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CHARGED WITH'GRAFTING': STATE FAIR SOCIETY DEPOSES ( SECRETARY A. W. LOVE. ] < Investigating Committee Requested i 4 His Resignation.?Love Makes Charges Against Mobley. 1 The Columbia State says: At tne February meeting of the State Fair Society, held at the county court house, the committee appointed at y the last meeting of the society to in- , vestigate certain conditions said to . be existing in the affairs of the asso- j ciation submitted its report with sug- . gestions, chief among the latter be- 1 ing that A. W. Love, secretary of the . society, should resign for its best interests. i The report was submitted by Col. ( < D. A. Spivey, chairman of the com- , _ i > mittee, and on motion tne testimony ( upon which the committee based its conclusions was ordered read. This, however, proved to be so great in volume that further consideration i was posponed until this morning at 9 o'clock, when the society will meet again. Chief among the accusations ( brought against Mr. Love was that of the showmen, whose grievances have called forth the action of their national organization. W. G. Daven- . port, who, with his family, was engaged as a street attraction, filed , an affidavit in which he swears that Mr. Love sought to evade the terms . of their express agreement as to com- j pensation, finally extracting from 1 him a receipt for $300, when, as a matter of fact, he received but $200. This amount, he avers, was only secured after great difficulty. According to this affidavit Mr. i , Love informed the deponent that "he was not in business for his health," endeavoring at first to satisfy Davenport's demand with $75. This Davenport flatly refused to accept. , In the sworn statement of J. A. , Cook, the deponent declares his be^ lief that the passes placed in the , hands of Mr. Love were sold. The Investigating committee rec ommends that more precautions be thrown around the issuance of tickets and passes; that the bureau of information be made one in fact, otherwise that it be abolished; that the fair society no longer attempt to conduct a series of street shows and that the city council be requested not to operate any street shows during fair week; that more attention be paid to the collection of accounts due the society, concluding with the suggestion that it would be to the best intera ests of the society that the services of the present secretary be dispensed with. Sitting as a court of impeachment, the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society of South Carolina formally deposed A. W. Love from the office of secretary. Following the exciting session after midnight of Wednesday night, the action of the society on the report of the committeee appointed to inquire Into the charges filed against the former secretary was awaited with interest. At the convention of a the society yesterday morning the reading of the testimony upon which the committee report was based, was resumed. Mr. Love made a statement in his own behalf, alleging that he could ?nn +V10 nort nf tfilUIJUtHiLLt: iLU)l.aut.co wu 1,11V t/u.1 V V* President Mobley, where charges for t services rendered the society were made on dates when he was in this city in attendance on the meetings of the board of directors of the penitentiary, thus drawing per diem and mileage from both sources. The society, however, taking the position that President Mobley was not on t . trial, refused to entertain these allegations, confining Mr. Love to anything he might urge in his defense. At the conclusion of his statement the vote on motion of Richard I. Manning was taken as to what dis* rosition should be made of the committee's report, resulting in its adoption. Col. R. A. Love, father of the former secretary, then took the floor and in bitter terms denounced the ? ? action of the society in placing the sanction of its approval upon the finiUncs of the investigation. D. F. Efird, of Lexington, general superintendent, was elected to fill the vacancy. J. D. W. Watts, of Laurens, will succeed Mr. Efird as general * superintendent. Mr. Love charged that he was not accorded a fair hearing by the committee, no time being allowed him for the production of testimony to controvert the charges. He claimed I that at the last session of the committee evidence was submitted, a contradiction of which was denied him. Col. D. A. Spivey, chairman of the committee, at this juncture stated that any testimony received at the last meeting could not in any manner have changed their decision, % 4/ their conclusion being already reached. On the election of a secretary, the \y business of the society reached its end and an adjournment was taken until the August meeting. Thus passed into history probably the most exciting meeting in the history of the 0 organization. Mr. Love's charges against Mr. Mobley will be investi- a CO gated separately from the other mat- t th ter. ^ . Bi ROW IN FAIR SOCIETY. Pe ??? as President and Secretary Accuse Each Other. ' ** pi: Columbia, Feb. 3.?Following the pr sensational charges made at a meet- Si( ing of the Fair Society after midnight cu last night and the resignation of Sec- fcr retary Love, of the State Fair Socie- ar ty, this afternoon, Mr. Love has preferred charges against Mr. John G. th Mobley, president of the Society, The principal charge is that Presi- t0 lent Mobley is receiving double pay, ai] and that he receives mileage and per liem from the State, being a member by of the Penitentiary board of direc- m( tors, and also has his expenses and ^h per diem paid by the Fair Society. ur There were other minor charges which were investigated by a committee to-night. br The State Agricultural and Me- ^ chanical Society met again this mom- Wi ing, after having been in session late last night and into the morning iej hours, and heard the remainder of the report of the investigating com- ne mittee. The report was finished about 6 o'clock this afternoon, after to which a motion was made that the report of the committee be accepted in so far as it asked for the resignation of Secretary Love. jj There was some discassion of the motion, after which it was carried with two dissenting votes. Immediately after the carrying of the motion the matter of receiving and act- UI ing on the resignation and electing ^ a new secretarw was discussed. l The 50 discussion was interrupted by Col. m Love, father of the ex-secretary, who Wl expressed himself at some length sn concerning the action- of the Society in demanding the resignation of the secretary. His remarks were bitter, t*1 especially in reference to Mr. John UI G. Mobley, president of the Society. Mr. Love resigning at to-day's meeting, the Hon. D. F. Efird was elected n secretary. Succeeding Mr. Efird as h* general superintendent, J. D. W. Watts, of Laurens, was elected. The counter charges of Secretary vc Love against the president of the Society were not wholly unexpected, 3"c for trouble has been brewing some n time. President Mobley called at tention to certain matters in connection with Mr. Love's secretaryship, a and the committee recommended Mr. le Love's resignation at an early hour to-day, followed by the events nar rated above. w' The committee did not take final action on the charges against Presi- Tl dent Mobley, adjourning near mid- fr night to meet Tuesday. The session *r was executive. The president of the n< Society submitted an affidavit from the Assistant Attorney General that SF he had the right to draw the Penitentiary salary and serve on the fair society. Other charges to extravagance were aired and fully discussed. *1 President Mobley stoutly pressed his defence. In addition to the com- *1 mittee President Mobley and Ex- ca Secretary Love were present. pc Wofford and Epworth Get Legacy. at Lancaster, Feb. 6.?The will of ^ John W. Truesdell, who died recently at his home in Kershaw, was proel bated in Camden Friday, T. S. Car- ^ ter, of Lancaster,-being the executor. After giving to his widow, Mrs. Eliza* ?? AAA Detn p. iTuesaen, ti,uuu uusuiutcij and the rents and profits of all of his real estate during her life, the testator leaves the sum of $1,000 to Epworth orphanage, near Columbia, ^ to be used as a nucleus for a new building fund; and the sum of $2,000 ^ to Wofford college, at Spartanburg, ^ the same to be known as the John ^ W. Truesdell loan fund, to be lent to young men desirous of entering the institution who are without the U] requisite means to do so; said sum ^ to be loaned in such manner and upon such terms as the officers of said college shall direct. The remainder of the estate, both personal and real, is left to the ej Methodist church at Kershaw, the d( same to be permanently invested and only the revenue therefrom to be used, as the proper officers of said church shall direct. Saved Prom Awful Peril. "I never felt so near my grave," writes Lewis Chamblin, of Manches ter, Ohio. R. R. No. 3. "as when a ai frightful cough and lung trouble ti pulled mes down to 115 pounds in spite of many remedies and the best doctors. And that I am alive to-day is due solely to Dr. King's New Discovery, which completely cured me. Now I weigh 160 pounds and can work hard. It also cured my four children of croup.'' Infallible for coughs and colds, its the most certain tc remedy for lagrippe, asthma, desperate lung trouble and all bronchial h affections, 50c and $1.00. A trial bottle free. Guaranteed by Peoples a] Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. H f CORN EXPOSITION. ays and Means Committee Gives $1,500 Toward the Work. Columbia, Feb. 3.?The success the corn exposition which is to be ;ld in Columbia during the coming 11 is assured. The ways and means 1 mmittee has given $1,500 toward e work. The president of the Corn | reeders Association yesterday ap- . ared before the committee and ked for an appropriation of $500 r the association and $1,000 for ' e exposition. This money will be aced in the hands of the Clemson , ofessor of agriculture the exten>n work, the commissioner of agrilture and the president of the corn eeders. Tentative plans have been ranged for the exposition which ill be representative of not only e State but the entire South. \\ j rery farmer in the State is invited join the corn breeders association d to attend the exposition. The corn breeders were endorsed the live stock association for the embers of that association realize ( at you can not have good live stock dess there is plenty of corn. A. E. Gonzales Ivas given $1,000 be used as prizes for the corn eeders association. It was through is gift that the entire proposition is made possible. Farmers, lawyers, educators and gislators and business men are talker rKa nnm ovnnaitinn Tt is nlATI fc> r (d to give $5,000 in prizes. All of e machinery houses will he invited offer prizes. TRAIN ROBBERY IN KANSAS. iree Men Relieve Passengers of Money and Jewelry. Pittsburg, Kan., Feb. 5.?Three lidentified men held up and robbed e passengers on the eastbound Misuri Pacific passenger train, five iles east of here to-night. They ere unmasked. About $100 and a aall amount of jewelry was taken om the passengers. The robbers boarded the train on e outskirts of Pittsburg, and rode itil the train was near Cornell, Kan. lere they leaped from their seats, icked Conductor Garrity into a corjr, and, drawing revolvers, warned m not to call for assistance. One of the robbers then covered ie passengers with two large re>lvers. "You will now prepare to give up >ur valuables," he said. "My part?r here will pass among you. j [ease be quiet" ' nortnor " thorpiinnn nrndiiccd ,i. ULV* MiVi ) vuw* r . v? ? gunny sack and started on his colcting tour. From each passenger i took everything of value. Money, atches, and diamonds and rings all ent into the sack. One woman screamed and fainted, lie collector calmly lifted a ring om her finger, picked her purse hp om the floor and passed on to the jxt victim. Throughout the robbery the train >ed on. None of the crew, except .e conductor, knew of the robbery. When the lights in the town of )rnell loomed into view, several of ie passengers at the rear of the iach, who had not been reached by te robbers, hoped they would esipe with their valuables, and they igan placing them back in their ickets. But they were disappointl. Just because the train stopped ; the station the robbers did not irry away. The robber, with the mny sack, stripped the last passiger in the car of his goods, and ten the three dropped off the train id disappeared down an alley into ie town. New Bank Opens in Aiken. Aiken, Feb. 2.?The First National ink threw open its doors to the iblic to-day and in three hours' time ad enrolled 17 depositors as its istomers. Many more were added ifore the close of the institution. The bank management expect that '? J ii-? ?in ie numuer 01 uepusituia wm gu nwi p into the hundreds this week. It jgins business very auspiciously, id has met with great encourageent so far. The bank's office is ie of the handsomest in this part of te country, and the institution is :pected to bring to the city a great sal of new business?that has hith to gone elsewhere. Many North* n tourists have stated that they ill place deposits in it. Visiting Day. Mrs. A. was more shocked than nused when, in reply to hef queson "Who was at Sunday-school this lorning," "Everybody but Jesus." "Why my dear," said Mrs. A., wherever did you get such an idea?" "He was out visiting this mornig," the little lady confidently said. ' ooi/1 ATrc A 4<trhn L/aUglllCl ) oaiu XU10. A&t y f? ** ? >ld you such a story." "Nobody didn't tell me mother, trt they just kept singing it over ad over again: "Jesus is calling, e's calling to-day." COMMITS SEXTUPLE MURDER. Minnesota Maniac Kills His Wife, Fom; Children and Himself. Fergus Falls, Minn., February 4. ?Wm. Ruckheim, a farmer, aged 35 years, murdered his wife and four children, and shot himself last night at Parker's Prairie. He was found dying when his son went to the farm to-day. Ruckheim is belived to have h^An tomnrvrailv insane. Ruckheim declared that he had received a divine command to proceed to a certain graveyard, where he and his family were to exhume several bodies, using only their bare hands. Unless this command were carried out before Easter, Ruckheim said, he and his family would be dragged to death. After examining the graveyard and finding that it would be impossible to perform the task on account of the frozen ground, Ruckheim said he killed his family to escape divine vengeance. SAWS WAY TO FREEDOM. G. Terrell Moore Escapes from Honea Path Jail. Greenville, Feb. 6.?News reached the city to-day of the sensational escape of G. Terrell Moore, former travelling man, many times alleged forger and ex-convict from the jail at Honea Path. He sawed his way to freedom, cutting the bars of the window to his cell. He left a consoling note to the Honea Path chief of police and the Monroe Banking and Mercantile Company, saying that he was sorry to leave, but he just had to go. The Mercantile Company recently cashed a bogus check for Moore. J. H.DIXON Machinist and Engineer General Repair Shop. We repair all kinds of machinery and carry a full line of Pipe, Pipe Fittings, Valves, Injectors, Lubricators, Oilers, etc. Bring your engine and have the cylinder bored. Make it run like new and give you more power. Bring your cotton gins and press parts and have them repaired before the busy season. A stitch in time saves nine. 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