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NINE VOTES CAST THOMAS I. MAlSHALL IIPHE OF DWMOLRATS Of South Carolina for President and Vice President of the United States by, the Electoral College of This -State, Which Met in Colnama on Monday. The State of South Carowina has voted -unanimously for Woodrow Wil son for president and Thomas R. Marshall for vice-president, this ac - tion being taken at a meeting of the electoral college Monday at noon. Jno. J. tMwcahan of Columbia. was named as messenger to carry the tid ings to Washington some time before the second Wednesday in February. - The nine electors met in 'the of See of the secretary of state at Co lumbia, a preliminary meeting being held at 11 o'clock and the regular meeting at noon. While routine In character, it was interesting because of the formal steps taken, each step being carefully considered in order that-no mistake might be made. The electors as named in the elec tion in November were Jno. J. McMa ban. Columbia; J. N. Drake, Ben nettsvlle; J. G. Padgett, Walterboro; W. Fred Lightsey, Crocketville, Hampton County; S. N. Pearman, Anderson county; D. W. Willis, Spar tanburg county; J. W. Hamel of Ker 4haw, Lancaster county; J. C. Mace, Marion; Jas. L. Sims, Orangeburg. Messrs. McMahan and Drake were electors at large. W. F. Lightsey was not present, and at the tem porary organization Mr. McMahan nominated to fill the vacanoy Wm. E. Gonzales of Columbia, who, he said, -had done more personally and as -editor of The - State to further the cause of Woodrow Wilson than any ohear man in South Carolina." Mr. Gonzales was unanimously elected as substitute and at the permanent or ganization the selectIon was confirm ed, J. G. Padgett was made pres tdent and J. C. Mace .secretary of both meetings. Printed ballots had been prepared for the meeting and all of the mem bers of the electoral college kept them atterward as souvenirs. The president , and vice-president were voted:on separately and it was then announced that in "the college of presidential electors of the State of South Carolina Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey has nine electoral votes for president and Thomas R. Mar shall of Indiana has nine electoral 'otes for vice-president." This- formally completed, it then remained to draw up the formal doc ument telling of the action of the college and elect a messenger tc. carry It to Washington. It was de sided to elect the messenger by bal lot.- Mr. McMahan received five votes, Mr. 'Mace two and Mr. Willis one, Mr. McMahan not voting. Mr. -McMahan was therefore declared the appointee of the college and the ne cessary documents were drawn up. Foar copies were made-one to be flied-in the office of the secretary of state another to be sent to the Unit ed States judge in this district, H. A. M. Smith; the third to be mailed to the president of the senate and the forhto be taken to Washington by MCr. ~Marnhan and to be delivered to the president of the senate. All of the documents had to be signed by -all of the electors. .Each of the four originals of this document was then sealed up In an envelope, on the back of which all the electors signed their names to th folwn certificate: "We here by' certify, that lists of the votes- of South Carolina for president and vice president of the United States- are contained herein." All this Is laid down by the stat utes of this State, and also that a majarity of the electors must certify by wrlting under their hands" the appointment of the messenger who carries personally to Washington ons of the certificates of the vote fur resident and vice-president. Thus they all sign their nwmes nine times. Here Is the document: "State of South Carolina-College of residential Electors-At Colum *bIa, January 13, 1913. "We, 3. 3. McMahan, John N. *Drake, 3. G. Padgett, William E. 'Gonzales, S. N. Pearmnan, D). W. Wil lis, 3. W. Hamel, J. C. ,!ace, Jas. L. Sims, the undersigned duly appointed presidential electors of the State of South Carolina, having been duly elected pursuant to the laws of the -said Staftsr hereby declare and certi fy that eight of the said electors con vened In Columbia. the espital of said State, at tihe State house, at 11 o'clock In the forenoon and thereaf Ster effected a preliminary organiza tion on this, 13th d"~y of January, 1913, and at 12 o'clock M., on the said day, being the second Monday in January, met at the same place and effected a permanent organization by the election of Hon. J. G. Padgett, * as president, and Honfi J. C. Mace, as secretary, and proceeded to fill by ballot the vacancy caused by the- ab sence of the Hon. W,. Fred Lights~yi who had been duly elected on the 5th day of.November,' at the time of the election of eleretors, but was absent from this meeting, caving failed through sickness to attend, and the result of the said balloting showed eight votes cast for Hon. Williagi E. Gonzales of Columbia, who :w'as therefore declared duly elected to fill said vacancy, and then and there the said nine electors voted by ballot for president of the United States -and f or vice-president of the United States. upon which balloting it ap peared that nine ballots had been cast for Woodrow Wilson of New Jer sey for president of the United States, and nine ballots for Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana for vice-pres ident of the United States." Faulty wording of two paragraphs In the code of 1912 as to compensa tion of presidential electors created some amusement and the failure of the general assembly to make an ap propriation for the college this year means that the electors must wait until the present legislature makes provision for their pay. Section 279 of the code provides that "each elec tor shall receive for his attendance - and travel the same sum as members GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE RLEASE VRGES CERiAIN MEAS URES BE uXW2 'riif. -4I Short Synopsis of the .4esssge Which He Sent in to the General .U sem bly Tuesday. The annual message of Govcrnor Cole L. Blease was read in the house j and senate Tuesday :in. cont wmOd. many matters of inte:st. Rocom mendations for a flat two-cent ois senger rate on all railroads. the levy ing of a one-mill tax for :he suo port of the common schools contain ing a note of warning that this must be enacted otherwise the appropria tions for the colleges would be ve toed, the changing of the name of Clemson college to Calhoun univer sity in honor of John C. Calhoun, the consolidation of the Medical college at Charleston with the University of South Carolina, making it a branch thereof, a tax on water powers, re pealing of the law giving cities and towns the rights to grant exclusive franchises, the cutting of the legal rate of interest to six per cent., pro hibiting banks from charging reg ular customers exchange on checks passing through their bank, prohibit ing the express companies from charging for the return of money collected on C. 0. D. packages, were all contained In the message. The governor recommends th.. he law against carrying concealed wea pons be repealed or amended so as to provide for those desiring to carry pistol to take out a thirty-day license with the clerk of court and the pub lishing of the list of such license d holders and the making of the viola tion of this law a prison sentence without the alternative of a fine, the requiring of every detective to reg ister with the secretary of state and take out a license, the passing of a resolution submitting to the people an amendment to t.n constitution providing for the election of all judges by the direct vote of the peo ple, the passage of an act making it a misdemeanor for any reporter or editor to send out garbled reports of speeches and the requiring of the publication of a correction in the same place and with as large head lines as the original article. The governor scores the comptrol ler general for having turned down the warrants for his detectives and accuses him with having seriously interfered with the enforcement of the laws and asks that it be made mandatory on the comptroller gen eral to pay liis warrants on his con tingent fund. He asks that an act be passed making it necessary for the chief justice to hold in nis hand the certificate of a reputable physician that a circuit judge is ill and unable to perform his duties before such Judge be excused and a special judge appointed in his place. He recom mends that Clover and immediate sec tion of York county which suffered so severely from the storm last year be exempted from taxes for the year. The governor renews his attack on cotton mill mergers and again rec ommends that the hosiery mill at the state penitentiary be abolished. He attacks trusts and combinations and cites the Carolina Public Service cor poration as a trust. This is the com pany which has been buying up Ice plants throughout the state within the last few months. A warning is issued to the new members against allowing themselves to be cajoled into supporting on the floor propositions which, they oppos ed in committee room and in which they are in the minority. He re vews at length the prosperity of the state and pleads with the legislature to lay aside any political feeling it may have and to enact laws for the good of all the people. The message covers several thousand words. of the general assembly." It does not say "per day" and tne paragraph ,oud be construed to mean that the electors could receive $200 each, the. amount received by each memberbf the general assembly for a session of as president, and Hon. J. C. Giace, as one day. Section 16 in referring to the pay of members of the legislature says "that members of the general assem bly shall receive $200 and mileage." This, as one of the electors pointed out, might be taken to mean that the entire legislative body should receiveI $20e and pro rate it. Each member would receive a little over $1. The cm'ptroller general said that he was< sorry he could not issue the war-1 rants. Mr. McMahan will receive no pay for his services as messenger, but will be given 25c per mile from Co lumbla to Washington, or 12 1-2c each way, a total or aioout $120. This Is the allowance given each messenger and it can be seen why there is a considerable scramble for1 it in the Far Western States for the position. The payment is made by the federal government. FREED BY DESPEAATE LEAP. Alleged Deserter and Thief Jumps From Train and Escapes.' While being taken to Plattsburg, N. Y., to answer charges of grand larceny and desertion from the Unit ed States army, Henry Gross Sunday t jumped through the window of an I express train and escaped. He land ed in a snow drift, apparently n- t hurt, and was nowhere in sight when the train was stopped and backed. The train was approaching Rouses ~Point when Gross, in custody of De puty Marshal Foster, of Plattsburg, obtained permission to go to the lay atory and have his handcuffs remov ed. Slamming and locking the door in the face of the guard, he smashed a double window and jumped. Took His Own Life. Because he wanted to move baca to town and his wife wouldn't let hm, is the reason given for the sul cide of Edward McLendon, a prom inent nurseryman of Concord, Ga., who shot and killed himself at his palatial country home, near Jolly,' Saturday. There Is no other reason of his self destruction given. * Fire Killed in Riot. Rioting arising from a local phys ician's treatment of patients, result- si ed In five town people killed and for- E ty wounded by troops at Boccagorgas, 1 Italy Monday a week. Order nast been estored, but troops are on aj mrad on the streets. Si S READY FOR WORK SATE NEET5 AND ORAIZES . FB USESS IAVE NAMED OFFIERS racticafy AU of the Old Staf Are Again on Duty, Which Ensures Smooth Sailing From the Start, as They Are Trained in the Routine Work. The upper branch of the general assembly of South Carolina was de :lared c$nvened, by Lieut. Gov. Smith, president of the senate, a few ainutes past noon Tuesday in its first ession of 40 days following the eleo ion of the legislature last fall, after which the body was organized and he annual message of the governor was read. Senator P. L. Hardin of ,heter was elected president pro em. Thursday was appointed the lay for a joint session of the two egislative branches to consider the ilection of judges from the First and eventh circuits and three directors >f the State penitentiary. The work of the senate was begun with prayer by Dr. Steel, pastor of ,he Washington St. Methodist church olumbia.. The roll was called im nediately after, and but three failed o answer to their names. Two of hese came in later, leaving Huger Sinkler of Charleston, who is sick. :he only absentee. The oath of office was then administered to the new tnd re-elected senators present by he president; these, with two mem bers who.came in later.ana-took the )ath, numbering 22. The address of te-president followed in order. Two leath were recalled. by him-ena tor John B. Green of Marlboro, whose seats are now filled by Senator Wilton H. Earle and Senator John L. McLaurin, respectively. The president said in part: ' "the beginning of the year 1913 brings together the senate of South Carolina, Democratic in name and in entiment, gratified and hopeful. be :ause of the great victory of their party in a notable national contest. who, under the leadership of the peerless standard bearer of Democ racy, the scholar in politics, Wood row Wilson: a- victory in which our state shares. In national affairs we look expectantly forward to a period of real Democratic leadership and such sane legislation as will correct the unjust inequalities of the tariff and give real relief to the great num ber who labor under grievous bar dens heaped upon, them by years of Republican misrule. In our official eapacity we meet, conscious of re sponsibility and ready to assume it, working together for the best inter ests of all the people. We trust events will justify our confidence that this will prove, the peer of any previous body, however distinguish ed by patriotism or achievement." Senator P. L. Hardin of Chester was chosen president pro temn. of the body as was expected by choice of the caucus Monday night. He was unopposed. Ii. M. Mann of St. Mat thews continues as clerk of the sen ato by viva voce vote. Following their election the oath was adminis tered. J. Fred Schumpert of New berry was re-elected sergeant-at arms, his nama being placed in nom lnation by Senator Johnstone of New berry and seconded by Senator Har din of Chester. He took .the oath of siice. Rev. W. S. Stokes was nom nated for' reading clerk by Senator Christensen of Beaufort and elected. FPor ehaplain two names were pro posed-Rev. D. W. Keller, pastor of hialn street Methodist church, and PRev. C. A. Freed, pastor of Ebeneser Luthern ehurch, Columbia.. Dr. reed was chosen by a vote..of 26 to 14. R. Beverley Sloan was sworn In is assistant clerk, having been ap pointed by the president, who later also made the following appoint nents: Secretary to the president, Leon M. Green; journal clerk. G. E. oore; bill clerk, E. A. Ferry; door keepers, G. T. Hyatt, T. C. Johnson md T. R. Scott; keeper of president's room. John Brunson; pages, Jack ullikin and Andrew Granam: Ia orers, Calhoun Butler, Albert Nance id Ernest Hargrove. Senator Lids moved that the rules f 1912 be adopted as governing the. body and the motion was carried. On otion of Senator Hardin rule 19 was dispensed with and the various. itanding committees with their re petive chairmen were named. At this point the clerk was sent to he house and a committee of three ;o the governor to announce that the ienate was ready to proceed with usnesL Appointments by the pres dent followed. The governor's message was then nnounced by the sergeant-at-arms, E K. Aull, the governor's private ecretary, presented the message, Lnd It was read by Rev. W. S. Stokes, -eading clerk. This completed. Sen btor Appelt Introduced a resolution 'eferring the various portions of the nessage to proper committees. Following the swearing In of Sen Ltor LeGrand G. Walker of George own. James A. Hoyt. clerk of the tOSe, appeared on the floor of the enate and announced that the lower >ranch of the legislature had re elected Mendel L. Smith speaker and rames A. Hoyt clerk and was ready or business. Senator Carlisle of Spartanburg in roduced a resolution appointing 'hursday for a joint session of the w branches of the assembly, when he election of judges for the First nd Seventh circuits and three di ctors of the State penitentiary. The enate adjourned at 1: bO o'clock to onvene Wednesday at noon. Upon adjournment the judicial and nnance committees met to organize. 7'. S. Miller Jr., of Greenville. for uur years clerk of the finance corn 1lttee, was re-elected unanimouslY. le judicial committee appointed enator Lid. and Senator Carlisle to avestigate applicants for clerk, with view to getting' a stenqgrapher If The chairman of the Important aanding committees are: Senator [ardin, Sinance; Senator Carlisle, ,diciary; Senator Sullivan, agricul ire; Senator Appelt, railroa~s; Sen or SinQer, eigiation; .Senator YOUNG LADY MISSING -B DISAPPEARED THE LA83 DAY OF DEOEMBER. And No Trace of Her Has Been Found Since That Time and Hey Priends Are Uneasy. Miss Scotto A. Brown, age twent years, said to be a beautiful youxn woman. daughter of Axex Brown, su pervisor of Kershaw County, wh< mysteriouly dissapeared December 31, when she left her nome in Ker shaw county to resume her duties as school teacher near Hartsville ii being searched for In various section: of the state by friends and relatives The disappearance of mIiss Brows seems to be shrouded in mystery an( according to a story sent out from Camden it seems that Miss Brown who lives in the upper part of Ker shaw county, boarded a train on Dec 31, to go Hartsville to resume he duties as a teacher. She failed t show up In Hartsville, though he father and mother did not know o her dissappearance until January 8 when they received a telegram from a trustee of the school making in quiry about the young lady. Mir. Brown at once instituted i search for his daughter. From som friends of his daughter, who live ii Hartsville, it was learned that sh was Ill at the home of a sister 1 Jonesville this Information bein; given on the strength of a note re ceived in Hartsville, it is said, fron Miss Brown. With this information in hand Walter Brown went to Jonesville an, failed. to find the young woman though he was informed that a youn; lady answering the description of hi sister had been seen with a sho' composed of Gypsies who showe there several days last week. and tha the show had gone on toward Unlor The young man hired a horse an buggy and drove to Union in ques of his sister. From Jonesville it was learned the Mrs. Baker said to be a sister of Mis Brown, does not live in Jonesville that she had no relatives there . ] was said that a very attractive youn woman was with the Gypsy show dui ing the time It was in that town an that every one was very much in pressed with the young lady. When Mr. Brown arrived in Us oi and -asked the aid of the polic in searching for his sister, he suc ceeded In locating a young Loma at a boarding house, but she prove to be someone else. Mr. Brown, I talking with police officers said h had no Idea of his sister's where bouts and could not account for he strange disappearance. AN UNSUCCESSFUL FABMER. He Made Money But it Did Not D Him Much Good. The Progressive Farmer says i once had a letter from our frienc Capt. J. C. Stribling, of South Carc lna, in which he told us about moneymaking farmer he knew. Th' farmer had accumulated more tha $100,000 and he had made It al farming and saving what he mad from the farm. The man had not done bette farming than other farmers aboi him, but he had saved everything b made. "A good friend to me an others'' Capt. Stribling describe him, but an enemy to himself an family." Not that he was a bad maz but merely what we sometimes call "close" man. His children receive but littlh education and saw but i 1.1. of the world. Other farmers 1: the neighborhood contributed to '.h building of churches and ebc house; this man loaneal them tb oney to contribute. cothers spet money for new seeds, improved in pouenta and better stock; this ma, dd not; he saved his money an when misfortune came to others b still gathered In the Interest on ni loans and kept that, too. A money-making farmer he wam but he was iaot a successful farmaar for the simple reason that he ne;; lected the essentials of life in n' eagerness to gather 'more monej Such farmers would never build up: community or promote the prosperit; and welfare of a State. Capt. Stril ling In his letter well described thi kind of men who must be depende< on to do these things-men who imt prove their land and premnises breed and use good stock; look ou for Improved seeds, Implements an< methods; who send their sons an< daughters to colleges or trainini schools; who farm with their ow: money, and who believe in plain liv in and high thinking. A mian can be successful withou making a great deal of money; h can make a great deal of mone without being successful. So at thi beuning of a new year we beg to re mind every reader that, desirable a It Is that he make money out of his faring the coming year, It Is ever more desirable that ne devote the money he makes to such use as wil benefit his family and his community and that he keep always in mind the fact that money Is a good thing onl: so far as it is used for good pur Boy Mif-ders ius Mlother. Leroy Higgins, aged 11, shot auf killed his mother In the bed roon of ,their home at Monaca, Pa.. Tues day. The lad was angered because e was refused five cents to purchas' candy. After the shooting young Hig gins reloaded the shotgun and goini into the yard fired a charge througl the wall of the house, reading the police to believe, until the boy con tessed, that some other person -was Dispensary Sales This Year. The dispensaries in seven countiel of the State sold $2,662,000 worth 01 whiskey during 1912, according to statement by Dispensary Auditor Mobley. The .dispensaries during 911 sold $2,474,000 worth of whis key. This Is an Increase of ovei $20,00. There is a great decreas4 in the .sales for Beaufort and Char lesion counties. The 'statement made by Senato: Tlmai that in all probability he will pass away before his successor ii eereted~is pathetic. He has been of great sfvce to South Carolina, and th ws Is general that he will be wit u for many years to come. HOUSE IS ALSO READY SMITH BLECTED SPEAKER WITH OUT OPPOSITION. t James A. Hoyt Is Be-elected Clerk by a Large Majority and Other Ofic er Are Named. The house met at noon Tuesday, effected its organization and receiv- I ed the annual message of the govern or. All the officers of the nouse, wfth the exception of its chaplain, were - re-elected. The annual message of the governor, contained in a pam i phlet of 36 pages, was ordered print a ed in the journal of the house. Mendel L. Smith of Kershaw, who was re-elected speaker, said just be I fore the house adjourned, that he a would announce his appointments on the standing committees to-day. Un - der the provisions of an amendment to the rules, the house will elect a r speaker pro tempore wno will pre i side in the absence or sir. Smith. r At noon James A. Hoyt, clerk of f 'the late house", called the mem bers to order. Richard S. Whaley of 1 Charleston was elected temporary - chairman without opposition. He was nominated by Dr. Geo. W. Dick s of Sumter. The oath was adminis e tered to the temporary chairman by a the clerk. The roll of the house was e called by counties, the members pres a ent came to the bar of the house, g presented their credentials, took the r oath of office and signed the roll. a W. H. Nicholson of Greenwood nominated Mendel L. Smith of Ker L, shaw, speaker of the last house, to d succeed himself in that office for the L, next two years. Mr. Smith was ac g cordingly elected speaker without op a position. His total vote was 114. W. r H. Nicholsou, J. W. Ashley and J. I C. Massey were appointed a commit .t tee to escort the speaker to the L. chair. The oath of office was admin d istered to the speaker by the tem t porary chairman. The speaker deliv ered his address to the house. ,t R. H. Welch of Richland nominat s ed James A. Hoyt of Columbia for clerk of the house. R. J .Kirk of :t Williamsburg nominated J. Wilson g Gibbes of Columbia for the same of fice. The vote for clerk was: Hoyt, d 106; Gibbes, 11. Mr. Hoyt was ac cordingly -declared re-elected clerk of the house. Mr. Hoyt has served L- two terms as clerk, succeeding Thos. e C. Hamer Jr. Jerome H. Sourteny of Edgefield n nominated S. McGowan Simkins of d Edgefield for reading clerk. Mr. a Simkins was re-elected without op e position. - C. N. Sapp of Lancaster nominat r ed James S. Wilson of Lancaster for sergeant-at-arms. A. D. Brice, for the Chester delegation, nominated I. M. Hood of Chester for sergeant-at arms. The vote stood: Wilson, 112; Hood, 7. Mr. Wilson was according ly reelected. The following pastors were nomi nated for chaplain: Rev. A. C. Bak t er, Southside Baptist church; Rev. J . P. Knox, Associate Reformed Pros Sbyteriari church; Ret. W. L. Keels, SBaptist chiurch in Brookland. s Tihe vote btood: Knox, 71; Baker, ' 46; Keels, 2. Rev. Mr. Knox was de I ared elected. e Mr. Mower of Newberry, Mr. Stev enson of Chesterfield and Mr. Rem r bert of Richland were appointed a .t committee to notify the governor e that the house had organized. d Mr. *Kpler of Newberry moved that the house adopt the rules of the d last house with an amendment pro L, viding for the election of a speaker a pro tempere. Mr. Kibler's motion I prevailed. - Speaker Smith appointed Butler P Stanley as the page to draw for seats e for the members. The seating of the 1 members occupied half an.hour. e The private secretary of the gov t ernor presented the annual message -of Gov. Blease which was read and 1 ordered printed In the sournal of the house. The usual resolution as to reference of sections of the message s was passed. The - house adjourned at 2:30 p. m. .CHTLD HAS THIRTEEN ENEMIES. That Many~ Foes of Children in Cal ifornia. -There are thirteen "child enmi:-s" e in California, according to Dr. L. M. 1 Powers, the city health corowmissioner . of Los Angeles, who told who thecy - .ie and '.are they live, wa folloat: t 1. Doctors who don't report their i cases of contagious diseases. I 2. DIrty milkmen. g 3. Flies. 1 4. Tubercular cows. - 5. Persons who conceal contagious diseases. t 6. Hokey-pokey men. e 7. Reckless automobile speeders. r 8. Violators of quarantine. * 9. Manufacturers of adulterated - candies. s 10. Manufacturers of adulterated ; foods. S11. Child slavers. S12. Parsimonious tarpayers who 1 place the hoarding of money above ,measures for the protection of child Slife. r13. Mothers who needlessly do prive their babies of mother's milk. "This 1.ist is worthy of study, par ticularly since many of the 'enemies' iamed are not only of the child but equally of the adult, and they are en emies against which all societyi should do battle," said Dr. Powers. Little Boy Kills Brother. t At Guyton, Ga., thirty miles from Savannah. Friday afternoon Richard Hughes Morgan, aged 2 years was killed by a gun by Sam Morgan. hiis brother, aged 5 years. The childern were in the kitchen when the older boy playful pointed the gun at his younger brother and pulled the trigger. The charge of bird shot en tered Richard's head, over the right eye, killing him instantly. Party is Probably Lost. It is feared that the famous articc explorer. Otto Sverdrup, and a party of sixteen persons who accompanied him on a walrus hunt in Greenland waters have been lost. Sverdrup and his party left Christianla In March. t 1912, In a motor ship and since then ~ nothing has been heard from the ~ t expeditien. We have some recollection of the '1 time when the negro was in politics 6 in South Carolina, and we do no want to se-i again. . t: LN$ER A CRITIC ENATOR TILLIAN RITES THE NEW YOU WORLD A MEDY IS NECESSARY tepUes to Criticsm of His Letter to ti ri the General Assembly Urging a w a: SafEgnard for the Primary and Declares That Honestly Conduct- n ed It Is Best Solution. t A day or two ago the New York d d World had an editorial criticising a ;enator Tillman's open letter to the g egislature of South Carolina. Sen tor Tillman replied to this In hi, > isual terse but forcible way. The t editorial in question was as follows: "Senator Tillman has addressed to r he general assembly of South Caro- c: ina an appeal for legislatien to safe- a ,ard primary elections, on the g ,round that if the primary be not re- f ormed there will be two parties in b south Carolina, as in other States, a md that in the struggle between , hem the negro vote will be mobiliz ed and elections determined by bri- t )ery. To add strength Lo his appeal t ie says that it may be the last he b will ever address to the legislature, b is he may die before another election a or senator comes. "Under the solemnity of this plea, t :he letter will doubtless be read with p nore attention than is usually given I :o political advice. Nor will the at- t :ention be wasted. The argument is c L striking illustration of a ruling pas- t lion strong to the verge of the grave. g But it is common to the blind given by one who won't see. The greatest a vent in the South to-day is that of . nnatural politics of government by c x single party, held together by racd f prejudices. The best thing that could i befall South Carolina would be divi- v don of her people Into two well-bal- 1 inced parties. It would be far better u than any possible primary reform t that entailed the continuance of the misting system. The senator's coun sel, while consistent with his career, i: is inconsistent with the wisdom that should come with age." To this Senator Tillman replied: "My attention has been called to your editorial of the 10th, 'Bad Counsel From Senator Tillman,' crit cising my recent open letter to the general assembly of South Carolina t urging legislation for the protection c af the primary system in our State. "The world is a grea, Democratic newspaper and Its views always corn and attention they geserve. "Let me call your attention to a sew facts. The numeer of negroes Af voting age in the State exceeds the whites. All of these are not eli gible to register, but more and more "re becoming so every day. The ig orance and natural depravity of the negro race wholly unfits them to participate in government. While cur conditions in South Carolina is not ideal by any means, to have white men struggling for the mas ery with the negroes as the balance t power, say 50,000 of them, would be anything but pleasant. Can you imagine any more prolific field for :orruption and .bribery? If we could bave the voters of the State divided nto 'two well-balanced parties," it would be far better than the condi ion we are now in. That Is just what occurred in the last primary. But there was enough irregular and I rraudulent votes to cast suspicion on the primary. White men will not olerate the continuance of any such :onditions. "I am urging the general assembly L remedy It by legislation. You say it is not necessary and you know ab tolutely nothing about it. but are heorizing about government on gen aral principles. I know whereof 1 speak. You are guessing. The ne roes ought never to have been giv m the ballot. Many Republicans In :ongress now acknowledge this. But .hey have the ballot and we can not :ake it away unless the North takes :he nitiative to repeal the 14th and L~th amendments. The white pri nary honestly conducted is the best ioltion of our troubles. "In some Northern States ignor mt foreigners, who know absolutely othing about American Ideals and s american history, and can not either 1y 'end or write the English language. :ontroi. There money gets in Its lirty work of buying congressmen a md electing senators by debauched a egislatures. The South has had lone of this so far, but If your coun el should be followes we would t loon have enough of it and to spare. r Which is the better, honest white >rimaries or corrupt legislators elect- a d by negro voters bought at the t >olls like cattle? We want the first; ou want the latter-or that Is what rour argument leads us to." 1 t Two Airmen Are Drowned. 1 Two British airmen, L. F. Mao- ~ lonad and a man named Ingles were Irowned in the river Thames Man lay afternoon. The aviators were lying at a height well above the ~ -iver when the machine suddenly ~ wooped downward. Immediately C ipn coming in eontact with the C ater the engine xploded. One of he aviators clung for a while to the op of the machine but he sank be ore boats could reach him. S Commissions Are Revoked. r The Governor Friday afternoon ssued a proclamation revoking the ommissionsa of all dispensary consta les State detectives, county consta les, county detectives, special con-c tables and officers, effective JanuaryC 1. A similar proclamation revoking1 he commissions of all commissioners f deeds for South Carolina, held by eple in other States and foreign ountries was issued.0 el Explosion on River-.s Capt. Tom Bartee was killed, a S: umber of persons were injiured and h everal persons are missing as the re alt of an explosion of a boiler on te river steamer James T. Staples. ta ear Powers Landing, Ala., on the Ir 'ombigbee river Thursday. After the rt plosin the steamer caught fire and m Sreported to have been almost to- T MUST USE GALLERIES ' (SITORS DENIED ADMISSION TO FLOOR OF HOUSE. A t Least, Resolution Passed Friday so Provides.-Even "Lobbyists" Must Keep Out. How long it will last is the ques on. Friday the House adopted a I isolution, the intent and .purpose of hich is to clear the floor and back isle of all except members. Under 1e rules State officers, Judges, for Ler members, Senators, trustees and ail-ers of State colleges are permit id on the floor of tne House. Fri ay the old-time custom of permit ng delegations, interested parties y d perhaps "lobbyists" access to the , oor was put under the .ban. No women, except one, the State t brarian, under the Welch resolu on, will be entitled to admission to i. main floor of the House. The [ouse then went a step further and Bquested the Speaker not to exer ise his privilege of issuing cards of dmission. After it was all over, peaker Smith thanked the members yr their consideration in relieving im of the difficulty of determining rho should be granted cards and rho should not be. This is not intended to mean that he House will not want visitors, nor hat It will not want audiences to ear the oratory of its gifted mem ers-not at all. It wants audiences nd wants them regularly, but it rants them in the galleries, and to hat end, as soon as the ban was laced on visitors on the floor of the louse, a resolution was adopted au horizing the purchase of plenty of hairs, cushioned ones it need be, 1 ut they are to 'he distributed in the allery. The real difficulty is that the coustics of the House are vile and be members who have rear seats an make themselves heard with dif cuhy, and they want to -get rid of he groups of enthusiastic talkers, Lo hold daily conferences on the >rogress of the campaign for their andidate for this or that office. If here .be real "lobbyists", they know retty well how to see those they night want to see without interrupt ag the work of the House. IT LOOKS THAT WAY. laseball is Dying Out in South Car olina. A letter from Columbia says worse han the plight of the "Man With. ut a Country," may be the fate of outh Carolina for unless some quick .nd effective action is taken in Co am~bia it will be a state without base all. If Columbia withdraws fror he South Atlantic League, as seems kely, the last South Carolina city o be represented in professional aseball will have fallen by the way ide and there will be none left. This will give this state the un 'vitable honor of being the only statt n the Southern states certainly, and erhaps over a wider territory with ut baseball. This has been SoutL ~arolina's most immemorial basebali -ear. If Columbia goes under foul iies in this state will nave given u; he diamond ghost In the past twelve ronths. Spartan~buirg, Greenville and Ludersoni has been retired from the larolina Association and the circuit irganzation, including Charldtte lreensboro, Winston-Salem, Ashe -ille, Ralelgh'and Durham. iany South Caron~na towns have joyed professional baseball in the >ast. Charleston suffered from the nisfortunie of poor management "hey had men who knew basebali rll, but how to spend money better, nd the sport proved a costly one fox he y moters. The big seashore >urg dropped out in 1909 and the ranchise was transferred to Knci 'Ille. They came back In 1911, but rropped out again wnen a hurricane arried the movable part of the park Before there was a South Atlantic lague a South Carolina State Lea ue thrived with Camden, Sumter. ~rangeburg, Darlingtonl, Georgetown. nd Manning. In this season Man ing established the wonderful re rd of losing its first 25 games. But tstuck and finished the season, last ut game. This league developed ome stars, including Ralph: McLau In, Cad Coles, Guy Gunter, Sid Imith, George Suggs, Sam Richard on, Lefty Cowell, Lamar Ham, Bill 6ndsay, and a numoer of others. ,ater there was a state league with mester Rock Hill, Sumter and Or ngeburg, and still laterSpartanbuirg nd Greenville, with Anderson kicked One by one and In twos these owns have given up baseball for va ius reasons. In most of the small r towns the jumps were too long nd the drawing population too small make it go. Spartanburg. Ander-1 on and Greenville were legislated *t of the game. The five-year agree mnt under which the six teams of he circuit had started and continued rithout a break had expired on the oorth Carolina cities maae it an all tate affair. Columbia is left stand ig alone and after the January ieeting of the South Atlantic League he may leave the flexa utterly do erted. Insofai- as- baseball is con erned there everything is in a state confusion. Divorced People Are Numerous. Divorced persons in the Unitedi tates constitute. seven per cent. of 1e total population, according to E.( na Durand, director of the cen is, who for the first time has pre- 1 arred census statistics on marital re- e ttions, with comprehensive figures E a divorce. When the census was 1.k en In 1910. there were in the >untry 156.1'76 divorced men and e 85,101 divoried women.*t Married His Stepmother. Hedrick Armstrong, 19 years old. t ERoswel, N. SI., Is now his own a -e father. I~e has married his fath- I -'s widow. Mrs. Margaret Arm- c rng, who was also his stepmother. c he s 22 years old, and her firsti 3 asband had been dead six months. * I Bfore claiming credlit for the es blshmet of an agriciltural college South Carolina. Dr. Daniels should o ad up on the historyof the move- h out that leerd to Its establishment. I be establisment of a's agricultural c o e a~ <:atorn Tillman's pet b AST DAYS IN JAIL R OLD RAN TALKS PITIFULLY OF HIS OWN CASE (ANT TO PAY FOR (RIME [e Says His Hands Are Stained With the Blood of His Oldest Son Whom He Slew, and He Wants to Suffer for the Crime .That He Has Com mitted.. An Atlanta dispatch says "Uncle rob" Davis, bent and oroken, hair as rhite as the driven snow, but his ands stained crimson with the blood f his son Hewlett, has taken, his - lace In "murderer's" row", at the onvict camp near Milledgeville, Ga. He went through Atlanta on his ray from his home in the peaceful alley of Mill creek Wednesday orning. There were no shackles n his arms nor feet. "Uncle 'Bob" s 75 years old, and carries one of. herman's bullets in his legs. He rouldn't run away if he had a hance. His hands are stained with - he blood of his son, Hewlett, his Lrst born, and he owes a debt to God .d fellow man. "Only punishment can wipe away ny sin," Uncle Bob says. "I must Irst square myself with man and hen I'll get right with the Lord." "Uncle Bob" killed a thing he lo. i. It was a clear case of self-de ense, but "Uncle Bob" did not try b evade the law. It was on Decem er 11. He was killing hogs when is son Hewlett came through the rate. The old man ordered the bof tway from the .premises. Then his eart softened, and he asked him to o on into the house. The son pick )d up a stick, and the old man lied to the house and went- where he iad his shotgun handy. When he !ame out on the porch, the son was here. He raised the stick. There was a sharp report. The son fell >ver dead. "Uncle Bab" had trouble with his rife. They had lived happily on the 'arm in the Mill cree: valley. She eft to go to the home of her son nd grandchildren. That was what tarted the trouble. It -put murder n the heart of the old man. At east, that is the way he explains the :ragic occurrences. "I would heap rather it be I." he said. "I loved the boy and I loved tis children. I didn't mean to kill im. When I aimed the gun, it was it his feet. I jest wanted ter keep ism from me. My hands are stained with blood and I want to pay for what I have done. There is nothing iere for me." "Uncle Bob" will probably spend he balance of his days behind the >rison walls at Milledgeville. Judge, rite sentenced him to serve live rears for -manslaughter. Five years l longer than "Uncle Bob" ever opes to live. The prospect of dying. ehind the walls has no terror for iim. "I hope I'll live to pay the debt," ie says. "Uncle Bob'" was granted a new :ral by Judge Augustus Fite, in ;htneld county, and his attorney, eorge, C. Glenn, betieves that he would have been acquitted on the ;econd trial. "The blood is on my hands," Un le Bob said, as he was led unshack ed to prison. He believes that by serving time e can wash away the blood. He ants to be alon~e, in confinement. "Uncle Bob" asked that the for nalites of the law be set aside, and hat G-eorge C. Glenn, his attorney, ye allowed to fhe him to prison. He leaves a wife and ten children, with whom he lived in his mountain iome. He wants to serve out his ientence like a man and return some lay to the hills of dear old Whit leld. "Uncle Bob" followed Lee and rackson through during the stirring lays of the sixties. There'is not a man nor woman in :he country who is not willing to do ll they can for "Uncle Bob" but he won't let them interfere. "My hnads are stained,"' he says. 'Sorrow and tears alone .can make :hem white." LOVE WINS OVER VOWS. 'iest Places Love for Woman Above Churchly Duties. Love won in a long bout with a riest's vow of celibacy when the Rev. Father Daniel 3. Gallagher. as listant rector of the Cathedral of the issumption, in Louisville, Ky., and diss Florence Layer, a pretty train id nurse of the same city, were unit d in marriage in St. Louis by tueo ector of an Episcopal chureui. For wo years the priest was torn biy a nflict with his breast. wei:;hinlg 'is churchly duties and isis vows of elibacy against his love for a wo nan. The love for ine woman won Lnd they are now in Seattle, where hey expect to -make their future mome. Father Gallagher had been con Lected with the Cathedral of the As umption in Louisville for about six 'ears. Two years ago he first met Kiss Layer when she was persuaded o embrace Catholicism. The young roman went to Father Gallagher for nstruction. Their acquaintance be ane friendship, then rove. Father. ;allagher fought his battle alone. 'wo days before Christmas he made is first call at the Layer home. de lared his love, gave Miss Layer an ngageent ring and departed. Miss Layer admitted she loved the riest, but was devoutin her adopt d faith. She did not want him to lake the sacrifice, for she knew that would have to give up his church. he consented. however, after being 1d by Father Gallagher that he had Iready gone so far that he could no onger the assistant rector at the thedral whether she married him r not. [iss Layer and her lover then left r St. Louis, where they were unit d in marriage by a clergyman of ie Protestant Episcov'al chorch. rs. Layer was one of the witnesses ! the ceremony. and iieelres that r daughter and the inrmer priest clare they are satef'ed they have dosen wisely and that they will be appy..