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FELDER TO CONNISSION. His Lette:- Declining to Appear in Respo'se to Resolution of the Commission. Following is the letter which was Teeeived by the dispensary winding up commission at its meeting on Mon day, from Thos. B. Felder, in response to the resolution of the commission re quiring him to appear before the com mission and furnish the commission all information in his possession: Col. Felder wrote as follows to Chairman James Stackhouse and to the members of the commission: "'Receipt of your valued favor of the 19th instant is hereby acknowledged. I have been absent from the city for the past week Or ten days. conducting some investigations on my own ac count anent the matters referred to in the second paragraph of the series sof resolutions adopted by your com nission at a meeting held in the city of Columbia on the 19th instant, a copy of which you caused to be trans 2nitted to me here. . "After mature deliberation I have reached the deliberate conclusion that if 'your governor could with propriety create a commission -who are 'all friends of mine and personal suppor ters' to Investigate the members of the old commission, the attorney gen eral of the Siate of South Carolina and -t'e agents, attorneys and em ployes of the old commission. and to make 'a rigid investigation of all my (Blease's) acts as State senator, pri vate citizen and governor of the State,' I could with equal propriety resolve myself into a committee of one to zhake investigations as to the said Blease, his allies and affiliates. Claims Equal Jurisdiction. "I think it woald be conceded that my jurisdiction is equally as broad as yours; that I have the same authority to subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance and to give evidence touch ing the premises as you- possess; and I feel that I may say, without undue arrogance, that my 'findings of both law and facts' will be just as binding and,carry with them the same degree \of weight -and respectability as yours. "In conclusion permit me to say that my investigations have been quite extensive, thorough and exhaus tive and most satisfactory to me, and, when made public, will, in all human probability, disqualify for service some of those now seeking to pass officia' fudgment upon the acts of my asso eiates and myself. "To some of you this statemient may prove enigmatical, while to others it will be most clear. Promises "Veritable Broadside." "It does not suit the con~venience of miy committee to meet -with yours at 'the ti*me and place indicated, but if we can -nutually agree upon a differ *nt time and place for an interchange of views, in formation and confidences, I feel safe in saying that the result will be most pleasing and profitable to the people of the State of South Carolina, if niot to you and 'yours.'"~ "While raaking no unconditional promise to do so, (for I must in these matters consult and largely yield to the wishes of others more vitally in terested in the outcome of this con troversy than I can possibly be, and I may add, whose views have deterred me in doing so heretofore) still, if unriestrained, will be my pleasure to deliver in the not distant future a ver itable 'broadside.' "With the assurence of my most dis tinguished consideration, I have tne~ honor to be, yours very truly, "Thos. B. Felder, "Chairman of the Anti-Blease In vestigating Committee." The letter is dated May 26, 1911. The resolution of the conmmissior requiring Felder to appear was as follows: The Resolution. The following from the News and Courier is the call made for Col. Fel der to appear: "Be it resolved, That this commis sion meet on thie 29th day of May, A D. 1911, and that Thomas B. Felder of the firm of Anderson, Felder, Roun tree & Wilson. be required to appeai before said commission on that date and furnish th'em -with all information in his possession or in the possession of his firm, in connection with all mat ters and affairs of any and all claims due or owing to or by the State of South Carolina and from and to any and all person or persons, in obedience to the contract made with the late members of this commission in writ -ing by the said Anderso.~ Felder, Roundtree & Wilson. As to Governor. "Resolved secon1d. That the said Thomas B. Felder. at the same time b( required to furnish al! informatior in his possession in regard to an.1 mattr or mratters cornected with~ ih syrd Stawed :pensary against any of ficer of said institution or of this Stize. and parseuTrly the governor o: this State. the Hon. Cole L. Blease in ecco-ance with his communica tions heretofore made. either in per son or through the press of this State, and that he also furnish any informa tion he has in his possession, show ing any connection or any dealings in person as agent for others that the said Hon. Cole. L. Blease may have had with the State dispensary direc tors or any other person or persons connected with said institution. "Resolved third, That a copy of! these resolutions be transmitted by registered letter through the United States mail to the said Anderson, Fel der. Rountree & Wilson and a copy individually to Thomas B. Felder, of said firm." "WIRELESS" MEN CONVICTED. Wilson and Four Associates Sentenc ed to Federal Prisons. New York, May 29.-Chris,'opher Columbus Wilson, president of the United Wireless Telegraph cu-mpany, and four of his associates were con victed in the criminal branch of the United States circuit court late today for fraudulent use of the mails in db taining subscriptions to wireless. They were sentenced as follows: President Wilson, three years in the Federall prison in Atlanta; Geo. H. Parker and F. E. Butler, two years each in the same prison; W. A. Diboll and W. W. Thompkins, one year each in some New York prison. Following a sensational charge by District Attorney Wise, that one of the jurors had been approached Sunday night in the interest of the defendants with the offer of a bribe, "even if it ran into five figures," and his charge. that the men on trial were desperate prisoners who would flee the jurisdic tion of the court, if admitted to bail," the judge committed the five to the Tombs to allow an appeal to be tak en. In summing up, District Attorney Wise declared that it had be;en shown "Wilson netted $900,000 from the sale of. 76,000 shares of stock, but in all, $1,500,000 went into his own pocket." Each of the defendants was convict ed on four counts, three in each case charging misuse of the mails, and the fourth, conspiracy. The _ maxir um sentence might have been six years in prison and fines of $25,000 each. DEATH IN SPEEDWAY. Harroun Wins Race-4Great Driver, lai a Marmon Car, Goes 500 3Elles inL Wonderful Time. Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, May 30.--For fame, fortune and the glory of the automobile one life was- sacri 'ficed and several men injured today, in the first 500-mile race on a spied way, the greatest test of skill and en durance in the history 'of the spourt of motor racing, won iby Ray Harroun, driving a Marmon car in the time of 6 hours, 41 minutes and 8 seconds. Closely pressing Harroun for the vic tory were Ralph Mulford, with a Loz ier, 'who finish'ed second, and DavidN Bruce-Brown, who drove his Fiat un der the wire a good third. Seventy-seven thousand persons roared encouragement to the 40 pilots that started the race at 10 o'clock this morning, and with unflagging enthu siasm cheered the leaders in the last laps of ,the race and watched the field pound around the course in division o~f the lesser honors. Nechanician Killed. In the most serious accident of the day S P Dickson, of Chicago, mechani *cian for Arthur Greiner, driving an Amplex, lost his life in an upset on the back stretch. The race had 'been on but a few minutes and the Amplex was in its thirteenth mile when the rim of one of the front wheels i'ew off. The twisted in a might spasm, hurling Greiner and Dickson from their seats. Dickson was thrown against a fence twenty feet from the car and instantly killed. Greiner was unconscious when he was picked up and it was feared he had concussion of the brain, but when he was revived at the field hospital, it was found his only injury was a fractured arm. A series of succeeding accidents thrilled the immense crowd, pitched high to a fearful expectancy and kept the thousands of eyes strained on the track for a carnival of death that seemed imminent whenever a groups of cars flashed close to eacnl otner. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the u n dersigned, as administrators of the personal estate of A. J. Gibson, do ceased. will make a final settlement of \he guardianship estate of Nina B Gibson. minor, on the 19th day of June 1911. at 11 o'clock a. in., in the~ office of the Probate Judge for New berry co unty, and immediately there after apply for a discharge of saids estate by reason of said guardianship. I. H. Hunt, 0. B. Cannon. Mayl ~. 1911. Administrators. e & // Here's an indivi a beverage that clous goodness someness. 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