Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?S?* Ml MMi WBi Ill MM Published W??kly ABBEVILLE, S. C. ' The spring styles in women's gar ments are not a bit reactionr.ry. ' The United States possesses 1.750. 000 guinea fowlg, all in good volet and training. 1 The odIv effective way to make a "building fireproof Is to build it at th? bottom of the sea. Then there Is also the joker In the box office who sells you "good" seat! behind a pillar. Is be not a great hu morist ? The Krupp works are about to turn out the largest gun ever made. When not in use it can be used as a nest foi the dove of peace. A government official tells ui that the average life of a dollar bill is 14 months. We bad been led to ..aspect that It was 14 minutes. An Ecuadoran mob has stormed a Jail and lynched Ave generals. We understand that Ecuador has a larg? supply of generals left. Although the weather bureau makes occasional mistakes, In announcing that January was a record breaker it seems to have the goods. Aviators are still breaking records. Bat they are also breaking necks al most as rapidly, which somewhat off sets the gains to science. A statistician tells us that a fam ily can live comfortably in New York on 110,000 a year, but what about the round trip ticket to Reno? A diamond trust is the latest evil that stares ue In the face. When will these trust magnates cease from con trolling the necessities of life? The duke of Connaught scarcely recognized the town that he visited 44 years before. New York does change some iu that period of time. A 'Mow Vftt-lr thooffir la prnprlmnnt. ing with a wordless play. There is no reason why a wordless play should Dot succeeed as well as a plotless one. The latest freak to break Into print Is a father of 15 with a soul mate. It behooves one of the sons to take fa ther by the ear and lead him to the woodshed. Speaking of dancing, the shah of Persia Is particularly Interested in the grizzly bear, and the king of Italy Is studying the intricacies of the turkey trot Two Minneapolis men are playing checkers by wireless telegraphy. No wonder there is a movement afoot to put these amateur wireless outfits out of business. A Chicago girl has started a $50,000 breach of promise suit because her swain has asked her fifty times to marry him. And then they say that talk is cheap. Tho young man who bad the word "obey" inserted in his part of the mar riage ceremony evidently has been convinced or tne uiumaie inumpa 01 woman suffrage. Justice Gerard cf New York tells ua that he knows fifteen lawyers who are In Jail, but he falls to tell us how many he knows who have escaped their Just deserts. The emperor of China has been given an indefinite vacation, and there are a great many boys of bis age in this country who would be only too (lad to take the job. San Francisco citizen has been fined for trying to steal the gong off a pa-, trol wagon. In time it may ty neces sary to take steps to prevent Jails from being burglarized. The poultry dealer who put lead rinkera in his dead turkeys to make them weigh more Bhould have his oame put high up on the list of the world's meanest men. * War correspondents may have their troubles with foreign names, but Washington correspondents have to contend with Constantino N. Papaml chaelopoulos, the Grecian minister. T 8 I The scientist who claims that not one boy In a thousand is fundamental ly bad probably would change his mind If he chanced to pass a crowd of healthy youngsters in good snowball Ing weather. I An alleged Washington scientist a? erts that he can teach hens to talk. But he does not show that talking will Increase the egg product, which at thla season of the year Is the pivotal issue of the hen Industry. Connecticut man who has been mar ried 77 years has compiled ten com mandments for married folk. Having been at the receiving end ot the com mandment game for 77 years he Is entitled to do a little commanding on Ma rinm honk. "You can't plow corn with a Greek root, and a Latin verb won't bake good light bread," declares a Missouri edu cator, but a Radcliffe graduate de clared the other day that with a col lege education a woman can wash dishes better. Aviation adds to its tragedies, and these generally means the death of young men, whose lives are full oi promise. An Ohio expert says that the incu bator is causing the hen to lose her motherly instincts. Evidently, fear is being felt in the poultry world, as well as by the human contingeut, that If the female of the species refuses tc scratch for the living of the family 'while the male of the same is doing ?the crowing, dire things are sure tc happen to somebody. THE EHRHARDTAND BAMBERG RAILROAD THE LINE THAT HAS BEEN LONG DISCUSSED IS SOON TO BE A REALITY. IS TO CONNECT TWO TOWNS Jones A, William* at Head of Enter prise?Pushing Work With Convinc ing Rapidity?With Two Private Roadt Ehrhardt Sure to Prosper. Columbia.?A special from Ehr hardt Btates when the people at Batn bury asid they would build a railroad from that town to Ehrhardt, the folks at Ehrhardt end of the line were skep tical. Even when a part of the way had been graded they still thought a game of ' bluff" was on, but now that the entire grading is done and ties are being placed, ready for the irons, they can no longer doubt that this road will be completed. When Bamberg put Jones A. Wil liams to the head of this enterprise the right man was put n the right place. He knows the value of a dol lar, and he makes every dollar count. This road will fill a long-felt want. Ehrhardt is a terminal town and when a traveler got that far the only way to get out is to go out as he came in, or hire a conveyance, which ordl narily costs a fortune. Then freight can come in or go out only one way, often handicapping the shipper with double freight charges. This new road opens up one of the best sections of this county?fine tim ber and fine farming lands. The Hacker Manufacturing Com pany of Charleston is row operating a railroad to the South from Ehrhardt, ^ while the Schofield people are build ing a railroad along Great Salke hatchie. May. Disorganize Company. Capt. James S. McKeown's resig nation as commander of Company G, First infantry, Chester, may result in the disorganization of the com pany. Col. W. W. Lewis of Yorkville, commander of the First regiment, while here recently stated that the company would be mustered out if a man living in Chester is not secured as the retiring captain's successor. Thi? company was moved from Corn well several months ago. Chester has proved an inconvenient point as the diBtance is so great for a great many members of the oompany that they can not at all times attend the meet ings. To Stimulate Growing of Corn. One of the most significant move ments ever launched in this county is the campaign, backed by an appro priation of $1,000 by the chamber of commerce of Spartanburg to stim ulate an interest in the growing of corn. The object of the movement is. to place this county among the first corn growing counties of the na tion at the National Corn show to be held in Columbia next winter. Several meetings have been held looking to the organization of the corn growing campaign and by this time the move ment is pretty well under way with indications that the tarmers of the county are going to take a lively in terest in the contest. South Carolina New Enterprise*. The record of new corporations of the 'state as made in the office of Sec retary of State shows one new enter prise and three dissolutions. A com mission was issued to the Cotton Va lorzing Company of Columbia, with a capital stock of $100,000. The peti tioners are: F. W. Edwardy and W. Boyd Evans. The purpose of the cor poration is to buy and sell cotton and all other things necessary thereto. Certificates of dissolution were filed by the Waccamaw Lumber Company, of Conway; the Farmers' Mercantile Company, of Chester, and the Croft Drug Company^ of Georgetown. i Delegates To Drainage Convention. Col. W. G. Smith of the Orangeburg aldermanic board, Atticus H. Mar chant, commercial secretary of the Orangeburg chamber of commerce, and Col. J. L. Sims, editor of the Or angeburg Times and Democrat, have been selected by Commissioner E. J. Watson as members of the delega tion to represent South Carolina at the National Drainage Congress at New Orleans during the middle of April. A. H. Marchant, being secre tary of the Irrigation Association, goes to represent this association. ? j Ordered Special Term of Court. Gov. Blease has agreed to order a j special term of criminal court for An ; derson county to try the negro, Wil liam Reed, who is held in the county ; jail on the charge of attempting to | crminally assault the wife of a well Vn^arn farmer nt Doan'R Station. Im J mediately after the alleked attack the i clerk of court, Mr. Pearman, wrote I to Solicitor Bonham to ask the gov ] ernor for a special term. The solicitor made the request of the governor, j who stated that he would order the i court to convene. ! A Dispensary For Lake City. The Florence county dispensary | board met to hear the objections of j those folk in Lake City who do not j want the dispensary established. Dr. W. S. Stokes and Rev. Mr. Derrick j were the spokesmen for a committee of nine, who waited on the board. Af ter considering the arguments the board decided to establish the diBpen sa.ry there. The parties arguing for j It represented that blind tiger liquor j was being sold freely and that the ! dispensary would tend to the sup j pression of the blind tiger. MR. KNAPP ON AGRICULTURE Delivered an Address of Unusual im portance at University of South Car ollna?Many People Attended. Columbia.?The demonstration farm movement throughout the South has attracted the attention of the whole country and even, of European experts. Sir Horace Plunkett, the great author ity on rural life of the British Isles, inspected carefully the demonstration: work In the South and pronounced It the finest movement of its kind in the world, meeting nicely the needs of the actual 'armers. This work has been extended through every county in South Carolina, and has brought excellent results In increased fertility of land and greater yields per acre, along with diversification of crops and Increased profits In farming generally. Bradford Knapp, who has charge of all this work, delivered an address nf mr.ro thon liaunl fmnnrtnnc.fi at the University of South Carolina. In his address Mr. Knapp outlined the plans for the future development of the farmers demonstration work in the South. It was an announcement of a great policy, and it paid the far mers and those interested in farming, as well as the citizens in general, to be present to hear him. The public was cordially invited to be present. A New Map of South Carolina. A new map of the state, showing all changes in county line and loca tions made by the Acts of the recent general assembly is being prepared by the department of commerce and industries, and this will be published and issued to the public within about 30 days. Seven counties have beer effected by Acts changing county lines passed by the last general assembly. The new county of Jasper waa created and Beaufort and Hampton counties are thereby effected. The new coun- J ty will have to be shown on the new map. A portion of WllliamsDurg coun ty was annexed i Florence county and these two counties have had their boundary lines considerably altered. Also a porton of Lexington county was annexed to Richland county and the lines of these two counties will present different appearances on a correct map of the state. First Women Labor Inspectors. For the first time women inspectori of labor conditions in the state are to be this year sent out by the agri cultural department. The Inspectors will be sent out to several parts bf the state within the next ten days and their duties will be chiefly to enforce the law relating to the hours of em ployment of women workers and law relating to the furnishing of seats in mercantile establishments for women clerks and employees. Col. E. J. Watson, commissioner of agri culture, stated that the Inspectors would be sent out In about ten days, but that their names would not be disclosed. He expects to follow the method of employing; female inspec tors used in New York and other states. Corn Club Work Taken Up. A motion was adopted by the Boys Corn Club at its last meeting in the court house authorizing the county superintendent of education to appoint two of its members in each township to make a canvass for subscriptions for premiums, to be awarded at the close of the contest After conference with R. L. Cunningham, who is in charge of the farm demonstration work, the following have been ap nnlnted to take up the work: Chester J. M. Ferguson and J. H. PreBsley; Lewisvlle, V. W. Hollis and Ernest J Locke; Hazelwood, Boyd Gwinn and J. Lindsay Miller; Baton Rouge, L. A Atkinson and W. Henry Yarborough; Rosville, Gary Boulware and Wil liam Stevenson; Blackstock, J. E. Cornwell and T. O. McKeown, and in Halsellville and Landsford there is no one enrolled in the club. Officers Destroy Two Stills. Revenue officers returning to Green ville from the mountain section report cutting up two large stills and destroy ing 1,200 gallons of beer. Both "plants" were located in Cleveland township. Gaffney.?Out of 600 qualified voters in Gaffney, only 113 voted in GafTney's election for city officers. E. R. Cash was elected without opposition to the office of school trusty at large. u Addresses Farmers of Aiken. E. J. Watson, commissioner of agri culture, addressed the Aiken County Agricultural Club at its regular month ly meeting on the subject of "Reduc tion of the Cotton Acreage," and after telling what is being done by organi zatlons it! other counties 01 me sutie, he urged the Aiken county farmers to organize. Following Mr. Watson's address a committee of five was ap pointed to make a canvass of the county to secure pledges from the farmers to cut down the cotton acr?< age. Fop Diversified Farming. ( The Sumter City National bank has given a considerable boost to diversi fied farming by giving out an offer of |200 for resultB from this method of work. It offers $100 for the greatest average yield on four acres, one acre to each of the following products: corn, cotton, sweet potatoes and peas. A second $100 is offered to the farmer showing the greatest net profit on the four acres of land so planted. J. Frank Williams, president of the Sum ter County Union, has volunteered to look after the judging contest. Young Man Accidentally Shot. Frank Gambrell, a young man, son of J. P. Gambrell, whose home is in the country about three miles north east of Honea Path was shot several days ago by his cousin, John Gambrell. The two young men, according to the report which is in circulation, were at work in the bottoms and at the time of the accident were handling a pistol which by accident was dis charged, the ball taking effect in the i right side of Frank Gambrell. Physi cians from Honea Path were called to attend him. \Jr CAPTAIN SCOTT AT SOUTH POLE? REPORTED IN LONDON BRITISH EXPLORER HAS AT LAST REACHED GOAL. FOUR OTHER EXPEDITIONS Mrs. Scott Has Heard Nothing From Her Husband and Rumor Cannot Be Confirmed. London.?A rumor is published in an evening paper that Capt. Robert F. Scott, the British Antarctic explor er, has reached the South Pole. Mrs. Scott declares that she has heard nothing from her husband and there is no confirmation obtainable from any source. Capt. Robert Falcon Scott of the British royal navy, who is in com mand of the British Antarctic expe dition, left England in July, 1910. He had with him sixty men, twenty Si berian ponies, thirty dogs and two motor sledges. Before his departure he said that his plans for the journey from King Edward's land to the South Pole included the use of three means of sledge traction?ponies, dogs and motors. The Terra Nova, in which Captain Scott's expedition sailed, left London on June 1, 1910, and was joined later in Xew Zealand by Captain Scott, the leader. Four other expeditions are now in the Antarctic, each of them with a view to attaining the South Pole. The most important of these is considered to be that of the Norwegian captain, Roald Amundsen, who is utilizing tl * celebrated polar ship, The Fram, which Dr. Fridtjof'Nansen used in his explorations in the Arctic ocean from 1893 to 1896. I Captain Amundsen left Buenos I Ayres toward the close of 1910. Another expedition is that of the Australian, Doctor Mawson, who was one of the members of the Shackleton expedition. The vessel used by him is the Aurora, which left Australia in November, 1910. The Geftnan Antarctic expedition, under the leadership of Lieut Wil helm Filchner of the Bavarian army, sailed on board the steamer Deutsch land from Buenos Ayres on October 5 last year. A Japanese expedition Is in the southern seas. Hobart, Tasmania.?Capt. Roald Amunsden, the Norwegian explorer, has reached here on the return from his South Polar expedition. Just when Captain Amundsen be gan his race for the pole is not imrtnrn TTo. had with him eight men, 116 dogs and a very complete equip ment. He hoped to reach the pole by way of Beadmere glacier. NICARAGUANS HATE KNOX Newspapers Suggest the Use of Dyna mite Against Secretary of State. Managua. Nicaragua.?An extraordi nary outburst of anti-American feel ing led to the arrest of fifty of the ' more prominent ringleaders who are i being held in detention until Secreta ry of State Knox has departed. This is the first indication publicly express ed of opposition to the Central Amer ican trip of the secretary of state. The persons arre?icu U1U1UUC LUV | whole of the editorial staffs of the/ Diario de Nicaragua and of the Diario Moderno, which had published a num ber of letters and placed headlines over them suggesting that dynamite should be used against the state sec retary. All dispatches leaving this city are subjected to keen censorship. The program of official visits, In cluding solemn sessions of the as sembly of the supreme court, was car ried out, after which President Diaz held a reception at which formal ad-, dresses were delivered. A gala ban quet was given, followed by a grand ball. The friendliest feeling appears to prevail among the crowds on the streets. Dressed in their holiday at tire, the people are giving themselves up to the enjoyment of th numrous fstivlties. More American Soldiers for China. Pekin.?Comparative quiet has been restored at Pekin. The action of the American minister, Mr. Calhoun, in cabling to Manila for further troops for Tien Tsin, it is stated, was not due to the fear of a concerted at tempt against foreigners, similar to the Boxer rising, but, owing to the belief that it was unwise to take any chances, in view of the fact that' the ' Chinese troops cannot be depended upon and disorders are sweeping the north, with little prospect of prompt government control. - .. ? ? 4- <5?|f Mitcnen Meiusca iu ukui.,,; j Washington.?John Mitchell, vice president of the American Federation of Labor, declined to Rive to Judge Wright of the district supreme court any assurance that he expected "here after to lend adherence to the decrees of the judicial tribunals of the land." To do so. he declared, would be an ' admission that he had heretofore fail j ed to comply with lawful decrees. Mr. Mitchell said he had rather be con I victed of contempt than be acquitted I on any other ground than the facts In tb case. Tennessee Gets Maneuver Camp. Washington.?The house passed a joint resolution authorizing the secre tary of war to accept from citizens of Tennessee approximately 5,000 acres of land near Tullahoma, in that state, for use as a maneuver camp and trainir^ ground for the state mi litia of Kentucky, Tennessee, Missis sippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida. North Carolina and South Carolina. The resolution, offered by Represen tative Rynum of Tennessee, now goes to the senate. (Copyri N&L CNiLDBEN rtSUfY GIRLS AND BOYS OF LAWRENCE,! MASS., GIVE EVIDENCE BEFORE A CONGRESS COMMITTEE. Many of the Little Mill Workers Told the Committee They Were Often Hungry. Washington.?Girls and boys, 14 and 15 years old, striking mill work era from Lawrence, Mass., testified before the house committee on, rules, which is considering a resolution to investigate conditions which followed attempts to send children from the strike-ridden city. Children told of working long hours for low wages, how they had to pay the American Woolen company five cents a week for drinkinng water, which they described as "canal wa ter." Some told of seeing women beaten by police and children knocked down and hurled into wagons "like bun dles of rags.'' Representative Victor Berger and Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, were again before the committee. Both made statements about the rival union condition at Lawrence, and both were cautioned against the use of jtersonalilies. After testimony of seven or eight children had been taken, Max Bogat in, a salesman of Philadelphia, one of the Socialist committee, which went to Lawrence to accompany the strikers* children to homes in Phila delphia, was questioned regarding the charges of disorder and brutality at the Lawrence depot. / He declared a soldier tried to keep him in the station by guarding the door with a bayonet "I saw the soldiers pick the chil dren up by the legs, like they were rags," he said, "and I saw one wom an choked by a soldier. "I was beaten by one of the police men, and still nave wouhub uu uij back where they beat me." Miss Jane Bock, also of the Phila delphia committee, corroborated, much of Bogatin's testimony. ANARCHY AND BRIGANDAGE So Advices to Washington Paint Sit uation In Merico. Wash'ngton.?Advices to the gov ernment from points along the Mexi can border, as well as in the inte rior, continue to paint a picture of brigandage and anarchy, hitherto un paralleled in the republic below the Rio Grande. Though unorganized the spirit of revolution, from dispatches received here, seems to pervade the entire re public. In the state of Chihuhua the situation is most serious. The report of Gen. Pascual Orozco's desertion of the Madero standard was confirmed to the satisfaction of government of ficials here. Apprehension now is felt for the safety of numerous foreigners in the city of Chihuahua, the objective point of the rebel movement in the north. Reports of a mobilization of insur rectos at that city and intermittent fighting reached here ' Confederate Hero's Corpse Respected Charlotte, X. C.?Inspired by senti ment for the "lost cause," students composing the senior class of the medical department of the Universi ty of North Carolina firmly refused to dissect the corpse of a hero of the Civil war?the late Capt. Edward Benton of Raleigh. The hat was pass ed around for a collection, and later, followed by the student body, the re mains of the gallant veteran were borne to the Confederate lot in the Chapel Hill cemetery and given a Christian Durm?. We Annex Palmyra Island. London.?Reports that the United States has annexed Palmyra island, southwest of the Hawaiian islands, where the United States armored cruiser West Virginia recently plant ed the Stars and Stripes, has created some interest in the house of com mons. Francis Dyke Acland, parlia mentarian under the secretary of for eign affairs, vouchsafed the informa tion that Great Britain had long abandoned the island, and that the British government had no interest whatever in it. Government Wars on Blind Tigers. Muskogee, Okla.?The department of justive has ordered Grant Victor, United States marshal in eastern Ok lahoma, to enforce the Federal pro hibition law in the old Indian Terri tory, the same as prior to statehood. T'nder this law it is a penitentiary offence for a man to carry a flask of liquor across the state line, the same as introducing or selling it. All liquor will be seized and confiscated and all persons in possession of it arrested. Oklahoma has a statewide liquor pro hibition law. MM TROOPS IN PEKIN THE POWERS NOW HAVE THREE THOUSAND SOLDIERS IN THE CHINESE CAPITAL. Allied Foreign Powers Are Determin ed to Keep Down Rioting in .. Pekin. Pekin. ? Eight hundred foreign troops patrolled the outskirts of the legation quarter for three hours, but there were no disturbances. There are now 3,000 foreign troops in Pekin, and the natives feel safe. Five thou sand Japanese troops have been or dered from Port Arthur to Tien Tsin, where there are only 1,500 foreign soldiers. Most of Yuan Shi Xai's troops left Pekin for Pao Ting Fu to suppress the mutiny. The cannonading was caused by an attack by the muti neers on Tung Chew, which was oc cupied and sacked. The homes of many nobles aqd princes in Pekin have been looted. More than 100 ex ecutions have taken place. For the most part the victims were civilians, The Nanking delegates have ap pointed four of their number to re turn to Nanking to explain the views of the foreign powers and impress upon the Nanking republicans the necessity of supportipg Yuan Shi Kai, and the desirability of the Nanking government coming to Pekin to es tablish a strong coalition. Neither the Pekin government nor the dele gates believe it will be necessary for the power to intervene, although both are well pleased with the demonstra tion for the foreign troops as a mark of disapproval of lawlessness. TAFT WARNS AMERICANS The President Issues Proclamation Requesting United States Citizens to Shun Mexico. Washington.?The gravity of the situation in Mexico caused President Taft to issue a proclamation virtual ly warning American citizens to re frain from entering that country, and those now residing there to leave when conditions threaten to become intolerable. The decision to issue such warnings was reached at a spe cial .meeting of the cabinet. The proclamation was augmented by a telegram addressed by the state department to Ambassador Wilson, in the city of Mexico. The ambassa dor was instructed to inform Ameri cans in peril there to withdraw across the border, leaving their ef fects in the care of the nearest Unit ed States consul. Copies of the tele grams were sent also to all consular agents. The president's utterance, It was explained, was in no sense a recog nition of the revolutionary movement in the sister republic to the south. Neither was it to be looked upon as a declaration of neutrality. It was de clared the utterance was solely a warning to Americans to avoid any thing that might savor of partisan ship in the existing state of affairs. Taft Wants National Trade Board. Washington.?President Taft has taken the initiative in a movement to bring business men of the country into touch with the government for advice and counsel in the adminis tration of laws, the enactment of new statutes and the development of com- j merce. Virtually, the president pro poses a national board of trade broad-1 ly representative of the commercial and industrial organizations and of such character *9 the government j may properly recognize by a charter from congress. Americans Heed Taft's Warning. Mexico City.?Publication of the Taft proclamation and the statement issued by Ambassador Wilson operat-1 ed to calm the aroused fears of for-, eigners in the capital to a large ex-1 tent. There was still a strong un dercurrent of uneasiness apparent. Many chose to read between the lines of the declaration a hidden message which they interpreted as possibly the most pointed warning that could come out of Washington at this time that intervention would likely follow a continuance of the disorders. Hard Struggle Over Free Sugar. Washington?The liveliest of the tarifT revision fights in the present session of congress will break when tho Democratic free sugar bill and the income or excise tax bill, which j goes with it to make up the more than $50,000 a year that would be lost in sugar duties probably will go through the house and to defeat in the senate. The passage of the hills in the house seems to be assured by the Democratic majority. Tn the pen ate the Progressive Republicans will oppose putting sugar on the free list. FOREIGNERS CONTINUES WARNING. THE EXODUS OF FROM MEXICO AS RESULT OF FRANCE SENDS WARSHIPS | 7" Hundreds of American Women and Children Have Reached El Paso. France Orders Warship ) To Waters of Mexico, M $ Paris.?The French govern* ment decided to send a warship * to Mexico, after considering the ! ; reported fears of anti-foreign Hhj movement in that country. The ? ministry of marine has ordered * + the cruiser Descartes at Rio Ja- : j + nelro to proceed to Mexico, f ? * where France has important in* ; . * terests. t r * ***** El Paso, Texas.?One hundred and J| fifty Americans, mostly women and children, from the American lumber ing town of Madera, were brought into El Paso by the Mexican North-' V western railroad from Pearson, their first stopping place after leaving Ma dera. i With the exception of a small hosn _ pital staff at Pearson, every Amerl-i can woman and child in the towns? . . of Madera and Pearson, Mexico, is on United States soil. These assert that for weeks they have been living in a state of ter-; > ror. About 400 American men are leftj- / >A at Madera. These are fully armed' f'M and able to meet any situation that: ! s may arise. Hundreds of Americans and other;. ; *.; residents in Mexico, it is declared,; will come here this week. They have'-' I'M placed the most, serious construction' on President Taft's warning. *^hey are getting out of the country, which; ' seems to them to he doomed to an archy. GILCHRIST SCORED BY CLARK Florida Congressman Attacks Florida Governor Jn Sensational Speech. Washington.?Representative Clark f. of Florida made a sensational attack;' ; ?; on Governor-G'lchrist in the house. ' It was in reply to a purported inter-'' view from the governor in .which he is alleged to have expressed surprise. ' 4 at the attitude of Representative Clark in the Everglades investigation! Said Clark: "It remains for the governor of Florida?God pity the state?to travel all the way from Tallahassee to Wash ington to insinuate now that I am working in me interest 01 wemera railroads. I brand tbat as a malicious, gratuitous and unqualified falsehood.'' "It Is the conduct of Conscienceless land sharks," he said, "that I'm trying to balk for the honor of my state. And yet the governor of my state v 3ays that in attacking the thieves I am attacking the state of Florida. If tbat is so, God help Florida." Referring to Mr. Gilchrist as "this little plnhead governor," Mr. Clark said he rested his case with the peo ple of his own district and felt cer tain of the result. He was applauded as he took his seat. Governor Gilchrist Is here to testify in the Everglades investigation. Senator Percy Asked to Resign. Jackson, Miss.?Asserting that he Is rAtaininz his seat "contrary to the wish and will of an overwhelming ma jority of the people of the state," the Mississippi legislature adopted a res olution demanding that United States Senator Leroy Percy resign his office. In the senate the resolution was * adopted by a vote of 26 to 13 and in the house 66 to 39. The vote was along strictly factional lines, and is in direct sequence to differences with in the state Democratic party. Knox Guarded In Nicaragua. Managua.?American Secretary of y State Philander C. Knox and his par ty traveled from Corinto to Managua on a special train which was heavily guarded in consequence of an anti Knox and anti-American propaganda which had been industriously circu lated. These persons represented that the visit meant further American domination. A pilot train, carrying fifty soldiers, with a machine gun, preceded the special, while a third train followed carrying 100 soldiers. Cry of Jingoism Means Slaughter. Chicago.?"The utterer of a cry of J jingoism relative either to China or ' Mexico, is going to be responsible for the slaughter of an untold number of innocent foreigners in those coun tries," declared War Secretary Stim son here. "The armies in both coun tries are carefully keeping away from foreign residents. Immediately they get an idea that our armies are hov ering near to gobble land instead of to protect our countrymen, they will wreak their vengeance on foreigners."" Secretary Stimson for Taft. Chicago.?Henry L. Stimson of New York, secretary of war, and the Roose velt candidate for governor of New York in 1910, declared himself for | President Taft, and said that while he remained the "sincere friend'' of .Mr. Roosevelt, he could not support him for the presidential nomination. In a speech before the Taft Club of Illinois he declared his belief that President Taft's administration rep resented the highest expression of progressive Republican poljojr, : iii && '