The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 23, 1913, Image 3
SHliULII RETALIATE'
UNFAIK LAWS LXiST AiiAINST
BONUS OF THIS STATE
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PAS5l.il IN WAN TIMt
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State, County and Municipal Ilonds I
t
of Southern States Air legislated ,
Against?VcMaster's Annual He- 1
port Advises That We lie tali a to by i
I*egal Knactment.
"It is reeommened that legislation
be enacted forbidding license to any
financial institution seeking the people's
money which ha * on the statute
books of i'.s home state any law
which prohibits its insurance companies
lrom counting as security any
state, ct unty or municipal sebuuties,"
says F. !1. MeMaster, insurance commisioner
of South Carolina, in his
annual report, discussing laws of
certain states forbidding investments
?nn 111 hioii-wi* <>f
??wi? v??v> I/ion 1\ i. \J i V t I 11 111 lllil,
The eommisioner says that "it mat- '
ters not from what angle the subject
is viewed, i lf-respoct, safety or publie
funds, or market for investment '
of home sec irities demtlnd that South
Carolina no longer rest quietly under
such insulting statutes."
"Search has not been made to discover
them," says the commisioner,
"but it is understood that several
other st .tes have statutes similar to
that to be found in the insurance codo
of Connecticut, which forbides its
savings from investing in the state,
county or municipal bonds of any
state south of the District of Columbia
and which foreign insurance companies
from using any of such securities
for purposes of deposit in that
statu Such statutes were passed
about thirty or forty years ago.
"It is well enough to recall some
of the facts of forty years ago. The
South Carolina state debit in 1SG8,
when the negro rule commenced, was
$5,107,000. It. K. Scott, of Ohio, was
elected governor that year, with Nilos
C. Darker, of Massachusetts, as state
treasurer and 1). II. Chamberlain, of
Massachusetts, as attorney general.
These three constituted the financial
board of the state. J. J. Daterson, of
Pennsylvania, was ringmaster and
partner of tlie side.
"After four years of control by
these creatures, an investigating committee
reported to the legislature in
1 S712 that South Carolina was facing
a total of $28,977,000 actual and
contlngnent liabilities of the state.
Tho next, year the rag-tag and bobtail
legislature repudiated one-half
of the actual debt because of inability
to pay. Hut really, was this any worse
than the action of the Federal government
itself, which in 1 806-68,
had by act of congress, prohibited
South Carolina from paying a debt of
$2,24 1,000, contracted in 1861, ?for
tbe military defense of the state. The
difference between tho two debts was
that tbe debt of 1861 represented dollar
for dollar money loaned by the
people of this state under definite and
certain authority of the legislature;
the debt of 1872 was representedby
fraudulent issues _of bonds brought
by persons in the North at scandalous
discounts.
"Not only was the stare robbed directly,
but by many indirect means,
as the sale of stock in the Columbia
& Greenville Railroad, which represented
valuo to the state exceeding
$100,000 but sold to Patterson and
his gang for less than $60,000. Likewise
with the municipalities. Tho
$860,000 debt, placed upon Columbia,
the cauital during those days,
represents less than $100,000 actual
value; $ 100,000 of it was for a city
hall, contract price $65,000 and when
completed had no roof because the
architect had not stipulated for,one
in the specifications. Columbia has
never repudiated one dollar of this
great, deobt. So with Charleston's
$4,1 50,0,00 debt, not. a dollar of
Of it. $3,750,000 represents nothing
on God's green earth nor in the waters
beneath it.'
"During the forty years that the
credit of the old secession states have
had this bar sinster written across it
by the statutes of Northern and Eastern
states, agents of the insurance
companies form those states have
been ninst nssidnonslv Roekintr South
Carolina money to ho sent to trustees
in the North. Out of the money collected
hero and, all of the expenses
neurred here and after taking out the
toll for home office expenses in the
homo states of the companies, there
have remained over millions of dollars,
which for the most part have
hen invested elsewhere.
"And, sad to relate, many agents
employed hy these foreign corporations
to gather South Carolina money
rarely hesitate to disparage or throttle
domestic companies which sought
to keep part of this money at homo.
"So while South Carolina's credit
lias heen damaged abroad, her own
institutions have heen stifled and tho
money of her people has been sent to
make great and still greater institutions
In unfriendly sections, and to
enrich people there and elsewhere.
"If such statutes are an expression
of tho bitterness and hate of forty
years ago, South Carolina's self-repect
demands that she hold no commerce
with such states until such insults
disappear from their statute
YOUNG FARMER MISSING i
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MS.\IN<;TOX IS SCKNK OF MYSTK-!
lliors lXSAIM'KAHANCK }
m'IIs Ills Cotton in Columbia but
I>oes Not Hot urn to llis Homo? j
T<\miii is Found Nearby.
Lexington county has another mysery.
Haskell L. Lucas, a highly re- <
ipcctable farmer of the Gaston section
and a well-knowu farmer, has
been missing since Monday night, and
Wednesday night a party of citizens
made a thorough search in an effort
to solve tlie mystery.
Mr. Lucas left his home on Monday
morning with a bale of cotton to market
in Columbia. Failing to return ,
Monday night his wife became very
unonsy and a search was instituted,
but not until late Tuesday was a clue (
found. Roaming about in the field
grazing, was found the mule of Mr.
Lucas, still hitched to the wagon; in ,
which was a sack of flour, a shotgun,
the hat of the man and his overcoat.
In the hat was found a bill for the
pale of the cotton hearing the name
of a well-known Columbia coton buyer.
The placo where the mule was
found is at a point about a mile
south of Congaroo Creek, on the State
road leading from Columbia to
Cast on. Mr. Lucas was seen by a
number of persons as be passed
through Now Brookland and Cayce,
and was also seen standing beside bis
mule at a point near Congaree Creek,
a little after dust Monday evening.
Ho was alone at that time.
J. A. Lucas, father of the missing
young man was in Lexington Wednesday.
The aged father is afraid that
bis son has met with foul play, and
that he will never be heard of again.
On the other hand, he stated that
Haskell had left home about three
years ago and his disappearance then
was as mysterious as in the present
case; that for three weeks he was not
heard from, and when he returned to
his home it was learned that ho had
been in Birmingham, Ala. Haskell
Lucas, according to the statements of
the father, was never known to dissipate,
and this makes his disappearance
all the more mysterious.
Tt was stated that the young man
had made threats to the effect, that
he was going to leave home, it l>eing
also rumored that his domestic relations
were anything but pleasant, lie
has been married live or six years and
has no children, lie is described as
being about six feet, tall, clean shaven.
with a reddish mustache, heavy
set and will weigh about 1 S5 or 180
pounds.
Unless young Lucas has departed,
it is believed that be was murdered
and bis body thrown into Congaree
Creek to hide the crime, or that be
lias committed suicide by throwing
himself into the deep water of Congaree
Creek. These are the three
theories advanced by those who are
in close touch with the situation. *
roll hot costs millions.
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South Suiters Annual Loss From Ravages
of Fungus.
The cotton crop suffers an annual
loss of about $2,000,000 as a result
of the disease known as cotton anthraconose
or boll rot. In a report
on the subject the department of agriculture
says that sinco tho fungus
can live on dead cotton bolls In the
field for at least a year and in the
seed for two or three years, there
should be rotation of crops, cotton
never should be planted on land
where anthracnose was prevalent the
year previous, while fully as important
is the selection of healthy seed.
The department says the disease is
reported at present in every cotton
field in Georgia, in every county of
South Carolina, in all parts of Mississippi,
being worse in the delta and
bottom lands. Its occurance is more
or loss general throughout the entire!
cotton belt. *
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Panic Among Shoppers.
A panic occurred late ' Saturday
among shopper in the Macon
retail district, when Q. C. Bolton and
C. A. Snipes engaged in a pistol duel.
Bolton, a metal worker, received
wounds from which he is expected to
die. Snipes and G. C. Tittle, who was
with him, received painful wounds,
neither being dangerously hurt. Fifteen
shots in all were fired.
nooks. If they are evidences of distrust
in the integrity or capacity of
tho trustees of public funds in thoso
states to invest properly and securely
the funds which belong to the people
of thoso states then South Carolina
should not permit trustees in those
states to have uncontrolled use of tho
funds of the people of this state. If
such statutes under a plea of self
righteousness, are for the purpose of
limiting tho market of Southern securities,
and thereby forcing a higher
rare of interest on Southern securities
tho good business demands that
South Carolina and Virginia and
North Carolina and all tho other old
secession states offset this by excluding
from their border the agents of
financial institutions of states having
siWi statutes, and reserving Southern
funds to bo invested in Southern securities.
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Old newspapers for sale.
mm IS GUILTY
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YERDICT RENDERED BY NEW YORK
IMPEACHMENT COURT
GLYNN GELS THE OFEICE
[iovcrnor is Fomul Guilty of Falsification
of Campaign Statement; of
Perjury and of Suppressing evidence
l>y Threats.?Not Disqualified
From Holding Ofllce.
Governor William Sulzer, of the
State of New York, was Thursday
found guilty by the high Court of
Impeachment on three of the articles
preferred against him. . They
were Articles Nos. 1, 2, and 4. lie
was declared innocent of the charges
contained in Article 3. He will ho
removed from olHce, hut not disqualified
from holding ollice in tho future,
unless there is a substantial change
in the informal vote reported to have
been taken by the Court 011 these
questions in secret session. For the
same reason it was expected that he
will be1! found not guilty 011 the other
four articles still remaining to be
voted ou when tho Court adjourned
Thursday night.
Lieutenant Governor Martin II.
Glynn, who has been acting governor
since1 the impeachment of Sul/.er, will
become Chief Executive of the State.
He is an Albany newspaper owner.
Robert F. Wagner, a New York attorney,
will become1 Lieutenant Governor.
lie is the majority leader in
the Senate.
The ve>te em Articles 1 and 2 was
30 to 18, a bare two-thirds majority.
Th'e former article charges that tho
Governor falsified his statement of
campaign contributions; the latter
charges that he committeel perjury in
so doing. The vote em Article 3,
which charges the Governor bribeel
witnesses to withhedel testimony from
tho Frawlcy investigating committee,
was unanimous in favor of the Governor.
Tho vote on Article 1 was 12 to 11,
six members changing their votes on
Articles 1 and 2 from "not guilty" to
"guilty", and two from "guilty" to
"not guilty". This article charges
that the Governor suppresseel ovielence
by means of threats to keep
witnesses from testifying before1 tlx1
Frawlcy committee. Among these
was Duncan W. Peck, State1 superintendent
e>f public works, who testified
at tho trial that tho Governor hael
lilni In nniri nilt ..ni-iniMf
V \? <> I lit VV/ VyV/lll 111 1 J/l I J U I J .
The secret informal vote to remove
the Governor was said to be 411 to 14,
the same as on Article 4, and the vote
not to disqualify him was said to bo
unanimous. Article 0, which charges
that the Governor committed larceny
in speculating with his campaign contributions,
was said not to have been
sustained in the secret session by a
vote of 50 declaring the Governor
"not guilty" to seven against him.
Article 5, which charges that lie
prevented a particular witness, Frederick
L. Colwell, from attending the
sessions of the Frawley committee;
Article 7, that he threatened to use
his oflice and influence to affect, the
vote or political action of certain
Assemblymen, and Article S, that he
corruptly used his influence to affect
the prices of securities on the Stock
Exchange, were reported also to have
been decided in favor of the Governor
in the secret session by a practically
unanimous vote.
Presiding .Tudgo Edgar M. Cullen,
who will shortly retire from the
bench, voted "not guilty" on every
article and rendered a long opinion
in explaining his votes. .The other
eight Judges of the Court of Appeals
were divided. Presiding Judge Cullen
held that the offences charged in
/VI I ituu ? wnu I lli t 1 111 II"
able and that (ho Governor neither
falsified liis statement under the provisions
of the election law, nor committed
"legal perjury".
Practically every member of the
Court explained his vote on Article
1, although those who voted in favor
of the Governor did not enter at
length into a discussion of the merits
of the case or of the matters of law
and precedent Involved, as did the
others, including all the Judges. The
latter filed with the Court lengthy
opinions in support of their votes.
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Wilson Was Itight.
The Tluerta despotism can not last
a great while in Mexico. President
1\rM?.r.n ,11,1 ll,n <1,1., ... V, ~.. 1./.
?> 11 n w 11 uni iiit" i if^ni tiling w 111 11 nt:
refused to recognize the assassin and
(ho other cut-throats who constitute
his aiders and abetters. Events from
now on are likely to move rapidly
and perhaps more bloodily, and out
of the growing welter of anarchy and
murder which can not long he en
dured by any people the Mexican?
must soon work their way into some
form of established order and public
He Will Soon 1<'ull.
Recent evens in Mexico have vin
dicated the wisdom of President Wil
son in refusing recognition to tin
TTuorta government. Huerta has nov
! clearly exposed his determination t<
J hold with the strong hand the gov
eminent he wrested from the const!
tutional president by treachery, con
spiracy and assissination. Huerta i:
nothing short of a murderous tyrant
HAVE FOUND NO CLUE
MYSTERY STILL VEILS HEARTLESS
TEXAN Ml l(l)KK.
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Working <?irl, Slain In Ollico, is Still
rnavonK<'<l I?y Law Although Throe
Months llavo Cussed.
One hundred clues have been run
down and all found worthless in tin?
Florence llrown mystery, according
to a statement Sunday by Chief of
Detectives Henry Tanner of Dallas,
Texas. Miss Hrown, a choir singer
and prominent Association worker,
was found dead, with her throat cut,
in her uncle's real estate olllce there
at 0 a. m., July 28 last. The circumstances
of her death have ever since
remained well-nigh incredible.
Miso Hrown, 20 years old, rather
handsome, was stenographer and confidential
agent for her uncle, Jeff D.
Robinson. Iter undo was in Colorado.
On the morning of her death
Shadrack R>. Cutlibertson, an employee,
called as was customary, at
her home in one of the firm's automobiles.
Together they drove direct
to the oflice, opening it about eight
o'clock. Fifteen minutes later Cutlibertson
drove away in the automobile
on business, leaving Miss Hrown
alone. She stood in the street doorway
and waved good-bye to him, several
persons afterward testifying they
saw her do this.
Cutlibertson returned just before 0
o'clock, finding the olllce apparently
vacant. As the officials were not duo
until ft this was not unsual. The office
door on the ground floor was entirely
visible from the sidewalk, except
two small rooms, Robinson's private
oflice and a hat room just behind
it. The hat room had two entrances,
one from the private oflice
and one from the main oflice. Hundreds
of persons had passed this office,
at one of the city's busiest cor
nors, during Cuthbertson's absence,
lb* entered, sal at his desk a moment,
and then W. U. Rtyron, of the firm,
and G. \V. Swor, an employee, entered
together. Swor went directly to
the hat room and immediately cried
out. for Stvron and Cuthbertson to
come quickly "that something had
happened to Miss Brown".
The three found her lying on her
face, throat cut and arms and shoulders
hearing marks said she had not
been dead more than ten minutes.
Miss Brown was a small woman,
hut whoever killed her had to light
hard. A deep bite on t he outer side
of one wrist showed where the slayer
had held one arm with his teeth.
Her face, arms and breast were*
scratched in a manner which led detectives
to believe a woman had attacked
her. A heavy blow had been
struck on her forehead, and one on
the hank of the head, those probably
stunning her. Then apparently as
she lay face down tho assassin had
drawn back lior head and cut her
throat. Again there was the suggestion
that tho slayer was not muscular,
because the knife had been
drawn three times through the
wound. A wash howl in the hat room
was half full of bloody water, the inside
knob of tho door opening into
the main oflico was bloody, indicating
the killer first looked out to see if
the office was empty, and then washed
his hands.
Detectives said tho girl's position
made it possible for the slayer to
avoid blood except, on his hands.
There was no exit from the office,
neither doors nor windows, except
front street door. No knife was
found, although sewers were searched
and floors raised. The only thing
approaching a weapon was a hammer
which belonged in tho hat room
There was a tiny bloody spot on its
handle, but the iron head was clean
These are all the material facts aboul
the acutla death that eleven weeks
search has revealed.
Patrolman J. R. Drown, the girl's
father, had the beat passing her office
uoor, ami was a snort distance awaj
when she was killed. Neither he noi
other ofllcers reached the place unti
after an over-zealous undertaker ha(
removed the body. Of the hundred!
that passed the oflice, some withir
30 feet of the murder, only thre<
were found to throw any light on it
A woman acquaintance of Miss ttrowr
had looked in about. 8:30, noting tin
oflice apparently empty. A man not
ed the same thing. Another mai
thought he heard a scream.
Cutlibertson's story was verified t<
the last detail. Styron and Rwo
havo undergone literal third degrd
. examinations, some of them by pri
vates detectives, but not the slightes
. ground for arresting them or an;
, one else has been discovered. Evei
inn wives or somo or the men ron
nocted with tho methods. Mis
I Brown's reputation so far lias com
. through a long ordeal unsullied.
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* Rol?s Mail Car.
j A masked bandit late Tuesday rol
bed tho mail car of a Southern Pfl
rifle train near Burlingame, Cal., ri!
led the registered mail pouch an
escaped when the train reached th
terminal yards at San Franciscc
Postal inspectors said the loss woul
' not he great..
Brazil seems to pleased with Todd
- that It is a pity they can't keep hli
s there all tho time. Wo can spar
, him.
WI RE NOT COWARDS
CAPTAIN OF VOLTIIRNO DENIES
SENSATIONAL STORY
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DID NUT DRAW PISTOL
Captain Inch, Who (1oiiiniftii(ltMl tlx*
lll-fntcil Yolturno, Pays Tribute to
Men of Mis Own Crew anil Co the
ltcscue Ships Which Answered His
Desperate Appeal.
Francis Inch, the boyish-looking.
Itriton who commanded the burned J
steamer Volturno, Thursday night
came to port at New York bringing
with him S7 survivors, passengers
and crew of his ill-fated vessel. Ilis
story of the disaster, in which ll'.H
lives were lost, had preceded him by
wireless, but in a cabin of the steamer
Krootiland, which brought him to
New York, ('apt. Inch told his tale in
simply phrased and modestly spoken
detail that more v 1 vidly deserihed the
panorama of tho Yolturno's loss and
the rescue of more than T>00 of those
O) II I 1 ! , I oil llllll I'll
There was no cowardice on the
Yolturno, either anions ollicers or
crow, Inch said. There was no rush
of seamen which made ii necessary
for him to warn them hack with his
revolver. Ilis revolver was in a
drawer in his cabin and it burned,
with the ship. And no one on board
drew a revolver. These statements
he intended should refute the stories!
told by steerage passengers who at*-!
rived on the (Irosser Kurfuerst.
The Yolturno's master, besides defending
his own ollicers ami men,
said ho had no criticism to make of
the tactics of any of the boats that
stood by. "The Carmania- did its
best, the canto as the others," ho said.
"There is nothing but praise for
every one. T did not expect a boat
could livo i 11 those seas when the
Cannania and the other llrst few
ships came tip."
The Carmania <1 i<1 drop a boat,
Inch declared, but it could not get
near for the Volturno drifted faster
than the crew could row. Later the
Carmania sent forth six rafts, but
they drifted across the Yolturno's
how and disappeared. More than
that, the Carmania could not do, said
Inch. Eighteen cabin and two steerage
passengers entered the first lifeboat
that ventured to leave the Yolturno.
Only enough of the crew
stopped into to man it, said Inch;
they did not rush to it. and it was
not overcrowded. It entangled itself
in its after tackle and capsized. All
in it wero drowned, except Chief Officer
Miller and a steward, who
climbed into it after it had righted
itself and were rescued. Into the
next boat went 30 passengers and 10
sailors. This boat got away but has
not been beard from. The third
boat took off 4 0, 10 of them sailors.
As sin1 settled into the water 10 more
jumped .aboard from the Volturno's
dock. A wave swept it under the
Volturno's stern. "She just sat on it
and crushed it out of sight," said
Inch. "The bos'n dived and was the
only one to escape."
Inch denied reports of rotting
tackle and firo hose and of unsafe
lifeboats. He counted only three explosions,
the last one wrecking wheel
and compass so that a hand gear had
to he rigged. lie also denied stories
of steerage passengers that women
1 were swept overboard and babies
trampled in a rush to be rescued in
' the Grosser Kurfuerst's first boat.
' Officers urged men and women to
jump overboard, for the lifeboat
5 could not get near enough for them
to ho lowered into it. None dared
to jump: "Show them how to jump,"
Inch told his crew.
Two at a time they leaped over the
i rail. When passengers saw them
5 reach tho lifeboat they followed them
f into tho sea. With boat hooks and
r oars some were rescued. Others went
1 . - .1-1-- 1 - - .1
k) tiicir ueaui. ao women were re1
moved In this way.
"Heforo I climbed down I went
i over tho ship to seo if any one re3
mained," Inch said. "Tho flro had
oaten its way beyond amidships under
i the decks. I found no one alive,
- though there wore bodies in tho fore
castles. I went to the rail with my
i dog, wrapped in a blanket. T leaned
over. 'Here,' I said, 'catch my baby.1
a I dropped the dog into tho arms of
r a Kroonland officer in the lifeboat,
o Ho opened tho blanket tenderly
- 'Why, its a dog,' be said, 'I thought
t it was your kid.'
y Inch's thrco "kids" and theii
n mother aro in London. One of his
- first acts upon arriving in New Yorli
a was to send them a cablegram. Theli
e father went 30 hours without eatim
or drinking, refusing to leave tin
work of fire fighting. "I smoked
smoked about all tho time, cigars
>- pipes, cigarettes, anything I couh
i- get," Inch said. A blast of hea
f- blinded his eyes with pain and tin
(1 skin peeled from his face when lu
e received his first medical attentioi
>. after being rescued. They had t<
(1 drop cocaine into his eyes before In
could again see.
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y Olficer Kills Negro,
n (lus Glover, colored, was shot am
e killed at Lamar Saturday by Police
man Odom in self-defense.
HUERTA IS WARNED j
WILSON INTENDS TO ItKEAK
WITH MEXICAN Ill'LKK.
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Koali/rs \ aluo of Show of Force, But
is I uwilling (o I it Unless Heady
to Itack it Up. |
President Wilson Thursday Indicated
to those who discussed tlie Mexican
situation with him that he was
irrevocably determined to deal no
longer with tlie lluerta regime, but
that further steps toward bringing
peace to Mexico were being considered.
No move is expected, however,
until after October 2d, the date set
for t! - Mexican election. s\ what
the Washington government, will do
is a matter of peculation among high
ofllcials, but the trend of events, unmistakably
is toward conducting negotiations
in son e form or another
with the Constitutionalists.
The policy of t!i" Cnited States has
been to make complete the record of
having attempted to handle the problem
by peaceful me ins. Up to tho
present parleys have been carried on
with the lluerta authorities who have
rejected the good offices of tho United
States. Strong prssuro now is being
hrough to bear upon the President
and Secretary Bryan to givo tho
Constitutionalists an opportunity to
compose the situation through the
support, of this country.
Reports that the President was pro
paring to recognize the belligerency
of the Const Hut ionalists chioflv are
based upon tin; friendly disp Ition
toward them that has arisen anion*?
Admisistration officials since Huerta's
proclamation of (li<'t.atorship. Tito
The suggestion lias been ear Nod to I
President. \Yl! on by 111'> = o upon
whoso judgment ho and Secretary
Bryan have, in the past, been guided
to some extent, and while the attitude
is one of waiting until October
2 <5 arrives, it appears that some move
indicating support for the Constitutionalists
was not at all improable.
Such action might not be formal
recognition, which would present a
curious tangle in toelianicalitlos of
international law, hut it is pointed
out that in reality Governor Oarranza
legally was elected Chief executive
of the State of Coahuila and that ho
and Governor Maytorena, of Sonora,
justify their armed resistance of
1 Inert a as a measure of defence
against those who took possession of
the Federal Government machinery i
in the Mexican Capital by arbitraily /
'overthrowing Madero. I
That President Wilson believes the I
Mexico City administration is incapable
of restoring constitutional authority
is evident and there is a wellfounded
understanding that the
Washington government immediately
would adopt a very drastic policy but
for the fear that it would interfere ,
with the Democratic programme of
currency and other important logns
latice reform.
Those who best know President
Wilson's attitude say he realizes tho
value of a show of force, but is unwilling
to consent to any demonstration
except with tho intention of
backing it up with actual uso of
force if events call for it. Menas
for dealing with the tangle through
peaceful measures, however, by no
means mavo been exhausted, and tho
likelihood is that before any military
or naval demonstrations are seriously
considered support may be thrown
toward tho Constitutionalists with a
view of sweeping tho Huerta regime
from power. The Washington C!overnment
would wolcomo tho ellmation
of Huerta and if this can be accamplished
by lifting the embargo on
arms or giving tho Constitutionalists
tho moral support of this country,
many officials favor such a policy.
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Congressmen l/cavo Washington for
Short Stay at Home.
Congressman Lever, Ragsdalo and
Ryrnes, with William 1). Aiken, Mr.
Lover's secretary, loft Washington
early Thursday morning for South
Carolina, travelling in Mr. Ragsdale's
largo automobile. The party will
travel via Staunton, Roanoke and
Charlotte and expects to reach South
Carolina territory Sunday. An agreement
having been reached that the
House would transact no business of
; importance until December, tho
( South Carolinians will now go home
for a brief rest before tho busy days
' of next session begin.
Gingham and Fraser Freed.
Tho preliminary in the case of tho
State ngainst J. H. Fraser Jr. and
Hlssel Higham, of Chester, charged
k with robbing tho paymaster of $ 1 G
000, at Parr Shoals, was held Wednesday
beforo Magistrate F. K. Mann,
at Winnsboro, and resulted in tho
' magistrate holding that there was a
' J failure on the grant of tho prosecut
tlon to mako out a probablo caso
against tho defendants, who, tnerefore,
wero discharged. *
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Train Kills Two.
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0 W. E. Penjamln and his wife wero
killed and their four children and
Mrs. Doscoo Williams were injured
uher a scothbour.d Western and Atlantic
train lato Thursday struck tho
tl wagon in which tho party was riding
i- near Dalton, Ga. All the injured
will recover.