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SENATOR TILLMAN'S WitirHr
towards to^S4t'^ce
AGAIN DHCLARBtf HIH NKUTKAJL
ITY ? UBNIKH TAKING PART
IN AI4LBGBD MSKTINQ ? Wffl
19 FOR NBITHBR JONKH NOR
BUSASB ? RICHARDS HAS
HlClfN MlBlUi3i*HlCHKNTJhil>.
Senator Tillman, has neat to The
Dally ltocord, for 1 ubllcatlon, a oop
<>r a letter he has written to Mr.
W. T. Orews, editor of the Wews
8cimltor, replying to an editorial Id 1
the first issue of that paper, Sept. I
22nd, and denying that he took!
part Wth Major Johp G. Richards, 1
Jr.. in any scheme to bring out!
Chief Justice Ira B. Jones as a can-j
dldute for governor. Senator Tlll-I
man declares this report does both
himself and Major Richards great
injustice, and that so far as"~he
himself is concerned he reiterates |
jtbot he is taking no part in the)
contest for gpvernor, aa both thai
candidates are "old Tlllmanltes" I
and the people must choose the betel
ter fitted man of the two, without [
^dictation from him. |
It may be salih i|pon authority
that Major Richards had nothing 1
whatever to . do with Inducing Mr. l
Jones to run for governor and I
that as a matter of fact Major 1
Richards has not given Mr. Jones J
any assurance that '"he, Major 1
Richards, will not himself become a J
candidate for that office wagatnstT
both JoneB and Blease. Major I
Richards has not Intimated even to!
this closest friends what he propos-1
eg to. do in that regard. 1
The ' letter from Senator Tillman |
Is as follows:. . I
Trenton, S. C/, Sept. 2B, 1911.
Mr. W. T. Orews, Greenwood, S. tJ. 1
Dear "Bose": This morning's
mail' brings me the first, number of I
your new paper,' The News Scimi-I
ter. I was very much surprised 10 1
Hind that you had hatched a m"'?'*!
nest out of my recent viqft 40 John!
G. Richards at Liberty Hill, and I
have been none too tender of his I
feelings, and have dealt very un-l
Justly with hjm. - Although 'it 1? 1
perhaps not worth while, I take J
the trouble. to write you this letter!
which you are at liberty- to -pub- 1
llsh. I
Your father was my staunchl
friend all of his life and It will not!
add to my peace of mind or con- 1
tentmenjt to. feel before t die that I
his son is not the same loyal friend!
that Tom Crews was. I know your I
paper will circulate. If It circulates J
at all, among the pronounced Till- J
manltes of the state because the
Laurensvllle Herald with which I
you have been connected was al? I
ways one of the "bltie hCn's chick- 1
ons" and outspoken as regards to 1
Tillman ism. 1 think it unkind, j
therefore, to > lend ' yourself to any I
suggestion or scheme which will!
weaken the confidence in me , of |
any friend of mine. You know* lM
yqu know anything, that I have!
nothing to do andr never will have!
anything to do with , that Gonsales I
crowd, or any emissary that they I
will send to me. I may be a fool 1
and not recognise such emissary,!
but X think I yet have sense 'nutf I
to know an ambassador or agent!
of that bunoh of politicians should
one approach me. I
Your editorial, "The^Plot Against!
Blease," is so unjust to Richards
nn<i me and sp ! calculated. to mis- 1
lead 1 write this in order to set
you straight: l? the first place,
Richards Is not the India rubber I
politician and hypocrite you iaatn
uato he is, but an honorable and
high - toned man* and ?hould have
been elected governor last year, if
character and ability to serve the I
people creditably had been consid
ered by the voters. The subject 1
of Jones' candidacy was not discuss
ed during my- visit. to RioKkrds and!
his announcement was a surprise toj
me. Richards has known all along
that my candidacy for the senate I
depehded entirely on the condition
of my health, and even If I am In
bed, unless wfrftlly parslyse^l e^j
poet to ailow the people pf South
Carolina who want to do so to
have Iha opportunity to vote for
tap. I am anxious to see whether
??nc not they apprwLU my
?i.d honwt .tfoyu to th.m
Uw t??&. ??')??? Sow
MM or
used la the w?jr you suggest la
(be editorial in an Insult and out
rage to me and I am shocked to
have such an assaasin's blow oome
from Tom Crew's eon. If I am
re-elected I will not resign hut' die
In 'harness. I You of all men aro
the last one to Insinuate that I
a so cowardly and to easily wrap
around people's fingers that '
would Join any suoh combination.
I am astonished at you and of
course you know I am very much
hurt. I do not expect to take
sides in the governor's race next
year. It i? none of my business,
anywsjr, and my policy as a public
man has always been that of Jeffer
son: "Teach the people and trust
the people Both of the candl
dateu thus far announced are old
Tiituinnltes and' the people must
Judge for themselves which one of
then is best entitled to their con
fldeuce. '
Very respectfully,
B. R. Till mau.
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/ Tbe article to which Senator Tlll
mau refers Is as follows: *
The Plot Against Blcase.
"Several days ago Senator Till
man was the guest of Mr. John G.
Richards at his home In Kershaw
* ounty, and when the senator left
for his home at Trenton the chief]
justice of the supreme "court of
the state. Judge Ira B, Jones, made!
a pilgrimage also, to Mr. Richards'
home, which seems suddenly to
have become the political mecca for
all antl-Blease politicians.
"Immediately after Chief Justice
Jones' return, home he sent his res
ignation to the governor, to take
effect next January, and also noti
fied Col. Brooks, Clerk to the su
preme oourt, to that effect. This
turn of the political kaleidoscope j
affords some Interesting prognostlca
tlong, and at the' same time devel
ops a political scheme that has
been hatching in Columbia for some
llUio. wk?u yup Uiar
News and Courier correspondent
whom Tillman loved and loves
above all other newspaper corres
pondents, of the anti press Of the
state, laid all his wires and,, made
report to Gonzales and Co., the po
litical leaven began to "work. The
big city dallies immediately began
to sing the praises of Judge Ira B.
(Tones for governor and all die lit
tle "me-too" antl-Blease papers in
the state yelped approval and have
been making the welkin ring ever
since with the praises of Mr. Jones.
"Whether or not Senator-TiHman
has given these conspiring, politi
cians any pegs on whioh to hang
their political hopes, we don't pre
tend to know; but whether he did
or not, ' the antl-Blease politicians
are trying to make Senator Till
man's old friends and supporters
believe he did. But at any rate, it
4s easy to ploture the suave - Rich
ards and the sedate and wise chief
justice sitting out on the porch of
Mr. Richards' country mansion plot-|
ting the political downfall of Mr.
B lease and the- manacling of his!
'vicious and ignorant' supporters.
The Delilah-like mediator and politi
cal ambassador of the Gonsalps
wing of the Blease opposition had
already delivered his ultimatum to
the plotters who were now ex
pected to carry out their part of
the scheme, by deceiving or fooling
the 'old-time' Tillmanfte- Reformers'
? and to this extent his mission
was suooeesful. Now, Jones and
Richards get to work. The latter
had already wormed out of Tillman,
under the guise of personal friend?
ship, as to the probability of Sen
ator Tillman's being able to make
an active canvass next year, ' and
also as to the probability of his
resigning the sens tors hip in. the
?vent of his re-election, with no op
position. 0o, the balance of the
Plot was plain' sailing for Jones
and Richards. The Gonsales poli
ticians had! already 1 eft it be': known
[that. they were not going to toler
ate any more prohibition foolish
nees lUi the next gubernatorial cam
rfaitn. so it was out of the q tui
tion for Richards to beoome a can
didate, as he wag too well known
a pronounced prohibitionist; and
a few personal expression* Of
n one for another, Mr." Rich
ard. patriotically -aacrlflowl- hlm
MK to th. political atobltlona of
Juattc. Jotraa. and It m than aod
JBKKKD BY OHOWI).
Toledo AvUtor to Burned to Deafh
Wlxll? in Mfctel*
A Dayton, O., dispatch, carried by
the Associated Press, eald: Forced
into the air by the jeers of thous
Hands who called him a coward, F.
H. Miller, 23 years old, a Toledo
aviator, shot Into the sky at twi
light the other evening and when
200 tee t up was burned to death
before the eye* of the spectators,
on the Miami county fair grounds
at Troy, norht of here. Miller had
circled the race track and was Just
starting into a spiral glide into a
neighboring corn field when eeine
thlng went wrong. He Could be
seen making ' a frantic attempt to
get his machine under control, sud
denly the whirring of the propellers
ceased. The craft then , dropped
like a shot for fifty feet, a tiny
blue flame was emitted from the.
engine, and In an Instant the gaso-'
lino tank exploded. The maohlne
was wrecked, debris was hurled
h-tndrcds of feet In all directions.
What remained of the aeroplane
and its ' driver were burned almost
to a crlrp as they dropped rapidly
to,, earth. It was Miller's second
flight of the day and the fifth and
last of the week. In a short flight
shortly after noon his machine'
acted unsteady and he did not
care to go up.
Mr. R. M. Kennedy, Jr., of Sa
vannah, ChC was In Camden this
week. *He was acoompanled by Mr.
U Evelyn, a citizen of Wales, Eng
land. * v
announce his resignation, an <), la
tor oh, couie "tit as a candidate
agalust Cole BleaHe. Of course, be
ing u prohll'ltionlst hlu^elf, Mr.
Richards bundled up ?iiu prohibi
tion vote, tied ;.t ?with a piece of
blue ribbon soured .It with pledge
of the prohibition press of the
State, presented it to Mr. ? Jones
wl** *11 the knightly courtemr. ?*?? ;
from one conspirator to another.
This done, Mr. Jones' resignation
was prepared, which, -.on his return
{home was to be sent to the gover
nor, and later on to follow It up
with the announcement of his can
didacy for the governorship. The
latter' port of theprogram, how
ever, seems to have been hurried
a bit. The conspirators got
word of tjie fact that there were
many old friends of John Gary
Evans who began to use his name
In connection with the governor
ship, when the Gonzales crowd
warned Chief Justice Jones to 'do
about' ? get busy ? and Mr. Jones'
announcement for the governorship
was immediately forthcoming. This
)much of jtbe plot has already come
]to light; but there is another side
to it that the people don't know
yet.
"Mr. Richards is to keep In con
stant touch with Senator Tillman,
and of course, he and he alone, is
to know when, the Senator is to
(retire ? whether by declining to run
in the next campaign, or whether
he will resign after re-election, if
the latter, then Mr. Richards is to
|>e given the field alone, so far as
the prohibition faction is ooncemed,
and he is to get the support and
influence of the Jones administra
tion and the Gonzales crowd to suc
ceed Tillman? all this to reward
Richards for his. self-sacrifice, pa
triotism, etc.
: "But what is to become of Gov
ernor JoneeT Is he to be permit
ted to fall out of public notice at
the expiration of a little old
measly one term as governor? Not
a bit of it. The plot takes care of
him fully and substantially. At
the expiration of his term, the
wune political machine that made
him governor is to still further re
ward him by giving him the Hon.
Bid. Smith's seat in the United
States senate.
"This is their scheme ? their poll
lcai plot to defeat Blease ? and ev
en If it takes old-time Tlllman-coat
taH swingers and Tillman's old-time
bitterest enemies to accomplish it,
they are going to try it. But as
Blease's election showed that the
P^Ple were not going to be ruled
at the dictation ef Gonsales politl
w*jhardl- **llw Uat
ABOUT SCHOOL BOOKS
FROM SUPT. SWEARINGEN
what old bookh THAT . OAN
HE UXOHANCiKD FOR THK
NUW ONKH.
?J. B. Swearlngen, State superin
tendent of Education and secreta
ry of the State board of education,
haa called upon all managers of
text-book depositories In the State
to co-operate In supplying the new
book adoptions to the schools of
the State.
The following Instructions are
given:
"Under the text-book contract of
the South Carolina state board of
education with the BO publishers
whose books have been adopted for
use in the schools of the State, lib
eral exchange terms have been
granted to all purohasres. Any old
book in use from 1906 to 1911 are
exchangeable for any new book to
be used under the recent State
adoption.
"An old book that can be re
cognized Is exchangeable.
"The condition of the books or
the leaves, and the number o t the
micslng leaves, should not be tak
en Into consideration. The only
requirement is that the old book
shall be on the same subject as the
now book introduced.
"All exchange prices are printed
>r pasted on inside the front cover
of the new texts. ^Purchasers and
dealers may secure full and clear
Information by reference to these
of'Jclal labels. Promotional ex
change does not require that the
new book shall hi of the same
grado as the old book presented by
the purchaser. This point Is clear*
ly covered by Section 6 of -the
State text-book contract. ~"v
"The central text-book deposito
ry should fill all cash orders with
in three days after their receipt. If
in the delivery Of books
occurs, pleas* ivyvn i yivmpny to
the State superintendent of educa
tion, the date and the nature of
the order and the books
omitted in the shipment from Co
lumbia. - A copy of the order Itself,
marked so as to show the books
ordered but not received, would be
more satisfactory.
"Any overcharge should be
promptly reported to the State
superintendent of education."
Ueat Ancrum to Charleston.
Washington, October 6. ? First
Lieut Calhoun Ancrum, U. S. mar
ine corps, has been detached from
the advanced base school, at Phila
delphia, and ordered to the mar
ine barracks, Charleston.
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Shooting in Chesterfield,
' ? Mr. Wesley Raley, of Chesterfield
county, was shot by Mr. Thomas Ca
toe, also of Chesterfield county, on
Sunday night last. Particulars of
the unfortunate affair cannot be
ottalned. Mr. Haley's condition,
we understand, is quite serious.
BERT LEIGH
Is "The Kan on the Box" Opera
- House, Tuesday, Oct. 17.
Those Of our local theatre goers
who appreciate high class come4y
should be very muoh Interested In
the coming of "The Man on the
Box," dramatised by Grace Living
stone Furnlss from the novel of
the same name by Harold McGrath,
to be presented at Opera House on
Tuesday, Oct. 17. As the book was,
and still is, one of the best sellers,
so has the play proven to be one
of the best and most successful of
comedies staged in recent years.
Both In the book and on the
stage, "The Man on the Box" devel
opes a combination of comedy, sen
timent, farce, emotion and mild
melo-drama that Is pleasing to all
lovers. it is well written. Its
soenes are well" constructed, and
the plot proves with a stupidity of
action that helps along its mirth
giving qualities and its comic pow
er. Mr. Bert Leigh heads the oom
pany, presenting the play here, sup
ported by Miss Billy Long and a
strong oast. The prodtootlon will
be complete In all details. Seats
on sale at iF. Leslie Zemp's Drug
atone. : >* W ;-t - 1 - -??* - r y\
HOMJf MUHOHANTtt
'Who Are Blddlnf For Your Triule
Through Th? Chronicle.
Now that money In la plentiful
circulation don't forget the home
merchants. Don't go or aend away
from home for whet you can get
from them. When a dollar goea
away from town for anything that
can he bought here, Juat that rnuoh
goes out of local circulation forever.
Did you ever atop to think of thatT
It will pay you In the long run to
patronlce home dealera, even at
a little higher price, but they do
not aak that ? all they ask la a
aquare deal ? a" chance to figure
with the out-of-town fellow. We
feel eatiafled that many of our
frlenda aend or go elaewhere for
knany artlclee mainly from thought
leBsneps, It la time to do aome
thinking along thla line. If we
ever expect our town to amount to
anything let ua patronise home en
terprise and keep the dollara at
home.
The below mentioned flrma are
regular advertisers of The Chroni
cle and they are*aaklng your trade.
?Jt Is the intention of this paper to
accept no objectionable advertlalng,
no patent medlcinea ? none but rep
utable concerns or manufacturers ?
and we commend the following to
you: ? -g-y -? "r? ? ' ?
Baruch-Nettles Co. ? Dry goods.
Hlrach Bros.' A Co. ? Dry goods.
Gilt Edge Store*? Dry Goods.
O. : I0r?' > Groceries.
The 1 Kir kwOtodi- -Grocery. ? Qrocer
leg, ? j
G. Lt Blackwdfr? Jewelry.
A.' D. Kennedy ? Hardware.
The Misses Gerald ? Millinery.
W. W. King ? Horses.
Belk & Klrkland? Real estate.
Rhame Bros. ? General merchan
dise.
H. W. Northcutt, Bethune ? Fur
niture.
J. H. Moore ? Contractor.
8. M. Mathls ? Wood and coal.
?G. W. Crosby-r? Ice Cream Par
^^ifnternatlonal Harvester Co. ? Ma
chinery. ,
Hacker Manufacturing Company
? Builder's Supplies,
W. K. Tavel ? Surveyor.
A. B. Kirschbaum Co. ? Clothing.
KERSHAW'S COTTON CHOP.
Citlkm Thinks This Year's Yield
Will Be L*rge?t Made.
Reports from all sections of the
?county seem to indicate the yield
of cotton this year will break all
records. Much open cotton remains
in the fields owing to the scarcity
of pickers, in speaking of the
trAp in Kershaw county a promi
nent planter said to a Chronicle
man this week:
"After visiting nearly every sec
tion of the county I think the pre-'
dont crop of cotton 1b as large as
any the county has ever produced.
Of course, there are portions of
the clay lands where It Is not up
to what has been produced In some
years, hut as a whole, the crop Is
a good pne. It has been a hard
job to get It picked out, as labor
appears to be scarcer now than It
has ever been known to be before.
"However, I cannot recall a year
(when a crop was made with as
little work as has been given to
It this year.' In agreat many of
the fields the only work done by
the ho# hands' has been the chop
ping ont and thinning to a stand.
All the rest of the work has been
done with the plow.
"The cost of fertilisers has been
higher than usual, but at the time
the crop was planted It was thought
that the prioe of cotton would hold
up to 14 or IS cents, which would
make up for the increased price on
*11 brands of fertilisers. This was
a mistake, as good grades of cot
ton are now selling for less than
19 cents per pound* so that with
the high prices for fertilisers and
labor the farmer will be lucky to
cope out even."
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Mfnnkaflss for State Farms*
Columbia, Obt. ?. ? The contract
for .two sanitary stockades on the
State farms ? in Sumter oounty, to
Wit when completed #l7f066, was
awarded today at a meeting of the
board, of directors of the State pen
itentiary.^ Mr. Geo. W. Waring, of
I _ a - ^ _ - a. a ? 't 1
the contract. -
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS
ITEMS IN PARAGRAPHS
HAPPENINGS OF INTKHK8T IN
THJfi STATE UATUKKHD FROM
Ollt UXCHANOK8.
Florence baa awarded contracts
for $60,000 worth of bithullthic and
macadam .street paving.
Thirty million dollars have been
invested In new enterprises in this
state since the first of January.
The cltixena of Charleston will
undertake to raUe $100,000 to aid
in the establishment of a line of
steamships to Panama.
A. recent estimate from a relia
ble source placed the number of
telephones in the world at 9,600,
000 or 12,600,000 miles of wire.
The Rouse-Peguea Auto Company
of Cheraw, has a public hiro auto,
made in its own shops here. The
time la coming when thin company
will do more of this Bort of thing
and perhaps put on the market an
automboile that will bo mado entire- .
ly in Cheraw. ??
Mrs. D. E.. Hydrick, wife of As
Hociate Juatice D. E. Hydrick, of
the supreme court, died at Spartan
burg Sat u r d ny in O r n I n g, a fter brief
Illness. Mrs. Hydrick before ^ her
marriage was Miss Roaa Lee, -the
daughter of MaJ. and Mrs. John A.
Lee. pioneer citizens of Spartanburg.
ffO ? ] yl
, ^amuel Rldgeway, a nqfro want
ed , in ^yullamaburg county on the
charge o t. manslaughter, was arrest
ed in Sumter Saturday afternoon,
by Policeman J. M. Darwlck, but
later, when he was being taken to
Jail by Mr. Owens, the Jailer, ~he
made his eacape by striking Mr.
Owens In the face with hie hand
cuffs and doing a sprinting stunt
which Mr.' Owens was unable to
equal.
Henry S. Drummond, who waa
found dead In a room at a Gaff
n?" Tuno/lnu mornlnir A I A/1
from natural causea, preaumably or
heart failure. Thla waa establish
ed by a report from chemiat, to
whom the atomach of the dead
man was Bent. An empty bottle
labelled "morphine" was found In
Mr. Drummond's ault case and on
thla acoount the jury, at the coro
ners inquest waa unable to agiW
yon, a cause of death.
"I do not promise to more In
the chatter and unless the Supreme .
Court interferes, the man will cer
tlanly be hanged Friday/' said Gov.
Blease Monday, when asked what
he Intended doing about the batoh
of petitions received . at his office .
urging executive clemency in be
half of Hyde, the mill engineer who
killed hla wife and her father in
the, Orr Mill village ai Anderson.
One petition from the mother of
Mrs. Hyde urges the Governor to
let Hyde hang.
Perry Edwards one of the wealth
ifst citizens of Greenville county,
killed Bob Petty near Taylor's sta
tion Friday night while Will Ed
waids. and Perry's brother, and
Petty were engaged in a fight. Per
ry and Will Edwards went to vtho
home of Burl Hudson to collect a
bill for lumber and while there Pet
ty came over and started the fight
with Will Edward*. Perry camo to
the assistance of his brother and
choked Petty to death. He died
a few minutes after/ the difficulty.
MarrUfe Iioeuei Iswutxl Since
October First.
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Marriage licenses have been le
aned since the first of October,
1911, to the following:
Mr. Ernest Gregory and Miss Al
ma Horton, of Buffalo township.
Mr. XL T. Hilton, of Lancaster,
and Miss Dalay "Plyler, of Bethune.
John Carlos and Hattle Boykln,
colored, both of Camden.
Thoee recently returned are:
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gregory.
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Hilton.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Bills.
Mr. and Mrs. Heyward Catoe.
[?" Thirty - two lloenses hare been
Issued altogether.
boofjT-MfcWi Wanted. ,
WANTED ? A teacher for the Oak
land public school. Address. C.
F. Pate, trustee, Lu^rtXMv ?
B. F. IX 1.
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