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HAD PISTOLS DRAWN TENNESSEE HOUSE HAS A GAME BUNCH BF MEMBERS ABE READY TD FIGHT Fusion Lst* Attempt to Force N ote on Law Enforcaaaeiit Measure Hut thw Speaker Adjourns House Without a Yo to?Wild Uvcitenieut for a While. A tense situation was saved in the Tennessee House of Representatives at Nashville Wednesday evening by tho coolness of Representative A. L. Todd, of Rutherford County, who, in a conciliatory address, quieted angry members after Speaker Stanton had declared the House adjourned without a roll call. Tho adjournment brought a storm of protest. In n statement issued Wednesday niaht Speaker Stanton, of the House of I Representatives, said concerning his' adjourning of the IIoubo the ufter-| noon: "I knew, or had reason to know, that members on the floor of the House were armed. The House was in tho wildest throes of turmoil and disorder. In the gallery to tho right wero all of the penitentiary guards in a most threatening attitude, while near them with guns drawn, were John Yea man and a man named Garrett. These two men wore near pillars, ready to pick me or some 0110 else off. Feeling that tho lives of men were in danger, I did adjourn, as any presiding officer would and should have done." Representative McDade had made a written motion that the House set tho so-called law enforcement bills for a special order at six o'clock. Representative Wilson moved to adjourn "Those in favor say 'aye', those opposed 'no'. The House is adjourned." ruled tho speaker without taking a vote. Represent ativo McDade advanced toward the speaker, and Senator i' lauer, wno was on mo stand, steppod between the two men. Speaker Stanton hurried front the hall, and Mr. McDade assumed the gavel. An appeal froiu the decision of Speaker Stanton regarding adjournment waa taken with Representative McDade in the chair, but was lost because there was no quorum. The sergeant-atarms was dispatched in search of Spoaker Stanton. Failing to find hint the House, after ifteen minutes' wait, adjourned. During the uproar it ie claimed thafe weapons were drawn. The exciting finale of the session followed a day's filibuster by regular members who had spoken apparently against time to delay consideration of the law enforcement bills. At the morni n tjf session Representative Testerman, addressing himself to Representative Foyston, had declared "You lie, you hound!" and had started toward him wlion pinioned by Ive other members. Shouts of "Throw him out" and "IIo did not belong here," greeted Senator Fisher when he Interposed between the speaker and Representative McDade and Senator Fisher was escorted from the hall by the sergoant-at-arms. Representative lijach /I o mnmhnra f a nnt 1 ?> \i(d v \i 1HV un/v i IP V.U U L 111111 UUt, BI1U also wa? led away by tho ?ergeant-atarms. On Thursday afternoon as a pracaution against possible rioting over the so-called law enforcement bills, the Tennessee House of Representatives cleared the capitol of all spectators, including members of the Senate, which was not in sessio.n It did not require formal action of the House to do this, as all tho spectators loft after being addressed briefly by Representative Macfarland, who suggested that their presence in the gallories or anywhere in tho capitol would seriously Interfere with the business of the House. Before leaving, however, some of the visitors gained tho assurance that detective! and others suspected of being armed likewise would leave the capitol. A sqnad of policement in tho corrldori left alio. The faction opposing the passage of the so-called law enforcement bills which are designed to make more effective tho present prohibition laws Thursday continued a fllibustei against the moasures. Lato In the day a petition signed by a majority of tho House, it is claimed, urging Speaker Stanton to allow the bills tc come to a vote, was ordered spread upon the Journal. The House votec down a resolution providing thai John Yeaman, a deputy game war den, be cited before the House foi contempt. It Is alleged Yeaman dlsA ,1 . . - I 4U A yiaj'uu a icvuivri wuiiiik inu upiutii in th? IToubo Wednesday when sev oral speaker* charged that gunmer wero present. , Two KiIlo<l in Wreck. Engineer Walter IT. Johnson, o< Chicago Junction, Ohio, and Firemar R. S. Rlackwood, of Pittsburg, wen killed Wednesday night in a wreck o v Kastbound Baltimore and OlMo pos son^er train No. 10, when the engine jumped tho track in Yonngstown, O telephone lines and to farm property deluding prospective crops. i > MANNING IN THE RACE ? SI MTKH MAN ASPIKEH TO HE OUlt NEXT GOVERNOR. AnuoumcoK Ills Candidacy?Stands for lloiiost Crliuuriei and bound llu.siuea* Administration. | Outlining his platform as one of | honest politics and business administration. Richard I. Manning of Sum- j tor Thursday definitely announced that ho would be a candidate for governor in the Democratic primary next summer. Mr. Manning accompanied his announcement with a statement cf his views, prominent in which whs his views, prominent in which was ills advocacy of primary reform. Mr. Manning declared ho was not the candidate of any faction and that unless no was forced to draw the line ho would not recognize the exlctonce of two factions. The statement follows: "My attention ha* been called to a statement, made more than once to the effect that I may not be a candidate for governor in 1914. I feel called upon to answer this statement and, in doing so, I shall take occasion to make certain other declarations which I deem pertinent at this timo. I shall bo a candidate in tho approaching primaries for governor of South Carolina. "Unless it is forced upon mo, I shall not recognize tho existence of two factions in tho Democratic party <?r this state. My own belief is that the people of the Stato are tired of strife and that the time hau come when the interests of all our people will bo advanced by getting together on a platform of principles, administering the government along business lines, looking to tho upbuilding of the educational, agricultural and commercial development of the State. All differences among the whiter in governmental policies and officers have been settled in tho Democratic primaries. "The qualification of tho suffrage in South Carolina was adopted primarily to guarantee white supremacy. Political differences among tho whites were to be sottled by tho primary elections. In order to settle those political differences so that the will of a majority of tho Democratic voters of the Stato Ciall bo obtained, it is necessary thut tho party rulos shall be strictly adhered to and, without going into detail, my opinion is tliat thoy should he amended so as to insure honest elections in which every white man, except those disqualified by constitutional and statutory provisions, shall be given the opportunity of voting, hut that no man shall he allowed to vote mora than once. "The qualifications for votin? In the Democratic primary ars well known and my purpose is not to relax the existing requirements, but to safeguard the honesty and fairneas of primary elections so that the declaration of the primary will carry with it the assurance that the nominees of the party have been honestly and fairly nominated, and that all DomocratB, including those who may be opposed to such nominess, may unite in the support of the party nominees in the general election. "No man with proper aolf-reepoct and sense of right would want an i office acquired by fraud. So that what I ain pleading for is honest elections, the result of such elections tc be the expression of the will of the voters independently cast and honestly counted. The great object to be attained is to get tha honest expreasion of the will of the Democratic voters and no one can complain of th# alteration of any of the party rulei and constitutional provisions thai will secure this object. I call on all candidates for State offices and othorf i interested in honest government tc i unite wit* me in preserving and maintaining fair elections in tho par ty'a prlmariea. "In such elections no one need feai I the result, for the majority must i rule. My position has nlwava beer for a fair ballot and for such rule? i governing elections as will be manl i festly fair to all. I "Demands for restrictions upon the , ballot In the primary, besides thos< i already provided in the constitutlor and rules, are overshadowed by th< > more imperative demands of honesty , in the conduct of elections and th< . maintenance of the integrity of i white man's party in South Carolina With the ideals of honesty realized ) and with party harmony restored r constructive legislation, tending t( t uplift all of the interests of our State > will become easy, and will be cheer I fully observed. In government, as li I nature, evolution does not proceod bj [ leaps. "At the proper time I shall an " nounco my platform and shall en deavor to show In detail tho prlnci ' pies for which I stand and tho poll cies which I think should be pursuer ? in order that South Carolina, in al respects, may keep abreast with th< wonderful progress of the othci states of the nation." f ? i Announces His Death. 5 After having swalowed poison a f his home near Louisville, C,a., Tier - schel V. Barganier, a jrosjerous far i mer, walked into an adjoining roon . and calmly told his brotAor what h< i had don?. He died a few minutoe af terward. t HOW TO FIGHT WEEVIL [ r i SOME GOOD ADVICE SENT T<) SOUTHERN FARMERS. I Department of Agrirult ure Tells Tlieiu to l>o#troy the Stalks miuI Diversify the Crops. The department of agriculture at Washington is Mending out warnings ' to tDo farmer* in tha cotton belt, cautioning theu* against the sproad of the boil weevil. It is also advising them through Bald agents how to deHtroy ami pi event the spread of the insect. "Destroy the cotton sialk early in October, if possible," advises tDo department. "Destroy your stalks even if your less progressive neighbor doea not. It will pay. Clear off , and burn all your rubbish on ditch hanks and other hibernating places for the weevil. This should be done early in the fall. "l>o not plant cotton after cotton but plant your cotton on land that has grown a heavy crop of cowpeas, ^ velvet beana, lespedoza or some other leguminous crop to supply the land with nitrogen and vegetable matter. l'.j*eak the land In tha fall or earlv winter that is to bo planted to cot- ' ton next year. "Where sufficient teams and tools * aro available to plow under and completely bury the stalks this should by all means bo done. Where it Is imposeibe to plow the stalks under they should he uprooted, raked into windrows and allowed to dry for a few days, they should then bo burned. To prove the value of destroying the cotton stalks, the department conducted experiments in Amite county, Mississippi, last, year and the following results are shown: " 'On 117 acres where no stalk ? were destroyed but where all other instructions of the government were followed, the average yield was 61 9 pounds of seed cotton per acre. On 28 acres where the stalks were destroyed before October 10, and the same cultural methods applied, the average yield per acre was 1,000 pounds of seed cotton, or a gain of 44 1 pounds of seed cotton per acre, worth at that time $17.64, was secured by early fall destruction of stalks If it pays a few men $17.64 per acre to cut their cotton stalks before October 10, what would it mean to a county if every stalk In It were cut before October 10?' "On the other farms in the same county where none of the government instruction was followed, it took from eight to ten acres to make a bale of cotton." LIYK STOCK PLANS. Calloway Kxpleins Scheme to Help South Carolina. Congressman A. F. Lever is iu receipt of a letter from Assistant Secretary Galloway outlining the plan for encouraging live stock production in South Carolina. The plan contemplates the selection of about fifteen , counties, where the greatest interest , is being rnanlfostod in live stock, and the selection of two good live Btock men with six to eight counties oach to handle the work in co-operation with Clemson college and the prosent farm demonstration work in the Stats. Theno men will organize 1 ire* , stock associations in the various , counties and then seloct a suflicient . number of live stock demonstrators , to he visited by State experts whon. over practicable. Just ns soon as the . two experts can bo procured work , will begin in earnest. , Mr. Lever expresses himself as bo ing highly gratified with the boginl ning of the undartaking and fools , satisfied that the plan agreed upon L , the best arrangement possiblo to he I had under the circnmstances An. nouncement was made at Washington Thursday that some one from the de. partment of agriculture will ho dol tailed to deliver an address In con, nection with the exhibit of the South , Carolina poultry association at the . mace rair. Mr. l.ever too* thin matter op with th? department, at the k request of Mr. Thompson, president k of the poultry association. ? Kl'KTDIS ON TRAIN. r :? > Not? F1?ned on II?r Waist Giro Directions for Funeral. Mrs. Oscar Golden, of Doerun, Ga., committed suicide on a Georgia > northern passenger train Monday > morning hy taking carbolia acid. She " left a note saying she got on a train 1 to take the poison to insure escape i rum muuH Ui iiucnuuii. ill UIO note, which was pinned on her waist, Mrs. - Golden gavo minuto direction as to - her funeral even naming the minister - sho wished to officiate, and asking - that she lie buried in a white shroud. 1 "Ciivo tho sixty cents in my purse 1 to my two sons," she wrote. Accord5 ing to relatives, sho had shown signs r of insanity for some time, and her husband was considering sending her to a sanitarium. t Control Forest Fire. After burning for three days with - damage to timber and agricultural i lands estimated at $1,000,000 and 3 upwards, forest fires In four countie* - of Central California wore reported under control Wednesday afternoon, j SULZER'S TRIAL ON ? GOVERNOR BREAKS EVEN SN THE MIST TVI DATS TESTIMONY IS HEARD + Witnesses Say There Was NO Strings /Tic<l to Contributions and (Jovernor \\ * Fr*^ to l'?o Them u.s llo I'IcmimmI?JikI^c Union to Admit All Testimony. Wodneaday's testimony marked the Dponlng of the actual t r in I of William Sul/.er, the impeached exeeutlvo of Now York, which until noon Wednesday had been delayed by arguments :)f objections of counsel for the defense. At that hour all obstacles to the taking of testimony had been swept aside by vote of the court, thereby permitting Eugene Lamb Richards of counsel for the mnnagors of the impeachment to outline tho evidence against the governor. This opened the case. The last of these obstacles -tho motion of tho defence to quash the three articles of the impeachment dealing with tho governor's alleged misuse of his campaign contributions was disposed of in this manner: Presiding Judge Cullen overruled the motion without prejudice-to its merits and recommended that decision ho reversed until tho testimony was all in. This recommendation was adontod hv the court by a vote of lb to 7. The negative votes all were east by Democratic senators. The first witness was then put before the judges. Cov. Snl/.er was free to use the $L\r>00 cheek given him by Jacob H. Schiff, a New York banker, in any way he chose. The banker so declared on the witness stand at the impeachment trial of the governor. The designation of the check across its back as a contribution to the governor's campaign fund did not restrict its use to that purpose, Mr. Sell iff said. Henry Morganthau, ambassador to Turkey, formerly chairman of the finance committee of the National Democratic, committee, tebtifled thftt when ho gave the governor a cheek for $1,00 0--a personal contribution ?-he had placed no limitations on its use. He said, however, that ho had made the gift to help the governor in his campaign and had been "foolishly generous". These are two of the alleged campaign contributions which uiu arucn'8 01 iiiiy^ttciuiiem against the governor charge that he minuted. On Thursday Jacob H. Schltf, the banker, was recalled, and he testified that he was recently asked by Samuel I. Frankenstein, a former law partnor of Gov. Sulzer, if he would accept the return of the alleged $2,500 campaign contribution which tho banker Wednesday said he gave to the governor without restriction aa to its use. Mr. Schiff said ho had replitd negatively. The high court, by an unanimous vote Thursday decided to admit all testimony pertaining to campaign contributions made to the governoi even though they were not specified in the articles of impeachment. Thii ruling paved the way for the Introduction of evidence intended to show the governor had solicited and receiv ed large contributions from brewing interests. Counsel for the impeachment man u#ers said they were prepared t( prove the governor received campaigr contributions "vastly in excess" o the total mentioned in the articles o impeachment. There wsre more thai jlOO not accounted for, counsel aR or t ?* IA rPh A na ni A? rv f a lnr?A ?????? d\ i wui x iiu unuix~n U4 m iai ft*: Hum ber of these contributor*, other th;ir I | those of the brewing interests, we?r< brought Into the evidence. These In eluded f>2 persons mentioned a: drawers of Sulzer checks, in the sc count of Louis A. Sareeky, 11?o gov ernor's campaign secretary, In th< Mutual Alliance Trust company This account showed, with checks am cash, that deposits of $14,400 ha< been made between September 10 1012, and the date of the governor': inauguration. Decision on the question an t< whothor Sulzer's alleged misuse o checks given him without restrictioi an to their use constituted larcen: was reserved to give the court an op portunlty to investigate the author! tioa. The question to the admissibility o the evldenco on campaign contribu tlons not cited In the articles of im prachment precipitated a heatet wrangle among the attorneys. "Theso transactlona?a hundred o moro In number," aserted John B Htanchfleld, counsel for tho prosecu tion, "constituted a common scheme a dopign on tho part of the respon dent to display certain contribution; and conceal others. T can Reo tha tho falluro to report one might linvi been an accident; two a coincidence but to fall to account for a hundret is a crime." Attorneys for the governor protest ed that the articles should be troatec as an indictment and that tho gov ernor could not bo tried for offence; not alleged in such indictment. Presiding Judge Cullen overruloc the objections. Ho pointed out tha tho governor's counsel had boon glvei ALL A TISSUE OF LIES SAYS WIIALKY, REPLYING TO CHARGES OF ( RACK. +. Congressman UcclAi'fn That tlio Mayor Is Actuated l?y Personal Hostility to llim and His. When Mr. Whaley was asked about the petition filed by Mayor J. I*. (Irace he characterized the allegations as a tissue of lies from beginning to end, says the Washington correspondent of The News and Courier. Mr. W'haley then made the following statement: "The people of South Carolina and the city of Charleston know this to be a fact, if for no other reason th;v* that the allegations are fathered by Mayor Grace, whose reputation as a character thief, and w ho. e rile opposition to me, politically and personally, is well known to the people of the State and district. "The man whom I defeated for tho nomination, Mr. Hughes, has made no protest, although he could have made such a protest to the State board of canvassers, and the House of Representatives in the proper way. If he is complaining, hie coninlaint has not been nindp known, and I lake it that ho, (ho real man in Interest, who naturally know best the situation, has acquiesced in my nomination and election, otherwise ho would bo the contestant in this matter. "I confess no surprise at the action of Mayor draco; ho is my political and personal enemy, the personal and political enemy of my family for years, and it is another evidence of the vindictive and unrelenting character of the man who happens, by accident, to be the mayor of Charleston. Mayor (Irace has an unorganized and insane mind, think# like a house afire and is about ss destructive and illogical. He has ambition and loves power as much as any man I have ever seen. He is a chronic oflice-peeker, having run for the State Senate and being overwhelmingly defeated. He ran for sheriff, and was overwhelmingly defeated by the people of his own county, who knew him best. Then my brother-in-law, KxMayor it. doodwyn Ithett, win candidate for the United States Senate, and Mr. flrace entered the race with the avowed purpose only of defeating my brother-in-law. lie canvassed ev cry county in the State, and yet hi* purpose so plainly vindictive an< vituperative that his total vote di< not exceed two thousand in the en tire State. He then ran for mayor o the city of Charleston and hv everj artifice known to the demagogue, an< hy every appeal to passion and pre i judiee, succeeded in winmiag tliih po sition hy one hundred and eighty votes. Ilo has uever been, and is no now, tho choice of the progressive business people of tho city of C'karlea . ton. He is a disturber, and a dan fsrous iconoclast, who seeks to temi . down, without pointing out how t< i build up. I "His opposition to me is mot sur prising, for I have regarded his meth k ods as dangerous and have, there i fore, opposed them with all tie i strength of which I am possessed Hiu campaign against me last sprinj i was vicious, vile and evidently movei ' by pergonal hostility to me and m family. His candidate was defeatei ' by a clear majority of the untram - melal Democracy of the district, am > bis action at this time is an svidenc of the fact that, he Is disgruntled - sore, desperate and willing hy impli > cation to befoul his own nest. "As far as 1 am concerned, I rc ^ gret that these dirty and maliclou ^ charges should he filed against me 1 but I shall not let them interfer with my efTlciency as the Uepresenta tive of the First district. My clove 1 years as a Renresontative in the ' legislature of South Carolina; m four years as the chairman of th * judiciary committee of that body; m one year as Speaker pro tern, an four years as Speaker of that bodj s are evidence of the estoqm and resp< * and confidence In which I am hoi * bv the people of South Carolina Th * further evidence of this esteem i * shewn in my unanimous election a a prarident of the State r>emocrati Convention in 1910 and my electio } last year ns a delegato to tho Haiti ' more Convention. "\ "The charges of Mayor Grace nr irritating, naturally, but those wh understand the situation and kno^ the facts. rpnil'/n tlmt om inmi ? , . vu'j; m u iimj/i I . ed by tho desperation of a man whos admitted ambition was to come t Congress, and who realizes that m j election destroys absolutely the pros poet, of the realization of that ambi tion. Tie is merely playing a ban guided by a rn\\id obs^sso ' and insar ed by personal hostility to me, and am willing and ready to rest my cas upon the facts." Fatally Wounds Fiancee. 5 Marguerite CJllbert, seventeen year old, daughter of a wealthy farmer c j Redding, Conn., was shot and fatall wounded shortly after midnight Wed . nesday by John Todd, her fiancee 1 Todd declares he pointed a riflo a _ her as a joke and pulled tho triggei H not knowing it was loaded. ample opportunity to request th 1 prosecution for a bill of particulars t Tho court voted unanimously in fa i ror of letting all the evidence In. t ! WILL CERTAINLY RUN CMNK8CALK8 IlKNIHH THAT IIK WILTi WITHDRAW. ? -? I* ? Veteran Speaker and I In* Assurances of SupiKtrt From All Sections of the State. "I will most assuredly bo in the race for governor and will make an unrelenting campaign," said Dr. John j (I. Cllnkscules, of Wofford college, Wednesday to a Spartanburg Herald reported. "Al?<>, you might say I will be the next governor of tlvo State." Rumors have been prevalent throughout the State for several months that Dr. Clinkscales would not be In the race; that he intended to withdraw. He kills this rumor with tho foregoing statement. It was said that he would ho physically unable to make the campaign because of ill health. Dr. Clinkscales stated that lie had been campaigning for the past fourteen years for \^'offord college and as an apostle of education and that "a. little thing" like a canvas for gubernatorial honors would not deter him. Dr. Clinkscales said because he had Indiscreetly exposed himself in all kinds of Inclement weather this summer in making his educational speeches, lie had contracted a scvcro cold and had to ho confined to his room for about a week. "For this reason, 1 suppose," ho said, "the rumor of tiiv physical disability started, hut since that time I have made many speeches." When Dr. Clinkscales made his announcement that lie would he in tho race for governor, running on a compulsory education platform, it created a deal of interest throughout the state, fc>r there is not hardly a section in South Carolina in which lie is not known. For the past fourteen years he lias averaged two speeches a day during the summer on educational topics, and he is perhaps one of the best extemporaneous speakers in the state and an orator of finished abii; ity. In debate ho is a foeman of tested metal. Dr. Clinkscalos said that ho had expressions of pleasure at his decision to run for governor and assurances of support from all conditions and classes of people in the lecturing tours over the st ate. ? SHOT 11V IMS FillFM) I ?. I Khrhardt Young Man Victim of Distressing Acident. Mr. Monroe Kinnnl was shot Satur' day night near Khrhardt by his friend Mr. liters. Acordlng to the report, 41 r. Klnard and his friend, Josoph ' Iliers, both young business men of ( Khrhardt, left Khrhardt after business hours Saturday night on bicycles for the home* of their parents in St. John's community, where they inr tended spending the week-end. Ity ) way of protection along the dark roads they had to travel, each carried - a pistol. On the way, at a particular ly dark section of the road .they dc cided to fire their guns. Mr. Klnard ? is said to have fired several shots and . Mr. Iliers endeavored to follow suit, k hut the pistol refused to act hut later 1 went off accidentally, the hall entory ing Mr. Kinard's body, just below the d heart and passing through the left - lung. d Supporting Mr. Klnard, Mr. iliers * took him along the road 'n the diree1. tion they ha I come. They soon met i- Mr. Perry Kinard, who took his wounded brother in the buggy to the nearest neighbor's, where medical aid s was summoned. The wound proved ?f fatal, and at noon Sunday he died. e Before his death it is said that Mr. . Kinard asked that no censure be at,, tarhed to Mr. Hiers, as tlio shooting o wan entirely accidental. j 0 ntiminaii < akhlfssnhsh. '' Cliildrcn Should Not Have "I'nloodr, ?t e<l" Mitles for Toys. Seer Hair, a young negro twentyone years old, was shot through tho right lung and dangerously wounded by a parlor rifle in tho hands of Lonnio Powers, an eleven-year-old white " boy, Wednesday about one o'clock, at tho corner of Divine and Assembly streets, Columbia. Hair was rushed e to tho Good Samaritan hospital, ? where examination showed his N wounds to bo dangerous, tiie outcome of wliicli can not be told at this time. e The bullet entered his right sido ? just below the ribs and ranging upy ward, passed through his right lung, lodging in the left side just below the heart. (' Young Powers stated that he was playing with the gun and didn't know ' it was loaded when he pointed it at 0 Hair and told him to stand still a minute. For one so young, he kept his composure remarkably well under the circumstances, but appeared very 'S solicitous for the welfare of tho via if tim of his childish prank. 7 Tho white boy is being detained at I- police headquarters for the present, ). pending tho result of tho negro's >t wounds. \ ? Four Fireineti Hurt. o Four firemen were seriously hurn!. ed while fighting a tire in tho Ashes- A tos and Hoofing Material plant at New Orleans. A