The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 17, 1911, Page 3, Image 3
BLEASE HAS RE)
^ THE N
I . Those Who Furnished
Have Commissions R
That Their Part M<
I "Some time since you were commissioned
a notary public by me,
under the constitution and law (at
the pleasure of the governor.)
"Your commission is hereby re?
voked and any further act performfc
ed by you as such official is illegal
I? and fn violation of the law."
|f^ This was the answer made by Cole
L. Blease, governor of South Carolina,.
in letters written James M.
? Alexander, J. H. Merritt and John
A. Horton, notaries public, to affidavits
taken as to the governor's conduct
at Belton last week. Letters
(^*ere sent the secretary of State and
clerk of court of Anderson county
notifying these officials of the removal
of Messrs. Alexander, Merritt and
Horton.
Under the law the governor has
the right to remove at pleasure a
% notary public.
Statement by Governor.
19 Gov. Blease was asked what had
moved him to revoke these commissions.
He said he had not intended
to volunteer any statement, but in
anticipation of such an inquiry had
dictated to his stenographer an expression
on the subject, and had the
copies before him. He said he wished
it understood that his language ap;
plied only to the "editors of the
newspapers that have taken part in
rthis business."
The statement is as follows:
"I have no further comment to
J, make on the Belton matter at this
time. What I stated in my letter to
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Mr. Harris is aosoiuteiy COIXCtU J.
was perfectly sober; was feeling
good; had just left a crowd of my
friends; was on my way home in the
best of spirits and remember very
distinctly what took place. Any
\man or woman who lives in South
Carolina who does not know that I
am governor is indeed in the lowest
mire of ignorance; hence, when I
say to any one that I am 'Cole L.
Blease,' it is absolutely useless to
add that I am governor of South
^ Carolina, and I did not say so on
that occasion, if my enemies do swear
* to it.
"I have canceled the commissions
of the three notaries public taking
part in this dirty transaction and
'* ? ?1 ~ ""'n Vioor* frnm it
some orner pcupic w m uv?*
| > later. Every one who has known
me* from my childhood up, both men
^ and women, will certify to the fact
V that I have at all times and on all
\ occasions been polite and courteous
to everybody, and particularly so to
ladies; and this is the first time in
all my life that I have ever been
charged or accused of showing ,the
slightest disrespect to any lady, and
I am satisfied that my friends do not
L believe that I was disrespectful on
It -this occasion. My enemies, of
K course, will say they believe it, even
if they )lon't, and the liars who are
r editing the newspapers of South
Carolina will endeavor to use it to
injure me, because they will go to
any depth in the filthy bog holes of
vituperation and abuse to do me
\ harm. However, the people know
me and I am governor; the pimps
and skunks who ufee the pens for
newspapers to the contrary notwithstanding,
and I'll be reelected in
on,fa Hps Watch me."
DpilC KJX.
How They Received the News.
' Anderson, Aug. 10.?J. H. Merritt,
superintendent of the Pelzer Manufacturing
company's mills, Nos. 1, 2
and 3, at Pelzer, said over the telephone
to-night that he received the
following letter from Gov. Blease
this afternoon:
"Some time since you were commissioned
a notary public by me under
the constitution and laws and
during the pleasure of the governor.
Your commission is hereby revoked
and any further act on your part as
t such an officer will be illegal and in
violation of the law. I have furnished
a copy of this letter to the sec
retarv of state and have notified the
* clerk of court to cancel your comf
mission."
Had Nothing to Do With It.
Mr. Merritt said that he had nothing
whatever to do with the incident
at Belton, that he was not in Belton
at the time. His connection was
merely taking the affidavit of J. M.
Alexander, who was present. Mr.
Merritt said Mr. Alexander came to
him voluntarily and asked that he
swear him and accept the affidavit
and that he complied with the wish
and that the affidavit was forwarded
to the Belton Times.
J. M. Alexander, who is superin\
tendent of mill No. 4 of the same
company at Pelzer, said over the
'phone to-night that he was present
at the time Gov. Blease purchased
his ticket from the lady at Belton;
that he voluntarily went to Mr. Merritt
and asked him to swear him and
take the oath and that Mr. Merritt
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MOVED
IOTAR1ES PUBLIC
Data in Belton Incident
evoked.?All Notified
et With Disapproval.
| complied. As to any statement fur1
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! tner ne naa notning to say oiuer mau
1 that he would bow to the will of
the governor. He has not received
his letter of dismissal yet.
"Politics Not a Woman's Game."
Hunnewall, Kans., Aug. 8.?"Politics
is not a woman's game*"
| This is the decision of Mrs. Ella
l Wilson, mayor of this town, who
I since her inauguration ha*s had a conj
tinuous fight with the male city
| council. They have not confirmed
| her appointees for city marshal or
I city clerk and she has not signed any
I of the ordinances they passed.
| Mrs. Wilson to-day, for the first
time, admitted she would quit if she
could, saying politics is not the place
j for a woman, but at the same time
she turned on the members of the
city council and forced the members
to listen to her. She will not quit
! unless forced to do so, she says.
During the last week Mrs. Wilson
1 has conferred with Gov. Stubbs and
I he told her, she said, that if tonight's
meeting^ of the city council
I was not satisfactory he would aid her
J in having members of the "Council
j ousted. On the other hand the elej
ment which is fighting Mrs. Mayor
1 TTT-'1 a# Vitinorino nrA_
j W llbUli lb laming, ul uhusiuj, j/xv
| ceedings to force her out of the of|
fice.
t Farmers Getting Less.
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| Washington,. Aug. 10.?The prob!
lem of the high cost of living apparI
ently is being solved, at least so far
j as farm products are concerned, for
! the farmers are getting lower prices
i for their produce this year than they
j received a year ago, according to ofj
ficial figures issued to-day by the de;
partment of agriculture. Potatoes
j were the notable exception, their
! price having more than doubled. The
| department's statement says:
"Prices paid to farmers in the
j United States on August 1, compared
! with August 1, last year, for potatoes
j average 109.6 per cent, higher,, hay
j 29.9 per cent, higher, barley 26.7 per
j cent, higher, buckwheat 1.6 per cent.
! higher, rye 1.5 per cent, higher, corn
' 2.1 per cent, lower, oats 3.6 per cent.
1 lower; flax seed 5 per cent, lower;
! cotton 7.7 per cent, lower, chickens
| 8.2 per cent lower, butter 8.8 per
, cent, lower, eggs 11.9 per cent, low;
er, wheat 16.4 per cent, lower; averi
age for all produce above named 2.9
1 per cent, lower.
"Similarly prices on July 15, 1911,
! compared with same date last year
! for ?weet potatoes averaged 40.7 per
cent, higher, clover seed 29.7 per
cent, higher, cabbages 29.1 per cent,
higher, apples 23.4 per cent, higher,
onions 16.2 per cent, higher, honey
i 4.6 per cent, higher, milch cows 0.9
| per cent, higher, milk cows 1.9 per
| cent, higher, beans 4.7 per cent.
' 1 ? f "1 1 ATTTAT*
lower, uoisca u.x pci ucu iudci,
veal calves 9.5 per cent, lower, beef
cattle 11.6 per cent, lower, lamb 19.i
per cent, lower, sheep 23.4 per cent,
lower, and hogs 27.4 per cent, lower.!
wool 18.9 per cent, lower. Average
of above products 10.8 per cent,
lower." r
? True Reformers Indicted;
Richmond, Va., Aug. 9.?The
grand jury to-day indicted the "big
five," general officers of the Grand
Fountain- of the Order of True Re%
formers, the negro fraternal order,
for alleged complicity in the looting
and wrecking of the True Reformers'
bank.
The officers indicted are: W. L.
Taylor, grand master; Edward L. Ellis,
Jr., vice grand master; W. P.
| Burrell, grand.secretary; J. C. Kooertson,
general attorney, and Reuben
T. Hill, cashier of the True Reformers'
hank, who is now a fugitive under
indictment for grand larceny of
indefinite sums. The grand jury estimates
the amount of shortage at
$290,000. The membership of the
order of True Reformers is spread
over 28 different States.
All of the indicted men except
Hill, the fugitive from justice, were
bailed this afternoon in the sum of
$3,000 each for their appearance for
trial.
No Bonds for Court House.
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Greenville, Aug. 8.?ine proposition
to issue $100,000 bonds for the
erection Of a new court house for
Greenville county was defeated at the
polls by a vote of three to two.
Less than 1,500 votes were cast out
of a normal of 6,000.
Agitation will start at once for an
increased tax levy to erect a new
building.
The old court house on Main street
will probably be sold to augment
funds raised by taxation.
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LAWS ARE A MENACE.
Perkins Urges Change in Anti-trust
Statutes.
Washington, Aug. 10.?George W.
Perkins, financier and director of the
United States Steel corporation, made
some striking recommendations today
with reference to the government's
control of corporations. A
witness before the house "steel
trust" investigating committee, he
declared that existing laws were seriously
threatening big business interests
and their rigid enforcement
was rendering it impossible for corporations
to continue operations in
conformity with the statutes.
Mr. Perkins touched on needed reform
in the laws, discussed the existing
condition of corporations and
pointed out changes that should be
made by congress in the financial system
of the country. Some of his observations
follow:
Trusts Can't Exist.
That great corporations, grown up
under demands of existing conditions,
could no longer successfully
exist under the Sherman anti-trust
law as now rigidly enforced.
inai ine governments aissuiufiun
of the Standard Oil company served
as a waving of a "red flag" of warning
to every corporation in the
United States.
That something of a constructive
nature must be done by the government
with reference to the control of
corporations and rather than for
piesent conditions to continue it
would be better to go to the limit of
permitting government regulation of
prices.
That the very reason subsidiary
companies of a great corporation can
violate the law without knowledge of
the officers of thp holding company
is the law which prevents such a
corporation from operating and ruling
the subsiduary concerns instead
of merely advising them.
Prevent Concentration.
That one great stride toward averting
financial panics in New York
could be made if the government
would prevent banks in Chicago and
the Middle West loaning money on
call in New York during the summer
at cheap rates and suddenly calling
it back in the fall for the crop movement,
making high money and
trouble in the New York market.
That the establishment of a er?v
eminent bureau which could give accurate
information to the public as
to the condition of corporations
would be an active inducement to
the people to make wise investments.
That one of the most striking developments
of the present system of
conducting business on a large scale
is the dividing of great interests into
the hands of many investors rather
than concentrating them in the
hands of a few.
Mr. Perkins will take the stand
again to-morrow.
Too Much Alarm.
Mr. Perkins also said there was
too much alarm over the cry of an
ore monopoly in the country. The
witness denounced as an "infamous
falsehood" the charge that the panic
of 1907 was precipitated for the purt
pose of ruining certain bankers.
One the question of wages the witness
declared it always had been the
policy of the steel corporation to
TT~ V./-.TTT in
iXi <11 Li Let ill wages. ne iciaieu uun iu
1909 he and Judge Gary, with the
acquiescence of J. P. Morgan and H.
C. Frick, had refused to cut wages
when William E. Cory, then president,
and other directors urged a cut
because competitors had slashed
prices and reduced wages.
"Did the United States Steel corporation
ever trade in its stock?"
asked Representative Beall of Texas.
"Not in the sense of speculation,"
said Mr. Perkins. rtIt has purchased
stock for the purpose of its profit
sharing plan, and it has purchased
bonds for sinking fund purposes.
The corporation has scrupulously
avoided anything resembling speculation
in its securities."
In discussing the organization of
the steel corporation Mr. Perkins
said that it had more than 200,000
stockholders and that more than 35,000
employes were interested as
stockholders under the company's
profit sharing plan.
Suit for Large Amount.
The Charleston Union Station company
has been notified that suit will
be brought for about $10,000 for
taxes due the State under the corporation
franchise tax law. When
the law wrent into effect in 1905 severe
penalties were attached for failure
to comply with the requirements.
Had the penalties been strictly enforced
in this particular case the sum
would have amounted to several hundred
thousand dollars. However the
company claims that it is not operated
for profit and has protested on
payment of the tax. At a meeting
of the railroad board of assessors it
was decided to request4 the attorney
general to bring suit, certain deductions
being made. The papers will
be filed in a few days.
. 5 or 6 doses "666" wtll cure any
case of-Chills and Fever. Price, 25c.
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FIRE AT ST. GEORGE.
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ivesiaence 01 tui. tisey hiiu uram
Establishment Destroyed.
St. George, Aug. 10.?St. George
was visited by a disastrous fire about
1 2 o'clock last night when the twostory
building on Main street, occupied
by Col. W. B. Utsey and the hay
and grain establishment of S. L.
Johnston, were completely destroyed.
What caused the fire is not known
but it originated in the residence of
Col. Utsey. Col. Utsey's family is out
of town and he has not been staying
there during their absence. The loss
will approximate several thousand
dollars. It is only partially covered
by insurance.
The building occupied by Col. Utsey
was one of the historic landmarks
of St. George. It was known as the
temperance hall, having been built
by the Sons of Temperance more than
half a century ago. The heirs of
James George, from whom the property
was purchased and for whom
the town of St. George was named,
began a suit for the recovery of the
property because of some stipulation
in the deed of conveyance which had
not been complied with and the matter
is now in the supreme court.
Down With the Notaries!
In ancient times when a messenger
brought ill tidings, the king
caused his head to be cut off. It was
a sure way of preventing that messenger
from bringing ill tidings
/vn <? % C A ? ? i Vi ! n A v* w*i 4+ n M ?r
again. i3U, ILL ILL1S Utt> WILLI a LIUUXIJ
public, an officer before whom an affidavit
may be sworn to. Upon reading
this morning of the terrible 'fate
that has overtaken Messrs: Alexander,
Merritt, and Horton, it will occur
to thousands that were all the
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notaries public, justices of the peace,
and magistrates, removed, abolished,
disrupted, smashed, dissolved, and
their miserable dust scattered to the
four winds, there could be no more
affidavits discrediting the governor.
What a fine thing that woul.d be! The
reputation of the chief executive
would be unassailable. The confusion
of his "enemies" would be
complete.' What men and women
had to say against him w^ould be idle
gossip?no one could swear against
him and so he would be secure.The
removal of the Belton notaries
was easily the most brilliant
stroke of state policy that has ever
been executed in South Carolina. Obviously,
the abolishing of the notary
destroys the oath that was made before
him?cancels it, wipes it off the
slate. As in other acts betokening
genius, its beauty was in its simplicity.
It will have pjace with Alexander's
cutting of the Gordian Knot
and with Columbus's standing the
egg on end. Any governor can do it,
if he knows how.
Nevertheless, governors,. plainly,
will not be safe, until the whole notarial
breed be exterminated, root
and branch. So long as an official,
authorized to attest oaths, remains
some evil-minded enemy of a governor
may be inclined to swear.
Governors will be universally upheld
in resorting to this direct and certain
method of protecting thmselves
against the makers of affidavits.
Abas, the notary!?Columbia State.
Insult Cost Nugent Dear.
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Asbury Park, Aug. 10.?Fourteen
members of the Democratic State
committee?the exact number necessary
for a quorum?voted this ?fter
noon to declare vacant the cnairmanship
of the organization occupied byJames
R. Nugent, who was recently
asked to resign because of alleged
reference to Gov. Wilson as "an ingrate"
and other opprobrious terms.
The meeting of the Democratic
State committee called to investigate
the alleged insult placed on Gov.
Wilson by State Chairman James R.
Nugent, broke up in a riot this afternoon
when Mr. Nugent refused to
recognize the credentials of one of
the committeemen and the latter was
ejected after a desperate struggle.
The police were called outHo quiet
the disturbance. The trouble began
when Chairman Nugent, who presided,
refused to recognize the credentials
of James C. Kraft, who declared
he held a proxy from William F.
Davis, of Camden. Several men,
whom his opponents asserted were a
"strong arm gang," brought by Nugent
from Essex county, finally
ejected Kaft, but not until after he
had made a desperate resistance and
fought them all over the room.
When the police arrived the excitement
had subsided and both Kraft
and the men who had hustled him
out had disappeared. The riot caused
an adjournment of the meeting.
Falls Dead in Court Room.
\
Wilmington, N. C., Aug. 10.?F. R.
Cooper, aged 59, counsel for the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad company
at Clinton, N. C., died suddenly in
the superior court room there early
to-day as he was about to call a
case for trial. He was seen to lean
forward at a table soon after court
convened and a fellow attorney shook
him to find that he had expired suddenly.
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