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GRACE TO BLEASE I / ? THE MAYOR WRITES THE GOVERNOR A LONG LETTER i JUST NOW HADE PUBUC Bp > # ! | Letter Referred to by Common Sense, Organ of the Grace Faction inj w' ' O / v / : I Charleston, Which Was Written Over a Year Ago by Mayor Grace to Governor Blease. Charleston, S, C., Feb. 18, 1911. | Hon. Cole L. Blease, Columbia, S. C. | My Dear Governor: As you will! see from the enclosed clipping from The News and Courier of this date, you are reported to have stated inferentially that you intend appointing constables in Charleston, and that, at an early date. Now, governor, as one of your very good friends, I want to talk to you frankly and In writing about this subject, and will proceed on the old proverb: "An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure." It were useless for me to wait until the thing is done and then complain. I do not believe in autopsies. Cou?1 - v.ia nowonnnnr rflnort. I yit/U Willi LUikj , _ can cite you specific instances coming straight from the sheriff of Charleston, that you not only intend to appoint constables in Charleston, but that you have already fixed upon the nam? of Ben Stothart, who practically holds his commission now from you, but holds it in abeyance until you give the final command. Sheriff Martin told a man In Charleston that h? (the man in question) need have no apprehension about the liquor situation because he, Capt. Martin, would be able to protect him through his intimate relations with Ben Stothart, who was about to be appointed chief constable. I am also reliably informed that Bon Stothart is, himself, stating that he has been practically appointed and is simply waiting for orders. All these things, and many others whioh are too numerous to mention, ar? absolutely Inconsistent with what you have announced publicly at the Schuetzenplatz in Charleston, and whjat you have told me and Mr. Roessler face to face, to the effect that you would not appoint any constables iu Charleston. You will recall also that you made the same statement in the St. John's hotel when Mr. Heap applied for the position. * ^ fV r\ m on v 1 rOtUIZO, UJL CUUI3C, uuab wnu; very much interested parties in Charleston are simply clamoring for the appointment of constables and that the situation is being presented to you from every angle, so that unless you were absolutely familiar with our local politics you would not discern the hand of the real author. But to make a long story short, the whole matter is politics, pure and simple. The city and county authorities are charged under the law with its enforcement. It is probable that for political reasons at this time they would like to use the law as they have done in the past, for all that it is worth. But that anybody has any honest idea or true purpose to enforce the law against the sale of liquor in Charleston would not be believed even by a child here. Think for a minute. The dispensary law has been on the statute books for eighteen years. It has been tho football of politics in Charleston during that time. There are more retail licenses hero now than when it commenced. Tho mn.n who 1b sheriff now was time, and has ever sine? been, vestated, and although ho was at that time ,and haa ever sine? been, vested, not only with authority but charged with the duty, to enforce it, ho bae skilfully used that authority and abused that duty entirely for political ends. Now that is tho man who with tho taste of his old successes in tho manipulation of this law still fresh in his mouth, simply yearns and languishes for a chance to hav< that authority again placed indirect ly in his hands. He was your enemj during your last campaign. In th< - . %- J ~4 nrst primary ne wjw um unu uui iui McLeod and attended McL#eod confer ences. When the fight came down to yoi and Featherstone, ho left town whll< others bore the heat and the burdei of the day, and (until we change< sentiment In your favor) while thos< others also have the odium of sup porting you. That same man no? realizes that after a struggle of elgh teen years he is about to be beatei In politics, ho and his whole rottei crowd; and by remembering that yoi have a few friends here that are no only friends but vassals of his, he Ji ringing In again the old dispensary cry and looking to you, through mu tual friends, for another reign of th( perversion of that law tc his politica ends. Just one word more. Constables with but one exception, in my experience, have been inseparable from graft. When you were elocted, people who realized that you would be under a great debt of gratitude tc \ me, it you will pardon me for eayla? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? COMMON SENSE SPEAKS RIGHT OUT IN MEETING. '! Grace's Charleston Organ Says It Has Practically Traced Graft Up ; i to the Governor Himself. Under the heading of "Graft and Grafters" Common Sense, the organ of the Grace faction in Charleston, published the following editorial in the issue of May 25: Wo are publishing on this page a letter written to Governor Blease by Mr. Grace about eighteen months ago. It is the first chapter explanatory of the relations which have grown up between these gentlemen. We ask our readers to weigh every word of it, because it touches the vital question of their self-government. Before Mr. Grace agreed to support Mr. Blease, he asked but one question; and that was what did the governor if elected intend to do toward restoring to Charleston control over her purely domestic affairs? His promise was to give us the largest possible measure of freedom; , and upon this assurance Mr. Grace exerted every effort toward his election and toward the defeat of Mr. I Featherstone, who had in the most * - . TTIl wanton manner in a speecn at muernian hall during the campaign insulted the people of Charleston by telling thom that he did not want their votes ?that he was a prohibitionist, and If elected that he would do everything in his power to take from Charleston her right to settle the liquor question Ibr herself. For twenty years this question has been a thorn In Charleston's side She has been footballed by every political charlatan who has seen fit to exploit her before the rest of the state, and we leave it to every candid judge of present conditions to say whether or not the last condition is not worse than the first. Purely with the object in view of working out of Charleston's halvation in this respect Mr. Grace supported Governor Dlease, and he took nothing for granted. He exacted a definite promise. The promise is manisfested in Gov. BJease's innagural message, in which h? recommends the relief sought. We leave it also to the people of Charleston ot say whether or not in violation of Governor Blease's promise it was necessary to put constables here. In spite of Mr. Grace's J protests, he did it. He not only put constables here, but immediately the constables began a system of graft which has never been equalled even in the worst days of the state dispensary. We make this statement fearless of contradition. It cannot be denied. We havo traced this graft practicaliv 11 n to thrt covernor himself; and that is a shameless situation; and back of it all, is?who? Read and reread the published letter and judge for yourself. Who represents decency and honesty in government in Charleston?Martin or Grace? WIIiL RUN FOR CONGRESS TOO. Champ Clark Candidate for Two Good Fat Offices. Champ Clark does not seem to be so cock-sure of being nominated for President as somo of his friends try to make it appear. A dispatch from Washington says while expressing the conviction that he would be the Democratic nominee for the presidency, Speaker Champ Clark announced he would file his candidacy for re-election to congress from the Ninth Missouri district. In a statement which was accompanied by another signed by the entlro Democratic Missouri delegation to congress, he said he ' did so because of the pressure brought to bear upon him by his constituents. Congressman Underwood 1 is also a candidate for re-election to [ Congress. ' Negroes Fear Coming of Axman. I The negroes of Ponchatoula, Fla., j are sitting up nights keeping watch j in fear of their lives. A white man has been visiting their homes, who flftplnrnn hlmnnlf a ronresentative ol 3 tlio "sacrifice sect," and after presentr ing an application, tells them if the; do not join, the "axman" will visit them. j > a bo, actually came to mo and showed i mo how I could become rich by con \ trolling tho constables. Of courst q they did not understand mo. Mg . answer was that I would fight to th< ? last ditch to keep tho grafting con - stables out of Charleston. i They have never suppressed th< i sale of liquor, and they havo novei i seriously tried, but, on tho contrary t have aided and abetted its sale, pro 3 vided that sale brought profits tc j thorn. Tho long and short of it if - that the appointmont of constables ir 5 Charleston to enforce the disponsarj I law is indefensible from every stand point. And that is all there is to it Trusting that bofore you do anything . in this respect you will listen to youi \ friends who cannot bo deceived bg . any clamor that appears to be cited > against their views, I am, > Very respectfully, ( ; Jno. P. Graoe. WRECK BF TITANIC BLAME FOR THE TRAGEDY LAID ON CAPT. SMITH. \ WENT DOWN WITH SHIP Captain Lord, of Californiant Held ' t ! ' - > . Responsible for Great Loss of Life \ In not Lending Aid and English lit J ;J 1 fcl/t >ilt v'/fOVjFi { ' Board of Trade and White Star Line Severely Critcised. i . . . . , . V 4 / ' i Blame for the disaster is chargeable directly to the failure of Captain Smith to heed repeated warnings of icebergs ahead, but responsibility for unnecessary loss of life must be shared by Capt. Lord, of the Bteamship California, through his disregard of distress signals. This is the finding of the Senate committee which investigated the 1_J ' 'Tt.n n!/i na r\rnnn r<ul SinKlIlg UI ILiU 1 UAUlVy uo V|/m* in a comprehensive speech delivered by William Alden Smith, of Michigan, chairman of the committee. <> Senator Smith declared that responsibility rests upon the Britisn board of trade, "to whose laxity of regulation, and hasty inspection, the world is largely indebted for the awful fatality." In denouncing Capt. Lord, of the Californian, the Senator said the Titanic's distress signals were plainly seen from the deck of his vessel, a short distance away. America will leave to England the chastisement of those guilty, asserted the Senator, and he quoted British law to show that Capt. Lord might be prosecuted for a misdemeanor. Other conclusions presented, in brief, were as follows: Before the Titanic departed on her maiden voyage there were no sufficient tests of boiler, bulkheads, equipment or signal devices. Officers and crew were strangers to each other and not familiar with the ship's implements or tools, and no drill or station practice took place and no helpful discipline prevailed. The speed of the Titantic was 24 1-2 miles an hour at the time of the accident, although the officers of the Titanic had been advised of the presence of icebergs by the steamships Paltic, Acerica and Californian. Passengers were not advised of danger, although President Ismay, of the Whits Btar Line, who was taking thfl vessel's maiden voyage, was in formed. No general alarm was given nor any organized system of safety undertaken. Of the 1,324 passengers and 899 members of the crew on board, there was room in the lifeboats for only 1,17 6 persons and because of lack of orderly discipline the boats took off only 7 04 persons, 12 being rescued from the water. Officers of the White Star Line "battled with the truth" after receiving information from their Montreal office Monday morning following the accident. Senator Smith condemned "antiquated shipping laws and overripe administrative boards" and asked that all nations act together in shipping reforms. "New laws," he said, "will best testify our affection for the dead." Captain Rostron, of the rescue ship Carpathia, was praised by Senator Smith, and he urged that Congress recognize his valor. At the outset, Senator Smith defended the course of his committee in holding British subjects to secure their testimony without delay, and briefly answered criticism of his lack of nautical knowledge. GOVERNOR WILSON PLEASED. Because of the Handsome Endorsement Given llim. At Trenton, N. J., Gov. Woodrow Wilson had the following to say WedrAHiiit. of the New Jer IU. OUU J W (t v.. V/ WM M. _ , sor primary election Tuesday: i "I never doubted the result, but I i am nono the less delighted and grato ful that the Democrats of the etato f should have stood by mo so genorous ly and with so unmistakable a verr diet. t "Their approval makes me very happy becauso It Is their Judgment ? of the now regime in our politics in I New Jersoy, and means that the new order is to bo sustained with steadJ fastness and enthusiasm. New Jerr soy is permanently enrolled among ? tho progressive states." The lovo of home and the marriage 3 tlo are not so pronounced and fixed p that they can be lightly treated. Such , an institution as the home and the - relation between man and wife are so > sacred that any parody upon them or i any frivolous reference should be i ondpmned without stint because they r serve to undermine reverence, lovt - and lovalty. This comment is sug. gtsted by a recent party given in one l of our large cities by a number of p divorced men. The songs, mottoes, r toasts and other features of tho ocI caslon wore discreditable In the extreme and calculated to influenoe ! 1 weak people against the home and its associations ??? ? WHAT DOES HE WANT? " DOES GRACE SEEK ASSURANCE OP WIDE OPEN TOWN. | . I Illeaee Has Granted to Charleston a Local Freedom Not Enjoyed For Many Years. Mayor Grace, of Charleston, seems to feel hurt because the State Democratic Convention refused to help him rob the Democrats of Charleston of a free ballot and a fair count in the Charleston County Convention. The action of the State convention in seating tho Barnwell delegation was the only fair thing it could do with the testimony submitted by both sides before it. and Mayor Grace knows it. In speaking of the action of the State Convention in seating the Barn- ? well delegation "Common Sense," Mayor Grace's personal organ, says: "When one has left the full Impact of the steam roller it is hard for the j moment to be philosophical. We can speak with authority for the eighteen 4 delegates regularly elected at our ! recent County Convention but unseated at Columbia, and we can say 4 for them that such is their plight. | It was simply the machine at work ' from beginning to the end of the Convention." Common Sense then goes on to say J that "up to this time, although Mr. Grace's Intimate friends have known that he has had no intention what- . ever of supporting Governor Blease in the coming election, he has for ( good and sufficient reasons not seen < fit to make any public virtue of that fact. He has been sincere in this 1 attitude, not because he never has ! had or ever could have any honest admiration for Governor Blease; but because as bad as Blease is, he has nevertheless granted to Charleston a degree of local freedom, which she has not enjoyed for many years. The only thing which has made Grace utterly shrink from a proper appreciation of this great boon to his constituency is his knowledge that it is a freedom purchased for mosey. "Mr. Grace has hoped that he would get assurances from the Jones people that they would tolerate certain local freedom in Charleston, without being paid for such toleration, lacking which he has refrained from thn*wlng whatever Influence he might have in favor of Judge Jones. Such assurances have not been forthcoming. If he were little enough to be governed in any matter by mere personal resentment, the action of the Jones steam-roller would be enough to make him wait no longer but however bitter and distasteful it might be, he would turn again to Blease. Such, however, is Impossible. He still hopes that Judge Jones and his leaders, In that broad spirit ; of toleration which he well knows has once again taken possession of South Carolina with reference to Charleston, will see fit to regard the peculiar conditions in Charleston and promise relief therefrom." RIDDLED WITII BULLETS ? Charged With Assaulting Wife of a Tennessee Farmer. Jake Samuels, a negro charged with criminally assulting the wife of a Robertson county, Tenn., farmer Saturday night, was taken from officers early Monday morning by an angry mob of citizens and riddled with bullets. Farmer Ramsey loft his wife and two small children at home alone Satday night to go to Orlinda, one mile away to buy some provisions. En route he met the negro, Samuel. Knowing that Mrs. Ramsey was alone, it is alleged, the negro went direct to her homo and assaulted her. She was dragged from her bed into the yard and when the negro fled she walked half a mile to give the alarm. Samuels' arrest and identification followed. Having been identified as the assailant, he was taken from the officers, carried into a field and riddled with bullets. TRIAL LASTS EIGHT MINUTES. Breaks Record in Capital Cases, Think Lawyers. A negro named John Tillman was tried for his lifo and acquitted in eight minutes in the Bibb Superior1 ? ^ ? rr?u i? I,. I Court at Macon, ua., rnaay. mm io believed by Macon lawyers to break all legal records for dispatch in the trial of a capital case. The Jury was selected, the preliminary argument made by the solicitor, three witnesses examined and a verdict of not guilty returned. Tillman found his wife in a compromising position with another negro, whom he killed. The Judge instructed the jury to acquit , tho defendant. ? ? ? A New York Republican who did not vole in tho primary in his State, claims that tho small vote in the Republican primaries shows that the Republicans aro not interested in Roosevelt or Taft, and that a Democrat liko Wilson could defeat either of them. As a proof of his assertion he says that he and four Republican , neighbors would vote for Wilson. | f / BANK Conway Has largest capital and surplus of ai than the combined capital and surpl CAPITAL STOCK. * . SURPLUS LIABILITIES OF STOCK; SECURITY OF DEPOSIT* DIREC jbert B. Scarborough, /. L. Back, jteorgc J. Holiday, We'offer our customers every accc will justify, and we s so beet b. scarborough, d. President. 1 We continue to pay 5 per Senator B. K. Tillman. "The Bears of a veteran are the tioblest insignia of honor. Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, was nev3T a greater figure in American eyes than in these days of his ill-health. F3ut no amount of physical suffering can break a spirit as indomitable as that of any man who ever lived. The fearlessness, the Intellectual power, the invincible will of Senator Tillman are what they have always been. He is a candidate for another term '' * " A~ T * Ka trpnntpH in in? Dfiiuit'. u Diiuum uu o >? him . We are sure his constituents feel, as the country does, about the matter. "No legislator in the American Congress is Senator Tillman's superior in parliamentary knowledge and grasp of the practical workings of government. Sprung from the people, heart, brain, and soul a man of the people, beginning against the handicap of great odds, he fought his way to the foremost rank of orators, legislators and parliamentarians by Bheer genius and force of character. His great personality has subdued the animosities of an earlier time. Eighteon years in the Senate have made him understood, not only by the State of South Carolina, but by the whole nation. "The United States recognizes in Benjamin R. Tillman one of the ablest and most dauntless champions of liberty, one of the most relentless foes of special privileges who ever drew breath. In a stronghold of plutocracy he has fought, year in and year out, the battles of the people. The Senate, the American Republic, cannot afford to lose Tillman." This deserved tribute to Senator B. R. Tillman is from The Times of Buffalo, N. Y., owned and edited by Norman E. Mack, one of the leading Democrats of New York, and National Democratic Chairman. It shows the esteem in which our Senior tor is hold all over the country. ? ? WILSON'S GREAT VICTORY. In New Jersey and Minnesota Disap* points His Enemies. The Washington correspondent of The Now8 and Courier, who is a bitter enemy of Gov. Wilson, and an ardent friend of Underwood, is forced to make this confession by the rtsult ol the primaries in New Jersey and Minnesota, both of which States went aniiHiv fnr cinv. Wilson; OU I LLi ?.? r> L OU1IU1J V. w . . ' On? of the most cherished hopes ar.d beliefs of opponents of Governor Woodrow Wilson, In the race for th? D?mocratic Presidential nomination, was that ho would loso New Jersey, his own State, in th? Democratic p?cfcrcntlal primaries. Th? fact that the Governor has carried the Stat? 111 spit? of desperate efforts made by ExSenator James Smith and others, against him, is a decided disappointment to th? anti-Wilson people, who are also somewhat taken aback by tho Wilson victory in Minnesota. "It appears that the Clark boom has about reached the limit of its swing and that Clark and Wilson will enter tho Baltimore Convention with very nearly the same strength, with Underwood a good third. Tho developments of tho past few days make tne outlook for tho Demorcatlc "dark horse" more promising than ever." This confession of a Wilson opponent is very significant, as it shows that Wilson now has the best chance of nomination. ^ ^ i Badly Split in Texas. The Roosevelt-Taft fight in Texas Tuesday resulted in tho holding of two conventions at Fort Worth, the Taft followers refusing to participate in the State convention where the Roosevelt fore dominated. Each convention elected eight delegates at large to the Republican national convention. Broke Bnck in High Dive. Diving into Blu? Spring, at Albany, Ga., on Sunday, Lee Hill broke his back when he alighted head foremost upon a swimmer who was beneath the surface. He died after lying unconscious for several days. ? ? Watson Must Be CVazy, "I am convinced that the time is not far off when rule-or-ruin politicians working in conjunction with the Romanista will make another attempt upon my life/' declared Thoe. E. Wataon, at Atlanta on Tueadfty. HORRY, I y. S, C. iy bank in Horry county. More us of all other banks in the county*. ? *ui ?i ,$50,000 ?..? 12,600 HOLDERS .. 60.000 )R8 .. .i ,11$?60Qv TORS ardson, W. A. Johnson, Will A. Freeman. >mmodation which their accounts olicit your business. , V. Richardson, will a/fbbbmae Tiob President. .Cashier cent, on yearly deposits. PHOFEflSIONALO^^^ 4 ' ?l ' v ' H. H. WOODWARD Attorney and Councilor At Law. CONWAY, 0. C. A B. 8CARBROUQ1 CONWAY, S. G. I AttnniAV ml, Law. Us H. BUKROUGH* FhyilclAo and Snrgeoa CONWAY, 8. O. I. WOFFOIiD WAIT. Attornei at Lav a Bank of Horry lluildiag. CONWAY, 8. O. , RENE RAVENED Land Surveying and Drainage Spivey Building Conway, 8. O. _______________________________ A E WORLDS 8REATEST SEWING MACHHH 1 ^I Mm ^QyaLJttieeejSCx# ^^9* fffuu a ant either ft Vibrating ShnttleiltotHV1 ijWtUe or a Mingle Thread [CAoO?flU<oAgil Sewing Machine write to .n MStWHOME SEWIN1 MACHINE 6UIM0 Orange* Maae* MMwmwfor machine* are made to setl r*eardlma?if fell I j, but the Mew Home U made ao weea Oar rairaotr never rum oat. > |8i If Mtkoriied deal era MfL) j v rot au er v J v BURROUGHS A COLLINS CO., Conway, 8. O. BELL ON STEAMER TOLLvS. o As the Vessel Passes Over the Grave of the Titanic. An incident which made a tremendous impression on the officers of tho Canadian ateamoir Montmagny, while that vessel was searching for the Titanic Dead, was described by tho ship's chaplain, the Dev. S. H. Prince, on his arrival at Halifax. "On the morning of May 9th," ho said, "as we wore passing over the ocean gravo of the Titanic, the rocking of tho boat suddenly started the ship's bell ringing. For fifteen minutes the bell tolled at regular inter- . vals. It seemed as if the elements; had been purposely aroused to peal this sorrowful dirge." ? Decrease In Tag Tax. Reports on the file in the state treaurer's office show the fertilizer tag tax sales for the year to be $204,458 as compared with $235,352 for tho same period last year. There is a tax of 25 cents a ton on fertilizers,, which shows that over 800,000 tons have been purchased by the farmers this year. The fund from the sale of tho tax goes to Clemson College. ? ? I Marines on the Way. The United States transport Prairie with a regiment of marines on board for duty in Cuba passed out to sea at 4:10 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The Prairie sailed from tho Philadelphia navy yard. 4