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j BEN HANDS OFF Smltr Tillaaa Replies le Accouliea That Be Is PleUiif AGAINST GOV. BLEASE H Son of Late Col. T. U. Crews Charges That Tillman lias Joined Hands With Richards and Ira II. Jones to Work Defeat of Blease in Race For Governor. Senator Tillman has been accused of entering into a conspiracy with divers persons to defeat Blease for Governor next year. The charges came from W. T. Crews, son of one of Senator Tillman's most a,rdent supporters during his long life, the *ate Col. Thomas B. Crews, of Laurens. W. T. Crews, or as he is more widely known, "Bose" Crews, is edit-> 4 ??n'oi\onor In CropnwnDll. tllO lllfc a hot o|mpv/i aaa vi v w ? .. r first issue of which appeared on September 2 2. Following the "Announcement" I and a few other matters, appears an editorial entitled, "The Plot Against lllease" and it is in this article that the editor charges Senator Tillman with conspiring and plotting with John G. Richards and Ira B. Jones to defeat Blease for a second term as Governor. Senator Tillman, who has made public statement to the effect that he will be hands-off in the Governor's race, was naturally a little wounded by the article, especially since it was from the pen of one so closely related to the Senator's staunch supporter in the days of the'90s. Consequently, Senator Tillman replied to tlie J editorial in a letter to "Rose," copies of which were distributed for publication. The letter from Senator Tillman is as follows: Trenton, S. C., Sept. 25, 1911. Mr. W. T. Crews, Greenwood, IS. C. Dear "Bose": This morning mail brings me the first number of your -new naner. The News Scimiter. I was very mu/tfi surprised to ffrtd t)iat you "titid hatched a mare's nest ou? fi>f my recent visit to John G, Richards at Liberty Hill, and have been none too tender of his feelings, and have dealt * very unjustly with him. Although it Is perhaps not worth while, I take the trouble to write you this letter which you are at liberty to publish. Your father was my stauch friend I all of his life and it will not add to my peace of mind or contentment to feel before I die that his son is not the same loyal friend that Tom Crews was. I know your paper will circulate, if it circulates at all, among the pronounced Tillmanites of the State because the Laurensville Herald with which you have been connected was always one of the "blue hen's chickens" and outspoken as regard Tillman ism. I think it unkind, therefore, to lend yourself to any suggestion or scheme which will weaken the confidence in me of any friend of mine. You know, if you know anythinf, that I have nothing to do and never will have anything to do with that Gonzales crowd, or any emissary that they will send to me. I may be a fool and pot recognize such emissary, but I think I have sense enough to know an ambassador or agent of that I bunch of politician*! tfliomu one apI proach 1110. II Your editorial, "The Plot Against I' Blease," is so< unjust to Richards and ft to mo and so calculated to mislead I ithat I write this in order to set you I straight. In the first place, Richards I is not the anti-rubber politician and I hypocrite you insinuate he is, but an I honorable and high-toned man, and I should have been elected governor I last year, if character and ability to I serve the people creditably had been I considered by the voters. The subI ject of Jones' candidacy was pot disI 'cussed during my visft to Richards I and his announcement was a surprise I Richards ban known ail along that my candidacy for the senate depend ed entirely on the condition of my I health, and even if I am in bed un less wholly paralyzed, I expect to alI low the people of South Carolina who want to do so to have the oppor tunity to vote for me. 1 am anxious I tO see whether or not they appreciate B my earnest and honest efforts to serve I them these twenty-one yca.rs. So any | hint or suspicion that I can be used i4n the way you suggest in the editorial is an insult and outrage to nu and I am shocked to have such an as eassin's blow come from Tow Crews son. If I am re-elected I will not re sign but dit in harness. You of all men are the last on* to Insinuate that I am so cowardl; and so easily wrapped around peo pie's fingers that I would Join an; such combination. I am astonishe< at you and of course you know I an very much hurt. I do not expect t take sides in the governor's race nex year. It is none of my business anyway, and my policy as a publi man has always been that of Jeffer son, 'Teach the people and trust th people." Both of the candidates thu far announced are old Tillmanitc and the people must judge for them elves which one of them is best et titled to their confidence. Very respectfully, B. R. Tillman. STRIKE RIOTERS FIGHT ? PITCHED BATTLE IN RAILWAY YARDS AT McCOMB CITY. Military Companies Called and the Troops Are to Take Charge.? Several Hundred Shots Exchanged. In a pitched .battle in the freight yards <of the Illinois Central railroad at McCoiwb City, Miss., between the Strikers and strike-breakers late on rn.. .1 nnimrnl nnronna :iro rAnfirt 1 U t" a VI (I J , OC ?CI ?.? UUUU U. v . V, r ed to have been killed and others wounded. Gov. Noel ordered out troops at 7:30 o'clock that night and two militia companies are hurrying to the scene. Adjt. Gen. Fridge, with a squad of the Capital Guards, left on a special train for Brookhaven, where he will be joined by the Brookhaven and Natchez companies. They expect to reach McComb and take charge of the town. Details of the fight in the McComb yards are difficult to secure. The special train bearing the strikebreakers continued on its journey to New Orleans, where it was stated that none was killed. Citizens of Magnolia state that when the train passed there at full speed every coach window was broken and no one was visible at the openings, the strike-breakers ly| ing prone on the floor to keep from being fired on. Several hundred shots were exchanged during the hostilities and among the strikers there were numerous bruised and broken heads. Many of the wounded were carried to the headquarters of the strikers and physicians summoned, but it has been impossible to learn tlie extent of their injuries. It is reported that several will die. Scores of telegrams and telephone messages have been pouring into the governor's office appealing for help: The governor was informed by the authorities at McComb that order could be restored only by the declaration of martial law. Gov. Noel acted promptly, ordering Adjt. Gen. Fridge to get at least two local companies in readiness for gervice at the earliest possible moment. The fight in which a lafge number are believed to have been killed and wounded occurred at the freight shed, about half a mile south of the depot, closely following 'the first encounter of the afternoon. The train bearing the strikebreakers had pulled down to the freight shed and was standing on a j side track. Over 100 strikers immediately assembled, words were exchanged and police started, when, it is claimed, a strikebreaker hurled a brick among the strikers. Immediately a fusillade of shots followed. The strikers were in near-J ly every cast armed with pistols, and they opened fire on the coach windows at which the heads of the strikebreakers could be seen. Several fell after the first volley was fired. The occupants of the coaches immediately got under the seats and returned the fire through the coach windows, keeping well scattered. Occasionally when a strikebreaker I bolder than the rest, raised his head j above the danger line he was greet-1 ed with 'a shower of bullets and other missiles. The battle raged for fully twenty minutes. Finally the engineer in charge of the train made a dash for his locomotive, managed to get aboard, while the bullets were flying thick about his head, opened the throttle and pulled out at full speed. The train did not stop at any points south of McComb. Realizing, the gravity of the situation and an-1 tieipating that the strikers would at* tack the machine shops where 80 J strikebreakers "wore barricaded during the night, citizens deserted the streets early in the evening-. Adjntaht General Fridge waft accompanied on the special tlsain by a posse of United States deputy marshals hastily organized by Marshal Fred Wallings. ? WILL HAVE TO PAY UP. Sellers Must Pay Mrs. Parmer rive Thousand Dollars. i ! The Columbia State says Wade ' Hampton Sellers must pay $5,000 to 1 Mrs. May W. Farmer for killing her husband, James P. Farmer. This was i the verdict of the Richland count> - court and the supreme court Monday ' in a decision by Associate Justicr - Woods, aflirmed the verdict of tin Richland court. e In the Richland County court o y general session Sellers was acquitter ?- of the murder of Mr. Farmer, ?an< y later the common pleas court render [1 ed a verdict directing compensatioi a for the homicide, o The verdict of $5,000 for the ben t ofit of Mrs. Farmer and her childrei i, was awarded against W. H. Seller c under the allegation that the homi - cide was committed "unlawfully e willfully, wontonly, recklessly, an s maliciously." The defense set up s general denial, claiming that Seller i- shot Farmer in self-defenso and i i- the protection of his dwelling, an (that Sellers had been tried for th killing of Farmer and had been a< quitted. TARIFF REFORM Presides! Parker D<fiaes His Pasitiai * Isportaat Matter THINKS IT IS NEEDED Head of Merger Dissented from the Views Expressed by Committee of Fifteen and Designed from Committee Appointed to Represent the Cotton Wills by President Smyth. That Lewis W. Parker, president of the Parker Cotton Mills company, and one of the most influential cotton mill men in the South, differs radically from the position taken by the committee of fifteen appointed Ellison A. Smyth to represent the American Cotton Manufacturers' association, in regard to the revision of the tariff, is developed by inquiries made of Mr. Parker by The Daily Record, following the suggestion, during Mr. Parker's absence in Europe, made Mn tliA njiilv l?f?rord edit.oria.1 1 v. Autr list 7, that the fact that Mr. Parker's name did not appear signed to the memorial prepared by the committee might indicate his dissent from the committee's position. Mr. Parker now states that he resigned from the committee and permits The Daily Record to publish, below, his letter to the chairman, Mr. Miller. Greenville, S. C., June 12. Mr. R. M. Miller, Jr., Chairman, Tariff Commiitee, Charlotte, N. C. My Dear Mr. Miller: I have just returned to the oilice this morning after several days' absence and find your letter of June 9, enclosing copy of brief submitted to Hon. O. W. Jnderwood, chairman of the ways and means committee. I regret I must return to you the copy of the brief sent to me for signature, unsigned, ajs I cannot agree with the iommittee who subscribed thereto, for the following reasons: (1) In my judgment, a policy of inaction, as proposed by the committee, is not in line with what the people of the United States in the election of a Democratic house of representatives have demanded; and I believe that it is necessary that the ways and means conrmittee of the house of representatives, in response to this demand of the people, should take some action looking to a reasonable reduction of the tariff on cotton goods as well as in other schedules. (2) Furthermore, I believe it would have been a matter of good policy on the part of the manufacturers to have recognized the demand existing for reasonable reductions of the tariff, and the demand existing in my judgment, to make such reasonable reductions. In my judgment it would have been the part of wisdom on the part of the manufacturers, generally, recognizing such a demand, to have rendered every assistance to the ways and means committee, so that a policy of reduction might have been put into effect in a conservative manner, rather than risk the effect of delay, in which possibly there will later be necessary more extreme action, which would in my judgment be unfortunate. In my opinion it would be the part of wisdom today on the part of the manufacturers not only to assent to a reasonable reduction along the whole line but to render every assistance to the ways and means committee, so that reductions may be made with a knowledge of their effect, rather than that manufacturers shoarld pursue the policy of inaction or "g.tand-jatism." (.1) 1 connot assent iO the suggestion of inaction proposed by your Committee to the ways and means committee for the further reason that at the request of what I understood to be a committe of the Arkwrigtat club, and, as I had understood, with the concurrence of the committee of the National Association of Manufacturers, I have already made representations to Mr. Underwood, chairman of the ways and means committee, in which I urged a policy of conservative reduction not only in the cotton goods schedule but in other schedules. If I, therefore, at this date subscribe to the brief submitted by your committee, I should be completely reversing myself in the matter of rep' resentations made to Mr. Underwood. I regret very much that it is not i practicable for me to be present at r the meeting of the joint committees ~ A ? ^M Knf n u T , or manuraciurei? uu .m I1U U J 1/VI t (iP M i havo already explained to you, this 3 meeting was called on a date when it was impossible for me to be presf ent. It is my sincere desire to acl 1 in cooperation with my brother manI ufacturers, and I am always inclinec - to a compromise of views. In th< i present instance the joint commit tee has asserted a view which ii - in no wise a compromise, and whicl n in no sense recognizes the views o s others, like myself. [- Under such circumstances I regro ,' that I cannot act in harmony witl d the committee, and as the committe a has already taken action that is no s in accordance with my own views, n feel that there Is nothing for m d to do but resign from the committee e I have therefore this day forw&rde > Oapt. E. A. Smyth, president of th American Cotton Manufacturer's at NOBS ATTACK TRAINS FOUK STRIKE BREAKERS INJURED IN RIOT AT HAMBEKU. One Truin Stopped Just Outside Augusta and Other Near Schultz'N *?? ? *? nnKi? Jllll 111 J.H1H fTiuir. An Augusta, Ga., dispatch says the operations of trains on the Georgia & Florida railroad met with the first material resistance from the striking firemen and sympathizers in this vicinity Wednesday evening, when two freight trains were stopped by mobs and the train crews overpowered. Four employes of the company were seriously injured, one of them sustaining a fractured skull. Sylvested Moriarity of New York, a guard, was struck on the head with a coupling pin, and his skull was fractured. William King of New York was badly cut about the head and face and shot through the arm. William Ray of New York, a fireman, was badly cut about the head and face. All the injured men arc strikebreakers and are now in the city hospital. A train leaving for supplies for way stations between Augusta and Douglas was stopped just outside the city limits, on the belt line, and was abandoned by the crew. The other was a train of freight cars being transferred from the Augusta yards to the Hemburg yards of the Southern road, and was held up near Schlutz's Ilill, on the Carolina side of the river. Sympathizers of the striking firemen literally swarmed over and took possession of both trains. On the way to Hamburg tne guards defended themselves as best tlioy could with engine tools, but were overpowered and forced to run. The injured men were not permitted to get conveyances to bring them to the city, but were forced to walk the long Southern bridge to the city Moriarity being aided by his companions. An ambulance was called for them when they reached the Augusta side of the river. DEATH LIST MUCH REUDCED. > The Flood Victims Npw Said to be Over One Hundred, A dispatch from Austin, Pa., says twenty-five dead, 8 6 missing and believed to be buried beneath the debris is the official census of Austin's loss of life in the flood of Saturday. It is conceded, however, that several, if not many, visitors and strangers were in town that day and undoubtedly perished. Including them and allowing for inevitable errors in compilation, the total of dead probably will reach 150. Twenty-one of the twenty-four bodies recovered have been identified and of the missing hope is etertained that some may be accounted for. The prob - ? lem Of Austin is to recover ner ueuu from the thousands of tons of debris choking the narrow valley. To do so, before it is necessary tc burn the ruins to save the living from an epidemic an army of labor must reach the town within the next! 3 6 hours, officials say. Otherwise the torch may transform the wreckage into the pyre of most of those | who have perished, faith in the organization and its power to promote their man. sociatio'n, my resignation as a member of the committee on tariff revision, and beg to enclose a copy thereof to you. In order that Hon. O, \V. Underwood, to whom I have made representations, shall not be under any misunderstanding as to my postion in ths matter, 1 am taking the liberty of scmlng to him a copy of this letter. Had I time, t think I could demonstrate many errors and inconsistencies in the brief submitted by tho committee of manufacturers to Mr. Underwood, hut at the monent 1 cannot write at greater length. I aminterested in noting the complete change of position made by the committees from the Arkwright club and the National Association, of Manuacturers, which change I take to be consequent upon the knowledge that it is improbable at tho present time that any legislation affecting the tariff can be passed. In my view this is most unfortunate, for 1 believe that a failure to have facilitated a reasonable reduction in tin tariff will lead to an uncertainty anc dullness of bu&Vness for many montln to come. Very truly, Lewis W. Parner. Arm Crushed by Train. I In an attempt to board a Southeri 3 railway train at Taylor, eight mile . north of Greenville, Edmond C. Bing 3 ham, fell beneath the wheels am 3 had his left arm ground off. He Is f brother of Dr. C. C. Bingham wlv was sentenced to the penitentiary fo t the -murder of his wife at Murrel1 h Inlet several years ago. e t Breaks All Records. I At Savannah, Ga., all previous re< e ods for the receipt of cotton for on >, day were broken with the total arrii d a lo'ff 27,650 bales. This exceeds th e former record, established Octobc i- 18, 1909, by 1,639 bales. I BA N K Of ('oiiwa Has largest capital and surplus of i than the confbmcu capital and surj I CAPITAL STOCK. . .. 8URPLU8 | LIAIUL1T1N8 OF STOOI I SKCUHITY OF DKPOSn DIRE( Robert B. Scarborough, H. L. Buck, George J. Holiday, We offer our customers every acc J will justify, and we ftOBERT B. BOABBOROUQB, L | PBK8IDKNT. i We continue to pay 5 pe ?FIRST NATI( /fe ??NW^ 2? CAPITAL STOCK 6URPLUS PROFITS . . . . . . /p TOTAL ASSESTS 2? I>IREC J. A. McDermott, John ( il\ B. G. Collins, H. L. I jL M. Burroughs, C. P. Qui A\ Successor to the Bank ol it Horry County, and a pioneer P ly allied with the recent dev Republic. Backed by the < jk United States Bonds, we are p tomerg any reasonable accorni \j/k H. A. SP1VEY, f|\ Cashier. HOLD UP A TRAIN THREE MASKED MEN RIFLE MAIL AND BAGGAGE CARS. Two Trunks Containing Jewelry Samples Had Been Taken On Only Ten Miles Away. Missouri, Kansas & Texas passenger train Xo. 2 9 from Kansas City to Oklahoma City was held up by three I masked men early Tuesday near Ok- I esa, Okla. The robbers rifled the mail and baggage cars, but it is believed got little of value. They did not enter the passenger cars and escaped as soon as they had finished their work. Two trunks full of valuable jeweloamniM holnmrintr to a salesman for an Eastern firm were put on the train at Okesa, but it has not been learned whether or not they were stolen. A special train carrying a sheriff's posse and blood hounds left Okesa for the scene of the robbery. The hold-up took place in a new cut and the train was running slowly. Suddenly four shots were fired. The engineer and fireman saw three masked men climbing over the tender pointing their revolvers at them. James Myers, engineer, was ordered to stop the train. Myers did. The bandits compelled Fireman Switz Enky to uncouple the baggage .and express cars and run them down the track several hundred yards from the .remainder of the train. The robbers fled after spending 15 minutes going through the baggage and express cars. The train continued Its way. The amount of loot obtained has not yet been learned. The sheriff of Osage county organized a posse and with a pack of blood hounds started on the train of the bandits, which led into the wild Osage hills. o WEItE KILLED IX MIXES. Mutiny in Prison Results in Death of Throe Convicts. As a result of a mutiny of prisoners at the Brushy Mountain mines, i a branch of the Tennessee State penitentiary, which began three days ; ago, three negro convicts are dead, Two were shot while in the mines, l the third, an innocent bystandei died of wounds received during the j battle in one of the dormotories. The I mutiny which started Thursday a. m 3 when the convicts refused to work is thought to have ended Sunday with the promise of the prisoners t< resume their tasks as usual Monday Despite the promise, an extra ferc< ii of guards has been placed in th< g prison. ? ? d Whole Family Murdered. a At Monmouth, 111., William E o Dawson, his wife and one daughter rlttfAva fsvnnri in their beds Sunday, th a skulls of each crushed In. Dawso was the caretaker of the First Pres byterian church, and when he falle to open the building for services hi friends went to h/is house and foun l0 the tragedy. j- ? ? ie The march of democracy goes 01 >r ward, and the man that attempts t impede It will be ground to fcit*. p HORRY, I y. S, C. / I iny bank in Horry county. More >lus of all other banks in the county* A $60,000 12,600 iC HOLDERS .... 60,000 TORS ..112,600 D. V. Richardson* W. A. Johnson, > I^H Will A. Freeman* ommodation which their accounts solicit your business. ). V. Richardson, will a. freemab VlGK PKKMDKNT. ClSHIKB r cent, on yearly deposits. ? j^H *999999*9*999 t )NAL BANK | I lb l $25,000.00 T H 2,500.00 125,000.00 ^ toils: t 3. Spivey, D. T. McNeill, A\ ]H W D I .aurla H jtk. \ > U V I\ , f T . A V. *-<V '? ? ittlebaum, D. A. Spivey. ' Conway, the oldest Bank In In Eastern Carolina. Clo?e- jjr elopment of the Independent ? I [government and secured by >repared to extend to our cut- jLi nodations. flH B. G. COLLINS, /fc H Piflfildent, ^ IH ? . ^ jS PROFESSIONAL CARDS. H ** rt nr/v/\i\iif y* l?lk n. n. nuui/n/inu jh attorney and Councelor At Law. CONWAY, 8. C. ^ I B. B. SCAltBROUGH H CONWAY, 8. C. ifl Attorney at Law. Ijfl H. H. BUIIHOUGH8 < Physician and Burgeoa CONWAY, 8. O. I B. WOFFOItD WAIT. ^ i'fl Attorney At Lav/, |l Bank of Horry Building. ] I CONWAY, fi. O. I HE WORLDS GREATESTSEWINB MACHINE' I I MJ I ttfon want el ther a Vibrating Shuttle. Rot*#' 1 iWttlor a Blnglo Thread [OAa^SUMj / i | Sewing Maohiiio write to f| | , Matw home sewinn machine compah, I . | Orange* Mbmu m i JI Owu n fur machine* arc made to sellrerardteaaSlf l ) fNby(but the New Home U made to wee , | ? ? Oar guaranty never rune out. * ? j Ml If authorised dealers ?4fk> j ' V Sob sal* a* >J 1 ; BURROUGHS A OOLLINg CO., j > Conway, S. O. I 9 1 0 The Lancaster News says the mean? est man lives in Nashua, New Hamp- I shire, or did up to a few days ago, % When ho "forthwith disappeared'* I 1 upon the birth of his twelfth baby,. j I none of them twins, though the ^ ' mother is only 27 years of age. The J e scamp took to tall timber without j n leaving any provision whatever for I |T his young wife and numerous prog- 1 eny, who are now a charge on the. ? county. I I Wonder if Italy would have been* 1 ?- so quck to jump on the United State* J jo or some first class power as she didt I on poor old: Turkey?' I