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The Herald and News VOLCME LI., NUMBER S3. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 19155. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAR, % SULZER IS GUILTY ON THREE CHARGES .BEMOVED FROM OFFICE OF GOVERNOR I ? ok Court Finds Sulzer Guilty of Falsiti?? PftVinur o nil 4kt filllktkPlkCCa IUI ivil^ I U1 J UUU V* kju|?[^vo^7W ing Evidence. Albany, N. Y., October 16.?Governor J William Sulzer today was found guilty by the high court of impeachment on three of the articles preferred against him. Th.y were articles Xos. 1, 2 and 3. He was declared innocent of the charges contained in Article 3. Tomorrow he will be removed from office, but not disqualified from holding office in this State in the future, unless there is a substantial change in tiie informal vote reported to have been taken today by the court on these questions in secret session. For the same reason it was expected that he will not be found guilty on the other four articles still remaining to be voted on when the court adjourned 4" r\n t crVif b* Glyn to Become Chief. Lieutenant Governor Martin H. Glynn, who has been acting governor ^ since the impeachment of Sulzer, will i become chief executive of the State, f H,!' is an Albany newspaper owner, k Robert F. Wagner, a New York at torney, will become Lieutenant gov prnnr. He is the majority leader 'in V the senate. f The vote on articles 1 and 2 was 39 ' to 18, a bare two-thirds majority. The former article charges that the governor falsified his statement of campaign contributions; the latter charges that he committed perjury in so doing. Suppressed Evidence. The vote on article 3, which Charges f/ the governor bribed witnesses to withhold testimony from the Frawley inIvestigation committee, was unanimous in favor of the governor. The vote on article 4 was 43 to 14, six members changing their vptes on articles 1 and 2 from "not guilty" to "guilty," and two from "guilty" to ?;n.,? >> TViif? orKolp nharees that QUI gimijr. iiiio w.* ^ _ _ L? the- governor suppressed evidence by ^ means of threats to keep witnesses i / from testifying before the Frawley i committee. Among these was Duncan f W. Peck, State superintendent of public works, wtoo testified at the trial that the governor "nad asked him to commit perjury. . The secret informal vote to remove i the governor was said to be 43 to 14. ? the same as on article 4, and the vote (not to disqualify him was said to be unanimous. Speculation Charge. Article 6, which charges that the governor committed larceny in speculating witJh his campaign contributions, was said not to have been sustained in the secret session by a vote of 50 declaring the governor "not guilty'' to l seven against him. | Article 5, which charges that he preI sented a particular witness, Frederick hfr L. Colwell, from attending the sessions ct the Frawley committee; Article 7, that hs threatened to use his office and W influence to affect the vote or political I action of certain assemblymen, and article 8, that he corruptly used 'his inm flnence to affect the prices of securi [ties on the stock exchange, w.-:re reported also to have been decided in favor of the governor in the secret session by a practically unanimous vote. Voted Not Guilty. Presiding Judge Edgar M. Cullen, who will shortly retire from the bench, j [voted "not guilty" on every article and j rendered a long opinion in explaining Ms votes. The other eight jillges of the court of appeals were divided. On articles 1 and 2 judges Willard Bartlctt, Emory A. Chase and William E. Werner voted for the governor and against him voted Judges Frederick Collin. William H. Cuddeback, John W. Hogan, Frank H. Hiscock and Xathan L. Miller, makins a division among them of 5 to 4 against the governor. On article 4 Judges Bartlett, Chase K and Werner changed their votes from "not guilty" to "guilty," and Judges Hiscock and Miller changed from "guilty" to "not guilty,'' making rgainst him a division of 6 to 3. BL Votes on Article 1 Explained. Presiding Judge Cullen held that the B offences charged in articles 1 and 2 were not impeachable and that the W governor neither falsified 'his stateSB ment under the provisions of the elecV tion law nor committed "legal perfH jury.'* I Practically every memb'r of \thej court explained his vote on Article 1, i although those who voied in favor of j the governor did not enter at length ! into discussion of the merits of the : case or of the matters of law and i ! precedent involved, as did the others, including all the judges. The latter } filed with the court lengthy opinions i on support of their votes. One of th? judges, Xatham L. Miller, I ivio rJocMcrnator? ,tn thp poiirr of j W II L/ >> ao UV/OA^AHAUVV* V w vw i appeals bench by Sulzer, denounced him as "totally unfit fo7* office." Harsh Opinions Expressed. Several of the senators also ex! pressed harsh opinions of Sulzer. Senator Sag: declared that $10,000 of ! Thomas F. Ryan was given to the governor because he was "useful in congress" and as a retainer "for services to b-E rendered in his new position." Senator Wagner, democratic leader of the Senate, rendered a long legal opinion in which he sought to refute the contention that the offences charged in articles 1 and 2 were not impeachable because they are acts committed before the governor took office. Senator Elon R. Brown, republican I leader, read a similar lengthy opinion | in which he defined his vote in con nection with the fac* that 'he had been politically opposed to the governor. Senators Wende and Duhamel, stanch supporters of the governor ev-:r since 'he was impeached, spoke briefly. J Senator Duhamel announced that he might file a statement of his position at some future day Senator Frawlev, chairman of the legislative investigating coramui.ee, which first brought the charges agains' the governor, announced that he would attempt to "pass no opinion as to the rights of the court to impeadh or not." SUFFRAGE! ORDERED DEPORTED Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst Stopped by Immigration Anthorities Npw York. Oct. 18.?Mrs. Emme line Pankhurst, foremost of English militant suffragettes, who today reached America on the liner Provence to appeal for the sympathy and support of the American people in "the revolution" for which she says she- is fighting, tonight is a prisoner at Ellis Island under the order of deportation, awaiting the issue of an appeal which is expected to be decided tomorrow at Washington. ! With Miss Rheta Childe Dorr, another of the arriving English militants, who was "voluntarily detained" that she might be with her leader, Mrs. Pankhurst, occupies the commissioner's suits of -two rooms in the administration building. While presenting an appearance of bareness, the> rooms are comfortably furnished and the best ^n ihe building. They are those in which Cipriano Castro, former Venezuelan dictator, I was detained while his case was pending. From the broad windows overlooking the harbor, Mrs. Pankhurst can see the statue of Liberty. PRETTY WEDDING ON WEDNESDAY Tlie Home of Mrs. Susan Tinsley Was tlie Scene of a Pretty Wedding* Wednesday. Union Times, 17th. An event of wide interest was the marriage Wednesday morning, October 15, at 11 o'clock, of Miss Lois Tinsley to Mr. Fred. Whitney, of I Maybinton. The wedding took place at the home of the bride's mother. Mrs. Susan Tinsley, on Church street, which had been i transformed into a scene of surpassing beauty. The parlor where the ceremony was performed was pettily decorated with ferns and golden rods. With the first notes of Lohengrin wedding march, rendered by Miss Ei1 ~ ~~ + o /' enm na n 1 pH hv 1CC11 UUUlgUilltl J , UVVUUlJ>/?*. ? . Miss Oressa Wilburn on the violin, the bridal party enter d in the folowing order. The bridesmaids came in together. Miss Annie Tinsley, sister of the bride, and Miss Daisy Whitney, then Miss Lula Bess Whitney and Miss Liarice unsiey. The bride came in 011 the arm of her maid of honor, Miss Ida Palmer, and was met at the improvised altar by the groom and his best man, Mr. James Henderson, of Newberry. The vows were spoken beneath a bell covered with golden rods, and Rev. Lewis M. Rice officiating. /Again the happy notes of the bri- > *? ? * it- J i."U ^ -v ^ I dai cnorus peaiea iortu anu uie pen iy passed out in the reverse order. The bride was becomingly attired j in a traveling suit of blu? with hat | and gloves to match.. She is a young ; (iOV. BLKA.SE ON SI LZEli. ! Chief. Executive, of. South. Carolina I Comments on Verdict of >. Y. Court of Impeachment. j j Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, Oct. 20.?When ask d today for a statemeni in regard to the verdict in the Sulzer impeachment trial, Governor Blease said: "i' feel very sorry for Mr. Sulzer? in fact, my sympathy goes out to any man who is in troutle, aud particularly when his trouble is brought on und r such circumstances as his has been. However, I thought last summer. when some of the big New York dailies were continually harping upon South Carolina affairs and South Carolina's governor, that they had better have been keeping tli:ir own linen clean at home, and when Mr. Wilson and Mr. Bryan and other big democrai tic leaders were making speeches and creating such a great row over electing this great and distinguished cont* X TT 1_ gressman as governor 01 *\ew iorK, no one for a moment would have thought that they were mixed up with such a character as it seems Sulzer has been proven to be, and it would seem that the present bosses at Washington are poor judges of human nature, as other instances have illustrated. "However, I think Mr. Sulzer made a mistake and was badly advised. H:i should have been frank and honest with the people, and have gone upon the witness stand and told everything of his private and public life, from the cradle up to date. No public man ev-:r gains anything by keeping any j secrets from the people. Let them i know everything. If you have made | a mistake they will sympathize with J you, and if you show a proper inclination they will help you to rectify it, and when you have done; right they will applaud. No man need hope to please his enemies, \>ut it is his duty to stick to bis frends, and to conceal -nothing whatever from them, in order that they may be in a proper position to defend him wh;:n he needs defend ing if he has made a mistake, and in order to uphold his hands when 'he has done the right. ! "If Mr. Sulzer will yet follow my letter to him, and trust in God and the white people, he may CDme back, for public opinion is now on his sidepossibly not that hs was clean, but in view of the fact that they feel that he has been most outrageously treated in the house of his friends. I believe that his removal from office was due largely to political prejudice, and that j if he had had a court composed en tirely of non-partisans, that tne probabilities are he would have been acquitted. I aln too far, 'however, from the situation, and if Mr. Sulzer presents himself hefor the people of New York and sho^~ that he was not corrupt and J.hat his mistakes were of the head and not of the heart, his traducers will be routed and he will be re-elected. I consider this entir?- matter a hard blow to the democratic party of New York. With a corrupt leader it is 'liard for a party to retain power, and it seems that if he is corrupt, they themselves made him corrupt. Xo, Miss Curiosity, the Wilburs haven't "m^ved to town," as much as we would like to say so. "Of tha city," should have read, "of the county," in a "personal" Friday. This is Not Fair. York News. Brother Fair of the York News has probably concluded that mortals do catch part of their hell here on earth. His linotype broke' down at press time last week.?Gaffney Ledger. Yes, brother, we've caught lots of it and the "hell" of it is we know we will catch more. woman of many attractons, possessing a. sweet and congenial character, which has made her many friends ;o wish her happiness on this occasion. The groom is an extensive planter of Maybinton and is a young man of exceptional business ability. Immediately after the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Whitney left for their new home where a large reception was given them by the parents of the groom, Capt. and Mrs. W. B. Whitney. Among the out-of-town guests were iCapt. and Mrs. Whitn-y, Miss Daisy Whitney, Miss Lula Bess Whitney, Mr Maybin, of Maybinton; Mr. J. M. He** derson and Miss Winnie Henderson, of Filairs; Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Jeter and Miss Sadie Coleman, of Carlisle; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lancaster and Mrs. W. S. Finch, of White Stone; Mr. A. C. Tinsley, of Spartanburg and Mrs. S. W. Pryor, of Chester. X. This cut of the school Duilding at Chappells The Herald and News ii permitted to use by the courtesy of The State. During last spring the;people of the district voted to issue $6000 in bonds for the erection of the building. The contract was let and work commenced on the building dur! 11-. __i 1 ? TV. ~ lng me lasi scuuoi xuc uunuing was erected by Baxter and King contractors. It is beautifully located on a plot containing three acres of land lying on the main road and between the residences of Mr. W. R. Reid and Dr, W. 0. Holloway. RACE FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, sinppnlatutn As tn Supppssor to Jud&re Woods?<An Interesting: Raje for State Librarian. Sp:cial to The Herald and News. Columbia, October 20.?With the general assembly nearly three months off, speculation is being revived as to who will be chosen successor to Associate Justice C. A. Woods, who resigned from the State supreme court when appointed to the Federal bench by President Wilson. At the time of Justice Woods appointment and since a number of names have been mentioned in connection with the position, among them several of the circuit I judges, including Judge J. W. DeVore,! R. W. Memminger, Geo. W. Gage, T S. Ssase and George E. Prince. Prominent among those in private life whose names have been mentioned are Hon. George S. Mower, of Newberry, and Former Governor Jno. C. Sheppard, of Edg: field. I The position is one of the most important to be filled by the general | assembly, and the race promises to create a great deal of interest. A race in which ths several candidates have been very active for some j time past is that for State librarian, j For many years this position 'has been I filled by ladies. The present librarian was appointed by Governor McSweeney to fill out an unexpired term. She was then Miss Linnie LaBorde, stenographer in Governor McSweeney's office. She has been continuously reelected by the legislature since. She was married durins the Dast Slimmer (to Mr. U. R. Brooks, Jr., of Columbia, j | and it is understood that she will not be a candidate for re-election. The various ladies who are aspirants are hard at work writing letters to 1 j members of the legislature and see| ing the members in the interest of I their candidacy when the opportunity , offers. I j NOT INTENDED TO INTIMIDATE. | So MeAdoo Writes Tillman Concerning Snider's Dismissal. Washington, October 18.?Because of | Secretary McAdoo's conclusion, after a special examination, that there was j no truth in certain charges whicn naa j been circulated aginst. Superintendent S. I. Kimball, of the life-saving service, the secretary of the treasury has dismissed George L. Snidfr from the govi ernment's employ. .Snider's case came to the direct at| tention of Mr. McAdoo through a letj ter written him by Senator Tillman, I who had received a communication j from Snider making damaging allegaj tions against the Kimball administra tion of the life-saving service. Snider is a Pennsylvanian by birch, but was appointed from Kentucky. Senator Tillman wrote Secretary McAdco that he knew nothing himself i about the matter, but that he regarded the charges as serious enougn to | need attention, and felt that if they I were true the guilty parties should be j punished and if they were untrue Snider ought ro be discharged. In informing S-nator Tillman of the dismissal ot Snider, af-'er investigation of his assertions, Secretary McAdoo I mm ^ ?? - ' The> building contains six recitation rooms with cloak rooms, library room and large auditorium and is modern and up-to-date in all of its arrangements and appliances and is substantially built. It would be a credit to a much larger and a much richer district and the people are to be congratulated on their enterprise and! energy. It should 'encourage the school spirit in the community. Buildings and grounds alone do not. make good schools. It takes good j teachers and the attendance of the: ! children. It is hoped these other [things are now provided. I STATE OFFICERS TELL OF ftTTAm r?TT riAT A T^T T $mn ni tuju. Atuju t Varying Reports Made by Participants of Exciting Chase After fleeted-Footed Animals. Columbia Record. | A story of exciting and amusing incidents occuring during the deer hunt of Governor Blease, Col. J. K. Aull, Attorney General Thomas E. Peeples and others near Dorchester yesterday was told today by the porticipants. Though contradicted by some while wearing broad smiles on their faces, it is told that Col. Aull featured the chase with a remarkable shot, Killing his deer at a distance- greater than 100 yards, while the "big" animal was going full speed ahead through the forest. Governor Blease and Attorney General Peeples took the chase mor? leisurely, it is related, a^d found an equal amount of joy in the sport but were I unsuccessful in bagging a specimen of the fleeted-footsd-game. Another line j buck vas brought d^wn by a member of the party, a native, it is told, and, with Col. Aull's j>rize, will arrive here by express sometim? this afternoon. The State officers left this city at daybreak yesterday and rode to their uitst; ui upc^iauuna a.i~ uummti ? where they secured horses and rode the r mainder of the day principally through the dense, sejni-tropical forests of that section. A dissenting opinion, so to speak, was handed down by a member of the party who desires not to be quoted, holding that Col. Aull's "deer" was a "dog". The explanation offered is that Col. Aull shot at a deer, really, but 1?? 11 ~ J ?? ? ? AP A /I TV* ? c i'fi mn_ tvnieu Ulie ui iiic uugs. xmo 10 oucuiiously denied by Col. Aull. Anyway, the officials all turned up at their offices thife morning on time and expressed themselves as feeling fine. Col. Aull, having vead this story, said, "that is all right. It's a true bill, except for the 'dog' uart," as he burst out in a hearty laugh. ! said: I^Slj "TV-iic ootirm ocuincf fir?ir!?r i<5 nnf in- i tended to intimidate or restrain other | employees of the government from disclosing in a truthful way any fault or J misconduct on the part of a superior j officer; on the contrary, it is my desire to stimulate in all employees the feeling that they may, with impunity and security, come to me in a straightforward way with any reasonable comnloint tV. rn tn q 1*'d HPVlO nnlV pxaillt UUOii V/ tv uiuiiv. a. 1.AV/ v***^ conditions I insist upon are, first, truth and second, the good of the service and not the mere advancement of personal or selfish interest. "On the other hand the dismissal of Snider will, I hope, serve as assurance to all officials in this department that they n-:ed not fear attack in the dark. I likewise hope it may be a warning to all employees that false and indefensible attack upon their superiors will ho cummarilv rlpfl.lfh with This is " ?' I absolutely essental for the good of the j service and the maintenance of disci- j pline. "With kindest regards, I am, "Very truly yours, (Signed) ^ "W. G. McADoo.' , 1 TWO FIREMtN KILLED IN ANDERSON BLAZE EIGHT OTHERS HURT WHEN GARAGE BURNS. Striking of 3Iatcli Sends Gasoline Up in Puff of Flame. /Anderson, Oct. IT.?Two firemen were killed, crushed under a falling wall, one was probably fatally injured, an unknown man is believed to have lost his life and other people were injured this morning in the fire which, followed an explosion in the garage of Archie L. Todd. The explosion came when Ebb Layton, a Spartanburg man, struck a match while the tank of his automobile was being filled with gasoline. The loss of life and most of j the injuries were caused by the col' lapse of the front wall of the twoI story concrete block building iar which the garage was located. The dead are Robert Dodd, Jr., and W. H. Campbell, firemen, ffetally crushed when the walls fell. J-'-J ?? *Via >irtonita1 j I UZ^.U Ull l^c WttJ VU t Tom Davis, another fireman, was probably fatally injured, being pinned for a half hour under the debris of the walls. He was taken from the ruins and carried to the hospital, but physicians have no hope of saving v,ic I Xiic. " -1 ^ Archie L. Todd, proprietor of the garage and adjacent repair shop, and Ebb Layton, owner of the automobile which was being supplied with fuel, are at the hospital suffering from severe burns. } Wealthy Man Hurt H. C. Townsend, owner of the building in which the garage was located, was struck down by the falling walls and his~left leg was crushed from the knee to the ankle. It 'will have to be amputated, physicians say. Reed Fowler, M. B. Smith and Isaac 'F='in, firemen, were severely burned by the gush of flame? from the front of the building. . Anderson jonnson, a negro neiper, also was badly burned. The building in which the fire occurred was a two-story structure, of cement blocks. It was completely destroyed, together with all its contents. The building was probably worth $1,000 and the contents, including automobiles and Mr.Townsend's supply of tirles, about $6,000. Was Seeking Fuel. Laytou came from Spartanburg Thursday to operate an automobile hack to help handle the crowds ex pected for circus day.. Jtie- put in a busy day and when night came found that he needed gasoline. Making his way to the garage about midnight, he called for fuel. While the gasoline ^ tank in his macnine was being filled he struck a match to light the- front lamp of'his automobUe. In an instant there came a fierce explosion,'and the entire garage be came a mass of flames. Layton and Todd were both severely burned by th- belching fire that shot up around the automobile. They were hastened out of the building by bystanders and rushed io a hospital. THIRTEENTH Newberry Has Place?Is Ahead of Many. Columbia. October 16.?The preparation of the 45th annual report of the _ _ x_ i ?i.A . i A x* _ _ omc? 10 oe suomittea to me general assembly in January is well advanced, said J. E. Swearingen, State superintendent of education, today. The compilation of statistics has been greatly facilitated by the prompt filing of school reports from teachers, principals, city and county superintend nts. One of the most striking tables in rae report contains tne iacts tor tne twenty-four cities and towns of the State having a population of 2,500 or more according to the census of 1910. These places in order of rank are: Greenville', Anderson, Sumter, Rock Hill, Tlorence, Greenwood, Orangeburg, Li.'ion, Georgetown, Newberry, # Laurens, Gaffney, Chester, Abbeville, a ^ r ; 1: 1. -t AiKtJii, iviarion, Liarungion, uaraaen, Easlev, Cheraw and B^nnettsville. TVI1I Play at State Fair. The Newberry Concert band has closed a contract to play for the State fair in Columbia during next week. The band also had an offer to play during the fair at Bennettsville but had alrady closed for the same date in November for the Greenwood fair. _ .