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?III TIE GENERAL ASSEMBLY VKHY LI'IT I.K I'ARTISAN l?OLI TK'S AT PH KSK XT SESSION OP 1*\WMAKRRS. Ku;\kwi Situation Reviewed ami Oth? er Xrn. frtun Capital?Smooth Sali hif Kiuectcd to Continue? Number of Important Hilfe to Ouure np Tbie Mt Columbia, Feb. 10?The political situation in this Stete has not clarified n? much ne was expected during the legurtetlvs tension Ths harmonious manner In which the session has pro? gressed so far ha? given little op? portunity for partisan politics. Of siuree there is no telling what may happen between now and the end of this sitting of th? general assembly, but thus tax, at least on the surface, there has been not a single outbreak. The nearest approach to one came when the Blesse-Chrlstensen contro? versy sm being aired in the senate. Thin wan more of a personal matter and did not ei.use a strict drawing of the lines As eiplained by the sen-1 ?tors afterward, no display of partisan ship wii shown In the executive ses don when O >v. Blease's messages on Senator C^rlstensen were taken up for action t y the senate. Nothing more la being iieard here with regard to thle matter, and evidently the Inci? dent 1* regarded as a closed book. The general Impression here is that there will be at least one, if not sev? eral, additional candidates for gover? nor in the race next summe-. It is new expected and thought to be a practical certainty that State Senator John L. McLaurtn will run for gov? ernor. Senator McLaurtn hae an yet made no definite statement for pub? lication, but It Is understood that he In In the race. A little Incident that occurred here Saturday has been commented on by many of the old guard. When Senator Tillman enter? ed the Supreme Court room where the asylum Investigation was being con? ducted he shook hands with Johi L. McLaurln for the first time since they fought on the floor of the United Slates nennte chamber about thirteen years ago. The two men chatted for a few momenta and appeared to en? joy the reunion. H t? o I Meant also are the exchange of letters between Senator Tillman and at U.urin. Folks here believe, and with good reason they say. that other letters than those given to the press have passed between the two men who were once such close friends and then euch bitter enemies Several gubernatorial candidates h*\e been In Columbia during the session of the general assembly. While here last week Charles Carroll Slmms of Barnwell took occasion to deny the published rumor that he was going to withdraw from the race for governor. Mr. Slmms said that the charge of Haskelltsm wan not a Just one, and as n matter of fact he had joined the ranks of the other side at the time of the split among the people of this State, Mr. Slmms says that he is in the rare to the finish. Richard I. Manning of Sumter was also here during the week, and while he did not discuss politics, said that ha had receives, much encouragement from every section of the State in his contest for the governorship. Mr. Manning Is regarded a formidable candidate In the list of gubernatorial aspirants. It was expected that some deflrlto announcement would come luring this session of the general assembly that might further change the political horiaon. but up to this time nothing of a definite nature has been given to the people of the State except from those who are In the running. The outstanding feature of the present session of the general assem? bly from a political standpoint is the attitude on the put of m? rnhers to? ward the governor of the State and his smooth sailing with them For the last several wars, in fact ever since Governor Hie um? has been In of* floe, ths sessions of the, gener.il as? sembly havs been torn nsundor with political bickerings and dlspluye of partisan politico. The session of Itll was a memorable one In this r< npeet There 1a a conciliatory spirit now pre vailing among tin three departments of the State government, and particu? larly noticeable nre the good terms on which Oov?rnor Mease and the general iggs*nhlv appear to be. Sev? eral gesjsjjgsji s have corn? up this J?Ul that in other en of Um general assemhlv would SSSJltlnlj have cause.1 a partisan outburst. The asylum mess***' in .in rxanple. Hut tho gen? eral assemUv, tho governor's frh n ?? in It. thorn* who m.iv not be with him in s poHtiosi ?toast- and the governor hlmeelr have all a .r? il to ?et along well togfh. r mil WOft harmonious ly this year. Thui fsr thrre hn h bttfl in action taken on any vet>. hence M 1? a hit e*rly to Bjajf whether or not a t?reak will ?xcur ft |g a I most I safe predlc Ion, however, tlwit the gSS kMI will continue prude ill'. BS harmon? iously as now. The Asylum Investiertem h;i* set members of the generul assembly to thinking already snd but one d.\ ? *? vent in a t I on has beta had. It is gener ally admitted there that something is wrong when the allnirs at the institu? tion ere stirred up to such an extent. Much outside, and to a certain extent political discussion, was brought Into i the first day's session of the com j mlttee, but us one member expressed ! It, this was necessary In order to get at the foundation of the trouble. Be I ginning at .1 o'clock this afternoon the 'asylum Investigation continued. It is ! not known just how long tho Inquiry ! will hist, but there are a large num? ber of witnesses yet to be heard. While not a new Issue altogether, the entrance of the Clemson college proposed change of name was in some* hat dramatic fashion. Some members of the general assembly have been heard to say that It would be a good thing for Clemson college to be removed from the politics of this State. The members who expressed this opinion favor the abolition of the life trusteeship and its perpetuating j power, but many of them who wish I to make a change are not as certain that the State of South Carolina would be acting in good faith after accepting the terms of the Clemson *111 to tear up the system inaugurated at the time flj the bequest. Otheru hold the oplnlor. that at any time after the ac? ceptance of the terms of a will a State or individual may give up the bequest jon the ground that It does not care to I further bind itself to the terms of the will transmitting it. This Clemson question is likely to prove aa Import? ant issue in the closing days of the present session. There seems to be a sentimental side that is not to be ignored. The matter is now in the hand* of the ways and means com? mittee of the house and the finance committee of the senate, and when the commltteee make their reports to their respective bodies, the rr.stter will be threshed out on the floor of the house and senate In all probabil? ity. It can be stated almoet certainly that so far as the senate is concerned the cotton warehouse bill will be eith? er passed or rejected during the pres? ent week. Senator McLaurln, the au? thor of the bill, hopes to secure a vote on it Tuesday. The house will probably take It up soon after, should the bill pass the senate. Of course if the bill Is rejected In the senate, there will be no need of the house discus? sing the bill at all. Senator McLaur? ln Is hopeful of its passage. The vote is expected to be very oloee. During this week also the policy of the State will likely be settled on the question of the sale of the State farms and the disposition of all the able bodied male convicts. This bill has been discussed several times in the senate, and the house has already I agreed to sell one of the State farms For once the general assembly has not yet to any appreciable extent dis? cussed the liquor question. It may be that except for the Charleston high li? cense bill the general assembly and the people of the State will be spared any talk fest on this South Carolina iseue. Senator Carlisle's bill providing for an election next November on the sale or non-sale of alcoholic liquors and beverages bears a majority un? favorable repor?. and a minority fa? vorable report. The bill was a special order for Friday. February 6th, and from day to day unMl disposed of. By a strange trick of fate seemingly, Sen? ator Mauldtn's bill proposing practi? cally the same thing as Senator Car-1 llsle's betire a majority favorable ana I minority unfavorable report, and Is fust aheal of Senator Carlisle's bill on th?> ealontar, also being a special ">r der. The Stflte senate will probably reach during Ihla week Senator Stuckey's bill prohibiting aliens from acquiring property In this State. This is a bill stmllar to the Wyehe bill in the hotise directed Against alien ownership of land. The ser ate also has a special order, and this may be reached during the s.?.k. senator Cirllsle's bill tighten? ing up the law with relation to so-call ed social clubs. other special orders that havo right of way bit which may not come up during the present week are: Mr. Young's bill to compel the se paration M the whito and OOlored rare* lai ring in textile manufactor? ies?preventing the working together of same and providing penalties there? for. Mr. Mif hum s house bill to estab? lish an ir.dustrlul homo for destitute I hildren. Mr. Hardtn's joint resolution 10 amend tho constitution so as to i!mit the annual t.i\ |#vy to live mills to defray the STtpsnoes of tho State gov? ernment. Mr. Darnwell's house bill to extend to attorneys In fact, ofneers, and igenti of corporations the penalty ol 1 section UOX of the Criminal OOUII mall I ing it a misdemeanor to draw a etieek i where thtr* ais no funds in the bank to cover It. Senator SullivauM bill creating a peltaUffg commission and a pellagra hospital. The senate hus disposed ??t mosi of the un lontegied matters und with r tio Kettling of the pollOlW. so far SS the upp*i brauen. Is seneernedi wf >> HUERTA WILL RESIGN. READY To si'RRENDER DICTA* TORK1IIP IF DE LA HARRA WILL hOGKtt PRESI? DENCY. - Friend of Dictator Says He It On Ills Way to Paris Wltli Resignation in HI* Pocket to Offer Presidency to Do La Harr?. Nttl Orleans, Feb. 12.?Ameliano Mclgarojo, a clo9e friend of Gen Huerta, today admitted that he is en route With the resignation of the Mex? ican dicator in hie pocket. The document is to become effective when Melgarjo obtains the promise of Francisco de la Harra, the former Provisional President, and now Mex? ican minister to France that he will accept the presidency of Mexico. HUERTA 1L\S NOT RESIGN NED. Melgurcjo Positively Denies Rumor? Not Connected W Ith Government. , Atlanta, Feb. 12.?Senor Melgare Jo, passing through here at noon en route for New York and Europe, positively denied the story that ho carried the resignation of Huerta. He is not conn cted with the Mex? ican government, but has been of? fered the position of Colombia minis? ter. He is going to Europe for his health and will probably visit Paris. Mexican Official*. Deny Report. Mexico City, Feb. 12.?Government officials here today denied that Huer? ta had resigned in favor of Gen. De La Harra, declaring that Huerta hated De La Harra. WILL TAX TIDE CHURCH. Mexican Dictator Issues Proclamation Imposing Heavy Taxes on Church? es. Mexico City, Feb. 12.?Dictator Huerta today issued a proclamation imposing heavy taxes on the church in Mexico. It is reported that the Tampico garrison has revolted and has gone over to the Hebels. The government denies the rumors, but Vera Cruz dispatches state that three American warships are being rushed to Tampico because of important de? velopments. nANS SCHMIDT SENTENCED. New York. Feb. 11.-?Hans Schmdit. the former priest who was convicted of murdering and disembering Anna Aumuller was sentenced today to be electrocuted during the week begin? ning March 23rd. Schmidt laughed scornfully as the sentence was pro? nounced. He was sent to Sing Sing this afternoon. Columbia, Feb. 12.?After a brief debate the house by a vote of 54 to 44 killed the ltlttenberg primary elec? tion hill which only applied to Char? leston county. A majority of the Charleston delegation opposed the bill. few Statewide measures, its work will be well in hand. An Impression that is gaining ground is that the goneral assembly will adjourn on time. In the Supreme Court Tuesday the C. P. Sims disbarment proceedings will take place. It is understood that Mr. Sims himself will be present at the hearing. Sam J. Nicholls will repre? sent Mr. Sims, and Jormer Solicitor J. C. Ott will represent S. G. Fin ley and other petitioners in the case. S. G. Finley, a lawyer of Spartan burg, and other members of the Spar tanburg bar signed the petition charged in tho papers served upon Mr. Sims that he had Violated the ? ?thlcs of the legal profession in u number of instances. Specitic cases were cited in which it was alleged Mr. Sims had taken money from clients to represent them ami had failed to do so when the causes were called in the court. Another charge against Mr. Sims is that he accepted a retainer in a pardon case ami then went to Gov. Mease ami naked him not to pardon, his elient. Still another charge was that Mr. Sims hail accepted a fee from a United States prisoner ami had full? ed to do anything lor him in the Courts. These charges and others Mr Sims denies in tOto and accuses Mr. Finley, Mr. Otts, and others of per? secution. Mr. Sims' returns to the Su I proms Court was vouched in sarcastic j language, he d< riding his accusers In vitriolic terms. The cuse is expected I to attract a great deal Of attention. especially In me up-country, it is sot tor hearing tomorrow morning at 1< 1 o'clock before the mil supreme Court The hearing had been postponed on One occasion t?? await the election of a fifth member of the court. Judg< ?Jage was elected a( tins session ol the general assembly, completing th< personnel of the* Supreme Court um. when the case is < idled fonnuiov ? very member of the highest court in the State will be hen- to listen t<? tie I arguments and such other affidavits testimony, or briefs that the oounssl ; may submit STRIKES ABE LUE M. \ LEADER SAYS THEY SHOULD BE AVOIDED TO LAST. i - ?Tno. R. Lawson Gives Stirring Tale of ? Alleged Wrong and Oppression in Mino Heidi of Colorado. Denver, Col., Feb. 10.?A story of the Colorado eoal strike from the viewpoint of John R. Lnwson, one of the leaders of the miners, was late to I day told before the congressional in? vestigating committee. The Colorado member of the international execu? tive board of the United Mine Work? ers of America was allowed full swing. j "Strikes are hell. We do not be? lieve in them unless they are un? avoidable. They injure not only the strikers and their wives and children, but the eoal operators and the pub? lic." ! In these terms Lawson announced I what he said was the United Mine j Workers' policy in labor disputes. He outlined the methods by which, as he alleged, the United Mine Workers call strikes, then entered on the history of the coal mining industry in Colo? rado, from the time of the strike of 1903, which was lost by the miners. "In that strike," he said, "the oper? ators brought In gunmen?thugs who had been guilty of almost every crime on the calendar?to intimidate the miners. They were successful. Some strikers were frightened Into going back to the mines. Others were scat? tered. "Many were deported. To fill the | places of the strikers the companies; brought In strikebreakers. But soon; these very strikebreakers discovered J they had been put into mines where j conditions were unendurable and they appealed to our organization. They! wanted to join the union; to strike! for their rights. We took them in. but advised them not to strike. We realized they could not win. An or? ganizer took his life in his hands when he went to the camps. Some organizers have been killed in south? ern Colorado." "Were any of the murderers tried?" interrupted Representative Byrnes. "Yes, they were tried by 'hand Picked' juries," Lawson announced. "The operators picked the juries and also the sheriffs. I have seen an English speaking mun tried for mur? der and on the jury were 11 Mexi? cans who could not speak English." The witness told of the calling of the strike of 1918 in which, he claim? ed, 95 per cent of the miners walked out within a week. "The operators had an army of from COO to 700 gunmen in I^as Ani mas and Huerfano counties," Lawson .said. "They had what is called thef 'death special,' an armored automo? bile in which was mounted one of their machine guns and which car? ried a squad of private detectives. We got rifles to protect ourselves." Lawson told of various disorders in tho strike zone. He gave an account of the battle at the Bordes tent col? ony in October, in which one man was killed and two wounded. ? "There had been some shooting in the morning and about noon," he said, j "but in the afternoon everything was; quiet. Then a crowd of men sudden-1 ly appeared from Trinidad, some mounted and some riding in the 'death special.' They had two ma? chine guns opened fire on the tents came within the tent colony bearing a white flag. He said: 'Boys, I'm a union man. Are you good union men or scabs? Then men In the camp replied that they were union men. 'Well, you'd better look out, becauso they're going to shoot you up.* "Suddenly he walked back about 15 feet and hurled the white flag on the ground. The next instant the two ma? chine guns opened fire on the teat colony. One man was shot through the head as he was trying to get away. A boy was hit nine times." "Did any of your men reply to the fire?" a committeeman asked. "I have reason to believe a few men got their guns, took refuge in a ditch and fired back," was the reply. J "The best evidence of this is that, al j though there were GO guards and only 1 24 men In the tent colony, the guards t went back to Trinidad without taking a prisoner." Lawson's testimony was uncom? pleted when the session adjourned. INGOLD BEATS RECORD. Aviator Remains i? the Air Over i?? Hours. Munich, Feb. 8.?The aviator. In gold, today broke the world's record | for sn endurance flight. He remained ' in the air for \?'? hours and 20 min I ntes and covered a distance estimated .it 1,060 miles without landing. The previous record ?>f H hours and seven minutes was made by Brun* olanger at Johannisthal, February A ram her has applied for ths ren i tsi of 320 acres on ths Pike national forest, Colorado, to bi us<-d in con? nection with other private land, for l raising elk a* a commercial venture. CAPT. BERRY ON TRIAL. I OAPT. JOHNSON TKUM HIS VER-j SION OF FATAH COLLISION. Investigation Will Probably Result in! Change Of Navigation Lessening Danger of Accidents?Wireless Op-, orators Are Sometimes Careless. Philadelphia, Feb. 11.?Copt Osmyn Berry, commander of the steamhslp Nantucket. charged with negligence in the recent collision with the steam? ship Monroe oft the Virginia coast, in which 41 lives were lost, today listened to Capt Edward E. Johnson of the sunken Monroe give his ver? sion of that disaster before the local United States inspectors of steam ves? sels who will determine who was re? sponsible for the accident. Capt. John? son was on the stand all day. As in the Titanic disaster, the in? quiry will result in certain changes! i In navigation of vessels, at least in .coastwise vessels. Capt. Berry, when confronted to lay by the charges brought by the government steamboat inspectors at Norfolk, pleaded not guilty. He Is charged with failure to reduce speed of his vessel to avoid collision; with failing to ascertain whether the wire? less operator was on duty and in being careless in not asking the wire? less operator whether any other ves? sels were close by in the fog. Cne of the most important points brought out in the examination of I Capt. Johnson, who was the first wit? ness, was that he navigated the Mon? roe with a steering compass that de? viated as much as two degrees from the standard magnet compass. He said the instrument was sufficiently true to run the ship and that it was the custom of masters in the coast? wise trade to use such compasses. His steering compass, Capt. Johnson testi? fied, had never been adjusted in the one year he was master of the Mon? roe. The Monroe's captain told the story of the collision and was exhaustively examined by the steamboat inspectors. He said the night of the collision was alternately clear and foggy. The collision occurred during a fog. The lirst knowledge he had that the Nantucket was near him was when he heard a whistle three points on the starboard how. He was running at half speed at the time and stop? ped his engine to locate the other ship and blew his whistle twice to let the vessel know he was steering to port. He judged the whistle was about 375 feet away. Capt. Johnson s second knowledge of the proximity of a vessel was when he saw a faint light four points to starboard and about 340 feet away, he said. He believed the other ves? sel was going in the opposite direc? tion to him on a parallel line, but a moment later the ship came out of the fog almost at right angles and struck the Monroe on the starboard side aft of the pilot house. After he discovered the proximity of the Nantucket, Capt. Johnson said, ho signaled full steam ahead and turned his vessel to port in the hope of receiving only a glancing blow, as he realized a collision could not be avoided. Capt. Johnson said there was a lapse of only two minutes be? tween the time he heard the Nan tucket's first whistle and the collisior Capt. Johnson detailed the dutie? of each member of the crew. At tha time Of the collision he. had had no sleep for 10 hours. He said he could have gone to sleep before the Mon? roe left Norfolk for New York but did not think it necessary. A num? ber of times he testified, he had re? mained in the pilot house all the way from Norfolk to New York. Questioned as to what action he took to find out through tho wireless operator the proximity of other ves? sels, Capt. Johnson said he had in? structed the operator to ascertain the locution of the steamer Hamilton, which he knew was coming down the coast. This vessel was located neat the Delaware capes. The Nantucket must have been be? tween the Hamilton and the Monroe. Capt. Johnson said, but the operator Of the Nantucket did not make hi presence known. I Capt. Johnson was asked his view, on the efficiency of the wireless in lo? cating vessels in fogs and said it was a great help. He added. however. ! that wireless operators do not bothei about messages they hear unless they are directed to the ship. Some op? erators, he said, don't bother answer? ing questions about the location ot their ships. The trial is being conducted by It A. Sargent, Inspector of hulls, and David H. Howard, Inspector of boll* ers. Albert Lee Thurmon, solicitor oi the department of commerce, repre? sented that department. Capt. Berry was represented bj counsel as was the *>i?i Dominion iin< which owned the Monroe. r a. ESlllott, state forester of Oregon, says that cooperative Are patrol associations among lumbermen 'for prevention of forest fires have . proved their worth. LEVER REPORTS BILL FOR AP PROPRLVTIOX. Soutli Carolina Congressman Viges That Half Million bx Given for Campaign Against Disease. Washington, Feb. 11.?Showing that the annual loss to Sv>uth Caro? lina alone aggregates the enormous total of $438,914 from n vages of the hog cholera, Representative Lev? er, chairman ol the house committee on agriculture, reported favorably from the committee today the bill ap? propriating $500,000 for the preven? tion of hog cholera and $100,CG?i for a fight on dourinc. This is an emer? gency appropriation withdrawn from the general agricultural appropriation bill to enable the department to per? fect its organization to meet the rav? ages of these diseases which begm in the early summer. The report shows in substance that the country is losing annually through the ravages of these diseases at a conservative estimate, some? thing like $;0,000,u00, and this loss Is distributed throughout the an hols country. It also shows that last year an appropriation of $75,000 was made by congress to meet this situation aod although it was absolutely inadequate remarkable results were secured by the department in the four States in which the experimental work wss done, and it is believe! that with an adequate appropriation .and with a strong cooperative organization among: federal, State and local authorities the disease may be reduced, controlled and substantially eradicated. The re? port forcefully sets forth the fact that pork, hog meat and hog products compose the basis of the everyday meal of the average citizen, and that is hogs and hog products are to a large extent the subject of interstate traffic it is incumbent upon the fed? eral government to take urgent steps toward the control of the disease until the department can build up a perma? nent cooperative organization with the several States looking toward the final eradication of the disease. The report also shows the presence of dourine among horses in the North Avestern States and that about 10 per j cent of the range horses are afflicted Avith this disease and points out the danger of a general spread of it throughout the country unless vigor? ous efforts are made to stamp it out. The report recommends an appropria? tion of $100,000 for this purpose. ENTERTAIN THEIR FRIENDS. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. King Give Chick? en Supper at. Ma ye* vi lie. Mayesville, Feb. 12?-On Friday evening. February 6th. Dr. and Mrs. C. E. King entertained a dozen or more of their friends at a chickes supper. Despite the inclement weath* er the guests arrived at the appoint? ed hour and shortly afterwards were invited into the dining room. The several tables were prettily decorated and place cards, each decoraxed with a chicken feather, indicated the place for each guest. The chicken was served after the rashion of the famous "Parrott Chicken Stew" und was prepared for the hostess by Capt. and KrtV Oee. C. Warren. After the supper, which was hearii ly enjoyed, the guests contested te see which could make the greatest number of words, i:\ a given length of time, out of the phrase 'Chicken supper." Mrs. 8. W. Mayes won the prize, having made eighty-live words in five minutes. The pleasant evening came to an end all too soon. Arnold those who were present were Capt. and Mrs. Geo. C. Warren, Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Grrdner, Dr. and Mrs. C. E. King. Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Mills, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bland. Mr. and Mrs. P. If. Tiller, Rev. and Mrb. R. L. Grier, Mr. and Mrs. F. 8. Smith, Mrs. E. W. Mayes. and Hisses Pugh and Smith. - N * Killed in Florida. J*ake City, Fla.. Feb. 12.?Following a quarrel, William Cook and Hayns Hunter engaged in a gun duel late yesterday. Hunter was killed and Cook seriously AVounded. A stray bul? let hit ;u negro woman seriously wounding her. Greelyville BUSINESS SCHOOL Individual Training fir Boys inl Girls. THi: . surse of all English brsucSss. * shorthand, typwritln? and book? keeping ofl? rs unsurpassed opportu? nities to the youths ol your count* at a v? ry reasonable price. Hoard can lie obtained lu town. Ksr parti? culars address. J. M. JERVEY, GREELYVILLE, - S. C.