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;warn T HE AOL. XXXV BARNWELL. 8. THURSDAY. APRIL 11.1912 BLEASE’S CHARGES cjiih oown psohit rlEASE IN DEHANO hiiisands aomiss'(jivts OTHER SIDE falls to his oeatii AGAINST LYON AND OTHERS BE ING INVESTIGATED. SEVERAL MEN TESTIFY Messrs. James Stackhouse ami James V. Wallace, Members of the Blea.se Wimling Up Commis Ion, Tell What They Enow, ami Admitted Their Board Did Not Do So. The Legislative Committee appoint ed to Investigate the charges made STATEMENT OF A WITNESS PROV EN TO BE TRUE. THE GOVERNOR SPEAKS TWICE AT GEORGETOWN. DRIVEN FBOM THEIR HOMES BY THE GREAT FLOOD. Attorney General Lyon Produces Re cord to Repute the Tcstlliuony of Mr. James W. Wallace. Ma. James W. Wallace, a member of the Blease dispensary winding up commission, appearing before the ‘.legislative Dispensary Investigating Committee on Wednesday, insinuat ed that Attorney tieneral Lyon and T B. Felder had deposited some mon- c> in a hank in Cincinnati which they had collected from Dennis Weis- kopf who had overcharged the State TELES OF WORK DONE BY THE BLEASE COMMISSION FAMOUS AVIATOR LOSES Hffl LIFE BY AN ACCIDENT. HOMAN SACRIFICES FAHATKAL SECT. ‘ ‘ CHEERED BY HIS FRIENDS People Who Don’t Like the Way He Runs Governor's Ofllce Have no Way to Help Themselves, Says South Carolina's Governor to Hi larious Crowd About Banquet. The dedication of the splendid new Firemen's Hall at Georgetown set for Wednesday night, April 3, was made the occasion for a grand celebration with Governor Cole L. Blease as guest of honor. Congressman Eller- lie, of the sixth district, was also present. The programme for the day was begun with a big picnic at Brown's Ferry, on Black River, where about 500 country people from Georgetown and Williamsburg coun ties congregated to see and hear the Governor and others of the announc- cmnmittee's atten- " 1 s I l0akf ' r9 of the da y. an(1 to par- Fon to the fact tha Mr. Wallace was ,a ^ e thP abundant eatables. ‘ giving his opinion as evidence and i The visiting party were taken up a;M*- to secure any other attorney to that the opinion were false.” Mr.' he river on the tug Wm. P. Cong- F>on also said that he had in his! don, leaving Georgetown at eight possession a copy of the written con- o'clock. Dr. Olin Sawyer was mas- tract entered into by Mr. Felder with j ter of ceremonies, and Introduced I^evees Standing the Pressure of Wat- er. But The, Go Ihmu It Rlee f |j DOMINICK TESTIFIES Continues. With a mighty volume of water , ,, , , of South Carolina for labels and in to Governor Blease against the Attor- timat ^ d that u wag the , ntention of m.*y-General and the Ansel Winding Lyon and Felder t0 cover up the p omm ssion, resumed its work on , inone y as jt | iad not p een reported to et nei.a>. The first witness called i t fj e Blease commission. Mr. Wallace at the morning session was James j b)ated that the ftrst tlme the Blease Stackhouse, the chairman of the rpmmIsslon P.lease winding-up commission. He wa8 on deposit in Cincinnati was is a resident of Mullins. He was wben P _ H _ Xelson brought out the asked by the committee as to efforts f a ct on cross-examination of one of to wind up the affairs of the dispen-; dr Lyon - 8 w i tne8se8 ln the t n a i 0 f earj. He said that the rt>port would f an) o US "label case' Miow the work. He was ask< d as to ^ ( b j 8 p 0 j n ^ Attorney General the contract with R. F. AFney to ■ yon ca ]i ed tbe wind up the affairs of the dispensary, He said that the commission was un moving southward at a rapid rate, the man-raised banks of the Missis-1 sippi river are subjected to a heavy! strain. So far they have held their | own. The crest of the rise Is nc>L yet in sight, but the speed of the flood must bring the highest point! before long. / Fully 7,000 people are homeless, having been driven from their houses His Chief Note Rests on His Achieve ment of Crossing American Conti- / ' neut In Flying Machine. > Galbraith P. Rodgers, the Aral man to cross the American continent in an aeroplane, was killed at Long Beach. Cal. almost instantly late Wednesday, when his biplane, in which he had of Railroad Pass and Chargee on . been • oarln 8 over the ocean * from a height of 200 feet and burled him in the wreck. His neck was broken and his body badly mashed by the engine of his machine. He lived but a few minutes. For a week Rodgers has been mak ing dally flights there and had taken up with him many passengers, both men and women. Wednesday he MANY VICTIMS Newberry Member of Board, Former liftw Partner to the Governor, Is Closely Questioned as to Ills Use Expense Account. Mr. F. H. Dominick, of Newberry, former law partner of Governor by the encroachment of the waters 1 ant * a niem ^ er the Blease on the inhabited portion of the banksi v ' coniull sBion, was the prln- of the great river. It Is predicted | ci ^ 1 "‘tuess- before the committee that the water at Memphis will reach* lnv esHs a ting into the acta and doing ^ forty-five feet above the flood stage. ] ^ everyone connected with the l *te ( s!arted up f rom ]ji B usual place and State dispensary Thursday. Mr. If the water rises much higher, it is predicted, the levees must give way I)oni * n ' ck detailed at length the work under the terrific strain in which they; whl i ch ^ he Blease ^ commlssion did have been subjected during the past do the uo'-k He told of employin': Attorney Holman of Charleston and tile payment of " 0 retainer f* e. \\ but St,u khouse Said. The witness said that the commis sion was foned to give the eonrraet lor th»- work to I! I. \bt.t >' by Attor ney i ;.-m rai !.>on The ,% i: m s.-s a !- 1 during Us tenure of office and went into many matters minutely. He was questioned by Chairman Carlisle and almost every member of the committee and was on the stand al most three hours. The only other witness was Mr. Thos. F. Brantley, of Orangeburg, likewise a. member of the Blease com mission, and he corroborated the tes few days. At Memphis while all the main lev ees are holding, the flood is telling on the banks of the Mississippi river, and the situation is not so hopeful, j Several weak spots have developed,! especially at Mound City. Ark., and in thein th" Reeifoot levee, r.-t of Hickman, Ky. Large forces of lab-j orers and volunteers are at work hot-! l * UJ0I D ol -Mr. Dominick. This corn- soared out over the ocean, crossing the pier, and then turned ana dipped close to a roller coaster on a beach amusement park. Hearing a flock of gulls disporting themselves among & gr*>at shoal of sardines. Just over the breakers, Rodgers again turned and In an Amazing Conft Woman Clears Up tha Axe Assassination of Negroes in Louisiana Recently. v . Modern criminal history fcariljr has a parallel to the confession of Clementine Barnabet, of Lafqyette, La., a frail “half blood’* negraas of twenty-two years, who admlttad that she had with her own hands ktllad eeventeen persons. The police believe that this i slon, given with the nonchalanea of ft person telling sn ordinary tala, opaftft he way for a final reckoning an tbft curse of voodolsm which for time has cast a blur upon Thirty-five lives—on moat eiskopf by which It was agreed to i Hongrossman EllerW, whole reclta-, stering up Hie aloughtlng embank- examination of the Blease IT.r.en when Wels-tnon of his work in'Washington for ; menta and piling sand tiags where tiie ! < , 0IIirillhS '° n wt,h the exceptlon of Mr had r.o! lit: thou. a' V. t i r i. • ny w .1 • . • W .18 S' A risoluM n be ..'Sion auHi"ri.'i!ig i von to proc-.-d < o' • |;. bl ,nd a:.d ;o p-nyluy s r. a.l Tin- re 1 v mirtod il.n; tu : ’any meetings, i (1111 r * i < • t w i :) t be F. ’ r . on 'Lie i t ,1.'»■ (i A11 o r 11 - v (,»-11, \. ith tbc s»■ • •!. DlstiF i tu: i. on j slstant rouns.' of A•'o: n< y t a fim r. ’ - - on was ri ; oint. d . .'i; :b 't t ampb- power to nsc r* ii:i t! the ( .180 nf tiic Hi hi tl; I com; any and Hi ,! w ion ; testin o' \ bad i>« pn gaHicn d that be would g!v<' bis ' o >pi ration in Hn set- : It-n.>• iit ,,f the i ,i8p "V,’i* hid n. i ,i • .o n 11 i' ■ 8 i ! ' hi ■ay to the State <o| f was relii-ved from further pros-] Winyah Bay and Georgetown County ! water Is lipjiing the crest, ution in Hi.s State and that Hie t oni'v was on deposit in a Cincinnati nk to tile credit of T It Felder. hat Hie F.i.vard Ferris and H. S. ttraydon as ■ tr.;rt“f'8 to he paid to the S'a’i' iis- • tisary eotiimiss: n wlo ti nolle prosequi should be ent' m 1 upon tl.e, -i ’i.aining indictments ag.utisi Weis-. j K M. Thompson, the secretary, who md the stx'h district heartily ap-j At Memphis the water Is within is ln a ll08 I’ 1, al In the North under 1 :ttide 1 County Superintendent of two-tenths of the 44-foot "dead line” ,r< ' a,nlent Ho Is expected to return 'duration J. W'. Doar spoke along ed set by S. C. Emery, government fore-: PPXt , * eek ’ and w111 ^ examined at ucHtlonal lines ; caster Mr Fmery Is of the opinion ;inoth * r nie8,ln *A Hi t al I.> on to the Fin which r w is 1 1 on.in isslon had 11 -s in tisvMing • proi t-r " !• r.e-s v. !• h r' t•• retua '11 ment of B I. \bney Mr Stock! )U8*‘ was with ri ference to the 1 I ■ttl.-p tile A me til paid t>\ thi dersou, Fe son ! ' w fl• that ’ ’ e f> ■i n \ ud i' c m S t a’e and n der. liuuntr ■ of VI . tr i s’ioi) ' 1 ;■ q-n stioned ui■ ract w :Hi iptnv in inc Tlti,s contract was iittudi 1 tc> tin investicuting committee 1»> Attorney ' etiera! l.von. He also sta’ed tb it 'be testimony of Mr W ls'I.i e to Hie ' "ei t tiiat Mr Nelson on cross-exam-. L'ation bad brought out the r.u • that ■' e rnont > on deposit in (' ■ \ an im w is :i!s > untrue, as be hBeseif ha 1 itad his own w i’riess to testify in r>- c.rd t!.«re - o and that Mr !son ii id oh.terted to a t art of the St.a'e’s '; •' in •'»•>' as the record w ill show The testimony referred to b\ Mr Fvon is reported verbatim in Tim -' ate of September ii". 1 h 1!, as f d- Governor Blease followed with a | ,{la f levees can not stand up un-j der the strain of more than forty-four feet. Fnfounded reports are that the* Reeifoot levee had gone out, and that the flood was pouring over populous- farming lauds ■.ara< a 'on a dwelt Lent! •eristic.illy vigorous speech lines heretofore reported. He long ind wi'h apparent effect its pa’doning record and relat- d pathetle i US'- a flees of where the ardoning t'ower had iieen invoked '*• ri-iteraied his determination to spense f ivors to friends alone None others need apply ” Governor- 13 grave. 'lease Ft tlv some hot shot Into th ■ apers and his enemies, mixed ar,> flocking info th F. II. Dominick on Stand. Mr. Dominick stated that he at tended practically all of the meeting* of the commission. He told of the Attorney General meeting with the commission on the evening of the ('ay they organized; that the Attor- dtved Into them, scattering the sea 1 an e " t "- e fowls In all directions j vlctlm, t0 flendl,h n, * bt Highly elated with the outcome oft io Y ed t0 I»natlcal devotftM •( his dive, Rodger, then flew farther '‘ ruman Sacrl/lc. ’ or the “.mU «C out to ri a. all the time gradually r!s-j ! 4 8a( ' rf ‘ serpent. ing until he had reached a height of! k rom Clementine's -tor7 U to ^ about 200 feet Making a abort turn.! ™ r * n \ ^ ™ . th ^ eoBt ' he started at full speed for the p, e r. hand J n tbe h0rr0 " was based on s barbarous belief tft some sort of blood atonemoat. TW police declare that ahe haa glvaft Hundreds of persons on the pier! 1 ;'’” that w^, « x th * ^ ^ saw Rodgers relax his hold on lbe<*[ Kht ? n ^frloaM crime, la — then suddenly dipped his plances and his machine began a frightful de scent. levers, and then, seeming realizing that he wa« In danger, make atren- uoua efforts to pull the nose of hla machine into a level position. Failing in this he managed to turn vtcinlty. In January her fathar ! ed for the murder of five mem here of the family of Norbert Raadell at Laf ayette on Nov. 2f, 1111. He obtain ed g new trial ou the groaad that ha hi* craft further In shore, and an In- WM drunk one day during the trial slant later the craft craahed into the and consequently was unable to .. . . v edge of the surf, not 500 feet from * rrph p n< . „ Fate reports a-r that the levee is "< >' ( '““‘- pal v told # of ^d^ent | (he ipot where on 1)rrembpr lMt> ^ " d W “ g0,nt 0ft * Klftg Rarriaon and Willies erts. preachers of the Church.and Ellta Rieharda have holding, although the situation "'"'J 1 bad fo ^ nd a K aia «f tbe ibe had flntahed his ocean-to-ocean Itichland Distilling Company by the Refugees from the flooded territory "bl commission and the scheme of * KrnPgt acott >rld JaB , t fe ,1*, been sVre.ted In connaeMnn wiA .,n qn( t tnwrm «*ttlument which had been In pro-, . * * * w « ' «i»o neen arrested in conMCtion will it 9* rk a a d # # 1 «. ». , w* 6 *m, 4 t W 4 V, I A ^ ards, were flrst to reach Rodgera. (the , ong llit of cr i meB- was bang machine. , . . , , i heavy engi relieved Thursday when foodstuffs or r< UB8 0 g '® a orma n. his feet were drawn up nearly double Hi frequ> nr wittlrlsms and apt an- "n the high lands tty Hie thousards. <,f settlement with this com- Ttifty tald B odK( , rH - b< , B( i v Foe to ttie evident amusement and Fonditions in the flooded citlei of l' an >' He said that at that tlme lln ^ Qyer Qne wln of {he li'-bt of his andlener Hickman and Columbus. Ky . were ,ho At ' ornp y ( ' Hnera ' dld not evade !;heavy engine was on hla SForHv af'er (debt o'clock In the relieved Thursday when foodstuffs or refuse to give Information. ) his feet were drawu up near \A 11 rwAaa fnl.i rxf t Vi a H 1 a a mm > Wltneaa told of the Hleaae com- mlsBlon organizing In the Governor’* an He thought |V Hie ail lit -I bv r He (Questioned !i v Vttorney General Vn- Fvon. Mr Welskopf state whether or WIF cot you have returned to the S'a-e ■ f South Carolina J 7.* i on .ceount )f the overcharges on ;b> labels' A I have re'urned $7,'-"( to my F-vme irtty af’er eicht o’clock In the • vetting Hie loaded banqtienf tables and tents were carried there in the Me Firemen's Hall were At Hickman, Ky , there are 500 ’ttmnred iri’h their eues’s Among refugees, Including the 2,h(UI made election of Mr. Stack- •'.» 8p<‘ak<T? wi re Chief Sanders, of homeless when Hie factory district H-e Hreetiwoo) flre depar’ment, who vv-as sitlimerged. Their distress was With the characteristic tlon of her race, and particularly of back and ber Clementine armed hereetf with a "hoodoo” before start lag oat on any of her alleged erraftda of l house ernor turned over to them the Fel- theora• orv on a political plane parMally relieved when food and d, ' r rnn,r act. a letter from \\ D. Roy h a ret hot talk for re-election of tents were portioned out Friday. F'vi mor Biease Mr Kllerbe spoke At Columbus. Ky , VPO to 1,200 md was warmly received He pre- people have been driven from homes w as a 'k i fi if Hit' roll! mi't tia t no' atfornp y 1 th:.ik he lias n ttli hc**n m i lo hi'forc the contrart with arrangi •input for the ret urn Feldi-r \! r '’'ark': ('ll sp was a - k t ! nmni-y paid. 1 gave it to Mm manv qi: 4 C tti'T'K as ’o l l|.. r, 1 i • ' \ ids adi ice merles t>. ’ A con Hip F F r and \ t-rv v H F or what purpose’ contra' - 8 Hi W 18 ask i d v. ).\ ;r i* is A T o (lose up Hip aff Mr. not just ' f) i ti a n-’p t tv t x :>• a: ■' a W v, as it no: for reti i rr.m dltlng to the A title just to eb ;rge t he the Felder central said that he dM ftot he parallel rases ■ ! ; 1 the ,. V F* 1 r V ; . - , • s: tt:. rortr. i • If !• was same expense 'n The w I' ness - onsider Huni to v g. nera! offer tils ■h- in xv I ml ing up d:s:-ensarv '" way,'' replied the part ! -H 'ed tha' Champ Clarlf would op- ’•"Fe Bresidenf T;ift and defeat him F \V I'oir, Ksq . spoke briefly Mayor \V H Andrews, wno acted ts toast master in Introducing Gov- ■ -ror BF-ase, spoke with pride of the '’ F rill -i fire depar’nient of George- ’ - * v* n, In re.-ognitlon of whose worth ’he re:\ n y n a LTI11 fle : m nt tiuildlng was over, barges on those L.Fels an’tiorl/ed bv the City Council, with Hie utL.ani’nous consent of the cltl- i s ami which was this night dedi- < H<d to their use for the public 'oil He s oke of Governor Blease as a man who had the courage of his convictions, and the ability to carry out his policies without dictation from any man, or set of mm. V o 1 “ ; il 8; I'C of .'ou' !i v n- t es 'ha' h us th r.i 1 u- 1 In what i>ar;i.a;lar' •■ i- i,, •vat cir -or he d!1 ’o' a pc - ’ ' ' - , d Hi.- 1 he in s> in ;i witness. aH.y wi’h "Fid \na 11 in - a ] ’ p. r<o: i:ally w-'h ' a* to: ■ • y i • -I coiv i of \ ’■•vo ' " ■rnip.g ttio T 1 ■ w ; ; , - ' 8 ) he F 1 not k n o w to S id Hia' V’CO !-■••> G. 1 vral Fvon iad av,v:\ri d ti\ inviiaticn tn-fore the for wtlieh you felt responsible’ Mr Nelson: We oh;. < • Mr I.v on M r W -i sko; ,!! ! 'urn over any money for tne ; a r f having it get to tite Star Carolina ’ \ I gave my attorney a meek for J 7 ',no. (Q What did you ins'ru • v.-qr at- •oniey to do with tha’ :■ o , \ ’ A I dFt not ins’ruct my at'orner '• to anything. Q D'd you make any agrepurent c to what tie should do vviHf'l:’ V I t'elieved hi' made an agree ent. and I b.dF-vo I di I Q Don't you know that you did ' ake an agreement aFout tt tn per- and are encamped on hills overlook ing town New Madrid. Mo, son are *'onieless The business and resi- (!• nee sections are flooded with three •o five feet of water. in the porena. Mo, community, anil to 1 .h"'L driven from their res- tdenres. have been rescued by Hick man. Kv . residents Many head of live stock have been lost. In Memphis, Tenn., 1.2hn people have tied ’heir homes in the low part of north section The gas plant out of commission The authorities are warning resuF-n's of Hie district to iioit water before using. At Craig's Lauding. Mo., eleven over hla shoulder*. Rodger, was lifted from the wreck der ^ Bay| B jj B got th# chairman, and that the Got-' 1 " d . hur , r i led b "' h ho " tr b t n *' < r0 ™ a preacher and thought that tt pilal He died on the way. His wou i d protect her from tho law. neck, jawbone and back had been The p 0 , lce d€C i BrB that written to John BJack regarding the broken - tine and her companion* ara amount of purchaaea made by the dla- . A ,e,PKram i a#r ’', t0 ’h' avIa *;atea of the lowest order, aad ora widow who Bvea In Pasadena, therefore they wer# readily and a cablegram to hla mother, Mra tlhle to the wild exhortation* they | ,f s Schweitzer, who la now in Lon- had heard ln the "Church of Bfteri- don. The body waa prepared for fl rP •• ^ burial and sent to Pasadena. Invariably the Tlctlma were pvt to The machine that Rodger* uaed d „ afh after the m i dn i ght hoBrt ... „ was the one with which he won »1 1assassin making hla eecape without Felder, but the commlsalon could ln prUe * laat , t lll i > 1 * t ,tie Chicago | rav i n| j an y clue except thla wlord gather no Information, except that of , ' nduranr, ‘ mept 11 la a wr '‘< lk . many n() ti cei Kvn erally scrawled oa a wall the Richland Dlatllllng Company He P art " ^ av '“g been awept out to aea by nf t h e room where the .aid Dr. Murray was willing to co-i operate except he wouldn't aurrender ! their vouchers, which the commis- s'on considered public documents; that they were Informed by Mr. W F Stevenson, one time when Dr Murray was before them, that they had no right to Investigate the acts pensary while Black was on the board; said that the Governor men- Honed the Felder letter*. Witness said there were some eight or ten claima still waiting settlement when their commission took charge, which were shown In correeponadence with left: "When He maketh the Inquisition for blood He forgetteth not tfeo of the humble. Human Flva.” Clementine has been looked on as a “whit* folks” and In the paat apparently I' Fi'e when Governor Blease employ’ 3 of the Men gel Box com patiy of Hickman. Mo, are endang- i rod by remaining In camp when others were rescued. Hundreds of s'e-uu -oat landings between Hickman, Ky., and Arkan- )‘-r or .'■-■c-i'sed all phase; of tt,,' IF bt.'.nd 1 * -' * iBimr ca-e. Memeaiior of L.von. Mr i k o-1 c e said ttia' Hie "(F-- taeanor of Lyon” tiail letl him to cer tain - o:; du.'iors. IF- thought that L>on tint not lean Hie same.” 1’ was shown bv ttu' iint'stimis ask id F\ the eou-niittee that Attornev A. Yes, sir. Q Mr. Weisko’if, state w ■o' rou directed your riHorney urn over this money to the St.ati oetti Carolina’ Mr. Nelson: We object The writ ■ tudng ft'.e best evidence. The Cnnrt- After hearing argu ’-ents, 1 think so. u i an speaking and tie spoke for yore 'ban an hour. There were in He neighborhood of five hundred n -eu present, standing room tietng -if ;i premium The crowd washilart- -us. and tie entertained it perfectly s ' iB ( ’ ,v ar, ‘ suhniergei ’ There will be only one Governor FiF- I am in office and those who lot'’ like it have a mighty poor way -i help it,” said the Governor. Again 1 i dwelt upon his pardoning record end bitterly attacked the newspapers -r their unfairness to him. He re- < ountod the Belton incident. The h i-.’-nior was loudly cheered at the rrni-hision of his speech. h.e tide. BLEASE Ml ST PROVE CHARGE. Will Demand that the Governor Give* Testimony. The Leglulatlve Committee appoint- little to do with her re*, and doings of the Murray commie- ed on the recommendation of Govern- alwaya taken a deep Interact in slon, hut Mr. Dominick saJd he waa of or Blease to Investigate charges he work of the “Sacrifice Church,” how- a different opinion. He stated that made against the dispensary winding ever. the Governor gave them a copy of op commission appointed by Govern- The hlacka in the various pariahea "Message No 4 '' but they didn't In- or Ansel and otliers aeern to he de- hereabout* have been In a veritable vestigate the charges of Sunday work termined to probe the whole business state of terror during tha and the Ansel commission. As to Farnum's Fine. RUN IM>WN AT LAST. *.—-— Thirty-Six Year Old ( rime May Be Avenged at Last. The Atlanta Constitution says a crime of thirty-six years ago, long sin' regarded as one to go down on the record of the unavenged, was April 1 was a great day at Andrews brought to light Tuesday when Gov ernor Joseph Brown received a re 's teen miles from Georgetown, on HTHTAGK REDUCED LARGELY. he G and W It R , where an edu- quest for requisition papers for the w . a8 | n Atlanta a8 t0B ,ifl ed t0 by Kv- Part of Attorney General Lyon Honal rally and picnic for the far- return of Cicero (’. Doggins, charged an8 He kn ,, w n0 ,htng of any con-' memb8r »‘ of the Ansel commissto (o m r l 1 I. ,V( >n IiloI neve r refused to give as sisi ai lee whi n ca lied upon by the BF JSC c Min n-issiovi. Mr s ■ a ck house was questioned closely by F h.o cotiimitti e with refer- OP( a- to t ]; eniFlovmcnt of Attorneys Itldoiai 1 Ml ml Abmy. Th e witness nd- tnii’i'd Hi Lit the act. r equired that conn - • 1 fl >r the eonuni ssion tie ap- proved by- t lie attorney gctieral. lie also sa id th a' Attonu-y Holman was i-mplovi’il wiihout the consent of Returns Are Received by Commis sioner E. J. Watson. L Commissioners of agriculture of. seven of the principal cotton States - making reports to Col. F. J. Wat son, president of the Southern Cot- 'on congress, placed the estimate of ap- redLirtion of acreage at from L5 to 25 per cent. This reduction in the opinion of Col. Watson has been brought about by the workings of ' M-rs was held in the town. The with the tmirder of Sheriff Titliaferro, graded school was closed, and the of Haralson county, in ISTtd. Dog- ti achers and children attended the gins was located a few days ago in a speaking. A crowd, estimated to be small Texas town, where he had built iHm) people, attended the exercises. ! up a good reputation and was regard- (kovernor Blease and Congressman!"' 1 83 a valuable citizen. Sheriff Tat FBerbe were the principal speakers. ’! lie former seemed among warm ad mirers and friends and was enthusi- astically cheered. He made no new statement, but attacked the present until the time of his arrest had never system of educating Hie negro., who been heard from. Governor Brown were only made for servants to the has signed the neressary papers and white man. 'We are educating them a deputy sheriff is now on his waj tr the very bottom. It will be re- twelvemonth. So frightened haw mernbered that Governor Blease re-, they been that every night at I Witness said he had heard of the ! '’ ov *' d ,bo Ansel commlsalon for In- one member of each family haa 'rumors about Farnum having paid | rom P etenr y and 0,h *' r causes, and detailed to remain on gflard agataag 'some $50,000 or |60,one, and once he a PP olnt, ' d a new board to wind up I'osslble invaaions of the “Hamaft told Farnum he was thinking of hav- ’-ho dispensary. j I Ive. Many negroes have fled ing him summoned before the coni- The legislative Investigating Com- that part of the State. | mission, but Farnum said he had set- niltt c p aa >« It will use every legal Among the victlma were: ! tied everything and would not test!- method to force Governor Blease to Smith, his wife and three chlldreft, at fj, and I-'arnuin waa never sub- appear In person before the commit- Rsyne, Feb. 20, 1911, Jacob Aftdrftft* poenaed. tee and make good his charges and his wife and three children, at Lftfaj^ Witness said "Hub” Evans told insinuations preferred in special nves- <Mte, Feb. 3. 1911: Raymond W*X- tiim of his meetings with Felder on S, K" No. 4 which was sent to the gen- ford, his wife and three children, at different occasions and of the one rraI assembly. The governor charg- Crowley, Sept. 29, 1911; Norbert time when Attorney General Lyon " d ,n the message wrong doing on the Randell, his wife and three children, and at Lafayette, Nov, 26. 1»11; Harry othlng of any con- tnembereof the Ansel commission. Warren, hla wife and three children, ' ference between Evans and the At- More than a score of witnesses a Crowley, Jan. 19, 1912, and Felix torney General In Atlanta. have been called by the committee Broussard, hia wife and three chil- Mr. Dominick told of the efforts and not one char K f> b:,B bppn Bub -, ^ at Lak ° Charle * 0,1 J “' ,1 » w of the commission to settle the Rlch . j ^ntiated. The governor has been , 1 9 2 ^ t 4V ' l.md Distilling Company.’* case; that! rf ‘ f|,,eBtod t0 appear on throe 11 ,S bel,eved that th « colt ^ V. *< the commission looked on the matter aferro was shot and killed in the . . ^ a flat refusal each time couithouse and accusations were im mediately turned against Doggins He fled the town it is alleged and slons. The committee has met with outgrowth of an organization known Members a * the “Sons of God,’ ’a maniacal of the committee also stated that the, bod y °f negroea, which aaveral years New 'a request to the Attorney General;, , . . . he told of his opinion that the judg-! rourt wnu,d very probah,y be aak e d ’ wa * broken up by . th « l^von. ll'dnian received $..00 from f i u . Hoik Hill plan, and the vv.-t sea- not t0 do ,he very things we want for the prisoner, the cninmission. The witness referred periodically in his testimony to the "strained relations with Attornev son. The information was furnish- t)u , In , 0 do • The partr of vTsltors, i d as a result of a letter sent ovjt -a, jnrluding the Governor, left for Co- n.ent against the Richland Distilling fwr an order to force the RO'ernor Orleans police, l>ut not before alx Company was out of reason ln ^ give up the letters alleged to have; «ons had been killed and two amount and that nothing approach-i b<>f,n w {^ ten by l‘ e ' der t° H- 1 ves woun ® • it.g the amount of this Judgment I: ' van,, • could be collected. The impression x , ^ „ .... of the excessive amount of judgment FOUGHT BATTLE WITH POLICE. J crazy belief that all negro temlllw \ The teachings of the “Church of Sacrifice" are said to be based on tkft General l.von. » ♦ ♦ 1-JC Dial Wants TUlmaJi's- Sent. Col of five or more members moat ho aao- was borne out by Attorney General \ * .. _ Lyon; that the commission finally r 1,01(1 B * nd,t8 c * us « in the t( >r the good of th# Three People Die in Fire. Mrs. Amanda Dunn, aged fifty-five, eniployed Mr. Abney to settle the Cleveland Dunn, her son, aged tw" 11 ' Kichland Distilling Company matter ty-three. and Mildred Dunn, aged aa ^ 0 ] d b y w iines8 Wednesday. .. . . „ .... . . , two, daughter of Cleveland Dunn, A CO p y of a ] e ^ er f rom Mr. Abney messenger of the Bank of France in a . a lan c . a . re..(( j ost D 1P i r lives shortly after mid- and re8 olution of the commission crowded street in the heart of Paris Heart of Paris. \ A gang of desperadoes attacked a week ago by Mr. Watson to all the’. i um bi a , on the afternoon train. He thought that the C0 t) 0n states. Replies were received commission had received a letter stat- f rom (;(>orgia, Alabama, North Car- 1 ing that counsel eoulii not be employ- nliea, Afississippi. Oklahoma. Texas. (i’ wi'hoiit ills consent. aIld Tennessee. A similar condition I1H Ih1)< rs of " X1S,S >n South Carolina^ Mr. Mat- k - n ' r ;' ris( 1!a nk, of 1>auren3 ’ night Thursday night in a fire which (ronstltut j n g the con t rac t were read Tuesday and tried to rob him of a Mrgween n t wr.nl 1 3011 Sn ' (1 that a ' ,,10IlB,l ,ld official re- ° > lf 1 > l ,v.r ower om i’ an > destroyed the home of Milton M, g y W it neB s; Mr. Abney got fifty per package containing $200,000. But ! knm John McSwoen and woild porf had been made from Louisiana -< lld the head of many business en-; Qunn> treaBUrer of i <e e County, a Pcnt of tho am0 unt collected and they were thwarted\by the police, no R!(in P' 1 piin n. triDuto it^r th'it t?io rnins linri Pot'n Vion\ - v in torpriso, Viris rinnouncod thtit no will * wxiizna nf • i xv» *. • t_i * v • ,, ., B rams nan dp. n neavy in 1 , ,, . , few miles south of t/peliKa. t.ieve - paid the expenses out of his commis- who witpessed the attack and immed- l.onotx ami integrity, replied the ,bat state, and that a reduction of he in the race for Senator Tillman s j and j )unn ] ogt ^is own life and that 8 | on witness. IIsaid that he had known acreage would be shown. There has seat in the 1 nited States Senate Mr. McSween from boyhood. He been little preparation for the crop the campaign this fall. Thontrht T ?tee!e Brice to be “er-‘ ln any States ratic ” He did not know* the other. Mr. Abney, in his letter, re- lately seized the robbers. The thieves his baby in an heroic effort to c frV ed the right to employ Mr. W. opened flre on the officers with re save his mother. members. ( “Thev had mighty little to do In winding up the dispensary. It was Took Bath Too Soon. Fanners Were Drowned. Two farmers,' Geo. Smith and F. Stevenson or other such assistant volverg and made a determined at- ■» counsel as he might wish. j tempt to eecape. The police used Three I’eople Were Killed. "I consider it to havo been a rea- their pistols also, rushed the crooks A mother with her baby clasped scnable contract under the clrcum- into a corner and finally overpowered At New York Joseph Orlando, a Minor Seay, were drowned late Wed-; in her arms and an eighteen-year-^tances,” said the witnen In reply, to,them. There waa a panic In the route to old sister were crushed to - 1 v - -* * ■* ’ ”• “ ^feKturn'o the'work o^t^TA^seL found dTd^n” a'ba'h^tub'x^dnesL Cla^lBe^Tenm'Hom 6 Hopkinsville, | Thursday when a Chicago and Alton told of the retaining of Mr.W._ A.; narrowly escaped being hit* b; commission. He, however, thought day. Orlando became overheated | Ky. They were in a buggy leading thev might be capable business men. snd-fiftok a cold bath and died of two horses and drove into the back- “I don't feel that the old commla- heart ibock. He wa« flirty year* water from Red River, the bu«iy b®- (CooUkuea 00 iwt PM*-) ol<l * * line overturned. death a question by MV. Carlisle. Witness street, and many people thronging It _ e railroad freight trains craahed Into Holman In the Felder prosecution wildly flying bullet*. Not only a Kedzle avenue street car. Eighteen and other matter#. "It waa on the the bandlta In prison, but not ft other persons lero Injured some pv^ receipt of a letter from Thos. B. Fel- of money the hftftkl haps fatally. I tContinued on l*«t pafe-) triad vm to*. race. The sermons. It is said, In many; Instances have been nothing abort #f appeal* to passion. Frenzied about- ing was usually indulged in, and It ' was not unusual for half a dozen pee- •one to be overcome with wfld Mftl during a service. The penally those held A night, many hours and often until dnwft, The murder# wer# liar in form, the wea ably being |U$ ftgliu, that a narcotic wa# stupefaction of Inary to th# Otrard, 4-