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tu*. MIHTEK WATCHMAN. ?MMfcM April, ISM. 'Be Jost ana Fear ?ot?Let all ?he ends Thon Alma't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUK SOUTOtON, Established June, ISM Ooasolidated Aur. 3,1881. SUBITER, S. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1912. Vol. XXXV. No. 2. CONGRESS AND SOLICITOR. RAUMDALK WINS IN SIXTH HIS TRICr. I Moll and Tat um In U?e Third ( imiii and (HtM and Hill In Seventh arv Running Neck and Nwk. Columbia. Auf. 19.?Later returns fall to make any appreciable rhan<?> In the nMuation on aa regards the race* for congressm in and solicitor la the varloua dlatricta and circuits. J W. Rgsdale, ?ho is opposing Congressman Ellerbe in the Sixth dis? trict has a lead of 1.414 votes, wltlt moat of the ballota from that district heard from. It seems likely that Mr. Ragadale will be the winner in this im In the First district us was t!>e case yaaterday. Representative Legare Is running well ahead of hla opponent. H. Leon Larlsey of Charleston, the votes aggregating: Letfare 6,60?, Larl say 1.406. In the Second Representative Byrnes see.ns to have swept the coun? try, having polled 10,05? votos to 4, 111 for hla opponent, Harry D. Cal noun of Barn well. Representative Alken ? sweep in the Third la no less Impressive, hav? ing 11 493 votes to 1,377 for Can F. A. Evans, hia oppon nt. Returns fror.? Anderson are not yet available, but ran hardly change the result. In the Fifth district Representative Flnley seem* reasonably certain to be elected on the first ballot, having a majority of over 6,000 over his two opponents. In the conatests for aollcltorahlps. thers ssems to be only two close races, in the Third circuit and In the Seventh In the. Third Stoll has a lead of about 100 votes, with most of the votes In ths circuit heard from. Ta tum, however, ia pushing him rather oloss. and later returns may effect a changs. In tfc* Seventh J. C. Otts, the In? cumbent, and A. E. Hill are running side by aids, with Blackwotd in the adMlaV ** *? probable that a second Wnmkky to decide this race will be ftsssafeary. with Otts and Hill the contenders Spartanburg is ntl'l to be board from on this race. In ths other clrcul a the Incum? bents seem reasonably cert ?'n to win. Third OrciUu Stoll Tatum Clarendon.76? 1.001 Las.1?3 1.406 Sumter.1,161 ?75 WlUlajnsburs;.1.651 290 Totals.3,?77 3.672 Fourth Circuit. Spears. Rogers. Laney. Chesterfield . . .?08 141 1.674 Darlington. . .1.602 . Marlboro. . . .1.799 634 194 r>lll>a.1.161 665 116 Totale.5.47? 1,437 l.??4 Sixth Circuit, Henry Foster York.1.1?4 s 2.155 Chaster.1.760 571 Lancaster. . Karahaw. . Fairdeld.1,111 447 Totals.6.076 3.173 Sevesrth Circa It. Otts. HID. Blackwood. Cherokee .. 914 S57 128 8partanburg .... .... Cnion.1 ?83 1.146 424 Totals . . .1.167 1.1?! 65 i Tenth Ctseuit. Bon ham Duniel Oreenvllle. ... Anderson. 1.651 408 Plckens.1.431 1.131 Oconee. 2.61 2 907 Totals.6.602 2 lls Twelfth Circuit. Wells QasqiK Florence.2.?64 l ??.; Oeorgetown.1,164 336 Horry.2.321 1.51 alarlon.1.K.7 966 Totale.7.600 3 88 A Competent Judge. Cherokee News. A cltlaen was heard to aey on the streets Saturday, "the papers* don't *v*?r tell the truth They lie nil the time. Thank Ood. I Hin t n?*ver ?u?> ?oribed to nonp In my life." He I? m pretty competent Judge The county executive committee met Thur*da> at noon It receive the reports of the managers of election of the votes cast In ths recent primary. FLOOD OF VOTES. ovkr 138,000 VOTKS ItlXORDFl) m governor John Gary lim Informed of Alleg? ed Illegal lYaetkv at PjIIs.?TUI man Hum Been Nominale?! on Flr*t Ballot?Lyon ami People* Run OVHfV Jolin G. Richard*. Jr., May <- > In Wltliout Having to Enter s*vm ?nd Primary?Carter Win*. Columbia. Aug. :J9.?With the vote cast Ti esday so large as to arouse protects of illegal voting, the total ballot for governor having reached the enormous total of 138.314. with many precincts yet to hear from. Co'.e L Uleaa ?. governor of South Caro? lina, on the face of the returns has a majority of 2.296 for renomlnation over his opponent. Ira B. Jones. It was a veritable flood of votes. When the first night's reports ran heavy !t was first ascribed to unusually fast work on the part of the managers, but as the ballots continued to pile in, the conclusion began to force Itself upon the observer that South Carolina had broken Its own record by some 15.000 votes In the race for governor. Allegations of illegal methods were not wanting to stir up citizens. Into the oiflce of the State chairman, John Gary Evan*, In Spartanburg, there poured, according to dispatches from that city, numbers of telegrams and telephone calls from the up-country. In Spartanburg when the executive committee meets today to tabulate the vote, a protest on the result will be presented. It will be pointed out that the increase in the vote since the last election is out of all propor? tion to the increase in population. In Anderson county, which polled a tremendous vote, there were rumors that the executive committee will probably order a recount today. The vote for governor, which alone showed any remarkable Increase, atojd late laat night as follows, there being about 30 more precincts to hear from: Blease 70,300; Jones 65,986; Duncaa, 2,018. Mease's majority stood at 2.296. In the race for the United States senate B. R. Tlllman, the Incumbent, continued to run strongly, with the indications that he would go in on the i'-rst ballot. He more than dou? bled X. B. Dial's vote and lacked but little of gaining a similar decisive advantage over W. J. Talbert, his other opponent. The vote: Tlllman fil.V?O, Talbert 31,176. Dial 23,563. Tillman's majority: 6.961. For attorney general J. Fr?ser Ly? on the incumbent was running well In front, but lacked the necessary majority, and it was apparent that he would have to make a second race with Thos. J. Peeples of Barnwell. Mr. Lyon was near y 13,000 votes ahead of Mr. Peeples, but the votes of the other two candidates more than made this up. The vote stood. Lyon 52.4 U; Peeples 38,971; John It. Earle 12,200; B. B. Evans 10,823. For State treasurer, S. T. Carter kept up his remarkabe run. bringing his vote up to 72,557, to 41,396 for his opponent, D. W. McLaurln. John G. Richards, Jr., seems likely to go Into office for another term as railroad commissioner without having the trouble of going into a second race. At a late hour Mr. Richards was leading the race by a big margin, and had enough lead, if held, to do away w.th the necessity of a second race. Mr. Hichards' majority over ooth his opponents is 1,166. Later returns, however, may cut this away. Aside from the large vote cast, a featur*. of the primary was the over? turn in many counties that went to Blease In the last primary. Notable among th??s?- were Oiangeburg and Charleston especially the latter, which in 1910 gave a majority to Mease of about 2.600 and this time gave Jones about 700 majority. Orangeburg, which went to Blease by a small majority in 1910, gave Jon?* I majority of almost 1.000. Ilichland county, v here the fight rBgOd hot all the timo, gave a ma? jority to BtOOOOi but it was far less than that by which the county went to the governor in the last primary. DofOBOOttf ? ' lit for Jones by a small majority, as did Calhoun. but Dtlloa swung Into th?- Mease column along vvitb Marion* Darlington w;?s about th?* nni m Marion In P*lor? OOOC lOO ra< B <!?.<??, with Joins flnaPj getting th?- advantage, by ? f??w jrotoa Anderson's vast majority was what r. iiiy turaool iiif ncato, on the fn?? of the returns in favor of BlOOM Alken, which last lino: w?nt to th? gororaof ?trongl/, this Ilm? gave hin a rompaiativ?-!y small majority. On th?. other hand Judge J..n maj( rity in Greenville was not as great as that Of Mr. Feateherstone's in mo. In (,'better the tWO candidates got an even break, the vote being ex? actly the same. On the face of the returns now in hi.nd, the second primary for State otiices will be one of the lightest in years. Apparently, only two olMces will be carried into the second pri Muiy?railroad commissioner and at u?rne> gonerul. This clearing up of the situation does not by any means extend to the county offices, as these have in the main, been sought by more than two contestants, and a great number of second races is ex? pected to result. CROWD SLOWLY THIXS OUT. Intercut Gradually Dying Down as Certainty of Jones' Defeat Is Real The interest in the election bulletins gradually died out Wednesday even? ing and Thursday morning as the news of Judge Jones' defeat became known. There were a few Blease men who remained around the bulle? tins until late Wednesday evening. The Jones men waited until the de? feat of their man seemed certain and then departed for home, unwilling to remain longer on the streets. Thursday morning a few bulletins were coming in but they in no wise changed the results already received and were received with comparatively little interest. The Blease men seem? ed triumphant over their victory and the Jones men were correspondingly downcast. Many persons have remarked up? on the orderliness of the crowds on the streets, despite the intense inter? est displayed In the election and the results. "UNCXjE JOE" ALSO SOME KICKER Accepts Cliallenge of Ninety-Year Old Michigander. Morehead, Mich., Aug. 28.?"Uncle Joe" Cannon, in a letter to State Sen? ator Charles Marden, acepts the chal? lenge of J. B. Blanchard, aged 90, of this city to a "high kicking" contest. Mr. Cannon's reply says: "I can not suggest that Mr. Blan? chard first got a reputation before at? tempting to challege me in this re? gard for, of course, his prowess in this delightful sport is known to all men. In view of the tone of the defiance in? dicated by this statement I can not do otherwise than to accept." Mr. Cannon then presents his best wishes to Mr. Blanchard who. on his 90th birthday, declares he could beat "Uncle Joe" or any other young old boys at a high kicking contest. The date of the meet has not been set. HEALTH EXHIBITS INSTALLED. 23 States and Many title* und Insti? tutions to Participate Actively. Washington, Aug. 28.?Installation of health exhibits to be shown in connection with the fifteenth inter? national congress on hygiene and demagraphy to be held here Septem? ber 23-28. commenced today. The exhibition will be formally opened on September 16 and concluded on Oc? tober 4. This exhibition which will be par? ticipated in by 23 States and many municipalities and institutions, is as? sured of being the most complete de? monstration of ways and means of promoting hygiene and sanitation ever given in this country. Although more than 46.000 square feet of floor space is available, it has been necessary to Insist that exhibitors condense their exhibits in order that all may be admitted. Two halls have been provided for illustrated lectures. New v.?!k. Aug. 2s.?Searching ?long the train of police blackmail thai led to the murder of Kosenthal. the State's attorney now reports a t'orm of social evil from which colos? sal Kraft was collected. This blackmail) he says, was ob? tained from about dosen houses in this . ity, each of which Paid from II,B00 to $2,000 dollars monthly for police protection to Inspectors in whose districts the houses were lo? cate.J. whitman has learned that these houses paid high blackmail not becaues of the great Income hut be? cause of the protection essential I i t heil- existence The lists of ?Irls in these houses .tossed thai their ages ranged from II 11> is. An investigation Is expected to produce a sensation. Ixed. New <.raft In (.otham. RECORD IN RAISING TOMATOES. Mint Kate Rountree Produced To? matoes at Rate of $1,000 Per Acre ?Ik a Member of the Schult/ Town? ship Tomato Club?Work Wui Started by Mrs. CtvU Seigler. Augusta Chronicle. Miss Kate Rountree, a student in the North Augusta school has achiev? ed a feat in the industrial history of this section that is a revelation to older men and women and an in? spiration to children everywhere. It came about in this way: In the spring of 1912 Miss Marie Cromer, now Mrs. Cecil H. Seigler. wife of Alken County's progressive and effi? cient superintendent of education, visited the North Augusta schools and made an enthusiastic and per? suasive appeal to the girls to organize a Tomato Club. About twelve girls who could get the necessary one tenth of an acre joined the club and i tarted the work under the supervis? ion and direction of the general to i uto and canning phases of the State m>J United States departments of ag r.t ulture. Miss Pauline Smith of the sopho? more class and Misses Seibelle Moyer and kale Rountree, who will be in the senior, or fourth year in the Schultz High school next term, have been the most successful in the un? dertaking. The yield from Miss Rountree's patch Is particularly gratifying. She has already canned from her one tenth acre 950 quarts, which are safe and secure; besides losing between 200 and 300 quarts because of delay in shipment of cans. However, there Is still a young top crop from which she will easily can enough to raise her net commercial product to 1,000 quarts. Furthermore, Miss Roun? tree's cans are honest quarts of real food. The tomatoes were peeled and packed Into the cans as long as they would hold any part of a tomato. Miss Rountree has been offered 11 cents a quart, but expects 12 1-2. Even at 10 cents a quart she has earned $100 from one-tenth of ? an acre or the rate of $1,000 per acre. The young ladles who have had the courage to plan and the faith and per? severance to accomplish such results deserve the highest commendation and a generous reward at the hands of the people of this section and this State. These young ladies are excel? lent students, cultured and refined, and at the same time they have the common sense and the will to do some? thing with their hands that is really worth while. These successful efforts not only dignify toil and instill correct ideas of labor, Industry, patience and stead? fastness of purpose; but they reveal to the leading men and women the un? measured possibilities in the natural agricultural resources of the South when intensive methods are employed. At the above rate a ten-acre farm would yield $10,000 annually, and there are other crops that might be even more profitable than tomatoes, with intensive management. Much honor be to the girls who are doing this work, and the highest praise be given to Mrs. Seigler, who is honored in Alken County, the State of South Carolina, and the United States as the original, prime mover, in the organization of Girls' Tomato Clubs In America. Cancer Due to Lack of Potash. London, Aug. 27.?"The treatment for cancer is easy for any doctor who is qualified to administer castor oil and to perform a ?UTgical operation," said Dr. Forbes Ross, lecturing on Cancer?Is the Problem Solved?" He argued that the disease was due to the deficiency of potassium salts In the body, owing to the popular custom of pouring away the juices of cooked vegetables Which contain pot? ash and other valuable natural salts. ? While lime, magnelsurti and so? dium." he said, "are to be found in practically every form of food, potas? sium was often absent, and the Eng? lish fashion of coking results in peo? ple eating 'much minus mintrals.* "Fifty years ago 500 women and LMM? men per million die?i of cancer, and today the figures are 1,000 and S 00 respectively. ?The savage never suffers from the disease, nor did the neuro and other native races until they began to cook in white man1 fashion. Food ought to be cooked conservatively and eaten with natural juices." The Hon. William Jennings Bryan has contributed $1,000 to WOodroW Wilson's campaign fund. This evi? dence of good faith is tangible and practical. -Wilmington Star. LIGHT IN NEW YORK GASE. WALDO ANNOUNCES LIST OF PLACKS RAIDED. This With Another List Will be Tak? en Before Justice Goff Next Month. New York, Aug. 27.?Police Com? missioner Waldo made public tonight a list of places raided by the police as gambling resorts during the last year and the names of the owners of the property on which the resorts were conducted. Among the names mentioned are those of many promi? nent in the financial, religious and social life of the city. The commissioner turned the list over to the district attorney who will use it as a basis for the propos? ed John Doe proceedings before Jus? tice Goff next month. Another list containing the names of the owners of disorderly houses raided during the same period, June 1, 1911 to August 1, 1912, is being prepared by Commissioner Waldo for the same purpose. Nearly 400 places are mentioned fn the gambling list which, with the sta? tistic? as to the raids made upon them, covers 100 typewriten pages. The summoning of many of these owners as witnesses at the John Doe proceedings is stated to be par*, of the plan bf the district atlorrey to determine the responsibility of the owners in allowing their property to be rented for gambling purposes, which is a misdeameanor. I Among the names of the owners is that of Sailors Snug Harbor, a weal? thy charitable institution on Staten Island; the Lorillard estate, that of the Lorlllarfc family of millionaire to? bacco manufacturers, and J. Edgar Leaycraft and Edgar C. Leaycraft, of the real estate firm of J. Edgar Leay? craft fe Co., both prominent in Meth? odist church and missionary work. A notable feature of the list is the comparatively low convictions which came after the arrests made at the rj ids, a very large majority of the prisoners having been discharged either by the court or the grand jury. The trial of Lieut. Becker will be begun on September 11, if the plans of District Attorney Whitman do not go astray. While John F. Mclntire, Becker's attorney, obtained for his client today the postponement of the date for pleading to the indictment against him until September 8, the prosecutor said tonight that the delay would not interfere with his original plans for bringing Becker to trial, the first of the seven accused of the murder. Mr. Whitman, who will visit the jifstice at his country home tomorrow night to map out the programme of the John Doe proceedings which will begin the same day that Becker will be arraigned for pleading, expects to be able to block any further moves by the police lieutenant's counsel looking to delay. Four new bank accounts of Becker were found by investigators of the district attorney today and the officials of the banks have been subpoenaed to brin,? the records of Becker's de? posits in the institution to the district attorney's office tomorrow. MEETING OF CONTESTANTS. Prize of $50 Offered by City National Bunk in Oat and Vetch Hay Con? test. The contestants in the City National Hank four-acre prize contest met Thursday morning in the directors' room of the*bank to discuss and plan rules governing the harvesting of their prize crops. There was a good attendance and rules were drawn if) which will be given publicity in a few days. President Lemmon, for the bank, offered a prize of $50 for the largest yield of oat and vetch hay grown on one acre of land and stated that his bank would offer at a later date fronj, $:*00 to $f.00 in prizes for next year's crops. An oat and vetch crop planted during September can be harvested during the first week in May. and will yield up to 5 tons of dry forage per acre, acordlng to the at? tention given it. The contest Is open to all. Further particulars will published later. After the conference, those farmers present were inv ited to dinner, as the quests of the hank. "We are not battling for revenge, but for remedies," said Woodrow "Wil? son n his recent speech to the Penn slyvanla farmers Wilson's epigrams are purposeful. The Democratic par? ty Is in business f<>r the people, and not to knock anybody through the ropes. -Wilmington Star. HAS SO CONTRIBUTIONS TO CONCEAL. Pre-convention Ftpwn Vm Rome Principally by Princeton Gradu? ates?Went for Publicity Fund. Sea Girt, X. J.. Aug. 27.?"I am ab? solutely in favor of publicity and welcome a thorough investigation of my campaign expenses. I have al? ways held that positien. I have al? ways approved of it and will wel? come it as a matter of course." In this way Gov. Woodrow Wilson tonight, outlined his attitude toward the resolution introduced in V sen? ate by Senator Penrose .ng, among another things, for iquiry into the pre-convention ^ aigns of the various president' j?r^ adidates. The Democratic .ential nomi? nee was asked his principal backers were , ? the primary cam? paign. ^ I "To tel' V .uth, I don't know my? self exc . a general way who had charge o? my campaign in the va? rious States," replied the governor. "I merely kept a general oversight over my campaign fund. Three times we had no funds at all." The governor said he could not even estimate his pre-convention ex? penses. He said most of the money, however, was raised from Princeton graduates. 'Practically all the money was spent for publicity," he said, "for distributing news throuh the press. We did not ask papers to use it. We did not volunteer it. We sent it out wherever it was asked for." The governor said that so far as he knew, no campaign contributions were declined. With reference to the Thomas F. Ryan incident, which de? veloped in connection with the Wat terson-Harvey-Wilson episode, the governor was asked if he had not de? clined a contribution from Mr. Ryan. "I personally did not," answered the governor, "but Mr. McCombs did. But I ought not to say that because it leaves a false impression for Mr. Mc? Combs declined to let anybody ask Mr. Ryan for a contribution. The governor returned early to? night from Trenton, where he i:pent a busy day. All during the hours in which he wac receiving calls, an Ital? ian sculptor worked away modeling a clay bust. A London newspaper man brought the sculptor, who has made busts of Taft and Roosevelt, informing the governor that the like r.esg was desired because of the gov ? rnor's facial resemblance to Joseph Chamberlain, the English statesman. Tomorrow morning Gov. Wilson expects a number of congressmen to call on him. Louis D. Brandies cf Boaton? who recently stated that he would support the governor, also wilr be a visitor at the summer capital. RICHMOND BOOSTERS TO COME. Will B? Here for Fifty Minutes on Afternoon of Tuesday, Sept. 17. A special train of seven coaches With nearly one hundred business men on board, representing the fin? ancial, industrial and commercial in? terests of Richmond, will during ? four day tour of North and South Carolina, stop over here for fifty minutes on the afternon of Tuesday, September 17, from 4.05 to 5.55 o'clock. The expedition will be known as the Richmond Boosters' tour and will visit many of the larger towns in both North and South Carolina. A brass band, souveniers and literature will bo taken along, the first mention? ed to furnish music and the latter to be given out at the various stopping places. Everybody is invited to be at the station to meet the train and to jo?n in a parade through the city. MOTHER TCRNED ON <JAS. Three Children Dead and She May Not Ro< "over. New York. August 2S.?Mrs. Sarah richer quarreled with her huhand in Brooklyn today and later, in his ab? sence, lay down on the bed with her four young children and turned on the gas. When Ftetter returned three of the childre n Muriel &. Harold 4, and I'd wart! B were dead and the mother was unconscious.! A fourth chtld was revived. The mother has little chance of recovery. V Pat riot ie l'i .-si.lcut President Palma, of Cubn. left $19, 000.000 in the treasury of our neigh? boring republic. This shows that the Cuban democracy had a patriot at its head.- Wilmington Star.