The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, February 08, 1914, Image 1
THE ANDERSON DAILY INTELLIGENCER
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VOL. 1. NO. 24. Esi.bli.?M 1M0, Dillr. J?. 1?, Uli. ANDERSON, S. C. SUNDAY MORNIN?, FEBRUARY 8, 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS. $8.00 PER ANNUSt
I _ - ., -
Thought to Have Been
Murdered Near
Piedmont
WHOLE COUNTRY
WAS AROUSED
From Information Obtained
Young Man Has Been Found
nil Parents anil People
Relieved
is, tU, Feb. 0, 1914. *
P. Lfe, *
_?eC
John W. Lee ander arrest. *
w? hold him until you can *
? come here I
* Chief of Police. *
CHANGE OX COMMITTEE.
X. W. Hardfn Takes Place of C.
Yfyeke.
Columbia, Feb. 7.-7-On account of
the fact that his father wanted him
by bia bedside as much as possible,
C. C. Wyche of Spartanbuig, a son 61
the speaker pro tempore, asked to bo
excused from serving on tbe com
mittee to investigate tbe manage
ment of tbe State Hospital for thol
Insane, which began its hearing to
day. - Speaker Smith appointed. N. W.
Hardin of Cherokee, a member of
th? investigating committee its |
place of Mr. C. C. Wyche.
The House sent dowers to the bed
side of the stricken man who was
better today.
SLACK
AT SP
TAKEN
AUBURG
Instead of having been murdered by
negroes for his money, as was at first
thought, Johh W. Lee, a prominent
farmer of this county who disappeared
from his home on December 22, 1913,
is held In jail at Douglas, Ga.? by the
police officials of that place.
The above telegram was received
Friday ai uuon by vViiiianv jr. Lee,
father of the mlssln* man. and at
once Joy spread over the entire house
hold, dispelling th? gloom which had
hang so heavily over the aged father
and mother since the disappearance of
their son. Immediately the father of
the missing man telegraphed to the
police of the Georgia town that the
man must be held until members of
hie family could reach Douglcn and
straightway preparations were begun
for the trio. Owing to the father** age
it Was lmrinJLKlhln tn* ?>?rjl to 5? 2~-J
therefore It was decided that Frank
Lee, the 21-year-old'son of the miss
ing man; aaAjaJtfetk^l?-iaw of J<
W. Leo, D.. $dg&T King, should mi
the trip* iTjrwr.tried to start Friday
r-.ight but to
couneo??itiromfrd be made,'they were
unable to reive^tmtil yesterday morn
ing and last night at midnight they
had still not reached Douglas. They
went via Greenwood and Augusta and
it Is expected' they will reach the
Georgia totrrt -this morning nt an early
hour. Justus soon as tbey can visit
the Jail and see tho prisoner they will
telegraph back to the anxious father
and mother that their boy is found,
or that again tne nave met. with- dis
appointment and more acute agony
will result.
John W. Lee was last seeb.in this
Stands Charged With Aiding in
Whipping c* Negro Which
took Place Sometime Ago
Magistrate Broadwell yesterday af
ternoon received information that J.
W. Blackwell, a white man, who
stands charged with aiding in the
whipping of e negro named Walker,
had been arrested in Spartanhurir
and bad given bond before Magis
trat o. FVobert J. Gastt of that city in
tho sum of |400. Blackwcll will be
arraigned in the Anderson county
courts to stand trial on the technical
charge of assault and-battery of a
high and aggravated' nature.
jfhe abtalls of this case are already
famiHnr to Anderson people. Tbe ne
gro who claims that he was put
through the "third degree1* by some
constables and detectives of Starr,
wets to be used as a witness in the
B John Huff caso. Huff was a
nogrQnwhp killed a policeman at
Shelby. NV C, and the net
of tho cose and wouldn't tell
urPiCeSS UBSBIITED.
And WIU be Disciplined by Wir He.
partment, .
. ,?' . . '.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington. Feb. 7.?Three oracerB
DC the United States army are mls
;in?r from their csmmsnds and when
found will be dealt with as desert-,
is. They are Lieutenants Clarence
H. Farnham. fourth iufantry. and
Spencer M. Smith, nineteenth infan
sc-ctir-u On December "22 when ho an-j ^ry. stationed at Texas City. Tex.;
nounced-to his father that he waBj 3n(j Lieut. Frank C. McCune, eleventh
Infantry, stationed at the military
prison at Alcatraz Island, San Fran
cisco.
Smith and McCune have been gone
Woree weeks and Farnham two weeks.
Lieut. McC?ne had Sent In his resig
nation. It was sab) at the war de
portment, but disappeared before it '
was acted on. All three officers j
came up from the ranks.
coming to Anderson to transact num
erous business affairs and that he
would.'"be back before dark." accord
ing to a statement made by W. F.
Lee to an Intelligencer reporter last
nlghL He did r?oeh Andcron, pay les
his taxes .e*4 ^tending to other de
uils, visions the office of County
Auditor iUBtoh. Smith . and talkin g
to that gentleman, after .which he is
supposed.-to-have started back to bis
home, miking the trip on a bicycle.
No one has since been .found who
talked with him after that time, al
though one little girl is said to have
.seen bim^?Ji?Pt/ three miles from An
derson between, this city and his
home, and',she said that in. was then
in the act; ofjputtrng his bicycle Into
W??ou.. me coumy auaitor said |
that the niati th?ae no mention of any
Intention to leave Anderson' or this
section.
Following hja disappearance the en
tire country was aroused. The opin
ion generally prevailed for some time
that he had been murdered and a
sweeping Investigation was started,
which resulted In the arrest of Homer
Brown and John- Duckworth, two'
negroes, which took place just before
Christmas. These negroes were plac -
etri Uten erntr? pp?i paw ir*T m pa
last term of th? Court of General
Sessions of Anderson county, when
their attorneys argued a habeas cor
"pus proceeding before Judge Wilson
and the two negroes were freed.
There was m> evidence against them,
and wltji it the statement of a man
of tho pj?dmcat section to tho effect
that he had awm John W. Lee on the
stveeta bt Orednyule the day after
QnriatisrHCSHHBH
The country has been scaured fron?
one end to the other to find some
trace of tt'te mitftlng man and. W. F.
Lee, h/d father, has spared neither
time nor expebse to locate his mias
ing son; He has had a large number
if ?lroolars^ e?rrjdfag a picture and a
LOCAL LEGISLATION.
Passed by Hoase of Kepres?alAtlTCs i
??torday.
Columbia, Feb. 7;?The House
spent th? morning pasBbag local and
s=v??Kn?? ??B to third reading.
Under a resolution passed today,
speeches will be limited to 10 min
utes for tbe rest of the session.
The House adjourned nt 1:20
o'clock today to meet at 1 o'clock!
Monday when the debate on the
Sanders bill to enjoin houses of ill
repute will be continued.
description of the missing man. sent
to all parts of the country and Mr.
Lee said last night thai he supposed
thA rant?sra in Georgia was the re
sult of one of these ciruclars. He said
that he had sent one ox tbe circulars
to the chief of police of Douglas, Go.
Both Mr. and Mrs*. Lec talked to
an Intelligencer reporter last night
and *hey are both eoafideet that their
son has been found. "We ha*7* never
been able to reconcile ourselves lo
the idea that cur boy was dead," said j
tho mother, "and I am now convinced
that they bave, found him and will]
send him back to us."
Mr. Lee said that there was little
doubt In his mind bat that his missing
son had been discovered and that he'
expected to have him back in Ander
son county and tht entire myntery
:eteareg op within Ce neat few days.
Are F?arhtme R?t?uiaticn
New York Stock Exchange
Washington, Feb. 7.?Federal reg
ulation of stock exchanges as pro
posed la the Owen hill, under consld
emton by the Senate banking and
currency committee, ts a radical In
vasion of SUtes rights, m the opin
ion itf ,p!n??rs of the Consolidated
Stock Exchange of New Tork, wbo
tday appeared before the committee.
"The bill." declared HJ*>J?ir iL
Boyeaan, counsel for the exchange,
"seeks to do through postal and oth
er rogulattous, whet Congress h?e
no authority to do directly, and
constitutes the most radical lpvaslon.
of States' rights with which I am
familiar.'*
TW? BOYS MAY
GO tO CLEMSON
Com Club Lad* in Each County
Are Given Two Scholarships
To State Institution
Two boys of Anderson county and
two boys from every other county in
the State, may secure the Ciemson
College Agricultural short course
without expense to themselves, ac
cording to an offer now being made
by Ciemson. The two boys, members
of a corn club, who make the -best
record, in each county as corn raisers, i
cost of production being considered, !
may -receive this course in agricul
ture free, their tuition and board be
ing furnished by Ciemson. The
course :asts for ohe month. The of
fer is open each year, and thus
eighty-eight boys of this State will
each year receive instruction in prac
tical agriculth.ro.
The course which will be given
these boys will, be specially arranged
for them, their age and educational
advantages being taken into conside
ration by thoee mapnlng: out the
course. .. Fftr?'or; moro ot'the best,
demonstration! agents will bo appoint
ed as Instructors for the boya who
avail tbep^sclv?i' oj.thfe opportunity
for practj??l instruction, when the
boys from tho corn clubs of tho
Stato gather at Ciemson. that insti
tution will have the distinction of
having a larger number of boys of
the age of corn club members than
any similar Institution in the coun
try,
Thia offer should result In renewed
interest in the corn clubs, since the
price is of such practical, value More
than this, the plan of Ciemson will
mean much to the future agricultural
Interest* of.the State, fcr the eighty
or more boys Instructed In practical
farming each year will go out over
the Stato r.nd disseminate ob well as
practice '.he knowledge they gained
at Ciemson.
AFX POWER RIGHTS
TO BE REGULATED]
CoianreiiaiMrve Plan
To the United States
Sonate '
Washington. Feb. 1.?A .Compretten?
' IH^^^evelopmnnt: r>Cwa$en
nNHTeliarrd, under, govern
mental regulation, was embodied . in
"L-s?? today uttrodutod by Senator
Js?C?i of 'rfsshlngtcn. it.would- ?i?a
vidc. that csrmitM for occupying power
altes, fchouid be: issued only to states,
municipalities and public-service cbr
nor.nf._?r>_u irtii?h are.subject to .regur
?atlon u?a eontroi by such governmen
tal agencies as public commieuions.
Where the. development is interstate. ,
the bill would provide that the federal}
gQvernmeU. Shall have supervision ne
to rates.
"THU SCARLET WOSAX"
4|... ?t?? W
?MO M Mil If!
Gre?hvllle, Feb. 7.?"The city of
Washington owes It to America to be
a m?del city. This means not only in
architectural beauty and the alendor
of its public buildings, the educations!
I value of its meseumsan art galleries
and universities. It .owee.the 4W ?*
a city set upon d hill in'Ualnoral as
pirations and Its leadership in laws
that shake for the moral as Well as
political and educational uplift," said
Josepbus Daniels at the Y. M. C. A.
iHtmiuot here tonight.
"It U paying the debt it Owes to
the rp?blic," continued Secretnyr
Daniela, "and setting -an example
worthy of the .emulation of every
other . American city in two recent
=c;s Tjj cOsnfcM. ? . refer to
the Kosy^n act which looks to such
effective Ways to reduce the social
evil, and the act that will end. di
sease-breeding alley. Mr. Kenyon
SC ? ih* roots. That act does not
stop with punishment of tho scarlet
woman* She does not escape, but it
takes net* of the man who rents, or
permit* agents to rent houses which
arc used for immoral purposes."
SCIENTIFIC FABMIN'Gi
! Te Be Tiaght the Wayward Bora ef
i New Yarn.
(Dy Associated Press.)
New York. Feb. 7.?The dopart- !
ment ?f correction today announced
that two etnzeas had provided funds
which will enable the city to open
thb farm colony of 610 sees pur
chased last year la Orange county. 1
wilt b* used f or fcoye and :
ho are crowaea in the
city reformatory on Karts ftfifoleV
They will be taught scientific farm
ing and industrial pursuits.
. - .
yifs jnorri-m
fCatfegat Banks Mare Beek Meaey
0a Band.
(By Asaccbrted Press.)
n&ahiagtbn, Feh "< ?Loans and
discounts made by the 7.493 national
banks Which answered the last call
of the Comptroller of the currency, {
decreased abo-tt $8S.ooo,000 from Oc- j
teiS, while cash on hand *n {
the bast/*-, :?^*ae*d about $02,000.000 :
<! same pertoo. Compared to
the figures of the call of Feb. ?, ins, >
loaaa and discoants show a decrease
of abpui $50,000,000 and cash on '
increase of .about $48.500,
Twelve Americans Suf
focated In Tunnel
Wednesday
CHEAP BANDIT'S
MEAN REVENGE I
Allowed Passenger Tram to Ran!
Into Tunnel In Which Freight
Hsd Been Derailed anl
I Juarez, Mjcou Feb. 7.--Tko six
I Americans and; forty or fifty Mexi
cans whose fate fias been a mystery
since the destruction of the Curabro
tunnel last; Wednesday were suffo
cated.
This information was received
hero tonight from (the headquarters of
the -Mexican & Northwestern Rail
way.
The tragedy, is laid at tho door of
Maximo Castillo, the bandit chief
leader.
A special train carrying twenty
Americans, led by yL j- Farragut, of
the Mexican Northdjegtern Railway,
fifty coffins and a rescue outfit left
here tonight for the scene.
Tho . oxo?i nustas- of persons
aboard the passerig?r. train, which
consisted of one flrstfc-lass, two sec-'
ond'Ciaas coaches, tV* baggage and
express car ?nd a freight car, la .not
known. First reports felt tho num
ber at 85, wh?eaJ/JwicBt for rof
asked for To o| jfiedi aja^rl
r-ntly was an epontflle, howfcfpr, , as
the searchinginattfcr-led by ,Dr. R ?.
Herr, of M3a*e^iwianaW
etrate far enough Into tho tunnel to
d?tint the dead.
m?,Railroad mon bef and, in El Faso
are furloun at v&?til1
day 22 of his m??'
executed by the. r
the south end of-.tb? tunnel ab?st 300
f?et 40d there set sire to it.
Th? pnsaensoT Train entered the
death-trap from'the north - uneadv*
Epectin?. probably traveling, at its
usual rote of about fifteen miles an
bpdr, When the engineer discovered
the trap it was too late. Castillo's
failure to. send back warnings of h la
deed is regarded us the luost cruel
and. murdeoua act of his career of
ja D msposition
here'to .crltlso Gen. Francisco Villa
for not having crushed him long ago.
The. missing- Americans, all em
ployes of the railroad, arc:
M.. J. Gilmartin. ?upaWiiteBdent of
the.Chihuahua division; B. Schoneld,
Superintendent of terminals at Jua
rez; Lee -Vtylllhuns, assistant mana
ger of commissary; H. F. Marders,
express agent; E. .T> McCutckcon, en
gineer, and. V. E. Webster, conduc
tor.
Two Mexican cowboys were re
sponsible for a report that all had
escaped and that tho Americans had
escaped.
The Americans hero were jubilant
at this, but tho rejoicing was short,
lived.
. . Three More Found.
A bulletin from Pearson tonight
said three additional Americans-were
on tho ill-fated train. They were
Edwr rd Morris. twrtm??t^rr;*i==i-.
??c??y, conductor and James Burgess.
They wore traveling as passengers.
Gilmartin was from Buffalo.
Bernard Schofleld came here from
Brazil, led., and was: taking hla
first trip over tbe road.
NO OUTBREAK
IN MEXICO CITY
(By Associated Press.)
Mexico City, Feb. 7.?The federal
capital today was quiet. The au-|
thorities bad feared that conspirators
against the administration would at
tempt an armed v : rising, hut no out
break occurred.
Troops guarded tho places, arsenal},
and artillery barracks throughout th? f
night after the corroboratlon of re
ports that conspirators had planned {
a new revolt against the Huerta gov
mr a time last nigh*, excitement \
was caused by the activity of tho sol
diers and by the report that an ont
break. had actually occurred in Gmt- j
daiupe, a suburb several mllesf
northeast of the capital.
Telephone messages" .early today
failed, however, to confirm tho . ru
mors of fighting,
Secret police today gathered Into j
their. dragnet a number of clerks
and email business men alleged to
have boeh connected tith an antl
governmontal conspiracy.
r- *
Washington* Feh. ?.?The
Xever agrtcalterat extension
hill was passed wt? aoarad
wears hv. the Semd* today
wlthcat afeanrttng Tete.
DANIELS MADE
FINE SPEECH
Anderson People Delighted With
Addres? and Banquet in
Greenville Lust Night
The Anderson men who wont- toj
Greenville lost night to hear the ad'
dress of Hon. Josephns Daniels, were]
enthusiastic last night when they re
turned to the city over the splendid]
effort of the Secrotary of the Navy.
The local delegation said they had
never heard a more pleasing nddrcsR
and they were equally as weel pleased
with the banquet which was served
In the dining roctn of the Grcenvile
Female Col los?. The banquet was pre
pared by the domestic science depart
ment of thlH Institution under the di
rection of Miss Eudora Ramsey and
the following tempting menu was
served :
* Grape Fruit , (merries
Roast Turkey cranberry Sauce j
Olives (el pry
Pickles
Creamed Potatoes
Carolina Steamed Rice]
French Green poaa in Tymbols
XenpoHtan Ice Cream Fruit Cake]
Coffee
Cheeso . Crackers I
The party,, that went from Ander--1
son to Greenville to attend the an
nual banquet of the Y. Af. C. A. of
the Carolinas, returned Sunday
morning at l' o'clock with a glowing
account of the trip. The dinner was
?erved in a most beautiful manner In
the dining ball of the Greenville Fe*
male College by tht, domestic science
classes of that itutltutilon. There
were ever 200 men present, from all
parts of the two ?tatos.
The principal speaker wns the
secretary fcf ths navy, Jocuphus'
Daniels of North Carolina, lie made
a ?ne, impression. He is a plain,
practical man who has a lot of com
-pon sense and Christianity,, and his
address made Ha way directly to the
hcarf. He spoke of the statesmen of !
South Carolina in the phst and de- j
clared that ose of the greatest ptoces
of constructive statesmanship of all
times was the work or Congressman
Lever of South Carolina In getting
through Congress and through the
United States' Sc?ato by unanimous
voto his agricultural extension' bill
Ich will do moro for the uplift of
anything that has
,. atkss in fifta?teg np {
.W?shington, and 0e?ie>?4 '
thic is * very Jew rears thiz wlli bo
the Ideal *?pltal city of the world.
He Rpokfe earnestly, of the work of
the Y. M. C. A. to save young m?n
who drift into it-2 city. He told bf
the necessity1 for something like this
to save , the young man from viec
and sin. lie. aise declaimed with
feeling against the crime or etrong
c?rink. Secretary t,?m?j# will speak
again/in Greenville in the opera bouse
Sunday afternoon.
Other sreakorB last night. W?f4
Messrs. Chas, K, Tewson end A. G.
Knebel, ?en or national reputs?q?,".
Who bave s number of friends in An
derson.
EVER BILL
ON PASSAGE
e Agreed to an Appropria*
?on for Agricultural
C
?. -.
(Ry Associated PreBe.)
"Washington, Feb. 7.?The agr
tural college Wit provides'^pf Y"
strations on farms of api..
mcthods and scientific discoycrles as
tt\ farmfnr- ??nrt now???. "?>>?? '?'.
made to "State agricultural colleges,
experuhcntal stations and in the fed
oral donartmcat of-sgrlculture. Tho
secretary of ngrlculture and land
grabt agricultural colleges are to
outline plans for carrying out d?m
onstrations
As agreed to In the senate the bill
would appropriate unconditionally
?XO.O0O annually to each State, in
addition a sum of $600,000 for . the
coming year, with a yearly increase
of $600,000 for the aext seven years
would be provided for distribution
among the States on a basis Of rural
population, conditioned on each State
appropriating a sum equal to lis
portion of tho federal ffunds. After
seven years, the oiU would provide a
permanent annual appropriation of
$4,800,000.
An amendment reqnlring that ne
gro colleges be permitted to share
In the funds ivas defeated by *jM
fl#\a? iA .** Th? *> !! r?? ' *'i^f*uMk*;
however, as a result of a fight on the
race questkm by plscleg th? dietrl
bution of tho fund In the hands of
the secretary of agriculture and re
joctivo State governors in States
..Ming more than one agricultural
college and also ?iMcBylog steinst
race discrimination In the demeestro
tlon work
The bill probably wtil be consider
ed soon la conf?rence between the
two houses.
MNCOLY aU?OEJAL.
(By Associated P>wa.)
Washington. Feb. 7??ground for
the Lincoln Memorial to be erected
In the shadow M the Washington
monument will he broken Thursday,
the anlversary of Lincoln's birtfcVVnO
Un coin memorial commission so de.
?lded tod>.y.
ri'BLIC NEEDS LIGHT.
As to the Condition of tbe Rnllw?y
Companies.
(By Assoclattid ProBs.)
Washington. Fob. 7.?Enlighten
ment of the public an to its interests
In transportation systems was sug
gested as a solution for difficulties
encountered by railroads in an ad
dress by Fairfiggf Harrison, president
of tbe Fhutheru Railway, at a ban
quet of tbe Washington traffic club
tonlghtv
"Every intelligent mnu knows the
railroads aro id difficulties today",
said Mr. Harrison, "nud knows, too,
that t'toae difficulties arc due In part
to past history or the railroads but
in part also to' the process of nd
lustmeat to a system of public regu
lation which has boon accepted as an
accomplished fact, but has, neverthe
less, gjsno further Into details of
absolute"statute law than any other
system of public regulation, oven of
the actlvttlos of the- government It
soir, which the world has ever,
known."
1000 PEOPLE
SAW NEW SHOW
'Nameless TVe^fe" AttTiCted
A Tremendous Crowd on
Openmg Dmf man Night
Over 1,000 paid admissions were
registered last night at the new
"Nameless Theatro"' whfen the day
and night's business was checked tip
lact night. The new theatre, located
oh Main street where the Elite cafe
was formerly conducted, opened its
doors to tbe public at 1:30 o'clock
yesterday afternoon and until almost
midnight last night there was a con
tinuous stream of patrons entering
and leaving wrmt'iiwWsWW^
of the most popular omncement plac
dS^that^nderj^^aajuerv?ni
.', fakatdn. who is the
gsv ?.f?r. ri'*'?* ?Hee?. said last a
that he "was more than .pleased v
the start made and that he was con
fident .over double the number of
people would have visited his place
during the day had* it not been for
the unpleasant weather conditions.
Last night there was a h?t box
full of suggestions In tho' "naming
contest" which is being conducted by
?hs sfco?v'. uvprke is to.be awarded
to the person suggesting the most
appropriate name for' tbe 'new play
house.
NO ACTION* -TAKEN
te McLuurln Warehouse BUI in
Senate
Columbia, Feb. 7,-r-A bill was intro
duced in the Senate Uttey to make
September 17th a legal holiday in
South Carolina in commemoration of
Treaty cf Ghent, when peace was seal
ed between United States and England
after the Revolution.
Furtlver action was postponed on the
McLaurln warehouse bill until- next
Tuesday .when the Marlboro senator
will make another speech. The senate
meets again*Monday night.
THE WAGES ?TslNV
Newark.". N. JU Feb. 7,?Hasel
Headman,! an: JJotfvkeeper's daughter
today lato confeasod that after -aking
a fatal do?e of poison that It was
shr who last night shot and killed
Mrs. Harriot Manning, wife of
Charles 1. Manning, a garage owner.
She said on hor death-bed at a Mont
datr hospital that "he had killed tbe
woman Oat Manning might marry
her.
REBEL ACTIVITV.
Is DeNlel In XessatrM From Admiral
(By Associated Press.)
San Diego. Cala., Feb. 7.?Wireless
messages from Bear'Admiral Cowles
today received- at, the . government
stutloa on 'Point vIk>ma, fall to con.
firm reeefit rebel reports oh. Urn
capture of Mhsatlan.
. .M*vn!.< vtm rs.no*' in tho h??^'
believe; federals stilt control tbe Mex
ican Seaport.
Tbe largest < a wort ment of the
sfcpieest select line of Aluminum Ware
sver brought to this market has just
Deen received by Sslttvaa Hardware
y>. This Une is Ott'display in one
rt their large ahovf ortmiows.
Federal Aid Tor Highw*
Seenrif
Washington. Feb. TwJThe Hoove to
lay concluded general'debate on the
mods ronda* mil appropriating $35,
NW 000 for federal, aid to the States
a. road construction. Its passage,
text week Is believed tc tor virtuallv
>ertntn.
Bepregentailvo Kent of California,
^
Threats Made of Person?
al Violence Against
Witness
INCIDENT WAS
PROMPTLY CLOSED
Governor Would Leave All Con*
viel? Free?Had More to
Say?Warned Women
to Leave
(By Associated Press.)
Columbia, .- . C, Feb. angry '
outburst by Gov. Cole. L. B?cos?,
containing threats ot personal vio
lence directed nt a witness and .t*9*v
tlmony by tho Governor to th? effect
tha?. he expected to clear the South:
Carolina penitentiary' of some 400'.
prisoners by hoxt August, were tjip
features of an Inquiry'Into the'con
ditions at the State Hospital for the'
Insane, which today was instituted,
before a special legislative comralt
tca here.
Dr. J. W. Rabcock, superintendent'
of the hospital under investigation,
aroused the ire of Got. Bleaae when
ue testified that .he head teamed on
good authority that certain chargea
aiirrting tlie conduct of the hospital
had be.en overheard by Gov. B?case
In tx conversation ut tlie home of the
governor's sinter.
Advancing to tho front of the rootttv
Gov. BleaiC exclaimed:
I "That's false!"
T!ie Governor added something;
; else in a lower tone which was cos,
atrued as p. threat against tb? wit*
neab.
Mr-mbere of the investigating com
mittee Immediately.-shifted the In
quiry to other members, and the in
i el de nr. was closed.
?u on Stand.
told tlie
that an c?brt would boitte .
credit nnd dttimlss Dr. BabtMjek Wefce.
based upon statements ot the asylbjp
lauperlnrend*>nt himself, : Kenatbr
Tillman admitted that be had 'guess
ed" the hospital property might bo
sold for private gain.
Dr. ?Abreek Central ?taa*?.
R.- ??abcock, one of the central
figures in the inquiry, followed Sen
ator Tillman on tho wltttbaa-stand.
He stated that the board et regents
at the hospital had In a ^y inter
fered with his work ?a? tl?u harmon
ious operation of the asylum by nro?
mulgutlng a rule by whlch'they could
elect bis subordinates. In speaking
or Dr. K. B. Saundera, a woman phy
sician, whose resignation was at one
time asked for by the r?genta. Dr.
Babcoek declared ha regarded i?er i?
the best officer of the Institution and
last year personally urged . Oov.
Iilease to reappoint hnr. Dr., Bab
coek then related in detail-tho inci
dents which led up to the demand of
Gov. Blease iu November. lDir., that
Dr. Saunders be rcmo
recital of conflicting influences ?ftf
of alleged indiscreet acts of certain?'
physicians at' th? . hospital.
T? Free f?i?iets,
-Th? Governor, white ou The stand?"
stated that he hopedt^h'avo all con-;,
viots frcoa froqi dm mut? iiva?lca-,
titry here by Aug. 1, I3i4, and ho
urged that the prison he converted in
to a tuberculosis hospital for negroes, '
He stated flatly that ho would veto
any appropriation for the further de
velopment of the "Sandy bottom,
lands" at Bute Park, where tt ts pro?
posed to establish tho now hospital
?,-,-'-~r?,
(Continued on fourt'i ra- = .)
PROTECT THE Bl*D&
Women JTast' yet -Imperr.-' Pfactafft
For Display.
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, .Feb. 7.?Shipments;*,.?!
wild bird plumage item foreign
Countrle^'Win be.: seized and destroy*
od m ,tttW'WtHx't<*,tfaf ^nounchgifa
day hyvinft e?j??oms 'tfbUe?tor. Two
from 'th?, Orient/ today' viere setted
an,i the district uttoHiey'f? office a*S*4
a court order to destroy' them. The
shipment/* wore a' package df Chine**
pheasant wings mailed to Mrs. O. ?.
Hing of Northborp; tthaa.. and Jap*
anosv pheasant breaata mailed Iron*
Japari to Mrs. F. ILKoohcudorf
Newark, O. ^ ^ <t . J
t Sur- Te Bccoma * Law
today attacked the bill as a "perlt
barrel** measure, dexlgned to -patch,
up political fences and prop totter-,
Ing political c^anj^aatipns."
Hepresentative Payne-ot Now York
leelared it wna tbe beginning of an
faal appropriations which in time}
nrould reach stupendous prorortiotM,