The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 19, 1914, Image 4
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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
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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
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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...
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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!
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TEXAN KANCKItS CKOSS TIIK IUO
<;ka\i)i; to out hoi>y.
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WERE READY TO GIVE UP
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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
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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<
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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.
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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
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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
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HOTTIJOD IP OHAIthlOSTON.
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ASKS SENATE FOR PROBE
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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.
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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.
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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
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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."