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"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.
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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.