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? ? > ESTABLISHED IN 18' BITTER CAMPAIGN' COMES TO CLOSE A GREAT CROWD AT GREENVILLE TO MfcAK Tflt bAIMUIUHICO SPEAK. A VERY ORDERLY MEETING Jones In Hie Carefully Prepared Speech Outlines.Constructive Policy ?Blease Makes a Characteristic Speech. Greenville.?Before the largest Srowd that has attended any of the political meetings which have commanded the attention of the entire state since June 18, the 1912 campaign for state .offices came to a close here several days ago. The end was peaceful and .quiet, marked by nothing more than enthusiasm on the part of supporters of Judge Ira B. loses and Governor Cole L. Blease, the central figures in what is probably the bitterest contest waked during the present generation for the governorship of the Palmetto state. Despite many rumors Indicating a "hot time" at the Greenville meeting, nothing of a particularly exciting nature occurred. There was one near fight on the edge of the crowd while Governor Blease was speaking and for a few seconds things looked rather squally* but several of the hundred and fifty or more policemen detailed for special duty were immediately "on the Job," escorting theywould-be combatants from the grounds. Few meetings of the entire campaign were more orderly. Elaborate preparations had been made by the city of Greenville to prevent trouble and there was no miscue. On the stand, ready to respond should their services be required were Mayor " *tJ T A Ullla nenry origgs, Aiucwiifii u. n. mm?, W. T. Henderson, C. S. Webfl. R. I. Woodside and C. F. Hard. Chief of Police J. E. Holcorabe, Sheriff J. Perry Poole and Deputy Sheriff John Hunsinger were also on hand. With the city and county authorities so well represented, any in the crowd who might have been disposed to "start something" evidently were convinced of the futility of such a move. Id the crowd of about 4,000 were people from many other counties among them York, Chester, Spartanburg, Cherokee, Anderson, Newberry, Abbeville, Greenwood and Laurens. Much 8tock Is Subscribed. More than $8,000 worth of stock to the Charleston Fair Association has been subscribed, following a threehour whirlwind campaign. Several members of the board of directors and advisory board, as well as the officers of the association, met at the Charleston Hotel and started out on their work. As matters developed, as much ground could not be covered as was expected, and comparatively few of the business houses on East Bay and Meeting street business districts were visited. Fish Hatchery For Orangeburg. The bureau of fisheries notified Representative Lever that the fish hatchery for South Carolina in a bill passed by Senator Tillman several vpnrR aro will be located at Orange burg at what is locally known as "Duke's fishery." During the past six months the bureau has had its experts going over the various sites offered in the state and its report is to the effect that the Duke's fishery is at the ideal location. Campaign In Edgefield. About four hundred , many ladies being present, heard the aspirants for the United States Senate and for Congress from this district at Edge field. The meeting, presided over by County Chairman B. E. Nicholson, was held in the court house. The best of order prevailed and the audience seemed much interested in and edified by what was said. Col. Dial, who spoke first, expressed his pleasure in being in Edgefield and recounted her proud and eventful history. Have Long List To Select From. Charleston county Democrats will have the joyful task of selecting candidates for their various county offices from a ticket very nearly a yard long, which will contain seventy-one names. This is to say nothing of the state ticket, which is in itself a big one. A proof sheet of the ballot shows that it will undoubtedly require more care to vote a ticket properly in this election than has been the case Tor some years. It is said this is the largest election, that ha sever been held here. Issued Orders For Encampment. W. W. Moore, adjutant general ol South Carolina, has issued orders foi the encampment of Company (I. First regiment. South Carolina National Guard, at Greenville for 10 days be Sinning September 9. This company was organized at Pelzer too late tc be eligible for the regular encamp ment. It will be allowed a special en sampmeut. The Pelzer company, is coipmanded by Lieut. James C. Smith It will be instructed during its en campment by Captain George H. Mc Master of the United States army. ! Campaign In Saluda County. The last county campaign meeting was held at Denny's, six miles nortl of Saluda. Every one agrees that thf meetings of this year have been th< largest attended known in years whilt the order of those attending and th< attention accorded the speakers ai every noint has been most excellent The campaign has been l:ept on : high plane, there has been no vitup eratlon and the very kindest of feel Inn between candidates have prevail ?d. Factionalism and partnershi] have been tabooed by the candidates / THE n. FILE THE EXPENSE ACCOUNT South Carolina Delegation In Congress File Statements of Their Campaign Expenditures. Columbia.?A special from Wash lngton states that all of the South Carolina delegation In Congress who are candidates for renomlnation In the pending congressional primary South Carolina, have filed their statements of expenditures in accordance with the Federal puhiicity iaw, wnicu requires such a statement to be made not later than ten days before the date of election. Senator Tillman's statement shows an expenditure of only the $260 assessment by the state Democratic committee. The same statement is made by Congressman Johnson In the 4th district, who has no opposition. Congressman Lever, of the 7th district, who is also without opposition. comes next loweBt with a statement of $260. Representative Legare, of the first district, gives $649.50 as his outlaw; Mr. Byrnes, of the 2d, acknowledges $364.30; Mr. Aiken, of . the 3d, owns to $386.40, and Mr. El[ lerbe, of the 6th, states $405, and Mr. Finley of the 5th, gives in $547.90. The opponents of Representatives Legare, Byrnes, Aiken and Ellerbe, have filed no statements. In the 5th district Representative Finley's opponents, Messrs. Pollock and Ragsdale, confess $572.50 and $486.55 respectively. Senator Tillman's opponents, W. J. Talbert and N. B. Dial, have filed accounts respectively of $733.40 and $2,068.70, but Mr. Dial's statement was not dated or sworn, and, therefore is not in accordance with the law. The penally for willful violation of statute is a fine of not more than $1,000, or imprisonment of not more than one year, or both. A statement mailed and postmarked ten days before the electio nls taken as complying with the law, even if it. reaches Washington later than the limit. South Carolina New Enterprises. The following is a record of new en terprises aB taken from the books in the office of the secretary of state: A commission was issued (o the Branchvilie Building and j~oan Association, of Branchville, with a capital of $25,000, the petitioners being P. P. Bethea, L. H. Fairey, Steaiman Weathersbee, J. B. Williams. A commission was issued to the Nichols Lumber Company, of Nichols, in Marion county, with a capital of $15,000, the petitioners being L. L. Gothlieb, W. C. White, Nathan Barnett, P. A. Marion. A charter was issued to the Johnson Company, of Greenville, with a capital of $15,000, to do a ladies' ready-to-wear business, etc., the officers being J. Thomas Arnold, president and treasurer; W. S. Johnson, vice-president and secretary. Campaign in Beaufort County. Campaign meetings ' of Beaufor^ county were held at Bluffton and Hardeeville several days ago. Both meetings were well attended and especially the one at Bluffton. Spirit was * ? * - - ? J I J ~ 4 ?? nnrl Awn snown Dy several cuuuiutueo uuu mo flashed in the charges and countercharges between Mr. Crosby and Mr. Sanders, candidates for supervisor. Mr. Beckett and Mr. Hiott for the house made the principal speeches at Bluffton, and Mr. Jenkins at Hardeevllle. He brought up the question of free grass for the first time in this campaign and strongly advocated it. Other candidates, after Mr. Jenkins had raised the issue, declared in favor of it. Much interest was shown in the speeches of the senatorial candidates. Some heat was shown in their discussion and oliarges were answered by countercharges. Claim Rolls Have Been Padded. There is considerable discussion over the fact that about 3,600 names have been added to the club rolls in Rock Hill, when heretofore the vote has been less than 1,500. Some claim that the rolls have been padded and that parties from North Carolina have been enrolled, but it is not believed that many of the names have been entered in cases where the party is not entitled to vole and then the club officials are not responsible, for when a person's name is handed in if the person states that he is entitled to vote toe secretary has no option other than to place the name on the roll. Freight Wreck on Southern. Freight No. 75 on the Southern railway, running from Charlotte to Columbia, had seven or eight cars derailed at Adgers. No one was in ijured, though much damage was done j H. A. Williams, superintendent of the ! Columbia division of the Southern, took charge of the wreck and had the tracks cleared. The wreck made ; necessary the transferring of papsen ger trains over other routes The Southerns Limited, running bet wees New York and Florida, was detoured by w$y of Spartanburg. Campaign in Bamberg County. ' The final county campaign meeting for Bamberg county was held at the court house at Bamberg. The meet I ing was opened wKh prayer by the Rev. \V. H. Hodges, pastor of the ' Methodist church. I)r. Geo. F. Hail i presided and excellent order wai maintained throughout the exercises which lasted about four hours. Noth i ing sensational occurred. Speeches . made by the candidates in their fina round-up showed much improvement - in most cases, over those delivered a1 the first meeting. i Campaign in Calhoun Closes. > The Calhoun county campaign camt 1 to a close in the presence of full] j 1.200 enthusiastic citizens. Then ? were 200 ladies in the audience. Th< > meeting was held in the spacious i graded school grounds. The inaiu fea . ture was the desperate efforts of R. M t Clafly. of Fort Motte; R. E. EdwardB - of Creston, and G. H. Zimmerman, o . Cameron, to force an expression fron . each candidate as to his gubernatoria ) inclinations. Tho gentlemen declinst , i to up how th?y would rot?, f LFQ PLANT MORE VETCH THAT IS WHAT THE FARMERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA ARE TOLD TO DO. < | VETCH IMPROVES THE LANO Interesting Article Describing the Results of Work Prepared by A. D. Hudson of Newberry.?Demanstration Agents Pushing Vetch Growing. Columbia.?More vetch will be I planted in South Carolina this season . than has ever been planted before. 1 I Particularly in the Piedmont section 1 is the subject being agitated. The results last year were greater than was | expected, ant1 several farmers report: ed yields from two to three tons of cured hay per acre. It has been demonstrated that vetch improves the land more rapidly than does cowpeas, and It can be grown during the winter months and harvested in time for a crop of corn, cowpeas or sometimes cotton. The agents of the farm demonstration work are pushing vetch growing with all the power at their command. Mr. W. H. Bartin, district agent, states that he expects to have 1,000 fields planted by Vis demonstrators. In Newberry county alone it is estimated that 60,000 pounds of seed will be sown this year, while in the lower part of the state there will be more fields planted than ever. Recently The Progressive Farmer published an article by A. D. Hudson of Newberry, giving his experience. Mr. Hudson plants approximately onethird of his farm in vetch every year. The Improvement in the fertility of the land and the increased growth of i crons. following vetch has been very marked. Some of the very beBt cotton on his farm is land in which \etch was grown, but on vhich no amount has been used for this year's crop. Mr. Hudson's article is as follows: "Last summer Mr. Poe requested me to write hi mthc results of my work with hairy vetch, especially what my field of seed was per acre. 1 promised him that I would do so, but upon thinking the matter over I concluded that the results were so very gratifying that It might be well to wait another year for fear that successive crops would prove disappointing. And it is well that I did, for results this yea rfrom the 'grain end of it were ex; ceedlngly disappointing, but the yield of hay was tremendous. Campaign In Lancaster County. Lancaster.?All the condidates foi Lancaster county offices, except John j P. Hunter, candidate for sheriff withI out opposition, who is sick at Piedmont Springs, were present here in the court house at the last regular campaign meetings, and a good crowd of 350 voters gave them all an attnntifo an A roKnort fill hearing. This iruiirv ui iu ? campaign has been carried forward successfully and without the slightest interruption or disorder, and notwithstanding the intense feeling in this county over the gubernatorial race, the campaign that terminated here, will go on record as one of Lancaster's ^leanest and best fought contests. Chesterfield County Campaign. Chesterfield.?The county campaign came to a close with the meeting here. It is conceded by all that this has been one of the cleanest county campaigns in years, and still there is much interest being manifested in the races for the different offices. No doubt the most interest is being shown in the race for the legislature. Both \Y. F. Stevenson and W. P. Odom are candidates for re-election and there are five other candidates. Political Situation in Chester. Chester.?The Chester county campaign closed at an immense meeting i in the auditorium of the city hall From pit to dome the auditorium was filled and standing room was at a premium. It was a crowd that was saturated with political enthusiasm. Itob ert B. Caldwell, president of this pre cinct, presided. The invocation was 1 pronounced by Rev. F. Victor Robert son of the East Side Presbyterian church. Protects Veteran By Court Order. Columbia.?Ernest C.arv, circuit 1 judge, issued at chambers in Colum i bia an order temporarily restraining H. W. Richardson and others from in ferfering with Samuel F. Massey, in 1 the enjoyment of the privileges and . benefits of an inmate of the Canfeder I ate Soldiers' home, and directing the ' respondents to show cause before him September 2 why they f#inuld nol ' be permanently enjoined from sucli i interference. Mr. Masvev returned tc I the Confederate home pending the : "ourt's final decision. Campaign in Florence Closes. ! - Florence. ? The county campaigr > : closed here with practically all of thf candidates standing for better and ' purer government, efjnal rights to $1 ! and special privileges to none, though " some of them did declare for Gov i , Please. The chief incident of the . meeting was the reply of Itepresenta j tive T. P. Hrown to a recent criticisrr > 1 in a letter of T. H. Harlleo, in which I | Mr ilerllee said that Mr. Brown had 1 : been elected to represent Florence I county and he became a representa ive of Cole L. Blease. Exhibits of Farm Products. Columbia.?The agricultural and Im . migration department of the Atlantic Coast Line is getting up an exhibit oi farm products, vegetables and fruits and will take this exhibit to the West > the latter part of this month, to be - shown at various Western State fairs . with a view of showing the resource! , of the territory through which thii f line operates. They have had one oi ) their new steel framed express cars 1 jverhauled and painted up in a suit 1 ible manner for the purpose of tram Porting the exhibit, RT FORT MILL, S. C? TH "ROMTHE'PALMETTO STATE I ihort Paragraphs of State News That Have Been Gotten Together With Care By the Editor. Sumter.?Three bales of new cotton ver sold In Sumter during the week ust ended. Two bales were purchas?d by Levi Bros, and one by O'Donrell ' fc Co. The first bale was classed as > strict middling and sold at 12 3-4 Jents. Cotton is opening rapidly and i good supply of It is looked for the Irst week in September. Mayesvllle.?At a recent meeting of :own council, J. H. Hinson, of Georgia, was elected chief of police. He b originally from Sumter county, havng moved *lo Georgia about 18 years ago. Chief Hinson iH interested in the raising of blood hounds and will conduct kennels while acting as chief 3f police here. Charleston.?Acting on telegraphic orders First Lieutennnt Thomas E. Thresher, Jr., U. S. M. C., commanding a detachment of twenty marines and five non-commissioned officers, left the city on the Palmetto Limited for Philadelphia, there to embark on the U. S. S. Prairie to sail for the scene of the Nicaraguan revolution. MayeivlUe.?The Democratic club rolls were closed here according to ; the rules of the party in this state , and the enrollment is larger than in I previous years. It is predicted that ane of the heaviest votes will be polled that has ever been counted here before, unless it was in the days of : '76. From the present outlook, MayeaI vllle will give Judge Jones a good maI Jorlty. Brunson.?A la;-ge and enthusiastic audienrA creeled thp eanrtifinren tn?. the various county offices at Hampton, the county seat, and listened attent; Ively to the speeches. A fine dinner i waR enjoyed by all in the shade of the oaks on the countv court house square. The speeches of the candidates for the Legislature. Messrs Manuel, Warren and Riley, were conservai tive, earnest and eloquent. Washington.?The Lever agricultur| al extension bill passed the house. It ! now goes to the senate, where is will I be urged by Senator Hoke Smith, of ; Georgia. Senator Page, of Vermont, will attempt to substitute his own voj rational education bill and the whole ! matter will probably go over to the next session In its present parliamentary status, unless the Vermont Senator gives way. ; Preuperity.?The annual reunion of Company G, 13th regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, was held several days ago at Young's Grove, Several ! hundred persons assembled from the i surrounding country to celebrate with I the few survivors of this heroic comj pany their 51st anniversary. The men of this company were among the first to go to the front, and heard Gen. Lee read his order for surrender at Appo matox. Charleston.?That the new double track system on the Cherleston dlvis j ion of the Atlantic Coast Line, which is planned to operate from Charleston to the Santee river for the purpose ol Improving the service and relieving trnffi; congestion, will be in operation between this city and Mocks Cornel 1 by the end of next week; and between Charleston and Bonneau inside of a month is the statement which was made by Superintendent J. C. Murchi ! son. Branchville.?There is being intense interest mauiiesteu in tne election 101 governor. Never have the Bupporten o fa ay one made a more stubborn am determined fight than those of Judge Jones are now doing here. At the election two years ago Blease carrioc 60 j:er cent of the votes cast here, bu it looks very much like Jone sis goinj to get a good majority, rfince the ap pearance of Tillman's letter the sup por'-ers of Judge Jones have beei active. Barnwell.?Two bales of new cot ton the first of the season for Barn well, were sold on the local marke during the week just closed, bringinj 11 1-4 and 11 1-2 cents. Mace Jeffcoat the grower of one of the bales, statei that he could have ginned a bale ove a week ago, but he would have ha< to stop his hands from palling fodde to pick cotton, and for that reason hi: bale was delayed. Barnwell was th< lirst to get a bale of new cotton oi the market in 1911, R. H. Lutz beini the grower of the staple. Dillon.?There were two bales o cotton marketed here recently whicl brought 12 1-2 cents and 12 7-8 cente Tbey were raised by J. It. Gibson am ; Levi Jackson. Tney were bought b; the cotton mills. The cotton crop ii , Dillon county is going to be short o I what was expected 30 days ago. Orangeburg. ? The Orangeburi , county Democratic campaign endei with the final meeting held in thi : city. The speaking was held from th , band stand on court house square. I , \\. Bowman, vice president of the (,'iti I zen s ciuo, iiresiueu. uwu uruei jjit vailed and the speeches were good Washington.?A marine corps orde detaches Capt. John F. McGill iron , duty at Fort Royal aud assigns hin . ! to duty in the office of the assietan I secretary of the navy at Washing I ton, then to the yard at Fuget .Sounc i Washington. Kershaw.- Work on the Kershav ? Cotton Mill has begun. The brick ar - being hauled to the site, th? lam i has been laid off and soon the actua i building of the plant will begin, 'i hi I stimulus to the business of the towi ? is being felt already, as quite a nun; ber of improvements are in contem j plation already. j Washington.?T. J. Lawrence ha 1 been appointed postmaster at Wes Marion, Marion county, S. C\, succeed : ing H. E. Parke, resigned, f Manning.?The eighth and last o . ihc Clarendon County campaign meel t ings was held here on the Court Hous ? grounds, with an attendance of abou . J50 voters, besides a few ladies am j ievera! beys. The meeting was divid i .d into two sessions, morning am r .fterncon, the morning session beini i .eld on the spot where the disorderl; .ate campaign meeting was held ii ;ly, but this time the decorum w* vempiary. MILI URSDAY, AUGUST 29, 191 HARMONY MARKS CLOSING SESSION AFTER MANY STORMY SCENES SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS AT LAST QUITS. THE HOUSE WON A VICTORS | The Payment of "State Claims" in the General Deficiency Bill Goes By the Board.?Much Rejoicing When Session Endu. Washington.?Sobered by the embarrassments of Saturday's all-night ; BPBelon of filbusters and disagreements, Congress adjusted its differences invited President Taft up to the Capitol once more, and wrote "finish" after the proceedings of the second session of the Sixty-second Congress. The end was marked with a return of harmony, and an end of fllbusters. Senator LaFollette, demanding action on the Penrose campaign fund resolution, found all opposition smoothed away In front of him and the resolution passed almost without discussion. Senators Chamberlain, Martin and i Culbertsor., after fighting bitterly for the payment of the "state claims" embodied in the general deficiency bill, yileded to the urging of their colleagues. and permitted the Senate to yield to the demands of the House, and strike these claims from the bill. In return for this concession, however, they received the promise of support next winter, when the claims again will be pressed for payment. With these old claims, amounting in all to $600,000, went the "extra month" pay for congressional employees which the Senate demanded and the House refused to give. In the last half hour of the session, while President Taft waited in his special room to sign the measure of the dying Congress, an attempt was made to rush through a special resolution giving the employes the "extra month" but they again blocked it. The President signed the general deficiency bill. The session "just fizzled out" in the , Senate, to use the words of one observer. A wild outburst of applause greeted Speaker Clark's announcement of adjournment as his gavel fell in the House. The floor immediately became an animated scene, members bidding each other good-bye and shaking hands Old time political foes buried all difficulties and feuds apparently were ' forgotten in the general leave taking. Ferreting Out Blackmail Evidence. 1 New York.?With the appointment ' of J. W. Flynn, head of the local secret 1 I service, as chief investigator of the | aldermanic Investigating committee, came the news that a corpse of the ' ablest detectives in the country will 1 aid Flynn in ferreting out evidence of police blackmail. Counsel for Police 1 Lieutenant Charles Becker, now be1 hind the bars on charges of instigat1 ing the murder of the gambler Herman Rosenthal, are busy preparing de. fense for the accused lieutenant. Personal Campaign of Wilson. ' New York.?A general plan for the I personal campaign of Gov. Woodrow ; Wilsdn was considered at a meeting ; at democratic headquarters. Governor ' Wilson, vice chairman McAdoo, of the I national committee. Treasurer Rolla > Wells and National Committeeman * Josephus Daniels and Robert Ewing attended. Governor Wilson does not 1 contemplate an extended stumping tour, and wjii mane umj a ic speeches In th?? larger cities. t Marshall Speaks in Maine. I Portland, Me.?In his first political , address sinco accepting the Demoi cratic nomination for Vice President, r Governor Thomas R. Marshall of In1 diana condemned the protective tariff r system before a Democratic masss meeting here. Governor Marshall e was the first of the party leaders from i outside the state to take part in the I Democratic campaign preceding the state election on September 9. a German Killed At Nicaragua. ' Managua.?Notice that the Amerl 3 can forces in Nicaragua will restore >' peace has been sent to General Vaca, leader of the revolutionaries at Leon f by Geoge T. Weitzel, United States minister. Another leader of the revo S lution. Gen. Luis Mena, was also given 3 a similar notification. General Vaca s sent a request to the government foi e an armistice to last eight days but ' this was refused. The message wat i* sent through the minister of San Sal '* vador. A German has been killed al ' Matagaipa. 1 Uncle Sam Repudiated Obligation. 1 London.- The Panama canal bill if 1 characterized as practically a d is >* honeFt repudiation of a direct bargain ' by newspapers representing the vlewi of all the British political parties v Meanwhile no definite procedure hj e the British government in regard t( 1 the bill can be framed for nearly al 1 the cabinet ministers at*e scafterer * over the European continent at vari a ous watering places, or else are shoot ' inc grftuse on the Scottish Moors ant '* ; most of the prominent politicians out side of the cahinent are also engaged 17 Detrcit Aldermen Arraigned. ' Detroit, Mich. -With the arraign ment in police court of 17 aldermei ' and former council clerk Edward R " Schreiter, self-confessed receiver o e bribe money. Prosecuting Attorne; 1 Shepherd hopes to be able to prob' :1 into the past doings of the council an< determine if possible whether so-cal! ^ ed councilmanic grafting has been B constant practice during the past d* Y cade. All of the men arraigned wit! a the exception of Schreiter were prevl ously arrested on charges of accept log for municipal favors J T1 L2. CROP PESTS IN NEWBERRY The Army Worm and Red Spider Have Made Their Appearance in Many Placet Recently. Newberry.?The red spider and the army worm have both appeared on numbers of farms in this county. The red spider has already done serious injury to the cotton crop, and is spreading. Some of the finest fields in the county are suffering from its depredations. Some farmers have attempted to apply the remedy recommended by the entomological department of Clemson College, but with not much success, because the red spider works only on the under side of the leaf, where It is almost impos Bible for the spray to reacn 11. umers i have adopted the plan of pulling up j the first stalks affected and burning them, and this has appeared to meet | with greater success; but of course ; must be adopted very soon after the red spider begins its work or it will 1 not do any good. The army worm broke out afresh several Ays ago and since then large numbers have appeared. moBtly In the portion of the county nearest Newberry. It flrsU took hold of the grass and alfalfa and other tender plants, including young corn, for which it seems to have a special fondness; now it is beginning on the tender leaves of cotton. Alex : Hudson found thousands of the pests in his cotton and immediately began on them with arsenate of lead, fol- | lowing instructions of the Clemson College experts. He invested in 50 | pounds more of arsenate of lead and continues the application. Large estimates of the damage already done are made, and It Is feared that the cotton crop will be seriously curtailed. York Watches Progress of Road Work For some time the people of the River end section hare been very much interested in knowing Just what would be the outcome in regard to I>ancaster county building a road from the new steel Roddey bridge at Ivey's mill out to the national highway between Charlotte and Lancaster. This bridge was completed some time ago at a cost of $15,000 or more to Rock Hill and York county, and It was understood, when It wsb decided that the bridge was to be put there, that Lancaster county would build a road from the bridge to the national highway, one and a half miles from the bridge. On the Lancaster side at the end of the bridge is a tremendous hill and when they started to work they found this hill to be almost a solid rock and towering like a mountain in front of them and the work was given up. It is learned that the Lancaster road force began work there again with steam drills and other paraphernalia and will cut through the hill and finish the road out to the highway at a cost of $3,500. South Carolina New Enterprises. The secretary of state has issued a charter to the Williamsburg Realty Company of Kingstree, with a capital stock of $3,000, to conduct a general real state business, the officers being R. H. Pittman, president and general manager; M. A. Shuler, secretary and treasurer. The Scott Safety Track Appliance Company of Central was commissioned, with a capital stock of $10,000, the business of the company, as set forth in its commission. being to "offer stock for sale In one frog in one angle bar and one metallic cross tie, for the purpose of demonstrating and manufacturing. Also to offer stock in the Scott Safety Track Appliance company in exchange for other patent rights. First Week of County Campaign. The first week of the county campaign was concluded at Ruffin several days ago. There were five meetings during the week. Snider's. Rice Patch, I^odge, Smoaks and Ruffin. The campaign party was handsomely entertained at each of these places except Lodge, and there the homes were opened to the members of the party. The campaign has been conducted on a high plane. So far there has been not much ginger injected, although a spat arose at Smoaks between conn ty auditor, I). L. Smith, and one of his opponents, J. B. Dodd. Mr. Smith was a member of the delegation last yeai and received his appointment on the death of the late R. Ft. Black. Orderly Meeting at Walhalla. The crowd of 1,200 persons which heard candidates for state offices a Walhalla set an excellent example o attention and decorum. Judge Jonei i scrupulously avoided any reference t< Gov. Blease, but the governor, ai i usual, devoted most of his time to ar attack on Judge Jones in substantial i- ho nrrifnarllv employs 1} IIIC ICMIIO ... Blease declared that at Westminste: i Judge Jones had taken Blease for hii | text. Judge Jones replied that in hi: : Westminster address he did not men tion the governor's name. Politics in Sumter County. < Much interest is being manifesto! in Sumter in the approaching primar; i election, both In loeal and state poll i tics. While Sumter county can prol . ably be classed In the Jones column; ' there are quite a number of stron; > Blease men here. The county carr I paign comes to an end with meeting 1 in Sumter. Other meetings will b - held in Dalzell and Rembert. Th - chief interest in the county campaig 1 is in the election of members of th - legislature and in the election of I. ; clerk of court and sheriff. Breeding Farm For South Carolina. 1 J. F. Barbe, a well-known Kentuck i i horse breeder, is in Greenville pro f pecting with a view to organizing f $100,000 company to start a breedln e farm near Greenville. Mr. Barbee b? 1 already interested a number of loci I* capitalists in his plan, among them b a ing Henry T. Mills. It is understoc ! that only $25,000 in shares will I a floated, as the promoters will take tl I- maorlty of stock. Mr. Barbee ia enth > aiastlc over this region for itot breeding purpose!. PLANS SCHEDULE T FOR SPEAKING TOUR BULK OF WORK WILL BE DONE BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND OTHER LEADERS. W. J. BRYAN'S ITINERARY All Parts of the Country Will Be Covered Thoroughly By the Democratic Party's Leading Orators.?Where Each Speaker Will Go. New York.?Gov. Woodrow Wilson spent a day at the University Club, resting from a week of activity and preparing for a conference here de- i stlned to have an important bearing on Ills presidential campaign. With Vice Chairman McAdoo and members of the campaign committee, the Governor will map out the sections of the country where he will speak j and a schedule of addresses will be . agreed upon. Present plans call for few speeches from the candidate him- j self but a larger number from William J. Bryan, Speaker Champ Clark, Representative Oscar W. Underwood, Governors Harmon of Ohio and Foss 1 of Massachusetts, Senator-elect Ollie James of Kentucky and scores of members of both houses of Congress. Though the Governor's idea at present is to make a number of j speeches in some of the more impor| tant cities of the country, these speeches in no sense will be a "swing around the circle" or stumping tour, it is admitted that the exigencies of the campaign may necessitate on the program adopted. Mr. Bryan has arranged his own itinerary to begin about September 10. He will speak for the most part in the middle West beginning, it is said, in Nebraska and taking in Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, j Montana, Washington, Oregon, Utah, ! Missouri, Illinois and Ohio. In these states Mr. Bryan will make big stumping tours, but he also will devote as much time as possible to states east of the Mississippi river. While Mr. Bryan is concentrating on the Northwest, the middle West, , Speaker Clark will tour the Southwest. After his three speeches in Maine, he will proceed to Missouri, I Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and ! California. The campaign committee's ideas i was to have Speaker Clark visit those stateB in which he thought could be of the most value. He has chosen, therefore, those localities which supported him at the Baltimore conven IT.J nrlll tion. Representative uuuei WUUU n lit speak for the most part In the East and probably will discuss chiefly the tariff. Death and Ruin In Wake of Storm. St. Louis.?A woman and a boy were killed and eight other persons were Injured, one probably fatally, by lightning which accompanied a severe electrical storm that visited this city and vicinity. Mrs. Elizabeth Hausdorf of St. Louis was struck by lightning while on the way to a picnic at Dtipo, Ills. Five persons were riding In a covered vehicle. The bolt struck the woman while she was occupying the rear seat alone. The other members of the party were thrown from the vehicle but were not seriously hurt. Political Headquarters Open. Chicago. ? Congressional campaign headquarters of the Republican and the Democratic parties will be opened in Chicago. Representative McKinley who managed President Taft's cam' paign for the Republican nomination will have charge of his party's camp Representative James T. Lloyd of Mis sourl will conduct the Democratic Ight. i On Tour of Inspection. ( Washington.?Secretary Stimson ot . the War Department left Washington , for a tour of inspection of Western , military posts, going by way of New w \tPH York. He was acvumiwu ICU u; iutw. , Stimson. Brigadier General Crozier and Major Lassiter of the general staff. I To Write to Members of Committee Oyster Bay, X. Y.?Having failed tc f obtain a hearing before th^ Senate , committee investigating campaigr j contributions because of the inability j of the committee to get together, Col j one! Roosevelt plans to write the com . mittee a letter, embodying some of the things which he would have testified r He so declared in a statement in whici s he also took the committee to fas! s for permitting John I). Arrhbold ft sail for Europe without telling mon about the $25,000 he contributed tc the Republican campaign in 19?H. j Georgia Democrats in Convention. ? j Atlanta, Ga. -The Democratic state j. convention will be held at .\ia<;ou 10 the purpose of naming the candidate! , for state offices, from Governor down ^ who were successful in the primar; 1 held several days ago. Incidentally 1 8 will remain for the convention to df e cide between Judges John Ft. Pottli 0 and Nash It. Broyles in the race fo n ! judge of the state court of appeals P The returns obtainable with two cour a ties missing, places the two candidate on practically an equal footing befor | the convention. Postoffice Gutted by Flames. y London.?London is entirely cut ol Bfrom telegraphic communication wit the rest of the country and with th 8 continent, and for a time connectio i? j] with America was severed, as the r< _ suit of a fierce fire in the general pos |(j oillce, in which building the Centn )( telegraph office Is situated, and wher 1{ all wires of the service are concentra u ed. While the fire was extreme! ,j, fierce, no llvei were lost and the dar age waa confined to the Jnilde of tfc building, n ' - i-jj I / $1.25 PER YEAR NEWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA The Latest Newt of General Interest That Hat Been Collected From Many Townt and Counties. Charleston.?The United States civil service commission announces an examination at Charleston, as & result of which it is to make certification to fill a vacancy in the position of rural letter carrier at Charleston and other vacancies as they may occur on rural routes at postofflces in this county. Chester.?The pretty bungalow of I. C. Jones was almost completely destroyed by Are of unknown origin. Mr. Jones had a narrow escape, so quickly did the dames spread. The loss on the furniture and furnishings, etc., amounted to several thousand dollars and was insured fcr $1,600. The property was partly covered by insurance, being the property of T. L. Eberhardt. Charleston.?Ex-President rneoaore Roosevelt 19 expected to visit Charleston September 8 to attend the annual convention of the great council of Red Men, which will hold a session lasting a week at the Isle of Palms. Roosevelt Is a member of the order and has declared' his intention of attending the meeting. Arrangements are proceeding for the enter- . tainment of the visitors. It will be a big gathering. Lexington.?The heavy rains of several nights ago caused the dam of Georbe's pond, at Laurel Falls near Lexington, to give way, the heavy flood rushing into the pond of the LexI ington Manufacturing Company, one mile below, with such force that much damage was done.. The water carried away one wall of the plant, the wall to the card room, causing a general overflow and causing a damage loss of several hundred dollars.. The mill has been out of commission since. Washington.?President Taft withdrew the nomination of John R. Tolbert, Jr., to be postmaster at Abbeville. This nomination was sent to the senate several months ago and it was then stated that he would probably never be confirmel. Those opposed to Tolbert having the place Insist on its going to Mrs. Minshall, whose husband held It until the time j of his resignation. Mrs. Minshall la now performing the duties of the office. ^ Charleston.?The first of the campaign expense lists have been filed with the clerk of the court, and all of them were exceptionally light. The three men who have filed their lists are Mr. Martin S. Connelly, candidate for county treasurer; Mr. D. H. Towles, candidate for the office of Qt Pniir? townshin. and : II)<t?iaii aic ui v* . ... ,, Mr. William Austin, candidate for master in equity. All of the candl; dates must file their expense lists before primary day. Rock Hill.?City Engineer Miller has returned from a visit to Greenville, Charlotte and other cities, where he is inspecting the street paving and secured specifications, prices and other data to be used in the selection of paving for Rock Hill, He laid the results of his trip before the paving committee. His committee will meet again to receive bids for paving Main street from Hampton to Railroad, and Railroad street from Main to the passenger station. Property owners have become interested in the matter. Lexington.?About 100 voters heard the candidates for the United States senate, W. Jasper Talbert of Edgefield and N. B. Dial of Laurens, at the 1 campaign meeting, which was held In the court house here. Of this number there were a number of county candidates, who came for the purpose of meeting the people, but were disappointed. In the absence of D. Frank I Efird, county chairman, B. H. Barre, secretary of the Lexington county Democracy, presided and introduced the speakers. Lancaster. ? Two women, styling themselves as Egyptian fortune tellers, were arrested here by Rural Po' liceman Williams and lodged in Jail charged with stealing and plckpocet* ing. There were a number of such women and children encamped in a secluded place on the outskirts of town from which headquarters two or three number, since alleged to bt expert pickpockets, made frequent visits to town for the purpose of plying their nefarious trade, while posing as palmists and soothsayers. Columbia.?John Cole, a negro, was electrocuted at the state penitentiary. Cole was convicted of a murder committed in Charleston county. This is the third legal electrocution to take place within three weeks. Columbia.- Con. wine .iohcb, yieoident of tho Palmetto National bank, was notifiod by William McAdoo, of Now York, acting chairman of the Democratic national committee, that ho had boon appointed a member of the finance committee from South Car' ollna. Chairman McAdoo asked Gen. a I r ; Jones to wire his acceptance and h'.* request was complied with. Greenwood. -Mr. Thomas Jester, the old-st man in Greenwood county s and possibly in this section of the " state, hied at the home of his son. D. ^ W Jester, on Phoenix street here. He was buried at Lebanon church. Barnwell.?It is an extremely hard , proposition to get a line on the polith cal situation in Barnwell county In p regard to the gubernatorial race. It is a well known fact that Barnwell gave Blease a majority two years ago an<f : for that reason it has been considered a Blease county, but there are sevf eral things in this connection that are worth noting at this rime. I Coiumbia.?Hal. C. Moore, a car in specter of the Seaboard Air Line rail way, was killed at Cayce, by being run over by a switch engine. Thi h coroner's jury brought out the fac! e that, the tragedy was an accident. D Seneca.?As the end of the stats s. campaign draws near, Gov. Blease anS t Judge Jones are increasing their ac i; tivlties. Both these candidates foi governor made speeches at irapromp t tu meetings in Oconee county. Gov Blease spoke at Oakway and at West ^ minster. Judge Jones spoke at 8ea V sea and at Westminster. Got. Bltaa< 1 alio made an address at Beneca. 1