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4 i VOTED FORHUERTA :D TICKET IN MEXICAN SPEC IAL ELECTION TRACK MISHAP FATAL ACCIDENT AT STATE FAIR HAS FATAL RESILT. MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT. ♦ Rider Collides With Motor Truck and Loses Leg. C. Smith, of Charleston, had his leg broken Wednesday when the mo torcycle he was riding at Columbia collided with an auto truck and threw him to the ground. As he was being carried to the hospital he said that his wife had warned him not to go to Columbia and ride in the motorcycle races, fearing he would be injured. He expressed regret that he would never walk again after his Injury, while being carried to the Infirmary. You Donf ha ve to Rub- NOAHS LINIMENT Penelrafes JilVES UP SAYS BE IS DONE WITB POLITICS fORLVER HOOK WORM STATISTICS MILL TOWNS ARE NOT FOCI OF DISEASE. WILL RENOUNCE VOTES Constitution Forbids His Acceptance of the Election—Said That His Resignation Will Cause Presidency to Devolve Upon Blanquet—Amer icans Prepare for Flight. With the election of Gen. Vlctorl- ano Huerta and Gen. Aurellano Blan quet almost a foregone conclusion, according to official returns up to Thursday, the question as to what Washington proposes to do Is keep ing the foreign residents and the ma jority of Mexicans in a state of pain ful suspence. On the surface at least the Administration Is giving little consideration to the subject, seeming ly taking the ground that the Mexican people have declared in favor of Hu erta’s continuance In the Presidency. Although It openly Is charged In many quarters that it wa^ official pressure that resulted In the rolling up of the majorities for Huerta and Blanquet, which are now being offic ially reported from all parts of the country where the election forma ■were observed, the fact remains, and It la pointed out that there la no pos sibility of going back of the returns. k that there la no thought that any Jther candidate polled nearly enough votea to place the Huerta-Blanquet ticket in Jeopardy. In v ew of Washington's previous representations on the subject the ueit move of the American Govern ment la awalte/ at Mexico city with no little misgiving! Many Americans already have packed their portable belongings preparatory to flight and ars facing the necessity of leaving their household effects to fate They wipress little hope of finding anything left upon their return The Inade quats storage firllltles are overtaxed and most of those who contemplate flight ex pert to l»-aTe their homes In charge of Mexican caretakers What the new Mexican rongreas will do with reference to the elec Ions no one undertakes to predict, al though the »'atement made recently by Scrwr Moheno. minister of foreign affairs Is regirled as reflecting the Executive s desire Senor Moheno as •er'ed that in the event of (’ongrea* flnd'ng that a majority of the votes were csst for Huerta and Hlanquet the votes r.\»t for Huerta would ‘e declared void hv reason of his Inelt- glhllity under the constltu’lon to suc ceed hlmse’f and Hlanquet would is • ume the \ re Presllency and the acting Presidency, pending the call Ing of new elections Mexican attorneys take Issue with the fore gn minister on this point declaring fhxt If Gen Hlanquet Is ad'udged elected to the Presidency It will be for the unexpired six years, term which was begun by Porflrio I»1ai in December. 1910 and contin ued hv Francisco de la Harro. Fran cisco Valero and Gen Huerta, and not for a temporary period, since there would he no occasion for fur ther elections until the regular Con stitutional period of 1916 The flight of Gen Felix Plax, while never arousing great Interest In the Capital, practically has ceased to be a subject of comment. Hts candldcay was regarded by many Mexicans as a mere Incident In the campaign and never was ho taken serlouily; his flight eliminates him from considera tion. Frederico Gamboa, Manuel Ca- leroi^nd David de la Fuente appear to have conceded their defeat In the face of obstacles alleged to have been found In the way of their adheretns. While Speeding Around Track Young Heyward of Rion, Meets With Fat al Collision. Benjamin Huger Heyward, Jr., of Rion, formerly an athletic star at the University of South Carolina, died in a Columbia hospital Thuibday night of surgical shock, from injuries com prising double compound fractures of the right leg and left forearm, with contusions of tho right knee, which he sustained in t collision be tween his motorcycle and & road working machine Wednesday after noon at the State fair grounds track. He was the promoter of the motorcy cle races of the day and was “tuning up” his own mount preparatory to entering the competition. Mr. Heyward was a son of Bs H. Heyward, Sr., general manager of the Wlnnsboro Granite corporation at Rion, and was associated with his father in business. A brother, Dan Heyward, is a member of the football team of the University of South Caro lina. Amputation was perforce re sorted to after the accident, but the injuries received were too extensive and death resulted from surgical shock at 11:30 o’clock Wednesday night, about nine hours after the col lision between the motorcycle and the road scraper. His fatal mishap occurred at about 2:40 o'clock. Glenn, riding an Ex celsior, had circled the track several times, when Heyward went out to “tune up” on the same Indian ma chine with which Glenn made the record time Tor the Columbia track laat Fourth of July. Heyward was about a quarter of a mile behind Glenn, when he started in to lap him As the two riders turned into the back stretch they were confronted by a road scraper Glenn cleared It by Inches, but Heyward, who was Just about to pass him. and there fore was higher up on the track, plottgher Into the heavy apparatus head-on and was thrown forward about twenty feet He encountered the hub of a front wheel of the scrap er The hub waa broken off and the Iron apokes bent The front forks of Heyward's motorcycle were shear ed off. and magneto and the front cylinder were broken and the rear fork* were cut almost In two The Injure 1 rider waa conveyert promptlv to the hoapllal In a racing a utomoblle Noah'* Ltniaxeot is the beat remedy for Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lame Back. Stiff Joint* and Muscles, Sore Throat, Cold*. Strains, Sprains Cuts. Bruges, Colic. Cramps. Neuralgia. Toothache, and all N'wa, Bone a*| N^vde Aches and Pams'. The rsmiae has ..ash's Ark on every Package and locks like this cut. but ha* Rlia on ntjRt d p a c V a * * ^ v ' -»e ' Beware of WOl NDED lAiliriM. A HOT Prreton Melt* Shot at Dorwage Han- <Uy. I'reiton Metis, the young white man who w a* wounded during a fight with a negro nesr his home si lk>r ange Sunday night, told a reporter for The Ne»a and Courier ednee day at the Roper Hospital. Charles ton. the details of the shooting Mr Metis is In a serious condition, but his recovery Is expected, and when questioned he said he was confident he would be up and about soon. He was very weak, and It was only with great difficulty that he waa able to speak Sometimes he took as long as a minute to pick up the broken thread of thf conversation He spoke •vlowly. and answered what questions he could by nodding his head. He seemqd to he suffering a great deal At his bedside was his father. Ran som I Metis, who came down from Derange when a brother who brought the wounded man to Charleston re turned Tuesday morning. Because of his condition he was not pressed for facts regarding the shooting, and hence told the tale as briefly as possible. “I had Just got ten off the train at Dorange Sunday night, some time after 7 o'clock,’’ said the wounded man. “On the road near the station was a white boy I knewr and a negro named Mosley was cursing him for everything. I spoke to the negro, and both the boy and myself started toward our home the negro going ahead. Further down the road the negro kept cursing the boy, and when he refused to stop a few words followed, and I struck him several times with my bare fist. “The negro didn’t like it and we mixed it up. The boy helped me. It was dark. I heard a pistol shot fir ed, and I called to the boy if he had a pistol, and he said no. Then I heard another shot, and in a few seconds I felt pains in my stomach. I hollered that I was shot and the boy came to Ane. The negro got away through a cotton patch.” His father then told of his son be ing taken to Reevesville, and from there to Charleston. According to the elder Mr. Metts, the negro was raised in that vicinity, but only re cently returned from Florida, and that he has not yet been arrested. Mr. Metts* wound is in the abdo men and his condition is not consid ered critical. The wound was caused by a 32-calibre pistol. QUITS GOVERNORS RACE — —— ■ Issues Statement as Result of Chilly Reception Acocrded His Views Giv en at Blease Conference—Con trasts BI ease ism of To-day With Tillmanism of 1800. John L. McLaurin withdrew from the race for governor Thursday morn ing, and announced that he was done with politics forever, as a result of the chilly reception he met with at the Blease conference Wednesday night. Mr. McLaurin was formerly United States Senator and was a prominent lieutenant in the Tillman ranks until they parted company. From ten years of obscurity he emerged to fill out the unexpired terra in the State Senate from Marl boro County and had been understood to be in the race for Governor to suc ceed Governor Blease. Senator McLaurin, in withdrawing from the race for Governor, issued a formal statement declaring that he believed factionalism bad gone too far and that the people would not get together. He said he waa out of har mony with the Blease conference as expressed Wednesday night, and maintains that “Bleaseism is not higher or nobler than Tillmanism”. He tells the people that unless the factional fight is halted, they "will make a little Mexico out of South Carolina", and says of Bleaseism "This la a prostitution of that great itprialng of the people In 1890 " ilia formal statement says “I will not t>e a candidate for Gov ernor There Is no field for s man of really conservative views. I think factionalism has gone too far, and 1 am thoroughly satisfied that the peo ple are not going to be permitted to set together by the leaders on either side The views I expressed at the conference do not suit either extreme, and I long ago made up my mind never to advocate anything which mv Inner consciousness teaches ms Is wrong I stand Just whers I stood n 1<90 for the people "That movement gave the first res! M’ertv that the masses In South Caro lina ever enjoys! and I find myself entirely out of sympathy with the views expresed by the other speakers at the conference ! do not think •hat 'Blesselsm Is higher and nobler 'ban TlllmsnNsm The spirit that an'mated Til I man Ism In was higher and finer than the sentiments I hear! expressed Wednesday n'ght It Is the Irony of file that I who • uffered most Injustice from Tillman personally should now be the sols de fen !er of Tillmanism "While some of the men who are inciting class hate and prejudice may get Into office I know that powsr rained by such methods Is ephemeral and that the State will suffer I went there like a man. said what I had to say I don't suit them They lon't suit me. so I might Just as well he a man That Is better than being Governor “I am out of politic* once and for ever, and feel like a load Is lifted off of me Instead of a conference of bitter partisans there should t>e a conference of men from both factlona who are not office-seekera, and a fight made to control the next State Con vention Then go on and elect a man Governor who will know no faction and neither friend nor foe In the ad ministration of public affair*. If we do not call a halt we will make a lit tle Mexico of South Carolina and what for? This is a prostitution of that great uprising of the people in 1 890 which, if I can ik prevent, I at least will refuse to assist.” The withdrawol of Senator McLau rin leaves Mr. Charles Carroll Simms, of Barnwell, as the only out-an-out Blease man in the race for Governor. His stock went up among the Blease men following his speech at the Blease conference Wednesday night, and with the definite withdrawal of McLaurin, who had been thought to .be bidding for the Blease support, the tendency of the administration followers to rally around the Barn well man became pronounced throughout the day. Watson’s Trial Quashed. The trial of Thomas E. Watsoa, editor, author and nomine* of the People's party for the presidency la ID 14 was called In tho United Btatss District court a^t Augusta Monday. He was tried on a charge of sending obscene matter through the trail. The charges grew from th# publica tion of two articles in his paper in which ho denounced the Catholic churdh. On Tuesday after hearing argument the presiding Judge quash ed th# indictment. rjCf So d bf aj aad iijOOl Senator E. D. Smith attended the State Fair, and was greeted by a great many friend* who seem to be 'anrulre of *he Sentt'vVs re-election waiting for t!'< J'n'-oo -j mlttee to report the currency bill, the 8mat* has bo work before It, amd in thle way tho Senators can got away a tow days to Look after home Blairs., Gets Good Job. Wm. F. Young, formerly assistant postmaster at Spartanburg, has been appointed a post office Inspector, with *» p- -t-r. , P -- fi- ♦or-itory. st a nlary of I'i.iSo a jear nrnJlcr- ancee. He will leave in a few days to inspect the 8t. Louis post office, hia first assignment. • Percentage of Infection is Highest on Farms, According to State Health Officer’s Report. J. LaBruce W T ard, M. D., director of rural sanitation for the State, has given out some interesting statistics on the hookworm disease in South Carolina. He is assisted by four men —Drs. L. A. Riser, F. M. Routh, J. T. Howell and F. D. Rodgers—who trav el throughout the State, examining all those who take the matter serious ly enough to submit to an examina tion. The hookworm disease is more prevalent in the rural districts than in the cities or mill towns, and it is to the people who live out in the country where there is no sanitation law that these five men in particular are rendering an invaluable service. The more detailed figures of the cases treated show that the percentage of the hookworm disease is in propor tion to the degree of sanitation, there being six classes of sanitation, arbi trarily selected. Where the sanita tion is technically perfect, the pres ence of the hookworm is negligible, but the percentage Increases until in the places where there is no sanita tion In amounts to atxrat 60 per cent, of the children between the ages of 6 and 18, or the school age. In the quarter that ended Septem ber 30 there were 9,935 cases mi croscopically examined by the four field men and 2,960 rases examined in the laboratory, and it was found that about 37 per cent, were infected. These cases are treated with thymol or beta-naphthol once a week, and the average treatment lasts for four we^-ks Other diseases caused by par asites were also discovered and a treatment was prescribed for each of these Where there Is heat, moisture and shade, the hookworm dlaeaae Is us ually found to t>e very prevalent, and contrary to what la generally thought, the percentage la lees in a mill town than In the rural district whence the people came A person, therefore, who looks pale is not neresaarlly In fected nor Is one with a ruddy com plexion Immune, for tills reaaon all examinations are carried on under the mlrroecope Out of the 41 rounllee In the State !9 of them have appropriated funds for th# carrying on of this most 1m portant work Though It was frown ed upon at fl-at as a medic# - caprice. It Is now a matter ttsi » . ven a great deal of sober • ••arneel thought A BLEASE BANOUET ' ' TVO HUNDRED OF BIS FRIENDS ENJOY THE FEAST WANT TO RULE PRIMARY ♦ Carrol C. Simms Comes Out for Gov ernor on the Blease Platform and is Given an Ovation, Bnt McLanr- in's Speech Meets With a Cold Re ception From the Crowd. MIXED HT < •FED EKM Negro Seld to Have <kxsafs—d Tlxal Father Flrwd Bam. Aa a sequel to the burning four weeks ago of the barn of M II Mr < uen. a prominent rltixen of l*rtncw- tin Sheriff John D Owlnge and dep- utles, In attempting to effect the ar real of Lace (.lover, a negro al l.au retis, and his two boys, on warrant* charging them with the crime.^vaa forced to kill the father, st half past 5 o clock Monday morning st the cabin home of the negro In Dunklin Township, Just across the line In Greenville County On going to the house and sur rounding It th* sheriff approached and rapped on the door Glover re sponded and opened the door after getting a light When commanded by the sheriff to surren der, the negro reached for his gun In a rack near the door, but before he could use It the sheriff and one of his deputies, having the drop on the negro, both fired, killing him on the spot. Eight shot* were fired, six of which took effect in the negro’s body. The other two found lodgment in the stock of Glover’s gun, which he held In his hand. Bob and Wesley Glover and their rtiolther were arrested by the officers and brought to Jail on the same war rant. Before leaving for jail Bob Glover is said to have confessed to the officers that he went with his father the night the barn was burned and saw the old man apply the torch to the building. He further said, It Is claimed, that his mother Instigated the crime. The Glovers lived on Mr McCuen’s farm until a short time be fore the fire alnd are said to have threatened revenge when forced to leave because of continual friction with their landlord. • EAT WAY OUT. Were Trapped Under Collapsed Straw Shed. Charles Karglader, a farmer living near Orlonvllle, Minn., reported the supposed theft of five large working horses from a pasture. Notices were published In the local papers‘of the towns rurrounding, but he received no information as to their where abouts. Fonr days later Karglader notified the sheriff of the county to drop h’s search, as he had discovered them as they were coming out through an r< .,_. nr „r . -»rav shM. -hJeh Vt! 1 collapsed ^fter an.^als sought, shelter therein. They were eating their way ooL Determination to fight any effort to strengthen and make the primary ab solutely fair by throwing around it needed safeguards and an equal de termination to control the next Dem ocratic State Convention and State commlttee.^ftpe prominent features of the conference of two hundred fol lowers of Governor Cole L. Blease, who gathered Wednesday night in the Jefferson Hotel around the banquet board and listened to speeches from Governor Blease and his prominent lieutenants. The banquet began at 7 o’clock and lasted until midnight. Speeches from leaders worked the gathering up at time to the highest pitch of enthusiasm. Governor Blease was given an ovation, and the speak ers vied with one another In paying tribute to their leader. The meeting bronght forth the positive announce ment from Mr. Charles Carroll Slmma of Barnwell, a close personal and po litical friend of the Governor, that he would be in the race for governor next year. The governor hlmaelf emphatcjally stated that he would take no hand In the Gubernatorial race in the first primary, but Intimated that he would bark the Blease man in itie second race If that race be between a Blease man and an antl-Bleaalte As equally ■ Igntflrant waa the statement from Governor Blease that he would fight aa long aa he IDed the man who In troduced the resolution In the State romrrHtee last aumrner providing for an investigation Into the charges of fraud In the primary While be call ed no names the reference was clear ly understood to be Klrhard I Man ntr.g of Hpmter It brought forth a storm of cheers Senator Mcljiurln and Mr C C 81mm* ear* the only gubernatorial candidate* present Both made • {■eeche# but Mr Blmmt appeared to be the favortt* of th* gathering, cries of "Our nett Governor" and cheers punctuating bis apeecb which largely a glowtwg tribute to Goremor Blease aad hla followers. Senato' Me- laurin eaa given respectful ettea tloa and drew applause, bst appareat- ly hla speech did sot contain the ma terlal the crowd wanted Aaststaat Attorney General Domlalck acted aa toastmaster, and la hla latroductory remarks was given a rosslag recep tion The crowd clearly wanted him to run for Governor, aad this was suggested by tevaral speakers, hat he positively declined, saying ha was go ing to be elected to Congress from the Ird district Governor Bless* urged hla follow ers to attend club meetings and se cure control of th* convention, bit terly opposed any change of th* pii mary announcing that he would veto any legislation along this Bn*, urged every whit# man to register Several of the small fry also mads speeches Mr Charles Carrol Smms In aaytng that Bleaalem meant something high er tnd nobler than Tillmanism start ed an ovation and warming up to his subject kept th# crowd cheering ail through hla speech. That the Blease conference felt that they were wag ing the people’* ftght was evident in the way the crowd cheered. They are enthusiastic over Governor Blease an<L, are confident they are going to*aend him to the Senate, but feel that they ought to have an out and out Pleise man to run for Governor There is little doubt but that had Mr. G. R. Rembert been present he would have carried the day, for when Governor Blease referred to his Ill ness and brought to the crowd Mr. Rembert’s message to the effect that he expected to recover and make the race and for his followers not to leave his standard and when other speakers referred to him the gather ing cheered Mr. Reichert's name to the echo. With the feeling that Mf. Rembert’s sickness eliminates him there was a decided drift towards Mr. Simms, as was evidenced at the ban quet. Two hundred Blease followers were gathered from every county In the State and comprised men from every profession and waMrof life. It was an enthuslasltc gathering of the leaders of the Blease forces. • BATTLESHIPS TO VERA CRUZ ■ Fourth Division of Atlantic Fleet Leave Hampton Roada. The fourth division of the Atlantic fleet nnder Rear Admiral Bousch, sailed from Hampton Roada Wednes day for Vera Crux to relieve the Am erican ships now stationed at that plsce. The squadron bound for Mex ican waters Is composed of the bat tleships Rhode IsJand. '''.rtlnla. New T, '"«ey _. TOBACCO A GOOD CROP FLUE-CURED SUPPLY ABOUT US*. 000,000 POUNDS. e- Is Very Popular aad Surpasses All Other Kind hi General Use—*• Say Government Experts. The normal annual production of flue-cured tobacco on a farm-weight basis is estimated to bo about 211,- 000,000 pounds, according to ax parts in the department of agriculture^ This type of tobacco is the only Amer ican grown variety that has shown a tendency to expand our exports. About 40 per cent., or around 90,- 000,000 pounds, Is exported and tha remainder is used in (domestic con sumption. “All things considered, this cured type of tobacco Is unsurpassed in universal popularity,” state th* experts, “and It is adapted to a va riety of uses, Including granulated and cut smoking tobacco, both paper and all-tobacco cigarettes, and plug filler and wrapper; in fact, It is adapted to all the regular forms is which tobacco is used except stand ard cigars and snuff. In color and general appearance it Is very attrac tive, while Its low nicotine content, mildness, aromatic sweetness, fra grance and good keeping qualities render It very satisfying to the user.” The use of flues In curing tobacco became popular after the close of the War Between the Sections and by the middle '80a the demand bad Increea- ed so that about 20 counties in Vir ginia and 'North Carolina had beea planted to thla variety. There are a number of varieties of flue-cured to bacco. prominently among which are the Warn*, Yellow Oronoco. Whlte- •tera Oronoco, Big Oronoco. Adeoek, Adkln. Willow-Leaf. Gooch, Tilley and Hester. Th* Warn* la th* stamd- ard wrapper type and perhaps th* most popular Th* Adcock la a greet favorite In tk* noted wrapper-prods*- ing section of OraavlU econnty. North Carolina, while th* Adkia Is popmlar aa an e*{ly maturing variety. Apart from tho natural character of th# soil Itself, ther* Is no more Important matter for th* tobaooo grower to consider than th* manage ment of hts Aelds Indeed lb* char acter of th* tobacco produced win depend aa mack on how the he Ida have been haadled In rotation be tween th* eecreceive tobacco crops aa upon th# fertiliser need or the cnltlvatioa given directly to th# to bacco crop Itself Tobacco laad should be so haadled as to be kept ta good Ilf* A liberal snpply of veg etable matter In aa advanced etaga of decay is highly denlraMe. bet ft shoe id be of tha kind not cieenntvety rich la ammonia. It la well known that the orgaata matter of freshly cleared or broom eedg* field* ta of a ktad eell aaitad to tobacco It co sal at a principally ad dead leaves, twigs, roots, pi a* tags, broom-eedg# and roots Inch v eg ode bl* matter ehlle poor 0 ammonia, by Its ample volume makes the aoll very mellow and friable aad of good arafi- er holding capacity There Is prob ably no bettor human crop for rota tion than herd's grass or rod top. Specking, or “dlaeaatng”. ns It In generally called. Is th# moot common dlaeaae Injury to which tobacco ta th# flue-cored district Is anbject. ft la believed to be a fuagos dla*sag, disseminated by spores Th* oafr practical method of redndng the in jury to th# crop canned by th* dlaeega la by using potash more liberally la the fertiliser, which seems to laereeM the resistance of the plant to th* 49- tease. RET OF PLATE PRESENTED. Col. Asbory Coward’s Old Stadeati Honor Him at BaaqneC Wednesday night In Columbia at the Jefferson Hotel waa held a re union of the King’s Mountain Mili tary School, at which the venerahla founder and headmaster, Col. Asbury Coward of Orangeburg, was the gnaat of honor. The banquet was held in the main dining room of the beautiful hotel, and there were about fifty or more men in attendance, former st«- denta of the famous old Yorkvilla academy. During the evening Col. Coward waa presented with a handsome set of plate by his former students, ft Is of massive colonial pattern with fluted corners, and consists of coffea pot, tea pot, sugar dish, cream pitcher and waste bowl, placed upon a very large silver waiter. Each of the pieces has on one side this Inscription: “Presented to Col. Asbury Coward by the Ex-Cadets of K. M. M. «. October 29, 1913.” ■ and on the other an engraved medal lion, copying the design of the mili tary button worn on the uniforms oi the school—a quill and sword crosw ed beneath a globe In hant relief; " with the name of the school enclra- ling it snd “Yorkville, 8. C.. Itll* on the top. ■■ ♦ ♦ w Row Daring Operation. The resignation of Drs. Van Wert and Paul Fieri from • obraaka. U-on the srri-i house staff of tbo 2L Mary’s val of the Bousch squadron at vera Crux the American ships now there will proceed to their home stalioifi. in Jamaica. L. L. has hem as tbs remit of a iww ta ttw: •'Fvrv X