Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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B clt.6! SUPPI sbu r jEMENT TC ra J ) THE Kc\ V< r>r.ai he CAL .HOUN'S BATESBUBG, S REPLY . C., Thursday, the Barnwel the News ar denies that coach bill, i through the August 25, 1904 1 meeting, as It appears In id Courier that Mr. Mayfleld he opposed the separate is It wan on Its passage senate. In nimttncr t. PROGRESS OF SOUTH Edgefield, palgn meetli grcssionnl d have closed Leon J. Wl S. G. Mayf forces for t TO MR S. C., Aug. 19.?The camngs In this, the Second Conlistrict of South Carolina, The candidates, Messrs. Illams. J. O. Patterson and ield, are marshaling their he vote on Auir. 30. when . iVLAYFL it was introduced at his b\ yond all doubt. Mr. Mayfli the bill and engineered througli fhe legislature. 1 the denial of Mr. Maylleld pared the bill, he stated that he liml nnt ?vn>? *<a.. the senate I. | I a his vote wi I 1 # language: *1 1 d 1 4JLS call of the i "nay," but Jggestlon. Bo- the entry.' eld Introduced "Now In Its passage that the rig] n addition to upon to mc that he pre- matter know on the stump "A' the t <4 u mu ? W: m n mont Journal, which shows how as recorded, he uses this t also shows that on the oil to pass the bill, I voted there must be an error In the Interest of truth, and lit may prevail. I feel called ike my knowledge of this 'n. Ime that this ball passed 1 luir of ? - DURING THE Chattanooga. Tenn.. Aui lal.)?The progress in Soi trial development for the closed, as reported to Th Includes the following new WEEK K. 21.?(Bpecuthern Indusi week Just e Tradesman. Industries as the people us in the n tives after It The dailyports of the at the varl< ports have read them ! features of 1 fully prmen as they are f nr thn voir will say who will represent atlonal house of representalarch 4 next. papers have Riven brief respeeches of the men named jus meetings, but those renot given those who have some of the most Important the campaign; nor have they ted to the people the men It Is extremely Important .r f n knnw I,. I? introduced It. It wan fat In its passage and was 1 "Maytleld bill." yet on ti made the denials as given Mr. Williams stated on that .as Mr. Mayiield denh lie had successfully cari and denied ail responsibili Hon with it that he coi elude under the cireumstt was a railroad measure, j " II Wiltll lit! ** tiered by him sentatlvea ai mown as tlie *',e PHHsage lu stump he worked In b i. ter during m the stump 'Mr. Mnyl id a bill that Promise that led through, anr' ' was ty In connec- second read ild only con- Period In thi inees, that It '?eard him t irepared by a Wits at viiu nuune 01 reprend worked more actively for of this bill than I over ehalf of any legislative matly term of service. 'leld gave me his positive he would support the bill; astounded when upon the Ing of the bill?the crucial e life of death of all bills?1 fote "nay.' that time In the senate umong uie moat Importan Alabama. Huntsvllle?Rope and ti Birmingham ? Quarryln $500,000 gas furnace compf Corona?Coal mines. Andalusia?$35,0000 light company. Louisville? Ginning and pany. Mobile?$16,000 candy fa< t: fine mill. ft company; iny. ; and water milling com:tory. goinu to c;i manner of n There has oratory on roads and but that do< must have tlonal legist; can rely anc steadfast an !ng and slid i st his vote; that Is, what lan he Is. i been the usual parado of national Issues, trusts, rallthe like, which sound well, is not portray the man. We to represent us In our naaturc, men upon whom we I men whom we know to be d who are not always dodgllng about and who are for OUUI III ) UI1U pu by Mr. Mayfleld us a rep the railroads, especially ai the sole benclit of the ra ping all suits against the Among other things. 1 said aibout the matter: "ll case Introduced by Mr. M that he had not read, wa accomplish any purpose a to stop the citizens of tl the assertion of their Jus isned tnrough "'""""-r am risentutlve of vote and he i it was for "* afterwa illroads, slop- natter, and :m. against it b dr. Williams "?me pir r tl.o test suit Therefore ay Held, a bill ?" error ln s intended to " ?M>cnr* 1 1 ?? 11 was po:;:i,y 1 Je stale from ' K v ' t and lesral V?te' 1 OUr i was Keeping tally of the mrd lilm vote nay. rds talked to him about the he explained that he voted ecausc It did not ault him tlcular. . there could not have been the record of his vote, as In the senate Journal, eshe vote stood 19 to 18. thus bill by a majority of one s very respectfully. Arkansas. Thornton?Electric light Fnyettcville?Spoke nnd tory. Hatt'sville?Construction Fine Bluff?$30,000 cotton Warren?Electric light works. Little Rock?$25,000 luml Fort Smith?$25,000 sash tory. Florida. plant, handle faccompany. i company, plant; water tier company, and door fac the people. As stated, tlonal matte flciently. It some of tilt dents of til will aid the Idea of cerl who have ai from the re use what I Impossible ti the general Issues on nairs have been handled sufis now proposed to give i real hnppenlngs and lncle campaign meeting, which people In forming a correct tain matters and the men ddrossed them. I will quote scords of the speeches, and heard myself. It would be o give In tills brief account lights in the courts, guurui by the constitution of 1895 road companies or inonopoi ther. to reptal nil tines, i remedies, so tliat we are any protection in that resj where the p. ople sulTer b act and consolidations 1 ncs and acts of a like m the rate on sujpir and soa York to Aiken and other tions. Previous to 1898 an ntced to them (Signed.) . against rail- Mr. Uayfi. les; and. fur- Hazelton. In penalties and had not voi left without uniformly a Ject. To show Caughman J y the merger withdraw fr of competing Mr. William iture, look at has arrived, p from New the people o nearby sta- He lma n< If] hpfnrr, thn ?K.. . .. "R. U CAUOHMAN." c!rt Raid on the stand at Saluda county, that If he ed consistently or had not upported the Pollock and lm Crow car bill, he would the race for congress, s contends that that time and that If he does not quit uglit to leave him at home. 3t been able to show that Apala< hlcoln?Water wor Chipiey?Cotton sin. Pcnaacola?$100,000 wood\ Georgia. Bremen?Grist mill. Red Clay?Grist mill. Camilla?Electric light p Waycross?Clgnr factory. Indian Terrltor; Wllburton?$50,000 electrli Kentucky. Louisville?$50,000 land c lu. working plant. l&nt. yc light plant. lomnnnv t? _ all of lmpoi mind's eye. i mark the m For lnstai the political Mr. William there was a those men, Mr. Mayflelt time. There wei of Interest n rtance that I have In my and I \vi!l select those which en most definitely, ice. take the handling of record of Mr. Mayfield by is. During the campaign very warm contest between Mr. Williams having had 1 on the defensive ail the re no very especial points VI rpir-ir.lo \f r UnttnH?Hn consolidations of the con the rate on sugar was 22 pounds. Since then or si rate between the same | cents. Soap under the sa gone up from 28 to 48 cei where the people are s that is what the railroads with the aid of Mr. May) it." The Jim Crow Cai v. u,,. huuaio ripetlng lines, has he ever cents per 100 truth of Mr nee 1S99. the Mr. William joints 1b 48 from the st; tne facts has It was Mr its. there is and Is now. suffering', and cussing a pc s wanted and as a senator Held they got to serve the and trusts c r Act. lho PeoP'p. 1 journal was Incorrect, nor referred to or denied the Caiighman n letter, though s has frequently read It and In his presence. ' Williams' claim all along that his only object in dls<rt of Mr. Mnyfield's record was to show his tendency Interests of the corporaUoi?b ts against the Interests of ie admitting that ho wr.. ? 000 Alter works. I'flxlngton?Grain elevatoi Mverniore?$20,000 stave factory. Carlisle?Water works. Louisiana. Welsh?Hardware compai Donaldsvllle?$30,000 watt Crowley?$80,000 feed ml New Orleans?$60,000 oil company; $25,000 brick wor Ml.aU.I..! find heading ny. sr works. U. and mineral ks. cept that \ bolster up 1 he (Patterso the legislate so far as I denied; and anything to During th times very 1 Messrs. Wll principal lssi Ir. Maylield. In trying to tils own case, claimed that 'n) had voted as he did on in named below, and which, know, Mr. Patterson never I will therefore not have say about him. e campaign there was at leated controversies between liams and Maylield. the tes between them being the Mr. Williams charged Mi liuaufurt with having vote Jim Crow Car Xiill*' on its ing when ills vote was and when the life or dent] "t stake, the vote slnndinj favor of the bill, and he if one more senator h.-.d Mr. Maytleld had done, th have been lost and nrgr riding with the white peop cars. ,, ,, corporation r. Muyfleld at Atlantic Cor a against the no mud Qn second read- had c,n,me(, moat needed. record prove h of a bill la for congress. S 19 to 18 in Mr Williai claimed that that ho (Mr changed as ,, 10 bU1 would get'his" duty oes would he hla raC(. nn ,n railroad b h attorney representing the ist Line. He has thrown h:s personal character, and that on public matters his d him to be disqualified ms told him on the stand lyheld) was so wedded to ...... nan willing i0 for. toward the preservation of id race decency Itself as I Vote nn Tiww rt . ... ?Green'w ood?f 20,000 woodt (projected). Ncttleton?Prick worka Macon?Telephone systen Bay Springs?Canning fa Vlcksburg?>76,000 oil nil refinery. Meridian?Stave and hea Columbia?f 10.909 "2**? mill; >26.000 plow factory. Newton?>5.000 canning f: .... vorklng plant ). dory. U; $50,000 oil ding factory. actory. record of M vnnt. espccii passed by t assembly kr the "Test Ci Mayfleld. am together wit In order t will have t< history of tl new constlti In 1895. nro r. Mayfleld as a public serilly as relating to the acta lie South Carolina general town as the "Merger Act." ase Act," Introduced by Mr. tl the "Ji:n Crow Car Act," h a few side lines, o m ike myself intelligible I ) relate something of the lie legislation named. The ition of the state, adopted hi hi ted ? tlV rnilrnnH In answer Mr. Maydeld would reply to that charge The News .anil Courier of j porting Mr. Mayflclds s; "In answer to Mr. William at Beaufort that he had the ".Mm Crow Car Bill." Mayfleld produced the rec that his vote on tin* mat recorded on the right side nent must know that sue and thai In said that he Mayfltld's lo at Hampton. the extent c \uB. 4. In re- the rac,.s ,n pcech says: n n?gro to s declaration with whKo voted against At E(, fl In 1898. Mr. Mayfleld tha ords showing hlm> man ter had been bl!ls dur, 3. His oppo- gennte. and h statements hov_ h? .. , .. ~ v,ruw Din; the Jim Crow matter. Mr. V..- for corporations went to >f showing a desire to mix railroad cars, thus enabling lawfully ride side by side ladies. ^ld, Mr. Williams told Mr t he could, it seemed to to vote on both sides of all their passage through the that down In Columbia the * ^u/uuc?co.uuu mining: Missouri. St. Joseph?$75,000 electri North Carolina Charlotte?$10.00 cotton pany. Man too?$100,000 oompnnj llsh canneries and fertilij ?tc. Oklahoma. Cleveland?$50,000 oil coi Geary?$52,000 water wox company, c light plant. I. ginning romT to estab:er factories, npany. ka. puny from i atlng a com? out that pro' what Is knot any vlolntior heeding the law, the Si purchased, ci linos of rail' considered c< a line runni tr\ A iicr.iotn lurcliastng. leasing or operating line. In 18U7 to carry vision. the legislature pass, d vn as the "Penalty Act" for 1 of th > constitution. Not constitution and the penalty outhern Hallway company onsolidatod or leased several way in the state that were irnpetiiur lines, among them ng from Charleston, 9. C., .. were raise and unsupporle cords The accusations n him on other things whic have time to discuss cr as falsi- and ha eless as t as to his vote on the "J Bill." It is well to remember mcnt and couple it with -\t the Hampton meeting also produced the record, journal of lSDS. page 23' <1 l?y the re- naming end rtnde against bor,. th? n|c h ho did not The fnr-.gr answer, were maln featur< he accusation the men dur Crow Car by such matl We must loo that state- ? mnn choflf what follows. tongue is K| Mr. Williams facts. Ilk.- si the Senate which -h?-? During th? >?< "ny or appropriately nick> other, ami Mr. Mayfleld kname of "Slick Duck " Ri vea some of the bs of tlie debate between ing the campaign. It la j?8t ers aK we must Judge them, k to the facta and not what <R to 8 !y of hlm.self. The lb and the pen facile, but 'eel. will not bend. 5 whole camnnlim Oklahoma City?$10,000 pany; gas plant. Enid?Stone works. Mountain Park?$6,000 cc Fnss?Telephone system. Carnegie?Cotton gin. Cl'*o?Cotton gin. Hlnton?Cotton gin. Enwton?Cotton gin; flou Shawnee?Cotton gin; $5( and development company gas and mining comnanv lumber com tton grin. ring: mill. >0.000 oil, gaa ; J500.000 oil. done, i largi against the statutory p>-i lion or nior? seems, be ai way out of t lslaturc past "Merger Act, of the ra In purchases, or had been mi nn Mion us mat was number of cases were filed Southern to recover the (laities amounting to a mfl: dollars! The railroads. It me uneasy, and sought a he trouble. In 1902 the legted what Is known as the al owing the consolidation aads. and valindting the insolidations and leases that ide. Th t did not stop the th:it Mr. Mayflcid voted ag as charged by Mr. VViUia standing that he had denle admits it, saying it must in the entry. At Barnw. II Mr. Mnyfleli per admitting th t his nam by Mr. Williams, appear? nay on the second ret bill, but that that must bt the entry. ai"-st ,he b,?. llamTtohaa"hi mis. notwlth- ? nc ,ii? > . respect mor J It. but now fho dl8trJ be a mistake Ki1ITi,, , Might attack: r.nl failures t il read a pa- T . e ns charged tuns 'of * * l?T ;rz "r i, uie w|)0 reafJ J a" error ln them withou " o"' ""i one ,ecn *nade against Mr. Wllu that hc >s not In every competent to represent to.in his opponents. The s th.it were made were slemd fell tlat. ron certain important feecalmpnlgn which present Find every man and woman them win fully understand t further comment or ex Watonga?Cotton gin. Lahnma?Creamery. Hobart?Cotton gin. Davidson? $6,000 cotton t Guthrie?$2,600,000 coal company. Jennings ?Telephone syst Fletcher?$6,000 cotton g Qulnlan?Grain elevator. South Carolina nishopville?$35,000 build! rnm n-t n v fin. and chemical em. ;in. ng and loan nuns or sui constitution. In 1904 Mr s< nate, of w "Test Case tlie constltut Lmring th was charged the interests pressed. he * the bill, but attorney gen ts for the violation of the Mayfleld Introduced In the lilch he was a member, the Act," which was to settle tonality of that act. e campaign Mr. Mayfleld with Introducing the bill In of the railroads. When stated that he did not draw that It was drawn by the ral of the state. The at maniresto in a re Ylie Chronicle after nmpl been produced to settle tli finitely, nnd after the Can had been time and again i lump lie again reiterate must be some mistake, bui lng it I produce the letter of X to prove that there was the record, wlileh reads ai "Columbia, S. c Ai cent issue of le proof had e matter de- Sh ightnan letter (From cad from the ..it . ^ ? *? * I low doe? a that there t never prov- Joah B<>rr>PJ mor boarder: fr. Caughman us?" no error in "That's 'cs x follows: plact- was d iicr S linj Snmmni- ?. t W M. P. CALHOUN. rewd Old Farmer. the Chicago Tribune.) i it happen that old Uncle *teh 1? gettln" more Sum* than any of the rest of nise he advertised that his iflf'runt frum the roglar Charleston?Development Elliott?Lumber company Tennessee. Knoxvllle?JIO.OOO medic 1200.000 marble company. Cokor Cre.k?560.000 mln Sharon?Cotton grin. Clinton?Iron works. Memphis?525.000 lumber company: 55.000 land comp Ashland City?Spoke and company. :Ine factory; ing company. and mineral any. I handle fac torni y gen<-t nled that he al bcltiK appealed to, deprepared the bill or that "Hon. I., j. Williams, Kds "Dear Sir?I notice In t efleld. S. C.: none o' the he report of hind "o caugl 1-iiu Iiume coown and conveniences of home. It it them city folks?" tory. Bristol?$50,000 coal an pany. d coke com