The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1909-1911, March 10, 1910, Image 2
SYMPATHETIC STRIKE
75,000 Men Have Quit Work in
Philadelphia.
SMS TROUBLE FEMES
Much Sullering Will Be Caused By DeterminaHon
of Union members to Aid Striking Employees
ot the Transit Company.
Philadelphia, Pa.?Between 30,00(
and 73,?jOO union workers on strike
100 different branches of industry af
fectcd and a renewal of rioting, ir
which two men were shot, is the Bit
uation which confronts Philadelphia
The sympathetic strike which wa?
called by the Central Labor Unioi
and the Allied Building Trades Conn
ell In an effort to force the i'hiladel
phia Rapid Transit Company to arbi
trate the differences with its striking
employees, is in full swing.
The police are apprehensive as tt
tiie outcome. With thousands of men
idle, forced to quit their usual voca
tions, it will be an easy matter tt
fan the sparks of discontent into t
flame of lawlessness.
Director Clay, however, has no lies
ltancy in declaring he has enougl
men at his command to crush an:
rioting.
The Rapid Transit Company stated
that every effort will be made t<
maintain trolley service. Cars wil
bo dispatched from all barns, the}
Kt!ltf> lit ll? lld'H' l-oivn I'.l ! ililmvnlc ...
possible, atul will bo increased it po
lice protection is- given.
There is no question that the sym
pathetic strike will cause much sut
/t*rins and inconvenience. Word was
received that practically all drivers o
bakery wagons, milk wagons am
teamt-ters for fruit and produce deal
ero will stand by the strike order t<
tne letter.
Other reports state that 10,000 (ail
ors and cloakniakers, f>,000 bricklay
ers, who are unaffiliated with tin
Central Labor I'nion; -10,000 mem
bers of the building trades, which
it is said, comprises 7."> per cent o
this class of men in the city;
members of the International (Sob
Beaters' Union, and between 100 am
f)i>0 cabinetmakers are ainonir tlmxi
who have obeyed the order for i
general strike.
\\ onl was also received that Su<
waiters had quit.
I' 11 ion cab drivers and chauffeur:
also abandoned their posts and lii<
hotel and railroad cab and autoino
one service; was badly cl'ippb d. I'iic
drivers of both taxicab services ii
the city are members of a union am
refused to take out their machine?
ailcr the strike bad gone into effect
Many associations ot empioyi i>
have scire letters and telegrams t<
the olllcials of I lie Philadelphia 1 i;?i
Transit Company and the city oHleiah
commending the stand taken am
urging them to remain firm in theii
determination not to submit to tin
strikers' demand for union recogni
lion.
All policemen, firemen and special*
who have been on duty sine tin
strike; began, received orders t.> re
main nl their posts. The einergencj
automobiles in Hie city hall court
yard wore increased in number nut
measures taken to .send a force o
men to any suction of the cily at ;
moment's notice.
Many of these machines are driven
by their owners, wealthy men, whe
have volunteered for police duty and
have ben sworn in by Direc tor Clay
TO FIGHT LABOR UNION.
Organization to Combat Political Activities
of Federation of Labor.
Wachinaton. D C. i.f.id. i ?m <>n<
those in the American Federation ol
l<uhor opposed to the; iVderation's par
ticipation in political affairs, a.; ex
ompllfied in t.ie; last congressional
olections, when the; federation made
strenuous efforts to defeat certain
i ougressmen, among thein Speake-i
Cannon, organized hpre tin- Nationa
Labor Alliance. The alliance is t<
have the backing of the Knights eii
Labor in the labor world of the Ainer
lean Federation e>f Labor, and others
hostile to the; political policies of th<
American Federation.
The National l.abor \lli:ince; plan?
BW^to eMUr: 1 in i!s n:ei:i I.en (lip all in
United Stale not fIII1 with tin
American Federation I Labor. Its
principal object is to ,'i<iiv'y light
the federation wberover (lie tatter or
gani/.afion attempts t > ititeihrc in
polith al affairs, especially in congres
Sional . lections.
Tli< alliance plans to send speak
ers ami money into any congression
nl district wherever the \aierienn
Federation of Labor is making a fight
against the re < lection tsj* represents
live.-' to the next congress.
$10 Hnfl in P.hir.TriA
Chicago, III. Hogs sold at |10 or
(ho Chicago market, a record price
One load, averaging 201 pounds, waf
the first pale at the new price.
Count Von Seckendorff Dead.
Berlin, German. Count (Joel/. >n
Seckendorff, former court marshal,
died, aged 'IS years. 11 ? oliiciated a
grand master of the court, to the 1 at?
Dowager Kmpress Kr? d'-rick, and I
jyany >ear: o? < ifried a prominent po
Hi(Ion in society
State Wide Bill Rejected.
Annapolis, Md. Tin- state-wide lo
cal option hill prepared hy the Anti
Saloon League, was rejected by the
Maryland house ol delegates hj six
votes.
King Receives Fairbanks.
London, England. -Charles W Fair
banks, accompanied by American
nmija.J.sauoi Held, vMltml King l*.d
ward ut Itui kiiitdiani I'ula. II: maj
( sly, on learning that the former vice
president of iho I'nited Statin was
In London, <-xpreFHed a wish to sec
him.
Great Bunch of Corpses.
Peoria, III. Fifty or sixty bodies
wore found huddled toother in the
nonii entrance of the m i'aui mine
at Cherry, III , h.v AIin Insp -. i r
Richard Newsaiu of this iiy On '
first trip through tho north eritiat.ce
Mr. Newsatu discovered the bodies.
No Promotion for Carriers.
Washington, O. C. Ily the narrow
marKin of t>3 to til, tho house voted
down an amendment to the postolh<
Appropriation hill offered by Ropr>
(tentative (Joebel of t)liio providing
for the promotion of all letter < arrlers
in large cities to tho $l,2?iu
grade.
Cort of Enalanri'i Armv.
London, England. -Tno army c xtimat
oh for KH<j-l9ll, show a total for
maintenance of $t38,8uo,ooo. This t.
an JucrnaHo over tho estimates of the
preceding years of $1,62(1,000.
nWl)
; CAROLINA POLITICIANS SHOT.
, State Legislators and Deputy SherlK Attacked
By Wealthy Man.
Scotland Neck, N. C?Slato 8ena
I t or K I j Trnvlfl oml RonrnopntnUvn
A. P. Kitchin, brother of Governor
W. W. Kitchin and Congressman
Claud Kitchin of the second North
Carolina district, and Deputy Sheriff
| C. W. Dunn, all of Halifax county,
' were shot down on the main street of
the town by E. E. Powell, a wealthy
and prominent citizen.
Travis and Kitchin are seriously
and Dunn fatally wounded.
Details of tho shooting are meager.
According to the hest information ob(
tainahlc, Powell mot his three victims
walking along the street togeth|
er. He approached Senator Travis,
k and asked him his reason for not replying
to a letter ho had written to
him. Representative Kitchin, think'
ing that Powell was out of humor,
j placed his hand gently on his Bhoulder
and uttered words intended to
placate him. Without further words,
Pnu'Pll ilrnu; n nrwl ohnt Witfhln
down, and in quick succession fired
* on Travis and Dunn, both victims fall)
lug to the ground. Powell then walk'
ed to his store, and, securing a shotgun,
barricaded himself, resisting arrest.
No effort was made to arrest
' him, and later he surrendered to an
1 oilicer and was taken to the county
jail at Halifax.
The nature of the letter over which
1 the tragedy centers cannot be learned,
as Powell refuses to talk. Both
Travis ami Kitchin are among the
1 most prominent citizens of the state,
J Washington, D. C.?Representative
Ivitchin, when informed of the tragedy
in which his brother was shot,
* declared that he knew of no cause
for the shooting. He said that he
had been of the opinion that Powell
was friendly to Senator Travis and
his brother, as they had appeared
recently as attorneys for a son of
r ,, . ... , __ _ , , .
row imi? .-vquiiiii oy name?aim inui
' succeeded in gelling him olf with a
very light sentence. lie said he
' knew nothing of any correspondence
which might have led to the shoot
ing.
AVALANCHE VICTIMS SAVED.
. Buried 80 Hours, Ten Persons Taken
Alive From Snow Slide.
Spokane, Wash...It is reported at
this place that ten persons have been
' rescued alive from the trains buried
by the \V( lliugton avalanche, after
1 having been entombed SO hours. The
passengers were nearly crazy from
their sufferings in the dark under the
hard-packed snow.
Kverything indicates that tlic <loa<'
; list may reach a total of l.">u. Already
:!7 dead have been taken out and des'
perai< ei'torts are being made to reach
' those believed to bo in the piled-up
: (:i'ne sepulciier. W illi the masses of
sim'.'. and ioe rising mountain-high
ind interwoven with tons ot' debt
there is a probability that many ol
the bodies ma> remain in the ice until
! almost, midsummer.
<!rent tears are dutertained for the
.-at'ety oi tiie 100 rescuers who are
'.tunneling through the ice. Warmer
weather has started the show melting
and there is tear of another avaIm
Hi u> 'I'll iri v in 1 iio i?m
' ploy ol' tli?- Croat Northern Railroad
at Wellington are missing, ami it is
believed all are dead.
Since tin; blockade occurred the
force of workingmen lias been daily
augmonlt d. Not including those killed,
there are l'rom to 300 men
1 engaged in blockade removal and the
rebuilding of the wrecked road. The
liv. s of these are menaced all the
| time by threatened slides.
WHY CHILDREN DESERT FARM
Greater Chances Are Offered for All
uegrees or uunure.
Indianapolis, Ind.?Tho reason that
young men and women in tho south
: ! are flocking from tho farms to the
cities is not that they dislike field
and stream, but that the cities offer
so much greater opportunities for all
I degrees of culture.
This was the opinion expressed by
i Samuel 10. Weber, state inspector of
high schools of Louisiana, before the
I department of superintendence of the
> National Kducational association. The
enormous hoard of potential wealth
in i iif thousands of acres of uncultivated
land in the south is to be
j realized through extension of the rui
ral school system, .Mr. Weber said.
II . AlA .1. v? ..A?rn ...I Mm /u.tnlJi.1,
nient of stalo agricultural schools of
so much importance as the institution
of agricultural courses in the local
schools, \vh< re the children of the immediate
plantations, while studying
seientilic methods of developing the
land at. their command, can at once
. :i in ae(|iiaintanee with those arts of
imiveisation that brighten life and
i that are now eagerly sought in the
'
I : m <r.. i "lit of the rural schools,
I Air. Weber also believed, would
, olve tin problems of the idle negro
I in the south
YOUR SHARE OF MONEY.
$34.87 Sum Is the Per Capita in
1 Circulation in the United States.
Washington, D. C. Have yon $34.*
X7 in your pocket or in tlio bank?
If you have not, then you are shy on
the per capita circulation of money
in tho I'nlteil StatcH, a shown by
jibe books of the treasury department.
The department, in reaching
this calculation, estimates the population
of the I'lilted Status at vi,883,000,
and announces the amount of
money in circulation on .Man-It I, a*
$3,134-1,093,250, which if equally divided
would give every man, woman
and rhlld in the country l S7.
There i.-t In circulation todaj
31",.'j4 more than a year ago
American Women Arrested.
Managua, Nicaragua. ? With t\v<
American women, young and proltv
arrested on iii" charge or Doing spie.
according to reports hero, the .Madi
government (innor>ncod that (jeo. ! '
Cannon has < nif ned a plot to asm
sinato President Madriz. Cannon w<
arrested at. (oiinto at tho ?amo tine
til.- women wen; taken into custod
' lie is under heavv guard. Me is a
cousin of fj<Toy ' aimon, whose ex
cut ion, with another American, (Iroc
brought on the Ni< irugunn crisis th. :
drove Zelaya fron the presidency into
exile.
Ship's Crew Rescued.
New York City From a thousand
i nines oiu. nr. s< a was uasneu iroin ti
liner Caledonia a win-leas niessan' .
telling of tlx- loss of the big Russian
freight steam 11ip Korea and of the
reseno of her men. The mOKsage
gave the agents of the Russian sh i>
in this city flssuraneo that < very <
fleer and every member of the erevwan
safe aboard the Caledonia.
The Korea carried a cargo of ironware
and was bound from Narvik,
Norway, to New York and llaltlmorc
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WANT PEARY'S PROOFS
Explorer Must Show Doubting
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uugiautuiiis av wasmugtu l.
no proofsTno reward
Dtscovory oi North Pole Causes Row In a House
Ccmnlttee?Committee Would Not
nctcivc rroois in ooiuiacuce.
Washington, D. C.?Proofs of Commander
Peary's discovery of the
North Pole causcd a row in the subcommittee
of the house committee on
naval affairs.
Two members of the National Geographical
Society appeared before the
committee with copies of Mr. Peary's
proofs to urge the granting of a suitable
reward by congress to the noted
explorer, but the committee declined
to receive them in confidence, with
the ultimate rosult that the committee
has made it known that unless
tlie Peary proofs are forthcoming to
I tho full satisfaction of tho committee
that every bill introduced for the purpose
of rewarding the North Pole discoverer
will be pigeon-holed.
Three members of the committee
were in favor of receiving the Peary
proofs without making them public.
Representative Macon hotly objected,
and after declaring his position stalked
angrily from the room. "I am
against any legislation in the dark,
Air. .Macon sharply told the committee.
'"Furthermore, if this commit
ti e decides in favor of Peary without
inspecting the full records and making
them public, I will expose the
whole business on the floor of the
Iiuunt- Ul 111 il fiiuiuiimui to lilt! l>ri3SK.
If we reward Mr. Peary tho American
people have a right to know what we
are rewarding him for."
Professor Gannett of the coast and
geodetic survey and one of the mem
hers of the National Geographic So!
ciety, which accepted Peary's proofs,
told the committee that Mr. Peary
would not let tiie committee have the
j proofs for public purposes, because he
j wanted them for use in newspaper
j and magazine articles.
I MARKING VETERANS' GRAVES.
Good Progress Is Being Made in Thie
Direction, Says General Oates.
W och i n r> /< 1
.? awi.n.y wii, is. \j, UUUU piU^IUSS
is being made in the work of marking
tlio graves of the soldiers ami
I sailors of the confederate army and
i navy who died in northern prisons
i and were buried in their vicinity
Provision for tho work was made by
; congress in March, 10U15, and $2011,
! 000 was appropriated to carry it out
; (Jeneral William ('. Oatos, com
mander-in-chief of the work, hat
! made a report on the subject to' tin
i secretary of war. From this It ap
pears that S.S95 graves of eonfeder
ate dead in six burial grounds in
northern territory have been prop
crly marked to date. Confederate
graves have been marked nrevioush
with headstones in thirteen othei
cemeteries.
Commissioner Oatcs said it was im
|)ossii)le to identify tlie graves of
confederates at still nine other point*
and it has been decided to mark tlx
graves tiiere with a separate large
monument suitably inscribed, instead
of providing individual headstones
I as contemplated by the law. The
monuments authorized will be com
pleted this spring.
General Rather Dead.
Tuscumbia, Ala.?General John 1>
Rather, one of the leading men oi
| the state, died at his home here. Gen
<>iv> I i ...
* i im iviuiivi oci v*;u (lO |iiranifllL 111
the Alabama senate and speaker ol
the house of representatives, as n
\ member of the constitutional con veil
ticn of InT.'i, and was a factor in poll
ties many years ago. He was some
i time president t>f the old Memphis
and Charleston Railroad. General Ha
tlier was 87 years old.
Cattleman Kills Three Farmers.
Citronelle, Ala.?.Joseph Stokes
i Charles Goldman and David Gort
I man, farmer.", were shot and killed
j l>y Laurence Odoni, a cattleman, ai
the hitter's home, four miles from
this place. Alter the shooting, Odoni
nil I I < imi'I ?'<| ID <1 Urjllliy SIllM'I II III
| Citronelle. Odoiu says the killing
was tin- result of an old feud. U<
says all parties were armed.
Want Henson Made Admiral.
Washington, D. C. In a comnumi
ration received by Representative
Loud of Michigan, Harry C. Smith
president of tin- Afro-American
League, suggests that Matt Ilensen,
the colore*! man who accompanied
Commander I'ary to the north pole na
valet, be mndc a rear admiral of thr
I I'nited States navy "because of bin
distinguished services to his country
j and the cause of science.'*
..
Pap Mnnumnnf (a I n f f <1 o ^
! . v.o.
Frankfort, Ky. The house of representatives
by a vole of fifi to 8,
passed a bill apitropriai ing $,">,000 toward
a fund to erect a monument to
j Jefferson Davis at his birthplace.
Offer Reward for Wreckers.
Montgomery, Ala. A reward of
$ 1,000 is offered by tin- Louisville
| and Nashville railroad for the arrest
I and conviction of the wreckers of ii
! Louisville and Nashville pasaengei
train at Gorec, near here, on th?
night of February 23.
Mrs. Cleveland in Pari6.
Paris, France. Mrs. (Jrover Clove
land is spending a few days in Parb
as a guest at the home of I'rofessoi
and Mrs. Mark liahlwiii.
Alabama Aviation Field.
Montgomery, Ala. It was nnnounc
ert that six officers of the army wil
come here to join Wilbur and Or
ville Wright for instruction in th<
use of aeroplanes. They will renialr
here sixty days ut tin- aviation field
north of tho city.
Explosion Killed 23 Miners.
Juneau, Alaska. Twenty three inin
01 s were killed by an explosion of ji
powder magazine in the Mexican
mine on Douglas Island Kight men
were seriously injured and four ol
these may die.
Insurgents Want Help.
Washington, 0. C. Tho Nicaragnar,
insurgents, realizing that their cause
is about lost, appealed to the i'liltoil
States government through Consul
Moflltt at Blueliolds to mediate Th<
request has been taken under advise
ment.
Suicide's Singular Request.
Owensboro, Ky. That he be bur
led with hb; head six Inches lower
than his feet was tho single roouost
I loft In a note by Richard llowanl,
i ii prominent farmer living near th;.
city, when ho ended his life wit'i
Biryohnlne. He said ho was tired <>
living.
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ROOSEVELT'S TROPHIES.
Fiva Hundred Animals Klllei By Ex-President
In the Interest of Science.
Gondokoro, Sudan, on the Upper
Nile.?Colonel ltoosovolt and the others
of his immediate pnrty Bailed on
the steamer Dal for Khurtouiu, whero
they expect to arrive on March 15.
Colonel Roosevelt and Kerinit. kill
ed somo 600 specimens oi large animals.
The bag includes the following;
17 lions, 11 elephants, 10 buffadoes,
10 black rhinoceroses, 9 white
rhinoceroses, 9 hippopotami, 9 giraffes,
3 leopards, 7 details, 3 giant
elands, 3 nables, 1 sitatunga and 'l
bongos.
AH these wero killed in the interest
of science.
From the point of importance the
most highly-prized game may be rated
as follows:
First, the giant elands, the first
complete specimens of which family
are now heinc *akf>n from tho conn
try; second, the while rhinoceroses;
third, tho bongos, the first to be stalked
and killed by a white man, and
fourth, the sitatunga, a species of antelope.
Science will be enriched by several
now species and an enormous series
of the smaller mammals of Africa.
The game lakou and tho collections
made constitute a world's record for
a similar period of hunting and scientific
research in Africa.
REPUDIATE COOK'S HONORS.
To Name Harlem Street for Roosevelt
Instead of Cook.
New York City. ? Resolutions to
make a street in Harlem "T. Roosevelt,"
and to repudiate the aldernmnic
favors bestowed some time back on
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, were up for
consideration before the board of aldermen.
The Roosevelt proposal was
referred to the committee on streets
and highways; tho Cook matter was
tabled.
Alderman Drescher thinks tho way
the board has treated Commander
Peary is a shame. His was tiie resolution
tabled. tt recited that "the
city, through its accredited represon
ntntun, nudiuo wn i tvvn u ao i w;v|$iii*.- i
ing the discredited and ignoring the
real discoverer of the North Pole,"
and urged that the hoard place itself
on record as recognizing "Peary as
the only man who ever carried the
flag to the North Pole."
GOVERNMENT PLANS" FOUND.
Missing Blue Prints in Montgomery,
Alabama.
Montgomery, Ala.- Plans and specifications
for gulf coast fortifications
at Fort Morgan and Fort Barrancas
and other points, missing from the
1 oflice of the engineering corps in
.Montgomery, were found in a table
drawer at ;t boarding 'douse.
The blue prints were sent by reg
istered mail from Washington to Captain
II. F. Ferguson, engineer in
' charge of t lie district.
Mrs. John Ham, who conducts tlie?
hoarding house, is positive the prints
were piaced in the drawer recently.
1 When found ihey were recognized by
a clerk for Captain Ferguson.
RECOVERING NAIL CARGO.
Electro Magnet Lifts Nail Keys from
Micsissippi River.
Now Orleans, La.? All ingenuous
IIULUIJII llijn ui-i-ll >IU<>|IK'<| IUI lliu
recovery of ji cargo of nails which
woni down on a sinking steamboat
I hern a few weeks ago. A imge electro
, magnet, attached to hoisting gear, is
lowered in ttio water.
The electric current is tinned on
ami the kegs of nails are hoisted out
one by one clinging to the magnet.
Kiiteon thousand kegs of nails went
down in the river. Sixteen hundred
kegs have been recovered l>,v the magnetic
process. Two months more, it
is stated, will be required to complete
the work.
STRICT SALOON RULES.
uuiii to l>c Hiiiiuunceu 10 rairons oi
Saloons. ?.
Boston, Mass. ? Every saloon in
Chelsea must employ a car announcer
to remind its patrons of the running
time of cars which pass the
door, when liquor licenses become
operative in that city on May 1. The
new regulations issued by the Chelsea
lie using commission are believi
e?i to be the strictest in New England
Itesides the announcer feature,
they provide that only one line of
men is to he allowed to stand at a
bar and no drinks are to be passed
to any back of the line.
Newsy Paragraphs.
Convinced that much of the decay
' of school children's teeth could be
prevented by the regular use of the
toothbrush, the headmaster In a Chicago
school has raised a fund for
toothbrushes. Each pupil is supplied
with one and required to use it properly
each day. So successful has
been the experiment that it is hoped
to make it a universal custom
throughout the schools of tho city.
Andrew Carnegie lias cultivated
the giving habit and has now got to
give, even if he should not care to,
is the opinion of Professor A. M.
Honllne, educational superintendent
of the Sunday school association,
"there is nothing like habit," he said,
"Carneaie has uot tho habit of iriv- I
. ing libraries and he couldn't do otherwine
If he desired."
Bathers in New England during
, ttio summer season of 100'J paid an
. exceptionally heavy toll to the wn.
ters. According to figures compiled
by the United States volunteer lifeHaving
corps, six hundred and four
persons were drowned in the New
Kngland states last summer from
< Mayto September Inclusive. Of this
' number two hundred and seventy-two
were children.
"Children with bad teeth require
. half a year longer to complete eight
I grades in primary schools than do
- children with .sound teeth," said Leon*
' ard i'. Ayres, of Now York .secretary
' of the Kus ' ll Sago foundation, in
1 discussing ' Why Children Differ in
Mental Aletrni'ss," before tin; convention
of i Ik- department of superintendence
of the National Kducation
i association in !ndlanapolis. lMiysieal
i detects also arc an Important causo,
i he said, and added that the present
: scheme of education in tho public
I schools is far loo rapid.
Tho Jive plants of the Chadwlck
: llosk'ns Manufacturing company, tho
, largest cotton mill corporation or
I Charlotte, N (' , will be operated only
four days of each week until further
notice. The condition of the yarn i
market was responsible for the ac
tion of the company in curtailing and
It Is understood that other Charlotte
.i.niu ? "
inula iimj' luiiutY iin vxiunpie.
The firHt and partial account of
Hoger O'Maru, trup'ee In bankruptcy
for Henry K. Thaw, was filed in Pitts (
burg, Pa., and shows, after ali items I
of expense nr< deducted, liuu 130,00" )
remain for distribution to 'i'haw'8 t
creditors.
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TO GIVE AWAY MILLIONS
j
John D. Rockefeller Will Use His yo
Wealth to Benefit Mankind. f,f;;
ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION a
I ad1
Great Rivalry Between Rockefeller and Came- ! cit
gte In Giving?Rockeleller Has Given $131,- "jc
000,000 and Carnegie $162,000,000. !
Washington,* D. C.?Steps wore ta- rej
keu to incorporate the Rockefeller fai
foundation in the District of Colum* cu]
bla. The bill for this purpose was QU
introduced by Senator Galllngher, and an
was referred to the committee on ,1u- th(
diclary. The purpose of the founda- ^js
tion ia to provide for a general or- st?
gaulzatlon to conduct philanthropic
work along all linos. It is understood
that the foundation will be endowed Wl1
ln. *1.. 1... IX I 1 1 n..rV COl
uy juiiii 1./. UUVM'IUUUI aiiu
that he takes this means to dispose
of a large part of his enormous 8,t
wealth. BP(
The incorporators named in the
bill are John D. Rockofeller, John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., Fred T. Gates, Starr
J. Murphy and Charles O. He>dt. Pj*
These incorporators are authorized c"
to select associates, not to exceed a 'rc
total of twonty-flvo
It was stated by Senator Galling- no
nor that Mr. Rockefeller already had mc
given ^52,000,000, and that he was frc
seeking a method of disposing of his sel
fortune that would benefit mankind, an
The Rockefeller foundation will bo da
authorized to receive and dispense go
gifts of money other than those ob- th<
laineu irom uie original enuowmeniB, cu
the amount of which has not been bii
fixed. ^ ca
The scope of the foundation is very se
broad, although embraced in a very nis
short fraction of the bill. This section tin
reads: laf
"That the object of the said cor- in
poration shall be to promote the well- te<
being and to advance the civilization co
of tlio people of the United States ana
its territories and possessions and oi
foreign lands in the acquisition and
dissemination of knowledge; in (he Ui
prevention and relief of suffering and tu
in the promotion of any and all of the fr(
elements of human progress." ,
Wiiile drawn generally along the j1.1
lines of the act incorporating the ri(
Carnegie foundation it goes much
fnrthor ttinnn tlx* rnAfin fmirwln. ?
tion i? designed chicfly to provide for
a scientific retirement and pensioning j*e
of superannuated teachers. Jj,
New York City.?Estlanites of Mr. P1
Rockefeller's past benefactions ami !ia
present fortune vary largely. It in !",
conceded (lint in charity ho lias hut
one leader?Andrew Carnegie?and "li
the best opinion is thnt Mr. Kockc- Pr
feller has given away something ap- ,a
preaching $131,000,000, as against '
$102,000,000 for Mr. Carnegie. >
leading Rockefeller gifts have been: ex
General education board, $53,000,- tli
nnn. i t%. i........11.. ..r hah
000; Rush Medical College *$6,000,'- ml
000; Institute for Medical Hosearcij, in
$4,300,000; churches (known), $3,- Ui
100,000. Ul
The rivalry between Rockefeller si i
and Carnegie in getting rid of their isl
riches has been of the friendliest na- to
turo. ci(
How much Mr. Rockefeller has left th
is even harder to guess than how
much lie has given away. In 1 s ty
Frederick T. Gates, ono of Rockefol rc>
ler's agents in charity, said: th
"Mr. Rockefeller himself has au- js
tiiorized the statement that his for- j }l
tune cannot exceed $200,000,ooo, and I m<
that in his most prosperous year his i i,e
income was not above $20,000,000. His ' jt
holdings of Standard Oil stock are n
not above 20 per cent of the total an
issue outstanding." jCl
On the other hand the late II. II. on
Rogers is emoted as havinu said in I ....
1900: " ku
"I know for a fact that Mr. lioeke- |n)
feller's income will not ox cocci (|u
001),000 next year." 0j,
The late Senator Hoar of Massa- fr{
chusetts estimated that Rockefeller's
fortune totaled one billion dollars. j '
Will Buy No Diplomatic Homes. o1
Wnchington, D. C.?Following an
animated debate on a bill giving leg- J1"
islativo authority for future appropri- | !
ations to purchase sites for the construction
of buildings as residences <w
of diplomatic odlciais abroad, the
house placed its seal of disapproval tul
upon all such projects. rci
re<
<S1 n nnn n..n^i? ?>'
y i WfWWWjU^v; I U I U li I I U I II y OIXCS.
Washington, D. C. ? The senate ho
passed a bill authorizing the expen- pit
diture of $10,000,000 for the purchase tin
of land south of Pennsylvania uve- Di
nun, in Washington as sites for pub- cri
lie buildings. There was no opposl nil
tion. Ai
nu
Empress of Russia III. be
St. Petersburg, Russia.?The Em- to
press has suffered a severe nervous Ol
attack, and her condition Is consid- of
ered very unsatisfactory. br
rut a T?rr mm > r?? *? ??
lrmim i wain wtJUii. co
Humorist 8ays He Is "Not III Enough *1'
to Excite Undertaker.'' m<
Hamilton, Bermuda.?Samuel L?.
Clemens (Mark Twain), whoso health <lu
has been the cause of much alarm to an
his friends, made this characteristic (ja
statement:
"I am uble to say that while I am ??
not ruggedly well, I am not ill enough 'c,
to excite an undertaker."
Sinco coming to Hcrmuda several
weeks ago to recuperate the veteran
humorist has been the lion of the col j
ony of tourists.
Ho is a familiar figure to tho na- *(i)
tives, and in tho life and entertainments
of tiio inhabitants of the island j>(
tiiW<>vt n?i sir-tlvn noil
* I till
Servant of Jeff Davis Dead.
San Antonio, Texas?Gordon Davis, (l<
wlio was born a servant to Jefferson ')e
Davis, died at his homo in South tG1
Uorne, aged fiO years. During the gii
civil war ho was tukon by union so! fot
dlers and made a corporal In th" ya
union army, and was aftorward
known ns "Corporal Davis." I)y
2,400 Dales of Cotton Burned. pa
Hobart, Okia. Fire bore destroyed toi
tlie entire plant of the Traders' Com- oe
press, together with 2,400 balc-8 of fa:
cotton, wharves and iwo freignt cars, a
Tho \ohp is estimated at $300,000. fai
Bryan in Buenos Ayres. fftj
Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic. jU)
- William J. Hryan iiaa arrived here, yg,
Ho will be received by President A4- ,m
(nrta. Tho minister of foreign af- co]
faira will give a banquet In Mr. Bry- of
nn's honor. j>y
Maneuver Ground at Ft. Oglethorpe.
Chattanooga, Tenn.?Tho Ufilted J ha
States government will clear 400 to | t.oi
ri>'? acres of woodland In Chlckamau- hii
:i Pn rlf nAfir 1 *u
- .wvr. . X,. V Whiuun/iyu, via., ii? IIH
provide a new army maneuver aff
round. About fifty army prisoners egi
will do tho work. It is planned t< in
Ktvo tho work completed for tho ar tui
ihv maneuvers In Julv. ini
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LATE NEWS NOTES. I
General *
V combination of twolvo, of the
gost baking companies of New
rk is announced, with a capital of ju
000,000 and a capacity of twelve
rnsuud barrels of Hour a day.
-Vright & Company of Dayton, fn
io, have formally stated that the 141
iquv uiuvacio iirtro ucviucu tu 15v
Montgomery, Ala., at once to take J1'
vantage of the offers made by that "
y for the entertainment and accomillation
of the famous aeroplanists. ni
ey will give exhibition flights
ant every two weeks.
Missouri teachers, through their
idlng circle will this year study c!
-mlng Instead ow pedagogy. Agrl- 1,1
Iture has been made one of the reIrements
of teachers' certificates b
d more stress will be placed upon ri
) subject In public school and In al
;her educational Institutions of tho
ito. w
Plants may be made to order, ao10
for two years has been expertrdlng
to Profossor C. Stuart Gag?r, ,
>nting with radium at the Unlver- 1
y of Missouri. An entirely new
acles of primrose has been orlgl- ?'
ted by the uao of the radium, and ai
i.a#. *1 9!
ii?o umu iruvs iu uie new lurui "
rough three generations of the 1?
int. The color of the flower was
anged, and the leaves changed ni
>m broad to narrow. .
The cost of living problem does
t seem to worry people in the
mntalns of Tennessee. A report
>m there declares that "robblns are s<
lling at 10 cents a dozen." Thousds
of the robbins "gather In the ce- sl
rs to roost, and hunting parties ^
in the night and capture and kill ?
E>m in large numbers. One party ^
ught two thousand six hundred
"ds in one night. One hunter
ught three hundred and seveiityven
birds in one tree. It is esti- r<
ited that one hundred and fiftv s(
ousand have been killed within the V
st three weeks. That is the way s
which wild bird life is being pro- S
cted in some parts of this great <>
untry." h
Washington.
The bureau of statistics of the
lited States department of agriculrc
has been gathering .information ^
jm the potato growers and dealers o
the principal potato growing sec- o
ins of the United States with re- <>
rd to the supply on hand January ?
1910. The result of these invosti- w
tions indicate that about 41.2 per n
n? rtf flirt #?w*n mluml
X..V.1/ .o.auu .....1IVV7V II
1901) remained in the hands of the n
owers, and 9.6 per cent in the n
,nds of Interior dealers. A similar h
vostigation last year showed that r<
.5 per cent of the crop raised for |
arket in 1908 was in the hands or t
owers, and 11.3 per cent in the
lids of interior dealers on January j(
1909.
"1 shall believe that Dr. Cook, the g
ploror, is an honest man until (,
ere is definite proof to the con- c.
irv," declared Maurice F. Egan, ^
mister to Denmark, in an address j,
Washington to members of the tJ
liversity club. Dr. lOagan said the j;
liversity of Copenhagen board had ,,
nply declared that the records furn- ?
leu mom ny ur. look on his trip q
tho extrcmo north were not suftt- w
jnt to enable them to determine l(
at he had been to the north pole. ))(
The army has Just adopted a now f<
po of machine gun that has some p
markable points of advantage over e
e existing guns. The new weapon ei
so small that it can be carried by :\
man or two, and with full equip- tf
nt of stands and ammunition can n
packed upon a mule. Moreover,
lias the important advantago that n
can be 11 red from tho slioulder, f(
d consequently is much less sub- w
2t to attack and capture by the c
emy. The ammunition is carried (:1
steel strips, and tlio new gun is j,
id to be free from danger of chokZ
Willie tho bnrrfiln rnv> oui'rldfl In
plicato and can bo nlmoBt instantly j,
angod when they become heated
mi rapid firing.
Senator Benjamin It. Tillman, who
slowly recovering from tho attack fc
paralysis which recently threaten- n
his life, is to bo removed to bin , |
me or to Atlanta, (Jn., as soon as si
3 condition will permit, probably (ji
thin three weeks, llis wife and c]
0 daughters will accompany him. j,
1 soon thereafter as possible Sena- i'.
r Tillman will go to some health
sort In Europe and seek complete
covery. js
A great democratic celebration in ti
nor of Jefferson's birthday is being
inned by the National lipnincmow
o democratic organization of the
strict of Columbia, and the demo- tl
?tic congressional campaign com- i(
ttee, to be held in Washington on ?
nil 2, and invitations to a select
mber of big men in the party have
en sent out. Among those invited ^
attend are Governors Harmon of
iio; Drown, of Georgia; Marshall, J1
Indiana, and Shallenberger, of Ne- '[
aska. V
si
Denial is made by the interstate Ci
mtnerce commission that the 0
jight ratea, both in claas and com* 0
jdity, to and from Montgomery,
o unjustly discriminatory and unly
preferential to Pensacola, Fla., jl
d Mobile and Birmingham. The
so in which the doclsion was ron- ^
red was instituted by the Montmery
freight bureau against the '
tuisvillo and Nashville railroad and ,
Wnr MH. ? 1 - . _ - * 1 1
L.UI lauiullUD, 1 I1U UOIIiplHlIll HI"
ieH that tho claHseB and commodl- vv
s rates to Montgomory from vari- K
h points and from Ohio and Missis- 11
>pi liver crossings were unjuat ''
d unreasonable in their relation to
n rates from the same points to si
jblle and LMrmlngham, Ala. , ana A
iiisacola, Fin., and to the disadvan* li
Ke of Montgomery." is
The Argentine government has orred
the construction of twolve tordo
boat destroyers of nine hundred v;
us displacement, with turbine en- (
lies. Four will be built in French, !l
iir in British and four in German a
rds. ,(
George Washington's will, written
himself on more than twenty ^
ges, nas been brought to Wishing- (j
n for renovation. For more than a
ntury it has been on view in Fair- ,,
x, va. ino paper nas darkened to "
rich shade of brown and tho Ink
tied to a sickly olive tint. , ^
The house coinmitteo on naval afrs
agreed to recommend to the a
\i80 two battleships to cost $6,000,- (>
0 each, exclusive of armor and ar- ^
iment; ono repair ship; two fleet
lllera and four submarines, Instead (.(
five of the latter, as recommended
the socretary of tho navy. (1
IX'li K n ' * '
...Hi |> ricn IU VAiuuuillg R nojpiinf y
nci to the Indian In his advance r|
vnrd civic usefulness and to assist
n in meeting the competition of :
s white man, the bureau of Indian '
airs has Issued instructions for tho
tahllRhmont of demonstration farms * '
tho agencios situated in ngrlcul- '
ral sections, to serve as models In 1'
proved methods of tiling the Boil. (>
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'ALMEtrO STATE NEWS
Columbian .S. .C.?''Believing that
aman offlcjcncy, health, and liappi3ss
arc natural resources quite as
(lportant ad forests, waters, lands,
i,l mtMAMftlaV) ikA nHn<
?U nuuvl tllOj luu mot DIUIO luuiviice
on the \ conservation of public
ealth, that Which has just finished
s session in this city, was characterirlzed
in thu advance announcetents
as follows:
"The Object-i-To learn hotv South
arolina needl?;sly wastes human
fo and physical efficiency through
ontrollable diseases and proventale
death.
"The Plan?To confer as to how
outh Carolina may conserve her
chest natural resources?the health
Qd lives of her citizens.
"The Hope?To hasten the time
hen the average man and tho averse
woman in this splendid commonealth
may reasonably claim a full
leasure of health, happiness and
liyslcal efficiency."
Greenwood. S. C.?The South Car
lina Oratorical contest will be held
s usual, in Greenwood, Friday, April
3, in the Walker hall at Lander colge.
At a meetiug of the executive comlittee,
which was held in Greenville
ist week, the following judges on
ratory were appointed: Kev. P. L.
niffy, of Charleston; Itev. H. L
anes, Charleston, and B. P. Townjnd,
of Union.
The following is tlio order of the
[leakers; Purman University, Presyterian
college, Citidel, University
f South Carolina, Cleinaon college,
/offord college, College of Charlesjn,
Newberry college and Erskine
allege.
Aiken, S. C.?The largest deal in
ial estate made in Aiken county iu
jmo time was affected when Mr. A.
/. Reynolds bought of Mrs. A. S.
tigler and Mr. John A. Seigler, the
eigler home place, containing about
ne thousand two hundred acres of
mil. This deal calls for the sum of
5(1,000, and has been hanging fire
3r some time.
Washington, D. C.?April 12 will be
red-letter day in the history or
harieston and of South Carolina,
in that day the entire membership
i" the house and senate committees
n naval affairs, the secretary of the
avy and all of the bureau chiefs
ho can leave Washington, will witess
the presentation of South Carotin's;
Kilvfir sprviro irift Id 1 lio mn<r.
ittcent new battleship bearing that
ain.e. This announcement was made
ere after Mayor Rhett, 13. W. I)uant,
it. S VVhaley, Norwood Hastio,
laniel Sinker and A. W. Anderson 01
lie Atlantic Coast Line railroad
oachcd Washington and held a con rence
with the naval oflicers.
Columbia, S. C.?While Mr. A. S.
aleey, .Jr., the secretary of the nissi'ical
commission, was illing some
luims against the state of South
arolina for services rendered or sun
lies furnished by individual citizens
l South Carolina during the revoluon,
he found a very interesting apraiseinent
oi a horse furnished for
ublic use by William Crawford of
nmden district. The appraisers,
ho estimated the value of jhe horse
) have been one hundred #?id fifty
minds currency, wore Robert Craw>rd
and Andrew Jackson. Their apraisement
was sworn to before Robrt
Montgomery, J. P., and was dat(1
December 12, 1783. At that time
ndrew Jackson was nearly seven- /
ien years old. The signature is in
early the identical hand writing of
f)l<l I liclfm'v'' in lil? nint urn vpfiru
obeit Crawford, his afliant, was his
aster father and kinsman, upon
hose plantation, in what was then
ainden district, but which later befiine
Lancaster district, Jackson was
om as repeatedly asserted by him:;1
f and others. This is possibly the
rst olllcial paper tiiat Jackson put
is hand to in this state.
STATE CAPITAL NOTES.
...The legislature was in session
jr forty days and part of forty
iKlits. The total of two hundred and
Ighty-two laws were passed and t ?e
tate paid the handsome sum of $45,00
for them. Opinions as to the
I, l.tr III..
ody differ. However, they, it might
e said, did about us well as the
sual legislatures do. This legislate
was a muster at dodging legiRition
as is always the case on eloc011
years.
...When the legislature adjourns,
lings are usually dull about the cap*
al city and this year is no excepon.
However, it doen not take very
>ng for matters to got back to t.ieir
orinal condition.
...At last Sounth Carolina has an
docationul commission. Governor
nsel has signed the act and it
leans that the commission is going
> straighten out the school laws of
io state. The commission was deIre'd
by Staff Superintendent of Edu?
ation Swearingen for he, above all
tliers, realized the chaotic condition
f the school laws of the state.
. ..W. M. Avant gave bond for $2,0fM)
nd left the state penitentiary where
e has been confined for the past
nveral monthH. !le was convicted
ist summer on the charge of killing
Irs. Ituth Crisp Highain in Georgejwn
county. At the saino trial l)r
igiiam, the husband of tho woman,
as also convicted and both were
iven three years in the penitentiary,
ir. nigham left the country before
e could be arrested.
.. .Comptroller General Jounes will
hortly issue a pamphlet on taxation,
lthougli the legislature did nut aid
im in his light for equalization he
i going to see that the tax laws of
?e state are carried out to the limit.
...The time for making tax returns
as extended until March 10 by
omptroller General Jones, with the
pproval of Governor Ansel. A peuiiy
of SO per cent is provided. The
inner date was Kebruarv 20.
... ... . ?. .... ...
. . . i ne mcuiuuiiu cout/<y vorii uiuu
ill ho organized in tho "near tuture.
a \V. Williams, the state agent or
le United States farm deinonstra011
work, said that nearly three
lousand hoys and girls of the state
ould participate in the corn contest
lis year and that prizes aggregating
1,000 would ho given.
...South Carolina now has a law
gainst pellagra. This fact is not genrally
known yet It Is so. Tho low
i embraced in a section of tho measre
calling for tho inspection of all
[>mmercial food stuffs. Tho commerlal
food stufTs will bo inspected uner
tho direction of Commissioner
v'atBon and about $28,000 will bo delved
from this source.
... Arrangements are bolng made
>r tho Anal winding up of tho afilrs
of ftU of tho dispensaries in the
ountles Voting out tho syHtom. Only
A'o of tho nowly nsquired prohlblon
counties have wound-up all o(
le affaire. Thoee countloa aro Abbeille
and I^exlngton.
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