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><r, SCMTEIt WATCHMAN, EMMI 0 Consolidated Auk. 2.1 LETTERS MADE PUBLIC. IIP IIAMHM'i KKFl'SES TO M ?l\ I STATEMENT. IrtiriN (.Urn <>ui by Oov. Htcnsc rrtmi Jim. K. Itamhliii Showing that liar A.^U?on Had Willi ilniwti Nnnio of I rn^i Moore. Columbia, Marc h 27.?letters writ Un by Jno. K. Ilambhn. attorney of Union, made public by Oov. Uleaae ! )-*tenhiv, .i.bl Interest || UM muri situation In t'nlon county. It will be recalled that Saturday Oov* Hlease stated that be would not name Erneat Moore of Lancaster as apeclal Judge for equity court In Union. Hla oth? er remarks were printed In black ( type on the ast column of the llrst pass of The State yesterday morn? ing. I Oov. Hlease. In commenting on the ^ case, aald that be based bis position on the two letters which he made public. John K. Hamblln. a member of the Union t'ountv Bar association, who i j aent a letter to Oov. Blease stating j that the recommendation of Ernest ' Moore had been withdrawn, by the j bar association, aald to a representa? tive of The State over the long dla- I tance telephone yesterday that he , bad no statement to mak?v "I don't UN to discuss the matter. 1 don't ' care to get Into a newspaper contro? versy about lt." I "When you addressed a letter to( Oov. Blease stating that the recom? mendation of Ernest Moore had been withdrawn by th.? bar association, did you act In behalf of the bar associa? tion?'' h<n was asked. l refuse to make a statement," ba replied. ' J. Oordon Hughes, the'secretary'of the bar association of Union County, aald y enter day that Mr. Hamblln had been handling the special Judge mat- I tor. and that the bar association had j never taken any official action on the question. The law requires that special judges shall bp oarnmiasioned by the go vc Dtl ' of the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Jones baa reeom- ' mended Ernest Moore for the Union | court. I Th.- law do<?s not require that bar | associations recommend op* lal j Judges to the chief Justice. This is done through courtesy, The law requires the chief Justice to recom? mend a disengaged circuit Judge or an attorney learned in the law, who shall be commlsloned by the gover? nor. Ernest Moore was reborn im rnhd | by the t'nlon County Bar Aaaocla tton and by Chief Justice Jones. Mr. Moore heard the John Black case. He was not on the "eligible" list for ap? pointment recently made up ??>? the governo?- and sent to the chief Jus? tice. I Oov. Hlease a snoajneed yesterday the following letter aa his reason for refusing to tjajgftir. Union Ernest Moore Jno K. Hamblln. "Attorn'y at Law, "Unon, 8. 'J. Fob. 18. 1911. "Hon. Cole. 1,. Id ease. Governor of South Carolina. Columbia. S. C. I'ear sir Ol Masai of the bar I hav* Just rrailed a petition to you and Chief Just et Jone? asking for special term of cturt to try equity cases, etc. ?ao Jury cases. ?>ur har has recom? mended Kr mat Moore, and if for any reason he I-; not appointed, then we leav ?he gj*SSs*\l0s1 aj| appointment open. If there is disengaged circuit Judge w?- exp - t him to he appointed. "Yours truly. "Jno. K. Hamhlm." The second letter was as follows: Jno K. Ilarr.hlln. "Attorney in Ijiw, "Unon, S. C. Mar? .1 H. 191 I. "Oovernor Cob-. L. Blease. CoiumMa, South Carolina. Hear Sir. As we have a court or? dered for next week, assjtnnlng Mart k 27. to try equity !?????<?, und there are out-of-town attorneys t ho are Inter? ested In the curt and making In | ll? ries. I should t.e very glad II yon Would give Mi" tin Information OS lO whether Of not a judge has h. en commission* d to bold tin* court. "< mr fcsjt hai withdraws t to tv i.f Mi n. ?, M< I ? . and I) h *>.i.'. n- <'? d (In s'eftt ther- U ho d |ed elr? enlt Judge) that we . have Walter Hunt of n wnotwy, ??<? C, C Mm <?> Bnrnwell. or Jo*1g< I; O Pordj "f Sinn?' r. Thankln? you In advan? e f.,? your reply. I beg to n nialn, "Yours very truly, (Signed) K Hamblln." iApril. I h.m> 'lie Just a 581. 8 FIRE SAT17RDA1 AFTERNOON. shod On it Boiler ROOSS lit Door. Blind ami S4u.l1 l acloi y DUM4. Saturday afternoon shortly ufter 4 o'clock It was discovered that th(* shed over the aawdust house and holler room at the McKelver Door, Hllnd and Saah Factory was on tiro and .m alarm was sent in to the lire i \ irtment, the hose wagons re? sponded Immediately. For a few minutes It was thought that the whole plant was on lire, hut It was found upon closer Investi? gation that only the shed over the holler room was burning and the ?moke. which was coming from the other part of the plant was conducted there from the wood house adjoining the holler room through a big pipe through whh'h the sawdust was car? ried from the plaining mills to tho sawdust house. The pipe was dis? connected and water was turned on the blaze which was soon extinguish? ed. It had been already partly ex? tinguished when the hose teams rached the place, by the employees of the plant who got to work on the fire with a small hose and buckets of water. The damage to the shed, which was not burned down but only charred, will probably not amount to more than $100, it being a frame structure of undressed boards. RLE ASK AROUSES CCRIOS1TY. Hints at Other Sensational Letters Held by Him. I _ Columbia, March 25.?Qov. It lease declared today that he had some tow matter affecting Thomas It. Fel? der, of Atlanta. He exhibited a let? ter showing the signature of the At? lanta firm and another envelope showing a letter addressed to "Jean? ette," (covering u* the other part of the address,) and he declared that if these two letters were published It would really be "too much." He was asked to give out some more "hot stuff." but said he would wait. "It's not time yet," was the explanation. As to one letter, he said that If it tfOrS given for publication, the pa? pers would sell at 25 cents each." All POSJ would have to do would be to hold up the copies and they would s?dl easily for 25 cents each, If it uoio known what they contained.'' The Governor also said that sooner than see one of the letters he had in the prints, the Attorney fjsnsral would he willing to give a dollar for ? very copy that was not run off. The (Jovernor did not Intimate th i exact nature of the contents of the l. tters he holds. The matter, In psjrt exhibited today, was taken from hin pocket and Is not anything that has been already spoken of or writ? ten about. OYSTER StBBF.lt FHI1DAY NIGHT lairgo Number Attend Supper (JIVSSJ to .Members of Mens' Bible Class. A large number of men of the Men's Hildo ?Mass of the Presbyterian ehurch attended the oyster sup? per whieh was given for them Friday night in the basement of the 1 ?? esbyterlan church. The supper was served by the members of the Ladlea1 AM Society of the Presbyterian church and COB* Stated of Oysters, piekles and sand Wiehes. The evening was very pleasantly spent by the members oi the .'.ass and their gUSStl in conver? sation and in getting better acquaint? ed with each other. The party 1 rohe up about 10 o'lock. < Ol KT AIMOI KNS I NTH. MON? DAY, Last Oase for Week Heard Resulting; In Verdict for riaintirr. Court adjourned l*rhla> when the case of Thomas David \ s. the A. O, t* railroad company was wound up in a finding for tin plaintiff for $1, ass, the smounl sued for, unt>] Monday morning, Judge DeVore say? ng tb.it h ? d< In d to x*> home for Sunda). 'i'h. t-ase of Thomas David vs. the a. c. i.. railroad company went u the jury lute Frida) afteri.n and 'I took the .buy ? nly a fi w minub .; to ib ride upon 1 he s erdlet, The i M i on< in w hk h Da \ id sind for > I . Iff b?. aust of the kilting of hi daughter by Ihi railroad at the Caln'a Mill treatle, The jury went oul lo visit ihe scene of me killing Friday morning and soon after tin ir r< turn the e.i^. srei aubmltted to Ihem. The Jury gave the plaintiff *h< full amount susd for. / f I nil Fear not-Mx-t all the ends Thou Ain UMTER, S 0., WEDNES GOVERNOR UTTERS DEFIANCE. WON'T xAMI. JUDGE MOORR FOR SPECIAL UNION COURT. BletVM Makes Use of Strong Lan guagc in !t"fuslng to ltead PapOTI Pr coon ted by Lancaster citii.cn, Who Endeavors to Soonro commis? sion for Judge Mooiv, at letter's Koquest?"Irn It. Jones Can Man dumus * * *,*' Governor Says. I Columbia, March 2?.?The refusal j of Governor Blease to commission I Judge Bl*aOat Moore as special Judge, j to hold a special term of court at court at Union, commencing Monday, Judge Moore having been recom? mended, has renewed the special Judgeship fight. It would appear that j the question of whether or not the Supreme Court can mandamus the > Governor of the State is now put squarely up to that tribunal, j In the presence of Senator Benja? min Ryan Tlllman and Mr. u. E. Wylie. of Lancaster, whom Judge Moore asked to come hero to get hi3 I j commission, Governor Blease said today: j '^Ira B. Jones can mandamus or G- damus or do anything he j pleases. I am not going to appoint I Ernest Moore as special Judge for the Union county court. ; You can take these papers back, for 1 will j not read them." j These remarks were addressed j j to Mr. Wylie, who presented the re- j quest for tho commission for Judge I Ernest Moore. j A few days ago the Chief Justice | wrote to Governor Blease, recom ' mending to him Judge Ernest Moore for the Union county special term of Civil Court to be held com-, nonclng next Monday. Nothing was received from thhe Governor by Judge Moore and, as the time ap? pointed for the Court, he asked Mr. 1 Wylio to go to the Secretary of the State and the Governor, while in the . I city, and see if the papers had been j issued. He also sent along the oath Of ottlce, which he had taken the precaution to prescribe to, so that j there would he no delay. According to tha papers in the case the Union County Bar Associa I i tlon recommended that Judge Moore ? be appointed to serve, and this rec- I , ommendatlon was communicated to I the Governor by the Chief Justice. j The letter of recommendation was as follows > "I'ersuant to Section 2,74:>, Volume 1, Code of Laws. I have ordered a i special term of Common Pb as for j Union county for the trial of jivll , cases not requiring a jury, for the week Commencing March 27. j "There being no Circuit Judge dis I engaged so as to hold the Court, I , respectfully recommend that you is- j sue jt commission to the Hon. Ernest Moore, of Lancaster, s. c, learned in the law, as special Judge, to hold tho said court. i Tin- following letter to Mr. Wylie is self-explantory: I "Ii. R, Wylie, Esq., Lancaster, S. C. Dear Sir: Learning that you intend going to Columbia tomorrow, and being dealrloui Of ascertaining wheth? er it will be necessary for me to go t" Union on Sunday, next, prepared t open OOUrt on Monday morning, th 27th Instant, I beg to ask that i you will do me the favor, while In Columbia, of visiting the offices of the Secretary of State and the Gov? ernor for the purpose of obtaining information upon the point in ques? tion. "I have been informed by the Hon Ira B. Joins. Chief Justice, that h< baa ordered n special term of court I for Union County, for the trial of j Civil cauaea without a jury for a term of one wet':. commencing i March 27. instant, and that In pur aUI nee Of Section 2,74'J Of the Code he has recommended me for commis? sion as special Judge to bold said Court, which recommendation has be n forwarded to th?- Governor, and Ja duplicate thereof, signed by Chief Justice Jones, I herewith einl?se. "Realising thai the time was short In response to tbi< notification from tin- Chief Justice, I forwarded to the Secretary of State, on the 22nd in? stant, tic onth of office required in t such en es, with the request thai In order thai the mailer, and so thai j tin commission mlghl be Issued In ; lime tu p. rmll me to go to Union on Sunday, the 28th Instant, for the purpose ei* openlnM I h< Courl on Monds j morning, i end. her< with a d 111 <l: i H ! of this Oath, i "llearlnn oof hing Ihu far from ?the office of lh< Governor or Beere I i ii \ of State, and i" Inn urn ertaln a i I to whether 'in papers have dul) ? reached tho hands of the Governor and the Secretary of state, I ask that ist at be thy Country's, Thy God's ai DAY, MARCH 29, 1911 GAYNOR, Too, LEAVES PRISON. Takts Pauper'? Oath?Last Chapter in Noted Case. Atlanta, Qa., March 24.?Decrepit and broken in health by illness and long time in prison, John F. Gaynor, who, with Benj. D. Greene, was con? victed of embezzlement from the Government in connection with har? bor improvements at Savannah, took the pauper's oath late today and walked out a freo man. Tho oath .released Gayor, as it did Capt. Greene, from any obligation to pay the Government that $o"5,000 fine Im? posed on them In connection with their prison sentence. It also mark? ed the end of the Greene-Gaynor liti? gation in the United States Court, which has extended over twelve years. When Commissioner Colquitt Baid that he was free. Col. Gaynor acted dazed. "And I don't have to go back to Jail any more, eh?" he Inquired. As Gaynor turned to leave the stand his attorney, T. B. Felder, ask? ed him where he was going. "To get something to eat," was Gaynor's laconic answer. He will spend the night at a local hotel and leave for his home, at Syracuse, N. Y., some time tomorrow. Gaynor's hearing was brief, only the perfunctory questions necessary to show that he had no money or property concealed, being asked. Several times he forgot himself In his answer. At one time, when Assist? ant District Attorney Edwin sought to Identify him as the same man who was Indicted, tried and sentenced for embezzlement and other charges, Gaynor broke in with "yes. yes they accused me of so many things that I know but d?n little about them." Again, when asked about his for? tune and the disposition of it, he re? plied that it all "had gone to the devil." COL. JAMES COSGROVE DEAD. Prominent Charleston hm Bassos Away in Baltimore. Charleston. MaroH 26??Col.-James Cosgrove, one of the best known citi? zens of Charleston and a man long prominent in this community, died at an early hour this morning at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, at Balti? more, whither he had gone thre^ weeks ago for consultation wi*h specialists. Col. Cosgrove had been in bad health for some time before he finally decided to go to Johns Hopkins. He underwent an operation a week ago, which disclosed the fact that he was suffering with cancer and has been sinking slowly until the end came this morning. No recommendations have as yet been made for members of the Coun? ty Hoard and tho old members hold over until new members are appoint? ed. you will Inquire, tirst at the Secre? tary of State's office, as to whether the commission to me as special udge has been issued as required by law, and if it has not been issued, that you will present tin- enclosed letter from tin- ('hied' Justice to the Governor, along with the enclosed oath of of? fice, and request the Governor to is? sue a commies on accordingly. "As you are aware, I am not seeking or caring for this appoint? ment but l should regret to see the members of the Bar of Union disap? pointed in the matter of BUch Bpeclal t< rm, which they seem greatly to de? sire, and 1 am for that reason asking you to as< ertain while you are in Columbia whether or not the com? mission has bei n issued to me by the Governor, in order that l might be aide to govern my course accordingly, h' desired by tin- proper authority, you could brine, nn- tin commission on your return Saturday night. Yours very truly, "Ernest Moor? ." The renewal of the special Judge ship fight probably means that this time, Inasmuch as tin- Issue is square? ly presi nted, mandamus proceedings may result. Tin- Supreme Court has not yet ruled whether or not it enn mandamus the ?'biet' Executive in this State. in its recent" decision ..a t he sp( eial .1 udgeshlp Issui . in the .1 inn-1 Davis ?ase, the ?'ourl held ihul tin- commissioning as special udi e purely a mlnlstei i it duty of tin Chief Executive, said that special Judges must Im commissioned upon the r.mm ndntlon of the Supreme Pourl or the < 'hief Ju t lei . The Supreme Court is not now In kc . n in Columbia, so that any an? nouncement of what will happen could not ?',> made here. id Truth's." THE TRC EIGHT DEAD IN A. G. L. WRECK. _ M\II FLYER'1 GOES THROUGH TRESTLE INTO RIVER. - More than 11 Dozen also Injured in One of Worst Hailroad Disasters Known in South Atlantic fltatCSJ Ooourrnd Near Tif ton, <ia., while Train En Itoute From Chicago to Jacksonville?Caused by Snapping of Axle on Engine. Tifton, Ga? March 25.?in one of tho worst railroad disasters known in the South Atlantic States, eight per? sons were killed and more than a dozen Injured, when train No. 97, known as the "Dixie Flyer," on the Atlantic Coast Line, and running be? tween Chicago and Jacksonville, went through a trestle over the Alapap' Itiver, eighteen miles east of hen early this mornng. Tonight bu* ' body, that of John T. Watson, jf Wyoming, remained in the river. Had it not been for the wreck, Watson would have been a bride? groom today. His sweetheart, Miss Elsie Shippey, of Pasadena, Cab, who was on the train with him, and to whom he was to have been ma ried in Jacksonville tomorrow, remained at the wreck throughout the day and night, watching the efforts of the rescuing party to recover Watson's body. A IB >K Kir. I.I FIRE. 118 Girls Crushed and Burned in New York Holocaust. New York, March 2.").?One hun dred and forty-eight persons?nine tenths of them girls from the East Side?were crushed to death on the pavements, smothered by smoke or shrivelled crisp this afternoon in thu worst lire New York has known since the steamer General Slocujn j was burned off North Brothers' Is? land, In 1904. j One hundred and forty-one bodies had been removed from the ruins at midnight, and seven of the forty in inred had died 1rnh< Thia i. believed completes the bst Of dead Grief-crazed relatives besieged the morgues as tho bodies were laid out. Nearly all, if not all, of the vic? tims were employed by the Triangle Waist Company, on the eighth, ninth and tenth lloors of a ten-story loft building at No. 23 Washington Place, on the western fringe of the down? town wholesale clothing, fur and mil? linery district. The partn >ra of the iirm. Isaac Harris and Mac Planck, escaped from the office on the tenth door, carrying with them over an adjoin? ing roof Blanck'l two young daugh? ters and a governess. There was not an outside lire escape ?n the building. How the tire started will perhaps never be known. A corner on the eighth door was its point of origin and the three upper floors only were swept. On the ninth floor, fifty bod? ies were found; sixtv-three or more i I were crushed to death by Jumping, j and more than thirty ( logged the elevator shafts. The loss to prop? erty will not exceed $100,000. J Pedeetratns going home, through Washington Place t?? Washington Square, at i<> minutes to S, were scattered by the whiz of something rushing through the air before them; there was a horrible thud 00 the pavement and a body flattened on the Hags. Wayfarers on the opposite side of the street shaded their eyes against the sitting sun and saw the window.-, of the three upper floors of the building black with gtrhi crowding to the sills. There w< rc no lire escapes. "Don't jump; don't jump!" yelled the crowd, but the girls had no al? ternative. The pr< saure of the maddened hundreds behind th m and the urging of tluir own fears a*ere too strong. They began to fall to the sidewalk, in a terrible rain of flesh and Mood. Four ah'rms wir?- rung within IS minutes. Before Ihe engines could respond, before the nets could be ; stretched or the ladders raised. fiv? girls had fallen from the eighth and ninth floors so heavily thai thej broke through ihe glass and . died nil; in half an lint: ?ust. Probabl) t full In Eti minub The ? its ha a cle a al the present time, Niere Is not a single case of smallpox in town, the last j case having ieen dismiss >i Saturday, II-: aOOTHRON. BmHMied Jaae, i?M Vol. XXXII. No. 11. eagles < I i b exjoixed. Bank of Suini? r an<l Magie'.? Club BoCil Partim to tin- Injunction Pro? ceedings. Front The Dali? Item, Marc h J7. Injunction papera were again serv? ed on the Eagle's club and the Bank j of Surnter, as the owner of the prop ^ erty in whh h th? Eagles have their club rooms, today shortly after court took a recess for dinner. The pa? pers were doubled this time so it is probable that th' club and the Bank of Sumter will to fight twice as j hard this tir get them suspend I ed or laid ?? as they were when served b j The ^ef/* action prohibits the club i fror . ping a resort in which al i , C( xCr drinks are sold and from re I * , ? .g. storing or otherwise dispos ^ . of intoxicating liquors. The >ank of Sumter is enjoined from j renting or leasing the property to the club for any of those purposes, j What the outcome of the present j injunction will be, is a matter of con j jecture and has called forth a great deal of discussion. COURT PROCCEDIXGS. Morning Occupied in Hearing of Case 1 of F, Levi vs. I. H. Moses. Only one case was heard Monday in the civil court and this had not yet gone to the jury when court ad? journed for dinner at 1.30 p. m. This was the case of F. Levi, plaintiff vs. I. 11. Moses, defendant. The suit is to recover funds alleged to have been won by Mr. Lev! in cotton spe? culation in 1904. Mr. Moses was the agent used by Mr. Levi in the transaction. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETS Mowing will Be Held Wednesday Xight in Masonic Hall at 8 O'clock. It has been decided by the execu I the committee of the Chamber of Commerce to hold a meeting of that i body on Wednesday ni^ht at 8 p. m. in the Masonic hall. The meeting i- held to sea what further steps .th* i Chamber will take in the line of prog ' ress, and to see if sufficient funds can i be raised for the securing of a live i secretary for the Chamber of Com 1 merce. The recent booster banquet which ! was held seemed to be of much in j t- rest to the members of the Cham | ber of Commerce and it i* hoped that the enthusiasm worked up then j will be shown in the meeting that ? will be held Wednesday night, j The meeting was formerly an ; nounced for Tuesday night, but owing I to the fact that the City Council meets on that night and all mem? bers of Council are members of the ?'hamber of Commerce and could not \ attend both meetings simultaneously, I the meeting of the Chamber of Com ' merce has been postponed until Wed? nesday night. in The Police Count, There were several Of Sumtt r's liberal citizens in the Police Court on Monday to answer for riding on the sidewalks at forbidden places 1 Saturday afternoon, ail of them hav j ing been am Sted in their progress by (Miner MeKagen in his rounds l * about town. Willie Sanders, riding on the s'de walk at forbidden place, $3. c. B. Huggtne, riding bicycle on forbidden sidewalk, $2. Prank ntcLeod, riding hi. rele on sbb walk at forblden place, $-. Robert Cooper, driving wagon on sidewalk, |3. Vincent Wilder was charged with I public drunkeUness at the passenger station Saturday afternoon. He plead guilty and was let off with a line of $5. Charley Booth k w.is po drunk Sat? urday afternoon that be was unable to express his wants when he went to the telephone ? xchange Saturday to get some on< tin to telephone t\.r piio. He f i on the floor and frightened th.- ladh - at the exchange ven Imdly. ' I 1 ? is I?ut cut orce hut l urned j - ? I ? l he door to ke< i- from falling ant.! he waS BT* j , nt< 'l and i arrh u ofl fo .-.f- r un:,r i^rs. plead guilt) to the charge i i ? . ceman Ward found si vt ral ng bucks Sunday whlllng awt their time in fin- an of gambling > M. rounded them and had them In I court Monday to answer to the , hargi . The t kn e ot i in m. Mack Peterson, Theodon Flemming and Sam Wright, plead guilt) and the Re? corder gave them a sentence Ol each or ::o dn>s.