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BRYAN MOT A CANDIDATE Kl I I I.I H \\?* ?. 1 \ I NIM \\ I I - roan in (iun M.i>, Man* Republican- I hink Mr Will r.. Nominated m llaltlmore und Prom. l*e Him Support? Mr In-i-i- Ihn ii? i- Nim i I amlnlatc ami Will Mip|n?ri i nl . i WiUoit in Clark, Special to Ttn I mi 1 \ Item. Chlc.no. /une It,?William J, Bryan, the I?eniocrut:c I? adcr inU three times Im ,t -i f.r tin* presi? dency wa - . ? me a - warm as any hi- ? \-r received from a iVmo crstlc a**cmh|.ige today as he mo\?d about. A in ijor tN Of the delegates seem to gedJeVg tb.it luyan will be nominated at I'.altunore and that he ts studying sggailllong here at tlrst hsnd In order to be letter prepared for shaping things at the Halttmore Convention. I.r\an. however, renew? ed his denial that he Is a candi? date. He expects the right to be be? tween Clark and WUaag and will tour the counti for gfMgll gV? named. To all who have promised support, end he bad assurarces from belli Roosevelt and Taft men that unless their candidate Is nominated they will turn to the Nebraskan. ihyan lias In? sisted firmly that he is not In the run? ning. in mi pouci t ot nr. Ntuuher of IUcmIIM- lined for Rid? ing on Mdcwalk?.. Quite a numl'cr ?f cases were heard in the recorder's court Saturday morning, many of them being against Hayclists for riding on the sidewalks st forbidden places and some for leav? ing horses unhitched. A number of the cases were made out by Police? man T. P. Ward, who has been as? signed to the outskirts of the city In order to prevent such violations of the city ordinances and from tho looks now It seems that he will see that the blciycl? and automobile ordinances are enforced or make it hot for tlv? offenders. Henry HeirioM md 1 ?s- it Moor?-, riding blclclet on fotMdden Oldta I P. continued. Shepherd Johnson, leaving horse unhitched. $5 or 10 days. R. C. lfcNeal. violation of auto? mobile ordinance by exceeding speed limit. $10 or 20 days. Carle Rowland, riding bicycle ?>n forbidden sidewalk. $2 or 4 days. Wllmot Chandler, violation of au? tomobile ordinance by exceeding ?peed limit. 110 or 20 days. Oliver Prophet and Willie McRae. creating a disturbance and cursing. $5 or 10 days on each charge. Hugh Bradley, riding bicycle on forhidden ?Idewatk. $2 or 4 days. W. N. Poatfleld. leaving horse un? hitched. $*> or || days. I Moon -(.and) Bishop\ille. Jiito- II. ? I SJM of the must beautiful Neddlngs \er wit? nessed |g this dig grng latama Md fVesjne-oi ,> ..\. ning ?t !? o'ciof Ii it I he hot,,,- of Mr. and Mr* W. V. MOOTS, when th?dr daughter, Ml? Leila Oer maine Moore, becaans the bride of H ?rr> <; ,iniy. Before the assernhlmg of the hridal party M H-< I11 i I uneH <m< I cause." As the last notes died away Mh? ll.itvthorne Keamei SOUOded the gVOf popular Wedding tn irch from ' Lohengrin." and to its strains first ceme the hroh -'s pastor. Ite\. Ii. K. Edwards, who gsHclatOdi Next cam ? the groom, with his lust man. 1 >r. Walker of Tlmnsonevlile, Then enmo dame of honor. Mrs | I). Woodham. sister of the gfMo, followed hg tho bride Next came little Alien Mozingo carrying the ring l.i a lovely magnolia bud and maid of honor. Miss l.ilu Moore cousin of tin hride The out-of-town gliaatl were Mr. and Mr*. Alexander Burrows. Misses KstellA. Adelle. Kdlth and Nellie Moore. Charlie ij.nilurd. Haisl Boy kln and S. 1 Mo.,re of Halxelt; Mr. and Mm I re,i r.est. Mr. and Mr*. K. r. Weed ha wt Mm Uslnnd Mklnnet and Miss KHcn ll.trrn of Stokes Bridge; \lt md Mrs. K. M MogRsfO, Mr and Mrs Sidney Segtirs and Miss i.eimd Basjafg n| llartsvllle, it. m. and Mini Dnlrj (sandy, Mr< and Mrs. I?a\ls. 1 ?r. Walk.r of ilartsville. and MI<m Ussle and Marie Newsome of Aohnrn. M r and Mrs ?1 ? nd\. after a ploni ant trip to rOmtrveS, will make their h..n - i? I'dshopvilb Married. A telegram from Mi. Henry P, MoOnf this giomlng lold ?'f Mfl mar? riage \Mtinl a In \?w V.irk to Miss charlott ? Kmanuel of l>enver. Colo? rado. Mr. M^SSSi g 11 \ Idling his aunt. Mrs. ft. Rsnanoel at Flushing, Long Island, and Mi*-? I'manuel was visit? ing there I'm . Mr. Kmanuel be ng her uncle, and S* It happened Mr. and Mrs. Moses e\pe. f to be home Prlday. Mr< I?. B MeCallont, Jr., has re? turned from a Vigil Id Rock Hill. M TO KNIFE. Rtxifti \ i i i wii.i i x.iir i \ t in MOVE hi i M l. I In Ii > 11111 u ;i ti i un\i im i?>n Will 11 .i Miter Buttle *n llw Wuj liirough I mil One Mdc irverwlielm-t Ihe Olli? ? pt?>nii t I in nee o| Roosevelt Bolt. Chicago, Jnnt iv? actlen taken by Roonevell dctegatee, ise< mbled In ma."." m* ? tinu c:iiiy :lu> nomine . med lo km-, k into i i "? god hat ail ihe teilt ol moderation that had ohametertaod the couneeli ol both -ui? ?? during the enrly hotire "f the i kin. The specific p? Int upon which Ihe rhnngi .-?? ?mal le hinge wai Ihe deelnrntloB by ih< Roosevelt men thai they would ennslder any? thing i?-!*? than MD un< onteeted dele K it* s a binding majority of the c?.n ? entbm. This aetien. if follow i d. WOUld almost oeftl Inly throw the con? tention Inte eonfueton? as neither side has th.it number el uncontested dele* gates. Chicago. June 17.?While ?tili claiming that Col. Rooeevelt will con? trol Ihe Republican national conven? tion end be named lot preeldeni on the Aral bnllott the RooeeveH leaders spent todny working out the detalli of their ping of attack on the Taft Programms as outlined lent night. Mod..ration was counseled in the two .sailing camps throughout the day and had its effect. There w?-r ? occasional Hashes of tire and charge*! of "theft" and ' fraud" by the Roose Vell forces, of ?bribery" and "corrup? tion" at the h subpiarters, but it was everywhere agreed that the day had i" ? n of the quietest preceding an) cons ention in ye i i s, L'ncertulntt as to the result ol 'he convention was as prevalent tonight aS at any time since the national Re publican force! begun their invasion of Chicago, and neither the Taft n??r the Rooeevelt hendqunrten were cer talrfTts to the number ol the dele-1 Kates they could depend upon with any degree Of certainty. The claims and figures put out?each side Claim? ing a char majority?were those of hope rather than conviction. I ?ne thing appeared Certain tonight, that if there is to be a holt it is a long wny off and will only occur after ev ? I expedient of strategy and parlia? mentary practice has been e.xhaus'ed I'V trained and rOOOUrCOfUl leaders. Although Col, Rooeevelt In his speech at the Auditorium oame ae dose to suggesting a possible bolt as at any time during hin campaign it had been tentatively decided by the Kosevelt leader! to fight |0 the end through all Of the parliamentary channels open to them before taking any radical step. Col. Roosevelt eeeerted that the men "fraudulently put on the tempo rary roll bf the dishonest action ol the majority of the national commit? tee should not be allowed to Vote on their own case, or to rote on one an other's." Th* n he gdded I ?it is the duty of ail the honest members of the convention to tiurht that action from the moment the con? vention assembles, it is our duty to the rank and file of the Republican partys it Is our dutv to the people of this country 10 Insist that no action of the convention which is based on the \ot,-4 of these fraudulently seated delegate* binds the Republican party or imposes ans obligations upon .my Republtcnn*'1 This outline of the Rooeevelt com? patgn, coming from the colonel him? self, served tO set at rest all doubt as to a change of programme from that decided upon at a conference of th.- Rooeevelt lenders last night "to light from the drop of the hat." The Roosevelt leaders ere going to attempt front the very start tomor* foe |0 appeal their cast to the con Ventlon Itself, minus the contested del egatei Rented by the national com? mittee, The Taft fores ate going to Insist thai the proceeding shall move Ktrlctly according to precedent and thai each motion ihnll stand the test of ps i llamentary praetb s ?? mi the eve of the convention both sides plainly wer.- ncrvoUS, It Wall difH< uit enough for them to reach any sort of conclusion as lo how the dele? gates finally would line up on the question of the nomination and nest to impossible to determine just what delegates or delegations could be de ponded upon to put through th< pre? liminary programme. Some of the delegates Inetructcd for f*o|, Itooscvett, it ss;is known. Would not Ntipport all of ihe moves made by hts steering committee on the conven? tion floor, while it appeared equally certain that many of the delegates In? structed for Tata for president did not f. .1 obligated to support his managers on any other question. These facts three an element of doubl Into ihe sit? uation ami gnve lo every prospective move in the convention an uncer? tainty unknown in recent yean in the R< publlt .hi P ii ts. Col. W, D. Scarborough, of Dalsell, vs i i I? of to the city Mondsj. <.o\ I KNoK IM IM.Iis in (II \K(.| IN Kl I IUI N( I I?> (.11 MI. (uiVtTllor ??I Hoiltll Carolina Soilic wliil IlltVIlftCd Over Clltll'gf Marie ? ?> Mayor ol t luirlc*toii Tluil Blind Iii:? -? l?rafl i- l-'iiuling Um Whj tu state capital?!? race win ProbuhB Im- a?iuiiiiioiH,?| r.nioiT Dltnonsur} i < IllOlil Ii ? Colum In, June 11.?"Any man W/ho would make such a statement is a liar nnd .1 inward.' is the comment Governor Dleaie gave <>ut at hit <>f- j flee today on tin* charge of Mayor Grace thai he had traced graft from tii.- Charleston blind tiger situation practically up to the Governor him* si-ii. 'rii.- Mayor's charge moved the Governor to wrath and he denounced it in emphatic language. ?The Governor's official family In gi\Ing him trouble," was the way one comment ran today on tin- latest de? velopment) for it was recalled that Mayor Graes is a colonel On tin- Gov- j ernor'i stair, and it he hai resigned j no one hai heard anything of it. Time and again there have been re port! and denlali of a break between Governor Blease ami Mayor Grace, and tiif story to this effect during the last session of tin- Legislature it well 1 > in.-ml.. red. it i- also Interesting to 1 ?call lust about the time <?f the reported break thai Governor Blease, while on a visit I to Charleston gave out an Interview 1 on the matter, in which he said "John ! is all right/1 and Otherwise said picas- j ant thing* ftboul the .Mayor and de- | nled there had been any break be? tween them. Now, however, the Gov? ernor applies the short and ugly woid to tin' charge <?f Mayor Grace. Tii.- dispensary Investigating com? mittee is expected tO meet Tuesday at which time the matter Of making out formal subpoenas for Mayor Grace and ?'hilf Stothari. of Blease'l Char? leston Consta biliary, w ill probably he coi tidered, as Mr. Btothari Is mid to be the person that Mayor Grace has charged with being the one who car? ried the graft from Charleston to the Governor, chairman Carlisle, of the committee, stated the other day tha* he was going to call the committee together next week, probably on Tues? day, when they would resume their deliberations, Another matter which will he con? sidered is the question Of hearing tin testimony of Thomas B. Felder, the Atlanta attorney, whose letters on the Governor of South Carolina and his I grave charges against him caused sensations in the State it is thought that Felder Is willing and even anx? ious to testily and th<- committee will certalnl) exhaust every effort to get his testimony. Mr. Felder'! recent answer to the Governor's threat to have him arrested as he passed through tin- state with the Georgia delegation en route t?> Baltimore, was that "he Would attend to the case ..; Blease in the not distant future." The meeting of the committee on Tu.-.-day will divide interest with the opening of the campaign at Bumter, and the testimony of Mayor Grace doUtbless will hold the undivided in . pi -t of every man in the State, When asked last night >f he had any statement to in ike in regard to the Governor'i statement. Mayor John iv Grace replied that he had nothing to say at this time lie said, however, that at the proper tune he would say whatever he might have to say BS to this matter. Mayor Grace confirmed the state? ment that he is colonel on the Gover? nor's staff. He stated, however, that he had ne\< r put tin- uniform on. "My connection with tin- Governor's staff has been n very passive one," he add I ed. New s and ('ourier. in mi: police <01 bt. The following cases were heard by the recorder Monday morning with the following c< nvletlons ami fines: James Keels, riding bicycle on a forbidden sidewalk, $10 or 20 de ;. This line w is mad for a second of? fense within a period of a week. Carrie Boss, disorderly conduct, $ I" or 20 days. William Voung, riding bicycle on forbidden sidewalk. $ 2 or I da>?. Harold Wrlghl and Charles Wal? ters, creating 1 dlstrbance, $6 or 1" days eai h James Voting, violation of vehicle ordinance, $fi or 10 days. $2 of this amount being suspended during K.1 behii \ lor. i*. II. Vision and 1'. I \ Wilson, drunk and > ur* hk, $10 ein h for being drunk, and one of * ."? more for Wil? son hu* ' in sin?. Tb,- college boys and girls are very lllU'h in eVldeH'e these d-IVS, "I) th' streets ami elsewhere. They have al? ready began t" formulate plans to keep things lively during the sum? mer. Ml 1 Kate McBween, of Timmons Vllle Is the guest of Miss Mary Wil? son on Broad street. BANKS TO LEND $500,000. HANK PHF.SI HUNTS PROMISE Ii MjF MILLION ihiM, Uts Tn XII? i 'AH.Ml Ks l\ v| .i.i.. i \<. CO II? >\. Agreement K< iiclicd Pl'IdU) at ?!? >i111 Meeting mi i onimiti ????. from rarm l ni is. Chamber of Commerce ami Hunk* o| cits?Movement Origin of it Stutc-Wide Campaign for some l.ml. AI .1 meeting of committees from] the Sumter County Farm ere' Union, ? the Chamber of Commerce and the banks of the city $500,000 was pledg' ? ?1 by the lianks of the city to be lent to the farmers of this county and trading In this < ity on cotton stored In warehouse*, the money to be loan? ed at six per cent Interest until the | first of May. 1913. The meeting was hold Friday in the Chamber of Commerce hall, Messrs. ES, \V, bahbs, state president <>f the Farmers' Union, J, Frank Williams, bounty president of tho Farmers' Union. J. M. Brogdon und R. 13, BeJ ser. A committee from the cii mi l?er "f Commerce represented that aody and the presidents of the various hanks in the city wer? pre** ent to -peak for their institutions. The meeting was the first of u series 1 of meetings to be held for the pur? pose of discussing means of market? ing COtton in a practical, profitable and systematic way. The me.-ting wan expected to be the beginning of a State-wide movement with the same object in view, the helping of the farmerI at times when they need such ! help from the banks and the teach- 1 Ing of systematic and profitable mar? keting. The matter will be taken up by President Dabbs in other counties where the same steps will be advocat ed and adopted If it proves feasible. In each county the help from the banks will be local, but the move? ment will be taken up with the presi? dents of the unions in other States and they will be expected to see that the counties In their States adopt the sann- or similar means to obtain the same end. The bankers agreed to lend the half million dollars to the farmers, it be? ing thought that that amount would be sufficient, in order that the farm? ers might know before hand what help to expect from the banks and in this provide for the holding of their cotton, and that it might not be nec? essary to rush it on the market as soon as it is picked and ginned as has been the case to a considerable extent heretofore, 1U H.lirvt. ROADS IN silll.oil. Supervisor Kitts Make- sonic Com? ment* on Work in This Section. Supervisor Pitts was In the city on Monday and while here he stat? l to the reporter for the Item that he was making good progress with his road building in Shlloh township. Mr. Pitts stated that in that section the best road material was to be found of any where in the county and it was not so difficult to build roads there as elsewhere. Mr. Pitts Is now engaged in build? ing up the ! >st used roads in this part of the county, tilling in holes, digging Stumps OUt of the roads ami pfovul mg proper drainage, There are great many public roads in Shlloh township and for this reason only the principal ones are being put in sh ip.', so that they can be kept in go "1 condition beta-after. The roads which wa re built In the Rembert section are still in good shape, and it looks now as if Super? visor PlttS will have some good roads all over the county with a little more time and work. FIRE \ssoo\TloN INSPECTION. Will Meet Here Wednesday Morn ing to Inspect City. The State Fire Prevention Associa? tion will meet in this city Wednesd y morning for the purpose of going over the town, inspecting it and after? ward- telling the people In an open meeting which will be held what measures should be taken t<> lessen the Hre risks here. The Inspectors of ail lire insurance companies <l"inn business in this ity w ill be represented by their Inspectors who will go over the entire city during the day. The meet? ing to be held during the evening Is for the puropse of letting the people know what to do In older that thev may lessen lire risks and thus de? crease their insurance rates. Slirlners at Home Again. 'ihe part) of Bhrinera which went from here Monday muht to Asheville to attend the convocation of Oasis and Omar Temples returned home on Thursday afternoon after having spent a most enjoyable trip and hav? ing had a big time in Ashoville. KRAFT IN CHARLESTON. MW? ?II < .11 \i I s|?| IK* i s |?| \ : \ i i i; lt?'|KMI tllC < lUII'ge in.(I I ?l-p' ii-.ii \ < oii?tublc* an- fti'til'iiuit in t Iturlo Loil ami | ||U| Ii.?- lal'Hi'l IIa? Ii. .11 I" raced in Charleston. IIa? Sonic* lliillg (.> KU) Abuul Local tiruficr?. 1 'liai leston ' 'omiiiDM Ken ? . The statement published in th columns charging wholesu ?? graft ?? the constables, in the "enf< rccement" of the dispensary law in Charleston seems to have stirred up a hornet's nest throughout the Stute. The fur? ther statement that "we have traced this graft "practically" up to the Gov? ernor himself" has met deservedly with tremendous interest and has elicited from the Governor a rather caustic, if indeed, Irrelevant, denial, coupled with some biting epithets, it will t'o noted, however, that wn..t the Governor says is "that anyone who stated that he. Blease, had received graft from Charleston blind tigers was a coward and a liar." This is not t" the point, it is a nun sequitur. I'pon it there can be no issue between the G? vernoi and us. li we had com? petent proof to show that the Gover? nor did himself, In proper person, "re? ceive" this graft, ??in- readers may re.-i assured that we would say it. But we have made no such claim. What w? have said, and can abundantly prove, Is that rne constables here in Charleston ha\e "received" it. More? over, we fay now, weighing our words well, that not only have they received it. but that the first thing they did when s? nt t<> Charleston was t" organise a perfect system ?>f graft; that in one first Stroke they made a lumi collection of i large amount, and that ever sitae, they have been exacting and collecting, ac wording to the volume of business done, a stated ?cm at fixed intervals; and that these actions have been coincident wi'h the comings ami going of certain personi ami personages whose movements point with Utmost circumstantiality to our conclusions that the graft is "traced practically to the Governor himself" The known facta of graft collection are so (dear and the con? ditions are so convincing that we have for ourselves reached a moral conviction in the matter. Cpon the same character of evidence we would under oath tlnd guilty a person accus? ed "f mutder. Whether or not the Investigating Committee will reach a dIff rent conclusion from our own re? mains to be seen. And nOW let nie drop into those matters which arc a little personal, it seems to he the conventional thing in journalism to do everything behind the editorial "we." Views are put forth, characters blackened, Infamous Mmds ami malicious lies propagated under the all-embracing Impersonal persona] pronoun, first person, plural number. "We" has covered a multi? tude of sins. It has also afforded safety against just and unjust phy? sical attack, and it it has sent brave nu n to. it has as often saved cowardlj writers from, untimely graves. It is all very nice and all very conventional. But somehow or other it seems to tti to be an evasion. When articles amount to nothing more than an im perscnal view of impersonal topics, nothing is to be gained and a great deal of egotism to be lost, perhaps, in the disuse ??f the pronoun "1." But Inasmuch as the mission ol this paper is the eradication of evil in govern? ment, and as most evil in government arises through the corruption of men; and as it is necessary in proving the corruption of men to come down from glittering generalities to specific charges, I feel that it would be un wise ami manifestly unjust if for an? other moment I allowed any doubt to linger around the authorship of these articles, or if not always the actual authorship, at least the inspirati m. They are by John P. Grace, and whatever he assert- he is ready 10 prove or take the consequences. He says this because only within the bist week certain thieves and thugs who receive moral encouragement fr ?m men higher up are said to have made threats against his life t. r articles appearing herein. For the n he has but utter contempt. No doubt tin re are those who would like something to happen, and from all accounts are counselling no restraint to the no? torious murderers and highwaymen who med perhaps but a word to "do the job." To his friends and his em iiMe- Mr. Crac,. has but to siy? be not afraid; to his friends, that no physical harm will come to him; lo his enemies that none will come to them. 1 >f course l realise thai we an k> t ting down at last to what has been needed in Charleston for a long, long time ?tin telling oi some pluin truths; and In the teMfllg of them certain person** must '.??? affected. But how else can the people of Charleston and the state ever know the truth and. by know in^ it. bring about thai Mood government which every de? enl man assuredly must de? sire'* Take tin dispensary situation. BRYAN REPORTER AT CHICAGO ?.im \ i IOMMom h sK.i t ltf>i 1 \ . II It VII \\ I IH C.| ii \|,| KK, i \pbuo- Tliai ll<- i- Not KfeHtiug puhiirau N-.mij, iiiflm tor ,|, |,|?( imi^ ^ ,,1, ,, <|lf> <",':, Iun?? William Jen? 1 ng* Hi ran i 1 - .. 1 entre ol attrac* ?*>n u ?!!'? preconvention irene lo ,: 1 v- ad though appeal ing ai thej h< iid'iuartors of leaden ..1 ;, rival party .1.? .1 newspaper reporter, w<ii given :i demonstration i\ the thronf 01 ?isitors and delegates. Mr. Bryan had personal chat with Thoodore Room \ ??!: late in the d -.. after he had Interviewed Senator D|*? on, the Roosevelt esmpalgn director and Managing Director McKinley r the Xafi bureau* a> in- entered th.- hotel lobby el* wing his way through th.- crowd, some one shouted: 'Hurrah toi William J. Brenn." He w.is cheered for seevrel minutes tnd continuous cries of 'Speech," "Speech." cam? from .ill parts of the lobby. Mr. Bryan waved his hands to the crowd, md remarked to those near him that he had come "merely as a newspaper reporter" and not seeking presidential nomination from a Re? publican convention. ' I came to see your steam roller," said Mr. Bryan, ?1 s h- shook hands with Congressman McKinley. "Is it anywhere in sight ?" "No. we have laid it aside." said Mr. McKinley, "but would be glad to lend ?t to you i! you would like to have it at Baltimore." "Oh, n??, we Democrats do not need it." Mr. Bryan laughingly responded; " w e are going to hold a model con? vention." storm CLAIMS 2? VICTIMS. Heavy Property Damage Inflicted by Kleinen U in Missouri. Kansas City, Mo.. June If.?Twenty six person- are known to have been killed and many injured by a storm that passed over Central West Mis? souri late Saturday, demolishing 1 uildings. tearing down wires and leaving the smaller towns and coun? try homes completely wrocked. for instance. We know the constables are graftin?. Why then shouldn't we say it and. if need be. name names? And why should we not go further and show that such things are toler? ated and possibly shared in by "men higher up?" Your answer Will be. "of course do it; it only ?f? fe, ts Bleeps, and who cares about him." Suppose, then, we say that We also know that the rottenest kind of graft exists amongst the rural po? licemen, and thai such is known and tolerated by the sin-riff of this Conn Itj\ As fairminded citizens would you hesitate to apply to him the same rule you would apply t<> Rlease? Do not misunderstand us. We do not know, and we cannot say that we believe V'lth the same moral certainty thit Martin is getting any of the graft, as in the ease of Rlease; but we do as? sert that for political reasons at least he knowingly tolerates it. This we are able to prove beyond any reason gble doubt. Why then have we not a right to assume that our readers will engage w ith us in the same earn? est discovery and elimination <>f these near-home abuses? They seem very anxious to fasten upon HI ease responsibility for the rotteness of con? ditions und.-r his administration. Why not as to Martin? Come now. readers ?be honest. If anyone doubts that Mr. (Race knows what he is talking about, we publish the annexed letter to disabuse, his mind of the error. 1'or good reasons at present Wg withhold the writer's name: Charleston. S. C. June IS, 1?12. Hon. John 1'. Qrnce, Mayor. BtC, Charleston- Dear sir: 1 see by the daily papers that you are summor.ed to testify before the Investigating Dig* pensary committee. Such being :he case I want to say that being thor? oughly familiar with conditions, also charges that you made through y ?ur paper, which I suppose is the cause for this summons, 1 would be glad to lender you anv assistance or testi? mony that would be of service to you. As you will no doubt recall the fSCl that during your campaign, things became so strong. 1 was ad? vised that Ben Stothart was promised a pardon, in the event of him putting me eh.- writer* out of the way. as 1 knew too mu.h and would talk; fur? thermore I collected some of the money that ihose human vampires ami bloodsuckers forced these poor , people t<? gl?,. up. Please Lt || tx understood that I lam not offering this as the olive branch, tun its only a case where you .aia- right, and 1 am with you in this particular, like in ab cesee 1 sm with any man the! 1 feel is right. Therefore, it you need me or my Services you are at liberty to coll on ' nie. v* 11 respectfully,