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VOUE X,NUMBER 29. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1911. TO_ _LD IE X L I X, N_IB E R-29 . VROCLAM.TON BY GOVERNOR. Says Peace Officers Must Actively Aid ia~Iuforcing the Dispensary Law. Columbia, April 7.-Gov. Blease is sued Thursday a proclamation call ing upon sheriffs and their deputies, magistrates and their constables, rural policemen and city and town -officials of the State to enforce ac Itively the law again'st illicit traffic in intoxicants. The governor's proclamation fol lows,: State of South Carolina-Execttive Department. To all Sheriffs and their Deputies; Magistrates and their Constables; * Constables; Rural Police; City and Town Officials of South Carolina: Please take notice that "An act to -declare the law in reference to and to regulate the manufacture, sale, use, consumption, possession, transporta tion and disposition of alcoholic li quors and beverages within the State and to police the same," and acts amendatoryt hereof, provides, in part, as follows: "It shall be the duty of the sheriffs, and their deputies, magistrates, con stables, rural police, city and town officials, to enforce the provisons of this act," etc. Now, gentlemen, I beg and insist upon your doing your duty under this act, and wish to say that those of you who come under my authority, if you do not do it (while it would be very unpleasant) I shall take action in the matter and use the authority given me under this act. I hope that you will not force me to this'; and for this reason and because I am anxious that all of the laws of the State be enforced -and that lawlessness and vice shall be put down as far as with in our powers, lie, I appeal to you to assist in the enforcement of all the criminal laws of our State. I will do my part and give you all the assist ance I can, I also call upon all good -citizens of our State to assist in the ,enforcement of our laws. Very respectfully, Cole. L. BIease, Governor. THOM.E TALEN~T FOR GOVERN0E. Repudiates Contract With Charlotte Architect tQ Design Winthrop lju1lding. O)n the grounid that South Carolina $architects ought to be employed to do :architectural work for the State, Gov *ernor Blease -has held up a contract which had been agreed on between the building committee of the Win throp trustees and a Charlotte archi tect, for the draftin'g of plans and s,pecifications for the new domestic arts and sciences building at Win throp. President D. B. Johnson. of Win -throp, is out of the State. On his re -turn Governor Blease will have the Winthrop trustees meet 'here to can vass the situation. Governor Blease makes the following statement in re gard to -the matter? - "I want to go on record as repu diating such a contract. I have asked the committee not to sign the con trect and to hold it up pending the mee.ting. ~My reasons for 'so doing are that we have as good arc-hit ects in South Carolina as there are in the Unio'n. "Our men are raising families in this State; chey are paying taxes and are helping -to support our institu tions; then why should we patronize an architect from another State for the plans of a building to be erected in one of our towns anid by one of the State's institutions? Why should the State put itself on record a.s favoring the employment of menu from beyond -her borders? We snould employ a South Carolinian. As soon as I saw it reported that the building commit tee was to employ a man from Char lotte. I at once made known my po sition.~ Gcvernor Blease~ was emp)hatie in stating that he repudiu 's such a con tract and as chairman of the board he will never place his name to such a proceeding. He thinks that South Carolina's professional men are good en~ough to employ and that the State should not set such an example as this in going beyond rhe~ border to an architect LINER HELPLESS, 1,720 ABOARD. Prinzess Irene Founders Off Long Island Coast-Danger Probably Not Imminent. New York, April 6.-Seventeen hun dred and twenty passengers, within sight of the first of the big lights which marked the finish of their transatlantic voyage, spent a sleep less night tonight on the great steam ship Prinzess Irene, of the North G :Y man Lloyd Line, fast in the sands .ff the seaward coast of Long Island, n the edge of the "Graveyard of the At lantic" and less than fifty miles from this harbor. As night fell a high ground swell was battering the full height of the vessels' superstructure. After running her big nose in the sand during the fog early this morn ing, the liner lay helpless throughout the day, surrounded by tugs and reve nue cutters. Efforts to pull ther free at afternoon high tide, failed, and be cause of a rough sea, no transfer of passengers was attempted, pending renewed attempts to drag her clear early tomorrow. If these fail, transfer will be made to the Prinz Frederich Wilhelm, of the same line, which will be sent to the scene from her- dock here soon after daybreak. Transfer Made to Sister Ship With out Mishap. Lone Hill, L. I., Life Saving Sta tion, April 7.-In five hours and ten minutes this afternoon the 1,725 pas sengers on the stranded North Ger man Lloyd Liner Prinzess Irene were. transferred to her sister ship, the Prinze Friederich Wilhelm, and one hour after nightfall they were on their way to New York. The feat is unparalled in the history of marine disasters. Not a life was lost, not a case of panic was reported. The first pas senger off was a. woman and the sec ond a baby. The cabin passengers, masters of the situation and the lan guage, generously gave precedence to the more timorous steerage. SCORES PERISH IN MINE. Caught Like Rats in Trap Liv-es Snuf-. fed Out-Fire and Gas. Block Escape. Scranton, ia., Aprii 7k-One of the most serious mine disasteim of this section occurred todh ,' thec' litLie villege of Throo9, a shz)rt distance from this city, when tihe lives of be tween fifty and sixty men .and boys were snuffed out. Among. those known to have per ished are Joseph Evans, who was in charge of the United States mine res cue car; Isaac Dawe, a fire boss, and Walter Knight, a foreman. Evans's death was the result of a defective oxygen charged armor. Charles Ensian, -the expert in charge of the mine rescue work for the fed eral govern'ment, was also overcome, and is said to be in a critical condi tion. Bodies Piled in Shaft. Up to a late hour tonight nearly two-score of bodies have been piled at the bottom of the shaft, but it was thought advisable not to bring them to the surface until 'the crowdI had dwindled. A temporary morgue has been erected at the opening to the mine, and here were congregated hun dreds of women and children. rela - tives of the men and boys who ha.i been so suddenly snatched from them Their grief was pitiful, children, o)f tender years slinging to the skirts of their mothers, while older male memn bers of the fanmily sought to soften the anguish of the distrzedl mother-s and sisters. None of the bodios recovered was mutilated, dea'th doubt less having been caused by inhaling flames andi gases. The rescuers are pushing into the mine, and it is thought all of the bodies will be rescued within a few hours. Four Hundred in Mine. The~ fire started in an engine house at the opening of a slope 750 feet from iei in the mine when the fire started. about sixty of them in the wvorkings. into which the slope led. The sixty were at work ini a '-blind" tunn'l ao the end of the slOne. SHOT AN INFANT. Negro Boy Twelve Years Old Shoots Infant in the Arms of Its Sister. On last Thursday afternoon Cor oner Felker was called to hold an in quest over the dead body of an infan,t, Flossie Glenn, who had been shot to death by Thomas James, all colored. The infant was only about one year old, and was in the arms of a little girl about ten years old, who was sit ting on the door step of her mother's home. James is about twelve years old. The testimony taken at the coroner-a inquest developed no cause for the offense. It could not be stated that it .was an accident because the boy went back after bringing the gun out and put a cap on it and deliberately fired. The jury of inquest simply stat ed that the child came to its death by a gunshot wound in the hands of James, and he has been placed in Jail. The following is the testimony tak en before the coroner: Elizabeth Glenn, sworn, says: Thom as James said if I did not stop crying he would shoot me, and he shot at me and hit the baby. I had the baby in my arms. Thomas said Loney Glenn shot the baby. After he shot the baby he ran. He was about 16 yards from me. He held his gun up in his arms when 'he shot. He reach ed in his pocket and got something out. When he got the gun out of the milk house there was no cap on the gun. I am 11 years old. Fait James went in the milk house and brought the gun out. Marion Worthy was not here at the time of the shooting. Her Elizabeth X Glenn. Mark. Lonnie Glenn, swo:n, says: I was itting on 'the door steps and Fait James said, "I am going bird hunt ng;" and he went in the milk house and got the gun and shot. He held the gun toward the baby and her sis, ter and said, "I am going to shoot you." Sister was crying and telling him to put the gun down. He, Fait James, comes up here often, -.. -"'" His Lonnie X Glenn. -.Mark. Ike Glenn, sworil, says: I am the father of the dead barby. It was my g1in, The gun was loaded once, but I thought the boys had taken the load out. This boy, Fait James, often comes up and plays with my children. The boy F'alt Jamies is a second cous in to me. I never had an.y ob.jection to Fait James' playing with my chil den; never k'new my 'children to have any fuss with Fait - James. The last time I saw the gun it was in the house. I moved here since Christmas. I don't know who carried it ini the well house. *His3 Ike X Gilenn Mark. May Boozer, sworn, says: I put t'he gun in the milk house Christma-s week, behind the door. T told the chidren not to bother the gun as part of the load was in it. There was no cap on the gu.n when I put~ it in the milk house. When I leave i always lock the well house to keep the .hii dren from the gun. I live m n. berry county, where the shxcti.ig took 'place. The child lived ahm':r a halr 'hour after I got to it. Her Mary X Boozer. Mark Dr. W. G. Houseal, being sworn, says: I have exaanined the body of Flossie Glenn. I found several shot in right leg, two in right chest near nipple, three in head; one shot pierc ed right eye a-nd entered brain. This shot caused the death of said Flossie Glenn. W. G. Houseal, M. D. Sttement of Fait James oir .Jeamnes. W\hen1 1 came up here yesterday Lonnie had the gun and some caps on it and snapped it, and went in the house and got some more. And when he came back he put two caps on and said he was going hunting, and got out then in front of the wood pile and turned around, and Fannie said, "Shoot at me, but don't shoot the 'baby;" arnd he shot and hit the baby. He said I shot it. butt T never had my hands coa it And when he shot h'o ran and put the gun behind the, door in the well house. 1 was sitting on the well when the gun was shot. He had the gun in the well house snap ping it when I got here. After the baby was shot I ran down across the field to my home. His Fait X James. Mark. Elizabeth Glenn, recalled, said: Fait popped three caps in the well house before he shot. First cap popped at wood pile it went off. I made Lonnie come and sit down by me. I was cry ing because Fait said he was going to shoot me. The cap that popped at the wood pile is the one that killed the baby. Her Elizabeth X Glenn. Mark. DISPENSARY COMMISSION TO BE WOUND UP QUIETLY Matter Will be Disposed of and the En tire Squabble Will Soon be Writ. ten on Pages of History. Col-umbia, April 8.-None of the principals care at the time to be quot ed directly, but it may be said with out violating any confidence, that the winding-up of the State dispensary is not now expected to extend over any considerable period of time. The rev elations incident to that process will be neither so L'umerous nor so start ling as the public expects. Dispensary affairs are unlikely to have much fur ther attention at the hands of the criminal courts and that comparative ly little probing is to be done into the actions of the winding-up commission recently dismissed by the governor. It may be said also that examina tion into the law has given rise to a doubt in several quarters as to the authority of the new commissioners to make formal investigation of their predecessors. Or, in fact, to investi gate anything of date subsequent to the abolishment of the Statr; dspen sary itself. An analysis of the statue involved has put new aspects upai several features' of the situation. There is some question whether the former commissioners would, without a fight, submit to such cross-examind tion by their successors es has been proposed, even if the new commission ers themselves should conceive thema selv s to be clothed with ,authority to put . ho old board oD the gril' in such fashion. This Is said without authority from either set of comnnisioners, though it is known to set forth a ,phase of the situation, which is being given more than passing thought. The attorney general remains con sistently firm in his refusal. to dis cuss the dispensary question for pub lication or to' talk to reporters about his intentions in -regard to criminal prsecutions. There is no reason, nev ertheless, for a belief that no impor tant moves will be made in this direc tion at any earlj date. Secretary Kelley of the ,m'w di:.p a sary commission also refuses to be interviewed.- He 'has b-sen in Coluim bia. for some days. looking over the ground, attending to clerical duties and in general finding out for the board just how the Sit:Otin siani'L. He has had several talk.s with the at torney general. There is a feeling around the State house that the old State dispensary has produced about all the sensation it will yield and that :t will very shortly be done with and forgot:ten. Things are working -tronori of theiv selves to a point where it will be said of the whole unsavo' affir, "Let* the dead past bury its dead." "Prinze'ss Irene .Again Ailoat. New York, April 9.--Bearing no vis ible scatrs, except a sattered rudder post, the North Germani Lloyd Lin' Prinzess Irene slipped away from~ Fye Island this afternoon as in meer assehad comne in the fog ojf Thurs (lay morning. After 83 hours of ba-~ prisonment in the sand off th Lois Hill life-saving station, she i a-a the "graveyard of the Athntic" ord 'was floated with the aid o' - is at. 3.05 p. mn. At 3.40 sha tern ai tow Ifor Scotland Light, practie-ey ai th entrance of New York heber':. 'own chor for the night STATE BOARD GIVES J E a5V Na. Explains Opposition to Dispensary Fund Act-Will Prepare i Substitute. Columbia, April 8.-Following the announcement today that, upon the board's unanimous vote, Governor Blease late last night vetoed the dis pen$ry distribution act, the State board of education, concluding its ses sion here today issued, through Sup erintendent Swearingen, a detailed statement of the causes for the board's vote, and an official outline of other matters considered by the board. The following is the statement of the ,board as to the dispensary distribu tion (or the "Stevenson") adt: "For the following reasons the State board of education adopted a resolu tion approving the action of the gov ernor, in withholding his signature. from the bill to distribute the dispen sary money, and a committee consist ing of three was appointed to drait a substitute bill, which will be present ed to the general assembly, at its next session, with the request that it be enacted. . 4 Reasons for Opposing. "The board is of the opinion that this money belonged to the common schools, and will oppose any effort to use it for any other purpose, and the governor will strenuously oppose and, if necessary, use the constitutional power given him to prevent this money from being used for any Oth er purpose than for the tbeefit of the common schools. "In our opinion the act providing for regulating the distribution of the dispensary moneys paid into the State treasury by the dispensary winding up commission is defective in two im portant particulars. "This act does not furnish the coun ty boards of education any basis for 'apportioning,' among the schools of the several counties, the amount to be received from this fund. If the county boards of education could be given a free hand in 'apportioning' this money to the. needy school. and sChool districts of their respective counties, such a c urse would meet a long felt and presing need. In the abence of this pr-ovision, however, the word 'a,pportioning' s tiMe i the bill requires the amount p'sid each County to be distributed anidfig the several distridts oni tAls bais of en rolment, just as 6thei- reguiar school funds are appe6'tioned and distrib1ted. Other Objedt1oiLk "Section No. 3 provides tiat the bal ance on hand July 1, 1912, $100,000 shall 'be distributed on that day on the basis of enrolment for the schol astic year ending July 1, 1912. The scholastic year ends June 30, hence, the purpose of the bill may be clear, the phraselogy is inaccurate. "Furthermore, the enrolment for the scholastic year 1912 can not be ascertained on Ju-ly 1. .of that year. ThesI figures are sup< a only from the annual report3 of the conlty sup erinedents of educatior, and these reorts can not br compiled by or be fore .Tuly 1 of any year. "W believe that this entire fund belongs to the free public schools. Tese defects in the bill render its execution difficult, if not impossible. A contingent fund in the hands of each county board of educatio-n, to be usedi in their discretion fo +h.' lest Iinterests of their schools, is highly de srable. The framers of this bill de ared. their intention of creating such 1a fund, but they failed to write this itnftionl .inr the law. For th'e* :'ea s.ns, we approve of the actioni of the governor in withholding his signa ture, and we would respectfully urge him to ask the legislature to modify the measure in these two important particulars." Amount of Fund.. The amount available under the act is not as large as was thought at first, owing to independent appropriations for. school purposes in the 1911 ses "The Stare treasurer, upon the re quest of the State board of education, furnished the following statement of dispensary funds now In his hands. The balance April 8, was $32,660.35; appropriations. 1911, high schools, $60,000; extension public schools, $60, 00; public school bu'ildings, $20,0000; total, $140,000, less amount paid this year, .$4ti,95->. Balance on account of apprriaion, 1911. $133,044.43; re maining oaiauue, J1J,U.-.- -- money is deposited in banks at 4 per cent interest compounded monthly. The amount of interest received dur ing March was $1,100." RALIROAD TO SALUDA TO BE OPENED JULY 4 Nation's Birthday Will be Double Hol iday for People of That Town. Work Progressing. Saluda, April 8.-W. J. Montgom ery, president; M. C. Woods, vice president and treasurer; Dr. J. C. Mace, secretary, and Mr. Boyd, man ager of the Independent Construction company, all of Marion, with' their chief engineer, Mr Roberis, we-re .in Saluda yester'l;.y looking over the g-ound with a vie v of selecting a OIte for a- depot, pass ager station :&:d sidetracks for .he road being" bu!t from Wards to this to ti . There are three available sites, but nei selection. was made, or if any coac'.usion was reached no announcement :f it was given out. It is said that about three acres will be needed. Mr. Montgomery stated that the work of grading was progressing rap jidly and crossties are now being dis tri'buted along the line out fromf Wards for some six miles. The work ing camp has been moved over to the Bell place, some five miles from Sa luda, to which point the grading is practically completed. The 'building of the line from Wards to Saluda has been making good prog ress for the past -several weeks, and t. It is authoritatively announced that it is expected to run the first train into Saluda on the Fourth of July, . when all South Carolina will be ea pected to be on hand and partake of 'the biggest barbecue dinner ever heard of, and to join with th,e people of the county in fitly celebrating the greatest event in their history. Mr. Montgomery and party return ed to Marion this morning.. 49 WIDOWS' 17 ORF0XS Families Bereft of Heads by ThrOop Mine Horror-All Bodie of yic tims Reeovered. Scranton, Pa., April 8.-Seventy dise is the revised total- of the toll of && ihe fire at 'the Pancoast CollierV 'in Thfody yestddA A eanvass of the famnajids d( thd 66#?5d. whows 45 widows and 137 drp,hani. tI is authoritatively stated tonight that every corner of the workings which a fleeing victim might have - reached in his frenzq for pure air has been searched, and that every body has been removed. The last group of dead, comprising seven men, was brought up from the depths a little before noon today. As fast as the bodies were identified they were tagged, and if relatives did not come to claim -them fhey were turned over to an undertaker to be prepared for burial and taken home. The undertakers fairly fought for the bodies, believing that 'the company would stand for a good round charge, and scenes that were disgraceful re suted. Police authorities ,had to in terfere to preserve some aspect of decency. Crepe on Many Doors. About every other house in the vil lage of Throop, a typical mining set tlement, had crepe on -the door, and Iin some houses there ,are more than one corpse. Funerals probably will be held Monday. In the matter of the nuumaber of victims , this is the worst mine horror that has ever oc curred in the Lackawanna Bailey re gion, and the worst in the whole an thracite coal fields since the Avondale disaster of September 6, 1869, when one hundred and ten men lost their lives. The twin shaft disaste~r of June 26, 1896, in Pittston, near here, claimed 51 victims. These men were entrap ped by a cave-in whichthywr working to preventby. tneercino pillars., No one of tigeir bodies was :ver recovered. Many explanations are offered as to how the Pancast vic tims came to their death, but none of them is as yet generahy accepted. The fire started yesterday morning a litte after 9 o'clock. It is not known but it is estimated, that it was well aog~ towards 11 o'clock when the danger to the men in the tunne w as