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IfHsr trrres Out Statement
m Poeneetk? Troubles of
It. Mills.
itsr. **pt 17.?The follow
iSnl by Presiding KM?*r T.
of the Rock Hill Methodic
_j?ftfttO? to the domestic
H. R. Mills, pas
?Satin's char, h In Hock Hill.
investigated yesterday In
n'roommtttee appointed
t Uta Southern Christian
p*a?t?atton
the press will send
?Hit the unfortu
Kev. H. H. Mills
I Vfm tt my duty
fsVts in ths case.
\pi H? n tern ber l'.r>>th
?f rr.m and told me
^BpaHe^-thst be
Jree together any
tmX that I release him
m as be would feel a
^Msv ^'S??-tag before bis con
Hi fcjsl , f iitil i Mo? ircumstances.
vtoj/Ps)kv#^fbsrtt y h> release blm. I
*S)0UM/t*e tjest and only thing
> WsjMsBWt% *ho ruatter laves*1
1 Lana^"*"* hx due form
consented and ask
an ualekiy as pns
ssj, lasaatlantlng
ssavst^ ja*. as
an* ^ b.
?ksy caref, t investigated
BSjfjff an < "reported that a trial
daflUd necessary. There was
^^^^^H| a scandalous character
*$f***Sjf either Mr. or Mrs. Mills.
?? a^hsfWectfleatlon in the charge
that Br<v1 r Mills separated from
other than the one acrlp
i p* i?.
Thi ivi I* in brief a fair state?
s' the case, and I deem it my
church and to Brother
1| to give this to the
Ate.
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STtTMV \ HOW
Sfssnpton Hank llonkkceiwr Wsh Not
Forced to Riga Confession.
'aalnsahla. Sept 1??That Harold
f aforton. the former bookkeeper of
m'Jio Hampton Loan and Exchange
Haaaak was not forced to sign a con
|fcswon af a shortage of $1,300 at the
point of a pistol was the statement
saads. by one of the officers of the
sSusk Who came to Columbia yester
' awy on private business. The state?
ment was msde by the official that
h?rtest dictated the statement of his
mfessdon to the cashier of the bank,
Horton alleges forced him to
tte the confession. The statement
written on a typewriter and was
sand* by the cashier, according to
the* iaU. It is also said by offl
H >n later wrote a letter
In which be ?onfirmed his alleged
shortage. Thfc* letter was written
"hfn II .rton was out of town and
was noi ... ,ir the ci shier.
PRKAKNT <<?ii o.v > y st I M 0 N ?
lATlaVA4 TOUT,
v\ mi Xnotli. r rian of
A ami Values for the Staple.
Washington. Kept. 27.?Proposals
for the tdopthm of a n??w syateni of
s stpressing weight* and values In
Irtbs cotton trade- have b, en suhnittb-d
to the cotton manufacturers la Great
Ilrltaln by the lirltlsh Welg it* an,,
Measures Asso< sating
Consul Ornhame, at Hradford, r?>
that It is estimated that the
d n form will save nearlv
r I10S.0O0 to the trade. The new sys?
tem would mean that all spinners,
manufacturers. y? rn agents and cot?
ton goods merchant, would express
all fraetions In hundredths when
? i'i ?tlng, tendering or ?nti o ting for
rottoti goods of all dem rlptlons.
t/ As regards welght.-i. It Is proposed
that the Ill-pound hundredweight
should bo ngaellssUy shollntied M
i onnectlon with tb. . .,(?..n trade.
Thla ebsnx < has nlr i I- I . .n p it
Into effeet. It Is stet*' I. In the weigh?
ing Of COtton hillr-4 i' l.i rp ?o| >, l>d
f has paSXllted In a .arge ?
i.<*1 April. IM?. *H? Jh m
J81.
BOSS Bf jtl mi.
H NMI vi i wins swi i iMM. vir
NU IN CONVENTION.
Ho Wan Mn4le Tcm|*>rnry Chairman
und (?\cn Absolute, Power?He
Appoints Ills Own Committee on
ItcttolttttOllS.
Saratoga. X. \\. Sept. 27.?Col.
Theodore Roosevelt rode today on
the top wave of victory, defeating
\ , President Sherman for tempo?
ral! 'halrman of the Republican
State ronvi ntlon and howling over
the old guard in the first engage?
rs i nt of a series of conflicts that are
to come.
Gat, Roosevelt was in his element.
After h? had named the members
of the three important committees
and the convention had adjourned to
meet tomorrow, the colonel turned
to the newspaper men and remarked:
"I said frazzle, you may recall, you
may quote me on that."
At Troy yesterday the former presi?
dent said he would beat his oppon?
ents to a frazsie.
Good Majority. i
There were 1,011 votes cast in the
convention of which Col. Roosevelt
received 568 and Vice President
Sherman received 443, thus electing
the leader of the progressives by a
msjority of 125. Col. Roosevelt did
not vote. Mr. Shermsn voted fog*
John Doe and two of the New York
court' delegates did not respond
when their names were railed. The
vote as officially announced at the
ronventi > 1 Roosevelt T>67 and
Sherman 4 4.">, hut an error In the
faagat srai discovered tonight.
Col. Roosevelt spoke fec?ngly of
uhat President Taft had accomplished
in his administration, saying that the
laws passed reflect high credit "upon
all who succeeded in putting them in
their present shape upon the statute
books; they represent an earnest of
'th* achievement which is yet to come,
and the beneficence and far-reaching
fmportsnce of this work done for the
olt people measure the credit
Ml: *v*i to the ^orrreus
and to our able, upright and distin?
guished president. William Howard
Taft."
The spectators and many of the
delegates warmly applauded tho dec?
laration of Col. Roosevelt for a direct
primary plank.
Col. Roosevelt bitterly assailed the
bosses," declaring that " the differ?
ence between a boss and a leader is
that the leader leads and the boss
drives. The difference Is that the
leader holds his place by firing the
cons<dence and appealing to the rea?
son of his followers and that the boss
holds his place by crooked and un?
derhand manipulation."
Thunders of applause greeted the
colonel as he was escorted to the
speaker's stand by Vice President
Sherman and Cornelius V. Collins and
It was' some time before he could
proceed with his speech.
Thsnklng the delegates for the
honor that they had conferred on
him, the colonel caused the greatest
enthusiasm when he said:
"You shall not have cause now or
hereafter to regret what you haVe
aV 'ne.'
It was a day of oratory; it was a
day ?>f bitter and acrimonious speech.
With the opening of the convention,
State Chairman Woodruff defined the
position of the old guard and an?
nounced that Mr. Sherman hid been
- I< fed for temporary chairman.
And then flu real fight was on.
The Colonel Chuckles.
Got Abraham Gruber of New York
city had been sslectsd to fire the
verbai shot of the old guard, and his
speech attacking the former presi?
dent. Which Was a bitter arralgnmer*
of him. Wai often broken rod down
1 by htsm I and leers. No one en
Joyed Qrtlber'l ?peach more than CM.
Rc Who ohn kku repeatedly.
CypCS thi paudafnO<lXd became so
great that Col. Roosevelt leaped to
bis feet and aske for a full hearing
f >r tho speaker.
William A. Pen-b tirast. comptroller
Of MeW York cltv, was the champion
?.f thi pfosjftnlvg fight and made a
warm and spirited reply to the old
guard onslaught.
The convsntton had been wall pro?
rod for tho outooms of the con?
test for temporary 'halrman. William
Barw Jr., loader of the old fuard
forces, having early In the day con?
ceded the SlectloO Of ItOOOQTOlt. The
roll rail took s bat seemed an In?
terminable Ums und nearly four
hours had passed from tho time of
the opening befort stii* Chairman
Woodruff formally onnounced thai
Col, Roosevelt \ is tho choice ?>r the
convention for temporary chairman,
Contlnwed Fight
tmc rlotOffy of Col. Roosevelt in
tho first courting >>r BOPOS did rod aj?
?1 Vnr im??Im all the wk Tho? Aid
SUMTE?, ? , SAT?K
pear to dishearten tho old guard, for
they continued their light on tho eon- |
vention floor when the progressives
submitted resolutions whereby the;
commttteei should be made by rep?
resentatives from each congressional
district, the members to be named by
the temporary chairman.
Seeing that this gave absolute
power to Col. Roosevelt, James W.
Wadsworth, speaker of the assembly,
strongly opposed tho resolution.
The progressives, however, were in
the ascendency, and the resolutions
drafted by friends of Col. Roosevelt
were adopted.
There being no contest before the
I convention, the make-up of the com
I mittee on credentials was without
I significance and it was quickly named
I and announced by Ccd. Roosevelt as
I was the committee on permanent or?
ganization.
I The committee on resolutions,
which was to thresh over the Import?
ant direct primary plank, caused Col.
Roosevelt to hold up the convention
until he could go over the names
before him. He called Representative
Herbert Parsons of New York to the
speaker's stand and after striking
out three of the names submitted,
announced the resolutions commit?
tee, among whom were William
Barnes, Jr., James W. Wadsworth,
George W. Aldrlch, Senator Cobb,
author of the recently defeated di?
rect primary bill; Seth Low, former
mayor of New York city; Jacob',
Gould Schurman, president of Cor- j
nell university; Senator Brackett,
Representative Payne and Uepresen-|
tative Fassett. j
Talk of gubernatorial candidates
was submerged during the day by
the main contest, waged over the
temporary chairmanship; but to-1
nlnht friends of Representative Ben?
nett of New York. Frederick C. Ste
ph< ns, State superintendent of pub?
lic works, and Henry L. Stlmson,
former United States district attor?
ney in New York, were out scouting;
to secure votes for their candidates.
Barnes Issues Statement.
Saratoga. N. Y., Sept. 27.? Wil
Ham Barnes. Jr., leader of the old
guard, in u statement tonight de?
clared that Col. Roosevelt had used
his "cudgel" against the delegates
from Vice President Sherman's dis?
trict' because "Mr. Sherman had
dared to oppose him."
"The result of the fight in the con?
vention is entirely satisfactory," said
Mr. Barnes. "That 44 3 out of 1,018
Withstood the charges wtih which
the progressives tried to ride rough?
shod over convictions and their sense
of orderly political procedure Is of
everlasting credit to them."
T'nlted States Senator Root was se?
lected today by the committee on
permanent organlaztion as perma?
nent chairman and will address the
convention tomorrow.
Tim Woodruff Turned Out.
Saratoga. N. Y.. Sept. 27.?State
Chairman Timothy L. Woodruff of
Brooklyn, one of the old guard lead?
ers, was one of the first to feel the
effect of the progressives' victory in
the State convention today. Dele?
gates from Kings county in the
Eighth congressional district at a
meeting tonight retired Mr. Wood?
ruff as Stute commltteeman and
elected Alfred E. Vase to succeed
him.
Mothers Of tWO other congression?
al districts reported that they are
ready to elect Mr. Woodruff a mem?
ber of the State committee, but it
was reported that the State chairman
bad said he WSS ready to retire from
politics. This Mr. W'oodruff denied.
Thero were numerous reports to?
night that Col. Roosevelt had Indi?
cated that he did not desire Mr.
Woodruff to be returned to the new
state comtnltee,
New Cotton Mill In Coluinhls?Open?
ing of I linn Hall.
Columbia, Sept. i'ib?This after?
noon will sec tbe starting up of the
rjlencoe Cotton Mills of Columbia,
the first plan! In the state to manu?
facture ball twine The company,
capitalised at $100,000, has install?
ed over 5,000 spindles. T. if. Wan
namaker. formerly of Orangeburgi
is president.
Governor Ansel, Mayor Qlbbes, Dr.
ED. s. Joynos, Bishop Ouorry and
Lewis w. Parker will speak at tho
opening Oct. 5, of Fllnn Hall, th<
new social center at the Unlverstt)
of South Carolina.
in the famous O'Neill v ill cast
from Charlestoni the Bupreme Courl
today denied a petition for a rehear
ing. The case goes again before th?
probate judge for the taking of test!
moil . . A la i r, e.st ile i. InVOlVI ll.
\v.< is? a tyrant who forbids si tin
p< naitv of life1 all the pl< Bures o
youth. I i Rot hefoui uuld.
Mit lit **? Hl> i ?.nun v . ?Ii ..ik| s
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REPUBLICAN G?riVb- TiOM.
DI.'AS OISTKD AS STATE IUI
PI itLICAN CHAIRMAN.
Oncq I*o\verful Lewler of "Rlack and
Taus" Meet* Political "Waterloo"
at Colombia Convention?Succoed
e<l by Joseph W. Tolbcrt, of Green?
wood.
Columbia, Sept. 26.?Ousting E. H.
Peas, the "Duke of Darlington," from
the State chairmanship, in accord?
ance with the wishes of the Adminis?
tration at Washington, a Republican
Convention, composed for the most
part of negroes, met here today and
following a stormy session elected J.
W. Tolbert, of Greenwood, a white
ma.n, to head the Republican party'
in '.his State. Although there was not
a tepetitlon of the "free for all" fight
of the last Convention, there was
much confusion," the meeting ending
in a bubble, when T. L. Grant, of
Charleston, claimed he was defraud?
ed out of the vice chaix^nanship.
The passing of Deas was pathetic,
Indeed. In the words of one of those
who watched the entire session, the
once great "Duke" of the Republican
party In this State mounted the stand
sick at heart." As he stood upon
the platform a few moments, before1
he called the Convention, to order
with pipe in mouth, It was not hard
to see that he knew he was beaten.
For many years he has held the State
chairmanship, and today he withdrew
after bis name was placed before the
Convention, realizing that there was
no chance for him. In caucus the
fight way planned by the executive
committee, and the programme was
carried out accordingly.
It l& said tonight, and the admis?
sion was general among those who
attended the Convention here today,
that the Convention will not be recog?
nized by white Republicans at large
throughout the State, and that anoth?
er Convenion wfu be called in a few
days, at which the negroes will not
be represented. Today's Convention
Waj attended by (i .out six white men
and upwards of 100 negroes regular*
if named d< legates.
Aside from the ousting of the for?
mer State chairman there were two
especial features of the meeting to?
day. President Taft's attitude in re?
moving negroes from offices in this
State was mentioned in speeches, and
it was said that this action on the
President's part was; deeply felt by
the negro members of the party. T.
L. Grant, of Charleston, said that
he was disgusted with the party be
( ause the counting of the votes today,
by which he claims he was defrauded
out of the vice chairmanship. Some
of those who followed the proceedings
closely say that Grant was elected
over bis opponent, but the tellers'
count showed 46 votes for J. R. I^evy.
of Florence, and 4 4 for Grant. Grant
says he got 51 and Levy ?,;>. Most of
the delegates left, following the great
confusion caused by his charge
brought by Grant.
That the displacing of Pea.- was
an Administration event Is the state?
ment made tonight by those in touch
with the Republican situation. "Deas
has opposed three administrations."
said one of the members of the Con?
vention tonight, "and we had orders
from Washington to relieve him of
the chairmanship. It was desired to
put some one in who would he in
harmony with the Administration."
It was Deas who, in a speech be?
fore the Convention today, said that
"President Taft has drawed the color
line." This was with ref< rence to
the positions filled In South Carolina.
At the opening of the Convention, at
2 o'clock this afternoon Deas made
this speech: "We feel It keenly as an
insult to negro voters," he concluded.
For permanent chairman of the
Convention Deas again met defeat.
He was nominated for this position
by W. T. Andrews, of Sumter: R. H.
Richardson, of Sumter, was nomi?
nated by W. S. DIxon and Aaron
Prloleau, formerly of Charleston,
seconded this nomination. P.y a
vote of SO to S, Richardson was elect?
ed permanent chairman of the Con?
vention. He had already been named
temporary chairman. Richardson was
at on" time candidate for Congress,
opposed to the Hon. A. P. Lever, of
the 7th. W. P. Meyer, of Columbia,
was elected permanent secretary, and
James A. Brier, of Greenville, assist?
ant secretary.
Popular opinions, on subjects not
palpable to sense, are often true,
but .?? 'dom or never the whole
truth. -John Stuart Mill.
Whi n our friends die, In propor?
tion bs v/?' loved them, we die with
them we go with them. We are not
(wholly of the earth.- William Ellery
I i Thanning.
4 truths.'
VLPINE FLIER DIES.
Chaves Succumbs to Injurlei Rector
ed Wlien His Machine Foil.
Domodossola, Italy, Sept. 27.?
George Chavez, aged 25, the Peru?
vian aviator, who was injured in
alighting after his flight over the
Alps Friday, died at 2:25 o'clock this
afternoon.
George Chavez, the young aviator
who on Friday sprang Into interna?
tional prominence when he made
his thrilling aeroplane flight over the
threatening gorges and towering
peaks of the Alps, was born in Paris
In 1 887. He secured his aviator's1
license from the Aero club February
19 of this year.
Chavez, though he astounded the
world by a flight which had been
esteemed barely short of the Impos?
sible, failed to reach Milan, the goal,
I the attainment of which would have
meant the winning of a prize of $20,
000 offered by the Italian Aviation
society.
] He had passed in safety the dan?
gerous part of his journey and was
descending at Dohodossola, on the
Italian side of the Alps, with only 50
3afe and easy miles between him' and
his goal, when his monoplane, caught
by a gust of wind, turned over and
bore him to earth beneath its wreck?
age.
At first it was thought that ttfe
daring airman was not seriously in?
jured, but later it was found that he
had sustained internal injuries
which proved fatal.
In his wonderful flight from
Brief, Switzerland, to Domodossola,
the young Peruvian covered in 40
minutes the distance which took Na?
poleon's cohorts a full fortnight to
cross.
Incidentally, in surmounting the
p*reat natural fortifications of Italy,
the aviator may have broken his
own height record, which had stood
against the world up to that time.
Some of the spectators said that after
crossing the Simplon rass he took
the short cut over the Monseera
pass, S.000 f^ct above the sea level
1 and thus may have broken his rec
( oi\l of *s>?2f 1 i'cet/
GAYNOR NOT CANDIDATE.
Announces Refusal to Run for Gos
ernor of Now York.
New York, Sept. 27.?James v"reel
man of NOW York made public to?
day a letter from Mayor Gaynor. Mr.
Croelman decided on this step be?
cause he became convinced today
that nothing but this action would
prevent Mr. Gaynor's nomination by
the Democratic BtatO convention. The
letter follows:
"St. James. Sept. 2G. 1910.
' Dear Mr. Cr?elman:
"I am this day writing a letter to
Chairman Dix stating that I am not
a candidate for the nomination for
governor and refuse to become such.
I do this to remove all doubt on the
subject which may have arisen by
reason of irresponsible statements
which I am informed are being cir?
culated. No utterance of mine has
put the matter in doubt.
"Some have said to me that the
convention may nominate me, al?
though I am not a candidate. It
seems to me that It might appear vain
or egotistical for me to assume in my
b tter to Mr. Dix that that extraordi?
nary thing might happen. 1 therefore
write this supplemental letter to you
to take to Rochester and show there
so as to prevent my nomination if it
should appear o be imminent.
"Make it plain that if nominated 1
would decline to accept. I could not
abandon to their fate the splendid
men whom I have appointed to office
and who are working so hard for
good government, nor could 1 aban?
don the people of the city of New
York alter so short a service. You
may make this letter public in ad?
vance of going to Rochester if In
your judgment, you think the situa?
tion calls for it. But do not do so un?
less it be plainly necessary. Every
honest man \\ 111 understand me.
"Sincerely yours.
W. J. Goynor.
? James Croelman, Esq."
LOCKOUT APPEARS LIKELY.
Cotton Manufacturers and Oiieratives
arc Unable to Agree.
Manchester, England. S. pt. 27.?
a lookout of 150,000 operatives in
tip cotton mills appears unavoidable
unless there is a market change In
the situation very soon,
The secretory of th< Card Room
Vmalgamatlon declared today that
the employee! would not accept ar?
bitration on the terms imposed by the
Federation of Master Cotton spin
ners.
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Vol. X' v? \ No. 11
THE fri jiff COXIEST.
<>I?P<>SIN<. FORCES LINED IP
FOR TOD 1Y?8 BATTLE.
Saratoga BoeJM oi" Intense Poh leal
Fxcitemcnt. Preceding Combat Be?
tween "Obi Guard" and "Progres?
sives" at Now York Republican
Convention.
Saratoga, N Y., September, 20.?By
a vote of 22 to 15 the Republican
State committe, at a speical meeting
tonight, re-affirmed its selection of
Vice President Sherman over Theo
doro Roosevelt, as temporary chair?
man of the State Convention which
convenes tomorrow.
Saratoga is a political tur?
moil tonight, the eve of one of the
most important Republican State
conventions ever held. The "Old
Guard" are making their battle on
the issue "shall Theodore Roosevelt
rule the Republican party in the
State of New York?"
Col. Roosevelt reached he- late
today and within five minute.-, had
plunged into the situation, taking full
command of the "progressive' forces
and rounding up the wavering un?
pledged delegates. The eb and
flow of the political tides finally set
in for the "progressives" tonight and
the Colonel, after a conference with
his lieutenants repeated his declara?
tion made at Troy:
"We have beaten them to a frazzle
and the trophies are ours."
When Col. Roosevelt can e into
Saratoga he was met at the railroad
station by the New York County dele?
gation, headed by Lloyd C. oriseom,
Representative Parsons and Otto T.
Pannard, of New York, and hundreds
of delegates and townspeople. A pro?
cession was formed and headed by
a band, marched to the United States
Hotel, where the Colonel was rushed
to the second-story piazza to make
a brief speech. In response to the
colls of the crowd, "Good luck!" he
shouted, waving his black sombrero
hat to the crowd:
"I Fhan't try to make any speech
nasv. Iii naeke toy .sk ' 1 temor-}
row."
Then before the crowd < ould rush
in on him the Colonel west to his
headquarters where, with his lieu?
tenants, he obtained the last lnforrrya
tion concerning the situation.
Vice President Sherman came to
the village this morning i"rom I'tica
and went quietly to his room. Mr.
Sherman had nothing to say and
spent most of the day talking with
friends. Mr. Sherman, it wa^ learn?
ed, entertains no very exalted hopes
of his election to the temporary
chairmanship, but he sa>'s he is in
the fight.
STATUE OF JACKSON.
Heroic Bronze Efhgy of Lion-hearted
Blattest nil Dedicated at Charleston,
W. Ya.
Charleston, W. Va., Sepi. 27.?A
bronze statue of Qen. Stonewall
Jackson was unveiled today on the
State capital grounds by the local
Daughters of the Confederacy. Gen.
Bennet H. Young of Louisville. Ky.,
commander of the department of
Tennessee. V. C. y., wat the chief
speaker.
The statue represents Gen. Jack?
son with one hand on I is sword and
the other grasping his field glasses.
It is about 20 feet high.
COMING l ot: CONFERENCE,
bun Landing Question Still Agitates
English and American Bunkers.
Washington, Sept. 87.- .t was ?aid
at the treasury department today that
a committee < i London bankers will
come to New York soon lor a confer?
ence ?\ith American inenden? in the
hope of coming to some agreement
on the question of guarantee! en cot?
ton bids of lading.
| The English banks have asked the
American national banks to'guaran?
tee bills of landing on exported cot?
ton. Under the National Pank Act
that would be Illegal, Hankers have
asked Comptroller of the Currency
Murray to give a liberal interpreta?
tion of the National liank Act to
permit them to do so, t ut the comp?
troller has refused.
It Is understood the American
bankers are looking for seme legal
way to guarantee the bills and have
Invited the British 1 i nk< ri into a
conference.
The English banks ?. r?
firm ? n their "if ims tum no*
any <?tton bills with< it
after ? Ictober ! I. ?
and brokers are mu h ' 01
the situation as mu h of I
can ' rop goes to England.
handln??
accept
? ntees
growers
med ov< r
ie Amerl