The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 23, 1912, Image 8
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DENIES IT FLATLY I
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CALDWELL CONTRADICTS STATEMENT
OF BLEASE
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ABOUT JOHN GARY EVANS
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QhmUob of Veracity liaised Between
the Columbia Correspondent of the
News and Courier and the Governor
of South Carolina About a
Certain Statement.
The Spartanburg Herald Bays
while in that city the other day
Governor Bieaso declared that ho
war not at all disheartened by the
ictory of the anti-Bleaseltea in the
county conventions, and that the ac
tion taken at the coaveution had
bt?n of positive benflt to hia cause
and he was confident of carrying
and of defeating all opposing can
didates for governor by a decisive
major'ty.
"The tactics adopted r.t the coirent?on
v. 11 < In Itself almost assure
my re-el< ctlon," said Governor
Elease. "It has aroused my frisn Is
to tno situation, and .hey will nv*
"work hard and work in earnest."
The governor referred ?o this item
In the Charleston News and Couno 's
Columbia correspondence yesterday.
"A gentleman here yesterday who
attended the Spartanburg convention
and who is a strong friend of
Judge Jones, said of the results "f
their convention: 'We had everything
our own way and we ma 1o tho
Bleaseites hang their heads. Judge
Jones will carry Spartanburg county
by at least 2,000 majority.' "
The governor commented on this
item thus: "I asked Mr. Caldwell,
Tho News and Courier's correspondent,
who the gentleman from Spartanburg
county was, and he answered
that it was John Gary Evaus, as
I had supposed.
"I told Mr. Caldwell, in the presence
of Mr. Rose, of the Atlanta
Journal, Mr. Taylor, of the Columbia
Record, and one or two others,
that if John Gary Evans would send
a certified check for $1,000 to the
Palmetto National Bank to back his
assertion it would be covered in 15
minutes by a Blease man of Columbia,
who will bet that Jonos will not
carry Spartanburg county by 2,000
majority, or 1,000 majority, but on
the contrary will not carry Spartanburg
county at all."
The governor spoko scathingly of
Mr. Evans and ridiculed the latter's
ability as a politician. ,
"Ask Judge Nicholls or R. K. ,
Carson or Stanyarne Wilson or any
of the old-liners," said the govern- (
or, "how badly Spartanburg county ,
defeated Ben Tillman in tho club
meetings and convention of 18D0,
and then ask them if Tillman has .
over been beaten In this county ^
since.
"And ask them If It isn't true that
Blease had a larger following in the i
convention last Monday than Tillman ,
had in the convention of 1890.
Caldwell Denies Statement. i
"The governor asked me if John
Gary Evans had given me the inter- i
view, but did not reply to him." 1
This is the statement made to the i
Herald by W. F. Caldwell, Columbia c
correspondent of The News and
Courier over the long distauce tele- 1
phone from Chester. It is a denial I
of the statement made by Governor t
Cole L. Blease to tho effect that Mr. i
Caldwell told him ex-Gov John Gary i
Evans was the author of an inter- t
view published in the Columbia correspondence
to Tho News and Courier.
Tho Herald says Mr. Rose, of the J
Atlanta Journal, whom Governor
Blease said was present when the i
conversation between him and Mr. i
Caldwell took place, confirms Mr. I
Caldwell's statement, i
When shown the interview pub- 1
Hsbed in the Herald with Governor <
Biease, former Gov. John Gary Ev- 1
aim said: "I have not been in Colum- f
bia since tho county convention, i <
bave not seen Caldwell, of Tho News
and Courier bureau, and there is no ?
more truth in the statement Bleaso
makes than might bo expected coming
from that source." t
Ex-Governor Evans furl her said
that ho knows Mr. Caldwell most
pleasantly and that he does not believe
he told Governor Blease any *
such thing a3 the governor attrib- c
Utes to him. While I agreo with the c
prophecy made in the interview, I i
have not mado any statement and I i
em not the person quoted in The <
i News and Courier." (
| Mr. Caldwell, as will he seen by v
I the above, flatly contradicts what l
Governor Bleaso nays, and denies e
making the statement the Governor
Says he made. 'Mr. Caldwell subH
atantiates his contradiction by the
I testimony of another newspaper |v
man, whom Governor Blease says']
B iwas present at the interview, j
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I Three Killed in "Wreck. f
RT. Engineer E. P. Smith and an un- v
fe known negro girl wore killed, and t
K three others injured, when Southern b
HSf Hallway passenger train No. 11, run- t
B? sing between Salisbury and Asliol|
was wrecked near Conn ally
Springs shortly after noon Wednes- h
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JETER PUT IN JAIL
WAS PARDONED ONCE BY GOVERNOR
COLE L, B LEASE.
Man Accused of Being Drunk and
Disorderly and Attacking Wife
Captured by Sheriff Miller.
A dispatch from Lexington to The
State Bays that Jacob 13. Jeter, said
to be the first man pardoned by Governor
BJease, was lodged In the Lexington
jail by Sheriff Sim J. Miller
Sunday afternoon on the charge of
assault and battery with intent to
kill. February 24, last, it is alleged,
Joter attempted to shoot P. L.
Redmond, chief of police of Swansea,
W. L. K. Johnson and H. K.
[looker, who went to arrest him for
being drunk and disorderly and attacking
his wife.
Jeter fired at the chief twice with
a rifle, but missed his aim. He still
held the officers at bay, and it bocanio
necessary for the men to
shoot Jeter In order to effect his arrest.
He was shot In both legs, the
wounds being so serious that he was
carried to a hospital In Columbia
for treatment.
A warrant was Immediately sworn
out for his arrest and placed In the
hands of Sheriff Miller for execution.
The sheriff had been on the lookout
for his man and had planned to bring
him to the Lexington jail as soon as
the doctors would permit. Several
days ago, however, it is said that
Jeter asked to be permitted to take
ti little exercise on the streets.
Doing advised that his wounds
were not healed sufficiently for him
to tako the risk, he slipped away
and went to tho depot where he
boarded a train for Salley. Upon
reaching Salley he hired a horse and
buggy and drove to tho home of his
brother-in-law, who lives within six
miles of Noese's station, in Orangeburg
County.
Upon learning that Jeter had escaped
from the Penitentiary, Sheriff
Miller Immediately laid plans to effect
his capture, and on Saturday
night the officer went to Swansea,
secured an automobile and drove to
the homo of Jeter's brotherin-law.
Having been warned of the threats
that Jeter Is alleged to have made,
to the effect that ho would shoot the
first man who attempted to arrest
him, the sheriff left the automobile
when within half a mile of the house
and took to the woods afoot.
After taking a careful view of the
situation, Sheriff Miller went direct
to the house, and was in the room
where Jeter was with his wife, and
made the arrest before the man had
time to make good his threat, if, indeed,
he had made the threats.
Jeter was carried to jail in an au:omobile.
His ledt foot is in a dangerous
condition, according to the
itatcments of Dr. E. P. Derrick, the
;ounty physician, who was called in
0 see him. The wound was caused
>y several buckshot and the foot is
iwollen considerably.
This is not tlie first time Jeter has
>een in trouble since he received his
>ardou from Governor Bleao. Seviral
months ago he was arrested at
he instigation cf his mother and
ister, who reside at Swansea. It was
illeged that Jeter had entered the
lome of his relatives and had taken
1 number of articles of clothing and
>ther waluables.
The articles were found in differnt
places in Columbia by P. H. Corey,
who was then sheriff of the couny,
and returned. At that timo Jeter
n order to keep from being tried
ipon the charge, agreed never to gi ,
0 the home of his mother again, an
igreement to this effect having been
Irawn up by Prank W. Shealy, clerk
>f the Circuit Court, and signed by
leter.
A few months later Jeter married
1 'Miss Redmond, tho ceremony bong
performed in the Court IIouso
jy N. P. Shipp, notary public. It
s said that ho has since treated his
.vife badly while under the influence
)f whiskey, and it was for this of'enso
that efforts were being made
o arrest him when he shot at the
:hief of police at Swansea.
Jeter served a term of years In
he hospital for having hilled a man
>11 the streets of Union before he was j
ardoned. When sober he is said to
jo a peaceable citizen.
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Girl and Got Shot.
A dispatch from Marion snys a
diooting took place near Fork Mon- i
lay, In which two negroes were kill-'
;d. From tho Information received
?t that place it seems that Flag Mcnnis,
a negro laborer on W. J. Montgomery's
plantation, was calling on a
laughter of Mill Mace, and since she
vould not agree to marry him he shot
ler and immediately afterward was
ihot by her father, Mill Maco.
Stung Nearly to Death,
T3. Huskey, of Cherokee County,
vas attacked bv a swarm of bees ;n
ils field and nearly stung to death
ast week. He seized a guano sack,
/hich was nearby and covering Ms
ace and head rushed to the house, I
/hero lie secured assistance and got
ho bees off. By this time his wholo
ody was swollen out of all proporlon
by tho numerous stings. i
If you want to flatter a man ask 1
1m why ho doesn't buy an auto**?.*- i
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WOULD POLL SHOWS
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THAT CONGRESS FAVORS A SIX
YEAR TERM FOR THE
COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT
Among the Members Classed as Opposed
to a Single Six-Year Presidential
Term There Are Several
Whoso Opposition Extends Only
to the Eength of the Term.
The Now York World correspondent
at Washington has made a canvass
of the Senate and House on
the question of the proposed amendment
to the Constitution to make a
President ineligible for re-election:
The result follows.
Benate.
Favoring constitutional amendment
. . ._ .. 37
Opposing 3
In, doubt, but probably favorable
3
In doubt, but probably unfavorable
4
Absent ... .. 10
House.
For ... . . 2 09
Against 15
Doubtful or non-commital. . .. 24
Absont 55
If Congress passes a resolution to
submit to the States an amendment
to the Constitution which will oxtend
the term of otiice of tho President
ineligible for ro-election President
Taft will sign it.
Definite action is promised at the
present session of Congress on one
or another of the various resolutions
now pending before the Senate and
House providing for the iucrease of
the Presidential term from four to
six years, wun tne proviso tnai me
Incumbent when so elected shall
thereafter forever be Ineligible to
re-election.
One measure, which has for its
sponsor Senator John I). Works of
California, will be the matter for Immediate
consideration at tho session
of the Senate Committee on the
Judiciary. It is known that of the
sixteen Senators, nine Republicans
and seven Democrats, comprising
tills committee, there Is a distinct
majority in favor of that clause of
the resolution which provides that
presidents shall have no more than
on? term. Of tho committee only
Senator Brown of Nebraska and
Senator William E. Borah of Idaho,
both Republicans, are unfriendly to
tho measure.
The chairman of the committee,
Senator Clarence D. Clark of Wyoming
and Senators Dillingham of Vermont,
Sutherland of Utah and Root
of New York, all Republicans, heartily
support a favorable report of the
Works resolution In ils present
form. Senator Bason, senior Democratic
member of the committee, and
one or two of his colleagues favor
restricting the term of ofiice to four i
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years, wuu mo uiniuiuou uu ro-oioc- <
tion.
Similar measures are pending In 1
(he House of Representatives. One, I
the Clayton resolution, is now before I
the Judiciary Committee sub-corn- I
niittee, and action is expected when 1
the Archbald Investigation is con- i
eluded. Another measure of simi- i
lar tenor, introduced by Repressent- !
ative Curley (Democrat) of Massa- 1
cbusetts, has been referred to the
Committee on Election of President,
Vice-President and members of the
House of Representatives.
There Is a strong majority In fav- j
or of action on the Works resolution
in the Senate. Opinion is divided at
a ratio of about two to one in favor
of the measure. In the House of
Representatives the predominance of (
favorable sentiment is much more
marked. 1
RATTLESNAKE'S 1UTK FATAL.
Grandson of Bishop Morrison Victim
of Reptile.
A dispatch from Leesburg, Va.,
says Allcry Morrison, nine years of
age, died Monday morning from the
effects of an attack made on him
Sunday afternoon by a rattlesnake.
The child had gone into the garden
to pick some tomatoe3, when the
reptile struck him, burying its fangs
4 * ? 4 h a K/\ir'o 1 n ci 1 I a eevnnmn/)
Ill lliU u\jj o uuiti |?. aiv nv/i v/uiuvu
from the pain and when assistance
they know each other, as they have
boon very Intimate friends,
arrivod ho was unconscious. The
snake was a large one and was killed
later. Allery was a grandson of
Ilishop Morrison, of tho Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, and was a
bright lad.
Give I'p tho Old Way, i
The first Chlneso marriage ceremony
conducted according to the
Western style was celebrated at
Shanghai, Tuesday. The ceremony I
was according to tho Chinese ritual, :
but In all other respects tho wedding j
was of the European stylo. The bride ?
wore a long tulle veil and was attended
by three bridesmaids in picture
hats. Tho bridegroom woro a s
rrock coat and a silk hat. The cou- c
pie exchanged rings and a band play- t
?d a wedding march. a
DEMANDS HIS RIGHTS
THOMAS B. WATSON HBFUSBS TO
DB SIDETRACKED.
The Chief Populist Says He Won
Georgia for Underwood and Musi
Head Delegation.
The Democrats of Georgia whc
carried that State for Underwood by
an unholy alliance with T. E. Wataon
and his Ppoulist followers, now have
an awful mess on their hands. After
the election they want to sidetrack
Watson, us they were ashamed of
him. To this end they published hi
all the Underwood papers that Watson
would not be a candidate for delegate
to the Democratic National
Convention, to test the sincerity of
the men who had used him to carry
the State for Underwood with nis
populistic following, confirmed the
statement that he would not be a
candidate for delegate.
Dut Mr. Watson did not mean what
ho said. He thought the Underwood
folk, who was then rejoicing over
their great victory, out of gratitude
for what ho had done to carry the
State for Underwood, would insist on
his heading the Georgia Underwood
delegation to the National Convention.
So Tom waited for the call
to head the delegation which he
expected his late allies to send him,
but it never came. They wore po
glad to get rid of their Populistic ally
that the Undrewood folk shook 0110
another's hand with delight, and
forgot all about Watson and Populistic
following.
Watson and his crowd was good
enough to help them steal the State
from Wilson, but they did not want
to send an Underwood delegation
from Georgia with the chief Populist
of the country at its head. It would
be a handicap to the Underwood
boom, and bo an exhibit that would
be embrasBlng to his followers from
other States. So they were delighted
when Watson said he was not a candidate,
but In the midst of their glee
Watson dropped a bomb schell in
their ranks by announcing that he
was Jesting when ho said he would
not be a candidate, and announced
that he was in tho race to head the
delegation.
fPl./. n n n Ann nnnmn ? nninn
1 uu >v ainun uiiii^uu^uiiiuut v/uuac
like a clap of thunder out of a clear
.iky to tho Underwook folk. Watson
had said that he bad no Intention t.f
fighting for a place on the delegation,
and the incident was supposedly closed.
Nobody In the Underwood ranks
was worrying about It. And thou
eamo Watson's statement that what
ho had said was not seriously Intended,
and that he demanded and would
fight for the right to head the Georgia
delegation. On the front page of
Watson's paper, dated the 9th, the
following appears, in black type, in a
border:
'MEET ME IN ATLANTA, BOYS?
On tho night preceedlng the convention,
I propose to hold a meeting in
the ball room of the Kimball; and
all delegates friendly to mo are requested
to attend. The city politiL'ians
who are hogging all the credit
for the Underwood victory, are courting
a fight with me, and of this fight
[hey can get just as much as they aro
looking for. What I said in tho P.
D., last week was In jest. I mean to
lead the Georgia delegation to Baltimore,
or know tho reason why. I
mean to lock horns with Bryan, and
:o exhibit that coldly, selfish, fraud In
tiis true character.
Thos. E. Watson..
SAYS JONES IS RIGHT.
People Have a Right to Know IIow
Their Money Is Spent.
The Newbery Herald and Nows, a
dyed in tho wool Please paper, says:
"We are Inclined to the opinion that
Comptroller General Jones is right
in linl/linor 11 n Mm navmpnt of nnv
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account that does not nave an itemized
statement attached to it. Our
recollection of the law is that it is
required. The only point is, has ho
been requiring it of all officers. It
is common sense and therefore good
law. It should bo easy to keep an
itemized account of expenses when
you are spending public money. Wo
have spent some public money, and
had to keep an itemized account,
and tho only trouble wo over found
was that we usually spent more than
wo could legitimately charge up as
W? saw It. Thero should bo no objection
to filing an itemized account
and it is proper to do so. No necessity
for a controversy between tho
Governor and Mr. Joves on tho subject,
or any difference between tho
appointees of Governor Please and
Mr. Jones on the subject. File your
Itemized statement and you will get
your money. The peoplo have a
right to know for what you liave
spent their money."
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Hoy Killed in Riot.
At Scranton, Pa., state troops ridng
down a mob of coal mine rioters
Saturday morning shot and killed a
14-year-old boy who was watching
ho light. The mob was dispersed.
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Young man, if you expect to attain
luccess you must work. Success
Iocs not crown tho efforts of a boy
vho runs away from school and
ihirks his lossons or any other duty.
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TILLMAN'S CONDITION
FACTS AS TO HIS HEALTH AND
ACTIVITY IN SENATE.
Tho Senator is Dally in His Heat and
Discharging His Senatorial Duties
All Kight.
A Washington dispatch says that
, any impression that Senator Tillman's
broken health is such that he
is not able personally to direct his
senatorial business with intelligence
and force or that ho is not able to
go about by himself in the discharge
of that business is erroneous.
The senator is dally in his seat in
the senate, daily confers with his
colleagues, daily dictatos a quantity
of correspondence and visits the
various government departments in
person whenever ho has occasion
and goes alono unless accompanying
some ono in whose behalf ho Is acting.
As a matter of fact, ho often goes
unattended. Ho walks dally from
liis hotel to the capitol and from tho
capitol back to his hotel, and tho
distance between tho two buildings
is at least a mile. Ho did this even
in midwinter when tho streets were
covered with snow.
It has frequently been remarked
hv Wnahlnr'fftnianR noarlv nil nP <
whom know the senator by sight, I
that he is looking much better and ,
displaying much more strength than
they had any Idea of from the re-j
ports which they have read of his
poor health.
It would be absurd to say that j
Senator Tillman has recovered the;
physical vigor and endurance he had
of old, but It Is equally absurd to
depict him as helpless physically or
a wreck Intellectually.
He Is not a dummy that has to bo
led about. He leads an active and J
Independent lifo, considering the fact'
that ho has to bo careful of his
health; and ho is thoroughly In
touch with what Is going on in and
out of congress.
The newspaper men who interview
him invariably comment upon
the fact that he speaks in the Bamo
characteristic vein and that his
j comment shows a strong gra3p of
j whatever subject ho undertakes to
| discuss. Hs office force has to work
hard to keep up with him and no visitor
to his ofllce would take any stock
in statements that he required to bo
directed by others.
BLOW TO REBEL FORCE.
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Orozco's Troops Believed to Have
Lost Very noavily.
The slaughter of Mexican rebels at
Cuatro Clcncgus and vicinity a few
clays ago was perhaps the most painful
blow thu3 far in/lietod upon the
insurrecto army. A dispatch to the
El Paso Ilerald, declares tho rebels
under Gen. Salazar were cauglit in
a canyon and his force of 2,000 were
nearly annihilated. Some escaped by
climbing over the rocks out of the
death rap and others wcro shot to
death from above, where the federal
fire was continued for hours with terrible
accuracy.
Gen Salazar had 2,000 men at Cuatra
Cienogas, and is believed to have
rejoined Orozco for his fighting at
Cuenejoo w'th only 500 survivors. Of
tho 1,500 missing, more than 800
are believed to have been killed. The
rest fled to various parts of Mexico.
Some of the retreating rebels were
overtaken on tho desert and killed.
Others died from lack of food and
water. The barren plains between
Cuatro Cienegas and Cierro Majada,
a distance of 100 miles, are said to
be strown with rebel dead.
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AVill Hun Him Anyway.
In spite of the fact that the
friends of Judge Jones will bo hi
absolute control of the Convention
Governor Please said, according to
tho dispatch, that his name would
bo presented for one or tne neiegaiesat-large
to Haltlmoro.
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J. J. Hemphill Dies.
At Washington J. J. Hemphill,
prominent lawyer, formerly congrea"j
man from South Carolina, died suddenly
Sunday night of heart trouble, j
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BODY FOUND IN WOODS.
Mystery of Occonec Man's Death Baflles
Coroner.
John Moore, white, was found
dead In the woods near Seneca on
Thursday, having been shot In ther
mouth. The badly decomposed body
i ml i r?n f rwl1 fhnt rlr?ntVi !>:?<! nnonvrfid
about ton days before vultures led
to the gruesome discovery. ,Th?
coroner's jury was unablo to determine
whether Moore's death was
due to suicldo or murder. Moor?
formerly lived at Walhalla, where
ho was married, later separating
from liis wif? and moving to Oakway,
In Oconee county.
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Years on Bed of rain.
Bedfast for twenty-six years with
a broken back, Bonnie J. Brislin, of
Wilkee-Barre, died, last week. Two
years ago ho was rescued from his
homo after it was blown up by min?
gas, and caught fire. His sister, his
solo surviving relativo, was burnod to
death.
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Parting Kiss May Kill.
When her father was taken away
from fie on belug stricwen wtui smallpox,
Miss Joy Earl, of Laporte, Ind.,
defied tho health officers by saying
that sho would ktss him if it killed
her. Sho threw her arms about his
neck and hugged him. She was taken
ill and now is noar death.
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