The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 05, 1916, Image 2
I?* AT CAMPAIGN MtarriNu
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<i*oa u> Sjsanhrr?
ee-Osisi Am Uenftor
tiov. Manning?Different
Meeting?.
ling from a platform erected
a big oak In the rear of
\1?mJ eeuntye court house, the can
Ifeiee were each given a fair and
stive heating by the crowd which
variousl/ eettrnated from one to i
thoajaud people, who were
under the trees or stood In
daring the whole of four
and e-half In order not to miss
a of the campaign oratory. The
erd regeelaid to the last, and thai
di Oov. Manning were delight
*mm tale feature, as they argued !
A ys? people were especially anx-1
it to hear him give an account of
dp.
?he feature of the meeting
careful attention given each
an attention which was brok-1
rev applause and which was
ae> compared to the gen
ittnuous hursts of sp?
ec einer campaign meetings of
eosit
', fhe office
ee easts after the minor State
tf that term may be used In
to offices which ths candl
thelr bearers were of
importance, came first.
7. Bethen. lieutenant govern
rtttate to succeed himself
i
see expressed his apprecia?
te* Che support Which the people
county had given him two
and assured them that he
? wane his duty in office as he saw
Wiest a hie pride af being a
of the ford Peace Expfc
eaylng that he considered It
fortune to have the oppor
tb go to Europe to study con
there In order that he might
people here what he had seen
might apply this knowledge
nee. He favored intensive
education, biennial sessions
a f)>ur-year terra for
and'he paid tribute
Wood row Wilson, as lead-*
Democratic party. He was
to laoMfcseilsm. He stated
Charitas that he operated a
h and wen fco nur school tou
io cariid ?
In ?im - -tunes
aiid
II to It on hie merits, saying
Qi had the jnunlmous endorse
ef ths senate in his capacity as
it of that >ody.
T, C. U Adams of Columbia
get the samo office, lieutenant
ernership He took up most of
? time In abuse of ths incumbent
d decrying He ability. Hs said he
a* a icraduats o? Clem son College
St et the Booth Carolina Medical fol?
ge. Tie stood for law enforcement
* H* Mld n* 00111(1 Prove
it Bfcthee ren ? pool room and of
fhjf te wtthdrav from the race. If
t 4m hot do at? to any reasonable
[Uns M Bethen wmld withdraw from'
0 rsjee. If he proved his assertions.
If nil tidied the Ford Peace Rxpedl
aad BetheaY purttclpatlon In it.
Chat Bethta should have been
attending to his duties Instead
?era* off on a frolic. "Ask ths
of Columbf? if Bethen was 1um
sy and ask the lawyers of the State
the man who got ap the code of
IIS wss snVlsn).." hs stated "He
loan not uejfjeretwid truth and he Is
Stranger to hoi esty," hs said In re?
ifet eg to Bethea
Oeo, W. Wlghtman of Raluda. as
tjm first candldai e for Secretary of
flats, stated fhat he was opposed to
itm present primary enrollment law.
lie stalld that there was need for
n*>re Ot?od Samaritans and less need
flje hv*i. He favored fhe cutting of
ties salaries of State officers in reduc?
ing the expenses of the State.
W. Banks Dovo. chief clerk to Sec?
retary of State ft. M. McCown. stated
Hint he was a former school teacher
III reply to some criticism of hrs op
gonent. who asked the voters to send
hiss beck to the ranks of educators. He
Stated that he knew the duties of the
ekace. was tntlmite with the files in
the office and asked that he he elected
tecause he was fit for the office.
D. W. McLaurln, a candidate for
Mate treasurer. ?tated that his op
l-ement had beeii drawing the public
Honey for more thar twenty years,
that he had made affidavit that he was
tillable to pay tu tlon of his daughters
It Winthrop College, when he was
lietttng a salary >f $l>0n and that he
?vas otherwise unfit for the office he
lield. wlfile he. McLaurln. was pe?
culiarly fitted for fhe office.
Mr. ?. T. Carter, State treasurer and
cdtidtdnte to sue.?cn? himself, stated
I hat Tits record In the office of treas
ijrer had pleased i very-one except his
? >p|M>a?*nt That when he made the
kSjWLtvu that he was unable to pay his
sniighlir'B tuition to Winthrop that he
had no outside Interests sxcspt his
laJary and thai he was rebuilding his
-
homo, which hud been burned. He re?
ferred Co the euleoi' ftate bonds vvYilch
had meant the Having of'.many thou-;
sands of dollars and other business he
had done to the State's advantage be?
cause of his alliance with a Columbia
bank. '
The candidates for railroad commis?
sioner came next. Albert S. Fant of
Helton stated that he-was the youngest
man who had ever sought tho ollice.
He had received tied unanimous -en?
dorsement of his home county In his
race
U. HoDuthe liumpton, oumUdute to
succeed himself us railroad commis?
sioner, stated that he was peculiarly
Otdor the oflice. The prcseut comml?-.|
eioA worked together in harmony and
MBfeeoured excellent results, he atat
ewS*?|je stated that ho knew the du?
ties or tho ollice and ask od re-election
on this ground.
V\ H. Kelloy of Spartanburg, seek*
Ing the ollice of railroad commission
sr, spoke of the needs of the exten
iSioi of railroads because this meant
the development of the country
touched by them.
* apt. W. T. Thrower of Chester?
field county spoke of the methods of
making freight ratee and handling
freight by the railroads, saying that
there eras no equality oryestice In the
methods used. He appealed to the!
farmers, who depended so largely on
the railroads to transport their pro
ducts, to elect him. .
James Cansler of Tirsah, who has I
made the race for railroad commis-'j
sloner before, stated that he would
not say how many times he had run
for the office, as he was leaving those
things behind and looking forward to I
What was before, as Paul had bid us*
do. He Injected a great deel of good I
natured fun Into the campaign by his
sallies and jests at the expense of the'l
other candidates for the same and ]
other oitlces, keeping the crowd In a'l
roar of laughter the whole time he
was speaking. He was not satknled'!
with Standing on the platform, but got'
upon the board railing around the'l
edge of the platform. He sorted off I
by telling the crowd that they were I
then looking at the 1917 railroad com?
missioner and told of his Illness two
years ago. when he rould not earn-1
pafgn the! State, as he wits In a hos-1
pital. He rapped the express company
rates as being unjust.
The candidates for governor were
the lust to speak. Cole U Blease wa:?
presented as a former governor of I
South Corpllan by sir. Clifton. Qoy.J
Blease spqke slowly and deliberately.j
Beamingly cUooetng his words carefui-i
if\nd wwghltijf in rtl* mrhfl what to]
say in ortJer to set ft before his aud-i
tsnoe in Just the rtgtrt way. Hlsi
speech wae the ml blest campaign I
speech which he has ever made hV|
Sumter. All dt the frre and violence'
of former campaigns was lacking. He
did not bother to defend his own see-1
ord. but attacked that of the present
governor. He was given two bouquets
of flowers, one merely marked "Fori
Blease" and the other from J. W. I
Harper. There were three or four!
men on the platform and a few among,!
the crowd who yelled lustily when |
flov. Blease took the stand and cheer-1
ed him at intervals during his speech. I
At one time he became engaged In an
altercation with a gentleman in the I
crowd, who, when he referred to the I
reign of lawlessness In the State at I
present, asked the speaker if he. I
Blease, was not responsible for it by.I
turning so many criminals out of the I
penitentiary. The speaker asked him |
his name and asked the presiding of-1
fleer to give the gentleman a chance I
to speak when the candidates were!
through.
In commencing his speech, the I
former governor stated that there wasjl
no reason why any governor should l
not be opposed for a second term, I
saying that he had been opposed when I
he ran for a second term, nor was I
there any law to prevent a man seek-.I
Ing the ohice as often as he wished. I
lie had no excuse or apologies to offer I
for a single act he had ever per-1
formed as governor and he would do
the same things over again, if he had I
tho opportunity, for whatever he did j
it was with the Interest of the State ali
heart, and he did It for the best In?
terest of the State and her people. He
attacked Oov. Manning's admlnlstra-1
tlon. characterising it as one of law-1
lessness and rlotlne. He said that there!
was whiskey being sold all over the
State, and the officers knew of it. He I
said these statements could ho proved!
by reference to the solicitor's dockets
Which showed that more cases had
been tried in the past eighteen months
thun during the whole time he was
governor. He gave a list of crimes
which ad been committed, comparing
It with those committed during his
administration. He charged the ad?
ministration with beln?: extravagant, I
more so than any administration since
1876. He stated that offices had been
created in order t?> provide a place
for the pets of the administration.
He criticised It for the formation of
the State Hoard of Charities and Cor?
rections, saying that It required high
salaried officers now to say how the
Jails and guard houses should be run.
when the people already knew how to
run them. He stated that tho pres?
ent governor had in the legislature
voted ugainat separation of the races
In railway coaches, when he wanted
them separated on the chain gangs. '
He stated that he had cleaned out the
Jails utd chain gangs for nothing. He
stated that despite the efforts to trail
down those whom ho had liberated
only three of them had ever been
found committing any wrongs since
?they were liberated.
Ho stated that his defeat for the
United Stntos senate was the best
thing i hat had ev er happened to him, I
as Mdta Smith had promised the
farmers llfteen cent cotton, and he
asked any who had gotten it to hold
up their hands, but no hands went up.
He said that If the hard times had
oome after he had been elected, he
would have been blamed for it. Eddie
Smith was olocted and could explain
why the hard times and no fifteen
cent cotton had been sold. He criti
Oised the governor for giving Dr. Fred
O. Williams more salary than that al?
lowed by law, saying that if he was
for lav/ enforcement, then he ought to
take out indictment proceedings
agains : himself and Dr. Williams both,
as both had broken the law, the one
by giving and the other by receiving
the additional salary. He thought the
railroad freight rates were unjust and ?
stated that the people on the farms
had to pay them in the end. He stood
for the State warehouse system as the
best law ever enacted for the people
of the State. He was for six per cent.
Interest. He favored rural credits, as
it gavo the farmer a chance to buy
hl? own home. He criticised the leg?
islature which had been elected during
his previous administrations, by saying
Chat they would not do what he want?
ed them to. He favored biennial ses?
sions. There was one matter, he stat?
ed, which he had mentioned at other
places, which, at the request of a
friend, he would not mention here, .
and he asked the crowd to say wheth- .
er he should discuss it or not. There
were several cries of "Let it pass,"'
and one of "Jet's hear it," and the,
speaker stated that he would abide by
the will of the majority and let the
matter pass up. He Just wanted to .
let the people know he was not afraid
to discuss It. j,
Blease left the stand as soon as he
finished his speech.
R. A. Cooper of Laurens was the
next speaker. Mr. Cooper is a splen?
did orator and he made a good im- ,
presslon on the audience, even with
these Whose minds were made up andf
lo net intend to vote for htm. He.
;no was given - careful hearing, iWj
though among those back of the
stand, negroes for t*e most part, there
?S3 coneidcruble hum of talking. Hie
?tated that he would not assail the
character of any man, as he did not
?vant to secure any office in that way. .
Ho wanted It in an honorable way or
not at all, not by the shortcomings of
others at any rate. He stated that he
had entered the race of his own vo?
lition. That any man had the right
to offer for office, as any man had the
right to vote for whom he chose, ,
when he exercised the right of sot
rage. If elected ho would be the
fovernoT of all of the people, or not >
it all. he declared, a statement which
dicited applause. He stated that as
governor he would sec that the laws
of the State, as enacted by the law
making body, were his only guide and
that they would be enforced for the
best Interest of the State. He would
not disturb the findings of a jury with?
out good cause, as the pardoning pow?
er wan given only to correct a mistake
ind to prevent an Injustice.
He was in favor of raising the stand?
ard of the public schools to the work
done during the first two years at col- ,
lege, ns ninety per cent of the white
people of the State never secured any
eduoation outside of the public schools.
He was not In favor of reducing taxes,
but of expending the public money so,
that the State got a dollar's worth for
>vcry hundred cents spent. The pros?
perity of the State depends upon her
igrlculture, he said, the tenant farm?
ers Should therefore be put In a post
tlon whore they could own their own
homes. Only three per cent of the
farmer boys in the State could attend
Ctemson College, he stated, although
he was not criticising Clemson College.
Me was In favor of State colleges, the
only objection being that there were
not sufficient of them, and not suffi?
cient boys and girls attending them.
He opposed scholarships for a few,
when there were so many others who
could not get It. He favored allowing
any toy or girl, who wanted to, secur?
ing a free education, but he thought
that when they entered they should be
willing to give a bond to repay the
money to the State, after they gradu?
ate from the Institution. He again
stattd emphatically that he was run-,
nlng because he had a right to run.
lie was opposed to factionalism, and
If elected he would not be under obll
gatl ?n to any man or set of men. He
made an appeal to end factionalism, as
there was no such thing as working
only for one clans of people, as what
helped one helped all und what hurt
one hurt all.
Jahn M. DesChnmps was the next
speaker. He is a big man physically
and seemed to put his whole heart
into his speech, which he seemed to
?enjoy as much as his hearers did parts
? ? '. ?? ? '"??.one-.
stead of lum busting the trusts und
momod interests, he stood up for
of it. H*y 'proved to be u different
candidate from the usual type. ln
them. He praised what they had done
to develop the country and stated that \
a railroad was the greatest blessing j
which could ever come into a rural
community, or words to that effect. He
got off some jokes which seemed to,
amuse the audience and his hightlown
language Indicated that he was indeed
somewhat as John T. Duncan describ?
ed him "a windjummer," or hot air
artist. Mr. DesChamps In commenc?
ing his campaign speech stated that
tliis was the county which his ances?
tors had helped to settle and where
many of them still lived. He stated
that he was opoted to factionalism
and had started the light to kill it. In
describing who he was he stated that
he was French and Irish, Scotch and
English, Jew and German, but a
full blooded American citizen withal.
He was proud of being of the greatest
race in tlu\ greatest nation in the
greatest State in the world.
He then went on to tell what he
stood for. He favored State and na?
tional appropriation for the dredging
Of-rivers, as this would prevent much
of the floods from which the State had
suffered so much. He wanted all of
the resources of the State developed
and thought that the bringing of cap?
ital to - the State was the best and
surest way of accomplishing these
purposes. He stated that too many of
the politicians in South Carolina be?
longed to the class of petty polities
and favored the killing out of the old
politicians and the introduction of a
new class. The monied interests, he
said, helped the State and without
them little or nothing oould be ac?
complished. He was not working for
fhe combines, but he recognised a
good thing when he saw it and did.
not mind showing it. He said that the.
people did not have any right to say
how a railroad should be operated, or
whether it eombinod or pot with other
roads, but only when its rates were
exorbitant should the public intervene
to have the rates reduced. He named
over a list of things whioh could and
should be raised in the State, but
were imported from middle, northern,
and western states. ,He pointed out
fhe. golden opportunities before the
people .of the -State. In concluding he
Stated that he was a trader and had
made what he had by trading. He
might hot become governor, hut he
wopld be so near it, the other fellow
would 4"?ve to olip through the craok ,
to get in. And th*t lie would not
?WaJp|his chances with anybody else
hi the race. Unless the other fellow
gave him a good share of boot.
John CT. IMsnoan spoke 'next. He
charged that Manning, 'Cooper and
Blosse each ?had a corterie of men
paW by the liquor interests following,
thorn ?round. .-He sent shot after shot
at <his opponents, and kept the crowd
In -good humor, rivaling Cansler of
firaah as the wit of the campaign
party. He said Manning had made
good; when very body knew Blease
made evil, which accounted for both
good and -evil, die said Manning could,
not defend himself from Blease's lies,
much less the truth when Blease told
it. He referred to 'Blease as the
smoothest, stieltest article which the
State had ever produced. He said he
had finally got Blease out of the pen?
itentiary, but he had been unable as
yet to get Manning out of the asylum.
Manning thought he had paid his way
and had a right to stay there. He said
that the System was making a monk?
ey of Cooper, in referring to him as
the connecting link between a man
and a monkey. He referred to Gov.
Manning as a weakling, rn stating
that he was the favorite of The Sys?
tem. 'He said Blease charged Gov.
Manning as being responsible for riots
and crimes during his administration,
While Blease's term had been one
continuous riot. He said that Man?
ning and Cooper would not get as
many votes as HI ease, and that Des?
Champs would get one vote, and he,
Duncan, had a sneaking idea Where
that vote was coming from, while'
Duncan would get the rest;
Gov. R. I. Manning got the heartiest
applause of the day when he was in?
troduced by Chairman Clifton as a life
long resident of Sumter and one who
needed no defense at hts own or at any
other mart's hands. There were few
yells, but there was a general hand
clapping as the governor roBe to speak.
Mr. Manning made a good talk. He
made a straightforward statement of
what he had done and tried to do dur?
ing his term of office, a speech which
received the wholehearted attention
of practically everybody present. In
?referring to conditions which he found
at the Insane asylum Gov. Manning
waxed eloquent and In graphic lan?
guage depicted the horrible conditions
wltlch he nad remedied. His speech
made a Strong Impression and Won
friends for him in the audience.
00V. Manning stated that he was
sorry to keep the audience longer, as
he realized how long they had been
standing and how tired thoy wer-v
but he wanted to give an accounting
of his term of office and to show Uhu
people that he had done what he had
[promised to do. He stated that he
would discuss only some of the issues,
as his time was.short. He hud^made j
the statement in Orangeburg In his I
campaign for the office' of governor
two years ago that the paramount is?
sue in the campaign, as he saw it at
that time, was law enforcement. He j
had promised if elected to see that the
law was enforced and that the verdicts
Of juries were not set aside by one!
man. That issue was till as live as,
it was two years ago, when this com?
munity had not suffered as much as
other communities had from lax en?
forcement of the laws. He stated
that he had dismissed that State con?
stabulary which bad not l>een doing
its duty and he had endeavored to let
localities govern themselves, as he
believed in local self-goveornment. In
Charleston the local officers had not
enforced the laws and he had appoint?
ed constables for that city, with in?
structions to see that the liquor law
was enforced and blind tigers closed
'up. Instructions were to raid a place
as much as three times daily, If neces?
sary and some places had been raided
every hour Of the night, quietly and
without violence. Charleston now was
better than it had been and the con?
stables and local Officers were now en?
deavoring to see that the law was en- 1
forced at all times everywhere.
He had been given f 60,000 by the
legislature to enforce the prohibition
law of Which he had used $20,000, but
he would use the whole amount, if it
was necessary to enforce the law. The
reports of the solicitors showed that
more violations Of the law had been
tried and convictions secured than 1
ever before. He referred to the
executive clemency in forty-five cases
during his administration, saying that
irr only two cases had unconditional
pardons been given, and ;these were
where he thought rnjustice had Taeen
done. The pardon board had made
the recommendations. He said that
by allowing the verdicts , of juries to
stand, the good people of the State
have gained respect for the law caused
by the regard for It.
He referred to savings which had
been made for the State through the
sale of State bonds and the putting of.
these bonds on the tax books, where
they had never been before. The lose
of property by the militia had been
set aside and the State relieved of a
debt of 132,000. The inequalities of
taxation were so glaring that every?
body could see them. He had rec- 1
ommended a tax commission which
was now studying the inequalities and
collecting data with a view of recom?
mending changes which Would re?
move them In fhe near future, lie
stated that he would like to discuss
the fetale Board oT^Chtfritles and Cor?
rections, education and the teaching
of farming in the rural schols, the
Torrens land system, rural credits
i
and other issues, but he did not have
the time.
"I was elected on a law enforce?
ment platform. Have I done it?" he
asked. Somebody in the audienee re?
plied, "You have done it." "I stood
for constructive legislation; have I
made good?" he asked.
Gov. Manning then entered into a
discussion of the State hospital for the
Insane. He showed the terrible con?
ditions which he had found there on
his personal investigations at his In?
auguration as governor. Then of his
efforts to find a man who would as
some the duties as superintendent at
the salary tlxed by the legislature. He
showed the note and check which he
Ivid given to pay the difference In
salary between that he had promised,
to,Dr. Fred C. Williams and the
amount paid by the State, saying that
he did not regret the money expended
and he would never receive a cent of
It back from the State. Applaus?
greeted this statement. He said that
he had saved in the operation of the
asylum $34,900 a year while the ad?
ditional salary paid to Dr. Williams
was $1,7 00, and asked his audience
If this was good business. There were
now more doctors and nurses, better
food, better clothes and better treat?
ment than ever before. When he liad
taken charge the inmates were treat?
ed as worse than oriminals, many of
them were strapped down to their
couches and many confined in dark
loathsome cells, from which they were
seldom, if ever, removed. Now there
were none locked in the filthy cells,
there was only one case where re?
straint was used and this was a boy
whose right hand was tied to keep
him from scratching himself. The
death rate itself was reduced one-haK
from what It was when he took
charge. He asked If his actions had
been right from a business and a hu?
manitarian standpoint and the ap?
plause from the crowd indicated that
they thought It was.
Gov. Manning received several bou?
quets of flowers and many of his
friends flocked to and around the
stand -at the conclusion of his speech
to congratulate him on his speech.
RfttDEN Ml NFS NVSP*XT*JD.
Brttftmore. Aug. 1.?The tugs Tim
mi ns and F.feo are dragging tlte ehan
lie! with a bchvy wire Aral where the
Deutschland must pass when she
leaves. It is apparently suspected
that mines have been planted.
MKW V(>HK llpDKM* GROWS.
it t It ? t .
Fifty-seven < hi Wren Wi> Within 24
Hours and Health Authorities Call
lor 'Help. *
Now York. Aug. 1.?With all pre?
vious mortality records In the epi?
demic of infantile paralysis here
broken today when it was reported
that 57 children had died during the
24 hour period ending at 10 o'cloc
this morning, Health Commissioner
Emerson found it necessary to call for
additional beds in hospitals to care
for the affected.
The number of new cases reported
in the greater city was 159, and it wan
said that of the 2,438 beds available
in public and private hospitals only
150 remained unoccupied. The num?
ber of cases of the disease since the
epidemic began has been more than
4,000.
? While the henlth authorities asiert
they have the situation well in hand
they admit that unless cooler weather
sets in the number of new cases prob?
ably will be Increased by several thou?
sand before the epidemic stage passes.
COAST AWriMJEKV *ENCA?PHEWT.
?**?% t nlfs ih! South Carolina Ulti *Jfc
(tergo Instruction at Tort Moultrie.*'
Cohnrrtil? Aug. 2 ?The arthual en?
campment of the live units of the
coast artillery will be held at Fort
Moultrte, August 20 to 2T8, inclusive,
eceordfng to an announcement by W.
W. Moore, adjutant general. There are
about 4,00 men in tne or^aiitatidfis
at Greenville, Spartanb?rg, GalTney,
Jonefcville and Greenwood.
?GICE SMITH'S BILL PASSED.
Vi&fional ^o?*ftltfn 1 Measure Pro?
vides Federal Cooperation With
States 1n Practical Traminf.
.)? i > [ I ? ? 4% at
"vVashmgton, July tl.-^The senate
today passed Senator Hoke Smith's
vocational education bill 'providing Tof
federal cooperation with the States in
promotion of agricultural and Indus?
trial education. The postmaster gen?
eral, the -secretaries of interior, agri?
culture, commerce and labor and the
commissioner of education would form
a federal board under the tonefcsUre tb
supervise the work and to dnttrrbifte
funds. This bill Would appropriate
1500,000 for 1^17, tYffO.df/O for Wfl
and annnualTy increase the temOOnt,,by
$250,000 until tf 25, after wntch-rile
ar-nual appropriation woYttd 'be *S,
Ouo.OJO. The money would be aflotteo
to the States on the ^astb of rural
population The measure ha* not yet
passed the house.
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BATTUE "ON STOCKHOT).
fepedal to The Dally Item.
Petrograd, Aug. 2.?Terrifflc fighting
Is in progress on the West bank of the
Stokhod river. The Germans are re?
sisting the Russian advance on Kovel.
They have been Strongly refh'forced
and are attemptirlg to drive the Rus?
sians out of recently capttrrfett po?
sitions wet?t of Stokhod.
REPAIRS MADE BY BUSINESS
MEX
Hoad to Camp Moore Is tn Bad Con?
dition Near CVmgaree Vresk Bridge.
Colombia; Aug. 2'--Sfex'e^n^S^f
sand w jre donpefl Into tf?e'ejl\tsnl?il
like ruts in the public totghway tftfet
out of Camp Moore yesterday after?
noon. Near the Conghree oredk
bridge a stretch of this road 'had be?
come almost impassable, and a tfroua
of hands, under the supervision tit
Ravertel S. Patterson, 'labored five <er
six hours Industriously yesterday to
Improve the condition of this rough
link. Previous to the recent heavy
rains the road had been put in ex?
cellent condition by combined forces
of Richland and Lexington counties,
but during the continuous rains the
heavy traffic cut the road bed through
to the foundation clay. Though ?rauch
improved in the worst places, many
stretches -of the road to Styx need at?
tention. Those who contributed to
the expense of repairing yesterday
were: The Cooa-Cola Bottling com?
pany, the Chero-Cola Bottling com?
pany, the Bludwine Bottling com?
pany, Birmingham's bakery and
Oehmlg's bakery.
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Reports from the county concerning
the cotton crop are extremely gloomy.
The most conservative estimate ndw
places the cotton crop of the county at
not above fifty per cent, of an average
crop. Some crops are better, but
many are worse. Low lands that were
not seriously injured by the dry
weather in April and May and oh
[ which the best cotton crops of the
county were growing, have been under
water for the better part of three
weeks and the cotton is dead or in a
.lying condition.
The annual mountain excursion
over the Atlantic Toast Line will be
run thts year on Auiiuat 16. The large
advertisement in another column gives
the rates and other information.