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PUBLISHED THBEE IT New York Newsf.apsrs to Support, the Ocean Sbip Salistdy Schern?. WIN OFFER WAS MADE ' ? ? - -v ?. tfhe Business Iii onager of the Jour nal of Commerce Claims that He Was Approached by Ship Builders, Who Made Improper Proposals to THm, Revelation ol several attempts to buy the editorial support of the New York. Journal of Commerce in favor of ship subsidy legislation, which that paper has consistently opposed, was 'made in Washington to the hause ship subsidy investigating committee Wednesday by Alfred W. "Dodsworth, business, manager of The .Journal of Commerce and Commer cial Bulletin. Earlier in the day Paul G. Faun ler, representative of the Uranium Steamship line, against which the so-called London conference lines, controlling what is alleged to be. 9S i per cent, of the Atlantic passenger trafic are arrayed, told how railroad authorities in this country, notably the Central Passenger association at Chicago, had refused to sell tickets routed over the independent lines unless,,the independents obtained the sanction of the conference lines. As a result of today's evidence Mr. Dodsworth's brother. John W. Dods worth, the editor of The J ourhal of Commerce, will be recalled to. Wash ington to explain way he failed to enlighten the committee during his recent testimony. It is probably that Charles A. "Conant of New York, a former. Washington correspondent, may be asked to throw light on an effort to subsidize the paper,.claimed to have been forwarded through him to The Journal of Commerce, which he then represented, and the federal authorities may take notice of the evidence as to the railroads' discrim inations, against the independent steamship lines on foreign tickets.. . Alfred W. Dodsworth said that his l^papei never had been subsidized by ifany interests whatever and its busi ness, and editorial columns had no relation. But, he tet ified, about six years ago an unknown came into his office and offered to pay The Journal of Commerce $100,000, taking 1,000,000 copier, of his paper, for the insertion of an article in one issue supporting tae ship subsidy Iegisla v tion. ' This* man refused to disclose his Identity unless his proposition was to ? be accepted. Hij; proposition was, in the event of acceptance, to make out a certi?ed check immediately for $10,000 to bind the agreement anc vtp pay the balance of $90,000 upon publication,of the article. Mr. Dods worth said he immediately called his brother, John* W., Into his office as . a witness to the conversation and th?; proposition was turned down a3 an attempt to make an improper ar rangement. Pressed by the committee, Mr. Dodsworth said that about 30 years ago his. father was sitting in his of fice on the 'jame. publication and John Roch, the ship-builder, who was then building ships, and was active for t ship subsidy bill, entered, the office, laid down a blank check, asked Dods worth to All out the check aal stop writing against ship subsidy. 1 he ? offer was refused. /. About two years ago, Dodsworth ~ said, another man tried to buy the support of the paper for $40,000 and during the Spanish-American war the Spanish government tried to buy the paper's support. Mr. Olcott, Representative Loug worth of Ohio and other members'of the committee criticised the two brothers for failing to submit this information to the committee before now, pointing out that John .W. Dodsworth, hi his testimony some time ago, had oeen asked as to such matters and had denied any infor mation shc'i as tnat disclosed today. The witness said the committee would have to ask the brother why he failed to disclose the information. Mr. Olcott asked the witness who represented the Spanish government when it tried to buy his paper's sup port. Mr. Dodsworth replied that the information of the proposition came from Charles A. Conant, who wes then the paper's Washington cor respondent. Pressed as to the iden tity of the man who made the offer, Mr. Dodswortli said that his. father or brother may have been told, but he himself had not been told. Mr. Conant communicated the1 proposition in a letter, said the wit ness, who afterward qualified this by saying he Thought it was a letter, af ter the committee had stated it would like to have the letter. Representa tive Hawley of Oregon asked how much money was proposed in that offer and the witness said he did not know. His father was then manag ing editor. The $40,000 proposition was from' a "tall, dark-haired man." who said he was a lobbyist in Washington. Mr. Dodsworth said he could not undertake ;.o name the persons who made the $100,000 offer but he be lieved it c^ime from ship subsidy in terests and when pressed as to what he meant by that he mentioned the Cramps and the Roches as interest coming under that head. MES A WEEK. SLURS ARE FALSE < -? ANTJERSOxX SPEAKS WARMLY IN DEFENSE OF PARTNER. He Declines Insinuations in Gover nor's Message Which Refer to Fol der Are Absolutely Untrue. An Atlanta dispatch says C. L. Anderson, law partner of Thoraas B. Welder, the Atlanta lawyer who haB .'Igured quite prominently in wind ing up the old State dispensary, in Folder's absence from Atlanta, made a statement Wednesday in reference to the Associated Press dispatch' from Columbia., in which Gov. Bleaae Is quoted as inquiring why Feldei "was not prosecuted when it was found that he was the attorney for a liquor house and was favored with liquor purchases and rebates were paid for these purchases." Ander son says: "Since the Goodman and Fieisch nian compromises referred to were also? made under the advice and through the instrumentality of Mr. Felder, I assume that the governor's reference-to these matters and de mand that they be inquired into, is likewise an attempt to reflect upon N5r; Felder. "Throughout the entire course of the .investigation of the South Car olina State dispensary and the dis position of the matters connected i therewith by the wlndlng-up com mission, I have been closely asso ciated with Mr. Felder, and am fa miliar with all ther facts connected therewith. "Mr. Felder is out of the city, and in his behalf 1 desire to say that the charges and Insinuations contained in the governor's message, which re fer to Mr. Felder, are absolutely un true and without foundation in fact. "If Gov. Blease has been informed by any persons that there are exist ing facts giving foundation to these charges he has been wilfully misled by designing persons, who probably have felt the weight of the law, grow ing out of 'ineir own nefarious transactions with the State dispen sary, and seek this method of re venge." WHAT HUB EVANS SAYS. . He Talks About That Alleged At lanta Meeting. ? Yes," said H. H. Evans, of New berry, known as "Hub" Evans, once chairman of the State dispensary board of directors, whose name was meationsd in Governor Blease's mes sage to the General Assembly with reference to a meeting in Atlanta, "Felder did send for me to come to Atlanta." This was in reply to a question about the meeting. Mr. Ev ans continued : "When1, we were !n -ho room together I said to him, ?Open that door, you, and let the At torney General come in and hear ev erjthing I have got to say.' " 'Then what did you tell?" "I told him e^en if I knew anything .1 would not tell it to him," and Mi. I Evans concluded, with his words just a bit stronger. The former dispen sary chairman while in Columbia Wednesday >vas shaking hands in leg islative circles. He talked freely io newspaper ? representatives, as i? his wont. Mr. Evans said if he went on the stand there would be some "hot stuff." He continued: "The coun ty dispensaries are now buying the same liquor the State dispensary did, paying the same prices and higher, j You talk about a firm turning over) $30,000ithe other day, well, then thej county dispensaries pay back $100,-1 000 for that." ? TRIED TO SAVE CHILD. Lost Her Own Life as Well as That of Her Baby. A heart-rending trasedy occurred near Elza, Ga., on last Wednesday, by which ajnother and her two chil dren lost thoir lives. Trying in vain to save the life of her 11-year-old daughter, whose clothing ivas caughi in the shafting of a cotton gin, Mrs. J. It. Walkes sacrificed her own life and that of her six-months-old baby near Elza, this county. The little girl screamed for aid as she felt her self being drawn toward the ma chinery and her mother, who w;is nearby, sprang to aid her. She, too, was caught and the baby, which was in her arms, was hurled against the flcor and killed instantly. The moth er and daughter soon perished after being torn from the shafting. Eloped on One Horse. Both riding astride on one horse from their home near Xuckols, Ky., Mary Ellen Tichenor, aged 16. daughter of Magistrate Coleinan Tichnor, and her boy lover, William Wells, IS, were arrested Wednes day in midfight on their way to Louisville to be wed. The fugitives were caught by officers who had been warned by the girl's father of th* elopement. Fatal Row About Road. Bailey P. Turner, a planter was shot and probably fatally wounded while driving in the roadway near Cameron, Texas, Wednesday. The shooting followed a quarrel with Ed. Tompkins, another planter as to the right of way on the county road. In the midst of the dispute Tompkins buggy was overturned and his leg broken. He is under arrest. OBANGEBTJKG, S PASSES THE HOUSE INHERITANCE TAX MEASURE SEEMS TO BE POPULAR. I I * ? ? Under It an Estate of $100,00 Inhcr . ited by Widow and Two Children Pays $1,600. Substantially 'unchanged, Repre sentative Rembert's inheritance tax bill was passed Thurdsay ^by the house. There was a snappy debate. The temper of the house was indi cated before the final test by the vote on a motion to continue, 44 to 47 against continuance, and the vote, 34. to 71, by which the house refused to strike out the enacting words. Messrs. Belser, Williams, Davis, Ashley and Scott opposed the meas ure, mainly as .being "strange and undemocratic doctrine." Mr. Rem bert took .the floor several times in advocacy of his bill. He was rein forced by Messrs. D. L. Smith, Brice, Browning and Hines; If a man had an estate of $100. 000 and Mt a widow and ;wo chil dren, the inheritance tax, payable at the winding up of the estate, would be $1,600. The widow is entitled to an exemption of $10,000, the-chil dren to exemption of $5,000 each. Representative Ashley made a characteristic speech. "1" had hoped," he said, "that. Richland had com menced sending here men who would not give us trouble. The i'ool-killer must be dead in Richland. This is jitli'sj most unjust bill I ever heard j of." Mr. Rembert said he had drawn his bill after months of study and comparison of inheritance tax meas ures in force in other States and abroad and had also consulted able lawyers here. He said the bill was heartily approved by Prof. Nelson Frierson, who practiced for six years under the similar ? law of New York State and is now a member of the law faculty at the University' of South Carolina. He read authorities in support of the bill. ACTED AS PEACE MAKER. Judge Gage Makes an Attempt to Settle Old Feud. Judge Gage/while presiding at the [Greenville Court Wednesday adopt ed an unusaul method in an attempt to settle a feud between two moun tain families. 'Two young men, Rop er and Trotter, were being tried for assault and battery, and during the course of the trial Judge Gage left the bench and conducted the fathers of the young men into a jury rooni and sought to have these two men, close neighbors, bury the enmity ex isting between the families. Whfen the judge returned to the bench he Announced that he had used his utmost endeavor but had failed to reconcile the fathers of the oombatments and that if the present feeling continues it will result in a homicide and in a trial of somebody for murder, and that in the sight of God these fathers would be "re sponsible *br it. The judige further stated that he attached more blame to the fathers for the present situa tion than to the sons, though the 'sons had technically violated the laws of the State. After the young men?both moun taineers of the most stalwart type? had been convicted, the judge sen tenced them to chainjrang terms without the alternativa of fines, the sentences being suspended during their good behavior. This action of Judge Gage has provoked the most favorable Lomment. CAUGHT FIRE AT SEA. Steamed Into San Francisco With Fire Burning. The steimer Queen, on which a fire broke out Thursday night while she was at sea off Point Reyes, re turned to San Francisco shortly be fore ?, o'clock with the fire still burning. Her passengers, 92 in num ber, were immediately taken off by I launches which niet her in the! stream'. The steamer will he sunk I if the flames cannot he extinguished; The Queen, which belongs to the Pa cific coast line, left here yesterday afternoon for Pu?et Sound ports. When the firm alarm was given the wireless operator sent out an "3. 0. S." message which brought many re sponses from land and sea. Five steamers and tugs went to her as sistance. Robert L. Gunter Xnnied. Robort L. Gunter, an attorney o: Alken, has been appointed as solici tor of the Second circuit by Gov. Please. Mr. Gunter will fill out the unexpircd term of James F. Byrnes, who was elected to congress last summer. The appointment is to take effect on February 1. Turns Them Loose. One hundred and seventy-three pardons wrere issued by Governor Patterson of Tennessee during the period from Dee. 23, 1910, through Wednesday. Crimes of almost ev e:\v description were represented in this list. Three Stores Burnt. Forty thousand dollars worth of property was destroyed in Spartan burg by fire one night this week. Three stores in the Heart of the city were burned. . C, SAT UK DAY. J AiNTJA THEY NEED HELP Teirrible News From China Told in Let ters From That Land. PEOPLE ARE STARVING Famine Conditions Described by a Minister Who Is Ont There.?A Pathetic Story of Starving Men and Women and Little Children.? The Crops Failed; Probably not in several years has there passed tnr??gh the mails of this section of the country letters bearing more distressing news than communications which have been re ceived by the Rev. P. D. Jenkins, pastor of '.he Piadmont Presbyterian Church, from his brother, Dr. W. F. Jenkins, who is a missionary to China, says the Greenville News. Floods last summer and fall near Suchien, China, destroyed crops .and the gaunt spectre of famine is now stalking through the land. The let ters received by the Rev. Mr. Jenkins tell of the most terrible conditions -which exist in the famine stricken district. The Piedmont pastor- has very kindly consented to allow the publication of extracts from some of the letters he has received from his brother. They are as follows: I am away~JLroiri home?out In a Chinese house?that means in the cold. I have a small charcoal fire in a little furnace beside me but that don't begin to warm a room. My bones are so near my skin these days that I feel the cold more than ever and I always was> a coward about it. I have on fox outer clothing now a heavy overcoat lined with sheep skin with the wool on, my hat (I don't take it off except to pray or sing or sleep, and heavy wadded Chinese shoes with two pair of wool en socks to keep my feet warm. Don't pity me. I'm not suffering physically, but oh it does hurt me to see the famine . sights and hear the famine cries. I just had to buy a pair of pantb the other day for a fellow. He kept coming to the inquirers' Bible class these freezing ^days with 'only one ?rarment on his lower limbs and that was thinner than ny^u miner under clothes and he had no socks at all. He had pawned everything heavier. It is freezing cold day and night, and this poor, fellow like a raft of others has no sign of quilt at night? pawned or sold for food you know. Iiis face id swollen from the food he has been eating?utterly indiges tible stuff and not nourishing? weeds, greens, bark, ground up with a little barle^ or potatoes and made I into thin gruel to fill up the stom ach. He has ? little boy in the hut with him clothed no better than he and his wife, carrying a baby, is out bei ging, gone a week now. Who;knows but that she and the baby are deaf: on the wayside, starved or frozen to death. Alas, alas, the sufferings of these noor people. A young man in the -village a mile from here*where we have a Christian mission, starv ed to death the other day and an olu lady near, of the same disease, lately. He was thrown out of work by hard times?begged, but few could! give?no work to be had?pawned his only, thick clothing, got so weak and stiff he could not get about. His sister-in-law gave him five cents in gold. He sent by a friend for food, ate it all at one meal and died, too much for bis wasted stomach. In that same village there are 20 odd families and only three of them are now eating "dry" food, the re^.c are eating thin gruel made of a lit tle coarse flour or beans mi::ed with much green? (?) really just almost any weeds, grass, etc., because gruel fills up better. And this is only December! What, will things be like in the ear':/ spring? Other villiages are better oil but they say that half the peoule rhrough this section are now eating gruel and much of that exceedingly thin. If it should snow and so, shut the people off from gathering greens (weeds) in the fields many will just have to die. ?om? of our Christians have al ready changed color, a sign of ad vanced starvation, have been eating gruel seme time. Christians and friends look at me with longing eyes (I gave out so much famine relief four years ago.) They dog my stops to seek a private interview to f.e.i nie their troubles. And what can I do? Already I've given out more mon ey than I possess of my own and be sides one has to be very careful how he gives or ho will be utterly swamp ed by crowd.; begging. I don't see how T can come back hero before harvest if I cannot bear to see their distress and hear their cries. I wish I could put my head in a hole and not see or hear anything till next summer! It is going to be awful later and it. is bad enough now. Any mon^y sent will save life. I'll see to that. I have been holding a "Bible study class" here for a week or more and they have been coming very well but some just jan't walk every day to come?it takes a little grain to give one leg force to walk; gruel mostly weeds and water, won't give it! ?Contributions to help the starv ing Chinese may be forwarded to JRY 28. 1911. PASERS SERVED ON WILTJB JONES AND W. A. CLARK IN SEMTNOLE CASE. They Were Arrested But Gave Bond in the Sum of One Thousand Dol lars Each. "The Columbia Record says Gen. Wilie Jones, president of the Pal metto National bank, and, Mr. Wash ington A. Clark, president of the Carolina National bank, were served (with papers Thursday by Sheriff Coleman, who acted on authority of a warrant issued by Magistrate J. H. Jordan of Kershaw. I The warrant alleged that Messrs. [Jones and Clark,,?together with Mr; John Y. Garlington, as officers in the [Reminole Securities company, ob tained from L. L. Clyburn a note to the amount of $1,500. for stock in the Seminole Securities company. Mr. Clyburn alleged that there was misrepresentation in the deal on the part of the persons named. The warrant was served on Messrs. Jenes, and Clark at their respective office*, at noon. ? Sheriff Coleman, accompanied by Magistrate James H. Fowles, Jr.. went to the bank buildings and found Messrs. Clark and Jones seated at their desks. They we-e not taken by surprise, as the news that the warrant had been issued In Kershaw was known in Columbia Wednesday afternoon. Magistrate Jordan had authorized bond in the sum of $1,000, which Messrs. Jones and Clark promptly made, the officials of the banks sign ing the bonds. The defendants have the right of a preliminary hearing, but the date has not been agreed on. PROFITS IN ALFALFA. Southern Railway Gathers Statistics Proving It. The opportunities for profit; which the iraising of alfalfa oSers the farmers of the Southeast is indi cated by letters received by the land and industrial department of the Southern Railway, showing increased interest in the production of alfalfa and highly profitable results in wide ly separated districts. ? Fort and Stone, of Dunleith, Washington county, (Mississippi, own ers of a plantation in the Delta, re ported that on 2S acres seeded in.the fall of 1909 16S.8 tons were pro duced at a cost of S593.05. They figured this hay to be worth $15 per ton in the barn, though hay was sell ing $20 tc $23 per ton. At this low rating they received a profit of $1, 940 on the 2S acres, the hay costing them only $3.47 per ton. Reports from the Delta show that about 50 farmers are now growing alfalfa with success, all having seeded their fields in the last three or four years. J. W. Fisher, of Newport, in the ISast Tennessee, writes that he is greatly, pleased with results having averaged five tons per acre and find ing a ready sale at $22 per ton, but he has found the hay so good that he prefers feeding it to his own stock to selling it. He has grown alfalfa on the upland, red, calcarious clay, general throughout East Ten nessee. Success in growing alfalfa is also reported by growers in South ern Virginia, North Carolina and Alabama, and the acreage devoted to alfalfa in all the Southeastern States is growing steadily. MAD DOG BITES FIVE. ? Rabid Animal linns Amuck and Suc ceeds in Escaping. A mad dog ran amuck at Anderson on Thursday; biting two white boys and three negroes, besides several dogs. It disappeared before it could bo captured. The clog started his j run at Cox's Creek, just east of the city, when it attacked a negro man named Ware, who was working In the creek shoveling sand. Ware had on rubber boots and the dog's teeth did not reach his flesh. The dog then circled through the Bailey place, attacker] and severely bit an other negro man. The dog th tn pro ceeded through the city, through Oallvoun street. It attacked Siiuira Henderson, the young son of E. W. Henderson, a travelling salesman, biting him in several places. The next person attacked was a small white boy named Duvall, in the Cox Mill village. The last person report ed bitten was a negro near the Co." ?Mills. The dog attacked him from behind, and it was necessary for the negro to light the beast off. Scotch Captain Drowned. At Savannah, Ga., Capt. Geo. Ir ving, master of the British steamship Anglo Australia; now in port, fell from a bridge on the wharves Wed nesday and was drowned. His body was recovered. Capt. Irving's home was in SoMand. and his wife, now in London, was notified by cable. Lost in the Sea. The steamer Seattle Mam brings news that Japanese fishing vessels were lost in a heavy storm which pre vailed near Owarl bay January S. Twenty vessels were wrecked and 1 20 men drowned. the famine district by being sent to Rev. -Mr. Jenkins at Piedmont, or a New York Exchange sent to Rev. W. F. Jenkins, Suchien, China, will be good for its face value. TT* will stop surr THE SENATE VOTES TO ABAN DON MERGER APPEAL. Case Tried in. Richland Court Re - cently and Resulted in Verdict for ??. Solchem Railway. ^he State senate voted Thursday night to abandon the merger appeal by a vote of 21 .to 17? The resolu tion adopted directs the Attorney General of the State to abandon the appeal in the famous."Southern-mer ger" case. The suit was tried in the Courts of Richland county and re sulted in a verdict for the Southern, thereby validating the lease of cer tain lines in 1899 and in 1902. The following was the direct vote on the resolution of Senator Car lisle: Yeas?Ackerman, Appel?., Bates, Black, Carlisle, Epps, Forrest, Ginn, Green, Hardin, Johnson, Lid? Manning, William L. Mauldin, Mc Cown, Sinkler, Stewart, Stucky, Wal ker, Wharton?21. ' Nays?Christ ensen, Clifton, Croft, Crosson, Earle, Hough, Johnson, Laney, Lawson, Mars, T. J. Mauldin, Muclcenfuss, Rainsford, Spivey, Strait, Sullivan, Young?17: ' ? The senate had previously refused to strike out the resolving words of the bill by a vote of 17 to 20. Senator Francis H. Weston, of Richland, was excused from voting, as he took part in the trial of the "merger" case in the Circuit Court, being one of the Southern's attor neys. Senator Sinkler, of Charleston, spoke in favor of and voted for Sen ator Carlisle's resolution. Senator Croft, of Aiken, was the only senator in the territories fre quently preferred to in the "merger" trial wh'o voted against the resolu tion. \ Senator LeGrand Walker, of Georgetown, speaking In the senate tonight on. the merger resolution, made his characteristic, ringing speech, and claimed the attention of the entire body. Senator Walker said if constitutional oaths are vio lated by voting, for the resolution the decision of Judge Shipp would be seconded by the legislative body. He thought the matter ar!ected the fu ture of the State and its upbuilding. 'phe question means not the estab lishment of a new policy, but the ap proval of an old policy. He referred to the legislative enactment. Tne breaking of the merger would be a repudiation of contract. The con tract was between the legislature and the So'ithern. The loss of the merger case stands as a vindication of the Legislature in the Merger Act. "It means," dt dared the senator 'from Georgetown, "that we stand by our contracts." Senator Walker ad vanced the proposition that every time the railroad commission order ed an improvement the "merger" lease was being approved. A prop erty, equipped railway would benefit and this would be accomplished by abandoning the appeal. The Legis lature wished to vindicate its own position when it ordered the merger tested in the Courts. WTRELESS TELLS OF BATTLE. Many Hilled and Wounded Near OeiLa is Reported. That Commandant Guerrero anj thirty soldiers were killed and fifty others wounded in a battle, which lasted two hours near Ceiba, Hon duras, was information contained in scraps of a message picked up by the local wireless station at 11 o'clock Thursday night. The revolutionists in the depart ment of La P?se, Honduras, under the leadership of Gen. Soto, were routed by Government troops yester day, according to dispatches re ceived Thursday by Consul General rjlloa, of Honduras, at New Orleans. No . details of the battle, which oc curred near the Salvadorean border, were given. Gen. L'lioa expressed the belief that Gen. C-uittere::, vice president and commanding general of Govern ment troops id the !k-] !, would short ly strike -i tellins blow, against the rebels commanded by Gen. Lee Christmas. H" expects the t.*o ar mies to meet In the vicinity of San Pedro Sulla, about 25 miles south o; Puerto Corte::. ONLV WHITE MEN. Will I'e Appointed Notaries by Gov ernor ?ieasc. It is stated that Governor Blcase issued his proclamation revoking the commissions ol all notaries jublic in South Carolina for the purpose of eliminating the negro. After reo rtiary 10 he will refuse tn si"ue a commission to a negro as a notary public. . Hundreds cf applicitions are be ing received fcr a commission as notary public: The one most impor tant requirement is that the appli cant must prove Beyond a doubt that lie is a whits man and of good standing. It is exported that at least 5,000 notaries -iiibiic will be commissioned in South Carolina within the' next several weeks. Same Old Tale. Six men were fataliy injured in an explosion Wednesday in the Hughs town No. 10 colliery of the Pennsyl- | vania Coal Company at Pittston, Pa. j The mine Is on fire. TO CENTS PEE C01 "5 ? COPISJSJ?DGE Elected by the Legislature to Succeed the Late Judge Dantzler. WILL MAKE A GOOD ONE Was Chosen on the First Ballot Over Three Worthy Opponents?Edu cated at Woflford College and Graduated in Law at South Caro lina University. To succeed the late Charles Glov er Dantzler of Crangeburg as judge of the First circuit, the general as sembly of South Carolina Wednes day elected Robert Ellis Copes\ who was chosen over three opponents by a clear majority on the first ballot. The result was not unexpected, be cause Mr. Copes was the unanimous choice of the Orangeburg delegation and was supported by nearly the en tire bar of the county. The other names placed before the legislature were Preston T. Hild ehrand, at present solicitor of the First circuit; J. Otey Reed of St. George and Octavus Cohen of Berke ley. The latter was brought in at the last moment but nothing could stem the tide for Copes and he was elected. The vote being, Copes, 85; Cohen, 3; Hildebrand, 52; Reod, 22. Total number votes cast, 1(!2; nec essary to a choice, 82. In nominat ing Mr. Copes, Senator ,Robort Lide of Orangeburg paid the following tribute to his friend: "On behalf of the almost unani mous wish of the Orangeburg bar and the solid Orangebiirg delegation in the general assembly, I arise to place in nomination for circuit judge a man whom we know. A man known to us in Orangeburg as art experi enced lawyer, a. student of the law. Those of us who live with him- and enjoy constant contact with him re-' alize his worth He is my personal friend, and no man in Orangebarg county enjoys a higher standing He is fair in mind, polished and courte ous in manner, courageous and posi tive in conviction, and a man of the highest character and personal in tegrity. He will make good In this exalted position, if elected. I place in nomination Orangeburg's candi date for judge of the Firfit circuit, the Hon. Robert E. Copes." Mr. Fultz of Berkeley seconded the nomination of Judge Copes and this was further seconded by Senator Summers of Calhoun, the daughter county of Orangeburg, in the follow ing neat tribute: "In the death of Judge Charles G. Dantzler, the bench lost one of its most honored members and the State one of its best men. Surely, he who succeeds such a man must measure up in every respect to the highest ex~ petitions of his constituents. A htrh sense .of official responsibility must be first and foremost in his . thoughts. A conscientious discharge of every duty, public and private, must be his. He must be a gentle man under all circumstances. lie must show distinguished ability, in the faithful discharge of service. He must be courteous, patient, frank, persevering, loving right, scorning wrong, possessing a high conception of justice^and marked fidelity and ability at ail times. "Such characteristics are found <n Hon. Robert E. Copes. He is ln^the noonday of his usefulness, and has. a wonderful grasp of legal question?. No stain of uishenor is upon his lite. He has never sacrificed truth and his courage has never faltered. His in nate modesty and deep and abiding faith in righf. has won the confidence and resnect of all who know him. "He will velleot great credit on the State and will worthily wear the honors wh'ch come from a faithful discharge o? duty "It glvca me genuine pleasure to second his nomination for judgo for the First , judicial circuit of this State" Preston T Hildebrand, better known os "f*. T." among his friends, and he has thousands of friends, was nominated by Mr. Paulling of Cal houn county and this was warmly seconded by. J. E. Davis of Barnwell who paid a beautiful comliment to Iiis friend. Mr. Hildebrand has b^een solicitor for IG years, and his work has idaccd him well up among the lawyers of the State as a man of courage and ability. He prosecuted the Eutawville Iynchers and conduct ed other distasteful cases with credit to his office. i\Tr. Motte of Berkeley in a finished speech presented the name of Oc tavus Cohen of Charleston. Mr. Co hen was editor of the Charleston World during its entire existence and made a success!til record as a news paper man. He was licer.sed to prac tice law -s. few years ago and is a successful practitioner. Senator St. Clair Muckenfuss of St. George nominated in an eloquent speech his friend, J. Otey Reed. The vote resulted as above stated. Will Rebuild at Once. A dispatch from Cameron to The State says it is understood that Geo. Ulmer, who lost his new dwelling by fire a week ago, will take steps to rebuild at once. Although he had no insurance, he saved $200 or $300 worth of material from the burning building. This, with several hun dred dollars generously contributed by his friends, will help him consid erably.