Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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But It was the act of the Legislature of 1910 that caused the roads near the county seat to bo worked as they were and not the will of the county officers. During the campaign for the next set of repreoeutatlree. as all men know, there was agitated a com mission form, of government for the county, when the delegates met la Columbia and la discussing the nutter, I opposed the commission I did not believe it well to ' ap point and Install commissioners for service while we had a supervisor and county commissioners already In service and on salary. However. I lost out and the commission was appointed and salaries fixed. When the 1112 session met, the bottom of the whole fsibrlestton had fallen out and something had to be done, hence a Mil came to the House hat he would hereafter 4f>{trem the Senate abolishing the s»- **as berooth his r creating ceaoistlrg of (three to be nude bj appointment aid salaried, chairman ► Chesterfield meeting of S campaign party held , Oovemor Blease anrounc- tn future hla policy srould of Ignoring the terrific Ip of Judge Jones <on his 1 a legislator and as gov- kt Ben net tsv Ills he and mas had come hot words, dement made bgr the gov- • branded as a malicious and as a “He out of the th.” 2 Hampton picnic several gp Judge Jones said the would find he had no on his legs,” and be found ^ there seems to be some remor Bicase’s trousers, IS several times he would suffer bodily lu be bad heard he was to be cot tn a fight sr Bluaso roquusta that his prepared statement be gtv-. hr the newspapers, aad i vt Bleaee stated what hla Jtude toward Judge Jones rioadlng his statement. He A hereafter 4* 1 hla adfe*' Mtetsoi I set engage la a paNMAtfawS err . Governor Bleaso’s state- as follows: do no personal attacks upon either of the eandt- governor; hut have erltl- rely the reccrd 0* Ex- tee, which I consider the t vulnerable and the rt could {uve been made hits man and a South I have said not one pt whet I have furnished to prove beyond a shad- oubt; and at Blahopvllle eliminated him from this- us mot bean whr.t 1 have sa the record as made by admits ho nude it aM pelogies rad acksowledg- takes. That does sot re- flrom having made it. tgret, tor I dislike to see CnroHnlan vote for social t Jfj Notlce.“ bo placed himself 1 beneath my notice, and ntaadgfdot gentlemanly id* forThenalanoe ef this ill absolutely ignore him ivgae that he may make; gtttoks me personally, la at, and X pnt him on no bs threat that some of mot* have made that I * assassinated, will be epportunity to be, put two. ^ m -X saw us laJ ehaugs from the previous ap polntment'of a year before, sad ? opposed the propositios, and flrallj tot an amendmeat to the Senatr bill, -deducting two of the com nisstoners and a saving to the county of $100.00 per year end m«!>lr.g one man responsible for th* rounty’8 funds and her work. Ht :annot lay blame on the other fel ’ow and the other fellow on him. !, also. In the amendment got r nan fretn et-'-h township to handle he fords of bis township and nve the roads worked. I wish f o emphasize the fact Just here h.nl 1 believe we have r. good roit : rw. Now let us get the men and if It ever gets dry fenougb, we will 'ave some good roads. Well, t‘ no oh for that. A bill came in the l&use from he Beeste, providing for t- cora- uisalon of three men from each ownsfaip to take returns for tax- 'lion to be paid s salary of $2.00 per day, for ten days, if need be. vhlch would cost the county c-bout $690.00 per year. I thought the vuditor could take the returro and do tbe balance of his office work for $1400.06 a year and 1 asked the House to table the bill. They did It . The next thing I will make men- I do not propose to bur# -ion of Is a bill which came in the a coward, u blutherekite guard, end I hope from a that hp will thoroughly I that I consider him y notice ard shall pay »o attention to him or a. - I do this in the In cuse and order, because I kief Magistrate of this *r, it ho Insults me per- hall hold him strictly to ; off of the platform, wh«l *»»<> ®*«mpt will he la danger but he 1 It ea and the gentleman nts it as a gentleman the newspapers to la U> full ia order that r of . South Cepollna may gome may say a coward, bat I think my \ the correct one, and I may he called, It Is ileh adhere to.” Mila Butler left Tuee- buu ter flpartaoburg whe talk bet^ttflter. Mu. C. M. 7 iitik House from the Senate, causing s good and substantial wire feroe to be built, beglnniag at Jacksonboto and running up the Edlsto river to some point not far from Bamberg county line, thence across the coun ty to Toby’s Bluff on Big Salks- hatchldtaence down that swamp to the AUVptic Coast Line Railroad; good andsubstar>tial gates at each road crossing and a penalty for leaving them open, this fence to be bulk by means of the people in that territory from general stotk law. The bill did not provide for any special way to raise money for the project, but MSWB TAFT 6 /. B. DODD EXCUSES ITIOM AIDING NEW CXMJ1PVT. TIOLATSON AH MHMOTVILLB OT NO ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF CD DISORDER FOLLOWS AT MCE Thinks BM drees Cau Be Had. [nrrjr to Josses Attack Back Other. . Editor The Press and Standard: There appeared last wepk la th* News and Courier and Thr Press as Standard an account of a saaaa meeting at Hendersonville, the ob ject of which was to form a new County, and my name Is gives ac one of the leaser lights da the movement. Some of the best mCU whem I have the honor to call my friends are among the prime mow-' era In this scheme, aad they new men of exceptionally flao buslaeM and political Jndgemeat, who. ado usually found on the right ttdo 0 ell questions of general But I mast respectfully decline take any part la tko matter worklag up sentiment for 4 a county. I have always cutting the State np into HtUg potato patch counties, ew the asset favorable circumstam sod ia this case. If there la eoe Mg gle argument In favor of this cut, I fall to figure It out. While the very beet and p la usable arguments against il so many that they cannot bo glveo, hut let me make • to theao geoflemou at dereoovllle. Brethren, let uo to Darlington, June 29.—The affair which so excited the crowd at BUhopviUe yesterday and which re sulted in a rush of pottos to the gtand was due to overnight of the fulq adopted by the candidates at flvmter, that any candidate who Mlcht want to dony a statement ade by a candidate opposing him V allowed to reply on condition thi ils replp be limited to n “cate gorical” dental. After Gov. Bleaee •ad completed hie speech at Bish op v ill e Judge Jones rose to hla feet, •ov Bleaae ehlected to any reply here was a about from the orowd prof eating against u reply. The consternation became gfrsat aad the chairman had to refnae to ^U- Ipw either eaadMato to speak again. Ipfore the crowd would subside. In the meanwhile two uniformed police men rushed to tgo stead aad one look hold of the arm of Gov. Blaaae While the chairman of the meeting. 1*. L. Baker, Mopped to> front of Jbdge Jones and pushed him hack, ggectatora had crowded on to the platform aad turmoil woe In power. It wee generally eeaeeded that the yule adopted by the candidates had been violated sod there waa talk Mat the rules for the paiin'-would ha printed aad u The entertainment. Point,” which was given at the s high school auditorium Friday evening bp* local talent waa one of the - beat ■meteor productions that has been •eeu in Walterboro. The play was gotten np by the ladles of the Meth odist aad Episcopal eharches tor the benefit o* these churches and was wen staged. The acting waa all that could he desired. Mrs. M. Caru Ftshbarno ad Ash* raet Grant, a workhouse waif waa very good aad perhaps received most commendation from tho audi ence. The other parts, however, were all ..well taken. Mice Be sets Mims, as Mrs. Hardaeratoh, made quite a hit, aad Mrs. Ashley Aadce- bob, as Anat Dabby Dexter, was very good. Mias Belle Bandera, who took the part of Elinor Pearl, per formed her part with grace aad ease. Mehltahle Doolittle, Mlsa Edna Stokes, created no little mar- rtment, while the Hardaeratoh twins, who were Mies Amelia Eraser and Mlaa Kathleen. DdTrevllle, earns in for their shore of applauun ON ROOSEVELT REAM NEV PARTY Ay a result of tho RopnhUcoa No- tiooo] Convention.which waa held at Chicago last week. Preatdeut Tuft *waa ymuomlnated on tho first ballot. paeMvlng Ml of the 197$ votea.> mudning qnlot and refuMug to vole. Following TUft’s aemfootloo, tho supporters of Roosevelt ad journed to another hall, where thv aominaled Roosevelt for prselleat ■n an Indepeadent ticket. OaL Booeevelt accepted the aomtaation aad aypotntod a committee for tho purpoee of effecting an ergaataa* tloa. AMD JONHS AT IT AGAIN Bernice Vernon. HMa Florence Black; Laura Leigh, Mlaa Eunice Glover; Edith Norton Mias Kather ine Howell; Fagtiae, the French Maid, Mlaa Miriam da Boto; Old Clem, tho Gypsy, Miss Erne Hyme. All performed their porta with Tha State fkmpalga party met ycatarday in glacunao where a very Uvsly mReflag wan held. IMd per- Mias Florsuce piano aad Mr. Harry 4ia, furnished matte far tha Intor- A vocal dntt hr Uttfo the fence was not built by the fifteenth of Msrcb, 1912, tbe coun ty wcaldUal! be under the general stock law. I did not believe the people wanted stock law in that portion of the county or wealed to make the one hundred miles of wire fence either, and when the bill came np, I asked the House to table it aad the House Jourril < Feb. 2rd, says It was done. Listen, I did something else. Auditor Block died. It he- OeuBnued as Page Ftva. Cttht mi Which . banner Eliminate tho discussion tho pood points ty aad wha Is .the bright side af tho prapoeltioa. The ptopoaed Has will give yon a narrow border of white popula tion on the north and the balance of your territory aonalsta of rice field negroes and alHgators. Our tax to already burdensome to the limit of ondurmree with the whole county to share the burden, but cut It In two aad we havo to build n court honao and Jail; record will have to he transferred, which Is an enormous expense, sad then we will have two county govern- mer>*s to maintain Insteed of one. And where will it end? Where will our tax go to? Tho reason for this unrest Is that people are not get ting hack their commutation tax. but certainly Fraser end Glover townships cannot Join In this com plaint, for they each received far more than their share of this fupd last year. Then why should they* join la tbe cut? If Heyward and Blake hove not had their coa- mutetio* mcosy returned to them, the county officials ought to be eehsmed of themselves, for 4- the law expressly provides that the money collected from each township shall be expended la that town ship, and If these eltlaenc know that the law has bees ignored, they have redress, not by eoaaplalnt to the county officials, bat report tbe mutter to the grand Jury and know why this money has not been returned to them, and have the guilty prrtles dealt with for mal- feasxnce la office, or highway rob- o U- bery or any other name that may be appropriate to the offer--** . No. gentlemen, do not allow yonr animosity to run away with your better Judgment a Ml came you to act hastily bat count well the cost before you set. New counties are usually forme from jparts of two or more conn- ties, bat* In this case yon propose to cut one ©our^y aad make two ont of It. and hence the Identical tax able property whlc’a new rapports one county will have to support two It seems to m» that our 14 1-2 mills will neeeeanrUy have to be 29 mfHs. “I pray thee have* if. the speechae by the ean- are very ttmlllar 1* subc stone* though thgpp an pome new features that add totofott for the, members of the oitnpitgii party as well as for the rotors who tome to hear tho apeecheo. Yettordagr, how ever, several of tho candidates made entirely different speeches from those they had at Bomter. Among thsoo was the speech of tho Atto*- aey General. He produced tho pa pers on B. B.. Evans which he had ♦brostered on tho day before to produce. Gov. Blease had an entire ly different speech. This was prepared and typewritten form and It was a lengthy discourse on Judge Jones’ record In the Hones of Rep resentatives and on tho Supreme beach ard containing n strong d^ nunclatton of dally newspapers. un» V- Judge Jones wee the first speak er tn the aabernatorlal debuts. He outHred some of tho loading plunks in hla platform, mentioning hts fav or of tho Torrens system of land registration, a laborer’s liability law and tho betterment of common schools with na eye to economic support of higher educational lustl- tatlem. A railing around the roar of the platform on which tho candidates sat aad spoke broke and several men fell. v Judge Jones took op the figure end said: “There’s nothing wrong with my platform. If there are any weak potato la this cam paign they are In the rear.” There wea applause. Judge Joaes assailed Gov Blcaee’s record and condemned him for a bus of tbe three powers of the execu- *ive office--those of xppolotmeot, pardon and veto. Ho called on tho voters to put down any man who abused the powers of hie office. He (tpielally rasa lied the Governor's >ardoa of Wash Hnater, his client, who waa charged with marder. He said that the governor had ignored tufl pardon board la 249 iastoncea of executive clemency. Judge Jones said that Oov. Blease had appeared before the Su preme Court in Washington sad had urged that no true hill had bom found by tho grand Jury again Haator. Judge Jones produced a certified copy of the indictment against Haator aad he urged that Gov. Bleaee had ia tho 0000 to tho aatlooal 1 a audience /tty §. Saturday, July $, Is tho date tor the visit to Walterboro of tho Gtate campaign party. Thorn will doubt less be a very large crowd la attoa ance, owing to tho Intereetlag per* fonnances expected. Tho. speak** log will begin e* 19 o’clock, aad will doubtless bo hold at the Court* house. 1 Miss Nellao Hay, a charming young lady of Allendale la visiting Mias Vlvisas Price on Hampton 0t. Btshopville, a different document from that road at Sarmter. Id it ho quoted from records of tha Honse of representatives to show that Judge Joneo had changed in some of his political principles. Based oa them Journals. He argued that Judge Jones, when a member of tho Hones of Representatives, had been a Prohibition let, and ho now, Q&. Bleaee says to tor local op tion. OOv Bleaae repeated his argument that Judge Jones was the candidate of the corporations end newspapers. An sntomobile horn tooted la the outskirts’ of tho cro^d and Oov. Blease celled to tho crowd to “watch how they are trying to draw ns ont. That’s yonr corporation ar istocracy. They are making that Doles to try and hoop me from •peeking.’’ Oov. Bleaee further argued that Judge Jonee was a “corporation ca didate,” aad he said that while In the House of Representatives he had ridden on a pass aad had oppoe od a bill to require the railroads to put on separate coaches for white aad colored people. He gave several Supreme Court decisions ae iDstances, he. claimed, of how Judge Jonee, while Chief Justice, had fa vored rs4lroeds and other corpora tions. la defending hie pardon of Wash Hunter; Oov. Blease said he would not revoke that pardon now ty he could and he had no apologies to make. He said if there was say blame for the pardons the petition ers should bo Mamed. Hug to hifl epyGtoat |g ffctaro. Tho National Pamocratle Con vention to now* to aeesto^ at Balti more. Judge Alton 8. wee elected temporary 1 defeattnf Wm. J. Bryan hf a veto of 17$ to 119. Tho*eotlmoot to ho that Speaker Clark la the leading candidate for tho Tho South Carolina voted for Bryan and WEI veto Wilson for the presidential noml JOB HUGGINS KILUBDw As a resell of n hoostetde at Wiggins Saturday night, Jim tOott and Norman Hunt, two aagraas. am' la Jail, rhargsd with tho kilting qf Jon Higgins. It appears (hat these negroes had hem engaged tn n tola gam* aad having were lying aronad a fire without warning. Jim Hlott picked up . a single barrelled toot gnu and fired*at Joe Huggins, too toad striking him In tho nock and shoul der. killing him almost lastaatly. It appears that there was no fuse and ao bod blood existing bttweou tho negroes and the killing was n com plete surprise, to thorn who worn starring around . Huggins was about 29 years old r-nd bore a good reputation in this community. Magistrate Chaplin, who hold the inquest Sunday night, de cided to commit Jim Hlott and Norman Hnnt, as accessory^ to Jail to await trial. Hlott appears to bo a had negro and Is said to have a bad rsputatloa In the community. Them negroes were broeght to Jail Monday afternoon. O. C. Brown, who has been In terested In the Rhrhardt Hardware 0 Company has sold hla Interest to hla partner, B. H. Wtehmaa. This .. company waa started several .1 months ago by-Memre. Brown Oov. Bleaae at the conclusion of ’ wtehmaa, with Gerald Wee- the speeches aad as soon as the So* tmg Framptoa Wlehman In tong sensation which scorned for awhile joharga. Finally Mr. Brows decided - tn ho a toce-maaec * a dlttnrhanen th* ho weald profm setltag ktoto- ~ -totted, waa esntod fmm tog tttt-itgM* and toga* g wttHag *** form w too toontton * •* iff t. b.