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? ? <i i EM WATCHMAN, gaiaHMml April, ISM. 'Be Just and Fear ? I Let an Iba <n*s Thon Alaaa't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Tralh's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON. Established June, 1SSS
Consolidated Aug. 3,1881.
S?MTER. S. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1912.
Vol. XXXIV. No. 62.
JONES SUPPO^EflN^GHEERFUL
RKFORTS KKACH IM ? COLUMBIA !
AROtK A ( KOWMMi MAJORITY.
Kdgvftrld I v|?rlnl |o <.|Ve llu> ;
Judge Two Vote* to Hleam?'* One.
spnrtnnhurg Now (on>Ul ereil Safe
for J?m\ bjr IHer Two Thousand.
Young Men Takln? Kagw Intenst.
Columbia. Aug. 11.?A gentleman,
who has been in twelve of the big
Pledraont counties and through 21
cotton mill villages in the last few
weeks, returned here with good news
of the Jonss sentiment among the cot?
ton mill operatlvee. He stated that
Judge Jones was going to get a lot
of the cotton mill vote and said that j
the Blease men were going to nnd out J
on election day Just how strong Jones j
is among the mill people. This gentle
mam said he hadn't attended a single j
campaign meeting, but he has been In
the counties where the candidates
hav? spoken in the up-country and he
found almost In every county people
changing from Bleaee to Jones follow?
ing the campaign meetings. He said
that the prevailing opinion in the up
country was that Jones was already
aa good as elected. The Jones tide In
his opinion la overwhelming through?
out that part of the State In which
he has been.
A gentleman from Johnston, in
Kd geile Id county, said that out
about 300 votes at the two clubs the |j
Blesse would get a dosen. He ?uid
that It Is unanimous for Jones In his
section, and that scarcely a Blease
maa could be found at Ridge Spring, j
A great many people figure that Edge- !
neld county will go for Jones by two .
re one.
That there are people going to vote
this year who haven't <?d before for
many elections, and that they are go?
ing to be Jonee votes Is evidenced by
a statement made here by a railroad
snaa who said that'he hadn't voted for
Seventeen years, but that he was cer
jjH'T going to vote this year and for
[lodge Jonee. Another gentleman told
Ppftl surr sap undent that he hadn't
voted in ten years, hut that he was
going to cast a ballot for Judge
Jonee this election. The Illustration*
oould be multiplied Indefinitely, show?
ing that there will be pracMcaily none
who refrain from voting this year,
and while in tr* second primary two
years ago several thousand voters re?
frained from going to the polls th ??
vast majority of them are going to
vote this year and for Judge Jams
for Ooveraor.
The young men, te the number of
several thousand, who are Just com?
ing of age. and who will cast their
ballots for the first time this year are
going to give the hulk of their vote
:q Jadge Jonee. Jedirlng from expr-?s
ttona heard every diy on the streefs.
They are reg interim? in large num?
bers and openly proclaiming that
thry are Jonee pepoto.
Oood Jonee news la coming in from
Spartan burg According to a resident
of that olty. two years ago, the city
of Spartanburg polled about 1.300
vote* nnd this year there are about
J.eee on the club roll? in the city of
Spartanburg. This gentleman stated
tlisvt practically all of this Increase was
going to be Jones votes and he esti?
mated the majority for the Judge\in
that city alone at 1.500. Then he
stated that the great bulk of the far?
mers of Rpnrtunburg county would go
to Jones, and he aald that Spartanburg
would gtvs Jones a majority ranging
fem 2.S00 to 3,000. He said that
tre strong Jon?a sentiment in Sp.ir
t an burg U on the Increase dally end
that he believed the county would poll
11.000 votes thin year.
A Lauren* man atuted this morn
Intc tb?4t he v. ?s confident tb.it the
large number of dally additions to the
Jones ranka would likely throw that
e.?unty Into the Jonee column on elec?
tion day. He said that the drift to
Jones In I*aurens is surprising.
Sumter county gave r'eatherston..
majority of abo>,t .'no \v><< year-*
over Blease. and Senator Clifton, of
that county. Haid tod av that Sumter
would go for Jone? by 400. Reports
fn?rn all over the i'ee ive section re?
late the increasing strength of what
Is certain to he a big J'?n?^ majority.
Hay after day the JegrSfl |Mf is m
cresslng In strength, ? n ed on report*
that are heard from p? ml" who ITS
reaching Columbia. These statements
come not from politician-, but from
people who are familiar with e\.u>
walk of life and who are familiar with
the conditions In the??- counties As the
election draws ?SafSf the Jogge; talk
'.n creases.
H| hland county polled about 4,000
?g two years ago, but from unof
flclsl ggf OSS it is said that sbout 7,
000 names are on the club rolls in
DEMOCRATIC YEAR SAYS WU.30N
\0>ll.. KK THINKS AM Kit I CAN
PKOPLK ARK RKSPONS1VF.
I*rl\iicge is Giving Way to Pressure of
K.nlightcncd Public Opinion.
Trenon. N. J., Aug. 20?"This is a
Democratic year," said Gov. Woodrow
Wilson in aduressing the Democratic
League of Trenton at the fair grounds
today.
'It is not a Democratic year be?
cause we wish it to be but because
America is responsive to the impulses
of the world. Privilege is giving way
in all countries to the pressure of
public opinion."
The governor reiterated that ne
was under no obligation for his nom- !
(nation to the presidency. "I need not
tell you." he said. 'Vaat the nomina?
tion was received without promise to
anybody."
"Not even to Jim Smith?" inter?
rupted a voice and there was a laugh.
"I never made any promises to him
or any one else," continued the gov?
ernor. "I have made no promises ex ?
cept to the people of the United
States. Every man is under bond to
the people of the United States. You
can't serve one class at a time and
you can pick no favorites.
"The Democratic party as now con?
trolled is in a position to put itself
at the disposal of the rank and file of
the American people."
The governor was given an enthu?
siastic reception.
TAFT FORCKS RKSP1TK.
House Passe* Vetoed Bill for Third
Time, bot Senate t'pholds President
in Fight for Commerce Court and
Lower Body Then Yields.
Washington, Aug. 21.?For the third
time the house today passed the leg?
islative, executive and Judicial bill
over the veto of President Taft by a
??ote of 154 to 63, but In the senate
the effort to pasa it failed, 34 to 27.
As a result the house amended the
measure to provide a continuous ap?
propriation for the commerce court
until March 4, 1913, passed it and to?
night it lies v/ith the senate appro?
priations committee with good pros?
pects that it will pads the senate to?
morrow.
This id a chronological resume of
the progress of the hill today. The
solution of the deadlock between con?
gress and the white house is believed
to have been found, and aa a result,
adjournment now looks appreciably
nearer.
Mr. Taft expressed his delight at
the failure of the Democratic plans in
the upper body and did not attempt
to conceal his satisfaction. No inti?
mation waa given at the white house
as to whether the new compromise
would be acceptable to the president,
but senate and bouse leaders are con?
fident that the measure will be sign?
ed.
VlilOROrs INQUIRY.
Killing of Kngineer Avers Ijooked
into by Mexican Government.
Washington, Aug. 19.?The Mexi?
can Government Is conducting a vig?
orous Inquiry Into the circumstances
attending the killing by rebels of the
young American civil engineer, Row?
an Avers, near Patacurao, State of
Mlehaocan. last week. Mr. I^ascuer
aln. the Mexican minister of foreign
affairs, has informed Ambassador Wil?
son that every facility will he afford?
ed by the Mexican Government for
the conveyance of the body to his
pa rents' home. In Cincinnati, though
owing to the remoteness of the tragic
Segno, communication is difficult.
C. C & <>. AND CHARLESTON.
Yermlnnl- to he Complete*! Within
Twelvn Months.
It is reported eg reliable authority
thai the Carolina, Cllnehfleld and
? >hio Hallway will have a system of
? ??I piers Completed and in operation
at Charleston within twelve months.
Many reports have been given Our?
rency from time to Urns to the sffeci
that the great toal-earrylng road was
about to b.-gin construction work hers
and each time weeks or even months
have elapsed and nothing has been
done, li is now confidently stated,
however that Charleston will havs
become ?? coal exporting point for the
'?'.. C, and t >. within a year.?Char?
leston News and Courier.
this county
that Jones
1.000 than
this year. If this Is ho
majority will be nearer
r?oo.
says ins SUPPORTERS HAVE
GOVERNOR ON THE RUN,
Lktter Talk*, of Tlllman und Again
Seeks to Lay Stress on Senior Sen?
ator's Position of Neutrality.
Pickens, Aug. 21.?Gov. Blease to- !
i
day again revealed the extent of his
anxiety over the effect of the Till
man-Sims correspondence and the
subsequent Tlllman interview on the
Jones-Please race, by reading part of
a letter from Senator Tlllman to him
dated August 16. That portion of the i
letter which the governor read was
as follows: "1 did not think I ought
to try to dictate to the people as to
whom they shall vote for, for 1 have
done my best to remain hands off as
between the candidates for governor
and 1 shall continue to do so. I am
not deceiving the people by putting
lies in the headlines." Blease also
took occasion Jo deny that he had
pledged his influence to Col. Jasper
Talbert in the Dial-Talbert-Tillman
senatorial race. He said that P. H.
McGowan, the Washington corre?
spondent who reported a rumor to
this effect "ought to be called P. H.
Liar." Blease talked much today of
an alleged plot to compass his de?
feat by election frauds and was
roundly ridiculed for it by Jones
who said: "Why, he is scared to
death, friends. He is grabbing at
straws like a drowning man. Up at
tlaffney he even talked of assassina?
tion. Now he is talking about being
counted out. Why, 1 have not the
slightest anxiety about the election.
He Is rattled; we* have him on the
run, gentlemen."
Gov. Please charged that the State
Democratic executive committee was
working against him by sending an
insufficient number of blank ballots
Into Blease counties. He said J. Man
ley Smith, former sheriff of Lee
county, had written him that only
2,000 tickets had been furnished for
that county, though the enrollment
exceeded 3,000. Blease said the
county chairman at Pickens Informed
him that for this county 2,000 less
than the quantities of tickets asked
for had been supplied. "Pickens and
Lee," the governor said, "are Blease
counties."
Blease'a address was for him un?
usually mild in reference to Judge
Jones. Today the governor gave
most of his time to defense of his sd
.ninistration and of his distinctive po?
litical policies. He said he would
not take a brick from the State in
stitutons of higher learning but they
are being developed to the detriment
of the common schools. Then he
turned to a comparison of denomina?
tional and State colleges to the dis?
paragement of the latter.
"Blease and all his cohorts can not
keep me out of the governor's chair
now." said Judge Jonee. "The great
heart of South Carolina has been
touched. The hurrahs for Blease have
been getting weaker and weaker
every day?and these howlers?why,
it has only don*1 me good each time
they have hollored me down or at?
tempted to do so." There were one
or two half-hearted attempt? to howl
him down here hut Judge Jones easily
overcame them. Those apparently
were led by Jack Powers, a sign
painter, who has been actively work?
ing for Please in Greenville.
Judge Jones severely arraigned the
governor for his threats at Charles?
ton and Camden. especially the lat?
ter, which was that he would make
"this Jones crowd sweat blood" if
they should b*> 'Mucky enough** to
elect their candidate.
A portion of the crowd left when
Blease had finished speaking but
numbers of persons who did not hear
him enme up as Judge Jones began
to speak so that the latter candidate
addressed si largo an audlenoa as
Pickens had furnished during the
day, At no time, however, were more
than I.S00 persons present. Only one
arrest was made and that was for
drunkenness,
Nothing n?\v came up In the
speeches of minor candidates, All
the campaigners showed signs of fa?
tigue ami of relief at the near end
of the canvass, w hich has been p? r
haps the most arduous and disagree?
able In a score of yean
Judge Jones ami Gov, Blease spoke
this evening ;it Basley,
Pickens county admirers presented
Judge Jones and Gov. Please with
several tokens of their regard. Judge
Jones w as given B srarf pin and a tie
clasp, both of gold, Gov. Blease re?
ceived an Bilk's ring and s silver scarf
pin.
REBELS KILL HUNDREDS.
GARRISON OF CITY OF LEON,
NICARAGUA, MASSACRED.
ritislied With Victory, Insurgents
Then slaughter 130 of Defend?
ers, According to Report*.
Managua, Nie, Aug. 18.?(Sunday)
(Delayed in v.ransmission.)?Near- '
ly the entire detachment of 500 Nie- |
araugan troops, comprising the garri- j
son of tho city of Leon, to the north I
of Managua, was massacred by a force '
of insurgents last night, according to
reports which reached the capltol to?
day.
Friday news was received by the
government that the liberals at Leon
had risen in revolt and Gen. Chamor
ro dispatched troops to reinforce the
garrison of the city.
The government troops on reaching
Leon camped on the plaza in the
centre of the town. The insurgents,
who greatly outnumbered the govern?
ment f^rce, attacked the city Satur?
day end after a tierce engagement
tbe garrison surrendered. Instead of
holding their captives prisoners of
war, it is reported that the soldiers
were slaughtered by the rebel?. Out
of a force of 500 men all except 70
were killed.
After the repulse of the insurgents
last Wednesday night, after a four
day's battle at Managua in which
the American marines and bluejck
ets from the gunbot Annapolis and
from Panama played a prominent part
as defenders of the capital, the in?
surgents retired, ostensibly to their
headquarters at Massaya, the capital
of the department of the same name.
It was learned by the government
Thursday, however, that the insur?
gents had sent large quantities of
arms and ammunition from Massaya
to Leon through the mountain passes
and that the rebels were hurriedly
concentrating their forces at the
northern city. It also became known
that Gen. Mena, the deposed secre?
tary of war and leader of the insur?
gents, whose health had become great- I
ly Impaired, had gone to Leon to di?
rect the operations of his men.
Lieut. Edward H. Conger of the
j American marine battalion stationed
i at Managua, returned to the capital
this afternoon from Massya where
he went to confer with Gen. Mena.
Lieut. Conger reports that Gen. Mena
Is a very sick man and that the Lib?
eral generals, Rebit and Amend, are
in command of the insurgents in the
south.
Communication between Managua
and Corinto on the Pacific side of Nic?
aragua, either by wire or by railroad,
has been cut since Friday. The sev?
erance of communication was caused
by the uprising that day at Leon.
ENROLL WITH ONLY ONE CLVB.
State Chairman Calls Attention to Il?
legality of Putting Names on Ros?
ters of More than One Precinct.
Should Not be Countenanced?Re?
ward for Conviction of Election
Law Violators. ^
Spartanburg, Aug. 21.?John Gary
Kvans, chairman of the State Demo?
cratic executive committee, issued the
following statement tonight:
"Information has come to me from
various counties in the State that
certain persona are causing their
names to be enrolled as members of
two or more lVrnocratic clubs. This
is clearly being done for the purpose
Of perperating fraud and should not
be countenanced. A reward of $100
will be paid for the apprehension,
with proof to convict, of any voter
who violates the rules and constitution
of the Democratic party and the stat?
ute law of this State at the coming
primary election, to be held on the
27th inst.
"John Gary Kvans.
"Chairman state Democratic* Execu?
tive Committee."
SLATON WINS 1\ GEORGIA.
Atlanta Man has Swept State for Gov?
ernor.
Atlanta. Ga., Aug. 21?United
states Senator A. i?. Bacon won the
distinction in the Democratic state
primaries today of being the only man
to be sent to tin- senate from Georgia
for four successive terms. Returns
up t?> midnight indicated thai he car
rled 130 of the i h; counties in the
State. His election is assured.
in the gubernatorial race John M.
Blaton of Atlanta won a sweeping vic?
tory over his two opponents, Joe Hill
Hall of Macon and Hooper Alexander
of Decatur. Alexander, who entered
the race on a prohibition platform
lost his own county and home town
to Blaton.
THE ANTITOXIN BILL VETO.
STATEMENT FROM MR. GARY ON
THE SUBJECT.
Some Correspondence and Facts
Showing the Truth of the Whole !
M?tter.
Anderson Mail.
There has been not a little misun?
derstanding as to the veto of the
governor on the item making appro?
priation to pay for antitioxin used by
the State board of health. The Daily
Mail has heretofore tried to impress 1
its readers that this was not an ap?
propriation to buy the antitoxin, but
to pay for what had already been
used. This antitoxin is a preven?
tive and a cure for the dread diph?
theria. It is very expensive. The
children of parents whocanaffordit m
children of parents who can afford it
are not the ones who suffer from the
need of it, but the poor people who
cannot afford it have been protected
by a wise and liberal legislature. We
are informed that some mill people
in Anderson c?unty were beneficiar?
ies of ^his very shipment of antitox?
in. Of this we cannot speak except
by hearsay.
Mr. F. Iff. Cary, a member of the
last legislature which passed this
item over the veto of the governor
and paid a debt incurred by the State
in saving the lives of its little ones,
has requested exact information
from the State hoard of health and
the following correspondence is self
explanatory:
Mr. F. Iff. Cary,- Seneca, S. C.
Dear Sir: Your letter of Aug. 10,
duly received. The sum of $3,289.20
was asked for by the State board of
health to cover money due the Na?
tional Vaccine and Antitoxin Co., for
antitoxin which was distributed free
to all citizens of South Carolina up?
on application of their physician, ac?
cording to the law; also money duo
the National Vaccine and Antitoxin
Co., and H. K. Mulford Co., for vac?
cine virus furnished free to all per?
sons in South Carolina who applied
for same to he used for the stamp?
ing out of smallpox.
According to the law the State
I board of health is required to furnish
antitoxin free to all citizens when ap?
plied for by their physician, and also
to furnish free vaccine virus to any
person applying for same. It was
impossible for the State health officer
to regulate the amount of antitoxin
and vaccine virus consumed, as the
law requires him to furnish antitoxin
to physicians and vaccine virus to
citizens upon request, and the amount
exceeded the sum the legislature ap?
propriated for 1911 for the distribu?
tion of antitoxin and vaccine virus
and this deficit was submitted to the
ways and means committee of the
house and to the finance committee
of the senate. They agreed to make
up this deficit and appropriated $4,
133.64. This was appropriated under
section 17. health department, Item
6. This item was vetoed by Gov.
Blease. The veto of the governor
was not sustained by the general as?
sembly. The governor did not veto
the appropriation of $15,000 for 1912,
for the free distribution of antitoxin
find vaccine virus and fur the sup?
pression of contagious diseases, but
by his veto of the deficit he placed
the state in the position of having
distributed antitoxin and vaccine vi?
rus free and yet not being wililng to
pay for same. Yours truly.
James A. Ilayne,
Secretary State Board of Health.
Mr. P. M. Cary, Seneca, S. C.
Dear Sir: As the state board of
health is not in polities and its sole
object is for the betterment ??f the
health of all the people of South
Carolina, 1 would prefer as State
health officer, that the hoard be not
drawn into a controversy about this
matter. The facts, however, are ns
stated in the enclosed letter.
Yours truly.
James A. Ilayne,
Secretary State Board of Health.
M'CO MBS SEEKS QUIET SPOT.
Feeling Need of Rest, Chairman of
Democratic National Commit tov
Hide*. From World.
New York. Aug. 20.?William F.
McCombs, chairman of the Demo?
cratic national committee, who drop?
ped active campaigning ten days i?? i
under his doctor's orders, left this city
today for a rest of two weeks or more
in the country. He was accompanied
by Ills sister. In order to insure his
having absolute qulel and a rc-pite
from politics the place of biw retreal
was not disclosed,
POUNDER OF SALVATION ARMY
DIES IN LONDON.
Rev. William Booth Tlie Apostle to
the Poor and Depraved Parses
Away at the Age of 83?One of the
Greatest Evangelists of All Time.
Lo don, Aug. 20.?The Rev. Wil?
liam Booth, general and commander
in-chief of the Salvation Army, C..ied
at 10.13 o'clock tonight. He was
born at Nottingham in 1829. The vet?
eran Salvation Army leader was un?
conscious for 48 hours previous to h'
death. The medical bulletins had /
revealed the seriousness of the^? >
eral's condition, which for <jek
eg*
past, it is now admitted, T.. ^ope
less. t /
Twelve weeks ago G'^ Jooth un?
derwent an operation ?.he removal
of a cataract in his eye. For two
days after the r Ation indications
justified the ho- t the general's re?
covery. Then b?>?d poisoning set in
and from that time, with the excep?
tion of occasional rallies, the patient's
health gradually declined. The gen?
eral recognized that the end was near
and often spoke of his work as being
finished.
Throughout the Commander-in
chief's illness his son, Bramwell
Booth, chief ?of staff of the army, s.nd
Mrs. Bramwell Booth gave their un?
remitting attentions to him both night
and day.
The aged evangelist died at his res?
idence, the Rookstone, Hadle Wood,
I
some eight miles from London, where
he had been confined to his bed ever
since the operation. Present at the
bedside when the end came were Mr.
and Mrs. Bramwell Booth and their
daughters and son, Adjutant Catherine
Booth and S^rgt. Bernard Booth; the
general's youngest daughter, Com?
mander Mrs. Booth-Helberd, and
Commissioner Howard, Col. Kitching
and Dr. Wardlaw Milne.
Public interest now centres in the
question of a successor to the late
commander. Under the constitution
of the Salvation Army, the general
nominates hi3 successor. That Gen.
Booth did several years ago, placing
the name in a sealed envelope which
was aeposited with the Salvation
Army's lawyers with instructions that
U Should not be opened until after his
death.
While nobody knows what name
the envelope incloses, the general be?
lief in the Salvation Army is that it
will prove 'to be that of Bramwell
Booth, who for 30 years has been its
chief of staff.
Where Gen. Booth will be buried
has not yet been decided. While every
English member of the Salvation
Army is convinced that no man was
moie worthy of interment in West?
minster Abbey, it is not expected this
honor will be awarded to Gen. Booth
by the abbey authorities. It is the
general belief that the comraander-in
chiefs last resting place will be be?
side that of his wife, who 21 years ago
was buried in Abney Park, Stoke
Newington. * ^
Starting his career alone as a soap
box preacher in the slums of Notting?
ham, Eng., at the age of 15 years,
William Booth ended It at 84 as head
of an army of millions of Salvation?
ists scattered through 54 counties..
He fought many real battles in the
slums of London and often was in
peril of losing his life in the cause,
but with those who "allied to his
si pport he formed the nucleus of his
great movement which was first given
the name of the "Christian Mission "
The present Salvation Army was
never foreseen nor was the name ever
deliberately c hosen by any one. Mr.
Booth was dictating to a stenograph?
er when he used the words: "The
Christian mission is a volunteer
army." When he looked over the pa?
per later he substituted "salvation"
for "volunteer * as the stronger word,
and the phrase struck fire among his
ndssion workers, who seized the mil?
itant spirit from it.
So great was Gen. Booth's faculty
of handling ami inspiring men that
Marshall Wols< j once declared that
the British army h ?1 taken lessons in
methods of organization, distribution
and control from the Salvationists.
Rowling Match Tniilglil
There tvill be a bowling match to?
night between the champs and the
Game Cocks. This is the first time
that these two teams have bolwed in
the V. M. c. \ bowling league and
the match will be one of interest. At
present the Rollers head the league,
they having won the greatest number
of pins in their match with the
Tw triers.