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1kiiy vi kwions motives of Richards. Candidate* Make I'sual Speeches? Cllnkscsle* ?nd Manning Well lie erlved?C. A. Smith Would Fn lore*- Prohibition Low. Marlon, June 25.?Speaking of what he called John O. Kit-hards' eudden conversion to Rleaseism, W. C. lrby, Jr, of Laurens told the Ma* rion campaign meeting audience that his opponent reminded him more of a camp follower than a coattall swinger because he lagged behind while the battle raged and when it ended rush? ed on the held to ?eise the spoils Mr. Richards, referring to Mr. Irbfa characterisation of him, de? clared that he had always worked for what he considered the best Interests of the people and Intended to vote for Bleaae. "When the people who were with Biease went down to defeat with him yearn ago where was John O. Rich? ards than?'' asked Mr. lrby, who is a candidate for governor, soon after he began to speak today. Mr. Richards, said Mr. lrby, thought himself a most persecuted man beoause after his sudden conver? sion to Dlease he has been accused of "coattall swinging." "Mr. Richards has almost conclud? ed himself that he is a coattall swinger' and thinking that everybody ekes Is of the same opinion, he \v hitting at everybody," declared Mr. lrby. Mr. lrby asked If Mr. Richards was for Bleaae when he went into caucus with Senator Till man on advisability of running agalnat the governor two years ago. "Mr. Richards is more like a camp follower than a 'coattall swinger,' ' declared Mr. lrby. "You know what a camp follower Is. He stays behind and Mia others do the fighting. Then ha runs In and divides the spoils. Tho meeting was held under the arching ohms on Marlon's graasy pub? lic ?quare Just In front of the court house. The candidates spoke from a stand. J. W. Johnson, county chair? man, presided. In his speech W. W. Mooro, candi? date for reelection as adjutant gen? eral, said that the Indications were that Capt. M. C. Willis, his opponent, would get the administration's sup? port. Capt. Willis had read a letter of indorsement from Charles J. Epps, a colonel on the staff of the governor. J. A. Hunter, candidate for lieu? tenant governor, said he would have been glad to have supported the Fort ner bill had It been amended to meet bis vtewn He declared that Tom Mil? ler, a negro from Heaufort, had orig? inated tbe idea expressed in the Fort ner bill and advocated It In the con? stitutional convention of 1895. B. Frank Kelly denied that he had been defeated for the State sonata from Lee, as charged by Mr. Hunter in Florence. Andrew J. Bethea and William M. Hamer, the two other candidates fo. lieutenant governor, were both among their home folk today and made their usual sp? wehes. Charleg Carroll Simms, the lirst candidate for governor to speak, said that certain newspapers were oppos? ing him for no other reason than that "he was a friend to a gentleman condemned by them." He paid a glowing tribute to tho present gov? ernor and denounced compulsory edu? cation. Charlea A. Smith pointed to his record as mayor of flmmonsvlllo In declaring his intention to enforce the law. "No blind tigers flourished where 1 had the power to put them out of business," said Mr. Smith. "If I am governor, the rares will not be run in Charleston," declared the lieutenant governor. They should be and they must be stopped.'' Mr. Smith said that the trouble with local option was that its effects were not localized and proposed a refer? endum on the njBSgtlssj of State-wide prohibition. "If your neighboring county sells liquor tho evil overdo** Into your county," argued Mr. Smith "The cause of educutloh ami the need of hw enforcement aro tho two pitas on which I baso my candidacy for governor." said Mendel L. Smith. Ilta declaration for luw ei forccment was applauded. "All the troubles that have ever come to the poor man hove been the work of those designing politicians who declared most loudly In his favor and did the least to supply his needs," snld Speaker Smith. Ixmndes J. Ihownlng said that a compulsory education law would not i>e enforced unless the sentiment of the people were In favor of It. Me told of his pi.m of rural credits und for tax reform. "Hurrah for < 'llnksca les "' shouted many In the audience as John O. Cttnkscalee began his epetch. Mr t'lnkncales said he l>cllovcd the law leanness In South Carolina, which was o dlsgrsce to the State, was due to abuse of the pardoning power. lie then launched Into a Ytgoious plea for njns ins imn, (JKKKX\V<M)|) FIRST IN CONSOLA? TION RAO.. Columbia Takes Honors In Hand Reel Ku4>e?-Sumter Comes Kccoiul ?Sumter Team Defeated In lbise Imll Game. Florence, June 25.?Tn the conso? lation wagon and hose contest today, Greenwood won In the splendid time of 31 seconds. Ncwberry gave an exhibition, getting water in 29 2-5. The records were as follows: Chester, "4; Greenwood, II] Marion, SI 2-5; Laurens, 35; Hartsvllle, 34 12 31 1-2; Laurens, 35; Darlington, 34; [Florence No. 2, 33; Hartsvllle, 34 1-2; 1 Rlshopvllte, Sumter, Abbeville, Ben nettsville, Florence No. 1 and George? town, no connection. Tho following Is the result of the I hand reel and grab reel race: Hafid hose reel races, 100 yards?Sumter, 19; Columbia, 18 3-5; Newberry, 19 2-5; Georgetown, 20; Klngstree, 92 2-5. Columbia won first money of $75 and Sumter won second for $50. The grab reel raees were as follows: Sumter, 21; Columbia, 18; Newberry, 17 4-5. Newberry won first, $50, and Columbia second, $25. In the foot races, Paul Troutman of Newberry won first, $15; tlmo 11 sec? onds; Kieps of Columbia was second, $10, time 12. Columbia was the big winner of the meet, the boys from the capital city getting aw?y with $SG0 in prises. The Florence baseball team won tho baseball game this afternoon, the score being Sumter 5, Florence 7. The feature of the game was the pitching of Wilson for Florence. EARTHQUAKE PRCATES DESTRUC? TIVE. Mauy Killed ami l*?ft Homeless at Sumatra. * Amsterdam, June 26.?Many were killed In an earthquake in the south? ern part of Sumatra Island today, ac? cording to a dispatch to tho Duch gov? ernment from Batavia. Tho ground shook violently, wrecking many build? ings. Hundreds are left homeless. READY FOR CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT. Jack Johnson and Frank Moran to Battle ha Paris for World Honors In Ring. Paris, June 27.?Jack Johnson and Frank Moran both declare they are ready and in perfect condition for the battle tonight for the hoavy weight championship of the world, odds today range from thr?? to one, to three to two, with Johnson as a fa? vorite. Tho promoters expect to real? ise a hundred thousand dollars on the fight. Johnson gets $35,000 whether the fight Is a win, lose or draw; Moran gots $5,000. State-wiJo compulsory education. Mr. Clinkscales was presented with two bunches of flowers. John T. Duncan said there was a great cry going up about enforcing the law. "But who is It that is not enforcing the law?"-?skod Mr. Dun? can. "There arc cattail swingers In this campaign. Surely they aro not swinging on a coattail ami kicking It, too." Richard I. Manning declared for local option, the enforcement of law and discretion In 'setting pardons. He was applauded. He told of his sup? port of local option compulsory edu? cation. John G. Richards said ho did not propose to allow candidates and news? papers to twit him into throwing down the otllcc of railroad commis? sioner which the people had given him. "I am denominated a dema? gogue, because I tell you that tho pas sago of a compulsory education law would sweop 100,000 negroes into the schools," said Mr. Richards. "Cnder a compulsory educutlon law, the ne? groes could mandamus us und make us put the'r children In schools." "Wc can not afford to put the chil? dren into schools under compulsion until wo provide adequate school bouses faf them ami provide free text? books." added Mr. Richards. ' They refer to me, some of them, us coattail swinger and I camp fol? lower." said Mr. Richards, who stated that he was linked with the Reform? ers in I Him, was still with them and had always worked for what he con? sidered best for the people. "I propose to vote for i'.lease," be? gan Mr. Itlcaanls. "Blease Is tho governor for his 11 M uds. Isn't be .'" asked an old man Sitting In front of the stand. "I don't mean to discuss that with you, my Venemhle and learned friend," replied Mr. Richards. ' If yog want to you can discuss that with the audience. I have stated my position and will win or gU down to defeat on It." This declaration brought a few cheers from the crowd. The man whose question Mr. Richards did not answer was not among those who cheered. WILL HAVE TICKET COLLECTORS. stories tiiat southern Will Dispense With their Services Without Foundation. Waihlllfton, June 2fi.?Statements] to the effect that Southern Railway! Company purposes to dispense with ticket collectors on its passenger trains are entirely without foundation de? clared Comptroller A. H. Plant today. Mr. Plant said: "Recently published reports al? leging that this company intends to abandon its system of ticket collectors on its passenger trains are incorrect. While collectors havo been taken, for the present, from some of the trains on which tratllc does not justify their retention, collectors are to be con? tinued on the important trains on the main lines, and no further reductions aro now contemplated." SALEM SWEPT BY FLAMES. Lacking Water Explosives are Csed ?Loss About $20,000,000. Salem, Mass., June 25.?Nearly half the "old witch city" of Salem, rich in historic buildings and tradition, was devastated today and tonight by a lire that caused an estimated loss of $20,000,000, destroyed 1,000 build? ing establishments, and made 10,000 ings, including scores of manufaetur of tho 4 5,000 residents homeless. The fire originated in the Korn leather factory on the west side of the city at 2 o'clock this afternoon and swept through tho shoe and leather manufacturing district, ruining every building in a curving path two miles long and more than a half mile wide. Burning embers carried by a strong northwest wind, started fires in two other sections, the fashionable residential district adjacent to La Fayette street and a manufacturing and tenement houso district on the Peninsula, bounded by Pulmer's Cove, South river and the water front. Late in the evening brands kindled a fourth flro In the plant of the Salci< Oil company In Mason street. The oil tanks blew up with a terrific report and showers of sparks fell threaten? ingly on a part of the town that be? fore had not been In Imminent dan? ger. This Are, however, was checked after it had destroyed the oil com? pany's plant and 13 houses. When tho flames were believed to bo under control at 11 o'clock tonight, all the historic and literary land? marks had escaped destruction. These included the Pcabody museum, Essex institute, custom house, where Na? thaniel Hawthorne did much of his literary work, and "The House of the Seven Gables," made famous by the novelist. At midnight the fire was burning on Derby street, not far from the Pcabody museum but it was thought the building and its valuable collec? tion of curios would be saved. "The House of Soven Gables" also was in the danger zone. Salem, Mass., June 16.?Two hun? dred are unaccounted for today, fol? lowing the worst conflagration ever known In Salem. Tho llames were un? der control at live o'clock this morn? ing after raging for llfteen hours unchecked. There aro four known dead and fifty arc injured. Twenty thousand are homeless. The property loss Is estimated all tho way from live million to twenty-five million. The cJty is without water. A thousand homeless people aro being fed today in a great army camp on Highland Avenue. A thousand tents and a thousand blankets aro noing distributed among fire sufferers. The wealthy section as well as tho tenement districts is in ruins. Thous? ands of buildings arc in ashes. Gov. Walsh Is today supervising the relief work. He sent out ^all over tho entire State asking Contributions for relief. The city is under martial law. Soldiers are ordered to shoot looters on sight. One third of tho city is laid waste. The llames swept the south? east part for a mile and a half after being started by a gas explosion in the plant of the Horn Leather Co. The llames cut a crescent shaped area in the business section over a mile wide. At day break this morning the lire still raged In the eastern sec? tion of the city but the firemen be? lieve they have the llames under con? trol. A score of manufacturing plants were burned Including Naumkcag, a cotton plaid, which was one of the largest in the world, employing six thousand laborers. The entire water? front was lire swept. HEIUOUS HOTEL IT HE One Killed and Several Injured When Flames Sweep (Jreoitshnro Holstery, Greensboro, X. i\, June 26, II T, Collum, of Philadelphia, was killed, and scores of other gUOStS had narrow escapes when a liiv swept tbe Gull? lord Hotel early today. Four guests ami a fireman were serious'" injured. Fire Sweeps Hocks. Grlmshy, Kng., June 211. Flr< swept 1 lit* docks here today, causing a loss of a quurter of a million dollars THE MOKQUTO CAMPAIGN. Dr. Harne Requests Formal Invita? tion from Council ami Hoard of Health for Visit of Eradications. Managing Secretary Reardon has received a letter from Dr. J. A. Hayne, State Health Oflleer regard? ing the request from the secretary's oftieo to have Dr. Henry P. Carter, the United states Public Health mosquito expert and his force visit Sumter to show us how to eradicate mosquitoes and malaria. Dr. Hayne writes as follows: "Columbia, S. C, June 25, 1914. Mr. B. I. Reardon, Secretary, Cham? ber of Commerce, Sumter, S. C. Dear Sir: Replying to your letter requesting that Dr. Henry P. Carter and his party visit Sumter while they are in the State for malarial eradica? tion, if you reality want them to visit Sumter, have the mayor and town council, and the board of health issue a formal invitation, and I will present it to them, but I have no control of their actions. They have just con? cluded an investigation at Ridge wood and Eau Clare, and leave this afternoon for Hartsvillc. They will probably be in the State until July 10th. Yours truly, (Signed) J. A. Hayne. Secretary State Hoard of Health. Secretary Reardon has referred Dr. Hayne's letter to tho City Manager and the Health Officer of Sumter to be presented to the City Council and Roard of Health. It is now up to those two bodies. FARMER KILLS SELF. James T. Ouzts Takes Own Life In Greenwood. Greenwood, Juno 25.?James T. Ouzts, a well known farmer and member of the mercantile llrm of W. M. and J. T. Ouzts company of Ouzts ville, committed suicide Thursday morning at his home in the Moun? tain Creek section of the county. Mr. Ouzts was 57 years of age. Ho had not been well lately and it is supposed this made him despondent. He leaves a wife and eight children. The Rev. Jesse L. Ouzts of In men is a brother and also W. M. Ouzts of Kirksey. From reports received here Mr. Ouzts went to the field where he had some hands at work Tuesday morning and borrowed a pistol from one of the negroes. lie then went to an out? house and shot himself in the head. He was dead when found a few min? utes later. The funeral was held at Mountain Creek church yesterday af? ternoon.. MeGOWAN GETS PROMOTION. South Carolinian Appointed Paymas? ter General by Daniels. Washington, June 25.?Secretary i Daniels of the navy department an? nounced tonight that he had appoint i d Pay Inspector Samuel McGowan of South Carolina as chief of the bu? reau of supplies and accounts, to suc? ceed Paymaster General Thomas J. Cowle. Mr. McGowan, who was for several years on the staff of The State, has had an enviable navy rec? ord for efficiency, and it undoubtedly is this that secured for him the ap? pointment to tho highest office and honrs that an officer of the pay corps can aspire to. He is but 44 years old and is perhaps the youngest officer over appointed as paymaster general of tho navy. He was highly recom? mended for the office by the com mandor-in-chlef of the Atlantic fleet, of which he was the fleet paymaster until last April, when he was relieved by special order of the secretary of the navy and made a member of a board to take up the question of navy yard accounting systems, a matter that the navy department and the naval committees In congress consider of great importance. Mr. McGowan's salary as paymas? ter general will be $?',,000 a year. BIG SUNDAY SCHOOL PARADE. 80,000 Men Celebrate Religious Free? dom of Country. Chicago, June 27.?Thousands of Sunday School men from nil parts of the United states marched this after? noon In a glnnt parade featuring the International Sunday School conven? tion now In session here. Over thirty thousand men wire in lino. Mayor Harrison and other promin? ent cltlsens reviewed tho parade from tho grandstand at Grunt Pork. Fifty altars carried upon tho shoulders of groups of members behind each be? im; an open Hi'de. typifying America as the land of tho open I'.ible. CYCLONE VISITS INDIANA. Causes Scrlolls Property Loss and Stops Trolleys. Anderson, Ind., June 2fl,?A cyclone last night caused serious property damage here, demoralizing interurban Ira flic. Miles of hieb tension electric wire were blown down. BANKERS CLOSE MEETING. '. J. SHANNON. JH., OV i\MRE\ IS NEW PRKKIDKNT. Carter Gin**, Virginia Congressman. Tolls of Federal Reserve Ranking LAW. Other Addresses Delivered. Charleston, .Tun" 25.?-The new fed? eral reserve hanking law, a concise explanation of its purpose and how it will help business and benefit the individual business man, was the themo of a remarkably clear and in? teresting address by Congressman Glass of Virginia this morning at the second day's meeting of the South Carolina Rankers' association. Mr. Glass is an ardent supporter of the new banking and currency law, and is an authority on all the details of this complex proposition. He introduced the new bank bill and was instru? mental in securing its passage by con I gress. i Mr. Glass, in his address today, dis ' played a profound knowledge of the ! workings of financial institutions and their needs. One particular benefit to be derived, it is believed, will be the equitable distribution of money over the country. jrf the new law goes into effect in a few weeks as planned, some proclaim it will mean a drastic reversal of re? form, in connection with the handling from the government standpoint of the banking and currency Interests of the United States. One of the prin? cipal objects sought to be obtained, under the new law, was the clipping of the wings of Wall street. Had this been accomplished, the belief was ex? pressed that tho smaller banks in New York district would have been frozen out as far as representation on tho directorship of the reserve Insti? tution was concerned, but the prompt steps taken by the organization com? mittee in guaranteeing the secrecy of {ballots for directors put a stop to the movement to bull the selection of di? rectors. Mr Glass was accorded the deepest attention by his hearers and was en? thusiastically applauded All avail ! able seats in the convention hall were tilled and many stood in the aisles. Tho crowd remained through the , other addresses of the morning, e ch i speaker receiving a warm recei don Judge C. A. Woods of the court of l appeals, Richmond, Va., was the sec s ond speaker of tho morning. He con? fined his remarks consistently to the subject to which he was assigned, that ? of "Money and the Community." His address made a deep impression upon ? his hearers. R. G. Rhett, the third and last speaker of today's session, spoke on the new banking and currency system as regards its practical operation and probable effects. Tho session this afternoon con? cludes the annual meeting as far as the business of the association is con? cerned and adjournment will be or? dered at that time, though a banquet tonight actually closeu the festivi? ties of the week. The banquet was tendered the visting bankers and ac? companying lady friends by the local bankers and arrangements were made for an elaborate feast. Tho following officers were unani? mously elected: President, C. J. Shan? non, Jr., Camden; vice president, J. W. Simpson, Spartanburg; secretary and treasurer, Lee G. Holleman, An? derson; attorney, R. Hart Moss, Or? angeburg. Executive council from the congressional district, First, W. King Midowell, Charleston; Second, W. E. Prothro, Williston; Third, W. T. Bailey, Greenwood; Fourth, F. C. Rogers, Spartanburg; Fifth, J. P. Stevens, Kershaw; Sixth, H. W. Fra zer, Georgetown; Seventh, R. F. Bryant, Orangeburg. RLEASE WANTS INVESTIGATION. Requests Prol>c of Alleged Shortage of Militia Equipment. Columbia, June 25.?As a result of tho charges of shortage recently al? leged against the South Carolina Na? tional Guard by the war department of the United States, tho following re? quest for an investigation of the en? tire matter by an officer of the regular army was today sent to the Secretary of War by Gov. Rlease: "Columbia, S. C, June 25, 1114. "Tho Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.?Sir: 1 have the honor to re? quest an officer of the regular army be detailed and sent to this State to assist ihe State authorities investigat? ing tho alleged shortage of Govern? ment property issued to this statu for the use of the organized militia, and usslsl the authorites of the State in accounting for ami adjusting the losses. I request that he be sent at the earliest date. Respectfully, "Cole 11. Rlease. "Governor of South Carolina." WAVES WRECK RIO STEAMER, Superior Wis., June 27.?A big frieght steamer, (he Mataafa. with a crew of twenty, is going to pieces in i be heavy seas a few miles east of here. Life savers have gone to the rescue, THE JAPANESE CONTROVERSY. SEEMINGLY AT A DEADLOCK AT PRESENT, MAY ME ARBI? TRATED. Communications Between Two Gov? ernment* Given out to Public? Thought That Matter Will 1k? t ar? ried to Hague Tribunal. Washington, June 25.?Diplomatic correspondence between the United States and Japan over the California anti-alien land law, extending over a period of more than a year, was pub? lished today simultaneously in Wash? ington and Tokyo by agreement of the two governments. It disclosed that a new treaty was discussed as one way to meet Japan's correspondence charac terized through? out as essentially unfair and in? vidious" nd inconsistent with "the sentiment of good neighbors," incon? sistent, with the treaty in. florce, "abridgement of vested rights" and against provisions of the California law "mortifying to the government and the people of Japan." But as late as June 10, the Japan? ese ambassador, Viscount Chir.da, left with Secretary Bryan "instructions" [ from the Tokyo foreign office that the projected treaty would tend to create new difficulties. The Japanese gov? ernment, therefore, the note said, waa "disinclined to continue negotiations looking to the conclusion of a conven? tion on the lines of the project en der discussion, but they prefer to recur to the correspondence which were interrupted r nd they will now look, for an answi to the note handed Mr. Bryan on tlu Gth of August, last, hoping that in a renewal of the study of the case, a fundamental solution of the question at issue may be found." The Japanese note of August 26, last, which Mr. Brynn was asked to answer, concluded: "The imperial government claims for them (its subjects) fair and equal treatment and is unable either to acquiesce ii the unjust, obnoxious dis? crimination complained of, or to re? gard the ?jiiestion as closed so long as the existing state of things is per? mitted to continue." Two days ago Secretary Bryan re? plied to that communication, but pub? lication of the note was withheld to? day because it could not be included in the correspondence made public at Tokyo. It is understood Secretary Bryan reaffirmed the position of the United States leaving the subject open for further diplomatic exchange. So there the controversy stands, ap? parently at a deadlock. There are in? timations in diplomatic circles that it is being worked around to a stage for arbitration at The Hague. A standard arbitration treaty with Japan now is In force, having only recently been renewed. The proposed treaty halted by Japan's latest attitude, it is under? stood, proponed to touch on the nat? uralization of those Japanese already owning lands. The correspondence in full makes about 30,000 words. DISPENSARY AT KLNGSTHEE. Institution Op. nod Under Direction of County Board. Kingstree, June 2G.?Under the directions of the Williamsburg Coun? ty dispensary board, a "boo^e shop" was opened on the first floor of the P. G. Gourdi building here today, with a full Stock of wines, liquors and beverages. The dispensary was clos? ed here on November 15, 1909, and since that time the county has been under the prohibition law. Just Cripple Around. Some people just cripple around most of the days of their life, worth about half what they might be to themselves am* their families, with all energy gone and only duty dragging them about their daily tasks. They dont know what is the matter, and treat first one symptom and then an? other, without muck result. The rfeal trouble is that the blood is not rloh enough to supply the demands of the system. This lack of the necessary elements may manifest itself in nerv? ousness, in indigestion, in rheuma? tism, in emaciation, in that "all gone" feeling. Just give yourself a chance by making you- blood all right and see how quick nature will give you poise and energy. Many of your neighbors have redeemed lives almost shipwrecked by the faithful use of Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy, which is a ?reat oliminant and tonic. It clears away the Impurities und then builds up tho system. That was the case with Mr. John F, Pottigrew of I^ees burg, N. C, who nave: "Several years ago 1 was suffering from Indigestion. For three months I had to live on milk and bread. I was Just as weak and nervous as 1 could be. Eight bot? tles of Mrs. Joe Person's Hemedy cured nu, after the doctor's medicine failed." You can buy this great remedy of most druggista If yours doesn't have it for you send a dollar to the Hemedy Sales Corporation, Charlotte, N. C, and they will supply you.?Advt.