The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, January 17, 1912, Image 6
DONTO WOI
Beik leuses of he Gent-a; AssemblyI
Mlt at Nean on 1uesday
A SHORT SSION HED
The House Adjourned After Meeting
One Hour, But the Senate Was in
Session Some Longer and Trans
lated Considerable Business Before
It Adjourned for the Day.
The General Assembly met Tues
day at noon in regular session, and
was soon down to routine wort. The;
session of the House wat cut short!
on account of the coldness of the.
hall. For some unknown reason :he
furnaces gave very little heat. It
was uncomfortably cold, ant. arter
being in session about an hour and
a half, the house adjournea until
7:30 p. m.
Before adjourning. thb representa
Cives made pro 4sion for holding
elections to fill four vacaneses on the
circuit bench, for electing a lourth
associate justice o, the supreme
ocurt, referred the governor s an
nual messara to committees and
heard three special messages read,
making them a special order ror noon
tomorrow.
M. L. Smith, speaker of the house,
was delayed by a late train and did,
not arrive in the hall until 12:15
p. m. when James A. Hoyt, clerk of
the house, called the house to order.
The roll of the members was called,
by counties. Two or three of thel
county delegations had not arrived.
Rev. R. N. Pratt, chaplain, opened
the proceedings wita prayer.
A concurrent resolution was intro
duced by D. H. Magill providing that
the joint assembly meet Thursday,
January 11, at noon to elect a judge;
for the second circuit to fill the un
expired term of the late Robert Al
drich , a judge for the eighth circuit
to fill the unexpired term or the late
J. C. Klugh, a judge to fill the ex
pired term of J. W. DeVore of the
eleventh circuit, a judge to fill the
expired term of S. W. G. Shipp of
the twelfth circuit, the expired term
of C. A. Woods, associate justice, and
the unexpired term of ira B. Jones,
chief justice of the supreme court.
The governor vetoed the bill ap
pointing rural police in Cherokee
county. A similar bill appointing
rural police in Spartanburg county
was also the subject of a veto mes
sage. Among other grounds for ve-.
toing, the governor's message said
that the bill allowed the proposedl
rural police force too much freedom, I
especially in the matter of making
arrests.
In a special message, the governor
said that he had oecided to allow
the act to present the estan1'snment~
of ill-formed counties to become a
law without his siglnature, and the
*courts were open if the qiuestion of
its constitutionality were raised.
After the adjournment or tne Joint
assembly Tuesday night, tne house
heard a short message from trio gov
ernor explaining thai the coianess of;
the hail had been caused by the fall
vre of the electric power plant 'which
was put out of commission. by the
sleet and ice Monday.I
What the Senate Did.
The senate convened at noon and,
in the brief space of one nour ac
complished much This nlour was
consumed in .Zho reception of the va
rious av ages from the governor,
thie._ .frstponement of several bills
.aiding. on the calendar, ine disposi-;
* ~tion of the annual message and the
introduction of a bill providing for
the establishment of Jasper countyl
that was voted on last summer.
Practically all of the memvers of
the senate were present wnen the
body was called to order by C. A.
Smith of Timmonsville, the p resident
of the senate and lieutenant gover
ntor. The reading of the journal was
dispensed with, following prayer by
the chaplain. The appointments for
the senate were anniounced by Presi
dent Smith.,
A vetoed measure providing for
rural police for Newberry county was
passed Tuesday by the senate over
the veto of the governor by a vote of
35 to 2. The measure will be sent
to the house for a vote. The mecas
vre provided that rLural policemen be'
appointed by the sheriff of New berry
county and not by the governor.
The senate on motion of Senator
Carlisle of Spartanburg decided to
vote on the question of the "etoed
measure providing for a legslaive
commission to investigate the old dis
pensary commisse~n, the attorney
general, the governor anc orners In.
ccnnection with the State dispensary.
The senate decided to talke the bill
up for a vote at noon Wednesdayt6
and the real strength of the gover
nor as compared with the senate wtII
be decided, as the resolution Is the.
most important vetced.
In his message vetoing the above(
n'easure the governor stated that he(
believed an investigation by the com-c
mission would be one-sidee. He saId
that he had instructed the members jI
ot the new dispensary commission to
make the desired it-vestigation, andt
that he would lend his personal and
political power to see that a thor
ough investigation was made. The
measure was passed at the last ses-t
sion of the general assembly and sentc
tc the governor for his signature. 1
The measure was passed upon the if
earnest solichation of the governor.
When the measure was sent in for
approval at the end of the session
the chief executive indicated that he
would veto it because the me~mberst
of the senate part of the commissiona
were his political enemies. Senator
Carlisle Tuesday introduced a resolu-e
tion, which was adopted, askIng that
the senate vote on the measure today e
a* noon. The bill Will then se sent
to the house for a vote.
Elects Associate gustice.
By a vote of 89 to 55 the joint as- t
sembly. composed of the two houscsi
of the legislature. eleeled Riehard C.:t
watts of Chesterfielri. judgs of the t
fourth circuit. fourth associate Jus
tice of the South Carolina supreme r
Oourt over Thomas B. Fraser of Sum
ter, the only other nominee, Tuzday
m~lght. Judge Memminger. who was
a eandidate at the last session, with- '
L_ is FORMED
XR TO DRAIN LOW LAN)S
WILL BE PUSHED.
aMportant Action Taken at a Con.
vention Held in Charleston Last
Week.
The South Carolina Drainage As
sociation, a branch of the National
Drainage Congress, was organized in
Charleston last Friday, and will im
mediately become an imporant fac
tor in the draining and development
of the millions of acres of low lands
now lying unused in the State. The
formation of this Association took c:
place at the first nieeting of the State i
Drainage Convention:, held in Char- t
ileston 'Friday, whi,;h was attended by eI
representative delegates from the C
costal region territories and the p
southeastern portion of South Caro- V
lina. The following oficers were c
elected:
President, E. J. Watson; first vice- c
President, S. G. Stoney: second vice- 0
president, H-. B. Carlisle; third vice- 0
President, Robt. B. Scarborough; sec- b
retary, A. H. Marchant; treasurer,
Thomas 0. Lawton; engineer, Reid v
Whitford. n
Executive Committee-George- V
town, H. B. Springs; Richland, W. tj
E. Gonzales: Charleston, W. W.
Hampton; Dorchester, Legare Walk- a
er; Orpngeburg, W. G. Smith; Beau
fort, Neils Christensen; Berkeley, St. h
Clair White; Calhoun, %. A. Banks; n
Sumter, Dr. S. C. Baker; Colleton, h
W. W. Smoak; Darlington, Bright b
Williamson; Lee, R. M. Cooper; Ma- e
rion. C. A. Woods; Dilion, R. P. t]
Hamer; Hampton, W. F. Maner;
Clarendon.'OD. C. Scarborough. r
Honorary Vice Presidents-W. G. n
Hinson, B. R. Tillman, W. D. Mor- c
gan. J. B. Bostwick, R. I. Manning, t
A W. M1cKeand.
An executive committee will be d
named by the president of the Asso- 6
eiation from each county in the State i;
in the next few days. Counties as SI
yet not represented on the executive 1
committee will hear from Col. Wat- b
son within a short time. S4
Col. E. J. Watson, agricultural d
commissioner of South Carolina, pre- si
sided over the Convention. calling the tI
meeting to order shortly after 10
D'clock Friday morning. The Con- 1
:ention was divided into two sessions, c,
one being taten up by the discussion b
o the drainage problem in South I
Carolina, and the other by the or- C
ganization of the South Carolina ft
Drainage Association.
Col. Watson spoke at length re- 4
garding the aims and purposes of the d
National Drainage Congress recently t,
organized in Chicago, Ill., together 4
ith the work of securing the aid N
and co-operation of the Government C
in the work of reclamation through- 3
ut the South. Col. Watson may be \
said to be one of the truest believers
in the future agriculture greatness 4
o the Palmetto State, and he inject- w
ed a large amount of this optimism I
and belief into the delegates attend- a
ing the Convention.k
Mr. W. G. Smith, engineer and lk
agent of the Government at Columbia r<
or plant industry, spoke of the value k
ot drainage. He is a native of Illi- t
aois, which, thirty years ago, he F
stated, was a great malaria country. 3
Now the farmers there never hear of C
this sickness. The transformation E
was entirely due to the drainage. - E
Mr. T. 0. Lawton, of Hampton LI
County, spoke of the work done in A
is home territory, giving some in- E
eresting experienc.es of the campaign A
~e conducted for the organization of
Sdrainage districr.
Capt. S. G. Stoney, president of si
he historic South Carolina .Agricul- p:
ural Society, and a pioneer in the ol
ainage work in this section of the 13
oeuntry, believed it absolutely nec- le
~ssary that settlers be offered some- V
hing more than the mere land on 1I
which to eke out their existence. He n.
:ought it no more than right that ci
:e land sold to them be at least r.
martially cleared, in order that set- et
:lers have the oppc-rtunity of mak
ng a living the first year of their stay ii
n the country. These sentiments st
vere heartily endorsed- by the Con- 01
ocntion.
Dr. M. W. Twitchell, State geolo- st
ist, spoke briefly on the Importance af
,a the people in this section of the
ountry getting down to work for yC
hemselg'es, but he believed it a w
plendid idea to induce the Federal W
nad State governments to render any ta
ssstance they can in the work of 3i
eclamation. As State geologist, Dr. a<
'witchell offered to assist the work- w
~rs in any way possible, as for in- m
tance in .the makirng of topographi- de
al~ maps of the territory in the 01
castal regions.
Engineer Reid Whitford, of the o0
harleston County sanitary and Pi
~rainage commission, recently ap
olnted a member of the excutive w
ommittee of the National Drainage ar
jongress from Soutn Carolina. spoke a<
m the subject "How We Expect Fed-y
ral Aid to Help Ua." I
Short addresses were also made by i1
ecretary A. W. McKeand, of Char-'
eston; Secretary A. H. Marchant, of
irangeburg; Col. H. B. Snrings, of
;eorgetown; Secretary A. V. Snell,
>f Sumter; Mr. E. N. Cla~e, or the )c
and and industrial bureau of the At
antic Coast Line, and Land Agent as!
unroe, of the industrial agency of Al
he Southern Railway.G
Col. Watson~ then appointed com- n
aittees on organization, constitution i
nd by-laws, resolutions and ofiicers,.
he Convention taking up the work of w
wrgnizing a branch to the National S
rainage Congress. The reports of 3
he various committees were adopted,m
rith several minor changes.
Start Fire to Kill Tarantula.
Two men set fire to a noodle fac- H
ory In Pottsvile. Pa., this week, to
:ill a tarantula that had crawled into
crack in the buildinug. The spider
amne from a b'unch of fruit ud was
reatly feared. The damage amoun t
4 to $400. o
Eleven Rebels iilled.
Federal troops under Capt. Cas
llona, Mexico, dissodged at Eetaz-1
g, a band of Zapatistas aftr a bat
e ir. which 11 rebels, one rural and 0
o residents of the town were c f
il'ei. The rebels retired in the di- '
e'ion oc N-uenpan
74 d'r's bools is now due. 31any
erle are aiously awaiting it. D
hey want to a wha:t he wgi have roc
)i As Manp iomicides Last Year as
Taere Was the Year Before
UCDES ON DECREASE
ixty-One Persons Were Lynched
During the Past, Fifty-Nine of
Whom Were Negi oes, and Most of
Those Lynched Attacked Women
or Young Girls.
Deaths in the United States by ev
ry form off '.iolence show a decrease
, 1911 as compared with 1910. The
)tal numoer of homicides in the
auntry last year reached 8,272 as
)mpared with 8,975 in the, year
revious. During the year there
-ere 164 cases of murder and sui
de; 18 cases of cdcuble murders; 11
triple murders, one quadruple, one
?se where five, two where six and
ne where seven were murdered by
ne person and 51 persons murdered
y the "Black Hand."
The record of suicides for 1911
aries little from that of 1910, the
umber being 12,242, as compared
ith 12,608 in 1910. The propor
on of suicides as between men and
omen remains about the same year
tter year, being 8,130 males and
.112 females. Physicians again
ead the list among professional
'en, and clergymen come next, 11
aving taken their own lives. Among
usiness men, 19 bankers and brok
rs have committed suicide during
2e year.
The most startling feature of this
cord is the constantly increasing
umber of those who commit sui
ide because of ill health. Of the
>tal number, 4,151 shot themselves,
,450 took -poison, 2,054 hanged
:emselves, 984 drowned themselves,
94 cut their throats, 640 aspnyx
ted themselves, 55 threw them
?lves in front of railroad trains and
65 from roofs or windows, 22
urned themse'lves, 14 stabbed them
7lves, five blew themselves up with
ynamite and two starved them
h'-es. - Sixty-one unfortunates left
le world by suicide pacts.
The number of legal executions in
911 has fallen off considerably as
,mpared with the last few years,
eing 74, as compared with 104 in
910, 107 in 1909 and 92 in 1908.
lassified by states, the record is as
>llows:
Arizona, 1; Alabama, 4; Arkansas,
California, 1; Delaware, 1; Flori
a, 1; Georgia, 12; Illinois, 1; Ken
icky, 4; Louisiana. 2; Mississippi,
New York, 14; New Jersey, 4;
orth Carolina, 4; Nebraska, 1;
hio, 3; Oklahoma, 1; Pennsylvania.
; South Carolina, 3; Tennessee, 3;
irginia, 2, and West Virginia, 1.
The death toll of sport was large,
28 killed and 3,482 injured. There
-ere 150 hunters killed, of whom 14
-ere mistaken for deer and one for
rabbit.,Ten automobile racers were
illed, during the year. The fol
>wing table gives the loss of life
usulting from disasters of various
nds in this country during 1911:
rownings.. .. .........5,020
ires.. .. ........ .....1,151
ines.. .. ...... .......931
clones and other storms 18S4
xplosions.. ..............232
etricity.. .. .........155
ightning.. ............176
sphyxiation.. .. .. .. .. ....177
levators.. .................65
utomobiles.. .... .......792
The Lynching Record.
The lynching record for 1911
tows a distinct though slight Imn
rovement over the records of prey!
is years. The number of persons
nched since Jan. 1-'6 1-is slightly.
ss than that of any other recent
ar. All but two of the 61 persons
nched were negroes. Of the 59
egroes, one was a woman. The
'imes charged against these victims
mnge all the way from insult to
'iminal assault and murder.
Georgia leads with the most lynch
gs 17. Lynchings occurred in 13
ates. All of these were Southern
b order states, excepting Pennsyl
mia, which furnished the only in
ance of the year where the victim
as burned at the stake.
Contrary to the record of previous
ears, the majority of the victims
ere not accused of crimes against
omen. The victims accused of at
.ks on women numbered 1 9, while
were accused of murder. Two
agroes were lynched for insulting
hite women, four for attempted
urder, one for threatening to mur
r, one for highway robbery and
ie for persistent stealing. Two
ere charged with plain assault and
le was being held in jail as a sus
cious character.I
In several instances race riotsf
ere reported, in which both whites
d blacks were killed. These are
>t included in the recor'd of the
ar. In the following record the
ord "lynching" has been held to
ply only to the su~nmiary punish
ent inflicted by a mob or by anyj
iber of citizens on a person al-!
ed to have committed a crime for
ich in the ordinary course, that
rson would have been tried by law.
The detailed record for 1911 is
follows: Alabama. 3 negroes;
-kansas, 3 negroes, 1 white man:
?orgia. 17 negroes; -Kentucky, 3
groes; Louisiana, 4 negroes; Mis
sippi, 6 negroes; Missouri, 2 ne
ocs; Oklahoma, 7 negroes, 1 a
aman: Pennsylvania. 1 negro:
uth Carolina. 1 negro; Tennessee,
negroes; Texas, 3 negroes, 1 white
an.
BRYAN'S NAME ADWA.NCED.
s Brother Will Ha~ve it Withdrawn
From Ticktet.
William J. Bryan's name has been
vanced for a position on the Dem-.
ratic primary ballot as a preferen
L candidate for the Presidency by!
netition filed with Secretary of
ate Wait at Lincoln, Neb., Friday.
:e etitirct is signed by twenty-six;
Tra.g iea ded by A. A. Arter, of
*'ha. Crle W. Bryan, brother
Will:1m J. iWyan, said Friday:
his fllin: vas done against Mr.
-yan's wishes and without his
o.vedge. Poth Secretary Writ and
. Art-r will he asked to bar:0 ti-'o
ition withdrawn. There wi!! to
legal proceediirgs unless th-v
11 WAGIS OF SIN
EATH SENTENCE PASSED UTON
REV. C. V. T. RICHESON.
Sad and Awful Ending of the Career
of a Young Man Who Had a Bright
Futm'e.
In the city -of Boston with the ap
pcarance of a man who had aban
doned all hope of life, the Rev. Clar
ence V. T. Richeson stood Tuesday
at the bar of justice, declared his
guilt of the preiemitated murder oi
his former sweetheart, Avis Linnell,
and without a tremor heard Judge
Sanderson sentence him to death in
the electric chair during the week be
ginning May 19.
While displaying remarkable stoic
ism the young Virginian appearec
to those who crowded the little court
room, as if he were conducting hi
own funeral.
To the half dozen questions whicl
Judge Sanderson put to Richeson he
enswered without the slightest emo
tion, always in the af~irmatilve.
Richeson's counsel declared aftei
the proceedings that an appeal foi
executive clemency would rollow soor
and that every effort would be mad(
to obtain life imprisonment as the
punishment.
As Richeson was called to the bal
Clerk Manning said: "Clarence V
T. Richeson, this indictment charges
you with murder in first degree. Or
November 13 you pleaded not guilty
Do you desire to retract that plead
ing?"
"Yes, sir," replied Richeson.
"What say you to the indictment?'
asked the clerk.
"Guilty,"-was the reply, without
change in tone.
"The only penalty provided b3
law," said Judge Sanderson, "fo
murder in the first degree is death
Have you plea-ded guilty of murder it
the first degree, after consideratiot
and with the full knowledge anc
understanding of the nature and ef
fect of such a plea?"
"Yes, sir."
"Is the plea made by you free ani
vcluntary?" continued the Judge.
"Yes, sir."
"Did you consult counsel with ref
erence to the nature of the offens(
and the plea "
Again came the simple, "Yes, sir.'
After the district attorney hai
read Richeson's confession, whici
was made a part of the record, Judge
Sanderson asked:
"Clarence V. T. Richeson, hav<
you anything to say why sentenc
of death should not be passed upon
you?"
The young man apparently swat
lowed a hard luma in his tnroat, bul
without even a shadow across hi
face, he replied:
"No, sir, nothing further than I
have stated."
Rising in his seat, Judge Sander
scn pronounced the death penalty
ending with the impresmve word!
"and may God in his infinite good
ness hav~e mercy ulpon your soul."
MAYOS ARE ASEiED TO HELP.
Originator of th Rock ll Plar
Asks Their Assistance.
The following letter has been ad.
dressed to all the mayors and1 intend
ants of South Carolina towns and
cities:
"Dear Sir: Having been appoint
ed State superinterndent for South
Carolina under the "Rock Hill plan"
for the reduction of cotton agreage,
J am writing to ask your prompt Co.
operation to organize your county
under the plan.
"I know I can safely appeal to
your patriotism to help us to make
South Carolina an example to other
Sates in getting the cotton acreage
rduced. It is hardly necessary to
ague to a man of intelligence the
great importance to us all to do
sm ething practical toward securing
this reduction.
"As a first step hward organizing
your county I want to ask you to
recommend a committee of three of
your livest citizers-preferably a
banker, a merchant and a planter
to take charge of the work in your
county of appointing canvassers, on'
to each two -townships and raising
sfcient funds among your mer
chants and others to pay these can
vassers. A rund of $150 to- $200
ought to be amply sufficient for put
ting the work through in your coun
"Send me the names Cf these
three, the first named by you to act
as chairman, and I will send them
frll instructions as to how to pro
ceed under the plan.
"Please let me hear from you
right away, as no time is to be lost
if efficient work is to ~be accom
plished.
"Yours very truly,
"JT. G. Anderson,
"State Superintendent for South
Carolina under the 'Rock Hill
Pla n.'"
I'EDESTRIAN E LECTR'OCUTED.
Negro Meets Instant Death by Con
tact With Tire Wire.
At Columbia Edward Allen. col
ored, was electrocuted by coming
into contact with a live wire at the
orer of Laurel and Sumter streets,
est after dark Monday n!ght. Allen,
who is a young negro, was walking
long the street. presumabiy going
o his bomne. when he walked into a
livec wire which had broken by the
eavy freeze and fallen to tiv side
valk. The negro was instantly
[illed. On account of the freez~e and
-he wires breaking from the ice the
:his werc~e out in that section ot the
-ty for that night and was presumed
hat Allen w.as unable to see his way
~d did not know the danger.
Chinese Change Calendar.
The Chinese Republican govern
ment has issued a proclamation to
be effect that the plan to change the
hinese calendar to conform to the
hropean calendar had become effec
Notaries Pulslic Named.
The annual report by the secre
cry of state. R. M. McCown, shows
hat 3,577 notaries public have been
'emmissioned during the year. The
acs received from this source
WILSON STRONG(
Thomas J. Pence Says the Politicans Tl
Can't Beat Him in the South.
JUST BACK FROM TOUR I
He Thinks Nearly All the Delegates T
From the South to the National
Democratic Convention Will Be
for Wilson, Who is Himself a
Southern Man.
The Washington correspondent of
the Bangar Commercial in a letter ti
to his paper says: h
"The most surprising thing I o
found in the South is the systematic ri
and aggressive campaign that is be- F
ing conducted by the reactionary,
capitalistic, corporation Democrats
against Woodrow Wilson," said t
Thomas J. Pence, a widely known 1(
southern newspaper writer, who has r
just returned to Washington from a h
tour of the southern States where d
he organized meetings to be held in t:
the interest of the arbitration treat- S
ies recently negotiated by the ad
ministration with Great Britain and a
France.
"I visited the principal cities of o
Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, c
South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, c
.Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana, t
and everywhere I found this element h
among the Democracy of those States c
fighting the Wilson movement. And r
what is most astonishing of all to t<
me is that the most bitter and re
lentless opposition to Wilson is be- E
ing put up in Virginia, the State in p
which he was born, and in Georgia, l
the State where he married and s,
where his children were born." e
"Then you think the South will d
not be for Wilson in the Democratic t<
national convention'" b
"Oh, no; I think the South will be f,
for Wilson. The reactionary ele- 1i
ment is against him, but the pop- h
ular sentiment of the South is so r
decidedly for him that I have no a
doubt the delegates from nearly all g
of those States will be instructed for
him. You can have no idea of the y
strength of the Wilson boom down a
there unless you go there. Born in n
Virginia, reared in North Carolina, m
a school teacher in South Carolina, i
married in Georgia, Governor Wil- i
sor is essentially a southern man. a
"Yet he's become so great a man, d
so strong a leader of modern
thought, so striking a figure in our tl
public life, tha.t even the South, ever r
disposed to be somewhat clannish, v
recognizes him as a citizen of the
whole country and not the exclusive y
iide of any one section A!l over e
e South the average man !coks
ur.on Woodrow Wilson as the sanest, ,
soundest progressive the country has r
developed. It is only the reaction
ary minority that is opposing him, e
blind, it seems to me, to the fact that a
the country is demanding a progres- a
sive President and bound to have one n
at. the hands of one party or the c
other.7
"Alabama of course will send ay
delegation to the national conven
tion, instructed to vote for Oscar -
Underwood. Kentucky may elect .
some Underwood delegat~es, since t
Mr. Underwod was born in that
State. Kentucky may also favor h
Champ Clark as he likewise was .born
there. But outside of these two v,
States I am of the opinion that ev-.
ery State I visited will be for Wood-p
row Wilson by so heavy a majority a:
as to leave no doubt of the South's .
attitude. h
"Tennessee will elect a Wilson del
egation. Louisiana, the most con
arvative of the southern States, will a:
be for him. Of course Mississippi, ~
under the leadership of Senator John a
Sharp Williams, will be wholly a
'Wilson State. And the Carolinas t
end Georgia and Virginia will be In
line in spite of the activity of the
reactionaries. The people sImply i
will have it that way, if I am any s
judge of the meaning of what they a
said to me." tr
Mr. Pence is by nature a conserva- I
tive. Not in any 'se is he a hero 'te
worshipper. Accu .,ned to weighj
all questions well before he speaks 'tc
and then to speak his judgment and
not his prejudice, his opinion on the ti
situation in the South will receivej
unusual attention from those wh 0
know him. Furthermore, the fol-t3
lowing assertion with which he
closed the above Interview Is given
a peculiar significance by reason of g
the care with which he guards his
utterances: s
"The Democrats can elect one man
President next year and that man Is
Woodrow Wilson. They have no oth- h
er in sight with whom they can win.
If, therefore, they should not nomi- s
nate Wilson my idvice would be
that after their usual licking at theh
ccme to Washington. march over to t
poo!s the leaders of the Democracy
the United States Supreme Court and.t
petition. Chief Justice White for the bi
appointment of a receiver and the,
dissolution of the Democratic par
ty." _______ _
MACON AGENT CONFESSES. d<
iCound and Gagged Himself to Hide
Theft of $1,700. b
Tn Macon, Ga., F. H. Smith, the ar
railroad ticket agent, who Sunday h
Inight was found bound and gagged
iz? his ottice saying two men bad as
robbed him, Monday morning broke
down and confessed that he had talc- ou
er. the money. H~e at once led them bu
tc a storeroom in the union depot th
above the ticket office and proauced has
S1;300 in bills neatiy W'apped In: ga:
bundles embraced by rubber bands. pr
This was shortly before daylight. jer
He was then allowed to walk un~st- er
tended through the streets, having m
ntted that be thought he could get er
rest of it, the plain clothes men snail- si
owing, until 5 o'clock Monday after- or,
!!oon, when they arrested him and is
placed him in jail. He had not pro- en
duced the money.
Smith said that he had needed the r'o
mioney hadly and had made up his
mind to frame up a fake robbery. Hie ad
said he extracted $1,700 in bills from na
the safe, carefully wrapped them up o.
a-nd extracted $400 for his personal irs:
rse. This he says he gave to, a wo-v
rn, whose name he refuse's to di-a
valge. This was at the noon hour.
OK ON ATOURI
-e [an Who First Reached North Pole
Passes Throuagh Cdambia.
ELLS OF HIS JOURNEY
he Man Who Claimed to Have Dis
TJ
covered the North Pole First Talks co
of the Scenery and surroundings er
he
at the Top of the World as He da
Saw it, t
"I am the man; I suffered; I was H
ere"-to hear this kin effect) first at
and from Dr. Frederick A. Cook, w
North pole fame, was the expe- ti
ence of a few Columblans on last cr
riday says The State. Dr. Cook was fc
this city for about two hours be
veen trains, on his way-from Char- I
itte, where he lectulred Thursday
ight, to Newberry, where he gave s
is illustrated north pole talk Fri- e)
ay night. It was in the union sta- ci
on that a representative of The m
tate found him. te
He was wandering around the oc
aiting room, just like an ordinary o
tortal, looking over the magazines
3 a rack and keeping his eye on the fc
ock so as not to miss his train. Be- ti
luse he is the alleged discoverer of if
ie northernmost pcint of the globe h
e evidently did not expect any con- s(
issions on the part of the Southern o1
ijlway, he looked not for the train c<
stand and wait au pleasure. g:
The whisper had gone around that W
r. Cook was present, and groups of di
eople stood at a hrtle distance and e:
ioked on him as a curiosity, never e(
eming to realize that, no matter ie
here he had been, nor what he had
one, he was just a human being, af- ol
,r all, with all thai the term em- C
races of desire for. the interest of oj
:11ow-being and of intercourse with n
iem. And so the! reporter found ci
;m approachable--not stale from it
otoriety, not em:ittered by a world- c(
rousing controversy* in which 'he has it
gured. ti
What does he look like?-that's tI
'hat everybody wants to know f1rst al
all. In appearance he is an ordi- -a1
ary man, a very ordinary man, ai
'hom nobody would ever have not- c(
ed there in the station, had his w
lentity not been revealed. He is
:edium-sized; mediam fat, and mid- la
Ie-aged. He has a pleasant face, a Si
air of kindly, blue eyes, not without si
!e suggestion of a twinkle, and he is w
ither the contrary? of what is con- tc
eyed by the terms, "Well set up," a
Well groomed," etc. In short, he a
as smoke-tinged, slghtly, and show- c
I the effects of travel. si
But his commonplaceness ends w
ith his appearance, for whether or -
of he is the discoverer of the north w
ole, he is at least, the man whose Ic
aims in that direction have aroused h'
world-wide controversy among et
~ientists, and he is indisputably a il
an who can speak with authority
sncerning the -. arctic regions. y<
herefore, he Is of an Interesting tU
ersonality and an Interesting talker
y reason of his-aumf the personal fa
ronoun, which doea away with the si
hear-say" element and gives a reali- t13
Sto what he relates. ti
After Dr. Cook had talked about P<
alf and hour, he said with a laugh: fa
You have made me speak along a fr
try universal line. I have answer- g.
I questions that are not ordinarily re
It to me'-which was apparently m
aother way of saying that the "hu- si
.an interest" side of his expedition ti
ad been lost slg''it of In the subse- T:
ient controversal element, for the at
orld, for some time now has been
:king whether he got to the pole- se
>t how. 'Therefore, when he was rE
:ked "how," he answered with much th
teresting detail of the far north and k:
e inhabitants thereof. m
Do many people know that within gi
)0 miles of the pole 'there is a de- "
ghtful climate, is mild during the bi
imer as Thursday in Columbia
id as free of snw That the cou~n- gC
y has a vegetation all its own of
:hens and mosses, and that the lat- 1er
r have beautiful flowers. a
"Fresh, fragrant dlowers," the doc- ki
r was asked. - ax
"Not fragrant; nuiahing in the arc- ni
Sregions is fragrant." he replied. n
This statement p-ssibly ted up to tit
tother he made in connection with Jfr
e Eskimos and their mode of liv- st
"There Is no wcrd in their Ian- st
age for wash,'' he-said. They never di
ethe during their entire lives for
veral reasons; first, that they have er
,water (It's all ice). and secondly, ec
at they have -1o soap-they can
Lye none because In that country K
erc is no alkali with which to make p1
ap. Soda is unknown there. so Is "
It. Dr. Cook's diescription of the
>uses recalled thy geography plc.. tu
res of their snowy discomfort and th
rbidding lack of luxury. Outside 'e
ey are just a mcund of snow
ccks: inside their circled roofs areg
st high enough to allow an ordi- of
try man to stand up and the walls p1
each just wide enough apart to lie lo
w four fur-wrapr'ed people to lie af
iwn to sleep. The sole furniture is re
snow bench overspread with fur.
night each person spreads down a in
r rug, crawls into a fur-sleeping p
.g, and goes off to good, snug slum- 1h
r. Their lives are spent In eating re
d sleeping-and' the Eskimoes are
althy. bappy people.
"Are they intelflgent?" he wa
kred. 1
Dr. Cook replied that according to th
r standards possibly they are not,
t that In their cwn envIronments
ry are. They are not esthetic, they
ye no literature. no written lan-J II
age and their music is of the most
imitive nature, furnished by a
.lde drum and the cracking togeth
of animal ribs as an accompani- m
'na. to the songs which they invent Af
they go along. Their religion is thi
apiy a belief In myths, and they cec
Scertain that a step off into space nu
just a question of walking far we
onizh.al
"Then they do not believeA in the pri
rth pole?'' ca:
"indeed, no," replied Dr. Cook, cri
ding thait more than 100 of the wei
tiv'es went with him. not fo love str
adve'nture nor for hope of gain- Fe'
Sa desired goal. but because they of
re hired to mak~e up the neces- ith!
party. h
Dr. Cook left his winter quarters t~a]
DISCUSS .CAMPAIN
-ESMENTLEL POSSIBILITIES
ARE TALED ABOUT.
ilson's Letter About Bryan Is
Brought Up, Bat it Will Not Cre
ate a Breach. '
The Washington correspondent of
ie State says Presidential pclitics
mpletely overshadowed every- oth
topic among the arriving mem
rs of the national committee to
.y. The foremost theme of discus
)m was the letter which was writ
a by Woodrow Wilson to Adrian
Joline of New York city in 1905,
d which was given out today.
In this Wilson said: ' Can not
a devise some dignified way of get
ig Mr. Bryan on: of the Demo
atic party and getting rid of him
r all time.". The question on ev
y tongue was how this letter would
Eect the Wilson boom, and whether
would turn Bryan against Wilson.
The Wilson men belittled it and
id Bryan had long known of the
:istence of such a letter. They de
ared he was disposed to take it no
ore seriously than he has the ut
rances of thousands of other Dem
,rats against hir at some time or
her in their careers.
Wilson boomers said they had
und out the Joline letter was In
e hands of President Taft and Wil
am R. Hearst. Learning this, they
id given out the information them
dves, that the letter was coming
it and had outlined what it would
mtain. It was pointed out that re
irdless of the Joline letter, Bryan
ould make a great fight for presi-.
antial primaries and that this was
:actly what the Wilson men want
1. Nothing contained in the JolineI
tter can prevent that.
One of the important disclosures
the day is that Speaker Champ
lark has the fght of his life ahead
him in MIbsouri. The State com
ittee will meet this week and de
de on a convention February 15
other words, on an extremely early
mvention. If the Clark men carry
then Clark will get the delega
on from Missouri. If he does not,
Len his chances for the presidency
,e killed. Former Gov. Folk will
:tend the banquet tomorrow night,
id will speak In spite of the early
>mplications that it was 'thought
ould shut him out
Judson Harmon was in New York
st night, and there was some gos-,
p that the effect after all he might
tow up here, but Ohio men said he
ould not come. His cause is hurt
, some extent by the illness of Sen
,or Pomerene, who is laid up In bed
id unable to mix with the arriving
>mmitteemen. Narrowed down, the
tuation may be expressed in two
ords: "Watch Bryan."
alked with his one white compan
n, his'large party of Eskimoes and
s 103 dogs the. 700 miles that land
I him, according to his claims, on
Le north pole that 21st day of April.
"What were 'your feelings when
>u actually believed that you were
ere What did you do?"
"My feelings were of the utmost
tigue, and I lay down and slept,"
id Dr. Cook. He said that all
rills of triumph were postponed un
[rest had made him capable of ex
~riencing them. The oudook at the
rthest point north was nat different
om that elsewhere in the arctic re
on. They knew that they had
ached the goal because the instru
ents told them so, and becau:se the
a.dows cast by ti'e men remained
.e same throughout the 24 hours.
lie sun seemed -naar to the earth,
,an angle of 12 degre~es.
They stayed there two days, he
,d, and then began that thrilling
turn trip, when for three months
ey traveled upon floating ice, not
lowing in what direction it was
oving. "I never gire up 1.eope of
tting home," declared Dr. Cook,
mntil just before we gained our
~arings."
"Did your party keep in pretty
od health?" he was asked.
"Excellent," answered the explor
."The germ which spreads cold
td what we call 'la grippe' Is not
iown up there. The danger on such
expedition is not from sickness,
>t from drowning in the crevasses,
r from being lost in the great arc
vastness-the only real danger is
om starvation, and If a mani under
ands -the science of nourishing his
'dy and conserving his natural
rength and energies he will en
re."
"Then the problem of the discov
y of the pole reslves Itself with an
oitomic question? ' was suggested.
"You have hit it exactly--econo
y and conservation applied to the
ysical being carries one a long
Dr. Cook says that this lecture
uir has been mosi. successful and
at everywhere he has been received
ry cordially.
"I would like you to say that I am
ving these lectures for the purpose
coming into contact with the peo
s throughout the country with the
pe of establishing my claims. For,.
ter all, it is publici opinion that will
nder the ultimate verdict."
He said that he felt he had gained
favor during the past year. "I ex
ct nothing from the government,"
declared," all I want is a correct
:'ord of the work for which I spent
own money and risked my life."
Dr. Cook's wife and two little
ughters, 7 and 12 years of age, are
Paris, and he expects to join them
are in March.
WHITE MEN PUT TO DEATH.
Tribesmen With Barbarous and
CrueI Fortunes.
Horrible atrocities have been com
tted by the tribes in Portugese
rica during a rising of the natives
are, according to a dispatch ro
ved from Angola at Lisbon. Al
miber of Portugese offlcials who
re captured by them were burnedI
ye. The rebellion cccurred in the
>vince of Muxima, and the natives
,tured all the white men who
>ssed their path. Some of these
re immediately burned att the
ke, while others had their lips
ered and their eyes pulled out it
their sockets before they were
own into the fiames. Orne Brit-'
merchant svas nmaimed, but la-ter i
:en to his house, where his ser- i
WAS NOT A JAR
rhe Democrats Flanning for a Greal
aW Glorious Vietory Later
ro MEET IN BALTMORE
)n Tuesday, June 25, to NKminato
the National Ticket-Delegates- so
the National Consention MayBe
Elected by Direct Vote or Primary
as States Choose.
The Democratic national commit.
:ee completed Its work at Washing.
:on Tuesday with the selectIon of
Baltimore as the convention city.
Tune 25 was Axed as the date of the.
gathering when candidates for presi
ient and vice president. will be se
tected. The Republican national con
rention Is to be held in- Chicago June
L..
The Democratic committee Issued
a permissive primary rule, and such
States as have laws on the subject
and desire to do so can select their
representatives In the -national con -
rention by direct vote.
Harmony marked today's sitting of
the committee, which was givejL over
almost entirely to'erguments of rep
resentatives of the -arious cities bid
ding for the convention. William
Jennings Bryan did not attend. He
had not fnished his speech at the
Jackson day bancluet until well after
3 o'clock this morning.
There was brief controversy over
the proposed recognition of the Pro
gressive League of Clubs, an organi- -
zation -said to have grown. out of the
Independence league movement,
started by William R. Hearst. When
objection was made the question of
recognition was deferred for four
years.
Norman E. Mack, national chair
man, was named to head the subcom
mittee on -arrangements for the con
vention. Vice Chairman Hall of No
braska and Secretary Urey Woodson
or ]Kentucky will be ex officio-mm- -
bers -of this subcommittee, and there'
will be seven additional members, to
be named later by Mr. Maci.
'The primary resolution adopted
was a modifcation of one proposed
by -Senator Chamberlain -of Oregon.
It was framed by. a subcominIttse
headed by Clark Howell and was as
fellows:
"That in the chcIce of delegates -
and alternates .to the national Demo
cratic -convention of 1912 tme Demo
cratic States or teiritorial commit
tees may, if not otherwise directed
by laws of such States or territories,
provide for the direct election of
such delegates or alternates if In the
opinion of the respective committees
it is desirable and -possible to do so
with proper an:1 sufient -safe
guards. Where such provision Is not
made by the respective committees
for the choice of diegates and alter
nates, and where t ~e-t~ laws do
not provide specifleally th.manner
of proceeding, then the deleg ~and
alternates to the said national
vention shall be chosen In them i
ner -that governed the choice of del- '
egates from the respective States and
territories during the last national
eenvention."
Baltimore All the Way.
Baltimore led in the gght for the
convention from the very flrst, but
two ballots were reouired before St.
Louis -succumbed. Then the vote was
n'.ade unmimous. The. Baltimore
bid was accompanied by a -certinled
check for $106,000. The data of the
convention, June 25, suggested by
F. B. Lynch of Minnesota, was un
animously agreed to.
The nrst ballot on' the convention
gave Baltimore 25 votes and St.
LouIs 17.
On the second ballot Baltimore
had 29 votes, a majority of thle com
mittee and- suffcient. St. Louis went
up to 22 votes, but the Zgnt for that
city, carrie-d up to the last minute,
proved in vain.
First ballot, resulted as follows:
* For Baltimore--Alabama, Ar!
zona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Dela
ware, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana,
Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mlnne
scta, Mississippi, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, North CarolIns, Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island, South Caro
lina, Vermont, Virginia, West Vir
ginla, Wisconsin, District of Colum
bia and Puerto Rico. Total 25.
For St. Louis-California, Colo0
rado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, MIs..
souri, Montana, Nevada, New Mex.
ico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wy
oming, Alaska and Hawaii. Total
19.
For Chicago-Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nebraska,
South Dakota and Washington. To
tal 7.
For New York-New York. Total
1.
On the second ballot Massachu
setts and South Dakota deserted Chi
:ago, Texas left St. Louis and New
York gave up Its ight, the four
States going to Baltimore, making
the vote for that city 29. St. Louis
gained Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,
and Nebraska from the Chicago roll,
but lost Texas to Baltimore, making
the total of St. LouIs 22. On the
second ballot ChIcago received only
the vote of the State of Washington.
)n the first call of the roll four votes
were cast for Denver, but that city
withdrew, and the votes were
:hanged to other cities. The vote
:cr Baltimore was made unanimous,
LEAP YEAR ME'iLNG CAIT)~.
3eorgia Girls to Rave Chance to
Propose to Bachelors.
To give impetus to leap-year pro
yOSals, It has been arranged to hold
bachelors' and maids' convention
Lt La Grange, Ga., at which the un
narried will gather from all parts
if Georgia and eastern Alabama. A
iumbher of prominent citizens are in
erested in the undertaking. A num
:r of bachelors and bachelor girls
n Troup county have entered heart
ly into the plan. The matter origi
iated as a lest, but It is now certaa
hlat such a convention will be held.
~ut rates on licenses will be given.
'he county commissioners have do
ated the use of the court house aue
toritim during the last two days In