Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 28, 1913, Image 2
Scraps and Jacts. %
? A carefully drawn provision for '
compensation for personal injuries of
Panama canal employes is embodied
in an executive order promulgated by
President Taft last Wednesday, to take
effect after March 1. The Panama canal
act passed last August, directed the
president to provide the method for adjusting
the claims of employes. Every
canal employe and family dependent
upon him are Insured against the result
of injuries recived in the course of
his work without reference to questions
of contributory negligence or any of
the other restrictive rules of the common
law limiting the liability of the
employer in such cases. Every injury
received while at work and death resulting
from such injury are compensated
for, except for injuries caused by
the employe's wilful intention or his intoxication.
The president's order was
drawn in the light of the report of
Senator Sutherland's commission on
workmen's compensation.
? The postofflce appropriation bill,
carrying approximately $283,000,000,
an increase of nearly $3,000,000, over
the house bill, was passed by the senate
last Wednesday. The largest
single item in the bill is for the transportation
of mails on mail routes,
$51,500,000 being authorized by the
senate for this purpose. The senate
appropriated $47,500,000 for the rural
delivery service. The measure carried
an Increase of more than $12,000,000
over the appropriations made
last year, due to the establishment of
the parcel post system. An amendment
proposed by Senator Penrose
providing for the pensioning of postal
employes after they had served 25
years or more in the service was
eliminated from the bill on a point of
order by Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia.
He contended that it was general
legislation and was sustained by
the chair. The provision In the bill
as reported to the senate providing for
the election of fourth class postmasters
was also stricken out. Charges th t 1
railroads are grossly overpaid for ce
rying the malls were made by Senator
Ashurst during the consideration of
the bill. He produced statistics showing
that the government paid $71.39
for carrying a ton of mall from New
York to Chicago, while for carrying
a ton of freight the railroads received
$13 and for a ton of express $25.
Senator Ashurst contended the government
could save much by using its
own postal cars Instead of renting cars
from the railroads.
? The present Constitution of Mexico
was adopted Feb. 5, 1857. There 1
has been a number of amendments.
Under this Constitution, Mexico is
considered a federative republic, divided
into twenty-seven states, three
territories and one federal district,
each having the right of local self- |
government. The functions of the
federal government are divided as under
our own Constitution, the three
departments, executive, legislative i
and judicial, being similarly organized.
The president, under the Constitution
at least, is elected by 'electors
popularly chosen, for a single term of
six years. The area of the country is
765,535 square miles, nearly three .
times that of the state of Texas. The
population in 1910 was 15,063,207. Of 3
these about 19 per cent were pure ^
white, 43 per cent mixed bloods and 38 ,
per cent Indians. A relatively small
part of the population, from 15 to 18 <
per cent live in the temperate zone, !
tohink omkt>oAna thn r Arthnrn ato too ,
VT1IIVU V AAA V/ A auvo lUW U V* W*?V* ii wm*?vw,
now In open rebellion aglnst the authority
of Provisional President Huerta.
In his message to congress,
Sept. 16, 1912, the late President Madero
stated that the full strength of
the army was 107 generals, 6,236 officers
and 49,332 men. Six gunboats
of 1,000 to 1,300 tons, two transports
and several revenue cutters constitute
the naval equipment. The revenues
for the last fiscal year amounted to
$55,500,000 and the expenditures the
same amount. The total national
debt on Jan. 1. 1911, was $219,213,000,
with interest and other annual charges
of $14,418,000. Mexico has 16,000 miles
of railway, 50,000 miles of telegraph
lines and 2,964 postofflces.
? With the outlook of armed opposition
to the new provisional government
in Mexico, reduced to a few small,
threatened uprisings by followers of the
late President Madero, it is the opinion
of administration officials in Washington,
according to a dispatch, that
chances for the use of the military arm
to protect American interests have
greatly diminished. Concentration of
troops at Galveston will continue, but
admittedly the purpose now is principally
to test the working of the new
system of army organization. Major
General Carter, commander of the second
division, due to arrive in Galveston
within the next twenty-four hours,
will take the opportunity afforded by
the assembly of a complete division of
troops to put them through their paces
thus affording to the various regimental
and brigade commanders practically
their first oportunity to direct the
movements of the large bodies of men
that would fall to their command in
time of war. If the complete division
is assembled in Galveston, at Texas
City, about seven miles distant, and in
the camp Just opened near Houston before
the end of the present week, the
military experts feel that they will
have accomplished a creditable feat. It
is true that the movement appears to
be very slow in comparison with the remarkable
mobilization of the allies in
the Balkans. But as a matter of fact,
s?ucxi uioidiiues as umi iivm run 1^. a. j
Russell, Wyo., and Fort Snelling, Minn.,
to Galveston, would have greatly taxed 1
the resources of the best European <
quartermaster department. On the
whole Secretary Stimson feels veryproud
of the record made up to this
point, when, by the issue of a single 1
order to Major General Carter, the sec- i
ond division commander, the entire
body of men was set In motion, whereas
under the old plan the adjutant gen- '
eral's department was obliged to send 1
hundreds of telegrams to as many in- <
dividuais commanding officers, ail the .
way from major generals down to a
captain, to begin the mobilization. Under
the new system, too, the quarter- :
master general had already assembled (
at the proper point of embarkation all
the supplies needed for a campaign.
? The operations of the five armies
engaged in the Balkan war, says a
London dispatch, have been brought
practically to a standstill by the win- i
tery weather. Snow storms are fre- '
quent and the roads are in a deplorable
state. The daily official dispatches,
upon which the world is now com- j
pelled to rely for news from the theatre
of war, repeat the sterotyped 1
statement, "nothing of Importance has
occurred." A dispatch from Constan- i
tinople goes a little further, record- ,
ing that there has been skirmishing '
on the front of the Tchatalja lines by
Turkish volunteers who claim to have t
met with some success. These must ,
have been of a minor nature as the
Bulgarians earlier in the week were
said to have withdrawn further to the
westward. Roads in that neighborhood
are so bad that the transport i
columns found it difficult to keep the i
troops at the front supplied with pro- :
visions and ammunition. The news |
from the neighborhood of Adrianople j
is conflicting. The Bulgarian war de- i
partment says only desultory fighting i
has been in progress, but a dispatch :
from a French correspondent inside
the city, says that since February 3, ,
the Bulgarians have been delivering ,
desperate, but ineffective assaults on ,
the fortress and are bombarding it ,
cruelly and fruitlessly. Even less has ,
utcurrsu in me vn.-inuy ui cuiau, 111
the Gallipoll peninsula, than at the
Tchatalja lines. Here the Buglarian i
and Turkish armies are entrenched, ,
patiently awaiting a break in the
weather. The only heavy fighting,
except at Adrianople, since the war 1
was resumed, has taken place around I
Scutari, where the Montenegrin army, ,
now assisted by Servian troops, has
again failed in trying to take the
fortress. Austrian military experts
say the Montenegrin siege guns are ,
placed too far away to do serious
damage to the Turkish works and that 1
King Nicholas of Montenegro will
not permit them to be moved for- (
ward, as he fears a sortie by the
Turkish garrison. He is now await- '
ing the arrival of the big Servian <
seige guns which have been shipped
from Salonikl. The Montenegrins are
m??t anxious to canture the fortress. {
as Russia has agreed to the Austrian
demand that it should be included in i
the future Albania state. With the (
town once In his possession, King
Nicholas believes that his brother '
Slavs would insist on its retention by i
Montenegro. The Greek army seems c
to be just as idle at Janlna as are the t
Bulgarians at Bulalr. An occasional
report comes through of a movement "
of Turkish troops In Macedonia, show- ?
lng they are not entirely disposed of a
there, while the failure of the Greeks j
to take Janlna, which is their object,
is regarded as another Indication that 1
there is a lot of fight left in the Ottomans
in that part of the country.
The Greek fleet has now extended its v
blockade of the Albania coast as far
as Durazzo to stop revlctualling of the *
Turks in Scutari and Macedonia. This r
action may give rise to oojecuons uy f
Italy and Austria on the ground that
the blockade is Ineffective. J
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ftltf \lorkrillc inquirer.
Entered at the Postolilce In Torkville r
as Mail Matter of the Second Class. ,
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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 28. 1913 I
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If two gubernatorial candidates can r
set the state by the ears as was the
case last summer whet will a half a
dozen of them do? t
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Dispatches of yeeterday reported d
that Turkey has at last agreed to ne- f
gotiate peace with Bulgaria on a ba- f
sis of the surrender of Adrianople. f
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It is now settled that Hon. Wm. J. 1
Bryan is to be secretary of state in c
Wilson's cabinet and that means that c
the administration is to be really and ^
truly progressive. r
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If that old Idea of giving precedence 1
to members of congrejs on a basis of 1
length of service rather than on a ba- ^
sis of fitness and ability wins out, how 8
do the people ever expect to get In real- '
ly close touch with congress? p
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There has been very little real war r
In Mexico. Most of the disturbance 0
has been the work of marauding bands '
of robbers living on the helpless peo- e
pie of the smaller villt ges on pretence 8
that they were wailing for orders h
from one side or the other. In a large u
measure that Is the situation now.
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The Columbia State some days ago n
ssued an editorial chal'enge to Senator f
McLaurln to discuss the negative side
>f compulsory education. The senator
las accepted and the State of yester3ay,
contains articles con and pro, the *
State being for and thc'senator against
the bill that has Just passed the sen- p
ite. h
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The act authorizing the court house d
jommissioners to condemn sites for '
:he proposed new building does not ?
compel the commissioners to buy at
the price fixed by the arbiters. Under ?
the act, the commissioners may conJemn
as many sites as they please c
without being required to take any of p
hem- , U
Editor W. W. Smoak of the Walter- 8
t>oro Press and Standard has sold his p
interest in that paper for the purpose p
>f taking charge of a semi-weekly at e
Viadisonville, Ky. We have always 8
:onsidered Mr. Smoak to be a high '
toned gentleman and well above the ^
iverage in newspaper ability, and we
egret very much to see him leave *
South Carolina.
I 9 . 1<
About the only argument we have ^
teard advanced against the state ware*
louse law is that so-called "tax" of 25 g
rents a bale where you "don't have to
pay nothing" now. In his article pub- ^
ished elsewhere, President E. W.
Dabbs, of the State Farmers' Union,
fives the farmers something to think
sbout along this line.
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1 m' ti
If the Democratic party will make
oroper and wise provision under the t(
sixteenth amendment to the Constltu- ^
lion it will be able to correct many of
:he ills from which the country now c
suffers. In this way the protection fealure
of the tariff may be reduced to a t(
really scientific basis, and the heavy ^
:ax on industry can be removed. The g
possibilities of the income tax are p
nore potent and promising than any a
other economic proposition in sight. n
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There is persistent repetition of the
proposition that President-elect Wil- t]
son proposes to invite Vice-President s
Marshall to participation in cabinet t(
councils, thus establisliing an innova- ?j
tion hitherto unknown in the history n
of the country. Heretofore the vice 0
president has been only a figurehead, n
notwithstanding the fact that theo- n
retically at least he is presumed to be t]
second in importance to the president s
in the conduct of the government. U
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York county is now some five or six 0
thousand dollars in "the hole." The ti
exact amount cannot be ascertained at 1
this time. By in "the hole," is meant _
that the taxes now being collected will fi
lack that much of paying such claims n
as have been already matured, and ?
during the balance of the year, the or- h
dinary county fund will have to be u
supplied by borrowing This situation 8
Is due largely to the freshet that swept []
away so many bridges last spring, and pi
of course to other extraordinary ex- P
penses. ?
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* As a consequence, I am fret n
to say to you that I do not believe t
there is a county in the state which has o
no blind tigers in it?white men sell- t
Ing whisky, negroes selling whisky and s;
In many instances white men backing tl
the negroes and having the negroes p
acting as retailers for them.?Governor
Blease's Annual Message..
A majority of negroes who are "running
blind tigers" are doing it for white ~j
men. How else do they manage so "
readily to get up the money to pay ^
their fines.?Newberry Observer, February
25. *
We are not reproducing the above so tl
much as an illustration of how great e
minds run in the same channel, as an ?
illustration of how even political op- ^
ponents may sometimes see and ac- ti
knowledge the truth from the same
mgle. ^
tl
Tnere are frequent intimations of a a
lack of harmony as between Presl- ^
ilent-elect Wilson and Speaker Clark, tl
While both are "Democrats," it is
?lear that they stand for ideals and
policies that are widely different. Mr. |j
Clark is generally understood to be a
what Is known as a practical politi- t!
cian and therefore a standpatter. Mr. j,
Wilson believes that there is lots of o
room for Improvement in the conduct
if the government, and that the situ- N
ition would be bettered by a nearer k
ipproach to the real letter and spirit n
>f the declaration of independence and
he Constitution. There are many who
ire looking for an early locking of
lorns as between Messrs. Wilson
ind Clark and their respective followngs;
but as to how that Is going to
>e remains to be seen.
The money trust committee which
las been making such an extensive investigation
of conditions, has gotten so
nuch Information that it is unable to
ormulate a report upon which a maority
can agree. This is not surprising.
iVhlle most reasonably well Informed
>eople understand that the financial
lystem of this country is a wretched
latchwork generally, the best and
WAflt rvnfrl rw+l/t mon fho PAlintrv hofl
ire not able to see Just how reform is
o be secured without a serious unsetling
of the present status. It Is our
>elief that Senator Aldrich understands
he money question better than any
tther statesman of the day; but as
here are very few people who believe
hat Senator Aldrich ever undertook
egislation intended to benefit other
han a class or section, his bill should
>ot be accepted as It Is. Honest, earlest,
patriotic experts, however, might
ake the bill as it stands, drive the
nigger" out of the woodpile, and then
et the proposition be enacted into a
aw that would eventually prove about
ight for the country.
At last the senate has yielded to
he importunities of the seedsmen
,nd stricken out the appropriation un!er
which seeds have been distributed
ree to the people of the country. This
ree distribution of seeds has come in
or quite a lot of contention during
nany years past, mnny people holding
hat Its main purpose was to keep
ongressmen in c'rser touch with their
onBtituents. The government seeds
lave been attacked as Inferior, and
nanv arfiruments have been used to
ireak up the practice of free distributor
Although many times requested
o do so by seed houses, The Enquirer
tas never seen proper to say anything
gainst the free seed distribution idea,
t has been our observation that while
robably thousands of packages of
eed are wasted in that for various
easons they are never planted, stil!
ther thousands of packages have
ound their way Into the ground where
xcept for the free distribution no
eed would be planted. We are not,
lowever, inclined to consider the failire
of the appropriation as being of
ery much consequence, because the
rice of seeds generally is so low that
???* IItf /loolrn fn nlonf
IIUOI pcuy?c miw * -.ai?j uvauo vv? >/ ? >.
Ind little difficulty In securing exacty
what they want.
In the course of Its experience The
Inquirer has been brought to a realsation
of the fact that there are newspaper
readers, not a great many peraps;
but some, who seem to have the
Sea that the editor must approve or
Isapprove everything he prints. That
i that a given article that is publlBhd
without comment, must be taken as
avlng the approval of the editor. We
an very readily understand how an lnlvldual
who has a mere superficial
onceptlon of the conduct of a newsaper
can become obsessed of such a
otlon; but speaking largely from a
ifetlme of practical consideration of the
ubject, we do not believe that a newspaper
run on such lines would prove
permanently acceptable to any consldrable
circle of readers. While there
re those who cannot get around the
dea that the one chief end of a newspaper,
If It has a chief end, is to mold
public opinion" and "lead thought,"
ire do not entertain such a notion to 1
ny considerable extent. Public opln>n
might be temporarily Bwayed by a
ewspaper comment, locally at least, i
nd generally, for a time If all newsapers
should work together along the
ame lines, and print only such facts
r alleged facts as seemed to uphold {
he particular purpose In view; but ;
uch a policy would result In disaster
nd chaos, sooner or later, and more ;
robably sooner. The only thing that
eally "molds" public opinion Is truth,
he eternal truth, and this view the
ewspapers cannot sidetrack, except \
emporarily. Neither could the pulpit,
1 we would grant for the sake of argu- j
lent that It would try. The Idea is
learly expressed in connection with 1
he incident when the Pharisees sought '
j rebuke people for involuntary ac- ^
nowledgement of the Savior. Christ
aid that If these should hold their I
eace. "the stones will cry out." And '
s to "loading thought," any man or
ew8paper who has a real thought can
?ad with It until It forms Its mission
i securing recognition as truth; but
he individual whether In his own peronal
capacity or as a newspaper edlar,
who undertakes to lead and direct
hought, has assumed a task that has
ever been discharged with a great deal
f success by other than a very few
lortals in thiB great world of ours. A
ewspaper ma: state as fact a thing
hat Is not a faci; but the thing will
tand only until it is exposed to the
ight of truth. And the newspaper
,-hich confines itself to the recording
f only such happenings as it would like
o happen can be of very little value to
he people who look to it for lnformaion
about things as they are. A great
ewspaper man once defined as "news
t to print" anything that the Allighty
permitted to happen, and while j
dmitting frankly that we have neith- i
r the sources of information or the ,
igh courage necessary to the proper 1
se of them, if we had them, we will ]
ay that in our opinion, this great ,
ewspaper man came very near cover- .
rig the whole ground. If this same
ule, however, were upheld as to the pro- (
riety of comment we take It that the ,
ditor who could measure up to all re- '{
uirements would be rather beyond (
nything yet known In connection with (
ewspaper making. Also we take it that ,
he man who essays to "lead thought"
r "mold public opinion." contrary to
he controlling facts, has a job alongIde
of which the little dog that bayed at
he moon must have felt himself most
rofltably employed.
In speaking of the unrest and disatisfaction
throughout South Carolia.
which The Yorkville Enquirer says
xists it goes on to say: "Our own
lew of the whole situation is that
beve all else it is time for the people
d turn their thoughts to common jusIce
and insist on strict and impartial
nforcement of the laws. If the laws
f the land were properly observed,
here would be no place for dissatisiction
or unrest." All of which is veryrue
and to which might be added that of
iws we have entirely too many. If men
rere to do their neighbors as they
rould their neighbors should do unto
hem, there would be little use for laws,
nd the enforcement of such laws as
'e had would be easier of enforcement,
'he great trouble with these times is
hat we are trying to regulate everyhlng
by law, and as a result we have
ery few laws strictly enforced. There
? too much law and too much regulat- i
ig everything by law, or at least an ]
ttempt to do it. If people would turn {
heir thoughts to common justice and i
ot rely so much on laws, there would i
e less infraction of law and less need <
f law.?Newberry Herald and News. ]
The suggestions of the Herald and '
lews are sound. There are too many J
iws. That does not mean that no (
lore laws should be enacted; but it t
does mean that we have many laws JL
that should be repealed. There are on
the statute books many laws that have
no justification other than the personal
whim of the men who Introduced Be
them and got them through. For Instance,
many years ago (1882) a certain
member of the house In Union county Jrode
to town one day, and while he ,
was engaged in the transaction of his j.
business, an acquaintance took his horse
which had been left in a hitching lot 1x1
and rode it away far enough to be gone
when the owner returned. The owner J.
was very angry; but said nothing to 1
the offender. Instead at the next ses- F1.
sion of the general assembly he secur- j
-J r\f nn onf that nrnvM/ a
eu 111C paooafttr %/l an av-w vimb |/*V* !U(.o
that whoever shall knowingly use an- _ 1
Oft
other's horse or mule without the consent
of the owner, and without Intent
to steal, shall be liable to a fine of not
more than $60 or Imprisonment of not Yc
more than si* months. This law may
have been enforced a half-dozen times
since then; but It has been violated
thousands of times without anybody K1
thinking of a prosecution. There are ,
scores of criminal statutes on the books
that have no more Justification in their
origin or existence than* this, and the T 1
civil code is literally full of statutes that .
have been put there by interested per- .
sons for no other reason than to subserve
their own purposes. But even j 1
such laws as these should be obeyed
until they are repealed. However, the
idea that none but wise and Just laws
be enacted is hopeless, and it will continue
hopeless until the people begin to ,
insist on sending only the wisest and
best among them to the general assembly.
And the wisest and best are 0J
always those who practice the rule ,
suggested by the News and Herald? J
"Do unto others as you would have \
them to do unto you."
A PLEA FOR MERCY.
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Governor Asks Legislature to 8top '
Cruelty at Penitentiary. ,
governor mease on luesaay mgni. v-u
sent the following message to the senate.
On Wednesday night, after the
convening of the house, he also sent a Ja
copy to that body:
Message No. 44.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 1
Executive Department.
Gentlemen of the General Assembly:
I transmit to you herewith, letter re- D
ceived by me on the morning of Feb- >
ruary 25, 1913:
"February 23, 1913.
"His Excellency, Governor Blease,
Columbia, S. C. <
"Honorable Sir:? pri
"Simeon Ellis (colored) a prisoner ... as
I understand was talking to you yes- It <
terday, Saturday, on the street. He *]
was working on the city street detail ha'
and as you passed, asked his guard, zat
Corporal Boykin, to speak to you and utt
Boykin refused him the permission to 8ht
do so and he spoke to you anyhow. Yo
"Today he was brought up before clu
Capt. Sondley by Boykin and was sen- .
tenced to the stocks and Ellis says he j '
was struck forty-five or fifty lashes, he
cannot say the exact number, and his
back now shows the result from his h
head down to his hips. . '
"I am telling you this as a matter of jivj
Information, which I think you will be ? "
glad to know at this time, as I am very b"
well posted as to what your policies
are regarding such things regarding
the state penitentiary. * *
"Therefore I do not hesitate to send
you this information as I know that
you will not give the source of your
information. j
"Yours respectfully, b e
(Signed) ret
"Monday morning." ,
"Ellis was taken to the blacksmith B
Bhop and a pair of very short shackles
put on him and he then told the cap- ijr
tain and Dr. Jennings that he was going *
to tell you the first chance that he had 1
been whipped for talking to you. Then An
he was taken to the shop again to |ac
have the chain lengthened and while
this was being done he had a fit. He Wt
is subject to such spells. The chains n01
were cut off him and he was taken to I
frho hnanlto] whom ho now iff T flit- Ofl
derstand he is in a serious condition'. Asi
"Later: To still further punish this its
poor, ignorant, defenseless negro. Dr. brc
Jennings applied a strong electric bat- da]
tery to him and tortured him for more He
than a half hour. His screams and thr
cries and piteous appeals for mercy hel
could be heard all over the penitenti- th?
ary grounds." on
Upon receipt of the letter, Col. Aull, fes
my private secretary, requested Cap- to
tain of the Guard Sondley, at the state ter
penitentiary, to bring this prisoner to byl
my office at Ave o'clock p. m. He was er
brought in his prison garb, closely mo
Bhackled, with a chain around both enj
legs. As to his physical condition, I we
leave the description of that for Rep- gel
resentativcs C. C. Wyche, Mitchum and stri
Fortner, who were present and saw the lllu
negro's back and hips. Sal
This is but another instance which on
came to my ears only by accident, and the
which I am giving to you for the pur- ent
pose of showing that I am doing what the
[ can to relieve suffering humanity, but
and that I am only heeding the de- a i
mands of humanity upon me. Oa
After finding that the negro had been Yo
In the penitentiary thirteen years for nei
killing another negro, and feeling sure an<
that if I returned him to the penitentiary
as a prisoner he would again be
whipped, shocked and possibly killed, I
gTarnea mm a paroie aunng on guuu ^
behavior. __t
In taking this course, I am satisfied . ,
that I am not only heeding the demands .
Df humanity, but that I am upholding lt
the letter and spirit of our Constitu- A
tion, which provides in Section 19 of (
Article 1, "nor cruel and unusual pun- ^
Ishment inflicted," and "corporal pun- "
Ishment shall not be inflicted."
The letter which I have transmitted J
to you says that when this negro was ?
tortured with "a strong electric battery f
* * *for more than a half hour." "His
screams and cries and piteous appeals *
for mercy could be heard all over the r?
penitentiary grounds." They reached [] 8
my ears. They have now reached yours. '
The demand upon me was not for "
mercy, but for justice, and I believe
that justice was secured from me, so J
far as in my power lay to give It. What , *;
will you do? '*. !
Very respectfully,
Cole L. Blease,
Governor.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 25, 1913. gjj
1 car
? Columbia, February 27: The com- ty,
mittee that investigated the state Con- ing
federate infirmary submitted its report dol
to the general assembly today with tha
the testimony adduced at the various ma
hearings. All papers in the case were of
received as information and ordered sai<
printed in the house Journal. The ?
committee found that drunkenness on the
the part of some of the inmates was her
sustained by the testimony; that the of
charges of partiality are conflicting; if s
that there is great room for discipline; int<
that there is a lack of proper nursing cen
for the sick; that for a short time last the
summer bread, made of musty meal, yea
was served to the inmates; that prob- cee
ably the home Is allowed to get Into pll<
a pretty filthy condition at times, and ?
that the practice of dealing out sup- inc
plies of liquor to the veterans should rep
be discontinued. Part of the report i
reads: "Your committee is oftheopln- A.
Ion that too much of the appropriation
for the old soldiers' home goes for
salaries. One man of the right kind
?ould perform all of the duties now ?
supposed to be performed by Major Clo
Richardson and Captain Caldwell, and flel
If he possessed proper executive abil- vill
Ity, considerable improvement in the the
management of the home and a large occ
Increase in the products of the farm me
:ould be made." The opinion of the tha
:ommittee is that $85 per month giv
tvould be good pay for the physician apj
if the home, "since it appears from Gat
the testimony that about all that can sch
be done for the inmates, on account
if their lack of recuperative power, as Qf
shown by Dr. F. W. Butler's testimony Qf
s to give them cathartics occasionally (jen
ind something to ease pain." gar
? Wii
? Attorney General Peeples has an- Th?
lounced that he has appointed Fred H. Mie
Dominick, of Newberry, as assistant
ittorney general to succeed M. T. Deiruhl,
the appointment to take effect F're
April first. Mr. Dominick has announc- Jec'
d that he will accept the appointment 'n '
Re was a law partner of Cole Blease W01
iefore the latter became governor and ?PP
tas since practiced law in Newberry. ce8
Re is a member of the state Demo- ?
iratic committee and is well known sho
hroughout the state. pro;
.OCAL AFFAIRS, b
, S
NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 *
annon-Smarr Co., Sharon?Want to t
talk to you about fertilizers,
tsy Wood?Warns all persons not o
to employ or harbor her minor son, I
Agi, who has left her home. i:
M. Atwood?Has opened a restau- p
rant in the McNeel building and Is t
ready to furnish meals at all hours, t
c. ,100m?Offers the J. B. Bell t
house for sale. See page four. s
uls Roth?Wants to furnish you p
with several varieties of seed Irish t
potatoes at right prices. a
<J. Wray?Calls attention to his big 1
special sale and invites you to call a
on him when In town M.onday. s
rsi National Bank, Yorkville?Says I
that the man of the hour is the man 1
with money, and advises you to save t
a part of your earnings. v
rroll Furniture Co.?Offers the Irene t
range to its trade as one that is en- g
tlrely satisfactory, and moderately t
priced. Phonographs cheap. a
irkvllle Hardware Co.?Is optimistic 8
on the weather, and tells farmers t
where to And all kinds of farming
hardware.
rkpatrick-Belk Co.?Sells Wunderlose
for the family. Four pairs for 1
II, guaranteed four months. Single
pairs, 26c and 36c. 0
an and Savings Bank?Says people e
)f Yorkville and surrounding coun- *
try are growing more conservative p
each succeeding year. t
M. Stroup?Will sell 25 lbs. of best a
granulated sugar for $1.26, and 20 t
lbs. of rice for $1. See him for gar- t
den seeds and seed potatoes. * f
omson Co.?Is receiving large ship- ?
ments of spring goods, including ladles'
co&t suits, embroideries, laces,
galatea, ginghams, etc. 8
o. W. Williams?Tells you to stop, n
look and list your real estate with c
him If you want to sell. See him If a
you want to buy. Offerings,
lmetto Monument Co.?Says that a a
monument is a mark of esteem and 0
love for the dead. It makes monu- 1
ments of all kinds. J
loak-Brown Co.?Ask you to call on c
them Monday, and see their mules C
and buggies.
rroll Bros.?Have a large supply of p
seed Irish potatoes, and want to sell j
them, and will make prices right. ^
mes Bros.?Invite you to visit their y
stables next Monday, and see the f
mules and horses they have to offer.
W. Johnson?Asks you to call on c
him for lard, snowdrift, snowhlte, 3
ard, chicken feed, tea, coffee, and p
ather edibles. 8
E. Boney?Remarks that while it p
Is too wet to work, it is a good time r
to attend to your Insurance. s
Jwing to the rapid advance In the f,
ce of gasoline, it costs about twice ?
much to run an automobile now as tl
did two years ago. v
rhe Chester county Com club beys n
ye already started their 1913 organi- p
don; but as yet there has been very a
le done toward getting the work in b
tpe in York county. However, the rl
rk county boys are assured that the ti
b will do business as usual. n
during his recent visit to Yorkvllle h
Jge Gary said the county has too
.ny weeks of court, a proposition in 0
ich most of the lawyers even are tl
irtlly agreed. Notwithstanding the b
parent burden on the calendars, it is c,
ncult to get two weeks of steady ti
siness at any one term of the court; w
t still the law provides for several tl
re weeks than are necessary, and the tl
>ple patiently foot the bills without n
imbllng?because they do not know. t<
p
ABOUT PEOPLE. V
diss Julia Witherspoon, who has ,
:n visiting in Wisacky, S. C., has
urned to her home in Yorkvllle.
dr. R J. Love and daughter, Miss
isle Love, of Clover, are visiting in
rkville for a few days, the guests of J
. B. M. Love and family. ?
dlsses Daisy Gist, Willie Williams, r
nie Ashe and Pearl and Annie Wal- ?
e of Yorkvllle, leave in the mom- ?
; to attend the inauguration in *'
ishington. They will visit other *
them cities before returning home.
3peaklng of the visit of Rev. J. L. w
tes, of Yorkvllle, to Due West, the a
sociate Reformed Presbyterian in ^
current issue says: "This good f,
>ther arrived in Due West last Tues- b
/ and began preaching that evening. e]
preached two sermons a day, on b
ough Sabbath. The exercises were t
id in the Y. M. C. A. hall during g
s week and in the A. R. P. church &
Sabbath. There were seven pro- Vi
sions of faith made. These will go y
the Associate Reformed Presbyian,
the Baptist, the Southern Pres:erian
and the Methodist Broth- J
Oates preach?d a series of able serms.
The sermons were very much f<
loyed by all who heard them. They r!
re morougniy scripiurai ana evan- "
ical and pr> sented the truth In a ?
Iking way. Ilia illustrations were a
imlnatlng. The audiences on the
)bath were very large?especially rl
Sabbath morning. It Is not often a
.t a minister preaches to an audi- S
:e of that size. As we are Informed, it
accessions on this occasion leave w
: one student in Erskine who is not w
member of the church. Rev. Mr. d;
tes left on Monday for his home in tl
rkville, having made quite a lot of 01
v friends in Due West and kindling ci
iw old friends."
, A
TO SELL THE COUNTY FARM ci
fhe general assembly has passed an
giving the county commissioners 8
I power to sell the county poor farm
i to erect a modern county home vl
h the money. The act is as follows: "<
Act to empower County Board of tf
Commissioners of York County to tl
lell County Poor Farm and to Pro- m
dde new quarters. d;
lection 1. Be it enacted by the H
leral assembly of the state of hi
ith Carolina, that the county board tl
commissioners of York county be n<
3 Is hereby authorized and em- sc
vered to sell and convey to the tl
hest bidder for cash either at pub- ol
or private sale as their judgment c<
y be to the best Interest of said r?
inty, the whole or any part of the te
irty poor farm of said county. tc
tec. 2. In case whole of said farm ly
jold the said board Is hereby auth- vi
zed and empowered to purchase 01
ds of not less than llfty acres at vi
ne suitable place In said county It
1 erect thereon the necessary build- hi
s for the proper protection and ol
e of the poor Indigent of the coun- ni
Provided, the cost of such build- a
s shall not exceed fifteen thousand te
lars (215,000). Provided, further, fe
t the said board of commissioners tl
y retain not less than sixty acres tl
the present poor farm and erect c<
3 buildings thereon. tl
!ec. 3. For the purpose of this act, bi
said board of commissioners Is tc
eby authorized to borrow the sum sc
fifteen thousand ($15,000) dollars,
jo much be necessary, at a rate of
Brest not to exceed six (6%) per _
it, and to pledge for the payment K
reof one-half mill tax levy for the ?
ir 1913, Provided, that the pro- ^
ds of the said sale shall be ap- fr
;d In payment of said loan.
tec. 4. All acts or parts of acts j"
onslstent with this act are hereby
ealed. m
Approved the 12 day of February,
D. 1913. J
er
WITHIN THE TOWN th
The Yorkville High School and the
ver High School have arranged for .
d day exercises to be held in Yorke
on March 22, and to include all .
sports and trials usual on such
asions, preparatory to the state
?t later on. The understanding is
t the Yorkville High school Is to
a Plnvpr a rptnrn date and similar
(ointments are contemplated with ^
itonia, Hickory Grove and other t
ools. J*
On Tuesday afternoon a number Qf
the graduates and former students er
Wlnthrop college met at the resl- ag
ce of Miss Mary Williams and or- he
ilzed a society to be known as "The
ithrop Daughters of Yorkvllle.'' es
; following officers were elected: pe
is Mary Williams, President: Mrs. K8
n S. Jones, vice president; Mrs. J. he
Hart, secretary and treasurer: Miss 0f
drlca Lindsay, Gleamer. The ob- tl<
t of the association is to keep all co
closer touch with the Interests and w;
ks of their Alma Mater and afford pa
ortunity for pleasant reminiscen- pr
of school days.
Yorkvllle Is to have another "movie" w.
Mr. D. R. Lavender is to be ta
prletor and Mr. Percy Berry is to sa
e the manager. The J. W. Dobson
toreroom on the corner of Congress
nd Madison streets la now being over, i
iauled and put in shape as an audiorlum.
Mr. Lavender has been In the
movie" business for several years and
wns theatres in several other towns,
le understands thoroughly the princi
>!e that success In this business delends
upon giving the best, and he sees
o It that his patrons have everything
hat Is to be seen in the foremost plcure
shows of the country. He will
how in Yorkville the same class oi
ilctures that are shown In Charleson,
Columbia, Spartanburg, Charlotte
md elsewhere, and will see to it that
forkvllle gets the pictures along
ibout the same time they are to be
een In other towns. Another thing
rfr. Lavender promises to use only the
ion-inflammable films, and as an addiional
precaution will have an exit that
rill enable the audience to get out of
he building promptly in time of danger.
It Is pretty generally conceded
hat the town really wants a picture
how, and if Mr. Lavender delivers the
roods as he promises, he will be paronlzed.
LOCAL LACONIC8
"he Face at the Window.
The young: folk* and many of the
ilder ones too, are very much Interested
in a play that Is to be given at the
Mckory Grove academy tonight, "The
^ce at the Window." The cast has
ieen working at the play long and hard
,nd will give a good account of Itself
onlght. It Is probable that the viators
will Include a number of people
rom Yorkvllle.
fork Cotton Mill Sold.
The York Cotton Mill property was
old from the court house steps at
loon today by Col. J. G. Wardlaw, reelver,
W. W. Lewis, attorney acting
a auctioneer. Mr. J. F. Cannon, of
Concord, N. C.. was the only bidder
nd the purchaser at the upset price
f $160,000. The understanding Is
hat the mill Is to be owned by Mr.
. F. Cannon and his father, Mr. J. W.
tennon.
loath of Miss Margarot Roddsy.
Rock Hill Record: Miss Margaret
toddey passed away about 5 o'clock
fonday afternoon at the home of her
rother, Mr. S. W. Roddey, aged 77
ears. She had been In poor health
or some time. The funeral was held
'uesday afternooh at Neely's Creek ,
hurch, with Interment there. The
ervlces were conducted by Rev. A. S.
togers of this city. Miss Roddey is
urvlved by three brothers, W. P.
toddey of Richmond, Va., and T. P.
toddey and S. W. Roddey of this city,
iucoessor to Mr. McElhaney.
The death of Mr. J. W. McElhaney,
or many years magistrate In Fort
1111 township, has created Interest in
bat township over the question as to
rho shall be his successor. There is
lore or less sentiment In favor of a
rimary and several people will probbly
enter the same If it is held;
ut the delegation may, as It has a
Ight to do, recommend a suitable man
o the governor, and have the appolntlent
made at once,
list Russell's 8alary.
The senate on Wednesday struck
ut of the Winthrop appropriation bill
be item of (1,200 that has heretofore
een used to pay the salary of the
ounty school supervisor, and substiuted
the sum of $900 for tomato club
rork. Winthrop has had the use of
bis $1,200 for some time past, and
be activities of the supervisor of rual
schools has been donated mainly
j Tork county. As to how the aproprlation
will further fare has not
et fully developed; but the probabily
is that the work of school supervllon
is doomed unless the expenses are
aid from other sources.
[illed by Freight Train.
Gaston Progress, February 27: John
. Watts of Morganton, a brakeman
n a C. & N.-W. freight train running
etween Lincolnton and Gaatonla, was
illed about 12 o'clock last night at
Vallna THa train woa ahiftlno' a nri
lacing: a car on a sidetrack. Watts
'as on the car with a lantern. It
eems that he fell under It while the
rain was in motion, as his lantern
'as seen to fall and a few minutes
fterward he was found dead on the
*acks. The left arm was severed
rom the shoulder, his neck was badly
roken, his rigrht foot hurt and sevral
bruises, etc. The body was
rought here and prepared for burial,
'his morning it was shipped to Moranton.
Watts was about 22 years of
ge and was well known here among
lilroad men.
Ifinthrop Girls for Washington.
Rock Hill, February 27: Dr. D. B.
ohnson, president of Winthrop col;ge,
has completed his arrangements
)r a special train over the Southern
lilway to take the entire senior class
f the college to Washington to see
le Inauguration of Woodrow Wilson
s president The special will leave
ere Monday morning at 6 o'clock, arIvlng
in Washington that night. Dr.
nd Mrs. Johnson will accompany the
iris, as well as a number of the lady
lembers of the faculty. The party
'ill remain in Washington the whole
reek, leaving the capital city Saturay
morning at 6 o'clock. While there
ie entire party will be quartered in 8
ne of the large apartment houses, se- ^
area ior me occasion oy senator <
illman. They will, of course, go to ?
rllngton and Mount Vernon, and 1
art of the programme Includes a re- 1
eptlon to the girls by the South Car- a
Una delegation in congress,
ub-soiling With Dynamite. *
Mr. J. Boliver Scott, of No. 3, York- r
llle, a farmer who is always trying to v
io better," was among those who at- t
rnded the Corn show In Columbia, and g
le thing that seemed to Impress him c
lost was the Idea of sub-soiling with s
ynamite. He says he is going to try it. a
!e cannot do it now for the reason that i
Is sub-soil is too wet; but he thinks t
rnt he will do some experimenting ?
ext fall. Mr. Scott believes that sub- 0
>iling with dynamite Is the solution of c
le moisture problem so far as many (
f the farms in this section are con- a
jrned. He does not condemn the ter- ^
ice, because he recognizes that the j,
irrace has value; but he thinks the
rrace solves the problem only partial
and that It involves certain disadintages
that must be removed. For ?
r?e thing the terrace wastes a lot of *
tluable ground, and for another thing .
harbors grass and weeds that do g
arm. Breaking of clay soil to a depth ?
r four feet or such a matter with dy- *,
amite, Mr. Scott thinks will leave it in
condition to take care of all the wa- .
ir that may fall upon It without suf- ?
ring from washing, and he believes jj
lat water will be kept for use during ?
le year as needed by the crops. Of "
)urse It Is not to be understood that .
lere is anything new In these ideas; J
at they have been put into effect only
? a very limited extent in this section ?
) far. J,
' t
Would Office of Secretary of State u
eatroy Bryan??Measured by the fate ti
' others, William J. Bryan would be a "
88 Dotent political force in Woodrow a
nison's cabinet than he Is outside of A
To be secretary of state Is so high r
i honor that few could resist It, but s<
ie office has rarely brightened any L
an's future. w
Henry Clay lost the presidency M
hen he took his seat as secretary of ti
ate beside Adams, for he could nev- h
live down the absurd charge of y
ie "corrupt bargain." Webster was, t<
1 things considered, the most power- T
il secretary America has ever had, s<
it he was a poor politician. The of- p
;e was a hindrance rather than a a
>!p to him in his presidential aspira- b
cms. t<
Great as was Seward, he put the K
rhlte House forever beyond his reach d
hen he accepted Lincoln's Invitation tl
sit at his right haftd In the cabinet, o:
he disruption of the Republican par- ai
in a few months of Garfield's term ai
as largely due to Conkllng's hatred el
Secretary of State Blaine. This ir
ninent statesman, beyond question, rr
rain lost prestige during the time he tl
Id the same office under Harrison. L
As a free lance Bryan is the great- d<
t single factor in the Democratic ci
irty. Weighted down by the obll- ti
ition to his chief as secretary of state L
; will be robbed of the virile powers cl
leadership and independent direc- a;
jn. If the eloquent Commoner be N
nsldering only his own future, he tl
111 surely decline, if offered, this ap- hi
irently golden gift of the incoming n<
esident.?Philadelphia Ledger. fr
* ' ? al
-The Rembert bill that proposed to A
x water powers has failed of pas- ui
ge. tl
CRUELTY TO CONVICT8.
Committer Undertakes Investigate
of Boating.
Following the receipt of the me
sage of Governor Blease on the sul
|ect of the negro Ellis, who was bea
en for violation of prison rules
speaking to the governor on the stre<
the senate committee on charltab
Institutions undertook an lnvestig
tlon.
Ellis was taken before the commi
tee and after he had been stripped, tl
members of the committee took a lo<
at his person, which they found to 1
covered with bruises and welts ov
most of the fellow's body.
It developed that the letter to tl
governor had been written by a on
armed man named F. J. Nichols, fc
merly a telegraph operator In the ei
ploy of the Southern railroad ai
serving his second term for hous
breaking.
On making known the name of tl
writer or rne leuer, oovernor tnea
handed Nichols a parole, stating th
he was a free man and could testll
and explaining that he was afra
that If Nichols should be sent back
the penitentiary after what he hi
done, he would be beaten and othe
wise mistreated unmercifully ai
probably killed. The letter had be<
smuggled to the governor throui
means that were not divulged, and tl
governor said that he had not giv<
Dut Nichols' name until after he hi
gotten the consent of Nichols.
The negro, Ellis, told of his beatli
and testified also that he was subje
to epileptic fits, and that the electi
battery had been applied to him
different times on that account
It developed that when it was r
ported to Capt Sondley that Ellis hi
violated the rule in speaking to tl
governor on the street Ellis was ta
an to the "leather house," strlpp*
M.?? I- 1? ?
?nu |/ui iu mo BIWAS, nuu accural!
to the prisoner, given 75 lashes. El
itated that he was knocked down 1
the licks, after which he was whlpp<
From the other side. On Monday I
was taken to the blacksmith shop
t>e shackled, and fell down, whereu
an he was taken to the hospital ai
the electric current applied.
Dr. R. K. Jennings said that wh<
the negro was brought to the hosplti
tie was suffering from some kind
congestion and that the congests
was relieved by the application of t!
electric battery. Dr. Jennings d
lounced as a "lie" the statement th
the electric battery was used as
punishment.
Capt. W. H. Sondley said that if ai
wrong had been committed he thoug
it would be better to punish hii
rather than turn dangerous men loo
an the community. He said that tl
legro, Ellis, was a bad man, in prist
for murder and that he had nev
aeen a trusty.
The investigation is still in progre
ind may not be completed for sever
lays.
80UTH CAROLINA NEW8
? Mr. Richard I. Manning, of Sur
:er, has also thrown his hat into tl
-ing for the governorship.
? The senate last Tuesday nig
struck out of the appropriation bill i
tern of $2,600 to pay the expenses
the Citadel cadets to the inauguratlc
tnd the understanding is that on
such of the cadets as are able ai
willing to pay their own way are goln
? The Batesburg Herald and tl
JTorkvllle Enquirer won the first pri
>f $60 and the second prize of $2
espectively, offered by the Columfc
chamber of commerce for the two b<
irticles appearing in the newspape
>f the state setting forth why Sou
Carolinians should attend the Natlo
il Corn exposition. The judges, W
lam E. Gonzales, Hon. H. N. E
nunds and Gustaf Sylvan, so decide
tnd In their reports suggested th
:he third prize of $10 be awarded tl
Fountain Inn Tribune, and prizes
15 each to the Calhoun Advocate, tl
Lancaster News and the article 1
lira. J. R. Carson of Beaufort, whl<
ippeared In the Columbia State. The
iddltlonal prizes will be awarde
Flazlett N. Clark, secretary of tl
chamber, said.
? The McCravy compulsory scho
tttendance bill was taken up in tl
tenate last Tuesday night Senat
Epps of Williamsburg, moved to co
Inue the bill to next session, whl
notion was lost by a vote of 20 to 1
Senator Epps then read from man
icript an extended argument again
:he bill. Senators Ackerman of C<
eton, and Weston of Richland, spoi
lor the bill, and its passage was o;
?osed by Senators Glnn, of Hampto
Strait, of Lancaster, and Verner,
Dconee. All the arguments we
ilong the lines formerly brought ov
rhe motion of Senator Verner
itrlke out the enacting words of tl
>ill was lost by a vote of 12 to 2
rhe following senators voted to k
he bill: Black, Epps, Ginn, Goodwi
Jross, Johnson, Mars, McLaurln, Pa
erson, Strait, Stuckey and Verner
rotal 12. The following voted in f
ror of the bill: Senators Ackerma
Ippelt, Banks, Beamguard, Buc
Carlisle, Chrlstensen, Hall, Hardl
iough, Johnston, Ketchln, Lawso
dannlng, Mauldin, McCown, Niche
ion, Sullivan, Weston and Youngrotal
21. Amendments were then a
:epted by the senate as follows: 1
Senator Mauldin, reducing the ai
imit of children affected by the la
rom 13 to 12 years; by Senator La^
ion, requiring that four weeks' n
ice instead of two should be giv?
tefore holding an election on the a
eptance of the law. The most fa
eachlng of the amendments accept*
vere those by Senator Laney, of Che
erfleld, to provide text books, ai
ienator Williams of Aiken, to provl*
lothing for children forced to attei
chool, whose parents are not flnanc
lly able to supply these article
?he trustees of the district and coui
y superintendent of education she
>e the judges of the financial positk
if such parents and guardians. Tl
ounties of Williamsburg, Abbevil]
)conee and Greenville were except*
t the instance of their senators. Tl
iill was then passed and sent to tl
louse with amendments.
? Columbia Record, Tuesday:
oroner's jury investigating the deai
>f Walter L. McNeill, a conductor
he Seaboard Air Line railway wl
/as killed Friday afternoon, last, 1
l. V. Lee, a baggagemaster, net
Iwansea, S. C? Tuesday afternoo
eached the verdict that the decease
ame to his death by a pistol sh
[red by A. V. Lee. The case will 1
rled In June at Lexington, S. C. L
lalmed that the killing was acclden
J. The only witness at Tuesday
tearing was C. F. Hutto, the expre
nessenger, who witnessed the shoo
ng. He told the jury that last Fr
ay afternoon he was In his ci
hecking up his express when Lee ei
ered the car; he was followed shor
V afterwards by Conductor McNei!
he negro porter came In a few mil
tes later. "The first thing that a
racted my attention," said Hutt
was that Lee had a pistol In his har
1 In ?Un n(
nu was waving me pisiui in uic at
fcNeill was in front of him with h
ight hand on Lee's left shoulder ar
eemed to be trying to pacify hln
iee appeared mad and used an oat
rhich I thought was addressed to M<
reill." Hutto continued: "I the
ried to get the pistol from Lee ar
e said to me with an oath, 'I'll sho<
ou too.' I then made no further a
;mpt to get possession of the pistol
he witness testified that he did n
ee the two men scuffling over tl
istol, nor did he see McNeill mal
ny effort to hurt Lee. "I have nev<
efore seen Lee and McNeill playir
jgether with the pistol," said Hutt
le then told of how McNeill, seven
ays ago, fired his (Hutto's) pistol I
re car, but it was not pointed at anj
ne. He said he had never known ?
ny difficulty occurring between Lt
nd McNeill: he did not notice thi
Ither of the two men had been drinl
lg. In reply to a question from
tember of the Jury the witness sal
lat when the first shot was fired b
ee he noticed that the pistol was hel
ownward and that the second sin
ime a few seconds later; that enoug
me intervened between the shots fc
ee's arm to be raised. Hutto cor
uded his testimony by stating thi
j he and Lee were supporting M(
elll and wiping away the blood froi
le wound, Lee remarked that he ha
urt the best friend he had. The wll
esses and spectators then retire
om the room and the Jury delibeJ
ted on the merits of the testimon;
verdict was reachm! in a few mir
tes. A. V. Lee was represented t
le investigation by Mr. Dreher <
Eflrd & Dreher, attorneys of Lexlngton.
Lee's father and a brother of
,n McNeill were also present.
? Columbia State, February 28: Because
of the refusal of the senate to
allow an amendment for the tax collected
In certain counties to remain
*" In those counties, supporters of this
v1 amendment started a filibuster in the
senate last night about midnight. This
ie filibuster continued until 1.30 o'clock
a" t'.iis morning. Senator Williams
started the filibuster, making a mot*
tlon to adjourn, which was lost Senator
Clifton then secured the floor
and spoke until LJeut. Gov. Smith at
De 1.30 o'clock this morning ruled that
er the motion to adjourn by Senator WilHams
prevailed, although a division
ne was called for. Senator Clifton offere'
ed amendments providing that the
ir* money raised In Sumter should be apn*
portioned In that county and made ar
ftUIIICUia tUUUg UIHl line. AllCIWttlUB
le~ he began reading statistics. Time after
time points of order were raised
he against him. At 12.60 o'clock, on an
?? aye and nay vote of 22 to 6, the senate
At refused to adjourn. Mr. Clifford then
y. asked that the clerk read line by line
id the educational report of W. H. Hand,
to state high school Inspector, a volume
id of some 200 pages, and when a point
r- of order was raised on this, the senid
ate refused to sustain the point This
sn kept up until 1.20 o'clock when the
fh senate adjourned. When the senate
tie met this morning Mr. Clifton still had
en the floor. The best part of the three
id sessions of the senate yesterday was
spent in debate on the Rlttenberg bill
ag and the one-mill tax bill for the free
>ct public schoola The Rlttenberg bill on
1c a motion of Senator Carlisle was apat
parently continued until next session,
but late last night it was found that
?- Senator Hough's vote was wrongly
id recorded by the clerk of the senate
he and with the senator from Kershaw's
k- vote the senate refused to continue the
ed bill. The governor sent a message to
aV. 1 a -i.Ui ...A.I. _ AU _ Will
us uie KHAie iui mgui veioiui uie urn
lis to sell the present property of the
by State Hospital for the Insane and
Bd transfer the Institution to "State
tie Park." The governor said In his mesto
sage that he would not become a party
p- to the p'ans of certain persons who
id have been trying to get the property.
The governor asked that the bill be
en postponed until next year. Senator
il, Laney moved to pass the bill ovor the
of veto but the motion was lost On moan
tlon of Senator Appelt the message
he was ordered printed in the Journal (
e- and debate deferred until today,
at i e
a MERE MENTION
The Educators' congress of the Na?*
tlonal Education association Is in sesslon
in Philadelphia, Pa Up to
last Sunday night President Taft since
his inauguration four years ago, had
traveled a total of 114,700 miles, an average
of about eighty miles a day for
er every day during the four years
Patrick Cudahay, the big Omaha and
;?7 Chicago meat packer, predicts that the
ai price of meats will fall materially within
the next six months George C.
Grutz, an Insurance broker, was convicted
In New Tork on Monday, being
found guilty of arson in connection
with the so-called "arson trust" He is
"e the second prisoner to be convicted on
evidence secured after the confession of
ht "Imv thA Painter/' inm? weeka um.
ui There are about a score of other agents
of and brokers to be tried Samuel
>n, Neuin died at Lebanon, Pa., Monday, at
ily the age of 108 years, after his first and
nd only illness during his life Porflro
ig. Diaz, ex-dictator of Mexico, says he is
he ready to hurry to Mexico, in case comze
plications with foreign countries should
!5, make his return desirable Hunila
dreds of inhabitants of the province of
at Fuklen, China, have been killed durirs
lng the past week or ten days while ofth
ferlng armed resistance to government
n- troops engaged in destroying crops of
11. opium producing poppy plants The
d- dally receipts of the postofflce departid,
ment have reached the enormous total
at of $2,427,000, which is more than $200,he
000 gt-eater than the combined receipts
of of the government from all other
he sources "Article XVI." is now a
by part of the Constitution of the United
ch States, being put into effect Tuesday
ae by a proclamation by Secretary of State
id, Knox. It relates to the income tax.
he The amendment is the first to be added
to the Constitution during a period
ol of forty-five years Klamil Pasha,
deposed grand vizier of Turkey, is reor
ported to have died in Alexandria,
n. Egypt, Tuesday, of apoplexy Govch
ernor Wilson's resignation as governor
c of New Jersey, takes effect tomorrow
UJ at noon A French aviator on Tues18t
day flew a monoplane from Paris to
}j_ London, a distance of 287 miles in 185
l?e minutes, averaging a mile and a half
p. a minute Supt Russell of Matq.
tewan Insane asylum. New York,
0f charges John N. Anhut, a New York
-e lawyer, with having offered him a
lt bribe of $20,000 to aid in releasing
t0 Harry K. Thaw from that institution.
Mr. Roosevelt is out in a letter
I advocating fusion against Tammany
in In the mayoralty election in New York
n next fall J. B. Washington, aged
87 years, began serving a one year
_ sentence at the Federal prison at
a. Leavenworth, Kan., Tuesday, for vion
latlon of the Federal liquor laws. He
k' was sentenced from Texas While
n' preparing to embalm a negro's body
\n' at Wilmington, Del., Monday night,
Gr the undertaker was surprised by the
"corpse" opening his eyes, taking In
the situation, and then knocking the
3y undertaker down....A steel oil barge
' left Philadelphia Tuesday, with a carw
go of 3,325,000 gallons of naptha in
v. bulk, and 1,200 10-gallon casks. The
0. shipment goes to London Mrs.
Mary Wanda, was fined $600 in the
~Cm Federal court at Mobile, Ala., Tuesr_
day, after conviction on a white Slav
*d ^ llialfiC' VUC VIWUUl UVIUS HW WffU
' daughter. Senator Tillman assisted In
jJ raising the money to pay her fine
ie *
id ?On last Tuesday at Vernon, Texas,
:i- John Beal Sneed, a wealthy west Texas
>8. ranch owner, was declared not guilty
a- of the murder of Al Boyce, Jr., at
ill Amarillo, Texas, last September. The
m Jury retired Monday night and reie
turned the verdict when court opened
:e, Tuesday morning. Sneed shot Boyce
>d to death on a downtown street in
ie Amarillo at what was said to have been
ie the first meeting of the two after Boyce
eloped with Mrs. Sneed about a year
A before the killing. Al Boyce, Jr., was
the second member of the Boyce fam0f
lly Sneed had killed on account of de10
velopments following the elopement.
5y The first killing was that of Capt. Al'
bert Boyce, Sr., the father of Al Boyce,
n whom Sneed shot In a Port Worth ho;(j
tel. His defense was that Capt Boyce
' t was aiding his son, Al, in the elope}e
ment and also that he feared for his
ae life at the hands of Capt. Boyce. Two
"t_ of the largest and wealthiest families
,.j in the southwest are concerned in the
8S Sneed-Boyce tragedies. On October 12,
t. 1C11, Mrs. Sneed confessed to her hus,j.
band her love for Al Boyce and proposir
ed that she leave Texas with Boyce
3. and go to South America. A few days
t_ later Sneed placed his wife in a sani11
tarium near Fort Worth. On Novem_
' her 2 'R/wre received a letter from
t_ Mrs. Sneed at the sanitarium saying:
0 "For Qod's sake come and take me out
icj of this mad house." Six days later
r; Boyce and Mrs. Sneed eloped. During
lg the several weeks following, Sneed
l(j spent $20,000 in searching for the pair,
j. Finally they were found at Winnipeg,
h Canada, where Boyce was held by the
j. police on charges of theft made by
sn Sneed at Fort Worth, Texas. Sneed
J,j went to Winnipeg, persuaded his wife
Jt to return to Texas with him and the
t_ charges against Boyce were dropped.
>. Several months later Boyce returned
to Texas and Sneed, at his trial, de,e
clared that for months before he killed
ce Boyce in Amarlllo, he had lived in exJr
pectation of death at any time at
'g Boyce's hands.
o. ? ' '
a.1 ?Washington, February 27: After
In an all-night session filled with & bitter
r- struggle over public building expendl)f
tures, the senate at 3.60 o'clock this
e morning passed the public building
it appropriation bill carrying an increase
c- of nearly $16,000,000 over the $25,000,a
000 bill as passed by the house. One
id sweeping amendment Inserted just beiy
fore passage at the suggestion of
d Senator Kern of Indiana, prohibited
>t the erection of a building for the purh
chase of a site for postofflce purposes
>r exclusively in any city where the p >si
tal receipts were less than $10,000 a
it year. This change would hold up indefinitely
the erection of sixty orsev n
enty buildings authorized by the bill,
d The all-night session was replete with
factional argument arising over apd
propriatlons made for memorial bulldr
ings at Washington and over alleged
y. preference given to "loyal women" of
i- the War Between the Sections, in
it control of the affairs of the American
>f Red Cross.