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i mmm ?ii) Publlohod Wsekly AHEVILLH. S. C. It's almost as easy to give good ad vice as it is not to follow it ? Among the things that we were not thinking of ordering is a new alpha bet Persons with no other form ot amusement can watch the days grow longer. It Is difficult for some men to bv. good when they have a good chance to be otherwise. A fresh egg of the season comei Btryrfght from a fresh chamber of the cold storage warehouse. St. Louis girl, twelve years old. wants a divorce. Some of them cer tainly acquire the habit early. Germany has seventeen dirlgiblv war balloons and England is fortu nate in being too busy to worry. A Connecticut woman found a dla mond in a leg of lamb. And she wasn"* anywhere near Winsted at the time. A girl umpired a baseball game in California the other day. Those Call Tornia women certainly are ueromes. An Imperial edict In Fekln orders :he cutting off of queues. Switches and rats ought to be cheaper next year. A divorce law has been passed la the Philippines, but It will be a long time, before Manila achieves the fame of Reno. Every time a Mexican patriot tires of work and longs for a little easy money, he organizes a new "revo 'ution." Many a man who believes In do!n& the createst good to the greatest num ber regards number one as the great est number. It has been decided by a court thai collecting tips Is begging. Thus the democratization of the bench proceeds ueiigauuujr. A Philadelphia physician says thai mince pie, taken In moderation, will cure lnsomDla. About how many tri angles. doctor? New York's new "whispering whistle" for trains would be a great Institution to Introduce to Willie, the Sifted office boy siffleur. i The trouble with the man who goet to see a doctor generally is that he wishes to be cured in a day of ills It "tas taken him years to acquire. The Bostonian who claims that the earth is flat would have been consid ered a wise and conservative man Id the days of Christopher Columbus. Jack rabblfs with horns are said tc be plentiful in the grand old state of Texas. Since when has Winsted, Conn., been transplanted to Texas? Vesuvius has been throwing mud again. And yet people who live in the neighborhood probably think that Home, Sweet Home is a great little xone. : If you are a hotel guest, don't givt your only pair of -trousers to a bell boy, and then go to bed. for a cry jf "fire!" would put you In a predle unent. "An eastern highbrow asserts thai we are losing our sense of smell." From which we may Infer that he doesn't live In a boiled cabbage neigh* borhood. The household furniture of the fu ture may be made of concrete, as Tom Edison says, but it will be necessary to hire a derrick and a freight train on moving day. A Jury awarded $300 damages to i woman who sued because a man fail ed to marry her after sixty proposals. That places a handy and exact price upon a proposal. The irony of fate appears to havt been demonstrated in the case of the famous surgeon who was operated on for appendicitis when his trouble was taused by gallstones. It is announced that shoes are tc cost more, and the family man will perhaps feel grateful that a long sue cession of such announcements has -nade him somewhat callous. Reindeer meat Is to be Bhlppec. from Alaska to Chicago, so that it may be served In the .restaurants In Chicago. Unless It Is going to be a good deal cheaper than steak It will not be likely to cause much of a Ben cation. Motor cars in New York last yea. have killed 89 persons and injured 855. Strikes us that It is 6afer to be a guide or a football player than an in nocent bystander in New York. . Judge Mulqueen of New York, 01 being told that some one had stolen the trousers of a Tombs prisoner, ob served: "You would better make 8 most thorough investigation of this It would be a great calamity to fine thieves In the Tombs." Some woulc say, on the contrary, that that is jusi .he place for thieves. A new court for women exclusivel: which is proposed in San Francisco is to hold its sessions in private. What's the use of carrying one's troubles in to court if there won't be anyone there to hear them? If the government succeeds in pei fecting its scheme for making the sun ignite at sunset and shut off at sunrise the flame in lamps along the Panama canal, will it please put on the market a somewhat similar device for shaking down the furnace these winter mornings? PLAN PROGRAMME FOR CORN SHOW DR. HARVEY W. WILEY WILL AT TEND THE EXPOSITION IN CITY OF COLUMBIA. NUMBER OF GREAT SPEAKERS The Next President of the United States May be Invited to the Nation al Exposition Which Takes Place in January, 1913. Coumbia. ? Already the National Corn Exposition, which is to be held in Columbia in January and Febru ary, 1913, is arranging its programme of speakers. General Manager Stev enson, who returned several days ago from Washington, announced that he has secured Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the well-known "pure-food" man of the government, for an address. Dr. Wiley's chief business is to keep a keen eye on th'e various manufactur ed foods that are offered the public and to see that they are pure and un adulterated, and his address will be | ! along this line. Besides bis address, i Dr. Wyley's department will have a large exhibit, demonstrating graphi cally their mothers of work. Dr. Wiley is enthusiastic over the possibilities of tbe National Corn ex position, and gladly accepted Secre tary Stevenson's invitation. Visitors of former expositions will remember the demonstrations put on by him. Probably the one which attracted most atention was the large de natured alcohol plant where he in stalled complete, and had in actual operation at the second National Corn exposition, held in Omaha, Neb., in 1908. His exhibits are especially in teresting and instructive, dealing, as they 'do, largely with the problems of daily living. t The programme of speakers is one of the big features of the National Corn exposition and attracts even tne president of the United States. Prom inent among the speakers of the last exposition were: William Howard Taft, president of the United States; and Dr. L. H. Bailey, dean of the ag ricultural college of Cornell univer sity of New York, and chairman of the Roosevelt Country Life commis sion. Orangeburg Veteran* Hold Meeting. Camp Thomas J. Glover, United Confederate soldiers from this state held its regular quarterly meeting at the armory, and the meeting was well attended. Commander J. C. Pike pre sided over the meeting. A commit tee to prepare memorials on Elisha Hughes and F. M. Kimmie, who died during the past quarter, was appoint ed. F. S. Dibble, H. G. Betsil, Mor timer Glover compose the committee on memorials. A resolution was pass ed to the effect that the Orangeburg delegation be asked to aid in the pass ing of the bill to perfect the rolls of Confederate soldiers from this state and to perpetuate their deeds of de votion and daring. Awarded Contracts For Repairs. The contract was awarded by Post master Chase for about three thou sand dollars worth of plumbing in the United States courthouse and postof flce at Florence. The building was left incomplete so far as the plumb ing was concerned, until after the city put in a sewerage system. The contract was awarded a local firm over competitors from the North and the cities around us, where such jobs have been recently going. Broke Jail But Came Back Again. Josh Perry, the story of whose es cape from the county jail by boring through three bricks walls and letting himself down from the gable of the prison by means of blankets tied to gether has been told, voluntarily came back and gave himself over to the jailer. The only reason he as signs for breaking jail is that he had "a little business" to look after and as soon as he bad attended to that he came back. Connect Charleston and Georgetown. It was announced by Secretary Whitford of the Charleston Sanitary and Drainage commission that a movement is under way for the con struction of a highway to connect Charleston and Georgetown. The Georgetown authorities are interested in the project and the good roads en thusiasts of the two counties will work together, hoping to have a good Toad built at no late date. The route has already been gone over by the iicout finders and another pathfind ing expedition will be made. Has Proved A Good Investment. The commission form of govern ment has proved a good investment Tor Columbia so far as economy in municipal affairs is concerned. This is proved by the report of the city treasurer, which will sc be pre sented. This report shows that the city government has a cash balance of over $100,000. The balance on hand for the year ending December SI, 1911, is $108,972.22. The balance on hand January 1, 1911, was $32, 474.29, the increase for the *$ear be ng $76,498.63. \ Farm Was Sold ror $70,000. Five-cent cotton does not affect the price of Calhoun county farm lands. The largest real estate deal in this section for some tijne was closed several days ago. Mr. W. G. Peterkin sold a part of his Bellville far mto Mr. Harry G. Kaminer, of Richland county, for $70,000. This *rm to Mr. Harry G. Kaminer, of .ibout ten years ago for about $16,000. .t is one of the most valuable planta tions of this section, being especially dapted to cotton and is now in a very ilgh state of cultivation. ENDORSE COMMISSION PLAN City Council Accepts Recommenda tions?Modified Form of City Government. Sumter.?Council unanimously en dorsed the commission form of gov ernment for Sumter and passed a res olution to this effect, which was re corded in the minutes of their meet ing. The present council is, with th< exception of one or two members serving their first terms as city offl cials and they have found that every thing has not come easy to them li the management of the city's affairs The present members of council wher 1?* ? j ?* -? ah o nrnaroflQivf eiecieu wcui iu uu. ? ~a. ~ ticket and since they have been ir office have always shown themselve. to have the progressive spirit, al though handicapped at times by lacl of funds. The endorsement of the commis sion form of government for Sumter as provided in the resolution recently drawn up by the city government com mittee of the chamber of commerc< and submitted to the Sumter delega tion to be enacted into law at th< present session of the General As sembly, comes as an expected meas ure. A peculiar circumstance con nected with the present municipa board of aldermen and mayor is tha' most of them have, quite enough o: their jobs and the majority of th< members have stated emphatically that they would not again run foi office; The commission form of govern ment desired in Sumter, according tc the plans outlined in the resolutioi of the chamber of commerce commit tee havine charge of this work, is i modified form of the Des Moines am Staunton forms combined. South Carolina New Enterprises. A charter has been granted by th< secretary of state to the Carolina Dis tributing Company, of Spartanburg with a capital stock of $1,000 to d< a general commission business. Th< officers are: J. R. Fair, president ant treasurer; C. C. Wyche, vice-presi dent and secretary. A charter wai issued to the McLaurin Drug Com pany of Dillon with a capital of $2, 000 to do a general drug business The officers are: J. H. McLaurin president and treasurer; F. McC. Cur tis, vice-president, and F. C. Car michael, secretary. A commission ha! been granted to the Roscoe-Klint worth Company of Florence, with s capital of $3,000 to do a general mei cantile business. The petitioners are W. G. Roscoe, J. J. Klintwbrth ani J. J. Wade. A commission has beei issued to the Curtis-Powell Compan; of Georgetown, with a capital of $5; 000 to do a general produce and com mission business The petitioner are: J. M. Powell and Capers G Barr. The secretary or staie nas is sued a commission to the Columbi; Dry Cleaning Company of Columbia with a capital stock of $20,000. Commission Plan In Highway Work At a rousing meeting of citizen from all parts of Aiken county, resolu tions drawn up by a committee ai pointed at a meeting of the Aikei County Good Roads Association wer adopted and the general assembl; will be asked to enact a bill to ap ply to Aiken county which will tak the matter of the building and main tenance of public highways out o politics by vesting in a commissioi the powers held now by the count; commissioners in this respect. Thi it is generally regarded, Is the firs definite step Aiken county has take: toward the ultimate issuance c bonds for road building and upkeei Drainage Is The Greatest Need. The belief that Charleston shoul strain every sinew and muscle to fu: ther the drainage and reclamation o the hundreds of thousands of wast acres at her very doors, is increasin; rapidly among the business men o the city. According to statement made by several representative mei chants in various lines of endeavo in Charleston, the chamber of con merce committees experience no diJ ficulty in raising the $100,000 capita stock of the Coastal Land Develoi ment Company, which is to take ove and prepare for settlement some 6: 000 acres of fertile lands. Cherokee Will Furnish Full Share. The movement for obtaining fundi for the Knapp memorial in Cherokei county has started In dead earnes and all present indications are thai Cherokee will furnish her full share The work in this county is in th< hands of Mr. Frank McCluney, whc is connected with the United State: farm demonstration work. Mr. Mc Cluney has appointed a commltte* consisting of Ed H. DeCamp, S. F Parrott, J. A. Carroll, R. M. Wilkin: and C. M. Smith to assist in the rais ing of the funds. Blowing Stumps With Dynamite. A number of farmers from the vi cinlty of Columbia visted the Gon zales farm to view the DuPont Powdei Company's demonstration of blowing stumps, digging ditches and subsoil ing with dynamite. In blowing th* stumps the demonstrators placed th< dynamite sticks in holes bored under neath the stump and set off by ai electric battery. It required from fiv< to eight one-half pounds sticks t< blow out a large stump, or rrom t>i to 75 cents per stump for dynamiti depending on ths size of the stump. Probate Judges Form Organization. The Association of the Judges o Probate of South Carolina was organ j ized at Columbia with a membershi; of 25. The sessions of the association were held in the Y. M. C. A. built j ing. John K. Snelling of Barnwel was elected president and G. Duncai Bellinger of Columbia, secretary Judge Johnson of Union was electei vice-president. The purpose of th? organization is to standardize th? practice in the probate courts. Thej will work to put the fees of the offic on a more equitable basis. HE QUITS TAFT TO AID COIINS SENATOR KENYON OF IOWA EN DORES THE CANDIDACY OF HIS COLLEAGUE. ALL CANDIDATES ENDORSED Supporters of Every Man in the Pres idential Race Found Through out the Country. Washington? Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, issued a statement announcing his indorsement of the presidential candidacy of his colleague, Senator Albert B. Cummings. He said he had been earnestly for President Taft and would continue tr support him if a suitablle candidate had not appearred from his own state. Senator Kenyon declared he had been earnestly for the renomination . of President Taft, especially because of the attack of men connected with I "big business'' who, the Senator said, | sought to destroy the president "be cause of his courageous efforts to en- ( force the Sherman act." Mr. Kenyon closed with a warm tribute to the public career of Sena tor Cummins. Before Mr. Kenyon was elected to the senate he was one of , hte "trust busters" of the Taft admin istration. * Washington?Friends of the admin istration were surprised at the an nouncement that Governor Hadley, of Missouri, had come out in support of 1 the nomination of Colonel Roosevelt. 1 Governor Hadley's support had been * 1 rvf I counted upon d; puiuiwauTiocm President Taft. When Hadley was in ' Washington several weeks ago it was 1 announced that he had practically pledged himself to support Taft New York.?The silence which Colo- 1 nel Roosevelt has maintained regard ing discussion of his possible renom ination was unbroken. To all ques tions Mr. Roosevelt replied that he had nothing to say. When asked to comment upon the declaration of Gov ernor Hadley of Missouri, he declared 1 he had not read what the governor said. Trenton, N. J.?Edward Grossscup, chairman of the state Democratic committee, issued a statement declar ing that Governor Wilson would have a majority of the New Jersey dele gates to the Democratic national con vention and practicaly a solid vote in the delegation. \ Kansas City.?R. A. Long of Kan- 1 sas City, a wealthy lumberman, in an dress at the convention of the South- 1 western Lumermen's association, said 1 that Gov. Judson Harmon of Ohio was the only man who, as president, could bring about a settled condition of finances in this country. Mr. Long urged the delegates to use their In fluence toward making the Ohio ex ecutive the next president of the na- ' tion. New Haven, Conn.?President Wil liam H. Taft was re-elected president : of the United States by a straw vote taken among the students at Yale uni- , versity. His majority over his Dem ocratic opponent, Gov. Woodrow Wil son of New Jersey, was 259. The , total vote cast was Taft 470, Wilson 211. i .q f!?The so-called ''reg ular" Republican state committee , adopted resolutions indorsing the ad- i ministration of President Taft and de nouncing John G. Capers, national committeeman, who is the leader of j the "lily white" Republican movement , of South Carolina. The committee is- ( sued a call for the meeting of a state convention in Columbia, February 29. The committee especially recommend ed Mr. Taft's stand on arbitration, the | tariff board and the Sherman law, and , urged his re-election. Mr.? Capers was denounced as a , traitor the party who had been seek ing to undermine the regular Repub lican organization. ( Baltimore, Md.?Former Congress- . man William P. Jackson, Republican national committeeman from Mary land, Republican State Chairman J. , B. Hanna and Congressman Thomas Parran went to Washington and pledg ed to President Taft the support of Maryland's delegation to the Repub lican national convention. Brown, Governor of Georgia. Atlanta.?Joseph M. Brown was in augurated governor of Georgia for/the second time. For the first time in almost a quarter of a century the general assembly met in special ses sion for the purpose of canvassing returns from an election for governor and to inaugurate this official. Con soldiation of the recent election re turns showed that Governor Brown received 28,852 votes for governor, as against 300 for A. M. Castleberry, the Socialist candidate. Jail fo< Millionaire Politicians. May's Landing, N. J?Louis Kuehn le, Republican leader of Atlantic City, who was recently convicted of un lawfully participating in the award of a contract to a company in which he was interested while he was a mem ber of the Atlantic City water com mission, was sentenced to one year's imprisonment at hard labor and to pay a fine of S1.000. Thomas McDev itt and George Amole were sentenced to six months and three months in lail, respectively. Italy Maintains Right of Search. Rome.?The subject of the deten tion of twenty-nine Turks said to be members of the Red Crescent socie ty by the Italian authorities, who cap tured them on the French steamer Manouba, was fully discussed at con ferences between Premier Giolitti, Foreign Minister Marquis di San Giu liano and the French ambassador to Italy, Camille Barrere. Italy maintains her right to capture and search ships of neutral nations suspected of car rying contraband of war. iL-u^yngiw, LIQUOR INTERESTS UPHELD UNDER PROTECTION OF SUPREME COURT.BEER MAY BE SHIP PED INTO "DRY" STATES. Supreme Court Decides Railroads Must Handle Liquor Shipments for Interstate Transportation. Washington.?Liquor interests won a fir-reaching victory in the United States Supreme court by a decision that railroads must carry beer when offered for transportation into "dry" counties of another state. The de cision affected particularly shipments from Indiana into Kentucky. Justice Lurton, who announced the court's decision, also laid down some limitations on the jurisdiction of the interstate commerce commission. He upheld the action of shippers in go ing before judicial tribunals to test ' * " ? - * Al *? wnfViflp fV*Qn tne vaiiuuy 01 m? iawo lavu^i ? >? to the commission. He said that the commission had jurisdiction over ad ministrative questions and matters of general law. "That beer and other intoxicating liquors are the recognized and legiti mate subjects of interstate commerce. "That no state can forbid any com mon carrier to transport any such ar ticles from a consignor in one state to a consignee in another. "That until such transportation is concluded by delivery to the con signee, such commodities do not be come subject to such legislation re straining their sale or transporta tion." HARAHAN KILLED IN WRECK . ? Former President of Illinois Central and Threfe Other Officials Lose Lives. Centralia, 111.?J. T. Harahan, for mer president of the Illinois Central railroad; F. 0. Malcher, second vice president of the Hock Island railroad, and two others were killed when the Panama Limited on the Illinois Cen tral railroad running 50 miles an hour crashed into the rear of -passenger train No. 25, which was taking water at Kinmundy, 30 miles north of here. In addition to Harahan and Mal cher, E. B. Price, general solicitor of the Rock Island, and Eldridge E. Wright, son of former Secretary of War Luke E. Wright of Memphis are numbered among the dead. Twenty passengers were more or less eeri ousiy injured. Four Negroes Lynched. Hamilton, Ga.?A mob of 100 men broke into the Harris county jail here, overpowered Jailer E. M. Rabbitson and took four negroes?three men and one woman?out and hung them trees one mile from town. Then thoy riddled the bodies with bullets. It is estimated that 300 shots were fired. Sunday afternoon, a week ago, while Norman Hadley, a well-to-do unmar ried farmer, was sitting in his home, a shot was fired through the window, and he fell dead. That afternoon four negro tenants?Belle Hathaway, John Moore, Eugene Haming and "Dusty" Crutch field?were arrested, charged with the murder. ' ^ Another Aviator Killed. Los Angeles, Cal.?Rutherford Page, 24 years old, a Yale graduate, regis tered from New York and flying as one of the Curtiss aviators, was in stantly killed when he fell 150 feet on Dominguez field. Page was en deavoring to "turn on a pivot," when a swell of air over the hangers caught his planes. He made an effort to re gain his balance, but evidently fear ing the aeroplane was beyond control, gave up, and when about sixty feet in the air jumped clear of the ma chine and fell flat. Taft Believes Hitchccck Loyal. Washington.?Twice President Taft denied emphaticaly to white house callers that he placed any credence in reports that Postmaster General Hitchcock had been politically active to prevent his renominatlon. Once, at least, the president denied that cabi net officers had urged him to oust the the postmaster general lrom his offi cial family, because or allleged anti Taft activity, and visitors who talked with the president gained the impres sion that he had not the slightest doubt of Hitchcock's loyalty. Full Vindication for Wiley. Washington.?Dr. Harvey W. Wiley is held "not guilty'' of conspiracy to evade the law in a report led with the house by the committee which conducted an investigation last Au gust into the charges upon which President Taft was asked to dismiss the nation's chief chemist from the government service. The committee absolved Doctor Wiley from criticism for the employment of Dr. II. H. Bus by of Xew York as a government ex pert at a technical rate of $20 per day. nniiiiuinn ia i nilinift ATC uummiraiad id ? i/Hnuiunit Fight In Republican Party for Presi dential Nomination Compli cated by To Incidents. Washington.?The fight in the Re publican party for the presidential nomination was complicated by two incidents that caused a great deal of excitement among the national legis lators and politicians. The first was a story from Denver, saying that J. S. Temple, a leading Progressive Re WANT3 TO BE PRESIDENT. ALBERT B. CUMMINS. United 8tates Senator from Iowa. publican of Denver, had received a letter from Gilford Pinchot, saying a working agreement has been made be tween tha supporters of Roosevelt and LaPolette, with the Idea of con centrating Progressive strength in the Republican national convention to bring about the defeat of President Taft for renomination. The plan, as set forth, is for a meet ing of Progressive delegates to the national convention to be held several days before the convention, and there determine which of the two, Roose velt or LaFollette, will have the stronger support, and place the stronger in the field for nomination for presidential candidate. The second was the formal an nouncement of the candidacy of Sen ator Albert B. Cummins of Iowa in a statement in which he says that, if the Republicans of Iowa believe him a fit man to urgel before the Chicago convention, he will accept their de cision. The formal announcement by Sena tor Cummins is regarded here by many politicians as a part of the Pro gressive plan to 1101a in nne, uner ior Roosevelt or some other candidate, states where It is apparent that Sen- j ator La Follette has not been able to swing things his way. Starving Russians Selling Children. London.?Horrible conditions pre vailing among the peasantry of south eastern Russia are depicted in a tel egram from a doctor in Orenburg. The doctor says the starving peasant ry in the government of Orenburg, on the river Ural, are selling their chil- j dren to the Khirgez nomads in the govxernment of Saratox. Many of the people In the vicinity have died from hunger and typhus. Over-Sea Railroad Opened. Key West, Fla.?Monday was the greatest in the history of Key West ?the opening of the over-the-sea rail-1 road to passenger traffic. The over sea road is one of the costliest rail- j ways ever constructed. Work on the over-sea extension of the Florida East Coast railway was begun from Home stead in 1904. Four years were re quired to construct this extension to Knight's Key. Four more years of strenuous labor were required to com plete the road to Key West, only 46 miles. Government Indicted Many Swindlers Washington.?Promoters of fraudu lent schemes who had obtained $77, 000,000 from the public were put out i of business during the fiscal year, ' according to'the report of R. S. Sharp, j chief inspector of the postoffice de- I partment. This showing is the most remarkable in the history of the de partment. During the fiscal year 529 individuals were indicted on the charge of using the mails to defraud. Of this number 196 persons were tried and 184 convicted. Liverpool Plan Repugnant. Memphis, Tenn. ? Representative bankers, shippers and cotton dealers, pilose interests extend throughout the cotton growing states of the South, reiterated that the so-called "Liverpool plan" of bills of lading valuation through the medium of a central bureau is "repugnant to sound business principles," and re fused to sanction the plan as drafted by European bankers. Instead a com-' mittee was appointed to meet with representatives of the European bank ers to arrange another plan. FIRST DELEGATES TO REPUBtl. CAN NATIONAL CONVENTION INSTRUCTED FOR TAFT. ^ 1 . ' V- * GOVERNORS FOR ROOSEVELT ' /> First Campaign Fight Occurred lf? Fourth District Convention of Oklahoma. Coal Gate, Ola?William Howard ; Taft was indorsed for re-nomination f by the Republican party for presi dent, 118 to 32, at the fourth con gressional district Republican con cention, after Roosevelt supporters had made a determined effort to stam pede the convention for the Sage of OyBter Bay. Defeat ^came only after a hard struggle, and during which spectacu lar methods were used to impress the \ delegates with the boom which the supporters of the colonel had set in' I . motion. Edward Perry, district chairman, led the fight for Roosevelt, while James A. Harris of Wagoner held the lines for the administration. Inciden- : tally, C. W. Miller of Hugo, and G. A. Ramsey of Ardmore, were elected delegates to the Republican national convention, and James A Harris wa& indorsed for national committeeman by the same vote that President Taft received Topeka, Kans.?Governor Stubba made public a telegram sent to Theo dore Roosevelt urging him to make a statement at once as to whether he would be a candidate for president, or permit his name to go before the Republican national convention. The governor has not received a reply. Jefferson City, Mo.?Governor Ilad ley in a statement said he favored the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt as the Republican presidential candi date. "From information that has recent ly come to qe from all parts, of the state," says Governor Hadley, 4T an convinced a large majority are In iM~ ? mv? vor 01 tne nomination 01 i ucuuum Roosevelt as our candidate for pre# ident." FARMERS USINGT ELEPHONES Practically Every Section of the Soutti Is Now Covered With Rural I '..-v.* Telephone Lines. / vt fe * { ' . >. , ' ' \ jUT. -. 'V'jiL.*' i Atlanta, Ga.?The farmers of the /South made gratifying progress in de veloping rural telephone systems dur ing the past year, according to report* of the Southern Bell Telephone cob% pany covering the seven states in. which it operates. 5 On December 31, 1911, there werR ' 29,537 farmer s telephones connected Lyx/'*'* with exchanges and toll stations q$ the Bell system in these states a* Virginia a. 3,171 West Virginia .... * ..6,50? Florida 18$ Of these telephone 7,775 were add ed during the year 1911, an Increase of 30 per cent over the year 1910. A feature of particular value to the farmers was instituted during the past year through the co-operation of the United States weather bureau and . the telephone company. The daily weather reports are furnished t6 the telephone company* every day, and at a given hour In the morning the re port is read to the subscribers on every rural line. Farmers who can not respond to the signal may call the operator at any time and secure the report. 4 Practically every section of the South is covered with rural telephone . line, and it is possible for farmers in remote places to communicate Quick ly with the nearest market The growth has been rapid, but telephone i experts declare that rural telephone development in the South Is in its In fancy and a greater growth Is antio ipated during the year 1912. Hitchcock Says He Is Loyal. Washington.?"I am for Taft as Btrong as a man can be," declared Postmaster General Hitchcock at the white house. "I did not realize until a day or two ago how far these sto ries about my alleged differences with : the president had gone. I probably shall have something to say on the 1 subject" Mr. Hitchcock manifested lovaltv had been South Carolina North Carolina follows: Alabama Georgia inuiguauv/ii ?. questioned. "It is an insult for any one to think that I have been disloyal to the president," said the postmas ter general. Attack on Telephone Combine. New York.?A petition to dissolve the American Telephone and Tele graph company on the ground that it is a monopoly in violation of the provisions of the Sherman law was made public here. According to the petition the American Telephone and Telegraph company, which controls the Western Union Telegraph compa ny and eight subsidiary telephone companies, is one of the largest finan I cial concerns in the world, and it f now dominates the telephone busl- ^ I ness of the country. y' Riease Message Expunged. Columbia, S. C.?The house of rep resentatives of the South Carolina legislature adopted the report of the : judiciary committee recommending that most of Governor Blease's veto message on the so-called libel bill be expunged from the journal of the j house. The vote to expunge the por tions of message reflecting on the in tegrity of the press of the state was 86 to 26. This Is said to be the first time that any portion of a governor's message has been expunged.