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WiLL PAY TRIBUTE To NOTED SFiR t)N 3onument For Dr. _Marion Sims.-Will Be Located on State House Grounds. The general assembly of South Car olina has provided an appropriation of $5,000 to erect a suitable monument to James Marion Sims, on the State houe grounds. The amount was given by the general assemly on the condi tion that thl medical profession of South Carolina raise an additional $5, 000, making the total amount available $10,000. It is thought that the ques tion of raising the fund will be brought before the next meeting of the South Carolina Medical society. The resolution for the appropriation was introduced in the house by Mr. Kirkland. South Carolinian. James Marion Sims was born in Lancaster county, South Carolina, on Jannary 25, 1813. He died in New York city on November 13, 1883. He was graduated from the South Caro lin college in 1832 and later studied medicine at Charleston and Philadel phia. He began the practice of medi cine in 1835. Dr. Sims resided at Montgomery, Ala., from 1840 to 1853, where he be came known for his successful opera tions for strabismus and clubfoot. In 1845 he made known his hypo thesis on the cause and proper treat ment of trismus mascentium. The ef fectiveness of the treatment was later demonstrated by a long series of ev- ! periments. In the same year he be gan experiments to test a treatment he had conceived for vesico-vaginal fistula, in the course of which he de vised the silver suture and several in struments, the chief of which is the duskbill speculum, known as the Sims speculum. Establishes Hospital. In 1853 Dr. Sims removed to New! York city and shortly began a move ment for the establishment of a hos pital for the disease of women. A temporary structure was built in 1855, and a charter and appropriation were granted by the legislature in 1857 for the permanent institution, built in 1866 on the pavilion system. Went to Europe. Dr. Sims went to Europe in 1861 and performed the operation for yes ico-vaginal fistula in the hospitals of London, Paris, Edinburgh aid Dublin. In 1862 he settled in Paris and secur ed a lucrative practice. He practiced in .oLndon from 1864 to 1868, and in the latter year returned to America. He was again in Paris in 1870 and was surgeon-in-chief of an Anglo-Ameri can ambulance corps that treated both French and German soldiers after the battle of Sedan. In 1872 Dr. Sims was appointed 'a miember of the Woman's hospital of New York, but resigned in 1874. Published Works. Among his, published works are "Clinical Notes on Uterine Surgery" (1865), "Treatise on Ovariotomy"' (1873), "History of the Discovery of Anaesthesia," "The Story of My Life" (1884). A bronze statue of Dr. Sims is in Bryant park, New York city. TRIED TO TAKE HER LIFE. Young Chester Girl Attempted Suicide on a Main Street of the Town. Chester, 'Feb. 20.-Miss Rosa Lem on, a resident of the Eureka mill vil lage, made a desperate but ineffective effort to commit suicide on one of th main streets of this city this morning. Troubled over domestic affairs, and; especially angered .at her mother for .chastisement, the 16-year-old girl has tened to a drug store this morning -and purchased 10 cents worth of lau da.num. When about a block distance from the store, she unwrapped the bottle, extracted the, stopper and took the drug. Policeman Caldwell, attract ~ed by the peculiar manners of the girl, and detecting what she had done, hur ried her to Dr. W. R. Wallace's office.. After two hours' strenuous work on the part of Dr. Wallace and the chief of police, Miss Lemon was granted a longer lease on life. TRYING TO GET A FULL BLEASE TICKET Columbia, Feb. 20.-There has been a good deal of political talk about the State house recently, and the impres sion now prevails that the friends of Governor Blease 'will name a full State1 ticket, from the head down, including' State officials and members of the gen eral assembly from each county, and that the same will be done, in opposi tiou, t y the friends of Chief Justice Jones. This may be changed as time 'wtears along and as the situation de velops, but such is the trend of the .ant~ now. AIKE\ SCORES BEARS. t (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3). t ed. In the name of common decency, in con:ideration for -he Southern far mer, who contributes more to the ex part trad of the !-nited State than half of the rest of 'his country comi bined, this piracy on his products should be stopped. If the cotton ex changes are to be one-sided affairs, dominated by the "bears," it would be infinitely better to abolish th-Im alto gether. Congress should know the; facts, and, knowing them, should pass such legislation her= as will protect the producers cf this country. A normal price for the- present crop of cotton would have been 12 1-2 cents per pound. Much of it has sold as low as 8 cents per pound. Owing to bear t manipulations, aided and abetted by the government, the cotton producer has easily lost 3 cents per pound on the entire crop or $215,000,000; and c two-thirds of this amount, or approx imately $145,000,000, has been given to foreign spinners. Mr. Tribble: Will the gentleman yield for a question? Mr. Aiken of South Carolina: Cer- ! tainly. Mr. Tribble: I understand the gen- ( tleman introduced his bill some time ago. Mr. Aiken of South Carolina: Yes. r Mr. Tribble: Has the gentleman been able to get the committee on c agriculture to investigate and report I his bill? Mr. Aiken of South Carolina: No; I have been able to get no report at all t from the committee. Mr. Tribble: They had not investi gated that, so far as the gentleman l knows, so as to report that bill? ' Mr. Aiken of South Carolina: They r have not, so far as I know. I would willingly accQrd sincerity' of purpose to the attorney general if, accepting this horn of the dilemma, he did not appear ridiculous in the sight of all good citizens, interested in the wel fare of a common country. Perhaps, as a newspaper in my district tersely puts it: "He prefers the hug of the bear to the horns of the bull." (Ap t paus*e on the Democratic side.) While I thought the prosecution of Brown, Hayne, and -Scales was little* less than criminal, since the attorney general has assumed the responsibil ity and given the "hears" the benefit of the government's support, I could see no reason why the "bear" element, who had robbed the producing class of fully $3,000,000 should not also be prosecuted, and to that extent aid in demoralizing their robber band. With this'idea in view, I directed a letter to the attorney general, asking why these men should no be prosecuted. I have my letter to him and his re ply. I shall not read them, but will ask leave to print them in the Record. In his reply the attorney general says if he had evidence of the exist ence of a "bear" pool he would pro ceed. against it, as he has proceeded' against the so-called "bull" pool. While I can not furnish him such evi dence as would be'conclusive in court. such investigation as I have made convinces me that the evidence against the "bear" and "bull" elements of the exchanges is tangible alike; that the market can neither be boost ed nor beared by one man (applause on the Democratic side); that there are men on the exchanges who oper ate almost exclusively on the "bear" side and operate in collusion with oth- I er "bear" operators; that these raids on the market are often plannedI months before the actual coup; and I that the robber band planning them will use every possible instrumental-t ity, including the government, to carry out their damnable purposes. How many times hav'e they had advance in-c formation of the government reports.t Who would deny that they have or< have had agents in the statistical de- t partments of this government? Now, these facts are all known to the attor ney general, and yet he comes up with< the prosecution of the "bull" clique in. his right hand, and in his left hand with the lame excuse that he does not know who the "bears" are. (Applause on the Democratic side). The regular "bear" cotton specula tor is as well known in exchange cir cles as the officers of this govern nent are known to the people of Washington. I have here in my pos session the names of several "bear"] frms who will be found on the "bear"* side of every important exchange transaction and they .were the immed iate beneficiaries of the government raid on the market two years ago. If] the attorney general will arraign his witnesses in the pending case and call on the parties under prosecution for evidence, and then rake the letter files' of the "bear" element, as he did in the case of his prosecution of the "bulls," he will not be lacking for evidence. A "bear" pool was on, which held the +-+re market a cent a pound below 1 he spot market at the very time thi ,overnment began proceedings agains h. so-called "hull" clique, and tha -ery act, as I have shown, gave ris o the so-called "bull" ~oo:. as a de ense mea:sure, originatin. with th :otton mills. Mr. Haflin. Mr. Chairman. will m riend permit a question? Jir. Aiken of South Carolina. Cer ainly. 'Mr. Hrflin. Is it not a fact that a he tin the attorney general prose uted what is called the "bull" rai hc Spin.ers were taking cotton? Mr. Aiken of South Carolina: Yes have just mentioned that. Mr. Heflin. The spinners were tak ng this cotton? Mr. Aiken of South Carolina. C-er ainly they were. Mr. Heflin. I have not had thi leasure of heiring all of my friend'. peech; but has the gentleman hearc f any grand jury indictment of "bear' aids this fall? Mr. Aiken of South Carolina. Thern ave been absolutely none, so far as :now. Mr. Heflin. Since the gentlemar alled -upon the attorney general ha, Le reason to think that anybody in the [epartment of justice has investigate( .nd reported on a "bear" raid? Mr. Aiken of South Carolina: Not t( ny knowledge. I have heard of noth ng of the sort. Of course the interes f tahe producer was not considered .nd it is evident that the attorney gen ral's assertion that the prosecutioi vas for the protection of the mill in erests was at that time groundless Chis letter of the attorney genera hows ignorance of conditions that i: am-entable or bias that is unworth Ln officer of this government. I givi ny letter and his reply to the publi or what they are worth. (Applause.) ENDS $1 TO CONSCIENCE FUND tole Pint in 1900, Says Old Dispen sary Employee-Confession Made to Governor. Columbia, Feb. 19.-An employee o he dispensary In 1900 stole one pint o XX" or "XXX" rye whiskey, and, ti ase his troubled- conscience, whici asn't let him rest since the deed wa: ommitted, he wrote a letter to Gov rnor Blease confessing his sin, anm nclosed a $1 bill as a contribution ti he "conscience fund" for the pint o iquor which he filched from the State he governor returned the money t< he man, telling him that he hoped hit in -had been forgiven, .and that h hould put the dollar to some goot >urpose. The letter came from Green rille, the man being an employee of otton mill. Leaving out the name he lett-er is as follows: "In the year 1909 I was employei >y the State, working in the dispen ary. While I was working there: tole one pint of rye whiskey. I wat >t in sin, but the dear Lord has for ~iven me for it. I want to make i ight with the State, and I feel liki rou are the one to confess it to. Ma: he Lord bless you. I will send you'$: o- pay for it. I am a poor man, work ng at the cotton mill for a living.. lave a wife and five children. I an >oor, but I am rich. I am willing t< uffer anything on earth for my Say or. I pray God's rich-est blessing upoi ou. Hoping to hear from you soon. The governor, returning the one dol ar to the man, replied as follows Your letter of February 15 received have forgiven you your sin, and hop od has also forgiven you. If H las not, He will. I return herewiti he dollar which you enclosed; put i o some good purpose." Some of the liquor houses in re ent years have made contributions t< he "conscience fund" of the forme: ispensary on account of over-charge: o the State, but this is the first knowr :ontribution from an humble em loyee, who simply took a pint of li iuor. YEGG1MAN SUSPECTS IN JAIL. rwo White Men Held at Greenwool on Safe-cracking and Mlurder Charges. Greenwood, Feb. 20.-Sheriff McMil an assisted by three special deputie; rrested a man supposed to- be W ritt Stanley 'and his alleged accom )lice, D. M. Cheeks, wanted for safe tracking and murder in other States ['he two men are in jail here and off :ers are expected to identify then Photographic identification, it is stat id, appears to be complete -already. SALE UNDER CHATTEL MORT1'A(GI By virtue of the power given in hattel mortgage, executed by W.\ Bledsoe to J. B. Bledsoe, H. 0. Lon, md B. M. Havird, dated the 27th da >f February, 1911, and recorded 0: h 28th ay of Ferary, 1911, in th CAPITAL W BM E A Y 4 Cor NO BE than with I your boy by opening him. We Will alwa, treatment. "The Bank 7ha The Newb Jas. McIntosh, Pr< IIIIi rc, arcisible I . .. TEIR -co?PAn That is why it wards off fatigi -rapher. In consequencs, her is possible to obtain with any < I M Monarch Machines may be pui Monarch Literature. Learn tl card will bring full informatior THE ST2 Coluni office of the Clerk of Court of New- the i: 9berry County, South Carolina, the call ir -conditions of which said mortgage fice, have been broken, the undersigned, as Als -agent for the mortgagees, will sell said at the store of W. V. Bledsoe, at Sil- store -verstreet, Newberry County, South tank, Carolina, onl Friday the 1st day of Te' M ~arch, 1912, at 10 o'clock, in the fore noon, all the stock of goods, wares, ~.and merchandise of thle said W. V. Da Bledsoe contained in the said store ry, S Shouse, consisting of dry goods, shoes, 2 Sclothing, hardware, crockery ware, ietc., the invoice price of said stock of good amounting to $1,395.19, and Th STOCK, $5 *LTW IN ACCOUN ntight 1909. bT C. E. Zimermx Co..4No. TTER the New Year t in the right dii a savings accot solicit your bu ys receive coi . . t Always Has I rr Savin esident J. E. Norw< One secret ol lies in the woi of its key acti A writer in the'i readily yield of the finger. That is why 11/0, to operate th S / machine. arCh4rI ie and saves nerve strain on work is more accurate, great ther writing machine. ONTHLY PAYMENTS rchased on the Monthly Payz ie many reasons for Monarci %TE COM: ibia, South Carolina aventory thereof can be seen by I Dist: tg on the undersigned, at his of- , the at Newberry, S. C. JschO a the fixtures belonging to the men W. V. Bledsoe, contained in said said ,consisting of show cases, oil scales, iron safe, etc. cms of sale, cash. Cannon G. Blease, Fe~ Agent of Mortgagees. .. ted, February, 15, 1912, Newber- A out Carolina. Ca 2t. 16& 27. told year Garmany SchooL babi e trustees of Garmany school, neam 0,000.00 G i IR E [Ts )AYT. TIME; o start ection mt for siness. irtious he Money" kBan 1 SANY OTHER Monarch superiority iderful responsiveness on. in no other type vorld do the keys so to the slightest touch r the Monarch is easier an any other writing the part of the stenog-6 er in quantity than it nent Plan. Send for. 1 superiority. A post PANY it No. 27, will hereafter meet on ~nd Saturday of each month. All 01 claims will be presented to one .ber of the trustees before the date. B. B. Leitzsey, Clerk. J.. J. H. Brown, M. T. Oxner, b. 3, 1912. Trustees. severe attack on school principal, . B. Allen, of Sylvania. Ga., Is thus by him. "For more than three s." he writes, "I suffered lndsci a torture from rheumatism, liver stomachl trouble and diseased kid Anl remeie fanled +t1llInaa