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THE StJMTER WATCHMAN", Established April, 1850. ' i CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1881. TRAGEDY AT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Marshal Ben Haile Shot Prof. M. Goode Homes To Death and Then K?led Himself Cqflumbia. May G. ? Prof. M., Goodc Homes, of the University] faculty and Ben Haile. Marshal! at; University, were both killed today j in the offk e of the University! treasurer. It is presumed Halle killed both | the professor and himself, as there I was only one pistol found and j that by the side of the dead mar-: shall. It is not know n what \ prompted the crime. There were no "witnesses. A j student was passing the office and j heard the shots and climbing over! the rails of the office found the; two men dead on the floor. Prof. Homes was one of Colum-f bias most prominent men. He; had been prominent in engineer- j ing projects of the nation and wasj a leader in many activities, rciig-' ions, social and business. The city ? is shocked as never before. President W. S. Currcll, of the j University said "there had been | a long and bitter feeling between j the two men growing out of their THE TRAGEDY AT THE UNIVERSITY Benjamin Haile Killed Prof. Homes and Then Uses^ Gun to Blow His Own Brains Out (News and Courier). * Columbia. May 6.;?This morn ?^stg Benjamin Haile. marshall at the University of South. Carolina, shot to death M. Cbode Homes, pro cessor of engineering, and: then blew* out his own brains. There had been a long, standing contro versy between Prof. Homes' and Mr. Haile relative to Prof. Homes' participation in. the awarding of. contracts for certain minor repairs to buildings at the university. About six months ago certain ?inonymous letters-were received by members of the board of trustees,-impugn-J. ing the-integrity of Prof. Homes'fh i the, awarding of bu tiding contracts These letters were investigated and ^fourid-to be trLVial. -T^e^inwtter^was brought to the attention of the/ "Epard of trustees of the. .university and the board's sub-committee found Prof. Homes not at fault at '?^ajl. ' # f It appears that Mr. Haile was in structed by the president of the university to investigate the au thenticity of these anonymous let ters, which he did. A feeling of animosity arose between Prof. | Homes and Mr. Haile relative to these charges, it seems. The board I of trustees through its ^sub-corn- j mittee Tinvestigaicd the charges j and found Prof; Homes blameless,! and came to the ^conclusion that Mr. H^ile. through instructions as ? -he thought from the president of the university, had himself probed into the charges against Prof. Homes?and as the sub-committee thought?believed that ProC Homes was guilty of "petty graft." Prof. Homes was of the opinion thai y * Mr. Haile had a personal grievance against him. Mr. Haile \ likewise thought that Prof. Homes was at tempting to persecute him. it ap ' pears. Both men were under the delu sion that each was persecuting the other. This, according to \V. J. Cormack. member of the board i. of trustees of the University of South Carolina who in conjunc tion with D. M. Winter, of Co lumbia, and B. ,A. Hagood. of i Charleston, investigated the J charges which Mr. Cormack be-1 lieved were the cause of today's : tragedy. It appears in the testimony of | Dr. Currell and Dean L. T. Baker | that several shots were fired be fore cognizance was taken of the tragedy. George H. Muggins, treas urer of the university at the time of the killing, was using a tele phone and Miss Sawyer, assistant book-keeper, was in the office. Mr- Haile. according to Miss Sawyer, asked her, to leave the of fice as he came in tt| get bis week-j !y payroll. Prof. Hotnes was al- ] ready in the office, inspecting cer- | ' tain repairs made to the office. ? That is all that is definitely known j as to-the killing. Shots were fired in the office. L>r. j ' Currell went to the office and was ' threatened by Mr. Haile. who I pointed a pistol at his head and or- j dercd the president to get away. ; according to President CtirrelTs ? testimony. Shortly afterwards (the elapse of a few seconds) Dean' Baker went to the door of 'the j marshal's office and Mr. Haile di- ; . rected him to leave and peremp- : lorily fired at him, but not to hit,! as Mr. Haile was an expert pistol] shot, and the ball went over Dean ! .Baker's bead. A few minutes later another shot was heard by Dr. ; Currell and others, and when the' peace officers appeared they found ' Prof. Homes dead in an ante-room to the treasurer's office and the' t body of Marshal Hafte lying near! the southeastern end of the treas- i urer's office with a revolver lying near h-is feet. Five exploded shell*? were scat-! tered on the rloor near him and two empty chambers wer*? in the revolver. Tin- supposition is that Mr. Haile killed Prof. Homes and then conflicting1 duties at the university.** He said^Haile told the book-keep er to leave the office and started shooting1. He shot Homes several times and then threatened the president, accusing him of being responsible. The coroner said the indications are that Haile com .mittcd suicide. MURDER AND SUICIDE Tragedy at University With No Witnesses Quarrel Over Contraction Work. Columbia. May 6. ? Marshal Haile killed Prof. Homes, follow ing words between the two men j this morning regarding some con- i struction work on the campus, re- j garding which the two men dif- j feted. During the mornng Haile; also had words with President Currell. ' . - CONTRACTS FOR HIGHWAY WORK i -? Several Projects to Be Award-1 ed This Week in Number of j Counties Over State Columbia, May 7.?Bids will be j received by the state highway de- < partment on June 1 for the eon-j struction' of n.3 miles of hard sur faced roadway-in Charleston coun- j ty, leading ou* from the present j federal aid project toward Goose J creek1. j May 31 bids are to be opened ?or j the construction 3.643 miles of hardj surfaced roadway in Sumter coun- , ty on the old Stateburg hfehw?y] from the-city limits of Sumter to' ward the Wateree river bridge. Plans for the road from Pick'eris | to the North Carolina line have j been completed* by' the highway j department and forwarded to the j federal government for approval. | Last week the department re ceived bids in Lexington county fori the construct ion of small bridges! on the old state road south of I XTayce. The Campbell Contracting j company of 'Columbus, Ga.. sub- j mitted the low bid with a figure of i $11.4l5.l'C. , * * j During, the. present'week the de-j partment'will let a number of con- ; tracts for road and bridge work. Monday bids are to/"be opened for J the-building .of a section of the j Branchville-B a m b e r g road tri ; Bamberg county. Tuesday bids will be opened for ! the construction of a section of road in ?rangebiirg county and | another in XeWbcrry county. Wed-! nesday a contract is to be award- | ed for the erection of the Paeolct! bridge near Converse. Spartanburgj county.. Thursday bids are to be! opened for the building of bridges j in Abbeville county and a road in j Berkeley county. Friday a con tract wilL be let for the construe- j tion of the road from Barn well to j Elko and from Elko to the Aiken j county line. CABLE IS LANDED War Department Permits Con- j nection at Miami ? Miami. Fla.. May 6.?The West-j ern Union's Miami-Barbados cable was landed here this afternoon { from a point two miles off the i shore, where it lias been buoyed for several months! Word was re ceived this morning by the War Department engineers from Wash ington relieving them of their long tour of guard duty. The cable- will not be connected until a license has been received j from Washington granting permis- 1 sion to start operations. Manager W. A. Moore. of the Western j Union, said tonight. It will be a ! matter oi twenty-four hours after receiving the license that commer cial service to the Barbados and South America will be opened, he added. to have privacy drove ;i!l awa\ ! from Iiis olhYe and wrote letter. However, the accuracy of expres sion and the composed manner in | which the letter was apparently j written, leads to the belief that the I letter was composed before Mr Haile went to the office. The let ter purport ed to bo signed by Mr Haile was identified by Mr. <'hris tie Benet. to whom the envelope! containing it was addressed. This letter referred t<> .Mr.' Homes as trying to save himself and also referred to others con-] nected with the university as be ing responsible for- tie tragedy. The letter contained tie- hope that "*t have a friend that will demand a fair, honest and thorough investi gation and let the truth be known." A notation on --x slip of yellow j paper which Mr. Homes was ac- \ custom ed to use contained tie- fol- J lowing: "But l have been dis suaded from doing this by my friends through consideration tor the welfare of this institution." A coroner's jury found that Mr. Halte killen' Profi Homes and him self whlie temporarily insane. W. J. Cormack. "Be Just and Fear BRITISH AND GERMANS CONFER I Secret Conference Is Held at Residence of Premier Lloyd j George in Genoa Genoa. May 4 (By the Associat ed Press).?The German chan cellor. Dr. Wirth, and the German j foreign minister. Dr. Rathenau, were summoned to Premier Lloyd Geogc's villa today and remained j for several hours in conference j with the prime minister. Lord j j Birkenhead and Sir Edward Grigg. i Both Germans and British werej non-communicative regarding the! (subjects discussed, but rumors are current that plans were considered i for ameliorating Germany's repara tions situation. The English delegates have an-; riounced that they still adhere to] the suggestion for a meeting of; the signatories of the Versailles) treaty either at Genoa or*a neigh-;' boring city before May ?1 to take \ under advisement measures which may be necessary respecting the German reparations payment duen on that date, which Germany has j announced inability to pay. The longer the Russains study; the memorandum on Russian re construction the less it seems to ap peal to them. Rakovsky. Chicher in and Qtvinoff have expressed j their surprise at some of the sec tions and the divergence between the allies caused by France and Belgium holding out on Article <; has greatly strengthened the Rus- '. sian position. Tt is expected that the Russians j will reply to the memorandum i on Saturday. Meanwhile they arc; using their advantage skillfully, j Their experts are digesting the j various sections at Santa Mar-: gherita. where the whole delega tion is working steadily, with the' exception of Chichcrin and Rako vsky. who came to Genoa for ;i short time today. There is ;nueh speculation phi France's position since the confer ence between Premier Po in care and I M. Barthou. Mr. Lloyd George and the entire British delegation arc still optimistic that the allies! will agree on the .Russian mem-j orandurn and that the Russians will accept in such a manner as to re-. open Russian trade. Acceptance by tile Russians of the powers' terms will crown the ; Genoa conference with success, de- j clared Baron Uayashi, Japanese! ambassador to Great. Britain, in an ! interview today. "The conference has practical ly done it3 work and it only re-! mains for Russia to give her an swer," said Baron Jlayashi. "If, she accepts the powers' terms the Genoa conference will be one of' the successes of the world. If the Russians do not accept it will be j useless to prolong the conference and the Soviet government must j accept'the full responsibility. "The Russians must know thcyj can not continue the present im passe. They will not get money, unless they recognize our justf! claims. "However, even if Russia does; not agree, the fact remains that] the conference had done excellent; financial and economic work. Principles have been laid down: which in any case are bound to af- j feel Russian policy. They know the views of the civilized world { now and these will sink into! their head's, even if they do not ' agree at present. The Soviet au thorities know that England is the only country from which they arci likely to get moft*y and in the event of a change in t|ie Russian regime no Russian government cart ; ever complain that the allies^ haw- not shown great moderation."' RIOT OCCURS IN CHICAGO JAIL; Dislurbiir.ee Suppressed by Whipping: of Leaders -*? Chicago, May X.?A four hour riot in the Cook county j;iil was] quelled early today when Warden j Westbrook and thirty ciunds re-j moved the ring leaders from their; cells ;<nd whipped them individual-j ly. Displeasure pf the prisoners; over a change in method of ad mitting visitors led to the out break. Flaming blankets were; dropped from the fourth tier of' cells to the ground /lour and the < dense smoke almost suffocated! many inmates. The prisoners beat upon the. cell bars with steel strips torn fro mthoir bunks, the bed l:4.jn being heartf for blocks. CARLOS CORBETT FOUND GUILTY Verdiet of Manslaughter Re turned by Jury Oranseburg. May t>.?Carlos Cor betl was found guilty of man slaughter lo re tonight hy .1 jury ! which fri.d him on ;i charge of the murder of Julian Cooper, one of three men whom Corbet 1 shot i.o death <*u- night ;it his home near lo-ie iv.o years ago. The verdict carries ;i sentence] of two to thirty years at the dis rretion of the court. Judge Bow-| man deferred imposing sentence] until Monday. Not?Tx.'t all the cads Xlion Aims't Sumter, S. C, Wedn< Tchitcherin. Iclr. and Lituinofr". apartment at the Hotel Esplanade, ( the separate treaty with Germany. FRANCE Premier Poincare In structs Genoa Dele gates to Endeavor to Reach Under Standing on Rus sian Question Paris. May .".?Vice Premier . Parthou has returned to Genoa instructed by Premier Poincaire to make an effort to reach an agree-, ment..with the allies on a mcmoiv andum to;Russia that would satis fy* Belgium and not t-acriiice the principle that private property of foreigners in- Russia must be re spected! A '.foreign office official says Prance, has entered into.no agree ment ' concerning recognition of Soviets and is free to "deal'with the question according to her own view. FUNERAL OF PROF. HOMES Members of Hoard of Trustees | Act as Honorary Pall Bearers . ?_ Columbia May s.?The funeral Of the late Prof. M. Goode Homes \ of the University faculty, who was! killed Saturday by Marshal Pen; Haile. who committed suicide, is being held this afternoon in Co-j ium'bia. with members of the board of trustees acting as honorary pall-; bearers and students of the engi neering department, active pall-! bea rers. The fiim-ral of Marshal Haile was held at Carnden. his [i.viimt hone*.' Sunday. There is considerable dis cussion of a letter which Mr. Haile had in Ids pocket at the time of the tragedy, addressed to Christie Benet. who had served him as an attorney, in which he intimated the existence of irregularities, and inj which he showed that ti e ferling between him and Professor Homes I had been long standing. Officials j of t!ie University today state that 'here was nothing of an improper nature involved in the transaction in which the two dead men were; interested. A thorough investiga tion had recently been made and nothing irregular was found. 'PHONE RATES TO STAND Schedule Under Foster Act Unreasonable Also Confis catory Charleston. May 6.?Judge H. A. M. Smith of the federal court this j afternoon tiled a lengthy order In the noted telephone case, which grew out of the Poster a.?*t on rate; revision, in which he declared tie act not unconstitutional but held the rates which h imposed to be unreasonable and eontisratory, and therefore refused Jo dismiss lh?? | eoniplain! ;ind petition of tie Southern Pell compan\ for ;i . . . '. i temporary injunction against stale officials, and for further relief, which means that the present tele phone rates will continue in effect until the ease is finally settled. The order provides for the usu-! ;ii developments on the part of either side. and ii is pretty Well assured that further steps will !>?? taken l>y state authorities to push this case to Una] adiudication. The tenj|>orar.*< injunction u-;ir:iiii the1 telephone company, which prc-j vents fh?; state from enforcing she provisions of the l*o>ter act as to downward re-vision of rates; con tinues, pending further tiling of procedure in [he case, which will: probably reach tin highest courts. ;it be thy Country's. Thy God's and sday, May 10. 1922 ;sian Delegates his chief aide in conference in their lenca. just before Tchitcherin signed CIVIL WAR IN CHINA _ENDED President Dismisses and Orders Arrest of Three of His .Cab inet. General Wu Recognizes Govern ment Peking. May 0.?President Hsu Shih Chang has issued a mandate dismissing Premier Liang Ship-Yi. finance Minister Chang Tin and Minister of Communications Yeh kung-Cho and ordering the arrest of the trio. Gen. Chang .Tsab-Lln, who was defeated by Gen. Wu Pei Fu. has been dismissed from "the 'in spector generalship of Manchuria. The civil war appears to have end ed with the flight of Chang and the recognition by the Peking govern ment of Wu. ASKS ( ROMER TO RUN Gaffmy fieiJgta? Highly Com mcntts Ncwbcrrian. Gaffney. May '>.?The GaflC ney Ledger in its issue of to day says George B- Cromer of Xewbcfry would make an ideal governor of the state, and calls upon him to otter himseif as a candidate for the position. Mr. Cromer is w- 11 known to the people of Cherokee county, and it is the opinion of all that he would make a splendid chief executive. The Ledger says it knows nothing of Mr. Cromer's sentiments in the matter. The Ledger evidently believes that the ofl'ce of gov ernor should seek the man. and in this opinion it is by no means alone: but this sen timent would hardly find an echo in the heart of the modern jejii: ieia n. BIG INCREASE IS SHOWN In Acreage Planted to Water melons in South Carolina Washington, May The acre age planted to watermelons in early producing States this year totals l'il,"U" acres In nine States. ;is compared with !.')?.non harvested acres in according i" esti mates made ! oil die by the United States Department of Agriculture. This is ;in Increase ot 1" per cent. Georgia has 57.son acres this \ < ;i r. ;i gain of ?"? - p?*r cent, over the harvested acreage last year Texas lias 3'7:i,Mt acres, or per cent, more than in i. I'lvrida has po. acres. :i l:;iin of SH per cent. Acreages have als?.' increased in South Carolina.. Alabama. Xev. Mexico, A t? iv.? ?:t:i ;hm) Southern Cali fornia. PERSISTENT LOVER WANTS PROTECTION f_ . i Xev. ark. X. May 8. A re?|iiesl j that the British embass\ send ??!!!? agent to escort him from the sta-1 lion tomorrow as precaution'! ;m:iinst molestation was marie by j Alexander 12. Ftol?ercson. ?> Rrit isb j war veteran; who plans Jo visit ! Washington to preys charges that ' private detectives had :ittcmpted <?>[ railroad him out of 'he countr;. be-j cause of his efforts to win tire af fections of Miss Mary Culbertson, daughter of Senator Charles A. j i "ulbertsoo. of Texas. -? ? ? If we iiad lie navy, who Would eat J I he navy beans? I Ti uth's." MORE FLOOD ! VICTIMS CALL j FOR RELIEF i Waters of Mississippi Sweeping South ward From Levee Break at Poydras Below New Orleans Now Orleans. May 4.?Sweeping on in its destructive spread over lowlands dotted here and there by small plantations and villages, crevasse waters emptying through the 400 foot gap in the Mississippi levee ;it Poydras. 12 miles below this city, had reached a point to night 20 miles down the river be yond the break before finding an outlet into the gulf. A message was received at re j lief headquarters here from Poynte La Hache, stating water had leached there and was rapidly ren dering homes uninhabitable and re questing that boats be sent im mediately to bring out 4"-o refu gees. Arrangements were made tonight to send heats tomorrow to pick up the flood sufferers there ;ind ;ir other points. Refugees who were driven from j their homes by the Poydras crev i ass.- Mood are housed in the Red Gross camp in this city. Official".-? j asserted today that it would prob ably Ik: necessary to establish an | other camp here .as there arc many j more homeless to be brought out j of the affected zone. Relief work went ahead today in the flooded territory of northeast ern Louisiana, where crevasse wa ters from the Weecama break and overflow from rivers in that sec tion were gradually spreading out over a vast area and driving addi j tional flood sufferers to refugee camps or to the hills. Physicians of the medical corps of the Louisiana National Guard, who arc in charge of health work at tin- refugee camt>s in Harrison burg and Uhir.chart. reported that a case of typhoid fever had de veloped among the flood sufferers at Harrisbnburg and that every per son in the two camps was being in oculated. Memphis today reported a fall ot .3 of a foot in tiie stage of the Mis sissippi river, and Helena a fall of .1. Tin- rfvef at aTl points between Arkansas City and Natchez was stationary. Gradual falls were noted south of there to the gulf. At New Orleans the gauge register ed 21 feet, a rse of .2 during the j last 24 hours, (Congressmen View Flood Damage. ')n Hoard Mississippi River Com | mission Steamer Mississippi. Nat chez. Miss., May 4 (By tip- Asso ciated Press).?Members of the congressional delegation inspecting conditions in the lower Mississippi valley viewed flooded lowlands along a hundred mile stretch from j Vicksburg to Natchez from the decks of the steamer Mississippi today, viewed protective measures ! taken to hold the. flood in check at j lone, north of Lake Providence, i La., and rounded out the day with la stop at the Weecama crevasse near Fcrriday, La., through*which the Hood is'swecpiug over land. Baton Kouge. the next stop plan ned in the journey which will end in New Orleans Saturday, will be reached shortly after noon tomor ro w. The Weecama. crevasse, now a half mile gap in the embankment, gave the congressmen the most i impressive demonstration thus far of tie- might of the swollen water I way. Pacing over the remnants of the tumbled earthworks the j water, running in a current that i is rapidly tearing away the few ! remaining frame structures, was I spreading fast over sections of Con j e.ordia und Catah?ula parishes with j the head of the backwater now in 'the lower section of Tcnsas. Owing to the current with which [the Mood is sweeping into the rent Jin the levee the Mississippi 'lid not I undertake to puss near shore b' I yond the break and the delegation I to get a lose view halted a dis [ tance of .. quarter of mile over ! t he emba nkmenl to t he end of the standing earthworks. At lone inspection of ;i three j Quarter of ;i mile stretch of sand ! bagged levee in which slough:? ! have '?< curred was made in motor launches. 9 P' fore leaving the boat at Nat chez for a trip over the city a dele gation of Louisiana citizens ex plained at an informal hearing the needs of 'his section in the mattet" mi' levee protection. NATIONAL BANK STATEMENT Washington. May 8. The comp troller of the currency has Called] ? in ;il! national hanks for .\ state-: men! of their conditions at close of business. Friday. May 5th. GOV. COOPER MAY GET JOB Washington. May v ?Tie- sei? < - lion <*" 'ill the farm loan board'! Viieancj lies between T. C. \ikeson ot' the National Grange. Lieut.] Gov. Cooper, of North Carolina an i ' Governor Cooper of South Carolin. . Senator Kursuin of Ne\> Mexico an nounced after ;i visit to tie White-j Hopse. j the true sou: GIVES THE ! i CONDITION OF ROADS Highway Department Begins Issuance of Weekly Report as to Best Routes to Travel in State I Columbia. May 7.?The South 1 Carolina highway department is beginning; today a road condition ! report, giving accurate data as to ! all the main highways in the state and furnishing the traveler the ; best information obtainable as to I the routes he should take. The ! department intends to issue the re ? port at the end of every week and if is believed this service will be : highly appreciated by the people of : the state. The first weekly report : was made up yesterday from direct information in the hands of a high way department covering the week ending .May ?j. Below is the condition report on ; the main roads as issued yesterday by the department: ! Route Xo. 2?Charleston-Sum i merville-Orangeburgr.St. Matthews Columbia-Xewbcrry -T, a u r e n ? - ! < IreenviHe-BasIey-S^neca-'Walhalla to Georgia line: Condition good. [Charleston to St. Matthews, except I for two short sections in Dorches ! ter county, which are rough, but easily passable; and where work is under way in Orangeburg county, I which does not seriously interfere I with traffic. From St. Matthews j \ to Columbia, good for first ten I ? miles, remainder under construe- j J tion and rough, but passable. From ; Columbia to Xewberry: First seven ! miles out oT Columbia impassable j or. account of pavement construe- 1 j Con. Detour by Lexington < Route j Xo. 1-) and county road to Chapin, ' marked with state highway detour ; signs. From Xewberry to Green- j j ville and Walhalla road is in good ! condition throughout. Route Xo. S?Xational highway via Gaffney-Spartanburg - Grcen , ville-Anderson and Alford'a bridge: j Good condition throughout. Work ' in progress on Big Thichety bridge j in Cherokee eounty does not iuter : fere with traffic. Route Xo. 12?Augusta-Aiken I Batcsburg - Lexington - Columbia: \ Good throughout, except for four >and a half miles between Monetta : and Ratesburg, which is very rough, I but passable, i j Route Xo. lo?Laurens-Prince ; ton-Hohea Puth-Belton-Anderson . Clemson: Good except for for about ' eight miles between Princeton and j lfonca Path, which is passable. , Route Xos. 16 and 7?Charlotte Rock Hill - Chester - Winnsboro Ridgeway and Columbia: North [Carolina line to Catawba river. 11 j miles, rough but easily passable. ! Catawba river to Fairfield-Chester \ county line good, except for short 'detour where bridge over- Fishing; ! creek is being constructed. Fair- j j field-Chester line to Winnsboro ; rough, but passable. Winnsboro to ! Ridgeway good but under eonstruc ; tion near Ridgeway. Ridgeway to i Columbia rough throughout. Koon ! road under construction in Rich ! land county, detour from Blytho I wood via Wilson's store to Colum bia. (See also routes 26 and 5i>.) Route Xo. \'j?Appalachian high I way (Xewberry-Whitm ire-Union ; Glenn Springs - Sp;irtonburg-Lan drum and to Saluda. Henderson ville and Asheville in Xorth Caro jlina): Cood throughout. Route -1 ? Dixie highway (Ashe ville-Greenville-Greenwood - Edge field-Augusta): Use route Xo. 2'* ?from North Carolina points to Traveler's Rest. Road from Hen dersonville to South Carolina line j under construction, but reported ? passable. Between Traveler's Rest and Edgefield road is good. From Edgefield to Augusta use routes 27 and 1 2. Route Xo. 22 ? Xewberry to Greenwood: Good throughout ex cept three miles from Chappells to Saluda river and short detour; where bridge is being constructed j over Bush river, which is passable. ( Route Xo. 26?Camden-Kershaw-j Lancaster-Charlotte: Good through-; our. At present this is the best road j to follow in going between Colum-! I i;i and Charlotte. Route Xo. 26?Camden-Suniter- j Manning - Kingstree - Georgetown: i .... . . ... i iron: ( amoen to Kershaw Sumter eounty line. Fair to Sum- ] ter-Clarendon eounty line. Good: to Kingstree: pass to Georgetown. Route Xo. 27?-From route Xo. 2 ! at Dorchester vi;i St. George-1 Rranchvillc-Bamberg - Blackville-i Aiken and rout Xo. 12 to Augusta: Good from Dorchester to Reeves-1 ville. Rougii hut passabh to Ram-^ berg. Good to Lees. Rough but passable to Aiken hie-. <"m?oi1 to i Augusta, Routes Xos. 35. 1 and Z>J - - ' Orangeburg - Bamberg - Fairfax-1 Hampton-Yemassee and Beaufort: ,ood r<> rairfax. excepi :o* detour J where bridge is under construction j ?v??r South Kdisto river, wliich is J ?assable. Fairfax to Hampton fab'. Hampton ??? Beaufort generally J 'ery rough and sandy, under con-1 itruction in Beaufort county: pas- ? ble t hroughoUt. Routes Xos. "t. li and 5?-Cam-J len-Bishop\ille-Dajiington - Flor 'tic<: - Marion - Wilmington: 'Joed: rom Camden to Florence, except! ?etween Bishopville and Darling "u. >\ hich is rough but passable. \ ~Jureuee to Marion, generally ? ough, particularly at Pee Dee riv- j fURON, Established June 1. 18G6. _VOL. LH. NO, 25 WHO PARDONED GET-RICH QUICK CMS WJORSE? Attorney Genera 1 Daugherty Th reat ens to Make Public the Real Facts of the Case Washington. May i. ? Attorney General Daugherty in a statement declared today that aho?ld Dem? eratie discussion in the ?enate of his connection with the release in 1911' of Charles w. Morse, Nov. York shipbuilder. from Atlanta federal penitentiary continue he would make known "the facts."' He coupled with this the assertion that "the real people behind this movement, aside from the partisans interested, have not yet shown their hands or their heads." Shortly after Senator Caraway, Democrat, Arkansas, who has been leading the discussion, renewed his accusations, declaring despite de nials madt by Air. Daugherty's friends since the matter was brought up that Mr. Daughcrf} at the time of Moire's release "took credit" for obtaining the execu tive clemency. The senator read an interview published in a Co lumbus. Ohio, newspaper at the time of Morse's pardon in which Mr. Daugherty. then practicing law in Ohio, was quoted as having said he sought the release of the pres ent shipbuilder so that the financial affairs of the steamship company in winch the imprisoned man was in terested could be straightened out. "I will never discuss politics." said Mr. Daughety in his state ment, "but there is little of in terest to be said in regard to the articles appearing in the newspa pers regarding the discussions hi the senate and elsewhere, which constitute an attack upon the" ad ministration and naturally an at tack upon the department of jus tice. This may be expected from time to time. 'The Morse, case of years ago was fully doseussed in the news papers when I was a candidate for United States senator in Ohio. At that time Creident Taft and Mr. Wieke rsharu wrote signed letter-; whieh'-rmmediately stopped discus sion and conclusively answered ftJI charges that were made or that ever would,be made for any pur pose whatsoever. These two let ters are in my files and if there is occasion for it I, shall s"r.d for them and they will t>e re published. '"The real people behind thte movement, aside trcm the parti sans interested, have not ' et shown their hands or their heads! Their activities are well known and their purposes are well known. Ta due time it will all be reveaied- The department of justice naturally will not be popular wiih persons who are being brought and will be brought to justice in due course. No activities of the department Of justice will be inspired or con ducted to help any political party." MAKE IT UNANIMOUS AH Farmers Invited to Line Up With Cooperative Cotton Marketing: Association Columbia. May S?Although ovsr 42n.(JO0 bales have already been signed up and the original quota was only 400.000. olficials of the South Carolin* Got ton Grower?' Cooperative Association a&hotance that the books will be kept open until June 1 and opportunity given those who have not yet jonied an. opportunity to affiliate with " * organization. It is expected at least ."iOO.OOO bales will ha\e been signed up by June 1. The campaign to :-ign up -IOO. OOO bales by May I is declared by many to have been on?? of the great est campaigns ever waged in South Carolina and there has been much jubiliation among those interested in the movement over the wonder ful victory won. -Tin-* larger the percentage of crop the association signs, the more effective will t>e the resuIts' obtain ed", says statement issued by the association in announcing a contin uance of the campaign. "Those who do not sell their cotton through the as-?;oiation sell In competition with the association and ;ig-*:n<c us. Naturally we want to get ever;, bah- in the association we can be cause it helps the situation for the farmers of the state that much. We believe that there are many farm ers who are now ready to sign up. They will have the opportunity dur ing the next three weeks of lining up with their brother farmers ins;"ad of against them." Many a politician'- platform isn't strong enough to run on. er. but passable during past week. Marion to North Carolina line, passable. Route No. ?s -Marion-GalivanCs Ferry-Conway-Myrtle Beach: Fair throughout. Route No. 50?Washington-At lanta highway: ColumbiarCamden Mc?ce-Chejaw-Raleigh: Good to Kershaw -Chesterfield county line. Rough in Chesterfield eouhty? hi wet weather detour via routes 34, and 43 through Bishopville, Dar lington und Society Hill.