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CONTEST IN GREENVILLE. INDFPFM'FM \.\DID.\TF. FOR sllFHIFP Im IMiolMJ). W. F. V , r.im of Austin Ls Sc*bcUhI to (>|i|m?w HeiulrU H?stor Following I-:? uiiik Fwnt*. Greenville. (>? t. '" -The tares* re? markable gathering of a political -.a tare held lu Green? die for many years was the mass meeting; of the citizens of Greenville county .it th-? DSSSfSl of trsde rooms tonlg it. for the purpose of formalU aiol euVctively launching an Indepf ndeut ear dtdatu for the office of sheriff of this ounty. The result of the Catherine was a unanimous In? dorsement of W. Verdtn of Austin townanlp, as the Independent candi? date so oppose Hendnx Hector for this highest executive office of the county. In the meeting were men from all walks of life, the mill operativen, the farmer, the clerk, the merchant, the mlQ superintendent. the mill presi? dent, the hanker, the broker and the barber were ull represented. A more comprehensive collection of men would be very difficult to find. The meeting was the culmination < ' the opposition to Hector because of the part be took in the arrest af Ullreath. Oosnell and Phillips. The meeting wis not extensively ad\er ttsed. being more is the nature of a voluntary uprising of the conservative but outraged cltixens. Of the approxi? mately ISO men who were on hai.d perhaps 25 gavt expression to their views. The keynote of all these speeches was that the oath of the primary was absolved because of the fsct that matters have now risen above the standard of politics. The question aa these speakers put it, Is ao longer one of loyalty to a more or less perfunctory form, but of loyalty to the manhood, prestige, dig? nity snd welfare of the county. As oaa of the gentlemen who addressed the gathering stated the call was no longer one of politics but of simple manhood and decency. It was pointed out that the movement on foot is not one to spilt the Democratic party, but to preserve it from men who would vitiate it. GRFI NYII.I.K HKS DISCHAROF.D. Warrant.? Against t.lheath, Phillips and tiosnell Are Withdrawn by the Prosecution. Oreenvllle, Oct. 3- ?' o. K. Maul din. Esq., attorney for the prosecution, withdraws this warrant. Therefore no charges exist against this defendant, and be is honorably discharged by this court ? bo wrote the \eneratde ('apt. Strad ley this afternoon across the back of the warrants Issued for the police in? spector. Jeff F. Oilreath; Patrolman A. A. Phillips and Constable Heube?, Oosnell. charging them with lib.-rating T i Vaughan from the county jail last June. The judgment of the court was In? scribed on the Instruments upon which these well known and i?-p.ct..l eiti sens were conti rod in Jail last Sunday night sfter the prosecution had re quested that the warrans be with? drawn, as they were unable to then produce the evtgsjgsrg necessary to make out a prlma facie case against the defendants. The last scene In the rather dra mstw episode was enacted in the rooms of the board of trade, where Magistrate Stradley was forced to re? pair In order tu accommodate the scores of people vho crowded in to hesr the proceedings. it was the hour set for the prellm Insry hearing of the case agi.nst Messrs. Ollreuth. Phillip? and Oos? nell. but Instead of a preliminary being gone Into, the session resulted In an argument tsyr and against a post? ponement -f the hearing, at which tln.e the prosecution ?-d a with? drawal of the warrants, for the rea? son that it whs urtaM. to pgadSJOl Its witnesses and the r\ubn<e. ( II\Ri.FSTOVs OHFVT FAIR. i w sj gejssAi Fleet of fftgMsatpg will Help Make Tiling Interesting. Charleston ro\? ; does things by hshes. as Is shown >>y the way it has taken hold of its County Fair, to be held during the week of November lAth to MfJfsj Itltt it. ports sasalM from the elty show that not only will Charleston have one of the greatest county fur* ? . .r held in the Slate but that In addition will have the Ugdtftd Stste? fleet of warships; thirteen bat *<eships of the first class, and about twenty-tue or more cruisers. torpedo boats and other auxiliary vessels The programme now mapped out by the elty for Ho- entertainment of the ofTh er? and men of the Meet is of a most elaborate order. The mm mitte?, in charge of the programme r. presents all classes of Hie loriinu nity. sjSjgfl man being known as a hustler. Generally speaking the , | tert ilnment will consist of tie | d Hports. sjsjsjatlc sports. Joint army arid na\> parade-*, barbecues, oyster roasts smokers, balls and fair ground i nt* r talnmenta BOCK Hil l- TO COM*: ACROSS. <.??mI Ti.wn" Will Halse rund of ti.n.oon for Bssnatt of Mi Chamber of Commerce. Rock Hill. < ?ct. J-.e \t i me? nn? of the executive committee of tlo> ofcasnber of commerce of tins clt) yesterday morning, et which Harold M Weif Ol SM l'rate i*- ", Cal., was present, it was de? Ided t.. make | d?al w iih Mr. Weir to make a < anva.-s ,.f this city In the Interest of the cham? ber of eejsjsjsjerce and If possible to raise ? fuBd of $15.00??. payable $">, 000 each year for three years. The canvass will begin this morning and run for three days. Mr. Weir is the man who helped raise the funds for gperteaburg and OreenviUc recently. si \ WAI.I. IXIR NAVY VARD, Improvement One of Most lui|>ortant rinnned for Charleston Yard. Charleston. Oct. 29.?A sea wall extend'ng from the head of the dry dock to the coaliug pier, with a mod? ern wharf in front, affording in the Interval between a sheltered harbor f ?r torpedo craft, is one of the im? provements at the Navy Yard that will be provided for by appropriation at the next session of Congress in Lb - cember, according to a statement made last night by Hear Admiral J. M. Helm, who has just returned from Washington. The proposed improve? ment will cost about $300,000. Admir? al Helm says that Senator Tillman has fathered the scheme and that its success is now assured. This is one of the biggest improve? ments announced for the Navy Yard within the recent past. It will insure for the torpedo boat destroyers and torpedo vessels a sheltered harbor, eliminating all possibility of the samll vessels being blown nshore as was the ease during the hurricane of August 27. 1911. The w harf w ill extend north and south, parallel to the sea wall, with about 2)0 feet space between. About a quarter of the distance from the northern end of the wharf a pier or bridge will extend from 'he wall to the wharf in front, and over this will run a spur of the yard railroad tra< k, giving car facilities for the hauling of such goods to and from the whurf as may be required to be mov? ed. The sea wall to be built will be similar to that around the BoulSVStd in the city. The wharf in front will be of modern construction. Along the sea wall on the inside are to be built necessary storehouses, for use of the torpedo graft WOMEN VOTE IN SIX STATES. All rat-tie- show Hulf Appreciation of Suffrage Vote. Washington, Oct. 2s.?In the gene? ral election two weeks from today women will vote in six States. Cali? fornia, Washington, Idaho. Colorado, Wyoming and Ctah, ? fad which cam? paign managers of the various par? ties ha\e taken into consideration. While the progressive party was the only one of the three leading politi? cal organizations to give its ottlcial stamp of approvul to the ?qual suf? frage movement, the lb-publican anu Hemocratic leaden have |h< wn their appreciation of the Importance of that movement by enlisting the services of women workers with an eye to the result in the six States in which wo-, men have bees granted the full rights of the franchise. Those six States have a total representation in the elet total college of II votee divided as follows: California, 1 ?> Colorado 'i ; Idaho, 4 ; Ctah 4j Washington, 7, Wyoming, s. THIEVES ACTIVE. GveetejrftRO Store Itohhed and Mule Stolen at Forcstor. M analag, Oet It, The Mallard Lumber company's store | t dreeley villo was broken Into and robbed of a lot of goods last Friday night. 1'rl day morning a strange negro man. carrying IWO satchels, was seen mar Porsston, and he was followed for some distance, Upon seeing that he wai followed tin- man deposited the sat< le ts in a dlt< h ami disi ppeered in a denes swamp. The satchels were found to contain some of foods stolen the night before at Qreelei/vllle, i'n daj night < valuable muri belonging t.. m igistrate J, R, RU hbourg of Foreston was stolen and his not been ? ? ? n or neard of BlnCS I? IS SUPPOS? '1 the thief cams out of the swamp VV h. T>- hS Nad been hldllg, Stole lh<' mule ami made good his escape, The man that wai seen vsnh the satchels is mid to p.- a medium ilssd, black negro, while Ihe stolen mule was a medium Rise, black, In good condition and unite active, though somewhat ad v in< ed iti age OreenviUc people ore a law-abiding people and a OfOdlt to any State There is missing from this ?|ty and county that inflammatory putt which iseme to rule in same counties Ws ire proad of this fa< t. Would that every COUaty In South Carolina w gl the tame?Greenville Piedmont WILSON WORKING HARD. I IK.I s SUPPORT or DEMOCRATIC IK Ki r IN JERSEY. Enthualastloull) Welcomed by People in Twu Counties of Home Blute Hitherto Republican. Burlington, -\*. J., Oct. 80.?Uov. Wilson admittedly took a long look ahead today and made a vigorua ap? peal in two counties hitherto Repub? lican to send Democrats to the New Jersey legislature, which convenei January 1. next. Whip- the Democratic presidential nominee touched often on national issues, he chiefly directed his energy in the three speeches toward over? coming the preaent Republican ma? jority in the state legislature, to in? sure the choice of a Democratic gov ?nor to succeed himself in the event of his election to the presidency and to obtain also a Democratic legisla? ture on Joint ballot to send William Hughes to the United States senate. The governor was enthusiastically received at Cape May court house, Wildwood ami Burlington, where he spoke, but he declared he wa.s not seeking the suffrages of the people in his own behalf, but for two instru? ments?-the Democratic legislature and a Democratic United States senator to assist the cause of tho Democratic party in the nation. "1 am not standing alone," he said at Wildwood. "I am not the Demo? cratic party. I can not as president or as governor do anything but what great bodies of free men assist me to do and If they are for Wilson in Cape May county they will vote the Demo? cratic ticket. "It* you can not vote for these gen? tlemen for the legislature do not vote for me. 1 am not a candidate for a pedestal. I am not a candidate to be set up in lonely dignity to suffer the Intolerable disappointment of being left alone, unable to do the great things which the American people will expect of me if they honor me with their suffrage. If you can not back me up, do not put me up all by myself and then desert me. If you be? lieve In me, make it possible for me to do something. No man In a great commonwealth or in a great nation can do anything by himself except talk and if my voice comes back to me, I shall continue to talk. Hut talking is not business unless it means that men are going to be drawn to? gether by the public discussion of great Questions Into a common co? operative irresistible force. "Do not elect me captain unless you arc going to give me a team. For if 1 am captain ami either of those Republic; n BCmb teams is put along? side of me, 1 can not d<> anything at all. What 1 lease with >'ou is this suggestion?it is a team or nothing. Is that a bargain'.' You will go back on nif, you will go back on your govarnora if you vote for me and do not give me a team. Therefore, my bargain, my exhortation to you today la, uo to the polls and by the re? sult either give me a team or V< te for somebody else. "It is not possible in the next two veais. or In the next four years for either branch of the Republican par ty to get such strength or so many men In offlc< as to control the several branch's of the federal government. Thote is only one organization united enough, clear enough in purpose, to do that and that is the Democratic organisation. You have seen a sample of Its Service in the State of New Jer? sey. Has it dealt candidly with you? Has it tried to (any out the things that you voted for again and again before you voted for it in 1910? The Hemoeratie party did not have any? thing new to offer you in 1910. It had only those things that both par? ties had been promising you for B generation almost but the difference was that you voted for the Democrats I In 1910 and tin y carried out the pro? gramme which you had voted for In other Instances and commanded the Republican party to carry out and tin y had not carried out, That is the plain record of the State. The Dem? ocratic party in New Jersey has erved you according to its word and has redeemed every promise that it made. "Now it happens that the Demo? cratic party In the nation is led by the same man who led the Democrats In Nen Jersey and l am not aware of having changed my point of view or my purpose In the slightest de gn c " l ull of Sympathy. Washington star. It seems to me." said the sarcastic man. "that a \\..man who aspires to serious responsibilities should have more fortitude than to scream at a caterpillar." "i was not screaming at the cater pillar." she answ< red, resolutely, "1 merely cried out in sympath) with tin i ii no r as l thought of the d unagi caused by the army \s "i m " To a man marriage Seems fa more important before than after CHARLESTON M \Y If AVK STRIKE Said i hin l liion Has Been Organised and Demand for Recognition Will foe Made Charleston, Oct. 29. ? Charleaton will probably be the next <:lty of this section, following Augusta and Colum Ida in having a Street railway strike, unless, of course, the labor trouble i.s averted. It was learned t<?day that a carmen's union has just been organ? ised, and it is said that a Jew day* before the opening ot' fair Week, No? vember 18-23, a demand will he mad< for tin- recognition <?f the union, ami perhaps something in tin* matter of wages. The carmen ate not talking tor publication and President Gadsden said today thai he had no official knowledge of imovement. Till: ORIGINAL WILSON MAN. The Governor Say-, lie Lived in In? diana, but Doesn't Know Hi- Name. New York Evening Post. The question as to the identity of the original Wilson man seems doom? ed to remain a mystery. Governor Wilson was asked the other day by William G. McAdoo, it' be knew who the man was. and today Mr. McAdoo received the following reply at the national Democratic headquarters: 'The original Wilson man," says the Governor, "is unindentifled, but he lives in Indiana. In li>00 or early in 1901 a man signing only his initials wrote a letter to the Indianapolis News proposing me for the Presi? dency, "He was absolutely the first Wilson man, but so tar as I know he has nev? er been Identified. About that time I was talking to Richard Watson Gil? der, who said: "Wilson, I understand you are suggested for the Presidency?' " 'The Presidency of what?' I ask? ed. " 'The Presidency of the United States." he replied: 'and it was no fool who suggested the. idea.' "Now. I told Mr. Gilder," continued the Governor, "that the idea was all right, hut I did not want it so care? fully explained that the man who suggested the idea was not a fool." RAILROAD MAN SLAIN BY CLERK. George c. Thomson, Division Freight Agent ol" Southern, Killed by William I Blair. Greensboro, N. C, Oct. It.?GeO. C. Thompson, division freight agent of the Southern railroad, with head? quarters here, widely known in the South, was shot and killed by William P, Blair, chief clerk in his office, at noon today. An effort of Blair to end his own life when advised by a physician that Thomson was dying was frustrated by the physician who wrenched from his hand a .'.>'2 calibre revolved fresh? ly loaded. When carried to jail he muttered in broken sentences regert of his action and declared he had killed his best friend. Later he lapsed into a eemi-comatose state, brought on his phyeiclan said "by the use of whiskey during the past week." Thomson was shot down in Blair'! borne after he had responded to a request of his assailant that he come to his hono lor a few moments. 'Hie request by Blair was m answer to a note delivered during the morning and Signed by Thomson in Which Thom? son stated that effective November 1 the services of Blair would be no longer desired in the division freight offices. Five minutes after Thomson en? tered the home shots were heard and when officers forced an entrance Thomson's body lay in the reception hall. Five shots had enter* d the body, four perforating the abdomen. George G. Thomson was a native of Culpeper, Va? and was t 8years old. entered the service of the Southern at the age of 12 years, and for the past 1"> years had been divis? ion freight agent. He is ?? brother of J, S. B, Thomson, formerly general freight agent of the Southern, now business man of Atlanta, and who is ill in a Richmond hospital, also of Richard Thomson, a Washington at? torney. About ihr< e years ago he mar lied mi-s Hoiiy. daughter of a Bap? tist minister in Atlanta. NEW HANK OPENS. oxer shoo Deposited With Institution at Hugood, Hagood, Oct. ?Tin- Bank of Ha good, which was organized a few Weeks ago, opened ItS dot.is tor busi? ness yesb rday morning. The building is very neat and when completed will be an ornament t.. the town. 'This is a new enterprise for this section Of Sumter county and will prove quite a convi nlence to those who will do business hei?-. Tin- capital Btoi k Is 110,000, G, v. Lemmon of Humter In president and 11 M Hlldebrand 's , ashler. The boat d of dlr< i tors Is composed of safe und conservative business men. Over *s"a was dc posited ss soon as the doors were ..p' ned, showing that it has the con lid. m e ..r t he people. Ill lAi Mil \\^ DKI\ I TURKISH force ii v< k \i ! i i: iiahd 1 H.I! I I \(.. Capture Important Point in Moslem*? Second Line of Defense ? Crescent Mil) Retreul 1 uiiln r. Sofia, Oct. 31, 1.30 a m.?After two ? lays' fighting tii?- Bulgarian army has gained a complete victory over the principal Turkish force*. The Turks have retreated in disorder. The town of Luleburgas has been taken. Public attention has been centered in th.e operations around Adrianople and the movements of the Bulgarians against Luleburgas. This town is an Important point in the. Turkish sec? ond line of defense which stretches from the westward to Demotica. Its character would indicate that this second line had been broken. Should this lie the rase tin- Turks probably would retreat to the Chortu, w hero they possibly might make a Stand. SITUATION is OBSCURE. First Break in Silence Comes With Account of Bulgarians' Victory in Thrace. London, Oct. ?The silence of Soba concerning the great battle It Thrace has at last been broken by a brief dispatch announcing a Bulgar? ian victory and the capture of the town of Luleburgas. This dispatch and equally laconic dispatches from the Turkish commander contain the only news yet available and still leave the situation rather obscure. The message from Sofia apparently refers to earlier events while the dispatches of Xazin Pasha, the Turk-'] ish minister of war, described two battles from Adrianople in the direc? tion of Maras, and the other at Visa, from which it must be inferred that the engagements are extending over a long front. A Sofia dispatch sent before the capture of Luleburgas was known throws a new light on the disposition of the Turkish forces. It is evident earlier reports of the taking of this town were premature. It appears that the Turks' first line of de'ense extend? ed along the Erkene river, with a second line from Demotica to Lul burgaa. Both sides claim victory, but there is no reason to doubt that the Turk? ish second Tint- of defense has be. n bu ken. I'p to now the Bulgari n. Official dispatches have been more re liable than the Turkish. Nasim Pasha claims victory in the Visa region. Bofkl is still silent re gardlng this section and although the revelations concerning the demoralisa? tion of the Turkish forces would pre? dict further defeats, considerable doubts are expressed here as to the position of the Bulgarians, their con* tinually extending lines of communi? cation and the necessity of keeping a large investing force around Adri? anople, might prov. sources of danger if NaSlm Pasha is able to take a vig? orous offensiv e action. That the Bulgarians are bringing Up all available resources is evident, according to a dispatch from the cor? respond* nt of the Vienna Reichspost, who relates thai Bulgarian reserves Were arriving all night in the vicinity of Adrianople. No definite news has been received fr? m the other allied armies since yesterday. The Montenegrin com* mander still is hammering at Tara b< isch. Evidence of the imminence of ef? forts of the powers to Intervent' in favor of peace comes in the official pronouncemenl of the Bulgarian po? sition, published in tin- semi-official Miruj, which plainly declares that the allies will be deprived of the fruit* of victory. DECLARE MINISTER DEAD. RCV. W. P. Wolfe Left Spartanbuig Thirteen Years Ago?Children Want to sell Property. 8 par tan burg, <>ct. 10.?Thirteen years ago, Rev. W. P. Wolfe, a promi? nent Baptist minister of this city left foi Ashevllle. Since that day no word has come to his four children from their father and they have never found any trace of him. Yesterday Chas. 1*. Wofford, an attorney of this city, brought action, seeking to have the courts declare Rev. Mr. Wolfe judicially dead, in order that the chil? dren may dispose of three lots and two buildings left by the minister. The law of this State is that after a person has been away seven years, without word to his family, the courts may declare him legally dead. Should he return, however, he would not be permitted to regain bis property. The value of the property, which Is situ sted on a street named In honor of Mr. Wolf.-, is approximate!) |5,000. The price of cotton is advancing a little, but local receipts continue to fall behind last year, day by day. If the crop throughout the cotton State** is as short as in Sumter county cot* ton should now be selling above I'? cents. FAST PACE \T FINISH. Last Week Before Election Will Bee Mvd} Timen in Conservative s? w England?Mi Pnrtiea Will hold Final Rallies to Gel out Vote. I loston, Get It.?National and state campaigns in New England an* ter ui?<?n tin- last full week befon the election with representatives of all Partus actively concerned In getting out the vote for November Ith? in Rhode Island, V*ermonl and Maine, m<?st of the campaigning so far has been by the Progressives, hut the other parties have arranged f<?r many rallies in the closing week. I ?n the other hand both Massachu? setts ami New Hampshire have expe? rienced very lively times politically. Nightly rallies, ate being held in many sections of New Hampshire. Thus far Roh.de Island h.*s had one of the quietest state campaigns in many years despite the fact that all three parties have complete State and con? gressional tickets in the field. Governor Johnson of California will he heard in Maine this week, go? ing east as far as Hanger to till some of Colonel Roosevelt's speaking dates. HAZER FATALLY SHOT. Frank Powers, of Wake Forest Col lego. Wounded by Gordon Rhode-. Freshman. j Raleigh, N. C, I >ct. 29.?With five intestinal perforations, Frank Powers, of Wake Forest, lies in the College hospital mortally injured, and Gordon Uhodes, freshman, is held under heavy bond for shooting Powers this morning, shortly after midnight. Powers, son of Dr. J. B. Powers of the college town, was one of two masked men who stepped in the street this morning after Rhodes had return? ed from taking a girl home. The freshman declares that he had been moved to arm himself by con? stant letters, bulletin board warnings and signs posted on trees that he "was too fresh and must be taken down." lb- declared this morning that he passed a dense bunch of shri bbery and the two masked hoys spring at him. "I shot to frighten them and one ran," Rhodes declared today. "Powers came toward me and I again shot in the air. He fell, exclaiming that he was shot, and I hurri?d for medical aid." Powers declined to divulge his as? sociate when he came from under an anaesthetic. The college council today made an all-day effort to find the name of the fleeing hazer. MIts. GROVEB CLEVELAND TO BE MARRIED AGAIN. Widow of Late i:\-Prevident Author? izes Announcement of Fngagomont to Prof. Thos. J. Preston. Princeton, N. J., Oct. 29.?Mrs. Grover Cleveland authorizes the an? nouncement of her engagement to Thomas Joseph Preston, professor of archaeology and history of arts of Wells college. The date of the mar? riage is not yet determined, but will he announced later. Mrs. Cleveland is a graduate of Wells college and has been a trustee of that institution since 1S87. Her Wedding to President Grover Cleve? land, which took place in the execu? tive mansion during his first adminis? tration was one of the notable events in the history Of the white house. Her father, Oscar Folsom. was a law part? ner of Mr. Cleveland, who ui on Mr. Folsom'fl death in 1^7."?, became Fran? ces Folsom's guardian. After the retirement from the Presi? dency Mr. Cleveland made his home in Princeton and Mrs. CleVeU nd has continued to reside there since the former president died in Reo >. Her two daughters. Esther and Marion, and her son. Richard K., ar:? living w ith her here. The announcement of the engage- ? ment was made tonight by President John drier Hibben of Princeton uni? versity. Prof. Preston, who is 50 years old, has bad a most unusual car* er. He began a college course at Columbia university, hut ill health interrupted it. He then entered business life and made a notable success, accumulating a substantial fortune. He felt, how? ever, that his business could not com? pensate for his abandoned college career. He gave up his business and, though nearlng the age of 4 >. went abroad for two years' study at the Sorbonne In Paris He returned to America and took two years of work at Princeton, where he was awarded the degree of Litt l>. B. and M. A. I at the same commencement. He was also elected to the Princeton chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa. Prof. Preston was subsequently elected follow oi the American school of Classical Study at Rente and later was appointed to ;? fellowship of the Archaelogical institute of America* Later he took his degree as doctor of philosphy at Princton and then was called to his prosenl place at Wells. Mts Cleveland is t^ yeart old.