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SPEAK AT AIKEN LAIGE CMVD DEARS TRE SENA T1IIAL CANDIDATES PERFECT ORBEB PREVAILS Jennings and Pollock Assail the Rec ord of Blease, Who In Turn As sails Smith, Who Had Spoken Be fore Him In Explanation of His Work for Farmers Aiken furnished a model meeting Thursday. There was no heckling and every one of the four candidates for United States Senator was given a respectful hearing. Mayor Gyles had announced that perfect order would prevail and policemen scat tered throughout the crowd were suf ficient warning that any unsuly dis play would be checked. The sheriff sat on the stand and the chief of police was there also, and a signal from these was enough to stop any unnecessary disturbance. The mayor made a splendid presid ing officer, and Aiken gained many compliments on the fine spirit dis played .the 3,000 people hearing ev ery one attentively ' ~* A> ‘ Possibly the most cosmopolitan crowd that has heard the senatorial candidates during the summer, was mobilized at Aiken. Every hamlet from Lexington to Augusta contri buted its quota of political forces. The Charleston train " Brought in others equally partisan from towns between Wlllfston and Bamberg, and from Salley to Allendale. In the ag gregate there were between 2,500 and 3,000 voters in-attendance, which was possibly the largest crowd of the campaign, with the exception of that at the Laurens meeting. L. D. Jennings was the first In the lists. He deplored the fact that there were two factions in the State. Of one of these, the governor was the leader, he said, whether consciously or unconsciously. On this side were all the blind tigers in the State, not vote of which he expected to change It was his purpose, he averred, to open the eyes of the good people who had been unwillingly lined up with these. Mr. Jennings answered the gover nor's statement made Vvounesday that he had saved the State $92,000 by virtue of vetoes in the appropria tion bill at the recent session of the legislature. One of the big items in this, the speaker said, was the sal aries of two stenographers at the asylum investigation last winter, "the whole record of which the governor would have liked to veto and send down to Hades.” In painting the governor as the “pretended protector of woman's vir tue," the mayor of Sumter cited the Emerson case in Anderson, where The father was slain in defense of his laughter's honor, and told of the procedure of the trial of Dr. Elea- aora B Saunders. After his lambasting of the gov ernor on his pardon record Mr. Jen nings severely arraigned •him for his actions in the Dr. Eleanora B. Saun ders case, telling the governor’s fol lowers "To take this thing home wdth you and ask yourselves if you would like to have such letters written about your daughter as the governor wrote about Dr. Saunders.” “I don’t believe there is a man in this audience with *a white skin, though his heart be as black as hell, will holler for Blease after hearing the record in this case," said Mr. Jennings, going on to say the Saun- ,ders “trial" was worse than that of Christ before Pilate. Received with cheers, W. P. Pol lock told of his entering the fight to stop lawlessness and enthrone order in South Carolina, citing his service ifl the general assembly and as pres idential elector in voting for William J. Bryan for president. He said he could guarantee that Mr. Jennings, and Smith would live up to their pledges, but "I can’t say as much for Blease, for when you people, nomi nated him along with a man for Master here he violated his oath and appointed Oliver as master over an other man who had won over two opponents,” this causing the audi ence to cheer Mr. Pollock. He praised . President Wilson and said Gov Blease was antagonistic to the national administration, was crit icising the national leaders, opposing Senator Tillman and "out of Joint with everything but his own magni fied ego." He told the Blease men that "the scales were falling from their eyes" and to those who were cheering “Hurrah for Blease,’? Mr. Pollock said: “Don’t cheer, boys, the poor devil Is dying." Mr. Pollock bemoaned the fact that the Mexican war didn’t material ise. If it had, the speaker expUin- ed, the governor wonld have fed the South QroUtBa troppe Ante- Mexico. The troops, h« said, could then like dropped back, leaving the governor and hia-llttle “Dago colonel", to the ■brclea of the Mexicans. Hay have thought they Dr. McIntosh’s mouth by .'s bullet, bat he was saved the Richey certifl- " ‘ Cheraw man. to the demonstrations for Gov. Blease at Saluda and elsewhere at funeral processions. “Blease has pardoned every crime in... the decalogue.’’ began Mr. Pol- lock, in his merciless arraignment of Gov. Blease. "It’s treating on dan gerous ground," he continued, “of granting pardons on petitions, saying it was a menace to the poor man as a rich malefactor could easily enough get signatures for his pardon when he kills a poor man. He told the crowd that the governor was whis tling to keep up his courage and, he said, Imported followers from other parts of the State to cheer him, try ing to fool you," Adding, “He’s beat and knows it.” Mr Pollock said the issue was not the election of any one candidate but “Shall we again enthrone law and order and make life, liberty and liberty safe as they were before Cole Blease?” Senator Smith said he had been abused for giving all his time to the farmers. ’ He had given practically every minute of his time to relieving the unbearable conditions in the agri cultural districts in the South, for which he had no apology to make. Much, he reminded^the audience, was being said about factionalism. "I am not trying to array class against class," he went on. “My ob ject,” he explained, “is to work for that class which is the foundation of all prosperity. I am not trying to get so many laws on the statute books,” he adde<J. *What is needed is to keep some of those iniquitous laws off;” “to stop that darned dog," he explained. There was something wrong, he explained, when the South, which furnishes the cotton for all the New England mills and supplies the mar kets of Europe as well, and then has no money. It was this condition that first led him to a serious considera tion of the banking laws, and which resulted in his writing an amendment to section 13, which allowed farmers to borrow 50 per cent, of Its value on real estate, and that would compel banks to accept agricultural products as collateral. Preceded by a band and escorted by his followers, the governor walked to the stand. He said he had been fought bitterly because of his refusal to approve of a new county with North Augusta as the county seat. He said there were about 330 votes there two years ago and much less enrolled there now. He said at Mer iwether only one-fourth as many weie enrolled as voted there two years ago. and "They have sent a call to North Augusta to save them." He said he had heard from the enrolment and “we have ’em beat S.OOO to 13,000 majority." He again referred to the call of the»confer ence of antl-Blease men inTCblumbta as a “Rump convention ’’ and said ihe mfn who took th^ nomination w)i:l 1 be a ‘‘perjurer and liar ’, say- ini: the rules did not po.-mi*. of th ’ candidate of a faction. Tr.e governor attacked th**-senator for net appointing some farmers ♦<> office and scored him for the aosoint- ment of District Attorney Weston and Marshall Sims He ridiculed the senator’s claim of friendship to the farmers. "Done nothing in the I sit- ed States Senate but draw his sal ary,” he said of Senator Smith, while his followers cheered. He said the Senator had voted against the “fel low servant” law. “Who shot Dr. McIntosh?" a voice asked from the crowd. "You are dirty enough to have done it,” promptly replied the gov ernor, while his followers cheered. His declaration that he was going "to pardon more" brought cheers for him. KE WAKNED BLEASE DIBUIII AAV RICHET AT fiBIT- , ERNOR’S REQUEST TELLS OF HIS REPORT DEFENDS TREATY. Bryan Answers Attack Marie l pon Colombian Treaty. A second formal statement in de fense of the proposed Colombian trea ty was issued Thursday by Secretary Bryan Without mentioning Col. Roosevelt, Mr. Bryan replied to argu ments advanced by the former presi dent in his attacks upon the adminis tration’s proposal to pay Colombia $25,000,000 In settlement of claims growing out the separation of Pana^ ma and acquisition of the canal zone by the United States. Reiterating his declaration that in Considering the treaty it is not neces sary to examine the merits of the con troversy over the action of the United States In 1903, the secretary urged that even if the United States in ac quiring the canal zone was exercising a right of liability for actual dam ages resulting to Columbia. Launch Catches Fire. . Twelve persons almost lost their lives on Lake Erie Saturday when their launch caught lira while they were two miles from shore. They were forced to pluge into the water, but were picked up safely —_■ ' Embargo Placed on Grain. Because of a scarcity of ships the grain at Galveston Is piling up and as a result the railroads .have Refused to haul any more Into tW city." AH grain shipments will be held on the tracks. Caat* Withdraw Money. The-French government has issued ft - decree limiting the withdrawals from saving hank to '919, which sacaspd attar two At Request of Governor Three Physi cians Examine Richey and Report Adversely to Plea of 111 Health— Sent In Report Which Governor so Far Has Failed, to Make Public. That Dr. James W Babcock in 1911 urged Gov. Blease not to liber ate R. A. Richey, serving a sentence for a grave crime, from the peniten tiary, and that he was concurred in .this by Dr. D. S. Pope, who consld ered Richey a man daugerous to a community...wer.e.devolpments of par ticular interest Saturday in the ex change of statements between Dr. James H. McIntosh and Gov. Blease relative to the governor’s justifica tion, in physicians’ reports of Richey’s condition, for paroling Richey. Dr. Babcock said he told Gov. Blease that “if you free that man you will have all the women of the State down on you. It is tad poli tics.” Dr. Babcock further made plain the fact that he had refused to examine Richey until after he had been requested to do so by Gov. Blease. Dr. Babcock authorlzde the follow ing: “Dr. James W. Babcock said Saturday that while superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane that he had reported to Gov. Blease about the condition of R. A. Richey. He said that to the best of his recol lection he had advised against Rich ey's release from the State peniten tiary, where he was serving a sen tence for a grave crime. "Dr. Babcock further said that he had been approached more than twice by W. R. Richey, a brother of R.«A. Richey, who sought to have him ex amine R. A. Richey, but whose im portuning was refused. “When Go\. Blease later asked Dr Babcock to examine R. A. Richey in the company of Dr. D. S. Pope, and Dr. R. T. Jennings, the State peni tentiary physician, he said Tie con seated, as he always did when direct ed by a governor to make such an examination. After making the ex examination. After making the exam ination Dr. Babcock said a report tell ing. in substance, that Richey should not be liberated from the peniten tiary. was writen, signed by them and presented Gov. Blease. “In conversation with Gov. Blease. Dr. Babcock not only told him not to liberate Richey but said ‘if you free that man you will have all the women of the State down on you. It is bad politics.’ He said he made this ex amination probably before similar ex amination was made by Dr. James H. McIntosh, and about the close of 1911.”- When Dr. D. S. Pope was asked re garding this -visit with Dr. Babcock and Dr. Jennings to the State peni tentiary to examine R. A. Richey, he stated.tliat the facts related in the statement of Dr. Babcock, which is printed above, were true to the best of liis remembrane^. Dr. Pope further said: “I was satisfied that Richey was a malingerer and was even more em phatic than Dr. Babcock tjiat he should not be liberated from the State penitentiary. I believed he would be dangerous to the State if at liberty. A man whose mental condi tion is so low as was Richey’s should be taken care of by the State. I went therq at the request of Gov t Blease, brought to me through Dr. Babcock, as I understood it at that time, and signed the report in that capacity.” , - . “Richey feigned fits, but I soon cur ed him of that practice,” declared Dr. R. T. Jennings, State penitentiary physician, when interviewed in con nection with the statements of Dr. Babcock and Dr, Pope. “Richey was brought to the penitentiary one Sun day afternoon by Sheriff Lyons and Mrs. Richey accompanied them. With in a few minutes afterrihey arrived, Richey feigned a fit and I gave him medicine which after repeating the dose forced him to change his tactics. “Richey continued to feign (Us and became a nuisance afcbnd the peni tentiary. As I under&ood the com mitment papers, he was brought to the penitentiary for confinement only. He became such a nuisance that I wanted to get rim of him.’ I was call ed out of bpd at all times of the night to go to the penitentiary and doctor him while feigning fits." Enrollment in Greenvtlle Official' returns show that 2,122 voters have enrolled in Greenville this year m against 1,815 totes cast in the city last year 1 Columbia,'South'Carolina. One ef the few Class “A” Colleges for Women in the Booth, -a rank of honor given it by the [Beard of Education M. E # Church South, on account of the high character of work done by the institution. ► In faculty, equipment, buildings 'and location, Columbia College offers the young women or South Carolina educational advantages unequalled elsewhere in the State and surpassed nowhere ' in the South. Nowhere else in the State can young ladies see, hear and learn so much as at Colum bia one of the leading educational centers of the SontValid the seat of the legislative, judicial and executive departments of South Carolina. v ■* The comfort, health and safety of the student have been carefully provided for. The handsome fireproof buildings located in a beautiful campus of twenty acres overlooking the City of Columbia, are thoroughly ventilated, heated by steam, lighted by electricity and abundantly supplied with the purest water. . • ■' . The faculty Is exceptionally strong and competent, being drawn from the leading Colleges and Universities of the North and East as well as from France and Germany. . The course of study is carefully graded and thorough at every point It is arranged on the 1 University plan, allowing students to enter-the class they are prepared for, as far as possible, in every- department. Degrees of Bachelor of Arts. Bachelor of literature and Bachelor of Scienofi are conferred. 1914 Term begins September 24. ’ ‘ For Descriptive Catalogue and 1914-15 Announcement, - Address i|- Columbia, S. C.^ REV. W. W. DANIEL, D. D. President^ NHM rberrvi h Carolina A Full Literary, Scientific and Technical School for Young Men Offers the jnanc men of the Sooth the beet edaeetione) edTentecee, under positive Chrlstien influenres, et the minimam expense. Founded in 18M end holds e recognised position among the high-grade institutions of the South. frwrUm the asasl Liters r. Cense IseJtag te the Degree e< A. B. inch Anrient and Modern Languages. English. History. Mathematics. it. Oratory and Ni and Political Economy. story and Natural Sciences. elndin, .Social Also a post- Oectrka land Mechaaical Eagjaeerfc^ in separate buildings, with fully equipped shops and laboratories, ail necessary ap paratus and appliances, under a separate corps of experienced instructors. Has Uie great advantage of being connected with a regular literary insti- graduate course leading to the Degree of Master of Arts. Otfsn a ieer-yeer Ceerss M r tution. This course leads to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Engi neering, and ronsUtutes a sound start for almost any Industrial pursuit. The College owns B splendid buildings of large porportions and thorough oqulpment. Its Faculty of fifteen college-trained specialists and tutors Is large enough to Insure the amount of personal instruction and individual attention so asaentlal to the beat result#. The Campus life is most wholesome, and the traditions of honor and morality are high. There is no basing. Athletics are endorsed and carefully supervised by the Faculty. Gymnasium work is compulsory. The athletic work of Newberry College in lata years has been foremost among ths South Carolina Colleges. The religious life 1s Ideal, and tha moral and spiritual welfare of the student is the school's chief concern. Certificates from accredited higher bools admit without tory school department for higb-sebool under grad uates. Next session opens September 17,1914, Fox catalogue and particulars, address Rev. J. Henry Harms, D. D* President, Newberry, S. C. at uiaalintion. A prepara- M—mil IMRMMMP—— i' i i i i r 4 PLENTY OF GOLD. Mc-Vloo Says United States Has KiioukIi in Washington. With a billion and nearly three hundred million dollars in gold coin an* bullion stored in treasury vaults and about $t;<)0.000,000 more of coin in circulation, treasury officials said Tuesday night the United States had no cause for alarm over the tremen dous shipments of gold from New York to war-cloudod Europe. Secretary McAdoo explained that the country n^ver was ih a better position to send some of its millions abroad and declared there was noth ing, to fear from the drain to meet also, that while Europe just now was drawing upon America’s gold supply, it would only Be a short time before money would be coming back to pay for the vast quantities of food and supplies this country would be called upon to ship across the water Protect your Home Lurking Disease. Ready for Caucus. A dispatch from Columbia Thurs day night Mid the &nti-Bleaae forces were coming to attend the convention scheduled for Friday. SalloraJIart. _ Bailors oiulha White Star liner Baltic were Injured la New York "when a bogt fell SEWERAGE IN THE COUNTRY. One great problem peculjar to the rural districts is that of the proper disposal of poisonous organic refuse and similar wast^ matter. In the cities, such matter is completely and satisfactorily taken harp of in the modern sewerage systems, and thus the .city, is enabled to preserve a cleanliness which is its greatest aid in fighting disease!' ** , x; When such matter is allowed to stand in the open, as every rural resident knows, it becomes a swarm ing place for flies and a hot-bed for disease germs; it pollutes the soil and drinking water, and is always an unsightly and embarrassing nuD sance. Such conditions are generally the caues of sickess and disease. The Sanitary Septic Tank, especial ly designed along approved lines for’ use in the rural districts, and manu factured by Weston & Broeker, Co lumbia, S. C„ completely solves the problem of sewerage disposal for the rural home. It is of small size; made of reinforced concrete; simple, easy to Install, never gets out of order or needs attention. Placed just be neath the surface, and connented with the house by a short pipe line, it securely keeps the poisonous or ganic matter enclosed Intil, by nat ural -processes, it disintegrates, and then seeps out into the grhund, harm less mineral matter and water., Ap proved by health authorltiesV v Itajcoatls small. It affords all the conveniences and the full protection of the city sewerage system, it is well, worth y&ur white , to know all about this Sanitary Septic Tank, and can do so by •imply writing to A Brooker, Columbia. S. C. THE^WESTON & BROOKER Sanitary Septic Tank Affords the rural home all the conveniences, the comforts, the PROTECTION of the modern city sewerage system. It is your INSURANCE against dan gerous, unsanitary conditions which breed serious and often fatal diseases. Solws the Problem of Stooge Disposal for the Rural Home. When it is used there is no unsightly nuisance to pollute the soil and drinking water, to furnish a swarming place for flips and a hot-bed for disease germs, to cause embarassment. — -"W ■%" —" P Installed just beneath the surface; never needs attention. The processes of nature through the action of bacteria disintegrate the organic matter and eventually it seeps out into the ground, harmless water and mineral matter. No odor. Constructed of reinforced concrete, -on the most approved lines, in our plant at Columbia.and shipped to customers complete. Simple, easy to install, far cheaper and vastly more efficient than any makeshift. Approved by health authorities. /It costs you nothing; puts you under no obligations to find out all about The ’Sanitary Septic Tank. Write ua and let us tell you how it will enable ! afford your,home modern conveniences and protection against dis- . x. 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