Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 28, 1913, Image 2
Scraps and |acts.
? London, January 27: The social
committee appointed by the Balkan
plenipotentiaries drafted a note today
notifying the Turkish plenipotentiaries
that they propose to break off the
peace negotiations. The note was not
submitted to the Balkan delegations,
which held no meeting today. Instead
the delegates gave a luncheon. The
note as drafted is very brief. It reminds
the Turks that since January 6,
sittings of ,tfe?.Peace Conference have
been suspettdeki^without Turkey making
any mov^'toward thfelr resumption
while events in Constantinople are the
best proof that Turkey's answer to the
demands of the Allies concerning Adrianople
and the Aegean islands will be
negative. On this account, unless the
Turkish delegation has fresh proposals
to make, the note points out, the Allies
see no alternative but definitely to
break off negotiations.
r... O C. An. k.?
? TT aoiiuigtun* uaiiucu; 6g. vuc IIUIIdred
and twenty-three million dollars
represents the value of the commerce
between the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts of the United States, via the
Isthmuses of Panama and Tehauntepec
during' the last year. The rapid growth
in this trade which developed within
recent years, according to a statement
issued by the bureau of statistics today,
seems likely to increase further
with the opening of the Panama Canal.
The record for the five months ending
with 'November, showed $24,500 000
worth of merchandise passing from the
Atlantic to the Pacific coast via the
Tehauntepec railroad and $5,000,000 via
the Panama railroad, while the value
of that passing from the Pacific coast
to the Atlantic, was. via the Tehauntepec
line about $14,333,000 and via the
Panama line $3 750,000. This indicates
that the total value of the traffic for
the half-year ending In December, was
approximately $30,000,000 westbound
across the Tehauntepec route and $6,000,000
via the Panama line and of
east bound. coming from the Pacific
coast ports and Hawaii $16,000,000 via
Tehauntepec and $4 500,000 via Panama
ana that the total value of this
traffic for the full year was approximately
$125,000,000.
? Washington, January 27: Not only
has the parcel post saved the people of
the United States In the first fifteen
days of its existence more than half a
million dollars, according to Senator
Bourne, author of the law, but it has
not proved a hardship to the overworked
letter carrier. Senator Bourne
today announced that reports from
forty-five leading cities of the country,
which produce almost half of the postal
revenues, showing that in the
twelve working days between January
1 and January 15, a total of 5.094,027
outgoing parcels were dispatched at a
cost of $395,286 or about 7.7 cents a
parcel. "Under the postage rates previously
in force, one cent an ounce,"
said the senator, "the postage would
have been an average of 18| cents per
parcel or a total of $942,394.99, thhs
showing: a saving: to snippers or 9547.508.12.
on twelve days' business. It
should also be remembered that the
usual minimum charge of express companies
Is twenty-five cents per parcel,
whereas the average charge on the
parcel post packages was only 7.7 cents.
It is also worthy of note that although
the business was large, It was distributed
through a large postal organization,
so that no congestion has rUulted.
The postoAce clerks in these forty-flv?
cities have handled an average
of only twenty-eight parcels each day,
including both incoming and outgoing
parcels. The total number of parcels
delivered in the cities makes an average
of only 9 1-3 parcels per carrier
per day.
? New York, January 26: The elaborate
investigation of the social evil
in New York undertaken two years ago
by the bureau of social hygiene, is
nearly completed and its results will be
announced next December, according to
a statement issued tonight by John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. Mr. Rockefeller says,
also, that an exhaustive Inquiry of conditions
in European cities has been
made and that the bureau plans to extend
its work to other American cities
in order to become familiar with all
phases of the subject and the methods
of dealing with it. A corps of workers
under direction of George Knt-eland,
who directed the Chicago Vice Commission
investigation the announcement
states, has made a survey of conditions
in disorderly resorts, hotels,
saloons, cafes, massage parlors and
other places in New York where vicious
persons congregate. In addition it
has obtained the personal histories of
some 2,000 women of the underworld.
"Based upon all these studies," Mr.
Rockefeller adds, "it is the hope of the
bureau that there may be devised a
practical plan for dealing with the so
cial evil In New York city?a plan
which public opinion can be brought
to support" Mr. Rockefeller is one of
four members of the bureau. The others
are Paul M. Warburg, Starr J.
Murphy and Miss Katherlne Rement
Davis, superintendent of the New York
state reformatory for women. The bureau
came Into existence two years ago
as a result of the work of the special
grand Jury of which Mr. Rockefeller
was foreman appointed to investigate
the white slave trade in this city.
? New York, January 25: Hundreds
of aliens, many of them still clad in
the garb of distant lands, stood before
the immigration officials at Ellis Island
today, seeking admission to the
country while Woodrow Wilson, president-elect
of the United StaUs, observed
with a scrutinizing eye the
manner of their welcome. Scenes of
pathos and of Joy were mingled as
those physically deficient were turned
away or the more fortunate were passed
successfully through the lanes of
inspection, into the embraces of waiting
friends. While observing the last
process of the law whereby the officials
satisfy themselves that friends
seeking the Immigrants have a bona
fide errand the party witnessed one of
the dramatic incidents so familiar at
Ellis Island. A young girl from Poland,
with a white shawl wrapped
about her head, was weeping when the
president-elect came by. Commissioner
Williams explained that the woman
had spied her relatives outside the lattices
of steel, behind which the immigrants
are kept until duly passed, and
was weeping for joy at the sight. The
girl stood in line waiting her turn, but
at the direction of the commissioner
her case was taken up and her relatives
answered satisfactorily the necessary
questions and the presidentelect
saw her dash forward into the
arms of a sister, kisses mingled with
tears. Gov. Wilson was an interested
spectator throughout. He asked questions
continually and observed in detail
the methods employed to discover
the undesirable new comers. When he
left Ellis Island he was asked what he
thought of the situation. "I merely
came for information, not for thought,"
he answered with a smile.
? Washington, January 26: Although
the scope of the legislation to
be taken up at the approaching extra
session of congress has not been outlined,
congressional committees are
rapidly pushing their preliminary work
to a point, where recommendations can
be made to President-elect Wilson and
plans laid before him for the earlv
work of his administration. Work on
tariff bills will soon be started, the
hearings reaching an end this week.
The "Money Trust" end of the house
banking and currency committee is already
working on a report, while the
"currency" branch of the same committee
will push its investigation this
week Into other branches of the currency
question in the effort to secure
comprehensive suggestions for currency
reform. Senate and house leaders
nnt vat knoft' what legislation. if
any. in addition to the work of the
tariff revision, will be taken up at the
extra session. Several who have talked
with Governor Wilson express the
confident belief that the currency
question and the question of liberating
the Philippines will be included in
the new president's scheme system of
action for his first congressional legislation.
It is the general opinion in
Democratic circles in Washington, that
President-elect Wilson will not "foreclose"
congress against action on anything.
but the tariff is a special question.
A majority of the Democrats in
the senate expect little legislation, outside
the tariff, to be taken up. but they
believe President Wilson in calling the
extra session will not specifically limit
its work. An effort is under way by
some Democratic senators to postpone
action on the currency system, but it
is expected that a movement will be
promoted to secure an extension for
the present Aldrlch-Vreeland emergency
currency law for at least a year,
so that an emergency measure will still
be at hand In case of Industrial or financial
disturbances. Under this plan,
no attempt would be made to legislate
on currency questions until next winter.
The full extent of the fight between
the Republicans and Democrats
over President Taft's appointments is
expected to result this week. A Republican
conference tne first of the
session, will probably be held early in
the week and the majority of Republicans
now insist there will be no concessions
to the Democrats, but that the
demand will again be made for confirmation
of all of the appointments now
before the senate. The house will devote
its time this week to the consideration
of appropriation bills and by
the end of the week it is expected that
several big supply measures will be
ready for the consideration of the senate.
7hf ^othvillr dnquirtt
Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvllle
as Mall Matter of the Second Class.
TORKVIIJLE. S. C.?
TUESDAY, JANUARY 28. 1913
Of all the charges that Senator Tillman
has ever made, we do not remember
that he has furnished any stronger
proof than his own testimony, and we
do not look for any stronger proof in *
the present case. r
An absolutely essential requisite of '
good government is strict and impar- ?
tlal enforcement of the laws. No In- t
dividual officer can enforce the laws t
without the co-operation of the people; ?
but the people can enforce laws in
spite of any officer. If the laws are I
not enforced, the people are responsible. e
The people are responsible for the gov- ?
ernment whether it be good or bad. r
. i . r
Although recent investigations of the ^
New York stock produce and cotton j
exchanges have developed very clearly u
that these institutions are laws unto F
themselves and that under the rules ^
and customs of the exchanges the e
members may disregard with impuni- s
ty statutes, the violation of which c
would send other folks to prison, there j!
is no good reason to believe that any- a
thing will be done. F
, m , n
e
Speaking of Democratic newspapers r
reminds us of the fact that away back k
in the latter seventies, after the white '
people had gotten control of the state [
the politicians began to divide up of- j
flees through the manipulations of t
county conventions, and The Enquirer
began to protest agamrt tne practice, ,
claiming that the fair and Democratic s
way was by mean* of a primary. The n
politicians came back with the claim ?
that The Enquirer was not Democratic, s
their standard of Democracy of course, t
being based upon submission to the J
manipulation of the convention. Finally v
as the convention was about to noml- t
nate, somebody suggested that The En- '
quirer would not support the nominees f
unless they had the endorsement of a r
primary and a delegation came up to f
see about it. The then editor of The ?
Enquirer said that was his position In
the matter, and as the outcome of the ^
little incident, the primary system was
inaugurated in York county, where it C
has been pretty well established ever
since. Our present observation is that
while there may be some room for dispute
over the question as to whether
the primary gives more competent and
efficient men than did the old convention .
system, there is absolutely no question
of the fact that the primary is the t
more Democratic institution of the two.
notwithstanding the fact that there is .
room for manipulation even in the primary.
The Atlanta Journal of Sunday. r
prints from its Columbia correspon- t
dent a long "grind" about a movement j
alleged to be brewing to defeat Sena- r
tor Tillman for re-election today be- t
cause of his airy charges against the j
general assembly with reference to be- g
lng under the control of the railroads, q
There Is nothing definite In the story t
as showing any real responsibility for t
the alleged movement, and more than c
anything else It looks as If the object \
of the grind was rather to throw out a f
suggestion than for any other purpose, a
The story Is based In the first place on \
Tillman's charges, and '.hen It takes up i
the Rembert resolution which seeks to h
have the senator make good or withdraw
his charge. Inasmuch as the s
Constitution requires that a vote be c
taken today and the time-is short. It 1
was suggested that "the people behind s
the movement," would try to arrange ii
a deadlock so as to postpone the elec- v
tlon until the senator had time to show h
that there was nothing In his charges, a
and then the .house and senate would g
go to worK in earnest ana nominate nis t
successor. Among the possible candl- p
dates mentioned was Hon. John L. Mc- E
Laurin, but the correspondent elimi- 1
nated him, because of his political rec- '
ord. Then Governor Blease was mentioned
as a possibility, notwithstanding
he had said in his inaugural he
would not go to the senate now, even if
one of the senators should die. The 0
correspondent suggested the idea that t
between Governor Blease's friends who *
would help him to anything he wants. ^
and his enemies who would rather send t
him to the senate than have him re- h
main in their way in the governor's of- e
flee, the governor could be elected. But f,
of course there is no intimation that p
the governor is at all interested in the ?
matter. Then again Associate Justice ^
Watts is suggested as a possibility, al- a
though no effort is made to show that k
Justice Watts had ever heard of the f
alleged movement. As a matter of fact j,
in all the column and a half of "stuff" h
there is no good "reason for believing *
t
that there Is any organized effort be- *
hind the alleged scheme, or any other p
foundation more so'id than the .
correspondent's imagination, brighten- ^
ed more or less by circumstances and
developments now to the fore in the r
political situation. As to whether or e
not the railroads exercise an undue in- fl
o
fluence in the general assembly, we do
not care to charge; but it is a fact that b
a certain railroad lawyer who is still ^
in the house has practical control of q
that body at the present time, and it j
seems to follow thai if he could do o
what he wanted with and for other a
people, he would take care of his em- A
ployers as he was going along. But we h
are not citing this matter by way of pl
bolstering up Senator Tillman. People
outside of the state may take the sena- w
:or seriously; but we*don't. We have
10 more confidence (n him than'we
lave in the railixftid lawyer to whom
ive have referred. Whether his charges
3e true or not, we are not inclined to
five him credit for a motive deeper
:han mere braggadosia, and buncombe,
:he means he has used so long and successfully
for bamboozling purposes. It
lakes gall indeed to refer to other people
carrying passes in the face of the
senator's own record on the pass question;
but nobody is going to try to acquit
the senator of having plenty of
Sail. However, that is not the question.
Although we believe that if the
senator had fired off his Fersruson let
:er a week or only three days before he
lid, what the people would have done
'or him in the primary would have
seen a plenty, still he was duly nomilated,
and the general assembly would
lo a foolish thing to turn him or rath;r
the verdict of the primary down. It
vould smash the primary system to
imlthereens, and bring about political
haos. The general assembly, in our
Mew, has the power to defeat the senitor,
but not the right. However, we
ire in full sympathy with the resoluion
to make the senator prove his
sharge or withdraw it. We don't say
le cannot prove It, or that it cannot be
>roved or that his failure to prove it
vould mean that it is not true; but we
lo not think that United States sensors
should be allowed to run around
naklng such charges for mere bun:ombe,
and we would like to see the
lenator made to put up or shut up. If
lis charges are true, we would much
ather see him put up.
"Blease and the Press."
"Governor Bless" charges that 'his
pewspaper opponents In South Caroina
refuse to print statements, explalations
or denials by him; the retort
s that the governor has at times deIberately
kept such matter from these
ame newspapers in order to enjoy
he opportunity of charging them with
he offence. The latest interchange of
his amiable nature has taken place beween
the Spartanburg Herald and the
dewberry Herald and News, the latter
>eing one of the three or four prollease
newspapers in the state and
dited by a colonel on the governor's
taflf. "We notice," complains Colonel
Lull, "that several of the daily newspapers
print the reply of Senator Tlllnan
to the message of Governor Blease
put do not print the message to which
senator Tillman replies, and even the
fews and Courier holds the message
intil the reply is received, and then
prints only a synopsis and gives the
eply the prominent position. The Stat?
lid not print either. That comes nearr
fair dealing than to print only one
ide. And then the same newspapers
omplain that the governor is always
aying something terrible about the
lewspapers." Thereupon the Herald,
sserting that Governor Blease purposely
keeps his messages from the
lewspapers goes on to say: "In an
ffort to get hold of that very docunent
a member of the Herald's staff,
mowing Editor Aull to be the close
riend of the administration he is, appealed
to him for an advance copv of
he message. Two letters were written
dr. Aull, but up to this hour there has
leen no reply to either letter."
In the absence of a special investiratlon
we can not say, of' course, on
yhich side or in what degree on both
ides, lies the blame. Governor Blease
nay or may not be treating the newspapers
as, demanding the enactment of
evere legal requirements and retraints
upon them, he charges that
hey treat him. All we can say is that
ie owes his career primarily to injurious
and bigoted, if not consciously
infalr, treatment by them; and that
ie has been only too willing to capitalze
ftmonar his Dolltical assets this
ilundering on their part. But the very
act of such accusations and recrimiatlons
is a sad commentary upon the
actionalism which grows worse rather
han better in our neighbor state."?
Charlotte Observer.
Generally level-headed on other
hings and always every inch a newstaper,
the Charlotte Observer is pretty
tear right on what it says above.
We are unable to see that the Sparanburg
Herald makes a good case
.gainst the Newberry Herald and
tfews. On the contrary we think its
ase is quite poor. While it is true that
3dltor Aull is a close friend of the
rovernor, we have never understood
hat he is running a news bureau, nor
an we see any reason why he should
eel called upon to furnish other papers
vtth advance proofs of anything he
nay intend to print in his own paper.
The Enquirer got the governor's anlual
message by reproducing it from
he Anderson Intelligencer and the
dewberry Herald and News got it by
naking personal application for it at
he governor's office. That is what Mr.
lohn K. Aull private secretary to the
rovernor, told the editor of The En[ulrer,
when asked why he had failed
o send the Enquirer a copy. We got
he "newspaper message" through the
curtesy of Private Secretary Aull, and
ve are under obligations to him also
or the manuscript of the inaugural
iddress; but we do not assume that he
could have taken the trouble to send
is any of this copy had we not assured
lim of our desire to print it.
But in this connection we want to
ay that we have no kick against ,or
xiticism of the other papers for printng
or not printing any of these mesages.
We have our own view as to what
b proper newspapering in connection
cith the matter and we suppose they
lave theirs. If they are doing as well
s they know and are right, they will
:ain and If they are doing as well as
hey know and are wrong they will
iay. The same rule applies to The
Inquirer and The Enquirer is doing
he best it knows how In attending to
ts own business.
MERE MENTION
The announcement in Washington
ast week, that the Rev. Father Buel, 1
nee head of Georgetown university,
ne of the leading Catholic schools of
he country, had violated his obllgain
of celibacy and had been marrkd
n New York in December, caused a
ecided sensation in Catholic circles
hroughout the country One day
ast week, 400 Mohammedan pilgrims '
n route to Mecca, were drowned by a
reat flood which swept down a moun- ]
aln gorge between Medina and the
ort of Yembo on the Red Sea At
lcKinney Tex., Thursday, a two-story
epartment store collapsed during a
pecial sale, when the building was
lied with people. Thirty people were
illed and twenty or more were report- <
A mioi'ln rr AnnirKf An fl ??0
u 111100U15. x iiC "*cv.n cau^iik uu iiit
fter the collapse Because of an
upending rate war between trans-Atintic
steamship lines, it is expected
hat passenger rates across the AtlanIc
will be greatly reduced. The steerge
rate from New York to German
orts will probably be as low as 510.
Stewart Wall, a noted Indian
ghter, died at San Bernardino Cal.,
'hursday, aged 81 years. It is related
hat on one occasion Wall was surounded
by Apaches, and single-handd
he killed thirty of the redmen, beore
he fell with fourteen hullets in his
wn body. This fight occurred in 1864.
The High Bridge. N. J., national
ank, was temporarily closed Thursay,
after a confession by the cashier
bat he had stolen approximately 5100,00
from the bank A Bayonne, N.
.. Jury put a value of fifty cents apiece
n "a thousand kisses" sent by mail by
local physician to a young woman,
ho sued him for breach of promise...
1 New York grand Jury last Thursday
anded up six indictments in the "arr>n
trust" cases. One of the indicted
jen is an insurance adjuster and is <
ow in the Tombs; anotlnr is a lawyer 1
'ho is out on bail.
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8
J. P. Jackson & Son, Bowling Green?
Now have another car of mules at
their barn, and will be in Yorkvllle
on next Monday.
McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Offer a lot
of new goods at new prices. Ladies'
waists, dresses, white goods, etc.
Yorkvllle Banking & Mercantile Co.?
Sells the Owensboro wagon and says
It is equal to the best Wire fencing,
turn plows, shapes, etc.
I. W. Johnson?Wants you to see him
for chicken feed, cottolene, brooms,
teas and coffees.
York Supply Co.?Has water ground
corn meal from selected grain. All
kinds of seasonable edibles. Landreth's
garden seeds.
Palmetto Monument Co.?Has something
to say In regard to family histories
being traced from grave markers.
See it for monuments.
Bank of Clover?Points out the difference
to you when you get 4 and 5 per
cent for time deposits. Checking ac
counts wanieu,
Yorkville Hardware Co.?Sells Ellwood
wire fencing and says It Is the best.
Full line garden tools and garden
seeds.
Quinn & McGill, Clover?Mr. Qulnn Is
now In the western markets buying
another car of mules and will be
back for salesday In February.
Etlwan Fertilizer Co.. Charleston?Invites
attention to the various corn
prizes that have been won with Eflwan-grown
corn crops. Page 4.
National-Union Bank, Rock Hill?Asks
you to remember that the services of
Its officers and clerks are always at
your service. See page four.
Thomson Co.?Calls attention to Its big
mill-factory sale which will positively
close next Saturday night.
Klrkpatrlck-Be!k Co.?Big annual midwinter
clearance sale Is now on. Specials
for Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday.
Cloud Cash Store?Clearance and white
goods sale continues through Saturday.
Advance shipment of ladles'
spring coat suits now on display at
sale prices.
Representative Sanders of York, has
introduced a bill declaring disorderly
houses a nuisance, and prohibiting
their operation In this state.
The 2 per c?nt penalty attaches after
next Friday, and the probability is
that there will be a somewhat brisker
rush of tax payers this week.
The north and south road Is well
sanded for about four miles out of
Yorkville; but it Is bumpy and full of
holes and in need of dragging.
8enator Beamguard has Introduced
a general bill providing for the weighing
and inspection of cotton and the
fixing of the fees therefor. The bill
was introduced last Thursday.
When the last issue of The Enquirer
went to press, it looked as if another
six page paper was going to be absolutely
necessary today; but since then
it has developed that all the news that
really had to be handled can go in the
usual four pages.
The demand for cabbage plants was
running unusually strong before the
bad weather set in and many thousands
of plants have been put in the
ground In this vicinity. There are a
good many patches in the vicinity that
were started to growing more than a
month ago and are now looking fine.
The house last night adopted the
concurrent resolution already adopted
by the senate, requesting the governor
to grant permission to such military
companies as should ask to be allow?
ed to go to Washington, D. C. It Is
understood that this puts the matter
in such shape that all any military
company that wants to go to Washington
has to do, is to ask the governor.
It is reported In Yorkvllle that Mr.
C. K. Schwrar, editor of the Rock Hill
Record. Is a candidate for the postmastership
at Rock Hill. The story as
"'o If la fhaf Ha Vtaa hopn nrnmlfipd
the Job by parties who are in a position
to help. Beyond this, we have
nothing definite; but in view of the
fact that the Democrats will soon have
entire control of the pie counter, wi'
deem it entirely fitting that the editor
of the "only Democratic newspaper in
the county," should have the very best
Job the Democratic party is able to
give?if he wants it.
We are printing elsewhere in today's
paper, quite an interesting article
written by Dr. Woods Brown for the
Hickory Democrat. There is one statement
in the article, however, that is
not correct. The C. & N.-W. was not
built as a narrow gauge road originally.
That portion of the line from Chester
to Yorkville was originally "broad
gauge," we do not say "standard" for
we are not sure about that. In thos^
days there was no such thing as standard
gauge, we believe. The change
from broad to narrow gauge was made
when it was decided to extend the road
on from Yorkville to Lenoir about 1876.
That portion of the line that was being
operated from Chester to Yorkville
was changed to a narrow gauge, and
the narrow gauge construction was
continued on to Lenoir. For a long
time the C. & N.-W. was the largest
narrow gauge railroad in the world.
The Imported chain rails were used on
the old King's Mountain railroad between
Chester and Yorkville only.
a- A- ? x J 4U.
They were neavy enougn 10 manu me
weight of almost any engine; but the
rails bought for the narrow gauge construction
were very light and are not
nearly strong enough to hold up the
heavy engines in use today.
ABOUT PEOPLE
Mr. and Mrs. R. Andral Ferguson, of
St. Matthews, spent Sunday in Torkville,
with relatives and friends.
Mr. J. M. Rawllnson and daughter,
Mrs. Sarah Griffith of Charlotte, are
the guests of Mrs. W. W. Lewis In
Yorkville.
Mrs. W. B. Moore, Mrs. W. G. White,
and Miss Kate Gordon, of Yorkville,
left last week to spend some time at
Hot Springs, Ark.
The following Yorkville people left
this morning for the National Corn i
show at Columbia: Messrs. J. C. Wll- i
born, W. R. Carroll, J. C. Dickson, W. i
B. Keller, C. M. Inman, A. L. Black D.
C. Clark, Meek Dickson. i
THE YORK MILL.
Unless there Is some unforeseen de- i
vdinnment fhnt la not eenerallv looked
for, the York Cotton mill corporation, ,
which has been In the hands of the
court since last October will soon go to
sale.
There have been several meetings of
stockholders with a view to trying to
re-organlze the company on a basis
that would provide for the payment of
outstanding indebtedness and Insure
the continued operation of the company
under the existing charter; but
up to this time the problem has not
been solved.
The concensus of opinion at a recent
meeting of the stockholders was that
there was nothing to do but to ask the
court to sign an order of sale and the
probability is, that the order will fix
the sale date about the middle of
March.
STORM FUND DISTRIBUTED
The committee appointed by Governor
Blease to receive and distribute such
contributions as should be voluntrered
In behalf of the people of Bethel and
King's Mountain townships has completed
its work by apportioning out all
funds as justly and equitably as possible,
and is now desirous of an honorable
discharge from further responsibility
in connection with the matter.
The total sum contributed amounted
to $845.80. Of this amount, $619.80
then on hand was distributed beginning
December 17 last, and there was
published in The Enquirer of that date,
acknowledgment of all contributions
that had been made, and the names of
the people to whom the $619.80 had
been distributed with the amount apportioned
to each. At the time the
former distribution was made there
was still in the hands of the committee
$224, of which $222 had been contributed
by people of Rock Hill and
I'lclnlty through Mr. C. L. Cobb, and
12 was the proceeds of a duplicate of
i cashier's check, the original of which
tvas sent by Mr. S. S. Faris, and lost
n transmission. Since then there has
jeen contributed $2 by Miss Martha
Campbell, leaving In the hands of the
mmmittee $226 This amount has
tow been apportioned. a
Following the apportionment of De- f
cember 17, the committee got Information
of a number of additional cases
that seemed to be entitled to the same
special consideration that had been given
to a number of people in the first
apportionment, and these were duly
looked after, out of the supplementary
fund referred to above. The apportionment
on account of these special
cases, Including one widow and one old
soldier, aggregated $65.90, leaving the
sum of $160.10 to be divided pro-rata
amongst 51 of the other original beneficiaries
as follows:
Fayte Hullet $ 10 00
E. M. Adams 5 00
Frank Stewart 5 00
Tom Laughridge 5 00
Wm. Barber (old soldier) 20 00
J. J. Nevlns 5 00
W. S. Pereuson 5 00
Mrs. Dorsey Jones 10 90
Fayte Hullett 3 13
E. M. Adams 3 13
Frank Stewart 3 13
Tom Laughridge 3 13
J. J. Ncvins 3 14
W. S. Ferguson 314
Dorsey Jones 3 14
D. J. Cobb 3 14
John Cobb 3 14
Dan Jones 3 14
John Jonea 3 14
Sam Jones 3 14
Sam K. Moore 3 14
Ben C. Jenkins 3 14
L F. Ford 3 14
Fell* Robinson 3 14'
T. I* Laughrldge 3 14
J. Calvin Jenkins 3 14
Wilden Nlell 3 14
Lee Whlsonant 3 14
John Sipes 3 14
Meek Stewart 3 14
J. C. Warren 3 14
Reedy Warren 3 14
Lawrence Robinson 3 14
Walter McClaln 314
Weslle Wells 3 14
Miles Turner 3 14
John Stewart 3 14
Bob Barrett 3 14
John C. Grayson 3 14
John A. Forbes 3 14
Bill Camp 3 14
A. W. Jones 3 14
Tommle Green 3 14
H. L. Johnson 3 14
R. H. Brlson 3 14
Darby Holland 3 14
UV1 Whlnnnnt 5 11
J. J. Jones 3 14
Z. G. Walker 3 14
Sam McCall 3 14
John F. Robinson 3 14
R. S. Camp 3 14
Silas Glenn 3 14
Bob Robinson 3 14
Henry McClaln 3 14
Grover McFarland 3 14
Wm. P. Smart 3 14
Ltezle Howe 3 14
Mrs. Mary Collins 3 14
Total $226 00
The committee consists of Geo. W.
Knox, chairman; James A. Page, secretary-treasurer,
A. J. Qulnn, J. B.
Robinson, John Banks Jackson, J. A.
Clinton, W. D. Grist After completing
the apportionment as described In the
foregoing, the committee decided that
In addition to the publication of its action.
It would file a complete report of
Its doings with the governor and that
In the meantime It would receive no
further contributions.
WITHIN THE TOWN
? The bad weather of the past few
days has badly hampered trade.
? Prof. Vall's company, which had
the opera house Thursday, Friday and
Saturday night's, made the hit of the
season. It was the kind of a show that
a majority of the local show goers like
best and this with ponular prices, did
the balance. Most of the people are
still puzzling over Prof. Vall's tricks,
and some insist that Mrs. Vall's alleged
mind reading and spiritualistic
stunts are simply supernatural.
? Senator Beamguard yesterday Introduced
in the senate a bill to strike
out section 4 of "An act to create
school district of Yorkvllle, In York
county, and enable it to organize a system
of free schools, and to levy a tax
In support of the same, and to purchase
and hold property," approved
December 22 1888, and amended December
23, 1889 and February 17, 1911.
and to substitute therefor a new section.
? The Yorkvllle board of trade met
last Tuesday and re-organlzed for the
year 1913 by the election of the following
officers: Q. H. O'Leary president,
J. C. Wilborn, vice president, A. T.
Hart, secretary and treasurer. R. C.
Allein, M. L. Carroll, J. R, Hart, J. W.
Klrkpatrick, J. A. Latta J. S. Mackorell,
B. N. Moore, W. B. Moore, executive
committee. Notice of the meeting
was confined to members who had paid
their dues. As the list of membership
was made up last year It Included almost
all the citizens of the town; but
only a small per cent of them paid
their dues.
THE C. & N.-W.
The following: interesting article
about the C. & N.-W. railroad was
written by Dr. R. Woods Brown for the
Hickory Democrat:
The Carolina and North-Western
railroad is one of the oldest railroads
in the south. It was begun in 1863 as
a narrow gauge from Chester, S. C.,
to Yorkville S. C., and was then known
as the King's Mountain railroad. In
1898 it took its present name, C. &,
N.-W. During 1902 it was made standard
gauge from Chester to Yorkville
from Lenoir to Newton, August 17,
1902; from Newton to Gastonia, September
12, 1902, and from Gastonia to
Chester, February 21, 1903.
The Caldwell & Northern Narrow
Gauge was purchased and the ten miles
from Lenoir to Collettsville was standardized
during 1904 and the extension
to Edgemont thirteen miles, was built
standard gauge. Traffic on this extension,
was commenced as far as Mortimer
April 6 1905, and to the terminus
Edgemont, during the fall of the
same year, a distance of 135 miles from
Chester with over forty towns and villages.
The, C. & N.-W. railroad has
within two months purchased two
modern freight engines, and are now
having built two more mogul freight
and two large passenger locomotives,
all at a total cost of $75,000. There are
over 500 employes on the pay roll, and
the officials have Just moved Into spa
cious omcee in me rryor ouuuing opposite
the Chester town hall.
It requires forty-five office employes
to handle the increasing: business of
the C. & N.-W. railroad, the headquarters
of which have been in Chester, for
over 26 years.
The history of the King's Mountain
railroad dates from 1852. From that
time until 1902 it was a narrow gauge
three feet six inches and used 50-pound
chair-rails imported from England and
at that time they were the heaviest
rail south of the Ohio river. A 50pound
rail means that every three feet
of the rail weighs fifty pounds. Only
one side of this pear-shape chair rail
could be used next to the wheel flange,
the opposite side of the rail being
square, therefore not reversible. These
rails had round holes drilled through
the web and a round spike fastened
them to a stringer which was parallel
to and under the rail, as this was a
time before cross ties were used. Every
five feet of the stringer was laid in a
slot of the cross tie and fastened with
wooden wedges.
With this rail was made the first attempt
in fastening rails together so
is to attain a smooth alinement at the
ends of the rails. This was done by
means of a chair, from which this rail
?ot its name, chair rail, this chair was
made from a piece of metal threeeights
inch thick, seven inches wide
ind nine inches long. Part of the sides
)f this metal was bent up so the ends
if the mils ennld be slid into the
rrove. Two spike holes on each undent
side of the chair enabled It to be
'astened to the stringer, this was the
Irst step towards the modern rail fish
jlate. I examined eight inches of this
iriginal chair-rail which was used on i
he King's Mountain railroad from 1852
jntll the C. & N.-W. railroad changed
'rom narrow to standard gauge of four I
'eet eight and a half inches, in 1902. i
Sight miles of this rail between Guth- I
ies and Yorkville was taken up and
aid on a South Carolina railroad to re- i
)lace rails destroyed by Sherman's ar- I
ny on Its march to Georgia and after i
he war was brought back and again 1
aid on the King's Mountain railroad. '
The C. & N.-W. has Inaugurated a <
mckage car service from Charlotte via '
lastonia north, from Lenoir south vi^ i
las ton la to Charlotte dally. On con- 1
lection with the Piedmont Northern It !
ilso operates package cars tri-weekly ]
rom Charlotte to Cherte, and lnterme- 1
dlate points via Gastonla. This enable
the patrons of the C. ft N.-W. to ge
goods the same day ordered. Passenge
trains operating double dally, whlcl
makes connections with Piedmont line
via Gastonla, giving passengers fron
C. & N.-W. line the opportunity t
spend several hours in Charlotte am
return the same day. The C. & N.-W
is making preparations for a hcav;
summer tourist travel and indication
are for a good season, as they mak
close connection at all junction point
with trunk line trains to all point
north, south, east and west.
There are fifty-eight cotton mills 01
the C. & N.-W. railroad (seventeen li
Gastonia); four cotton seed oil mills
five knittlnsr mills. T.Miolr's si* furnl
ture and two chair factories ship ou
twenty-five cars of finished goods pe
week. Mortimer ships out 12,000,00
feet of lumber per annum. Betweei
Hickory and Edgemont 30,000,000 fee
of lumber are annually shipped awa:
over the C. & N.-W. railroad. Hlckor;
has the most diversified Industries o
any town on this railroad.
In 1892 the C. & N.-W. had only sev
en miles of sidetracks which took car
of all the business at that time. Now I
has over twenty-two miles of siding
and more are needed for Increaslm
traffic.
LOCAL LAC0NIC8
Killed on Power Line Tower.
Sam Massey, a negro boy about sev
enteen years of age, was killed las
Thursday as the result of a foolhard:
act of climbing one of the steel tower
of the power line near Lesslle. It ap
pears that the boy had no business oi
the tower.
Commissioners Appointed.
Messrs. Joseph W. Smith and Whit
W. Jackson, who were recently com
missioned as county commissioners oi
the assumption that they had beei
duly elected In the general electior
have been regularly appointed by th
governor on the recommendation o
the York delegation and will have thel
commissions before the next regula
monthly meeting of the board.
The Schools at Tirzah.
Tlrzah special of January 25 to th
Columbia State: The Tlrzah hlgl
school opened January 6 with Prol
John A. Bovd. of Fort Mill, aa prlncl
pal, assisted by Miss Leila Oates of thl
p'ace. The attendance has alread;
passed all previous marks, being no*
close to 100. Eastview school tw<
miles south of town, In charge of Mis
*"attle Leeslle of Lesslles, Is In a high
iy prosperous condition. When vislte<
recently by Miss Russell, superinten
dent of rural schools It was hlghl;
complimented on the work being done
No Jury Cases Next Week.
Upon motion of a majority of thi
members of the York bar, Judge Fran!
B. Oary, who has been appointed t
hold the spring terms of the courts li
the Sixth circuit, has issued an orde
I. ..kUk r\* nniirt nf Vnrl
Ill WIHtll UIC C1C1 ?V Wi UIC VVUIl V/l AU1I
county has been instructed to notif;
the Jurors drawn for the.first week tha
their services will not be needed. Th'
first week of court beginning nex
Monday, will be devoted to the sound
ing of calendars, the hearing of equit:
causes and the disposition of all busi
ness that can be transacted withou
Juries. The second week Jurors wil
give their attendance on Thursday, th<
10th of February, and the week will b<
devoted to the trial of such Jury case
as may be ready.
Indians to Corn 8how.
Rock Hill Herald, Saturday: Thi
Catawba Indians who will be a part o
the government exhibit at the Nation
al Corn exposition in Columbia durinj
the next two weeks, will leave Rocl
Hill Monday morning on the 7.3i
train. It was the intention of carry
ing them down Sunday morning, bu
the rain yesterday delayed the prepar
ations. The Indians were induced t<
go to Columbia and become a part o
the exhibit by the Chamber of Com
merce and the government has agree<
to give the local commercial organiza
tion credit for the exhibit There wil
be six men, including the Big Chief o
the Catawbas, two women and si:
small children in the government exhl
bit In addition the chamber will hav
two men to parade the streets and sta:
in the local office in the Arcade build
Ing. The members of the tribe ar
preparing to make pottery during the!
stay in the exposition building am
thio will rinuhtlpss And a readv sale a
real handmade Indian pottery 1b a rar
ity now. Bows and arrows are also li
readiness to be carried down, as wel
as a number of other Indian relics.
General Assembly at Winthrop.
Rock Hill special of Jan. 24 to th
News and Courier: Even with lncle
ment weather the visit of the legisla
ture to Winthrop today was an ex
ceedlngly pleasant one. The specia
arrived on time, and the visitors wer
taken in charge and shown the beau
tiful new buildings and made at homi
in the college. A magnificent dlnne:
was served at 2 o'clock, and a toas
not on the programme was the rlsini
one to Mrs. Bell, the accomplishei
housekeeper. The keynote of all thi
speeches was that for every appropria
tion President Johnson had asked o
I the state, he had "something wortl
[while to show for It;" In fact man:
times worth while. The members o
the general assembly were met by Dr
Johnson, Dr. Kinard and the member!
of the student body, who are memberi
of the U. D. C., and were escorted t<
the auditorium. Dr. Johnson in a bri?:
talk, welcomed the visitors to the Win
throp campus. He then outlined th<
programme of the day, which consisted
of the inspection of the buildings an<
grounds dinner, a musicale and a reception.
The entire forenoon was spent
In Inspecting the bulldingps. The students
acted as guides. First the guesti
were shown over the main building
which contains the library, soclet}
halls, class rooms, the gymnasium anc
the dining room; they were next taker
to the library, and from there thej
were taken over the Tillman Hall, thi
new science building. The building it
three stories high and contains th<
physics and chemistry laboratories, thf
domestic science rooms and the sewing
i-nnmo- la fllloil mil In the best ol
style for work. The next building visited
was the new *90,000 training1 school
This building will not be ready for occupancy
before next September. At i
o'clock a sumptuous dinner was served
by Mrs. Bell the dining hall matron
Music was furnished by Johnson's orchestra
of Rock Hill. The following
after-dinner programme was carried
out: A special toast to the "State oi
South Carolina," by Senator E. E. Verner,
of Oconee; "Robert E. Lee," by the
Lieutenant Governor, C. A. Smith;
song, "Loyal to the End." college glee
club; "Education," by Mr. W. J. Roddey,
of Rock Hill; song, "Hail Evening
Bright" college glee club; "The General
Assembly," by Dr. G. W. Dick, ol
the house of representatives. Immediately
after dinner a concert was giver
in the auditorium by the Choral society.
Following that, a reception was
held in the parlors. Sandwiches and
coffee were served the visitors before
they left for Columbia at 7 o'clock.
? Columbia, January 25: All railroad
and other arrangements have been
perfected for the visit to Columbia of
Hon. James Wilson, secretary of agriculture,
and the agrlcutural committee
of the national house of representatives,
who will attend the
Fifth National Corn exposition here
on Saturday, February 1. Saturday
is one of the feature days on the exposition
program, this being Boys'
day, the close of the exposition school
for prizewinners, to be conducted during
the first week of the exposition.
m' VT - Al ? 1 - ? AvnnolUnn
ine ruin /wiuumu ^uui ca^uo.hv/..
opens here on Monday. January 27,
and on that day also this prizewinners'
school to be attended by prizewinning
corn club boys and tomato
dub girls from all over the south, to
the number of about 850. will begin
Its sessions. This is said to be the first
time that an exposition has been visited
by an entire congressional committee
and the acceptance of the Invitation
by the agricultural .' ommittee of
the house and by Secretary Wilson is
In the nature of an official recognition
of the serious educational purpose
back of this great agricultural event.
The party will travel in a special car
over the Southern railway, leaving
Washington Friday, January 31. Arriving
here Saturday morning they
will spend Saturday and probably
Sunday in Columbia. Very UKeiy tne
prizewinners' school will take part in
welcoming the party to Columbia.
WALLOWING IN OI8GRACE
t ,
? Sen. Tillman Re-iterates Hit Charges
s Against General Assembly.
n Washington, Jan. 25.?Declaring that
o "it is the hit dog that howls" and that
3 some of the rocks he threw had hit
r. certain railroad lawyers in the general
y assembly of South Carolina and starts
ed them to yelping, Senator Tillman
e today issued another interesting state- J
s ment regarding matters in the legisla- '
a ture, in which he says:
"I have read with much interest in
n yesterday's South Carolina papers the
n Rembert resolution offered in the house
; and passed by it, calling: on me to *pro
duce the evidence in support of cort
ruption in this legislative body.' I have
r also seen statements in the papers of
0 what this and that senator and memn
ber had to say about the matter. Some
t claim I have 'insulted' the legislature
y and objected to the publication of my
y reply to Blease In the Journal.
f "All of these things have amused
me very much, because I remember
- having used an expression long ago
e which ig applicable to this case: 'It is
t the hit dog that howls.' I threw the
s rock in the discharge of my duty as 1
g thought, and, behold! the railroad attorneys
in the general assembly began
howling at once. Why? They must
be hit; that is, they must feel under
suspicion and are howling to attract
attention to their patriotism and supe.
rior virtue. Their Indigmation is pa.
thetlc.
"Now let us see what I have done.
y In the letter to Mr. Bailey, written last
s August, Just before the primary, and
. in the answer to Blease I snoke in general
terms about the general assembly
" and the way it had been influenced bv
the railroad attorneys Inside of it and
out of it. My warning to this general
assembly Is certainly permissible bee
cause I wanted to put it on notice that
the people are looking and watching
n and expect them to do better than their
11 predecessors.
' "No member of the "house as I can '
ef see. has any right to complain at all.
" except a few old ones and there are not
r manv of these. The holdover senators
r in the legislature are the only men
who can be legitimately aggrieved.
And thev ought to beware of trying to
defend their predecessors unless the-u
are able to prove that thosa predeces,
sors In their votes have not been influnced
by Ben Abney and other rail
roan lawyers. i
-This Is not the first time I have i
? criticized the legislature about railroad
_ matters, nor Is It the first time that
state senators have crlttclsed me for
my utterances. It Is not the flrst time
j that Senator Tillman has "Insulted"
the legislature, nor will It be the last
" If he lives long1 enough and It keeps on
, doing as It has done. The people of
' South Carolina will retire any mac
they have selected for ofllee when thev
e come to believe that he Is corrunt or
Ic corruptible. At least that Is my be0
lief.
n *1 have boasted in my lectures In the
r north that there Is not enough money
It In Wa'l street to buy South Caroline
y and I believe It to be true. I still bet
lleve It to be true, but public morals In
e the state have rapldlv grown bad In
t the last ten years and I am coming to
- doubt whether my boast could not be
y made and sustained. We will see the
- temper of the general assembly by Its
t action In purifying and protecting th*
1 primary. It has the opportunity to lift
e the state out of the slough of desoond
e and disgrace In which It now wallows.
b Will It do It?
"Until the senate passes the resolution,
I will not answer It oftlclallv and
will not have more to say until I hear
f further from Columbia." j
a ^ t r
I YORK IN THE LEGISLATURE ]
<
" Several Important Bills on Their Pat- J
t . ?
Columbia, January 25.?The students 1
o of Carolina have just finished their c
f mid-year examinations.. The first term ;
. has been a successful one with four c
] hundred and eighty-two enrolled. i
Since the Iegis'ature has been In ses- c
1 sinn the university men have found a t
f place in the state house to spend their t
k Idle hours. t
The members of the general assem- j
i> bly have Just returned from a pleasant <
7 visit to Winthrop college. They were <
- well entertained by the college author- r
e itles, and the young ladles too. I
r There has also been an invitation ex - j
1 tended to the general assembly to at- <
s tend South Carolina day at the Na- 1
- tional Corn exposition which invitation t
n has been accepted. i
1 The local bills that have been Intro- l
duced by the York delegation are as c
follows: "A bill to sell a part of the t
county home farm and erect a modem i
s county home, as per recommendation t
" of the grand jury, is now on its pas- i
' sage. A bill to relieve the Clover storm i
" sufferers from last year's taxes haii \
1 passed the senate and Is now on itft ]
e way through the house; a bill, by Mr.
" Hutchison, providing an Issue of bondn
e for seventy-five thousand dollars for 1
J new graded school buildings in the city I
1 of Rock Hill is now on its way J
through. Mr. Haile will introduce two J
bills Monday as follows: first, a bill to J.
repeal the Tlrxah special school act; ?
second, a bill to amend the charter of '
the city of Fort Mill as to assessing 1
property fqr taxation.
Bills of state wide interest have been 8
introduced as follows: the railroad flat 8
' rate bill; a bill seeking to drive the <
3 South-eastern Tariff out of the state; *
3 a bill requiring all insurance com- I
panies to invest their reserves in South c
Carolina securities; a bill to tax water *
power furnished from the national wa- J
ter works of the state, and to establish *
a department of national resources. "
H. M. W. J.
THE GOVERNOR'8 8TAFF. j!
3 1 * g
, Appointments as Announced by the (
Chief Executive. a
1 Tho fAllrvnrlnff nnnnlntmonto hav? fl
A lie iuiiunui^ aHKulilbl>lv>ll? ??af v
1 been made by Governor Blease as the e
' member* of his staff for the ensuing; ?
J term: J1
\ Quartermaster General, Col. J. Mari- Jj
* on Davis Newberry.
) Judge Advocate General, Col. John ?
: M. Cannon, Laurens.
Commissary General, Col. Ivy N. n
Mauldin, Pickens J
Surgeon General, Col. J. William ^
\ Wessinger, Ballentine.
Chief of Ordnance, Col. Alfred A *
Richardson Allendale.
Aides with rank of colonel, Col.
\ Creaton E. Bamberg, Bamberg; Col. *
] Charles J. Epps, Conway.
, Aide, with rank of major. Major N a
B. Wise, Little Mountain.
Aides-de-camp; Lieut. Col. Eugene
J W. Able, Saluda; Lieut. Col. James C. l<
Long, Jr Union; Lieut. Col. Clarence p
! E. Tolly, Anderson: Lieut. Col. John G. d
\ Barron, Chester; Lieut. Col. William
' A. Kirby, Johnston; Lieut. Col. J P. t.
, Carlisle, Greenville; Lieut. Col. B. G. o
Landrum, Spartanburg; Lieut. Col. >
Isaac Appelt, Manning; Lieut. Col. e:
1 Walter G. Stubbs. Greenville; Lieut. t<
Col. Victor B. Cheshire Anderson; a
' Lieut. Col. J. P. Hannagan, Bennetts- a
vllle; Lieut. Col. John K. Aull, Colum- p
! bla; Lieut. Col. C. T. O'Ferrall, Flor- a
ence; Lieut. Col. Leon M. Green. Sum- t<
ter; Lieut. Col. W. H. Andrews, George- p
1 town; Lieut. Col. D. B. Peurifoy, Wal;
terboro; Lieut. Col. J. P. Gibson, Ben- tl
netsvllle: Lieut. Col. Joseph From- a
burg, Charleston; Lieut. Col. James T. a
Hornsby Columbia; Lieut. Col. Jesse p
Caston, Charleston; Lieut. Col. C. O. 0i
McLaurin, Dillon; Lieut. Col. Edwin L. jt
Hirsch, Kingstree; Lieut. Col. W. A.
James, Bishopville; Lieut. Col. Eugene rl
R. Buckingham, Aiken; Lieut. Col. 8]
Frank C. Bryant, Orangeburg; Lieut, ti
Col. H. W. Dominick, Newberry; Lieut.
Col. E. M. Evans. Jr., Newberry; Lieut, tl
Col L. B. Singleton, Conway; Lieut. c<
Col. D. W. Gaston Jr., Aiken: Col. m
George R. Rembert, Columbia. pi
? cl
The Warehouse Bill.?Senator McLaurin
has introduced a warehouse bill
moaeiea aner me diii auinorizea Dy
the state Farmers' Union. Represen- S
tatlve Don McQueen has announced ni
that he would oppdse the Dabbs-Mc- ai
Laurin bill. The bill Introduced may m
be a compromise measure, which will $5
be supported by McQueen. c<
The cotton warehouse bill, as Intro- w
duced by Senator McLaurln has the *2
following additional provisions: In the M
event of a vacancy on the commission nl
of three members having the sys- SI
tern In charge, the governor shall ap- SI
point some one to fill the vacancy until d?
the first regular meeting of the general hi
assembly when an election will be held, fe
Receipts given for cotton received st
shall carry absolute title to the cotton sh
specified therein. The inspectors provided
for in the bill shall perform the
iuties of public weigher in place of
those now provided for by statute In the
various counties. It is provided that,
icquiring warehouses and paying current
expenses, all moneys shall be converted
into the state treasury and be
used as part of the fund for the support
of the common schools. All ware louses
acquired in carrying out the
provisions of the act are exempt from
state, county and municipal taxes.?
Pee Dee Advocate.
. SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8.
? A bill introduced by Representative
Etembert to give circuit judges $5 a
lay for expenses to be paid by the
:ounties, was amended so as to make
the amount 13 to be paid by the counties
and passed the house yesterday in
that form.
? Cheater Reporter: At the banquet
jf the State Bar association in Columpia
Thursday evening, Gov. Blease in
responding to the toast. "South Cam
ina," declared that he was through
with personal animosities, and was
willing from that time on to work soley
for the uplift of the state. Asking
Shlef Justice Gary, the president of the
Bar association, a state senator and a
representative to rise, he urged upon
Ul, a spirit of co-operation for the improvement
and uplift of South Carollia.
? Mr. A. J. Bethea, code commissioner,
submitted to the house last Thursl&y
a statement in reply to that portion
of the governor's message "on errors
in the acts," that criticised his
work. He said Governor Blease's mes?age
was "unfair, unjust and unbecoming."
He explained that he had
ippended to the acts an error sheet thftt
covered all the mistakes made and
that he had worked diligently and with
in ambition to do his full duty. The
statement was ordered printed in the
Journal.
? Columbia, January 27: A bill to
create a state racing commission and
to prescribe the conditions under which
lorse racing may be held in this state,
was introduced in the house today. The
measure says that no book-making except
the pari-mutuel system shall be
illowed. Every race for purses unless
leld under the rules to be formulated
iy the commission is declared unlawful
and every person aiding it is sublect
to a heavy fine. A fine is also provided
for violation of the provisions in
-egard to using the pari-mutuel system.
The commission Is to be composed
of three persons, to be elected by
the general assembly for a term of
three years. The bill was referred to a
committee.
? Charleston, Jan. 25: The Charleston
Fair and Racing association began
u winter racing season this afternoon,
when the gates at Palmetto park were
ipened for a fifty-five day meeting.
Nearly 800 thoroughbreds are now
luartered at the track, and appllcalons
.for additional stable room are
>elng received dally. Gathered here
Lre many of the best-known owners
ind Jockeys of America. Nineteen
(takes, with an aggregate value of
ibout $50,000, will be decided during
:he meet, the most notable among
.hem being the Pa'metto Derby, which
will be run on March 29, the closing
lay of the season. The officials in
:harge of the meeting are: W. F.
3chulte, presiding Judge; F. W. Gerlardy,
associate Judge; Francis J.
Pons, racing secretary and general
nanager; Joseph M. Lonnan, clerk of
:he scales; James Milton, starter; W.
V. Casey, timer; W. W. Lyles, paddock
ludge, and Frank J. Bruen, auditor,
rhe stewards are W. E Burch, C. H.
Pettlnglll and J. B. Campbell
? Columbia January 27: Despite a
Irlzzllng rain a large crowd, including
nany members of the state legislature
ittended the opening today of the fifth
National Corn exposition. Formal
ipenlng exercises this afternoon wer
jreceded this morning by the informal
ipening of the various exhibits, which
nclude those from twenty-seven state
igrlcultural colleges and experiment
itations in as many states. Keen inerest
was manifested in the exhibit of
he Federal department of agriculture,
iresentlng a general vl.w of the varl>us
activities of the department and
leallng In an educational manner with
nany perplexing agricultural problems
>eculiar to the south. Simple but 1m
iresslve ceremonies marked the formal
>pening. Addresses were delivered by
rhomas C. Thompson, mayor of Chatanooga,
Tenn., Dr. 8. C. Mitchell, presdent
of the University of South Caroina
and Wade Hampton Gibbes, may>r
of Columbia. South Carolina day at
he exposition will be celebrated tomor ow
by a parade of rnllltla, school chtlIren,
college students and decorated
loats. Among the speakers who will
>e heard is Governor Cole L. Blease.
rhe exposition will continue through
February 8.
? Spartanburg Journal, January 26:
larrison Ferguson of this city reci>ient
of the famous Tillman letter,
vrltten just prior to the last gubernaorlal
campaign, whose affidavit statng
that this letter was not shown
Jovernor Blease was doubted by
!enator Tillman in his reply to Gov.
31ease, stated this morning In conversion
with a reporter that he would
it an early date bring suit against the
enator for libel and defamation of
iharacter. At present, attorneys for
nr. rcrsiuon are preparing tne comilalnt
and It la expected that all details
>f the suit will have been completed
irlthln the next few days and that
he senator may be called into court
o prove the truth of his assertions,
fr. Ferguson, when he read the
enator's reply to Blease, especially
hat part in which aspersions were
nade on the truthfulness of Mr.
Ferguson's statement, wrote to the
enator and told him that he had
elt he had done a grave injustice
nd the senator was due him a modication
of his statements. As yet
nough time has not elapsed for the
enator to reply to this letter. There
ias been a rumor on the streets since
he Tillman statement was first pubiBhed
that Mr. Ferguson would bring
damage suit against the senator for
bel and defamation of character, but
ot until this morning when seen by
reporter, did Mr. Fefljuson confirm
hese rumors. He did not state the
mount of the suit or who would be
mployed as attorney for plaintiff, but
umor has it that Mr. Ferguson will
sk for $25,000 damages from the
enator. Mr. Ferguson would not go inj
details other than that he most
ssuredly would bring the suit.
Tillman 8hould Specify.?The fol>wing
resolution introduced by Mr.
Lembert, passed the house last Thursay
and was sent to the senate:
"Whereas, Senator Tillman in a let;r
addressed to the general assembly
f South Carolina, in speakln? of B. L.
.bney. division counsel of the Southrn
railway, says: 'He is the real oc>pus
which strangles the legislature
nd persuades it to do his bidding'
nd further in said letter, says: 'But
sen ADney ana tne Southern railway
ttorneys In the legislature have been
jo venal and corrupt to protect the
eople against the railroads,' and,
"Whereas, It would be Inconceivable
lat our senior senator would make
J>old and daring charge of corruption
mong the representatives of the peole
of the state, who have so long honred
him, without having proof of the
istice of his charges, and
"Whereas, If he has the proof, It Is
ght that the people of this state
lould know how they have been belayed
by their representatives.
"Now, therefore, be it resolved by
le house of representatives, the senate
inferring, That Senator B. R. Tllllan
be, and Is hereby called upon to
roduce the evidence in support of his
larges of corruption in this legislave
body."
? New York, January 27: Gen. Daniel
lck!es of Civil war fame, was techIcally
placed under arrest at his Fifth
/enue home this afternoon and 1medlately
technically released under
10,000 bond furnished by a surety
>mpany. He is charged by the state
1th responsibility for a shortage of
13,476 In the funds of the New York
onument commission. Although techcally
in custody for a moment, Gen.
Ickles did not have to leave his home.
lieriff Harburger, who served the or?r
of arrest, had purposely delayed
s visit until the bond had been percted.
At the same time the sheriff /
arted a movement to make up the
lortage by popular subscription. f
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