The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 11, 1911, Image 7
CIUK LUIS II RICE.
r
MAJORITY OF HA ON kHGfi
Or RaTTVRNH.
Klcxngon Very Clor??Con
\ umher of Challenged
Votes to Come Before the K**cu
tire toaersltte* ? rwfcuey Hm
Majority Over Harvey, and Munla
dta Over Cogswell.
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Mgws asd Courier.
With all of the preclude hoard
at 1:10 o'clock thla morning the
vote for Mayor stood aa follows:
J. P. Oraee.2.???
T. T. Hyde.1.105
1 K. W Hughse.100
On the face of the returns, there?
fore. Col. Grace has a majority of 85
The executive committee will meet
on Friday to pass upon any pro?
tests vast may be made. A const der
ftg*als number of votee have bsan chal
F^hmgjod sad It will b? the part of the
committee to pass upon these chal
hsager Bstlmatse of ths number of
ehaJlsngsd votes vary, but It la be
tWeed to he sums hundreds Ths
?St will not be declared until
committee has disposed of any
that may be presented.
On the face of ths returns Law
M. Plneknsy has a majority
Wlsjua O. Harvey, for Alderman
Ler* , from Ward I; O. A. Musis -
hen a majority ovsr W. H. Cogs
for Alderman at Large from
4; A. W. Wist era has a ma?
jority ovsr T. J. MeCarty for Alder
nsaa at Large from Ward I; J. F.
mtowrks haw a majority over F. 8.
Maacket aa Alderman at Large from
Ward v F. H, Bold has a majority
_erer A. W. Petit as Alderman at
%*r<* from Ward 10; John Wohlt
naaan bss> a majority over H. Hornik
far Aitsrmen at Large from Ward 11:
W. TA Clerks has a majority ovsr C.
W. ToBaer for Alderman at Large 1
free* Ward it.
A osanewdreble aumbsr of voters
^hed bean ehallenged. Just how many
hi net known at thla hour. Under
Hat rale of the executive oommlttoe
challenged votee were never
placed In the boxes aad ware
ted by the managers, so that they
Included In the figures given
Thay trill be passed upon by
_jnQrie committee, which has
Che powsr to deHde whether or not
theae mtso have been properly chal
snged and whether or not thev nhslt
as throwu out of the count.
Oa the fa*** of the returns tb
^?hl vote cast, as indicated by * uui
vasa of the different pelllng pieces,
hast after ths ballot boxes wers clos?
ed, was 1.040. This Is ths hsavlest
vote ever polled In Charleston.
Charleston, ss many an old-timer
remarked, had never spent such a
4*day as ysstsrdsy eines the stirring
times of '70. A fever of excitement
affected practically ths entire popu?
lation. The city vii given up to the
battle of the ballots and little or no
basin ess was done. On the streets
I crowds gathered around many
the polling pi ares and stayed there
all day from 0 In the morning, when
the polling; places opened, until af?
ter taw v*ee had been counted by the
managers st night. And even when
there was no polling place nearby to
form the centre of attraction, knots of
^a?n which sometimes assumed the
^jtcoportlon of small crowds, gathered
and discussed the situation.
The Hyde force* hsd made ex?
traordinary efforts to pre\ent the
voting <?f fictitious names or of names
Illegally oa the rolls. In view of the
g^faot that upon complaint of Col.
^Orace the executive committee h\d
seen restrained through the use of
aa Injunction from purging the rolls.
R was felt by leaders of the oppo?
site party that the conditions necessb
tster* fan rr -atest cars In seeing to
\ It that these votes were kept out of
the ' taw as far aa that was pos?
sible H ' de of affidavit* had
been prepare to show that these
names wers Illegally on the fttsl and
these were ready for use.
M Boms .rouble and u good many
hard words were occasioned by ths
challenging of voters st ssveral of
the polling places and by ths arrsst
of msa for allegsd perjury Ths po?
lice had besa given very strict Instruc?
tions and stood randy to execute the
will of ths manar > with ths utmost
g, promptness at stories were going
the rounds jrs I. / o slleged at?
tempts to vot rurnes that should
net aa voted. U Ii said that mllors
from vsseJo la port were taken to the
polls aad st tempts mads to vots thsm.
though ia some instance* at any rate
^ these attempts were foiled. Msyor
r ft**u was a tireless worker yester?
day. His efforts were directed mainly
te the prevention of illegal voting
and during the day he wss subject?
ed) to aome pretty rough and dlsv
ogyrssabls ecpetiearen. Btaeclalry was
- that the cose in Ward S early la the
P day, when the Mayor ordered the ar?
rest of s man who had attempted to
vote and who the Mayor maintained
had ao right to cast a ballot. The
league go of the crowd or of Indi?
vidual in It became decidedly ab?
bot hue Mayor stood firm end
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the man was taken to the Police Sta- I
tton.
Perhaps the etormlest s?en es of
the election were enacted in Wards
S, 9. and 11. In all those wards the
polling places were the centrea of
great crowds and there was often a
tendency to aerious disorder. Beyond
the fact, ho -ever, that flat tights took
place hare and there and much pro?
fanity, some of it of a peculiarly dis?
gusting sort, was Indulged in, the day
passed off without a formidable row.
Everywhere one saw Hyde and
Grace badges. Even many of the
women were wearing them yester?
day. The crowds were often vocifer?
ous. This was especially the case at
night when men paraded the streets
In carriages and automobiles shouting
for their candidates. All this enthu?
siasm was displayed In aplte of the
fact that the rotee were still being
counted and no one knew how the
race had turned out. Some pistol
shooting was Indulged In at night by
celebrants who felt that they had
to make a noise somehow or other,
but in eplte of the fact that tho law
considers this a misdemeanor nobody
waa hurt up to an early hour th.s
morning.
As for ths election Itself it was a
hard fight all day long. The polls
opened at 6 In the morning and at
mtny of the polling places the voters
were out In strength even at that
early hour. This waa especially the
cans In the upper wards, and here
miny a man had to stand in Una faff
more than an hour before he was able
to cast his ballot. Ths crowda did
not thin out aa the day wore on. Hun?
dreds of people went without dinner
yesterday, judging from ths appear?
ance of the streets at the dinner hour,
anil hundreds went without supper.
Tho streets were crowded until lets
at night. In {rent of the Hibernian
Hal, where .he executive committee
ha<j Its headquarters and received the
returns, a large crowd gathered In
the street. Chairman M. Rutledge
Rivera had given orders that no one
exoept members of the committee, the
candidates or their representatives,
th? managers and the representatives
of the press ahould be allowed witr.ln
the committee room, and thus the
connt'ng proceeded more expeditious
Iv than would otherwise have been
the csse. Even so, however, it was
a very alow process.
On the whole the crowd on the
street was surprisingly good-natured.
They did not conceal their sympathlos,
1 but they jollied one another for th*
most part Instead of using harsher1
msthode.
Chairmen Rivers paid Several
visits during the day to various > t
ing precincts, his presence there be?
ing desired. Several calls were made
[upon him during the day at the Hi?
bernian Hall sy persons who claimed
that they.had been wrongfully denied
the right to vote or by leaders In the
interests of some of their partisans.
These protests will be considered by
tho committee at an early meeting.
I The scenes Just before the poll
I closing hour In Ward 9 at times were
I of a kind to cause many to congratu
I late themselvea because they had cast
I their ballots earlier In the day.
I Screaming men, women and chil
I drsn made the night hideous very
I frequently. Fights broke out every
I fsw minutes, and when quelled by
I the police under Bergt. Ben dt, broke
I out again In another part of the ward.
Several hacks filled with men and wo.
I men paraded up and down South and
I America streets, and through other
streets of the ward yelling at the top
of their voices, some for "Hyde" and
th* rest for "Grace." The police
Isourht to put a stop to this rowdy?
ism, but could not be at the polls and
at other places In the ward it the
same time.
Late in the afternoon tho rtpon
I was spread that the ward had "gone
for Hyde." Col. Grace apn ared at
I police headquarters, accompinni by
I Alderman Pinckney, and requested
I that more men be sent to the, prec' icts
in Ward s. stating that he feared a
I general disturbance there later in the
evening. Several detect!vee and ex?
tra patrolmen were immediately dis
I patched there.
Just before the polls clo#ed one
ardent Hyde supporter let his en l.u
silastlc feelings gst ths better of h,m
and spoke tauntingly to several op?
position men who were standing
around gV.omly and savagely f hewin?
their cigar atumps. Ar t?W4 large
Hyds badge adorned his ba-eiat. "Hur
rah for -.?? He got no farther.
A fiat ahot Into hie face and h? sank
I Into the mud choking over several
teeth that had been Jarred from their
moorings. . When the police had
I charged through the dense crowd
that had congregated on the spot, ths
man with the heavy net had made
I hie escape,
I While no very serious disorder
broke out during the day at any of
the polls, fist fights took place In al?
most all ths wards between 6 a. m.
and 7 p. m. The typical slectlon bum
waa present at every poll In the city,
but he was outnumbered during the
early hours of the day and part of
the afternoon by ths better element
who by their presence undoubtedly
prevented a lot "of dirty work."
Signs of drunkenness wore scarce
during the early hours of the day, all
blind tigers being closed. But later
Iii the day, several arrests were made
by the police for disorderly conduct
and In nearly every case the pr'sonor
was under the Influence of liquor.
A majority of the blind tigers in
the city remained closed during the
day hours. The tlgor owners had
been given to understand that open
doors on election day would mean
swift action on the part of the police,
and as a result but few of these places
dared to serve out drinks to the hun?
dreds that knocked at their doors.
MARLBORO PLAN REJECTED.
Gov. Blcase Recline* to (nil Extra
Session of Legislature.
Columbia. Nov. 8.?In a lengthy
letter to Mr. J. J. Evans of Bennetts
vllle, dispatched Tuesday, Governor
Blease states In full his reason for not
calling an extra session of the State
legislature, as requested at a mass
meeting of business interests in Ben
nettsville Monday night. The letter
Is in reply to a telegram received by
the governor Tuesday morning from
Mr. Evans, stating the situation, and
asking for a hearing on the matter
on the 13th.
The extra session was desired to
take some action looking to an imme?
diate relief of the present situation of
lower prices for cotton.
The refusal to call the extra session
Is placed on the grounds of the heavy
expenees entailed, the fact that mat?
ters are not In shape now to allow a
special session to do the business of
ths regular session, and that the re?
sults of any action that might be tak?
en would be of value only to a lim?
ited number of farmers.
Why a Growing Cover Crop.
A correspondent wants to know if
the grass and corn stalks, if left on
the land during the winter, will not
serve as a cover crop for land to be
planted to cotton next year?
The grass and corn stalks will
serve one of ths purposes of a cover
crop, but will not serve the other
purpoeee of a winter cover crop,
which are of great Importance.
The purpoeee of a cover crop may
be stated as follows:
I. To All the soil with the roois of
a growing plant that will in their
search for plant foods take up and
hold In ths plant, the soluble or
available nitrogen in tho soil tnat
might otherwise be leached out and
lost. If a legume cover crop. It will
also Kather *xtra nltr\>R?i,i from itu
air, which wu: be used by and ?torej
in the growing plant
1. The cover crop covers the soil
and fills it with roots which prevent
surface washing of the land.
3. A cover crop may furnish grat?
ing, give a spring crop of hay or for?
age, or supply extra material to plow
under to make humus.
It Is apparent that the grass and
com stalks on the land docj onl>
one of these things?that stated In
No. 2. They merely cover the land
and In a measure, depending on the
amount of grass, prevent washing of
the surface soil.
Of course, the grass and corn
stalks furnish humus-f Drming ma.
terlals, but this is no gain as they
may be plowed under when the cover
crop Is sowed.?Progressive Farmer.
Excursion Rates via. Southern Rail?
way.
To?
Columbia, S. C,?Account Colored
State Fair. Tickets will be on sale
November 6th to 10th inclusive, lim?
ited until November 11th, 1911.
Richmond, Va.?Account National
Convention, Cnlted Daughters of the
Confederacy, tickets on sale Novem?
ber 4th, 5th and 6th, limited to No?
vember 20th. 1911.
Atlanta, Ga.?Account American j
F?deration of Labor. Tickets will
be on o.iJo November 7th, 8th, 11th,
12th and 13th, limited Docember 4th,
1911.
New Orleans, La,?Account Ameri?
can Bankers' Association, tickets to
be sold November 17th to 20th in?
clusive, limited until November 30th,
1911, unless extended at .>ew Orleans
by depositing tickets and upon pay?
ment of $1.00 per ticket,
Augusta, Ga,?Account Georgia
Carolina Fair. Tickets will bo on
gals Novsmber 6 th to 10th Inclusive,
Umltsd until November 13th, 1911.
Augusta, Ga.?Account Negro Fair
Association. Tickets will be on sale
j November 13th to 16th, Inclusive, and
for trains arriving Augusta before
noon November 17th. limited until
November 10th, 1911.
For Information as to rate* tickets,
etc, call on Uoket agents or address:
J. L> MRKK. O. P. A?
Atlanta. Ga,
W. B. McGETB, I) P. A.
Charleston, H. C.
Southern farmers are classifying
the boll weevil, ths cotton caterpillar,
and anything that will reduce a crop
as of nature's blessing, but contend
that the price of cotton Is fixed 1 elow.
?Charleston Post.
ELECTIONS KU TUESDAY.
SOCIALIST VICTORIES FEATURE
THE RESULT.
In Rhode Island Republican Gover?
nor is Elected?-New York Legisla?
ture Same Way?New Jersey Legis?
lature Al.-Mj is Lost.
Washington, Nov. 8.?Elections
held yesterday in many .States and
cities throughout the country re?
sulted in the election of Democratic
governors In Massachusetts, Kentucky
and Mlssisippi, a Republican governor
In Rhode Island, a Republican as*
sembly in New York,' which will chal?
lenge the continuance of Gov. Dix's
policies, a New Jersey legislature with
majorities probably not in accord with
Gov. Woodrow Wilson of that State,
with results of the State elections In
Maryland and New Mexico still in
doubt.
In Massachusetts, Gov. Foss. Dem?
ocrat, was elected by a reduced plu?
rality of about 8,000 over Louis Froth
lngham. Republican. The contest
was unexpectedly close. The Re
[ publican candidate for lieutenant gov
jernor was elected by 7,000 majority
and other Republican State candidates
probably are elected.
In Rhode Island, Gov. Pothler Is
re-elected over Louis A. Waterman
(Democrat,) by a greatly increased
plurality. The State senate is solidly
and the assembly largely Republi?
can.
New York State furnished one of
the chief surprises, reversing the pres?
ent Democratic majority of 24 in the
State assembly and electing a Re?
publican majority of 60 or upward.
The change removes the united sup?
port which both branches of the legis?
lature heretofore have given Gov.
Dlx's policies. In New Tork city,
Tammany's control was shaken but
not overcome, Tammany candidates
In Manhattan and the Bronx being I
elected, while those in Brooklyn and
Queens county were defeated by fu?
sion candidates.
New Jersey similarly furnished a
surprise by the probable reversal of
control of the legislature, the returns
at midnight indicating Republican
majorities in the senate and assem?
bly.
In Kentucky James B. McCreary, a
Democrat, waa olected governor by a
majority estimated at 20.000 to 40,000
A Democratic le*i?l??vr<? a1^ was
elected which tnsurse the choice
Congressman Ollle Jam?s as United
States h-nator from ECenutcky.
Mississippi elected a Democratic
governor and State officers by a de?
cisive majority.
Returns up to midnight from Mary?
land were Inconclusive. Claims were
made of the election of Phillip Lee
Goldsborough, Republican candidate
for governor, by 5,000 majority over
Arthur P. Gorman, Democrat, while
counterclaims of Democratic success
were made. The constitutional amend?
ment designed to disfranchise negro
voters probably was defeated.
The Ohio municipal elections result?
ed In the election of Democratic
mayors in Cincinnati, Cleveland and
Columbus. President Taft cast his
vote at Cincinnati.
In New Mexico the Democratic
State committee claims the election of
McDonald for governor by 1,500 In
the first election the new State has
held. The result Is In doubt. The
election of a Republican lefts'' Uure is
Indicated, which will mean thd elec?
tion of two Republican United States
senators.
Marked Socialist strength has de?
veloped at various points, n< tahly In
several of the municipal eon'.SStf of
Ohio where eight cities elected So?
cialist mayors, also Schenectady, N.
Y., where a Socialist mayor and a So?
cialist member of the Statu asembly
were elected and In Mississippi, where
the Socialist candidate for lieutenant
governor polled a considerable vote.
Wa*te Pipe Being Placed on Stand
Pipe.
A waste water pipe is being placed
on the side of the stand pope in order
that when the tank is filled the
surplus water may he carried
off through the pipe Instead of escap?
ing on the side of the tank and being
blown over the buildings and people
below. A new pipe has been needed
for some time, as the old tin pipe,
which was formerly on the side of
the stand pipe, rusted away some time
ago. In place of the former tin pipe
an Iron pipe is being placed for the
waste water.
Senator E. D. Smith In Town.
Senator B. D. Smith, of Florence,
was In the city Wednesday talking
with his friends and making acquaint?
ances among ths people of the city.
Special Cotton Notice.
Owing to the quantity of low grade
and mixed picked cotton that la
coming on the market we are forced
to decline the purchase of any cot?
ton unless we are permitted to ex?
amine the actual bale. This may
cause an Inconvenience to eome of
our friends, but In self defence we
are forced to it. O'Donnell and Co.
11-8-1U
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