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TUESDAY AfP FRIDAY NEW SERIES VOL. 1. NO. IS Weekly, Established 1800; Dally, Jan.13, lfci*. ? 1t ANDERSON, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE 19. 1914. PRICE S?.So THE YEAR. SURPRISE PARTY STATEMENT PUBLISHED AS FOUNDED AMERICANS HINDERS MEDIATION United State* Charged With Try Li? .'ff ' ? mg to Put Mere Skeleton Ac tion Across. W/ As (Hy Associated I'rcBs.) Niagara Falle, Ont., June 17.- ."he Huerta delegation lo* the media'lon conference Isrucd a statement to night charging that the insistence hy the United Htatcs on a ( ?(institution al is t for thc provisional prerldency. as opposed to "neutral" was "tanta mount" to abetting, and even exact ing, fraud and vlolcn?e at the elec tion?." \ The qubllcatlo? of this statement was unexpected hy thc American del egates When they learned of it their attitude war. that (he Huerta delegates were acting ontlrely within their own rights when th?v ori'trlsed the Ameri can plan for the cstt-.illshment of a provisional government in a commu nication addressed to thu Americans themselves, nut-they- were greatly sur prised by th? Mexican' delegates' action in giving ItTt.ut. > ; - Justice Lamar and Mr. Lehman *f ead tho statement issued; by the M?xican delegation and determined to 'make public their reply. This vm\ ho giv en out tomorrow. . Tho Mexican statement outlines the substance of h meorandum dated June 12, which the Huerta delegates gave to the American delegates and to which the latter since have replied: The preface of the statement. *?r plnlned publication tonight was made because knowledge of the criticism al ready had reached representatives'of the' press. Continuing the statement follows: r? ; "'"There-"ia', certainly bo. reason for fa rt h er conceal men t of the dlff efcacca that have arisei?.between th? Mexican and tho Amer loan delegation?, to which the press-has already- re?r'1 'adopting a principle advanced by the mediating, plenipotentiaries, agreed tb the designation of a provisional pres ident. Tho American delegation mtb mitted its plan based on tho condition that tho provisional pi esr Silent shall bc a constitutionalist, a condition the Mexican delegation flatly rejected,' of Its own accord, and without even con sulting ita government. To put In writing, the rearons for the rejection, so that they might better be studied by thc American delegates, ibo Mex ican delegation addressed tb them' the memorandum , . mentioned, the chief con s ld elations of which arc as fol lows: -, . Would Falsify Voie'. "In a country'-unused to electoral functionc, Kuch-ufl Mexico and partic ularly in th? circumstances and con ditions it would be In, once tbe revolu tion luid coated, a provisional govern ment composed of Revolutionists in . authority tbraiteh'nut. . the .eOBBtry ''would tura the-elections as it wish ed: the nuhitc' vb.ts would bc falsi fied and tho'result would necessarily bo tho election of another revolution ist. Consequent)* when Ute Washing ton goveir.inout. insists today- on tho designation of, a -constitutionalist as provisional preslflent, it favors . also from, today ,'the the Imposition ot a revolutionary president at tho eloc tt?rie. Such au attitude is bad . for both, countries and for the chief or the revolution (who will doubtless al so be a- candidate;) bad for the two countries, because R'Will create a na tional sentiment of hostilities in the Mexican people, 'when, a similar sym pathetic rapptobtmcriiVbetween thom and the Unitoa St?t'eB should ho striv en for; bad for farrants and for. his party becaure qubllo opinion 1n Mex ico whose suseeptlbiiHy In the matter Is weil known tb thom, w?uld even ac cuse them of hayhig^i-ouiht about the intervention p?-V':f?relgn nation to enablo them io achieve power, and .it wielding an ??''authority submissive to a Toreign government. "In Mexico, .tn?'?h'e present circum stances, only a well balanced .govern ment can guaran too electoral freedom, co that the rejection ot the neutral government propoesd by . the medi a to rs is tantamount to abetting and oven to exacting fraud aad! violence at the electio??r ..' "Tho American delegation draws an illogical inference >whoa lt says, that tho rebel successes chow that the. na tion I? with them. Only ??pty ?>-m. "If thingc are a? the ?elcgates state them, to be, Carran xa L .certain of lils election and tn thu?.-casa only a matter or form ls bolng. discussed which is whether ho .is tty/Jb* elected at elec tions held by the rebel provisional government, which win exercise v.o lence" against th^^heople tb aOhleVe Ita end, or at elections presided over by a neutral government which will carry them but hbnesttyV Now: the govern ment ot a -people"; In the. front' jrsnk of civilliatloo and mmal culture Can - not aasutnu for a mere matter of form the, responsibility for the continu?t ion of thc slaughter, pillage and the atrocities which accompany the pres ent struggle in Mexico and which u vain effoit has beda made to conceal from thc public of the Uultcd States/' Hope of Outcome. Dispatches tolling of ibo break be tween General Carranza and Francisco Villa, have buoyed the mediating plen ipotentiaries and' other principals in thc Niagara Falls-peace conference to to hope that after all perhaps there is a chance for successful outcome of their efforts. Confirmation of rumors that ull lt? nci. serene in the consti tutionalist camp, it [is felt, possibly may weaken thc stubborn attitude- o? I Huerta's foes. j ' It ls admitted this hope is not built on a firmer foundation than a desire j that such may be the result, but never 1 thelcss there was talk tonight that ? Friday would not see the end of the ! conferences, as predicted last nf<;ht j when it became kn?wn tl;at the Ameri can delegates failed In thc purpose of their trip to Duffalo when they talked with General Carranza's agents. While there were no formal confer ences today, conversations between thc mediators and American and Hu erta delegates developed a distinct ten dency to prolong the mediation in the hope of an ultimate agreement. Evi dence of friction In the constitution alist ranks, stimulated the Huerta del egate? to make known their anxiety to have thc conference continued at all costs, hoping the United States might be persuaded to accept a neu tral, who would be accorded recogni tion and therewith moral support to crush Carranza and Villa. Tbc American delegates are waiting for Washington to digest the report sent them of the conference with Ra fael Zubaran and Luis Cabrera in Buffalo yesterday, which showed the United Slates could not hove for co operation from the conBtttutlonalsts in endeavoring to Bettie the .Mexican ' problem by diplomacy, lt was appa rent in many quarters today that a withdrawal of thc whole hearted sup port the United States has given thc conrtitutlonallsts would cause no sur prise here. The mediators are watch ing the situation in Northern Mexico with keen interest. Submit Names. > Thus far tha American and Huerta dele gat ea have, been in complete disa greement on names for the.provisional presidency. . If \the d?adlbclf is un/ brofte^^ : "to ?&m?iV.i?lve'or six" a?aiei?.7 The men on 'the mediators Hst are as ' nearly neutral'v-na the mediators can find. Not one ts a militant constitutionalist, but most ot them sympathize with the constitutionalist movement. With the knowledge that tho m?diat tors have some names to suggest, the chances of an agreement being reach ed have risen considerably. Inciden tally it became known that there bad * been a tendency to favor the names Of Francisco Carbajal, chief justice of the supreme court of Mexico, and Juan Lara Villar, president of thk military court, whose names were * suggested at a recent conference hy the Ameri I can delegates. The Mexico i delegates ?are thoroughly in. acer rd with the choice of either of. the two men al though they were presented informally to determine sentiment. . Carbajal has j been a member of the supreme court \ for many years. . wLLuuivii tic</U\ j SOUTHAMPTON Kaiser Wilhelm II With a Thous and Passengers Rammed by ' Grain Carrier v (By Associated. Press) ' Southampton,' June 17.-T~Tke North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm, ll, which left Southampton shortly af ter noon today for New York with a .thousand passengers l? anchored to night off Netley, three miles to the southeast with : a big. hole, in her side amidships, caused by a collision with th? Liverpool grain steamer Incemore, from a Black sea port for Antwerp. The Incemore, a smaller craft than the German etea mer, is tn dock' het e with her bows badly, smaabed. The collision occurred lu the English channel in a fog. Just how lt ..ooo ur red and which vessel was responsible could not be ascertained tonight. Of ficers of tho Kaiser Wilhelm ll, re fus? to give but information. Scant -d?tails came from the Incemore,. That vessel, those, oh board said' virtually had stopped because of the danger of continuing underway in a* thick fog, when* BUddently there' loomed un im?f ahead of her the Kaiser Wilhelm." Both captains did their best to avoid a collision, but th? Incemore struck tho liner on the starboard Bide amid ships. The impact crumpled up har QWU bows and. tore;' a big gap in the ? Kaiser Wilhelm's side. ? Those' aboard the -.Incemore believed', th?? hole was entirely above tho w.Mer line. . The two steamers';.Bto?4 by each other, until it Tea ascertained neither : needed i mm ed late ? asslstan ce ;,. thea ? both started slowly for Southampton. Ttt? fore peak of the Incemore rapid ly-filled with water, but the birkhead confined it there and? she mahagel to crawl Into port) There lt waa fcund tho damage to the bows extended 'or ' n iohgth ot tw?lve and a 'width of fe.t feeti" ' BETWEEN CHIEFS 1 MEXICAN GENERALS* DIFFER I ENCES STRAIGHTENED 'REPORTS CONFLICT Villa Men Occupy Seats Held Once By Other Man's Hench men at Juarez (By Associated Press. > Laredo, Tex.. June 17.-Men who urrlved here today from Saltillo, Mex ico, reported that desperate efforts were being made when they started for the border yesterday to patch up tho diff?rences between General Car ranza and General Villa which result ed in the tender of Villa's resignation as commander ai the central army of the Constitutionalists. Men of influence were hurried to thc camps of both, fact inna in an ef fort to reestablish harmony, hut there was a tenseness in the atmosphere which showed plainly bow grave nil considered the situation. Foreigners who remain at Saltillo, and many constitutionalists them selves, expressed the opinion that should a final break between Villa and C&rarnza occur, intervention by the United States would result. . The threatened break between the two Courtitutlonuli'. t leaders undoubt edly bad origin, thora who reached here today declared, in the unexpected and apparently ill-advised attack of General Panfilo Natara on 'Zacatecas Natera, it was said, was ejtremcly anxious to take the town before Villa arrived on the Keene to anare the", glory bf conquest, it wan raid, resent ed Nat era's recent promotion to gener al of OivlElon. Natera t'id not await orders to at tack tho .(? .vu aud 'n a desperate ns ault on La Bouffa, a hill wlm:h com mends'fbi? town, was r.aid to ha.e lost between Vi CO. and -JLt-oO-meit' in Ull ed abd .wounded, a large percentage .ot bb* force,' .which if said. -tp.'-'/i'ihno'er of "'Villa1 and ' lt i waa saitt'^ofli told'to fight his own bottles and ' that as he had gotten himself intb-'ft". scrape by following Instruc tions, he niuai extricate himself alone. ?--Villa Stayed Home. h. lt ls said Carranza then intervened and ordered Villa IQ go to Zacatecas and aid, Notera. It was inferred that Villa understood this order to mean that he^Wac to supercede Natera in command, lt wus alco said that Gen erals Benavides und Ortega, whose troops were-to have formed ttae re inforcements, declined to serve under Natera'e command, . although they said they would with Villa. It was ru mored that Villa agreed to go to Za catecas If ne were in supreme com mand, It ie known that there was an interchange of mesages between Vil la and "Csrranza and that these were followed by Vitia's r?signation? lt" was reported that a representa tive from each of Villa's brigades was to. come to Saltillo to consult with Cerrahia about Villa's, successor, but thevthdd not nrHyod early Tuesday, and it was reported then at Saltillo that instead they rent a message sign ed py Vitia and fourteen generals, ?.?ay?ng that they no longer recognized Caranna as the first chief of th? con at'tutioUalirt army. hut . that they now would continue to operate independen ly against.Huerta, the common- ene ' (Continued on,page 8.) ?j* .>..., ., Te New Home ? A COST OF ABOUT MtfcZtoft' THE DANCE DOGGED FIGHTER AGAIN WITH HIS SUPERIOR CALLED HIS HAND The Military Officers Refused to Fight Without Villa to Lead Them (By Associated Press) Washington's June 17.-Official infor mation tcaehing-'the Washington gov ernment tonight from American Oon sul Edwards, at^Junro;:, said General Francirco - yilla ?uid General Venusti ano ("arrunza,; leaders of tin* Costitu tlonaiittt movement in Mexico, had patched up thelr differences and lliut Villa would; take charge of the mili tary movement agnhut Zacatecas, where the revolutionists forces recent ly met revertes ' . That ("r'ueral Villa had determined upon a break ? with Carranza and hud demonstrated. hlft "attitude by impris oning some of tho "ritlleers in the Ural constitutionniisdThlef's command wa. verlfled lu repot ts' to the State de partment. IC&^?, declared, however, that Villa's action liad served the pur pose for whlc?'?/.was originated und that tho conqueror of Torre?n and Saltillo would ^nimand the military :ylvance ngaiit?t.ltf nerta from this time forth without interruption. The interoecinb 'dispute In the Mex ican revolutionary^ movement ranks while mediation at Niagara. Falls rest ed had stirred xiMciuls herc, but Con sul Edward's:mC6??ge served to re lieve anxiety , y Other oiilciul di?patches' .eceiyod hero/jijtjjrsc' to thy effect that all of the priheiijiVotlU ors of the revo tlonary lor.U'afiildtfU/.wlth Villa in his I diff?rence; w.l^JffieVtk^stitutioniilisrti first chief o;A^'??ic6thops of 'procedure in the-, mit!?a,1p^A?K^?iinxlij?j? ;.' und ?hat Curranza hiu'r UgXeed that Vitia .-.hould ?uko i'p siipi.ei?e'.con.mand in the mili tary opor?tI0n8?it|gninst. \ the Huerta officers under^ral?;?tocItf?ing-.G?uoi'ftl Felipe, Angelemmi? .chiefv bf ' urUHers; M^ui?vaed' as a ? Utid! |.\niih*m;*T^ Where ?rfcfc \Wr:curcd. According to 'JIO official' dispatcher I the d'ffertmce betwc-K7v Cart aliza and Vlllp. arose over thc attack upon Paca tecas. Genera*" Carranza, it waa stat ? inf ii-ted that-General Na te ra should lead the assault und .mapped out thc plans which Villa did not support Villa' insisted, according to reports that the leader of the Constitutionalist forres was being influenced by' am bitious politicians In the revolution?r;, movement, arid' determined tbut thr only way to meet the'situation was to resign hiB tommisrlon as chief of thc military forces in northern Mexico., Carranza accepted, hi.* resignation and ordered Villa to Chihuahua to assume the military governoi^hlp of that State. Immediately following his . restura tion In command of tho situation ii. Northern:Mexico. General Vi.'la ls de clared to have ordered the Imprison ment of men who have stirred up the trouble between himself and Carrah ES. Oit?ci?? diavuieiu'K to inc. vynEHlng ton government mado no mention ol thir, but tho agent of General Carran za hero ls said to uti derain ntl the sit uation thoroughly and In some/official quarters, the actloii of Villa was com mended- The turn In events al so" was regarded aa emphasizing j thel promi nence and-ability of General Angeles, (Continued on pnge 2?) 0? Anderaon^odge 120? ?l?,ObO-^-NOT QUITE C^UPUBTBtD, Bl 8 DUH INO THE STATE CONVENTION FIRST GUN FIRED IN SENATE FIGHT SMITH AND ELEASE CLASH IN THE BEGINNING WARM AND BITTER Stir at the Outset Threatened to Cause Co replications of a Serious Nature. Special Cot resp?ndem e St. Matthew:?, .lune.. 17.-The campaign meeting dbi not begin un til 11:0 o'clock, hut before an hour tittil elapsed, a halt lind been called and Ibero was a moment of threatened rom plications. Governor Blcaso was rending from ht* s.Ouu word manu script, and was charging that Smith was responsible for the appointment o? James I.. Sims of Urangcburg, as United Stai -s marshall, the man who hud once edited a negro newspaper. The. senator waa on hts feet,at oneal land reminded the governor that Sims .va-.: li. ii'. Tillman's appointee, und tlial Tillman, und Tilintan alone, was ? caponr-lEle for .sims. The governor resorted to his heap >f docume?tu?y cvldiiWH and produr sd a letter from Senator Tillman in which the Senior Senator said "Smith ' and 1 have agreed upon the appoint ment of Sims." The letter was said ?o have been written.to W. M. Shel ton of Colonial HelghtJ, Columbia. Then Senator Smith advanced to the front of the stage anil said: | "No man in the {mage of God can | . all me a liar, 1 have told you that Sima war. Tillman's appointee, that we agreed that he should have Sims und Thurmond appointed, ami that I was to lave Weston and Crouch. Tho agr?uni ut between us svus t.iat there wai to be no light by either of us when tue appointments came up lu the si.iu for confirmation." Before uil this hud been uttered, the .confusion ind uproar waa BO, great { that hearing was difficult, and ,Dr. T. F."."Dreher, the chairman,-who' had jtouo I-b^twcniivihe- twoY ?teqd that. Senator, Eu? governor made. Ilia? chaructcHsv4 ! fie' atthclc bli. the newspapers nUd he chaVgeu that-both thc county abd the Unto convention had .been "pucked," held up to acorn the' leaders ! of the convention' aud denned the new pri mary regulations as u clever device !o cheat thc poor man out of lils priv ilege-to vote. Governor (ileane also I redlted Hoke Smith of Georgia, with I :olrig tho author of thc Smith-Lover Agriculture bill, "I notice that Son ttpr Smith lc o member of tho immi gration committee. Hero he had an pxccplipual opportunity to he of ser vi'je tb the country. Yet i do not see .in t he Ima made any effort to restrict immigration." he i tuted. Defended I'Htuurv. 1 0. Jennings of Sumter, who has never -before sought political prefer ment, followed Governor Please. Mr. Jennings war eloquent.In the defense of the new primary regulations aud he mavlc friends by l?ic randy answers to quest lom* that were hurled at him from, the audience in regard to these I?CTT rnlPK. "Tho i charge lina been maue that tao organized movement is in foot to deprive the poor man of his vote. How, I ask. can this be done. When the ns?ertion as is-mude, demand that the accuser, givt you the basis of this accusation. I ??efy any man to find one Une or clause of ihe new, primary law that can be so j conrti uctcd. The mau who would make euch charges knows that lt is > B.P. O.E. '* *?**fm JT HAS BEEN TURNED OVER?tO OF TH? ELKS tommy rot und ix guilty of Hu* rank est dcmngog?ry," lie declared. W. I?, Pollock of Oheraw, was the lirst speaker to mount the stund lu the aflernoou. Though uninitiated in stale politices, Mr. Pollock i?as served Ihree terms in the State legislature und wus once clerk oula; congressional, committee in Washington. Mr. Pol | lock promises to develop into an aggressive campaigner. He uttuck?-d the present state administration and said that the governor stood for many things timi he could not stand for. "I shall never align myself willi the luwh'ss element of the State nor shall 1 eyer endorse the setting aside of the verdict of 14,000 Jurymen. I shall never go beyond the good American manhood of South Ca roi na ami appoint u Dago Italian to ii position that would require thu young manhood ol' South Carolina to pass in review be fore lihii." Smith's Mccord. K. I). Smith brought the meeting lo a close. He boldly defended his re cord in the I in lt ed St ut es Senate by pointing to the amendment which he bad written into the new banking and currency law. io test? which have been made of the tensile strength of cotton out ol' appropriations which his init iative und energy hud provided, and the immigration bill which be has j written and which hus already passed j through the lower house of congress. ' and by the amendment of the curren cy law, whereby farinera' notes eau be extended fi om 90 days to six mouths, and property agricultural must be accepted by the regional re nerve hunk us collateral. lu cunr.e?iuenc? of the tensile tests it hus been found that low middling stapln IR strong ut the best grades and that stained cotton can be blenched so that an expert can not discriminate. That Senator Smith's efforts in this line have been valuable can bo deduced from a comparison nf tin prices puid tor cotton in thc decutle from 1S!)4 to 1004, with those puid spech. by Senator Smith prove from 1904 to 1914. Figures given in his speech by Senator Smith to prove that, the average Increase has been $20 a bale. That would mean In South Carolina (20.000.000 for tho six years [that Senator Smith has been in Wash I ington. An appropriation has also been provided for In Senator Smith's bill which will place a set of t hese standardized grudes on ull cotton platforms that producers may grad?, their own cotton. At tho cone I UH lou of Senator Smith's speech, - thert were* urgent calla fj?? him lo conti aile; but he " refuesd on Tit? party wii- gb to Orhngbburg to night whore tte meeting Sviil be. held tomorrow. Ptobably. as many aa COO voter:- iu.-ard the various candidates here today, many of them coming up from below on the ll o'clock train, while many came in from adjoining counties in automobiles. MINORITY REPORT MADE ON SUFFRAGE Women's Clubs Close After Tying Up Ends of Business at Chicago. Chicago, June 17.-The twelfth bien nial convention of the General Federa tion of Women's ClubB closed tonight. During the day a protest was made ugainst the indorsement of woman's suffrage and $20,000 In comparatively small sums was given to thc Federa tion ComDleling. the endowment lund pf. $100,000. ~: ' . - When the women started to gel t in fluid they evolved u plan whereby (00 entitled tho giver to name some per son or organization for tim honorary membership roll; $100 admitted the donor to the roll of honor, and $500 placed the subscriber on the founder's Hst. When the honor rolls began to HU up and the supply of women who ii was desired to honor at this Hine, apparently became exhausted several women bought the distinctfon for their husbands. A paper purporting to be tx "minority report" on suffrage caused some dis turbance before its authenticity und origin Were discovered. It came to Mrs. Pennybacker unsigned and de dared s.tffrage should not have been ! endorsed. It quoted Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker OB being against eutangling the Federation In a political question. It later developed that thu paper lind been wr.'tten by Mrs. J. C. Terrill, of Marshall, Texas, as expressing thc sentiment of herself and certain friends, lt was not the result of any formal action and after Mrs. Terrill had withdrawn the reference to Mrs. Locker the statement, still captioned "minority report." was made a purl o' the record. ? The closing session tonight discuss ? ed "what youth can bring to the- fed , oration," and "the greatest service the general federation can. rendor the j young women of America," Miss Margaret Woodrow Wtlson, ?daughter of the. president. . made a three minute talk on the latter subject Shot by His. Ulfe. Wi ur ton-Salem. Nv C.. Juno 17. Wesley McCoy today was shot and probably fatally wounded in an alter cation hore with hie wife. McCoy, earlier in tho day . uud been fined in the local court for wiie beating. It is alleged he returned to bia home and attempted to repeat the offense. ', A fight for possession of a revolver en sued. M rcs, McCoy ls said to have fir ed flvo chota at ber husband, two. of which probably proved fatal. Th'd wo-, man surrendered. VITRIOL ARSENT FROM CAMPAIGN TAME OPENING AT SUMTER FOR CANDIDATES PLATFORMS STATFO Gubernatorial Aspirant? Were Last to Spcak--Prom?se of Re forms Over the State Spec III I tu Thc Intelligencer. Sumter. June 17.-Without excite ment und any appreciable display ot factional political reeling the stato campaign for state ollleers opened hore (oday when almost two ?cure candi dates for various o!V'-c- addressed about seven hundred people. Thc addresses of candidate:; for governor contained nothing more than Himple statements of thc Speakern plat, (onus. Practically all the aspirants left here tonight for .Manning where they speak tomorrow. The Sumter court house was fitted when Senator .1. F. Clifton culled the meeting to order nf ll o'clock. Increas ed ntlendhnce forced tho meeting to Hie court house yurd, where a little later th? noise forced them again In to thu court house room where the meeting was continued early In the forenoon. The candidates, numbering nearly two score, met aud-determined the order of speuklhg and time allot ments. They provided that candidat es for governor should Hper.k last, candidat es for lieutenant governor bp eued, followed In order by aspirant? for attorney general, comptroller, ad jutant general, railroad commissioner and unopposed candidates for reel ection. Andrew J. Bet bea, of Columbia, W. Hi Hamer, of Dillon, and B. Frank Kel ly of; BisliopviUe, 'candidates' for, lieu tenant governor sp,** e. Comptroller General A. Wi Jones..was opposed hy J. A. Sum?iernett. bf Cdlunibia. , State treasurer S. T.*Parter. JJ , 8. J Swf Bringer. jSu?il ?fj'Editcattqn^Scc^_:. t a- y of-aw ni 'i*.'k * Mobo wo. imtf fe J. Watson. >omm?SBtorie?'?/f rigrieijltui-if, unopposed candidates, talked jj briefly. A". G. Brice, of Chester, opposed Thos. Mi, Peeples. for attorney General, Candi on tes for railroad commissioner were ledi by George W. Fairey" of Cal houn county aud followed-, by, C. D. Fortner, of Spartanburg; Frank W. Shealey.-of lexington, .lobb H. Whar lon of. Laurens, W. I. Witherspoon of " Vork and .lames'cannier' of Tirzah, Capt. M. C. WdllJs, of York, candidate for adjutant General, opposed adjutant. General W. W. Moore, of.^-Barnwell. Cheered Manning. Utafenlng cheers greeted..Richard I. Manning of tills city, when, lie the first Gubernatorial candidate / to speak, came to the stand. He did not speak on the campaign ?Baue?, but stressed ? the necessity of law enforcement, and urged his fellow campaigners to lay aside personalities, abuse'.and vituper ation in their addresses. Lowndes J. Drowning, of Union, de clared for a rural credit system, lona term loans to tenants to make possi ble them owning their bones and urg ed educational advanceme ot? When Mr. Browning hud concluded ' hts address the meeting ad?bn.r?cu for dinner. .?.'.'. When the meeting convened after the dinner recess. John G. Cllnksculeu, of Spartanburg began speaking and stated that he was making the race for governor on his own volition and not on,anybody's cor?? tc!!". "It I am elec ted governor. I will throw every ounce of my power inf- redeeming my state, so that we'll not be a laughing stock ot the people," said Professor Clink scales. He deplored the prevalence of "pistol toting" and said men guilty, of this crime should wear stripes. He ad vocated reform of tho ec"rta. and tho . banishment of the "blind tigers." Realizing the powers vested In the governor, Solicitor R. A? Cooper, of Lauren*, stated that he was asking a if*' >ndous responsibility but felt ho wan capable or satisfactorily dis charging the duties of the office. "IE yoi} elect me governor,.-..!, promise to stop race track gambling in Charles ton and run the blind tigers from Co lumb'.? and raise the hahner ot law" observance" asserted Solicitor Cooper. 1 He made a plea for greater develop- 1 ment of our educational system, . and rimported the good, rot-da movement. Tfi? statement that the peepta1 aro probably this year hearing- their can didates in the pringarles tot the last timo opened the speech of John T, Dpncah of Columbia.He alerted that this is. no .year for coat; tall" awing ers, assigning that aa the reason that; McLauiin is not ls the race; H? I>h*? cussed at length a "system." contrail* ing politics in this State. W. C. Irby, Of Laurens, said that th? . Bingle rule In the twelve years of his) political life had been "for thepassaga of laws to benefit tho poorer clpsoos. and let the rich take care bj. themse?r.x es. Ho charged thaf ?. colton ,ram i>'" trust controlled the mills,' of-the'state) and drained the pockets of tka tarni', ora,'- ?-..'.? - .'-.'? An accident prevented J.\B. A, Mu* (Continued on Paige Three.) . .>/