The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 01, 1914, Image 1

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?l)c tofttchm 1 II IDMm WATCHMAN. Established April, ISM. "Be Just and Pear not?Bet all the ends Thou Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jane, UM Consolidated Aug. 3,1881. SUMTER. S. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1914. Vol. XXXVIII. No. 37, GOVERNOR'S RECORD JKNNINflN AND polux'k point OUT wkakxkssks of BIjKAsF'S stand. Large Crowd Oat hers at liarnwell to Senatorial Aspltsnt*?Other Well KeccUcd In Blens* Territory? 's,-ml Mease to Mexico,* Huy< Pollock. liarnwell. June 20?For the first time since the United States sena? torial campaign opened, the governor waa placel on the defensive today by i W. P. Pollock, who has been persist? ently haimngntag at the governor's parJon regBrdT^SW governor has been out of ther runnl^^ for three days, mkMlnr* the Heaufof4.% Hampton and Jasper county meetings* ? and when he returned to Harwell fhjday, ho was loaded with reproaches. llo^gad hard? ly begun his speech before tio bad to launch Into an explanation of pardon of the yeggman sometimes known as "Portland Ned," who dls Tippsnrsd from the governor's office. This outlaw, the governor said, was not "Portland Ned," but one. James Johnson Instead, who had the alias of the widely notorious mife blower. He also read letters from a United States marshal and a federul district attorney, saying that there were no outstanding warrants against the let at the time clemency was sted. Ths governor made his customary setter attack on the newspapers, des? ignating certain reporters as "liars." rt# characterised the new primary rust as "a dirty, contemptible piece \i isnsv^y. which 'Portland Ned' and all Ills associates would not be guilty Of." B. D. Smith, he said, was a Re pnoJJcan, and no friend of his. Though In a distinctly Rlease terri? tory* Messrs. Jennings and Pollock did their denunciation of the h record. "i expect a record on ex every stump in South Mr. Jennings said, "and the detectives running around with the party can't scare mo off the etagoV sir. Pollock said that he had heard "nigger, nigger, nigger" until he was thoroughly di.vim ted. "That's all the governor's got, and if tjvy memory serves me correctly, V believe It wag only a few years ago that the governor was himself a trustee of a negro college In Orangeburg." Senator Smith, who, bus been com? pletely Ignoring the charges by his opponents, today answered the state? ment made by the governor that Mr. Smith, when a member of the legis. Isture, had voted for a bill to Indem? nify the family of a negro, who hail been lynched, te the amount of 91,000. la answering this accusation, Senator Smith read article 6. section 6, of the constitution of South Carolina, which makes this provision. The constitution wss written, the senator explained, by Senator Tillmun and his Reformer as? sociates, back in lsti, "the very hey day of the power of tho common Approximately l,2??u voters attend ed the meeting and each candidate waa cordtslly received. The goverSOV got a welcome similar to that extend? ed by liarnwell on former occasions. Senstor Smith, too, was a favorite, and when the governor asked for a min? ute st the clone of Mr. Pollock's speech to answer a chnrgo by Mr. Pollock. It looked us If the governor Would be bowled down by calls for Senstor Smith. The governor waite.i patiently a minute und then exclaimed that be knew what he was doing. "I asked permission from the chulrman. and I also got Senator Smith's per? mission to make a brief reply," he said. W. If Duncan, the presiding olll cer, said, that this permission bad been granted, aml^hut the nweoygsgf shou'd have an opportunity to make ? reply, regardless of their disapproval The bolsterousness than subsided, ami the governor was allowed to explain. immediately upon bin arrival In Rarnwell today the governor gfUS handed a petition Tor a pardon, he said, hearing J?7 signatures. Assong these, he asserted, were M antl-I'.lease men. That shows tho kind of Imps they set for me. If I were to grant the pardon, then they'd run uround and attack me for granting It. It only shows the extremes to whi- h they will go to defeat me." The govornor held up a catalogue of Benedict college, u negro school in Columbia, which contained a cut of ths faculty, some of the members of which were white women. It WSS at this staue that some one in the crowd called to the governor and said "You'll be In the next ki egg when Senstor Smith takes your picture" "You'rs a liar," the governor re? torted. HORSE SHOW DURING FUR. PHOMOTFRS OF EVFXTS ORGAN? IZED WITH GEO. I>. SHORE PRESIDENT. Full Premium List Includes Thirty Eight Contests?Entor|>riso is Sepa? rate From Fair Society?Thirty-two Hundred Dollars Offered. Columbia, June 27.?Tho South Carolina Night Horse Show associa? tion was formed yesterday by officials of the State fair and others interested in horses. The association is inde? pendent of tho State fair in organiza? tion and will hold shows during tho State fair at the grounds on the nights of October 27, 28 and 29. Pre? mium lists and tho general scope of ! the undertaking have been formulated I (and from now on tho work of per ' fecting these plans will be in the ! hands of special committees and the officers. The prer ium list has 38 classes, ag? gregating in prizes $3,200 in cash and i six cups. These premiums are inde i pendent of the premiums offered by the fair association for tho day horse 'shows, at which the prizes amount to about $3,000. The prize list will be printed in the regular premium list. Columbia, then, is the only city in the ! South to give so much for horse flesh in one week. The shows will be held in the arena, I which will bo thoroughly illuminated by lights stretching all the way 1 across. A grandstand with seating ceparity of 2,500 will be put up, In addition to the stand that is already ! there. It was stated yesterday by an officer of the association that some of the liest strings of horses in the United States have been assured as entrants in the night horse show. The officers of the association are: George D. Shore of Sumtcr, president; J. N. Kirven of Darlington, yice pres? ident, and D. F. Rflrd of Columbia, secretary and treasurer, Tho execu? tive committee consists of tho officers and George T. Llttlo of Camden, A. D. Harby of Sumter, I >. D. Witcover of Darlington, F. D. Kendall, M. 1)., of Columbia, S. P. Harvey of Green? wood, II. T. Mills of Greenvillo and T. I* Harmon of Lexington. An effort was made by the man to j come to tho stage, apparently to at? tack the speaker, but policemen in? terfered. It was reported that tho man was arrested. The speaker also made mention of the fact that at Keaufort a negro orchestra furnished music for the campaign exercises. (These, ho said, went with 27 other negroes to tho court house where the Speaking was held. This, he sup? posed, was a "compliment to Sen ? ator Smith, who voted with the ne? groes for Haskell in 1890." During tho last three days the gov? ernor has been in the Pee Dee sec? tion. From reports in this territory ho said he had more reason than ever to believe that on August 25 he would I receive a majority vote of the "white" | pcoplo of South Carolina. The governor received several bunches of Mowers. While he was kissing the little girl that presented 'ono, tin enthusiastic supporter rc peatedy called for a hand primary. If the governor heard this, he took no notice of it. Mr. Jennings, who was tho next speaker, said that on election day, "the governor and his friends will have to vote according to the new primary rules, whether they sign the rolls in a skyscraper or in a bach \ard, and 'they can't help it.'" This statement was made in answer to the governor's charge that one set of the registration books had been placed in Tho Slate company's olllco. This speaker also recalled the leap in elec? tion returns from 108,000 in 1*10 te I I 1,000 in 19 IL'. "This." ho said, "was enough circumstantial evidence to tum a negro out of the peniten tlaiy." After delving assiduously Into the governor's pardon record, Mr. Jen? nings prophesied that the governor Mould be retired to private life on August IS, "if 1 am any Judge of the <iuict, not of the loudmouthed, howhng, Cole li. Men If Will be re? tired beyond the possibility of resur? rection, And if you were to ask live years from now some of these loud? mouthed here today if they applauded Hie governor of the state, when he bragged that he had pardoned |,20tl and 'you can't help II,' that man will either denv it OF hang his head In She me " The mayor of Humter also cited the ease of M.i\ Stokes of t ?i a icehui ? "Mo was convicted of Vlolatlns the dispensary law. ami was lined 1260," "aid Mr. Jenningl Later he was in? dicted on a similar Chat and lied the country Convicted in his ab? senee, a sealed verdict was held PELLAGRA EXPERTS' REPORT, j ?f UllllUfl IM south carolina de-1 scribed TO DOCTORS. Spartanhurg Conui?ssion Points to (?rout Frequency of infection ill Mill Villages?Due to Unsanitary Coiulitions. Atlantic City, X. J., June 19.?In? teresting result.s of the studies of pel? lagra by experts who have been en- j gaged for months in research work were presented to the house of dele? gates of tho American Medical asso? ciation here today. On behalf of the Thompson-Mo Faddcn commission a report was sub? mitted by J. F. Siler, captain medi? cal corps, U, S. A.; P. B, Garrison, M. D., past assistant surgeon, U. S. |n? and W. J. tfacXeal, If, D, Xcw York Their synopsis showed that in Spar? tanhurg county, South Carolina, peiia I gra is most prevalent in the cotton mill villages. It attacks particularly j women, young children and old peo? ple of both sexes. The disease seems [ to originate through proximity to or association with a pre-existing case of ? pellagra. It spreads most rapidly In districts where unsanitary methods of sewage disposal are in use. Attempts to transmit pellagra to animals have been unsuccessful. Hy? gienic and dietetic treatment of the disease has yielded good immediate results, but after returning to former ! conditions of environment nearly all nets have recurred. The house of delegates, in which Is centred the administrative functions : of the body, went on record as op ! posed to the evils of child labor. Res? olutions deploring the conditins un? der which many thusands of chil? dren work were adopted without a dis? senting voice. Resolutions also were adopted set? ting forth that leprosy exists and .has been shown to be on the Increase; that those aftiiVtcd "with leprosy arc i subjected to thcr most inhuman treat lirient; that many lepers are traveling j in Interstate trudle, constantly ex 1 posing the general public to the con? tagion and it is the duty of congress i to pass a law providing for the com { prehensivo care and control of the disease. Overeating, especially of meats, and the excessive use of alcohol and coffee cause many cancers, according to Dr. L. Duncan Uulklcy. In an address before tho association he declared that Canoe rout tissues develop and are maintained by nutrition derived from food and drink and that tumors grow I by the same means. "1 have treated many cases of can? cer," he said, "by a vegetarian diet, excluding coffee and alcohol with re Imarkable results." against him. Later when he returned i and gave bond, and appealed to a i higher court, he was pardoned while tho uppeal was pending. This Max Stokes is the same man that on elec? tion day two years ago used his auto? mobile in hauling voters to the polls." This was met with a chorus of ap? proval, some saying: "Every word of that's true," and others, "Lay it on, Jennings, wc know it hurts." The Bamwell crowd was prepared for the attack which Mr. Pollock h;is been making for tho last few days on the governor. He had hardly begun before some tine, in disapproval, ask? ed "What is your text?" The Cheraw man, who always appears at an ad? vantage under lire, quickly responded, " See the 17th ohapter of 1 Samuel, and read the whole of the chapter. It (describes the struggle between David and Goliath. Dlease, with his polit? ical machine, claims to be a great lOollath. What David did for Goliath i I hope, by the grace of God, to do for Cole I dense on August 25. Xow that's rny text, and I hope it soaks in." This I was greeted with prolonged applause, and the questioner did not interrupt again. This speaker also defended the new primary rules, and referred again to the Gtin foreign voters in Charleston who were carrollod by Vincent Chlcco and Bottlle in Char? leston and an effort made to have their numes registered. Home one In tho crowd suggested to Mr. Pollock that tho governor bo sent lo tho United Hintes senate t<< get rid of him. "No," .Mr. Polloel answered, "my solution is that we al? low him lo go to Mexico at (he head of ibe State troops, and when they are advanced far Into Mexican terri? tory, let the troops drop back und leave the governor to the Mexlrnns.' Mr. Pollock again today reminded the voters that "u little sawed-off, hammcrcd-dnwn Dago is on the gov? nrnor's staff, und ?ben you militia? men pass III review before the gov? ernor und hi'* Stuff, yon will have to salute the Dago, 'and you can't help BEEM8 TO BE FAVORITE CANDI? DATE OF PEOPLE AT CON WAY. M. L. Smith, Clinkscalcs and Manning Also Well Received by 1,040 Voters of llorry?Candidates Make Usual Bneecties, Conway, June 2C.?John O. Rich? arde carried off the majority of the applause here today, and was appa? rently the favorite of the crowd. For governor, If. Ii. Smith, John G. Clinkscalcs and It. I. Manning got some applause and all the candidates I received good attention. The- mooting was held in a tobacco warehouse, about 1,000 being present. The heat I was intense. The candidates speak to? morrow at Dillon. Four persona were slightly injured when planks on which they were sit? ting gave way. Mr. Fortner in replying to the state? ment made by J. A. Hunter yester? day, that the idea of the socalled Fortner 1 * i 11 originated with Tom Miller, a negro in the constitutional convention, said if this was true that Miller had more regard for the white race than Hunter. ! Candidates for lieutenant governor, B. Frank Kelly, A. J. Bethen, W. If. Hamer and J. A. Hunter, presented I their claims. j Attorney General Peoples was ab jsent, being in Columbia on business, the announcement being made through a letter written to L. li. Singleton. It was 12.10 o'clock when the can? didates for governor began. Charles A. Smith asked promotion on his rec? ord as lieutenant governor, and said he favored a two-cent passenger rate. Mendel L. Smith "romped* 'all over the demagogue and the use of the "poor man" by politicians. He made a strong plea for local option compul? sory "duration and enforcement of the law. He was presented with llowers *L\ .1. Hrowning proVruSe-d'if elected to be govennor of all the people and to enforce law with even-handed jus? tice. John G. Clinkscalcs championed the cause of the hoys and girls, mak? ing a strong plea for a State-wide compulsory education law. Mr. I Clinkscalcs was not feeling well and j frequently had to pause on account of j the oppressive heat, making him al most faint, Anally having to cut his ' speech short. He was presented with flowers. John T. Duncan discussed what he calls the "system." Mr. Duncan said that Gov. Blease received a "frost" the other day, and saw the hand? writing on the wall. W. C. Ir'oy, Jr., developed his plan of rural credits to enable white ten? ant farmers to buy land. R, 1. Manning said that the gov? ernor's attitude toward the law was largely copied by tho people as a whole. He urged the enforcement of law. A shower of rain came up while Mr. Manning was speaking. The noise of the rain on the tin roof made it difficult to hear him and succeeding speakers. John G. Richards advocated a two cent flat passenger rate and opposed compulsory education. He made his usual declaration in favor of lileasc, : and was cheered when he finished. Charles Carroll Simms said he ' wanted better fertilizer laws passed. Tho shower developed into a thunder storm while Mr. Simms spoke, and OS far as hearing him was concerned few in the audience knew when he had finished. MMMMmmwmwMmmmmwmMmmMMMmmmmmmwmMMMMmMMMMmmm it.' " Senator Smith answered the charge of one of his opponents that the sen. ator should help to expose the record of the governor. "It's not necessary," tlie senator announced. "What 1*11 do for tho winde bunch on August 2,r> will be a plenty." The speaker said he didn't know whether he had anything to do with the advance III the price of cotton or not, but he wa thankful that he was there when it was doing, and "I don't know where they (his Opponents) wer?1. You don', hear anything about them along then." The governor earlier In the day had accused tho senator of voting for a bill to indemnify negro families In which n member was lynched. Sena? tor Smith read article 6, section l! of the State constitution, which made this provision, as w ritten by Sena? tor Tillman, when the "reform move? ment" was at its crest hack in 1895. Senator Smith said that h's only frieitos wer? not those who wi.?re vot? ing for him. "Tlio.se who do not f.*i for me, I pity them profoundly. They can not tell tho chaff from the wheat, r.ut, thank God, on August 25, the chaff will be winnowed out." The speaker went into a detailed FLORENCE TIMES SAYS R. I. MAN? NING MADE REST 1MPKES SIGN. John G. Richards, According to The Times, is Exciting Factional Feeling ?A Review Of the Race for the Governorship by Florence Times Editor. (From The Florence Times, June 20, 1914.) Interest was evidently concentrated at the Florence meeting of the State I campaign of the 21th upon the gu? bernatorial candidates. The big four, as they have been called, Manning, I Clinkscalcs, Mendel Smith ami Rich? ards, certainly occupied the center of ? I the stage so far as interest WO* " mm corned. We would say that th ceptlon accorded Prof. ciinkjjflrf??' suffered a partial collapse before hi.s ! address was complete d. His honesty was perfectly manifest, but there waSr apparent a lack of statesmanship In the measures he presented, or the issues which he advocated, which was disappointing. Then there was also la want of dignity in his attitude and manner which distinctly chilled his hearers \\ ho evidently expected something better. I Mr. Mendel Smith is one of the ? best speakers in the campaign and his ? discussion showed a mental poise ;and precision and the points empha? sized in his address showed an appre? ciation of the needs of the State to a I degree which unquestionably gained strength for him in Florence, where before, he has been little known. Mr. Richards showed a desire to ex? cite factional feeling and class de? stinations which fell far short of ap? pealing to the conservative thought Jof the audience which gathered in : the court house. The readiness of 1 Mr. Uiehards to swap horses; to ichango his course to catch the ripple ' of any breeze which might bear the ballots? -1f -a mixed metaphor' may be used?his swift change from dis I f pensary championship to prohibition? ist and then to local option and then i from the anti to the pro lilease col? umn, had apparently sunk into the consciousness of the Florence audi? tors and Mr. Richards failed signally to "put it over." Mr. Manning, true to the confidence j which his friends have placed in him, made a dignified ami earnest talk on the issues. His was the last speech ; and people were tired and worn out with the heat, but if we are any judge of sentiment of an audience, no one of the speakers made such a favorable impression as the Sumter man. His appeal was to the sane side of poli Jtics; to the issues that affect the wel . fare of the State and her people. There were no nights of oratory, but a well expressed, dignified and earnest appeal to the patriotism of his hear? ers. The response was genuine and earnest. If, as we say, we are any judge of the impressions made upon the Flor I enee audience, WO should say that Manning made the deepest Itnpres Sion of the day. lie has strengthen? ed himself In Florence and if his speech was a fair sample of his per? formance elsewhere in the campaign, we should be inclined to believe that his chances are the best of the crowds of antis to go into the second prl i mary. Hl'EHTA CONSIDERS SITUATION. May Have Conferred with Carranxa Agents?5,000 Troops Mutiny, Says Report. New Mexico, Juno 21?.?lluerta and his cabinet held a long conference yesterday and last night over the mill tary situation. It is reported that 5,000 volunteers 'sent to aid Gen. Maas against tho rebels have mutlned. Reports that .lluerta conferred with agents of Carranxa arc unconfirmed but are generally not believed hero. BIG LINER RUNS AGROUND. All Passengers Rescued and Landed or Changed to Otlicr ship. Londonderry, Ireland, June 2!?.? Ten hundred and sixteen passengers were rescued today from the Anchor liner California, bound from New York to Glascow which grounded last night in a thick fog off Terry Island. Three hundred wire landed and tin remainder proceeded to Glasgow aboard the steamer Cassandra. disc ussion of the amendment to the bunking and currency hill which pro? vided the farmers' time extension foa tUre. He also explained the Work ol testing the tensile strength of the different grades of cotton, and hav? ing the grades standardized. COAT-TAIL SWINGERS HISSED. DILLON" CROWD II HA KS CANDI? DATES WITH MIXED ADMIR? ATION. MendH Smith. R. I. Manning and John G. ClinUscalcs Liberally Ap? plauded. Dillon, Juno 27.?John G. Rich? ards, candidate for governor, drew a storm of hisses mingled with cheers, from the several hundred voters of Dillon county here today when he de ! tiantly declared that he was no "coat tail swlngi r" hecaudjc' he intended vot? ing for flror. Rieasje^br United States senator. C D.'Fortner, candidate for railroad commissioner, drew a few hisses ~ *--m1*Xh - ,y his predic ?. B ^ 2 elected sen Smith and R. I. Man applauded when in their s for governor they denounced ties 'i 1 -use of the pardoning power and ?aid they woidd uphold the verdicts of the juries and courts if elected. Flowers were given to John G. Clinks cales, gu1 Bjrnatorial candidate, at the conclusion of his strong speech for a compulsory school attendance law. Two of the candidates for lieuten lanl governor, A. J. Bethen and W. M. [Tamer, natives of this county, were warmly received and on being pre? sented with tlowers kissed the dainty little girls who brought the bouquets ,to the i tage, while the audience of several b Una red applauded. Solic itor li. A. Cooper who was call? ed home 1 >st week by the death of his wife at Le.urena, rejoined the party hero and made a strong speech for enforcement of the law in presenting I his claims for governor. Comptroller General Jones denounc | ed as false the statement made by his opponent, J. A. Summerset, that he had received an appropriation of $6, 000 a year for twelve years for in ! /estigations of county offices. Adjt. Gen. Moore sr Phis opponent, jCapt. M. C Willis, "wilfully misrep ; resented" the true condition of the National Guard. j The candidates open next week's itinerary at Darlington on Monday. The mc ting of State candidates at , Dillon today was held in the old school auditorium, Countv Chairman 1 J. 11. Regan, presiding. The Rev. H. A. Willis, i-astor ofthe Baptist church, 1 opened the meeting with prayer. M. C. Willis, for adjutant general, led off. Adjt. Gen. W. W. Moore said he did not understand why Capt. Willis should persistently and "wil? fully misrepresent" the condition of , the National Guard, and said it was improving in efficiency, and he had done his luty. WORK IS REWARDED. Scholarships Arc Given to Iah? County Girls. Btshopville, June 25.?The follow? ing young women, members of the Ixie Count.' Canning club, have been awarded scholarships in the summer school at Winthrop this year. The garden of each member was visited by C. W. iVicl.cndon and J. P. Kilgore, entailing a journey whic h aggregated over 200 mller, and the willingness to do this work and the painstaking care with which it was done deserve all praise. The interest in the work is more intense at this time than ever before and there are quite x large ni Aber of girls in the contest. Miss Sarah Frances Drafts s<vures the first scholarship, her genera, aver? age being !.*7 out of a possible 100. The second sc holarship is given to Miss Ada K. Dixon, with a score of t?2. Miss Almena Weldon and Miss Lily Redl Lemon were given special mention cm the condition of the ten acre patch, but lost the scholarships owing to not carrying out everything in detail. The girls of the tomato clubs and the boys of the corn clubs are bending every effort to make a better showing this year '.ban they did last year, whic h will require extra good work, the tomato and corn shows for the county this year will be held during the count) fair und in space set aside by the fair officials for this purpose, and will be aided and encouraged in every was by the promoters of the fair. IT \ i: HURT IN At TO WRECK. Machine Hits t ow and Turned Turtle ?Owe May Die. Dublin, Oa., June 2I>.?Five men were Injured In an automobile which struck a cow late last night, while running fifty miles an hour. The COW was knock? 1 Into a field and killed, the machine w;is wrecked and turned turtb*. Lonnle Rowland had his skull crushed end may die. The others will probably recover.