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PUBLISHED THESE T STILL AN ISSUE The State Supreme Court Insists on its Coastitalional Rights IN JUDGEW MATTER Governor Bleasi; Wants the Newspa pers to Give Publicity t? All the ? Qorrespondeii.ee in the Several Cases That Have* Arisen Between Him and the Supreme Court. The issue between, the supreme court and Gov. Blease la no nearer a final solution Uian on the first day when the chief executive sent a note to the judicial department of the State stating t a at he would appoint special judges who were his friends, regardless of the recommendation oi any one. Gov. Blease has received a lettei from Chief Justice Jones appointing F. L. Willcox of Florence as a special judge for that county to take the place of Judge J. C. Klugh, who is ill. Gov. Blease said that he did not know what disposition he j would make of the matter. ?He did sr . however, that "ht hoped that the newspaper men would be honorable enough to publish the letter from the chief justice.'" A letter which was not given out by the chief executive from the chief justice, which stated conclusive'^ that the governor had gone beyond his jurisdiction in making up a list of "eligibles" was several days ago sent to Gov. Please. The following is the letter receiveo by Gov. (Blonse Wednesday from Chief Justice Jones: "Being advOsed that Judge J. C. Klugh, because of illness, is unable to hold the court of general sessions for Florence county, commencing on Monday, March 13,1911, to which he was regularly assigned, and there be ing no other circuit judge disengaged, now, pursuant to section 2,743, 1 code of law, I respectfully reccsa mend that yen issue a commission to F. L. WKlcox of Florence, S, C, learned in the law, as special judge, to hold said court." The following copy of a telefrraia, received from the Florence Trt iby the chief jniitice, was also seat to Gov. Blease: "Hon.-Ira B. JpPM. chief justice "supreme court of South Carolina:' I am directed by Florence Bar Asso ciation at special meeting today to say that deoming It necessary that the regular spring term criminal court be held here next week, the^e being 16 prisoners in jail, -unani mously recoMimend F. L. WTOcox as special judge to preside this court. E. G. Oliver, secretary." There was no court in Con way last week because Gov. Blease refused to commission a special judge. The docket was crowded, there being over 20 prisoners in the Horry county jail awaiting trial, and the law requires that the governor of the State shall commission special judge upon the recommendation of the supreme court. There were no circuit judges disengaged that* might have been as signed by the supreme court. These facts were presented to Gov. Blease and he refused to appoint a special judge. On three occasions Chief Justice Jones reconvmended,) according to law, the commission of C- P. Ouat tlebaum for special judge. Every request of the chief justice for the appointment of a special judge was ignored by Gov. Blease. The following telegrams which were exchanged in the controversy are given: "Twenty prisoners in jail, heavy docket, how shall we proceed. "B. W. Wait, Secretary." To which following response was made: "B. W. Wait, Secretary, Conway, S. C." "Telegrsrn received. I can do nothing but urge governor to appoint special judge as recommended, which I am doing. Judge Copes assigned to Richland court, Judge Memniinger too ill to serve. "Ira B. Jones, C. J." The telegram to the governor was as follows: "Gov. Cole L. Blease, Columbia, S. C. "Received following telegram from Horrj bar: 'Twenty prisoners in jap, heavy docket, how shall we proceed.' I urge you to immediately commis sion C. P. Quattlebaum as special judge as recommended by me at. the request of Horry bar. No circuit judge being available. "Ira B. Jones, C. J." Gov. Blease, in refusing to commis sion a special judge for the Convay court, took the position that there were two disengaged circuit judges. He thought that Judge Copes and Judge i.Meinminger were disengaged. It afterwards developed that the two judges were not disengaged, and Gov. Blease was so informed three times by Chief Justice Jones. Found Tied to Horse With his wrist tied to the tail of a wild horse, the body of a Papago Indian was found yesterday by a de tachment of the First United States cavalry at the edge of the Gila river near iMesa, Ariz. In order to secure the body it was necessary to shoot the horse. It is believed the young Indian l.t.d been condemned to die in this manner because of having vio. lated some law of the tribe. IMES A WEEK. TURNS BAD ONE LOOSE NOTORIOUS ROBBER IS PAR DONED BY GOV. BLEASE. No One Knew He Was Turned Loose Until He Turned Up in Charles ton. A dispatch from Charleston to The State says Rudolph Raben?, who bis several aliases, is back in that city, having been pardoned by Gov. Ble?.?e after a service of about two-thirds of his sentence in the penitentiary, hav ing been convicted at Walhalla lor complicity in the blowing and rob ben' of the Bafe of the Newry mills in Oconee county several years ago. Through his attorneys, Habens made a hard fight to keep out of the penitentiary but it was a futile con test and he was placed behind the bars. The pardon of the governor enables -Rabens to return to Charles ton much sooner than he had hoped to do. Rabens was charged with being the "fence" for the gangs of yegg men who operated in South Crro'ina some years ago, flowing safes in postoffices and cotton mills. In sev eral instances better results were got ten with the prosecution of the yegg men in the State than the federal courts and the United States authori ties gave way to the State in the ''.rial of Rabens and his pals on the charge of robbing the Newry cotton mills. It was not known in Charleston that any steps were under way for the pardon of Rabens and his return to Charleston without any notice of his case was a surprise. His former friends and companions could scarce ly believe that it was Rabens v?hen he showed himself a few days ago for the first time about his eestabllsh ment on upper King street. The State says no announcement as to the pardon of Rabens was made by Gov. Blease. Gov. AriBel refused a pardon to Raibens, and it was thought that such a notorious pris oner as he would surely have to serve out his term, but it seems he found favor with the Governor, aiul he turned him loose, without letting any one know anything about it be fore he. was pardoned. ?_ . ? * ? THERE MUST BE A 'CHANGE. i Republican Party Must Progress or jjjf? l*,--WUl Die. , ,. ; ! ? Gifrprd Pinchot, spealsing; a'i Ak ron at the banquet of the progressive "Republicans of Ohio, sard the Amer ican people had devc-teCl the last third of the nineteenth century "to the great task of material develop ment," He continued: "When the great combinations of capital found that monopolistic con trol of the natural sources of wealth could be secured more easily through politics than in any other way. they went into politics. Using |corrupt commercial methods with the tire less efficiency they had learaed lw, their legitimate operations, they set out to get political power, and they succeeded. Political power opened an easy way to use money to get more money, and they clung to it till they wore their welcome c;>.t. The Payne-Aldrich, tariff was the last straw. "Whatever is right and vital in the Republican party today is pro gressive. Whatever is unpro:<ressive is dying or dead. The Republican party cannot live half dead and half alive." After praising progressive legisla tion by State legislature, which he said was not reactionary, Mr. Pin chot said, "In the field of national politics the situation is less clear." Hp said the Republican candidate for President in 1912 must be a pro gressive and have certain qualities, for the party could not risk its chance of victory on the hope of Democratic blunders. PARDONS ANOTHER MURDERER. Governor Blease Turns Burrill Thom as Loose. Burrill Thomas of Hampton coun ty who was serving a life sentence in the State penitentiary for murder has been pardoned by Gov. Blease. He was convicted with recommenda tion to mercy in 1S95 for killing John Lightsey at Varnville, in Hamp ton county, and was sent co the peni tentiary for a life sentence. Benja min Bennett was convicted at the same time with Thomas on the same charge and was pardoned ii. 1903 by Gov. McSweeney. In a pre iOus peti tion for pardon of Thomas, the par don was recommended by G. D. Bel linger, former solicitor, and Judge Aldrich, who heard the case. Killed by a Teacher. At Tennille, Ga., Dr. T. J. Kelley was shot and instantly killed Thurs day by Nathan L. Johnson, superin tendent of Tennille institute. The punishment of Dr. Kelley's son at the institute, it is said, led to the trou ble, the culmination of which was Thursday's tragedy. Friends had tried to settle the trouble, but when the disputants met on the street Thursday the killing occurred. Killed for Burglar. Sig J. Moore, a young f?,rmer, shot and killed his sister, Mrs. Lottie Wil mon, at an early hour Thursday at their home near Dallas, Texas, mis taking her for a burglar. ;4 OKANGEBU COCK OF WALK Gov. Blease Says fie Caa Beat Aoy One in South Carolina Except SENATOR TiUlAN On His Way to Atlanta the Governor Stopped Over in Augusta and Took Tea With His Friend, L. J. Wil Liar as and Talks to a Newspaper Rejwrter. Governor Cole L. Blease of South Carolina passed through Augusta Wednesday night en route to At lanta, where he will be in attend ance at the Southern Commercial congress. The Augusta Chronicle says of the visit: "Gov. Blease was met, at the Al bion hotel by Mr. L. J. Williams, who accorapanied him to supper. In a conversation, at which a representa tive of The Chronicle was present, Gov. Blease rehearsed hie fight dur ing the recent campaign for the ex ecutive chair. "Gov. Blease stated that the Caro lina press, with a few exceptions had fought him with an unwarranted bit terness and that the Columbia Staie and the Charleston News and Courier had fought him from personal reas ons, disregarding his ability as an executive. "Gov. Blease stated that the Idea of trying to force him to appoint his enemies to office In the State was foolish, saying that be had no idea of doing so. He, however, said that some people misconstrued his mean ing and, did not understand the dif ference between an enemy and an op ponent. 'There are some of my op ponents that I would not hesitate to appoint to any position they were fitted to occupy,, but I will not ap point my enemies,' said the governor. "Gov. "Bles.Be Btated that he had won his fight by telling the people, in his speeches throughout the State, what he intended to cto and that' he had stuck by his platform promises. Ee stated that his ambitions had been gratified and that if the people of South Carolina wanted him to serve another term as governor he would do so, but that he was gov ernor now for a term of office and he was going to fulfil the law to the letter while holding the chair. ,,'WTn?n"a?l?^"'"wnat''tJie outeoirse of his altercation with.* the supreme court would be, the governor stated that that body would eventually wake up. He Bald that he had the law on hiu side and that he would he locked up before he would appoint his ene mies to any position, no matter what the supreme court wanted. ?"Gov. BU-ase stated that in fulfil ment of his life's ambition he had written his name on the pages of the history of South Carolina so that It would never be wiped off. He can have this satisfaction if defeated in the election two years from now. "Gov. Blease does not believe, however, that he will be defeated. He ?said that he could lick any man in South Carolina for the United States senate except Ben Tillman and that he could lick any man for governor. "He thinks that the people who elected him believe in him and he sajd that he would not go back on them. "Gov. Blease stated that the Caro lina press was of no consequence to him, and that he paid no attention to the articles they primed on him dur ing his race or during his adminis tration. He could reach the people in other ways and that was all that he would ask. "Gov. Blease had nothing to say in regard to the new county, but sug gested to Mr. Williams that the Sa vannah river's course be changed to include Augusta, which city he would then recommend for the county seat. "Gov. Blease will stop over a few hours in Augusta on his return trip from Atlanta." BRYAN REJOICES. That Reforms He Has Advocated Are Being Adopted. Declaring that It was a greater pleasure than being President to sit back and see the reforms he had ad vocated for years being adopted by the West, most slowly accepted by the East and publicly supported and proclaimed by Col. Roosevelt and President Taft, William Jennings Bryan Wednesday night addressed a thousand members of the Boston City Club. Mr. Bryan upheld the Canad ian reciprocity measure, declaring it would be the end of the Republican party, and he said that reciprocity would be finally adopted. In closing he said he would not again be a can didate for the Presidency. Murderer Captured. Bascom Carl ton, charge:! with the murder of Deputy Sheriff White and A. Schneider last Sunday night at Espauola, Fla., while they were searching him and two other prison ers, was captured at 2 o'clock Wed nesday morning on island in the middle of a lake near there. Marries Chinese. At Vancouver, B. C, Miss Auita Deschontz, actress, aged 22, was mar ried to Lew Ling, a wealthy Chiueso merchant of Hoquiam, Wash. The girl is of Spanish descent and her home is in Pittsiburg, Pa. EG, S. C. SATURDAY. WL THEIR DEATH KNELL PREDICTS REALIGMHEXT OF PO LITICAL PARTIES. Gov. Foss Says Failure of the Senate to Respond to P?*>ple Demands Hustens Its Downfall. A realignment of political parties In this country was predicted by Gov. Eugene N. Foss in the course of an address before the Holyoke Board of Trade Wednesday evening: This, he declared, would come as a result of the failure of the Senate to pass the McCall Reciprocity billl. "The action of the Republican sen ate," said Gov. Foss, "In rejecting this opportunity to carry out the principles of its party platform, the request of its President; and wishes of the people; Its support of Lorlmer and its opposition to other progres sive measures of legislation but em phasize the necessity of securing legislation that will make the Sena tors more responsible to public seu timent by their election by the di rect vote oi the people. The Repub lican leaders by their, action have sounded their own death knell. "It means, in my judgment, a re alignment of parties. This is in fact already going on. It !s taking place now. The only thing that the pro gressive wing of the Republican par ty can do is to join hands with the progressive wing of the Democratic party and secure legislation that wiil be in the interests of all the people and not of special privilege." The Governor declared that the United States" has much to gain and nothing to lose" from reciprocity with Canada. Urging the necessity of getting ready for the result of re ciprocity, the Governor advocated the enlargement of transportation facili ties in Massachusetts and particu larly the development of inland wat erways. Referring to the proposal to dredge the Connecticut river, so as to extend navigation from Hart ford to Holyoke, Gov. Foss said: <rThe computations' of the expense and the benefits seem to justify all in asking that the Government proceed ?with this work." AGAINST HIS PARDON. People of Barnwell Want Kennedy to Serve His Tljme, ? Representative J?tKes 'E. Davls.-of Barnwell, presented to Gov. Blease on Tuesday afternoon, a petition counter to that which was recently filed in behalf o? J. Chester Kenne dy, the white man who was convicted of procuring the murder of a neigh bor, Perry Ussery, by negroes on the square of Barnwell and who was sen> tenced two years ago to life impris onment in the penitentiary. Mr. Davis, a former solicitor, was one of the attorneys assisting Solic itor Byrnes in the prosecution. He supported the petition with a strong personal appeal to the Governor, not to pardon or parole Kennedy anc turn him loose again upon the com munity. Mr. Davis said he had procured the signatures of some of the best peo ple of Barnwell county to the peti tion. Among the endorsements is one by Magistrate T. S. Dunbar, of Four Mile, who swore Gov. FBlease into of fice?"For God's sake don't grant it." Kennedy Is a man of about 24 years. His father died recently. THE DEMOCRATS UNITED. What Champ Clark Says About Po litical Situation. A statement made at Pittsburg, Pa., Wednesday night by Congress man Champ Clark of (Missouri, speak er of the next congress, severely ar raignes Republicans and newspapers of the country who are* alleged to be predicting a split in the Oemocrat ic party. In part the statement fol lows: The strangest political phenome non of our times is the persistence with which Republican newspapers try to create the impression that there is, or is about to be, a great split among Democrats. They work at the game as industriously as any rattlepate ever worked to discover perpetual motion. "All this hullabaloo about 'Demo cratic splits is to hide the wide and irreconcilable splits among Republi cans. Democrats are united for vic tory in 1912 and afterwards for many years to come." Worked If am Circuit. At New Orleans Ananias Penny, negro, is under arrest, charged wiln stealing $600 worth of hams from a packing co icern. It is said that Penny has been operating a "ham circuit" for a month peddling his wares at reduced prices. Clerks checked up the stock this week and found the shortage. Penny, declares he is sure he did not get $ii00 worth, as he only took about eight hams a week. Blow Proves Serious. At Aiken Robert F. Ussery, a young printer, was arrested Wednes day morning and placed in jail foi striking Gary Glover, son of P. B. Glover, with a pool cue in the Hotel Aiken poolroom. The blow was not thought to have been serious, but it developed that the boy is not ex pected to live. Ussery is about 20 years old and Glover is said to be 17. ujcn ii.i9ii. MORE BOOZE Prohition Docs Not hfiai. the CoDsnnip lion of Liquor. MORE USED THAN EVER According to the Annual Report De spite the Closing of Many Saloons in Various States, Production of Intoxicating Liquors for 1910 Ex ceeded That of 1009. The last annual report of the com missioner of internal revenue, show ing that there had been a large in crease both in production and con sumption of intoxicating liquors dur ing the year 1910 over 1909, raised an Interesting question in the session of Congress just ended as to whether the closing of saloons really tended to increase consumption, says the Washington correspondent of The News and Courier. The House com mittee on Inter-State and foreign commerce gave a number of hearings concerning the question. Many per sons were brought before the com mittee and otherwise a large amount of data was closely examined. Congressman James. H. Miller, joint author of the Miller-Curtis bill in the House, was asked for an ex pression of opinion just before he went to his home in Kansas today. His statement is especially significant not only because he is a member of the committee which has been In vestigating the subject, but also be cause the State from which he comes, [Kansas, has in recent years been the battle ground of many hot liquor contests. "It is not denied,'1 Mr. Miller said, "that .the amount, of both distilled and fermented liquors produced and consumed during the last fiscal year has Increased over the amount for 1909. It Is highly Interesting to note, however, that there is a very material decrease in both the con sumption and production of liquors In the revenue districts, comprising prohibition States, while the increase Is largely in three or four of the StateB where the license policy pre vails. "It Is Important to notice air 3 that while there Ib an increase in the to tal production and consumption^.of li quor, as compared with the year be fore, yet there Is a substantial de crease In comparison with the fiscal year of 1909. The reason for this showing is indicated by the fact that while during 1910 there was no back ward step, and some additional coun ties and communities were in the ''dry' column, yet the number of these districts that became 'dry' during 1910 was not so large as the aggre gate of those" which went 'dry' dur ing either of the two previous years; subsequently the amount of decrease in the sections that were added to the no-license list was not sufficient to offset the continued Increase in the large cities and license States. "During the fiscal year of 1S10 there were the following decreases. Alabama and Mississippi, 176 gal lons; Georgia, 7,245; Kansas and Oklahoma, 357; Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire, 597; North Caro lina, 271,1 00; Tennessee, 460,181. "In contrast to these figures those containing the three largest license cities in the United States are as fol lows: New York, increase, 2,100,' 791; Pennsylvania, 1,528,147; Illi nois, 234,005.M Upon being asked in what manner the various States might be enabled to stop the Inter-State shipment of liquor, Mr. iVfller said: "As we view the problem, three or four pos sible ways by which the State may be given the necessary relief. 1. Action, such as is contemplated by the Miller-C irtis bill, which now attempts to remove an impediment which now exists by reason of the absence of a specific utterance, on the part of Congress, thus allowing im ported liquors to fall within the juris diction upon arrival immediately within the boundary of the State to which consignment has been made, and thereby become mingled with the common mass of property within the State. 2. Action by which the Inter-State shipments of intoxicating liquors may be forbidden altogether, as in tiie case of lottery tickets. 3. Action forbidding partial Inier State shipments of liquor when con signed to those who are not author ized by State law to dispose of them. 4. The adoption of an amendment to the Inter-State commerce clause of the Constitution which, without question, will give Congress full power to take whatever action is nec essary in giving relief to the State. "This latter suggestion is condi tional on the possibility of Congress failing to take further action on the ground of unconstitutionally. If. however, the public sentiment al ready aroused on the question shall be compelled to resort to this ex treme, it is problematic where the demands for constitutional changes will end. "The bill in question proposes to constitute intoxicating liquors as a special class of commodities, to be admitted to and carried in Inter state commerce on condition that the Inter-State commerce character of the shipment Sihall cease at once upon arrival immediately within the boun dary of the Si;ate. By this proposed Act Congress is not asked to help 1 TALE OF WOE TOLD MORE DETAILS OF THE CHINESE 9 FAMINE REACH US. Missionaries Working Hard and Have Attacked Problem of Relieving Sufferers. More gruesome stories of the hor rors of the Chinese famine reached the state department Thursday from the consul general at Shanghai, who describes conditions at the beginning of February. One traveler reported passing 13 dead bodies in 13 minutes. Others tell of the natives eating cakes made of leaves and stems mixed with mil let chaff, which they buy with the al lowance fr'"~i the government of three centt piece. Trees have been stripped of i be bark and eaten. An American Presbyterian mis sionary declared that in the whole afflicted region there were 2.000,000 starving people. In one village of 100 families one-third were dead of hunger and pestilence. Snow was falling and many were without prop er shelter or clothing. The missionaries have attacked the work of relief with the greatest sys tem and directness. The families in the province of Puchow, for instance, were divided into four classes and enumerated with this result: Those who had plenty numbered 18,995; those who could exist till harvest on wheat grain they had, 209,937; those who had a little grain, but would be in need before the end of February, 156,301, and those real ly destitute and in need of immedi ate relief, 195,651. One thousand dollars raised by the Chinese relief committee of the chamber of commerce of Cincinnati was cabled to Shanghai Thursday by the American National Red Cross. FREE 16 YEARS, GOES BACK. Escaped North Carolina Convict Cap tared in Kentucky. After being at liberty for sixteen years; T. B. Whitson, who on Febru ary 27, 1895, escaped from the State prison at Raleigh, N. C, where he was serving a sentence of thirty years for murder, was arrested at Lexington, Ky., Thursday, and will be taken back to North Carolina to serve out his term. Residing, in Letcher county, Kentucky, as "Sam inej-j Jones,'? be has amassed , a. com f jrtable fortune. He was sentenced to death March 19, 1893, for the murder of C. C. Byrd at Bakersville, N. C, but on a second trial he was given thirty years' imprisonment. ROBBERS ARE CAUGHT. Conductor Identifies Men Who Held Up His Train. W. A. Pinkerton, head of the Pink erton detective agency who is in Mo bile, was notified Thursday in a tel egram from Chicago of the capture in the woods of Michigan of the rob bers who robbed the mail train on the Oregon Short Line some time ago The men arrested are Thomas O'Hani and Victor Close. At the time of the robbery one of the porters on the train was shot to death and anothei wounded. The men were traced tc the woods of Northern Michigan but the arrests were not made until the conductor of the train was taken to Michigan and identified the men. Let Water Flow Out. At Florence some one left open a valve in the waterworks system, probably after reading of a similar case in Columbia a few days ago, and bled the standpipe to death Saturday night. While the late risers were bathing and getting breakfast the water supply suddenly gave out, and investigation showed that the staud pipe had been emptied. The pump was put to work at once and the drought lasted only about 10 min utes. Shot Himself on Roof. Standing on the edge of the root of a tenement house in New York Thursday an unidentified man sent two revolver bullets into his head. The body crashed to the street, five stories below. That the suicide had intended to make sure of dying if his revolver failed him was indicated by the finding on the roof of a bottle filled with a powerful acid. Crushed to Death.. Arthur M. Stuart, a switchman of the Charleston Terminal Company, fell from a freight car, and was fa tally crushed under thp wheels of an engine tender, lie died a few min utes after tin- accident happened, and an Inquest held Thursday by the cor oner resulted in a verdict of acci dental death. Feeding the Starving. For the relief of the starving mul titude of China, The Christian Her ald Wednesday sent $10,0nn to the state department for transmission to Shanghai. This amount will be ca bled to the American consul at Shanghai for distribution to the fa mine sufferers. enforce the police regulations of any State, or to do anything which the States can do for themselves, but simply to protect the States in the exercise of their police powers at a point where such exercise is not now fully guaranteed." ?W0 CENTS PE3 COPY TAKEN TO COURT Men Named for Secared ao Injunction Against Tbose APPOINTED BY BLEASE Supporters of the Beaufort Delega tion Nominees for Commissioners, Who Were Ignored by Gov. Blease, and Others Given the Places, Brought the Action in the Court. Judge Gary Thursday at Walter boro issued a temporary injunction against the men recently appointed township commissioners in Beaufort county by Gov. Blease in opposition to the recommendations of the legis lative delegation, and they are cited to show cause why the temporary In junction should not be made perma nent. Gov. Blease, in appointing the township commissioners, entirely ig nored the recommendations of ihe> legislative delegations in six of the seven townships in spite of the pro vision of the code that he shall ap point them upon the recommendation of the delegation. The appointments were made, It in understood, after a conference with Thomas Talhird, a political follower of the governor, who opposed the election of the members of the Beau fort delegation. The governor's action caused in dignation In Beaufort and as it is be lieved that the appointments made iby the governor are illegal it was de termined to take the case to the courts. It Is especially neoast*ary that there be no question as 10 the legality ol the township commissioners because they are to be entrusted with the spending of $300,000 for the erec tion of a bridge from Beaufort to the opposite island. Now that the restraining order has ibeen issued the case will have to be argued upon question of making the order permanent and the decision of this case may be a precedent that, will settle the ether disputed a,p pointmonts in the State. ,. REFUSES TO OBEY BLEASE. \) a > , Magistrate Kirby Declines to-Give tfo f ; !' v;v' '?'??? '?? ;r'<;.'! His Office. i Magistrate A. H. Kirby, of Spar i tanburg, has -received a letter from Gov. 'Bleaue ordering him to vacato his office as magistrate and turn over his records to Malcomb Bowden, the; governor's appointee. Maj. Kirby , has said that he will do nothing of the kind. Though the major is 83 years old, he says he is not ready to retire at this time and holds that the governor has no right to remove him from of fice. His attorneys advise him 'chat he can hold over, since Mr. Bowden, whom the> governor appointed to suc ; ceed him, has not had the indorse " ment of the county delegation nor 1 been recommended by the senate. ! Both Maj. Kirby and Bowden are ! transacting business. What the de velopments will be is the question in 1 which the city is much interested. Holds On Also. The latest developments in the magisterial situation at Greenwood is a letter received Thursday, morn ing from the governor by Judge Kerr. In this letter Magistrate Kerr is told that "his successor having been appointed, his commission is re voked and is null and void." Previous to this the governor had advised his appointee, J. W. Canlield, to go ahead transacting business as magistrate and if at the end oi 30 days Maj Is tr?te Kerr had not turned over his books to him, Mr. Canlield, |it would be in order to have a war rant sworn out for him. The notice of revocation of Magis trate Kerr's commission is another move which Mr. Kerr says can not be sustained as the cause given, the appointment of his successor, is not one of the three causes specified by law upon which his commission can be revoked. What It Means. A Washington dispatch says all doubt as to the purpose of the gov ernment in sending 20,000 troops to. the .Mexican border has at last been swept away. The I nited States has determined that the revolution in .Mexico must end. The American troops have been sent to form a solid military wall along the Bio Grande to stoj? filibustering and to see that there is no further snuggling of arms and men across the internation al .boundary. Sets Him Free, j Izrael Lazarus, a negro, who was convicted in Colleton county on the charge of manslaughter, in March I of lit 10, and sentenced to three years on the chain gang, has been par doned by Governor Please. The par don was recommended by Solicitor Peurifoy, who prosecuted the case.; Lazarus killed another negro. -1 Circular Saw Htirsted. At Jacksonville Daniel Johns, 21' years old, was killed -Instantly this morning at the Burke Lumber Mills, when a circular saw bursted and, af ter passing entirely through a two by-four plank, cut his body in twain*