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CHAPTER XIX?Continued.
"Here are my credentials, Mr. Fassel,"
she said, half shyly, half boldly.
^ "Read them, and you will see that a
^ few weeks ago Mrs. Ellicott wrote to
me in my poor Maine prison?I cannot
call it home?inviting me to live with
hpr nnri hponirip her heiress."
for a mere child like you! The fright
and exposure were enough to kill you.
Why, you are trembling still! Go on.
You found yourself oarless, and then"?
"I knew my danger. It was awful
there in the lonely white fog, with the
boat dancing through it at the will of
the waves. I felt that it was a death
dance?that any moment might be my
last. Oh, yes, I was frightened! And
I was very cold, too?quite benumbed.
After awhile I lay down in the bottom
of the boat, to save myself from falling
over the side, and?and?I knew nothing
more until your servant brought
me here."
"Where are your guardians? I must
at once notify them of your safety.
Probably they have suffered agonies of
anxiety since last night."
She shook her fair head.
"There is no one in the world who
cares enough for me to suffer anxiety
on my account. My relatives are dead,
l and, of late, I have lived with people
B who have made me very unhappy. I
wish you would not talk about my
guardians," in a voice or sau entreaty.
"My poor child, I will not. Tell me
your wishes. Terry Is at your command.
His knowledge of boats is
boundless. He will take you back to
the mainland, as soon as you feel sufficiently
recovered."
She put on a look of alarm.
"Oh, no, no! I will never return to
those people! I want to go Immediately
to Mrs. Elllcott. You will help me
to do that, will you not?"
"Most certainly. I myself will take
you to her."
He had suddenly forgotten his work,
his impatience of Interruptions, his
love of solitude. He now desired nothing
better than to serve this exquisite
girl, and in her own way, too.
"Oh," she cried, joyfully, "how kind
and good you are! But I fear I am
making you a great deal of trouble."
"On the contrary." he answered, "you
are giving me a new and delicious
\ leasure!"
She leaned back in her grea" chair,
with the sunshine falling like a nimbus
around her golden head. Her face Kept
its look of angelic sweetness and inno*
cence, but all the while her thoughts
were working like lightning.
Here was a man. Intimately connected
with Mrs. Elllcott?still young in
years, and with an air of distinction
n>ni** fnssHnatintr than mere beauty.
"I know," said Paget Fassel. "She
told me."
"As I am friendless and alone in the
world, I accepted her ofTer. Then she
^ said there was an island, called the
Storm, somewhere on the Maine coast,
and that a particular friend of her?
a certain Mr. Fassel?lived there. She
had told him about me, and if I needed
a friend I might apply to him, and he
K would see that I reached her in safety.
You must know"?tears gathering in
her lustrous eyes?"that I had told Mrs.
Fllicott how unhappy I was, and that
I wanted to come to her at once."
HJs fine, cold face expressed his astonishment
and sympathy. Was this
exquisite girl, with her dainty, delicate
J face and soft speech, the young savage,
the "strange marine creature." that
Mrs, Elllcott had talked of at Windmere?
He just glanced at the letters
and the "marriage lines" which she
had put into his hand, then returned
them to her with a chagrined look.
"Before I left Massachusetts," he
said, "I promised my old friend to
make a search for you on the mainland.
You need not be told," contritely, "that
I hovd nnt mv wnrrl. I rrave both
her pardon and yours. I have no shadow
of excuse to offer, save my own
slothfulness. Strange! I neglected to
^ fulfill my promise to Mrs. Ellicott, and
you appear In person to remind me of
it!"
A charming smile dimpled her lips.
"It is a little singular that I should
have drifted last night toward Storm
# Island?the turn of the tide sent me
this way, I suppose?that I should have
been brought straight to you. After
all," cheerfully, "I am glad you neglected
to look me up. Mr. Fassel. Had you
done so, it might have been very awkward
for me. Everything is better as
It is."
"How did you go adrift?"
^ She changed color.
^ "I was rowing by myself. I am not
B good at such work," glancing slgnlfiW
cantly at her tiny hands. "I let one
k oar slip, then I lost the other in trying
r to recover the first."
"Good Heaven! What an experience
She marked (he admiration in his eyes,
his unconscious warmth of tone, and
she felt instinctively that she had made
a conquest of incalculable value. By
proper management Paget Fassel
might be used to help on to full success
her bold and wicked plans. As
she measured the man with her large,
soft gaze sne inwardly devoted him.
In spite of all hln splendid superiority,
to her future service.
"I will write a letter to the people
with whom I have lived," she said, !n
a meditative tone, "and tell them that
I am going to?Mrs. Elllcott. Your servant,
perhaps, will take 1-t to the mainland,
and a.so the boat in which I went
adrift ?"
"Yes, yes." To tell the truth. Fassel
felt no further curiosity about her
?. -u ~ " Onllllv them
guardians?Knr cnuc...., ....
? that was enough.
"But. as I do not like the notoriety
of such an adventure." she continued,
timidly, "may I ask Terry to say nothing'
about last night or about poor me
to anyone?"
"Ask what you will. Miss Hillyer?
bind Terry to inviolable secrecy in anv
way you like. You can trust him?he is
very discreet."
She drew a long breath. Rose Gaff
had entered on a bold game, and being
really a clever person, she knew that
the chances were all against her. To
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personate Bess Hlllyer? to secure
wealth, ease, splendor?everything that
the sailor girl had refused for duty's
sake?yes, this was what she meant to
do; but would she?could she succeed?
"Those who have nothing left to hope
Have nothing left to dread."
Her rescue by Terry?the accident
which had cast her at Paget Fassel's
very door?seemed to her a most auspicious
beginning. Yet she saw that
she must not linger at Storm Island.
Prompt action was now of prime importance.
Parties from the cape might
be sent that way to look for her?inquiries
pushed even to Storm Island.
At any rate, she must send such word
to the cove as would quiet the fears of
Bess and Uncle Caleb, and put a stop
to further search. About Nigel Hume's
fate heartless little Rose actually cared
nothing.
"I would like to start at once," she
said u> Fassel, with a pretty air of
eagerness. "I have nothing to take with
me, and. as I have already told you.
there is no one to whom I care to say
good-by."
"That being the case." replied Fassel,
"only one thing more need be considered.
After the terror and exposure of
the night, do you find yourself strong
enough for the journey to Boston?"
"Yes, indeed yes!" she cried, feverishly.
"Then Terry shall hoist sail as soon
as breakfast is over, and take us to
the mainland. Before Mrs. Elllcott
sleeps I will deliver to her the heiress
that she has so happily chosen.
She looked a little frightened.
"Is Mrs. Ellicott so very rich?"
He smiled.
"Yes; but never mind, you will soon
become accustomed to riches."
She put out her dimpled hands with
a gesture of entreaty.
"I am only a wild, ignorant Maine
girl," she said, "and already I feel terribly
afraid of Mrs. Ellicott and her
grandeur. In you I seem to have found
a friend?oh! may I ask you to stand
by me iri the days to come?"
Her tender beauty, all infantile color
and curves, appealed to his strong masculinity
with Irresistible force. All the
chivalry of Paget Fassel's nature awoke
to answer her.
"Stand by you?" he cried. "Indeed I
will! You can depend upon me, now
and always."
He took the little outstretched hands,
and held them firmly In his own. His
cold gray eyes kiridied with suddeti fife.
"First tr> hreakfast. Miss Hillver." he
said, glancing at the handsome table,
on which Norah's chicken and muffins
were now smoking, "and then we will
start immediately upon our journey."
The *first step was taken. She had
escaped from her idiot husband and the
cove. She was free?free! Now it remained
for her to snatch the fortune
which Bess had renounced. Sooner or
later discovery would come: but it
might not be till years hence. Meanwhile
she would drain one full cup of
happiness?yea. she would have her
day.
CHAPTER XX.
Her New Home.
"Faster?faster! Why do we not go
faster?"
The little adventuress, the false
Elizabeth Hillyer, whispered the words
to herself again and again, as she sat
beside Paget Fassel, and felt the train
whirling her away from her old life.
She knew that she was making much
bother ana inconvenience for her com
panion. Had sne not taaen mm irom |
his island tower?his books and solitude?to
act as her conductor? Yet
he assumed the role with perfect resignation.
and seemed rather to like it.
He was exceedingly kind and attentive;
in every way he looked closely after
her comfort. At first he tried to amuse
her with conversation, but finding her
irresponsive and self-absorbed, he relinquished
the effort, and left her to
her own thoughts.
"Faster! Faster!"
For weary hours they must go on.
The train was not due in Boston till
evening.
She wore the blue flannel gown and
saucy Tarn o'Shanter in which she had
escaped from the cove, and yet he did
not seem in the least ashamed of her?
on the contrary, no belle in velvet and
diamonds had ever won from Fassel the
deference he now showed to this little
Maine nobody cast so suddenly on his
protection. Once when, of her own
will, she had broken the silence between
them, he began to speak of his
sister.
"I snail asK taaun 10 can upuu }uu
immediately," he said. "I particularly
wish her to be your friend."
"Is she very, very- grand?" asked the
false Elizabeth, timorously. "Will she
frighten me?"
"No, indeed. What creature with half
a heart would do that? Edith has the
kindest nature in the world. She will
love you at sight."
"Tell me more about her."
"First of all, she is the fast friend of
Mrs. Elllrott. You will meet her constantly
In your new home. The dead
son of the house, Lepel Ellicott. was
once betrothed to Edith. It is a sad
story?I need not speak of it now."
After awhile she began to show signs
of extreme fatigue. The stiff, crowded
seat of the car offered little comfort to
a tired passenger. Suddenly Fassel
perceived that the dark lashes had fallen
over her eyes. Without waking
her, he carefully drew the yellow carls
and pale, infantile cheek to the support
of his own arm. A motherly woman
In a seat behind the pair leaned
r? *-wl Pn JCfil Cl ch.'lU'l
"It will do for a pillow," she said.
"Your daughter set ms very tired
sir."
He expressed his thanks, and quiet'/
adjusted the soft wool under the delicate
head.
His daughter! He remembered the
few streaks of gray In his hair, the
bronze on his cheek, and as he glanced
down at the golden curls, the soft
curves and the rose-leaf color of the
sleeper, he could not wonder that j
strangers should mistake the girl for
Mo /?hiia PVHth hna warned him that
he was fast falling Into the sear and
yellow leaf. Well, since this young
creature had been thrust so unceremoniously
upon his h^nds, perhaps it was
well that his appearance should seem
paternal.
The day wore on, and the girl continued
to slumber peacefully under the
guardian eye of Paget Fassel. When
she awoke the landscape was blurred
with night.
"Bess?Andy!" were the names that
trembled on her tongue, but she did
not speak them.
"How stupid of me to sleep so long!"
she said to Paget Fassel; "and how
dull for you to watch me!"
"Not at all. Unlucky, there is no
drawing-room car on the train, and
only youth and health like yours could
snatch repose from these comfortless
seats. I have tried not to disturb you."
"Oh, you are very, very good and
kind!" she said, gratefully.
He returned the shawl to the motherly
neighbor, who smiled at the girl,
and nodded kindly.
"Your pa taaes gooa care or you, my
dear," she said.
The false Elizabeth lifted to her companion
a pair of large, astonished eyes,
still dreamy with sleep.
"Does she think that you are my father?"
she whispered.
"It seems so," he answered, with a
grim smile.
The evening was well advanced when
the countless lights of a great city began
to blink in the gloom. The end of
the journey was near?also the moment
when she must stand face to face with
Mrs. Eillcott. Fassel noticed her agitation,
and said, kindly
"You are quite worn out. Hold up a
little longer."
In the confusion attending the arrival
of the train she clung to him desperately.
Little dreaming the cause of
her disturbance, he conducted her
through the crowd, placed her in a carriage,
and took a seat by her side.
"I telegraphed your coming to Mrs,
Ellieott early in the day," he said. "She
will be waiting for you."
They rolled away through strange
streets. Myriad lights twinkled on all
sides. A new, mysterious world opened
wide portals to the fair little Impostor.
She looked out upon it eagerly, yet
with inward trembling.
Presently they entered a superb
street, and in the shadow of waving
trees stopped before an imposing mansion.
"Your new home," said Fassel, quietly.
A servant in livery opened the door.
Fassel drew his companion over the
threshold, and she heard the lackey
say: "Mrs. Ellieott is waiting in the library,
sir."
Then the two went forward into a
grand room of quartered oak, and a
white-haired woman dressed in mourn
ing, ana wearing a nne, coia air 01
thorough breeding, advanced with limping
Vate to welcome them.
"Are you Elizabeth Hillyer?" she
said to the girl; and the false Elizabeth,
quaking in spite of herself, faltered
:
"Yes, madam!"
"Why, my child, you are exactly like
a French doll! I am grateful to Paget
for bringing you to me. He must tell
me presently how he found you. Meanwhile.
the hour is late, and you have
traveled far. You shall have your bath
and tea, and go to rest, and tomorrow
I will make your acquaintance, Elizabeth!
What a stately name for such a
fairy! It does not suit you in the
least! I shall call you Mlgnon. That
is more fitting." She held her off at
arm's length, and scrutinized her so
closely that the girl's heart began to
beat like a trip hammer. "You do not
look like the Ellicotts," she said: 'they
were a tall, dark race. But that does
not matter. I will consign you now to
Susan Taylor, who will see that you are
provided with all that you need. In
the morning you shall tell me everything
about yourself."
She touched a bell, and directly Susan
Taylor appeared on the threshold
of the library.
"Show Miss Hillyer to her room,."
commanded Mrs. Ellicott.
The false Elizabeth remembered that
everything depended now upon her
boldness. With a soft, grateful glance
and a few murmured words she took
leave of Paget Fassel, and went away
with Susan Taylor, to the chamber
which had been prepared for her.
Fresh from the poor bare cottage at
Cape Desolation, the girl stood, like one
dazed, and gazed around on the unfamiliar
luxury of the room. The satinwood
and gold of the furniture, the pink
marbles, the hangings of heavy silk,
the mirrors and velvet carpet, brought
to her expanded eyes an ardent, gloat
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ing admiration. Ana mis was n?n iUture
home! In the midst of such surroundings
she was to live henceforth.
Had she dared too much for their possession?
Did her heart fail her? No,
no! She set her little teeth. She had
effected a successful entry into this
house, and here she would remain.
Then she suddenly discovered that the
scraggy female who had been chosen
to wait upon her was still standing near
the door, staring in a breathless, disagreeable
way.
"Are you Mrs. Ellicott's maid?" asked
tlie false Elizabeth.
"Yes. miss," answered Susan Taylor.
"Why do you look at me like that?"
"You remind me of something that
I've seen before." replied Susan, with
composure.
A ?iueer little chill ran along the
girl's veins.
"What can you mean?" she said,
smiling. "I am vain enougli to fancy
that few persons resemble me."
"I didn't say 'twas a person, miss,
I but a thing," answered Susan.
The new heiress thrilled half with
anger, half with alarm.
"<lo away," she said, shrinking a little;
"I do not want you here?I would
rather wait upon myself."
Susan Taylor went, without another
word. From that moment the two were
enemies.
The false Elizabeth took her tea in
a charming boudoir adjoining the
sumptuous bedchamber, after which she
crept to her downy couch, wondering at
the case with which she had slipped
into such great good fortune.
"By this time," she whispered, as she
buried her guilty little ,head in the
belaced and perfumed pillow, "they
have read the letter which I sent by
Terry; but Bess will never suspect the
truth. She could not believe me capa
HKe Step ttusaeu mc i.n.1 pci. uuw
Taylor, tall and gaunt, advanced on tiptoe
to the bedside.
What could a servant of the house
want In that place, and at that hour?
The girl instinctively feigned sleep, and
lay silent, motionless, while Susan drew
a small photograph from her pocket,
bent down to a night lamp burning on
a table near, and studied the card critically.
Then, moving closer to the bed,
she leaned over its occupant, and with
like intentness examined the face on
the pillow. Evidently this scrutiny put
to rest some doubt in Susan Taylor's
mind, for she immediately thrust the
card back into her pocket, and retreated
from the supposed sleeper.
"As the Lord lives, it's the self-same
woman!" the girl heard her mutter;
then this strange, disagreeable menial
turned about, and vanished from the
chamber as noiselessly as she had entered
it.
Tl be Continued.
DEMOCRATS MUST REGISTER.
Chairman Jones Sounds a Note of
Warning to White People.
State Democratic Chairman Wylle
Jones, in an address Issued this afternoon
to the voters of the state, expresses
the fear that the negroes may
carry the state into the Republican
column on account of the indifference
of the Democrats In registering. He
considers several congressional districts
in doubt. Chairman Jones in
Klo o/l/1*?Aao OQ VQ
In view of the great Indifference
which seems to exist among the Democrats
of this state as to registering,
under the new law requiring all voters
to register this year, I feel It to be a
duty as your chairman to address you
in this public manner, and urge you to
go to your county seats at once and
register. There I: no doubt about the
fact that the negroes are registering in
great numbers in some of the counties,
and if the Democrats do not register
they cannot vote in the general,
election In November next, and some*
of our congressmen may be defeated.
The electoral ticket of this state may
also be endangered bv the failure of
the Democrats to register. The time
expires September 1st, 1908, and after
that It will be almost impossible to be
registered.' We have heard of late various
threats that our representation hi
congress would be reduced bv a Republican
congress on account of our small
vote in the general election. All Indications
now are that the next house of
representatives will be very close, and
the nast historv of the Republican partv
nroves that that party will stop at
nothing to count in a working majority.
THE NEWS IN CHEROKEE.
Fishing at Thomson's Mill?The Howell's
Ferry Bridge Matter?Children's
Day at Messopotomia.
Wilkinsvllle, August 4.?Several of
the Sharon people are coming over today
to fish in the Thomson mill pond
on Thickety. Mr. Garner, the miller,
will draw off the water for the occasion.
A few weeks ago they came
and made a fine*catch.
Rev. J. P. Stevenson of Spartanburg,
will assist Rev. Geo. R. Ratchford
in a meeting at Salem, beginning
next Monday night. 10th instant. The
mpptine is exoected to continue all
through next week.
Our people of Cherokee county are
hopeful that they will yet get a bridge
at Howell's ferry soon. There seemed
to be some blocking process in the
way which we think has about been
removed. We hardly think that so
necessary a convenience could be
denied the people of the two counties
?York and Cherokee.
Cherokee county has already built
two iron bridges across Broad river
in the upper part of the county and
we people of lower Cherokee are only
asking for one half a bridge?York
county will build the other half. The
site selected for the bridge Is a very
desirable one and the roads to and
from it on either side of the river will
be free from hills. The proposed
route will leave the Howell's ferry
road a few hundred yards this side
of Salem church and connect again
with the Hickory Grove road at the
old Dr. Wright place now owned by
the Messrs. Brown. The site selected
for the bridge is about half a mile
above Howell's ferry. We believe
that if left to the people on both sides
of the river there will not be a dissenting
voice to the adoption of this
site and route.
We are having a severe dry spell
just now and crops in this section are
needing rain badly. Corn is firing
where it has been highly manured.
Until this time we have never seen a
better crop prospect of both corn and
cotton.
Mrs. Robert Brown of Hickory
Grove, and her sister. Miss Jane McCarley
of Bullock's Creek, spent last
Friday with the family of Mr. and
Mrs. T. J. Estes.
Children's Day at Messopotamia
church was largely attended last Sat
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UlUay auu iiic huic lu.no
themselves with much credit both to
themselves and their trainers. Rev.
and Mrs. T. B. Owens and family are
very popular in our community, not
only with their own people but those
of the other churches.
To Defeat Lyon's plans?One
meets people these days who openly
aver that the whisky element and exdispensary
grafters et al. are exerting
their energies to elect a legislature of
their own kind, and thus block or frustrate
the. plans of Attorney General J.
Frazer Lyon in prosecuting the grafters.
No one could be found bold
enough to oppose Lyon, so the trick
seems to be to elect legislators who are
unfriendly to him. There are numbers
of people in this state whose interests
would be admirably served in
the defeat of Lyon's plans.
Attorney General I^yon, while no
brilliant lawyer, is about the hardest
working, most persistent prosecuting
no Jiqvp hnfl in ropont V?ars.
He has encountered obstacle upon
obstacle in his work on the dispensary
investigation, even his
own committee did not give nim proper
support and co-operation, to say
nothing of the Federal court interference.
But despite these things, Mr.
Lyon has persisted and is merely
awaiting for his hands to he united, to
act. It behooves the law-abiding people
of the state to see that the work
already done is not ruined by the next
legislature.
Yes, after reading over the testimony
taken in the investigation two years
ago, we are persuaded that there are
some residents of South Carolina who
would welcome the defeat of Lyon's
plans.?Laurens Advertiser.
ble of such boldness. Ah, misery makes
desperate the weakest of people! Thank
Heaven! I shall not awake In the morning'
to see Andy following me about
like a dreadful spook. At last I am
free of him?at last I am out of bond
age:
The distant noises of the city reminded
her of waves breaking' at the foot of
the Cape Desolation cliffs. Bess Hillyer's
reproachful image intruded again
and again on her thoughts?she could
not put it away.
"Yes, it was wicked to play such a
trick upon her," she groaned?"to destroy
her letter, and write another to
suit my own purpose; but the temptation
was great?I could not resist it.
Poor Bess"?
A faint sound interrupted her meditations.
The door of the chamber was
pushed slowly, cautiously back. A cat
IttisffltaHfous ?tcadin<).
BLEASE AND THE GRAFTERS.
Would the Newberry Man Favor Them
If Elected.
Cheraw Chronicle.
The Lanahan-Blease matter hat
never been disposed of. There hat
been no answer from Bleaae to the following
appeal made by Lewis W. Parker
in a card to the people of South
Carolina under date of Feb. 17, 1908:
"In justice to Mr. Blease himself,
and in justice to the memory of Mr.
i ! maik 24 eiamo
kananflii, nir* 0ivm? ? ?*
to me, called upon to say who was the
high state official whom Mr. Lanahan
employed?as Mr. Blease has acknowledged
full acquaintanceship in the
I matter. Whilst I cannot conceive that
I have been mistaken as to statements
| made to mo by Mr. Lanahan, still if
I there be error in what Mr. Lanahan
stated to me, Mr. Blease can clear it
[ and should do so."
A couple of weeks ago the Cheraw
Chronicle asked several questions. It
wished to know whether, If elected governor,
Blease would pardon the grafters.
It said that the association of
Blease with the grafters and his efforts
to help them block the efforts of
the state government to land them,
made that question important. He was
asked, too, whether he would use all
means to prevent the United States
court getting possession of the dispensary
fund, and thereby blocking furtheir
investigation of the frauds
against the state. As to those questions,
W. F. Stevenson makes the following
enlightening comment:
Editor the Cheraw Chronicle:
Referring to your questions about
Mr. Blease, I will make the following
statement:
He was a member of the committee
to investigate the state dispensary.
Mr. Lyon and Mr. Chrlstensen, who
did the heavy work and unearthed a
lot of rottenness, soon found that to
accomplish anything they had to keep
their council from Mr. Blease and that
there was strong evidence that he was
giving tips to the "grafters." It came
out that one Samuel J. Lanahan had
employed a state senator to represent
his house and work on the matter of
sales for him In violation of the law.
When the witness, Mr. Lewis W. Parwer,
was called on to give the name
of the senator, he declined to erlve it
unless forced to do so. Mr. Blease led
the fight to keep him'from being forced
to tell and by one vote the committee
refused to require Mr. Parker to give
(the name.
"In Protecting Wrongdoers."
Mr. Blease stated to Mr. Parker before
unimpeachable witnesses that he
knew all about the matter and knew
the senator referred to and appreciated
his action In refusing to give the name.
It was afterwards stated by Mr. Parker
when required to do so by the present
dispensary commission that Mr.
Blease was the man. Mr. Blease denies
that he was the man. He knew
who the man was and was on the
committee to run down the lawbreakers
and corruptlonlsts and in the face
of that, with knowledge of a state officer
who had been violating the law,
he was appointed to vindicate, he was
active in protecting the wrongdoers.
If elected governor, would he be less
active if some of the evildoers, whom
he was then protecting In violation of
his duty, were now convicted? Again,
when the appropriation was asked for,
to be used by Mr. Lyon in prosecuting
the wrongdoers, he opposed it vigorm.nll'
TUT AllAnf SN
wuni^, yy III no ttlivw IIIC LUUV1UIIUI19
that may follow such prosecution to
stand If he is governor?
"Firm Stand of Gov. Ansel."
Again, when the Flelschman company
found that the dispensary commission
was on to the frauds perpetrated
by It on the state, they went
Into the United States court and were
Joined there by Ulman & Co., and
other smaller malefactors. They got
an order appointing a receiver of the
funds on hand, then $800,000, and
endeavored to get the fund in court.
The firm stand of Gov. Ansel and the
commission alone prevented the courts
getting the fund.
When the legislation that the state's
attorneys thought necessary to render
the state absolutely safe was presented
to the state senate, Mr. Blease
opposed it vigorously and by a filibuster
defeated, as he claimed, the most
important of measures.
"Judge Hi* Future by Hi* Pa*t."
When I tell you that the commission
has found that the Fleishman company
has overcharged the state $115.000
in round numbers, and Ulman
$65,000, and the receivers' commission
would be about $40,000 and the
attorneys' fee paid out of the fund
about $50,000, you will see that it will
cost the school fund $270,000 if Mr.
Blease has his way, judging nis win
by his acts, and this will be the result
in favor of two of the liquor houses
whose track he helped to cover when
on the committee to investigate them.
If he is elected, will he not appoint a
new commission to undo the work of
the one which has saved the state
several hundred thousand dollars and
for whom he has had nothing but
abuse, and will not a commission appointed
by him surrender to the United
States court? Judge his future by
the past and answer.
Why Didn't Blease?
Again, he speaks of large appropriations.
He has, as he says, been
connected for 16 years, with one or
two short intervals, with the legislature
and he claims that he Is one of
the great men of the senate because
they elected him president pro tern.
If that is so, why has he not, with his
great influence and vote, held down
appropriations? If he couldn't do it
while a member with a vote, of the
body that makes them, how will he
rtn if when he gets in the governor's
office, when he is not a member and
has no vote on appropriations.
He speaks of vetoing the bills.
Doesn't he know that the legislature
can pass them over the governor's
veto? Didn't the governor veto a bill
as unconsitutional last year and didn't
: the legislature pass it over his veto,
the senate being largely led in doing
so by Mr. Blease?
He talks about an increase of $300.00(1
in appropriations. In the period
of which he speaks the old soldier's
pensions was increased $200,000. and
he says he wouldn't veto that, and
$f>0,000 has been appropriated to
county high schools, and Jefferson
and Chesterfield have both got them
and nobody heard of a strenuous fight
on that by' Mr. Blease. That accounts
for a large part of the Increase.
Mr. Blease makes these charges
against the legislature and holds the
governor responsible.
W. F. Stevenson.
BIG CORNER IN COTTON.
Said That Livermore Has Control of
the Situation.
New Yorx. Aug.6.?The entire supply
of cotton stored In New York city
and vicinity available for delivery on
[contract Is said to have been acquired
by J. L. Livermore, the young broker,
who last May made more than $1,000,000
in a corner on the July op
tion. The New York visible supply
consists of only 39,000 bales of cotton,
worth about $1,800,000.
During the last two weeks cotton
has advanced in this market over
$3.50 a bale and the shorts have been
bordering upon panic. An enormous
quantity of October contracts have
been sold short in New York, because
of the general belief of the trade in
reports from the cotton states that
an enormous crop will be gathered.
As a consequence, prices in New York
have been depressed far below the
commercial value of the cotton In the
south.
In consequence stocks in this center
have been bought and shipped
away; so that Its available supply is
the lowest in several years. Mr. Llvermore
and several other cotton men
began buying August contracts several
weeks ago, until they are said to
have acquired every bale not under
contract to the spinners and other
consumers.
The situation has been made all the
more remarkable by the fact that the
Farmers' Union has secured pledges
from nearly every planter In the
south that he will not sell cotton before
December below 10 cents, for
middling. That this pledge Is being
kept Is shown by the fact that in
southern Texas, where the crop Is
just beginning to make its appear
ance. conon nas aavancea wiinin me
past week 40 to 50 points.
A prominent member of the cotton
exchange said yesterday that the
short Interests in October amounts to
nearly 1,000,000 bales. The total value
of this cotton would be nearly
$50,000,000. The amount of the Llvermore
pool's profit could not be
determined yesterday, as their holdings
were acquired quietly. This corner
Is said to be the first attempted
In many years In New York in the
face of an abundant crop. Daniel J.
Sully operated several corners before
his collapse, which was due more to
the treachery of other members of
the syndicate than lack of strength In.
his speculative position. Sully put
the price of cotton to 16 cents in one
of his corners.
BUILDING GOOD ROAD8.
The Broad Tira fa a Factor to Ba Carefully
Considered.
Poag's Rear Estate Monthly.
Having lived a good while, with
varied experience and observation, and
having read and heard a great deal
about the Improvement of our roads,
and regretting that our lawgivers have
seen fit to levy heavy taxes to make
said Improvement, I ask space In your
columns to give my views to the intelligent
public.
Of course we all want good roads.
How to secure them is the question.
My belief Is that they can be secured
by a small outlay in money, together
with a moderate amount of labor, annually.
Let our legislature make It
obligatory on proper hands to work
the roads under an overseer for as
much as five or six days In each year,
if necessary. Then authorize the
county supervisor to cut up the roads
Into sections?say half a mile each?
and contract with a proper person to
oversee that section, paying $1.00 or
$1.50 per day for his services and assigning
sufficient force to do the
work. The road should first be surfaced
so as to be slightly raised in the
middle and shedding the rains into
ditches on either side. Then every
year haul stones from the size of a
child's head down to the size of an
egg and lay them on a space 25 or 50
not crush them on a space 25 or 50
feet long and 9 or 10 feet wide. Do
not crush them, but leave them until
next year, when another stretch is to
be laid and the larger protruding
rocks laid down the previous year are
to be broken with hammers. It is
unnecessary to macadamize a road,
besides being too expensive. The
hauling may have to be paid for, but
the work can be done by road hands,
and anybody ought gladly give the
stones in order to be rid of them. In
this way and by laying stones on the
worst places first we can in time have
gooa roads at small expense.
I speak from experience. Seven
years UgU, Willi liner men unu
teams, I laid 250 feet of road in one
day, one man arranging stones on the
road while the others hauled, and
that Is a good road today?a perfect
road.
It is error to suppose that a good
road must be macadamized. Just lay
stones as above mentioned and use
broad tired wagons, which really
work the roads.
Eight years ago I had three wornout
wagons. After receiving some
advice and thinking over the question
of buying new wagons, or repairing
the old, I concluded to cut down the
wheels and put on broad fellows and
tires. I have never regretted having
it done at a cost of $14 for each wagon,
because the bills for repairs have
been almost nothing. I would not
change back to narrow tires for any
consideration, within the bounds of
reason. Broad tires run lighter across
fields and on the roads; they are stouter,
therefore less liable to break; and
they really work the roads. There
being more iron in a broad tire, it is
less liable to expand and become loose
on the wheel; therefore it is more
durable and more reliable.
I would suggest that the legislature
enact a law requiring all tires on
two-horse wagons and heavier ones,
after three years, shall be five inches
or more in width.
If the above plan Is adopted and
followed up, we can save the extra
two mills tax imposed on property
for improvement of roads, as well as
the extra $3 poll-tax for the same
purpose.
I know whereof I speak, for experience
and observation have been my
teachers. There is no speculation in
this plan?only common sense and
information obtained In the best
school?experience.
Saml. E. White,
BOND ISSUE THE THING.
Posterity Shares the Benefit and Posterity
Should Help.
In his speech at Tlrzah last Saturday,
Mr. W. B. Wilson, Jr., discussed
the road question as follows:
I am pleased to see that the people
are just now more Interested In obtaining
good roads than In any other
question, recognizing tne iaci mat ine
development and prosperity of the
country and increase In land values are
Involved In the question. We all know
that under the present law permanent
good roads cannot be obtained. The
demand, therefore Is for a change in
the law. A new law Is wanted that
will give permanent good roads, and
that too, without unnecessary delay.
But any road system that will bring
about these results must cost money,
and If results are not to be delayed It
will cost big money, not big, however,
in comparison with the results to be
obtained. Upon the most reliable information
obtainable, permanent good
roads cannot be built at a cost of less
than from J1.200 to 52,000 per mile.
It is estimated that there are in York
county about 1,000 miles of public
roads, but I take It that the permanent
improvement of say 250 to 300 miles
of the principal highways, so laid out
as to extend equitably through every
township, would satisfy the present demands
of the people of this county.
To do this in a proper way will cost
say >400,000. I take it that the people
are willing to pay an annual property
tax of two mills to bring about such a
result, and under the plan which I
wish to suggest, it can be accomplished
under an annual levy of two mills.
Let the county of York issue bonds
in the sum of >400,000 or more, bearing
interest at four per cent, payable
in forty years from date, with the
privilege reserved to the county of
retiring them at any time after, say,
ten years. Let these >400,000 worth of
bonds then be distributed among the
different townships in proportion to
the assessed valuation of property in
the several townships?the proceeds of
the bonds so apportioned to said townships
to be expended in that township,
under the direction of a board composed
of a township commissioner, selected
by such township, and the
county board of commissioners and
the county road engineer. Let the
money be deposited in the hands
of the county treasurer, as the agent
of the severa' townships, and be distributed
by him upon the warrants
issued by the township commissioner.
countersigned and approved by tne
county board of commissioners.
By this plan, these permanent good
roads can be obtained now, and be
enjoyed by the present, as well as by
future generations, and under this
plan they would be paid foi in part by
the future as well as by the present
generation. The roads built being
permanent. It Is nothing more than
right that the future generations should
be required to contribute towards their
establishment and maintenance.
Under the provisions of the Saye
law, by which a county engineer has
already been employed to do the necessary
engineering work, the greater
part of the surveys, etc., of the principal
roads in the county will be finished
by July 1, 1909, so the preliminary
engineering work for this plan
is already provided for, and this permanent
work could be commenced In
each township as soon as the $400,000
worth of bonds shall be Issued, for It
Is not likely that there will be any difficulty
in promptly disposing of 4 per
cent county bonds at par or above. All
permanent work should be done by
contract, which contracts should be
let by the township commissioner,
county commissioners and county engineer,
acting together as a board.
But under the provisions of the constitution
of this state, such bonds
cannot be issued until ttie question of
their issue has been submitted to the
vote of the people of York county, upon
a petition for such an election signed
by a majority of the free-holders of
Vnrl* rnuntv nn/l unless It Is further
approved by a majority of the qualified
electors voting on the question. You
see that It Is a plan that Is necessary
to be approved by a majority of the
freeholders as well as by a majority of
the electors. There can be no harm
therefore, In passing an act submitting
the question to the people.
This act would leave the money raised
from the commutation tax, together
with the labor furnished by those
liable to road duty, to be applied towards
the keeping up of the other
roads in each township not being permanently
Improved. For under the
proposed plan, where each township
would have Its own road commissioner,
I think that those liable to road duty,
should have the priviledge of electing
to either pay the commutation tax or
else to work the required number of
days on the road, as I believe this old
plan would work satisfactorily under
a township system, since the township
commissioner could give closer attention
and supervision than could be given
under the old system of general supervision
by the county board of commissioners.
As to the county chalngang: I am
In favor of its being used exclusively
in the construction of permanent high
language as eisewnen; uuhiib uib tampaign.
Col. Thompson did not undertake
to reply.
vide annually a .surplus, which can be
laid aside to Invest as a sinking: fund
with which to retire the bonds if desired
advlsable>.
In the mean time, I think the Saye
law, which is a step in the right direction,
should be amended and made
as strong, and adaptable to the needs
of the county, as possible, and should
remain in force until the people of the
ennntv wish to nvnll themselves of the
ma nome ministers inai iney wuuiu nm
endorse his candidacy. But the candidates
for railroad commissioner spoke
first and Mr. Caughman and Mr. Flshburne
started the fireworks. In denying
a statement by Flshburne, Caughman
said "You are a liar and you
know it. and the truth is not in you."
The two men advanced toward each '
other, but were separated before any
harm was done. Both afterwards
apologized. When Blease arose to
speak he made a criticism of the Weekly
Press, declaring that Editor W. H.
Wallace, of the Newberry Observer,
who was on the stand, did not have
manhood enough to dofend his minister
from attacks occasioned by Blease's
candidacy. At this time, Wallace
arose from the press table, and walked
toward Blease presumably to ask him
a question, but the response was lost
in the noise which followed. Wallace
took his seat, and Blease resumed his
speaking. Referring to Rev. Q. A.
Wright, one of the ministers who refused
to endorse him. Blease said that
Mr. Wright had stabbed him in the
back "as Judas betrayed Christ."
? The People's Bank of Union closed
118 aoors lasi w eaneauay, penains ?uiuntary
liquidation. In a statement issued
by the president, B. P. Arthur,
general depression is the reason assigned
for the action. It is said that
depositors are fully protected.
? Columbia special of August 4, to
Anderson Daily Mail: The members
of the First regiment, who got to their
respective homes throughout the Piedmont
counties Sunday morning, after
a pleasant and profitable ten days' encampment
at Chlckamauga, had a disagreeable
wrangle with the passenger
officials of the Southern over bringing
the fifty-one cooks and waiters back
home, which resulted in the trains being
held up in the Chattanooga yards
from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. Saturday until
the officers and men of the regiment
"forked over" about $300 in cash to
pay for the negroes' transportation
back home. According to the officers
there was a verbal understanding on
the side when the Southern was given
the fat contract to carry the regiment
at an outlay of over $9,000 for the trip,
that the cooks and waiters would be
transported free, as usual, and the negrpes
were landed in camp without
charge, and the officers and men of the
regiment generally are much wrought
up against the railroad officials for the
treatment they received in the Chattanooga
yards. The railroad people took
the position that the new rate law forbade
carrying these men free and refused
to move the train unless the
cash was forthcoming. Finally the
cash was fished out, most of Jt coming
from staff officers, and the train
proceeded. The charge for the, trip was
from $9 to $9.50 for each negro. In
the general scramble a few of the negroes
got left in Chattanooga, The
trouble began by the. Central of Georgia
agent at Lytle, Ga., near the camp,
and some ten miles from the Southern's
connection at Chattanooga, demanding
28 cents each for the neeroes
for their trip from Lytle to Chat
tanooga. This was paid and when the
train was made up another demand
was made for 28 cents more each, the
agent claiming that the other was for
the trip to camp. This was also paid.
Then the Southern officials got busy on *
arrival of the trains at Chattanooga. In
a measure the officials of the regiment
"got even" by demanding a separate
coach for the negroes and additional
coaches for the men, but they do not
consider that they have yet paid off
the entire score and swear they will
get even in other ways.
? Columbia Record Tuesday: County
Chairman P. H. Nelson introduced
as the first speaker Col. Henry T.
Thompson, candidate for adjutant and
inspector general. Col. Thompson reviewed
his thirty years of service in
the militia and said that he now asked
a promotion of one more grade. He
asserted that there was no precedent
for two terms in the office of adjutant
ua claimed that as editor of
privilege of voting the bond issue referred
to, and adopting that system of
working the roads In the shape of a
new road law.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8.
? Columbia State, Wednesday: Gov.
Ansel yesterday appointed eleven delegates
from this state to attend the
International congress on tuberculosis
to be held at Washington, D. C.t from
September 21 to October 12. The
delegates Include some of the most
prominlent physicians In the state,
and all are men who have displayed
an Interest In the great work which
has been undertaken by the medical
profession to rid the world of con
sumpinju. iwcmy-?i* lumgu wuuntries
will be represented at this international
congress and it is expected
that every state in the Union will be
represented. Gov. Ansel is in hearty
sympathy, with the work which has
been undertaken to stamp out tuberculosis
and anxiously desires that
each of the physicians named by him
Attend the congress at Washington
hext month. The appointees from
this state are: Dr. Walker Cheyne,
Sumter: Dr. T. G. Croft Aiken; Dr.
R. A. Lancaster, Columbia; Dr. John
L. Dawson, Charleston; Dr. A. Bethune
Patterson, Barnwell; Dr. William
Anderson, Blacksburg; Dr.
Frank Lander, Chester; Dr. Robert
Wilson, Charleston, Dr. C. R. McGahan,
Aiken; Dr. G. A. Neuffer, Abbeville:
Dr. J. T. Mcintosh, Columbia.
Gov. Ansel yesterday addressed a
personal communication to each of
the physicians named as delegates,
with the request that, if possible, he
serve the interests of the state by attending
the congress.
? Columbia special of August 6, to
the Spartanburg Herald: There was
considerable excitement at the campaign
meeting of state officers at Newberry
today. Newberry is the home of
State Senator Cole L. Blease, and it
was expected that something out of
the ordinary would occur when he
arose today to face the statement of
ways, in the county under the supervision
and direction of the county board
of commissioners by being hired to
the road contractor iq/"that township
of the county making the best offer
therefor.
Of course, I cannot attempt here to
give more than a general outline of
the plan proposed. The details directing
how it shall be carried out, of
course, would have to be carefully and
clearly worked out in the act passed by
the legislature and the people of York
county at the election upon the question
of the Issuing of the proposed
bonds, would have the opportunity to
approve or reject the measure as a
whole.
After we have built this 250 or 300
miles of permanent roads, we will have
several hundred miles of other public
roads that must be maintained and
gradually improved. The taxable
property in this county for 1907 was
$8,292,076.
A levy of two mills on this valuation
will raise some $16,584, a sum
more than sufficient to meet the interest
on the $400,000 worth of bonds Issued,
besides paying the cost and expenses
incident to the administration
of the fund. And as the assessed value
of property increases the two mills
levy, besides raising the money sufficient
to pay the interest on bonds and
cost of administration, will also pro
a paper In Darlington he inaugurated
the movement which resulted In the
pensioning of the Confederate veterans.
Col. Thompson declared that he
started ' out In the campaign saying
there were no issues between him and
Col. Boyd and he would never have
lifted the veil from private matters except
In self-defense. Col. Boyd at
Gaffney branded as false one of Col.
Thompson's statements. The latter
referred to the former's gray hairs as
reason "for not resenting that insult
as South Carolinians usually do" and
said that before the campaign closed
he hoped to show which was worthy ^
of belief. Col. Thompson said. In regard
to the mustering out of the Bennettsville
company, that Gen. Boyd
himself recommended this dissolution
of the company, but in the face of the
approaching primaries, lacked the
nerve to put his own recommendation
into effect and therefore put the responsibility
upon him (Col. Thompson).
As to Gen. Boyd's formidable array of
I ?oo?imnnials. Col. Thompson asserted
these were obtained long: ago, when
Gen. Boyd had no opposition. Col.
Boyd could not now obtain them. Col.
| Thompson asserted that he had the
| support of a majority of the militia.
Gen. Boyd got busy right away. "I
did not say at Gaffney," he said, "that
Thompson's statement was false as
hell, and I say it here there's a lie out
somewhere. He need not consider my
lameness or my gray* hairs, either, if
he wants to resent that." Gen. Boyd
went on to "give an acocunt of his
stewardship" in substantially the same
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