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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!"
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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 |
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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.
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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.