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fbs Abbeville Press and Banner. PUBLISHED WEEKLY ? AT ? ABBEVILLE, S. C. Precipitation is aviation's worst en emy. Airships have not yet filed freight tariffs. ?. Winter 1b looking over the fenoe at us. Nicaragua gives signs of refusing to stay put "The hobble skirt is passing," says a fashion note. But slowly, of course. One of the requisites of an aero plane flight is a check for a good-sized amount One of the shocking new plays brought out In New York is named "Electricity." ! The thumping of the steam pipes in the early morning means more noise but not more heat Chinese officials must give up their Jobs or their queues. The latter will naturany nave to go. A London scientist has Invented a sure cure for a cold. So has every body else in the world. A Hoosler dentist ha3 planned a tooth Insurance policy. He may bite off more than he can chew. In future, when aviation meets are to be stopped by the police, they will have to have more "fly cops." There are 80,000 rooms In New TOTK -WltDOUt llgnt. Ana yet wj boast of the Great White Way. With aeroplane makers organised the pickets could have lota of fun making faces at non-union craft King Chulalongkorn is dead. Com positors will be glad to learn that his successor's name is Chowfa Maha Va Jlravauch. A lecturer declared lately mai me perfect woman of the future will not be a mother. Then she will not be a perfect woman. The woman who has a pet boa con strictor 11 feet long shouldn't kick if her husband brings home a load of make bite cure. Man is a useless creature, asserts a Chicago woman lecturer. What? Who'd stay home and tend the baby if It wasnt for men? 8tiU, there are some young men who are more interested in the price of American beauty roses than in the cost of beefsteak. About tfie time a mtui uo&uio >w grow bmsh heaps to hie ears he loses Interest In the changing vagaries of fashions in socks. The Massachusetts girl who can throw a baseball like Ellam is a fac tory girl. No college or society girl can compete with her. Shakespeare may have had the man birds in mind when he mentioned the condition of being "horsed on the sightless corners of the air." It Is alleged that dressed Peruvian monkeys are being sold as rabbits in the London market. What a waste there must be in monkey tails. A Toronto girl who thought she was marrying a young capitalist soon dis covered that her husband was a bur glar. Is not marriage a lottery? The ffwiss are going to construct another tunnel through the Alps. Evi "? ??/%* folro rrm/?h in aenuy uiej uu u< <<. the aerial route taken by Chavez. Three of the last load of deer brought Into Bangor, Me., says an ex change, were shot by women. Who says a woman can't hit anything she alms at? They are going to put up another huge building in New York, this time one of 46 stories. Daylight will yet be at a premium on the Manhattan street le?el. A preacher says that young women prefer marriage to missionary work. If they tackle the former, however, they'll find that they're In for a bit of the latter. Only scientific institutions or learn ed chemists will be permitted to buy radium. As It is $36,000,000 a pound, ore can readily see what hardship this arbitrary regulation is going to vorlc anions fbe general public, seek ing radium bargains. In Detroit a man was arrested be cause he shot off firecrackers on tbe twenty-flfth anniversary of his wed ding. A man who wants to celebrate because be has been married twenty five years ought to have some privi leges. An Oregon detective has been deco rated by China for guarding the Chin ese prince on the latter's recent visit to this country. But a detective sport ing a yellow jacket and a peacock feather would be rather hampered in Ms business of secret identity. The Eoston Transcript remarks that "the best thing for a black eye is a plausible explanation. This looks like something new in the way of domestic economy. A will filed in the New York Surrogate's of fice provides for an allowance to one of the heirs, a young lady, for the purpose of giving an education which should be practical and include "cook ery, drawing and cutting." It evi dently was the purpose of the testa tor to have the girl trained for house wifely duties. CRUSHING THE BUSINESS. Postemaster General Determined to Stop Get-Rich-Quick 1 Concerns From Using U. S. Mails Philadelphia. ? Nineteen arrests were made in one day in towns in Pennsylvania and New Jersey in the government's crusade against persons accused of using the mails to defraud. The arrests were made by postal in spectors and all the defendants were given hearings before United States commissioners and held in bail for trial, or for further hearings, on charges of using the mails to defraud. Among the more important defen dants with the result of their hear ings are the following: Chain Shoe Store Syndicate, Louis T. Rice, president, Philadelphia; An drew C. Patterson, first vice presi dent, also president of the Excelsior Trust Company of Philaedlphia; Ed gar Pohlig, second vice president and treasurer; George H Brooks, third rice president, Philadelphiaa. Each was held in $1,000 for a further hear ing. Pine Heights Company, Robert G. McMorris, Philadelphia; Harry F. Stanton, Ocean City, N. J. Waived hearing and held in $500 bail each for trial. According to Postal Inspector Cor telyou the Chain Shoe Stores syndi cate was capitalized at $2,000,000. It had advertised that it was establish ing retail stores in large cities; that it was purchasing shoe factories at bargain prices and that the company was able to do business cheaply by eliminating middlemen. The Pine Heights Company advertised and used the mails for giving away and selling lots in Southern New Jersey, which, the government alleges, are practical ly worthless. Lewis Conradi Conrad Lotz and William Bingham, officers of the Cor respondence Institute of America at Scranton, $1,000 each for further hearing. This organization has no connec tion with the International Correspon dence Schools. Conrad, Lotz and Bingham are res pectively the president, secretary and. treasurer and manager of the Corers pondence Institute of American. The postal inspectors allege that this con cern procured lists of high school stu dents and wrote to them, stating that their names had been recommended as thoee of persons with artistic tal ent. On this account the institute offered $42 course of art instruction under its full faculty of fine artists for 518.50. It was said tnere was no faculty of artists, but there were 60, 000 students enrolled on. the books of the concern. Washington.?Information haa, been received by Postmaster General Hitchcock and Chief Inspector Sharp, of the arrest of E. C. Drew, president of the Alabama Electric Service Com pany at Fort Payne, Alaa., on charges of using the United States mails for the conduct of alleged fraudulent en terprises. , Harrisburg, Pa.?Abram G. Stauffer, Oscar A. Stauffer and Abram S. Stauf fer, prominent residents of Palmyra, Lebanon county, wfere arrested there charged with using the mails to de fraud. Their operations, said to hare been in several States, are reported to have netted thousands of dollars. The Stauffers are charged with hav ing been selling instruments to locate hidden wealth, one of the articles be ing the "Spanish needle." They were sold at from $10 to $15 each and about 1,500 are alleged to have been sold in the last .year. Charges of the sale of obscene literature th" mails have also been made. The men were held in $5,000 bail for court. The arrests caused a sen sation in this vicinity, as their repu tations were of the highest business standing. Odd Fellows' Orphanage Loss. Greenville, S. C.?Fire completely destroyed the boys' dormitory of th' Odd Fellows Orphanage, an institution established in 1905 by the Indepen dent Order of Odd Fellows of South Caarolina at a cost of $30,000. Thir particular building, erected two yean ago, represents a loss of $6,000. The inmates of the dormitory werp performing their evening chores when the fire was discovered. The origin of the fire is not known. The building will be replaced. Under the Torrens System. Spartanburg, S. C.?Eugene C. Mas sie of Richmond, Va., delivered an address in this city on the Torrenr system of registering land titles. Thr address was made at the chamber of commerce rooms and there were many real estate men, attorneys and legislators present. A number had come from nearby cities. Real estate may be disposed of without requiring the buyer to have the title investigat ed, as the State gunrantees titles reg istered under this plan. "Black Mammy" Memorial Institute. Athens, Ga.?At a meeting of the in corporators of the "Black Mammy Memorial Institute" here, additional trustees were elected and plans for launching the enterprise were consid ered. The board of trustees will meet December 21 to make final arrange ments for inaugurating the work. The institute will be devoted to the iu6'.ruction of the negro girls of Geor gia. in the culinary art and will be the first of its kind in the country. Morse's Pardon Petition Presented. Washington.?Charles W. Morse's petition for pardon has been formal ly presented to the department of justice. Mrs. Morse has made another peti tion for her husband and this has been presented to President Taft by Senator Hale. The president sent it at once to Attorney General Wicker sham, who turned it over to the at torney in charge of pardons. Mrs. Morse's personal petition came in the form of a letter addressed to the president. (AND THEY LAUGHED, New Senator, Mr. Young, of Iowa, Lectures Colleagues. RIVAL TO ARKANSAS SENATOR Declares That It Would be Best For Country For Congress to Remain Idle Two "Solid" Years?Says Edi tors Are the Real Power. Washington. ? Senator Lafayette Young of Iowa gave tne legieiauve body, of wihch he had been a member but ten days, the surprise of its ex istence. He had prepared to make an attack on his colleague, Senator Cum mins, who seeks passage of a concur rent resolution changing the rules of the Senate and House so as to per mit peice meal revision of the Payne Aldrich tariff law. This he did and more. Doffing his toga, when he arose, he lectured the grave and dig nified Senators from the standpoint of an editor, which he is in private life. The Senate gasped and then laugh ed when Mr. Young told it that the country would feel relieved were Con gress to adjourn altogether for two "solid" years, declaring that "legis lation is a menace at times." "Let us have a cessation of hostili ties. This is the only way to insure a new era for prosperity." It gasped again when he alluded to Its mem bers in breezy fashion as "boys," and when he declared that the editors of the country, and not Congress, ruled the country, the galleries joined with Senators in general hilarity. Mr. Young opposed all efforts at revision of the existing tariff law, be cause, as he contended, the law pro tects the interests of the farmer. He had a great fear, he said, that ulti mately the adoption of the resolution wouia prove mjuriuuo iu uic gicai agricultural Interests. "The principal complaint against the tariff as regards prices," he said, "has had reference to the products of the farm." "My colleague would take away from himself and myself the right of introducing the woolen mbedule as a substitute for a proposed amendment which might put agricultural pro ducts on the free list If the propos ed rule should become the law of the two houses we would be denied the privilege of fighting for our interests by the arrangement and introduction of the interests of others." NOT YET BUT SOON. uoming AttacK on biectricai i ruse Will be a Mighty Battle. Washington.?The government's at tack on the so-called Electrical Trust will begin before New Tear's Day un less present plans are changed. On a certain date?being kept se cret?between now and the beginning of 1911, a bill in equity against one section of the combine will be filed in some United States court1 east of the Mississippi river. ' Then will begin what the Depart ment of Justice considers the mam moth trust-ousting suit of its history and one which involves a test of the Sherman law never brought before. The government's case will depend 'argely upon the interpretation of the patent laws. One of the government's prosecu tors declares that when the action is :nstituted it will be recognized \s far eclipsing the Standard Oil case n magnitude and public importance, md one conservative estimate is that t will cost the government no less han $1,000,000 to prosecute to the nd. This latter fact is said to be the nswer of the Department of Justice o criticisms of delay. Rockefeller Buys 50,000 Seals. New York?John D. KocKereuer is he largest purchaser of Red Cross eals in the United States. His order Hied by the New York Red Cross So ciety, was for 50,000 of the Christmas .tickers, which will be pasted on the everse side of all mail matter sent rrom the offices of the Standard Oil Company during the holiday season. The proceeds from the sale of the Christmas seals will be used by the Red Cross Society to fight tubercu losis. Bill to Raise Judge's Salaries. Washington?To increase salaries of supreme court justices $5,000 and to ncrease proportionately the compen sation of federal judges is the pur-, oose of a bill introduced by Senator Depew. The bill fixes the salary of the chief justice at $18,000 and the sal aries of associate justices at $17,500. These salaries are now respectively $13,000 and $12,500. It is proposed to increase circuit judges' salaries from $7,000 to $10,000 and federal district judges from $6,000 to $9,000. Beautiful Wife Shoots Husband. Philadelphia. ? Herbert Mason Clapp, a wealthy clubman of this city, is in a hospital with a bullet in his head and likely to die and his beautiful young wife is locked up charged with having shot him. Ac cording to the police, the couple quar reled and Mrs. Clapp secured a 44 calibre pistol and shot twice at her husband. One bullet crashed through the man's mouth, emerging near the left ear. Clapp is 38 and his wife is 23. $21,894,861 For Rivers and Harbors. Washington?In record time and spending money at the rate of $7,000, 000 an hour, the House passed the river and harbor bill, making appro priations amounting to $21,894,861 for river and harbor work during the fis cal year ending June 30, 1912. No vote was taken, the bills being passed by unanimous consent, and with the ex ception of a slight typhographical er ror in the printed bill, not a word was charged from the form in which it was presented in the river and harbor committee. GOLD TO PREVENT WARS. Andrew Carnegig Establishes Foun dation For Universal Peace? Board of 27 Trustees. Washington.?Surrounded by twen ty-seven trustees of his choosing, com prising former Cabinet members, ex ambassadors, College presidents, law yers ana educators Anarew uarueB?e transferred $10,000,000 in five per cent mortgage bonds, value $11,500, 000, to be devoted to the establish ment of universal peace by the aboli tion of war between nations and such friction as may impair "the progress and happinesB of man." When war between nations shall have ceased, the fund is to be applied to such altruistic purposes as will "best help man an his glorious as sent onward and upward" by the ban ishment of the "most degrading evil or evils" then harassing mankind. SOUTHERN HELPING FARMERS. Great Railway System Inaugurates Cotton Culture Department. Washington, D. C.?The cotton cul ture department of the Southern Rail way company, the Alabama Greal Southern Railroad company and the Mobile and Ohio railroad company if now fully organized and in active op eration. Mr. T. O. Plunkett, general agent in charge, has engaged, as field agents, Messrs. W. D. Clayton, R. V Jarrott, W. C. Proctor, A. D. White head, J. E. Gray, E. B. Randle and Ernest Vaughan. At the present tim? two of these men are at work along the lines of the Southern railway Ik Alabama, two on the Southern rail way in Mississippi, one on the Ala bama Great Southern and two on the ??obile and Ohio. The field agents are co-operating with the representatives of the Uni ted States agricultural department and with the state agricultural au thorities In advising the farmers as to the best cultural methods to pur sue in order to incyease'the average yield of cotton per acre. They are also giving advice as ?o the besl methods of dealing with the Mexican cotton boll weevil in localities tc which there is a probability that il may spread. President Finley is giv ing personal attention to the general supervision of this work, which is to be made as effective and helpful as possible. It is his purpose to maintain a high degree of efficiency in the or ganization and gradually to extend its operation to the eastward. MRS. EDDY'S WILL. Boston Mother Church Helped?What Relatives Get. Concord, N. H.?For the purpose of more effectually promoting and ex* j tending the religion of Christian Science as taught by her, Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy in her will, filed here makes the mother church of Boston h?r residuary legat^, after various [ other bequests are paid. Among these other bequests is one ' of $100,000 to the Christian Science Board of Directors to be held for the purpose of giving free instruction for "Indigent Christian Scientists." In addition to the previous gifts made to her son, George W. Glover, of Lead, S. D., $10,000 is given him in the will, and the same sum is given each of his five children. Dr. E. J. Foster-Eddy, her adopted son, gets $5,000; Calvin A. Frye, $20, 000 and there are several more be quests of $1,000 to $3,000 each to rela tives and to attendants of the Eddy household. By Codicils, Mrs. Eddy directs that an indebtedness upon the church edi fice of the second church of Cl?ris C/>!onfiofo in Miiw Vnrlr fihnll hp liau gvicuuoia *** *ivt? cancelled from her estate, and be j queaths her "crown of diamonds" breast pin to Mrs. Augusta E. Stet i Bon, of New York. t Mi*s. Schenck Will Plead Insanity. Wheeling, W. Va.?Insanity will be alleged in defense of Laura Farnworth Schenk, who is charged with the at tempted murder of her wealthy hus band John O. Schenk, by poison, ac cording to affidavits filed by her law yers in suport of a motion for post ponement of her trial. Judge Jordan, of the criminal court, granted the post ponement from December 19 to Janu ary 9 on the ground that the deposi tions of witnesses outside this State were wanted. Was This "K. C. Jones'" Train? Davis, Okla.?One man killed and thirty-one were seriously injured, when three cars of a southbound At chison, Topeka & Santa Fe train were thrown from a bridge and into the Washita river, five miles from here. The wreck was caused by a broken rail. Practically every one one the train was hurt though in a minor degree. Two were fatally injured. The smoking car, the baggage car and the chair car plunged from the track 40 feet into the river. Reefs Ahead of Peary. Washington?Representative Macon of Arkansas threatens trouble for Capt. Robert E. Peary, the arctic ex plorer, when the question of honoring him comes up on the floor of the House. Mr. Macon is a member of the naval affairs committee which has before it a bill to make Peary a rear admiral in the navy. Mr. Ma con contends that there is no proof that Peary discovered the pole, and if the committee reports the measure he will fight it to the last ditch. North Carolina vs. Standard Oil. Raleigh, N. C.?At the hearing of State vs. Standard Oil Company in city police court, on the charge of violating the North Carolina anti trust law by cutting prices in Ral eigh unduly to crush out competition, it was shown that the cuts for the year were from 11 1-2 to 7 1-4 cents per gallon. But retailers still require consumers to pay 15 cents for it. Tax paid on the basis of gallons of oil so'd in the State for the year ag gregates $49,000, and that the Stan dard paid $37,0V0 of this. fINLEY TALKS ON DIXIE. President Southern Railway Gives Out Encouraging News on South's Condition?Finley Knows. Columbia, S. C.?President Finley of the Southern Railway Company, who has been in the South for the past two weeks, in speaking of the business outlook in this section, said: "Internal business conditions in the Southeastern States are excellent. Fundamentally, this is due to the gen orollv nrrtonorAiio vaqi* fViof Alii* fflP. jpi vojpvi wuo J bUl lUUt VUi 1.U* - mers have had. Taking all things In to consideration, I doubt whether Southern farmers as a whole have ever had a better year than that now drawing to a close. Cotton, the most important crop of the South is mov ing at prices which yield to the grow er a generous margin of profit. The Southern apple crop is large and profitable. The Southern corn crop has far surpassed all previous yields and is having a far-reaching effect on business conditions. Heretofore the planter has drawn on the proceeds of his cotton crop to buy corn for his stock. This year he will buy much less corn, and, at the same time, will have more home-grown meat. He is, therefore, in a much stronger finan ciay position and is able to spend more money on buildings and other improvements on his farm, to buy farm implements, and to make larger purchases of general merchandise. "As a result of the good agricultu ral situation the dutlook for retail business in the South is almost uni formly excellent. Dealers in dry goodB, clothing, groceries, boots and shoes, hardware and stoves, and merchants generally report a good relume of business with encouraging prospects. "Manufacturers of vehicles and ag ricultural implements, and other man ufacturers who sell principally to the Southern trade, anticipate good spring j business. "The fertilizer business of the South i? one of large importance, and it is predicted that this season's movement, which will begin in Janu ary will be substantially larger than that of last year." Speaking of industries manufactur ing for the general trade, Mr. Finley said: "Furniture manufacturers are now filling moderate orders^and are look ing forward to larger Bales after their new styles have been displayed at the January expositions in Cincinnati, Chicago and Grand Rapids. The Southern cotton mill situation is un even. The long-delayed readjustment 6t the prices of mill products to the higher price level of the raw material has not yet fully taken place. There is, however, an active demand for some speoial lines of goods. Jobbers are reported to have relatively smallj stocks. The situation is, therefore,, promising for an active business as j soon as sellers and buyers can get to gether on prices. Leading cotton manufacturers believe it is not un likely that such a situation may be reached not later than the early 8? ring. "The demand for iron and steel is not active. Lumber has also been rather inactive, but mills in many lo calities are now reporting a brisk de mand and largely increased sales. "The financial situation in the South 1b strong. Money is easier, and ; especially in localities where the J farmers have marketed a large pro-1 portion of their cotton, bank deposits j are increasing. Collections are gen- j erally good except in some localities ' where cotton is being held." Woman 45 With 28 Children. Richmond, Ind.?The 28th child has arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jason Bonner at New Castle, Ind. Twenty-one of the children are liv ing. Mr. Bonner is 49 years of age and his wife is four years his junior. Hookworm Among Foreigners. Washington?Hookworm has been discovered in Chinese, Hindus and other immigrants from the Far East on the Pacific coast. The govern ment regards the situation as critical. Federal Judge Speer's Mercy. Valdosta, Qa.?John Weathering-1 ton, a young man, and David Sutton, aged 78, an ex-Confederate soldier, were before Judge Emory Speer for sentence an the charge of moonshln ing. To the younger man the court said: "You go home as quick as you can." To the old man he said: "I want you to go home Christmas Eve ind get in your old wife's stocking 3 A-.11 v. #VM T n UA11 oa rt PKriof. 1I1U LCll IIC1 1 SCUt juu ?o a vunoi mas present to her. You are too val uable a man to your country to be in Jail." Receiver For Insurance Companies. Spartanburg, S. C.?On petition of A. M. Alexander, president of the Mu tual and Palmetto Fire Insurance Company, Judge T. S. Sease appointed i receiver for these companies. They were attacked two years ago by the Insurance Commission of South Caro lina and by the press. Since that time much difficulty has been ex perienced in carrying on the affairs of the companies and the application for receivership was not altogether unex-1 pected. Mrs. Martin Declared Sane. Newark, N. J.?Judge Teneyck, who has been hearing testimony bearing on the mental condition of Mrs. Caro lyne B. Martin, one of the sisters ac cused of the murder of Mrs. Ocey Mattin Sneed, in a bath tub in a house in East Orange, some months ago, has declared the woman to be sane within the meaning of the statute. In consequence of this decision, Mrs. j Martin, with her sister, Mrs. Sneed, j will have to stand trial for murder on January 9 next. UNDER AMERICAN ELAG Population of United States and Pos sessions 101,100,000?Bounded by > States Number is 91,972,000. Washington?In the United States and all of its possessions the Stars and Stripes protect 101,100,000. This enormous number is the official esti mate of the United States Bureau of the Census, announced in connection with the population statistics for the X _ J j? i.u ~ fPUU. uuumry as euumeraieu m me ^uji teenth Decennial Census. It in cludes the Philippines, Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Alaska and the Panama Canal Zone. v Within its borders on the North American continent, exclusive of Alaska, the United States has a popu lation of 91,972,266 inhabitants. Dur ing the last ten years the States of the Union had an aggregate increase in population of 15,977,691, which amounts to 21 per cent, over 1900 The grand total includes 7,635,426 in the Philippine Islands as enumer ated in the census there in 1903, and estimates for the population of the Island of Guam, the American pos sessions in Samoa and persons on the Panama Canal Zone. The number of persons in the mil itary and naval service of the United States stationed abroad and on naval vessels is 55,608. ' BOY CORN CHAMPIONS. fciCYCii n ut-?r nuigi a nviu wiiioioiik States at Washington. Washington?Eleven boys from as many Southern States, each boy with an ear of corn In his hand, posed for a picture In front of the big building of the agricultural department. They were the State prize winners in the Boys' Cora Clu^ contests of the year, and Jerry Moore, of South Carolina, was the president of the lot. In each of the States represented boys had worked each a measured are of land, planted in corn. The best yield in each State had taken the first prize, and the boys, none of whom are over 16, were on a trip to Washington, where they were Introduced to the President and the Secretary of Agrl culture and then snown tne signis 01 the city. , The successful boys from each State were not always the ones that raised the biggest crops. The de partment of agriculture, in outlining the contest, made it a requisite that the largest crop should be raised with the leaBt expenditure. The high score in the whole group was made by Jerry Moore. But he was not con sidered the most successful. He had raised 228 3-4 bushels, but it had cost him 43 cents a bushel to do it There was a boy from Arkansas who raised only 119 bushels, but he did it at a cost of 8 cents a bushel. He was con sidered the real thing in "corn club dom." The following are the names and addresses of the winers of the trip to the Capital and also the yields of their respective acres and the cost per bushel. Hughey A. Harden, Banks, Ala., 120, 32 cents; Ira Smith, Slier, Ark., 119, 8 cents; Joseph Stone, Center, Ga., 102 5-8, 29 cents, Stephen G. Henry, Melrose, La., 139 4-5, 13.6 cents, Wil liam Williams, Decatur, Miss., 146 4-7, 18 cents; W. Ernest Starnes, Hick ory, N. C., 146 2-7,-.38 cents; Floyd Garner, Tihohimgo, Okla., 9511-12, 8 cents; Jerry H. Moore, Winona, S. C., 228 3-4, 43 cents; Norman Smith, Cov ington, Tenn., ,125 1-2, 37 cents; Wm. Rodgersmith, Karnes City, Texas, 83 1-9, 13 2-3 cents; Maurice Olgers, Southerland, Va., 168.40. Complains on $500 a Month. Washington?"I could not save any thing out of a salary of $6,000 a year and I have a family," said Librarian of Congress Herbert Putnam in ar guing before the House committee on appropriations for an increase of his salary from $6,000 to $7,500. President Will Speak in Atlanta. < Washington?President Taft has ac cepted an invitation to address the Southern Commercial congress on March 10 next, during its three days' session at Atlanta, Ga. Booker Washington Knows. New York?Booker T. Washington told the white congregation of the Fourth Presbyterian church here that the friction between the white race and the black race is all on the sur face, and that at the bottom the Southern negro has the sympathy of the Southern white in his efforts "When I see a negro banker," he said, "and ask him where he got his start, he will usually point to some South ern white' man, and say 'that white man lent me the money and helped me with his advice." Pay For National Guard Soldiers. Washington?Service for pay mem bers of the National Guard is pro vided in a bill introduced by Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania. All men in the ranks who attend 48 drills dur lng tne year, or buch equivalent uuiy as is prescribed, are to be entitled tc 25 per cent, of the pay of a man in the regular army. No allowance will be made when less than twenty drills have been attended, and between that number and 48 the pay is to be a pro portionate amount of the 25 per cent Marking Confederate Graves in North Washington?The military afTairs committee of the Senate agreed to recommend the extension of the Act under which former Senator Berry, of Arkansas, was appointed to mark the graves of Confederate soldiers, who died and were buried in Northern prisons, for three years. This means that Gen. Berry will continue to per form the duties of marking their graves for the government. The first appointment was Col. Wil *n Elliott, of South Carolina, who | i about two years ago. m 'jH CAROLINA?^ SOUTH CAROLINA. Organization Has Outgrown the Work 1B in Other Sections. All presons who are interested llfc ; the growth of Southern institutiol will be pleased with the following ures relating to progress tks Young Men's Christian Association' the Carol inas. At the recent international conv tion held in Toronto statistics wer^ presented, showing the growth of the; past 10 years in the United States and! 7 Canada. A comparison of these figures with: similar ones showing the growth off the associations in the Carolinas dun; Ing the same period, taken from the' records of the interstate executivej . committee, indicates that while the) r2| growth throughout the whole country! has been remarkable, that in the' Carolinas has greatly exceeded it The percentage of increase is a?j follows: Departments i I w |Whol|Caro-Kp |ct'r'y| linaalp |pr ct|pr. ctf Associations | 40' 70 Employed officers | 109 300 Members ...| 94 185 Committeemen j 90 100 Property j 173 700~ Current Expenses | 173 700 Ushig Physical D'p't j 200 6|7 Student educationad D'p't. j 102 ls4 Students Bible Classes...( 607 1070 Attend' religious meets...) 122 200 In the Carolinas the policy of the; interstate executive committee ha?" Deen not to multiply associations but! ' to organize them only where per vi.nonno rrraa ranannahlv ncsnred. Ef- . il oiaucuivfo n c .Iclency has also been sought for and nuch attention has been given to the securing of adequate equipment in buildings and in furnishings. With all of the leading cities, ex :ept Raleigh, organized and with buildingo and equipment either pro dded or in prospect; with the student md railroad associations doing excel ent work; with eight cotton mij[l as jociatione in successful operation*' >thers assured, there is every lndl Jon that large things are ih store dicMB UNION'S CORN RECORD. Plfeen-Year-Old Lad Raited Com, 15 Cents Bushel. The announcement of the result of :he boys' corn contest In Union conn- j :y has been made. A committee of yell known citizens figured out the records of the various contestants md made the decisions. The follow' ng are figures showing the age of the first 12 boys in the contest, the yield per acre and the cost per bushel in naking the corn: Yield Cost Per Age Bush. Bush. ] E. H. Gilmore. ..15 113 $0.22 J Clifford Ivey ., ..15 93 .15 1 Bo war Gault . ..17 43% > ' " A 3ary White ... ..18 59% 3uy Poole 18 43% John Haney ... ,.17 69 .58^1 Cordon Bishop. ,.16 , 71% 39. 1 Russell Haney . .17 50 . 4 1 Charlie Bishop. .14 74% ' .41*1! Arthur Bishop. .16 60 .54' Guy Mabrey ... .16 56% .70, :he movement. Purman Wtlburnl7 56% .40 ' x In awarding 'the prizes the yield, cost per bushel in raising, quality of a ten-ear exhibit and value of com- "^1 position on the subject were all taken Into consideration. :2 - / Lyon is Chairman. Gov. Ansel haB named J. Fuller. Lyon, of Columbia, chairman of the Confederate home, vice David Card well, resigned. Colonel Cardwell re signed for business reasons. Judge Lyon is bookkeeper in the State Treasurer's office, having charge of the fertilizer work. He is father of Attorney General Lyon and has for many years taken an active interest ^? - in work for the veterans, as did Col. Cardwell. Summary. "Pink eye," an optical affection similar to that which attacks horses, is compelling several prominent Co lumbians to wear smoked glasses. Susie Gore, aged 15 years, of Vine land, N. C., who was visiting aj^Lake City went into a barn, mounted a barrel, tied a rope around her neck r\ff W>IOTl fmmri ahfl was dead. She left a note in which the name of a young man with whom she is thought to have been in love was given. ?. Before January 1 the State must ^ meet obligations amounting to more than half a million dollars, although the amount available at present is only about $60,000. Seaborn Jones, of Lancaster county, died from blood poisoning caused by a slight abrasion on the foot, from wearing a pair of tight shoes. The report of the commission ap pointed in the matter of annexation of a portion of Colleton, known as me xuuiig b laiauu actuuu, iu vuai*. leston county has been made to Gov. Ansel. The election will be ordered. In his report to the next session of the general assembly, F. H. McMaa ter, State insurance commissioner, will recommend that citizens be al lowed to place insurance in compa nies unlicensed in South Carolina upon the payment of a fee on th^ premiums collected by the unauthor ized company writing the policy. Jerry Moore says he is a "going to go down after a 250 bushel crop in l'Jll, and is going to try all lie can to win the 1911 prize on corn patches." Florence county is as proud of Jerry Moore is of w