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THE FIRST GUN Hn StateCampaign Opeied on Thirsdaj at a Large Barbecie AN INFORMAL MELTING All the Candidates for Governor Are p?"^nt and Tell People Where They Stand on the Public Questions of the Pay.?Dr. Ray Criticised Ivever's Vote. The State campaign was opened | at an informal barbecue held in a I grove near Hatesburg on Thursday. Bach speaker was allowed thirty minutes and lots were drawn for the order of speaking by the candidates for governor. Mr. Featlierstone drew first choice and opened up at once with a plea for prohibition. He had been told, he said, that he could be elected governor easily if he cut out that plank in his platform and did not stress it so much. He would rather be defeated than cut it out because he ?iqh f^ncrht fnr it for twelve years &4C4.VA AV U0? . before when candidate for governor. The argument that prohibition did not prohibit was absurd. No law prohibits, but it reduces. Prohibition would reduce the consumption of liquor. At least half of the inmates of the asylums and penitentiaries cau trace their present condition to the use of whiskey. If prohibition would cut this number down 25 or 50 per cent would not that be of some benefit to society? There were 3 47 homicide cases in the State last year and of these 65 per cent, were traced to liquor. If liquor could be eliminated would not that be of benefit? * mc ^ j rnos. u> Thos. G. McLoed was next introduced by Mr. Edwards. Mr. McLeod referred to his official record and to his services as lieutenant governor. He discussed education and the work he had done for schools and colleges. The people had years before made mistakes in not making the common school the basic foundation as was the case now. The spirit of education was now abroad in the land, which means much to the State. He also stressed good roads and scored the tax dodgers .heavily in his argument for equalization of property. He made a plea for a continued appropriation for pensions. As to the liquor question he was no advocate for selling, but thee matter must be sanely dealt with. He had no apology to offer for defending that Democratic doctrine of local option. There was nothing for prohibitionists to do but build up a sentiment for prohibition, for no law could be enforced unless there was a sentiment for its enforcement. He thought the whole matter "a carefully preserved and canned issue" to be brought up from time to time. He did not believe in over-riding the will of the people. He promised if elected to perform all duties faithfully and enforce the laws. P. H. Hyatt. After dinner F. H. Hyatt was the next speaker. Mr. Hyatt went out of the ordinary line and delivered an address on the progress of South Carolina. He did not consider it a political gathering, he said, having been invited by the ladies committee of a church to deliver an address at a church barbecue. Therefore he did r?r?t tnuph at all on the whiskey matter or on taxation. His opening remarks called attention to rural schools and their relation to good roads. The two were closely connected. Only one man in each hundred ever thinks. The others let this one man do their thinking. Therefore, the necessity for schools and colleges. He commended the action of the State board of education in selecting Prof. Tate as inspector of rural schools. A man very often paid more attention to his stock than he did to the kind of instruction his children were re-! ceiving at the schools. He briefly reviewed the progress made in road building in the past ten years and gave some interesting figur? b along that line. He told of the work of the farmers and the Southern Cotton association in raising the price of cotton and in urging the farmer to plant other crops. Over 100,000 circulars had been mailed out by the association describing the Williamson plan for planting corn. The wealth of the South was enormous and constantly growing, but there should be modern methods applied and for this end all of us must work. John G. Richards was introduced next. Mr. Richards reviewed his 20 years of service in oflice of which 10 years v/eTe in the general assembly. He was proud to say that in this time he had always favored education for high and low. He had advocated appropriations not only for the common schools but for the colleges as well. He pointed to the bills, introduced by him and passed, increasing the number of rural schools in the State and the measures providing for educational scholarships at Winthrop and Clemson colleges; appropriations that enabled the poorest boy or girl to receive a college education. He tressed the work being done for the GEORGIA POLITICS WATSON AND EDWARDS MAKE THE WIRES HOT. i Mr. Watson Threatens to Prosecute, and Congressman Edwards Says "Make Charges Good." The Atlanta Journal saya a new -1 ?"? rurlMon TnoeHi) V In the tuapici HOD nimvu ? controversy between Congressman Charles Gordan Edwards, of Savannah, and Thomas E. Watson, of Thomson, concerning charges of immorality made by Watson against Edwards. Tart telegrams were exchanged in an interesting passage at arms. Mr. Watson threatens to prosecute Congressman Edwards for false swearing. Mr. Edwards challenges Mr. Watson to make good on his original charge of immorality, or go unnoticed in the future. j Mr. Watson's telegram follows: "Come into the jurisdiction of the courts of Georgia and make oath to the statements contained in your telegram and in your card in the Savannah Press, if you dare do it, and I will prosecute you criminally for false swearing.' Congressman Edwards' wire follows: < < xr * ?v? T h Q UP IUU1 idtrgi am i ^ denounced your charges as false and have challenged you to name witnesses. Comply with this like a man, ^otherwise you shall go unnoticed.." Mr. Watson precipitated the controversy with the congressman when, in his paper, he called upon Mr. Edwards to answer several pertinent, not to say sensational questions. He dared Mr. Edwards to deny a charge of immorality. Congressman Edwards accepted Mr. Watson's dare. He did deny the charge. He branded it as an infamous lie, and so wired Mr.. Watson. It was his telegraphic denial that called forth Mr. Watson's telegram Tuesday morning, threatening to prosecute Mr. Edwards for false swearing. (.Vx>k Sues Peary. According to dispatches Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the artic explorer, has entered suit in the Berlin courts against Commander Robt. E. Peary. farmer at Clemson and told of his record as a member of tne warmers union. He was tired of the whiskey question. He -had hoped that for once in 20 years .the candidates could come before the people with matters of more importance. Since, however, the first fcpeaker had taken up as his leading topic whiskey, he would inform all how he stood. He was a prohibitionist, both in theory and practice. Oole Jj. Blease. Cole L. Bleaee took as his subject "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and render unto God the things that are God'l." He did not touch on the liquor question but devoted his time to a review of certain conditions in this State in several periods?that of 1860, of 187 0, of 1 890, and the present. He called attention to the work of the men confronting him and their forefathers that made the name# of Lee and Jackson imperishable; to the work of the same men in 1876 who made Hampton governor and then later, in 1 890 these same men made the reforms possible under the leadership of B. R. Tillman. Winthrop and Clemson are monuments to this movement. Two years ago he had endeavored to make taxation the issue with the people of tne State and the newspapers laughed at the idea. Examine the tax receipts for the past several years and show how the taxes have gradually mounted. He wanted to stress the fact that the legislature makes the laws, the governor only suggesting. Jolin T. Duncan. .In characteristic manner, John T. Duncan, of Richland, addressed the voters, lie said: "Those who can't read have been taught to curse Duncan," Mr Duncan assailed the newspapers, proclaiming himself to be a reformer. He touched on the dangers of vice, the dispensary, the "public offices and Courts, reeking with rottenness." and referred especially to the Asylum investigation and many other matters. l>r. W. W. Kay. Congressman Lever was not present and W. W. Hay, was introduced as his opponent Dr. Hay touched on the tariff and the necessity for the people becoming more familiar with national subjects. He thought the present high cost of living was on account of the Hepublican tariff. The party had broken faith with the people. .Dr. Hay attacked Congressman Lever's vote for the tariff on lumber, holding that Mr. Lever had, for the benefit of the few gone back on the Democratic platform and violated his nlndc#> as a Democrat. This vote was in direct opposition to the principles of the democracy of Jefferson. He was sorry Mr. Lever was not present to answer certain questions he would like to ask. If the man serving the people proves true to his trust, keep him in office; if he proves false turn him oit STALWARTS WERE BEATEN Tlie Insurgents Cleaned Them Up in Iowa Districts. In Iowa eight progressives and three standpatters were nominated for congress. Following are the congressional delegates: Republican?First district, C. A. Kennedy, standpatter; Second, Chas. Grilk, progressive; Third, C. E. Pickett, progressive; Fourth, Gilbert N. Ilaugen, progressive; Fifth, James Good, progressive; Sixth, N. E. Kendell, progressive; Seventh, S. F. Prouty, progressive; Eigth, S. M. Tn,?noii atanrfnnttpr. f.John DarraJi. progressive, claims it); Ninth, Walter I. Smith, standpatter; Tenth, A. Frank P. Woods, progressive; Eleventh, E. H. Hubbard, progressive. Democrats?First, B. A. S. Pollard; Second, J. A. DeArmond; Third, John Dennison, (J. C. Murtagh claims it); Fourth, D. D. Murphy; Fifth, S. C. Hubel; Sixth, Daniel W. Hamilton; Seventh, Clint L. Price; Eighth; F. Q. Stuart; Ninth, W. L. Cleveland; Tenth, no " candidate; Eleventh, no candidate. Almost complete unofficial returns from the Seventh district give turns from the Seventh district give Prouty 1,100 over Hull. This reversal is decided, as two years ago Hull was nominated by 4 0 votes. BRAINS KNOCKTD OUT. An Unknown Man Tries to Jump Off Fast Moving Train. a ?1-? m o n in f rvintr /All IinMlunii n line man ill 1,1 J >.(, to jump from Southern train No. 30, north of Toccoa, Ga., was killed Monday night. His brains were battered by the rocks in a cut as the porter .held his legs to keep him from jumping out of a train window. Passengers on the train noticed the peculiar actions of the traveler for some time before the accident. Finally he went into the rear of the coach. After a while the porter, who feared that some trouble was brewing, followed the stranger. He arrived just in time to see him jump out of the window. The porter caught his legs, but the body of the traveler out of the window as the train passed through a deep cut, the body of the man struck the projecting rocks and his brains were beaten out against tJie bank. The body was taken back to Toe coa. The man carried a ticket reading from Augusta to New York, but no other means of identification. FIFTY THOUSAND STOLEN. Hope to Catch the Thieves When Papers Are Offered. That William Miner, president of the William M. Miner Company, of Chicago, was robbed of $50,000 while en route from Chicago to New York last Thursday night has become known. Detectives in New York have been working on the case, but no aninouncpment had heretofore been made, as it was hoped that th. thieves might be caught while trying to disi>08e of some of the negotiable paper included in the lot amount. The money was in a traveling bag which he had at his side in his berth in the sleeping car. He did not discover his loss until he reached his hotel in New York. About half the sum was in the shape of a negotiable letter of credit on which payment has been stopped. STUCK TO THE PLASTER. Woman Puts Fifty IK?Ilar Iiill on Husband's Hack. 1 L ^ t A s.nort time ago a III ere nam ui Middletown, N. Y., on retiring for the night left some hills on the top of a dresser. He had a lame back and asked his wife to prepare a porous plaster. 'She did 60, hut after heating it accidently dropped it on the dresser. In picking it up she did not. notice the $50 bill clinging to it and applied it to her husband's hack. The bill was missed and servants were suspected of .haven stolen Jt. The whohe household worried over the matter until last night tJie merchant removed his porous plaster and the bill was found sticking to it so firmly that it could not be removed without tearing it to pieces. The merchant wi 1 s<jnd the plaster to 1 ' - * .l .w /vti t f ar* rn i ne irertHury uqmi iwcuv *v#* ? demption. | Stormy Life Closed. "My whole life has been bo stormy that I can't believe that it is a sin to go thie way." Leaving this brief but pathetic message as an excuse for her act, also a letter to her husband in which she chided him for his lack of affection and support, Mrs. W. H. Heaton of Tampa, Fla., Tuesday committed suicide at an Atlanta hotel by inhaling chloroform. Fatal Fall from Trestle. E. G. Hideout, of North Emporia, Va., an electrician, working at the Moncrief shops of the Atlantic Coast Lin? at Jacksonville, Fla., while walking back to the shops at an early hour Monday morning lost his balance on a railroad treBtle and fell. He died later in the day from a fractured skull, injured spinal column and internal injuries. THEY AWAITED DEATH FUNERAL CARRIAGE CRUSHED TO PIECES BY ENGINE. Caught on Track Occupant** of Vehicle Sat Paralized, Gazing at Onrushing Engine. An awful accident happened at Haverstrow, N. Y., Thursday afternoon. Three mourners, their pastor and their driver, sat in a funeral coach and watched certain death come rushing on them at fifty miles an hour. With a screech of ' - * ' - 1 Chn.a grinding oruKeH, a uchv; ucat ?uvi? freight train, hurrying south to pick up a train at Weehawken, crushed into the coach, scattering its occupants along the right of way and came to a stop 150 yards beyond the (crossing. All the occupants were either killed outright or fatally injured. The dead. Rev. A. Romath, pastor of the City Methodist Episcopal church; E.. V. Seifred, New York; Mrs. E. V. Seifred, New York; William Beebe, Haverstraw; Mrs. Parry Kesslers, Haverstraw. Mrs. KeBslers died several .hours after the accident. The accideiit was not only unusual but dramatic and horrifying to a degree. It happened at the foot of Creveyard Hill, in full sight of the returning funeral procession, of which the wrecked coach was the first, and of the terrified and helpless watchman. #r*1 1 - 1 rvnf Inrr O hltn '1 116 W il IC11 III <111 W clb u uit& of luncheon, in his little cabin, when the tinkle of an electric well warned him of an approaching train. Mechanically he pulled the lever that set the .heavy, balanced gates in motion. Then glancing from the open door he saw a sight that will not be out of his dreams for many a night. Just what happened will probably never be known, but some eye-witnesses say that the arrangements of the crossing gates, late in descending, blocked the coach after it had crossed the first of two tracks and held it prisoner on the rails, while the terrified occupants sat paralyzed, gazing at the on-rushing locomotive. The driver lashed his horses in a futile attempt to force the vehicle from the track, until, with a sharp crack, the picture disappeared and it seemed as if the coach literally blew up. Fragments of splintered wood and mutilated shreds of humanity were flung far and wide. The engine stopped. There was absolute silence, save for the hiss of escaping steam. 'A search for the dead followed. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Seiferd were found, side-by-side, fifty yards down the track. The wife was just returning from the burial of her father, by w.hose death she had come into a tidy fortune. Young Beebe, the driver, was the son of a wealthy livery owner. He lay twenty yards nearer, stone dead. The Rev. Mr. Romath was the clergyman who had officiated at the funeral. KILLED IN RACE FIGHT. One Negro Dies From Shot and One Other is Hurt. As a result of a long feud between certain elements of whites and negroes at Orange, Texas, Rankin Moore, a negro, was killed last night by a fusillade of shots said to have been fired by three white men. The shooting took place during a heavy electric storm. Earlier in the day, Douglass lemon, another negro, was found on the street, having been shot to death by unknown parties. No arrests have been made. The racial feeling is such that serious trouble may be precipitated at any time. Shot the Girl. Miss Nancy Duncan was killed by whitecaps near Columbus, Okla., on Thursday night. For some time a feeling of emnity against Duncan and his four sons has existed. Thursday night a company of masked men rode UD to the Duncan residence and de manded that Duncan and his sons come out. This they refused, and the men fired into the house, killing the girl. Negro Troops ltemain. The president has flatly refused to accede to t.he demand from Seattle, (Wash.) citizens, transmitted to him through Senator Jones, for the removal of the Twenty-fifth infantry, colored, because a soldier is accused of assaulting a white woman. Strikes Iteftiment. At Dresden, Saxony, lightning struck an infantry regiment that was marching into the German camp there on Tuesday. A whole company was hurled to the ground. Several soldiers were killed outright, and fifteen others were seriously injured. Took Her Ufe. Frank L. Campbell shot and killed Mies Lena Hanson because she refused to marry him. He then shot and killed himself. A picture of the girl was found in his pocket. fFIRST NATIC ft ? VOX WAY ? CAPITAL STOCK SURPLUS PROKITS TOTAL ASSBST8 ? DIRECT J. A. (McDermott, John C A B. G. CoJlins, H. L. B i M. Burroughs, C. P. Qua At Successor to the Bank of jjf Horry County, and a pioneer ^ ly allied with the recent devc jtk Republic. Backed by the G jjLi United States Bond6, we are pi W tomers any reasonable accomm Jk H. A. SPIVEY, 9 Cashier. BANK OF Conway CAPITAL STOCK 8URPLU8 LIABILITY OF STOCKHOLDERSSECURITY TO DEPOSITORS DIREC Robert B. Scarborough, H. L. Buck, T TT-1! J Uteorge j. noiiuay, We continue to pay 5 per cent interes it youraccount bobebt b. 8cabborough, D. President. \ GOOD FOR TAR HEELS HOME HANKS OVER SUBSCRIBE FOR STATE BONDS. That the Sharks of Wall Street and Other Northern Exchanges Tried to Blacklist. A dispatch from Raleigh, N. C., says following the conference of the bankers of the State and the Governor and Council of State on tne State bond situation, State Treasurer Lacy Wednesday evening announced t.hat there are in hand bids for more thah $50,000 in excess of the amount needed to take up the remainder of the $3,430,000 issue, the sale of which has given so much trouble of . late. In addition to this he has a number of bids in hand that have net been opened and are not included. Furthermore, it develops that the bankers were prepared to subscribe for $250,000 more than were actual ly taken in the event it should be found necessary. It is estimated that when the final bids are opene 1 it will be found that the bonds are a half-million or more over subscribed m for.. ' Treasurer Lacy says that aftsr receiving the liberal bid of the American Tobacco Company, the principal officers of which are North Carolinians, he felt confident that the balance of the bonds could be absorbci readily by the banking and other business interests. He calls spcc.al attention to the fac* that it required less than fifty minutes fjr th.1 hankers to subscribe for an aggregate of $ 1,045,500. Governor Kitchin was enthusiastic over the result ot' the conference, declaring that it was a sourc? of special gratificati >n to him that the bankers responded so generally and adequately to the appeal that it was found necessary to make to them, their prompt action havin/ obliterated the necessity for the extra ees sion. There were fully one hundred bankers at Raleigh representing thi towns and cities from Wilmingt)a to Asheville. There was a free diaous- , sion of the situation in whic.h it was made clear that the hanks proposed , to look first to taking care of their local business, financial demands, j and that they proposed, after doing this, to do all they could to relieve the situation in the State bond matter. And this they did most adequately. Governor KitcJiin promptly witndrew his call for a special sessiou of the Legislature June 14. This country may well congra ulate the Argentine Republic on having successfully completed a centenary of national life. It is one of the most progressive of SouUi American states and its career and pres * ohnii.ri a Stimulus (Mil |ll UOIICI tv,i u>.v ..u ? to some other American republics that seem to love war and poverty rather than peace with Its resultant blessings. The Prussian government will do well to withdraw the franchise bill that has been defeated by the lower i house of parliament. The bill was intensely reactionary and the.efr.e decidedly unpopular. The government in its own interests cannot afford to take a reactionary stand on the franchise when in all other countries the cause of popular government Is making headway. i > NAL BANK | r, S. C. 2E $25,000.00 9 2,600.00 n 125,000.00 ?L Wr 'ORSs X mWr . Spivey, D. T. McNeill, A uck, W. R. Lewis, D. jjk ttlebaum, D. A. Spivey. ' ^ CAtinrou f.Via nlrtuat Rank In X> in Eastern Carolina. Closedopment of the Independent ^ Overnnient and secured >by A epared to extend to our cua- jjk todations. W B. G. COLLINS, A President. ? HORRY, r. s, c. * sooer 10 o? 50 oa 110 001 TORS D. V. Richardson, W. A. Johnson, Will A. Freeman, t on yearly deposits, and we solieV. Richardson, will a. fbekma* ? _ r\ ICE t HEKIDEMT. (JASIUKR PROFESSIONAL CARDS. H. H. WOODWARD Attorney and Councelor At Law. CONWAY, S. O. R. B. SCAKBROUtiH CONWAY, 8. C. Attorney at Law. H. H. BURROUGHS Physician and Surgeon. CONWAY, 8. C. B. WOFFOKD WAIT. Attorney at Lay, Bank of Horry Building. CONWAY, ft. C. [HE WORLDS GREATEST SEWIN6 MACHINE k I IAUT Dl IUK1IM/: ^ ii nunninw BBS ?v ffyou want either* Vibrating Hhuttle. Rotary fehuttleor a Mingle Thread [ChainStitch] Sewing MAchlne write to IKE HEW HOME SEWINI MACHINE CIMPANV Orange, Mass. Many tewlnr machines are made to sell retardiest of quality, but the New Heme is made to weax. Our ruaranty nercr runt out Said fey satharlied dealer* flyb' roa SALS BY ' BURROUGHS A COLLINS CO., Conway, s. O. There are many signs poinfinj ro /. an increased sonee of decency in the *1?i-i - -i ?J in. i 11?i uitwuicai unci puuiic auvenising. For a long time purveyors to a depraved taste -have seemed to vh? with each other in covering billboards with indecent pictures. Now the International Poster Printers Association has definitely drawn the line and if it holds to its dioisvoa Ihe immoral and suggestive poster will have to go. -Recent events in several states connected with the election of United States Senators will undoubtedly give an impetus to the movement for electing senators by direct vote. Rightly or wrongly, probably "'thrly, it is felt that legislatures ?.v. {..ore easily influenced by corrupuonists than are the people.