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n and M HAM WATCHMAN. ?HIHMll 11 April. ISM. 0 >n olicntted Aur. 3.1881. 'Be Jost end Fee* not?Let eil the ende Ttaou Aims't st be thy Country's, Tby God's end Truth's.' SUMTER. 8. 0., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1912. THE: TRUE SOUTHRON. EsmbllsUed Jane, 1AM Vol. XXXV. No.l. TIE LISI CAMPAIGN MEETING < K?kV\l> Ol' HVK HUNDRED VOT? ERS HEAR COUNTY CANDI? DATES SATURDAY. iHcpreiieiitatlvc R. B. Belaee Telia of Cswsgh I of LeftsUuare and Governor Bless'e and Why He Has Entered halo Pigs* AgalnM Governor; Peo? ple Interested. ?s There were fully h\ve hundred voter* In the court house Saturday morning when the county candidates com? menced their last speeches of th ? i .imoalgn. All of them wcf j given close attention, although there wgt not much applause as there was Fri? day night, nor did the crowd seem to be as enthusiastic, although there was no doubt about their Interest, a was the crowd Friday night. The meeting was called to order by I County Chairman Clifton, who Intro? duced the speakers. The candidates I for sheriff came first and were fol? lowed by the candidates for Clerk of Court, all of whom made practical? ly the same speeches as were made J Friday night. The candidates for ' coroner also did not depart from their \ set speeches. When the speaking of j the candidates for the house of repre- | eentatlves commenced, dinner time i was drawing on and after the first speaker. Dr. Dick, made his talk many . left to get dinner and were leaving at all times during the speaking after that Dr. Dick made practically the same talk as he has made previously at the campaign meetings, branding as , a damnable liar" any man who sat? ed, aa rumor had accredited him with ' making.* that he would not have the support of a Blease voter. Ho said he had many friends who would vote for Bleae? and also for him. Dr. F. M. Dwight stood for Jones, pure government and honest men. He made about the same talk as for? merly, enlarging upon misconstruc? tions which had been laid upon his remarks at 8Mloh. Mr. B D. Epps wanted to correct a .gja^gment which be had been told be Vpnad? Friday night. He satd that It did matter who was elected gov? ernor and mattered very much for rhe good of the State, but he wanted to Impress upon the people the im- ' portance of electing good men to the legislature, which was what he was laying strens upon when he had made the statement that It did not so much ' matter who waa elected governor. He would serve In a falrmlnded, non-par? tisan way If elected and hi* Influence could not be bought or sold. Mr. J. K. McElveen wanted mgfS schools and colleges, if possible he wsnted to have a college In every county. Otherwise his remarks wer-5 the same as at previous meetings Mr. W. P. Smith also made about the same remarks as at prev.ou* meetings. Mr. H. P Belser brought In his work in the legislature, showing his work for the fertiliser Inspection bill, and hi* efforts to get a bill for the investigation and keeping out of the State wild cat sehen es. He had .iHo ! introduced a bill f >r the filing cf mortgagee, so that they could be i easily kept trace of He had secured a commutation road tax for this ' county which brought In several thousand dollars an mally to be used In the upbuilding of roads in the county. The road bond is*ue and the rural police bill were also men? tioned. He had w.cked for a bill tO tax standing timber, such us that own? ed by big corporations, but had becSJ unsuccessful in having it passed so far. but that it would be pushed through ggSS the legislature recon? vened. If he wan re-elected. Hin work on the warehouse bill and for natural resources of the State vas also mentioned. He then Wggd into the conflici of : with the legislature. When his time was up the crowd which g|gS ? mall at this time seemed anxious t ? h*"ar him through and wanted bun ? ? j., on to th*- end. Governor Mease'. Inaugural message, ne iiG. was m i In the nature of a ? ampaign political document than an Ogtclal statement o'- the go-, ernor in h-hi'f of the up building of his State (ml in It Gu? ggs ernor ggggggssd to do dir.? thin.; |g his enemies. Ill* drat gtsggggs revoking the commission-; of I!,ami m tar.'??. g hb h had t? hf Changed nt xt da ?. In order that the l?ti I gegfl in Mm Saats might gat be broui ;> to a standstill, took away from th>> people privileges they had paid f are und which h. had no right . i < Jnv I'.le ise bad then I.a I hl? row ttlth the supremo court ?be? eau*?* the;- would n??t agree to Ml poih v of appointing only his friend < HG MORE SUNDAY MAIL. -jj? postoffick will BB closed ox IX;XOAT Hi.Ki:\itkr. itwent Act ot Congress Forbids the Dcll\cry or Ali Vail Except gpecefll Delix e.> Left >rs* on Sunday-?i. a# Hers and tSSSJffSjl Delivery Windovts Will iv GhsjssJ mmt No Mail will Ik' Phuvd In I-ock Boxes. Postmaster George D. Shore has recelwd odieial notification that here? after the postofflce must he closed on Sunday and that no mail matter of any description, save special de? livery letters, shall he delivered on that day. This order is in com? pliance with the terms of the act parsed a few days ago by oongress. The act is explicit and cannot be va? ried. The officials of the Postofflce Department cannot rescind the order until the act is repealed by congress. The order of the First Assistant Postmaster General is as follows: Postofflce Department. First Assistant Postmaster General. Washington. Aug. 24, 1912. Postmaster. Sir: The postofflce appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912 provides: "That hereafter postofflces of the first and second class shall not bi? open on Sundays for the purpose of deliv? ering mail to trie general public, but this provision shall not prevent prompt delivery of special delivery mall." Under this law you will close the general delivery, carriers' windows, and lock boxes and discontinue all de? liveries by carrier on Sunday. You will note, however, that special de? livery mail la expected and you will therefore^ arrange to have on duty a sufficient force to handle this mall matter promptly. The department desires to reduce Sunday work to the minimum so that as many of the employees as possible may enjoy a complete day of rest on Sunday. You should, therefore, re? quire only a sufficient number of clerks to report for duty on that day in order that transit mall and the mail collected for dispatch may be handled without delay. If no mail is dispatched on Sunday a very early collection should be made on Monday morning and the mall for local de? livery distributed before the car? riers leave for their first trip. Respectfully, i Signed) C. P. Grandfield. First Assistant Postmaster General. Marriage license Rrc??rd. Marriage licenses were Issued Fri j day to the following colored couples: Lewis McConley, Mayesvllle. and Llz , sie White, Sumter; Nelson Adams and I Emma Bouhrtght. Providern ??. i_ i Shall the blight of Pdeaseism be e\tended two years longer??Kings i tree Record, as special jidges and Gov. Blease, finding the supreme court would not bow down to him, went to the loglsla | ture. which also refused to be cowed by his threats and enact laws which ' the governor wanted for his own benefit. Governor Hleaso had vetoed 25 Items in the appropriation bill which his friends condemned and erhielt the legislature refused to sub? mit to, even Geo. Itcmbert, the Please leader of the house, voting to sustain hi committee over the governor's veto In 21 of tho 25 cases. The libel fdll on which Governor Please sent that hitter denunciatory message, so vulgar that the house refused to have it put on the records, was vetoed by tie governor, but passed over his The medical inspection bill for hoolf WOS Vetoed and the veto was list a I lied, although this was eome tblng Very important for school chil dren throughout ths state. ' Now." said the speaker, "In all, (J< ernor Bloess vetoed hills amount? ing to |C8 i)<M) and was ready to sad d ' debt of a million and a half dol i r on the people of the State by so reptlng and having bullt n new state house which was not needed, Which \? ,i - the irente)1 economy? Who had served tin people, the Governor or the memberi if the legislatureV in closing th? sneaker said thai he would got have entered Ibe fight .a-' Governor Dlease, bu1 (lover nor Bleuse wa> going around the M<t,. telling h\- follower] to elecl I tli* legislature only Blease men. i I ing the mend" r? < i th< I? gl i ? tufa gi ifters, liars a nd eon ards, I eould not submit to such end he 11 gooordlngly taken up the light an i n Governor Blease. BLEASE REPLIES TO THUM. SAYS I'KOPLE ' WILL COND KMX F.i .1. V BN TH-HOH R ATTACK. Governor Declares Understanding Existed Whereby He Would not Oppose Tlliniau for Sonnte und Lutter Would be Neutral in Fight for UoVCfUOrtjhip ? Says Has Al wuys HcgV Tili man's Friend. Columbia. Aug. 24.?Gov. lilease today issued a reply to Senator Till man's endorsement of Judge Jones, the main burden of the reply being that he has been Tlllman's friend and likens it to Hrutus' stabbing of Cae? sar. The Governor's full statement fol? lows: T have seen the morning papers containing Senator Tlllman's latest command to the people?that they defeat me for Governor. "Tlllman himself condemned Gen. Hampton very severely for Interfering in the Governor's race in 1890, and took that as his reason for defeating Gen. Hampton for the United States Senate. Jones, in his speech, second? ing Irby's nomination for the United States Senate, said that Hampton was trying to drag the fair escutcheon of South Carolina in the dust by sup? porting independent ism and asked who it was who saved the State. Now Tlllman does more than ever Hamp? ton did in attempting to not only take part in a 'family quarrel,' but atempts to dictate to the people of South Caro? lina for whom they shall cast their ballot for the office of Governor. "I have always been Senator Till man's friend; supported him in 1890, and have voted for him in the pri? maries and elsewhere ever since. I have been a close friend of his fam? ily, and much of the abuse that is be? ing heaped upon me today is on ac? count of my stand for Tlllman and the TUlmans. "While In Washington, since being Governor, Senator Tlllman invited me to come to his rooms in the hotel, where his wife and daughter wer?;, saying he wished to have a confer ence with me. I called. The Sen? ator asked me about the rumor then current that I was going to oppose him for the Senate. I toid him that as long as he wished to remain in the Senate, I would not oppose him; that I had been and was his friend, and that I did not believe he would have any opposition. He and Mrs. Tillman seemed to be very much pleased and both thanked me for my assurances and the position that I took in the matter. "We met together later at Four Holes Swamp, In Orangeburg County, where he made a short talk and where I spoke. There was a mutual under? standing that I would not oppose him for the Senate and he held himself out to me and to my friends as being my friend. He has paid several visits to the Governor's office to see me and has called at the Mansion, and in all conversations he has always assured mo that he would be neutral In the Gubernatorial race and his attitude has always been friendly whenever and wherever we met, and he has made suggestions to me in regard to the campaign, particularly at the meeting in Orangeburg County, where he himself asked me a couple of questions In regard to matters, and suggested that I have friends of mine ask me to explain matters about Which there was controversy. He has assured me by letter, and by letters to others which have been given me, that he was not going to take any part in the fight for election of Gov? ernor. Naturally, I was surprised at the Sims letter. Then, I received an? other letter and sent him a copy and SSked him of its genuineness. He wired back that without seeing the letter he could not declare it gen? uine, but in tlie letter dated August 16, 1912, which i read at the earn ' paign meeting, be says: " 'I am trying the best 1 can to be neutral. 1 have been tempted several ! times, in fact. I have been Importun [ ed by some of the best friends 1 have got t"> come ??ut openly ami jldly f r ! Jones and give my reasons; but i , ba\e refrained from doing so slmplv j because I did n<>i think it Is any affair a mine, nnd ? sincerely believe that I th(- pi oplc of the state of South Car* I <din i can take '-are of themselves, as I they have always done, wlthoul beinr? . i |i i i ? d t < ? by any one i do not be? lleve thai Hampton had any rlghi in. iid ?? in tin campaign as be did. nor de i trilnb i ought to try to die (ate to the p( oplc rs t?? who they . should vote for. I have done my be I j to remain bands off as between the I two candidates for Governor, I shall . continue lo do so, i am not rospon TILLM?H MAKES REPLY. WAITED roH BLEASE TO CLEAR \\ JCSPICIOU8 THINGS. Senior Senator Discusses Meeting!. With Blease at Orangeburg and Washington Eleferred to. Trenton, Aug. 25.?Senator Till man, after reading Gov. Blease's statement appearing in yesterday morning's papers, gave out the fol? lowing statement here: "Gov. Blease would have the peo? ple of the State believe that I have acted unfairly and deceived him. I want to say this: At the meeting In Orangeburg the subject of the gov? ernor's race was not mentioned be? cause there was then no opposition to him so far as any candidate's name being announced. The picnic in < o angeburg was in July, and Judge Jones did not announce himself until In August. I did ask the governor some questions at Orangeburg about his pardon record, and I confess I Wi nted to give him an opportunity to explain things for which he was be? ing criticized. At that time my atti? tude was that of a friend. "When Gov. Blease came to Wash? ington I invited him to rny hotel, be? cause, as governor of the State, I wanted to show him courtesy, and having always beea on friendly terms. I thought it nothing more than his due. But if anything was said about the governor's race or about his run? ning against or opposing me for the senate, I do not remember it. Mrs. Tlllman, who was present all the time during the call, has the same recol? lection as mine as to what occurred. "I have waited patiently while this campaign has progressed, hoping that the governor would clear up some things which are very suspicious, but he has not said anything about Siot hart or Xicholls selling pardons and dividing with Blease. I made up my mind that I could not stand for any man who was so careless about the State's good name and the justifiable suspicions he had aroused. l have no reason to love Judge Jones because he changed the law by the decision for the custody of my grandchildren, which had stood for 150 years. My son has written me from Oregon, hoping that he might some time be able to tell Judge Jones What he thought about him and his decision. My wife, who everyone knows has more influence over me than anyone else in the world, has been a strong Blease sympathizer and protested to the last against my giv? ing out anything more. "So the people can understand what real foundation there is in Gov. Blease's accusations about my hold? ing the statement back until it was too late for him to answer. I have never fought anybody secretly and always have been open ?and above board. I never wrote to any one until they first wrote to me and de? manded that I should say as much for Blease as T had said for Jones. The people can see from this state? ment how much justification there is for Governor Blease's implied charge that I have treated him unfairly." mmmBmnmmmmBBBmmnmmi --iw?wibumiwi?n?i ?i r sible because the newspapers are de? ceiving the people by putting lies in the headlines.' "I believed Senator Tlllman and proclaimed at the campaign meetings the truth of his statement as to his neutrality and to his attitude. "The campaign meetings for Gov? ernor and for th* United States Sen? ate have closed?one at Greenville on Thursday, the other at Alken on yes? terday, Senator Tlllman has waited for the close of these campaign meet? ings; he wires his letter, last night, to be published In this morning's pa? lters. I am off the stump; it is doubt? ful whether 1 can make any speeches before the election; l am afflicted with a severe cold and can scarcely talk above a whisper without much pain. I have no opportunity to reach the people; have no dally newspapers lo express my views, and the few papers which ar<' for me are weeklies and will n't he published ugain until after the election Lei every man read the letters which Senator Tlllman his given out. and which have been made public at the campaign meetings and in the public press during the cam? paign, a ad then let them r< ad thl j Id ter which ho withholds until the cam? paign has closed, l leave it to the people of this State to judge of Sen? ator Tlllmnn's conduct, l leave l( to the pin In, com mon people of this State, who have voted for and elevted him Into office, who have voted for and elevated mo into office to 15 whether he h is treated them and has COTTON MARKET REPORT. LITTLE ELSE WILL BE TALKED OF AT PRESENT. t hlef Topic of the Week Cotton Re lK>it. Will bo betted at 11 O'dOck Tuesday Morning;, September .1, Fol? lowing Holidays. New Orleans, Aug. 25.?Today ends the August period in the schedule of reports on the condition of the grow? ing cotton crop by the government, and little else but this report will be talked of in the cotton markets of the world this week. This report will be issued at 11 o'clock, New Orleans time, Tuesday, September 3, which means that It will immediately follow the triple labor day holidays Both American markets will be clos this week Saturday and the follo\ Monday. ' Those who do not care to carry cotton over such an important event as a bureau report, will hardly care to carry their contracts over three holidays. Therefore, it looks as if the market will be well advanced up when it closes Friday night. What these evening up operations v ill do to prices depends much on What speculative interest is the larg? er. It is generally considered that a lirge speculative short interest has been built up and if this is so, the buying of covers for the contracts will r.elp prices. Bears, themselves, \Con tend that the short interest has al? ready been liquidated and if this is the case, the market will be most decidedly inclined to dullness. Some long cotton will be sold out but it is not thought that the long interest to be liquidated is large enough to af? fect prices to any extent. While the weather will be import? ant this week, it will probably be ig? nored to a great extent because it will have no bearing at all on the pending condition figures. Rains in the Western belt, and especially In South and Southwest Texas, will en? courage the bear side, as will also sunshine in the Atlantic States. Con? tinued droughty conditions in Texas will lead to talk of deterioration there and will be apt to hasten the cover? ing of short cotton. The spot situation will be closely watched for the adjustment in prices between the old and the new crop is under way and the trade wants to get a line on the demand for new crop cotton, which || now being offer? ed freely. W ARM WEATHER TO RULE. Will Prevail for Next Several Days Says Bureau. Washington, Aug. 25.?Warm weather will be the rule over the greater part of the country east of the Mississippi river for the next several days and during the firs, of the coming week will prevail over the middle Mississippi valley and the Southern Plains States, according to the weather bureau tonight. "A change to considerable cooler weather," says the bulletin, "Will overspread the Northwestern ?tatet during the next two days, the middle West by Wednesday and the Bastern and Southern States the latter part <<f the week. The first half of the week will be generally i'.tir in the Eastern and S< v.thcrn States, and unsett'.ed with local rains in the Northwestern districts and the Rocky mountain region; the latter half of the week will be showery over much < f the country from the groat central valley eastward and in the west gulf States. ? m .. ... .'_J ? ?_I_ta, treated me with fairness and cand< r. "From the telegrams and long dis? tance 'phone messages i have receiv? ed this morning (which I wish 1 had room to insert every one of them In this article.) i have been strengthen? ed and not hurt in m> fight for p< p ular government, and against the newspapers, the c -tton mill im rgers and other corporations. From these it is evident that In the minds of a justice-loving public an eleventh-hour attack will find no justification. I I has been comb mned by Tlllman h ? self; it will be condemned by '."a" I people of South Carolina on Tues? day next, who must remember that Junlus Brutus gave the eleventh st b 1 to Caesar, who had been hi- friend, such stabs have been condemn* l by , ell men wh i were m< n for tw< nty c< n luries, and l fear no evil from Sena? tor Tlllman's letter, except th ; |k>s? slbly his miml has become more rtis^ eased of late thi n It e is ? 'hen I had my last talk w It h his confl lontlal physician. ( oh- L. Blease. I OHM EU RESIDENT OF SI M TER V AN ISH I D IX MK HKiAN WOODS, Atlanta Architect Had Many Rela? tive^ and Was Well Known Hore? Foul Play Suspected as DeLcon Had Much Money on Illin at Time of Disapi>earanoe. August 9. The following a ^le from the Sun? day News will ' extreme interest here, where _ f^eLeon was well known and ??7 many relatives: The m ??r Charleston friends and relativ Mr. Molse DeLeon, who is one v* j moat prominent architects, co O .ors and builders of Atlanta, ^. /ho is a native Charlestonian, are worried over the dispatches /hich have reached this city that he has disappeared in the Michigan woods, and has not been heard of since August 9. The Chicago, Sagl naw and Michigan State police have almost despaired of finding him. Mr. DeLeon left Atlanta earljr in August to visit his brother, Mr. E. W. DeLeon, formerly of Charleston, and now of Chicago, the head of the Cas? ualty Company of America, and a very prominent man in the financial world. I On the 9th of August he left his brother's home, it is understood, alone saying that he was going on a short visit to Saginaw, Mich., and from there to the northern woods on an extended fishiag trip. It is said, ac? cording to dispatches, that he car? ried considerable money with him. He left Chicago on the 9th of the month, and nothing has since been heard of him. Because of the fact that he carried a great deal of mon? ey, the Chicago and Michigan State police fear that foul play may be the cause of his disappearance. The Sagi? naw police "reported yesterday that they could find no trace of his **.er having reached that city, and many of his relatives fear that something may have happened while he was en route to Saginaw from Chicago. The police of Chicago and Saginaw. and the Michigan State- police, were oaj^r been fruitless. Many of his relatives appear to be of the belief that he reached Saginaw and started out in due course of time on his fishing trip, and that he prob? ably was accidentally separated from his guide and lost in the fastness of the forests. His health is said to have* been very good, and there seems to be little fear that anything which may have happened was due to n itural C. uses or sickness. f. The missing man is about 45 years of age. His family had been residents of Charleston for generations, and he slant his boyhood and youth and got his early education in this citv. He lived for years at the corner of Smith and Wentworth streets He is the son of the late H. EL DeLeon, who was a life-long resident of Charleston, and I < ;h parents of the missll x man died here. Mr. DeLeon attended school here, and when he was about 19 or 20 years Of age he went away f ?r his finishing education, it is thought that h.' went to coli? ge in Viriginia. He studied architecture and entered business Ln Atlanta, Ca.. where he has rapidly forged to tiie front until he was in the foremost rank in his profession in that city. Both he and hi* brother, Frank DeLeon, married Charleston girls: two sisters, the daughters of the late Mr. B. F, llotse, who was a mem t ? r < : the prominent Charleston drug firm of Dowle A Ifolse. Mr. DeLeon's l'atb r. Mr. H. H. De Leon, v is B prominent Charleston broker :?nd sm nt his entire life in this city. He has many relatives in south Caro? lina, most of them being in Charles? ton and Bumter. His n ?arest rela? tive In Charleston is Mis. Ansley D. Cohen, of Rutledge avenue this city. On" of his sisters, Mrs iV x Moses, is now living in S n ter. and another lister is Mrs. .\ on Ilolse, formerly of Sum er, ami nou of Atlant?. Etil brothers are M:. i'. W. DeLeon, wh ?m he was visiting in ''hlcago, and who :- the president f the Casually Com? pany of Am i 'Jr. H. 11 Be Leon, of n< w York, ? N " ? D< Leon, . f Berkel? y. ?'al. Fr ?m Judge. Willi?Then, you don't think an Investment that pays over 6 per cent ed in, and their search Pay ami Promise. i h ink you lost all your money??Life.