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GOVERNOR BLEASE CREATES A SCENE AT THE CONFERENCE OF GOVERNORS Rares and Pitches on the Lynching Subject, Ladies Make Hasty Exit. BLEASE SENTIMENT IS REPUDIATED OVERWHELMINGLY By a Vote of 14 to 4 Conference of Governors Put Itself on Record us being Opposed to Lynch Lnvr, Virtu ally Openly Repudiating the Senti ment of (lov. Hlease who hnd Taken Advantage of tlie Opportunity to Ex press his Well-known Views. (From Richmond News-Leader.) Richmond, Va.. Dec. 6?By a vote of 14 to 4, Cole L. Blease was practi cally blackballed by the Conference of Governors today by the adoption of a resolution drawn by. Governor William Hodges Mann, of Virginia, ?placing the Governors' Conference on record as distinctly opposed to lynch law and mob violence for negro as sailants, as advocated by the South Carolina executive. During the heated discussion among members of the conference, as to ta bling the resolution temporarily, Rlease arose, was recognized, and op enly taunted, ridiculed* and defied the conference to its face. He pleaded with it to pass its reso. lutions, snapping his lingers in the faces of the amazed executvies, he said he cared little for its resolutions and little for Its body when compared with the virtue of the women for its state. Bantering the executives, Blease said, "Pass your resolutions, I defy you. Your resolution amuses me. For I serve warning upon you that on March 4, 1915, I will take my oath of office in the United States senate, and in my toga I will laugh at you and at your resolves. He intimated he would I go to the senate from South Carolina upon the lynch platform. The bombshell was exploded in the conference at the conclusion of its morning session when Governor O'Neal of Alabama, introduced a reso lution slapping Governor Blease in rbe faoe for his expressed ideas on lynch law and violence by the mob. The resolution of O'Neal was re ceived with great applause, but arouti ed some opposition. To relieve this. Governor Ma.'.n offered a substitute H solution. The two resolutions read: "This conference of governors does not undertake to control the Individ ual views of its members upon any question of law or administration; it declares that this government is bas ed upon the fundamental principle of law and order; that the constitution of each ?t?te imposes upon its chief executive the supreme duty of taking care that the laws shall be faithfully and equally enforced; that it1 advo cates all proper methods for strength ening and simplifying our methods of civil and criminal procedure. "This conference protests against any disposition or utterances by those entrusted with the execution of the law In any of the states of this Un ion which tends or could be construed as tending to the encouragement or justification of mob violence, or inter, ference with the orderly processes of the law. Governor Mann arose and offered the following substitute resolution: "Resolved, That it Is the sentiment of tho governors' conference, in ses sion at Richmond, Va., Dec. 6, 1912. that the whole power of the several states should he used whenever nec essary to protect persons accused of crime of every kind against the vio lence of mobs and to provide for speedy, orderly and impnrtial trials by courts of competent jurisdiction to the end that the law for the protec tion of life and property be duly en forced and respected by the people." Blensc* Replies. During the heated discussion Which arose over the adoption or rejection of the O'Neal or Mann resolutions, Blense gained the floor. He said: "I hold in my hand a fourth communica tion received by me today threaten ing my life, ""his letter reached me (Continued on Page Three.) HEP!. HEPl. HEPt. HEPt. HEP! Carry Arms! The Children to March Again on the Public Square Today. .Supt. H. L. Jones, of the city schools announced yesterday that the second competitive drilling match will he held on the public square today. It will be remembered that a drilling match was held several weeks ago and it stirred up such general interest among the people and such rivalry among the school children that it was the talk of the town for several days. Mr. Jones decided to have the per formance repeated and selected today as the time for it. The children will reach the corner at Minter Company's store at 12:15 o'clock and the marching will begin at once. Judges have not been select ed as yet, but they will be named this morning. Instead of all of the grades com peting for the single honor of first place, the school will he divided today into three separate classes, high school, grammar and primary classes. Each of these classes will compete for a banner. No admission fee is to be charged to this. For Railway Mall Clerks. The United States Civil Service commission has announced that open competitive examinations for men only will be held at an early date to fill'places In the railway mall ser vice. The salary for the positions now open is $800 per year. Examina tion is held on spelling, arithmetic, penmanship, writing, geography and civil government. Men between the ages of 18 and 35 and of a certain prescribed weight and height, are eligible. Applicants can secure furth er information by writing to the U. S. Civil Service commission, Washing ton, D. C, for forms 304 and 1,107. Meeting of D. A. R. The regular meeting of the Menry Laurens Chapter, D. A. It., will be held Friday evening with Miss Willie Mac Chldress. The meeting will be called to order at 3:30 o'clock. All the members are urged to be present and to come on time. Address at Copeland School. Prof. J. Q. Cllnkscales delivered an interesting address at the Copeland school Saturday evening to a large and interested audience. A delightful musical program was rendered by the Cbildress orchestra. The evening was a very profitable and pleasant one. A SPECIAL TERM OF CRIMINAL COURT nrc Number of Prisoners in .tail mid Quito it Number out on Itond. Solicitor R. A. Cooper has made re quest of Gov. Blease that a special term of the court of common pleas be ordered for Laurens county the first week in January. As will be seen by an order in another column, Gov. Blease has ordered the special term to begin Monday, January 6th. It is still several months before the regular term of court in March and the Jail has been overcrowded with prisoners. Several dayB ago there were over twenty confined there, sev eral of them since being let out on bond. Possibly as many as fifty are out on bond. As it would be impossi ble to take care of all this business in March and as the county Is being placed at considerable expense to feed the prisoners, Mr. Cooper thought it best to ask for the special term. One of the cases which is on docket, now is that of Robert Lawson, to be tried for killing his father, W. P. Lawson, on the streets of Clinton some time ago. Whether this case will bo carried over at this time is not known, as no decision will hardly be reached before the week of court. Most of the cases now on docket are minor cases, although there are sever al other murder cases besides the Lawson case, the others, however, be ing negroes. Meeting of W. 0. W. An important meeting of the Wood men of the World will be held in the lodge hall Thursday night, when the election of officers will take place and action will be taken on severr.l appli cations. A full attendance is urged by the senior officers. Examination at Clinton. Mr. D. M. Norwood, assistant post master and secretary of the local civil service commission, will go to Clin ton today to conduct an examination for clerks for *he Clinton postoffice. There are no vacancies at Clinton at this time, but the examinations are held to appoint substitutes who may in time be given permanent pisitions. The post otfice at Clinton has only re cently been put under the civil ser vice regulations. Children at the Corn Show. Miss Wil Lou Gray, school super visor of Laurens county, is trying to interest the grown people and children as well n the matter of attendance up on the corn exposition in Columbia. A special day, January 31st, has been set apart for the school children and she Is trying to encourage every child in the county who can to attend. Spe cial arrangements will be made for them in Columbia. RCSINKSS AND EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE LAURENS COHN TY SCHOO I. JOURNAL. Sdindiiiur, from left to right i Cojio Moore, Waterloo High School. \?s o. Kditort Hay no Tnj lor, Laurens High School, Uns. Mur.t Aisle Pallor, Monnfvlllo High Soliool, Edltor<^?Cltieft Marcus Rojd, Trliifty-llldfro High ScllOOl, A8so. Ctlitor. sitilnfr, from left to right! Myrtle Mills, Fleming: School, t??n. Eoitort Ruth Curry, Ornj Conrt'Owlngs High School, Auho. Editor? Myrtle Norman, Clinton High School, \ ?..?.?. Bditor? , NEW RANK OF LAVRENS liUILDINti. Located on the corner of West M ttln mid South Ilnn?er streets, facing Fast. Now under construction, Round s & Son, contractors. Ranking rooms ground Hour in front, store room in th <? nur and 0 flic es 011 second floor. Oyster Supper. There will be an oyster and box sup per together with a "ribbon pie" at the Lanford graded school on the night of December 20th. The public is eprdlally invited to come and bring well-filled purses. Fleeted Policeman. Mr. J. T. Watts, a native of this county, lias been elected to the po. lice force at Greenwood and has al ready taken up Iiis duties. The friends of Mr. Watts are confident that he will make an efficient officer. First Christmas Present. The Advertiser is in receipt of the first Christmas present of the season. .Monday afternoon Mr. C. I). Robertson made his annual visit to the office and left a bunch of fine, white turnips. The next annual event took place, when the biggest and best looking one was attacked "just so" and eaten on the spot. These turnips are of the variety that is good to eat. either raw or cooked and they are fine either way. Mr. Robertson states that he has sold over $40 worth this year and still has many more left in the patch. Box Supper at Mountvllle. The ladles of Mountville will give a box supper and oyster supper at the Methodist church Friday night, of Christmas week, beginning at 8 o'clock The proceeds will be used for the benofit of that church The public is cordially invited to attend. TELLER OF STORIES TO BE IN LAURENS Attractive Entertainment Promised at the School Auditorium Friday Even* ing, December 20th. Miss Eva Lee, of Washington, I*, c, teller of stories for children and grown-ups, will be here on the even ing of Friday, December 20th at 8 o'clock. Miss Lee lias been a teacher in the Primary department of Fairmont Seminary for the past nine years, and stands without a peer In the .art of story telling. Her services in tills line of work have been eagerly sought in the lead ing chautauquns, and summer schools of the country. These speak of her ability In the strongest terras. Her entertainments In different parts of the country have been re ceived with great favor. Holow is (looted one of her many strong test! monlala: "Miss Eva Lee is an artist In story telling. Stories which hold some great truth hidden within their lit erature and which tne children are led to find, are her delight. The morn ing hours are given over to her work and not a child in attendance but is glad to be her pupil. The simplicity and the freshness with which she pre sents her work appeals to all. "The 'Story Hour' was not given to frivolity. Miss Lee possesses the faculty of teaching her pupils to get the best from the books they read and to use good English. Precept, con cept, imagination and memory receiv ed excellent training without any ar duous task being assigned."?Tarna County Democrat, Toledo, Iowa, Au gust 17, 1911. Musical Program, i The following musical program has been arranged to he given in connec tion with Miss Lee's story telling: Angels' Serenade llraga Violins: Messrs J, McCravy, L. Phllpot, S. Rankln and Miss F Young. Clarionet: Mr. Barton. Piano: Miss F. Davis. The Midshipmite Adam: Misses Lucy Mel'ail, Martha Ow. ings. Mary Sullivan. Virginia Barksdale, Cleo Roper, ifattio Troy, Elizabeth Moseloy, Willie Sexton. Louise Simmons, Virgin ia Simpson. Lllln Todd, Otisslc Miller, Pauline Prentiss, Clatie Roper and Caroline Roper. Accompanist: Miss Frances Davis. Instrumental (to he selected). Violins: Messrs. Frank McCravy and .lames McCravy. Clarionet: Mr. Barton. Accompanist; Mrs. o. s. McCravy. Piano Solo (to be selected) Miss Frances Davis. The entertainment will he given in the school auditorium and it will be for the benefit of the school fund. The price-; are l.*> cents for children and ?."> rents for the "grown-ups". liny ticket - at once and ><> aid a most woi thy cause. Solicitor Cooper has heen spending Rovernl days this week in Qroonwood on official business. : LEAVES TARIFF THEMOCRATS Taft Lets (New Administra tion Have Full Swing. LAST GENERAL MESSAGE IS SENT TO CONGRESS In It President Touches on the Affairs of all Departments Except That of Stute. Put or* Monetary Urform. Against Philippine Independence. Says Work of Government not Com pleted In Philippine*. Washington, Dec. ?.--Prosldont Taft will make no further effort to' have congress reduce the tariff. In a "general" message to congress sub mitted today, the president clearly indicated his Intention of leaving fur ther tariff revision to President-elect Wilson and the congress Just oloctod. "Now that a new congress hu? boon elected on a platform of tariff for revenue only rather .than a protectivo tariff and is to revise. Um tariff on that basis." said the president, "it is needless for us to occupy the time of congress with arguments of recom mendations in favor of a protective tariff." Tills message, the second submitted by the president since the present session began, will be his last of a general character, it dealt with every department of the government except the state department, recommended much of the legislation which Mr. Taft previously had urged upon tho attention of congress, and took up and discussed at length several subjects comparatively new. Mr. Taft came out strongly against independence for the Philippines pro. posed, he said, in a bill now beforo congress. He deprecated the new pol icy of one battleship a year, Instead of two; and indorsed again ' the scheme of currency reform proposed by the national monetary commis sion. Conservation was lightly toucbeo, the president recommending tho amendment of bills now beforo con gress so that water power companies which dam navigable rivers will con tribute to the Improvement of these streams. Sherman Law Good Enough. He declared that no radical change in the Bherman anti-trust law was needed, and praised the supreme court fur its recently announced changes In rules of equity procedure. In this connection the president asked con gress to pass leglslatiou which would allow the supreme court to formulato rules of procedure under the common law in federal court? and predicted that such action would facilitate Jus tice in those courts and reduce tho cost of litigation to the public:. Wants Island Sub.kcL President Taft did not approve tin; proposal for Immediate autonomy for the Philippines and independence in eight years as proposed in a bill pond' Ing in congress. "In the Philippine Islands we havo embarked upon an experiment appre cedented in dealing with dependent people," sad Presdenl Taft. "Wo are developing there Conditions exclu sively for their own welfare. Through the unifying forces of a common cdu cation, of commercial and economic development, and of gradual partici pation in local self-government, we are endeavoring to evolve a homo geneous people lit to determine, when the time arrives, their own destiny. We are seeking to arouse a national spirit and not, as under the older colonial theory, to suppress such a spirit. Hut our work is far from done. Our duty to the Filipinos Is far from discharged." For educational, sanitary and polit ical reasons, the president said thi s country should not consent to grant independence at this time. "If the task we have undertaken is higher than that assumed by other nations." continued the president, "Is accomplished musl demand even moro patience. To confer Independence upon the Filipinos now, s therefore, to subject the great mass of thlcr people to tie dominance <>f an oligarchial and probablf, exploiting minority. Such a course will be as cruel to those people as it would bo shameful to us."