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CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA* FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 191*. VOLUME XXVI NUMBER 39, blease resigns I governorship Gives No Reason For Quitting Office So Soddenly? Lieu tenant Governor Chas. ' | A. Smith Sworn In. ' V [ (From Thursday's Columbia Record.) Cole L. Blease today filed ? his resignation as governor of ? South Carolina.. No reason for his action was (given in the document, worded with unusual brevity, which Gov. Blease filed with Secre tary of State R. M. McCown. Gov. Blease's resignation K simply stated : , "Hon. R. M, i r McCown, secretary of state. I hereby resign my office as gov f ernor of South Carolina/' This action came without ? warning. Intense excitement was caused in the General ^As sembly, which was then^in . joint session. ' I Lieutenant Governor Charles A. ? Smith was 10 minutes later sworn hi is governor of South Carolina. The y of office was administered by Chief Justice Etigene B. Gary, of the Ip&te supreme court. In session at the capitol. Governor Blease stated tothe repre .... icntatii c of The Record tharhe would state no reason for his action. Hfe wa? then ln the supreme court room, r- where preparations ware being made p .to administer the oath of office to : Charles A. Smith, the lieutenant gov ernor. ^ ? - Whik' a <?wd 9f State officials, members of both branches Of the leg ;? Islature and several score citizens ; crowded the Supreme court room to t overflowing and packed the wide hails of the oapitol before the court room, Charles A. Smith, pallied .with ?xclte ^ttept that blage of possibly two hundred to quiv er noticeably, became* the governor ofl ? South Carolina. The, new governor's! home is at Timmonsvllle. He was a J candidate, defeated, last summer for! | the governor's office. Though from no official source could I the statement b^ confirmed, it was! generally stated In the legislative halls! that Governor Blease resigned because! lie did not ."like the personnel of the| legislature." This boctf is kno*n to he almost unanimously and bitterly op- 1 Posed to him. When Governor Blease was thlsl 7: morn,11K told of a meeting of members! of the legislature when the proposal off -Instituting impeachment proceedings I against him was considered, he was J visibly effected, and restrained his I ?Peech with apparent difficulty. To the newspaper men, the resign-! m* governor after quitting that office! ?ppeared a defiant man, He was cool ! and flelf-possessed, the most composed ! man in all that growing crowd that| hronged the South Carolina capltol. | Immediately after news of the gov- J *r?or'8 resigning became knnwm' in ?hP| Joint session of the legislature- that] up With precipitate haste. I ?JO* newspaper men' not obseryJ - he decorum of theijody-aadran rn p - oly from the hall ef the house of rep- J ^ntatives, followed closely by the| members. r Near 12 :30, while the house was In the midst of routine matters connect with the presentation of first read to* bills, Sergeant-at- Arms' "Vllson tdtetiry the Governor." W. P. Black born, the ex-governor's secretary, ? ?t> P??red with the message and was ad mitted. The following brief message wait f T*ftd, followed by a sudden hush on tho lioo* nnd then wild applause: ? "To the Members of the General As L1:. sembly of the State of South Caro lina : "I hereby tender ray resignation to ? you as governor of the state of South ? Carolina. - - ?*?? - ? 'il 1 Tr- ' :fyc-' v :tfegoectf u 1 1 y When order was restored the rou L. tine business of, the hoube continued, ' ?though the hum of excited ionver r Mtion continued. At 1 :10 Mr. Bl*ck? / barn again appeared 'and was an \ danced as a messenger of "Pis Ex ^wlleney the 'Governor." He present - ?d the following message: gpo the General AS&emtviy 4ft thaf^State ! ? of Smith Carolina : "I have the honor to inform you that upon the resignation of the Hon. Cole L. Blease, as governor of the state of South Carolina, I went l>efore the supreme court and uj?on motion of As sistant Attorney Fred II. Dumtnlck took the twith of ottlee as uovernor, "Very respectfully, "Charles A. Smith, "Governor." This uuwsage was also received In the senate. In the house It was round ly applauded. John J. McMalmu of Rtchland county moved that a com mittee he appointed to confer with the governor and learn his wish In regard to a more formal Inauguration before a joint assembly of the two houses tonight. This motion was carried unanimously. The following members were appointed John J. McMahan, Joseph W. McCullough aud H. B. Charles. Johnny Evers Coming to Camden. New York, Jan. 9.? Johnny Evers, captain of the Boston Braves, who com t meted a severe attack of pneumonia while In this city last month, has been ordered South b? his physicians to re cuperate. Kvers a*nd hi? family will go to Cqm den, S. C?, within a short time, and the Braves' leader will remain there un til it is time to report to the Boston Cluli at Macon, Ga., on March 1. Kv ers will spend much of the time in the South playing golf. Held For Federal Court. After a preliminary hearing yeSttv day morning before R. Beverly Sloan, United - States commissioner, Garfield Adamson was remanded to Jail under $500 bond to face trial in the United States court in Columbia on the charge of breaking into a building used as n postofflce at DeKalb in Kershaw coua-, ty ? jvith the intention of committing larceny. The date for Adamson's trial will be set after the United States court convenes in Columbia on January 19.? Tuesday's State. New Real Estate Firm. Messrs. L. C. Shaw and Steve L. Perry have rente<l offices over the cor ner building on Broad and DeKalb streets formerly occupied by the Mur-i chison Grocery Co., where they will conduct u real estate, insurance and renting agency. Both are well known and popular young men and will no doubt get a good share of the business in this line. Mr. Shaw was formerly a member of the real estate agency of Kennedy and Shaw, and Mr. Perry was connected with the Clyburn Drug Co. _The new Arm will begin business as soon afc their offices are fitted up. - I v Colored Woman Dead. Mary Powell, a member of a highly respected colored - family of Camden, died last Thursday at the Camden1 Hospital after a^ short IHness. ? The funeral services were held at the Trin ity Methodist church and the burial was in this city. ? 1 "" ? Arrivals at The Kirkwood. -^Recent arrivals at the Kirkwood are : Mr. and Mrs. Goo, 10. Crampton, and Roland Crampton, of Brookllrie, Mass. ; Miss Louise: Y. Boyd. James~Boyflr Pinehjtoratr- N. J^rs, J. E. Piatt Stone, William Davenport Piatt,. W. Brady, Washington; Mr. and Mrs. R 8. Gernon and Miss Andrev Gernon, of Philnpeld, N. J; Mr. F.^W. Sewell and F. H. Martin of New York; Mr. and Mrs. ,Frank B. Foster, of Phila delphia; Mr. 0. H. Ogden, of Dayton, Ohio; * ? At Hobkirk Inn. Recent arrivals, at. tlifiJHobk irk Inn are : O. C. Bolton, Cleveland, O. ; Amos /B. McNary, Cleveland, O. ; Judge How ell, City ; r O. ti Hood, Lowell. Mass. ; Mr. and Mrs. Kenheth B. Wick, Cleveland, O. ; Mrs. Arthur Nichols, Worcester, Mass.; Bfiss Craig, New York City; Mrs. J. Hall Dow, Yoitkers, N. Y. ; Mr. J. C. Cox, Cleve land, Q. ; Dr. Synftlngton, Austria ; Mrs. Davis, Springfield, Mass. ; Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Flnnders, Boston, Mass. Arrivals at OMrt *m. Arrivals at th?> Court Inn for the past week are as follows: Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Roberts, Brook lyn, N. Y. ;Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Craven, Salem, N. J.; Loyd Roberts, Wayne, Ps. ; Arthur I* Walker, New York; Norman T. Walker, New York; Mr. >?nd Mrs. A,rK. ~Ohaa?, Providence M MAKES GREAT SPEECH IN "HOOSIER" STATE President Wilson Was Princi pal Speaker a* Andrew Jackson Day. 9 - Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 8.? picturing the Uulted siiiics uh fulfilling the U1k>? function of "servant of mankind," President Wilson's speech hero today wS? full of words of peace and prom ise to business, of caution ahd admo nition to his party, of invitation and compliment to the independent voter, of fairness to struggling Mexico, of friendly neutrality to the embattled powers, <>f fealty and devotion to the great spirit of the United Htates as a nation. Especially significant were the pros ident's references to the relations ho tween the United Htates and others of the oarth. Preeminently interesting, IMtrl.mps, wan his statement that so long us he had the jH>wer the Mexicans should he given the opportunity to work out their own salvation, even if blood shed were necessary to pay the price of their Nalvation. Europe was shed' ding blood dally to settle its. problems, he said, and Mexico should he allowed the chance to enfranchise itself in the har?V school of experience. The president spoke of the opportun ity for business men, telling of the achievements of Congress in the fight to make business ways better a"hd clearer, and touched on the bright In dustrial prosj>ects. That the United Htates wiltfe ulti mately stand as the mediator In the great European War was another con viction expressed by the president. He pointed to the future, when the nations of the earth shall recognize America's poslslon and attitude And come to the Western giant with , their mediation plans. t I A federal employment bureau and reform In court procedure advanced by the president were the two new ques^ (ions takn up In his address, it was understood tonight that he would press both subjects on congress at the earli est possible Opportunity. SEABOARD FLORIDA LIMITED j Will Stop at Camden if Passage Can't Be Secured on Local Trains. The "Florida Limited." the SeaboMs handsomest and fastest train now passes Camden twice daily. This train is put on every winter to accomodate the heavy tourist travel. It is a solid steel train and is aft fine as the Pull man can put on, and as a rule car ries nine cars. This year the train will run from New York to Miami. Last year the train went as .far as Key West. There is no stop between Rich mond and Columbia, except for water. The southbound train passes Camden at 7 :43 a. m. ; northbound at 10 :0f> P. m. - Cards reading as follows have been mailed to prospective visitors jto Cam den in New York as follows : "The Seaboard Florida Limited leaving New York at 2:08 p. m? arriving at Cam den, S. C., 7:48 a, m., will take pas sengers for Camden* provided they can not secure drawing rooms on their b :34 p. m. train, although the Limited is "hot scheduled to stop. New York office, Seaboard Air Line, 1184 Broad way .'*>-< ' ' Col. Watson to Speak. On Tuesday evening, February 2nd. at 7 o'clock, Mc. E. J. Watson- will make an address at the Braver Dam school-house, one mile front Sheppfcrd. Tftte aaaratg viy sa aiong the ltoe growing-end shipping vagafshJps fn the Northern markets and Mr. Watson wilt endeavor to show in his address why this will be a profitable buslneqp for the farmers of thj& section. The object of this meeting Is to get the people of this community to plant jyaoughtruck . to. give us oneor more airloads a day scr we can ship by fast freight and save high express jutes. ' ? Remember -the date and be there ai the appointed hour. r Mairfed.-;^^^.;.,. ^ , Married, on Sunday, January 10, st the home t>f the Judge of probate, Mr. Daniel Wilson Moseley and Miss Sail le Denton, the probate judge officiating. Both young people were from the east ern section of this county.. " >- Mr. William Bass and Miss Lula Ray, of LUgoff^ were married on De ccember 27, 1^4^ the. cer^ony^belng performed by Re*r -WlilUm Rsbon Married, ?t th|3proi)ate co?rt ofnc^ on Monday, Janoa/y Ilth, the Judge of probate officiating, Mr. Alex. Outlaw and Miss Effle Ellis, both of Camden. J. L. Irby of Kershaw will be a can didate for director of the State peni tentiary, according to an announcement NEGROES SHOOT AND ROB OLD MAN NEAR CAMDEN. Walter Williams and Sam Ga? rey in Jail Charged With . The Crime. rt ft Itecauae ho threatened to rejMirt two negro** who had assaulted and robbed htm of twenty cents, It. Krohmburg, ail aged Herman, was shot at three times Saturday night while making hta way from Sumter to Camden, when about seven miles below Oaiuden. The wouude<l man walked ort to Camden, where he was given medical attention at the Camden hospital, and found to l>e shot through the mouth. The old man told Ida atory to thQ nol lee, and chief of police Whltaker, Constable Sinclair and policeman Stewart went down in search of the assailants. From this trip they learn where the uien could t>e foi\nd and early Wednesday morning they made another trip and arrested Sam Gary and Walter Williams 'charging them with the deed. The jwlice say that the evidence they have against the men is sufficient to convict l>oth. The men are now being held In the county jail. The old man states' that after ho was atruck several blows with a stick he told tht* negroea that- .be was going to #wn and rej>ort the affair. The ne groes replied "we'll just fix you so that you can't tell" and began firing at him. A smaller brother of one of the negroea witnessed the shooting and ran away, afterwards telling the officers of the occurrence. ;.t On his trip to arrest the negroes Sat urday night chief of police Whttaker had a narrow ^scapefrom bfclhgkllled. He called at a negro house occupied by Sclpift Salmond, receiving no reply he wnited a few moments when he was flred at through the house, the load tearing off a board just in front of ^him. Tho nogro was arrested and brought to Camden and proved to be the samo negro who was in the auto mobile with sheriff Hucknbee and Mr. K. W. Murchlson when their automo bile went into a creek near jDarllng- i linOi,- ..c- t.u x Should Have Been tn This State. S* ~ ~ ?? ? ? Klrhmond* ^Ta., Jan. 12. ? Fqi^r vleta overpowered and tied their, guard and then slid down a rope from the fourth story window of the state pris on, scaled a thirty foot wall nn?l es caped, going In the direction of New po*jttews. All the men were serving long sentences and It Is presumed they will endeavor to sail for Europe. Farmers to Meet. The Farmers County association will convene with the Antioch Farmers as sociation, on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in January, at 10 o'clock. All subordinate associations are requested to send a full delegation. Meeting place Poplar Camp W. O. W. Hall, Antioch,, 8. C. ? ' . Tyson Yates, Sec. Banks to dose Tuesday. Tuesday, January 19th, being the birthday of Iiobt. E. L?ee, the three banks of Camden will be closed on that day. PArtie&JhAYixut banking business will take npte of the fact. MRS. VILLEPIGUE DEAD. ** Li One of County's Oldest Citizens P ass* ed Away Sunday Night. "r ? ? Although not unexpected our 'commu nity was saddened to hear of th& death oflffs. 'jforah VillepiituB, which oa curred at the .VillepigUe hqrfle in ibis city' gunday night- Hoy long and uso f ul life of eighty-nine f>ea re was spent in Camden where she will long be re membered for her kindly heart, -chari table deeds, and lovely Christian char acter. v In early girlhood she married CapL James Vlllepigue and' they lived to? gether to a ripe old age, celebrating their golden wedding only a few years before his death. -Tbey reared a large and interesting family of which the fol lowing survive: James Vlllefiroe, of New, York ; Frank Vlllepigue, of Fort Worth,- Texas; Walter Vlllepigue, of Washington, D. C. ;"Mrd^ Fbrman, f Clemson College, and Miss Kate Vllle pigue, of this city. V The funeral service* were held at the home on Tuesday morning, the Bev. F. H. Harding, rector of Grace church, officiating The floral offerings were, many and beautiful. The burial was f-. ? in '1 ' * '*** " **" made in t lie old tfosker cemetery* rrrj *i?" s i.i i, ii ?i i i .<? i ? ii.. . . Ginnings For Thfe County. ? Reports, to the census department at Washington show that up to January i, 1915, there had been 29,522 bales of cotton ginned In Kershaw 'county, ft compared to 20^96 for, the same date last rear. ? *?' TOURISTS MOVING SOUTH WITH WINTER WEATHER. Main Line of Three Great Rail way Systems Inaugurated Special Trains. Southern, Seaboard and Atlantic Coast Lino railway* are now operating hjhh'IjiI tourist trains from Now York to Florida, and many of the tourists are stopping In points- In th? Carolina!* ? Oaroden, Aikon, Columbia, Green vlllo and Ashevlll? art* entertaining ? number of these pleasure and health seekers. VftHt numbers of tourists who other wise would have gone abroad for the winter are now turning to the South and West for their recreation. A Northern* Journal with big headlines exclaims "Southward Moves the in vading Army of Winter Tourists." The Northern exchange goes on to say : "Bvery bit ward' that sweejw across the plains of the West or stalln rail road trains in the snow blockades of New England and Colorado whistles I with its driving fury : 'Co South.' Kv ery orange tree/ every grapefruit gro- e ?yea, every pine troo Of the-' South ,ial it sends forth its p?-fume, every mock ing bird that sings its love song? sends forth a call: 'Come South.* The over swelling chorus Is heard, by an eVer- 1 Increasing audience. With one ear they listen to tho roar of the wintry blast and shiver as the bltlrifr cold touches eve*x weak spot : with the otlv- 1 er ear they catch the music of all na ture as it sings a song of joy In ^tbe bouyancy of the youth that cornea from I drinking In Southern air, more life giving than the famed spring for which Ponce de T^eon searched in vala. He found not that for which he looked, because he realised not that the very air he breathed was the youth-perpet uating fountain of eternal Joy to gen eration aft?r generation. "As 4he men and women of the I North and West look out upon thel ice-bound region# where life la hard and suffering for many months severe- 1 their thoughts turn longingly to tlmtr other picture where outdoor , Uf* M I possible amid the tall rock-ribbed pine. with their waving plumes and then j air with their sweet perfume as thex charm the eya with their beauty whiln the rich yellow fruit still burdens the tree, and to them there cgmes an Ir resistible desire to start Oh the South ward Mouraey. Some prefer the go rious mountains of the Carolines of the bracing air of the sand hill region of these states and Georgia. -8omH select the Land of Flowers, where to the true lover of nature every pect pleases* because it is so anything seen elsewhere ; some love the charms of the Gulf -Coast .of Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana , tgg Texas; some think that quaint and ev er picturesque, pleasure loving M Orleans baa no superior; some 8W that tar In Texas are to be found a( tractlons nowhere surpassed. It mat tors not where they go In this favored land, ao long aa they come South nr. ! And all their anticipations realised. Their coming Is a blessing to em and to the nation, as wall as ?th? South. Through this intermingling of people from all sections comes a closer acquaintanceship, a broader national spirit and a keener, realization of the oneness of our whole land where no arbitrary "nea divide differing nation alttles one from the other as In war cursed Europe." 1 ?AHthe~fionthJia the natlon^sgreat est asset when measured by its limit less resources for national- enrichment, no this Winter toarlst business Is one of the Soiith's greatest assets from "whatever viewpoint It may be studieJ. The splendid resort hotels that add to the wealth of the* whole South are made possible only by this winter tide or tr&irel. "The thousands thus employ* ed and the great home market thus created, the vast railroad traffic con nected with* this business, are bur a very small part of the value of ttujj tourist to the f^mth. The tourist 1& more than a' more traveler tor health or pleasure, more than a liberal, money spender. He Is a country builder. Hen ry Flagler was a tourist, and because of that fact he finally spent more than $60,000,000 In Florida. Few pthero could spend so much, bat. thousands have in the aggregate spent many times as much. Splendid winter homes, T>eauttful grounds, setlve work of ai> yaWlBf, iSivy investments in a wid^ variety of enterprises are a few of the easily-seen evidences that have marked the trail of the tourist army wherever it has marched through the land Hjgi aJ,. Mr. H. Tj. Schlosburg was in Charles- j ten a few days this" RICHARD BOYK1N KILLED WED'Y BY J NO. MICKLE Negro Struck in Head Witk Shot Gun by White Men and Died Later. , '?That ltlchard Boy kin fame to hi* (loath from a blow lufllotwl by a shot gun in tho hands of John Mickle, aui that James McGirt \w> held an an at ceasory before tho killing" wan tho ver dict of a coroner'# jviry which held as Inquest over tho dead body of a nfjjr# yeatorday a f tor noon at tho colored us riortaklng establishment of Collin* Broa. * Some half do?on t>r more negro wit nesses were examined but nearly all of them stated that they had bee* drinking or wore tlrnnk and couldnt or wouldn't tell what they knew. From what they said It seems that Mickle rode up to the homo of Mary Single ton, In the lower part of the city. Wednesday afternoon In company wit* < James McGirt* a nogro, and entering tho house of tho woman found Blchard Boykln sitting in a chair in a half drunk condition, and struck him sev eral blows over the head with a shot gun, crushing his skull to such an ex tent that ho died ?\t the Camden Hoe-/ pital early Thursday morning. Nothing could bo learned as to the cause of tho killing other than that Mickle, McGirt and lioykin had had a falling out over an order of whiskey that had been shipped. McGlrt'e con nection with the crime came about be cause he was interested in the whiskey shipment and that he drove Mickle from the honse whore the killing took place. Mickle was put in jail aoon af ter the affair happened, but McGirt was not arrested until late yesterday afternoon. , ' * McGlrt' Is the. negro who was con. vlcted on two counts at the last term 0f y<>\irt and sentenced to pay a fine on tw*> counts tor selling whiskey, and later granted a pardon by Blease. He has also served a sentence on the gang -or stealing and butchering cows, p Capt M. L. Smith waa engaged te lefend Mttkle, but his election as Judge of this circuit will disqualify him from r act Icing law. We understand thai an effort was made Vesterday after ?10011 to secure the services of. ex-Goy. CV?le to defend Mickle. i ? WILL NOT AFFECT MILITIA. Officers Do Nol Take the Governors Latest Order Seriously. /j" ? 1 ^ Tho governor'* wholesale disbanding of the militia caused some mild nraufle ment, and the4) general comment that there ,was no rhyme or reason for hie so doing. On toQUlry, Capt B- OL von Tresckow, the president of the N tlonal Guard Association of South ^Car 'ilina, stated that upon re^ipt of the news Monday he had Wired to members of the South Caro lina delegation in Congress, and from what he had heard there was no ground to believe that the^action of the gov ernor would in any way affect the National Guard; After the inaugura tion of governor Manning t*e whole matter would no doubt be speedily and satisfactorily arranged. Captain voa Tresckow also remarked that He had seen no reason to postpone the meet ing of the National Guard Association, and It would come off as ahnou*?d 011 January 20th at Columbia. B* ??. Columbia, Jan. 18. ? The dispensaries in 15 counties sold $8,000,000 worth of $000,000, according to the annual re "jjuvl <jf auditor. MENDEL SMITH ELECTED JUDGE *""*'?> :?* ?- V ?? \''r - ' 'VM/ ' '^ixrVY'^ -3* ? ' " ' * ~ . ? , T Mendel 1m Hmitn,or i^utnden, fofifief speaker of the house of representa tives,. and candidate last summer for governor, was Thursday unanimously elected Jndge fof the fifth judicial cir cuit to fill the vacancy mads by the death last June of Jfadge Ernest Gary of Columbia, by the general assembly iu Joint session. Representative McMahan of > Rich land announced withdrawal of th^can < lid ho: y of William T. Aycock of Colom bia, Mr. Smith's principal opponent Soon after tho house convened ft 11 o^clock Thursday, that body adopt ed a concurrent resolution providing for a Joint aeiwlon at 12:lfi o'clock to begin balloting on the election of a judge for the fifth judicial circuit, com posed of Richland and Kershaw coua-;, ti?v after changing the hour from Vk% o'clock. : Mr. J. B. DuPree, of