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TIE TILLMAN CASE. McrillF.R kf.KPs children ULI ((h KT df.ciih Argument* Hoard In nghi for Tlllman < tdhlren ? <\i?*? lief ore Miimmc four*?II, H. TIIIiimiu. Jr.. Presents Afthlatlu* CotttrsdUiing Cornier \%ir?-N charv/i? v?i llcwul Drunk ciinc?>?\nv* Fit **? Rear Children. 1(1? Couidm'I Declare**? Attorneys of Mr* Dugs* Pfcad that Little tilrb* K. nmin In Mother'* Custod)?C??urt t4? Annoumr l>o<'M'on 1.at??r. ? '"I'imbia. Dec. 2.?The return of 11, R. Tlllman, Jr.. to the allegations of hin former wife, that he hail been seen In a drunken condb'.Mi during the past month, during a visit he made to Augusta, wu made this morning before the Supreme Court. He off* red In rebuttal to thin teuton, ny affldu.lts from numihTs of p?-sons who wer with him. both on the train and In Augusta on the day In question, In Which they all testified to bis being sober and not having taken a drop of liquor. Senator and Mrs. Tlllman and bis sister. Mrs. Lona Moore, who was at that time visiting her patents. ftJ1 made affidavits that he was ?.ober at tho time and that he was a reformed man and had not bei n addicted to drink for four years. The Chief Justice, at the conclusion of the caae. announced that the chil? dren would be left in the custody of the mother pending the tiling of the decision by the court. Mm. Dugaa and the two little chil? dren, around whom the fight Is cen? tered, with her attorneys. Do Pass A .'.Pass, of Columbia. and S. McG. Btrapklns, of Edgetleld. and P.. It. Tlllman. Jr . with his counsel. Tlll msn A Mays, and P. Harron Orler, of Greenville, were all In court when the case was called. Many ladies of Edgefleld and Colombia accompanied Mrs. Dugas to the court room and remained throughout the proceedings Many spectators were present during the hearing of the CHse and the Inter? est of the people In the matter con? tinues unabated. The answer of B. R. Tlllman. Jr.. to the affidavits Introduced by his for? mer wife. Mrs. Lucy Dugas, at iho hearing last Tuesday, alleging that he had been under the Influence of whiskey at as late a date as the 9th and 10th of last November, was read by his brother. Henry C. Tlllman. With for 0 || manners and em? phatic way Henry Tlllman reviewed the case from the standpoint of the young father In asking the court to take the children from their mother snd give them to him. Referring to the f o t that the only throe parties cnoertod in the action were the father, the neither and the little chil? dren, the speaker said1 "The llf'b children wore too young to know of the sorrow to whn h they were horn." lie contended that there had been a material change in the position of each of the parties gtsUM the last I tion In court. He contended that the father now came Into court with clean lands and In every wuy worthy to have the custody of his children and claimed his rights, which are para mount to those of the mother. He said he would let the affidavits he had filed ? 'th reference to the charge of drunk? enness on the part of young Tlllman speak lor themselves, and *ald that whatever he had to say of the mother wsa through force of necessity, and that the mother was not competent to rear the children. Referring to her conduct after the Children w*re awarded her. Mr. Tlll? man alleged that Mrs. Dugas wrote to young "lien" that It was his duty to support the children and then declined to have any further correspondence with him. except through lo r a'torn eys. That *he didn't even let the children write to their father, except until she began preparations for her divorce, and then she permitted Douschka to add rex* a few letters to her father because sin? probably was aw.ire of the fact that he would more Ussg likely begin suit for them. He n.tid thai formt i Superintendent of Education Holland ones went to see Mrs. Dugaa as Use representative of Mr. Tlllman. and th if she t,,ld him that sho Intended to leave the State and never return as long as a Tlll? man whs left In It. Hi referred to her refusal to l**t the ehlldn n visit iSPg tor Tlllman when he lay on h'.s stell bed and called Mm Tugs* a person of r*|ent|e).H and revengeful spilt "i would rather see my ehtld dead th in s i?.j. ? ? d to Mirr-oir.dir.!;s of hab? et in da i> eontaef with heart et stone and soul of ste?l, brought up under a spirit of despotism, hatred and te \enge," . > ? I imo d the sp? iker. As th?? point of prime Impart n ? is the ? sse. the speaker stress, d the ma' ter ??f Mrs Duira* b.\\mg k><u< Into ohlo ami net ' i ed a d ? and th n went lot . th.- p.-it. a, ?l kin h fit... Una. with ref. lo d ni ? p nl IHK "?lt that It Was ioT'llo' th" put-l moiais i l the Statt t i dlvei ?? >o be r# <ed ni/.' d ' ' ? - I of this sourI it. i and* r to ill. or< lie s i Id. a ! ? that the Statt should not si low the children to remain In a home when' divorce 11 practiced and reeog 111/ ? d. Hi I loeod with a plM that the children be given lo ihelr father, i Mr. De Pace, of couneel for Mrs. I Dugae* etreeeed the main oonalder-1 atlon ei the welfare of the children J and paid I hat then had been no ma- j terial change in any of tht parties since the la.st action; that the father's right! to the daughter! were not para* mount ti> the inolher. hut that what right to* had he loot when he deeded th.-m to Benator and Mra Tlllman. I Referring to Mrs. Pumas' noing hack to her hushand and living with him after th? r first ?parntlon in Wash? ington, und of young "Hen" bringing |ha children to this Stale and deed" ing them ti? his father ami mother. the speak, r -aid: "It was a most I i tboftcal sido me to deprive the j mother of her children.' He pointed out that the drastic allegations made by young Tlllman nboui the unfltneei of his wife to rear the children at the I formal trial wai mlloc/cd by his writ* Ing a letter to her, in which ho said that this nnJUnooi existed only in his eoaceptlon and the speaker pointed I out that th:^ happened after young '?'dim.in says he had quit drinking? t lie dubbed the attempted recon? vening of the children by Senator Tlllman back to his son as disrespect of the court's opinion and that It was a probable foundation of what he said was some scheme to thwart tin court's opinion. "It ha* m \cr been declared by this court that a divorce granted in an? other state would not be reoognlsed when grunted by a curt of compe? tent Jurisdiction," said the speaker, replying that Mrs. Duga! had been I driven against her will to gel *<? ?l'I vorce simply t ? protect herself from the intentions of the husband to fore a raaoaclllatloi on hli wife. He de? nied that divorce was taught in the home of Mrs. Dugai and asked that the court allow her to keep the chil? dren, as she was better Iltted to rear them than their father. | In flashing eloquence, C. McO. j S mpklns, of Mrs Downs' counsel said that he regretted the aspersions which COUaael on th*- other side had attempted to heap og the bead of Mrs. Ihigus, of whom her husband said, "There Is no purer woman in I all Carolina?*' and she a woman ] crowned with all the virtues that go to make up noble womanhood. He said no practical reason had been j shown why the children should he I taken from the care of their mother, j than Wham ? more solb itious and lov- I In? mother never existed, as attested I 1 v scores of the good w >mor. of I'dge- I Beta? ami driven to their father. He plead with the court to allow the moth et to keep her ltt|le children! and dwelt on the mother h>\ e, "w hich li a law in planted In every human bfeOJBl and the master passion that ? m mates from every human heurt." I I'. I'.arron Orier. Eeq . closed for the potltloaoTi contending that the deeding of the children to Sen at Of Tlllman did riot estop the father from earning Into court and claiming hla tIkMs. which were paramount to the mother. He said that they were not aak ng that the children be deprived of their mother; that all they asked 1 i> that they be awarded to their fa? ther and that his home had ever been open and was open now for Mrs Dllgaa "Hell hath no fury like |0V1 to hatred turned," exclaimed Mr. Grler, charg? ing that Mrs. Pugas was rearing the children la an atmosphere In which their father and his name were de? spised ami that this was wrong, lb charged that she wouldn't let the fa? ther see the children and went on to picture the home with the father as the head He said tHat all they hail to show vas the father's worthiness and denied that it was up to them to show the fitness of the father over the "prostrate moral corpse of the wife." The father, bo stated, has a right to see that they are reared in this it moephere. Mr. drier asked the court if they couldn't live b, a Tlllman. Jr., the custody < f the children all the time, to give It to him part of the time and to permit him lo see them at any time under the proper circumstance!] that the custody of the children I e divided between Ihe wife and the hue* hand, one to have them put of the year and other other the real of the I ear At St Louis minister offen to prove that I hen wen other women in th! world when Bve Invented die -mak? ing in the Q ird< n of Bden, The preacher is probably mistaken or else she might h l\e be. n aide t.i hol? low somethini to weai Wilmington S i a r. ? *i'?Iii in I ip l>. \ - Ml lohn It, Baki ? on< of ?<? ihaw1! modi i farmei -Ihr kind wo d.. something no n ih in idanl rot dr. aee?l i hl? ! ? a 9 hl h i ? Ited h m ftsel.l* at the urn rate the u< I :i I 11 om hla chicken ?? nd lurl - ?? h win amount to |seo ?his ion, ? ' Kiel. ?? Bl a STATE AIS TO SCHOOLS. \.M(M \T GIVEN EACH DISTRICT VOTING SPECIAL TAX. Distribution or Funds Just Made by Department of Education, Schoo la in lit Counties Reeetvtng Benefit? Appropriation of 1012 Kot Butll? *'i?*i?t to Meet Needs, Due to Greet Inorenee In Number <>f Dlitrtcte Voting Spectal Tax? Columbia, Deo, ?The state de? partment of education dlitrlbuted to the s|>e? i.ti tax Hohool districts of 1 the eeveral countiea the amounts of state aid to which each district wui entitled for the acholaatlt year 1911 - 19, The first appropriation t<> length? en the school term waa made In 1909. The $90,000 then granted by the Leg? islature proved to be a great stimu? lus throughout the state The Legislature of n*iu continued the ppllcy 1 nder what is known as tite Garrta Act. appropriating $60,000 to lengthen the term of the public schools. During 1910, L'ol school dis? tricts voted a local tax in order to qualify for State aid, while during 1u11, 198 districts voted a local school tax for the same purpose. The result Wai a noticeable increase in school revenues, although the State appro? priation was exhausted in neither year. The flgUrei for 1919 have HOI beet1. fully complied, but the number of special tax districts entitled to State Sid hal been ao largely increased that tiie appropriation for tins year will not meet the needs of the schools. S. ores of districts now levy the maxi? mum of 8 mills special tax for school purposes. In some instances this is further supplemented by a tax for high schools or for bonds. On November 26, thirty-four coun? ties received as follows: No of County Districts Amount Abbeville.7 9091.00 Anderson . 10 948.4$ Bamberg. t; 521.98 Calhoun. 16 1,425.59 Cherokee. 5 463.33 Chester. 1 100 00 Chesterlleld. 10 858.82 Clarendon.14 1,881.04 Colleton. 0 490.93 Darlington. 2 259.06 Dorchester.19 1,731.72 ?dgofleld. ..11 1,358.09 Florence. 1 300.00 Greenville.19 3.330.21 Greenwood.10 970.00 Hampton. 7 900.00 Hoiry.65 4,632.98 Jasper. 1 300.00 sfemhnw. 16 1,697.89 Lancaster. 23 2,994.48 Laurena.30 3,477.47 LOS. 17 1,858.30 Lexington.. . . .. .it 1,199.21 Marlboro. 10 1,999.98 New berry. 3 271.78 < iconea.25 2,659.05 Orangeburg. 96 9,294.19 Pickens.3 2 2,666.80 Saluda. 99 3,193.81 Spartanburg.16 l,441.Ol Sumter. i 200.00 Union. 8 300.00 Williamsburg. 10 1,579.95 York. 20 2,000.00 The Nicholson Act to eneourags Consolidated and graded schools In country districts, passed in 1912. pro* red special stimulus to better schools, In Greenville County alone 25 districts voted special taxes in order to take advtanak'e of this mea? sure. In consequence of the le.ts dato of opening in some ?if the schools, their applications must lb; OVO** to the Spring of 1913. There are still on tile in the office of the Statt; Superintendent of Edu? cation a lar^'e number of building ap? plications, extension applications, and rural graded school appllcationa it is certain that the number and amount of these claim* Will be large? ly Increased during December, be cause applications from belated school and overworked superintend? ents are coming In daily. Superintendent Sweaiingen states that in his Opinion the policy of di? rect state appropriation to the free public schools, and the resulting stitn ulus to local school taxation In every section of the State, constitute the most significant features in our re 1 enl ? ducal lonal development. The school in sunder county re? ceiving the State aid was Trinity, lo? cated in Shlloh township. Other applications from this county will be tiled with the state Superin? tendenl and paid when appropriations for 11*19 etc made by the State leg Islature, At present p II appropri? ation: h ive bet n ? xhaui tod. it. Is bop. 1 thai tbis aid will bo ret elved before tha present school year closes, >t during the pring of 191 \ Thl 1 1 ? 14 h been rccelvod only by dis? trict! huvlnn an extra levy of four in i!- for im hool put post ?. wll'? 11 sei.I ?1 leas I I wo It achera and ? i ul a'd Nelson Mur? ray, ? f n< 1 day. Our Greatest Bargain Offer Reading Supply for Whole Year si:MI-WEEKLY W HUMAN AND SOUTHRON.. POULTRY HUSBANDRY. FARM PRESS. WOMAN'S WOHLD. FARM AND FIRESIDE (The Vatlonal Form paper) All For $2.00 This remarkable subscription offer may be withdrawn at any time, therefore do not delay, but forward your order to The Watchman and Southron at once. 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Bleaoe Defends His Record?Declares He lias Pnritoned or Paroled too Prisoners ami Expects to Double That Number. Richmond, Va., Doc. 3.?The pesto ration of the whipping post for cer- j tain classes of criminals and sterili? zation for others were advocated by Gov, Baldwin of Connecticut this af? ternoon In an address before the fifth annual Governor's conference which opened heia? today. Gov, Baldwin*! address Immediately followed an a i? dless by Gov. Bhafroth ol Colorado, in which Gov. Bhafroth advocated len? ient hut certain punishment for '"inn Inali and cited his own state as an exmaple where the system has work? ed well. Gov, Bhafroth declared that severe punishment had proved no deterrent to crime. Certainty of punishment, in his opinion, with an opportunity to shorten sentence through labor and good behavior not only punished the criminal hut served alike as a de? terrent against future crimes and an incentive to reform. He advocated the system i'i vogue in Colorado, under which gangs cf 50 men worked without gtiards, aave at nights, on the public roads, and expreased tho hope that the time was near when the State Could do more than this?pay the convict a nominal wage for the work he performed. Gov. Donaghey of Arkansas declar? ed for a severe penalty for lynchcrs. No punishment, save death, he said, would deter murderers from their crime. ?"Why, it's not to the pass," he de? clared, "where a man is certain of punishment If he should steal a h?u. \ but where, nine times out of ten, he is able to go stadt free if he commits a murder." Every court of appeals should he abolished, In the opinion of Gov. Eberhardt of Minnesota. The jury syst? to, he thought, was at tile root of the evil ol frequent miscarriage of justice. Nowadays, he declared, a "man could plead guilty to r>7 vari? eties of Insanity and escape the con? sequences of his crime." Under the present jury system, he added, it wat almost it i possible to seb ? 1 Inti II igen t m< n for Jury service. "I want to take off my hat to Vir glnln and to New Fork," said Qo\ Gih hi 1st of l 'lorida, "for 1 belies ? they h ive done justice In their re cent murder cases. I don't bellevi 11. in . Clay I ti it tie i on id hn\ convicted in my state." i lov. i 'olo I. I III a o of Sort conference this .?! u rnooi i\ nchei' of n< gro assailants i women Iii his St Me would ??? > his use of iiii' pard inlug pow? aa di ? hiring thai in 2 - moot in pardon* d or parob d appro 100 pt t o?, and that he hop< d I hi number at the end of the second term would be 800. Gov. I5lea.se' justified the use he had made of his pardoning power, he said, by conditions he had found in penal institutions in the State. "I walked through the penitentiary of South Carolina." he said, "and found it a tuberoulosis institution Where poor devils were dying at their tasks, making money for other peo? ple; poor devils who had no choice but to stand and work or take the lash. Just the other day Jim Rob? erts, a negro from Charleston, stop pod me as I was walking through and respec tfully asked permission to speak to me. lie told me that he had been kept in jail for 22 years for stealing a $27 watch. "I ?aid: 'If you are telling me the truth you will eat your Christmas dinner with your folks at home.' Be s.iid, 'Governor, 1 have no folks.' Then I replied, 'You will eat it away from lo re.' And lie will. Another negrj had served 11 years and seven months for stealing $9. A Judge wrote me that he had sentenced to death ?i man when he did not believe the man had been convicted beyond a reasonable doubt. Another wrote me that he sentenced to death a man who he did not believe should be put to death. He did not believe it at the time, n<?r does lie believe it now. "These are the errors of injustice I am trying to rijrht with my power to pardon. 1 am proud of my record." A letter from rresident-eiect Wil? son, announcing regret as his inabil? ity to attend, was read by Gov. O'Neal of Alabama. During the forenoon session Gov. Norris of Montana urged that the conference be made permanent and become a vital force in moulding pub? lic opinion and shaping public poli? cies. Gov. Mcflovorn of Wisconsin replied that a committee had draw n up a plan for effecting this end which would bo placed tomorrow before the conference. Twenty governors arc present. John L. McLaurin in State Senate. John L. McLaurin, who served un< term in the United States senate sev? eral years ago, win ia- a member of the next State senate. Following the death of Senator Green In Marlboro county, who was elected in tin* pri? mary on August L'Tth. .Mr McLaurin was the only candidate to he nomi? nated. Ii?- will, therefore, he elected Without opposition, It is not deli nit'dv known whether he will be HI case or ami [flense. Both sides are claiming him. He has stated to frh ads that he wall net work with the govor nor in the senate, On 'lie otnvr hand VV, 1*. lie iid, a strong supporter ol the governor, has been advocutlng the candidacy of Mr. McLaurin in Marl? boro county. M Isses \ t inida M ? >*< h and Antil? Graham, lite former as a delegate from and the latter as president <t 1' ? ? b 1 tera of the ? \?nf? d < harlcston in uttendutu State convi ntion of tin U i > ? of the t !onf< da racj ROAD TO TIMMONSVILLE TO COMB FIRST. Directors and l&ond Holders Pleas? ed With uil Tliat They Saw in This Beotloa and Will Push the Work as Fast as Possible?Tim inonsville Cash Bonus I ttrhe Ttieaa, Florence Tlmee. The dlrectori Of the South Caro? lina Western road have recently beam through this Country Inenecttng the routes proposed for the extension of that road, and held a meeting at Hartsville to make plans for future work. There were live automobiles full of them and they made a merry party. Among them were Mr. Croft, of Redmond & Co.. of New York, who is the vice president. Mr. Werner, of Werner & Co., the treasurer of the r<?ad. and Mr. Tinker of the same bunking arm. Mr. Drown, the attor* nay for the Seaboard and for the S. C. Western, Mr. Washburn, of Boston, who is attorney for the Seaboard and the local directors, Messrs. J. w. Mc Cown, I). R, Coker. J. J. Lawtun and Bright Wllllameon They visited the new iron bridge ncroen the Pee Dee, which is said to be one of the finest bridges across that stream, and they inspected the routes of the lines from Florence to Allison and from Lydia to Timmonsville, and from what can be j- ithered, were ph ased, and the bankers, who are the bondholders, if the Tino s man caught on to things ritfht, approved the plans for the ex? tensions, and will see to it that the money is forthcoming. The "long green" put up by the peo? pie of Ttmmonaville uets the n their road first, if the eaves dropper heard . ritfht. for Timmonsville has put up 135,006 for an extension from Lydia. 1 a road only twelve miles in length, * and 'he road to Allison means noth ! Ing more than the business it wdll bring to the road, and so must bide a time of patience. it w ill come sooner or later, ; nd it is not thought that it will be very long, but will he take n up as soon as the road to Timmonsville is e.?mpht ed, which will not be long. Cotton In Warehouse. Tin re is now some 4.4'?0 bales of cotton in the Cotton warehotiee, and 380 babs under the cotton platform shed, placed h> storage by Burater county farmers i i the} can cet ? better price t r $ .o ? than the prevailing market pri< <? ..t the time th d the < otton was ?ton d WhiV thi* is not as much cotton aa an* placed In the w.'irchou p la I year dar? in [ the m aeon, Is more in i ropor? la n to the am- f cotton mad- la i le a aa i< und guilty and sc n to i a\ ti tint ul 120.00, I le otlce of Rppeal