The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, December 19, 1913, Image 1
VOLUME LI., NUMBER 101. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 19115. TWICE A WEEK, |U* A YEAB.
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CHARGES AGAINST R.
S. WHALEY DISMISSED
({RACE DEFEATED IN EFFOliTS TO
UNSEAT CONGRESSMAN
Majority and .Minority Reports Will
Likely He Submitted to House
This Week.
Washington. December 16 Elections
committee No. 1, of tlie
House of Representatives, to-day
voted. 7 to 2 to dismiss tne charges
filed with the Speaker by Mayor John
P. Grace, of Charleston, against Congressman
R. S. Wbaley. One of the
two Republican members of the committee,
Mr. French, of Idaho, voted
with the majority against an investigation,
and one of the Democrats,
Mr. Borchers of Illinois, voted with
Representative Frear, of Wisconsin.
Republican, for investigation.
There will be a majority report
which will be formulated jointly by
Chairman Post and Representative
French. Mr. Frear's report win represent
his own views only, as Representative
Borchers, who was not present
at to-day's meeting, left word that
he wished simply to be recorded as favoring
an investigation, but that he
would not join in any report. *
The report of the majority will represent
the views of Chairman Post, of
Ohio; Messrs Stephens, of Mississippi;
'Grisp, of Georgia; McClellan, of NewYork,
and Elder of Louisiana. Democrats:
French, of Idaho. Republican,
and Chandler, of Xew York, and Elder,
of Xew Yo:k? Progressive.
The reports of the majority and minority
of the committee are expected
to be ready for submission to the
House at the end of this week.
The fact that the majority of nonDemocratic
members voted against investigation
was something of a surprise,
as it was believed that at least
two of the three would incline to the
Grace side of the case.
Gra(*e Shows Anger.
Washington, Dec. io.?The house
committee on elections, which for the
past two or three monthse has been
endeavoring to get at the truth of
the charges filed by Mayor John P.
Grace of Charleston against Representative
Richard S. Whaley, spent the
entire day listening to further testi\
monv and affidavits submittd by Mr.
G*ace.
Mr. Grace began the undertaking
^ of the day by bringing to Washington
two "character" witnesses. Joan L.
Ccsgrove and Charles Bresnahan. the
former a young lawyer in the office of
Logan & Grace, and the latter a garbage
collector of the city of Charleston
serving under Mayor Grace. By these
witnesses Mr. Grace hoped to upset
much of the matter whrch had been
k submitted by Mr. Whaley.
& To show that Cosgrove was ^ relia
m ble man there was produced a letter
I from President Randolph Harrison of
' the College of Charleston which
gave him a good name. Another witness?A.
C. Moses, a Washington business;
man?said that Mr. Cosgrove,
while employed here during the time
u he was a student at Georgetown uni?
versity, gave entire satisfaction in the
handling of certain funds entrusted
f to his "care.
knew But Little.
f Cosgrove. who was summoned to
testify concerning Charleston witnesses.
did not know more than a small
portion of the men whose names were
signed to affidavits. To some of these,
as their names were called, he would
ansv.er good' "bad', "very bad.' or
k otherwise as the case might be.
The main thing that Cosgrove testi- J
I fiea was that the reputation of Magistrate
J. J. O'Shaughnessy of Charleston,
who had been claimed to be on<^ of
the main Whaley workers, was "very
bad for honesty." and that recently he
had "been ordered removed from his
* position, that certain influences had
, been at work and he had thus been
1 able to retain his place.
Eliminating what both Cosgrove
i and Bresnahan said as of practically i
venue, nuuuug ui luieie&i uevcuop- |
BJ?d until about dinner time when Mr.
irace displayed such evidence of anper
that Committeeman Crisp told the
chairman and the. other members of
the committee that unless order and
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but that he would listen and give his
time provided every one behaved in a
gentlemanly manner*,
It was evident from that point on.
that much bad feeling was to be
shown, and this continued until final
adjournment at 6 o'clock. Time and
again t':rough the proceedings Mr.
Grace was admonished that he must
not coach witnesses, that he must con
fmo himself to facts and not Hearsay,
and that the committee was becomir.-;
exceedingly weary of hearing about
what he meant to produce hereafter.
Although Mr. Grace submitted a
dozen or more affidavits they were all
along the hearsay line and amounted
to little. Something he did say, however.
attracted attention. He told the
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committee that he followed the ad- j
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j vice or senaior unman in uuug mcj
J original petition and that he had begI
ged several members of the South
Carolina delegation in the house to
protest against Mr. Whaley taking his
seat and that he thought until the
very last moment that Representaive
Johnson 'vould do so, but that the!
latter at last failed to act. He said
Mr. Johnson feared a hot fight in his
own district in the coming election.
Mr. Grace told much about E. W.
Hughes and George von Kolnitz and
their past political records, but as it
! did not bear directly on the question
J of Mr. Whaley's conduct it made little
| impression on the committee.
Shocked at Martin*
j Discussing the position of Sheriff .T.
Elmore Martin in the matter and bow
he had turned from von Kolnitz to
Whaley in the second primary. Grace
said it was a question of "who had
the most money." He said he knew
Martin bought votes some years ago
in another contest because he saw
him to do it and was shocked.
Referring more directly to Mr. j
v/ya/3 vNimnVtofA rvf frvfDC I
W IiaiCV s cXiivr.mru jua nci.->^, wi v/wc, I
Mr. Grace said that Whaley sent men I
to his (Whaley's) cashier to get the j
money and that they got it by the I
thousands.
He said also that .F. C. Peters had
been given the position of collector of
the port to pay him back for what
he had done for Mr. Whaley. j
Mr. Grace said the election in the !
.First District was hurried up and it \
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was understood ttiat certain coiton j
mill interests had spent something
like $20,000 to secure Whaley's election
because they were not satisfied
with certain features of the tariff bill
which was then pending.
BI T mv DAYS LEFT
FOR THIS OLD EARTH
Astronomical Sharp Assures Clergy-:
men That End Will Come Within i
1 .">,000,000 Years.
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Philadelphia, Dec. 1">.?Replying to
j a question put by a clergyman at the j
I weekly meeting of Presbyterian min- j
j isters to-day Erie Doolittle, director of J
| the University of Pennsylvania's as- j
tronomical observatory. said ne
thought that life on this earth would
come to an end in about 1 ">,000,000
years.
Prof. Doolittle had been making an |
address on "Astronomy in Reference
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to the End of the Earth's Life." He
said:
i "l mess some supernatural power
or being interferes or the earth comes
in contact with another planet or
heavenly body, the earth will exist
for 15,000'000 more years.
"The earth is dependent upon the
sun for its heat and light, although
the earth now contains some heat itself.
When the sun cools the result
will be darkness and cold, which will
bring an end to all life, animal and
I vegetable."
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Christmas Exercise at Silver Street.
There will be service in the Silver
Street Lutheran church, Christmas
nig at. Thursday night, beginning at
6.30 o'clock. There will be songs and
recitations by the Sunday school chil-i
i : u ? rJ ~ ~ ^. Kv +U ~
Ul'UIl IU??LJ1UI w 1111 uu auui u> luc
i pastor. Rev. S. P. Koon. There will
also be a Christmas tree.
There will be an entertainment in
the auditorium of the school building
Monday night. December 2(J. beginning
at 7 o'clock. The program will appear
in the papers next week.
The public is cordially invited to
attend botj exercises.
The fourth prize to be given Way
~*i !"*iI* ! 1?. ':.i }'.*).1 >.rv,s COIlt> <J
gold wristlet watch ,Elgin make, and |
being dis^Iaved :it P. E. Wav*r i
Drug store.
CHARGES OF CRUtLTY BV
NEWBERRY PRISONER
K.UION PAHKIS WAS PAROLED MY
THE (SOYEKNOR,
Was Serving One Year In State
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reimennary i pun i huiki-> "i
(iran<l Larceny.
Special to The -Herald and Xews.
Columbia, Dec. IS.? In granting a
parole in a Newberry case. Governor
Blease. in his official .reasons, sets
forth a letter and a statement from
the defendant which speak for themselves.
The case is that of Raimon Parris,
(white), convicted at the March, 1913,
term of court for Newberry county, of
^grand lerceny. and sentenced to twelve
months imprisonment in the State penitentiary.
Governor Blease says:
"I received the following letter
from this defendant:
"Columbia, S. C. Dec. 11, 1913.
Dear Sir. Gov. Sir. Governor, Cole. L*
Blease.
1 am addressing you of my trouble,
asking you to please help me out of
my down fall this summer. I have
been the t: usty water-boy and know
I have rot vour nicture and I have got
it on my coat and I went up to your
mansion a few days ago and when I
got back in the yard they have been
dogging after me ever since. Captain
and Supt. D. J., they put a large pair
of chains around my legs and they
have got me locked up in a cold sell
and Gov., I have not given them any
cause to do so and they were starving
me out on bread and water. I can't
get warm night, and either day. Lord,
Gov. I have not done anything to
make them punish me about. They
got mad with me about wearing one
of your badges with your picture on
it and I am unable to help myself
any way, so will you do. Send for me
and I will tell you all about it. They
chain me on the 10th of December,
and lock me up about wearing one of
your badges, i was sentenced in March
court, the 17th day of March and sentenced
12 months in penitentiary.
(Signed) Raimon Parris."
"On receipt of this communication,
I had this boy brought to my office,
and read this letter and asked Mm if
the- statements therein contained
were true. He said they were; and,
in addition, made the following statement:
"Captain Sondley said, 'By God. I
reckon you are the cause of this crowd
standing around here." I said. 'Xo,
sir.; Captain, I am not the cause of
it; I am doing the work you put me
to do.' He said, 'By God, shut up and
get on down stairs.. He taken me out
to the police and put a pair of shackles
on me and lock me up. They put
me in a cell on the 10th of December,
and 1 asked them yesterdeay
morning to take me out; that I was j
cramped up so that I could hardly
walk, but he (Captain Sondley) said,
'Bv God, you will get out when 1 turn
you out." ! can prove that I have not
eat anything they sent me; I have a
brother down there on the yard and
lie would bring me something to eat.
or 1 would have perished. 1 had not
done anything at all to cause this trouble.
T'.iov have been picking at me
l'or the last two weeks, one or two of
the trim in!* nick a:, n e, by the name
"Tin-; ii.th: w.is made in the
presence of Sergeant Pressley and
ether ;?ntl v ho were hi the governor's
office.
Tpon t.iis letter and the statement.
tli.o defendant having served
nine months of a twelve month sentence,
he was granted a parole diring
good behavior, December 16th. 1913." J
FAVOKS HIGHER PAY FOK ALL
Hl'HAL MAIL (WitKIEKS.
Washington, December 16.?Representative
David E. Finley, ranking
member of the postoffice committee
of the House, said to-day that his
committee had just voted in favor of
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iili liJA'i Ul lilt," oaiai m ui uu mg
rural free delivery carriers of the
I'nited States, the increase to aproximate
$50 a. year in the case of each
earlier. Tue committee is considering
the postoffice appropriation bill.
K. F. M.
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A v , ci!;;; " yi.lli' 1 ?? ?
;::nt L'~ LV votes. i
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HAD NO STATE LICENSES |l
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Stopped Sport of Emerson Party, Says j
Chief Game Warden?One Tried j 1
And Acquitted.
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Columbia. December 16.?Issac E. j
Emerson, the "Bromo Seltzer King." i
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j who owns a hunting preserve in i (
Georgetown county, took his party of j >
wealthy northerners out of the State j t
on a special train Sunday afternoon j y
when C.iiei Game Warden A. A. Rich- i 1
ardsou got in behind them for hunt- | ^
ing without licenses, according to in- <
formation given out to-day by Mr. ?
Richardson, who had just retu: ned 1
from Georgetown w.iiere he said one \ 1
of the party George W. Ewing. of; t
Baltimore. Md., was dismissed on a j j
technicality at a hearing before a j i
magistrate for hunting in the State I e
without a lisense. j *
According to a statement from Chief ! i
Game Warden Richardson, he sent his
assistant Mr. Funderburk, to George- s
town county to look over the cituation t
when he felt that there were not as t
many non-resident hunting licenses s
being reported from that county as he t
was certain there should be. Deputy I
Funderburk reached Georgetown on \
Thursday and found he states that Mil- ! t
lionaire Emerson was entertaining a \
party of wealthy tourists, none of ' (
whom had licenses as far as he could r
ascertain.
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Clemson College, Dec. 17.?Examina- 1
tions began Monday, so we are in the *
midst of a week of hard work. They 1
will continue through Saturday.
Dr. W. M. Riggs and Dr. IF. H. H. 1
Calhoun went to Jacksonville last 1
week in order to attend the annual 1
meeting of the S. T. A. A. Dr. Riggs (
has been elected president of the as- 1
sociation. He has been acting presi- 1
dent and presided over this particular (
meeting. Dr. F. H. H. Calhoun has 1
?;lso devoted much time to athletic ac- 1
tivities. He was our representative 5
in this meeting.
Basket ball practice has begun and :
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there is a ravoraoie ouiiook ior ?
strong five for Clemson this year. 1
Track practice will begin after Christ- j
mas and also base bail practice.
T!;e base ball and basket ball sche- '
dales will be announced soon. They 1
arc about complete at present, and '
will be given out after the Christmas 1
holidays. 1
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Ho\ Tarty at Ridge Spring. (
The public is cordially invited to t
atterd a box party and Christmas ex- ?
| erci: es at Ridge Spring school at Old j 1
' Town, on .Tuesday night, December ; c
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23rd. T.:e exercises will begin at [ t
i 6.30 promptly. j e
Tliri following is the program: !l
Christmas song?School. Ic
| Recitation?Ruth Dominick. U
If Santa Clans was Pa?Geogej
Sanders. J
Christmas Xight?'Estelle Werts. J
Saving Santa Clans Some Care? j c
Johnnie Crouch. ( T
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An essay on the origin of Christ- i ^
mas?Myrtle Fellers. I
T * ?^ Qonti rMuHQ ' ?
?>OIlg "I III giau mat tjantu > *?*.?.?^ . j
is Coming Tonight?Small boys and i
girls. J
S'??ita Haus and the Automobile? 0
David Cro'ich j
Fooling Santa Claus?Colie Pitts, Q
Johhnie Sanders. ,,
Riil in j* with Santa CIpi's?Odis Wil-{ ^
son. r
Tch-j)li'onir.!; to Santa Claus?Ruby
Fellers.
Doll song?Bernice Pitts. .Jessie Sanders.
l.azelle Fellers. Jessie Fellers.
Sarah Wilson and Ruth Dominick.
Santa Claus?James V/orts.
It' the Reindeer Should Run away?j
Jesse urouca.
Christmas in Different Nations?j y
.Junior boys and Girls.
Looking for Santa Clans?Several
children?Wallace Dominick. Santa
Claus Mazie Pitts. Mrs. Santa Claus. ^
'.Jes Before Christmas?Daniel
Crouch.
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St. Nicholas song?School.
Music.
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School in the Back Woods?Teacher.
Myrtis Dominick. Odis Wilson, 1
Clarence Pitts, Thompson Pitts, Colie j
Pitts, Ruby Fellers, Lazelle Fellers,!
Be.-'Sonde's. .Pvse Sanders. Ruth ! t(
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i><;;?iinick. j t:
C:::us-?Ulchard Sanders. T
Dunce?Johnnie Crouch. ' f;
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MPROVE HIGHWAYS
FOR ABOUT 700 WILES
iVasliington to Atlanta tt<ra<l Will
Demonstrate Value of Practical
Maintenance. ,
In order to demonstrate the value.|
>f practical maintenance of hi? ,
vays, the American Highway Associa- j
.on nas arranged, in co-operation |
.vith the Federal office of public
*oads and road officials in Virginia,
S'ortli Carolina, South Carolina and
Georgia for an ambitious mainten- .
ince experiment on the road from j
Washington to Atlanta, Ga. More .
:han 700 miles of road are expected
;o be improved and kept in condition
is a result of the initiative of the
American Highway Association. The .
sxperimeht is on a larger scale than t
my maintenance experiment ever (
indertaken in this country.
The great maintenance object-les- ,
;on road extends from the capital of (
he United States through a very hisoric
section of the country, passing 1
aich famous points as Arling- ^
on, Mt. Vernon, the battlefields of ]
Bull Run, Chancellorsville, Spottsyl-j <
*ania and Fredericksburg, en route j {
o Richmond, thence extending south- i
vard turough the capial of North i
Carolina and South Carolina, and ter-1
ninating at Atlanta.
The American Highway Association
vill enlist the support of the counties
md districts traversed by one road,
ind wherever possible, induce the
ocal. authorities to place the road
inder the supervision of government
ingineers, who will be detailed from
he office of public roads tor tnat pur- ^
)ose under the co-operative arrange- ]
nent. ]
Probably To per cent of the total ,
nileage has already been improved ! i
5y a surfacing of stone, gravel or
i mixture of sand and clay. The
object of the mintenance scheme is
o prevent the improved portions of
.he road lrom deteriorating for lack :
)f suitable care, and to make the un- '
:o prevent the improved portions of |
travel as possible with tae money j
available.
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With the co-operation 01 un unferent
communities, however, it is
lioped that concerted woik will be
undertaken on the entire stretch of,
highway, resulting in a-continuus,
maintenance object lesson that will j (
De a stimulus to maintenance
hrou&liout the country. Time Ameri- |
:an highway association has under- j
taken to raise the money for the j raveling
expenses of the engineers!
a ho will supervise the work. ! I
Leonard Tufts is c/airman of the | <
. ommittee designated by Lie associa-j (
ion to have charge of the campaign,: j
md he has already arranged' to p ace ! t
.10 miles under government en Tin- j
i
:ers. It is expected that all coun.ies l
raversed by the road will cheerf illy <,
;nter into the arangcment as it is a j
?ng step toward a continuous stretch j
>f road that will beneiit tue entire }
Seaboard. j e
Junior Division. j r
The Junior Division missionary so-J t
iety of Central Methodist church, of (c
\iiich Mrs. C. B. Martin ana Mrs. w.|*
V. Hornsbv are lady managers, held C
ts regular meeting Sunday afternoon,
'his was the last meeting of the year, a
nd officei s for another year were f
ilected. The society was loath to ! t
;ive up their faithful lady manager, J f
,lrs. P. C. Gaillard. who has carried i s
1 1 J; J ? ' > Vk /-? 1, f Tl* nl T'A I
>n tills spienciiu woiiv iui auuui i?cuc i
ears. Tne meetings hereafter will {^
ie held on the second Saturday after- j
10011 in each month.
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The following officers were elected: j J
President?ALI>ie Gaillard. \1
1st vice president ( udia Wheeler. 11
2nd vice president ?Mildred Tarant.
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(1 vice president?Lucile Baxter.
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4th vice president? Pauline Pant.
Corresponding secretary?Troxeile 0
bright. '
Recording secretary?May Tarrant. '
Treasurer?Mary Frances Cannon. '11
Lookout committee?Colie Blease.
filda Sample. 11
Gleaners?Elizabeth White, Carolyn
!pps, Margaret 'Farrow (and others).
Book committeeee?All the boys, one
I a
May 'Warrant. ^
Rec. Sec. !
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A great many people ('.ou't seem Ia
) realize that it is their duty to,
ado at home.?sClinton Ch: oniric. ;:he
point is well tuken. It is a g:jot!
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1914 BUDGET MAY
TOTAL $2,500,000
10.HPT ROLLER GETTING LINE OX
STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENSES
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rriMuirr .uaKtrs i nurges?t*overnor
Scores Commission Form of Government.
Declaring It to be
a Farce.
Columbia, December 17.?Comptroller
General Jones to-day sent out
blanks to the State and county officers
for them to send to him their estimates
of the needs for their respective departments
for next year. Each office
reports to the Comptroller General
the amount of money they need to run
their department for the year, and the
Comptroller General will compile theestimates
and make up the budget for
next year for presentation to the
General Assembly.
It is estimated that the budget for
lext year for nil State and county of
ices win reaca $z,ouu,uuu. Tne estimates
for this year Vere for over
^2,400,000, but the General Assembly
:rimmed this down to about $2,000,000*
**hich was covered in the annual appropriation
bill. The budget as made
ip by the Comptroller General will be
>ent to the House ways and means
committee for guidance in making up
he appropriation bill.
The State board of claims, to pass
m claims which will come before the
General Assembly, will meet to-mor ow
morning at 10 o'clock in the office
)f the Comptroller General. Claims aggregating
several thousand dollars
lave been filed to be p-issed on by the
Doard. Us .finding will be reported to
:he ways and mean*s committee of the
House
Scores Government By Commission.
Governor Blease this morning scored
the commission form of government
andi said that he hoped the recall
would be invoked in every city in L?e
State before Christmas where that
provision is in force. He said that he
was glad that the recall had been invoked
in Orangeburg, that while he
didn't' care who was mayor of that
town still he wanted the people^to see
just what their Representatives had
put on them. "There is no -democracy
in the commission form; it's a farce,"
declared the governor forcibly.
When the commission 1 )rm was '
passed it was vetoed by Governor
Blease, but w^s passed over his veto.
The Governor this, morning denounced
the provision wherein 20 per cent of
ihe voters could recall any official.
"Why they could have an election
2very thirty days," he declared, pointing
out what in his opinion is one of
;he gieutest weaknesse. in (he Comnission
Act.
"I hope they will all use the recall,''
>aid the Governor. *'t( show to ttae people
what a nuisance the legislature
nit on tnem, And I hope they will
ceep on recalling them," said the Gov*
jrnor, pointing out the fact that it was
>ossible to recall the officials every
nonth. It would be an endless syseni
calculated to wear out any offi:ials,
even though they were re-elected
;\ery time, as was pointed out by the
Governor this morning.
It is thought, in Columbia that an
imendment raising the minimum reluirement
of the percentage of voters
o sign a recall petition before it is efective
will be offered in the coming
iession of the General Assembly.
IX). T. DI M AN lTKKE>DERS
COMMISSION'.
Columbia, December 17.?Mr. .John
r. Duncan, who was disbarred from
he practice of law some years ago
md who*recently tiled a petition with
he Supreme Court asking rcin?fatenent.
withdrew ais petition, the minxes
of the Court saying: "Mr. John
Duncan u: rendered his co'iimissio.'i
.-> an atroii.^y ar.d asoj 10 v**;:
i? petition ! r rs/ir.cta'.'Mirf nt b> .1:1
i< :> rf friends that ctuers mivht De
lonuiveu to :;?vn saiTc and w?t" ioj.e
l> again come before the court as he
mv rlpsirp. Chief .Justice Garv was
isqualified."
John D. Rockfellcr is going to have
$35,000 Christmas party.?News
em. Think of that, you poor little
ve cent party .nan. Yes, and be aapy
while you are at it, for Rockfeller
t his $35,000 p?riy will not be able
> pinke the cats taste a bit better,
:id maybe he'd give thousands for tr.
" . :or re i enjoyment -of good
lings.