The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 27, 1912, Image 1

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3l)C iUatcljman on? Southron. > . . M MMM WATCHMAN. BMaklk.li?d April. IW. 'Be Jost and Fear not?Let all the enda Tbon Almn't at be thy Couutry's, Thy God'i and Troth's." THE TRUE SOUTH KON Established June, 1M* Consolidated Au*. 3.1881._8UMTER, S. C, SATURDAY, JULY 27. 1912. _ * Vol. XXXIV. No. 44^ FIRST BLOOD II SALUDA sl'M l\ToR III KT IHKIM. I V Ws-s \M|?| JK M MM K.IIT. Injur> Not scrhui?, However. While Crowd on Stand Kce|>* Barney Kvan- and Snludu sheriff \pait. Following Eniuter'-. Statement He \ Hit tint on Latter, "t'mie shoe." CoMloi. Bent on Interfering, tioes Down from Blow of Unknown. Ma >orlt> of Viiikli-tK ?? for Bleu**'. -\? galuda J'.h -M.V-? ?\,.r.->h.,?l.. a ng the rather mild Joint debute between ? ; ernot Cole L. Blease and Judge Ira B. Jones, the feature of the St.it campaign meeting here today wax the exclteme U attendant upon the tlrst real tlgh of the campaign, in which blood Was shed, but without serious hurt to anyone. Mr. Barnard B. Evans' charges against the integrity ot Sheriff l>. 1-. Hample brought that official to his feet and wai the occasion for a score or more pet sons crowding upon the stand. I'mle Slme" Coates. of Gilbert Hollow, in Lexington, somewhat the Worse for excessive communion with spirits. :'ound his way between Sher? iff Sample and Mr. Evans; he w ? shoved Aside by the former, but his repeated interference was resented by some one else. The upshot of the matter was thut "Cncle Slme," as he is familiarly known. was kno ked down by a blow from I brawny arm uul fist that made the blood flow ffge iy Mr Kvunn stood calmly to one side, the crowd effecting a separation be? tween him and Sheriff Sample in but a moment or so after the sheriff arose. Officers were on band and it was prac? tically Impossible fi r Mr. Evans and Sheriff Sample to get together. This made It posslh'e for the little side fight that caused such a stir. If heat be a feature, the meetign to? day was a corker. In the hottest lit? tle hollow that could be found in ten States, in a grove through which the eun Altered by the gallons, 2,000 per? sons, possibly one-third of whom were ladies, and a Urge representation of squalling nablet, sweltered in the terrific heat, swallowed oceans of dust, fanned themselves, gBJOffj with vehemence. --one of them. a?<a won? dered why they were hcie. Possibly the most noticeable occur? rence of the day was the collupse oi almost every seat and stand on the grounds e\?.pt the speakers' stand, and even some portions of that gave signs of weakening when human im? position became too great. Candidates, chalrmaa and new-pi per men wer?? "surrounded by a cloud "f WltneSSe-i" llUIOrl to S U f l'o? . 11 iOB. A breath of air .va.s occasionally gained by lighting one's way to his feet and stretching a neck upwards as far gbe/Vi the throng as possible. New Ipe pei reporters had a lively contest to keej) their seats and those who Were forced to sit on the i|o(>r t>> keep from being trampled under loot. vernor Hlease was easily the f i \orlte with the audience here todiy. On bis hand primary at least two thirds -esponded. Judge Joins, i. a ever, in the lace of a hostile audn n. won his Way. and delivered his usual e? speech, with possibh a little more vigor than usual. Among other favorites were Attor? ney Oenerul Lyon and Major John O. Rl bards. Jr.. both receiving gen? ere .s ipplause, I'.oth the Governor and Judge Jones received haiuNoine u<i'n is of dowers. A new feature of ?overnot Blsjggg'l speech t??day was his declaration that be hsd seen toduy a letter from Sen? ator B. It. Tlllman. In which the sen? ator again stated his neutrality In the present SjSjgttesX for the OgVtfhOfSh!p< thst he wo rd continue so unless gome tlnng b? proved against Governor Blesse, and that the "slush at Au? gusta" had made thousands of \ of.-s f r Blasse. Ther? appears to be some difference In opinion between Judge Jones md OV.\ernor Bbase ,(s t., rbe numb, r of counties* enh other will carry in the August primary. Today dOVemof I'.'.e.iSe ,.i|.| Judge Jor.eS W Mild ! 't have i |gjgj| in in but three .,f the sountlss visited so i n. Judge Jones followed this bv saving that he would not lose ll\" of these col?||t|e?4, |||.lt In will e.,iry Siluda. and "if BlSSjBS d ? oi f lo.,k -harp I'll oe.it b in In y. wberrv " Magae hgdtoM wers Ig evidence to ? I . many of them being w in by ad mlr?-rsj #,f the ' gftjog. Tin hutton I* a little larger than a half-dollar, be i rb?, CN?*reroor*i photogi iph ind thlx bMoftptlog! "Out neat tloverno . ? ?do lH Blease." Tbe n ssllasj led i ft pi ? I ded ? t ??> th<- i nnnty chairman, Senator J. M Forrest! moved along quietly un tii Mr. Barnard i;. Bvan*, lor Attor? ney General, spoke, Mr. Evans stat* id th? I In af>tta ? f OU fact that U had bean noua d abroad that ha would pot corns I - Saluda, h> w.is here and defied any one to bring aocusa Ion against i single !.<?: ol his Ufa. ? Y.< . knoa ma,1 said Mr. Bvani "Yes, we km-vv you," said some one, Wait," m 14 Mr. Bvans, "if there is any who does not, he an Interloper Dd not of the people who are my p pie here. If any man can point to a slnub- dishonorable act of my Ufa, lei hon rise ??r foiever he con- ! Vlete4 as a defamer. 1 will not use the word lie. for it is unparliamentary and there are ladies here." | Following the line of defence of his character, Mr. Bvani said that any 1 one who m:<de th.se false Charges stands convicted as a liar, defamer, ! COWard, a thief and a dehaticher of I decency. "it is true,." continued Mr. Bvans, I * that I was presented before your \ grand jury on the charge of forgery, upon the ailidavits of a man whom 1 that >anif grand jury whitewashed 1 f ?r theft under tax oxecutlons. re? taining the CXeCUtioni marked "Nulla Bom," S!orifY Bag f. Sample, who occu pi- d a seat upon the stand, arose a ad advanc ed toward Mr. Evans. He was praaUaally intercepted before he ut? tered a word. "Were you referring to me?" ask? ed .\. Sampl?. ?-.\ir. rhairman." replied Mr. Bvans, ' i am matting my speech; let him Come to :ne afterwards." Mr. glmog Coatee, who had some moments before come upon the stand bringing with him Mr. Bvang1 *uit case, staggered toward Sheriff Sample, who thrust him aside. Mr. Sample, however, was separated from Mr. Evans by many others. In fact, Mr, Sample's advance was the signal for the onrush of a great crowd. Depu? ties were soon on hand, but nothing was done. Attention was rivited up? on Messrs. Evans and Sample; moan while the near-annihlllatlon of Mr. C'oates took place. There werg some pistols on the stand but none was brought Into view. Neither Mr. Evans nor Mr. Sample was seen to make a motion as if to draw. Indeed, a moment later. Mr. Evans declared that he carried no pistol. Mr. Coats was carried off by two men, whether officers or not I* not known, and. although quiet was not fully restored, and the s'and was still thronged. Mr. Evans proceeded with his speech. i "If there is stealing in BoUtfl >' ?ro Una " said Mr. Evans, "don't blame f. Ubr, or Lyon Is the man who brought aim here. Don't hold the hire? ling responsible; for the man who hires him is worse than the agent. If that lawyer proves to be \ thief, b dd yo ir Attorney General rcspc n sM.I.-." ; ? i was told not to come here to da' ; that I would not come off the stend alive," laid Mr. Evans; 'but you see 1 am here and I Will leave 1 this town alive." When Mr. Evans was about to leave the stand, former County Treas? urer Walter Satcher asked what was I n the letter addressed to him In re? ference to the tax executions Sheriff Sample had been connected With and which Evans had quoted. I "You received a letter," said Mr. Bvang, in which ? party enclosed a check endorsed by h. f. sample. which, it Waft stated, was in payment Of taxes, the execution of which had been relumed marked 'nulla bona,1 by Utter ft Sample." "I don't think that was just the ? Way of it." replied Mr. Satcher. I That may not bg your language, bill it I in substance what you mid," returned Mr. Evans, if appears that Mr, Satoher had gometh! is further to say. but the chairman stopped the interchange .and announced Attorney General Lyon. The Attorm v General, re? i celved with applause, at once dispos? ed oi Mr. Rvans* charges In the usual manner. I have n"t i personal acquaintance with Sheriff Sample." said Mr. Lyon, "but I venture to say that nobody her? lielleves what Bvans says about him; < I...ml applause) when sheriff Sample was out after Barney It Ii b pit) he did mo catch him." and there a a s louder b pptfl use. Mr. Lyon defied anyone to prove that Th ?*, n, F*< Ider bad ever got a ????lit Improperly from South Coro wit it about Felder?" nsked some i'elder :- ? shrewd law]er, ?? p?b>d Mr, i.? en, "out lo make all tin nt..!). >? he eon ind he has been lh< mo?! ? vsful adept In ronnln i down I he t h ? ? ss lid grafters In th*a stale .it any who have touched it. <ys a result >t Iiis work there la ov*i f?OO.uoO hi the State treasury that would uot '??' there but for him." "Bi what about tiiat Augusta bUS ness?" persisted the questioner. "That la something that l h ive absolut el) nothing to do with, re? plied Mr. Lyon. in apeaking of Mr, B. B. Evans, Mr, Lyon said thai he know he was n the home of the Evans family, many of them Uue and honorable men "but Barney is not amoag them, The Attorney General made a very effective speech, employing dignified but strong language. Governor Bleaae was given a roue ng ovation upon his appearance. Af? ter some personal reference he an ticlpated Judge Jones' argument on the separate coach matter by de? claring that the solid Edgelield dele? gation and the Solid Saluda delega? tion had voted against Judge Jones on that proposition, and that J. Wil? liam Thurmond, his opponent's cam? paign manager, fought In the legisla? ture for the hills Judge Jones on posed. in reference to the pardons and pa rola he had granted in Baluda coun? ty, Governor Bleaae explained his rea? sons in detail. W. L. Henderson, Al? fred Free? Morgan ThXgUklll and Si? mon Taylor were named and In each Instance there were strong petitions presented by reputable delegations. J I William Thurmond, said the Govern? or, had been instrumental in securing some of them, especially the Thrall kill parole. Thurmond was the solicitor who [prosecuted Thrallltlll and he recom Imended the parole. J The Governor declared that the $900,000 improvements in the State Capitol would not have been us heavy a tux as the Supreme Court building that "Jones and his aristocrats want? ed." Among other things tfle Governor said: "I am so proud to know that I have a cousin (Abney) who could fool Jones out of so may decisions while he was on the Supreme Bench." Governor Blease ^read portions of a circular letter written by J. William Thurmond, asking that the recipient "be active for Judge Jones and be at the polls all day. If this letter should I fall into the hands of a man not j friendly to Judge Jones, please re? turn it." Governor Bleaae touched upon his pardon record, his contention as U> special Judges, the separate coach I question, the Investigating committee and the King and Watson incident in Columbia. The chairman by mistake notified the Governor that his time wag out, but, correcting his error in a mo? ment, an admirer of the Governor uttered a fervent "Thank God." Judge Jones was warmly greeted by his friends In the audience, and after reference to the fact that he had married in Saulda county, his [wife being the daughter of Capt. 'Joseph Wise, and to the fact that he, in the Constitutional Convention in l^'.o.. helped make Saulda county, launched at once Into discussion of lovernor Blease'a policies in office. He laid down the general proposi? tion that the principles espoused by Bleaae were diametrically opposed to those he advocated, Mention of the Governor*! name called further hur .rahs for Bleaae, and the turbulence continued for a time. There was no concerted effort to howl down the I Speaker, but the intermittent yells I for the Governor made it difficult for Judge Jones to speak connectedly, j Tlie speaker won a big laugh on j the Bleaaeltea, scored well and arous? ed his somewhat doubting, certainly Infra unenthuslastic friends, by his tactics in explaining the separate ' coach question, "Would Governor Blease stand for social equality?" asked judge Jones. "No," thundered some of the Gov ' emor'a admirers. I "Would Governor lilease vote for man who favored social equality?" again asked the speaker, j "No," came back from the audi? ence, I "Well. Governor lilease \ot,.,; for me t o Speaker ul the Mouse, re turned Judge Jones and the audience broke into uproarlng applause. j "Vol inen who accept Governor !.i< ' i'- word as law and gospel, what co you aay to that?" asked the speako*. "You know it is mere poll Mcal ' t to talk about my favoring social equality, and l won't dwell fai I th? r on it." Judge Jones had previously stated that tl ? lt< v, n, P. ?ooaer, of this ennntv when n member ol the legis? lature, had \otcd with him awirid ' the i aratc < oach law, ' Again today Judge Jonea charged PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO AND VYES'l VIRGINIA AFFECTED, From Every Quarter Conies Details of Destruction Wrought by Tremen? dous Siimtncr Rains, PitUburg, Pa., July 24.? Death and widespread devastation from tremen? dous rains resulted today in western Pennsylvania, eastern * Hllo and West Virginia, From all sections come de? tails telling of persons drowned or reported drowned; of hundreds of buildings wrecked or completely washed away, streets torn up and bridges swept down; crops ruined, licht plants put out of commission and t<?wns left to suffer their misery in darkness, while transportation, tele? graph and telephone facilities are I idly crippled. ? At Evans station, three miles north o'' Cnlontown. Pa., a cloudburst sent v ater raging into the mouth of the superba No, 2 mine. Fourteen men v i re drowned like rats in a rrap. V hile ol others had miraculous ts Ci.pes from a similar death. A few miles away at Lemont Mi.ie Ivo 2, three other men are reported to have drowned in like fashion. l*p In the Red Stone valley near Biownsvilh-, Pa.', it is rumored that at least ten miners were caught while at work, by flood waters entering the mines and drowned. Verification of this tonight is Impossible and it may be some time before anything definite can be learned. At M?lsborn 7o miners had a nar? row escape when the waters swept into the mine. All escaped but not before many were exhausted. Three deaths are believed to have occurred in the vicinity of Wheel? ing, W. Va. I For a radius of 100 miles around Pittsburg tonight there is a scene of desolation. Wrecked buildings are visible everywhere while streets are i strewn with debris. In some places the debris Is piled 20 feet high, ignores of small bridges have been t^rn from their moorings and broken to pieces in the raging waters. At a number of points the bridges he'd enough ( losing up streams and oa^ k [water far into the town. Cellars by [thousands were submerged and in many cases the water reached the i second and third Moors of buildings. I Hundreds of families have been driven from their bonus and tonight I ?ought shelter with friends or camped on the buildings. Marriage License Record. a marriage license was isued Wed? nesday afternoon to Mr* < >. V. Ham \ rick of Shelby, X. C, and Miss Car? rie 1. Mayes of Mayeeville. that the meeting was packed with Blease howlers. "Yes, there's a hundred from Edge i cl'tld here," spoke up a voice In the audience. Judge Jones is confident of carry? ing Saluda County, "and," said he, j "if Blease doesn't look sharp, I'll I beat him in New berry. Talk ai out 1 my not having a look-in in the coun? ties we have already visited, I won't lose five of them. Referring to the Governor's policy I of government for his friends only, .and the figure of speech employed by ! his opponent that "After the Blease men get through eating, the Jones crowd can have the crumbs," Judge j Jones told w hat he said he heard a few days ago; that a little girl, who had heard the Governor's remark about crumbs, said to her mother: Why, mother, the hogs never leave any crumbs." As to why he wanted to be Gov? ernor and what he proposed, Judge Jones stated the policies he favored, certainly not that of a government for friends, only, for all the people, rich and poor alike; had he proposed economy, real economy and not the penny wise ami pound foolish politics of Blease; that he favored a constitu? tional government and u Governor who wouM abide b> the oath of his office, ami thai he proposed enforce? ment of law instead of the encourage? ment of la w lessncss. In mentioning the pardoning pow? er, Judge Jones said that he Would not decide petitions upon their length or upon the qualifications or person? ality of the lawyer who presented tic petll Ion. h was very apparent that Judge Jones won favor In his strong light against u hostile audience, for he was frequent^ cheered toward the close of his sp.Ii and the applause at lt< close va.- generous and gen? eral. He also w as the recipient of it beautiful bouquet of (lowers.- 3, B. Boney in Newrs and Courier, A CANNING FACTORY. j i><> THE FARMERS <:l SL'MTER ( Ol .M Y WANT A LAXMX(i FACTORY. i If the Farmers Will Agree to Urow i the Produce Necessary Such a j Factory Will ix? Established. The Sumter Chamber <?f Com? merce has for some time been work? ing on the problem of seeur.ng a i canning factory for Sumter. And a number one manager of this factory has been secured and without doubt the factory will be established, pro? vided the farmers will agree to plant sufheient acreage of the produce needed at the prices prevalent throughout the country. The total capital needed to start such a fac? tory is relatively small or about $1?'. 000. If the necessary acreage can be secured steps will be taken to raise the amount needed and the actual building of the plant will be started in the fall, so as to bo ready for next year's crop. The factory will furnish all seed and plants needed at wholesale price? to those who may enter Into the con? tract.*? to grow the produce. The manager of the factory will assist the farmer in every way, both in plant? ing and harvesting the crop, where ever his advice is requested. The main produce needed will be toma? toes, sweet potatoes and green beans. All other produce will be taken care of without contract and at prevalent wholesale prices. The factory will also can fruit and berries. The far? mer is now requested to signify to the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce or to Mr. R. B. Heiser, director of this department, how many acres of each product he will plant. The banks will also be fur? nished with cards to be filled out 1 the farmers for the same purpose. Those farmers who may think of taking up this proposition should re? member that under the contract that they will be expected to sign later, that the factory agrees to take every bushel of produce grown upon the acreage agreed upon and at the prices named. The farmer at the same time agrees to sell to the factory at the prices, agreed Upon, every bushel of produce that he may grow thereon. It Should also be borne in mind that while the prices named may seem low for the early produce that it is de? livered in wholesale lots ami no mat? ter what the prevalent local market may pay for the same produce the factory Is obliged to pay the same stable prices. In other words, when the local market is paying ?">?> cents I per bushel for tomatoes the factory Will be paying but 30 cents, but later i in the season w hen the local market ' is Hooded and they could not be sold I at any price the factory w ill still be paying 30 cents. At the same time the trouble ami expense of peddling ! is done away with, cash is paid at a time when cash is most needed, and the farmer is always assured of his [market. In the case of tomatoes and green beans, it often possible to I plant other crops upon the same [ground after these crops have been harvested. The committee earnestly feels that this factory will be of the greatest benefit t<? the farmers of the county, jit will aid in diversification and in I tat Ion and l'ting that which has been 'sorely needed, a certain market at a j set price. The crops determined up? on ale such as ale perfectly familiar to tin- farmers and need but little more care than those now grown. The tomatoes are of the buch va? riety and need no greater care than corn. As the factory grows and ex? pands, other crops will be tried, such as English peas. 1'or yean we have been talking of the Southern farmer Sending his raw material out of the state and buying the finished product when it can as well be manufactured at home. Now is the opportunity of growing, manufacturing and keep? ing this money at home, it is a chance to become Independent of the northern manufactured product. It i> possible that the farmers will want to plant more than the factory can catv for. If so it will be a case of first come, tirst served and those far? mers who make the Hrsl applications for tins acreage will be given the first ? pportunlty, Relow is given t table of the three main producta needed, with prices paid, average vi<M of same and :,i reage needed. I Tomatot s :??. p..,- bu of |hg; _'",a_; imi !,n; 230 acres i sl'MTER WELL REPRESENTED ON STAFF AND FCRXISHES NUMBER OF REGIMENT? AL OFFICERS. Sumter Boys FtiffawtlaiiHc lor Trip Which is Expected to Be More En? joyable Than Encampment at Chickamaugu?OthVeiv Who Went With Company. The Second regiment left Thursday on a special train, running in two sections, for Anniston, Ala., where the annual encampment will be held this year instead of at Chickamauga, where it has been heir' formerly. The men are enthusiastic %e trip and are expecting a bip On Thursday ^ej j& a special train running t ^ /Atlantic Coast Line left Ho V Mrith the com? pany from iflace. It stopped at Darlir /pick up the com? pany C * Jd at Bennettsville it also r ^. * ^another company. Flor enc, v A\ed its quota of men as /stopped there and the Tim /ie Guards were marched abo./d while the train was at that busy little town. The next stop was Sumter where the local men joined the other companies on the train and the Orangeburg company also got aboard here, being moved by rail from Orangeburg to this place to join the regiment here. The oth? er companies from Edgefield, Co? lumbia and Camden joined the regi? ment at Columbia, where the regi ment was divided into two parts and moved over th^ Columbia, New berry and I-aurens road as far as Clinton. Here the trains were taken in charge by the Seaboard which car? ried the troops on to Atlanta. From Atlanta the men of the second regi? ment will be taken in charge by the Southern, which runs them on into Anniston to the encampment ground*. The train when it left Hartsville was under the command of Liuef. Col. C. B. Yeadon, but Col. C. P. Lipscomb assumed command at Co? lumbia when the regiment assembled 'at that place. All arrangements for transportation had been practically completed previously and the sched? ule for the special train on which the Sumter company l>?ft was carried out as arranged. 1 Each company is required to have at least ^s men on the encampment. The Sumter Light Infantry will havt 4 2 men from Sumter. The officers of the company are: Captain Geo. C. Warren; 1st. Lieut. P. M. Brown; Second Lieut. Wayne Mellette; 1st. Sergeant Ed Bradford. Former 1st Sergeant B. O. Cantey stood the of? ficer's examination last week and, af? ter a successful examination, was ap? pointed battalion quartermaster and commissary. He will be missed from the company of which he has been first s-rgeant lor several years. I Besides the company officers and the members of the company who have always taken an enthusiastic part in the encampments and dis 'played much interest in the work on 'the national guard, Sumter has con? tributed a number of the regimental staff and line officers, furnishing sev leral aide and successful oiiicers in this regard. The line officers from Sumter are Lieutenant Colonel C. B. j Yeadon ami Major .1. YY. Bradford of the third battalion; on the Staff are I Capt. Geo. W. Hutchcson, regimental Quartermaster in charge of trans? portation; H. P. Mii^, regimental !Sergeant major; K. M. Hall, regiment? al quartermaster sergeant. The nu n expect to have a line time on the encampment. Reports of the men from other regiments who have returned have reached them that there will not be so much march? ing, as the area for the manoeuvers is not so extended as at Chicka? mauga. and that the people of An? niston and in the surrounding coun? try treated them fine. They are much elated ai the prospects. NEGRO REBEL LEADER SLAIN. (.en. Pedro [%'OIHH. Head of Late Up? rising, killed bj (.??>eminent ItoOOfSj at Xctiva l '.?a ooia. Santiago. July 18.?Gen. Pedro Ivonet, the negro rebel leader, was killed this morning nt Neuvs Rscocla b\ government troops. Eearlier in tin d i> tin- report was current that tin- rebel leader bad been captured at tin Xotnbrede Dlos plantation. siuittor iakCM I Vise. The Sumter hose wagon a.id team c.i- one of nin< fire vehicles to win prises in the parade at Fayetteville, N. ?V. In the N- nil Carolina SI ate Volunteer Firenu n's Tournament.