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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. ?EWH> LETTERS FROM OUK SPE QAL CORRES I ?1 INDENTS. iiauut ?r tale rest From nil Par tu of .mi. less aiul tdjolnlng Counties. eJOTICB TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mall your letters so that they will tmmoh this office not later than Mon lay when Intended for Wednesday's vaper and not later than Thursday lor Saturday's Issue. This, of course, applies only to regular correspond? ence. In case of Items of unusual mwi value, aend In Immediately by ?oe.ll. telephone or telegraph. Such news stories are acceptable up to tin arjur of going to press. Wednesday's paper Is printed Tuesday afternoon and Saturday's papsr Friday after? noon. S\| ** I'll Y11,1.1 \ ?JBlthvllle. Feb. 13.?The people, or at least many ?>f them, of South Carolina are becoming thoroughly dis? gusted with |lM gggggi nts??t the iress in regard to the conduct and i ollcy of Governor I Mease. The press may fool all the people some of the time and some <>f the peg pie all the time but It cann.?t fool all gf llM people all of the time. If the editor of the Times I*espatch will attend to his own business he will find that he has very little time to comment Ml the affairs of the Palmetto State and Its Chief eexcutlve. It seems to me that It U nigh tun. for him to realise that the press, taken as a whole, docs not have the Indue i . it Is supposed to h i >. The election oi Cole L. Bleaae is MsMggd evidence of the fact. About every newspaper In Ihe State opposed him. One of Abraham Lln oln's sayings is appllcahle Jn-if here: "When a man hears himself misrepresented It pro? vokes him but when misrepresenta? tion becomes gross and palpable it is more apt to amuse him." Just let a man advocate the rights of the common people, then the aris? tocrats begin to howl him down. Sen? ator Ttllman. one of the best Gover? nors South Carolina has ever had. was criticised and abused beyond all reason, but he ?amo out victorious, perhaps Governor Cole L. 1 (lease will do likewise. The legislature should puss a law making drunkenness a crime, then men's rights would not be taken away from them. Plenty of tigers live up here. They are doing a thriving business. It Is nothing new to see drunk men. What has 1.me of those enthusiastic prohibitionists? It seems to me. If they were true to their profession, something would be doing. Have they too. heoime weak kneed? It seem- udging from list SsOJdltlon of affairs all ?? gf the i try. Mrs W. J. Shiver entert lined at her h.?me on last Saturday by giving a working party. The young ladles were give a ! (,uil? to finish. The young no n were given a room to pa? per. The young ladles were s, . m ingly more Industrious than the gen? tlemen for th \ Mulshed their work, but the young men failed to com? plete theirs. All went gsjftg feeling that th. y had spent a very pleasant diy Miss Arrie liurkett visited at the "Plnss" on last Sunday. Supervisor K\ms of Ulshop\ die. visited this section last Thursday. The Plsgah choir met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. l >. J. Mattield on last Sunday evening. The next meeting Will be at th ? homo ..f U< v. and Mrs. T. L. Cole on n ?\t Snnd.iy afternoon Immediately ufter preaching. HeywHrd the pith- h..m ,,f Mr. and Mr*. John BgffsV Id, Is critically ill. Mrs. S. K. Kohertson Is spending today with Mrs. ||. II. Kvans, at "Falrvlew." Noll I) Ml n VInIT M \ I I!. S?n ret.i \ of Cm Num. <.o\. i nor Mor? ris. John I?. Rockefeller. Among TIm'II!. ('?dumhla. Pshi 16.?Among the several distinguish* d visitors In South Carolina this week are Hon. Andrew IV White, ambassador to I'ran. . ; II. C. Frlck, the Pittsburg steel million? aire; Hon. lien. L. von Meyer, sec? retary of the navy, all of wh im are guests at AlkSS, Governor Morris, whose reput iti'.n gg a short storj writer Is well known, spends a con? siderate part of his winters In the Carolina winter resorts, ami has only recently left. John 1?. Rockefeller, the oil king, is at present In thut lion of the Smith, having arrived re? cently to spend some time. It was announced that Mr. Rockefeller had brought along hin automohlle for the purpose of touring the conntrv. The Augusta golf links are favorites of the oil magnate. If Joe Cann? n hid Mr. Cemegis'l money, h' wouldn't spend any of It for pence.?Anderson Meli, Ilecause of the private sales It Is hard to keep track or the mark, t price of votes. ? M. inphls CaHlsesn lal-Ap? peal. "CAN AI, MI ST HK PUiVl'lffUBD?M l nlted suites Ha* no Choice. Kay* Judge Speer. NYw York, Feb. 14.?The United States has no cholee in deciding whether the Panama Canal shall be fortified. The canal must be fortified and heavily fortified at that, if this ( ana try is to preserve Inviolate the neutrality of this gateway to the west? ern ocean. It is bound by treaty with cr. at Britain to preeerve its neutral? ity, ami cannot d?> so with loek-kecp i is and civil officers in the Panama Bone. So declared Judge Kmi"> Speer. of Georgia, in an address to? night at thI Republican Club ban? quet. "The President is. of course, pri? marily entrusted with the national de? fence," Judge Speer said, "it is the right and duty of the United States to fortify and make capable of defence the work that will bear so vital a relation to its welfare. "There are, however, persons who take the contrary rtew< Their objec? tions to the fortification of the canal are: It would he safer without for? tification; at one time the Government did not Intend to fortify it, the Suez ("anal is not fortified; the United itatet In all of Ita history has never been attackedi the Canadian border line Is undefended; we should ask for i omplete arbitration before increas? ing our war measures; a guard of battleships at .ach end of the canal would make the fortification unneces? sary, if not entirely useless; and It is \ pensive t*? fortify." Judg< 8p< er discussed the world? wide political changes since the da\ of President Taylor, when it was first announced that this country's int* n? fion was not to fortify the canal. He referred to the treaty between the United States ami QrOl I Britain un? der which the United States is sole guarantor of the neutrality of th. larM, and touched upon incidents leading to the adoption of this treaty. He said: "Our title to the route of the canal is unchallenged, and is as clear as our title to the channel of the Hud? son or of the Mississippi, other na tl iS than Great Britain and Panama are neither parties nor privies to the treaty? If other nations not parties to the treaty, because belligerent in? ter CO, we, will be morally bound to keep th.' canal neutral as to them. By the treaty with Great Britain wt are made the sole guarantors of that neutrality. But that guaranty could not be kept by lock-tenders or other civil officials of the canal. To enfoi'< I neutrality, and especially to perform the duties of sole guarantor, requires r.'.litary force and strong force. "No ottoer nation, not even Great l'.ritain guarantees neutrality for us. if then we are belligerent and help lean, a hostile Reel might blow up tie locki and destroy the canal without rlolatlnj any rule of International law. (?r, what is more dangerous. our ? neray may himself fortify and hold the canal as an Incomparable naval base, to extort from us terms humiliating t<> American honor, a ul destructive to our powt r among th< nations of the earth. "Is the commerce of the whob world, for the neutrality of which within the canal we ROW becom ? guarantor, so free from difficult: and Intrtcadei that we can rely upon the civil servants of the Government to enforce this obligation? is not th* honor of the nation pledged, is not its dignity, character and Influence at stake I win not the nerve centre of international strategy be |ocat< d there. :\i the instant of the first sue < i ssful passage through its locks and channels of a mighty battleship from ?Ither Ocean to the other? Are w> now so Isolated that we may safely give no heed to the perfect militarism, and the gigantic steel clad r.quudrot Of the grand old World beyond tie deepl ('im we aJtord to ignore the uncounted millions and the racial 'animosities of rcsurg nt Asia? ?0 we appreciate th* aatoundlng mobility of uiod?-rn fleeti and armies? "Have Americans forgotten sir peter Parker's attack on Charleston, and bow the stout Palmetto lugs of Port Moultrle ami the stouter hearts ? f its defenders drove Sir Peter away?" Should we fortify the Panama Canal? Should a man put up a gate at the entrance of his garden path to keep out undesirables? If the man didn't put up the gate and his gar? den was tllhd With traps, WOUld it do him any good to declare thai his garden had been neutralized? Kxehange. I A warrant has been lasued for U it. Tuten, a prominent cltlsen of Brunsoii, Hampton county, charging him with lb. murdei ot .1. R, Laim ford on November loth last. Rieh Williams, a negro, was arrested at th. t me, ami is n..w in tin penitentiary aw lilting trial. - II n \ ( v QOOdeOJI was shot and Kill? ed at Busby, Greenville county. Tues -i ) by (?de Fletcher. BARK HORSE ENTERED. BUT DEADLOCK IN LEGISLATURE UNBROKEN. Cary, Brlce, Sheppard and DeVorc Re? ceived! Votes lu Today*! Balloting? Memmlnger Lost More Votes than Watt* or Eraser?Dark Horse Can? didates Failed to Stampede Legis latnre. Columbia, Feb. 14.?The deadlock in tli' election for 111*? Fifth Associate Justice of the Supreme Court remains unbroken and the end is not in sight Several lark horse candidate! were sprung on tin joint assembly today but tiie effort to stampede the sup? porters of the three original candi? date! failed. The situation remains praci leally unchanged. The sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth ballots resulted as follow-: liemminger. 55 49 40 Watts.62 62 56 Fraser.4 6 4 3 l_ J. P. Carey.0 6 13 Brlce. 0 2 0 J. C, Sheppard. 0 1 0 DeVore. 0 0 4 Columbia, Feb, ir?.?Nineteenth and twentieth ballots for Associate Jus? tice resulted as follows: DeVore be? ing withdrawn: M< mminger 52, 4S; Watts, 57, 56; Fraser 43, 17; Carey 10, 12. Third ballot today: Memmlnger 50; Watts r>;?; Fraser 17; Carey 8. Columbia, Feb, 16.?The voting 10 day for a Fifth Justice for the State Supreme Court resulted as follows. Carey withdraw! on first ballot, Memmlnger t:<, 43; Watts, 00. 61; Fraser 50, 57. Third ballot: Memmlnger" 45; Watts ?; 1; Fraser ."7; necessary t<? ( hon ,- IS, IT PAYS TO BE A BIG LEAGUE. National DrgWI Down bonus of s;,uu. 000 and Free Halls for Twenty Yean, New York, Feb. 16.? For a bonus, it is said, on good authority to he $r.00,000, the National, League of Professional Baseball Clubi In session here today, made a 20-year contract with a prominent sporting goods firm to use a baseball of its manufacture, for the Official league hall. It is the sann- ball that has been used by the National league for the last 16 years and In adopting it again the mag uates rejected an offer of a Cincinnati firm said to have been $3 25,000 in 20 annual installments of $16,200 of which half was to be in ( ash and half in baseball supplies. Heretofore, it has been commonly supposed, even among the players, that the big leagues paid about 87 cents apiece for balls which sell at re? tail at 11.26. Bui the developments of today show that they not only re Oelve all the balls they use free hut a very considerable sum of cash be? sides. The ball In question is made in Chi oago and tlie* contract commence! with the season of 1912. The league schedule was adapted today without change and the sched? ule already prepared and sent out Stands for the season. This shows that all of the dubs will travel a grand total of 89,733 miles during the season. i Mil Ls WILL REDUCE OUTPUT, j (* - Xumber of Factories Which Have Held Aloof From Curtailment Wave lo ( ut Production. Boston, Mass., Feb. 1"?.?A number ? f N> \v England cotton mills which have not participated in the general curtailment movement recommended by the arkwright lub will go on a Short time bail! this Week because of unfavorable market conditions. Many of the mills, North and South, have Mopped from 20 to 80 per cent of the machinery according to ad? vices received In Boston mill unices. The Now Bedford fine goods mills have been reducing the output for | several weeks. Tonight some of the Fall River mills will shut down until Monday ami renew the four day! a week schedule, Other! will stop Sat? urday only. Brandenburg Musi Pay Fine. Jefferson Pity, Mo., Feb. 16.?The tine of |600 Imposed on Broughton Brandenburg, the author, by a St. Loutl e nirt, for kidnapping his step? son, was affirmed by the supreme courl of Missouri today, Branden? burg was arrested In Ban Francisco vvlu re he had taken .lames S. Cabanne 111. son of his wife. He Is out on bond and is supposed to be in New York, They are never alone that are ac? companied with noble thoughts. Sir Philip Sidne y. .lohn Keefe, a prosperous young former ol Marlon county, killed him? self Monday. I [CENSE REMOVED FROM MANU? FACTURERS. AM) REDUCED TO $2.1 ON AUTOMOBILE DEALERS. in sho t Session Several Matters Are Discussed and Some are Acted Up? on?Committee on Lights to Report Later. _ i At the regular semi-monthly meet- , big of City Council held at 6 p. m. in the council chamber, with all mem- , i hers of council present except Alder? men McLaurln and Booth, Council 1 w ?nt to work to revise the city ordi- j nance so as to remove the license tax : from manufacturers In the city and to reduce the license tax on automo- i bile dealers down from $100 to $25. The meeting was an uneventful one. ! After the minutes of the last meeting were read and approvd the matter ? brought up by Mr. L. C. Dove at the j last meeting of Council asking for a refund <>f part of the license paid last ; September, and which was inadvert- ' ently omitted at that time, was again j brought up and after a short discus? sion was refused, i ouncil thinking it best to take the same action in this caae as they had t aken in previous similar cases. Mr. Glenn reported for the Fire Committee that he v as getting in Shape a r port to hand in stating the mads of the tire department and tha_, I the council would find those needj j many. j The committee appointed to look I . Into the light proposition reported that it was not yet ready to make its linal report, so the matter was post- j poned until ihe next meeting of COUn- j eil. Mr. Glenn reported that the pres.mt elty electrician refused to keep his i position at the present salary and that he was in favor of keeping him j at the increase of salary asked for. . Mr. McKeiver also thought it best to keep Mr. Lynam as electrician, as ef? ficiency was what was needed and he had given efficient service in the past.! No action was taken in the matter. Dr. Mills, the city physician, was present, having been called upon to make his report, He stated that In the first five months that he was In | Office that his services had been called 1 for very frequently, and that he had ' made on an average of 60 calls per month, after that he had made only an average of 15 calls per month. He! stated that he had visited and inspect- j ed the pupils of the Washington Street school and the Girls' IJIgh ' school but had not yet visited the Boys' High school. He said that he' had not gone to the negro schools to 1 ? xamine the children. There was some discussion on the part of council as to whom the City ' Physician should report and as to j what exactly were the duties which' should be required of him. It was decided to postpone action In the mat- J ter until the next meeting of council j when Dr. Mills could t, ike a full re port of what he had done sin? e he ' had been in office and until the min- j ut. s of the meeting at which he was elected could be looked up and the duties of the physician found. A letter from Mayor Glbbes "f Co? lumbia was read. He stated that he j ' was at that time going oil ( visit to J ?>hio, and that after his return from j that place he would communicate ' with the City Clerk and let him know when it would be convenient for him to com -. He later sent a verbal message in which be advised that no steps bo taken In the matter until later on. Mr. Fr?ser, for the county delegation In the Legist tu re wrote that a bill providing a commission form of governn enl for towns of 8,000 <>r less, had been already Intro? duced Into the legislature and that the fSumtcr county delegation would do all in its power to see that the bill paaaed. a communication was received from Richard Dossard, a coi ned hack driver, asking that money for an unured license be returned to him. it was decided t< look Into the mat? ter and act on it at the next meeting. a letter from Mr. Cobert Br*uid, on behalf of the a. C. L. railroae, was r.ad. Mr. Brand stated the* the matter of providing better lights, for the station would be taken up with the proper head authorities with a view of having the lights put in where they w. re neceasavy. Mr. Powell aaked th a he be given a lower rate of license for six months, lb. time that he expected to stay here. Mr. Hurst slated that Mr. Powel had been lure two months ami that he hail not paid anything in that tum. Mr. McKeiver moved that city accept $io from Mr. Powell ami not require any further license for the remaining four months, this action to be su > ject to revocation ?f council at any time, provided that Mr. Powell mule bis shoo ilg galh r\ a nuisance. Mr. Ithame moved Ihnt Mr. Powell's re? quest be refused. This motion w is .1. fen ted ami Mr. McKetver's motion v as carried. A letter 'roin Col. Thomas Wilson, president of the Northwestern rail? road Company, was read. Mr Wilson ask< d that his road be given a reduct? ion in the license on railroads in the city as his road had no terminals here, but leased terminal facilities from Ihe a. C, L. raiiroad. The request wsj refused. a letter from Mr. T. 1'.. Jenkins, ss j to license for automobile dealers was next read. Mr. Jenkins asked that li? cense be reduced, showing that i.: .th er c ities, license was much lower than it was here. Council discussed this matter for unite a while. The fact ; was brought out that the Uc< r.*>< was made high at tin- supposed requ< Bt ol i the automobile association in order to keep person! from going into the business of selling automobile! for a short while In order to secure one In j this way for themselves, after which they would drop out of the business. Mr. Rhame wanted the license made the same as it was on other business? es. 5o cents per $1,000 on sales, and Mr. Wright made a motion to this ef? fect. This motion was afterward! changed by Mr. Wright to $25. Mr. Glenn substituted a motion that the license be made $50. Mr. Glenn's mo? tion was defeated on a tie, the Mayor voting against it, and Mr. Wright's motion was passed, and the clerk was aiked to change the City License Or? dinance to read to that effect. Mr. Cuttlno brought up the fact that loose mules had been driven along the street. It was found that there was no ordinance to prevent this, and it was moved and carried that the clerk draw up an ordinance forbid ng loose mules or horses being driven along the street. Mr. Rowland asked that the license on old "boss'" sal*- be removed from the a. C. L. railroad as they brought much trade and money to the city. It was decided to grant his request as the company was- already required to pay one license for operation In the city. Mr. Rhame then brought up a j matter which he had started to bring up several times previously during the evening. He wanted the license tax removed from manufactories, at least those which did the majority of their business outside of the city. Mr. McKeiver wanted the tax removed from all or to remain as it was, say? ing that he thought that those manu? facturers that kept money from going out of the city needed to be exempt as much as those which brought mon? ey into the city. Mr. Wilder suggest? ed that the license be removed from those who did half of their business outside of the city. Mr, Jennings spoke in favor of taking the license from those who did as much as half of their business out? side of the city. A motion was then made that the license be removed from all manufacturers. This motion ivai carried and the clerk was asked to change the ordinance, removing all license tax from the factories. Mr. Wright then made his report for the police and light committee. Tie asked that council confirm till a< tion in having the light removed from the middle of the alley way known as "Wall street" |o the rear of the alley? way so that it would light up the lot to the rear of the neighboring build? ings. This was done. It was also th cided to move the light from the side <>f the Academy of Music to the rear of that building so that it would light the lot t<? the rear of the Acade? my and city hall. Mr. Wright reported for the com mlttee appointed to hade Into the es? cape of Harper after his killing of Bd Bossard, that the committee had made out their report and would have handed it in. but for the fact that they had discovered evidence that afternoon more important than any they had yet learned, and that tin y had not had time to ferret it out. He s.-.id that the report would be ready by the n< xt meeting 1 f council. He then made his report for the Police C< mmtttee as to the small pox scare, lie said that he had been call ed upon to furnish wood, medicine and food for the guards and for those shut up in the house. He wanted to know if he had authority to do tins and If he should continue to do it. He was told that he should, as the people ware under the charge of the city and had to be supported by the city for the time being. In this matter It was asked If it were not better to establish a pest house in the city for the cases of small pox, but in view of the fact that it would greatly increase the city expenses and would probably not do any more good than the steps being taken now, it was deemed advisable not to establish any p< st house. In this connection it was brought out that Mr. Towles, the city health officer, was vaccinating from lift) to one hundred persons per day and that he had asked that he be given a po liceman lo go the rounds with htm ;it night to vaccinate those whom he could not lind a home In the day tune, it was deemed advisable to do ibis, and it Mr, Towlea was not able to go around at night after att. nding to his work in the da) time, it \n.i> thought best to gel another man to do this night work. \ vote of thank** was ^.i\< to Mr. J. 11 <"hau Her for ihe work that he had done in looking over the census returns at Washington. Mr. It. J. Watts asked permission to throw packages of goods from the top of the flood win Bros, store. He said that the goods would be something that could he used and that it v%a.s done as an advertisement. His request was r 1 us? d as it was thought that doing this would cause trouble. Mr. Hurst ask? d that steps be taken t<> gi 1 some money into the city treas? ury u there was not enough on hand to meet current expenses. This mat? ter was discussed for some time, after which it was decided to allow the Mayor and Finance committee make arrangements with the hands to get money. The result of the election was then read and it was decided that steps he taken towards getting the bonds is? sued and the work started as soon as possible. RESPONSIBILITY ON WILSON Resolution Debarring Removal of Furniture From Hall of House. 4 Columbia, Feb. 16.?Newspaper readers generally seem to misunder? stand the effect that passage of the Daniel resolution by th< house Wedvvfli needay afternoon will have -on the State ball. The resolution provides ihat the furniture shall not be remov? ed from the hall of the house, if in the opinion of the sergeant-at-arms such removal would damage the fur? niture. This merely puts the ques- ^ tion up to the Serg' ant-at-arms J. S. Wilson, of Lancaster. Apparently the author of the resolution feared to pre? sent the Issue squarely. It is certain that on a record vote upon the plain question, Shall the State ball be barr- W ed from the hall?" the resolution Could r.rt have been passed. There was a good dead of more or less silly talk about the visitors here between sessions having an inalienable right to View the hall, etc. As a matter of fact, the hall is locked up when not in use, w hich is the greatest part of thV^ year. Representative Rembert's sud? den opposition to the holding of the ball in the State house is ascribed to Bleaae Influence. Mr. Rembert is himself a former member of the South Carolina club, the organization Which gives the dances. *^ WILL BLEASE HAVE OPPOSITION? A Politicians Already Wandering W ho Will Win in Primaries in 1912. Columbia, Feb. 16.?Politicians have already begun wondering if 4j Governor Please will have opposition Lh 1912, when he will undoubted!v ask the people of the State for anoth? er term. Should some man beat Mr. Bleaae to the nomination in the pri? maries, all precedents in South Caro? line will have been broken. The pres? ent executive's opposition to Governor Ansel in the campaign two years ago sets a precedent for opposing the sec? ond term of governors, and it is most likely that future candidates for this office yill have at b ast two precedents. Mr. Please has not made many.* friends among his former enemies, it is declared, and there be those who declare that he has lost out to some extent among his own following. Much depends on his acts after the h gislature adjourns whether or not Core will be a lively campaign in thi summer of 11+12. BILL \(. UNST SCALPERS. To Protect the Public as Well as Cor? porations, Columbia. Feb. 11.?Those who have had to pay theatre ticket specu? lator- largo sums will hope that the bill which has just paoood second r< ading In the house, imposing a p< n alty on scalpers, will become a law? Columbia's tirst bad experience with scalpers came last fall, when specu? lators got a corner on "Ben-Hur" ti< kets ami made Columbians and oth? er Carolinians pay heavily for the privilege of seeing the play. There was a go.nl deal of protesting, but the theatrical management was pow* erb ss to help the public The bill m>w before the house includes rail? road ticket scalpers ad imposes a penalty of $100 for violation. Any advance over the original price of a ticket m ikes the person SO selling lia? ble t<? indictment. cntEENYILI.E POIUIMXN SHOT Prisoner Hurried to Columbia bj Of Reers for Safekeeping. Greenville, Feb. II.?While In the act of arresting a young White man named Stonecypher, "Uncle Tommy" t'uii ton. the oldest member of the poll., force in the city of Greenville, was shot ami seriously wounded. After shooting Mr. Cureton, Stonecy? pher was arrested and officials has? tened him to Columbia to prevent \ lolem > . Mr. Cureton was hurrledl) taken to n botupftal in Greenville. Physicians who are attending him saj that he Is severely wounded, but that he will probahlv ?< t well. They're only truly g> at wh truly good. <'hapman.