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- jn S-.. ^ _ ESTABLISHED IN 189 FINDS JUDGMENT | AGAINST WILLIS OUTCOME OF CHARGES AGAINST ( HIM A8 MANAGER OEOMOND t REMEDY COMPANY. 1 } PLAINTIFFS GIVEN $55,488 \\ Master in Equity J. W. Gray, In His < Report Finds Judgment Against J. ' Archie Willis, Member of the House ( From Laurens County. < Greenville, S. C.?Judgment against * J. Archie Willis, member of the House 1 of Representatives from Laurens j county, in the sum of $544.88, is the f gist of the findings of Master in Equi- , ty J. W. Gray, to whose court was j referred the case of John W. Bridges , and E. W. Dedmond versus J. A. ^^^^Willis, G. K. Willis. W. K. Stringer, ^HB^eon U Rice and W. E. Geer, as set In his report to the court of P^as, filed with the the preferred Archie manager stockholder ^^^^^^^^^rodmon<K. Remedy Company, a Fcern organised at Belton some ago for yhe manufacture and 1 marketing of am alleged cure for pel- 1 lagra. It will (be remembered that _m- ,r l, ahergaa of mismanagement of the afftiirs of the Jconcern were brought 1 | against Mr. Willis last December, and a* order w^ts issued by Special Judge 1 - M. 8hu/taan requiring him to show ' OB December 9th, why an injunction Mould mot issue front the court re- ' P' - . gtrainilig him from entering the of- 1 or tne concern, natuuns ?u? ? v the boo.<B or record*; why a receiver B9KBr the Dedmond Remedy Company . ^JMiild rfot be appointed, etc. El oefendant responded to the H^H^^HTr, and the case was referred to court of the Master in Equity wrtttil instructions to take the testimony and report back to the court of common pleas. This the Master has done. ! An episode following the bringing of the charges against Mr. Willis will j I be recalled. After the receiver had been appointed, and one morning about 2 o'clock, when the auditors | had completed an examination of th? books of the concern, Mr. Willis called a representative of the Greenville (8. C.) News to the room where the I u , books had been audited and handed him an affidavit, signed by Mr. John W. Bridge" r?nd avowinr hat the I -u - ??">>? ?? \fr Willi* were 11 _ Uinig'O - . groundless. Several days afte.* this affidavit was published Mr. Bridges issued a statement declaring that the affidavit was forced from him by Mr. Willis at the "point of a gun." Mr. Willis is said to be In Key West, Fla., at present, having gone there to engage in newspaper work. He served in the recent session of the Legislature a portion of the time that body was in session. L Prizes For Diversified Farming. For the purpose of stimulating diver - silled farming in this county, the National Union bank makes public announcement of the offer of four prizes in gold, aggregating $250, to the farmers of York county, on four separate acres?one of cotton, one of corn, one of sweet potatoes and the other of sugar cane. There are two ^ first prizes of $75 and two second R prizes of $50. This plan is put out I In the hope that our farmers may be I; ^educated up ;o the point of breaking l?gy from cotton as a sole money sV cro L R?<k Hill Plan is Successful. I #!L' ^ora. M*11? Oleaton and James V" H. Tanning, acting as a committee to poet the Rock Hill plan in reducing aen*ge of cotton and amounts of fertilizers used, have met with instant success and will report a much greater than a 25 per cent reduction in both cottort and fertilizers. One prominent planter signed a reduction of from 130 UBi.v- - -tons dft high grade fertilizers used last y/^ar to that of 42 to be used this. Similar reductions are noted, and it is a/rare instance in which 33 1-3 is , not/indicated in both. t J Charge of Criminal Negligence. ' R. D. Reid. of Savannah, expert H demonstrator for the Case Company. HH of Atlanta, was held without bond by V the coroner's jury for trial in the criminal court at Charleston on char I ges of criminal negilgetice resulting in the death of John J. Fitzgerald I Fitzgerald was killed by a machine I which Reid was alleged to be driving at high speed. Reed s companions. E M. Lynch and M. J. Foley, are held na M'iinaeeac The QPf?i. UllUfI uuuu ag nuuroavc. iiiv ?w. dent occurred near the boundary on i Meeting street. Present System Not Substantial. ^Bp^. The past winter h*s been unusually '* hard on the roads in Sharon section of Jhe county and thoughtful people r^al BB ire the futility of the present system of road-building, which is good as far ^B as it goes, but does not provide roads ^B which will stand, and there is little ^B doubt but that the present system has ^^B proven lacking, but just what the ^B trouble is is problematic. The idea is ^B to lay foundations for the roads with regard to drainage problems and to ^B find out just how to mix the local clay B and sand so as to get the best results. ^B Here Inspecting National Guards. ^B The adjutant and inspector general ^B W. W. Moore, and Capt. McMaster, U. B ?. A., were in Sumter on their round ot inspecting. Besides being the ^B home of the Sumter Light Infant!y B Company L. SecoDd regiment. N. G. 8. Cm Sumter is also the regimenta' f headquarters, and is the site of the rifle range for the regiment. The of ; fleers went out to the range, which they found to be fit and in condition and at the inspection Capt. McMaster told the boys they should make use of | It and beco/ae expert with firearms. | THE 1. PLAN PRESS CONVENTION r-? Executive Committee Met in Columbia to Arrange For Meeting of the Men of Press. Columbia.?The executive committet >f the state press association met in :his city to make arrangements for the approaching annual meeting of the association. The members present were H. L. Watson of Greensboro, president; W. F. Caldwell of Columbia, secretary; J. L. Minis of Edgefield, vice president; J. L. Sims of Orangeburg, treasurer; August Kobn pf Columbia. Robert Lathan, editor of the News and Courier, Ed. 11. DeCamp of^Gaffney and William Banks >f Anderson. The committee decided upon a place >f meeting subject to arrangements to be made by a sub-committee consisting of the president, the secretary tnd Mr. DeCamp. The matter of the! annual summer outing will be settled ' at the same time. It is probable that this outing will be In the mountains of Western North Carolina. As the Panama trip would require about 23 days, it was decided to defer this until another time, possibly next year. The minutes of the last meeting will be Bent to the members in a few days, Secretary Caldwell having had delay on account of the negligence of some of the committees in forwarding their annual reports. The name of the speaker invited will not be published until it is known whether or not he will accept tbe-'nvitation. Governor Blea.e Withholds Letters. "The Governor stated that he would not turn over the letters except upon the order of a circuit judge." This sas the message brought back to the legislative committee that is probing into the affairs of the old state dis pensary, where the Chief Executive sas requested to give up several let ters alleged to have been written tc H. H. H. Evans, former director of the jld state dispensary, by T. B. Felder ihe Atlanta attorney, offering to frame jp "a whiskey corporation" to get al! >f the business in this state. H. II Evan6 bitterly denounced T. B. Felder L- <?? (> tffeH tn rnrriint thf 1 ;uixi &iii? mat. m >><v? _r - nembers of the board of directors | The hearing is being held to invest! pate certain charges made by the Gov ernor in a special message to the Gen i eral Assembly against the Ansel wind ing-up commission and Attorney Gen eral Lyon. I Interest in Municipal Politics. For the first time in the history ol i Gaffney marked interest is being evinced in municipal politics and now the voters and the aldermen are mixed In s wrangle which bids fa Interesting before its conclusion, it will be remembered that i mass me?? ing of the voters of Gaffney was held In this city in October, prior to the primary election. At this meeting resolutions were adopted asking every candidate to agree to run on the platform of reform and retrenchment Shortly after this the candidates for municipal offices took the stump, a hitherto unheard of thing in city politics in Gaffney and in their campaign speeches. Provisions of the Commission. The grand jury met at the court house to carry out the provisions ol the highway commission bill applying to Aiken county, enacted by the gen eral assembly at the session just clos ed. The bill provides that the grand jury shall recommend three commis sioners and these commissioners will be appointed by the judges of this clr cuit. In executive session tha following men were recommended by the grand jury: C. K. Henderson of Aik en: Randolph Dunbar of Elleuton and George Sawyer of Sal ley. ' Falling Off in Fertilizer Tax. | The records in the office of (he State treasurer Bhow a decided falling off in receipts from the fertilizer tax during 1912 as compared with the same period during 1911 and 1910. The receipts from the fertilizer tax are turned over to Clemson college. So far this year the state treasurer has collcted $144,906.0r> from the fertilizer tax. while his receipts from the same source up to this time during 1911 were $199,077.76 and during 1910 $162,608.60. t To Build Cotton Storage Warehouse. The Farmers' Union of Saluda county at their recent regular meeting decided tc take steps at once for the i building of a cotton storage warehouse in this town, and to have it in readiness for the next crop. To that end an ample amount of capital Btock will Dp provided ior, ine snares to or $10 each and subscriptions therefor limited ;o 50 shares for any one subscriber. It will probably require $7,000 to $10,000 to build and properly equip the kind of warehouse the members of the union contemplate. Sensation Quickly Exploded. Coroner Batson of Greenville, has returned from the Dark Corner, where he exhumed the body of Lawrence Babb. who died suddenly. It is said that some of Babb's neighbors were suspicious of the ^ircumstances surrounding his death because at the funeral they observed what they supposed to be marks of violence on his temple. Th? coroner empanelled a jury, and after examination of witnesses. it was determined that the man was cut on the face by the neigh borhood barber. For Shortage Found Against Detyens Attorney General Lyon received a check for $11,420 from the American Bonding company of Baltimore for th shortage found against James F. Detyens. former treasurer of Georgetown county. Detyens was found short in his accounts to the extent of $9,647. He was under a bond of $25,000. The oase was heard in Charleston before Judge Gary in April, i911, and a ruling was made in favor of the State for $$1,420, which included the interest on the original shortage. : fo I STATE OIRECl! TO PREPARE BULLETIN ON ALL THE ENTERPRISES OF THE ? STATE. AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT Commissioner Watson is to Send Out / Requests For Information to the Var ious Associations of the State of South Carolina. Columbia.?For the purpose of making up a complete list of all fairs and expositions to be held in South Carolina during 1912, Commissioner Wat- j Bon requests that the secretaries of all such organizations in tne state rorward to him information giving the name of the association, society or corporation, and the name and addresses of secretary and the exact ' dates of the proposed fair or exposition. This information is desired at the earliest possible moment, and will be used to the benefit of each of such undertakings in the state. Mr. Watson also requests that the secretary of every agricultural club or society or organization of any kind, of every livestock association or organization of any kind, of any good roads association or organization of any kind, or of any public highway commission, forward to him at the earliest possible moment information giving name, locality and list of officers. It is the desire of the department of agriculture to compile and publish this information in such a way as to make j it valuable to those concerns in receiving literature from various parts of the country that will be of interest to them. The department is slso desirous of receiving similar information as to the names of owners and operators of dairies throughout the state, for the purpose of making a similar directory. He wishes the same information also as to those who are growing and shipping fruit or intend to do so the com- ' ing season, stating also, as far as pos slblo, the approximate acreage to He planted on the one hand or number of ! trees on the other, and the probable production. Work on Hospital to Be Started. Camden.?Bernard M. Baruch of New York came to Camden unexpect- i edly and asked to see the hospital committee of the chamber of commerce. He wanted to xnow what they had done toward putting the proposed Krr>dei hot fititl .n a tangi*>t? , When show" the plans'for the buildirg and the earnestness in which the citizens had gone after the work he seemed very much pleased. He inquired into the finances of the hospital, etc. When told that the building would cost about $35,000, and the building site about $5,000 he told the ; committee to purchase the site and to commence work on the building at once, as he would pay for both. County Teachers Hold Meeting. Kingtree.?The princials of the high | schools of Williamsburg county met at ! the auditorium of the Kinstree high and graded school for the purpose of organizing a county oratorical and athI letic contest. The meeting was called to order by Superintendent of EduI cation J. G. McCullough. Prof. James ' Driver, who is director of athletics at I the University of South Carolina, oade pleasant address, in which he ' ?*i S ? n^vontnaoc nf u fnilllfV U u 1111J ru me nu ? ntii?nvu v. M ?^ asBociation. the purpose of which | should be to develop the spirit of athi letics and promote good health among | the boys and girls of tfce high schools Drowned in Swollen Stream. Spartanburg.?While attempting to j cross Enoree river, a small stream which had been swelled to three times : its usual size by six inches of rr.in, i which fell in this vicinity, C. C. Ligon, a leading citizen of Enoree, Vhs drowned, when a small boat was dashed to pieces by debris rushing down the torrent of water. His companion, Will Pulley, may be dead or may be alive; no one on this side of the river j can ascertain, as communication with the other side has been cut off. Lexington County Prospering. Lexington.?If the tecent published statements of the several banks of this county, as reported to the comptroller of the currency at Washington and to the state hank examiner, are to be taken as an index to the general prosperity of the people this county iB enjoying a season of unprecedented prosperity. The banks, without exception, are In a very prosperous condition, the total resources as well as the deposits are larger than ever before in the history of the coun TyConfederate Veterans to Meet. Lexington.?Commander M. D. Har man of Camp Steadman. United Coni federate Veterans, of Lexington has issued a call for the veterans to meet at Lexington on Monday. March 25, 1 for the purpose of electing officers. naming delegates to represent the or ' der at the unveiling of the Confeder! ate monument in the city of Columbia under the auspices of the Daugh) ters of the Confederacy on April 11, ! and also electing delegates to attend : the general reunion of Confederate 1 veterans at Macon, Ga., on May 7. 8. 9. ' Another Lap Has Been Travelled. St. Matthews.?Another lap in the long and tedious journey towards a Court House and jail for Calhoun County has been travelled, and the end is now in sight. Senator Summers and Representative Paulding got a bill through the recent session of the Legislature providing for an election on the issue of $20,000 in coupon bonds by Calhoun County for the pur pose of erecting a Court House and jail and further providing for an election thereon at the general election St. Matthews guaranteed $20,000. "V RT TORT MILL, S. C., THUI JLWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA ? .atest General New# That Ha# Been Collected From Many Towns and Counties of the Glate. Laurens.?The covt of sessions disused of a large amount of business n one day. Eleven convictions were ecorded and two pleas of guilty enter ?d. These covered seven different :ase8. Cheraw. ? A destructive tornado twept through Cheraw and left a path )t destruction behind. Fortunately, to lives were the forfeit of the wreck. The tornado, which came from the *outh? covered an area of 200 yards n width. Swansea.?An election for intenient and wardens, held here, resultad: For intendant, R. E. Inabet, 32; Tor wardens, B. E. Williams, 33; J. L. Haigler 32, L. D. Corbitt 25, H. N. Sharp 28. This is a. good council for the next year. SumtT.?The county superintendent of education, J. Herbert Haynsworth, has issued & meeting for the Boys' Corn Club for noon March 23, at the court house. At the meeting the boys will elect officers and other- j wise complete the organization. Sumter.?At the regular meeting of 1 city council Mayor Jennings announc- | ed that Dr. C. P. Osteen had resigned from the board of health, and that he had appointed in his stead Dr. H. A. Mood. The appoiniment was confirmed. a Greenville.?Through its property agent, G. K. Willis, the interurban electric railway has secured option on a depot site in Honea Path. The property embraces one acre and lies in the heart of town. Construction work on the Honea Path terminal is expected i to begin within a few weeks. Columbia.?The lernt of E. J. Wat- j son, as commissioner of agriculture,, commerce and industries, has expired. The governor willfturn from Baltimore, when lie is expected to make an announcement as to the reappoint- j nient of Commissioner Watson. Mr. Watson was appointed by Gov. Ansel In 1908 for a term of four years. Greenville.?A committee of the I> cal bar has been appointed for the purpose of arranging a special term of civil court for Greenville. TTi^-'pTtTa ! term will be held between the approaching term which convenes March 25 and the regular June term. The docket for civil business is quite heavy and in the special term lies the only hope of relieving the congestion. ~ ho* crant l>01un. Hit. 1 lir guicilll/l liaa a> ^ I ed a parole to W. F. Strickland, *'ho was convicted in Horry county on the charge of assault and battery with In- j tent to kill and sentenced to tbree years in the penitentiary or to p#y a fine of on th? condition tha.t he iv ; -f lv.\eisfl hirnsv countv and on the fi rther condition of good behavior. Greenville.?According to a computation from the office of the county auditor, there are now 10,107 voters in Greenville county?an increase of ; 2,500 over last year. In the election | this summer it is predicted that Greenville's vote will approximate 9,000 easily, and possibly more. The heaviest vote polled heretofore was 8,500, four years ago. Greenville.?It is the consensus of opinion among members of the Green ville legislative delegation that the j chief matter before the recent session was the contest between the body and the governor over vetoed measures. It i may be observed also that members ! feel a certain satisfaction in the fact j that they were victorious in practical ly every case. | Charleston.?Of interest to a large number in Charleston and many peo j pie from t^e interior of the state is a movement which has been inaugurated to secure a more convenient site for Central Union church on Sullivan's Island, where services are held during the summer by visiting ministers. The church was blown down in the storm last August. I Columbus.?Gen. Willie Jones has , issued a call for a meeting of the state executive committee, to be held in Columbia April 10, at 8 p. m.. for the purpose of issuing a call for the state convention. The meeting was called for April 10 in order to allow the members who desire to stay over for the unveiling of the monument to the , women of the Confederacy, on April 11, the next day. Charleston.?'"The proposition of some of the aldermen to vote a salary to the members of city council is a bad scheme," declared Mayor Grace, in speaking in no uncertain terms of disapproval of the bill of Alderman O'Rourke giving a salary of IJOO to the aldermen. Klloroe. The Santee Rifles, the local militia company, was inspected here by Col. W. W. Moore and Capt. Mc.Vlaster. The company has a membership of 43 men and is one of the oldest and best companies among the militia, the4 members always responding to the call of duty. Chester.?The following grand jurors have been drawn for the approaching term of the court of general sessions: Z. M. Darby, J. B. Brennan. S. A. McWaters, Joe Wylie, J. L. Abel!, 1 S. J. Cornwell, W c. McKeown, R. H. Fudge, J. M. Grant. W. C. I^athan, David Wade and H. K. McGarity. Shreveport.?Albert Mays, a negro was convicted of wife murder and bis punishment fixed at life imprisonment 19 minutes after th case against him was called in court. There were no eye-witnesses to the cutting of the woman's throat, and this saved the husband from hanging. Orangeburg. -The fund for the rebuilding of the Baptist church at Branehville is continually advancing, and it is soon hoped that the amount needed will be raised The fund has now reached the $1,376.50 mark and is being added to each day. Columbia. ? Probably the largest j contract bond ever written in South Carolina was that of John J. Cain of Columbia, contractor for th? new 1.7story Palmetto National bank b'Jfiuj ing, which David G. Ellison, agent for ; the American Surety company of New York, recently secured. The amount of the bond was $150,000. ) ? - ? A- ??*. MILL *SDAY, MARCH 21, 1912. Ill DITCHED: ? . { SPREADING OF RAILS UNDER THE ENGINE CAUSED BAD WRECK , NEAR SPARTANBURG. Jls . tlx DID NOT CAUSE ANY DEATHS ; we Three Car? of Birmingham Special 0]( Jump and Tear up Track For Two 8,1 Hundred Yards?Day Coach Hurled ?f Sixty Feet to One Side. w or w< Spartanburg.?The Southern Rail- J8 Kay's fast train No. 30 known as the th 'Birmingham Special." was wrecked it Drayton mill village, 2 miles east of 3t this city. The four cars just in jack of the engine left the rails, the th ;nGine without the tender remaining jn the track. m No one was killed. C. S. Mooney, \\ )f Flowery Branch, (Ja., baggage i Bi master, sustained a cut on the right eg and other minor injuries. He si was caught beneath the baggage in M his car and was gotten out with dif- Bi Acuity. Others slightly injured were: G. N. le Ruff, of Atlanta, mail agent; W. R. to Hunt, of Westminster, S. C., mail th agent; G. W. Ackers, of Atlanta, mail b< agent. pi The wreck was caused by the front M truck of the baggage car splitting a si switch, where the siding going into ei the mill village leaves the main sf line. This car pulled the mail car, ci immediately in front of it, and the ol tender from the engine off the rails and caused the coach and pullman m to be hurled thirty feet from the j it track. The rails and ties were torn ol out of the roadbed for 300 yards. ei Congressman Joseph T. Johnson, of w this city, returning to Washington, ' tl was a passenger on the train, but sustained no injury. S Board of Assessors For Richland. c< Columbia.?The board of assesors c< for Richland county met in the office ti of B. C. DuPre, auditor, and perfected a organization for immediate work. The e board, which was announced a few : y days ago. is as follows: City of Coumbin K. W. Parker. C. M. Hide, T D. G. Kllison. Cpper Township W. d H Sondley. G. W. Taylor, C. S. Lever, a Centre Township A. O. Gilmore, W. s A. Rabon, Z. T. Lykes. Low?>r Town- h ship?E. H. Kaminer, J. C. Turner, a W. J. McKinnon. Columbia Town- w ship?Wm. Stork, Wm. Plaft, S. W. tl Dent. Shandon?H. A. Taylor. W. L. F Bennett, ('. M. Scott. Eau Claire?G t< W. Newman, J. B. Dukes, Wm. S. Y ? o r WDcr. . v ?ii Contest Over Appointment* I \ Lexiugion.?li :a Highly probable i that there will be a contest over the < appointment by Gov. Biease or a ] board of registration for this county 1 ] ; other than that recommended by Sen ; ] ator C'rosson. No definite action hap been taken. It is possible that the | old board will continue to meet and will refuse to turn over to the board ( appointed by the governor over the ( protest of the Lexington senator. Senator C'rosson recommended the reap ( pointment of B. 11. Barre, Jas. D. Lang i | ford and E. J. S. Hayes. The gov- J ( ' ernor refused to reseognize the ree j ommendatiou and appointed L. W. ; ' I Wise, R. Wilbur Frick and Manly 1'. i j George. 1 Fair Association in oooa snap:. Spartan hurt;.?The annual meeting | of the Spartanburg County Fair As ( sociation heard reports showing the organization to bp in good shape fi i nancially and with bright prospects for the next fair, which will be held ] the last week in October. Several | plans lookirg to the enlargement of ( the agricultural features of thp fair . are under coDsideraation. It is also probable that the textile building will , be erected this summer, in which the , mills of the county will exhibit their products. The election of officers resulted in the reelection of John R Floyd, president; Paul V. Moore, sec- 1 retary; K. O. Frierson. treasurer, sue- j ceeding John T. Rhett, resigned. Columbia.?The report of W. F. Stieglitz. councilman, and the superin- j , tendent of waterworks, for the month of February, was read before council ! Reward For Hutto Murderer. j i Anderson.?Count w Supervisor Pearman has offered a reward of $100 for ( the apprehension, with proof to con- 1 | vict, the party or part.es who murdered David Hutto on Christmas night last. It will be recalled that Mr. Hutto, who was a Confederate veteran was foully murdered in his little store ! room. His body, partially decomposed, was found in the store on Friday fol lowing Christmas. His head had been crushed in. It has been impossible to find a clue upon which an arrest could result. Have Not Decided On Judge. Anderson.?It lias not been an nounced yet what judge will be sent , to Anderson to preside over the special term of court, which convenes on Monday, April 1, to try the negro ( William Reed, who is held on the charge of attempting to criminally assault the wife of a prominent farmer at Dean's station about two woeks ( ago. Preparations for the court are being made, however. The jurors to ( serve at the term have been drawn and summoned. It is likely that this court will dispose of other cases. Brought Negroes To Penitentiary. Columbia. ? Joe Mallory. Durant Coles and Charlotte Kasterling. three negroes, held in connection with the murder of Prentiss Moore and Guy Rogers, the two young white boys who were found dead in Marlboro county in 1910, were br night to Co lumhia a few days aco i y k. J. Patterson, sheriff of Matlboro county, ! and placed in the state penitentiary. Malloy is charged with the muiucr ol the two hoys and Charlotte Kasterli.it as an accessory. Cole3 is held as a ir terial witness. TI ISTS OF THE COMMISSIONS i e Spent $3,000 and Collected $500, )00?Other? Collected Nothing? Spent $4,000 in One Year. Columbia.?The Blease winding-up pensary commission, which cost : slate of South Carolina approxiitely $4,000 for one year, is to be olished within the next several ieks as a result of the Crosso nresition. Not one dollar turned Into the ite treaasury as a result of the work ihe Blease commission. The AnseJ winding-up commission liich was dissmissed by Gov. Blease i the grounds of "incompetency' orked f(< four years at a cost ol ,000 to the state and turned into e state treasury about $500,000. It is expected that the linal meeting the Blease commission will be held Columbia in the near future, when e final report will be made. The members of the Blease comission are James Stackhou.se, J. V. 'allace, F. H. Dominick, Tlios. F. fantley and K. M. Thomson. The members of the Ansel cominison were Dr. W. J. Murray, John cSween, Avery Patton, J. Steele ; rice and A. N. Wood. Testimony was presented before the I gislaiu're investigating committee , the effect that a settlement with ie Richland Distilling company had >en perfected for 5100,000 when the esent governor was elected. John ; cSween, a member of the commis- j on, testifying said that after the gov- ! nor was elected that the offer oi 'ttlement for $100,000 was never dis- j isfecd again by the representatives ' the Richland Distilling company. The legislative investigating com- i littee has resumed its sessions here is very probable that the members f the Blease commission will be callJ by the committee to tell of the ork that was accomplished during ie one year of its existence. outh Carolina New Enterprises. The secrotary of state has issued a nmmission to the Hyman-Schneider i ompany of Georgetown with a cap! \\ stock of $10,000. The petitioners re A. H. Hyman and A. M. Schneid r. A charter has been issued to the lurphy Hardware company of Ches!>r with a capital stock of $10,000 'he officers are J. V. Murphy, presient; R. \V. Strange, vice president nd W. L. Murphy, general manager ecretary and treasurer. A commission as been issued to the Dry Dock Coal nd Timber company of Charleston rith a capital stock of$5,000. The pettioners are H. D. Workman and II. II. 'icken. A commission has been issued o the Pamplico Supply company of 'amplico with a capital stock of 00. Tfoe petitioners are M. A Cole""" I' .t llvmnn. \\ ?nd K. <i. Funk lea. A c jeen issued to the Hank ot centenary with a capital stock of $l'5,000. The petitioners are W. McG. Buck, C. (). Dixon, D. G. Brooks, A. F. Woods Henry Mullins and W. H. David. Limited Side-Swipes Freight Train. The Southeastern Limited, Southprn passenger train No. .11 "side-swip pd" a freight train at the siding near Blytbewood. The engine of No. 31 war derailed and four cars were badly smashed. Robert McDougal, engineer Dn the freight train, sftrained his left ftnkle and received a scalp wound The accident tied tip traffic on the Columbia-Charlotte division for about three hours Both the passenger and freight were southbound. The freight was backing into Blytbewood siding when No. 31 passed and collided with several box cars not "in the clear." County Teachers Hold Meeting. One of the best educational gather Ings held in Barnwell county for sorrn time and one from which it is expect pd that much good will come was held at Barnwell when the trustees and teachers met in the Barnwell high school auditorium. Horace J. Grouch, county superintendent of education presided. bor find Orcutt was in the act of unlocking the door w hen the explosion occurred. Neither was injured. They live s?even miles southeast of this place. Ore int. who is a Creek Indian citizen recentl> became involved in land litigation and if is said that revenue wn- probably the motive of the htsgiis v\ tio caused the explosion. Boiler Explosion Kills Twenty Five. San Antonio, Texas.?Between 20 and '10 men were killed outright and 50 injured by an explosion of the boiler of one of the Southern Pacific's finest locomotives in the yards. .Many of the dead and injured were strikebreakers. mostly from the North who I came last fall at the beginning of the Southern I'acif. shopmen's strike which has not yet been settled. A full public investigation will begin. Four buildings, forming a square ( around the tracks, where the locomotive stood, were wrecked. Railroad Suit is Compromised. The suit of Deputy Sheriff J. S. Hnntsinger of Greenville against the Southern Railway company has been compromised. Suit was brought foi $15,000, Mr. Hunsinger claiming damages to that amount for being put off a train by a ticket collector after lie had paid his fare. Chaingang Guard Wounded. J. M. Boulware. guard of the count> chaingang. accidentally shot himself the entire charge of buck shot entering his left shoulder and arm. Mr Hon I ware was alighting from a wagon and tlie hammer of hi* gun shuck tim wagon, discharging the gun. I)r. .1 F. Kinney at once went to the wounded man, ten miles from the city. .Mr. Boulware was hurried to the hospital in Laurinburg. N. (*. where the arm was amputated at the shoulder joint. The last reports were that he wa resting well. Delegates to Annual Reunion. The confederate veterans of I^an caster county. Wvlie I Caskey, commander met in the court house and elected the following delegates to the annual reunion to be held this year in .Macon. Ga.: ('apt. M. J. Hough, W. I, Caskey, T. H. Davis. The meeting passed a resolution asking the Lancaster delegation to use their influence with the next legislature to have an net passed doing away with soldiers' home in Columbia. The only reason assigned for this move is that the home is not wnai is uu^m iu ue. Have About Solved Murder Mystery The detectives say that they have about solved the mystery of the tmir der of little Andrew JaekEon at Klor ence. While things have not been brought out clearly, their hypothesis seems to be that there had been trouble be'ween Andrew and two little boys of Mcintosh, the hackman, and that the boys renewed the fight with he little fellow when he left his grand mother's and that a grown man. a n^ro known as Georgetown, who drives a hack for Mcintosh, took ttie metier and choked him to death IN OVATION TO ii I. LITTLETON NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE DE ? LIVERS POWERFUL SPEECH i FOR IN COME TAX. t CRITICISES SUPREME COURT ? 1 Democratic Leader Underwood Out lines Bill in tne House ana ucciarcs ; Growth of Socialism Due to Annul* ment of the Tax. 1 1 Washington. ? Democratic Leader Oscar W. Underwood, supporting the proposed excise tax bill in the House, i charged that the Supreme Court by j its annulment of the income tax in : 1805 was responsible for the growth of Socialism in the United States. The pending measures, which probably will soon pass the House, is ex- ! peeted to raise beiween $.">u,000,000 and $ ><),000,000 a year in revenue for the government. Multimillionaires An- | drew Carnegie, J. I'ierpont Morgan and John D. Rockefeller would be compelled to pay their full share of taxation under its terms, the Democratic leader declared. A remarkable demonstration marked the speech of Representative Littleton of New York. He cited court i records to prove the constitutionality of the bill and urged its passage. "I want to say that if we expect to tax the wealth of this country as , we ought to tax it," he said, "we must not stand paralyzed before this fm- | peding influence of the court. We cannot forecast the judgment of the 1 courts, but we must not let that impede us." "When the government had the right to tax wealth," said Mr. tin- ; derwood, "we did not near ine auclalistlc cry of those able to boar the burden of taxation "The spirit of unrest came wlten the Supreme Court abandoned its policy of a hundred years and, five jus- < tices to four, said in effect to Con* mess that great wealth was to be exempted from taxation ' "I do not want to be understood as railing at the Judiciary," said Mr. i Littleton. "I do. however, want to be understood as criticizing the Supreme Court's decision of 18^5 on the income tax law which cut off at one stroke three-fourths of the taxing power. Allen Clan Surrounded by Officers. HillsvHL. Va.?Tlie authorities of suriounding the region .< it ?n Allen clan are supposed to be hiding. A large posse composed of North Carolina sheriffs and depu, ties together with several detectives are closing in from the North Carolina mountains while another large force Is pushing Its way from Hillsviile soulhward Developments are not expected for two or three days us the officers being far into the mountains are rauier iciuuic nuu telegraph and telephone stations. Postoffice Robbed in Tennesee. Chattanooga. Tenn.?The postoffice at Jasper, Tenn, was robbed of $700 or $S0o The vault was blown open j with nitroglycerine and torn literally to pieces. The explosion was heard by the night operator of tlie telephone I office and he thought it was a bank directly under his office and was too frightened to make an outcry. The robbers escaped French Miners Vote To Strike. Denain, France.?A large number of coal milters in this d:strlct of the department of the Nord voted to go on strike in spite of the decision of the French National Miners' federation against such a step. The union officials are trying to prevent the spread of the movement. Unusual Tide of Emigration. Chicago. III.?Foreginers in unprecedented numbers are taking bookings from Chicago to their fatherlands, according to steamship agents. "The rush is unusual for this time of the year, " stid one agent. "We have calls for more than our reservations will allow us to care for. Ten Persons Were Drowned. Loudon.?Seven passengers and three Kuropeens of the crew of the Peninsula k Oriental steamer Oceana were drowned after the collision between ?he Oceana and the fJerinan bark I'isagua in the I'nglish channel. A boat in which tin- v n passengers and sailors were making Tor the mainland capsized. The I', and O. officials say several las-nrs of the crew were drowned. The Oceana sank soon after the collision. The I'isagua was lowed to port at Dover hi a sinking ?ondition. Home Wrecked By Dynamite. Tulsa. Okla. Alvin Orcutt and his bride narrowly escaped death when their home was wrecked by a dynamite explosion. They were returning from an evening's visit to a neigh \ f \ $1.25 PER YEAR ROM THE PALMETTO STATE olumn of Short Paragraphs of State News of Interest to the People of the State. Columbia.?Exceptionally low rate? >n all railroads from all points in louth Carolina and Augusta. Ga.. ave been secured for the unveiling )(, the Woman's Monument in Colum lia on April 11, and an arrangement las been made whereby those attendng the Columbia music festival on :he 11th and 12th may alao take ad .antage of them. Columbia.?State Superintendent of Education Swearingen has addressed i circular letter to the county superintendents throughout the state calling attention to the two school hws of staaie-wide importance enacted at the recent session of the general assembly, the Consolidated Graded School Act and the Act distributing the dispensary fund. Columbia.?The whiskey sales for the dispensaries, in six counties of the state amounted to $218,122.38 for the , month of February, according to a re port Issued by M. H. Mobley, dispenBary auditor. Richland conntv led the state with $70.2-4.25. The operating expenses for the month amounted to $11,870.61. The total sales are about the same as in January. Columbia.?It is announced from Washington that the Interstate com merce commission will send Special Kxaminer Gibson to Columbia oa April 12 to take testimony in the case of the board of trade of Cheraw against the Seaboard Air Line railway and the Highland Park Manufacturing Company against the Southern railway. Anderson.?Alleging that W. W. Rice maliciously and viciously assaulted and struck him. biting the forefinger of the left hand so severely that it was necessary that it be am putated by a surgeon, S. K. Leverett of Moseley, this county, has instituted suit against Rice, claiming damages In the amount of $2,000 for alleged physical and mental pain suffered, and expense incurred because of the in jury. Charleston.?In addition to the rcg ular county offices which must be tilled by election by fflV-Charleston county voters during the coining slimmer, an entirely new office, which has not yet been voted for, will stand before the people to be filled This office is that of judge of the civil and criminal court of Charleston county, created by an act of the genoral us?omh!v of 1P11. as amended by an act passed at the recent session. Walhalla.?Jim Killian, tlie 14-year old Oconee boy charged with the raur der of Young Cheek, during Christmat week/ was convicted of manslaughter ,and will he sentenced to serve r term in n-t'if tmfi . y?T<^Tu " "" " Cheek was shot and killed in the Kil Man home. Mrs. Killian, a widow with seven children lived in the Woll State section of the county where Cheek was a frequent visitor to the home to visit a daughter of Mr* Kil liaa Columbia.?The remittitur in the case of Charles Barber was sent tc Spartanburg by U. It. Brooks, clerk of the Supreme Court. The Spartan burg man. who is under a sentence of two years for breach of trust, wll! very probably be brought to the state penitentiary in the near future to be gin the service of his sentence. ThSupreme Court denied a rehearing ir his case. Spartanburg.?Records in the office of the chamber of commerce show that 51 farmers have entered the Spar tunburg county corn growing contest This is the movement inaugurated here to place Spartanburg up among the first corn growing counties of the country at the National Corn Show to be held in Columbia next winter The chamber of commerce has appro priated $1,000 for the promotion ol I the contest. Barnwell.?A petition was ciroulaied among the freeholders of Barnwel! asking the town council to call ar election on the question of installing an electric light and waterworks plant The petition was enthusiastically re ceived, and was presented, with thf required number of signatures to the city fathers. The prelminary steps are now being taken and the mayot and aldermen will confer with engi neers as to the cost of a plant, sur veying the town, etc. Columbia.?The governor has grant ed a parole to Frank Mothershed, whc was convicted in Williamsburg coun ly in October of 1001) on the charge of assault and battery with intent : to kill. Since assuming office the gov ernor has extended clemency in 33? j cases. Greenville. Under a new law giv ing rural police to Grcenviile county two men, J. M. Vcrlin and It. J. Bailej ?were elected at a meeting of the Greenville county delegation. The officers will receive $000 a year each and will enter upon their duties at once. Orangeburg.- The town election at Norway was held and the election passed off quietly. TIip following were elected: If. I*. Fulmer, intend ; ant; wardens. J. F. Bates, Dr. B. B ! Sailey, Tom Cogburn and Mr. Flynn Messrs. Bates. Sailey and Cogburn j were re-elected. Columbia.-After b'aving a .note with a negro woman telling his family where to find bis body. Windman Smith, a prominent Hampton county farmer, drowned himself in I-owndes Lake. His body was tound floating *' * IftL-a Cmith u*!ia .>11 TOO Hurlatc ui inr in fit. w....... 66 years of age. St. Matthews. ? Kliolt Moore anil Lem Hamilton were tried in the city court on the charge of selling liquor j Moore was convicted and a mistrial 1 ' was ordered as to Hamilton. Moore managed to r/iaake a noiseless escape from the custody of the court * Orangeburg?The Orangeburg coun| ty boys' corn contest club member ship continues to grow and a large club will result in this county. Owing to the con tin rod rains, the work of organizing and electing officers for the club has not been done, hut now soon the club is to be completely organized and officers elected.