Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, March 07, 1913, Image 2
Scraps and partis. '
? The feature of Monday's pre-ln
auguratlon exercises was the woman's *
suffrage pageant. There were thousands r
of women from all parts of the coun- c
try in line, and many of them were .
elderly women. The procession marched
up Pennsylvania avenue, between
lines of hooting and Jeering hoodlums,
who hurled all manner of Insults and j
did what they could to block the way.
At several places the mob closed in
on the line of women and many were injured.
The capital police proved entirely
inefficient and it was necessary
to call for troops of cavalry from Fort
Meyer to keep back the ruffians. The
cavalry charged in on the ruffians and
made tnem give way. une wunuui
rode down a half dozen Jeering men i
and another struck a ruffian who had j
mad% an Indecent remark to her, in j
the face with a riding whip. The quiet
dignity of most of the women under
insult was remarkable. After the parade
the women held an indignation
meeting and called upon congress to
investigate the Inefficiency of the capital
police.
? The Turkish fortress of J&nlna.
key to the possession of Epirus Province,
wth its garrison of 32,000 men,
surrendered to the Greek army yesterday
after a defense which stands out '
as one of the most brilliant episodes of 1
the Balkan war. The surrender was
preceded by a fierce bombardment
continuing two days and nights. Every
available gun including howitzers i
lent by the Servian artillery, was j
brought to bear on the forts defending
the beleaguered city. Thirty thousand
shells were fired by the Greek guns
during the first day's cannonade, i
Gradually the Turks' batteries at Bi- j
zani, Monaliari, Saknl and elsewhere
were silenced. The Greek cotnmand- 1
ers, by a feint led the Turks to believe 1
that their attack would be made from j
the right As soon as the attention of
the defenders had been distracted, the
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o-reeKs nuriea iait? uuuico u? uuouw/
onto the Turkish left The Ottoman I
troops, utterly surprised, fell back In (
disorder. Athens and all Greece are
celebrating the great victory with de- 1
monstrations of Joy. 1
? Washington, March 4: Despite the i
fact that he signed the public build- j
ings bill today, President Taft sent
to congress with it a memorandum
stating that he would like to have
withheld his signature. Because of t
many projects in it he held to be mer- (
itorlous, he added, he had decided to
approve it "There are in this bill c
items aggregating perhaps half a mil- i
lion dollars that ought not to be in it, }
authorizing the construction of public .
buildings In towns too small to justify
them," said the president, "and on 8
that ground, for the purpose of giving
emphasis to my views on the subject,
I should like to withhold my signature
projects. The bill, In itself, contains c
authorizations for improvements so I
important in the development?and I t
say the unduly delayed development? v
of the city of Washington, that I cannot
bring myself to defeat such worthy ^
projects. The bill, in itself, contains a
certain restrictions upu i imun m/yv- j
priations of a similar kind that may
tend to prevent the vicious 'pork bar- 8
rel' feature of the bills of this character."
? Mexican troops were responsible
for the latest border fight near Douglas.
Ariz., with troops of the ninth
cavalry by firing the first shot, according
to a report last Wednesday from
Brig. Gen. Bliss. He said Colonel
' Guilfoyle reported that an armed body
of Mexicans, apparently Yaquis, moved
out of Aguas Prieta Tuesday morning,
deployed and fired a few shots at
a detached post about a thousand
yards south of the camp on the boundary.
An American machine gun replied
with five shots and the Mexicans
retired toward Agua Prieta. Colonel
Guilfoyle makes no mention of any
casualties, but says he has two troops
with a machine gun on observation at
the points where the trouble occurred.
He says no cause is known for the attack
as no provocation of any kind
' was given by the American soldiers.
General Bliss reports that he has instructed
Colonel Guilfoyle in case of
a further attack not to return the fire
unless it is necessary to protect the '
lives on the American side. He also
has cautioned him to keep his men
under cover as far as possible so as
not to Invite hostile acts from irresponsible
parties. Detailed reports
which have reached the state department
of the first collision between
American and troops and Mexicans
near Douglas, make it appear that
this was the work of Maderistas and
that while the Mexican federal troops
were not at first Involved, they were
In the end drawn into the long range
musket duel, and only one person was
wounded.
? Washington, March 5: Speaker
Clark was renominated, Representative
Underwood of Alabama, again
chosen chairman of the Ways and
Means committee, the entire Democratic
personnel of that tariff-making
body named and all the house officers
re-nominated at a harmonious sixhour
caucus of the Democrats of the
house of the Sixty-third congress today.
The caucus took place in the
house chamber and 270 of the 290
House Democrats were present. The
following were nominated for ratification
by the house when it meets in
extra session on April 1. Speaker, <
Champ Clark of Missouri. Ways and j
Means committee, Representative Underwood
of Alabama, chairman; Fran- 1
cis B. Harrison. New York; Dorsey W. t
snacKiexora, Missouri; uauue xvnuuin,
North Carolina; Henry T. Rainey,
Illinois; Lincoln Dixon, Indiana; Cordell
Hull, Tennessee; W. S. Hammond,
Minnesota; Andrew J. Peters, Massachusetts;
A. Mitchel Palmer, Pennsylvania;
Timothy T. Ansberry, Ohio;
John S. Garner, Texas (new); James
W. Collier, Mississippi (new); Augustus
O. Stanley, Kentucky (new). Republican
members to be chosen in
April: Clerk of the house: South
Trimble, Kentucky. Doorkeeper: J. J.
Sinnott, Virginia. Sergeant-at-Arms:
Robert B. Gordon, Ohio. Postmaster.
William D. Dunbar, Georgia. Chaplain:
Rev. Henry N. Couden, Washington,
D. C. The Democratic members
of the Ways and Means committee
will commence its financial committee
revision of the tariff next Friday,
taking up the work where the
Democrats, constituting the majority
of the committee in the last session of
congress, left it as a "tentative basis."
? People in the neighborhood of
Rutherfordton, N. C.. are seeing spooks.
A correspondent writes from Rutherford
college to the Charlote Observer
as follows: "Coincident with the
discovery by Mr. R. T. Clay well of
Morganton, of a mysterious light that
has been appearing and disappearing
in upper Burke county, is the even
more mysterious disappearance of
sheep, dogs, hogs and other animals in
this part of Burke. For the past month
some unknown and unusual animal
has been preying on the sheep, dogs
and hogs of the people of this section
and along the Catawba river line in
Caldwell county. John Hice, a Caldwell
county farmer living on the river
line, was the first to discover the presence
of the animal when he found a
fine house dog had been carried away
one night while he slept. Burr McGalliard,
a former slave, who belonged to
an uncle of President Woodrow Wilson.
and was born in slavery as a
Wilson, found that the animal had
visited his premises and eaten one of
his dogs with the exception of the
dog's tall. The animal then visited a
number of premises in the vicinity of
Shadv rirove where it carried awav
a number of dogs and hogs. It is un- i
derstood that 'Squire J. E. Coulter, a
prominent farmer living at Connelly's
Springs, has lost quite a number ot r
his fine Angora goats in this way. Just s
what the animal is. that is perpetrat- i
ing these marauds on the premises of ?
the citizens of Burke, no one seems f
able to tell. It has been seen by sev- c
eral persons and looks like a large dog t
or a small bear. Crossing the college \
campus on Sunday night after the t
Epworth League services. Mr. Arthur
T. Abernathy saw on a tennis court 1
what he thought was an overcoat, i
Thinking that one of the students had j
forgot his coat, he started to wak over i
to where the garment lay. As he ap- r
proached it, it moved a little. Throw- e
Ing his cigar in the direction of the f
object, Mr. Abernathy hastily struck a 1
match. The thing crouched as if to e
leap at him, whirled around at the r
sight of the light thrown toward it,
and galloped off in the direction of the a
woods back of the Methodist grave- a
yard. He could not tell what it was. t
but says It looked like a young calf, I
md was black. It was too large for a w
log and Its movements did not seem c
o be those of a bear, as It appeared t;
o be crouching to spring at Mr. Ab- h
rnethy as he approached It. It would
leem that the presence of a good li
luntsman would be appreciated in this s<
lommunity. r
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FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1913
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Wonder If those hoodlums who In- e
rerfered with the suffrage parade In ^
Washington were Washlngtonians. c
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It is a big task that President Wll- f<
ton has cut out for himself; but the ?
freat question ?*, "Can he do it?" n
When Representative Mann of Illilols.
said that the women who were
nsulted in Washington deserved what 8'
hey got, because they were out of c"
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)iace, ne aaverusea me iaci inui hc
s a man only In name.
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Although President Wilson says It P
s his purpose to restore rather than a
lestroy, we are inclined to think that b
>efore his policy has proceeded very a
ar a great many interests will be lm- 81
jressed with the idea that the restor- Cl
ng process calls for their destruction.
? ei
Mr. Wilson talks like a man who 01
las a definite purpose in view, and we n
'eel that if he did not have to depend t<
>n others he could carry out his pur- P
>ose. As to whether contrary and c'
lostile influences will succeed in 81
hwarting his plans remains to be 81
teen. b
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Speaker Clark says that the Demo- 81
:rats of the house are lined up behind ?
'resident Wilson, and that there is to 81
>e no friction. The Democratic party. a
le promises, will suppoit the presi- n
lent through thick and thin. That is tl
l11 that will be necessary to make tl
?renMpnt Wilson's inauirural address ?.
l fundamental document e'
ti
One of the saddest things to con- c'
emplate In connection with Pre?ddent
JVllson's lofty, patriotic and clear-cut 1
naugural address, is the possibility ^
hat thousands of honest earnest peo)le
who now endorse every sentence
)f it in both letter and spirit, are lia- g
>le to be mixed up by designing poll- si
iclans to such an extent as to allow h
hemselves to become the most seri>us
obstacles in the way of eventual ix
ealization. tl
t<
"Just about the most unpleasant tj
eature of editing a newspaper is the
mpo8sibility of pleasing everybody.
rhose people who are most anxious
o see their names in print are the t)
rery first ones to raise a row when a
lome minor mistake is made. The f,
lewspaper ousmess. an iuiu, >a uuuui a
;he most unfruitful labor In the world. a
Mighty little money and no thanks at t<
ill, tells the tale in a nutshell.?Gaff- 0
ley Ledger. C(
Sounds like there is something the c
natter with the Ledger again; but n
ust what it is we do net know. Of ?
:ourse the newspaper buriness is hard
?nough, and equally of course nobody ti
:an come to know the fact except in
he light of practical experience; but c
hen grumbling is not calculated to ti
nake it any easier. So far as pleasing a
sverybody Is concerned no one should ^
:ry. for even if such a thing were possible
it would be wrong When the h
>dltor talks of expecting thanks he tl
inly causes those who take notice at b
ill to open their eyes in wonder. What g
las he done to expect thanks for?the n
nan who is generally presumed to do tl
ill thanking himself? And money! o
Don't be sordid. If the editor of the T
jedger will take something for his n
lver, maybe he would feel better. e
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The Inaugural Address. g*
President Wilson's i laugural ad- a
Iress is different from .nost such de- "
iverances in that it deals only with v
lasic principles; but those principles ir
ire defined with sufficient precision to Ll
ireclude any suggestion of meaning- ?
ess generalities. 1<
There are those who have suggested b
hat President Wilson is only a school ^
eacher full of theories, but without a
i working knowledge of practical a
statesmanship, and these are pointing
o the inaugural address as evidence ?
)f the correctness of their judgment, tl
People who have a fairly compre- fi
pensive knowledge of the real manner r'
n which political affairs have been e
nanaged, and are now managed, s
should very readily be able to see that b
f President Wilson's programme is 11
.'arried into effect that it will only be
ifter a very radical change from n
present conditions. And as it is not
-easonable to suppose that the people
vho are now in the saddle are going g
:o surrender their presumed preroga- C
.ives without some kind of a protest at
east, it is not difficult to scent ap- c
jroaching trouble. Ij
But as to whether Mr. Wilson is p
eally only a theoretical pedagogue 0
emains to be tested. While we admit rs
hat the principles laid down in the
naugural address are ideal in their ^
correctness, we are not quite willing tl
o concede that the ability to formu- si
ate and declare correct principles deraets
tn the least from presumption ^
>f ability to give those principles prac- o
;ical application. On the contrary we
ire looking for Mr. Wilson to do exictly
with this government what he a
las promised to do with it. or be found Si
naking a very earnest trial. If we '
lad no better reason for looking for c
ust that, then a sufficient reason would 1
ie the absurdity of the fool who would b
nake such declarations as have been ?
e
nade, merely for the sake of appear- a
ng to be inspired by lofty sentiments, o
If anybody thinks that this govern- *
nent Is now pitched on the plane de- r(
scribed in Mr. Wilson's ideal of what T
t should be. then those vho so think tl
ire as badly mistaken as to the real c<
acts as are those who think there is
ould be any considerable change in T
he direction the president indicates, u
vithout a very violent shaking up of is
he present established order of things, si
And another thing. If President 1?
iVilson were a mere time-serving pol- p
tician of a kind with a majority of e<
iresent day so-called staiesmen, who b
ntonHoH tn ririft plnnc with the our- r<
ent. trusting to truculent fawning as ti
i means of securing peace, comfort T
ind applause, he would not think of bi
aying down such principles as he has Is
nunciated. He would Instead have st
referred to have dealt only with gen- st
'ralities that could be twisted to fit m
my conceivable condition that might c<
irise. As it is, without going into de- t?
ails as to what he expects to do or tl
low, he has laid down a chart on st
|.j I
'hich he can be exactly . -located in
onnection with ever* pdlttlcal Issue
hat can arise, and with no chance to
ilde.
Of course predictions are no safer
l politics than elsewhere; but as we
ee it, President Wilson has without
eserve dedicated himself to the real
ervice of his country. We sincerely
rust that he will be able to carry out
.11 of his ideas to the letter; but as we
.re unable to conceive of the posslbilty
of such a thing without a tremendus
struggle on the part of the vested
nterests he will have to flght. There
re ahead of him some rough?very
ough experiences.
Perjury and the Law.
More than ordinary interest ha#
ieen aroused in New York by the con
iction of a man for perjury. Last
ummer a judge in that state averred
hat lying when under oath had beome
so common and professional
fitnesses so numerous that It was
lmost impossible to discover the
ruth In any case In court. He pointd
out that the most obvious cases of
erjury were allowed to go unpunishd.
Only a short time ago It was dlsovered,
by accident, that a lawyer
;ho had been disbarred for ten years,
,-as the victim of a conspiracy hatchd
by the legal advisers of a great cororatlon.
Almost every day there are
agrant Instances of perjury. The
ure lies in drastic punishment for the
uilty, and It might not be amiss to
:>rce the attorneys for whose cases
erjury was committed, to prove to the
atlsfaction of the court that they had
othing whatever, to do with the crime.
-News and Courier.
Although it is a New Tork case that
i being referred to it is not to be preumed
that the News and Courier is
oncerned about that far off commonwealth
only in so far as it furnishes
itimatlon of seeking a reform that is
qually desirable in South Carolina,
erjury has grown all too common,
nd with the heavy premium that has
een placed upon th's most dangerous
nd dastardly of crimes, the fact is not
urprlslng. There are all kinds of
omplaints about the mal administraon
of the law, miscarriage of Justice,
te hilt If this one evil of Derlury
suld be blotted out, there would be
o further trouble. Of course It Is not
) be suggested that the practice of
erjury is confined to any particular
lass of cases; but the most prolific
jurce of It, probably Is the damage
iiit industry- The law of such cases
elng governed so largely by preceent,
the principal requirement for a
uccessful suit is the preponderance
f the testimony, and the supplying of
iich preponderance has become a fine
rt. Because of the fact that only a
mall per centage of the people are
lade victims of perjured testimony,
tie arousing of public sentiment on
le question is extremely difficult; but
nyhow, if any considerable portion of
le public had a fair conception of the
xtent to which perjury is practiced,
lere would soon be a Very decided
tiange in existing conditions.
MR. 3WEARINGEN IS PLEASED.
tats Superintendent Thinks General
Assembly Is Educational.
Discussing the work of the repent
1 ??iAmklw 'rnm on tlnilQ 1
CUCi ai ooociil i/ij vm uu vwuvwmw?*w?
;andpolnt, State Superintendent of
iducation bwearingen hap given oui
le following:
"The history of public school finance
i South Carolina falls naturally into
iree periods. The first embraces the
m years between 1868 and 1878,
rhen the idea of free public educaon
was establishing itself, and when
lie support of the public school deended
on annual appropriations by
le legislature. The uncertainty of
Us policy led to the constitutional
mendment Imposing a two-mill tax
>r schools. The adoption of this
mendment by popular vote in 1876
nd Its ratification in 1878 laid the
lundation of all the subsequent devel
pment. In 1895 the constitutional
onvention of that year raised the
ounty school tax from two to three
tills, thus closing the second period
f seventeen years and ushering in a
ew era of public school growth.
"It Is interesting to note that the
wo-mill tax Imposed by the constituonal
amendment of 1878 raised less
Ian 5250,000 for free schools. Eduational
expenditures for the scholasc
year, July 1, 1911, to June 30, 1912,
mounted to nearly $2,500,000?an
lcrease of 1,000 per cent in thirty-five
ears.
"The friends of public education
ave advocated state appropriations to
tie common schools for many years,
ut the signal advance made by the
eneral assembly in levying a oneliil
state tax for schools, marks the
tiird great step in the financial develpment
of the public school system,
his additional mill provides in effect
early $300,000, and raises school revnues
nearly 12} per cent in one year,
t was naturally to be expected that so
nportant a measure would arouBe
trenuous opposition. The law is not
11 that is needed, but the establishtent
of the principle of state-wide
ixation for state-wide support of uniersal
education has heretofore been
npossible. The constitutional poll
ix is a district tax. The three-mill
onstitutional tax is a county tax. The
apltation dog tax and all special
ivies for current expenses or for
onds are also district taxes. In comlunities
where railroads, factories
nd banks create a high district valution
and assessment of property, an
dditlonal mill in local school taxaion
will raise a fair sum for school
urposes. In rural districts, with a
parse population and small tax values
tie maximum eight-mill Levy not inrequently
fails to produce enough
evenue to run the schools seven
lonths. If the state is to provide
qual facilities for all the children, the
tate must levy a school tax in order
[> equalize the wide disparities in disrict
and in county assessments.
"The text of the law follows:
" 'An act to levy and collect a onellll
state tax for the free public
chools and provide for the distribuion
of the same.
" 'Section 1. Be it enacted by the
encral assembly of the state of South
arolina. That a tax of one mill Is
ereby levied on all the real and peronal
property of the state, the proeeds
of which shall be used exclusiver
for the free public schools and exended
as hereafter stated.
" 'Sec. 2. Of the proceeds of this
ne mill tax levy 50 per cent shall be
etained In the county In which col?cted
to be known as the "county
oard fund" and shall, be used by the
sveral county boards of education for
tie aid of the free schools in the repective
counties in the discretion of
tie said boards: 50 per cent of the
roceeds shall be deposited with the
tate treasurer and disbursed by him
n the warrant of the chairman and
ecretary of the state board of educaion
as other state funds are disbursd,
to be used by the said state board,
s follows: For high schools under
ections 1825-1835 of code of 1912.
60,000: for extension of public schools
nder the act of 1910, $60,000; for
onsolidated graded schools under act
912, No. 497, $20,000; for rural IIraries,
$5,000. Any additional funds
t the disposal of the state board of
rlimatlnn nnrlor (hp nrnvision nf this
ct shall be used for the lengthening
f the school term under sections
783-1780 of code, 1912.
"Forty-one of the 257 acts of the
scent legislature relate to education,
his act is not only the greatest of
iem all. but it is by far the most
onstructive and patriotic school legilation
of the past eighteen years,
his fourth mill should have been aligether
a state tax for schools, and it
i to be hoped that the legislative seson
of 1914 will not only continue this
tvy but will do so for the specific
urposes of high schools, rural grad3
schools, term extension, school
uildings. libraries and for agricultuil,
industrial, textile and teacher aining
courses in suitable localities,
hese specific activities have already
een established. Their development
i essential to an efficient system of
thools, and this development for the
ate at large can not be left to the
arrow limits of school districts or of
juntles themselves. A complete sys m
of public education must rest on
le three units of district, county and
ate taxation."
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Idle Hour Theatre?Announces grand
opening with three reel programme
1 this (Friday) evening.
Shannon-Smarr Co., Sharon?Has lota
of new dry goods and notions, WalkOver
oxfords, and seed potatoes, etc.
C. E. Spencer and others?Give notice
of opening of books of subscription
to capital stock of Yorkville Real
t Estate company, March 8th.
Geo. W. Williams, Sec. and Treas?
Publishes notice of annual meeting
of stockholders of Yorkville Building
and Loan association, March 11th.
J. P. McMurray, Sec.?Gives notice of |
regular and special convocations of
Mackey Chapter, No. 15, R. A. M. ,
J. C. Wllborn?Has several new offer- \
ings of town and country property
of interest to real estate buyers.
Geo. W. Williams?Offers several new
pieces of real estate and calls attention
to others on his list
Yorkvllle Hardware Co.?Talks about
garden tools, farm tools, and Buists'
garden and field seeds.
York Supply Co.?Has Nancy Hall potatoes,
Landreth's and Ferry's garr]
An CppH B pf P
Shleder Drug Store?Suggests that you
start your garden and buy Landreth's
seeds from It
Thomson Co.?Is showing a variety of
new spring dress goods, and Invites
attention to muslin underwear.
James Bros.?Want you to see them If
you want to buy a mule or horse.
You will find them when you come.
Kirkpatrlck-Belk Co.?Makes a showing
of coat suits, skirts, muslin underwear,
etc.
D. E.- Boney, Manager?Says meat is
necessary for the family, and a life
insurance policy is necessary also.
W. C. Thomson. Executor?Gives notice
that he will apply ta the probate
court for discharge as executor of
estate of W. M. Faulkner, op April
14.
First National Bank, Yorkvllle?Calls
your attention to the safety of national
banks.
Loan and Savings Bank?Outlines a
few of the reasons that make it a
strong bank.
Carroll Bros.?Announce an offer of
Columbia fertilizers to Boys' Corn
club contestants.
Palmetto Monument Co.?Says that
monuments show the development
of civilization.
Miss Sallie McConnell?Requests subscribers
to The Enquirer on her club
to make settlement.
People on the rural routes are making:
very good use of the parcels post
in getting packages from the towns;
but as yet they are doing very little
in the way of making use of the same
agency in getting packages to the
towns. There are certain articles that
the rural people could send to town
with profit if they would, and the possibilities
of the parcels post for the
development of traffic In such articles
has as yet hardly been approached.
THE CLUB CONTE8T3.
The Enquirer's annual premium
contest comes to a close on .March 15.
On which date clubmakers are expected ?
to make full settlement with the busi- *
ness office for all subscriptions re- *
turned , and not heretofore settled.
A large per cent of the subscriptions a
returned, have been duly settled for; jj
but still many names remain unpaid, jj
and the attention of subscribers is 11
called to the fact that additional de- c
lay imposes annoyance and responsl- ?
bllity upon the clubmakers, who have 1
to make a showing for all the name*- 1
, retprned by each. , v ,?
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WITHIN THE TOWN d
? The sale of new buggies continues ?
at a pretty stiff pace in YorkviHe. f
? The "Idle Hour" theatre is to $
open its doors for the first time to- 8
night and show three up-to-date reels. j
The theatre has been put in fine shape, c
and the people who go out tonight will t
get a pleasant touch of what they are s
to expect hereafter. e
? At a meeting of the YorkviHe b
Board of Trade last Wednesday night, a
one of the principal subjects of die- a
cussion was the prospects of getting o
a public building for the town. The ii
postal receipts last year were several f
hundred dollars short of the $8,000 un- I
derstood to be necessary for elligibili- a
ty for a public building, and the un- B
derstandlng is that it is doubtful as to s
whether the receipts will reach quite b
$8,000 for the year ending March 31. ti
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ABOUT PEOPLE 5
Mr. Quiller Jackson of Grove City, o
Pa., is in YorkviHe on a visit to .his t
parents. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Jackson, v
Mr. C. H. Ferguson, of Clover, R. F. '
D. No. 1, has been commissioned as a
notary public. *
. Dr. C. Hi Prince of Charleston, has j
been in Yorkville during the past few t
days taking a look over the Episcopal j,
orphanage. ?
Chief of Police Sanders of Chester, ii
formerly of Yorkvllle, underwent an n
operation for appendicitis last Sun- v
day. Information from him yesterday ii
was to the efTect that he was getting p
along very nicely. t
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Willis, of York- n
ville, were called to Atlanta, Qa? Mon- e
day evening, on account of the critical b
illness of Mr. M. C. Willis, Jr., from v
appendicitis. Information this moraine tl
Is to the effect that young Mr. Willis v
is getting along nicely, following an 11
operation. 8
Mr. E. A. Hall of China Grove, N. J
C., is to be the superintendent of the f
York Cotton mill, vice Mr. J. R. KI1lian,
who is to succeed Mr. Hall In the
superintendency of the Cannon mills ?
at China Grove. Mr. Hall was in r
Yorkvllle for two days this week,
looking over the situation, and Mr.
Killian left for China Grove this morning
to spend two days with Mr. Hall,
getting familiar with conditions surrounding
his new work. Mr. Hall will c
probably take charge in Yorkvllle next e
Monday; but his family will not move t(
here for several months yet Mr. Kil- b
lian expects to move his family in
about two weeks. Col. J. G. Wardlaw -y
is to remain in charge of the business
office at the York mill. Such changes
as are to be made in the local plant rr
have not yet been announced. ^
d
MR. JOSEPH A. SMITH: n
"V
Mr. Joseph A. Smith, a well known -y
and highly esteemed citizen of York
county, died at his home in the Beer- 0
sheba neighborhood last Wednesday w
afternoon after a long period of failing -y
heailth, and was buried on yesterday p
at Beersheba, the services being con- t,
ducted by Rev. Grady Hardin. There j,
was a large attendance of relatives, ri
friends and acquaintances from all the b
surrounding country. g
Mr. Smith was born in Chester 8
county on June 1, 1837, and came p
with his father, the late John A. Smith 8:
to the Hoodtown section of York coun- r
ty In 1853. He was married to his a
wife, who was Miss Mary Hucinda i
Burns, in 1857, and in 1861 he located n
on the farm in the Beersheba neigh- a
borhood that was his home for the re- -y
mainder of his life. e
Mr. Smith entered the Confederate a
service in 1862 as a member of Com- j{
pany I, Sixth South Carolina Volun- a
teers, and was under General Jenkins p
in his bloody campaigns in Virginia p
and Tennessee, participating in the w
battles at Second Manassas, the Wil- n
derness, Cold Harbor, Spottsylvanla, p
Carrsville, Chickahomlny, Richmond -p
and Petersburg. He lost five months ^
as the result of a wound and got his f
parole at Appomatox. n
Mr. Smith served two terms as p
county commissioner previous to 1895, p
when the county was governed by a 8(
board of comissioners consisting of f(
three members, and was for many w
years chairman of a board of school n
trustees that had charge of all schools -y
in,York township outside of the town
of Yorkville. His service as a school
trustee was of the pioneer kind and
was highly creditable as well as bene- a,
ficlal. la
Just before his marriage in 1860 Mr.
Smith connected himself with the a,
Methodist Episcopal church, and was u
an earnest and enthusiastic religious
worker during the balance of his days.
He was the main reliance of the late Rev.
L. A. Johnson in the organiza- c<
tion of King's Mountain Chanel in a oi
territory that was then but little bet- si
ter than a howling wilderness, and he v<
continued to give the work his time, hi
labor and means, until increasing g<
years and infirmities curtailed his ac- c<
tivities. It waB in connection wth this ta
work that he earned the title of "Bish>p,"
which was bestowed in good natlred
banter; but which stuck because >f
a certain unmistakable fitness, for 1
lis was a spirit that was filled with
cindness, generosity and; charity.
To Mr. and Mrs. Smith were born y
ilxteen children of whom the fo'.lowng
survive: James F. A. Smith, 1
rohn F. Smith, Joseph W. Smith, Mrs. i
Jallie Ann Thomas, Mrs. Fannie O. f
Iflark, R. L. Smith, Mrs. Margaret L.
Roberts, Sam C. Smith, Mrs. Belle N.
Vdams, Mrs. Eliza E. Drennan, Hugh
5V. Smith and Edward Asbury Smith, i
. (
LOCAL LACONICS 2
Rock Hill Votes Bonds. 1
The city of Rock Hill on last Tues- <
lay voted $75,000 worth of bonds for <
:ne purpose or erecung new scnooi ,
wildings.
Commandant Confederate Homo.
Capt. A. M. Black of York county,
ias been selected as commandant of
:he Old Soldier's Home in Columbia,
rice Capt. J. P. Caldwell, who has reigned.
To Nominate Magistrate.
Mr. J. W. Ardrey, precinct chairman
it Fort Mill, has called a primary
>lection to be held on Saturday, March
[5. for the purpose of selecting an ac:eptable
man for magistrate, vice J.
V. McElhaney, deceased.
rho' North and 8outh Road.
The principal purpose of a bill that 1
ecently paased the general assembly *
o enlarge the discretion of the county J
>oard uf commissioners in the matter <
if road building, was to enable the 1
onstruction of a section of road beween
the North and South road at 1
Ulison Creek and Filbert The matter *
s being urged upon the board of com- <
nissioners, and the board has it un- <
ier serious advisement. The work will
irobably be undertaken. The biggest {
iroblem in connection with the road '
nto Bethel is the Allison Creek hill. 1
rhere has been talk of getting around
his problem by raising the bridge '
tight feet and Ailing in the low places 1
>n either side; but more recently 1
Township Supervisor Miller nas ens- ?
overed a probable crossing' that can be
nade more satisfactorily at less cost
tnd this is now under consideration.
'ort Mill 8ehools.
Superintendent of Education Caroil
vlsiied the schools of Fort Mill
ownship recently and in the current
Bsue of the Times, has the following ]
o say: "I have just returned from
m official visit to all the country j
chools in Fort Mill township and if :
rou can find the necessary space I
vill be glad to have you publish some '
ibservatlons on conditions as I found .
hem. I am writing, not in a spirit '
if criticism, of either teachers, trus- :
ees or patrons, but I shall be per- 1
ectly frank in calling attention to :
he needs of the schools, with the hope .
hat steps will be taken to improve '
conditions very materially in the near
hture. I reached Fort Mill early
Tuesday morning and drove at once
o the Massey school in District No. t
The trustees for this district are i
dessrs. J. F. Lee and B. F. Massey. j
diss Alda Therrell is the teacher in i
barge. The school house is built on i
he old style with no regard for ]
cientiflc lighting or ventilation, but I
9 comfortable, has a porch in front
md is equipped with good desks and <
. fair amount of blackboard space, i
The outside is painted and both build- i
ng and grounds are reasonably well i
ared for. I was glad to see a well i
.rranged program of daily recita- (
ions on a separate blackboard, and i
here were other evidences of syste- 1
natic work on the part of the teach- (
r. The annual school term is only <
our months and something should be ^
lone to lengthen ft. A four months',
erm does not give a child a fair
howlng In his preparation (or the
attle of life. This is one of the few
listricts in the county which has no
peclal levy for school purposes, and
f a two mill tax were voted, enough
ould be secured from the state exension
fund to increase the term to
even months and add some needed
qulpment in the way of maps, 11irary,
etc. The afternoon was spent
t the Flint Hill school, six miles
,bove town. A few of the patrons were
iut to meet me, and we had quite an
nteresting discussion of school arairs.
Flint Hill is in District No. 39.
fessrs. W. H. Wlndel, W. P. Epps
nd W. B. Medlln are the trustees.
>fis8 Mrytle Smith has charge of the
chool this session. I am told, and
lelieve, she is doing faithful, consclenious
work, but it is impossible for
ler or any other teacher to get the
est results under existing conditions,
'he school building is miserable?the
utslde patched up and unpainted, t
he Inside walls black with age? 1
ery few desks?old fashioned plank 1
lackboards?no maps or globe?no ?
Ibrary?Its venerable roof leaning to- ?
/ards the beautiful church, as If In <
rieek apology for Its very existence. 1
f anyone thinks I have overpalnted <
he picture, let him go and look for
Imself. The hopeful factors In the ?
Ituation are the 50 or 60 bright faced ?
intelligent looking boys and girls, the (
magnificent new church, showing <
/hat the community is capable of do- 1
ng, and the general air of prosperity. 1
revalent on the farms and around ?
he homes of the citizens. Flint Hill t
igeds a new building, and from the c
xprrssions heard, I am encouraged to t
elieve that I will soon be able to ?
/rite a very different story. With t
his accomplished other improvements t
/ill follow in rapid succession. On <
my way to the next school it was my ^
ood fortune to spend the night in the I
tome of Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Blanken- 1
hip. whose hospitality made me feel i
hat even the life of a county super- *
itendent has its compensations. Ifi
ou find this useable I will say somehing
next week about the Gold Hill, j
lureka and Riverside schools." j
MERE MENTION [
Eighty-three trains, including 1,400 c
oaches, were necessary to take the J
rowds from Philadelphia to Washing- ,3
on for the inauguration. The trains s
egan moving early Monday and con- j
Inued until early Tuesday morning... c
William L?oeb, Jr., collector of the port v
f New York, has tendered his resigation
to take effect March 8th s
'he first territorial legislature of ^
Jaska convened at Juneau on Tues- (
ay.....More than 300,000 people wit- t
essed the woman suffrage parade in
Washington, Monday afternoon
When Mr. Taft retired from office
'uesday, he had been holding public
ffice continually since 1887, when he '
/as appointed a state judge in Ohio... t
Wholesale liquor dealers of Philadel- 8
hia, have declared their Intention of
esting the Webb-Keny?n liquor law u
i the courts Thaddeus S. Shar- v
etts and Roy H. Chamberlain, mem- 0
ers of the United States board of v
eneral appraisers at New York, were 8
ummarily removed from office by t
'resident Taft on Monday for malfea- 8
a.nce In office The government of
ihina has about completed details of 1;
n international loan of J125.000.000. a
'en per cent of the money is to be fur- r
ished by United States capitalists r
nd bankers Five coaches of a &
Wabash train rolled down a 20-foot ?
mbankment at Cayuga, Ontario, Mon- v
ay, and twenty persons were more or 8
is8 injured A locomotive pulling 8
special Washington train over the H
ennsylvania railroad, exploded at tl
Ahway, N. J., Monday. The train tl
-as running at the rate of twenty-five tl
files an hour at the time of the ex- a
loslon. The engineer was killed a
ne oriuan govcrnmeni is auegeu iu ?
e negotiating for the purchase of the P
urklsh battleship Rechad-I-amls. tl
ow building at Barrow, England ei
resident Wilson on Wednesday found J
: necessary to say that he would not 8'
?e applicants for office unless he sent P
>r them A German torpedo boat u
as sunk In a collision with a Ger- tl
lan cruiser In the North Sea last
Wednesday, and sixty-six members of
le torpedo boat crew were drowned. n
President Wilson has made for- C)
lal announcement of his intention to
ppoint William F. McCombs as min- s,
iter to France Governor Mann t)
P Virginia, has respited Floyd Allen
nd his son, Claude Swanson Allen, u
ntll March 28. ' e,
? Dr. John C. Clinkscales of Wofford ai
illege, is quoted as saying that unless
ne of the candidates for governor s<
nail come out positively and unequincally
for compulsory education, he b<
Imself will become a candidate for
jvernor, and preach the doctrine of c<
>mpusory education from the mounting
to the sea. IT
THE INAUGURATION.
Jtory of the Exercises in Washington
Last Tuesday.
Washington, March 4.?Woodrow
CVHson, of New Jersey, was inaugurated
today as president of the United
States; Thomas R. Marshall, of Indlina,
its vice president; democracy, the
vehicle of Its destiny.
Under the dome of the nation's capto!,
in the presence of a countless,
:heering concourse of his fellow-citisens,
the new president raised a hand
toward a prophetic sun that burst,
dissolving clouds, and pronounced the
pccasion a day of dedication; not of
triumph.
It was an intensely human, precedent-breaking
Inauguration. With
nembers of his chosen cabinet sur-ounding
him, the justices of the supreme
court before him, his wife and
laughters actually dancing for Joy on
he platform below, and William Howird
Taft, ex-president of the nation,
Lt his side, the new president shouted
l summons to all "honest patriotic,
'orward-looking men" to aid him. exonHlnv
tho nrnmlap that ha tvmilH nnt
'all them in the guidance of their govsrnment.
Taft First to Congratulate.
While the president's concluding inlugural
words were tossing in tumultous
waves of applause, the retiring
bresldent clasped his hand and enisted
as a patriotic servant in the
ranks of private citizenship.
"Mr. President," said Mr. Taft, his
'ace beaming with a smile, "I wish you
l successful administration, and the
rarrylng oyt of your aims. We will
ill be behind you."
"Thank you," said President Wilson,
uid he turned to shake the hand of
lis secretary of state, William J. Bryin.
There they stood?Taft, standardbearer
of a vanquished party, after
sixteen years of power; Bryan, perilstent
plodder of progressive democracy,
thrice defeated, accepting aco'mnlsslon
from a new chieftain, and Wilson,
the man of the hour, victorious,
mustering, as he expressed it, "not the
'orces of a party, but the forces of
lumanlty."
Crowds Cheer Wilson.
It was a political picture far beyond
the conception of a few years
rone by, a setting that stirred the
souls of the assembled hosts, whose
:heerlng at the scene seemed actually
io reverberate from the distant Vlrrlnia
hills.
The military and civic pageant that
followed this climax of the historic
lay was more than five hours passi
n review. Leaving Capitol Hill at 2
j'clock In the afternoon, the last of
he marching thousands had not sauted
the president until long after
larkness had fallen.
Ho Gr**ts Thousands.
President Wilson stood for more
:han an hour under the glare of myiads
of brilliant electric lights as he
rreeted thousands In the long line,
imong them the host of Princeton
students, who, as they passed before
Him, shouted a heavy greeting that
le never can forget
The music of the bands, the glitter
5f the uniforms and all the enthuslism
that had gone before him, had
stirred him again and again, but the
sight of this cheering student army
was to President Wilson an Insplra
:ion tnat Drougnt cnensnea memories
ind joyous tears. Not long: after the
soys from Old Nassau had passed he
turned from the human panorama and
entered the White House to grasp the
wheel of the ship of state.
A New Congress Convenes.
Ceremonies in the senate chamber,
which marked the dying of the Sixty lecond
and the vitalizing of the new
3ixty-third congress, embracing the
Inauguration of Vice President Marshall
and the swearing in of the senators-elect,
were never more impreslive.
Though delayed somewhat by
the course of legislation necessitating
turning back half an hour the hands
>f the clock, the interest was tense.
The procession into the chamber of
nembers of the house, ambassadors
ind ministers of foreign countries in
*11 their brilliant regalia, the chief
lustice and justices of the supreme
eourt in their sombre robes, the vicejresident-elect,
President Taft and
:he president-elect side by side, escorted
by the members of the congreslional
inaugural committee, was an
iwe-inspirlng spectacle.
Marshall Takss Oath.
When all had taken their places and
:he members of the new cabinet had
jeen seated in the rear of the room,
Vlr. Marshall took the oath of office,
idministered by Senator Gallinger at
exactly 12.34 o'clock. He then delivered
his inaugural address, in which
le referred to the senate as the 'blinlers
of tho governmental harness."
Then began the procession from the
lenate wing of the great ampltheatre
it the east front of the capttol. After
?hlef Justice White, followed by the
>ther justices of the supreme court,
lad entered the Inaugural stand, Presdent
Taft and President-elect Wilson
tppeared in the doorway of tne capl;ol.
Their presence was the signal for
iheers from the crowd assembled in
he wide esplanade on the hugegranditand
and perched fringe-like on the
oof of the capltol from one end to the
ither. Reaching the stand, the presilent-elect
stood for several moments
vith head bared, acknowledging the
>laudits of the crowd. Then, with the
>re8ident, the vice president-elect, the
ustices and Speaker Clark, he seated
ilmself to await the solemn ceremony.
Mrs. Wilson Enthused.
Meanwhile Mrs. Wilson, the Misses
Margaret, Eleanor and Jessie Wilson.
Mrs. Marshall and the Wilson family
>arty, reached the front of the platorm
and took seats adjoining the inlugural
rostrum. As the gay crowd
iheercd Mrs. Wilson was carried away
?y enthusiasm. She ran to the front
oil t%v%A umuoH frv thn fhrnnc Hpr
laughters followed. So did Mrs. Marhall.
Before the ceremonies began
diss Margaret Wilson stood up In her
hair to view the scene to better ad-antage.
"Isn't It beautiful," said Mrs. Wlllon,
as they viewed the gay crowd, the
iVest Point cadets and naval cadets'
rom Annapolis, drawn up In review
iefore her.
"Isn't It?" said Miss Margaret.
Wilson Kisses Bible.
When suddenly reminded that she
vas standing on her chair, high above
he heads of all, the magnet for thouands
of peering eyes, she exclaimed
Oh! I'm afraid I am too conspicuous
ip here. Eleanor come on up here
irith me." And her sister seized anther
chair, and, she too, stood up and
ratched the throng. Then Mrs. Marhall
stood on her chair, waving to
he vice president. "Come on In here,"
aid Speaker Clark to Mrs. Marshall,
and I will give you my seat." Prompty
at 1.35, when Chief Justice White
rose to administer the oath and Woodow
Wilson stood with righ' hand upalsed
to heaven, the most human
ouch In the picture of the day assertd
itself. Mrs. Wilson could not see
/ ell from her seat As spryly as a
choolglrl, she moved her chair to the
Ide of the rostrum and climbed upon
: with the assistance of Lieut. Rogers,
lie president's naval aide. Grasping
he railing, she stood there gazing at
he president as he kissed the Bible,
nd she remained standing until his
ddress was concluded. The Misses
Wilson Joined her. When the new
resident swore to uphold and defend
tie constitution, he stooped and kissd
the open Bible, held in the hands of
ames D. Maher, deputy clerk of the
iipreme court. His lips touched a
age, turned to at random, and fell
pon the 119th Psalm, the verses being
lese:
The 119th Psalm.
"Let thy mercies come also unto
le, O Lord, even Thy salvation, aciirdlng
to Thy word.
"So shall I have wherewith to antver
him that reproacheth me; for I
*ust in Thy word.
"And take not the word of truth ut;rly
out of my mouth for I have hop1
in Thy judgments.
"So shall I keep Thy law continually
nd forever.
"And I will walk at liberty i for I
;rk Thy precepts.
"I will speak of Thy testimonies a'so
pfore kings, and will not be ashamed.
"And I will delight myself in Thy
jmmandments which I have loved.
"My hands also will I lift up into
hy commandments which I have1
loved; and I will meditate In Thy
statutes."
President is Cheered.
Throughout his address President
Wilson was cheered frequently by the
people immediately In front of the
stand, who could hear him. The applause
was particularly emphatic when
President Wilson declared "The scales
of heedlessness have fallen from our
eyes. We have made up our minds ta
square every process of our national
life again with the standards we so
proudly set up at the beginning and
have always carried in our hearts.
Our work is a work of restoration."
When congratulations were over,
the Justices of the supreme court
members of the retiring and incoming
cabinets, and others shook the hand
of the new chief magistrate as he wai
ushered to the carriage in front of the
stand. Mr. Taft followed him into the
carriage.
Taft Smile is Fixture.
His smile had not worn off and il
radiated over the crowd as the new
president doffed his hat to the populace
when the procession started.
There was hardly a minute during the
new president's ride from the capitol
to the White House that he did not
hear a constantly rising chorus cl
cheers. As his carriage passed up
Pennsylvania avenue and those in each
section of the densely crowded thoroughfare
spied the visage of the new
president, the outbursts seemed to increase
in volume and enthusiasm. The
mass of humanity that crowded lti
way within seeing distance of the
presidential carriage could not be pictured
by numerical estimates for there
was hardly space on the avenue or Its
tributary streets which was not tilled
The buildings along the way seemed
fairly hidden by their human coverings,
and the specially built steel
stands were crowded to overflowing
Amid it all was a profusion of decoration,
varl-colored and elaborate, sc
that the buildings along the way were
fairly hidden behind it all.
Doffs His Hat.
President Wilson doffed his hat continuously
in recognition of prolonged
ovations.
The ride from the White House tc
the capitol was brief but spectacular
The Essex troop of New Jersey led
the presidential carriage, while the
Culver cadet troop of Indiana escorted
Mr. Marshall. Although the crowdi
were not as demonstrative on this occasion
as they were on the returr
4 AIIOM /v.f f fnAiw #KA aanltAl A tK A U/kltc
juuiiicj "win mc ua^/i ivi wvr utc
House, there was a cheering tribute
all along the line.
Lunchss at Whita House.
It was nearly 3 o'clock before President
Wilson returned to the White
House, where he partook of a buffet
luncheon with 250 Invited guests, including
members of the new cabinet
and official folk generally.
The inaugu>*al parade Itself was a
delight to the new president, he said
afterwards, but it was an extraordinary
physical strain. President Wilson
and Vice President Marshall stood
side by side for nearly five hours.
Members of their families sat behind
them, all intensely interested in the
various divisions of the military and
civic organizations as they filed by.
Mrs. Wilson Cheers Georgians.
State pride brought forth a bow ol
friendly recognition when the New
Jersey organizations came by and Mrs
Wilson, who is a native of Georgia
stood waving her handkerchief as the
cadets of the Georgia Military academy
passed the stand.
The three Wilson girls, with the
president and Mrs. Wilson, did nol
conceal their enthusiasm when the
Princeton students, more than 1,000 ol
them, passed the presidential reviewing
stand. The Princeton 'locomotive"
cheer burst forth and Mr. Wilson
morpH htu nnnroolnHnn
The various governors were cheered
as they passed. Governor Sulzer,
of New Tork, came by bowing on hli
horse and sweeping his hat from side
to side in appreciation of the applause.
Governor Mann, of Virginia, was the
recipient of a big ovation too.
The seats Immediately behind the
president, vice president and their
farailes were occupied by many people
who are to be conspicuous in the new
admlnstraton. William Jennings Bryan,
the new secretary of state, and
Mrs. Bryan were In the centre of the
new cabinet group. National committeemen,
campaign celebrities and s
host of government officers were ther.
and during the long parade they visited
each other frequently, chatting Joyously.
In the stand Just behind the president
were many of his Princeton
friends, neighbors from his home town
and graduates of the university. Associate
Justice Mahlon Pitney and Cyrus
H. McCormlck, of Chicago, both ol
them classmates of Mr. Wilson, sat In
the midst of a group of the prcslHont'a
onllora rhtims.
Colonel Houm Duck*.
Of the men who actively helped Mr.
Wilson within his election who were
there, were Chairman William F. McCombs
and Treasurer Rolla Wells, ol
the Democratic national committee,
There was one intimate adviser of the
new president who saw a little of the
parade and stole away as inconspicuously
as he came. He was Col. E. M
House, of Austin, Texas, the man who
is said to have brought to the attention
of Mr. Wilson at least three ol
the new cabinet. Colonel House, who
has a great affection for Mr. Wilson,
did not go to the inauguration ceremonies;
he did not even stay in the
presidential reviewing stand. He chatted
a moment with Mr. Bryan, saw
Mr. Wilson, cheered him as the new
president of the United States, and
retired beaming with satisfaction.
Two Whits House Babies.
Two babies who probably will be
frequent vistors a1 the White House
sat in the presidential reviewing
stand, Miss iosephine Cothran, a
grandniece of Ihe president, and Miss
Virginia Howe, another grandniece of
the president.
After the parade Mr. Wilson was es
corted back from the reviewing stand
to the White House by military and
naval aides. It was his first touch of
the military in his home. He paused
for a moment embarrassed by the formality
and the strangeness of his surroundings.
Mr. Wilson rested for an hour and
dressed for the dinner at a nearby hotel,
given him by the class of 1879 at
Princeton, of which he is a member.
His family saw the fireworks from the
rear of the White House.
On the streets of Washington tonight
the crowds flowed back and
V? In <1ano/v llnna TKo KrHHonHv
1U1 bll III UV.IIOC llllvOi A lit
lighted thoroughfares presented a carnival-like
appearance and the merriment
and Jubilation of the visiting
throng continued until a late hour.
Talks to Classmates.
President Wilson drove to the hotel
to attend the dinner of his classmates,
Princeton '79, without his aides and
attended only by the inevitable secret
service men. He was ushered quietly
into the hotel and disappeared through
the doors of a private dining room.
Sounds of laughter and song told of
the delightful informality of the gathering.
The president made a speech,
but what he said to his classmates was
not for the outside world.
Prominent former Princeton men
attending the dinner included the Rev.
A. Woodruff Halsey, Robert Bridges,
Cleveland H. Dodge and William R.
Wilber, of New York; Cyrus H. McCormick
and James B. Waller, of Chicago;
the Rev. James L. Leeper and
Thomas N. Henry, of Philadelphia.
The Webb Bill.?We are glad to see
that both branches of congress have
passed the Webb bill over the veto of
the president and it now becomes a
law. The vote in the senate was 63 to
21 and in the house 244 to 95. President
Taft based his veto upon the
ground, that the bill was unconstitutional
in that it delegates to the states
control of interstate traffic which, he
holds, is vested only in congress. In
this opinion he was sustained by the
attorney general. Hon. Yates Webb,
the framer and advocate of the bill, is
a congressman from North Carolina,
representing a district in which many
of our people live. He is a representative
of whom any district might be
proud, being the champion of many
measures, in addition to prohibition,
that look to the real welfare of humanity.
In securing the passage of
this bill, which it is believed will make
effective the prohlbton laws of dry
states. Mr. Webb has rendered his
country a service that, it is believed, |
will be of lasting benefit.?Associate !
Reformed Presbyterian. I
rison, 01 ?ew jersey.
Attorney General?James McReynolds,
of Tennessee.
Postmaster General?Representative
Albert Burleson, of Texas.
Secretary of the Navy?Josephus
Daniels, of North Carolina.
Secretary of the Interior?Franklin
K. Lane, of California.
Secretary of Agriculture?David F.
Houston, of California.
Secretary of Commerce?Representative
William C. Redflelds, of New
York.
Secretary of Labor?Representative
William B. Wilson, of Pennsylvania.
Secretary of state, William Jennings
GOVERNOR SCORES COMMITTEE
8ays Report in the Matter of Or. Mitchell
ia Evaeion.
Among: the messages that Governor
Bleaae sent to the general assembly
yesterday was one in which he gave
his views on the report submitted by
the committee appointed to Investigate
the statement made in the inaugural
address in connection with Dr.
Mitchell. The message is as follows:
Gentlemen of the General Assembly:
The majority of your Joint committee
appointed to Investigate the conduct
of Dr. S. O. Mitche'i. president of
' the South Carolina university, in con1'nection
with the distribution of the
| Peabody fund, has submitted a report
i to your body in which it Is stated that
, I was "misinformed."
I I stated in my Inaugural address:
"I am told that Mr. Ansel has In his
possession a statement signed by the
president of the 8outh Carolina col;
lege that if the Peabody Fund, trustees
' would give to the South Carolina college
a certain amount of that money.
, that he, as president of the South Cari
olina college, would agree and conI
sent for the remainder of that money
to go to the education of free negroes."
' Upon the hearing by the commiti
tee, this statement was produced by
i former Governor Ansel, and the committee
incorporates it in its report
' The whole issue, and the sole issue,
was whether Dr. Mitchell had signed
i such an agreement and the agreement
i speaks for Itself. In all seriousness, I
I ttl.~ lii
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has reached the conclusion that I was
> "misinformed," when In the commiti
tee's report the very agreement which I
. stated I had information of is set out.
I In a message to your body on February
6, I said: "There may be a
! paint brush used, and It may have
white paint on It; there may be all
kinds of quibbling explanations and
> references to Mr. Peabody's will, but
? the words "For the training of negro
teachers in same states' will never
die."
'I had no idea then, however, that it
l would be possible for a committee to
go to the extent of saying that I was
"misinformed," and, in almost the
same breath, set out the very thing,
j speaking for Itself, which I said I had
, information of. Lightning-like is the
j rapidity of the strokes of this paint
brush. In half a stroke, or less. It
paints it out and then paints it back |
j again. Kaleidescopic are the changes.
, The committee says that something M
; isn't, and then presents it The farfamed
magicians of old have been out- ^
classed, and the days of miracles are ^
again at hand.
In this connection I desire to call
t your attention to an expression from a
i newspaper which, while it has supported
me. has frequently disagreed
t with me upon matters?a newspaper
which has been conservative and fair
i and which, I believe, slways tries to
I be honest in the expression of its opinions,
and which has always stood for
the educational advancement of the
I state. In a recent issue the Herald and
. News, of Newberry, after stating that
i the committee has "filed a report ex!
oneratlng Dr. Mitchell," says:
i "This was to have been expected
from the trend of the testimony and
the color given to the testimony by
uic c?o. vv u uavc uvvui oaiu f icor
' dent Mitchell wai guilty of any of.
fense, and do not now say so, but the
. whole testimony and the entire lnves>
tlg&tlon was based on a wrong prem'
ise. Whether intentional or not we
do not pretend to say, but it has seem>
ed to us that the entire testimony and
: all newspaper comments were away
> from the subject to be Investigated
' and entirely foreign to the charges, If
charges ycu desire to call them, of
Governor Blease. We have not the
i speech of Governor Blease before un
but our recollection of what he said is
that he understood that President
, Mitchell had signed a petition or an
i agreement that if the Pea body board
would give the university S 100,000, that
he would agree to give the balance to
! negro education In the south. And
that if he had signed such agreement
he. President Mitchell, had no part In
- the educational system under the ad:
minlstratior of Governor Blease. The
' only thing x> be investigated, then, as
we see It, was, did President Mitchell
1 sign such an agreement, and if he did,
i did it disqualify him for a position In the
educational system of South Cari
ollna under the administration of Governor
Blease? That Is all there was to
the charge, and that is all that was to
De lnvesugaiea.
"What are the facta? The report of
the committee says: 'We do not find
i from the testimony that Dr. Mitchell,
i the president of the University of
South Carolina, signed an agreement
by which any money of the Peabody
! fund, that had heretofore been deslgi
nated to tc given to Winthrop college,
should be transferred from Winthrop,
and be given to the University of
South Carolina and negro schools. In
this, therefore, the governor was misInformed.
It was well, however, that
the governor called the matter to the
attention of the general assembly, and ,
urged this investigation, for In doing
so he has caused the whole matter to
be fully, and, we hope, satisfactorily
cleared up.'
"The petition which it was charged
that President Mitchell signed, and
which he did sign, says: 'If, as we
confidently, believe, the need of high
school teachers is urgent and a school
of education in the state university Is
the best and most suitable method of
supplying this need, we most earnestly
request that your honorable body donate
$100,000 to each state university
in those states heretofore participating
in this fund, for the training of
white teachers, and the remainder for
the training of negro teachers in the
same states.'
"Heretofore this state had been participating
in this fund through Winthrop
college, an Institution that has
been training teachers. Dr. Johnson
gave it as his opinion that this petition
kept Winthrop from getting the
amount she would have gotten. That
was his opinion. He may have been
mistaken. But the question was, did
Dr. Mitchell sign an agreement that If
the university were given a certain
amount that he would agree that the
balance go to negro.education in the
south. He did sign it Was it wrong?
The committee report evades the issue.
The isriue was not, did he sign an
agreement ty which the money that
had heretofore been designated for
Winthrop should go to the university.
rne governor never so cnargea.
This articie is headed, "Evade* the
Issue." The report of the committee
ia an evasion the like unto which
there has never yet been. Chamelonllke
the agreement of Dr. Mitchell runs
through the report. Now you see it
and now you don't
It would hardly be possible for a
greater joke to be perpetrated in so
serious a matter?a matter Involved
in white supremacy, that possession
and heritage dearest to the hearts of
all true men and women of the south
and particularly of South Carolina.
Very respectfully,
Cole L. Blease,
Governor.
The reading of the foregoing message
carried considerable commotion,
and several members expressed indignation;
but it developed that neither
the house or senate had a quorum and
it was necessary for both bodies to
adjourn until this mornig at 10 o'clock,
the sergeancs-at-arms in the meantime
doing all they can to secure the
attendance of senators and representatives.
,
WILSON'S CABINET.
Five Out of the Ten Are From the
South. .
Following is President Wilson's cabinet
as confirmed by the senate on
Wednesday:
Secretary of State?William Jennings
Bryan, of Nebraska.
Secretary of Treasury?William G.
I McAdoo, of New York,
j Secretary of War?Lindley M. Gar