Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps and |acts. ? New York, January 20: Analysis of the numerous suits which widows have brought for damages because of the loss of their husbands in the Titanic disaster brought to light today the striking differences in the moneterv values the women placed on their husbands. The suits ranged from (25,000 to (1,000,000, the record high figure being that sued for by Mrs. Henry B. Harris, widow of the theatrical manager. An admiralty lawyer declared today that the differences in damages sought was due chiefly to the various earning capacities of the husbands, taking into consideration also the age. The style in which the wife had been accustomed to live was also a consideration. ? Cortez, Colorado, January 19: Fifty Ute Indians, determined not to deliver Big Rabbit, one of their tribesmen, to the county authorities to answer a charge of shooting Joseph Vichel, a sheep herder, are entrenched in the mountains, 18 miles from here, and defied a posse of 100 men today. The Indians yesterday took up their positions in the mountains after they had left their reservation in south-western Colorado and declared they would fight to the death rather than give up Big Rabbit. They are said to be armed with repeating rifles and have plenty of ammunition. Indian Agent John Spear has been appealed to by the county authorities, in hope thai he might be able to Induce the Indians to return to the reservation and surrender Big Rabbit. Spear's advances today, W ?? .AVv..?r^A R?. and he has wired the interior department at Washington for instructions. Spear said tonight he would take no action until he heard from Washington. ? A case, said by physicians to be the first in medical science, was discovered at Easton, Pa., last week, by Dr. James A. Morgenstern when he was called to the residence of Berton Perkins to attend one of the children who was suffering from chicken pox. The case was an unusually severe one, and the physlcan made a minute examination. When he placed his hand on the right side of the child's chest he was amazed to find a heart beating there and, a moment later, was astoi ished to find another heart on the left side. It led him to request Mrs. Perkins to allow an examination of herself and the other children, and the physician found that not only the one child, but the mother and two other children in the family each had two hearts. Accompanied by several of the leading physicians of the city, another visit was paid to the house, when Doctor Morgenstern's discovery was confirmed. Mrs. Perkins and her children, Anna. Allen and Doris, aged 13, 11 and 4, respectively, are apparently normal in all other respects. ? Articles of Incorporation for the socalled "Rockefeller Foundation" to administer a philanthropic fund of J100,000,000 to be donated by John D. Rockefeller were passed by the national house yesterday,_152 to 65, after desul tory opposition. Tne measure now goes to the senate. The bill, introduced by Representative Peters of Massachusetts, names as the incorporators to administer the fund, John D. Rockefeller. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Frederick T. Gates, Starr J. Murphy, Harry Pratt Judson, Simon Flexner, Edwin A. Alderman, Wickliffe E. Rose, Chas. O. Heydt and such persons as they may associate with themselves. The object of the foundation is "to promote the well being and to advance the civilization of the peoples of the United States and its territories and of foreign lands, in the dissemination of knowledge in the prevention and relief of suffering, and in the promotion by elemosynary and philanthropic means of any and all of the elements of human progress." The bill contains a provision prohibiting the foundation adding to the capital fund of $100,000,000 and forcing the expenditure of the entire income from that fund currently. ? Morganton, N. C., January 18: The most desperate fight this section of the state has ever witnessed is reported from Glen Alpine, a little town six miles from Morganton, tonight, as the result of which six prominent men lie mortally wounded from pistol and knife wounds. The fight is alleged to have resulted from a feud exists ing between the Pitts and Hennessee families, which reached its culmination tonight in a pistol and knife duel on the streets of Glen Alpine, which last-1 ed for thirty minutes and in which one after another was shot down or cut to pieces with knives. Friends of both families rushed to the assistance of their friends, only to find themselves engaged in a bloody conflict and received probably fatal wounds. Telephone messages state that Dr. E. A. Hennessee is shot through the lungs and head and cannot live until midnight, while three other men, Gormon Pitts, Ervin Pitts and Policeman Sam Bennett, are seriously if not fatally >hot, and M. N. Hennessee and Abel Pitts are mortally wounded, and others slightly injured. When revolvers were emptied, the desperate fight continued with knives, and men lying weakened in their own blood, tried desperately to end the lives of their antagonists. ? President-elect Woodrow Wilson yesterday realized what he considers the climax in his programme of reform as governor of New Jersey. Seven bills making for the most extensive revision of the corporation laws in the history of the state, were introduced last night in the state legislature. "These acts are designed to put an end to trusts and monopoly under the laws of New Jersey," declared Gov. Wilson in a statement describing the measures, "and I confidently predict that they will accomplish that much desired result." Though the principle of the bills, which seek to prevent monopoly, underselling In local markets, mergers, the existence of holding companies and the issuance of watered stocks, is one which the governor emphasized repeatedly during the national campaign, he said last night that the proposed legislation had been drawn with the conditions in the state of New Jersey alone In mind. "These bills embody my ideas of the way New Jersey should deal with the question," he said. "National legislation might have to be different." Ever since the end of the campaign, the governor has been working on the corporation reform. Chancellor Walker and Judge Bennet Van Syckle assisted him, and lrfst night the bills were launched in the senate. As the acts are administration measures and the Democrats have a comfortable majority in both houses. Democratic leaders were practically unanimous in predicting that they will be enacted with little opposition. The feature of the bills that attracted most attention was the provision making violation of the proposed law a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment as well as fines. ? "Izy the Painter," a notorious firebug, convicted in New York some months ago and sentenced to Sing Sing for a term of twelve to twentyfour years, has created a sensation in New York city by making a confession to the district attorney, in which he eave derails as to some 150 or more | incendiary fires which he had set or caused to be set during the past three years, "Izy," whose name is Stein, had been sent to Sing Sing for first degree arson and the district attorney's office was about to hand additional evidence to the grand jury that would have brought indictments for second degree arson. "Izy" then decided that rather than run chances of having his twenty-four year sentence extended he would tell all he knew. Accordingly he was brought to New York, Friday, and gave the district attorney details of the fires which he had started. The method of operation as detailed by Stein was like this: A man would have property insured, frequently for more than its value and being hard-up for cash, he would get into communication with "Izy," who would proceed to start a fire in such a way as to make the fire loss certain. Then the property owner, having made his arrangements with crooked insurance agents and adjusters beforehand, these gentry were called in after the blaze had done its work and they quickly adjusted the loss, charging the property owner a per centage on the amount of the insurance paid, and thus robbing the insurance companies and compounding a felony. "Izy" gave dates, names, amounts of insurance carried, losses and amounts paid and his statements tallied closely with the records of the fire department. As a result of the disclosures of Stein, three persons were indicted Friday and many others are to follow in quick succession. District Attorney Whitman hsis given oul the information that he will go aftei the firebugs and crooked agents and adjusters to the limit. "It wasn't the money I care for so much," said Stein in his confession to Assistant Districl Attorney R. M. Weller. "Others of the gang were after the cash, but for me there was nothing like the Joy of see: ing flames Jump from a building I had set fire to myself and oi' hearing the firo pnHnpfi olnnclnc rinu n the strppt." She ^orlu'iUe dnquivee. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvllle as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVUXE. 8. C.j TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1913 Wasn't it Blease hlms?lf who said "Let the heathen rage?"?Spartanburg Journal. No, It was Senator Tillman who said that in the letter of congratulation he wrote to Governor Blease Immediately after the governor's nomination in the primary of 1910. Senator Tillman has replied to Governor Blease's message of last Thursday. It is published in the Greenville News of this morning; but that papei did not arrive in Yorkvllle in time tc admit of the reproduction of the reply in today's paper. What Senator Tillman had to say will appear in our next issue. ' m ' It having been shown to the satisfaction of the trust investigating committee that the Clyde line, the Mallory line and other lines engaged m the coastwise trade are in a big combine for the protection of rates, a bill has been introduced in the house to prevent them from enjoying any advantages of free passage of the fanama canal. We are inclined to believe that this government is perfectly justified in making the canal free to American ships engaged in the coastwise trade; but we do not think that this benefit should be extended to any ships that are participating in any combine maintained for the purpose of strangling competition. Newspaper Regulation. The following bill introduced by Mr. Rembert last Friday, is understood to embody Governor Blease's ideas of a proper law to regulate the right of a person aggrieved by a newspaper to reply thereto: Section 1. That whenever a newspaper, magazine or periodical printed or published in this state shall print or publish, either in Its editorial or news columns, an article or articles written by any editor, reporter, correspondent or any other person or persons whomsoever, which article or articles shall make an attack or make any charge or charges or in any way effect the character, standing in the community, or conduct of any person or persons, whether private citizens or public officers, such newspapers, magazines or periodicals shall publish in the first edition or publication after the same shall be furnished, the answer, denial, explanation or defence of 8a id person or persons, without making said person or persons pay therefor, and the said answer, denial, explanation or defence shalj be given the same prominence in said newspaper, magazine or periodical as the article or articles containing said charge or charges. Section 2. Any editor, manager or other officer or person in authority of newspapers, magazines, or periodical, who shall refuse or neglect or be responsible for the failure to print and publish said answer, denial, explanation or defence of said person or persons attacked or charged as set out in Section 1 of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not less than $500 and imprisonment in the county jail of not less than thirty days: Provided, howpvpr that no nawananar macra7.1np or periodical shall be required to publish or print any article whatsoever, which shall contain obscene or profane language. We are unable to see in the foregoing anything beyond what we have always understood to be the common law, and there is certainly nothing in it that goes beyond the practice that The Enquirer has always voluntarily followed. It is the practice in this office to print a reply to a correction of -any alleged misrepresentation that may be made of any one, and we have never in all the history of the paper, refused to publish any article submitted in good faith, merely for the purpose of refuting or differing from any view or opinion we may have expressed. That has always been our idea of one of the highest duties of an honest self-respecting newspaper and so far as we are concerned this proposed act is in no wise objectionable. In times past, we have received from ill tempered correspondents communications presumably based upon something objectionable and evidently intended to be personally offensive and insulting. Some of these communications have been of a nature that would have warranted and justified their being ignored; but nevertheless we have seen proper to give them space, with or without reply as in our judgment seemed best; but always in the belief that the public was fully competent to determine the right and reach just judgment. More than once in our experience, people who thought they were literally annihilating us, have found instead that they were only injuring themselves to an extent that would be beyond our capacity even if ii>/> In/tHnorl tn trv iniiirp tVlPm More than once also we have had the experience of having people claim the right to come into the paper on the ground of alleged misrepresentation when their own statement of what they claimed to have said was so identical with what we had said they said, that they themselves were unable to explain to a disinterested third party the difference. Such a procedure as this is explainable on two or three theories. One is that the people referred to, are so well pleased with what they may have said or done in the first instance, that they want to see it repeated and another is they use the pretext of alleged misrepresentation in order to get in a lot of new matter at the expense of the newspaper and for the benefit of the writer. Another practice that is sometimes followed for the embarrassment of small papers with limited mechanical facilities is like this. The party who claims to have been aggrieved, and rightly maybe, writes a long reply, and knowing the hour at which the paper is compelled to go to prfss. withholds i his copy until It Is a physical lmpossi1 blllty to get It In the paper. Where 't that is done Intentionally It is with one of two objects and sometimes I both. In the first place such people f think they have gained a point if they ! can prevent the editor from replying in > the same issue, and in the second place > they think they have gained a point if I they can make the public believe the , editor has refused them the right of a ' reply. We have had experience with such people; but have no knowledge that we have ever suffered any serious disadvantage on their account. > We would not have it understood, however, that there are no newspaper . editors as mean as the people we have described. There are newspaper editors who are ready to take any kind of an advantage of an opponent, who are mean enough to make any kind of an unfair attack upon almost anybody and then do everything1 in their power to deny the right of a reply. We have known this to be done often, and for that reason we agree that such a law as Is contemplated in Mr. Rembert's " bill is right and proper; but if we were permitted to amend the bill in accordance with our ideaa of right we would change it in at least two particulars. In the first place we would allow the , newspaper to have until the second issue after the reply, or correction is I furnished before being compelled to > print the same, and in the second place ; we would specify that the reply or s correction be strictly in answer to the attack or misrepresentation. A DAY IN COLUMBIA. ; Legislators Had Gone and Taken Their Politics With Them. > Editorial Correspondence. Columbia, January 18.?I left Yorkville last night with the idea of spend; ing today among members of the York delegation for the purpose of getting in touch with what they have in mind as to various matters of local legislation; but having learned from the Columbia Record after I passed Chester that the house and senate had both adjourned during the day, the latter until Monday night and the former until Tuesday at noon, I have had to put in the time in other ways; but nevertheless have found enough diversion to keep me more or less interested. Heretofore, previous to the last several trips I have made to Columbia, usually on the occasion of some gathering out of the ordinary I nave been telegraphing ahead for a room. Sometimes 1 would get it and sometimes 1 would not. This time I took chances and saved the cost of a telegram without inconvenience. The new Gresham has been completed within the past few months, and Wright's hotel having undergone a complete renovation, strangers do not And it so difficult to secure accommodations except under extraordinary circumstances such as will prevail during the corn show beginning January 27. There are very few legislators in 1 town today. Most of them left by the outgoing trains yesterday afternoon and last night, and only a few are remaining over until work is resumed on Monday and Tuesday. There is not a single York man in town, all of them having gone home to talk it over with constituents and attend to personal business that had been left unfinished on the departure for Columbia on Monday of last week. If the legislators had been here, 1 think I would have been able to gather a pretty good notion of the existing sentiment as to things political; but as it is, there is not much to be learned. The question of the greatest moment is the comparative strength of , the administration forces in the house and senate. From talks with both sides it appears that while the anti-administration forces probably have a majority in the senate, and claim a majority in the house, the administration forces are not willing to concede much of a margin in the senate and insist that the house is safely theirs. But as to this I do not feel like making any prediction. It would be something more than a guess at best. One thing, however, is certain. Neither the house or senate is so overwhelmingly one way as it was last year, and not only will there be fewer bills passed merely for the purpose of badgering the governor; but no such bills will be passed over the governor's veto. The most strenuous fight of the session, I take it. will be over the educational appropriations. The governor has made it clear that unless the common schools are provided for, he will not stand ror tne usual large appropriations for the state colleges. It is pretty certain that a majority of the legislators wil not vote for these heavy appropriations, and then vote for a material increase in the amount allowed the common schools. This would result in too great an increase in the state levy, and that would be embarrassing, especially under conditions where the whole people are giving such close attention to the situation. There is no other one issue that could have been raised probably, that would be calculated to bring about a sharper division and put representatives more on their mettle. There are several other matters of importance under consideration, and the outlook is for quite a strenuous session of the general assembly; but, as I have stated, the members of the general assembly being out of the city, I was unable to get a great deal of information that seems to be worth printing. W. D. Grist. Babies By Parcels Post.?The mailing of babies by parcel post is a real infant industry which Postmaster General Hitchcock is asked to foster, says a Washington dispatch. Mr. Hitchcock, who is a bachelor, is considering seriously, the calling into consultation of experts in the transportation of babies, as a letter which he received recently presents to him a mail problem with which he Is quite unfamiliar. .To add to his embarrassment, the letter contains a note of genuine pathos which appeals strongly to the postmaster general. This is the letter, as it was phrased and punctuated: "Ft. McPherson, Ga. "Postmaster General, "Washington, D. C. "Sir?I have been corresponding with a party in Pa., about getting a hohv t a roicn f nnr hnmo hnlncr ii'Hh_ out One). "May I ask you what specifications to use in wrapping, so it (baby) would comply with regulations and be allowed shipment by parcel post as the express co. are too rough in handling? Yours "(Sig) " " The name signed to the letter is withheld at the request of Mr. Hitchcock. As babies, in the opinion of the postmaster general, do not fall within the category of bees and bugs?the only live things that may be transported by mail?he is apprehensive he may not be of assistance to his correspondent. ? Columbia special to the News and Courier: Twenty-three years ago John L. McLaurln, then an unknown young man in the political affairs of the state, came to Columbia and registered at the Hotel Jerome. From that time he climbed up the political ladder and in due time went to the United States senate. Several days ago Mr. McLaurin, a man with gray hair, returned to Columbia, to make his reentry into the political affairs of the state, so as to speak. He again went to the Jerome hotel and without suggestion or intimation on his part, was assigned to the identical room he had occupied twenty-three years ago on the occasion of his original entry into the political life of this state. Query: Is tnere anything in such omens? ? State Treasurer S. T. Carter has appointed former treasurer, R. H. Jennings, as chief clerk in his office, the position which Mr. Carter held under Mr. Jennings. ? Governor Blease has approved the bond of State Treasurer Carter for $90 000; but not the bond originally presented. Mr. Carter gave a bond in another company. LOCAL AFFAIRS, [ r NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 11 J. C. Wallace, Yorkvllle No. 7?Wants f to sell or rent the residence recently ii occupied by Mr. T. P. Moore. \ J. F. Galloway, Yorkvllle 4?Will ap- t predate Information as to whereabouts of an estray cow. q John B. Timms Winnsboro?Wants a ii renter for a 1-horse farm, part of the a C. H. Sandifer place, Yorkvllle No. 4. o A. E. Burns, and others, Trustees? t Give notice of special tax election in r the Beersheba school district. f Yorkvllle Opera House?Will present Augustus M. Geiger's great mystery play "Som-nll-o-quist," Thursday Friday and Saturday nights. L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives j notice that W. W. Lynn has applied J for letters of administration on the 8 estate of F. M. Lynn, deceased. 8 Loan and Savings Bank?Advises you * to pay your bills with checks and ^ save the pennies. See page four. Jj York Drug Store?Sells Landreth's re- " liable garden seeds and has a fresh s supply for early gardeners. National Union Bank?Points out the 1 ooffttv of vnnr fnnHn whpn HpnnplfpH ? In its savings department See page four. Yorkville Hardware Co.?On page four tells of the good qualities of Bulst's garden and field seeds, and also has something to say about garden tools. Thomson Co.?Announces a great syndicate factory and mill sale to begin Friday and continue for eight days. See page three for particulars. Royster Fertilizer Co., Norfolk, Va.? Gives further Information about the extra good qualities of its fertilizers. Cloud Cash Store?On Thursday, 23d, inaugurates its first clearance sale, and ofTers special prices in every department. J. C. Wllborn?Offers a tract of 186 ? acres, largely timbered. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Is receiving advance shipments of spring goods and ? quotes prices on some lines. Palmetto Monument Co.?Will be glad F to send you full information about its e monumental work, on receipt of a J request. ^ McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Makes an ? especial offering of fall tailoring. All . values up to $23 at $10. * Bank of Clover, Clover?Pays 5 per ? cent on time deposits, and asks, Why r take less? * Sam M. Grist?Is prepared to write in- ? surance on horses and mules. J. M. Ferguson?Sells flour and says it F is the equal of anything on the mar- ' ket. Georgia cane syrup in barrel. ~ York Supply Co.?Will sell fertilizers ? this spring and wants you to see it ? about what you will need. ^ Representative Hutchison has introduced a bill to authorize Rock Hill school district to vote on the question of issuing $75,000 worth of bonds for h school building purposes. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS \ Messrs. W. A. Aycock and Ladd J. \ Lumpkin are still the duly qualified I county commissioners of York county, \ and will continue to be such until their A successors have been elected and ^ qualified. This is the opinion of Gov- F ernor Blease as the result of a J thorough investigation of the law and F facts in the case, and his excellency J has so notified the York delegation in I a letter sent to Senator Beamguard "V last Saturday. The governor's letter is S as follows: I Dear Senator: C When the commissioners of election "V for York county filed their report with ii ~ C 4UA.t A me BWICUU> Ul HlttlC, LUCjr A ClUi 1ICU / that White W. Jackson and J. W. J Smith had received 1,656 votes for / county commissioners. The secretary A of state certified this to me, and T Messrs. Jackson and Smith were com- S missioned accordingly. J I now find, upon investigation, that "V there could be no legal election for J these offices in your county, as Sec. J 938, Vol. 1. Code of Laws, 1912, pro- F vides: "V "Two commissioners, who shall be S appointed by the governor, upon the G recommendation of the members of general assembly. J Therefore, the appointing of these J two officers is entirely in the hands of your delegation, and Jackson and Smith not having been recommended, are not legal officers. I regret that the mis- ^ take has been made, but you see that -j it is no fault of the governor. I call the matter to your attention, * in order that if your delegation so de- 3 sires, it can recommend two other par- G ties, or these two, and commissions [ will be issued accordingly. ? Very respectfully. G Cole L Blease, Governor. 3 V ABOUT PEOPLE j Mrs. O. M. Spurlln, of Camden, spent E Saturday in Yorkville with Mrs. A. M. J Grist. G Mrs. J. R. Ashe has returned to York- Jj ville after spending two weeks in Bre- * vard, N. C. 3 Miss Lottie Dunlap, of Yorkville, R, j F. D. 3, visited Miss Birie Stacy, in -j Clover, last week. Mrs. Ernest Guy and daughter, and \ Miss Louise Guy, of Lowryville, visit- F ed Mrs. J. B. Pegraih in Yorkville this J vvtrcn. xi Mrs. James Darby and Miss Mayme f Darby, of Lowryvllle, visited Mrs. J. "V Harvey Witherspoon, in Yorkville, last F week. C Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Price and little i son. Roy, of Gaffney, spent last week j in Clover, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. , E. B. Price. ? Messrs. Howard Smith and Oscar j Plaxco of the Presbyterian college returned to their homes in Yorkville Sunday night as a result of a case of small pox at the college. Only one case li has been discovered up to this time but quite a number of the students e have left the college from fear of the w disease. a Clover, January 18: A pleasant o birthday party was given last Thurs- q day night by Mrs. M. N. Long at her home in Clover, in honor of her daughter. Miss Johnsie Long. There were present quite a number of Miss Long's ^ friends in response to the invitations ? sent out and the honoree was the re- " cipient of many beautiful presents. A " salad course was served and various games were played. Music was ^ rendered by the Clover string band and all who were present expressed ti themselves as being delightfully enter- n tained. The occasion will long be re- o membered by all of Miss Long's Y friends. She is a popular and charm- a ing young lady and has a host of b friends in Clover and elsewhere. p . e tl HOMICIDE AT CLOVER y There was a negro homicide at Clover last Saturday night, Jim Lindsay being shot to death by John Currence. The shooting occurred at the house of j Currence between 10 and 11 o'clock, J, and the cause of it is not exactly clear, p although Currence claims that the dead b man was paying too much attention to his, Currence's wife. j! According to the testimony taken at h on Innnoot hoM hv Pnrnnpr T^nuthlnn on Sunday with H. P. Jackson as fore- ' man of the jury, it appears that while t, Jim Lindsay, Ves Wright and Mary . Currence, wife of John, were sitting , around the fire in John Currence's tl house John came in. Ves Wright greeted Currence with "Hey, Biddy!" and , Currence replied "hey!" Currence said j. nothing more, but after a few moments ' jerked out his pistol and fired at Lind- , say. The bullet did not take effect. ? Lindsay asked, "What are you shooting at me for John?" John replied with ' two nore shots, both taking effect in Lindsay's abdomen. Currence then left *:! the house for North Carolina and Lind- , say walked out of the house, sat down ? and died within a few minutes from internal hemorrhage. There was no {V attempt on the part of Lindsay, who was unarmed, to defend himself. It appears also from the testimony that Currence and Lindsay and their wives, had been on very friendly terms for some time previous and were in D the habit of exchanging visits, occupying the time mainly by playing check- hi ers. Lindsay's wife is said to have been S r- ?? o.. ..,1 ^.. ?to,Ut 0* away truill xiuiutr UII ouiuiu ay 1115111, ik. Bess Currence, another negro woman hi who was in the house, testified that she ol was asleep when the shooting occur- w red, having left Jim Lindsay and Ves m Wright playing checks when she went Y to bed. Mary Currence John's wife, te testified that she knew of no reason si or the shooting. Ves Wright testified hat he had seen Currence before that light at about 8 o'clock, and he looked Ike he was drunk. ? After the shooting, Currence started or North Carolina, but was captured n Gastonla and brought back to doer, and after the Inquest was commited to the county jail. Lindsay killed another negro in a luarrel about a woman at Glenn's store n Bethel township, about ten years .go and was sentenced to life imprisnment; but about six months ago, on he Intercession of responsible white nen of Clover and vicinity, he was laroled during good behavior. VA/ITUIKI TUC TOVA/W vv i i riui n k- i vtt 11 ? Prof. Vail is In Torkville with his Som-nll-o-quist company, which has teen delighting the people of many South Carolina towns during the past leveral weeks with clean, wholesome nagic. The company was not due in forkville until Thursday, having been tilled to play Chester on Monday, ruesday and Wednesday; but the tate board of health having issued an irder forbidding the congregating of he people there in churches, theatres, tr elsewhere on account of the cerebroipinal meningitis scare, Prof. Vail trought his people to Torkville yeserday and will remain until the date if his appointment "We lost some 35 or $40 on account of expenses in tilling the town of Chester," said Prof, /ail this morning; "but I do not know hat I feel any the worse off. Our comtany has been working week after veek and month after month for so ong that I am really glad to get a nuch needed rest It is worth more han we are out, on account of our Chester advertising." Prof. Vail's comtany was in Rock Hill during the later part of last week, and the reports n the Herald indicate that the people iver there were very much pleased. Magic," said Prof. Vail, when asked his morning about his art," is as old a this great world of ours, and dates iack long before the Christian era. I iresume the words magicians, sorcerrs and witches are mentioned as many is a hundred times in our Bible; but lot for a minute would I try and palm iff any of the old theories on this enIghtened age. I have spent some time it TvtrlIo nrKlnh vAti Irnnnr 4a tha Klrth II ?iiUIU>. TT UIVM J WM ntlVIT IU buv k/14 ku >lace of magic, and I have discoverd hat all the phenomena coming under he category of spiritualism, neromany and witchcraft can be classed as latural magic for they can and are produced by material forces, which yould imply, illusion, trickery and deeptlon, and after twenty years of onstant research I have yet to see any f the so-called occult phenomena, hat cannot be duplicated by our latter lay magicians." GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY The following venire of petk Jurors >as been drawn to serve during the Irst week of the approaching term of he court of common pleas, which conenes the first Monday in February: V. W. Patterson Fort Mill V. T. Bradford York Yed Q. Cook Bethel V. W. Love York farion Nelson Catawba V. W. Brown King's Mountain \ L. Campbell York . S. Sturgis Ebenezer t. S. Cannon Ebenezer . C. Cauthen Catawba *. S. Thomasson York V. P. Epps Fort Mill I. W. Barron Ebenezer 1. M. Fewell Catawba J. L. Kennedy Broad River V. M. Steele Catawba V. J. O'Neal Catawba l. J. Clinton York . R. Connolly York l. J. Boheler King's Mountain I. L. Ford King's Mountain V. J. Beamguard ....King's Mountain I. L. Ford King's Mountain . B. Fewell Ebenezer V. S. Dickson York no. W. Pursley King's Mountain . H. Hayes Catawba 1. E. McClure York V. Clyde Faris King's Mountain I. L. Thomasson York r. W. Sparrow King's Mountain . B. Neil King's Mountain . D. Boyd Bethel . L. McGlll King's Mountain 8econd Week Jurors. The above venire of first week juors was drawn yesterday morning, 'his morning the following venire was rawn to serve during the second reek: . S. Starr Catawba \ E. Colter Ebenezer . R. Scott York I. Farls Fort Mill !. S. Moorehead Broad River V. C. Robinson York . A. Garrison Bethesda V. G. Moss Broad River '. B. Nell York capacity ana energy, as muse wm know him best regard him as destlnec in a very short time to be recognized as one of the leading educators of th( state, to remain much longer at Hickory Grove, still the community may well congratulate itself on his having spent three years with it, and on the fact that he has thoroughly established for it the most important work save the churches, to be found in any community. GOVERNOR SAYS NO. South Carolina Troops Will Probably Not Go to Inauguration. Unless there is a material change in the situation as it now stands, there will be no South Carolina troops at the inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson. Governor Blease has not been especially invited and he takes the position that he will not go without a special invitation and he will not allow the South Carolina troops to go. A Columbia correspondent, who had heard romething to this effect asked the governor about it last Saturday, and he quotes the governor as follows: "In part, your information is correct. The adjutant general's department presented me with a written order, I presume you would term it, for the national guard to take part in President Wilson's inauguration. "I declined to sigrn the same upon the ground that no formal invitation to the governor of South Carolina, as commander-in-chief, or to the adjutant general, had been received, asking that we participate in the inaugural ceremonies. "Until such is received, or, unless such is received, I most assuredly will not attend the Inauguration. Nor will I permit, if I can possibly help myself, any military company of South Carolina to participate in such ceremonies. I do not propose for the South Carolina troops to go to Washington and be mistreated or treated discourteously, because of their commanderin-chief, knowing full well who will t. L. Groves King's Mountain t. L. Jenkins Bullock's Creek . A. Bigger Bethel r. T. Setzer .Catawba >. K. Williams Catawba \ G. McGill Broad River . A. Whitesides Catawba V. B. Roddey Catawba . F. Kaylor Catawba V. Bradford Fort Mill ulius Friedhelm Catawba V. S. Ferguson King's Mountain \ M. Caldwell Broad River . M. Roach Fort Mil! L. F. Boyd Fort Mill \ E. Currence Bethel V. B. Gauldin Bethesda A. Thomas King's Mountain !. B. Slaughter Broad River u G. Baber York . F. Conrad Bethesda . W. Quinn York l. E. Sifford Bethel I. N. Moore York . S. Chambers Bethel LOCAL LACONICS n Sight of the Train. The dredge boat with which Crowdr's creek is being cleaned out, is now rithin a short distance of the trestle nd may be seen from the windows f the C. & N.-W. trains, leath of S. M. Jackson. Mr. S. M. Jackson died of pneumoia at his home in Ebenezer last Thursay after an illness of about one week, ie was about 60 years of age and >aves a widow who was his second rife, and seven children. The Interlent was at Ebenezer on Friday, lust Have The Enquirer. Rev. W. E. Hurt writes from Kingsree under date of last Friday, "I have o apology to make to anybody or any ther paper; but I must have The orkvllle Enquirer, so here is my check 11 duly signed for you to fill in the lank amount and send paper. With leasant recollections of the past and ordial greetings for each member of ie firm, 1 am very truly," etc. '. M. C. A. for Rock Hill. Rock Hill Herald, January 16: "In ly opinion there is no institution that an do more towards the growth and evelopment of Rock Hill than a Young [en's Christian association," declared resident John T. Roddey, of the Chamer of Commerce, when seen by a reorter regarding his views on the movelent to have a Y. M. C. A. building ere. Mr. Roddey declared that In his xperlence as mayor of the city for early eight years he had often seen le need of such an institution. He eartily endorsed the action of the liamber in voting an appropriation for le securing of a secretary to take up le work, pending a campaign for bulldlg funds, stating that he thought the onation would have been by the month ither than In a lump sum. "The moral fiaracter of its citizenship has as much r more to do with the growth and deelopment of a city as any one thing," mtinued Mr. Roddey. "When a city is eopled by men whose characters are f the highest type, that city is desirble to reside in from a civic standoint, as well as from a moral standoint. Therefore, it necessarily follows lat people will come here to live. No Ity is great unless It is a 'good' city, A nail city, numericaly speaking, Is alays to be preferred rather than a 'big' ne, if it is a 'good* city." r. J. E. Massey Dead. Dr. J. E. Massey, Sr., died at the ome of his daughter, Mrs. Julian S. tarr, In Rock Hill yesterday morning. Mowing a protracted illness with eart trouble. Dr. Massey was a son the late B. H. Massey, of Fort Mill, ho was for many years an influential ember of the general assembly from ork county. He was born in Lancasr county on January 26, 1849; but >ent the greater part of his life in York. He got his medical education from the University of Maryland graduating from that institution in 1872. After practicing medicine in Fort Mill for many years, he moved tc Rock Hill a few years ago. He served one term in the legislature about elghl years ago. Dr. Massey is survived bj the following brothers and sisters: Messrs. B. F. and I* J. Massey, of Fori Mill, Henry Massey of Rock Hill, W. T Massey, of Tampa, Fla, Mesdames J W. Ardrey, J. M. Spratt and T. S Kirkpatrick, of Fort Mill. He is alsc survived by the following children: Dr J. E. Massey, Jr., and Mrs. J. S. Starr of Rock Hill. Mrs. Eugene Dewstoe, 01 Atlanta, Miss Kathaleen Massey anc Mr. Withers Massey, of Rock Hill. H< was twice married, his second wife dy< ing about two years ago. Death of Mrs. A. F. Woods. Mrs. Sarah A. Woods, of Yorkville died at the home of her daughter, Mrs W. H. Smith, in Durham, N. C., las Sunday morning after a protracted ill ness ana was Duriea in ine nose tin cemetery in Yorkville yesterday morn ing at 11 o'clock. The funeral servic< was conducted in Durham, and coni' mitment services were conducted a the grave by Revs. EX E. Gillespie am J. L. Oates. Mrs. Woods was a daugh ter of the late Jeremiah O'Leary, an( was born in Yorkville on December 26 1835. She was married to her husband the late A. Frank Woods, in January 1855, and continued the partner of hii joys and sorrows until his death oi July 10, 1910. Mrs. Wood was a meim ber of the First Presbyterian church o Yorkville, was possessed of a most ad mirable Christian spirit and was un usually gifted in good common sense She was held in high esteem by numer ous life long friends as well as friendi belonging to younger generations. Sh< is survived by one brother and one sis' ter, Mr. Geo. H. O'Leary and Mrs. El< len Connor, of Yorkville. She als< leaves three children, Mr, Geo. E Woods, of Richland county, Mr. D. T Woods, of Yorkville, and Mrs. W. H Smith, of Durham, N. C. Hickory Grove and 8haron. Yorkville special of January 20 t< the Charlotte Observer: York countj has two towns, located five miles apar on the Marion and Kingville dMsioi of the Southern railroad, betweei Yorkvllle and Blacksburg, that hav? made as much progress, proportionate' ly, perhaps, during the past five yean as any of the smaller towns In th< state. The towns of Sharon and Hick ory Grove are referred to. Both were established at the time the railroa* was completed along in 1887, and pre' vious to five years ago it is doubtful 1 either had populations of over 200 while today It is not likely that a cor rect census would show less than 40! for either. Sharon is perhaps bettei known to the outside world than ii Hickory Grove, owing to the fact tha its doings have been more faithfully chronicled by newspaper correspon dents than have those of Hickory Grove. Being so near together th< towns are quite naturally rivals an< keep an eye on each other constantly The Observer correspondent recently spent a day at Hickory Grove, the firs in sometime, and was impressed witl the many evidences of developmen even since his last visit, and will dea with this subject at this time. Unlik< the majority of the smaller towns ovei the south that have been burned ou several times and at last rebuilt ii brick and mortar with fire insuranci money, Hickory Grove Is not a frame shingle roof, frame building town, an< while there are several buildings oi this class ,it is a fact all except four oi five of the business concerns of thi town occupy modern and commodioui brick buildings, and two new ones ar< now being constructed. Broad rive: flows between York and Cheroke< counties and several years ago a handsome and substantial steel bridge wai constructed across it by the two counties, and as a result Hickory Grove') avanaoie iraainjf lerruury xmo uwi about doubled, this town being mos convenient and equally as good marke in which to sell cotton and other farn products and to buy many classes o: merchandise as those in which the farmers of Cherokee had previously traded, and as it is a well known fac that sentiment is foreign to business they are now going to Hickory Grove Like most small towns the avallabh revenue from all sources to be used ii making permanent and much desire! public improvements is limited, bu these people propose to have some o: them any way. The main buslnesi street is about one-third of a mil< from the railroad station and owing t< the fact that red clay streets, the kirn they have out there, cannot be travelet either with comfort or pleasure, whei wet, the town council and the owner* of the property abutting the sidewail all the way, have entered into a contract to construct a bitulltic walk foi the entire distance. The contract foi doing the work has been awarded t< Mr. Will Blair, and the material is nov being put on the ground. The mos notable improvement at Hickory Grov< during the past three years is in hei school. About three years ago th< trustees had occasion to select a prin clpal for the school under their chargi and It so happened that Mr. R. H. Hoiliday was employed. Previous to hii coming, the school had been conductec by two teachers?a male principal an< a lady assistant?and little interest wai manifested by the patrons. Not s< since the coming of Mr. Holliday. Hi is thoroughly equipped and intensely in earnest and above all enthusiastic and on taking charge he went to worl to improve conditions. He first enlist ed the interest and sympathy of ever] individual in the community whom 1 was possible to interest and as a result he has never asked the peopl* for anything that they have not giver and today four teachers, Including th< principal, are employed and Hickorj Grove has one of the most effectivt primary and high schools to be fount anywhere in this section and besides li is expected that on or about the 20tl of February Mr. Blair, who has th< contract, will complete the commodloui and substantial two story brick building on which he has been working since last fall. The building has sb class rooms of ample size, a cloal room for each, and an auditorium o] sufficient capacity to comfortably seal 400 people. This building is the largesl thing for which Mr. Holliday has asked, and those who granted his requesi by voting for the bonds to build it, art almost as proud of it as he is, as man> of them realize that the building ol this school-house puts their town or the map to stay. While it is hardly t( be hoped that a man of Mr. Holllday'f i have control of the South Carolina 1 , part of the Inauguration, William E. i Gonzales, and knowing that It will be r his pleasure to place the governor of i South Carolina In any embarrassing t position on that occasion in which he t could place me, by fair or foul means, 1 ' or by treachery, which Is so well 1 known to his race of people, t "Therefore, I decline to allow my- 1 . self or the South Carolina troops to 1 . be placed under his command, or In 1 . any manner or form under his dicta- 1 > tlon. "If any Invitation comes from the , proper source which will guarantee to r my troops an honorable position in 1 the inauguration or the Inaugural pa? rnHo onH will miarontAA tn thpm fair - ness and equality, I am in favor of accepting it and of their participating in, the inaugural ceremonies. Otherwise, I am not. "That is all there is to it, and this ' is what I propose to stand by. I do not 1 propose to let our troops go to Wash" ington and possibly be put in behind some negro troops, as was done on one " occasion, when General Willie Jones, 3 received the humiliation of his life, ' and by his mlltary genius and strategy * switched positions on the negroes and 1 placed himself In a respectable posiJ tion." 1 "Does that prohibition include the Citadel and Clemson?" the governor ' was asked. "I do not know," he replied, "that I 3 have any authority over those two in1 stltutions in regard to the matter, but " if I have, I most assuredly will protect r the farmers* sons at Clemson and the ' professional men's sons at the Citadel " from being humiliated, and I am satls' fled that If the authorities in charge of * the two institutions will stop and think. 3 they will agree with me. Some people 3 may say, 'Oh, well, there is nothing in it.' "Possibly not, but I do not propose 3 to put myself in a position to be in; suited, and then, if I am insulted, and * I am not the cause of it, I will take ' care of the men that do the insulting." > ERRORS IN THE ACTS. r | Governor Blease Transmits Special ! Message to Correct the Record. e Governor Blease, on last Friday - transmitted to the sreneral assembly s the following message, and as there > was nothing else to do about it, it was - printed in the Journals: e Gentlemen of the General Assembly: 1 I respectfully beg leave to call to - your attention the following mistakes f in the acts of 1912, and ask that you i. order the same corrected in your Jour nals, and in the acts of 1913: ? It appears in the acts of 1912 that r act No. 418, page 738, "was not return 9 ed to the house in which it originated t within three days." By reference to r your House Journal, page 1116, Mes sage No. i8, you will see that I re/ turned this act to your house with my b veto; that the said veto message was 1 referred to the ways and means com. mittee, and that the act was afterj wards taken up and passed over my t veto. x You will find, in the acts of 1912, t that act No. 425, page 761, "and wa4 1 not returned by him to the house in i which it originated within three days." r By reference to your House Journal, t 1912, page 1276, you will find Message i No. 50, wherein I vetoed this act and b gave my reasons therefor, and you will , find this act was also passed over my 1 veto. f T ?n 11 allantlnn a 1 arx tf\ A nt Vfl X tail /WUi IktVbUWlVU UiHV vv 460, page 841, acta of 1912, "An Act to Prevent the Establishment of Ill-Shaped Counties." In the acts of 1912 it Is stated, "This act was presented to the governor the 18th day of February, A. D. 1912, and was not returned by him to the house in which It originated within three days, the general assembly being In session." As a matter of fact, this act was passed at the session of 1911, and was held over by me until the session of 1912, when It was sent in to your house, with a special message?see page 21, House Journal, 1912, Message No. 2?in which I stated: "I have decided to allow this act to become a law without my signature to the same, and if the constitutionality thereof (of which I have serious doubt) Is questioned, the courts are open, to those Interested, for the determination of that issue." See also acts of 1912. Appropriations Act, Section 34, Item 18, under the head of "Miscellaneous," page 982, "John Keuker, refund, $1,652.94." If you will see House Journal, 1912, page 1254, you will note that I disapproved of Item 18, Section 34, "because," It is there stated , "I think this Is a matter which should be settled in the courts," etc. On the question of passing the Item over my veto, the yeas and nays were demanded, resulting, Teas, 14; Nays, 74. In House Journal, page 1255 It Is stated: "Having failed to receive the necessary two-thirds vote of this house, the objections of his excellency, L tne governor, were auBuuneu, turn uic s item failed to pass." It appears in the i" general appropriation bill that this i item was passed and the refund order* ed, and I am informed that the refund - has been made. If this be true, the - officers paying the money should have 9 been guided by the original act, and, 1 not having been so guided, they or 1 their bonds are responsible to the state 3 for this amount of money; and I rec> ommend that you instruct the attorney 3 general to proceed to collect the same, f the veto of this appropriation having > been sustained by an almost unanit mous vote Instead of only the neces* sary two-thirds. The state is entitled f to have this money back, and Mr. Keu1 ker Is not entitled to have it in his pocket. Of course, this was a mistake, - but somebody Is responsible, and the 1 tax-payers are not, and this money ' should go back into the. treasury. r In this connection. I beg to call to - your attention, without meaning any 1 reflection upon anybody, that a caret ful study of the acts of 1912 will re1 veal many mistakes. I call attention J to the few which I have noted above, 3 because they directly interest me and I do not propose, when I go before the > people again, to be presented with a c false record, making it appear that I ; signed acts or allowed to become law f without my signature, acts which I ve[ toed, causing me to have to explain by [ saying, "Tnis recora is incorrect; but I call It to your attention now, In t order to show how careless (I will not 5 say Inefficient) some of the officials ' your last general assembly elected, f have proven to be, 1 I beg further to call to your atten> tion that If you will take the Code of ' Laws of 1912, Volumes 1 and 2, and | ' give them a very careful perusal, you . 1 may be struck with the fact that some- : body has failed to do his duty either 5 for the want of proper knowledge and ( " experience or as the result of haste. I ' hope this will not cause the state or 1 ' any of its citizens any particular in- , ! convenience, but if taken advantage of . ' in the courts, it may avail some crimi nal lawyer very much in some partlc- ! ' ulars. There are other mistakes of the last general assembly which I might call to j your attention, but. as the people have j called attention to them by retiring so many of its members, I do not deem it 1 ' necessary now, for my present pur- 1 poses, to review this past record. ' i Very respectfully, , ( Cole L. Blease, f Governor. j " 1 i MERE MENTION j A compulsory school attendance bill i U~~ In fho MnrtV* ^ litis uern iuii uuuccu ui iiiv iiviiu Carolina legislature. It fixes the age limits at 8 to 14 and requires attendance at least three fourths of current school terms. It is believed that the bill will be passed The steamer Veronese was wrecked off the coast of Portugal last Thursday. Of the 234 passengers and crew on board, thirtythree were lost Governor Sulzer, of New York, on Friday granted a par- 1 don to Foulke E. Brandt, who had < served six years of a thirty year sen- j tence on a charge of burglary The steamer El Dorado, Baltimore to Gal- ( veston, Tex., loaded with railroad iron, 1 last reported off Hatteras on January I 3d, is reported as being lost, no trac? ( of her being had since above date t A bill to compel lobbyists to register < their names, and give details as to ' whom they represent and the amount ] of their compensation, has been Intro- 1 duced in the Ohio legislature.. .Georg? L. Norris has been discharged from a Philadelphia hospital after recovering from a pistol shot wound which perforated his Intestines nineteen times. d Another earth slide carried 250,000 cubic yards of earth into the Culebra cut of the Panama canal last week A thief stole a handbag containing $400,000 in stocks and securities from a railroad station in Chicago, Thursday. The bag belonged to an Australian mining promoter The legislature of Tennessee is deadlocked over the election of a United States senator to succeed the late Senator Taylor A Los Angeles, Cal., man, who died recently, left $75,000 to the Christian church on condition that it never accept any money directly or indirectly from John D. Rockefeller. Wm. J. Manogue, the "gentle- \ man bandit," was arrested in Boston, Wednesday, after attempting to hold up a railroad ticket office in the sun manner that he had held up offices at ^ Philadelphia and Pittsburg the previous week. Manogue is a deserter from the army The government of Brazil last week turned down an offer from Russia for the purchase of an unfinished battleship, now building in England The government of! Bulgaria is negotiating for a loan of $40,000,000, to be used after the conclusion of the war with Turkey President eieci wnaon nas jiui me utm on uie / inaugural ball, which haa been a fea- v ture of inaugurations for many years. Prof. T. S. C. L?owe, inventor of the artificial ice machine, died at Pasadena, Cal., Thursday, aged 80 years. The value of breadstuffs from the United States during 1912 totaled 9150,000,000, the exports of cotton to- I taled 2623,000,000. Meat and dairy products totaled $123,000,000 Samuel Sinclair and R. Walter Starr, accused of attempting to kidnap Miss Anne E. Stackel at Allen town, Pa., last week, waived preliminary trial and were held in bonds of $6000 for court...A young New Tork woman arrested as a pickpocket, when arraigned In court said: "Women are so easy, I just couldn't help it, and I wanted some fine clothes to attract a husband."....Captain Arthur Rostoon, of the Carpathla, will on March 1st, in Washington, be presented with the cross of honor by the American Cross of Honor society. The presentation will be made by Ambassador Bryce. At the same time Presl- ^ dent Taft will Dresent the medal A awarded by congress to the captain, V because of his prompt response to the ^ call of the Titanic... .Chas. N. Beum. one of the thirty-three men convicted at Indianapolis a few weeks ago in the dynamite conspiracy cases and 4 sentenced to serve three years at Leavenworth, Kan., has been released on a bail bond of $30,000, pending an appeal Raymond Nicolas Landry Poincare, for the last year premier and foreign minister, was on Friday elected president of France to succeed President Arm and Fall teres William Cornell, a convict in a New Tork prison, has been granted a patent on a burglar alarm A resolution providing for a constitutional amendment to allow woman suffrage has been introduced in the North Carolina legis- . lature The Colorado senate has 4 passed a concurrent resolution providing a constitutional amendment to elect United States senators by direct vote of the people A fast express train on the Pennsylvania railroad, was thrown from the track at Lock Haven, Pa, early Friday morning. The engine and all but one car were thrown off Six lives were lost in a Are which destroyed the business section of Edmonton, Alberta Canada Friday. ....O. Itow and E. Fushlma Japanese were convicted at Juneau, Alaska, Friday, of first degree murder and manslaughter, respectively, on the charge of having murdered Frank Dunn, a cannery foreman Representative Borland, of Misourl, has Introduced a bill in congress to appropriate $20,000,000 to build a national highway from Washington to the Pacific coast, the highway to be known as the "na tlonal old trails road." THE YORK DELEGATION Correspondent in Close Touch With Affairs Tells What is Doing. Columbia, Jan. 18, 1913. Editor Yorkville Enquirer: While not a newspaper writer, I will, however, at your request, try and give your readers in as few words as possible an account of the business transacted by the South Carolina legislature up to this writing. Both houses convened according to law, at 12 o'clock J m. January 14th. The senate was or- 1 ganlzed by the swearing in of Hon. C. A. Smith, lieutenant governor-elect who by virtue of his office is president of the senate. Hon. P. L. Hardin, senator from Chester, was elected president pro tem. Wish I could give you names of the minor officers and attaches of this body, but I have not the data at hand. The house of representatives was organized by the unanimous election of Hon. Mendel L. Smith, of Kershaw, as speaker. Mr. Smith is eminently qualified to till this high and important office, ranking only third in honor to that of governor. This is the fourth time he has been elected. In the prime of life, handsome of form and features, ahIaU rtlnrt onrl frrtm Inn or ovnnHnnna 4ui^i\t aici b CUM* ituiu iviig ivu^! he is probably the best parliamentarian in the state. The organization was completed by the election of Mr. J. A. Hoyt, of Richland as clerk, Mr. S. McGowan Simkins of Edgefield as reading clerk, Mr. J. S. Wilson, of Lancaster, as sergeant at arms and the Rev. J. P. Knox, the beloved pastor of the A, R. P. church of this city as chaplain. Mr. Knox is a brother-in-law to Hon. J. Steele Brice of Yorkville, and Is well and fa- N vorably known to many York county people. The York delegation has been veryfortunate as to committee assignment, showing that they stand well with the "powers that be." Senator Beamguard is on several important senate committees. Sorry we can not name same on account of the lack of data at hand. The senator is boarding at Mr. S. L. Miller's, No. 1420 Washington street. Representative O. L. Sanders is chairman of the house committees on Officers and Offices and Mines and 4 Mining and is on the committee on Hospital for Insane. Mr. Sander's city address is Drawer No. 130, Care of Dr. E. B. Sanders. Representative W. B. Riddle, who by the way is the Lord Chesterfield of the . delegation, is on the following commit- { tees, Hospital for Insane and committee of Military Affairs. Sorry that Mr. Riddle's city address is not yet known to your scribe. Representative A. E. Hutchison is on the Judiciary Committee. He is stopping at the hotel Woodward. Representative J. R. Haile is a member of the Ways and Means committee, and he has secured for his young friend, Master Malcolf Linn, a son of Mr. C. S. Linn, of Fort Mill, a position of page for the session of 1914. Mr. Haile Is rooming at Mrs. Rosa Edmunds, 1402 Senate street and taking bis meals where he can get them. All mail matter for members of the dele- : J patlon should be addressed, care Sen- -fa ite or House of Representatives. /1 Senator Beamguard has introduced a I "Bill for the Relief of the Storm Suf- ~ ferers" and same has been reported favorable by the senate finance committop The York dpleeation will in a few days introduce a bill to provide for the sale of the poor house farm, as per recommendation of the grand Jury, a bill to amend new court house proposition bill will be Introduced as soon as the local committee is heard from. Later we will try and keep your read- M ;rs posted as to the new measures in- ft :roduced in the legislature from time to time which we think will be of interest. The members of the general issembly will go on a "Junketing" trip :o Inspect Winthrop college on the 24th instant Catawba. . I ? Columbia State, January 20: George tbney, brother of B. I* Abney of this :ity. and John R. Abney, New York, lied Saturday in Jacksonville, where he lad made his home for the past twelve rears or more. He was a prominent iruggist. The deceased was from Edgeleld and there the funeral will take dace tomorrow at 3 o'clock. The inter- 1 nent will be made in the burial ground / >f the Abney family. Mr. Abney was ibout 68 years of age at the time of his ieath. Besides his two brothers the leceased is survived by his sisters Mrs. Eiunter, of Atlanta, and Mrs. Glover of Birmingham, and a daughter, Miss Selen Abney.