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fiwereor Bitase Answers RcprescotaliTe
SmWii Charges.
HE OBEYED TBE COURT
Hier? Was Nothing Dishonorable in
Change Hade in Record in His Of
fice?Merely a Fight in the Green
ville County Legislative Delegation
?Mr. Blease Statement.
Concerning the Greenville County
appointments for township commis
sioners that have created such a stir
in the upcountry, to the extent that
an affidavit was made and published
" hy a member of the Greenville dele
gation, charging the governor with
changing names, a statement was
Friday giren out by the governor.
Here is the statement about the mat
ter given out by the governor:
"On February 13th, 1911, the rec
ommendations were handed in for
Greenville county, accompanied by a
note signed by W. L. Mauldin, sena
tor. Later, Mr. C. D. Smith came In
and asked to be allowed to make
some changes in the recommenda
tions. The governor requested Mm
? to take the matter up with Miss
Newnham, who was then a stenogra
pher in the office, Miss Newnham hav
ing charge of this part of the work.
The governor, going into the front
room, with Mr. Smith, and instruct
ing 'Miss Newnham to make such
changes as Mr. Smith suggested.
Miss Newnham says a large, stout
gentleman came to her and stated
that he wanted to make the changes,
but did not have the names with him,
but that he would get them. He later
came back and suggested "that Misb
Newnham Insert the names in the
townshipi? in her own handwriting,
crossing out the names sent in on
the original list. After Miss Newn
ham made the changes, she asked
the governor if he wanted to look at
them, and the governor said, "No, go
ahead and make the appointments
Just like he gave them to you" and
the appointments were made.
"The following letter explains the
changing of the names:
*' 'Greenville, S, C, Mch. 11, 1911.
"His Excellency, Cole L. Blease,
Governor of South Carolina, Co
?-lumble, S. C.
" 'Dea-ii'-'Governor: In re appoint
ment board of assessors Cleveland
township, Greenville county: Your
excellency has appointed Ben Ha
good, W. L. Morgan and J. D. Drake
on the recommendation of Mr. C. D.
Smith and myself. I find that we
were mistaken in the initials of
Drake, and same should be C. G.
Drake instead of J. D. Drake. There
Is no J. D. Drake in this township.
I suggest: that you have an oath sent
to our clerk of court reading to C.
G. Drake, re jailing the one to J. D.
Drake. There is a small kick going
on from friends of Senator Mauldin,
but they amount to nothing, and
didn't support either you or myself.
" 'With best wishes, I am,
" 'Yours very truly,
" 'Wilton H. Earle.'
"After the appointments were
made, Senator Mauldin came to the
governor and stated that the orig
inal list contained the names of the
parties recommended by a majority
of the Greenville delegation and in
sisted upon their being commissioned.
"The governor, in view of the re
cent decision of Judge ? Ernest Gary
in regard to such appointments, re
' voked the commissions of those ap
pointed, and commissioned the par
ties who were recommended by a ma
jority of the Greenville delegation.
"The governor says that there was
nothing dishonorable in the transac
tion on the part of any one, so far
as he can see; that Mr. Smith wished
the changes; that they were made for
him, and Senator Mauldin insisted
upon the appointment of the original
named parties; and, in obedience to
the decision of Judge Gary, these par
ties were appointed. That it was
merely t delegation fight and that he
does noc see that anything dishonor
able ha* been done by anybody, and
that he is surprised at Mr. Smith en
deavoring to place the blame for the
changes, on a secretary in tue of
fice" ?
Til!ruau Feels Better.
Senator B. R. Tillman in response
to an inquiry as to his health inspired
by a rumor that he was very unwell
said Friday that he was feeling en
tirely lit. He spent the day in the
fields on his farm at Trenton, and
says the country life is agreeing with
him so finally thr?t he feels better ev
ery day. He is feeling better than he
has feli: for months past. ?
? ? ??
Made Fatal Error.
Aroused by an unusual noise in his
home at Landowns, Pa., Friday morn
ing and seeing a figure moving about
in the Jim light, Alexander Kerr, age
18, fired a shot gun at the object
and then discovered that he had mor
tally wounded his 10-year-old sister,
Nellie. The girl died in 15 min
utes. *
Died at His Desk.
While seated at his desk in his of
fice on the; first floor of the county
court house in Columbia Probate
Judge Johu T. Gaston was stricken
fatally III Saturday morning just be
fore noqn. He died at 12:10 sur
rounded }by a few friends.
/'
[MES A WEEK.
DENIES A SLANDER
BLEASE ANSWERS A SLANDER*
OUS STORY ABOUT STATE.
i
The Governor Rightfully Denies the
Statement That South Carolina
Has Asylum for Illegitimates.
Governor Blease received Saturday
a letter from Nevada which aroused
his indignation and brought forth a
characteristically picturesque reply.
His correspondent, writing: from
Reno, said he and others wer-, trying
to "clean up things" at Ren?, in re
spect to the divorce industry, and in
consequence this State had been op
enly attacked In the legislative de
bates, a leader in the Nevada assem
bly going so far as to way that "the
State of South Carolina, 'on account
of its public immorality, occasioned
by the absence of divorce, had been
compelled to erect a large asylum for
the maintenance of illegitimate chil
dren."
South Carolina's standard of mo
rality, Governor Blease replied, "Is
higher than that of any other State
In the union." The governor de
nounces as absolutely false, mean and
malicious the statement quoted in re
spect to a State asylum for illegiti
mate children. "South Carolina,"
says Governor Blease, "has no di
vorce law, and her people are very
proud of the fact."
The Correspondence.
The very interesting correspond
ence on the subject follows:
Nevada Realty and Finance Com
pany, Anderson building, Reno, Ne
vada.
P. L. Flanigan, president; Dix W.
j Smith, vice president; D. Ford Smith,
secretary-treasurer.
March 25, 1911.
Hon. Cole L. Blease, Governor of
South Carolina, Executive Cham
ber, Columbia, S. C:
My Dear Sir:
We are in a hot fight out here in
this Western country concerning easy
divorce. We are trying to clean up
things out here, organized a coarse
of lectures and I enclose card de
scriptive thereof. Also send you un
der separate cover copy of my lec
ture and the attack upon me by one
of the newspapers here, all of which
Nwill bring good results.
An attack has been made by the
legislature here upon South Carolina,
as I understand, your State grants
no divorces. I have timber interests
in the South and know the high grade
of citizenship and morality that ob
tains in your State. One of the lead
ers in the legislature told me yester
day that the State of South Carolina
on account of Its public im morality
occasioned by the absence of divorce,
had been compelled to erect a large
asylum for the maintenance of illegit
imate children, and I write this let
ter to inquire if that is a truthful
statement.
Would it be too great a favor to i
ask for you to write me briefly if the
absence of divorce in your State tends
to immorality.
Thanking you for the courtesy ofj
I an auswer, I beg to remain,
Very sincerely yours,
D. F. Smith. I
The Governor's Reply.
Mr. D. Ford Smith, Andersen Build
ing, Reno, Nevaaa.
Dear Sir: j
Your letter of March 25 received, j
South Carolina has no divorce law,
and her people are very proud of the j
fact. The betrayal of the virtue of
one of her women means death. The
standard of her morality is higher
than that of any other State in the
American union, and the statement
that she has an orphan home for ille
gitimate children is absoluteJy false.
There may be some institutions of the
kind in the State, but the State her
self has no such institution, and the
assertions set out in your letter as to
jsuoh statements being made in your
| State are mean and maliciously false.
Very respectfully,
Cole L. Blease, Governor.
Columbia, April 1. *
TWO NEGROES BURNED
Beyond Recognition in Their Home
j at Rlackville.
I At Blackville Oscar Greene and his
I wife, two respectable old colored peo
i pie, were burned to death Friday
; morning in their home. The fire oc
i curred about 1 o'clock Friday morn
i ing, and the wind was blowing at a
I rapid rate, but, fortunately, only one
i other residence was burneci. Oscar
i Greene was a good old darky, and
j his death and that if his wife are de
jplored. These old people had ac
quired a right nice property, and,
; while having no children of their
own, had adopted several, and edu
cated them, among them being Albert
?Davidson, the mulatto who served as
postmaster there for several yeais,
? until his sudden death in the postof
' flee. *
Shot Himself at Sea.
Dr. Carl Buck, ship surgeon of the
North German Lloyd liner Koeliu,
'which arrived here today, committed
! suicide March 29th for no known
j cause. He shot himself through the
i heart. Dr. Buck was buried at sea.
? ? ?
Abandon Vessel.
An abandoned ship riding on her
?beams' ends was reported Tuesday in
j the lane of the coast liners about 140
miles due east off Jacksonville, Fla.
I Revenue cutters are searching for the
'derelict to destroy it.
AFTER A HARD FIGHT
BOTH SIDES NEED AND CALL FOB
REIXFORCE.MEXTS.
Mexican Regulars Are Outnumbered
by the Bebels, Who Come Off Vic
torious.
A dispatch from El Paso, Texas,
says a stubbornly fought and bloody
battle between 300 insurrectos and
200 federal troops has raged around
the little town of Santa Barbara,
southwest of the city of Chihuahua,
Mexico, for two days.
'According to the dispatch the reb
els attacked and took Santa, Barbara,
but before they could strengthen Its
defenses the federah rallied and at
tempted to retake the place. A body
of 25 rurales charged through the
insurrecto lines and succeeded in
reaching the municipal building, buij
were cut off from the main federal |
body. They took refuge in the build-!
ing. The telegram does not reveai |
their fate.
Finding himself outnumbered. C-*l.
Arfieamendi, in command of the fed
eral troopa, sent to Parral fo ? rein
forcements and the insurrecto leaders
are said to have dispatched messen
ges in the direction of the camp cf
Madero and Orczeo on a similar er
rand. It is said both sides exhibited
the greatest bravery and the percent
age of killed and wounded Is high.
Advices from Magdelena, Sonora.
by mail, declare that Monday's bat
tle reported from Agua Priela as
a victory for the federals was really
a victory for the rebels, instead of
being ambushed themselves, the reb
els ambushed the federals at San
Rafael and the federals were driven
to a mill at Santa Rosa, where the
! rebels surrounded them, says the cor
! respondent.
j Mail advices from Hermosil'.o say
j of the fighting: "The battle that is
! being fought at San Rafael Is the
most important engagement of the
revolution in thi* State. Tiere are
700 revolutionists and some 1,000
federals. It is a stand-up fight. The
revolutionists knew the federals
were coming to the attack and stool
their ground.
"Friday night the government is
sued a bulletin claiming that in the
battle 78 revolutionists had been
killed and that the government had
lost 16 killed and 60 wounded.
? Twenty-six badly wounded federals
j arrived here from the front. After
i three days of fighting the govern
i ment has issued no new bulletin or
j claimed the victory. The city is wait
j ing. All know the news is bad for)
the government.
Although reports received at En
Paso indicate heavy fighting at Ures, j
Sonora, representatives of both j
Mexican factions declare the report
that 1,000 men had been killed is
without foundation. Representatives j
of the insurrecto junta here, .n close
touch with the war zone, declare the
Insurrecto force which might have
been engaged numers but 1,100 and
that not more than 2,000 men were
engaged on both sides. The statt-'
ment from Tucson that the town of
San Rafael had been destroyed by fire
is discredited, as the town consists
almost entirely of adobe houses with
I mud roofs, which are fireproof. It is
i believed the loss has been heavy, J
j however. *j
MULE KILLED IX A FIELD.
I Old Rotten Pine Tree Falls Across
Animal's Back.
Quite a peculiar accident is re
ported from Farrells, in Bamberg
county, by which a fine mule was
killed. It seems that while Mr. Sam
Berry, a well-to-do farmer of that
section, was ploughing in his field,
one afternoon last week a tree fell
on and killed his mule. The ends
of the rows went close to a little
branch, in which several dead pine
trees were standing.
As Mr. Berry was turning the mule!
around to start back with another j
furrow one of the dead pit.es fell dl
I rectly upon the back of the mule, i
j felling it instantly. The mule died
from the effects of the blow in a very
short time.
A little son of Mr. Berry, who was ?
j with him at the time, had a narrow!
J escape from the same cause, as he
Isaw the falling tree just in time to!
j get away from It.
j The accident is peculiar in that:
, there was but a very light blowing at
; the time. The tree could have fallen
j in another direction as easily as the
I one in which it did fall.
Turned Him Loose.
Governor Blease has paroled dur
I ing good behavior James Murphy, of j
Dorchester county, who in 1907 be
gan a life sentence for murder. So-1
licitor Hildebrand, in reporting on
' this case to the former administra
tion, said that the man should have
! been hanged. Governor Blease did
j not seem to agree with Solicitor Hil-;
I debrand, and so turned Murphy loose.
Only One Got Away.
Revolutionises slaughtered every
federal official of the town of Guaza
paras, near the Sonora line in Chi
huahua, when they . took the town.
All were placed in jail and shot. A
young telegraph operator alone es
caped. He fell with others beneath
the dead and crawled out 12 hours
later and made his way barefooted to
Chlnipas, 40 miles away. I
JKG, S. CU TUESDAY. AI
FATAL JOY RIDE
The Chauffeur Was Killed ;ind Several
Otbers Severely HorL
THE AUTO WAS BURNED
Cat Becomes Unmanageable and
Strikes Tree?Steering Post Torn
Away andl Driver's Neck Broken
One Young Woman Thought to be
Dying and Another Fatally Hart.
Felix Faust, a chauffeur of New
York, was killed, Misses Bessie Mc
Donald and Gertrude Pfeiger, of
Boston, badly injured, and Miss Em
ma Lucid, of Boston, hurt internally
in an automobile "joy ride" accident
on the Port Orange road, near Day
ton, Fla., early Sunday.
The car was the property of R. A.
Warner, of New "York, who left for
his home last Friday, after spending
the winter Beason here. He left in
structions with Faust, his chauffeur,
to ship the car to New York Sunday.
Saturday night Faust invited a
party of his friends to take a. fare
well "joy ride," and they were on
their way home when the accident
occurred. While the car was pro
ceeding at a high rate of speed, it is
said, it became unmanageable, and
left the road, ploughing through a
ditch and grazing a tree. The tree
tore away the steering post, broke
Faust's neck and crushed his skull.
The car ran a hundred yards and col
lided with anoaher three, throwing
the occupants in every direction.
Miss McDonald suffered a broken
jaw, broken shoulder and concussion
of the brain and is said tp be dying.
Miss Pfeiffers injuries also are ex
pected to prove fatal. Wm. Thomp
son, of New York, and Clyde Spring,
of Dayton, who were also in the car,
were thrown out, but their injunes>
are slight The car took fire after the
accident and burned up.
Miss Bessie McDonald has no
known relatives, but was to have
been married next month, it is said,
to an officer of one of the steam
boats running out ot Savannah.
DR. SEAMAN A. KNAPP DEAD.
Well-Known Agricultural Expert
Expires at Washington Home.
Dr. Seaman Asahel Knapp, one ofj
the foremost experts of the depart-;
ment of agriculture, who has made
investigations in many parts of the'
world, died at his home In Washing-!
ton Saturday. He was 7S years old. J
The news of the death of Dr. Seaman !
A. Knapp was received in official cir
cles in Columbia with sorrow. Col. |
E. J. Watson left for Washington
Sunday afternoon.
Dr. Knapp first visited South Car-j
olina with a view of putting into op-:
eration the farm demonstration work
here in the summer of 1907. He went'
over the rice fields of the State with
Ex-Governor Duncan Clinch Hey-1
ward and Commissioner E. J. Wat
son.
In the fall of 1907, at Commis
sioner Watson's urgent request, Dr.
Knapp put United States farm deni-|
onstration work in South Carolina
and sent Prof. D. N. Barrow here ?s :
first State agent.
Last fall, when Dr. Knapp was1
here, he said that "he hoped to live]
to make South Carolina the object
lesson State in up-to-date agricul-i
tural methods among all the States
of the Union.''
iDr. Knapp was a speaker at the
University of Columbia on Founders'
Day, January 12, 1911.
RAT ENJOYS MATCH FEAST.
However, Mischievous Rodent Starts!
v?
Fire in Show Case.
Rats and matches came very near)
causing a fire in Aiken the other
night. On Wednesday night the
cigar case in Hall's drug store was
not well closed and during the night!
a rat entered the same and seemed
to like the flavor of a certain kind of!
match. Just before he had satisfied
his appetite the box caught on fire
and the blaze caught a box of cigars.
After burning for a short time the
blaze went out, possibly because
there was not sufficient air for circu-;
lation. This prevented what might'
have been a serious fire. No par
ticular damage was done, except that
the heat cracked the top of the show
case. *
Shock Was Too Great.
At Spartanburg when Nathan An
derson, a negro about fifty years old,
caught four aces in a poker game,
Saturday afternoon he dropped dead.
Several negroes were playing cards in
a barn and the cards must have been
running "cold" when four of the big
gest ones fell to Anderson and he
gazed upon them. The shock was too
great, and he died of heart failure.
Killed in Machinery.
At Yorkville William Lindsay, a \
negro laborer in the employ of the
York Cotton Mill, located In the out-,1
skirts of this place, was caught byj
the shafting Saturday afternoon and;
so badly mangled that he was deaa I
In less than two hours after his bodyj
was discovered in a room where hej
had been sent for a piece of lumber!
lax 4.1911.
WINS TUE FIGHT
THERE WILL BE NO NEGRO OR
DER OP THE PYTHIANS.
They Will Call Their Order the
Knights of Hannibal in This State
Hereafter.
The troubles between the Knights
of Pythias and the three Charleston
negroes who wished to establish a
lodge in this State and give to it the
same name as '.bat of the white
lodge, have been brought to an ena,
says the Columbia Record. Mr. J.
Walter Doar of Georgetown, who Is
grand chancellor of the Knights of
Pythias in this State, announced Fri
day that a settlement satisfactory to
both sides has be^n had. The negro
lodge will be designated "The
Knights of Hannibal" and according
ly will the charter be issued to the
organization.
This interesting fight as to the re
tention of the name of an order ex
clusively dates in this State to the
passage of an act at the session of
the general assembly two years ago.
In this act an order is given the right
to keep other proposed organizations
from taking a like or very similar
name.
Several weeks ago three Charles
ton negroes sought a charter for the
negro knights from the secretary of
state. The grand chancellor of the
Knights of Pythias protested, under
the terms of the act passed by the
legislature. The secretary of state
refused to grant the charter upon
the showing made by Mr. Doar.
When the charter was refused un
der the name "Knights of Pythias,"
the negro organization sought to se
cure a charter under the name
"Knights." This, Mr. Doar also op
posed, on the ground that it appeared
that the negroes were still not with-!
in the law because the Knights of i
Pythias are called "Knights" gen-i
erally and this would still make a
conflict in the names of the two or
ders.
It appeared that the case would get
into the courts and the secretary of
state so wrote the Charleston law
firm representing the negro organiza-i
tion.
'Mr. Doar and the negro organlza-j
tion finally agreed that if another
word other than Pythias were addedj
to "Knights," the change would be {
satisfactory. So the negro lodge will
be called the "Knights of Hannibal j
of the Kastern and Western Hemi
spheres." *
MOB WREAKS VENGEANCE.
Lynched in Alabama for Assaulting
White Woman,
Abberdin Johnson, a young negro,;
was lynched on the outskirts of
Union Springs, Ala., Sunday after-1
noon by a mob, which came from1
Goshen, Pike County. The lynching
followed the storming of the Bul
lock county jail here. The sheriff
of Bullock was handcuffed and tied :
in the jail, after which the mob dis
appeared with the prisoner.
Johnson was charged with the as-1
saulting of a white woman, who lived j
near Goshen. After being strung upj
io a tree his body was riddled with!
bullets. The crime was committed j
a month ago. Johnson was captured j
?unday morning about 8 o'clock,!
near Union Springs, and placed in I
the Bullock County jail.
News of the capture quickly spread 1
and a mob was formed early Sunday!
morning at Goshen. They took the)
Central of Georgia train to Union
Springs, arriving there about 101
o'clock. The mob was slow in form-)
ing their plans and the sheriff of
Bullock county called up the Gov-j
ernor at Montgomery over the lon&!
distance telephone, asking for troops. |
The Governor had the riot call j
sounded in Montgomery immediately, I
but while the soldiers were gathering
in their armories the mob had
stormed the jail and secured the |
prisoner.
KILLS HIS UNCLE.
Voung Abbeville Man Claims Shot in
Self-Defence.
Contending that he had shot in
self-defence, Trunan Ashley, a young'
white man, living near Donalds, sur
rendered himself at the sheriff's of
fice at Abbeville Friday, and is now
in jail, having killed his uncle, lra:
Stone, Thursday evening. Sheriff!
Lyon went to the scene of the shoot
ing Friday morning on the train, and
young Ashley came to Abbeville
through the country, and In Ibis way
missed each other. Little is known,
here of the particulars of tlie killing,
but it is understood that the two men j
had a row, when the killing took
place as above stated. *
Death of Jim Tillman.
A dispatch from Asheville says
with only his physician and a young
nurse with him at the end. Col.
James H. Tillman. at one time Lieu-;
tenant Governor of South Carolina,]
died here tonight at 9.4."?. The end
came very suddenly. He had been!
here for his health for the past six1
months, and of late had improved.
Victim of the Flames.
The body of Samuel J. Abbot, the!
only victim of the New York State!
Capitol fire at Albany, was found
Friday on the fourth floor in the
southwest corner of the buildings
where the flames raged fiercest. *
DARK HORSE WINS
DEMOCRATS ELECT JUSTICE
O'GORMAN, TO THE SENATE.
His Election Seems to Give Satisfac
tion to Both Factions of the Dem
ocratic Party.
Supreme Court Justice James
Aloysiu? O'Gorman, Democrat, of
New York city was elected United
States senator Friday by the legisla
ture after the most protracted strug
gle over this position ever held In the
Empire State. On the final ballot?
the 64th?he received 112 votes to
80 cast for Chauncey 91. Depew,
whose term expired March 4.
The result was in doubt almost to
the minute of recording the votes,
owing to the uncertainty as to how
many of the Democratic insurgents,
who for over two months had pre
vented an election because of their
opposition to William H. Sheehan,
would enter the second caucus which
had been adjourned from day to dny
since Monday.
At the close of a day of almost
continuous negotiations the insurg
ents capitulated and Justice O'Gor
man was elected. A few minutes be
fore the ballot was cast Justice
O'Gorman's resignation from the
bench was filed at the office of the
secretary of state, as a cons?tuional
provisional would have prevented his
election while holding the office oi
the justice of the supreme court.
Wild applause marked the end ol
the long contest, and the legislature,
driven from the State capitol by
Wednesday's fire, quickly adopted a
resolution adjourning until April IV.
Gov. Dix tonight expressed gratifi
cation at the result.
. "The State of New York," he said,
"has elected for its representative in
the federal senate an eminent jurist,
a man of pronounced ability, of great
attainments and of the highest char
acter.
"The election of Judge O'Gorman
can not but meet with the approval
of the citizens of this State, regard
less of party. He will rank with the
ablest statesmen the senate has
known, will well represent the Em
pire State and bestow honor upon the
party that elected him. I am grati
fied at this solution of the problem
which has confronted the Democratic
members of the legislature for the
past ten weeks."
Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam
many Hall, who for weeks has beeD
striving to bring about the election
of Mr. Sheehan, expressed himself as
highly pleased at the outcome.
"No better election could have
been made by the party after the un
fair and unmerited defeat of Gov.
Sheehan, whose position before the
people has been greatly strength
ened," said Mr. Murphy. "Judge
O'Gorman needs no commendation
from any one, but the public un
doubtedly will see that in the tri
umph of the majority rule and that
in sustaining the party caucus the
power of the party and its opportuni
ties to serve the people have been
greatly increased." ?
GETS LARGE GIFT.
Carnegie Gives AVofford College
Twenty Thousand.
A special dispatch from Spartan
burg to The State says Wofford Col
lege received Saturday a contribu
tion of $20,000 to its endowment
fund from Andrew Carnegie, philan
thropist and former steel magnate.
The gift came In the form of a check
to Henry Nelson Synder, president
of the college, which arrived in the
morning mail.
Mr. Carnegie sent no message with
the check. As Dr. Snyder said this
evening, he treated the matter purely
as a business transaction. Dr. Sny
der had written Mr. Carnegie, asking
him to help the college, and the
check was the answer.
This gift brings the permanent
endowment fund of Wofford College
close $200,000. The money is invest
ed and the income used for the sup
port of the Institution. The princi
pal is held intact.
Of the present fund $100,000 has
been raised in the last five years. Dr.
Snyder seeks to create a permanent
endowment fund of $300,000, and
hopes that other gifts will follow
Mr. Carnegie's. He is also trying to
raise funds with which to build a
large dormitory. *
Won't Oppose Tilhnaii.
In addition to reiterating his for
mer declaration that he will run for
the Senate, Governor Blease Friday
verified The News and Courier's sur
mise that he will not run against
Senator Benjamin Ryan Tillman. "I
am already in the race, but I won't
run against 15. R. Tillman," said the
Governor. *
He Owned Up.
At Chicago Philip Purpurpa, a
former commission merchant, Friday
confessed to the police that be had
written no less than twenty-live let
ters to persons of South Chicago de
manding money and signing the
epistles "The Black Hand." Some
of these were successful, he said. *
Electric Cars Collide.
Rural Policeman Knox, whose I*>g
was amputated, and Conductor Kolb,
whose skull was fractured In a bad
electric car smash in the suburbs ot
Charleston on Saturday night, were
reported to be doing nicely.
WO CENTS PEB COPY
BAUS ATNEGRO
Yoong Girl Model Draws Color line in
Chicago Art Schoo!
SHE WINS MUCH PRAISE
Refuses to Pose Before Class in
Which Negro Man is Included?
Hereafter Negroes to be Barred?
Makes Epoch in Practices of Art
Schools iii; Chicago.
Hereafter negroes will be barred
admission to the art classes in Chi
cago. The climax to the question was
brought about last week In Chicago
through the following incident re
lated by the Chicago Tribune:
A beautiful girl model standing on
a raised dais before Uoutwood's life
class of men students rained her
hands to her throat and was about
to fling away the long kimono that
draped her figure from the nape of
her softly curved neck to her bare
feet.
As she did so her eyes took in the
men of the class, one by one. At last
they rested on Thomas Downs, a ne
gro. Then suddenly the hands which
had been fumbling with the cords at
her throat paused. A deep flush
spread over the face of the girl. Turn
I ing to one of the men students in the
first room she said in a half whisper:
"I'll not pose so long as that?
that?black man Is in the room. You
must get him to leave if I stay."
Downs was on his feet in an in
stant. This was the first time in the
history of the life classes at the Art
Institute that the color line had ever
been drawn. A half dozen other stu
dents stood up when Down did. They
looked at Downs and Downs looked
at them expectantly. Then with a
muttered protest Downs walked siow
ly to and out of the door.
An instant later the kimono had
been tossed away and the work of
the li te class was on.
That was all there was to ft ex
ceut the congratulations and ap
plause that came to Miss Blanha?
that is the name of the model?after
the class was over; but It marks the
beginning of a new order of things
in the life classes at the Art Insti
tute. From now on no negroes will
j be admitted to the classes in which
: girls pose. -t
There has for a long time been an
: undercurrent of protest both among
; the students and the models against
i compelling beautiful young girls to
I pose before negroes. This feeling
j never found voice until yesterday.
! The models were afraid to speak Tor
fear of losing their positions, the ,7lri
students remained silent in dread of
being ridiculed for prudery, and tno
men said nothing because it did not
seem a thing for a man to talk about.
Miss Bianha's action solved the sit
uation. She did what every one
seemed to want to have done ana
what no one seemed willing to do.
i Miss Blanha?her first name is
Mamie?lives at 812 Southwestern
avenue. She had been chosen to pose
for the class because of the exquis
iteness of her figure, which is fiaid to
be almost Grecian in its classicalness.
Yesterday was her first appearance
before Boutwell's class.
"The other girls had told me what
I was to expect when I posed before
this class," said Miss Blanha, "and
how they dreaded to do it. I made
up my mind that some one would
have to take a decisive stand in the
matter, and as I have personally such
, a great aversion to colored men that
i it would have been almost Impossible
j for me to force myself to pose before
one of them, I determined to bring
j on a crisis of some sort. I am glad
that matters have turned out is they
have. With the exception of the ne
gro student I guess every one is sat
isfied." ?
WANTS HIS FRIENDS.
Reasons Eor Not Reappointlng AH
of Asylum Board.
Gov. Blease has refused to appoint
three members of the commission
named to relieve the congested con
i dition at the State Hospital 'or the
j Insane.
He said Saturday that he would
: commission Dr. .7. W. Babcock, su
: perintendent of the asylum, and Dr.
! Robert Wilson, Jr., of Charleston.
I He said that he would not commis
j sion George n. Cromer of Newberry,
Leroy Springs of Lancaster and R. 0.
; Purdy of Sumter.
! "The other three members of the
commission will be Blease men," said
: the governor.
He said that the personel of In*
commission would be announced to
morrow, and that he would sign the
measure of the last general assembly
providing for further work of im
proving the asylum and erecting the
buildings on the new site acquired by
the old commission.
"In making these appointments,"
j said Gov. Blease, "I believe in the
[slogan, 'To the victor belongs the
spoils.' " *
Cruisers to l>c Repaired.
J Extensive repairs on the cruisers
! Charleston, St. Louis, Milwaukee,
j Chattanooga and Galveston will soon
! begin at the Pugei: sound navy yard
i to put those ships in readiness to go
? J into commission. The work will cost
I approximately $750,000. *
