac out and see that the votes are proper- J ou lv and truthfully declared. ! su< If this is done I. do not%ear the re- at sult. eX( Very respectfully, t>e iFred H. Dominick. j en ^ 1 pr< TELLS OF EXCITING TKII' tui ? ne< Spartan Returns From Europe With 1 Interesting Narrative. of pn Spartanburg, Sept. 1.?'The war in pai Europe was brought home to Spartan- cot burg people in impressive manner by ! poi tie narrative of 0. C. Turner, son of J the Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Turner, who has I pai ; returned home after two years ab-joni ! sence in foreign parts. He was in sel I Pnnfinontal fTnrnno whpn fhp nations IIP: became embroiled and experienced the much inconvenience before he man- bai aged to obtain a bert'h on a home com- cm ing steamer: Twice on the homeward be voyage his ship, an Italian vessel, was po held up on the high seas by warships yes of the belligerents. On one occasion als the ship was detailed until a" torpedo wo boat approached close enough to ke< throw its searchlight on the stern and an> I ~ ascertained the same and nationality wo of tfte vessel. A second time a cruiser cei suddenly loomed up on the horizon po: ahead and Mr. Turner's ship stopped and signalled that it was of neutral ^ nationality before proceeding. Younf ^ women passengers were so frightened teE said Mr. Turner in describing the ;.ncident, that several of them were near t collapse. jgei Mr. Turner was at Berne, Switzer- | gm land, on his way to Germany, when \ lar Emperor William began operations j ^U( against France. Unable to go alead. J be retraced his steps to Italy and er?- i ^ gaged passage on a North German j < Liiyoa liner. iutr ixeiiiiau vcaaci tan- j ^ celled its sailing, however, and as a j a j result Mr. Turner lost his baggage. Mr. Turner, a Wofford college grad- tjQ uate of 1910, has been in t.:e Philipmo pines for two years, a second lieutenant in the constabulary. He resigned j r his commission last spring and left 1 i ill ? Manilla June 4 for Europe. j So anxious were American tourists go< in Europe to return home when the coi war broke out, said Mr. Turner, that . ed wealthy men. unable to obtain cabins, ' were glad to accept accommodations in the steerage. v)a] Dr. B. B. Steedly is another Spar- ^ tan just "back Ifrom Europe. The only pr( inconvenience r.e suffered was in hav- , W fl ing cablegrams to relatives here held 1 ^ up, presumably by the censors. Dr. Steedly was aboard to attend surgical clinics in Vienna and other capitals. ; i ] me He was in London when the trouble j , du< [started. ' j Lady 3l(<on Again. )a ' The Moon Maid tangoed hot and fast, ru' ins 1 Flashing her silver slippers; i . | I She dipped all night tnrougn t:e ; ! . . wa heavens vast <; In a dance with the great Big Dipto per. ?New York World. th? po1 A Problem. 1 v Philadelphia Record. . 1S^: < ? . o?> 5Q1 "Does sne sing ror mone> : ? I "I don't know. The only time I aPJ : ever heard her see seemed to be i singing for spite." in? ? rea Church Notice. 1 Pastor E. W. Leslie having returned coi from his summer vacation, will preach dei at Grace church. Prosperity, next pos Sunday, September 6, at 11 o'clock I jand at Mt. Tabor at 3:30 o'clock." tide ^ Everybody cordially invited. j ret ) HOLD COTTON C FOR 12 CENTS ,A> ADOPTED BY STATE CON- F< FEREXCE Hiirp Vprpaffi* .")() Ppr Cent in 1915. ft Substance of Resolutions Passed. ws and Courier. T Columbia, Sept. 1.?The cotton conence here tonight adopted resolu- m ns proposed by the Sumter delega- J< n to the effect t'lat all cotton should vi held oft' the market until Octo- w r 1, unless 12 cents per pound is th Lained for it, that one third of this m ar's crop should be held for one sj ir if necessary to secure 12 cents, s it fVirv nr.Y>a acta ; 1Q1" ho r0rln/''0i1. +V L Lilt; av,I CUflt III X%/ L'J Kt\* ex. per cent of that planted in 1914, t? it a canvass of every county in the gc ite to secure signed pledges for a zh cotton acreage reduction be made at once, and that the president and lu jcutive committee of the association "< empowered to memorialize the gov- as lors of the nine principal cotton (fa Dducing States to call tfceir legisla- th *es in extra session to enact the la ;essary laws to carry out this plan, ilesohltions offered by W. D. Black, m Barnwell, providing that the cotton jn )ducers offer to the fertilizer com- se nies as additional collateral their te xt t- -1 .1 e 10 ? I ton i:or ixieni 10 noiu iui j.- <j*riius a cv iind 1'or one year, if necessary, on sj. i condition that the fertilizer comQies renew the '-.ariners' notes for aj=> year, that the fertilizer companies | fr 1 only one-half as much /fertilizer ; xKvear as they did this year, and sc it fre cotton producers offer to the ai nks their cotton as additional se- w ritv r'r.r f pir dp.hts the cotton tO + - based on the price of 12 cents a I m und and the banks ^d^hoid it one j ir, if necessary, at that figure, were >o adopted. The idea is that this uld retire about 9,000,000 bales and cc sp it off the market for one year, ,f^ d t-:at the surplus of the cotton crop u:d be bought up by the mills at 12 | its. Giving 6,000,000 bales to be dis- j m sed of in this way. ? ? , th .Senator Smith Attends. I+, ' LJLJ United States Senator E. D. Smith ended the conference and called at- se ition to the present crisis and of the st 2d or" providing storage room for Ue hi ;ton, the distribution of the emer- n( icy government money through the all banks in co-operation with the ger banks to the small cotton probers and the necessity of legislation prevent a duplication of a large ton crop in 1915. j Senator Smith said be thought it j ? . I uld be a blessing to the Soutn if not Dale d: cotton was planted in 1915 I he heartily endorsed the sugges- gc n to prevent the planting of e 111 re than 50 per cent acreage another 19 ir by legislation. rhe senator explained that the cry- Si] ; need was to provide warehouse faC* o ities and he thought it would be a momArQlivo 1 Ti C11 T5* T1 f?P JU luca IU lutiuuiaiiuv >uwvi.vi?v. I lipanies to permit cotton to be stor- ar cc on skids in suitable places under hp ird. The senator explained the plan get government aid through the *ve J?, iks to finance the crops, and oflered ' e following resolution whic'n he re fa imiseri ro nresent to congress and i rp ic'n ihe thought could be passed by it body: Smiths Kesolution. er 'Resolved, That this meeting hereby v* moralize congress to materially re(>(\ Qe the expense of issuing currncy der the Vreeland-Aldrich bill to the *? p iks, provided tiie benefit thereby ac- J( ng be accorded to t e planters deal- ^" ,r witi.i the banks to the extent of the luction so provided." The resolution s adopted unanimously with cheers. senator Smith entered earnestly in- j B. the discussion and amde it plain Bz it he was doing everything in his B. ever to get money for the famers. "If th irere governor I would call the leg- di iture in extra session tomorrow," fa d the senator, while the audience Sc plauded. Senator Smith thinks ihe i m< portant thing is to pass laws mak- th I it mandatory to reduce coton ac- en .ge at least 50 per cent next year, in V. F. Stevenson thought such laws co ild be passed by the legislature un- ed the police power, and set forth the St >ition forcibly. to )r. Wade Stackhouse of Dillon pres- A1 nt; B. F. Taylor of Columbia sec- da arv; Commissioner E. J. Watson, T. ' o'( 1 (INFERENCE ASKS SPECIAL SESSION DLLOWS UP ACTION OF COTTOX . CONGRESS overnor is Asked to Convene Legislature?Cotton Act Desired 1.1 VUlilUCU# tie State, 3rd. Following hard on the beels of the eeting Tuesday night at the Hotel jfferson, of the South Carolina dision, Southern Cotton congress, at hich meeting the governors of ie nine cotton growing States were emorialized to convene t'heir re)ective legislatures in extraordinary ;ssion for the purpose of considering ie plight of Southern farmers, tere was held in the office of the )vernor of South Carolina yesterday conference which resulted in the loption by those present of a resoition requesting the governor to ;all a special session ot tne general jsembly ... to pass, regardless of ctional politics, a bill" to relieve i? cotton growers in so far as legistion may bring relief. The State was furnished by a comittee with a report of the proceedgs, which account said that repremtatives of 33 counties were in atndanoe. The. State requested tie lairman, John G. Richards of Keriaw, to furnish for publication a >t of the persons present, or, in the isence >pf a wr;lten list, to mention om nvm^ry the namos of some of p lpid.>rs. Mai. R cbards said that i ;ar ;:s iit frnaw no Lit was prepared id fba!: -bis numc/v o*' such matters as bad. Ho a.?:?er;eJ, however, that ose attending were "representative en, scm*- or thrm Lie biggest farm- _ s in fhe State." Maj. Richards sent to The State isterday afternon the {following nnmunication: ro the Editor of The State: "Enclosed you will find report of eeting held this day in the office of overnor Blease, which We request .at you publiso as information for e peoplo of this State. "The resolutions have been pretnted to Governor Blease, and he has ated that he would give t:e matter s careful considerat'on and -an>unce his decision later. "John G. Richrds, "W. A. Stuckey, "Jame, Norton,^ "Committee, "Columbia, Sept. 2.'" % Report of Conference. / i.1. ~ fine report accompanying me iuic>ing letter was as follows, and thoSe terestecl in farming interests, was .lied by Gov. Blease, in his office, at o'clock, noon, on Wednesday. By iecial request or. Ue governor Maj. >hn G. Richards was called from his mpaign in t:e Piedmont section of e State to attend this conference id to advise with those called in nsultation, Maj. Richards himself ;ing a prominent member for many >ars of the Cotton association and x irmers' union and for several years presenting and fighting for the x ^ - ? ? ? ^ +U a A11PA /"vf rmers on me iiuui ul mc uuu^ w presentatives. "In attendance upon this conferice were representatives from Abbelle, Anderson, Aiken, Barnwell, saufort, Berkley, Charleston lerokee. Colleton, Darlington, Diln, Edgefield, 'Fairfield, Florence, ?orgetown, Greenwood, Kershaw incaster, Laurens, Lee, Lexington, arlboro. Marion, Xewberry, Orange(COXTIXUED ON PAGE 4.) Stackhouse, Senator J. Arthur inks, W. L. Gray or Laurens, and R. Belser of Sumter, were among ose who took prominent parts in the sc-ussion of the grave situation now cing the cotton interests of the biith It was riefMrieri to canvass !'or/ embers among all classes of citizens e membership to be $1, wfrich would .title the member to a button showg his membership. TweDty-seven. unties reported and were representat the meeting tonight and Dr. ackhouse said he would take steps organize other counties at once. )out 100 delegates were in attendee, the meeting beginning at 8 ;lock and lasted until past midnight.