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% EXPLAINS POSITION I | OOU AlTIili SAYS IIK WAS ACTING T11K PKACKMAKKH. | BE ISSUES A STATEMENT Itegrets That HIn Name Has lieen Drawn Into tlio Investigation a-n Ho Acted as the Friend of tlio Institution and the Persons In\ Olved. I Col. E. H. Anil of Newborry, whose name was frequently mentioned in the asylum investigation on Saturday afternoon, Monday road tho following statement before the asylum investigating committee: "Tho following appeared in the Columbia Record on Saturday in tho testimony, as reported by that news. paper, of Dr. Babcock in tho matter of tho asylum investigation: "Effort was made to find out whom (iovernor Blease referred to in his letter?whom he, (Jovornor Bloase, said he heard making the statements regarding the character of Dr. Saunders, said I)r. Babcock, but was unable to find out anything. "When pressed on the point Dr. Babcock said: What Governor Bloase inado reference in his letter in regard to Dr. Saunders was to certain statements a sister of tho governor had made while the governor was at her homo. "Governor Blease interrupted Dr. Babcock before he had said more than that it. occurred at the homo of the governor's sister, with the statement : "That is false." "Dr. Babcock replied that Col. E. II. Anil was his authority. "Tho governor replied hotly that Col. Aull told something which was not true." Tho following is the stenographic report of Dr. Babcock's testimony, as published in tho Columbia State of Sunday morning on this point: "Q. I am trying to bo fair with you. The governor gave you some information that ho heard some conversation reflecting upon a lady. Now tho point I want to know is if you asked him to disclose tho name, to wee what foundation thoro was for that rumor. A. I did not ask Govornor lllease, but I learned from Col. ' Aull exactly what it was. Now, do you want to know? "Q. Yes. A. Well, Governor Bleasc was at his sister's homo at New berry, and he heard Mrs. Elson ant Mrs. or Miss Fulmer talking aboul Dr. Saunders "Governor dense: That is false "Dr. Babcock: That is what Col Anil told mo. Col. Aull told mo thai Governor Bleasc "Tho committee then decided thai It would ho hearsay evidence and the examination took another turn." I regret exceedingly that my name should have been brought into this investigation in this manner. I hat for some time been trying to act at peacemaker, at the repeated request! of Dr Babcoek, w ith whom I had beer on terms of intimate friendship since tho administration of Governor Me Sweeney, to whom I was private sec retary, and I tried very hard to gel the whole matter settled, bocauso ] was trying to be a friend to all par ties, as I was, and I behoved that nc good could come to any one?tin governor, tho asylum or Dr. Saun <lers?or. any ono else?by any str 1 fc or wrangling or disagreement. ] have realized that tho role of peace maker is a very difficult one, anc while tho Good hook says blessing; Bhall be his shart, ho more generally gets the enmity of both sides. What I havo done I have done hon estly and conscientiously, acting al ways for what I thought was for tin best interests of tho lntsltutlon, o tho parties connected with it and o my personal and political friends, have had no selfish motive. I hat no hope of any reward. I had n< personal ends to serve, and it wa not voluntary. I had no desire t< meddle with anybody's business, bu what I did was largely at tho reques of Dr. Dabcock, and I did it because thought that in doing so I couli serve men whom I believed to be m friends, and at the same time I be lieved and hoped that what I was do tng was for tho boat Interests of th Institution and of tho State. Tho statement that the reference In the letter were to statements mad by a sister of Governor Rleaso Is, s far as my information goes, not tru< I certainly have never heard any sis ter of Governor E'.mse make an . statement of any character that 1 the remotest degree referred to th asylum or its management, or an reference to Dr. Saunders. And have never told Dr. Rabcock so. Nc have I heard any one else say th; any sister of Governor Rlea^e ha made any remark about the asylur or had made any remark about tl Character of Dr. Saunders or In re orence to her. When Dr. Babcock received thi letter from the governor of Nover her 10, he wired me to come to C lumbla at once, that It was very lc portant. I was in Union. The tel cram was forwarded me to Unlo and I wired from there that I wou come on Sunday, the day following' 1 the receipt of the telegram by me.1 II However, I did not get here until " Monday, tho 17th. I came to Columbia. Dr. ltebcock showed me the two letters from tho governor of the 10th and the 17th, and we agreed that it would be bad for the Institution, and for all concerned, for tho extra meeting of the board of regents to be E called. At I)r. Habcock's request I * wont to tho governor's mansion to see Governor Mease, and I had a talk with the governor and asked I him if ho would not call off his letI tor for this special mooting of the board, telling him that I did not beliovo it could do any good to have this meeting, that I believed it would stir up the institution, and that I believed tho management might get together. After iny talk with him tho gov- Ij ernor finally agreed that tho letter t might be held up and the special t meeting not called, on condition that I Dr. Cooper, who had been left off the c medical stafT, discontinue his visits h to the institution. I went back and t told Dr. llabcock tho ultimatum of h tho governor and the condition. Dr. v llabcock agreed to soe to It that this h condition was carried out, and ad- d mittod that probably it was not tho t proper thiivg for Dr. Cooper to continue his visits to tho institution H after ho. had been left off tho modi- \, cal staff. t I havo mado it a rule of my life o never to repeat gossip or rumors that h may bo iloating around. In view of f the many protestutious of friendship s which l)r. lla,bcock had from time to time made for Governor Blease, and in view of the statements in the letter referring to rumors which the governor had hoard, and realizing, as I thought, the importance that the condition laid down by the governor. ( that Dr. Cooper cease his visits to the institution, be carried out, i told Dr. liabcoek the gist of the conversation referred to in the letter, as it had been told me, with the badge of absolute secrecy between us, and in the strictest confidence, the understanding being that we were all friends, and while nothing was to be covered, it could do* no good publicly to repeat rumors about any one, and especially a young woman. I do not think 1 stated at whose house I had hoard that this conversation took place?as matter of fact, I do not recall that it was stated to mo at whose house this conversation was heard?I will not say definitely ' about that?and certainly I did not tell him th?' any sister of the governor said anything about the mat? tor, because I had never heard anything to that effect. 'That is all there 5 is to it, and I am surprised that Dr. - Bnbcock should have brought mo in I his testimony as he did. What I did may have (lie appearance of a violation of a confidence . reposed in me by the governor, and I . regret now that f told Dr. Habcoek t anything, but I felt that we were aHl friends, and I had Dr. llabcoek's as L suranco to that effoct, and my pur3 pose was to impress upon him the ' importance of carrying out the con- 1 3 dition laid down by the governor, so 1 i that there might be peace, and I feU ' 1 and hoped the whole thing was at an ' 3 end. Dr. Babcock even went so far 3 as to tell mo that I could burn the ' 3 letters written him by tho governor 1 3 if I dosired. 1 As to my stating that the regents - had a "slate" for all the oftlces, and ' t that I)r. Babcock was to bo cut out, 1 I Dr. Babcock is mistaken. I may have 1 - given it as my opinion that I thought 1 ) such a thing was contemplated by ' i some who might bo wanting Dr. Bab cock's position, but as to my knowing 3 anything about it, Dr. Babcock is ' I mistaken. I have never had a talk with the 1 I regents about the institution. I did 3 talk some with Dr. Carouthers, and ' when ho spoke about tho friction I suggested that tho regents and the - superintendent and tho staff havo a ! ninftf inor AfrntUnt* on/1 o x/ rv o Uao uiv^tiii^ cm 'i uu t u cv iiuui t to-heart talk about conditions and 1 try to get together, as the Institution could not be run successfully with Internal differences, and that possibly by getting together the differences could bo adjusted and the whol? matter kept down and peace and harmony restored. Dr. Carouthers said thero was friction, and that ho regretted it and wanted to know what to do, and I made the suggestion above stated. I have had nothing to do with the management of the asylum, and have not tried to have anything to do with o it; in fact, I have been in the insti* tution but a few times during my con's section with the State hospital come mission. o I have known O.ovornor Bleaso all 3. bis life?I was his school teacher at i- one time?and my sole purpose in V thta whnln mnttnr tn ovatv mnvfl 1 n have made was to do anything that I 10 might be ablo to do In the interests iy of the Institution, and In the interest I of my friends, because I felt that >r any public investigation might lead it to bringing the affairs of the instituid tlon into politics. I have observed o. a good many Investigations In this ?e State, and I regret to say that my f- observation has been that politics has been more or less connected with at them. I felt that if politics should a- get Into the Institution, the lnstltuo tlon might be Injured, and the work n- of the development of State park, e- which I regard as the greatest of the n, extraordinary work which has been Id undertaken by the State in recent | (ORE ABOUT ASYLUM If AIRMAN 8TATK IIOARI) OF RKOKNTS TKSTIFIKS. MOTION WAS HARMFUL >r. T. It. Curouthers Occupies Witness Stand Itefore Investigating Committee?!Pays Tribute to Dr. Maunders' Kfllciency but Wanted Her to Resign. Chairman T. It. Carouthers, of tho ioard of regents of the State Hosplal for the Insane, occupied the enlro time on tho stand before the Asyum probers Tuesday afternoon and orroborated largely tho testimony iltherto brought out, to tho effect hat friction existed at tho Asylum iGtwoen tho medical staff before ho L>on i on 1 1? h/\?. **?! ?? 1 ? ' i vu? UII IIIU I'wiii u, un il<7 1 oil 11(1 Will! II ? got there, anil that the rogentH hail ono their beat to put down tho friclon and bring about harmony. Ho paid a tribute to tho elllclency ml earnestness of Dr. Saunders, the inly physician, but insisted that ho bought from tho complaints of the ther members of tho staff that she ad superceded her duties and intorerod with tho duties of others. Ho aid there was not ono word of complaint against her moral character. Dr. Saunders cross-examined Dr. 'arouthers closely about complaints gainst her by other members of tho nodical staff and especially about the dion of the regents in passing conlomnatory resolutions against her in ixecutive session, when her father las not allowed to bo present at the neeting. Under her questioning Dr. 'arouthers admitted that he thought )r. Saunders a very competent and illlcient woman and physician and hat she did her work so eillciently it tho Asylum that he praised it. Retarding any instances against her of nteroference, tho witness admitted hat all ho knew came from statements of the other members of the nodical staff, mailo before tho board jeforo tho resolutions were adopted. He insisted, when asked if he bought slio had been treated right vhen her father was excluded from he hearing and his petition fot a ( hearing refused, that he thought it )i>st for Dr. Saunders and for tho in titutlon for the matter to lie closed. Dr. Saunders grilled the witness as :o whether ho thought it right for her o close the matter after certain complaints had been made and the inves igation asked lor by her father refused. Dr. Carouthers in his testimony inlisted that his efforts and those of .1. I). Hivens and W. L. Settlemoyer, the .it her two regents, in their meeting A'ith the subordinates at the St. .lohn Hotel last September, when they did lot notify Dr. Habcock or Dr. Julius If. Taylor, another member of the board of regents, were with the idea ind tho purposo of finding out what a*as wrong and trying to bring about liarmony. lie said they did not moan Lo ignore Dr. Taylor, but they felt that because of his friendship witli Dr. Saunders to have had him present would have acted as a damper in jotting full statements from the subordinates who were making complaints about Dr. Saunder's interfer3UCO. Tliis was brought out when Dr. Taylor asked tho witness if tho meeting was for the purpose of harmony when ho hadn't been notified. lie said the clifirPftfl nfnlnal Tlr Qnnn/loro wore acts of professional discourtesy, lodged by other subordinates of the medical staff, namely, Dr. Thompson, Dr. Blackburn and Dr. Griffin. lie said Dr. Thompson stated in a letter and before the board that Dr. Saunders interfered so much with bis duties that ho was left with nothing but tho namo of first aoslstant physician. It was brought out from the witness, through questions from Representative Stevenson, that the places were filled by the Asylum regents last July at tho salaries named in the advertisements, except that of chaplain, when they had advertised for one at a salary of twenty-flvo dollars per month and they elected ono at a salary of seventy-flvo dollars per month. Dr. Carouthcrs was grilled by members of tho commltteo and by Dr. Saunders about tho executive meeting of the regents, when after complaints from certain members of the medical staff resolutions condemning Dr. Saunders were passed, over the orotest of Dr. Tavlor. as was stated beforehand. Dr. Carouthers said he had not prevented O. h. Saunders, years, retarded. I had no porsonal feelings in the matter?have had none, and have none now. I knew that Governor Bleaso was my friend I know that I was his frlond. Oth> era knew that the governor was mj friend, and asked me to see the gov ernor In regard to certain matters which I did. I believe these otheri were my friends. I feel that I have been placed in i light which my actions have not jus tilled, because I was simply trying t< do what I thought was right, and ' do not propose, if I can help It, to b< placed In the false position of havln] violated the confidence of a friend. the father of Dr. Saunders, from attending the meeting, and Mr. Saunders asked him if ho had not appealed to him personally to be permitted to be present when the charges were being made against his daughter and he had been excluded by the board. Dr. Carouthers insisted he had not personal objection to Mr. Saunders being present, but before he could put tho request of Mr. Saunders, there being so much confusion in the room at the time, he had disappeared, he said. I)r. Saunders questioned Dr, Carouthers at some length regarding a reply said to have been made by Dr. Griflln to a question asked of him by Governor Mease, calling tho executive meeting of the board when the condemnatory resolutions were passed. According to tho testimony I)r. Griflln had replied to a question that Dr. Saunders was "supposed to bo a single woman," and Dr. Carouthers said \**on Dr. Saunders saying she took exception to the reply, Dr. Griffin had promptly apologized and disclaimed any intention of reflecting on her. Tho chairman of the board said he did not think tho remarks offensive or ho would not have stood for it. I>r. Saunders, with flashing eyes, dubbed tho remark attributed to Dr. Griflln, "a most unfortunate Hlip," as Dr. Carouthers said ho considered it only a slip. I 1 r f 1 fl r/Ml nrn on ^ ??^ln * lrv?% A i/i v tn vmi vik;i o nam i inj i nailuiih between him and Dr. Habcock had been friendly and there had been perfect harmony between Dr. Habcock and the regents until recently, when there was not apparent just that feeling there ought to bo. He said it was necessary for the institution to have harmony and co-operation between all the ollleials and subordinates. He gave it as his opinion that there would have been peace if Dr. Saunders had resigned. That Dr. Habcock and the regents have co-ordinate authority and that a dual head of the Asylum exists is the opinion of Dr. Carouthers. Dr. Taylor had asked Dr. Carouthers if Dr. Settlemeyer, a member of the board of regents, had not denied knowledge of uny meeting at the St. John Hotel with the subordinates when Dr. Taylor was absent, and Chairman Carouthers said Dr. Settlemeyer would have to answer that himself. The latter wanted to make a statement, but waited when the committee told him ho would he given sin opportunity to testify. Under questions from Dr. Habcock it was brought out from Dr. Carouthers that ho had said the Asylum friction ought not to bo agitated just on mo eve 01 in<? legislature's mooting, and that lie had been afraid last Septomber the trouble was coming and that ho would like to have resigned except ho would not do so under fire Dr. Carouthers said ho did not. thinl< the investigation would do any good as it only made the friction worse tc have i^ agitated. He was not opposed to the Conoral Assembly knowing everything. only he could not see where it would he any &ood for the insti tut ion for the friction between the medical staff to ho further agitated. lie said ho stood right behind the board of regents and in passage witl Dr. Dabcook said ho thought th( whole trouble would have been avert od if Dr. Saunders had resigned. Dr Habcock said he did not propose U fold Ills hands and lot the young ladj bo driven out of the institution wher she had been doing her duty and was such a faithful and eflicient official. The committee recessed at a lat< hour until Thursday afternoon at 3: 3 0 o'clock. The sessions were helc in the hall of the House and a larg< crowd listened to Dr. Carouthers' tea 1 mnn v KAIITHQUAKK IX U. K. ? Tremor is Felt in Northern States an< Lower Canada. An earthquake lasting from flfteei to thirty seconds and disturbing par ticulnrly what are geologically knowi as the Devonian and Siluriati section of the northeastern parts of the Unit ed States took place shortly afte 1:30 o'clock p. m. Tuesday. It wa especially severe in the central am northern parts of New York State, in eluding New York city, felt the shock nnd New England generally, lowe Eastern Canada and parts of Ne\ Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvanl wero shaken. Tremors were recorde as far south as Washington and a far west as St. Louis. At Albany, N. Y., the shock wa enough to shako pictures from th walls of the capitol, and at Bingham i ton a laborer was killed by the ca^ ; Ing in of a trench in which he wa 1 working. At Fort Plain the hcav t doors of a bank vault shook under th > Influence of the 'quake, and froi , other parts of the State the fallin . of chimneys, swaying of houses an I destruction of fragile objects was r< I ported. r ? 4 Faint Proves Fatal. Charles H. Lord, floor walker In r New York department store, falnte " Thursday and pitched head first inl ' a show case. The broken glass ci J his throat and he quickly bled 1 death. I I j Killed by an Elevator. [ A. D. James, Jr. ,of Atlanta, Oc a Friday was Instantly killed when 1 I attempted to enter a moving elevato The lad's head was crushed. HOUSE GETS BILL APPROPRIATION MEASURE CARKIKS $2,301,TOTS TOTAL*. LARGER THAN LAST YEAR Hill In Reported by Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee?-If Figures Stand Tax Levy Will be 7 Mills, an Increase of Three-Quarters of a Mill. Tho general appropriation bill was presented to tho House Thursday night by Chairman Geo. W. Dick, on the part of the ways and means committee. The committee has had a prodigious task to keep pace with o fust growing Stato and at the same time not to make a heavy increase in tho aggregate of the appropriations. Tho committee has many hearings and has been faithful in its work. It has gone over tho bill time and time again, pruning here and revising there. The bill presented Thursday night by Chairman Dick is con 81 a ?red complete In every detail, and while showing an increaso in dollars and cents is not really so much so in view of the heavy increases in demands for the growing State and increases necessarily all along the line. The chief difference that apparently has to he provided for is that last year there was a special Act carrying a one-mill direct tax that was used for the Garris-Nicliolson Hlgn Fchool Kxtension and Library Act that involved about $200,000. This year's bill carries this $200,000 directly, as it has not been provided for in a special Act, as was done last year; therefore, in tho apparent increase of , $522,718 in the bill over the amount carried in tho bill of 1012, at least $200,000 is to be credited to the school items that were provided for in tho special one-mill tax. If tho bill is passed as reported it will mean a seven-mill State tax levy. Last year the levy was slightly less, and including the school fund there ( will be an increase of three-quarters of a mill. In other words, the total tax for 1914 will bo seven mills, and this will include the fund necessary for tho various school items that were provided for last year in tho special, levy of one mill. Tho miscellaneous schedule in the Act of 1912 carried I $9ii,r)X?), while tills year it aggregates I $306,802, most of which is to be credited to the school items that wore ' otherwise provided for last yean There are a number of items in the > Act for 1014 that show decreases in I the "hill of last year. The insurance . commissioner's oflkce is provided with > $610 less than in 1013. The Attorney . General's ollice $2,000 less, public ; buildings less, the tax department . nearly $2,000 less. The University of 3 South Carolina gets $2,105 loss than i the total for 1013. The interest on i the State debt is cut $30,000. The . legislative expenses are reduced $3,000. The total reductions aggregate j $11,334 and the increases $574,006, f the largest Increase being at the i Deaf, Dumtfand Blind Institution, for j which $43,046 is added, and of this $35,000 is for a new building. 3 Winthrop College is allowed $30,. 000 for the erection of a gymnasium 1 provided $35,000 is raised by Win3 throp from other sources. The appro. priation for Winthrop shows an increase of $20,840, including this gymnasium item. The Hospital for the Insane is allowed an increase of $50,000 on account of its increasing population. 1 There is not a cent provided for the development of the new State Hospital for the Insane at State Park, l The Health department shows an - increase of $36,000., and there is a l provision of $25,000 for the estabs lishment of a tuebrculosis hospital. - There is no provision as to where - il l- 1 lA-l 1- A? ? ? A - -1 i huh iiuHpuai ih 10 oe locaiea. s There is an Increase of $2,200 for [1 the ofllce of the railroad commission era. The Catawba Indian item showe an Increase of $2,200. The commisr sloner of agriculture is allowed, an v increase of $2,800 for his ofllce. The a Adjutant General's office is allowed d an increase of $6,600. The industrial 8 school at Florence is allowed $44,000. The pension fund is increased s $7,000, and then elections have to bf e porvided for this year, at an addii tional cost of $36,435. r" There is an Increase of $34,800 ir 3 the appropriation for the Medica y College of the Stato at Charleston 0 Tho total of the bill presented is $2, n 301,795 as against $1,859,077 foi 8 last year. The total net Increase ii ^ about $250,000, the difference beinj in tho amount raised by the specia one-mill tax for school purposes. In the miscellaneous Items Is In eluded $30,000 for tick eradication a and provision is made for an appro )d priatlon of $10,000 for a militli manoeuvre camp, and the encamp ment is to be held on the condltioi that the city getting the encamp ment supplements the $10,000 wltl an equal amount. There Is a provl sion for $5,000 for the represents tlon of this State In the peace memor i.. lal on Lake Erie, le The military appropriation Is in >r. creased $8,000 over what it was las year. An appropriation of $5,000 1 ? / HAS NOTHING TO HIDE COL. A I'LL SAYS IIK TOLD ALL HK COULD REMEMBER. lie Dow Not Deny Dr. Ilabcock's Ilecollection, Hut Does Not Recall Remark. Dr. J. W. Rabcock kept insisting before the asylum investigators Monday that what he says was a vital part of a confidential conversation he had with Col. E. H. Aull, had rot been told by the latter and Col. Aull stated he did not recollect anything more than he toM. However, after the committee adjourned Col. Aull saw Dr. Babcocl: and Hie latter told him what he meant and Col. Aull requested Chairman Mauldin 10 permit him to go back on the stand. However, the committee did not get to hear him, and Tuepday night Col. Aull rave out a statement concerning the matter and ho will ask the committee to put it in the record. His dictated statement follows: "I have had a talk with I)r. Rabcock since the adjournment of the committee yesterday afternoon and ho has informed mo of what was the 'vital' thing that I said to him in connection with tho two letters of (iovornor Bleaso at tho time I was endeavoring to withhold tho demand of Governor Bleaso for a special meeting of tho regents. "Inasmuch as he seemed to think that what I said was of such vital importance to this investigation, 1 want to state what ho says 1 said. I do not recall having made tho remark, but if I did I do not see that it is 'vital' to this investigation, nor do I see where it is germane to the Inquiry which the committee is now making, however, I have no desire to withhold anything that may help to clarify the situation. "lie says that 1 said that the State newspaper would give a good sum for possession of the two letters, and if they were published they would dofeat. Governor Bleaso for tho Senate and elect Smith. 1 do not deny hia recollection, but I do not recall the remark. If 1 said it, it would only he an opinion and could have no connection that I can see with the management of the institution. "I do not recall now that I remarked when I road the letters whethor one of thorn at least reflected upon Dr. Saunders, or it did not, it was unfortunately worded, and I made this remark to Governor Blease. "He said ho had no intention of reflecting upon Dr. Saunders. I have had a great many conversations with Dr. Babcock during the three years that I have been coming to Columbia. I have been here at leafct once a week during that time and have been with him each time and we have talked about State park and the asylum, and it would he impossible for me to recall all of those conversations. I have been his friend and have tried to do what I could do to serve his interests and would not now do him an injustice if I knew it. "I havo asked the committee to permit mo to make this statement because it seemed to mo that Dr. Babcock in the 'grilling' which ho gave me as one of the newspapers stated, was endeavoring to make it appear that I have a convenient memory. I have nothing to conceal. What I did I thought was in the interest of harmony and for the good of all concerned." , PUT TOWN IN DAKKNRSS. Unknown Miscreants Cause TrouWe in Ilonca Path. Honea Path was in total darkness Sunday night duo to damage done to the electric light plant by some miscreants unknown as yet to the authorities. When the engineer went in the afternoon to start the machinery ior mo nigtu no found that some one had gotten access to tho machinery room by a window and had cut the belts into short pieces, and damaged 1 the machinery in other ways amounting to perhaps $100. While the 1 guilty parties are not known the commissioners have a clue which they 1 believe will lead to their approhen1 sion and punishment. It is supposed that the cowardly deed grow out of malice toward tho superintendent ! and engineer of the plant. 1 Drops Dead in Fireplace. Yesterday morning about otght ' o'clock Henrietta, tho wife of I. M. ' Mitchell, a colored farmer in tho Fork a few miles from Orangeburg, droppr ed dead from heart trouble, and fell J In the fireplace. Their littlo child, sev* en years old, pulled tho body out, and after throwing wator on it, called for heln. Nfviehhftrn onnn ? -1" ~ L l D ? ?wu uiiiruu, L) HI found tho woman already dead. Heart ' trouble caused tho death as she was not severely burned. 1 I * Speaker Pro Tem Stricken. While presiding over the Friday h night session of the House, Speaker pro tem Wyche of Newberry was stricken with paralysis as he was rlaing to announce a vote. i- recommended to pay Mr. A. W. Todd t for designs and plans for an oxtens sion to the tSate House.