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? ?MIMIII? (.III IV n\ ?VE Ol' II C IIMKiKH |X IMI'FAUII MKXT FKnt KKDINGS, Convk'teil of "High Crlnic? and MU e*sne*knorV' ?ml I* Forever IMsquuli. tl.Ml from Howling Positions or Pub Ik' Honor of Publle Trust. Washington. Jan II? Kobert W, Archbald of Scranton. Pa., for 29 years an occupant of Judlclul positions upon th. I'.nnalyvanla State bench, the federal district bench and the I n ted States commerce court, was today adjudged guilty by the United States senate of "high crimes and misdemeanors; " was stripped of his office end forever disqualified from holding positions of public honor or public trust The conviction and Judgment came aa the conclusion of the Impeach? ment trial that has been pending in the senate since last summer, on charges that Judge Archbald bad been guilty of miscondie t and misbehavior aa a Judge and that he had corruptly used his Judicial power to further the private interests of himself and bis friends, in the acqulstlon of coal land properties in Pennsylvania. Upon five of the 13 separate charges brought against him by the house, Judge Archbald was found guilty. Upon the other eight the senate voted him not guilty, the majority In some cases be? ing against him, but failing of the two thirds necessary for conviction. Any one of the five verdicts of guilty was enough to bring a4>out the punish? ment Imposed upon him. The end of the long fought strug? gle In the senate came early in the afternoon when the vote was taken on the first article of Impeachment. With gallery doors locked to prevent the movement of spectators, and an unac? customed hush prevailing throughout the chamber 68 senators rose in their places as their names were called and pronounced the word "guilty" In al? most Inaudible tones. The vote on the first charge, that Judge Archbald hod corruptly Influenced officials of the Erie railroad to sell him the Katy? did culm dump at Scranton, resulted In hie conviction, by a vote of 68 to 5. In a little committee room off the gallery floor, behind a guarded door. Judge Archbald. his wife and his son sat throughout the afternoon aa the senate voted upon the charges against him. The first vote of conviction waa carried to him by his aon from the gallery. After sentence had been Im? posed upon him Judge Archbald and his family left the capltol, to go at once to the family home at Scranton. "I have always known that I have done no wrong and the vote of no one m ikes It otherwiae," waa his only Ousnment upon the senate's action. Sentence waa imposed by Senator Bacon of Georgia, the presiding offi? cer, after the aenate had. by a vote of 39 to 35, uphe' ' a reaolutlon offered by Senator O'Oorman of New York authorising the full penalty pi by the constitution. "The aeaate Ustrefore does . rd? r and decree," said Bag H l'aeon, "and It Is hereby adjudged, that the re? spondent. Kobert W Archbald, circuit Judge for the United MatCJ 'or the Third Judb iul circuit, and designated to serve In the commerce court, be, and here Is h? rcby. removed from of? fice, and that he ???*. and hereby is, forever disqualified to hold and enjoy ?ny office of honor, trust or profit un? der the United States." The sentence of the senate became operative at once, and directions were given that the president and the house of representatives be notified of the verdict and the punishment Im? posed. of the ten men who have been Im? peached before the senate since the origin of the government. Judge Archbald Is the third to be convicted and the only one convicted who ap? peared to make a personal defense against charges. Voting on the charge* he? nsj as soon aa the impeachment four, had been reorganised nt 1 o'clock. On each of the articles Senator r.ac.?n. after the secretary read the c ha PSje to the sen? ate, put the formal quei Ion: ' Senators, how snj yo i. Is the re? spond* it. P.ohert W Am lhahl, guilty or not guilty as i b?rge?. In this ar? ticle?" At the roll i all I o h senator under the ruh ? ? ?? in bis ?eat and declared his rerd i but notwithstanding tie silence that pr. vaib d throughout the ehunUr. nu.ny had la SC I had to repent Haiti ratei la make their re? plies audible to the pat . Sl ?ry. Kobert W Arehb ild Jr . w bo Sttf with bis father's eonnsel na th? Hoof of the senate, exhibited er. il f. # ling as It became apparent thai lh< VOtt was overwhelmingly for e..n\b tiog The first article < I i ?u .' idg V. hhaid had gone to otll. i ds ..r tin Brit rutlfoadi while thai road had a suit pending in Ihe cess meres court, and had ?ormp'iv Influenced I hem t<. agree to give him ? favorable option on the Katydid culm dm p owned In part by the Urb 's subsidiary com? pany. tb?- Hillside Coal and Iron . o nt ,r?y. F1FI.D DAY IX MANNING. Bvessta Planned for School children Of l III I 'Mil' Ml Manning, Jan. 12.?The Clarendon Comity Teuchel s' Assonati? o nu't here yesterday morning 111 Joint StS HH'ii with the School Improwmsnt As? set i ition of the county. After an in? teresting discussion 01 manual training and the advisability of making it a part of tin- COUrSt of study in schools, th. president of the Improvement As? sociation outlined plans fof a Held day, to b#J held in April. In addition to literary events such as contests in spelling and trading, it is proposed to give prases for things the pupils them? selves may make. It Is hoped that this held day may Interest people throughout the county In present ed? ucational needs, and it is planned to make it a yearly event. The School Improvement Association has already done much for this county, and it is at present actively engaged in pro? moting a bill for passage in the ap? proaching sesion of the Legislature to prevent the continued inexcusable absence from school of white children between the ages of 8 and 13 years. Many prominent men in the county have expressed themselves as favor? ing such a measure, and a petition for its passage will be presented through the Legislative delegation from this county. HOYS PLAN BASEBALL. High School Hoys Fleet Officers for Approaching Season. At a recent meeting of the High Scool boys Interested in baseball, of? ficers were elected for the approaching season as follows: Captain, William I. wman; manager, Carroll Simpson. The boys made arrangements at the meeting to commence practise at an early date. Several nearby towns have been written to by the manager for games and a schedule will be an? nounced later. LFAVF JAIL TO OVATION. Office of Freed Idaho Nowsi>ai>er Men Hanked with Flower*. Boise, Idaho, Jan. 11.?R. S. Sheri? dan and C. O. Broxon, publisher and editor of tho Capital News, and A. R. Cruzen were given an ovation when they walked from Jail today after hav? ing served ten days' sentence for con? tempt of court. When the two former reached the office of their paper, In which was published the message from Col. Roosevelt that was held In contempt by the Idaho Supreme Tribunal, they found Sofa] offerings sent by promi? nent prisons from all over the coun? try. Insane Man Hanged Himself. Columbia, Jan. 11.?Soms time dur? ing last night lit njamin Bryant, a young man inmate of the Stnti Hos? pital for the Insane committed suicide by hanging himself. He tied thr sheet of his bed around his neck .and fastened it to the bars guarding the ventilator over th*- door after which It Is ?uPPOSed he jumped from his bed and died "f strangula? tion. At midnight an attendant, thinking that all was not well, went into the room of the young man and found him suspended by thr neck, and dead. *AVIre|?*ss" Across the Ocean. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 11.-The wireless station on Anastasls island neat here, has been In communication with Kiffri Tower la Parli end Hon? olulu this week. Long distance tests of thr apparatus have been going on tor tea days with the greatest sne? ers-. Thr operator has copied mes? sages from Honolulu, 4,100 miles; Cltfdea Island. G.lua mihs; Riffel Tower. Cans, ."..ton miles, as well as Colon and other stations in the West Indus. Tin- time signals from Eiffel Tower ? ICH day at I o'clock, being midnight at Paris ere recorded here. These are sent from Paris automatically by an Ingenious switching arrangers tit from tin master ?hak In the Paris lower. I'ally Arlington station at Washington, also Is heard sending tune for the ben. tit of ships at sea. Thr work of this stsllon i1^ considered marvelous owing to ths light power used as compared with other sta? tions \N hltes Defeat the Lrccn*. In or. i<f thr besl howling matches held up ?" Ihls lime In the v M. C, a. iroph) contest ihr Whites defeated tin- Greens Monday nlghl l?y piling up a majority nf 105 pins ngalnsi their opponents. Tin tirst game \n is marked bs H.i sror. n on Pott) t? nms, the Whit< . ? nmlng out ah* id l?y 11" pins Tin .mi gains went In lh< tlreens bj it pins majority and Ihe last gam* u i-i won by Ihe Whites with ? mi lot it v of 7 1 pins There a is much rootlni and mucl enthusiasm was shown by Ihe mem tiers of and supporters of each U km BLEASE MAKES CHARGE. GOVERNOR Asks SUPREME COURT I <)k A REFEREE. Chief Executive Charges sinking Fund Cunm?Nulon With Agreement With Komi Dealers. Columbia) Jan. 14.-?The governor of South Caroline In his return read b? fore the supreme court yesterday charged the members of the sinking fund commission with having made an agreement with New York bond dealers to shut out competition after the supreme court had passed upon the validity of the bond refunding act of the last general assembly. The act I in question provides for refunding of about $.",000,000 of State bonds. The members of the sinking fund commission are the governor, J. Fr?? ser Lyon, attorney general; A. W. Jones, comptroller general; H. H. Jennings, State treasurer. The other members arc the chairman of the finance committee of the senate and the chairman of the ways and means committee of the house. The late Senator W. L, Mauldin of Greenville, was chairman of the senate commit? tee and LowndCS J. Krowning of L'nion was chairman of the house body. Several days ago the supreme court issued an order requiring the mem? bers of the sinking fund commission to show cause why the act for re? funding the bonds should not be de? clared unconstitutional and why the members of the commission should not be restrained from carrying out the provisions of the act. The gov? ernor, accompanied by his attorney, Fred H. Dominick of Newberry, ap? peared in the supreme court yester? day morning. The return was read by Mr. Dominick. The court after hearing the return granted three weeks for the governor to make fur? ther return. In his return yesterday the gover? nor asked the court to refer the en? tire matter to a referee to take tes? timony and make report. Mr. 1 DeBruhl, assistant attorney general, representing the sinking fund commission, and W. T. Aycock, at? torney for the taxpayers bringing the proceedings, had agreed to submit the case on printed briefs. Mr. Aycock did not believe that the sinking fund had acted in bad faith. Mr. DeKruhl said that a representative of the New York bond buyers had come here and examined not only this act but former refunding acts thoroughly and it was this representative's suggestion that on** or two matters in the act had not been passed on in court and that an action should be brought to this end before the bonds were placed on sale. He denied not only any bad .uith on the t art of the sinking fund hjt also ar.. understanding between them and ihe New York bond buyers as charged by the governor and said that non< Of the bonds had been of? fered for sale. The following is a part of the re? turn of the governor: That he believes that said mem? bers of Sinking fund commission have undertaken to make seme argreement or arrangement with certain parties in New York for the purchase of the bonds to be issued by the .said sinking fund commission under the resolution of December 28, 1912, for the pay? ment of the bonds and stocks hereto? fore Issued and which are to be called in. mentioned in said resolution as re? funding bonds and stocks, under tin art of February 21, 1912. The terms and provisions of this agreement or proposed arrangement are not known to this respondent, nor have they been made known to tin public, or what parties have been negotiating with the said members of the said commission for the purchase of said refunding bonds and stocks before they have made proposals for the purchase thereof, and that whatever proposal may be made by said parties to the comptroller general under said reso? lution will have already been nego? tiated and agreed upon, thus shutting OUt any fair and proper competition therefor, and that as a part of said arrangement or agr< ement this pro? ceeding or action is had to cany it Into effect and to obtain beforehand I and before such proposal is made the judgment of this court, so as to ef? fectuate their purposes, which this respondent avers to he Illegal and contrary to tie- Lrue int? tests ,,f the State of South Carolina; and this re? spondent does r.ot believe that said ngreemenl or contract has been legal? ly made or is valid, or can be made legal or valid or thai the state's in t. rests will be promoted or protected thereby, and he submits to the court thai I! is highly lmp< rtanl and to j the intc ? sts of the pi ople of the State of South Carolina thai this ac? tion should not be disposed of or I Judgment rendered therein until a full Investigation shall bo made into this mit-tion ns to the actings and doings of the said members of tie sinking fund commiaelon, claiming to I be a majority thereof, and us whether l this action is brought In >.I f dth and it Is not im? nd< il to ha\ e t he court Bid the said parties in their il? legal transactions in carrying their arrangement or agreement into ef? fect." DREAD DISEASE IN ANDERSON. Caae of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis lias Been Discovered un Plantation in tili' County. Anderson, Jan. 13.?A ease of cere? bro spinal meningitis has developed on the farm of Paul Karl, 11 miles southwest of this city and four miles from the Georgia State line, the pa- \ tlent being the 5-year-old daughter of a negresH mimed Leila Hardy. Dr. J. N. Land, who was called to , s. e the c hild for the first time Fri- j day stated tonight that he noticed symptoms of this disease yesterday morning and that the symptoms be? came more fully developed today. He i is firmly of the opinion that the dis- | ease is cerebro spinal meningitis but j is not prepared to say whether it is ' of the sporadic or epidemic kind. He will report the case officially to State health officer, Dr. Hayne, imme? diately and Dr. Hayne will probably ] come to Anderson tomorrow. The case ! was brought to the attention of the \ grand jury attending the court of ses? sions today. Mr. Farle, on whose place the case has developed, happens to be a member of the grand jury and he says that everything possible is be? ing done to prevent the disease from spreading. The grand jury instructed County Supervisor Milford to estab- j lish two guards at the county's ex- j pense for effective and complete cpuar antine. i MAY USE PUSH CARTS. Parcels Post Growth Demands More j Facilities for Handling. That the use of the parcels post by j merchants and the residents of rural routes, particularly, and the patrons of the postofhee generally will have so increased soon that extra facilities for handling this class of matter will be needed is the opinion of Postmas? ter Geo. D. Shore. A push cart de? livery may be instituted soon, said Mr. Shore, or if the business demands it, an automobile may be hired as is the case in Columbia. At the present time Mr. Shore said that the Postmaster General Is leav? ing each postmaster free to deal with the increased business as he sees lit, and the local postoffice is now using their special delivery messenger as a helper in getting parcels delivered promptly. People are slowly but surely realiz? ing the benefits of the parcels post and Mr. Shore stated to a reporter that eggs, fresh meat and other country products had aready been handled at the local office. Merchants are using the service for shipping clothing and other wearing apparel to customei s. Already Mr. Shore is in communi? cation with manufacturers of official parcels post delivery carts, but he does not intend making any definite arrangementa as to the purchaae of any until the increased business war? rants it. The Peoples1 Bank Election. The annual meeting of the stock? holders of the Peoples' Hank was held Tuesday and the following directors and officers were elected: Prsident, D. D. Jennings. First vice-president, B. C. Wallace, Second vice-president, S. W. otubbs. Cashier, S. M. McLeod. Assistant Cashier, A. M. Broughton. Directors, L. 1 >. Jennings, S. W. Stubbs, C. P. Osteen, B. C. Wallace, J. D. White, I?. B. Harvin, Moses Green, J. W. Shaw, W. T. Brogdon, J. M. Brogdon, F. D. Knight, W. A Brown. C. C. Beck, Dr. F. K. Holman, R. K. Wilder. SPiTS BULLET OUT. man accidentally* shot ex pectorates leaden mi^ sili:. Peculiar Feature of Accidental Shoot inf. Bullet Entere .Man'?? Nose and Leaden Messenger Conns out Through His Mouth. To spit out a bullet with which one has been shot is a feat that is pos- 1 llbly performed once in a hundred i years, but it is a feat that was per? formed with all ease by Ed. Rich? ardson, colored, when he was acci? dentally shot by another young ne? gro named R?dgen yesterday after? noon. The two men were on friendly terms; they were at a store near Mile Branch Monday afternoon and Rodg ers was standing in the door showing Richardson, who was in front of him, the workings of his pistol. Suddenly the gun was accidentally discharged, the bullet entering Richardson's head, just below the left nostril. Its prog? ress was stopped when it reached the back of his mouth and he '.rime dlately spit it out. Dr. Birnie, who attended Richardson stated that the bullet was twisted beyond recognition as a bullet. He said that Richardson had apparently sustained no serious injury and would doubtless recover shortly from his narrow escape. TOLLMAN ON PRIMARY. Replies to Criticism of His Letter to General Assembly Urging Safeguard for I*rimary and Declares that Honestly Conducted It is Best So j lutioh. Washington, Jan. 13.?A day or two ago the New York World had an edi torial criticising Senator Tillman's I open letter to the legislature of South Carolina, Senator Tillman today re , plied to this in his usual terse but j forcible way. The editorial in ques? tion was as follows: "Senator Tillman has addressed to the general assembly of South Caro? lina an appeal for legislation to safe? guard primary election" on the ground that if the primar> not re? formed there will be two parties in I South Carolina, as in other States, and that in the struggle between them the negro vote will be mobilized and elec ! tions determined by bribery. To add strength to his appeal he says that it may be the last he will ever address i to the legislature, as he may die be ( fore another election for senator comes. "Under the solemnity of this plea, the letter will doubtless be read with more attention than is usually giv-n to political advice. Nor will the at? tention he wasted. The argument is a striking illustration of a ruling pas? sion strong to the verge of the g:ave, But it is common to the blind given I by one who won't see. The greatest I event in the South today is that of J unnatural politics of government by I a single party, held together by race I pre judice. The best thing that could befall Bouh Carolina would he divis? ion of her people into two well-bal? anced parties. It would he far bettor than any possible primary reform that --mailed the continuance of the existing system. The senator's coun? sel, while consistent with his career. Is inconsistent with the wisdom that should come with age.'' To this Senator Tillman replied: "My attention has been called to your editorial of the IOth, 'Bad Coun? sel Prom Senator Tillman.' criticising my recent open letter to the general assembly of South Carolina urging legislation for the protection of the primary system In our State. "The World is a great Denn? ratio newspaper and its views always com? mand attention they deserve. "Let me call your attention to a few tacts. The number of negroes of vot ing age in the State exceeds the whites. All <?f the.se are not eligible to legist*r, but mure and more are be? coming so every day. The Ignorant* and natural depravity of the negro race wholly unfits them to participate In government While our condition In South Carolina is not ideal by any means to have white men struggling for th ? mastery with the negroes as the balance of power, say B0.000 of them, would be anything but pleasant. Can you imagine any more prolilic Held foi corruption and blrbery? if we could have the voters of the state divide into 'two well-balanced par? ties, it would be far better than the condition we are now in. That is just What * CUrred in the last primary. But there was enough irregular and fraudulent votes to cast suspicion on the pr nary. White men will not tol? erate I e continuance of any such con? ditions. "I am urging the general assembly to remedy it by legislation. You say it is not necessary and you know ab? solutely nothing about it, but are theorizing about government on gen? eral principles. I know whereof I sj^ak. You are guessing. The ne? groes ought never to have been given the ballot. Many Republicans in con? gress now acknowledge this. But they ha\e .tie ballot and we can not take it away unless the North takes the initia? tive to repeal the 14th and 15th amendments. The white primary honestly conducted is the best solu? tion Of our troubles. "In some Northern States ignorant foreigners, who know absolutely noth? ing about American ideals and Amer? ican history, and can not either read or write the English lauguage, control. There money gets in its dirty work of buying congressmen and electing sen? ators by dabauched legislatures. The South nas had none of this so far, but if yoi .* counsel should be followed we would .?oon have enough of it and to spare. Which is the better, honest white primaries or corrupt legislators elected by negro voters bought at the polls like cattle? We want the first; you want the latter?or that is what your argument leads us to." A FOOTBALL ROMANCE. Marriage Followed Meeting, Now College is Worried. We?t Point, N. Y., Jan. 12.?Cadets at the United States Military Acad? emy sp? ^ulated today upon what ac? tion the authorities would take over the marriage of one of the cadets yes? terday ;n violation of the rule that cadets are not permitted to marry. The romance in question is that of Elmer E. Adler, a sergeant who, dressed in uniform, was married at Tarrytown. to Miss Florence E. Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Davie, of Buffalo. Adler came from Billings, Mont., and was in his third year at West Point. IflSf Davis met Adler at a football j Kam? nore than a year ago. She had j attended a number of dances here and v as highly regarded, while Adler j bims? !f was one of the most popular ; cadets at West Point. The weather man did a good deed Tuend ay morning when he prophe? sied the doubly acceptable gift of I clear ^ki? I and warm w inds for the I next few days. "Iis Stomach Troubles Over. Mr. Dyspeptic, would you not like to feel that your stomach troubles were < er, that you could eat any kind of fo< d >? u desired without injuiy That may seem so unlikely to you that you do nyt even hope for an ending of your trouble, but permit us to assure you that it Is not altogether Impossible. If others can be cured permanently, and thousands have been, why not you? John R. Barker, of Battle Creek, Mich., is one of them. He says, "1 was troubled with heart? burn. Indigestion, and liver complaint until 1 used Chamberlain's Tablets, then my trouble was over." Sold by all d? dcrs. ? Advt. 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