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THE PICKENS SENTIN! _ UBLISHED WEEKLY Entered April 23. 1903 a: Pickens, S. C. as second class mail Matter. under =4 - '----- - *- , a , SUBSCRIPTION. PRICE, $1 Y PICKENS, S. C.. JULY 1I NUfBER 11 Established 1871--Volume 42 State C -0 The Weather and Up T -o Manning, July 3.-lonor on the howling down game were about even at the State caml paign meeting here today. Par tisans of Blease and partisans of Jones were so vociferous in their attempts to cheer on their re spective favorites and to howl down the cheers of the opposi ti-n that it was impossible for Judge Jones or Gov. Blease to, make himself heard connectedly and Gov. Blease evidently deem ed it preferable, from reasons of policy as well as of prudence, nt to attempt a speech. Judge Jones, however, did not flinch from the ordeal presented. He laid befere the people all of his argument that the people would hear. Neither candidate was able to controlshis supporters in the crowd, though Blease im plored his friends not to give oc casion for the accusation which had been made against Blease men elsewhere, of howling his opponent down and Judge Jones after complimenting the citizens of C)larendon county upon their love of free speech and fair play said he would guarantee Blease a respectful hearing. INTERESTING AT MONCKS CORNER Moncks Corner, July 4.--The candidates for governor started speaking here today at 12:.30 and interest in the meeting had awaited their announcement. No excitement was expected I here. There were 500 people at the meeting, which was called in the court yard. Rain later forc ed the crowd to the court room. Gov. Blease was the first speak er, Judge Jones ending the meet ing. There was considerable demonstration. Ladies were in the crowd in large numbers today, and in their midst was a red banner with the name in white, '-1rai B. Jones,'' and nearb~y another young lady bore a boquet of flowers. Sentimnt for both candidates early'appearedI to be0 strong. Lyon and Ev. ns bitterly de nounced each other as in the~ past. .CHARLESTO N 3MEETING -Tremendous demonstrations were given in honor of both they leading candidates for governor, but it aupeared that Judge Jones came more generally from over the house and men long ac quainted with Charleston audi ences said the majority opinion among those present was in f a yor of Jones as against Blease. Hissing was more freely resort ed to here than elsewhere on the pampaign, as an expression of disapproval, and Gov. Blease1 was the target of a good deal of1 it. Excellent order prevailed.< A number of policemen was dis tributed throughout the hall. who were prompt to suppress( any demonstration which theyi deemed improper. An admoni-1 tory wave of the hand was alli that w as necessary. Judge Jones dlevot~ed somei portion of his time to a reply in I detail t~o Blease's speech at Bish-] op)\ ille.4 The governor made his usual 1 declaration regarding negroes, I lynching and other miatters, but: igave his attention principally to I points of local interest in Char leston. Some of his nmost inte-r- 1 esting statements w~ere made in' response to quest ions from thl floor. "What about berI aked a voice in the audience.1 "You bring me a glass of it1 up~bergand 1 can talk about it btiter,"' said the governor. "W\hat about racine" asked anot her. "Do as you did this yeai," re tiated~ t he wgovernor. "Ac like mzen and do :ts vou please."' The oniestio an :d its an~swer related( to the act passed by the last leg islature prohibiting racingK in South Caurolina after .J uly, 191U Judge Jones, when the pro longed demo(nstration which greeted him had subsided, evok ed further cheers by remarking that courtesv was a cardinalj ampaign Candidates Warm gether sharacteristic of Charlestonians ind Charleston gentlenen coni!] be relied upon to give ev-erym n Fair treatment. He spoke for some minutes of his purpose in ntering the race for governor. No man, he said. had a higher ideal of that oftice. His own es imate of it he had illustrated by his action in resigning. that he might seek the governorship. in office regarded by many as equal if not superior in dignit y. in prominence as well as in em Aluments. He saw his State fac ing a greazt crisis and his friends thought that he should lead in the fight for t1 e restoration of ood government. He was act ated by no malice and by no mercenary motive but was con trolled by a burning desire to render his State good service. Answering the accusation that be was "old,- he said his exper [ence and knowledge were there fore so much the greater. Judge Jones said Gov. Blease's charge tOat he once favored di vorce for adultery was true. Di vorce for that cause was grant ed by all c.vilized countries and by nearly every State in the Un ion except South Carolina. The eople, however, were so dispos d to maintain the peculiar stat s of South Carolina in this matter that he finally bowed to their will and in the constitu tional convention of 1895 helped to write into the organic law of the State so it could not readily be changed a provision that di vorce in South Carolina should ever be granted for any cause. The speaker was discussing he governor's revocation of all ommissions of notaries public, vhen a voice in the floor inter jected the remark- Well. he Yot rid of the nigge,. ' "Yes," said the judge, "there ts a nigger in the woodpile in earlv everything Blease (dOPs. Whv could he not have (dismis5 d the negroes and let the white notaries alone?" Judge Jones ridiculed the gov rnor's constanlt referen ce to "newspaper lies.'' "'Oh,' he said, "'how these. crooks land criminals (10 hate newspapers. What honest man fears the pressf' Jddge Joes wanted the sup port of Charleston. Hie held out bis hand to every mani, hig or low, w~ho wvanted good govern ment. Hie stoodl for county !o al option on the liquor question with due enforcement of the la w "Help me, he said, "to a de ent administration of the la w. rhich I will have sworn to en [orce, and vou will get from mie the highest measure of local self overnment. BLEAs-E THIREATE~Ns nARILE'sT )N. Gov. Blease started out by naking a statemient regarding he graft charaes against his :hief constable in (Charb-ston. Ben H. Stothart. The go\-ernor aid he had sought the votes of Jharlestonians for a State (of ce in the campaign of 1 900,Q 902, 1906, 1908 and 1910, and n all these he owed much of -hat support he got in Charles on to the influence and labors >f one man - tothart. So'i 910 when he was elected xo unor he bestowed on St' thart ;he best position it was in his ower to give hinm. H e had ;tood by Stothar't i weans tothart had stood by him. HI vas standing b~y him vet andl ~roposed to 'ont inne in hat 'ourse. Tfhose who did no' t ike it couldn't help it. lie was o~vn'1or of South Carolina and teined to be governor the :est of ihis vear'. and the next :wo v-ears. ~omeodyx shoutlid. "That's whbai yu iinah~t to have.'' saidi (;. 11i-.. lie :'pllainedl that hb hi l t he leg.isature in a zar i~ the dispensar lavInw nsh no t b forced onl C~lharltsn n x - it ions here were i O*uia The familiar chari is (' . Blase was made that .iu Jne byt. 1 his votes on theu C'rowv caru bills had shownm him self to be in favor of sorial equality between wvhittes and blacks "What about the races? in Iguired a voice. "Why I used to ride in horse races when I was a boy and if I hadn't been governor I would have (mne down here and help (( voi rin some. I did come <i wni and look at your track aind I found it the best managed Itrack I ever saw.' "But how about the races next vearf' Why, do like you did last year. Be men enough to do as yeu please." THE unA('E MATTER. Gov. Blease took up then the Grace matier. When elected govErnor, he said. he cane to Charleston and offered a posi tion oii his staff to his friend, L. C. A. Roessler of this city. Mr. Roessler said: "No. I don't want the position." But the governor insisted he must take it. Mr. Roessler urged him to give the place to John P. Grace. The aoveriior said: "I can't do it, because Grace has never been my friend." Mr. Roessler said Mr. Grace had supported the governor in his second race. Mr. Roessler said he himself had a particular reason for ask ing that Mr. Grace be appointed. Later M1r. Grace and Mr. Roessler had a conversation with the governor at the St. John hotel, the upshot of which was that Mr. Grace was made a lieutenant colonel on the Governor's staff. However the governor received a letter from Mr. Grace urging him to make an exception on his request and c(omnmssio'... a negro, S. W. Bennett, as notary public. This was after the general dis nissal of notaries public. The governor refused to appoint the negro, and thus the break with Grace occured. Retracts Everything To the Editor of The State: I am heartily sorry that some of my white friends at Swansea and Gaston seem to have the wrong impression of my position relative to the candida -y of Gov BWlease and Judge Jones. I (lid not mean to hurt either one: neither (did I mean to cast any refie tion onl Gov.. Blease. 1 am more than sure that I have humbieds of friends wvho are friendly to both candidates, and I regret very much indeed that Ii am called in question. I want to end this now and forevermore by saying I retract, withdraw and deny all state ments I have made, and espec ially the part that referred to Gov. Blease. Swansea WV. R. Bowman The One-Year Agricultural Course at Clemson Beginning next st ssion, Clemi on colleae will give an inten ve one-pear agricultural course o young farmers who desire to earn the important yet sinmple fundamental principles which uderlie successful agriculture. This course wvill begin October t andl close June 1, and will be pen to young men 18 years old ad over. The course includes one of the usual academic raches, such as M\athematics, nlish, history, etc, but is con fned to a study of the principles .f crop) prodiuctionl, horticulture, aimal husbandry, dlairying, et o Agriultural arithmetic and sim ple~ farm hookke'eping will be aght, and instead of the usual nyili I branlches, a simple par iiamntary practice anid public peaking course wvill lbe given. un~ilnt to enable the student hen he returns to his comn unnitv to presidle at a public ;eting or* to hold a farmers' nl ilte. The purpose of the course is o take yolung men ~who know hI practica side of farming &Lnd make of them heCtter and more s. vent ifi" farmers, and (omnifty\ leaders as well. An elementery rural school education will be required of those u' ho apply for the course. Ability to read and1 write intel ligmilyl, and a fair knowledge 4 Armithmhetic~ c~onstitu1te the re e iement S. The intention is to! .eve and even raise the anar 0in the regular foul' ..n(.re courl5ss, but to cut M.- eirIlv from ordinary ' ci:it stanldards in the re :ouiremnnts in the one year ars. which is intended dirictly. to ser-.e a special need rather than cater to any imag inary ideas of collegiat ( respect ability. The cost of the coirse, including fees, uniifoolis, board, lodging, heat. light and latindrv, will be $117.55. Those who ar! able, will pay 0.u0 additional for tuition. The Mims scholarship h ill passed at the 1912 session of the General assembly provides for scholarships in the one . ear course as follows,-one from t each county and seven from the 1 State at large. Each scholar- a ship is worth .100 and free tui tion. The trustees designate in each county the most represent ative organization, on or before July 1st. recomniends to the President of the College three or wore young men over eigh teen years old, who have done worthy agricultural work dur ing the preceeding year, or in F any previous year. These young men are notified of the I recommendations and go up for competitivt examination on C July 12th at the county court C house, They stand their exami- -A nation along with regular four ear scholarship applicants, but B the examination is different and covers only the elementary corn. A mon school branches. In any county where there is no organ- 0 iation of farmers, the Director 0 of the Agricultural Department A of Clemson College solicits >pinions from representative farmers of the county, and their recommendation is used as would be the recommendation of an Executive Committee. In your county the Farmer's 1E Union has been selected by the i board of Trustees, as the proper organization to make the rec- a ommendations. The Executive t( Committee of this oirinization N will no doubt w t leeu stigges- el tions from f ar tr i atd others as to worthv younog men who C have done creditable, not neces- 16 sari!v not able, agricnItu ral Yo rk. The seven state-at -Iarge scholarships are recoimen:ded in the same way, except by thi Executive Committee of the V most representative State orga I zation of farmers. The young P men recommended for scholor ships at large standl their exami e nations at their county seats. 9 The State Farmers' Unionh has been designated as the most representative farmers' organ zation in the State. The Ex-V cutive Committee of this Union has been requested to consult with the officers of the State V Agricultural and Mechanical h ociety of S. C., another strong a gricultural organization in making up it~s recommenda ions.. The examination papers are s prepared and graded by the g, lemson faculty and the award si mnounced by the Secretary of t t:he State Board of Education. Only young men recommend- a d for wvorthy agricultural a vork will be allowed to com ete for the one year agricultur- c l scho!orships. It is expected that in addi- ti bion to the one year agricul- pi rural scholarships. at least fifty el thers will take the one year si ourse. A pplicants for admis- sl sion to this course may stand ti mntrnce examinations along P ith the scholorship applicants d .t the c~unty seat-, or at the a ~ollege in October. o WV. \1. Riggs, 0 Clem.ison ( ollege. a ~* ~ fi Forty-one Killed in Wreck, a Corning, N. Y., July 4. h Westound Lackawana pas ~engr train No. 9 from New York dhue to arrive at Corning at 4:47 a. mn., composed of two I mngines, a baggage car, three Pall:nans and two day coaches, n the order named, was de- t molished at Gibson, three miles east of Corning at 5:25 o'clock c this morning by express train No. 11, (due at Corningr at 5:10 a a. m. Forty-one PCersons were killed and between 50 and 60t were injured. Many of the victims were holiday excursioul ists bound t~o Niagara Falls, who hadl boarded the train at points along the line. Tfhe wvreck was the worst in t the history of the road. its 11 cause, according to Engineer Schroeder of the express. was his failure to see signals set against his train. The morn ing was foggx and he said he r could not make them out. r b A Poem A 6ri~lc 1i -1f, f. ; ',i j C:i,]si;. [01C ZZ le wvith that fire w/hijih ;"s; Z .rn j)et can call tor, . s follows: rrafters are the boldent. In South Carolina; urders are the coldest I In South Carolina. v Ilind Tiger Booze is strongest, f ts effect will last the longest, U Lnd it will wrong the wrongest b In South Carolina. 'oliticians are the slickest t In South Carolina. 'heir hand-shakes are quickest In South Carolina. l maids are the oldest, ld bachelors' feet the coldest, nd Leap Year girls the boldest a In South Carolina. 0 ut better times are comin' In South Carolina. .nd things will again be humin' In South Carolina. ur gieat men are the blandest, ur legislature is the grandest .nd our governor is the D In South Carolina. -Charlotte News. h h cl Watterson Very Bitter. it Louisville, Ky., July 4., b [enry Watterson in The Cour- t r-Journal, today compares e Voodrow Wilson to the devil c nd William Jennings Bryan P ) a rattlesnake, but says he PI rill support the ticlket. In his S( itorial on the result he says: t "It would be idle for The fC ourier-Journal to deny that it disappointed by the result ob ined at Baltimore and hyproc- B y to effect anything other h an regret and distrust. "In a contest between three ckets, headed by Taft, Roose elt and the Devil, The Courier ournal being a daily newspa Ar and unable to take to the ro :d-2, would perforce be oblig- p I to sulport his satanic maj- li tyv, Ho~wever, let all Demo- p) as pray foir the best and s ope that thing~s may not be as o ad as the~y s'em to those who j ro ld have shaped them other- es se. The Courier-Journal ap- h~ roves at least the platform and a ill support the ticket " Writing of Bry an, under the e cad. "Treacherv Unspeak- o ble," he says: "The mask which is his un- c arded fury Mr. Bryan has al- n >wed to slip away from the n eek and smug visage that has y >long deceived superficial ob- e arvers into the belief that ~ mough selfish and common lace, he was still a sincere and miable man, shows the .vorld t last the very embodiment of rosperous hypocrisy and suIc- t 3ssful malice. "The literature of every na-r on has its type of the unprin pled charlatan. He is depict l in va'ious de*gust. How n al we classify, and ways as aallow and heartless. Of Tar ffe, we read with dismay; of a 'ecksniff and Chadband, with 0 isgust. How shall we classify, ~ " nd what shall be the measure E detestation in which not uly all good Democrats, but' I good men, must hereafter nd forever hold the sardonic gure at Baltimore in his rage nd spleen throwing off all dis- 'n uise of prudence and showing C: imself in his true character of f( igrate, traitor and pharisee; cl ie baffled demagogue spitting h pon hands that had befriended ei imn; the beaten mountebank, I alked of his prey; the rattle- 11 aake revealed, exuding poison u iat disease and death may fol- t w in the wvake of his tortuous ' ouse? d "It is most painful to write V nd to print this indictment of 14 man The Courier-Journal has li ried to believe an honest, k boh a misguided man. The Sa ven dayst performance at e altimore, w ithm its horrible pec~acle of rule or ruin. dupli-r ating the equally horrible spec acle of Roosevelt at Chicago, saves us nlo recourse," Revolutcion Ended.t El Paso,,July 5,--Organized a evolutionn Mexico as been o roken ud by the defeat of the b J . A I JA WLS SEABORN DEAE finl n yrjrjyirIn P,ickens Counti at~C rw-mbj r Jf thre apt~11ist hur1 ch. f romr which place his uneral seriAesy wart Wndulcted y his p)astor, Rev. S. C. Black 'urn. Onl the 3dA. Besides his wvife. he leaves one aughter, five sons and two sis ers. His daughter is Mrs. R. L. Moss, of Walhalla. and his >n, George, W. E. and James '.hSeaborn, of Wahalla, and [. C. Seaborn, of oP City, Al bama, and Douglas S. Seaborn E Neoraska. He was buried -ith Masonic honors. Kick at Doctor's Fees Pelzer. July :3.-There was a tass meeting of the citizens of elzer held on the school cam as last night to protest against e overcharges made by phy cians here. The physicians ave for the last 25 years, been 1arging 50 cents for all (day viS s and 75 cents for night calis, it they changed their schedule double that amount to take feet July 1. Capt. Smythe Lme to the rescue of the em toves and demanded that the sysicians return to their old ~hedule within one week or iir houses would be needl (1 r other doctors to occupsy. Old Bill Miner Caught ToomJsbor.o Ga.,. July :3.-Old ill Miner, the train robber, and is party were captured here is morning. They escaped -o the M1illedgeville prison last 'ek. Crop Conditions Washington, July :-The de rtm nt of agrien!ire's pre mlinary' ett imuate of t hie a creage lnted in Motton in the i d tates this year, which by act Scongress was deferred from ine to this month and hereaft r will be annOnneed annually i July. was made public today t noon and shows the area lanted to be :4,0;7,000 acres, >mnpared with :3;,681 ,000 acres Elast year's crop. The coiditioni of the growing rop on June 25 was 80.4 of a ormal condition, as iomlpare -ith 88.2 pei cent. Jne 25 last ear, and 80.7 per' cent., the a rage condition for t he past ten ears on June 25. Chicora to Move? Greenville. Ju~p :;. -That (Chi 3ra college will be moved to the >wn of Laurens fromi here is ractically certain since the ard1 of trustees in annual ses on last night adopted a report ro the ways andl means comn iittee to the effect that should aurens provide tihe college with n acceptable site and the sum f $75,00') tow'ard a suitable lant, the removal of' the college -ould be recommennded to the antrolling pr'esbyteries of the tate. 90-Year-Old Law Suit Newv York. July 5.-A case hich has kept its place on the ilendar of the New York court >r 90 vear~s has jutt been 'onl uded here. The action which as lng bee known as the "oid t living suit,"' was begun in 22 and was brought to trial in 32 before Chancellor Kent. It as instituted to dIissolve the nited Insu rance 'omtipanyI Of ewv York, anid the chancellor irected that t me corporation be round up. Its assets were col cted and its debts having been en to' distribuite the remainder mong the stockholders and tile rlitor's of the 'omipany. bel army an ~its place has en substituted guerilla wvar are which threatens wide pread damage in northwestern lexico. It is possible. ho wever iat the rebel chief, Orozco, ('an :ather his disorganized forces nd again put up a semlance of1 pposition to the go)v eet, ut it will not lw for some time, A Winning Ticket Happenings of the Last Day---Progressiv Ticket--Everybody Pleased--Success Assured From press dispatches giving detailed accounts of t he great National Democratic Convention at Baltimore.. list week, the following is taken: For president-Gov. Woodrow Wilson of New For vice president-Gov. Thomas R. Marshallof In Thiis was the ticket completed by the Democra national convention. The nomination of Gov. Marshal for vice president Came as something of a surprise for, when the night balloting for vice president began, it seemed that th. Brvan-Wilson contingent in the convention had definite lV settled upon Gov. John E. Burke of North Dakota.. There was not much of a fight, however, and whei. t wo billlots disclosed Marshall easily in the lead, G. GO Burke's name was withdrawn and Marshall was pro clained the nominee by acclamation. Gov. Wilson was nominatedat the afternoon session on the 46th ballot and his nomin1i, like that of Gov.., Marshall tonight, was quickly made unai us. The best of feelings pervaded both sessions. THE DEADLOCK BROKEN. The first notable break c:ame when Illinois decided to east its 58 votes for Wilson. This was followed by. the withdrawal of Congressman Underwood and Gov. Foss oi the 46th ballot, the fourth of the day. Gov. Wilson swept the convention, polling 990 votes. The nomination was then made unanimous. The vote on the 46th ballot stood: Wilson 990; Clark 48; Harmon 12. Necessary to nominate, 728. A LOVE FEAST FOLLOWS. The )emnocratic national convention became a feast as it worked to select a running ma e. ov. Woodrow Wilson. The intense bitterness of t ast week seemed to have dissappeared. When the convention suspended the regular "rder of business-the nomination of a vice presidential can didate -shortly before 11 o'clock to make way for the reading and adoption of the platform, six candidates for the vice presidency had been placed in nomination. They were: Gov. Burke of North Dakota; Gov. Marshall of Indiana; Elnore W. Hurst of Illinois; Martin J. Wade of Iowa; James 'I. Preston of Maryland and Speaker Champ Clark of Missouri. MR. BRYAN SAID: lPobably no other convention ever brought forth such a 11lood of telegrnmns, and these telegrams had a great deal to do with the final action of the convention. WVilson's name was in nearly all of them. The weak p)oint ini Wilson's' campaign for the nomination was in the fact that somne of his mere utterances were used against him by his opponents, but those arguments will - not avail addressed to the progressive Republicans. I think that Wilson will poll more of the progressive Re p)ublicani vote than any other man we could have named. WHAT GOV. WILsoN sAID. "The honor is as great as can come to any maf.b thme nomination of a party," Mr. Wilson said, "especially in the circumstances, and I hope I appreciate it at its I rue value; but just at this moment I feel the tremend ~ons resp)onsibility it involves even more than I feel the honor. I hope with all my heart that the party will never have reason to regret it." - CHAMP CLARK TALKS. "1 never scratched a Democratic ticket or bolted a Demoicratic nominee in my life. T shall not abandon my Democratic habits now. I am too seasoned a soldier nit to accept cheerfully the fortunes of war. "1 will support Gov. Wilson with whatever power p)ossess and hope he will be elected. "I lost the nomination solely through the vile and malicious slanders of Col. William J. Bryan of Nebraska. True, these sland ers were by inuendo and insinluation~ but they were no less deadly for that reason." (Signed) "Champ Clark." TAMMANY IS PLEAsED. "It is a great ticket and one that I am sure promises succeB3 all along the line," said Mr. Murphy, as he alighted from the train. "The candidates should command the support of the peo pie in every section." Senator O'Gorman said Wilson and Marshall would receive "ta majority of the votes of the voters of the country." He de clared that notwithstanding the sharp rivalry between candidateB and their friends. there never was a convention of such harmonY "W hen we adjourned there was nothing but a feeling of confi dence in victory next November," he said. John B. Stanchfield, who replied to Mr. Bryan's attack Onl the New York delegation at Baltimore, said: "Trhe ticket nominated at Baltimore is one of the best pre sented1 to the people by the Democratic party since the nomina tion of Grover Cleveland." -UNDERwOOD WnLL sTICK. "I will support the nominee of the convention" said Mi. nderwood, "andl shall spend my time workingfoth lt chose-n at the convention." TILLMAN TELEGRAPIs. nator TlillmanI~ of South Carolina telegraphed to Gov. I ave prayed to live to see a real Democratic president be foeI die. Next March my prayer will be answered.GD~