The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, June 30, 1914, Image 1

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CHARLES \V. BIRCH MORE, PROP. VOL. 30 "THE HAND OF THB DIULJGENT RUIJ5.' TERMS S1.50 I.\ ADVANCE PER ANNUM, CAMDEN. KERSHAW S. C.. TUESDAY.SJUNE 30 1914. NO. 34 PROTOCOL SIGNED !"? " " ? ' ? DELEGATES TO NIAGARA REACH PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT PEACE ONE STEP OFF Agreement Between Confreeres Pledges United States to Allow Mexican Factions to Name Provi sional President, With Assurance of Recognition. Terms for composing all interna tional differences between the United fitates and Mexico have been conclud ed. The conditions under which dip lomatic relations will bo resumed were embodied in a protocol signed Wednesday night by the ambassador from Brazil, the ministers of Chile ?nd Argontinu and the American and Huerta delegates. The character of tho settlement 1b not expected to arouse opposition from the Constitutionalists, who would participate in It, and to a largo degree, it would mould the adjust ment of all internal disputes. When a new provisional government Is es tablished to succeed that headed by Gen. Huerta the result of mediation ? recognized aB a triumph for Pan American diplomacy ? will become effective. Coincidontally with the action tak en" Wednesday night it was announc ed that tho actual selection of a pro visional president, and the organi zation of tho new government will bo left to an informal conferenco of rep resentatives of tho Constitutional ists ? Luis Cabrera, Rafael Zubaran and Jose Vasconcelos ? and the Iluerta delegates to tho mediation conference. h?? !?,rTal ad^ournment of media tion will be tftken, but there will be no sessions while representatives of the two Mexican factions endeavor to agree on the personnel of the new government, agrarian and educatlon lema BDd ?ther ,ntornal P r<>b Wednesday night's formal Besslon of mediators and delegates prepared for the complete settlement of differences between the United Htatos and Mexico growing out of the failure of a Huerta officer at Tampico to salute the Stars and Stripes. The ?ingle outetanding proviso in the pro *l?m .1? n 1* th? ^nternational prob -4ft? ^lared adjusted on PMWPii njbw provl ~T"6 Iho United states and Ar ; gOntlna, Brazil and Chile? the me diating countries ? ehajl recognize ? Provisional government and that thenceforth diplomatic relations between the United States and Mex ico shall be resumed. th,e Unlted States demands indemnity and does not further exact satisfaction for any of the in cidents connected with the patrol of Mexican waters and invasion of the country. I ^.'lTh!taa comml8B'?n shall be ap /KaIi ad j ust private claimB growing out of the revolution andl Internal incidents." The protocol was drafted early Wednesday and its phraseology tol egraphed to WaBhlngton for ap Jr^hf 9 ?'cIock Wednesday W??nnW?H D?ftm? fro,n PrGBjdent JIUl? a . SecrGtnry author mu Amer,can delegates to sign it. I nan!l? ?ff0r,t tG flnl8h work on Inter- 1 T?r ?0lDi" ln pGace p,Rn BO that ( . ?? ?olnPlete before the con - f.? ?? Informal meetings of Con- 1 Uti^0?11^ Rnd Huerta represen Fridftv ? ln pr0Kr68S 0,nce I t/Jl a prosIdent Wilson in ?nnmn? ,.1",Bter Na?n In Washlng -v American government ?.? ? ?V? th0 c?n-titutlonal th.? a government compose dllnn f M0ncefl aB a prevlo"? con to "?? "Gttllng of the interna tional problem. I wIJ*9 r?8ultH ?'f the mediators* work I Wednesday night piaceB the issue . Juarez befort the representeH,? th0 earring factions. On Sih?. ?! r6at the re0P?nsiblWty fori i ?f th6 P,a?? *Ait? Cabrera, Rafael rl!?! ? Vasconcelos, thel j'wilh f rtolegatee, aro in Washington and should arrive atl Niagara ralla In another day or two I ?^Be1 ,K to Waahington of Fer nando Inglonlas Calderon, whom it na? been expected would head the SirTw ??'> Pla""' bul " ??? Wednesday night that Call ? ?>? capital mere *"t(l "UbstiHite for Zubaran dur 5XJ? absence from Washington. w "J1 and Va?ooncelo? originally Ittlnd Th?0' hV ?*n' Carrai?a to ? *3 mediation conferences. nfJh^rL!? "rt111116 Mld Wednesday Hill ?? Sfn' V,/,a'" attitude to- 1 las ?f dtl?^t?Hi, but it WM ,n thotough ae .r-*? r t? ???? of the eon 1 l* n<>t tiAllkely that *?&??, talorm^ of Ita pro baiiii? TvTrt0!111* AmJ \ **** out * >taU JJJJ t embracing t/?e protocol signed X**"6** <?.*&* Ha annouSoed hJa Ht*** tba peace plan 'ooollxed and that these It tUf iSHlLl International side 6t the Mexican problem. Wa deemed tt advisable " he r.1 "? '"wr ih? ^"tuono?.?h.: UrLal ^ ? daJagetaa the In v tJI ?f thA P^blem." Iowa; P ?? fol. WILSON TO LEAD FLEET PRESIDENT TO BOARD OREGON AT CANAL OPENING. Greatest Fleet Ever Assembled, In cluding Craft of All Nations, Will be Participants. President Wood row Wilson next March will lead the great Interna tional fleet of warships from Hamp ton Roads, Va., to Colon, Panama, to participate In the formal opening of the Panama canal by passing through on the bridge of the world-famous old battleship, the Oregon, as leader of the long line of fighting craft of all nations. After proceeding north ward, President Wilson will enter tho Golden Gate at the head of this immense armada and attend the Pan ama-Pacific exposition at San Fran cisco. The announcement waa made the past week by Secretary Daniels, who has been working a long time to bring tho notable program about. The president has determined to do full honor to the exposition by making hie advent upon the scene at the head of an armada the like of [which tho world has never seen. Al so ho will redeem his long-staading promlso to Col. George W. Goethals by not only visiting, but formally opening tho great Panama canal. Ho will make his passage through that waterway on tho battleship Ore gon, standing shoulder to shoulder with Rear Admiral Charles Clark, retired, who captained tho Ironclad In her famous Spanish war cruise circumnavigating South America. The president, according to the present program, will leavo Washing ton for Hampton Roads, accompan ied by his official family, on tho yacht Mayflower, on March 5, 1915, to meet the international fleet. So far nine of the maritime coun tries have signified their Intention to tako part In the groat naval parade through the canal, and it Is certain there will bo other participants an nounced beforo tho end of the year. The countries that already have ac cepted are tho Argentine republic, Cuba, France, Germany, Great Brit ain, Italy, Japan, Portugal and Rus sia. INVESTIGATE THUCK SELLING. Agricultural Department to Send Ex* pert to Assist Carolinians. ? Representative Byrnes Wednesday secured from the chief of the bureau of marketg*a promise to investigate tho present system of marketing can taloupes, melons and truck grown in South Carolina. The bureau will en deavor to s3nd an agent to Dlackvllle In Barnwell county who will trace the cantaloupes from the farm to the retailor for the purpose of ascertain ing the condition In which the can taloupes arrive at the Northern mar kets, the prices obtained by the wholesaler and by the retailer, com paring them with the price paid to the producer. Tho bureau has prom ised to glvo careful attention to this subject with the hope of devising somo plan by which the producer can recolvo a greater proportion of the price which Is finally paid by tho consumer. Death Toll in Minnesota. Two men were killed at Minne apolis Minn., when a tornado Bwept over the State Wednesday night. Tress Association to Meet. The South Carolina State Press as sociation will moot In Greonvlllo July 6, 7, and 8. ment of the delegates representing tho partlos botwoon which the Inter nal struggle In Mexico Is taking place. Article 2.- (a) Upon the .'.onstltu tlon of the provisional government In the City of Mexico, the govern ment of tho Unltod States of Amor Ica will rocognlzo It Immediately, and thereupon diplomatic relations be tween tho two countries will be re stored. (b) The government of tho United States of Atrterlca will not In any form whatsoever claim a war indem nity or other International satisfac tion. (c) The provisional government will pro^alm an absoluto amnosty to all foreigners for any and all polit ical offences committed during the period of civil war in Mexico. (d)'The provisional government will negotiate for the constitution of International committees for the set tlement of tho claims of foreigners on account of damages sustained during the period of civil war as a consequence of military acts or the acts of national authorities. Art|ele 3. The three mediating governments agree on their part to recognize the provisional govern ment organized as provldod by Sec tion 1 of the protocol. "Protocal No. 3" referred to was signed two weeks Ago and set forth merely that a prvlslonal government to bfe constituted later an provided shall be recognized on a certain date to be agreed on subsequently, and from that time forward shall exer cise governmental powers until the Inauguration of a constitutional president. At the opening of the conference Wednesday night a formal state ment, the same that was shown to President >Wllta>h by Dr. Naon last Friday, was read and Incorporated In the minutes: "The Internal question of Mexico constitutes an essential difficulty In the way of full solution of tho con flict pending with the Unltftd States of America. W# so ifaderstattd when Wo extended to all the parties inter ested th# tender of our good offices towird tho pttottul MttUmnnt of ''.'..v.'. FAITH IN FUTURE NEW CHARTER OP FREEDOM TO CAUSE BUSINESS BOOM WILSON IS OPTIMISTIC President Pledges Efforts to Bring Anti-Trust Prognun Through ? When Certainty Takes Place _ of Agitation Commercial Relations Will Regain Confidence. Under a "new constitution of free dom" for business, given by anti trust legislation soon to be passed by congress, Presidont Wilson Thurs day promised the country the great est business boom in its history. This was the president's Qnal answer to opponents of trust legislation at this session of congress and to prophets of evil times, delivered with deter mined oxprosBon and every work em phasized wth clinched fiBts. "Wo know what we are doing," said Mr. Wilson; "we purpose to do It under the advice of men who un derstand the business of the coun try, and wo know that the effect is Kolng Mo bo exactly what the effect of the currency reform was, a sense of relief and security." The president spoko to a group of Virginia editors at the White House but his assurances were Intended for the country. There was every indi cation that the speech was meant to be one of the most important of the administration. "I think .it is appropriate, in re ceiving you," the president said, "to say just a word or two In assistance of your Judgment about existing con ditions. You are largely responsible for the state of public opinion. You furnish the public with Information and In your editorials you furnish it with the interpretation of that in- 1 formation. We are In the presence of a business situation which Is va riously interpreted. Here in Wash ington,- through instrumentalities that are at our disposal, and through a correspondence which comes In to ub from all parts of the nation, we are perhaps In a position to Judge of the actual conditions of business bet ter than those can judge who are at any other single point In the coun try; and I want to Bay to you that as a matter of fact the signs of. a very strong business revival are becoming more and more evident from day to day. ?'I wunt to suggest this to you: Businrss has been In a feverish and apprehensive condition in this coun try for more than ten years; I will not stop to point out the time at which it ;began to be apprehensive but during more than ten years busi- ( ness has been the object of sharp criticism in the United States, a crit icism growing in volume and grow ing in particularity; and as a natural consequence, aB the volume of criti cism has Increased, business has grown more and more anxious. Bus iness men have acted as some men do who fear they will have to undergo an operation, and who aro not sure that when they get on the table the operation will not be a capital opera tion. As a matter of fact, as the diagnosis has progressed, it has be come more and more evident that no capital operation wns nocespary; that at the most a minor operation was necessary to remove admitted dis tempers and evils. The treatment Is to bo constitutional rather than sur gical, affecting habits of life and actlort which have boon hurtful. For on all hands It Is admitted that there are processes of business in this country which ought to bo corrected, but tho correction has been postpon ed and in proportion to the post ponement tho fever has inceased ? tho fover of apprehension. "There 1b nothing more fntal to bualnoBB than to he kopt guoRHlng from month to month and from year to year whether something serious 1b going to happen to It or not. It la Impossible to forecast tho prospects of any line of huBlness unloBB you know what tho year Is going to bring forth. Nothing is more unfair, noth ing has been declared by business men to bo moro harmful, than to keep them guessing^ "Tho guessing went on, the air was full of Interrogation points, for ten years and moro. Then came an ad ministration which for the first tlmo had a deflnlto program of construc tive correction of admitted evil. And the administration proceeded to car ry out this program. "First, there was tho tariff, and business shivered. Hut when tho tariff had boen passed It was found that tho readjustment wan possible without any serious disturbance whatover, I "Then came tho currency reform. You remember with what resistance, with what criticism, with what sys tematic holding back, a large body of bankers In this country met tho proposals of that reform, and you know hOw, Immediately after Its pas sage. they recognized Its benefits and Its beneficence and how ever since the passage of that reform bankers throughout tho United States havo been congratulating themselves that It was possible to carry this great re form In sensible lines. ?? "Then we advanced to the trust program and Again the same dread, the same pessimism, the same urgenoy that the thing should be postponed. It will not be postponed. We are the friends of'buslnens. We know what -we are doing; we pur pose to 4o it under the advice of the country and We Knew that the effect la going to be elaotly what the effect of the currency reform was, a sense of relief and aeourlty. "Because -when the program U finished, It fa finished; the ter roga tion point* Mr# rutfbafl oft the ifote; TELLS TRAGIC STORY I ? ? .| GIRIi SAYS SHE WAS KIDNAPPB9 FROM MOUNTAIN HOME. h Greenville Jail Holds Girl Whi, Claims Man Stole Her la Tenne? CS Was Carried From State to Ststf Rosio May WllBon, the young ""hlta girl who was arrested Wednesday by Deputy Sheriff Howard of areenviUqri along with Gob Hendsley on thai charge of vagrancy, has made a full.! statement regarding Bob's kidnap ping her. She has abandoned all] fear of falling into the hands of] Hendsley and seems willing to make any statement necessary. ,( She says that her mother and heiS self lived in a two-room shanty in the mountains of Tennessee, and that about three years ago Hendsley came' to her home and they got acquainted^ Hendsley wanted her to leave wlth^ him but she did not want to leave her sick mother. Ono night while' she was asleep, Hendsley came to her, window and through it entered her' room, picked her up in his arms and carried her into the woods before she awoke. When she awoke she was frighten ed and attempted to scream, but BoW put his hand over her mouth and told' her if she made any fuss that he would beat her to death. She lived with him for about four weeks and then met an old friend of hers, who loaned her enough money to get home. She went home and Bob fol lowed her on the next train. When she arrivod she found out that her mother had died. When Bob caught her that night he beat her until she bore marks on her body, which she carried for months. They have lived in the mountains and In the country for two years, never going into a town for fear of" arrest. A letter wa sfound Sunday that had been written to the girl since Hob's detainment in which it is claimed he owns his guilt and asks that she be as easy on him as pos sible. He alBo tells her if they quea tlonel her age to give it as 18. He also says in the letter that he knows there is enough in the case to send him to the death chair. NEXT TO LARGEST DROP. Product of 1013 Most Valuable Cot* ton Crop Even Produced. Final figures on the 1913 cotton< crop, announced by the OBA4U0 blkl, reau, place It as the largest the Uxil? od States had grown with the excep tion of that of 1911. At the some time the estimate of the total value of the crop shows it was the most val uable ever produced, It being worth $1,043,760,000. The quantity of cotton ginned from the 1913 crop, counting round as half bales and excluding 1 inters, was 13,982,811 running bales, or 1 4,1 56,468 bales of 500 pounds gross weight. Cotton seed produced was 6,305,000 tons, of which 4,579, 508 tons were crushed. The value of the cotton Is estimat ed at $887,160,000 and of the seed $156,600,000. An interesting feature of the 1913 production was the crop of the Im perial valley in South Carolina, where 22,83 8 bales were g: n. It has been reported the acreu0e plant ed this year In the Imperial valley will show a large increase ^rhlle the production Is variously estimated at from 50,000 to 100,000 bales. Last yoar's production was more than double that of any previous year thero, where commercial growing of cotton has been in progress only a few years. Another feature was the produc tion in Arizona, where 2,299 bales were ginned, the largest part of which possessed the same character istlcn as that grown In Egypt. The 1914 area shown a large Increase , variously estimated at from 12,000, 000 to 15,000,000 acres. ? ? ? , Mayor Shoots Friend Accidentally. When Mayor Mitchell of New York attempted to examine the pistol of tL friend he dropped It and the bullet being discharged, hit W. II. Rey-^ nolds, a farmer state senator. business is given Its constitution of freedom and Is bidden go forward. And just bo soon an It gets that leave and freedom there will be a boom In this country such as we never have witnessed in the United States. "I, as a friend of business and a servant of the country, would not dnre stop in this program and bring on another .long period of agitation. Agitation longer continued would be fatal to the business of this country and if this program Is delayed there win come agitation with every letter In the Word a capital letter. "The choice Is a sober and sensi ble program now completed, or months of additional conjecture sn^ | danger. I for one could not ask this country to excuse a policy whloh sub jected business to continued agita tion and uncertainty and therefore I am sure that it Is beginning to be evident that a constructive program Is not only to be proposed but com pleted, and that when It Is completed business can get and will get what U can get In no other way ? rest, reJ cuperatlon and successful adjust* ment. "It is a matter of conscience as well as a matter of large publle pol icy to do what this congress, 1 am now certain, Is going to do-~4taltb the program. And I don't think It 1? going to take a very long time, t believe that the various elements sometimes In antagonism In the <N>n< gress of the United States are draw ing to gether and that we shall wit ness an sarly statesmanlike result for whloh w. .hill *11 b?T? reMOA to bi ttatnkfal." GERMANY WANTED CANAL iSimOPBAN COUNTRY WAS ANX I .. IOUS FOR BUCH RIGHTS. Nlc?ritgMQ MinUter Leaves Impres sion That Powerful Empire Would Have Outbid United States. Attempts by German interests to outbid the United States foe. rights to construct an lnteroceanic canal across Nicaragua were levelled Tues day to the 8enate foreign relations committee by Nlgaraguan Minister Chamorro. The minister said Ger mans had urged that the $3,000,000 Offered by the United States for canal rights and other concessions was not enough. 1 Senor Chamorro's statement was Tecelved with surprise and led to much speculation among members of the committee after he left the capi tal. Some members understood him to mean that Germany officially had applied to the Nlcaraguan govern ment, but the minister's difficulty In speaking English prevented his state ment from being entirely clear. Members of the committee who did not believe Germany had made any official suggestions to Nicara gua were inclined to the opinion that representatives of German bankers [were responsible for anything that [had been done or even that Nica ragua might not be adverse to play ing a game of bluff: > It was recalled Tuesday night that !no nation could expect to build a canal across Nicaragua to rival that at Panama without expending hun dreds of millions of dollars and the opinion was expressed that Germany hardly would be likely to engage In such an enterprise. That private /banking institutions, no matter how rich, should seriously contemplate such an undertaking when there Is some question as to whether the can al across Panama ever will pay was regarded as extremely doubtful. ! Senor Chamorro was not specific about the German offer, but he tried to make it plain that whoever made it took pains to show Nicaragua that the United 8tates was to get much ignore than she was entitled to for *3 00,000. He appeared before the committee particularly to speak of 'the practical effect upon Nicaragua ?of the1 provisions In the treaty by which the United States would as sume a protectorate over the country ifUftd guarantee fair elections there as In .Cuba, His testimony, members d, was interesting. T)h? 4uinUt*r wan. questioned, at some length about the American ma rines now in the republic. He an swered a direct inquiry by Baying that no request had been made by him to send the marines to Nicara gua some time ago. He added, how ever, that he believed their presence might be desired by the 'Nicaraguan president, Adolfo Diaz. The marines, he explained, occupy the Nicaraguan White House and the American flag flies there, but the president does not now reside in that building. The marines now guard the Nicaraguan railroad, which is controlled by New York banking institutions. PLACES Bl/AME. Moore Hays IUea*e Encroached on Authority of Adjutant General. In hlo speech at Klogstree Gen. Moore said that the action of the war department was due to the fact that the State militia had not given an ac counting of government property in its possession, something he had been working for, and because certain companies which failed to pass re cent inspections had not been muster ed out by the governor In accordance with the recommendation of the war department based upon the inspec tion report. Gen. Moore declared that the State militia would have no more recognition from the war de partment until the conditions it in sisted on were carried out. j "It will take the South Carolina National Guard many yoars to over come the disorganization brought abou? by the interference of the gov ernor with my office and his abroga tion of all authority to himself as commander-in-chief," declared the speaker. Gen. Moore predicted that the war department would withhold all funds and refuse requisitions for further supplies until the South Carolina troops accounted for $87,000 worth of government property, much of which wan issued before he went into office. Gen. Moore told of his ef forts to have the demands of the war department carried out and blamed the governor for the proeent militia tangle; because he would not carry out the recommendations of the ad jutant general. Ill* Firm (Joe* to WaII. Owing $30,000,000 which It could not pay at thin time tho It. Ik Claflln storon of New York wont to tho wall Thursday with assetn totalling over $40,000,000. Swollen Rtremiu Illock All TtbIHo. Bwollan stream* In northwest Kan sas hare caused tha cessation of prac tlcally all traffic and trains and no hopa is held out 'or relief for sov aral days. Charleston's Registration. Tha books of enrollment at Char* laaton for tha coming primary ahow a total of 7,413 namaa, or a loan of 1,296 votaa over tha vote In the last primary. ; Railroad* Loan Caae. Tha auprama court Monday decid ed that tha long and short haul elans* of tha interstate commaroa law ifaa valid and atso auttalned tha MTAttiatlon'l Inta^ouftlila rata or > >.-w it -f* '**' TALK TO VOTERS FLORENCE HEARS ALL CANDI DATES FOR GOVERNOR \ TWO TOPICS EMPHASIZED Candidate** Put Most Time on Com pulsory Education and Coat Tali Swingers ? Present Administration and Its Ways Are Roundly Con demned by Many. Tho gubernatorial candidates spoke in Florence Wednesday. Lioutenant Governor C. A. Smith of TimmonBvillo, In Florence county, was tho firBt candidate for governor to Bpeak. This being Mr. Smith's home county ho did not make u speech, but gave way to the others, expressing 1.1b sympathy for Mr. R. A. Cooper on account of the death of his wife. He asked tho people to glvo his opponents their attention, but gli'e him their votes. Mr. Smith received a rousing cheer from the crowd. "I am before you this morning tho most abused man 'i the State be cause I have exercised my right to voto for Ttle.iso Tor Senator cries of G. Richards of Liberty Hill in open ing t Ib speech f^r governor. When I Mr. Richard:, said ho intended to vo'e for Piease for Senntor cres of "Sit down, pit down" vied with (hose of "Hurrah for Richards" from the audience, "('oat tail swingers" came from tho crowd. He scored tho news papers, caking them a "contempti ble oil grumpy". Mr. Richards grow vigorouj^K his denunciation of tho nowsi^Vs. He again opposed com pulsory education, saying that John G. Clinkscales' plan would drag 100, 000 negroes Into the schools. "Hur rah for CllnkBcales" yelled ono from the audlonce. Ho denounced tho characterization of him as a coat tall swinger as false. Referring to those who hoppod on him for holding on to tho railroad commission he said he did not pro pose to resign, citing as example President Wilson and others. Men tioning that C. A. Smith was ..oldtng the ofllco of lieutenant governor, Manning as trustee of Clcmson col lege, M. L. Smith as Speaker of the House and "Wofford college could not afford to dispense with John G. Clinkscales," cries of "Hurrah for CHr>k#nah?3r" , and pn . ovation for Clinkscales was gplven by the c-owd. He said these had not resigned their offlcoB when they ontored for gov ernor, and he did not propose to re sign the railroad commissionershlp. Cries of "Down with Gov. Blease, hurrah for Smith" were shot at Mr. Richards as he proceeded. Charles Carroll Simms of Ram well opened his speech for governor by pitching into tho press, and when he declared he had nover held pub lic office, somebody yelled "And you never will". He expressed his friendship fo\Gov. Blease, and one n the jBtudj^if^e yelled "Coat tall BwingdWp^Ho anid the newspapers wore flgflkjig him *^nd tho crowd, he said, were (not giving Richards and himself antf^Irby respeb^ful attention because theyVwero friends of Gov. Blease and tltifooflr /mjkn\ Mr. Simms was constantly "foj^zirptikl by cries of "coat tall HwlnKW-H\ r^urrah for Smith," In the course oralis Bpoech. Mendel L. Smith of Camden asked the people to got together and listen to a sensible discussion of issuos. When ho mentioned the great pow ers of the governor and how he could bring about lawlessness in abusing the power, a spectator yelled, "He's already done it." He said he kftow the peoplo would detOBt domagogery, the wiles of the cheap politicians and a discussion of sound issues. He made a strong argument for locnl option, compulsory education, argu ing that this was the same Demo cratic principle of local government contained in tho local option on the liquor question. Ho gave tho line-up of tho candi dates for governor on tho compulsory education issue and explained bin own advocacy of a local option com pulsory education law whlah would allow each school district to vote on tho (|uofltlon. "WftKl'fifAH "Will Ktand liero on tho floor to-day and tell mo that ho 1b opposed to submitting the question of compulsory education to the people of a school district?" nak ed Mr. Smith. "I will," answered John O. Clink scales. "'Probably if we had bad it In of fect for a few years you would not," retorted Mr. Smith, at which the crowd laughed and applauded. Cheers and cries of "tho next gov ernor of South Carolina" greoted John 0. OllnkfloaloB wlion ho roao to Bpoak. Ho Bald It wan a now bu?<l noBB for him to bo mlxod up with politicians, but that ho wnn having a Jolly tlmo. Mr. C'llnknraloB Jokod varlonn candidates. Tho crowd laughed at oach hit. Thon ho launch ed Into a discussion of compulsory education, which ho Bald was tho big lBBUO. IIo ?ald ho had boon paid a groat eompllmont by Tllchards whon tho lattor Bald Wofford collogo could not dlspenso with hlB sorvlcoB. Ho Bald UlchardB bad told him ho had not resigned and ho Bald ho had tolW hlB truBtooB ho wa? going to run for governor and thoy told him to go alioad and run and whon ho camo back hlB chair would ho thoro for him. "And I am running Bomo," Bald Mr. OllnkficaloB, and tho crowd laughed and oheorod. Mr. CllnkHcaloe Bald M. T,. Rmlth and Manning had one foot on his platform, but ho alone Btood flat footedly for State-wide compulsory education. "Rlohardo la on the oth er end of the etrlng end I will not bothtr wttb % men who neyi be In \ & ? ? j ' . STORM HITS BALLOON FOl'U HACKHS ABOVE KAHTH KN COVNTKIl LKJHTMVG. Captain of St. l,ouls Tolls of KxcltinK Moment lu Clouds and n Mile Above Huge Forests. The four balloons which loft Port lans, Ore., a week ago In a race un rer the auspices of tho Aero Club of America, encountered severe thun der storms when thousands of f? abovo tho earth and the pilot1 their aids figured In some .?K able experiences. Tho K;r j^V'ty III lunded Bafely TS m'' V'om Fort land. She descended v fit before en countering clouds. The Uncle Sam was struck three times by lightning and landed in a peach orchard near Oregon City Just as a hot stroke hit a peach tree and sot it on Are. Tho Springfield escaped tho lightning but was driven to earth by mixed cur rents of air. The Million Population Club balloon, of St. Louis, was tho lightning and its pilot and his aide wero caught in tho top of a pine tree nearly I <H) feet from the ground. Their silken bag was split when II . 0 ?? feet above the sur face of the earth. Capt. John Merry of St. Louis was pilot of tho Million Population bal loon. In telling of his experienco Merry says: , "Wo were up about U.fiOO foet when we were caught between two thunderstorms. Lightning flashed between the clouds at every angle. We were shaken* several times and decided to descend when another holt seemed to tear tho big bag apart. ( The next instant tho lower end of the balloon was sagging hi tho bas ket. "I grabbed my knife and told my aide to get ready to jump when we struck. The balloon came down like a bird with wigs broken. I kept cut ting and when finally wo landed in a tree I had cut Just enough to allow us to get out. It was the worst ex perience I ever had." Capt. 11. K. Honeywell of St. Louis, pilot of the Uncle Sam, was on his one hundred and ninety-fifth flight and the experienco he had in tho heavy electrical storm was his first, lie dropped to the GOft-foot level and tried to go below tho storm, but was caught In a cross vortex and drawn under a canopy of clouds from which lightning flashed toward the Uncle Sam. Fire flew from all sides of the balloon car before she was landed n^id then ljghttiing jfdllow^ed herefrom tho sky and struck within 4 0 feet of the point of landing. opposed to compulsory education, for he is too far behind the times," said Mr. Clinkscalcs. lie showed that the State had the right to make people send their children to school and he said there was plenty of equipment for the children. IIo made a strong and effective plea for tho 40,000 white children who are shut out of schools in South Carolina, making a strong point that all the county superintendents of ed ucation in the Stato favored compul sory education. Ho stated that J. Walter Doar, who fought compul sory education in tho legislature, told him ho pot converted to it after ho became county superintendent of education in (Jeorgetown, because of the facta ho found. He pleaded with: the crowd to help unlock tho prison] doors and let in tho '10,000 white, children to school. Mr. Clinkscales was applauded and presented with flowers when he finished. John T. Duncan of Columbia said tho people had heard jokers, coat tail swingers and some who had worn tho fence out trying to find out whero they were. TTo said some had one plank, and somo two, and ho had invited all to Ret on his plat form, his proposal of a commission to consider all matters. He again dis cussed what he called tho "system". Ho denounced tho talk about poor men being deprived of voting under the new rules as "rot"'. He said there wero 2f?7,ono fraudulent votes two yearn ago, am! because ;v now enroll ment had boon provided "flov. IMeaso had liis hunch are raising a howl be rauso * In* i r crowd can't vote hut one now." < ? -V/-. fJ, Irhy nf.Laujep.s.wos the next candidate for governor. He said ho was no "coat tail swinger", but was standing on his own foet. Ho told of his opposition to the porsonal en rollment required of voters under the new primary rules. fit) said ho was still a dispensary man and said ho bolloved the pooplo ought to bo given good liquor. He told of his opposition to the sale of the asylum property in Columbia, and of ills fight against tho immigration huronu which w,as finally abolished. Richard T. Manning of Sumter closed tho apcaklng for governor. Ho rnftio forward amid applauno and began hla work by complimenting I Florence county. In speaking of IiIh deprecating of personal abuse and personalities, Mr. Manning Raid ho believed tlio audlonco would agree with hlin that Homo of tho campaign In tho past had boon n disgrace and ho called for a discussion of lasuon and not. men. Ho Bald tho peoplo woro looking to tho future and ho told of tho educational, Industrial, agricultural and other constructive Issues of tho campaign. Mr. Manning waa cheered when ho an Id ho would enforce tho law and not single out any locality. Hp wan applauded whon promised to curtail tho uro of tho pardoning powor If elected Kills Her Husband. After making frantic efforts to prevent Ivor husband from ontorln* their house Mrs. Edgar McCauley of "BaRlmore, Md., Tuesday shot and killed him a? he gained entrance. flhe fenrod nn attack. NEED IS PRESSING APPALLING CONDITIONS ABOUT ILLITERACY MADE KNOWN ? WHITE PEOPLE IGNORANT I)r. L. A. Riser of WUllaniBburg, Doc? ?or on State Hoard of Healths, of Conditions He Finds in Ills Work Among Poor People of This Stato as Result of Ignoranoe. In hlB spooch at tho Klngstree campaign mooting Tuesday John O. CllnkscaloB used as a part of his am munition In his light for a compul sory education law a lottor written to him by L. A. Riser, M. D., of the State board of health, who has been located In Williamsburg county for somo tlmo administering the hook worm treatment. In the letter Dr. Riser tolls instances, many of them touching, of illiteracy among white people in this Stato and cltea cases of tho eagerness shown by nogroes to get an education. | Tho letter of Dr. Rise:* to Mr. Clinkscales follows: "In reply to your request I am writing you con cerning tho need of compulsory edu cation In South Carolina. I am vital ly Interested In thiB quostlon, as I am sure any ono would bo who has had an opportunity of observing ed ucational conditions In tho rural dis tricts as I have had. "My work has taken me Into the following counties: Alkon, Chester, Darlington, Wllllamcburg, Florence, Lexington, Rorkeley, Union, Greon wood and Greenville, parts of Ches terfield, Saluda, Edgefield and Barn well. In every county I have found tho amount of Illiteracy among white people to bo appalling. "In Lexington county two years ago a white woman living within one mile of a Bchool told me that nelthec she nor her husband could read or write. Hor children, eight In num ber. had never been to Bchool. I was told this by her when I gave her medicine with printed directions. I asked her to get hor neighbor to read the directions for hor. Could any thing be more mortifying to a white citizen of South Carolina? "Two months ago at Monetta, la Aiken county, I found the white school closed and the negro school running.. When I asked why this was I was told that the public funds for. the n?ssToe? lw*- boen. exhausted two months previous, but that they woro now running tho school on pri vate subscriptions. In another coun ty I found this same condition. The negroes were paying the teacher 10 cents per week for each child. [ "In Aiken county In February I drove out 13 miles to Talatha, a country post office. On my way out I stopped at the white schools. In the first school employing one teach er I found eight pupils ? all under the age of 12; In the next seven i pupils ? one girl being over 12. The third school with two teachers had 17 pupils present. There were at least 50 enrolled. The wife of the county superintendent ? Mrs. Marie Cromer Seigler ? told mo she taught this school several yoars ago and the averago yoarly attendance of each child was 17 days. I was curious to know what tho attendance of the negro school in the same district with tho school last montioned was, so I investigated. I found ono teach er with 8 1 pupils. Halt of those pupils are grown boys and girlB. In tho white schools boys and girls of this ago hnd been stopped to work In the fields or were allowod to stay at lionie on one pretext or another. "In Clarendon county this week I was told by a trustee of a school dis trict. that tho white school in his dis trict the past year had 17 pupils and the negro school had 127. He also told mo that tho negro school ran only throe months and tho white schools sovon. but when tho negro school closed a night school wan ojened by thorn and la Httll in boh Bion. To tills night school are go ing grown nogro men and womon. Ten centH por capita 1h clmrgod each week by the teachor. "In Horkeley county at. one school house, wlinni no school wan In bob ston In November, I aBkod how long tho school term wnn and a trustee told mo thoy ran one three weeks tho year before. "In Union county, within Bight of tho homo of Mr. Mrowning, In one of tho moBt up-to-dato community eon tor schools, and as good as there ifl in tho Htato. At Mr. Mrownlng's In vitation, and as his guest, I attended tho closing picnic, at this school. Boe ing a nunbor of white children who seemed to feel rathor shy and out of place with tho other children present, I Inquired who thoy wore and wm told that, thoy did not go to school, had novor boon to school and neither had fholr parents nor grandparent*. Mr. Mrowning, the big-hoartod fol low that ho Is, told mo ho had offer ed to buy books and suitable cloth ing for thoso chlldron if their parent* would Bend them to school. "Homo time ago a father with hlfl 1 6 year old flon came to my offlc*. Tho boy, a lad with a good, Intelli gent face, bad tho misfortune to have bin right arm cut off throe years aKO. Neither tho father nor son could read or write. I askod tho father why he did not Rend bis boy to the school?? they lived within a stone's throw of the school house. I tried to explain to him that his boy with only a left arm could novor hope to make a liv ing on tho farm bb a laborer and that Botno education would be of groat benefit to him in supporting himself in somo other way. He re plied. 'Wall, I don't know. I Jimt hain't done It.' The boy yas decent ly *nd It wan a season of the (Continued on iMt-Pftf ?.)