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k [ f BLEASE HEDGING * NOW SAYS UK DID NOT QVKSTION I)H SAVNDKRS* MOHAIJTY. RECORD SHOWS KE DID St*r Chamber Proceedings Are Hurting Hi in in llis Race for the Senate So He Tries to Dodge the Issue, Saying He Did Not Accuse Dr. Saunders, [Realizing that his cruel ntul brutal insinuations against the moral character of Dr. Saunders, all of which have been investigated and nrovon false by his own friends, is hurting him in his raeo for the Senate, (iovornor ltlense is trying to hedge by denying that lie ever called the moral character of Dr. Saunders in question. Now let us see what Clovernor Blease said about, and how he acted towards Dr. Saunders, and then we can determine as to whether lie did or did not insinuate that the moral character of Dr. Saunders was not good. It will he remembered that the board of regents turned out a Dr. Cooper and put in his place a Dr. Blackburn ns a physician in the Hospital for the Insane. Dr. Cooper was the pathologist of the institution that understood how to treat certain special cases. Dr. Blackburn did not know how to treat these special cases, and so, rather than see the inmates of her ward suffer for the want of this treatment, Dr. Saunders resolved to learn how to treat them herself. She planned to go off to some hospital where she could learn to treat these special cases. When Dr. Cooper. who Of course had a frtondlv In ? - - -> terest in tlio State Hospital for the Insane, having been connected with it for several years, heard that l)r. Saunders was going away to learn how to treat these special cases, he altered to teach her how to treat ^ them. As this would save the expense and loss of time that going away would have cost, Dr. Saunders accepted Dr. Cooper's offer to teach her at the Hospital for the Insane at Columbia. There certainly could be no harm in this, but Governor Dlease used it as a pretext that Dr. Sounders be retired from the Hospital for the In^ sane, where she was doing such a splendid work. Governor Dlease intimated in a letter to Dr. Dabcock, Superintendent of the Hospital for the Insane, that Dr. Saunders was receiving instructions from Dr. Cooper alone, when, as a matter of fact, two nurses were being instructed along with Dr. Saunders by Dr. ' Cooper, and the instruction was boing given in the living room of the nurses where people were passing in and out all the time. In his letter to Dr. Dabcock Governor Dlease said: Columbia, S. C., Nov. 10, 1913. Dr. J. W. Dabcock, Superintendent State Hospital for the Insane, Columbia, S. C.?Dear Doctor: I had hoped that tho Dr. SaundersCooper episode out thero would pass over without my taking a hand, but from a conversation which I could not help overhearing in the room next to mine, in a home away from Columbia recently, engaged in by some ladies, I am forced to request you to seo that Dr. Saunders quietly retires from tho Hospital for tho Insane at as early date as you can make it convenient. My information is that Dr. Cooper is still there hanging around and that ho and Dr. Saunders are frequently seen together, and that Dr. Blackburn is still deprived of the work which ho was elected to do. I do not by this letter intend to impugn the motives of Dr. Saunders for a moment. From what I can learn of her, there is no question that she is a good woman. But I think she has placed herself in a very unfortunate position, and you will please take the steps advised by me in this letter, as 1 do not longer propose to allow her to stand between the administration of the affairs of the institution and Dr. Cooper. This is positive, and you need not call for any further instructions or explanations. I have discussed this matter with you, and had hoped that you would see the propriety of acting. As you hav not I must. Very respectfully, Colo Li. BJease, Governor. Dr. Dabcock replied as follows t Governor Mease's letter prlnte above: State Hospital for the Insane, J. \V. Babcock, M. D., Superintendent. Columbia, S. O., Nov. 17, 1913. His Excellency, Colo D. Bleaso, Governor, Columbia, S. C.-?Dear fir: I bog to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 10th instant. I do not see how I can act in this matter without its first being brought to the attention and action of the board of regents, who should In the premises, either direct me to or themselves ask for the resignation of Dr. Saunders, whom they . *1 ???_____ elected assistant physician July 1, ; 1913. If. however, you think I have such authority and you still desire ino to do so, I will show your letter to Dr. Saunders and ask her to withdraw from the Institution. The result of this will bo, 1 apprehend, a general exodus of the white women nurses from the Hospital, which will leave unattended nearly 600 white women patients. Whereas, I think, if the matter were brought before the hoard of regents and the board themselves handled it with I)r. Saunders the institution may he able to retain tho nurses or prevent their sudden withdrawal. I would much prefer to discuss the matter with you and, if necessary, to have ti special meeting of tho hoard of regents called to carry out your views in the matter, because 1 do not wish seemingly to act over their heads. Respectfully submitted, J. W. Baboock, Superintendent. Then followed this letter from (lovornor Hleaso in reply to I)r. Dabcock's hitter: Columbia, S. C., Nov. 17, 1013. Dr. .7. W. Babcock, Superintendent St.ato Hospital for the Insane, Columbia, S. C.?Dear Sir: Your letter of November 17 received. You will please ask the secretary of the baoard of regents to call a meeting for tho early part of next week?Monday or Tuesday?in orii... .....ii i... i..i \l? I llldt III** I I I 11 1 I * " I lllcl^ 1115 lillXfll up before them. Ah for the white women nurses withdrawing from the institution, that would he very bad, but if they knew the talk that is going on now, I think the decent women would withdraw, anyhow, if conditions were not changed. Please have this board meeting called at the time stated, so that the matter can be placed before them. They will put a stop to what I am trying to stop. If they don't I will get a board of regents that will. I do not propose to put up with it any longer. And 1 still say I am surprised at your not havrun run Cooper out of the institution before this. Very respectfully, Colo P. Please, Governor. In accordance with tho demand made by Governor Please in his last letter an executive meeting of the board of regents of tho Hospital for the Insane was held, on December 12, 1913. Govrnor Please, with his private secretary and stenographer, was present and he dominated the meeting. This meeting was called to hear the charges against Dr. Saunders, who was present with her father, lawyer and stenographer. Governor Please had all these excluded, which left Dr. Saunders alone to face a lot of hostile men with tho Governor of the State at their head. Then it was that Dr. Saunders, a lf All nr cr/tttfl/t wt\?? t* \i?oo n <1 /? * / \Mlllf, IIWIU n Ulll(lll) ^ (in U? appear and answer certain charges and insinuations made by Governor nieaso and her fellow physicians without the privilege of being represented by an attorney, of having a stenographer to take down the testimony or having her father present at her trial. This is the kind of a star chamber court that tried Dr. Saunders. is it any wonder that she was condemned and asked to give up her place at the Hospital for the Insane? Was ever a good, pure woman thus treated in South Carolina before by her own people and her own (5overnor? This star chamber junta seems to have thought that it had to deal with a friendless country young woman who would not resent its unheard-of and cruel treatment and Insults. If so it made a mistake, as the father of I)r. Saunders, an honest old farmer, took the matter up and demanded a rehearing. The star chamber hastily reassembled and took back all it hdd done and recommended that the whole matter be dropped. This did not suit Dr. Saunders, who demanded an honest investigation of the whole affair. The matter finally goi to the ears of Senator Tillman and as usual, ho brought things to pass In Ills lirst letter to Dr. Babcocf Governor Hleasn said lie had honor that the I)r. Saunders-Cooper episod< woulil pass over without his taking i hand, but form a conversation h; could not help hearing between tw< ladies ho was forced to request l)r Ilabcock to see that Dr. Sauiuler quietly retires from the Hospital fo the Insane as soon as convenient The Governor went on to say tha his information was that Dr. Coope was still hanging around and that h and Dr. Saunders worn fronuentl seen together. If that is not an in sinuatlon against the good name o T)r. Saunders, then wo do not kno> w 11 at an insinuation is. ? In reply to Governor Bleaso's rc d quest that ho retire Dr. Saunders Dr. Pabcock suggested that it woul ho bettor for the regents to roquet tho resignation of Dr. Saunders, be cause if ho did it all the white wc men nurses in tho hospital migli leave with Dr. Saunders. In repl Governor Please said, "as for th white women nurses withdrawin from the institution, that would h very bad, but if they knew tho tal that is going on now, I think tho d< cent women would withdraw, anj how, if conditions were not changed. Take this with what Governor Bleat said in his first letter about the cor versation he overheard, which cause bim to demand Dr. Saunders resign! V I'll,hill HP ADRIFT TEXAN KANCKItS CKOSS TIIK IUO <;ka\i)i; to out hoi>y. ? WERE READY TO GIVE UP +. Icy Ein^crs of Death Are Cheated W hen Captain and Crew Are Itescucd With Clothes Frozen to Theii Backs?Four Half Dead When Taken Aboard Besetting Steamer. Adrift in tho open aca, with their clothing frozen and snow falling, seventeen sailors Saturday prepared for death. Already four of tho crew, lying In the bottom of tho boat were dying, and with night fast approaching hope was gone. But a passing steamer sees their plight and turning about in the barren waste of snow-littered soa, cheats the icy fingers of death. Tho steamer Charlemagne Tower, Jr., Saturday sank near the coast ot Virginia, within three-quarters of a mile to safety. The first ofilcor and three members of tho crew were brought ashore. The captain and sixtnoti /voir o 1/nicr Kit# i# v .. V..V./.V .V "W?>-V, I'UO IV. W ?.-> so overcrowded that they were afraid (o try landing it over the sand bars that fringed the shore. Snow was falling as tlioy disappeared in the sea. I lifeboats attempted to rescue them but were unable to bo launched on account of the high sand bars With four men half dead from ex-j posure, the shipwreck crew were picked up near Barnegat Light off the Virginia coast Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock during a blinding snow storm, lire miles south of where the Charlemagne Tower, Jr., foundered. Their light attracting the attention of Captain Beranger, of the steamer) Bayport just as that steamer was in the act of passing the small boat. Snow was falling heavily and it was fast growing dark. Captain Beranger, who was on tlio bridge, barely could seo the light as it flared up. The Bayj/ort put about and discovered tho half frozen and snow frozen men huddled in a twenty-foot boat. A stiff wind prevailed at the time and the men were water-soaked, their clothing frozen, and numb from cold. In order to make room for tlie overcrowded caigo, some of the men were forced to lie in the bottom of the boat and these were in worse condition than the others, four of them being restored with dillleulty after being taken aboard the Bayport. Captain Simmons of tho sunken ship did not know of tho rescue of First Officer Thompson, one iirenian and two seamen, until his arrival in port, as when last seen the men were struggling in tho surf, their small boat having been swamped. The larger boat put toward tho open sea, fearing a similar fate. Unable to make headway in the rough sea, which poured water into their little craft almost as fast as it could be bailed out, tlio men decided to drift and depend on being picked up. They huddled together so benumb ed and watersoaked that they hardly cared toward tho last whether death came or not. It was 5 o'clock and snowing hard when they saw tho lights of tho Bayport and sot off a torch. Ilad this not been seen and a respono made, Captain Simmons said he and his men could not have sur> vlvod many moro hours. In explaining the foundering of the . Charlemagne Tower, Jr., Captain Simmons said that her bottom seams, the vessel being of wood, opened and , about 7 a. m. Friday water poured In , at such a rate that two hours later . tho ship was filled to her upper I beams. lie and his men barely had time to get off in the only two small , boats tho steamer carried before she l plunged to the bottom. First Mate Thompson and three men took to the small boat niul tho remainder of the crew crowded into tho twenty-foot | boat picked up by tho Bayport. t tion, and his statement about I)r Cooper and Dr. Saunders being seen } together frequently, and if it is not an insinuation about Dr. Saunders wt s do not know what to call it. ,. In addition to tho above insinua tions against Dr. Saunders by Gov ^ ernor Bleaso, ho insulted her to hei r face by asking Dr. GrtiTin, one of tin e malo physicians at the Hospital foi y the Insane, at tho star chambei meeting called to condemn Dr. Saun f dors, "if she was a single woman' v when he knew she was single. T< this question Dr. Griflln sneeringl; answered that "she is supposed t< i. ^ ?? l. /v i\.tM i.. a f ??< ? uv" . i iiiu! hum mi ronniJCiion will (j what Governor Please said about l)r Saunders and Dr. Cooper tn bis twi v letters, and the conclusion can no lio escaped that Governor Please in lt tended to insinuate against the mora v character of Dr. Saunders, his denia 0 to the contrary notwithstanding. g l(> Wilson Signs llailroad Pill, k President Wilson Thursday extend 3- ed what ho termed "the hand of re,i helpfulness and brotherhood t " Alaska" when ho signed the bill a\: 10 thorizing the expenditure of $35,000 i- 000 for the first government owne id railroad constructed by the Unite i- States. , ,j LEVER INTRODUCES BILL WOl'M) G1VK FA KM F It A YOICK IN FIXING I'KICKS. Kill Will Establish Standards of Quality and Condit Inn of Kuril i Grade of Cotton and Grain. Identical Kills to authorize tlie? sec- , rotary of agriculture to investigate the handling, grading and transportation of cotton and grain and to establish standards of quality and condition of each grade were introduced Wednesday by Representative Lover of South Carolina. They would prohibit interstate shipment of grain or cotton unless its salo grade is fixed by the secretary of agriculture and conforms to standards he prescribes, hut variations from oflicial standards may be permitted under his rules. The hills would forbid shipment of ' grain or cotton under misleading descriptions, would make subject to the 1 agricultural department's inspection any grain entering into interstate commerce which has been represented to conform to a given standard and would authorize the secretary to settle any disputes as to proper grad- 1 ing of shpments. Violations would be punishable by fines of from $200 to $1,000. 1 The bil's, which carry appropria- ( tions of $200,000 for the first year, | have the approval of the department of agriculture and representatives of farmers' organizations who attended ' the recent hearings on the investigation of grain exchanges. "Of course," said Chairman Lever, "these hills are only tentative and are introduced more to provoke discussion than as representing a finality of judgment. There is no doubt that (>(U ton utifl I'min froworu nr.-, unf(V.i>_ ' ing losses in the value of their cotton and grain that will run into the hundreds of millions of dollars he- ' cause they have no way of knowing tlie value of grades. "The cotton grower, I know, is practically at the mercy of the buyer, and some machinery must be created to enable the farmer to get tin? value of the exact grade offerd upon the market. I am fully convinced that the time has ctgino when the farmer should be enabled to have a voice in ' fixing tho price of his own property." ? ? ritillT ON Mil PANTS. 1 Customer aiul Clerk Have Tlloody ( Duel at Spartanburg. Efforts of II. W. Mason, a salesman, ' in J. D. Collins' store at Spartanburg, 1 to sell a pair of small boy's trousers ! to W. Y. J. Brown, a farmer of near l.andrum, resulted Monday evening 1 in Mason's being shot in three places and in Brown having his throat and i face severely slashed. Brown tried to buy a pair of trousers for himself, but failed to find any- 1 thing which suited him. As he started to leave the store, Mason, it is said, held out a pair of boy's pantaloons and asked him if he didn't want to buy tnem. "Don't try to make a damned monkey out of me," said Brown. "Everybody's wearin' 'em," Eason is alleged to have retorted. Then the trouble started. Before Brown got his pistol into action Eason had slashed his face and throat in several places with a pocket knife. Saleswomen and others in tho store hid under counters when Brown unlimbered his gun. It was said at the hospital that none of Eason's wounds aro considered serious. After Brown's face had been sewed together he was released on bond. * BAVEI) COLORADO MONEY. Both Rides in Strike Zone t^iuct While Congressmen Were Present. Representative James F. Byrnes , returned to Washington Thursday from Colorado with the other members of tho sub-committee of the committee on mines, which has for a month been Investigating the coal | strike in that state. Mr. Byrnes said that the committee had been kept arduously at work and was almost worn out. Both sides in tho strike woro on their good behavior while tho sub-commltteo was in Colorado 'r and tho governor was able to withdraw tho militia, declaring to tho r congressmen when they left that their visit had saved tho state $100,000. Mr. Byrnes remarked, with a smtlo, . that fighting commenced again in the mininfir district almost Immedlntftlv after the sub-committee departed. Aims nt Snow; Kills Woman. Mrs. Joseph II. Schwab, 71 years c, old, of Catasauqua, Pa., was instantt ly killed when Davis Schnellhamer, . I 0 years old, shot at a snowball. The 1 bullet struck Mrs. Schwab in the ,1 head. ? ? Policeman Shoots Robbers. Tn a running fight with three robI hers at Brooklyn Saturday a lone poi' liceman and two of tho robbers were o fatally wounded. i- . Oil Explosion Fires House, d The explosion of a lamp at Elged field Thursday night destroyed the home of Mrs. Kate Lynch. HI IS AT RAILROADS # I'lhhMW <1,AIMS Til 10 Y IIAYK HOTTIJOD IP OHAIthlOSTON. ? ASKS SENATE FOR PROBE ? Senntor Presents llesolutioii for Inquiry Into Coal Situation?Ho Charges That Kuilroud.s Dominated by Hostile Finance, Do South t'arolitia l*ort Serous Injury. Charging that the Southern railway was dominated by men not financially interested in coal mines In its own territory hut in mines alsewhero and that for this reason the Southern was not .allowed to move coal through the port of Charleston, S. (\, Senator Tillman Tuesday introduced a resolution for a special investigation by the naval affairs committee into advantages of Charleston as a permanent point for on 1 distribution as compared with Norfolk and other Chesapeake bay ;x>rts. The committee would bo directed :o In vestigato t ho character and iroxlmity of the coal supply; rates )btainablo on coal from fields near Charleston and Norfolk; relations jet ween railroads leading into Chareston and other South Atlantic ports ind between these railroads and owners of bituminous fields in Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Tenlessee and Kentucky; and conditions >f ownership of wharfage property ii Charleston and Norfolk. Senator Tillman set forth that "it ippcnrs from numerous complaints jefore the interstate commerce comnission as well as from other sources hat the power and influence of the so-called coal trust is being persist ntly used through the management >f the railroads reaching Charleston o prevent the free movement of coal lot belonging to the coal trust, pracieally all of such roads being actualy dominated by the same financial nteresfs that control the great coal lombinos finding outlet chiefly hrough New York harbor, Philadelihia and the Chesapeake bay ports." Mr. Tillman declared in his resold ion that "in view of the early comiletion of the isthmian canal and of ts importance to the United States lavy and of the national defense generally, to the development of an American merchant marine and to the development of trade with Central and South American countries, the establishment of adequate coal supplying facilities south of Cape Uatteras is deemed imperative, and the only available harbor having sufficient depth for the modern battleships and larger merchant vessels, as well as extensive water frontage for tho proper handling of coal, Is located at Charleston, S. C." Arguing that the efficiency of the American lieet and the usefulness of i nariesion as a coal distributing contor depend upon facilities of producers for reaching that port, Senator Tillman said: "Tho efficiency of the fleet and the usefulness and efficiency of Charleston as a coal distributing centre must necessarily depend upon the facilities of the coal producers for reaching that port, and of their ability to procure distributing facilities, and upon tho ability of the shipping interest to procure rating and handling facilities in a manner which should be unqualifiedly accessible to all shippers and carriers alike on the same terms and conditions. "The Southern railway is dominated by financiers, \yho are not financially interested in tho coal mines of tho territory traversed by the Southern railway, but who are interested in coal properties elsewhere, and due to the power and influence of theso men it is believed that the Southern railway Is not allowed to move coal through the port or Charleston, where coal might become competitive to their larger interests elsewhere. "As a concrete example of the flagrant abuse of power, the Southern railway, having had for ten years its | own rails reaching from Charleston to the great developed coal fields of Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky, and reaching developed mines with a present annual capacity of from 12 - 000,000 to in,000,000 tons of coal, which has no other outlot to tidewater, has moved no coal for outlot at that port, and haa made no provision for (locks, notwithstanding the fact that It controls its own riparian privileges at Charleston. "It Is believed that efforts aro now being made by Individuals acting for tho so-called coal trust to acquire the rights for coal docka and terminal facilities In Charleston so as to monopolize tho terminal facilities there in the same way that tho big interests now domlnato New York harbor Philadelphia, Raltimoro and the ports of tlie Chesapeake bay. "It is believed that tho so-callee1 coal trust is using other railroads lending to the coal fie lds in a similai manner, not only to destroy private property, but in many instances whol lv against tho Interest of the rallroae thus used and tyranlcally unjust t< tho country In which these rallroadi are located and from which they re CONVICT NEGRO ROGERS CIIFSTFR .Jl'KV FINDS HIM UUII,TV OF FOI L MIKDKH. One of Throo Negro Conspirator* Who in the Dark of Night Fire* I on a .Man Sitting in Ills Homo. Greenwood Rogers, a negro, char# od with the murder of George F Young, was found guilty of murdei at Chester Tuesday night at 9 o'clock with recommendation to mercy. Mr. Young, a prominent Laurens county planter and owner of Stomp Spring*, was killed January 12 at the springand his home burned over his body The principal witness for the State Tom Young, who made a confession, and implicated itogers and Junk Caldwell shortly after the tragedy, went on the stand and told practical ly the same story that he related to the officers. He swore that murder of Mr. Young was the result of a conspiracy between the three of them entered into the Saturday night before the killing on the following Monday night and that it was planned by Rogers. They went to the Young homo about midnight. Mr. Young had not retired. They called him to the door. Mr. Young walked towards the fireplace when Rogers pushed his gun forward and shot Mr. Young In the right side. Rogers then entered the room and struck Mr. Young with an axe, crushing his head. Mr. Young groaned several times but nevci spoke. Robbers then secured what money he could find and then got some meat and other articles. After going out Rogers divided the money with the other two, carried the meat and other provisions to his house and then went back and sot fire to the Young cottage. Rogers denied all connection with the murder and said he was at home all night, going in just at nightfall. His mother swore to the same statement. She swore that she kept a light burning all night and did not go to bed hersolf until after midnight, as was her habit.* Rogers denied that he had made threats against Mr. Young or that he carried a pistol for him. Ten witnesses were put up by the State and about the same number by tlie defense. It is stated that Junk Caldewll, one of the three charged with the murder, has made a confoa sion similar to that made by Tom Young. WANT TWO DISTRICTS. ? Tillman and Smith Urge Two Federal Districts for This State Senators Tillman and Smith Tuob day appeared before the senate corn initteo on judiciary in behalf of the bill pending in the senate to dlvid the State of South Carolina into two judicial districts. They were told that the committee would make a report on the matter Monday. Although the committee would not commit itself to exactly what would be done, it is practically certain that the report will bo favorable when it is made known. The division of the State into two districts probably means the appointment of an additional judge and other court machinery, although, on ac count of the numerous bills which have been introduced bearing on this matter one way and the another during the past few years, it may bo that a new division if created, may not necessarily mean in the end an addi tloual judge. ? 4 Fatal Fight in a Can. M. E. Cole, a fireman on an Ala bama railroad was killed Friday by his engineer, following a fight in the cab. School House is Humeri. Red Knoll school house near Islington was destroyed by a supposedly Incendiary fire Monday night. * ceivo their revenue and protection. "It is believed that these railroads all heinc dnminnfiwl K? * ? vjj UIO HilUie "1fiuence, maintain a secret rate-making body of men in defiance of the law, who 'farm-out' the territory and make freight tariffs in such manner as to ho free from every element of competition and who havo practically destroyed the usefulness of the interetnto on**-* *>-* ~ ? # vuiiimcuw commission insofar stato commerce commission insofar as it affect the average shipper and tho small shippers on account of the great expense and the extraordinary i tho railroad whose agvnta resort to every method known to political trickery. "It is not only necessary in the in terest of the naval slat ion and of s Charleston as a commercial port, but 1 for the protection of tho whole coun. try and particulary of that section > of the country served by the railroads i which lead into Charleston, that a , thorough investigation ho forthwith ? made to ascertain the whole truth to tho end that these abuses may bo I permantelv stopped bv the enacti mont of proper laws or tho amend r ment of existing laws, and that the i port of Charleston may not be con trolled by any trust or faction or ln1 dividual, but be open to the use and > needs of the United States and to all b carriers and to all shippers on tho - same basis."