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^ . ;k,:. ,* * % DENIES REPORT ? k Blcase Says There b He Frictiei BeIweea Hlfli ibJ Tiil?ai. ? EXPLAINS THE MATTER ^ Kb a Speech at Barnwell Tuesday Governor Hlcase Said that He Has Never Implied That Senator Tillman is Opposed to Him, and Will Not Fall Out. In a speech at Barnwell on last Tuesday Governor B lease made the ioi lowing siaieineiii, m reiviuuwj tu the report that he and Senator Tillman had fallen out, and that he would oppose Senator Tillman in the senatorial race. Here Is what the Governor said, as furnished by him to the daily newspapers of the State: And, while speaking of newspaper rumors, I desire to make the following statement, which I have reduced to writing in order that I may not be misquoted, and will, from this point f today, mail a copy to The News and Courier the Columbia State and the Columbia Record, in order that they may not say that it was not forwardr od to them, and that they will have no excuse in not correcting the falsehoods which they have published, and to show to the world that the editorials which they have written in connection with this matter were founded upon falsehoods. They already know these things and have acted in concert in giving publicity to what they know is false, and havo founded their editorials upon the hope that they might bring a breach between Senator Tillman and myself; and, while it is hardly necessary, yet, I wish to state to you people today that the desperate effort they are now making to cause Senator Tillman and myself to fall out will not succeed. I stated in a speech at Orangeburg that I did not believe that the people of South Carolina would def feat Senator Tillman for reelection and that I hoped he would be a f candidate, and without opposition. I will be a candidate for reelection as governor, regardless of what Senator Tillman may or may not do. If I am living in 1912, I will be reelect ed governor. I h?v? nfiver stated that 1 believ ed that Senator Tillman had anything to do with bringing Jones into the race for governor. I did say that ^ I believed that there was something in tho fact that a conference had been held at Mr. Richard's house. Senator Tillman and Mr. Richards both assure me that this was only an informal dinner, at which parties were invited as friends of the senator; that it had no political significance, and that the candidacy of Mr. Jones was not discussed,^ and, that ^ it was a surprise to them when a third party came in and mentioned the fact that Jones would bo a candidate for governor; and that no ponferenco was held there in regard to Jones' candidacy. I further have the assurance of Senator Tillman that he "is not backing Jones in his race," and that v he "has not seen him this summer," * and that he "does not know who persuaded Jones to enter the race. These gentlemen, making these assurances, I know that they are true. I do not believe that tho people of South Carolina are going to elect any ^ man govornor who is brought out and supported by newspaper trust and large stockholders of corporations, and who, if elected, will submit to newspaper dictation. Of course I would be glad to have Senator Tillman's vote and influence in my race, but I do not bellevo that it is absolutely necessary to my success, because I have not yet reached the point where I believe that any one man can dictate to tho people of South Carolina, who they shall r or shall not have in office; and, from t information received from all parts of the State, I am satisfied that I will be reelected, regardless of who may oppose me, and I suppose thai if Senator Tillman should see fit to write y a letter in support of me In .191* 4 some: parties connected with newspapers would go to him and try to dissuade him from publishing it as I am informed they did in 1910 when he was about to publish one in support of me in preference to my opponent in the> seccnd race. I hope that this will put at rest the dirty cowardly lies that are being circulated and will show to tho people of the State that Senator Tillman and myself have no differences. 1 have recently "received an invitation - - - - n ? ~ ^ "to vistt His nome at any um?, ?uu your house, which is now being temporarily occupied by me, is always open, and the senator will always find a hearty welcome; and we both today can well say, "Let the heathen ^ rage." This race, however is giving me ^ no concern at present as I have before stated, there are many men living today who will be dead before that time and many children born, whose parents have not yet married. Besides this, when you look at me today, you see the happiest man in the world and why should I not be. I have got everything on this earth that I have ever wanted; I have always had plenty to eat and of the best; I have always had plenty of clothes to wear and of the best; I have for my wife today the Qne woman of my life, the only one I want HOW JONES CAME OUr HE BLOCKED MOVEMENT TO DEFEAT GOV. BLMA&H. Being Gotten Up by Tillmanitea and Antl-Tillmanites in lOvory County in the State. The Spartanburg Herald sayi it learned Sunday from an authoritative source that the announcement last month of the candidacy of Chief Justice Ira B. Jones, of the supreme court, for the governorship suddenly called a halt on elaborately formed plana for a conference of leading men from all counties of tho state, at which a candidate was to be chosen to oppose Governor lilease who would be acceptable to all elements of the opposition. There had been much correspondence In regard to tho matter, and arrangements had been made for a meeting of delegates from nearly every county in Columbia during the Red Shirt reunion. At this meeting it was proposed to ditjeuss -the situation and make an attempt to concentrate on one man. It was then pro^posed to build up an anti-Bleaso organization in order to be ready for an effectual campaign next summer. Tho Herald's information wa* a verse to the publication of this mat? i-i -l - .. ~ ,1 ? ? ,1 icr, saying It wuuiu uu nu guuu auu might injure Justice Jones. He declared, however, that a number of prominent men who had previously been on opposite sides of the political fence became disgusted with the administration of Governor Blease and agreed to forget their differences and work in harmony to accomplish his defeat. The Herald's informant mentioned the names of a number of those who were in the agreement. There were in the number Tillmanites and antiTillmanites, prohibitionists and local optionists. The leader of the movement, a man prominent in state politics in former years, found that it was looked upon with favor in all parts of the state. It was thought to bo the only way possible to defeat Bease. Just as the plans wero maturing, The Her a wasdniGumn (fu mmbl Tho Herald was informed, a certain element bqcanie suspicious that it was a plot to put forward former Governor John Gary Evans, of this city, as tho champion of the opponents of Blease. This suspicion was unfounded, according to the Herald's infnrirmtinn whn ?nid that sentiment had favored Maj. John G. Richards Jr., as the candidate above anybody else. The suspicious element urged Chief Justice Jones to take the field at once and thus sain the advantage and ward off opposition. There was a conference with Senator B. It. Tillman. Justice Jones forwarded his resignation to Governor Blease. An emissary was hurriedly sent to him, bogging him to do nothing further until the meeting during the Red Shirt reunion was held. But the ? l next clay justice Jones uuquuuvou liis (candidacy and the well laid plans went agley. ed to marry, and I am well satisfied with my choice after an experience of upward of 20 years. I have always enjoyed the best of health, with the exception of a hard spell of sickness last fall. I have held every office that I have asked Newberry county for, and they have been stepping stones, for today I am the governor of the grandest State in the American Union, made up of the noblest and most gallant men, the purest and most beautiful women, and am enjoying perfect health. With these things, why should I be worrying over an event which is to take place 12 months "Vn iv?v frlnrifls. not. in the I 1 V 11 Vy V/'i A 1 V y * a j .. v . _ least. 1 can truly say what few men living today can say, and I believe few have ever lived could have said, viz: that I have received everything on this earth that I have ever wanted, and what more could a man wish for to niako him happy? If I can be successful in obtaining the same degree of peaco and happiness in the world to come that I have had in this, the equal of it will never be excelled, and when my body is laid to rest, it can be truthfully inscribed upon my tomb, "Here lies the body of a man who got everything in life that he wanted," and, if along with that, it can be truthfully written, "and who . /?..i T <n,l 11 V?r,,rrv was true 10 nis inenu? i wn? received even after my death, all that 1 wanted so far as this world can give. Cole L?. Blease. Preacher Was Murdered. Rev. A. J. Burns, president of the Oneida Bapist College, at Oneida, Ky., was shot from ambush and died a few minutes later. Percy Burns, a kinsman, was arrested. Bloodhounds, on the scent at the crime's scene, led to Burn's home. Fifteen Sailors Drowned The Greek steamer Georgios, grain-laden, was wrecked at the entrance of the Girondo estuary during a storm Tuesday night. Of the crew of twenty-two, only seven were saved. Several bodies have been washed ashore. ? Many a fellow has gone to the bad because he has overtrained himself to be a good fellow. THEY WANT TAFT Bartaa Seadiog Oat flat Air Favariat Clark ill Baraaa BUT FAVORS NEITHER Morgan and His Gang of Wall Street Allies Are Trying to Fool the People Into the Belief That Taft is Too Radical for the Trust Barons. Morgan and his Wall Street gang are trying to fool the people again tVita *onp uu ttinv rl hi cmna voara aim I. UlkJ / VUi tllJ VftlVJ V? A V4 V J Vt*i ?J V/ wheoi he fooled the Deiacrats into Qomlnatlng Mr. Parker with the promise of good contributions to their campaign funds. As soon as Mr. Parker was nominated the Wall street gang /?ulled for Roosevelt, raising for him a huge campaign fund, but they did not raise a finger to help Mr. Parker, who was too straight a man for them, but who was the most conservative Democrat in the race. They pretended to favor him to mislead the people, which they did. Morgan and his gang are now trying to work the same old game. His bureau at Wash in ton is sending out much hot air. about his being opposed to Taft and favoring Harmon or Clark. Of course he favors neither of these gentlemen, but, he wants to make out that Taft is to much opposed to trusts to suit Wall street, thinking that this kind of talk will restore Taft to the good graces of the people, and that they will reelect him. This, of course, is exactly what Morgan and his gang want done. They think that by making Taft out a Radical the Progressive Republican movement will be cheeked. ionoila-gnntnto/.ba nib ni,b m nib mm The Morgan bureau at Washington . recently sent out a hot air report to the effqct that "Postmaster General Hitchcock had returned from the aviation meet in New York with the knowledge that if President Taft's renominated and reelected it will have to be in the face of the Mouse of Morgan. Not only has notice been served on the Taft leaders that they need not expect any financial help from J. P. Morgan and the men who are actively allied with Morgan in Pig Business, but the word has gone out from Mr. Morgan himself to make war on Taft. "From reliable quarters comes the news that when Postmaster General Hitchcock went to New York to attend the aviation meet, he sounded certain of the lieutenants of Morgan as to whether contributions would be forth-coming to help reelect Taft In stead of getting aid and comfort, or the promise of any, it is declared that Mr. Hitchcock was turned down cold. In effect, the word has gone forth from J. Pierpont Morgan himself that there is a time to make peace and a time to fight, and now is the time to fight." The report then goes on to say: "It is not without reason that for some days past strange rumors have 1- <111 i I tn V.trvV. .w.llfw...! UUL"Il lulling (I.UUUI/ 111 Ill^U |MM1I1V.<11 circles hero that Wall street has turned against President Taft. So far as the powerful influence of Mr. Morgan is concerned this is true. Mr. Morgan is displeased over the attitude of President Taft with respects to tho trusts and combinations. Tt will he recalled that in recent months men like George W. Perkins, Judge IS. II. Gary of tho steel corporation and others have urged persistently that the Sherman law bo amended, and that legislation be worked out to permit great combinations of capital to exist under the sheltering supervision of tho government. "In contrast President Taft has not only said tho Sherman law is in no neod of amendment but he has gone further than this. lie gives utterance in his Waterloo speech to what is interpreted by Mr. Morgan and his powerful allies as notice that they must submit to reorganizations 1 of the combinations they control or prosecutions will relentlessly bo carried on Attorney General Wickersham has taken an uncompromising attitude with respect to the rigid en-1 forcement of the Sherman law and is insistent that trust magnates who violate it be thrown into prison. < "Under such circumstances, Mr. Morgan and the men about him are ( not only preparing to resist Taft, i but they are giving attention to tho i question of what man to put into the ? White House to succeed him. They | They do expect to be able to prevent i the renoinination of the President. ] They do expect t obe able to prevent j his reeection. I Governor Judson Harmon is the < first choice of tho powerful financial group f which Morgan is the center , Put it appears that this group has , done some casting about to ascertain j the strength of Harmon. Harmon ia . regarded as an ideal man for presi- < dent. His record of enforcement of i the Sherman law when he was at- 1 torney general is sufficiently devoid < of anything strenuous to satisfy Mr. ] Morgan and his friends. But governor Harmon would be useless if i defeated and it is feared that tho t progressive sentiment in the country i Is so strong that Harmon would go t down to sure defeat. i Coincident with this, strange ru- j k PLEA FOR OLD VETS GEN. BROOKS URGES THAT THHY BE GIVEN PENSIONS. The State Should See to It That Noae of Her Old Heroes Wont the Necessaries of IJfe. The following ploa for the old soldiers of South Carolina is made by Gen. U. R. Rrooks throughout the columns of The State: To the Editor of The State: There is a class of soldiers now 70 years old and upwards who cannot go to the Soldiers' home, because their wives are living, and, as the law does not provide a place for these noble women, their husbands. no matter how feoblo they are, cannot and will not desert them. I know some who aro ronting land that have lived three score and ten, and yet they plow; and their wives, who were tried and true during the war, and by this time, 50 years after that terrible struggle, tired and worn by the fatigues of the farm. What can bo more pathetic? It is reasonable that these old soldiers have at least $11 a month, and that their widows receive the same amount. Old soldiers, the State owes it to you for service rendered. You stood by the constitution of the United States as it was during the bloody days of the war. The Northern soldiers rebelled against it. You did not. You fought, and have received no reward. You carried on points of your baynoets vistory over many bloody fields, winning the plaudits of your enemies at the time. You represent the true type of the American soldier. You are now unable to work. You need rest; you need comfort in your derlining years. Our great State, the greatest old commonwealth in the Union, is able and willing to give every Confederate soldier what was ipaid to hint during the war, $11 per month. Surely, the noble men of our general assembly will not refuse $11 to those of us who have reached three score and ten, especially the ones who live by manual labor. They stood the cold, the heat, and frequently fought as long as three days without food. In their nakedness they won battles and ate the food that was prepared for tlie Northern soldiers, after driving them from their luxurious camps The world has never produced better soldiers than the men who fol lowed the great Robert E. Lee. Our Confederacy died aid battle, its life crushed out by tread of overwhelming numbers. Its memories are its own. Soon all who fought for the Stars and Bars will be beneath the sod. Our dead are imperishable memories of what is left to us of the dead nation. Comrades, your valor has been told in song and story. The principles for which you fought will never die. Eternal right, though all things foil, can never be made wrong. "Ah, Muse, you dare not claim. A nobler man than he, Nor nobler man hath less of blame, Nor blamless man hath purer name, Nor purer name hath grander fame, Nor fame?another Lee." "Hushed is the roll of the Confederate drum. The sabre's sheathed, and the cannon are dumb; And Fate with pitiless hand has furled The flag that once challenged the gaze of the World." U. It. Brooks. mors are arising that the Harmon leaders are discouraged. At the same time there is increasing talk of Representative Oscar Underwood of Alabama, chairman of the ways and means committee. It is said that Mr. Morgan and his friends look on Underwood as not only the right kind of man, but that they regard him as much stronger in capacity to get votes than Harmon. Besides there ; is the question of the nomination. 'I'he strength of Wilson is such as to make it extremely doubtful if Harmon can be nominated, but the nomination of a man looked on as a compromise is deemed possible. Further than this, gossip here has 1 It that moil close to Mr. Morgan have ? been examining into the Champ ' Clark situation. They are wondering ' whether Mr. Clark would not bo pref- ( Brable to Wilson, and it is possible 1 that, if nothing better can be done ( the Morgan Influence and such con- * servative democratic strength as this 1 Influence can command, will be 1 thrown at the last moment to Clark. * If tlio Taft campaign cannot get financial help from the house of Morran. from what sounco are the sin ^wes of war to come? 1 "Information hero is that the big t campaign contril)utions will ho de- 1 Mved from the Guggenheims and that f Senators Smoot and Penrose will be ( ible to command largo contributions. > 3f course it is well understood that * whatever cntributions are made will * lave to bo made in such fashion as :o avoid conflict with the new campaign publicity law. "Whether the hostility of Morgan l will help or hinder Mr. Taft remains t ;o bo seen. In some quarters it is be 1 ieved the Taft managers will turn e his hostility to shrewd account and 1 jse it for the purpose of gaining pro- t> greseive support." ' i GOT RIGHT MAN Ckaii tf Circnastaitial E?i4t?ce Beiif Drawa Arnil Pattar HE GAVE GIRL POISON It is Claimed That He Dined With Miss Llnnell a Few Hours Before ller Death, and That Then He Cave Her the 1'oison that Knded Her Life. To strengthen the chain of circumotn o i I n 1 ntf 11 t\r\ n { oh h n oiauiiai ^ ? iviviiv^; u n uivu tuv Hev. Clarence V. T. Rlcheson was arrested for the alleged murder of Avis LlnneJl, the lloston police concentrated their efforts to ascertain definitely whether it was Mr. Rlcheson or another persoa who dined with the young music student the Saturday afternoon, a few hours before she took the cyanide of potassim from which she died. p The police now claim that they have evidence indicating that Mr. Kicheson was her companion. They have worked on the theory that the man with whom Miss Linnell dined was the person who gave her the fatal powder, which she took, believing it would remedy her physical condition. Several persons have testified that they saw Iticheson and Miss Linnell together on the fatal Saturday, and the girl herself told her roommate that she had dined j with the preacher that day. That the police have discovered (lie restaurant at which Avis Linnell lunched Saturday, and that Mr. Richeson was the man who accompanied her, was reported from headquarters late Saturday. It was said that a vniiiur woman at the Younir Women's Chirstian Association building furnished (his information. This witness, who is believed to be the last person who talked with Avis Linnell before she took the fatal dose, says the unfortunate girl declared: "I dined with Mr. Richeson." Pursuing this line of investigation, the police say they learned from a Cambridge man that on Thursday of last weep the minister was overheard to make an appointment by telephone to lunch Saturday with some person at the Young Women's Christian Association. Thus the chain of circumstantial evidence is being slowly but surely drawn around the Rev. Mr. Richeson as the murderer of the young women he had deeply wronged. Police attempts to obtain from the rooms in Cambridge occupied by Mr. Richeson some article which might further connect him with the poison, were frustrated, unexpectedly. Chief Inspector Joseph Dugan declared that when his inspectors went to the pastor's rooms they found everything in a state of chaos, the result of a general ransacking which occurred prior to the police visit. It is not known who was responsible for this. It is said that Miss TJnnell believed up to the hour of her death that ,1^.1 i ~ h ,1 ivicucsuii imt'iiueu iu marry ucr, uuu that is why lie found it an easy matter to induce her to take the poison he gave her, telling her it was a drug intended to relieve her of the embarrassing position her criminal int.inoary with him had placed her. It is supposed he gave her the poison while they were dining together, and the girl went home, took the supposed medicine, and died in a very short time afterwards from its effects. The minister was visited Saturday by Moses Grant Edniands, father of Miss Violet Edniands, his finance, at whose home, at Brookline, Mr. lticheson was arrested. With the bars between them, as a grim reminder of the events which necessitated the postponement of the wedding set for October .11, the accused clergyman and his prospective father-in-law had a long talk. Richeson claims that he is innocent, but the police say they will convert him of the awful crime. ' ?? Depends On llis Parents. Good deal of what in the average boy is called badness is nothing but i natural exuberancy will ultimately beconio actual badness or make for the benefit of the boy in future years lepends mainly lpon the way the joy is handled. If he is rigidly kept lown he will become either a milk?op or a tough, but if wisely guided le will in all probability develop in- i ;o a man of spirit and action with i uiccess written largo before him. < ? < ? < Lion Mauls Young Girl. : Before a tent full of people at * [Rica, Miss., Tuesday Martha Razer, 1 welve years old, a circus performer < ,vas so badly mauled by a lion when ' tho entered his cage that sho may 5 lie. She had almost finished her act i ,vhen tho largest of the two lions ( sprung upon her. A constable shot I md killed the animal. ] ? ? ? 1 Twins Caused llini to Suicide. c At Mayesvillo, Ky., when his wife t )resented him with a pair of twins ho second in less than two years, .eo Hay, 3 0 years old, committed iiiicldo by swallowing carbolic aciu. < *e had been out of work some time i ind the rapid increase in his family, t t Is supposed, discouraged him. j ? STORY OF A CRIME MAY BRING TO BIGHT THE FOUIj MURDER OP A BOY. ? It Is Thought That the Murderer IB Now a Resident of the Town of Gaffney. The town of Gaffney grew excited last Wednesday when a rumor reached there that a red handed murderer was living in the town unsuspected. The excitement was caused by the following item which appeared some weeks ago in a North Carolina newspaper: "In Rutherfordton County evidence is being gathered to incriminate one of its foremost citizens, who has moved to South Carolina recenty of one of the most hideous crime's. It is asserted that he is guilty of murder and arson. It is charged that the man, whose name will be given out in short time, murdered a young boy near Island Ford some years ago and also burned a Government store house after stealing the whiskey. The man in question will 'Probably endeavor to escape on the plea, of insanity, but steps aro I,.,! i, i r t ', lr mi tn nrnvnn t fine 11 v ill Kinuu iv/ |?i v ? v it v tn iO| it & ? ?v detectives are on the trail and a sensation is promised soon." A minister of Gaffney who read the above article stated to a newspaper reporter that the finger of suspicion pointed to a certain man and that circumstances led him to believe that the man was then in Gaffney. The story goes that a man of Itutherfordton county hired a boy to work for him, or rather the boy was bound t him. The man was of a rather penurious disposition and did not provide for the boy very suitable slothing. Finally the youngster prevailed on his employer to purchase a new suit of clothes and this was done but shortly after, the employer became incensed over trivial offence, and going to the house of a neighbor^ ho secured his assistance and went on the trail of the boy. It is this neigh% i t . i A . i. . ii-.i i ~ ? rr DOT WHO IS SUlCl CO DO ilVlIlg 111 UU.Ilncy at this time. Together the pair pursued the boy to the Island Ford referred to above, where they caught him. They then forced him to remove the clothing and gave him his choice of swimming Broad River at that point, or taking seventy-five lashes. The youth decided to try the swim, and had started when the two men opened fire on him. It is said that several shots were fired from pistols and that the boy sank. He was never heard of or seen after that but later the skeleton was found further down tlie river. It is further stated that the man who first had the hoy hired died a short time after this and on his death bed confessed to the crime, and stated that the other man had since moved to South Carolina. They Will Soon. Be Here. The Price-Campbell cotton picker has demonstrated that cotton can bepicked by machinery much faster-* and cheaper than it can be picked by hand. Among those who witnessed the demonstration of the Price* Campbell cotton picker near Charlotte last week was Mr. I). A. Tompkins, a man who has had much to do with cotton and cotton mill machinery, and who is therefore qualified to give an opinion on the question of machinery. He is hopeful of the Price-Campbell machine, which he says leaves only about two and a alf per cent of the cotton in the field. He says its picking is practically as near as can he done by hand, but a liitln of the cotton drons from tho picker, making tho two and a half per cent referred to above. Nine of those machines are now at work in Texas, and, as Mr. Tompkin says, it looks as if the present machine is going to stay on the market. Like all other inventions these machines will bo rapidly improved, and in tho next few years tney will be in use all over the cotton belt. Then we will hear no more complaints about tho shortness of cotton pickers to gather tho crop. California Moves Forward. Most likely it is a surprise to the majority of people that the majority in California for the "recall" was greater than that for the "initiative and referendum." For both amendments he majority was overwhelming, but that for the recall exceeds that for the initiative and referendum by several thousand. That verdict probably means that tho deople 3f California arc? dissatisfied with 301110 court decisions in their own date and elsewhere, a conviction that the judiciary, as well as other officials, is not immaculate, and that the )est corrective for judicial and other shortcomings lies in the power of the >eoplo to bring the offenders to account. Evidently, also, the contention that the power to recall will lessen reverence for the courts and nako judges the mere instruments if demagogues did not weigh with he Californians. Stands Ry the Women. California has extended the right >f suffrace to her women. The role vas close, but was sufficient tc imend the constitution to give tft# woman the right of suffrage.