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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Fairfax Fancies. j
Sunday, the 28th, dawned bright
and clear. Rev. B. F. Allen preached
the commencement sermon of our
High School. Those burning words
of truth should he long remembered
by the youth of our town. The choir,
composed of the best singers, gave
a special musical program, and Mrs.
S. L. Sanders presided at the organ.
Monday evening the pupils entertained
us with drills, recitations,
and bright music, doing credit to
themselves and teachers. Tuesday
avening diplomas were awarded
Xfeses Lucile Griner and J. Loadholt
Two prizes offered by Mrs. S.
L. Sanders for most faithful work in
the literary society were won by Lee
[ Bessinger and Sadie Harter. Miss
Moye's .music prize was awarded to
Gladys Buckner, and one offered byj
Prof. Munroe for excellence in school
work was won by Lee Bessinger. The
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best essay on a given subject was
* won by Gladys Buckner. The community
is. blest in having our music
teacher, Miss Moye, to live here. She
goes among her pupils out of school
hours, encouraging and helping them
and elevates their standard to what
good music is.
The address by Prof. W. X. Tate
was very fine, and was loudly ap
plauded by the large .crowd assembled
there. ; I
Our teachers have all left, carry- j
ing with them the "well done" of
patrons and pupils.
Prof. Munroe will attend the summer
school for teachers in Nashville.
Miss Lucile You mans has returned
from Converse college.
We are glad to see smiling Fred
Marsh back again, after an absence
of two years.
Mr. and Mrs. Bertie Jarrell have
also moved from Columbia here. No
f place like Fairfax after all.
Misses Lucile Youmans, Hattie
Googe, Mercedes Buckner, and Lila
Barber, also Miss Alma Knight, are
home from the different colleges.
Mr. Arthur Googe is just home
from Wofford.
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Goes on Lion Hunt.
' Newport, R. L, June 5.?Mrs. Royal
Phelps Carroll and her daughter,
Dorothy, have closed their home in
Newport and are on the way for a
lion hunting trip in the African
jungle.
Ever since the Roosevelt trip Mrs.
> Carroll has wanted to test her marksmanship
at big game. Her husband
and a retinue of servants accompany
her.
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Compromise Agreed On.
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A compromise was Tuesday after-1
I noon agreed upon between members
of the old and new commission by
which the vouchers sought by the
new commission are to be placed in
H the hands of two accountants and
thus will be avoided the necessity
of the members of the old commis:
sion's remaining in Columbia at all
times when the vouchers are being
examined.
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mission were present Tuesday afternoon
when the new commission met
in the ways and means committee
room at the State capitol. The
members of the former commission
are: W. J. Murray, of Columbia,
chairman; John McSween, Timmonsville,
secretary; Avery Patton,
Greenville; J. Steele Brfce, Yorkville,
and A. N. Wood, Gaffney. They
were present with Messrs. Belser and
Stevenson, attorneys.
The vouchers were brought to the
meeting place by the former accountant,
J. L. Thorpe of the old commission.
The vouchers are to be examined
by the new commission's accountant,
E. B. Wilson, and by the
commissioners. Mr. Thorpe, during
these examinations, will represent
the old commissioners, mis, it is
|S. understood, are the terms of the
compromise.
R Blind Tigers in Fairfax.
Fairfax, June 5.?Charged with
operating a blind tiger, Gary Har|
vey and Joe Dickinson, two young
Efc white men, were arrested Saturday
night. Harvey was released under a
$75 bond, but unable to furnish
bond, Dickinson was held until this
morning when he was given a heari
ing and fined $30 or 30 days. HarJ
vey forfeited his bond.
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OPEN LETTER TO BLEASE.
Felder Dares Chief Executive to Enter
Suit for Libel.
Thorns B. Felder, of Atlanta, has
issued the following open letter to
Cole L. Blease, governor of South 1
Carolina:
To Cole L. Blease: Realizing that
my card, published in the press of today,
is open to the1 criticism of being
too general in its terms, this is intended
as a supplement, designed to
embody only specifics.
If the charges I herein lodge
against you are true, you are not fit
to be governor of a "nigger" col
ony, much less the chief magistrate
of the grand and glorious commonwealth
of South Carolina; and unless
you take steps without delay to refute
them, you owe it to the position
you dishonor and the people you disgrace
to forthwith tender your resignation
and retire to the "shades of
private life," where you will reap the
reward of obliquy and execration to
which your infamous achievements in
public life so richly entitle you.
If the charges I make are false,
they are libelous per se, and I am
suably solvent.
Meet you Outside estate.
Moreover, with apologies to the
shades of my departed ancestors, I in
modesty (?) claim to be your equal,
and if you are aggrieved by the
charges it will be my pleasure to
meet you at such time and place without
the confines of your State that may
suit your convenience, to the end that
abundant opportunity may be afforded
to redress your grievances.
If my charges are groundless and
libellous and you do not wish to seek
personal satisfaction, you can institute
suit against me in the United
.Cfatoo nnnrt in thp oit.V of Atlanta
should it be objected, however, that
this is my home county, then in any
of the subdivisions of the district. As
soon as suit is filed I hereby promise
and agree in order to facilitate and
expedite the same and by way of
circumventing any excuse you may offer
for inaction, that I will acknowledge
service and will enter into a recognizance
with good and approved
security in an amount covering the
sum sued for, the fees of your counsel
and the cost of court, together
with your personl expenses and the
expenses of your witnesses; the only
condition of the bond be that you
shall finally prevail in the litigation.
An investigation of this court will
disclose that it is presided ov*r by
a distinguished jurist, who, in the
administration of the laws knows
neither friend nor foe and while his
decisions are occasionally reversed,
they abound in such rigid integrity
AU-A intornrofpd
Ulttl iiicj arc uuiT^iscuij iuv&i{iivwu
to be "without variableness or shadow
of turning."
Even and Exact Justice.
You will find that the juries of this
court are selected with such care
that they are composed of gentlemen
who will mete out to litgants (something
you least desire) even and exact
justice.
So much by way of promise. Now
then, in order to afford you grounds
for this suit, I charge that you both
in official life and as a private citizen,
havflbeen a bribe-giver and a bribetaker,
"lees of the former than of
the latter," that during your incumbency
as a State senator from the
county of Newberry you were on the
pay rolls of at least a half dozen
liquor dealers doing business with
the late defunct dispensary (and
that you received from one alone the
sum of about $4,000, and from the
others sums aggregating many thousands
of dollars.) I specifically charge
that these moneys were paid by them
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understanding that it should be for
compensation for your services in
protecting their interests from hostile
legislation and for corruptly influencing
the State's agents in the
purchase of supplies for the State
dispensary. I use your own language.
From the "mountain of evidence" in
my possession I submit for your consideration
"a few grains of sand." In
doing so I omit the name of the addressee:
"Dear Sir: I am greatly surprised
that you failed to call upon me during
your recent visit to Columbia and
arrange the matter as promised.
Spoke to Hub about it and he referred
me to you. Have performed all
services as agreed, both as to matters
pending here and as to the last
purchase of the board. Let me near
from you at once. Read and destroy.
Yours very truly,
(Signed.) "COLE."
Written to Representative.
This letter was written by you during
a session of the legislature of the
State of South Carolina, in the month
of February, 1905, to the representative
of a well known liquor house
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SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick i
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.,
Governor Blease is out in a state- '
raent in reply to Col. Felder, the At- 1
lanta lawyer, in which he states that
he will pay no attention to Felderj
and will not be deterred from his
efforts to bring him to justice.
It is expected that the grand jury
of Newberry county will issue an in- !
dictment against Col. T. B. Felder, ;
of Atlanta, next Monday. Several
witnesses have been summoned,
among them being C. L. Blease, H.
H. Evans, and John Bell Towill.
The governor has issued a procla- ,
mation ordering an election to be
held July 18th to determine whether
a new county shall be formed out of
portions of Hampton and Beaufort.
The new county is to be called Jasper
and Ridgeland is to be the county
seat.
Capt. W. VV. Wannamaker and Mr.
O. K. Wilson are announced as candidates
for mayor in Orangeburg.
Mr. Wannamaker is now an alderman,
but Mr. Wilson has not heretofore
enjoyed municipal honors. The
primary takes place in a month or
so. No candidates for alderman have
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been announced so far.
which has had large transactions with
the State dispensary. Thereafter, on
March 16, 1905, you addressed another
communication to the same
party as follows:
"Dear Sir: Since writing you on
the 26th ultimo, saw Hub. He hand- ed
me the five hundred. Hereafter
either deal directly with me or
through J. P. Confidently, cannot
rely on Hub in money matters. Hope
to see you soon and report happenings.
Very truly yours,
(Signed.) "COLE."
I charge further that your election
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io me omce 01 guvemui ut mo oww
of South Carolina was compassed by
methods and means contrived by you,
your law partner. Fred Dominick?
now a member of your winding-up ,
commission?your henchmen and al- (
lies, whose master hands are dexterously
skilled in the art of corruption
and debauchery as the result of
m?iy years of practice in this art
The specific means to which I refer
being the raising of a gigantic corruption
fund, which was used under
your direction to debauch a large
portion of the electorate of the State
of South Carolina. I serve you with ,
notice that I have a full roster of the
names of the solicitors of this fund
and a partial list of the contributors. ,
Notwithstanding the fact that this
fund was disbursed under your direction
and supervision, you signed an
affidavit prescribed by the statute
of your State in which you declared
that the disbursements made by you
in your candidacy for governor were
infinitesimally small.
Socially Ostracised.
As to your "conduct as a citizen" I
have no concern. I understand, how-'
ever that it is true tnat Decause ui
your conduct you are very largely
denied the privilege of association
with the ladies and gentlemen of
your State; that you are scorned of
the one and despised of the other; ,
that in effect you are socially ostracised
and that your most intimate associates
belong to the criminal class- ,
es. I do not state as a reason for
your conduct, but as a matter of fact, ]
that, instead of frequenting the social (
clubs of your city where convivial ,
gentlemen are wont to assemble to
appease their appetiteri, you do your
tippling daily at the bars of the
"blind tigers" of your city, in viola- i
tion of the laws of your State which i
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protect. I am without information
as to whether your visits to the one
and not to the other are from choice
or necessity, but from my knowledge
of the gentlemen who compose these
social clubs and from the character
of gentlemen who usually compose
the membership of like institutions,
the inference upon my part is justified
that it is with you a matter of
necessity and not choice.
Steeped in crime and infamy as
you are, I gravely doubt whether you
will pursue either of the courses
above indicated for a redress of your
grievances. Your failure to do the
one or the other will necessarily place i
you in the category of coward or
thief, one or both, and no gentleman (
could thereafter afford to take further
notice of your vaporings.
However, when the opportune time
presents itself you and yours will '
hear further from me through the <
proper channels. !
THOMAS B. FELDER. 1
HAILE GOLD MINE SOLD.
>ale Made by Receivers Under Order
of Court.
Lancaster, June 5.?The Haile
gold mining property in Lancaster
county, consisting of 1,895 acres,
was sold here to-day at public auction,
together with all the machinery
and personal property on it. The
sale was made under order of court
by the receivers, Chas. D. Jones, of
Lancaster, and L. W. Amerman, of
New York. The property brought
$ 39,000 and was >purchased by John
T. Stevens, of Kershaw, for himself
and associates, Leroy Springs, Chas.
D. Jones, J. #H. Witherspoon and E.
D. Blakeney. who will organize a
company to operate the mine.. The
work of repairing the machinery and
pumping water out of the mine
will be begun at once, and it is
thought that the mills will be running
within 30 days.
By those in a position to know, it
is believed that the purchasers of the
property have secured a bargain, the
land alone, 213 acres of which, is
heavily timbered with . long-leaf
pines, and is said , to be worth the
purchase price, to say nothing of the
mineral interest. ' In fact the next
highest bid at the sale was $68,000,
made by a prominent planter in the
neighborhood, W. U. Clyburn. The
buildings on the place, it is stated,
cost $50,000.
Shoots at Fleeing Negro.
Brunson, June 2.?Considerable
excitement was occasioned here Tuesday,
just about dark, when three pistol
shots rang out, quickly, in the
residence part of the town. The wife
of a merchant was sitting alone on
the veranda of her dwelling house
when a young negro, about 18 years
of age, came to the steps and stated
that he had called for 5U cents aue
the washwoman who'had sent him to
make the collection. The woman,
recognizing the negro, stepped into
the room and taking the change from
her purse returned to the veranda
and handed it to him. The negro
lingered, and finally made insulting
proposals to her. Quickly stepping
into the house, she secured a pistol.
On coming again to the front, she
saw him hastily going out of the front
gate. She began firing at him asghe
ran, and fired three shots?all the
loaded chambers of the pistol?as he
fled in the gathering darkness. A
searching party found him about 3
o'clock this morning in a negro's
house about one mile from the town.
He was brought back and identified
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by the lady whom ne naa accosiea,
and was hurried to the Hampton jail.
He is a loafing negro youngster of
the town, and is known by the name
of Reverend Best.
William Roddy Shot Dead.
Charleston, June 4.?Roddy Lanigan
shot and killed his uncle, William
Roddy, at their home on Queen
street Saturday night, and surrendered
himself to the police this morning,
when the first news of the killing
was learned. A coroner's jury
this atfernoon exonerated Lanigan of
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justifiable homicide. Lanigan was
released on bail of $500. "
Roddy, insane from drinking, attacked
Lanigan with a chair and
knife, and received a pistol shot in
the throat that proved fatal. He was
about 35 years old and unmarried.
A year ago Rcfddy, while intoxicated,
nearly killed Lanigan by knife
wounds. Roddy's brother was a witness
to the shooting, and corroborated
Lanigan's statement at the inquest
to-day.
Sensation in Sugar.
Washington, June 5.?Representative
Hardwick of Georgia, chairman
of the special house committee named
to investigate the sugar trust, called
at the White House to-day and asked
the president to lay before the committee
all data in possession of the
executive departments. This the pres'
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idem promiseu tu uu. i?>.
8aid the sugar investigation would
begin in earnest next week. He said
he would not be surprised if it developed
into another steel investigation,
in so far as sensational features
were concerned. It is known
that the committee will inquire deeply
into the cash settlement made by
the government with the sugar company,
following the conviction for
frauds in underweighing imported
sugars. This promises to be the most
important part of the coming inquiry.
To Increase Salaries.
Pittsburg, June 5.?A resolution
was adopted to-day at the Reformed
Presbyterian synod making the minimum
salary of the lowest paid minister
$900 a year instead of $800.
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HUB SAYS FELDER'S A LIAR
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FORMER DISPENSARY CHIEF IS
NOT CAREFUL |OF WORDS.
Blease No Fool.?Ready to Give Sat- ;
isfaction to Enemies Any Time '
and Any Place.
Columbia, June 6.?It was 1
o'clock this afternoon before the dis- 3
pensary commission convened. Mem- '
bers of the old board had been summoned
to appear and produce all ;
vouchers and other original records
in their possession. The supreme
court handed down this morning the
written order affirming the oral or- 1
der of Chief Justice Jones in the contempt
case against former Chairman
Murray. The court says that Dr.
Murray can not be held in contempt
because the commission, while it
could require him to produce the
vouchers for examination, could not
make him give up the custody of the
documents, the title to which re
mains in him.
Hub H. Evans when asked about
Thomas B. Felder's article criticising
Gov. Blease made the following
statement in writing: "Yes, I read
Felder's article in the Atlanta Constitution.
I do not know to whom the alleged
letter was written to as the addressee's
name is not given by Felder.
As far as the 'Hub' is concerned
in the said letter, I presume
that it applied to Hub H. Evans, as
he was the only man of the name of
Hub that was ever on the board of directors.
Uses Short and Ugly Word.
"Felder and the addressee are
both infamous liars, as I have never
turned over to Cole L. Blease $500,
or any other moneys, and there is
no man living in the world knows
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better tnan rom r eiuer iu?i ? uiu
not do it If I had done so, every
man who knows Blease knows he
would have had too much sense to
hiive acknowledged it in writing, for
whatever else may have been or may
be said of him, not even his bitterest
political enemies have accused him
of being a fool.
"Not cnly that; what inducement
could have possibly been brought
upon me to deliver over to Cole L.
Blease $500, or any other moneys?
All my friends and enemies know
that Hub Evans did not give Cole L.
Blease, or any other man $500, and
another thing; I know that the language
published in the letter as to
my not being reliable in all my finan^n'Unorn
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for he knows that I am reliable in all
my financial dealings.
Ready to Give Satisfaction.
"I do not care to take further Notice
of Felder, but am ready and prepared
to meet him and his associates
on any charge that he may make, as
I have been endeavoring to do by
clamoring for a hearing before the
winding-up commission and demanding
a trial in the courts, both of
which have been denied me,vknowing
the fact that the Constitution of both
the United States and my State guarantee
me the right to a fair public
and speedy trial. All of this has been
repeatedly denied me by the commis
sion, and the circuit judges who have
held courts in the Eighth circuit.
"I have been so lied upon, insulted
by insinuations and lying charges by
Felder and his crowd that I now call
for a show-down. The limit is reached.
If Felder or the addressee of
the said alleged letters published in
the Atlanta Constitution feels aggrieved
at my language, I am ready
to give them personal satisfaction at
any time, any place they or either of
them may desire."The
commission has engaged an
expert accountant and he is checking
up the vouchers submitted for inspection
by the old commission. It
Is understood tnat tut; coumumiuu
hopes to show that Felder was overpaid
and to reveal other irregularities.
The old commission made it
clear in filing the vouchers for examination
that custody of them was not
surrendered.
LAWYER SENT TO JAIL.
New York Attorney is Given Five
Months in Penitentiary.
New York, June 5.?Daniel O'Reilly,
the lawyer, who was convicted of
receiving stolen goods in the Bancroft
bond robbery case, to-day was
sentenced by Justice Davis in the
criminal branch of the supreme
court to five months in the penitentiary.
Abraham Levy made a plea
in his behalf, but District Attorney
Whitman made a demand for a jail
sentence. O'Reilly appeared to be
deeply affected by his sentence.
Screen wire doors and windows of
all sizes and quality at Hunter's hardware
store.'
TREASURER HALTS COMMISSION. '%
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Refuses to Sanction Transfer of Dispensary
Funds.
The State treasurer, R. H. Jen- *^|gj
nings, will refuse to countersign '4%\
checks transferring the dispensary -JjjM
fund, amounting to $25,000, to four
banks in the State, the banks not - :-h
having been approved by the State* 0%
financial board as depositories for 7^
State funds. The $25,000 in question
is now on deposit in the National
Loan and Exchange bank of Colum- .7*
bia where it was placed as a working
capital by the former commission.
Several days ago the new commit >4
sion passed a resolution authorizing ^
the $25,000 to be placed in the
lowing Danits;
Enterprise Bank of Charleston,, ^
$5,000. j
Bank of Mullins, $5,000.
Bank of Bishopville, $5,000.
Newberry Savings bank, $5,000.
Farmers Union Bank and
company, of Orangeburg, $5,000.
The Newberry Savings bank of
Newberry, is the only bank approved ' '$$&
by the financial board, which is com- / ^
posed of the governor, State treasurer
and comptroller general, as depost-Z^l ~
tories for State funds. Each bank is W%m
located in the resident town of u *|j|
member of the commission. '
The action of the State treasurer |
in refusing to countersign the checks
is not a reflection on the banks men^|ffl :
tioned. There are a large number
banks in the State, not designated as ]?
depositories for State funds, and ttos^ '
board selects those in which money^OH
will be placed. v^8b
State Treasurer Jennings has ad? ^
dressed a letter to the secretary of - '0M
the new commission informing him
of his position and this letter Jig
sent following the receipt of the reso- '\^
lution.
Comptroller's Position.
Comptroller General Jones is of
the same opinion as the State trees*
urer, and the action of Mr. Jennings
will be upheld. The State treasurer -,2
will countersign checks f. r the mosey
to be placed in banks that nave been
approved by the financial board.
State ^Treasurer Jennings is actinff^:J|
under section 12 of the acta of 1908.
The act requires that he coimteralgt^Jj >
all checks payable according to
He takes position that the chetiE?'7^^g
transferring the money to four of tne ||&
banks would not be according to law S||
and therefore will refuse to give hia ys|Hj
signature. j
The Resolution.
The following is the resolution of j
the commission:
"Whereas, the moneys on deposit fgjm
to the credit ol the State dispensary jg|8|
commission are deposited in the Nk- ;H:|3|
tional Loan and Exchange bank of ;
Columbia without interest and
"Whereas, it has come to knowledge
of the commission that the same
can be deposited in other banks at
rate of interest not less than 4 peg-^^H
cent, per annum, subject to call; dnd
"Whereas, this commission is of^wj
the opinion the said funds should be
deposited upon interest; therefore .^|||
"Resolved that out of ?the funds on 'JS
deposit as aforesaid the sum of $5,- ^|l
000 be deposited according to law in ^||!
the Enterprise bank of Charleston; |1
$5,000 in the Bank of Mullins; $5,- .^g'-i
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000 in the Farmers' Union Bank and .
Trust company of Orangeburg; $5,000
in the Newberry Sayings bank
of Newberry, as required by law, said
deposits to be made upon the condi- ;|yl
tion that interest will be paid at the
rate of 4 per cent per annum and
that the said funds be subject to . ^
call."
Lumber Concern in List.
Columbia, June 1.?The Big Sal- C:?|
kebatchie Cypress Company, of , jM
Charleston, has been chartered with ^
a capital of $300,000. The company
will engage in the lumber business. ^
H. B. Hewes is president; R. H.
Dowman, vice president; R. L. Mon- .
tague, secretary.
The People's Gin Company, of
Pageland, has been chartered, capi- ^
tal $10,000. The officers are: R.
H. Blakeney, president; M. H. Daw- .
kins, secretary; P. H. Avant, vice Jf3
president.
The Heath Springs Mercantile
Company, capital $25,000, has been
chartered. The officers are: H. D.
Heath, president; S. W. Heath, vice
president; D. M. Jones, secretary.
The Citizens' Insurance and Brokerage
Company, of Williamston and
Pelzer, has been chartered, with a .
capital of $10,000. The officers are:
John A. Hudgens, president; B. B.
Gossett, vice president; R. E. Tolli- 5||
son, secretary.
^5 or 6 doses "666" will cure an
case of Chills and Fever. Prlce^t5a ^