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cane / .. >l MTI i; WATCHMAN. Eatabll Consolidated Aug:. 2. 1 mm vetoes foolish. An.Ml l iN \l>l'IK>l'ltl \ i Im\ IIIl I. v Uli \M? PfTAXD i l \> . State uh a Whole anal the Taxpn> As IimII\Idtial* lla\e I teen Ihilit by tii> iMnnnor'- Ihcap John sml Hin I (Toi ls to V Hi. Public llcllo\c That Ho I? a mihi i i hiuir <?r the IVople? i halm \\ a > ami Moan- < urn oi - on Hi* Light. Columblc. Fob. 27.?Now that the general assembly hau adjourned, after an unprecedented close on account of th, veto me.*H)i<?' of the governor, p<?. - baps it will not be amiss for me to ' give my version of the results I rowght about by the principal Items vetoed. : First of all. 1 desire to say that the j appropriation bill was predated b) the ways it.' i IM oaanntte. in an unusually short time, on account of the Inaugural address of his excel? lency and aUo on account of his ut? terances on the stump prior to the primary last summer. It thus reached the senate much earlier than usual j and that body deliberated over it I much longer than they usually have j an opportunity of doing, so that It I was only returned to the house ono day earlier than It was absolutely The senate had pasaed what was known as the Stewart bill, providing a new building at Winthrop, the i authorities there preferring this' method rather than taking their | chances In the appropriation bill. | WhJIe I was heartily in favor of the new bullding, I opposed this bill In a quiet way In the house, feeling that Winthrop should come In on the same basis as the university and the Citadel, but the bill passed the house' and received the approval of the gov- ' ernor. 1 shall recur to ?bis matter' a llt'le further on In this article. j If s u to the principal vetoes? thsAltam of $5.000 to the comptroller 1 gev jral's department waa given to J enUble that department of the gov- ( snt to make a thorough Investi? tion at lb van,.us county oflloee nd through this appropriation to establish a uniform system of book? keeping. During the past few years numbers of counties ha e made hap hasard investigations ?hat in most cases amounted to notalng. and 11 I they have cost a great deal more than this general appropriation would coat and we still have no uniform , system of keeping the books In the various county offices. Win! ? the present comptroller gen- ral may not have devised th.' very best -\sicm posible a uniform system would have been Infinitely better than no sys- ' tern at all. as at present, ami In my ^ opinion would have saved to the tax - ? payers of the State at least |St,tM over and above this appropriation. Hin veto of $1,600 for an a< tu it} in \he insurance department will cripple that department very mate- . rially and especially In dealing with , those companies who write Insurance principally In mill villages, collect-j Ing the premiums weekly or monthl"*. j The man who is able to tak" oul a j large policy In an old line company j Is able to Investigate for himself. His ( veto of llfi.OOO for the Florence re i formatory shows that his excellency . ha.* r#-?'lsed himself. We have In Lexlng'aa a reformatory tor young J negro criminals where these young boys are sc pi rated from the old and hardened criminals of their race, w ith i the hope that they may be discharged without contamination and reformed. The Florence reformatory was In? tended to do this and more for the young a hit* ? w ho were wayward or hsd mad> M false step. It had proven its etfu lency so well that It had outgrown Its present quarters, and this appropriation was intended to enlarge th<> plant that its field of usefulness might be greatly extended. ; As to hlj* veto of the appropriation for a heating plant at the negro col? lege. *. shall not argue the question as to whether that race should be educated or not, simply stating this fact which bb? excellency Is well aware of, that we have to maintain this Institution to secure the funds from th*? national g* rnm-nt wha n ronntitute a eoowtdc Fable Item in the revenue of Clemson college, but I rhall argue It front an economic standpoint. and that Is. that this Institution Is II prop, rtv of tbo State, and ns such sttpuld be protected from d mg r large d'-ndforv v. i burned about I *? snaerths ago. ?v? r- placing of v hl< h hm sogt Un laiawysri of south CarcH Una 11 l."oo I a ? \. i ami the > aim amount tbU. Had thl?* prop,med Iv-at tng plnnt been In existence nt that lime, this Josq of $.'".000 to IgjSJ tax? payer* of th State would ne*t have o ui r i ???! ?'?: ..,? t I,: I, i i im' shMl April. 18.M? 881. plant, it is lia 'de to recur at any time. As t . Qm it m to |2,000 for an arte? sian well at th-- same1 lnstituti(?n. it in only a Question of whi ther il is I lo aper to pay $2,000 once lor all, lor a water supply. or to annually l av $soo to the city of (>rungeburg I ?f water. Tie- saiio :in,'ii|ii?'i!t (an be apldi'd to the heating plant at the univ. rsit\. As to th" infirmary at Winthrop, it was bult to accommodate the av I ago sick In an institution of 100, <t Pas now grown to more than Should an epidemic of any contagious is.-. nn-a des. mmups t> phold fever ete. I.reck out there, it would very probaMv bring tears and sorrow |0 many homes on gCCOUnt of the 'nad"ouattr provision for coping with ueh i contingency. Hod grant that hUf I II. in v, In his zeal for econ? omy, shall place no mother of our State In mourning garb. While T might criticise with equ il Justice most of the other vetoes of his excellency, there are hut two more for -which I shall ask space in your columns to sh ?w his absolute incon? sistency. His excellency vetoes the appropria? ting] of $5,000 to the State Agrieultu- | ral and Mechanical society, giving as his reason that such appropriations are unconstitutional, yet these appro? priations were made under the con- j stitution of Imm, and under the con? stitution of litl, and 1 have no hesi? tation in saying that no money ex? pended by the State has returned as large dividends, not only In develop? ing our agricultural and live stock a Interest, but also In making our peo? ple a homogeneous mass, and mak ir.g them feel tho kinship of race ! throughout the entire length and1 breadth of the State. ' His excellency vetoes this appro? priation as being unconstitutional. 1 and yet he allows to go unscathed an appropriation of $3,000 for the corn- J breeders' association, an Organization but one year old, that has held but ; one exposition, and that an absolute i farce so far as corn-breeding was con- ' cern<?d. j Jerry Moore with his 228 bushels P t acre could have won qo prixe under the rules adopted by this asso elation. The man who produced 30 to 40 bush'Is of corn of the single- j eared variety would sweep p-oor Jerry ' Moore with his measly little 111 DUSh? els of prolific corn In Ignominious de? faftl from the held. Yet his excel? lency approves of an appropriation of $3,000 to perpetuate this organi? zation, he is so insistent upon it that ho invites me as chairman of the ways and means committee, Into his ofli and lays tbe -natter before me, after the ways and means committee and the lions ? has disallowed this appro? priation. I If the appropriation for the agricul? tural society Is unconstitutional, where does he get his constitutional authority for this appropriation? Boinilflllg now to the Steward bill for new building at Winthrop, that Is ipproved, it is very much needed and i rejoice that Winthrop has secured it. but it will add not one more girl to her roll of students, Just here it Is due th*- members < 1 ttn- tree C< n ferencs that i mnks the following st.it -ment: When the appropriation bin ranched the senate, after this bill bid bee., approved by the governor, that body attempted to rSVeTOS itself bj adding i section, known as section I.'. which read as follows: "That all acts and parts of acts In i onsistent with this act are hereby I pealed." The evident and only object of tho s r ite was to reverse itself in regard to a new building at Winthrop, but It might have \dher and more far renohlng effects, On the morning be? fore the free conference on the ap? propriation i*lii. his sxeellency took no- aside in the hall of the hous.. and called my attention to tins section Stating that it that section Were left in In- would feel compelled to VCtO the bill, and in that position 1 think he ans absolutely correct, it was this argument thai Winthrop already had her building assured and the university and Citadel were squally entitled to th us that won out In Ires I conference, and Anally secured the placing of all these buildings in the appropriation bill. Tie appropriation for the east win ; of the citadel Is approved and I again lejohe because it completes tin- build ling and fund lies an Opportunity tor perhaps Mi more of our sons to ob? tain an education, Hut when we come to the university It nev building) W hb h W Uibl bar e boon I In no nil ol furnishing cheap dormitory room to 50 more poor young men, thli appropria? tion is v? toed becaust of the Bnsn? rial condition of th* State, That Is the only reason bi> sxt silt m ? assigns, but if our I nances vets able to land the strain of a new building at Win ml Fear BOS Let oll the ends Thou Alu SXTMTER, S. 0., WEDNI WHAT WILL BIESE DO ? IS A8KED VOn COUNSEL AM) CO? OPERATION. Wlnd-up commission Repllci Court* I OOUSly and Fully to (Governor's Ui> | DlOOd for Information Concerning Trnnaactlont or ihn Executors of Lata Great Moral Institution. I ; Columbia, Peb, 27.?In a lengthy letter the stau- diipenaary commls ?Ion replied this afternoon to Gov. Bleaso's demand for Information con? cerning the dealing! of the commis ?lon ami its sontract with Attorney Polder of Atlanta. The commission calls attention to its aniual report to the Qovernor and submits copies of the OOntraetl with Felder and Stoven son, saying there Was no contraci with Ahney. The commission says Gov. BleaaOi In asking why they had not followed the law by winding up the dispensary expedltiously, quoted the act of l'JOT, although the legislature, has by annal subsequent acts, con? tinued the commission and directed it ' to go on with its work. No attor? ney fees* have been paid since Jan. 1, 1910 and the payments made to j Felder have been only on his con I tract for commission upon recoveries. Since January 1st of this year $34, 700 has already been collected and there are other large claims in pro? cess of collection. Th* commission earnestly solicits Gov. Blease's coun? sel and co-operation in facilitating Its work. i_ i ???????. I STANDS BY HIS FRIENDS. Governor Blea.se Commutes Sentence i of John Mack, The Dispensary (?rafter. 1 Columbia, Feb. 27.?Gov. Blease today commuted to $2,000 fine the sentence of five years Imprisonment I imposed at Chester on John Black, former State dispensary director, for conspiracy to defraund the State. Mack's - ase was on appeal to the State Supreme Court: I O tt HARDS SUFFER DAMAGE. j - Killing Wont at Maoni Has Played HptOC With Fruit. Macon, F<b. 24.?A killing frost at and around Macon is reported by the weather bureau this morning, and this probably means a great deal of dam? age to the fruit, it was the killing frost that had been most feared by the orchard owners. throp and of a new wing at the Cti adel, surely we would not have gone backward by providing a new audi? torium for the university, thus en? abling us to convert the old audi? torium into dormitories. 1 am told that his excellency was at one time a student there. That being the case, In- must be intimately acquainted with its standard of scholarship and with the standard of honor it has ever maintained in us student body, it is possible that we who have never had the pleasure of being students Uuthat Institution have been deceived and that its Standards, both of scholar? ship and of honor, are not what we have been led to believe? i can not answer this question, his excellency perhaps can. In conclusion, allow nie to say that 1 have written this article, not in vin? dication of myself, but in vindication of the abb- gentlemen who labored i so eat la stly and so untiringly in the ways and means committee to prepare tin- appropriation bin. To prove that their work was well done, allow me t > say that had every amendment offered on the floor of the (house been aeeeptcd it only would have deduced the total a little over $14,000, eliminating I ?r. Sawyer's amendment making an appropriation of $10,000 for the medical college and still the reductions proposed in the house w oiid have amoui ted to little more ?ban $24,000. The reductions which his ? xcellency by his veto has effected will effect a saving to the taxpayers oi the State of not unite one-third of ja mill, which means to the man who 1 pays a tax on $160 of propi rty a sav ? ing of I |-2 cents in his tax? s this year, it means the disorganisation of tin- work of various departments of tie- government, it means tin- tem? porary crippling of the capstone of our educational system, it means tie leaving Of a part of the State's prop erty to great danger of destruction by fire, it means Ihe prnctlcal annulment of th.- child labor law. ami it means more than anything el <?, a cheap play to the galleries that is unworthy of the chief es ?CUtlve of a great Stale Lowndei J, Browning, Union. R, I'. I>. No. 2. Feb. 24. us't at be thy Country's, Thy God's ai CSDAY, MARCH 1, 1911 GEORGIA PEACH CROP. Cold Wave Disappearing. Pencil Men Breathe Easily, efacon, (Ja.. Peb, 23.?With a wind that is almost sephyr-like compared to the past few days breeses prevail? ing, and the peach crop of South and middle Georgia safely through its or? deals, the peach and truck planters are breathing easy and looking towards a bumper crop for 1911. It Is esti? mated tonight that not more than an average of 10 per cent of the little peaches have been destroyed and that does not mean anything to the ulti? mate crop, as there is always much thinning out to do anyhow. There is ? very indication here that the cold wave has taken Itself oft' and, al? though there were nights when the frost came fearfully near the danger mark, it never did get quite cold enough to do appreciable damage. The Georgia Belles are the only peaches which are in bloom, and they are unhurt in any way, and the El bertas are not hurt enough to have any effect on the harvest. 11 OR It V COUNTY COURT TODAY? No Judge Named to Preside??Exec? utive-Judicial Deadlock. Columbia, Feb. 26.?Unless some unforseen change comes about there will not be a Judge to hold the Ho:rry County Court, which commences to? morrow. Chief Justice Jones, of the Su? preme Court, has recommended C. P. Quattlebaum, of Conway, for special Judge, and Governor Blease has stated that he will not appoint a spe? cial Judge for the Court. He takes the position that Judge Memminger and Judge Copes are disengaged. The law requires that special Judges be appointed by ?he Governor upon the recommendation of the Supreme Court. Judge Copes will, it is expected, hold the Kichland County Court dur? ing the present week. Several weeks a^co^fo 11 owing his election by 'the General Assembly, he notified the Governor that he would not be in a position to qualify and serve here and asked that a special Judge be appoint? ed. This brought about the breach between the Governor and the Su? preme Court. Judge Watts, who was finally assigned to the Ilichland Court, will have to open the Abbeville Coun? ty Counrt tomorrow, so under the lav Judge Copes will hold the Richli nd Court. Interest is centered In the final cut come of tlie breach between Governor Blease and the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Jones has also stated in a telegram to Governor blease that his recommendation of Mr, Quattle? baum "is conclusive and stands." Governor Blease will not appoint Mr. Quattlebaum or any other special Judge, according to his statement, so there the situation stands, and it looks like there will be no court In Horry County for lack of a Judge. Judge Klugh, who was to have held the Horry Court Is ill. DR. DAVID K. RAMSAY AC< EPTS. Becomes President of Greenville Fe? male College in June. Greenville, Feb. 26.?In a telegram rec< Ived this morning by the secre? tary of the board of trustees of Greenville Female ('??liege the Rev. David M. Ramsay, D. D., pastor of Grace Church, Richmond, Va., stated that he had decided to accept the offer of the presidency of Greenville Female College, which position was tendered him several weeks ago by the executive committee of the insti? tution, representing the board of trustees. It is understood that Dr. Ramsay announced his decision to his congregation in Richmond at this morning's service, Tin* newly elected head of the Greenville Female College will enter upon his duties soon after the com? mencement exercises of the sollege, in the first week of June, and will spend the summer wanking in the in? terests of ' be Institut! >n. i>;i\id M. Ramsay was born in Greenville county, He is a graduate of Richmond College and the South? ern Raptlsl Theological Seminary. His first pastorate was In Tuscaloosa, Ala., from ad l< h place he w? nt to the Citadel Sonate Baptist Church, of Charleston, where be remilned for Iyears. Three years ago be ac? cepted a < all to Grace Btrei t Baptist Church. . The people are wondering bow Mr. Hitchcock can make his new postage ?ate apply to the bad magazines nnd not to rood ones. ?Anderson Mail. id Truth's." TIIK TRU FIGHT ON Ri;CTl?ROCITY. I _ - Opposition Practically Blocks Uill in Senate, Waehington( Feb. 23.?Opponents of ths Canadian reciprocity agree? ment attempted t<? put a -quietus on legislation on the subject when the ifcCall bill to carry out the provis? ions of the agreement hue today w*.s reported "without recommendation" from the senate committee on finance. So far as the recent session of con? gress is concerned, they took a long step towards accomplishing their pur ' pose. The return of the bill to the senate by Mr. Burrows, acting chairman of the finance committee, was made the occasion for brief speeches, both in opposition and in favor of early ac? tion. As only a few days remain to put j the bill through a hostile body, the speeches against it were accepted gen earlly as its deaHi knell, until a res ' urrection should come in an extra session. Senator Hale, the veteran Republi? can leader, who will retire March 4, declared that the committee had yielded to public clamor and the charge that the bill was to be sup I pressed and had reported f.gainst the ' real sentiment of a largo majority of j the committee. He served notice, I however, that the bill would have to go to the calendar to take its course j and any effort on the part of any one Of whatever authority to drive the senate would be an unwarranted as sumption of power. Declaring his opposition to it, Mr. Bailey of Texas expressed the opin? ion that the best interest of the agri? culturists would be served by the de? feat of the till. j Senator Stone of Missouri, minority member of the committee, announced his -intention of supporting the meas? ure on the ground that it would be in the line of wise and progressive statesmanship. Senator Bailey stated that while opposed to the bill, he would not seek to delay its passage. "I am ready to vote on it as soon as the Corinfar* case is disposed of," he said. The bill went on the calendar where it is subject to consideration whenever the senate may decide to take it up. KICKED A PIG, PIG EXPLODED Farmer Whose Swine Ate Dynamite Gets Surprise Of His Life. Cordt le, Ga., Feb. 23.?Chief of Po? lice Sumner returned today from Worth county, where he had a nar? row escape from being blown to pi ces In a peculiar accident. He says that a farmer named Strie blnger had some very valuable swine and desired him (the chief) to see the drove. The farmer led the way to "The Presidt nt," one of the finest "pork? ers" in the bunch. lie was sound asleep and refused to get up. The farmer kicked the pig in the ribs and there was an explosion that took the chief of police Off his feet, knock? ed the farjner down and blew out the side of the building. Incidental? ly, it killed the pig. it took the farmer some time be? fore he discovered that a quantity of dynamite that he had hidden under the pen for blasting purposes was missing. The pigs had eaten this. Btrleblnger has decided not to kick any more pigs.?Anderson Mail. PARDONS GRANTED. Two Life Term Prisoners Have Been Released. Columbia, Feb. 25.?Two life term prisoners were pardoned yesterday by Governor Blease. Preston Jefferson, who was con? victed In Bumter county In isss on the charge of rape. In the petition it is stated that Jefferson was a very young boy at that time. He was granted a pardon. W. G. Rivers. who aus convicted n Dorchester county for murder In 1903, He is 77 years of age and a Confederate veteran. He was grantee', a pardon. \ pardon was refused t-> William J, Perry, who was convicted In Or? angeburg county in January, ItfOft, on the charge of an m. ll?- was n lenced to six years In the reformatory and six years In the state penitcn i lary, Women of England are report d to he taking boxing i< (sons seriously. The manly art will no doubt asslet their, both In getttng ballot lights and In Inducing titles t<- patronise home tal? ent. Charleston Past. ton. K SOUTHKON. l-.siablMx'il lame, 1VM Vol. XXXII. No. 3. READY 10 REVISE TARIFF. DEMOCRATS .%RE IN CONDITION TO START WORK ON SCHED? ULES. Underwood Innounces That Ways and Means Comnslltee Needs Little Help in fixing Duties. Washington. Feb. 24.?Tariff revis I ion plans of the ways and means committee of the next rengres*- *e announced today by Rope ^ .ve Underwood Of Ala bam j will head that committee *+ .e house, w hile he was oppo* tariff board provision of th C . y civil aporo priation bill .? Mr. Ur d said that "assum j ing tb was to be no extra ses ' sion o. ogress," the committee on the Democratic side of the house was ' charged with the responsibility of pre I paring tariff legislation and all tho 1 Democrats asked between now and j December was provision for a clerk, I statistician and a stenographic clerk for the committee. The Democrats, he said, were not asking money for an I independent investigation. "If we j have an extra session," Mr. Under ! wood added, " we can vote what mon I j ey we want." I "We went into a very thorough in ! vestigation of this tariff question 18 months ago. The witnesses that ap? peared before the committee then were impartially examined on both sides. The testimony before us is only 18 months old. We simply pro? pose to take that testimony and the statistics and evidence that were be? fore you gentlemen when you wrote the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill and write a tariff bill in accordance with our I principles." , INHUMAN ACT AT SPARTANBURG Attempt to Assault White Woman Children Injured. Spartanburg, Feb. 25.?While alone at her horo" t?n Union rtrect Ihtsr** afternoon, a well known and promi? nent white woman w as assaulted by a negro, with criminal intent, and j Gary Gist, a negro 22 years of age, is charged with the crime. When the three-year-old child of the victim ried out, the negro seriously choked (the child, and with his linger nails cut severe gashes in the child's throat, and also hurt a three-months-old in? fant. it is stated that the negro, a driv? er of a delivery wagon, who is well known to the family of his alleged victim, entered the house this after | noon, and asking who lived there was told. After being ordered out, he re? turned and entered the room where the mother and her two babies were. He grabbed his victm and threw her ovet a bed and the child scream d, it is said, and he then choked the itltld, but not until after another la ly who was in the back yard had heard the cries. she < ntared the room and the negro fled. His pur? pose was not accomplished. The news of the assault spread rapidly over the city. The police de? partment was notified and twelve officers were dispatched to the scene in automobiles. Sheriff White was also notified and went on horseback. The negro had gotten a good start and had concealed himself in the woods just at the edge of the city limits. These woods were completely surrounded. Finally he was seen craw ling along the ground and given immediate chase by the officers, He fled and Officer Littlejohn. of the po? lice department, fired five times at him. but neither shot look effect. Oth? er officers also fired at the fleeing ne? gro, but he was not hit by any of the bullets. Sheriff White was clone to the ne? gro In their race across an open (leid? and he finally was successful in run? ning him down. The horse which the sheriff rode kn ek< d the fugitive to the ground and Officers White and Turner, of the local police force, put chains on him. He was hatless and had dtscagded n pistol which was drawn on one of his pursuers. By this tlmi feeling in the city was ?uteri m\ nnd '1 > .'? v- as ? nxicty as ;?? alieiher or not the negro could lv lodged In jail without some at tempi at violence. Forming them? selves in a squadron, however, the iv gro was placed in tin centre of the ? in a carriage \\ Ith * veral po? em* n. Sheriff White headed the pro? - Ntton and a wild dash a i made ? r the county jail through the streets. The negro was safely placed in s cell, and tin re is absolutely no chance for a nu b to get him from the fall. Tn reverence Is the chief Joy and power of life.?Huskln.