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YOLOlE LII, NUMBER 74. JfEWBERRY, S. C* FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, 1914. TWICI A W1EK, $L*? A YIA* I ORDERS REVERSAL DORCHESTEK CASES State Committee Decides Two Coun ty Contests?Primary frauds Charged. VV. F. Caldwell in Xews and Courier. Columbia, Sept. 15.?The State Democratic executive committee, late this evening, reversed tl:e action the the Dorchester county executive comrnitin declaring J. A. Parler the nom- j inee for xaounty superintendent of ed- j uoation. and T. H. Abbott for county j auditor; threw out the vote of the ' jjorchester club in Summerville and : ordered the Dorchester committee to j meet and declare John J. Howell the nominee for superintendent of eduea- i tion and P. L. Moorer for auditor. ! This action was taken on the motion j of H. C. Folk, of Bamberg, after the : committee spent nearly four hours .hearing the appeal from the Dorchester county committee. Richard 1. (Manning was declared the j ? ~ /vP 4-Vx nnrr?Arti* ofe rvf GnnfVi I lil'-'C Ui. tilC a, w ui uuuui ' > Carolina for governor, Andrew J. Be- I thea for lieutenant governor and F. j W. Shealy for railroad commissioner,' based on the returns ?rom the second primary election. The Dorchester Case. Assailing the vote cast at Dorchester clu'b in the town of Summerville John J. Howell and P. L.Moorer, candidates for superintendent of education and auditor, respectively, in Dorchester county, appealed to the State committee from the decision of the Dorches. ter committee in declaring J. A. Parler the nominee for superintendent of ed ucation and T. H.-Abbott for auditor. R. Lon Weeks, of St. George, attorney for the contestants, alleged tbat 39 fraudulent votes bad been cast at the Dorchester precinct in the township of th*e .same name, and alleged 'further that "tfce "managers at: this box bad permitted fraudulent votes to be cast with their knowledge.^ It was shown that the county committee had failed to lay off the boun- j aanes or tae inree ciuu ai&wivis m that township, but the State committee voted that they could not go beO hind the certified lists of voters filed with the clerk of court, and hence , threw out the char^e^of the contestants that 49 voters had been illegally allowed to vote at Dorchester poll when t?ey resided nearer Knights* ville club. Charges Fraud. Mr. Weeks, attorney for the contest ants, then went into the allegation of i fraud at the Dorchester poll, offering 1 Affidavits to show t-at fradulent' votes had been cast, that names had been put on the poll list and allowed to vote after the list had been filed with the clerk of court and that persons residing in other counties had 1 been allowed to vote at this poll. He bitterly arraigned 0. B. Limehouse, a resident of Summerville, charging that he was "tbe boss of the Dorchester poll," reading an affidavit from H. Scarborough setting forth this charge. Mr. Weeks said that the Dorchester club had long been an "eyesore" to th6 Democracy of Dorchester county, and that this club, by wrong-1 ful acts, had overriden the true will ( of the- people. His specific allegation I was tbat 39 fraudulent votes were ; cast there and that the managers of plwtion had winked at this violation. He stated that John J. Howell came to this club with a majority of 198 votes, V but there he met his Waterloo, getting only 41 votes out of 304, and P. Ik Moorer received only 31 votes there. Fraud Denied. John A. Hiers, representing the | ^ - A T A ?.V ^ I coniestaucs, j. a. rarim, way uau "been declared the neminee for superintendent of education by a majority of '20 votes, and T. H. Abbott, the nomi nee for auditor, denied the charge of fraud, and read .affidavits from the 39 I voters attacked, to the effect that they had voted. He said the differj"?T?r?ao i r\ fVio n-o-mao An fV?o fi ? r? lief ^JUVCO 1IX lUt' uaui^O V/u iuu v-i. tiiiv u liui. filed with the clerk of court and on the poll list came from misspelling by the clerk or minor mistakes. He said the elction had been conducted i honestly and fairly, and charged that no protest would have been heard from the contestants if they had received a majority at this box.( He read affidavits from several substantiating the fairness of the election, among others one from W. H. Richardson, mayor of Summerville. Thomas M. Raysor, of Orangeburg, \ < ' J representing the contestees set forth that the election had been fair. Mr. Raysor explained at length the decisions of the courts on election contests | and argued that 110 case of ;raud tiad ; been made out, and that the decision j of the Dorchester committee should be affirmed. I i I'rges Prosecution. i j I C\I. P. Howell, county chairman of I Colleton county, and nephew of John ' J. Howell, made a stinging argument i j for the throwing out of the Dorches-! ter box, on the ground t:.at it was J ! reeking with fraud. Mr. Howell said i ha nnr pta a naid attorney.! | ?iV ?-V ? X ? , but as a citizen of the First congressional district, and asserted in emphatic manner that this Dorchester club was "rotten," and called on the committee to start "the effort here to- 1 day to purify the First congressional j district."' He demanded that the box j be thrown out and those responsible 1 for the fraud be prosecuted. V I Both of the attorneys for the con- ! testants harked back to the Wiraley- j Hughes election in 1913, and vividly ; pictured what they said was the wholesale fraud practiced at the Dorchester poll then paying their respects 1 to 0. B. Limet^use, to whom they laid much of the blame, charging that he controlled and "'bossed" this poll and i threw its votes to whom he pleased. Pro and Con. James M. Moore, 01 uoneton uouniy, demanded that the box be thrown out. ; Legrand Walker, of Summerville, Dorchester member of the executive committee, said he did not believe wholesale fraud was practiced, and that the \ disparity in the nanj.es on the certified j |ist and the cluti rol} came from mis- j spelling at the hands of the clerk of managers, ar4 he argued against the VQOtkm to throw out the -box. ,| j On xaotioj. of S. Oliver O'Bryan, of !.Clarendon countyt a rcommittee,_ con-. sisting of Mr. O'Bryan, T..B. Butler,' <of Chero'cee, and S. H. AteGee, of -Greenwood^ was appointed to check the club roll with the certified ...list, filed with the cleric of court. This committee reported \thiat thirty-three names not on the certified list in the | clerk's office.had been allowed to vote I at the Dorchester poll and one, which was not on either list. One point stressed by the attorneys i for the contestants was the affidavit' of the managers that they had permitted two men to vote who were not' entitled to vote, and this Mr. Howell argued, tended to prove fraud, and "he demanded that the committee institute prosecutions. Following the com mittee reports tne *oik motion to throw out the Dorchester box prevailed.. Official Returns. The official returns of the Dorchester county committee were: For auditor, T. H. Abbott, 884; P. L. Moorer, 662. At the Dorchester box Mr. Abbott received 270 votes and Mr. Moorer 34.' With this box thrown out the vote will stand Abbott 614. Moorer i 6^8, giving Moorer the nomination by ' 14 majority. The committee's return for superintendent of education was: ! J. A. Parler, 782; John J. Howell, 762. With the Dorchester box thrown out the vote will stand Parler 522; Hovell ! 721. Howell receiving the nomination "by 199 majority. The. committee adopted a resolution proposing to the next State convention to amend the rules so as to pro- ' vide that' the ^delegates from each county shall meet immediately after the county convention and select their ' members of the credentials committee and that this committee shall get in I Columbia one day prior to the State [ convention at the call of the chair! an. That if half of the counties are j I uncontested the members from these counties shall hear any contests and j make up the temporary roll of the convention, the idea being to expedite the work of the preliminary organiza- i tion. These amendments the commit- i i tee voted tc propose to the next State convention. 1 Chairman John Gary Evans praised j ! the wrvrV nf W f MXT-nTvari thp spt- : retary of :he committee, and on motion of Wilie Jones the committee voted to pay the secretary $200 for his work. The Exact locality. Rsltimnrp American "Is it true that Mr. Smith is liv; ing in a state coma?" j "No sir. He is living in the State of New Jersey." i , I | TWENTY-SEVEN DIE IN RUSHING WATER Frisco Cars Plunere Into Flooded Ral vine?Eighteen Are Hurt. j St. Louis, Sept. 1~>.?Twenty-seven | persons were drowned todLy when a : St. Louis & San Francisco westbound 1 passenger train plunged into a cloudburst two miles west of Lebanon, Mo.,! and two passenger cars toppled into a i | flooded ravine. , Eighteen persons were injured but ! none seriously. The wreck occurred before day break, but as wire communication was interrupted by a heavy storm last night, nothing was known of the dis- ( aster at the Frisco general office here ' for several hours. For several hours the train had Vvrv/-vn nrAnooHino- naTA.fllllV a C; thp PT1 kJKZKZLL pi UVV,VUUA& vu* vv ^ ? gineer feared the heavy rains had weakened the track. Just as the loco-' motive struck a curve, making the edge of a ravine two miles from Lebanon, the engineer saw a wall of water ahead. Though going only 15 miles an hour the train could not be stopped. The 12 foot embankment on which the track crossed the ravine had been swept away. The locomotive and the mail and baggage cars crossed the ravine on the^sagging track before they left the rails and toppled partly over into three feet of water. The smoking car and chair car rolled over into the ravine, tnrougn wmcn a lorrent was pouring, sinking deep into the rushing water. The sleeping cars remained on the rails. \ . >. > \ \ | Many of tbe occupants of the submerged cars were drowned a$ they slept^ Others-eaoaped by. cjinabingr through the wimlows, and swimming to safety. ... . v rA Miss Npna Camp^eH^ e# j?tv i*>ais;ra nurse, climbed to tlie 'iiftturned sid^'" of the chiair car and rescued - . * 4.V-.. - * prisoned passengers oy puiong mem through the windows. BULL KILLS ONE SA3T AND ATTACKS ANOTHER Charges Spartanburg Coroner, Who Goes to Hold Inquest Oyer Aiii- ' >; mal's Tictum. ' - . 1 i\ews ana tounw. (Spartanburg, Sept. 15.?A bull going on.a rampage today broke through, a barbed-wire fence and gored Archie Young, a middle aged man, to death as he passed through a pasture in the southern part of the city, in which the bull was cavorting. When Coroner John S. Turner went to the scene to hold an inquest the bull charged him, and the coroner, a lame man, hurriedly climbed a tree. Bystanders got guns and dispatched the brute, whereupon^ Young's body was removed to an undertaker's establishment and an inquest held. i Buy-aBale 3IoTenient* M Editor The Herald and News. A movement is being made in this city to get each citizen to buy a bale ' -^1 - 4. of cotton in order to relieve iae piasters of their burden. To this end I wrote the vice president of the Missouri Life insurance company, asking if he would personally participate in j this movement. .. ... I Attached is a copy of - the telegram received from him, which will explain itself. v.----? For the purpose of getting as manyq ocronfs and' insurance i.lU.0 lUOUiauvv ugwoow ??? companies to participate in this' as possible it might be well to give this telegram publicity in your paper, | Thanking you for your consideration in the matter, I am, Yours very truly, Marion Rich, General agent. Columbia, Sept. 14. 1914. The following is tne xeiegram xaci- : red to in Mr. Rich's letter: I Marion Rich, General Agent Missouri I State Life Insurance Company, Co- j lumbia, S. C. I will pef sod ally buy a bale of cot- 1 ton and get as many of the employes j to do so as possible if a general move- 1 ment could be made among insurance 1 M j people to get all their employes aim as many agents as possible to do this 1 it would mean a great thing. j John G. Hoyt. j i Vice President Missouri State Life 1 Insurance company, i > ' I WILL REMOVE TROOPS FROM MEXICAN PORT President Wilson Orders the Eyacna. ^ *1?a fti4-*? Af V ?kt?a IIUII Ul II1C I JIJ VI ? Via Cruz, Washington, Sept. 15.?Evacuation of Vera Cruz was ordered today by President Wilson. American soldiers and marines, under Gen. Funston, who have held Mexico's principal seaport since it was seized by the fleet, April 21, last, will embark for home as soon as transports ,can go after them and shortly afterwards all of the war fleet except a few light draft vessels will be withdrawn. The evacuation was announcea ac the White House today, after a long caibinet meeting. It is the concluding chapter of the second armed conflict between the United States and Mexico, in which a score of Americans lost their lives, nearly a hundred ' were wounded and upwards of 300 j Mexicans were killed or wounded. i The reasons for the step were set j -forth in the following statement" from the White House: ! "The troops have been ordered withdrawn from Vera Cruz. This action is taken in view of the entire removal of the circumstances which were thought to justify the occupation, The further presence of the troops is deemed unnecessary." AT ' Willie 11U liiBUiiuu wao ixiauc wjl mc fleet it is understood in official circles that with the withdrawal of the troopB most of the warships in Mexican waters will be ordered home. j * Specifically, the American forces,, Wpre withdrawn at the urgent appeal, o{ "Gen:' Carranza, fir?.. chief of the ijonstitUtibhar army. Through Paul $\iH'er,' personal". representatives of jfresldenj =wnson in Mexico, vien. uarracnza set #f>rth that the presence ol American troop's; instead* of being a *kj ' - - t. .safeguard against' further revolution and peace trith-'the'United States/con stituted a constant menace to friend- -, ly relations. The MeifrSn chief contended?and he was 'supported- by > Gen. Villa and Gen. * Obregon?that fViQ X/Taviniin nonnlo wnnM nnt iinHpr i? IX K*- lUV/Al\A4>iJk V ?? vu?v* AAVW w. stand the continued presence of American troops on Mexican soil and would cherish resentment no matter how well intentioned the American, government was. Until today the Washington government had not decided on any fixed time for the withdrawal and awaited negotiations with; the new govern ment. At first ihe president believed ; it desiraJble to keep American; forces at Vera Cruz for salutary effect, hoping a constitutional election would be conducted fairly and the troops , brought back aftel* a constitutionally elected executive was in power. The constitutionalist chief argued, how- , ever, that no election could be free ; with a part of Mexican territory controlled by American iforces. i' iSecretary Garrison today asked Secretary Bryan to designate competent Mexians to take over the Vera Cruz j customs house and city government.1, An inquiry on this subject was sent to the Carranza government by Secre- !, tary Bryan, but no answer has been received. j The troops at Vera Ctu2 are ex-' 'pected to 'begin departure in about j Jiotva fVAAlra TirorA onnf | IIVY V n CCIU. UlUCiO n V46 w transports at Newport News today to prepare for the movement. -vjRafael Zubaran, iead of the constitutionalist agency here, informed # tonight of the order for the withdrawal of American troops, said: "This is an act of justice that the Mexican nation and Venustiano Car- ranza confidently expected from the , fairminded administration of Presi- , dent Wilson." J; APPOINTED BY PEEPLES v i Clerks for Engrossing Department at Extra Session. Columbia, Sept. 15.?Attorney General Peeples has made the following appointments for the engrossing denartmPTit of the legislature for the extra session: J. C, Townsend, chief clerk; Misses S. Francis Harper, of Darlington; Maggie Foster, of G-affney; Kate A. Schroeder, of Abbeville; Henrietta Baker, of MdClellanville; : Eubank Taylor, of Anderson; May 1 Weeks,.of Aiken and Mrs. E. H. Otis, of Columbia, clerks. ADDS TO BULWARKS AGAINST HASTY WAR Signing of Four Treaties Between U. S. and Other >'ation?; B;ii??> Mil lions Within Foil. Washington, Sept. 13.?Treaties between the United bt ties and Great Britain, France, Spai i and China were signed today by Secretary Bryan Rr->ioh . h Snnnirh and CI II Vi l/U 4 1 w > *-*9 ? v -s/ ^ v*M ? . - ???. the Chinese ambassa dors. T; cae pacts, the Washington govs-rtueiit believes, will make armed conflict between the United States and these nations almost if not entirely impossible. They 'provide that all disputes which can oot be settled by diplomacy shall be submitted to a permanent commission for investigation for one year. Similar in principle to trie zz treaties previously^ signed, the four pacts signed today are regarded as the. most advanced peace step which the American government has taken. Secretary Bryan dispatched telegrams to the American embassies and legations in Germany, Russia, Austria and Belguim notifying tnem 01 me signing of the conventions and expressed the desire of the United States to sign similar treaties with those countries all of which have indorsed the principle of th<e peace plan. Japan alone has not accepted the principle or entered into negotiations, it became known today, because of the desire of the ministry ^ AAnfnoA f r?a T^r-no n oc o> mere iiut iu wi/uj.uog v^uuvw pulblic while the alien land controversy is being adjusted. < One of the practical effects of the treaties signed today is to i&ake more remote than ever the possibility of the United States being drawn' into the present European war over any delicate' questicms of neutrality,, which might arise with Great Britain pr 'CU.nnnn" "Vf ai-nT-iona rif +>|1q /VlWnf*T aiwl f 1 auvc? iu?iui/bi a v? vuv wu?m>vv u administration officiate witnessed.the signing ceremony in ttfe'offioa of the secretary of starte. /Mrs. Bryan and personal friends of the secretary also were present. . r;* i Afterwards Mr. Bryan issued "the. following staement: "The signing of the four treaties today with Great Britain,. France, Spain and China brings under treatyobligations ' more than 900,000,000' of people. iThese, when added to the population of the United States and the population of the 22 countries with similar treaties, which hare heretofore been signed, brings under the nf rreatis considera bly more than two-thirds of the inhabitants of the glo'be. As these treaties all provide for investigation of all matters in dispute before any declaration of war or commencement of hos V.^wKrtTrQ/4 +Viot fVxav Trill lb UCliC V Ctl t u \j til u j ?? A * A make armed conflict .between the contracting nations almost if not entirelyimpossible. The government is gratified to take this iong step in the direction of peace and is not only willing, but anxious to make similar treaties with all other nations." The cabinet officers, ambassadors and ministers who witnessed the signing of the treaties were given a lunch*pn at the University club later. Speeches were made advocating peace, but no direct references were made to ch European war. BET. W. H. HOLJTES RESIGXS. Una Phnrrh Several ULOC7 KJXsM. ? VU ^-K-rW Wr ,? ?. _ Years?Will Go' to Marion. Orangeburg, Septfl 12.?It became known today that the Rev. W.: S. Holmes, who has been rector of the Cburch of the Redeemer in this city for tne past several years, has ten dered his resignation, wmcn nas oee:i accepted to take effect October 1. It is understood that Mr. Holmes "will go to Marion, where he will take charge of a church. During their stay in this city Mr. and Mrs. Holmes have made many friends of all denominations, and the news of their leaving is received with: LUUV;U icgici. >'otice. There will be a meeting of the Third district medical society in Newberry Thursday, .September 24, at 11:30 a. m. All physicians of the county are urged to attend. Jno. B. Setzier, O r\ r\ r+ o rxr ijcti ai / . x t THE >EWS OF PROSPERITY. The Literary Sorosis to Meet Friday Afternoon?Personal Mentioa. A f linr Mottorc UlllVl JittllVACT, Special to The Herald and Xews. Prosperity, Sept. 17.?(Miss Lena' Lester, of Columbia, is visiting he*-; mother, Mrs. Rosa Lester. Prof. J. S. Wheeler attended the opening of Summerland college on. 'Monday. .T A. Counts and H. P* Wicker visited friends in Newberry Wednesday. Mr. C. S. Schumpert, of Atlanta, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Schumpert. Mr. Ed Hendrix, of Greenville^spent the weekk-end with Mr. A. B. Wise. Dr. R. S. Patterson, of Charlotte;! Dr. R. C. Holland, of Columbia; Rev. ? T T> TT T^TUAIU .J T"> |j. u. uuiuerger, ul Wfuua.ua, <iau xvtrv. J. W. Horine, of Columbia,, were in attedance at the conference at Mt. Pilgrim and while in Prosperity* were j the guests of Rev. E. W. Leslie. ! The Literary Porosis meets Friday J afternoon with Mrs. G.. W. Harmon. j Mr. S. S. Bdrge spent the week-end: j with his sister, Mrs. A. H. Kohn, of Columbia. j I IMiss Lillie Witherspoon has return ed from Due West. i Prof. John Tdylor leaves Monday for Austin, Texas, where he will teach in the University of Texas. Mr. J. C. Sehumpert, of Columbia, visited relatives1 here' Tuesday. .' Rn*>v RmasaII -has 1 from Kershaw.-' j #Uss Lizabel <3urlee who has been te|ching the eatniner school at ?xeel- V- * sior has returned - tfr her .bame ^ia ." J ^Timisbonx- .! Miss Essie Black is speadkig the ; Veefc in Saluda with her ^ferebts, Mir. 'and Mrs. N.-A. Black. | Mrs. H. H. Rikard. of Newberry, Is visiting liep,;- mother, Mrs. Nannid . Wheeisiv . " (Mrs. ix S. Bowers has as.&er guest ^ *? * i -.x\rz Sallie Fellera, of, Columbia. , "Miss KatelMiller. is spending a fe^ ' 'days at Pealk. ^ ' Dr. "R.'S. Patterson, secretary of the' board of home missions of the Luther< 7 . \. + *. an church, preached in Grace church Sunday evening. Miss Eula Taylor, of Colunofbia, .is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Taylor. j 'Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ribler, of Georgia, are .visiting Mrs. Berry Livingston. i /Mrs. M. A. Livingston and daughter, Miss Maude, of Greenville, are the 'guests of Mrs. F. E. Schumpert. | 'Miss Pet Dominick, of Columbia, i^ spending awhile with IVUawr Alice Dom-* inick. Mrs. Mary Jones. In writing of thn death of Mrs. Mary J. Jones the Lancaster News says: j For many years Mrs. Jones mad? her home in Lancaster with her son, r jJude Jones, but for the past three years has made her residence with her daughter in Newberry. She was :a member of the Associated Kerormed Presbyterian church and was a ! most devout Christian. She vzs & ' daily student of the Bih.'e and had fan unfaltering faith in Christ as her Savior. She was singularly unselfish, full of tender sympathy and jever ready to help those in distress or need. I The passing of: thfs good '-lai^l^H 'brings sorrow -to her many frienM-' in Lancaster, who esteemed her fl her many Christian graces.*- The mains were interred in Rosemont^plifl cemetery at NeWberry on Saturday last. ' - r :? ? ---x Peremptory Orders. Exchange. Murphy was a new cavalry recruit, and was given one o: the worst horses in the troop. "Remember," said the sergeant, "no one is allowed to dismount without orders." Murphy was no sooner in the sad die than the horse kicked, and Murphy went over his head. "Murphy!" yelled the. sergeant, when he discovered him lying breathless on the ground, "you dismounted!" "I did." "Did you have orders?" "r " "From headquarters?'.1 "No, sor; from hindq'uarters." 'i ' ' l