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4 COCK OF WALK" Go?. Blease Says He Can Beat Any One in Sooth Carolina Except SENATOR TIUJWAN On His Way to Atlanta the Governor Stopped Over in Augusta and Took Ten With IIis Friend, L. J. Wil iiains nmi laiks to a newspaper Reporter. Governor Cole L. Blease of South Carolina passed through Augusta Wednesday night en route to Atlanta, where he will be in attendance at the Southern Commercial congress. The Augusta Chronicle says of tho visit: "Gov. Blease was met at the Albion hotel by Mr. L. J. Williams, who accompanied him to supper. In a conversation, at which a representative of The Chronicle was present, Gov. lllcase rehearsed his fight during the recent campaign for the executive chair. "Gov. Blease stated that the Carolina press, with a few exceptions had fought him with an unwarranted bitterness and that the Columbia Stale and the Charleston News and Courier had fought him from personal reasons, disregarding his ability as an executive. "Gov. Blease stated that the idea of trying to force him to appoint his enemies to ofllce in the State was foolish, saying that he had no idea of doing so. He, however, said that some people misconstrued his meaning and did not understand the difference between an enemy and an opponent. 'There are some of my opponents that I would not hesitate to appoint to any position they were fitted to occupy, but I will not appoint my enemies,' said the governor. "Gov. Blease stated that he had won his fight by telling the people, in hiB speeches throughout the State, what he intended to do and that he nuu biuck oy nis piatrorni promises. Ho stated that his ambitions had been gratified and that if the people of South Carolina wanted hiin to serve another term as governor he would do so, but that he was governor now for a term of ofllce and he was going to fulfil the law to the letter while holding the chair. "When ashed what the outcome of bis altercation with the supreme court would he, the governor stated that that body would eventually wake up. Ho said that he had the law on his side and that he would be locked up before lie would appoint his enemies to any position, 110 matter what the supreme court wanted. "Gov. Hlease stated that in fulfilment of his life's ambition he had written his name on the pages of the history of South Carolina so that it would never be wiped off. He can have this satisfaction if defeated in the election two years from now. "Gov. It lease does not believe, however, that he will he defeated, lie said that he could lick any man in South Carolina for the United States senate except Ben Tillman and that he could lick any man for governor. "Ho thinks that the people who elected him believe in him and he Bald that he would not go back on them. "Gov. Blease stated that the Carolina press was of no consequence to him, and that he paid no attention to the articles they printed on him during his race or during his administration. He could reach the people In other ways and that was all that he would ask. "Gov. Blease had nothing to say in regard to the new county, but suggested to Mr. Williams that the Savannah river's course be changed to Include Augusta, which city he would then recommend for the county seat. "Gov. Blease will stop over a fewhours in Augusta on his return trjp from Atlanta.'* lfcui't Depend on the Hoe. The hoe is too costly an implement to be depended ^pon, for it takes a man, and you will never need a hoe in the field if you start early with smoothing harrow and weeder, and if the cotton is planted in hills, there will he little need for chopping. For the cultivation of the hoed crops you will need power, and we must have the horse-power to start wiiii the smoothing harrow and the weeder. With these you can get over tho land so rapidly that you will never l>o caught in the grass, and will need to put a plow in to cover the grass in the rows, for the early use of the smoothing harrow and weeder will prevent its starting there.?W. F. Massey, in Raleigh (N. C.) Progressive Farmer. 1/Ot. Water Flow Out. At Florence some one left open a valve in the waterworks system, probably after reading of a similar case in Columbia a few days ago. and bled tho Btandpipe to death Saturday night. While the late risers were bathing and getting breakfast tho water supply suddenly gave out, and investigation showed that tho standpipe had been emptied. The pump wns put to work at once and the drought lasted only about 10 minutes. \ TURNS BAD ONE LOOSE NOTORIOUS KORBKR IS PARDONED RY GOV. KLEASF. No One Knew lie Wok Turred Loose Until He Turned Up n Charleston. A dispatch from C' arleston to The State says Rudolp' Rabens, who has several aliases .s back in that city, having b^" pardoned by Gov. Hie use "** . oervice of about two-thirds of bis sentence in the penitentiary, having been convicted at Walhalla for complicity in the blowing and robbery of the safe of the Newry mills in Oconee county several years ago. Through his attorneys, Rabens made a hard fight to keep out of the penitentiary but it was a futile contest and he was placed behind the bars. The pardon of the governor enables Ral>ens to return to Charleston much sooner than he had hoped to do. Rabens was charged with being the "fence" for the gangs of yeggmen who operated in South Carolina some years ago, blowing safes in poBtoflices and cotton mills. Ju several instances better results were gotten with the prosecution of the yeggmen in the State than the federal courts and the United States authorities gave way to the State in the trial of Rabens and bis pals on the charge of robbing the Newry cotton mills. It was not known in Charleston that any steps were under way for the pardon of Rabens and his return to Charleston without any notice of his case was a surprise. His former friends and companions could scarce ly believe that it was Habeas when he showed himself a few days ago for the tirst time about his ccstabllshmrnt on upper King street. The State says no announcement as to the pardon of Rabens was made by Gov. Blease. Gov. Ansel refused a pardon to Rabens, and it was thought that such a notorious prisoner as he would surely have to serve out his term, but it seems he found favor with the Governor, and he turned him loose, without letting any one know anything about it before he was pardoned. Burning Idinc at Home. Whore oyster shell can be had cheaply, the oyster shell lime is, doubtless, the best. Ilut so far as I have observed most of the manufacturers put too high a price on this lime. If you can get shells cheaply (we can get them where I live for about 50 cents a ton), you can make tho lime economically on the farm. Put a layer of logs on the ground with an opening between the middle ones to be stuffed with straw for firing. Then put on a layer of shells six inches thick. Then a layer of dry wood and brush. Carry up in the middle an opening like a chimney from the firing opening and stuff it with straw or broomsedge. Then build up the heap in a conical shape with alternate layers of shells and wood till it is about six or eight feet high. Then start the fire from tha opening left between the logs, and as soon as the wood seems to be burning well, cover the whole heap with earth and burn it as you would a tar kiln or a charcoal kiln, keeping the chimney open tiil all is burning well, and then close over with earth. You can make as much lime in this way as you will need, and in sections where there is limestone it can be broken up and burned in the same way on the farm. When well burned, the lime and ashes will go together and be a better article than you could buy. I have done this and know what I am writing about.?W. F. Massey, in Raleigh (X. C.) Progressive Farmer. PARDONS ANOTHER MURDERER. [Governor Mouse Turns Hun-ill Thomas Loose. Rurrill Thomas of Hampton county who was serving a life sentence in the State penitentiary for murder has been pardoned by Gov. Hlease. j He was convicted with recommendation to mercy in 189f? for killing John Lightsey at Varnville, in Hampton county, and was sent to the penitentiary for a life sentence. Benjainin Hennett was convicted at the same time with Thomas on the same charge and was pardoned in 15)03 by Gov. McSweeney. In a previous petition for pardon of Thomas, the pardon was recommended by G. I). Mel liiiKer. former solicitor, and Judge Aldrich, who heard the case. Blow l*roves Serious. At Aiken Robert F. Ussery, a young printer, was arrested Wednesday morning and placed in jail foi strikine Gary Glover, son of P. B. Glover, with a pool cue in the Hotel Aiken poolroom. The blow was not thought to have l>een serious, but it developed that the hoy Is not expected to live. Pssery is about 20 years old and Glover is said to be 17, m m m Soap a Benefactor. Czerny, the great German cancer expert, says skin cancer lias diminished fiO per cent at least in the last r>0 years. He thinks soap did the blessed business, so if some of the truly philanthropic want a world's reform let them begin with soap. SENT UP AT LAST THREE WHITE ROKRERS CONVICTED AT BAMBERG. They Entered and Robbed n Store nt Denmark Only a Few Weeks Ak<>. Three white men. Klvinp their names as William Rankin, William Davis and Edward Youncr. ali.is "Slim," who were captured by the Savannah police last week for the South Carolina authorities were tried, convicted and sent to the penitentiary for three years each at Bamberg on Tuesday, for burglary and larceny, committed at Denmark 011 the night of February 20th last. They broke into a store at that place and were afterwards caught in Savannah, Ga., with the goods on them. They were evidently Northern people and gave evidence of being desperate characters. They were rushed off to the Penitentiary, it being deemed best not to attempt to work them 011 the chain gang. They gave the sheriff and constables much trouble during the short time they were confined at Bamberg and a constant watch was kept over them at night. Detective j Fallon of the Savannah police department, who accompanied Young to Bamberg, proved the most important witness for the prosecution, and it was largely on his evidence and the evidence that had been accumulated at Savannah in the shape of articles believed to have been stolen, th;\t tbe men were convicted. Breaking down at the conclusion of the trial, when placed on the stand in their defense, both Ttnnkin and Davis made a full confesj slon of the burglary of the Farmers' Mercantile Company's store at Denmark on the night of February 20. Each placed the initial blame on the other, however, although both admitted having entered the store ana taken some of the stuff. Young refused to take the stand when it came to his turn, saying tbe others had already said enough. In less than half an hour after the jury had been sent out they returned with a verdict of guilty Young was brought from Savannah to Bamberg I.Monday morning in care or Detective Fallon and Immediately on the arrival of the prisoner the case was brought up before the grand jury, resulting in an indictment for all three. The same afternoon the rase went to trial and continued over to the next morning it was brought to a close. Detective Fallon, who returned to Savannah 'ate Tuesday night, said that he thought that because the evidence prepared by the Savannah police was so complete and the three yeggs were so surprised at his appearance as a witness, Rankin and Davis were led to confess. Davis and Rankin were the first of the trio to be arrested and were captured in a spectacular manner by the police at their hiding place in the woods off the Ogeeehee road. Soon after their arrest L. E. Span, bookkeeper for the Denmark Farmers' Mercantile Company went to Savannah and identified the men, and a few days later Justice of the Peace Ray started back to Bamberg with his prisoners. While ho slept on the train with both men handcuffed to each other and wearing leg irons, they reach ed up to the rack overhead ami from the collection of evidence he was taking with him abstracted the t?*o saws that had been found in their possession when arrested. When the train stopped at the little station of Luray, S. C., they sneaked off unnoticed and the train continued on with Magistrate Ray unconscious of his prisoners' escape. Traveling back into the woods for two or three mile from the railroad, Davis and Rankin got busy with the saws and cut off their handcuffs and legirons. Then after working some distance further they went to sleep. There they were found the next morning by the magistrate, who had put dogs on their tracks and overtaken them at daylight. They were taken on to Mamberg and lodged in the county jail, but the trouble they caused did not cease there. Crushed to Death. Arthur M. Stuart, a switchman of the Charleston Terminal Company, fell from a freight car, and was fa- i tally crushed under the wheels of an engine tender. He died a few minutes after the accident happened, and an inquest held Thursday by the cor if.u-i icsiiiicu in u veruici 01 aco- ^ dental death. Feeding the Starving. Tor the relief of the starving mul- i titude of China, The Christian Herald Wednesday sent $ 10,(?00 to the state department for transmission to Shanghai. This amount will he cabled to the American consul at Shanghai for distribution to the famlno sufferers. American Machinery I'sed. In Cawnpore, India, with American machinery, they are making shoes so cheaply that the manufacturers of Lynn can no longer compete with them. The cottons and silks which we one time sent to Asia are now made in Japan and China. STILL AN ISSUE The State Supreme Court Insists on its Constitutional Rights _ | IN JUDGESHIP MATTER Governor IHensc Wants the News pa JKTS IO UIVC lUDIIClly to All tllC Correspondence in the Several Ci?>ios Tliat Have Arisen Between Him and the Supreme Court. The issue between the supreme court and Gov. Hlease is no nearer a final solution than on the first day when the chief executive sent a note to the judicial department of the State stating that he would appoint special judges who were his friends, regardless of the recommendation ot any ono. Gov. Hlease has received a lettei from Chief Justice Jones appointing F. L. Wlllcox of Florence as a special judge for that county to take the place of Judge J. C. Klugh, who is ill. Gov. r.lease said that ho did not know what disposition he ;would make of the matter. He did say, however, that "lie hoped that the newspaper men would he honorable enough to publish the letter from the chief justice." A letter which was not given out by the chief executive from the chief justice, which stated conclusive" that the governor had gone beyond his jurisdiction in making up a list of "eligibles" was several days ago sent to Gov. Hlease. The following is the letter received by Gov. Hlease Wednesday from Chief Justice Jones: "Being advised that Judge J. C. Klugh, because of illness, is unable to hold the court of general sessions for Florence county, commencing on Monday, March 13, 1911, to which he was regularly assigned, and there being no other circuit judge disengaged, now, pursuant to section 2,743, 1 code of law, I respectfully recommend that you issue a commission to F. Li. Willcox of Florence, S. C., learned in the law, as special judge, to hold said court." The following copy of a telegram, received from the Florence bar by the chief justice, was also sent to Gov. Illease: "Hon. Ira B. Jones, chief justice supreme court of South Carolina: 1 am directed by Florence liar Association at special meeting today to say that deeming it necessary that the regular spring term criminal court be held here next week, there heing 10 prisoners in jail, unanimously recommend F. L. Willcox as special judge to preside this couit. E. G. Oliver, secretary." There was no court in Conway last week because Gov. B lease refused to commission a special judge. The docket was crowded, there being over 20 prisoners in the Horry county jail awaiting trial, and the law requires that the governor of the State shall commission special judge upon the recommendation of the supreme court. There were no circuit judges <1 i<2? *n r?n ptw! t It o J u K ? ..n..n. .. .iii.i, illl.Mll II <1 V t * IJl't'Il ilS" signed by 11?o supreme court. These facts were presented to CIov. Please and ho refused to appoint a special judge. On three occasions Chief Justice Jones recommended,| according to law, the commission of C. P. Quattlehaum for special judge. Every request of the chief ju.-lice for the. appointment of a special judge was ignored by Gov. Please. The following telegrams which were exchanged in the controversy are given: "Twenty prisoners in jail, heavy docket, how shall we proceed. "11. \V. Wait, Secretary." To which following response was made: "P. W. Wait, Secretary, Conway, S. C." "Telegram received. I can do nothing but urge governor to appoint special judge as recommended, which I am doing. Judge Copes assigned to Richland court, Judge Memm.inger too ill to serve. "Ira P.. Jones, C. J." The telegram to the governor was as follows: "Gov. Cole L. Please, Columbia, S. C. "Received following telegram from (lorry bar: 'Twenty prisoners in jaP. heavy docket, how shall we proceed.' I urge you to immediately commission C. I*. Qnattlebaum as special junge ns recommended by mo at the request of Horry bar. No circuit judge being available. "Ira 13. Jones, C. J." Gov. Rlea.se, in refusing to commission a special judge for the Convny court, took the position that there were two disengaged circuit judges. Ho thought that Judge Copes and Judge iMemminger were disengaged It afterwards developed that the two judges were not. disengaged, and Gov. Please was so informed thre? times by Chief Justice Jones. Teddy was in Atlanta the other night and made a speech before the Southern Commercial Congress, in which he referred to the fact again that he was "half Southern." That is true, but it won't get him any votes in the South. GIRLS, READ THIS A SENSIBLE TALK TO THE YOUNG WOMAN WIIO KISSES. Dorothy DIx Tolls Her She Is loosing Something llenutiful Every Time Strange Lips Meet Hers. "Dorothy Dix" writes a great many . HUBS nun iena to elevate anil make ' girls purer anil sweeter. She says 1 two young men recently wrote her < a letter'In which they asked her to ] settle a dispute that has arisen be- i tween them. Here is her answer: The point at issue is whether a < girl who kisses a young man, to ! whom she is not engaged to be mar- l ried, displays thereby an affectionate 1 disposition or not. A contends that she does, and asserts that he would I not marry any woman who did not ' like to kiss, while B takes the oppo- , site position on the subject. As far as my opinion is concerned, i I should say that any girl who kisses j a man to whom she is not betrothed 1 ?and the wedding day set?shows < that she has an exceedingly affection- i ate temperament. Entirely too af- < fectionate. Dangerously affectionate. ( | It likewise shows that she is utterly ( J lacking in maidenly modesty and del- , icacy. And it indicates that she is i a great many kinds of a fool. If I were a man, 1 would no more : pick out for a wife the girl that | would let any man with whom she , had a casual acquaintance kiss her j than I would go to a florist shop ana , buy the battered, bruised, over blown ^ roses that had had their freshness rubbed off l?y too much handling. ? The girl and the rose with the bloom i on them for mine, every time. 1 This is also the opinion of most ) men. It takes a man of very undis- ] criminating taste to really care for a , girl whose lips are free to every \ Tom, Dick and Harry who comes , along. Of course, as long us a wo- , man is young and good looking and ( has a nice red mouth pouted to a , Cupid's bow, every man will kiss her , who Can: but Slicb kiK?es nil 1 v "iil-. ""'J I him have a contempt for the girl, ami , ready to believe any evil he may hear of her. ( That kind of a girl is not the sort | of a woman that a fastidious man wants to marry. His wife must have , kept her lips as austerely pure as , those of a saint; for every man. in j love is a monopolist, and his eternal , creed is that his lady love shall be , fire to him, and ice to every other , man. 4 , THERE MI ST HE A CHANCE. | Republican Party Must Progress or ' I It Will l>ie. GiiTord Pinrhot, speaking at Ak- 1 ron at the banquet of the progressive Republicans of Ohio, said the Amer- , lean people had devoted the last . third of the nineteenth century "to the great task of material develop- ' ment," He continued: "When the great combinations of ' capital found that monopolistic con- ( trol of the natural sources of wealth could be secured mere easily through politics than in any other way, they went into politics. I'sing corrupt ( commercial methods with the tireU.BU 11.,... K-.-l ? >- ' vm.v^ii^ ill*-/ 11.111 ICiiriMHl III theii .egitimnte operations, they sei out to got political power, and they succeeded. Political power opened an easy way to use money to get more money, and they chin? to it till tliev wore their welcome out. The ' Payne-Aldrich tariff was the last straw. "Whatever rx right and vital in the Republican party today is progressive. Whatever is unprogressive is dying or dead. The Republican party cannot live half dead and half alive." After praising progressive legislation by State legislature, which he said was not reactionary, Mr. Pin- I chot said, "In the field of national politics the situation is less clear." lie said the Republican candidate for President in 1912 must lie a progressive and have certain qualities, for the party could not risk its chance of victory on the hope of Democratic blunders. Absent minded. The professor had just sneezed for the thirtieth time, and it naturally 1 attracted some attention. c "What's the matter with the professor?" asked the visitor. "He ap- 1 pears to have a had cold." ( "Oh, no," said Madame la Pro- < fessoress. "It is only his fearful ah- i sentmindedness. I left him in charge j of the baby for a few minutes this < morning and when he cried he gave : him the pepper pot to play with in- 1 stead of his rattle." ? Harper's Weekly. < The employment of negro firemen | on the Cincinnati. New Orleans and ( Texas Railway has caused a strike 1 of white firemen on that road. The i strike was ordered from Cincinnati, which shows that the prejudice i against the negro on trains is not 1 confined to the South. i An electrical device has been per- | fected to thaw out frozen water pipes < without opening the ground. i % PASSING OF BAILEY KEOAKDED IX WASHINGTON AS POLITICALLY DEAD. Ills Hope of Ever Standing at the Head of the Deinoeratie Party is I lonil Senator Bailey seems to be looked W upon In Washington as a dead polltieal duek. Tliis seems to be the* opinion of both Democrats and Republicans in Washington, wnetc all tiie facts in the case have come out. l'hey seem to think that Bailey's. onnection with some of the trusts, has done the business for that gen? ] I Ionian, and that he is no longer ' looked upon as a Democrat who can lie trusted with the ledcrship of the party. Here is what the Washington. , correspondent of the Charlotte Observer says about Bailey's standing in the Democratic party: "Since the exposure of Ills dealngs with the Waters-Tierce Oil Company there has remained in the ninds of many persons a lingering | suspicion that as a Senator, serving 11 Congress not only in the interest if the one State from which ho omes tint in the general Interest if the people at large, he should sevr any legal connections that lie night have which would contliet witli lie higher duties as a member of tho spar to. Since the oil case was lir.M'ght to light Senator Bailey has nade 110 concealment of the fact tn.it ie had and would represent certain ::s s in the 1'uited States Supreme. ^ourt. "The Texas Senator, if general rossip here is worth anything, lias ruined all hope that lie might have lad of again securing and holding lie high position lie had won for liinsolf before tlio Waters-Pierce matter came to light. If lie meant lis resignation to lie accepted, it is laimod, lie knew that he coi;".< nev>r. in all the years he might continue* ? . v; mi- ot-mili* unuer present conditions, unite with or co-operate with the other Demoeratie members 0 the best interests of the Demorat ie party. "Did he mean it to he taken serlausly and accepted or was he merety playing for position, making .a 'stage play" to feel of the sentiment af his colleagues and the people of the country by which he meant to profit politically for his own benetit should there have been a sudden and spontaneous demand that he become the leader in the upper House or t Congress for having made himsclr J 1 martyr to his own whims? What- ^4 sver may have been the cause that Jpj actuated him in showing his desiro to immediately quit the Senate, one tiling is certain: "Senator Hailoy will never again he as big a man as ho was prior to March 4. 1011. There was no spontaneous and frenzied appeal to Bailey to recall his resignation, though it is true that, naturally, a few of his olleaguos, surprised at what he had lone, expressed their surprise and, is his close personal friends and ho Iras ninny of them?wanted his action rescinded. This correspondent seems to think hat John Sharp Williams, who succeeds Man v from Mississippi in thn Senate, will he the Democratic leader in the Senate. lie was for a long ime the Democratic leader Ln til? House, when he was a member of fl:11 lio.1v "Wl.o ? . unn I HI' J-CIlite to depend upon on the Demo ratle side who could so uhly handle he Republicans as John Sharp Wilianis?" asks the correspondent who ?ays "to follow P.ailey is out of the luestlon because, to use his own vords, he would not stand for initiaive, referendum and recall, which vas a policy advocated by some of lis colleagues." * It.XltS I'OW DKIl WORKS. Late ILvplosion Causes People to Outlaw Industry. With the country immediately sur'ounding the wrecked DuPont Do S'emoiirs powder factory, which blew ip Thursday night, a waste of dismantled homes, the first action of hi* residents was to seek the elimination of powder works from their ounty. Indignation meetings, at which this demand was voiced, were leld in Pleasant Prairie and at Ken>sha, Wis. Tllft offor# r% eofnornof A *1 ...X X...W.V, IX* niiM^lllll ' I llimi tomes is to be taken before the Wis onsin legislature, according to present plans. The destruction of tho flctims* houses in most instances is i calntnity, although only one life j ivas lost. No attempt was made to I iccompllsh anything beyond temporary patching of shattered houses. There have been nine explosions in en years at the powder works, but io disaster has compared with th? ^ resent one in the extent of property ^ lamage, although more lives have ^ een lost. In the explosion of 190n lino men were killed. Tho financial loss to the company s rougniy estimated at f.r>no,000. >ut tlio total loss duo to the explosion s too widely distributed even to ho estimated. Powder men today began Hooding the ruins to safeguard t.ie 'ommunity against further exploiions. ?