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CANDIDATES IT ST. MATTHEWS FVNNs \(.\|\ l>| \<>l NCI S LVOV < \l I IM, HIM NKW N \Mi;s. No Special rrunutw nt st. Matthews' Meeting F.xcopt Attacks on Attor- , ney <.encral?Hyatt Couic? Hack AI Hlchards?-Mcl.ood Denounces Kumoml Clutrgo*?Lever and Hay Speak Well. St. Matthews. July 21.?The sec? ond 8tate campaign meeting ever held In Calhoun. next to the baby county of the State, reflected great credit on the county committee and showed that the voters of this county are considerably Interested In affairs po? litical. Of a total voting strength of the county of about 800, an average crowd of at least 300. Including about fifty ladlea. heard the campaign speakers today, each candidate being accorded ?n attentive and respectful hearing. The speakers told many Jokes, which greatly enlivened the occasion and were highly enjoyed by the crowd, practically none falling flat. The meeting was held in the grove surrounding the school house, with County Chairman T. H. Dreher pre? siding, and was called to order about 11 o'clock. For awhile the crowd waa very chary of its applause, but gradually warmed up and at times, towards the end. became very enthusiastic. There was nothing which could be termed sensational, about the usual ground being gone over. Candidates for Lieutenant Gover? nor led off. Mr. E. W. Duvall being the first speaker. Although a young saan. Mr. Duvall believes that his 20 o4%4 years of business and political ex? perience fits him for the office he seeks, or any other in the gift of the people. He advocates cutting down appropriations to reduce taxes. Mr. C. A. Smith wished to correct the Impression that he had ever re? ferred to the youthfulnesa of his op? ponent. Does not believe that age should be a question where ability ex? ists. On the tax question he favors keeping expenditures within the State's Income. Both received ap? plause. Attorney Oeneral Lyon, who was to have been the next speaker, was absent Mr. I*. It. Evans nald that Lyon was get present today because he (E ans) had the reply and Lyon was afraid to face him; that Lyon calls him a "thin*. but before the campaign is over he will show him that he (Ev? ans) l?? the "real thing." He relterat ?d his sttitem* nt that Lee Solomon Is following the campaign and work? ing for I.yon. Calls for Lyon were heard ut the conclusion of Evans' speech. Mr. Evans again denounced the At? torney General, applying several epithets, nome of which had not been used In any previous speeches. For Adjutant Oeneral Col W. W. Moore. Capt. J. M. Richardson an 1 | Col. Charlen Newnham again present , ?I ;i n -?pectlve claims, using the same arguments as heretofore report? ed Slight applause was accorded each speaker. The gpeeeh of Mr. G. H. Mahon, for railroad i rnmlsploner. dealing with freight r.? t ? ? discrimination against South Candlna points, was well re? ceived by the frated, which warmed up nomewhat In Its applause. Mr. <? c. Scarborough feels that his exr>. r I- n I with and knowledge of cotb-n freight rates, coupled with his l?glslatl\e experience, qualifies him for the office. GSAgtSP, of Tlrsah. after adjusting the b aek cap. which he some*.lm?*s wear*, d.-nbul that he charged t ie T. ? A. as a body had endorsed M ihon. He r p? ited his statement that Scar? borough was arrested by the gsjs> gearit-at-arms of the house. S irbi?rough again ?mered a deniil ind h.oh i inilld.it?-? xuhmitt >d do? micnf tr\ rvid'-n ? t > sustain their r.-i-.tiw positions. ? <o h seemingly ?uti-ifh'd with tin- outcome. Mr. G. M' DufhY HsjBg401 was again absent today. Mr. Thomas G. Mi Leod denounced as mal. I??us!y false '-ertaln rumors reflecting o,. hi* ? hnracter, which were alleged to have been circulated tn St. Matthews by pome party un? known ll?? defied the alleged "sland rrrr t? |>ro\?- his assertions, but thrr. n ? n ? respond-? The applause v h ?i i-f ?? t. d Mr M< Leod's refuta ItOU , \ l'b?n? e I the fact that the crowd pla< ???! little < c d- n? in the rumor* referr???l la, Again to?lay voters of a '?lr\ ounty favorably receded Mr. M< I.m.iI's ijo al option doctrine. Mr. John G. Li? hards made his usual strong appeal to the voters of c.i houfi , i irn ing as reasons for his rl#? tlon gj Qas/aggjQf the suci . ss Hhi-h has itt?nded him politically In hi- bom. ? "unty of K? rdiaw and his ? XT* i.? I? I experhMl'?? In tb?? Legisla? tur. Hi rllacupsed the sexeral I.: ?jujes eerj forcibly and retterated his p reltlOfl on |he ItejUOf question, d" etarlng uaejuallflseHy for prohibition Alel ? Sg that the six WOl counties are nuIII ing tlhe will of the ma Mr hi hards received a fair ?tun? of the applause. Mr 0s4i L. I Mease congratulated the newspapers upon their advocacy of a "judicial relief" measure, pro? viding lOf a fifth Supreme Court Jus? tice, this notwithstanding the fact that he baa been given Bo Credit for his part in the agitation. Mr. Blease drOTi home his local option argument by reference to leveral "splendid ex? amples" of prohibition in the au? dience. He was loudly applauded. Mr. John T. Duncan said that al? though at first his candidacy had not been taken seriously, by the newspa? pers, the "not" had now been knock? ed out and one could see through the hole, this apparently being based on the alleged reply to his charges. He promises to devote his twenty min? utes to a discussion of the Supreme Court at Marion, August 3. He re? ceived some applause. Mr. C. C. Featherstone consumed the greater part of his time in ex? pounding the prohlblton doctrine and reaffirming his position thereon. Has merely supported local option as a means to an end. Mr. Featherstone received warm applause, the ladles joining in enthusiastically. Mr. F. H. Hyatt resented the "In? sinuations" of Mr. Richards, which the speaker took as a reflection on himself as an Insurance man. He al? so referred to Mr. Richard's change of front on the liquor question. The candidates for congress, Repre resentatlve A. F. Lever, and Dr. W. W. Ray, followed those seeking State honors. Both made extensive argu? ments, Mr. Lever reviewing his work in congress as an offset to the state? ments of his opopnent alleging that he (Lever) had accumpllshed no great things during his incumbency. Both made good speches, Mr. Lever having by far the greater number of the audience on his side, Judging from the applause, which was fre? quent during his speech. Carolina Rice. An important ruling has been made by the United States department of agriculture In the matter of brand? ing various food and drug supplies which will materially protect Caro? lina rice from the many inferior and spurious commodities on the market which have contributed in no small degree to the dullness of the local rice industry. Under the ruling of the department, rice which may be grown from Carolina seed in another State may bear the name of "Caro? lina" rice but it must also be stated in what State or Territory the rice is growg if in other than North and South Carolina. No small amount of harm has been done to the tine quality f I South Carolina rice by the branding of Louisiana and Texas rice as "Carolina Rice." Under the new ruling now the planters and dealers In the Southwestern Stales who at? tempt any such deception will lay themselves over to prosecution and with the Ming of the complaint against the false practices, the gov? ernment will be on the lookout for those who violate the law. The la? beling of the rice, telling the State that it is grown in when not actually raised in South or North Carolina will prove of great protection to the Caroling rice industry. Tin' lleeeeder*i court. Albertus White was before the Re* COrdOTi aeeused of beating his wife, Klla Janus. It seems that Ulla was very anxious to have her husband ar rsotad, until her brother, David Starr really AM have White arrested; then Phi *ot remorseful. She told Record? er Rattlehl. |g court Friday morning, that "thev were onl) playing." but the itaeordef decided otherwise, and gave white a sentence of $10 or 10 His moth? r Immediately mads out a check for the dollars. Death in Blenopvtllc. Btehopvllle, July II,?Mrs. Dwlght Stuc key died at her hoggg m ar Rish )pvt*le today, after ? few days' iu? re sj she IsaVSI a husband and three small children, I large family con geectton and many friends. Mrs. Stuckey was a tine Christian woman and i ne mehr of the Blahopvllls Bap? tist Church. She was a daughter of Mr. John Olbeon, and a sister of W. J Qlbaon. Her (hath was a great ?hot M to lo r family and friends, and the sincere sympathy of the whole community go OUI to her husband and little children, She will be buried to? morrow at the Hapttel cemetery. Dew a re or Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercery, as mercury will surely destroy the m use of smell and completely deranne the whole system when entering It through the mucous surfaces. Such articles ShOUld never he gSjOd except on prescript Ions from reputable physi? cians as the damagt they will do is ten fold tO the rood you can possibly derive from them Hill's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by f. j Cheney A Co.. Toledo, O., conl dns no mercury, and is taken Internally, acting direct? ly upon the blood snd mucous sur fneea of the system. In buying Hall'i Catarrh <'>.ie be sine you get the gen? uine, 11 Is taken internally and mad< In Toledo, Ohio, by r. j. Cheney a\ Co. Testimonials free. Bold by Drugglsta Price 7r?e, per bottle. Take n ill's Family Pills for con I nation. &-4-lm. EXPLOSION KILLS ELEVEN MEN TARGET PRATICE RE8UI/T8 FA? TALLY AT FORTRESS MONROE. Blowing o?t of Breech Block in Big (?mi Kills Eleven Coast Artillery Men and Injun's Six, One Probably Entail]?Exact Canon of Accident Unknown?inquiry Ordered?Fear? ful Scene Deecribed?List of the Dead and Wounded. Fortress Monroe, Va., July 21.? Eleven men of the coast artillery are (h ad tonight as the result of the blowing out of a breech block in one of the big guns while the fort was engaged in target practice. A half dozen others are in the post hospital, one of whom may die. The exact cause of the explosion is not yet defi? nitely determined, although a board of inquiry was appointed immediately after the disaster by orders from the war department in Washington. The list of dead and wounded follows, killed: Sergt. Harry H. Hess, Charleston, W. Va. Corpl Charles O. Adkins, Cincin? nati, Ohio. Corpl Albert Bradford, Dorothy, W. Va. Private Roy Duffey, Naugatack, W. Va. Private John W. Chadwick, Taze well, Tenn. Private Clive W. King, Dayton, Ohio. Private Alfred W. Smith, New York city. Private Andy J. Sullivan, Perins, Ky. Private Judd E. Hogan, Geyer, Ohio. Private James H. Turner, Rlpley, Tenn. H. Adey. This latter name does not appear on the muster roll of the 69th com? pany, coast artillery, for May or June, 1910, nor has any record been found in the war department of enlistment in the army within the last three years of any man in the army under that name. Probably fatally injured: Private Arley Dey; Brandonvfiie, W. Va. Slightly Injured: Lieut. George L. Van Deusen Pas saic, N. J. Private Orville, T. Rainey, Findlay, . Ohio. I Private Ellsworth W. Huffman, I Pittsburg, Pa. ; Private Charles E. Parks, Menoni mee, Mich. Private William C. Sulzberger, Fort Monroe, Va. The toll of death, it is believed, would have been larger had it not been for the heroism displayed, both by the otfleers and men in the bat? tery. The wounded forgot their hurts and aided the uninjured In stamping out the burning powder that threat? ened the sacks in which the charge for a second shot had been brought up. The explosion took place in Bat? tery DeKussey, -No. 1 gun doing the damage. The gun was in charge of Capt. James Prentice, who had with him Lieuts. George P. Howies, Jr., and George Van Deusen. Lieut. Ha whs had gone forward from the breech to examlno the range when the charge wee exploded. He was thrown clown and momentarily stun? ned, but Otherwise was uninjured. In the thick, heavy smoke, the Scene was almost indescribable. Eight j men were killed outright, their bodies I lying scattered around the emplace j ment. Under the pall the wounded v\ rithed and moaned. Capt. Pren? tice and Lieut. 1 lawles foresaw a fur thur sacrifice of life if the other charges < aught from the smouldering sparks, and the two sent out a call j for surgeons, while they attacked the j Samoa with their bare hands. ! Capt. Prentice reached the em? placement first, and before looking in | to the extent of the damage, he push? ed his way through the smoke and sparks and carried out a bag of pow? der, lie then was joined by Hawes and tiie two completed the task of averting a further explosion. During this time Lieut. Van Deu? sen lay ( rumpled beneath the gun, his letf broken In two places, lie was suffering agonies, but when the offi? cers tried to remove him he would not hear to it. ' See to the men lirst," he ordered and propped himself against the gun carriage and aided In directing the work of the rescue parties and the surgeons. Corpl Humphreys and Bergt Brink ley, a gun pointer, also distinguished I themaelvea, The former's hand, body and arms w<re filled with plecea of flying concrete thai had been blown from the emplacement when the ex? plosion came, In spite of Ills painful I wounds, he rU le d to his dead and I wound, d comrades, extinguishing th. ,r burning clothing and then bur i rlod t" the nearby cncampmonl ror watt r. Berg I tlrlnkloy was ?lose to the l?rea< h win n it blew up. Ile was hurled over the sight standard, and, when he regained consciousness, I found himself banging by one arm from the railing of the sighting plat form. Although severely bruised and suffering from the shock, Brinkley declined to go to the hospital or per? mit the surgeons to examine him un? til after he had assisted in the work of rescue. Col. C. P. Townsley, commandant of the fort, promptly ordered an in? vestigation. While no decision has yet been reached, Col. Townsley ad? vanced his theory of the disaster. "It is evident," he said, "that the explosion occurred during the inser? tion of the breech block into the breech of the gun, and before it had been rotated and locked in place. The safety devices on the gun are intend- I ed to make a premature discharge I impossible. Just how they failed to operate probably will never be known J j to a certainty. Every member of the I j detachment who could explain it, was killed." The inquiry, however, is to be thor? ough. Assisting in the investigation are some of the leading officers of the army, who were present at the time of the explosion. Among them are Gen? Crossier, general of ordinance of the army; Gen. Carter, assistant chief of staff; Gen. Muray, chief of coast J artillery and Gen. Bixby, chief of en? gineers. The fatal accident occurred during target practice at floating targets which were built to the proportions of battleships. The firing was prosecuted as nearly as possible under battle conditions and J the shooting was on a more preten tious scale than ever has been at 1 tempted before. FALSE ALARM NUMBER SIX. Negro Held in Florida Proves Not to Be Tony. From The Daily Item, July 22. Tony Moses is still at large, and the sheriff will very likely continue to re? ceive "false alarms," for a telegram received here today, by Sheriff Epper? son, from Starke, Fla., Is to the effect that the man held there Is not the negro Tony Moses, who is wanted here for the murder of Policeman Clyde. Mr. Sam Newman, of this city, was sent to Starke, Fla., by the Sheriff yesterday, in answer to a telegram received here yesterday morning, stating that Tony Moses had assured? ly been captured, at last, and to "come prepared to pay reward offer? ed for his capture," but It proved to be the wrong negro, as above stated. OF COURSE THEY WON. Bumter Took Second From Caters vlUe. The game Thursday afternoon was the best article of ball put up by a visiting team to this city, in some time. Some new men were on the dia? mond for Cartersville. and they help? ed to make the game Interesting, but could not stop Sumter's winning streak. There were no special features to the game excepting the hitting of the home team and the good work of Chandler in the pitcher's box. The score: Cartersville . 010 001 002? 1 7 5 Sumter ... 210 000 700?10 10 :i Bowen. Meritt and Truelock; Chandler and Marshall. Umpire?? ! Dwyer. Killed One. Wounded Another. Chester, July 21.?Peter Lander, colored, aged about 6, shot and i t Btantly killed his brother, John, aged 9, at the home of Jonas McCtlllOUgh, on Lancaster street, this afternon and perhaps fatally wounded John McCul lough, also about 9 years of age. The i younger Lander boy was playing with a gun, Which was discharged. The ' load t<?re off the left side of John ! Lander's head and wounded McCul lough in tin- same manner, though not so seriously. The shooting was accidental. Can appreciate the saving that W< enable them to make in our FURNITURE BARG VINS. Besl styles??a larger display guaranteed excellence, li you're buy i Ing, tbi^ is the time to gel best value j the in-between season. YVitherspoon Bros. Furniture Company. The Harness You Put on Your Horse Regulate? the amount of work he can do. He may be the strongest in the world yet he cannot pull an ounce more than the harness will stand. f Our work harness will stand any strain. 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