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i >> Wot GkOtod “WotU Cot Lm- mmI Um AboOT tb* ItelwMk ot Oot libwtiOT la United fitatOT. **1 Mine here to eee whet hind ot • reputation hU neighbor* glre t*. Jodge Horace H. Lurton. whj hw been picked by Preeident Taft *o •uooeed Juetlce P*ehh*m on ibe Called Btete# eeprem# court." Mid Olteoa Gardner. la Naehrllle, Tran., a few day* ago. *• The railroad* and the corpora tion* of Teone*eeo will be entlrelr aatlaAed with Judge Lorton's appotnt- oicBt,’ aaid th* drat man I aakrd *He hae *ereed them her* In Teaoee- •e* long and faithfully, and they will be glad ro eee him promoted to the larger held.' T aehed what evidence there wan at frteodllnese between Judge Lur toa aad the railroad*. The familiar designation. Private Car Lurton. tlw lawyer aneerered. T euppoec you've heard what everybody know* throughout thte eectlon of the South •boat Judge Lurton'* habitual uee of private car* f urn I a bed by the rat' road* Up to the paeeage of the Hepburn law. Judge Lurton ecaroely moved without the private,car.* •True enough, everywhere 1 went 1 found talee of Lurton * private ear*. Not for buelneae merely did he uee them, but be gave private car part lea. Once he took a party of young friends, men and women, through the West. Including a visit to th* Tellowetooe. On kuch occ* 0oo0 the railroad* fturnla^ad not only th# ear*, but the chef, the pro- rtatooe aod all the lit tie exari# that go to make a *'*ke< of thid .tort complete. Tt ebould be uoderatood that aspenae* of the** car* by railroad* wblch wer* actual poUotlai litigants In hie court. one time. ! am Informed, there a race tv ere hip which brought the management of a railway lato Judge Lurton’e court, and the Judge almp- ty Indicated to the receiver hie de etre to hevo a private car The re ceiver naturally obeyed. PTMldant Toft W iijOkg ITegw to Office In the North, hmend ot In the South. 'Neither Judge, wind Slled th* aura, in the moralf rocks and. th xne r- the deaperato. It ke founaatlon •ring dwpart- undermiaed. 'the broken *ewer« the flooded baeemente. menac ing the health of the occupanU avd the smell of sewage Is ilready per mealing the buildings. Soldiers an working desperately by the aid of torches, disentangling drlft-wog^ „Tipc*. g-ifprlno and H^uner ouiTDeople Rockefellvf vUght l<> give ^Tefotl mlir.ona toward* 1U ex lermlnatloo. ir J. B. Armstrong »*• lhe town who was tired by re- iBufactih»«. » 4 * . 1 til he areat into the government wild cat business and there Is no law In reason or common sense to prevent an official from telling It, slther ir court or out of It For a co'i>-t ir hold to the contrary, I repeat. la M ly, usurpation and tyranny. "Think of a lltle commission?'' r Internal revenue In Wntlug.oa !•«•; lag rules haring the same force n* aa enactment Itself and thus c<j n trolling the courts of a soverlgi state. It. Is enough to make Johr Marshall turn over In his grave, am the founder .of this republic fo rls from their graves In rage and mut Iny.” "That President Taft la appoint Northern negro** to ofto* rather'than Southern one* l* the In formation which ha# been pretty thoroughly discussed among the poli ticians of Washington and elsewhere since Booker Washington was there last week," say* the Washington correspondent of The News and Courier. As the result of this policy It is expected that the negroes In the South who are bolding important office* will, as their terms expire, be displaced for the meet part by wbltee, and In turn recognition will be given to colored men In th* North The Ust of colored men holding Im portant office* li the Booth under th* federal government include# the fol lowing. Robert Smalls, npllector of cae- toms at Beaufort. 8. C.; Henry A. Rucker, collector of Internal reve nue at Atlanta. Oa.; Joseph Lee, collector of Internal revenue at Jack sonvtlle, Fla.; Nathan H. Alexander, register of the land office at Mont gomery, Ala.; Thomas V. McAllister, receiver of publie moneys at Jack- son. Mias.; Walter L. Cohen, regis ter of the land office at New Or leans; Alexander B. Kennedy, receiv er of public moneys nt New Orleans; John E. Bush, receiver of public moneys at Little Rock The course the President will tske In the matter of appointing colored en Is likely to be Illustrated in the lection of a *uccea»or to W. T ernon. register of the treasury, ker T. Washington and other colored leader* have given their sup port to J. C. Naples, of Nashville, for the place, but It appears that the President will probably select a col ored man from the North. Washington was in Washington a few days ago. and it la aald that be protested when he learned that neither Vernon nor Ralph Tyler, the latter as auditor for the navy de partment, were to be ousted. Neith er of these pull with Washington. Women Carry Pistol*. Women of Aurora. III., who have be on the streets after dark with escorts, are carrying amall re- era tucked in muffle* as a mean* against the mysterious Slasher.'* who made vie on five women recently at the Fekete fB^ka against railroads and the capltal^j^ig down of federal and The case gStp of corporation*, the courts tbK, «ud Judge Lurton opinion wholly ilfch ability. He 1* a Two Men Glva the Now York Statements That They Were by the Explorer to Help Up Data to Fool the oner it Is noi severely punished. industrious habits x ■ Wi — ot —could been taken WORK OF HKROK8. [mbwrus *8^"*~ -Igbt - • ■ 1 _ -m • was Arrest~ In* of the *cboot year. tnierCaiumo.,, will b« provided for the visiting teach er* by tbe local teacher*. later news Noriw. M. Ferguson of Sally, aged died on Sunday. He bad The New Toth Times prints the remarkable narmtive of two men made under oath, detigring that they were employed hy Dy. Frederick A. Cook to fabricate astronomical and other observations tar submission to tbe University of OopenhagM, which la about to pass upon Or. Cook's assertion that he discovered the North Pole on April SI. IHt. Thee* men are George H. Dunkl*. an insur ance broker, of SI Nheeau street. New York, and Cape August Wedei Loos*, a sea captain, of 4ST Thir teenth street, Brooklyn. For their labor* they were to have received Jointly from Dr. Cook 94.004 with an additional bonus of 9400 to Capt. Loose upon the acceptance of the records by th# University of Copen hagen. They say that Dr. Cook had paid them only $100 when be dis appeared on the eve of the dispatch of his "records" to Copenhagen two weeks ago and his failure to pay the sum remaining due them they freely acknowledge to be their motive for coming forward with tbe story. Accompanying these narratives will appear eopie* of the affidavits sf Capt. Loose and Duakle affirming tbelr accuracy, facsimile of Dr. Cook'* Instruction* to Qapt. Loose, In Cook'* handwriting. In poeeeeslon of Tbe Times and the affidavits of Capt. Loose swearing to the accuracy of the same. The translation of this memorsnda by Dr. Cook is as fol low*: ' Svartevaag. start March 17-18; strong , wind—base " "March 3 0—Observations latitude and longitude; dally observatlas to April 33 The Times alto print* the follow ing list under tbe beading, "What Capt. Loose Bay* He Bupplled to Dr. Cook ” 1. Twenty-four altitudes for lati tude sights 2. One chart covering route from Bvartevaag to the Pole, with all of Dr. Cook's assumed positions marked upon It 5. Complete observations for time and chronometer rate, a* they might have been taken by stars at Anoratok and Bvartevaag, probably 30 In all 4. Diagram for com pas* error and correction at different points. 4. Calculations for longitude, about 34 In all. 6. Sixteen observations as they at tbe North „ _ with depree- was arreste<T m , ^ the begging on the Btreeft.* - ^ What’* to be done> ( whiskey, said pie are discontented »- up here to think more opportunities aFi tarried in the citle?; 11 they tlod fa.nl drudgery and the soc'al life count.y Irksome and monotonous J- a..ft mniArlll “ I (I 9994 tor It Doth Capt Loom and Mr. Dunk I* Mil of A trMt to th* shop of John Giles ll Oo.. at 199 Front street, a few days after th* captain's talk with the explorer at the Waldorf aod of purchasing for Dr. Cook rarloni nautical and astronomical works, beaidos three charts of Smith sound and Urn polar regiofiA. Robert Flight, who add the booia aal charts, told k reporter of The Times t hs t be recal led t b e v la 11 an d Ifiit the parch**** wer* mod* as destnb- ad.* The charts #old, Mr. Flight said, were numbered 314, 974 and 374 and recalled having naked him when the charts were bought If tbv kup- taln Intended going to the North Pole. "And from what I have known of th* captain's experience as navigator and his acquaintance with everything pertaining to observe lions.” said Mr. Flight. "I would bet that If any one could find bis way to the pole, CapC Loose Is that man." Capt Loose, In hie statement, says he stayed at the Gramatan hotel from November If to November 11, working out observations for Dr. Cook, and that he aad the doctor hod frequent conference*. Mr. Dun- kle went with him oa November 16, leaving the next day. He and the oaptala hod oooneotlng rooms, Noe. 138 aad 13«. Mr. Dunkle regis tered tor them. The hotel register shows the arrival onjtovember 14 ot George H. Dunkle and "Andrew H. Lewis," the fictitious name agreed upon tor Capt Loose. They were assigned to rooms 136 and 128. Capt. Idtpo* BOVd he remained se- cluded is his room during his stay at the hot6$ so os to run no chance of having the dw'tor found out A1 the time be worked %rd oa polar calculations, giving thou, to Dr. Cook as they were completed. On the last day of his stay at the hotel, Capt. Loose says he gave Dr Cook the final set of observations he had mod* for him and the doctor thanked him profusely, declaring that he now felt confident that his records would b« accepted at Copt hagen. Capt Loses was born at Bergen. Norway, on March 17. 1860. and la his younger days worked as in as sietant to his father, who has long been connected with the eoaet sur vey of Norway. Capt Looe© stud ied at the Navigation college of Ber gen and was graduated In 1891 with highest honor*. He has been In com mand of many see going vessels. Lewi* Nixon, tbe ship builder, who vouchee for Capt. Loose's compe tence a* n navigator, put the cap tain In command of the torpedo boat Gregory, built for tbe Rueslan gov ernment, when It woe taken from tbe ship yards in these waters across the ocean. Mr. Nixon declares that Capt. Loose Is, In his estimate, one of tbe "most competent, efficient and accurate of navigators. Ntfra Sbyt Tit Wmm mi Fitali IrnkTikl mm weapon used BTOPfl TRAIN TO BATHE. Wtitude of Some I'-ontariif lf» "tLn.nrr'^ ’• ^ Japanese Killed and Burned by Op- eounny ih \r . Nlnger Disregarded Hchedule on Har- liman Railroad. A dispatch from El Paso, Tex.. Frttn Behai at iNAMITE KILLS ONE. Explosion in North Carolina Court House Fatal. .. 'r 4 - gfc. -im—N 1 Mr*. Elisa GrlbMe and Mr*. Ganrie Ohlander, Who Was Criminally Assaulted Before Being Killed, and Mrs. Maggie Hunter, Victims of Terrible Tragedy in Savannah. Victims of a revolting crime. Mrs. Elisa OrlbWe, oged 70 years, and her daughter. Mrs. Csrris Ohlander, were found dead in their home, No. 401 Perry street. West, In Savannah, Ga., Friday, while w third woman. Mrs. Maggie Hunter^*3, found Just inside th* trout deer of the house, Is at the Savanngh'hospital dying Physicians state that Mr*. Obland er was th* victim of o criminal os sa ult Just before she was killed. Oo* kuadrad and fifty negro m< caught in the me*bee of the pohee drag net through Yamocraw, the negro aectlon of the elty, ore priso ners in the police station, the theory of the police being that 0 negro man, having planned an assault upon Mrs. Ohlander, was compelled to commit the other crimes in order to QBCtpt Other arrests will be made until every negro In the city who In any way resembles th* description of a negro who during three days had been frequently about th* premises of the house of the murders Is s prisoner. Th* police believe that this negro using an axe taken from tbe wood- abed in the rear of the Grlbble home, beat Mrs. Grlbble to death, struck jowb Mr*. Hunter and after assault 's Mr*. Ohlander In the wide, long l way, where the bodies were U i. finished his terrible work by bee ■ !•> her skull with the Bespon Mr ■ ‘ible evidently was attack ed froL ’'d, ss she eat In an easy chair rec On th* floor, beelde uer body. •nind the newspaper she was rc.. id her spectacles One. or po*» ’y wo, blows were demit her. h . giby hair, blood matted, shows Imprint of the blunt sxe. Then the murder teaohlly ap proacuing aged Mm. 1 -tbble. killed her. It 1* believed that . * O '%od- er was attacked as she lei et >m to enter the hall way, wa* * i'- ed and killed. Mrs. Hunter < * u was crushed in and her deeti. la a matter of but a few hours. The motley hord of prisoner* am quiet and frightened In the polls* station and Jail. It Is believed that JLf the negro suspected of th* crime is caught be can he quickly Jdeuti fled; Bloodhounds have been at work Iq, an effort to tske tbe trail from oodshed where tbe ax* was tied Y »«^th* murderer, but treatment/to* mu rede r* la almost Is in a precarlouf c i t y ft nd Is doubtful If he set* DEALING DEATH AMD TION TO MANY FBOPLB. Largs Number of High la the lir,- Onlamas of Flame. A dispatch from Hamburg. Oer- Aa A|W toil - Death Just - * - | V - aFi^sl oa a Strip of Papt by th* Noam ot Jol* The Augusta Chroalels murder of Mr. Eachary many, says the explosion of two gas tanka $n the eo-called "Klein’s Oraebrook," on th* Elbe front Wedneadsy afternoon was followed by an extensive fire and the loss of many lives. The explosion was due to a leak In a new gasometer. Th* •ecaptng gas entered the retott house, where It came In contact with the dree, causing a terrific explo sion. A large number of workmen were engaged In rebuilding and en larging tbe plant. Twenty-five of I who lived about twenty-oao I the men were employed near tbe from Augusts, last Wednesday M gasometer. They disappeared In a WM one of the most hartal that mass of flames which shot up to a L . , . (TMt h.iiht. »'•» >» ““ * Firemen with apparatus appeared I oooatF- H# was seventy tigh qulekly on the eoeoe but they wer*lot age. Without havtag a unable to approach in targe foree,Unemy thla old gtatletiOT A fg*> ,U , UaU °“ f Uran of many battle, la th* Civil fib# establishment. Up to a late I „ . ... ^ , hour 10 men are reported dead aad I War ' a Qul * t Ufa flth hhi fami- 1T misting. ' It Is almost certain I ly. operating a country store la a*> that all of these are dead. Forty dltion to hie farm. u>en were dangerously Injured, of Hla ,tor* VM about 194 yards whom several can not recover. from hlt r^idenoe sad waa 00 the The fir* gained rapid headway. I roadside, while hi* residence wot and threatened the oil gasometer,I oS trom the road ) a oommoe containing 40,400 cubic metres. Bol amonK merchants W the country, intense was the heat and so danger-1 wbare tb e trade is not iarns 4 ous their position, the firemen were I ^ ^pjoy tome one In the slevn i-. compelled to withdraw to a safe dls-1 the time, a discarded plow was knag tanoe. A terrific explosion soon oo-1 U p by a wire Bear the store and the curred and the tower became n mast beating on th* plow with of flames, which leaped hundreds I iron Instrument, notified I of feet In th# sir, sanding frag-1 prtetor that a customer menu of glowing coke far and wide] vhilo at supner over the city and harbor. night Mr. Kendrick hoard After strenuous efforts, the Ere tb4 Dlow ^ wh#B n* was got under control and the res- tb# nt J .tow hey to hand, cue work was carried on rigorously. |. ascertain what was wanted. Aa There is little hope of finding tbeL* aged man was in the sot ol bodies of the missing if they bwt enuring his ntaos of 1 —‘n— ho been killed, as they undoubtedly WM JJJ oek w [ th t piees of wood, bare been Incinerated. a terrible blow on th* Mad. SOOT- Th. new gasometer which explod* lBg hlm to sink to the fioor *< hi# ed was tbe largest In the world. hav-| a . orB p . afM H . a aaaaaa | B wttkoomo lug ^ capacity of 340.400 cubic ^ .bsrp lortnuneut, best him on th* tree. The city appropriated 14.440.- faoe ^ hMd> cotUM g j w ^ 000 marks (13,400.000) for IU I betwosn bis eyes, on* on hM snnsr structloa. j aDd 0 tA#r places ,00. Ml I Mr. Kendrick was rsndsred FOOLKII.LER NEEDED. j ecious and probably wonli I ...... ... jin tbe position In which be He Should Gather la These Two! by hie murderer, but n Ellis Lewis, hearing the Fellow* or Quit. . by th* plow, flalahed hla m One of the most unique pair of| ca ** a,, F strolled to tE* _ globe trotter# that have yet oomeJ eto^ * , to bu3r • to ba«e^ under pfbHc notice will eooo be Been in America,* having engaged ed that there was an passage on s ship sailing for New lence about tbe »tor*. York from England next week. They j drick residence, whtoh, ot sre two Italians and they are travel-1 is only a short dlotase* from th* log sround th# world In n barrel. I store, a Hgbt woo ohlatog Their aamee are Vlcinello Eugene | Down the rood near the and Zanadl AttUlua. and for a wager j fast rvtreatlng form of a of 91.404 they arc endeavoring to being wse ctreto the globe In * berrel three I murderer- had - yards long sad about four feet _. _ u diameter. They take turns. " l H*ee» producinf all 3., HOW FIRES START. Flare* Damaged Matches on tbe Siovt to Dry Them. The Newark, N. J., police bellev* that they have averted a serious tene ment house fire and perhaps ssve< the lives of many by the seixure o 40,000,000 matches In an Italian fla: house. The matches had been pur chased by Solomon Paplowsky after they were damaged by water. Whet the police entered Solomon was dry lag them over a stove in the hope ot making them marketable. Fatally Burned. At Augusta, Ga., Mrs. Henry Wela tiger, of 388 Walker street!, wi standing iff frontsfTLn'd^eii fireplace Wednesday, turned to apeak to a vis itor. As she did no her dress caught fire, and before the flames could be controlled she was fatally burned e> w e _ ■■■ _ . . Burning of an OH Church. Erected on© hundred and four fear* ago, the First Methodist Church of Sparta, Oa.. was destroyed by fire Wednesday afternoon. A piano and n memorial slab to Bishop Pierce #as toyed. oito. Now Style Posfc^C, postofflee Dlstaateful. The Influence of Christianity In apsn has b*en considerable, accord- tg to Boron Klkuchl, president of Imperial University of Kioto, who ill spend several weeks studying ed- catlonal Institutions la thii country k do not think that Christianity as bone at all upoa the national icught of the Japanese.” sa.d tti- aron la answer to s questioner "Ii tayed no part whatever is the ix*:;i al revolution which resulted in tin -labllshnient of the empire. Non< ' Janapese moral teachings cornc -om the West “In fact the attitude f some of the Chrlstlsn convortr mong my people ha* not been ac ^ptable to the body of the u it Ion ecause they oppose our reve enc. i r the Emperor and our worship of is spirits of dur anceBtors." Women a Heroine. At Valdosta. Ga.. Mrs. J. W. Mc- )onald, mother of three little chll- ren, proved herself a heroine when ihe saved them from her burning tome before daylight Wednesday nornlng. Two little girls who had >een carried from the house by the nother went back to their room and *ent to bed again. Mrs. McDonald isved them Just as the roof of the house fell In. pressed Natives. Retaliation on pillaging Japanese natives of the Shantar Islands has brought about a pitched battle in which several Japanese were killed ind their bodies burned. A Russian commission sent from Vladivostok to Investigate the at tack of the Japanese made ghastly discoveries. The commission found •orpses of Japanese partly cremated. The Japanese, It was learned; late ! ast year landed from a boat, pillaged the native camps and burned tents *nd houses. The natives assembled a large party of warriors to take re venge and the fight came as a re sult. subsidy but were opposed to parts of the Humphrey bill. The Demo crats desired to offer several amead- meuts aad Representatirea Sulsec, Clark of Florida and Kuaterman had notified the committee that they de- slrbd hearings on their own ship subsidy bills. "The action of the Republicans is an outrage," declared Representa tive Alexander of the committee. "We were given no chance to con sider the bill or to be heard upon ; R. klHsyes, Page's Mill; easy. «4> ▲< would tbe A royally the B. Harris, Pendleton; W. T. W^ger, Blaekvllle; J. P, Garrick, Woaton; Thos. Taylor, Jr, Columbia; E. A. Brown, Camden; W. D. Byrd, Lau rens; W. J. McKinnon, Lykesland; J. D. Fooshe, Coronaca; J. H. Hanna, Gifford; L. T. Chappell, Lykesland; A. E. Gonzales, Columbia; L . R. Thompson, Pendleton; W. F. Cleve land, Ridgeway; E. J. Watson, Co lumbia; C. A. Woods, Columbia; Samuel Dibble, Orangeburg; R. W. Myers, Beech Island; C. F. iiarri*, It. In the fscs of direct promises Coronaca. Religious Intolerance. A dispatch from Paris says when the nuns acting as nurses learned that the building used as a Red Cross post and owned by Placide Alexandre j-b«t It was lost. Astler, radical socialist deputy, be longed to a socialist and freemason, they declined to remain, saying they feared excommunication. Thereupon the Countess d'Haussonvllle ordered that the place be evacuated. they hxv® 'railroaded' this bill through. It Is an Insult to the minority of the committee, to the house itself and to the country at large." The executive session of the com mittee was characterised by tense feeling. The Democrats endeavored to secure an adjournment and to amend the bill but were voted down. An amendment was offered striking out the subsidy sections of the bill Inis is a Bad Gose. At Richmond, Va., Judge Crutch- fleld was moved to pity when Hunter Ingram, 14 years old, Was hauled be Oore him, charged with stealing a loaf of bread, which the lad said he took for Big Stfirirfnc mother. Tfii judge dismissed the case. The hal was passed around toe court room, collecting $15 for the boy and hin mother. Flagman Kills Engineer. At Birmingham, Ala., J. R. Her ring, an engineer on the Southern railway, was shot and instantly kill* ed Wednesday night by George Dew- gre, a flagman. The shooting fol lowed a quarrel between the two men over train orders. A’toW 1 I he Wtid Goose Robt. E. Peary, reputed discoverer of the north pole, made a proposition to tho National Geographic Society, which. If accepted, will mean \ an pedkion to be on the way the UMOBfiaerod sooth Jumps to Death. Despondent because the Infirmities of age prevented him from earning a living, Frank D. Cornell, aged 75 years, leaped from the seoond story of a local Institution for the aged at Memphis, Tenn. He died in a few hoars. In answer to the Impassioned ap peals of the Democrats Mr. Hum phreys turned a deaf ear, answering that Immediate action on the bill was Imperative. When the final vote was taken It was shown that Repre sentative Humphreys had figured correctly on a safe majority for his measure. The open hearing given to the Associailoa of JSe w Jgrit resulted in n row between M r. Hum phreys and Attorney James C. Dough erty, representing the association, immediately following which Mr. Humphrey's moved that the commit tee go into executive session and con sider tbe bill without hearing further evidence. seed A Cherry Mine Victim. The body of one miner aad the carcasses of 44 mates srere fotyid 354 feet, dehp In the 8t. Pnal mine sf announced his intention of cultivat- Good Place to Live. Junction City, Ky., the town sec ond in six© in Boyd county., cite© as an unusual record that during th« last twelve months there was not a single police court case. Policeman Clem, who preserves the law In that community of 1,144. residents bos - Cherry, 111,, by relay parties of ro- aa«’ ' ■ tfsT* 1 mI a tobacco crop tola year as a A committee consisting of Messrs. Harper, Smith and Kyle was appoint ed to prepare full instruction* for starting the work of the Corn Biert- ing association, the result of the wbrk of the committee to be dis tributed as a bulletin or circular. The committee appointed to take up the matter of a corn exposition with the Columbia Chamber of commerce was composed of the following: Messrs. Hudson, Walker, Hayes Smith and Baker. A committee consisting of Messrs. Hudson, Walker. Fooshe and Baker was appointed to present a resolution to the ways and means committee asking for an appropriation of $580 to be used in furthering the associa tion. The following resolution was pass ed by the association and will be pre sented to the ways and means com- mlttee: r "TtesdtifM; tb*t ^ three be appointed by th* president of this association to go before the committee 00 ways and means of the house of representative# and the fi nance committee of the senate xnd earnestly urge that an appropriation of $500 be made for the purpose of furthering the purposes of this as sociation; said appropriation to bq expended under the direction of the president of this association and th* State commissioner of agricaKtar*’' A. ,fl. Smith, in speaking ot the Corn Breeders' association apd Its purposes, Tuesday said: "It takas four things to ropg© good corn in South Carolina—need, soil, cultivation and fertlllxs^ on H | a hjeet of too lb provide is known to be hlgk-ylehilag. that will produce a progeny that true to type. "Every state In the Union that produces a large amount of corn has t^porn Breeders' association that is continually improving the need and It wo# necessary for South Caro lina to have the same sort of organis ation before corn growing could be developed to tbe highest point. Corn that has been bred up will yield 10 per cent, more or better than corn that has not been bred up. In other words, South Carolina Is losing st lea*t $,000,404 bushels a year In the yield, owing to the poor quality of seed. Members of the association who breed com along the lines laid down in the meeting ylll be able to guarantee seed that will be high producing. "Rules for the corn contest are beligg mapped out by which The State will give $1,000 In premiums for those that do the best breeding The corn Is to be bred in the year 1910 and succeeding years. In 1911 a comparison will be made between the corn that Is bred up and the corn that has not been Improved, and the breeders who have made the greatest Improvement In yields will receive $500 In prizes in 1911 and $400 in 1912. This contest will be open to any farmer in the State who wishes to enter the contest. “The local agents of the United States farm demonstration work will a*slst The fanners wbo are breeding com In harvesting the breeding plots and selecting seed tor the coming year. The com division of the Unit ed States department of agricnltur' will furnish the plans for breeding The office of farm management will have general supervision of th* eon- It Is the Intention of these various departments to foster the or ganixation os far as possible until the contest Is eonclnded. At the end ot that time the farmers ot the State should understand corn breeding sufficiently to conduct the organise lion without assistance. It is be lieved that this association has been organized along the beet lines of an? association that has organised to ;ii«y State d lately sent to the ln entire charge of the work Ot res cue and Investigation. - - The Faina is oa* of toa hoot eqslp- • ped coal mines to tho leonMIs ot Mexico. It has an odoqtoto vtotan- tlng system, Is provided with sleetris lights, and tbs mi»iw g »y or#' “ utterly at a loss to acconnt for presence of mine damp in 'IVfi. ! working. No stone will Jml toft . _ _ the company to afflord relief tor the sufferers. Tbs bodies of th* toed 1 were Interred Thursday. — Refose to Hear Senator Joe Bailey of Tex addreea the legislature. The tlon to invite him wot go attacked in the eenste that Senator WcoIm * Qraydon, dinkier and Clifton Bailey on th* score of taint, Graydon particularly the Texan on hi* Standard - nectlon. Blows Off His Sensational newspapers the fire of Speaker Cannon’s 1 Wednesday night when he 1 the Washington Loyal 28th annual banqv jhtotoNtod coin, Garfield 4 that themur' by pub’* Live St« --c.v At least be charged Wednesday diet pf four painter, began stake and choked tbe first YM ■r