Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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t U, c J 1 A i U ;.;.h L7 THE I~ 7tN' T-ED ~ w The race riots Thich Tave Been En dangerincg Foreigner "Mus' S!op :)0 Uncle- Sam WIll Restore rdr. Naval Of:icers Expect Long Stay. The Uni:d Sta:es nrcred cruise Washington enteedHaan harto at 12:23 p. =-. _-Ioa 'and enchn ed salute.s wi:h fortress of Cut ana. Fi:teen nt the bat tleship Rhode Islnd 'ved in:o th harbor. The American minister to Cub Arthur M. Feai-re, t a note t the Cuban state dea rt ar i hi he stated that te 'ri' c er Washington r btI b"eSh Rho-d island was =-:--0Y 't 0 courtesy. Yza.. : il the Cu ban secretary of . toM: Be-auv1re's =ess age wila ur-:oi ' ,, - c..- t the cabin"'r -ser s~ u r t 0 t t palace Monday ro o. pres emt at the oMcial a Adm7 OI1 terhaus. Each Of thes This in a -Iton t her regular cop et of p5 rines carries an +x:ra 125 ren T wii be landld in the Cuban t only in a case of dire emcrgze'cy, Which evea.t the bue jaehts of bo ships also a~unibe available. T: gra.ivi wIh Th ic t regards the situa I I nd'atd b Ize fact that R Admil Oste: haus, commar..ler of th A *iic !iee is aboard his flagh.h' ton, to observe co-nd'ons 'n 1avar first band. Tb? r d f th third divnaion Of fheI':t r-mains a Key Wes: and can join the flagshi in a few hours. In govcrnment circl3 at Washirn ton dovelopments are bCing watche with greatest in'crest. It seems tb the events of this wee- probaly wi declde if the r or of F.00 men now wat to m-oTe to Cub shall be ordered cm. Naval o.ecrs at Washington ar clearly of th opinon thntheir tas cf polilg Eastern Cuba will be long one, for orders sbew that co liers are being matle ready to ca'r ccal and-cther upiis to- the vessel in Cuban waters su'ielct to mcc their needs for mnany weks to co=n The .ollier Hecor is shedulcd t leave Iatnrt4fOU Road nc't M-nda for t-ey Wiest and prolably' wil P:c ceed from thcre to Guant-namo. Th collier Celti also :s under orders t leave Boston within a fortnight at her crise also. In all probabi'll: ViI end at antaa-:. Threwa ore tak .1edy a the wa deatnn vot h a atb1iity of seu do"* some jtrmy o' ce oflhigh rkto C"ba o" ma n partial inestiaton of the codii there, and, i" possie, to at as an i ermediary in retain peace betwee the factions. I adito tote nami of Gcn. WVod, which was fire broached Mconday, :hat of Jedge AM vocace General Ench Crowder ha hee~n brought: forvward. HCe perforz ed valuable servee in Cuba while th island was undeir Amterican orcupa tion and practieally renor'a ted th entire judicial system. As it is. th comnmon belief 'that if in the end it terv~ention in Cuba is a necessit there must be sweeping &hanges il the organic law of the Republic t guard against the recurrence of th condtions which has made the pres en: insurrsctio~n possible. For thi reason Gen. Crowder's friends bar urged that his legal ahility wouli peculilarly fit hm far the position head of the temporary Government C intervention. .rA: 'L:3!I L Ofricers of the Army and Nary Ar Backing the Schemne. Oflicers of the ti'ed States arm: ancd navy, it w:a3 anno" ce' Monday will bacit the m .:-en of the Wc men's Titanic te.: i cAsci:atio: to erect a great moumn tothem: wh.o died on.. the ii-aedsi to say womena and childeni MLrs. Leonard W\ood, v-ile of th for sendn aprol te to ever woman in cery- ar' os in ta tions. It iste pi o zut al one ths rec-e Ito larz sum and contribute it *o t r:en: lal fend a's cming fro-n the vo The oopeatio andcontibution of the~ womnen of i-he *nav hbc sought int me'' m r Faor the otic~ a'-edr havebee sent ou by 'es. .>hn R ays li "a"o ,s tayo h rgn:ain tovte WiV of the principle~ oe r '7:1Co ders of the fleets "-nd "avy yards I: the na'v. After a leng2hy de:.:.rtion a Spartanburg a :r o: .emd G-esnell guilty of aro'.* e-~ mendatio'n to :e b r e court I-is attorney tmmedeaT tion for a new tri - granted Go-e. tenced S Gosne i of bur ing in t~ wreck weCQ y 'e a ts is the man w' -a' se whe th homne team~ 'as. HH RA WOiii 101 i RK 1"2F1"UCAN COMMITTEE SEAT NG TAFT'S DELEGATES. Ont of One Hundred and Two Cases Considered Roosevelt Has Receiv A ed Only One. One delegate for Col. Roosevelt. he first aIwardd him since the na 1 committee began the hearing i counest cases last Friday at Chie o. Ind sevenTee-fn for President f wero the net results of Tue s ssson of the Republican na in a,. a hundred and one dele - es have been accorded President -Ta-tice the committee opened its ering'~s. The one placed in the -osevelt column was D. C. Edwards, rom the eleventli district of Ken e-y. T'he Taft forces on the com - -rite refused, by a vote of 33 to 19, i o seat both of the Roosevelt dele -ats whose places were contested, ',ut agreed to a split, which gave Col. Roosevelt and President Taft each e delega from the district. Tee hlf victory for Col. Roose Sa: ca-e at the end of a day in hIch all of the other much discuss contests from Kentucky had been t'-died in Prosident Taft's favor. In some of these the Roosevel: men had aec.i!esced; in others they had mus d a vote of from 11 to 17 against Taft decisions. Sator Poraa, the most actIve . oosevel: adherent in the commit S:e, poested zalinst spli:ting the t district dexegation. "There :s no 'ustification for it," he delared, one is given, bo:h should be." Arthur I. Vorys, of Ohio. bad made e motion to seat the divided dele -atio. John G. Capers, Senator Dor -h an- Francis J. Heney led -n effort : to dotr a substitute to seat both e Rosscvelt men, but they could mus t ronly 19 votes. The split delega wonwas then unanimously seated. - TAN RUNS THROUGH FIRE Passengers on Jersey Central Have s Novel Ride Through Fire Hundreds of passongers on thE I crsey Cnral Rairoad had thrilling e xriences in 3Mayonne Monday as rin after train ran the gauntlet o: ames that destroyed the $250,000 nmzber -ard and planing mill of A, Bt ! h & Bro. at Bayonne, N. J. The f-re began at ^:30 p. m. and s burning at an early hour Tues c day morning. Fire apparatus of Bay onne, Jersey City and Port Rich mond, S. L. were called upon to aid e subduing the fire. "Firesan Frank Nielding of Engine Copany No. 13 of Jersey City was moraly injiured. He was knocked -rom his seat when the machine was returning to its quarters, and was crushed by the rear wheel, which passed over his chest. Ai nub of the Royal Blue flier! in. the ..ew York-Philadelphia-Wash 'ngton service had to dash past the h;uirnirng planing mill. which with the umryard, stretched for several -bocks along the tracks. All th4 .* indos on the "fire" side of the I -ains were closed; then the engin eers. waiting a favorable opportu tywhen the wind was not blowing th f'ames and 3:rohto hard, opened *. id their throttles and high speed e wvas made passing the fire. Despite thete precautIons the wind oftet y proved ficktle, and a number of the trains were for a minute or two lost o in the smoke during the swfft rush e hy the place. -It was an experience that tried the snerves of timid passengers, the train t men said. The fire Is supuosed by I the police to have started from a i locomnotive soark. The planing mill, f 200 feet square and two stories agh, was converted quickly into a roaring Ifurnace. APPAJAtCHIAN PARK. Peinzs by Condemnation of 32,00( Acres as Part of Reserve. nort Geogialand, which will form 1 was begun by government officials in b- ti -FdrlC'oprte at Atla At O' day.The ldeis nannn,~ prUni-n Lum binan Dawson couinis Con' esslreay hs provided or pingsel Thecou theppony aysesor who 'silmeti dlefa cRndge onaWdesr - day. Theyn will allve the landnan S:ec n condmn it. Te fresors - w!1se faclosand thoy Fiederl t Bryan~c Aarns beddy.g r On~- ~e tenoltd and mnostro eyautia Pros Jomn E. Russel. In ae~erc and Srthgld iRepub C Rose Mlr' def e . be :be cer - - ain,-kin in theeeto i oiain s saysProfsso cl17. Bryl has anl thepensonal "'ra ne rbrr'an better baned -~ v'e aut and thoe ieus v-te . de::ies wich wrtheco in oe ad mre rononc, an untWiontroel STeddy's s mcc'adc acon-. tricee n truthful inhi Can"'~ Mr~'~ . fRoete eurb ~ vo~'?,are .* ot.. ias fewlpoopd 2y La~olieitngthnntTese DEATH IN THE AIR 1S AVIATOR AND ARMY OFFICER KILL ED AT WASHINiTON VfERE TESTINI MACINE Wright Aeroplane While Fulfiling Test Rtequirements of War Depart- 5 ment Falls, Crushing Iteut. Hazel- C hurst and Aviator Welch.-Third A.rmy OMcer Victim. Another fearful toll was taken by aviation Tuesday near Washington, g D. C., when the mutilated bodies of Lieut. Leighton W. Hazlehurst, Jr., t 17th Infantry, U. S. A., and Alfred L. s Welch. a professional aviator in the employ of the Wright brothers, were hauled from under the debris of a S collapsed aeroplane. The accident t occurred while they were attempting I to make the tests required by the c Government in a machine contracted for by the war department. Although an army board was im mediately appointed to determine the rause of the accident, It is probable :ha real cause of the machine's fall never will be known. The crash came I Iso suddenly and unexpectedly that i the t. o men met their death without being able to make a single move to arrest their fall. Several army flyers were among the score of spectators, but they cannot explain the accident. It was shortly after 6 o'clock that a the Wright machine was run out in front of the long line of hangars. For i several days Aviator Welch, whose 1 home is in that city, had been busy demonstrating the aeroplane. All of the war department's requirements 1 had been met, except a climb of 2,000 c feet wi-bia ten minutes. carrying al load of 450 pounds. Welch knew the machine was capable of meeting the 4 test for It bad been accomplished at Dayton, Ohio, by Orville Wright be fore it was taken to College Park, t and he had been made impatient by several failures. "I'm going to make that elimb or i know the reason why," he said, as he began, o tune up. "I'm tired of fool ing," he added. A few minutes later he announced that he was ready. Lieut. Hazlehurst followed Welch into the machine, taking the passenger's seat. The aeroplane moved off steadily and flew the length of the field, rising 200 feet. As it was turned toward the group of army offlcers before the a hangars Welch dipped sharply to in dicate to the official starter that he was ready for the stiff climb. Dire to Death. The dip carried the machine to within 75 feet of the ground, and it ':hen staightened out sharply, too quickly the observing flyers thought. Without warning the aluminum I wings crumbled or collapsed upward so that they almost met above the I engine. The machine dropped, then turned her nose toward the earth( and dived. The accident occurred about 1,000 feet from the hangars, and when the Erst witness reached the wreelt it was seen that both the men were dead. Welch was buried in the de bris, but the body of Hazlehnirst had been catapulted fully 20 feet away after the machine struck. Welch's clothes were practically torn from h~s body, which was bruised and bat-. tered. Hazlehurst's skti was frao tured and his head badly disfigured. Death to both the men probably had been instantaneous. Their bodies were rushed In automobiles to Wal ter Reed Hospital in that city, Five minutes after the flight began the flag over the aviation field was half masted. Lieut. Hazlehurst is the third army ofilcer to die In an aeroplane plunge. Lieut. Thomas Seitridge met death in a machine which fell with him and Orville Wright at Fort !Lueyer, Va., in Septemnber, 1908, and Lieut. G. El. M. Kelly received a fatal fall on an army aviation field at San AntonIo, Texas. AUTO KILLS TWO. Car On Trial Run After Being Re-t paired Has Fatal Accident. Andrew Leonard, aged sixty, and George Doucette, thir'y-five, were In stsntly killed early Su:tday when they Iwere struck by an autom-obile in Dal ton road while walking to- their 'homes in Dalton. The machine was owned by Wil-' liam F. H~olske and P. Max Thurlow, J and was having its trial run at:er un dergoing repairs following a former accident. Thurlow, who was driving t attemnpted to avoid striking the p destrians, but was unsuccessful and both men were hurled a considerable s distance. In swerving the car crash e'd In o a tree, throwing out its oc'cu pants, all of whom escapied serious injury. Thurlow, Holske and James vnswere arrested. I 1. Some Advice to Girls. C Toung lady reader, if you are look ing for :.our -prInce, lust test his ihome condvect before you accept him. Don't be guided in your choice b what a yound man may be In your parlor, find ouit what he is in hisI sitting-room. Don't judge him by how hu can dance, or turn a compli- C ment, or 't!D his hat, or carry your small bun le;fid out how agile he is to do a service for his old maid aunt, or how he speaks to the women folks when his collars are not laund ered to suit b:n. If he stands the s test, catchi h:n r;uick, for he is a1 rar-avts. Together you may establ~sh II a hingdom second to none but theI iindomn of heaven--a happy home' For the home where mutnal consid eration rules, Is bound to be a happy one a'-hough it be the -ep flat in a; :--eet, or an adobe hut on thej ' Thre a eccess for Senate. Th S nate yesterday ogreed to a porm of three-day recesses from J u-e 27 tJvl 1, covering the per- w in ftenatioen! Democratic and b :Republiern conteions. IT Our candidat-:- fcr President is t 'W\ "drow Wilson: and cur candidate f for' Go e:'. is *R2. -B. nes. ad .gI our candid~ate for United Stets Sea-|tI stor is B. R. TilmanI. We confident- N ly believe everyone of them wi.' Win Iy FAIL TO STOP BANQUET TRIKING WAITERS ATTEMPT TO PREVENT BANQUET. [ayor Gaynor's Banquet Goes Mer rily on Despite Attempts to Pre vent It by Rioting of Strikers. A demonstration by striking walt rs of New York City outside the aldrof-Astoria hotel Monday night uring the dinner given by Mayor aynor to officers of the visiting Ger ian squadron resulted In scenes of iolence and rioting. Several skir ishes between police and the stri :ers took place before order was re ained. An army of policemen, including he "strong arm squad" picketed the treets in the vicinity throughout the anquet to avert further trouble on he part of the hotel waiters and their ympathizers and in two raids upon he mob the police carried away in atrol ~wagons 125 prisoners, many harged with disorderly conduct. Whaever the' plans of the waiters nay have been to break up the ban uet they were averted by the police rotection and the unusual coopera. Ion between hotel managements In he city. There had been anticipa ion of trouble, and intending to take ;o chances in a civic affair of such oagnitude. more than a score of ho el proprietors appeared personally at he Waldorf with delegations of rusted waiters ready to take the lIace if the Waldorf Astoria forces talled out The grand ball room in which the anquet was held was guarded at ev ry entrance by special policemen. De pite the trouble In the street those t the diner 'were not greatly dis urbed and the dinner was carried ut as planned. The demonsration outside however t one time assumed such propor ions that police Commissioner Wal to was compelled to leave the ban uet and personally take charge of he situation. In the mob which first gathered here were probally 300 men. The inion officials had given intimation f "something doing tonight" and the >olice charge that the organization v-as directly back of the movement to >reak up the banquet. Not until the banquet was over .nd the guests had departed was ulet res!tored. The dinner wound up a strenuous lay for the visitors. On shore the Admiral and his officers and the men vere everywhere feted, while those n board ship were kept busy from toon until after sunset entertaining housands of visitors who desired to ee the vessels of the German em >eror's fleet. Admiral Paschwltz with his staff In >rilliant uniform came ashore and es orted by fifty mounted policemen >aid a visit to Mayor Gaynor at the lty hall. Later the party called on rajor General Tasker Bliss, com nander of the Eastern division on lovernor's Island, and Capt. Gleaves, eting commandant of the Brooklyn avy yard. The IAmerican officials -eturned all the calls on board the foltke. GER3LY TARS ENTERTAINED. icene of Festivity on Board War ships in the Hudson. The German naval visitors Tuesday >ntertained American guests at the varships in the Hudson. All of the hips trimmed their decks with ever ~reen and beneath canopies of can ass and gay bunting there was mus e, dancing and refreshments for hun treds who were nyited aboard, after 1ayor Gaynor's committee had been ficially entertained ton the Moltke, which was the certre of the feauvi On the after deck of the big crum tr the German officers, including rince Henry of Reuass, vied in get Ing American girls to dance with hem, while an orchestra, under the hadow of the great 12-inch guns, urnished the music. Bushels of con etti were scattered over dancing par le, colored tapes were shot around o entwine the couples and similar aety was rampant on other ships. Late In the day the German sail rs distinguished themselves for the econd time during their visit here by uick work in saving a number of assengers from a sinking launch. eboat loaded with Z0 women and hldren ramrmed the side of the amamoth ship full steed, head-on nd began to fill. The Germans man ed a launch and soon transferred he screaming women and children to dry boat. While the entertamment aboard hip was going on 500 of the Ger ~an sailors took a boat trip to Coney sland. Change Must be Gradual. Government ownership seems to ave had a setback In Manitoba as or 700 government elevators have een closed because of the lack of ublic support. In government own rship, as well as in most other sings, it is well to "make haste lowly". In this age of collectivism :is fu:st possible that too much re ance may be placed in government wnership and thus the spirit of in ivdualisu lbe ln:!urlously affected. hat any people will again accept the Id idea of individualism in every iing Is out of the question, but in ie swing from the old order it is )metimes possible to go to the oth -extreme. The experience of Man oba In the matter of its govern ent elevators does not, of course. ean that nationalism of industries in itself wrong. It simply shows at caution is necessary and that It not well to interfere with private ~terprises if they deal fairly anti lequately meet the needs of a com un ity. Little Boy Slays Sister. Aaron Smith's 4-year-old dpughter as shot and Instantly klfled by her -other at Thompson, Ga.. Thursday. se little boy pickeli up what he ough: to be an old gun, and in -d, it happened to be a new gum his her had just bonght. The little el was standIng in the door when: a shlot wa fired and the force was great it blew her head out Into :he rd, tearing it completely frem her ou1Aara. BRUTALLY MURilEREII UNKNOWN MAX SLAYS EIGHT WmILE THEY SLEEP. Authorties Have No Clue to Assassin Save Bloody Finger Prints-Whole Family and Two Guests Killed. Eight bodies, all mutilated almost beyond recognition, were found in the home Monday of James B. -Moore, a prominent business man of Villis ca, Iowa. The murdered victims: James B. Moore and wife, Herman Moore, aged 11; Catharine Moore, aged 9; Boyd Moore, aged 7; Paul Moore, aged 6; Xisses Lena and Ir ma Shillings, ages 15 and 19, re spectively. The bodies of all, their heads ter ribly mashed with an axe, were found in their beds. There is no definite clue to the murder, although the au thorities are searching for a suspect. A desire for revenge is believed to have prompted the murder. Only one of the bodies showed in dication of a struggle. One of the Shilling girls lay with an arm thrown out as though she had awakened and tried to ward off the murderer's blow. A lighted kerosene lamp was found on the floor in the middle of the rcom occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Moore. The only clue to the slayer so far discovered are the bloody finger prints in different parts of the house. The house stands among a number of residences but none of the neigh bors heard an outcry Sunday night. The nuredr Sunday night of the entire family of James Moore and two girl guests, eight persons in all, is baffling the authorities who have been unable to secure a trace of the murderer and have little or no clue to his identity. The murderer killed every person in the house and es caped. It is apparent he had a key to a door of the home, because all doors and windows were locked. The first intimation of the crime came when a clerk in the implement house of Mr. -Moore went to Moore's home ts fird what delayed Moore in reaching his place of business. Find ing the house locked, the windows shades all down and no one about, he notified the neighbors, and with as sistance forced an entrance The dead, with one exception, were found in their beds, apparently sleeping, and until the wounds on their heads and blood on the pillows was discovered the searchers could not believe anything was wrong in the house. A bloody axe, with hair and pieces of brain clinging to it ob viously was the implement used in the wholesale murder and was later found in an upstairs room. CM1r. and Mrs. Moore were in one bed, in another was twc of the boys. The sister occupied a third and the youngest boy was alone in a small bed. The bedding had nowhere been disarranged. The Shilling girls who were overnight guests, ocupied a room in another part of the house. Absence of a clue as to the slayer's identity and di.. culty of imputing a motive for the slaughter of an entire household have left the authorities half dazed. Blood stains including finger prints on the front door knob and on the woodwork, are the only clues, the of fluer3 have to work on. A militia company is patrolling the section of the city near the Moore home until bloodhounds have been put upon the trail. The bodies will not be removed un til a coroner's jury has examined them. The news of the crime trav eled fast and hundreds of people came to the village Monday. The murder apparently went about his work deliberately. All indications are that he entered the house by the front door and with a key that he left the same way and locked the door behind him. After pulling down all the blinds a thing which the Moores never did, the murdc rer hung dress skirts which he secure I from a closet over each of the doors leading to the outside and also over windows where a flash ajf light might have penetrated from the outside. Now Hlow About This? Because a prominent Republican newspaper of Philadelphia, which is now supporting Roosevelt for Presi dent, said the other day that the nomination of Wilson by the Demo crats would remove the election of Roosevelt from among the certain ties, the Columbia Record fairly tore its hair, claiming that this paper wanted Wilson nomInated because he would be easy to boat, and that the I compliment paid Wilson by it was an indication of his weakness. The Record is a supporter of Mr. Underwood and we Invite its atten tion to the following from the Wash ington correspondent of Atlanta Con stitution: "'Within the past few days several prominent Republicans have said that Mr. Underwood was the one man in the Democratic party to-day who could win against either Presi dent Taft or Mr. Roosevelt. They have said that -.r. Underwood has an1 unassailabl~e record as a Democrat, and that he would draw the conserva-. tive votes of the Republican party from both the President and Mr. Roosevelt as no other Democrat would." According to the logic of the Rec or'd, the praise of the prominent Re-C publicans puts Mr. Underwood out of 'the running. The constitution. lIke S the Record, is an Underwood support- ~ cr, therefore we must accept the i statement as true, even if it does rel egate Mr. Underwood to the rear as a candidate. What the correspondent of the Constitution says shows how !! re iculous a sensible newspaper can t make Itself somuetimes, but it is not ;; often that it is bown up so quick and a conclusively as the Record was in a~ this instance. p Dreaded Cotton Caterpillar. A dispatch from RoCk Hill says 'che dreaded caterpillar, which did so much damage to the cotton crop last 1! year has again made its appearance c in this State and steps are being tak en to destroy the pest at once. As h the plant is young and tender the si caterpillar could practically ruin the b entire crop once the pears get ir. a firm hold. It is something unusual e for ti'm caterpiilar to appear so early in the season and It is feared that the pcat will do more damage than thei tl IRACE VS BLEASE 'ORMER MAKES SERIOUS CHARG ES ABOUT LATTER Af iVUSES HIM OF RAFT Che Mayor of Charleston Goes For on His Old Friend, the Governor, la Whom He Charges With Receiv- M at ing Graft From Blind Tigers, and a Says He Can Prove It. " Yt The Columbia Record says sensa- ex ional developments and sensational fr estimony are expected when the leg- da slative committee, investigating the of iffairs of the late State dispensary, ed :he governor, the attorney-general .nd other persons connected there- e vith, convenes in this city early next ag seek, and Mayor John P. Grace of Di 'harleston is to be the principle wit- qu less. in He has said he will appear before H :he committee and tell what he snows of the charges made by him To recently that the governor's office na aad been receiving "graft" from of ,lind tigers in Charleston. The com- th nittee will probably sit Tuesday. be Tom Felder, the Atlanta attorney B, >f great fame in South Carolina, will lso likely be a witness before the. ye yommittee at an early date and if he h loes not care to come to Columbia it h .; -probable that the committee will tr it in some Georgia city and there de b ear testimony from him. In answering the question whether ne :r not he would appear before the cc :ommittee if summoned, Mayor Grace fo Thui'sday in Charleston made the fe Collowing statement: "I have made the statement re- W garding the graft conditions in Char- er eston, and I have no desire to avoid ca responsibility for anything I have s' said. I am ready to sustain the I statement. . o "If I am subpoenaed, I will tell the St grounds on which the statement was y( based, and I am sure that those who cc bear me will agree with me in the Pe o-nclusions which I have reached. I :an prove that graft exists in Char- er ieston and I will say, as I have stated I )n several previous occasions, that I I :an trace the graft to the governor's yc office at Columbia." bc The facts behind this statement by t Nayor Grace are these: ae Not many weeks ago Common Sense, a paper published in Charles- hE ton and known as the organ of Mayor hi Grace and his political faction, pub- fc [ished an editorial in which It was " stated that "graft" had been coming ey from the blind tigers in Charleston. [n the next Issue of the paper it was stated that the "graft" was coming as to the office of the governor. It was also stated that B. H. Stothart, chief of the Charleston con stabulary, was the person who A brought the "graft" money to Colum bia. The committee plans to sum mon Stothart as well as Mayor Grace to tell of these charges. The investigating committee now ci plans to summon Mayor Grace, At- n torney T. B. Felder, Chief Constable ic Stothart, "Hub" Evans, of Newberry, b< and State Senator W. J. Johnson, of Fairfield county. These last two have t testified .before the committee al- H ready, but it is desirous to hear them h< again. The investigating committee was Id areated to ascertain the truth and n source of certain charges made by se Governor Blease in his annual mes- u sage to the general assembly last ri year against the members of the b3 "Ansel" board of investigators, dis- ni :harged by Governor Blease, and bE igainst the attorney general and >ther persons. To allow the committee to get at the bottom of these charges the leg- S slature passed the bill 'providing for the investigation of the dispensary e officials, the governor, the attorney di general and other persons. Thus it s is seen the committee has the right H :o go into a thorough investigation. si To this end every person who i knows of any Illegal dealings in con-ti r'ection with affairs of the old State m lispensary are to be summoned by se he committee. The committee first fo sat several months ago and as to any b iate for its final adjournment noth- i ng can yet be known. st Worked the Steam Roller. th The Atlanta Journal says that In- Nj ~enious political device known as the fi 'steam-roller" was never perhaps us- he :. so lustily and with such remark- nt. ible results as In the Republican state d :onvention of Ohio. Time and again ra ;he steam-roller has overcome ob- 1. treperous minorities, but In this In- dr tance, apparently, It went even fur- is her and bore down the majority It- er elf. In the preferential primary, tic )hio went for Roosevelt by a major ty of some thirty thousand votes; sti ret, In the convention the state's six de [elegates-at-large were awarded to pe 'resident Taft. By just what man- fi pulations this was accomplished, the te: 'eports fall to make clear. It is evi- tr; lent, however, that the "roller"-not isi in of the lumbering, puffing type, ed >ut a particularly deadly and well- ta] iled machine-was employed. Not ge inly were the s~x delegates at large wi ielivered to Taft, but there was also we ressed through a resolution heartily m~ ommending his administration. In th, hort, the convention, though by a lim majority, did precisely the re- ab erse of what the people at the polls us, ad done. a Man Killed by a Pin. o A zin which he accidentally swal- on >wed fifteen years ago is believed to co: e responsible for the death of Eu-Ius ene Fetzer, an iron worker at Leb non, Pa. An operation for a pelvic Nic bscess disclosed the presence of the jdri in in Fetzer's body. Fetzer was she ity years old and of marnificent do2 ' I ' an( \'incent Astor, a young man of ew York, is worth one hundred mil- Ito on dollars, and it is said he is re- thy ~iving bushels of letters from fool- stri h girls all over the country asking a mi to smile at them. We will bet his >mething handsome that no Orange- far irg girl is among his correspond- par its. They have too- much sense to uni igage in any such business as that. All the mall order house shows is ing e pr!ce; -the home merchant shows cali ILEASE VS -RACE HE GOVERNOR REPLIES TO THE CHARGES Of GRAFT IENOMNCES THE MAYOR overnor of South Carolina Solme. what Incensed Over Charge Made by Mayor of Charleston that Blind Tiger Graft Is Finding Its Way to State Capital. "Any man who would make-such statement is a liar and a coward," the comment Governor Blease gave ut at his office Friday on the charge f Mayor Grace that he had traced raft from the Charleston blind-tiger ituation practically up to the Gov rnorn himself. The Mayor's charge ioved the Governor to wrath and he enounced it in emphatic language. The story carried exclusively by 'he News and Courier to the effect hat Mayor Grace was going to be ummoned to appear before the dis ensary investigating committee to estify to his charge of the Governor aving gotten graft from Charleston ras the topic of Interest throughout he State, and the story that the May r was willing to come and substanti te his graft charge against the Gov rnor excited renewed interest. "The Governor's official family is Iving him trouble," was the way ne comment ran on the latest de elopment, for it was recalled that 1nyor Grace is a colonel on the Gov rnor's staff, and if he has resigned .o one has heard anything of It. "ime and again there have been re orts and denials of a break between overnor Blease and Mayor Grace, nd the story to this effect during the ist session of the Legislature is well emembered. It is also interesting to recall lust bout the time of the reported break ha.t Governor Blease, while on a vis t to Charleston gave out an inter iew on the matter, in which he said 'John is all right," and otherwise aid pleasant things about the Mayor .nd denied there had 'been any break etween them. Now, however, the overnor applies the short and ugly rord to the charge of Mayor Grace. The dispensary investigating com aittee is expected to meet Tuesday, t which time the matter of making ut formal subpoenas for Mayor race aid Chief Stothart, of Blease's harleston constabulary, will proba ly be considered, as Mr. Stothart Is aid to be the person that Mayor race has charged with being the one rho carried the graft from Charles on to the Governor. Another matter which will be con idered Is the question of hearing the estimony of Thomas B. Felder, the ttlanta attorney, whose letters on he Governor of South Carolina and is grave charges against him cans d sensations in the State. It is hought that Felder is willing and ven anxious to testify and the comn nittee will certainly exhaust every ifort to get his testimony. IMr. Felder's recent answer to the lovernor's threat to have him arrest ed. as he passed through the State ith the Georgia delegation en route o Baltimore, was that "he would at end to the case of Blease in the not listant future." When asked if he had any state ent to make in regard to the Gov irnor's statement, Mayor John P. Irace replied that he had nothing to ay at this time. He said, however, hat at the proper time he would say rhatever he might have to say as to his matter. Mayor Grace confirmed the state ent that he Is colenel on the Gover or's staff. He stated, however, that e had never put the uniform on. My connection with the Governor's taff has been a very passive one," he dded. Beauregard to be Remembered. Some twenty years ago a move tent to erect a monument at New rleans to General G. T. Beauregard ras inaugurated, but it was only a ew weeks ago that the contributions eached a total sum justifying the 1nagers to give out the contract for : erection. The design, submitted y Alexander Doyle, of Massachu etts, has been accepted, and the -ork is to be complete1! within eigh en months at a cost of about $20, 00. Thus tardily, says the Norfolk Vir inlan, will a just tribute be paid to 1e memory of one of the South's iost faithful and devoted sons. As soldier the fame' of Beauregard was vershadowed by that of Lee, ackson and the two Johnsons, but is services in the field were great nd on one occasion at leastt, when rant changed his base to the south de of the James, Petersburg would are fallen by a coup de main be >re the arival of Lee's vanguard ut that Beauregard, in opposition to 'e orders of Gen. Bragg, stripped ie Bermuda line of troops and so rolonged the defense of the city hich was the key to Richmond until nforcements from the main army Line to the rescue. General Beauregard rendered his >untry great service on many bat efields, comencing with 3fanasas id ending at Bentonville, but his 'eatest service to the South was 'ndered in the masterly defense of haleston and the seacoast from ilmington to St. Augustine. With a uch inferior force he kept the Fed als at bay, and Charleston, Savan th and Wilmington, which his en neering skill had made impregna e, fell only when attacked by Sher an's a.rmy from the rear. South rolina can never forget General auregard and the gallant officers .d men under hIm who so ably de rded her. "I can never forget the power I w exercise which was voluntarily insferred from you to me and that tm under obligations to you to see at your judgment In selecting me your successor and bringing about e succession shall be vindicated." st after being Inaugurated Presi nt Taft wrote the above to Roose-. Lt, but ti seems from the way Ted is opnosing him, that the Presi at has fallen short of Teddy's ex EC'RO ELEATE FLOPS 1TRNS MONEY AN\D GOES OV ER TO ROOSEVELT. ter Reaching Chicago He Evident. ly Got a Better Bid and He Accept ed It at Once. A letter written by Charles Banks, e of the negro Taft delegates at rge from Mississippi to Director :Kinley, of the Taft headquarters Chicago, announced that he would pport Roosevelt and was returning he money placed in my hands, at ur suggestion, to defray travelling penses of sorue of the delegrates >m Nississippi," was given out Fri- a y night by Senator Dixon, manager i the Roosevelt campaign, and ereat a sensation in political circles. The letter was unaccompanied by c planation from the Roosevelt man ers, further than that "Senator xon received at Roosevelt head arters Friday afternoon the follow- r . copy of a letter sent Friday to the n. William B. McKinley." Banks and his associates on the tft delegation were seated by the tional committee over the protest the Roosevelt contestants from I at State. The letter alleged o have t en wr'ten to Mr. .McKinley by I tnks said in part: "In keeping with my suggestion of t sterday, I am -returning to you C rewith the money placed in my .nds. at your suggestion, to defray avelling expenses of some of the legates from Mississippi. "It is apparent that some one con cted 'with your campaign has been ntinually trying to discredit me be- Q re the country and with my people r some time. "When I was In Washington a few I eks ago looking after the new Fed- I al Court bill from Mississippi and led at your headquarters, your as tant, without any suggestion from 1 e whatever, brought up the matter expenses for delegates from my ate. I told him then and there, in ur presence, that so far as I am ncerned, I would not accept any ex- I nse money for me whatever. "You then proposed that I take Lough for the rest of the delegates. suggested to you that they were all 2 en who could get to Chicago, and I iu could look after the matter: here >th of you, however, proposed that e matter be closed then, to which I reed." Banks says in the letter -that when reached Chicago last Wednesday learned that some one had In rmed the Mississippi dele.gates hat you had given me a lot of mon - for them, as well as for myself." e adds that "I am returning you' rewith the money and you can do you see fit." t AMERICANS BUY ARMS. -4 sericans in Cuba. Secure Weaponm to Defend Themselves The wholesale hardware firms oft mpa, Fla., have been completely aned out of firearms and ammu tion by the demand made by Amer ans now in Cuba. Gionday night's at to Habana carried all of the -ailable modern rifles and ammuni >n in stock there, ordered through a~bana branches of the Tampat luses-. Over fifty prominent American res ents In the island arrived Sunday ght, and report conditions of such riousness that they considered it isafe to remain in Habana. Race ting Saturday night they say, was utal to the negro population, many ~gro women and children being aten-. They Are Twin Evils. Addressing the American Medical ciety recently at Atlantic City, N. Dr. Alexander MacNicholl present a gloomy picture of existing con tions in this country and a presage 1l more gloomy .of things to come. s sees "a wave of degeneracy reeping over the land and threaten g the physical vitality of the Na m," and as he a.ttributes the evil ainly to the use of alcohol, he fore es that if the degeneracy continues r "a hundred years there will not a native born child five years oldT the United States." The New York World says "ample itistics attest the sad condition of e social organization. As Dr. Mac choll points out, within a period of y years the population of the Uniont s increased 330 per cent, but the 0 mber of insane and of feeble-mind increased 950 per cent. The birth g e of the country has fallen off 33 t per cent. Among the school chil- n~ en of New York one in every three 3 mentally deficient and three in ev- 0 fSve are afflicted with some func- ~ nal or organic disease. h 'Conceeding the accuracy of these a tistics, where is the proof that the C generacy is due -to alcohol? Tem- s ance movements began more than h :y years ago. They have had a po t influence In all parts off the coun.. b -.The use of alcohol has dimin.. tl ted and drunkenness has diminish- I ;temperance has increased and to- P abstience has increased. The de eracy complained of has coincided ri th these notable movements to- c; rds a disuse of aicholic stimulants. w then can the one be a result of c< Sother?" t As the World points out there is a. a~dant evidence that the lessened g' of alcoholic stimulants has led to rf increased use or various kinds of C igs and narcotics. But how much XM Dr. MacNichoil's address was based nm scintifie facts and how much on ei jecrure? May not the increased nl of these drugs and narcotics be s ceinse of the things that Dr. Mfac- bi hol atdue to alcohol. Strong mi nk is a curse to this country and Ci uld be curtailed if possible, but Bi t't let us loose sight of the drugs at !narcotie.s that are worse. fe The young fellow who goes forth lh: the battle of life with a heal body. alean life, good education, nc mg resoiution, the blessing of his tri ents. and with but five dollars In t pocket is to be envied. Ha Is th beter equipped for life tha he as pered youth who has wel l gh th imited spending money. I u Chat is worth doing is worth do-.Ke wll, and that holds good for so-i dy ed little things as well as for the de