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FAULT WITH OTHERS SLNATOR TILLMAN SAYS BE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DISPENSARY GRAFT Ho Maintain* That Tinkering With tlio Old State Dispensary Law by the I/OgUlature Ha* Been tike Cause of tho OUlclai Corruption that Fin ally I>cKtroycd the 8y*tem. The following Utter by Seaater Tillman to W. H. L. 'McLaurlu of I^atta. Is glvon to the press as Sens tor Tillman's defease and explanation of tbo oft-repeated charge that ha la ruBponblble for the corruption which In believod to have been bred by the dlsponsary system: Trenton, S. C., Sept. 28. 1911. Mr. W. H. L. McLaurln, Latta, S. C. Mr. Dear Sir: ? Your letter of Sep tember 11 came in due course of mall and I have read It several times very carc fully. You say, "We ooncede /ou every honesty of purpose, but the Tacts stand out against you, too plaio to deny, that you are the paternal *uco3tor of both the dispensary and I$l?asuUm. Doth of these 'Isms' will be handed down In history when you and I have both been gone to the judgment, as the greatest curse* in the history of our- great common wealth. And 1 am sincere In saying, senator, that you will have no great er uln to answer for In that grfeat day ihan the two mentioned above.' Aa there ai e two counts In yo?9 lnd:cnK-ut ngainst me. I will dispose1 of ti e dispensary indictment first. I may discuss the one about Bleaselsm later, although I have alread pointed out the difTerfnco between BJeaselsm and TDImanlsm. A great many pe9pl? In South Car olina have been taught and believe religiously that 1 am responsible for the dispensary law, and hold It against me as a crime against the, people of the State. I did originate the law and to that extent am re sponsible. Hut many people still be lieve it the best whiskey law evsr ccneeived. The law as it wa* written by ni?) and enacted by the legislature provided that the governor, the attor ney general and the comptroller gen Mai should ex-oftlcio constitute the StPte ?oard of oontrol, and perform nil the duties of the board, to wit: buy the supply of liquors for the dis pensary, appoint the dispenser*, and In every way superintend the busi ness. I made a thorough study of Ihe whiskey business from start to finish and found out about it* manufacture, manipulation and adulteration. I rend everything I could get on the subject, made inquiries of distiller*, wholesalers an-) retailers, Investigat ed bottling works, anu out all about the manufacture of beer, how It is brewed, and how whlskoys are blended or mixed. '1 learned that co logne spirits or deordorlzed alcohol Id the basis of nearly all liquor* sold in this country; and I was perhaps the best posted man on the subject in the State. Did Work Well. The law worked well under this system, and there was no Just or even reasonable cum plaint of corrup tion while I was In the governor's office. There were, of course, char ges of rebates; and there will always bo charges against an unpopular law, hnd thoBe who administer It. Men will always find something to 'com-J plain of. The barroom element and1 tbelr jfriends fought the law bitterly, and they received aid and comfort in a very marked degree from the "antl Tillmanltes," solely because of their political animosity. So bitter was. the factionalism In 18*2 and 1894 that 1 could do nothing right, no matter how hard I tried. ? My. enemies were a' ways lying In watt to pick flaws and And fault. Not a scintilla of evidence was ever produced to show that I ever got rebates; and only the meanness and venom of my political enemies led to the accusations being made. I retorted on my accusers that they tftongbt I stole because if they had had tho chance I did they would have done so, and they could not ponnlbly conreive how a man could be honest under such tempatlon and opportunities. I opxlalned that the reason I did not collect for the State tho robutes allowed by the Mill Creek* Distilling Company, from whom I bought many thousands of dollar* worth of whiskey and other liquors, thnt I did not want to have anything to do with rebatoB. The Mill CreeK Distilling company had credited the State, and sold It over $75,000 worth of liquors, largely on its confidence in ffiv personal intogritv. I agreed with Mr. Hubbel of tho Mill Creek Distill ing company that the company should get rill tho rebatos allowed by the trust. as a bonus for its liberality in drallng with tho State. Without this credit tho dispensary never could have Hthrted, as only $50,000 had bc.en appropriated by the legislature, nnd nearly all of this was spent In fixing up Iho agricultural hall to run the business. The low was being fought very bit terly In tho court* and otherwise. The bitterness wan produced and kept alive by the howling of The News and' (Courier end The State newspaper*, mainly, end the othern yelping In chorus. So hitter was the feeling In the State, and to auch a high degree of partition had the newspapers fan ned the flame of opposition to the dis pensary, that it led to the Darlington riot. Factionalism was no bitter at the time of this riot that civil war between the townspeople and the, country people seemed Imminent. Changed the I*w. When I left the governor's office the machinery of tho dispensary had not been fully completed or tried. The experiment was a new one In thla county and every one predicted fail ure. When I prophesied that the whiskey business rightly managed would bring a million of dollars as revenue to tho State, I was laughed at as a lunatic. As soon as 1 wept out of office ' the 4 new legtilature which came 1ft with Oov. John Oary Rvans began to tinker with the law. tt changed the e*-offieio hoard of con trol to one to t>o elected by the gen eral assembly Itself, The State board of control elocted by the legislature soon began to be talked about 'by tils same bunch ot newspapers, ?It Was notoriously known all over the fltltte that when Ht^b Rvans, who was a candidate for a position as a member of the board, .was asked if he would steal, lie boldly proclaimed, tie the rumor went, he would iteal the doors off the State house if he got a chanee, or something like that. Yet. the leg lslat*ft l^edjjfllfctO JpMp jfi control With this declarator* trro claimed openly and brfaiiln from $ sater. jsh ftaErai ?blags with the dispensary want from had to worse until the stench became so greet that the people rose In their wnth and mimH it-ag * #tM* in stitution. ?, Dut the Idee haO taken ?uch deep root that MT6Q of th? counties of the 9tate ?till cling to It as a county in stitution, and others are agitating (or Ita restoration in preference to blind ttgere. The aggregate Bale* in ihe%p seven counties per annum has reach ed the enormoue turn of 92,500,000 !n round number*. The prohibition ??*? which swept over the 8taw has V) far subsided that blind tlgere axe to he found everywhere, even la tfceee dispensary counties, They hare al ways existed In Charleston, though 1 had won the fight against them after the Darlington riot, and only the dec laration by the supreme court *tliat rhe law was unconstitutional. Yept them alive. *s 1 wilt recapitulate for your be* fit \nd quote from my last mesaage to the goneral assembly: The Lawr UuconHtltutional. Two week* after the Darlington riot the Huprome court, to the sur prise and diBguBt of a large majority jf the people, declared the act of 1 892 unconstitutional. The effort to enforce the law of 1893 had brough^. on riot ? riot had resulted in bloo&i ?hed and insurrection; but the lajr had triumphed and order beeft promptly restored, so that we bad every reason to feol, and,' in fact, her*. kvu . every evidence to show, that tN fight was wen, aAd men were -?ady -to yield obedience and oease to obstruct the law ? not willingly, but from necessity and fear. I had by proclamation taken control of the municipal -poilcu throughout the State, under aectlon 519, O. 8., and ordered constable* to confine them selves to seltures of liquor In transit, \n'd to watching the authorities of the towns and cities. Conferences wire held- with the mayors of those municipalities where the illicit sale of liquor had been most flagrant, and everything pointed to a satisfactory .solution of the vexed question, and a luiol and eiflclont co-operation bo tvfenn the constables and the police for the enforcement -of the law. Hut, Alas! All my work of nine months was uudone in an infant. The whis key dealers, who had closed their loors or were preparing to quit or ?*are the Btate, opftffed up their bars in grand styles *Bonflres were kin dled In Charleston and a triumphal VroceBsloa, headed by a wagon con taining a whiskey barrel, garlanded ?vith flowers, paraded the principal MreetB of the city. The opinion by '.he court was illogical and strained, *nd bo muddy that no one knew or veuld say just what was the status established by It. In a supplemental ?nse brought ' .-fore them, the two ludget who had united In the decis ion declared that the act of 189? was ill a dead letter, except the provision ?prohibiting th? Issuing of licenses; 'hat wo had In effect prohibition, rlck-rlbbed and steel-hopped. While the decision waa on the act of 1 892, I knew the same general principles underlay both acts, and I 'hat if one was unconstitutional thfi i other must be also. I therefore or dered all the dispensaries to b? clos ed. stock to be taken and all accounts lo be adjusted as noon as possible. As two dlspensarlea broken Into and robbed the nftftUjltter, I or dered the dlapensera'to lh them f?tid guard the .8tflr((i?'B pr?erty, and offered them on?-"half p*>*foij this wqf\ and for the reatfojiafplltty under thelr'tt^hds till the /nattOT,w*a finally rdlsposed of. I fully. <oli$tlclpated a .Vase being brought tfjider-thci act of 1 893 and * decision of like nature to ?.he first, and as I had put, forth all my energies to make mqn qbey the la#r, I felt compelled to ob?jr, It my netf? ^although I felt, aa did most of 'ho peoMp', that the decision was an ,9Utr?ga Tnd the result t>tp*rtl?an ofnte. It would take tojp mua< time and apace to give my Yawon^fOr this opinion, but I will mintlon'^'at the 'udge of the United Stateji <i6urt and ?.five of our eight cireulf Judges had 'lUBtaJned the constitutionality of the 'aw,'J|yj4 the auprf^i court itself in tho Chester case hMitJ&tared it was a police regulation rad'trjj& V revenue measure. To Tbwart-Vt^j But while I obey?WVkftit^tS#ught was the law under the dfelsVm of the court, I resolved to thwart tti?K6ourt If I could, and, every effort was put forth to prevent the act of 18D3 from coming before the court aa It was then constituted. In the meantime *e had a whiskey delude. During the oerlod from July 1, 1893, when the dispensary law went Into efTect, . to April 21, 1R9.4, when It was suspend ed, 277 United States retail licenses were issued. In the time the dl? ensarlea were closed, April 21 t# Au gust 1. 1,17* were Issued. All the ^ld dealers, *^ose who had left the Pate and thos? who remained, laid In stocks. >Men who had never sold li quor went Into the buslncns and at every town, hamlet and crossroads, almost, whiskey could bo bought with no effort at concealment. I/eft Too Soon. , I left the office of governor too soon. If I had continued In control, there la no 46t>,bt I would have hart the law MmeftdeA to prevent the pos sibility of ftaMd iTl the purchase of whlskoy and the odium thorefrom. The peculiar thhtg about the mem bers of the State board eloctod by the legislature la .tblp!' The general an aenibly never Weirtt outside of its own membership except' In one or two In- 1 Btancea. ft Is a gravo reflection on ? he people of the State that so many' leglslatora who were alleged to be corrupt have been chosen to conluct the affairs of the dlwpenaary. It Is notorious that after vainly "trying to destroy the dispensary by popular vote, Its enemies only succeeded In killing It when they put dishonest men In cotitfol. When It waa too 'late to change the law. as my observation had taught me It ought to be chang ed. I never could get a law enacted to prevent the purchase of , whlskoy from breeding corruption. t drafted two bi||ta. but could not get them passed I^ttTinn that as senator I did hot welld- as much Influence with the fltate legislature as I ha?1 aa govern or. Henldf-s, the Prohibitionists Were In arms against apiendlng the 1?W to perfect It. feeling convinced It, ?h*? corruption continued,* aa they^hnd reason tb helln*^ It already .Ousted the law would be destroyed In the end. aa It waa. I am firmly convinced, even now. that a law can be framed which will absolutely prevent .thej poaalbllltj? of anv rebate of frafid on I the State. Had the dlapensfry. been left In control of an eg-offlclo hoard, I Such as It started out with, It Is not helleTable that* the people South Carolina would have fcver elected, an attorney-general, a comptroller- gen eral ahd a governor who wbtild have committed Jrhtjd on tfce T>et?pl?, and robbed them At the leglafattYe boto-d la aald to hata dene, it t'.li' a pltuul reflection op the Integrity and char ROTwr or tfi? people Of Boutb CaroMr*. ?Hut aftar Iftprlftln f nfft W...V.11 ti ir?"' among It* own mwmberahlp oleet.M 'mM mi liorropt aa to mako tba d'a nenaary * "hr-word and a blaatn*. Tbey and not I arn raapnnathle for th* dtuKrac* brought on 8on?b Car olina by tbe dlanenaary noanf ?la. ?. Jrao** Who rhanrad tb? K-' u It 'WAt ?rl*1nally paaeod art *d Mama for til tba corruption tbatba* taark ?4 til* dlaponaary exnarltrtent In tba flteta control of wblakay. Pleaae let mo know whan you bar* rtad thl* whether you atlll conglder i wa rwnmratbla for tba flfltjft?aca brourht on flontb Carolina by tba dla penaary. If you will get toy la?t we? NEED MORE MONEY TO ELECT WOODROW WILSON TO THE PRESIDENCY EXPENSES ARE HEAVY Though tli? Managers of the Cam palgn Practice .MI Possible Kcon oiiiy, It Costs a Large Hum of Mon ey to Hun a National Campaign on legitimate Line*. The Democratic national commit lee, through Henry tMorgenthiu, chairman of the finance committee, as issued an appeal to the supporter Of the party to aid in raising an addi tional fund of from $750,000 to 1900,000, to bo used in the campaign (or the national ticket from now un til election day. Accompanying this Appeal was a list of many of- the re cent contributors and statistics show ing how much each of the Slates had contributed. Approximately $300, )0 0 has been contributed iup to date, and of this amount $206,086 has been disbursed for the legitimate ex penses of the campaign, leaving about $84,000 now in the treasury. New York atate heads tho list of contributors with a total of 9 1 05. Pennsylvania is second with $19,516, and Illinois third, with $15, 453. In speaking of th$ need of more money to carry on th'e campaign, Mr. vlorgenthau dictated this statement: "It is absolutely essential that all the states complete the organisation of their finance committee ? our needs are Imperative ? as we require *or nocessary legitimate expenses an vdditlonal $750, 00Q, and it mus: omo from tho people,' so as to con tinue to the end thfe popular sub scription plun which we have adopt od." To this statement, Mr. Morgenthau ?.dded that, although he considered he Bums already voluntarily suk crlbed as most encouraging, the com mittee believes that an erroneous im pression has gone out that, as the election of Gov.' Wilson deemed to be .insured, money was not urgenth teeded. No matter how sure we ar? >1 winning, Mr. Morgenthau pointed ? nt the expenses are necessarllv aeavy, and will be much greater irern now on, for it Is the intention o: he national committer to keep up s most determined campaign and take I othlng for granted. To all of the | 'tales had been allotted the task oi i; a fixed sum. None of them 'ias yet reached the mark set. Ov ':r-contidence on the part of the Dem ocrats was poBBibly hurting the com -r.ittee in a financial way. It was said, jut, nevertheless a pretty steady flow if money was expected from now on, :ind the committee believed that the teople would meet the requirements, ?'he $'05,000 from New York state ' was practically unsolicited, said Mr. Morgenthau, and was an excellent example of what could be accomplish ed. Tbe total of subscriptions as enter ed on tho books at national head quarters waa $298,760, and thia came Jrom'lVllG men and women. Tbe orgeat Mhgle contribution since the recent llit waa published was by Su preme Court Justice James W. Ger ard', who gave $13,000. Samuel Un ermyer, the attorney, gave $10,000, and there are several $5,000 sub scriptions. Mere 1b a list of some of the larger Contributors given out at tho national headquarters: $13,000 ? Justice James W. Gerard New York. $10,000 ? Samuel Untermyer, New York. $5,000 ? David N. Hyroan, Abrair !.? ElkeB, New York; J. C. Mayo, na tional committeeman, Kentucky; \Yaltor S. Rogers, Chicago; Charles 11. Smith, Menash, Wisconsin. $2,500? A. N. Jarvls, New York; C. N. Camden, Kentucky. $2,000 ? Ralph Pulitzer, New York $1,000 ? George E. Guthrie and Vance McCormlck, Pennsylvania; Tehn T. Murphy, Montana; Thomas .). Lockwood, RufTalo; John Rord 'Tian, Chicago; Ju-Jgo Edward Man rlelhouse, Texas; H. St. George, fucker, Virginia; Congressman Cer nellue A. Pugolry, Peeksvlllo; Rob rt R. Van Cortland, Amos Eno, Chan. 'Straus, New York. $500 ? Samuel A. Dewlston, Justice Morgan J. O'Rrlen, William H. Horn blower, Samuel A. Reardsloy, New York; John Cadwalader, Pennsyl vania. Thomnn M. Mulry, president of tht Emigrants' Savings Rank, and Coun ty Clerk William Schneider, each ^ave $25o; Patrick JT. McOowan. fv<' mer president of the board of al?k?r len, and Joseph Fox, president of the Columbia bank, $200, and RorouRh President George A. McAnnoy, $50. Oov. I?l* , Dock Commissioner Calvin Tompkins, Eugene A. Phtlbln and Paul J. Sachs were contributors of $100. " An alphabetical list of contrlbu Mons by State, Including money sent In by Individuals, followi; Alabama, $5. 03ft; Arlsona, $5??; | Must Give t'p Drink lUbtt. In traveling safety Is tho first con sideration. To secure that for their "atrons Ih the chief aim of steamship and railroad companies. And these companies lenrn by ? experience with he result that Improvements are con stantly being made In equipment to I lessen tbe danger of Collision and other accidents. With the same ob ject in view companies are far mor? careful as to the habits of their em ployees than they used to be and reg ulations are becoming morn numer ous and more stringent. That it as it should be. When one leaves by boat or train for some given point he -wants to be as sure ns possible that he will reach It without injury or unneccersary discomfort. The trav eling public therefore welcome* ev *rythln?{ done to secure that end.; I or that renson It approves the action! of the Delaware, T.ackawanna and Western rallrond In Insisting upon ?otal abstinence for Its trainmen. Mostly experience, due especially to recent awful Wrecks on that and oth er lines, has led to this drastic, order. If anyone thinks the order too drastie 'et him romomher that the life of a Person Is of first Importance and that life should not be Imperilled by carelessness. Insufficient precautions, or by wrong habits of officials and jr>*n. Th* 0*n?r*l A???mbly would BUr prl** flovnrnor BIama If It *doyt? hid pn?ff*Mt|nn find puma* * Uw ftxlnpr th? DaMMmicftr furwi tn tfita Mt*t* *t two cent* p?r mllA wtian It "V - - - - - - - i i j to th? general AM?mbly you will flWd ttio ft?1i ?t?ry of tb? iSatltrisrton riot. V?ry ro?pf?o?fn1Iv your*, 0- $ T!Hin?P THE TBAGEDY OF WAR j * i l TELE POLITICAL AFFAIItS IN NIC ARAl'GA AJIK FEAIU-TL. WiUi tlxs United States Forces Aug-] Jueuted by Marines Quiet Is Again ?t Hand. A dispatch lays Americans in Man agua. Nlc., now know what a sick ening tragedy a Central America, revolution Is. They have pussed hrough a month of turmoil vAu ?U8t), wltneated three battles und ex perienced the horrors of a bombard ?:ent. They have Been the people ot ihe city panic stricken, women and children killed; have boruo the suf ferings of hunger In a town be eagwsred and have had miracul uou> escapes from exploding shells aiiu DulletB. Dally they saw hundreds o; .ecruits marching out blithely, witl. <lvas and laughter to tight, perha;<b ??o meet the death thousands of then ellows already had met. ? The capital of Nicarauga in August *as the focal point ot the revolution jf which Gen. Luis Mena, the d" ,o#od secretary of war, was the head The two military heroes of the u; - lsing in 1909-10, which overthrew 'elaya, were Emillano Chamorio am. 1 uls Mena. Mena became minister o. ?ar and organized the assent j:\. *hich In October, 1911, elected inn I president of the republic for the term beginning January 1, 1 9 1 :i . Then the United States stepped In the American minister notityin.* ia that his election * as regarded nt ;t?mature and a violation of the pact I uiade with the representative ot ti.< ^nited States. Mena was depu-vii ? ater as minister of the war and tii-n hamorro was appointed command'-: n-chlef of the army. Mena eventual ly fled and armed the Liberals Thu# tegan the revolution which reach.'.; .ts climax In the bombardment o non-combatants? a violation ot ;.i. he morals even of the republics i.; -entral America, except in the c;?-i jf Zelaya who bombarded Managu.. n the revolution of 1903. It was no part of Mena's plai\ how .?ver, to take Managua !>y ass.iui; Jon. Zeledon, some time mi:i.viT o. vur under Zelaya, was rospoiisibl. jr that when Mena lay helpless o: ; ?tick bed. The bombardinetit w:is i>;: ionday although Zeledon had be - ?arned that thousands of inn ? ?tomen aud children were i i ni" r ill the day the savage shelling cr,V inued, the shells exploding all o.u he town, by a strange fatality wo .lien and children were the vie. iv.. .n one house a mother and her io i. laughters were wounded. A oh ! dtting on a door stop was cut In two. woman with her babe at her brea ?t -unntng across the street, was strii'k by a shell and both were Instant 1> killed. One hundred and thirty-yi:. ?vornen and children were killed or wounded. The eecape of hundreds o< others was miraculous. The second evening of th^ bom bardment a shell hit the presidential houses and exploded in a ronni where the president and his cabinet were in conference with General Chotnorrn. Strangely enough, no one was in ured. A shell exploded in the in terior court of the house of nn Amer ican official. Four American officials xrid three servants wore on either side of the court but none was hurt. Through Monday and Tuesday the battle raged, culminating in a sharp attack In the afternoon. Chamorro laved the day by lea Hng a force which routed the attackers momen tarily. A. battalion of 400 American mv rloes under MaJ. Butler reached ?\gua from Panama the following d. y. Their preseuce probably prevented mother attack. The attempt to ta!<. :h? capital and thus capture the gov ernment having failed, the scene of var was Bhlfted. \rknnsaB, $2,809; rallfornia, ?2, .'4 1 ; Colorado, $1,090; Connecticut. 11,168; Delaware, $56; Florida, i 1 S25; Georgia, $1,808; Idaho, $30; II linnli, $15,453; Indiana. $1.14",; ]> \va, $ 1,832; KansaB, $824; Kcn'urUy $2,523; LoulBlana, $5, 465; Maine $4(59; Maryland, $2,502; Massachu setts, $3,039; Michigan, $1,43:1; Min ?enota, $1,136; MlsBt8s!p;>i, $1,2^'>: Missouri, $9,470; Montana, T 1 , f* 1 r? Nebraska, 3,32 4; Nevada, $2; Now Hampshire, $78; Now Jersey. $7.i?l'.': New Moxico, $503; New York, ? ! jl85; North Carolina, $4.7f><>: North Dakota, $761; Ohio. $1,901; Q\laho ma, $2,224; Oregon, 1,551; IVn-isyl ^anln, 419,510; Rhode Island. SI-'.".: South (Carolina, $3,779; South J > ri 'rota, $213; Tennessee, $1,'?S1; Ton us. $4,592; Utah, $59; Vermont. ?"i; Virginia, $5,402; Was* 824 ; West Virginia. $1,741; Wiscon sin. $6,125; Wyoming. $624. Tho DiBtrlct of Columbia has pent ?43.158, the Philliplne Islands, $l<>; Manama, $25; Canada. $105. Anonymous subscriptions amount ?;d to $4,733, and there was $ 2 >.x turned over to the committee by for mer National Chairman Herman Kid ler as the nurplus from tho I'.nd of 11 00,000 for tho national convention \* n*Klmora. Tba total la $280,069 It ;1o?-b ?0t Include about $20,000 since nrflv I ( the national committee. Including; one check of $1,000 from Neva in Mr. 'Morthenthau exniained that I bore would be a heavy additional ox- j nenae from now on because of tho larfce number of spoakers to )?o. pent out to tho close of the campaign. The lisbursements made f? far do not. in-; elude heavy bills for llteraturo whl'h has bean distributed all over t hi> country. Tho expenses of f}ov. W II i ?on on his tours have boon paid by; tho national headquarters. Mr. Morgenthavi did not know Just what they amounted to, but said 1 1> r? t ' they Were being kept down as low ns possible. He understood tho privet" car the governor was using cost only *n oxtra $45 a day, hardly moto than! tho coat of an automobile. Tho o\-- 1 penaes of the headquarters In Now* York and Chlcajro combined a-nount to approximately $7,000 a woek. Mr. Morgonthau said that ho <v 1 ; not doubt that the poonlo of tho cdmii 1 try would make quick rospon?<\ and while It needed tho funds badly, the finance committee was not worrying Rolla Wells, national treasurer had ? thla to say: "It Is true that w<? need tnoney. I never saw a caninnicn cont mlttee that dldn.t but, It is not tru** that we are stopped because of th<> lack of It. We haven't discounted, any bills as yet. and we haven't hot rowed any money." i Flft^n Million Hnlo? No?mIo?1. nunlnc** mon, trnvclltur In tho In t*ro*t of cotton milKn nml vMMhk rtilll c*ntorn In F.nropc n? wnll nn In thin country, ngrr>c In fho con"hi<?l'?n th?t tho world will noorl flftoon mil lion hulfl* of cotton thin vrnr Anv nmount nnd?r thf\t nnrntxr will * short ?roT>. A fonrtoon million tnlo cfop nhonlrl clvo un flno prl rrn for cotton. Tnkln* (*11 rcportn r??< thf>v com* In and putting thorn together, th* Indication* aro thnt fourteen ir'll'lftn halon will ho mlaod this yoar. with ttio probability of running half ft million I?*". BLEASE IS NOMINEE IV IN AND PEOPLES WILL RUN IN SECOND RACE j TILLMAN RENOMINATED Calls on the Solicitors to Prosecute All Frauds and the (Question of Safeguarding the Primary System Was Generally Discussed by the State Executive Committee. Cole L. Blease was declared the nominee for Governor by the State Democratic executlvo committee Tuesday afternoon, in a meetinx at Columbia characterized by harmony and good feeling. B. R. Tillman was declared the nominee for L'nited tSates Senator. The nomination for the other offices, excepting Attorney-Geueral, were an nounce 1, and a second primary to de cide between J. Kraser Lyon and Thomas H. l'eeplos, for Attorney General, was ordered to be held on the 13th of October. It wus declared the sense of the committee that a'.l races yet to be held In any counties ought to take ?dace at the same time the primary or Attorney-General is hold. '? Much discussion was had over a ropofiiiim tii call a State Convention i? \t \eartto revise the regulations i : i d rules of the party, but after full I scussion tills matter was not acted >n further than leaving it to the com ?.iitii', to be appointed by the cliair T.iui, to draft ti e suggested changes ?nd r< ; oi t back to the full commit (I- before Jatfuary 1, 1012. A'ter the report of the sub-com ?i'tee investigating the. election and lie committee on tabulation. .Mr. K. A. ^'.iani. tepresontiug .Judso Ira H. witlidrew the latter's protest nd announced that they had no ex "i'tioiis t o f'.ie and no further argu ner.t to make. The ccnust by Messrs. Dial and '.'ai'uvt. in the matter of l'nited Sen:1 toi s'.ijps, was dismissed on :i oi it n of Mr. Greer. Neither of licse gen t |e ji en was present. Stress .vas laid by member after .lib- r on the necessity of throwing Mi;.- ;i.lc-i'j:;te sa'enua rds around the :i.M:i:;. as.d of the widespread dis ? !M. lit w . Ii t ! ; o ;>r? .-."it lax method f con lectin;: (lie election.*. '( }-e sug ? est ion to call a St re < ' :?n vent ion .? xt year to act on this ini'ier was avoved by several, anion;* 'hem Mr. S. Hh'.i.-e. but wus passed over and ?o action taken. A lesolution that the solicitors of lie various circuits be requested to roserme cases of violation of the >: i nary laws was adopted. The Mate Democratic executive ?nr.imittee was called to order at i"o:i, in tho library of tlie State ! o us?*, with a full attendance, several i !:< members being represented by uov.es. A large number of specta ?- ' r s were present and occupied seats :i t!ie library. l'nited States Sena or II. I{. Tillman, national commit eenian and ex-olllcio member of the -.?ate committee, was present and sat villi the eonin. Ittee. Mr. J. E. McDonald, of Wlnnsboro, rsinned as Presidential elector at a rue, because he is a member of the Miblic works commission of Winns icro. Mr. J._ J. MeMahon waB elected is elector at large by acclamation. Then came the report of the com ?r.itiee on tabulating tho returns, as 'ollows: ^ OKI in A! TAWIjATIOX. For Ciovcrnor. ''Ji-ase 72,043 Duncan 2,166 Jt'iH's . 66.54 3 Tot al 1 4 0,757 lilou tenant -Governor. "Marlon A. Smith 139,940 Si'crct ury of Htate. U. Nr. McCuwan 140.6S5 ( V?Mij)trollrr-Ciener?l. A XV. .Icnr-s 13 9,472 StHlc Treasurer. ? T. f *.-! i t r-r 89,702 W. .Mrl.aurin 49, SOS Tot ::1 139,507 Ad 'iitHnt-Ciciirrnl. \Y. W. Monro 140, 421 J-rnte Superintendent of Education. i'. S we.vi n t^fn 139,828 At torne.v-fieneral. 1. II. !'*arl(! 1 G.K.J P. M. :0v,!im 12,19: r. F\ I. yon 5 4 . 1 i T. II. Peoples 4 6,545 Tot;i! 1 39,6 I 2 Kailr' ad Commissioner. ff: rues Pansier 4 2.859 lolin Richards Jr 70.896 I II. Wharton 26,2s Total 13 9,9!' < 'oiuiuissiniicr of Aurirult ui-p. i: .1. Widpon 138.61 SOI.-K 'ITOItHH IPS. 1 irst Circuit. i*. T. I ( ilrlolirnnd 6 ,85* ? Second Circuit. I!. I.. Cuntcr 9,9.1 1 Third Circuit. <?. II Ptoll CMC T. I f . T;i ii nt ?, ,8 7 3 Tol.ll 8.019 T oil i t Ii ( Jrciiit. f. M. Spenrs 0,112 T I . lidjv ! M 1 ,r>98 C. K. I.tincy 2.X 12 '<?oi.il 10,822 I if<li Circuit. \V. II. Cold) 8 , :"i 4 I Sivtli Circuit. ?f K. Hon iv 0.2 4 0 I II. Cost or 4.75ft Tot'! 1 S? viTt?i Circuit ? Second ?. (' f>!lq N "111 . . . ' ' ' ' ' ' ; | Ivylit Circuit. !?'. A Cooper N intli Circuit. I. K Puorlfoy T. ntli Circuit. '* \ Bon ham I M Daniels* . 10,99 0 riinnry. 0.817 7 . r. r, o I 1.4 1?, 0,042 0.042 17,440 0 . r> 2 8 Tot n 1 ??,.0r,S I * I ?? v ?? ?? 1 1 1 Circuit. M. Tiinni"rm?n 8,104 Tivnlftli Circuit. W M \WM<? 7 . T> 1 7 I , M. ('.annuo 3, ft 5 9 Totnl M.fiOfi 1 nltod Rcnntnr. v t< 1 1 i 1 1 2?.RS0 I W Talhrrt ?. 7 . 0 ? 0 n. H Tlllinnn 73,f>30 Totnl .1 40,208 Coni;rc?t?i. t'lrpf D'?strlct 0,111; l,ar ) n r v . 4 . 0 VI fVrn?Ml TM?fr|cf ? nymoq, 10,547; (ly i rn. Third District ? Aiken. 1fl,850; Ev ?ra a mdhrtr at rhaainatkni. or hono ? iritHw or fcfaodoo flarfng tfco terlfM at thb twftk dbaaaa, adfvthant) o i noM dMustb rcnW hi A* popara. Thcjr nb o ? ff?r (mI tan tkaM?0M off than ho k Ksad ofcot tkgr <hb b tbo oum of Awm? tki> wh mM (bo oh kaooi what that b? ask jroav trovbk ho ^w??pi?int^ bxflgcadoo, oto. Bxtfy ? ?Ihcfor erf thaaa "f iV flftahn dthnoL Read what they wish you to do? take inter nally three or four time* a day their particular Tcure" (a few large bottle#). Beware ad taking Internal remedies. Cooealt jroar family physician first and ask him. Yoa would gire $3.00 ? yes, $25.00 ? for some, thing ? anything ? that wcmld core you, or yoa r relative or friend, of rheumatism, which, by the way, Is a serious disease, with more serious results following If not relieved. All we ask you to do Is to try one 25c size bottle at Noah's Liniment which hi aa Cfteroal trm tinent. Not ooe cam In tan reqalree Internal remedke. Beware of the** htwwj "ww*." They often do mora to ap*?t the entire eyeteui then the temporary relief they |H fa ooe of tke moet dfatiuedim and of all trnehiee, If not checked In time Ik often do abftee one ap, brings on all eorts o i Nflotntt tnekee life mleorehte elnioet anbearabla. ? Where there le no ea sling or lever Noah's 1Mmb> will no doabt help voc One 25c else bottle wtfl be oaoagh (or a trie! Noah's Liniment bee helped other*, and wa fcrwst yon will eead what come at them write, which (oQowet *1 hew need Noah's lMnent for iheomatlem, edff )d hate and hecfcache, end will my It did me ?.*Tor three yea re I eoffered with bone rheoma. tkm. Two bottles of Noah'e Liniment oompietely eared aseJ*? &> B. Cyras, Donald, & C m MI had an attack ol rheumatism In mv right lep, and it hard for mo to get about. Noaih't Liniment took ail the pain and ?oreneat away." ? Edward Ryan, Swanaboro, Va. ** Received tho bottle of Noah't Liniment and think it helped me greatly. I tuffered with rhet? mat lam la the neck." ? Mra. Martha A- Lambert, Beaver Dam, Va. Noah'* Liniment b the best remedy for Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lame Back, Stiff Joints aad Mus cles, Sore Throat, Colds, Strains, Sprains, Cuts, Bruises, Colic, CramDs, Neuralgia, Toothache, and all Nerve. Bone end Muscle Achea and Pains. The genuine haa Noah'a Ark on every package and looks like thla cut, but has RED band on front of package and "Noah's Lini ment" always In RED ink. Beware of imitations. Large bottle, 23 cents, aad sold by all dealers In medicine. Guaranteed or money refunded by Noah Remedy Co., Inc., Richmond, Vs. CLASSIFIED COLUMN 'liuck 1 arum l. r Sale? L. 1$. uial Ml. Olivo, N. I.'. J...UHI. Ixli.ii. i ? j. i . at i. ^ niu.'aker x'oulir> Farm, Noimttudv I < iin. \\ J ill- l S lei IK) JMIIllillt'l' plO^i &ition. Our place wtii pl> aae > ??l wn:'. Sulphur Springs, Mount Airy, N C. \t.uiiiii ? l efeoub to t>am good C01U Jl.aMUli* iiieUiuvi >1 .O .MOki in. i n.v ,uar\ .w-otb Order ol OwU South Hcnd, lad. W a n toil ? Bookkeepers, Stenogra phers. Position secured or money reiunded. Southern Exchange, Ce.^rgetown, S. C. Minrj ? Hundreds wealthy member* will marry soon; all age*, nationali ties, UescrlptlotiB tree. Mn. Wrub ol. Box <26, Oakland, Cal. Come, all lonely bachelor-malda and men join our friendship circle Send stamp for particular!. Friend ship Circle, Oneida, N. Y. l-'iigmvid Visiting Cards are neatest nnd best. Write for showing of the latest styles and prices. Sinn Book Store, Orangeburg, S. C. See tin* Divio Land ('oinpan; for the best bargains and terms in farm land that can be had. The Dixie hand Co., Barclaysvllle, S. C. \ ii-iin ? I he "uarnei iiuuae , in uii'ft to spring. Write, phuitc, or v. M e us tor rates and full parttcu lai d. Wi.) m>-et guests at White St one. winuoter" ? .sew lioiibu, iai*t> u?-w Ij furnished rooms, moderti con \fineinTs Hates reasonable. Ad irt-HH Mrs. J. U Howell, Waynes vile. ,\. C. Agents ? $ 1 1) a day, sell slip-on rain proof coats. All the rage. Factory !? vcjiicr. Tan or gray. Ask for ,f. ('. Moorhead, Mi. Jeweit, it . .'oima ? A home for all farm ? i? Ai i s< i'k a good place to live make money. Lot us tell you t ut i? Frooman Toole & CIuk'j S . i>' i", c,a f\ . ? I'ltiiv.iHMi'iH, *am morn long i i' I>fMi !?i !(>sh you deserve it, l.i'ttr it, yunr opport unity , tend post al for pai I iculars liiir'on Co., Iiht Mb Slide, Utah. Nr?\ Itcinit Iful llu^s, wiivmi from your old worn carpets. superior to any In nervine; plain or designed; any size. Catalogue free. Oriental itiix Co.. n<iiu>, Md. V. anted t<i r?'i?t or buy ft small hotel in town of r> . 0 0 0 t r? 10,000 popula tion, one with a f> to 10 ncro farm pt-eforred. Address Murphy Advtg. Ajrency. Charleston, S. C. I'ifty I'aiinH for Sale ? AKSCroKatliiK over 1 r>,000 acroa of finest cotton, corn, tobacco and all kind* truck 1 indtt found in this flection. War saw Realty Oo., Warsaw, N C. | Wlillc I'liunn llurner ? Kit any lamp. No. I or 2. Bettor than ga?. no smoke (!uarantoed. Send 2 Sc. nam pie by mall. Agents wanted II. j I, IV Wella, Atty., Sumter, S C. > I ??r Halo ? 3H4 ao.rfin of land, four miles from Jackson Springs, 3f> ac res In cultivation; Rood building; t?ood water. Terms cash. Apply to W. I?. Holiday, Jackson ftnriiixs, N. 0. I'"??r Suit' ? Hlytha, Qa., coinplom gin nery h n d p r pas 2 year* old. ginned ) lust year 3.000 bales. bought 4 on. tniiR weed, coat 19.000. price tW. S00 terms !,ook Into this. Hare chance to atep Into money nmklnK 1 h'twinewB Oeo Neaa. Aiifrnsta. Oa j St?.i? That U'linnplnR C/Oii((h--(!iirc It! Send 5 1 for prescription, D. O. Wells. Proved Cure. Never folia. W oplnm. Harmless and perfect. ans &.30R; I,ong, 1,4 02. Fourth District ? Johnson, 2B.K12. Fifth District ? Klnley, 12.3M; Pf>r?dnln. 3.03*; Pollock, 4,31 fi. Sixth District ? Kllerbe, 10,059, RnTsdnle. 1 1.321. Sovonth DlltrlCt ? I/ever, 18,894, 1 I ted for 100 yours and guaranteed 1 1 . 1. R. Will:', At! v., Sumt.'r C. H.. S. C. i lit. iJAlLE tf-LEHiY CO CHARLESTON', S.C. GAVE HIS LKG TO SAVK CII1LI>. Gpncrous Act of a Cripple Ncwultoj At Gary, Indiana, a crippled news boy lay on an operating table near a girl whom he did not know and allow ed the Burgeons to take lf>0 Inches of skin from his useless leu, graft It onto the badly burned body of the girl and then amputate l.ls leg. The boy, William Rugh, never had hea.'J of the girl, lOthel Smith, 1 S yea i old, until he read an u ? unf of a motorcycle accident w'.?:en told that ?he was so badly burned rl.tt death was certain unless a i:?i>e nnioi.nt of healthy skin could bo grafted on'o j h i l.od> . | 'My was useless, neve- ?i.?n I been any good to mo, so I offered to !g'v. '! vp to save this girl's 'if? ' ' w ? ? 'In? boy's explanation >>f "l.\ ? e made the sacrillce. Wh n it iMciim" known Rugh had made .-.urh an offer h general protest went u led bv tlie girl's mother. Letters "in ? fr nil all over the country advisn; against th 1 o-.erat In m. Reping her danghte- j-'radua'lv nearlng death's door .lo-id -y, the j mother rel u'-t a n 1 1 y ann > ,i. ? 1 she | ould agreo to the unusual o[>erat.< r. Arrangements were ,j i ; / m.'d". and Tuesday the Fiir^?ons i?:i>!i\id the skin from tile esd< s ' ? : i healths I lei. of tie- boy and r. . i ' ? ! i ? ? I i! ?.?;?? 'the girl. The o|>era,"> i ah. o cant-ed I post ?>' nement of a !ri.;, In. .1 , A Craig, xnveon In ;li i ?, *\a-< '* have beoi. Married 1' ? d . t \I>ss Mary Arnold of Lfbaeon, I'a. When lie l-.arned the operation w-.y i i,*:d< I possible by the mother ,va'. vinr; her protest he burre d to (Jary and olli t dated . I - - - ?s u p. rj n at (isry, Indiana. wines 01 t kntiim: family. ? I'crNoim ,\rn Drowns In the l'ln?M)ii lllvcr. Near Toronto, Ontario, five mem bers of one family worn drowned in ! Ihc IU" on river Moada tin- \ lit i i ; i s I being Willie hi V.cC.iffery, ? ? f Toronto, ] nates manager of tin* Canadian <i< n cral Klectric company, his mo' her, jlns wife, and two children ! AM pound tiiusriionu" v.-hlch had | been honked by Mr. McCaffrey wa-? ' rr RpmiHi hie for I he ilea t lis of th> fain lly. 'I ho McCalTery party started o il In a ninof down Mm I'ijreon river in iUVtcHt of nitmcalomte. When 1 1 1 y did not return toward evwrtinn, Chas Mr Caffory, father of tho drowned man, I became alarmel and ore: i tilled a 'searching party. Pcvi n irilen down thi river tho canon, floating hoitoni i'p, was found Hrartjinv; operations witi* coninioiirid and all tho bodies wire recovered Clutched In the hands of Mr Mr-. Caffory was a line and on the hook wan a M pound nnr'c.ilonre. The hi^ flnh wai at 1)1 alive and thrashed tho water violently an he was drawn! In. The coroner Raid there wan no donM that In the efforts of Mr Me Caffory to pet ;lio fish in ' ie boat ?' i canoe was overturned an I }>.? ano his family perished The ropor'R Rent out from this cltv In k t week and published In The Vows and Courier ahout hazing at CloirRon College were fully Jmt'flod bv the talk heard here on the streets There i Roomn to have been no grounds for the reports hut It wan anrelv annri od here hy roRponslblo people that thrre had been Rnvoral cases of Revere i hazing nt ClomRon College In which OranRoburg boys were tho victims ' Th?- Inter contradiction of the h a / 1 n v j Rtorle* does not change th? fact that ' the r^nortn Rent out by The News and j Courier cor resmndon t were current and were being dlRe.tiRsed gonera'lv In this oltv, and In our Juagmanr wflf a logltlniato Item of now?. AIRMEN WERE KILLED TWO lMTl-:i> STVTFS MIMV MF.N WKHK TilM \ l( T.MS. The College 1'iirlv Military Flying Field is A it i it tin' Scene of a Fatal A< < iilont. T,vo more Jives were sacrificed to ivlation at the I i.iLd Sta'es army aviation Odd, Colicge l'ark, Md., near Washington, Into Saturday, when an army aeroplane suddenly fell 35 foot to the ground, Instantly killing Corporal Frank >co(t and fa tally injuring Second Lieut, Lewis C. Rockwell, who died a few houia latar. hundreds of peoj.'i", including fellow at my od.cera attained to the aviation school, breathlessly witnessed the ac cident. When they reached the scene Corporal Scott was found dead sev eral feet front the wrecked machine, while Lieut. Rockwell was nearby, fatally Injured and unconscious. Ho was rushed to the Walter Keedy ar my hospital, where he died without regaining consciousness. Lieut. Rock well had started up with Cotporal Scott as a passenger to make a test Might in bis trial for a military avia tor s license. They had !:? en in the air about eight minutes, ascending to \ height of :? 0 0 feet and then glid i n down. They were ahont ?,?< feel above the uround At this point the aviator ?timed the machine u;>^ard again >nd something went wrot g. Instant ly tin ,i? ropl a t: e buckled :? ti ci ci'iish (1 to tb.e ground, beinr. reduced to a leap ef wreckage. Scott w ? s burin 1 ?veral feet from t li ?? madi i n?\ wlillo Uorkwell lay a few f . ?? a v. ay from iiim. I' ; ot her ofheers. who witnessed ? lie accident. we.e at a lo^s to :i (? (Hint fot it. Many varying opinions \ ere given. ('apt. ("has. I ?eFo? est ? handier. comm; tuliiu' oilier of the > v i ;? t i i ? . school, I .o met! :a t < ly ordered ? bo," r I of i ii >i ti > i y to nia'.C" an invos Igat < well was t r? .start ' ' ? ii ihs.-v a |ii<rn:t('}|iw| him '? ' that h<- ? I 1 1; m along I , : r? too hcnvv," wr: tlirj ?rporal Kcoi t u i ti ( . I . i ? ? n t . H ("iti fii'i t i | a ' U't-l ul ? i ?? v. ' <?!; a : i ? *. r i lii' I'l-cH V 1 t <? as civilian i > i lot , and w ?f| lii'cii i'\ j cri in ?? n t i ng i oil s 1 1 1 ai 1 1 : n i s at I h i ? a i; r I . i ? ? 1 1 1 I; i'-kvc|] w:i? f'?urth ?oiuihIk ? >1 <?i'i, < r (i i' t 1 1 < ? I n 1 1 ?>r| -I Ji I ?'H ni 111 v U> liter! <!<??> * 1 1 in ri n :? . ifl ?!f>n ;irri ilr n ! . 'I lie' u;i>? I. ''lit. .''llo'llilH IV Si'IflMl r, I Ml I ; 1 1 I'ort Ii'tcr, Vn . I'r v i ? r ,i I '.'mm; ;i ' ? ? wtillo f! y i ?> f? willi Orville Wrirlit, who 1 1 ;i t| Mm !? i; b i o !< r ii in i|i<- I , ;i | In- 'i'c mi 'I \? ik I . i f ' ! i ; i i > r. M ? i " ' I y . )< i I lr><l rit S'in Antonio. T< v , M :? v . I !? I 1 , Tlir> tliir'l I.Wut I .? ? i j; li t ??? n \V 1 1 ?/l< li ii i ?t , who. vi:!i rlviliiin In ?tiuctor. A I.. Uclch. \\iiH il isln'1 l( Ik- i:nniiiil ??n?l It i ' I ? ? ? I on 1 1> *? s;inu rrl.l nt ' "ol 1 *? i? ?? I ? i - . \'<) '[)>?? fl' iith loll I < ? i ? I litrotich ;irol| ' ' ? T l ' M in ll <? ri' |) I :i I) <?>; of I lie :t t si* y IH)'j ?(i l:? I K-iv. ' I'nint Your Win- Icnrr, 'I hr> pracliro of p.iint .nr. wit" fon< it'X in t?y no nunrm n?; common an I 5'loilld l)l\ I VM-rMII'MI lia vi- i) I h ;i t c ?. fii I ho In f of >;a v:< i) wire is impiovoil ;unl il? pi i i <??! of 1 1 f ii I rif'n* .1 '? > y ;i cof o't paint Tl>" co-.t i \ i t v kMkIi -? > r m 1 1 one cent p?-r i"(| Yl|i' mal 'U'1 t ? n ! f v is to t" I a t !n<! of nalr 1:1 will wo i k nil ? f>\ r>r w I r l tfl t|i. 'it |t['i\c vi 1 1 i ?; f ;i <? t ot t ? . v lii>ll'litit!R "!'? not ;i!v.i suite 'mi lhi?i < ? I ri >? ?* nf ' i i .< \ li:iR . !,n?'pi' rr< ' n i ? : i i ? t \k r r<v ?? mrii'lt ?? . . i if t) ii I ill i ? : < r:i I v. 'in ]<| a v I?" tl o 1 1 ? r? :? w 1 1 > v i lu- to p.itnt ll t< i wo to ('<?> t llio u;> 1 n I .'in nf '?!!? >i 0 oi " !)'? ii it !or?'f :i n f l m i ' w piiint l > ? i n 1 n o I '? f roughly hoforo ni;ikli;i< liis ho1o<| Mr n. From thonsan !s of pulpits in pnrts of thr> 1'nitocl fn'<r> nil for conBiimpllon will bo oxposorl a 'If noiinrr>f1 on Tnhorcilonl's Ony, ( tobr-r ?7. Thin in pnrt of tho pi (rani for tho iriovompnl nnnoiinrodj llio National Association for (ho <]y find Prpvontloti of Tu b^rculoaij