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ANSEL WILL APPOINT .COURT. But Governor Declines to Comment on Militia Row. Columbia, May 6.?Following a ' lengthy conference this afternoon between Governor Ansel and Col. W. T. Brock, the Assistant Adjutant General, stated that Governor Ansel bad given him assurance that he would appoint a Court of Inquiry. Governor Ansel to-night refused to make any S statement for publication in regard to the affair, saying: "I have no ototomont tn matp to the neWSDa pers." Col. Brock left this afternoon for Yorkville. - Gen. Boyd has retained an attorney to represent him in the investigation, which is expected to y fOllOW. Says Brock Wasted Money. ? . Columbia, May 4.?Adjutant and Inspector General J. C. Boyd to-night issued a statement severely criticising the expenditures of his assistant, ifv . Colonel Brock, in his rounds over the State on inspection trips. Colonel Brock when told of the charges declared they were untrue. A court of inquiry will probably be called to settle the trouble between " these two officers. General Boyd's statement follows: "To the people of South Carolina: "W. T. Brock, my assistant, during the past several years has spent several hundred dollars more than was necessary in making the inspec\ tions of the State militia. "He has wantonly wasted the State's money and I hereby call upon him to give proof that he spent $12 and $33.50 for two day's pay for ho ?>,-v tel hills at any hotel in South Carolina. "The United States army officer lpcated in my office has made the inspections of the State militia for the ? past several years. His expenses traveling over the same route as Col. Brock was as follows: 1907, $140; 190S, $144-00; 1909, $156.62. The first year that Col. Brock made the Inspections of the State militia he spent $225.00. The esecond year he spent? $400. Last year he spent $420. ThflB year he drew out $500. His accounts on the surface appear to be { in tangled condition. "I would like for him to explain the matter of lending the United States army officer which accofnpanied him the sum of $180. By what right did the State of South Carolina have to defray the expenses of a regular United States army officer? "His itemized accounts show that he claimed to have purchased four ? mileage books. I would like for him to show to the public of South Carolina where he travelled 4000 miles in making the inspections. "He has extravagantly spent the money of the State and his itemized statements of expenses will not bear investigation. "I hereby call upon Governor Ansel to appoint a court of inquiry to } make an investigation of the expense accounts and other accounts of rv?i Rrooir while in the service of the State as Assistant Adjutant General." Enter --ot -x.to xemptation. , A reckless man in a zoological garden once seized a venomous serpent by the nape of the neck and held it iip before his companions. The man thought he had the serpent wholly in his power. But it began to coil its long body about his arm and then slowly tighten its grasp until the man fci agony was obliged to drop his hold of its neck. Quickly then it turned > and bit his hand and soon the man was dead. He thought he was strong enough to play with the serpent, and then thrust it from him when worried of the play. Many think they are strong enough to play with temptation of any sort, but they find soon er or later that the temptation has mastered them. "Watch and pray lest ye enter into teinptaions," said Christ. It is'" the entering into temptation which is to be guarded against. You are probably fa. miliar with the story of the gentleman who asked each of three applicants for the position of coachman how near he could drive to the edge of a precipe without danger of going over. "Half a yard,* said one; "a foot," said another; "I would keep just as far away from it as possible," said the third, who secured the position. That is the way a temptation must be treated, kept as far from it as possible. To go near temptation is the first step toward yielding to it. "Avoid it, turn from it, and pass on."?Morning Star. To Succeed His Father. Mr. J. C. Keys has been elected to fill the vacancy on the editorial staff of The Baptist Courier caused hv the recent death of his father. Mr. \V. W. Keys. Mr. Keys has resigned his position with the government in Panama and has asumed his new d i. ties. He is a brilliant young man and his many friends in Greenville wish him much success.?Greenville News. ' . . ;4 : . ' fey LUTHERAN CHURCH PICNIC. Cireat Crowd Attend Annual Event ( Near Ehrhardt. Ehrhardt, May 6.?The Mo(mt g Pleasant Lutheran Church celebrated i its annual picnic two miles from here c to-day. It may be well said that the s efforts of these splendid people reach- t ed such proportions as will keep mem- p ory of the day green and have a a warm place in the heart of each at- c tendant for quite a while to come, jj There was not less than 1,500 persnns nrpspnt to do honor to the occa- >1 sion. Nor was there the slightest t hitch in the proceedings to mar the (j pleasures of the day. t. The address of welcome was de- 0 livered by young Clemons Carter, who n made a good impression upon all who heard him. p Addresses were delivered by the D Rev. P. E. Monroe, a former pastor 2 of the church, and' the Rev. A. B. n Watson, of the Methodist Church. s Both of the speakers seemed at their f, best, and their addresses were listen- f ed to with the keenest interest. The a exercises were impressive throughout, d Splendid renditions of appropriate b music, instrumental and vocal, inter- p spersed the day's proceedings. b At the conclusion of the exercises a there was a spread of dinner, and such a spread as is seldom seen on 0 any occasion anywhere. It was in v keeping with the prosperous times t! and the largeness of heart of all those a who contributed?and that was 0 everybody. The good people of Ehr- g hardt never do things by halves, they b are nearer the whole-souled in all p such matters as may be found in a ti day's ta'ourney in all the four direc- p tions. Their hospitality is unbound- jj ed. It was a common sight to-day to p witness that many ladies did not even t; get the opportunity to open their has- e kets, yet after all had been fed to the 7 full, there were many baskets of frag- c mentsr | c Among the many visitors from a' e distance was the Rev. P. E. Monroe, ti and Miss Josephine Copeland, who is 1 engaged in missionary work of the t' Lutheran Church in Columbia. 0 " . c I Boyd Asks Brock to Resign. t Columbia, May 5.?Adjutant Gen. ^ Boyd to-day addressed a letter to f, Col. William Brock, his assistant, in 7 which he states he will accept the ^ resignation of Colonel Brock. This step was taken after one of the bitter- ^ est controversies between two State s officials in the history of the State. ^ Both Gen. Boyd and Col. Brock are in the race for adjutant general 3 and both have called upon Gov. An- y sel to appoint a court of inquiry. f: Gov. Ansel duriifg the entire affair p has adopted a let-alone policy but it n is thought that he will be obliged to a take some action in view of developments of the past several days. c Col Brock, whether he be guilty ? of what he is charged by Gen. Boyd tj or not, is placed in a delicate posi- ^ tion, and it seems that about the only s course he can pursue is to resign. Gen. Boyd issued a statement last ^ night in which he charged Col. Brock jj with wasting the money of the State ooHno- tViat f.nl Rriv>k mfllfft ex- e. UUU CWniUQ VUIAV V/V*. v? . . . ? ?-? ^ ( planation of certain itemized expense v accounts. Col. Brock makes a sweep- 0 ing denial of all charges. ' a Following is Gen. Boyd's letter: y "Col. Wm. T. Brock, p "Asst. Adjutant Gen., is "Sir:?Having reached the con- c elusion that it is not for the good of s, military service of this State for you v to continue to serve as assistant adjutant general, I beg to advise that your resignation will be accepted. if "Very respectfully, "J. C. BOYD, p "Adjutant General." aj Col. Brock said to-night that he 0 would not resign as the result of the letter from Gen. Boyd. The entire f, controversy would no doubt have jj been prevented had Gen. Ansel ap- t] pointed a court of inquiry when he e was first asked to. h ^ Col. Brock upon the receipt of the M letter from Gen. Boyd to-nighfc said % that he would make no definite state- n Vnn An flAWOmni' menu xic uao vancu vu v*uv* Ansel and urged that a court of in- e quiry be appointed to investigate the a entire situation. Governor Ansel has ^ made no statement as to what course jj he will pursue in the matter. jj Ignorance of Self. a Horace Mann said to himself: "I , | 1< was taught all about the motions of . u the planets as carefully as if they voiijd have been in danger of getting ^ off the track if I had not known how a to contract their orbits, but about my own organization I was left in profound ignorance." The ignorance of a tremendously b large proportion of men, even those t< of superior general intelligence, which fi affords no well-rounded conception of d a subject so vital to life's deepest wel- w fare as the import, obligations and | le responsiDinues ui 111s vimc uawic, *o i a fact of which every conscientious ii parent becomes sadly cognizant. It is n an ignorance, if blameless, so dense as to be supremely ridiculous, were it not so deeply pathetic in view of its o far-reaching and most' sorrowful con- o: sequence. s? >. COAL MINE DISASTER. >ne Hundred and Fifty Men Entombed by Explosion. Birmingham, Ala., May 5.?Fortyve white men and between 130 and 45 negroes are entombed in No. 3 oal mine at Palos to-night as the reult of a terrific explosion occurring his afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, 'alos is 40 miles west of Birmingham nd the mines are owned by the Palos !oal and Coke company, controlled y Drennen Brothers of Birmingham. State Mine Inspector James Hillouse, who is on the scene to-night, hinks all the men in the mine are ead. Two bodies were found early o-night, but it is expected that few f them can be recovered before lorning. The flames resulting from the explosion shot into the air from the aouth of the slope for a distance of 00 feet and the shock was felt for ailes around. Timbers from the lope were hurled several hundred eet from the mine's mouth and rocks rom the roof of the slope caved in nd made access to the mouth very ifficult. The fan machinery was adly damaged, but air is being umped in the mine to-night in the ope that some of the men are still live. Local rescuers at Palos began at nee the work of rescue, but relief ,rork was not started in earnest until he special train from Birmingham rrived at Palos shortly after 4 'clock. This special train carried tate Mine Inspector James Hillouse, J. J. Rutledge, government exert in charge of the geological staion at Knoxville. Tenn.. who haD ened to be in the district investigatlg the recent disaster at Mulga, eight ersons and surgeons, four nnderakers and a ntimber of special helprs. The hospital relief car of the 'ennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad ompany was also taken. This car ontained' helmets and all of the othr necessary paraphernalia for enering gaseous mines. The first rescuers who went into he mine after the explosion were vercome by fire damp and had to be irried out. Mr. Rutledge was among he first to enter and after working is way 400 feet down the slope, ound a second right entry cave-in. 'he bodies recovered to-night were a the main slope. James Gousby, a mail carrier, was illed 30 feet from the mouth of the lope and his body was hurled 30 feet ato the Warrior river. He was walkag along the railroad track and was irectly in front of the slope when he explosion occurred. It was judged rom this that the force of the exlosion was such that none of the len in the interior could possibly be live. There are a number of mining amps within two or three miles of he Palos mine and within a short !me after the explosion a great crowd ad gathered about the ill-fated lope. v. Hundreds of women and children re re around the mine ringing tneir ands and crying piteously to-night. The Palos mines have been worked oj a number of years and the entries rere active. The only hope that some f the men have escaped and are still live lies in the possibility that they rere far enough away from the exlosion to have missed its force. It 5 thought that the explosion was aused by the accumulation of gas in ome of the old abandoned entries rhich are rarely visited. Large Mines. The Palos Coal and Coke company > owned entirely by 'the Drennans of tirmingham. The mines have a caacity of over 600 tons and have done a enormous business for the past two r three years, working night and ay. The company was one of the *w in the district which has always ned up with the miners' union and bey have always worked union minrs only. The mines are in what is nown as the Warrior basin and are rithin two miles, of Flat Top and the lessie mines, two of the largest and lost valuable mines in the district. To-day's disaster' is regarded as specially distressing as coming soon fter the Mulga explosion Thursday, 4>ril 21, in which 41 men lost their ves. The Red Cross and other reef work for the widows and orphans t Mulga has not yet been completed. Two government experts, J. J. Rutidge and George F. Rice, have been 1 the district since the Mulga exlosion investigating its cause, and oth of them hurried out to Palos this fternoon. A Squash or an Oak. Some of our boys and girls are amitious to have good educations, and ) do a work in the world up to their lllest capacity, when that has been eveloped by careful training. Others -ant good things they can get with ;ast trouble. A student went to a ertain American college, and asked f there were not a short cut he could lake. "Yes," said the president, "but hen the Lord wants to make an ak, he takes a hundred years, and nly a summer for turning out a luash." AGAINST WOMAN'S RIGHTS. Bishop Hendrix Flatly Opposes De inands of Gentle Sex. Asheville, May 5.?Bishop Hen drix; in his Episcopal address befon the Methodist conference here, flatly opposed the demands of the womei of the church for laymen's rights ant t prirpspntntinns in rnnferences. Aftei complimenting the women for theii devotion to the church it read: "tVomen are now demanding all th< rights of the layety and are memo rializing the conference, telling wha they want as well as what they d( not want." It went on to say tha the demands were not "in harmony with the church's idea of what wa; woman's place in the home, in th< church and in society." The veto power in the bishops ant their election for life were stronglj supported and any at'teriipt to de stroy their power or limit their du ties were deprecated as a dangeroui innovation. Greater energy in for eign fields was recommended, and Af rica was declared the battle grount of the twentieth century. It was de clared essential that the field b< entered by Methodists. A decided stand was taken agains innovations in worship such as si lent invocation and chanting of th< Lord's prayer. The movement t< remove the four-year time limit 01 preachers in a church was not ap proved. It would destroy the itiner ant system upon which the churcl is based, according to the bishops. Cooperation and division of terri tory with the Northern Methodis church was endorsed. A change ii name was not recommended. Five additional bishops were rec ommended and the addr?6s close( with a tribute to the dead. Held on Kidnapping Charge. New York, May 5.?Israel Benja min, who was a well-to-do merchan in Mayesville, S. C., a year ago, bu has become peniless since his wif< obtained a divorce on April 29, 1909 was held in $2,000 bail by Magis trate Hylan in the New Jersey avenui court, Brooklyn, to-day, charged witl kidnapping his own little daughter 2 years old. Mrs. Benjamin obtained the cus tody of the child when she got th< divorce and a month after the decrei was granted she married Jacob Den mark, also a Mayesville merchant About a month ago Benjamin, wh< had come to New York after the di vorce, was seen in Mayesviile, and ii the complaint his former wife charg es that he threatened the child'! nurse with a pistol and abducted hi; daughter. After his departure thi mother received frequent- letters which had evidently been written b: a pen held in the child's hand by it father, telling Mrs. Denmark that th< little girl was well and happy. Ben jamin was traced to No. 856 Myrtl avenue, Brooklyn, by the postmark on these letters. When Detective HoiTman arrive< there to arrest him to-day, Benjamii tried t6 jump from a third story win dow. He said the baby was in th< care of relatives in thf house, ant Magistrate Hylan ordered it placet in charge of the children's society until its mother claims it. 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