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_ _ M NUARY l8, 1908 PRICE-FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
The General Assembly?First
Day's Proceedings.
Columbia Record: Humdrum
and routifTB unalloyed marked
the first day's proceedings of the
general assembly, which met today
at noon, neither house beiog
in session over half an hour. Both
houses accepted without debate
Winthrop college'^ invitation to
the members to Bpend next Saturday
at the college and celebrate
with the 500 girls there Lee's
birthday. A special traiu will
take the senators and representatives
to Rock Hill and bring
them back, and Wiuthrop will
furnish the eatables and otherwise
eutertain the visitors.
There were a large number of
bills on the calendars of each .
house, but these were not touch
ed, theie being not even a motion
to have them recommitted
for lresh recommendations.
These motions wiii probably be
made tomorrow, when both the
senate and the house will begin
to settle down to real business.
The principal business in each
house today was the reading ol
the governor's message. This
was short and its reading created
no comment, so mild and conservative
was it in tone.
There was much ''log-rolling"
in the hotel lobbies last night in
ihA Rnticipa'ion of the coding
election of a successor to Judge
a i i ?? ?i, .j _
v (illig J illUnCii vii tiio OOV>U11U UIOtrict
and the choice of au asso
ciate justice to succeed Associate
Justice Eugene B. Gary, of Abbeville.
Mr. Gary's only oppo
nent is Mr Thomas P. Cothrau,
an exceedingly popular member
of the Greenville bar, and also
a former Abbevillian, and yet
there is much more interest be
ing taken in this race than in
that for the circuit judgeship,
whoie there are four candidates?
Solicitor James E Davis, Mr
Robert Aldrich, State Senator
George H Bates, of Barnwell,
and Oapt. Claude E. Sawyer, of
Aiken.
The only other matters discussed
generally in the lobbies
last night wore the proposition
to repeal the lieu law and some
proposed amendments to the Carey.
Cothran law.
Fatal Hunting Accident in
North Carolina.
Csmeron special in Charlotte
Observer: E. W. Clark, night
operator of the Seabord Air Line
at this place, while out hunting
yesterday with young R. C. L?e,
accidentally shot himself, the
load taking effec' just under his
ribs and going up through the
lungs, the entire load lodging in
the upper portion of his breast.
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Clark is Ir m Ohio.
Stockholder's Meeting.
The deferred annual meeting of the
atockho di rs of the Lancaster Publishing
Company will be held at the o(tloe
of the underaiarned next Wednes
. day afternoon, Jan. 22nd, at 4 o'clock.
K. K. Wylie, President.
Second Day's Proceedings of
the Legislature of South 1
Carolina.
I
Columbia special in the Charlotte
Observer : The second day's (
sessiou of l he General Assembly ^
was characterized by earnest, et j,
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IVI/VI y il ill r\ HJI mmu j IWU UUUIS
on both sides of the house, the (
day witnessing the introduction
of a large batch of new bills,some
of them of more than ordinary
interest, and some good punching
being doue on both caleudars,
whereby these were ri4 ol
a number of dead bills coming
over from last session.
JubL before going through the
calendar to rid it of old bills
whose authors wanted tabled,
and in order to pass to third reading
uncontested second-reading
bills, the House adopted a resolution
by a two to one vote to
have the elections next Friday at
no'?n sons to get them out of the
way as soon as possible and allow
the members to get busy on'
the work of law-making. This ,
resolution lias not yet reached
the Senate, but will likely be
adopted by that body. An associate
justice, a circuit judge
and two penitentiary directors
are to be chosen.
There has always been opposition
on the part of certain mem
bers of the House to the hail of
the House being used by the
South Carolina Club fair week
for she State ball, these being
opposed to dancing for political
or religious reasons or both, and
these claim they form a majority
or me xiouse, aua mat the other
faction Re's its resolutionjthrough
allowing the club to use the hall
by choosing an opportune rno.
ment toward the close of the
session. So Mr. Lano introduce
a resolution today forbidding the
hall hereafter to be used for any
purpose necessitating the removal
of the furniture or carpet. Of
course members objected to it*
immediate consideration and it
was referred to the public buildings
committee, where,attempt
will be made to strangle it.
The first bill to be sent up to
the Speakers's desk was one by
Mr. John G. Richards to repeal
the lien law, and it looks as it
the fight lie has been carrying
on against this law lor a decade
will at last end in a' victory for
him.
Several bills were introducod i
in'both houses looking to patching j
up me contract laDor law Judg*
Brawleyjin the Federal C>urt
last spring declared unconstitutional.
Some of these make
jumping a labor contract prima
facie evidence of fraud aud the
person so jumping liable to prosecution
on the criminal side of
the court. Others make it a
misdemeanor to employ a laborer
under contract.
Representative E. Marion
Rucker, of Anderson, introduced
a bill aimed at before-day clubs
and other negro secret societies,
requiring all secret societies to
secure licenses from clerks of
court and making attendance
upoll the meeting of an unlicensed
society ft misdemeanor. In
the rural districts many people
have become very suspicious ot
secret society meetings.
Senator Graydon had a hill in
the Senate seeking partially to
item the homicidal tide in this
State by making unallowable to
plead self-defense in a case where
the defendant was carryiug a pis
Pol at the time of the difficulty,
unless he was on his own premises.)
Representative W. W. Dixon
introduced a bill forbidding the
netting aside of a verdict or the i
trantinc ot a n?w tri?i - <
civil or criminal case, unless it
was shown that a party to the
nction would otherwise be deprived
?I some constitutional
light or there would be a miscarrittge
usliee.
Mr. Richards had a bill appropriating
$48,000 for a new
lowiitory at Winthrop, and Rev.
Mr. Maun had one to punish
ervants of common carriers lor
"negligently or willfully" breaking
pieces of baggage or parcels
in their charge.
Houses Destroyed by Earthquake
in Hayti.
Port au Prince, Llayti, Jan. 15.
?A serious earthquake has occurred
at Gonaives. 65 miles
northwest ot tnis city. A lew
housos have been destroyed and
others were damaged. No loss of
life hfis reported. Communication
with the town is broken
The shocks continue. The first
was followed by a tidal wave.
Amtinp the building* destroyed
are the commercial houses ot
llerermann, Addor and Jolibert.
Ring in Cabbage,
One day last week Mr. M. D.
Dickens bought a cabbage at
Charlie Saleeby's Jwhioh he carried
home for hi* wife 10 prepare
for dinner. When Mrs.
Dickens attempted to quarter the
cabbage she found that the knife
would not cut through. With the
assistance of Mr. Dickens the
cabbage wns finally cut in two
' when it was discovered tftat a
heavy gold ring wns imbedded
near the center. The only plausible
explanation that can be given
is that when the cabbage wayoung
some person working at
or near it dropped the rin^ which
I lnrti<o(1 ii^nutt /if Ilia Iuoit^u At.
vAf-v- ?ii ?vu^' t v??o ^ v o-j, iin
the cabbage cost only fifteen cents
and fh? ling is valued at $18
Mr. ti?3ofci?s is quite well sutisfied
vMCtie transaction.?Dillon
h?|M
?In Fort Mill's municipal
election held Tuesday Mr. L. A.
Harris was elected mayor, defeat
ing his opponent, Mr. J. R. Haile,
by only 4 votes. The aldermen
elected ara: W. B. Ardrey, J.
L Spratt, W. M. Culp, A. It.
McElhaney, 0. H. Branson, B.
0. Ferguson.
Uave you renewed your sub'
scription lor 1908 ?
Dispensary Sensation?Letter
Written by Whiskey House
Agent Causes State Commission
to Make Investigation.
Thutsday evening's Columbia
Record : Another sensation has
broken loose in connection with
the dispensary. Mr. VV. I). Roy,
president ot thetBelroy Distilling
company, of Louisville, which is
a creditor of the dispensary in
/vf n/\n ?
oho Bum ui 4>-*u,uwu ur inore, addressed
to other creditors, about
the middle ot December, a letter
iu which he offered Jo take charge
of the collection ol claims of this
character,Jsayiug,|in explanation,
that ultimate settlement would
be hastened by a concentration
of the claims. He enclosed with
his letter a blank agreement, to
be sinned by the address, making
Ray and the National Loan
and Exchange Bank, ot this city,
attorneys for the claimant, for
the purposes of collection, and
allowing Roy and the bank named
a commission of six per cent
on all moneys Collected by them
trom the dispensary. In his letter
Mr. Roy mentioned Mr. W.
D. Melton, of the Columbia bar,
as being associated with him,
and also irtiniuted that lie had
behind him the prestige aud in*
fluence of other prominent Columbians?
newspaper men and
bank oflicials.
Copies of this letter came into
the possession of Mr,jW. F. Stevenson,
attorney lor the state dis
pensary commission, and he
promptly communicated with the
commission, which thereupon
t A iniTQcl icrttfn 1-1 Otriivr
v?^vAv.vu vvr .u?v?uj^?vv,
by legislative authority the powers
of a court, the] commission
summoned all hands before ii
and yesterday [afternoon at 4 o'
clock commenced an inquisition
which is Btill in progress.
By Mr. Roy's own admission
and the testimony of others, it
was shown at the outset that the
proposition of Mr. Rov to the
creditors was made without tlie
knowledge or consent of the National
Loan and Exchange Bank
Mr. Roy explained that there
was nothing wrong in this, as he
named the hank only in ordei
that he might use ir for a deposi
tory in which to place the fundi
as he might be able to collec
them from the dispensary.
Mr. Roy also exonerated Mr
Melton, saying there had neve
uteu anviiiing improper ni ill:
association with the distilling in
torests, and that in fact a radica
difference on a technical mattoi
with one of the dispensary oredi
t> r? had caused Mr. Melton t<
withdraw from iheease entirely
some I line ago.
[i developed that the newspa
per man whose name was in
volved w?s Col. August Kohn
of the News and Courier, who i
al>o a director of the Loan an<
Kxchange Bank. It was showi
that Kohn's connection with th<
matter consisted only in recom
mending his friend, Mr. Meltor
to Mr. Hoy as an able attorney
and in asking Mr. Roy to m?k
the National Loan and Exchang
Bank his depositary.
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mr. ivoy h ieuer contained ai
intimation that there was an a
terna'iye method of collecfcio
To the commission he expluine
that this referred to a scliem
devised by Mr. 'I'. Moultrie Moi
decai, of the Charleston ha
who had gome plan for getfin
the money through Mr. Si ever
son, ihe commission's attorney.
Mr. Stevenson brands as a li
ot the whole cloth any intimation
from anybody that he is associated
with Mr. Mordecai in
any matt9r? and so far Mr. Roy
has not brought evidence to
prove such associations on Mr.
Stevenson's part.
It is understood that Mr. T
Moultrie Mordecai, of the Charleston
bar, reading in the morning
papers of the charges against
him, and finding that the morning
train for Columbia had already
left Charleston, chartered
a special train and is now coming
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u v/iuiuuia ?w hh mat cram
can bring liiiu, to answer the
charges and clear his professional
reputation.
It i? also understood that Geo.
U. Lester, Esq., general counsel
tor Fleischm iun & Co., has gone
to Asheville to ask UnitedStates
Judge J. 0. Pritcbard tor ati order
directing the dispensary
commission to pay the claim of
his client at once.
Berkeley's Auditor Removed
by the Governor.
Columbia sped 1 in the News
and Courier: Governor Ansel
has removed from office Auditor
C. M. Wigeins, of lierkelfey, who
was'recently reported to the Governor
by the Comptroller General
for carelessness in attending
to the duties of his office. Mr.
Wiggins made no defense to the
charges and admitted that he
had not performed his duties .
? properly, but asked for another
> trial. Though convinced that
1 the auditor was guilty of nothing
' more than carelessness, and r?i
grettiug to have to |do bo, Govt
ernor Ansel did not see his way
clear to take any other action
1 than to remove him Irotn office.
The case will be reported to
| the Senate at this session with
i the removal of the treasurer of
j| the same county ; atnl Governor
n Ansel will appoint an auditor to
;take the office until the Sena-e
acts.
j
r ^'edar Fall Dots
jj Air. Editor : The holidays passed
t oil quietly in this section, with
nothing but pleasure and enjoy'
nient to all. Mr. W. R. 1*. Moekr
ey of Shiloh, visited his uncle
during the Christmas, Mr. John
\ Mackey of the Heath Springs
r section. Mr. Boyd Magill, of
- the lvershaw section and Miss
1 \laggie Brown of Camden spent
the holidays with their cousins,
Mr. and Mrs. J. VV. Stover, in
this section. Mr. and Mrs. M.
C. Mackey, near Cedar Falls,
h visited their cousins, Mr. and
j i xr t? ?t - ?
i airs. j. x. rsailey, ot the Heaver
Q Creek section. Mr. F. J. MackB
ey of Shiloh, visited his brother
( the past week, Mr. John Mackey
of thrf Heath Springs section,
e Mr. W. W. Harris of Lancaster
? visited relatives the past week
in this section. Mr. G. F. Ca11
toe and family have moved to
' this section. Mr. William Bowj
era and family have moved to
. their residence near Beaver
. Creek. E M
u i The indiciarv of tho Stain uit_
!* 1 " ' J "*V~
i-?ting en bane, has declared the
' labor contract law iinconstitu,e
tiooal.
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