Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Will O?serve Victory Day With Gre^t; Parade. Pershing and * Staff to Participate REGIMENT OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS WILL MARCH FJags From All American Divi sions Whic? Fought in France Will Be Carried. Paris,. July 8.?A regiment of American soldiers which will follow Gen. ^Pershing and members of the staff in" the great parade on Victory Day, July 14, will both from physical appearance and past performance be worthy companions for the victories of Verdun, the Marne and Yser! Flags from all the American divisions which fought in France will be' carried by members, of those organizations. Young Man's Life Cost of Blunder ? ?_ Keister Hair Fatally Wounded at Vtt&periiy. Shot For Burglar "Prosperity, July 7.?Keister Hair, son of B. B. Hair, was shot and fa tailjr ^Grounded here last night by G. Kinard, who mistakenly took him fjjr a burglar a party of which Kin ard was a member was trying to cap ture. Hair-and several young people ' wexe at the'home of a friend oppo site- the store ? of. Mr. Kir.ard when X\ they noticed three men go behind Mr. Kinard's establishment and later he^ard them break in the sjore. Sev eral men, including Mr. Kinard, who had: been notified, surrounded the ^building to capture the burglars and when Mr. Hair came around , the cor ner. Mr. Kinard shot him with a shot gun, thinking him as one of the bur % laira ."?*_ % ? : The. load took effect in the abdo men, .puncturing the intestines over f 3#0 times. Young H?ir was given first aid by local physicians and later rushed to a Columbia hospital for an operation. After stitcliing 93 pune es in the' abdomen doctors at the ^Idmbia Hospital saw there was no' , cl^nc^f or the wounded man and gave ?v?p hope. He 'died ' about 10 o'clock thus; morning., a "message to relatives stated. All' efforts to save his life xt&?e, ' but the ' intestines and .v. ? J?wS&achy were, literally torn to pieces, making it impossible to save him. ^-^Mr^ Hair .was one of the. most popu l?r^oung men of the community and has. many friends who are grieved at l^^cWeht, He. was a member of the :i^ghty-first Division and served v? in/France. He only returned from ?reign- soil last week and had been * ^i. home just a few days. Mr. Kinard ik sc well known merchant here and is. grief stridden over the accident. ,vYoung:Halr is survived by his fath ? er and mother, Mr. and. Mrs. B. B. Hah*, and a brother, at the University ?of Chicago. The remains were brought.here this afternoon from' Columbia and w,ill be interred at prosperity Cemetery tomorrow. Two of the robbers, , vrho were the cause-of the shooting, escaped, but, the' third Nvas captured after a scuT iHe/ Sheriff Blease j3xr?v?d on the -,-*f^*e fehonly, after the fatal affair and Is marching for the other two men. Keister Hah* died at the Columbia ?Hospital yesterday morning at 10 o'clock after a futile attempt to save his life by " several physicians. His tetestines were badly shot to piecea, .'as was the stomach. He was brought * trough the country by motor car e?rly yesterday morning and the op eration was begun about 6 o'clock. Th? .remains were taken to his form er home in Prosperity yesterday af-" 'lerneon for interment. WITNESSES REI/ATE STORY OF SHOOTTXG. persons Present at Wounding of Keis ter Hair in Prosperity Tell Hew Mistake Occurred. Kewberry, July 7.?The* following account of the shooting of Keister Hair at Prosperity Sunday is given by persons present when it happened: Some one had noticed a light in Mr. Kinard's store about 31 o'clock and had called up the central phone of fice. The operator called Mr. Kinard. .Mr. Hair and a friend were near the store at the time, and seeing them, central called them. The young man go? to the store before Mr. Kinard. They found that there was some one in:-the' store. One of them took his .position at the front door; Mr. Hair went round to the back door just as Mr. Kinard approached with his gun. Mr. Kinard. mistaking him for a burglar, fired, the load taking effect in the abdomen. Mr: Kinard says he catted "halt" before firing. Mr. Kinard came to Xewberry and surrendered to the sheriff, and will be under arrest till the inquest is held; which will be some time Tuesday. The negro who was in the store, named Arch Counts, was tried Mon *&ky morning in the circuit court for tweaking into the store and stealing a dollar's worth of goods, and was given one year and 30 days. The store was not within the distance to a dwelling house to make the offense burglary. Lower Prices Guaranteed _ Rome, Wednesday. July 8.?The chamber of labor has issued a mani festo saying that having received guarantees that the prices of necessi-j ties will be reduced fifty per cent, it j invites the people to return to work. ' j Homeward ? Voyage cf R-34 I Begins Wednesday. Unfavor able Weather Conditions I " _ I DETER START?ENGINES , TO BE OVERHAULED 'Big British Dirigible Seen By j Thousands of Visitors at i Roosevelt Flying Field. j Mineola, N. Y.. July 7.?The return i cruise of the British dirigible R-34 ?across ihe Atlantic Ocean will net j start until shortly after dawn on j Wednesday. The proposed plan to get i the giant airship away at 5 a. m. on (Tuesday was abandoned tonight after j local weather conditions which in cluded adverse, bumpy winds made it 'impossible for the dirigible's crew to (overhaul the engines during the af ternoon. Without such overhauling it would be impracticable for the air 'ship to take off on her venture, a? quantities of carbon accumulated in the engines during the 108 hours in i which the craft was aloft on the un j preeedented journey which ended at j Roosevelt Field here Sunday morning. Tonight the R-34 swung at ease !above this flying ground, her grace ifu' hulk, scarcely moving^ in the j gentle breeze, illuminated by great 'searchlights, which made her visible I to thousands of spectators who had come here in motor cars, trains and on foot to watch the early leaving. " In contrast with conditions as the darkness fell on Sunday, the dirigible was not riding in danger tonight. On Sunday she was suspended with her /ose pointed towards the ground and her stern swinging at an altitude several hundred feet higher, in jeop ardy of being dashed to pieces on Roosevelt Field. This situation does j not prevail tonight. Shortly before 9 p. m. the wind hav ing died down until the atmosphere Was listless, a stream of water de ^ scended from amidship. As this bal j last left the craft, the R-3 i moved j upward slowly. j From both sides well forward and i from the under surface, also well for ! ward, three cables were connected !with anchorages on the ground. The fcsiern was leit to swing with what I ever breeze might stir during the (night. There was no possibility, Maj. IG. H. Scott, the commander, said, that Jthe stern would rise, as it did Sun | day night, until her massive form as i sumed at times an almost perpendicu j lar position. It was explained that : on Sunday too much water ballast had by mistake been emptied from the stern. Tonight the amount of water balast let go was equally distributed throughout the length. With the ship aloft, the balloon company doughboys, veterans of the American expeditionary force, found ! their firts relief for many hours ol strain and excitement. In crews of 25 each, ten crews throughout the day had by their own strength kejj: the dirigible from escaping. 4 The rising sun today had expanded the hydrogen with which the big ship had been filled to capacity last night. j This expansion added ei^rlit 'ons to jthe ship's lifting capacity and j wrenched out the cross girder to ! which the anchorage ropes were at tached. The breaking of the girder Tore a hole about four feet square in the outer envelope of the dirigible but this has been repaired. At times during the day ground crews swinging to hand lines from j the ship were lifted from their feet as the wind blew the ship about. At j no time, however, did the R-34 get beyond the control of her human an chors. Map. G. E. M. Prichard, executive officer of the R-34's crew, discussing : the difficulties in keeping the ship from injury said: "We did not come anyway near los ! ing the ship and allow me to say that lit would have been all right if we had lost it. When we planned to come here-the British government asked the United. States to build a shed in which to house the ship during her stay in this country.' This the United States government refused to do. When the British government learned this, it said something equivalent to 'all right.' 'Feeling that the voyage was well worth the risk, that it would tend to increase the friendship between the people of the United States and Eng land, that it would be well worth the cost if the ship were lost, the British government authorized the flight." Tonight in the event of any emer gency which might require their pre sence 600 men in khaki were held in reserve. The^ ship itself remained securely anchored and only a man or two were at the hand ropes. But in the camp buildings the balloon boys were prepared to come running to the rescue should an alarm sounded. This alarm onsists of ;i series of siren? at Mitchell and Hazelhurst fields. Brig. Gen. Lionel Charlton, British attache in the United Sttaes, this af ternoon conducted Mrs. Kraneis B. Sayre and .Mrs. William <;. McAdoo. daughters of President Wilson and Mrs. Archie Miller, wife of Colonel j Miller, commandant of HazelhurSJ I field, through the R-34. Xo other visitors were allowed on Jthe dirigible because the swaying of jthe giant craft in the wind made il impracticable and Maj. K. Scott, I the commander, was anxious that there should be as iitile interference as possible with the mechanics who were a: work overhauling the ? t. gines and equipment in the limited space of her four cars. Mrs. Henry Stuckey, of Bishcpville and Mrs. David, of Florence, have been visiting Dr. and Mrs. H. M. Stuckey. ! Saggested as Member of Fed eral Farm Loan Board j MATTER NOT AS YET SETTLED i President Said to Be Desirous I Of Giving Seventh District j Representative Federal Place i - [ Washington, July 7.?Reports reached Washington today that ii.-o resentative Levo of South Carolina, j tor many years a member of the house from that State and daring the Democratic regime chairman of 'he powerful committee on agriculture, would at an early date give up his s:at from the Seventh district and ac cept a federal position in Washington, j Because of the fact that Mr. Lever was absent from the city today, being with his family at Braddock, :\ld., no positive statement would be secured either confirming or denying the re port, but the information was made public by those interested in the mat j ter that the situation had been dis cussed for some time, but for obvious I reasons it was not desired to give it publicity at this time. It is certain that there is at least enough in the matter to make it interesting. Mr. Lever will' not return to Wash ing until Wednesday, at which time it is understood * he will have some thing to say. From other sources it is learned that the position which Mr. Lever would accept if these ru mors are true is as a member of the federal farm loan board which car ries with it a salary of $10,000 a year and is distinctly agreeable to him be cause of his intimate knowledge of ag riculture in all of its many phases. The federal loan board was organiz ed about six years ago and the mem bers of the board are appointed for different periods, the commissions of none expiring at the same time, it is assumed that one of the vacancies to be created in the near future would go to Mr. Sever. Secretary Cartn Ulass. a close personal friend of Mr Lever, is said to be insistent that thf South Carolina congressman become u member of the treasury's official fam ily and accept this place, although nothing could be secured from that source today regarding the probable appointment. Nothing will be done in the matter until a conference is held with th( president some time the latter part of this week or"early next week was the information from those "close to the White House, although the meagre in I formation coming from that source lid not entirely confirm the reports thai have reached here* concerning the j matter. It has frequently been stated ther* during past years that the president was desirous, of appointing Mr. Lev-; to a federal position and last summ? i when at the president's request Mr. Lever withdrew from the senatoria* ?race in South Carolina, 'it was openly stated that he would be officially re cognized from the White Hous:- at ar early date. In fact before that it was much discussed here That Mr. Level had been offered the position of : s sistant secretary of agriculture, bu declined the offer to remain in con gress. J That was when he was chairman o: (the committee on agriculture. Noa with a Repi:blican congress it is no: unlikely that he would net object t< severing his connections with th< house to assume the position whicl has l?een offered him with the loa: board. Should Mr. Lever upon his return t? the city Wednesday confirm this ru mor there would undoubtedly be a scramble for his seat in the house many candidates having entered las* summer before he withdrew from th< (race for fhe senate at the president's I request. I War Department Will Seil Suga* Surplus Government Slock to B? Put Up Washington. July S.? Sale of 21, OOO.OOO pounds of surplus sugar nov held by the war department has beet authorized, it was announced today, a minimum price to be fixed by th? united States sugar equalizalio; board to cover the cost to the govern ment. The only condition of sale vyiJ be that none of this stock may be"ex ported. Investigation having showi jihat the principal shortage at preses I is in States east of the Mississippi I efforts wii! be made to find purch is j ers in that section. The stocks comprise 14,000.00! pounds in storage at New Orleans an. ; 7,000.00') pounds at San Francisco. ! ''The expori market afforded I higher figure than the war depart i ment will realize through this me*ho< I of marketing,*' tie- announcemcn ? said. "Offers of ten cents per poum i have been made for tin- entire surplui i bv exporters. v bui the ???? eretary d I war. realizing that shortage of sugat existed in tb<- United States during' j the canning season, desired that th< I American public- be given the benefil ' of the surplus." ! Xew Orleans. July s.?The 1 1.000. i ono pounds of government ownec j Louisiana sugar in storage here w i practically oversold today, according to Judge It. E. Miling. chairman of the Louisiana sugar committee, which i was authorized to receive bids ane' i i which met here today and passed oi I them. More than 300 orders for car j load and more lots w>** received, he stated. The price was S.S2 f. o. b 'New Orleans. Wilson in New York Delivers First Speech on American Soil Since Treaty i j IS BRINGING BACK A "JUST PEACE" i ? I - "Will Safeguard World From Unnecessary Bloodshed If It Can Be Preserved. New York, July 8.?President Wil son returned to the United States to day, and in his first speech delivered on American sei! s*ncc the peace treaty was signed, declared that the peace concluded at Paris was "a just peace, which, if it can he preserved, will safeguard the world from unnec essary bloodshed." ' The only reference the president made to hi* political opponents was when in referring to the negotiations ! at Paris, he said: '"I am afraid some people, .some persons, do not understand that vis ion. They do not see it. They have looked too much upon the ground. They have thought too much of the interests that were near them and they have not listened to the voices of their neighbors. I have never had a moment's doubt as to where the heart and purpose of this people lay."' The president arrived at the Ho bcken army pier formerly the dock of th<> Hamburg American Line, shortly before ?, o'clock. The army transport George Washington, on which he sailed fr?m Brest, was es corted un the bay by the battleship Pennsylvania and more than a score of destroyers and smaller naval craft. On the New Jersey shore, the State whVh first honore d Mr. Wilson with a political office, were massed i 0,000 school children, who welcomed the chief executive of the nation with the strains of ihe national anthem. Through the lines of the children all dressed in ' while, ihe president passed to the ferry which carried him to the Manhattan side of the river. He-arrived in New York at 4.15 p. m. when- he was greeted by the official reception committee headed by Gover nor Smith and Mayor II;.-an. From the ferry terminal to Carnegie Hall, o-di.; tance of about three miles, the presi dential party passed through street? lined with cheering thousands of men wome n and children, who thronged the sidewalks and filled every available window and roof top. From the upper windows of the business skyscrapers great showers o: confetti rained upon the president arid Mrs. Wilson, literally millions o: scraps of paper floating through the ;ir carrying this motto: "Everybody's usiness: To stand by our govern nent. To heip the soldier get a job. fOyhelp '-rush Bolshevism." The head of the procession was formed by several companies of khaki ??lad soldiers and marines, followed by some hundreds of sailors clad in white auiforms. Immediately preceding th' presidential ear was an 'automobile illed with secret service agents and he car itself was guarded by the president's personal body guard of fou: picked men, o-v- or whom rods o: .?ach running board throughout tbx trip. in the aar with President Wilsoi 'were Mrs. Wilson. Governor Smith an< Mayer Hylan. The president remained standing, raising his hat constantly ii response to the wave -of chcerinj which roiled along the route cf march At one point on Twenty-third Street opposite a large factor- bunding. th< vindows cf which were filled wit] rirl workers, the presid? nt seized at American flag and waved ;t vigorously n acknowledgment of the girls Steering. A couple of hundred automobile: ;arrying cabinet members, a congres sional delegation and representatives "*f the State and civic governments >esides diplomatic representatives o'. he allied nations, completed the pro cession. ! Several hours before the president'* arrival at Carnegie Hall every seat n the building was occupied, and th< j xolice had considerable difficulty ir. j recping back the thousands who iriet o force a way into the hall. As the president stepped from hi automobile a massed naval and mill tary band played "The Star Spangle; Banner," while military escort pre sented arms. Mr. Wilson proceeded i.o the stage followed by Vice Preside ir ?nd Mrs. Marshall, former Speaker o *he House Champ Clark arul Samuc' Gompers. president of the Americar Federation of Labor, all of whom were recognised and cheered by th< crowds. Thi president's appearance on the j olatform was the signal for an ova ! tion which lasted some minutes, end | :ng when the band broke into the strains o1 "Over There." There was > sudden pause when an officer in British uniform unexpectedly appear (1 on tie- platform. Mr. Wilson jump ?d to his feet and crossed the stage to meet him. and the cheering broke out in redoubled volume as the word flashed through the hall that th< stranger was Maj. G. H. Scott, com mander of the British trans-Atlantu dirigible R-?,4. Brief welcoming speeches wer< made by Rodman Wanamaker, Mayo; Hylan and Governor Smith. The Xew York governor, who was repeatedl> cheered, introduced the president ;e V... U-oy (>f ?? n<-?!?<?-? t v ?'?>? i'-liv of the honor, dignity and majesty of this great country." When Mr. Wilson stepped to the front of. the stage tin- band again be -an playing the national anthem, bin was drowned "in the applause and cheers of the several thousand mer women in thi* audience, who it fused to resume their s^ats until tie president had signalled fcr.siier.ee. . YOU GOING TO BUILD? We Sell Everything For Any Building. Booth & McLeod, INCORPORATED Mr. Wilson was obviously under the strain of ?b ep emotion when he be gan to speak, and his voice was no ticeably hoarse, lie said: "Fellow C o untrymen: am not going- to try this after noon to make you a real speech. 1 am a bit alarmed to find how many speeches J have in my system unde livered, but they are all speeches that come from the mind and 1 was to say to you this afternoon only a few words from the heart. ??Von have made me deeply happy by the* generous welcome you have extended to me, but 1 do not believe that the welcome you extend to me is half as great as that which I extend to you. Why, Jerseyman though I am. this is the first time 1 ever thought that Hobck'en was beautiful. "I have really, though 1 have tried on the other side of the water to con ceal it, been the most homesick man in the American expeditionary force and it is with feelings that it would be vain for me to try to express that I find myself in this beloved coun try again, i do not say that because [ lack in admiration of other coun tries. "There have been many things that softened my homesickness. One of the chief things that softened it was the very generous welcome ihat they ex tended to me as your representative on the other side of water. And it was still more softened by the pride chat 1 had in discovering that Ameri ca had at last convinced the world of her true character. **I was welcome because they had seen with their own eyes what Amer ica had done for the world. They had deemed her selfish. They had deemed her devoted to material interests. And they had seen her boys come across rln- warer with a vision even more beautiful than that which they con ceived when they had entertained .1 reams of liberty and peace. "And t;. ?n 1 had the pride of find ing otit by personal observation the kind of men we had sent over. 1 had crossed the seas- with the kind of men who had taken them over, without whom they could not have got to Europe and then when I got ther^ I saw that army of men, that army of clean men, that army of men devoted to the high interests of hu manity, that army that one was glad to point out and say, "There are my fellow countrymen.' "If softens the homesickness a good deal to have so much of home along isith you, and these boys were con stantly reminding me of home. They did not walk the streets like anybody else, i do not mean that they walked the streets self-assertively. They did not. They walked the streets as if they knew that they belong wher ever free men lived, that they were welcome in the great republic of France and were comrades with the other armies that had helped to win he great batt'e and to show the great ^icriiiee. Eecause it is a wonderful .hing for this nation, hitherto isolated .Vom the large affairs of the world, to win not only the universal confidence of the people of the world, but their universal affection. "And that, and nothing less than hat, is what has happened. Wherever t was suggested that troops should be-l ;ent and it was desired that troops of-j jccupation should excite no prejudice, no uneasiness on the' part of those to ,.vhom they were sent, the men who ?epresented the other nations came to n-3 and asked me to send American oldiers. They not only implied, but hey said, that the pres. nee of Amer can soldiers would be known not to neon anything except friendly pro- j rection and assistance. Do you wonder | hat it made our hearts swell with [ >ride to realize these things? "But while ihes? things in some de rree softened my homesickness, they nade me all the more eager to get home where the rest of the folks live; o get home where the great dynamo jf national energy was situated, to ;et home where the great purposes >? national action were formed, and to oe allowed to take part in the coun sels and in the actions which were ormed, and to be taken by this great tation. which from first to last has followed the vision of the men who sot it up and created it. We have had our eyes very close upon our task at times, but whenever we lifted them, as we were accustomed to lift them, to a distant horizon, we were aware that all the peoples of the earth had turned their faces toward us as those I who were the friends of freedom and: of right, and whenever we thought of national policy and its relation up on the affairs of the world, we knew we were under bonds to de the large thing and the right thing. "Jt is a privilege, therefore, beyond all computation for a man. whether in a great capacity or a small, to '.alee part in tin- council and in tljo resolutions of a people like this. I am afraid some people, seme persons. ? -lo not understand ihat vision. They do not see it. They have looked too much upon the ground. They have thought too much of the interests that - were near them, and they have not] < *iste:;.-d to the voices of their neigh-, ")ors. i ?' "! have never had a moment's 'oubi as to where de' heart and pur- h nose of this people lay. When any one on the other side of the water has. ( ?aiseti the question, "Will America < ?oroe in and help?' T have said. 'Of ourcc America will come in and help.' i 1 imntMmKmaiaaaamaamammmKmmmmaaammmmmtmm She can not do anything else. She will not disappoint any high hope that has been termed of her. Least of all will she in this day cf new born lib- - erty al! over ;ho world fail to extend her hand of support and: assistance to those who have been made free. I "I wonder if at this distance you can have got any conception of the [tragic intensity of the feeling cf those I peoples in Europe who have just had ! yokes thrown off them. Have you reckoned up in your mind how many [peoples, how many nations, were held I unwillingly under the yoke of the Aus [ tro-Hungarian empire, under the yoke of Turkey, under the yoke of Ger \ many? I "These yokes have been thrown off. These peoples breathe the air and ?ook around to see a new day dawn about them, and whenever they think of what is going to fill that day with [action, they think first of us. .They think rirst of the friends who throughout the long years have spok | en for them, who' were privileged to declare that they came into the war to release them, who said that they would not make peace upon any other terms than their liberty and they have known that America's presence in the war and in the conference was the Guarantee of the result, i "The governor has spoken of a great task ended. Yes, th? formula i tion of the peace is ended, but ft cre ates only a new task just begum I j believe that if you will study the j peace, you will see that it is a just [ peace and a peace which, if it can be r preserved, will save the world from I unnecessary bloodshed. ! "And now the great task is to pre- ' 'serve if. I have come back with my '? heart full of enthusiasm 'for throwing j everything that I can, by way of in | fluence or action, in with you to see ! that the peace is preserve^, that*when j the long reckoning comes, men may ! look back upon this general conven-1 ' tion of Americans and say 'They were ! true to the vision which they saw at their birth.' " ' Only a small crowd was present in [ the street as the president left the I hall, accompanied by Mrs. Wilson and j Secretary Tumulty. Governor Smith and Mayor Hylan rode to the Penn- . I sylvania station ? with Mr. and Mrs. j Wilson, and in another car were the French ambassador, Jules ousseraml. I Admiral Cary T. Grayson and Vice President and Mrs. Marshall. All the entrances to the depc" were guarded by the city police and secret service agents and nobody was per mitted on the platform except mem bers of the president's immediate party. The special train left for Washing ton at C.46 p. m., the president having spent two hours and 31 minutes in New York Ci-ty. In the rush to get the presidential train started on its way to Washing ton two cabinet members, Secretaries Baker and Lane, and Isadore Bock- ? weiler. Democratic national commit teem-an from California, who were to have accompanied the party, were left standing on the platform. . After a hasty consultation with . William H. Egan. station master, the trio were bundled aboard a special ' electric coach, which was run out. from the yards, and hastened in pur suit of the presidential train. ? Rail road officials said they had wired ahead to stop Mr. Wilson's special some place along the route in order' that the electric coach might over take it. * ? Back At His Desk Again l ?. Washington, July 9.?President Wil son returned to his desk today after an absence of four months at the peace conference to find such a ma^s of official business that it will prob ably take two weeks before he ca-.t start on his tour of country speaking for peace treaty and leagueof na tions. Plans for the trip have not yet / been completed, but it is said at the White House here the president prob ably would so time his schedule as to reach the Pacific coast at the time of the arrival there of the newly cre ated Pacific fleet. Propose Joe Miot To Succeed Lever Columbia. July 9.?In the event that Representative A. F. Lever re signs his seat in congress to accept appointment on the farm loan board, which, it is said, will be tendered him at an early date, friends of Jo seph I). Miot, of Columbia, stated yes terday that they would make an ef fort to have him enter the race to succeed him. Mr. Miot is president of lit- Columbia Chamber of Commerce, president of Ridgewood Club, presi lent of the Richland County Perma ? -"u t.^-?is Assoc-ation and has been ilosely identified with practically every progessive movement that has been aunched in th* city and county in re cent years. He is well known not >nly iu Richland county but in the >ther counties of the district as well. Mr. Miot has never been in politics md his friends stated yesterday that hey did not know that they could ret him to consent to enter the race n the event of an election being .rde?vd but they propose to make ev rv effort to induce him to do so. Mr. Miot has been our of the city or several days on a business trip.