The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, July 24, 1913, Image 2
MUIM'S STORY
tarn ctiinmE rears tale
OF HIS ACTIVITIES
WORKED IN ELECTIONS
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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
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other
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show:
passing over the
golf lliiks on
the
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Cot'on consumed
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June
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2 2 3.661 bales, cotton
on hand
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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*
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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.”
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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. >• 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
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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.