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GIVES HIS REASONS SEN. TILLMAN EXPLAINS VOTE FOR LORIMER WHY HE VOTED FOR HIM Believed That Liorimer Had Boon Honestly Klected to the United States Senate, and Would Vote for Ix>rinier to Ketnin His Seat if it Defeated Him. Just before voting in favor of Senator Lorimer, of Jllinois, retaining his seat in tho Senate, Senator Tillman made the following statement, giving his reasons for voting as he did: Mr. President: 1 desire to explain the reasons which will control my .action on this vote. I was unwilling to expel Mr. Lorimer from the Senate when this matter came up the first time, because there was no direct evidence showing that ho knew of the bribery or had advised or connived at it. Our laws recognize the righteousness of giving the man accused the benefit of the doubt, if there be any doubt, and I did not think it right to . send Mr. Lorimer from the Senate , disgraced when there was strong doubt as to his guilt. I myself have , been the object of so much newspaper persecution and false accusation , I did not like to expel him when I . found that the Chicago Tribune was the principal prosecutor in the case. ( 1 find nothing in the so-called "newly ( discovered evidence" to justify a | change in my attitude, and I shall , give him the benefit of the doubt and . ? /->+ a offolnaf t)in rdsn 1 111 ioTV 1 When it was first proposed to re- < open tho Lorimer case upon the plea > of newly discovered evidence, al- 1 though 1 was not in the Senate at the i time, I favored the idea, desiring the r fullest expose of the corruption, if i any existed. But the more I think about it, the more convinced I am i that each succeeding Senate ought i not to have the power to exercise the right to re-open cases that have al- I ready been tried <by their predeces- ] sors. There outfit to be some time ] when a. case. w#i!l be settled once for 1 all. ' I have changed my mind and I come to believe that the constitution i ought to be interpreted to mean that < tho Senate to which a man is elected /'shall bo tho judge of the elections, > returns, and qualifications of its own members". Otherwise a man's title to his seat here will always be in jeopardy, and if it is worth while senators may be driven by public clamor and newspapers to persecute rather than prosecute a senator. The changing Currents in our political life are sometimes so rapid and violent that .there is danger in giving way to them, and I say this believing religiously in the right of tho people to govern themselves, and having faith that ultimately they will right all wrongs of which we now complain. < The! there is corruption at Spring*?>J r i.?r\ iiniiiit 1 hat I'flll, J lunc nu u u u u v .. . ? there is corruption at Chicago, I have no doubt whatever. No large city has ever escaped the "hoodlers" that naturally spring yip where millions of men are assembled together and the strong arc led to prey upon the weak, and in any State where there is a v*iarge city under our scheme of government, there may be expected corrupt politics. The only exception, if it be an exception, is in Massachusetts. 1 never have believed that Hoston exercised the corrupting influence upon the Massachusetts legislature that New York City does on New York, or Philadelphia does 011 Pennsylvania; and I attribute New England's exemption from corruption in politics to the large size of the State legislature. It is much easier by use of money or other corrupt instrumentalities to debauch a small legislature than a large one; and then, too, our "Yankee" friends while they always seem willing and anxious, under the forms of the law, to put their hands in other men's pockets, are alway.3 very careful to guard their own. The' " ' > T \.n?n corporations in rsew n,ngi<uni, 1 ua*? sometimes thought, controlled the legislatures enough to send their attorneys here, but in my eighteen years of service I do not believe there has ever, in my time, been a Senator front New England who was corrupt. \ I know that my vote in this case \ before has given great umbrage to a large number of nty constituents in South Carolina, because the newspapers there have a fellow feeling for tIte great Chicago dailies, and have howled about Jxtrlmer's corruption until they believe him to be corrupt, nnd the people knowing nothing about, the reeord and the evidence in the case have Imbibed the same idea. Two men are now canvassing the State for my seat and the primary comes off on the 27th of August; but Jf I know my vote would cause my defeat, I would still cast it in his favor. Since 1 was stricken with paralysis, thirty months ago, I have thought cften and seriously about death and the hereafter. That I am here at all Is In some respects a miracle, and I know I must go hence and meet the Croat Judge face to face very soon. Knowing that, I cannot do otherwise than vote as my conscience dictates, and I believe this man is innocent of FELDER ON BLEASE SAYS HE WILL. MEET HIM OUTSIDE OF THIS STATE. - Charges Hlease With Crime in Atlanta and That Hleaso Wanted to Have Him Killed. The Atlanta Constitution says Gov. Dlease of South Carolina, will be indicted by an Atlanta grand jury for a felony, it is alleged, he committed in this city during his stay here while he was attending the commercial congress, held in 1911, according to Thomas 13. Felder. Felder spoke freely of the sensational evidence which should result in impeachment proceedings against the Carolina governor, he said. "The evidence which was presented to the investigating committee from tho South Carolina legislature was not all that wo have discovered about Gov. ]3Jease's crimo, but we do not expect to reveal tho additional facts until Blease's name is presented to the state and federal grand juries in his own state," said Mr. Felder. "We have absolutely conclusive proof that he is guilty of giving and accept ing bribes, of corruption and of political debauchery. "Practically every crime in the catalogue could be laid to his door and thievery would be one of the least, lie attempted to employ assassins to take my life, and his sole purpose in wishing to get mo to South Carolina was to give his thugs and henchmen a chance to put mo out of business. "While we will not make any more [ barges at present to the investigating committee we expect to furnish to the committee a list of witnesses who, on account of the state of anarchy prevailing in South Carolina, feared to go into that state, but who an give additional testimony which will convict Please of not one but uany crimes. With these witnesses we will push the .case against the ran before both the state and federal ;rand juries. "Even here in Atlanta, Please carded 011 his crimes, and when he was ittending the Commercial Congress ere in 1911 he was guilty of a felony he nature of which is absolutely unniblishable. When he is no longer governor of South Carolina we will nave him indicted here as well as in South Carolina. When we present :he evidence we have to the South Carolina grand jury it will overwhelm Please, for even he does not guspect how much we know. He will he found guilty of enough crimes to keep him in the penitentiary for the remainder of his life. "I noticed Please's cowardly threats against me," returned 'Mr. Folder, "and in reply I wish to say that 1 am neither a bully nor a braggart. Hut I am willing to meet him anywhere outside of the state of South Carolina and give him any personal satisfaction he desires. I feel that I can say this with perfect safety, for in my twenty-live years' experience at the bar T have never known a thief who possessed personal courage." +. .? The People Will Act. Froth is sometimes mistaken for the real thing and a little commotion on the surface leads some people to think that the water is agitated clear to the bottom. So, too, in things political there is a danger that some may imagine that the turbulent scenes that occasionally occur at political conventions and the unfortunate attitude that a few prominent men sometimes display represent public sentiment. Happily they do not. Never before in the history of this country has the civil and political ideal been as high as it is today, or the political and business honesty of the average man so pronounced. The trouble has been th*it the good natured solf-suilieiency of the nation has led people to think that anyhow everything will como out all right, and that idea is largely responsible for so much misrepresentation of the real public sentiment. Hut there is now, fortunately, every indication of a change, for the people more than ever think and act for themselves. the charges brought against him. If ho be driven from the Senate, as soenis probable now, I hope he will consecrate his life and groat talents tor we all recognize what a phenomenal orator he Is ? to the purification of politics in his native city and the uplift of his fellow citizens in Illinois to the realization of their duty and their danger. Hut whether he is expelled or not, he ought to do this and I believe if he does bravely fight for a purer and bettor government in Illinois (lod will strengthen his arm and he will return to tho Senate vindicated by tho people of that great State. I know, for I have .been all over it, that there aro many millions of tho native American stock there, men as high and patriotic as mose m uuj other State, and they ought to assort their manhood and prove their patriotism. +. Witness Shot and Killed, At New York. Herman Rosenthal the proprietor of a gambling house whose sensational charges that thr police are guilty of grafting, oppres slon and protecting gamblers, wore to bo investigated was shot and kill|fd in front of the Hotel Metropole b> live mon In an automobile. CM'OMBS TO MANAGE SUCCEEDS MACK AS CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMOCRACY. I DAVIES IS SECRETARY liaising of Campaign Funds by a Popular .Subscription is Frged.? ' i Pooplo Will bo Called on to Fur- i nisb the Necessary Money to Carry ^ oil the Campaign. < William F. McComl^s, of New York, j Governor Wooilrow Wilson's choice, j Monday was elected chairman of the , Democratic national committee at <, Chicago, and was empowered to ap- t point a committee of not fewer than ? nine members to take active charge t of the Democratic Presidential no ml- t nee's campaign. Air. McCombs also was authorized \ to select a national treasurer and ( such other otllcers as he may see lit, t including, possibly, a vice-chairman f and, after consulting with Governor c Wilson, to name the location of the j headquarters. Air. McCombs said he \ thought the principal headquarters s would be in Now York. t Joseph E. Davis, of Madison, Wis., v was elected secretary of the commit- ) tee to succeed Urey Woodson, of Ken- ] tucky. John L. Martin, of St. Louis, j was re-elected sergeant-at-arms. 1 Air. McCombs* selection and the j plan to appoint a campaign commit- ( toe of nine, the majority of whom t arc to be members of the national t committee, with Mr. McComDs chair- j man, of the .sub-committee, wero or- } derod in resolutions offered by Com- \ mitteeman Robert S. Hudspeth, of ( New Jersey, as representing the \ wishes of Governor Wilson. t In presenting'Mr. McCombs' name, l Mr. Hudspeth said: i "His intelligent and sagacious han- ? dling of Mr. Wilson's campaign in c the last year and a half has demonstrated his wonderful fitness for lead- t orship and shown him to be amply c equipped to carry the Democratic > party to victory." 1 The vote for the selection was un- j. animous and Norman E. Mac*k, tho retiring chairman, yielded the gavel t to Mr. McCombs. < "I cannot hope to achieve success l unless I have the entire, support of 1 this committee, which, I believe, I i have." said Mr. McCombs. "I urge i all of you during the campaign to consult with me freely." 1 Committeeman Walter J. Costello, 1 of the Disrtrict of Columbia, read a < letter which, he said, he received 1 from Speaker Clark just nerore leav- ing Washington. The letter said : 1 "As you are about to start to ^ meet your fellow committeemen at 1 Chicago. I write this note to wish you a pleasant journey and a safe return. I hope the committee will form 11 hate plans wisely for the success of Wilson and 'Marshall and organize for the campaign immediately and thoroughly." The committee ordered a telegram of thanks to be sent to Speaker Clark. Mr. Mack brought up the question of raising campaign funds. Ho urged the members to adopt the policy of a popular subscription to be procured by appeals through newspapers. On invitation of Committeeman Thomas Taggart, of Indiana, the committee decided to leave at 11:30 o'clock Monday night for Indianapolis to meet Governor Marshall Tuesday. Chairman McCombs said he would be unable to go. The following resolutions, offered by Senator Thomas P. Gore, who sat in the committee on proxy, were adopted unanimously: "H-e it resolved, by the national Democratic committee, That we congratulate the country and the Democrary on the exceptional prospects of Democratic success in November rext. We rejoice that all Democrats everywhere are united and enthusiastic in support of the platform and nominee of the party. We earnestly invito all voters, without reference to previous political faith or afliliation, who are in sympathy with such platform and nominees, to unite permanently or co-operate temporarily with the Democratic party in tins supreme struggle for the establishment of justice and right as against favoriteisrn and privilege. Resolved, That we gratefully acknowledge our profound appreciation of the courageous, disinterested and patriotic course of many Republicans and independents, including a number of the most distinguished leaders and editors in declaring their intention to support the Democrats in the re nding Presidential contest." The? committee concluded its work id less than two horns and was about to adjourn subject to the call of the chairman, when, at the suggestion of many members, a recess was taken until five o'clock, when the plans for raising campaign funds again were discussed. ? Ex-Senator Pettigrcw has gone over to Teddy because CI irk was not nominated. He was a Republican , and joined the Populism to "ivo bin ttoL BLEASE ON FELDER UK IS A PEHAUCHE AND IIUKNB A CHEAP HIRELING. Says Testimony Taken in Augusta Against Him is Tissues of Misrepresentations and Willful lies. "Cowardly character, thief and dehandle" were words used by the governor in referring to Thomas IJ. Folder, who has given such sensational testimony concerning South Carolina's governor in recent days. The rovernor also said that Burns, the detective, was a "cheap hireling". The governor dictated a statement r. regard to the recent testimony l>e:ore tho investigating committee, tvhlch sat in Augusta, in which he said he would in the future take up ?-ach item of the charges against him ind make a denial and present proofs ;hat the charges were false. The governor's statement is as follows: "The entire transactions as wrought out in Augusta have been lone at this time in the campaign for he purpose of injuring me, thinking is we had passed over a half of the Jtate that it would be impossible for no to reach tho people again. That vhole thing is a tissue of misrepresentations and willful lies which I he proper time with the proofs. I vill show the people of the State at lave received numbers of telegrams, otters and telephone messages from 11 y friends throughout the State and Tom parties who have heretofore ever been my friends in which they lenounce the committee for the aolon it has taken and assuring me of heir undivided support. I am Ratified they have done mo 110 injury, >ut have materially strengthened me vith my friends and all ^:her South Jarolinians who love their State and vho will resent the manner in which his cowardly character thief, and derauche and pimp has attempted to njure the chief magistrate of this Rate witli the assistance of this om rnittee." Referring to W. J. Burns, the deective, the governor said: "in my jpinion. Burns proved himself unworthy of belief and a cheap liireing as he has in other of his transitions." The governor said ho did not care o make any mention of the incident >f Sunday when ho ordered J. N. King and O. W. Watson out of his esidence. He quoted one of these pen as using in his home words of rery ungentiemanly character. Sam ,T. Nichols, who was connected with the alleged pardon bribery as related by Burns' detective, left Sunday afternoon for his home in Spartanburg. Governor Blease said that Nichols had never mentioned anything to him about a pardon for Gus Deford and that no such pardon had been issued. TIIP <X>TTO\ KM1) Sl'lDKR. * \ Good Method to Hid The Cotton Field of This Little Pest. Prof. Wilson P. Gee, of Clemson College, who is assistant professor in the Department of Entomology, lias decently sent out in bulletin from the following interestingg article concerning the cotton red spider. We have not heard very much about this special pest in this county, but publish it for the benefit of the farmers who may bo troubled by it Even now in some fields the red spider is bogining to do its damage, and this will become more evident as our warmer and drier summer weather comes on. This damage can be recognized by the reddish discoloration of the leaf of the plant where the stem is attached and spreading out over the entire leaf. Different from the damage dune by what is known as "cotton rust," the leaves effected by the red spider shrivel and drop off. The so-called red spider is not a spider at all, but a little red mite, which cuts into the leaf and sucks the sap out of the plant. Infestation will he observed to begin usual near the edge of the Hold. This is due to the fact that the spiders pass through the winter on green vegetation, such as we commonly find about the edges of the fields and along ditch hanks. When the cotton lias become well started, they wander op to this and begin to spread. They lay numbers of reddish eggs on tbounder surface of the loaf, and spin over these a lino wet] to hold themselves to the leaf while at work and to protect their young Various agencies, such as the plow gooing through the field, a straj <!( g, or the wind, distribute the peseb for a distance often of many yards. llwion f?ipfM if PM 11 llO OlOIirl\ I I V/ I I I I II V k'V I KV.V1I . V .. ^ ^ h'" that a good remedy for the rec spider is a preventive one?to keej down by fall turning of the land the green weeds common about the edge* of the field. The next precaution tr ohseve is not to let the pest get tin start. Spray the infested area vritl a one percent, lime sulpbor solution Make up the same kind of solutior you used for a winter spray for the scale on your peach and apple tree; and dislute this about twelve times If yon do net. recall how to mak< this solution, full information will In furnished upon request by the Dlvl slon of Entomology, Clemson College BANK OF (Jouwu; Has largest capital and surplus of ai than the combined capital and surpl CAPITAL STOCK , SURPLUS LIABILITIES OF STOCK! SECURITY OF EEPOSITC DIREC jbert B. Scarborough, .. L. Buck, ! jtaorg? J. Holiday, We '^offer our customers every accc will justify, and we a ROBERT B. SCARBOROUGH, D. PRKSIDIMIT. A We continue to pay 5 per HOW TO PRESERVE FRUIT. - A Few Rules ShouM he Followed to Insure The Rest Success. Prof. C. C. Vincent, associate professor of Horticulture at Cloiuson College says that very few people know how to preserve fruit and vegetables so that they retain their natural appearance and condition. To preserve fruit and vegetables for exhibition in order that they may appear in their natural condition is a process little understood by Lite majority of people. However, if one lias the time and inclination to take tiie precautions, very little ditllculty will be experienced in preparing the fruit. Success lies in the proper selection of specimens for preservation. Ami much if not more, depends upon the selection and proper handling of the fruit and vegetables than upon the formal used. Never allow specimens to become fully niannH wllli thn hnst success, they should be placed in the preserving iluid fully two days before thoroughly ripened. The fruits selected should be in the best possible condition an without blemish of any j kind. After washing in clear, cold i water to remove all dust, dirt, spores, or other foreign matter, place carefully in the receiving jar. Avoid handling tho specimens any more than is really necessary. After filling the jar as full as possible without!* bruising the fruit, tho liquid should j ho poured in. Some writers recom * * II I -1 n.end straining- mc iiquiu iihuuku i several layers of clioeso cloth. This it a good plan. Make the lid air tight and place in a dark room at a tompertature of .'10 to 40 degrees F. The jars should be examined every few days and if found fermenting the j -liquid should be removed, the fruit rinsed, and new liquid used, varying the proportion of chemicals. The following formulas have been used quite frequently in preparing fruit for exhibition: 1. To vegetables such as squashes cucumbers, onions, dissolve one pint o4 pure clean table salt In every gal-: Ion of water used. Allow this solution to stand twelve hours then ' strain through several layers of cheese cloth and pour over vegetables. 2. For strawberries, black berries, raspberries, and currants use clear water-white kerosene, but be sure that no water remains on the berries. 3. For pears, peaches and plums use one quart of glucose and one-' half ounce of formaldhyde to every gallon of water. 4. For apples use one and a half ounces of formaldehyde to every gallon of water. f>. For fruit in general, use one pint of glycerine, five ounces powdered borax to every gallon of water, tlien after fifteen days add two ounces formaldehyde to each gallan for dark fruits, and two ounces of sulphurous acid to all light colored fruits. S. C. If you have the commercial lime-sulpher solution, dilute Ob parts of water to one of the solution. Appl> this with a spray pump with Vermorel or Msty nozzle producing a fine mist and get this to cover the under side of the leaves thoroughly. Should a spray pump not bo available use an old broom or something of this type and attempt the same thing. If these steps are taken as soon as the form begins to spread, it i U almost an impractical mattter ofr farmer in his early season to treat a > whole acre even with a gooTT barrel i spray pump. The red spider will bo ! noted as of mu.ch more damage dur, irg dry weather than when we have plenty of rain; and often, though not r always, a good, heavy shower is boti t< r than any remcditl measure man can apply. ? I (iirls Killed by Train. > The Misses IManche and Ruth Ev> erly, fourteen and eleven years old, , respectively, daughters of John Ev^ erly, a farmer of Chester Held county, Va., on route Thursday to market with a wn.con load of truck wore kill 1 cd by a Norfolk & WoBforn train . while attempting to cross the tracks 1 about one mile north of Petersburg. 3 ? + H Killed by Electric Shock. Two men we.ro killed and three ? seriously Injured by an electric shock 3 at Washington Monday while repalr ing a transformer disablod by Sunday , night's electric storm . HORRY, 7. S, C. ly bank in Horry county. More us of all other banks in tne county*. ..150,000 12,500 SOLDERS . ... 6000 ? >RS 112,000 TORS ARDSONf, W. A. Joli u.won, "Will A. Free no ail. mmodation which their accounts olicit your business. V. Richardson, will a. fbkkmai fwk Pkebident. . cabhieb cent, on yearly deposits. PttOFKBSlGNAL OAHOH. n. H. WOODWARD uAtornajr and Counselor At Law. CONWAY, 8. O. sW V-W BS, fi. 8<AUim<)LU14 CONWAY, 8. G. Attorney At Daw. . .- &! iA. H. BUHROIKJU? Phyaiciau uutJ Hur^ ? <>*. CONWAY, 8. C. K. WOPFOHD WAIT. Attorney at Lav/, Bank of Horry Kuil;ling. CONWAY, 8. C. It KMC KAVKMCIi I>iiiwl Surveying and Drainage Spivoy Building Conway, S. O. M.WORLDS 6BEATEST SEWIH0IMCRUE { fe JLIGHT RUNNING ^ J NrWHOMr mi ^Mm/ Mfcw mil 11 Hi i n th 11 ni I ii iinil hi Hii Tintrnm jfrfiKtr or a Miner lo Thread (Chain ABUcAj / Be wing Machine write to ' f M BfW BOME 8EWIMQ MACHINE OQMPAM Orange, Mass. BtorKrkt machines are modr t* ertTrecardleaesI OMftfejwbut the JNsrr Home Is made to areesk Oar rvasnty never ran* out. 1 |Mi Mtherlsed dealers I ^ t*** 19 ?pi7i5WiouGiirt **. oollfnh <x>.. (Xmwny, ft. O. I LOOT Ol HOY Til 110 VMS. l ed by Negro, (ian^ of Seven Had Well Stored Cave. For more than five months, a cave, built behind the foundation of a half completed house in Kansas City, Mo., has been the storeroom for loot biought there by a gang of seven boy thieves, led by a negro youth, Household furnishings, clothing, paintings and even gas stoves were found in the cave. The Roods recovered represented a value between $200 and $200, ha! many hundreds of dollars worth bad been disposed of through a negro woman confederate. The six white boys were sentenced to two years in the reformatory and the negro chief to four years. Hleasc Conference Held. There wals a .Bboase conference Monday in the governor's office when it is said the political situation was vory much discussed. K. II. Domi hick, inu campaign manager ui uurornor Blease was present. The governor after the conference issued a statement In which he used bitter language toward the members of thedispensary committee. ? Says Folder Fled. When asked if ho had anything to say in regard to the pardon of the I'eldor testimony in Augusta referring to him, II. H. Evans, former chairman of the dispensary directors, said that statements from Felder tending to connect him with wrongdoing in regard to the old dispensary 'were lies.