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MANEUVERS TO BE REPEATED Regulars and National Guard to Camp Together. Chickamauga le One of the Summer Camps Included in the Plant of the War Department. Washington, D. C. ? Last year's Joint maneuvers of the regular army and the national guard will be repeated during the summer, according to present plans of the war departtaent?one set at the envornniont's grounds at Pino plains, N. Y.. and the other probably in Maryland or Virginia. General Frederick D. Graut will be In command at Pine Plains. The southern maneuvers probably will bo under the direction or some members of the general staff at Washington. Other camps this year will be at X.eon Springs, Texas; Atascadero, California; American Lake, Washington; Chickamauga, Georgia; Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; Fort 1). A. ltussell, Wyoming, and Fort Riley, Kansas. FURNISHING RABltSJER BUSINESS. Los Angeles Woman Had Supplied Over 300 Infants to Customers. Los Angeles. Cal.?That she has provided homes for more than :?0<> babies in Los Angeles and that uiitn now none of the supposed "lathers" lias been any the wiser, was the testimony of .Mrs. 0. K. Smith, who furnished Mrs. W. W. Wilson with to children. Which the latter tried to palm off on her husband as quadruDiets liorns to her Mrs. Smith's story was told in tlR* investigation before Judge Wilbur regarding the parentage of tiie foui children which Mrs. Wilson had admitted were not hers. The four homeless babies were brought into court and identified as nearly as possible Judge Wilbur adjourned the hearing for a week to allow the officers time to summon the real parents into court. One vi r I hnKir ,...>0 t.w 1 I " wjumj u uo .J iVUt' J^UU aNU. U . No Rehearing in Tobacco Case. Frankfort, Ky. ?.'The Kentucky -t. of appeals overruled a motion rehearing in the case of UKTobacco Society against .1. skill et at. The Clarke county ?ome time ago appointed t for the soeiety, but tho as reversed by the court of d. Big Freighter Ashore. New York City.?The big freight liner Kl Mar, of the Southern l'acttie Steamship Company, went ashore at Kockaway 1 loach during a heavy fog. / Kockaway's life-saving crew are st.i riintr rpmlv t\ff tim ?."> " f,,u~ 'liner sailed from Galveston witli a valuable cargo. Chicago' Grafters Got $254,000Chicago, III.?Paul Uedioske, who recently resignetK as a deputy commissioner of public works; Michael H. McGovern, a wealthy contractoi who lias had many hig'city contracts, and nine otner men wi.o are city of\ licials or employees of McUovcn were indicted l?y the <<,,-nty grand jury. The men are charged with conspiracy to defraud the city 01 $254,000, according to tho true bills. Too Many Children; Father Suicide., Monroe, La.?"There are too many ' children in my family; all the mea boycotts from now back to Adam would not save me from the pooi bouse," declared Will Skinner to a crowd in the iron Mountain dope Then he shot himself through the heart, dying instantly. Skinner was tiz years old and was the father or nineteen children. He was formerly a rich planter. He lost money i speculation. American Shoes for Dutch Heir. Washington, D. C.?An American \ firm has been commissioned 10 ie 'tiny shoes for the heir appar c to the throne of Holland. Queen illielmlna in giving the commission ipulated that the shoes must be ule from materials which she would pply. The materials are pieces tan from the queen's wedding gown, leso include cloth of gold and silver d brocaded satin, valued at $100 a "d, to bo' iscd for linings. jt A lyio Double-Tailed. ,n, Ariz. Professor A. f*l. as, observer at the University .rir.ona, reports that Comet. A <> is double tailed. The second tail as noted branching off duo south, with the other pointing straight upward. Professor Douglas estimated the length of the double tail at Jt! do grees, the longest since the comet or 18S2. Gilchrist Gives Parks to Wnycross. WaycrosB, (ja. I'rohahly iho biggost individual gill t,n- city ever received is that just tendered by Governor Albert W. Gilchrist of Klorida, who offers ail streets and parks of Gilchrist Park to tin: city free ol charge. At considerable expense to 'he governor, hundreds of shade roes were planted and a number ol ilo walks placed in the recent add lion to Waycross. Columbia to Admit Women. New YnrW Citv. t In Hie history of Columbia University women am to ho admitted to tno courses in law and medicine. They will be received at the summer so* .elon, which opens in July. jr ' v -? Smallest Man is Dead. P'utnam, Conn, Reuben Steere, whom Harnum called the smallest man n the world, died of pneumonia at his homo near hero. He was I'l years old. Steere weighs f>f> pounds, and is 47 inches tall. He "tarried Miss Annie Mycr, another Lilipulian. Long Fall for Aviator Latham. ' alro, Egypt - Hubert Latnam. the French aviator, foil a distance or inn feet while making a flight at lleliop olis. The monoplane was w rocker], but Latham was not injured Floods Desecrate Tomb of Napoleon. Paris, Frarr ?The flood has not ovon spared t* resting place of Napoleon. Whoti the main drain under the Champ de Mara broke, it spowed up a Hood, whim ate itrf way to Ui<> Tnvalldes, In which lies Honnparto. btxaurl a 1 ?. *i_ ~ . ?*.< wivvi y<1111?l am,j. company. Washington, D. C.?The pogtofflee department haB Issued a fraud order against the Bridgeport, Ala., Twenty Thousand Club, which linn otttc.eu u Bridgeport and St. I?uIb. The con- i corn 1? charged with doli.? a lottery buelneus through the gutae of a lot> 1 oiling schema, . ' < mrn^L . J COTTON GROWING IM MEXICO. Consul Freeman Write# of Improved Method*. Columbia, 3. C.?Of peculiar interest to the southern cotton growing states ia an article In tho consular reports which has been called to the attention of local cotton oil mill men. v^unsui rreeman writes or the production of oil In Mexico: "The cultivation and manufacture of cotton and cotton seed products is a most Important industry in this consular district. In contradistinction to the implements used In the western part of this state such as wooden plows, brush harrows and other equally crude tools, the haciendas of tho Lagune district in the eastern section of this district which are devoted to the raising of cotton are emphatically up to date in agricultural methods and Implements. On these plantations are to be found gang plows, cultivators, gins, presses, and tools of the latest design all run und6r tho direction of a superintendent or manager, who thoroughly underRtnniln nntfnn "?' ?? * ?! vuvwu B>uni>i6 C..1V1 nnu ?Ccelves a salary commensurate with his responsibility. In thi3 district, there are no small farmers, and, so far as I am able to learn, no land cultivated by shares men, as is the rule in the corn-raising part of this district. Each plantation is a business proposition. Under the superintendents are the overseers, the office staff, and the laborers. These last receive on the average perhaps $0.75, Mexican currency, (37Vi>c) per day of eleven hours for work AWFUL "BLACK HAND" OATH. Constitution of "Society of Banana" Read in Court. Toledo, Ohio.?The alleged constitution of the "Society of the lUuiana and Faithful Friends ' was introduced ui evidence by the government at the trial of the fourteen men charged with Black Hand conspiracy. This document provides penalties of deatn, stabbing, two to live cuts with a knife, branding 011 the body, designation of "tratiro," or "swindler," of deprivation of a share in the profits for their months, according to the gravity of an offense against the ob ligations placed upon the member. Death is proscribed lor revelation of secrots. Among offenses mentioned were cowardice, failure to use the knife as ordered, dealing sparingly, refuting calls of command, attempting to harm a fellow member or his family, neglect of "inspectors" to "keep orderr and pass the news around," and absenting one's self without notifying j cue local." j The constitution declares that there shall bo no excuse for failure, but, that there may bo extenuating circumstances on account of drunkenness, j WANT $1,(100,0(10 10 IMPH0VK IIIMDS Resolution Passed at the Meeting of League for Highway Improvement, j tit. Auguatme, Fla.?Asking an ap- 1 propriation of $1,000,00(1 for tnc estao- { lishiuent of a national commission on highway improvement, a lull was ap iuvjh-u w.v nil' liiicruauomu lA-agiiu j tor High nay Improvement ami resolutions were adopted asking for its passage by congress. Tho commission is to consist ol ' one senator, one congressman, four j civilians to be appointed by the pres- 1 ident, a repn Htmtative of the postof- | lice department and one of the do- j partment of agriculture. It. shall be j the duty ot the commission to have surveys made ior a national system : of good roads. Officials reported | that President Taft lias promised to j uoprove the l)iil for survey, for eordi- i liaJ'iOU of nil hiirliwavu ...... : tem.\ A coniuiittee was appointed to go to' Wastiiugton to urge the pass- j age of'tho bill by congress. Sent Lincoln Pennies Back. Waohington, D. C.?Hearing the government desired to withdraw ali tho new Lincoln pennies, Miss Mary Benson of Cresco, Iowa, inclosed four of them in a letter to President Tal't. The president turned over the letter I and its contents to Secretary Mac- ; Veagh, of the treasury department, ; and Robert O. Bailey, his private sec retary, in returning the pennies to Miss Benson, told her there was no lllteution oil the nnrt i\f ?ho ? , ?-?' t,u? crir ment to recall tno coins from clrcuiu tion. Newsy Paragraphs. It is not so certain iliat the president will be able to force through tlie | ship subsidy bill. Middle western I members are showing a disposition 1 to abide by the wishes of their con- I stituents and vole against the bill, j Hearings upon the half dozen or more bills introduced in the house dealing with the subject of cotton fu- t lures and other options, most ot I tlioin prohibiting gambling in futures, | will be held by the house committee ! on agriculture, beginning February 9. 1 Joseph A. Oaiina, house surgeon oi the Charity hosultal at X'ow Mrmnna I thinks there is a good deal of humbug about the boon worm. "The very tact that Hoekefeiier gavo a million dollaru to help stamp out. tin- hook worm lias added intich 10 the talk ot I tho disease. Candidly, I think much I of tnis talk is poppy-cock." Such : was the opinion rendered by Dr Dan ! na. "An Italian physician," contiuin'd Dr. Danna, 'recently told me that the reports of the prevalence of this distaso had the effect of scaring I0uropcans away from the south. " Tho executive committee of the National Kducation association announced that the lorty eighth annual convention will he neld in JJoston, July '<! to X, illlO, Boasting that he had not taken a bath in fifteen years nor tasted lood in nine weeks, .1. I'. Peterson, for three years a lodg< r in a Spokane, Wash., hotel, with $l.WiO In hank iuiuiiiiiir.1 iimi *->" 111 j:oi(i securely strapped under hi:< l< tt arm, was arrest od by order of the Spokane city health department and bathed in a lank at the county Jail That he might tame bin wife of constantly <piarrelling with him, Frank Morris of M :rs;?!ii? dipped her in the Mississippi river, according tt 1 hla own tostlmony in the divorce case Instituted by li?-r. The formation of a national association of the mayors of cities, for the purpose of advocating homo rule In municipal affairs, is urged by Mayor Fink ot Plain field, N. J.; Mayor Spencer of Passaic, '*nd others who (iro now forming a atate mayoralty association ?iion^ similar lines. Tiie ro-oporatlon of other states will probably bo invited at a convention to be held shortly In Trenton. John W. Daniel of Lynchburg, Va., was formally, for the fifth time, reelected by tho general assembly of Virginia to the United States sonate. The voto of th?' republican minority was given to Congressman Siemp. \ . ... , - TV . .. . WORST OF FLOOD OVER Situation in Stricken Paris is Greatly Improved. AMruifAIIQ APT in eirr niTiLiiuumiiJ ttllL ALL Ortl L Over Nino Square Mile* of French City Wore Flooded, Causing Great Damage and Much Suffering. A A A AMERICANS IN PARIS A A ARE REPORTED SAFE A A A A Paris, France. ? The uuUiori- A , A ties request the Associated A i A Press to announce that all the A A Americans resident in Paris are a i A sale, and, so far as reported, A A have not suffered. The tliou- A A sands of Americans in Paris, A A especially the artists and stu- A , A dents In the Latin quarter, are a A beinK bombarded with cable- A , m. grunts irom anxious relatives. A , A All are sale and none of them A , A have experienced accidents, so A far as reported. A few have been a obliged to leave their quarters A A in tae lower part of the city, A but the Latin quarter is high A A and sale. A AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Paris, France. ? ll was officially stated that the river Seine here was stationary, and that its tributaries , are ialliug. i The situation has greatly improved. This is, in part, attributable to the change in the weather, which sud- i denly cleared. The temperature also dropped. The city presents a weird spectacle, the soldiers, sailors, firemen and i police hastily constructing temporal-;, i walls by the light of camp lues and torches in an endeavor to keep out tho invading Hoods, while pickets patrol these sections of the city, whieiare plunged in darkness by the burst ing ol the gas mains and the stoppage of the electric lighting plants. President Fallieres ana Premier Jlrinnd drove in automobiles to t-te l Hooded suburbs, where distress is i greatest, speaking words of com to: t to the homeless and encouraging the soldiers and others engaged in saicage and rescue work. On their return they said that everything humanly possible was being done to aid the stricken and prevent further ravages by the Hood. Charitable nrirsiiilz.'itinna nm crating with tlie authorities in throwing open tin ir buildings; ami succor I itig refugees. Several convents and a number of public buildings have been equipped with military cots and 1 bedding, and trans/ormed into hospi- 1 ials. The Hod Cross is performing splendid service in distributing food and clothing. , Xevei't lieless, numerous pitiful instances are cited of women and children, who had refused to leave thefr homes in the submerged districts, ' shrieking from their windows for bread. 1 It is diliicult. 11> present a mental y picture of the geographical limits ol * the submerged area of Paris, but 1 roughly speaking it is estimated that I the surface inundated from the Seine, which must not bo confounded witi, ' tltr* nl'/n'll/iiif i?? 1 - wiv,. uuu 111 * ?i\ m i '"I'lfs i rum 1 burst sewers and subterranean rivers ' covers about nine square miles, or 1 one-quarter of tho city. ' Roosevelt an Idol in Japan. \ New York City?"Japan hopes that ex-President Roosevelt will return from Africa by way of Asia. .Mr ^ Roosevelt is a great popular idol in Japan, lie is regarded as a type oi the American people, and his we I conie in Japan would bo an over < whelming one.'' t >, Senator Culberson is Seriously Sick. .! Austin, Texas.?Grave rumors are j. onrrnnt >i? l!i- ' * u> i v.itu 111 urunM I <ii U |)UIII 1C.11 Oil'- ( clot; of Texas concerning the health v of United States Senator Culberson, who Is ill at Atlantic City, N. .1 t Among tiie rumors is one to the ef ( fe<t that Senator Culberson's physi- ( cnl condition is such that he contemplates resigning his seat in the senate. Cattle Boycott is Waived by Amcrict ! Washington, D. C. Clermnny's 1 place am nig nations which are to he ' declared exempt from the L'fi per ci-ir ' increase in duties, which the I'ayne 1 Aliliich law provides shall he impos : < (1 after March Ml, was practically as sured by a decision of this govern meat.- to leave the German hove on American cattle out of consldorn I tion in determining whether the Ua* i star's people shall be granted mit 1 mum tariff privileges. Word has be< i l cabled to Germany that the calf' < point is waived by tne United Stairs ? in the present discussion. \ Joplin Keeps Liquor. Joplin, Mo.?By a majority of si in a total vote of c.,,r?ot, prohibition was defeated at a local option elec- ' lion here after a bitter campaign. ' Women and children took an import ' 'lilt inrl in ?. . ..... ...... ..iv < ii<ii|iiiikii, milrcinnp and siiiKinK i" tlx; streets and serv- 1 1 uk IToe lunoh at the polls. In 1XX 7. (i v Longboat Outruns Smallwood. i Pittsburg, Pa. Tom Longboat, the ' Indian runner. In at Percy Small wood, the Welshman, in a liMnih- indoor i running race l?y 4 minutes. Longboat - t time was 1 hour X minutes ;!7 see- r onds; while Smallwood, who finished Salmost live laps hehlrid, did It in s hour 12 minutes 37 soeonds. ii Enforcing the Prohibition Law. | uary, Ind. I liir ty persons were fined $!> and costs and sentenced lo thirty days in jail lor violating the ' prohibition law hetv ix ( Hargis Must Serve Lifetime. N Lexington, Ky. Beach liarftts must servo his sentence of lite imprison- | ment for 11 < murder of nis father, James Harris, the feudist, according to iv finding liandcd down by the Km lucky court of appeals at Frankfort. Kargis had it. U< <1 for a rehearing of his appeal lo the court. I Taft Gives $50 to Morris Brown. Atlanta, On. I'residont William II Tuft haa contributed $50 to the fund for tlio further development of t<ie industrial department of Morris J Urown College. Oldest Man in Onio Dead. < fclyria, Ohio, "l'ncle" .lobn Ram aey, 111) yoarK old, thought to miv boon the Oldest person in Ohio, die< t ?i nit; cuumy inn rniary near licro t Ramsey wau a slave, and escaped foi t ty years before the civil war, going I to Oberlln, which lator bocamo his torlc as a iitatlon for the underground ^ railway tor escaping slaves. \ < J \ V r. , : .. CYCim 8WEIP8 8TE1 GEOfQIA. Conildw*U? Damtfs Don* in S?V?r?l C*unti??. Cordel?, Ga. ? A hurricane offefourth of a mile -wide passed over the western portion of Cordele. It swooped down on the plantation or Dr. Warren Williams, destroying several houses. The plantation of 1. M. rowan, mree nines nortneaet or the city, was completely wrecked, destroying tiie dwellings of the overseer and six tenant houses. The storm, continuing its course, wrecked throe tenant houses on the plantation ol' Colonel O. T. (iower and serljusly injured several negro tenants. One of the most peculiar freaks of the cyclone happened on the plantation of I. M. Powell, where tke house of his overseer was blown several yards from its foundation and barely damaged. There wer? thirteen occupunts in the house when the storm HtrucK it, and all escaped without serious injuries. Damage In Sumter County. Americus, Ga.?A wind storm of cyclonic proportions and accompanied by heavy rain, passed over the southern portion ot' Sumter and the northern edge of Lee counties, re?ult1ng in considerable damage to property; and 1IVT.II rtmcnuia hKViTill leillllll nOJlBeB I wore likewise destroyed. N'o loss of j life is reported. Damage at Dawson. Dawson, Ga?Considerable damage was done here by hlga wind. The Armory building was partly unroofed and damage done by heavy rainfall i following the storm. On Airs. Bailie Janes' farm, near Doverel, a barn'was demolished and several mules killed. Eight Hurt at Orangeburg., Orangeburg, S. C.?Seven pupils and a teacher were hurt when a very tierce cyclone demolished the TwoMile Swamp School house, 12 miles from here. One of the pupils, a. son | :>f Dan Qarrick. was seriously injured Eibout the back" The injured teacher is Miss Julia Reed. None of tiie pu I>ils wore seriously hurt. INDIANS TO HAVfc NEWSPAPER. "DcGwann's Ahcheeta'' Will Be Published by Five Tribes of Indjarts. Muskogee, Okla?An Indian newspaper will be established here next , mailt h, I ho iii\st copy appearing prob- ! ably on February 15th. Chiefs of the I live civilized tribes and other influenzal Indians are backing lhe movement. The paper will be edited by A.ujAustus \v. Ivey of Stilwell, a Cherjkee, and will appear weekly. It will be known ns "The DeUwanns Ahcheea," which means "farm and fireside," Alien translated into Englisn. Kverv deunrtnu iit mi th?> minor will u> printed in sonic Indian language. 1'he Cherokee, (.'reek, Choctaw, Semilole and ('liicltasaw tongues will be epresenTed. Jt will be free l'room >olitlcs. WANTED FAME AS MOTHER. tVoman Assembled Four Foundlings ' to Boast of Having Quadruplets. Loe Angeles, Cal.?In Biblical times l required the wisdom of Solomon to J idjudicate the claims of two mothers ' o one child. But Judge Curtlss D. A'ilbur, of Hie juvenile court, was ailed upon to decide the question in ' iio claim of one mother to quadru- | )lftS. Mrs. \V. W. Wilson fact's the cu ious charge of having assembled four oundlings in order ii? achieve tlie ceehrlty of being a mother of quad uplets. Not only tliat, but it is r.leged that on previous occasions she vent through the same proceedings villi twins, then triplets. LACK (tt WHISKI Y COST A LIFE. Arizona Druggists Refused Liquor to I Save Child's Life. Hrovo, Ariz?The druggists of this ity having entered into an agreement j miong themselves neither to sell nor | ;ive away liquor for sixty days, T. | I. Smith was unable to 'irocure whin. I ty or brandy, declared by a physician | i.<- iinra.iuij in sine uie me ol Smith's two year old Bon. J he chilrt lierl from pneumonia. '1'he prescripion was endorsed by the presided it the city council and one of the :ounctlmon. Balloon Trip Across the Atlantic. New York City?A balloon trip icross the Atlantic will be undertaken ii May. New York and Berlin are x-hind the Kchi'tne. It is planned that he balloon tsiiall leave Berlin on May f., with Vancouver, British Columbia, is its ultimate destination. irailnd Land hir Whlskev. San Antonio, Texas.?James B. Ai en of Forth Worth is responsible for lie statement that ho had exchanged oo.tuio teres of land for 100,000 gat(ins of whiskey with Dayton, Ohio, listilleries. Tan land is valued at >l.lu an aire, and tlif whiskey also allied in the same sum. Will (iivn Millions to Colleges. Chicago, III. -After having given nore than $4.000,000 to struggling :olleges in many parts of the county, Dr. I). K Pearsons, on the eve >f his JMIIi birthday anniversary, anloiincod dial lie intends to give away very ("lit he posspRnoH before tip lies Dr l'ear.oin- is reputed to he vorth many millions. 'NinoilliCftd lliiiid: Wnman Still l.lvns. Marion, Ind. After tlir? doctor had renounced her dead And the underakcr had cnnie, Mrs. Oru C. Gunions evivcd and lias a chance to pet well. 5he is suffering from the effects of a urxieal operation performed a week igo. Doatli Claims lifinnral Draper. Washington, D. C?General Willinm Draper, former American nnibassa lor to Italy, died at IiIh home hero, uier a prolonged illness, aged Us roars. r.tigadier (!en> ral W. F. Draper was )orn in IxiwHi, Mass., April y, 1X11!. I<? served in the union army from SGI to Ixi,}, holding commissions roin second lieutenant to lieutenant 'oloiu'l, < oinmaiiding, and alsoo coio id and brigadier general by br? v< le was twice wounded. Aoroplam; Might at I'wisacoia. Pcnsacola, Fla. Lieutenant Rhodes stationed at i*v?rt itumincnu ir?v,..i or of an aeroplane?made his first liKht <jii the government reservation, ising to ii height of about ono bunired feet and remaining iu the air or live minutes. Ho declared at the conclusion of he flight Hiat the first test had proved entirely satisfactory, and believes tie success of his undertaking has >eon proven beyond a doubt. The report of tho trial wm forvarded to the officials at Washington, vho are Interestde in the machine (: LIBEL CASE DISMISSED N. Y. World Held Guild*** of Slandering Government. ROOSEVELT ORDERED SUIT ???y Government's Prosecution of Newspaper lor PublicatioH Anent Canal Purchase Ends in Quasbed Indictment. New York City.?The indictment against the Presa Publishing Company, publishers of the Now York World, charging Joseph Pulitzer and others with criminal libel against Theodore Roosevelt, President Taft and others, was quashed in the United States district court. Judge Hough ruled that the statute upon which the In filntinnnt rautnH ?/aa n/\t atifflri*nt In authority, or, la other words, that the court had no jurisdiction. The decision of Judge Hough is of international interest, the now famous libel case having at its inception involved ex-President Roosevelt and his brother-in-law, Douglas llobinson, and President Taft and his brother, Charles P. Taft. The publishing by the New York World and the Indianapolis News, just before the close of the last campaign, or an article in which it was asserted that relatives of former President Roosevelt and President Taft were members of a syndicate to purchase the stock or the French Panama company from the French stockholders when it was certain the United States would buy lue kiock, creaiea n sensation. i no Amcr'.can syndicate was said to have made millions. President Roosevelt sent a special message to congress on the matter, and made public correspondence In which he characterized the publication of the Panama story as false, and asserted that Delavan Smith, one ol the owners of the Indianapolis Mews, was a "conspicuous offender against the laws, honesty and truthfulness." Joseph Pulitzer, owner of the New York World, came in for a severe scoring by President Koosevelt. The federal proceedings in Indianapolis against Delavan Smith and Charles R. Williams, proprietors of the Indianapolis New*, were thrown out or court. Judge Anderson declaring the puuiisiicrs suouiu not ue araggeu from their nomes" to Washington to bu tried. Among Lawyers, the opinion was general that the collapse of the government's case marks an end of further prosecution. (iUViiKNOR PATTERSON IN NEW YOKK. Tennessee's Executive Says South Holds Key to Lower Prices. New York City.?The south holds the key to lower food prices, according to Governor Malcolm It. Patterson of Tennessee, who is in New York for a few days. Here is what Governor Patterson had to say when asked for his solution of the problems presented by the higher cost ot living: "We are not feeling the pinch nearly as much in the south as you ar<> up here. Tuo principal reason is the l.laill IflllKOUU l, .1,1 I,t our land. There is no congestion ot population in the south. What wo most need is an Increase in population. "If a method could ho declsed whereby millions of the poor In the crowded sections of the east could be scattered over the agricultural lands of the south, the problem of the ex cessive cost of living would soon bo solved. "I hope soon to see an organize J movement led by able men to scatter the people back to the soil. Our vafit domain is yet undeveloped. There Is where the fortunes of the future arcto be made. Any man who comeu to the south willing to do the work I nf a man will find profitable employ-1 merit and an open road to lndepend I ence. "Our land, though bettor than most western land, is cheaper because the demand has n?r?r been stimulated by the adventitious use of subsidies for railroads as the west, which has been BettUd and developed through the neces. ty of groat railroads to onticb people to occupy their lands. ' PROPOSED SOOTHEM CANAL To Connect Chattahoochee River With St. Andraw't Rau Washington, D. C.?The army engineers' estimate of the cost of n canal counseling the Chattahoochee river Willi Ht. Andrews bay places the figure at 1330,000. The canal ii i which 'Mtlmales were Hiibnntted to the committee in to ho 70 feet wide an i accommodate vessel drawing six feet of water. Representatives Adamson of (iuorgia and (Mayton of Alabama aro united In trying to secure the appropriation for the canal. NU KAID0N CORPORATIONS. President Denies That He is Planning a Crusade. Washington, D. C?President Taft made pub.ic the following atatement as to hi* reported crusade against corporations; "No statemont was issued, either fr< in the attorney general's otllco or tlio white house, indicating that the purpose of the administration with reference to prosecutions under the antitrust law is other than as set forth in the message of the president of January 7, l'.MO. Sensational statements to the effect there were to be a new departure and an indiscriminate prosecution of important industries havo no foundation. OUTLAVf mm IEJFCTED. Rhode Island Return# North Carolina Bonds to the Donors. Providence, R. I. -The embarrassing position of the state of Rhode Island with regard to tho repudiated North Carolina bonds was terminated when Governor I'othier allixed his signature 10 u legislative resolution providing that tl?r? half million dollars' worth of those bonds given to tlx- state for collection ho returned to the donors. The bonds will ho sent to tho bondholders' oommittoe. HUOKWOilM HH.AISQUARTEHS OPENED. Offices Have Been Opened in Washington. Washington, D. C. Headquarters of tho Rockefeller hookworm commission havo boon opened in tho Union Trust building in tbls city. Its work will bo directed from Washington. A member of the commission left for a tour of some of the southern states in connection with the campaign against tho 'lary worm." I'rofuggor Wlckliffo Rose, of Nashville, Tenn., v?!!l bo o<lo of the directors of the work. HTFWHS HflTEl. ^ General. The new-fangled stora^ * v y street car created by Tiio* idiflon was tried out on a( Bey trolley line and is said ti - mado good, several trolley oy ..o riding on the trial trip. The/, .iteries are equipped to run the car upie Hundred and fifty miles without recharging, at an average expense of aliout 1 cent a nail*. It takes four Uours to recharge the batteries, but ttt is expected that by installing wlr?iB at intervals along the track tho; recharging can be done wnile the ciir 1b In motion. A large number of money prizes are awaiting winning in England by aerial flights of different' distances and under different conditions, but the one great condition attending nearly all the prizes is \that either the machine or the aviator, or both, must be English. The most important prize is the $50,000 ^fjer Gf tlie Daily Mail. A settlement has been llnally reached regarding the Hhnkow-bzeChuon railway loan of 130,000,000, and the allotment of bonds will bo announced in tho near future. England, France, Germany an<U the United States are each to sti *-e a one(luarter Interest, nf X7.Rim.n^n in loan. Dr. Henry LefTman of Philadelphia is working to develop a series of moving pictures of tlowerp In process of growth, so as to show the changes In minutest detail from bud to fvrfl bloom. Usually ne prefers to study the more rapid blooming roses. His plan is to take a photograph of the selected llower every half hour for several days till several hundred pictures have been taken. These, when run through a film machine, simply hasten the rate of change, so as to make all clear to the spectator. Dr. Octavo Chanutc, who now at inu ui utmost eigniy is regarded as the father of modern aeronautics, and who beg&n experiments with soaring devices in 187-1, in a New York interview denies that the Wright brothers were the iirst to discover tiie principle of warped wing tips by which their machine is balanced and which forms the basis of their suit at law against Curtiss and other aeroplane builders. He says the tips were actually used in liight by Mouiiiiard, a French engineer, in 1885. Washington. President Talt h.ts selected exrepresentative Charles 11. (Jrosvenor of Ohio as a member of the Chickaniauga National Park commission. General Urosvenor desires to havo tiie headquai ters of the commission transferred from Washington to Chattanooga, Tenn., so that it will bo ciosc to tile park. it is reported that Senator Culberson of Texas will not be a candidate lor re-election to tiie senate. Ill health has caused tno sena tor to 1)0 absent from Uio city during the present session. He resigned the minority leadership In iavor ot Senator .Money of Mississippi last month and following this come rumors that the senator will not continue in public life. The senator's time expires one year froom March 4. He lias made no announcement of his future plans. The senator is a native of Dadeville, Ala. President Tat't announced that ho favors a provision for two new battleships of the improved Dreadnaught ; or "all-big-guns" type in the forthcoming naval appropriation, lie do- ' clarcd that his predecessor's policy j of keeping the American navy well I equipped with modern fighting ma- ! cnines could not bo abandoned and that it would bo false economy to j provide for any loss than two battle- , ships a year. The following nominations wero I eoniiriiK'd by the senate: To bo ! United States marshals, Clarence G. j Smithers, Eastern district, Virginia; ! John F. Horr, Southern district, Flor- ! Ida; Asbury H. Patrick, Eastern dis trlct, Kentucky; Frederick W. Collins, Southern district, Mississippi. To be United State's attorneys: l.unsford \j. Ijewls, Eastern district, Virginia; Finest F. Cochran, South Carolina; John M. Cheney, Soutnern district, Florida. To bo collector of internal revenue: Lawsou Iteno, Second district, Kentucky. a question having been raised con- 1 reining tlio right to transmit labels for seed packages tnrough the mails under congressional franks, tlie law ollicer of the postollice department has ruled that such labels are not public documents within the meaning of the law, and that, therefore, they cannot he mailed free of charge. This appears to be a very simple ruling, but, as a fact, it will affect a good many members of congress who have been sending to postmasters in their district seed labels with instruction's to mail the seeds?also sent Iree in packages _ Signs of the approaching completion of the Panama canal are manlfested in the summary of the work done on that great project last year. During the year more than thirty-five million cubic yards of material were removed, two million yards less than the record of 1908. The reason lor this decrease is that the Held of op crauons in dry excavation has been narrowed by tho completion of tue work in certain sections, while in tho wet excavations the work lias become uioro difficult on account of the depth obtained ny the dredges. Meanwhile groat progress has been made in the construction of ttie enormous locks at uatum, where two thousand yards of concrete were placed in a single day. The census report shows the total supply oi' cotton for tho four months period ending December 31, 1909, to have been 10.791,451 running bales, made up as follows: One million four hundred thousand live hundred and eighty-live September 1, 1909, baled during tho period 9,259,095, net imports 48,781. The distribution is 1,747,244 bales consumed, 3,774,7 *^r exports, 1,597,167 held in mills, 2,548,702 held in independent warenouses, ! other slocks 1,123,607. Senator Itankhead has introduced u bill appropriating $75,000 for a public building at Jasper, Ala. Members of comiti-ckr ?/!?/-> ' w I sent farming districts decline to get i greatly excited over the agitation on i high food products. Ono of them says that tho popular button being worn iu some cities?"Do You Eat Meat?" ?is about as sensible as a button reading?"Do You Wear Clothes?" In viow of the crops they claim that the farmer Is not receiving excessive prices. "If it wero not for tho automobile," said a farmer-congressman "horses would bo worth about J600 apiece." The investigation will probably show, they a*y, that the retailers are the peoplo who are making : the big profits, not the farmer. -mm :/ i f. / PALMETTO STATCltlS Columbia, 8. C.?Charges ot] the grossest Violations of tiie ordinary rules of sanitation and decenojr and a stinging arraignment of the board of iu^ciiwd ui wo oiaiu nuDpiim iur uic Insane are contained In the majority report of the commission appointed to investigate the hospital made public here. The regents of the institution are: \V. J. Gooding, Hampton; J. Perry Ulenn, Anderson; W. W. Pay, Congaree; J. H. Taylor, Columbia. The .? report shows that on December 13 \ laet there were in the institution 1,533 Inmates?620 white women, 370 white inwu, oil negro women, azz negro men. Without placing the blame on any particular person, tiie committee's report Btating the evidence shows: That fifteen patients of one ward were bathed in the same water in a bathtub; that the foulest water closets are located within a few feet of on outdoor kitchen; that there are no screens about these closets; that the bodies of dead patients are buried one on top of another in the same lot, with as little consideration as if they were so many dogs; that cholera hogs and the dead ara kept In the same lot; that the wards, even of the white women, are overrun with vormin and the patients are allowed to go unkonitit iirwl me-cnri The report also states that many attendants are reported illiterate and brutal, many cases of brutality being reported, and that the food served the patients is badly prepared by persons who never learned to cook, and is served In dirty, greasy tin dishes, and government reports are quoted to siiow that in the South Carolina hospital the death rate is the highest 11T the United States, 21.54 per cent, as compared with a general average of 11 per cent. It is estimated that it will require 5350,000 to put the plant in proper shape, and it is suggested the present plant be sold, the land being worth $400,000, and two plants, to cost $500,000 each, be erectted by the state elsewhere. Greenville, 8. C.?Revenue raiding offleers returned to the city from the "Dark Corner" and report the biggest capture of illicit plants in a year or more, live stills having been cut up and over four thousand gallons of beer destroyed. All plants were In full operation, but the owners sueceeded in getting away. On approaching Luther Durham's place, where the biggest still was found, the officers found three young girls acting as scouts and whoso screams gave warning of the officers' approach. These girls wen- stationed on a bluff commanding a view of the road and furnished an experience nev er before falling to tho lot of the raiders*. Samaria, S. C?At a meeting called for tho purpose at the new town of Lybrand, in Aiken county, it. was definitely decided that the participants would take out a charter to build a railroad from Steedman, Lexington county, S. C., to Aiken. The name proposed for the new road was the "Aiken-Columbia Railroad, ' and as the name implies, tho flnnl object of the proposed road is to fnnnort A ilriiii mul lnmKIn This road will practically follow the survey made some years ago which was an air line from Columbia to Augusta, and further evidence of the road's success is that it is hacked by the people along the line as well as outside capital. Columbia, 3. C.?In the supreme court Lucy Dugas Tillman, wife - of It. Tillman, Jr., brought habeas corpus proceedings for the recovery u> uui iiiium cuuureii, uouscnica anil Sarah. It is entirely probable that there will follow one of the moat inforesting legal controversies in tho history of the state. Mrs. Tillman brings the action against her husband's parents, Senator H. It. 'rillman and his wife, who are now in possession of the children. GENERAL ASSEMBLY NOTE8. ....The enlargement of the state conservation commission, to have fun c harge of the forestry and mineral interests and water power of the state. m irnjiiiuifiiui-u hi uiu special report by W. M. Moore, who was detailed by the national forest to make a survey of this state for the purpose of ascertaining the exact conditions wv'ii reference to the forests. ....The estimated expenses of tlio government of the state for the year 1910 will be ^ 1,5-17.4i?l). 1C, according to a statement issued by Comptroller Oeneral Jones. This statement was sent to the general assembly with the report of the comptroller general. "It is apparent," says the comptroller general, in his report, "that the state must borow $450,000 before the taxes of 1010 are available." Ah to tho levy the report says; "If the estimated expenditures are not exceeded, a state levy of 5 mills will pay all appropriations, and leave an estimated surplus of $20,2441.^5." ....Senator Croft's bill "relating to compensation allowed confederate veterans for property furnished to tho confederacy without pay," was killed after discussion. ....The most striking new feature of the whiskey question and there is n~ ways a new feature, Is the fact that a measure is jolng to bo introduced providing ror a license system of deuiing with the liquor trailic. This metisnre an linn been stated, will bo introduced by Senator Smith or Hampton. The measuro provides for tho payment of from $300 to $500 to the state treasurer. The municipalities would also impose a license. ....A bill was introduced in the senate on tho question of submitting to the people of the state the proposition of issuing $1,000,000 worth ot' ' bonds for the erection of two new insane asylums. The proposition is to issue $1,000,000 worth of bonds to run for twenty years. The present, property would be sold, the proceeds would go to the sinking fund commission and the bond lssuo would be paid without raising tho tax levy. ....A bill was introduced in tho hnnao nn/1 onnoln f/vn ?? A ...IVI uvnuw IUI mo apifuiiitiiium of a pure food inspector. ....It la conceded by every clement in the whiskey light that the main battle will bo in the senate. Ever since the "compromise measure" of laat session and the subsequent elections in the 21 counties ot this state, It has been ovident that if tho p*>hibltlonistH decided to press their claims further the stttto senate would ho the scone of combat and it has so turned out. ....The lien law, an old, old question, has been up In tho house, and the Hydrlck bill requiring the crops be un and crowing boforo n mortgage bo valid, was killed. The lien law was repealed at tho last session of th? legislature.