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,* * * * * * * * * * * * THE GOVERNOR'S RECEPTION. * * * * * * * * * * * * * Columbia Daily Record. Chief in interest among the social events of the week was the reception which Governor and Mrs. Colenian Livingston Blease gave at the execu tivE mansion Wednesday evening, in compliment to the general assembly, such State officers, supreme court justices, circuit judges and solicitors as were in the city, as well as the newspaper men wvho report the pro ceedings of the legislature, being also invited. Governor and Mrs. Blease were as sisted in receiving by the lieutenant governor, Mr. Charles A. Smith, and Mrs. Smith, in the drawing room, which was decorated with ferns and carnations artistically arranged. In the library, where punch was served, great quantities of violets were effec tively used en masse. An elegant buffe supper was served in the din ing room. In this apartment the decorations of pink carnations and japonicas were lovely. The lighting was by pink candles. During the whole evening the Columbia orches tra dispensed sweet music. In the back of the hall coffee and cake were served. Those serving punch were Miss Elizabeth Dominick, Miss Van essa Williams and Mrs. Cannon G. Blease, all of Newberry. Serving cof fee and cake were Miss Buchanan, of Pendleton and Miss Havird, of New berry. In the dining room the service was by Mrs. Julius Eison and Miss Drucy Cromer, of Newberry. Mrs. Blease received in a handsome gown of black lace, in empire ef fect, built over satin, with bandings of black velvet. Diamonds and rcses were worn with this costume. Mrs. Smith wore a distinctive gown of black, brocaded satin, and carried carnations. Miss Vanessa Williams was gown ed in pink marquisette, with a deli cate braided design on bodice and Skirt. Miss Mi-nnie Havird appeared in a model of apricot satin, garnished with pearl passementerie. Mrs. Oannon Blease wore a 'hand some costume of la3vender msarqui sette, bodice and skirt 'heavily head ed. Miss Leila Buchanan wore a dainty gown of white, with hand embroid eries in a flower design. Mrs. Julius Bison received in a cos tume of old rose silk draped over a formation of satin. Miss Drucie Cromer wore a frock of Alice belue chiffon hung over satin with maribo trimmings. Miss Elizabeth Dominick appeared in an imported robe of Battenburg lace over a foundation of yellow sat in. BLE ASE ON 'JUJDGES. Hopes Legislature Will Amend Law So That Future Conflicts M~ay -Be Avoided. Following the report of the judi ciary committee holding constitution al the Act giving the supreme court the right to recommend special judges for appointment by the gsovernor, Governor Blease sent the following message to the general assembly: "The report of your house judiciary committee on my message No. 11 is not at all surprising, as you 'will note* in said message I said "I hope that the committee would not act upon the* matter not according to their political Tiews towards their chief executive ~or their personal feelings towards the -supreme court' "Since sending in my message many -strong lawyers have congratulated Ine on my position and one who ist considered the equal. of any member of the bar -in South Carolina, if not the superior, says I am correct; and, once again, I request of you to repeal that portion of the act giving the power to thie chief justice or associate justices to dictate to me who I shall appoint on the bench. "Now, gentlemen, I am se-rious about this matter. I hav-e asked you to avoid a conflict; it is up to you. I know my duty and when the time comes I amj going to do it as I wds eIected to do; I have no relatives in your body, but hope I have some po-: litical friends. "Very respectfully, "Cole. L. Blease." SIGNS PROHIBITION A CT THEN THROWS PEN AWAT Austin, Texas, Feb. 10.--Gov. Col quitt this afternoon signed the joint resolution adopted by the present leg islature providing for submission to popular vote of the proposed amend ment to the constitution for State-wide prohibition. The question will be vot ed on at a special election to be held July 22. After signing the resolution, Gov. Colquitt dedicated the pen which h e to t"e waste batsket. HOILSE TO I1"E 433 MEIBERS. Democrats, Joined by a Few Republi. can1s, Defeat Plans of Recent G. 0. P. Caucus. Washington, February 9.-The Dem cerats of the house, aided by a few Re publicans, who declined to be bound by the party caucus. today won tloir fight for an increased representatior in the lower branch of congress un der the census of 1910. They voted down the Republican caucns bill, tc maintain the mnem',rship at 391, as at present, and then passed the ori I ginal Crumpacker bill, fixing the r b rzhip at 433. on and after March 3, 1913. If Arizona and New M exco should be admitted to State hood, they will be given one rep resentative each, bringing the total up to 435. Go to the Senate. Today's action of the house must be referred to the senate. The house leaders believe that the senate will follow the wishes of the lower branch. Under the new reapportionment plan no State loses a member. The following States gain the number in dicated: - Alabama, 1; California, 3; Colora do, 1; Florida, 1; Georgia, 1; Idaho, 1; Illinois, 2; Louisiana, 1; Massachu setts, 2; Michigan, 1; Minnesota, 1; Montana, 1; New Jersey, 2; New York 6; North Dakota, 1; Ohio, 1; Oklaho ma, 3; Oregon, 1; Pennsylvania, 4; Rhode Island, 1; South Dakota, 1; Texas, 2; Utah, 2; Washington, 2; West Virginia, 1. Crumpacker Votes With Democrats. The house spent more than five hours in discussing and voting upon the bill and various proposed amend ments. An amendment, offered by Representative Bennett, of New York, and desigr ed to cut down representa tion, was voted down by 154 to 96. Representative Crumpacker, of Indi ana, chairman of the committee on the census, and author of a number of bills to reduce the representation from States in the South, voted to day against the Bennett amendment dnd was applauded by the Democrats. The Democrats lost but one decis ion during the entire fight. A com mittee amendment in the bill, provid ing 'tat States should be redistrict ed by tb e legislatures, was voted down on an appeal from the Repub lican members of the Missouri dele gation. They declared the States should be permitted to redistrict them selves in their own way. TWO MfLLION CHINESE ARE NEA1R STARVATION Unless Relieved Soon, Inhabitants of Famine Districts Will Die Like Flies. W'ashington, Feb. 10.-Unless re lieved, 2.000,000 people in China will die of starvation. This is a calamity predicted by Mr. Wilder, American consul general at Shanghai, in a cable gram received from him by th~e Amer ican National Red Cross society. In descrlbing the pitiful condition Mr. Wilder says the scenes in the famine district are 'horrying. Chil dren are being given away by thie af fieted people and the dead lie by the road side. The Red Cross today cabled to China $5,000 which was contributed by Joh.n D. Rockefeller. In a mail report to the state depart ment dated December 30, from Mr. Calhoun, American minister at Pek ing, it is stated that the number of sufferers in two provinces-Kian gau and Anhui-is not less than 3, 000,000. The minister estimates that 2,000,000 gold dollars will be required to provide relief. SENDS WOMAN TO TOMBS AS CHECK TO SMUGGLING Judge in New York Makes Horrible Example of Mrs. Roberta G. Hill New York, Feb. 10.--As an example to women who have no qualms against smuggling, Judge Martin in the crim inal branch of the United States dis trict court today sentenced Mrs. Ro berta G. Hill to the Tombs from to night until S o'clock Monday morning and fined her $2,000. The fine was promptly paid and Mrs. Hill was led away sobbing hysterically. She is the daughter of Morris Men ges, a well-known Brooklyn horse man, and divorced wife of Capt. JIames Hill, of the British army. Counsel for Mrs. Hill mad,e a strong plea for the court's mercy. but JIudge Martin said he felt a jail sentence was necessary as lesson. "I rgret to say," he added, "that women are much more prone to to attempit smug gling than are men." Mrs. Hill had pleaded guilty to smuggling into this country a sable coat and other goods valued at $8,000. Her mother sat near her during the proceedings and sobbed hitterly when scutenCe was ~..'m:onnced. ***** * *,-*** * TIE STATE PRESS ON TWO OFFICES. *** * * * * * *' ~* * * * * CollegeP Traste es as "Officers."1 Yorkville Enquirer. Under this caption, the Newberry Oberver has a splendid editorial. It follows: "We do not believe that the State Sonsti'mion ever intended to prevent a public officer from serving on the board of Lrustees of a State college. Take the case of trustee of Clemson, for instance: The Clemson beocuest. with ii.s 1'rovisions for life trusty. had been accepte:1 before -the constitu tion was adopted, and of course was accepted with the provisio- in it. "If the constitutional convention had been so very desirous of keeping public officerrs off these boards, why in the name of common sense did it provide that the governor, the State superintendent of education and two memabers of the legislature, viz., the chairman of the educational commit tees in the house and Senate respect ively, should be members of these boards? "We are no lawyer, and therefore do not undertake to go into a learned constitutional argument; but that is the way it strikes us. "And another thing that strikes us 'is that there' is a good deal of per sonal and political spite and preju dice at the bottom of the whole busi ness." We think the Observer has inter preted the law correctly, and that it has given the right explanation as to the cause of the agitation that has been going on. There is nothing more to be said on th-e subject.-Anderson Daily Mail. Here is a case where we have to dif fer with two newspapers for whose judgment and honesty of purpose we have the highest regard. As we have said before, we do not see any good reason why a man should be prohibited from holding the office of school trustee along with another office. That there is wisdom behind the idea we d-> not deny; but we are unable to see it. To our view Ahere is just as much reason why- the ex ceptions of the constitutional provis ion should include school trustees as notaries public and officers in thse :litia; but with us, that is not the question. More important than anything else in the matter is obedience to the law. We do not think that the meaning of constitutional provision admits of ar gument. The point the Observer seeks to make instead of bolstering up i-ts contention bears the other way. If when the 'makers of the constitution made special provision for the service of the officers named as trustees, they had intended other officers to serve in a slike manner, they would have said so. The fact that they did not make a 'gederal exception in favor of trus tees goes to show that they did not in tend any such exception. As to the alleged motive behind this reconmendation, we do not c-are to say a great deal. The Observer un derstands that better than we do. But as we see it, moitve has no part in a case like t'his. There can be no comn mendation, of course, of improper mo tives in anything; -but when it comes to -an effort to secure the inforcement or observa>nce of a plain law, we do~ - t think it is proper to raise a ques uon of motive. Even though the individual who seeks to compel the on,servance of the law may himself have the reputation of notorious.ly disregarding all laws, it is not enough for the man -he is after to reply that "you are doing this only for contemptible spite." The proper thing is to .acknowledge thie error, and step down -and out of the assailable position to -a place of security that spite can not reach. From Tillman's Home. The Edgefid Chronicle. The Edgefield Chronicle opposed Governor Bleas's election on princi pie, but we shall not -hesitate to give' him credit for whatever he does or tries to do that in our opinion is wise or just or deserving of commendation. We regard as timely and proper hi-s message to the general assembly call ing attention to certain men holding high office who are holding other of fices in violation of the letter and the' spirit of the constitution of South Carolina, which plainly inhibits any one holding more than one office of honor and trust. Among those who have violated this clause of the con situtltio)n are United States Senator B. R. Tillman, State Senator Alan JIohn stone, of Newberry, and Railroad Coin mssonCr .John G. Richards, and a number of others. Kingstree Record, 9th. The constitution forbids any one holding two or more offices of honor or emolument. fT there bt- neither honor nor money in the State college truteeships why do the poliili-ns -*'-- ~J* ~ The Plumbing in 1 Your House or any new work put in your houss should be the very best. We use Haynes, Jones & Gadberry fix tures., There is no better on the market, and our work is guaran teed to give satisfaction. We will be pleased to give you an estimate. H. B. WELLS. Transfer Headquarters. We haul anything. 'Phone us. DON'T DELAY LONGER In providing vour home with a good piano or organ. Doubtless, you bave romised your family an instrument. No horne is complete wit.hout music, and nothing is so inspiring and culti vating. 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