davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29
New York Money

New York. May 2s.--Money on call Fteady, FACETS per cent; ruling rate. 2s. per cent; closing bid, 2 per cent; asked RA per cent; offered at 2s4 per cent. Time loans easy; 60 days, per cent, and 3c Hays, SS4@3l4sper cent; six months, 31z@3% per cent.
 Prime mercantile paper, 4l41s per cent; Fterling exchange steady. with actual business in bankers bills at S4S4 to for
 % day bills, and at s4.s7.25 for demand commercial bills, 4.S3M per cent; Mexican dollars, 4so per cent; government bonds steady; railroad bonds irregular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29
One on Hubby

From the Boston Transcript.
 Hub tarriving home)-well, Tv had my life Insured for $20.000.
 Wife-Thank goodness, Now I shan't have to keep cautioning you to be care ful whenever you go any place
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29

WASHINGTON AND RETURN s2s.2s VIA sEABOARD ON SALE JUNE 5, q, ., LIMIT JUNE 12, WITH PRIVILEGE OF EXTENSION. CITY TICKET OF- TICE, 1927 1ST AVENUE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29
Kansas City Grain
St. Louis Grain

St. Louis, May 2s.-cash wheat. No 2 red, sI 19lsd1 20; No 2 hard. s1.13d11 .171s. Corn, No. 2, s2c; No. white. SIC. oats. No. ?. 531kc; No. white. 551zc. Close: Wheat. May. sli4; July. n.osss; septem- Der, s1 .064. Corn, May. s2c; July. 76Ac; September, 734c. Oats, May. SAC; July, 50ssc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29
SPECIAL RATES
 VIA X GIi!!! N! Gi''!!!g|IZ!ESI!iD |!|I'.'I' 'IiD g--z<zr------~N

Low Round Trip Summer Tourist Rntes to Many Points in the norsn northeast, south and southeast. Tickets on sale daily from May l5 to September 30. final limit for return as late as october 31 1912.
 Chicago, ill., and return. ..... .s23.I5 Account republican national convention. Tickets on sale June 14. 15 and 1s; lim- ited for return not later than July 5. 1912.
 For sleeping car reservations and de- tail Information call on or write to P. Sid Jones. D. r. A.. Birmingham, Ala phone Main DIT
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29
Coffee Market.

New York, May 2S.--The market for lfoffee futures opened steady at an ad- Eance of one point on July but generally
 unchanged to 5 points lower owing to Full Brazilian receipts and reports of rflightly lower cost and freight offers. Ppferings were well taken around the Initial figures, however. and the market
 falied later in the day on covering by
 some of last weeks sellers who were Eprobably influenced by the action of the E.oiirts in refusing to grant a perma- bent Injunction tying up valorization SUD- 81lies, and by bullish crop accounts from Ffsrazil The market closed firm at a net Hadvanee of to l3 points. Sales ss 750 |Pags. May. i3. i0c; June. 13.42c; July, Es4ie' August, 1354c; September 1s.s4c |petoher, i3.65c; November. 1S6sc; Decem- |pe. and January, 13.G1c: February, l3,64c hMarch and April, 13.69c.
 Havre was net unchanged to quarter Franc higher. Hamburg was quarter FPfenning lower. Rio 25 Refs lower at sx |f50; Santos quiet As 50 reis lower at & SIX EE5o;; IS unchanged at SIX 600. Receipts at |lhe two Brazilian ports 16,000 against Id. |i00 last year. Today's special Santos (fables report the market quiet and un- |fhanged. Sac Paulo receipts 90O0 against N 5.ooo yesterday Fine weather was re- ported in all districts of Sac Paulo. Spot coffee quiet, Rio No. :. 1rxc: San Jos No. 1. 157sc; mild coffee quiet; Cor |llovo, l6n1Sisc nominal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29
Naval Stores

Savannah. May 2s.-Turpentine firm: sales, TAI; receipts, $50; shipments. 33o; stock, 27.046. Rosln firm; sales. 2223; re- ceipts. 2671; shipments, 239; stocks, 66,957. Quote: B, s6.15; D. s6.6o; E. F and G, s. .25: H, $7. .25; I, K and M. s7.So; N, $7 30; WIG, s740; wv. ST. 4oa7.5o.
 New Orleans. May 2s.-Receipts: Rosin, 156; turpentine. 95. Exports, none.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29
Coffee and Sugar

Corrected by Franklin. Stiles c tlank.
 lin.
 Coffee: Arbuckes. so4.30 per 100 lbs. :: Luzanne. PIC ID. Sugar: Standard rran. uated. SAC ID.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29
seIn1nd uo,,oo sussIlO MsN

New Orleans, May 8.-Spot cotton steady. unchanged. Middling. Il 9-1sc; sales. 200; to arrive. none; low ordinary,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29
Bonds

, s. ref. 2s. registered ......... 1ooM - S' ref, 2s, coupon .......... 100% Ss' registered ............ 1O2A s ss' coupon .............. 102A ' ,. As, registered .......... IA
 !. 5. 4s, couppn ........... 114A nsn. RsR. of IN. J. gen. 5s .....120s ss
 1 Cen st. rf$4s s.ss. ....r. gs louisville & Nashville un. As sss 'eaboard Air Line, adj. 5s .. SOK ,outhern Hallway 5s ........... 107 as iouthern Railway gen. As .. 7SsI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29
Metal Market

New York, May 2s.-Standard copper prm; stopt, s16.20G16.50; May. s16.25@
 50; June, $1e.25 70 16.5o; July. s16.s0@
 Der, s16.30m1632l London easy: spot. f74 los Sd; futures, f75 2s Gd Custom
 house returns show exports of 27.e67 Ions so far this month. Lake copper. I6A M17c; electrolytic, 16% @16%c; lasting. 16A @161zc
 Tin firm; spot. s4s.s0@4710: May, 46. 90@47.25 June. s46.S0 G 47.25 July.
 .25 q 45.s5; August. s44.50m 45.00; Sep |ember, s44.00@44.50. Sales, 20 tons Dot. $470o; 10 tons spot. $47.o5; tons Fpot, s47.071a Is tons spot. $47.10; 5
 Ions. spot. s47121z; 75 tons July. s45.25; Is tons August. s44.37 F. London steady;
 bot. f214; futures. f202.
 Lead firm. s4171s q 4.25 New York;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29

Cash quotations were as follows
 Flour: Firm.
 Rye No. ?. 91c.
 Barley: Feed or mixing, 65@s5c; fair to choice mating. s1.12@119.
 Timothy Seed: s70049,00.
 Clover Seed: s11o0 G2o.00.
 Mess Pork: $18.50m18.62K. Lard: In tierces, s10.55. Short Ribs: Loose. sf0.25.
 Butter; Steady; ereameries, 23d 25c; dairies. 20@24c Eggs: Weark; receipts, 27.696 cases; at mark, cases included 15M @16hc; ordinary frsts. 151hc; nrsts. lie. Cheese: Steady; Daisies. 15 # @l5A c; Twins. 15@15hc; Young Americas 15Ik @15s4 c; Long Horns, 151S @15%c. Potatoes: Steady; receipts, old 2s cars; new, 25 cars Wisconsin. new. s1.30; Minnesota and Michigan, new, s19o
 Poultry: Live. firm; turkeys, 12c; chickens. 14Hc.
 Veal: Steady. Sm12c.
 Kansas City Grain
 Kansas City, May 2S.-Cash wheat, No. hard, s1 .11d1 IS; No. 2 white and No. red, s1 .12Qt1 Is. Corn, No. mixed, soc; No. white, S4c; No. 3, s1dS11kc. Oats weak No. white. 5Sn54c; No. ? mixed. 51M511sc. Close: Wheat, July. s1 1.03di 05..; Septem- Der, S1 .00iR. Corn, May, 7Sssc: July, 75A@ 75asc: September, 699sc; December, 5sssc. Oats, July. 4s1sc; September. nAGIssc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29
LOCAL SECURITIES

TotaI saIes for the day. l4S.S S0
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-23
WITHIN THE TOWN.

The law says the people Of York
Vile are entitled to an itemiZed state
ment of disbursements. and II the law
is not to govern what shall govern"
A little daughter of DR.. M. W. White
had the remarkable experience yester-
day of being run over by the front
wheel Of a heavy ice wagon without
sustaining any injury beyond some
more or less painful bruises. While
the ice wagon was stopping in the road
near the doctors house, the child un-
dertook to climb in over wheel. The
mule started and the child was thrown
under the wheel and run over.
- The white baseball fans, includ-
ing a number from Glover, took con-
siderable interest in two games of
baseball that were played in Yorkville
last Thursday and Friday between a
negro team from Clinton and the
Yorkville negro team. The Clinton
team came over to Yorkville with q
boast that 1t had not been defeated In
seven years; but the Yorkville negroes
explained that all visiting teams have
some tradition or another like that.
Anyhow the Clinton negroes were Civ.
en- to know what a sound trouncing
feels like. Thursdays game was to
1 and Fridays game 9 to /, both In
favor of Yorkville. The Adams ne
gro of Glover, who according to Mr..
J. A. Page, is one OF the finest In the
country, pitched for the Yorkville ne
groeS.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-23

The state eampaisners will reach
Yorkville on Wednesday, August z
and from the present outlook the
crowd is going to be large. (.
There is some fine looking cotton on
the Hughes-Ratteree place at Ogden
and also some very grassy cotton along
the Southern railway between Chester
and Rock Hill.
Quite a large number Of people at
tended the Farmers Institute at Blair's
pasture last week and they got much
valuable instruction. The meeting Is
generally conceded to have been worth
while
People who expect to vote in the
next Democratic primary election must
see to it that their names are on the
club rolls Of the precincts at which
they expect to vote at least five days
before August q.
Judge Jones has accepted the invita-.
tion to speak at the Filbert picnic and
efforts are being made to get Governor
Blease to reconsider his recent declara-
ton. According to the Rock Hill Rec
ord Mr.. w. B. Byers Of Rock Hill went
over to Chester Saturday to invite Gov:
ernor Blease and Judge Jones to speak
from the balcony Of the Carolina hotel
on the evening Of August 6, and 1t is
understood that Governor Blease ac-
cepted.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-23

wanted to talk politics, especially about
the governors race, 1t was evident that
the subject Is quite live one just now
but 1t Is fair to say that the riewspa-
per man spent five or ten minutes each
with several leading citizens without
politics being mentioned. Several can
didates for county offices were in town,
and 1t Is presumed that they had been
giving more or less attention to the
subject.
Mr.. Cuts the Earth" came along in
his automobile and invited the news
paper man to a spin in his machine. He
went down the Saluda road. hack
around to the graded school building,
and out to Winthrop College, picking
up many of the ladies he saw on the
] way, and taking them home. He did
I not say word about politics; but he
talked Rock Hill Is Good Town." and
business generally, in a way that was
interesting. He even ventured some
fatherly advice to some Of the ladies
he had invited to ride, suggesting what
wise thing 1t would be to invest In
some stock in his building and loan
company. But 1t will have to be con-
ceded. Mr.. "Cuts the Earth" Is entirely
all right.
1t was the the first time that this
particular representative had passed
Through the new double-deck passen-
ger station. 1t Is quite a convenient ar
rangement as compared with the old
station and much handler for the trav-
cling public.
| Rock Hill still has some very rough
streets as the result OF the recent ex-
cavations on account Of the sewer and
mud Is quite plentiful.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-23
REV. ], w, BAIRD DEAD,

Rev. J. w Baird, whose critical i'll
mess at the residence of his brother in
law, ] s. Brice, ESQ.,, in Yorkville. was
mentioned in the last issue Of The En-
quirer, died last Saturday morning at
about 8 o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Baird, and their oldest
daughter, Miss Julia, had come to
Yorkville from their home in Coving-
ton, Tenn, on a visit to the family Of
Mrs. Baird's brother, Mr.. J. s. Brice,
and although Mr.. Baird had been in
no reason for thinking that his condi-
tion was any more serious than 1t had
been for long time previous.
Mr.. Bairds trouble was Bright's dis
ease. He had been suffering with the
malady for years, and 1t had become
| complicated with other troubles. Dur
ing Thursday he was seized with an
acute attack, as the result Of which he
quickly became unconscious, and al
though all available medical assistance
was called in at once, there was but
little Improvement. The sick man grew
steadily worse until the end came as
stated.
Rev. Mr.. Baird was born in Upton
county, Tenn, on September 3, 1857, of
parents who had emigrated from Che
ter county He was educated In the
common schools Of his neighborhood,
and Erskine college from which insti-
tuition he was graduated in the class of
1888. He was licensed to preach by
Salem Presbytery in 1890, and after do
ing some missionary work in Missis-
sippi and Tennessee, established a
church at Covington, Of which he be-
came pastor in 1903, continuing up to
the time Of his death.
Mr.. Baird was married in 1891 to
Miss Anna Maria Brice, daughter of
the late r. w. Brice, and Anna M.
Steele, who survives him with five
children as follows: Messrs. Neal and
Ashbel and Misses Julia, Josie and An
ma Brice., All Of the children were
summoned to Yorkville on the devel-
opment Of their fathers critical illness
but did not arrive until Saturday.
The funeral took place on Sunday
afternoon, the services being conduct
ed in the Associate Reformed church,
under the direction Of Rev. ]. L. Oates,
assisted by Rev. DR.. ] c. Galloway, j.
P. Knox and E. B. Hunter. The inter-
ment was in Rose Hill cemetery.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-23
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mrs. George Hopper Of Yorkville. is
visiting in West End, N. c.
Miss Georgia Russell Of Charlotte, is
visiting relatives in Yorkville. -
Miss Lucille Clanton Of Darlington
is the guest of Miss Viola Johnson In
Yorkville.
Mr.. ]. Withers Grist Of Yorkville
has taken a position with the South
ern Ry. at Kershaw.
Miss Fannie Youngblood Of Sharon
has been visiting the family Of Mr.. j
c. Kirkpatrick Of Chester.
Miss Grace Lee of Chester. Is WIS.,
iting Miss Fannie Youngblood at Sha-
ron. 4
Miss Zula Richards Of Atlanta, Ca
spent last week with Miss Rosa Jack
son at Tirzah. +"
Misses Barnett Miller and Helen
Thomasson of Yorkville r. F. D. g.
visited Miss Annie Campbell at Tirzah
last week.
Misses Birrie Stacy Of Glover. Nan
Atkinson of Lowryville and James
Sanders Of Chester, are the guests OF
Mrs. c. H. Smith on Yorkville r. F,
d. No. 4.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-23

The Pee Dee Advocate has a griev.
ance against The Enquirer for fall.
ing to print its last reply to Mr.. Chas
Crosland. We printed Mr.. Crosland's
first article recently because 1t was In
teresting, and because the editor OF
The Enquirer has a pleasant personal
acquaintance with Mr.. Crosland. We
printed the Advocates reply because
1t seemed fair to do so. Mr.. Croslano
replied and we printed that; but be-
cause the Advocates reply dealt ir
unpleasant personal illusions that we
did not care to print, and which we
did not consider of importance any
way, we stopped. The Advocate thinks
we should have gone on and printed
its last article, and because we did not
refers to us as a friend Of McLaurir
and an enemy of Tillman, and so on
We are unable to see any good to come
of a quarrel with the Advocate, and
we will not go into the matter. We
have thus outlined the situation ir
order to advise anybody who may hap
pen to be interested in seeing what
the Advocate has said, can send ter
cents and get copies of the paper.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-23
I.oCAL. AFFAIRS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Mrs. Geo. w. Williams-Win appreci-
ate the return Of paerl breast pin,
lost Sunday.
]. w. Kirkpatrick-Is looking for q
fountain pen that disappeared from
his desk by mistake.
Thomson Gown continue its re-
duced price sale all of this week
Special bargains in all departments
Kirkpatrick-Be Belk Co.-Closed its sale
Saturday night. Bargain offerings
in odds and ends.
National Union Bank, Rock Hill-In-
sists that you start a savings account
with 1t. 1t pays you to save.
First National Bank, Yorkville-Re-
lates an incident to show the advan-
tages Of having a bank account.
J. @. Wray-Has a special counter OF
sc and 10c goods where you car
Cloud Cash Store-Offers reduced
prices on a variety of seasonable
goods. Shirts at 69 cents.
]. w. Roddey. Roddeys-Has a Sec
ond hand seed cotton elevator for
sale at bargain.
Arch S. Barron-Is announced as 9
candidate for the office Of county
supervisor.
A. Eugene Hutchison-Is announced
as candidate for the house Of rep
resentatives from York county.
Shieder Drug Store-Has something
to say regarding school books A
full line Of turnip seeds.
York Supply Co.-Can furnish sprout-
ed seed Irish potatoes fruit jars and
rubbers, buggy and wagon whips.
City Electric and Water Plant-Will
let you try an electric iron for two
days and will sell you one at cost.
Mcconnell Dry Goods Co.-Has just
received a new line of Garland
shirts. A nice line Of 81 shirts In
all sizes.
York Hardware Co.-Suggests that II
Is time you were putting up fly
screens and windows in your home
York Drug Store-Wants to supply
you with turnip seed. Has full
supply Of best varieties.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-23
Police Regulation.
= Snartanburg. July %: Chairman

Spartanburg, July %: Chairman
Howard B. Carlisle of the South Caro-
lima dispensary investigating commit
tee, today announced that he hoped u
be in a position to call another meeting
of the committee sometime within the
next two weeks. AS yet, however, no
tentative date has been set for the
meeting and it will not be called, ac-
cording to Mr.. Carlisle, until a good
number of witnesses can be secured.
Mr.. Carlisle did not know whether or
not any more testimony could be heard
from Thos. B. Fielder and the Burns
detective or whether the next meeting
would be held I'm South Carolina or In
an adjoining state. I'VE hope to finish
the investigation with one or two more
meetings" said Mr.. Carlisle today. 1T
is impossible to ever complete a hear
ing Of this nature, because every wit
ness called suggests some other wit
ness and the more sessions we hold the
more witnesses are suggested. 1t is
not like a trial, and this investigation
could go on forever. The committee
must stop somewhere, and by calling
a large number of witnesses at the next
meeting 1t is possible to conclude at
that time. l hope 10 call another
meeting some time within the next
two weeks"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-23
DEATH OF w. n. MCCONNELL,

Mr.. William H. Mcconnell, one of
the oldest and most highly esteemed
citizens Of Yorkville, died at his home
on College street last Friday evening
at $50 o'clock, several hours after
having been stricken with apoplexy.
Although he had been passing
through a noticeable decline through
many years, Mr.. Mcconnell appeared
to be in his usual health on Friday
when he went into his garden, where
he has been In the habit Of spending
turn to the house during a shower,
a member of the family went out to
look for him and found him lying un-
conscious, with a basket containing a
few tomatoes, by his side. He was
taken into the house at once, and died
some hours later.
Mr.. Mcconnell was in the SOD year
of his age. He was born In Chester
county September 5, 1880. His life
was spent in York and Chester coun-
ties. and his early activities were de-
voted principally to merchandising and
farming. He served through the Civil
war as a member of Co. F, Sixth 8. G..
W, and did his full duty as a braye
Confederate soldier. He was twice
wounded, once at Fort Harrison and
once at Seven Pines. He moved to
Yorkville about twenty years ago, and
has been living here since. devoting
himself to such work as he has been
able to perform. For long time he
has been a familiar figure about the
court house, serving as crier during
the sessions of the court.
The funeral services were held at
the family residence on Sunday morn
ing at 10 o'clock by Rev. e. E. Giles
pie, pastor of the First Presbyterian
church. of which the deceased was a
member assisted by Rev. ]. L. Oates
Of the Associate Reformed church,
and the interment was in Rose Hill
cemetery.
The deceased Is survived by his wife
and five children, as follows: Messrs.
r. Sidney and w. Mason. and Misses
Ernicc. Mamie and Bessie Mcconnell.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-23
Governor Blease's Reply.

The Enquirer was one Of the few
papers in South Carolina, and the only
one other than a daily, to print prac-
tically all Of the testimony submitted
at the Augusta hearing Of the dispen-
sary investigating committee on July
12 and 13, and we did 1t solely in or
der that the people might have the
whole truth in so far as it lay in our
power to give 1t to them.
We have very little personal knowl-
edge of Governor Blease outside OF
his public utterances and what has
come to us through his friends and
opponents, mostly opponents. If any
public man in South Carolina ever had
harder reputation with such large
number of people, we do not know his
name.
We have already made it clear that
we take no stock in Thomas B. Fielder
that what ever the merits or demer-
its of Gov. Blease, Fielder is a fraud;
but in view of all that has been said
and the seemingly plausible circum-
stantiality of much that has occurred,
when it became known that VIM. j..
Burns, the world-famed detective, had
been employed on the South Carolina
situation, we looked for something to
drop. Indeed there seemed to be no
reasonable probability that 1t could
be otherwise.
That the Augusta investigation de-
veloped practically nothing that was
not already a matter Of common
knowledge, except the unsuccessful
frame-up in connection with the effort
to make evidence of the sale of par
don, is now commonly admitted. and
about the ugliest outcome Of all of 1t
is the strong presumption that Stoth-
art is grating from Charleston tigers.
though that any of the proceeds are
going to Governor Blease is yet to he
shown.
In his reply the governor hits a
pretty hard rap at the newspapers. es-
pecially where he says that the failure
of any newspaper that printed the
Augusta proceedings to print his re-
ply, would be taken as evidence that
the first publication was paid for. We
do not agree with this at all. Almost
any South Carolina newspaper that
was able to do so was glad to print
the Augusta matter because Of its in
tense interest, and with us, that Is
sufficient warrant for printing this
reply; but a still better warrant is
that ordinary fairness demands the
printing.
Taken as a whole the governors re-
ply is a strong paper. 1t covers the
ground fully. On most Of the points
touched the refutation Is complete,
while In all other cases it is at least
as conclusive as the original charge or
implication.
However, let the fight go on. If
there is any dirt anywhere. let it be
cleaned up. No man who practices
rascality or who is guilty Of corrup-
ton is fit to hold any office in South
Carolina. much less the office Of gov
ernor. and there are too many good
people in South Carolina to knowingly
permit such a thing. But let the fight
proceed fairly. We don't think that
Augusta stuff was altogether fair. Abb
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-23

Fielder has fired off another inter-
view from Atlanta in which he said his
Augusta stuff is nothing as compared
to what he is going 10 bring against
Governor Blease after the governor
is divested of his gubernatorial robes.
But the trouble is that the people have
lost all confidence in Felder's prom
ises. They want the stuff delivered
right now.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-23

Pretty Correct Size-Up.-It did not
require the statement that Blease gave
to the press Saturday to convince US
that Fielder has failed to show anything
against the record Of the governor Of
the state. Col. Fielder merely made
charges and accusations, he did not
substantiate them with facts.
Gov. Blease, makes a presentation
which has the virtue of being more
conservative than most OF his execu-
tive documents. It has become second
nature with him to abuse the press. 1t
Is a pretty good card as a vote getter
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-23

The News and Courier and the Co
lumbia State differ rather too widely
in their estimates Of the crowd that
Governor Blease addressed from the
state house steps last Friday night.
The State puts the number at $500
and the News and Courier calls 1t
$500. While there is no reliable basis
for a reasonably accurate estimate of
such a crowd, this discrepancy is
great enough to be noticeable. One
thousand five hundred is a lot of peo-
pie, and seven thousand five hundred
is quite a multitude.