WIEHE THUM STAMPS.BPAHTANBl RG MAN REPORTED

TO HAVK LETTER ENDORS-INI» BLEASE.

RefuNo» If <.l\o out Entire lütter,Hut Tlllnwii Suy* -No Friend ofBleeMr WUT be Willing for theWhole Letter to Be Published."Tlllman Say* He Will Give It OutHhneeif If It is Being- I'sed to Mis¬represent His Full Expressions.

Spartanburg Journal.Since Judge Jones offered a reward

of $100 for any man who would get8enator BenJ. R. Tlllman to statethat Blease Is "eminently qualified"to be governor, a number of Bleasemen have flooded the senator withletters and telegririe, attempting to

secure such an ex> ression.Among those who wrote the sena¬

tor was Harrison Ferguson. of thisCity. Mr. Ferguson received a letterfrom Tlllman yesterday. In which. Itla said, the senator says that "as faras brains go Blease Is eminentlyqualified." It was generally an¬

nounced on the streets last night andthis morning that Tlllman had madethis statement to Mr. Ferguson andthat Judge Jones would be confrontedwith th«- letter on the stump at theGreenville meeting and that Mr. Fer¬guson would claim the $100 offeredby Judge Jones.

Efforts to secure the full text ofthe letter today proved useless. Mr.Ferguson stated that the leter was a

personal letter and that he did notcare to give It out for publication andrefused to discuss the matter.Senator Tlllman was appealed to.

He wired;"Washington. D. C, Aug. 21. 191.1."Chas P. Cglver.. editor of the Even¬

ing Journal. Spartanburg. 8. C."If you can get Harrison Ferguson

to glv© you the whole letter, you are

at pberty to publish It. It Is not hon¬orable of Ferguson to show part ofit. and I asked him to snow pone ofit.

"Signed B. R. Tlllman."Mr. Ferguson did not show the

Journal this letter. The Journal isunable to state that he showed it to

any one, but It is 'T-m rally under¬stood on >he streets that Tlllman haswritten him.

Another phase of the matter ts thatTlllman may decide to give out theletter. The Journal's correspondenttoday wired:

"Mr. Tlllman asked me to queryyea? Has Leon M. Oreen publishedllllman Interview of two years ago infavor of Bleaüe as against Feather-

tA^>e. He refuses to give letter youw«.ik.

Thus it will h« seen that Tlllman Isthinking of taking a hand in the mat¬ter and wants to know about this in¬terview. Mr. Oreen was called upover long distance In Anderson, buthe was not In that city. He Is editorof the Anderson Intelligencer, a

Blease newspaper.Commenting last night, Senator

Tlllman said:"Yes: I wrote such a letter to a

Spartanburg man, In the strictest con¬

fidence, and cautioned him not to letIt get Into print 1 am surprised to

learn that it bus leaked out I can

only say that no friend of GovernorBlease will be willing for Ute wholeletter to be published. I have triedto keep out of this right, but I havehad so many letters written me, es¬

pecially by Blease friends, that it ishard to keep out of lt. I am notready to make this BpAManburg letterpublic yet but If a misleading por¬tion of it has been given out. as seems

to be the case from your telegram, Imay have to make the whole letterpublic in self-defense."

Senator Tlllman Is unwilling to say-more In this connection, but intimatedthat the letter referred to would be

given out in a day or two If he learn¬ed definitely that it Is being Improp¬erly used to misrepresent his fullexpressions. It may be said with

certainty that the letter. If published,will create the sensation of the cam¬

paign thus farAn interview >>f Stnator Tlllman.

Committed to writing between thefir«t und second primaries In 1910,but withdrawn bf him before publi¬cation I* known to be in existence InSouth Carolina, and will probably hiprinted In Anderson today. One sen¬

tence of that interview is to the effectlost it Is me devil's choice betweenBlea-.- »nd IVatherstone for gover¬nor."

BruisMui-MlllsiA marriage of considerable Interest

tO Sumter people took place here

Thursday evening, when M.sv Marystusrt Bsraaaon became the arlfs ofr»r Jggasj Henley Mills, of Mayeevtlle,The bride Is the daughter of Mr. and

Mr*, joei ¦ Broasog of tim elty, Dr,MsHb is a praetlctgg physician ««f

Mayesville.The gtrggt 1 gl a quiet hOSJSS affair,

re invitations having beog SMUCd.Thr ceremony was performed by the

Iteuhen W Humphries. I*r. andMm. Mill" will make their bom at

Mayesville.

H1SnUMNTATIV¦ NORRIS CO.\-I'KMNS KILLING OW AMERK AN.

Nebraska Ciinicrcssmun Want- allInformation Obtainable Relativeto shooting of .laim-> Wood Rogers,Aged American Elephant Poacher,who wus Hunted Down und Killedby Hund of British Soldier* on SoilControlled by Belgium.

Washington, Aug. 20..Representa¬tive Norris. of Nebraska, introduceda resolution today requesting theYresident to send to the House all in¬formation he has regarding the case

of James Wood Rogers, a Caliiornian,who was killed in the Central AfricanJingles, as the result of a hunt byLritlsh soldiers who were ordered to

kill or capture him. The resolutionwas referred to the foreign affairscommittee.

Representative Sulzer, of New \*Dek,chairman of the foreign affairs com¬

mittee, communicated with the Statedepartment and was advised that the

department was investigating the mat¬

ter and all the facts that could be ob¬tained would be furnished to the com¬

mittee, v

Mr. Norris said he regarded theshooting as an outrage on an Ameri¬can citizen, so far as the available in¬formation shows. He declared itseem.d that Rogers, as an American,charged with offenses that did notwarrant killng him, was fatally shotunder Iron-clad ordera of the BritishGovernment carried out on Belgiansoil.At the State department, whigfa has

no direct information on the tragedy,it was stated that the House resolutionwould have to be made the basis of an

Inquiry, directed to the American em¬

bassy in London. The embassy, it wasstated, would have no difficulty in se¬

curing acess to the report of the trag¬edy.Regarding the right of British sol¬

diers to kill a poacher without trial,officials of the State would expressno opinion today. The question re¬

ported to have been raised bg Rogersas he was dying on the right of theBritish troops to attack him on Bel¬gian soil, complicates th«j case,though the issues Involved would ap¬pear to concern great Britlan andBelgium, according to unofficial opin¬ions of department heads

If it should appear, they pointedout, that Rogers was killed In Belgianterritory and there was any groundfor demanding redress the UnitedStates might look to Belgium insteadof deal Britain for justice, leavingBelgium to seek reparation in turnfrom Groat Britain.

REV. SLIGH STANDS ALONE.

Nettlier Lutheran Church Nor it*Ministers Endorse Blease.

To the Editor of the News and Cou¬rier: Since Governor Blease spoke at

Pomaria, July 26, at which time the 'Rev. J. A. Sllgh, D. D., who now livesnear Columbia, was there for the pur¬pose of paying the Governor a "mag¬nificent tribute" many false infer¬ences have been drawn. It is not in¬tended that the folllowing statementwill make friends for Judge Jones; as Ifor that matter Dr. Sllgh has madenone for the Governor.at least "with¬in the Lutheran Church.

But since Dr. Sllgh was spoken ofas a prominent minister, I as a pastorin the Lutheran Church, feeling boundto uphold the good name of theChurch and the moral principles forwhich she stands, must say emphati¬cally that there Is no such sentimentas Dr. Sllgh expressed among the Lu¬theran ministers of the State.

1 know that thousands of peoplewere surprised that a Gospel ministerwould speak In Complimentary termsof Governor Hlease; but I have talkedwith a number of older man of theLutheran Church, and none of themseemed to expect anything else fromI »r. Sligh. Since the opening of thepresent campaign I have been intouch with nearly every Lutheranminister in the South Caroline Synod,and 1 have failed tC And another min¬ister in the Church who would paythe Governor ¦ "magnificent tribute."and I am Confident that 'here are not

more than two in the synod whowould even vote for him

It the peopp. throughout ihc Stateonly knew how the Governor has. i:san official, befriended these two der«gymeOi abusing his power, whetherthey View the matter With referenceto tin- Governor's friendly acts or thedoctor's "magnificent tribute," theywould say it Is simply a case olBleaaetsnti with its adherents vowingWe win ge to hell with our friends."

j. w. I rxner.« 'a mel on, S. ( J

Railroad lire Miles Oat,The South Carolins Western Rail-

way is now about live miles out o

'own and is rapidly approaching tin<dty. A largg force ol bands is en

gaged In laying the rails and tb.road is advancing shout hslf s mlba day.

MARINES FOR NICARAGUA.NAVY DEPARTMENT ORDERS

MORE MEN TO REPUBLIC.

Officials Think Their Course Ii Justi-licd by Disturbed Condition ofCountry.

Washington. Aug, 22..Undeterredby projsotsd senate resolutions re¬garding the constitutionality of thelanding of American sailors and ma-

rluee In Nicaragua the navy depart-partment today dispatched peremp-partment todap dispatched peremp¬tory orders to navy yards on twosides of the continent to rush rein¬forcements to the naval forces now

located far in the interior of the in¬surrection-torn country. Fear thatthe forces there now are in danger ofannihilation at the hands of the in¬surgents prompted the order.Government officials are satisfied

that they are noting completely withintheir rights in landing ihe sailors andmarines and that thi3 does not con¬stitute an act of war such as can onlybe authorized by congress.The official hasis for this conten¬

tion rests upon several grounds.In the first place the titular gov¬

ernment of Nicaragua and the onlyone recognized hy the United Stateshas formally requested AmericanMinister Weitzel, Capt. Terhune, com¬

manding the gunboat Annapolis, andCapt. Durel of the gunboat Tacomato employ their forces to protect for¬eign lives and property, which theNicaraguan government frankly ad¬mitted it could not itself do.

In the second place, the state andnavy departments are able to point toprecedents where both troops andnaval forces have been landed to pro¬tect American interests where a Stateof anarchy was threatened or thelocal authorities were unable to guar¬antee protection for foreigners. At¬tention is called to the fact that a

large detachment of American 3oldleri is now quartered on Chinesesoil, protecting the railroad fromTsinan Fe tc Peking.The chief reason, however, for the

order is that at Managua is a fyrceof several hundred American blue¬jackets and marines who are trying toprevent the commission of an act ofsavagery and barbarism in violationof all rules of civilized warfare inthe capture and sacking and pillagingof a city filled with non-combatantsincluding women and children. TheAmerican force is small comparedwith the beseiging rebel army andthe officials are not disposed to splithairs over constitutional questionswhile these American lives are indanger of annihilation.From Minister Weitzel'« reports

and those of the naval captains,though fragmentary and delayed, thestate department concluded that thereis need of heavy reinforcements inNicaragua though it is believed thatCol. Smedley I). Butler, the com¬

manding officer of the shore forces,can handle the situation until thesereinforcements reach him.

CALLS UPON NEGROES.

Hooker T. Washington Urges thatBlacks C**a*e to PspOgaJ Upon MercOdd Jobs.

Chicago, Aug. 21..A plea to ne-

gfoes to cease depending on odd and

uncertain jobs as a means of liveli¬hood and to enter farming and com¬

mercial Unei was made tonight hyBooker T. Washington in an addressbefore the National Negro Businessleague convention.He pointed out that buyers did not

ask whether the goods came from thehands of a negro man. He also point¬ed that the South and west with theirmillions of acres of unused lands of¬fer welcome to the farmer regardlessof nationality and said:

' Now is the time for us. as a race,to prove we have the ability and theinclination to do our part in owning,developing, manufacturing and trad¬ing In the natural resources of our

country, if we let these golden op¬portunities slip from us in this gener¬ation 1 fear they will never conn- tous in a like degree again."There are more than 270,000.000

acres of unused and unoccupied landsin the South and West. In fact one-half of the land In the South and two-thirds of the land in the West still isunused, Now is the time for us to be¬come the owners and users of ourshere of the land before it is too late.If the white man from America andESuropc can establish and operate i

¦am mill and gain wealth and Inde¬pendence from the use of our millionof acres of forest lands, why not men;negroes do the same thing?"Washington said negroes nhould

organise and specialise. He suggestedlocal organisations to be atMlintedAith st;it,. bodies.

Marriage License Record,

\ license to marry was Issued thismorning to Mr, Henry Irwin Morrisand Miss Ruth Hamlyn Hawley »fFlorence,

SPEAKER 10 AID WILSON.t IIAMI» CLARK TO TAKE STUMP

IN MAINE EOR XMLSOS.

Mfuliail Will be Sent Into Thai StateBefore Election of September I,.Wlleon to cio Lotet*.

Sea Girt, X. J., Aug. 21..SpeakerChamp Clark loon will take the stumpIn Main-' fur the Democratic ticket,according to an announcement byGov. Wilson tonight. The Democraticpresidential nominee said that Ed¬ward F. Goltra. national committee-man from Missouri, had so informedhim over the telephone from NewYork, and that he was "pleased tohear it."

It is understood that Speaker Clarkwill go to Maine before the gunberna-toriaj election September 9. ThoughGov. Wilson himself will not go intoMaine until after the September Stateelections, indications are that theDemocratic national committee is di¬recting its efforts to make a strongearly campaln in that State. It isfelt that the September elections willgive the first indication of the trendof feeling toward the three nationalcandidates.

Gov. Marshall, the Democratic vicepresidential nominee, and Represen¬tative Henry, of Texas are among theother speakers who will stumpMaine before the September ballot¬ing.

Gov. Wilson was told today of pressreports that Gov. Harmon of Ohiowould make several addresses in theMiddle West for the Democratic na¬tional ticket.

"That's line," commented the gov¬ernor, "I'm glad to hear it."From Ohio, incidentally, Gov. Wil¬

son was given an optimistic reporttoday by William L. Finley, the Statechairman.

"Mr. Finley told me," said the gov¬ernor tonight, "that it seemed to himthat we would carry Ohio."The governor inquired of Mr. Fin-

by if there were to be two Statetickets In the field against the Demo¬crats and learned there would be. r.Thegovernor assured Mr. Finley that hewould go out to Ohio for several ad- jdresses.

HIT THE BULL'S EYE 23 TIMES.

Connecticut Riflemen Hangs Up NewWorld's Record.

Wakafleld, Mass., Aug. 21..Musi-

slcian George W. Chesley. of New-Haven, Conn., a member of the 2dcompany. Governor's Foot Guard ofConnecticut, established a new world'srecord yesterday when he made twen-'ty-three consecutive bull's eye3 atthe 1,000-yard range while competingin the annual shoot of the New Eng¬land Military Rifle Association. Ches-ley was entered in the Winchester In-dividual match, which was open to allcomers.

The match called for II shots atthe 1.000-yard range, slow fire. Ches¬ley made a bull's eye each time, win¬ning the match, and was then allowedto continue for a record. On his24th shot he fell off to a four. Themen in this match were permitted touse telescope sights.

HELEN KELLER CAN SING.

Born Blind, Deaf and Dumb, She HasOvercome all Handicaps.

New York Times.Miss Helen Keller, born blind, deaf

and dumb, has learned to sing. Itwas the wonderful girl herself whoannounced it.and over a telephoneat that.

Unceasing in her efforts to over¬come her triple handicap, she hasbeen taking vocal lessons for some

time, and tomorrow afternoon she Isto sing before the Otoiogical Con¬gress meeting at the Harvard Medi¬cal School.

However, she talked tonight overthe telephone, and so clear was herenunciation that the reporter did notrealize until told afterward that it

was MISS Killer herself with whomshe had talked.

In asking the telephone operatorfor Miss Keller's number at Wren-tham the reporter thought it super¬fluous for the operator to ask "Willyou talk with anyone else if MissKeller is not there." Then over thewire came a voice low but distinct,«.ach syllable pronounced perfectly.Miss Keller answered in the thirdperson questions about her singing.Suddenly the voice ceased and n

louder voice announced:.Miss Keller doesn't feel like talk¬

ing any more

Horn deaf, blind and dumb, MissKeller has steadily overcome.<

lifter .mother of hoi handicaps. Itwas only live years ago thai she de¬livered . s|.eh ul the convention ofthe blind In Itoston. Tomorrow shei.^ to speak Without an interpreter,in her audience will be some of tin

most n 'ted ear specialists of Europtnnd America.

GOV. BLEASE'S CRY WITHOUTBASIS sws SECRETARY.

Oxer Half Million Ticket« HaveBoon Distributed to County Chalr-men . So Requests from Count}Chairmen for Tickets Denied.

oClumhia, Aug. -l..Taking cog-sisance of tin- charge by GovernorBlease In his speech at Picken* to¬

day, wherein he alleged efforts tocount him out were going to be madein some counties by not furnishingenough tickets, citing that he hadbeen told by the county chairmen InPickeni county that he had been fur¬nished with 2,000 less tickets than herequested and that ex-sheriff of Leecounty had written him that 2,000tickets had been sent to Lee countywhereas there were 3,000 names onthe club rolls there. Mr. ChristieBenet, secretary of the State Demo¬cratic executive committee, late thisafternoon gave out the facts in thecase showing that the chairman ofPickens County had requested 10,-000 tickets, which were sent him andon asking for 2,000 more they were

promptly expressed to him. In Leecounty 6,000 tickets were sent to thecounty chairman, although he statedthat only between 1,700 and 2,00'Jvotes would be polled.County Chairman Kichey wrote to

Mr. Benet on the lyth, he acknowl¬edged recepipt of the 10,000 ticketa.which he had requested and asked fcr2,000 additional.Governor Blease has been crying,

'They mean to count me out" forseveral weeks now and cited the al¬leged shortage of tickets in Lee andPickens counties to bolster up hischarge. The facts in the case as

given out by Secretary Benet, of thecommittee, show that there are plentyof tickets in every county. There willnot be at the outside over 120,000votes in the election and over 500,OOutickets have already been sent out.On August 15th, 500,000 tickets

were sent out by Mr. Benet expressprepaid to the various county chair-men throughout the State and ampleprecautions have been taken by Mr.Benet and the executive committeethat there will be plenty of tickets.Furthermore, Mr. Benet and notchairman John Gary Evans is sendingout the tickets.

Suggestions for The Prevention ofFire._#

1. A large part of the fire waste

of this country is directly due to un¬

tidy conditions and other faults ofmanagement. Heavy losses natural¬ly increase cost of insurance. A care¬ful inspeotion of your entire premisesdaily will assist this office in bringingabout a lower insurance cost.

2. Ashes should be kept in metalreceptacles and never in paper or

wooden barrels or boxes.3. Oily rags or waste should be

kept in standard metal waste cans,and contents removed and burnedeach night.

4. Rubbish should never be allow¬ed to accumulate in buildings.

5. Spittons should be made ofmetal and never contain sawdust or

other combustible material.6. Gasoline, naptha and other vola¬

tile oils should not be kept in build¬ing.

7. Gass brackets should have stifffixtures; where necessary to use

swinging brackets all exposed wood¬work should be protected with sheetmetal leaving an air space. Metalbells should be placed over gas jets on

low ceilings.S. Steam pipes should be kept

from all wood and other combustiblematerial.

9. Open Hue holes should be pro¬tected with sheet iron or better bebricked up.

10. Electricity, when improperlyInstalled, Is hazardous; see that yourcertificate of approval covers the en¬

tire Installation; lamp cords shouldnot be hung on nails or wrappedaround any piping; paper shadesshould never be used.

11. Stove pipes should be run di¬rect to brick chimneys and never

through floors or partitions; protectMoors under and above stove withbrick, cement or sheet metal.

12. Stairways should be kept clearat all times; never place any stock or

shelving on stairs.13. Aisles of good width should be

maintained at ;iil times; never pilestock in front of windows or againstdoors is it handicaps the firemen in

ease of lire.i i, Fire* doors and shutteri should

he closed every night, and stockshould never be placed so as to hind*or the ready closing of these firest ops.

15, Bee thai ;<n fire-extlnglshlngapparatus Is in good working older.

16, AH of the above defects are

charged for in your rate.

The darkes must be in bad odorwith Teddy..Wilmington Star.

Ald i (.I i) RosENT'IALALLOWED FREEDOM.

HAS SAV«.

SLAYERSwmi -

Gcneroalty of Citizen* Enables iiim toBut Price on Heads of **C->|» tlurBlood*1 and "Lefty Louie."

New York. Aug. 21. -Cha-gingthat "some members" of the New^ ork police department knowinglypermitted the escape of "Gyp theBlood" and "Lefty Louie." the miss¬ing gangsten indicted for the murder<>l Herman Kosentltat, Distric t Attor¬ney Whitman tonight announced theoffer of a reward of $o.OOO for thecapture of the fugitives.The prosecutor in a formal state¬

ment said:"I am now in a position to offer a

reward of $5.000 for the apprehen¬sion of Ixmis Rosenberg, or Kosen-weg, alias "Lefty Louie." and KerryHorowitz, alias 'Gyp the Blood.' or$2,500 for the apprehension of either.This reward is not offered to anymember of the police department ofthe city of New York or anybody inthe employ of the police departmentand will not be paid any such mem¬ber or to any of the police depart¬ment's employes.

"In taking this position 1 am act¬uated by no feeling of unkindn.;s£ to¬ward the police department, but itit is my belief that if proper policework had been done these men wouldnow be in custody."The city of New York is paying

millions of dollars annually to the po¬lice department whose duty it U todetect crime and apprehend crimi¬nals and I can not escape the conclu¬sion that some members of the policedepartment have known if they donot now know the whereabouts ofthese murderers."The generosity of private citizens

made it possible for the district at¬torney to offer the reward. Circularsdescribing the two men will be sentbroadcast throughout the country.The district attorneys office is notprovided with funds for this purpose,and the prosecutor has more than(.nee expressed his. surprise that no

reward for the capture of these twomen has been offered.One of the district attorney's rea¬

sons for suspecting that the policehave allowed the two men to escapewa? indicated tonight when it be¬came known tha£ Sam Schepps, inhis testimony before the grand jury,said that three detectives from New-York headquarters had recognizedhim while he was hiding in Fallsburg,X. Y., ahd had deliberately allowedhim to escape.

HEWITT IS PODWD GUILTY.

Florence Man Convicted of Disorder-ly Conduct for Entering Woman'sRetiring Room in Station.

Florence, Aug. 21..The city's case

against George Hewitt was heard inthe recorder's court this morning, at¬torneys for the defense and the citybeing present, and a jury was askedfor. The charge was disorderly con¬

duct and entering the woman's re¬

tiring room at the passenger station.He was found guilty and sentenced to$100 or 30 days. His attorneys gavenotice of intention to appeal.

BLED TO DEATH.

Railroad Employee Has Leg Ampu¬tated.Leaves Large Family.

Columbia, Aug. 21..Mr. H. C.Moore, a car inspector for the Sea¬board Air Line, while working undera car at the yards of this road atCayee, was run over and had both ofhis legs amputated, bleeding to deathwithin fifteen minutes. Mr. Moorewas working under a car, according toit ports, when an engine backed up.coupled on the ear and it was run

ov« r Mr. Moore, w ith fatal results.The deceased was a native of Fair-field county, but has been living 1stColumbia for the past several years.He leaves a wife and seven children,one boy and six girls, the eldest ofwhom is 14 years old. A brother,who lives at Bethune, also survives.

A S|MVtaeular Fire.

New York. Aug. 17. A $100.030fire, which started shortly before Io'clock this morning in ¦ seven-atoryloft building on the Bowery near thecorner of Grand street, provided a

spectacle for the whole downtownCast side, a hundred policemen hadtheir hands full keeping back thecrowds of tenement dwellers, whosurged, half-erased and panicky fromthe narrow side streets und watchedtin games lick up the stocks of sev¬

eral manufacturers of cheap furni-ture. Two firemen wore injured.

The iras nu n are n >w laying pipeon Broad and Calhoun etreeta, Workis also going on St the plant towardsth. election of buildings there and in1 ettertrig the plant build ng.