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VOL. XXVII MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 14. 1912 NO.5 MVYERNOR REBUKED BLEASE'S IMPUTATICNS Of FRAUD ARE PUERi.E SAYS JOHN iARY EVANS Denles the Request for Extra Tickets as it is Against Rules of the Party and Will Give All Persons a Square Deal and Not Friends Only. Don't Pay Any Attention to Rumnors. Ex-Gov. John Gary Evans. chair man of the State Execurive Commit tee, has written to Gove9rnor Blease I refusing to allow the governor the privilege of buying extra ballots. Fol lowing is the letter of Mr. Evans, which was mailcd on Saturday after noon to the governor: August 3, 1912. Cole L. Blease. Esq., Columbia. S. C. Dear Sir: I beg leave to acknowl edge receipt of your letter of Au gust 2, in which you state that "it is common rumor told and written s you from different parts of the State, c that there is going to be a scarcity C of State tickots at the cotton mill pre- I ciAncts, at the country boxes and at E such other places that you are partic- c ularly strong. the purpose being to keep the Blease men from casting their ballots. I do not feel that I, as chairman of the State Democratic Executive Com mittee, am called upon to pay any at- c tention to rumors which have no 1 foundation whatever, for the reason e that persons responsible for such ru- d mors can not have any knowledge as to a scarcity of tickets. before such tickets have been printed or distrib uted. It must appeal to you that such rumors are absurd. I will say. s however, that as chairman of the ex- v ecutive committee, it is my duty and 1 will be my pleasure to provide more I than a suliciency of ballots for every t qualified voter at the primary at ev- v ery precinct in every county throtigh- I out the State. b I can not comply with your request t to furnish your manager, Fred Dom- i: inick. with 25.000 extra tickets. A o compliance with such request would a inevitably lead to a similar demand m from every candidate in the field and T would greatly tend to complicate and b render null and void the provision in b the constitution of the party. which requires the tickets to be furnished a by the State and county executive t committee respectively, and no other 3 tickets shall be used. I know of no v more effective means of preventing t' any other tickets from being used than to see that no other parties are furnished tickets, save the legal au- A thorities authorized to receive the C same in the manner prescribed by the c rules of the party. A departure from I this rule might open the door for 1 fraud and vitiating our elections by u the use of unauthorized and improp- - er tickets. Under my construction of v the constitution, the executive com- 1 mittee. if not expressly, is impliedly forbidden to furnish the official bal lots to anyone, save the authorities responsible therefor. I must decline, therefore. to fugnish any candidate, whoever he may be. the official ballot except through the respective county officials of the party. There will be, no scarctty of tickets, rumors to the contrary notwithstanding. In declin- s ing this request. I am performing my d duty as I see it and I am not respon-t sible for any belIefs that any candi- f date may harbor from my acts. 6 The Imputation of contemplated fraud made by you against the -nan- 3 agers of the election and the county chairmen and the State executive committee as to not counting your a ballots is puerile and unworthy of s notice. To make Imputations against e the honesty of men, some of whom I have not yet been appointed, should C merit the condemnation of all honest I men. The request on your part, that I t askt the county chairman to give you r renresentaton on each board of the r' managers of election must appeal to p you as foolish under the law of the s party. The State executive commit- c tee has no jurisdiction whatever over p the county authorities in the appoint- s< ment of the managers of election, and a; voni have been a member of thisa comimittee for many years, no one I should know this better than you. I: Not only this. it would be impossibleC to give every candidate who has op-s position and who Imagines that he will be treated unfairly representa- I tion on the board of mianagers, thed number being limited to three. Thee practice is to appoint honest and In-3 telligent men to fill these positions cnd when this Is done, no candidateI has no just cause to complain. You state that you know of my 1 bitterness towards you. I am frank to state that there are some people for who I have a contempt and some whom I pity, but for none have. I any bitterness and my enemies may3 rest assured that they have a monop- C oly of such If any exists. In my posi-e ticn as State chairman, I endeavor to represent every Democrat from the I humblest to the most exalted without consideration of "my friends" or foes. Respectfully yours. John Gary Evans. Chairman State Democratic Execu tive Committee. Distributing Confederate Money The vast hoard of Confederate currency seized by the Union army during the Civil war which has oeen stored in the Federal Treasury for half a century is being distributed aroginstitutions the country ,ov e for preservation as historic relics. Al r~y set of these notes. including practica:.y all denominations. have bee sent to ZOO colleges and 350 iraies. and the clamor for speci r"ns bas not been satisfied. Secre tarv Mac',eagh is supplying the larg-, e~istitutions nrst and gral~ually wo rn down to the smaller onesI exercis:rg care to see tha; every~ state in the union ree'mves its justj prop'or'fl of th~e currency to show to - rity. Turks Kili Christians. A massacre lasting several hours. followin z the bomb explosion in the .a~' nace si Kotchinla, occurred ftynl.s southwest of Uskusp, Eu r':nT urk"ey. August 2. according t eln informationl received. r a C 3aswore killed and 200 ser ay umnde-d by the Turks, who mh'n of having committed omag-b wic-aou*ft THREAT MADE 6O9I9 CONFEDERATE VETERAN SUS PENDED AT SOLDIERS' HOME. For "Insubordination, Breach of Rules, Drunkenness and Inqulting a Commissioner. Some time ago we published an ar icle about an Incident at the Confed rate Home in which Mr. Samuel F. .assey, charged that the employees >f the Home were being forced to vote for Blease through a threat of emovaL Mr. Massey has been sus pended for 30 days. The charges )referred against Mr. Massey are in mbordination, breach of rules. Irunkenness and insulting a member >f the board of commissioners. dr. Massey says that he was not cited x, appear before any members of the oard and that only two members of he board were present, Mr. Richard ;en and Dr. F. W. P. Butler. He received the following commun- t cation: "Columbia, S. C., August 7, 1912. i 'J. P. Caldwell, Superintendent Con- I federate Infirmary. "Sir: You are hereby ordered to uspend Samuel F. Massey, an inmate f the Confederate Infirmary for 30 t lays. Charges: Insubordination, >reach of rules, drunkenness nnd In ulting a member of the board ofi. ommissioners. t (Signed) " H. W. Richardson, "Chairman and Treasurer." "Soldiers' Home, August 7, 1912. "To Samuel F. Massey. In obe- I ience to the above order you are ereby suspended from the Confed- c rate Infirmary for the space of 30 t ays. (Signed) "J. P. Caldwell, "Commandant." t C The trouble ending In the suspen ion of NMassey had its beginning; hen Maj. Richardson, chairman of I card of commissioners and a salar d officer, appointee of Gov. Blease, I old Edward J. Jones, a Confederate ! eteran. but not an inmate of the o oldiers' Home, that he could not e old his job as hospital steward at e he Home if he did not bestir himself o a behalf of Blease. Massey heard c f the threat, and understood that It f pplied to all employees whether in- 0 ates of the home or not, and so re- t orted it. Later, Maj. Richardson. e a talk to all employees, denied that e referred to all employees. I Mr. Massey was not then allowed d hearing, and made a statement in e he newspapers. He did not regard c faj. Richardson's admonition not to q se his name, and his suspension is C he final result. Massey's Record a Veteran. J Mr. Massey was a member of Co. s , Second Batallion. cavalry, under apt. Jas. P. Adams, of Richland ounty. He was afterwards in Co. [, Fourth Soutn Carolina cavalry, j )mmande~d by Col Rutledge, and was nder Capt. J. C. Foster. He was rounded at Trevillion station but i rent through the battle anyhow. He - from Lancaster county. DESERT GOVERNOR BLEASE. Eng Receiving Many Letters Like s the One Below. 3. N. King, who Governor Blease~ e asulted at the Mansion, and who he C aid f any cne killed he would par on, says he is receiving many let- I' ers like the one published below s om working men from all over the p tate: c North Augusta, July 26, 1912. J fr. . N. King,I Dear Sr:--I read your communi-' 0 ation to the State of the 20th Inst., t .d I want to commend what youit aId, only I don't think you went far d nough In denouncing the political t. aounte-bank and friend of thieves,v ole Blease. Two years ago I sup-d orted him in spite of opposition of ersonal friends, who assured me lI hat e was a man totally devoid of t ight or character or principles. My 1 eply was that I did not believe it t ossible for a man to occupy the po- f ition he did and be a man of low haracter. I have the testimony of c ersonal friends who were like my-11 elf, once Blease's friends, of his total1i .nftness for any office of trust in a nything, and I would be sorry to IE now of any gentleman to say noth g of one who belong to the noble )rder of Red Men, voting for anyt uch a man to be the Governor of outh Carolina. He should in the trst place, be kicked out of the Or er on proofs that have been furnish-c d partly by his acts and utterances. ours truly, G. W. Medlock. 2ACED DEATH TWELVE YEARS. ennsylvania Woman Under Sen-I tence for Killing Her Husband. After spending more than twelve rears in prison under sentence ofC eath for the murder of her husband, iforts are about to be made to obtain pardon for Mrs. Kate Edwards of ennsylvania on the ground that she las made sufficient atonement. The case of Mrs. Edwards is re narkable. Four governor of Penn 4ylvania have failed to take final ae :ion in fixing a day for the woman's seutior.. Mrs. Edwards and a negro were onvicted of first degree murder for :he killing of her husband. Both w'ere sentenced to be hanged. The' egro was fina).ly freed. The wo an, however, was refused a pardon. hortly after her arrest a child was born to her In the county jail, and it was sent to a southern institution. Score Drowned. Of the hundred or more excursIon !sts who were hurled into tne Baltic sea when a landing stage collapsed Monday at Binz, Germany, it is known that over a score drowned. Twenty-one bodies were recovered. It was the climax of a holiday band concert. A great crowd thronged the stage when the music started and durng the liveliest air tne stage collapsed. Wreck of Freight Train. A freIght train was wrecked about a mile above Dillon FrIday and cau ed much damage. Seven cars wer iled one on top of the other and were all loaded, making the loss to the railroad very heavy. No one was Injured, though there was one very: narrow escape. The track was torn. up for 200 yards and 25-pound rals: FALLS FOR ANSWER G1 JONES DEMANDS EXPLANATION OF SOUTHERN RAILWAY IN CAMDEN ADDRESS Ehe Chief Justice Makes Telling nii Speech and Refers Forcibly to the B( (barges of Blease Comments on King-Watson Episode.-Crowd Be' as haves Well. pa In his speech at Camden Monday als Lfternoon Judge Ira B. Jones, candi- pa scl late for governor, in no uncertain iho nanner called upon the Southern dit allway to explain the "admission" I1 arried by Governor Blease's charge thi bat Mr. Charlie Jones, son of the ciu ormer chief Justice, had been em- ha >loyed by the Southern to "mega- ma >hone" up to the Supreme Bench, leS ,nd Judge Jones delivered an unus- Yo1 ially telling address before about am 00 voters, a number about one-third hi: hat of the crowd that heard Govern- gu r Blease. ma "His charge against me," said BlI udge Jones, referring to the charge tal hat he was influenced by corpora-. bei ions, the Southern railway in par- us icular, when he was on the Supreme of ench, "carries a terrible admission roc hat ought to be answered by some- wa ody." a 1 He further said: "If Ben Abney he n behalf of the Southern was able car o 'megaphone' up to the Supreme on 'ourt through my son, what must tin en Abney be doing for corporations wh -day? He's a cousin of the govern- I C r and he lives in the governor's fac 2ansion. What must he be doing wb ow and what must he have been do- Ma 2g all along?" hoi Judge Jones referred to Governor thR lease's charges against him as be- an' 2g assaults on the higheat tribunal at f the State, he having therein charg- Ha d that the courts have been dishon- ed, st. He emphasized the seriousness mfI f the charge made by the chief exe- 011 utive on the Supreme tribunal. Re- ba arring to his son, whom the govern- tha r charged was the bo-between for brc he Southern Railway and the high- sal r court, Judge Jones said: Zol "My son knows more law now than for lease could if he studied it a hun ed years." He said that the young- U r Mr. Jones had only argued one hal se for the Southern Railway In the sta upreme Court, but he eaid that the Ma overnor had twisted this statement thi make it appear that Mr. Charlie cnes had only had one law case nce he began to practice. cra Judge Jones answered the insinua- zoi on made by Governor Blease on sev- 3 ral occasions that the former chief a s astice has Jew blood in his veins. Gr, "If I were all Jew I wouldn't be tee shamed of it," said thq former chief stice, but he added that if there -as any Jewish blood in him he did ot know it. He paid a high tribute ) the Jews and spoke of their usual Ele 7orth to a community. He said that overnor Blease had on many occa ions made Insinuations against the ews, but he said he would feel proud > know that he belonged to the chos- cor n race, the sect of which Jesus Loi brist was a member. vill It appeared that the crowd which Bo eard Governor Blease speak was of ers trong Blease sentiment, the hand T~ rimary showing around half in favor tY ? the Governor, but when Judge p!' ones was announced the crowd of n .500 had dwindled to less than 1,.. has 00. Both speakers were heard at- ed, ntatively, and the order was good. rea nusually good as far as the candi- ' stes were concerned, and, as far as ha! de crowd was concerned, better thanfa as expected, only one incident bor ering on the disorderly. One manfr sed language In the presence of lad- sec a which was not fitting -and he was on' ld not to repeat it. He did later, ha, owever, and another man standing saa earby knocked him down. The the rst was arrested. a In answering the "social equality"fa harge made by the Governor against nel .m, Judge Jones said that when tue fac orth associate .tusicaship was cre- the ted Ira B. Jones' name wae suggest- , d as the man for the seat aari Cole. ,BJease voted for him. He also vic aid that Governor Blease, when in 2 he House of Representatives, had At oted for Jones for Speaker, and he " sked why the Governor thus voted arc or him If he thought he was In favor th~ i social equality. During his speech Governor Blease d rled Judge Jones a Haskelite. This udge Jones afterwards denied, char- tn .cterizing It as a "campaign lie" and fr firmng that he had stood by Till aan's side and against Haskell. su Judge Jones was expressing his m -ews on education and stressing the mportance to the State of an edu- o ated populace, and he said: "That tO >ne thought is worth ten thousand 3lease. Jones is nothing. Blease s nothing. Duncan is nothing, but ~outh Carolina is all." hi! Judge Jones referred to the state- M. ent by the Governor made from the to tae House steps, that if a man 'a: amne to the home of one of his hear- iv -rs and used language similar to that i sed by Messrs. King and Watson, the ci we Greenville men who were order- to] d from the mansion, there would be thi pardon waiting for that man if hecc tilled the intruder. m "Do you want such a governor?" we ~sked Judge Jones. foi "No." came a strong voice from p he crowd. pr "If you do." said Judge JTones. c vu don't want me. I'll never head lynching mob and I'll never encour ige murder with a promise of par ion." di Papers Looking Ahead. The Florence Daily Times says:d 'You may cuss and abuse your news o apers now. It has been done before but bere is going to be a time when you will thank God that you did have a press in South Carolina that was nc~t afraid to stand between the pee pe and the dangers that threatened them. No newspaper lives for the day hat is passing. If It is worthy of' any support at all, it is looking ahead a. dlooking for you who abue it." Fight Over Card Game. Throe men were shot, one kIlled,.r one atally injured and the other: m hurt but not seriously near Spartan- h burg in1 a quarrel po a game of 1a HOUBLRIONFESSES TELLS ATTORNEY WMT.MAN ALL ABOUT GRiAFT COLLECTINGS Rose Said Becker Always Hounded Him for More Money.-Raided Dens, Then Got Graft. "Bald Jack" Rose, the gambler up on whose testimony was chiefly based the indictment of Police Lieutenant Charles Becker on the charge of in stigating the murder of Herman Ros enthal. Monday furnished District Attorney Whitman with a written statement disclosing in detail the his tory of his relations with Becker as one of the police officers alleged graft collectors. Rose, in his "confession", as the district attorney terms it, gives a complete table of his collections from gamblers which he says he turned over to Becker. These collections, according to the "confession", averaged from $12,000 to $15,000 a month and came from a dozen or more gambling houses. The means of about ten of them Rose gave to the district attorney. Becker, the self-accused gambler wrote, was continually hounding him for more money, telling him, he said, that "the bunch down town isn't get ting enough." Rose's statement was several thou sand words long. The gambler had been working on It in his cell ever since District Attorney Whitman got him to make his first confession a week ago on the promise of leniency. Becker's method of bringing the gamblers to terms was to raid them first, Rose said. This was the offi cer's way, he explained, of "getting acquainted". After the raid he would offer to "fix" the case before the grand jury, Rose charged, provided the unfortu nate gambler would "come across". To further impress the gambler Beck er would procure further warrants threatening to continue his aids as long as the gamblers refused to pay blackmail. Describing his own relations with the police lieutenant, Rose said that his acquaintance began when Becker raided his gambling house on the East Side. Rose said he then became a "stool pigeon" for Becker in his raiding activities and later his collec tor. Rose substantIates all that Rosen thal had charged as to Becker being his partner in the Rosenthal gam blIng house. He asserted that Beck er got 32 1-2 per cent. of the play, 30 per cent. of his own account and one-half of Rose's share, which was 25 per cent. In addition to Rose's statement the district attorney, It was learned, ob tained telephonic records substanti ating Rose's story that a few min utes after the murder of Rosenthal, Rose called Becker on the telephone and asked him to come down town at once and that he communicated by, telephone with Becker several times that day. PRESDENT KILLED. When Palace of Haytian Republican Was Blown Up. The national palace was blown up by a powder explosion and burned to the ground Thursday and the pres ident of the republic, Gen. Cincinnat us LeConte, perished. Members of his family who were awakened by the terrific shock found themselves almost surrounded by flames, but es caped. The first explosion was followed by others when the fire reached the cel la of the palace, where a great Quantity of ammunition was stored]. So great was the force of the expi> sions that a number of small cannon, fragments of iron and shells were thrown in all directions. Many pa! ace attendants were' killed and it is estimated the casualty list will rear; 400 persons killed or injured. For a time panic prevailed and the military authorities immediately took charge. The explosions occurred shortly after 3 o'clock in the morn ing and within an hour when the fire, which was confined to the pal ace, was extinguished, the structure was a mass of ruins, from which It wil. be impossible to recover the body of the president At a joint meeting of the chamber and senate Thursday afternoon Gen. Tancredo Auguste, senator and ex minister of public works, was named president. ONE MU2RDER EVERY DAY. This is the July Record in the C9?y of New York. One murder a day was given as the average in New York city dur ing the month of July, according to the official tabulation compiled by the police homicide bureau. Records show that the hot weather always stirs the murderers to action but dur ing the month just passed they out did themselves in activity. A year ago the July total was about one fourth smaller than this year. IGang fights, or hired gangsters are given as the cause of at lease five of the murders in Manhattan and the Bronx and In a number of the re mainng murders where no arrests have been made gangsters are thought to have been back of the kill ings. Four witnesses testified that one murder was committed by a po liceman. In two other murders Chi namen figures. Little girls were murdered in a shockingly brutal manner, and two other children were) killed by stray bullets in a gang bat te. IBlease Presented with Cane. Governor Blease Tuesday night, at Rock Hill. was presented with a gold-headed cane, the gift of several citizens. 'The Governor spoke in the. a!rdome in Rock Hill to an immense crowd. He defended his record, but rade no direct. reference to Jones. ~The cane bears the inscription, "Te Governor P.1e2?e, From Friends in Rock HIll S. C." White Man to Hang. At Montgomery, Ala.. less than Itwo hours aft-er the jury too'k the case of Walter Jones, charged withl the murder of Sloan Rowarn, a verdict of guilty was returned sending him to the gallows. He is the second d white man sentenced to hang in Montgomery county since the wgr. W 091 19NI" 1 i J IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES REET ED DEMOCRATIC NO INE. RIGHIT AND JUTICE Rule the Advanced Theories of the Candidate, Who Shows How That Precept Can Be Applied to the Problems of To-day. - Motley Throng Present. Slowly and with measured empha sis, Governor Woodrow Wilson Wed nesday unfolded the fabric of his po litical beliefs in a speech formally ac cepting the Democratic nomination to the Presidency. Establishing first what he termed his "faith", he invoked "the rule of right and justice" to politics, pro ceeding in succession to show its ap plication to the tariff, the anti-trust question, the destoration of the mer chant marine, the development of wa terways, the conservation of natural resources, banking reforms and other issues of the day. It was a motley throng that gath ered at the summer capital of New Jersey. Officially there was a notifi cation committee of 52, fepresenting every State and territory, and with them came eight of the Democratic Governors. Spread over the green that stretch es away from the Governor's cottage to the ocean, however, was a mixed gathering of several thousand. College professors and instructors there were from Princeton and else where, clergymen from various parts ot the State, marching clubs with brass bands, summer folk from sea side points, women and children, au tomobile loads of the curious from New York, Philadelphia and inter mediate towns and hamlets, and the usual stream of venders. A s6mi-circle of automobiles fring ed the crowd which closed in tightly on the spacious lawns of the Govern or's cottage. On the veranda was grouped the notification committee. Senator-elect Ollie James, of -Ren tacky, offcially informed Governor! Wilson of the action of the Baltimore Convention In a speech that was fre Quent!y interrupted by applause. On the left of Mr. James was Governor Nfarshall, the Vice-Presidential nomi nee, and on his right Governor Wil on. Coverncr Dix of Now York, Foss of Massachusetts, Baldwin of Cone-ticut, Donaghey of Arkansas, Plaisted of Maine, O'Neal vf Alaba na, and Miann of Virginia, sat nearby. With solemn attention the crowd listened to Governor Wilson's speech of acceptance. Though frequently a satirical remark brought laughter, Governor Wilson's exposition of his political doctrine was received with marked austerity. The Governor was plainly ill at ease at the beginning of his speech. He would have liked to discard the printed mannscript from which he read and speak, as has been his cus tom, extemporaneously. "This might be more interesting," said the Governor, digrossing for a moment, "if I didn't have to read it." As it was the Governor interpolat ed an epigram here and there which irew laughter and applause. "The tariff was one a bulwark, now it Is a dam," the Governor read, but catching the puzzled look of his auditors, added with a laugh, "you can spell it eIther way." His audience seemed particularly pleased with this declaration that the question of governing was largely one of good faIth and morals, and that in the market of life, where prices climb higher than earnings, those who buy "'are not even repre sented by counsel". Governor Wilson added to his speech a pointed reference to prose cutions under the Federal anti-trust law. "The means and methods," he said, "by which trusts have establish ed monopolies have now become known. It would be necessary to supplement the present law with such laws, both civil and criminal, as will effectually punish and prevent those methods, adding such other laws as may be necessary to provide suitable and adequate judicial processes whether civil or criminal, to disclose thom and follow them to final judg ment thus overcoming In some degree the modesty of our.Courts in this pursuit." After the speech the crowd pressed forward to meet the Governor. Al together, be shook hands with more than 6,000 people. BURGLARS STEAL $1,'700. From a Woman Whose Son They Knock Senseless. Thursday night two burglars en tered the home of Mrs. Hawkin Hicks, at Hickstown, a suburb of Durham, N. C., and robbed a trunk of $1,700 in money. Mr. Hicks, a son of Mrs. Hicks and who is about 60 years old, was awakened about midnight by a noise in his room. Seeing the two men in the room he jumped out of bed, but was knocked senseless by one of the robbers. The robbers then picked up a trunk and left' the house. Mrs. Hicks and a daughter, who were occupying a room in another part of the house, were aroused by the noise and went to Mr. Hicks' room where they found him in a part ly dazed condition, and the robbers, and the trunk had disappeared. An alarm was given and soon an officer was on the scene. On the railroad not very far from the house, the trunk was found broken open and the money gone. The burglars left no clue aid. the! oflers are blindly at wnrk on the mystery. The only descrldiOnl Mr. Hcks ce':ld give wa the biurglors wen men of gocd av-erage build, but: wether white or black he could not' say. Eln:mdITt May Decline. It was stated in well Informed cir ces that the reasons why Great Birit am has not yet accepted the invita tion to particinate in the Panama Pacific oxposition lies n tho failure of th~e United States to settle the .qestion of the Parnama canal tolls. Should the United States4 favor Arncr ican shipping, it is declared to b", most likely that Great Britain wUii .ecu to partiipate. K I NO1 CM Eu B ACUK -4 RENVLL MN REIEATE Hms CnRITCISM1 OF BTFUSE. 0 IRepeats His Story of Mansion In t ident and Again Asks Some Per atnent Questions. J. N. King. of Greenville Monda; )ht gave the following to the pr-s ring on his controversy witL Gov ase: "I have read many statement de by Cole L. Blease brandin:; m4 a 'hobo' and that I went in com ny with Mr. Watson to his man n and used profane language, an( o seen the statement that he woul< rdon the man who would kill Wat i or myself if we went to theii me and used such language as w( I in his mansion. If the language ised hurt him so bad, which wai s: 'If you can not grant my re est to respite a good old negro wh< s worked for my friends a grea1 .ny years and who killed a worth s negro, then, Cole, I am done witl .' I guess the language, 'Cole, I . done with you,' is what angered n so much. If we used such lan age in his mansion as to warrant E ,n killing another, why did Mrs ase, his wife, come to the door k to us for fully five minutes jus1 ore we left the mansion, and asl to return again, she not knowing anything that had happened in thE Pm where we met Cole B-lease. If I s drunk, as he says, and which wai le out of the whole cloth, why did not take me into his home and -e for me, as I have done for him many occasions, for I have many te taken care of Cole L. Blease en he was helplessly drunk, and [are him to deny it and face me, e to face, man to man. Again, Ile at Greer, when he was there tc ke his speech recently, he left the el and did not pay his bill. I wai n his warm supporter and friend I paid this hotel bill for him, and the station told him of it. He said sty, whose brother he had pardon who committed one of the vilest rders in the history of South Car a, was to pay the bill. I went k to the hotel, told the proprietor .t Hasty-the name Hasty whose ither had been pardoned by the I Cole L. Blease-was to pay the ernor's bill, and the hotel pro etor said he would not take Hasty it. I did this from my own pock in order to keep his enemies from ng it against him. The fact is, I -e lost some friends by taking the nd I have against Cole L. Blease, ny of whom I am glad to lose, for 3 has taught me a life-time les . and hereafter you will always I me with high class, honest, hon ble people for good and honest -ernment. J. N. King." n concluding Mr. King gives out tatement signed by 100 prominent ,enville people attesting the es m.in which he is held there. DISASTROUS EXPLOSION. ven Killed Immediately In Ger nan Mine Disaster. in explosion of black dayinp and Il dust Thursday morning In the ran shaft of the coal nield in the age of Carthe, four iles from :haum, cost the lives of 103 min ,accordIng to the official report. o others were severely and twen hree slightly injured. Death waE etically instantaneous in eleven es. The cause of the explosion ;not yet been definitely ascertain but it is thought that a blast ched a big pocket of gas. 'he mnperor, who is now at Essen, donated 15,000 marks to aid the 2ilies of the victims. [n the gallery where the worst ce of the explosion was felt it ms that there were from fifty tc hundred miners. Rescue partiee e been unable to penetrate a pas e to the prisoners, and hope thai y have survived the gases and nes hangs by a thread. ~orty corpses from outlying chan s have been brought to the sur e, along with survivors. Ma~ny 01 se are mortally hurt. Wives and children of the blasi tims are gathered about the pit'E uth mourning for their loved ones, times offcers directing the rescu4 rk are compelled to hold baclk nzied women who attempt to entes mine. rhe day shift of 650 men had jusi ~cended Into the workings and re distributing themselves along various levels when a series o: damp explosions occurred. The detonation was heard at thE face and the offcials on duty im diately formed rescue parties 0: men belonging to the night shift o rushed back to the pit's mouth ~ether with the villagers. Bulldogs Beat Burglar. Left alone to guard the house o: owner, a bulldog, belonging to E Williams, a local broker. knowi possess valuable jewels, met an< quished a burglar during the ear hours of Monday night. Mr. an< s. Williams, returning from a so .1 function, found the house turne< sy-turvy while bl'od spots upoi cloth, the table and pieces o th torn from the trousers of thi f, were found on the floor. Ther re evidences that a burglar ha< ced an entrance, but the vigorou tess of the dog had succeeded il eventing the night visitor from se ring any spoils. - Cow Becomes Intoxicated. The cow wvith a jag is the lates covery by the department of agri Iture. A VirginIa husbandmafl rmed by the performance of a: dinarily perfectly mild animal af munching a ration of ensilage pealed to the sharps in the depart in t. In vestigati on revealed the ssy had feasted on fermented corn tiks and hand simply' gotten? drunl raw bourbon whiskey-that wa Brother Kills Brother. Homer Crandal!. 1 7-year-old so: Fredrich Crandall of New Yori e nepe~w whose raarriage incurre o enmity of E~dwin Haley, but wh ceive $2.000'.000 of the railroa an's estate, is dead as the result na accidenriily hit on the head b P bq OR M S A N FRIEN D MILL OPERATTIVE STANDS UP FOR gUDGE JONES Who Stood up for Hm When a Cor poration Attempted to Blchst Him Without Cause. The following statement by Olin M. Rhodes, a former eotton mill op erative, with reference to his suit in the "Blackiisting case" against the Granby cotton mills, Illustrates Ira B. Jones' attitude toward the man who works: "In view of certain campaign charges against the supreme court of South Carolina and especially its for mer Chief Justice, Hon. Ira B. Jones; t-) the effect that they were partial to corporations and hostile or indiffer ent to the interests of plain working men, I feel it my duty to make this statement to the public. "In the year of 1907 I was in the employ of the Granby cotton mills of Columbia, S. C., as a trucker, and in consequence of a strike by the loom fixers in the same mill I was dis charged by tie company and my name was placed on a blacklist which the company sent to other cotton mills in the State, with the view to preventing me from getting employ ment again in any cotton mill. I tried to get employment In other mills, but was turned down, and I had to leave my native State of South Caro lina and go to Virginia to get a chance to work. "I applied to lawyers and they brought suit for me in Richland county against the Granby cotton mills to recover damages for the wrong done me. "Upon the trial of the case Judge Memminger laid down a law that a man had a right to get employment without the Interference of anybody that had a grudge against him, and that such interference, as by a black list, was a violation ot a man's rights as a freeman. The jury awarded ten thousand (10,000)- dollars damages. The case was appealed to the Su preme Court by the mill, represented by the ablest lawyers of the State, who raised every possible legal tech nicality to upset the law as declared, or at least to force a new trial. The Supreme Court, presided over by Chief Justice Ira B. Jones, dismissed the appeal and sustained the verdict and the rulings of Judge Memminger. When this decision was published I rejoiced in the result, not simply be cause of the money Involved in it for me or cf the vindication of my rights, but because of the fact that it was a guarantee of tb protection of the great class of working men of South Carolina against the .tyranny of cor porations. I am proud that I was the humble means of securing from the courts of South Carolina a judie al decision that is a second declara tion Cf independence for the working men of the State. Tne question has never been up before for decision in this State and the court could have decided either way, but it decided unnimously for the rights of the working man. All honor to the Su preme Court of South Carolina and its Chief Justice, Ira B. Jones. "I am just now living In North Carolina, where I have bought me a farm, but I propose to sell it-and re turn to Richland county and buy me a farm to live on in the good old State of South Carolina. (Signed) "0. M. Rhodes." RESERVES GUARD PRISONER. Mob Threatens to Lynch Mani Sus pected of Murder. Naval reserves were on continuous duty around the jail at Elizabeth City, N. C., Thursday to protect Ben Van, charged with the murder of Clarence Layden, whose corpse was found about fire miles from that city Wdnesday afternoon. Van was brought to Elizabeth City Thursday morning from Hartford, where the feeling against him was growing in tense and mobs were said to be form ing to attempt to lynch him. Feeling at Elizabeth City Is also running high, and Sheriff Reid has wired Governor Kitchin for permis sion to take Vann to the State pris on at Raleigh for safekeeping. Mobs are said to be preparing to attack the jail and the authorities fear to keep the prisoner overnight. Young Layden, who was only 14 years old, mysteriously disappeared from his home in Belvidere in com pany with Vann, who was later ap prehended in Norfolk, and held in jail at Hertford pending develop ments In the search for Layden. Governor Kitchin wired permis sion to take Vann to the state peni tentiary at Raleigh and Sheriff Reid started for Raleigh with the prison SHERIFF PUT OFF TRAIN. Condueer Refuses to Let Black Pris oner Ride in White Smoker. Because he would not travel In the negro compartment, Sheriff V. A. Spinney, of Augusta, Ala., was eject ed from a Mobile and Ohio passen ger train Wednesday afternoon while carrying a handcuffed prisoned from ~ontgomery to Prattville. The sheriff purchased two first class tickets for himself and the pris oner, and they sat down in the white smoker. The train had just pulled out of the station when the conduc tor, coming around for tickets, or dered the sheriff to carry his prison er to the negro compartment. The sheriff refused to do so, whereupon he conductor stopped the train, backed it to the depot and forced the seri'X and the prisoner from the train. The sheriff has employed counsel and threatens suit. He insIsts that the Alabama law prohibits whites from ridIng in the negro coach and vice versa, and that the conductor's order therefore was In direct viola tion of the law. He also miaintains that as an officer he had~ a right to carry his prisoner in the white smok Hen Kils Sn'ke. A battle between a .b!ack snake about TWO feet lcrg and a clucking hen ording a doz~n little chicks. fought ln a dusty road near M~lon, 0., Tu'sony af:&rnoon was won by hhen. The~ fih'asted almost an r.utthe snake, accordin~g to ':as' who stood awoy ready to go exl'w:3 ass i ance if she need p!i.never had a "look in".. When RiV E STREET R1R A S AEO ITY FOR SLANDER AOfl' JUSTICE JONES Dolonel Carlisle, of Governor Bease's Staff, Put in a Humniiating Posi tion by Being -Unable to Cive His Authority for Statement About Mahon and Judge Jones. Governor Blease made a statement it the Gaffney meeting on Thursday ,hat Mr. G. Heyward Mahon, who is managing Judge Jones' bureau in .reenville county, was employed by .he Parker- Mills company and that this company was ilnaucing Judge Jones' campaign in that section is branded as untrue in statements is ued by both the Parker Cotton Mills ompany and Mr. Mahon. The governor told of one of the reporters that he received this infor mation from Dr. J. P. Carlisle, a Greenville dentist, who is a colcnel Dr. Blease staff. Mr. Mahon called on Col. Carlisle for the sources of his in Lrmation imparted to the governor .nd Dr. Carlisle is quoted as saying the information was given him in :onfidence. However, It is stated that 1l. Carlisle promised, after trying o evade the question, to make a 5tatement. Cotton Mills DeniaL The statement from the Parker otton Mills company is as follows: "It has come to my attention that ertain statements have been made n the daily press to the effect that kr. G. Heyward Mahon, Manager of Fdge Jones' campaign in this city, s a representative of the Parker Cot :on Mills company and that the Park r Cotton Mills company is Enancing ,he Jones campaign in this lomaliiy. "I beg to state that theso state ents are absolutely wlthout founda Ion. "Mr. Mahon has never represented ?arker Cotton Mills Comnany az a ialesman or otherwise. He sold, at me time, for the Osceola Commis 4on company of this city goods man ifactured by the Parker Cottou hills mpany's mills. I am advised that ie has not been connected with tho )aceola Commission Company for nore than a year. "Any Intimation that Parker Cot on Mills company is financing any >art of Judge Jones' campaign is, of ourse, absurd and untrue. Parker Cotton *ills Co., M. M. Trotter, Secy. & .Asst. Treas. What Mahion Says. The statemen from M. G. H. Ma o. is. as follows: "I notice that Governor Bleaso has een ft to connect my name as a rep -esentative of and selling goods for he Parker Cotton Mills Co., and that i information came from Dr. J. P. larlisle and asked him from whom .e got his information. "He said the party asked him not 0o give his name. "I then demanded of him that he r!te a statement to this effect. He red to evade it, but finally promis d that he would, and I hope he will nake good his word in the same is sue of the paper that this Is printcd "The facts are these: I have not sold one dollar's worth of goods for my branch of the Parker Cotton Wills Co., or for any one connected vith them for more than one year, md the statement of the Secretary of 'he Parker Cotton Mills Co., will ver fy all that I say. "I further wish .o state that the arker Cotton Mills Co.. nor any one onnected with them, have anything hatever to do with financing or any :hing ele with the Jones Bureau of 3reenvlle. Very truly, "G. HI. Mahon." Quoted Street Rumor. Dr. Carlisle, who, as stated above, .s a Colonel on Governor Blease's ;taff, Friday Issued a statement re ~arding the -letter which Governor Blease says Or. Carlisle wrote him ~ivng information that G. H. Mahon was connected with the Parker Cot :on Mills company. Mahon Thursday lemanded that Dr. Clarlisle correct the report that he was connected with the company. Carlisle declared that what he said was rumored on :he streets and also told by relia1>ie persons. Later on In the statement he says: "So far as I am individually con cerned. I know nothing whatever of the particular point in question rela ive to the Parker mills financing the Jones campaign, and I said nothingf oncerninlg them in this matter. And as stated, it was street rumor." And yet he wrote it to Governor lease, who used It on the stump. Street rumor is very poor authority, and the fact that Dr. Carlisle used It places that gentlemen in a humiiat :ng position. A gentlema~n should be able to give responsible authority or such a serious charge. TRAIN JtDIPS TRACH.I ihree Killed and Forty Oth,:rs Injur ed in the Accident. Two enginemen and a nassenger were killed, a spectntor fell Ceadi and torty or more passeng~era weemar ad shortly before noon Thcursday h7 the derailing of an inbotund train on the Plymouth division of the NC' York, New HaTven & Hfartford hii road in Dorchecster. The train, madie up ci a JOC0mO tive, three panngrr coachez and~ a miles anlt hour when the .:ceumob've 5umped the rails on a aharp curve. Tw of the pansner car-s followed the engint c:7 the rails. The I -.-motivo pie~ged off into a marsh and half bruised itself. The mmentm of the train carried two of th passenger cars over the en :ie, while the third passent-cr car and baggage car remained on the The bodies of the enz~.neer and freman were found buried deep in the debris. Horrible Decath of Cbil6. WhIle his mother was abtcn: in an adjoining room the two-year--od son of Mrs. Charles WVils of P'etershnrs, Id., crawled to a kotie o ci elng soup. topplad into it and weald