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* * t s HITS THE FARMERS —^ 9E TRIES TO FORCf THEM V()TE FOR RICHARDS IME DUTY fOUllCS 'I . i Governor Tempt* Manning Fanners With Bait to Catch Them for Rich- ards—Will Call Special Session Only If the Democrats Vote for the Railroad Commissioner. The political sensation of the cam paign is a statement Issued by. Got- ernor Blease following the conference of Blease supporters, which was held in Columbia Wednesday. The state ment is accepted on all sides as an attempt to frighten or coerce the farmers into voting for John G. Rich ards, the Blease candidate for Gover nor. If they will do this the Gover nor promises to call a special session of the Legislature to consider the cot ton situation. If they do not he in timates that he will refuse to call such a special session. Dr. Wade Stackhouse, the presi dent of the South Carolina Division of the Southern Cotton Congress has issued a statement strongly condemn ing the governor’s atempt to make political capital out of the farmer’s extremity and bulldoze them into casting their ballots for the candidate lie is trying to elect as his successor Governor Blease’s Statement. r Dr. Stackhouse explains that no spec ial session of the Legislature is want ed unless all the cotton States co-op erate in the matter of reducing cot ton acreage next year. The full text o f the Governor’s statement is as follows: 7' “If the white Democrats of the State endorse the resolutions offered by Major Richards in a conference held in the Governor's office yester day. and which are published in the morning papers and so signify by their casting their votes for him in the primary on next Tuesday. I shall at once issue a call for the General Assembly to convene In extra session for the passage of such laws as are called attention to in that resolution If the white voters of the State do not agree with Majoi Richards in his po sition on thlf matter I think I will be absolutely justified in concluding that they do not went an extra session of the General Assembly at this time, shall, therefore, wait before passing judgment in the matter upon the re turns of the primary next Tuesday. Dr. Stack house's Statement The Governor’s statement was made public Thursday afternoon and was very much discussed. Thursday night Dr. Stackhouse, who is at the head of the organization w hich is try ing to find some relief for the cotton producers of South Carolina, issued the following statement: "My attention has just been called to the statement of Governor Blease that if the white Democrats of the State-will cast their votes for Major Richards on Tuesday he^wjll J>e justi tied in concluding that they wish an extra session of the General Assembly tailed for the purpose of carrying out Grand Vtrier Refuses Request Made for Vessel's Passage, Baying Wat ers of Bardanelles Are Mined. WANT LET SHIP PASS 8. GOLD SHIP CANNOT PASS TURKISH MINES FRIEND TO LABOR ♦ - 1 CHARLESTON REVIEW CONSI DERS MANNING SAFE TELLS WHERE HE STANBS Turkey hca declined to grant the request of the United States for per mission to send the cruiser North Carolina through t# Dardanelles to Constantinople to deliver $150,000 in gold deposited here for the relief of Americans in the Ottoman Empire. The Grand Vizier has informed the American Government that the wat ers of the Dardanelles are mined and that it would be unsafe for a vessel as large as the North Carolina to go through the straits. He declared al so that it might establish a precedent for the passage of other foreign war ships and suggested that the Ameri can naval yatch Scorpion on duty in Turkish waters, be sent to sea to meet the North Carolina This was the substance of a long cablegram received at the White House and State department Thurs day form Ambassador Morganthau, the first* mesage from him in several days. The ambassador made no mention of any declaration of war. but referred to the diplomatic situa tion as highly critical. The ambassador reported that all Americans who wished to leave had done so, and he thought funds aboard the North Carolina woifld be sufficient for immediate needs. In view of the delicate situation the American ambassador suggested that the plan of sending the Scorpion to meet the North Carolina outside the straits be adopted. The incident was discussed at the navy and State departments to-day and the -North Carolina, now at Falnlout. England will start to-morrow for the Mediter- renean. She probably will touch at Italian ports and take aboard Assist ant Secretary Rreokenridge. reaching the Dardanelles in a week or ten days. > By the time of her arrival officials here expect Turkey will have declar ed war on eiilier Russia or Great Britian. In that even they deem more prudent to keep the cruiser away form the scene of possiole naval conflict. The incident recalled past rela tions between the United States and Turkey on the passage of foreign warships through the Dardanelles The United States never has recogniz ed the right of Turkey to close the straits to foreign warships in time of peace, although European Powers have agreed to it. The American Government merely has recognized the custom of excluding foreign war ships as “a usage From Turkish officials it was learn ed that the first declaration of war probably would be aginst Russia, and that Turkey’s delay in announcing her intentions was due to her de sire to complete military preparn tions. The Turkish ambassador said Turkish mobilization had been in pro gress for dearly a month, and that he believed $500,000, or possibly a mill ion, men had been enrolled. 4ie te iterated that the mobilization mas not aimed at Greece or Bulgaria Diplomats generally believe Greece the allies against Turkey if the latter declares war. The expectation al* is growing that Italy is preparing to side with the allies. If she intend to stand by Germany and Austria they believe, notification alread would have been sent to Italian ships to stay in neutral ports and avoi British war vessels. by legislation the resolutions offered lninie4lstefy "trill attgn' trersetf- w-jetr- asking me to advise you -bow I stand by Major Richards In a conference held in the Governor’s office on Sep t ember “The most important and the ma f jor part .of these resolutions was accordance with certain resolutions adopted the night before at a meeting of the South Carolina Division of the Southern Cotton Congress at the Jef ferson Hotel, which meeting was at tended by representatives of thirty- one counties in the State, and the great majority of them elected at the organization of the county divisions of the South Carolina Branch of the Southern Cotton Congress. A num -her of other gentlemen interested in the welfare of the farmers were pre sent, including Mr. E. D. Smith. “The particular resolution referr ing to the matter of legislative action was as f'ollows: Thkt the president sof this Convention and the executive committee thereof are thereby ap pointed as a committee of this body to memorialize the Governors of the cot ton producing States , calling upon them to have their respective Legisla tures enact such laws as .they could ronstitutionally to validate and make effective pledges for the reduction of the cotton acreage next year, or-by anv other mean bring about this re- AGREE UPON TREATY . U, S. CONTROLS WATERS ABOUT PANAMA CANAL. WAIT UW POT COTTON CONGRESS WANTS OVER IVoniinent Organ of Labor Interests Quotes With Approval a Letter Re ceived form the Candidate Show ing the Principles for Which They Roth Work. , v With regard to the candidacy-.of Richard I. Manning of Sumter , the Charleston Review, a labor organ, says: “The announcement that Richard Manning will be in the second pri mary in the race for governor is re ceived with satisfaction in Charleston especially so with organized labor - and ita-frtenda. “During the campaign every candi date made declaratioa .which were calculated to assure working men that their interests were s&fe in the hands of the candidate in question. We observe that while Mr. Manning did not make any extravagant prom ises he really was the most definite and exact in his statements in refer ence to the principles for which or ganized labor stands. Mr. Manning did not undertake to cover the needs of labor with a blanket statement, but has gone into detail and has stat ed specifically w hat his views are on the most important questions which affect labor and therefore can justly claim support on that score. The re- putatiott of Mr Manning of course stands out and stamps him as a man who can be considered safe; his re cord does- not show that he would use iiis platform only to secure votes, and his platform is definite in refer ence to labor. His declarations as to fairness in considerating the rights of both sides of a labor controversy are particulary appealing, for it has been repeatedly contended that what organized labor wants most of all is a square deal; that we are always willing to rest our issues on merits and justice and now we have an op portunity to support a candidate for governor w ho assures us not only of this much, but who lias gone farther and indicated what he favors, and whose character and record are such as to make us feel safe he will deliver the goods. All things considered w« feel fully justified in urging organiz ed labor and its friends to vote for Richard I. Manning for governor.” C. L. Wilson president of the Cen tral labor union of Charleston, has had some correspondence with candi dates for governor and states that his purpose for so doing was mainly to inform himself as to how they stood towafd organized labor. Mr. Wilson was so much impressed with the answer lie received for Richard 1. Manning and believes that the con tents of the correspondence will be interesting to the working people in general that lie gave the letters out for publication. Mr. C. L. Wilson. Charleston, S. C Dear Sir: Answering your letter Panama Enters Into An Agreement -kr ‘ . With Minister I*rice and Gives Val uable Rights. ——— A treaty, by which! the United State gains control of the waters of the harbors of Colon and Ancon,'to gether with other valuable rights, was signed at Panama Wednesday by Wm. Jennings Price, the American minister, and Ernesto T. Lefevre, Panama secretary of foreign rela tions. The new convention has been un- dernegotations for four years. Early last year negotations were broken off y Panama because it seemed impos sible to bring the two Governments into acord. The instrument replaces what ha& been known as the Davis agreement of Junel5, 1914, in which the bound aries of the Canal Zone were tenta tively fixed with the understandin that a future formal treaty would fix the delimination permanently. • It also amplifies the Panama Canal treaty of November 18, 1903, under which the Canal Zone was acquired from Panama. Panama, by provision.? of the con vention for the first time will be plac ed in direct physical connection with the remainder of the country. Hith erto the Capital has been cut off by the Canal Zone. A large tract of fertile lahd called “Las Sabanas,” or the Savannahs, was ceded to Panama. In tbis territory are located many of the handsome country estates of wealthy Panamans. The United States acquires abso lute control over all the waters of Colon and Ancon harbors and in ad- ditioh two small islands lying in An con harbor,.which are to be used for observation and light stands by the coast artillery. One of these islands will be fortified. The site of Batte.ry Hancock, on the Colon water front, is given to the United States, as also is control of all piers at the nortli en trance of the canal, costing approx imately $2,500,000. ./• • It is especially stipulated in the treaty that «o railway shall be built cross the “Sabanas” without the con sent of the United States, and that the United States may retake and oc cupy a portion or all of the lands If needed for the protection and de fence of the canal or Its approaches. The treaty now will be seilt to the Washington and Panama ^Senates for ratification. WATSON CALLS ON TEXAS PROGRAM 1$ FINISHED f ACREAGE ROHHMTED ' 7 1 — 4 ; ~ T- •'J SENATE HAS PASSED ANTI-TRUST L BILL, 46 TO IS, j » I Wires Governor Oolquit Requesting That Legislature of That Stale Take The Lead in Its Present Sees- Ion—Speaks of of Cotton Growers. STANDS BY MANNING suit. XT A Foolish Proposition. "It is absolutely foolislr to call the legislature of South Uarolfnaf ’fc? gether for the purpose of enacting laws of this nature without the co- operatiotf of all the coton producing States. There will be no sense in calling upon and forcing the farmers of South Carolina to reduce the cot ton acreage if the other State should continue to produce at the old rate, This matter was thoroughly discuss ed before the resolutions were passed and the. orginal . resolution wfiich was amended to read as above, made no mention of other States or Gover nors. but only applied to the State of South Carolina, an# as stated, after discussion this was^/mind impractic able apd the resolutions as Indicated above were • adopted unanimously. The amendment •offered were serious, election. • 1 ■ * THE GERMAN ADVANCE ♦ - '*/! Engll*h Corrcspomlent -Descrilies Amazing Poivess of Teutons. A London Daily Newk correspond ent dispatch from Germau-y-En-Bray near Rouen, says:' “The German advance is amr.zlng A great battle Is raging. wltiLwliat result I know not, but I do know that the French and British armies are in tact and still confident of ultimate success. “incredible as it seems, the tr_e me-dous masses of men that the Ger mans have ,urled at the allies have not overwhelmed them; I, seems that, while the Germans lave the weight, the allies certainly have tha wit and science, and these, with rein forcements, will eventually win. ly and carefully discussed at length, and the purpose of the adoption or '“tbe amended resolution was to serve the farmers of South Carolina and not to subserve any political party or faction. - ' ' “I condemn the effort of the Gov ernor or any man to inject politics in to a matter of such serious import to the people of South Carolina or to make it dependent upon the advocacy of any candidate. I therefore desire the farmers of the Statute know that so far as the Cotton Congress is con- certied ive have rroeandidate and fur ther, -we condemn Governor Bleaae’s efforts to inject political factionalism into this movement to force the for mers to vote for this particular can? didate by making the calling of the Legslature dependent upon Richard's on the declared principles of organ ized labor it gives me pleasure to say that 1 am in perfect accord with most of the doctrines as set forth from recognized sources. A« an example I give herewith a list of principles which meet my approval and which are represented by the American Fed eration of Labor to be the most desir ed by the working people: The abolition of all forms of invol nut ary servitude, except as a punish ment for crime. Unrelenting protest against the is suance and abuse of injunction pro cess in labor disputes. Release from employment one day in severt. The abolition of the sweat shop systerh. Sanitary inspection of factory, work sTiop, mine and home. Liability of employers for injury to body or loss of life The pasage of anti-child labor laws and rigid defense of them where they have been enacted into law. The initiative and referendum and tiie imperative mandate and right of ru&aU. ' X. - r . r Suitable and plentiful playgrounds for children. , Qualifications in permits to build of Ml cities and townsTThat there shall be bathrooms and bathroom, attach- ments lit all houses or compartments used for habitation. A system of United States govern ment postal savings banks. Arbitration whenever differences exist between employers and employ- e8 - if elected governor, L expect to do all I can to<serve all the people and ■will use every effort to give to all In terests fair consideration at all times. I trust you will find the foregoing satisfactory- • Your very truly, Rleljprd f. Manning.^^. UlinkM-ale* Says Sumter .Man .Will Win by 40,000 “In my opinion, based on the con ditions in the PtedmonLwction of the State.” said John G. Clinkscales, who was in Columbia Thursday on busi ness, “Manning will beat Richards from 40,000 to 50,000 votes in the second primary election next Tues day. . “Wednesday night at 9 o’clock Mr. Manning and I finished a whirlwind campaign in Spartanburg county and it is my prediction that Manning will get from fi.000 to 7,000 votes in my county. He addressed Vi audiences Yesterday and was well deceived everywhere. I would introduce him and among other things tell the peo ple that I was not only going to vote for Manning but that I was going to work for him. Though our cam paigning in Spartanburg county is over, I'am at Mr. Manning’s servife and will go with him again at any time or place that be designates. “Mr. Manning.” continued Dr Clinkscales, “stands for those princi ples I have always stood for-r—-law and order, clean government, busi ness admirffcdration and a square deal to every man. - “1 um the livest political corpse the people ever saw,” the speaker went on to say, as he reiterated his state ment that he was willing to -do any thing that Mr. Manning wanted done. He said that he was in Columbia on business and was in good health and happy. He. has gained five pounds since the campaign started, and is in excellent spirits; I will not cecse my efforts until Mr. Manning is elected fcovernor on September 8,” he said in conclusion. Richard I. Manning. / Sumter, 8. C. . ‘ Dear Sir: I wish to acknowledge receipt of your letter in which you state your views on matters of inter est to organized labor. I also wish to exp-ess my appreciation, as your letter assures me that you are not only favorably disposed to organized labor, but that you are In favor of many of its principles, and I am satis- fed if this information could be got ten to the voters In the ranks of la bor, it would do you a great deal of good. My purpose in addressing you was mostly to inform myself, but In view of the contents of your letter and the very noticeable silence in re gard to these matters on the part of other candidates for governor, I feel you would be doing yourself an In justice if yu did not allow your views to reach the wrklng man. Yours very truly. _ C. L. Wilson. New Pope Elected. Cardinal Dell* Chiesa, Archbishop of Bologna, Thursday was elected Su preme Pontiff of the Roman Catho lic Church s Following close on the resolutions adopted Tuesday night by the South Carolina division of the Southern Cotton congress, E. J. Watson, com missioner of agriculture and president of the Southern Cotton, congress, Thursday issued a statement In which he said that the crx of the cotton sit uation manifestly depends on re straining the people of the ' South form planting an “over acreage’’ of another crop of cotton, and that be cause of the fact that the bulk of the cotton crop Is raised by negro<Mv?prk ing on their own account a legal pro hibition against “over acreage” of cotton is a necessity. Mr. Watson has also sent a tele gram to O. B. Colquitt, governor of Texas, upon whom he urges the ne cessity of immediate action of the legislature which is now convened in extraordinary cession to consider the cotton situation. The telegram, which Mr. Watcon sent to Gov. Col quitt is as follows: “All leading men in the Southeast agree that it is vital to anything be ing done or that can be done to avert disaster to the South that extensive reduction of acreage for 1915 shall be required by law with strong pen alties for violation: preferably to re quire that no cotton shall be planted Numbers of negroes engaged In plant ing cotton makes legal reguirements necessary. “As Texas is largest State and your legislature is in cession it is concider- ed that Texas should lead in such leg islation and do It now, resulting in immediate stimulation of price for 1914 crop. Best lawyers say such action constitutional. South Caro lina cases can be cited. Am asked to request you to present question to your legislature immediately and in special message call on your body to determine Texas' attitude at once as guide for sister cotton States “C'a'n have United States Senator Smith to come out and present ques tion of imperative necessity any date If desided. Kindly wire me today view and probable action and advise as to any other action your legisla ture has taken. Certain over pro duction now apparent has greatly ag gravated an already almost helpless situation, and quick and Adical ac tion is deemed by all of us absolute ly necessary. Wade Stackhouse, president of the South Carolina division of the cotton congress, has written a letter to the governors of the cotton growing States, telling them the resolution passed in Columbia Tuesday and urg ing government control of the cotton acreage as the only means that will ‘prevent the impending financial ruin now apparent.” In speaking of the coYton situation Mr Watson made the following statement: “As president of the Southern Cot ton congress, I desire to stgte that now the crux of the whole cotton sit uation manifestly depends on re straining the people of the South from planting an ‘over acreage’ of another crop of cotton, and because of the fact that the bulk of the crop is raised by negroes working on Aheir own account who can not be restrain ed In any other way than by lUw, the national organization is paying more attention right now to that question than to any other. The South Carolina Cotton cpn gress took the first step towards se tiring legal prohibition against plant ing cotton by passing a resolution asking the governors and legislatures to take the matter up. Only one leg islature Is now In session, and that Is the extraordinary session called In Texas to consider the cotton situation All cotton troubles begin wltlr Texas as it Is the largest cotton producing State. If Texas will assist In taking care of a portion of the four or five million bales produced in the 'Lone Star State,' there will be no trouble to make the other States followr to there will be no trouble In calling the legislatures of the other States to gether to consider the question of le gal prohibition of planting “1 am requesting Gov. Colquitt of Texas to immediately present the question squarely to the extraordi nary session of the legislature meet ing in his State, and get them to pass on it one way or the other. It will be a waste of time and a very expen sive proposition to get other States to act unless it Is known what fexas Is going to do. If Texas passes suqh a planting prohibition law the other States will follow. "The best lawyers say such a law is constitutional, and it Is 'Absolutely Vital TtruiyttWn, that he dona in. Seven Republicans Vote for the Mens- ore Which Completes Democracy’* Anti-Trust Program. In Washington as amended in many particulars, the Clayton Anti rust bill which supplements the Sher man law and complete# the Ad minis tration’st rust legislation program for this session of Congress, passed the Senate Wednesday 46 to 16, and will be sent to conference, where the Fed eral Trade Commlasion bill—first of the 'antl-trust measures—still is un der consideration. The reports of both measures are hoped for within two weeks. Seven Republican Senators voted for the bill—Brady, Clapp, Cummins, Kenyon, Norris Perkins and Jones. They were joined by one Progressive, Poindexter. The bill provides fines and Im prisonment for officers of corpora tions convicted offenses against the trust laws, prohibits exclusive and ty- • ing contracts which restrict independ ent purchasers, prohibits holdlug. companies where their effect is to lessen competition or create monop oly and makes Illegal, two years after the passage of the act, interlocking directorates in competing corpora-; tions, any one of which has capital , of more than $1,000,000. It also forbids Interlocking or railroad direc tors with corporations dealing in se curities. railroad supplies or con tracts and liberalizes procedure In in junction and contempt cases.-- Labor, agricultural and horticul tural organizations, not conducted for profit are exempted In the provision relating to monopoly. The maxi mum penalty for a violation of the provision preventing exclusive con tracts Is $5,000 or one year imprison ment or both. The imprisonment holding companies would not prevent common carriers from acquiring branch lines where there is no sub stantial competetton. Sections relating to interlocking directorates are made effective two years after the passage of the act. Directors of railroads, under the terms of the bill cannot be Interlock ed with corporations dealing- in a*- curities, railroad supplies or other articles of commerce or contracts for construction, maintalnance, etc. to an amount of more thnn $50’,000 in any one year, unless purchases are made after competitive bidding under regu lations of the Interstate Commerce Commission. A penalty of two years Imprisonment and $25,000 is pres- ertbed for violation. Another provision makes It a fel ony for officials of common carrier corporations wilfully to misapply or permit misapplication of funds of the corporation, the penalty being not lees than $5,000 fine or imprison ment for not less than one or more than 10 years or both. The section dealing with court pro cedure provides that no Injunction shall be issued between employers and employes In labor disputes unless necessary to prevent Injury to porper- ty or property rights, and no such order shall prohibit the right of em ployes to strike or peacefully per suade others to do so. Disobedience of writs subjects offenders to con tempt proceedings, the accused In-In direct cases being granted trial by jury.- ' President Wilson will delay his re lection of the members of the new trade commission until after the < measure has been harmonized with the Clayton bill by the conference re ports. He has not considered any names as yet. , . ‘TAKE FARLS OR DIE* German Emperor Is Said to Have Given Orders to His Soldiers. The Times correspondent at Ostend records a conversation with a German officer from Brussels, who said fran tic efforts were being made th inflict a crushing blow on the allies, espec- ally on the English forces. Notwith standing the success achieved,by the German army, the dispatch says, there is a feeling among many Ger man soldiers that they are fighting against too great odds. "The German Emperor has made it konwn to every solder that his orders are .to take Paris or die,” the dis patch concludes. the last three days, the fact that we have a 15,250,000-bale crop Iff evi dent, and we have not only got to fight the total loss of the year’s ex port consumption, the caring for of^ a debt. of$550,000,000 against the crop of 1914 for.supplies and'ferti lizers, etc., but also the realistic . ‘nightmare’ of over production, o con dition that had not been figured on even as late as a week ago.” any way, shape or form to have an extensive curtailment in the acreage planted to cotton in 1915. The acute ness of this necessity is apparent now more than ever before, for, within Georgia Democrat* Convene. The Georgia Democrats are gather ed in State convention for. the pur pose of selecting a senator for the short term'. ^ \ . m* * - *■ „ . .j IT***"' ohn Henry HeUaea, a negro, of well county, sent up In 1904 for life bn n charge of murder, has been paroled by Governor Bleese.