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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Moore bad been withdrawn, by the j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withdrawn by the bar association, did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. /
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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