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PKDERAI, AID rX)K ROADS.
Will Request legislature* to Pass
1 j%wfM Requiring Convict* to Repatr
Puboc ltnads.
<lpartanbrug. March 29.?After
hearing an address by Dr. D. H.
Wlnslow of the Ignited States office
of public roads, the Southern Appa?
lachian Good Roads a&aoelatlon this
afternoon In the Ans I session of the
spring convention, adopted resolu?
tion* urging more liberal appropria?
tion! to the federel office of public
road* so that engineering assistance
may be given more generally to the
State In highway undertaking.
"*he association endorsed the meas?
ure Introduced In congress looking to
federal aid for the construction and
maintenance of a system of national
puhfte highways under "the poat
roaf clauae of tne constitution.
!( was decided to request the va
rto'ia State legislatures to paaa laws
requiring all able-bodied convicts to
bo employed In conatructlng and re?
pairing public roada.
Resolutions were adopted empha?
sising- the necessity for the enact?
ment of speed laws and their strict
enforcement.
The next meeting of the association
Is to be held in Atlanta in the fall.
LAIUli: Rl'II.DING IN TllF. CITY.
M^hVc* of One of New York City's
Large** Building* Seen at Par.
SSfVm
A model of the Metropolitan Life
.nauranee company's big building,
one of the largest buildings in New
fork city, and for many yeara the
sargest office building in the world,
aas been on exhibition in the show
window of Parrott'a Book store for
several days. The building, in its
mlnature form, has attracted much
attention, especially at night when
R Is llgbted up with electricity and
makes a good dieplay.
Would Fill the Place.
Chai lotto Observer.
Gen. Wille Jones, who has been
chairman of the South Carolina State
Democratic executive committee for
the last twenty years, has announced
his determination not to be a candi?
date for re-election to this Important
position. It has been auggested that
Major Daniel L. Slnkler, member of
the State committee from Charleston
Courty, would make a most excellent
successor to Gen. Jones, and this sug?
gestion we would wholly approve, be
eauso of our Intimate knowledge of
the tine executive ability of Slnkler,
his <apactty for hard work and hla
conspicuous sense of fairnesa. He
would fill the office with great ad
vmru'g* \sj the party, and wo ild in?
sist, wo are sire, upon the square
deal for all the candidates before the
p -ople.
What la needed In this office la a
thorough-going Democrat, who would
administer his trust without partisan
bias. Slnkler proved his ability In
political affairs by his administration
of the onVs of county chairman in
Charleston, which he held for aix
jssars. and which he administered to
too satisfaction of all factions of the
party. Should he be elected chalr
snan of the State committee, he would
ater upon his duties with a thor?
ough knowledge of political affairs in
too State and with the ability to dis?
pose of all questions that might be
presented to him. within his preroga?
tive, with excellent Judgment, with
Sue regard to the rlghta of Individuals,
to the aucceas of the party and to
the good of the State.
Pellagra and the Corn Pone.
Dutlng 1911. according to a recent
bullet n from the nine. f the State
Commissioner of agriculture, SgSV
laerce and Industries, at Columbia.
*.t67 bushels i.f corn, too badly
Opolled t<> fee,l to mules. Were brought
Into Routh Carolina from other States.
That quantity was arrested by the
food stuffs Inspector, but no one
know how much eseaped their vigi?
lance.
The shippers in of this damaged
corn were allowed ko send out of the
State 1,97* bushels, while 981 were,
we presume destroyed.
Until within a year or so the North?
ern and Western corn brought Into
this State which whs unlit for mule
feed has been shipped to North Car?
olina and Georgia mills, ground into
meal and brought bael' here to be
oaten bv paSjgga, This rOttOS stuff Is
said to be the cause of the Increasing
prevalent ?? ..f that ilr? ad, incurablo
SUraH.v ( etlagra. which nas tilled the
asylums with Its h ope lex* VtSttmi und
th? grave yards with lov. d -.ries la?
mented by s?.me relatives.
Pellagra was never known in
mountain nnd bill country, where it
Is now worst, until t ie railroads
brought damaged corn meal and
hominy from abroad. Bnrnwell Peo
lle W.i rued
Many a good man, Colon* I. hns
sWog trying to stretch a double Into
m\ thrse-sacker.?Columbia State.
?gasgft-r:
VKK1HCT GIVEN ENGINEER
Knglnwr on Atlantic Oonet Lino Run
Over by Ills Own Train Awarded
$?10.4)00 Ramagvs.
Rarnwell. March 29.?The third
largest verdict to be given by a
South Carolina Jury and lllg second
largest by a Rarnwell jury was re?
turned today in the ease of H. C.
Muggins against the Atlantic Coast
Line railway a verdict of $4 0.000 was
returned for the plaintiff. The
amount asked for was $75,000.
The plaintiff was an engineer of
p freight train running between
^umter and Rohbins. At Robbing,
October 21. 1?09, he was run over
by his own train and rendered a
cripple. It Is claimed that he will he
a cripple for life and today was
brought Into the court house on a
cot and during his testimony stimu?
lants were necessary.
It was alleged that the fireman of
the train, Peter Wilson, was In?
competent and that he took charge
of the train at Rohbins and the en?
gineer was run over as he was climb?
ing aboard his engine.
The case was begun here yesterday.
The defendant's counsel announced
an appeal from the verdict of the
Jury
About on?? year ago a Rarnwell
Jury awarded a verdict of $50,000 to
Engineer Menefee against the South?
ern railway.
LYON WILL REPLY LATER.
Will Answer Blease's Letter About
Ijexinffuni Rank's Affairs.
Columbia, March 29.?Asked If he
was ready to make any statement
i'urther as to the affairs connected
with the Lexington Savings Dank, or
to make a reply to the letter recently
addressed to him by Governor Blease,
Attorney General Lyon this afternoon
replied that he had been engrossed
in other official business and had not
had time to prepare a statement; that
the affairs of the Lexington bank were
progressing regularly in the Federal
Courts, and there is no special need
for hast*-, but that as soon a? he has
the time he w'.ll prepare a letter
touching on the matters mentioned by
fhe Governor in his recent letters.
Thie will be made public.
Attorney General Lyon today pro?
duced a copy of a letter which he
wrote Governor Ansel in May, 1910,
In re the Lexington Savings Rank
matter, and at the bottom of the let?
ter Is this sentence: 'Enclosed find
returned herewith the papers In this
matter." This letter was a reply to
the one Oovtrnor Ansel had written
asking for an opinion on the Lex?
ington Savings Rank.
Governor Rlease in his letter to
Attorney Lyon on Tuesday, stated
that he could not find the report
which Giles I* Wilson made on the
Lexington Savings Rank in It 10 and
which was referred by Governor Ansel
to Attorney General Lyon. In his of?
fice and asking the Attorney General
to return the Wilson report to him.
The copy of the letter the Attorney
General wrote to Governor Ansel stat?
ing that the papers in the caso were
enclosed therewith follows:
"May 4. 1910. Governor M. F. An?
sel. Columbia. S. C.?Dear Sir It is
my opinion that the I*exingtnn Sav?
ings Rank, which Is owned by a pri?
vate Individual, and not Incorporated,
la subject to the provision of an Act
entitled 'An Act to provide for the
appointment of a hank examiner, and
to define the duties of his office,' ap?
proved the 23rd day of February. A.
D. 1906. Section 1 of the Act above
referred to describes the banking in?
stitutions which shall be subject to
the authority of the bank examiner,
and defines such institutions as 'all
hanks and banking Institutions con?
ducted by corporations or persons In
this State.' The language, taken to?
gether with the references In the sec?
tions which follow, leoveg no doubt in
my mind that all hanking institutions,
whether conducted hy corporation! or,
natural persons, are within the terms
of the .\et. Yours very truly,
"J. Pr?ger Lyon,
"Attorney General,
"Bnctaeed And returned herewith
tin- papers, in this matter."
From this letter it will be seen that
the popem In the coco In 11* lo were re?
turned by the Attorney General to the
Governor*! office, and Governor
Blonee itnled In hli letter to the At?
torney General that he ??ould not And
them. Mr. Ansel was Governor In
lilt, at the lime 'his corregpondence
t<?ok place,
it has boon lenrned that th.- reg?
ion that sand Impe Were riot put In
Mo pipe on South Ifuln itreet, which
hag recently been taken out and
oleoned and then put bock In th?
ground ho thei the pond In that gec?
tion could be drained <>ff, is becouie |
lh? ?round is go full of water Iti thai
part of the city at present that they
ennnot be put in now without conitd*
erahle ?xtra work and expens ? ?,
whereas they will be put In al very
little expense Noon as 'h?* water
descends In the ground. when the
work can be readily done.
RATHER CONFUSED SITUATION.
lew Reglalration Bupervleora Know
Just Where they Stand.
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Columbia. March 29.?There is so'
i
much dispute and confusion and con- j
teat over the appointments for su- j
pervlaori of registration that even in
those counties where there is no con?
test the appointees do not exactly
know whether they are the right
ones or not. as is Indicated in a letter
received by Attorney General Lyon
from one of the supervisors' of regis?
tration in Sumter County. On ac- j
count of the fact that there was no j
contest In that county between the |
Senate and the Governor the Attor?
ney General advised the gentleman
that he was the legal supervisor.
The leter of Inquiry was written to
the Attorney General by Mr. T. D.
DuBose, of Oswego, and is a3 fol
lowa:
"In our county there seems to be
some little trouble brewing in the
registration department, viz. two of
the old board have been re-appoint?
ed, one has been left off, so to apeak.
In fact, I have been informed by two
members of the delegation, that they,
(the delegation) not wishing or desir?
ing to, In any way, antagonize the
Governor, made no recommendation.
'Now suppose that the gentleman
who vas left off of the old board (not
having beer, recommended to or for
re-appointment) and the new gentle?
man who has been appointed instead,
should both appear on the first Mon?
day of April and each claim their
seat. Which is the proper and legal
member of the board of supervisors
of registration for Sumter County?
"1 have been chairman of the board
of supervisors of registration con?
tinually since 1S96, notwithstanding 1
have once resigned, and at this late
day (72 years) of natural life and
16 years of official life, I would most
mortally hate to have a single word
to say along the line, without the
proper legal advice. Especially as
both the gentlemen referred to are
old Confederate comrades of mine.
Now, General Lyon, will you be so
kind as to let me hear from you, so
that I will be prepared to act should
things turn out as they might. While
I hope everything will move along
smoothly, hoping to hear from you at
an early date, etc."
To this General Lyon replied as
follows:
"By Section 176, Code nf Laws,
1902, Volume 1, the Governor is giv?
en authority to appoint members of
the board of registration by and with
the advice and consent of the Sen?
ate, if in session, ar.d if not in ses?
sion, subject to approval at !ts next
session. It seems that the appoint?
ments for your county were made
.subsequent to the adjournment of the
Senate and prior to the 15th o
March. This being the case, it is my
opinion that the appointees of the
Governor may hold the offices until
the Senate acts upon them at its next
session."
Miss Nellie Mood, of Charleston. I
the guest of Mrs. S. W. Stubbs in this
city.
DANCES IN CHURCH.
Loading Social Workers Rcx'OmmciulH
Timt as a Corrective of the Dance
Hall Evil.
From the New York Sun.
Margaret C. Cummings, who is the
principal of the public school vaca?
tion centre at Avenue A and Seventy
eighth street and who spends a good
part of her time trying to induce the
young men and women of that neigh?
borhood to quit "turkey trotting" and
"bunny hugging," made the members
of tho National League for the Civic
Education of Women sit up yester?
day a/ternoon when she said that one
Of the best ways to stop tough dan?
cing in this city would be for church?
es to give frequent dances for young
folks of all kinds in their particular
communities. Miss Cummings, in re?
lating her experience as a foe of the
"turkey trot" and "grizzly bear," told
several stories that seemed to sur?
prise the clubwomen.
Mrs. Gilbert Jones, president of the
league, which is distinctly not for
woman suffrage, explained in intro?
ducing Miss Cummings that the
teacher had done much to correct the
frightful dance hall conditions" in
this city and that she deserved the ac?
tive support of all women interested
is the moral welfare of New York.
Miss Cummings agreed that dance
hall conditions were a good deal
woree than most people think. She
hud begun several years ago, she said,
to lead the young men and women
who live In the vicinity of the recre?
ation centre over which she presides
away from the kind of dancing that
produces immorality. It was a diffi?
cult task and she had had many em?
barrassing experiences, but she
thought the outcome had justified all
the trouble. To begin with, she had
got permission from the Board of
Education to hold dances in school
gymnasiums. She invited to these
young men who work all day and
must have amusement of some sort.
They were told to bring their girls.
"And some of these," said Miss
Cummings dryly, "wore frankly im?
possible."
Her guests brought to the school
hops a collection of wriggles and
writhings. most of which came under
the nanu s of "turkey trot," 'grizzly
hear" or "bunny bug." Before Miss
Cummings persuaded them that such
dances weren't nice and that lots of
fun was to be got out of a waltz or a
twostep there were a few awkward
episodes.
"At one of the first of those dances,"
said Miss Cummings, 'nearly all of
the girls wore big hats. Big hats
were the fashion at that time. When
the music started I noticed that boys'
heads and girls' heads were invisible
under these spreading hats. Young
men and women were dancing cheek
to cheek. I stopped the music and
ordered the- girls to take off their
J hats. Several refused and 1 mad"
them leave the room.
I "On another occasion I saw that
the girls put their arms around the
boys' necks as they danced. I went
j to the boys and said: 'Now, look here,
you mustn't allow the girls to do
that. Your necks are your own. Tell
them not to do it.' Nearly all of the
boys said: 'Miss Cummings, we can't
tell them that. They would curse us.'
I said: 'All right. Let them. Any
boy who is brave enough to be worth
his salt can stand a curse.'
"At another dance held in the early
stages of the experiment some rather
awful things happened. There was
'bunny hugging' with a vengeance.
So I stopped the dance and told every?
body to go home. I was curious to Bee
what they would do when they got
out and I followed a number of them.
They went to the Queensboro Bridge,
found a place to dance under the arch
and there in the dark and without
music they 'turkey trotted' and
'bunny hugged' until I got a police?
man, who made them etop.
"It's strange what fascination these
dances have. I've watched their course
for three years. On almost any street
corner you can see little children per?
forming these queer Bteps. That cer
tally ought to be stopped and could
be stopped. As for the older boys
and girls, the best way 1 know of to
correct the evils is to open more pub?
lic schools and municipal buildings
for dancing sosools. It's a sensible,
rational civic course. Churches ought
to be used. Why not? There's noth?
ing evil in dancing and these young
people who work all day must have
sonn a in usennmt. I^et's make it inno?
cent amusement."
Miss Cummings ^surprised her audl- (
ence when she said that Bhe found it
harder to persuade girls to give up
suggestive dances than she did boys.
It was not that boys are more moral
than girls, she added, but they are
more responsive to good advice, par?
ticularly when the advice is given
by a woman.
Attention Veteran?.
The members of Camp Dick An?
derson are requested to meet at the
Court House in the office of the audi?
tor for the purpose of electing officers
and delegates, on Saturday, April fiCi
proximo.
We hope for a full meeting. Our
membership is rapidly diminishing,
and some of us can attend but a few^
more of these meetings. Come out
comrades to what will be to some of
us our last gathering.
By order of Commander.
W. F. Rhame, Adjutant.
We are not surprised that the sen-a
ate has declined to unseat Senator*
Stevenson, this thing of inquiring too
deeply into the ways and means used
by senators to get their seats must
be very embarrassing to the large
number of senators who have won
out in their fights, and we do not
blame that honorable body for trying*!
to put a brake on the wheels of
sort of a movement before it
so far that somebody will be huet. A
notice to the public ought to be suf?
ficient for anybody.?Florence Times.
a
Dr. T. M. McCutchen, of M&yes4?j
ville. was in town on business Satur?
day
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