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* I VOL. 8, NO. 80, SEMI-W E] PLAN ATTACK ON TARIFF pi ! ;v MANY SUBSTITUTE SCHEDULES. ; " .. i F< Republicans Will Bombard Hill W itli sa Many Amendments on the j 'D Floor of the Senate. ! i m Washington, July 7.?Republican at members? of the senate have been ! quietly preparing for some weeks for -p the attack that is to be made on the * Underwood-Smmons tariff bill when It gets back into the senate late this week. While a program of tariff policy had not been laid out by the I H Republicans, leading representatives of the party in the senate have prepared amendments, substitute schedules and protection arguments, directed at many of the important w sections of the Democratic bill. | P Senator Simmons, chairman of the it finance committee, who Vill bring a the bill from the committee with the d seal of Democratic caucus approval . it upon it, estimates that five weeks ' ti will be enough to wind up general p debate and discussion of the meas- b ure, and to secure a vote on its final o passage. Prominent Republican senators doubt whether the tariff can be u disposed of in the senate in that ! s< ! a IIUIC. I ? The bill has been in the Demo- I b cratic caucus for more than two ! \ weeks. While the party members i h were practically agreed upon the tl general scope of tariff revision before b the caucus began, it has taken much " longer than had been expected to a smooth over debated questions, and h to bring about an agreement on tar- h iff rates, income tax and other im- d portant features carried in the big bill. tl The Democrats are not yet in com- tl plete harmony over the measure, be- h cause of the Insistence of some L Western and Southern senators that ! h the free sugar and free wool plans of , t; the administration be modified. An , f< attempt is to be made to put a bind- n ing rule through the caucus, pledg- tl lng every Democrat to vote down ; n amendments in the senate, and to I support the bill in its entiriety. Pro- t< nounced opposition to this plan ex- I ii ists within the party ranks. FOR UNIT RULE. J Even though the Demcorats may p adopt the unit rule and attempt to stamp out all opposition to the bill i 11 that might come from sugar and n wool districts, the Republican lead- a ers will use every effort on the floor c to break the .strength of the Demo- o ranks. Advocates of protective duties on these articles, anu on ins ?y ot'-Mfa that e.i e been greatly reduced by the Democratic bill, will seek to muster strength from the * sugar and wool states to effect desred changes. Two views of the Republican attltude are shown in the work that has h been done by Senator Smoot of Utah and Senator LaFollette of Wlscon- * sin, in preparation for the approach- , Infl fight in the senate. Senator . Smoot has prepared amendments to . smores of the Democratic items, and will offer a complete substitute for '] the Democratic woool tariff plan. His ( proposal will be for a substantial re vuqv , TTiiuaui Civauo U1 Dl. oseph, Mo.;'P. J. Brennan of Danilston, Texas, and George D. Locke ( if Rogers, Ark j SUNDAY RlilT LAWS. ) .Ynshington Actually Dry For First Time in Its History. Washington, July 6.?Washington ' t'AR catually ''dry" today, probably or the first time in its history. This k-as the first Sunday of the new c ones-Works excise law for the Dls- f rlct of Columbia and its strict pro- r isions were enforced to the letter. 1 V iY bvpn a hnno.flHo i?oorlo?oi*?A e ;uest at a hotel could have a drink j t-lth a meal. The exclufllve clubs ould serve nothing. Their .officers lad been warned that the "locker J ystem" would be construed as a vio- * ation of the law. They also were ' lotlfied that liquors actually bought in Saturday could not be Iced and ' erv?d on Sunday. So stringent is the new plan that fl he purchases of common alcohol r or medicinal or commercial pur- 1 loses at drug stores are registered ? n the same way as dangerous poisns. a Storm Destroys Churches. Waycross, Ga., July 6.?Three t hurches, two negro and one white, nd five frame houses were almost r ompletely destroyed here today by t cyclone storm. No loss of life has r teen reported. t aeucnon in raw wooi and on manufactured Roods, but on such a basis , that a reasonable protection will be retained. . Senator LaFollette has been at work fox weeks with the aid of ex- J perts, preparing substitute schedules : for many sections oi the UnderwoodSimmons bill. He also has again attacked the woolen and cotton schedules and is prepared to "make a long and stubborn fight, in the effort to rally Republicans, Progressives and some Democrats to the support of a woolen tariff that will be much below the present ratss, but will preserve some protection. It is expected, however, that the aFollette proposals will suggest much lower rates than those to be made by Senator Smoot. Other Republican senators have been working upon various features *" of the l&riff revision, and will Insist J upon <nscusslng at length, and from 1 every angle, reductions they think threaten the life of American indus- I r tries. It is believed that the tariff (1 debate, even should it start the first I of next week, as the Democratic lead- j ers now expect, will not be concluded In the senate before the last week . of August. Lobby Investigations, which grew out of the tariff revision but have gone far beyond its realm, promise v to engross the attention of Congress f again this week. The senate's Inves- v tigating committee will begin today J a series of hearings that Is expect- t ed to last for two weeks or more v Interest will -center about the activities of officers of the National Association of Manufacturers, who R have been charged by Martin M. s Mulhall, one of their former em- ? ployes, with being engaged in a gen- ^ eral attempt to Influence legislation * and to control the plppttnn nf 1 bers of Congress n Should the house succeed Wednefr- 0 day in adopting the resolution de- s bated In that body Saturday, the Mulhall investigation will be a* dou- : ble-barreled affair, with committees working upon it at each en<l of the F Capitol. * The senate committee will dispose 0 of witnesses connected with Wall street activities, and with the activity In Washington In support of tariff duties on sugar and wool before tak- c Ing up the Mulhall charges. a Edward Lauterbach, the New York c lawyer, about whom centered the ex- a traordinary activities of "David La- b SKL.Y. ar," has been subpoenaed to ap- n ^ar and probably will be the rst D itness before the senate committee, was In an effort to get Lautehbach job with the Union Pacific Kail- 2* >ad or other Interests that Lamar ild he schemed and planned and apersonated Congressmen. He represents Lauterbach as a an who could "grease the wheels" Washington. 'OSTPONES VOTE ON LOBBY PROBE !'i I in ci ouse Defers Final Action on In- ^ quiry Until Wednesday?All p, Seem to Wish It. i 11 Wahsington, July 5.?The house . restled several hours today with a ronosal for a lohbv Investlentlnn on s own account and flnaly deferred vote until Wednesday. Although 1 ebate had been limited to our hour. * . raged throughout the entire sit- , ng and Ignoring warnings of Re- I a ubllcan Leader Man to "get down to I URiness," adjournment was forced n lack of a quorum. I P Appartently sentiment was almost nanimouh8 for an Investigation re- i olution from the rules committee, . omprlslng not only an investigation y a committee of seven of Martin M. ?, lulhall's charges that congressmen ad been influenced by the lobby of a tie National Assoclatoin of Manu- . ling was going on at Stuart & Har- J lobby" situation. Before the house djourned all amendments accepted ad been to broaden the scope. The t ouse Investigation will probably be p lstinct from that of the senate. _ The most noteworthy features was * tie elimination of a provision for t lie employment of counsel by the M ouse committee. Representative ^ ,evy of New York, opposed to the p, ivestigatlon, suggested the possibill- j' v that Samuel Untermeyer, counsel j, or the "money trust" committee, v ight be contemplated. Representa- | Ive Henry of Texas defended Uater- ^ leyer and lauded his work, adding ^ that ha hnH nn " V,? ? -" ?.vy au?o w IIU WiW IUII- 1 emplated as counsel for the lobby f iqulry. |, Finally the provision for counsel ( ras dropped. Mr. Henry next Wed- a esday will renew the fight for em- a royment of cunsel. i a An unsuccessful effort was made to r imlt the time fos report of the romnlttee to September 1, next, and an mendment was stll pending specifially to require that all hearing be pen. REUNION OF EIjKK. iearly 100,000 Mrmlteni of Order J, C?o to Rochester. a Rochester, N. Y., July 6.?Nearly Si very train Into Rochester today ; ^ rought delegates to the forty-ninth ' rand lodge reunion of Elks. The ' onventlon, which la expected to at-| * ract to the city about 100,000 vial- J ors. will be open tomorrow night, imong the speakers will be Goverlor Sulzer, who will welcome the lelegatea on behalf of the state. Among the entertainment feature's kill be an electrical and floral paade of floats Tuesday night. Thura- ' lav ttio anniiiil cri-o?>a J- I ..... ........... n.?tiu IIIURC l>uiatll- j kill take place in the morning and , n the afternoon there will be given t ompetltive drills by uniformed pa- ^ rols. At night there will be a wa- ( er carnival on the river. Campaign headquarters have been ipened by many early arrivals and it f r apparent the election will furnish ( ively contests. The candidacy of f Edward Leach of New York for , ;rand exalted ruler, was announced ^ oday. J. Cookman Royd of Balti- t nore will oppose him. There are hree candidates for grand secretary, . j,red C. Robinson of Dubuque, Iowa, , he Incumbent; Thomas J. Darling, <; tostmaster at Temple Texas, and \ )avid McAaron of Port Huron, j 4ich. Four seek the grand treasur- 'f rship. They are Charles A. White, j ?ast exalted ruler, of the Chicago nHsu' Wllllon. A P. -A o? LANCASTER, S. C., TTJE UIGARS HdH I TC FINISH IK>,000 MEN WE KE ENGAGED. avians Have IaisI More Men in Present Campaign Than in the Whole Previous War. l^ondon. July 7.? After 10 days' ghting, more severe than any In the ist Balkan war. a little light begins ? break upon the obscure operaons. The Servians have lost more len than in the whole previous impaign, and semi-official statelents from Belgrade have the apearance of preparing the public for ews of a disaster. Desperate fighting with fiuctuat ig fortunes, is proceeding along the ardar and Bregalinitz rivers, aparently to Bulgaria's advantage, fews has been received of the Bularian invasion of Servia through ielogradehyk. The Bulgarians laim to have defeated the Servians nd captured five guns and quantity f other material, and by the occuation of the passes, to have opened tie road to Nish, Servia's most imortant fortified town. There is heavy fighting between he Servians and Bulgarians south f Istip and in the neighborhood of [otchana. About 200.000 men are ngaged and the losses on both sides ppear heavy. Bulgaria's strategy appears to be d hold the Greeks in check, probbly with comparatively small forces 'hile she deals with Servia. Unconfirmed reports credit the ! tulgars with victories near Koprili. iving them the key to Uskup, and Mth an outflanking movement from he south of Tahymos lake which ,'ould cut ofT the Greek retreat, nloniki dispatches report that the j ireeks have captured 16 guns at j loiran, Evidence of desperate fight- | tig is found in the arrival of 8,00o \ rounded at Saloniki. A conservative ei timate of the illed or wounded .n last week's ghting is from 30,000 to 40,000. "housands of destitute refugees rom the scene of fighting are pourng into Saloniki. The Greeks have made charg-s | gainst the Bulgarians of burning nd pilaging all the villages they j bandon and of commtiting murders, nutilations and other horrors. WAR IK ACCEPTED. liwcf, Hervia and Montenegro Will Resist Bulgaria. Washington, July 7.?The Greek egation here was informed by its rovernment yesterday that without i formal declaration Greece, Servia ind Montenegro have accepted war kith Bulgaria; that the Greek solliers had notified the Bulgarian minster at Athens he considered the atter's mission at an end. and that he Greek minister at Sona had been nstructed to return home. ll.OOO MEN SLAUGHTERED. >Vhon Bulgarian Army Surrounded Servian Division?Over IOO Taken Prisoners. Vienna, Austria, July 7.?Eleven housand officers and men of the Serrian Timok division were killed durng the battle with the Bulgarians. n w? V* 1 < ? V* V. ' -? ible for any criminal action on the >art of their agent Jones. The jury indoubtedly thought the same, for. ifter being out only a few minutes, >rought in a verdict of not guilty. The caae has attracted considerible attention in this county, as it i? he first ever brought here for the ilegal sale of dynamite. It will serve o put hardware dealers on their * rd and see that the law is enfore>d. as it has come to the attention of he game warden that parties esorted to unsportsmanlike method" o obtain fish. f'r .. ..mv.li me tnvisioii was dereated, iccording to the Sofia correspondent >f The Tteeihsport. The division onsisted of 15,000 trcn who were mrrounded by a Bulgarian army vhich had outflanked them. Only i,000 of the Servians survived and hese were taken prisoners. According to other newspaper re>orts. a Bulgarian column of 14,000 nen has succeeded in reaching the lervian town of Vranya and Is hreatening the line of retreat of the Servian army. The Bulgarian prelumablv were pushed forward from Srgi Palanka. Saloniki. July 7.? Bart of the Ireek right wing has driven the Bulrarians across the river Struma and s now marching on the town of lerros, according to official reports rom the Greek headquarters. UNIQUE CASE IN CAMDEN. 'or Sale of Dynamite to be Vseil in "Fishing:." Camdpn Special to Columbia Roo>rd, July 7,?Not satisfied with the Ine imposed on Miller Jones, a salesnan employed by Rurns & Rarrett ast week in which Magistrate Fin her was summoned before Governor tiease to show cause why he should lot be removed from office. Game Varden Richardson Saturday irought criminal action against turns & Barrett for the sale of the lynamite. Attorney L. T. Mills repesented the defendants and held hat the firm was in no u/o? iSDAY, JULY 8, 1913. TARIFF HAS EASY SAILING l>KM<H'KAT8 WILL STAND I* AT < 'haii'inaii Simmons SatisfU'il Witl Showing ami Will K**|?ort Measure to Senate This Week. \*r.>i..i.. n uaouiiifiiuii, auij (. r oriy-sevci Democratic senators stood up in th< party caucus one by one late toda: and declared their intention to vou for the Underwood-Simmons tarifl revision bill as finally approved b; the caucus a few minutes previously Two senators, Ransdell and Thorn ton, of Louisiana, stated that the; would not make such promises be cause of the proposal to place suga on the free list in 1916. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska and Culber sou of Texas were absent, but bot] are known to be in favor of the bill This gives the Democrats 4 9 vote for the bill, or a slender majority o one, wth the vote of the Vice Presi dent to fall back on in an emei gency. An absolute binding resolution wa not adopted, the poll by individual being substituted and that poll wa put only on the ground of persona promise and was not made binding a resoiuuon was adopted, nowevei declaring the Underwood-Simmon bill a party measure and urging it undivided support without amend meat unless such should be submit ted by the committee. Senator New lands of Nevada cast the only vot against this resolution but Senator Shafroth of Colorado, llausdell am Thornton, did not vot?. RESOLUTION AGREED TO. The resolution was as follows: Resolved, that the tariff bill agree to by the conference, in its amende* form, is dclared to be a party meas ured and we urge its undivided sup port as a duty by Democratic sen ators without amendments. Provid ait hnu avar #?>., 1. ...... r VU, i?v ?. V/ ? , niuv HIC WlUCIClIVt' u the finance committee may, afte reference or otherwise propos amendments to the bill. Senator Kern, chairman of tb caucus, and Chairman Simmons c . the finance committee, expresse entire satisfaction with the outcom and declared their confidence tlm enough votes were personally pled* ed to assure the passage of the meai ure with froe wool and free sugu included. It became at once apparent whe the caucus convened, that a resolv tlon which would bind members al solutely to the bill without anient ment was distasteful to many seni tors. The resoluton therefore wt modified nnd nrecentoH . n tho f of a party declaration. Before th was put to a vote, the motion wj made that senators be asked flatly i to their intention regarding tli measure and this was agreed to. Th roll was then called. "CONSCIENCE FUND" HAS DECREASE! During Past IOO Years Governmei Has Deceived Contributions Aggregating Nearly $.">00,000. Washington, July 7.?Fewer pen tents, tortured by the "still sma voice" confessed and surrender* "conscious money" to the federi government during the fiscal yei 1913 than for many years. T1 "conscience fund" received durir the 12 months ended June 30, tota led only $2,814.4 4. the lowe amount since 1901 and comparab with a hundred-year average < tj inn That fund is the only official indt to scruples but no treasury offici attempts to explain the decrease : sestitution of money received fro the government by fraud or error. During the past 100 years, the go ernment has received conscience co tributions aggregating nearly a hal million dollars, the actual figures i to June 30 last being $434, 615.C The remarkable fund was establish* during President Madison'.-, admini tration n 1811, when the first coi tribution of $5 was received. Tl ; largest amount ever received in oi ! year was $3 5,868 in 1902, and ti ! greatest individual contribution < I $18,669.60 was made to the colle j tor of customs in New York moi ! than a decade ^go by an unknow person who prbbajdy had defraud* 1 the government of tariff duties. Tr^fianrv nfftoiolo 1 il . . ... ^ vr.ntiu.in nulMMIIIII II j fund wth a certain degree of sacrei : ness. Usually the penitent sends h ! contribution anonymously, hut if I signs his name his secret is locked i the archieves of the government. ! is the one place in the federal esfal j lishment where a contrite sinner m? : make confession and amends witl ' out the slightest danger of proseci tion. COOL WEATHER ENDS. Texas Finds Itself With Hot Weatl er After Cool "Spell." Fort Worth, Texas, July 6.?Tw, weeks of unusually cool weather i Texas, accompanied in many sectioi by heavy rains, ended abruptly t< day, when the mercury mounted 1 100 degrees or more throughout tfc state. Greenville whioi. ? , .. ...V... y?i?n |iy. tinlly flooded by a record broakin rise In the Sabine river, reports temperature of 105 degrees. Tt same temperature prevailed In Foi Worth, Dallas. San Antonio, Texa kana and El Paso were only sligbtl cooler. | TWO KILliEI>; MANY INJt'KED. 1 j j 'J rains Meet on Itoller Coaster in New York. (i New York, July 6.? Two men 1 were killed and between 20 and 30 |< persons Injured in a rear-end collis- . ion of two trains tonight on a roller , coaster at Palisades park in New i Jersey across the Hudson river form 2 Uptown, N. Y. Arthur Olson of t Bronxborough died soon after being |( 2 from the wreckage, and Frank Lecf lair of Manhattan died in a hospital j, f to which he was removed. Of the in- ^ jured one is not expected to live while a score are suffering from (l y broken bones and internal injuries The accident occured after the first ' r incline and descened to the dip be- n 8 yond where it stopped when the elec- f " trie propelled cable failed to carry 4] I1 it tip to the next stop. A scond train ( of cars meanwhile reached the top of 8 of the first incline and dashed down the dip into the stalled train. The cries of the injured caused a ^ panic in the park, many who rushed f to the scene of accident being crush- t 8 ed in the jam. j ? s . : s I | 1 ij FLORIDA CROWD J ; LYNCHES NEGRO ? | 1 I S After Negro is raptured He is 1 Taken to Scene of His Crime i and Killed. e el * s ! Jacksonville, Fla., July 6.? Sher- ; ii iff Cherry of Clay county was shot p I and instantly killed by Roscoe Smith, i a negro, at Yellow River this morn- r ing, the negro later beng captured ' and lynched by a mob of infuriated d citizens. t d | Sheriff Cherry, hearing that gam- f i- . bling was gong on at Stuart &Har- t i- rison's turpentine stll at Yellow i- River, started for that point, ac[ compained by one of his deputies. , r As he reached there he met the negro r Smith, who, armed with a shotgun. . was walking down the road. Sheriff j Cherry hailed the negro and asked: ' e "What are you doing with that gun? j 1 Wait a minute, 1 want to see you." d The negro made some reply and the ( e sheriff left his buggy and started to- t it ward the negro. As he neared Smith j the latter took aim and fired, the load t f- entering the sheriff's side killing . ir him instantly. The deputy, who was armed with a revolver, started in , n pursuit of the negro, but his revol- i i- ver railed to fire. As the news of the j a- tragedy spread, a posse was formed j 1- and fully 100 men, heaaded by a pack i- of bloodhohnds for Highlands, start- , lh ed in pursuit of the negro, who was j ai finally captured. He was taken back ] Ih to the scene of his crime and com- < is manded to take a walk down the < is the road. As he started, fully 100 j i? guns and revolvers were fired at him < ie the bullets riddling his body. The I I angry mob then surged around the ? dead negro and his ears were cut off for souvenirs. Sheriff Cherry was one of Flori \ da's most popular officers and was j well known in this city, where he spent much time. Reports from the it the scene of crime tonight are that everything is quiet, but the negroes, ] fearing further trouble, are keeping | withing doors. 11 NKW COTTON WEIGHING RECORD id ill ir Ht. Matthews Man Handles and O. i le K.'h 525 Hales In 100 Minutes. Ip St.. \fatthews Special to Columbia " Record, July 7.?Mr. John D. Anti ley, familiarly known over Calhoun ' county as "Uncle John." public cotton weigher for this county for sev- , eral terms and still serves the public ;x to the best of his ability, has made a , j record for weighing cotton that will 111 stand the strictest investigation by 111 any "doubting Thomasses." Mr. O. 11. Wienges, one of Calhoun's v" most substantial farmers and who 1 raises more cotton than any one farmer in the county, his entire crop aggregating 525 hales this year, and I | : sold at and shipped from St. Matthews. These 525 bales were weighM" ed by Mr. Antley in 490 minutes, a little less than n bale a minute. In 10 marking these bales "Uncle John" M> bad to put upon tag, two sets of figM>. ues, who from and who to. on the entire amount. Mr Antley speaks very interestingly of how he managed this r<" and is also proud of the record. ii ' Ml ^ _ .T.r,^ I r, i?f. I lll-KCKI TO FIGHT. ie " ?' Father and Sen Are Killed by Two Is _ ^ u. Oklahoma Church Members. In Lahlequah, Okla.. July f>.? Henry It Sanders was shot anil killed and his ti- father, Matthews Sanders a former iy sheriff of Cherokee county, was stabbt bed and probably injured at Dykes J- ' Chapel, a country choureh five miles South of here today as the result of a a difference with Henry and Will Johnson, members of the chourch, over the management of a Sunday school class. The Johnsons fled. The disagreement arose during the ? services. The principals left the ^ building, the audience following, but >. when the congregation reached the to RCP no thh frf?OA/lo V. ?1 1 iitin uern enacted. ,f> Young Sanders died in a few minutes and his father, suffering from sevea ral knife wounds, was lying on the 10 ground, rt ' r- Miss Kflie Hatchcock of Columbia lv has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Y. Hatchcock. S. $1.50 PER YEAR. UTILES ALMOST INHUMAN KEEKS ARE ItADLY SCATTERED loumaiiia and Turkey Growing Restless and Kalkan Slates May Also Continue Struggle. London, July 7.?The most imortant news from the seat of war aday Is the report, confirmed from ona, of the appearance of a large Bulgarian force at Brauia, threaten?g the Servian line of retreat. Still lore significant, as tending to conrra the belief that the Servians are uffering defeat, is the announceaent irom Balgrude that only aeager reports are being received rom the Servian army headquarters. 11 addition, a rigorous censorship ou he newspapers is being enforced. FEROCIOUS FIGHTING. The Servian wounded describe tho lattles as almost inhuman in their erocity, the men throwing away J. heir firearms and using their bayolets as daggers. Thts accords with he information from many sources f the bloody fighting in the present truggle. ? Whatever the policy of the Euroiean powers may be, little is now ? leard of attempts to stop the war. "he ambassadorial conference met n London again today, but apparntly did little except discuss the toundaries of Albania. Meanwhile Roumania and Turkey ;ive signs that they will not long be die spectators and the Balkan states nay contiue the struggle which will paralyze them for years to come. News of the fighting continues conradictory. It is almost invariably rom official sources; no Independent estimony is available. GREEKS FORGING AHEAD. A Salonial dispatch says the Jreeks have occupied Deinirhissir md Strumitza, and. according to the nost likely information, the Bulgarian General, Ivanoff, has been .lowly retiring before the superior Ireek forces northward. Another dispatch asserts that General Tvanoff. by an unexpected aback, scattered the Greek army of 10,000 commanded by King Constanine, and occupied Nigrita and other mints on the Greek line. Both reports may be correct, and :hat crediting victory to Genera} [vanoff may refer to a date after the Bulgarian commander was reinforced. Detailed reports from Greek official sources describe how the Bulgarians last week by incessant labor tiad transformed Kllkish into annher Plevna with a surprsing extent af trenches, guns, and defenses, and issert that the Greeks by their successful advance prevented the execution of a plan for a Bulgarian attack an Saloniki. FOK SUMMER SKSSIO-'S. - ..norsr ii puii v apuci Mill. The demonstration is for the purpose of demanding that Congress pass a resolution leaving to the country thequestion of a constitutional amendment granting the hallot to women. Burglar Knters Residence of J. W. Nance ami Ijoots It. Union, July 7.?On the afternoon of the OlorlOUS Fourth between the hours of 4 and 6 o'clock some unknown parties entered the home of Mr. J. W Nance on West Main street and stole $24 in cash and a watch worth $125. The intruder entered y by breaking In the screen at the back ' and raising a rear window, while Mrs. Nance was up town meeting the 4 o'clock train, and it was not until she returned that the loss was discovered. The robbery has been reported to the police and Mr Nance has offered $25 for proof to convict the burglar. i rresnyiwians anil Baptists Assemble Near Aslievllle For Conference. Asheville, N. C., July 6.?Hundreds of Presbyterians and Baptists gathered today at Montreat and Ridge Crest assembly grounds, near Black Mountain, for the annual summer conferences of the Southern Presbyterian and Southern Baptist denominations. The Presbyterians are at Montreat and the Baptists are at Ttidge Crest. The Presbyterian conference opened in the big auditorium. Dr. J. Gary McAlister of Louisville, Ky., delivering the address of welcome. The evening services were led by Dr. R. C. Anderson, president of the association. The morning services at Ridgfr Crest were conducted by Dr. M Ashley Jones, pastor of the First Baptist church of August:., Ga. All the houses and cottages at both assembly grounds are filled with delegr.ets. WOMEN TO ('HAR(iK CAPITAL. American Suffragists Arrange For 'Attack" at Washington. Washington, July 7.?General plans for the descent of woman suffragists on the capitol were agreed upon today when officers of the National Woman Suffrage Association determined that the "attack" on the national legislature would he marked by a monster automobile parade. Suffragists from many states have advised the committee of their ^intention to take part. The women will gather at Hyattsville, Md.. on the morning of Julytk., A reception will be held there by the" local committee and. after forming cars wll / Viornn "?"