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VOL XLIVA NO 84. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY' OCi'OBER 18. 1907. TWICE A WEEK. S1.50 A YEAR SUPT. MARTIN IS MAD.-~ The Governor Appointed a Member of State Board of Education With out Consulting the Superin tendent. Columbia, Oct. 16.-On receiving notilfication this morning that Gover nor Ansel had appointed Hayne F. Rice of the Aiken bar to fill a vacancy on the state board of education, Su perintendent Martin sent the gover nor a two page typewritten letter de nouncing him in most sarcastic terms for making the appointment without consulting him, and notifying him that on account of his policy he will not offer for re-election as a state superintendent. Mr. Martin's Letter. T.he letter from Mr. Martin to the Governor is as follows: Department of Edueation, Columbia, S. C., Oct. 16,. 1907. Hon. M. F. Ansel, Governor, Co lumbia, S. CL-Dear Sir: Your letter notifying me of the appointment of Mr. H. F. Rice, of the Aiken bar, as a member.of the state board of edu eation was promptly received. So you 'have succeeded in appointing a lawyer and also in not consulting the officer who is responsible to the peo pAe for the conduct of the education al affairs of the state.- 1 wish that it were possible for me to think of your action in this whole matter oth er than as small-minded, officious and, pernicious. I prefer to think of the governor of my state as liberal-mind ed, potential and statesmanly. I note that you say that Mr. Rice has taken an interest in school mat ters. Likewise many of our -school men have taken an interest in law, but it does not follow that they should be put upon the Supreme Bench. They are hardly competent to examine applicants for admission to the bar and to discharge the,num erous complicated, but technical, du ties of the supreme court. To -take a charitable view of the situation, I believe you utterly fail to grasp the duties of a member of the state board of education. Some time ago, when you made your sec ond appointment of a lawyer on this board I eba#raeterized your faction with such language as seemed, at that time, appropriate. I applied the mus tard plaster, wvhich afterwards seem ed rather pungent. The conclusion is now bearing down upon me that you are furnishing a concrete exem plification of the characterization above referred to. The appointee, whom I shall designate as Lawyer No. 2, happened to be too broad-gaug ed a man to accept an appointment in a department whose head had been ignored. Appointee Lawyer No. 3, "Prof.'' Rice, of* the Aiken bar, may be of similar calibre, but if I am to believe the report given to the press concerning his appointment I should say that he is at least -ambiguous, amphibious, ambidextrous, ubiqui tous and indeterminate. These char acteris,ties may appeal to you. As you perhaps know, you have next year the appointment of the re maining members of the state board. of education, with the exception of the secretary, who holds the position ex.officio as state superintendent of education, and I have the supreme satisfaction of knowing that I do not have to sit with them nor be bound by their actions. I wish to give you the pleisure of knowing here and now that I shall not be a member of that board an~y longer than is necessary for me to discharge my duty an~d ob ligation's to the people of South Car olina. For two terms I have been elected state superintendent of edu cation Witho)ut opposition. I have discharged my dutijes fearlessly and vigorously. I feel the satisfaction of having done some good for my peo ple. I shall not ask for re-election. I mention this in order that you may indulge and cherish the fond hope of getting a sate]lite of your own ilk. I am somewhat in the position of the old negro woman who went into a dry goods store and asked for three yards of red ribbon. The clerk wvas very bow-legged. He started across the store and said: "Walk this way. The old woman said: "No, sir: ll do witnout he ribbon before I'll walk dat way." And I'll do without my ribbon before I"ll walk your way. Sincerely yours. 0. B. Martin. 'State Supt. of Education. Governor Ansel's Le- er. This ltt,:r %; reply '- . fcl lowing: "State of South Carolina, "Executive Chamber, "Columbia, October 15, 1907. "Hon. 0. B. Martin, State Super intendent of Education, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: I have appointed the Hon. Hayne F. Rice, Aiken, S. C., as a member of the state board of educa tion to fill the unexpired term of Prof. J. E. Boland, resigned. Mr. Rice has taken great interest in school matters for years. and I feel sure that he will make a very useful member of the board of education. "Yours very truly, "M. F. Ansel, Governor." AMR1CAN HUSBAND A SLAVE. A Mere Money-Maker and Washer Of his Wife's Clothes, Says a French Woman. Paris, September 12.r-A French woman has entributed her impres sions of America to the Paris Matin. Among other things she says: "I used to believe that slavery was abolished, but I have learned in New York that that is not the case. Helotg still exist in the persons of American husbands. "From their earliest years they are apprenticed to their hard lot by being made the butts and drudges of their sisters. American boys have to give way -to every capriee of the American girls. For woman in Amer ica is a d'espot to be feared; she has taken the place of the idol of stone or wood to whieh the redskins offered human victims. "A husband in the eyes of an American wife is a machine for mak ing money. He has no other reason for existence, while her part consists in spending what he makes. "Ask any young girl engaged to some fine young fellow of moderate means how she has passed some holi day wit'h her lover, and she will tell you triumphantly: "I've made him spend so many dollars.' "iA pleasure that is not expensive is never a pleasure to an American woman. That the poor man in a sin gle day has seen a month 's earnings disappear is a matter of no import ane. "When married this unfortunate man sets forth to business early in the morning. All the day he will hardly take the time to swallow a glass of milk without even sitting down at the nearest bar; his time be longs to the Idol; he has no right to so waste the least bit of it on ~his! personal needs. "In the evening he returns, worn out and worried, always to a board ing house, for he has not even a hearth, no American wife being will ing to endure the work of keeping house. And then his wife will give him for a little relaxation her silk or wool combinations to wash in the wash basin, these being all the under wear she uses, while her dress will cost about $200; she, meanwhile, at ease in a rocking chair, remains deep in the delights of a novel. "-The worst result is that, having reduced their husbands to slavery, American women despise them be cause they are slaves-which is natur al. They reproach their husbands with being fit for nothing but mater al work. while it is they who de mand this material work. "Hei resses dIreamn onlyv of nmarry in men like t.hose in French novels, from whom they will have to learn in turn what it is to be ill-treated. And as the result of their toil and mad devotion American men see their money and their women fly to foreigners.'' Undoubtedly, it is the early bird that destroys the boll weevil.-News TOWN WIPED OUT. Fearful Explosion in Du Pont Pow der Works, Followed by Others, Kills About Thirty and Injures Six Hundred-Seven Hundred Homes Wrecked. Brazil, Ind., Oct. 15.-Twenty-five to thirty persons are dead and dying and 600 injured and every house in Fontanet destroyed, 700 residents homeless, is the result of the explo sion of the mills of the DuPont Pow der Company near Fontanet today. The first explosion in the' Glazing Mill was quickly followed in the oth er mills and the men ran for their lives. At the first explosion the town inhabitants ran from the building, thus saving themselves and no one was killed in the town, al though not a single building is left standing. Ninety minutes after the ifirst ex.plosion the heat from the burning mills exploded the great powder mazagines severaly yards away. A freight train on the switch was par'tly destroyed by the concus sion and caught fire. The heat from the burning mills made the removal of the bodies impossible. Eighteen mangled bodies were taken to the morgue to await identification. The injured were found everywhere. The front roofs, sides and foundations of many buildings were blown to atoms. A brick school building a quarter of a mile away, was wrecked and many children were injured, many serious ly. SHOT NEGRO WOMAN. Only a Short Time Before She 'Tried to Kill Dr. Linder-A Remark able Case. Union, Oet. 154-At one o'clock this afternooon Dr. Will L. Linder, a prominent young physician of this eity. shot three times Lucy Lipsey, a negro woman, who, going to his office on the morning of March 25, of this year, shot him in the back with out warning. The weapon used to-1 day by Dr. Lindler was a 32-calibre pistol, one ball entering the right breast and the second slightly below. It is understood that the wounds are. considered mortal, and the end will come soon. The shooting occurred on Main street, Dr Linder being on the side walk and the woman in the door of Swigert 's cash stoXie, inl the act of coming out. As D'r. Linder fired the shots, his father, Dr. S. S. Linder,i canced to be coming up Main street and was only a short distance away. He sprang towards him and attempt ed to prevent him from firing another shot. In the slight struggle that ensu ed Dr. S. S. Linder is said to have called for help and was heard by Dr. M. D. Huiett, who was in the Palmet to Drug Company, two doors below. Dr. Huiett ran to his assistance and was handed the pistol by Dr. Will Linder. As she was shot the woman is said to have fallen to the pavement and, falling, cried out "My Go.d, I'm dead.'' Her sister, who had been in he store with her, caught her as she fell. In a short while Dr. J. H. Hamil ton and Dr. Hardy reached her side and after an examination she was! placed in a hack and taken to the Rice Drug Co.. and then to her home* near the old baseball grounds. Immediately after the unfortunate affair Dr. Tinder, with his father went to Chief of Police Long and surrendered himself. He was turned ver to Sheriff Sanders by Chief Long and is now in jail. Dr. Linder's reznlar counsel. Mr. T. A. Sawyer. left yesterday for New York. hut in the event of the death of the woman there wi'!l be no delay in, Dr. Linder applying to he released on bail. The President's early mornine swim in Bear Enke i sanother vindication of the theories of Ex,Tudge Alton B. Parker.-News ahd Courier. A rei who has something to say ENJOINS DISPENSARY BOARD. Matter Will'Come up in Richmond in November-Order Was Secured by Garrett & Co. Columbia, Oct. 15.-Judge Pritch ard has issued an injunction restrain ing the dispensary winding up com mission from paying out any money in their hands until the claim of Gar rett & Co., a wine concern, is settled, a writ of mandamus being also asked by Garrett & Co., to compel th-e com mission to pay their claim. The state, which has been using the injunction process to close alleged blind tigers, now finds itself the sulb jeet of injunction and it will be inter esting to know what course the state; will pursue. The commission is the agent of the state and the case brings squarely up the right of the federal courts to enjoin the sovereign state of South Carolina. .The order is returnable before Judge Pritehard at Richmond on No vember 19, 1907, and at that time the commission will coubtless. be, repre sented by Attorney General Lyon and the attorney for the commission, Hon. W. F. Stevenson. Gov. Ansel was very busy today and had not given consideration to the matter, so that it is not known what policy he will direct to be pursued. The? liquor concern of Garrett & Co. is represented at this end of the line by the firm of Weston & Aycock. The firm has a claim against the old state dispensary which haspbeen in dispute and the commission has in sisted that the firm take back a lot of wines, which the commission for some reason rejected, these wines having been shipped back to Norfolk some time ago, and refused by the firm at th'at point. In, the complaint the firm alleges that the commission 'is about to pay other claims and not pay their own and the injunction is asked for in order that such payment be restrained until -the application for a writ of mandamus is argued be fore the court to compel the commis sion to pay the claim. It is recogniz ed that the firm tannot sue the state, of which the commission is the agent erely. but it is claimed that a writ of mandamus can be issued to compel the commission to perform a duty whi' : i.; alleged to be purely minis teria!. It of course remains to be seen whether or not the court will hold that the duty is ministerial, since the commission is by the act un dr~ nhieh it is appointed, charged with th? "duty of investigating and determining the legality and justice of all eclaims against the state dispen sary. The commission, it will be ar gnd, is a quasi-court, and th'at it can not be enjoined or that a writ of mandamus cannot be issued against The amount of money which the commission has on hand and which is tied up by this order of Judge Prithard is not dedfnitely known but is something like $750,000. The commission, if it respects the -in junction, cannot pay out a cent of this money as long as the order stands. The claim of Garrett & Co. is about $7,000 and the bond requir ed is only $500. This appears to be aI very small amount compared with the total amount of money which is tied tp by the order. The bond is sign ed by. Garrett & (to. and by Gen. Willie Jnes and Mr. J. P. Matthews, president and cashier respectively of the Palmetto National Bank of this e~ity. TWO CONVICTS BSCAPE. From the State Penitentiary in Co lumbia-Both Were From Green ville County. Columbia. Oct. 16.--Two more es apes from the South Carolina peni tentiary, following up two of a few days since, has caused a great deal af speculation. Yesterday morning about 4.30 o'clock, WaIter Allen and Jas. Sudda.th, both trusties, eseaped from the prison. They had been sent to milk cows, along with four regro convicts. The men werc given* a good deal of liberty, and it was not' thou-ht they would make an attempt ' TIMMERMAN REFUSES TO SET TLE. Disclaims all Responsibility in Stol en Bonds Matter-Former State Treasurer Notifies Attorney General that he Refuses to Settle. s IC Columbia, Oct. 14.-Attorney Gen- e eral Lyon this evening received a let ter from Dr. W. H. Timmerman, for mer State Treasurer, in reply to Mr. Lyon's letter of Saturday, in which Dr. Timmern*n - declines to recog- S nize his liability for the theft of bonds by his former clerk, Daniel Zimmerman, and consequently the At torney General will institute suit on the former treasurer's official bond for the amount Ipst during his admin istration, which is about $14,000, in cluding interest. The letter from Dr. Timmerman is as follows: Batesburg, S. C., - Octob er 14.-Hon. J. Fraser, Lyon, Colum- 0 bia, S. C.-Dear Sir: Yours of 12th instant is received in reference to G stolen bonds claim. In answer there- is to I will say that I do not consider . myself morally or legally bound for the value of the said bonds. I there- a fore will abiae the decision of the courts upon the question of liability. I I will be slow to believe that the u State of South Carolina will be so unjust as to require of me payment s for the stealage 6f a self--confessed thief with the aid and instigation of A a convicted criminal, neither of whom ,t has yet received any punishment for S their crime. And especially since I was denied by statute the free exer- f cise of my judgment in the naming of t] clerks in the State Treasurer's of- F fice so I refuse to make settlement.. o Very truly yours, "W. H. Timmerman." Dr. Timmerman's reference to the t] fact that he was not allowed to put in the office clerks of his own selec- i tion refers to the fact that when he went into office he desired to ap- s< point a kinsman as bond clerk, but under the statute forbidding nepo tism, he could not do so, and he then t< retained Zimmerman, who had been appointed by his predecessor, Dr. W. p T. C. Bates. Zim'merman has confess- t, ed the theft of the 19 state bonds, n worth $12,500, but his case has been r appealed on a technical point, and t will not be argued until this winter.' b Meanwhile he is on bond. His al- s leged. confederate was convicted of receiving stolen property, knowing 1r to be stolen, but Mr. T. J. Gibson hass4 b not been well enough to appear in court and have the sealed sentence d read to him, so that he, too, is virtu ally free so far as the sentence of the a court is concerned. Dr. Bates was in the city today, but he has not yet re- $ plied to the Attorney General's let-. ter in regard to his liability for the - bonds stolen during his administra tion. Treasurer Jennings has indi- a ated his probable intention to settle without suit. J. H. - to get away. They were reported by the negro prisoners to have been seen d throwing down fodder to the cows. Allen had been sent up for seven years for murder in Greenville coun ty, and had served four years as a t trusty. Allen had killed a man nam ed Trammell. Suddath was serving a term for P moonshining. It has been the custom to allow the 0. mountain men a good deal of liberty t and they have never 'before been known to violate the privileges given ~r them. On occasions men from the montain udistrie-ts have been sentenc ed to a penitentiary sentenee, and al 1lowed to come to the prison without a a guard, and they always came back promptly. The otheers grew to have reat faith in the word of these' mountain men, and this was why the prisoners who escaped today had been llowed so many privileges. Nothing has- been heard i-rom Dean and Smith who escaped from the pen itentiary a few days since. Sooon the race for railroad com missioner will be to the faster walker. -,News and oCurier. TAL JNti~Wb V- rz6v0rzjuLw.Lz oeal Estate in Demand at Good Pri ces-Personal Mention-Doctors Agree on Fee Bill. Prosperity, Oct. 17.-Mr. W. Frank heeley has accepted a position in. olumbia and is now in th capital ty, and will be glad to see his friends uring fair week. Mrs. Bielley has been on a visit > friends in Newberry. Messes G. Y. Hunter and A, B. Vise attended the meeting of the hriners in Columbia this week. Mrs. Lizzie Hunter who had been ick at her daughter's Mrs. A. H. [awkins returned to her home in the t. Lukes community on Sunday. Little Miss Betsey Hunter is. vis ing her aunts in town this week. The Sorosis will meet with Mrs. J. . Browne in a social meeting on 'riday afternoon. There will be communion in Grace ngregation on Sunday morning. Children's day will be observed by race Sunday School on the 4th unday. Program will be given next reek. Miss Annie Singley is visiting her unt, Mrs. P. C. Singley this week. Mesdames J. M. Werts and S. D. Yuncan spent a day in Newberry this reek. Miss Nannie Simpson, of Laurems, pent Saturday and Sunday at home. Mr. J. M. Werts and family and fr. and Mrs. D. M. Cromer attended ie funeral of Mrs. A. L. Aull last unday. Mr. W. E. Moseley has .returned rom the Jamestown exposition and a rip through Pennsylvania, going to ittsburg, Altoona and other centres f business. Messrs. J. D. Quattlebaum and E. . Mathis are at Batesburg attending e Tri County fair this week. Miss Lillie Mae lussell is visiting i Columbia this week. Prof. W. E. Monts opened his ihool at Delmar, Saluda county, this reek. W. Q. Hipp, of Pomaria, was- in :wn on Thursday. Mr. S. J. Kohn has sold the Lester lace, bought two or three weeks ago, D Rev. I. S. Caldwell, Mr. Koh iade a nice little profit showing that eal estate is in demand in this see [on. He says he regrets he sold it, ut he is a trader and could not re ist the profit feature. - Fee bill for Prosperity and -sur ounding country, adopted by New erry County Medical Society. One (1) visit per day in town in ay time and before 9 p. m. $1.50. Subsequent visits on same day and t se place, day time, $1.00. Night visits- after 9 p. m. in town Visits in country from 1 to 6 miles -day time-each $2.00. Visits in county from 1 to 6 miles fter sundown $2.50. Visits in country from 6 to 9 miles -day time-each $2.50. Visits in country from 6 to 9 miles fter sundown, eacli $3.50. Visits in country over 9 miles ay time-each $3.00 and over. Visits in country over 9 miles after ndown, each $4.00 and over. "Call visit'' when passing (first me) in country $1.50. Detention over time of usual visit, er hour $1.00. Office visits-abscesses, felons, hyp 1eermic injeetions, physical examima ons. etc., $1.00. Certificates for exemption from >ad or other public duty $1.00 Adminiterinlg anesthetic $3.00. 05stetrical case $10.00. Reducing fracture and disiocah1onls adddressing same $5.00 to $50.00 Aputations $5.00 to $100.00. Consutatons~ $10.00. Signed by Jacob S. Wiheeler. Geo. Y. Hunter. John J. Dominick. C. T. Wyche. J. I. Bedenbaugh. Why not keep the comic supple tent out of the educational system , out arolina?--News and Cour