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^Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1908 tyie Dollar a Year |j
IX THE PAU1CTT0 STATE
:fe SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Wi State News Boiled Down For Quick |
a ( . Reading? Paragraphs About 1
Men and Happenings. 1
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The railroads will reduce passenger ;
' i*1 State on the first of <
Col. Wilie Jones, of Columbia, is 1
alstya candidate for United States ]
? Senator for the unexpired term. 1
?~-rvC"LA man in Columbia last week was j
fined $5 for killing a robin. It is
against the law to kill these birds. 1
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L - Col. George Johnstone, of New- (
" berry, will be a candidate for United 1
States Senator. He made the race <
six years ago. 3
Maj. J. C. Hemphill. editor of the ^
NeWs and Courier, is being spokfen j
of for the position of United States ,
Senator for tile unexpired term.
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D. C. Heyward, of Columbia, ex- 3
A governor, has announced that he will J
l^.ne a candidate for United States <
v; Senator in the primary next summer. <
R. D. Smith. Dresident of the South 1
ft Carolina cotton growers' association,
has announced that he will be candidate
for the United States Senate
this summer. ^
>7 "The citizens of Georgetown have
endorsed'Senator L. G. Walker a^ a
candidate for Unified States Senator,
r for the unexpired'term, and are pushmg
his candidacy.
FitZ" Hugh McMaster, another
PiMghty good man, is a candidate for
the position of insurance commissioner.
Mr. McMaster is now circulation
manager of The State.
The people of Sumter have endorsed
Coi. R, D. Lee, a prominent lawyer
of that city, as a candidate for the
United States Senate, for the unexpired
term of Senator Latimer.
Mr. R. Boyd Cole, editor of the
Barnwell Sentinel, is an applicant
* for the^position of insurance, commissioner.
He would till any position
' wjth credit and we trust he will be
The friends of General M. C. Butof
Edgeiield, ex-United-States
Senator, wanted to put him in noiAr 1
, ination for the unexpired term of <
Senator A. C. Latimer, but he de- i
clined to become a candidate. 1
Another suit has been commenced in !
flHSEfeUmted States court against the 1
dispensary commission. The suit is 1
t thought by several whiskey houses, |
Who are trying to get the money on
hand put in charge of a receiver.
*n. tv rrr?: t_
jCi. ^r. TT4UUiJ5,, UX., VA VilOl 1CQIVU, 1
has resigned as secretary of the rail- ^
road Commission, to take effect thet
first of May, and T. B. Lumpkin,
now< agent of the Southern Railway
at Anderson, has been elected to
suceeed him. J
Amass meeting of the citizens of .
Darlington was held last Friday afternoon,
at which Maj. J. L. Coker,* of (
that county, was unanimously endors- .
ed as a candidate for United States ,
^v. Senkt^r for the unexpired term of '
Senator Latimer. ]
C. C. Featherstone, of Laurens, has l
announced that he will be a candidate 3
for governor this summer, and C. A. i
l .Smith, of Timmonsville, will be a 1
candidate for lieutenant governor, i
? v? ?oth of these men will run on a pro- i
f hibition platform. t
Cole L. Blease. pf Newberry, now
Senator from that county, has an??
nounced that he will run for governor
this summer. This makes two i
candidates already announced against j
Governor Ansel, with possibly more j
0 to come. The present governor will {
not have a wdlk-over after all. ]
W; S. Smith, now State Senator
from Hampton county, has announc- 1
ed that he will be a candidate for 1
congress from the second district 1
this summer, to succeed Hon. J. 0. *
Patterson. Senator G. L. Toole, of 1
Aiken, will also be a candidate, mid c
of cortnse Mr. Patterson will again c
want the honor. j
The fifth annual interstate conven- ?
tkm of the Young Men's Christian as- l
sociafcions of North and Sooth Caro- (
mil nwial' m PnlninKJo ](V5/?OW
.JLttlO mu UlCCb Ul WlltlUWHt x nua;) J
March 27, and continue in session over ,
Sunday. A strong program is being ^
f preparedbythecommitteeofarrange- |
" * ments and there is a fine prospect for j
a large and successful convention. J
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Big Suits Compromised. j
Macon, Ga., Feb. 24.?Attorneys
| for complaintant, lumber companies
* and railroads have agreed upon a
proposition just submitted to settle a ]
ntimber of large suits by lumber con- .
^.4" eerns in Georgia, Florida and Alabama,
against eight railroads of the j
V South for alleged overcharges on i
$ freight shipped. (
It- is stated the plaintiffs have s
- 'agreed upon sixty-four per cent. The 5
suits involved amount to over half a
million. ?
Why get up in the morning feeling blue, ^
Worrv others and worry you;
* Here s a secret between you and me, <
Better take Rocky Mountain Tea. <
H. F. Hoover. (
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NEGRO ATTEMPTS ASSAULT.
Little Daughter of J. M. Bessinger Attacked
Near Augusta.
Seized on her way from school to
her home yesterday afternoon while
in company with her three little sisters
by a negro brute who attempted
to assault her, Bertie May Bessinger,
a fifteen-year-old white girl of good
family, was saved only by the outcries
of herself and her companions.
The scene of the attempted assault
is on the Savannah road about six
miles from the city. The police officials
think that they know who the
perpetrator of the deed is, but refuse
to divulge his name.
All night last night the country in
that neighborhood wasscoured by the
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citi&eiis, (uoutcu wj uic v/ificers
of the law, but he had not been
captured up to 2 o'clock this afternoon.
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Sheriff Clark sent bloodhounds to
the scene in an automobile and it is
believed that before many hours the
negro will be landed.
It is reported that a large force of
men from the community is looking
for the negro with the determination
>f making a speedy end to his existence
and the entire vicinity is wrought
up to the highes^ pitch. 1
I esteraay aiternoon auuui xuur
)'alock Bertie May and her three sisters,
all smaller than herself, were
joing home from school when they
tfere suddenly confronted by a large
aegro who crept from a thicket beside
the road. His intentions were
anknown until he walked up to
the eldest of the group and seized her
by the waist. The other children
screamed and ran away from the
place, while Bertie May did her best
to wrest herself from her captor.
The place being a public one the cries
)f the children caused the brute to
release his hold on the little girl before
accomplishing his purpose and
le ran away to the wooas as rapidly
is possible. j
Except for a few bruises and a terrible
fright the child is unhurt, alhough
not able to go to school. The
Bessinger family moved to Georgia a'
:ew years ago from Bamberg, S. C.,
rnd the father is engaged in farmrig.?Augusta
Herald. i
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Chastised Once Again.
When Judge Coffin was a young
awyer and about to plead his first
sase in New Bedford, not being pre)ared
and not wishing to acknowledge
>eing unprepared, he arose and asked
he court to excuse him, as he had
/>o!1cu4 +/\ +V>p cipk- lv*d nf his
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nother. In the meantime his mother,
wishing to hear her son's first plea,
iad come from Nantucket and was
n the gallery of the courthouse. She
eaned over the railing and in great
ndignation called down, "Timothy,
Kmothy, how often have I chastised
hee for lying!M
Dr. Potest to Remain.
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Greenville, Feb. 19.?Dr. Edwin
H. Poteat, president of Furman university,
has announced that he will
lot accept the call to the pastorate
>f Broadway Baptist church of Louisville,
Ky., which was extended to him
t few weeks ago.
Coupled with the announcement of
Dr. Poteat is the announcement that
Andrew Carnegie has agreed to give
>25,000 to the university provided the1
friends of the college raise $50,000. j
rhis offer will be accepted and $25,-,
KX) of the necessary amount is already
pledged by the general educa;ion
board of New York.
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The Burden of Overeducation.
Discussing the problem of overed- (
ication of the American woman.
Margaret Sangster, in the Woman's
Tome Companion for March, asks
md answers the question, "What is
Education After. All?''
"Is it not ascertaining how to
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IlcL&t? -UiC UCDt ui mic o puirciO) wvTt
to arrange one's stores, how to exert
i sweet, quiet and fragrant influence
throughout life, over all whom one
neets? If an advanced education
loes this for one, then it is education
me should seek. Our difficulty is
that we cannot allow time enough
!or seed time and harvest. Mothers
ire in despair if daughters occasicfe
illy drop oht of school for six monins
>r a year. We are much too apt to
nsist on putting all our children, ir-1
espective of their natural bent,
through the same educational factory.
We do not make sufficient alowance
for temperament and teniency,
and thus it comes to pass that
some of us cany burdens, beneath j
the weight of which we are crushed." j
Mrs. N. K. Free Dead.
Govan, Feb. 23.?Mrs. Narcissus
Inabinet Free died at 9 o'clock
yesterday evening from pneumonia.
She spent all of her youthful days
n Orangeburg county, near the pres.
. _ f rt ? e.n ^*1 i |
int town 01 apnngneiu, uriui sue ue;ame
married to Allen C. Free when
;he moved to old Barnwell county,
low Bamberg county.
Mrs. Free was the mother of three
>ons and three daughters who mourn
ler death. Mrs.
Free was a devout Christian
md lived as an inspiration to the
community, emulating true Christian
:haracter and virtue.
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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
EHfcHARDT, Feb. 24.?Mr. J. W.
Priester, who was accidentally shot
in his right eye last Monday while out
shooting birds, is still in the city
under treatment. There seems to be
no doubt that his sight from that eye
is gone; the question now is whether
they will have to remove the injured
ball to keep it from injuring the left
eye. When last heard from he was
in great pain. Mr. Priester has our
sympathy, and hope to soon have
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niiu wiui u& again.
Mr. Jayson F. Fender had to be
taken home to his wife and two little
daughters Saturday morning. He
was taken with something like rheumatism
and could not walk; was in
such misery that he could not be still.
He was acting as marshal while Mr.
Priester was away under treatment.
Our bank, dispensary and two rural
mail carriers are the only ones that
observed Washington's birthday on
Saturday.
Mr. Wyman Chassereau has been
spending some time with his brothers,
sisters and friends. ,
Master Earle Jones gave a birthday
party Saturday afternoon from three
to six. Quite a crowd of little folks
assembled at his home, presenting
gifts suited to the occasion, pd helpViim
molrck narfr <vf hist pitrhth
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birthday merry.
Farmers are busy hauling fertilizer
for their 1908 crops, but they complain
about the wetroads. Can'tcarry
much at a time.
All farm work is backward in this
section on account of the rains.
Mr. H. N. Folk was in town Saturday
afternoon on business.
Some one's buggy that was arrested
by a telephone pole on last Saturday
a week still remains in its custody.
When it came in contact with the
pole the shafts were badly broken;
could not be carried on, so remains
as it was left.
Mr. H. W. Chitty had a negro before
Judge J. C. Copeland on last
Friday afternoon charged with jobbing
his store, s The jury, however,
turned the negro loose for want of
evidence to convict. ?
Mrs. J. M. Dannelly expects to go
to Charleston to get something done
for her eyes.
Mrs. Priester, mother of Mr. J. W.
Priester, is staying with his wife
while Mr. Priester is away.
Dr. J. L. Copeland is having an ad
dition built on his dwelling house.
Jee.
Country Correspondence.
Mrs. EttaHughesandchildren visited
her mother-in-law, Mrs. Olive
Hughes, Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. L. E. Hill, of Bamberg, is
visiting her son, Mr. J. W. Hill and
family this week.
Miss Gertrude Oxner visited friends
near Clear Pond last Saturday and
Sunday.
Mrs. Julia Sandifer, of Bamberg,
is visiting Mrs. 0. P. Jordan this
week.
Everett Hanberry, of Denmark,
visited his cousin, Bartlett Jordan,
Saturday and Sunday.
Cl?a I^MOtir
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A physican in a town not far from
Philadelphia who has some practice
among the colored population in the
vicinity, was once awakened in the
middle of the night by a frantic ring
at his bell. Putting his head out of
the window, he inquired, "Who's
there?"
"It's me, doctah. It's Dinah."
"Dinah! What do you want."
"Ef yer please, sah, I wants yer ter
come quick ter see my ole man. He's
pow'ful sick."
"Too bad. What seems to be the
matter with him?"
"I know what's demattah wid him,
all right. It's indigestion ob de kidneys
"
"You mean congestion of the kidneys."
"No, sah; it's indigestion of the
kidneys. Hie done eat four platefuls
ob 'em, stewed, fer supper, and he
ain't done slep' a wink since."?Lippincott's.
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Missed His Man.
"You, my friend!" bellowed the
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orator, leaning over trie ueoiv ?um
pointing his long finger at the honest
old farmer in the front row, relates
The Chicago Tribune. "You realize^
do you Pot, that you occupy a prouder
position than any monarch of the
old world? You can make and unmake
men! You can adopt or defeat
the? policies of presidents, curb the
I ambition of thedemagoue, and in the
last analysis you can declare war or
peace, punish monopoly, reward
patriotic endeavor, and almost change
the face of the world! You are an
American sovereign in your own
right, and you know it!" "It's a
lie!" indignantly answered the honest
old farmer. "I'm the only greenbacker
in the whole township, and I
hain't got influence enough to wad a
popgun!"
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BANQUET AT ALLENDALE.
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Knights of Pythias Celebrate Anniversary
of Order's Founding.
Allendale, Feb. 21.?The fortyfourth
anniversary of the organization
of the ord - of the Knights of
Pythias was celebrated by Allendale
lodge, No 60, on Tuesday evening at
the city hall, with an elegant banquet.
Three long tables, all decorated with
the tri-colorsof the order, were laden
with almost everything good to eat.
At 9 o'clock master of ceremonies
J. L. Oswald rapped for order and a
blessing was asked by the Rev. Mr.
Foster, pastor of the Baptist church.
At the head of the centre table was
displayed a beautiful Pythian banner,
which was presented to the lodge by
the ladies of the Allendale Library
Association. After the Inner man
H had been fully satisfied Mr. Oswald
introduced Dr. A. A. Batterson,
chancellor commander of the lodge
for 1908, who spoke on the order of'
Knights tff Pythias. Dr. Hugh R.
Tison followed with an address on
4'Man." The Rev. Mr. Benson, from
Barnwell lodge, spoke on' 'The Bachelor."
He was followed by Mr. D. H.
Ellis on that most interesting of subjects,
4'Woman."
The last speaker was Mr. T. R.
Erwin, who - made the humorous
speech of the evening.
There were about two hundred
ladies and,gentlemen present, all of
whom unanimously pronounced the
Knights of Pythias the earth's chosen
people.
Unusual Case in Asheville.
Asheville, N. C., Feb* 21?An unusual
case was presented in the superior
court yesterday, when a man adjudged
guilty of bigamy and sentenced
to serve 18 months on the
chaingang, was allowed to go free for
60 days in order .that the cfturt and
others might appeal to the governor
for a pardon for him. ?
C. A. Strickland was arrested here
about six months ago, charged with
bigamy, and sentenced to serve 18
months on the roads. The defendant
admitted that he had been married
twice, but explained that after he had
been married to his first wife he was
reliably informed that the woifian
had a husband living and that the
latter had threatened to come to
South Carolina and do Strickland
bodily harm, whereupon he, being informed
that his marriage was illegal,
had left the-woman and come to
Asheville, where he had married another
woman. After he had been living
with his feecond wife for some
time word was received here that
Strickland was a bigamist and he was
arrested.
The defendant was found guilty
and sentenced to serve 18 months on
the roads. He appealed to the supreme
court and was released on $500
bond. The sentence was affirmed by
the higher court a few days ago,
whereupon Strickland, who was' in
South Carolina, ujpon being Informed
that his case had been decided adversely
to him, promptly returned to
this city and presented himself in
, court, arising from a sick bed to do so.
Judge Peebles, in open court yesterday,
declared that a man as honest
as Strickland had proved himself to
be should not be compelled to serve
on the roads. The court said,, however,
that he could not go behind the
supreme court decision. It was finally
decided that Strickland should remain
at liberty for 60 days on account
of impaired health and in the
meantime the facts in the case will
be laid before Gov. Glenn and it is
believed a pardon will be secured for
the man.
Destructive hire at Lancaster.
Lancaster, Feb. 22.?Fire at Lancaster
tonight destroyed property
worth about $28,000 on which there
is less than $13,000 insurance. 'About
ten head of mules and horses were
consumed in the fire.
The losses and insurance are:
Gregory-Hood Live Stock company
$15,000, insurance $7,000; Methodist
Episcopal church, brick building, $5,000,
insurance $1,500; Dr. J. S. Mackey's
residence $4,000, insurance $2,000;
warehouse of J. S. Mickey &
Co., $3,000, insurance $1,000; the old
Ledger office $500, no insurance;
Funaerburg's pharmacy $500, insurance
$500. i
A number of people moved out
their belongings, thinking that the
fire would spread over the entire
town. In this manner some loss was
sustained:
Lancaster is now without fire protection.
Strange to say, a gentleman
from Atlanta is here today negotiating
with Mayor Hughes for the installation
of waterworks system and
since tonight's destructive fire there
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is hardly any douot aDoui .Lancaster
having a waterworks plant and fire
protection.
The fire originated about 8 o'clock '
in the mule pen of the Gregory-Hood
Live Stock company and at 10 o'clock
was under control. There was no
one in the stable the time the fire began.
The town's fire fighting apparatus
consists of deep wells and buckets.
, Builds up waste tissue, promotes appetite,
improves digestion, induces refreshing
sleep, giving renewed strength and
health. Tnat's what Hollister's Rocky
Mountain Tea will do. 35c, Tea or
tablets. H. F. Hoover.
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PARKER REPLIESTO BLEASE
RECALLS CONVERSATION HE HAD
WITH THE SENATOR.
If Blease Was Not Agent of Lanahan
He Knows Who Was and
Should Tell.
To the Editor of The State:
Please pardon a few words in answer
to Senator Cole L. Blease ip his
recent remarks in the State senate
with reference to my testimony before
the winding up commission.
The absurdity of the charge of conspiracy
as made by Mr. Blease must
be apparent, but there may be some
conditions not understood by all.
Neither Capt. Smy the nor myself was
a supporter of Gov. Ansel in the recent
campaign. For myself, though I
had the highest personal regard for
him, I differed with him on the issues
of the campaign and voted for an
other.
I have never had a communication
with him or any one else referral to
by Mr. Blease with reference to my
testimony, except with Mr. Avery
Patton, to whom, after having been
subpoenaed as a witness before the
winding up commission, I wrote on
Dec. 30, urging him "not again to
put me to the humiliation of appearing
in a matter about which I know
practically nothing." To this letter
I never had a reply and had not seen
Mr. Patton until I appeared before
the commission a few days since. ,'
DID NOT WAIT?WAS FORCED.
Mr. Blease asks the question why I
waited until after Mr. Lanahan's
death to answer the question as to
who Mr. Lanahan had told me was
representing him in South Carolina.
T acn-pf with him that it was unfortu
nate that the answer had to be made
subsequent to Mr. Lanahan's death,
but I had no choice in the matter.
No one knows better than Mr.
Blease why the question was not answered
two years ago at the time of
the hearing before the legislative
committee, in June, 1906.
BY MR. BLEASE'S OWN VOTE.
It was upon Mr. Blease's own motion
and by the effect of his own vote
that I. was excused from answering i
the question at that time, against the .
earnest protest of Mr. Lyon, now attorney
general, and twp other members
of the investigating committee.
Having been excused by the investigating
committee from answering
the question then, it certainly would
have been improper and inconsistent
for me subsequently to have rushed
into print to make public statements j
which I had asked the legislative com
mittee to excuse me from making be- \
fore them. J
Having been excused then from dis- <
closing the personage referred to by j
Mr. Lanahan, I was not called upon
to note any denial by him that Mr. ;
Blease was the person referred to.
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It will De notea, nowever, mat an. i
Lanahan never denied any part of the j
conversations referred to by me in (
my testimony. He merely denied
that he had told me that Mr. Blease
represented him, which at that time I J
had not testified to before the com- ,
mittee, because, as stated, I had been
excused.
SAYS BLEASE KNEW OP IT.
* Mr. Blease certainly surprises me, 1
however, in his statement to the effect
that he had no idea that I had
referred to him in my statements before
the investigating committee.
When I testified in June, 1906, Mr.
Lanahan had been advised of my having
been subpoeaned and of the
necessity of my testifying to my conversation
with him if the court decreed
that I should do so; furthermore,
the attorneys representing Mr. 1
H. H. Evans had been advised before
I testified of the purport of my testimony.
As the intimacy between Mr.
Blease and Mr. Evans was well known,
I had presumed that it had been
communicated to Mr. Blease what
my testimony would be.
This presumption was confirmed in
my own mind by statements of' Mr.
Blease to me. On the evening of my
testimony, whilst Mr. Haynsworth
and I were supping together at
Wright's hotel, Mr. Blease, who had
been taking supper at a table some
Hic+unpp flwav. stormed at our table a
moment, arid, after expressing- his approval
of the position Iv had taken
with reference to testifying, said in
effect that he was familiar with all
the facts with regard to the employ- ,
ment of the party referred to by me
by Mr. Lanahan; that he had no
apologies to make to any one for vot- .
ing to excuse me from giving the s
name, but that in justice to the party
referred to, he wanted to say that
that party had not understood fully i
the service expected of him when he
accepted the employment, and when
he did learn what was expected, he ,
declined to serve further, and receiv- :
ed less than $200 for his compensation.
DIPLOMATIC ACKNOWLEDGMENT. *
I understood the statement of Mr. !
Blease to be a diplomatic acknowledg- <
ment of his connection with the mat- i
ter, and, as expressed in legal terms, i
''aplea of confession and avoidance." i
Mr. Blease now denies that he had !
any connection with Mr> Lanahan.
I may add that I am advised by Mr. <
Wm. Elliott of Columbia, who was
also my attorney in the proceedings
ANSEL'S LEVEL HEAD.
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Don't Want Blease to be Lieutenant .?H
Qovernor.
Columbia, February 22?Governor
Ansel's unwillingness to see Senator
Blease made lieutenant governor is
said to be holding up the appoint- Wt
ment of Lieutenant Governor Thomas
G. McLeod as solicitor in the latter's
home circuit. '
The other afternoon Senator Blease, " r?ij?a
as the Senators were dispersing, ask- . '?
ed them to remain for a moment.
He stated that it had been mentioned
to him that Governor Ansel wished
to appoint Mr. McLeod solicitor,
but refused because to make this appointment
would be to make Mr.
Blease, who is president pro tem al-') fj$Sm
ready, the president of the Senate. t
Mr. Blease said that he had been told ?. %
further that if he would resign as
president pro tem the governor would
give the solicitorship to Mr. McLeod,
at once. Senator Blease indulged in v#|j|
some caustic remarks in relation to v&SSS
the governor's position in the matter.
He said that rather than stand in the " >
way of his friend, Mr. McLeod, he
would accede to the governor's wish- /;
es in the matter and resign as president
pro tem, provided mat tiie Senate
would elect his friend, Senator
Hardin, to the position of president
pro tem. / ,
Senator Hardin said to the caucus >
that he knew nothing-of the matter, f $
that the Blease proposition had been :
made without his knowledge or con
sent and that he did not care to be '
mentioned in connection with it at all. ' -f
The Senators took the position that t U |j?
the proposition whs not officially De- \
fore the caucus and no action what- :M
ever was taken. t ^
News from Orangeburg Institute. .
Orangeburg, Feb. 23.?Thereare;
sixty young ladies and fifty cadets v: J
here. Very nearly every county itt^jjjgj
the, State is represented, and one 'Mi
young lady 'hails from our sister Car- f g&
The rules were suspended on St. Jg
Valentine's day evening for one hour, "Q
and the student body had a reception _ ; J
in the college chapel. Innocent
games were indulged in, Prof, Bree- ; mM
din being host, and in his gentle way
exercising much interest in thie stu- {$*&:
dent's welfare.
Washington's birthday was celehratpd
in raanv wavs. Miss TaDDah. :'3aK4
the teacher in the culinary department,
served a George Washington
breakfast to the faculty and mem- "-Mi
bers cf her class. ^
In the evening the rules were wis- 4M
pended and President and Mrs. Peter- ^
son threw open their parlors to the |
student body in honor of a masquerade
party. Some of the masks were
very laughable and withal presented ^
a most amusing spectacle. The mem
bers of the faculty participated in
the masquerade and also in the '1^
The majority of the students are ^
of the Baptist denomination, and all 4
students are made to go to the church$jS^My
of their choice. 'M
Sunday, the 1st of March, Rev. M.
D. Austin, a member of the faculty ,4f
of 0. C. I., will preach at the Baptist
church here, and Rev. E. M. Light- *
foot will preach at Clemson College.
The student body attended the lecture
at the court house on last Thurs- ;
day by Mr. C. C. Featherstone. His g
subject was prohibition. ,
Student.
Attorney Logan Leaves Court.
Charleston, February 20.?in tne
court of general sessions this after- : Ik
noonL. F. Koster was acquitted on Kv?
the charge of violating the dispensary
law. It was the first case which has : : j
been submitted to a jufy in the M
county court in several years, following
the indictment of Koster and '
other parties a few days ago. The
jury was out about an hour. s
The trial took somewhat of a sensa- ^
tional turn during the argument of
Attorney W. Turner Logan, when
Judge Hydrick refused to permit him vtch
to. speak along the line that he was
addressing the jury. Mr. Logan was
sharply criticising the policy of the
laV, making references to the dfcorder
and ill f eeling which the statute
has engendered, when Judge Hydrick J
objected. Mr. Logan attempted to J*?
argue His right as a member of the
bar to speak as he thought proper,
but Judge Hydrick refused to yield
4-Vion rtkarwto Ma aronmpnt *
aim xauiui w?u viw^y .
Mr. Logan left the ctt*fc room. Mr. : ^
.John G. Grace of the fifcn completed *,
the argument and the case was given
to the jury with the result just statbefore
the supreme court, that Mr.. . Blease
made to him practically the ' ./Jf
same statement as made above.
A CHALLENGE TO BLEASE.
, In justice to Mr. Blease himself,
and in justice to the memory of Mr.
Lanahan, Mr. Blease is now, it seems '
to me, called upon to say who was S
tllC I11JJI1 OUlbC uiavicu ff UVAAA ?
Lanahan employed, as he-fa as acknowledged
full acquaintanceship in the
matter. Whilst I can not conceive
that I have been mistaken as to statements
made to me by Mr. T Anahan,
still if there be error in what Mr.
Lanahan stated to me, Mr. Blease
sah clear it, and should da so.
Lewis W. Parker.
Greenville, S. C., Feb. 17, 1908.