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r ' 1 ilADE HIMVERY MAD Wernor blease had a man arrested just for . jl ' ^ ^ ASKING HIM QUESTIONS ; * It is Claimed That the Governor AskI ed the Arrest of a Prominent Mer< limit of Graniteville Rather Than Answer a Legitimate Question H? Himself Had Raised. The correspondent of the Colum bia Record says when a relatlvo of /J Judge Ira IT. Jones was taken by two policemen from the crowd wnlch liau assembled at Aiken Friday to hear the candidates speak, there was ,'] some consternation, and the man was taken in charge by the officers for no terrible offense and for doing what hundreds of others had done to a much greater degree. Mr. Roman Ileaufort, of Graniteville, was the man whom the ofllcers < took in charge and escorted to the city square away from the campaign meeting. Governor Rlease was speaking and he made the chargo that Judge Jones, in voting against the fi/mu rn f a ono ob Villi bo /I f o uai*a/1 t*tu lyV/UVU U1AI, 11 au 1U T VI uu OUcial equality. "Governor Blease, didn't you vote for Judge Jones after that?" asked Mr. Beaufort from his position near the platform. "Why, if I was as sorry as you I'd vote for him now," retorted tho governor. Mr. Beoufort asked the governor to answer the question, and abovo the loud noise of tho crowd could be heard his request, several times repeated, that the governor answer tho question. Tho governor did not answer, but he turned to the chairman and said: "I want to find out whether you are a fair chairman or not. You said my men must stop hollering while Jones was speaking. Now mako the Jones men quit interrupting me." The chairman, Mr. Georgo Croft, asked an officer to arrest the questioner if he interrupted again, but before this order was made two policemen had taken Mr. Beaufort by tho arm and had hustled him to the business section of tho town and away from the campaign meeting. Here ho was released. There was considerable comment as to this action of trie officers and many of those who saw it expressed the opinion that it was unfair. Mr. Beaufort had done nothing but ask a fair question of the governor and this was not near st> disturbing as had been and were then the cheers and shouts of dozens of other mem* bcrs of the crowd. Arrest Was tTnfair. Graniteville, S. C., July 27, 1912. Editor Augusta Chronicle: The most important happening at the Aiken meeting was in some way overlooked by the correspondents. You mentioned that some one who Interrupted Governor Please was arrested and hustled away from the crowd. The man that was arrested was Mr. F. P. Peaufort, a prominent merchant of this town, and a nephew by marriage of Judge .Tones. Mr. Peaufort was sitting with his wife and some of the most prominent ladles of Aiken, and when Please made his remarks about Judge Jones being in favor of social equality, he wanted to know why Please had voted for Judge Jones after he had voted against the Jim Crow car bill. Please did not reply to this question, and Mr. Peaufon repeated the question; then Please turned to the chairman and demanded that the man interrupting him bo stopped, 1 then ho faced the audience, and, pointing and looking at 'Mr. Beaufort, said "arrest that man". ITo continued looking and pointing until two special policemen, both ardent Please men, rushed up, grabbed Mr. Beaufort and dragged him through the crowd as though ho had commit ted a most heinous crime. When he got clear of the crowd Mr. Beaufort gave bond and was released, but another citizen of our town came near being arrested by the same officers, merely because he came up to offer financial assistance to Mr. Beaufort in case he needed it. This was nothing short of a highhanded outrage, for Mr. Beaufort or any other voter to ask Blease, Jones or any other candidate questions, and they should not. appear in public, and ask to ho elected to ofiice, and receive ! ?? iw mio's mnnev ns n snlarv. unless they expect to bo asked questions, and to answer them as well, which Blease failed lo do in this case. Tin's is a free country and wo have a right to free speech, yet hero we see the governor of tho state having a man arrested for asking him a question, that ho (Blease) did not care to answer. Isn't that a nice example for hini to set? We cannot blame tho city officials, as they apologized to Mr. Beaufort and returned tho money that ho had put up as bond. In fact they were not responsible for his arrest. This action, entirely uncalled-for, as it was, on tho part of tho governor, has niado tho citizens of this town, as well as in other placos, very Indignant. A COTTON MILL. EMPLOYEE. t ? Looses Money and Ends Life. Despondent hecauso she lost $50 'belonging to the Mystic Workers and head officers had insisted on it being sent to them, 'Mrs. Fred Desjardins, of Grays Lake, 111., took rat poison and died. ? ? ? ? Two Men Aro Shot. At New York in a dispute over a 1 law case, Joseph Fettrecli, a lawyer and Morman Bergh, a clerk were shot by a man named Conway, Wednesday. Fettrech was probably mortally wounded. tlir BURNS GETS GRAFTERS DICTAGRAPH WORKS AGAINST CORRUPT ALDERMEN. Marked Mdney Also Said to Hnvo Been Used By Famous Detective Who Shadowed Nichols, Eight aldermen and the secretary of the common council committees of Detroit wero arrested Friday afternoon on charges of accepting bribes and conspiracy to accept a bribe for their votes and influence in the passing of a measure affecting city property recently transferred to the Wabash Railroad. At least six other arrests of aldermen wero expected at any moment, and it is alleged that $3,700 passed hands in sums of from $100 to $1,000. The bribery was consummated and the arrested accomplished under the persona! supervision of Detective William J. Burns. The ofiicials already arrested are: Thomas Glinnan, president of the council, who is alleged to have received $1,000; E. R. Schreiter Jr., secretary of council committee, and also secretary of the American League of Municipalities, who is charged with conspiracy to bribe and agreeing to accept $500; Alderman Joseph L. Theison, said to have accepted $500; and Martin J. Ostrowski, alleged to have received $200; Alderman Patrick O'Brien, conspiracy; Alderman Louis Tossy, said to have received $200; Alderman Frank J. Mason, Alderman Jvouis Bronzo and Alderman Delmel, the last three being charged with accepting $100 each. Alderman Glinnan has long been known in city politics as "Honest Tom". When arrested it is said he turned over $1,000 and made a complete confession. Schreiter, who, it is claimed by the authorities, engineered the afllairs, was arrested In his olllco. Ho had not received any money, but the otlicers claim ho went to the ollico of the aotectives, who were acting under the guise of Wabash Railroad officials, to get his money and discovered the officers who had just arrested Glinnan. The detectives claim they have caught their men not only with marked money, but by telephonic testimony and phonographic records. The investigation which culminated in the arrests has been going on since February, when rumors of graft in the councilmanic body began to assume serious proportions. Mayor William B. L. Thompson sought the services of detectives, and Andrew II. Green, a prominent manufacturer, agreed to finance the probe. Soon sfter the investigation was begun the \v abaBh Railroad applied tor trie closing of a Detroit street on the ground that it wanted to erect a warehouse and otherwise increase its shipping facilities. The application was held up in the council for a time. Then suddenly the council granted the application by vote of several members who had previously opposed the measure. Meanwhilo the Uurns operative, who represented himself to be a land agent for the Wabash, had been at work. He had entered, according to the charges into negotiations with the secretary of the common council com mittoe. Eventually, it was decided, it Is alleged, that several who had been opposing the street measure would withdraw their opposition for $100 each. Some of the aldermen, however, are said to have held out ror more. It was then agreed that different amounts would, if necessary be allowable, and the aldermen began to draw their money. The last person to receive his share, it is declared, was Glinnan. This is the first exposure of its kind that has ever been made In the common council of Detroit. VICTIMS OF THE FLAMES. Girls Caught in a Death Trap at Lon England. At London, England, seven girls were killed, five were fatally injured, and several others severely hurt in a fire Tuesday in a four-story building In Moor Lane, in the heart of the city, occupied by Celluloid Christmas card manufacturers, who employed many females. The flro started in a front room on the top floor and spread quickly. To reach the stairs the girls in the back room had to pass through the front room and before they realized their danger the flames had cut off the means of escape. The response of the lire brigade 'was prompt, hut the swiftness of the lire and the fierceness of the flames blazing from the windows prevented effective use of the lire escapes. FA KM Hit MANGLED BY BILL. Enraged Beast Tears Gash in Stomach of Helpless Man. \ James Harrison, aged thirty years, of Zaners, Pa., was scattering straw in his father's barnyard when ho was attacked by a bull. The young man's efforts to escape the animal failed, and he was caught, squarely in the groin, the hull tossing him high in the air and ripping a gash twenty iwo mcnes in length across his abdomen. As Harrison struck the ground the enraged hull attacked him with his hoofs and continued the attack, as his victim, his intestines trailing along the ground, crawled forty feet into an entry where the bull could not follow. ? . Dangerous Auto Smash. Five pe/sons were injured, two so seriously they may die, when an automobile speeding ilfty miles an hour, at Codarhurst, Long Island, early Sunday, with three men and two women passengers, struck squarely against a tree, turned turtle and flattened into a wreck. All the occupants were hurled to the ground. % TO CONTINUE PROBE ? TAKING UP CHARLESTON SITUATION AND FELDER CHARGES MEET OUT OF STATE I Chairman Carlisle Bays That the Committee Will Resume Its Session?Will Investigate All Charges Thoroughly and Make a Complete Report (to Next Next Legislature). It is expected that next meeting of the legislative committee that was named to probe into the affairs of the State dispensary will bo held during the present week. Senator H. B. Carlisle, the chairman of the committee, said to a representative of The State that the date of the meeting had not been fixed, that an oificial announcement would be made at an tjzri'ly date. While nothing of an official nature has been given out by the members of the committee as to the testimony to be presented, it is expected that the next meeting will bo held in Charlote, N. C., or Augusta, Ga., and that other witnesses will bo presented by T. B. Felder, the Atlanta attorney. Some additional dictagraph testimony gathered by the Burns detoctives, will very probably bo presented. It is known that Mr. Felder has much testimony of this nature but it is not known just when it will be presented to the committee. It is the intention of the committee to thoroughly proeo the Charleston situation and to that end the names of many witnesses have been sent to the sheriff g>r Charleston county. They will bo summoned to appear at a later meeting of the committee. It is certain that a meeting of the committee will bo held on tha Charleston situation within two weeks. Senator Carlisle said that he had received an invitation from the citizens of Hendersonville for the next meeting of the committee. He is in favor of holding the next meeting in Charlotte or Augusta. The meeting to take the testimony of the Burns detectives will be held outside of the State. The meeting of the Charleston whiskey situation will bo held in Columbia or Charleston. This much i' known that many of those implicated in the Charleston whiskey situation are beyond the borders of the State. However, when these witnesses return they will bo summoned by the committee. Senator Carlisle made this clear in his duscussion of the situation. The members of the committee do''not propose to drop the investigation. Every charge that has been made will be thoroughly probed and every available witness will be summoned. The committee is goinjr to the bottom of the situation and a complete report as to graft charges in connection with the State dispensary will be made to the next general assembly. It is impossible to predict just now when the work of the committee will be completed. This much is known. There is much to be investigated. Senator Carlisle said mat the committee would completo its report at the earliest possible date. Several weeks ago <ne committee went down to Charleston upon the invitation of Mayor Grace. A score of witnesses were produced. This visit of the committer followed the charge by "Mayor Grace that graft money from the Charleston whiskey dealers had been traced practically ui) to the governor's office. Practically every witness put on the stand admitted that he was a blind tiger and charged that he had been paying a "protection fund" to the wholesale whiskey dealers. These alleged wholesale men were charged with turning over the protection fund to Pen IT. Stothart, chief constable of Charleston county, who was appointed by Gov. Blease. Every wholesale dealer so charged was summoned to appear before (he committee. The first alleged wholesale dealer to appear was Albert Sottile of Charleston. lie refused to testify on the grounds that it might incriminate him. The committee took the question under advisement and later decided that all witnesses must give testimony or be held in contempt. The next witness called in connection with the Charleston situation was J. P. II. O'Neill. ITe confessed to the committee that he was a retail and wholesale whiskey dealer and that he had been collecting a "protection fund" from the blind tigers and that tins fund found its way to the otlico of Hen IT. Stothart. Many other wholesale dealers have been charged with the same offense and they will k?o forced to give testimony or bo held in contempt. At the Charleston meeting B. IT. Stothart was called ny the commit* 1 Tin nn >..nn .1 . ............. 1 1 t .. .. .. lit'. lit; l tuu?uii i u aunwt'i ?{ ucrm m u o as to the collection cv/ graft money on the grounds that ir might incriminate him. Stothart will be recalled by the committee. lie will very probably he held in contempt if he fails to come before the committee. , ? ?? Ate Tripe and Died. Four little negroes aro dead and three others critically ill as the result o*1 eating raw tripo at the homo of Tom Austin, their grandfather, in Thomas County, Ga. All are children of one mother and thero is one set of twins. The children found the tripo while they were alone in the Iiouro and had a feast. Ptomaine poisoning resulted. ? ? Hi tea Torpedo for Candy. Andrew Hoffman, of Appleton, Wis., who ate a torpedo, is dead. He had some caramels and torpedoes, both wrapped in read and whlto paper, In the same pocket and chewed] a torpedo by mistake. CAUCHT IN OWN TRAP ? WOMAN AND MALE ACCOMPLICES HELD AS COUNTERFEITED#. ? Surprise of Intended Victims Kept Them From Prison When "Planted" Coins Were Found in Home. What is declared to have been a woman's thirst for revenge, unquenched by hundreds of miles between herself and the objects of her hate, came near causing a trial of William Friedman and his wife in Chicago, 111., on a charge of counterfeiting. David Galos and Somochar Abramowitz are in the county jail, charged with the crime first attributed to the Friedmans, and a warrant has been issued for the arrest of Miss Siphia Iloffman, the chief conspirator, formerly of Chicago, but now of Louisville, Ky. She will be brought to trial as one of the three counterfeiters, and, should that charge fail, she will bt tried for conspiracy. The turn in the case came when Galos, hired by Miss Hoffman, to hide home-made coins in the Friedman home, was arrested and confessed the part he had taken in the crime. William Friedman and his wife, Miss Hoffman and Somochar Abramowitz were fast friends in Chicago, 111., until 1911, when, it is alleged, Abramowitz tried to persuade Mrs. Friedman to elope with him to Milwaukee, Wis. He was arrested and tried under the Mann act, but was acquitted. During the trial Miss Hoffman stood by Abramowitz and her former feeling of friendship was turned to one of intense hatred. Then, is said, to have started the plot for revenge on the part of'Miss Hoffman. She left Chicago and went to Louisville Ky. There she became acquainted with David Galos, formerly of Chicago. The two became fast i r loiuiH. or $00 alio is said to nave hired Galos to take three moulds for casting half dollars to Chicago and there to hunt up Abramowitz, engage his assistance and carry out the plot against the Friedmans. The two men worked in Galos' room and made some fifty coins. Then for $50 given him by Abramowitz, ho "planted" the coins in the Friedman home, some in bureau drawers, some in the machine drawer and in other places in the house. His next move was to inform Capt. Thomas S. Scott, of the Federal Secret service, that he had caught the Friedmans counterfeiting. Their arrest followed but their surprise was so genuine that Capt. Scott suspected they were the victims of a plot. Polos was sought, but had disappeared. Finally ho was arrested and confessed. Ho then implicated Abramowitz and insisted that the latter had made the coins. He gave full details t~ Capt. Porter. Abramowitz was arrested while at his U-ork at the bakery. ? ? SHOOTS INITIATORS. Anderson Man "Takes Up" Supposed Attempt to Harm. Mistaking that part of the initia- . tion whore firearms are flourished and blank cartridges are exploded as meaning fo do him bodily harm, Furman Bagwell, aged twenty-one, a candidate being initiated into the mysteries of the Woodmen of the World, rushed from the lodge room, natched his pltol from his coat hanging in the ante-room, and then hur- i lied back into the lodge room and fired three shots in quick succession at Malton Taylor, aged 2 0, who was leading the degree team in the initiation. The first shot hit Taylor in the abdomen fearfully wounding him, the bullet lodging in the spinal column. The second bullet hit Taylor on the right hip and buried Itself in the hip bone. Tl\e last shot struck Taylor on the back of the neck and glanced off. This incident occurred in the "Friendship" lodge room, three miles northeast of Honea Path Friday night. Saturday Taylor wns brought, to the Anderson hospitav, and Dr. Sandors, the attending physician, says ins coiKiinon is extremely critical. Taylor was ablo to toll of the shooting after he came out from under the influence of an anaesthetic, lie says ho and Bagwell were warm friends; that. Bagwell became excited and, in the heat of excitement, lost bis head and rushed for his pistol, evidently thinking that Taylor meant to do him serious bodily harm. Bagwell is a clerk jn a store at rionea Bath and was at his post. lie was married about two months ago. <? WOMAN KIDNAPER CAUGHT. Was Pursued Across Three New York Counties by Officers. Pursued across three New York state counties by police on motorcycles and automobiles, driving her car nearly fifty miles an hour over muddy roads and through a downpour of rain, Mrs. Herman F. Lehman, of Buffalo, N. Y., was finally arroRted. At Attica, Mrs. Lehman entered tho Eagle hotel and a few moments later returned to her car accompan- ] led bv Evelvn Mildred Sloan, aired 1 eleven, adopted daughter of John , Sloan, proprietor of the hotel. Mrs. Lehman claims the child as her own daughter, taken away from her by its falher, Charles A. Deming, of Chic- ] ago. 111., shortly after the child wa? , born. ? Moore May lie Declared Dead. Thomas Moore, once a prosperous < druggist in Mobile, La., must put in his appearance within a few weeks or < the courts of Alabama will declare 1 hiin dead. TTe disappeared several years ago and his wife * nd children s wish to settle the estate, : A PARDON REFUSED INTERESTING INCIDENT OF THE AIKEN MEETING ABOUT NEGRO CONVICT Govoraor Illca.se Refused to Carry Out His Promise to Pardon a Negro Because the Farmer to Whom lie Mudo it Hud Changed and Was Now Against the Governor. The Greenwood Journal says one of the incidents of the campaign meeting at Aiken on Friday was a clash between Governor Please and Mr. W. W. llolley, one of the prominent farmers of this county, which occurred on Main street, before the speaking. According to Mr. Holley, it was the result of a promise of a pardon made by Governor Please some time last April. It seems that Mr. Holley was seeking the release of two negroes 011 the county gang, and ho secured ttyo endorsement of ten of the jury which convicted the darkies and supported hi* r% 1 ?i I f I n #1 >1 rt uj tx iai ftu ^uiuivu auu tuu i;uuiiLj officials. Mr. Holley presented the matter to the Governor, who sent him hack to Ret the endorsement of the trial judge, who waa? Judge Memminger and Solicitor Byrnes. Both of these officers recommended tho pardon and Mr. Holley again sent tho paper to the Governor. The Governor then, according to Mr. Holley, promised he would pardon the darkies if tho pardoning hoard would endorse the petition, and, although Mr. Holley secured the unanimous endorsement of this board, Governor Blease again refused to pardon tho convicts. Friday morning Mr. Holley approached the Governor and after reminding him who ho was, told him of this alleged promise. The Governor, it is 8ciid, replied that he remembered the promise, but told him that he could do nothing for them, as he heard he was against him. 'Mr. Holley replied "If you wish to tell mo a lj0> a8 you have and get off with it like that, you can do so." Tho Governor flushed and Immediately walked away, heating a hasty retreat, according to bystanders. The conversation was had in the presen o of a number of men, including three of Governor Blease's supporters. Interviewed later in regard to his meeting with W. W. Holley Friday morning, Governor Blease said in substance: That he spoke to Mr. Holley and Holley said: "Do you remember me?" Tho Governor said, "Yes." Holley then inquired: "Well do you remember that promise you made me?" (Referring to matter of the pardoning of the negroes In question), to which the Governor answered that ho did, but that since Holley was fighting him he would not stand by his promise, and tho Governor and his party then walked 011 down the street. The reporter then repeated to Governor Blease Mr. Holley's alleged retort: "If you wish to tell me a lie, as you have, and get off with it like that, you can do so. " Tho Governor received this with all outward appearance of surprise and said: "Why, if he said anything like that, I certainly did not hear It, and if he said it, and thinks that I heard it, he is a liar. That's my answer to that, sir." LOVR WHKCKEI) IIIS LrlPK. Miser Starved to Death Amidst lfis Ciold Hoard. Surrounded by tin cans filled with gold, silver and paper money, and with more money packed into every crevice in his little hut, Adolph Ilufenhauser, of Highland, Iiul., miser, recluse and victim of a love tragedy, laid himself upon a bench and starved to death. Upon a piece of torn cardboard lay the story of his tragic life. It. read: "Strife and worry may fade the bloom of youth, but love's first dream remains in the heart forever." Back of the words lay the secret of his entire life. Ilufenhauser had lived alone in a little shack at Highland. near Hammond for fiftv years. Ho caino to Hammond before the Civil war, purchased a forty-acre farm, and sot to work to oko out a living and to prepare a little homo nest to which ho might bring the girl ho had loft in Wesdorf, Germany. The girl never came. Shortly before the opening of the Civil war, TTufenhatiser became a recluse, shunning all companions, never leaving his little cabin unless to work on the farm or to go for food. Ho worked hard and spent little, storing up his hoard just as if the girl of his dreams were actually coining. When found dying by neighbors, he clasped an old army musket. He had evidently prepared to drive away inquisitive strangers, but he was too weak from starvation to raise it when the police entered. Miller Moths Delay Trains. Miller moths by the millions delayed incoming trains at Denver. Col., the swarms darkening tho sun. They covered the tracks and greased the rails so effectively that tho wheels mm nrnnnd mftklnir it tmnnssihln fnr trains to run on schedule. On the plains, east of Don, the insects covered tho ground liko a mantle of snow. ? . il<1 Dance* to DeathDancing on the wire screen that covered the mouth of a well on the A. IT. Mulllken estate at New Canaan Conn., Monday Mortimer, O. llasbrouck, four years old, of No. 4 25 Kast One Hundred and Sixty-first street, Manhattan, broke through, lie was drowned in ten feet of wator. HALTS CARS WITH BUN V 4* A BROOKLYN DWELLER SENDS MOTORMEN TO COVER. Trolleys Held Up For a While.?-Police Snatch HelJgerent From IJi* Stronghold on Roof of Porch. The storm flooded Flushing avenue, Brooklyn, Monday, and the "wash" from passing trolley cars sent the water in surging waves into the basement of Salvator Lodocle's home, near Navy street. So Lodocle, revolver in hand, climbed to the roof of his front porch. "Halt!" ho cried to the motorman of the next trolley that approached from the east. The car came to a quick stop and the motorman took refuge inside the car. Some of the passengers jumped off into the water half up to their knees and raji away. Others hid under the seats. The flrst car from the west was brought to a stop by Lodocle in the samo way and similar scenes were enacted by its passengers. One woman stumbled into a deep and muddy puddle and when she got up she was speechless at the bare sight of her thin dress, which clung to her like linr U(i?ni? kj i ix nauDugu. Meantime Lodocle haci held up other cars, and beforo anybody had taker. tho trouble to call the police, Flushing avenue waj strung with halted trolley cars that extended for a mile in both directions. The blockade reached from cno Brooklyn Bridge to tho Wallaboiit market. "It's an outrage!" yelled Lodocle, pointing to his flooded cellar, as he was snatched off his porch roof by a patrolman. "It's an outrage!" chorused the water-soaked motormen, conductors and passengers, pointing at Lodocle and his revolver. It was an hour from tho time Ixnloclo mounted his porch until tho traffic tangle was straightened out by the reserves. As for Lodocle, the polico locked him up in tho Flushl.ig avenue station. FELDEK TALKS OF BLEASF. Affidavits Made by Felons Convicted or Accused. T. B. Folder, of Atlanta, Saturday night made the following reply to tho statement made by Governor Blease on Saturday in Columbia: "Bloaso substantiates bis statement by tho affidavit# of men who have been convicted of felonies and pardoned by him and by men who are under indictment for grafting In South Carolina. Further than that the reply that will bo made to him will be as soon as ho is relieved of his Gubernatorial robes. "It is just as certain that he will bo landed in the penitentiary as it is that the Ohio grafters, the Atlantic City grafters, tho 'McNamara, Abe Ruef, of San Francisco, and the land robbers of Oregon were placed behind tho bars. "Wo have better and moro conclusive proof against Bleaso and his associates than Detective William J. Burns had against any of those people who are now sot vtng terms in various penitentiaries of the United States." ? A \Y<Jltl> TO 1UI?U IttMJI. ? If Vou Wont to Vote You Must Join Democratic dub. Since the last Stato Democratic primary in 1910, hundreds of young South Carolinians have attained their majority and will be qualified to vote in the next primary on August 27 upon condition that they put their names on tho Democratic club roll of the ward or voting precinct in which they live. Placing your namo on tho Democratic club roll of your ward or precinct nualilles you to voto for Stato and county oflicials in the next election provided that you are a malo citizen of the United States, 21 years of age, and have resided within tho State for the year and in your ward for (JO days previous to tho primary on August 2 7. It is not necessary to have a receipt for city, county or State taxes. The fact that you may be a qualified elector with your namo on tho registration books of your city or county does not entitle you to vote in the Democratic primary. Your name must l)e on tho Democratic club roll of the ward or precinct in which you live in order to cast your ballot in the primary on August 2 7 for State and county candidates. fOnrollment on a Democratic Club roll is absolutely essential to voting in the coming primary. ? PACKIMJ TilM MUKTIXGS. Why the A ikon Mooting Was Said to be for A correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle from (iraniteville says: "I notice by to-day's paper that yesterday's campaign meeting at Aiken was reported as being a BJoase meeting. From the standpoint of votes tt was not. The Jones men anticipated their move by scattering men through the crowd to find out where the Bloase supporters came from. Wo Know that Saluda furnished sixty, Knge mid lorry, narnwen soveiiiy-nve, Columbia forty and Augusta 200, making a total of 415 Bloaso phonographs that cannot voto in Aiken County. Those men were paid to come to this meeting wore instructed how to vote in the hand primaries, viz: by putting both /lands up. Then there were lots of women and children who voted the same way, so you can readily see that when you eliminate these so-called votes, ho had a very slim showing, indeed."