The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 12, 1912, Image 3
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WILL PROBE DEEP
INTO THE CHARGES OF FRAUDS
IN THE PRIMARY.
SEVEN PROBERS NAMED
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To Conduct Thorough Investigation
of Recent Primary and Report to
State Committee.?Second Primary
lVnvt Tiu>u<lii v tr% i* CViiint.V OlHfCS
Only.?Jones Protests Every Box
in State.
A comihltteo of seven, to probe
charges of fraud in the recent primary
election, to take testimony, examine
witnesses, have charge of all
club rolls, poll lists and all records
and, in short, to act for the full committee,
in an exhaustive investigation
into charges of fraud and irregularities
growing out of the recent
primary election, was adopted by the
State Democratic executive committee
late Wednesday afternoon, after
a full and unlimited discussion by the
members of the committee.
The sub-committee, as named by
Chairman Evans, consists of W. F.
Stevenson, chairman; T. 13. Butler, J.
B Park, W. B. Wilson Jr., It. M. Jeffords.
J. D. Bivens. and J. M. Greer,
our JoueB men and three IiJease men.
Six of the sub-committee, Mr. Stevenson
being represented Wednesday
by proxy, lield a meeting Wednesday
night in the Jerome Ilotet and decided
to hold tiieir first meeting next
Wednesday at noon in the library of
the State House. Attorneys "and all
parties interested are asked to be
present at this meeting and all the
parties having information of fraur
affidavits or any charges of irregularities
are asked to forward same to
the chairman of the sub-committee,
Mr. Stevenson, at Columbia, before
next Wednesday.
The sessions of the committee will
bo open and evidence and testimony
will be taken under oath. The committo
announced that they desired
the co-operation of all citizens and
they would proceed to the completion
of their task with all speed. They
decided to wait until after the second
primary for county offices, next
Tuesday, so they can get the club
rolls, the poll lists and other records
which they will want for their
probe. They ask that any charges of
fraud'in any j>art of the State bo sent
to them and those making charges
can appear in person to substantiate
them. The work will be thorough
and complete.
Another Important action was the
passing of a resolution, offered by
Major Uutler of Gaffney, requesting
the county executive committees to
hold their second primary, for county
oflices not nominated in the first
primary, next Tuesday without regard
to the State ticket. The resolution
was passed in response to a
telegram from Anderson County as
to how to proceed in the matter of a
second primary,for county offices.
The practical result of the appointing
of the sub-committee of seven to
probe charges of fraud will be to indefinitely
delay the second primary
for State offices, if one should prove
necessary.
The committee passing the Manning
resolution to appoint this subcommittee
to take testimony agreed
with the ruling of Chairman John
Gary Evans, that the State commit
too has original jurisdiction over an
State offices, can hold a second primary
whenever necessary without regard
to the rules, which would ordinarily
call for the second primary
to be held next Tuesday, and throw
out the whole election for State officers
and order another primary if they
deem it advisable.
Urged to Hasten Work.
It is not certain when this subcommittee
will conclude their labors,
but as soon as their report is ready a
full meeting of the State committee
wil ho held and upon the request of
their findings, the question of a second
primary or tho results of the
first primary would decide. However,
this sub-committee 1s charged to
proceed to the task of their probe
with all pos^ble speed.
As far as county offices are concerned,
tho State committee hold
that they have only appellate powers.
All county primaries for county
offices in counties Where necessary
will take place next. Tuesaay.
Judge Jones amended his protest
Wednesday morning so as to contest
tho result of the election at every l/ox
in every county in th* mate. Returns
to this protest were read on behalf
of Governor Blease and Mr. Jno.
T. Duncan.
All morniag and well through tho
afternoon the State committee debated
the substitute motion, offered by
Mr. Eugene Rleasc, to ?ppolnt a committee
of live to tabulate the returns.
This substitute was finally voted
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in favor of tlio Bleaso substitute, being:
Mayfleld, of 'Bamberg; Bivens,
of Dorchester; Kitchen, of Fairfield;
Jeffries of Jasper; Crews, of Laurens;
Blease of Newberry and Greer,
of Union.
Those voting "nay" were: Jones,
of Abbeville; Ilolley, of Aiken; Brezealo,
of Anderson; Christensen, of
Beaufort; Williams, of Berkeley;
Rivers, Charleston; Butter, of Cherokee;
Caldwell, of Chester; Mclver,
of Chesterfield; Davis, of Clarendon;
Moore, of Colleton; James of Darlington;
Hamer, of Dillon; Padgett,
of Greenville; Park, of Greenwood;
Lightsey, of Hampton; McDormott,
of Horry; Wittiams, of Lancaster,
Scarborough, of Lee; GriJlth, of Lexington;
Mace, of Marion; Drake, of
Marlboro; Toole, of Oconee; Lido, of
Orangeburg; Jones, of Richland;
Lester, of Saluda; Gosnell, of Spartanburg;
Manning, of Sumter; Stoll,
of Willlanrysburg, and Wilson, of
York.
The (Manning resolution to appoint
COUNTY CONTESTS
DECIDED BY THE STATE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE.
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Coses From Several Counties Were
Taken Up and Decided According
to the Law.
The State Democratic Executive
Committee decided several interesting
cases from the counties on Wednesday.
The appeal from Dorchester
County was first considered. J.
H Whetsell was declared the nominM
for countv treasurer of Dorches
ter County by the county committee
and C. H. Dukes entered a contest,
which was overruled by the county
committee, and Mr. Dukes appealed
to the State committee. Doth sides
were represented by the attorneys
and each was allowed ten minutes to
present arguments.
Chairman Evans ruled that separate
boxes must be provided for State
and county offices, as provided in the
constitution, and then a ballot in one
box must not bo transferred to another
box. One hundred and twenty-five
ballots for county treasurer
were placed in the State box at Summerville
and these were counted by
the Dorchester executive committee,
and Mr. Whetsell declared the nominee
with these votes counted.
Mr. Jeffries moved that the action
or mo uorcnesior cuunuiueo ua duotained.
On roll call this was lost,
17 to 19, and tho Dorchester County
executive committee was reversed
and Mr. Dukes was declared the nomlneo
for county treasurer of Dorchester
County.
A contest from Jasper County was
next taken up. Mr. W. T. Preacher
was ruled out of the second race for
superintendent of education, on tho
ground that he failed to file his expense
account. Mr. Preacher went to
tho clerk's ofTlce on Monday to file
his expense account but tho clerk was
out and so i.Mr. Preacher was unable
to file his expense account. Mr. Penton
was declared the nominee, but
ho said he was perfectly willing to
run a second primary with Mr.
Preacher. Mr. McKay moved that
the action of the Jasper committee
be reversed and Mr. Preacher be allowed
to enter the second primary.
This was carried unanimously.
E. C. Wells, candidate for county
commissioner in Jasper, was ruled
out of tho race because he failed to
file his expense account. Out of seven
candidates for that office only two
declared the nominees. Mr. Wells
appealed to the State committee, as
he knew nothing about the requirements
of filing an expense account.
The State committee, after much argument,
ruled that only two of the
Smiths e%uld enter the second primary
for the two county commissioners'
places, but on explanation by Mr.
Jefferies, that five were qualified, ordered
tli^i C. Kirby Smith, O. C.
Smith, Alex Smith, and A. P. Jones
go in the second race for the county
commissioners in Jasper County.
The action of the Berkeley County'
committee in declaring 'Mr. Spigener
tho nominee for county superintendent
of education by a majority of
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OIlO VOIH WttH HMMlilllllTli.
OHO WD LYNCHED FIEND.
Tho Judge and a Lawyer Made i
Speeches to the Mob.
Walter Johnston, negro, accused of
assaulting a fourteen-year-old white!
girl at Princeton, W. Va., Wednesday,
was lynched that night. Johnston
was first, hanged to a telegrapn
pole and then his body was riddled
with bullets. Johnston is said to
have attacked Nita White, daughter
of a well-known railroad man. Afteri
entering the White home, where the
child was alone, the negro choked
and chlorofomred her. Ho was captured
later and partially identified
by his victim. To protect the negro
officers secretly took him out of town
and had reached Lashmoot when overtaken
by the mob. The negro was
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brought back to Princeton. Upon
arrival at Princeton the mob listened
to speeches by a criminal court judge
and district attorney. It was decided
to postpone the lynching until
Thursday pending a certain identification
of the negro by the girl. Hut
later this decision was reconsidered.
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THE SENATORIAL CONTEST.
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Talbert and Dial Wants Senator Tillman
lluled Out.
Protests of tho vote for United
States Senator were filed with tho
Democratic State Executive Committee
on Wednesday by W. J. Talbert
nd N. U. Dial. Mr. Talbert contending
that as Senator Tillman had not at1
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tunueu uuy Ul lUU (Jtllii n mctniifeo
and was not otherwise qualified,
he was entitled to be declared the
nominee and if not only he and Mr.
Dial pro into a second primary. Mr.
Dial filed a protest against Senator
Tillman on the ground that he had
not filed his expense account and
asked that a second primary between
himself and Mr. Talbert bo ordered.
The contests were filed for future action
by the committee.
A telegram from Senator Tillman
stating that the only expense he had
incurred was tho $25 0 assessment
and he had twico filed this with the
Secretary of State was read.
Young Men Drowned.
The body of Oaylo Rord, a cashier
in a Dixon Springs, Tenn., bank was
found floating in the Ohio river Saturday
and was arried to Ford's forme
home, in New Liberty, Ky.
Louisville relatives scout the theory
of suicide.
the sub-committee of seven to probe
tho alleged primary frauds passed
viva voce. Af'er deciding tho county
contents which wero appealed to
them the commltteo adjourned to
meet at the call of the chairman.
APPEALS FOR FUNDS
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STATE CHAIRMAN ASKS FOR
FUNDS TO INVESTIGATE.
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Expects Democrats of tho State to
Contribute so Primary May be Fully
Investigated.
Pointing out that the Democratic
party in South Carolina is Borely distressed,
John Gary Evans, the chairman
of the State executive committee,
Thursday issued a call to tho
I Democrats of the State, asking that
they contribute to the fund to investigate
the charges of fraud in connection
with the recent primary. The
following is tho call:
"The Democratic party in this
State is sorely distressed. For tlie
first time in our history white men
are charged with cheating and defrauding
white men in our primary
[election. The elections in every
county in the State are contested and
your executive committee is in possession
of sufficient evidence and
charges to warrant it in making a
thorough and complete investigation
of these charges Insofar as In its power
lies. The committee has no machinery
for getting at the proof and
must rely upon the good and true
men of the State who believe in honest
elections to assist it in its efforts,
rf you know of fraud and irregularities,
tell it; if you hear of such tell
it, and the committee will sift it. We
are determined that right shall prevail
and we care not for the personal
interest of any candidate or
candidates, but for the honor and life
of the party and the salvation of the
primary system. Help us preserve it.
"Your executive committee is without
funds, the only source of its revenue
being from assessments of candidates
in the primary election.
These were made without any knowledge
or expectation of the present
situation. We must have funds with
wuicn 10 ueiray mo uAjjeuBtJB ui our
committee and employ such assistance
ns may be necessary to secure
the evidence. Will South Carolinians
allow this investigation to fall for
lack of a few dollars? I am sure
that you will not if you follow the
lead of a noble South Carolina girl
who earns her living by her own endeavors
but who loves the fair name
of South Carolina. She has voluntarily
enclosed her check for $5 to be
applied in this investigation. Let every
patriotic citizen help in this
cause by sending to Wilie Jones,
treasurer of tne party, at Columbia,
what he or she can give for the preservation
of the purity of the ballot
box.
"Tliln n/\t o noil frv orma Klif o n
i IllO AO A1V L U l/Mll tW Ul 1A 1U| " v? t Uii
appeal to the virtuous men and women
of South Carolina to wipe out
the stain if any he found upon the
fair escutchean of the State.
"Act promptly and make true
your motto, 'animus opibusque parati.'
"John Gary, Evans,
"Chairman of Executive Committee."
GETTING AT THE FRAUDS.
Being Found Where They Were Not
Even Suspected.
A dispatch from Greenwood says
after holding a three-day session this
week, following the preliminary
meeting last week, the Greenwood
County executive committee .adjourn-j
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eu \v vuuuaua^ <jvi3uili^ iui ? ???.? vied
its report to the State executive
committee in Columbia.
The comittee did not give out its
findings, but it is known that many
cases of Irregularities and some cases
of fraud were found. One member
said there were clenrty over one
hundred and fifty fraudulent votes
case in Greenwood county. It is stated
that the box at Grenola had 24
more votes than its poll list called
for; the box at Grendel Mills had 18
more than its poll list, and the box
at Yeldeli had 10 too many. All
thoso were strong mease boxes.
Some of the county contests were
very close, and these surplus votes
would affect the general result most
vitally.
When the committee first met no
one suspected anything of the sort,
as it was believed that Greenwood
County was free from the taint of
fraud, but such, it appears, is not the
case. The committee has gone into
the matter thoroughly and exhaustively;
every box has been canvassed,
poll list and club rolls compared.
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condouotoh cut by flagman.
Cause of tiie Trouble is Not Known
by the Public.
The Augusta Chronicle says Conductor
It. A. Boozer of Southern passenger
train No. 7 was seriously but
probably not fatally cut Wednesday
night by Baggagemaster George W.
Jamison at a point between Summit
and Iveesvilie. The fight occurred
nhnut nn neridont. renort which was
being made out, covering injuries
sustained by Jamison Monday night.
Conductor Boozer was taken off the
train at Leesville, and given medical
attention, and was later carried to
Columbia on a special. Jamison was
crrried to Lexington on the special
and lodged in jail. Jamison was coming
to Augusta, deadhead, and Conductor
Boozer was in charge of the
train. Jamison is the regular baggagemaster
for Conductor Boozer,
but had secured a few days leave before
leaving Columbia, to rest up
fiooi his Injuries.
Gasoline Stove Kxplodes.
An explosion at Malabar, Fla., in
which Mrs. Frank Westendorf, and
two little girls, aged two and four
years, lost their lives. Mrs. Westendorf
was filling a gasoline stove,
when it exploded, the flames enveloping
her and her two children.
Railroad employees nearby came to
the rescue in timo to save the building.
The husband was away at the
time.
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PROVE THE FRAUD
MANY ILLEGAL VOTES CAST IN
ANDERSON COUNTY.
Minors, Republicans, Foreigners,
and Repeaters Were Used to Pad
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the Total County Vote.
A special dispatch from Anderson
to the Augusta Chronicle" says the
sub-committee of the county executive
committee appointed to hear testimony
with regard to charges of
fraud in the recent election, met
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(i&illll )VCUllfOUtt; Ullli iwiiuniu(,
alleged irregularities was aired:
That Frank Cowan, a resident of
Georgia, voted in Ward 5, this city.
That T. M. Gordon, who moved into
South Carolina during the present
year, voted at Gluck Mill.
That the name of J. L. Ivester
was put on the Gluck Mill club roll
on election day.
That J. C. McLain, who moved
hero from Georgia during the year,
voted at Gluck Mill.
That <M. M. Dill, a Republican voted
at Belton.
That A. C. Griffin voted in Belton
as W. T. Griffin.
That the name of A. O. Yewis was
put on the club roll on election day.
That five state tickets were cast in
the Hunter Springs county box ana
counted as legal ballots.
That several state tickets were cast
in Martin County box and wore
counted as legal ballots.
That C. M. Simmons, a minor vot
ed in Ward 6, this city.
That A. E. Scott, E. E. Scheld, and
E. A. Rampcy, reputed to be Republicans,
voted in Ward 6.
That Joo ITerneck, an unnaturalized
citizen, voted in Ward 6.
; T1 at two unnaturalized citizens
voted in Hunter Springs box.
That tho naino of G. W. Wright
appeared twice on the concrete box
polling list while it does not appear
on the club roft.
That the name of W. J. Reece appears
on the Pelzer club roll once
and tho polling list twice.
That only 33 of the 53 club rolls
have been turned over to tho subcommittee
and of these only six are
certified to by the presidents and secretaries,
of the clubs.
B. F. Martin, attorney for the
State executive committee, stated
that, on examination, it was found
that 10 or 12 names appeared on the
Iva polling list that did not appear
on tho club roll. IIo said that ho
had had time only to examine this
box, and that he thinks more timo
should be given so that a thorough
/investigation of alj boxop can be
made. In making a motion that
more time ho given for tho investigation
Mr. Martin stated that enough
has come out to indicate that 500 or
more fraudulent votes were cast in
Anderson County.
The committee did not ask in every
instance who the irregular votes
were for. In one instance, that of the
Brogon Mill box, where eight votes
were cast in the wrong box, all were
for Blease. It Is safe to say threefourths
of irregular vores were for
iB'lease.
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liURED MEN T ORESOKTS.
And Then Murdered by Those Who
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Revival of rumors that a number
of murders had been committed in
resorts in West Hammond, a suburb
oi: Chicago, came Thursday afte.* the
arrest of Frances Ford, twenty, cs accessory
before tlie fact in connection
with the death of John Messmak-r,
on August 13.
The girl made a statement to Cor
oner Hoffman and Assistant County
Attorney Johnson, dealing with vice
conditions in the village during the
past year. Messmaker, it in said was
drugged and a hypodermic injection
of poison was given him# The girl
admitted being with him shortly before
ho died.
In her statement she told of a bottle
which she said always was kept
behind the bar of a saloon and which
sho understood was to be give 1 to
men under the inlluence of liquo"
and suspected of having considerable
money on their persons. Although
the girl admitted that she and Messmaker
drank heavily the day before
ho died, she denied that she saw him
drugged.
Coroner Hoffman expects a report
Saturday from a chemist who is making
an examination of Messmaker's
body for poison. The girl is said to
have given the authorities information
against certain West Hammond
resort keepers in regord to white
slave traflic. It is alleged by Miss
Rrooks that a score of deaths have
occurred in West Hammond resorts
that have never been explained. On/
three are of record.
BANDIT ROBBED TRAIN.
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Knocked Senseless as He Was About
to Escape.
A lone train bandit held up the
northbound express of the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad at 8:30 o'clock
Wednesday night, near Mlchaud, 12
miles from New Orleans, looted the
mail car, robbed tho passengers in
five Pullmans and a club car and
then, just as ho was about to leave
the tender, was struck over the head
with a brass torch by Engineer Baer,
and captured. lie was taken to Bay,
St. Louis and may die. The booty,
except for one mail bag thrown from
tho car, was recovored and rotumed.
Tho bandit would give no namo.
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Chases Boys, Trips and Dies.
At Newark, N. J., John Gilroy's
ire at the gibes of a party of small
hoys who were annoying him was the
indirect cause of his death Monday.
He gave chase to tho boys Sunday
night and tripped at a street corner,
his hoad striking the curb as ho fell.
His skull was fractured and he died
a few hours later.
NEW EXPRESS LAW
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WENT INTO EFFECT ON EAST
SUNDAY MORNING.
New System of Shipping Labels Lessens
the Liability of Double
Charges Being Collected.
A new and uniform system of labeling
and waybilling express shipments
went into effect on last Sunday
morning, materially complicat11
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ir?g me ueians 01 saipmuui iui uum
companies and shippers and requiring
more timo for the transaction of
the routine formalities between them
than has heretofore been necessary.
The new system is the result of
long extended efforts on the part of
the companies to insure tlio proper
collection of tariff charges on each
package, and to do away with complaints
that "double charges" were
co.,e? tod. Tho rules we e formulated
by tho interstate commerce commission
acting with tho_ companies
and pre nnnent shippers.
i nokepe? should be gotten to ex
press '.dices 3 0 minutes ahead of the
ram on which they are to go out, if
prompt shipment is to bo assured.
It is going to take much more time
to receipt for any waybill packages
than it did under the old system,
and wo ask that the assistance and
patient co-operation of the public, in
elficiently dispatching business.
Under the new system there arc
four different forms to be made out
for each shipment. One of these is
M, n iiLiio I pn no<trn n/io ropftf lit \i*l>ii?n
lias undergone no change. The o'her
three forms are the messenger's
waybill, the local ofllce's record of
shipment and a duplicate of the latter,
which will be pasted 011 the package
shipped.
This last will give all necessary information
about the package for collection
of charges tho weight, rate
and value, so that in case the messenger's
waybill is lost or delayed
there will bo no delay in delivery,
as a substitute bill can be made out
from the information carried on the
package itself.
It will also effectually block any
attempt to collect charges twice, or
to overcharge, as the information on
the package will show the receiver
exactly what is due, and "prepaid"
or "collect" will ,bo stamped 011 the
label in big letters. Different colored
labels will also be used, the golden
rod for prepaid, white for collect and
green for C. O. I).
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KILLED IIY ELECTION SHOCK.
Was Howled Down by Voters Hostile
to His Election.
County Supervisor J. P. Goodwin
died at his home in Greenville Wed
nesday after an illness of two weeks.
The sudden death of the supervisor
is attributed in a measuro to excitement
of the campaign just closed.
While attending a political meeting
at Lickville two weeks ago he was
howled down as ho attempted to
speak. lie was a candidate for reelection
and ho plead earnestly with
, the crowd to hear him, but Blease
! men in the crowd knowing the supervisor
to have been a Jones supporter,
refused to let him bo heard.
Following his vain attempt to speak
to the crowd Mr. Goodwin was stricken
with appoplexy. lie was hurried
to the city, and given every attention
but the stock was too severe for
him to survive. The excitement of
the Lickville meeting, coupled with
his defeat later at tlio polls, brought
on his death. lie was an eillcient ofh
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1JA ItS TEDDY'S PARTY.
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And llis Supporters Hold a Meeting
of Their Own.
After the executive committee of
i the North Carolina Republican organization
Wednesday demanded that
all except those who took the oath of
allegiance to the Taft-Sherman national
ticket be barred trotn the door
of the convention, about 4 00 Roosevelt
delegates, led by mx of the principal
Republican leaders of the state,
called another convention and met
that afternoon in Charlotte at the
same time as tne regulars. They
passed a resolution against the action
of the committee and declined to have
any further relations with the Taft
electoral ticket and also a single
Progressive state ticket independent
of any action on the part of the regulars.
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KILLED IX TRAIN WRECK.
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One Passenger and Five Trainmen
Met Their Death.
One passenger and five trainmen
were killed, two other persons were
seriously injured and twenty-one
j were slightly hurt Sunday when
train No. 112 on the Lake Shore division
of the Chieago and Northwesi.
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| hour, was derailed two miles north I
of Lynchburg, Wis., as the result of a
washout caused by a cloudburst. Tlio
locomotive, mall car, baggage car,
smoker and a day coach left the
track and all but the day coach
turned over. The 21 other passengers
who were slightly cut and bruised
had their wounds dressed at Lyndhurst,
Wis., and proceeded to Milwaukee
and Chicago.
Lets Heard Grow Again.
At Milwaukee, Wis., Frederick
Tlolel/.er, a farmer, who lost his
wife's love when ho shaved off his
beard, has grown another silky
board. His wifo visited tho circuit
court with him Wednesday and requested
the dismissal of tho divorce
suit in which she had specified her
husband's loss of his whiskers as a
cause for divorce.
AGAINTS TLLMAN1
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TALBERT AND DIAL CHALLENGES
HIS ELECTION
HAVE FILED CONTESTS
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They Charge That Senator Tillman
Has Not Observed the Laws of the
State Fully in Regard to Filing
His Expense Account With the
State Authorities.
A dispatch from Laurens to The
State says a rumor having been
spread around the city Tuesday to
the enect mat the election or senator
13. R. Tillman would bo content*
e-i. N. 13. D al, one of the candilares
who opposed Senator Til! uan in th?
recent primary, was aoproaoked up>ti
>.e (j.it?tion and a/s't 1 an i's
reliability. Mr. Dial confirmed tha
rumor and stated that W. Jasper Talbert
had served notice of contest upon
him and supposedly upon Senator
Tillman, and that thereupon he himself
had served a like notice. The
contest is based upon the failure of
Senator Tillman to file his expense
account with the secretary of state,
as provided for on page 9 4 9, volume
24, acts of 1905, wherein it is made
obligatory upon the candidates to file
their expense accounts between the
closo of the campaign and the first
primary. It will be remembered that
Senator Tillman filed an account August
15, some weeks before the campaign
closed.
AT r* l^iol u-nn > of lonf?lh intn thn
situation. He declared that he was
not one to take advantage of technicalities
in politics, because he had
never done so in the practice of law.
However, he thought himself perfectly
justified in taking advantage of
the present situation, as Senator Till-*
man had attempted to make use of a
like situation a few weeks ago, when
ho declared, as a result of Senator
Tillman's activity, Mr. Dial was for a
time thought to have been eliminated
from the race. What Mr. Dial referred
to was the interview of Senator
Tillman given out several days
after it had been circulated that Mr,
Dial had failed to comply with the
national election laws in not making
proper returns of his campaign expenses.
The interview, as it appeared
in The State, was in part as follows:
.
"When asked as to the status of
the candidates for the House of Representatives
in South Carolina, who
have failed to comply with the federal
statutes by not sending in their
sworn expense accounts prior to the
primary election, and about N. B.
Dial, candidate for the Senate, whoso
account, was received at Columbia but
not sworn to, Senator Tillman said
to-night: 'I would say that these mei*,
simply have no status now. Should
any of them be elected it would be
fn?? Mi n TTmian /if Tlonrncnntoiiuna in
iwi i 111; in; uou v/ l 11 v ? i. 01, u 11111 I v-o vw
decide whether tho law nad been
"wilfully" violated. This word "wilful"
appears in tho statutes and its
construction might be a matter for
the House to decide just as it decides
all contested elections.' "
Mr. Dial noted tho difference between
the federal law and the Stato
law. In the farmer some attitude is
allowed as to the "wilful" violation
ot the law, but in the State law there
is no such provision. If the randW
date fails to \lo his account
conclusion of the campaign and before
the primary election" such failure
will "render such election null
and void, insofar as tho candidate
who fails to tile the statement herein:
provided, but shall not affect th&
validity of the election of any other
candidate complying with this section".
It was upon the section above that
Mr. Talbert took action and upon his
own account filed a contest claiming
the election upon the ground that he
had a majority of the votes cast. The
protest was served upon Mr. Dial Saturday.
Looking into the constitution
and rules of the State Demo*
cratic party, Mr. Dial jftw that i\(fcording
to rule 1), "a majority of the
votes cast shall be necessary to nominate
a candidate". Mr. Dial holds
that, a majority have Tint vnted fnt?
Mr. Talbort, so he has illed a counter
protest on his own account.
If the State executive committee
upholds Messrs. Talbert and Dial, it
appears that a second race will havo
to be run over between the two. The
committee meets Wednesday in Columbia,
when it is supposed that the
contests will come up.
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KILDKl) 1*Y MEXICANS
?
While Protecting His Daughter From.
Outrage.
Death at tho hands of a rebel soldier
was the fate of an American
citizen, Joshua Stevens, while he
fought to protect his two daughters
in Colona, Pacheco. News of the tragedy
was received at El Paso, Texas,
by O. P. Drown, business agent of tho,
Mnrninn nnlrtnioa iti \l^? v<on At flrot
it was reported that Stevens was kill-*]
ed by an American, but this report!
was sent, it was said, to avoid trouble
with the rebels, who still infoat
the American,settlement southeast of
Juatcz. Two rebels visited the Stevens
home, apparent with intention of
assault on the two young women ofj
the household. Stevens met tho intrun
dors with a shot .sun and escortec
them to the limits of his property.
Perish in tho FlAinos.
At Rutherford, N. J., Mrs. Emllhl
Debar and six of her seven children
ranging in ago from Ave months t<
twolvo years, perished -early Frida;
in a flro which destroyed their home
Tho husband and father and a soi
of seventeen escaped by Jumpin
from a second story window.