The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, December 21, 1911, Image 1

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>• >■ i:rj ‘ ^ r- ■ 1' -■ ‘ vC-‘ * -«r mm\. , ■ y* if. qk&t- 1 BSPPiP? — . ..-W'Wl - - . ^5^'musk"- *.¥■ : - ^ «-fc * -V -—A— ■*z*. (.ia»« wm «/. — v - - ■ ’i ■'. . ' ; *'■ --■ » f > '•••' - I 4 Ai’ft BARNWELL. S. Ch THURSDAY. D] 21.1911 •JA' ;• -V ...'"a • ■ —~ Part, Sein., !• be U a Prra taenrxt Rivs it Fix'. ■•> iV' 1 -"* •' ! v- • # - -if >, 1 TAFT VAMTS J9B AGAIN jp- m The President Will Rnttle fur Chance to Carry the Colors of His Party Once More, Hoping for Success, But Teddy Is Being Brought to the Front. Willis J. Abbot, in a letter from Washington to The State, says If one may ju&ge the temper of the Repub licans of the country by the demean or of their representatives who gath ered to attend the national com mittee meeting in Washington, it is one of dissention, doubt and distrust. True the committee is strongly for Taft. That is to bo expected since the men composing it were chosen by the same delegates that nominated Taft in Chicago three years ago. But there are enough anti-Taft men pres ent to give the opposition a resonant and a compelling voice. In fact the hulk of the talking is done by that element. But when the talking is done this is about the conclusion which the cool-headed man who has listened to it all will have reached; President Taft is determined to be renominated and believes he can be reelectei. For ' ranomlnatlon he a ill CORNSBOV prizes RICH AND RACY tookinCORN SHOW NORTH CAROLINIAN EXHIBITED BEST FIFTY EARS. Names of Winners of Prizes in the Sweepstakes and Congressional Districts. That the second South Atlantic States Corn Exposition was a success is the opinion of several hundred farmers and business men who at tended the show from North Caro lina, Georgia and South Carolina. The exhibits show a great improve ment in quality over last year. The following are the winners of the sweepstakes classes: North Carolina State Sweepstakes; Best ten ears, J. W. Lewis, Boom er. Best single ear, T. C. Goodwin, Apex. Best 50 ears, J. W Lewis, Boomer. South Carolina Sweepstakes: Best ten ears in district and boys’ classes, C. F. Rauch, Little Moun tain. Best single ear in district and boys’ classes, C. W. Josey, St. Charles. Georgia State Sweepstakes: Best ten ears in zone and boys’ classes, J. Gld Morris, Smyrna, Ga. Grand sweepstakes boys’ ten-ear clames, Pfonh CardITna, Soutli Caro lina and Georgia: Burrell Knight, Angelus, 8. C. Grand, champion sweepstakes for ten ear*: J. Gids Morris, Smyrna, Ga. Grand champion sweepstakes for have all the ** n *' >e rar* T. C. Goodwin, Apex, Southern delegates, his own State de- N ^ •pit* the outbreak o’State Chairman Grand champion sweepstakes for rown, and the larger industrial '' i0 e ars: J. W. Lewis. Boomer, N. C. tea, like New Yoik, Pennsylvania awar( i 8 follow. pmd Illinois. In his own State he Flrst congressional district: has the national committeeman, A Premium No 1<, ten ears corn L. Vorys, and the federal machine *’* r8 t. A - G- White, Alcolu; second, to defend him against Walter Brown. ( astine, Turbeville; third, James R. Garfield and the remains Arc hle Perry, Summenille of the old Roosevelt machine. ^ Premium No. IS, single ear: First. W. M McCall, Alcolu. Second congressional district: Ctlratl FcMei’i Bnk Gnemr RUa.a la ke BJJLW ~r~ DiCIsC ft VC rUVtnKU OVfB. IS VERY SENSATIONAL The Expose of the Governor by the Atlanta Attorney Is Said to be in the Printers’ Hands and Will Soon be Given to the Anxious Public. ten ears: second, Premium No 19 H Wooley, Elko Walker. Blackvtlle. Premium No. 20, single ear: First \V. T. Walker, Blackville. Third congressional district: (Premium No 21, ten ears corn First, C F Rauch, Little Mountain second, A M. Miller, Newberry third, P J Riddle, Greenwood. las. E. Fulmer, Sllghs Fourth congressional district: Premium No 23. ten ears corn second, C P Langford, Woodruff; third, T M Littlejohn, Jonesvllle Premium No 24, single ear: First, Be it known that Vorys is highly j ezteemed as a politician in the po-j lltlcal circles of Washington Brown,: on the other hand, led his party to disaster in his home town of Toledo.: and in the State. He is looked upon as an ally of "Boss'' Cox of Cincin nati, who also went down to defeat before the charge of the Harmon leg ions. Garfield was overwhelmingly beaten in northern Ohio Indeed the anti-Taft forces in the Buckeye State ■aem about equally compounded of djaeontent and defeat. It is wholly probable that under the new primary law the Ohio delegation may be split In both parties split delegations will be the feature of the convention But few people believe that Ohio will wholly forsake its president A committeeman from a State! ''- Martin, iountain Inn nelghhodng to Ohio said to me that! HHli congressional district, the weakess of the insurgent forces! Premium No. lay In their lack of a candi late He|*’* r8t - " Boyd happened to be a Taft supported, but the same thing Is l>eiiig said privately by many men who on the surface are proponents of La Follette, and even by many who are for him to the end, but expect the end to he only defeat The anti-Taft feeling is stronger than the feeling for anybody. On every hand you hear regret that the Insur gents in their Chicago conference for principles and leave the selection of a candidate to time and the march of events. At present they are in the position of having shattered party be lief in the possibilitv of Taft's elec tion, without having built up confi dence in the candidacy of anyone else. Roosevelt'’ The talk about him is (The Spartanburg Herald says it was informed Wednesday night of a rumor which, if verified, is likely to prove one of the moat startling political sensations South Carolina has ever known. The rumor is that Thomas B. Felder, the Atlanta at torney, has fulfilled his promise to write a book concerning Gov. Cole L. Blease, and the volume Is now In the hands of the printers. It Is called “Felder on Blease” and Is said to contain revelations of a most extraordinary character. The gentleman who mentioned the rumor to The Herald is one whose name is known to every well inform ed citizen of the state and Is of un- impeached veracity. He gave the story on hearsay evidence. He has had occasion to travel all over the state and asserted that he had met several reputable people who claimed to have seen the book or extracts from it. In the book are recorded many al legations concerning the governor. One of them, it w r as incidentally mentioned, concerned an elleged happening on a train between Spar tanburg and Greenville. The date and hour of the occurrence, the num ber of the train and other particu lars are given, it is said. There is a great wealth of detail In the stories of all the Incidents and agents re lated in the book. Thomas B. Felder demonstrated in First, 1 certain letters which he wrote oon- W T SENATOR AND MRS. TILLMAN •¥ . ... BOTH WERE THERE. Talked of National PoUtica and His Own Race, Which He Leaves With the People. The Columbia correspondent of The News and Courier says Senatoi B. R. Tillman, accompanied by Mrs. Tillman, stopped over In Columbia Wednesday on his return to his home at Trenton from Washington, where he has been in attendance on the session of Congress, and was an in terested visitor at the South Atlantic States Corn Exposition, now being held in Craven Hall, on Washington street. The Senator was interested in the great display of corn from the three States of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, and compli mented the officers of the Corn Show highly, predicting good results from it. The Senator was kept busy shak ing hands with his many friends, who were present from all parts of the State for the Corn Show. “I don’t think there will he much accomplished at the present session of Congress,” replied the Senator in response to a query as to what he excepted to be accomplished. “What tariff legislation is passed by the House will morp than likeTv ho throt tled in the Republican Senate, and even should a tariff redaction bill be passed through the Senate by a combination of Democrats and Re publican insurgents, it will be vetoed by the President, and hence I expect nothing to be accomplished,',’ was the sentiment of Senator Tillman. As to the outlook for the election of a Democratic President next year, Senator Tillman said the chances were good, provided the right man was selected to head the ticket, but the outlook as to who the man will be "grows more nebulous every day.” to use the expression of the Senator. "The most pleasant thing I saw in Washington was the two Democratic Senators from Maine, and the best thing 1 can wish for them is that they J (Ml NONE LEFT JMJVE Aa llatiaa Fan lari is Sasptdri af Marderiag u Eitire FibUj. RULED FOUR PEOPLE cerning Governor B’ease last winter will prove as creditable to their State that he has a facile j>en, a ready and country as were their Republican vocabulary and vigorous style His, predecessors. Frye and Halle, who book Is said fully to sustain the rep-'were good men,” said Senator Tlll- utatlon he made with those epistles, man. The Senator said he expected It is said to be a terrific and savage to return to Washington after the arraignment of the governor Thomas B Felder was employed [by the old dispensary windlng-up Premium No. 22. single ear: First.! commission to unearth evidence against the dispensary grafters He holidays, and be there as much as possible, but that he did not expect to do as much of the drudgery of Senatorial work as formerly, becauae he wanted to regain his full health The Bodies Were Not Found Until Twenty-four Honrs After the Hor rible Crime Had Been Committed, But a Bloodstained Hatchet Tells How It Was Done. ■ I Some time between last Tuesday noon and evening, an Italian farm hand of de Freestvllle, a Resaenlaer county hamlet alx miles from Albany, N. Y., is believed by the police to have slain Mrs. Conrad Morner, a widow, and her daughters, Edith, ag ed 20, and Blanche, aged 17 and her 28-year-old son, AYthur. The bodies of the three women were discovered late last night In the cow barn, on the Morner farm, where they had been so hacked that the murderer had been able to crush all three of them Into a small manure pit on one side of the stable. Arthur Morner’s body, was missing and trace also is lacking of the farm hand who was known as Ed Dennis. A blood-stained hatchet and a four- foot ball stick were found In the pit near the three bodies and with these the murderer flrst felled and then murdered his victims, the police be lieve. Motive for the crime seems to be lacking. What money there was in the house before the murder was found Intact. Indications, the au thorities say, point to the murderer as being Insane. The body of Arthur Morner, muti lated and with the throat cut, was found early Thursday under another part of the barn floor. The police are searching for an Italian farm hand known aa Ed Den nis, who had been employed by the Mornera aince laat September. Little Is known concerning him. The tragedy was not discovered for more than twenty-four hours after It occurred, when a neighbor remarked the failure of Arthur Morner to bring to him, according to dally custom, milk for shipment to market. NO HOPE FOR. THE MEN IN MOUNTAIN PIT. Eli — — rendered valuable service and was of! and strength. great assistance to Attorney General' Senator Tillman had nothing more MASONIC GRAND LODGE. First, J. H Brown, Spartanburg; J Fraser Lyon In the prosecution of to give out In reference to the polit- the grafters and recovery of money leal condition in the State than what unlawfully taken from the state. has already been stated in former In- Governor Blease. It will be re- tervlews. He ventured the opinion, however, that If there was anything "doing" it would more than likely be '>, ten ears corn: Cornwell: second. called, made charges by Insinuation against the winding-up commission soon after he took office and asked forthcoming when the legislature the legislature to make an Investlga- meets in January The Senator keeps \ G Bradley, Camden; third, Roy tlon. The legislature promptly right up with every political deveiop- Sparks, Gaffney (adopted a resolution calling for such|men» within the State, hut has noth- Bremtum No. 26, single ear: First, j an Investigation. In Ms message to Ing to say In regard to the matter at W. B. Boyd, Cornwell. ! the legislature Governor Biease made I present. Sixth congressional district: (charges against Fe'der, who vigor- As to the opposition to nts re-elec- Premlum No. 27, ten ears corn:|ously replied in terms most uncom- tlon next summer, the Senator said First, B. D. Dargan, Effingham: sec-1 pllmentary to the governor, ond, Jerry Moore, Mars Bluff; third,! Governor Blease soon afterward Frank Moore, 'Mars Bluff Premium No. 28, single ear: First. B. D. Dargan, Effingham Seventh congressional district: Premium No. 29, ten ears corn: First, C. W. Josey, St, Charles; sec ond, I,. L. Baker, Biahopville; third, L. F. Josey, St. Charles. Premium No. 30, single ear: First, C. W. Josey, St. Charles. removed the members of the wind ing-up commission from office and appointed a new commission. T.ieu- tenant Governor Smith appointed the senate members of the committee to investigate the old winding-up com mission before Governor Blease had signed the resolution providing for [ years and of the forward place the the investigation (state was occupying today. When doubt was raise 1 as to , , , that he hadn't given It a thought. He is not worrying, and Is leaving It to the people of the Slate He will be in the race all right and expects to be re-elected. Reverting to the Corn Show. Sen ator Tillman spoke of the wonderful Premium No. 32, 50 ears, open toi whether the governor would approve) curious in its diversity. Observers 1 Soutl1 Carolina: First, Taylor Plan-1 of the investigation, even although; have been commenting Upon the fact U ati on dairy, Columbia. (he himself had asked for It, Felder that the men who are Insisting now I Premium No. 36, single ear. South j served notice that i fthe governor did: Moros on Taft's nomination age, in the main those who under the name of the Al lies fpught his nomination at Chi cago.'’'Those are to a man against La Follettej* An curiously enough many are friendly to Rooseelt. Curiously, too, you will find but few of the ir reconcilable Insurgents shouting the Roosevelt praise. They are content to speak reservedly of his vartues and lay great stress on his refusal to be a candidate. They don’t want him as a candidate. They don’t even want him as a president. “In my State,” said a national com mitteeman not friendly to Taft, a direct primary with presidential preference expressed would probably he carried by Roosevelt. Everybody knows his name. There are chough of his old machine workers left to see that he gets ijalr treatment at the polls. But all the same he would not be the strongest in the election, even in the States that indorsed him at the primaries. Lets of people vote in the election that do not vote at the primaries and they are usually the sober, level headed business men who influence votes beside their own. And lots of men who vote at the primaries vote very differently in the election. “They are usually the sort of hasty enthusiasts whose natural inclination is to vote for the spectacular can didate, but who in the period of thought between a nomination and election are apt to materially change their views. Probably In the demo cratic party Bryan could carry many States in a presidential primary where he.xpuhl not poll two-thirds of his party votes in the election. I think this fact of the lack of exact correspondence between primary strength and election day strength la the reason why old politicians dis trust the presidential preference sys tem. They think it less likely to re- to the nomination of a strong Carolina boys’ class: First, L. B. not approve of the bill within a cer- Fowler, Tygerville; second, J. Mal colm Lowman, Ballentine, third, Tommie Blum, Blythewood: fourth, Jas. H. Streater, Chesterfield; fifth, Baxter T. Gardner, Chesterfield. Premium No. 3 7, 10 ears corn: South Carolina boys’ class: First, Burrell Knight. Angelus; second, J. Malcolm Lowman, Ballentine: third, H. T. Warner, Greenwood: fourth, Jas. Riddle, Greenwood; fifth, Mason Mathis, St. Charles. tain time he would w rite a book ex-; posing Blease. j Forty-two Moro outlaws were ’ r he governor finally vetoed the j.j|| e( j ] n Philippine Island In an resolution for the investigation ori . pneagement with a detachment of the ground that the senators appoint-! American scouts. There were no fa- ed on the investigating committee j | a jj(j ps on ^he American side. The were hostile to him. It was about! this time that Felder wrote vltro!ic( letters concerning the 8 tnerilor > | ganized brigandage among the Mo- whom he invited either to prosecute’ him for libel or to meet him in a candidate.” Personally I do not believe that all the jockeying at this national com mittee meeting is going to materially effect the chances of La Follette. No aetton taken hr the committee would affect the Southern States, or Ohio. 1 cannot Imagine one that would change the foregone result In New York o’r Illinois. Probably four years from new both national conventions will operate under majorities chosen by methods prescribed by State leg islation and differing materially from the present system: Rut this con vention will in themtain be jhade up of machine-made delegations.’ Democrats Sweep Arizona. ; fte flrst State election in Arizona ha* resulted in a sweeping Demo cratic victory, according to- admis sions of Republican leaders at Phoe nix. The constitutional amendment eliminating the recall of Judges, be lieved to assure Statehood, passed al most unanimously. Drowned From Pullman. Officers contlnne to drag Oak Bayou In an effort to recover the body of an unidentified man who leaped into it Wednesday from a Pull man ear. He boarded the train at personal encounter outside of South Carolina. , ’ The new dispensary winding-up (Commission caused a warrant to he sworn out against Felder, charging him with having attempted to bribe H. H. Evans in 1905 when Evans was chairman of the state dispen sary. Governor Joe Brown, of Geor gia, refused to permit Felder to be yfcadited. Felder gave out letters purporting to have been written by Blease and acknowledging the re ceipt of alleged bribes. THo Newberry County grand Jury took 'u ! j^*the charge against Felder a couple 'of jv^eks ago, hut after long deliberation, found no bill. In the meantime, Felder's book has been awaited by those who thought him in earnest, while others declared that he was merely making a grand stand play, and had no intention of fulfilling his threats. The latest heard from Felder was a couplo of months ago when Sena tor Tillman said he would fight Blease If shown to his entire satis faction that the governor was crooked. Felder was quoted as say ing apropos of Senator Tillman’s re mark that if he wanted pro«t’'"$bat Blease waa a crook that proof wdkld shortly be forthcoming in an over whelming degree. One of the first things which the legislature will .do when it convenes Elects Officers for the Next Year, and Then Adjourns. The grand lodge of Ancient Free Masons of South Carolina concluded its 13 5th annual communication st 2 o'clock Wednesday and was called off to meet again next year In the city of Charleston. At high noon Wed nesday the grand lodge elected offi cers. and these and their appointees were duly Installed. The officers for the ensuing year are aa follows: Grand master, George 8. Mower of Newberry; deputy grand matter. Geo. T. Bryan of Greenville; eenlor grand warden, R. A. Cooper of Laurens; Junior grand warden, W. W. Wanna- maker of Orangeburg; grand treas urer, W. H. Prloleau of Charleaton; grand secretary, O. F. Hart of Colum bia; grand chaplln, Rev. W. P. Smith of Spartanburg; senior grand dea- progress which South Carolina has lrons ’ ^ F Duckett of Anderson and made in corn growing In the past five! 1 * Kinney of BennettavlHe: Junior grand deacons, S. T. D. Lancaster of Pauline and L. I. Parrott of Sumter; grand stewards, C. K Chreltzberg of Rock Hill and A. J. Thackston of Or angeburg: grand marshal, John Ken- nerly of Edgefield; grand pursuivant, J E. Cogswell of Charleston; grand tiler, W. A. Winkler of Charleston. Djstrlot deputy grand masters are as follows: First district, W. G. Mazyck; Second, J. H. Peurifoy; Third, A. Patterson; Fourth, W. A. Giles; Fifth, B. E. Nicholson; Sixth, Kenneth Baker; Seventh, W. A. Hud gins; Eighth, O. R. Doyle; Ninth, A. S Rowell; Tenth, W. B. Patton; Eleventh, Van Smith; Twelfth, M. H Sandlfer; Thirteenth, Joseph Lind say; Fourteenth, J. B. Wallace; Fif teenth, I. S. Jones; Sixteenth, W. E. James; Seventh, J. C. Sellers; Elgh teenth, W. L. Glaze. Forty-Five Bodies Have Bees Re ered. But Flames Break Out Aa*# Giving Much Trouble. Hope for the rescue of the fifty- odd men still unaccounted for in the Cross Mountain Mine near Brlcevllle. Tenn., has been about abandoned. The report Tuesday that three more survivors bad been located brought the whole population of the ^own to the mine. When they found that the report was untrue they were greatly disappointed. Progress In the search was ob structed by a smouldering fire, which raged from early Tuesday until 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon In left cross entry No. 17, requiring the si- forts of half of the government crew to extinguish it (Barrel after barrel of water was rolled Into the mine In cars and pumped on the fire. For a time it threatened to cause serious trouble, but finally was subdued. Whether the fire was started by the explosion or from a miner’s lamp is * matter of dispute. The body of Horace Irish, aged 60, boss of the gang, rescued alive (Mon day night, was known to be In the vicinity, and It Is said that those with him when he was killed by the explosion left a lighted lamp beside the body when they were forced to another chamber by bad air. Irish’s body has not been recovered. Forty-five bodies had been brought out up to nightfall, and several more had been located. The owners offi cially announced Wednesday there were 85 men in the mine when the explosion took place. Friends and relatives of miners unaccounted for are manifesting great Impatience because rescuers are not making faster headway. There are 20 miles of mine to explore, and less than 25 oxygen helmet men who can penetrate to all cornery. Canary birds are being used to de tect the presence of poisonous | with great success, and miners who st first were disposed to scoff at them are beginning to realise their value, Miners without helmets arq not mined to entsr chambers In which the birds can not live. Ernest P. Bicknsll, director of the American Red Cross, greived Wednes day to Investigate the situation. He expressed approval of the relief meas ures already taken and Indicated that he thought the local committee was competent to take care of any fam ilies mads destitute by the explosion LOST PLACE I Confe Arrest of Rev. Who • . 7 DASTARDLY DEED FOR ROBBERY. FORTY-TWO OUTLAWS SLAIN. Killed in Hie llruali by the American Scouts. battle occurred In the campaign for connection with suppressing or- ros. The disarmament, of the entire .Moro population of Mindanao and .Tolo was ordered by the American military authorities three months ago after a number of murderous at tacks on Americans. Since that time the trops have been actively engaged In carrying out the q^der. Most of the chiefs gave up their weapons peaceably, but there has been a series of sharp engagements with bandits. The casualties among the Americans have been few. for the investigation of the old wind lng-up commission. The investiga tion committee will be asked to re port. to the legislature before the close of the session. It is expected that Fedder will ap pear before the legislature and at tempt to'furnish the proof which he has said would be forthcoming. Af ter Governor Blease was thwarted In his effort to extradite Felder he of fered a reward of V200 for the ar rest of the Atlanta attorney and the delivery of him Into South Carolina, but the reward will hardly apply now, that the Newberry grand Jury has refused to indict Felder. North Carolina Fanner and Hie Wife Killed by Thieve*. News reached Charlotte Wednesday of the murder of John Dixon, a prom inent farmer of Cleveland County, N. C., and hie wife late Tuesday night. Robbery Is said to have been the mo tive of the crime. Two men are eaid to have gone to the home of the mur dered man Tuesday night and asked for assistance In releasing a team from a djtch In which it had fallen. The farmer went to the aid of the men and waa killed. The two men then returned to Dixon’s house and beat the wife until it was thought she was dead. She survived, however, and was able to relate the affair Wed nesday morning. She died later. The farmer is Mid to have sold some cotton a day or two ago in Shel don, twelve mllea from his home, and the men are thought to have been in serach of money believed to be In the home. A child one y,ear old was found jn the home of Its slain parent! unharmed, but bespattered with blood about its clothing. Posses of men and boys are scour ing the country near the scene of the crime, and it la believed that a lynching will occur if the guilty men are apprehended. Two negroes were arrested late Wednesday night, but their identity has not been estab lished. R*ve«f*, l-tigMeA HSWUlf 1 of Government Property. 7. A dispatch from Junction Kansas, says the Rev. “ * Brewer, formerly a chat United States army, now a a Baptist Church in OlostM, has been accused in a Private Michael Quirk of in a mysterious series of which have baffled authorities at Fort Riley for six months. United States CommlarioMr stated Brewer bad been arrested at , Olustee and was being hold for United States marshals. Mrs. Af 11 *#- Jordan, of Kansas City, also impli cated in Quirk's confession, was ar rested In Kansas City as a result k/f a telegram to the‘police. Quirk, In his' made to Col. Ell D. Hoyle. 6th A artillery, commandsmt at Fort eaid he blew np the bridge Kaw River, June 14 last, 1 airy stable, June SO, when S9 horses were burned to said also that he blew up mala which supplied the water. L Quirk declared ha 1 Climes at the Instigation of who sought revenge because been Court-martlalled aad from the servtee for conduct coming an officer and a 1 Mrs. Anna Jordan. Quirk, is the wife of a esuv the Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth. She waa arrestod here Stfifal months ago for husband to escape from the to the Federal penitentiary. Mrs. Jordan was released. Quirk has beau in the gnard hones aa sus picion of connection with I ■ions for nearly a month. I he seat for Col. Hoyle and mad confession, at Fort Riley. Explosions aad lire at Fort within six Booths have Government property valued at Oidd,- 000. A big storehouse on the 1 uvre grounds burned with a lose of 9200,000. Sines Quirk’s arrest there have bees so It wm said at the poet that have been Implicated aad that arrests will follow. Brewer was bora j in Alabama 94 years ago. Ha came chaplain in the United army In 1907. He is mi has several children. chaplain of the field artillery btstloaed at Fort 1 until he was dismissed from the * June 21 last, after eoavletiM by Court-martial of charges of having been Intoxicated at aa enlisted mea'e dance at the fort, and with behaving In an nngentlemanly manner in the presence of enlisted men and their wives, (March 11 last. Army officers st Fort Riley said the Federal authorltlee had under vatlon several peraonjlHHS^^H the recent dynamite explosions at Fort Riley and that 1 might be expected. It persons under surveillance are ] Inent. WOFFORD STANDS FOB WILSON. FI RMAN STRONG FOR WILSON. Governor of New Jersey Heartily In dorsed. Students of Furman University at Greenville Wednesday organized a Woodrow Wilson club. The student body of Furman University Is anxious to help the candidacy of Gov. Wilson in every way. The officers of the Woodrow Wilson club of Furman University are: C. D. Boyd, presi dent; P. M- Bales, vice president; William Craig, secretary. .Prof. Dan iels spoke heartily in behalf of the movement. James Allan, Jr., of the University of South Carolina; ad dressed the organization meeting, saying among other things that Woodrow Wilson’s conception of pub lic service is the true conception— that, of obeying the people and not the machine. New Orleans and is described as be ing about 99'years of age, and weigh- next month Is to pMf, over the gov- inf H9 pounds. ernor’s veto, Robbed by Chinese Pirates. Undyr the eyes of Chinese gun boats baoored In West river, pirates attacked a passenger steamer near Shlhu • King Wednesday morning. Nonei of the. pueeengera were hnrt, the resolution providing but they lost much property. SAYS INDIANA IS LOST. ♦ Republican Chairman Says Taft Can’t Carry the State. Edwin M. Lee, chairman of the Indiana Republican State committee, issued a statement at Washington In which.be declared his State wouU be lost to the Republican party If Mr Taft were renominated, (“Mr. Taft can not cirry Indiana,’ said Mr. Lee. “If he Is the Republi can nominee oar fight Is lost before a gun is fired. As one of his original friends who labored foe him night aad day, I have been dHven to thle knowledge with extreme reluctance.” Mr. Lee added hta conclusion was reached only after a searching In quiry through hie present committee men and in person. What twd months ago was passively on the part of the voters, he says, now had been trans formed into “dlaMtisfaetion.” •jL. Was Over a Hundred Years. At the age of 117 years, which is ■aid to be wall authenticated, Clare Gentry, a negro womaifi died at Sa vannah on Tueaday. She was bom 1794. was a native of Georgia aad spent most of her Ufa In this state. She retained bar faculties until with in a short time of her death. Wilson Club astk Meeting. - A Spartanburg dispatch says Wof ford College students Tuesday organ ized a Woodrow Wilson club at an en thusiastic meeting, Jamfea.AHan, Jr., of the Us South 1 Carotins, who streeei of Southern collegians to k In touch with political throughout the country and to ues their beet endeavora to work •entlment for the nomination of Wilson. After Mr. Allan's drees the following officers 1 ed: President, R. T. rens; vice president, R. L. er: secretory and treasurer. Ousts. The club begins Us - a membership of abont to interest every WoSo __ become an active member. • '• J ALLEGED WHITE On a ' Very Serious Charge Double Tragedy a* At Bradford, Pa., while discussing arrangements for their honeymoon trip to fojjow the wedding scheduled for next week, Miss Grace Cable and h*r intended husband, Anthony Koh- *, * -V the W« 1 night i iHii after Oscar Johnson, Of Tucapau, Spartanburg in Jail on the charge of criminal aaMult on a that section of the rant being sworn mother, young woman, « her rant Officer Killed if At military aj