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*- . • y. VOL. XXXIV*; HE DENIES if] BARNWELL. S. C., THURSDAY. MARCH 0.1911 yw 1 " Gyrrifr BUfse Says Ciirplnlla Gen- eral is ii Error. WRITES A TART LETTER Says the Newspapers Lie So Often Here Lately That He Does Not Notice Them Usually—Record Says Its Statement of What Blease Said is Correct. Governor Blease said. Tuesday af ternoon, that his position had been misstated in press reports regarding his veto of the $o,000 item in the appropriations bill for Investigations of county offices, and he denied em phatically that he had told the comp troller general to go ahead and spend this money. The governor furnished for.~pubit- cat ion the corresi'OndeiiLe on the subject Tuesday between himself and the comptroller general, which ex plains itself: February 28. 1911. Hon. A. W. Jones, Comptroller Gen eral, City. Dear Sir: I notice by the papers (which lie so often here lately, that I do not notice them usually- that It was stated that I said for you to go ahead in your investigations and spend the five thousand dollars which were provided by the act of the leg islature, and which item was vetoed by me. 1 hert-by most po-itively say to you, not to expend that money. 1 made no such agreement, and If so understood by you, you were certain ly badly mistaken 1 thought it was a needless appropriation and cut it out, and stand by it. Very respect full -'. Cole L. Blease, Governor. February 2 1911. To His Excellency. Hon C de L Blease, Governor. Colum ia, S. C Dear Sir: Vo ir letter of t 2 Mb. In refer- nee to the ve'o of t i.t t appropriation for mv ■•.-t ig ; ■ .on G no-, or under mv due non. i.a> teen rei el\ ed . While the newspaper stun men! was somewhat mne< unite I under bteud \ on to suet • si t hat | 1-0! row such funds as s.iould be nc'es-ai.. to make needed m vesM - a: ions, ant ask the legislature at its next s s:on to provide fir the payment o: the loan I then n-a.ued (hit th- law rt uuired no- to tonhn> my e\ pt-ndlt .ret, to su h ap, ropn.il .on-- a have le eti made h> law. ttid -lull de termined. a- now ad v t \ ;.oii. not to l.o: row Sell mo'l v 1 V Go", of 1 i VI , r e\ e* 1 the ' p ro p!’1 a t lo t, s placed at m> disposal I o .rs r- s, • e' f all v. A \\ .lores-. Com: troib r 1 ■ - n- r 11. The paragraph will h c uised the governor to write a.s a'ove to t!,e com; 11 iib-i g. m t a 1 w a - as foil w> ■ I’.oVertl If I'd. a-o- Vetoed t!l<- 1'- '.1 In the a p.p rop: . at: n h:! i a .1 '.loP.'ttjg the i otupt ro |. r g- to r :1 to t x; ell f pool mi examining loun'v oth es but be h is sin -e -old the comptroller geti-ral to go ,ihead and spend th:- amount if so mu h should nee. s sary ('coo ; t roller General lot-es has. houiV'T, d< lined e m ptnit h :• U ■ to follow tills .nurse, situ th- legis lat lire sm ; 'itue 1 - to- n v. rnor s v e -o Wedliesd^v 'afn-rrioon 'l 1 ',. Keenrd said "i 'ompt rol ler < b-net .1 lom - dld not vo'unte, r to tie press t h Information who-!, I lie Re old p h lished in the issue if Momliv ret» r ring to this matter but the fo-ts as to what had passed hetwe. n the gov ernor at. I th.e . omptroll- r •enerah councruuuj w Imt is an official and public matter, were ase rt-tno-d ..v The Record of its own motion, and the statement published in this j per on Monday st md- as subsfanfial ly correct, the governor having urn posed, and the r.rmptrolhr gencr,.! having declined, to proceed without the appropriation veioed by the guv ernor. ’ COTTON Bt>LL \\ EE\ II.. GIVEN HIS SEAT BRYAN HKKl’ftK TOE MILLION DOI.IARS BRIBE. The Story of tho Offer, Which Was Made Long Ago, Has Just Been Printed in Omaha. William .1. Bryan got an offer of a bribe of $1,000,000 while a mem ber of congress, according to a story printed Wednesday in the Omaha World-llerald. The offer, it is said, was made during the Cleveland ad ministration. At that time he was one of the committee on ways and means. The proposal was that Mr. Bryan should not bring in a minority re port on tho Idll to issue $150,000,000 of bonds payable in gold, principal and interest. The article gives no intimation as to whence the bribe offer came. The is credited to a former banker of Lincoln, Neb., who has since dtea in substance the story Is this: The banker, while in Washington vis’ting .1. Si.fling ".lorton, then sec retary of agriculture, and Mr. Bry an, was approached by two men, whose names are not. given, and was offered $50,000 if he would obtain Bryan’s consent to kill the minority report on the Idll which was then nending. He was authorised to offer Hr. Bryan $ 1 .nun.uoo for the ser- v ice. If Bryan refused hut would agree to absent hints' !f when the bill came mi for debate Br> in was to receive i.’.unpMHi. The banker refused, but h*rr c:iw- the c-imr two men talking with Rip am Two hours later Bryan told th.e hanker t' ' to- had b°en of- f'-red a bribi of $ ! .u0;ipi.i-i ,;]<! p , ; refused Th v offer .1 mo a b: hit* n; f: ono t'emi no' 'o hr;ng in a minor.'. report on thit g -ld bond is: U" i told thorn go to whoev.-r ont tpem -n 1 t.-ii then th. is not mom . • •nu -• h m \'. . " s' r- • t to >f rv a') is r - ■ ■ I ’. 1 ‘'or 1 ..v ■ t:-. 1.■ \t v ^ ;.,r\ .. t, 'or r •y me A 'll s.l V . 1, g, ' 'lev itse; ■ - o v \..ry simp: s u ,v w :: a • | -v UlM: I 1 ..) ■ It !) *' ♦ t .r •t.»i <* t . > t ! :i' it u.ii i; |,5 i : ■i'l 1 d" r. • r ) » ! (’ r* f i» th- < mi ll l*il > I l.nvi INK RV. \- Result of Remg Struck h> a Doc tor’s \ iitomiH'ile. T! e S. ,t. s save Murdock Gan '1 . .n M r } • v ! ,\ Ci,:: pb. 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Thirty-five Republicans Also Voted For Him, Which (lave Him a Ma jority of Six. The United States Senate Wednes day, by a vote of -10 to 4<t, sustained William I.orinier's fitletda'a seat for the State of Illinois, defeating Hie resolution of Senator Beveridge de claring him not legally elected a member of the senate. The following Republicans votpd for Lorinter: Bradley, Brnndegee, Brirgs, Burkeley, Burnham, Burrows, Gai ter, Clarke of Wyoming, Crane, Cul- lom, Curtis, Depew, Dick, Dilling ham, Dupont, Flint, Frye, Gallingor, Gamble, Guggenheim, Hale. Hey- iurn, Kean, McCumber, Nixon, Oli ver, Penrose, Perkins, Piles, Rich ardson, Scott, Smoot, Stephenson, Warren and Wetmore.-—35. The following Democrats voted for r.orimer: Bailey, Bankhead, Fletcher, Fos ter, Johnston, Paynter, Simmons, Smith of Maryland, Thornton, Till man and Watson. —11. The following Republicans voted against Lorimer: Beveridge, Borah, Bourne, Bris tow, Brown, Burkett, Burton, Clapp. Crawford, Cummins, Dixon, Gronna. Jones, LaFollotte, Lodge, Nelson, Rage, Root. Smith of Mi- higan. Suth erland, Warner and Young - 2 2. The following Democra’s voted against Lorimer: Bacon, Chamberlain, Clarke of Arkansas, Culberson, Davis, Gore, 'H.ir'in. Monev. Newlands. Overnmn. • •••n. Bert v Ra nor 'bi v elv, St:!!'h >f boiith < arolnia, -t I..-, S a . 11: c.. a m l l av lor Md rich. Kr7i- r and Ten ell d 1 r.ot rot.- Senator Loritm r dul not • tv.- ‘a -, a 11 s. - of his in'.-rest m th- 1 -e ind Senator 'ha 1 i tf. rro w R. h's seat b-t' d:d nor rep nd to h:• mime The vote of s. i.a’or i'uBo- M r I .orim r < u--, ': o-n IB: •xd.s, was awaM.d vv , • b :-r. .t > -t. Both d I.t 1 w , • •. ha; 1- m IB \l TIR x| \\4 . M \\\ M \ Rs. I he >.>iilh nun he I’.ii.l f. i Sle/»sl During Wur. ( < b | . ,|| The fri- r. is in Cotiaress laim a tits of rut ton s. /. d •*ed< ral GovctT 'I under • h- • i >. v t!: ' 'a MEET DEFEAT r-r ^ Senate Resolution for Dined Election of Seuators Fails. VOTE WAS VERY CLOSE The Proposed Amendment to the Federal Constitution Providing for the Election of Senators by the People Falls .Four Votes Short of the Necessary Two-thirds. The United States Tuesday defeat ed the resolution proposing an • mendment to the Constitution eo as to provide that S- nators he elect ed hy direct vote of the people. A brave fight had been made by The supporters of the measure, as., was indicated by the vote. Fifty-four Senators stood for the resolution and thirty-three against it. Though this division showed so Urge a majority of the Semite to favor popular elections, yet the num ber was not sufficient, hy four, to carry the measure, which required a two-thirds vote for its passage. Immediately after the reading of the Journal the p piiilar eh-, ion res olutioy was taken up under unani mous consent, granted last week. So long had the resolution been before the Senate, and so carefully had the membership been canvassed hy its supporters and its opponents, •hat it was recognized from the mo ment the question was brought up that it would go down in defeat. Nevertheless, there was a large at- t iqi.la me on t lie floor. Though it had been understood that d< ’ Me would he shut off on (he aieavir - w h* n e.illcl up. Senator R.i- . on. w ho det- rmim IR. has opi'med t ue resolution as it w as alt* red nn- !• r the Sut lief!:i ti d amendment. i ■ g . . T| t ro I ot th*’ eh ■ I ions ill •> , p ds f (' iiere-.', \.-t hoped to : . ■ mi ,i | *: • tit adopted t i:a t t. t !-. • '! ,. tF,. , , , , ■< ■■ :ro to OOt | ob* , , , {■ ») c S-> ’ rn F •♦>'• O I' S . ri * ‘ 1 '■ t M 1 fu’;! ' " r s * 5 lit VV IS ■: ! 1, i: 11," 1 •!::. 1 su;' r \: s i < 111 i : « ’ ' t !,,n; *. d .• ; lv on'v in WAS ESCAPED CONVICT. MURDER SHOCKS ROME POLICE CHIEF IDENTIFIED AS ESCAPED MURDERER. Safe for Fourteen Years—He Had Been Joined by His Wife and Chil dren. Thomas Edgar Rtrihllng, who for five years has been chief of police of Danville. Va., under the name of R E. Morris, was arrested there Thursday afternoon as an escaped muvdtrer from the Hamilton, Har rison county, Georgia, prison. In 1SH7 tie was tried for murder, con victed and sentenced to life impris onment. He escaped, pending a mo tion for a new trial. Ftrilding coolly and promptly con fessed when- th« requi»htdon papers were read to him. Since he escaped Strilding waa married. He Is the father of ten children. The arrest and exposure of the chief of poliee was made by Secret Service Agent .1. W. W. Smith and Deputy City Sergeant W. W. Bosseau and caused a widespread sensation. For the past six years no one for a moment suspected his identity. Ef forts were made a numlter of times to trace tip some Rhaxiv snot in his past 'if-, in erimin.il trials inkling of bis prison brought out ITALIAN PRINCESS KILLED BY CAVAI.RY OFFICER. S' Ii ' vvh-t ■ (Ml | ■l 'h. . . 1 . Illg i ' r 1 -r tin Mf ! h- I I •' . tie I." ’ is tv;. •• 1 . • •hi n s. ot,ly 'it h. 1.1, k■ .i . • . r hioil-e N.'W it a ; • i - t h M 'a o h<> .s* ■ are asr. «■>! th.i* ,t ' at this motley shot.M 1 < r* >!ut. 1 - tight (111 .. w tiers • ! ties.'. IV 'he . M P f. ri es .M (if t he C -r p . • • ' es . 1 .1 '' 011 I r a-.d th- -1 l I ■ v ishi •i .t o tlo !in r Hi' ;- i.* i m ■' in ndnietit dii W H > f \va s pr u - mn '' it r ♦.• • L’» * . t AO c. - t'«i' !"\v ♦',! .i no r i. I 'US t,,t to ' w n ■ ! : I. o :- a -o') o' Rev ,1 A ('.imphell. ■' .’ *' Mho.l’-' Ml r Hr liolis -iot '• i rt 1 he , hat Mohr 'roper' v A '. now • s ,i tnm! I'M..!, r M ■ ' ho-e w ho si,!,. . • , j ' Hie t’ourt >»f I ' la : I) s. v iderfi'p Wit ho it b. no' of t bo a vv s . u ro. d u ; - in ) , . r • ' w dt an,, ndino; lL Ll» I ( 1 ’; >t ., . 1 1 ' ' , s Hts rospertin : war . l.umK. 1 I'V t bo . od- of o"..|i s- * • » t' 1 . ! I"'' "f apt ijr. d Ml l\ n ■ i | _,, , _ 1. .! . t • 'mm . vv ; t l-i ■ fell i: 1 . r;M •t.. V. •1 he B l- Ml M • y. u Brad: i; irv -t! i B \ i . i: 1 v i.. r t »--r- hut m career was He was first employed as night watchman for the Southern Express Company. About five years ago he was elected as a patrolman on the Danville police force, and after serving about six months was ad vanced to chief. His promotion was due, In a meas ure, to his great nerve and coolness, though he was cntlcised severely for his almost uncontrollable temper. Stribling, in his official capacity, hud many Innfiuential friends, and. during his residence hire, had nevVr hi—n charged with any offense other than those resulting from outbursts of t-jii’ — r Stribling shot and killed William I Curnc". In Georgia, and was being held in prison pending a motion for i new trial His trothcr-in law, wh.. war in’pii 11 ed in the killing, w a _• v. n ,i be g t 'lin, hut was pardoned ‘Afcr > a- < Hom prion Stribling was jnint I 1'V his wife and children H- was aBowel ncarlv two bout' ■■•) h;.l hi.-, f.uaily f a r- w e|!, at 1:; home, but did not break down ev. n for a moment The prisoner was taken to Georgia Thursday night. Before leaving In- said he kiih-d Cornett for a criminal t -a .It upon his s'-ter. stribling bi.|ie- to S- . lire a pardon. VA MU 1 VV ra - i front aU I.:.-: :'.*r H -• a < i I-im -rove lovaltv. { 1 ' s i, ; j ,if The fund a ii o wh: 1: S'iill:: C hlltt.S :iP $ i. 2. ■- ! Ml .0.1 Mum T! (.r: SiM h- r! m I. SI' p;, I ; Sw ms.it! W iru'-r, Watson Figures Showing Hovv Destructive They Become. RI R(. I \ Its M \ KI Rl< II II \t Is Net SoO.OOO | ro'll .1 -\vel Rohheriev hi D.ijt 'tia. :• a. ending w:t» home of M' . te l Bre. 7e. I 'l.m ,:. ii . Mmite.l to hav • i f hurvlirr -n,in than ■ms and other jew elry !h> r port of Mrs Whin held, je.'e'ry valit.d at ?25dln0 was . ••iir-d from her home, in'hiding ; ■ • :rl hr och and two diamond pen Junts worth $ 1 0.01111. This robbery followed the robbing o' Hieiionios of F H. Hotchkiss tliere anti .1 I). Pro c, at Ormond. The re hurt to the police shows that at each TWO G<>\\ It Tl D Ol MI RDFR. One Without, Other With Recom mendation to Mercy—Negroes, I ' ,1 re I'l IB h from Gaffn. v a \: to show the damage the boll weevil ’ late jewels valued at $15,n00 wen can do once hv opens his campaign taken. against the cotton fields of a Slat.-, All the bouses were entered in the’ we print the following figures re- sm me manner, through unlocked up- centlv eompiled in Mississippu ner w-indows, and the robberies are Count v. 19D'. 1 90 7. believed to be the work of the same Adams. . . . . 1,020 20.155 gatrr. There tire no clues to the burg- Amite. . . . 2 5,5 6 7 lars. Claiborne. . . . . 4,899 2 4,1 83 Franklin. ’. 1 5,045 Fell From Train. Jefferson. . .... 3,404 2 2,95 5 Pitching headlong from the rear Lincoln. . . 19,261 platform of the hast car on the Penn- Pike . . . .... 8,(108 22.407 svlvanhi easthound train, as it rushed 1 9,002 past a suburban station, \V. A. Hard- VVUkerson . .... 1,063 23,12s man. aged .5u, a flagman of<Newark, Yallabusha. .... 9,756 16,205 N. J., was instantly killed. The ac- There is no sermon against tho boll jcee^ll so eloquent as these few figures. They show conclusively that no time should be lost by the people of Alabama in preparing to fight the 'weevil this year. a-UJ. nt was witnessed by a large num ber of persons waiting at the station for trains and caused great excite ment. Convict Caught. Joan Wheatley, who was convict ed of shooting Conductor Joe Brun son on the Southern railway between Spartanburg and Asheville, and who has escaped twice, was Wednesday brought back to Spartanburg from Atlanta where he went after making hit laat get-a-vay*/ Schooner I*<*it at Sea, The loss of the four-masted schooner J. S. Strawbridge. 280 miles off Bermuda on February 28 and the rescue of her crew by the Russian Ship Endymion was announced Wed nesday. The Straw-bridge was hound from Rockport, Me., to Nassau, New Providence, with ice. The nine men composing the crew were landed at Bermuda. \ r t r lit itig out for a day and a nig; t Hi t be av a inset \rthur Hun-.. Blither Curry, two negroes, .iml .In Hayes, a white man. charg'd with he murder of Robert Davi.N'U. a white man, on Thanksgiving day. the ' ,ry broil-ht in the following verdi. : Thursday: Luthei* Curry, guilty of 'tnirder: Arthur—Curry, guilty of murder with recommendation to met'-, ey; Hayes, not g'llltv. It is not thought likely that the at torneys for the defence will trv for a new trial, but it is very likely that they will appeal to the Governor to have Luther Curry's sentence com muted from hanging to life imprison ment. Sentence has not y.-t been "assed on the negroes, hut will prob ably he irp, the morning. The t wo negroes are brothers. ■ ♦ ♦ ♦ RAILROAD A* Cl DENT. One Switchman Killed and One Was Wounded. The .Evening Post says Robert Tanner, of No. 11 Blake street, a switchman of Hie Charleston Termi nal Company, was killed Wednesday morning shortly before six o’clock, and Gus P. Zander, of No. 4ti Drake street, another switchman, was’ In jured, when'a tender of engine No. 8, on which they were rfiTIng. jump" ed the track. The engine was hack ing, and the switchmen were stand ing on the running board qf the ten der, when the jolt came, and they were thrown off, Tanner falling in front of the tender, and being run over, receiving Injuries that caused his death later, while Zander was bruised and bones in a leg broken. L - U - . Ill'' I.t' ..ii'' ti. w i ; :i B i''..!i. Bankhead, Braude . lev. Burnham, 11arrow s, .• eu . DB k . DiH.ngham. BI tM. I 'm- • e*-, G a I finger, ' ■- im. Johnston, Km.n. ■ t-r. M<>e. , , (tl: v • r. Big'. B"1 ' y, R 1: M ds.ltl, Rom! . • * - . t. TaRa’Yrro, Ibllman. Yeas, 5 1, nays. Tilt r.' wa r.' four absentee*. Sena tors A’.lib'll. Brazier. Crawford and P'lr' ll Had lliev been present, Mi. Ter: ell. It was announced, wnuyl ba\e voted against the resolution .ami Mr. Frazier for it. For Mr. Aldrich, tin tinnoum etnetit w as made. Later Mr, Crawford appeared on the floor Mid explained that he had overs) [It and th n madf the additional an- IHltlfVeetlK'IU ■ of a St'l.'et C.T defilV. HB- vote, he said, would have ban "aye.” •Sen iter Borah, who has fid the advocates of popular elections, 'hough disappointed in the result, was not discouraged. On the con trary, be f.dt lb it the vote plainly indie,iti.l the growing popularity of ; he measure. The .Senator said : "While I would like much to have hub four more votes, yet I am grari- ti* .1 w ith (he results. When it is demonstrated that the Senate stand within four votes of two-thirds, it is certain that the real fight is not over. • "The resolution avill be intro- duetd again at the first session of Congress, regular or extra, and urged unremittingly. The friends of the measure may rest assured that tho matter will not Be permitted to be forgotten. The next Congress, In my judgment, will pass favorably on the resolution." T11 < > I n \ N D DYING DAILY. ♦ Plague ami liimine Claim Many \ B l inis in < iilna. I'aiiMne and plague are sweep ing over < Inna. 1 lie known deaths from the plague number du noo, ami -u e.arding to the official statistics, the death rate averages 2'tu daily But lie officials say hut little is known nf Hie true < oudit ions. It is inijaissil.lt* even to estimati G.m number of deaths that have i>- 'il'e,] fi on, lark of fond Dr Snm liei Go. 1: ran, an A umu ie.i’i. w ho i . : eUlM '! In the v. Ill k of relief, VV I 11, - it: . a ilBoll people will die b* f i.|'< i he IB st mop Ik hat v.-s.ed. This w ill - , antv, bemuse ti.e peo.de liav. u'.' t|)r s'rengtb to till fbe soil, and j no animals remain for ploughing." So far .Lilian and A meric a are th< oily foreign countries that have con rihuted to aid the sufferers, hut even tpe assistance that has come ffoni th Bnited States is entirely InadequiH It is estimated that ‘J,0n0,0iiu peopb are without food and are existing on "oofs, grasses or anything that af f, rdsHhe slightest possibility of nour ishmetit. Those possessing grain guard it night and day. Misiionaries, who are distributing relief, tell of many tragic occurrences a man on his way to meet them dying in the road: another fallin? In the road as lie was returning to his family with packets of rice. From the famine, the death rate is several thousand daily. EXTRA SESSION Prtbakle Fiilire »f Redprtdlj thus Extra Tcm. NO 27 ALL DOUBT REMOVED In Hotel Room Slayer Stabs Victim, Who Bleeds to Death, Then Shoot* lliiiLself, But Probably Not Fatally. Princess Di Trigona, a lady-In- waiting to Queen Helena, niece of Marquis Di ."’aiigiuliano. the Italian ministt r of fun ign affairs, and cousin of Prince I>i Scalea, Secretary of State in the foreign office, was mur dered Thursday in a small hotel in he city of Rome, hy Lieut. Baron hiterno, a cavalry officer, who then shot himself. Patcrno was still alive when the room occupied by the cou- le was entered hy hole) employees, but the Priuce'-s was found lying on bed, dead She had been Stabbed in the neck and death was almost in- stantnnemiH.- Princess Di Trigona was one of the mgst beautiful ladles-in-waltlng to the Queen, and her tragic end has caused a tremendous sensation. She was at the Court lull on Monday and ittracted more than ordinary atten tion its well as general admiration. She had had a disagreement with her husband, which deeply grieved the Queen. Her Majesty used every In fluence to reconcile the couple, but u-ithnei ".■■« m'.-.a. Baron Patcrno, who had been I . lose attendance upon the Princess for some time past, engaged a room in a small hotel this morning. Soon he was joined by Princess Trigona and they remained together until the iftornoon A waiter, passing through the hall, heard a pistol shot, followed hy groans An attempt was made to break in the door, hut this proved too trong to be forced, and employees titered the room by a window. The Princess, half dressed, lay on the bed, in a pool of blood. A dag ger had severed the blood vessels in the net U and she had bled to death. P.'iHtuo was outstretched on lhe|°I an extraordinary session if me floor. There was a huile' wound In I Bresldent should call one, but all th# is breast, made in an evbt.nt at-t'’»H»>ates are that the se#alon would te11-:'t to commit suicide, hut he wnsj^ntinu* until between July 1 and 11 alive and w:n quickly removed I L It is Also Nettled That Extra Period Will He t'ailed to Begin Ha Work Before April 4—Democrats Wanted a Month to Prepare, and at One 'Time President Seemed Willing. A Washington dispatch aaya the last vestige of doubt that there will be an extraordinary session of con gress railed by Preeident Taft to con sider the Canadian reciprocity agree ment. in the new practically certila event of the failure of that meaanra in the present congress, disappeared Thursday when It became known that Republican leaders had been called to the white house for a consultation. "The die Is cast,’’ said one of lb# Republican senators after returning to the capital. ‘‘Mr. Taft has decided that there must be an extra ae##loa and that he will call It earlier than April 4.” Democratic leaders wanted a month in which target ready for a special session and President Taft was inclined to accede to th#lr wishes. It became known Thursday, however, that the Republicans fay- orrd an earlier gathering If there wa# no way to avoid coming back. Mr, Taft would be guided. It was said, by the wishes of the Republican*. Tt was announced that a conference would be held on the subject prob ably on next Monday, to decide npos a date. March 20 was the dat# talked about Thursday at the cipltoL Democratic leaden in the hotte# differ in their views as to the length , r i ■ri Speaker-elect Glark believes that four or five months would be atnpl# and Lhat- adjournment might be reat bed during July. Chairman Un- pt.ih Abe nn.l Paternn I''‘'rw-ood of the ways and means com- l.ait summer the | mt H<*e of the hoiire, feels that an ex tra session could wind tip Its bualneea O Ot tier I.U Tbe Ibin ."H Ii;m| been summoned o appeir b< for" Hi" Court today In ••par Minn pi ore. d i ngs brought hv mt hu '• am!. . re SB ilia'is i in' -ir 'v'i . at Saint M tii z with her two dauglM.rs, win) are seven and I h y 1- Representative Henry of fount i n vetrs old. when she received I Tt'*®®. who will be one of the leader# a 1. He! 1 from Putemo explaining that M" th « houae, thinks the aeaslon iiis debt i prevented him from join- m i8ht run on until October 1. All inn her. She was touched by the let- are of course, guesaaa. ter ami smt )i1m a check, which he The selection of committees, thoe# i-ned ovr to one of his creditors on accounts, mileage and rules first lie creditor, it is sa'd. Instead of of all- will be the first work at- arhing the c||.<k. used It for black mailing purposes azHinst Prime Di i'n:'..>i!.i, thus r* vcaling the scandal. MEETS HORmni.E DEATH. Died From Bite. At Lebanon, Pa., Miss Lillie Li-’ht, aged 34, died of blood poisoning as <'might in the Shafting of a Shingle Mill, Fatally Hurt. . Caught in the shafting of his fath er's shingle mill at Lexington about, v:;n o’clock Wednesday morning, young Davis Cauahman sustained injuries from which he died three hours later. His body was hurled round and round for .about 30 times before the mill was stopped. He was injured about the head and face and one of his feet was multiluted He was also injured internally. Da vis Caughman was a son of Capt. P. H. Caughman, one of the most high ly respected farmers of this county, living about 3 miles from Lexing ton. He was about 25 years of age, sturdy and industrious aud true, anri was loved by all of his associates. Died on a Train. Lovelace F. Price of Columbia died suddenly Wednesday afternoon while a passenger on the "Carolina Sj/ec- ia 1 ” coming from Spartanburg to Co lumbia. Mr. Price’s death resulted from an attack of heart fallurv. He MOM E ( RIsTO HAS A RIV AL Modern GroeMis, Voting and Good- Looking, sinrilcs Atlanta. Fortified with 15 1 one thousand- lolbir bills, a New York certified be k for $15 t’titi find a suit case and 111 id st. .ii" bag era mim'd full of bills of smalb r ib noti.illation and gold ins, a ti:v-terfous stranger has Juflt till;,ilii'd Kiving .VtUnlans a perfectly iiuit Mi ui ot D. alll Y.tlley Feot- ' • :■ Ii.-*' I'cmiing, and ins di parted tor Ha. M.a. t uba. u ItU Mias Louise W b in i mori', a pretty manit urlst wlioui i.c took as Ills bride while here 'Iter a short stay in ('ut.n, tliey will go to Ni w V r >k, from which city they will go to Europe for an ex it tided tour. * The youii.' Croesus registered at a loeal betel as A W. Carmichael, of N'w York, but is said to hall from Buenos Ayres. He asked to be given an entire floor, but finally was per suaded that a suit of four rooms would lx* siiffiu ient. He then pro- ■eoded to a tailoring establishment, where be onieretl an outfit of six teen suits, paving for them in ad vance, something over $l,0fl0. But this was only the start. Carmichael visited the hotel bar ber shop the first day, where he met and fell in love with Misss WhiJli- more, and made an engagement for luncheon. Not satisfied with her cos tume, jie pulled out five $^f00 IdltS H.nd fifcjR her out to get some clothes befitting the occasion. When shetp- ippt arcd„he was dissatisfied with her lack of jew els and took her .to a load ‘ng jeweller, where he presented her with h net kl tempted in the event congreas meets in extra session. The choice re#ts with the ways and means committee, which is vested with the function of a committee on committees, but a Democratic caucus must formally puss upon the committee's action. Democratic leaders say that the reciprocity measure, if not pa#sed by the senate at the regular eeeaion, will pass the houae In extra session if.tk# President should call one. Of the special •esslons called In March during the past forty yesrr, the shortest term was one and one- half months and the tongeet almost nine months. The last extraordinary session was during the present con gress, when the congrees met on March 15 and remained in seesion until August 5, constructing th# Pa>ne-Aldrich tariff law. I*I,EAR FOR MERCY. Sentenced to be Whipped for Bra- tally Beating Wife. The spectacle was witnessed la the criminal court at Baltimore, Mil., Wednesday, of a white man who had brutally beaten his wlf«, pleading for mercy with tsart streaming down his face, when he heard the sentence of five lashe# at the whipping post and imprison ment in Jail. But there was no mer- y because the testimony showed that Frank McCauley struck hi» wife seven or eight^tlmes, choked her and than took from her more than $20. It was the second sentence of a wife beater to the post by Judge BnCY- within a’ month. " - ^ a result of being bitten m the wrist . had only recently been suffering B< v and neck by an insane foreign wo-; verely from this trouble ar.d the at- rt:an yhoy a^ge was nursing. Sfcejtack was renewed Wedner^y aft?r- died in grfeat agony. noon. Burns Two Horse#. A colored renter on the planEatlon i p large diamond ring and pearl Dunbar, near MillettsvtU#, q^.,, Barnwell county, was plowing In a •< Ganiiichacl also visited a garage, h 51 " 00111 Be< ^K e an< ^ becoming where he rented an auton.ioTTlle at the went off in search of wat#r, rate of $5 an hour, for as long as he ^ rst netting fire to the sedge. H# should want it. At the end of his lpft hl « two hor8e8 hitched to a plow , risR ho paid tho ownor al- an( ^ when he returned in a short though ho had not used the machine horses were burned to more than half the xime. j death, still hitched to the plow. Accompanied by Miss Whittlmore 7 t * * * and her mother, Carmichael went I Engineer’s Head Crushed, from there to TamnT, Fla., en route! When a trestle gave^away Thur^ to Cuba. Friday Chas Belb isle, who day on the Shenandoah Iron ft Coal acted as his chauffeur .while in At- company's narrow gauge railroad lanta. received a telegram from Car- near Liberty Furnace, Shenandoah michael instructing him to meet him county Va., Engineer Jam## Hln#a* in New York and accompany him on skull waa crushed. He died InitaBt- an extended European trip. Car- ly. Fireman Thomas Fultx snS#r#d mlchae) also sent transportation and a broken leg. Hi# head VtflLdftk but $100. he probably will recover, Carmichael Is described by the ho-j ... » ^ tel attaches as good looking, of the Boy Horribly blonde type, and about 29 years old. I “Open my eye# He was quiet and, unassumlng^ind k ome » was th# dj apparently interested in nothing but cj y( j # ’ Fogus, aged ll having a good time.^ Va . who W ai horrlfc almost Instantly killed; Tired of Atlanta. the accidental There were four attempts In oneltlty of dynamite wl day recently by different persons tpiused to blow holeglft j commit suicide fin Atlanta. [fruit tr##fi> i' 5 ■‘■Aj « i-:.y