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f Hsu MMTKH WATCHMAN, UstabU Consolidated Aug. 2,1 LETTERS MADE PUBLIC. m;- m xMi.il-, hi ri ses ro MAKE STATI Ml NT. I.ottem tiHen Out by (io?, Ha um IYimii Jno. K. Hamblin Showing that liar AMaoeta?on Had With? drawn Name of Urnen! Moore. Columbia. March 27.?letters wrlt Un by Jn?> K. Hamblin, attorney of Union. made public by Qov. Bleaae ! yesterday, add Interest to the court situation In I'nb>n county. It frill be recalled that Saturday Qov. Blease stated that he would not name Erneat Moore of Lancaster as special Judge for equity court In Union. His oth ?r remarks were printed In black type on the aat column of the llrst page of The State yesterday morn? ing Oov. Blease. In commenting on the ^ case, said that be based his position on the two letters which he made public. John K. Hamblin, a member of the Union County Bar association, who | sent a letter to c,o\. Hlease stating j that the recommendation of Ernest Moore bad been withdrawn, by the j bar association, said to a representa? tive of The State over the long dls- I tanca telephone yesterday that he , had no statement to mak?. "I don't to discuss the matter. I don't care to get Into a newspaper contro? versy about It." j "When you addressed a latter to! Oov. Blease stating that the recom? mendation of Ernest Moore had been withdrawn by the bar association, did you act In behalf of the bar associa? tion?" he was asked. I refuse to make a statement.'' ha replied. 1 J. Oordon Hughes, the* secretary of the bar association of Union County, said yesterday that Mr. Hamblin had been handling the special Judge mat- | tor. and that the bar association hud ? never taken any official action on the question. The law requires that special judges shall be commissioned by the J governor upon the recommendation of the Supreme Court Chief Justice Jones has fOOOnV mended Ernest Moore for the Union | court. ! Tto- law do?>s not require that bar associations recommend opoi I ? Judges to the chief Juatice. TV.o la done through courteay. The law requires the chief Justice to recom? mend a disengaged circuit judge or ?in attorney learned in the law, who shall be commisloned by the pass, r n >r Ernest Moore was re^omm nd< <l j by the Union County Bar Associa- , tlon and by Chief Justice Jonea. Mr. i Moore heard the John Black case. He was not on the "eligible" list for ap-1 polntment recently mode up ??y the governo- gsaf sent to the chief Jus- [ ttce. I Oov. Blease a inounced yesterday the following letter as his reason for refusing; to commission Ernest Moore: Jno K. Hamblin. "Attorn'y at Law. "Unon, 8. 'J. *ob. 18. 1911. MOO Coin T*. Llease. Cover nor of South Carolina. Columbia. S. C. ? Hear 8lr: On behalf of the bar I have Just rr ailed a potttlM to you and Chief Just ce Jonm asking for ssaaejlnj term of cturt to try equity cases, etc. ?no Jury eajsjajs> Ow 1 " h is recom? mended Krm st Mo..re. and if for any gggaon he i rot a ppoUltasli thai u leav ?he ';ue?tlon of appointment open. If there is disengaged circuit Judge \kv exp . t him to be appointed. "Your* truly. "Jno. K. Hamhlm." The secomI letter was as follows 'Jno. K. Hamblin. "Atl -rney av Law, "Unon. S. C, Marc11 2?911. "Oovernor Cole. L. r.hase fobimi.ii, South Carolina. 'Hear Sir. As we ha\? a court or? dered for n-\i week, beginning Muh 17. to try equity ca?os. and there are out-of-town attorneys I bo are Inter? ested In the court ami making In i I? rles. I should l>e very glad if Voll Would give nc On information as to whether or not a Judge ha In en commission* d to h?.M this COUrt, "i mr la* ha* wlthorawa tie nan of HrneSi Mooia. and has sogges??>d (In cent Iber?' is u>> ?b-engaged ?b rult Judge ? that ?\ ? hi ? W Hunt of n wborry, nr c. c Mm ol Itamwell, or JSstg< It, ??. Pordy of Siicnt^r. "Thanking you In advance fOf yioir reply. I ??. .. to i. main. "Y<?un very truly, (Signed) \Jn". K. Hamblin." toil April. 1850, 381. FIRE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. si us I Over ?'.mi Room ai Poor, ?Mi sum sn*.h iuoloei Burned. - Saturday afternoon shortly after 4 o'clock It was discovered that the shed over the sawdust house and boiler room at the McKelver Door, [ Hllnd and Sa?h Factory was on fire. i and an alarm was sent In to the fire department, the hose wagons re- 1 sponded Immediately. For a few minutes it was thought that the whole plant was on tire, but It was found upon closer investi? gation that only the shed over the holler room was burning and the smoko which was coining from the other part of the plant was conducted there from the wood house adjoining j the boiler room through a big pipe through whb'h the sawdust was car- j rled from the plaining mills to tho sawdust house. The pipe was dls- j connected and water was turned on the blaze which was soon extinguish ed. It had been already partly ex- . tingulshed when the hose teams rached the place, by the employees ? of the plant who got to work on the j 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 ASF AROUSES (T1UOS1TY. ! Hints at Other Sensational Letters I Held by Him. ? - I Columbia. March 25.?Gov. Blease ' declared today that he had some i icw matter affecting Thomas B. Pel der, of Atlanta. He exhibited a let- i lOff showing the signature of the At- I lanta firm and another envelope I showing a letter addressed to "Jean- ? ette," (covering up the other part of | UM address,) and he declared that j if these twj letters were published (1 It would really be "too much." | < He was asked to give out some i more "hot stuff," but said he would i wait. "It's not time yet," was the I explanation. ' As to one letter, he said that If it were- given for publication, the pa-' < BOM would sell at 25 cents each." All I MSJ would have to do would be to J hold up the copies and they would 1 sell easily for 25 cents each, if It j I OOjM known what they contained." j The Governor also said that sooner < than see one of the letters he had 1 In the prints, the Attorney General would be willing to give a dollar for ? very copy that was not run off. j The Governor did not Intimate tho , 1 ?'xai t nature of the contents of the ' i letters he holds. The matter, In j part exhibited today, was taken from 1 his pocket and Is not anything that has been already spoken of or writ- I ten about. OVSTF.K SUPPER I'HIIBAY NIGHT, l4irgo Number Attend Stip|>er Given to Members of Mens* Bible Class. A large number of men of the Men's Blblo ?Mass of the ITesbyterian church attended the oyster sup? per which was given for them Friday night in the basement of the Presbyterian church. The supper was served by the no-tubers of tin- Ladles' Ab? Society of the Pi MO J tartan church and con? sisted of OyataN) ploklM and sand withes, The evening was very pb-asantly spent by the members of the . lass and their fOMtl in conver? sation and In getting batter acquaint? ed with each other. The part) I roks up about 10 o'lock. _ GOUWI ADJOURNS l NHL MON-j BAY. bant Cone for Week Heard Resulting In Verdict for Plaintiff. Court adjourned Frulas when the case of Thomas David Vi, tin A. C, L* railroad ebmpany was wound up in a AadiiiK for tin plaintiff for $1, PVU, tin- amount sued for, unl ; Monday morning, Judge DeVore say Ing th.it h de ir< d to go Imme for Sunda>. The tase of Thomas David %*e, the a. C, I* railroad company went u the jury late Prldaj afteri.s and '* took the Jury ? nly s i> w mlnub i to d< ? id upon the verdict. The i vi i un< in e hfc h 111\ i.i su< d for *1 . Ill b.. nut.r the killing of his daughter by !h< rnllruod al the Caln'i Mill In stle, Tin jui > a enl oul to vlatt tin- scene of the killing Friday niormng and soon after tin lr r* turn th- oum was ?ubmltted to them, The jury gave the plaintiff <be full amount sued for. / f I 'Be Just an si tl Fear not?be t all the ends Thou Ali IMTER, S C , WEDNES GOVERNOR UTTERS DEFIANCE. WON'T NAHE JUDGE MOORIG FOR SPECIAL UNION COURT. Bleaae Makea Dee of strong Lan gongci In Refnalng to Rood Papon presented by Lancaster citizen, Who lEndoovora to Soonro Commis? sion for Judge Moore, at Edittor*f RoqisDOt?"Ira lt. Jones Can Man dnnitta * * Governor Says. Columbia, March 25.?The refusal [>f Governor Bleaot to commission Judi;?- Brnoat Moore us special Judge, to hold a special term of court at court at Union, commencing Monday, Judge Moore having been recom? mended, has renewed the special ludgeshlp tight. It would appear that the question of whether or not the Supreme Court can mandamus the Governor of the State is now put aquarely up to that tribunal. In the presence of Senator Benja? min Ryan Tillman and Mr. lt. E. Wylie, of Lancaster, whom Judge Moore asked to come here to get hi3 sommis.ssion, Governor Bleaao said today: I Ira B, Jones can mandamus or 3- damus or do anything ho [deases. I am not going to appoint Ernest Moore as special Judge for the Union county court. You can take these papers back, for 1 will mt read them." These remarks were addressed j ,o Mr. Wylle, who presented the re- i |Uaat for tho commission for Judge Brnoat Moore. A few days ago the Chief Justice j vrote to Governor Itlease, recom nemllng to him Judge Ernest Moore for the Union county special orm of Civil Court to be held com neneing next Monday. Nothing was 'OOOlVOd from thhe Governor by j ludge Moore and, as the time ap- j jointed for the Court, he asked Mr. ' tVylio to go to tho Secretary of the State and tho Governor, while in the dty, and see if the papers had been j ssued. He also sent along the oath >f office, which he had taken the precaution to prescribe to, so that j hero would be no delay. According to th? papers in the aso the Union County liar Associa lon recommended that Judge Moore j ?e appointed to serve, and this rec- I ?mmendatlon was communicated to 1 he Governor by the Chief Justice. The letter of recommendation was is follows: "Perauant to Section 2,74l>, Volume I, Codo of I^iws. I have ordered a ipeclal term of Common Pb as for Union county for the trial of civil ases not requiting a jury, for the P/Oek commencing March 27. "There being no Circuit Judge dis ?ngaged so as to hold the Court. I roopootfully recommend that you is- j RIO a commission to the Hon. Ernest Moore, of Lancaster, S. C, learned In the law. as special Judge, to hold tho Mild court. The following letter to Mr. Wylle I self-explantory: | ? It. B, Wylle, Esq., Lancaster, S. C. Dear Sir: Learning that you intend folng to Columbia tomorrow, and ?elng doalliOUi of ascertaining wheth? er it will be necessary for me to go " Union on Sunday, next, prepared open court on Monday morning, h 27th Instant, I beg to ask that I von will do me the favor, while In Columbia, of visiting the ofllces of. :he Secretary of State and the Gov- ' ;rnor for the purpose of obtaining information upon the point in ques? tion. "I have been informed by the Hon. Ira B. Jones, Chief Justice, that he Has ordered a special term of court For Union County, for the trial of ? dvil cause! without a jury for a term of one wee':. oommenclng Ma? eh L'7. instant, and that in pur lur.nce of Section 8,743 of the Code ie juts r< commended me for commls don as special Judge to bold said !ourt, which recommendation has n forwarded to tin- Governor, and t duplicate thereof, sinned by Chief lustlce Jones. I herewith einl?se. "Realising thai the time was short n response to this notification from the Chief Justlee, I forwarded to the Secretary of State, on the 22nd in itant, the onl h of office requtr? d In an h <? i . s, w itii the request lb it In oder thai the matter, and so thai the commission mighl be Issued In time to permit me to go to Union on sainduv I he 26 th Instant ftir the purpoi u i f np( ntnM lh< Courl on Mondfi \ morning, I en ?Uu c her* w Ith i duplleal? of thlfl oath. "Hci rlttp nothing Ihus far from ih-' ntllce of lh< Oi vernor or Bccre i i r\ of State, and being uncertain as to whether these papers have dul) reached the hands of the Governor snd the Secretary of state, I ask that I list at be thy Country's, Thy God's ar JDAY, MARCH 29, 1911 GAYNOR, TOO, LEAVES PRISON, Takes Pauper's Oath?Last Chapter in Noted Cuse. Atlanta, Ga., 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. The oath i.released Gayor, as it did Capt. Greene, from any obligation to pay the Government that $5"5,000 fine im? posed on them In connection with their prison sentence. It also mark? ed the end of the Greene-Gaynor litl | gation in the United States Court, which has extended over twelve years. When Commissioner Colquitt eaid that he was free. Col. Gaynor acted dazed. "And 1 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 cr property concealed, being asked. Several times he forgot himself In his answ;er. 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 BEAD. Prominent Charlostonian Basses Away in Baltimore. CharitStOUj March 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 threo Weeks ago for consultation with 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 I tncer i and has been sinking slowly until the end came this morning. No recommendations have as yet been made for members of the Coun? ty Board and the old members hold over until new numbers are appoint? ed. you will inquire, first at the Secre? tary of State's otflce. 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 the enclosed letter from the Chief Justice to the Governor, along with the enclosed oath of of rue, 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 dlsap pointed in the matter of such special t< rm, which they seem greatly to de? sire, and 1 am for that reason asking you to as< Ttain while you are in Columbia whether or not tin- com? mission has bei n issued to me by the Governor, in order that l might be aide to govern my course accordingly, if desired by tin- proper authority, J you could brine me 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 presented, mandamus proceedings may result. The Supreme Court has not yet ruled whether or not it can mandamus the Chief Executive in this Stale, in its recent* decision I on the special Judgeshlp Issue, in the .1 im? ; i ?*v i - ? asi. the ?'ourl held ihul tin- commissioning as special udi p is purely a mlnlstei i il duty of th< Chief Executive, and that special Judges must In commissioned upon the i.mm ndntlon of the Supreme I Court or the Chief Justice, The Supreme Court is not now In session In Columbia, so that any an nouncerm nt of \v hat will happen could not be made lu re. id Truth's." THE TRU EIGHT DEAD IN A. C. L WRECK. "DIXIE FLYER" <;of;s THROUGH TRESTLE into RIVER. I - More tlum a Dozen also Injured in One of Worst Hail road Disasters Known in South Atlantic Stated Occurred Near Tifton, Ga*, while Train En Iloute From Chicago to Jacksonville?CaujMHl 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 her? early this mornng. Tonight bu* - body, that of John T. Watson, of Wyoming, remained in the river. j Had it not been for the wreck, i Watson would have been a bride I groom today. His sweetheart, Miss Elsie Shippey, of Pasadena, Cal., who was on the train with him, and Ij j I whom he was to have been ma ried I in Jacksonville tomorrow, remained 1 at the wreck throughout the day j and night, watching the efforts of the rescuing party to recover Watson's body. A IIOKKIBLE FIRE. 118 Gtrlfl Crushed and Burned in New York Holocaust. MOW York, March 25.?One hun- ' ? dred and forty-eight persons?nine tenths of them girls from the Last 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 tfiocum j was burned off North Brothers' Is? land, In 1904. One hundred and forty-one bodies had been removed from the ruins at midnight, and seven of the forty in inred had died in ihc'ptty! ?. This i. believed completes the Pat of dead, j Grief-crazed relatives besieged I the morgues as the bodies were laid 1 out. Nearly all, if not all, of the vie tims were employed by tho Triangle Waist Company, on the eighth, ninth | and tenth floors of a ten-story loft i building at No. IS Washington Place, | on the western fringe of the down? town wholesale clothing, fur and mil- | llnory district. t The partners of the iirm, Isaac I Harris and Mac Planck, es aped from the office on the tenth door, carrying with them over an adjoin? ing roof Planck's two young daugh? ters and a governess. There was not an outside lire escape ?n the building. How the lire started will perhaps never be known. A corner on the eighth lloor was its point of origin and the three upper floors only were swept. On the ninth floor, fifty bod? ies wore found; sixty-three or more were crushed to death by jumping, and more than thirty clogged th^'] elevator shafts. The loss to prop- ' erty will not exceed $100,000. Pedestralns going home, through Washington Place to Washington Square, at 10 minutes to wer?? scattered by the whls 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 setting sun and saw the window.-, of the three upper floors of the building black with gtrhi crowding to the sills. There were no tire escapes. "Don't jump; don't jump:'' yelled the crowd, bul the girls bad no al? ternative. The pressure of the maddened hundreds behind them and the urging of their own fears were too strong. They began to fall to the sidewalk, in a terrible rain of flesh and Mood. Four alarms wire rung within 15 miaut's. Before th* engines could respond, before the nets could be stretched or the ladders raised, flv< girls had fallen from the eighth and ninth floors SO hi a\ i!y thai ' hej broke through Ihe glass and , died through the verj strei ts Into the vaults below. In an houi 111 flr< was out ; In half an houi 11 h td done Its w?st. Probnhl) the death H?l w ?s full In 20 mlnub The ? it s ha a cle in la ? I I he present time, Phere Is not a single case of smallpox in town, the last i case having >een dismiss d Saturday E SOUTHRON. Established June, lSOf Vol. XXXII. No. 11. EAGLES < LI B I \.!< HM D. Bank of Kumter and Eagle'- club Both Parties to (lie Injunction Pro <-codings. From The Daily Item, March 2 7. ; Injunction pap* ra were again serv? ed on the Eagle's elub and the Bank of Surnter, as the owner of the prop? erty In which the Eagles have their club rooms, today shortly after court i took a recess for dinner. The pa? pers were doubled this time so It is I probable that th' club and the Bank of fiymter will to fight twice as J hard this tir get them suspend I ed or laid ? as they were when j served b The fS^actlon prohibits the club I fror . ping a resort in which al I C< drinks are sold and from re I ? .g, storing or otherwise dispoe % . 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 PROCC EBINGS. Morning Occupied in Hearing of Case of P. Lev I 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. H. 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 Mooting "ill Be Held Wednesday Night In Masonic Hall at 8 O'clock. It has been decided by the execu? tive committee of the Chamber of Commerce to hold a meeting of lhat body on Wednesday night at 8 p. m. in the Masonic hall. The meeting is held to sea what further staysJt?*??? Chamber will take in the line of prog? ress, and to see if sufficient funds can be raised for the securing of a live secretary for the Chamber of Com? merce. The recent booster banquet which was held seemed to be of much in? terest to the members- of the Cham? ber of Commerce and it i-s hoped that the enthusiasm worked up then will be shown in the meeting that will be held Wednesday night. The meeting was formerly an? nounced for Tuesday night, but owing to the fact that the City t ouncil meets on that night and all mem* 1 hers of Council are members of the Chamber of Commerce and could not attend both meetings simultaneously, the meeting Of the Chamber of Com? merce has been postponed until Wed? nesday night. In The Police Count. There wer e several ?>t Sumtf r's liberal citizens in the Police Court on Monday to answer for riding on the sidewalks at forbidden places Saturday afternoon, all <>f them hav? ing be.-n urn stcd in their progress by Officer McKagen in his rounds about town. Willie Banders, riding on the s?de walk at forbidden place, $3. C. B. Huggtns, riding bicycle on forbidden sidewalk, $2. Prank afcLood, riding bb role on sidewalk at forbiden place, $2. Robert Cooper, driving wagon on sidewalk. |3. Vincent Wilder was charged with public drunkenness at the POSM ".^C' station Saturday afternoon. Ho pb-ad guilty and was let off with a fine of $5. Charley Bostick was W drunk Sat? urday afternoon thai he wss unable to express his wants when he nrent to the telephone exchange Saturday to get some on th< re to telephone for him. He f II on the Boor :>nd frightened the ladies at the exchange very imdly. n ? ? is put cut ones urned j ? I ? I be does to keep from t*:111111^ until he e/ss at** I rexte.l and carried oil to -.if. r auar th< ir time In the ? i> rounded them . ourt Monday to hargo. The ihn Pet< >rs< ?n, Tin odor Sam \\ right, plead corder gave them each or It days art of gambling and had th. ra In answei to the i ot ih.iii M< \ < i lemming and guilty and the Re? ft (TH ? ot $ 10