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YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. ISSUED 8EMI-WEKHLT. l. *. grist's sons, Pobiuher.. ( % $eicsgagei|: ^or (kg promotion oj th^ f olitiijal, gonial, Hgrieuiturat and Commercial Interests o| ihg peoptg. J ter";^00o?,1.v'"ft?"c'^1"<:, established 1855. ~ YORKVILLE, S. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1913. 3STO. 20. j THE A ! _ I By ETTA H f o>tot>t<K)'rcN>?<H)^(xy CHAPTER XXXI. The Tempest Breeke. One fine morning, at a certain Ameri?nn Ko nirinc hmiip in the Rue Scribe, Paris, knots of people were assembled, mostly Americans, discussing with grave voices and serious faces, a strange and startling piece of home news. More than one blanched lip in the assembly revealed a tale of personal loss and despair. A great calamity had burst upon them like a thunderbolt from a clear sky. A huge colossus had fallen in the financial world, and burled many In his hopeless ruin. "By Jove! it's incredible," said Archie Van Dorn. "Everybody supposed ' the man to be a new King Midas. ! Wonder what Count Stahl will say to this unexpected turn of affairs?" "If the truth was known," sneered another voice, "you would find that monsieur the count is at the bottom of the whole matter. Cullen Sardis paid too high a price for his titled son-inlaw. I should say his actual worth ! was something less than a bad sou, and Sardis has given tens of thousands of gold dollars for him. The count's establishment here in Paris, ' and the sums he spends at the cardtable and upon Mademoiselle Nicole, of the Varieties Theatre, are enough to ruin a half dozen rich fathers-inlaw." "I pity the young countess," remarked another; "the blow will fall heavily upon her, for she is a perfect child of 1 luxury. I attended a ball which she ! gave last winter, where the guests appeared to be sitting in groves of white lilac and camellias, where the orchestra was completely concealed in flow- ! -* ? -u ? ? - trnlnna o/t. era, ana a cnurua ui u awcu .? companied the stringed Instruments, and where supper was served In a gallery hung with Oobelins and other costly tapestries?a supper fit for a royal palace. The Paris papers an- 1 nounced next morning that the strawberries alone cost fifteen thousand ' francs." . "Vanity of vanities?all Is vanity!" sighed Van Dorn. "I'm a hundred thousand out?I think Til go back to New York." Meanwhile, in the stately white streets of the vivedly colored city with- j out the day was warm and fair. People clustered about the sparkling shops ( and drank mild liquors In front of the cafes. In the Bols de Boulogne the sun shone brightly down on the blue lakes and the green, rustling foliage. A soft wind sighed in the horse-chest- ' nut trees; the Arc de Triomphe gleamed white in the background. Troops ' of cavaliers, gayly attired officers, and countless carriages moved hither and thither. Among the latter was a light | Victoria, in which a beautiful, pale . ? ? ? ? onohontlnP f>0?tlime. Was wuiimu, oui CMV*.W?.V.mq ? taking her daily airing alone. The Countess Stahl. Ill news travels fast. Was it fancy, or did the Americans who passed her on the drive stare before, and then turn immediately to speak with each other? What could it mean? Ethel felt uneasy and depressed; she was out of spirits this morning?indeed she was often out of spirits. For two years she had been feted, flattered, praised and welcomed everywhere as the social success of Paris; for two years she had worn a title, and turned a serene face to the world, and in secret wept tears of unspeakable anguish and humiliation; and now she began with dismay to realize that her powers of endurance were growing weak?that it was impossible for her to live this life much longer. Then she looked up, and saw a horseman approaching her carriage?a big, broad-shouldered, redhaired fellow, mounted upon a superb beast, which he rode with great ease and grace?that ugly young English baronet, Sir Valentine Arbuckle. He lifted his hat, and gazed at the beautiful woman in the Victoria with such earnest, pitying eyes, that, in spite of all her self-control, the blood rushed tumultously to her cheek. How dared he! Had she reached such a pass that she must submit to compassion from strangers? Were her sorrows known to all the world? The light faded suddenly from the lakes or. A thu err con of tho BoiS. A heavy cloud fell upon Ethel's heart. The staring faces on every side made her shiver. She spoke a few words to her driver, and the next moment the carriage was rolling away toward the Avenupe de lTmperatrice. She entered her own salon with a feeling of strange, unpleasant expectation. "Has anything happened?" she said to Finette, who came forward to mk\ her mistress. "Nothing, madame." Ethel looked around the room. It was empty. The glass door stood open, the little garden beyond looked green and dewy and still. Doves fluttered about in the sunshine. The countess sank into a seat. "Madame, you are ill! Let me bring you a glass of wine." urged Finette. The brown Frenchwoman had now been in the countess' employ for a week, but she had not yet met the count. Finette had her own private reasons for avoiding Ethel's husband. "No, I am not ill?only a little dull, Finette," answered her mistress, listlessly. "Where is monsieur?" "I know not, madame. He went out an nour or iwo tigu. "Leave me now, Finette." The waiting-maid vanished. Ethel sat looking out into the little garden, oppressed with an indefinable fear of coming evil. A tiny silver basket on a table near her held cards of invitation for the day?a dinner with a duchess in the Faubourg Saint Germain; a ball at the American minister's; a reception at? The door flew back suddenly, and Count Stahl entered. It was unusual to see him in his wife's salon at this hour of the day. Ethel withdrew her eyes from the doves and the garden, and turned to meet him in cold surprise. His face was like chalk; the nostrils were pinched and bloodless; the jaws looked heavy and livid. Under the sleepy droop of the lids a red fire burned in his eyes. He crossed the salon with noiseless speed, and stopped in front of his wife. "Madame! For weeks we have been expecting money from monsieur your father, have we not? We have looked orroflt IOT 11 daily?we nave b"-"inconvenience because of its non-arrival?we have thought the delay exceedingly strange?" With eyes fastened on his diabolic face, she answered, mechanically: "Yes." "Madame. I bring you the solution of the mystery?I bring you news of monsieur, your rich and honored father. I have Just come from the American banking-house in the Rue Scribe, and nothing else is being talked of there." Instinctively she stood up, as slim and rigid as a column, a look of dread expectance on her blanched face. "What do you mean?" she said: "what has happened?" He grasped her wrists with cruel violence. "This has happened, madame?you are a beggar!?you whom I thought tn be the heiress of millions! The house of Sardis & Co., has suspended payment?gone to hopeless ruin. And monsieur your father, what has he done? Why, shot himself dead, like the coward and cheat which he was: and so made good his escape out of the matter!" nCXKIOI'OfM [N COUNTESS I f % 7. PIERCE. | He hurled the words at her with barbarous haste?without one sign of pity or reluctance. Pity? It was no.: in Count Stahl's nature to feel that emotion, and especially, at this time, when furious with the disappointment, the utter wreck of many hopes. She did not speak or move in his wicked grip?only stared at him with eyes of blank horror. "He is dead!" repeated the count, savagely; "and his liabilities are hundreds of thousands, his assets?nothing! Now, madaine, what is to become of you?" She swayed helplessly to one side. He relinquished his hold of her wrists and let her fall backward?let her sink a dead weight, to the floor of the salon. He stood over her without one throb of compassion, or one attempt to raise her from the dust at his feet. "My supplies cut off!" he hissed, with livid lips, "my debts unpaid, my purse empty, my liberty lost, my title thrown away?I, tied to the daughter of a beggar, a disgraced suicide! It is Intollerable!" As he stood, gazing darkly down upon the lifeless girl, a velvet curtain at the other end cf the salon was thrust back, Finette rushed across the room, flung the count with all the strength of her stcut arms violently against the paneled wall, and snatched her young mistress from the floor. "Mon Dieu! woult* you let her die, monsieur?" she cried, and laid the countess upon a sofa, chafed her hand Anaheri water unon her. and fluna UP the long: window to five her air. Count Otto watched all these movements with attention, and suddenlj discovered that the countess had lately changed her maid. "Ah, monsieur, she has swooned." _ said Finette. "See low rigid and cold she is?how young, too, and beauti- h ftfl! You were too abrupt with your w aews." She had been eavesdropping. He g glared at her fiercely. w "To the devil with you! Where have b [ seen you before?" he answered. b "I know not, monsieur," replied Fi- n nette. n "Look at me, vermin!" n She felt that it was Impossible to u deceive him. Her eyes met his, stern- e ly and defiantly. A sickly yellow hue h overspread his heavy face. "Marie! the deuce!" said Count Ot- f] to. h "Yes, monsieur?Marie Finette? d that is my name. You recognize me, I a Bee." n "In the name of all the fiends, how tl oame you here?" he cried. h She faced him bravely. U "I am your wife's waiting-maid, 0 monsieur. I_entered her employ one tl week ago. You?wmce?great neaven: t! You grow pale! Did I not serve the w Bret Countess Stahl faithfully? I will n do as well?yes. even better, by this, h your second wife." h He gathered himself up from the n wall against which her strong arm h had flung him. 8 "I fear my second wife will not long require your services," he sneered. "It 8 was not chance which brought you to c her, good Marie?such things never _ come about by chance?it was design. 8 Take care! You are seeking to play 0 some game of your own. You are deep, but?I am dangerous!" s "Monsieur, I know you are danger- 8 ous?yet behold me! If I was afraid <j of you should I trust myself under w your roof?" p He turned on his heel and left the p salon. f, Pushing back a velvet portiere. ? C+o Vil nntaro^ h<a wifp'n hpd v? chamber?a dazs ling room, with hang:- o Ings and furniture, coverlet and cur- i tains, all in white and gold. On the s lace-draped toilet-table stood the h boxes containing Ethel's jewels. The a count lifted the lids, looked In at the v glitter and gleam of precious stones, j{ then promptly gathered up the whole n ?great moon-white pearls, flashing i, diamonds, changeable opals every- n thing?and transferred the same In compact form to his own person. f Money he must have, and at once. Prom these gems he could realize a t< very respectable sum?enough, at least for immediate wants. Without so much p as a glance at the salon where his f wife lay, he stepped out upon the v landing, spoke a few words to a valet t who was waiting there, and. immedi- h ately left the house t Very slowly and reluctantly Ethel drifted back to consciousness. She _ opened her eyes at last, on the anxl- t ous face of Finette. n "Oh, madame?dear madame, I fear- t ed you were dead!" cried the waiting- 1 maid. a With her hands pressed wildly to g her distracted head, Ethel struggled p up to a sitting posture, and looked round tne saion. ner iamer a oana- a rupt?dead by his own hand?every*- ? thing lost, even honor! It was too ter- ? rible for belief! Where was the count? j "My husband!" she gasped, faintly, i( "call him." 8 Finette ran into her mistress's cham- ? ber. Her lightning eyes fell at once r upon the toilet-table. With a stifled cry, she rushed toward the Jewel- t boxes. Some were gone, all were empty. She saw at a glance what the r count had done. "Madame!" she cried, flying back to f the salon, "he has taken your jewels, ? and left the house! Oh, mon Dieu! the coward, the thief! Your jewels, ^ madame. that you brought from your ? own land!" v With a cry, Ethel fell back on her ? sofa. Finette ran to her side. Oh. a thank God! here was one pKying face ?one, too, that she had known in her s home across the sea. "Finette, Finette!" she wailed, a wringing her hand3, helplessly, "what shall I do?" r "Madame, I know not. Ah, I tried to save you, and you would not let me i ?do you not remember? I longed to y save you?to balk him, for I hate and r abhor him?I know him, and you?you too, know him?now." \ "" A?!?a i'. MAO WViof HA VA11 j. I OU irifU IU sate me i II ..01 uw J? t mean?" cried the countess, wildly. "Ah, madame, have you forgotten ^ the letter and the woman whom you s met In the New York park more than two years ago?the woman who begged you, for your soul's sake, never to marry the count? It was I. I wrote the letter, madame. My mother was an English-woman, and she learned me to read and write In her own language. I disguised myself for that interview. Alas! it came to nothing? you would not listen to me." Amazed, dumfounded, the countess seemed scarcely to comprehend her. "You, Finette! Oh, merciful God!" with a quick clinching of the hands, a quick swelling of throat and .bosom, "what did you say to me that day?of what crimes did you accuse him? My head is in a whirl?I can remember nothing." "Madame, listen, and I will tell you all. I have been in this house a week, and avoided him upon all occasions; yet I already know that he treats you shamefully?that the sorrows of the Countess Olga nave overtaken her successor. Mon Dleu! I knew it would be so. He loves nothing but his luxuries and dissipations; but for your money, he would never have married you. Try to understand all that I say, madame; it is time for me to speak. t time for you to comprehend your own situation. Years ago, I was called Marie, though my name Is also Finette, and I was waiting maid to your husband's first wife, Countess Olga, the Russian." ' | Ethel did not move or speak, but | TV / \ i vTTrbyan State Postmaster General PRESII er pale, Intense face, told that she 'as listening. "Madame, she was an angel?the reat God only knows how good sh? as to me, and I loved her. She was londe and beautiful, and young? arely eighteen when she married that lan, and she had a fortune of I know ot how much money. I had been her laid from her childhood, for she had ved long In Paris?she and her fathr. He was an old Russian noble, and e died the year of her marriage. "I liked not my mistress's husband rom the first, madame; I liked not is valet, Adolphe, who was a smiling evil, sly and cunning as a fox. No, I bhored both master and man. But ly dear mistress loved the count; she bought him noble and good; she gave lm freely of her fortune, and for a ttle while all went well. At the end f six months, however, he began to Ire of her; and she, who was as beauIful as you are, though in a different ray?used to sit In her chamber, ladame, and weep, and wring her ands, because he had ceased to love er?because his coldness and cruelty lade her life miserable. How I hated im then, and ciel! how I hate him till, when I think of it! "Well, it was not long before he pent all her money?monsieur the ount is an adept at spending money -and then, I think, he began to conlder how he could safely rid himself, f her. She was as sweet and guilejss as a child?she loved him, and she uspected nothing! but of that black erpent Adolphe she always stood in eadly fear. After her death the count rhispered among his friends that my oor mistress had cherished a secret assion for his valet. Dleu! what aJsehood! She detested the wretch, ie terrified her?he filled her with orror. 'At sight of that man.' she nee said to me, 'I become like Ice. 'he sound of his voice makes me hiver.' And at another time I heard er plead with the count to send him way, because of the repugnance rhlch she felt for him; and monsieur lughed and said, No, he could not ve without Adolphe?it was simnly nposslble. And so he was not disilssed. "The count began to be hard pressed or money. franiinnllv T uooH iVIUIf I1IIU II1UIC UCVIUCIIHJ s. u?vv> i> find my young mistress in tears. ,ret they were often seen in public toether?he kept up a semblance of afectlon for her, though all the time he . as plotting her destruction. Now hat her fortune was spent, and she ad become a burden to him, he meant hat she should die. "One night?ah, can I ever forget it! -I dressed the countess for a ball at he Tuleries. She looked like an angel, nadame?all white, from her gold head o her little feet?white as a shroud, "he count told her she was incompar.ble, and kissed her hands with a reat show of devotion?the arch-hyocrite! "He went with her to the palace; nd after their departure I was puting away some laces and Jewels In he countess's dressing room, which adolned her boudoir, when I heard in the Eitter apartment a sudden noise? tealthy, creeping footsteps. I ran to he portiere just in time to see Adolphe naking his exit into the corridor. " 'What are you doing in the couness's room!' I called. He turned about, changing color apldiy. "'Ah, peste!' he answered; "looking or a diamond stud which monsieur he count has lost. One kiss, Marie!' "He came close up to me under the langings, and tried to press his lips o mine. I snatched up a little dagger i'ith which the countess sometimes cut he leaves of books, and struck at him nd wounded his hand. "Keep back from me, serpent!' I aid. "His black eyes snapped. He looked s if he would like to twist my neck. "'Bah! You are not so kind as your nistress,' he laughed. "She loves me.' "'That is a lie. Monsieur Adolphe!' answered; 'a vile, miserable lie! Do ou not know better than to teUl it to ne? She hates, she abhors you!' ' "You will see,' he answered, with a ricked shrug; and so passed out into he corridor and vanished. "After a while I went into the bouloir, and began to search for monieur's lost stud. It was not there; >ut carefully concealed behind a picure I found a small vial marked Laudanum.' Mind, it was an empty 'ial, madame, with the smell and the tain of the deadly drug fresh upon it. Cext I opened a closet in the wall belind the satin hangings, and there I aw a decanter of wine and a longlecked Venetian glass, both looking as f they had been p'aced there for iome special purpose. I said to myoif "r>iH ArlnlDhp brine these things o the countess's boudoir?an empty ial and a decanter of wine? I could nake nothing of it. Should I go and ind the villain, and ask him to ex>laln the matter, or wait till the couness returned from the ball, and show jer what I had found? On second hought, I concluded to wait. "Madame, It was late?almost mornng, when she came, wrapped In her >pera-cloak, the count supporting her lp the stair, for she was a frail little hlng, easily fatigued. He led her to a lofa, handed me her cloak, and waved ne back when I would have gone to ler. I noticed that he was pale, and is nervous as a cat. "'Oo!' he said to me; 'I will attend o your mistress.' (To be continued.) CHT Almost any man can succeed If ie has a little good sense and a little food nature. 5ENT V? iftiwllatuous Reading. PEABODY FUND DISTRIBUTION Investigating Committee Approves Aotion of University Presidents. Following Is the full text of the report of a majority of the committee appointed in connection with the statements made by Qovernor Blease with reference to the diversion of a part of the Peabody fund to negro education: Th? Report. The committee appointed pursuant to house resolution No. 100, begs leave to report as follows: The matter to be investigated is contained in the preamble or the resolution, which is as follows: "Whereas, his excellency, the governor, in his inaugural address, stated that he had been informed that the president of the South Carolina university had signed an agreement by which certain money of the Peabody fund, which heretofore had been designated to be given to Wlnthrop college, should be transferred to the bouth Carolina university and to negro schools." Upon this matter as thus referred to the committee, Dr. D. B. Johnson, Dr. S. C. Mitchell, Dr. Wickliffe Rose, ex-Governor M. F. Ansel, Governor C. L. Blease, Mr. August Kohn, State Superintendent of Education J. E. bwearingen, r. n. juunuuncr auu Mr. D. W. McLaurin were called before the committee and were fully heard. Governor Misinformed. We do not And from the testimony that Dr. Mitchell, the president of the Unlversky of South Carolina, signed an agreement by which any money of the Peabody fund, that had theretofore been designated to be given to Winthrop college, should be transferred from Winthrop and be given to ihe University of South Carolina and to negro schools. In this the governor was, therefore, misinformed. It ! was well, however, that the governor j called this matter to the attention of ' the general assembly, and urged this Investigation, for in so doing he has | caused the whole matter to be fully, I and, we hope satisfactorily, cleared up. We, however,, find that Dr. Mitch; el on the 16th of April, 1909, along with five other presidents oi soutnern universities, and four heads of other j schools of education, signed and delivered to the trustees of the Peabody J fund a written statement setting forh . their views as to how this fund should I ultimately be distributed, the question and mode of a final distribution having been already taken up for determination by the trustees. This paper is as follows: "To the Trustees of the Peabody Education Fund: "At a meeting held in Atlanta, Ga., on the 16th of April, 1909, there were present representatives of eight southern states. At the meeting there were six presidents and four heads of schools of education. Need High Schools. "It was the unanimous belief of those present that there is no greater want in the field of southern education than the need for high school teachers. We could produce statistics and other evidence to establish this proposition, but we believe the facts are already known to you. It is quite true, and we believe that it is quite evident, that this need will continue, though we trust that adequate provisions will be made to supply this demand after some years. "In every one of the universities represented a beginning has been made to supply this need. Those beginnings. in spite of the very meagre support which the universities have been able to supply, are full of promise. It was apparent from the interchange of opinions that the specific conditions and needs of the several universities varied, and on this account we do not present in detail a plan for expenditure. "It is our opinion that the widest and most permanent good will be accomplished by encouraging the school of education in the several states. To Supply Teachers. "We believe that the school of education in the state university is the natural medium through which this need of high school teachers should be supplied, and we feel assured that It Is the most economical method of meeting the demand. Separate teachers' colleges we consider entirely beyond the ability of the states. The excellent normal schools supply a training Inefficient In extent, and in some cases do not even admit male students to registration. "We believe that the young man trained In the state university and having taken a course in Its school of education is best prepared to serve his state as a high school teacher. "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. "The use of the Peabody fund up to this time leaves its record of beneficence in the well established system i of normal schools throughout the south, and this proposition, If accept1 ed by you, will widen and perpetuate this beneficent Influence. "Signed: Francis P. Venable, PresI- ft dent University of North Carolina; i S. C. Mitchell, President University t of South Carolina; Brown Ayers, t President University of Tennessee; h John W. Abercrombie, President University of Alabama; A. Caswell b Ellis, Professor of Education, the t University of Texas; Andrew A. I Cincannon, Chancellor of the Uni- v verslty of Mississippi; Alex B. Cof- e fey, Dean of Teachers' College, Lou- s islana State University; David C. a Barrow, Chancellor University of 1; Georgia; T. J. Woofter, Director v School of Education, University of Georgia. As to Nogro Education. We find that the part of this paper , that recommended that the remainder J; of the fund, after giving $100,000 to * each of the southern universities, be 11 given to the training of negro teach- ? era in the southern siates, was in view ; of the terms of the Peabody trust, ? which contemplated that In the use ^ and distribution of this fund, it was al ?!? ? thot tha narpnaa nf wayo Iliauc wuav VMV ???D* ? ? the south would receive a share of this fund in accordance with the terms c of the trust We And that the part of this paper 1 4fcat recommended that 9100,000 be ? given to each of the southern univer- 1 sities was in line with the thought on v this subject beginning as far back as 8 1006, the difference between the pol- c icy of the trustees as finally adopted * and the papers as submitted by the 1 southern educators, being that the latter named $100,000 as the amount ? to be given to each of the southern ? universities, while the trustees only 0 I gave $40,000 to some of them, and v $6,000 to others. Under the recom- 8 mendations as contained in this pa- 0 per, the negroes of the south would a have received less than they did actu- J3 ally receive in their final distribution 1 , of the Peabody fund. Winthrop Got $90,000. n We find that in the ultimate dlstri- c button of the Peabody fund, which oc- s curred In November, 1911, Winthrop p j college received $90,000 and the Unl- h ' versity of South Carolina $6,000, while c 1 in the other southern states the unl- y , verslties received $40,000, except the t Universities- of Texas, Missouri and o 1 *-? ? l.l_? rooalvari tfi 000 r, ' JUI1I1S nU(JMllo, mum vvvv. -r ,, each. The negroes of the south re- g, ceived the sum of (350,000, and the g balance of the fund was given to the Peabody Normal college at Nashville, Tenn., this latter school receiving in all (1,500,000, of which (1,000,000 had been received before the final distribution was made. The other colleges of the south similar to Winthrop received nothing In the final dlstribu- n tion of this fund. " The testimony before us did not show that Winthrop college received J1 less by reason of the paper submitted ~ to the Peabody trustees by the south- j j* em educators. The committee feels that while it is to be regretted that w Winthrop college was not remember- " ed in the final distribution of the Pea- D body fund as Dr. Johnson had had reasonable ground to expect, still we think that the Peabody trustees were " alone responsible for this fact. ? We recommend that this report, to- ~ gether with the testimony hereto at- ? tached, be printed. Respectfully submitted, F. H. Weston, n Macbeth Young, W. H. Nicholson, ] ' R. H. Welch, fl Committee. f; Columbia, S. C., Feb. 27. 1913. [j ' 8 8TATE LAWMAKERS LAMBASTED '< \ McLaurin's Opinion of the State Legit- n ture Not Flattering. News and Courier, March 6. a The present legislature, In the opinion of John L. McLaurln, state sena- ? tor from Marlboro and former United i States senator, Is "the product of a campaign conducted upon a low plane J' of thought," and he says Is "intent v solely upon the erection of political c fences." Mr. McLaurln simply "could ii not do a thing except hope for better b days to come;" for says he, the legis- s lature "as a whole is opposed to constructive legislation." These opinions a of the lawmaking body, of which he Is a member, were expressed In a let- J' ter to Harvle Jordan In reference to South Carolina sending a representa- a tive to Europe to study rural credits, e marketing societies, etc. 1' The correspondence between Sena- t< tor McLaurln and Mr. Jordan is as t< follows: Atlanta, Ga., February 25, 1913. A Senator John L. McLaurln. Ben- tl I nettsville. S. C.?My Dear Senator: I tl regret that the state of South Caroli- r na did not provide an appropriation c to pay the expenses of two delegates to go on the American commission, d which Is now being assembled from all r parts of the United States to go to Eu- ti rope in April, for the purpose of In- P vestigatlng European rural credits, v marketing societies, etc. c This Is the greatest movement ever started In the Interest of American agriculture, and I trust that every 7 state In the Union will be fully represented on the commission. I have thought that you would take c a special Interest In this work and might go as a delegate from South Carolina. I am therefore enclosing C you an itinerary of the trip, with information as to cost of trip, etc., per t delegate. If you wouk' Mke to go it d will give me great pleasure to have J you appointed. p I do not know of any work In which e you could perform a greater service s to the agricultural interests of the J south. This commission will make ^O^ILSON 1]= lie TSfitH ilstory, and, In my opinion, will begin er dans for emancipating the farmers of th he south, especially from present an iquated system of finance and mar- nc :eting. , as Think the matter over and let me ot tear trom you. The only delegate rom your state so far qualifying, Is Se dr. Robt. I. Woodslde of Greenville, at zho has accepted appointment as del- or gate to represent the agricultural ot ection of the South Carolina Bankers' S8ociation as well as the agricutural In nterests of the state. With best zhlch, I beg to remain yours truly, it) Harvle Jordan, Chairman. ve Mr. McLaurin's reply is: Di Bennettsville, S. C., March 4, 1913. Ui The Hon. Harvle Jord&n, Atlanta, ne *a.?My Dear Sir: Your letter to be land, and I am glad to see that the th ntelligence and patriotism which organized seven years ago the Southern se: ;otton association is still at work he .long even broader lines. I am doing th /hat I can over here, but it Is up-hill pr zork. in I am enclosed a copy of a speech In zhich I delivered in the state senate th in the subject of the great opportu- in ilty open to our people of establish- as ng a credit system of our own based n.Jlaud and Its products. 1 did so In th he hope that the general assembly be zould rise to the occasion, but it be hames me to admit that political wi onditions in this state are a bar (at co iresent) to Industrial progress along po Ines of modern economic thought tn This legislature is the exponent of a re; ampalgn conducted upon a low plane Sh if thought, nearly every man a pro- do luct of a bitter factional fight, and th zhile individually It contains intelli- > :ence and patriotism, as a whole it Is th 4/v /iAnali*iinHvn lacialntfnn 1V ippuocu I\J WUIlOVi UVMTU nd intent solely upon the erection of ati loliiical fenceg. I could not do a co hing except hope for better days to co ome. I suggest that you appoint me K< .delegate. I hardly think my busi- toi >ess will permit me to go, but if I be an raise the money by popular sub- wt cripilon I will substitute Mr. Dabbs, no 'resident of the Farmers' Union. He of ; possessed of a fine mind entirely gii apable of grasping the situation. I tei rant South Carolina represented in wt his great meeting of the best thought, tic f the agricultural world, and if I do un iot go, will contribute liberally to thi ending someone. With kindest per- tal onal regards, an Jno. L. McLaurln. wt un sal House Resents Letter. - tic (The State, March 8.) qu The resentment by some of the nembers of the house of the statelent that the legislature during the ession has been "intent solely upon . tie erection of political fences," con- Ufl lined in the letter written by John L. IcLaurin, state senator from Marl- ? or, to Harvle Jordan of Atlanta, s raa ntrnneiv exnressed yesterday lornlng on the floor of the house Just |a9J efore adjournment sine die. tei The speeches in reference to the tj, IcLaurin letter which has appeared i print were acrimonious. The Marloro senator was scored by five mem- Ge ers, one of whom, Mr. Liles of rangeburg, declared that the letter BJ ought to be treated with the silent ontempt due its source, made fa- an ious by Hearst's Magazine." an Mr. Boyd of Spartanburg, started du he ball rolling by reading extracts . rom Senator McLaurin's letter. He aid that he was of the opinion that *a< he house ought formally to resent coi he letter and for that reason he an poke on the point of personal privi;ge. or Mr. Boyd declared that Senator soi IcLaurin had gone out of his way to re< lake such statements relative to the j lembers of the house and exceeded he scope of his duties as a senator a 1 nd as a citizen. "I am anxious to register my re- tj0 entment of this letter," concluded g0 Ir. Boyd. ls Mr. James, of Lee, treating the sub- ^ ect more lightly, said that one reason C0] - hy he resented the letter was be- m{ ause It had been written to a man at i Georgia, in which state a child had sei een sent to prison for 11 years for fja teallng a bottle of soda water. 8hi "In my opinion, Georgia is Just wj. bout half civilized," said Mr. James, th< and entirely incapable of passing ac< "? 4k(a k Alien '' LIUKIIieiil I'll lllio liuuuv. "No body of men that accomplishes caj nythlng worth while can escape crlti- re< Ism," said Mr. Llles of Orangeburg, (je( i declaring that the McLaurln let er should be treated with silent con- po empt. wt Mr. Sapp. of Lancaster, and Mr. po Lshley, of Anderson, both speaking on ho fie McLaurln letter, declared that Qf hey resented the uncomplimentary ha eferences to the legislature which It ontalned. y0i Senator McLaurln wrote Mr. Jor- an an In reply to a letter from him In inJ egard to the failure of the legisla- afl are to provide expenses for two dele- ch; ates from this state to go to Europe m? :Ith a commission to study rurai redlts and marketing societies, etc. taj _ an 1 1 tei HAT MITCHELL INVESTIGATION lav Jui Committee Did Not Like Governor1* no Ch.r,.., j lolumbla State, Saturday. After awaiting again the pleasure of of he house, the senate adjourned sine we ie yesterday shortly after 11 o'clock, res ust previous to adjourning further bh irotest was registered against the gov- mi rnor for his attack upon those who lgned the majority report of the -Iltchell Investigation. Senator Weston resented the gov- Co t i rjjs I >3 f j?j3 iHm /KjT yj^ JUSTON.^AftLf^l 11S <f/ nor"s attack upon the member* of e investigating committee. "The people of South Carolina will iver be happy and contented a* long one man surs up sentiment against her men," said senator Weston, senator Sullivan endorsed what naior Weston had to say and called lention to the fact that the governhad attacked the members of anher committee as "guttersnipes." senator Crouch offered the followg resolution: "Wnereas, the report of the majorr of the committee appointed to instigate certain charges in regard to r. s. C. Mitchell, president of the liverslty of South Carolina, in conction with the Peabody fund, has en denominated by his excellency, e governor, as 'whitewashing.' "Therefore, be It resolved by the nate of South Carolina, That it reby expresses its appreciation of e work of the committee and exesses Itself as having full confidence the integrity of the members signg the majority report, as well as in e honesty of its findings as set out the report submitted to the general sembly." "I hope the senator will withdraw e resolution," said Senator Appelt. nator Appelt said that enough had en said about the matter and he inted it dropped as no good could me out of it He said that the reirt and the message were printed in e journal and that the public could ad and Judge for Itself. Senator larpe thought that if there was no ubt about the honesty of the report ere was no need for the resolution. Senator Crouch did not withdraw e resolution. He stated that It mereset forth the confidence of the sene In the honesty and Integrity of the mmlttee and said nothing about the rrectness of their report. Senator stchin, Senator Sullivan and Senar Epps spoke for the resolution, nator Appelt then stated that he >uld see that the resolution would t be adopted. He raised the point order that the matter could not be fen immediate consideration. Lieulant Governor Smith ruled that he is of the opinion that the resolu? Krt *alfan un u/Uhnil t 'II CUU1U IlUk UC UkAVU v?K anlmous consent In view of the fact at the senators had agreed not to Ice up a matter of state-wide lmportce in the absence of a quorum. It ls agreed that the matter go over til next session and Senator Appelt Id that he would favor the resoluin being taken up next year with a orum present. RECESS APPOINTMENT8 ivsrnor Has 8oms Fun at Expense of Legislators. Columbia, March 6.?The following eclal message, sent to the general jembly by Governor Blease this af*noon, explains Itself: le State of South Carolina?Executive Department. :ntlemen of the General Assembly: In regard to Act No. 256 (House 11 No. 602, Senate No. 494), "to tend the law relating to magistrates d their constables, their powers, tl*B, jurisdiction, salaries, etc.," I g to call to your attention to the :t, under the heading, "Anderson unty," all the magistrates' salaries s fixed per year, with the exception the salary of Magistrate B. F. Willi, the provision being that he shall :elve a salary of five hundred dol 8, but not stating whether It is for lay. a week, month, or a year. I also beg leave to call ycur attenn to the fact that this act will not Into effect until twenty days after approval, and it might be well for ose counties Interested to take Into nsideration the question: Will the iglstrates who have been appointed this session, and confirmed by the late, In the counties where changes ve been made, be legal officers, or ould the governor after twenty days, len this act goes Into effect, appoint ? magistrates provided for In the t? I am expressing no opinion, but I >1 your attention to the case of Go5, In Greenwood ocunty, recently cided by the supreme court. The magistrates who have been aplnted and confirmed by the senate, 10 are affected by this bill, were apInted under the old law. Can they Id on under this act, or at the end twenty days do new magistrates ve to be appointed? You might refer these matters to ur respective Judiciary committees, d have tnem answer; ior, x. am gur to be frank with you, If this bill ects them, and I can make the anges. new appointments will be ide, under this bill. I do not want to take any advance, gentlemen; I want to fight fair, d that is why I am calling your atstlon to the matter. You will note Section 1: "That the v as to magistrates, their constables, -lsdictlon, salaries, etc., shall be as w provided by law, except as hereifter provided." This Is the repealt clause of your other acts. I approved this act on the 3rd day March, the day I received it. You| re elected by the people of your ipective counties, and if there is any ime coming for any part of it they ist blame you and not me. Very respectfully, Cole L. Blease, Governor, lumbia, S. C., March 6. 1913. /V?"^x\ A ^ i r 9 kBINET 8M00TH MR. FEiLDER Georgia Man Gate Soma Mora Picking* from Diapanaary. The houae passed a renolutlon Just berore adjournment last Friday, requesting tne attorn ~y general to mveaugate the claim of $?,000 which Anderson, relaer <k Rountree, an Atlanta law nrm, says the state of tiouth carouna owe* mem. The resolution was introduced by Mr. Kembert of Richland, who read the tollowing extract In regard to the matter irom the report ot J. fcraser cyon, former attorney general: "The following correspondence In regard to the sum of $<,(00, which was heretofore deposited by Dennis Weiskopf in one of the banks of Cincinnati, to be returned by him to the state on account of excessive overcnargea made on labels sold to the oia siato dispensary explains Itself: "Ron. J. rraser Lyon, Attorney General, Columbia, b. C. "Dear blr: We beg to advise that we have at last been able to collect in Cincinnati the $7,(00 deposited with the Trust company there by the Nevlson-VVeukopt company, which was in full payment of the compromise settlement of the claim of the state of bouth Carolina against the company for defrauding it in connection with the label transaction. "Under our contract with the dispensary commission, we are entitled to one-half of the recovery, or $$,7(0, for our services. As you are aware, the state of Souih Carolina is Indebted to us in the sum of $0,000, under contract, which is shown In the minutes of the winding-up commission, tor services rendered in the bouth Carolina olass company case. This amount was allowed by resolution of the commission and ordered paid to us. In addition to this, we are entitled to one-half of the amount recovered from this company on the over Judgment against it We are there lore crediting the state of south Carolyia with the sum of 13,760, which we are retaining. "Hoping that this may be satisfactory, we beg to remain, "Very truly yours, "Anderson, Felder, Rountree ft Wilson. "by Rountree. "Atlanta, December 3, 1912." "Messrs. Anderson, Felder, Rountree ft Wilson, Equitable Building, Atlanta, Ga. "Gentlemen: I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 3rd Inst, in which you advise that you have collected in Cincinnati the 97,600 deposited with the Trust company ihere by the Nevlson-Welskopf company in connection with the label transaction. I also note that you have retained 60 per cent of this amount under your contract had with the dispensary commission for collecting the same, and that the other 60 per cent you are applying as part payment to a claim you have against the state of South Carolina for 19,000 for services rendered in the Carolina Glass company case. I beg to advise that I have not authority under the law to authorize or consent to the disposition you have made of the money in question. I will reoort the facts in the case to the next legislature, which is the only body having authority to finally dispose of the matter. "Yours very truly, J. Fraser Lyon, "Attorney General. "December 7, 1912." A RACE THAT HA8 STOOD STILL Eskimo That Have Traits of the 8tone Age. Our first day among the Dolphin and Union Straits Eskimo was the day of all my life which I had looked forward with the most vivid anticipations, and to which I now look back with with equally vivid memories, for it introduced me, a student of mankind, and of private men especially, to a people of a bygone age, says V. Stefansson in Harper'a Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee went to sleep in the 19th century and woke up in King Annum urae nuuui knights who rode in clinking mall to the rescue of fair ladies; we, without going to sleep at all, had walked out of the 20th century into the countries of the intellectual and cultured contemporaries of a far earlier age than King Arthur's. These were not such men as Caesar found in Gaul or In Britain; they were more nearly like the still earlier hunting tribes of Britain and Gaul living obllvous to the build<ng of the first pyramid in Egypt. Their existence on the same continent with our populous cities was an anachronism of 10,000 years in intelligence and material development. They gathered their food with the weapons of the men of the Stone Age; they thought their simple, primitive thoughts and lived their insecure and tense lives. Their lives were to me the mirrors of the lives of our far ancestors whose bones and crude handiwork we now and then discover in river gravels or in prehistoric caves. . Such archaeological remains found in various parts of the world, of the men who antedated the knowledge of the smelting of metals, tell a fascinating story of him whose scientific imagination can piece It together and fill in the wide gaps, but far better than such dreaming was my present opportunity. I had nothing to imagine; I had merely to look and listen; for here were not remains of the Stone Age, but the Stone Age Itself, men and women, very human, entirely friendly, who welcomed us to their homes and bade us stay.