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SENATE REFUSES 10 CONFIRM.
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TKMtl NT 09 SIATI: HOS?
PITAL.
I vt< n?1??,t Debate Hold on Matter.
Hut Two Member* Voted to Sus?
tain Chief h itruil\(\
Columbia, Feb. 21.?Th.- governor1
sent a message to the senate last night
IgaBOuncing that he had appointed Dr.
\S Ousta\e II >uscal of Newherry as
superintendent of the State Hospital
for the Insane.
The position of superintendent SI
now held by Dr. J. W. Babcoek.
After the receipt of the message
the senate went Into executive ses?
sion and following an extended de?
bate refused to confirm the appoint?
ment of Dr. Houseai. Two members
of the senate voted to sustain the gov?
ernor.
Dr. Babcoek said last night that he j
had no statement to make.
Appointment Head.
Columbia, Feb. 20.?Dr. W. Gus?
tave Houseai. of New berry, was to?
night appointed by Governor Blease
as superintendent of the State Hospi?
tal for the Insane, succeeding Dr. J.
W. Babcoek. the Incumbent. The ap?
pointment was sent to the Senate, and
by request of the Governor, was read
In open session. An executive session
will be held by the Senate to pass on
the appointment.
Oovernor Blease had expected Dr.
Houseai to t ? ? 1< < t. ( a member of
the board of trustees of the Charles?
ton Medical College and said that he
gave the position of superintendent of
the State Hospital for the Insane to
Dr. Houseai to show what he thought
of him. UM G.'wrnor h?ing v. ry much
disappointed over the failure of the
General Assemhlv to ehrt Dr. lb>i
aeal as a trustee of the Medical Col?
lege.
Dr, Houseai is a resident of New
berry and the personal physician of
the Governor.
Or. Babcoek was appointed super?
intendent of the Asylum hy Go< SI
nor Tlllman during his first term in
the early 90s and has held the po?
sition e\er since. The Constitution
gives the Governor the right to ap?
point the superintendent and board of
regents of the State Hospital for the
Insane.
The naming of Dr. Houseai to suc?
ceed Dr. Kabcock came as a great sur
pr?? ? ?>. flen< d * mbly and to
.sed much
gu am an.
intment Is
?A4? HBtslnJ .... -of the
General Assembly to name Dr. Hou?
seai as a trustee of the Medical Col?
lege.
The S. nate went Into executive ses?
sion at once to genMMMf the appoint?
ment of Dr. W. G. Houseai as super?
intendent of tho Sta?e Hospital for
the Insane. A hot debate took place
o\.-r the matter, and during the course
of the discussion the splendid work
which Dr. Babcoek has done for the
State Asylum was landed by mengbei
after member. Dr. Houseai was re?
ferred to In highest terms, but the
Senate did not approve of the Gover?
nor's attempted ousting of Dr. Hab
cock.
Th*? statements that the Consti?
tution requires that the board of re?
gents of the Asylum and the super?
intendent be appointed with the ad?
vice and consent of the Senate; that
the Constitution forbids the holding
of any office for life, except that of
notary public, and, that the appoint?
ment of Dr. Houseai was illegal,
were brought out during the thresh?
ing out of thl. matter.
Mr. and Mrs. H T Scott left Sat?
urday for Hot Spring*. Ark., where
Ussy Will spend a no-nth.
Tili: IlHK K V \m> TRAGEDY.
Mr. ItyttonlM'rg Corrects Statement
Made ih.it pjfj CHM VA.o.o Into Wa?
ter 10 Attempt ReOOU? Ol little Boy.
Editor Daily Item:
The account published in Thurs?
day 'I paper about the drowning at
Hit hriek yard contained an erroneous
statement that ban cnueod conintent
and censure. We wish to correct the
statement that no one went in the
water to try to rCOCUC the little hoy.
Mr. R. E. Street, the assistant fore?
man and the only white man on the
yard at the time, as well as Henry
I^ondon one of the hands, both went
Into the water over their heads, as
soon as they were notified by the lit?
tle Kennedy boy. They were chilled
and almost froaen from the cold wa?
ter, but stayed In ae long as they
could, without any results.
It has been a source of a great deal
of annoyance to us at all times for
boys to come out to our place of bus?
iness. We have repeatedly driven
them off before and since the laet ac?
cident, regardless of the fact that we
have posted our premises and pub?
lished notices to this effect in your pa?
per. It is almost a daily ocurrence in
the warm weather for us to drive boys
away and there are only two things for
the parents to do, and that is either
to keep their children at home or
grant us permission to chastise them
when we find them trespassing on our
premises. It is useless to say we
could have them arrested for tres?
passing when the mi re < ?>ming on the
premises causes us no financial loss,
lours truly,
srMTF.lt BHICK WORKS,
I. A. Kyttenberg, President.
W ALK Fit PICKED FOR CABINET.
Washington Hears JorM'ylte Will
Head IVimrtnicnt of Justice.
WashinRton. Feb. 20.?Edwin B.
Walker, chancellor of New Jersey,
Who directed the drafting of the
"Soven Sisters," the proposed Anti
TruHt law? of New Jersey, is the
man that President-elect Wilson has
in mind to take charge of the De?
partment of Justice in his Cabinet,
according to reliable reports in Wash?
ington tonight. This news reached
Washington today and was quietly
talked among the Democratic lead?
ers.
Chancellor Walker's anti-trust bills
in New Jersey have attracted nation?
wide attention. They provide per?
sonal punishment for officers of trusts
which break the law. President-elect
Wilson, six years ago in a speech at
the Jamestown Exposition, came out
boldly for personal punishment to
break up the practice of rebating by
railroads, a practice which was then
being laid bare. He declared at that
rim,, the best method to stop rebating
was to jail John D. Rockefeller and
not fine the Standard Oil Company
$29,000,000. This speech was deliver?
ed a few weeks after Judge Kenesaw
Mountain Landis had handed down
his famous decision, fining the Stand?
ard Oil Company the sum of $29,
000,000 for rebating.
ELOPES WITH CHINAMAN.
Peasasytvaaia <;iri Married To 'a
IsMsnskfjrnsna at rnanhcrlaiid. Md.
Cumberland, Md.. Fob, is.?Wee
Ling, a Chinese laundryman, of
Mount Pleasant, Pa., and Miss (Mara
May Cope. 18 years old, of that place,
eloped here yesterday and were mar?
ried by Rev. M. C.allmeier, pastor of
| the German Evangelical Trinity
Church.
At the courthouse, securing the II
I ? ? e, Wing spoke English fluently
and answered all questions with
promptness He was itlylahly dress
id. Wing stated he was a member
of the Christian Church of Mount
Pleasant.
My Doctor Said
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m 1 was in a very low state of health, and was not able to
be up and tend to my duties. 1 did try Cardui, and soon
began to feel better. I got able to be up and help do my
housework. I continued to take the medicine, and now I
am able to do my housework and to care for my children,
and I fee) as (hough I could never praise Cardui enough
lor the benefits 1 have received1*
Cardui is successful because it Is made especially for
women, and a^is specifically on the womanly constitution,
Cardui docs one thing, and does it well. 'I hat explains
the great success which it has had, during the past 50 years,
In helping thousands of weak and ailing women back to
health and happines*.
If yon axe a woman, feel tired, dull, and rre nervous,
cross and Irritable, it's because you need a tonic. Why not
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W'tH fcr LmMm' A<Hri?<w7 Dipt* Cbeltannop Medtrtnt C? . CWlroonf?. Tmrv.
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TAKES RECESS WHILE SENATE
COMPLETES WORK,
Lower lbniy of Legislature to Meet
Again Wednesday Night at B.05
oviock?Benote i*t<>imi?ly in Btanpo
for sim? Die Adjournment by Then.
I jitter iiiamcd hy House Members
for Delay?Governor Bleaae Trans?
mits silly Meenasjo Concerning Ap?
pointment of Dr. RonnenL
Columbia. Peb. 21.?The House has
adjourned until 8.05 o'clock Wednes?
day night, by which time it is expect?
ed the Senate will have caught up
with its work and both houses will
be ready to adjorun sine die.
The House passed a resolution pro?
viding for a recess until Wednesday,
but it was necessary to obtain the con?
sent of the Senate before the resolu?
tion became effective. The upper
chamber promptly acquiesced, how?
ever.
The sensation of the day, of course,
was the appointment of Dr. Houseal
as superintendent of the State Hos?
pital for the Insane; the refusal of the
Senate to confirm it by a vote of 37
to 3, and the message of Governor
13 lease today explaining the matter
along the linee of the dispatcher in
The News and Courier this morning.
Dr. J. W. Habcock, the present su?
perintendent of the Hospital for the
Insane, who seems to have been made
the innocent victim of Governor
Blonot'i pique at Dr. Houseal not hav?
ing been elected a trustee ot the Med?
ical College does not care to go Into
the newspapers with reference to his
treatment, certainly not for the pres?
ent. Last night, when the Senate re?
fused to confirm the appointment of
Dr. Houseal, the matter was simply
one before the Benote, but today the
Governor called the incident to the
attention of the House, through a
special message which gives the mat?
ter quite fully and shows how things
often happen in politics. The mes?
sage is illuminating and reads:
Message No. 4 2.?The state of
South Carolina, Executive Department
?Gentlemen of the Senate: In my an?
nual message 1 recommended the
taking over of the Stale Medical Col?
lege of Charleston, and the appropria?
tion of $10,000 for this purpose, which |
recommendation has been fully car- |
ried out by both branches of the Gen?
eral Assembly, and the bill has been
signed and is now a law.
On Februarv IG 1 received the fol
I
low ing letter, which shows that some
people ar<- apprehensive of my inter
( st in that light:
"Charleston. S. C, Feb. If,, 1913.
'His Excellency, Cole L. Blease,
Governor, Columbia, 8. C.?Dear
Governor Blease: I want to thank
you in behalf of the trustees and fac?
ulty of the Medical College for your
interest in our bill and for the sup?
port which you gave it. It should
be a source of gratification to you
that this meaaure has been enacted
during your administration, for it Is
certainly In the line of constructive
educational legislation and will exert
beneficial Influence upon the entire
?State. 1 hope the bill will come to
you for your signature at once so
that Die General Assembly may elect
the new trustees and put the machin?
ery into operation without delay,
yours sincerely, Robert Wilson, Jr."
I mi yesterday the General Assembly
elected the trustees of this College, l
requested some of the members of the
General Assembly to help me have
elected .a personal frit ml of mine, and
I thought to elect him would be hut a
courtesy due nie for the interest 1
had taken in the matter. The Gen?
eral Assembly, however, saw At not
to do so.
When I was first elected Governor,
i offered the position of superintend?
ent of th,. State Hospital for the In?
sane to Dr. W. Gustave Houseal. He
declined it, telling me the work
would not suit him, and that he could
not afford to take it, and did not want
it. At the beginning of my present
term i again asked him about the
m.'itter, and he again declined it.
Yesterday, after he was defeated for
truster of the Medical College, 1 sent
his name to your body as superin?
tendent of the stato Hospital for the
insane, knowing full well that if he
waa confirmed he would not accept it.
Nor did expect you to confirm his
nppolntment, after the action of the
Genera] Assembly yesterday. But I
v. .i nted to pat on > eeoi d b< f< r<- the
people to Sout h Carolina t h 11 I
though) W G?stave Houseal worthy
of do mo i honorabp posit! >n within
my gift a; Oovornor, bo far as the
medical prnf< ssi< >n is concerned,
whatever your Gen ral Assembly may
thi"?. oi h.in to the contrary not?
withstanding. Hy your noi confirm
li ? bun you have gained nothing, for
he certainly would not have accepted
it. He is now in Noi f..Ik, Ya , and r.
pouted efforts to get In communlca
i |on w it b him li e. o f i lied i iul h he
had been reached his an wer would
ha> ?? be< n, " I w ill noi a??-? -1? t.*"
i paid him this compllnn nl for my
own reasons. Your refusal to confirm
him has certainly noi injured bis
reputation, n??r have you gained any
political achievement us against me
in the matter.
if you will read Section 8, of Article
12, of the Constitution of South
Carolina, you will lee that I have the
power to remove the superintendent
of the State Hospital for the Insane,
and all that I would have to do, if I
so desired, would be to wait until you
adjourn, remove Dr. Babcock and ap?
point Dr. Houseal. But, as I have
just stated, and repeat, the purpose
for which Dr. Houseal's name was
sent you has been accomplished, and
if Dr. Babcock were to die or to be
removed Dr. Houseal has too fine a
practice to give it up to accept the
position.
Very respectfully,
Cole L. Bleaae, Governor.
Columbia, S. C, Feb. 21, 1913.
SELZER'S TAX PLAN STIRS.
Dealers in Stocks Make Threats of
Leaving Now York.
New York, Feb. 20.?Governor
Sulzer's simple plan for increasing the
State's revenue by doubling the stock
transfer tax started a roar of indig?
nation which began on the floor of
the Stock Exchange and spread out
among bankers, insurance companies
and real estate men interested in the
financial district.
Members of the exchange were se?
riously discussing today proposals for
moving their business to Ph!l"-delphia
or Boston in the event that the new
bill became a law.
Leading rea1 estate men were great?
ly concerned over the attempt to in?
crease the transfer tax. In several
instances brokers served notice that
they would not want their present
quarters .after May 1 if the new law
were enacted.
Neither Massachutetts nor Penn?
sylvania imposes a tax on stock trans?
fers and the Boston Exchange's char?
ter allows dialers in securities listed
on the New York Board. For that
reason Home of tiie brokers were pre?
dicting the removal of most of the
stock business to Boston in the event
of the 2 per cent tax being doubled.
Members of the Stock Exchange
took no action toward voicing th? ir
protests direct to the Governor be?
yond notifying a number of real es?
tate men of their intention to vacate.
CRUSHED TO DEATH IN WELL.
C alvin Hall of the Cassatt Section of
Korshaw County Loses His Life.
Camdt n, Feb. 20.?News reached
here today of the accidental death of
Calvin Hall, son of Stanley Hall of
the Cassatt section of Kerahaw coun?
ty, lie was killed by the caving ?n
of a well.
Mr. Hall was digging a well on
Mr. Laney'a plantation. When he had
dug about 16 feet deep, the well be?
gan caving in from tho sides at the
bottom. When his body was recov?
ered, he was in a standing position,
still holding a crowbar, which he had
at the time the well began caving in.
The well was in a very sandy sec?
tion.
Mr. Hall was buried at Sandy Grove
church.
Mr. Isaac Schwartz lias gone north
to purchase spring goods f<?r the
Schwartz Dry Goods Store. Mr.
Schwartz will continue his stay for
about a month.
Geo. H. Hurst,
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