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F '■a .: . * > ’ 'jr. * *r «!.k *(•« * 4.;. • V; r r^' —^ / • ■ : . r - , >> -e^stss-sir- MM iWMiM *♦ r ?'4*[ e> ■S r~~ YtTYV t A A A. V T ■■ BARNWELL. 8. C, THT7B8DAT. JANUARY 18.1913 -,5 I .v.- v: m r KepresealalWe Villit Dtfadt Hiaself Aniast the AlUck * ‘9Q!*} 1 GOVERNOR C. L BLEASE He S*ys That the Governor la on Good Tenna With Big '.'.allroad Of ficials, and That la How He Got Contradictions to Oei .ain Affida- rits I'rom Railroad Euiployeea. some foreign nevs jh£ ^AY TO WIN ^ TBE PASS OYER VETO m m om m STEAMER SINKS AND MANY PER SONS ON HER DROWN. Moros and American Soldiers Hare a Battle and Twenty-Six ef the < Former Are Killed. A cable message from Bucharest, Koumanla, tells of an awful marine disaster In which nearly two hun dred peop.le lost their lifea. The report Is that the Russian steamer Russ had foundered during a gale in the Black Sea, with the whole of her passengers and eraw, totalling 172 persona. The Russ belongs to the Russian Steam Navigation Company, of the D enter at ic LaUtn Cal Tt|alk#r at tke f Jacbai Day BaMiit BRYAN MAKES A SPEECH _ Rising to g question or personal privilege Just before the adjournment o f the morning reaslou of the house jp,lack Sea and the Danube snd was Thursday J. Archie Willis, the youth-j learning from Qalats to Odessa, ful representative from Laurens ] Among her passengers were Oarl eounty, delivered a dlgnifled address! Anuseff, who recently was appelates He I‘reaches Harmony and Predicts a Great Victory for the Democracy la the Approaching Presidential Election, Which is Most Eathoslas- tlcaliy Recslved. Dsmocratlc leaders of ths tsuxtry ULEASE DENOUNCES THEM Afl A •NT ON DIRTY LIAM. His Blush Gum Was *’!Sgp». la Splaadid a*4 He Bllmes Workiag Order Thera All Over. In a special message to the Gen eral Assembly Wednesday at'.ompa- nylng his vsto of » Llll passed at the last session of the Legislators per mitting newspapers in ease of libel suits to plead In m'tig.ulsi sf dam ages the : fact that scr.'etdoa et ths libel complainsd of had bees made. Governor Bleat* bitterly assailed the j press of South Carolina, and was es pecially ferocleus 1 State Saaafa laate th« Stall Diiptataty ' Farikir IiTiitifald REQUEST OF GOVERNOR at the Jackson day dlnnsr at Wash ington on Monday urged their fol-i'upon the Columbia State and Its sdl-; gen « r »‘ aDd th » "‘‘'dlng-up commls- After Recommending That the Bill Be Passed, Ulease Changed His Mind When It Was Passed by the Legislature, and Instead of Sign ing Vetoed the Bill. The act providing for the Investi- 1 gatlon of the govercor, tin attorney In defense of his reputation as for mer proprietor and editor of the Bel ton Times, which the governor of bouth Carolina attacked In his spec ial veto message to the house on the libel act Wedneiday. and assail the common enemy, the Republican party, with a united Russian consul general at Galau front. Gov. Woodrow Wilson of New and his family. Jersey, Speaker Champ Clark, WU- The Moros Wiped Onh. Ham Jennings Bryas, William Ran- A cable message from Manila says dolph Hearst, Jos. W. Folk and oth- twenty-sU Moros wsre killed Thurs- er Democratic chieftains, who have c.ay while they were attempting to differed In the past, Joined la s lowers to stop lighting each other tort a i though g, braaded the w g 0 i. 'Ion of the old State dispensary, that tribe of newspaper mea la tkia Hate as a dirty set of liars. The Columbia cerrespeadeat ef The Newa and Courier says the mes sage with exhibits attacked covers fifteen typewritten pages. The word “lie’’ appears some IS time*. ‘Tiar" 8 times, and Intermixed at fregaeat the governor vetoed, was passed over his veto In the senate Wednesday by a vote of 36 to 3, and was sent to tne house for further' consideration. nq: HOUSE REFUSES TO SUSTAIN TEE GOTHAM OR. Take* Up Spartambarg Raral Feliee Bill and Passes It la Spite ef Ite Belag Tsteed. In the Housa on Wednesday the act providing for ru'al police la Spar tanburg county waa passed over tne governor’s vsta by a vots ef tt te 2 4, after a eonclae explanation of the act by Mr. Osborne, of Spartanburg. At 13:05 Mr. Osborne moved that the house take up the veto meesage on the appointment at rural police la Spartanburg county together with re- pert of the Judiciary committee. Mr. Osborne reed the epeelat veto 09(1 the act . F. i " Tb Rrceil JaftktM In ^ Deaeeraiie Lere Peait nvwvvcmiiv isHfv rWH# ...■"our 1 BRYAN ''1C.: He le No* * Not Accept If Ne Harmon's Abeeaee Hart poets, W’hlle Got. • • f • . aing rersoaaUty The Jackeea Her. la what Governor Rle.ae .aid a m b u ,h , bod/ .1 Am.rl.aB troop, un.nlmou. pie. for harmony 1. 1 *1 > 1 interval, .r. aueh chole. .pithat, a. in his message about Mr. Willis and the Belton Incident. “Also the story that the governor oi the state had insulted a ybung lady at Belton, wneu the girl her self came out In an open letter and the honors of the occasion. Gov. on the Island of Jolo. In the course of the fighting Lieut. McGee, of the feecond cavalry, was shot twlee and one American soldier was wounded. Big. Gen. John J. Pershing, com mander of the department of Min- stated that she had not been Insult- danao, In the course of conversation, 1 Wilson, who spoke earnestly on the fed, the newspapers which had put>-1 ,} <e iared that he believed this tghti issues of the day, was given a tre- lished the dirty infamous lie were would mark the end of the Moros’ mendous ovation. When he said it furnished with copies of the letter t armed opposition to American rule! was the duty of the Democrats In from the young U.dy denying the|i Q the Island of Jtio and more ea- consideration of the trust problem to He, but refused to publish It, and | penally so In regard to the reslsv “hit the heads that we see and see and predicted that political victory ■•f a ig a hQo t j ( " “vltuperstlox,” “slaa- would follow. ! der," “scurrlloas attacks.’’ “dirty," dinner, 1® i “cowardly,’’ “assassin-like,’’ “sll te.’ It was a tumultuou which the proapectiv# candidates for; .. lnfamoUi( .. “blackguard.’’ "lew- ths presidential nomination share* down,” “unscrupulous,” “malicious” and "contemptible.” Ingtoa last Meaday seeM to been a regular Demoeratle love float, ** °!i h * * OT,rao w r t# The Newe and Courier .— _*t. Then he took up the ab- ^ jectloas raised by the govermer. lal^^* ' 11Iltnx J * nn,n *® Bry®®. regard te the eeetion of the act relab-i (u11 ot eggreeelveneee at the ing the power of errest, which the ef the national eommlttee, There was much acrimonious sad governor's meesage declared waa a pleasant personalities out of •austle debate on what one senator clear vlolatlea ef the eonstltatloa, speech at the Jaekeoa dinner- termed “a slap In the face of every Mr. Osborne said that the power eon- did not open the Pandora’s bon «£ member on the floor of the senate.” tarred was not excessive nor nneou- H. B. Carlisle, senator from Spar-, fc tltutlonal aid sited a hypethetlial feared he would bring with htag 1 taaburg county, opened the debate• ease te preve It. He explained that that occasion. ' • oa the bill. He ss'd thnt the bill the aet simply appointed a aet ef Considering tho refusal of the aa- was introduced at the Instance of the special eonsfablee. governor to take the stain off tne Mr. Osborn* read portions of asra tlonal committee earlier la the day the The Governor recites a long list the liar who. originated the lie him- a nee against the order for general j that our shillelahs are of good hlck-| ln8u i t t0 a youn g p t( jy of his being nate ' 1, but notwithstanding this ■elf wa* loo dirty and contemptible I (ii Barmaiu#I n of the natives. Ths ory," the banqueters almost raised drunk and stopping at a ’’bllud tiger” ■urance the bill was vetoed. to accede te his demand that the character of those whom he accused, providing for rural police In Green- desirable Guffey be deposed as After Its pcssage, the governor sew wood, Barnwell, Florence, Abbeville.' Pennsylvania member, Mr. ™ flt t0 veto It. He said that W. H.jand Charleston, which Gov. Bleese acted exceedingly well hi of stories which he says hav#"bee* ’ 9t,#wart ' ** Dator fr om York county, appointed last year, showing their geed humor and ^ / ^ printed about him ii> one newapaper kad Biformed him tnat a certain sec- similarity to the ffoartauhurg set djtloa to elooueaee, at the or another during the laat year, §uch, !tU>n of th * b,tl waa obnoilo, » to th*> which he vetoed. * Hi« excellency,‘ feast. And It Is to be acted for example, as the Wlnthrop College K0Varn0r and lf thl * wa * •radicated said Mr. Osborne, "seems to have his remarks at that feast he matter, th* Incident of the alleged’ h * would ,, * n lt ' Thl • waB ® llm, ae- to correct the malicious lie that hlej band of Moros, who lay In ambush the roof. pen had given circulation to.” ; for the American troops on this oc-1 When William Randolph Hearst Here Is Mr. Willis' reply to the i ca8 j 0 n comprised, he said, th# last charge of Governor Blease: of th# remaining mtlcontenta. "Mr. Speaker: I rise to a question I ♦ ♦ < Of peisonal privilege, and despite tne WAVS HEIt COOK fact that 1 hold In-my. hand a letter! « Dom the lilhck Hand of South Caro- Woman Charged With Murder Make* Una,’ as the writer or writers art 1 pleased to term thcniseLes, warning | * Htru# le Oowrt. me that.if I again pay my respect* to: AtChkag0 Ur8 R. naUo rrow, the governor of South ( arollna, woman and writer, WedneeAay said that he would use every “power and resource” in his power to bring shout a Democratic victory and char- on the way to his Inauguration, the! Llde, senator from Orange- Langdon Cheves story, th# alleged d°u b t e <l t }l *t there was a pree- ranlng of s negro In Cleveland, th# * ut nece * Bit l r for a ® Investigation, liquor constahl# wbo was accused of dispensary has long held th# po- selllng liquor, and particular th# "^ ra ' limelight In this State, and he artertxed Theodore Roosevelt at a matter of the Cromer story published for on * would llk * t0 ••• lt "harlequin of politics ’ there was an other explosive outburst. But when Champ Clark, the by the Columbia State on th# eve of nated the serffnd primary In the campaign M**'* Christensen, senator from of 1910. All of these he pronounces Beaufort, aald that the membera of speaker of the house, called attention j n #8 " " the wlndlng-up commlasion stood un to the harmonious action of the “There are many other i n r amoua (ler •''gm* of an a f‘ f u* a t*»n, and Democratic majority In the lower and d j rty u #a that ; cou j d ea n your he thought that they should be given ■hall be killed In short order, I want' hearJ her6elf dt , nounc#d ln municipal > 0UM of fongreas and the result! they attention to,” says the message, “but a chanc ® to 1’“* »n<ler It. The to take this opportunity of defending; coun ^ tb# murdarer of har h ua- had achieved, and set It up as an thea8i x feali au ffl el8at t# ahow »<inat« would not In* Juat to Itself If njyself against the uncalled for ai- Laljd _ Charle( p, U orrow, an Invent- •* a mpie for the party to follow, the you that theaa dlrty adWorBi aaaaaala . >1 (1 * ( i not give these men a chance to tack of hit excellency in a •P‘'‘'ial : or and ln addltlon beard a witaeee climax of the Democratic optlmlaml nke, strike their victim In th# dark b * He said that these suddenly awakened to th* unconatttu- that he wa* not only mot a tlonality of the act In regard to Spar tanburg connty." Th* constitution, Mid Mr. Osborne, did not Intend to pi event tb* appre hension of criminals. Mr. Osborn*! fore. It must be m!4 that s&ld that there was nothing In the visit to Washington sad for tb# Presidential nomination, hat would not accept tt if offered. This is the way to sot doahta aft rest, and Mr. Bryan kaeer It Thss Mr. Bryaa** tell of alleged efforts on th# part of] of th e occasion was reached. land from behind, and then, when ai * D w * re coneclentibua In that they the woman to come*' th# crime. Dur-j When Mr. Bryan, who spoke last, 8fcen on tbe streets, dodge, to keep d * d t d ^ u ^ a * Giey saw It. from meeting ths man whom they message yeeterday, when he took; occasion to rail me a liar, to which] was added certain adjectives P ec ul-' tb e testimony of Mrs Katherine a revolution of political larly all the governor s own. 'I Scanlon, cook In th# Morrow home, a <-t1on at the polls next November "8ottth Carolina le calling to<la J r fM ra . Morrow rose snd screamed at an<1 appealed without any auggeetton for some one to speuk out in ( i f ‘ fen *® [be wltueaa; “Oh, you Har. you j ai t0 wbo ■hould be the standard of her fair name, snd protest against Sh# con ,p a n ed by th# court to bearer for a united Democracy he the unparalleled oegradatlon that Is auba j da hearing was ad- aaa Riven a welcome that rivaled the being heaped upon her by the tn * nl j ouni#d - ovations of his early campaigns for who occupies the chief executive s! 9 * * the presidency. office, and, cost me what it may, ij DKMKH A HILLY HTXtRY. I Woodrow Wilson was received am here to answer that cull And 1 » when he arose to speak with pro thank God that It Is to you that 1 am (JwT u JU . mon > a |is Report About longed cheera He discussed the tar- to have th« privilege of appealing “Before I go further, however. I want to settle the matter of the ticket Incident at It lion. The gov ernor 'mis mad* the charge to you that 1 lied when 1 published the ac count of his alleged Incivility to the young lady ticket ajent, and he has ploduced a letter signed hy her, whtrb. on th# face of it, seem* to substantiate hi* claim. When once you understaad kow he secured ths Utter, though, you will understand- a little better the cowardly, under- That Bryan Letter. hand methods to which th# goveraor will resort, wheu occasion demands. "Governor Blease, for reasons of which you are doubtless aware, Is the pet of certain officials of the Southern railway, at a banquet tu NewTerry on December 2d, 1910, the governor made the statement that because of 3upt. Henry A Wil liams’ friendship for him, the Soutn- At Columbus, Ohio, Gov. Harmon I Wednesday denied printed statements that during Mr. Bryan's last cam paign a young daughter of Gov Har mon wrote to a git] friend in Teias (“Rapa hoped for Mr Bryans defeat because it would make his own pr**#- 1 ! lentlal prospect* brighter." Tk# governor said: “My thr*« daughters all married snd left home long be fore the 190* campelgs. This etory would make me both a liar and a hypocrite, and with all my raulta r have never been either." iff and other Issuer, but his refer ence to the currency question awak ened the greatest Interest. Judge Alton B. Parker was the first speaker to make direct refer ence by name to Former President Roosevelt. He called the assault on the trusts "a cheat and nas'y fraud.'' "The statement of Roosevelt that the trust law was Impotent was un true, and you lawyer* know that," have lied about; and, of eourae, he who Is thus insulted, cannot g* Into the office and shoot the dirty editor, W. J. M«e<gomery, senator from Marlon, aald that th# charges pre ferred by the governor eland, and that they should either be proved o. - for your Courts hold that no word* < B , I )ro v® < L Until then th# winding- will Justify a blow, and here you wleh to allow a man to publish a 11* and have seven days In which to cool off and apologise for it, after all th# Injury ha* been done and when they cannot require or have ail parties who read the lie, to read the apology; henr \ the Injury Is done and cannot be remedied by apology; yet. If a up commlasion will stand with a stain on their characters. W. L. Mauldin, sesator from Grenville, did not want to enter the "germ-laden atmosphere" of th* dis pensary, but th# cbargws are such that no honest man would want to stand under them. It would be cow ardly for th* aenate to refuse them a bill which would give the policemen ances her* at this the right to swear oat a warrant and I trine, which really serve It, which waa one reason for ; campaign, did good his veto which the governor gave. As atmotphsra in hie party, to th* neceeelty for th* raral police- th* fog that waa otaeartay tha men, Mr. Oahorn# aald that protse- ocratle landscape has tlon was needed for the paople Bring it would aeem, by tb# - in tha rural districts of Spartanbury behavior of Mr. Bryan in county. rebut In tlia commute# without afe ' The rota on th* paaaaga of tho act daarorlng to pull tha part? straw- L was taken Just before house ad- tura to pieces In a bs Journed. The rote was 8t In faror of passing the act and 31 for uphold ing the governor’s vsto. Some mem bers of tha house conelder that .he lines were not sharply drawn in the result of tha Jackson Day votes on the set snd that U eaanot - is plain to any be taken aa an Indication that th* er who was la Washington rage. That Governer Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey, was tho poison a made tho most distinct galas « man shoot* another In suddea heat bear ^®*- and passion, after reading on# of th# LsGrand G. W alker, senator from dirty slanders, your beloved and, ^5 ora ** own ’ Ba * d t b ® member* of tr# aenat# are the repreaentatlve« of the people of th« State, and that th* appointees on the Investigatlag eommlttee are the aervanta of the 1 aenate. Shall they let the Impreatlen atand that they and the president of house will pass ths othor acts ovar the governor’s vsto. The nameaof the 21 members win voted sgslnn tbe motion to pass tbs act providing for rural poilcs for Spartanburg county over tho gover nor's veto follow: Ashlsy, Bailey, Baskin, Davis, Dixon, Doar, Hamil ton, Hunter, Hutto. Klrrln, Meares, Moore, Paulling. Peeples, Rssvas, Hswyer. Bcott, D. L. Smith, K. P. Smith, Tobias and Todd. highly learned Courts say that it la 'manslaughter,' or possibly, as no words Justify a blow, 'It la murder.’ ” Tho shooting of Mr. N. G. Gonsaie# hy Lieutenant Governor Tlilmaa la referred to, although no name* are he said “I charge now—and when 1 €a i lad and Governor palnU a pie-’ tb * aenat * know not what they do? the opportunity is presented and I U ur8 0 f th# prisoner, following a v#r- 9ka " ^ b * aa * d Benate dared am asked for facts and figure* 1 will d j #t of BOt gu nty, ' leaving th# Court to a bl ) ol a t a "whitewash body?” The •Prove It —that all of his tirade House with the endoreemenf of the »® na, -« mu «t * ,v * th «M m*® a chance sgalnat th# law. the courts snd ths , aW of hia Stal# ai s av iag done well t0 rI * ar , States wa* to attract attention away|f or himself, hia family and hi* fel- Macbeth Young, senator from Un- 1 from the truth and that every bit of l 0 w eltlxena.” Ion, eald that the men who are *c- the responsibility for the conditions; Reference Is mad# to a "newspaper cuae<1 b 7 chief executive of the today rests upon Ihe Republican par- truft '> embracing the Charlotte Ob- Stat » ar ® honorable men, men who ,ty. server, the Columbia State and varl- fau no ^ u^der tho charges aa i Gov. Folk of Missouri who fol- oua up-country dallies; aom* of tk* «r® Preferred. They ahould be given At Shslby, N. C., John Ross, one ]owrd j udf e Pa-kef. decidred that iU tem#nt* made by Goveraor Bleaae a chance to clear themselves. The being unprintable by Th# Newa ana *°'c rnor demanded that the bill be Courier under the decisions of South P aR, ® < l< an( ^ when It waa he vetoed Carolina Courts. , .. » » + I The message sent by the governor WOULD ABOLISH HANGING. 1 la 8 ,la P ,n the fa ‘® ® v ® r y a enator —— on the floor of the aenate, Mr. Youn? In BRYAN I’ULIjS FOR REPUBLIC. M rite* Expression Under Nam* I*rince Tsai Sana. of NEGRO ADMITS CRIME. And Implicates a White Man in ths Terrible Murder. srn road would have warm friends .of a trio of negroes chargad with th® - “Hi# Democratic party never had a Ln the governor'* office for the next] murder of Mr. and Mrs John 1 >lion , b# j tpr opportunity for public service two years. 'Not content with his of Cleveland county on December 1S, now .. assuraqcps of friendship, however,j Wednesday confoased to the crime,, "Pairing Plntorrsey.’ after he had assumed his dutlea a* Implicating I rank Gladden, a while y r Bryan, wh$r spoke laat, d’s- governor, B. L. Abney, the South- man, wh6 was employed on the Dixon eua8P( j “The Passing Plutocracy " ern’s division counsel for South Car- farm. Roas declares (ila iden ga>e Nothing that he said awoke sc his residence at the him $100 to kill Dixon, while t<lad-; a8 his poetic perlora- Thls iv ollna, took up governor's mansion “Are you then surprised that when the governor, In an unguard ed moment, forgot his alleged usual courteous manner and treated a lady ticket seller dlscourtequsly, that when the public was acquainted of the fact, which waa substantiated hy affidavit from the young lady, and hy one from one of the beat known cit izens of upper South Carolina, a man who wa# a disinterested onlooker, that the Southern road should feel it Ita duty to tak^carepf its own. “Henry A. Williame, Blease'a warm friend, and division superin tendent of the jorced the young lady ticket seller to writ# the letter which the governor sent out yesterday, and when asked why she had written the letter, with tears In her eyes, she cried, ’Oh, I had to do It. The account published was true, hut I had to write the let ter.’ Then the aflU avlt that W. F. Harper, of Belton, is represented as having given voluntarily, was made •ut and Signed In the Southern rail way's offlet h(br# In Columbia, and was taken hy J. P. Darby, a notary publla, who wdrka as chief clerk for the roadmaster of Henry Williams’ sfficlal staff. ‘‘Gentlemen, the governor treated the young lady ticket seller at Bel- .. ] declared. In the parlance of tne •ctrocutlon as Method ot Inflirtiag street the governor of the State has jag good as said that the president or ] the senate and the lieuteaant gov- A bill to provide for imposing the ernor of the State had given him a William J. Bryan went to Phila delphia on Tueeday to deliver some address to religious bodies, snd be fore leaving the hotel where he spent the night h was asked to sign his name In the private autograph reg ister. Peein In It the name of Prince Tsai Suun, uncle of the Em peror of Chins, who was In the et^ In September, 1110, Mr. Bryan wrote under It: "Waiting to rejoice over the es tablishment of the republic of China. "Tours truly, h* ' W. J. Bryan.” Death Penalty. death penalty by electrocution within "cold deck” and had "stacked" the the State penitentiary was introduced ; cards against him. His appointees den simultaneously killed Mrs. Dixon. I Mon quotpd from nyron. Robbery was the motive. Rdss was w ) ia ^ Bryan said: sentenced Thursday and the court at ( “The dead have been awakened once took up the case of Gladden. shall I sleep’’ The world’s at war with tyrants August. 4, was a trjie account of; shall I crouch? jin the senate Wednesday by VT. J.lare honorable men, yet h# claimed what happened. - ' The harvest's rlpo—and shall I pause] Johnson, senator frem Fairfield, and that they would be biased. It Is [ (Signed) ‘Miss Mary L. Rogers. bo rea py> j referred to the committee on Judlcl-; incumbent on the senate to give him "I slumber not—the thorn Is In myUry. The bill provides that all per- a fair trial. Sores must b* opexed couch. eons Convicted of cr pltal crimes and'to let out the fetid matter. Each day a trumpet soundet.h In my; having Imposed upon them the sen-i F. H. Weston, senator from Rich- " ‘Sworn to and subscribed to be fore me this the 8th day of August, 1911. " ‘John A. Horton, " ‘Notary Public South Carolina. "‘Witness, J. O. Meredith. "‘Pelzer, 8. C., August 8, 1911. “ ‘The controversy between Gov. touch with political conditions. Qov« ernor Wilson strsngtkaMd his by personal presence In Was snd ths sbeenc* of Governor ' nion, of Ohio, was by soat aging to tb* latter s It Is undeniable that • wonderfully winning" snd a genius for saying thlngr 1 sela* tb* sttetlon and win ths of ths intslligsot His faculty for getting hold younger element to s set One would h«v« to be hit to be Impressed by it. Tho received by Governor WQnoO cceded many times In apparent an* thuslssm the greeting glren to eav other avowed candidate for the : (nation who was la attendance gt tl Jackson dinner, snd was more pn longed and hearty than the great demonstration accorded te Mr. Bry- aa himaslf. The digging up of old peraoaal let* tera written by Goveraor Wttooa, taken with th# fact that there doee- menta proceed tram sources leileved to be friendly to "the iatareeta** which now oppose the WU dacy, has not had the effhet by the resuscitators ot these writ ings. The refusal of Mr. Bryan to be angered by what Goveraor Wil son may have aald Iff the pari, ivbea made public by mei hostile to both Bryan and Wilaon. .ha* Nipple From;® well advanced revulsion against this sort of cami Unpleasant remarks made about the sort of man who save up personal letters for ye ! ters between friend afig- ly Thu'r".da; afVemoorwiten nii-' |' ub '" l > T " 1,II< *' T « M ‘* ■* . He of a milk bottle, from which tt *™ 1 "" ""fi ««g wa. reeding. .Upped .0 tar down It, »»''* tSSiSffl throat a, to choke It. It ,eem. that '<'™ ” v ". "J"'"*', the child wa. placed In It. crlh h,•“V tt. mother and tho nttr.lnt bottle P OTernor Harmon ntafedt PECULIAR DEATH OF BABY. Choked to Death by Nursing Bottle. The 2-months-old son of Mr. and i Mrs. J. L. Pruitt, of Greenville, met death In a most unusual manner ear- ear Its echo In my hear* ” tence of death shall suffer such pen-] land, reading the message of C. L. alty by electrocution within the walls Blease, governor of South Carolina, inclined on the pillow by 1U head. h . w The ipple was placed In tho baby’s] ye*!* ago dtms jMjLg it... . .. . , n i Kt 1 ., . .v, * mouth, and In this manner the moth-; no when recalled hy j Referring to political affairs, Mr of the State penitentiary at Columbia, eald that the senate could rot 8us- ; ’ . rt w j.ti p R«turn- ROW ' Bryan characterized the movement | instead of by hanging. : tain its self-respect If It sustained the P ghp d °i ac overed her baby dead The general outebgto ^ for popular election of senators as governor In this measure. He de-]^’ ® ^ bottle having son ^ ajr proc **^ 1,l i* te 4 the; Southern railway, ] Cole L. Blease and Miss Rogers, as greatest national reform of the I the Immediate declaration of tbe na- 'sired, as a member of the senate, to printed In the Belton Times, Is cor- ^ enera Hon and he urged elimination tlon’s purpose on the Philippine ques- support the governor In every way reel. As I was present trying to get t ^ p p ar ti gan i saue (bat has been tlon, adhering to the Democratic plat- possible If he could consclentlouily % ticket for the train going lo ji n j eC ( ed i n t 0 (he controversy on that (form of promise of Independence. do so. But In this case It Is impoa- GreenvlHe, and heard the conversa-^ po)nti a8 g Pr o Tia , (h a t neither of the. In speaking of the approaching stble. The charges made are grave great parties could hope to win a campaign as one giving promise of and must be either proved or re victory to Ihe Democratic party, Mr. ijected. Bryan warned his hearers “that atj Louis Appelt, senator from Clar- ! slipped far down its tiny throat. man if he had not said, I am Cole, con((t)tut j ona] victory unaided. Blease, governor of South Carolina, ] the ton young laay tici exactly as ne was 'represented wltluTiavInff done, snd I subTftlt to f*u, fh th* form of sworn affidavits, froof of same: j, ^ "“Ts wbom it may concern: This Is to certify that the account of Gov- * sapor Bipase’s conduct in the South- station at Belton Satur- 2*, which the Belton L etc. (Signed) /' ‘Jas. M. Alexander. “ ‘Sworn to before me this, 8th day of August, 1911. “ *J. H. Merritt, “ ‘Notary Public for South Carolina.” Appended to Blease’s special veto] message was s letter addressed to H. A. Williams, division superin tendent of the Southern, railway, from Miss Mary J. Rogers of Belton, (-saying that-the governor had not in sulted her. Mr. WUlle. declares that she was forced to writd“Tf)to letter. Mr. Bryan begged Democrats and Republicans to aeree upon a wording’this time when the whole country isjendon, said that he had written sev- Tvrlns Marry Twins. Twin brothers married twin sis ters at Longdale, Okla., and a few hours after the doubfe wedding twin boys were born to tbe parents of the bridegrooms. f’*?**-. v , ■'Wfrtr-’i. - of the resolutions providing for such popular election which will purge the Issue of partisanship. He indorsed the direct primary and urged Us ap plication to national elections In ev ery State In the Union. *T congratulate the Democratic congress,’’ said Mr. Bryan, "on the record it is making. It is earning th* confidence of the nation. In the mat ter of the tariff the country is rapidly approaching the Democratic position, and While there are Individual oppo nents as to schedules there can be no differences of opinions among Demo crats as to the substantial advantages to b« secured to tho people by the re duction that are being attempted.” ■’ Speaking of the future work of congress Mr. Bryan made a plea for ■ foe Kj»'- Alive with progressive sentiment' It w(ll bo criminal folly for our party to falter In Its onward march or to show cowardice in tho face of th# powerful enemy whlqh is drawn up In battle before us." "As much as w* may 1>* Interested In the tariff question," he continued, "we muet not Ignore th* monac* of the trusts. While they hold the hills above us with their h*avy artillery we can not hope to fight successfully within the range~ofiriheIr guns. Th* Democratic party must meet Imme diately and boldly the Issue presented by the supreme court In th* Standard Gil and Tobacco cases. Th# people will not trnst a party that lacks th# courage, to challenge every public I.J- er&l editorials outlining his position against Blease, snd that he thei said that If Blease could. In any way. show bis reasons for vetoing this bill, and If they were well-grounded he would support him.. After tbe debate, on motion of Senator Carlisle, the bill was put to a vote to be passed over the gover nor’s veto, the result being as fol lower * Yeas—J. D. Ackerman, Louis Ap pall, G*o. D. Bates, J. B. Black, H .B. Carlisle, N. Christensen, J. H. Clif ton, T. G. Croft, D. M. Crosson. E. C. Epps, J. M. Forrest. E. R. Ginn, J. B. Green, W. 8. Hall, P. L. Hardin, W. J. Johnson, Aim Johnstone. G. K. Laney, L: M. Lawson, Robert Lide, J. H. Manning, J. Moore Mart, W. Poisoned Her Daughter. At Lancaster, Ohio. Mrs. Nancy Hall, aged 60 years, mother of 12- year-old Ruth Hall, who died Decem ber 12, after eating pancakes, was arrested Wednesday, charged wttn having but poison in tho soup. Mrs. Hall had collected $200 life Insur ance on the death of her daughter. What the Weather Bureau Bays. Th# weather forecast for today in South Carolina as predicted by tho weather bureau says "fair, colder, with a cold wave, moderate to brtok northeast to nofth winda.” aging to Democrats whoso terest is In th* pr harmony and In the main! condition which make Cor tho campaign of l#i2. On I the great o day everybody er-hooks. The air waa rife wildoat and moat disquieting i imaginable. On tho whole, the Democi key came through the ordeul cently. Not one* did hia seriously In crossing the flnt aslnorum” of the “ 111*. It was a 1 but s seemed happy deliverance. Mauldin, W. J. (MontroAery.'j3t. Clair Muckenfusi, T. H. Ralnsforl, Huger Sinkler, D. A. Spivey, G. M. Btuckey, G. W. Sullivan, S. J. Bummirs, Le- Grand O. Waller, O. A. C. Wilier. F. H. Weston, J. H. Wharton, Macbeth Yonng.—$*. " Nays—J. R. Earle, >W. R. T. J. Strait—Ij fli • ,vT. VI*., X !■■■% Htasa A Greenville dispatch youngest prisoner ever the countr Jail la now an that Institution. He la old. his fame to Tobe and h* Is charged with toff]