The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1909-1911, February 03, 1910, Image 2
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.
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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, . ' <
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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.
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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
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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. \
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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
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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.
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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.