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CANDIDATES IN GREENVILLE. LYON I si s PLAIN LANGUAGE TO EVANS. There Was ? I ?arge Crowd Present m l All the Candidate* Did Their He** to Make mi Impression. Greenville. Aug. 11.?Inspired by the largest audlen? e of the week the candidates played In eaoellent form today. The ofllcs seeksrs must not be accused of playing to the gallery, but three did launch spirited thrusts at opponents today. W. W. Moors took a shot st J. M. Richardson. C. L. Please referred to Messrs. McLeod, Featherstone and Richards and Mr. Method especially. James Cansler poked a hot one at G. H. Mahon. I H. Evans was greeted with hisses here as was the case at Spartanburg. wh??n he referred to the attorney gen? eral as a "creature." It was said here today that this is the first instance of a csndldate bePig hissed at a cum pign meeting In Greenville. The meeting here was held In the Grand opera house and some 400 vot? ers were on hand for the opening cho? rus. The sudlence grew rapidly and numbered nearly $00 before the con? clusion of the festivities. The meet? ing was called to order by C. D. Smith, county chairman. Rev. Z. T. Cody, D. D? opened the meeting with prayer. Lyon Gets a "Hand." J. Fr?ser Lyon wss the first speaker and he was greeted with applause. He opened with a reference to his speech here four years ago when he promised to prosecute the grafters. Mr. L"on again said, "There Is a man here who thinks he Is running for at? torney general." Continuing the at? torney general said, "I hv.e branded his statements as false in toto and I do so today." Mr. Lyou then told the people unless "this man" varies his tale "he will tej! that Avery Patton and Mis associates have made way with a million dollars of school money." Mr. Lyon said that Evans doesn't have to be attorney general to have him arrested if he has done something wrong for any citizen can have an? other arrested. "Why doesn't Evans have me arrested?" was the speaker's query. "Is It because he is too busy getting arrested himself?" Referring to the much talked of attorneys' fees, Mr. Lyon said T. B. Felder took cases on a contingent fee and had to put up money himself before he could collect from the liquor houses. He said the money recovered was picked up for South Carolina out of a pig track as It were. Concluding, Mr. Lyon said. "I defy him to prove a sin? gle statement derogatory to my char? acter." The attorney general promised to pursue all the grafters and those who are helping them directly an in? directly. He was cheered and applau? ded. P B. Evans almost at on, > referred to the attorney general as a "creature" saying "I will not call him a man." These statements were greeted with a storm of h!ss?e, and cries of "shut up" wars heard .'rom parts of the au? ditorium. He said Mr. Lyon had re? ceived 117.000 In addition to his sal? ary and had compounded a felony. He declared he would finish the cam? paign If he only got one vote, and perdleted that in year* to come moth? ers would point him out as the man who had saved their children's schools. He repeatel some of his numerous ehsrges but did not read from hb report >f the wlndlng-up commission. H* i*ald he would con? tinue to wage war rn the grafters. A few applauded as he closed. C. A. 8mlth, after telling the du? ties of the office of lieutenant gov? ernor, told the p >ople that he has n??ver cast a vote or lifted his voice for the legal sale of whiskey, believ? ing In the abolishing of the evil. He talked of the business conditions. K W. Puvall told of his 20 years as s business man and told of the need of legislative economy. He spoke of bnlness conditions and said that a man's private affairs conduct? ed as sre those of the State would result in a visit from the sheriff. 0|?ens |sjff Governor. John G. Richards was the first csndldate for the day for governor to address the popnlsce. He was ap? plauded when he told the people that Greenville has given South Caro? lina a grent governor In Martin F. Ansel. He said ho hid been elected to sny office he has sought In bis own county on the first primary. He recalled bis ? i In the legislature and rejoiced at his work for educa? tion, schools and eollesjeg. He de? clared himself a farmer born and reared and one who has nlwav-t worked for and with the farmers. Ills prophecy that Hrcrnvtlle will not return to whiskey eras greeted with applause. C f.. P.lease told of his legislative r-? or I. lb < ild be was proud of bis \?.t?> two years ago. He said I urmart Wofford and other c<dleg??s were turn fng out as mu< h brains <n State in? stitution for less money* He then lees) op th^ qu> pttoai el where other eandl detse Staad, *My friend, Mr. F^athcr-done, has (h iaged several Urn'*, toy friend. Mr. Rtoharda hOl ?.?rr; 1 Mv friend. Mr \t I ?? >d?' I don't know whero he Staads." The spesker said he wanted to know bow Mr. McLeod stood between local op? tion, the license system and the dis? pensary. He said a paper in eastern Carolina said he (Blease) stood for open saloons. This he emphatically j denied. , J. T. Duncan spoke. Feutlicrstono on Consistency. C. C. Featherstone said when he j made the race for governor in 1898, ( he stumped the State for prohibition. I He said he had not changed, but < that a man who does not changge as conditions change '.s a fool. He talked of prohibition and told of the advance of the cause he had witnessed. He has seen an Increase from two dry counties to SB. He called Oreenvllle blessed because It has no wet coun? ties around. He said Richland county Is nullifying the efforts of prohibition ' in the dry counties in that section, j He said the whiskey interests were , supporting local option. He was pre- | stnted with a bouquet of flowers. F. H. Hyatt said he was fresh from the business men's ranks, Mr. Hyatt stuck an exit sign on booze at Gaff ney yesterday and he didn't talk! whiskey today. He deplored the fact that the people seem to lose sight of the financial conldition of the country. He suld the money crop Is cotton. He reminded the people of his fight and said he saw before him men with whom he had made a fight for a sen? sible price for cotton. Too Much ?V T. O. McLeod opened by saying that there has been too much "I" In the campaign. He announced his stand for education and praised Fur man university and declared his faith In the great system of public schools. He declared his position on the liquor question. He was In favor of leaving the present situation alone. He favors present conditions with only changes that will strengthen the present law. He stood for the sound, sane Democratic doctrine of local op? tion. He denied that the man who advocates local option is on the im? moral side of the question. He em? phasized the fact that prohibition is enforced best in the counties where local sentiment Is behind the officers of the law. He said If being a local optionist meant that he had to ad? vocate the sale of liquor he would not be In that class. MAYOR GATNOR IMPROVING. Had a Comfortable Ray, Took Nourishment and Gaining Strength New York, Aug. 11.?The following bulletin on Mayor Gaynor's condition was Issued at 10.30 o'clock tonight by his physicians: "Mayor Gaynor has had a comfor? table day and he has taken suffi? cient nourishment. He Is cheerful stronger and Is now resting quiet? ly. "The complete radlographic exam ination by Dr. C. D. Caldwell, shows definitely that the bullet is lodged in tho vault of pharynz, easily acces? sible, but It Is not considered wise to attempt to remove It at present. "The blood examinations Is saUafactoiy H RATHS ON COTTON SKIM). Sumter and Oraiigcburg Affected bj Commission's Order. Washington* Aug. 10.?In the case Of the Plorldi Cotton OH Company again t the Ntlantic Coast Line am other roads for the fixing of a reason able rate on COtton seed to Jackson trtlle from Interstate points, the in ter-State commerce commission to ? lay ordered the Coast Line to main tain for two years hereafter rate which shall not exceed II cents pe hundred pounds from Orangeburg an< Sumter to Jacksonville. KILLED BY C C. A O, TRAIN. Young Man lias His Drains Claudio out b> C. C, & O. Railway Train. Bpartaaharg, Aug. it,?Varan Jolley, 19-year-old sou of Stepht Jolley, i well known and highly re pec ted farmer living si\ miles west j of Chesaey In Spartanburg count jwas run over and killed early th morning on the Carolina. Cllnchfleld & Ohio road, about one milo above the Chesney depot He was killed by the excursion train which had tak"n I party to Johnson City and was re turning to Hostie after putting off the passeng?.rs at Spartanburg. f \ Tal OF OHIO, CITY OF TO LEDO. ss. LUCAS COUNTY, Frank .1. Cheney makes oath thai he Is senior partner of the firm of F, J. Cheney & Co., doing business In the city of Toledo, County and state aforesaid, and thai said tirm win pay the sum of ONI HUNDRBD DOL? LARS for each nad every case of catarrh thai cannot be cured by Ho? use of Hail's Catarrh Cure, PRANK .1. CHBNBT sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence, this Ith day of D9 cember, A. l>., Illl, (Seal.) A. W O LB A SON, Notary I'uldic. Halls Catarrh euro is taken inter? nally, end nets directly on the blood and rnioous surfaces of the system. Bend f*>r testimonials fn". P 1, CHBNBY A I !< >. Tob do, 1?. Sold by all Draggtats, He. Take Hair.s Family Pills for ooa? I stfpatlou. CANDIDATES IN PfflS. STATE CAMPAIGNERS SPOKE AT PICKENS V1: STERDAY, Lyon Says ho Will Convict Evans Black, Wiley ami Samuels if he Can Get Honest Juries?Alken und Mann. Piekens, Aug. 12.?Within sight of the majestic Hlue Ridge Mountains the State candidates today In the Court House addressed about five hundred Plckens voters, who demon? strated by their close attention that interest in public affairs Is not on the wane In this section. Several ladles were In the audience. County Chair? man Ivy M. Mauldin and Mr. W. T. Odell divided time in handling the , good crowd. The crowd was stingy with its ap- I plause which probably in no instance ! reached the degree of warmth. The Rev. D. W. Hiott offered jrayer, and at 10:15 a. m., the speaking began, the meeting being entirely devoid of excitement. The candidates for Adjutant Gen? eral were first Introduced, Newnham, Moore and Richardson making their usual clear cut arguments. The latter replying to Moore's poetry at Green? ville, said Moore's spurs must be cut off short Judging from his "crowing." Richardson made a splendid speech today. Letters were read from Messrs Jennings and Swearingen. For railroad commissioner, Cansler. Hamp? ton, Hahon and Scarborough spoke, nothing new developed in this con? test. Duvall and Smith presented their platforms for Lieutenant Governor in their accustomed dignified manner. Evans made his usual charges against Lyon, but today they were couched in unusually mild language. He received some applause when he closed. Lyon was greeted with ap? plause, and at the beginning of his speech referred to Evans as a "dema? gogue" and "faker," the latter be? ing a new characterization. If any dispensary funds have been misap? propriated through the wlnding-up commission, the members of that commission, who are wealthy men, can be held personally responsible, he said. He recited the circumstances attending the trial of the Farnum and Black cases. " Farnum pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and not a crime, as charged by Evans, he said. He !:ol prossed the case against Good? man because Goodman furnished him with evidence, with which he will convict Hub Evans, John- Black. Joe Wiley and Henry Samuels if he can get an honest jury, said the At? torney General, who was applauded. The Gubernatorial candidates spoke next. Blease, Duncan, Featherstone, Hy? att, McLeod and Richards each made the usual plea and stated upon what grounds the support of the voters 13 being sought. No great amount of applause was accorded any one can? didate, Richards probably slightly leading. Alken and Mann, for Congress from the 3rd district. spoke last, Alken finishing just In time to leave with the party for Walhalla. Mann was still speaking when the aggrega? tion pulled out. WOODMEN HAVE CHICKEN STEW About Two 11 un(Ired Present To En Joy The Savoy 'Repast. From The Daily Item, August 13. Last night was "Woodmens' Night." aix.ut two hundred members of Holly Wood camp, gathering in the grc near Kennedy's mill to enjoy a savory chicken stew, prepared as only Woodman W. W .McKagen knows how to prepare them. Long before night a number of Wodmen had wielded their axes to set the pot boiling and the camp fire gleaming, so that by eight o'clock there was nothing lacking to the ? amp but its members, who began to pour in presently to enjoy the repast prepared for them. The menu consisted of chicken ?tew, rice, bread, and hot coffee, and when the time for leaving arrived, on every side were heard nothing but expressions of enjoyment of the even? ing. Prom Sickness to "Excellent Health''. ?So s;iys Mrs. Chas. Lyon, Peoria? 111.: "I found in your Foley Kidney Pills a prompt and speedy cure for backache and kidney trouble which bothered me for many months. I am now enjoying excellent health which 1 owe to Foley Kidney Pills." Slbert's Drug Store. if Speaker Cannon believes that Insurgent Republican Representa? tives ought to be banged, what punishment would be devise for In? surgent Republican Commonwealths? Would he favor expelling Kansas and low.i from the Colon??Cleveland Plain I>< ubr. ?Me sure and take a bottle o c) imherlaln's Colic, Cholera and DUrrhoes Remedy with you when staitlng on your trip tins summer, it rant'ol be obtained on board tin trains or steamers. Changes of watet and climate often cause sudden at tacks of diarrhoea, and it is best ,? be prepared. Bold by \v. W. Blbert. LYNCHED IX GEORGIA. Jim Toler, Negro, Lynched at Alma Georgia for Coins into Sleeping \ part ment. Helena, G., Aug. 11.?Jim Toler. a negro, was lynched at 4 o'clock this morning at Alma, seven miles from here, by a mob of about 100 men, for having entered the room of two daughters of a prominent plant? er of Montgomery county Tuesday night .while the girls were in the bed asleep. It is stated that one of the girls was awakened by Toler when he raised the mosquito netting over the bed and that her screams frightened him away. Search for the negro be? gan at once and yesterday afternoon a posse of men came upon Toler working in a corn field and accused him of the crime. He confessed his guilt and at and early hour this morn? ing was tied to a tree and shot to death. Tho mob then dispesed. EIGHT?NINE?TEX. A Few New Stunts Got By Juggling With The Calender. Many queer stunts of the calendar have been recorded and written about, every since there was such a thing as a calender known, but notwith? standing this fact, we believe that we have hit upon a few new ones, which, up to this time, have gone unnoticed. Take, for instance, the ninth day of the present month and year, which can naturally be written, 8-9 10. At first glance there seems to be nothing out of the ordinary in re? gard to this date, more than there would be to any other date taken at random, except that?oh yes, you see the trick?the figures are consecu? tive, 8-9-10. Well, what of It? Just this: In the first place, only years ending in the figures 3 to 15 can have consecutive dates like the one men? tioned above. For example, take the year 1915. It can easily be seen that 12-13-15 is the nearest you can come to turning the trick, and in like man? ner you could try every year that has been, or ever will be (except those ending in the Agues 3 to 15) with the same lack of success. Do a little thinking, and you will see that there have only been 238 such consecutive dates since the year 1 A. D., that is, there are only 12 dates like this during a: entire century. After December II 1914 ther< be no more dates Ilk above fox 89 years; so that this neratlon will only have the pleasuie ui ?, riling lour more such dates, that is unless they out live old Methusalah.?Sumter Daily Item. EVANS' CHECK TURNED DOWN. Warrant Issued?Check Given Mag? istrate Fowles Saturday. Columbia, Aug. 10.?Barnard B Evans, candidate for Attorney Gen? eral of South Carolina, is again in trouble on account of the non-cash? ing of one of his checks by a local bank. A warrant has been sworn out for the arrest of Mr. Evans by Mag? istrate James Fowles. The check for $17.75 was on the Bank of Columbia, and was the money put up with the magistrate pending the settlement of the board bill matter with Wright's Hotel. A few days ago Mr. Evans was ar? rested, charged with not paying his board bill. He paid $19 in a check, f.nd claimed this was all that was due; also turned over the difference between this amount and $36.75 to the magistrate in a check pending the hearing of the case. It was the check for $17.75 which was turned down at the bank for lack of funds. Under too \ft of the General As? sembly, passed last year, it is against the law to give a worthless check. The drawer has thirty days in which to make the check good. If he does not I do so he is subject to a fine. _ Foley Kidney Pills ?Tonic in quality and action, quick in results. For backache, headache, dizziness, nerovusness, urinary irreg? ularities and rheumatism. Sibert's Drug Store. The Watcree is Bridged. Camden, Aug. 12.?The false work has been knocked from beneath the Wateree bridge, and the structure, said to be the second longest single span in the South, now hangs sus? pended In the air. soon to permit once more of easy travel between the west Wateree section and Camden. Supervisor West stated this morning that it looked to him as If the bridge would be entirely finished In ten days or two works. This Includes the painting and other finishing touches which are now going on. Staggers Skeptics. ?Thai a dean, nice, fragrant com? pound like Bucklen'S Arnica Salve will Instantly relieve a bad burn, cut. scald, wound or piles, staggers skep? tics. But s*real cures prove Its a wonderful healer of the worst sores, ulcers, boils, felons, ecsema, skin eruptions, as also chapped hands, sprains and corns. Try it. -ic at Slbert's 1 >nig 8tor< . The Y. M. C. A. Fund The first payments on V. M.C. A. subscriptions are now due and payable. In order to facilitate collections and have these pay? ments made as voluntarily as were the subscriptions, ar? rangements have been made with the banks of the city to ac cept same. We are therefore prepared and will be glad to receive and acknowledge any of these. ^ Bank of Sumter. The Farmers' Bank and Trust Co. Established 1905. 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