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1 GIVES SOME CASES IRREGULAR OR FRAUDULENT VOTING IN COUNTIES ? DEPORT BY COMMITTEE ? la Somfi Boxes !><??<! Men, Negroes and Boys lender A?$e Wore Allowed to Vote.?At Other Places Men Who Oould Not he Found Were JBccorded as Voting. * * - 11 1 -^ ^ t i M mforonpft j ne following t in i on.. to irregular or fraudulent voting in the first primary was made by the .^ub-committee of the Democratic JSiate executive committee appointed to investigate the many charges of fraud in the first primary: Abbeville County?The boxes of Antreville arid Cold Springs are the boxes about which there is any question, fn those it seems that the managers were not sworn, and some ?f the voters were not sworn. Of the votes cast 'at those boxes Gov. XHeaae received 186. Judge Jones 50, J.iuncan 6. Total 2 4 2. Aiken County?This county was <varefuliy abstracted. The "otes at the Hath precinct were challenged " ^ ! ? - - ? ^ t / . ,4 a! t ho ana tne prooi is UIIUI^pu icu iiiau wuu mana^rs were not sworn. At that precinct there were 149 votes cast, in addition 'to that irregularity, it -was proved by affidavits that a number of parties voted who were not citizens of South Carolina. Nearly :all of them, however, voted at Hath precinct and are embraced in 149 votes. A few other votes were cast *,y parties that were charged with rot being eligible to vote, running the total number of challenged votes in Aiken county to 18 9. Anderson County?fn Anderson county there appears to have been ~Sh2 votes cast by voters not on the ?club roll and one case by a colored man without the proof required by #.he rules of the party. As far as the committee examining the poll lists were able to report, there wore 78 instances of the same name being on the club roll more than once, running from two to five times, and in one instance as high as -eight. The average is safely three. A large number of affidavits showing that in many instances this occurred by there being several persons of the same name have l>een men -with us and are herewith submitted 'with the evidence. Total challenged in Anderson county, 4 87. This running down of duplicates extended down through the letter "f". Herkeley County?The authorities reported ten votes cast by persons not on tke club roll and one alien voted. Affidavits were filed that liquor was used at Friendship precinct b> county candidates. Charleston County?The newspaper there published the club rolls and the authorities at our expense made an alphabetical list, of fhe pol lists, but they were not published ir the paper. The club rolls and poll lists havt been checked partially against each other and no irregularities found. Cherokee County?There is reported votes of 2.1 persons not on the club roll, but the committee of the **/-*11nfv Rxemitive committee reported that (hoy woro satisfied that there was no fraud practiced in the olec tion in Cherokee county, but some ir regularities. Tti Darlington county there are 1f voaos apparently irregular and unexplained. There were. 5 7 votes at l>a mar reported as not being on the clul roM. The report of the manager? shows that they were on the elul roll Which was formerly adopted, but in attempting to transcribe from thai roll to tfie alphabetical roll these names w,ere left off, and that tbe> used the official roll and every mar voted was on the roll. In Dillon 4.1 names were added tc the certified dlub roll on the day oi the election, hut the affidavits state that, they were taken from the old cdub roil used two years ago, not having been brought forward before the roll wjih oortlfied to. The committee has received lot tor? :hargl-ng that 34 men voted at. the Maple mills and also at Dillon, and that one mm voted nt Imtta and alar at Klrhy, and that no poll 11 str ot nianaRPm' oaths were sent In from fkermudaj This committee has naked the county chairman to send np coploa oi the cliil) rolls and poll llats, and foi vMoy other information in ita .posses salon in order that It might detor nilnued these, but has received ne response. ^ln Dorchester County theme wore 125 votes counted at Summervllh that voted in tho wrong boxes. I was reported by letter that minori nt Pregnals' precinct but neitboi 'names or proof were furnished, al 'though requested. The Oreenville committee reportee 128 votes in Central, where 752 vote were cast, in which tho voters couh not be founii. They reported 24' repetitions on tho poll list and say "We are satisfied, however, that i ocnsiderable portion of this duplica turn in natural and proper, due to th identity -of names in different com muafttaflu On the other hand, man; of those names thus duplicated ap pear to he repeated on the part o those 'voting'." They reported tha ft good many voted without belnj ?.sworn. tw Greenwood County there ar reported 179 men as voting who ar< not on the club rollB and there are 4' ' names that appear twice; but the; httwm net Investigated as to wliethe 'they were repeaters or different met vif tMie same name. Iln Hampton County twenty-gavei men reported as voting whose name sverw not on the club roll, at Cam] d V REPORT ON COTTON i I'HK OKXSl'S BUKKAU'S SECOND OINNKRY REPORT. ? South Carolina Ginning Considerable Itohind Iu?st Year's, While Texas is Much Larger. The second cotton ginning report of tlie census bureau, announced that ?,01 5,033 bales of cotton of the growth of 1912 had been ginned prior e September 25, counting round as half bales. To that date last year 3.57 6,594 bales, or 23.6 per cent, of the entire crop had been ginned; in 1903 to that date 2,500,639 bales or 19.8 per cent, of the crop had been ' - i\ i\ .? * ^ * K ? I ,lotn > _ ^inn6(l) mho in i nwo iu tiiua, j 057,283 bales of 15.8 per cent, of the crop had been ginned. Ginnings prior ' to September 2 5, by states, with comparisons for last year and other big j crop years, with the percentage of j ;ho entire crop ginned to that date in previous years, follows: Alabama. States. Ginnings. PerCt. j 19 12 1 94.33 4 .... 1911 3 GO, 244 21.2 1908 3 16,3 19 23.7 1906 221,851 17.9 Arkansas, 19 1 2 40.447 .... 191 1 43,626 4.8 1908 80,465 8.1 1906 35,837 4.0 Florida. 1912 9,575 2.0 19 11 21,51 0 2 9.8 1908 1 6,657 23.6 1906 1 0,179 .1 7.0 Georgia. 19 12 273.086 .... " ^ o T O ~ A 10 11 / o ^ i . T 1 9 0S 514,898 26.0 1906 281,585 1 7.2 Lotiisia na. 19 12 73,657 .... 19 11 8 9,009 23.4 1908 79,042 10.9 1906 1 39,51 1 1 4.6 Mississippi. 19 12 59,2 2 6 .... 1911 96,829 8.3 1908 1 99,001 12.3 19 0 6 1 5 6,573 10.6 North Carolina, i 9 1 2 1 02,99 9 .... 1911 156,390 13.9 1908 89,063 13.0 1906' 44,^877 7.0 Oklahoma. 1912 78,453 .... 1 91 1 1 16,328 1 1.4 1908 5,705 0.8 ; 1906 17,5 7 0 2.0 < South Carolina. 1912 J 7 7,8 2 7 ... i 1911 338,090 20.0 ? 1908 289,969 23.8 ' 1906 131,262 J 4.4 Tennessee. 1012 992 1911 15,541 3.0 j 1908 2 8,109 8.4 ,1900 7,3 9 4 2.5 I Texas. ' 1 91 2 2,001,097 19 11 1,007,875 40.0 i 1908 966,607 20.0 ' 1900 1,008,850 25.5 All Other State. ,19 12 2,7 4 0 > 1911 . 5,3 95 3.9 I 1908 4,774 0.5 ? 1 900 1,488 2.2 " Branch; and they report that others were allowed to vote without being ? on the club roll, but no fraud is charged. The sub-committee of the aub-comn ittee wont to Orangeburg to ascertain why the poll lists wore lost. It developed there that the county cxonnMvn /'AtmiiiMftn hur! n nnolnted a - sub-committee to investigate the loss ) of the poll lists, as well as any other r irregularities in the election. They 1 reported that they could find out nothing. | The sub-committee of the subL committee had a public hearing, took the evidence of the officers of the ' county Democracy ana evidence from two of the members of the sub-com' mittee. As a result it was found that the poll lists had very mysteriously 5 disappeared. The committee sent to Orangeburg ' reports that the carelessness dls' played in that county?said carelessness being the usual custom used in 1 that county 1n not preserving all the records pertaining to the election, is severely condemned. ' In Richland County two hundred r and ninety-two votes cast in dupli" cate names, which the committee re" ports are some of them explained by y being two persons having the same name; and we have not boen able tr 3 ascertain how many are In that litua3 tion. ' in Spartanburg County there wore * 23 2 irregular votes reported, sue! r as voting and not on the club roll, oi " like irregularities, and 559 apparen repeaters wore shown by the lists <? 1 voters whose names appear mon H than once. Running these dowi ' demonstrated the fact, by a grea [) mass of affidavits, which are herewltl ? submitted, that these apparent repe 14 til ions woro largely due to differen " men having the same name, and won 0 not In fact repeaters; the same ex " perience having been had in th< y county of Anderson. vs>rir countv rnnorto 6- irrecula ? ? - ' votes. J ! Bought Up KntJro Town, o All the residents of the town o e Conowingo, Md., havo b^en orders 4 t.? vacate their houses ac once. Th< y entire village has been purchased b; r a power development company nn< a will !>e flooded In connsciicr. witl the erection of a big power dam ac a ross the Susquehanna river. Th< s population of Conowlngo li abou p 400. SHOT IN HIS STORE | A COLORED MERCHANT KILLED BY RUBBERS NEGROES DiD SHOOTING ? Ceorge Hanl'ord, a Colored Merchant | of Dai'lingtoii, Was Shot to Death in His Store in that City on Thursday Night I>y Two Xegro ltobbers, Who Made Their Escape. A special dispatch from Darlington to The News and Courier s:ty3 Ceorge Han ford, colored, was shot and killed in his store at the corner or Main Street and Avenue D, Thursday night about nine o'clock. There were no witnesses to the shooting exI copt the two negroes who did the shooting and made their escape. J Elias Davis, an aged negro, who lives with Hanford and his wife in the small house adjoining and attached to the store, was sitting on the piazza and heard the shot, and saw two negroes leave in a run. Robbery was the motive, it is thought, as it is said the same negroes held up and robbed Elias Furman in his store about two blocks away just before the killing of Hanford occurred. They took about $30 if ^ am l i win r ui mail Peter Smalls, also colored, was at the Furman store at the time of the robbery, and he and Furman identified one of the three susbects arrestI ed Thursday as being the one that went through his pockets while the other one held a pist ol on him. Apparently they had robbed Hanford and were making their way out of the store, and owing to Hanford's loud cries and shouts of "robbers" they turned back; and it seems that Han ford must have been following them towards the door, and he, too, turned when he found they were coming back because it was Just at this time that the shot was fired an 1 from an examination of the wound it was found that the ball had entered from the back and made Its way1 through his heart and out of his| chest. An Inquest was held over the re mains of Hanford Thursday by Cor- i cner John IT. Kelly, and a jury found j that the deceased came to his death : from wounds inflicted by some per-1 son or persons unknown to them. I Sheriff Register and his deputies; have been dilligent and have exert-! ed themselves vigorously in their efforts to apprehend the guilty ones. Three negroes were arrested at Darlington the following day. All strangers. Circumstances, together with the identification by Furman and Small, point strongly to the guilt of the accused. There is less proof against the other two, but upon being arrested they were found to have pistols on them, and are now being held to answer for this offence. TRAIN' GOK& INTO DITCH. - .... Kngine and Three Cars of Passenger Tiain Derailed. Passenger Train No. 3 2 from Augusta to Florence was wrecked jus-t as if a*.' roached the stiiin at r,e Star Wednesday afternoon. The engine and three cars went down an embankment that is variously stater! to bo from eight to eighteen feet. , Engineer J. L. Wyaong was severe^/ . injured. lie was thrown our on the side that the engine fell an ! was ourieri under the coal from the tender 11 r:ti 1 only his head and hands were lett out. Ills escape was a most remarkable one, and he would have been very much worse injured had It not been for the fact that he remained conscious and could direct tne rescuing party in their work of digging him out from the coal and wrecked tender. His ankle was terribly dislocated and there were concussions on his head and body, but Dr. Gregg, who met him at Sumter says that the injuries will not be serious. This samo foot was injured I* an accident some years ago on the 15. T. and G. road in which Mr. Wysong had nearly as narrow escape as nc had Wednesday nght. Mail clerk to. . S. Hroom was slightly hurt, and Severn! other of the crew had Injuries that were so slight that in the first nvfUomont of tho wreck tbev imHsed ; urrotlced. A physician wtio was n passenger on the train gave the first I attention to Mr. Wysong's injuries. A relief train was Rent out from Sumter with Dr. China in charge. ' The passengers were carried to Flor* one.- shortly after ono o'clock. The ? track was cleared for 85 to pass goir g to Ajuguata Thursday mornmg hut the wrecked engine will he some 5 time In getting in. Tho accident i wan one of those that might have r happened from a number or causes, f hut nothing definite can be said of it f now. ^ ^ a A i Shot hy Unknown Man. * At llenson, N. C., John Smith, a * woll known horso dealer of Smithfield, N. C., was shot and killed and hlH brother, JamoR Smith, wnH seriR ouBly cut in a fight there Monday night. James Smith wen*, into a ronR taurant, where there were four unknown men, and picked up a chip r lying on a chair. An altercation' was started and knives drawn. John Smith entering during the fight, was shot through the body and died soon f afterward. i * ? ? B 1/ONt Her Life for Hat y Caroline Comer, a negro cook, was i struck by a Southern Hallway locot motive Wednesday night Just south - of Danville, Va., and killed. While e crossing the track ahead of the ent gine her hat blew off and sho turned to recover it with fatal consequences. p i Rnd lUi pfadn^pordad ad Mod ?rfkftoff tbm taf of w an mi job wfl bt tin?a m?il mUwmt .rf Id thm ptptn. They ba (bai wuim off than ha k. And w4a* thgr claim b d fbin aib add On ana kaoa year phyddaoX Afaagr troul Indlgeotfocs an Bnjr dm M - . _ -? ?- | .f, JOItm. cure? cairn awncnf unit Noal which b an tttwnal Ural nit tan rnqwira internal remedie internal "mm." They oftai the entire ejrateui than the ti fba. / Rhrmnalbm b ooa at the dbuauagtac 0/ all tmiihln. rimi h often double* ooa up* 1 suffering, makes Ufa mlatrablo When there la no orelll Ltohnant will no doubt help bottle will be enough for a trii hat helped others, and ww trot gBHCn some of them write, which (o HH "1 here seed NoahS Unin HHHO stiff joints end backeche, mm H mom food then eny remedy HH W. Smith, Abbeville, S. C HH "1 suffered wfth e dreedft beck, end tried different reme e bottle of Noab'e Lhrimeat mi H^U| MraJ. D. B?Qinf*Uy, Feint 1 w^ror three yeere I suffer* tfcm. Two bottles at Noah's BH cored bm."?S. K. Cyme, Do CLASSIFIED COLUMN j. Truck Farms for Sale?L. B. Dial, Mt. Olive, N. C. j lilMiufi KitMifi ?ii cat. li ?jU/1- j ninmker Poultry Farm, Normandy 1 I'-iiM. I I A rile J s f??i S^c irtl >>mui?icr propo-1 sitiou. Our place will pltase >011. While Sulphur Springs, Mount Airy, I X. c. _________________________________________ I Wanted?Persona to earn good com- mibHiOiid getting ii/eiu ot/i*& iu' iNUJID mrl Auxiliary Seats Order of Owls! South (tend, ind. Wanted ? Bookkeepers, Stenographers'. Position secured or money refunded. Southern Exchange,! Georgetown, S. C. Marry?Hundreds wealthy members ' will marry soon; ail ages, nationalities; descriptions free. Mrs. Wrubel, Box 26, Oakland, Cal. Come, all lonely bachelor-maids and men join our friendship circle Send stamp for particulars. Friendship Circle, Oneida, N. Y. Engraved" Visiting Cards are neatest and best. Write for showing of the latest, styles and prices. Sims Book Store, Orangeburg, S. C. See the Dixie Land Company for the best bargains and terms in farm land that can bo had. The Dixie Land Co., Barclaysvillo, S. C. Clean Springs?The "Garner House", nearest to spring. Write, phone, or wire us for rates and full particu lars. Will rn?et guests at White Stone. 'Wlndover"-? New house, large newt> ?. oi'itibued ruuUib, muiieru conveniences. Rates reasonable Ad dress Mrs. J. H. Howell, waynesvllle, N. C. Agents-?$10 a day, sell slip-on rainproof coats. All the rage. Factory tc wearer. Tan or gray. Ask for prices. J. C. Moorhead, Mt. Jowett, Pa. 8? utli Georgia?A homo for all farmers who seek a good place to live and make money. Dot us toll you about it. Freeman Toole & Child., Sycamore, Ga. Agents?Canvassers, want more long green? Doubtless you deserve It; here ts your opportunity: send postal for particulars. Burton Co., Dev U8 ?nuo, uinn. New llenutlful Itogfl, woven from your old worn carpets, superior to any In service; plain or designed; any size. Catalogue free. Oriental Rug Co., Italto, Md. Wanted to rent or buy a small hotel in town of 6,000 to 10,000 population, one with a 5 to 10 acre farm preferred. Address Murphy Advtg. Agency, Charleston, S. C. Fifty Farms for Salt*? Aggregating over 15,000 acres of finest cotton, corn, tobacco and all kinds truck lands found In this section. War wrtwMBl If foa Read what thi or haws a rrfatht or aaOy three or fot thfta eaifch dissse% "care" (a low larg ^ Bowmiw of tak so-caked fknaado fov family physic make a saffeeer (as! Yoo would gfr thing anything?? b omm of rtnama- rdatlw or friend, a what that Is ash way. Is a serious d bi% hv oomplsfnt, following if not re nafalwa of these AOweaakyou l's Lini at. Hot one case in MI had an att i. Boron of the* Je?'."<1 '* *? ? ?n..t Liniment took all i do mora to apaet r^ s? aoponqr raUef tixcy -Received U>. ? , \ think it helped m< IIM at auu using mitluT^ la ?h* nff W__* ?K .nlr.rl I- W not checked In Bearer Dam, Va. brings on all sorts of -almo* anbearabla. Noah's Ltnlmi ng or fsrsr Noah's remedy for Rheum you. One 25c LameBack^Stiff J iL Noah's cies, 2>ore i nroat, 7 Ltti V_Tl Sprain*. Cut*. 1 it /o? wffl read what Cramps, Neuralg floww and ail Nerve. Be jent tot Acnes and Pains. 1 will my h did ma The genuine has 1 ever need."?Geo. every package and cut, but has RED iBy eors pain In bt men^Xivi^in dies. Lessthan hafi ment ** ide a perfect cure."? Beware of Unit Eastern. Va. bottle, 25 cents, I i with bone rheoma- dealers In medidu Liniment completely or money refun oald, a. C *> Remedy Cos Inc, saw Realty Co., Warsaw, N. C. White Flamo Burner?Fit any lamp. No. 1 or 2. Better than pas, no smoko. Guaranteed. ?end 2 5c sample by mail. Agents wanted. H. L. I?. Wells, Atty., Sumter, fl. C. For Snle?331 acres of land, four miles from Jackson Springs, 35 ac' res in cultivation; pood building; pood water. Terms cash. Apply to W. L. Holiday, JacLson Springa, N 0. For Sale?Blythe, Ga., complete ginnery and press 2 years old. pinned last year 3,000 bales, bought 400 *' ? ? ! t O f fe A ft nrion I fi , loiip nviru, i/usi i#, |# i\.v v >, f?00 terms. Book Into this. Rare chance to Btep Into money making business. Ceo. Neos. Aumista. (la Slop That Whooping Con|?h?Cure It! Send *1 for prescription. D. O. Wells. Proved Cure. Never falls. No opium. Harmless and perfect. Seventh District?Lever,%1 8,884. Used for 100 years and guaranteed. M. L. B. Wells, Atty., Sumter C. H., S. C. THE B ALLEY-LRBBY CO F< UBBER ROOF/NG' CHARLESTON, S?G? DEMANDS IIIG AMOUNT. Wants Twenty Million Dollars For Falso Imprisonment. Governor Dix, of Now York, has received a letter signed "J. P. Winn, Denver, Colo.," in which the writer demands "an apology from you as governor of the state of New York and $20,000,000 damages for fala* imprisonment and frustration of my life." "Unless my demands are complied with," the communication continues, "I shall enter suit against New York State. I am backed by the army and navy of the United States." Governor Dix said he did not take the matter seriously, but would turn it over to his legal advisor. Gets a I/arge Howard. Sheriff Poole, of Greenville, has turned the reward of $700 offered by the State for the arrest of T. U, Vaughn over to R. E. Allen Jr., the Greenville hoy attending a medical school in Baltimore, who detected him in a church. Ali?to, It is understood, has agreed to turn over $300 of the amount to the detectives wnc made the arrest. South Carolina Lutheran Synod. The program for the meeting of the South Carolina Lutheran Synod hat been announced. This year it meetc In Newberry with the church of thf Redeemer, commencing October 22, and continuing through the 26th VLJ^I \f^ \ * * - *- ** *?- - i it times da/ their particular bottles). ? I ing internal nmeflm Oosadl dan Am and ask him. Ifl I5XX)?yea, $2SjOO~forsmm. I that would eve fM, or /oar H o4 rhenmaHarry which, fay the H lsrase, with more sa ioes results I tiered. I to do Is ta try one 25o slsa bottfts I iment I ack o( rheumatism In my right HI rd for me to get about. NoaVe the pain and soreness away."?? anaboro, Va. ^H bottle of Noah's Liniment and b greatly. 1 suffered with rhet*> ^H: Jc."?Mrs. Martha A. Lambert, BB rat Is the best ^SSEBEBSM IB latlsm. Sciatica, M oints and Mus- IB fijl Colds, Strains, l^f|||jyL\ft] |H Bruises, Colic, H jjB me and Muscle Efl i Noah's Ark on IU!/|UE| H I looks like this UUlluNlli H B > band on front SeStts! ^B BB Noah's Lini- m^SiYini H M' RED ink. H Bnations. Large s.vunr B U A _i j t Til ^Bi uiu aota oy tu i ~~LT"7 h n, ?. Guaranteed I I ded by Noah EBEEESb It Richmond, Va. ^ ^ FIGHT ARE KNOWN BEAD I AIKEN MAN AMONG INJURED IN WRECK OP EXPRESS. i ? ? I j Many Passengers Probably Caught ip Burning Wreckage, Which May Increase Death List. At least eight persons were killed late Thursday, when the neglne of the second section of the Springfield Express, bound from Boston to New York, failed to take a cross-over and nearly the entire train was ditched near the W'eatport-Sagatuck station, on the Now York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. It is believed the injurod will run to fifty. Four parlor cars, heaped up in a mass of wreckage, Immediately burst into flaxnos, which brobably imprisoned and killed some passengers. The exact number of fatalities in the wreck is not known and may not bo determined for some hours. The Identified dead are: Q. L. Clark, engineer; J. J. Moker, fireman; Mrs. James EL Brady, of Albany, N. Y.; two children of Mrs, Brady. There are also three unidentified bodies, two of them women. \ Tho injured includes: Elliott Harrison, of Aiken, S. C., log broken. Tho locomotive, which was running at high speed, went over on its side, after loaving tho roadbed, and the boiler, to all appearances, exploded. Engineer Clark was taken nil.,a Knf anrtti n ffnrwnrd. \7tii au v c, uu t uivu uw?? ? w-, ,, Joseph J. Mokor, his fireman, was crushed to death. The baggage car and the four chair cars next following It were overturned, and In these occurred the loss of life. The three day coaches, although derailed, remained upright. The wreck carried 1 down the poles bearing telegraph wires and delay ensued before outside assistance could bo called. The South Norwalk fire department was called out and began working on the burning cars and surgeons | were summoned from nearby towns. Meantime darkness had fallen and i the work of rescuo of the lnjuroa passengors was slow. The fire burn- , 1 ori several hours in the wreckag-e, 1 The dead,, except the engineer were all believed to have been pas sengers in the first chair car. Fears ' ere held that In this car many pas- f , sengers lost their lives. Under the p wreckage were found the bodies of two women, who died with hands j j clasped. ' 1 | I Ten Children Jbnrned Up. At' St. Bernard, Quebec, ten chili dren, 18 months to 15 years old, a were burned to death In their home during the absence of their parents, 1 Alexander Gravel and his wife. i Automobile Kills Congressman. J \ Congressman Carl C. Anderson of J i Foatorio, O., was instantly killed ; i Wednesday night when the automo-? , bile In- which he was riding turned . over near that city. 1