The watchman and southron. [volume], July 18, 1914, Image 5

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Ml RECEIVES OVATION.
1 m ? ?~
PARADE OF FARMERS URKKTS
JUNIOR SENATOR.
About 9,S0O People Listen to
Speecheo ricnator Cite* Record to
Rebut i liargcs.
Andenion. July IB?Anderson,
whose slogan is "My town," allowed
B. D. Smith to appropriate the owner?
ship today, when the city was taken
In hand by farmers and turned over
to the United Sttaes senator.
When the time arrived this morn?
ing for the speaking to begin, a
pageant of 11 wagons twice circled
the eourt house, with the senator on
the first, parched high up on two bales
et cotton. Another of the train bore
the "?oe brigade." each occupant be?
ing armed with one of these deadly
gooss necked weapons. One man,
acting the part of a clown, rode bare?
backed a dusky mule, plastered with
samples of cotton from Its nose to
the end of Its tall, the man himself
wearing a mask of cotton whiskers
and a coat covered with splotches of
lint. A brass band of 12 pieces oc?
cupied another wagon, and crashed
out lively airs as the parade went by.
In the other wagons were farmers
their wives and daughters, there be?
ing In all 89 men and 23 women.
Four mounted scouts led the proces?
sion, each bearing a banner inscribed.
"The Farmers' Friend for the Sen?
ate, K. D. Smith." The four on
horseback were D. L. Barnes, N. M.
Famrn. Charles Dobbins and R. Ches?
ter, three of these being leading farm?
ers In the county.
Senator Smith today tore off the
mask of indifference and cited his
record in answer to three different
charges preferred by the governor.
The first was that he had voted to
pay $2,000 to a negro family In the
event a member of that family had
been lynched. This, the speaker said,
had been written Into the organic law
of the State by B. R. Tillman and the
reformers In 1896, when the consti?
tution was rewritten, and that, as a
member of the legislature, he took
an oath to "preeerve, protect and de?
fend the constitution of this State."
"I do not propose to perjure my?
self and perjure my soul If some peo?
ple, a majority of them, have made a
grievous error, for I shall stand by
the error. If such it be until the
sovereign people have corrected It,"
he esplained. In answer to the accu
satU^rv |ha( hp bed voted against the
separate coach law. ho said: "Turn to
page 423 of the house Journal of 1898,
and If you do not find that E. D.
Smith voted for the separate coach
law I will quit the race." lie rec?
ommended Francis II. Weston, United
States dlstriet attorney, he said, be
causn t>? k In 1904 he had gone with
the tenator from one end of the
country to the other helping to fight
the people's battles, paying his way
out of his own pocket and sleeping
at nVV in empty box cars.
i'hs appointment of Jajpes L. Sims
as United States marshal was Sena?
tor TlUman's. Senator Smith said.
But. he added: "I'll rather appoint a
man to this office who, of necessity,
had taken a Job as typesetter on a Re?
publican paper than to have as colo?
nel on my staff a white South Caro?
linian who ran on a Republican ticket
with negroes to keep their heels upon
the State."
Another point of Interest in the
meeting today was the governor's at?
tack on the new primary rules from
an entirely different angle. He de?
clared that In the event of a candi?
date's withdrawal within 20 days of
the election the primary would be au?
tomatically postponed. This he brand?
ed - -Wher scheme to steal a United
States senatorshtp and prophesied that
there would be withdrawing before
Augus( 25- "And if there Is," he
added. "It will be the hottest time
South Carolina has experienced since
1878. The Bleaseltes will tako care
of themselves. I'll tell you what to
do and I know you'll do It," he con?
cluded, while his ardent supporters
emphatically shouted their approval.
The governor made It clear today that
he would continue to disregard the
attacks which two of tho candidates
have been making on bis record. Re?
ferring to this, he said: "I ignore
those who put themselves on a plane
with John T. Duncan and Barney
Evan*. That's exactly what my
enemies went They would roll it
under their tongues ss a sweet morsel
If I ?er? to ?ake any notice of them.
They may be fools, I'm not " he con?
cluded.
L. D. JenninKs spoke after the gov?
ernor and he'gun by reminding the
audience that the lllcaso forces bad
often consoled themselves by saying
that all the fraud of two years ago
was on the "other side." Me then
ask' 11 N Well, If nil M.o fraud was
on the other side two vears ago, why
should the Bleasrltcs complain when
those rules are so framed that now
there can ?*> no fraud.'' This eandi
date assured the Anderson people
that be had nover gone into any fight
that he didn't stay In to th?? finish,
and the governor's charge that tin re
would be withdrawing did not ajsjfH
to bin* isltsasTi ft isVati 1
GARRAN1A NAMES TERMS.
HK WILL TREAT WITH CARBA.IAL
REPRESENTATIVES BUT WILL
TOLERATE NO DELAY.
Demand* That II aorta's Successor
Turn Over Government Without
Hlekerlng or Attempt at Treachery
Otherwise Ho Will Take Mexico City
by Force?Huorta Feathered Ills
Nest Before Leaving Mexico.
Saltlllo, July 16.?Gen. Carranza is
willing to meet the representatives of
Provisional President Carbajal and
accop' from them the reins of the
govcr nent, but at the llrst intimation
that efforts are being made to delay
the final triumph of the revolution ho
will order the capturo of Mexico ICty.
No dlcekerlng and no treachery will
be tolerated. This position was made
plain by Gen. Carranza's representa?
tives today. The constitutionalists de?
clare that Huerta carried with him
drafts on Paris banks for six million
dollars.
KNOCK OUT FIGHT EXPECTED.
Heavy Weight Prize Fight Will be
Witnessed by 2*> 000 Londoners.
London, July 16.?There will bo
plenty of action in the Smith-Car?
penter fight for the heavyweight
championship at Olympia tonight. A
knockout is expected as both are con?
fident and aggressive. It is predicted
that 20,000 people will witness the
combat. Wagers are being generally
made of even money, but there U
some betting on the Frenchman as a
slight favorite. Ringside seats are
selling at $100 and over. Jack John?
son is betting on Smith. Smith is
expected to weigh at the ringside
182 and Carpenter 176.
NEW RECORD FOR ALTITUDE.
Heinrich Oclerlch, German Aviator,
Soars 1.73 Miles.
Leipsic, July 15.?A new world's
record for an aeroplane was establish?
ed here today by Heinrich Oelerich, a
German aviator, who rose In his bi?
plane 7,600 metres, or approximately
24,606 feet, nearly four and three
quarter miles.
The official world's record, 6,600 me?
tres, or approximately 21,654 feet, had
been established only on July 9 at Jo?
hannisthal by Otto Linnekegel, an?
other German airman.
Mr. Jennings drew much applause
when he discussed tho appointment
of James L. Slins as United States
marshal. He concluded this part
of his speech by asking, "Which
Is the greater offense, to have a man
appointed United States marshal who
hed set typo on a Republican pa?
per, or to appoint to your staff a man
who ran on tho negro Reublican
ticket in 1880. as did J. P. Gibson,
on the governor's staff?"
The speaker referred briefly to tho
parole of J. Allen Emerson, who shot
to death Thomas Drake of this coun?
ty, a case which has pc.-sibly caused
as much general comment as any in?
stance of the chief executive's clem?
ency. ^
Mr. Jennings also cited a ease from
Charleston, where a man convicted of
forgery was paroled, and then assault?
ed a little child, and was returned to
the penitentiary within tho last few
weeks under a sentence of 30 years.
W< P. Pollock recalled that the gov?
ernor had said repeatedly that he
would never explain or apologize for
a single act he had ever performed
or a word that he had ever uttered
"Yet," the speaker went on, "he
spent three-fourths of his time yes?
terday explaining the Rlchey case."
To some one who kept interrupting,
the Cheraw candidato said:
"If you keep your mouth open so
much, tho flies will blow ft ur liver."
This retort did not silence the
hecklers.
When the speaker read his list of
Greeks and "Lagos" and asked if the
people of Anderson wanted such peo?
ple to kill their votes, he said: *T
know you don't. We are all of tho
same stock, and I know I don't."
"I hope I'm not from the sumo
stock as you," ono came back.
"Well, as far as you're concerned,"
the speaker replied, "1 don't caro to
own the klndHhtp either."
Mf, Pollock again put on exhibi?
tion his "mixed** Republican ticket
of 1880. He also reminded the au?
dience that there was on the gov?
ernor's staff, besides J. P Gibson, who
voted tho Republican liehet, tho son
of the owner of the newspaper on
which James L. Si ma set type. Tho
speaker got much applause wneu he
referred to "<*<>1 Sottllc."
Thl candidate said he had heard
that a Greenville cotton mill Opera?
tlve had applied for Harrison N'celey's
Job to run the governor's automobile,
hut had found that "Harrison Nceloy
was g??.?d enough for the governor."
Mr. Pollock read his poem of the
celebration of all the rogues that
?had See? turned loose," while Hi*
11 crowd roared with laughter. The
speaker said that it was tho governor
I who v us going to withdraw.
.?TA ABDICATES OFFIGE.
DICTATOR ANNOUNCES HIS RES?
IGNATION IN ORDER TO
BRING ABOUT PEACE.
Cluinihcr of Deputies by Ovorwh< lin?
ing Vote AcoefKa Resignation
Franclsco Curbujul, Minister of For?
eign Relutious Sueiveds Hucrta as
1'rovlslonul President ? HucrtM
Complains of Course of United
States.
Mexico City, July 15.?Gen. Vic
torlano Hucrta resigned from the
provisional presidency of the Mexlce.ll
republic today and his resignation
was accepted by the senate and'eham
ber of deputies by a vote of 121 to IT.
Francisco Carbajal then was ap?
pointed president, and took the oath
of oflict; at the joint session of the
deputies and senators.
Hucrta's resignation was submitted
through the department of foreign re?
lations. It was read in the house and
was greeted with cries of "Viva Hu
erta." It then was referred to the joint
committee of gobernacion. After brief
consideration tho committee report?
ed, accepting the resignation in the
following terms:
"Article 1. We accept the resigna?
tion presented by Gen. Victoriano Hu
erta as president of the Mexican Unit?
ed States.
"Article 2. We call Licentiate
Francisco Carbajal, minister of for?
eign relations , to assume the presi?
dency."
A ballot was taken and the joint
session approved the report.
President Carbajal proceeded to tho
National Palace under an escort of
presidential guards, and all along the
way was greeted with tumultuous
cheering.
The text of Gen. Huerta's resigna?
tion follows:
"Deputies and Senators: Public
necessity, admitted by the chamber
of deputies, by the senate and by the
supreme court, called me to the
supreme ministry of the republk
IiAter, when in this same hall I had
tho honor of addressing you in com-"
pliance with the constitutional precept
I promised at all costs to bring about
peace .
"Seventeen months have passed, and
in that brief period of time I have
formed an army with which to carry
out that solemn promise. You all
know the immense dillluclties which?,
my government has encountered ow- '
lag to a scarcity of funds as well as
to the manifest and decided protec?
tion which a great power of this con?
tinent has afforded to the rebels?so'
much so that when the revolution had
been broken up, seeing that its chief
leaders were and Continued to be di?
vided, the power in question sought
a pretext to intervene directly in tho
conflict, and tho result of this was
the outrage committed at Vera Cruz
by tho American licet.
"Success was had, as you know,
In adjusting honorably, through our
delegates at Niagara Falls, the petty
Tampico incident, but the revolution
Continued with the support of whom
we all know. Yet after the highly
patriotic work achieved by our dele?
gates at Niagara Falls, there still are
sumo who say I, come what may
seek my personal interest and not
that of the republic. And as I need
to refute this allegation With facts
I tender my foi mal resignation of tho
presidency of the republic.
"The national congress must know
that the republic, through its govern?
ment, has labored in entire good
faith and with tho fullest energy,
having succeeded in doing awa.f I
with tho party which in the United
States calls itself Democratic and
having shown how the right should be
defended.
"To be more explicit, I will say
that the action of the government of
tho republic during its short life has
dealt death blows to an unjust power.
Later on, stronger workers will come,
using implements that undoubtedly
will end that power that has done so
much harm and committed so many
outrages on this continent.
"In conclusion I will say that 1
abandon tho presidency of the repub?
lic, carrying with me the highest sum
of human wealth, for 1 declare that
I have arraigned at the bar of univer?
sal conscience the honor of a puritan,
whom I, as a gentleman, challenged to
wrest from me that possession.
"May God bless you and me."
Tho gaMletics of the chamber were
pucked before tho beginning of the
session today.
Intense excitement characterised
the gathering and ttt the close of lhe
reading of Huerta's resignation the
deputies and senators broke into 1 >ud
and continued applause.
After the acceptance of Huerta's
resignation, a commission was ap?
pointed by the president of the Cham?
her to escort Honor Carbajal t<? the
floor. Senor ('arbajal soon appciircu
In front of the chamber, passing
through llles of soldiers. II?? entered
j where the deputies stood, Speaker
Manuel Mercudo administered the
oath.
Two deputies spoke vigorousl)
against tlie acceptance Of Huerta's
resignation, one calling . "weak" sub?
mission to the l'11?t? d states."'
Two other deputies spoke for nc
ceptance, declaring it was the onlj
way to save tlie country.
tien. Aurellano Blantiuet, Hucrta's
minister of war, several other generals
and the ministers of communication.!
public instruction and Interior in the
Huerta cabinet, Arturo Alevardjo, |
Qracia Xaranjo and [gaclo Alcocer.
respectively, as well as other high
officials of the former administration
left the capital late today.
A special committee, comprising
Jesus Huerta, Enrique Hordes. Mangel
and Jose Inez Novelo, rormer mem?
bers of the chamber of deputies, left
tonight for Celaya to arrange with
tho constitutionalist leaders for a
peaceful entry Into the capital.
It was reported tonight that den.'
Huerta' was preparing to leave for
Europe. Members of Iiis family passed
through Cordoba late today on their
way to Puerto Mexico.
Tho streets of the capital were
crowded until a late hour tonight, but
no disturbance has been reported. Tho j
governor of the federal district or- j
dcred the police to chec! any dem- :
onstration. The streets are patroled
by mounted police, who have orders
to use drastic measures if necessary.
Humors that bands of Zapata's follow
(Ts have reached Ochlmito, ion miles
south of the city, have proved un?
founded.
As President Carbajal emerged
from the chamber nn Immense crowd
blocked the streets and troops were
obliged to Hear ihe way. A panic
was narrowly averted, when a man
raised cry against tin- deputies who
had refused to vote for the acceptance
of Huerta's resignation. Man if est ants
attempted to attack the deputies but
the troops dispersed them.
Shortly after 8 c'clock tonight, Qon.
Huera, accompanied by a few friends
entered the French cafe which he has
visited daily for a year or more, and
took his usual place m ar the entrance
He was followed by n large crowd
which cheered him wildly, in the
cafe he raised his glass and said.
"Tins will be my last toast to mj
favorite resort and I drink t<? the
new president Of Mexico."
\Ym. Leroy Brohun of Wedgefteld,
formerly a student in tho University
of South Carolina, Columbia, has re?
signed his position as a representa?
tive of the Waltham Watch company
.'it Honolulu and has joined the stall
of the Chicago Tribune as a member
of the Sunday edition special fore*.
Mr. Brohun was for a while a re?
porter on the New York Time;?.
I,::. ! \< I IISIOX
l-Votm Mailtos and uKorrocdlatr Points
lo Charleston. S. t\, Thursday, July
23rd \'m Atlantic I'oaM Lino Kail
road.
Train leaves Smter at s.l"> HI
Hound trip M.50. The, must delight?
ful, convenient ai <i satisfactory ex?
cursion ever devised.
Separate earn for white and color?
ed passengers.
W. J. Craig, Passenger TranV Man?
ager; T. C. White, General 1'assenger
Agent; T. if. Kni; lit. Advertising Dis?
tributor, Wilmington, X. C.
With one exception, Sumte? has
Ute Finest tobacco warehouse in the
State. .
Geo H. Hurst,
Undertaker end Embalmer.
Prompt Attention to Day or
Might Calls!
AT J. D. Craig Cid Stand. .N. Main
DL.0a> 539
r iiOnCS Nigni 20t
Summer
CIean=up Sale
Twice a Year We Do It! The Discount
Season?The Cut Price Season?Is
Now at Hand.
H While there is plenty of time yet to wear light
and medium weight Garments, we must get ready
for Fall and Winter trade, by clearing our racks
and shelves of the stock we have on hand.
H We offer all Suits and Extra Pants, except Wash
Goods, at a uniform discount of ONE-FOURTH off
of the regular marked prices which still remain
on the ticket. Glance over these prices and you'll
see at once what "One-Fourth Off" means.
$25 Suits Now at_._._ $ 18.75
$20 Suits Now at . . 15.00
$18 Suits Now at . . 13.50
$15 Suits Now at . . 11.25
$12 Suits Now at . . 9.00
25?0 off on Boys' 25?0 off on AH
Suits Pants
25?0 off on all Straw Hats
NOTHING CHARGED AT CUT PRICES -- STRICTLY CASH.
The D. J. Chandler Clo. Co.,
Phone 166 Svimter, S? C.