The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, June 12, 1913, Image 3
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TRIAL Of HUGO LONG FOR ICR-
HER OF P. N. GUNTER
WHAT THE S FATE SHOWS
The \\ ife of the Accused and the
\v.
ife nnd (/hildren of the I)ecease<l
Are Present at the Trial, Which
Excites Great Interest Among the
People.
The Hon. Hugh Long, legislator
from Aiken County, and erstwhile
country newspaper editor with a
permit to practice law, is on trial at
Aiken, charged with the murder of
Mr. Pickens N. Gunter, president of
the Bank of Wagener, farmer and
well known Aiken County citizen, the
homicide occurring during a personal
encounter in the town of Wagener
between the defendant and the de
ceased on about the 8th day of last
September.
The case was called the first thing
Tuesday morning when the Court of
General Sessions began its second
day’s session. Some time was con
sumed in drawing the jury, every
man presented being placed on his
voir dire, and both the prosecution
and the defence excusing, or object
ing to, quite a number, but finally
the necessary twelve men were em
panelled with .las H. League, of
North Augusta, foreman. Twenty
extra veniremen had been drawn
Monday from the ‘'seven-mile box” to
meet any difficulty that might have
arisen Tuesday morning in their se
lection When the jury was com
plete the panel had not been quite
exhausted
When It became bruited abroad
that the trial of the famous I/ong
case had begun Individuals began to
flock Into the Court House, and soon
every seat and available space had
been taken Interested spectator*
were Mrs Ixing and her sister while
the wife, children and more distant
relatives of the dead man sat about
One of the dead man's daughters, a
pretty little miss, apparently about
fourteen years of age. wept silently
during the exhibition to the jury of
the clothing worn by Gunter at the
time he reo l\ed the Injuries thst
brought death on October 1
Judge Krneet Cary Is [residing
Messrs Croft k Croft snd C K Saw
yer are counsel for the defence while
Sol’ll tor Hob' I. Gunter !• twin* a*
slated by his law partner 'he Mon
Herbert F Gyles, mat or of Aiken
and the Meserw Menderwnn Cr*t |»
years or more during whch t.me
wltno-s stated. Cere had sprung up
oetween 'h*-m a mutual warm regard
With slight varlu'ii ns and con'radlc
tlons as to minor dotai',* the p-ose
cution from I'* witnes'*< « pr* sents
the follow,tig opitom.rod \<:->;on of
the 'ragedr
l ong w.is vt.it, llrg t n »• Mdevalk
w rb a tie a i,t>api-r In his b.inl Gun
t<r rof''tit; to'*nr,[ ) i : m J i-' fore
the latter reached him Long it is
claim'd, half turne! aid dropp'd his
paper toward his pocket Gunter col
lared him. spun him around and
knocked him out into the street, fall
ing on fop of and astraddle the pros
trate man, pinioning his arms In
some manner Long managed to f^ee
himself, possess himself of bis re
volver and fired, which.first shot. It
is alleged, inflicted no serious wound.
It seems then that almost simul
taneously with the first discharge,
Hayes Gunter, a cousin of the de
ceased, and indicted with Long as an
accessory, rushed from his store near
by, Tan* up To Pickens Gunter’s back
and, throwing his arm about Gunter's
neck, began to choke him and drag
him away from Long, the latter fir
ing the fatal shot after Gunter was
clear from him and while Gunter, it
is claimed, was absolutely helpless.
Clearly, and It has been so admit
ted to this correspondent by one of
the attorneys for the prosecution, the
prosecution endeavors to establish
the fact that when the fatal shot was
fired Long was free of Gunter, while
the latter was helpless in the grasp of
one of his kinsmen, under which con
ditions, they contend, there was no
warrant for the last and fatal bullet.
Two witnesses have stated that the
deceased a few hours after he was
wounded gave essentially this story:
Gunter said that he was coming
down the street and saw Long; that
as he approached Long the latter
dropped the paper toward his pocket,
turned toward him with an indescrib
able contortion of the facial muscles
and muttered some Imprecation that
he did not catch. Gunter did not
know what I>ong was going to do;
might have intended to shoot so far
aa he knew, and from that point the
general thread of the story la parallel
with that of eye-witneasea. One wltx
nees, E. B. Jackson, affirmed that he
U-
n-ssi found a revolver In Mr Oun-
t**r s private drawer at the bank.
<>n the rroes-examlnatton the de
fence unsuccessfully tried to have
witnesses testify thst Gunter went to
•everal campaign meetings last emn-
mer and was very active In his oppo
sition to the candidacy of Long for
the House of Representatives, but
with one exception they denied abso
lutely any knowledge of Gunter’s po
litical likes and dislikes. One ‘wit
ness, however, did have a faint recol
lection of Gunter having gone to a
Campaign meeting a short distance
away from Wagener. The prosecu
tion seems to have a tendency to ob
ject to the admission of testimony
that may savor of the political.
One of the State’s most interesting
witnesses was Benjie Baldwin, who,
under the Long administration—for
Long was mayor of Wagener at the
time of the homicide—was chief of
police. He followed Long to the house
of one Mr. Gardner, next door to his
(Long’s) own home, to find Long bar
ricaded at the head of a narrow stair
way and armed with a Winchester
rifle and a .38 calibre revolver. Wit
ness said he stood at the foot of the
stairway and Long at his end, and
they discussed the case. Baldwin
said that he asked Long what was the
trouble with him and Gunter, when
the latter told him:
“ ‘Pick’ got me before I knew it,
and I Just pressed my gun* against
him and shot him off
The witness continued that under
the orders of the district magistrate
he stayod guard with Long, to pro
tect him from the mob outside the
house, until the sheriff and his posse
arrived on the scene
On cross-examination the witness
admitted the presence of men. i he
was uncertain that they were armed i
around the house; and after a httle
persuasion on the part o| counsel he
even admitted that he heard quite i
number of shot* fired d urine the
nitcht Counsel then had him te*?;r>
that he made no effort to arrest the
parties, nor did he ev»r prefer snv
chance* atcainst any of them He did
claim, though, that he made an un
successful attempt to And out »ho
amaahed up and fired Into the print
Ing office of Ixtng
(’ K l.ybrand tent.fled that he
heard I-ong tell a friend, who was
accompanying h:m h 'tjie
”1 intended all along to kill the
an)wav ‘ This sta'ement created *
little ripple of surprise and counsel
for the pr«»seciition had the witness
repeat !; Is statement
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PtOIMENT AIKEN LAVYtR LOS
ES LIFE AT ISLAND.
VENT TO CATCH CKABS
Cut Off on Reef by Rising Title Xbt
Knowing Safe Retreat, Steps in
I>eep Water.—(Vies Mistaken for
Calls to His I>og.
The Charleston Post says Charles
Ashley, a prominent young lawyer of
Aiken, who was spending a few days
at Sullivafi’s Island with his mother,
at statirfb 28, was drowned Wednes
day afternoon off station 29, when,
cut off by the rising tide while on a
reef extending out from the beach, he
attempted to return to the shore by
the shortest route, and stepping into
deep water, he perished, his cries for
help being mistaken for xialls to his
ktle dog who had accompanied him
n a crabbing expedition.
Mr. Ashley left his boarding house
f about one o’clock Wednesday af-
Frnoon, taking with him a crabbing
net and basket, planning to catch a
mess of crabs for supper. His p*d
dog went along with him. Friends in
cottages along the beach watched his
progress toward Breach Inlet, and
saw him go out, the tide being low.
along a reef that is notably treacher
ous. He waved his hands to uatche-s
from time to time and was apparent’)'
enjoying the novel excurHun
Meanwhile tide had < ome :n shu'
ling from sight parts of the sand reef,
and when Mr Ash ley discovered that
he was being cut off, he turned shore
ward I'ri familiar with the safe
course to take he tried to wade hack
across Intervening waters, and sud
denlv found himself over his head
Fnable to swim and being phvalralH
• e*k Mr Ashley called f,,r help
h!» vo.re reaching children plavlng
on the tie*' h but the) misunderstood
his call* thinking he was command
'ng his dog to follow him perhaps
The unfort una'e young 1 a w > e d I *
pea red from sight and hla bat r ba»
art been found sl'hough d!ttg« nt
Pllgent wearrh was made tv organu
<d parties who wer.' as far aa the
Isle of Pams th nking perhaps thst
NEEDED REFORMS
PORMKR OAT A XI* I’Rt.KD BY
JOHN J. M’MAHW.
VERY OUEtR CASE
f ATBEI’S SHUT CALLS TH MB
ORE WES
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new lay morning the defen e will offer
testimony In support of Its plea of
self defence
One of the most Inferes’lng inch
den's of Tuesday aftertuvon's session
was the spectacle of witness and a'
tornevs stretched out on the floor of
the t’ourt room with Long s revolver
r«-#nacling the tragedy.
T Wap's < III>1K < »\ KIMsF.I.K.
Confesses a Murder for Which Anoth
er Was to Ihe.
”1 alone am guilty of the crime for
which Fred Nye is under sentence of
death. I fired the fatal shot and
planned to rob ’Miller Nye knew
nothing about it,” declared David
Everitt, in a written confession to
District Attorney Strouss.
Frederick'Nye is under sentence of
death for the killing of Henry E. Mil
ler, at Sunbury, Pa., last year. Mil
ler was found dead In his pool room
with a bullet hole In his neck. The
corpse had been robbed of —Nye
and Everitt were arrested and at
their trials each blamed the other.
Nye was sentenced to be hanged,
and Everitt received a sentence of
manslaughter for the crime. The
case was taken to the Supreme Court
of Pennsylvania which declined to in
terfere, and an appeal is now pending
before the pardon board.
In his confession, Everitt said that
he could not sleep at night “because
it worries me so to think that anoth
er boy is to dies for a crime I alone
committed”.
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mother were a* a * ■ n r V-» Xth'e, t
iver. .me « ’ 1. grief |G ««• an . nlv
♦of; b » ’ rvhe r rne*.*i.g !e*'\ *.,tne
time ag " Go*r. fa'al burn* Mr \»h
'er ha 1 xl.l'ed ‘‘ull'v'kn . J.lan 1 be
'ore enjotlng a large , r. r o' ? r ' r -. d •
wfco adm red Mm f * h « gen a 1%
P<•w " :"n an d r harming mat. ne-
F or the ; aat )ear or two the rre'
• he-e Mr k * h 1 e ▼ met hi* dea'h ha«
been *on» 1 rred dar.gero jt by t hoar
using !' Mr baas flah'ng The «h.'f
Ing sand* ‘n ? b i* sec (ton have 'hang
the char*/ter of the t>e,arh. and
now a long reef run* off from the
shore th*' la covered bv water w h#n
'*• ' h'Vh although anv one famll
ar w th 1 1;e |«\ of the land can make
!'« wav '.ok »a '•■' v to the store M
C'l' 'VV . f.g 'he f o’.;r-*e of t h - 'eef , ire
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However Mr Aahlev did n t ';tk.-
this fact it.'ii ai miin' and n.xd" the
nur'ake o' coining straight In from
where lo* wan stationed when fie
found himself cut off hy the rising
waters He was not a good swimmer,
knd when he ^ank over his head h"
must have been practically helpless
He was several hundred yards from
his cottage when the accident happen
ed. hut in sight from the shore, his
movements being followed through
opera glasses. Mr Ashley was in his
early thirties, and unmarried. I>eep
sympathy is extended to his bereaved
mother.
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Grasshoppers in Kansas.
In a bulletin issued the Kansas
Agricultural College has warned the
farmers of Kansas that the grasshop
pers are likely to cause serious dam
age in tW State this year. The
open winter left 90 per cent, of the
grasshopper eggs uninjured; the bul
letin stated the pests already are at
work In some parts of the State.
Brother Booker says: “We did
not know before that there waa a
mint bed at the White House but
then ve are not so awfully familiar
with the Whits House aurroandlngs
any way.”
RATS WERE THE THIEVES.
Built Nest Costing $50 Worth of
Postage Stamps.
A Yorkers Dispatch to the New
York Herald says the baffling mys
tery of who stole $50 worth of post
age stamps from the Yorks post of
fice three years ago has been solved
after postal inspectors and detectives
had given up their efforts to find the
thieves and clerks had to make gogod
to Uncle Sam the missing stamps.
Workmen on an addition to the office
found a quantity of the stamps chew
ed to bits and made into mice nests
under the floor. The fragments will
be sent to Washington and the gov
ernment asked to reimburse the
clerks.
When the Democracy was defeated
In 1 908 the Atlanta Constitution ad
vised that the Democrats of the
South Join the Republican party as it
was In power for all time. This sen
timent was endorsed by a few other
papers in the South, but as the people
were true. It fell flat and the South
ern Democracy remained true to prin
ciple. Some of these papers are now
trying to run the Administration..
Ijegul Safeguarding of Primary and
Protection of Ballot Principle One
to he <’onsldered.
All other political reforms wait on
the legal safeguarding of the primary
election. Th? protection of the bal
lot is th£| foundation of free govern
ment. A fraud, or an error, knocks
somebody out of his vote. Using a
club roll containing names of absen
tees or dead men, affords opportun
ity for false voting and “repeating”,
sometimes pursued by professionals
hired for the purpose. Dishonest or
careless preparation of the club rolls
ma>f*9\«Jranchise voters by errors of
initials or spelling or hy entire omis
sion of names. There is no safety in
depending on messages to see .that
your name is put on the roll. The
only certain method is to go person
ally. Allowing votes to be cast by
minors and non-residents may change
the result. As long as the rules’ per
mit these practices, there is no as
surances of the will of the majority
-—the rule of the people. Democra
cy is turned into a farce.
People learn little except by exper-
iencf. The man who before an evil
is upon the country perceived thej
tendencies that will bring it, and!
urges a changes from the prevailing
Kvttem while yet there is time, can
arouse no following. Noah foresaw
the flood hut could prevail on no-
lH»d> to join his family in being sav
ed Most people see hnly the Imme
diate preterit and are deaf to the
appeals of the pioneer reformer
Hence most of the sufferings of man
kind, most of the horrors of h storv
affording ample lessons if we
would but apply them
Thomas Jefferson advocated grad
uallv freeing the negro.* and trans-
poning them to Africa The race
problem was then generally unsee
able arid unbelievable In their en
jovn.ent of the negro a* * slave the
pc<>- !•• could not *«•»• ttie misfortune
f thus excluding the development
■ f a sturdy laboring white popul*
•Ion nor could thev foresee the :n-
e» Is'>le fins! emancipation with It*
attendant train of danger* including
the menace of social equality and u!
tlma'e ania gams'.on
V't«r the pr.mary l*»t August
•hr-r w a* a geurf*: reslliatlon of the
prevaen e 1 rr eg u 1 * r, t: eg n mr
g »n! of >pp..n unit r-# fer frsdd
■he p-ohaMlitj that there ha 1
been serious 'r*ud* Whether or no*
’he'r » * 1 b«-«-n er. ugh fraud* to
tsngr ’he ’ e* ,t <ir whether frail*
■ n • c «■.«, y. V ! '-ec n ' ff*e- Sv fra ud*
Di*> be mere'v * matter
>pIr. 1, n or h!a• Wh• th
jrf .Sr rerg .la- •.,* a r J Gaud* had
j '-eef, no fe hut! rr US thsfi In p*e
I ' J* primar* r.es 'tor.* of whether
j •• c w e - e « ; , n gfe r! .sely r-ttl
I M** ! ' -e c a i *e of ' h e g-es'er Inte'est
| Is Ikewlse a m*' G r not bevond coft
' fox er s v Hut eft* n It !* that the
unusual Interest throughout the
| ''a'e c,r. en'-a'ej s'fentlon upon
' * h e '»x tx of our pr’marx rule* and
method* sr.d t’e need of reforming
the"" Nexer be 'ore h»J the weak
r.sa o' the voting •xstetn. the *b
sen. e of safeguards been So brought
home to the ;.e*>p;e They now saw
'he danger of repeated” t^llots
with padded roll* duplicate enroll-
ment and no restriction of the xoter
•o fits loca l') Suldenlx waking to
■' e».. t‘ ng.* 'h. v rnsv fiax*. magnl-
J In th.dr minds th.- extent of the
:tctun! i ra< '!< *• of the frauds which
wr-.. so p.issitd,. U ri l.-r the rules
Y.-t tfie same situation had been
previously apparent In spots in the
State |n heated and close contests
ov. r an Important county office and
in warm races for township commis
sioner or for magistrate. How often
lias a magistrate been elected by vot
ers from ah adjoining district ^ The
candidates and their supporters have
been frequently alert and active to
place on the club roll the names of
friendly neighbors across the line.
The rub s of the party have not for
bidden it. Similarly, many a voter
has his name habitually on two or
three or four club rotts and can take
his option as to the one at which he
will vote—he may be dishonest
enough to vote at all these boxes or
his nam# may be used by others who
“repeat” in voting. These are plain
frauds, hut are facilitated by the
rules permitting the duplication of
names on the rolls.
These things have stirred neigh
borhoods and counties, but the re
ports had made no impression on (he
mass of our citizenship because the
evil seeme 1 too remote. Last sum
mer the whole State became aroused.
Even those on the winning side ad
mitted the appearance of evil and the
necessity of avoiding 1 it in future. A
reform of the primary seemed at last
in sight—the good that comes out of
evil, nature’s compensation in the
long run. But by the time the legis
lature met the keenness of public in
terest had worn off. The bills for
the remedial legislation were post
poned to the next session upon the
argument that there would still Be
ample time before the next general
primary election, and that it would
be well to give the matter longer
consideration. And so tbs reform
was sidetracked, whlje Interest far
ther cools. This is the standard pat
ent for defeating reforms—patting
WAS TALK OF THE TOWN
Two Brothers Named Freedman at
Now Brunswick, N. J M IIawe Exact
ly the Same Dream, Neither One
Telling the Other, and Shortly
After One of Them Died.
The death dreams of Joseph H.
Freedman and Max Freedman, broth
ers, of New Brunswick, N. J., follow
ed by the passing away of Max, were
discussed with awe in that city by
many people for days.
Ten days ago Joseph dreamed viv
idly that the spirit of his dead father
appeared and begged him to Join
him in the grave. This dream nelth-
he, his wife nor any other member of
the family told to Max, who was dan
gerously ill of a kidney disease.
But his wife told Joseph’s wife of
a dream the sick man had had and
Mrs. Joseph Freedman was startled
nearly into hysterics, for in every de
tail It was the same ghastly dream
that had come to her husband a week
before.
Not merely did each man dream ot
the spirit of his dead father calling
him. but the words spoken hy th.
spirit were the same on both ooca
sions Joseph Freedman Is a produce
wholesaler at 131 Burnet street, New
Brunswick, a man not given to super
stition Max was equally practical
One morning about ten , days ago
loseph came to the breakfast table
looking so pale his wife asked If he
were 111 He told her he was still
feeling the effects of a dream A
gray gauzy apparition had appeared
to Mm had s'retrhed out entreating
hands and had aald
'■<’<>me with me. Joe Tome and
we ll lie down together up there un
der the grass where we can sleep
and not know or rare wha« the strlv
in g men sre doing In the world
learn with me the wonderful things
that have rorne to me since I have
passed to where knowledge really Is ’
Freedman said he told the appart
tl<>n that he did not want to die aa It
would be cruel for him to do so and
le*xe hi* wife and rhIMren anpro
te«-»ed When that plea waa made
the ghost vanished
Max Freedman became very 111 s
few days later and Joaeph and hU
» fe sent to Mai • home in Cedar
• tree* To the ron*ternatlon of Mrs
Joseph. Mra Mai began warping
>U»iaaUg and aa..J
It !• hope lews Mai la going to
d'*- Thst ran only be the meaning
f the dream he had tao nights ago
He saw hi* father a gboat snd th* old
man urged him to )otn him In the
grate
CREATED A SEHSATW
MITFRAGETTE TKIffiD TO OOI*
i p a Htaw.
l/otxhy Hhtxwld he Ili
The New Yark World aaya every
member of the t'nited Htate# Senate
should know that an Investigation of
the lobby Is always In order In
truth, the attitude of a legislative
U>dy properly actuated toward thoae
who would swerve It from Its most
conspicuous pledges ought at all
time* to be one of Inquiry, if not of
suspicion and hostility
The lobby now active at Washing
ton represents interests which for
many years have exerted an undue
Influence u|»on government These
Interest* have grown rich, powerful
and Insolent upon their aMUty to tax
the people They have shackled our
Industry. They have corrupted our
polltl'i They have filled the land
with (lass prejudices. They have
given to monopoly and graft the dig
nify of an economic theory
It was these conscienceless inter
ests that were voted down last Nov
ember. If they appear now by agent
and attorney in the National Senate
it is not because they have any mis
givings as to the nature of the verdict
that was rendered against them, but
because in that body the force of
their popular condemnation Is ex
pressed in the feeblest terms. The
majority against them there is small.
On that weak spot in the people’s de
fenses they naturally concentrate
their efforts.
The lobby which to-day assails the
Senate is looking first of all for
weak men, but It will be content, no
doubt, if it can find corrupt men.
All that it asks Is that by unscrupul
ous and'narrow bargaining and coz
ening, three or for Democratic Sena
tors shall nullity the will of the
American people. Its purpose is
treacherous and treasonable. Can
there be any doubt that, given an op-
porunity, its methods of persuasion
will be equally desperate?
A great conspiracy against repre
sentative governpjqnt is under way
at the capital. It contemplates the
betrayal of a Nation. It is not poli
tics. It is not business, It is crime.
Every Senator whose vote Is depend-
en upon to consummate this perfidy
knows It is crime. It is crime that
never again should go unpunished.
Why not Investigate? - -
Was Drsfored Some Dtsteoco oo4 Woo
Seriously Hurt hy Her Foolish
Act.
At Epsom. England, Thursday *
race for the Derby, the "blue ribbon”
of the British turf, was one of tho’
most sensational on record. It ws$
made memorable .by g daring mili
tant suffragette outrage, in which *-
woman was terribly injured while
trying to stop King George’s horse,
Anmer, when he was running at fuM
speed around Tattenham corner; hy
the disqualification for bumping of
Craganour, the favorite, after he had
finished first; and by the award of
the race with its stake of $32,500 to
Aboyeur, a 100 to 1 shot.
King George, Quefen Mary and a
large assembly of royalty were wil-
nesees of these exciting incidents.
While interest in the classic waa
at its most tense point, just as the
fifteen horses were turning Tatten
ham corner into the stretch, s woman
rushed out of the dense crowd and
plunged In front of Anmer and anoth
er horse, Agadir. Apparently she
hoped to interfere with the progreee
of the race by seizing Anmer’s rein*
and placing not only herself in dan
ger hut also the two Jockeys.
The horses were at the end o' the
string or the consequences might
have been more serious. Agmdtr,
ridden by Jockey Earl, passed in
safety and unhurt, but the wonuui
managed to cilng to Anmer’s reias
and brought down both horse aad
rider.
Jones, the king’s Jockey, received
Injuries necessitating hla removal la
an ambulance while the woman wae
thrown under Anmer’s hoofs aed
kicked. She was taken uncoasrloee
to a hospital, suffering severs is Ju
ries to her head
Suffragette papers sre said to base
been found In her poeeeeefon aad a
suffragette (leg waa bosad roead bee
body Her name was given se ffi
Davison
Jones, tbs Jockey, asffered from •
rut In the heed hot hla lajsrles
wise were not aertoaa
thorn to sleep.
John J.
Columbia. May tl.
WILL DO NIXH GOOD.
Waul*,
>. wTm
A ronfereare for Aootb Carol lag
eU by tk* <\>eforesee lor Metfatfcg
IS the Hostk. r*coolly held la Kkfe
rn on d baa been adxaaeed aad psume
ted by th* leadlag ('arollataa* aad e4-
ecsturs interested la the welfare
prosperity of the Slate
waa first presented to the pehMc hf
Frof W K Tate, aad H bad hearty
»drome In farthering lfee pleas a
letter baa feeea addressed te a
ber of psrwoee believed te he
e<] la the general good of lbs
monweelth. inviting them te
t'olumbln aed step oet a
the ronfereaces
This letter Is slgaed fey Prof
Tate F W Dobbs, president of the
Slat* Farmers Utloa. K J
t'ornmlaeloaer of Agrtcnltsro.
Gontales and Dr Wllltam B W<
president of tfe* dint* Med leal
nation aad la in part, aa follows
Th* coming summer eeeasa eg
dally appropriate for the salted
fort The movement meat
lutely free from polities, and mael
have as its aim the advaaceaaeat of
the welfare of the people of the State
rsthT than the furtberaace of per
sonal ambitious and political aaptr^
(ions of any Individual
This Is. In a measure, an off-year
in politics Matters relating to the
public welfare may be freely
frankly dircuesed, and public
will not be obscured by their
elation with the personality of naea
who are seeking office. We may now
give every man an opportunity to
state his grievances and may discern
the needs and remedies with
minds.
It has been suggested that tba
State conference should either bg
preceded or followed by county con
ferences and by public discussion la
the press of the State. Such a pro
gram requires careful planning in or
der to prevent dissapation of effort.
It is our opinion that we should se
lect for discussion one fundamental
topic from each domain or interest or
a few subject of most vital concern
to all and that we should not attempt
to cover the,entire field.
In order to prepare this program
this committee has invited many rep
resentative men and women who have
the welfare of the State at heart to
meet with its members to discuss and
formulate the program. The prelim
inary meeting will be held at the F.
M. C. Auditorium, Columbia, at 12
o’clock on Tuesday, June 10, and it
Is desired that the meeting will be
fully attended. The movement to in
augurate such a conference or confer
ences as proposed is in every way de
sirable and commendable.
The Times and Democrat
that the bill introduced in the
States Senate to raise the salarlsg g|
the rural mall carriers will seog be
come a law. They are ag important
lot of officials, nnd are mtithi U
better pay than they are