University of South Carolina Libraries
MUIM'S STORY tarn ctiinmE rears tale OF HIS ACTIVITIES WORKED IN ELECTIONS - - ■ - — Lever'* Name on • Memorandum of Congrewunen Which He Waa Try* Ing to Have Knocked Out, Because They Worked Again*! Interest of Manufacturers' Association. Martin M. Mulhall, professed field agent, strike-breaker, lobbyist and political worker for the National As sociation of Manufacturers, Monday and Tuesday continued his remark able story before the Senate lobby In vestigation committee. In the two days he Identified more than l,00u letters, telegrams and scraps of mem oranda, with hardly more than n glance. He remembered apparently the first names of congressmen, of lesser politicians, of labor leaders and underlings, of secretaries to con gressmen of all the men he had work ed with through a year of most active campaigning in many parts of the country. His performance seemed so remarkable to lawyers present that SOUTH USES OVER HALF (XATTOS HTATK8 CONKVMK MORK BAIJCtt THAN NORTH. WILD RIDE JIN AIR AVIATOR CARRIED OUT TO SEA BY A RDNAVAY BALLOON Report of Onsu* Bureau for Month of June Bhows What Sections Use Moat Cotton. Cotton consumed in the United States during June amounted to 466,- 914 running bales, compared with 510,416 bales In May and 503,607 bales In April, the census bureau an nounced 'Monday in Its monthly re port. Cotton on hand June 30 was: In manufacturing establishments 1,296,- 657 bales, and in Independent ware houses 611,519 bales, compared with 1,505,257 bales in manufacturing es tablishments on May 31 and 1,746,- 611 bales on April 30; 938,809 bales in independent warehouses on May 31 and 1,355,785 bales on April 30. Imports were 8,023 bales, compar ed with 1 3,820 bales In May and 20,- 732 in April. Exports were 223,921 bales, compared with 468,929 bales during May anc? 534,581 bales during April. Statistics for cotton growing States shows: Cotton consumed during June, 243, 263 bales; cotton on hand June 30, in manufacturing establishments, 502.367 bales, In Independent ware- A THRILLING EXPERIENCE Ciunt of Wind Tears Rudderless Diri gible From Hands of Men Holding It, and Youth Has Narrow Escape —Rescued, Nearly Exhausted, Af ter Jumping Into Se«a. After a hair-raising flight in a run away dirigible balloon over a section of New York city and Long Island sound, Frank M. Cay, an aviator who has just turned his majority, was res cued from the waters of the sound by a motorboat just as he was about to sink, exhausted by nls twenty-flve- minute struggle to keep himself afloat. The dirigible in which Gay made his adventurous trip was a new one, and the youthful iiyer was making experiments with it on the New Jer sey side of the Hudson when a strong gust of wind blew the ropes from the hands of the five men who were hold ing it. Released, the balloon shot upward and drifted toward 'he ocean WILL GRACE AID BLEASE? SI'FCML T<> tTI.WTV rXUEH SAX S Til XT HE XX il l,. Charleston Mayor to Rury the Hatedi et and Aid His Supposed Enemy in Fight on Smith. A special dispatch to the Atlanta Journal from Hendersonville says there is a possibility that Mayor John I*. Grace of Charleston, and Governor Cole L. Hlease, of South Carolina, will bury the hritdhet, and of the Charleston executive throwing the weight of his political Influence to the governor in his bm£ for the United States senate in 1914 against Sena tor E. D. Smith was the significant opinion advanced by a prominent Rlesae lieutenant who is spending his vacation in the mauntains. This opinion, if true and backed up by any foundation, will change the outlook for the next senatorial fight in the Palmetto state and make more uncertain what every one now con cedes to be a race the outcome of which no one can forecast with any degree of accuracy. Mayor Grace was largely responsi ble for Lbe election of Governor Hlease in 1910, when Charleston's majority gave him the governorship ever Mr Featherstone The gover nor appointed Mr Grace a member of FAMILY IS DRDIilitll MYXTIRIOUS AND FIENDISH VISIT MADE TO ATLANfA BOME LEVER TO HOLD SEAT YOUNG WOMAN BRAINED Awakening, One of the Family Smells Chloroform, and Investigates, Find ing the Entire House Full of Dan gerous Fumes, Under Which They Were All Unconscious. Five members of the family of Mrs. A. 1). Duncan, of Atlanta, were chlo roformed as they slept, and a sixth, a young woman, was knocked uncon scious by a blow from a blunt instru ment, some time after midnight Wed nesday morning. Tracks were found about the resi dence, and the police, who were call ed there before six o'clock in the morning, can find no motive for what they believe was a visit to the resi dence by an unknown man or men Mrs Duncan, however, is confident the visitors came to the house. Miss Hilderbrand was :he first of the family to auake. and her first conscious thought, according to re they sat Intently watching the wit houses 491,250 bales. Active spin no one paying a n y attention t o It his staff I >;n •(" ly aft* r his first in- i ♦ h h!( 10,1 nn d tha’ hh)<»f] u : v (’ l K ♦ * ness and listening closely to the talcs dies 1 1,982,685. until Gay succeed '“d In bring] ng h is inguarat .on h o w t*\ *r a hr* •a. h tc on her far e d 'h.'n «h • no*: ■ •*(! t h* and every word that the witness ut Statistics for all other States craft down near the ground w h i li t w **,11 G * Ve rrif r 1! 1 e 0 s * an Mavor • >■!■ 'r of rhl nro f ( *r m In tho ro • ”1 tered In the brief cross-examination show: passing over the golf lliiks on the •race deve op« ■d over th*‘ appoin* - ^ it h yo n»* r1l!?n ul'v a n • u sc! h * r h that aecompanled some of them Cot'on consumed during June Howard Gould e« t a ’ e runt of <!1 *<; n sa'v * • * *. - ’a * !• s :n * ♦*r Mulhall’s correspondence told of 2 2 3.661 bales, cotton on hand J tin** Several of the em plnVeo« Of the ‘ 1, Jl! 1 *' *. t ( n a n •1 t ‘ : s r* • ’ M a ' 1 l i • <>ir. / f v r< ’u- ’ '! . ■ V,, *).,, * *a the efforts to re-elect Former Con 30, In manufacturing f ‘stablUh ments place w. r** on t b* golf links at th- 'To | g h t :i * • -■it an op- , • ’* t IN \ • L* A un f ;-.d t h . o,}* ,r o^ . » gressman Littlefield of Maine and de 794,290 bales, and lu Indep* ndent time and th* Ir Int •rest tn th*- * ' r. M ge " e , an.; • »' k 9 n r* •: ' Gr, -I r- f rn. Tl \ * r > r * ni. a v ’] * 1 f net • j feat th« present representative from warehouses. 120.269 bales. _ active craft w as don Med when ’bev h* •»r I w .'* • 4 ’• lilt " '* PP* T • r * * 1 ' l '' ’ JS vx s 4 M ’ «• ! a »V , | that district. Daniel J McGilllcuddv splndb s 1 S.06M 6 45 'Jo* inan <>fi t!.- fr an ork *h • u Ir i t' J • ■« *A Id* ■.n« , • •O* «* # » ' ; i , f> rn* 1 . n l\ * p, r 1 ■, i « ' a Littlefield waa to be supported by the Consumption during the rn<>r 'h In "Come on out '• S4 a at; I get m >■ : n • -•*■ | r f; v • 'll"' • ( - . ' - 1 A * ( k ( 9 * A ‘ i .. ’ * * H ’ft National Association of Manufactur eluded 1 5. M3 bales of foreign ■otton a boat " 1 ‘ * \ a-..* t i • ! * * • 9 . . . ft ' * * •• 4 ' , , r , * ■ »*• ^ . ers because of his stand against and 2 5 3 94 bales of 1 Inters < >f 'b** The men In the p* r t r ) .j m pe d ! • to * * . r ■ e. •* . ' i * « • ’ t a ■* * i 9 • r * 1 9 * 4 * • , Libor unions Mulhall said on cross cotton band June 3", there »<t «. 9 11 two M;otorb*•«■ * *n 1 g w ' <• • ‘ » »<• i. ' * *• *1 14*. • f * • « r ■ • * ■ 4 . • , , »• 9 • K-’ ' ] 1 «. * A * examination that be bad b*en told <22 bales of foreign rot'on an 1 » ! " •••■ n g » 1 ' craft Th •• V • , !r 1 T* • * X * 4, ** f. r • * 1 ' f * r i " * * • , ■ i * • that 160.100 was spent In that cam J53 bale* of l titer* tn manufa t U 11 tl g !■>••' * r 1 «y ant ’e*. -1 :.g ►. • M • . * . • 4 • * t A Jm • • ' \f i •.. • V ■ i T a 99 * r ' **•’*- ft 9 : pal go establHhmen's and 3 129 be *•* of aa he ■ ■ • u’ ’A tier: *, » ( , r 1 9 A «* • ' • f » r • v . 4 9 ' 1 ft 4- rv • *- ( 'ft- * * ’ j r. C " t* ' * e- (tome of the letters reed earlier In foreign cotton and 40 4*7 ba of h»M*' '•*] 1 ’ • e % » a * •" • ft * 1* •• 1 *- ' » • ' * * * X " b* the day showed that Mulhall had Hnlers tn Independent W M 'r r* 1 *e* T* e itr'f ;• '» r » a ' r * . # A Aft* ’ * ft •** A • X ‘ • J • A ft * . a r ' c • A • b—n known to th« Into Ylr* Pre«i(i«nt Jnmnn S Bhwrtnnn who In IIO" chairman of th« national Kcpabltran congr—tonal romalMn* la a Iwttnr hn wrota on Julr 1 1 1107. to Mr Bharaaa Mathall aa'd ka wan fotag W«at and would rail apoa Jaaos II Wataon of lad'.aaa and that ha lataodad to look up tr.»m hart of tba ergaataatlon In (hat dla trWt and (at tb»a to do aotsa llta wort for Wataoa "I will pladga you hafora etarln* thara “ tba lattar aaid 'that wa vi: ha abla to land Mr >A ataon a«ala la (ha aa*1 Henna '* Oa Jalf >. Mr Ktaraaa on papar • f tha Rapubtlcaa romartiaa wrota Malkali aa foltowa "My Daar Cotoaai I an c al that yon aro atill Intaraatad In pol.tn-*] ** wall a* aroaonWal aork and I am glad to bsapaak for you to our frtandi a cordial raraptlon " Whlla you ar» not amployad by tba ItapobMran r»Bf raaalonal con mtttaa. nor war# you amploycd dur lag tha laat campaign you did render aa vary malarial naglatanra and Y fonnd yon at all tlmca reliable truat worthy and affaative " la a aubaaquent latter Mu! hall wro'a to Hberratn I have Juat re turned from the Weal and I fe*-l that I bare put the ball a rolling In in dlana ao that it *111 help Mr Wataon to reoominallon He told Mr Sh.-r man alao of a ‘ repor: of th«- onsmli tea on tariff and reel; r<* Ity The w Knead'd bought nltout | 2 Aon had been ralM-d In Indiana for the Wataon campaign and a l.-tter real Juat before adjournment Monday night told of "three millionaires' in tha State, one of whom waa willing to spend flOO.000 to defeat Watson The latter did not Identify the mil Uonalren and the committee did not ask who they were A feature of Tuesday's hearing was the presentation of a memoran dum which purported to be a list of congressmen whom former Congress man James Watson of Indiana pur posed to "knock out". Among the names on the list was that of Lever of South Carolina. Senator Reed introduced the mem orandura which, Mulhall said, was a "black list” of congressmen which. Mulhall thought, had been prepared by Congressman Watson. The memorandum ran: "Watson: Here’s a list for you to knock out." It Included among others Messrs Candler, Mississippi; Lever, South Carolina: Beall, Texas; Stephens, Texas; Humphreys, Mississippi; Car ter, Oklahoma; Hull, Tennessee; Burgess, Texas; Henry, Texas. "I am under the Impression the list was made by Watson,” said Mul hall. "I am not sure; I would not want to swear to It. "Two names on the list, Clark of Missouri—Speaker Clark—and Gard ner of Massachusetts, make me think It was ^Aist by Watson. I know they were on tfiiArTjlgckllst.” Fred C. Schmedtman, secretary to Pretident Van Cleare, of the Nation al Aaaoclatlon of Manufacturers, wrote to Mulhall on September 5. 1907, bringing In the name of Mr Taft, then secretary of war. *Tf we could only afford to have a worker like you In erery State it wmM he np to na to name the next •Race all the efforts made to the line of falrmeea. pe- Ac'It*> gp'ndV* In th*> t n'.'«-d during Jun# r. umb*r*d 1 a rofnparwd with JO S !, ♦ 1 r-p»r»t«*i during May Of th* mpr-rta thn«» from Tarp* • rrw 4 <12 ha !«-* IV'vi ' ’■«!*• ' hlaa 417 b«l*« and from all other rountrle* 2 ! 4 ba>a to*ti>n eip..rt*d to th# i •,« K'ngdom during tun* waa •- > a ha'«*n •(> Orman* <" » !a ' ar« 7 41 t ba:««« • > I'a> ' hn en and o nil other eountr'e* !>4 ta e« r f ■ Tilt* mix X> WH«»t I.D yi IT ♦ — aa Thlaka Me w4v->«ld l«*a«e I Se l^rl are rial form A • par la! to the Sen J ra lli-ra J aa y a Kena'-r TV . m a n »h> fenan* that a! (>Ce litre fce male Jj oOO a year on the y a:' -i during vacaMona <<• i onareae aa 1 ; h» never had neg,e*-(r,l bia offl. a. 1 a' lea to flil lee • u re engafementa He re gre'ted Mr Hryana de* .’.ion t > the platform I' :a a pe''e. leglttma’e a a* to make monr* h<- aal i ' I -e «ret to hear of Mr Hr»an d >!• ir V ) iia* a’ Dili t!:r. r »he; t I'.ey !« • Mr; h irtant work he'or.- h « 1- partir.ent I w ou'd pro'- r ■ ' !a>- * •!; In V. a*(; nc' u He , .,u l afford t * ! in p< > v *• r I« h h :r». f • * • app« .ir to negU-- ' ti » ofr i n ' ••;>:, . "Ttie |:n; ri-««'on i>r>-v i « f ; ‘ ' ' know how well founded r s thnt Mr !:r\;ui hx* Min do .» v r • i' d»al of nmnoy alrno IS'**', Ho Lhh publlhhod two or tbroo hookrt Tiio Conimonor. w hich bax a w ldo cln ula- tlon. anil lias lectured extensively 1 love the ninn no much I hate to v#>o him do snvthlng that will belittle him in the eyes of the people as this cer tainly will do While his speaklne tours will serve a good purpose in that he always preaches true democ racy. and patriotism and Christian living, ho can never again appear as a knight-errant of democracy.” ♦ ♦ ♦ Has Too Many Wives. That in this day and time a man can not properly care for the needs of three wives at once is asserted by- Mrs. I. L. Davis, formerly Miss Grace Bradshaw, of Atlanta, who is suing I. L. Davis for divorce, on the ground that he has two other wives in addi tion to herself. • **?•■! 1'*** n*i k *"-. < <>-5 t ‘ *■ n' b # •'* V »■«! .r* r ► -r* '<•••# to ►*-■*- »•; »> * — * »»t • •• r.wvd'd ' n • i" f a motor T>« b'f • »• a.gbt la a*-add*t> g • • • *!• !-.g 'o !b# g'o-jal - m r ? + 1 4 ' ft f * to'**- * - ^ » I- n ah.-t u * r * t aff* A * * 'at '. h» aa«- • ■r. • ' • r '•r** wyndnas' ' ti * ' - r«- fh# ' • of S f a • -■ * ' • • • • g ■ • » ba " - ■ • • a at* T v »-a ' *• r • a'' » <■ a • <• •-! f o •••al' t * * * e U h 4 ' t • • ^ k ' • « 7 J-w * r « • # • % * I F ff • ► ft f ft * # '•ft ' ** 4 J* ♦« ’ * r f ' * F ‘ g *• r * • r- • • r it %«^. i a *, x w i» y 14 rm ♦ '•naith t rg«a lM>)alry t.- ta-A/a « i t*rto» r.aa«r ‘ * i * a • » • » • i I t ' • h • f' • * e ** : - • Kb h ^ • - t - ♦ • * - r ! A ►. • -ft • 9 ft it ft t r [ n ^ T» P ■« ■ k • a: \g f \ " m 0 \M* \|. f \\ KIN Mr Wirfi • v f > are sure to succeed and we are sure to be quite a power in good man’s politics. "You saw’, of course, where Sec retary Taft referred to the National Association of Manufacturers at great length In his Columbus address. If we now succeed in getting the council plans thoroughly established (and this we will no doubt do at the next meeting on September 23) then our power for good will grow fight along until next year during the pres idential campaign we will be a factor of national importance .that can not be overlooked.**' ' J .Senator Reed wanted tc know more about the National Association of Manufacturers tariff and reciproc ity activities. Mulhall said the let ter* would show better than he could tall what it had done In theaa mat- tars of lerlalatloa. Ha added: "Tha NftUoaal Aaeoctatlon of Man u factur- the tariff '• r t b < 1 i; p* • • -! '' -i ' • Ml nr.. <'. n V i|*'' nvr •! !' w n* n r n<«• o' )■ i n .• • - k • •■ | or lot' mv 'ho ballnon ro nr.i *.c ; • i’ lnns«>. dropplur Into th» lo-a Ho “warn for tw.n'v fi\o mlnutoH with the bamboo fnmo bofnro r<^. arrived Gav !•< tw*ntv-one yoars o' ago. a naMvo of Nowark. O . and Uas boon in tbo fly ing business five years :y ■ I ri-p and say** tbo farmers of South *'a ro1: 11 a $ ! r.A.ion| or $ ’ 7 ", o o , ar. ! t boho of Georg ia I 3 "".immI Kodorse Smltii’s Plan. After conferences between Senator Smith, of South Carolina, and officials of the departments of justice, agricul ture and labor, in regard to Senator Smith's proposal to stop the growing of cotton in a belt through Alabama, as boll weevil barrier, the govern ment endorsed the plan. The justice department will study the methods by which government can co-operate to the state to eliminate the pest. Wreck Injures Many. Eleven aro known dead, and it is feared many of the two hundred who were injured will die, following the wreck of two three-car trains return ing from Venice and Ocean Park loaded with pleasure seekers Mon day night. Four oars were telescoped and the rear train running forty miles an hour crashed into the rear coach of the first train. DELIBERATE KILLING. SH\Hnnah Man Sla>* Boarder Suspect ed of Intimacy XX'ith Wife. J. L. George entered the room of Henry J. McClellan, a boarder at his wife's home in Savannah Tuesday af ternoon about three o’clock, and with the words, "Get down on your knees and pray to your God, for I'm going to kill you right now’,” shot and mor tally wounded McClellan, who died in less than an hour afterward. He was shot in the body, the bullet pass ing close to his heart. Afted shooting McClellan, George left the house and surrendered to a policeman. He accuses McClellan of undue intimacy with his wife, from whom he had been separated several weeks. He talked freely about the shooting after being locked up and •expressed regret for his act. "Put it just had to be,” he said. y» i Children See Double Tragedy. While his two small children stood by and watched, Ben Strong, a farm er, of Merldlanville, Ala., shot his wife twice In the breast, then turned the gun on himself, and blew off the top of his head. He Is said to have been Insane. Answering a command to hold up his hands Arthur Hodglns, of Amity. Ark . shot Constable Morgan Garnar twin* throngh Us tody. Laughed at Warning. Killed. Warned by his mother that he would be killed that day, Eugene Os-, burne, a railroad man of Oklahoma City, Okla., laughed at her fears and went to work. Two hours later he was struck by a passenger train and Instantly killed. Against Veto Power. A proposition to give North Caro lina's governor the veto power was loot Thursday night when the con- •titotlonal committee defeated the In B•-n't*-r** n \ 11 Ir I r Ir ndl * I dlt. I ' * '. ' -. H. . >• i ’n S u i,.la > ,i' i • ': t "i ‘n mrt at thM train 1 ■■ -Or. S. n , I .a u rin io i . mi pa I 1 •• Kdl ’ 1 Gris', nf th*- X 'Tk \ iMb I'n | n : faki*n to the \\ bri-b r Ho'. !. the party rmrisHTed Thtr were joined by Editor L M Gr.cn of the Anderson Intelligencer. Before supper the par'y was taken for an au'omobile ride around the city by Senator McLaurin. The meeing of the Palmetto State Governor wdth Senator McLaurin and two principal newspaper men of South Carolina whose papers are friendly toward the administration immediately started a report around the city that an important conference on South Carolina politics was tak ing place, but when asked about the matter Governor Please said that he just ran up. to Hendersonville to spend Sunday night and enjoy the cool climate. r»AYS HE IS USEFUL TO HIS STATE IN PRESENT CAPAOTY. In Concentrating Him Energies on Ag ricultural .Matters Rut Won't Pre dict a* to What Might Happen. In commenting on a recent state- mint in The Columbfa Record saying that he would not be a candidate for United States Senator next summer because one man would be better able to whip Please, Congresman Lever said: "The Record’s statement is sub stantially correct in quoting me, ex cept in that clause in which I was made to say, T believe one man would have a better chance to beat Bb’ase tiian if two or three were in the race.’ If I should decide to en ter the race for the Senate it would be for no purpose of beating any ane man. but my campaign would be up on the idea of winning the race my self, and I would not be figuring upon a plan to beat any one man—either Please or Smith, but to win the nom ination regardless of those In the con test. "While it is true that I am urged '•very day by letter ami otherwise to enter the rare I do feel that for the 'otn ng \<*ar at least my serine in ’be rommit’ee on Agrirulf ure Mill be of more benefit to Cl*. -Cite Cl.,n f I •ao'iM he Senator il’irinv ti n' ti:-e 1 >' i eurse I a-n t o i ; line ' < « , i .1 r:. \ < , ; r ** * \x «m r 1 t S r • t - * ■ i r * \ a n v • i \ ♦ •' •. «1 \-*Mrmr"«t X • r ' t * * * * • S •» * * ' •“ « ' *■ • * 2 ' * , » * 1 » ‘ - g ■ r, '•*'*% a • ' j » * ■ x ■ * •*■»*"* *i* T '1,, Oil 2 2 « t * * » t t ta- % ^ ^ » 1 w *• g x ' * ' * i t t * i .* . . ' ■‘' '»•**>■ i. » ■**#' »»» • ■ ~ * »i • - • ' • » • » ' * a p ’ »• I ’ a * ■ ■ ' ; ’ - • • » ’ • * * • a t a* a - • ' • r* y * * » . ( *• • ‘ r »c-*» * ’ ► ’ **•»•*•**•#-«*• • * ' • a ' ' - a- -* a * a x ' r ' ’ * ' ' . ( 1 ' . ■ FRENCH WANT AID. Ask U. S. to Assist in Developing Their Smokeless Powder. War department ofTieials have been placed in an embarrassing position tty a request from agen’s of the French government for assistance of the de partment's ordnance bureau in per fecting the smokeless powder now- used by the French army and navy A seriey of unexpected*disastrous explosions in the French magazines • board ship and sshore is said to have led to ’his request, which is quite un usual in view of the consistent efforts made by most ntfions to protect the Merit of tkelr powder preparations X Change IU.IC \i^^l<‘*l 11 ■ w g • *-h' 1 v • be ! ind i a - iif G r.*at Brit.t;n incd t»• vi>mg b;is !’>■* n brnllgtlt prominent i> befiT* the pen- pie nf tll.lt KMintry b> the recent death of tin* Duke of Sutherland Ho ow tied one and a half million acres of land, most of i: in Scotland. It is said that at one place you can tra verse the whole breadth of Scotland without setting foot off the Suther land property. That fact partly ex plains why so many of the best young men of Scotland have emigrated ’o other lands. In the adding of acre to acre there has been the crowding out of the old yeoman or freehold farm er, and that means injury to the na tion. Doubtless the majority of fam ilies that have been forced off tho Sutherland and other estates have done better in this country and Can ada than they could have done on their old holdings, .but no one rel ishes being forced into exile. But the worst feature of the case is the vi- ciousness of the principle or of the laws that makes if possible in so limited a country as England for one man to have so many square miles of land. No wonder that the next move of the Liberal government is a radical revision of the land laws that the land may be restored to the peo ple. fLYOO.rtOO for Good Roads. An election will be held In Flor ence county on Tuesday. August 5, to vote on the question of Issuing bonds to the extent of |5bn 000 for build ing good roads This amount, it is provided, if voted favorably upon, will be expended under tha dlrasrtlon of * eompateat enflnacr.