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VNR VOL. XXV MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. FEBRIUARY1 91N2 TRIED TO BRIBE New York -Nwspapers to Support tie Ocean Ship Subsidy Scheme. WHEN OFFER WAS MADE The Business ManaIer of the lour nal of Commerce Claims that He Was Approached by Ship Builders. Who Made Improper Proposals te - im. Revelati'M of several attempts to buy the editorial support of the New York Journal of Commerce in favor of ship subsidy legislation, which that paper haLs consistently opposed, was made in Washington to the hisie ship subsidy investigating committee Wednesday by Alfred W. Dodsworth, business manager of The Journal of Commerce and Commer -cial Bulletin. Earlier in the day Paul G. Faun ler, represenLative of the Uranium Steamship line. against- which the so-called London conference lines, controlling what is alleged to be 9S per cent. of the Atlantic passenger trafic are arrayed, told how railroad authorities in this country. notably the Central Passenger association at Chicago. had refused to sell tickets routed over the independent lines unless the indepsndents obtained the sanction of the conference lines. ' As'a result of today's evidence Mr. Dodswornth's brothor, John W. Dods worth, the editor of The Journal of Commerce, will be recalled to Wash ington. to explain why he -failed to enlighten the committee during his recent ~testimony. It is probably that Charles A; Conant of New York, a former Washington correspondent. may be asked to throw light on an effort to subsidize the paper, claimed to.have been forwarded through him tp The Journal of Commerce, whicn hie then represented, and the federa' authorities may take notice of the evidence as to'the railroads' discrim inations, against the independent ramship lines on foreign tickets. "M<ed W..o-dsworth said that his pape. f-^Tr4 been subsidized by any interests whatever and its busi -ness and editoial columns had no relation. But, le testified, about six ye-i.agO an uniIown came into his ofte.and ofered to pay The Journal of nmmerce _$,00,000, taking 00000opies of his paper, for the sertion of gn article in one issue ng the shipsubsidy legisla -s proosition was to be atep~d7 ~ Sin event -0aceptance, t~make out - certified check immediately for $10,00O to bind the agreemenlt anc to..pay 4he balance of $90,000 upon -publicati.1 of .the article. Mr. Dods wo~b~ d he immediately called his &---~ Jotn W., into his office as a Wi~~-~~t~conversation and the: proposition was turned down as an attempt to make an improoe: at rangement. Pressed by the committee, Mr. Dodsworth said that about 30 years ago his father was sitting in his of~ fice on the same publication and John Roch, the ship-builder, who was then building ships and was active for ship sulbsidy bill, entered the office, laid down a biank check, asked Dods - worth to fill out the check a stop writing agamnst ship subsidy. 5h offer was refused. About two years ago, Dodsworth said, another man tried to buy the support of the paper for $40,000 and during the Spanish-American war the Spanish government tried to buy the p. ~i~s support. Mr. Olcott, Representative Long worth of Ohio and other members ol the committee criticised the two broth'ers for failing to submit this information to the committee before now, pointing out that John W. Dodsworth, in his testimony some time ago, had been asked as to suet matters and had denied any infor mation such as that disclosed today. The witness said the committee would have to ask the brother why he failed to disclose the information. -Mr. Olcott asked the witness who~ represented the Spanish government when It tried to buy his paper's sup port. Mr. Dedsworthi replied that the information of the propositioD came from Charles A. Conant, .who wato then the paper's Washington cor respondent. Presse4dgs to the iden tity of the man who inde the offer, Mr. Dodsworth said that his father or brother may have been told, but he himself had notabeen told. Mr. Conaut communicated the proposition in a letter, said the wit ness, who afterward qualified this by saying he thought it was a letter, af ter the committee had stated it woulc like to have the letter. Representa tive Hawley of Oregon asked hov much monew was' proposed in thai ofer and the witness said he did noi know. His father was then muanag ing editor. The $40.000 proposition was fror; a "tall, dark-haired man." who said he was at lobbyist in Washinaton Mr. Dod sworth said he could no1 undertake 'o name the persons wh' made the $100,000 offer but he be lieved it esmne from ship subsidy in terests and when pressed as to wha1 he meant by that he mentioned th< Cramps and the Roches as interes coming undier tha't head. Kmiled by Enginie. At Newberry JTohn Pope, colored was struc'k by Columbia. Newberr & Laurens engine No. V.. backing il from the Mol!ohon mill. just belov --the Roundary greect bridge, an: 'killed Thursday afterrou. lHe wa about 6 years' (,d. Don't mistake soft words for tenJ ror .oring ways. SLURS ARE FALSE A.NDERSON SPEARS WARMLY IN DEFEYSE OF PARTNER. H1e Declares insinuations in Gover nor's Me-sage Which Refer to Fel der Are Absolutely Untrue. An Atlanta dispatch says C. L. Anderson. law partner of Thorn B. i'elder. the Atlanta lawyer who has fgured quite prominently in wind ng up the. old State dispensary; in 'elder's absence from Atlant., made a statement Wedaesday in reference -o the Associated Press dispatch from Columbia. in which Gor. Elease is quoted as inquiring why Felde: "was not prosecuted when It was found that he was the attorney for a liqeor house and was favored with liquor purchases and rebates were ,.-id fc these purchases." Ander son say,: "Since the Goodman and Flelsch man compromises referred to were also made ander the advice and '.hrough the instrumentality of Mr. Feder, I assume that the governor's reference to these matters and de mand that they be Inquired into. is likewise an attempt to reflect upor. rfT. Felder. "Throughout the entire course of the investigation of the South Car lina State dispensary and the din ; osition of the matters connected rtherewith by the winding-up com -nission, I have been closely asso ~iated with Mr. Felder, and am fa- 1 m-liar with all the facts connected t therewith. "Mr. Felder is out of the city, and in his behalf 1 desire to say that the carges and insinuations contained in the governor's message, which re fer to Mr. Felder, are absolutely un true and without foundation in fact. "If Gov. Blease has been informed by any persons that there are exist ing f?-cts Ziving- foundation to these charges he has been wilfully misled by designing persons, who probably have felt the weight of the law, grow ing out of their own nefariius transactions with the State dispen sary, and seek this method of re eI . ,Vege." WHAT HUB EVANS SAYS. He Talks About That Alleged At lanta Meeting. "Yes," said H. H. Evans, of New berry, known as "Hub" Evans, once chairman of the State dispensary board of directors. whose name was mentioned in' Governor Blease's mes sage to the General Assembly with reference- t0o a meeting in Atlanta, did-i-ediformre t'come to nta.." rhis was in rep'to I question about the meeting. Mr. Ev ans continuedf "When we were !n the room together I said to him, -Open that door. you, and let the At torney General come in and hear ev erything I have got to say.' " "Then what did you tell?" "I old him even if I knew anything I would not tell It to him," and Mi. Evans concluded, wIth his words just a bit stronger. The former dispen sary chairmain while In Columbia Wednesday was~ shaking hands in let islative circles. He talked freely to newspaper representatives, as is bi. wont. Mr. Evans said if he went on the stand there would be somi "hot stuff." He continued: "The coun ty dispensaries are now buying the sane liquor the State dispensary did, Ipaying the same prices and higher. You talk about a'firm turning over $30,000 the other day, well, then the county dispensaries pay back $100, 000 for 'that." TRIED TO SAVE CRILD. Lost Her Own Life as Well as That of Her Baby. A heart-rending tra::edy occurred near Elza, Ga.. on last Wednesday. by' which a mother and her two chil dren lost their lives. Trying in vain to save the life of her 11-year-old daughter, whose clothing was caught in the shafting of a cotton gin. Mrs. IJ. R. Wilkes sacrificed her own life and that of her siz-months-old baby near E1za, this county. The little lrl screatned for aid as she felt her se'lf being drawn toward the ma chinery and her mothe'r, who was .-rby, sprang to aId her. She, too, as caught and the baby, which was n er erms, was hurled against the !cor and killed instantly. The moth er and daughter soon perished after being torn from the shafting. Eloped on One Horse. Both riding astride on one horse from their home near Nuckols, Ky., Mary Ellen Tichenor, aged 16. daughter of Magistrate Coleman Tichnor, and her boy lover, William Wellis. 18, were arrested Wednes da in midfight on their way to .ou'ville to be wed. Thle fugitives were caught by officers wvho had been -rned by the girl's father of the elopement. Fatal Row About Road. Bailey P. Turner, a planter was shot and probably fatally wounded while driving in the roadway near -Camron, Texas, Wednesday. The shooting followed a ctuarrel with Ed. Tom'ins, another planter as to the right of way on the county road. In the midst of the dispute Tompkins b~ggy was overturned and his leg broken. He is under arrest. Lost in the Sea. The ste,.mer Seattle Maru brings news that Japanese fishing vessels were lo-t in a heavy storm which pre vailed near Owarl hay January 8. Twenty vessels were wrcked and if ~men dr!wned. Don't ove'rlook the sanctity of sac rific and serrice. THEY NEED HELP rerrible News From China Told in Let ters Frem That Land. PEOPLE ARE STARVLG Famine Conditions Described by a Minister Who Is Out There.-A Pathetic Story of Starving Men and Women and Little Children. The Crops Failed. Probably not in several years has here passed through the mails of ;his section of the country letters yearing more distressing news than ommunications which have been re eived by the Rev. P. D. Jenkins, >astor of lite Piedmont Presbyterian .hurch, from his brother, Dr. W. F. fenkins, who is a missionary to hina, says the Greenville News. Floods last summer and fall near 5uchlen. China, destroyed crops and he gaunt spectre of famine is now ,talking through the land. The let ers received by the R'v. Mr. Jenkins ell of the most terrible conditions rhich exist in the famine stricken listrict. The Piedmont pastor has rery kindly consented to allow the mblication of extracts from some of he. letters he has received from his rother. They are as follows: I am away from home-out in a Minese house-that means in the old. I have a small charcoal fire a a little furnace beside me but hat don't begin to warm a room. Ay -bones are so near my skin these lays that I feel the cold more than ver and I always was a coward bout it. I have on for outer clothing now t heavy overcoat lined with sheep kin with the wool on, my hat (I lon't take it off except to pray or ing or sleep, and heavy wadded hinese shoes with two pair of wool mn socks to keep my feet warm. Don't pity me. I'm not suffering )hysically, but oh it does hurt me o see the famine sights and hear he famins cries. I just had to buy a pair of panta he other day for a fellow. He kept oming to the inquirers' Bible class hese freezing days with only one arment on his lower limbs and that as thinner than my summer under lothes and he had no socks at all. qe had pawned everything heavier. it is freezing cold day and night ind this poor fellow like a raft of thers hxs no sign- ofnt at ght. ' fod 'you knw. EUis face ii swollen from the food ie has been eating-utterly indiges :ible stuff and not . nourishing weeds, greens, bark, ground up with r little barl'y or pot!'toes and made into thin gruel to fill up the stom ich. He has * little boy in the hut with hiim clothed no better than he and hus wife, carrying a baby, is out beg ging, gone a week now. Who knows but that 3he and the baby are deaa : the wayside, starved or frozen : death. Alas, alas, the sufferings 2f these noor people. A young man in the village a mile from here where we have a Christian mission, starv d to death the other day and an old lady near, of the same disease, lately. He was thrown out of work by ard times--begged. but few could ive-no work to be had-pawned his only thick clothing, got so weak and stiff he could not get about. His sister-in-law gave him five cents in gold. He sent by a friend for food, ate t all at one meal and died, too much for his wasted stomach. In that same village there are 20 odd families and only three of them are now eating ."dry" food, the re~~t are eating thin gruel made of a lit :e coarse flour or beanrs mixed with much greens (?) really just almost any weecs, grass, etc., because gruel fills up better. And this is only December! What will things be like in the early pring? Other villiag"es are better off hut they say that half the people :hrough this section are now eating ~ruel and much of that exceedingly thin. If it should snow and so, shut the people off from gathering .greens (weeds) in the fields many will just have to die. Some of our Christians have al ready changed color, a sign of ad vanced starvation, have been eating ruel some time. Christians andi friends look at me with longing eyes I gave out so much famine relief four years ago.) They dog my steps to seek a private interview to te.l me their troubles. And what can I Already I've given out more mon ey than I possess of my own and be sides one has to he very careful how he gives or he will be utterly swamp ed by crow'ka begging. 1 don't see how I can come back here before harvest if I cannot bear to see their distress and hear their cries. I wish I could put my head in a hole and not see or hear anything till next summer: It is goin; to be awful later and it is bad enough now. Any money sent will swve life. I'll see t~o that. I have been holding a "Bible study class" here for a wveek or more and they have been coming very well but some just :an't wvalk every day to come-it takes a little grain to give one leg forre to walk; gruel mostly wees and water, won't give it! Contributions to help the starv ing Chinosa may be forwarded to the famine district by being sent tc Rev. .\r. Jehnkins at Piedmont. or a New York Exchang2e sent to Rev. W. F. Jenkins. Suehien. China, will be good for its facet value. True charity will seek to purify the wveil and not rest content with PMSES LiE HUSE INNERITANCE TAX MEASUR SEEMS TO BE POPULAR. Under It an Esiate of $.00,00 inher ited by Widow and Two Childrei! * Pays $1,C00. Substanti:lly unchanged, Repre sentative itembert's inheritance tax bill was passed Thurdsay by the house. There was a snappy debate. The temper of the house was indi cated before the fnnal tcst by the vote on a motion to con.tinue. 44 to 47 against continuanlce. ad thc vote, 34 to 71, by which the ho, is refused to strike out the enactin; words. Messrs. Belser. Williams, Davi. Ashley and Srcott onposyi the meas ure. mainly as being "strange an* undemocratic doctrine." Mr. Remi bert took the floor several times m advocacy of his bill. He was rein forced by Messrs. D. L. Smith, Bric, Browning and Nines. If a man had an estate of $100. 006 and P'ft a widow &d two th dren, the inheritance tax, payable at tie winding up of the estate, would be $1,6'0. The widow is entitled to an exemption of $10.000, the chil dren to exemption of 5.000 each. Representative Ashley made a characteristic speecb. "I had hoped,' he said, "that Richland had com menced sending here men who would not give us trouble. The fool-killer must be dead In Richland. This is the most unjust bill I ever heard of." Mr. Rembert said be had drawn his bill after months of study and comparisen of inheritance tax meas ures in force in other States and abroad and had also consulted able lawyers here. He said the bill was heartily approved by Prof. Nelson Frierson, who prart*ed for ci; * under the similar law of New York" State and is now a member of th.e law faculty at the University -of South Carolina. He read authorities in support of the bill. ACTED AS PEACE MAKEI. Judge Gage Makes an Attempt to Settle Old Feud. Judge Gage, while presiding'at the. .Greenville Court Wednesday adopt ed an unusaul method in an attempt to settle a feud between two mors. tain families. Two young men, Rop er and Trotter, were ..being tried-f assault and battery, and d iking: course of the trial Judge 2ee. the bench and conducted.th fta f the y - in vd ' wl close neighbors,'bury the enmity ex isting between the families. When the judge returned to the bench he :-nnounced that he had; used his utmost endeavor but had failed to reconcile the fathers of the combatnents and that if the present feeling continues it will result in a homicide and in a.trial of somebody for murder, and that in the sight~ of God these fathers would be re sponsibie *or it. The judge further stated that he attached more blame. o the fathers for the present situa !on than to the sons, though thie sons had technically violated the laws of the State. After the young men--both moun taineers of the most stalwart type had been convicted, the judge sen tenced them to chaingang terms without the alternative of fines, the sentences being suspended during their good behavior. This action of tudge Gage has provoked the most favorable comment. CAU GHT FIR~E AT SEA. ---4 Steamed Into San Francisco With Fire Burning. The stetnmer Queen, on which a fire broke out Thursday night while she was at sea off Point Reyes, re turned to San Francisco shortly be fore 3 o'clock with the fire still burning. Her passengers, 92 in num ber, were immediately taken off by launches which met her in the stream. Th'e steamer will be sunk if the fiames cannot be extinguished. The Queen. which belongs to the Pa (cific coast line, left here yesterdiy afternoon for Puget Sound ports. Whn the firm alarm was given the -ireless operator sent out an "S 0. S.~ message which brought many re sponses from land. and sea. Five seamers and tugs went to her as sistance. Robert L. Gunter Named. Robert L. Gunter, an attorney 01 Aiken, has been appointed as solici tor of the Secoond circuit by Coy. B~lease. Mr. G;unter will fill out the ut'expired termi of .James F. Byrnes. wh *a elected to cone~rss lasL summr. The appointment is to take effet on FAiruary 1. S< .;- Captain 1)rowvned. At savannah, Ga.. Capt. Geo. Ir vi. master of the ltriiish steamship Anlo Austraiai noGw in port, fell from a bridge on the whlarves Wed nesday and was drowned. His body was recovered. Capt. Irving's homec was in Sc~land. and his wife. no in London. was notified by cable. Tous Them Loose. One hundredl and seventy-three pardons were issued by Governor Patterson of Tennessee during the eriod from Dec. 2:1, 191 0, through weduesay. Crimes of almost ev ry descriptioni were represented in this list. Three .4.tore Burnt. Forty thousand dollars worth of property was destroyed in Spartnn burg by fire one night this week. Three stores in the keart of the city were burned. PASERS SERVED ')N E T~JONI AND W., A. C ARK IN SEM,.OL CASE. The- ;Vere Arrested But Gave Bond in'the Sum of One Thousand Dol laNs Each. The Columbia Record says Gen. WiliuJones,. president of the Pal ,mettoNational bank, and Mr. Wash ngton: A. Clark, president. of the Carolina National bank, were served vth papers Thursday by Sheriff Colenian wI ho acted on authority of arfant :.ssued by Magist.ate J. H. Jordk of Kershaw. Tie'warrant alleged that Messrs. Jon-e' ad Clark, together with Mr. Tohn-Y Garlington, as officers in the ,eminle Securicaes company, ob ine from L. L. Clyburn a note to thel ilount of $1,500 for stock in the'kain'ole Securities company. -XM dlbu.nrn alleged that, there was mfsrep-esentation in the deal on the p;4 of the persons named. The warrap- was served on Messrs. Jones and at their respective offices atnc' Sh ffColeman, accompanied by ag! e James H. Fowles, Jr., went fo the bank buildings and 'funessrs. Clark and Jones seated at th ": desks. Tha Vie'-e not taken by surprise, as th ews that the warrant ha. been d in Kershaw was known in C Aibla Wednesday afternoon. Ma ate' Jordan had authorized bond e' sum of $1,000, which Mess nes and Clark promptly made b.-oficials of the banks sign ing t* ds. Th f-dants have the right of a preI&anz'ry hearing, but the date has a-greed on. . 5ITS IN ALFALFA. zway Gathers Statistics Proving It. rtunities. for profit; raising of alfalfa offers te f the Southeast is indi a6es received by the land tri1. department of the S O-th i-flv ay showing increased int ;A-_ e e-production- of alfalia i e results in wide ts. one, of-Dunleith, AissisiPI,. own in the'Delta, re cresdseeded in the -tons were pro. the" J6n, $ per toil. Reports frome the Delti-Show that about. 50 farmers are ndw growing alfalfa with saccess, all having seeded their fields in the last three or four years. J. W. Fisher, of Newport, in, the East Tennesse writes that he is reatly pleased 'witli results having averaged five-tons per acre andi find ing a ready sale at $22 per .ton, but he has foundi the hay so good that he prefers feeding it to his own stock to selling it. H~e has grownt alfalfa on Lire upland, red, calcarious clay, general throughout East Ten nessee. -Saccess in growing alfalfa is also reported by growers in South ern Virginia, North -Garolina and Alabama, and the acreage devoted ;.o alfalfa in all the Southeastern States is growing steadily., MAD DOG BITES FIVE. Rlabid Animal Runs Amuck and Suc ceeds in Escaping. A mad dog ran amuck at Anderson on Thursday, biting two white boys and three negroes besides several dogs. It disappeared before it could be captured. The dog started his run at Cox's Creek. just east of the city, when it attacked a negro man named Ware. who was working in the creek shoveling sand. Ware had on rubber boots and the dog's teeth id not reach his flesh. The dog then circled through the Bailey place, attacked and severely bit an other negro man. The dog then pro. ceeded through the city, through Calhoun street. It attacked Elm'ira Henderson, the young son of E. W. Henderson, a travelling salesman, biting him in several places. The next person attacked was a sinall white boy named Duvail, in the Cos Mill village. The last person report jed bitten was a negro near the Cox Mills. The dog attacked him fromr behind, and it was necessary for ths negro to fight the beast off. lpies of Grief. Brok.en-hearted at the death sen nce pase upon her son. Mrs. W H.I WXalker, 72 years of age, dropped (lead at the residence of Mrs. J. B Mutrray, at Macon. Ga., Friday. H-ei o is Wm n. Walker, sentenced Ias1 wee k to be hanged for having burnet his wife to death. Walker was tak en from the .jail and allowed to viev the body of his nmother. He wvas overcome by grief. The State Sena-te yesterday passec a bill making it unlawful to sell o ive ci: arettes or cigarette papel to any man. woman or child in th State of Nevada. She Will Win. Mis Mahel Edith Ransom. of Per ry Oklahoma. hungry for education ode horsaback from her home t< L~awrence, Kan.. to enter the Stat< U niversity. The trip called for mere canter of only Z50 miles. Samte Old Tale. Six men were fataly injured in am xploson Wednesday in the Hughs town No. 1 0 colliery of the Pennsyl ania Coal Company at Pittstonm fa COPES IS JUDGE Eltcted by the Legislature to Succeed the Late Judge Daniz!er. WILL MAKE A GOOD ONE Was Chosen on the First Ballot Over Three Worthy Opponents-Edu cated at Wofford College and Graduated in Law at South Caro lina University. To succeed the late Charles Glo er Dantzler of Orangeburg as judge of the First circuit, the general as sembly of. South Carolina Wednes day elected Robert Ellis Copes, who was chosen over three opponents by a clear mzkjority on the first ballot. The result. was not unexpected, be rause Mr. Cropes was the unanimous choice of the Orangeburg delegation and was supported by nearly the en Lire bar of '.he county. The other .names placed before the legislature were Preston T. Hild ebrand, at present solicitor of the Fi:st circuit; J. Otey Reed of St. George and Octavus Cohen of Berke ley. The litter was brou-lht in at tb h st r_;nent )ut no'iling could stem the tide for Copes and he was elected. The vote being, Copes, 85; Cohen, 3; Hildebrand, 52; Reed, 22. Total number votes cast, 162; nec essary to a choice, 82. In nominat in;g l Copes,. Senator Robert Lide of Orangeburg paid the following tribute to. his friend: "On behalf of the almost unani mous wish of the Orangeburg bar and the solid Orangeburg delegation in the general assembly, I arise to place in nomination for circuit judge an whom we know. A man known to us in Orangeburg as an experi enced lawyer, a student of the law. Those of us who live with him and enjoy constant contact- with him- re alize his worth He is my personal friend, and no man in Orangeburg county enjoys a higher standing He is fair in mind, polished and courte ous in manner, courageous and posi tive in conviction, and a man of the highest character and personal in tegrity. He. will make good In this exalted position, if elected. I place in nomination Orangeburg's candi date for judge of .the First, circuit. kthe Ronoert . Cope.4 tzof ?Berkeley seconded Uge eopes and "In tMe death of Judge Charles G Dantzler, the bench lost one of its most honored members and the StatE on,e of .its best men: Strely he who succeeds sich a man must measure up in every respect to the highest ex getations oi his constituents.. A high ,sense of official responsibility mutst be Erst and foremnost in his thoughts. A conscientious discharge of every -luty, public and private. must b~e his. He must be a gentie man under all circumstances. I~e murt show distinguished ability, in the faithful discharge of service. H-I. must be courteous, patient, frank. persevering, loving right. scorn ing wrong. possessing a high conception f justice and marked fidelity ant ibility at all times. -'"Such characteristics are found in Hon. Robert E. Copes. He is in the noonday of his usefulness, and has a wonderful grasp of legal questions No stain of <dshonor is upon his life. T-e has never secrificed truth and his ourage has never faltered. His In nate modesty end deep and abiding faith in right has won the confidence and resnect of all who know him. "He will reflect great credit on the State and will worthily wear the honors which come from a faithful discharge o? duty. --I girca me genuine pleasure to second his nomination for judge for the First judicial circuit of this State" Preston T Hildebrand, better known as "P. T.'' among his friends. and he has thousands of friends, was nominated by Mr. Paulling of Cal houn county and this was warmly seconded by J. E. Davis of Barnwell who paid a beautiful comliment to his friend. Mr. Hildebrand has been solicitor for 16 years, and his worn" has placed him well up among the awyers of the State as a man of courage and ability. He prosecuted the Eutawville lynchers and conduct ~d other distasteful cases with credit to his office. Mr. Motte of Berkeley in a finished speech presented the name of Oc tavus Cohen of Charleston. Mr. Co hen was editor of the Charleston World during its entire existence and made a successfuil record as a news paper manl. I-I was licensed to prac tice law a few years ago and Is a successful practitioner. Senator St. Clair Muckenfuss of St. George nominated in an eloquent speech his friend. 3. Otey Reed. The vote resulted as above stated. 'Will Relhild at Once. A dispatch from Cameron to The State says it is understood that Geo iier, who lost his new dwelling uy fire a week ago, will take steps to rebuild at once. Although he had no insurance, he saved $200 or $0 worth of material from the burning building. This, with several hun dred dollars generously contributed by his friends, will help him consid erably. .Buys a Paper. Gleo. R. Koester, who founder and conducted the Daily Record. the Co lumia afternoon paper. until two v ears ago, when he sold it to Jawsii -A. Hoyt. purchased Friday ate-noon the Daily Piedmont, the Greenville aftrnoon paper. WIL SfoP SUIT THE SENATE VOTES TO ABAN DON MIERGER APP'EAL. Case Tried in Richland Court' Re cently and Resulted in Verdict for Sovthern Railway. The State senate veted Thursday night to abandon the merger appeal by a vote uf 21 to 17. The resolu tion adopted directs the Attorney General of the State to abandon the appeal in the famous "Southern mer ger" case. The suit was tried in the Courts of Richland county and re sulted in a verdict for the Southern, thereby validating the' lease of :cer tain lines in 1899 and in 1-902. The following was the direct vote on the re.;olution of Senator -Car lisle: Yeas--Ackerman, . Appelt. Bates, Black, Carlisle, Epps, Forrest; Ginn, Green, Hardin, Johnson, Lide, Manning, William L. Mauldin, Mc Cown, Sinkler, Stewart, Stucky. Wal ker, Wharton-21. Nays-Christ ensen, Cl!fton, Croft, Crosson, Earle, Hough, Johnson, Laney. Lawson. Mars, T. J. Mauldin, Muckenfuss, Rainsford, Spivey, Strait, Sullivan, Young-17. The senate had previously refused to strike out the resolving words of the bill by a vote of 17 to 20. Senator Francis H. Weston, of Richland. wns excused from voting. as he took part In the trial of the "merger" case in the Circult Court, being one of the Southern's attor neys. Senator Sinkler, of Charleston, spoke in favor of and voted for Sen ator Carlisle's resolution. - Senator Croft, of Aiken, was the only senator in the territories fre quently referred to In the "merger" trial who voted against the resolu tion. Senator LeGrand Walker, of Georgetown, speaking In the senate tonight on the merger resolution, made his characteristic, ringing speech, and claimed the attention of the entire body. Senator Walker said if constitutional oaths are vio lated by. voting for the resolution the decision of Judge Shipp would be seconded by the legislative body. He thought the matter affected the fu ture of the State and its upbuilding. The question means not the estab lishment of a new policy, but the ap-' proval of an old' policy.' He referred to the legislative enactmenit. .-Tne breaking' cf'the merger word -be-.a repudiaion of- contract. - The' ;con-. tract was ,between the : legslature and the ro'the ETh from Georgetown. "th we stad by. our contracts." Senator Walker ad vanced the proposition that every time.'the. railroad commission order ed an Impiovenfent the "merger" lease was being approved. A prop erly equipped railway would benefit and this would be accomplished 'by abandoning the appeal. The Legis lature wished to vindicate its own position- when it ordered the merger tested in the Courts. WRELESS TELLS ~ OF BATTLE. Many Killed and Wounded Near (Ceiba is Reported. That Commandant Guerrero an thirty soldiers were killed and fift~s oters wounded in a battle, which lasted two hours near Ceiba, Hon duras, was information contained is scraps of a message picked up by the Iccal wireless station at 11 o'clock Thursday night. The revolutionists in the depart ment of La Pase, Honduras, under the leadeirship of Gen. Soto, were routed by Government troops yester day, according to dispatches re ceived Thursday by Consul General Ulloa, of Honduras, at New Orleans. No details of the battle, which oc curred near the Salvadorean border. were given. Gen. Ulloa expressed the belief that Gen. Guitterex, vice president and comma.nding general of Govern met troops im the field', would short ly strike a telling blow against the rebels commanded by Gen. Lee Christmas. He expects the two ar mies to meet in the vicinity of San Pedro Sulla, about 25 miles south of Puerto Cortez. ONLY WHITE MEN. Will Be Appointed Notaries by Gov ernor Blease. It is stated tifat Governor Blease issued his proclamation revoking the commissions 01 all notaries jublic it South Carolina for the purpose 01 eliminating the negro. Afrer 1~al ruary 10 he will refuse to 'ssne a commission to a negrc' as a notary public. Hundreds cf app'ications are be in received for a commission as notary public. The one most impor tant requiremnent is that the appli cant must prove beyond a doubt that he is a white man and of good standing. It is expeited that at least 5,000 notaries 'nibiic wvill be commissioned in South Carolina within the next sveral weeks. Firm Loses Suit. In the case of the Hamilton Manu. facturinlg CompanY, of New York, against R. L. and William Lybrand doin.g business at Swansea, under th4 firm name of R. L. Lybrand & Co. in United States Court at Columbit Wednaesdia y, a verdict of .$3,825 wa: rendered in fa'Nor of the plaintiff. The amount sued for in two actions was $.70. Cotton transactions on de livery were the basis of' the action. If we were not so anxious to seen what we are not we might becomi WVAS FOREU Former C1mindero f - f Fieet Asked t. eU"ii STRICKEN FRO 9L Request for Besignatio Secretary of Navy by Qrder 4 President, Folloing Reoor Barry's -Scandalous Cond Captain of HisFlagship. _ By .dirention of- the pr i Rear Ad-miral W. B Barry kr V.Z commander in chief of ,ths;4 5K21 fleet, today submitted hisresig., h "for the go -of the servipe" p was immediately accepted. Th forced -resignatlon Is the o of charges which have been iic, culation affecting the moral ter of the naval- officer. George Von L. Meyer, sec the navy, today announced that-i .N - instructions from: the- president i - telegrahped last night to Ad Barry asking tiat he submit his ignation. The resignation. sever the officer's connection with American navy after 45 years of tive service was received to-lay a - his name was at once stricken frong the list of naval officers. This naturally terminated his salary the government. In response to a telegraphie quest, Admiral% Berry -waspladed" the retired list of the. navy on j uary 14, several -months in idvsoee of the date on which.he wouidba retired by-dperation of' l&w.a . right to seek voluntary-re - was his privilege, the law permi such action after 40 years service. The-secretaryof the navy, the request:_with' the presde it was promptly approved.. . Later, however, reports emanate from San raic 7 effect that Admiral ment was forced by a e.de he anon account of41 da'. conduct. It was the juicers of the cruise. ginia, Admiral Barry ~ not satisfied with eir sisted? upon h-s r The seetary d cognizanlh 94 .rzt~ CaptL.Oredsg*epo rrom the Uited States' v -l emy in-the class of 186_ He as Crushed ,in- all parts of theworld,thI - sea service covering a perled of over 27 years, and has held many impor tant assignments .During the- Spin ish -war he took part in- theiblockade of 'H-abaria, thegttack on Mntanzas and in -search for the S is in Bahama channel - 'e *ipated -in the negotiations with Gen. Maceo. He commanded the gunboat- Vicks- -- burg in the capture of Aguinaldo. Tn May, 1909, soon after his promo tion to the grade of rear admiral, he - assumed command of the second .di vision of the Pacific fleet and severaL.> months later was -placed in supreme conmand of the entire fleet.* MAK~ES A CHANG. The Confederate Home Has New Su perintendent. The Confederate Infirmary .com mission, meeting Friday in the Su preme,- Court room at Columbia, - elected F. M. Mixson, of that city, as superintendent of the Confederate Home, which is located there,.to take the place of Capt. W. D. Starling, who Chas held the position most .ac eeptably since the Home was erected Dr. William Weston,' of - that cit, elected as physician of the Hom'e. This was the first meeting of'- the new commission appointed several ays ago. The organization :neeting was held with Col. R. A. Thompson, Of Walhalla, acting as chairman. H W. Richardson was -elected perma. nent chairman of the board.'* The board inspected ~the Confederate Home and installed Mr. Mixson as superintendent. The members of the commission are: Col. A. R. Thompson, Wal halla: F. S. Earle, Columbia; H. W. Richardson. Columbia; T. B. Crews, Laurens, -and A. S. ~Dickert, New berry. Place For Mr. Roosevelt. The following Is credited to a no gro preact~er in Washington: "Ah dreamed Ah was in Heaven the other night. As Ah stood 'jest inside de golden gate, dar :came a rap, and George Washington was announced by St. Peter. -Let - him come up and sit on mah right side, said the good Lawd, who was sittin' -- on de throne. ."'Pretty soon there was another knock, and Abraham Linkum war announced by St. Peter. 'Let him - sit on mah left side,' said the Lawd. "Den Ah heard a terrible knockin' at de gate, a?nd the angels all tremnb "Std. Peter opened de gate dae fully and den he turned roun' and said to de Lawd: "You'll have to get down and give him your seat, Lawd, it's Mr. Roosevelt."--Denlver Times. - Lost One Leg. The State says W. H. Appelt of Batesburg who was injured in a wreck on the Southern railway, near Wagner. several days ago, had his - - right leg amputated Friday night at the Knowlton infirmary. He passed -- through the operation successfully, and will recover, according, to a