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not receive adequate compensation.
for your efforts in this behalf?
6. Is it not rue that between the
date Of your election to the governor"
ship and the date OF your message in
which you recommended the rsising
Of the joint mmittee you ha6 sew
sral caucuses with your criminal as
sociates whom you were under obli-
CATION to protect, when and where n
conspiracy was hatched to thwart the
efforts making for the punishment of
your clients who had plundered the
State, and is it not true that in order
to effectuate the object Of this con-
spiracy it was agreed that you should
do certain things, which you have
since done? Coming from gererali-
ties to specifics, I will enumerate
them:
To Control the Bench?
(a) Did you not agree that 10 spe-
cial judge should be appointed to pre-
side over any of the courts Of the
State where the grafters were under
indictment except Of your own selec-
ton; that you could afford to take
no chance of getting another j':dge to
try your clients like the one who
presided in Chester?
(h) Did you not agree. in these
caucuses, to pardon any citizen of
South Carolina who might be convict
ed under pending or future lndlcl-
ments, and that you would issue no
acquisitions for foreigners?
(c) That you would dismiss the
winding-up commission so that they
could not, under authority repcsed in
that body by the act creating it, con-
tinue their Investigations. and in dis
missing these commissioners were
you or not Influenced by the IurtneH
consideration that they had Issued a
subpoena for one of your political
lieutenants in the State; that ne had
ignored the same and they had issued
a rule nisi requiring him to show
cause why he should not be attached
for contempt?
(d) In these several caucuses,
when the difficulty in obtaining the
approval Of the prison commission OF
your State to the course to be pur-
sued was under discussion, did you
not advise your confederates that you
had at hand the means for orercom-
ing this difficulty, to-wit: ignoring
the prison commission?
On Horseback.
(e) Did you, or any of those VINO
were in caucus with you. suggest that
on the theory that "the end justified
the MEANS" in effectuating the OBJ
ject of this conspiracy, YOU coulG
with safety resort to any means, from
character assassination to personal
assassination; that after SO long d
time you had the whip handle" or
wer in the saddle" or some phrase
Of sirailar or substantial import?
Z. What compensation did you re-
ceive from the liquor dealers and
what "rake off" did you get from the
dispe1sary officials when you were
senator at law?'
The Campaign Fund.
s. While perhaps not so pertinent,
I consider the following relevant:
What campaign fund did YOU have at
your command when you were can
didate for governor? How mucn was
raised before the first primary and
how much between the first and sec
ond primaries? What liquor houses
or dealers, corporations or the agents
Of corporations, contributed this
money? If you should answer
(Which I do not think YOU will be-
cause it is the truth) that very large
sums of money were raised, kindly
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-03-25
Refused to Make Statemcnt,

H. II. Evans Of Newberry, former
chairman Of the old State dispensaIy
board, was in Columbia yesterday,
but refused to make any comment on
the Felder-Blease controversy. lIo
said that later he might have another
statement to giTe cut.
The central record., 1911-08-25
Amazing Nap of a Tinsmith

tion of the owner of the head awak-
ened most of the neighbors in the
block, and when the situation was ex-
planned the phone wires into the city
hall carried many requests for the
presence of policemen.
The first district patrol wagon was
sent to the scene, and when the
crew gained the second story roof
by means of the third story windows
of the residence of Joseph Bowling, on
the corner. the man was still in slum-
berland. Even vigorous shaking failed
to arouse him, and with the assistance
of Mr.. Bowling the sleeper was
dragged to the street via the Bowling
home with many excited residents
looking on in wonderment.
Waking up at the city hall, Morris
revealed his identity. and was dunn
founded when the circumstances
leading up to his arrest were sprung
on him. He said he had no recol-
lection Of going to the roof, and was
unable to enlighten the police as to
how he got there. Morris is tin
smith by occupation and one of the
theories of the police is that he
Skinned up a rain spout while labor
ing under the hallucination that he
was in working togs making roof re-
pairs.
The central record., 1911-08-25
COMPLEXION ROOM IN CAFE
Chicago Hotel Bids for Patronage by
Furnishing Materials to Make
Women Beautiful.

Chicago-One of the big Michigan
avenue hotels is making a bid FOR
women patrons through the novelty
of a complexion room"
No matter whether the fair diners
big hat is crowning a medley of jet
black rats, puffs and red hair or
whether her dome is topped with a
bunch of drug store straw. the Golf
fure will look stunning in the com
plexion room" No matter whether
the roses on the cheeks were pro-
cured at the corner chemists or
whether her countenance in general!
IS of the marble" variety, she will
get away with it" in the complexion
ROOM" Said the president:
You know that certain colorings,
decorations, wall paper and floor COW
erings will set off to disadvantage
some compilations. especially by
candle light or at night. making them
look far from handsome. We will
overcome this and make the cafe a
veritable complexion room that will
enhance the beauty. natural or arti-
ficial of any woman"
The central record., 1911-08-25

hibited by law. Saccharin is injurious
to every one and affects children seri-
ousiy. Much of the carbonated water
that is mixed with the havors con-
tains lead. Such mixture should
be prohibited by law. A great per.
centage of the flavor is made of vari-
Gus kinds of chemicals. all OF which
are more or less injurious.
Caffeine. which is being used SO
generally by many unscrup'I Ious soft
drink dispensers. should be driven
from the market by law. Its effects.
especially on young people. compares
with the effect of cocaine and NOR.
phine."
Its rather a hard matter to point
to the soda water fountain where you
will get habit-produclng drug or
where you will get pure soda water. 1
know of a number of stores where
scrurulous proprietors sell only pure
soda water. know OF many others
where they will sell anything that
will help fill their Golfers.
The only thing to do is to find
out which man sells pure soda water
and then stay away from the other
shops. This is not hard Job for any
one who has much reslect for bis
nerves ami internal organs.
The central record., 1911-08-25
Spy Charge Arouses Army Officials

is a fine specimen of the stable-mind-
ed spy. He gave the first fruits OF
his labors into the keeping of
woman.
1t cannot be conceived what Austria
wants with maps of our forts and with
rosters of our regiments. Years ago
so long in the past that perhaps no
man living remembers tive had
furry with the Austrians. Yankee
gunboat captain. name forgotten.
threatened to blow Trieste or some
other place out of the empire into
kingdom come unless something, now
also forgotten, was done, and done
quick. The something was done, and
there has been no occasion since to
fear that ambassadors were to be or
dered home and broadsides were to
roar.
1t is suggested that the spy in the
ranks, whose steady company" gave
him away. wants to learn how to make
dunnite, our most powerful explosive.
He has been serving at posts where
they neither make dunnite nor use 1t.
Moreover, We have a well-defned
thought that the inventor Of the dead
ly stuff. Colonel Beverly w. Dunn. has
safeguarded his secret. Colonel Dunn
is a veteran of thirty-two years active
service. He has thought enough OF
the country and the army to give
two sons into their keeping. Private
Eeorpe peters or Prince Windisch-
Graetz, whichever he Is. has some
thing to do when he tries to undo
Dunn.
The central record., 1911-08-25
Farm and Factory Share Export Gain

trade. against s145,OOO,OoO in 1910 and
s4S1 900 900 in 1907. the former high
record year.
Meat and dairy products show a
total of about s15O.O00.OO. against
s131 ,OO0, 900 last year. but materially
less than in certain earlier years. In
which the total ranged as high as
s2O2 900 900 in 1907 and s211.o0o. 900 In
1906.
Food animals show total OF U.s.
600 600, against little less than $lZ.-
OOO, 900 last year, but much below the
figures of earlier years. when the totai
figures of food animals exceeded sa3.-
600 900 in the high record of 1906.
Flour amounted to about 5O.OOO,OoO
in value. against 47.500.00O last year.
but much less than in certain earlier
years. the high record in -four exports
in 1899 showing a total of s7S,5OO.OO0.
In manufactures the increase in the
group manufactures ready for con-
sumption" is about S100,000,O0O, and
in the group manufactures for further
use in manufacturing" the Increase Is
SAC, 100000 The increase in manufac-
lures is apparent in large number
of articles. Agricultural implements.
as a whole. show an increase OF
about s5.OO0.000.
The central record., 1911-08-25
Corporations Find Tax Law Is Stric

W HlLE the treasury department Is
w not disposed to be unduly harsh
With those corporations which have
Jailed to file their returns within the
specified time under the corporation
tax law. provided the failure has not
been due to a deliberate attempt to
evade the statute. at the same time II
is not given much leeway under the
terms of the act
That is why several bills have been
introduced in congress for the purpose
of relieving delinquent corporations
from the penalties of the law for the
current year. Just why there should
be so many delinquents 1t is hard to
understand, because this is the second
year that the law has been In force.
and the government officials think cor
porations and their officers ought to
be familiar with its provisions by this
time.
The commissioner of internal rev.
enue, who collects the corporation tax.
is busy sending out letters to corpora
tions and persons who write to learn
how they can be relieved of the penal
ties imposed by the law. He does
not give them much encouragement. for
the statute is stringent
When a corporation neglects to
make its return March l. so per cent.
IS added automatically to the amount
of the tax This cannot be RENTED
by the commissioner, because the law
Specifically preScribeS IL. But in addi-
tion to this increase of the tax a cor
The central record., 1911-08-25
ZZfVZ7zY1TT lf C0HNE4V
BIG BOATS TO STAY

and endurance cannot be contained in
a bulk smaller than at present in
closes them. Our engines give max
imum of power with a minimum of
space: our guns are included in the
narrowest cxpanse with possible
safety.
IF we want greater speed and Sc
cure 1t in the size of the vessel, the
armament must be sacrificed to a
corresponding extent. Inversely, il We
are to increase the armament of our
dreadnoughts on a smaller vessel We
would have to dispense with some of
our speed"
Capt. G.. E. Burd, u. S. ~, in
charge of the machinery department
of the navy yard, said it is not pos
sible with the present engines to
economize space without losing else
where.
The one thing that would help us
spare some of the space now occupied
by the boilers and engines of our bat
tleships," he said. would be a new
engine that would improve on the tur-
bine and the reciprocating engine we
now carry"
The central record., 1911-08-25
BARKING OF DOGS FORBIDDEN
Beach Order of Eastbourne Town
Council Is Severely Criticised by
Veterinary Surgeon.

London.-The Eastbourne town
council the other day adopted by
law imposing a fine of 40 shillings
($1O) on owners of dogs which bark
on the beach. The debate that preced-
ed the vote was an animated one. one
member describing the proposal as
frivolous and irritating"
A surgeon belonging to a well
known veterinary institution is of the
same opinion. He says: ITO re-
strain dogs from running about and
barking Is exactly equivalent to pre-
venting children playing and laughing.
The bylaws will mean that dogs will
have to be taken to the shore on leads.
and their owners will have to punish
them if they get excited, or pleased.
and bark.
Barking is an exercise which is
good for dogs lungs and helps to keep
them fit, and to restrain the animals
as the Eastbourne people wish to do
will be very good for veterinary sur
geons. but very bad for the dogs.
Another aspect Of the case is that
this unnatural restraint will have a
strong tendency to make the dogs sui
len and savage, for the dog that Is
always checked and reproved devel-
ops a very bad temper.
THE natural, happy, healthy dog
barks Just az the child laughs and
shouts, and there Is no better way to
keep a dog At than to excite him to
bark"
The central record., 1911-08-25

poration may also be fined for its neg
lect. This fine is Ia the discretion OF
he commissioner. and the law says 1t
shall not be less than $1,000 or more
than $4,000. Cases of fraud are pun
ished more severely. The tax is
doubled. and in addition to that the
officer of a corporation who makes
false return may be convicted OF
misdemeanor. fined $1,000 and sent to
Jail for year.
There are thousands OF delinquent
corporations in most internal revenue
districts. Through their representa-
tives they are besieging the treasury
department tor lenient treatment. The
best that most of them expect Is to
be relieved of the fine. but some OF
them are even trying to evade the So
per cent. additional tax. This can be
done only by an act of congress. Most
of the offending corporations are small
ones. The general cry is that the
corporation tax law is altogether too
stringent and that the United States
treats the corporations as if they were
criminals.
The central record., 1911-08-25

r HE war department for the first
i time in many years has a case OF
AZ alleged spy in the army. Capt.
James Watson. the army recruiting
officer at Indianapolis. Ind. has In
formed the department that he holds
affidavits charging Private George
Peters with being an Austrian secret
Rgent-
cne of the papers in the possession
{ Captain Watson is an affidavit OF
iss Clara A. Dyer. She said Peters
las stationed at Fort Totten, n. Y.
j the 135th company. Coast artillery
Sorps. and that he was an Austrian
, spy sent to the United States to obtain
the secret of manufacturing the pow
erful explosive used by the United
States government. Miss Dyer as
serted she had become engaged to Pc
ters. The girl turned over a number
of letters, in which he told of his
plans. Peters real name. she said.
was Count Windisch-Graetz and his
home is at Prague. Bohemia.
The country probably will keep
tranquil in the face of the report that
this Austrian spy has been examining
its defenses and offenses for five years
as a private in the army ranks. He
The central record., 1911-08-25
Persistent Mountaineer Rediscovers
Gold Ledge After Twenty-Three
Years-Others Gave Up.

Spokane, Wash.-A search of %
years for what may prove to be a rich
deposit of gold has at last been
brought to a successful conclusion by
a persistent prospector, F. A. Schnicke.
He has come out Of one of the widest
parts Of the wild Cascade mountains
with specimens Of gold bearing ore
that promise fortune when the ledge
from which he took them is developed.
He has chart of the route that will
lead him back when he has formed
the party to help him.
1t was in the summer Of 1888 that
Amos White, mountaineer and pros
pector, came staggering out OF the
Cascades in the vicinity Of Mount Ad-
ans and showed ore like that which
his successor is now showing. He got
backing and tried to take party in to
hew way to his ledge. Deep SHOWS
the following winter stopped him, and
when he tried to go In the summer for
est fires ragged and prevented him
from carrying out his plans. This ILL
luck followed him for two years. and
then exposure brought on illness that
killed him.
Just before he died White gave a
crude map of the location of the gold
ledge to John Snyder. close friend.
This showed the ledge to be near the
shore Of a small lake somewhere on
the western slope of the Cascades and
under the shadow of Mount Adams.
Snyder found that forest fires had
wiped out some of the signs by which
he was to be guided and he could not
locate the lake. He pursued the quest
for 13 years and then gave the chart
to Marion Locke, friend. Locke
went out to find Whites ledge and
spent a long time in the search. He
was equally baffied. but fortune was
kind to him, for in his wanderings he
discovered the Mccoy Creek mines.
The central record., 1911-08-25
WONDERFUL NEST is FOUND
Abode of Stork Built on Top of Cathe-
drai of CoImar Weighs Three
Quarters of a Ton.

Berlin.-An investigation of
storks nest built on the top of the
Cathedral of Colmar in Upper Alsace.
brought wonders to light The nest
was about thirty years old. measured
six feet across. and was five feet IN
height. It weighed three-quarters of
a ton, and was so solid that pickaxes
had to be used in destroying it. But
1t contents we're more marvellous still.
1t was made of wood and clay: and
its sides concealed among other
things II stockings, five fur caps. the
sleeve of silk gown. three old shoes.
a large piece of leather and four but
tons that bad belonged to railway
porter's uniform. Two dozen large
sacks were filled with the treasures
that the Industrious storks had hoard
ed for themselves.
The central record., 1911-08-25
London Dispatch Regarding War.
ships Is Not Believed.
United States Naval Officers Doubt
Report From England That Dread
noughts Will Be Supplanted
by Smaller Vessels.

New York.-Naval officers stationed
at the Brooklyn navy yard are in
clined to doubt the London dispatch,
in which was predicted the passing Of
the dreadnought type of battleship in
favor of smaller vessels Of equally
heavy armament
In their opinion Great Britain and
the other nations of the world will
even enlarge the size of the present
day battleships.
Rear Admiral E. N C. Leutze, U. S.
~, retired, commandant of the Brook
lyn navy yard. said:
1T is hard to believe England's fu-
ture navy policy is to be toward the
reduction in the size of its war YES
sci. We have found the dreadnoughts
the most effective fighting machines
yet produced and consequently we will
continue to make our vessels in
greater size.
Il can see no object unless it is for
the purpose of economy in the report
that England is to build vessels of
smaller size. England may be listen
ing to the demands Of the persons
who object to naval expenditures" OF
course l can make no prediction of
what our own future program will be.
but from my personal viewpoint we
will add to our fleet of dreadnoughts." "
The man who has been sent to the
Brooklyn navy yard to lay the hull
of the battleship New York, Naval
Constructor Robert E. Stocker, U. S.
N, could not reconcile his experience
in shipbuilding with the report from
London.
I'VE need all the dreadnoughts we
can get" he asserted. In the dread
nought has been found type which
is an Improvement over everything
bTilt before.
THE qualities of speed, gun strength
The central record., 1911-08-25
Danger in Dishonest Soda Fountains

THE soda water fountain Is as great
Il a menace to fenlininity. in many
cases, as the barrooIn to masculinity.
according to DR.. Harvey w. Wiley.
the government pure food and drug
EXPERT. Let 1t be understood that Dr.
Wiley is not defending the barroom.
While not a prohibitionist, he is fer
ninst" strong drink.
DR.. Wiley is not opposed to soda
water in itself, nor to the gayly be-
decked fountains from which 1t issues.
He is strongly opposed to dangerous
ingredients which are hidden In the
foam-covered glasses which are hand
ed out to young and old alike.
II am a friend of the soda water
man." DR.. Wiley said. THE honest
soda water man who sells real soda
water is a godsend today. ! would
not part with him for the world. It's
the man who sells injurious chemi'
Gals and habit-producing drugs In
soda water glasses to whom j am op'
posed and whom I would like to see
driven out of business.
ITO be pure and healthy. soda wa
ter should contain three ingredients
pure fruit flayors. pure carbonated
water and sugar. not saccharin OF
some other injurious sweetening. Te
sell favors that are made OF chemi
Gals instead of fruits is criminal. Te
begin with. what is soda water? First
of all. soda water does not and is moi
supposed to contain any soda. The
name is a misnomer. A great dea
of the stuff that is sold under the
name of soda water contains saccharir
instead o.. srgat That should be pro
The central record., 1911-08-25

TNASHlNGTON.-The farmer and the
w manufacturer shared about equal
ly in the remarkable growth in ex-
ports which characterized the fiscal
year recently ended The total in
crease was s304 900 900 when COM
pared with the Immediately preceding
year. being a larger gain than ever
before shown in a single year OF our
export trade.
OF this gain manufacturers as a
whole supplied s14O,000,000; cotton
about $135.00o, 600; meats and dairy
products about 100000: corn. s1O.-
100000: food animals. 81, 500. 900; flour.
about $4,000. 900, while wheat shows
a marked decline.
Cotton is king in the exports OF
products of agriculture. the value en-
ported during the year being s5S5. 5.000.-
900 in 1910. by far the largest
total ever shown in the cotton export
The central record., 1911-08-25
A Girls Imaginary Experience.

pointed a big revolver at me, threat
ening to shoot. Then he reached
down and grabbed me by the shoul-
der. He lifted me on the horse in
front of him and galloped off. The
moment We started he placed over my
face a cloth that had chloroform on
it. At least l thought it was chloro-
next knew | was awakened by some
one slapping me in the face. I don't
know what the man said. He didn't
try to hurt me, anyway. except to
slap me. After | had gone a little
way. when he had told me to leave.
/ found a handkerchief around my
neck and a note which said. Don't
you tell anyone what has happened.
II you do will kill you"
When the child had told her story.
a story strongly reminiscent Of a mo-
ton picture film. her teachers sound
ed the alarm Immediately from po-
lice headquarters the order to find a
man riding a gray-spotted pony was
flashed. A posse began forming.
Deputy Sheriff Hardie Hinton was
riding near the fair grounds when he
saw a bare-legged boy on spotted
gray horse. The lad rode up tc the
tent where Shockley and his family.
who are wandering horse traders.
were living.
Scarcely had the boy dismounted
when a man rushed out of the tent
and sprang on the horse. Tell your
ma the marshals are after me and
they won't get me alive" he shouted
to the youngster. The man was
Shockley.
Hinton reported this incident to the
city police; they took up the trail.
accompanied by 8 ith. and soon came
upon Shockley When the fugitive
saw the posse he turned from the
main road into a country lane on the
banks Of the Ouchita river. He de-
fed the calls to halt and was shot
At the coroner's inquest II was es-
tablished that Shockley could not
have attacked the girl nor could his
horse have been seen by her.
The central record., 1911-08-25
Long Lost Wealth is Found

which have since made him wealthy.
1t was two years ago when the final
effort was begun. Five men, including
Schnicke, who called themselves THE
Lucky Five" went into the wilderness.
One by one all abandoned the search
except Schnicke. Curiously he made
the discovery at place visited before
by himself and others interested in
the search but not recognized. 1t was
small body of water called Badger
lake. He came upon it from a new
angle and something about it struck
him as being in accord with the chart
He searched for an old camp that
White had marked and after some
heavy work discovered 1t. He then
had little difficulty in locating the
ledge and finding the specimens Of
ore. He has filed his mining claims
On all the outcroppings he could find
and expects to go back and begin
work before the summer is over.