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JS'- 4-'- '. ! . VOL. XXXV BARNWELL. S. CL, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 15.1912 «• STATE HOUSE AFFAIR « offick hiud: speaks OF BIG LOAN —.— ■ I —*— ' /1 —►— DEPUTY SHOT DOWN WHILE . TO iU RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE 8EBVINQ A WABRAXT . TREASURER SHOWS GOVERNOR TO PUCING OF CONTRACTS INVESTIGATION ORDERED HAVE STATED FALSELY Resolution Providing for Immediate Shooting Done by Coart Witness for Whom . B.»d. W.rrant Had [fjTIRE RECORD IS GIVEN Been Issued. | . Fuller Gregory, an. ex-policeman g M bniitn Letters From Banker Mat- of Aiken, was shot and Instantly, Inquiry, by Special Committee, of killed Wednesday night by Tom Lip-j „ ford at Llpford’s home at Warren- ’ Conduct of Committee on State ville ln Alken Cou nty, while Gregory Hottse and Grounds and Others In- was acting as a special deputy. Both Gregory and Llpford lived at-War-' renvllle, and both are well known, j Llpford was arrested by Maxy Craig and carried to Aiken and lodged In HEYDURN GETS ROAST JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS RAPS SENATOR PROM IDAHO. A Tilt in the United States Senate Over Erecting a Monument at Vicksburg to Confederates. volved. The House on Thursday had an- “In the name of God, Mr. Presi dent, are, we down South not a part thews and Comptroller General of the people of the United States? j 1 feel sometimes as if the last sur- Jonqs Which Flatly Contradicts -.ivlng man who wamts to ‘render treason idious’ has been sent to the i the Statement Made It, Gov. Die*,. (Tom ‘ These stinging exclamations by HOT TALK IN HOUSE v PUNS TO REHOBEL TIE STATE HOUSE IS CONSIDERED in His Message About the Loan, AT COST OF $1,000,000 Governor Biease Sends Message on the Subject, Cause of Subcommit tee Who Made Contract and Ar chitect Todd is Reviewed, All of Whom Try to Explain. There was an unexpected flurry ** M ; MUST SERVE SENTENCE M. A, CARLISLE, OF NEWBERRY, REFUSED A NEW TRIAL. FIR Sentenced to Five Years on Indict- meet Charging Misapplication of MAIL Funds of National Bank. A prison sentence of five years for! , Milton A. Carlisle, ^president of the National Bank of Newberry, 8. C., will stand so far as the United States circuit court of appeals Is concerned, according to an opinion handed down at Richmond, Va., on Wednesday, the ipinion being read by Judge Goft, This case was argued several months sther decided flurry over the matter of the contract for the plans for the extension of the State House, for ago, Gov. Biease of South Carolina Reported That Took From Sixty to Thousand Dollars Ft in the Express Car aa Their Escape. Five ■ . K...’ jail John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, “I therefore deny the statements j n bis debate in the United States _ made hi the message of the governor. s enate with Senator-Heybum over lc the Hous « Wednesday over the api , eartng a8 one of coun8e i ( or the passenger They are absolutely without founda- the erection of a Confederate shaft B P eclal message of the Governor with (;on vt c ted banker. It came up on ap-! wljr Wednesday mar Halbert, p or a een su poenea as a ti on ” „ j Yi ckB ij U rg, are o ioted in the Cou- le ^ erence to the contract for plans pea j f roul _ district court at dynamited a sate on the men held ** B er train No. 4t ( which a bill of 113,500 has been sub- witness In the case of John Ware, i Thlg 8t atement was contained in a rier .j ourna i s Washmgtoa dispatches for the development and improve- Greenville, 3. C. mitted In connection with plaster who la charged with burning Green s communication addressed to the gen- Tuesday morning. ment of the 3tate Hou8 ®' Messrs Milton Anderson Carlisle was con- Tuesday morning. “ The tilt began when Senator Wil liams sought to obtain a vo'e on his trom ti,e governor. Tcdd &. Benson. The models. Wednesday two resolutions, Btore at Warrenvllle some time ago. e ral assembly Tuesday-night by R, looking to straightening the record, He waa rel, ®d upoo by the State as H Jennings, State treasurer, who Is llttU1B BULlt(UL UULUIU a D uu Uia were presented, and Thursday morn- of the n J a,n '!. it ° e88e . 8 agalnBt a one-armed Confederate veteran, In Iaea8Ure appropriating money for a ' ,!ryan and C> D - Lee ‘ wlth A ‘ W< !of an Indictment containing ing Mr. Rembert suggested another Ware; and when, Wednesday after- re p lying to statements made by the i com p anlon ghaft t0 the monument! To<ld concurring, deny that the con-1 (.quu^ Carlisle’s conviction came plan of investigation, and the House, uoon, the case was called In the spec- governor with reference to the low : orected t0 northern naval forces at i tract for enlar 8 ln B th « State House after a trial which lasted several days! ransacked the mail coach away with plunder the amoont i he special message vk;i ed October- 40, 1010. in the fed-4 "Nch hpa Mt bMa dafaltotiL&ifeL^ , In whlcn F. jM. eral court at Greenville on five counts mlned - . % ■ * - Vicksburg, and provided it should be was 8i ^ ued ln the governors pres- an(i aroused much interest in South whioh followed reduced ( £h* W finally, after a ‘ merry-go-round,” terin general sessions court rate 0 j i n t ereB t 0 n the loan of $500,- adopted the suggestion of Mr. Stev- ^ ere - be was not present. | qqq ma( j e t{j e state of South Caro- enson relative to the inquiry as to Judge Copes issued a bench war- jj na how, when, and where the contract rant for and Gregory was “Again, the sta'ement,” continues that has been so mach discussed was deputized to go to Warrenvllle, ar- Q a p t Jennings, “made by the gover- lltA - ut c really arranged. The resolution, as reBt Lipford ' and ,jrtn K h5m t0 A,k ' nor, that the money was on deposit before the chair ruled that it must go adopted, and as indicative of the en - Ar “ ed w “; h tats * 8rr ^ nt ‘ here drawing interest for the State, ;v ver , under the custom of the sen- ' view of the majority of the House, ory went t0 '' arrenvllle late WeJ * [, a t variance with the records sub-i ate Senator Williams made Urs ap- reads as follows: ‘ I nesday afternoon. mitted.” | real: 1. Resolved, by the House of Rep- Reports as to tho killing are con-j “i na Bmuch as I am the person,” | “if the senator from Idaho will resentatlves, That a committee of nic,ln P 11 19 stated tnat Gregory he continues, “who gave out a state- 1 a g reo lo i e t tiiis bill come f> a vote three members of the House be forth- ' <norked on Llpford s door and Lip- 0 f t he facts in regard to the i W |H promise that no senator from ‘ with appointed by the Speaker and fnrd * wlfe opened It for him, but ^Qjjpy borrowed m 1911, and to ih e South, so far aa 1 am able to in- w * th Hie Governor reported when appointed, rhall constitute a that 18 he ste PP ed inside to serve the ^.^ich the language of the governor' fh e nre their action will vote on the ' I,rrspnt - The con'fact between P. commission whose duty it shall be to warrant on Llpford, Llpford fired was doubtless 1 :directed when he, in measure.” ' V1 "ryan, W'. W. , Investigate and report to this House ’ upon l ‘ lm wlth a Bho, K u n. the en*! j, l8 me8Sa g P 8a ) d ^uy re port or Th . ,, , nrif Q- n „ with all convenient speed the tacts tlre load entering Gregorys right correspondence to the contrary is a.. ,, h h , . d ,. .. as to the conduct and action of the * ide out8lde on malicious falsehool and was an ef- rQt be I)r(>1)er or c0fl8tl;utl0nal . lie comtalftee on State House an(J 1 , lDford . 8 fr)en ,, a rlalm that 0r „ ! fort ^ rob the cre(llt due me said such measures amounted to grounds, and ts suo-commiitees, and Gtprora s menus claim tnat Greg gecuring this loan, I beg to state I „„„„ a ^ a ... . ^ nrv was flrlnklni? and that »-hon ho . . . . treading upon the sacred memories all other persons and officers con- nry waB nrlnKln k an( i wnen ne| that t i, e f ore g 0 i nK records and cor ]62 | The explosive blew the ture of the combination express car to splinter* and a m of baggage, express matter and was left of the oar to ashes. unveiled before the semi-centennial ence ’ and further states that The! (3 aro ij na celebration in 1913. j chief executive, as far as they know Thft coun f B 0 f t h 0 indictment on When Senator Heyburn objected to l<n< “ w nothin K °f It un tll the general w bi c h Carlisle was convicted were P aMen K er * were Q°t molests 1 the consideration of the measure aud, aB8eIT!h * J D ' et ‘ i those charging misapplication of the* wa * ^CCOn^pHebed Appended to the message was an 1 fun(la of lbe N#wb * fry National bank,! tbe ot A edilorlal from The State containing 1 ^hich he was the president from j * oln * lnt <» tb » the charges denied. The minutes of 1899 until 1909 the meeting of the committee that q' be 8 p ec iac charge in three of awarded the contract show that the committee met in the Governor’s of- tico on Wednesday, September 27, 1 ferent directions. nected therewith or alleged to have went wt,h the warrant to Llpford s re8 p 0nden< . e sustains the truth of my been connected therewith or to have ^ on ’® he was Bta ^K er * n K an( l th at statements.” had anything to do with the same, wken 'Mrs. Llpford opened the door rep ]y 0 f (7 a pt Jennings, which of the people of the North.” He said It was proposed to take money “from the treasury of the peo- U ai.jiu.uK uu ... "i.u uue entered the J u.1 uapu. »u.uu ; le of t he rn | t ed St ales'‘ to expend In . . to the plans undertaken and con- r ' e fe 1 over aer a8 ne entere<1 the contains letters ..’vm several, bus- ^ mr , imrirQHr ,„ fh „ . , h£> bad bnniLo nnH that It waa then that Tin. . . CO m TU m Oral i n g the VlTtUeB Of ttl© lets entered Into to carry out the bouse and tnat it was tnen tnat Glp- ta i n i n g his position and discrediting .... , .1 , • mea tracts entered into to carry out the imui *‘ <ll,u ' n “ l ,l lu,:u l “ ai taining his position and discrediting terms of a concurrent resolution, the ^ ord Bh ° l h*" 1, the governor, will be printed in the object of which wes to carry out the Llpford Is about 40 years of age journal. suggestions of the Governor in his Gregory leaves a family. He was for The following is the reply ot Capt. Message No. 5 in relation to the State a lonK ,lme on ,lie P 0,,ce for c® ln Jennings: jj 0U8e Atken and was weil thought of. As 1 2. That ..Id 1 oimnl8.l',ti .had >''« i Ja'T iyiin la ^..Ihh It I. To „ onor .T|~h. fianar.l *.- probable that action will be taken at enemy of the country Senator Williams answered in an aggrieved tone: “Why, Mr President, if the sena tor knew me better he would know I wouldn't tread on anything. 1 would Tlxson, and Todd and Benson was dated on the same day the meeting vas held In the Governor's oTce, when his Excellen cy was reported piesent. Rising to a question of personal privilege, Low nes J. Browning of Union called a spade a spade, la speaking of the matter. Mr. Browning stated that. Todd repeatedly told the ways and means committee Ht its meeting that ! the matter between himself and the snb-conimlttee hid been gone into these was basel on drafts by the Cold Point Granite Company, of which Carlisle was president and treasurer, which were paid by the bank but re fused by tbe parties upoif whom they were drawn, the bank not being re imbursed. The other two counts charged mis application of funds paid by a farmer upon notes due the hank. Carlisle was alleged to have put these sums to his own uses. The total amount involved In the transactions for which Carlisle was convicted was less than $500. The bulk of the indlctnjent, upon which Carlisle w*s found not guilty, charged overdrafts of his personal account and of tho account of the GAS CAUSED DEATH OF THREE sembly of the Mate of South Car olina. on an ant I would not even tread out the public record of the senator have the power and authority to swear witnesses, eond for and com- onc ®- pel the attendance of witnesses and production of papers; employ a 8te- t nographer whose uuty It shall be to *» take and transcribe all testimony; , Not Tripta Murder, os Suspected, preserve order, and shall report the . testimony with their conclusions •-‘aWflcials Decide. thereon back to this House with all ; Harvey Hurst, his wife, and Elsie! r ‘* B P e « , ^ully submit the entire record ( twe< , n the Sectionj; that during the conventnlent speed at this session. Adam8 sixteen yeatc old, who lived' t0 show that no contract, either writ- struggle he belonged to the infantry- That the sergeant-at-arma of this wl(b thom. whose bodies were found ten or oral, waa entered into, by in-arres, and he presumed Senator House ia directed lc aer\e all pro- j,, ru [ n8 0 f the Hurst Lome, at which the money borrowed was to Heyburn did also. “As to Inherited cess issued bj said commission, pelaware Okla , Saturday night, were k ear Interest while on deposit principles, about which the senator signed by its chaiiman, and obey not murder p d according to Nowata | Pursuant to an act passed In 1911 f ro m Idaho aimaks, w hen a man In- the orders of said commission. , whlcji the Dixon Bryan-Lee. sub- go out of my way to avoid treading ,~+ , .. „ committee from the committee on in the Governor s office w hen the, ( , o|d Polnt Granlte Company for con . Governor was present. In teferrlng j , ld€rable whpn .. he ha< i no expenses reasonable grounds to believe thfd these funds would be repaid,” to the $1,000 tiaveling rere Gentlemen: I gratefully accept ( rom Idaho, the permission extended to me to sub-, The galleries broke into applause mit this communlce.i ion to your hon- aDd vvere sternly reminded of the orable body in regard to the money senate rule against applause. Mr. borrowed for Ore use of the State in WBIIams said he had no bitter mem- 1911. In presenting this matter I ories growing out of the War Be- hoth Carlisle and the company State house and grounds had allowed ho pei e „] y involved Todd, who is a member of the house Carlisle, who ,s 71 years of age for vlaltlng ‘as many members as waa ^ntenced by Judge Brawley to possible.” and for using "any means flve yeari , n the federal flrison, a in his power to acquaint them of the mot i on for a n#w t r j 4 i beipg denied. th ® «*P r ®“ < contemplated work,” Mr. Browning counM ] took the caa* to the «ir- ,8t ® r ® d “* Jl Ponchos 1 cult court of appeals. Where It was' Coincident with the hold op. The train left Memphis ter midnight and waa boai men, masked and hea mediately after it cleared the cm terminus of the Mississippi riser Crawling over the/iendar af th* fine, the two toog charge of th* glne crew and the train waa Hon, where were In / Here th/ baggage and mad were detgehed from th* coaches,/the engln ember drive/the engine with th* attached several mil**. I* the tln>h four of the hud had 1 r way Into the rxpr— 1 and had brought the postal clerks and expra** neaeenger* to anb* .'action. Practically no resistance was Of fered. When a point about a alio east of Hulburt and within a two yards of where the asms trail Ira* robbed last November, the engine was Brought to o *V.H said: "So far as I know, this Is the gr g Ued mont Mease waa of count* State House contreef upon the Gov ernor. Now, therefore, that justice may be done to all parties, be it first instance In American history where a subcommittee has attempted to appropriate State funds for In fluencing members of & general as sembly. Speaking even plainer, the subcommittee has made an effort to use State fundt to bribe and debauch the members of tho general assem bly into adopting the plans which might have been killed and the house b-ttera on the 11th of April, 1911, to Ba |i y More rapping by the vice- f^ndg^rMhe handa oM^e'architect**' Heyburn ith* ago. Gov. * ITaph wires went out of comm: 1 for the defense ; and th * flrBt tntlmatloa had t> phta that anything waa County officials but were the victims authorizing the governor, comptrol- Merita more than ilia father feels. The following resolution *as in- n f ar( . ld ental asphyxiation. The pres-1 l« i r general and treasurer to borrow more than the old fihtlng generation troduced by Mr. Rembert, ence of a small wound in Mrs f° r •be use of the i^tate $600,000, if h e | g inheriting too much.” Members of certain newspapers in Hurst's bead indicated that all three f 0 niuch be necessary, I addressed A burst of laughter greeted this this State are attempting t > fix the responsibility with reference to tho (!reJ , n an at t en)pt t0 C0V er theeral bankers who had expressed a [ )re si lent WORK OF PAKIXJN MILL. Governor IUea.se Gives Those Turned 1/oose. crinie. Monday evening county of- desire to handle the States notes, re- withdraw his objection. flcials. who viewed the bodnes and <1 nesting that they submit proposi- — the premises, concluded that flames U ons . later than -Vpril 17. Resolvcd« That the commit,e© on from an overturned gas stove had ov-i Among the bids submitted was one ways and mehns be instructed to ^rconie the family nnd that escaping by J. R. Matthews, who,is cashier of thoroughly Investigate the entire g a8 had subsequently been igniter! by the Palmetto National Bank of Co matter, summon and swear such wit- a j am p aa d had partlihly destroyed lunibia. as follows: nesses as may he necessary and re- the dwelling. Officials say the wound Capt. R. H. Jenn'ngs, Treasurer of port to this body, fixing the respon- | n \i rg Hurst's head was caused by the State of South Carolina, Co-' slbllity where it belongs, togettier a f all with all testimony taken in such * * * hearing, and that t.nd report he made THAT STATE I.OAN DISPUTE, at the present session. j * Mr. Rembert vigorously defended his resolution and he'insisted that Ilh ‘ as ® ot Leg.sUture he had the utmost confidence In I refused to Mr Todd a ] 90 on a question of personal privilege. He said that Mr. Browning's statement as to brib ery was false so ftr as he was per sonally concerned. A 8 an introdue- N*me« of Mon to his question of personal priv ilege, Mr. Browning read from the report on the sub-committee of State The Governor's statement as to ,IoUBP an 1 founda In House Jour- liimbl-i S C pardons, paroles and commutations nal of Lebruary 1, which E . M. Bry»* , J/ 1 , , v. it ran ted iiv him since he became n nT - tlanB > ni Med. The section of the rO- Dear Sir: Complying with your granted ny mm situ ^ ne oecame gov , , .1 . .. . mnr has lust been issued from < >ort wtli rh Mr. Browning read was request in referem e to loan to the • rnor . naa just. o< < n issued irom had told the committee that he 1 ^ h ® tra,n wu when the thought he was Lmylng a gold bond *® r ® h ® ard *1 railroad amployaa 1 when he signed the contract. i t,on « d at th ® Memphl. and Of "As for the actual signing of the brtd *®- What waa Jakes to hft contract,” continued Mr. Browning,, * 1 ® av)f ® r ® wna ^ araa, hut "this may noif have been done either Proved to be the cxploalo* •( * in the Governor's j lesence or In his 8 linin>ent of ammunition 1 office, but Mr. Todd did tell the ways *>MCgage car was aet afire, and means committee that the meet- and a k8 *ty callwa* seat to Ing wa* held in the Governor's of-, P®'^® *® r A POOW flee And in this, I believe, every * h ® ® < *® n « aboa rd a twitch member of the ways snd means tom- but b *® r * ‘ h *‘ r the mittfe will bear me out. w ® r ® w ® n on th ®‘ r » f J ■'/n addition.” said 'Mr. Browning, fic,al ®“rch o* the au “Todd told the committee that the vo °^ 8 wai without reeolt. piaster model had cost him $1,100." 1 "hen telegraphic Then, in conclusion, Mr. Brown-, WM restored, railroad ing made the statement as to the ,umm oned from Little and Memphis and at were organised and a March waa begun. Te Messrs. Todd. Bryan and the mem bers of the committee making the contract. Mr. Cary urged that it was time to stop talking so mush pol ices. It did not set m to him that it was a legislative function to try news papers or bother with what this or that newspaper suggested. He be lieved the ways and means commit tee had better be excused, as that committee had already reported against the claim. Mr. Stevenson offered a substitute for the entire mattei. This he held was not a political matter, as Dr. Sawyer had charged, was beGig made of tho matter. Dr. Sawyer suggest ed that he only referred to the news- paiiers trying to make the whole mat ter a political affair. Mr. Stevenson said he wanted prompt action, a on Matter. The Governor Thursday sent to the General Assembly a message regard ing the recent loans to the State of State of South Carolina, $5v<t.OOO to ‘he press and distributed among the ' ,u “ n ’ inu / 9th ® lD/ $6011,000, beg to advise that it win legislators. During his adminisrr a -/ 0n « r B °' 1 / f ° 11 °^^ h< niv idfisnro to make vor a rate'’’ 00 h** has par<$oned, paroled and r ursuam to a can 01 c be m> pleasure to m kt >ou a . . n t _ f 80lUen( . P t0 of the Commltte on State Hoose and ot 3 per cent. If the entire amount grant* a commutation or sentence to . r is not wanted now, 1 will be glad to :!17 P'‘°l’ le and " 1 ''‘ B < a t p ment gives Grounds th comm.t ee et at C - make a rate of 3 1-2 per cent, the a ” aceount of earn one of those and /mhla in t fl. ot U ' - money to be used as needed. 1 tells the facts leading up to each, '""O' ' hp < -°' prn< ' r ‘ on unusual course of the subcommittee of the committee on the State Houm and Grounds in appropriating State funds for the architect to use them J robb * r ® ®• C *P* ,, * to th*-; to Influence members of the general ,be r '' er under cover of assembly to adopt 1.1. plans. j m « n w e r ® •UUoned In reply to Mr. Browning A. W and gasoline launche* wer** Todd spoke on a question of person- ln Patrolling the river, al privilege. He said he wished to At noon Wednesday It wo* state his position personally. It was ed that a sum of money. If, however, 1 am granted South Carolina. The moasage carried ! p r | V n e g 6 of representing the State Moned for the clemency and the gl' p s the names of those who poll- s< ‘l , **‘nitx‘r 2.th. 1 l>t 1. at which were tba i th ere h a j been any scheme t® a bank In Oklahoma,^ 11 vj j/' / 1 a I o v vucit 1 11 er 1 yj aicai kjy. v. as cs 11 7 «»v- ss u m he facts His Excellency, fhe Governor; 1 (G dphailoh the mPmbprg of t h« gen- a t between $60,009 and $75. with it letters from J. P. Matthews ■nd Geo. U. Timmerman connected w ith t sentence of each. Under each name is the statement by the pardon, paro'e or commutation. WHILE FEEDING A LEOPARD as I have don*' in tho past, 1 will go the latter , () _\ ew Yor^ with a representative of being in New York at the time the th(> s ,. lU . of S(y , th raro i ilia and g et loan was made. The letter from Mr. ,| )p Vt , ry b r S t rat*? that it is possible Timmerman refers to a conversation ( ( 0 () *,- a j ni giving <ho State tho benefit between Governor Blease and Mr. ; (|1 1|!y connections an 1 of my expe- Matthews regarding tbe loan. I he r i enco j n hanclling the State’s paper. * letter from 'Mr. Matthews refers to Vou * now | have h'lulled it for the The Animal Bites Mff the Hand of a 'he Interest of the loan, whi.h states |, lg ^ several years, and it has been that had the mone j been left for any. pleasure hr\e taken care of raveling Nf an. renewals requested, j if you will recall, uuring the panic 1 handled for the Slate a renewal of $1 "0,000 at the same during the easy money market. Chairman P. M. Brya/ Secretary W. j era , aggorTlblv> 80 {itY a8 he wa8 p e r- secured from th* Otpi*** W. 'Mxon. (Taren ... ... compof ' sonally concerned. He had entered b} the rot bers. Posses were the Governor giving his reasons for subcommltt*^, a full quorum ] n j Q a h,] g j negg transaction with the souring the wooded va y®T* .if the committee and Architect A. \\ . Todd. my pleasure U) length of time Interest would have tbe state on all been paid. Hurls Them Far Away. A boiler in a marble quarry near At Macon, Ga., Edward Fchweit- subcommittee. There was no blot on tb ® Mississippi river from his character. He had not “button- but no^rrasti had been “The committee was called to or- holed” members o' the general as- t0 noon - der by tho Chairman, and the report gpmUy to get them to adopt his ' * * * of the architi/t to the suhcommltte,: plans. He had been employed by the; DIES DENlTNfl HIM GLU/T. was read, which, after due discus- subcommittee and had entered Into ——♦ sion the t/o reports were unani- a written contract with them. The Arthur J. Burnham, mously ud/pted. whole meeting, except the subcom-; ‘.'They /hen authorized tho Chair- niittee nieetipg, had been held in the! Murder of Six zer, a demonstrator for a fire appa- nian and 1 Secretary to enter Into con-dovernor's bffice. Not a member of At Colorado Sprtnfig, OoL, rate enioved ra,U8 com " any ‘ * ont down 10 C ‘‘ n - tract w ; lth the architect, and to for- the committee had any Idxva of poli-L."'' de T ‘ “tlon A*t he .nlrkm ,ral Ci, - V Vark one mornlng on b,,si - nrulat/a BiH to p.esent to the next tlcs . H e was out of money for his notlinl ( Knoxville, Tenn., tJvploded Wednes- quick report and uistice to everyone. day> kU1 , ng the fireman j onn Wag . the paper when due, taking irom the Mr. Stevenson said Governor Blease denied nothing and never said he was not present when the contract , . . ness, and while there he sought to session of the Legislature Mly hid contemplates taking care of fefl(1 pp . inut() to a 1flot)ard tbat , 8 a part of a circus wintering at Macon. a . «w. ner, and his brother Lawrenc*} Wage- ner, who was visiting at the quarry. State your checks on various banks throeighout South Carolina. 1 might Their bodies were hurled about 150 say for your information that I have had gelzed upon it like was signed. | feet. Two quarrymen near the boll- bad t0 p as niu ' b as I )er 1 ou ‘ nieat, and bit it off at Mr/Bryan said he was.misquoted. er houge were plnlo;led bCTieath tlm . sen 1 .0 collect some of the items tak- The lnJury a particuIarly sevor He said more than was quoted in the^ hurled lnto the alr when the en in payment of your notes ono , and cau? ^ r . Schweitz'. r mu/h State. 1 explosion occurred. ^ believe it would he to $Jis ihter- Mr. Stevenson said he had no pur pose to inject politicc into the whole: Inquiry. If members talked about Third Riot Yndim I>ca<l. . Isaac Flowers, colored, died Wed- politics he would like them to read nesday the thlrd %ictim of the rjot the Governor's reply for facts as to at Cedar Crosglng 0ne of the trio the alleged mill merger and his rep y wa8 Officers arrested Monk , that he would use what facts he had Peyton( a negro and dodged a mob i B accepted. m i: est of the State to lc* me thlle^i rep resentative to-New Y'ork and. effect the best arnd^ement possible. This bid is Aybmitted with the un derstanding that the paper is to be wa* taa*T , w v . cent and knew aothlnf that wovlfi work and had thought he was buy- thrdw } ht on th- mttrd#r ^ . Tod 1 suggested that we have lng a gold bond when he signed the . mber8 of the BurflhMl ^ ^ stcr cast male of the building contract. j f ... f t i. ere Arthur J Before .he could wi hdraw ids hruid a / u wi ll appear when completed, and Mr F M Brvan stated that he de- ‘! 8 rt , d ftom between the bars, the leopard /hibited a proposal from a modeler glre d to speak of'the remarks made 6u8pe ^r ?. ... Burnham’s a piece of/ to ma ke the model for the sum of on t h e floor of the House, that the 0 children and Mr and Ml*, nine hundred dollars ($9001. Af- ac tion of the suhcommltte appeared 8 w Wayne and h.vby ws" ter some discussion Mr. Todd was (0 he an attempt -it "debauching the; ' ' a- nt __v- r ‘, th an authorized to have the model made General \ Assembly.’' He wished to .„ PP< ; a .i P( , D an( i t |. e i r ^°f. bl ? ort - / lr ' f‘t a cost not to exceed that amount, Btate( he/aid. in uirness to Governor J ’ hr#e d and have the model on exhibition at Hiease, that when me committee held j , , _ - _ the State Capitol at the meeting of t hia meeting refentd to they met in Was Afraid of the Mol/ the General Assembly. ; response td letters sent out by him “Mr. Dixon then moved that Mr. , a uj ni r the meeting. The Governor; FnlTeri*g«-*(ilife Schweitzer-is Rrom SWiv Louis. The attempt of the negro Tom Child Bunml to Death. At SparUnborf Taft MiKVn* cn the stump. That looked like pol itics! Mr. Browning said in the heat of argument he had used the words ‘‘bribe and debauch,” and apologized for using such language. He did not that was close behind him, landing him in jail at Lypns. Car of Powder Explode. A boy was killed and several in- to use b'ucU''language' (Tnd lured nnd een.ldei.ble proper.rJe- ehould not bare deae eo, tor be '“j 1 ' not believe It pclble to "bribe and »" , C ‘" debnnch" member,. , track, exploded nt Jnudon. Mo.. Wed- Yours very truly, (Signed) J P. Matthews. Bids Were Opened. On the day flxedi April 17, the gov- killed Lee Jenkins, escape mob violence failed Sun lay as possible, and use any means in (he meeting, said Mi. Bryan, and at — -- — night and Monday the bla/k was con- his power to acquaint them of Uhe (p e c’ose of it t locking over the Tpdd Arkwright mill vil 3g% MQOMJT* ,-im. fined in Jail in Clarkg/nie, Tenn., contemplated work, at a cost not tO|pj aus> he made the remark: *T whence he was taken mob that gave chase fc Mr. Bryan aald in view of Mr. Browning’s statement he would with draw hi* remark* made last night. Mr.’ Ashley said he never in hla life saw •neb efforts being made to politics out ot everything, oa toft page.) nesday. Hit* at Gambling Too. By a vote of 56 to 21, the lower branch of the General Assembly of Virginia on Monday poised the Ste- phensou anti-gambling bill. ernor was absent. Comptroller Gen eral Jones and I opened the bids which had been filed with me. On the 19th of April, the gover nor, comptroller grne/al and 1 met in the governor's office, Edgeton, Ky. Salute* Star# and 8tripee. An Interestin/ltttle incident hap pened in Vlcto/Ia street in London hen the bid of Monday, as the/king’* carriage passed J. P. Matthews was accepted and the the American/Cmbassy. King George contract awarded to him to furnlah tho orderly xceefi ohfe thousand dollars ($1.- hinl'after he 000). After some discussion this mo- storekeeper at tion was adopted. ..’’There being no further business before the committee, they adjourn ed. (Signed) / M W. W. Dixon, "Secretary.”. Mr. Browning declared that A. W. Todd had told the ways and means $51)0,000 at 3 per cent. Interest. On the 20th of April four notes for $100,000 each and two notes for (Continued on lost page.) stood up In the carriage, and saluted i committee that the matter had been the Stars and Stripes flying over the! entered Into In tBe Governor’s pres- entrance. /HI* majesty's action drew ence. / Mr. Todd had Iterated hla an additional cheer from th* crowd statement that the Governor waa In the vicinity. YV 'Vi 4 G the best interests done its best com t For this reason, Mr. Tod4 had no apologfei. delivered To mcWomDUv if inTbld ^ a «R bt ® r to k111 himself in/order to Todd visit as many of the members wat . “in and out” of the office during three-year-dld -boy * psenne mnh violence failon Sim lnv as nossible. and use any means in *>,£. meeting said Mi. Brvan. and at death at hi* pwwntS^jlM^P the absence of It* room, the child fell; Igniting It* clothing, set fire to th* bed a still younger child) mother returned i* life of the child in think it Is very beautiful, and if the bill passes the General Assembly It shall have my approval.” The action of the committee had been taken In glod la’th, said Mr. Bryan, and, con tinuing, he declared that be wlahed to pronounce not m'ly to the General the **tUe hey Assembly, but to the entire State, that such statements Insinuating or Impugning any Intentions of the..com mittee were an absolute falsehood. He sail tbe committee had acted In the Jtate snd tloaely «V' « • <>(•- IgAri* ■ lihdht . 4*1 /' heshpl* \r \ 5