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TOLD ONCE MORE
ftev. H. 0. Gagr, Chaplin if as laalian
Rifiaeat Dariaf (he War TtUt
Bflfc .
WHO BURNED COLUMBIA
?
lie Kxo no rates the Confederates, Hut
Claims that the Conflagration Was
Started by a "ihimmer" and Not by
a Soldier of the United States
Army.
Rev. M. D. Gage, of San Jose, Cal.,
who is now eighty-three years old,
has recently paid a visit to Columbia.
The State says he finds Columbia
one of the most Intensely interesting
jM>ints in his 9,000 miles of travel.
Forty-six years ago last February he
was in the beautiful capital of South
Carolina when the entire business
and much of the residential portion
of the city were destroyed by fire.
Tn bis capacity of chaplain of the
Twelfth Indiana volunteer infantry
he marched with Gen. W. T. Sherman
from Savannah to Washington
on the 17th February, 18C5, when
Jiragg retired from Columbia and
Sherman advanced upon the city.
Crossing the Saluda and Broad rivers,
Mayor Goodwyn met him northwest
of town and formally surrendered
the city of his authority. As the
Army of the Tennessee marched
through the city a large quantity of
cotton was found burning, as was
and still is generally believed by order
of Gen. Bragg. Gen. Wade
Hampton being the immediate in
command.
"That fact has been made the basis
of r? common belief on the part of
Sherman's friends, as well as of himself
while still living, that Ger.
Hampton was responsible for the disastrous
fire which destroyed Columbia
on the following evening and
during the entire night," says Mr.
Gage. "On the contrary it has been
almost universally believed by the
people of Columbia and of the entire
South that Sherman was himself responsible
for the terrible disaster.
Tt s therefore a matter of the utmost
im]>ortanoe that one who knows the
farts derived from direct personal
testimony of a non-oommission-^d officer
of the Twelfth Indiana volunteer
infantry should have a hearing.
"The facts are as follows: 'While
marching through Columbia in the
afternoon of that disastrous day
Chaplain Gage and Assistant Surgeon
A. B. Taylor of the same regiment
noticed two ladies who waved white
handkerchiefs in token of loyalty to
the United States flag. After going
into camp southeast of the city Dr.
Taylor proposed that the two officers
should ride back into the town and
interview these twe ladles They
called at the residence and saw the
elder lady, who gave assurance of
their igenuine loyalty, which had been
well known and no one had molested
. them. The younger woman was then
absent at Gen. Sherman's headquar
ters for the purpose of securing a
guard to protect th-e property.
4 4 4Roon after the two officers returned
to camp an alarm of fire was
sounded. Col. Reub. Williams, commanding
the Twelfth Indiana, was
immediately ordered to take his regiment
into the city, he being made
provost marshal, and the entire command
was at once put on duty as
provost guard.
44 'It was then that I heard
Sergeant Thos. J. Lesaig of Company
E. Twelfth Indina, state the fact
that while in the northwestern action
of the city he saw a man throw
the firebrand, which caused the conflagration,
into a small unoccupied
building. The deed was not committed
by one wearing the uniform of
a Federal soldier and it was and
still is supposed that a "contraband"
was the man who set Columbia on
fire.
However that may be, it was not
an act of Gen. Sherman or of one
serving under his comand. Indeed,
Gen. Sherman never knew who the
offender was. I had removed to California
when the controversy between
Sherman and Hampton arose,
and the above facts in the case have
never been published, though frequently
stated in private circles.
"While the conflagration was raging,
Sergt W. J. Warren of Company
I. Twelfth Indiana, who had been
posted with ten men at the residence
of Rev. J. M. C. Brecher, D. D., paster
rtf First rtantist church in Co
lumbia, informed that clergyman
that his chaplain was also a Raptisi
minister. Dr. Rrecher therefore requested
the sergent to bring the
chaplain to his home, which he accordingly
did. After a few mo
ments of general conversation, Dr
Brecher said: "Chaplain Gage, dc
your men know that the first secea
sion convention was held in oui
church here in Columbia?" To whict
I replied: "I presume they do, as 1
know it."
Dr. Brecher then said: "It th<
soldiers do not burn the church, t
will not be destroyed, as It Is th<
only fireproof building in the city
And, accordingly, when the next
morning dawned the Baptist churct
of Columbia stood unscathed by tfr*
Are which had destroyed every othei
building in the burned district.
"Never in my life did I witness t
a
PROBE TRUST MAGNATE
CRIMINAL ACTIONS PLANNED,
i SAVS WTCKKRSHAM.
Attorney General Questioned by the
House Committee on Expenditures.
Says Juries Loath to Convict.
Tho recent decisions of the
Supreme Court in the Standard
OH and American Tobacco Company
cases will result in a
sweeping attempt to secure criminal
oonvction of violators of the antitrust
law, according to Attorney General
Wickersham, who appeared recently
before th?e house committee on
expenditures. Mr. Wickersham was
asked why the government, thus far
failed to lodge any "trust magnates"
in prison?
"We have done the best we oould,"
he said, "but there has been an unwillingness
on the part of juries and
courts to sentence men to prison under
the anti-trust law. Until the
Supreme Court laid down its explanation
of the law, in the cases just
decided, this reluctance was well understood,
and the law has always
been open to question.
"Juries are becoming more willing
now, however, to convict and judges
who have been reluctant to impose
prison penalties now have these decisions
to sustain them."
Criminal prosecution pending
against the meat packers, he added,
and the milk dealers, the naval stores
and window glass combinations and
other aiiegeu violators of the antitrust
law, he said, would be
followed by other prosecutions.
He stated that the government had
definite plans.
When asked why there had been
no prosecutions against the heads of
the Standard Oil and tobacco companies,
he replied that "it has ,been
practically Impossible to convict
them. Now, however, we have an interpretation
of the Anti-Trust Act upon
which we can proceed/'
The atorney general was closely
questioned by Mr. Hall as to the cotton
cases in New York, but he refused
to disclose the government's
brought against those seeking to
elevate the prices of raw cotton rather
than against the spinners and tne
"bears" who w.ere trying to depress
future acts. Asked why actions were
it, Mr. Wickersham said the government
had believed it much easier to
reach the seven men controlling the
raw cotton pool, against whom it had
information.
"The Staute of Limitations has
not rim against the others," he added.
"If the government is sustained
in this first cotton case, the other
combinations will be attacked.
"Has there ev?er been an investigation
of the attempt of 'bears' to
depress cotton prices in New York
or New Orleans?" Chairman Ball
asked.
"Not that I have heard of," he
replied.
sadder scene than was presented on
the next morning when large numbers
of men, women and children got
amidst a few hastily gathered articles
from their ruined homes, left
of their all in one brief and terrible
night.
"The high wind which had beer
from the northwest rendered uselesj
all efforts to stay the progress of c
raging conflagration. Only hand en
gines were to be had, and the streamf
of water fell short of the highei
buildings, while many fragments of
roofs and walls were scattered before
the path of an angry storm.
"During the night I sought the res
idence of these two ladies whose
signals of loyalty had attracted at
tention. By making a long circuit o
the burning, buildings I reached the
place, finding the roof in flames an<
no one in sight. Entering the flnel:
furnished rooms I ran to the piano
many fine paintings on the walls
luxuriant furniture, caprtes, etc., al
about to be consumed. The onl;
evidence of deliberate purpose on th<
part of some irresponsible miserean
1 which was discovered was a bonflr
on the rear porch of the doomed res
idence. It could have neen exun
guished, but as the roof had caugh
1 fire from the opposite side of th<
street and no help was available, th
home and all its valuable content
were loft to their fate.
Chaplain Gage has retraced, as fa
i as possible, the line of Sherman'
> advance from the Rroad river bridg
into and through Columbia. Hut th
. new city of nearly 50,000 populatior
i more than five-fold its inhabitant
: at the time of its great disaster, pre
. sents no residence of its former aj:
> pearance. It was then exceedingl
. beautiful, and the memory of its d<
structlon has been indelibly made o
. the chaplain's mind for more than 4
> years. He makes no attempt to softe
. the sorrow and biterness which tha
r unfortunate and cruel dlsastc
i brought to so many happy home*
T "No man could have felt a deep-?
sympathy than was mine when, wit
> tears, mingled with those of devote
t fathers, mothers and children. I le!
j them sitting in the ashes wrere s
. recently they had enjoyed all th
t com fort.8 and luxuries of social an
i domestic ife jn the heart of th)
> beautiful Southland," he said. "]
r was the most heart-rending scene <
our great cruel war, the bloody ba
i tleflelds alone excepted."
SAYS GOOD-BYE
Af ti and Broken Ex-Raler Diaz Emhakt
far Spaii.
PATHETIC SCENES
Last Words Before Leaving Country
he Ruled so Long a Warning that
His Methods Must Continue to Assure
Peace in Republic.?Farewell '
to Officers and Soldiers.
General Diaz said his farewell to
Mexicon Wednesday at Vera Cruz,
With his wife and other members
of the Diaz family, he boarded
the steamer Ypiranga, bound for
Spain.
G?en. Diaz said from this port Wed
nesday on the steamer Ypiranga for
Kaxre, France. The steamer goes
by way of Havana and Gen. Diaz ultimate
destination i8 Spain.
His ship was only a little ways
out when the searchlight of the fortress
guarding the port was turned
011 it. With glasses in hand, among
a small party in the stern, Diaz was
standing somewhat apart, close to the
rail. Ho was plainly discernible.
The last words o.f the Ex-President
sooken to (hose left on shore were,
"I shall die in Mexico."
This was uttered in a tone of prophecy
and with a look of inspired
conviction.
It was 5 o'clock when Gen. Diaz
and ills party went aboard. The
journey from the house where he
had been quratered was made in
carriages. Crowds jammed the way.
Gen. Diaz, accompanied by the military
commander of the port, Gen.
Joaquain Mass, and followed by Senora
Diaz and the other members of
the party, received an ovation on the
walk to the ship rarely accorded to
any one in Vera Cruz and never before
to Gen. Diaz.
With his arms filled with flowers,
and bowing right and left, the for
mer president started up the companionway.
On board, the ship's
band began the Mexican national
hymn. Every hat was off and Diaz
nalted at the head of the companionway.
The guns of Fort Santiago began
for the last time to fire a presidential
salute an honor of Diaz. The
crowd cheered itself hoarse and the
general lifted his hat.
"I will never forget this reception,
fellow citizens," he said. "It comes
at a time when the country is against
me. Not even a President can be
the recipient of a greater ovation
than this."
Once raone cheers arose and Diaz
moved Into the ship. On board the
ship were scores of friends .ind visitors
to the General. The ship captain
took the old fighter to the
bridge, where the General gazed out
upon Mexico.
Darkness came over the harbor,
'ights appeared and people held their
positions waiting for the ship to sail.
Senora Diaz, as well as her husband
appeared on the bridge. She
bade farewell to the old family ser"
vants who did not accompany the
' party, and was visibly affected by the
parting.
Many telegrams and letters had
1 been received by Gen. Ddaz. To each
an answer was sent.
1 To h?is country, Gen. Diaz delivered
a warning. Speaking to the little
group of soldiers who had served as
f a guard, the old man who governed
"Mexico for more than thirty years by
* miltary strength, deolarel that the
present Government must resort to
" his methods iif peace is to be restored.
3 The soldiers were the same men
who had defended the life of the Kxf
President and his family, when rebels
5 attacked the special train coming to
* Vera Cruz, Four of the number were
V killed In the affair.
'? When Gen. Diaz stepped forward
'? on the veranda of the house, there
1 was a buzz of comment, but no apV
plauae. Diaz was brief. In the name
e of the army, Gen. Huerta addressed
t him, telling his old chief that he
? could always count on these men,
- "notwithstanding what every one
' said."
t Gen. Huerta's vo?ice .broke as he
? added, with perhaps more frankness
? than tact:
8 "It is the only portion of the country
that did not go against you."
r He declared that he and his men
8 and the army in general were sorry
? A rvlon Innvn \fflvlr>r\ hllf
V 1. U DW IIX7II JL/O 1VU MAVAIVVf w>av
? that there was alro reason for grat.
U itude, inasmuch as the peoule would
a be given an opportunity to know
>- what hie has done for Mexico
>- Bravely Gen. Diaz began hie reply,
y but before many minutes he was
>- having great difficulty in mastering
n his emotion.
6 "I am grateful to the army," said
n the Ex-President, "that* I could
it count on it to the last moment of
>r leaving; Mexico. It is the only real
s- defence the country has and to re-es>r
tabllsh tit will have to he used In this
h crisis."
d Tears were rolling down the old
ft man's face now, and his voice was
o broken. But he continued, assuring
e his hearers that should his country at
d any-time become Involved in trouble,
Is he would be willing to return.
It Pointing to the colors of Mexico,
>f the General added:
b "I would then place myself at the
head of the country's loyal forces,
FOR DUTY ON WOOL
HOUSE DEMOCRATS AGAIN PULL
TOGETHER IN CAUCUS.
Party Declare for Duty of 20 Per
Cent, for Revenue Purposes, Fifty
Per Cent Reduction.
A Washington dispatch says ths
sum and substance of the action of
the Democratic House caucus Thursday
night is that the Democrats in
that body are keeping up their record
of achieving at the extra session
the best politics the party has played
for two decades.
Republican hopes of a serous Democratic
split are again blasted by
the magnificent Democratic leadership
In the House, the proposed Democratic
revision of the wool tariff
and the underwood Din, Deing unanimously
approved by the Democratic
causcus at midnight, twelve hours after
it had been made public by the
ways and means committee.
Through a resoluion, which leaves
the Democratic party open in the future
to renew its advocacy of free
trade in raw wool, but which commits
all Democrats to the support of
the present bill as a revenue measure,
that measure was put through
the caucus Thursday.
The final vote on the approval of
the Underwood bill was made unanimous,
but the following members
were excused from a pledge to support
the caucus action: Representatives
Rucker, of Colorado: Ash-|
brooke and Francis, of Ohio; and
Gray, of Indiana.
The resolution agrees on a free
raw wool tariff, but was finally voted
down and the revenue deriving bill
was adopted.
The need for a duty, the resolution
stated, was due to Republican extravagance,
which made necessary
large revenue. Speaker Clark took
the floor and supported the resolution,
which had been framed in the
conference.
Must Fulfill Condition.
The will of Richard H. Clark, a
wealthy lawyer and writer on Roman
Catholic subjects, who died at New
York last week, leaves the large income
-on his residuary estate to his
daughter, Mary Ada Clarke, "so long
as she shall remain in the world and
not become a member of any monastic
or religious sisterhood, or other
institution or community."
Killed in Runaway.
At La Grange, Ga., Miss Lidda
Daniel, of that place, was instantly
killed and her sister, Miss Lola
Daniel and Miss Mary Morgan 'of
Union, Ga., were severely injured
Monday evening in a runaway. The
horse they were driving became
frightened and overturned the buggy,
throwing the girls against a tree.
Weevils Worry Farmers.
Great anxiety has been caused the
cott-on planters of Clark county, Alabama,
by the appearance of the boll
w.eevil which has lately been found
in that section in large numbers. The
pests have been pronounced genuine
weevils by government experts and
speciments have been sent to the
- +*
state school at AuDurn.
Hottest Day in :*G Years.
Saturday was the hottest day in
Montgomery, Ala., that has .been reported
in thirty-six years, the temperature
reaching 90 degrees at 3
o'clock in the afternoon. Cotton is
growing rapidly under the tremendous
heat that has been registered
for the past two weeks and the cool
nights. *
Need More School Room.
By a vote of 14 5 to 24 Greenwood
school district, including the town of
Greenwood, v-oted Monday $25,000
for additional school buildings and an
extra levy of two mllkl for school
purposes. The present large building
on Magnolia street is greatly
overcrowded.
Bank Divided.
The distribution of check disclosed
an increase of the dividend ol
the bank of Toronto to 11 per cent,
per annum.
and under the shadow of that flag,
I would know how to conquer as In
times past."
Gen. Huerta grasped his hand and
then the old fighters embraced. One
by one the minor officers moved forward,
and each was embraced bj
Gen. Diaz and told good-bye. It waf
over. Th?e troops stoad at attention
for an hour in the .broiling heat, but
none appeared weary. Gen. Dias
turned to enter the house and the
officers gave the command to march
Th?e troops went directly to the care
of a special train, on which they be
gan their journey to the Capital.
Gen. Diaz, took luncheon, boarded
the Tuluna, a Government tug, whicl
carried him to the Yptranga. Witt
the Ex-President w?ere Senora 'Diaz
the wife of the General; SenoraTere
sa, the sister of Senora Diaz, and hei
son, Jose; Col. Porflrio Diaz, Jr.
his wMie and five children; Lieut
and Mrs. Lorenzo Eliza 2; a and theii
young son; Gen. Amenuel Gonzaloi
and Col. Gonzales. Lieut. Elizaga ii
a brother-in-law of Gen. Diaz,
make it better.
FELPER ACCUSED
New Ditrutarf Ceaaissiaa Swears
Oil Warns! Fsr Hia.
CORRUPHON CHARGED
?
Action Follows Resolution Passed in
Session at Columbia?Requisition
Papers Filed and Hearing Will be
Held in June.
A warrant charging T. B. Felder
of Atlanta with "offering and ata/vmntlnnr
Krlha Q Qt?*+A Affl^Ar AIlH
WUU1 |/t|Ug tv VI ? W U> ?k/VMVV w*? wwa ??..w
with conspiracy to defraud the State
of South Carolina was sworn our
Wednesday at New,berry by B. F.
Kelly, secretary of the new dispensary
commission. The warrant was
sworn out before J. C. Sample and
was placed in the hands of Sheriff
Buford of that county.
A dispatch from Atlanta says Sheriff
Buford Thursday afternoon consulted
Governor Brown and filed
requisition for T. B. Felder. The
hearing will take (place before the
governor on June 20. Col. Felder
remains apparently indifferent to the
entire proceedings and only reiterates
j that the governor of South Carolina
is trying to cover up his own sins
by directing a fight on him.
The warrant against Mr. Felder
was sworn out following the adoption
of the new dispensary commission:
"Whereas, certain information having
come into our possession, which
we are advised is sufficient upon
which to secure a conviction.
"Be it resolved, that the secretary
of this commission is hereby instructed
to immediately swear out a warrant
for the arrest of one Thomas B.
Felder for offering and attempting to
bribe a State officer of the State -of
South Carolina and for conspiracy
to defraud the said State."
The commission has given no official
otntompni' ns tn the State official
Mr. Felder is charged with attempting
to bribe. The swearing out of
the warrant follows sensational
counter charges on the part of Mr.
Felder and the governor of South
Carolina. The governor recently
made pu.blic a letter purporting to
have been written to H. H. Evans,
former chairman of the State dispensary
board of control, by T. B. Felder,
offering t-o "frame-up" a deal
for $50,000. The letter in question
was signed "T. B." This letter was
secured from H. H. Evans by the governor.
Just what kind of information
the commission has against 'Mr.
Felder is not known.
The commission met at Columbia
Wednesday. Several weeks ago an
order was issued requiring Mr. Felder,
a member of the firm of Anderson,
Felder, Wilson & Roundtree of
Atlanta, to come to Columbia on May
28 and tell what he knew of the acts
- * ? A ~
or ine governor a? private
State senator, and chief executive in
connection with the dispensary situation.
Mr. Felder did not come to
Columbia Wednesday. The commission
accordingly adopted the resolution
directing that a warrant he
sworn out against him. Mr. Felder
sent a letter to the commission in
which he explained his position.
The letter of Mr. Felder follows:
May 26, 1911.
"Mr. James Stackhouse, Chairman,
and Mr. B. Franlf Kelly, Secretary
State Dispensary Commission of
South Carolina, Columbia, 5. C.
"Gentlemen:
"Receipt of your valued favor of
hA i<uh in?tant is herebv acknowl
edged. I have been absent from the
city for the past week or 10 days,
conducting some investigations on my
own eccount anent the matter referred
to in the second paragraph of
the series of resolutions adopted by
your commission at a meeting held in
the city of Columbia on the 19th instant,
a copy of which you caused to
I be transmitted to me here.
"After mature consideration, 1
have reached the deliberate conclusion
that if 'your governor' could
with propriety create a commission
who are 'all friends of mine and per.
sonal supporters' to investigate tl.
? members of the old commission, the
attorney general of 1he State of
South Carolina and the agents, at,
torneys and employes of the old com*
mission, and to make 'a rigid lnves|
tigatlon of all of my (Bleas's) acts
as State sentor, private citizen and
[ governor of the State,' I could with
> equal propriety resolve myself into
. a committee of one to make invest!amm
n AO f/I PlAOfiC Vl I CI
r ^AllUlftO '**J ll/ oa vt 1/ ivwov , mc
i allies and affiliates. I think it will
i .be conceded that my Jurisdiction ie
t equally as broad as yours; that I have
i the same authority to subpoena wit)
nesses, compel their attendance, and
. to give evidence touching the premi
ises, as you possess, and I feel that 1
- may say, without undue arrogance,
that my 'findings of both law and
I fact* will be Just as binding and carry
i with them the same degree of weight
i and respectability as yours.
, that my investigations have been
- quite extensive, thorough, exhaustive
p and most satisfactory to me, ano
, when made public will, in all human
. probability, disqualify for service
p some of those now seeking t* pasi
9 official Judgment upon the acts of
b my associates and myself. To some
of you this statement may prove en"In
conclusion, permit me to say
BETTER CROP REPORTED
.
FOUR PER CENT MORE LAND j f, .
WAS PLANTED.
Condition of Grotving Crop Wm 87.8
Per Cent, of Normal Score?Bear*
4
ish Report on Cotton iMned.
A Washington diapatch says the
area planted to cotton this year in
the United States is estimated by ,
the crop reporting .board of the department
of agriculture, in the first
crop report of the season, as about
104.7 per cent of the area planted
last year, -or 35,004,000 acres Including
that already planted and exrkop.tfld
to be olanted.
This is an increase of 4.7 per cent
or 1,586,000 acres, as compared with
33,418,000 acres, the revised estimate
of last year's planted area.
The condition of the growing crop
on May 25 was 87.8 per cent of a
normal condition as compared with
80.2 per cent, that day last year,
and 80.9, the ten-year 'average on
that date.
Details by the state of area planted
in 1911, percent of 1910, area and
condition on May 25, follow:
CondiState
Acres. Per ct. tion
Virginia .. .. 37,000 109 93
N. C 1,587,000 105 93
S. C 2,705,000 103 80
Georgia .. 5,199,000 103 92 s
Florida .. 284,000 106 95
Alabama .. .. 3,815,000 105 91
Mississippi. . 3,454,000 101 96
Louisiana .. . 1,118,000 104 91
Texas 10,868,000 105 88
Arkansas. . . 2,446,000 103 87
Tennessee .. . 882,000 105 83
Missouri .. .. 1 15,000 112 86
Oklahoma . ..2,622,000 1 16 87
California. . .. 12000 123 95
TO PENITENTIARY TO-DAY.
W. T. Jones to llegiii Serving l?lf?
Sentence for murder.
The Penitentiary authorities wero
informed that W. T. Jones, the
Union County man given a life
sentence for unoxicide, would reach
Columbia Friday from the Union V
County Jail. Jones has been
in the jail since July, 1908, |
when he was arrested charged with
the poisoning of his wife. He will
be placed in the State Pententiary
tenceshrdlu cmfwy vbg cfwyaxflqak
to commence the serving of his life
term. Jones is not an old man, being
less than 45 years of age. He.
has, therefore, barring future executive
clemency, probably many V
years to serve in the State prison.
To-day was exactly two weeks since
he Supreme Court decision was hand*
ed down. The remittitur went to
Union Monday, seven days after the
decision, Jones has lost 011 appeals
to the Supreme Court and recently
Governor Please refuse to extend exraecutive
clemency.
?. ^
Family Foully Slain.
At Pawnee City, Neb., J. A. <McVittle,
his wife and two children
were robbed, killed and a third
child dangerously wounded In their
beds early Monday by Jim Filder, a
farm hand, who had been working
for McVittle. Filder later shot
himself after shooting Sheriff Fuller
mree limes ana seriously wcunuing
him.
i
Drowned in Mississippi.
At St. Louis Sunday four men
were drowned and three rescued
from a similar fate at noon, when a
gasoline launch capsized in the Mississippi
river.
lgmatical, while to others it will be
most clear.
"It does not suit the convenience
of my committee to meet with yours
at the time and place indicated, but
if we can mutually -aigree upon a different
time and place, for an Interchange
of views, information and con- t
fidences, I feel quite safe In saying '
a m a it. a lit a ? I
mm me rosim win oe iiiobi pieasing
and profitable to the people of the
State of South Carolina, if not to
you and 'yours.'
"While making no unconditional
promise to do so (for I must In these N.
matters consult ?and largely yield to>
the wishes of others more vitally Interested
In the outcome of this controversy
than I can possibly be, and
I may add, whose views have deterred
me from doing so heretofore), still if
unrestrained, it will my pleasure
> to deliver in the not distant future <*
veritable 'broadside'
i "With assurances of my most dlsI
tlngulshed consideration, I have the
i honor to be
i "Yours very truly,
"T. B. Felder.
1 "Chairman of the Antl-Blease Investigating
Committee.''
Several matters were discussed at
, the meeting of the dispensary com- ^
I mission. The secretary announced Jg
' that it has been decided to employ ' ^
; Holm an A Holman of Charleston as
attorneys for the commission. The
i claim of S. W. Scruggs of SpaTtan>
bung, for about $4,000 will be coni
sldered. Mr. Scruggs claims the j
i above amount for delivering e^rirlt)
ness to the old commission and Ati
torney General Lyon in connection
P with the graft prosecutions. It 4s
> also probable that the Carolina Glass
company case will come before the
f commission.