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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-03
BEvER|DGE'S
MAJORITY IN
COUNTY 1876
Strayer Wins on Law Enforce
ment Program and Carl
Wadman Gets Nomination
For Sheriff.
PRIMARY VOTE HEAVY

SUCCESSFUL G. o. p NOMINEES
united States Senate-A. J. Beve-
idge.
Representative in conqress-R. NJ
Elliott.
Prosecutor-Frank Strayer.
State Senator-Denver Harlan.
representative in Legislature. M
Knapp.
Joint Representative, Wayne-Unioz
oliver LaFuze.
County Clerk-OIIie Hunt.
Auditor-Harry Thornburqh.
Treasurer-Thomas AhI.
Sheriff-CarI Wadman.
Coroner-S. Edgar Bond.
SurVeyor-Howard Horton.
Assessor-WiIIiam Brown.
Commissioner middle District
Garfield Jackson.
Commissioner (Western District)-
Albert Hindman.
Councilmen at Large - Nusbaun,,
Reynolds and SmeIser.
Wayne Trustee-charIes Hodoe,
wayne Assessor-John Edgerton.
The victory Of Albert j. Beveridge
IN Wayne county, defeating Harry S.
New by 1916 votes. and the defeat of
Paul Beckett by Frank Strayer for
prosecutor on a law enforcement pro
gram, were the principal features of
the primary election here Tuesday.
Carl Wadman received the nomina-
ton for sheriff with 3,05S votes
against 1862 votes cast for Mr..
Seaney, his nearest opponent
The narrow margin of four votes.
which enabled Ollie Hunt to defeat
Park Gipe, 1882 to 2,25S for the Re
publication nomination for county
mary.
Race Was Close.
The race for county clerk was an
exceedingly close one from the be
ginning, the final official vote being
| Crull 2,096, Gipe 225S, Hunt, 2,262 and
Schneider 1,07S.
Frank Strayer was nominated for
prosecuting attorney, receiving 1913
votes as against 1851 cast for Pau
! Beckett.
The primary vote was so per ceni
heavier than in 1920.
Albert ]. Beveridge was successful
in Wayne county, obtaining 1922 votes
against 1905 cast for Senator Harry
S. New, in the race for the United
! States senate.
Richard N. Elliott, of Connersville
swept the county and district for the
nomination for representative in con
gress. Belated reports from the coun
| ties of the district made it impossible
to tell by what plurality he had been
chosen, but it was substantial enough
to satisfy his friends.
Vote Cast.
In Wayne county he received 2,749
and Walter McConaha was giver
l2,257; Ralph Test, 1,131 and c. o
Williams 1,716.
District Returns
Scattering returns from the various
counties of the district gave the fol
lowing results at o'clock this after
noon:
Beveridge, 1882; New, 10,54S
Elliott, 1O,SS4; McConaha, 3,401
Test, 5,641; Williams, 3.2S9.
Reports from county seats said tha
official returns were very hard tc
compile quickly, owing to the length
of the ballot.
1t is estimated that Mr.. Elliott vii
carry his district by 5000.
The official county vote follows:
United States Senator
Beveridge .................. 4e2
/ ~
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-03
Bandits Secure $4,000
After Wrecking Bank

DENVER, Colo, May S-After fir
ing nine shots of nitro glycerin,
|. which practically wrecked the build
ing of the First National bank, 15
miles from here, early this morning
baudits escaped with approximately
$4,000 in currency and liberty bonds.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-03
BEvER|DCE'S
MARGIN OVER
new BOOSTED
Lead of Former Senator In
creased to 1868 When
2,3l8 of 1882 Precincts
Are Unofficially Reported.
RALSTON LEAD LARGE
BULLETIN

EULEET TIN
INDIANAPOLIS, May 3.-With ap
proximately SIS per cent of the Repub-
lican vote reported, ex-senator Albert
]. Beveridge had lead Of 1879
votes over Senator Harry S. New
in their contest for the nomination for
United States senator. For 2,802 of
the 1882 precincts in the state, Bev-
eridge's vote was 1885, against 142,-
060 for New. Returns were missing
from $50 precincts, including SO in
Marion county (Indianapolis) where
the returns favored New.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-03
IRISH BANKS MAY
CLOSE; RAIDS CAUSE
lRv Associated Press. )

DUBLIN, May "a statement
issued by the Dali Eireann says all the
banks are considering closing their
branches in the area where the raids
of the last few days occurred.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-03
BULLETIN

INDIANAPOLIS, May 3-Forner
Senator Albert ]. Beveridge steadily
increased the lead he has had over
Senator Harry New, as the slow count
ed precincts from remote parts of the
state came in today, and with 1886
out of 1882 precincts heard from had
rolled up majority Of 18,445. The
vote in these precincts stood: Bever-
idge 145,324; New 12S,879. This vote
included approximately one half the
precincts In Marion county, where
New showed his greatest strength.
The precincts to come include 679
downstate where Beveridge has been
showing steady gain and 107 in Mar
ion county, where New is leading.
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INDIANAPOLIS, May 3.-The lead
of former Senator Beveridge over
Senator New in the Republican sena-
torial race was increased to 1858
when 2,31S of the 1882 precincts were
unofficially reported. The figures
were Beveridge, 127 1893; New, 113,545.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-03

INDIANAPOLIS, May 3-Reports
received from Marion county in the
Republican race for the United States
senatorship today showed that Harry
S. New, incumbent, carried the home
precinct of his opponent, Albert j
Beveridge, by a vote of 127 to IA. Mr.
New also carried his home precinct
by a vote of 237 to 154
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-01-25
The Old Clock
Maker
By o WHITcoMB

AZ. 1921. Western NeWspaper Union.l

%. 1921. Western Newspaper Union.)
The old clockmaker was seated In
his Office, his head upon his ha1ds, his
elbows on his desk, pondering. He oc-
cupied a tiny Office in an old-fashioned
part Of New York, downtown, and he
sat there for a great part Of each day
since he came to America fifty years
before, bringing with him the skill of
twelve generations of Swiss clock"
makers. Walser's clocks never varied
by more than five minutes q year.
Great, old-fashioned grandfather's
clocks they were, and because the
modern fashion is<for cheap and gaudy
things, he sold only to a few old-fash-
toned customers. and his whole stock
was stored in the small warehouse and
workshop at the back of his office.
And he had driven Ernst, his only
son, his only child, out of his home
forever. Ernst was the last of the
Walsers, and with his action he had
effectively cut himself of from all the
generations that were to come. How
foolish his quarrel had been! 1t was
about q girl whom Ernst wanted to
marry, and because he had not told
his father all about it old Walser had
taken umbrage.
"Who is she7" he asked angrily.
And Ernst answered that she was a
domestic servant. Then the old mans
anger 1ared out, for the Walsers
traced their descent from princes and
Walser had mixed so little with his
kind that the old traditions fingered.
Old Walser turned to his son.
He pointed to an old clock which
had licked away the hours minute by
minute ever since he had brought it
to America.
Ernst" he said hoursely, that
clock was made by my father for his
serene highness the prince Of Lutter-
ling. My father was once engaged tc
marry the princes daughter. She died,
but the match was never considered
unequal. The Walsers have been a
proud old family. though they are
clockmakers. And you-you-you are
going to marry a servant.
"Well marry her, but from this mo-
ment you are no longer q Walser. l
disown you by the memory Of my
father" He pointed still to the time
piece. when that clock, which my
father made in 1888. goes wrong by as
much as ten minutes in q day, I will
ask you to come back to me-" he said.
"Now go!" =
And Ernst went.
The old clock never varied by as
much as a minute a day. It's melan.
choly tick was wearing the old mans
heart away. He moaned in hie
as he sat at his d.
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of the plan to arouse a public de-
mand for a settlement in form of a
compromise out Of which they hope to
gain some new advantage. Of late,
however, the sympathy of the public
has shifted. The public is tired of
constant business Interruptions and
it is history that the sympathetic CO.
operation of the public is necessary
to the winning of any strike.
But we are d~iverting. What would
happen if the. farmers of the land
should go on a strike? Suppose the
farmers and the livestock men should
refuse to ship one single animal to
market for a period of one month?
Suppose that they went to even great
er extremes and agreed to live in a
primitive way and grow only enough
food for their own use for one en-
tire season? They would be condemn
ed by the public and by organized la
Dor for threatening the life of the
nation. Yet, farmers have just as
much right to strike for better work
ing conditions as have the packing
house workers, the railroad men or
the workers in any other great indus
try.
Farmers will always produce
enough to feed and clothe the nation.
If they strike, it will be for an equal
chance with other forms of industry
and it will be an orderly strike in
which there will be 40 picketing; no
slugging and no murder. The public
will be taken into their confidence and
through cooperative organization
they will shorten the distance be-
tween producers and consumers
whereby both may profit and the ma
ton prosper. The only persons to be
hurt in this strike will be the specu-
lator and the pr%ofteer, and may both
classes get justice.-Farm & Ranch.
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pened. A sudden whirring sound was
heard, and the hands began racing
~furiously. And then they stopped and
the old clock, stood still at half past
four.
That was the precise time at which
Ernst put on his hat and left the
house.
The old man fell back in his chair
and stared in establishment at this
phenomenon.
Presently, when curiosity overcame
his terror, he opened the case and
peered in. And swiftly enough the
cause was revealed. Wedged tightly
into the mechanism was q clockwork
mouse.
Walser drew out the mouse and
looked at it. Years before he had
brought that mouse home for his son
Ernst, in the days when he was a baby,
playing about the floor of the nursery.
The child must have placed his toy
inside the old clock and forgotten all
about it.
Walser rose up solemnly and put on
his hat. He turned to the clock and
his voice was choking with emotion.
81 know now" he said, "that this Is
q Judgment and a miracle in one"
Ten minutes later he arrived at a
dingy, shabby house, and made his
way up to the top floor and knocked.
A comedy young woman came to the
door.
"You are" queried Walser.
81 am Mrs. Walser," she answered
In a very sweet voice. "You have
business with my husband?"
"You are my sons wife?" shouted
the old man. "why, I thought
thought"
And suddenly he flung his arms
about her and drew her to him and
kissed her. And at the audible sound
Ernst came to the door, looking shah
br and thin, but with fire in his eye
and fists doubled to repel this assault
upon the sanctity Of his home. See
ing his father he halted dead.
"Come here, my boy" cried the old
man. "It's all forgotten-the clock
ran down. Come with me and I will
tell you all about it."
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Why Shantung is Such a Prize.

Now that Shantung is so promi-
nently before the public, and every
n that reads the newspapers knows
what a fight has been made for it's
possession by both China and Japan,
it may interesting to know why this
province is considered such a prize.
Elmer Benson, an engineer who
has returned to the United States af-
ter doing survey work in the Philli-
pines, has given out a very interesting
statement as to the result of a per-
sonal inspection ne made of Shantung
some months ago. He says Shantung
is about as big as Wisconsin, and is
fabulously rich. "Just how rich it is,
try to imagine Wisconsin with a pop
ulation of 4o,OoO,Oo all supported
by Wisconsin products. Crowd a
third of the population of the United
States into Wisconsin, and see how
populous and rich-and how tax pro-
ducing-that state would become"
The climate is fine, because high
mountains keep off the winds from
the North, and the Chinese in Shan
tung raise rice and silk, just as if
shantung ere a southern land. They
tell you no one ever heard of a vege-
table that couldn't be raised in Shan
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lain, a Radical, for governor, but the
younger branch of the party were for
nominating and electing a. straight
forward white Democratic ticket.
Well, the great work at Hamburg in
suppressing the negro riot put the
straightout movement in high spirits,
for they had demonstrated most eff
.fectively what they could and would
do.
The next day, July 9, General But
Ter drove up to his residence in Edge
field a little before dusk and told in a
very happy and graphic way the true
facts about the Hamburg riot. Next
morning he drove down to town and
one of the first men he met was Cen
Moultrie Gary. a gallant brigadier in
the Confederate war and a distin-
tinguished lawyer, and General Gary
congratulat ed General Butler on his
great work at Hamburg. General
Gary and General Butler were lead
ers of the branch of party advocating
a straight Democratic ticket, and
General Gary expressed the opinion
that the straightouts would win now
in spite of the Conservative OPPOSE
ton. The times were critical and
there had to be a greater concert of
action.
So the leaders met in Charleston
after a thorough caucas on the ques-
ton. It was decided that General
Butler, being closer to General
Hampton than any of the others,
should write to Hampton, who was
out in Mississippi trying to resusci-
tate what little the war had left him.
The noble old general like Cincinnati
us of. old, dropped the pillow handles
and came at his states call and led
the fight for the redemption of South
Carolina. F. w: P. Butler.
Columbia.
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the soldiers and by night the red
shirts were ready to equip the Sweet
water Sabre club. And a flagstaff
with two dough faces of black negro
heads with bullet holes in the fore
heads was hoisted to be carried
through Aiken. The inscriptions got
up by the Tillmans we're: "Satan APP
peals to the fallen angels; awake and
arise or be forever fallen" "None
but the guilty need fear"
With the red shirts as uniforms of
this spectacular demonstration, the
troop mounted and started for the
court house in Aiken. At the head fof
the troop was the sheriff of Aiken
county with armed deputies leading
to court a troop Of cavalry, with Cap
tain A. P. Butler at the head, all
armed and equipped, going as prison
ers.
All of this, originated by order OF
Captain Butler, created CONSERVATION
among che negroes and radicals in
Aiken and the trial was a farce, the
judge on the bench, a radical carper-
Dagger, was so upset that he mol
pressed the case. He first, however,
when the armed prisoners marched
into the court house, mildly suggest
ed that the arms be left outside, but
he was told in strong language that
the Aiken and Edgefeld men would
sacrifice their homes and firesides for
their country's good but would not
give up their arms.
So we see that A. P. Butler bore a
leading part in putting down the rad
icles who had for two years been
browbeating and t%yrannizing over the
white people of South Carolina, but
all this stopped them in their mad
ness. He, too, was the originator of
the red shirt as a '76 uniform, first
suggested by General Ferguson of
Mississippi and put into practical eff
feet at the suggestion of George Till
man and by order of Captain Butler
in command of the Sweetwater Sabre
club.
After this trial in Aiken a new
vision was taken by the Democratic
party of South Carolina. For a long
time there had been a difference of
opinion as to what was the best pol
icy to pursue to right the very de-
plorable state of affairs that existed.
The older members Of the Democratic
party thought a conciliatory policy
would bring relief more normally and
wanted to run Daniel H. Chamber
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invulnerable. At 8 o'clock, that hot
moonlight night OF, July 8 the negroes
killed handsome, chivalrous MCKEE
Meriwether, the very flower of the
young men of that part of South
|Carolina. Captain Buffers men went
wild then and an ex-union soldier
approached those in command and
suggested bringing over the artillery.
This took like wildfre. First Sergeant
Hugh Shaw, a practicing physician
and a brave gentleman, was detailed
to go to Augusta for the guns. The
cannon came across in quick time,
and one poor fellow, Perdue, was kill
ed on the bridge coming over. l shall
never forget that night when we
heard the booming of the cannon on.
the banks of the Savannah as they
! shelled most effectively the beseiged
Sibley building. My! what a quietlng
effect it had on the negro rioters!
Orders to bring them in dead or alive
were strictly carried out. Therefore,
it was Captain Buffers troop, at the
suggestion of his relative, General
Butler, that broke the backbone of
radicalism and "nigger" domination
in South Carolina. This should be
said to give these two men their prop
%er,place in the history of South Car
DINA.
After the quelling of the negro riot
by the authority of Judge Rivers, the
Sweetwater Sabre club and all 9TH
ers connected with the Hamburg af-
fair were arrested or indicted and or
dered to court in Aiken town.
Their appearance in court evident
ly was not very urgent for the Sweet
water Sabre club was ordered by Cap
tain Butler to assemble at Cherokee
pond on his plantation to go to Aiken
and be tried.
The Rev. Mr.. Shaw of Edgefeld
owned a residence within a few miles
of Aiken and very kindly turned it
over to the. troop. Sc they camped
here until their lawyers, Col. George
Croft, Gen. Moultrie Gary, Maj. Bill
Gary and others could fix up the pa
pers in the case.
While sojourning in this camp a
great many sympathizers were on
hand to encourage their fellow citi-
zens. Among the crowd was George
D. Tillman, who told Captain Butler
how z. T. George of Mississippi, by
spectacular displays, helped to throw
off negro rule in that state. He, Till
man, had been defeated for congress
by a negro. He also told of how the
politicians of the North were flaunt-
ing the bloody shirt in our faces, etc.
Mr.. yillman suggested to Captain
Butler the ACCESSIBILITY of uniforming
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A. p. Buffers Place in
History.

To the Editor of The State:
/ was charmed to read the delight
full traditional narrative of Col. A.
P. Butler by Ambrose E. Gonzales.
His references to Col. Butler by
those who knew the colonel are per
feet in the portrayal of this mans
true character.
I trust I'll not be trespasslng on
anything my friend Gonzales may
write in the future about Colonel
Butler if I venture to make public a
fact in the history of South Carolina
\that very few of the younger genera
ton know anything about.
Colonel Butler gained his position
of commissioner of agriculture by his
heroic work in 1876 when the South
was struggling to throw off the yoke
Of tyranny that was placed upon the
neck of the South by a dominating
and unmerciful party. !,
On July 8, 1876, Colonel Butler
was sitting on his front piazza read
ing a paper, in full view of his extern
siye plantation, when one Of his
neighbors rode up and handed him a
note. The neighbours horse was lather-
ed with sweat, having made a tenn
pestuous ride from Hamburg, S. G.
This neighbor was Jim Hightower;
a truer man never lived, though poor
and uneducated. Colonel Butler drop
ped his paper, threw out his quid of
tobacco and said, after reading the
note, "Hightower, the hell you say!
Is all this going on in Hamburg??"
The note was from the colonePs
best friend and relative, Gen. M. c.
Butler, then in Hamburg, where ne
had gone in the capacity of a lawyer
to try before the trial justice a band
of rioting negroes.
General Butler was hired by Col.
"Bob" Butler, another relative, TO
come to Hamburg and try a negro,
Dock Adams, captain of a negro
company, armed and equipped by the
dominant party to enforce equal suf-
frage and social equality. The lawyer,
Butler, left Edgefeld on July z,
armed with his law books and rode in
an open buggy, driving his favorlte
horse, Bob.
He spent the night with Col. "Bob"
Butter and went early next morning
to Hamburg 10 consult the trial JUS
tice, Prince Rivers, a big black negro,
six feet six inches tall. His honor
said he was helpless, as Dock Adams
and his company were beseiged in the
Sibley building, in their armory,
armed with Springfield rifles and
plenty of ammunition and defying the
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w vAuv uile L aIIhe0o oiIvL vn vii
June 9, 1863, at the battle of Brandy
Station, Va, took a quick view of
the situation and acted On his own
initiative. While standing in front of
Judge Rivers office, Jim Hightower,
having been to Augusta on business,
rode by on his way home, and the
lawyer handed him the note for Col
onel Butler who lived seven miles
from Hamburg. General Butler told
Jim the contents of the note and of
the desperate situation. Jim High
tower pulled up his horse and his ride
was a Revere's ride, of old.
After reading the note from Cen
eral Butler who had been authorized
by Judge Rivers to appoint a posse
to arrest the rioting negroes, Colonel
Butler rang his bell or blew his horn,
called in his hands and sent them. out
to round up the Sweetwater Sabre
club of which the colonel was then
captain. This cavalry troop was made
up of the very flower of that section
and they met every Saturday after
noon and tilted lances and some play
ed cards and had something to drink
and met at dear old Sweetwater
church, standing there now. After
the colonel had detailed his negroes
to round up his company armed with
,carbines, ss.bres and six-shooters, he
put his servants at work preparing
to feed men and horses. Although
the times were troublous and uncer-
tain, the colonel was hospitable and
by the time the gentlemen arrived,
about IL, he was prepared to feed
man and horse sumptuously. (Of
course, all who wanted to, took a
stiff drink, as there was a barrel in
the smoke house.) After dinner, Cap
tain Butler, at the head of the Sweet
water club, formed a file of fours and
marched to Hamburg as a legal
posse to arrest, if possible, the defiant
negroes and to suppress them if it
had to be done.
That July 8 was a very hot day
and Captain Butler reached Hamburg
at 4 p. M, ready for the fray. The
negroes in the Sibley building were
more defiant than ever after the s.r-
rival of the troop of cavalry The
leaders decided the best way to sup
press or arrest the negroes wa to
fight by skirmish line and Captain
Butler drew up his company and
counted fours. Well, the battle began
in earnest, and for a long time the
negroes beseiged position seemed
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Suppose the Farmers Struck.

HFS
There are generally from fifty to
several hundred strikes in the indus
trial world every month in the year.
Many of these are only of local sig
n%iicance and others r nation wide.
All of them interfere with business
and cause suffering even among
those who in no wise are responsible
for conditions which brought about
the difference in opinion between en-
ployer and employee. And what diff
ference does it make to the striker?
If the workers in the packing plant
want to walk out, they proceed to do
so without regard to the effect on
others. WHAT'S it to them if the live
stock men have no market? What do
they care if through a prolonged
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