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UQUOR LAW PASSES ^ BY A SINGLE VQTE BILL WAS KILLED they go to augusta m RflBl E LEE
WES CIlILESTU Hill fl
SELL L1CEKSES
8JENATB REJECTS LEVER AGRI
CULTURAL BILL.
BSDSE IEFDSED TO PASS IT TO
TOIID READING
CONVICTS ARB RELEASED AF
TER LEGAL DETENTION.
UNDEE CERTAIN RULES
Conditions in Ch&rleatoa Alt* Re
viewed, Which Showa TtuU Pree-
eat Law Has Never Been Enforced,
and Points Out the Beaeflta Under
Plan Proposed ia BAIL
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By a vote of 66 to 46, the House
Thursday night passed to third read
ing Mr. Rittenberg’s bill to provide
a liquor license system for the city
of Charleston. The message was tak
en up Thursday morning and Mr.
lUttenberg spoke earnestly In favor
of hit bill. He asserted that It was
purely a local matter and that all
other methods of dealing with the 11-1
quor question In Charleston had fail
ed to accomplish the desired results.;
Other members of the House took
the opposite view and held that it I
was cot a local question, and that j
the evil effects of the license system
in Charleston would spread to oth-:
er sountles. Further debate on the
question was postponed until Thurs
day night by the arrival of the hour
to consider Mr Rembert's bill
When debate was resumed Thurs
day night on Mr Rlttenberg's bill.
Mr. Barnwell made the opening argu
ment, which »a* clear-cut and effec
tive. He asserted emphatically that
the contemplated law will relieve
conditions which have becoms Intol-
•rsble The situation demand* re
lief. he said, and Charleston Is try
ing to work out her own ■alvatlonf
Mr Whaley discussed Charleston'*
unique position In the 3tate. both a*
to Its citisenshlp which Is cosmopol
itan. and a* to topographical and geo
graphical location It t* Impossible
to stop •hipping of Illicit liquor Into
that city, he said Mr Whaley ar- 1
gued strongly that the lalwV^ske-s
of Charleston are getting rich under
Ike pr«**-nt regt-n* and that the die
pessary Is an absolute failure
Taking up the question of lawless
a ess Mr Whaley *a'd that If the
Isw w»* enforced by ‘he Governor
sr ky Iks Mayor or ky the Juries of
Charleston, thev would not hs»e
kilnd tlgwr* but neither or thee* of
Aclals ks* done It And f'barleeton ha*
suffered lie »rg tej that If license*
at |1 0U0 each were Issswri to fif’y
llgaor desle-s the? would act as de-
tectfv-w and would see that no ons
sogaw-t In the •• • of liquor wltk-
SSl a license
T%» Hind tlge-s of Cksr!*sto» ars
ggkfng the bill was Information
which he b*1 re--*'l*ed and ■embers
bat been told that the tigers would
Wo", let 'he b 1 1 pans the House Th'a
■ ale him sll the more eager to thow
that the Charles’ on rge-a did not
run things He said the bill could
hurt no one and ought to ;aaa
The question was on Mr Hlott a
motion to »'rlke out the enacting
words of the Rlttenberg bill, wh'ch
with amendment* had been accept
ed by tbs delegation The result
was M to 4 j against killing the bill
This Is s real, modern miracle, a
ma'orlty voting to give t^harlewton a
license avstem or a? leawt agalna'
killing the pending bill Those who
voted for the motion to strike out
enacting words were as follows
J W Ashley. Atkinson. Hask'n
Beleer. Bethea Bower* Bovd.
Browning Brice W K Laughter
Fpps Evans Friday. Frlpp, Casque
Greer Haynesworth. Hlott. Hunter
Hutchinson, Hutson. Irby Jore*
Ktbler, Mr-Travey. McDonald. Mc
Queen. Malpass Mean* Mower. Nel
son. Nicholson, Peguea, Ready. Rid
dle, Riley, W M Scott. W W Scott
Sherwood, Shirley. White V. hlte
head, Wyche. Touman* and Speak, r
Smith. Total—46
The nays were as follow* Addv
Aahley, M J.. Barnwell. Blackwe'l
Busbee, Clowney. Creech. Cross
Daniel, Dick. Fortnor. Goodwin
Gray, Halle, Hall. Hardin, Har'el
son. Harvey. Holley, James. W. A
James. W. K., Johnston. Keller, Kir
by, Kirk, !,*«, Lumpkin. Lybrand.
McMillan, Massey. Melfl. Miller. Mit
chell. Mlxson. Moore, Mosely, Mur
ray, Odom. O'Quinn, Pyatt. Uplffrert,
Rlttenberg, Robertson, Robinson,
Rogers, L. t Rogers, W. S. Jr., Sapp,
Bhroder. Senseney, Smiley, Stanley,
Strickland, Rturkie, Thompson, Tln-
dal, Vanderhorst. Walker, Warner,
Warren, Welsh, Whaley, Wilburn,
Williams, Wyche. Total—66.
The full text of the bill was pub
lished In The News and Courier on
the 18th, the chief amendments are
to provide for a license for brewers
and bottlers, at 15,000 and graduat
ed down, reducing the salary for the
license commissioners from 11,800
to $1,000 each; the wholesale li
cense is to be $8,000 and retail li
cense $1,000 each. No llqnor is to
be shipped outside Charleston; no
llqnor can he sold by licensed dealers
In less than half pints. There was
a question about allowing the right
to manufacture liquor or beer until
It was shown that this right is now
given. The amendment provides for
publlcstton of names of all appH-
esnts for licenses and no application
can he granted until duly advertis
ed
Mr. Klbler said there were so
many amendmfnt* that they should
be printed and studied before a final
vote was taken. Mr. Whaley took
f barge of tkn parliamentary sltua-
The Measure WM be Broagbt Up la
the Next Congress When It Will
Pass Both Houses.
The vote of Senator Obadlah Gard
ner, of Maine, who la generally be
lieved to be alated for Secretary of
Agriculture In the Wllaon Cabin*.:,
defeated the Lever agricultural ex
tension bill in the Senate Wednes
day. Thlsty-one Senators voted to
■ubstantltute the Page vocatloual b’ 1 !
for the Lever bill, and thirty Sen
ators voted against the substitute.
Four Democrats, Senators Chilton,
of West Virginia; Gardner and John
son of Maine, and Martlne, of New
Jersey, supported the Page substi
tute, while six Republicans, Senators
Bourne, of Oregon; Bristow of Kan
sas; Burnham, of New Hampshire:
Burnton, of Ohio; Cummin*, of Iowa,
and LaFollette, of Wisconsin, voted
In favor of the Lever bill. Other
wise, the division wa* strictly on
party Mnea. the Republican* as a
body standing by their Vermont col
league
W'hen seen after the vote, Repre
sentative Lever said: "I am not dis
couraged by the situation because
the Page bill was passed by one vote
and Included the substantial features
of my bill, as the latter waa unani
mously adopted by the House I
have not determined whether to have
the matter referred back to the
House committee on agriculture or
to ssk for s conference I do not
know what the attitude of the House
will be, as the Page bill baa never
been considered on that side "
The Lever bill la confined to agri
cultural extension and la a contin
uation and development of an estab
lished policy, while the Page bill alao
Includes vocational and Inluatrlr.l
feature# and means the beginning of
an absolutely new line of activity by
the Federal Government Again un
der t he Lever bill. South Carolina
would have to apend only $70,600
to secure the benefit, while the s'ale
would have to put up about $3'0,0O
under the Page bill before getting a
cent.
If the !^*»er and Page bllla are
referred back to the House commit
tee on agriculture there will prob
ablv be no further artlon on them
at this aeaalon If they go to confer
enr* -here a a bare chance that some
*f-*ement may be reached
genera! view ta that the aub.’ect la a’
a standstill for this Cor.greea
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AFTER HEATED DEBATE
It !• Charged that the Soath Caro
lina Authorities Are NegUfMat In
Sending For Them.
The Augusta Chronicle eayi Police
Lieut. E. B. Hatcher U responsible
for the statement that Augusta Is ov
errun with criminals from South
Carolina, and that in the greater
number of instances, the city author
ities are powerless to act.
In the first place, he says, there
are any number of pardoned crim
inals, who have found their way Into
the city from "across the river”, and
In the second place, the authorities
are lax In sending for escaped con-
1 vlcts when they are apprehended and
held In the city.
Whether the recent excessive num
ber of burglaries are attributable to
any of the escaped or pardoned con
victs, Mr. Hatcher would not say, for
If there vere any evidence against
any of them the situation would take
on a different aspect.
Mr. Hatcher referred particularly
to a recent case wherein two con
victs escaped from the South Caro
lina chain gang. The customary no
tice was sent the Augusta police de-
The speaker claimed that the com-j partment, and the two men were
mission would do good at little cost, arrested The South Carolina author-
IE IS 1DI1EI0 AND IDOL, BUT
IE IS OR IDEAL
IS HIS LIFE OUR GUIDE
SENATE IS
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HAVE TWO MAJORITY ROW IN
THAT AUGUST BODY.
The Employers’ Liability and Work
men's Compensation Bill is Prob
ably Killed by Refusal of the
House, on Cloke Vote, to Paaa the
Measure to Third Reading.
The Joint resolution in the nouse
providing for a commission to inves
tigate the question of employers
liability and workmen’s compensa
tion, when taken up Wednesday on
the Calendar, provided the contin
uation of the Interrupted speech of
Tuesday of Mr. Miller of Richland
Mr. Miller eulogited the lawyer mem
bers of the general assembly as being
very competent. Mr. Miller claimed
that the passage of the liability
would do away with the "petl-fog-
glng" lawyer who receives the major
portion of all moneys received from
a successful suit. He claimed that
a negro would get justice before the
commission. Juki as In a court of law
HKNATOK TII LM\N KK-KLJJCTKD
<re4s the Ksllrw Note of ths Mesntwr*
of the le^(1»Js'ure
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Ber.a’or Tillman'* re election "»»
Wednesday offctaliy confirmed It
now remain* for the governor te
certify the result of to the I’re*'
dent of the Henale of the Cnlted
Sta'es w'.’tl the '<> K of rte< re
tar v of State McrVwn Fir*', the
Senate cast Ha 37 vo'es for Sena'or'
Tillman, then the House ra»t Its 114
vote* Wedneaday the cle-k of each
branch read the result slid I.leuten- i
ant Governor Smith announced that
a* a reeult of the unanimous vote of ;
!>oth legislative branches having
been cast for the re ele-t'on of Sen- I
a'or Till ^an he wa* re elected I'nlt- '
el .41»’ e * Senator for the full t“ n ;
of six -ea-f beginning March 4 J
Senator T1 liman was In Columb’t
Wednesday, attending to work In
connection with Olemson college and, j
to attend the Corn Fiposltlon
Mr. Miller said that the commis
sion *111 consist of two capitalists 1
and two laboring men who will be
appointed by the governor; two mem
bers of the senate ap;>ointed by the
president of the senate and three or]
five members of the house appointed
by the apeaker of the house. On
question, Mr Miller a*!d he was
willing to limit the cost of the com
mission to 11,000
Mr Welch of Richland then gain
ed the floor of the house and pre
sented a vigorous argument In favor!
of the passage of the resolution Mr i
Welch said that at first he though' 1
that he would have nothing to do
with such a rekolultIon. a* It took
away a lucrative source of revenue
from the lawyer hut la'er thinking
of the whole matter he rose above
pettr **• 1 ftshne** and woul 1 help tn
the passage of resolution on the high
ground* of humanity
Mr Welch tall that a liability b 11
will help the labor 1 ng man. and will
not redound to the benefit of the
corporations as had town rha'ged
The speaker stated that oniv two
reason* could be advanced tn oppe
■tilon to the resolution Ignorance
and selfishness M - We sh In hi* ar
gurnect read erTacts from an art!
rle In Collier'* telling of a lest case
brought by the Buffalo Hallway con
pan v
Hies were formally notified, but the
men were never sent for. One 1*
said to ha\e been a more or less
prominent burglar, and the other
was held for robbery
They were detained at the Augusta
headquarters as long at the Isw *)• emphatlted s life that so exemplified
Aa Eloquent Sermon on the life and
Character of the Great Southern
Soldier and Ideal Chrietiaa Gentle
man by Rev. M. Ashby Jouea, D.
D., at Anffoata, Ga.
The Herald kaya one of the moat
eloueqnt sermons ever preached In
Augusta was delivered by Ur. M.
Ashby Jones at the First Baptist
Church on Gen. Lee's birthday on the
topic: "It Robt. E. Lee the South
ern Ideal?’’ There was a large num
ber present. Dr. Jones it peculiarly
well qualified to apeak on the life
of the great leader of the Confed
eracy, not only because of his own
brilliant attainments as a thinker
and an orator, but also because bis
father, Dr. J. William Jones, wa»
chaplain In General Lee’s army. The
eloquent Augusta minister knew
General I,ee personally as a boy, ibid
had heard hi* father often talk of the
great leader of the armies of the
"Lost Cause ". Here la the sermon,
and we hope It will be read by our
young men specially:
■'My friends, the name In which
this service Is held Is Its own Justl-
Gnn Garry Out Thai
out thk Aid of Any of tiw Pro-
crekkivo Republicans
With tha aleetion Wadoaaday of
Willard Saulshory m United Btataa
senator from Delaware, tha
cratle strength la the next senate
swung from the precarious figure of
47 or exactly osa-half senate to the
safer total of 4t, a majority of two.
Mr. Skulabury'k election, added to
the victory recently secured la Ten
nessee, assures thk Democratic party
absolute control of t|e senate after
March 4. The vote of VIooPtmI
dent Marshall would hnvo boon the
deciding factor in any event, hut the
addition of another Democratic vote
to the column gives the party leaders
what they believe to be a safe mergla
for tariff and legislative action.
Contests etill exist In the Isgiela-
tures of New Hampshirs, West Vir
ginia and Illinois with n total of four
senators to be elected about whoso
political afflllatlone doubt now exists.
A victory In any one of these States
would so materially strength the
Democratic party that the senate
would be completely removed from
the elemtat of uncertalaty.
The attitude of the Progressives
and the pr4>greeelve Republicans up
on tariff matters la as yst unknown,
but the margrln of strength promis
ed to the Democrats mskss It un
necessary, It Is believed, to count
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* ed or a longer period, and were
finally reli-aned ^outh Carolina has
not rent for 'hern yet. and unless
they hn\» left 'he city within the
!■ *t tweu'y-four hour* they are still
walking the street* "within the law”.
GAM. t»F TIIIKVKM AT WORK
Mftld tn l»e 0[versttnK In ThU Hertlon
of the Stete
The Herald sav* on Wednesday
night • ' last week the store of the
Bamber* Furniture and Hardware
f"orii j * • » in Bamberg wa* broken In
to and p bbed of about 1100 worth
of good* among the articles taken
being * fine shot run. knives, rators
and the 1 ke The thieves made
f’eir eti'rsnce through s rear wtn-
d » hut went out the bark door
The text afternoon a telephone
ficatlon. It la fitting that In this
house, on this day, there should be upon any combinations witk ths Pro
gressives.
Of the entire membership of td
senators, 63 will bold over beyond
March 4 Of these 31 are RepubQ
cans and SI Democrats. The terms
of 3 2 senators expire In March, end
there Is, In addition, one vacancy In
Illinois. Thus fnr 17 Damocratlc
senators here been elected and the
election of Senator Bacon la Georgia
1* certain, making IS Democrats to
take the oath of offica March 4.
The opposition fores*. Including
both the Republicans and
g renal res, have elected 11
tors The senate, after March 4. will
*'and as follows. If the deadlocks are
not broken tn IHtnots, New Hamp-
the teachings of Jesus Christ.
"I measure my words and speak
without excitement or exaggeration
when I say that I believe In the
South, at least, the name of Robert
E Lee Instantly suggest* that of
Jesus Christ. And divesting myself
of sll prejudice my Judgment 1* that
tn sll these centuries of the Christian
Era there baa been found no name
and no life that so fully expresses
the beauty, life and truth of the
I-ord and Master a* that of the be
loved captain of northern Virginia
"It would seem to be throwing
■ way an occasion and an opportunity
when tkw birthday of I,** and the
resurrection of the Master were unit- shire snd West Virginia:
ed In the beauty of the winter sun
shine
"We should strive to measure our-
selvee by Robert E Lee snd to test
our clvlllxstlon by his
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ELECTION OF OFFKTVIJ4.
By the General Assembly »< Colum
bia on Wedneeday.
The following are the reault of
Wednesday's election by the General
Assembly In 'olnt session:
Superintendent of penitentiary
('apt. D J Griffith, of Columbia, who
was elected to succeed himself
Directors of State penitentiary
John G Mobley of Wlnnsboro, A. K
Sanders of Camden, and Jasper M
Smith of Colleton, who were re-elect
ed to succeed themselves
Trustees University of South Car
olina—W. M. Hamer of Dillon and
A. P. Wtllcox of Florence. In place
of Julius H. Walked of Columbia,
resigned, and W. P. Hamer of Dillon,
deceased.
Yonng Groom and Old Bride. ,
At Fullerton, Ky.. Mrs. Della
Kitts, 71, thrice a widow and the
mother of 18 children and a number
of grand-children, has Jnst married
Manford Nelson, 18 years of age.
Nelslon Is younger than a number of
his brlde’e grand-children.
tlon and Insisted on finishing with
the amendments. In his remarks
(Mr. Whaley's) reference to the non-,
enforcement of the dispensary law
referred to no particular. Governor
nor mayor, the non-enforcement was
general, he said, and he believed the
people would back up a restrlcted‘11-
cense system. The House refused to
adjourn on Mr. Klbler’s motion and
went on adopting delegation amend
ment*.
Mr. Jame*. of BIshopTille, wanted
twenty-five per cent, of the license
fees to go Into the State treasury;
on thle Dr. Wyehe aaked for an aye
end nay vote, and this resulted $1 to
28 against the amendment. The bill
was then Ordered to Its third reading
without even s division vote.
workmen ■ comp*n*»tInn spoke
the-* word* "J 'n not »upp<'«* ’he
ren'len-sn from rtheroke* will
(hut W...• w Wl!»> n champion* 'he
r»u*e of r*"»av companies and oth
er corporatlons ’
Mr Welch vehemently a*e* r 'e 1
that the q tie-' I on nnd‘T considers
tlon Is s big question, that on!v by a
spirit of "get together" could an
equitable bill b« drafted Mr Welch
then took up the question of Indus
trial arbl'ratlon, characterizing It a-
the largest question now looming on
the political horizon of the Sfa'e
He deprecated the enormous loss of
money and time during a strike, as
serting that arbitration could atop
this waste
Mr Welch, In h!s argument, quot
ed statistic* from a report of five
fatal court cases settled out of court
The report showed that the com-'
platntanta received $0,fi00 after law-'
yer's f»-ee had been paid, under lia
bility and compensation act they
would have received $12,975; the
average amounts received, lees the
lawyer's fees, were $!.800, under the
compensation act It would have been
$2,595 R, the average time for recov-]
ory was 22 1-2 months, under a Ha-j
blllty commission the claimants!
would have received compensation
at once.
Mr Irby of Laurens said that he
waa In favor of some of the features
of the resolution; but opposed It be
cause the resolution favors corpora
tions. He claimed that the corpora
tions are being forced to pay out
much money annually on account of
the court’s continually falling to rec
ognize contributory negligence; and
they want some measure to overcome
this judicial tendency; that an Indus
trial regulation as proposed In the
resolution is just what the corpora
tions want.
Another aseerMon by Mr. Irhy Is
that a fixed amount for Injuries and
death tflll be specified In a liability
act; that the corporation will take
out insurance on the life of their em
ployees—something that they cannot
do now, because of the uncertainty
of Jury verdicts-—and If one is killed
the corporations will pay absolutely
nothing. Mr. Irby caustically criti
cised all commissions as doing noth
ing except for themselves—going on
trunketlng trips, etc.
Mr. Thompson of Charleston said
that the resolution for a commission
is a compromise on several bills;
that no agreement could be reached
on several bills, and by ths forma
tion of snch a commission all Inter
ests could be heard, and from the
mass of Information received a good
bill could be drafted. Mr Thomp
son said that 16 sUtea of the union
have compensation sett, end South
Carolina needs inch legislation. The
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TRIPLE TRAGEDY IN
t tv but cam* to Bsmberg with ths
' 't er 'wo negri.e* Wednekdav night
That th*r wa'kerj to Denmark snd
took * he »>*r!v ("oast Line train to
Augusta, -here they pawned a waten
taken from the store and were back
In A'ken county when arrested by
Mr Kearsey
He says the other two negroes are
the one* who did the stealing No
doubt all are guilty, and Mr John
("ooner, secretary and treasurer of
the hardware company, ha* offered a
reward of $25 each for the capture
of the other two negroes Green says
there Is a regular gang of negroe#
organised for robbing In that section,
and that the two negroes wanted to
If w.* are to search for the t nf . ( ta fangs Into the smallc* dl.id.
we will find It In his three) After beating away th# easts Mrs.
Rolesson gathered the chlllren In
i her arms and started for home,
where both died within e few min
utes In the meantime, the beby.
left at home alone, fell Into e tab of
water and waa drowned.
belong to It.
speaker, on behalf of organised la-j
bor. vehemently spoke In favor of the
passage of the resolution.
Mr O Quinn then moved for the]
previous question, which Is a motion
to recommit. By a vote of 54 to 52
the house refused to recommit. On s
roll call the house refused to pass
the hill through Its third reading by
a vote of 56 for and 59 against, and
It was. therefore, killed. The vote
wore as follows:
Yeas—Speaker Smith, Barnwell,
Raskin, Reiser, Bethea, Bowers,
Boyd, Brice, Charles. Clowney, Court
ney, Delaughter, Dick, Evans, Frlpp,
Goodwin, Greer, Harper, Haynsworth,
W. A. James, W. E. James, John
ston, Kirk, Lee, Lumpkin, McDonald,
McMillan, Malpass, Massey, Means,
Miley, Miller, Mitchell. Mower, Nlch-
] olson, Odom, O’Quinn, Pegues, Ryatt,
Rlttenberg, Robinson, L. M. Rogers,
Senseney, Shirley, Stevenson, Thomp
son, Tindall, Vander Horst, Walker,
Warren, Welch, Whaley. C. C.
Wyche, C. T. Wyche, Youmans, Yeig-
ler—56.
Nays — Addy, J. W. Ashley, M. J.
Ashley, Atkinson, Blackwell, Brown
ing, Creech, Cross, Daniel, Dantxler,
Epps, Fortner, Friday, Casque, Gray,
Hall, Hardin, Harrelson, Harvel, Hol
ley, Hunter, Hutson, Irby, Jones,
Kellehan, Kelly, Kennedy, King, Kir
by, Lybrand, McCravey, McQueen,
Martin, Melfl, Mltchum, Moore, Mose
ley. Murray, Nelson, Ready, Rembert,
Riddle, Riley, Robertson, W. 8. Rog
ers Jr., Sapp, Sandkra, Walter M.
Scott, W. W. Bcott, Sherwood, Smil
ey, Stanley, Strickland, Sturkle, War
ner, White, Whitehead. Wilburn,
William*—69.
Seventy Persona Drowned.
Seventy person* were drowned at
Rangoon. India, by tha foundering
of a launch in th* Elver Rangoon
on Thursday night
1* the model by ahlch »* rear our
boys’ Oh tragedy of history, men
have garnished th* tomb* of the
prophe'*. yet *toned their d»-*cend-
ants’ Men have shouted In praise ol
(he dead, yet crucified thoae who
foretold their coming' So I am ask
ing you to conalder three epochs In
hi* life
real Lee
declalou* When a man decide* upon
a course of action we can find the
man If we can dlacover why he made
the declilon. It do** not matter
what declilon a man make*, but why
he make* It I am not Interested to
night In the question of the Judg
ment of Lee, but of the moral pur-
I poae of the will of Lee Why did he
choose the Southern aide? We can
arrive at an Intelligent answer to
that by the proceae of elimination.
We will answer In the negative first
—he did * 1 ‘Jght for slavery, he did
j not believe I. alavery. No ardeut
< Boston abolitionist ever believed In
slavery lesa than Robert E. Lee.
I^*e on I’reg'lng the Hlavee.
“He wrote to General Scott, *ay-
tng, ’If four million slave* were mine
I would free them In a moment to
preserve the Union.’ f love to read
a private letter to an abolitionist
friend of his In which he Bays: T
am aa anxlou* for the freedom of the
slave* aa any of you but am trust
ing to the *un8hlne of love to melt
the bond* of slavery—he 1* no friend
of slaves who makes an enemy for
them of a white master.'
"Neither did Lee cast hi* for
tunes with the South because of sec
tional hatred to the North. He loved
the army of the North with a pas
sionate loyalty—his old comrades
were officers In the army and when
they met In war time would clasp
hand* with a love that made the en
suing battle seem the irony of the
fate of men. Not even after four
year* of carnage, not after all the
horror* of reconatructlon, not even
when he waa refused the general
amnesty offered by that brave sol
dier, TJ. 8. Grant, not even when
threatened with an Indictment for
treason—did no person hear him ut
ter a word of unjuet criticism or
abuse either of the brave foe that
met him on the Held of battle, or of
th* cowardly politician that fought
him la secret.
Not Because of Personal Ambition.
’'L*e did aot make his choice be
cause of personal ambition. He ang
Lincoln both seem to have had pro
phetic vision, and he predicted that
th* war would last four yeara, and
that th* South would (all. He said
to Gordon after th* furreader' *%
(Continued on last page.)
Two Children Die
aed e Third
▲ horrible tragedy oeearred la the
Foleeson family on the banks of the
Suw&nee River. In Lafayette Coenty.
Fla.. Wednesday aflernooa. wfiai
three children met death, two from
■n*ke bit* the \hlrd from drvwklag-
Mrs Roleeeon sent her llltie bov
tc deliver a meeeage, bat before the
child had gone very far hla screens
attracted the mother, who, busy with
htr baby, sent a younger chi.d to
ascertain the trouble
Preeently the ecreeme of the ier-
erd child attracted the mother, wU>
put her baby on the Boor and ran to
their aaalstance. Aa ahe approached
she saw a monster rattle make *lnk-
Whnt seems to he a foul
has been discovered ovorUT.
County. Stiff and col
•rally eut to pieces, 1
respectable, middle-aged
waa fouad dead at Bath
morning,, the body having boos dim
covered Jnst after daybreak in n
■wamp, or branch, about a half mOo
from the mill village, where 4$ had
lain apparently for many hour*. The
dead maa ia survived by a wife and
small ion.
Without any elm to the affair. R
Is believed that tbs maa wan foully
done to death some time Teeelay
night, and one of the moat atroctomf
crimes la the annals of Aiken Oonaty
la Indicated. The whole affair la en
veloped An mystery.
Sheriff Henry H. Howard, Rami
Policeman 8. B. Holley and n ghy-
■tclan haetaned to Bath whan the
news was reeetved at Aiken aft men
Wednesday. Them they were Infe
ed by Coroner A. O .T. Spradlny, who
started aa Inqnent. bnt this wan ad
journed until Batarday. Th# see-
oners tnqpest, as Ear as it h^ goo*
served to reveal only an
tine that may nltlaaately
Identity of the dead man*!
m
toward thoi
found
hat Du Boss was one od
the oely one whom h*
h
\V\S ».\ TWENTY MOLD-UFA.
Bandit Confesses and Then Dies
Prom Shot Wound*.
,e
Peter Boore, a young Chicago ban
dit who was shot by Clnreoce Mo-
Sweeney, e police telephone operator
Thursday night, admitted having
participated with hi* brother Albert
in more than twenty hold-upe on the
South side during the last alx weeks.
Shortly after making the eonfeesion
he died. The brothers atopped Mc-
Sweeney aa he wa* returning to his
home late at night McSweeney be
gun shooting. Three nutlet* struck
Peter Boore who returned the fire,
one bullet striking McSweeney In the
hip but not seriously wounding him.
Albert Boore escaped but Inter wa*
captured.
Kills Self as Sheriff Welt*.
At Jacksonville, FTa., while a dep
uty sheriff waa in his store to serve
a writ of attachment on his stock of
goods, W. E. Daughtry, a well known
south Jacksonville merchant, excus
ed himself for a moment, went to the
back of the store and drank the con
tents of a bottle of carbolic acid,
which caused instant death.
Mess Men Killed the Cook.
According to a wireless dispatch
received by the narv depart
f(om CrB ' lal, in the Canal 1
Alfred Wllmot, Of Charleston, a col
ored ward room cook on tho D. 8. 3,
Nebraska, was stabbed and killed
by Thomas Johnaon, a colored
attendant. Johnaon sayu as la from
Baltimore. ;
♦ +■—-
Four Die ta Hot
Three men . and one
burned to death, tkroo
lonely injured and a
suffered lea* hurts ta a
early Thursday fisatroyad the Iowa
Botsl, a toxi afiory brick strnetare at
K«. 88) North
caaps ks sea think
Is ta th* frame ar i
isstlons to Are a
He says that he la vmgr maah la
hopes that tha IsgMaiara wtif gel
down to work aad quit trying to fib-
•Dt Strife. Ho Is ready tor
If it has la ha doaa. hat <
think it tor tha goad of tho
Bo thinks th*
will do vory llttls bofore th*
ration of Woodrow Wilson,
th* Rspsbllcaas are trying to
aa mack over aa poosfVla la
th* Domocrat* aad mak* Vum
on tks approprts* v *^'-'^
by dsfor actlon^j ... g. C.
MEN
Win all Court*
- Y I'ltStt’*.
MILHOUS,
Th* News and Cou
names of ths two msa waohod aaqpw -
board from Stfbmartno D-S, off tha
Florida coast Tuesday morning, mam-
tlon of which was made l**Th* Mows
and Courier of Wednesday, wars J.
Campbell, electrician, first
L. Hurst, machinist’s mats,
class. Submarine D-S was «*Sfh
flotilla of submarines which lad
Charleston last Friday on rant* la
Jacksonville aad Kay West an dor -
convoy of tho traders Vastino aad
Tonapah. No particulars of tha
drat were obtainable at tha Navy
Yard Wednesday, tha officiate at tha
yard having received
wireless station only tha
msnt that the men
were overbo|id from
N0I
fa
Willard Saulsbury,
Wedneaday elected 1
Senator from
Senator Harry
can. Mr.
after a week's 1
caused ky fowl
Mature who refused to
'’m
U.
' * ^
they wanted tho I
their own county.
fortama in
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