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TOE SOfTER WATCHMAN* Establis *;.: Consolidated Aug. 2,1 I A CANDIDATE Anriouncement Made By Him That Name Must Not Be Used ^HIS DECISION IS IRREVOCABLE ^ Path of Duty is Clear and Un mistakable and He Cannot Re enter Public Life i New York,%June 17.?William G. McAdoo, who'has been considered by party leaders as one of the pr?r?eipal candidates for the Democratic presi dential nomination, announced to ^fiigbt. that he could not permit his? name to go before the San Francisco convention. "This deeision/' he said, "is irrevocable as the path of duty seems to me clear and unmistakable." His decision was made known in a '?\ telegram to Jonett Soa-he, Demo cratic delegate at large from Kansas, who had telegraphed Mr. McAdoo that sentiment throughout the coun try'was rapidly -crystaliziiig in his favor, that his friends womd like to have him permit his r?ame to be pre sented to the convention, and that they were certain be would be nomi nated and elected. .' Mr. McAdoo's telegram follows: "Your telegram of June 17 requires an explicit and immediate answer. I am profoundly grateful to you and my. other generous friends, who with such spontaneity and unselfishness have, without my solicitation, advo cated my riominarion. To cause them disappointment distresses me deeply, but T am unable to reconsider the position t have consistently maintain ed, namely that I would not seek The nomination for president. I cannot, therefore, permit 'my name to go be fore" the convention. This decision is irrevocably as the path of duty seema to me clear and unmistakable. "The considerations which compell ed me to resign as secretary of the treasury and director general of rail roads after the armistice in 1918 inf larger measure still prevail. I must ? h?ve. a reasonable opportunity to re habilitate my private affairs , and to. make:that provision for -my family which, in time of peace is at once the . sa^e^ dnt\- and the cherished desire ^ every right thlnMhg man. Having b^h dnt of office less than 18 months, I - have not yet been* abie to accom \^$ji?h these.objects. Moreover, a pres idential campaign imposes on the candidate * unavoidable expenses which I am unable to assume, and which I do not want my friends to assume. /"The record of the recent Republi can congress and the platform and candidates o'f the Republican nation al convention make Democratic vic tory in the next election almost .cer tain. Victory will be certain if the Democrats adopt a straightforward, unequivocal, unevasive, honest and liberal platform and put forward a candidate who will command public 'Confidence. We must stand squarely for ratification of the league of na tions withouv debilitating reservations and we must be direct and explicit oh the important domestic issues. The times are not propitious for equivoca tion? or for appeals to blind passion or to doctrines ef hate or for reac tionaries and those who wovid put their ears to the ground swei?ng voice of humanity which cries aloud for the restoration of peace and good will at home and in the world and for the opportunity to live in an at mosphere of justice, progress and prosperity. "I feel sure that my friends' will ap . predate the sincerity*- and propriety of my position and that they wih Ao everything in their power at San Francisco to assure the continuation, of the enlightening principles z?nd liberal policies of Democracy. These are .nore than ever essential to the society and well being of the Ameri can people." Mr. Shouse's/telegram to which Mr. McAdoo replied'said: ' "Sentiment* throughout the country rapidty crystal izing in favor of your nomination. I know you have con sistently stated that you are not a canididate and that you will not seek nomination. Your many friends would like to have you reconsider your at titude at least to extent of permitting your name to be presented to conven tion. We are certain you can be nom inated and elected." Colby Confers With President Will Be Wilson's Chief Spokes man at San Francisco Washington, June 21.? . retary of State Colby is in final conference with the president today before leav ing for San Francisco to attend the convention as a delegate from the District of Columbia. Colby will be one of the president's spokesman at the convention. Minister to Greece Washington. June 21.?Edward Capps, of New Jersey was appointed today as minister to Greece, ihed April, 1850. "Be Just .881. PLAGUE SITUA TION BETTER _ ? No New Cases in Mexico in the Past Two Days HAVE BEEN MAISTY FATALITIES i Thirty-Two Cases Since Out | break in Vera Cruz Mexico City. June 18.?There have 32 cases of bubonic plague and 22 fatalities since the outbreak of the epidemic at Very Cruz on April 14, according to unofficial reports pub lished today. There were no new cases in'the 48* hours ending last night MMOAD STRIKE SPREADS Freight Tie Up in Philadelphia and Baltimore Districts all prices Advance Scarcity of Fresh Meat and Print * ! Paper Philadelphia, June 21.?Railroad .strikers today claimed heavy gains in the Philadelphia and Baltimore dis tricts. The freight j tie up, increased the noticeable scarcity of certain rT tides. Fresh meat prices advanced again today. The newspaper supply is running short and newspapers cur tailing the volume of their issues. Murder Suspect Arrested Negro Accused of Killing Miss Anna Jaudon Found in Stilson, Georgia Savannah, June 2.1.^-PhiIlip Gath ers, a negro "wanted' in connection with. the murder of Miss Anna Jau don, last week was arrested today near Stilson, Gal He denied killing the girl. He was unarmed, although several shots were fired at him when he was arrested. Special Squadron For South America Navy Announces Formation of New Fleet For Southern Waters . Washington, June '21.?A special :,service squadron of cruiser gun boats ! based in the canal zone and to be I held available for duty in Mexico, I Central American and adjacent wat j ers will be organized about October 11, the navy department announced to i day. Railroad Workers To Organize Government Officials Suspect I. W. W. of Issuing the Call Washington, June 21?A call for a convention of railroad workers to be heid in Chicago on June 29 to organ ize a big union is publiished in the Butte, Montana Bulletin, which offi cials of the Department of Justic ] said today they belived to be an In i dustrial Workers of the world publi cation. The origin of the call has not yet been astablished by the govern ment agents. j Allied Conference Today , I Greece Will Offer to Assume Ar menian Mandate Boulogne, June 21.?Lloyd George and Millerand arrived today, the others participating in the conven tion are already here. It is under stood that Premier Venizelos will to | day formally offer in the name of ' Greece to take over the mandate for i Armenia Italian Prisoners Executed Albanians Get Revenge For Al leged Treachery Geneva. June 18.?According to Bel grade advices received here today. ' 330 Italian prisoners were killed by j the Albanians. It is said that the Al banians were maddened b ythe assas sination of Essad Pasha, former pro visional president of Albania in Paris and attributed bis death to Italian intrigue. mm and Fear Not?Let all the ends Thon A SUMTBR, S. C, WEDN] OFFICE SEEKERS STARTTUESDAY Candidates For State Cjftices and United States ?Senatei Be i gin Swing Around the Circle DREARY TWO-RING CIRCUS State Candidates Open in Cc> lumbia .and Senators Come to Sn*r.ter?Few Contests For State Offices. at m (Wyatt A Taylor.) Columbia, June 21.?Slouth Caroli na' political "Two Ring Circus", be-' gins Tuesday. Entries of candidates were closed at noon today and there ' are several dozen hats in the ring, though only a few offices are congest ed. The campaign for State offices be gins ;in Columbia, that for candidates for the United States senate at Sum mer. The aspirants for State offices %peak at Sumter on July 10. Candi dates for the senate speak at Sumter on June 22. The campaign closes ori I August 27. One of the interesting announce-, ments is that made -by former Sena tor Pollock, who has filed his cam paign pledge" for the United' States senate, to orpose Senator E. D. Smith. * Mr. Pollock stated that his platform would be that of the Demo cratic national convention, adopted at San Francisco, and that he would stand solidly upon it. I feel,confident' that the party will take no backward step," said the former senator. In the race for the senatorial toga will be Senator Smith, Senator Pol lock, Solicitor George Warren of Hampton and W. C. Irby'of Laurens. This promises to be one of the inter esting races. Ifor railroad commission there iare four candidates: Frank W.: Shealy, the incumbent, D. L. Smith and R. Lt Moss of Columbia, and D. W. Mc Caskill of Comden. Tins also prom ises, to be an interesting contest. For lieutenant governor there are three aspirants: Octavus Cohen and Wilson G. Harvey of Charleston and O. K. Mauldin of Greenville- ^ For adjutant general there is- also a contest, A. H, Marchant of . Orange burg seeking the office for which Ad jutant General W. W. Moore is a can didate also. There are several congressional contests. The candidates for con gress are: First district: R. S. Wha ley~ congressman, and W. Turner Lo gan, Charleston; second district: Con gressman J. F. Byrnes, Aiken; third j district: Fred H. Dominick; incum bent; fourth district: J. J. McSwain, Greenville; Albert E. Hill, Spartan burg and Jack H. Wilson, Spartan tburg; fifth district: W. F. Stevenson, jCheraw, incumbent; sixth district: {Congressman P. H. Stoll; seventh dis trict: E. C. Mann and H. P. Fuller, ! Orangeburg. For the solicitorships: First cir jcuit: A. J. Hydrick, Orangeburg; sec jcond circuit: R. L. Gunter, Aiken; j fourth circuit: J. Munroe Spears, ! Darlington;^sixth: J. K. Henry, Ches jter; seventh: I. W. Blackwood, Spar-j jtanburg; eighth: Horner S. Blackwell, Laurens; ninth: T. P. Stoney. Char-) I lestoh;. tenth: K. P. Smith and Leoni jL. Rice, both of Anderson; eleventh: j iT. C. Callison, Lexington, and S. j (Mouson Smith of Edgefield; thir ?teenth: J. M. Daniel. J. G. Letather jwood. A. C. Mann, David Smoak, all i of Greenville; fourteenth: H. R. Pad jgett and Randolph Murdough. ?> j Walter E. Duncan seems to have j the race alone for the office of compJ itroller general. Sam M. Wolfe, for I attorney general; B. Harris, for com i missioner of agriculture; "W. Banks j-Dove. for secretary of State; S. T. I Carter, for State treasurer, have also ! filed their pledges, j W. W. Bradley for congress, W. E. j Bowen and B. G. Wyche, Greenivlle, j j for solicitor in the thirteenth circuit, ! and T. Frank McCord of Greenwood \ j for solicitor from the eighth. Mr. D. B. Traxter.of Greenville has j has also erftered the race for con fress from the fourth district. - The list closed today at noon. The Itinerary. i The itinerary is as follows:. State Offices. Columbia, Tuesday, June 22. Lexington. Wednesday, June 23. Saluda, Thursday, June 24. Edgefield, Friday, June 25. Aiken, Saturday, June 26. Barn well, Monday, June 28. Allendale, Tuesday. June 29. Hampton, Wednesday, June 30. Beaufort, Thursday, July 1. Ridgeland. Friday. July 2. Walterboro, Saturday, July 3. Charleston, Monday, July 5. St. George. Tuesday, July 6. Bamberg, Wednesday, July 7. Orangeburg, Thursday, July 8. St Matthews, Friday, July 9. Sumter, Saturday, July 10. Rest eight days. Manning. Monday. July 19. Monck's Corner, Tuesday, July 20. j Georgetown, Wednesday. July 2L j Kingstree, Thursday. July 22. Florence. Friday. July 23. Marion, Saturday, July 24. Conway. Monday. July 26. Dillon, Tuesday, July 27. Benncttsville, Wednesday, July 28. Chesterfield, Thursday, July 29. Bishopville, Friday, July 30. DarliDgton, Saturday, July 31. ttfr? ?ms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's ? SSDAY, JUNE 23, 1920 GEORGE W. PERKINS DEAD A. -^ Suffered Complete Break Down if ; , Last Week RESULT OF INFLUENZA Contracted Pneumonia While Serving in France New York, June 18.?George W.j Perkins, the world financier, died at j Stamford, Conn., today. It became known last week that he had suffered; a nervous breakdown, but the family j did not intimate that he was In Vlan ger. The affection is believed to have ! been a result of the influenza and1' pneumonia that he contracted while [-serving with the Yoting Men's Chris tian Association in France during the war. * , t * New York, June 19.?A statement from Perkin's physicians said that nisi death came at two-fifteen this morning. The death resulted from an attack of "acute, inflammation of the brain, resulting in a complete ner vous exhaustion /lue to intense and continuous overwork. . Race Riot in Chicago Radical Agitator Precipitates Serious Trouble?Two Men Killed and Sfeveral Wounded Chicago, June 21?The police are searching f?r R. D. Jonas,' as alleged radical agitator and three negroes in connection. with tke rioting in the Blackbelt last^ight, during which two white men were killed and two negroes seriously injured. The fight ing followed the dispersal of the pa rade of negro members of an organi zation which is said to advocate the return of negroes to Abyssinia. After the parade the negro leaders burned the American flag. The police em phasize the fact that the riot was not I the result of radical feeling but rwas more propbable the result of a radi cal plot. They pointed out that negroes and whites cooperated in the effort to resent the insult to the flag; J ATTACK MADE ON WQtHEBL Would-be Assassin Gains Entrance to Castle of Former Kaiser. Doorne, June 19.?An attempt against the life of former Emperor William was made Wednesday, ac cording to a persistent ? rumor here. The details are veiled in mystery but it is asserted that Wilhelm escaped without injury. A villager, identified as a German is said to have enter ed the Castle, using a false permit. He.tried to kill the Hohenzollern. Wilhelm's secretary told the associat ed Press today th?t no attack was made. Rest eight days. ' ? Cam den, Monday, August 9. Lancaster, Tuesday, August 10. York, Wednesday, August 11. \ Chester, Thursday, August lUi Winnsboro, Friday, August 13. Union, Saturday. August 14. Spartanburg, Monday, August 16. Gaffney. Tuesday,- August 17. Greenville, Wednesday, August 18. Pickens, Thursday, August'19. Wallahalla, Friday, August 20. Anderson; Saturday, August 21. Abbeville, Monday, August 23. Greenwood, Tuesday, August 24. McCormick, Wednesday, August 25. Laurens, Thursday, August 26. Newberry, Friday, August 27. Senate and Congress Sumter, Tuesday, June 22. Bishopville, Wednesday, JUne 23. Dar'ington, Thursday, June ^4. Ber. attsville, Friday, June 25. ; Chesterfield, Saturday, June 26. Camdem Monday, June '28. Lancaste , Tuesday, June 29. York, Wednesday, June 30.' Chester, Thursday, July 1. Winnsboro, Friday, July 2. Columbia, Saturday, July 3. Spartanburg, Monday, July 5. Union, Tuesday, July 6. * Gaffney, Wednesday, July 7. . Walhalla, Thursday, July 8. Pickens, Friday, July 9. Greenville, Saturday, July, 10. Anderson, Monday, July 12. Abbeville, Tuesday, July 13. McCormick, Wednesday, July 14. I Greenwood,'Thursday, July 15. Laurens, Friday, July 16. Newberry, Saturday, July 17. Eight d3tjy rest. Lexingtok Monday, July 26. Saluda, Tuesday, July 27. Edgefield, Wednesday, July 28. Aiken, Thursday, July 29. BarnwelJ, Friday, July 30. Allendale, Saturday, July 31. Hampton, Moaday, August 2. Beaufort, Tuesday. August 3. Ridgeland, Wednesday, August 4. i Walterboro. Thursday. August 5. \ St. George, Friday. August 6. Bamberg, Saturday, August 7. Eight days rest. St. Matthews. Monday. August 16. j Orangeburg. Tuesday, August 17. I Dillon, Wednesday. August. 18. Con way, Thursday. August 19. j Marion. Friday. August 20. Florence, Saturday. August 21. ! Kingstree. Monday, August? 23. Manning. Tuesday. August 24. Georgetown. Wednesday. August 25. i Monck's Corner, Thursday. Aug ust j ?-j Charleston, Friday, August 27. md Truth's." . TBE TR* E S< >. HARDING AC CEPTS CHALLENGE Is Willing to Carry League of Nations to the People VOTERS WILL ? DECIDE Believes ? People _Wili*V>er whelmingly Approve Repub can Party. *; Washington, June .18.?Endorsing in the main the action of the Republi can national convention, Herbert Hoover in a letter to friends made public today after conferring with Hardingf called Upon all elements of the party to support the national tick Nitrate Shipments Held Up Railroad Commission Asked to Aid in Quick Movement of j Fertilizer (Wyatt A. Taylor.) "Columbia, June 17.?Shipment of nitrate of soda is facing a shortage of. freight cars, but the railroads and the railroad commission-are using ev ery possible effort at this time to aid in the movement, and nitrate is given right of way over other shipments. Of all trunk line-j operating in the State the Atlantic Coast, Line is experienc ing the greatest car shortage to fer tilizer shipments. Most of the nitrate is shipped from Charleston, where At is received in vessels, to interior points in the State. The railroad commission has been requested by the \ Charleston Chamber of Commerce to aid in the movement of nitrate of soda. The commission has requested the South ern, the Seaboard and the Coast Line to make special effort to move the ni trate shipments, and announcement is made today that the comtnission is compelled to allow all railroads to use all their available box cars for this movement, except those needed for live stock, perishables and feed stuffs, nitrate novement being considered of more importance than the ordinary run of dry - freight. The temporary embargo on such shipments is ex pected to last only a few1 days. ThcT railroads have replied to the railroad commission stating that the arrange ment authorized will make it possi ble for them to handle their allot ments of the nitrate shipments. The A. C. L. is the hardest hit, and due to potato movements and truck ship ments the car shortage at present is acute. The. railroad commission urges the cooperation of the public, especially in loading cars to capacity and im mediate releasing of empty cars. The railroad commission is in re cept of a* telegram from J. Ross Han ahan, president of .the Charleston Chamber of Commerce, in which he states that there are now thirty-two thousand tons of nitrate of soda in port at Charleston, ready to be moved to interior points for farm use. Farmers from various sections of the State have been going to Charleston, Mr. Hanahan states, to make effort to secure shipment of their fertilizer material. In addition, five or six car goes of nitrate are due. at Charleston within a week, and all will have to move from/vessel to interior by rail "The car shortage is acute and move ment of materials is* practically at a standstill," says Mr. Haahan's tele gram i "the greatest car shortage ex-, ists with the A. C. L. The situation is exceedingly serious" British Wait on Turks Are Well Intrenched and Sup ported by Warships Constantinople, June 19.?The Bri- I j tish troops are confronted by the Tur j kish nationalist force on the Ismid j I Penninsula in Asia Minor. They are j 1 well in-trenched and supported by j (the British fleet in the Gulf of Ismid.J f For this reason there is no apprehen- j ! sion that the nationalist will attack \ j Constantinople. Detroit Fourth I Largest City; i - Increase Over One Hundred Per j Cent in Ten Years - Washington. June 19.?Detroit is! now the. fourth largest city in the j country, displacing St. Louis and out-I ranking Boston, Cleveland and Balti-j more and Pittsburgh, all of which j were., larger than Detroit ten years ; ago. Detroit's population announced ! 9993,739. This is an increase of 52,793 or 113.4 per cent. j FIGHTING AT DERBY, Irish Factions Have Night Battle With Pistaois and Rifles. ? London, June 19.?Derry Ireland! City spent another night of terror as': the result of pistol and rifle fighting; between Nationalists and Unionists in! a two hour battle. Quiet was later] restored by the'military. Several are reported wounded. )CTHRON, Established Jone 1, 1866. Vol. L. No. 37. ova war in london-d Authorities Ar^LTnable to Quell .Rioting SIX PERSONS KILLED | Firing Continued Today JVith Increased Intensity London, June 21.?Civil war condi tions prevail in London-Derby and the?: authorities are powerless says an 'ex*, change telegraph dispatch* today.' Several persons were killed in th? morning's rioting. The firing is .being, continued with desperate intensity. rv London-Derry, June 21?A mob th^f - ! morning openly fired on troops. The ! rioting was still in progress at one o'clock this afternoon. One man who [was wounded in yesterday's .fighting? between Unionists and Nationalist^; died today, bringing the total-fatali ties up to six. . London.. June 21?Rioting whic& was resumed here this morning re^ suited in one person being merta?^ wounded an? two seriosuly hurt ? Rif^ fie and revolver firing was almost COh^ tinuous. People feared to go;' work and business was virtually^ stand. still . ?' Londonberry, June 20.?Five Pe^r sons were killed andl ten others ^ri- > ously wounded, several of them ?iobr the burning of a large, drapery store, ably mortally, and about 100 .others^ were 'lest seriously injured during a; period of desperate rioting in this .city Saturday night The fighting w?^ae companied by several attempts>-a???in cendiarism, one of whic^: resulted*,in theb urning of a large dupery st?re; The rioting was a continuation of the disorders of Friday night when' Nationalists and Unionists were en gaged in clashes for several hour*. and the military had to be called out. ? The military remained in what were* considered the danger zones, but not withstanding its presence the^disor derly elements held sway for . sota?; time. - - Y In many instances persons xwhO were suffering from minor woua^t SuiAieoej mon^iAi , ??pq , ,: .?u^l treatment. The authorities- h?very-?* record of the number of snch^ei???i Among the wounded are severf&?ij? yard workers with gunshot wounds.:. The men killed were Edwin Price, James McVeigh, Thomas McLaugh jlin, Thomas Farren and James Doh jerty. The authorities had taken elabo* rate precautions in view of the ex pected renewal of the 'disorders. The military, fully equipped. i posi tions at the head and foot of Bridge street, which is the Nationalist quar-* ter, and on Fountain street, the ?h-.. ionist quarter. An armored ^ar was drawn up at Carlisle road, oetweeh these localities, to keep the rival fac tions apart. " SURVEYS FOR BRIDGE. State Highway Engineers Seeking: Location for Waiteree Bridge. Columbia, June, 19.?The exact lo cation of the $150.000 bridge between Sumter and Richiand counties, over the Wateree river, will be decided, by the county commissioners of lher; two counties, it was stated at the State highway department offices to-? { day./ A series of meetings of the. j highway commissions and county commissions,^will. probably be heldj after \he survey of the' bridge loca tions is completed, for a discussion of the best and most advisable location of the span. Three locations are uhM^; i der consideration. I / The State highway department sur vey is being made now and will be I completed within a few weeks. The> [ survey party is finding the sledding ! hard, because of the dense samps* ['surrounding the locations under con | sideration. J. C. Brown of the engi- * neering force of the tSate highway department and M& Barn well, chief bridge engineer of |j?ie department, have just returned from the Garner'sv Ferry section, after making certain ; investigations in connection - with' the survey that is being conducted/ * and they state that they spent almost & an entire afternoon trying to find their way* out of the swamps -into which they went in search of a desir-i ? able approach to the river for thei bridge. . One of the locations being surveyed is the old Garner's Ferry crossing. Another is just a short distance abov?e; this and the third is nearer to East^"* over. These threee surveys will be: used as a basis for determining the1 cost of the bridge at any of the loca tions, and on these figures the high way authorities of the -two counties will base^ their decision v as to ther bridge site. The report of the high- I way engineers making the survey will pi*obably be made to the State high way commission at its next meeting and then submitted to the county au thorities. CIVIL WAR IN CHINA. Peking and Cankon Troops Clash a? Chang-Sha, Honolulu, June 19?A battle be* tween Peking and Canton govern ment troops at Chang Sha is reported in a Tokio cable to a Japanese'news paper here. The dispatches stated that the Canton troops fired oh. a Japanese warship which returned tho. fire, which killed scores of Chiniege;