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-? THE GREAT SALE AT-_-_ ?r Krasnoff's Bankrupt Store, BEGINS SATURDAY, AUGUST 1&, 8:30 A. M. _ ? COlNSfcX KAYS W. It. RICHLY UOT uTATKM F. V T FROM i'HYsl CIANS, tsars He Never Haw It, but I ndcrstood Froan Talk that It Wax Not strong avouch? I imit>b? to Discus* Case Putty Because of F.thical guest Ions, Kays t links? nlcs flpartanhurg, July 27? W. K. Ulchey, brother of R. A. Hlchcy, was the "prominent attorney" who se? cured the statement hs to the condi? tion of R. A. Rlchey at tho State penl tettiary from Dr. James H. Mclntosh *ahout the first week of January," ac? cording to J. Frank Cllnkscales, an attorney of this city, who was em? ployed to get a pardon or parole for K A. Klchey, in a signed statement given out hei ? this afternoon. Mr. Clinks* ties said his attention was called to the certificate given by Dr. Mclntosh while the latter was at the penitentiary when Mr. Cllnkscales was in the governor's office. "I wrote to Mr. W It. Hlchcy, at Laurens, to see Dr. Mclntosh nnd secure another and better certificate. I did not con? sider that the certiilcato he had given was strong enough and for that rea? ct n wanted a better certificate." said Mr Cllnkscales in his statement. The .following signed und witnessed interview was given out by J. Frank Cllnkscales thla afternoon: "My attention has been --tiled to the dispute between Dr. Jumes H. Mclntoeh and Oov. Hlease, as to the aeoutneneaa of the signature purport? ing to be that of Dr. James II. Mcln? tosh signed to tho Klchey certificate. 1 was employed to assist In securing pardon or parole from Oov. Hlease for R. A. Klchey. who had been convicted at Abbeville of statutory rape. I hud represent d Mr. Rlchey at his trial la court of general sew tons and after the supreme court refused to grant him a new trial Mrs. R. A. Rlchey and W R.. Hichey of Laurens requested me to assist them in securing a par? don or parole for Mr. Klchey. whom 1 considered Innocent, and who in my opinion should never have been con? victed If a fair trial had been accorded him. 1 know nothing of the state .nent of Dr. Mclntosh except I had my attention cullod to it while in the governor's office at Columbia and I wrote Mr. W. R. Rlchey at Laurens to see Dr. Mclntor.h and secure an? other and better certificate. I did not consider that tho certificate he hud given was strong enough and for that reason wanted a better certificate. I was not st the State peintentlury when the certltlcuo was signed by Dr. Mclnnah. nor have 1 ever seen Dr. Mclntosh sign any statement, as I do not know the gentleman person? ally. All I know concerning this cer? tificate wua what I heard In regard to the aame when I was in the office of Oov. Hlease when I was in Columbia snd the certillcute was obtained by W. K. Klchey. I never saw this cer? tificate, and can not say whether the eame was written in handwriting or on a typewriter. I do not know Dr. Mclntosh personally, nor did I know the exact date the signature was se? cured, but my impression now is that It was obtained about the firxt week In January. "J. Frank Cllnkscales. -Witnessed by: "Elolse Kerr. "W. J. Coriuack " Mr. Cllnkscnlcs. when Sjgteel who called his attention to the state? ment issued by I >r. Mclntosh con? cerning the condition of! Riehe?, which, according to the statement he gave out here today was not "strong enoug i." suld he did not ?now. lie said he and Oov. Kleusc and others whom he did not name wero In the governor* nfllco at th time discussing the matter but that In did not see the si itetm nl und did not hear it read. Iiis impression that the statement wum not "strong enough" Was derived ftom what was said of It. As to bis letter to W. K. Kb hey asking that he net a stfOSlgef doe n - ment from It \|. Into h, Mr. t'llnk erulcs says he gejeg not know Whether or not he has a eop> ,,r ,t ls sofne of hie flies were lost In BSSS/lfl | from Ab? beville to Spariani.urg ;, yeaf ago. Asked whether W K. R| h. \ fjsje? reeded in getting a ' s?r ?n-'r slate ? ment." he said he did not know, Ho naht the proft H'-tonal and ethical questions entering Into tin; Mattel made It im.nit- f..r hun |e ill i u the cose us fully und freely uM In. might. AFITRAVIT BY HH HKY. \ttorncy Declares Mcli.tosh Signu "I can not understand why Dr. ICo? intosh denies the genuineness of his signature," says W. 11. Riehey ot the Ijiurens bar in an atlidavlt sent to The State yesterday In connection with the R. A. Richey purolo case. The atlida\it follows: ^tate of South Carolina, County of Rlchlatul. Personally came before me *\V. R Kichey, who, being duly sworn, says that he is a practicing attorney at the Uaurens bar, in this State, and has been engaged in the practice of his ?rofession in tho town of laurens* for tho past 28 years. That he is a brother of Mr. It. A. Kichey of Abbeville county, who was convicted of statutory rape. That from his brother's statement to him, and from the other evidence connected with tho case, he has never believed, and does not now believe, that his brother is guilty of said of? fense, and that he has been con? tinuously endeavoring to clear his brother's good name from this foul charge. That the recommendation of the board of pardons t to Qo\. lilcase, in which the board says, "From the statements made to us by the matron and the pr >secuting witness there are grave doubts urising in our minds as to the" guilt of the petitioner on the charge convicted," showd to disinter? ested an unprejudiced minds that there uro others who agree with his view of the case. That, in his efforts to relieve his brother, he requested difforent physi? cians to make an examination of his brother's condition, by the consent of Superintendent Griffith of the State penitentiary, who, in one of his cer? tificates, says, In speaking of de? ponent's brother: "Ills imprisonment is a burden to tho penitentiary, and I therefore recommend that ho be pardoned." That he also had his brother ex? amined by Dr. Rolfe K. Hughes ol Laurens, Dr. Win. D. Simpson of Ab? beville and Dr. R. T. Jennings of the penitentiary, and that they jointly certified to his physical condition, said < ertillcate having been published in the newspapers That Dr. K. T. Jennings gave a ?cpurate and private certificate, which is dated April 20, 1911, in which he says: "He (speaking of K. A. Kichey) Is physleallv unable to perform any labor at all. I And his right lower limb paralyzed from waist down." That the said Dr. Jennings gave a second certificate, dated August 22. lilt, and written In his own hand? writing, in which he says: "Tnls is to certify that K. A. Kichey is now suffering from stroke of paralysis of left side. Said paralysis renders the said R. A. Kichey physically unable to be out of bed at any time. The said K. A. Rh hey has been in this condition to my certain knowledgo since April l?, ItU/' That deponent also presented to ( low I Mease certificates of Dr. C. C, (Jumbrell, mayor of Abbeville, of date April I, 1911; also ccrtilicate of Dr. Wm. D. Simpson of date July 22, 1912, and further ccrtilicate from Dr. C C. Gambrell of date November 18, 1913. signed at Abbeville; also of l>r. William D. Simpson of date, Ab? beville, November 19, 1913, and of Dr. Rolfe K. Hughes of date, Laurens. November IS, 1913. That he also had Dr. A. 1'.. Knowl ton and Dr. James II MclntOSh t<> evaniino his brother, not as n com? mittee appointed by Qov, Uleaae, nor at the rennest of QOV. Please, but of deponent's own Volition, and that he rec eived from these physii ians, through the hands of Dr. A. B, Kn..mid.n, the original certificate, which reads a? follows?the headline thereof being In print and the body thereof in typewriting without any al? terations, erusurcs, or ?the slightest ? hange whul \ er; thai Ihe body <>f this paper is in lypewrltlns and the signatures to it are made i.> pen md Ink; that he deli. en d this pii| er to Oov. Cole L Mease, and thai lh< I me pa per read I?; i',<>\. I lb m Ahls i die. and at ihe i*oliiiiih|u cum 1 a I I n meet |ng t as puhllsht d in the new-p.i per- >. Is the same eertilicnle that was delivered to him by in- .\. II, Knowlton, and was Immediate!) deliverer! i'y deponent tu Oov. Cole l, Hlenae, Thai rteponenl now, .it i hut mom< nt, holds In his hand Ihn >id i > i Ig I It il p iper. and that it Is III rxaci i 1 me condition as a h< n handed in de|M?nenl by Ihr, A I: Knowlton, nn?l ? when handed by deponent to UOV, MlsaSf Thut de tnrc Genuine. ponent paid Dr. a. b. Knowlton for tho services i?f Dr. Mclntosh and l>r. Knowlton, and that deponent holds, in the personal handwriting of Dr. Knowlton, Dr. Knnwlton's receipt for said fee. The ccrtilicate is as fol? lows: "The KnOWlton Hospital, "No 1*616 Marion street, "Columbia, S, C, Jan. 19, 1912. "His Bxcelleney, Governor Cole L. leas*, Columbia, S. C,?Sir: At the squest of Mr w. ft. Richey, of aurens, S. C, and with the permis. sion of ('apt I). J. Grifllth, superin? tendent of the State Penitentiary. ml of Dr. R. T. Jennings, surgeon of tho same, we have this day visited and xamlned Mr. R. a. Richey, now con llned in the hospital of the peniten? tiary* Wo would report that wc find Mr. Richey suffering from a marked neurosis, that the same closely simu ites a true paralysis. Wo are in? formed that Mr. Richey has had some such trouble for the past ten years or more, and close confinement is render? ing it more marked. We do not be? lieve this condition will be improved so long as Mr. Richey remains a pris ?ncr in the penitentiary. We do be? lieve that freedom, outdoor exercise, etc., would restore him to as good a state of health as he has enjoyed for tho past ten years. "Respectfully submitted. (Signed) "A. Ii. Knowlton, M. D. (Signed) "James II. Mclntosh, "M. D." I can not understand why Dr. Mc? lntosh denies the genuineness of his signature, and especially since waiting from the date of this certificate up until July, 1911, and after the death of Dr. A. 15. Knowlton, when, as a matter of fact, the certificates have btea on tile during the entire time, ind the governor, in his statement of paroles, pardons and commutations, it the session of the general assem dy, in 191;;, presented said reasoroi to the Senate, and the same are now a part of tho permanent tiles of the general Assembly. My reasons for employing Dr. Knowlton and Dr. Mclntosh were be? cause they were men well known throughout the State, ami had the reputation of being physicians of splendid ability and men of high character, and I felt that a certificate from them would have weight as com ? ing from men high in the medical profession. I am thoroughly convinced that if I had the time and opportunity to get together nil of my various papers and memorandums in this matter thai I could easily and clearly establish the fact that this is the original sig? nature of Dr. James 11. Mclntosh. (Signed) W. R. Richey. Sworn to before me this 27th day of July, A. D. 1914. (Signed) W. Hampton Cobb. Notary Public for South Carolina. (Seal.) ?TONT TOLERATE INTERFERENCE Al'STHlA WARNS RUSSIA THAT MIDDLING WILD BE DAN GKRors. Tho Determination to Crush Servla Will Not bo Abandoned by Austria Even Though Russia should Kc? pessse tho Cause of the Lit tic Slav Kingdom. Vienna, July 30,?The foreign of? fice announced today that Austria will not allow Russia to interfere with Austria's purposes towards Servla. it was asserted It is Austria's intention to punsh Serbs bul it is stated that Austria has no wish to acquire terri? tory, The Austrians occupied Itelgrudc late yesterday, after h heavy bom? bardment. Soveral public buildings were burned but the cusultles were comparatively small. IJ.IT WITH GKRMAXV. Knailali Diplomats Hay It'-, "t'p i<? Her" (o Pour oil On Troubled Wa? ters. Special to Th I >ally Item. I?ond< a, July In diplomatIc quart* is tonight it was stated that ? v< i iliin ; mi w depends on ?'?< rmuny'n rcplj to the suggestion that she sug? gest n diplomatic solution, a reply Is i X|H el. .1 h au ls The I ...n.ion stock market I used panicky, Foreign Min? ister Grey said this afternoon: ' I re srcl l nil niuthlc to say the Kuropenii situation is lietter than yc?sterdtiy." Ij In All Men';; Power. If is prodigious !'<? qimullty of good that may be done by one man 11* lie v\di make u buditicH? of u Lienjamtn Franklin. Pisgah Xews and Views. Pisgah, July 27.?Tho drought on ui is playing havoc with the crops. The line i rospect for corn a short tiino ago is gone. Tho er()j) at boat cannot make more than half, for it is burnt 'beyond recovery. Corn that was estimated to make HO to 40 bush? els will nut ? make over 10 or 16 bushel*. The drought caught it in its prime. Early com will tare bettor. Yesterday was the hottest day of the year here. Trees in tho woods are dying. Cotton is opening, forced open by heat. Tho meeting at Pisgah church was a good one. Rev. J. M. Truluck came and staid until Saturday. He preach? ed some line sermons. The attend? ance was good all the week and in? creased to the end. There are seven additions to tho church. Many visitors from off attended the services all the week. Among those I noticed, Hon. Qeo. W, Mosely, a prominent candidate for the senate for Kershaw county, and Misses Ethel i Smith, Lola McLeod, Bessie Hatlieldj and Kate Mosely, four pretty girls from Kershaw county. The behavior of the people all the time was fine. Mrs. Alma Bradley presided at the organ during the meeting and added much to the services by the fine mu? sic she rendered. The church high? ly appreciates her services as organ? ist, as well as in tho many other good things she helps in. jy. meeting will go on this week at Smithville. On the 2nd Sunday in August a meeting will commence at McLeod's Church. Lev. S. I). Bailey of Ker? shaw will aid. Rev. Mr. Colo performed the fun? eral services of a lady at Marshall's church yesterday. This week he will aid Lev. B. Hatliobl at Heuverdant church, Kershaw county in a meet? ing. Rev. Mr. Kenney closed a meeting yesterday at Bethany church, Lee county. Ho was aided by Hev. Mr. Denny of Georgia. There were 14 ad? ditions to tho church. He says tho congregations wore large. All the members of Pisgah Demo? cratic club have enrolled. This club will scatter its vote, Blease and smith will get more than any, Jennings and Pollock are not regarded as in the race. J. R. Wltherspoon Dead. His many friends in Sumtor and elsewhere were saddened this morn day by the death of Mr. J. IJoyd Wltherspoon, who for the past nine years has been living in this city, hav? ing come- here from Kershaw, S. C. Mr. Wltherspoon was 68 years of ago. Ho had been sick for about ton weeks, passing away about 4 o'clock Wednes? day morning. Tho deceased was a native of Dar? lington county, wln ro lie was engaged in farming for many years. In 1890 lie moved to Kershaw, whore ho en? tered the furniture business, which he con duct od up to the time of his re? moval hero. Since he came to Sum ter he has been secretary and treas? urer of the Smoothing Iron Heater Company. Mr. Wltherspoon, as a lad of 1"> entered the Confederate army, and served through the war, serving in Company i, Capt. Richardson, in White's battallion. Ho is survived by his wife, two brothers, Messrs. W. K. of Lunar, and B. L. Wltherspoon of llishopville, three sons, Messrs. B, L. E, [)., nnd H. L. Wltherspoon and one daughter, Miss llosa Relic Wlth? erspoon of Sumter. Tho deceased was a Knight of Pythias and member of the llai list church. The funeral services ere held ;>t tho cemetery Thursday morning at li o'clock. Hr. Cannon Returns to Blnckstone. After an absence of three years, I >r. .lana s Cannon. ?!?', principal of the lilnekstoiie Kcmalc Institute for the llrst seventeen years of its cx Istence, has been re-elected by the Hoard of Trustees as principal of that great school, Dr. Cannon Is ;?t pres? ent leading the State-wide prohibition campaign In Virginia, i>ri will tuke charge of the work lit IMackstoiie in September, Immediately after the State-wide election. Iron Stands 1.300 Yc.-rs. Tn Delbl stands a wiought-iron col? umn whit li was placed there nearly 1,300 year:' ago and todtij shows prac? tically no bigna of deterioration. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. 0 0 ABOUT Tili: CANDIDATES, 0 o a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blouse a Tendier of Violence. As reported in the Greenville Pied? mont yesterday Qov. Blease, speak? ing to some 2,000 voters at Woodside mill Friday night, said among other things: "He told the men to watch the men at the polls and in ease they counted the votes wrong or called out the wrong name that if one of his follow? ers hit the man on the head that upon application to Judge Bramlctt a pardon would he immediately tele? graphed to him." \Vh? never men resort to violence to correct wrongs, then the strong have their way over the weak. That is why we have law and require all men, strong or weak alike, to obey it. It is the only protection of the humble classes, without wealth or power. In a self-governing democracy main? tenance of law is simply the founda? tion of all. Every Officer of the government is sworn to support the constitution, that is?the law. In particular it is the duty of the governor to seek to maintain the "peace and dignity of the State." The humblest citizen of South Carolina can well unde rstand all this and every citizen of \>>od motives and purposes cannot but expect that the governor of his State shall try con? stantly to preserve peace and order. Yet the governor of South Carolina tells 2,000 voters to resort instantly to violence, if they think they detect any sort of fraud against him. There need be no Inquiry into facts, no trial of the suspected election officer, but simply knock him down and out on the spot. Further, the solemn matter of par? doning an offense against the peace and dignity of the commonwealth is treated as if it were a mere private privilege of the governor to use on demand of political friends. Do you realize that such advice from the chief executive of any State to its citizens is a gross betrayal of the constitution, viz. treason against the State. It is exactly that thing, it is recklessly using the high powers of the sovereign State to push private political ambition, regardless of the deep and eternal welfare of the peo? ple. Such teaching from the very one of all, who should be teaching our citi? zens the duties and responsibilities of citizenship, is the most amazing fea? ture of this strange campaign. If sober, hard-working men, de? siring no office themselves, but only the lasting good of themselves, their children and their State, can approve such a leader as the above quotation reveals, what evil times are ahencv of us!?Spartanburg Herald. Two Strong and Good Men. To keep the record straight, we re? mind the people that neither Mr. I* D. Jennings nor Mr. W. P. Pollock have uttered any criticism of the governor's private life and actions. They have confined themselves strictly to criticism of his public acts. They have not even gone into his public record before he was governor, so far as we recall. To say that Mr. Pollock and Mr. Jennings are not worthy of notice is merely ridiculous. Both are men of character. While they are not rich men, they have property that makes them responsible for any slander that they utter against the Governor or again any other man. The record that the govt rnor does not defend from them Is the public record of his acts as governor. The people of Chesterfield and the people of South Carolina know Mr. Pollock, He has served in the legis? lature and has bad the endorsement of the majority of his county for con? gress. Mr. Jennings Is now the mavor of Sumter. Both are men of enua'lv high standing In South Carolina with S< uator Smith or with other men In public life. Theli records challenge examination. Sometimes in political eampucMs some oi* the people reach that stage of excitement that they can neither see nor hear nor understand the Vut!\ There arc men in South Carolin t 10 day who believe that President Wil son, Mr. Iryan and all other men except perhaps two or three candi? dates in this State are evil and coi rupt. Their mental condition is, foi the time, hopeless. All rational m?*n. men who keep their heads, men who dare to think, laugh at lite clownhJi suggestion thai \\ l\ Polio? k and L. D. Jennings urs not among Lhs foremost men of South Carolina. To believe the contrary is to believe that the counties of Chesterfield and Sum ter are Inhabited only by fools ?ird Imbeciles. As for the unfortunate people wrought up to a condition that they will not hear the issues of the cam? paign and understand them, it be? et ?nies day by dav more clear that they arc a small minority of the peo? ple. The vindication of law, of order, of Democratic government is practically assured.?The State. COMPULSORY EDUCATION. E. 11. Blake Tells of What Has Reeii Done in Tennessee Ussier New Law. Greenwood July 30.?There is an honest man who doesn't Wf nt to be satisfied. He wants to go to Heaven mainly because he thinks he can't get there, but if St. Peter should suddenly open the door and say "Walk in, I've found a seat for you at last,'" this same fellow would hang around the gate and argue that the seat might not be good enou?;h. So now when it is (dear that an average of six more pupils in each school In South Carolina would take < are of the 4 0.0(H) children that a compulsory attendance law would put into the schools, everybody will admit that our schools are ready for them now, unless perhaps it be the mm who would stop outside the peaily gates In the rain to make sure that the seats were just right and there was no leak in the roof of heaven. Those parents who love their chil? dren most are the kind who would rather see them sit on dry goods boxes or nail kegs, learning something, until benches or desks could be made, than to think of their children sit? ting at the rock pile later on, through ignorance, or at best sweating for a lifetime as the laborer of the play? mate who got more education. But, Mr. Editor, why argue when nearly all our people are now agreeing that we must have compulsory educa? tion ? Our Southern neighbors in Ten? nessee passed a State-wide law last year and here is what State Superin? tendent Samuel H. Thompson says about it in a leite? of July 10th: "I do not believe that education in Tennessee has made greater progress under the compulsory education law. However, this has been in effect only one year. Many of our county super? intendents have reported to this of? fice that their average daily attend? ance was inc reased during the year about 25 per cent. "I am unable to say ,at this lime, about the attendance of the negroes, but I am incline J to think that the in? crease in average daily attendance was greater proportionately among the whites than it was among the ne? groes. "Our people, in general, seem very well pleased with the compulsory law and arc not trying to get it repealed. E. IT. Blake. Greenwood, S. C. EDGEFIELD MEETING LIVELY. PARTISANSHIP MARKS SENATOR? IAL MEETING THERE. Crowd Scorns Ovcrwhemlingly Anti administration Hut Governor's Friends Wax Warm. Hdgelield, July 29.?Voters who at? tended the senatorial campaign meet? ing here today were more nearly unanimous In their anti-administra? tion sentiment than those of any county previously visited. The gov? ernor spoke first and left the grounds Immediately. Probably half a hundred] followed In the trail. and the scattered bursts of resentment, whet* Is. 1). Jennings and W. P. Pollock were applying the gaff, indicated that few more than a baker's dozen re? mained behind. Rut ibis sparse fol? lowing was rancorous in its partisan preference. Kcw men met with in the campaign have demonstrated a more plentiful supply of political rancor locked Up beneath summer shirts. ? I'm going to vote for Colic any? way," was shot back time and again ii the speakers, when some telling blow had been struck and which the preponderantly ami-administration audience was cheering lustily There were approximately voters in attendance, though many of these came from adjoining counties.