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115 7 o ..... . El C TCLZXr, JJLKTi.Hr f, 1901 ;:;AT pEWaiGii.OLOCOE Si:;:: .S CALLS IBV liOGEHS n JiuaEDt1- I0MGIIT FOi: i SALARIES' LIIIE THE Ll'I P 42 K:3 u E::f 11 ire F ' ': I 1-4 2 t-..vl j j p,M., I Uil LUUi L-... ;;::!.::::: n-lt 1: seven HOUSES W PIT a MaM f IUmi Thai Mad lMwMibh th lU-ar-M- at titr larr-4--(-U buk 10 l'r Hi eakrr- by IHXlf TrrrlU tHMMr la nr Tart, (Or tb Aaaac-tated TYm.) Havrrstrav, N. T Jaa. .At , Wast fourteea prravus ara believed to kit perished tba laadallde which carried Mnt teoeacal kouiw down la a clay pit her last algal. l la t o'clock lata Boom ing hone of the bodies had bean re covered, and it waa believed that an .the b tad og vera dead. A large fore of moa waa kept al work la the eearcb lor bodice. ladermlncdby the, shifting clay thai had hem softened by yester day's anow fall, the several homes with their three acora of sleeping oe cupaau toppled orar tba brink of tha pip and ' crumbled to pWoea. Tha hoaana, which were of wood, were aet lira from overturned sidVpa, and tba debris waa aooq a maaa of flame. Bo in a fifty or more tenaata oeraped with mora or lew aerlous Injuries while a number, variously estimated at from flfieoa to eighteen, ara be lluvod to hve boca killed outright or burned to death. ' " Tbo landslide occurred on ' nut land street, In the east end of the town, whore two blocka of house aro auppoaJS' to bavo boon' bndor- nilnnd by workmen digging clay fori brick maVlug. Tbo cataslropho oc curred without warning and . while a ware- luleuiv. ( Hcvcn housi-s went down In the crdHb. Thoy hud stood on the brink of a pit a hundred fet deep, and when tha clay gave way were carried ' to the plt'a bottom. Those who wore not killed In; the crash of- their homea either escaimd with many ln- Jurloa or wore burned to death in the ruins, which immediately took, Are, The landslide broke the water- mains, BhuUIng off the supply of , water aud greatly stopping the work of reacuo. The Barnes spread to other buildings, and but, for tho timely arrival of hundreds of volun teer fire fighters tho flr,e might have wtpoa out tne town. ' Those known to have perished are: ; Mr. Nelson, furniture dcalor. J . y Ronjamln Kelson, his' son. . . ,! Mrs. Silverman. -. - . , . Silverman, a boy -A Jewish llabbl. - . Mr, and Mrs. Cohen. Five Cohen children. v,. i , The missing Include Mrs. 'Bailey, two of the Mannlon family, cntiro , Ianny family, seven Hebrew ' labor ers. ;,..' The landslide came gradually at first. The ground, weakened by the rain and snow of the last few days, - showed . crevices near tha , edge of thestreet late in the afternoon, and in the -evening portions of the bank began to give way. The street was not thickly, populated, fdr most of the former dwellersx had left on ac count of fear of just what happened. Many of the residents left their houses early in the evening before the final crash came, The Nelsons were endeavoring to move their ef fects and the rabbi ,was' assisting them. This was also the case with Mrs. Silverman and her son. When" the final slide came It came so suddenly mt those who had lin gered in their houses had absolutely no opportunity 4o escape. The ank caved from twenty to sixty feet wide at the top add for' a distance of two blocks from Division to Jefferson , streets lengthwise. fA portion Of the south s,lde of Divisjon street likewise fell, Those, who livcdo three housos at the end, of tho rpw,. and which did not go down in tho wreck,' were roused by a frightful roar and crash, , above- which could be heard the Bhl ieks of tho victims. There was a plunge, a shivering of the earth all around, and then there was stillness. . When the neighbors rushed, half clad, from their houses, tho buildings close to tbGin had disappeared. Only n gap In the cliff side told the story. ; Jt was very dark, with lights, and those i'who no street had boon spared were so wild with alarm for' (Concluded on Second Tage.) '. - - - - NkmH blab Im-d t4-t - UWHiWM fa-eta Jm- WT7 I. thy the Aaa.. t.1.4 hw ) ruubarg. Pa. Ja. lrl l be roue let fWl alack farUBiatae oi the Saitoh 4 Wast arm Railroad, aad taa report Uat aaaraa of Ik rtfcWva alork. beavrtag tha ataxia of Thooaa IL llarrla aad -R. U Cre" aad tba vaaraatao ml llrart aproal A C-a broaara of lata city, had coma ta tba aarfaoa ta New Tork, Hfry Bproul rtarbatiral'.y atataa that tha at rati ara ( hla traj baa kw forged. "No Irgtiianaxa brokaraga booaa woeld art aa guaraatoa for a atock orrtlflcata aaleaa tendered by a repe- tabla broker, aald hir. Sprout. Har rta aad Cream ara aakaowa to ate, either aa i)rokera or tradara. It waa Boceeaary, of coarae, that tba ecrUS- cata bear tbo g aaranteo of aotna (m who waa a Btember of tha New Tork Stork Exchange la order to make a good delivery of tha atock la New Tork, aad for thla rem eon, I preeume oar aama waa aeed. Norfolk A Weetera atock payf a quarterly divi dend of 1 par cent, which waa pay able oa January 1, and I auppoaa that It waa for tha purpoeo of eecaiing tba dividend that tha broker who I aet bad tha atock presented It to tha trust company." STRIKE ON THE MONTREAL GAZETTE. (By tba Associated Pres.k . Montreal, Quebec, Jab. I. Sercn- Ity-flTe onion prinlera employed on the Gaaotto newspaper are on atrlke i toda- Trouble aroaa In ibe job ofllce over an apprentice,' and tba ftewa- i paper ataff of machine' men waa call ed out in sympathy. The" Gaaette proprietors have declared their eatab llBhnrPnnur open shop sod announce that . their paper will be published as usual. " , ; ' , CAREFUL, SAYS UTTER Kliode Island Governor od Insurance Laws Warns Legislature that at tbo Prea- - ent Time Conditions are Not Sur flclently ITudcrstood to Warrant . the Making of Extensive Changes. . (11 the Associated Pi-ess.) Providence. .U. I., Jan. 9. Governor Utter, lu Ms message to the Rhode la hind Legislature to-day advised against extensive changes m Insurance laws. On this point he said: : 'During the past few months public attention has been drawn to the busi ness moth' Js of certain life Insurance Companies, which, tiav solicited and are still soliciting business in this State.: -The invcBt&ution which has brought tov light these methods has ap parently been thorough tind without prejudice. Aa a result of tho rcvelatons made and ot tho . suspicions aroused; there is throughout the country a growing bclef ' that logslative acton should be taken to protect, the inter esta of policyholders. While t wpuld not approve or oppose any such legis lation before knowing its exact and full import, I would warn at thiB time against hasty action on a matter of such great importance. - The opinion hero expressed Is" an agreement with that of our own insurance commis planer. At the present time the condi tions are-not sufficiently understood to warrant the- making of extensive Changes In pur Insurance laws." FIFTEEH. I1U3T IN tUii (J3y the Associated Prtss.) . v 1 Paris, Jan. 9. A cable car ori th Ruo Dc iitlvllle descended un inellnQ at full apecd to-day, th brakes not working,,-. The parssngcrs jumped from the car tmd fifteen were Injurud, three of them dangerously. ' 11 riaron Kltchle Dead. ' (By tlio Associated Press.), London, Jan. 9. Charles rtitchJo, first Baron Ritchie, former .'Chancellor of ..tho- Exehpnupr. rtiod today at BiarrlU, France. He was stricken last night with paralysis. !::$ Art Cc-'.:j tifulj :- 3 tl d taitrj !TIIETD!fLCO:i!!inEEi.:DEC.L'rS RATE BUI iMkoruat Mextac Tedy Aai ea.4 Vaet UuJ an br ol It led m (We La4e Teatclrf Werb MWI4 kVgla aa Irly r4s Kkre fVeal ilajhUag lasaaWaat fcea. aiatettaas benbio 4 fiM TooigM. Tba e kwtWtrva aM ywlwiU ae aaaj aeaekMi e laa Mertb faraHaa Oraad Llre C Munet wttl be tea. te-aurM la the Oran4 lxKtaa i at I e ckx-a br Qrand Was ter M-Jt. LklAelL tbe s aiuna eaatlaa fog thftrtiga We4neaoay. Tbareday aM ruder. . Kaperlatty ienaarUat buetaeea that WUI encage the Oraad Lode te-laHt ara the rerapltoa of tha reparu ot tbe Grand Master aad other grand ueWesia. tba report of tbe committee on tha areo tloa.af tha blaaonto Temple and the delivery of the .annual oraOoa by Mr. A. J. Uarrla. mt Headerenn. Among the visiting Mam ne wba hae already recistered fur the aeaslona are: 1 .WeaJey Kwrtl. Monroe No. 141. Jaa. U Card en. J. p. poteat. Eao No. Sl: A. U Parker, Mt. Herman No. lit; K. W. Jonea. Oxford No. DM; M. P. Wal lace, Dr. J. C Johnaon. Ilrllef No. 411; J. P. Martin. l T. Parker. Prndletna No. i2t; Dr. T.'E. Wlleon. Sonant No. 47S; Dr. J. r. Abel, T. T. MoytU WayneeMlle; Jno. M. Custte, Pigeon River m: C r. Ashley Broad man, Geo. S .Nordeet, Wlnatoa W. W. T. Dodson. Bakeravllle M7; a 8. Uoy BUr,.Paat Qraud Makter. Ok ford SM; a U Wright, KViuth Fork 4C2; W. D. i Pelhel. "pem-er M. D.; A. J. GerneyrL ! Ppencer. bl. D.; Mamurl H. Hmlth, Past tli and Master, Winston No. 1ST; J. C. Matthews. Mt. Lebanon 117; J. F. Rob art. Cleveland Lodge 20X . - Tho following arer tha grand offlcara of the Q rand Lodge: (Continued on' Page Seven.) TO BE TRIED AT LAST Greene and Gaynor4 Before ; ' Judge Speer yi Al'S :r--'':'-"-' ' ' .fi ;-V i To Answer the Ciiargcs of Conspiracy - to, Defraud the Government. Ein- besalenient ' and Receiving -Big Crowd In Court Room The 'Array of Attorneys. . ; ' By the Associated Pi-ess.) Savannah, . Ga Jan. 0. After four years spent in exile aa fugitives from the law, Benjamin D. Greene and John ' F..f Gaynor appeared this morning in the Federal Court for the southern district of ; Georgia before Judge Emory Speer to answer' to sev eral indictments charging them with conspiracy to defraud ' the govern ment, with embezzlement and with receiving money known to have been embezzled from the United ptates. The attendance in "the court room was large, the interest .'among the members o( the. bar - being particu larly Intense. ' A number of visiting attorneys were present. With thd two defendants appeared Peter. W.-Meldrim. as. leading coun sel,: and Osborne & Lawrence as as sociate counsel. Sitting . with the defendants, too, though not engaged In the case, was James Gaynor, of New Tork, a brother of JTohn F. Gay nor. ' , - . For the government appeared spe cial United States Attorney General Marlon. Erwln assisted by Samuel B. Adams and General Thomas F. Barr, U. S. A., retired, and formerly judge advocate general, whom Mr; Erwln introduced to the court as assigned by the attorney geheral to assist in the prosecution.' ' - - Y ., ' Shortly,1 after the convening of cotirt Mf.; Erwln announced that at this time ho desired to call only the cases of Benjamin . D. Greene aud John F, Gaynor making no allusion to' the 'indictments standing against tho co-defendants, William T.' and Edward H. Gaynor, brothers of John P. Gaynor, Michael A Connolly and former Captain Obcrlln M. Carter, bono of whom was In the city. Upon tfie raiment of Colonel Meldrlm, Mr.. Erwln outlined tlio method of pro cedure he will adopt In the trial of the cases.. He will ask. that the defend. (Continued on page seven.) C.tr jm:j ea a4 uaa laewleeel tb be raia-4 t.4 raee4 t pa bf box i OmsKI Oalr gejeatlaa at Itaarte TUe-Tbiwew ttet Laenw (kerti la Meeyao tUTL (r tbe Aaauaietad pra-a WmWhU,' Jaa. I Al tba b-la-aliig af ta-4a araalxa af tha lmaie Mr. HiiBiai .rasiaa a r-auhitkHi aaking IW praatdaMt (a aaad ta tbe Sanate the naiaa af aM acbctaJa. anu aad atbar ean(4ras af tba Paaama Ca nal CMBtntatak, wfceae aalartas are aaura I baa B eut, gttg tba ansotuii paK ta aaob. , Me B-ava solln thai he waald cU tbe rssnimtoa ap lo-SBomr. Tba bltt f.rent yaataraar by Mr. Morgaa pro atlng far the rearalatlaa af railroad ratee waa eeltod ap br that aWtiatar for tbe purpt-ie of making a eprarh on It. lie expressed tbe aplntvn hat hla bill v. -as alt that was neccaaary ta rorract tba abuara In tha railroad bualnaae of tbe Ci-untrj . He aald that K snuat ba aocrpted by all that aooa af tbe tueatlona tnvoived rould ba Anally aettled antlt tbey bad been pssasa upoa by tbe Huitreina Court and that It waa oaly a quart Ion of ivuie to ba taken to reach that tribunal. Ills bill took tba dtapulrd qiieattons through tha lower eourta, aad ha advocated that aa the beat court. Mr. Bailey's revolution directing the Benata Committee on Finance to In quire Into tha circumstances connected! with monetary - exchange in Panama and Into the sale at bunds of the Pana ma Railway Company waa. laid before tha btenata. ; . - iipon tha assurance of Mr. KHtrrdira that tha ComiWtee . on- imeTnceanlc Canals had the queallon of the sale of bonde - under consideration, Mr. Bailey withdrew, that portion of the resolution. As thus amended the rrso tutlon waa adopted without debate or division. Mt. Bacon's resolution calling upon the President for Information regard ing the attltudo of tho United Htates government on tha Moroccan question was-then laid before: the Senate, piil Mr. Bacon took the floor to advocate Its adoption. He waa. however, cut short by a suggestion from Mr. Lodge that the doors should be closed. . ' : At 1:80 the doors 'Were closed. SOCIALISTS KILL TWO AT WARSAW. (By the AocIted Preas.) Warsaw, Russian Poland. Jan. 9. Replying to a delegation of citizens who asked for the abrogation pf mar tial law owing to the approaching elections to the national assembly, the governor general today declared that martial law had been proclaimed' In order to keep in check the socialists, anarchists and revolutionists, who were endeavoring , to V prevent the elections, and, therefore; Its abroga tion was Impossible. '- v Socialists today shot and killed the superintendent of the street car shops here. At, . Novomlnsk, - government of Warsaw, ; socialists today shot and killed the chief of the district police. THE EXCLUSION , ACTIN FORCE. (By. the Associated Press.) v.--' Cincinnati 0., Jan.-- 9. The case of Hong Wing against the . United States, involving the Chinese exclu sion act, was today decided In favor of tho United States in the 'United States Circuit Court of Appeals here, the court holding that the act of April 7, 1904,; continued the' exclu sion act in force, Congress having full pdwer to do so. , - , ' - Hong Wing Is one of six Chinamen who , had been ordered deported under the provisions of the -Chinese exclusion act, and the cases being Identical the one- decision will apply to all six -, , , NEW YORK. PRINT ' SHOPS SIGN UP. (By tho Associated Press.) l New York ; Jan. 9.0ut of ( tit printing houses! in this city 210 have signed the eight-hour day and closed shop . agreement with the printers, according to a, statement issued to day by Presiaent, McCormlck, of typographical .Union, No. 6. - i rJ.'a. iu.tr C:k:!::j At::! tt Trcl k mm mm IU4 a ha rbrriaf lUmUm Uav blaaraala, Utta lUlresl mm A4.k mt Hla -at anJb -bfla.- Ha Sayw. ibr tha Asaartaled lsaa) N" Tork. Jaa. I Hearr H ltaywa. vk prwaidatat mt tba fttaad ard Oil Cotapaay f Now Jarwey. wboae leaUraoay waa Ulamptad by adjoarmmeat yastarday, waa tba trat wluaaa at today s aaaaioa mt tba boarlag la coaaertloa with tha t-iata f Mlaaoaii'a aalt agalaat tba alleged oil traet. Tba la tan oca I km of Mr. Rogers was takea an today at tba polBt where It waa laterrapted yaa- tarday. "How long have yoa bora connert ad with tbe Slaadard Oil Company of ladlaaa?" aakad Mr. Hadley, tha Aiioiaey General of Missouri, who Is' eooductlng tba Inquiry before Com missioner Saabora. "I don't know." "Slaoa lu organiaatloaT" ' "I don't think It la worth while to answer that. said Mr. Rogers. io will permit ma to ba tha judge of that," responded the Attor ney General. Mr. Hadley tbea aakad Mr. Rorara If he waa connected with the Stand ard Oil Company of Indiana when It succeeded to the bualneaa of tha btandard Oil Company of Kentucky. uunsei lor tbe Btandard Oil Com pany, objected, and tha witness de clined to answer. . .' ' Were you connected in any way with; the Consolidated Tank Line Company which did business In Mis souri and waa succeeded by the Standard Oil Company of Ken tucky?" "I decline to answer." "Did you ever, by yourself or) others as trustees, own or hold any atock in the Waters-Pierce Com pany, of Missouri?" "I decline to answer on advice of counsel," replied Mr. Rogers. . . Mr, Rogers declined to answer a number of other questions asked by Mr. Hadley, and at tho conclusion o: his direct examination Mr. Hadley asked that all the questions which Mr. Rogers had declined to answer be cer tified to the supremo court. Eugene Carney was the next witness. Ho said he is a po:ice officer at 2 Broadway "to- look after idlers and beggars." Carney Wouldn't Talk Either. Mr. Carney said he had no counsel, but William V. Rowe sat beside him and they conferred. Mr. Hadley said he would object to any interruptions by counsel. Carney declined to bnswer several questions. "-':. 'Ask the witness If he has been told not to answer questions," said the com missioner, F. H. Sanborn. "Thla looks like a preconcerted action."; Mr. Hadley asked witness if he con sulted his attorneys, Sullivan tc Crom well, but counsel objected, and he re fused to answer, as he also did to questions as to what -salary he got, whether he was told not to answer questions when he got on the stand, whether the Standard Oil Company pays his counsel, when he first met his counsel, what questions he was told to answer and what not to anpwar, and whether this Is the first time he had been a witness in a case in which the btandard Oil Company is interested. LAWSON ASKED , TO TELL PACTS. (By the Associated Press.) " Now York, Jan. i. Attorney Gen eral Hadley, or Missouri, who la con- ducting the hearing before Commis sioner Sanborn In connection with the suits brought against tho : d callod oil trust by the State of Mid aourt, said today that ; Thomas A W, jawson, of Boston, will bo Invited to appear before the commissioner.' v : This decision waa reachetl- today when the Attorney General was ln formed that Mr. Lawson last night expressed a willingness to come to Now York In connection with the in quiry. : Ho said that he would tele graph, Mr. Lawson Immediately and ask him to como to New York and testify.-- ' " - "If Thomas )W.f LawBon can throw Any light on tha present existing trust (Continued on Page Flr.) raTT-tr M-aira llahasaa tt ta bat I Vasw fba-4 AH a4 fcarfasa fcaar ttr tha iaaalil ISaaa I Katfalfc. a Jaa a -The t rs-U d km l anrftaa t-aaaie ara rmvmi by a arare a laa tlat th tal aato a m-m af mutm aa baar at race Meltar ana tarty aaUas aa mwmt at tha Vtraia - Tha mtmm "a4. a4 ta the nilaal af I hi tha re mmmmi aww raaaia fwt aaar ae sawa-a iiv ml aa auia T Cat H-atry aad antra a -fear AerjrUtt tatrpanatr rvfjnrts r. calra trm Vtrrtala aj-ax-h thla fora aaaa the life saws a are than t"iH la raactilna Cawatti Kaah aa la mm af lb Palmer. Wrw-fcing aia havj pratn4e avarUM to hr1 the vas sal aad aae ahal raa be aane Icraaraa aavlag bar Th miurm la taa arvar a tbe aulsMe la arnd a wiarblag ataaa-ar la the aivna. The lalmtr Is aUII foan4lng tn a bar sa. Ik the wtd blowlaa U mlka aa hour frum tS aaathwaet. and her fair caannt yri be told. Tba combined twltlmhlp and crulaer aquad run a (-omurlnc In Huar of tbe Aawlcaa nsvr war In Htmptot Roads during last night s gale. They rode through th storm In safely, and the Alabama thla forenoon weighed aa- rhor In the roads and proceeded for th Norfolk navy yard. fl1n the uenant of r-a admiral. Whether d Alabama Is coming to the yard for repairs or a survey following tbe accident In New Tork harbor, where she collided with th battleship Kentucky on Hunday, U not yet known. ine North Atlantic fleet, with Ihe exception of the bettahlp Kentucky la now Here, the bauleslilisj Maine, ivaa rear-re, Illinois and Alibama hav ing arrived and Joined In Hampton Koada last evening the battleahlpa Iowa ana Mlaaoun and .the rrularr West Vlrg1r.lv Odorad. Peunsylvanta aad Maryland aad Uie veasels of the Brat torpedo (lot M a. The fleet will In all probability aail oa Friday for, the winter manoeuvers In southern waUra. tboucb, 4ia aaiUaa; anay- ba ilayad by rewent acckleuts to the battleship squadron and tomdq. flotl'lx, ItrttcBied lm Ilreeches Buoy. - A meaaage received over tha govern ment aeacoaat telegraph wires thla af ternoon from the coast aa'ld Captain Nash and hia aatlro crew of eleven men on the stranded schooner Fannie M. Palmer had been safely rescued in the breeches buoy by 'surfmen from the Little Island Life Saving Station. Tho message also stated that the Palmer had been driven far up broadside on the beach, but was apparently not leak ing. Ml FROM THE DEWEY ENXOURAGINd (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 8. News from the drydock Dewey reached the Navy Department today in a wireless mes sage from Commander Halsey, com manding the Des Moines, off Cule bra, which he had intercepted from the United States steamship Glacier. The message said that the Potomac, which put into Bermuda, had joined the Heet, which was making about three knots an hour. The fouowing cablegram has been received at the Navy Department from Rear Admiral Dunlap, com mandant of the naval station at San Juan, Porto Rico: "8 A. M. Monday received at sta tion. To Washington, bquadron to gether, latitude 34.40, longitude 64.15, course east. Speed three knots, Hasley reports fine weather." - The cablegram refers to the dry dock Dewey expedition, which, it is estimated, has made a distance of about T50 miles. The report is re garded at the Navy Department as Y&ry encouraging. A LIFE LOST IN DALLAS FIRE , . (By tha Associated Press.) ' Dallas, Texas, Jan. 9. Fire to-dav partly . destroyed Ihe Khcpfley build ing, a three-story brick structure located In the center of the business district, entailing a loss of $00,000. B.' F. : Fillipson, a clerk; aged' 20 years, an occupant of tho third floor, was suffocated, and J. R. Minor and R., F; Radlcy, "'.printers, were Injured lb jumping from the third floor.1;" The Gaston National 1 Bank occu pied the second floor.- a nil lt ttm. ishings aro almost a total loss. The money vaults, bre uninjured. vi ; v ". r aaiaj aaj 1 slabs SiP to lis C:: L! (MiEISTC3U':?r,f la Miaaaga I L-gWiai tKatw-aUt- CsAa j Today s. Wssdy ll-wsa-l mm4 IriWra WewAaaaa mt Ca-arls ba twain. w Kb M-sraVrrra aa4 Usmti ba ftraperg nt Law. ' Spatial ta Tha fcvanlag Tlnwa I Cotaatbla. M. CV. Jaa. I la Lis aaaaal msasiga u tba Boath C ro ll aa Leglalatara, which cob Ten J bar to-day. Govoraor lierasid called apadal atlaatioa to tba i l desalc of IswImis in aad tba mm paraUvwty small a am bar mt ronvir tloaa by tbo coarta. Ha Ilka laa re ferred to tba alleged rot tea coodi Uoaa which snrrouBd the dispensary aad lu maaagemeat. 81 ara the last aoaeloa a boot a acora of count U-a have voted out tha system and tba proper kaadllng of tha liquor monop oly wfll be one of tba moat Important matters before the body. . Concerning tba dispensary. Gov ernor Hey ward aald: "The oaly cloud which throws a abadow over tha Slate la tba unsat isfactory condition of the dlapcaaary. Great dlaaatlafactioa has Tseea mani fested by tha people ta many quar ters. It exists, I believe, because of loaa of conBdence reeultlng from abuses la connection with lu opera tion. No one can deny that tbe pres ent atmosphere surrounding the dis pensary Is a grave reflection upon South Carolina, for It la a State In stitution, and any odium which at taches to operation oeoemtaHly (-. Ucbea to the State. ' Wince your last session a large number of counties have voted out dispensaries, but I must aay that the tote abolishing them 1 uke to ba a rebuke to the mode of operation rather than a re pudiation bf the system itself." On the record of crime, he said: ' "You ara only too familiar with the record of past years. You know how South , Carolina, together with other of our sister SUtes, has had reproach heaped Upon her . on ac count of the dastardly deeds of reck less, lawless and . irresponsible men: I have Just suted f.hat no convictions have been secured, yet, In spite of this fact, the realisation that the arm of the law would be Invoked; that a determined attempt at least would be made to prevent Its ruthless and barbaric desecration', that criminals would be prosecuted1, for their crimes; that the coroners' inquest- and the usual verdict would not be the end, but only the beginning these have produced their effect, and,, as a result, better conditions have i prevailed. Those who would take,;, the law in their own - hands have , fbeen made to think; the masses of. our people, who are at heart law ' , abiding, have found hope and en- . couragement ,and the sworn officers ' of the law have had their grave re sponsibilities brought more cloBelf " nome to them. For more than a year South Carolina was not dis graced by a lynching, no case occur ring which could properly - be so classed. t "Had I been able to report to you. ,i as I had sincerely hoped to do, that t our State, since your last session at , least, had been Spared the shame of another lynching -that for - this-, period no human life had been law-, lessiy and barbarously taken by an armed mob I would have been deep- ly gratified at such a convincing evl-. dence of th Increased respoct shown, for law and order; - While we have every reason for encouragement, the recent killing of two defenseless ne groes by an armed mob is for every reason to r . be ' ; deplored ' and con-!"" demneJr.-f Such outrages are not only migrant and Inexcusable, but thev In evitably lead to the disregard of all law;? the cheapening" of human life and . the hndermihinit of v our v-rv civilisation.: .'The lawless clement ttiust bo .nado to reallise the sanctity -of human life; thoy must ' bo taught the fearful consequehces that follow the blind passions, and prejudices C mobs which lake the-law into their ' own hands;' human life must bavo evory right guaranteed by our Con-' stltutlon, and lawless and rcckloM' violators must be prosecuted without' fear or favor to the utmost limit of the law." , ' a t
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