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WESTON'S BILL _i . li NEEDED ?p . IN HIS ABSENCE ttt?httEW? ATE SUSTAINEDir^S^. ERNOR'S V&toftr^ IS DOING l^&k)lN^ Legislature Marking Time Wait ing on the Appropriation Bill in Conference. .v ie; Special to The Intelligencer. . C olumbia, Feb. 27.-Following 1 ita well . established custopj of .. doing nothing, the senate spent a - quiet morning, as far as results are con cerned, except that by one rote lt sus tained the governor's veto of the Richland county bill, providing j for medical inspection of school children in that county. The senate also sus tained the governor's veto of the bill providing for compulsory school at tendance in Richland county. Both bills were introduced by. San? ?tor Weston of j Richland, who re signed from the. senate on Thursday to accept the district attorneyshlp ot South Carolina. \ Weston's vote'would have sa ved the medical Inspection bill. "Before I would, algo such a bill I would resign and go off into, eternal oblivion," declared Gov. Blease today, in vetoing the above bill. The gov ernor characterised such legislation as "outrageous, uncalled for, tl*tad* vised and dictatorial Pass Bill Again. Tue bill to allow sheriffs to accept passes on railroads was killed ag?tn today tn the house by a vote of 63 to 34. Thia time is was rsccmr?iit?? to the judiciary committee, with' ,n structions to report on it March 5. The bill, which already/passed the senate, was recommitted to the judi* clary committee by the . house a feW daya ago and wan thought to be dead. "But yesterday lt came back from the committee with a majority unfavor able and a minority favorable report. ? It waa charged in the . dehnte, thia * morning against fha bill that 'some sheriffs had been* doing a v*v\?nib breaking amount ot lobbying for tho MU Instead of attending to their duties. No Publie Perk for Capital. Th? working people of Columbia will have to do without the recreation and pleasure which ' a public park would afford for ai least another year, aa the governor vetoed the blil to al low the Columbia (city council to'buy a site for a parki ap?..thia morning ,by a vote ot G5 tc? 38 the bout fained nla veto. T**tAi the hill over veto mo/e then the ne/Meeaffini majority. It require* ?S-vhtek ride the veto. ' :,: The house pasae4 over !the gov ernor's veto by a vote of 64>to 28 thc: bill to permit the council pl Columbia to dispose of certain property- owned hy the city. . Befase te Fix Bete. . Tho house reoelveo.from the. senate thia morning -a Cuuturi-ent-jresorution: fixing the time for adjournment sine* die on March t to 2 p. sa.*. .?u? house refused to consider the r?solution to day .on the' grounds' that it - waa, not ?ate to fix the time for final: adjourn ment. Two little local bills, one to provide for filling a yacancy in the board of control of Georgetown county and the V other providing for the establishment of a rural police force In Orangeburg county, failed to muster the necessary two-third majority tonight in the house to pass over the governor's veto: Two other local bills, one applying to Rock HiW's government, were ?lao vetoed by the governor tonight? but were not voted upon.. The free conference committee ? re ported tonight on the county aoppty^ bills and other omnibus measur?a/ bat the conferees on the general appro** priation bill engaged Itt a battier tey a*' with little prospect of getting1'their Report in tonight. o'.'. 7$ At 11:80 o'clock the senate wiaajstiir sitting, with Senator Ginn debiting the two-cent passenger ?-r*te? ISnS, There is ho prospect .that the detl ate will dispose of the measure to-> nl?ht. ? ? .?<.<.:? CHARGES MI8COMM i Washington. Feb, 27.J*harges, of irregularities against Justice' Daniel Thew Wright, of the district supreme court here, who -attracted attention when he sentenced Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Franki Morrison to jail for contempt ef court Were . , made in a petition filed. tonar ?^Whd? r *H. Cooper, president of two' local sa> l Inga banka. The p?tition contained . - allegatlono of Irregularities !n the ad ministration of his court and >of his #"i personal conduct. Justice Wright forme** wge*aVgg fleer in one of Cooper^ balnttt agreements over the u^aisft?yjl lod to litigation and b*?r ?*#ovVft* sy between the two meet ^ i*^0*!^ Justice Wright, wheb/>1 iaibt told of the charges, made a g?n?ral denial, declaring they w^er^hgiHtatW of a personal dtfftreno* fw*H^Bo?ie#? _-..ci.,javtiKiffi *w : -*? Agreement .?'#.'*;?, ?? ? AlaskanR^r^tf -;-. tor Asaoemteo rress.) ? \ Washington, Feb. 2?.-Practical agreement wea reached < late today by ? the ceo terence eoTMMtttee on tte *l**hari rsitroiS ?'.;:. S???nie ferred accepted the JnOtteelSMgE -"sat ???minat?ng protieloo > I issue te finance the project, ttnd'xbt jiAing th^ amount to U, spent ' at'1 isf., / ! \!0^J0O instead Ot $40.000.000: ;' ] JTtm t #1 ?voey will be appropriated ftortthe LUCRATIVE JOB FOR JOSEPH W. FOLK g-? Offered Post of ?bicf ?ounsel ?ill?Bfr Associated Press ) islington, Pe*. 87.-Joseph. . w. MlMltor of Ole state department annar Governo>.,of MitoongL.h&s dff?ttd end will nWfrshlT iHwt ew pqst of chief counsellor the interstate commerce commission at I ?tlfV office has Just been created un der the wide power* riven the com mission by law, and the appointment will. not require presidential sanc tion or confirmation by the senate. Legal, worn, of the commission, al way w a-.large factor in its operations, has. assumed trercndous proportions since .the .valuation of the country's inter state carriers was undertaken. It was understood that P. J. Farrell, solicitor of. the commission for mady years,, la to be detached to serve ds legal adviser to Commissioner Prouty, chairman ol the valuation board, and to organize the force of lawyers that will be* employed, all over the country by the board. It is estimated that the valuation* will on?t " be ? completed In less tnah six years., r?o ' In connection? Avfth Folk's selection officials commented jtoajght upon the fact that Herbert:Spencer Hadley, an former governor,ioJ Missouri, Had!been chosen by the railroads to represent them, before' tho commission in the valuation proceedings. Mr. Hadley was Attorney General of Missouri during Mr Folk's term as governor. ?> ji'n.^trt^-tw--?-!- . Benton Indiscreet, ^ Says Report "Washington, Feb. - 27.-The news that General Villa "had Issued an or der requiring that American consular agents in Mexico be advised of all arrests of , foreigners, waa received with satisfaction here. ." P?acusBidjt of the Benton case," In] an informal: way among administra? tiou ofilcia'ia, has. developed the view that primarily Benton committed aa indiscretion-in going to Villa, with whom, it is admitted, b8 was on un friendly terms.- For Benton to go In to Villa's camp under inch circum stances; officials: here think, was too tinaecessarlly to risk hts.Jlfe-tO.CQf traai the affair wrfh thb'WU**? -.Vdjhnvsko did ntohingV? >jfvol Mexicans, bet as an Innocent rancher Was kidnapped b,y federal I hilt ^University,>In^an "address at the I LUni?*rtity/.et ' Penks/ 1 vania today on .^^Ihiern ^uoatiib .and - Southern growla? more rapidly than try ?al.a whole and, thal it attnm hfitt>rj opporcuniiLoe than , almost ?any other i^CwS T?r- constructive work of far reaching character. -' . Ghahu'eiior Kirkland reviewed the advancement of adneatl?si .-since the civil war and also the gains made in Agriculture and the industrial field. "With the improvement In education has come better social life." " ; The ne-Wart?per* are growing In in Ifluence and importance, he added. Wilson's Fol?eles Commended. ; Richmond, Va., Feb. 27.-4Julted Statea ?Senator Fjobert L. Owen, Of Oklahoma, delivered an address to night before the Virginia Progressive Iver and A.^brogrepeiye deam ?jv^nt-km. .'The <obr Sue, isArirejcently iout s(gae4 n!*d "Attornoy Ifrllndk;. .Pollard a* i A*W&4i& more pro (ft./A^Oraffsirt. Tho dent, fE^Aonv are eora Z-yV. o.y;r- . ITaUtto Sheets Wemen, . NeV York; Feb. 87.^-Warren Nelson, a negro and ex-convict, aged 29, af ter he had shot and probably mortally injured two white women late today, sent a bullet into his brain; dying in stantly. The lnjureto women are Mrs. Louise Oldorshuw. ?a?d ?7. and her Bister, Mrs. EU/abeth Koenig. aged ?..:. V -\ .' . ' - . Nelson, a mulatto of extremely light , .complexion, waa. an admirer of Mrs. Oidet'shaw, and became angered at f tweet pm e admUted to United ?ta*??- OD naymbnt' ot a at of shout ono cent a pohnd. AaMeisnn fmarisABM? ' JBl Paso, Texas, Feb. .. 87.-Consul Skywards was without advices from Chihuahua, and' is bending his ener gies tdwards inveatigatmg the cast of yKar?^Com?u*a; es A?scrics=, ??*-? ?to tfe trtprisonoo at Ojio?ga. COLQUIIT ONLY EXPLAINS POSIT?9 Wanted to Know to Whom to Go ko Secure Exbaditoin o? " Criminals. (By Aesoclated Press) |< Austin. Tex., Feb. 27.-Gov. O. B. ' ? ColQultt of Texas today issued the fol- ; lowing statement: "The Associated Press dispatches < From Washington, referred to my tel- i ?gram of yesterday?-addressed to the ? president, concerning conditions on ? the Texas-Mexican border, make the following statement: " ' A similar situation arose in .Tex as in February, 1912, and February? i 1918, when border troubles caused-j Gov. Colquitt to declare he might i lend Texas Rangers Into Mexico either , JO prevent firing into American ! territory or to protect Americans.' "And again the Associated : Press dispatches from Washington say: , ; " ' When, on Feb. 24, 1913, Gov. Col quitt ordered four companies of mili tia to' Brownsville the war depart ment telegraphed Gen. 8teev?r, then In command .pt-, -the Department of Texas, "Under no circumstances per mit their crossing the river except en der specific orders of the secretary of wdr.' .Statements Misleading. "The statements quoted above are positively untrue insofar as they al lege that I have threatened to send rangers cr state umina into Mexico.' "I did send a telegram In 1912 to the president asking him to prevent the Mexican revolutionists and federal j soldiers at Juarez from shooting Intoi El Paso, Tex., and thus endangering tho lives ot Texas' people. And in that I telegraphic correspondence 'I stated that fl the federal government did hot' take steps to protect the Texas peo-,, pie, that I would.,'And I gav?.orders '? to my adjutant general to lb? ready I ' to proceed with State troonjB j to Bl ' ?^1?ev\t?at5rhiS a?itftafty to Invade Mexico and was' not .foolish enough, to janke sueh a threat. But if th?eMe.xicaA?^Mio(Lion their side and. snot down Texans, Restate of Texas] certainly would haVe the right to have l afford ad these Texans all the protee-] tlon that could be lawfully giventhem. I 23ttisre Jytsn. tn, he. n, de:;hwasv effort at washington, in dealing with' kerned,Yo make me appear ridiculous! before the people of the country. "I have endeavored., in qvety-way49 . ?o-op?rate with the' federal govern-1 meat in enforcing the neutrality laws. I L have. taken no -po**--ie the fncttena? -. controversies .and- troubles in Mexico. | Bui in every instance where I baye j been called upon as royernor ot TesT] a? to right any grievance or wrong i complained pf by the Mexican govern- , ment I have given it prompt and en-, ergetic attention. "Under the treaty between the United States and Mexico tb? gov ernors of border states may surren-j der fugitives from Justice.without go-, ins through tbe formality ot present ing their appeals through the state departments, either of the . United States or of Mexico. ui am new endeavoring to get the Hutted Stales government to advise' whom they, regari as , constituted authority In Mexico, se that I may present - my requisitions to that eon. sUtated- Authority fer the. surrender, et the murderers pf Texas eltixeae, er of fugitives tromyiesttce In Mexico tsH/Inte eemnUtted ether crimes thnt are ?xttwtaJM^ 14 dee? not ap pear fiat the United States govern, ment T?ee^nfaes&her the se-ealled *n?i deviot know te WhenT^?uid ar?se?t ari reo, a Initions. There seems ie be tie government tn Meile* that ls reeefrnned Jby the Unsted states. "1 have no purpose ?of being sensa tional, nor do I desire to be unjust, hut as governor of Texas I believe that the questions Vfbich I have pre sented should bo dealt with fairly and squarely. Perplesiag Onestlonsvoov, "Texas has nearly 800 miles of frontier along the Rio Gratide^tnAl Bl Paso to Brownsville to police and pro tect There are perhaps S5.000 Mexi can refugees living in the ettie? abd towns near the bord? r who have fled to this, state to sive themselves and families from the ravages, murder, pillage and outrage which has been going on in the northern states ot MtfxteO to>a greater'br Rimer degree , for the -last three and a half yean? M?? i^rp?c??na Queatio?a are: pr*< ^nted^to ^bWjg^i ; &? bont?,.?*?, m.-*Fony-mne -per-> .OOS Wrtf? tnjl<**? tm tO??J?? W?-' lisions last mailt- ?t^. s-**~*=*~ . % Three fer? hort when ? bobsled ' with a <no?c.rboat body esrfcfced into an-, other bobseld trailing behind ?a auto mobile, j The second accident'was at tba hot-] km of m. hui whore ti's bobsleds eel-j lided head'on. I ID SHH M?ilS . mm i un! . ? * ' ? Plan of Pr?sident W?son Approv ed by BotJi Brancehs of , {By ?MOCiaf?d PrSSS.l Washington. Feb. 27 -That Alaska Is to bave a railroad bnlit, maintained and operated- by tba, government a ad that as a result the vast resources of that comparatively unknown country are to h? opened to the 'world, now seems assured by tile action of l^oih ba roches of t?brigrese. The project' Is of more interest than even the expenditure of the $40.000. 900 proposed would ordinarily create. Doming as soon after the completion of the Panama canal i tts atttractlng attention as another great eng.neer ing project under thc direction of the. american government. In a sense, too, lt compares with the govern ment's undertaking. In the 60's to rush the Pacific railways across the un broken prairies and- mountains of the I west and thug link together the west ana the east. Moreover the new pro-1 ject ls to be the first- test in this coun try of government ownership of a public utility; it ls. expected to open to' the commerce lof the' world great and rich resources that until now have been for the ' most < part lyign I Idle; it will 'afford employment to a | large-army of {mea both in Its con struction and in its maintenance; it will develop Alaska agriculturally as well aa in o thee way? by attracting homesteadere; ?and. lt. willi cheapen greatly var.ous commodities of com merce;1 notably; coal. At least these are all things' which. the friends of. the measure claim for it. ? The bill plac?s great power In the bands of the President and waa op posed by some on this ground, 'sot that they expressed any 'fear In re-* gard to President Wilson's Judgment and integrity but that , they thought it was too much, power to put td the hands of. any one man, II -!-I-!-"- ' LEAVE W WILSO*. WJJI be ^??Mj^0?|?,lc Washington, Feb. 27.-Speeches criticising the administration's Mex ican policy continued Friday in the House, Representative Mu&wyPjf?fr publican, of Wyoning. ^j?r^J?jWS principal speech of ?ftacIvy Aawnts tratton leaders believe a 'Mg M3mty,, ot the republics**' In Inclined 't^Ai?&ilMe-'v^mrwr^p1 President .. -?? '' .-i. : .i--^u.taw>* J . Ohl^g^o^gW^:tfT?p?te/ufltoa rtflsV dj^ from in trogt ^A^^^*!!^ (cJatMa^boyc?u *^s?vtir?j^wi^a?C the^wa?tresaeV'ai ipea^i^^o?^or' the restaurant carrying American Sags ar ? began. Ko shout io persona entering the place* "JDca-'t po ip thesjti they have ho?--?l^t?^belp.,. r 1 ~ Bur Bantam ta' Wires. i Wilmington, ? N. C.; Feb. 27 -Wlj(-j minston emerged today from one Of tho worst freezes of the season, 'the, city for 24 hours until late today hav ing been cut off entirely from wire 60Jtt?ei?un4fation with .-th*???sfrn world; intimated 'damage ?to t?l?phone wires alone within a radius of 20 miles of Wilmington is $18.000. Several trains on the1 Wilmington division of the At lantic Coastline bsd to be annulled j on account of absence of dispatching facilities. All wire companies have concentrated large forces here and asavrspldly clearing up th? debris t jd opening Unes to communication. '^T ?Ui?k ' ? ' ... ? ?' 1 '? ' ?? - ?V " . Atlanta. '^??^^^^3}^'^ qninesville .men ander sentence ot , The case of a younger br??her. Bar tdw ?antreit ?iee; asdsr dpaih ??u? tenee. la now pending In tho $upr?i*e Coan, and it .waJtlhMgat hesV?4^o proceed with the cteijsMo^ ?? the older brother until the fate of tue'yohger one was settled. The youoger. brother lg under dcat< sentence foi: the act?a) murder, while J Jim Cantrell ls convicted as accessory; before the fact. The crime was the murder of Arthur Hawkins, with, whose -wlfe/youa* Cantrell was (sup posed to have been lp love. Mrs. Hawkins who > as also convicted air accessory U ' i vi^g ? life sentence at the state farm,' OFFICEft afrvso. ' AtlahU. Feb. 2^14epJ}.rCol. CharjAa" H. Barth; tf. SJ Xfw^ be In^barge'W the .department of ?he gulf With head quarters bere, until . a. successor, ls ment to'report ht once at Governor's Island to taker charg? of the depart ment ar the east tided ???'<!" v.. ? ;'. . 11,,, ' ^ thai "ht f 'ga4Bsi*a ;Wm- ; when two stttlrtn, irSMsea resisted arrest by a police woman. tEEEK Kif A? sfefsW'jt/t* ? Danvils, 111.. Feb. d7.-Peter. TheWpta; 1* Ofsegffisw bis n-year* a^AaAsg4eaa,v9rlfe ?Ma? an ax anc t?wi? Riiied himself JflUt ashotgun aU !?WHI murciara.-T ?* " ? Although not disco ve ?.4 until lats last night, the murder and suicide ap-! K%SlaW!?? !?e r-erc fouu? in the parlor, all dls-1 Mfreled by the terlblo struggle the, woman put up fdr her lite. ' I IT, - Fish-Scrap- ' ' :--.1-: r WROYSTERS?f i /?^fefcSw TRADE MARK m^fi^faj JN^^^: T???.?^v BB ROISTERED J Aro uW orignal fish fertilizers 1 IFertilizer ammoniated with FisJvScrap is universally ^admitted to be the plant food'best suited to the ,cot- H ton crop. This is not a theory, but a fact ?roven by the experience of many. The popularity of Royster's, tie original and genuine fish-scrap M fertilizer has caused a host of ;brands to appear with fish in thc m name: if you want to be sure of getting fish in the goods as well, bc sure to buy thc brand thvit made fish-scrap famous; F. S, R. ?ju If you areliot already acquainted with the splendid results from ROYSTER'S fishr-scrap fertilizer, we simply ask that you test it alongside any other , brand and abide by tte proven results. HM F. S. R?YSTER GUANO CO. i Norfolk, Va. Baltimore, Md. Charlotte^ Nf. C. T?rborc? N. C. " Spat UXOUIQ, 8. C- Columbia, S. C. Macon, Ga. Columbus, Ga. .'r\ " ? Montgomery, Ala. ? ! .--? . V, "V" t -qi;-- ? <>? , m ns?-,T Y . Tn ii-ti 1 ? " i-wa-1-r* lUAKE STAUNCH FU1EX?1S An interesting anecdote of the^two to the s'en ate wei not ma.de until Gov, v- v, < '?'.' -~- waa told at the ? capitol! this morning El ato u, had considered the merits o? . ..^i&uU, G** Heb. 27.--While Gov. tn connection with the last governor's suggestion put before him. Foi aev ?ataawa? ln^nS/^e|?e oniitfUrir r?'e?v Col. West, urged by a "large eral days ho worked day and night, . mere personal wishes in the appoint- number of South Georgias had decided eselng delegations and answering let juent of a U. S, senator to succeed the that he would run for governor. About tera. It is estimated by his secre Jafce {Senator Al, O.. Bacon, lt must that time he came to Atlanta and went taries that he gave his attention to haye given him a good deal of per- out to cSll on Mr. Slaton. He found and signed'personally over 2,000 let ,sppaj aattafaotlon when h? decided, Mr/Slaton laid up in, bed with grippe, tera bearing on the subject, aiteg., weighing all considerations, to Slaton, who ?md heard nothing bf -- appQinaiCol. W. 8. Weat. West's Intentions, ferfld. ."Well., Col. jiXO?T[IlALL, ?101W FATAL. '"The admiration of these .two men, West^ I mu going bp run for go ver-. --- - !tjco for another, dates mete v?o the ?or.'*"* bethany. W.Va., F??. "2?.'-?Tho body years they served together in the leg- "In thai event," / responded Col. of Pedro Mala, aged 20, who died from isiature and tho sute senate. Their WoBt, "you wIll- 'Hae* my unqualified pneumonia rs result -st isla first suow esteem and regard were tempo-red support and earnest well wished.** ball -fight, was Ktartod today on i'." by time and more than once they Whereupon Colonel. Weat himself Un- journey to Havana, Cnba^ the home of stood shoulder to ahoulder when im- mediately retired fnoin the race and Mala's parents. The Cuban wau a'sfu portant crises came up -Ia "tKe* gasem- pitched In to help ?ls friend. dent at Bettmtiy"'college. *Hls' fatn?r 'biy._The appointment iof _Colon?l _Weat l? a wealthy planter'near Havana. ? . . . . . --. , - - ? ? * Old Houses FOP Sale I The Charleston 6? Western Carolina Railway Company I authorizes us to offer for sale the following houses: I \ .?i yin .un i . Phi.; .Tn .'.*'? ?*< '?* ?Untl >t . .-.n. H? <.>'.". '? j ?,i<* ti.' - . ! -j: vi .I A 1 Vmm CHENAUljTHOUSE S. FOUR ROOM COTTAGE IN REAR ..% :m TWO STORY HOUSE REAR ANDERSON HOTEL NO. 113 W MARKET STREET NO. 121W MARKET STREET NQ,127WMAftKET'STl???T NO. 135 W MARKET STREET NO. 409 SOUTH PEOPLES t STREET i \ THREE CABING ON S. TOW * ERS STREET IN REAR OF v . ?. ?rfV?*- inna ?: .?.VOT-.- . . ,. <]> \\ . . ? . .. \. 229 W. MARKET STREET. WE WILL SELL THESE HOUSES AT PljySLie AlJC TiON ON THE PREMISES at { ?:. f ?i .! mffi?kY MARCH t r 7f FOR .DELIVERY APRIL 1. j ^ ll ... . ijiw.Hif ; / "^..A?*J... _ _I_I-II 'I- .<. irn. frt???.*?' ??di ii- I \ Sjjj,;. .j,* 1|1>'? .-> MM r MANK & DeCAMPS REALTY CO.