PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKL
BURN W
least ti 81tw Up Water Warfes Letting
Las Angles alt Mercy cf Fire^
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PROPOSE AWFUL CRIME
McManlgal, as a Part of the Plan,
Was Sent Back to Dynamite the
" Auxiliary Plant of the Times, But
He Balked at the Murder it Would
Involve.
? "If another dose of dynamite
doesn't unionize Los Angeles we'll
blow up the waterworks and explode
enough mines to burn the city! We
can give them till 'their proposed
Panama Exposition in 1915, and if
they haven't mended their ways by
then .we'll make that place an exam
ple the world will always remem
ber." ... 1
This*, according to a heretofore un
published portion of Ortlc iMcMani
gal's confession, was the substance
of a threat made by the McNamaras
after they had blown up tne i?os
Angeles Times and murdered twenty
one of its employees. The plan was
discussed, McMan: gal said, in connec
tion with his trip to Los Angeies :ast
Christmas, when he dynamited the
Llewyllyn Iron Works?the crime to
which John J. McNamara pleaded
guilty of being the instigator.
McManlgal, who was Jamee B.
McNamara's chief assistant in more
than a score of dynamite outrages,
was sent here to "give the Times a
second dose." Undeterred by the ap
palling loss of life the Times disaster,
the McNamaras determined to break
the defiant spirit of General Harrison
Gray Otis, owner of thw paper, by
placing a bomb against the auxiliary
plant in which the paper was publish
ed after its main building was de
stroyed. MoManigal conferred that
he came fully Intending to blow up
the auxiliary plant. >?
'TBut when I got here," explained
McManlgal when retelling his story
Tuesday. "I found the place so
closely guarded that I couldn't do
anything without taking some lives.
So far as I am aware, my stufT never
killed anybody; I was always careful1
to set my clocks to go off when tnere j
would be nobobdy on the job. Anaj
I wasn't going to"be'a murderer even
to 'get the Times,' so I took the suit
case tomb which I had nrougnt on
a passenger train from Chicago and
left it at the Llewellyn ?ron Works."
SEVERAL PEOPLE BURNED.
As a Result of Trying to Start Fire
With Kerosene Oil.
At New Albany, Ind., Mrs. Ed
ward Case is dead, hBr dauguter,
Mrs. Nora Lynch, and her son. Ttay
mond Case, aged 10, are said to be
dying, and a second son, John Case,
aged 17, is severely burned as a re
sult of the mother attempting to
start a Are with coal oil at her home.
The oil can exploded in the mother's
hand and in an instant she was
wrapped in flames. The children
rushed to her aid. Mrs. Lynch and
the younger son inhaled the flames.
Will Tracey, a railroad watchman,
stationed near the house, attracted
by the screams, smothered the flames
and. extinguished the Are which
threatened to destroy the house.
FELL DEAD IN CHURCH.
Stricken While Conducting Thanks
giving Services.
A dispatch to The State says Jas.
O. Winburn, of Patrick, died sudden
ly Thanksgiving Day. Nearly all
Patrick gathered at the BaptlBt
church to attend services, and as Mr.
Sullivan, the pastor, had failed to
come. Mr. Winburn was conducting a
short service. He had just .read a
psalm and made a very appropriate
address, when, without the slightest
warning, he foil forward and
breathed his last In a very few min
utes. Mr. WiaHura hrs for ve-jrs
been a faithful and consistent worker
In the Baptist church and w:U be sad
ly missed by all who know him.
A DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.
Burned to Death by Dropping an Oil
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Lamp Before Fire.
At Darlington Mrs. Leila Withers
poon, of Sumter, who was on a visit
to the family of her father D. M.
Smoot, for Thanksglvig ,met a horri
ble death Friday morning about 7
o'clock, following burns received
Thursday night about 10 o'clock.
Mrs. Witherspoon had retired for the
night, but had gotten up and was in
the act of lighting a lamp and plac
ing It back on the mantel where it
stood when It fell in front of the open
fire, and her clothing was ignited.
Before help could be obtained sho
was horribly burned. She was a wid
ow and leaves three children.
Murderers Publicly Hanged.
At Palatka, Fla., Mill McCoy and
Edgar Youmans, negroes, were hang
ed in the jail yard at noon Friday,
having been convicted of the murder
of a man and women of their own
race some time ago. Fully 2,500
people gathered to witness the ex
ecution, which was in the open Jail
yard.
Y.
mm FOR MORGAN
HONDlJ;RA^-OFFICIAL ACCUSES
THE UNITED STATES OP
Forcing Morgan Loan on Southern
Republic Under Threat of Causing
Rebellion.
In a 200-page book published at
tral American republic will mean
rades, former minister of finance of
Honduras, declares the state depart
ment at Washington encouraged the
Ron) 11a revolution in Honduras last
winter In an attempt to force the
Honduran government to sign the
Morgan loan agreement. Parades as
serts the Washington state depart
ment virtually submitted to Presi
dent Davila of Honduras this state
ment: \
"The protectorate and the Morgan
loan, or the revolution."
President Davila, Parades declares
in his book, was forced to agree to
the loan proposition and ordered the
irmistice signed.
Correspondence that passed among
the governments of Great Britain,
Honduras and the United States is
published In Parades' book and in
this connection he asks:
"Is it the Intention of President
Taft to subjugate Honduras, and turn
the country over to the dominance
of Wall street? Will dollar diploma
ts go this far?
"The subjection of the little Cen
New Orleans on Monday, Juan E. Pa
?:he abandonment of the Monroe doc
trine, the' destruction of the Pan
American union, a reproach to the
United States?which has so long
championed the rights of Independ
ence, freedom, and democracy?and a
source of bitter feeling and hatred
between the races on this hemis
phere."
Parades was opposed to ratifica
tion by the United States .senate of
the Morgan loan treaty and hiB book
Is intended for presentation to sena
tors and congressmen at Washington.
FOUND DEAD IN WATER,
Mystery Surrounds Death of Strang
er at Beaufort.
Friday morning a man's body was
found face down in the water near
the western short of North river,
about three miles from Beaufort, N.
C. The man had evidently taken off
bis outer clothes, a3 they were piled
on the bank, and waddee into the
river clad in underwear, hose and
shoes and fallen on his knees in the
shallow water.
The clothes contained only a watch,
pocket drinking cup and 20 cents in
silver. The dead man arrived in
Beaufort on the 11 o'clock train
Thanksgiving Day. He went to the
Innlet Inn, where he registered as C.
Hauber, Washington, D. C, had din
ner and was shown to a room.
His body was found next morning
at the above place by a Mr. Fulchet.
No letter or papers were found to
the clothes an nothing but toilet ar
ticles in his bag at the hotel. The
man was evidently a German of good
appearance and well dressed. He
was about 50 years of gae.
TRYING TO GET RICH QUICK.
Some of the Foolish Things Feopla
Lose Money In.
Money must be easy when such a
crude scheme as the United Wireless
could sell $2,000,000 of worthless
stock to a confiding public, wi:en the
Radio Telephone could sell $1,000,
000, and the Columbian-Sterling and
Hampton's magazines $2,000,000
more. The postoflice department did
no better work than when It got af
ter the dealers In gold-brick eecuri
tiefl. It is said that the Wireless
crowd have $700,000 hidden away to
make them happy when they get out
of the penitentiary. The Govern
ment might well got after this mon
ey and dlstrihute.it among the duped.
RATS DESTROY HIS FORTUNE.
President's Aid Sought in Redemp
tion of Bank Notes.
The lire savings of Jack Simpson,
of Aitken, Minn., amounting to $2,
5 65, securely hidden from burglars,
were reduced to pulp by hungry rats
and mice, and in a letter received by
President Taft he appealed for the
redemption of the pulverized frag
ments by the Federal treasury. Hia
wealth accumulated to buy a farm.
Simpson explains, was placed in a
box and deposited between the up
stairs floor and ceiling. No human
being disturbed it, hut when he tcok
it from its hiding place he found it
had been reduced to dust by the rav
ages of rodents.
Hong Kong is Chaotic.
A cable message from Hong Kong,
China, says although the reign of
piracy on the West river has been
checked by the vigilance of the
guards on board the river steamers,
the situation on shore is utterly cha
otic. The Hong Kong government
has adopted the sternest measures to
repress all outbreaks of rioting.
Blease Turns Him Loose.
Governor Blease Monday paroled
Lonnie Hall, convicted at Columbia
during the September term of the
Court, 1909, of manslaughter and
sentenced. by Judge MemmInger to
fifteen years in the penitentiary.
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ORANGEBU
FIELD OF LABOR
Where the Methodist Preachers Were
Sent ter the Coming Year.
A NUMBER OF CHANGES
There Are Several Changes Among
the Presiding Elders, Many of the j
Preachers Go to New Charges,
While Others Are Returned to Old
Ones.
The Methodist Conference of South
Carolina, which met last week at
Bennettsville, adjourned on Monday
evening. Just before adjourning
Bishop John C. Kilgo, after i mag
nificent address, read out the ap
pointment of preachers for next year
as follows:
Anderson District.
Anderson District?C. B. Smith,
presiding elder; Anderson. St. Johti'3.
S. A. Donahoe; Orrville and Toxav/ay,
A. Sas3ard; Bethel, J. W. Neely; Au
treyvllle, P. K. Rhoad; Calhojn Kails,
J. E. Taylor; Clemson and Seneca,
P. A. Murray; Honea Path. G. W.
Davis; Lowndesville, J. C. Chandier;
McCormick, N. G. BrJlenger; f-ilz-sr,
W. S. Myers; Pendieton, A. V. Har
bin; Starr, J. L. Sing'eton; TowuvUIe.J
J. E. Cook; Walhalla, G. C. Leonard;
Walhalla circuit, W. D. Patrick;
Westminster, M. G. Latnain; Wil
lianuton and Belloi J. L Stokes, au I
G. T. Harmon, supernumerary; \\ ',)
Jl-mston circuit. M. M Brooks.
Charleston District.
Charleston District?J. W. Daniels,
presiding elder; Allendale, J. W. Wal
ling; Appleton, E. Z. Jame3; Beau
fort and Port Royal, J. H. Noland;
Bethel circuit, R. C. Boulware; Black
Swamp, W. W. Williams; City of
Charleston, Bethel, W. B. Duncan;
Trinity, R. S. Truesdale; Spring
Street, G. T. Harmon, Jr.; Cumber
land, J. T. Peeler; Mount Pleasant
and Young's Island. W. V. Dibble;
Cottageville, J. P. Inablnet; Cypress,
J. R. Copeland; Ehrhardt, H. W.
Whitaker; Estill, P. E. Hodges;
Hampton, O. M. Abney; Heuderson
vllle, W. C. Kelly; Lodge, W. P.
Meadows, Jr.; Ridgelancl, W. S. Hen
ry; Ridgeville, J. W. Elklns; South
Hampton, J. E. Carter; Summerville,
E.. A... Wayne; WalterDoro, H. J.
Ca?then.
Cokesbury District.
Cokesbury District?W. P. Mead
ows, presiding elder; Abbeville, W.
T. Duncan; Abbeville circuit, J. M.
Lawson; Butler, F. G. Whitlock;
Cokesbury, G. F. Clarkson; Green
wood, Main Street, J. W. Kilgo;
Greenwood Mills, J. B. Connelly;
Greenwood cheat, M. T. Whartoi;
Kinards, W. K. Houknight; New
berry, Central, J. E. Ca-1 idle; Oak
land and Jalam, to he supplied.;
O'Neale Street and Mollohon, A. CVL
Gardner; Newberry circuit, J. M.
Friday; Ninety Six, F. E. Dibble;
Parksville, B. H. Covington; Phoe
nix, Foster Speer; Prosperity, S. C.
Morris; Princeton, R. M. Duboise;
Saluda, E. P. Taylor; Waterloo, J.
T. Miller; Whltmire, 0. A. Jeffcoat
and R. E. iMood; Lander College, J.
O. Wilson, president; R. A. Child;,
financial agent.
Columbia District. \
Columbia District?W. M. Duncan,
presiding elder; Aiken, J. E. Tray
wick; Aiken circuit, D. E. Jeffcoat;
Batesburg, S. 0. Cantey; Bath and
Langley, A. R. Phillips; Columbia,
Washington street, E. O. Watson;
Main street,-T. G. Herbert; Green
street, A. E. Holler; Granny, E. X.
Wilkes; Brooklarfd, W. C. WInn;
Edgewood, W. M. McLendon; Shan
don, Hamlin Etheridge; Wa/erly and
Bethel, J. A. . Campbell; EJgefield,
J. R. Walker; Fairfielct, C. M. Peeler
and E. W. Mason, supernumerary,-:
Gilbert, C. S. Felder; Granlteville
and Vaucluse, J. H. Thacker; John
ston, E. H. Beckham; Leesville, A.
E. Driggers; Lessville circuit, G. K.
Way; Lexington, J. E. Rushton; Lex
ington Fork, C. W. Burgess; North
Augusta, C. E. Peele; Ridgeway, J.
P. Winningham; Springfield, S. H.
Booth; Swansea, J. U. Inabinet;
Wagener, W. D. Quick; Columbia
College, W. W. Daniels, president;
Epvorth Orphanage, W. B. Wharton,
superintendent; student to Vander
bilt University, J. W. Lewis.
Florence District.
Florence District?W. A. Massa
beau, presiding elder; Bennettsville,
Peter Stokes; Bennettsville circuit,
?VI. W. Hook; Brlghtsvllle, M. F.
Dukes; Bethlehem, J. G. Farr; Che
raw, M. Auld; Chesterfield. L. L.
Bedenbaugh; Darlington: Trinity,
R. 'B, Turnipseed; Epworih, F. S.
Hook; Darlington circuit, E. R. Ma
son; East Chesterfield, T. B. Owens;
Florence, R. E. Turnipseed; Harts
ville, R. G. Murphy; Jefferson, J. A.
Graham; Laraar, B. M. Robertson;
Liberty, J. H. Moore: Marlboro, J.
B. Weldon; McBee, J. L. Tyler; Mc
Coll, J. T. Fowler; Middendorf, W.
C. Bowden; Pageland, J. A. McGraw;
Tlmmonsville and Pisgah, W. E. Wig
gins; Timmonsville circuit, W. B.
Baker; assistant Sunday-school edi
tor, L. L. Beatty.
Greenville District.
Greenvi?e District?P. F. Kilgo,
presiding elder; Clinton, J. E. Ma
haffy; Easley, P. B. Ingraham; Foun
tain Inn, S. T. Blackman; Gray
Court, J. P. Attaway; Greenville:
Buncombe street, M. L. Carlisle; St.
Paul's, E. 3. Jones; Hampton ave
nue, J. M. Rogers; West Greenville,
L. L. Inablnet; South Greenville, J.
T. McFarlane; Bethel and Poe, D. W.
RG, S. C, THURSDAY, DECE1
Keller; Greenville circuit, J. G. Hug
gins; Greer's, E. T. Hodges; Lau
rens, First Church, L. P. McGhse;
Laurens circuit, J. C. Davis; Liberty,
D. R. Ruff; North Pickans, E. L.
Thomason; PIckens, G. F. Klrby;
Piedmont, W. L. Wait; South Greer'B,
W. M. 0wings; Travellers* Rest, Joe
D. Bell; West Easley, A. A, Merrltt
Kingstree District.
?Kingstree District?R. L. Holroyd,
presiding elder; Andrews, W. O. Hen
derson; Cades, J. L. Mullihax;
Cordesville, J. B. Prosser; George
town, Duncan, Henry Stokes; West
End, L. E. Peeler; Greeieyville, W.
H. Murray; Honey Hill, J. C. Taylor;
JohnBonvllle and Prospect, E. P. Hut
son; Jordan, W. T. Patrick; Kings
tree, W. A. Fairey; Lake City, C. C.
Derrick and W. S. Stokes, super
numerary; iMcClellenyllle, W. P.
Way; New 7Ion, J. R. So'ourner;
Pee-Dee, J. 0. Carraway; Pinopolis,
W. C. Gleaton; Rome, T. J. Clyde;
Salters, W. T, Bedenbaugh; Sampit,
W. H. Perry; Scra.nton, J. W. Bailey;
South Florence, J. M. Gasque; Sum
mertoa and St. Paul, J. R. T. Major.
Marion District.
Marlon District?R.;H. Jones, pre-,
siding elder; BJenhelm, S. J. Bethea;
Eritton's Neck, W. A. Youngblood;
Brownsville, J. I. Spinks; Bucks.vllle,
W. R. Barnes; Centenary, R. R.
Doyle; Conway, A. D. Betts; Conway
circuit, E. F. Scoggins; Clio, C. C.
Herbert; Dillon, A. N. Brunson; Gal
livants, D. H. Everett; Latta, A. T. j
Dunlap; Latta circuit, J. H. Graves;
Little River, R. F. Bryant; Little
Rock, M. Dargan; Loris, S. T. Creech,
and H. L. Singleton,"supernumerary;
Marion, S. P. Harper;'%Marlon cir
cuit, J. M. Meetze;. Mullins, W. C.
Kirkland; Mullins circuit, W. A.
Beckham; North Mullins, W. C. Ow
ens; Waccamaw, W. M. Hardin.
Orangeburg District.
Orangeburg District?M. L. Banks,
presiding elder; 3amberg and Bam-J
berg Mills, W. H. Hodges; Barnwell, J
W. J. Snyder; Branchvllle ,W. S.
Martin; Cameron, J. P. Simpson;
Denmark, T. E. MorrlB; Edisto, T.
W. Godbold; Eutawville, S. D.
Vaughan; Grover, S. W. Danner;
Harleyville, A. S. Lesley; Norway,
W. S. Goodwin; Olar. to be supplied;
Orangeburg, St. Paul's, H. W. Bays;
Orangeburg circuit, S. W. Henry; Or
ange, T. L. Bilvin; Providence, J. J.
Stevenson, and J. F. Way, supernum
erary; Rowesvllle, J. K. Holman, and
G. W. Dukes, supernumerary;
Smoaks, J. C. Counts; St. George, J.
W. Ariail; student of Vanderbilt Uni
versity, L. E. Wiggins. . ,
Rock Hill District.
Rock Hill District?T. C. Odell,
presiding elder; Blacksourg, J. P.
Patton; Blackstock, H. B. Hardy;
Chester, J. C. Roper; Chester circuit,
J. H. Montgomery; Clover circuit, H.
G. Hardin; East Chester, R. A.
Yongue; East Lancaster, G. T.
Rhoad; Fort Mill, T. J. White; Hick
ory Grove, W. B. Justus; Lancaster,
IM. M. Brabham; Lancaster circuit,
C. P. Carter; North Rock Hill, J. A.
White, Richburg, D. A. Phillips;
Reck Hill, St. John's, E. K. Hardin;
Rock Hill circuit, L. T. Phillips; Van
Wyck, F. L. Glennan; Winnsboro, G.
C. Hutchinson; Yorkville, J. F. An
derson. I
Spnrtanburg District.
Spartanburg District?A. J. Cauth
en, presiding elder; Belmont, L. W.
Johnson; Campobello, R. L. Keaton;
Carlisle, 0?. N. Rountree; Cherokee,
R. A. Brock; Clifton and Cowpens,
J. N. Ivlns; Enoree, Elzie Myers,
Gaffney; Buford street, G. P. Wat
son; Limestone street, B: G. Vaugh
an; Gaffney circuit, J. A. Ble?soe;
Inman, J. A. Cook; Jonesville, W. H.
AriaU; Kelton, J. H. Manley; Pa
colet? A. H. Best and R. O. Lawton;
Pacolet Mills, .C. B. Dawsey; Reid
ville, E. L. M?Coy; Spartanburg:
Bethel, J. W. Speake; Central, R. E.
Stackhouse; Duncan and Glendale,
B. J. Guess; North Spartanburg, W.
H. Polk; West Spartanburg, J. W.
Shell; Unlon-Biuffalo and Green
st/eet, B. D. Jones; Grace, J. L. Dan
iels; South Union, J. H. Danner;
Woodruff, J. H. Brown; Conference
secretary of missions, M. B. Kelley.
Southern Christian Advocate, S. A.
Nettles, editor; J. L. Ray, assistant
publisher; superintendent Antl-Sa-.
loon League, J. L. Harley; mission
ary in Cuba, H. h. Powell; Industrial
institute, D. E. Camak.
Sumtcr District.
* Surater District?W. I. Herbert,
presiding elder; Bethany, T. F. Gib
son; Bi8hopville, G. E. Edwards;
Camden, H. B. Brown; Elloree, J. E.
Strickland; Fort Motte, J. V*. Davis;
Heath Springs H. C. Mouzon; Ker
shaw, S. D. Bailey; Lynchburg, J. S.
Beasley; Manning, F. H. Shuler;
Oswego, T. W. Munnerlyn; Pinewood,
J. B. Wilson; Providence, J. N.
Wright; Richland, George Lee; St.
John's and Rembert's, R. E. Sharpe;
St. Matthew's, J. M. Steadman; Sura
ter: First Church, D. M. McLeod;
Broad street, R. W. Humphreys;
Wateree, Oscar Spires; transferred,
C. A. Norton, to North Georgia Con
ference.
HORSES BURNED TO DEATH.
Four Hundred Head Perish in Fire
at Jersey City.
The principal plant of the United
States Express Company for the ser
vice of New York City and the vi
cinity was swept by fire early Mon
day at Jersey City and practically
the whole delivery equipment, con
sisting of 4 00 horses and several hun
dred wagons was destroyed. The loss
1.1 estimated at $1,000,000. Fred
Okay, the night watchman, who gave
the alarm, is believed to have lost
his life trying to rescue some of
the horses. The company lost all of
its bookB and records kept since the
business was established.
UBER 7, 1911.
WILL DO GOOD
CoDgrsssmaD Lever Will Try to Ammend
the Law pn Reports of ihe
GROWING COTTON CROP
His Object is to Make the Census
Reports on the Growing and Mc
I tured Cotton Crops of Real Bene
fit to the Cotton Growers of the
South.
A dispath from Washington to the
Columbia Record say3 Representative
Lever will introduce a bill, for the
preparation of which he came to
Washington in advance of the ses
sion, and whose purpose is to make
more accurate the reports of the bu
reau of statistics of the department
of agriculture, relating to cotton. The
bill simplifies the present method of
gathering the reports, and abolishes
certain features of the system with a
view to greater accuracy.
"It is not intended by this bill,"
says Mr. Lever, "to create the im
pression that the integrity of these
reports of the department, relative to
cotton, is called into question. On
! the contrary, I am satisfied that the
reports are fairly gi-tten up with no
idea of giving special advantage to
either the producer or manufactur
er of cotton, but are predicted upon
the idea that there shall be some dis
interested source from which shall
issue reliable data upon which the
cotton trade may act. Since the un
fortunate Hyde affair, no one has
j questioned the personal Integrity of
those whose duty it Is to issue these
reports. J
"During the past 11 years the de
partment of agriculture has made 11
crop estimates, five of which were
Bllghtly over-estimated, and six of
them slightly under-estimated. In
years of over-estimates, the average
error was 2.1 per cent; in those of
under-estlmate the average error was
3.1 per cent; for the entire 11 yearB
the average error was 2.7 per cent
and the balance of the over-estimate
and the unfer-estimate shows for the
entire 11 years a net under-estimate
of .9 of 1 per cent. The l.roducer In
the 11 year period has had the bene
fit of .9 of 1 per -cent. When It Is
remembered that the reports of the
department of agriculture are esti
mates and not enumerations the fig
ures here indicate as near an approx
imation of accuracy as the present
systom is capable. It is impossible to
forecast with absolute accuracy the
yield of any given crop; the best ex
pected is to continue to perfect the
system with a view of reaching the
nearest approach to accuracy.
? "I am unwilling to abandon a sys
tom of some kind of crop reporting,
after it was Inaugurated and built up
at the instance of the producers to
protect them against the biased and
unreliable reports of the cotton gam
bler. Such an abandonment at this
time, or in the future, will place the
producer again, as formerly, entirely
at the mercy of the speculative ele
ment whose business It Is to make
his reports in accordance with the
side of the market upon which he Is
gambling.
"I am Interested, however, in im
proving the system and in making
these reports represent as nearly as
possible the exact conditions, both
with reference to the growing cotton
and final yield. This bill purposes to
rid the system of some of its crudities
and inconsistencies and to place it
upon a more reasonable and sensible
basis. Under the present system the
acreage report is Issued the first of
June of each year, as the 25th of
May. That the number of acres in
cultivation on the 25th of May of a
given crop year represents accurately
the number of acreB that will be con
tinued in cultivation is preposterous
on Its face; and yea, the report as to
the acreage at this time has a sentit
mental effect during the entire crop,
year and does, In a greater or less
degree affect prices. Those familiar
with the cotton business know that
during the month of June for reasons
innuemerable hundreds of thousands
of acres of cotton are abandoned.
The present report does not account
I for this abandonment of acreage until
1(110* first of December, when the final
estimate is made and when the re
Iport is too late to be of value to he
producer. My bill makes he acreage
report on the first of July when the
acregae then in cotton will more
nearly represent the acreage that will
continue to be cultivated. This, I
regard, as a substantial improvement.
"Again, the present system ma'res
the report as to the condition of cot
ton on June 1st as of May 25th. This
report I have always regarded as an
absurdity, for I am too well acquaint
ed with the actual growing of cotton
not to know that no matter what the
conditions of the crop may be on May
25th, it can be on the 25th of Sep
tember when the crop has ripened. I
could never see any reason for this
report, and yet it does have a senti
mental effect which is hard to over
come, because In the cotton trade, it
is the first Impression that is the
most lasting. The same reasoning
holds with reference to the July re
port of the present system and to
remedy theao defects, my bill pro
poses to abolish the condition re
ports of June and July and make
the first condition report on August
the 1st, when I think all will agree
the condition of the crop at that time
REBELS LYNCHED
GOMEZ AND EIGHT OTHER MEX
PUT TO DEATH.
Citizens Take the Unfortunate Men
Out of Jail, March Them Ont and
Shoot Them.
A dispatch from Mexico City says
"Che" Gomez, whose rebellion at
Juchitan resulted in a clash between
President Madero and the governor
of Oaxaca, was lynched Tuesday af
ternoon at Rincon Antonio. Eigbt of
Gomez's partisans met a like fate.
Gomez, who was on his way to the
capital accompanied by ten of his
followers, was taken from tbe train
at Rincon Antonio, Oaxaca, Monday
afternoon and placed in jail by order
of Gov. Juarez, in spite of the fact
that he had been promised safe con
duct by the president and bore a
passport signed by the executive. He
and eight of his followers were taken
from the jail by a. mob of residents
of the little town .augmented by
hundreds from the neighboring reg
ions, marched two miles from town
and shot to death.
Noting the ugly temper of the peo
ple and anticipating trouble, the lo
cal authorities reported the situation
to Gov. Benito Juarez, who was in
San Geronimo, about 40 miles from
Rincon Antonio. He secured the
consent of Gen. Merodio :o send
troops to the village. Before the
troops arrived, however, the guard of
nine rurales constituting the entire
military force of the town, which had
battled with the mob of 1,000 or
more, had been overpowered by the
rabble, and the prisoners were car
ried off into the hills.
The mo had stopped with Its pris
oners at a little station. As the
train appeared It was recognized as
a troop train, and without waiting
longer the prisoners were riddled
with bullets and the assassins fled
[into the hills. Only the bodies of
their victims were encountered by the
soldiers when they alightod from the
cars.
Reports from San Geronimo to
night were that mobs of Oaxacans
oaraded the streets shouting "Viva'
Juarez," "Viva Oaxaca Hbre," "Inde
pendence" and "Death to Madero."
Among the lynchers were many of
the former followers of Gomez who
declared he had betrayed them. Nu
merous commissioners are reported
to have called upon the governor and
assured him of their loyalty and sup
port.
THE SENATOR AT HIS POST.
He Was in His Seat. When the Senate
Opened Monday.
When seen at his hotel la Wash
lngto Monday evening Senator B. R.
Tillman appeared to have stood the
trip to Washington very well and
showed by his conversation that he
had already begun to put himself in
touch with government matters. He
attended the session of the Senate,
where he was warmly welcomed by
his colleagues. The Senator says he
will "go slow" for a while, under
the advice of his doctors and friends,
but that he will keep a watch on
proceedings as well as he can with
his limited ocular equipment. After
a stay of about a week the Senator
will return to his h"u:e in this State
until after the holidays, as in bis
opinion there will be no serious work
before the new year, when he will
go back to Washington.
does give a fairly accurate forecast of
what we may expect finally of It. The
September and October reports of
the present system are continued, be
cause I regard them as of great value
In advising the public as to the ulti
mate outcome of the crop. The far
mer should have this that he may the
better sell his crop and if the govern
ment does not furnish it to hiPi in a
thoroughly uubiased and unprejudic
ed way, the speculator will, in such
manner as best serves his own pur
pose.
The final estimate of December is
continued and this estimate has prov
en in the past to those who are well
Informed of great benefit to the
trade. I am confident the changes
suggested by my bill will make these
reports more reliable and more sat
isfactory and I have hope of iavorable
action upon It.
"I am now preparing another bill
through which it is intended that as
v.e have given reports as to the p o
; duction, it Is a matter of Justice to
the producers that we should give
them a full report as to the mill
takings, mill holdings, warehouse
holdings, consumption and demanad.
This is only fair, tnou^h the prob
i lern of arriving at the figures Is
I much more ditiicult. It will be re
I membered that several years ago I
j had passed a resolution directing thy
bureau of the ceusus to issue quar
terly report along these line3. These
reports are being Issued as directed
by law, but ^Hie has proven that
they are not sufficiently comprehen
sive nor are they issued with suffici
ent frequencv. I have taken this
matter up with the director of the
I census and in conference with hira
and the chief of the division of agn
j culture wo are endeavoring to work
lout a plan by which we can furnish,
along with the ginners' report, a com
j prehensive report as to consumption
I and demand, and the like of cotton.
I hope to have this bill in readiness t
for introduction early in the week."
TWO CENTS PER COPY.
WILL NOT HANG
The Slayer of Twenty-Oae Person? Sen
to State P/isoo foi Lie.
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FOR DYNAMITE CRIMES
The Above Was the Punishment
Meted Out to James B. McNamara,
While John J. McNamara, Who
Blew Up the Llewellyn Iron Works,
Was Given Fifteen Years.
A dispatch from Lob Angeles, Cal.,
says Jame3 Barnabas McNamara and
John J. McNamara, brothers, natives
of Cincinnati, Ohio, Tuesday felt the
strong band of justice which they
long had sought to evade.
J. B. McNamara was sentenced to
imprisonment for life, for murder
committed in dynamiting the Los
Angeles Times building and killing
twenty-one persom, and his brother
to fifteen years in the penitentiary
for blowing up the Llewellyn Iron
Works.
It was the retaliatory action of the
law against those lawless methods
which John J. McNamara, secretary
and treasurer of the International
Association of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers, pursued in fighting
employers who kept open shops.
Though the younger brother,
James B., in formally presenting his
confession to the Cuurt Tuesday, de
clared that he intended no murder
when he placed sixteen sticks of dyn
amite beneath the Times building,, on
October 1, 1910, John J. McNamara,
recounting to his attorneys his prin
ciples, broke down as he muttered
that he fought against great odds
in the' best way he could. It was a
sequel to the Court scene earlier
Tuesday when he received hlB sen
tence In tears of abject surrender.
A few hours after the sentences'
were pronounced by Judge Bord well,
word went forth that 'suDpoenaa
would be issued for both McNamaras
to appear before a Federal grand
jury'to divulge further details of
their dynamiting conspiracies.
The United States Government will
demand of them information coi
cerning Inter-State trafficking In
dynamite, which is alleged to have
resulted In more than' TOO explosions
at bridges and factories where labor
welfare was involved.
Something of the saiiie fear of ter
rorism brought by those explosions
flitted through a crowd of nearly 15,
000 persons Tuesday, as it surged
back and forth around the jail, ex
pecting to see the McNamaraB taken
to the Hall of Records, where previ
ous scenes in the trial had been en
acted. But the Court and counsel,
taking cognizance of possible law
lessness, held the final session in a
Court room adjoining the Jail, and
the prisoners were taken thither over
an interior bridge passageway.
"I never carried a gun until to
day, since the McNamara affair start
ed," confided Samuel L. Browns,
chief official of the State department
of investigation, when his detectives
reported to him that suspicious char
acters by the scores wer? scattered
in the crowd.
Judge Bordwell changed his mind
sevoral times, but tcok final precau
tion and held Court in the soiall
chamber beside the jail. Outside the
crowd begged for entrance. An army
of policemen fought its efforts. To
the Hall of Records, not far distant,
the mass of humanity moved back
and forth in confusion and even
many who really were entitled to ad
mission were denied that privilege.
In the Hall of Records, floors and
stairways were choked with tne cur
ious. Only a hundred persons saw
the two brothers led through the
narrow passageway Into the chamber
beside the jail.
NEGROES GIVEN RESPITE.
Gov. Blcuse Stays Hanging of Two
Lancaster Murderers.
A dispatch from Lancaster says
Sheriff John P. Hunter late> Tuesday
afternoon received a telegram rrom
Columbia from Claude..N, sapp, a
young attorney of this city, who*de
fended Mack Hood, one-of the :two
negroes condemned to d:e next Fri
day, saying the governor has granted
a stay of execution in botn tne case
of Mack Hood and Henry Kee, the
other negro. Sheriff Hunter has
practically completed the scaffold for
the execution, but has stopped work
pending stay of execution. It. Is'not
known what influence was brought
to bear on the governor to-grant a
stay of execution. ? ? 1
Hog Cholera in Anderson. '
Hog cholera has developed on'the
farm of James Thompson, a jvell
known farmer, near Anderson. _'. Al
ready sixty hogs and pigs out of his
drove of ninety have died from this
disease, and It is probable that he
will lose the remaining thirty before
he can check the ravages of the 'dis
ease.' '
Held Up and Robbed, ??>
At Kansas City a negro and a^whito
man with his face blackened Satur
day night held up employees in the
cashier's office of the Missouri Pacific
freight depot, and after shooting two
men, one probably .atally, escaped
with S132 in cash and checks amount
ing to $953.