The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 24, 1912, Image 1
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' u* M MTKIt WATCHMAN,
tMabed April, 18M.
*Be Job? and Fear no*-~?Let til the ende Thon Aimsrt at be thy Co on try's* Ttiy God's and Truths.'
Consolidated Au*. 3,1881.
THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jane, ISM
SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1912.
Vol. XXXIV. No. 45.
CANDIDATES IN COLUMBIA
I.4K4.I-: ? HOWI? II*. X Ic M'KAh
Jon?? Se\erri> Arrulgns the Govern
or. Who Replied In VlndictUe
Tone.
Hl&teen hundred persons gathered
In the Columbia theatre yesterday to
hear what reason* for election the lev
? ra) candidates for State office* had
to present. Industrial worker* largely
predominated In the audience. Busi?
ness) and professional men were
Sj
?parsely represented. The muss of the
crowd was orderly, hut disturbing
elemnnts made their presence felt
early and the noise became unendur?
able to those who wished to hear,
when Ira B. Jones, candidate tor
governor, launched Into a severe ar?
raignment of the Hlease admlnlstra
| Supporters of Hlease evinced
so unmistakable a determination to
eilence Judgr Jones that the speaker
was unable to proceed until the gov?
ernor himself called on bis followers
to be silent. Thereafter Judge Jone*
had a reasonably respectful hearing.
The neise broke forth anew from
Bleaee backers when Qov. 1Jlease be?
gan his address, and there were oc?
casional hisses from citizens who dis?
approved of the governor's utter
aa? es.
Disappoint n snt wits generally ex?
pressed in the audience over the
failure of the governor to read an
expected statement In refutation of
charges brought against him by im?
plication at the Burns-Felder bearing
in Augusta
There wer** two Interruptions in
the course of Judge Jones' speech,
aside from the periodical outbursts of
catcalling, hooting, his.-ing and cheer?
ing tot Blesse. Qso. R. Ren.bert of
the Columbia bar. who had been floor
leader of the Hlease forces in the
house of representatives during the
past two sessions of the general as?
sembly, advanced to the front of the
stage, from hi" seat at the rear, on
hearing bis name mentioned by Judge
Jones, and asked that the statement
about him be repeated. Judge Jones
read.
' He < Hlease) pardoned Glenn, who
killed Rhoden in Hatesburg. Glenn
stays he paid Mr. Remi>ert $500. Rero?
bert is Blease's floor leader in the
house. Did that $500 pay Mr. Rein
bert to explain how Glenn was In?
no, -nt ..r did It pay for Mr. Raas?
bert's Influence on Gov. Hlease to
liberate a criminal .'"
'Any who says Glenn g>\<
7.re 1500." ?aid Mr. Rehibert. ' is a
lar
I have not said so." rejoined Judge
J >nes. "Glenn said so. and upon de?
mand 1 will produce proof that he
said It."
Mr. Rembert said no more, but re?
tired to bis seat.
I dense voted not to Investigate the
dispensary. (Senate Journal 1907,
pages ft and It.)
He voted not to .ake up and con?
sider the bill supplying money to
prosecute the gratfers.
Then he voted to kill the bill sup?
plying money to prosecute the
grafter*. (Senate Journal 190H, page
673.?
He voted against a bill to help the
?tats In the federal court In her des?
perate fight with the grafters (Sen?
ate journal 190ft, page 253.) The
State finally won and recovered back
many thousands of dollars stolen by
the grafters. If the other legislator
had voted with Blease, would the
State ever gotten their money? The
echo answer when, snd how .'
finally, when he became gover?
nor, he asked for a committee to in?
vestigate the Ansel hoard. The legis?
lature passed the bill but gave the
committee power to Investigate
1 harges against any one. That was
Just what Hlease .11.1 n.'t want, so lo
foed the bill. The legislature pass?
ed it o\ ei ids hea l; and that It U the
same committee that has been
hearing charges in Charleston about
r.d tisjer* paying $3,000 a month to
the i Mal I onstabie of the governor,
and the governor still stands by the
? hief constable. Do you wonder that
he vetoed the hill? ? ?nly one grafter.
J..hn Hlaek. h.n been convicted, and
Hlease paidoned him bOfOTt he gvef
g.t in sight of the peniten* ary. ??h.
ye?. he stand-? by his ffieadH?hasn't
h?> -?..,.,,1 by the gratters?
Qataraof Means rated red te. lax
th- laeaaae of the rtoh (senate Jaarv
: p?n<.- ? >
1 f ?? "t?.| to Shut the gtllOal house
d- or In the fare of the child of the
? |g v. h>. !- |ag i.r to piy hU poll
t v iSenate Journal Hoi;, pig*. l?;:;.?
iIt voted againM th- Mil providing
f r "'.I i.l help In road bulMlag4
whb h W' aid hove get4* th* fi ad lag
lighter on the poor man (Senate
.1 i:u ! ??" 7. page '?"?>'>. ?
?He Ii id fnvor of abolishing the
offies i? i bnnli ? snmlner, thue leaving
it easy for an unscrupulous ami dis
honest I ank< r to roh the small de?
positor,
n? vetoed the appropriation oi
H.i ;;!.?;4 to pay lot the medicine
furnished for the poor man's child
in eases of diptheria and smallpox.
"He favored putting; a burden of
$900.000 on the taxpayers to im?
prove the State house, which every?
body hnoaes is one of the Bneai State
houses in the country. ;
"Is he the poor mun'ii friend? 1U?
will tell you so, but does his record
how It? I
"In D?92 he Voted for free passes, ,
tnd 'or free ?sprees and f?-ce tele- I
graph franks to Isg^slatora (House
Journal Ittf. page 257.) I
In I Ml he voted to let the rail- |
eadn keep it secret who were carry- i
ing free passes. (Senate journal, page
311.) I
-In 11*07 he voted ugninst the bill
requiring the railroads, to reduce pas
senger rate.", as they were doing in
other States.
"He told President Flnley of the
Southern Hallway that he would have '
a friend In the mansion when he I
Blease became governor. When he j
got to be governor, whom did he take
to live with him? He took Ben Ab?
ney, the chief counsel of the Southern
railway company, the bell wether of
the whole Mock of corporations.
B'.ense brags about Hen Ah ney having
made a million and a half dollars,
and says he is the smartest man in
the State. Wasn't it smart of him to
go and live with the governor No
wonder Blease tehs you the railroads
gav? Abney g raise.
"He had to select a private secre?
tary and a clerk. Did he get a farm?
er's boy or a poor man's son? No.
ne went to the railroad offices and
got two railroad clerks; i lowland,
disbursing auditor for the C. N. & L.
railway, and Blackburn, a clerk from
the Southern railway. So the rail?
roads have friends both at the gov?
ernor's office and at the governor's
mansion. Does he ever get away from
the influence of railroads? Do these
clerks and Ben Abney ever whisper
in Bleuse's ear when the railroads
want favors?
"No governor has ever pardoned so
many crooks and criminals. He has
pardoned and paroled nearly 400. He
pardoned Itudolph Rabens. convicted
of receiving stolen goods as the friend
and ally of the yeggman and safe
cracker.
"He pardoned Wash Hunter, whom
he had defended and who had killed
a crippled man.
1 "He paroled Stobo Young, convict?
ed of being a grafter in the Seminole
Securities Company. The parole is
^intil October. Who will Young work
for. for governor?
"He pardoned Glenn, who killed
Rhoden in Batesburg. Glenn says he
paid Geo. It. Rembert $500. Kem
bert is Blease's floor leader In the
house. Did that $500 pay Mr. Kern?
en to explain how Glenn was in?
nocent or did it pay for Mr. Kembert's
j ntluenee on Gov. Blease to liberate a
criminal ?
J "He released the Davis Brothers
and Sumter, three negroes who beat
I and robbed a white man and left
him tied to a tree.
| "He pardoned a negro In Lexing?
ton county who burned Dr. Crosson's
burn. Dr. CrOOgOn had opposed th ?
governor.
j "He pardoned Miller, who wanton?
ly shot Into the house of John Head
In Lexington county in 1910 and
wounded Mrs. Head.
I "He paroled Beekwlth and
Schultz. Yankee pickpockets, who bad
tried to bribe a deputy sheriff with
I|g| to let them escape. The govern?
or turned them out on the eve of the
State fair.
j "He paroled another Yankee nam?
ed i lemtngi who had shot down
wit!.t excuse the SOUS of tWo Con?
federate veterans In Ihs town of
Springfield, ami yet he excused bis
I
pardon Of Hasty, because h* said he
had Shot tWS Yankees, whom the
Jury. !>\ their verdict said were pro?
tcetlng Iwo Innocent girls In n hotel
'?t Gsffnejr,
I "Remember, all of these criminals
he has pardoned ami paroled ind
hundreds of others Twelve south
[Carolina jurors and an honorable
Judge have sold Ihey were guilty
land should be punished. One of these
pardoned criminals may shoot down
you or your brother or your son( In
'tie hope that oven It he || convict
ed. bis friend. Qov, Blesse, will par
i i
tion him. Did the soft-hearted Gov?
ernor stop to think of the Widows
ami the fatherless children of the
men who hoi been murdered, when
it.- released these men" Did hS stop
to thh k of I >w and n ib r and the
SWEARS TO NOTES.
11 \< u.BA1M11 K AFFIRMS COR
!ll.n\i;ss OF DICTAGRAPH
RECORDS.
Sigmund Titliohanni Make* Atlitiavit
Thai RppoH ol* Spartanburg ( on
VCHSStlon i- Not llogu*.
Atlanta. July 19.?Sigmund Tletle
baum ft* Atlanta, the stenographer
who took th? conversation between
Detective B. S. Rood and Sam J.
Nlohota of Spartanburg, in a Spar?
tanburg botel, made affidavits here
today that his notOJ were ?accurate
and Complete and not faked in any
way." Tbc affidavit was made in the
office ot Attorney Thomas B, Felder
of Atlanta whose testimony before
the committee in Augusta, Ga.. was
productive of so much sensation.
Charges that the stenographic re?
port was altered had been made.
good name of the State?
"Has he not brought the good name
of his State into disrepute? He in?
sulted the governor of Georgia and
said he did not have sense enough
to raise watermelons. He has stig?
matized Wood row Wilson, the Demo
cratic nominee for president, as the
tool of corporations. He has made
the citizens of his state ashamed
When they go abroad in the land,
I and now lie is asking you, by your
I votes, to indorse his administration.
I Can you do it and be fair to your
' selves? Think it over."
Gov. Blease made one of the most
vindictive har.tnges he has ever 1e
Uvered, his anger being bitterest
against Judge Jones, The State, Thos.
'B. Felder, W. J. Burns and the legis?
lative investigating committee. It
(was not, however, so remarkable a
campaign deliverance, in substance or
form, as his speech at Bamberg re?
cently.
He said that he had asked his
friends to give Judge Jones a hearing,
but he did not see how Judge Jones
or his friends could expect a hearing
when Judge Jones was attacking him,
misquoting what he had said and
.misconstruing his actions. He could
only explain Judge Jones' course by
reculling that as speaker he made
I * the blackest record a white man has
ever made in South Carolina." The
governor assembled into a group
Judge JonOS, the management of The
State, Thos. B. Felder, W. J. Burns,
and the members of the legislative
committee, and said they composed
"a sot that is unworthy of the respect
Of the decent people of South Caro?
lina." Where, he asked, was Ira B.
'Jones last Sunday, when he, himself
(was at home In bed, resting? Judge
Jones, he said, was seen on the street
in Columbia, with two members of
the staff of The State, who were also
seen with two drunken men whom
he had expelled from the governor's
mansion. Judge Jones, according to
. tho governor, came out on the streets
(with "that dirty pair" after they had
visited the ofBcs of The State and
written "lies" about the governor. "I
suppose," said the governor, "that
'Judge JonOS was in The State office
getting that speech written that he
has read here today."
Defending his pardon record, the
governor said he was criticised for
setting free three negroes who robbed
a Jew peddler. Clemency was grant?
ed In this ease, he said, on the rec?
ommendation of Christie Benet of
l Columbia, formerly solicitor; "Mr.
, Christie i mportsd-from* Abbeville
Benet. Alex. Hasksll's son-in-law and
' Judge Jones' campaign manager in
Rlchland county.
I "Judge Jones says he voted for
Irby," the governor said, "but read
.What Irby said of John Gary Evans,
chairman of the Jones executive com
jmlttee"?and the governor read from
I a Bcrapbook a description of Mr.
I Evans In whloh the w ords, "traitor,"
I "coward." "knave," etc., w ere freely
used. The governor .said he would
stay at home if he had been bam?
boozled out of as many decisions as
i
Jones naS been bainboob'd out of by
Ben Abney through Jones' son.
i 'harlle.
Numbers of telegrams, letters and
long distance telephone messages, the
governor suld, had been received al
tin- eexcutlve ohice recently, contain?
ing assurance of confidence. One of
these telegrams, which hi read, came
from Greer, in Greenville county, and
boie 7."? signatures. ii,- declared that
it he had bei n repudiated" by as
man} audiences In the counties visited
by the campaign party as had "repu?
diated Jones" he would ojull the race.
Tin governor's address was largely
Hindi u|j ol paragraphs wit in which
the public |s familiar through habi?
tual use of them by ti
SUhle, I - in- hiding
M'COMBS ASSUMES DUTIES.
TAKES CHARGE OF DEMOCRATIC
COMMITTEE VOTE KS.
Expresses Himself Confident of Tri?
umph in Fall?Secretary to Es?
tablish Headquarters Boon*
J New York. July iy.?All records of
the national committee which had
been in possession of Norman E.
Mack, recently retired as chairman of
J the COmmlttee( were turned over to
W, F. McCombs, the new chairman,
i late today. Mr. McCombs, accom?
panied by National Secretary Joseph
Davtes, reached here this afternoon
from Sea Girt and held an extended
conference with Mr. Mack, who later
left for Buffalo, his home.
T think the affairs of the Demo?
cratic party in excellent hands," said
the retiring chairman, referring to
Mr. McCombs. "He is a capable man
f":- the place and it seems that Chair?
man McCombs will make a good
k.ider."
Mr. McCombs expressed himself
Confident of Democratic victory in the
fall.
Mr. Davies announced that Demo?
cratic headquarters in this city would
be established within a week.
Chairman McCombs, as he entered
the Knickerbocker hotel, where the
conference was held, almost ran into
Republican Chairman Hilles, leaving.
Both men were too engrossed in con?
versation to see each other.
In a few days the appointment of
Walker Whiting Vick of Rutherford,
X. J., as assistant national secretary
of the Democratic committee will be
announced, it was indicated when the
conference ended. Mr. Vick is a for?
mer newspaper man and has been ac?
tive in the Wilson cause since the
governor's boom was first launched.
WILSON SPENDS QUIET DAY.
Devotes Himself to Correspondence
and to Reception of Visitors With
CongratuhtCons.
Sen. plrt, X. J.. July ig.?Gov. Wil?
son spent a quiet day at his summer
home today, most of which was -de?
voted to his correspondence and wel?
coming visitors who called to con?
gratulate him. Arronf; the latter
were Mayor Preston of Baltimore,
Representative W. A. Jones of Vir?
ginia and Representative Slayden of
.Texas, Harry St. George Tucker and
Kiehard Evelyn Byrd of Virginia, the
latter speaker of the house of dele?
gates, and Augustus Thomas, the
'playwright. Mr. Thomas was the
f governor's guest tit luncheon.
The governor said tonight that
'there was no political signficance to
be attached to the visits of his call
' ers with the single exception of Chair
'man McCombs of the national com
'miuee. He discussed very briefly
I
with Mr. McCombs, he said, the work
'of the campaign committee.
Chas P. Taft, a brother of the
president, passed the governor's cot
? tage in an automobile today and
saluted the Hag on the ritle range in
front of the cottage, hut did not stop.
LOCAL FIRM t.ETS CONTRACT.
T. M. Rradle> *V Company to Put in
Electrical Appliances at Clara*
moid Hotel.
I The iirm of T. M. Bradley & Com?
pany of this city have been awarded
the contract to put in the electrl-al
appliances and fixtures for the Clire
I mont Hotel which is in course of
construction at the corner of Main
and Bartlette streets.
The work on the hotel Is progress?
ing nicely and has already passed up
'higher than the first Iloor. The work
j On the wiring and installation of
electrical fixtures will commence as
I soon as the work on the building has
I reached a stage permitting it.
Summer School ior Teachers.
< ?n Monday. July the summer
School for teachers will open at the
Hampton school. Courses will be
offered In primary methods, English
Grammar, writing and arithmetic.
Miss E. W. McLean and Mr. 8. H.
Edmunds will be the Instructors. The
only books that the teachers will
need are Buehler's English Grammar
and Milne's Arithmetic book II.
The u\i'.<\ popular spot In town at
t b is time "i the year is the down town
breathing spot where the weary popu?
lace can find real and rc?creatlon close
at band.
the dancer j.>\' corpora
i nd \.: rions t hing* which
? \ lev s w ith alarm, or to j
nominal Ion,
tlon power
the go- ei n
TIN DAL NEWS KOTES.
Cows Make Raid on Mr. A. .1. Jone*'
Prise Acre of com. but Do Little
Damage.
Tindal, July 15.?We have been
having abundance of rain for the past
few days, but crops are holding up
fairly well and com has improved.
We hear that the cows made a raid
on Mr. A. J. Jones' prize acre, which
we suppose will be read with pleasure
by some of the other contestants, lit?
tle damage was done however.
Although Mr. J. 1 >. osteen is not in
I the contest, he has a very line piece
of corn containing several acres. Mr.
Osteen also has some very line water?
melons and his mammoth squashes
are very fine, although the rains have
injured them to some extent.
Lightning struck Mr. c. W. Comp
ton's house, on Mr. II. D. Tindals
place, last Thursday. Considerable
damage was done to the building, but
no one was hurt.
Mr. L. I. Parrott attended service
at Bethel church yesterday morning
and at Providence church yesterday
afternoon.
GOVERNOR ADVOCATES MURDER
Says He Will Pardon Anybody Who
slays Men for Use Of Indecent Lan?
guage in the Slayer's Home.
Columbia, July 19.?Speaking last
night from the steps of the State
house to a crowd of 1,500 people,
Gov. Blease said he would have a
pardon ready for any man who kill?
ed J. N. King and O. M. Watson of
Greenville if they came to any man's
home in the same drunken condition
and used the same indecent language
there that they were guilty of when
they called at the executive mansion
last Sunday afternoon.
Mr. King and Mr. Watson gave out
a signed statement that they had been
insulted by the chief executive last
Sunday afternoon when they went to
see him about getting a reprieve for
Stake Norris, a Greenville negro, sen?
tenced to the electric chair.
Gov. Blease dcfend?M his pardon
record and declared that J. M.
Graham, who has the hosiery mill
contract, had been "cleaning up"
since he got in behino him. He told
the crowd that he wanted all his
friends in Kichland ?ounty to vote
for George R. Rembert, when he ran
for the house of representatives this
summer, because he was his friend.
A large part of the chief execu?
tive's speech was devoted to J. X.
King, a contractor, and O. M. Wat?
son, a metal worker, both citizens of
Greenville, who came to Columbia
last Sunday to see the governor
about granting a reprive to Stake
Xorris. a Greenville negro, sentenced
to the electric chair. Gov. Blease
declared last night that Mr. King
and Mr. Watson were drunk when
they came to his home and that one
of them ''dropped into the first chair
he came to." His excellency said that
the two Greenville men used indecent
language. He declared that if Mr.
King and Mr. Watson came to any
man's house in the same condition
that they were in when r*hey came tc
:he mansion and used the same lan?
guage, if that man killed them then
he would have a pardon ready for
aim.
GOV. Blease said that Mr. King and
Mr. Watson might be members of the
order of Red Men now, but after
three more meetings they would not
be as he intended to have them turn?
ed out of their tribe.
The governor said that Mr. Watson
and Mr. King had been referred to
as gentlemen in a newspaper and
added, "if they are gentlemen, then
God pity the hoboes."
Last night The State received a
telegram from H. T. Mills of Green?
ville which follows:
"After reading the reports that
Gov. Cole L. Blease said he kicked J.
X. King and <>. M. Watson out of his
mansion, 1 am willing to offer a re?
ward of $">?'<? for the governor of the
State If he will even attempt that
job. These gentlemen have been his
leading supporters In this county and
have a large number of friends. This
is another ease of Blease sticking to
his friends."
After the governor had spoken for
about half an hour, a shower began
to fail and the crowd dispersed. The
governor received scattered cheers
and applause at intervals during his
speech.
A vote against a g.I r ? ids bond
Issue is a vote against prosperity,
progress, and personal p Ido.
Invest your money in ev<*ry proje t
that makes for the progress of your
i Signed? "11 . T. Mills.
MBRE MUD-SLINGING.
TAFT WILL GIVE <>VT ITH IHM
TO "STEALING" CHARGES.
Will h< Issued From Whit<' iluusi and
Will [ndstde Exhaustive Analysis
of Content Ca???"*.
Washington, Juiy 19.?The reply of
President Taft and his friends to Col.
Roosevelt's repeated charges of
"fraud" and the "stealing of dele?
gates" in the Chicago convention,
promises to be loosed from several
sources in Washington next week;
couched in terms that will be in many
ways a counter attack upon the
Roosevelt preconvention campaign.
The statement, which will be issued
from the White House?the final
draft was considered at i* hours'
meeting of the cabinet ? ^ -will be
an exhaustive analysi' M contest
cases and a reply to "V 0 the Roose?
velt charges of ur >T' iealing on the
part of Taft s f' v 'on the Repub?
lican national ^ /ittee and the cre?
dentials corr ^v -? While this state
ment will V J/o far as can now be
learned, > any direct charges
agains sRoossvelt managers, it is
understo x that Taft supporters in the
house propose to attack In unmeas
i
ured terms the contests brought by
the Roosevelt forces in Southern
States, many of which were unani?
mously decided against the Roose?
velt contestants. Representative
Frank W. Monde 11 of Wyoming, who
was a member of the credentials
committee at the Chicago convention,
will make one of the chief speeches
defending the seating of the Taft
delegates at Chicago. While his
speech will deal principal.y with the
cases of the 72 delegates against
whom the Roosevelt forces made their
chief fight at Chicago, he let it be
known today that he would attack
the Roosevelt contests in Southern
States and attempt to show that they
had been brought "without founda?
tion."
Representative Barthpldt of Mis?
souri, &ho participated >n the work
of the national committee, will also
defend the action of that committee.
Senator Root had been suggested as
the Taft spokesman in the senate but
be said today that he did not expect
to speak upon the subject of the Chi?
cago contests in congress. *
FARM EXTENSION BILL
Lever Has Rule Adopted Which Will
Place His Measure in Line for
Progress.
Washington, July 19.?Representa?
tive I^ever has secured the adoption
of a rule in the house which will
place his farm extension bill on the
calendar next in preference to ap?
propriation bills and conference re?
ports. Last week this matter war
taken under consideration by the
rules committee but it was not decid?
ed until today to give it a preferen?
tial place on the house calendar.
Jf this bill passes, and there is lit?
tle doubt now that it will, the agri?
cultural colleges of the country will
be much benefited. As the name im?
plies, it is an extension measure intro?
duced to increase the usefulness of
agricultural colleges by giving them
'a more liberal allowance of go\ern
' ment funds along the lines of the
Hatch and Merrill funds. Mr. Lever
'said today that he was well pleased
that he secured the adoption of this
rule and that he felt satisfied the bill
Would pass very .soon.
YOI7NG WOMAN KILLS HERSELF.
Accused b> Husband, (liven as Gauss
of Fatal DeeSL
I Rock Hill. July 20.?Mrs. Parke
Walker, aged 22, and the mother of
two children, committed suicide at
i
her home in Carhart village this
morning about ?*. o'clock, gashing her
throat with a razor and soon bleeding
to death, she si tted before dying thai
She did it because her husband had
accused her of unfaithfulness an
threatened to t;ike ?' . , .....neu fron
her and at the time ot the deed was
;.w..y getting n ? ? nv< yance to takt
thei i.
Sentiment prevailing in the village
seems to be with the woman and
those who have known her long be
leve her o good woman. On the oth?
er hand Walker hears the reputation
of being worthless, and it is said he
had ' een r? i" atedly ordered by thi
mill manager to stay away from tin
village where Mrs. Walker was earn
5r,g the living for herself and chil?
dren.
x n imp*
to hi Ith
iway is tho road
" happiness,