The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 23, 1913, Image 3
IS READY FOR WORK
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SENATE MEETS AND ORGANIZES
FOR BUSINESS
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HAVE NAMED OFFICERS
Practically All of the Old Staff Are
Again on Duty, Which Knsures
Smooth Sailing From the Start,
as They Are Trained in the
Hontine Work.
The upper branch of the general
assembly of South Carolina was dockired
convened, by Lieut. Gov.
Smith, president of the senate, a few
minutes past noon Tuesday in its first
session of 4 0 days following the election
of the legislature last fall, after
which the bod? was organized and
the annual message of the governor
was read. Senator P. L. Hardin of
Chester was elected president pro
torn. Thursday was appointed the
day for a joint session of the two
legislative branches to consider the
election of judges from the First and
Seventh circuits and three directors
of the State penitentiary.
The work of the senate was begun
with prayer by Dr. Steel, pastor of
the Washington St. Methodist church
Columbia. The roll was called immediately
after, and but three failed
to answer to their names. Two of
these came in later, leaving Huger
Sinkler of Charleston, who is sick,
the only absentee. The oath of office
was then administered to the new
and re-elected senators preflbnt by
the president; these, with two members
who came in later ana took the
oath, numbering 22. The address of
the president followed in order. Two
death were recalled by him?Senator
John 13. Green of Marlboro,
o 11 It n i
whose Boats are now nueu uy avimivi
Wilton II. Barlo and Senator John L.
McJ^aurin, respectively.
The president said in part:
"The beginning of the year 1913
brings together the senate of South
Carolina, Democratic in name and in
sentiment, gratified and hopeful because
of the great victory of their
party in a notablo national contest,
who, under the leadership of the
peerless Btandard bearer of 'Democracy,
the scholar in politics, Woodrow
Wilson: a victory in which our
State shares. In national affairs we
look expectantly forward to a period
of real Democratic leadership and
such sane legislation as will correct
the unjust inequalities of the tariff
and give real relief to the great number
who labor under grievous burdons
heaped upon them by years of
Roptfblican misrule. In our official
capacity we meet, conscious of responsibility
and ready to assume it,
working together for the best interests
of all the people. We trust
events will Justify our confidence
that tbls will prove the peer of any
previous body, however distinguished
by patriotism or achievement."
Senator P. L. Hardin of Chester
was chosen president pro torn, of the
body as was expected by choice of
the caucus Monday night. He was
unopposed. M. M. Mann of St. Matthews
continues as clerk of the senate
by viva voce vote. Following
their election the oath was administered.
J. Fred Schumpert of Newberry
was re-olected sergeant-atarms,
his name being placed i*n nomination
by Senator Johnstone of Newberry
and seconded by Senator Hardin
of Chester. Ho took the oath of
office. Hov. W. S. Stokes was nominated
for reading clerk by Senator
fhriafoMRAn nf Ren 11 fort and elected.
For chaplain two names were proposed?Rev.
D. W. Keller, pastor of
Main street Methodist church, and
Rev. C. A. Freed, pastor of Ebonezer
Lutheran church, Columbia. Dr.
Freed was chosen by a vote of 2 6 to
14. R. Bovorl&y Sloan was sworn in
* *ns assistant clerk, having been appointed
by the president, who later
also made the following appointments:
Secretary to the president,
Leon M. Green; journal clerk, G. E.
Moore; bill clerk, E. A. f'erry; doorkeepers,
G. T. Hyatt, T. C. Johnson
and T. R. Scott; keeper of president's
room. John Brunson; pages, Jack
Mullikin and Andrew Graham; laborers,
Calhoun Butler, Albert Nance
and Ernest Hargrove.
Senator Lido moved that the rules
of 1912 bo adopted as governing the
body and the motion was carried. On
motion of Senator Hardin rule 19
standing committees with their rewas
dispensed with and the various
spective chairmen were named.
At this point the clerk was sent to
'i-~ i.iM.n/, nnil o nAMuiilttnn r\f tlir^n
lilv liuuriu <111VI ? VU11II11IVVV u Ut ?,?,
to the governor to announce that the 1
senate was ready to proceed with 1
business.s Appointments by tho president
followed.
Tho governor's message was then
announced by the sergeant-at-arms,
J. K. Aull, tho governor's private 1
secretary, presented the message,
and it was read by Rev. W. S. Stokes, !
reading clerk. This completed, Sen- '
ator Appelt introduced a resolution 1
referring tho various portions of the 1
message to proper committees.
Following tho swearing in of Sen- i
ator LeOrand G. Walker of George- 1
town, James A. Iloyt, clerk of the ;
boose, appeared on the floor of the <
senate and announced that the lower i
branch of tho legislature had re- I
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YOUNG LADY MISSING
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SHE DISAPPEARED THE EAST
DAY OF DECEMBER.
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And No Trace of Her Hm Been
Found Since That Time and Her
Friends Are Uneasy.
Mies Scotto A. Brown, ago twenty
years, said to be a beautiful young
woman, daughter of Aiox Brown, supervisor
of Kershaw County, who
mysteriouly dissapeared December
31, when she loft her nome in Ker
Shaw county to resume her duties
as school teacher near Hartsville is
being searched for in various sections
of the state by friends and relatives.
Tho disappearance of LMiss llrown
seems to be shrouded in mystery and
according to a story sent out from
Camden it seems that Miss Brown,
who lives in tho upper part of Kershaw
county, boarded a train on Dec.
31, to go Hartsville to resume her
duties as a teacher. She failed to
show up in Hartsville, though her
father and mother did not know of
her dissappearance until January 8,
when they received a telegram from
a trustee of the school making inquiry
about tho young lady.
iMr. Brown at once instituted a
search for his daughter. From some
friends of his daughter, who live in
Hartsville, it was learned that she
was ill at tho home of a sister in
Jonesvillo this information being
given 011 the strength of a note received
in Hartsville, it is said, from
Miss Brown.
With this information in hand,
Walter Brown went to Jonesvillo and
failed to find tho young woman,
though lie was informed that a young
lady answering tho description of his
sister had been seen with a show
composed of Gypsies who showed
there several days last week, and that
the show had gone on toward Union.
The young man hired a horse and
buggy and drove to Union in quest
of his sister.
From Jonesvillo it was learned that
Mrs. Baker said to be a sister of Miss
Brown, does not live in Jonesville;
that sho had no relatives there . It
was said that a very attractive young
woman was with the Gypsy show during
the time it was in that town and
that every one was very much impressed
with the young lady.
When Mr. Brown arrived in Union
and asked the aid of the police
in searching for his sistor, he succeeded
in locating a young woman
at a boarding house, but she proved
to be someone else. Mr. Brown, in
talking with police officers said he
had no idea of his sister's wherebouts
and could not account for her
strange disappearance.
CHILD HAS THIRTEEN ENEMIES.
.
That Many Foes of Children In California.
There are thirteen "chili enmi.-s"
in California, according to Dr. L. \I.
Powers, the city health coramissioner
of Los Angeles, who told who tlicy
lie and wheie they live, as follows:
1. Doctors who don't report their
cases of contagious diseases.
O mill/ tn An
W. Uk\ I J iillilViliVK.
3. Flies.
4. Tubercular cows.
5. Persons who conceal contagious
diseases.
6. Hokey-pokey men.
7. Reckless automobile speeders.
8. Violators of quarantine.
9. Manufacturers of adulterated
candies.
10. Manufacturers of adulterated
foods.
11. Child slavers.
12. Parsimonious taxpayers who
place the hoarding of money above
measures for the protection of childlife.
13. Mothers who needlessly deprive
their babies of mother's milk.
"This Mat is worthy of study, particularly
since many of the 'enemies'
named are not only of the child but
equally of the adult, and they are enemies
against which all society
should do battle," said l)r. Powers.
?
We have some recollection of the
time when the negro was in politics
in South Carolina, and we do not
want to see it again.
elected Mendel L. Smith speaker and
James A. Hoyt clerk and was ready
for business. j
Senator Carlisle of Spartanburg Introduced
a resolution appointing
Thursday for a joint session of the
two branches of the assembly, when
the election of judges for the First
and Seventh circuits and three directors
of the State penitentiary. The
senate adjourned at l:bt) o'clock to
convene Wednesday at noon.
Upon adjournment the Judicial and
finance committees met to organize,
W. S. Miller Jr., of Oreenvillo, for
four years clerk of the finance committee,
was re-elected unanimously.
The indlcinl committee appointed
Senator Lido and Senator Carlisle to
lavostigate applicants for clerk, with
n view to getting a stonographer if
possible.
Tho chairman of the important
standing committees are: Senator
Hardin, finance; Senator Carlisle,
judiciary; Senator Sullivan, agriculture;
Senator Appelt, railroads; Senator
Sinkler, education; Senator
Strait, penitentiary.
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ANSWERS A CRITIC
SENATOR TILLMAN WRITES THE
NEW YORK WORLD
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REMEDY IS NECESSARY
Replies to Criticsm of His Letter to
the General Assembly Urging a
Safeguard for the Primary and
Declares That Honestly Conducted
It Is Best Solution.
A day or two ago the New York
World had an editorial criticising
Senator Tillman's open letter to the
legislature of South Carolina. Senator
Tillman replied to this in his
usual terse but forcible way. The
editorial in question was as follows:
"Senator Tillman has addressed to
the general assembly of South Carolina
an appeal for legislation to safeguard
primary elections, on tlio
ground that if the primary bo not reformed
there will be two parties in
South Carolina, as in other States,
and that in the struggle between
them the negro vote will be mobilized
and elections determined by bribery.
To add strength to his appeal
he says that it may bo the last ho
will ever address to the legislature,
as ho may die before another election
for senator comes.
"Under the solemnity of this plea,
the letter will doubtless be read with
more attention than is usually given
to political advice. Nor will the attention
be wasted. The argument is
a striking illustration of a ruling passion
strong to the verge of the grave.
Hut it is common to the blind given
by one who won't see. The greatest
event in tlie South to-day is that of
unnatural politics of government by
a single party, held together by raca
prejudices. The best thing that could
CS ? V, /"1? 1 ,1 V-1,n.ri_
Ut.'Htli OUlllu VyUiuiiiiu nuuiu ui; u???sion
of her people into two well-balanced
parties. It would be far better
than any possible primary reform
that entailed the continuance of the
existing system. The senator's counsel,
whilo consistent with his career,
is inconsistent with the wisdom that
should come with age.''
To this Senator Tillman replied:
"My attention has been called to
your editorial of the 10th, 'Bad
Counsel From Senator Tillman,' criticising
my recent open letter to the
general assembly of South Carolina
urging legislation for the protection
of the primary system in our State.
"The world is a great Democratic
newspaper and Its views always command
attention they aeserve.
"Let me call your attention to a
few facts. The numoer of negroes
of voting age in the State exceeds
the whites. All of these are not eligible
to register, but more and more
are becoming so every day. The ignorance
and natural depravity of the
negro race wholly unfits them to
participate in government. While
our conditions in South Carolina is
not ideal by any means, to have
white men struggling for the mastery
with the negroes as the balance
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01 jiowur, any uu,uuu ui iueiu, ivuuiu
be anything but pleasant. Can you
Imagine any more prolific field for
corruption apd bribery? If wo could
have the voters of the State divided
irto 'two well-balanced parties,' it
would be far better than the condition
we are now in. That is just
what occurred in tho last primary.
But there was enough irregular and
fraudulent votes to cast suspicion on
tho primary. White men will not
tolerato the continuance of any such
conditions.
"I am urging the general assembly
to remedy it by legislation. You say
it is not necessary and you know absolutely
nothing about it, but are
theorizing about government on general
principles. I know whereof 1
speak. You are guessing. Tho negroes
ought never to have been given
tho ballot. Many Republicans in
congress now acknowledge this. But
they have the ballot and we can not
take it away unless the North takes
tho Initiative to repeal the 14th and
loth amendments. Tho white primary
honestly conducted is the best
solution of our troubles.
"In some Northern States ignorant
foreigners, who know absolutely
nothing about American ideals and
American history, and can not either
read or write the English language,
control. Thero money gets in its
dirty work of buying congressmen
and electing senators by debauched
legislatures. Tho South has had
none of this so far, but if your couneel
should bo followed wo would
soon have enough of it and to spare.
Which is the better, honest white
primaries or corrupt legislators elected
by negro voters bought at tho
polls like cattle? We want the first;
you want the latter?or that is what
your argument leads us to."
Took His Own Life.
Pecause ho wanted to move bacn ,
to town and his wife wouldn't let
him, is the reason given for tho suicide
of Edward McLendon, a prominent
nurseryman of Concord, Ga.,
who shot and killed himself at his
palatial country home, near Jolly, i
Saturday. There lfl no other reason
of his self destruction given. *
GOVERNORS MESSAGE
ltLKASK IRGES CEKiAIN MKASIKES
BE ALMHTKO.
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Short Synopsis of the Message Wlii< h
He Sent in to the Goner*!
bly Tuesday.
The annual message of Governor
Colo L. Blease was redvl in the house
and senate Tuesday in J cont lined
many matters of into'.est. Uoccramendations
for a Hat two-cent passenger
rate on all railroads, the levying
of a one-mill tax for the sunport
of the common schools containing
a note of warning that this must
[><.? enacieu oiuerwisu mo ajiprupiiationa
for the colleges would bo vetoed,
the changing of tho name of
Clemson college to Calhoun university
in honor of John C. Calhoun, the
consolidation of the Medical college
at Charleston with tho University of
South Carolina, making it a branch
thereof, a tax on water powers, repealing
of tho law giving cities and
towns the rights to grant exclusive
franchises, tho cutting of the legal
| rate of interest to six per cent., prohibiting
banks from charging reg,
ular customers exchange on checks
passing through their bank, prohibiting
tho express companies from
charging for the return of money
collected on C. O. D. packages, were
all contained in the message.
The governor recommends that the
law against carrying concealed weaI
pons be ropealod or amended so as
to provido for those desiring to carry
I pistol to take out a thirty-day license
with the clerk of court and the publishing
of tho list of ^uch licenseholdcrs
and tho making of the violation
of this law a prison sentence
without the alternative of a fine, the
requiring of every detective to register
with tho secretary of state and
take out a license, the passing of a
11H on ?nlim 111ini? to thr? rw?onlo
an amendment to the constitution
providing for the election of ail
judges by the direct vote of the people,
the passage of an act making it
a misdemeanor for any reporter or
editor to send out garbled reports of
speeches and the requiring of the
publication of a correction in the
sarno place and with as large headlines
as the original article.
The governor scores the comptroller
general for having turned down
the warrants for his detectives and
accuses him with having seriously
Interfered with tho enforcement of
the laws and asks that it bo made
mandatory on the comptroller general
to pay his warrants on his contingent
fund. He asks that an act
bo passed making it necessary for the
chief justice to hold in tils hand the
certificate of a reputable physician
that a circuit judge is ill and unable
to perform bis duties before such
judge be excused and a special judge
appointed in his place. lie recommends
that Clover and immediate section
of York county which suffered
so severely from the storm last year
be exempted from taxes for the year.
The governor renews his attack on
cotton mill mergers and again recommends
that tho hosiery mill at tho
state penitentiary be abolished. Ho
attacks trusts and combinations and
cites tho Carolina Public Service corporation
as a trust. This is tho company
which has been buying up ice
plants throughout tho stato within
the last few months.
A warning is issuea to the new
[ members against allowing themselves
| to be cajoled into supporting on tho
floor propositions which they opposed
in committee room and in which
they are in the minority. Ho reviews
at length the prosperity of tho
state and pleads with the legislature
to lay aside any political feeling it
may have and to enact laws for the
good of all the people. The message
covers several thousand words.
FREED RY DESPERATE REAP.
Alleged Deserter and Thief Jumps
From Train ami Escapes.
While being taken to Plattsburg,
N. Y., to answer charges of grand
larceny and desertion from the United
States army, Henry Cross Sunday
jumped through the window of an
express train and escaped. He landed
in a snow drift, apparently unhurt,
and was nowhere in sight when
tho train was stopped and backed.
Tho train was approaching Rouses
Point when Cross, in custody of Deputy
Marshal Foster, of Plattsburg,
obtained permission to go to the lavatory
and have his handcuffs removed.
Slamming and locking tho door ,
in tho faco of the guard, he smashed |
a double window and jumped. <
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Party is Probably 1/ost.
It Is feared that the famous artic ,
explorer, Otto Sverdrup, and a party ?
of sixteen persons who accompanied ?
him on a walrus hunt in Greenland I ,
waters have been lost. Sverdrup and <
his party left Christiana in March, <
1912, in a motor ship and since then |
nothing has been heard from the t
expedition.
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Married His Stepmother. ;
Hedrick Armstrong, 19 years old, c
of Roswoll, N. M., is now his own t
stepfather. I|p has married his fath- t
or's widow, Mrs. Margaret Arm- f
strong, who was also his stepmother. 1
She is 22 years old, and hor first i
husband had been dead six months. * ' i
NINE VOTES CAST
FOR VOODROW WILSON AND
THOMAS R. MARSHALL
CHOICE OF DEMOCRATS
Of South Carolina for President and
Vice President of the United States
by the Electoral College of This
State, Which Met in Columbia on
Monday.
The State of South Carowina has
voted unanimously for Woodrow Wilson
for president and Thomas it.
Marshall for vice-president, this action
being taken at a meeting of the
electoral college Monday at noon.
Jno. J. McMahan of Columbia, was
named as messenger to carry the tidings
to Washington some time before
the second Wednesday in February.
The nino electors met in the office
of the secretary of state at Columbia,
a preliminary meeting being
held at 1 1 o'clock and the regular
meeting at noon. While routine in
character, it was interesting because
of the formal stops taken, each step
being carefully considered in order
that no mistake might be made.
The electors as named in the election
in November were Jno. J. McMahan.
Columbia; J. N. Drake, Bennettsville;
J. G. Padgett, Walterboro;
W. Fred Lightsey, Crocketville,
Hampton County; S. N. Pearman,
Anderson county; D. W. Willis, Spartanburg
county; J. W. Hamel of Kershaw,
Lancaster couniy; J. C. Mace,
Marion; Jas. L. Sims, Orangeburg.
Messrs McMahan and Drake were
electors at large. W. F. Lightsey
was not present, and at the temporary
organization Mr. MOM ah an
nominated to till the vacancy Wm. 10.
Gonzales of Columbia, who, he said,
"had done more personally and as
editor of The State to further the
cause of Woodrow Wilson than any
other man in South Carolina." Mr.
Gonzales was unanimously elected as
substitute and at the permanent organization
the selection was confirmed.
J. G. Padgett was made president
and J. C. Mace secretary of
both meetings.
Printed ballots had been prepared
for the meeting and all of the members
of the electoral college kept
them afterward as souvenirs. The
president and vice-president were
voted on separately and it was then
announced that in "the college of
presidential electors of the State of
South Carolina Woodrow Wilson of
New Jersey has nino electoral votes
for president and Thomas R. Marshall
of Indiana has nine electoral
votes for vice-president."
This formally completed, it then
remained to draw up the formal document
telling of the action of the
college and elect a messenger to
carry it to Washington. It was decided
to elect the messenger by ballot.
Mr. McMahan received five
votes, Mr. Mace two and Mr. Willis
one, Mr. McMahan not voting. Mr.
McMahan was therefore declared the
appointeo of the college and the necessary
documents were drawn up.
Kour copies were made?one to be
filed in t.lie ofiice of the secretary of
state, another to be sent to the United
States judge in this district, II. A.
M. Smith; the third to ho mailed to
the president of the senate and tho
fourth to be taken to Washington by
Mr. iMcMahan and to be delivered to
the president of tho senate. All of
the documents had to bo signed by
all of the electors.
Each of the four originals of this
document was then sealed up in an
envelope, on the back of which all
the electors signed their names to
the following certificate: "We hereby
certify that lists of tho votes of
South Carolina for president and vice
president of the United States are
contained herein."
All this is laid down by tho statutes
of this State, and also that a
majority of the electors must certify
",by writing under their hands" the
appointment of tho messenger who
carries personally to Washington om
of tho certificates of the vote for
president and vice-president. Thus
they all sign their i\*mes nine times.
Hero is the document:
"State of South Carolina?College of
Presidential Electors?At Columbia,
January 13, 1913.
"We, J. J. McMahan, John N.
Drake, J. O. Padgett, William E.
P.onzales, S. N. Pearman, D. W. Willis,
J. W. Ilamel, J. C. Mace, Jas. L.
Sims, the undersigned duly appointed
presidential electors of the State of
South Carolina, having been duly
dected pursuant to the taws of the
mid State, hereby declare and certify
that eight of the said electors convened
in Columbia, the capital of said
State, at tho State house, at 11
)'clook in the forenoon and thereafer
effected a preliminary organizaI
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ion oil iriiH, iaui c^.y 01 .uiuuiirv,
1913, and at 12 o'clock M., on the
iai(l day, being: tho second Monday In
January, met at tho same placo and
effected a permanent organization by
ho election of Hon. J. G. Padgett, f
is president, and Honfl J. C. Mace, as
lecretary, and procoeded to fill by
jallot the vacancy c&u&ed by the ab- <
icnce of the Hon. W. Fred Lightsey,
who had been duly elected on the 5th i
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A Firebug Declarfl Hfc. j^H
(w <'^'tvi^yiii;
Great Pleasure frou W?(|H
Firemeu Fight Fires dt lkl I
"Izzy, the Painter,"" oead oj^|
New York underworld's "S^H
trust," came from Sing sipgjp|U
Thursday to confess to liflttlng^H
torch to two hundred houses will
the past few months. He unbosonH
himself to District Attorney W^itiH
and two stenographers. jm
Tho confession is said to briM
with names of "Izzy's** confederals
some of whom are said to be qqH
ious characters of the fenderloij^Tpl
the East Side; some hfljjmH
agents, who worked w 1 ^3|jp
and divided the spqttH^ others, ?d<
lusters of the big
panics. m
"Izzy. the Painter," was cpnyifH
of arson recently dnder the nSttAfH
Isadore Stria, and'sentenced *m SoH
not less than twelve years in. prill
Since then ho has been indicted m|
for arson. While on hia way fl
plead to the last indictment he cul
eluded to turn State's witness jf|H
throw himself on the district att6n
ney's mercy.
Mr. Whitman was amaSed at tu
enormous extent of the "trust's" op?
rations, lie now believes that tttoil
than one thousand fires kindled ifl
New York within the past few y&Mfl
can be traced to the gang. 1
Examination of "Izzy, the PaiaH
er." was resumed Thursday night anH
much of his testimony was corroboffl
ated. it was said, authoritatively hi
statistics and other data furnisfcteffl
from the fire marshal's omce. 1
"izzy" told in detail of his
operations and those or eight
chanics," professional incendiarlelD
and described how oe applied tpel
torch in tenement houses and watthdl
to watch the firemen worn. '% I
I no greatest pleasure I had vasl
to see the fire horses coine teartlifj
down tho street," the convict declanfl
ed, coolly, continuing that on
occasion he climbed to the fire-escaip^|
of a building opposite one he had^seH
cn fire, straddled a fire-escape an<H
smoked a cigarette while the flanel
were being fought.
All of "Izzy's" statements wftUber
investigated before indictments are
sought. -J
day of November, at the.time of the
election of electors, hut was absent;
from this meeting, oaving failed
through sickness to attend, and the.
result of the said balloting showed^
eight votes cast for Hon. William B. j
Gonzales of Columbia, who wad>j
therefore declared duly elected to fill*f
said vacancy, and then and there the
said nine electors voted by ballot ftufj
president of the United States as#
for vice-president of the United v
States, upon which balloting it afh ]
peared that nine ballots had toeefit .
cast for Woodrow Wilson of New Jer-^
sey for president of the United*!
States, and nine ballots for ThOlnaa
It. Marshall of Indiana for vice-president
of the United States."
Faulty wording of two paragraphs ]
in the code of 1912 as to compemi? 1
tion of presidential electors created^
some amusement and the failure of
the general assembly to make an appropriation
for the college this year
means that the electors must wait
until the present legislature makes
provision for their pay. Section 219
nf tho r?rwto nrnvlHpfl that "anoli aloi*.
tor shall receive for his attendance
and travel the same sum as members
of the general assembly." It does not
say "per day" and tne paragraph
could be construed to mean that the- ,
electors could receive $200 each, the
amount received bv each member of
the general assembly for a session of.
as president, and Hon. J. C. iMace, as
one day.
Section 1G in referring to the pa^;
of members of the legislature sa*
"that members of the general as?
bly shall receive $200 and milea
This, as one of the electors poit
out, might ho taken to mean that
entire legislative body should rec
$20rt and pro rate it. Kaeh ^
would receive a little over ft. The >
comptroller general said that he was >|
sorry he could not issue the war* i
j >*:- -iJ
rants. v
Mr. McMahan will receive no pay '
for his services as messenger* hut
will he given 2f?c per mile from Columbia
to Washington, or 12 1-2C
each way. a total or aoont ft20.
This is the allowance given each
messenger ana it can do seen why
thoro is a considerable scramblo for
it in the Far Western States for
position.^ The payment ts made by.
K\plosion on River.
Capt. Tom Barteo was killed, e;J||
number of persons were Injured an?
several persons are missing as the
suit of an explosion of a boiler dSj?
the river steamer James T. fltaplee,
near Powers Landing, Ala., on the.^
Tombigbee river Thursday. After
explosion the steamer caught, fire and
is reported to havo been almost
The Albany Herald is sure IhlffiS
"that verdict at Indianapolis,
convicted the gang that resorwOW^
dynamiting, was a great triaiafj^M^M