The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 27, 1910, Image 2
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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?
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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.
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