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<rim.)? WATCHMAN, RutahU Consolidated Aur. 2. X --?" lEGISUTIVE REVIEW. IMOI KVMl.N I M \\ ? OMK AT PHI <l N f AI I k s r\l>. Memhrr? of t.cnoral Assemhl) Sir in la no Hurt) lo Cense Ariluoii- Ii?. . bor* Mini ?>vpAM for Homo?Appro? priation li.?t Still In Senate?Klcv tiou for I iftli Justice \hsorhiug I nu-m? t?Conjecture* as to Break? ing or iH'Miiiixk. Columbia. I V If, Inlets the un? expected happens, the members of the General Assembly will tie at their homes next Sunday. It is a source of Sjggppnlntm? nt. and somewhat un necessary, that the General Assem'.dy should have continued In session this long. The pr >cedent has been for ad? journment to be had within the week' after the general appropriation lull has been passed by the House. The Sonate has now had the ap- 1 pr i>ri.iti..,i bill i week and Is giv lug it seri .1 ? m l mature considera? tion, and there has been no report rn It by the tinmce committee of the Senate. The bill will no doub mow In? creases since it It f' ib.- II ..M.. l a? the two ??,i a- Mrs h,' ?. mad ? pro vlslon for i.o new s.-ii n< building af Winthrop since the Hons- acted m the appropriation bill. , The bill will, as was expected, show increases over what It did last year, but this Is le expert.'d in grow - iag and fast enriching State, and It Is what 1* found In eery State and eat I on. Nothing, absolutely nothing. his been done to revise or otherwise Im? prove the tax system or. . hat is most Important. Recur* en equalization of the assessment of property that would bo a real equalisation. More interest wait taken In the Justiceship election last week than In almost anything else. There have been twelve ballots, but the Joint aaaxnildy la r ally no nearer a selec? tion than It v. m on the tlr.st ballot. It ( is freolp pr*-dieted that there will ?>?? Kva ay, if not soon e^B5? 4Mi>yyte stvw*<^#* 'liiMMSMiMk what will hnopen tomorrow, as tr*:e have proviomly been, and the snfe-d prediction in tnis particular contest la that no on? knows or can foretell what will ranpen. The impression, however, Is fiat If the leadlo k continues beyond the twenty-bit ? allot, thero will be a readjustment and that some n \v name will be presented. Of course, ( there Is every possibility that s thing w ill happen" tt f? re that tini . hut there Is no telling. 1 , During th-1? week four of the gaest Important matters proposed for legis lative consideration have beeti con? tinued until i \t s" -i.at. i First. The general revision of the school taw* of the State. See?,ml. T! proposition to pro? vide a highway commission and pro? vide for its s ipport by a license on j automobil?, s. i Third. A i o-operatlvg plan of ad? vertising the State by a fund contrl-. buted In par' 1 y th'- State and in part by the larger railway systems of the i State. , Fourth. The proposition to have i the Privileg? tax go directly into the State Instead of going to Clem>on j College, and have the general assem? bly provide for Clems??n as is done with other Institutions. There has Wen a good deal of talk about the c?ubernutorlal-Judl< lal OOtV t I troversey. A ? III has been prepared and Introduced In the Senate provid- , Ing for < 1 ij? r! n itorlal appointments of I special Judges, but it will not pass and the status will remain exactly as It la at present. The bent feature of the controve*sy j Is that It msy become so scute that, no special Judges will be appointed ' during the year, i.nd this is as It j should he. The understanding was j When twelw . ir uns wer" established! that the re-4 ularly slotted Judges, ?would do rifl the work that was to be done. There Is a deep seated ami well grounded objection to using tempo] t ary Judges, and It would pay the State, and be far more satlstn?toiy both to the bar and the people. If there la re>?' need for more Judges, t<? elect some on whose special duty It shall be tu till positions m oh- . i ;mt by the tllnenn or legal dtsaMllty of a Circuit Judge. The State this year appropriated more money for special Judges ap? pointed by Governor Ansel than the full salary of an adltlon tl Judge. In? cluding traveling expenses. The con? troversy Is likely to so accentuate the custom of special Judge* being ap? pointed that It will break up the prac? tice. The two measures of most general . Interest that have hOSSJ passeu j both branches of the general assembly Uhed April. I S V) 881. 'He Just tu 8TJ] RECORDS FW ?IM? FLYiiiS. eurrin doks \uty m i nts \j m ul m \. Om i rifld llluck With IVoplc Frank | < offyn tarries l?a?StagOf Aloft in Darkness. Augusta. ?ii? Fe??. U.?(jv.t a field blaek with people but lighted here and ihere by the bull's eye of an au? to nobile, in a flight which he had eXSfjOtod tn make secretly to pr#? -nt Interference when landing, Franl> 0 >ffyn, Wright aviator, this mOffldng at 12.01 o'elcck hffoke the wot lu's night altitu-b- rooofd going N'JO iVei aloft. Art h IToxsey who in ??mlv was h lied by u fall from his m.e hin* h< Id the previous record of 2">0 feet. Cof f \ n set another precedent whan he look aloft in a second Bight George 1 H. Manor of Baltimore, tic latter be? ing the first man not an aviator to , ascend after nightfall. The r,:l? ,.f Wright brother.-s wlm-h prohibits m--mbers of th !r staff from mak'.n,, a -< ? tit.s on Sunday < a.used tin start to bf delayed until the early hour this SjjOl r ing. Weaiher I ondition: WOTS ideal. The first flight ions-mud 11 minut?rl nnd the sec ond Sight minutes. \\ Ml VGAIXST HOOKWORM RocJaOfrllov sanitary ( ? nimission, Whbh MtWtt in Atlanta. Will Dis? cus* Conn ehcn?a\c ( umjM i rii. Atlanta. Ge., Fei. 1|,?How to, eradbate the hookworm, which has' be?n found prevalent in 131 of the i 145 countbs In QoOTSjia will be one of the Important SJttfOJttOM IQ be 0on? j sldercd by the corfer OOS of tl I Rockefeller sanit?r:- commission, which win hold a three -days' ses? sion here, h'qlnning Tin . day n< \t. The adoption of a uniform system of making reports and compiling records of th" work in the various StatSf also will be consul, red. ^ Reports will be mad" to th<- con-, "awrVnt"^m^fr%*' routined, to tha BOH thorn States but la prevalent as well in Ww York, Wash- j Ington and oth. r Northern cities, asj borne out by statistics already com- ? piled. The gathering of data lias been > In progress for more than a year now I under the direction of the Rock" feller c mmissif n ;md it is hoped at j this meeting to jcit this information | into such shap" as will be hlgly val? uable to the health bodlei of the dif? fident States in combating the dls- , ' eaeo. I i OKLAHOMA cm TO II A VE CAPI? TOL. Amis Supreme Court DocMeS that. Removal of Scut of Government Is IVMfcctly Legal. Oklahoma City, Peh, 9.?Sustain- | ing the contentions of the support' ri Of Oklahoma City in . very point in the capkol removal eontroversy the state supreme court in a decision roadorod ,to<ia> declared thai this city is to be the permanent capltol of i ? dJahoma. The court decided that the lestfsla I He bail the power to revoke th" provision of the enabling act which made (iuthrie the capital until lilt. Adherents of Guthrie say they will appeal to the United states lupreme eourt. ii the saarriasja lloonaa :,iii and the ! ivs as to notaries public, both of tlie.se BAOaaurOS had to go to free ? nfersnoa before agrsamenti wore i. bed. I nder the terms of the marriage Ii ense law it will cost a dollar to be tu titled after July. Two dollars is the u> \s h e for a eoiiiinission as no ? pllldie. Strange as it may seem, two incus urea, that have been bofora tin- Gen? ? r il Assembly for y? ai> bav. led been presented this year. > No one has presented a bill look? ing t-> State-w.de prohibition, and no OM has ventured a < ompulsory edu Itlon bill. These measures have in previous ysari been presented, with perhaps Uttla thought that they would be .noted, bill to get a fOCOTd, but this year not even that mm h was eouajht, The house has psws< d both th.- gen ? ral npproprlatlon und the supply bllls, ami tin y are now both on the Senate side. The Mouse has adopted a resolution fixing Wednesday as tie time for I aal adjournment. This wonhl give amide time but there is no apparent desire b> hurry thlngi and the prospect is not lUCtl as to ene.iurage members to. pack their trunks until the end of the week for t. I home-going. id Fear not?I t all the esids Thon Air OTTER, S 0., WEDNE8I mmm m hang nesro. OITI?ENS OF EUFAULA, AI, A., LYNCH YOUTH FOR ASSAULT. After All Mghi Search Miscreant is Caught and Hushed Toward Coun? ty Seat. Eufaula, Ala., Feb. 12.?Iver Peter? son, a young negro about 18 years old, was lynched this morning between 8 and 9 o'clock by 20 of the most prominent Citisens of Eufaula in the Woods' just off the public road, eight miles from the city limits. His body WAS strung up to a limb and riddled with bullets. The body Was left hang- 1 ing th? re. Last night about 7 o'clock as a! prominent woman of Eufaula was oroaslng the street, going from aj neighbor's house to her own, s no-1 gro who was Identified as Peterson , grabbed her and attempted to assault her. Her screams brought several of her neighbor! to the scene In a few mlnuteS and the negro field. Aft< an ail night search by police, deputy sheriffs and cltisens, Pel rsonj was osptured this morning at 8 | 0*clOCh at his father's house jufct in the rear of the home of Congressman Henry l>. Clayton. Deputy ?esterly, j accompanied by a Mr. Spencer in the j letter's automobile, started with the negro for Clayton, the county seat, fearing that S lynching might result* If the prisoner was left In Eufaula, At J the eight mile post from Eufaula in 1 Clayton road the automobile waSj halte d by a mob of nttisens and the j negro quickly rushed into the woods fceerby and lynched. W1ND.UP INVESTIGATION, House Adopts Resolution for Appoint* m in of Commission to Investigate Act* of Dispensary Commission. Sliumbla, Feb. id,?Mr. Klbler in? sisted Upon legislative action on the j resolution providing for an invosMgn-; Hog of the winding"up commission ami others oonnected with the clos ? u the dup?;uea/i '.jusiucss. lu's Inquiry it will be remembered was suggested by Governor Blease, Mr. Klbler mad. a statement Of the mattet and suggested an amendment by which the present oommIssion j would be continued in office to con? clude its work, unb ss the Invcstlget- j ing committee finds that it lias done 1 somethlni wrong. Mr. Sawyer saw no reason for the amendment of continuing the com-' mission in office. Mr. Stevenson came stoutly and strongly to the support of the wind-! Ing np OOmmlSSlon. They have one and only one outstanding claim and' the purpose is to close the matter as soon as possible. Mr. Stevenson ask? ed for and received permission to print this statement In the Journal: "As attorney for the state dlspen-| sary commission, 1 desire to join inj the request for a full Investigation of j all Its acts. The white light of an: j honest, thorough and patient investi? gation is counted by the commission and Its counsel, with full confidence that though, as human beings, tin y I have made mistakes, th'ir acts have' been directed by honesty and patri-1 Otlsm throughout, and they feel that' the fact that rumors derogatory to, their honor have reached the Chief Executive renders it necessary to have such investigation, and they earnestly ask that it be made. Infallibility is not claimed and cannot be set up by any human tribunal, but Its position has been sustained by the Courts of: last resort, both in the State and na? tion, and its acts and impulses have been prompted by hones! and patri? otic hearts." The House adopted the Investiga? ting resolution with the amendment continuing the commission in office, until It has COnc,Uded Its work, un? less remo ? d on the report of the legislative investigating committee, to be appointed. FISHERMAN DIE <>\ ICE FLOE. Lashing Gale Brings Death to 153 Finns Who Established village. Vlborg, Finland, Fob, 10.?One hundred and fifty-three fishermen who were adrift on an Ice Hoe have perished, Is the belief of members of a rescuing party who have been in search of the castaways for the last four days, Nearly 800 fishermen established s village on an ice floi . A lashing gab' broke up Ihe Boe, As II drifted away l<u> of Ihe tuen were taken off but others refused the aid of rescuing ships, believing th03 wer? in no ?lan? ger. Tin- gale Increased and now it 1. r, ired the floe was broken up, preel pltatlng its settlers Into the sea. > itf't at be thy Country's, Thy God'l an iAY, FEBRUARY 15, IS presdent taft pleased WITH results of campaign. All Thlnm C onsidered, the President Thinks He Huh Reason to Ik* Opti? mistic as to Agreement. Fittsburg, Pa., Fei?. 12.?President Taft, much pleased with the results Of his Hying reciprocity campaign in I Ohio and Illinois, passed through j here tonight on his way back to Washington. During the day he re COivCd a number of congratulatory messages from different parts of the ! country. The re was cheering nev s from Washington, too, and the presl dent is In a happy frame of mind. With his return to Washington to? morrow the president will push the j light for the Canadian reciprocity j agreement with renewed vigor. He has planned a number of important conferences during the week and will devote himself particularly to the sit- J ua&on In the senate Mr. Taft fools tll?t the house problem was solved j i%ith the reporting out of the McCall bill yesterday. That the house will pass this bill without a serious amendment?or any amendment at ' I all that would nullify the negotiations of the past six months?the president i taker, as a foregone conclusion. The president was cheered today hy a re? port from Washington that the prob- I ability of a nillbuster against reciproc? ity ia tho senate is lessening daily. Mr. Taft is confident that i:' a vote is reacfljd In the senate the agreement will jjoo enactt 1 Into law. The president is as sanguine that reciprocity with Canada will prove a iismaas as ha was that practical free trade with the Phillipines would Jov Ha believes it would prove its wis? dom and Its worth within a year and is anxious that it should be placed on trlul at the earliest possible date. Vi 1 min i; THIS week. Indications Are That Weather Will. In* Warmer Tlhm formal frt the ' Fast. Washington. Feb. l-\?The pres? sure distribution over the North! ? American continent and the adjoining , oceans Is such as to indicate that tern peratures will average considerably! above the normal In the region east of the 1: cky Mountains during the greater part of the coming week, ac-. cording to th' we.uher bureau pre d lc ti on. West of th.- Rocky Moun-j tains temperatures win average near' or below '.he normal. The principal disturbances of the tveek will prevail j during the next several days west j of the Rocky mountains, across the Middle West Wednesday or Thursday i and the East m States the latter part 1 of the week. This disturbance win be j attended by gen< ral pre* ipitation and be followed by a change to colder in 1 northern and centra! districts east of the Rocky Mountains. GOV. BLEASE is INSISTENT. Semis Message to General Assembly j t rging t hange in Law as It Now Stands. Columbia Feb. 11.?The general as? sembly yesterday received special message No. 11! from the governor's Office. This w.'s ; r? joinder to the re? port of the house judiciary eommitt? e report, which In eft, et "'showed up" the governor's position in the contro? versy with the supreme court. The message was received as information in both house and senate and reads as follows: "The report of your house judiciary committee on my message No. 11 is not at all surprising, as you will note in said message 1 said 'I hope that the committee would not act upon the matter not according to their political views towards their chief executive or their personal feelli gs towards the supreme court.' "Since sending In my message many strong lawyers have congratulated me on my position and one who is consider'd the equal of any member of the bar In South Carolina, if not the superior, says 1 am correct; and once Bgain, I request of you to repeal that portion of the act giving the power to the chief justice or issoclate justices to dictate to me a no l shall appoint on the bench. "Now, gentlemen, ! ferlOUB about this matter. I have asked you to avoid a conflict; it is up to you. I know my duty and when the tine comes l am going to do it as l wa. elected to doj 1 ba\e no relatives in your body, but hope 1 have some po? litical friends. "Very respectfully, "Cole L. Blease." u) Truth's." THE TIUT! ill. two Candidates withdraw. LEAVING FRA&ER, MEMMINGER AND WATTS IN RACE. Hut Three Votes Difference Between The Highest uiul the Lowest on ihe Third Ballot Friday. [ Columbia, Feb. 11.?The result of ! the three ballots for associate justice of the supreme court yesterday was j as follows: j . 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Bonham.27 0 0 j Fraser.42 52 5. Momminger. 55 50 54 , Watts. 40 55 56 j Carey.o l i| The name of Col. \V. 1'.. Gruber was 1 Withdrawn yesterday in the race for associate justice bet?re the balloting began. The friends of Gen. M. L. I Bonham, seeing that he was not de-1 veloping and' not wishing to embar-i rass the join assembly, withdrew his j name after the first ballot. Col, timber's IT votes were divid- j ed as follows: For Judge Mcmming er?Senators Ackerman, Black Ginn; j Representatives Bodie, 11 ill, Hunter,; Hutto, Minis. Folk D. L. Smith, to-; tal 10; Gen. Bonham?Senators Bates ' and Stew*rt; Representative Arnold, total ?; ior Mr. Fraser?Kepres. nla-; lives Mltohum and Riley; for Judge! Watts?Senator Summers and Hep ? - i rescntatlve Dobson. ? Subsequently when Gen. lionham retired, Mr. Fra? ser got the voUs of Senaturs Bates,' I 1 Stewart and Summers and Messrs. j Arnold, Mitchum and Rlley. The total vote yesterday ran up to. 161, liiere being but two absentees?I Messrs. Dixon and Kellehan, with J Mr. Fraser not voting. Necessary to a choice S3. On the last ballot Judge J Waits needed 27 and Mr. Fraser 30 ; ! votes, show ing how closely they were running together, the high and the low man. j When the joint assembly convened, Senator Fates of Barnwell wit drew] tlie name of Col. Gruber. The" <. had been much speculation as to h< t his , vote would go; as he and^udge .Kin- | mingor are from the same circuit. Naturally enough Judge Memn inger, got 10 of Gruber's 17 votes. I This gave Judge Memminger quite j a boost. ?Senator Sink! r and llepre- ( sentatlve Todd who have been ill, i were present and added two more to the Memmelnger column. Senators; Lide and T? J. Mauldln changed to Memminger, and two representativesi changed. His vote on the six preced-1 ing ballots had been 39 and with these] 16 votes judge Memminger camei from third place to first He held the] bad on the second ballot when the I Bonham .ote disintegrated, although his total was but 5?'?. On the third ballot he went back to 54 and Judg" Walts took the lead. Columbia. Feb. 11.?The three bal? lots cast today for a fifth associate justive for the State supreme court resulted as follows: <>ne the first ballot Fraser received 4 7 votes; Memminger 4S; and Watts 53; total vote cast Its; necessary for choice 7."?. t?n the second ballot Fraser receiv ? d 4? votes; Memminger 52, and Watts 52; total vote cast 151; neces? sary to a choice 7?; votes. < m the third ballot Fraser received 46 votes; Memminger 51, and Watts, 53; total vote cast 149; necessary to a choice T5 votes. FARM DEMONSTRATION WORK. Ira H. Wllllms Goes to Washington This week to Confer With I?r. S. A. Knapp. Columbia, Feb. 13.?Ira w. Wil? liams, State agent of the United states farm demonstration work in South Carolina, under whose manage? ment such excellent results have been obtained, will go to Washington dur? ing the present week to confer with Hr. Seaman A. Knapp as to the work In Smith Carolina, 1911, He will be in Washington for several days and will make an official announcement upon his return to the State. The farm demonstration work In South Carolin is considered S model 1" the national department of agri? culture and the work in Other States is being modeled after this State. It is practically certain that the work will be extende i Into every coun? ty In South Carolina, special atten? tion will be given to the boys' < orn club work. Fast year there were sp proxlmately 3,000 members of the hoys' corn clubs. Mr. William- hopes to enlist at f ast 5,000 young men In the work this year. The general assembly has appropri? ated $10,000 for the work this yoar and an adltlonal $20,000 will be given by the national government. SOUTHISOX. Established June. ivN Vol. XXXI. No. 61. BLE?SE OPPOSES DELEGATION. holds UP THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. A Strang? and Unusual Situation at the Capitol?Deles* i Set at Naught by the Go and Have to Ask his Pier . Their Nom? inations. ^8 J$_ Columb" ? 10.?If anything COUld ' vN ^Idered as being aston ishe * A the present administra C situation in regard to the of ?f county commissioner in Flor? ae county would fall in that cate? gory, but nothing is surprising, or ought to be. The delegation, after spending long hours of discussion and weighing all matters relative to the office, finally sent the name of Mr. Chas. W. DuBose to the governor for appointment. The appointment-was made and the secretary of State noti? fied him and requested the return of his*oath of office. The governor sud? denly orders the secretary of State to hold up on the matter and to in? struct Mr. DuBoee to take no further steps towards qualifying, as he had another name in view. Who the other man is, or whether Mr. DuBoee falls under the ban of "pernicious a< tlvlty In politics" can? not at this time be stated, but it may be presumed that some such situation, presents its< If. At all events the Florence delegation and the governor are right dead up against a deadlock, and for the benefit of those who con? tended before the election that the governor could not do anything, it might as well be stab d that the dele i gation will have to fish about until they can find a man who was one of the governor's friends and nominate him, or just turn the matter over to the governor in toto. He has the ap? pointing power and ho will use it as he said before, to suit his own will and in his own way. The delegation might nominate, but the governor cannot be mandamused and he will haveJiis way auoi^t the seeorm county ? -.nn is'si rer'of Flor? ence county and if the third one is al? so ordered, SS provided in Mr. Brown's bill the delegation ?night as well go, hat in hand to the governor and ask him whom they might presume to nominate. Exactly what the outcome of this matter may be nobody can tell Just now because they cannot say what im? pulse has moved the governor to hold up the appointment. REPORT PRINCE STABBED. Chinese Regent Said To Be Victim of Angry Funueh. Lond<?n, Feb. 9.?A report reached the Foreign Office today that Prince Chun, the Chinese Regent, had been stabled by a Cunachen eunuch. The n port could not be verified. It is at aributed to the fact that Chun has been ill for several days. The Chinese outlook is a source of the greatest uneasiness to the For? eign Office, due to the belief that a plot Is on foot th re to dethrone Husan-Tung, the regent of the in? fant Emperor Pu Yi, in favor of some older member of the imperial family. Buch a st? p at this time would greatly imperil foregners In China, the For? eign Office believes, I Iwlng to the alarming reports con? cerning the spread of the plague in China, the London papers today join in B plea for more stringent precau? tions throughout Europa. It is feared here that the breaking up of the ice in the Chinese and Rus? sian rivers with the advent of spring will scatter the germs broadcast. Chinese dispatches say that the plague has ROW appeared in the inner city of Peking. On account of the lack of proper sanitation there, it is feared a terrible spread of the disease is Inevitabh. MEMBERS WANT THEIR BILLS PASSED. No One Knows What Bill> Will Come Next. Onl] Cosnmittees introduce Bills. Columbia, Feb. 10.?Bach member of the house is now secminly at? tempting to u' l his bills taken up out of their order, to prevent a contin? uance until next session, and as a re sult nobody Kn?ws what bills will be taken up neat, only committees are now Introducing lulls, ami unless these are taken up out of their order many will go over until next session. A great many measur? s will go over until next January, anyway. The Clemson College matter has hi - n staved off at this session, but it will loom up again at the next.