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> VOLCHE L, XCUBES 79. NEWBERBY, SOUTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1912. TW1CI A WIH, IUI A ISAM.
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PROBE WILL SHOW [
BLEASt AS NOMINEE
DEMOCRATS WILL NOT SPLIT IX
COMING GENERAL ELECTION.
Investigation Won't Show Primary
Change?Committee Will so State <
in Official Report. i
^Rv staff CorresDondent Atlanta Jour- :
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nal). i
Columbia, S. C., Sept. 28.?The sub- <
committee of the State Democratic ex- i
ecutive committee held sessions this 1
week at Spartanburg, Greenville and i
Anderson, sifting the evidence of fraud ]
and irregularities and hearing the re- !
port of the various county committees, i
The committee will meet here on Mon- 1
day to hear final reports of various 1
subcommittees and then make their re- i
port to the full State executive com- <
mittee, which has been cabled to meet i
on Tuesday at noon in the library of 3
the State house. i
> The net result of the investigation of '
the charges of fraud and corruption by i
the subcommittee has not developed ;
any material results and nothing look- <
ing toward enough to change the pri- 1
inary, the face Df the returns having
given Governor Blease the nomination
for governor by a majority of <
about 3,000 votes. While numerous instances
of minors, non-residents, re- <
peaters and aliens voting and other <
cases of irregularities were presented
to the subcommittee at their various 1
meetings no general prevalence of <
fraud or ballot box stuffing was re- 1
vealed. Indeed, the total number of i
votes affected is less than 1,000, not <
enongh to change thfe primary result <
t in anyway, even if they were all <
thrown out. 1
T* *" + nftta tVlO t mATP I <
It ID IUIC1 UOtlU^ iv nvcg vumv ***v instances
of irregularities are said to <
have been discovered in Greenville, a <
county which went for Jones by a 1
small majority, and the Bleaseites are <
jubliantly pointing out the fact that if
Greenville is thrown out, the majority ]
for Blease will be increased. They i
are wearing broad smiles and are j
awaiting the outcome confidently. i
Official Statement. ]
The State committee on Tuesday is 1
expected to officially declare the result J i
of the first primary and order a second
primary for attorney general to de- (
cide between Ly6n and Peeples. It's ^
almost certain that the committee will<
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declare Blease is the nominee for gov- ]
ernor and Tillman for United States (
senator, and to declare furthermore <
that the election was a fair one. (
It is evident that some resolution j
looking to throwing safeguards around (
the primaries of the future will be (
adopted and presented to the next
f State convention. The committee is <
I expected to prosecute all persons ?
found to have been guilty of violating t
the primary election laws. x
^ome of the county committees have j
asked for more time, while others (
have been "roasting" ihe State com- j
mittee for delaying n declaring the
official result of the first primary. A ,
demand is going up every quar- t
ter for the committee to take some ]
i definite a'id positive action at their t
^ meeting on Tuesday and ihey will ,
i hardly postpone action on the resu t ,
any longer. (
A ?. cmand for actiM is coming no-.
cn!y . cm the Blease side but from j
* many wto were the warmest support- (
crs oi' rclge .Jones and they are point- <
ing o ii to the cojiimitrec that to delay ,
any lo'.-er is to i;?viu disaster and
V di.srupiini in the Do:/ocrattic party,
j'hc r:n?;u ledge that the Bull Moose
lia^'e tii'.r eyes on rhi-, Slate is cans
i-ig rnai.. people to uiue haste.
Split Not Expected.
The indications, now, are that the
Democrats will go into the general ]
election united, and that the split fear- ,
ed by many will not materalize. Some .
talk of an independent ticket is heard,
but little stock is taken in this, as it ]
is realized that if Blease -is declared <
nnminpp for governor.
U1C UCUlVLiauv, w
that an independent would have little :
show in the general election against
him. However, one might be run, but ,
the fate of the last one still stands as
a warning of what is almost certain to
befall a "bolt" from the Democratic
nomination. i
"*" " ~' ' r\y QnH 5J prpn _
WUfc IUJ gutruu'i u.iu v? 0
eral assembly which will be anti*
Blea?o by large majorities in both
^ " branches. rnnv popli> ",^pactin2: ,
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| which marked !h? c.?v.*ir::.s. |
between the legislative and executive
arms of the government last year.
However, others believe that the conning
session of the legislature will be
a comparatively quiet session and that
both factions will be willing to take
hold of the olive branch.
The people are awaiting the meeting
of the State Democratic executive
committee on Tuesday, when some definite
action is expected.
Dectective E. S. Reid, of Atlanta, the
man who posing as "H. N. Porter, Chicago
lawyer," dictographed S. J. Nichols,
the Blease leader in Spartanburg,
in the now famous alleged attempt to
buy a pardon for "Portland Ned," the
notorious yegg in the South Carolina
penitentiary, has been working in this
State for several weeks with several
men under him and it was reported
that he was investigating into the alleged
frauds of the primary at the instance
of the committee. However,
Chairman W. F. Stevenson, of the
subcommittee, announced that he had
not employed Mr. Reed and knew nothing
about his being employed and so
his errand in Carolina remains a
mystery. This present week Mr. Reed
and his wife were reported to be in
areenville, registered at the Ottaray
lotel. '
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To Our Friends: Permit me in this
**ay to recommend the coming lyceum
sntertainment6. In the selection of
:he entertainments I have had in
nind both the townspeople and the
college community, because these occasions
afford our boys from out of
:own an opportuity to get a part of
:he splendid social life of Newberry,
ind we come together in these hours
Df pleasure in the lyceum as at no
)ther times in the year. I want to say
:he following with respect to the lyjeum
courses from now on:
1. They will be conducted by the col'^rrA
"Dr^f T7>r!sni.' W Hhanman will
Xir, i. i VI. A. .. . x
nanage the course this vear. If there
s any profit the college will get it;
f any loss the college will sustain it.
My aim is not to make money out of
:he lyceum for the college, but priTiarilv
to furnish our people with a*
series of high class entertainments
luring the winter months?a thing
,ve will all appreciate.
2. For the accommodation of our
patrons we are trying to engage the
)pera house in which to hold the en:ertainments.
We shall do this if the
;ost is not prohibitive, and if the opera
louse has not been engaged for. the
lates in our schedule, we snan khu\%
lefinitely in a few days.
5. The lyceum, this year, present?
i list of splendid attractions. It is
impossible to please everybody every
:ime, but I believe this course will be
musually fine and popular. The one
lumber alone, Ernest Gamble and his
joncert company, will be worth the
Drice being asked for th? entire course.
4. Altlfough the coming entertainments
are costing considerably more,
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he prices will be the same?two cioiars
for a single season ticket admit:ing
to all entertainments, three and
i half for a double season ticket, admitting
two persons to the vdiole
" ourse. Single admissions F>0 and
in cents.
5. Let ns make this a matter of
community pride. Other towns much
?'nailer than ours are treating themselves
to lyceum courses. Why r.ot
V'atv K
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J. Henry Harms.
Dr. Harm* at Kau Claire.
The Stat?, 30th, condensed from
account of laying of corner sto- e:
The service was conducted by the
pnstor. the official act being performed
by Dr. H. Harms, who had been
appointed to do that instead of Rev. .1.
D. Kinard, whose absence was deeply
regretted. At the appropriate time
addresses were delivered by L)'\
Harms, president of Newberry coll ge.
and by Dr.-A. G. Voigt. dean of the
Lutheran seminary. Dr. Harms spoke
at' how beauty and strength are always
blended in the perfect life, and in evenperfect
creation. The address was
full of beautiful thoughts, most beautifully
and helpfully expressed. He
referred to the fact that these two
things will find expression in the
building under construction, and then
spoke of the finer "blending in thf true
.' bor-icter an-! soul, which is G.nl's
UTILE MOUNTAIN HAS
VERY FINE OPENING
LARGEST ENROLMENT AT OPENING
IN HISTORY OF SCHOOL.
Several Talks !?y Trustees and Patrons
?All Teachers Present?Everything
Starts Auspiciously.
I nrM * A.rAnninn/. /~?f* + Vln T.i+tlo!
1 lie opening CACitiacs \jl junnv j
; Mountain high school on Monday
morning were the best and most encouraging
and with the largest enrolment
in the history of the school. The
trustees and patrons met with the
school and several short talks were
made to the pupils and visitors.
Rev. John J. Long, pastor of the
! Lutheran church, took charge of the
! meeting and made an excellent talk,
j giving the pupils and teachers some
1 valuable advice. He then introduced
' County Superintendent E. H. Aull, who
| made a short talk along practical lines.
Mr. W. A. Counts, a member of the
board of trustees, talked to the pupils
I and stated that it was the purpose of.
I the trustees to uphold the teachers in
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I all matters pertaining to the better!
ment and management of the school.
Mr. J. B. Derrick, a member of the
board also made a short talk pledging
himself and his board to the most hearty
cooperation in the management of
the school during the coming year. ;
Mr. W. B. Shealy was called on and
responded in an earnest talk.
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Frot. j. vv. jyiacK announcea tut:
medals for the coming year and also
the courses of study, and stated that
it was the purpose of the faculty so
far as possible to make this the best
year in the history of the Little Mountain
school.
The total enrolment on Monday
morning was 110, 39 of whom are
in the high school department. The
largest enrolment heretofore at any
opening of the school has been less
than 100.
Prof. Mack, the superintendent, is
a graduate of Xewberry college, and
has had sever.S years' experience in
high school work, and brings to his
duties at Little Mountain experience
and enthusiasm, and no doubt the
school will pros?&r under his management.
He is assisted by Miss Ellie
Jacobs, Mrs. .7. C. Swygert, Miss El- ,
berta Sease, who taught in the school
last session, and Miss Mathias. Everything
at Little Mountain points to a
I very successful and profitable year in
school matters.
NEGRO KILLED.
Coroner's Verdict That He Came to
Death at Hands of Parties Unknown
to Jury.
That he came to his death from a
blow with a blunt instrument, inflicted
by parties unknown to the jury, was |
the verdict of the coroner's inquest in |
the case of George Derrick, a negro,
whose body was found beside the
Southern railway track, near the Fair
place, between Newberry and Pros-j
perity. The death occurred at about i
11 o'clock Friday night, it is stated,'
and a dispatch from Prosperity to the
Columbia State was to the effect that
the negro had been killed by a
Southern freight train.
The Prosperity dispatch to the Co
lumbia State stated: "The negro bad
been drinking before leaving town for j
. Jm'c hmne and had been arrested and J
relieved of a quart, but was later released,"
etc.
j The wound 011 Derrick was in the
! forehead. Derric k was about .">o years
of age.
The inquest was held by Coroner
..'oh 11 Henry Chappell.
-MARTIN CHl'ZZLEWITTS."
Will lit' Seen at tiui Tlieato, Old Court j
House, Tuesday, October 1.
"Mirtin f'hnzzlewitts." a three-reel
featr.re picture made by the Eidson
company, will be shown at the Theato,
old court house on Tuesday, October 1.
This picture comes to Newberry high1-.
....,1 Irl ho SPPn
IV I l'1'V.J { U 111 r^Il U^'U (illll ouwmvi KJ V.
hy all those who like to see good pictures.
In addition to this three-reel picture
another good reel will also be shown.
The prices remain the same, 5 and 10
cents.
i t ..n^ "i iv"n are especially
i ! " m ' i" t *1 e Thcato.
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HUGH LONG IS LANDED
SAFE IN AIKEN'S JAIL
SHERIFF AND HIS JIEX OUTWIT
ANGRY WAGENER CROWD.
>Iayor of Wagener and Representative
Elect Mortally Wounds President
of Rank of Wage tier.
Aiken, Sept. 29.?After eluding a |
mob of determined men bent upon
wreaking vengeance upon Mm after
he had shot Pickens H. Gunter, president
of the Bank of Wagener, on the
streets of that town yesterday afternoon^
and after suffering many hardships
and traveling under serious difficulties
more than 25 miles through
the rain last night, Hugh Long, may
or of Wagener and representative- |
elect, was brought to Aiken this morning
by two rural policemen and placed
in jail. Muscoe Samuels and S. E. Holley,
the officers who accomplished one
of the cleverest ruses ever worked in
this county to protect a prisoner from
violence, arrived in Aiken, haggard
and worn out with the hardships of a
wild night, at 7 o'clock.
When Sheriff Rabon and his deputies
reached Wagener last night they
found an angry mob surrounding the
house in which Long had barricaded
himself. Long, who was apparently
very glad to see the officers of the
law, was stationed on the second floor
of the house, at the head of a narrow
stairway, armed with two loaded revolvers
and a shotgun, and holding his
ground witha determinate ^ that convinced
the officers beyond doubt that
if he had been attacked by the mob
he would have sold his life dear.
Prepared for Battle.
According to the sheriff, Long had
taken up a position which he. could
have held against the onslaught of
the crowd until his ammunition was
exhausted, and before he could have
been killed, it was apparent that he
could have shot down at least a dozen
of the attacking party.
Long's wife and child, and another
family, were in the house with him.
Upon his arrival Sheriff Rabon adJ
J *1- ? ?.,7 Vi?* Viic- ii-nrclo of
aressea me uiuv?u, uui .
advice were unavailing. In ? gin
house a few yards away were gathered
a large number of men. These
Long could see through a window
from his station at the head of the
stairs. Their dark forms were moving
about continuously, and occasionally
the glow of their cigars and cigarettes
resembled the display of so many
fireflies.
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Other men formed a cordon around
the house in which Long had taken
i-ofiio-o anri thp mnh kent" their eyes
upon the big black automobile in
which the sheriff and his men made
the trip from Aiken, thinking that the
officers would attempt to carry him
away in the machine when they would
have a better opportunity to make an
attack.
The sheriff, however, had no such
intention. Realizing that to attempt
to caiVy Lo^g away in the face of the
mob would mean, at the very least,
the death of his prisoner, he asked the
I
leaders of the mob what they demanded.
They answered that they
won Id he satisfied if Long were kept
in Wagener until davlignt?presumably
to await word from the bedside
of Mr. Gunter, the desperately wounded
man.
WTien the sheriff informed these
men that he had 110 intention of trying
to carry Long away in the automobile,
many of those composing the
mob were satisfied and left the scene,
but enough remained to keep a pretty
close watch out. Once, when the driv
er 01 nit; itiuuuiuiic uui
across the road, a volley of shors was
fired over his head. Long was anxious
to get away to a place of more
security.
At last, about midnight, one of the
deputies finding that the guard at the
rear of the house had relaxed its vigilance,
he reported the matter to the
sheriff, and the sheriff realizing that
this was his opportunity, told Long to
a;o with the two deputies.
A Plever Hnse.
Long kissed his wife good bye, and
in the custody of the officers, who
themselves were heavily armed, slipped
out of the back door and into the
woods. For 12 miles the three men
walked through the rain and the
darkpr^s. keep;n?: away from the pub,:c
roads awl foPowii!--: by-paths
through the woods. They lost their
way, and were near Salley when one
of the officers realized their location.
Thirteen miles from Aiken they secured
a buggy, and wet to the skin,
worn and fatigued, they drove the remainder
of. the way.
At Wagener, however, the sheriff and
his other deputies maintained their
guard <^?he house in which the mob *
supposed Long to still be held. This
guard was kept up all night, and this
morning when those of the mob who
had been watching the big, black automobile
all night asked concerning
Long, they were told that he was
probably in Aiken by that time.
The Shooting.
Wagener, Sept. 28.?In a personal
encounter this afternoon about 6
o'clock on the business square of the
town. Hugh Long, representalive-elect
from Aiken county, shot and probably
mortally wounded Pickens Gunter,
president of the Bank of Wagener and
one of the county's oldest and most
prominent citzens.
The wounded man is a first' cousin
to R. L. Gunter, who is prosecuting attorney
of this, the Second, judicial
district.
Eye-witnesses to the tragedy are
silent ar.d suspicious and refuse to
discuss the matter. But this much is
clear. About 6 o'clock this afternoon
tbe two combatants who were bitter
political enemies met in front of the
local branch of the BanK or vvesieru
Carolina and bitter invectives were
hurriedly exchanged and before any
one could realize what was transpiring
the two men had clashed.
A relative of the wounded man,
R&y Gunter, a political friend of
Long, rushed in and apparently endeavored
to separate -the combatants.
And it was at this time that Pickens
Gunter was shot. Some claim that
Long shot while Pickens Gunter was
on top of him while others state thai
it was not Long who fell to the ground
in the clinch,.but the two Gunteis and
that Long stood off and fired twice at
the wounded man. However, all wit
nesses agree that two shots were firecl.
The first missed; the second found its
mark, penetrating at the left and lower
portion of ahe abdomen and making
its exit through the back, having
passed clearly through the body. The
instrument used was a 38-calibre revolver.
Long then hastened from the
scene, not going to his own house, but
to that of a neighbor, where he barhimcpif
Of the 12 or more
i itautu ui4..u>/
persons interviewed on the matter all
agree in venturing the opinion that
the difference between the t^vo men
arose from a peculiar and strained
political situation which has been existing
in this county and particularly
in this section for some time.
Briefly two men from Wagener,
Hugh Long and J. C. Lester Busbee,
were in the race for house of representatives.
The lines were closslv
drawn in the immediate vicinity. The
wnc hitter and personali
I<1ULlUliaxioxix ?? v,^
ties were indulged in indiscriminately.
The election of Long in the second
primary fanned the hatred to an unbelieveable
degree and Long was sent
numerous messages wherein his life
was threatened in the event that he
should return to Wagener, his home.
But upon the election in the third primary
of last Tuesday of Mr. Busbee,
Long feeling himself safe, ventured to
ah thic; afternoon the trouble
1 C till 11. .4.*.** ^ was
precipitated.
To Experiment With Vetch.
Mr. S. M. Duncan, the demonstration
agent for Newberry county, has
received a letter from Mr. \V. H. Ba-r
ton, of the department of agriculture,
stating that he had two bushflfe ot
vetch seed for school distribution, and
that he was shipping to Mr. Duncan
ten pounds. Mr Duncan has a.ked the
county superintendent of education to
cooperate with him in getting five of
the schools of this county to experiment
in the growing of vetch, and the
county superintendent or euucauwi
has agreed to cooperate. The schools
selected will be announced within a
short while, and the vetch seed furnished
for planting in the near future.
Meeting: of County Farmers' Cnion. ,
The regular quarterly meeting of
the County Farmers' union will be
QoturHav Or^toher n. at 11
HCl ti CA. i * * _ 7
^'clock. There are many urgent reasons
why there should be a ful* attendance.
J. B. O'Xeall Holloway,
S^ro*a~v Ccuntv Fanner:' Inion.
MILITIA IN AUGUSTA
FIRE UPON CITIZENS
IHREE SHOT, ONE KILLED FOB
CROSSING DEADLINE.
City is in Turmoil Under Martial Law,
Street Car Company Refuses to
Arbitrate,
Augusta, Ga.. Sept. 27.?At 8 o'clock
tonight Augusta is in a turmoil of excitement
from one end to the other,
and it is impossible to foretell what
will happen before morning.
In the interval of the firing by the
troops on Fifteenth street and the
hour set for a labor meeting at the
court house the situation appears to
have calmed down, but intensity of
feeling over the shooting of five people
has incensed the people generally.
largely because they do not un
derstand that the city is under martial
law.
During the day ceaseless efforts
have been made by every business interest
in the city to bring about an
adjustment of the street car strike,
which is novv but an incident of the
trouble.
Call for Arbitration.
The chamber of commerce, the
Merchants' and Manufacturers' association
and the cotton exchange, in
joint meeting, demanded immediate
arbitration by the company and the
strikers, commenae<i iviayur oancua
position of enforcing protection ofl
property and lives and the measures
taken to. hold down mob rule. In response
to the demands of the business
interests the striking carmen have unequivocally
accepted the suggestion of
arbitration but the company, in an address
signect by General Manager
Deal, flatly1 refuses arbitration, declaring
it has nothing to arbitrate,
and, further, that the men who left its
employ and, Mr. Deal declares, joined
in the rioting last night, have no connection
with or any further claim on *
company. Mr. Deal asserts that the
company stands ready to operate all
its cars so soon as they are given sufficient
protection, which it claims as a
right.
Situation More Strained.
This declaration has been like a
firebrand in a pile of tinder, and the
portions of the city, particularly West
End, the miil district, are even more
turbulent than last night.
From one end of the city to the
other the news has been spread of
the shooting by troops on Fifteenth .
street, and besides the thousand or
more people"* congregated in West End,
the 700 block of Broad, street, in the
heart cf the business district, is
crowded.
During the middle of the day information
was conveyed to the authorities
that strike sympathizers had
planned to plant a mine under the
power house tonight. Durh.g the afternoon
a military guard was thrown
around the Fifteenth street property
of the compfmy, where one of the
power plants is located, and a dead
line was established at each end of
the property. The troops were given
- a vttrl\A^?r of.
instructions to cnaiieuge auj uuu? c*u
tempting to pass through the line and
stop them; to fire if the challenge
should be ignored and any effort
should be made to pass through the
lines after the challenge. The troops
are provided with not cartridges and
are stationed on duty with loaded
pieces.
Business Man Shot.
Robert Christie, a business man, was
driving by in an automobile and, evidently
did not hear the challenge of
the sentry. He had gone but a few
n-ae <;hr>t thronsrh the
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lungs. He is at a hospital, where he
will die.
Ben F. Baker and Alfred Dorn, also
business men, attempted to drive
through Fifteenth street a few minutes
later. A few blocks from the
power plant some one told Baker, in %
whose buggy they were riding, that
the soldiers were firing blank cart-'
ridges. As he approached the power
plant he whipped up his horse. ImmoHiatPiv
afrer challenging, one sen
try fired, and others joined in the fire.
Baker was wounded, but will probably
recover. Dorn was literally shot to
pieces and is dead.
An unknown white boy, apparently
about 20 years old, attempted to rush
the sentry lines on a motorcycle and