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VOL. XXVI MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. APRIL ,10 1912 NO.39 BLEASE'S CiIARES: AGAINST LYON AND OTHERS BE NG INVESTIGAiI.D. SEVERAL MEN TESTIFY Messrs. James Stackhouse and James V. Wallace. Members of the Blease Winding TIp Commis_.ion. Tell What They Know, and Admitted Their Board Did Not Do So. The Legislative Committoe appoint ed to investigate the char.ges made by Governor Blease agains- :he Attor ney-General and the Ans-l Winding Up Commission. resumed its work oni Wednesday. The first witness called at the morning session w~as James Stackhouse, the chairman of the Blease winding-up commission. He is a resident of 'Mullins. He was asked by the committee as to efforts to wind up the affairs of the dispen sary. He said that the report would show the work. He was asked as to the contract with B. L. Abney to wind .up the affairs of the dispensary He said that the commission was un able to secure any other attorney to do the work. He told of employing Attorney Holman of Charleston and the payment of $500 retainer fee. What Stackhouse Said. The witness said that the commis sion was forced to give the contract for the work to B. L. Abney by Attor ney General Lyon. The witness ad-! mitted that he had not attended many meetings. He thought that the contract with Abney was similar to the Felder contract. A resolution by the Blease commission authorizing Attorney General Lyon to proceed with the settlement of the Richland Distilling company and to employ as sistant counsel was read. The reply of Attorney General Lyon to the commission was read. in which it was pointed out that the commission had ample power to ascertain the facts in the case of the Richland Distilling company and that when the proper testimony had been gathered that he would give his cooperation in the set tIement of the case. "We had no alternative." said the witress with referenec to the employ ment of B. L. Abney. 11 'Mr. Stockhouse was questioned with reference to the contract with C the American Audit company being paid by the Stare and not by the An derson, Felder, Rountree. and Wil son law firm of Atlanta. He thought . that the firm should pay the audit i company if they benefited by it. He was askeqd if the contract had not been made before the contract with Felder. 11r. Stackhouse was asked many questions as to the relative merits between the Felder and Abney contracts. He was asked why it was not just to charge the expense of au 'iting to the Abney contract if it was ust to charge the same expense to the Folder contract. The witness said that he did not consider them to be parallel cases. "Did the attorney general offer his services in assisting in winding up the affairs of the dispensary?" "In a general way," replied the witness. "We felt that the attorney general was not with us," continued the wit ness. "In what particular?" "By his general demeanor he did rot appear to be in sympathy with uis." said the witness. "Did vou consult personally with the attorney general concerning the employm'ent of Abney?" The witness said he did not know. 'te said that Attorney General Lyon had appeared by invitation before the comission and discussed all phases "'f the Richland Distilling case. Demeanor vf Lyon. Mr. Stackhouse said that the "de treanor-of Lyon" had led him to cer tain conclusions. He thought that Lyvon had "not been the same." It was shown by the questions ask ed by the committee that Attorney General Lyon had never refused to aive assistance when called upon by -he Blease commission. Mr. Stackhouse was questionedI closely by the committee with refer ence to the employment of Attorneys Holman and Abney. The witness ad mr'itted that the act reoquired that counsel for the commission be ap aroved by the attorney general. He also said that Attorney Holmnan was ;-mployed without the consent of' !.yon. Holmran received $500 from -h" commission. The witness referred *.e'iical in his testimony to the * trainedi relations with Attorney Mralrn Lyon." HeI thought that the -otmmission had received a letter sta ng that counsel could not be employ :wit nout his consent. "Do you know the members of the~ \'nsc' commission?" "I know John McSween and would' se giad to pay him a tribute for honest and integrity." replied the *itness. He said that he had known. Mr !Sween from boyhood. He -hought J1. Steele Brice to be "er rade." He did not know the other m en:bhers. "They' had mighty little to do In -v~rding up the dispensary. It a -he lawyers.'' said the witness 'ith -crence to the work of the Ansel enmissionl. He.o however, thouett .'r n'izht he entahc business men. "don't feel that the old commis sion did us any harm." said the wit ness. w'n r eferen1ce to the work of the ruoaso hoard. H~e reiterated that Atto-noy ;eneral Lyon had not given coopora nn. "So the only thing you tried to se cure from t'e old comtrsiron was CALLEDI DOWN PROMPT STATE3ENT OF A WITNESS PROV EN TO BE TRUE. Attorney General Lyon Produces Re cord to Repute the Testimony of Mr. James W. Wallace. Mr. James W. Wallace, a member of the Blease dispensary winding up commission, appearing before the Legislative Dispensary Investigating Committee on Wednesday, insinuat ed that Attorney General Lyon and T B. Felder had deposited some mon E6 in a bank in Cincinnati which they had collected from Dennis Weis kopf who had overcharged tbe State of South Carolina for labels and in imated that it was the intention of Lyon and Felder to cover up the money as it had not been reported to he Blease commission. Mr. Wallace siated that the first time the Blease commission knew that this money was on deposit in Cincinnati was when P. H. Nelson brought out the act on cross-examination of one of Mr. Lyon's witnesses in the trial of :he famous "label case". At this point Attorney General yon called the committee's atten :ion to the fact tha Mr. Wallace was -giving his opinion as evidence and :hat the opinion were false." Mr. yon also said that he had in his cssession a copy of the written con ract entered Into by Mr. Felder with Yeiskopf by which it was agreed to ay to the State $7,500 when Weis opf was relieved from further pros eution in this State and that the noney was on deposit in a Cincinnati )ank to the credit of T. B. Felder, oward Ferris and J. S. Graydon as .rustees to be paid to the State dis ensary commission when nolle )rosequi should be entered upon the -emaining indictments against Weis opf. This contract was handed to the nvestigating committee by Attorney eneral Lyon. He also stated that he testimony of Mr. Wallace to the fect that Mr. Nelson on cross-exam nation had brought out the fact that he money on deposit in Cincinnati as also untrue, as he himself had ad his own witness to testify in re :ard thereto and that Mr. Nelson iad objected to a part of the State's estinony as the record will show. he testimony referred to by Mr. yon is reported verbatim in The tate of September 30, 1911, as fol ows:1 Questioned by Attorney General yon. Mr. Weiskopf, state whetner or .ot you have returned to the State f South Carolina $7,500 on account f the overcharges on these labels? A. I have returned $7,500 to my .ttorney. I think he has made some ,rrangement for the return of the noney paid. I gave it to him under is advice. Q. For what purpose? A. To close up the affair. Q. Was it not for returnmng part1 f the overcharges on those labels or which you felt responsible? Mr. Nelson: We object. Mr. Lyon: Mr. Weiskopf, dId you urn over any money for the purpose having it get to the State of South ~arclina? A. I gave my attorney a cneck for 7,500. Q. What did you instruct your at orney to do with that money? A. I did not instruct my attorney ' do anything. Q. Did you make any agreement to what he should do with it? A. I believed he made an agree nent, and I believe I did. Q. Don't you know that you did uake an agreement about it in per on? A. Yes, sIr. Q. Mr. Weiskopf, state whether or iot you directed your attorney to urn over this money to the State of south Carolina? Mr. Nelson: We object. The writ ng being the best evidence. The Court: After hearing argu nents, I think so. ACREAGE REDU'CED LARGELY. eturns Are Received by C'ommis-: sioner E. J. Watson. Commissioners of agriculture of even of the principal cotton States, aking reports to Col. E. 3. WVat on, president of the Southern Cot on congress, placed the estimate of 'eduction of acreage at from 15 to 5 per cent. This reduction in the pinion of Col. Watson has been arought about by the workngs of :he Rock 1Hill plan. and the wet sea son. The information was furnish ad as a result of a letter sent out a week ago by Mr. Watson to all the -otton states. Replies were received from Georgia, Alabama. North Car alna. Mississippi. Oklahoma. Texas and Tennessee. A similar condition exists in South Carolina. Mr. WVat son said that altho-ugh no offcial re port had been made from Louisiana that the rains had been heavy in that state, and that a redluction of acreage would be shown. There has been little preparation for the crop in any of the States. Three People Were Killed. A mother with her baby claspedl in her arms and an eigten-year old sister were crushed to death Thursday when a Chicago and Alton railroad freirht trains crashedl into a iedzie avenue street car. Eight"'en other persons lere injured some per htps fatally. Took Bath Too Seoon. A;; New York Joseph Orlando, a crack quarter-mile bicyclist, was found dead in a bath tub Wednes day. Orlando became overheated and took a cold bath and died oc BLEASE IN DENIAND THE GOVERNOR SPEAKS TWICE A] GEORGETOWN. CHEERED BY HIS FRIENDS People Who Don't Like the Way He Runs Governor's Office Have no Way to Help Themselves, Says South Carolina's Governor to Hi larious Crowd About Banquet. The dedication oi the splendid new Firemen's Hall at Georgetown set for Wednesday night, April 3, was made he occasion for a grand celebration with Governor Cole L. Blease as guest of honor. Congressman Eller be, of the sixth district, was also present. The programme for the day was begun with a big picnic at Brown's Ferry, on Black River, where about 500 country people from eorgetown and Williamsburg coun :ies congregated to see and hear the overnor and others of the announc -d speakers of the day, and to par .ake of the abundant eatables. The visiting party were taken up he rive- on the tug Wm. P. Cong don, leaving Georgetown at eight >'clock. Dr. Olin Sawyer was mas er of ceremonies and Introduced ,ongressman Ellerbe, whole recita ion of his work in Washington for inyah Bay and Georgetown County nd the sixth district heartily ap lauded. County Superintendent of Education J. W. Doar spoke along ed .cational lines. Governor Blease followed with a ara.cterstically vigorous speech dong lines heretofore reported. He welt long and with apparent effect pon his pardoning record and relat d pathetic instances of where the ardoning power had been invoked. 4e reiterated his determination to ispense favors to friends alone. None others need apply." Governor lease let fly some hot shot into the ewspapers and his enemies, mixed ith frequent wi ticisms and apt an cdote to the evident amusement and elight of his audience. Shortly after eight o'clock in the vening the loaded banquent tables a the big Firemen's Hall were hronged with their guests. Among be speakers were Chief Sanders, of he Greenwood fire department, who et theoratory on a political plane -ith a red hot talk for re-election of overnor Blease. Mr. Ellerbe spoke nd was warmly received. He pre icted that Champ Clark would op ose President Taft and defeat him. W. Doar, Esq., spoke briefly. Mlayor W. H. Andrews, wno acted s toastmaster in introducing Gov rnor Blease, spoke with pride of the plendid fire department of George own, in recognition of whose worth he really magnificept building was uthrized by the City Council, with he unaLnimous consent of the citi ens and which was this night dedi ,ated to their use for the public ood. He spoke of Governor Blease s a man who had the courage of his onvictions, and the ability to carry ut his policies without dictation 'rom any man, or set of men. It was late when Governor Blease egan speaking and he spoke for ore than an hour. There were in he neighborhood of five hundred en present, standing room being Lt a premium. The crowd was hilari us, and he entertained it perfectly. "There will be only one Governor hile I am in office, and those who lon't like it have a mighty poor way o help it," said the Governor. Again e dwelt upon his pardoning record nd bitterly attacked the newspapers or their unfairness to him. He re ~ounted the Belton incident. The ~overnor was loudly cheered at the ~enclusion of his speech. April 4 was a great day at Andrews Ifteen miles from Georgetown, on be G. and W. R. R., where an edu rational rally and picnic for the far ?ners was held in the town. The traded school was closed, and the eachers and children attended the ~peaking. A crowd, estimated to be 00 people, attended the exercises. overnor Blease and Congressman 1lerbe were the principal speakers. rhe former seemed among warm ad ntirers and friends and was enthusi stically cheered. He made no new statement, but attacked the present vstem of educating the negro, who -ere only made for servants to the white man. "We are educating them aot to do the very things we want hemi to do." The party of visitors, inluing the Governor, left for Co lumbia, on the afternoon train. Three People Die in Fire. Mrs. Anmanda Dunn, aged fifty-five, Cleveland Dunn, her son, aged twen t-three, and M1ildred Dunn, aged two. daughter of Cleveland Dunn, lost their lives shortly after mid night Thursday night in a fire which !estroyed the home of Milton M. Dutrn. treasurer of Lee County, a row miles south of Opelika. Cleve land nunn lost his owr. life and that o his baby in an heroic effort to save his miother. A New York Robert Hi. Coioper, he ltrooklyn pnrodtuce erchant. who sas foun:d bound an~d gazzed on a raioad tr~wek Monday night, con f'ssd to th police today that he was not-robbed' but told the story to gain he sym'parhy of creditors. Ttampto'n Murderer Paroled. Mcgan Smith, who was convited at Hampton in 100G of murder with tremmndation to mercy and sen 'nn ir c lif im'prisonmen-t in the THOUSANDIS HOMELESS )RIETEN FROM THEIR HOMES BY X THE GREAT FLOOD. Levees Stianding the Pressure of Wat- 'I er, But They May Go Down If Rise Continues. With a mighty volume of water moving southward at a rapid rate, C the man-raised banks of the 3iissis- S sippi river are subjected to a heavy d strain. So far they have held their ii own. The crest of the rise Is not yet p in sight, but the speed of the flood ci must bring the highest point before long. u Fully 7,000 people are homeless, p having been driven from their houses e: by the encroachment of the waters o: on the inhabited portion of the banks n; of the great river. It is predicted s( that the water at Memphis will reach oJ forty-five feet above the flood stage. v< If the water rises much higher, it is dJ predicted, the levees must give way ti under the terrific strain in which they have been subjected during the past s( few days. P: At Memphis while all the main lev- in ees are holding, the flood is telling on tv the banks of the Mississippi river, gi and the situation Is not so hopeful. v( Several weak spots have developed, especially at Mound City, Ark., and T. in thein the Reelfoot levee, west of 0: Hickman, Ky. Large forces of lab- b, orers and volunteers are at work bol- T, stering up the sloughting embank- re ments and piling sand bags where the L water is lapping the crest. nt At Memphis the water is within St two-tenths of the 44-foot "dead line" set by S. C. Emery, government fore- D< caster. Mr. Emery Is of the opinion th that the levees can not stand up un- Ri der the strain of more than forty-four W feet. Co Unfounded reports are tha.t the Cc Reelfoot levee had gone out, and that bo the flood was pouring over populous ve farming lands. Late reports aer that the levee is still holding, although the situation is grave. Refugees from the flooded territory are flocking into the cities and towns on the high lands by the thousands. Conditions in the flooded cities of Hickman and Columbus, Ky., were sa: relieved Thursday when foodstuffs ne and tents were carried there. Cc At Hickman, Ky., there are 500 ra refugees, including the 2,000 made se homeless when the factory district_ was submerged. Their distress was wc partially relieved when food and ed tents were portioned out Friday. ki At Columbus, Ky., 800 to 1,T00 te people have been driven from homes ne and are encamped on hills overlook- fr< ing town. ho At New Madrid, Mo., 800 are he -omeless. The business and resi- to dence sections are flooded with three do to five feet of water. WE In the Dorena, Mo., community, m 900 to 1.000, driven from their res- As dences, have been rescued by Hick- cu an, Ky., residents. M1any head of an ive stock have been lost. Ri In Memphis, Tenn., 1,200 people T ave fled their homes in the low part f north section. The gas plant out ml f commission. The duthoritIes are arning residents of the district to boil water before using. At Craig's Landing, Mo., eleven TI mployes of the Menge1 Box com pany of Hickman. Mo., are endang ered by remaining in camp when 9 others were rescued. ta: Hundreds of steamboat landings of between Hickman, KY., and Arkan- pr sas City are submerged. de RUN DOWN AT LAST. an an Thirty-Six Year Old Crime May Be io4 ce Avenged at Last. tic ch The Atlanta Constitution says a s crime of thirty-si: years ago, long yo since regarded as one to go down on o the record of the unavenged, was brought to light Tuesday when Gov- C ernor Joseph Brown received a re uest for requisition papers for the return of Cicero C. Doggins, chargedt with the murder of Sheriff Taliaferro, a f Haralson county, in 1876. Dog- a gins was located a few days ago in a small Texas town, where he bad built up a good reputation and was regard ed as a valuable citizen. Sheriff Tal iaferro was shot and killed in the ourthouse and accusations were im ediately turned against Doggins. e fled the town it is alleged and until the time of his arrest had neverB been heard from. Governor Brown Ti has signed the necessary papers and at deputy sheriff is now on his way m for the prisoner. nI One Negro Shoots Another. Sunday night, while attending a negro prayer meeting about five s miles from Prosperity, Wash Hal- te tiwanger an~d Henry bawktins engag ed in - istol duel. Dawkins was killed. Haltiwanger gave himself up Ito Magistrate B. B. Hair Monday morning. Haltiwanger says he had a narrow escape from the friends of Dawk ins. who wanted to lynch him.d I id| Tiger IKilled by a Bulldog. s A tiger has taken refuge in a cavep on a farm at the foot of Winterhook c mnountain, in Cape Colony. A buil-- w o wais fetched and it at once rushed Iinto the cave. A desperate struggle ensued. The dog was badly wounded by the tiger's claws, but it caught the tieor by the throat and~ did not let go until the tiger rolled over dead Double Tmrgedy att W'aycrosse. Afer shooting and fatally injuring a woman named Mrs. Bunting, with w-horn to was driving. J. N. Mill=, a merhant of WYayeross, Ga., turned the pistol en himself, committing sui-t '-ide. iilla leaves a wife and fain-i iy. living there. Mrs. Bunting's hus- o bhand~ is said to he a railroad engineerp jin North Carolina.0 CLARK BADLY BEATEN .ILSON CLEANS HIM UP IN WIS CONSIN PRIARY. he New Jersey Governor Gets Near ly All the Democratic Votes and Wins All the Delegates. Woodrow Wilson defeated Champ lark on the Democratic ticket, and enator LaFollette defeated Presi ant Taft on the Republican ticket, t Wisconsin Presidential preference rimary Tuesday, according to in mplete returns received. Col. Roosevelt's name did not fig re to any extent in the Presidential ference primary, as his support -s did not have his name printed I the ballots. Although Roosevelt's me was written on the ballots by 'me voters, returns from a majority counties show no considerable te for him. No Presidential can date other than those printed on e ballots received any support. Although available returns were attered, E. Phillips, manager of esident Taft's primary campaign this State, conceded to LaFollette enty-three out of twenty-six dele tes to the Republican Naional Con ntion. In Superior, LaFollette defeated ft by a vote of 1,487 to 278. At ;hkosh and through the Winne .go country, LaFollette defeated ft 2 to 1. Similar returns were celved from Eau Claire, Appleton, Crosse, Racine, Madison and a mber of other large cities in the ate. Governor Wilson's lead on the mocratic ticket apparently equals at of Senator LaFollette on the publican ticket. This will give ilson all the delegates from Wis nsIn to the Democratic National nvention, as the delegation is und by the unit role. Clark was ry weak at all points. NEGRO CO3DMITS SUICIDE. ter Killing His Baby and Shooting His Wife and Others. A dispatch from Timmonsville -s John Lockwood, a well known gro blacksmith employed at the oper blacksmithy here went on a page Monday night and killed his ,en months old baby, shot his! re's fingers off and seriously unded two other negroes and end by drinking carbolic acid and ling himself. What was the mat with Lockwood will probably rer be known. He knocked off im work about 4 o'clock and went me and the row was soon started, began on his wife and she tried escape by jumping out of the win w and was shot in the hand as she nt. He then took up his seven mths-old Infant and cut Its throat. some neighbors ran in to help he I the throat of one, Allen Mack d also cut another named John ssel, both of these will survive. e alarm becoming general he nk a lot of carbolic acid and was a dying condition when taken. DAYS OF BOSS RULE OVER. e Times Puts Georgetown in the Jones Column. The Tines says It is commonly ked on our streets that the vote Georgetown County has been >mised to Blease. We are confi at that the good people of this anty will do their own thinking d voting when the time arrives, d will not be dictated to by the al bosses. The time was when tain bosses controlled the elec *ns in the county, but things have anged, and when a few "ring ~rs" .undertake to hand out the te of our county to Blease or any aer man, we think It time to call aalt. We predict that Georgetown unty will give Mr. Jones a good jority this summer, and thus show the rest of the state that one or o men cannot run up to Columbia d dispose of our votes before they a cast. SHEDS LIGHT ON MYSTERY. ung Negress Tells a Story of the, Many Murders. At Lafayette, La., Clemitene Lrnabet, a "half-blood" negress, iesday told a story that the police thorities accept as clearing up the stery veiling the killing of twenty groes in southwest Louisiana. The gress' story gave clues, which it is id, will fix guilt for fifteen other ght assassinations of blacks in Lou ana and Texas. From Clemitene's ry it appears that she led a mys rious negro cult, members of which *rformed rites of "human sacrifice." ie negress declared she killed 17 etims with her own hands. He Killed Them All Traced by bloodhounds, Peter Pod enski is in jail, charged with the urder of an entire family and their rvants altogether numbering fifteen 'rsons, near Foreschata, Russia. He nfessed to have committed the olesale murders. Entered Corn Contest. One bundred and twenty men and te woman have thus rar entered te Sparanburg county corn contest, 'e ultimate purpose of which is to in first prize for this county In the aional Corn show at Columbia next inter. Another Murderer Paroled. Go'. Blease has granted a parole >.Tames Lindsay. who was convicted York county in 190O2 on the charge Smurder and sentenced to life im risonment upon a recommzendatiou r mrcy. ii YES OTHER SIDE' TELLS OF WORK DONE BY THE BLEASE COMMISSION F. II. DOMINICK TESTIFIES Newberry Member of Board, Former Law Partner to the Governor, is ae Closely Questioned as to His Use Cv of Railroad Pass and Charges on be Exrpense Account. a in Mr. F. H. Dominick, of Newberry, an former law partner of Governor en Blease and a member of the Blease a wind-up commission, was the prin cipal witness before the committee inj Investigating into the acts and doing up of everyone connected with the late me State dispensary Thursday. Mr. sts Dominick detailed at length the work so, which the Blease commission did Ith during Its tenure of office and went ec into many matters minutely. He ant was questioned by Chairman Carlisle gu: and almost every member of the gr( committee and was on the stand al- br most three hours. di The only other witness was Mr. foN Thos. F. Brantley, of Orangeburg, likewise a member of the Blease com- his mission, and he corroborated the tes- oul timony of Mr. Dominick. This com- ing pletes the examination of the Blease ab< commission with the exception of Mr. he E M. Thompson, the secretary, who the is in a hospital In the North under his treatment. He Is expected to return see next week, and will be examined at ] another meeting. sav F. H. Dominick on Stand. lev Mr. Dominick stated that he at- tha tended practically all of the meeixs no0 of the commission. He told of the I ma Attorney General meeting with the i commission on the evening of the his day they organized; that the Attor- sta: ney Geners.l told of the judgment edg which had been found against the the Richland Distilling Company by the he old commission and the scheme of flig settlement -which had been in pro- I gress of settlement with this com- gus ,any. He said that at that time Th( the Attordey General did not evade ing or refuse to give information, the Witness told of the Blease coM- his mission organizing in the Governor's ore office by the election of Mr. Stack- 1 house as chairman, and that the Gov- and ernor turned over fo them the Fel- pits der contract, a letter from W. D. Roy nec written to John Black regarding the bro amount of purchases made by the dis- ' pensary while Black was on the tor board; said that the Governor men- and tioned the Felder letters. Witness H. said there were some eight or ten dor claims, still waiting settlement when bur their commission took charge, which r were shown in corresponsdence with 'a, Felder, but the commission could 000 :ather no information, except that of end the Richland Distilling Company. He par said Dr. Murray was willing to co- the perate except he wouldn't surrender heir vouchers, which the commis- B] sion considered public documents; hat they were informed by Mr. W. g . Stevenson, one time when Dr. urray was before them, that they ad no right to investigate the acts nd doings of the Murray commis-T sion, but Mr. Dominick said he was of e different opinion. He stated that o the Governor gave them a copy of m Message No. 4." but they didn't in- u estigate the charges of Sun'day work or nd the Ansel commission.te As to Farnum's Fine. te Witness said he had heard of theme umors about Farnum having paid con ome $30,000 or $60,000, and once heco told Farnum he was thinking of hay- the ing him summoned before the com ission, but Farnum said he had set- mit led everything and would not testi-fme fy, and Farnum was never sub oenaed- tee Witness said "Hub" Evans told him of his meetings with Felder onis different occasions and of the one ea time when Attorney General Lyon era was in Atlanta as testified to by Ev- par ns. He knew nothing of any con- m ference between Evans and the At- , ~orney General in Atlanta. h Mr. Dominick told of the efforts Ian f the commission to settle the Rich- sta land Distilling Company's case; that ren the commission looked on the matter si s a bare judgment and transmitted ' request to the Attorney General; e told of his opinion that the judg ment against the Richland Distilling for Company was out of reason in to, mount and that nothing approach-be ing the amount of this judgment Ev; ould be collected. The impression of the excessive amount of judgment FO was borne out by Attorney Ceneral Lyon; that the conmmission finally 'Bol employed Mr. Abney to settle the Richland Distilling Company matter as told by the witness Wednesday. A copy of a letter from Mr. Abney and the resolution of the commission cr constituting the contract were read*c by witness: Mr. Abney got fifty per Tu cent. of the amount collected and paid the expenses out of his commis- th' sion. Mr. Abney, in his letter, re served the right to employ Mr. W. iat F. Stevenson or other such assistant counsel as he might wish. "I consider it to have been a rea senable contract under the circom stances.'' said the witness in repiy to a question by Mr. Carlisle. Wies told of the retaining of Mr. \V A olman in the Fi- prosecution and other matters. 'it was on the receipt of a latter from Thos. B. Fel- t der stylin~r himself the chairman of r th Antitilease investigating ccm mittee that prosecution of Felder was begun," said the witness; he de clared the matter had been discussed bfore. "For Felder was generally of d~iscused before we took charge by o the other commissions," said Mr. I tn Dominick. tol Mr. D~ominick's Expense Account. he Mr. Dominick's testimony at this s FALLS TO HIS RtATl DIOUS AVIATOR LOSES HIS LIFE BY AN ACCIDENT. s Chief Note Rests on His Achieve ment of Crossing American Conti nent in Flying Machine. Calbraith P. Rodgers, the first man cross the American continent in an roplane, was killed at Long Beach, 1. almost instantly late Wednesday, Len his biplane, in which he had mn soaring over the ocean, fell from ieight of 200 feet and buried him the wreck. His neck was broken d his body badly mashed by the gIne of his machine. He lived but few minutes. For a week Rodgers has been mak daily flights there and had taken with him many passengers, both n and women. Wednesday he rted up from his usual place and Lred out over the ocean, crossing pier, and then turned ana dipped se to a roller coaster on a beach usement park. Hearing a flock of Is disporting themselves among a at shoal of sardines, just over the akers, Rodgers again turned and ed into them, scattering the sea Ils in all directions. lighly elated with the outcome of dive, Rodgers then flew farther to sea, all the time gradually ris until he had reached a height of >ut 200 feet. Making a short turn, started at full speed for the pier, n suddenly dipped his plances and machine began a frightful de at lundreds of persons on the pier r Rodgers relax his hold on the ars, and then, seeming realizing t he was in danger, make stren s elforts to pull the nose of his. hine into a level position. ailing in this he managed to turn craft further in shore, and an in At later the craft crashed into the e of the surf, not 500 feet from spot where on December 10, last, had finished his ocean-to-ocean 3rnest Scott and Jas. Goodwin, life ,rds, were first to reach Rodgers. y said Rodgers' head was hang over one wing of the machine, heavy engine was on his back and feet were drawn up nearly double r his shoulders. odgers was lifted from the wreck hurried to the bath house hos .I. He died on the way. His k, jawbone and back had been ken. telegram was sent to the avia s widow who lives in Pasadena, a cablegram to his mother, Mrs. 3. Schweitzer, who is now in Lon . The body was prepared for al and sent to Pasadena. 'he machire that Rodgers used the one with which he won $11, in prizes last July at the Chicago urance meet. It is a wreck, many Ls having been swept out to sea by tide. I EASE MUfST PROVE CHARGE. 1 Demand that the Governor Gives Testimony.' ie Legislative Committee appoint m the recommendation of Govern Blease to investigate charges he le against the dispensary winding commission appointed by Govern Ansel and others seem to be de nined to probe the whole businesst the very bottom. It will .be re-t nbered that Governor Bleise re red the Ansel commission for In ipetency and other causes, and ointed a new board to wind up dispensary.t 'he Legislative Investigating Coin tee says it will use every legali hod to force Governor Blease to3 ear in person before the commit-1 and make good his charges and nuations preferred in special mes e No. 4 which was sent to the gen- ( assembly. The governor charg-3 .n the message wrong doing on the t of Attorney General Lyon and ubers of the Ansel commission. fore than a score of witnesses] -e been called by the committee not one charge has been sub atiated. The governor has been uested to appear on three occa 1s. The committee has met with at refusal each time. Members1 :he committee also stated that the rt would very probably be asked an order to force the governor ;ive up the letters alleged to have1 n written by T. B. Felder to H. H. UGHT BATTLE WITH POLICE. Ed Bandits Cause Big Panic in the Hleart of Paris. A gang of desperadoes attacked a ssenger of the Bank of France in a wded street in the heart of Paris esday and tried to rob him of a kage containing $200,000. But were thwarted by the police. o witnessed the attack and immed elv seized the robbers. The thieves ned fire on the officers with re vers and made a determined at apt to escape. The police used *ir pistols also, rushed the crooks o a corner and finally overpowered em. There was a panic in thie eet, and many people thronging it rowly escaped being hit by thel dly flying bullets. Not only are bandits :n prison, but not a franc money the banks messenger car-, d was lost. D~ial Wants Tillmnan's Scat. Col. Nathaniel B. Dial, president the Enterprise Bank, of Laurens, the Recedy River Power Company d the head of many business en 'prise. has announced that he will in the race for Senator Tillman's it in the United States Senate in: , cmpain this fall. A YUIY QUEE[R LANE HUMAN SACRIFICES OffERED BY FANATICAL SECT, MANY VITIMS KILLED In an Amazing Confession a Negro Woman Clears Up the Mysterious Axe Assassination of Families of Negroes in Louisiana and Texas Recently. Modern criminal history hardly has a parallel to the confession of Clementine Barnabet, of Lafayette, La., a frail "half blood" negress of twenty-two years, who admitted that she had with her own hands killed seventeen persons. The police believe that this confes sion, given with the nonchalance of a person telling an ordinary tale, opens the way for a final reckoning on the curse of voodoisn which for some time has cast a blur upon Louisiana. Thirty-five lives-on most occa sions an entire family-have fallen victims to fiendish night assassins be lieved to be fanatical devotees of the "Human Sacrifice" or the "cult of the sacred serpent." From Clementine's story It Is ap parent that here was the controlling land in the region of horror which was based on a barbarous belief In 3ome sort of blood atonement. The police declare that she has given :ues that will fix the guilt for the ighteen mysterious crimes in that rcinity. In January her father was convict d for the murder of five members of :ho family of Norbert Randell at Laf Lyette on Nov. 26, 1011. He obtain d a new trial on the ground that he was drunk one day during the trial Lnd consequently was .unable to com yrehend what was going on. King Harrison and William Rob rts, preachers of the "Sacrifice hurch," and Eliza Richards have iso been arrested in connection with he long list of crimes. , With the characteristic supersti ion of her race, and particularly of er sect, Clementine armed herself ith a "hoodoo" before starting out in any of her alleged errands of mur er. She says she got the "hoodoo" rom a preacher and thought that It rould protect her from the law. The police de"Iare that-Clemen ine and her companions are degener tes of the lowest order, and that herefore they were readily suscep ible to the wild exhortations they Lad heard in the "Church of Sacri Ice." Invariably the victims were putto eath after the midnight hour, the ,ssassin making his escape without eaving any clue except this wierd otice, generally scrawled on a wa'l f the room where the slain were eft: "When He maketh the inquisition or blood He forgetteth not the cry if the humble. Human Five." Clementine has been generally ooked on as a "white folks" negro, .nd in the past apparently has had ittle to do with her rce. She has .ways taken a deep interest in the rork of the "Sacrifice Church," how ver. The blacks in the various parishes tereabouts have been in a veritable tate of terror during the past welvemonth. So frightened have hey been that every night at least me member of each family has been letailed to remain on guard against ossible invasicns of the "Human ive." Many negroes have fied from hat part of the State. Among the victims were: Lyman ~mith, his wife and three children, at layne, Feb. 20, 1911; Jacob Andrus, ts wife and three children, at Lafay tte, Feb. 3, 1911; Raymond Wex ord, his wife ind three children, at 3rowley, Sept. 28, 1911; Norbert landell, his wife and three children, tt Lafayette, Nov, 26, 1911; Harry iarren, his wife and three children, L Crowley, Jan. 19, 1912, and Felix 3roussard, his wife and three chil Iren, at Lake Charles on Jan. 21, L 912. It is believed that the cult is an utgrowth of an organization known ts the "Sons of God,' 'a maniacal yody of negroes, which several years ago was broken up by the New rleans police, but not before six per ;ons had been killed and two detec :ives wounded. The teachings of the "Church of sacrifice" are said to be based on the razy belief that all negro families f five or more members must be sac ificed for the good of the African The sermons, it Is said, in many natances have been nothing short of uppeals to passion. Frenzied shout ig was usually indulged in, and It vas not unusual for half a dozen per ;ons to be overcome with wild zeal luring a service. The meetings, es peially those held at night, lasted any hours and often until dawn. The murders were frightfully sim ilar in form, the weapon used invari ably being an axe. It is believed that a narcotic was used to bring on stupefaction of the victims prelim inary to the crimes. Gives Her Another Chance. "Now that you have a chance to et a third husband, for God's sake don't talk him to death." So read a note which Henry Juntunson, a prosperous Otter Lake igrmer, wrote to his wife lust before tying a noose ubout his neck and then sending a revolver shot through his brain at Hloughton, Mich. Elects Democratic Mayor. Girard, the stronghold of Kansal socialism, elected W. H. Ross, a dem ocrat and independent, mayor over W. im Ford. a socialist. -