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REFUSE ToRES1fN~ EXAMINER RHM E DEQU NES TOm VACATE Off IU n, TAE MATTER TO COURT i bi He Declares That Governor Blease's Act Removing Him is Purely Ar- C Ntrary and That He Will Hold His U Office Until Ordered by the Court to Relinquish the Same. "The Governor's act In attempting to remove re from oftlee is purely arbitrary, and his statement that the L condition of the bank was not pub lished is false. I shall disregard r his order and shall hold the odice un til ordered by the Court to relia quish,'' is the statement which was issued at Columbia 'Monday after- a noon by State Bank Examiner B. J. Rhame, when he received :he copy of Governor Blease's proclamation re moving him from the odice of State i bank examiner. This means that Mr. Rhame will refuse to surrender his offlice until ordered to do so by the Courts. and P that the Courts will finally have to decide the whole matter. This is t the latest development in the situa tion growing out of the incidents r surrounding the Lexington Savings Bank. now in the hands of a re-i ceiver. The bankruptcy proceedings now pending in the Federal court were brought on the initiative of the r bank examiner. This he explains in his statement. Mr. Rhame filed with Governor 3 Blease his answer to the letter of the governor of recent date in which the chief executive asked the bank ex- r aminer to explain his actions in con nection with the condition of the Lex ington Savings Bank in not report- t ing the condition of the bank two t years ago, when it was learned that P its condition was shaky and asking r the bank examiner to resign if he r co-uld not explain his stand. The f bank examiner's statement is lengthy i and ends with his refusal to resign 1 the office. The statement explains ji many of his acts in connection with #: the bank. The examiner explains that he is 1 not required to report bank condi tions to the governor, that he is 3 required to report such with the State treasurer and this he did in connec- j tion with the Lexington bank. He I explains that the Lexington bank was 1 not incorporated and as a private concern was so connected with Pres ident Roof's business as to make it almost impossible to ascertain the actual condition of the bank. The examiner further explains that the Jaw requires him to take a hand in closing out a bank only when there c is manifestation of fraud on the part V of the management and that as there were no evidences of such in this case he took no steps toward closing the institution. He had no way, he said, of know ing whether the hank was solvent or insolvent. As to the deposits in the bank of State and county funds the bank -examiner stated that he did not know until a recent date that such were in the bank and that he has no right to discriminate in favor of State accounts in a bank as against the deposits of individuals, so that had he known there were State de posits he could have acted in no other manner. The letter of 3Mr. Rhame to the Governor was followed by the Cover nor's order removing the bank ex aminer and the latter's refusal to be removed until ordered to do so by the t' Courts. Governor Blease stated over r the telephone tonight that he had not d selected a successor to Mr7. Rhame. The matter will now go in the courts, a where it will be threshed out. t MANY LIVES WERE LOST. : 3Many Vesels 3Met Disaster Off New England Coast. ti n One hundred and twenty-one per- j ions perished by shipwreck and eigh- g ty-five vessels met with disaster off the New England coast or while en gaged in the New England, Canadian or New Foundland trade during the fall and winter season of 1911-1912. Of the eighty-five vessels cast ashore., sunk, burned or involved in other mishaps. seven were stoamers, two.s full riged ships, two barks, 'three brigs, sixty-four schooners and seven .barges. The financial loss is esti mated at more than $0.000.000. Heavy storms and gales that swept the Atlantic during November caused the death of 3S sailors and broughtb disaster to 36~ vessels. The worst t wreck was that of the Norwegian full rigged ship Antigua. Christiania, which was driven on the rocks dur ing the nirht of November 1 Gth, with a loss of fifteen lives. t FELZDER NOT TBEEN INVITED. t He Will Not Testify Before the Leg islative Committee. ei Telegraphic inquiry brings from Atlanta Tuesday afternoon assur ance that Thomas E. Felder has not received any invitation t o testify be fore the dispensary committee at Columbia an~d doecs not contemplate attending the session of co'm" te which was resumed Wednesday. This disposes of a pet'sistent and circu~n stantial rumor which has beeni g-oing. the rounds, to the e!Teet thatedr was going to tell the probers a lot of inside facts on dispensary liqu dation. Lutheran College Located. Summerland, the site offered by selecad for the Lutheran Female College of South Carolina by th'e special committee of the confeee This announcement was mnade Wed day by Dr. E. J. Etheredcc. of Lees. vifle, the chairman of the commit tee, who was among the visitors in the city. - Powder Miilis Explode. The Laflin and Rand Powdr "aims at Wayne, N. J., blew un. T tonation shook the distrie- fre- :'i: around. Three of the 1'uilins of the plant were demoli:Ge by- the e WEVS OTHIER SIDIE (Cont inued from first page.) :int concerning his charges for: ileage and how he construed the atter when riding on a pass is tak i from the official stenographer'sI >tes as follows: Q. "Did you make any investiga on to ascertain whether the memi .rs of that old board had charged st '*e State expenses they had >t realiy incurred?" asked Senator arlis'e. A. "No. sir," replied -Mr. Domin k. "We were informed by 'Mr. tevenson at one of the meetings at we had Dr. Murray before us iat he took the position that we had o right whatsoe'er under the Act to r:esZigate any of the acts and do tgs of what is coummonly known as ,e urray commission.' Q. "The whole business, your com !ssion. the former commission, ems to be under investigation :ore or less. Do you know of any ains charged by your commission :ainst the State( sums that were ot actually paid out?" asked Sena )r Carlisle. A. "Not that I know," replied the itness. Q. "Any mileage charged up that as not raid?" A. "No mileage charged up. Ex enses were charged." A. "Any member of your commit e that didn't pay fare?" A. "I travelled on a pass on one :)ad." Q. "That is from Newberry to Co .mbia?" A. " Yes, sir." Q. "Railroad fare charged on that Dad?" A. "Yes." Q. "On the Columbia, Newberry nd Laurens?" A. "Yes, sir." Q. "Was that fare actually Incur ed?" Rode on Free Pass. A. "H-Iere is the way of considering at. When I use mileage in a mat r of that kind and charging up ex ense account I charge actual rail oad fare, because whan I pay $20 for ailroad books that money is tIed up -r a. year or more before it is entire used. At Newberry I am and ave been for several years past the cal counsel for the Columbia and ewberry and Laurens Railroad Com any. As a retainer I get a local ass. "I am paid then for actual work ust in accordance with bar fees in ewberry. As a retainer I receive -y railroad pass. which is not a free ass, and I consider that just as auch my own private property as If fr. Childs were to pay me a retainer ee for $100 or $500 per year." Q. "The only way you get any act .al cash out of the railroad pass is hen you are travelling for the tate?" A. "When I travel for clients I harge up railroad fare, in coming ere to argue cases in the Supreme ~ourt or have any other business ere." Q. "Were any other members of he commission similarly situated rith reference to railroad mileage or are?" A. "I don' think so," replied the ctness. Witness took the ground that a reat part of ,the expenses paid by he State should have been paid by 'elder as set out in the report, of theI :lease commission. His construction f this matter was similar to that of he witnesses Wednesday. Lyon-Holman Matter. Mir. Dominick told of the employ 'ent of MIr. Hlolman and of the At orney General's refusal to consent a the employment of MIr. Holman ntil the commission told him for 'hat purpose the commission wanted r employ M1r. Holman; that the comn tission didn't feel that they should o this, especially as they wanted M!r. folman in the Felder matter and on count of the close relations of MIr. 'elder and the Attorney General they id not feel that it would be just to be Attorney General or to the comn iission to ask the Attorney General >undertake the prosecution of Fel er. That they took the view that bey could employ any counsel they Ished. Witness said they employed r. Abney, and he considered him a ne lawyer. Did not know whether [r. Abney used the assistance of elder or not in making the settle ent in the Ric'hiand Distilling Comn any "ase; he did not think the comn tission intimated to Mr. Abney that 1ey did not want Felder used in ny litigation that might be neces ry. Witness thought the Anasel commis on lost some money to the State their construction of the Felder ntract in M.ay, and that F'elder was erpaid somte $50,000; would ~arcely consider this construction -the Ansel commission incompe ~ncy, but rather an error, and due advice of attorneys. Witness said that under the atti ~de of the Attorney General he felt ey were forced to employ an at >rney, but that they were not comn alled to employ MIr. Abney; that ey employed Mir. Abney because his competency. Witness said the titude of the Attorney General of :ialy towards the commission was >rdial. and the first clash came hen MIr. Holman was employed. fer that time the Attorney Gen al was not consulted olle~ally by e comm'ison. Thought the deeds cordiality was due to personal at ude'l of Attorney General. As to T. R. Feldler. M"7 Dlo'nnck gave a brief resume e-or of the Blease comimis So tswork- in the Felder mat d of "he bolief of the commis nIha 'elde:' could hav'e been oui a av' e: a s'r':ce~ to the oside'ra'a of other cialms by ' kett, C. E. Dunbar an"d othrs bich the c'ommrission consi'dere d refuse r. The Seruaes claim was for $4. O. which he claimed was d'ie himn the Ansel commission under an ?erstatnding with the Atorney nea Scr'uggs claimed he had G. Charles in charge and ob:ained n -~ oe for him. There had T So:isunderstanding between - c~!mss on and Scruggsla EO1ES TO THlE CHAIR~ SPEEDY TRIAL AND CONVICTION Of A BLACK FIEND WENT IN A LADY'S ROOmI lary at Special Term of Court t Proinpfly Convicts Fiend of At tempting to Criminally Assault the Wife of Prominent Farmer of Dean Station in Anderson County. Convicted of attempting to crimi laly assault the wife of a prominent farmer of Dean Station, Anderson county, on February 26 last, William Reed, colored, was Monday sentenced I tc die in the eltetric chair at the ! State Penitentiary in Columbia on the i 12th day of July next. t A special term of Court was con- s vened at Anderson Monday for the purpose of giving Reed a speedy trial. He appeared in the court room with out a lawyer and Judge Prince ap pointed three prominent members of the local bar to defend him. The in dictment was handed to the grand jury and a true bill was returned within a few minutes. The jury was t selected without much delay and the case was entered upon. For the State Sheriff King and Su pervisor Pearman, who brought Reed to the county jail, testified, telling of Reed's confession of having gone into the house of the lady for the purpose t of burglary. The lady upon whom the attack was made was next called to the witness stand. The court room was cleared by Judge Prince, only the persons directly interested in the case being allowed to hear her testi mony. The lady testified that when she awoke on the night of the al clged attack she found Reed in her room. Reed was the only witness to take the stand for the defence. He de clared that he went into the house for the purpose of stealing some money, with which he intended to buy corn: that he entered the room occupied by the lady, not knowing that she was in there. Reed was subjected to a severe cross-examina tion by the solicitor and made a very poor witness for himself. Many material facts strongly against him could not be explained by Reed. The jury rttired with the case about noon and returned a verdict of guilty at 6:30 o'clock, when court resumed business after a recess for dinner. The jury reached a verdict a few minutes after retiring with the case. On the night Reed was lodged In the county jail a large mob gathered or. the streets here to storm the jail. with the intention of summarily deal ing with Reed. The attack on the jail was called off because some plans of the mob miscarried; reinforce ments expected did not appear on the scene. Great .excitement pre vailed at the time. The Court room was crowded to its capacity, many spectators beingj unable to gain admittance. When asked by Judge Prince if he knew of any reason why sentence should not be passed upon him, Reed shook his head. He has maintained his silence since the death sentence was passed. refusing to make any comment on the trial and its outcome. VERY BRAVE Y<>UNG GIRL. Marries an Old Widower With Ten Yoaing Children.4 The Spartanburg Herald says Wil ian D. Bailey, 40 years and two months old, a widower with ten chil dren, was married Monday to Miiss Minnie Stevens. 1 6 years and 10 months old. The ceremny was per formed by Magistrate A. H. Kirby.1 who 21 years ago united Bailey in marriage with his first wife, who was Miss Mfattie Burrell. The first Mrs.1 Dailey died 15 months ago, after hav ing been the mother of 11 children,1 one of whom died. Bailey's oldest daughter, who is older than her step mother, witnessed the ceremony, which was performed in Major Kir by's office. As Minnie Stevens was less than 18S years old her parents ave their consent to the wedding. The address of Bailey and his wife is Moore route No. 1. PLUNGE TO HIS DEATH. Friends Thought Young Man Was I Hanging for Fun. In view of several hundred per- ~ sons, who thought he was playing an April fool prank, Luther Williams, aged 22. a painter, dangled for a ew minutes at the end of a rope at- 1 ached to the smokestack of the Georgia Railway and Electric Light company plant at Atlanta and then lunged 15.' feet to earth. He was til breathing when picked up, but ied ten minutes after arriving at aC hospital. In its descent the body of Williams crashed through the roof of he boiler shop. n Ansel commission and turned down by them. Mr. Dominick made the tatement of what the Blease com nission had done as an answer to -harges made that the commission ~ ad spent a year and done no work. Mr. Dominick stated that all of C he letters tending to show that Fe! er's alleged criminal connection ith the attempted "frame up' :hih the commission had were ~rited in thte report. Ite ned seen ne or two other letters, one in the assession of JTohn Bell Towill from ~elder, which had been promised him ea member of the commission but hir'h had never been turned over Mr. T. F. Brantlhey on Stand. Mr. T. F. Prantley, of Orangeburg. 11 Vbe otiher member of the Blease com-j h lisin aerc.er1 with the statementsi f Mr. Domini(:k and corroborated his ih :rimny'. "Mr. Dominick has given on1 in r~-.ai Ilhe mn:itter and I know n ithin'g I could ad!d." said Mr. vatly All members of the Please h ''"i'i'.on~ exrssedt willingness to d4 the com~mittee in every way they. *uld At o'ne o'clock ?h'e comiittec BLEASE'S ~llARIS (Continued from first page.) he committee. Mr. L-on stated in is letter that he had read in the ewspapers that W. A. Holman had een named as attorney for the com ission. Mr. Lyon also called atten ion to the fact that the appointment f the attorney had never been offi lally reported to him. Mr. Lyon ]so said that if the reports were rue, that Attorney Holman had been mployed in disregard of the law gov rning the winding-up of the dispen ary. He also disapproved of Attor ey Holman as attorney for the com aission. Mr. Stackhouse said that e thought that the letter had been eceived. Attorney General Lyon said before he committee, after the reading of he letter, that the Blease commission ad :ever consulted him with refer nce to the appointment of Attorney lolman. A letter from the Blease ioard to Attorney General Lyon was ead. The le'ter expressed the belief hat the attorney general was not in ynipathy with the board. As to Violating Act. "Don't you realize the fact that -ou violated the act of the general ssembly when you appointed Hol ran without the consent of the attor ey general?" The witness said that he was not mn attorney and that he did not put hat construction on the act. A second letter by Attorney Gen ral Lyon was read by the committee. his letter was addressed to the 3ease board in which it was shown hat Mr. Lyon stood really at all ies to give assistance within the erms of the law. Mr. Stackhouse did not know why he letters from Attorney General yon were not printed in the report >f the Elease board. He gave no xplanation as to why they were not yrinted. Mr. Stackhouse thought' that 4 sat sfactory disposition had been made )f the alcohol. The governor In mes age number four intimated graft on he part of the Ansel board in connec ion with the disposal of about six een barrels of alcohol. The witness, in reply to questions, aid that he knew of no more money -eturned the State. "Do you know of any more than 5,000 paid by James S. Farnum?" "I do not," replied Mr. Stackhouse. 4e said that he had heard very often hat Farnum had paid more than 5,000. He said it was general talk. -le did not remember a single individ ial who -made the charge. It was all 'general talk." Wallace Testifies. James V. Wallace of Charleston, a ember of the Blease board, was iuestioned by the committee as to he work of the commission. He said hat the alcohol question had been )rought up before the Blease com nission by Dr. W. J. Murray, chair nan of the Ansel board. He said that :he word of Dr. Murray was accepted y the commission. Wallace charged that the Ansel ~ommission was hampered by attor 1eys. "Was the question of investIgating he Ansel board ever brought before :he Blesae board?" He replied that the questions had ever been discussed. "Did your board ever attempt to >rosecute any one except T. B. Fel ler?" "No, sir," he replied. He was asked to be more specific ith reference to the charge that the nsei board was hampered by attor leys. He merely charged that almost ill money was recelcved by the attor eys. Concerning the Richland Distilling ompany case. Wallace charged that he Blease hoard was forced to em loy B. L. Abney as attorney. He said hat Attorney General Lyon had nev :' urged the appointment. The witness expressed the disap iroval of the contract with T. B. Fel !er. He charged that Felder had 'buncoed" the State. It was stated y the witness that Felder had not ived up to his contract. The witenss said that the Blease 'oard had brought the action against elder. He said that action had not been brought against others in con ection with the dispensary. He barged that the State had paid for he gathering of information for T. . Felder. He was unable to specify s to the amounts paid. The witenss charged that "the in ifference" of the attorney general aused the Blease board to make a ailure in its work. Wallace thought hat the attorney general had all in ormation in his possession and that e refused to turn it over to the Uease hoard. Wallace Fails to Specify. "Do you k-now of any information bout any one defrauding the State?" "None that I know of," he replied. "Have you come in possession of ny testimony that would incriminate .B. Felder?" "None that I can give out." he ontinued. He thought that if Felder as brought back to the State that they might" prove something. "If you will bring Mr. Felder over ur board will try." Here he was in rmed that the Blease board has one out of existence. "I mean the lembers will try to give some infor ation to the court." The committee insisted that he ive the testimony to be brought in e court. He said he might get the ~stin ony. Hie denied that he bad ny information to convict Felder hen pressed. The committee insist I again and the witenss refused to ye any definite information concern Eg Felder. The witness said that Felder ought >be brought over and placed en "Let's have all the information in >ur possession," said the commit After persistent questioning noth g as to his conduct on the part of~ elder was brought out. except tihe leged Felder letter. The witness: id just a few minutes before said .at the members of the Please board d enough testimnny to envl iet Fol 'r. He retreated from his -un']uali d statement. "Did you eve"r see any of the let rs from Felder to TL. H. Evans?" "I saw one." Hie did not re mom r anythin!'g definite about the let rs. Wallace thought that Frlder el been guilty of misconduct durin. a cnt ire conneerion with the State ensry. Th. witness said that he li e.e thtFedr was in the whis SPEAKS Of BLEASE~ REVIEWS THE OFFICIAL ACTS Of THE GOVERNOR SHOWS PARDON RECORD Judge Jones Handles Governor Blease's Public Policies With Gloves Off,. and Talks of the GoV ernor's Abuse of His Office in a Speech Free of Personalities. Greeted by a large and perfectly orderly audience of basiness and pro fessional men and ladies, Judge Ira B. Jones fired the first gun of his gu bernatorial campaign in Greenville county on Thursday afternoon at the thriving town of Fountain Inn. He spoke in the auditorium of the high school at 1:Z0 o'clock, and for one hour an thirty minutes held the un divided attention of every man and woman before him. The crowd was as orderly as a church congegation, except when the speaker was applauded to the echo. And this was frequent throughout the address. At Fountain Inn the speaker was introduced by the Rev. C. W. Bussy. He bespoke for Judge Jones a respectful hearing, and ex pressed the hope that there would not occur in Greenville county such a hoodlum demonstration as that which occurred in Spartanburg county where Judge Jones spoke some days since. He expressed his appreciation of the presence of so many ladies, and paid womanhood a tribute, declaring that -they were somehow always on the right side of any question. "I had rather be defated in my race for governor of the State and have the good will of the women than be elect ed without it," declared Judge Jones. This tribute brought the first ap plause from the audience. After tell ing a few amusing anecdotes he launched with vigor into a duscus sion of his purpose in appearing be fore the people on this occasion. Judge Jones' entire address was free from abuse, -the slightest strain of vituperation or personal attack on Gov. Blease. But the policies of the chief executive the speaker handled with the gloves off. "Gov. Blease has said," stated the speaker, "that after the election I will be a statesman without a job. Yes, I gave up my job -one that I conceive to be the high est in my profession. I gave it up because I feel called upon to redeems this State from a most dangerous ten dency-that of Bleasism. (Here the speaker was interrupted by vigorous applause.) Bleasism is Anarchism. "Bleasism in South Carolina leads to anarchism. I do not mean to say that every man who voted for Gov. Blease is an anarchist, for I know that there are a lot of good people throughout the State who cast their ballots for him; but I mean to say that such a policy as that of Gov. ilease's will lead this State to an arch ism. He wants to be the czar of South Carolina; he flouts the law, and has no respect for the machinery of government." Bearing out his statement that Gov. Blease flouts the law, Judge Jones referred to the matter in which the chief executive treated the Igislature and the manner in which he had insulted the supreme court. The governor's ignoring of the ap pointments of the legislature and the supreme court, the speaker declared, are exampls of his disregard for law. Instances of where Gov. Blease's pol icy of "standing by his friends." had injured the State were pointed out by the speaker. "I will stand by my friends," Judge Jones characterized this famil iar slogan of the governor as Bleas ism. "What would you think,'' said Judge Jones, "if a man were to be elected governor and declare that he would be the governor of Spartan burg county. It is as impartial and unjust for a governor to say that he will stand by his friends as it is for a governor to say that he will be the goernor of any particular county. leaseism is partiality. If I am elect ed your governor I will be the gov crnor of all the people, both friend and foe, white and blacw, rich and poor and high and low." Hie referred to the clash betweeh the governor and the supreme court over the appointment of JTudge Cald well to preside at a special term of the court for Richland county, and ebaracterized It as an example of Dleaseism. The refusal of the gover nor to commission Special Judge Quattlebaum to conduct a term of court for Horry county, and the ef fects of such action, were pointed out by the speaker. He told how jurors and witnesses gathered at the county court houseon the morning court was to have convened: how no judge ap peared because Gov. Bbease refused to commission a man recommended by the supreme court; how the county was put to the loss of paying jurors and witnesses and dismissing them: how the court had to be annulled. and how -the prisoners were denied 1 h constitutional right of a speedy trial. This, said the speaker, was a typical example of Bleaseism. He :harged the governor of the State wvith annulling -the instruments key business.s "Do you again charge that there Is graft in connection with the dispen aries in the six counties?" The witness replied he did not -Iarge that there was graft and that ' Felder might be selling to the di ensares or the "blind t!gers." Hie was asked as to what steps hold be taken if Folder was hrought to South Carolina. Ilere the I v~itness was (iuestionedl closely about V.ier and admitted that be did not mow anything that would tend to .~nvit Felder. He admitted that he Biease board had not accomplish anything. .s. P. Wylie. a member of the *1 diensary board of control, was. lldby the committee, lie testifled f: Sthe last meeting of the committee. in wasqustioned by the comnmittee: s o trrstimony by Hanry Samumel s week oa the division of graft. He aid that the rebates were divided : mocng the members of the hoard. ho other members of thc board were t..- nson and 31arck Iti xvhich society had raised up for its ?rotection, and characterized such iction as anarchism. Ecferred to Lvnchin; Judge Jones next took up Gov. Blease's declaration that he would cad a mob to lynch a negro guilty >f a certain offense. He referred to :he lynching of three negroes in Bamberg county for attempting of )urn a dwelling and to the lynching f two negroes for another offense. Both of these offenses, he declared, w-ere different from the one Gov. BIlease had in mind when he made his leclaration aboout leading a mob, ind yet they were the result of the :angerous stand the governor had aken when he declared in favor of ynching for a certain crime. Judge Jones declared *hat the governor of i State could not afford to voice such i sentiment, for by doing so he let :own the bulwarks that society had built up for its protection. The speaker made a strong appeal for the punishment of drime through the 3ourts. which is the proper medium. He referred to the terrible tragedy n -illsville, Va., some days ago, but ointed out the manner in which Vir ,inia had gone about punishing the perpetrators of the foul deed-not by )rganizing a lynching bee and start Mg in pursuit of the criminals, but y placing another judge on the bench, another solicitor at the bar, inother sheriff in the court and sum oning a grand jury and handing own indictments against the assas ins, while officers of the law were >ut hunting them down in the moun tains. He cited this as an example f the enforcement of law in the proper way. Blease's Pardon Record. The next line upon which Judge Jones spoke was Gov. Blease's pardon record, and this is where the speaker :ade his greatest impression upon the audience. He stated that since Gov. Blease's inauguration he had pardoned and paroled something like 340 prisoners. He stated that the constitution provides for a board of pardons, to whom shall be referred all applications for clemency. This board, he said, is intended as an ad. visory council for the governor, though the chief excutive can go con trary to the recommendations or sug gestions of the board. "Of these 340 convicts pardoned and paroled," stated Judge Jones, "Gov. Blease did not once call the pardon board for advice or assistance in determining the merits of the case at hand. I see now by the newspa pers where he has referred some sev enty or eighty applications for par dons to the pardon board. What does this mean? Does it mean that I have made it too hot for him?" The speaker asked why had the governor pardoned John Black, Wash Hunter, George Hasty and pickpock ets and others, and why didn't he re fer these cases to the pardon board. He asked if there ever was a gover nor under the sun who would dare pardon one of his clients without re ferring the matter to the pardon board. And yet this is what Gov. Blease did when he pardoned Wash Hunter. He characterized such ac tion as Bleaseism. "What is the use f court cachinery," asked Judge Jones, "if by a stroke of his pen the governor can practically empty the penitentiary?" What of the Widow. Here the speaker referred to the ide of the case that is put up by Gov. BPlease-the pathetic side-that of the wife and children of the con it who are in sore need of his care ad protection. "But what of the widow and the fatherless children of the victim? Why open one ear to the pleadling of the people of the criminal and close the other ear to cries of the widow and the children of the victim? There is the cry that justice be done, and it should be heeded more cquickly than the cry for mercy from the other side." The speaker then asked what would be the effect upon the State when all these criminals were thrown b ck upon society. '-The power of pardon is a trust." he declared, "and Co. Blease has abused that power. Here is a bank cashier holding a pos ition of trust. A beggar comes along and asks for help, and the cashier reaches his hand into the cash draw er and hands out $5 to him. It is not the cashier's money. but the bank's n~oney that is handed out-that which belongs to the stockhol'ders. What shall you say of that cashier? Can you recommend that act? No ndeed, for he has abused his trust. Goy. Blease has been put in the of Se of the chief executive. and-in the ~vholesale pardoning of criminals he ias abused his trust as much as the ank cashier w-ho would hand out the tockholders' money to beggars. If were governor I would grant a par Ion if in my best judgment and the udgment of the board of pardons it vas a good case. I would grant the >ardon regardless of the number of ignatures on the petition, whether here was one or many. But before T vould stain the high office of gover ior by using the pardon power to fur her my own interests I would suffer >oth hands laid on a block and chop ed oif with a dull axe." Abue Os Veto Power. Judge Jones next spoke of Gov. .lease's abuse of the veto power. He eferred to the governor's declaration hat he would lead a mob to lynch a egro for committing a certain crime, nd then pointed out where he had efused to pay a circuit judge who resided at a term of court where a egro was tried, convicted and sen enced to death for this unmentiona le crime. "Yes." stated the speak r. "Judge Williams presided at the peial terr- of court where this ne o was trierland convicted. Hie pre ented his title bill for $41..ti to the islaure. That body honored the aim. but Goy. flecase v.'oedl the bi!l 'hat a govern or---I will lead a mob o ynch a negro for a c-e-tain crime. oI won't pay a .judze for trying a saof thia hind according to law.' "T wish to te-ll y-ou of Goy. PBlease's 'toing o f thoet ~ciznship bill. The 'i: enship bill was designed to pro ib fort--imners. who, had not become auraized, from voting in the pri ary. There is' in the ei:y of Char-. ston 1 .000 or more fo-oit'ners. Thmey ae never breeme natnralizer. have ever signifiedr any intention of doin~g . are not concernedl with the we-l r of our zovernm'ent, onr Taxxs or MAM~ Absolute Absoluelfy has Many mixtures substitutes for f baking powder composition or C so wholesome a nor will make Royal is the only Bz from Royal Grape working man. Yet Gov. Blease veto ed this citizenship bill. Why did he do it? I Don't believe those 1,000 foreigners would vote for me.'' At this juncture Judge Jones took up the vetoing of the medical Inspec tion bill, the med cal examination of school children. He stated the pur poses of the bill were to provide for -t system of medical inspection of chool children to detect defects in ;ision, in hearing and their general -eil being. This would be of especial benefit to the poorer patrons of the schools because the rich could afford to pay for expert medical examina tion of their children at their homes. Re spoke of the medical inspection bill as one of the most progressive pieces of legislation that had been started in many years. "Yet," he stated, "the governor vetoed this bill." Tells of His Early Life. Judge Jones' remarks for the next few minutes were on educational sub Jects. He stated that he was a great friend to education. and that it was one of the strong planks in his plat form. He stated that he believed in the nimprovement of the schools, and especially the rural schools, for it is there where the men who serve the world are first trained. "I have been called an old moss back aristocrat," stated Judge Jones in his closing remarks. "I want to tell you that is there is a man any where in this State entitled to repre sent the working people of this State I am that man. My father came to Columbia to work at the carp-nter's trade. There he met and married my mother, who worked at the dress maker's trade from the time her father died and she was forced to go out into the world and make her own living. They went to Newberry, where my father plied his trade of carpenter and blacksmith. "I went to the farm and got my wife, and you better believe I got a good one. I started life with a wife and baby and $10 and that was bor rowed. I went to Lancaster and there managed to get a little lot, where I built a little two-room ho'ise. I lived with my family in that little two room house for ten years. I built a one-iaii fence about my lot, and the farmers used to ride by and laaigh and say. 'Looks like Jones is going to farming with his lot and one-rail fence. I remember my brother corn ing to see me one time and the only place w had to put him was on a cot which we rigged up in the pin try. And then the pantry was se small my brother said when he want ed to turn over he would have to crawl through the window into the yard, then turn over and crawl back in. And yet they call me an old mossback aristocrat. "~My one ambition was to become chief justice of the supreme court of South Carolina. I imagined that when once I attained that office I would be satisfied, that, there would be nothing else to care for. I would: have reached the top of the ladder in my profession. I have done that, and yet, how strange. I have throw~n away that high position to enter this race for governor. And I have done it .because I feel called upon to re deem this State from a most danger ous tendency."I AVIATORS KILLED FLYING. Many Have Given Up the Dangerous Occupation. The number of aviators killed while flying in aeroplarnes in the Un bted States and other countries are as follows: Fatalities in aviation here and broad have numeber as follows: 1S9G.. .... ................1 l?899.. .... ...... ....... 1 1905.. .... ................1 190S.... ......... .........1 909...........................4, l910.. .. ........ ......3 1911.. .... ................99 .912 (three months) .. .. .. ...8. Total.. .... ...........147 In addition to those killed. 200 ersons were injured in aviation ac idents in 1911. The great number f casualties last year has caused nuany of the exhibition flyers to with raw, at least temporarily, from the 'sport'' of flying in heavier-than-air :a chines. Both the Wrights have stoplped fly: Glenn IL. Curtiss goes aloft no a ore. Yo'inl .T. A. Drexc'l is all through, is friends say. ihulhan,. the French a.irman, has ma enomgh. it is said. Graham-White has not flown in ame time. and is friends say he any never again risk his life in the The number of aviators in comlmis in:n now is not half as many as i Wilben says It Ts False. Go~ernor Wilson says that charges yoao Stone. that he had no't 'e for yan in 19M ad that he id -no voe at all in 1f'O9. were1 ::eo od "sr.orn to by gentlemen~ ho are w'iflinr to swear to any Ir" i' says hc votedI the wholel :n' ri'e ticket in both the years. r halv, never voted anything but the s ly Pure no substitute are offered as Zoyal. No other is the same in ffectiveness, or nd economical, such fine food. tking Powder made Cream of Tartar FHFOR SAFET PEOPLE Of ALL CLASSES ASSIST IN EfFORT TO CHEK RAliNi WATERS One Main Levee Yields to Force of the Flood, and the Torrents of Wa ter Sweep Over the Country, Carry ing Devastation to the People in Its Course. With one main levee gone, water lapping the crest of the embankment at half a dozen points and several breaks believed to be'only a question of hours, Major Clark S. Smith, Unit ed States engineer, directing the fight against the waters encroachment, de scribed the Mississippi River flood situation Friday night as "grave." The Reel Foot Lake'levee, west of Hickman, Ky., was the first main embankment to go. It collapsed late Friday afternoon and Friday night flood waters are sweeping over a wide area. Golden Lake, fifty miles north of Memphis, and the levee on the Arkan sas side, eight miles below that place, are regarded as in imminent danger. At both points sand bags have been piled on the surface of the revet ments to a height of one and a half feet and Friday night the water is washing over them. At Mound City, Ark., and at Holy Lash also the lev ees threaten to cav.e. People of all classes have abandoned business to assist in the effort to check the rag ing waters. Pitiful cases of destitution have been relieved in various parts of the wide stretches of country embraced in the central section of the valley. Hickman, Ky., houses about 3,500 refugees, partly in tents, and these include some 2,000 or more employ ees of factories living in six hun dred houses flooded in Hickman last Monday. Columbus, Ky., New if ad rid, Mo., Dorena, Mo., are the towns seriously affected by the Invading wa ters. Thousands of townspeople have sought higher ground. Hun dreds of head of livestock have per ished, while many time the tnumber were taken to points of safety before the rise. With a roar that could be heard 'or miles, the Mississippi River flood burst through the Government levee, five miles west of Hickman, late Fri day and Friday night is racing over several counties in Kentucky and Tennessee toward Reel Foot Lake. One hundred and fifty square miles of farming lands in Fulton County, Kentucky, and Lake and Obion coun ties, Tennessee is now an inland sea. Grave apprehension is felt for the safetay of farmers in remote sections of the sparsely settled country. The water, when it came through, tore a gap sixty feet in width In the levee and the swirling current Is fast eat lg away the earthwork and widening the breach. The Reel Foot levee as it Is gener ally known, has been regarded as a dangerous point for a week and strenuous efforts had been made to hold the flood. Farmers with busi ness and professional men have work ed almost continuously for several days and night in gangs with Govern mnent laborers. Until Friday, 'when the waves, driven by a wind, began to beat against the banks it was thought the fight would be won. The battle w'as at its height at the end. When the collapse came the workers were compelled to run for their lives, a number making their way to Hcik :nan afoot while others, marooned beyond the break, were rescued in tasoline launches. The Reel Foot basin, over whIch he water is forming a blanket, is aaade up of small farming communi ies. The farmers' homes are gener ally frail structures and with the rreat rush of the flood are being swept away as chafi before the wind. A. number of the residents had aban ioned their homes and wIth their lamilies sought safety in the towns )f tile surrounding hills, but others, fore optimistic as to the abilIty of he protecting wall to hold back the -aging waterway, remained on their ands. When the crash came efforts were nade to communicate with the scat cred villages by telephone, but with tile success. Considerable livestock still in the lowlands. The property amage will be large, but farming perations will not be seriously ham cred. except that the crop will be etardled. Because of the unusually eavy rains of the early spring, but ~tle of the ground has been tilled nd the deposits left when the flood ecedes will add to the productive ess of the land. Must Have Been Lost. The tank steamer Chesepeake, ew York for Tangier, was burned mild-ocean on December I5th. The ~condI officer and thirty-two Chinese Lio- erea lost in a aU hat,