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pp' ' " " ' ?? ? -?JII Jlyqpl WILSON IS A WINNER I SOUTH CAROUNA WILL GIVE HIM A SOLID VOTE FORETELLS HIS SUCCESS This Is What Congressman Joseph T. Johnson Says, After Analysing the Political Situation in This State and the Nation at Large, and Considering the Other Candidates. Congressman Joseph T. Johnson, of Spartanburg, advocates the nomination of Woodrow Wilson by the Democrats for President. Mr. Johnson reviews the political situaton generally and points to the weakness ftn(.1 strengm 01 me bcwjui tauur dates. lie eliminated Rep. Oscar W. Underwood from the field of possibilities, declares that Governor Harmon is out of the race and shows that Speaker Clark is unavailable as a candidate because of his record as a free trader which he has made as a member of the house. "Woodrow Wilson is certain to receive the solid voto of South Carolina at the Baltimore convention. "The Democracy of South Carolina is progressive and for this reason, if for 110 other, it will follow Woodrow Wilson. "But beyond this support that comes to him as the progressive candidate which I believe is strong enough to instruct the state delegation to Baltimore, Governor Wilson has many supporters in South Carolina who regard him in the light of a favorite son candidate, because of his four year's residence in the state and because of his descent from the well known Woodrow family of South Carolina. "Old Dr. James Woodrow, president of the South Carolina Presbyterian seminary, preached in nearly every Presbyterian church in South Carolina and there are a large number of South Carolians, both reactionary and progressive, who will vote for him alone because of the fact that this well-beloved man was his grandfather. "Of course Governor Wilson will have to count on the opposition of Wall street, and of those voters who look at politics from the standpoint of the special interests. He antag onized this element when he declared that there is a money trust in the country which should be investigated and regudated. He is the only candidate in the field who has made this assertion. "Majority Leader Oscar Underwood will have to anticipate the opposition of the wing of the party that is loyal to Mr. Bryan, and this is a tremendous opposition in my mind. Governor Harmon is no longer considered as in the race. "I like Champ Clark, and I am his friend, but there is no use to try and conceal the fact that he will have many serious charges to face at the hands of the Republican party should the Democrats choose him as their presidential nominee. "Champ Clark has said that if he had his way, he would tear down the custom houses. I heard Champ Clark say on the floor of the house that the greatest calamity that had befallen the human race since the fall of Adam was the nomination of Grover Cleveland for a second term as president. Killed Reciprocity, "Champ Clark's utterances about annexation of Canada killed Canadian reciprocity. The Canadians did not vote on reciprocity in their election; they voted on annexation by the United States, and rejected it. "All of these things will make excellent campaign capital for the Republicans, and no one need doubt that they have already prepared this bomb to explode at Clark's feet should he be the Democratic candidate. "Governor Wilson can make the strongest race of any man in the Democratic party. The South Carolina delegation will be for him solid at Baltimore, and about this statement there can be no debate among those in touch with the situation." Arrested on Serious Charge, v A dispatch from Annapolis, Md., says John F. OVMalley, state auditorelect, was arrested on the charge of attmepting to bribe Wm. It. Smallwood, a member of thetflouse of Delegates, to vote 4?aia*t. the local option bill. Ho relegjfeed on $10,000 bail. Sniall.wodd d^iOrp'd on the floor of the H^nte teffiwfyy that O'Malley offered him.^i^PPKro vote against the bill. Ificliborn Commits Suicide. At Washington Philip S. Hichborn, a young lawyer and son of the late Hear Admiral IHchborn, killed himself in despondency and humiliation over the elopement more than a year ago of his wife, Elenore Hoyt Jlichborn, with Horace L. Wiley, a prominent Washington attorney. Found Frozen to Death. Charles Billlngton, a farmer near Mt. 'Pulaski, 111., who had been missing was found frozen to death. 9 y ^?i?1 -? BANK GOES TO WALL A BANK FAILURE THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. % t* . 4", Governor Blon.se Calls Upon Bank Examiner Rliame for an Explanation of (he Matter. "I consider your failure In this matter derelection of duty and unless you can give a satisfactory explanation 1 would advise that you tender your resignation at once," wrote Governor Blease to State Bank Examiner B. J. Rhame, Tuesday afternoon in reference to the reported failure of tho bank examiner to notify him of the condition of the Lexington Savings Bank, now in the hands of a receiver. The letter of the Governor's to Mr. Rhame is as follows: "March 2G, 1912. Mr. B. J. Rhame, State Bank Examiner, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: I notice from reports filed February 5, 1912, March 3, 1911, and April 15, 1910, that the Lexington Savings Bank has been in very serious trouble for some months. I also notice Mr. Wilson, your predecessor, in 1910, says in one of his reports: 'Full report submitted to i f/,r- rnvinivr nnrl !l(l vifp VMM fl II Wl 1 vy 1 1 V T iV TT Mltv* v?v? f .wv? Schedules 11 and C scare me.' "Will you please be so kind as to advise mo why you did not call my attention to the condition of this bank, particularly when you and your assistants knew that the superintendent of the State Pneitentiary had many thousands of dollars deposited therein, and also that the county treasurer of Lexington County had many thousands of dollars of the county's money deposited therein. If you had called my attention to this matter as Mr. Wilson did Governor Ansel's attention, I would have immediately, upon the filing of your report on February 1, 1911, ordered that proper proceedings be instituted to protect the interests of the county and State. I consider your failure in this matter derelection of duty, and unless you can give a satisfactory explanation I would advise that you at once tender your resignation as State bank examiner, and save any further unpleasantness. We do not want in this State carelessness or negligence in office; ignorance is no excuse. I would also be glad if you would advise mo why you did not act in accordance with Section 2,3 51, new Code of Laws of South Carolina, when you found the condition of the Lexington Savings Bank, one year ago. Very respectfully, Cole L. Blease, Governor." ONLY THREE FOR CLARK. How South Carolina Members of Congress Stand. The Washington correspondent of The News and Courier says South Carolina's delegation in Congress, on the present analysis, cannot be said to be in favor of the Champ Clark Presidential boom. The statement has been made that five out of seven of the House members are for Clark, but Representatives Aiken and Byrnes declare that they are uncommitted. Representative Johnson is avowedly for Woodrow Wilson, and Representative Lever is decidedly inclined towards Wilson. That leaves Messrs. Finley, Ellerbe and Legare as the o?nly Representatives from South Carolina committed to Clark. In the other wing of the Capitol, Senator Tillman, while uncommitted, has done the Wilson boom conspicuous service by his interference in the Watterson-IIarvey-Wilson affair. Senator E. D. Smith has within the past few days given out an interview enthusiastically taking the side of the New Jersey Governor in the fight for the nomination. Without counting Senator Tillman for Wilson, the line-up of the delegation today appears to be as follows: O/mntrtr Smith and J' or \Y 1IMJI1, JCI1UIVI UI...V Representatives Johnson and Lever. For Clark, Representatives Finley, Legare and Ellerbe. Uncommitted, Senator Tillman and Representatives Aiken and Byrnes. WANT IT LOOKED INTO. +. Western Newspaper Union Brought Before Congress. A dispatch from Washington say? Congressman Taggart, a Democrat from Kansas, charging that a "boilei plate" printing trust exists, offered f resolution in the Jlouso Monday foi a Congressional investigation into the Western Newspaper Union, of Omaha, Neb., which furnishes "patent in sides" for weekly newspapers. Mr Taggart charged that the Omaha concern was resorting to unlawful meant to drive out of business the Publishers' Newspaper Union, of Kansat City, Kansas. The Western Newspa per UnUion recently absorbed nearlj all the concerns that furnished read) prints to newspapers and consoli dated them under its present name It has branches in many cities, and furnishes ready prints to several South Carolina weekly and semiweekly newspjtters. ^ ^ I Ives up to posse ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE ALLEN GANG NOW IN JAIL OTHER OUTLAWS HUNTED + Starving and Sleepless, Claude Swanson Allen, Thought to Have ICluded Posses, Walks from Thicket, Saying, "I'm Glad to Get a Chance to Come In." Starving, sleepless and fatigued, Claude Swanson Allen, namesake of a United States senator, came out of the laurel thicket in the Blue Ridge Thursday, pointed two six shooters toward the sky and gave himself to the posse which, for nearly two weeks, has hunted him. Complacent and almost happy, he then sat, sliel tcred from a driving storm by the littlo brick jail, a stone's throw from Carroll county court house, IIi 11sville, Va., where, 011 March 14 the Allen gang killed the judge, the prosecuting attorney, the sheriff, a juror and a bystander. All day the posses, divided Into small bands, have been following a trail thought to be that of Wesley Edwards, a nephew of the Aliens. Claudo Allen, a son of Floyd Allen, who was the cause of the court house shooting, had been given up as having escaped. Detective Lucas and four men were working toward Floyd Allen's home, when suddenly 2 5 yards or so off the 'Mount Airy road a figure creeping stealthily through the undergrowth was dimly seen through the mist which overhung the mountain slope. Close behind Lucas the other men brought their rifles to their shoulders, when to their surprise, Allen stepped out into the road with his hands upraised, a pistol in each. "I am glad to get a chance to come in," he said. "I haven't slept in a bed since the shooting. I'm hungry." The young mountaineer swung in between the men of the posse and they started back to Hillsville. "I could have shot you," said Allen as he smiled and nodded toward Detective Lucas, "but I was a little excited at having you come upon me so soon. Anyway, I (lid not want to have to kill anybody." In the presence of a detective, young Allen described his own part in the court house tragedy, admitted that he had seen Sidna Allen shoot " - * v??? 4- Vi/v Vi Im on) f H o a uimorl fr?r (11 111 mat 11 C UiUiOCIlL UUU VV4 ?W? Clerk Goad's head four times. He told a graphic story of the assassination. "1 don't know who started the shooting," said Allen. "After it began, I shot four times at Clerk Goad and aimed for his head every time. I saw Uncle Sidna shoot at somebody, but don't know who. When the shooting in the court house was over, I went outside and saw Uncle Sidna on the ground shooting at Goad, so I shot at him, too. My brother, Victor, called to me to stop, but I had shot all my cartridges. Then we all went away." It developed that Allen was really taken in North Carolina, probably 150 yards over the line. The sortie which took the prisoner was directed by Detective Thomas L. Felts, who had obtained clues through the efforts of the fugitives to get food. "No one was more surprised than I to see Claude Allen," said Felts tonight. Some bread and a cask of water was found hidden in the thicket and Allen said it was all he had been living upon for several days. Detectives declared one of the revolvers in his hands were used in the court house shooting. The boy talked freely on the long journey over soggy roads back to Hillsville and by the time the party reached the jail tho drizzle had turned to a downpour. The troop of horsemen picked their way into a village of darkness where hardly a light was visible. Though the whole countryside had learned by the "wireless" of the Woodland country that another Allen had been taken, there was no excitement. Tho young fellow was put in charge of two armed deputies. Claude's capture gives renewed hope of the capture of tho threo remaining fugitives?-Sidna Allen, his ' nephew Friel, and Wesley Edwards. Young Allen will probably bo taken to tho Roanoke jail where already L some of his kinsfolk are. A movement has been started ! among Virginia women to present a gold medal to Jezabel Goad, daughter of Clerk Goad, who ran to his * side when he was under fire by the Allen gang and brought a freshly * loaded pistol for her father to continue the battle. Mrs, William II. * Mann, wifo of the governor, is heading tho movement. ? ? Hang Him From Tank. Henry Dee, a negro, was hanged to I a water tank near Mer Rouge early I Tuesday. Saturday night Lee in. suited a man and fired into a party returning from an entertainment. # 1 ^ ?53 jM.if, TRYING TO BEAT WILSON OTHKU CANDIDATES IN COMBINATION AGAINST HIM. Some Facts That Go to Substantiate the Above Charge, Which Is Now Openly Made. The Woodrow Wilson New York headquarters issued on Wednesday a statement declaring that press dispatches Tuesday night from Tampa, Florida, carried "conclusive proof of the existence of a Presidential candidate combine, having for its object lie prevention of Governor Wilson's nomination." The dispatches which are thus Interpreted by the Wilson headquarters, stated that the Clark and Harmon headquarters have announced that the names of these two candidates would not be 011 the primary tickets in Florida, and that the contest there probably will be between Wilson and Underwood. "In Oklahoma and Kansas a free field was left to Speaker Clark without interference by either Governor Harmon or Mr. Underwood," the statement reads. "The same Is true in Iowa, Arkansas and Wisconsin; in Harmon territory Speaker Clark and Mr. Underwood are apparently working in perfect adjustment with the Harmon forces. The following lineup is significant: "Clark vs. Wilson: Iowa, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Kansas, California, etc. "Underwood vs. Wilson: Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Louisiana. "Harmon vs. Wilson: New York, Delaware, Maine and other New England States, Ohio and States ontlnguous thereto." GOVERNOR BLEASE IS BEATEN. ? The Cherokee News Says He Cannot he Re-elected. The Cherokee News says the State campaign, insofar as the office of governor is concerned, is fast taking shape. Those who are in a position to know, and who are observing conditions have reached the conclusion that it will be an impossibility for Gov. Blease to succeed himself. Some of his most ardent supporters figure in the same way. They claim that he has antagonized so many people uselessly?merely to show that he is one with authority ? that the influence of these will turn the tide against him. The governor has made the mis take of supposing that all who voted for him last time were his friends, and ho had not tried to make any new friends; in fact, publishing it abroad that only his friends need apply to him; that he is the governor of his friends, and no others. This policy has cost him dearly, for those who have been over the State claim that they have yet to find a man who v?*Td against him last time that will vote for him this time, while those who voted for him last time, but will not vote for him this time, are very numerous. Those who are in a position to know claim that at one of the largest mill communities in the State the governor has lost fully twenty-five per cent of his following because of the fact that he ignored the choice of the primary election and appointed one of his friends magistrate instead of the man who was the choice of a majority of the voters. Such a policy does not make friends. KILLED IIY ELECTRIC SHOCK. +. ? Fatal Accident at the Reedy River Power Plant. J. Tielton Divver, superintendent of the Reedy River Power Company, located at Boyd'R Mill, twelve miles west of Laurens, was electrocuted Sunday while at work in the power plant. The accident occurred just before noon and Mr. Divver lived only a short time after receiving the ? YXMfK eavm<al man V> n WflH bHUUIVi VV I L it ocTCim utvti *. w ,, engaged in overhauling the plant, which was greatly damaged by the recent freshet, and at the time he received the fatal shock he was mounted on a twelve-foot scaffold, from which ho fell. The deceased was a native of Anderson and had been superintendent of the plant for several years, making his home in Ibis city. He was about thirty years old and is survived by a young wife, to whim he was married, at Anderson, last .1 une. Skulls of Negroes Crushed. Ellen Monroe, a negress, her four children and Lyle Finacuno, n boarder at the Monroe home, were killed Wednesday night in their dwelling, near the villago of Glidden. The heads of the six were crushed with an axe in much the same manner as a scoro or more negroes hafe been killed recently in Eastern Texas and Western Louisiana. Many Houses Float Away. The town of Gregory, Mo., twelve miles south of Keokuk, has been inundated by the Mississippi river, which Is out of its banks. Several houses have floated down the river and people were compelled to seek higher ground. t BANK OF (Jonwai Has largest capital and surplus of ai than the combined capital and surpl CAPITAL STOCK.. .. SURPLUS LIABILITIES OP STOCK! SECURITY OF DEPOSITC 1 DIREC .>bert B. Scarborough, <. L. Buck, ioorge J. Holiday, We offer our customers every accc will justify, and we s iOBKUT B. SCARBOROUGH, D. PRESIDENT. A We continue to pay 5 per FEW ESCAPE ALIVE EXPLOSION IN COAL MINE ENDS FOUR SCORE LIVES ? EIGHTY-TWO WAS KILLED Eleven Men Were Drought Alive Out of the Mine, But the I)ea<lly Coal Gas Had Done Its Work So Well That One of Them Died Afterwards. Eighty-two men were killed Monday by a gas explosion in the Jed Coal and Coke Company's mine at Jed, W. Va., a half dozen miles from Welch. Only 11 men escaped alive and one of these died within an hour after being brought to the surface. Monday night 33 bodies had been located and the rescuers hoped to have i them out shortly. Exploring parties will have covered all of the mine by 3 o'clock Wednesday morning and expect to have all the bodies out by 1 noon. j The explosion took place before noon and probably only the 11 men u'nrHmr nt the foot of the shaft had la chance for their lives. They readily made their way up the cages, which were not damaged, and though some of the blades of the fans were shattered, they continued to operate with the fortunate result that enough air was present to admit searching parties immediately. Less than half an hour after the news of the explosion had been communicated to Welch, relief measures were in order. Oxygen helmets and other appliances were rushed from the plant of the United States Coal and Coke company's plant, a United States Steel corporation mine, nearby, a government mine rescue car en route to Huntington, W. Va., was turned back on telegraphic orders from Washington and another car was started from Pittsburg. The flrst car reached Welch shortly after noon and the experts immediately conceded that all in the mine were dead. State mine inspectors promptly organized rescue parties and began the exploration of the mine. As the gases were cleared out by the fans they began searching of the lower levels and immediately began to come upon miners; killed almost instantly. Other mines nearby sent experienced foremen to lead hundreds of volunteer rescuers, who flocked to the scene as the news spread about the countryside. The mine was inspected last Friday ? -i ..?nn .lAiiiu'fiii anfo Tlio nrfi illlll WctO |liuiiuuuv/vu . liminary investigations have not divulged the cause of the explosion. Some local mine men are inclinde to regard it as a physical phenomenon. Barometers in this vicinity have been showing unusually low readings for the last week without the usual atmospheric conditions. The families of the dead men find themselves in Rore straits. Work has been very slack at the mine. Outside aid will he asked. ? ? Will Ketain His Sent. Senator Stephenson, of Wisconsin, octogenarian millionaire, banker and lumberman, retains his seat. By a vote of 4 0 to 3 4 the Senato Wednesday declared his election valid and rejected the charge that $107,793, which the Senator admitted spending in the Wisconsin primaries, had been spent corruptly. Kigliteen Killed In Cyclone. At Buenos Ayres, Argentina, eight persons were killed and thirty injured during a cyclone, which caused the collapse of several old residences. Ten were killed and twenty injured in the District of .Tunin, about 150 miles to the west of that city, which also was ravaged by the cyclone. Poison Fatal to Pride. At Augusta, Oh., Mrs. Edward A. Frank, wife of a prominent Augusta broker and a bride of only three months, died from bichloride of mercury poisoning that was taken through mistake for aspirin. All night efforts of three doctors were unavailing. . **W '- p^| HORRY, Ir. S, C. iy bank in Horry county* More us of all other banks in the county, $60,000 . 12,600 # HOLDERS .... 60,000 )RS 112,600 TORS ARDSON.H W. A. Johnson, Will A. Freeman mmodation which their accounts n olicit your business. * ^ ^ V. Richardson, will a. fhkemas fiOE President. .Cashier 1 cent, on yearly deposits. I J DKOFEHBIONAL CARDB. " H. H. WOODWARI> ! Attorney end Councilor At L?n. CONWAY; B. C. i J?, B. BOARBKOUOH CONWAY, 8. CAttorney at Law, j&m ?. H. BUHKOUOim \ ( IPhjilciao and Burgeon* CONWAY, B. C. ?. WOFFOKD WAIX. , Attorney at Ijaa t Bank of Horry Building. CONWAY, fl. C. , RENE RAVENEL Land Surveying and Vlriiitwiiro 4 ] I Spirey liuildiiiK Conway, S. C. r | HE WORLDS GREATEST SEWING MACHINE 1 h JLIGHT RUNNING^ ttyoa want either a Vlbrnttng Shuttle, HahMM J (shuttle or a Single Thread [ChainatUcAj / ' Sewing Machine write to m 8EW HOME 8EWINQ MACHINE C0MPM9 1 Orange, Mass, MhNrsewtnr machine* are made to ?e!l recwdlo*^ SealUy, but the New Home I* made lowest a Ou* guaranty never rtma out. ' * (MM MM Authorised dealers 1 v soa sals m ; BURROUGHS A COLLtlNS OO., Oonwav. H. O* ( SUPPORT WO0DKOW WlIiSON. ? - , Ohio Progressive Democrats I)eclnr<? for Him.* Tho executive commit tec of theOhio Progressive Democratic league ^ voted to support the candidacy of Woodrow Wilson for the presidential j nomination at the State-.wido Demo- i cratic primary, May 21. The resolutions, adopted however, leave a loop- * ,1 hole for other candidates in a clause* * . that requests the convention in nam- j ing the delegates at large from Ohio " to select such men as will support his. | candidacy as long as he is a potentiality and who in no event will vote for i a reactionary candidate. Tho circula- ' tion of petitions to get the 5,000 signatures required to assure the namo of Gov. Wilson being on tho ballot was begun at once. Six Persons Killed l>y Gas. Six inmates of the Huron county, Ohio, infirmary are dead from asphyxiation. Seven others were overcome but are recovering. It is supposed that fires In stoves went out during A tho night, owing to gas failure, and * I later the gas came on again. 1 X Family of Five llumcd. 1 At Wilkes Barro, Pa., Even Mil- ! lick, his wife and three children were , burned to death when their home at Askam was destroyed by fire Thursday night. The entire family were asleep in beds and were unable to es- 1 cape. I