Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i abm m i mo ul i Published Weekly ABBEVILLE, 6. c. Keep out of Mexico. Keep out ol trouble. Big feet may be a Joy. but mostly to tbe shoemaker. A Missouri girl demands $20,000 for seven kisses. Prices are going up ev ery day. China's republic seems to have quite as much trouble as the defunct monarchy. At this time of the year almost any baseball scribe can bat .300 in th? Hops league. Accidents will happen. A New York Judge baa refused to grant a wealthy woman a divorce. One of our best sellers at this Bea con of the year is the seed catalogue, "which is given away. Many a Chicago man awakes ^rom dreams of baseball to be told to get out and shovel snow. Nobody need be discouraged, except perhaps the man who planted his to mato seeds in tin cans. A woman in Virginia bought a $5,000 painting for $8, but usually art col lectors buy $8 paintings for $5,000. Germany, according to a dispatch, is watching Mexico. That country, ac cording to rumor, will bear watching. v The hookworm may have nothing to to mltk tu. a.vi.. f._.. K.1? >f. nitu me UBUJU5 iCTCi, UUI V* fects of both maladies are much alike. Whenever we hear of a man adver tising for a wife In leap year we are led to wonder what 1b wrong with him. Sir Thomas Llpton says he will make another attempt to win the cup. Tou can't keep a squirrel on the ground. New York legislators advocate a fine for waiters who accept tips. Verily, these are hard days for malefactors of great wealth. Noble trees were sacrificed last year to make 300,000,000 lead pencils, and other forests went to make the paper the pencils called for. "American women leaa ine worm, remarks a visiting German editor. At any rate, we are well aware that they lead American husbands. * * A New York theatrical manager Is going to produce a Chinese play. Now we shall probably have a controversy ~ over the Chinese players. In spite of tho lengthy, hard winter that we have had, the restaurants have been able to keep spring lamb on the bills of fare right along. The son o? die gaekwar of Baroda says it is Impossible to live on $250 a week. Possibly be subsists on a diet of humming birds' eyebrows. "It Is three times more dangerous to croes Broadway in New York than the Atlantic ocean." And rour umes | more dangerous to keep on up the I street A cold bath every morning will prevent colds, according to Doctor Ja cob!. Evidently he labors under the Impression that all men are heroes. ^ ' Three cherry pits were found In the vermiform appendix of an Indiana man when the doctors opened him. To be on the safe side make two bites j at a cherry. An English astronomer arises to re- | mark that Mars is not inhabited. That momentous affair having been settled, j let us turn once more to the contem plation of baseball. * A/Hungarian physician claims that b? is able to graft hair on bald heads. It is hoped that he may- now turn his attention to the business of grafting life into wasted tissues. i A court In New York granted one man $12,000 Jpr the loss of a leg and another Jl.OOU lor me loss 01 a wu?. If it had been a California Jury it might have been different. Gotham is rejoicing because onl7 fifteen persons were killed" in one month by the trolley cars. Of course. Sfteen out of that immense popula on of millions is a very gratifying Bhowtnng except to the fifteen. By means of glass cages French scientists have found it possible to raise chickens without allowing them even to come in contact with a mi crobe, but the fowls must have found the sterilized life awfully dull. A school for chauffeurs has been es tablished in a Western college. It is to be hoped that it will teach proper deportment for the occasions on which the carburetor refuses to work when it Is twenty miles to the nearest garage. A 23-story hotel, containing 1.000 - ??V?nmKaro la /% Ko ^roof or? nvor guest the new Grand Centra] station, in New York. Even at that it will not be big enough to accommodate all those who desire to take the next train back home as soon as they arrive. American potato growers get about seventy-five bushels of tubers to the acre, while in England and Ireland the crops run from 200 to 235 bushels to the acre. But in many respects this is a great country. The wonderful richness and flexi bility of English are due mainly to the steady accretion from abroad. We take the right word where we find it, whether Greek, Latin, German, French or African, Indian or Eskimo. That is one reason why English Is becom ing more and more a world language STIR III CHESTER ON PROHIBIT! i ? WAGED MIGHTY FIGHT ON Dl{ FENSARY AND WON FOUR YEARS AGO. UNSATISFACTORY CONDITIO* Many People Believe That an Eled tion Should Be Held At Same Tim of General Election Next Novembe ?Many Petitions in Circulation. Columbia.?A special from Coluir bia states that four years ago the pre hibitionists of Chester cduaty waged i mighty fight upon the then existini dispensary and won by a very decisiv vote. Since then whiskey condition have grown wholly unsatisfactory. I is alleged that it can be purchasei . quite promiscuously here now. J great many people believe that ai election should be held at the sam time as the general election next Nc vember and give the voters of Cheste and Chester county an opportunity t< express their wishes through the bal lot as to the advisability of establish ing the dispensary again. A slroni and stubborn battle is going to bi fouKht by the dispensary adherent for it, while the prohibitionists are pre paring to put up the stiffest contest ii Chester's history. There are said to be at present fron 20 to 30 petitions in circulation in thi: oounty requesting that an election b< ordered as provided by the statutes ii regard to establishing a dispensar; here. It requires the signatures of 21 per cent of the qualified voters of i county in South Carolina before ai election can be ordered by the count; supervisor. One of the foregoing petl tions have been sent to almost ever; community in the county. Those ii charge of the movement declare tha the petitions are being freely signed Some of Chester county's most prom inent men are circulating these peti itons so dissatisfied are they with th< present whiskey situation. A Whirlwind Campaign is On. The whirlwind oampaign of the Or angeburg chamber of commerce t< raise $25,000 for Orangeburg college t< be used in erecting a new and moderi administration building was formall] started, wnen me iwo letnua ??? divided the sections of the city amonf the subcommittee for canvassing. Th< two meetings were very largley attend ed by the members of the teame, anc great interest was manifested. Th< rivalry between the te'ams has alreaflj sprung up, and the team raising th< smaller amount of the $25,000 fun<! will furnish a banquet for the tw( teams and the central committee anc a few invited guests. I Extend 8anltary and Drainage Work. At a meeting of the Charlestoi County Farmers' union, among th< matters considered were those of ex tending santiary and drainage wort and improvement of the roadways o: the section. A resolution was adopted approving a pending bill in congress urging financial assistance for road way work and the South Carolina rep resentatives are asked to support th< bill. It was pointed out that espe tally about Charleston, the people ar< engagedjn roadway improvements am since the government uses the roadi for rural delivery, it is only fair tba it should pay part of the cost of th< work. Two Tank Cars Derailed at Barr's. Two oil tanks on train No. 170, J local Southern freight from August! to Columbia and carrying 40 cars wen derailed at Barrs, near Lexington blocking traffic on that line for th< I entire day. The train was in chargi of Conductor L. J. Holland and Engl neer T. B. Housta. No one was injur ed. It was necessary to transfer pas Bengers on trains 131 and 8 and arouni j the wreck. The passenger train du< ( from Aueusta. was delayed aboyt ai hour, but the track was finally cleared The tanks were full of oil, most o which was lost. Submit Report of Work Done. Messrs. J. H. Claffy, Robert Lide, G L. Salley and B. B. "Williams, the com mittee having in charge the matter o cotton acreage reduction in this cour ty and also the reduction in the use o fertilizers for 1912, has submitted a r< port of the work done. The commil tee feeJ.s gratified with the results ui der the circumstances, for this count has a large number of negro farmen few of whom were very favorable t the plans proposed. The committe figures that the reduction for 1912 wi: amount to about 15,000 acres. Magistrate Hahn Suspended. Charging misconduct and neglect c duty in office the governor suspem ed T. L. Hahn, magistrate at Nort Augusta, in Atken county. The go1 ernor wrote Mr. Hahn requesting hi i resignation, which was refused. Th j governor in his letter to Mr. Hah stated that "this action is based upo , many various charges made agaim ! you and general complaints of th | manner in which you have conducte | your office, and also in view of th ; fact that you, as a peace officer, you ! self violated the peace." i Organize a Poultry Association. At a meeting held at Dr. F. D. Kei j dall's office a poultry asosciation 1 | promote and hold a poultry show 1 j Columbia In December was organize It was largely attended by poultryme from all over the state. Thos. E. 1 Holtzhouse of Columbia, was elect* president; T. L. Little of Camden se 1 retary and treasurer. A meeting wl be held in Columbia April 11, at whit something definite will be done. T1 rest of the officers will be elected, ar a date decided on for the poultry sho - RETENTION OF TEACHERS A Letter Sent the School Boards By IW. H. Hand the State High School Inspector. Columbia.?W. H. Hand, state high school inspector, has addressed a let ? ter to the school boards of the state in which he urges the retention of teachers. The letter is as follows: "I have a personal interest in the j welfare of your school, and it would be to me a genuine pleasure to render it any service in my-power. In doing I. so I would avoid everything resem bling meddling or olficiousness. In e my work with the high schools of the state, it is more and more impressed r upon me that many of the schools are suffering untold harm from a constant changing of teachers. No school can develop without a fixed policy, and no \ t- school can have a fixed policy so long as it changes any considerable per centage of its teachers every year or so. It is doubtful if any teacher can - begin to render his best service to a e school under four or five years. It rt quires at least naii or ine nrsi year 10 get acquainted with even his own pupils. 'I would unhesitatingly advise any school board to change teachers only when compelled tb do so. Keep as long as possible the teacher who has proved himself capable. Do not drop a teacher until yau are fully satisfied that you are getting a better . one in stead. To exchange one you khow for an entire stranger is always a risk Men usually use better judgment in swapping horses than they often use in exchanging teachers. "If your teacher is not capable, and you pay enough to get a competent one, make a change without delay. Ir employing your new teacher do not depend upon general testimonials; they are not usually worth the paper j on which they are written. Depend only on personal letters from persons of known judgment and integrity." State Farmers' Union Has Meeting. The executive committee of the state ? 1 ? fKo Y larmera union mei auu iBteneu wi 1 reports of the deputy organizers and t discussed the question of marketing as being the live issue of the day. The committee was gratified to hear of so i- much interest in the subject and espec e ially at the interest shown by the col leges, before whom the state president has presented this matter. Another conference will be held shortly, in - Charleston, to perfect plans upon ) which they have been working for sev ) eral months. At the next meeting on i July 2 the executive committee will f prepare the programme for the state 1 union meeting, to be held in Charles ; ton on the fourth Wednesday in July ; Every effort will be made to have a full meeting and the committee hopes 1 to have every county represented. f Town Election At Mayetvllle. i The town election passed off very i quietly only a light vote being polled, > the regular nominees of the conven 1 tion being elected. One or two scat tering votes we're cast. Th6 new aa..?a!1 ?*I11 Vft otirnm intn nffipA AR CUUU\Jil Will UC DTTViU ?u?.v soon as the books of the old council are checked up and turned over by the commljttee. The following compose the new council: Mayor, ft. D. Worn ble; wardens, M. C. Mayes, B. C. Chandler, H. C. Bland and E. G. Spen cer. The new board of health is bb follows: Dr. C. E. King, chairman; J. R. Mayes, R. J. Hayes, Jr., C. N. Spfott and F J. Bass. Mayor Womble is now commencing his fifth term and B. Chandler hiB second. M. C. Mayes hap served several times before on the council. Eighty Petition# Fror Pardon Board. For the first time during the admin- j istration of Gov. Blease the pardon j board met here with some petitions to consider. The Governor sent 80 peti tions for pardon to the board. The petition of John Y. Garlington and !f. Stobo Young, former officers of the j Seminole Securities Company now serving sentences of three years and ; one year in the pentitentiary, is among I these forwarded to the board as is a petition for commutation of sentence in the case of Samuel N. Hyde, con victed of the wife murder at Anderson, whn ia tn hf? Plf?ctrocuted. The mem a bers of the board are R. Mays Cleve- j 1. land, Greenville; J. A. Sumraersett, j f Columbia; and E. F. Warren, Hamp- ! ton. Committee Has Resumed Work. \, The legislative committee has re [- sumed work of investigating the af f fairs of the old state dispensary at the i- state house where a number of wit f nesses will appear and give testimony ; as to the charges preferred by the ! t- governor in his general message to J i- the general assembly on the Ansel y commision and Attorney General Ly j, on. It is very probable that the mem o bers of the Blease commission will be e summoned to appear and give testi- I 11 mony. Other witnesse are expected to be called. Rifle Practice at Sullivan's Island. >f Incidental to the encampment of the 1- four companies of coast artillery on h Sullivan's Island, target practice with / full service charges will be engaged s in from April 6 to April 12, according e to an official communication from n Capt. Thomas H. R. Mclntyre, in which he urges tne property owners and residents of the island to exercise the usual precautions of opening the doors and windows of their houses and the removal of frgile object from places of elevation that damages by commission may be reduced. Many Attend Agricultural Rally. One of the largest crowds of farm ers and boy planters in Greenville in many days gathered here to attend the agricultural rally in the board of trade rooms. Another meeting was also held in the assembly hall at the cen tral Y. M. C. A. Much enthusiasm was manifest at both meetings, though far mers are appearently greatly discour aged over the fact that they are sc late in beginning farm work this spring. It is probable that it will takt a week of dry weather to get th< ground in condition for breaking up. FIR9T AVIATOR TO CROSS AMERI CAN CONTINENT IS KILLED AT LONG BEACH, CAL. tic u/ac DAniv MAiini cn hi. iinu unu li innnuLLv Biplane Began Frightful Descent and Crashed Against Surf, Rodgers Being Mangled in Wreck. Long Beach, Cal.?Calbralth P. Rod gers, the first man to cross the Amer ican continent in an aeroplane, was killed here almost instantly when his biplane, in which he had been soar ! I ing over the ocean, fell from a height of 200 feet and buried him in the wreck. His neck was broken and his body badly mashed by the engine of his machine. He lived but a few mo ments. Rodgers, for a week past, had been making daily flights here and had taken up with him many passengers, both men and women. He started from his usual place and soared out uvcr ixic utcau, uuooiug iuc pici auu then turned and dipped close to a roller coaster in a beach amusement park. Seeing a flock of gulls disporting themselves among the great shoal of sardines just over the breakers, Rodg ers again turned and dived down into them scattering the sea fowl in all directions. Highly elated with the outcome of his dive, Rodgers then flew farther CALBRAITH P. R0DQER8. out to seawall the time gradually ris ing until he had reached a height of afeout 200 ,feet. (Making a short turn, he started at full speed for the pier, then suddenly dipped his planes and his machine be gan a frightful descent. Rodgers was seen by hundreds of persons on the pier to relax his hold on the levers and "then seemingly realizing that he was In danger, he made strenuous ef forts to pull the nose of his machine into a level position. Failing in this, he managed to turn his craft further in shore and an in stant later the craft crashed into the edge of the surf, not 500 feet from the spot where, on December 10, last, he had finished his ocean-to-ocean flight. Many men rushed to his aid. Ernest Scott and James Goodwin, life guards, were the first to reach him. They said Rodgers' head was hanging over one wing of the ma chine, the heavy engine was on his back and his feet were drawn up nearly doubling over his shoulders. Blood was flowing from his mouth. Rodgers was lifted from the wreck and hurried to the batn nouse Hospi tal. He died on the way. Mrs. McRee Is Free. Opelousas, La.?Mrs. Zee Runge Mc Ree, who shot her young friend, Al lan Garland, to death in her home here September 21 last, was acquitted by a jury of the charge of manslaugh ter. Holding her golden-haired lit tle daughter, Vallera, in her arms, and with tears streaming down her cheek, Mrs. McRee arose as soon as the foreman had announced the ver dict and thanked the jury. All smiles and all tears, husband and wife em braced. Tariff Revision by Tariff Board. Washington.?President Taft, in an address to the members of the Ameri can Catton Manufacturers' Associa tion, rcnewea nis pica iui icv ioiuu Ul the tariff only by a tariff board that would make revision possible upon scientific lines. Sanitary improve i ments in Southern cotton mills con | stitute one of the most important j changes in cotton mill construction, | according to J. E. Sirrine of Green I ville, S. C. Healthful working quar ters are taking the place of unhealth j ful surroundings, he said, j British Strike Declared at End. London,?Albert tSanley, secretary I of the Midland Miners' Federation ; and member of the house of com i mons, practicaly announced the end . of the national coai strike in the j United Kingdom. Mr. Stanley said that it was now impossible to secure the necessary two-thirds majority of the miners in favor of continuing the strike. The postmaster general, Her bert Louis Samuel, also stats* that he was confident the strike would be declared over Atlanta Girl Learns to Fly. Boston, Mass.?Miss J. Atkins of Atlanta, Ga., has come all the way to Boston to learn to pilot an aero plane under the tutelage of Harry X. At wood and Ripley Bowman in At wood's aviation school at Saugus, .Mass. This makes the second woman to apply for aviation lessons under Mr. Atwood. Miss Atkins has made no plans as yet, and says: "i don't know what I am going to do until I find out what success I have.'' She has never been in an aeroplane. The noted American mezzo-soprano, who will sing in Cavalleria Rusti cana and Rlgoletto, two of the op eras to be presented in Atlanta by the Metropolitan Grand Opera Com pany, April 22-27. RAILWAY RATES FOR OPERA TWENTY RAILROAD COMPANIES HAVE GRANTED LOW RATES TO ATLANTA FOR GRAND OPERA WEEK, APRIL 22 27. / Rates for the Round Trip to Atlanta Are Practically Equivalent to Only One Fare. Atlanta.?Georgia and the South at large will be particularly interested in the announcement that twenty rail rrvoH nnmnanioa havp crantpri ATlPpial low rates to Atlanta for the week of April 22-27, when the Metropolitan Grand Opera company will apear at the Auditorium, and that tickets will be placed on sale from April twenty flrBt to twenty-sixth inclusive, with a final return limit until midnight of April the thirtieth. These rates for the round trip are practically equiva lent to only ono fare. Such a reduction will enable hun dreds of music lovers throughout the section to avail themselves of the rare opportunity offered by the Metro politan engagement. In seasons past these events have been liberally pat ronized by people from neighboring states and cities. The fact is, Georgia and the* South rightly feel that the annual production of grand opqra in Atlanta is by no means this city's in dividual enterprise, but belongs to the South as a whole. This city's chief pride, indeed, lies In the fact that through its Musical Festival Associa tion It has brought to the South at-' tractions which heretofore have been limited to New York and the capitals of Europe. The special rates granted by the mil mart a and the reductions declared in the price of season tickets will combine to bring to the forthcoming opera week more out-of-town and out of state visitors than were ever at tracted by a kindred occasion. POLICE WATCHED LYNCHING Ten Members of Fort Smith Police Dismissed, for Yielding to Mob. ' Fort Smith, Ark.?Eight Fort Smith patrolmen, Chief of Police Bryant L. Barry and Night Captain Samuel Smart were discharged by the city council for failing to quell a mob which, ten days ago; tore out a win dow in the city jail, seized Sam Lew is, negro, 19 years old, and hanged him to a pole on one of the pain streets of the city. The council also abolished the detectiye bureau and re lieved its chief, Cathey Pitchcock, of his star. Witnesses told the alder men at the hearing that the patrol men on duty in the vicinity of the jail made no effort to protect the negro and that others, attracted to the scene by the work of the mob, view ed it in dismay and returned to their accustomed beats. Mails at Rome, Ga., Looted. Rome, Ga.?Although government and police official refuse to give out any information in regard to the mat ter, several arrests were made which indicate that extensive robberies of the mail have been systematically car ried on for a considerable period, and that the total amounts go far up into the thousands. Under arrest in con nection with these charges are "Cull" Earl, baggage agent for the Rome Transfer company, and Jim Carter, colored, porter and bus driver for the same company. Adjusting Wages in Cotton Mills. Boston, Mass.?Although strikes are still in progress at various Massachu setts textile centers, the largest one at Lowell, the last week has brought about a noticeable improvement in general conditions. Several of the smaller labor difficulties have been settled and a strike of 30,000 cotton mill operatives at New Bedford was averted by the granting of the 10 per cent, advance in wages asked. Simi lar advances were made in other mills, so that 100.000 operatives will share in the distribution. Riot in North Carolina Town. Charlotte, N. C.?A pitched battle occurred on the streets of Rocking ham between officers and a number of linemen, in which three of the offi cers were wounded and several of the linemen badly used up. The latter were drinking, it is alleged, and when one of them was arrested for creat o nnmhpr of nfhors ins a (llbiuiuau^ ? rushed the officers with the possible intention of freeing their comrade, when the shooting commenced. Dep uty Sheriff 0. C. Shores is the mcrp seriously wounded. Hp*,. 350,000 VOTED TO FIGHT FLOODS .< ' CONGRESS APPROPRIATES MONEY TO STRENGTHEN LEVEES AND DIKES ALONG MISSISSIPPI. PRESIDENT ^ENT MESSAGE -J '? rv 'S? Taft Asked for $500,000 and Congress at Once Voted $350,000?Situation Critical, Says President Taft. Washington.?President Taft sent a message to congress asking that $500, 000 be appropriated for strengthen ing levees and building new dikes in the flood districts along the Missis sippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers, and within fifteen mintues after it was read in the house that body passed a bill making if350,000 available for the purpose. The bill was rushed over to the senate, where it also was passed and was sent to the president for his signature. The president sent his message of appeal -to congress after Senator Fos ter and Thornton and virtually the entire Louisiana delegation in the house had called upon him and pic tured the destruction being worked by the floods. The message follows: "I am" advised by the secretary of war, whose reports I transmit here with, that the flood in the Mississippi valley by reason of the rise in all the rivers tributary to the Mississippi and Missouri at nearly the same time Is likely in the lower part of the valley, that is Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana, to reach a higher point along the levees than it has ever reached within recent memories, and that there is very grave danger that the levees may giv way under the unusual pressure and that great damage may be done to property in the states mentoined, re quiring, unless prompt action is taken, gTeat future outlay in preserving the proper navigation of, the stream. "It seems proper, therefore, that the government take immediate action to make the loss impending as little as possible. In view of the character of the emergency and the safeguard sur: rounding the expenditures made un flor >!?? nnrnn nf ondneers T have no hesitation in asking for an appropri ation fo $500,000 as recommended by the secretary of war. "I urgently recommend an immedi ate appropriation, so that no time may be lost In taking the necessary steps to prevent what, but for gov ernmental action, may be a loss not only of many millions, but of -lives as well." COTTON TARE COST MILLIONS Government Endeavoring to Save $25, 000,000 a Year for South's Cotton Growers. Washington.?Efforts to save more than $25,000,000 a year now being lost by Southern cotton growers through tare charges are being made by the department of agriculture. Secretary Wilson has written to the Liverpool and other foreign cotton exchanges for suggestions as to how these tare charges might be reduced and has re ceived replies from all o^ them. "If cotton could be baled in better shape," says the Liverpool exchange in its reply, "there is no doubt that the European exchanges would be willing to pass by-laws for such cot ton to be sold 'actual tare,' provided uniform length and weight of canvass be adopted for every bale." "There is no article of similar value which is so wastefully packed and of which so little care is taken in tran sit as American cotton," continues the letter. Negress Murdered Seventeen. LaFayette, La.?Clementine Barna bet, a negress under arrest here, cleared the mystery that has sur | rounded the murders of seventeen ne groes in Louisiana and gave clues which are expected to fix the guilt for eighteen other night assassinations of negroes which have been charged to the mysterious "ax man." She was a member of the "Church of Sacri | flee,'1 a mysteriou negro sect that is said to believe in the sacrifice of hu ! man lives as a manner of securing immortality. | Socialists Lose in Milwaukee. Milwaukee, Wis.?With a flood of non-partisan ballots, Milwaukee vot ers swept from ofce the city's Social I ist administration, installed a non partisan mayor, board of aldermen and county board of supervisors and probably eliminated every national po litical party from participation in fu ture municipal elections in the state of Wisconsin, because, as a result of the non-partisan victory in Milwau kee, the state legislature, soon to be convened, is expected to pass a non partisan city election statute. LaFollette Beats Taft. Milwaukee, Wis.?Woodrow Wilson defeated Champ Clark on the Demo cratic ticket and Senator LaFollette defeated President Taft on the Re publican ticket in the state's first presidential preference primary. Pres ident Taft's campaign manager in this state conceded to Senator LaFol lette 23 out of 26 delegates to the Republican national convention. Gov. Woodrow Wilson's lead on the Demo cratic ticket equaled that of Senator i oCoiiottp nn the Renublican ticket. I. Combine Express and Rural Deliveries Washington.?The house interstate and foreign commerce committee re ported favorably a bill to amend the law giving the interstate commerce commission authority over express companies. Provision would be made for rate zones, the charges varying ac cording to the distance the package was carried frof the point of origin. A close working arrangement also would he provided between the ex press companies and the rural free delivery system of the postoffice de | partment. . JAMES L f"'!: ' :3PliS s g >- gt, . mm . mkh . ': :^vVV. -i ?,'f %>hJf% 4irtS Nfe" i V *-J > James L. Slayden of Te^ae It th? congressman who tried to havo th? house adopt a resolution expressing opposition to the idea of a third term presidents. The attempt failed. . . . *", FLOWS CAUSE GREAT LOSS ? HICKMAN, KY? AND OTHER. TOWNS FLOODED ? PEOPLE DRIVEN FROM HOMES. Several Hundred Families in Mem phis Forced to Flee Before the Flood. ' Hickman, Ky.?The levee brokeA here and the town is flooded. Hun-^. dreds of families have been driven. from their homes, but there has beea no loss of life. Constant rise of the Mississippi in the past few days had given the inhabitants warning. Wa* j| ter is standing in every store. : The floods in this section of the ccuntry, including Missouri, Ililnoia | and Kentucky, are the worst on rec- : / ord. Property loss has already run. ^ into millions of, dollars. Cairo and the drainage district above the city are the only two dry places in that section of the country,. - the entire territory ncrth and south \ of Cairo being covered with severaL , fj feet of /water. Larg4 forces of men patrol the lev- * eei constantlv. and evervthine is be ing done to keep the embankments, in condition to resist all the water in sight anrf more. Trains are still op erating out of Caiso, but in many cases are being routed over foreign systems. SENATOR BOB TAYLOR DEAD* Was Known as "Fiddling Bob" Be* cause ^He Carried a Violin During His Campaigns. Washington.?Robert Love Taylor,. United States senator from Tennes see, "Fiddling Bob," to all the South, died here, unable to withstand the shock of an operation for gallstones performed. "Fiddling B6b" Taylor, so known, because be played his way into the hearts of his audiences, carrying his violin wherever he campaigned, was a * Uor\ni bi years oia. me was uuru ai ua Valley, in eastern Tennessee, but spent most of his life at Nashville, practicing law. He belonged to an office-holding family. His father was. a representative in congress and com missioner of Indian aftairs, and an un cle was in the Confederate senate. Once pension agent at Knoxville? thrice governor of Tennessee, from 1887 to 1891, and 1897 to 1899, Sena tor Taylor forged his way to the na tional house of representatives from the same congressional district that had previously sent his father to con gress and later his brother, Alfred A. Taylor, whom he subsequently de feated for governor. Senator Taylor was a Cleveland' Democrat. He had served in the sen * *? ? Vta TM?!nn}no 1 3.IG Since J&OU&ry} ItjuI, mo ynuvpH* activity being in good roads and the Lake-to-the-Gulf deep waterway proj ect. Publicity Demanded Regarding Cotton Washington.?The senate commit tee on agriculture ordered favorably reported a bil lintroduced by Senator Smith of South Carolina, which would require the director of the census to publish the domestic and foreign con sumption of cotton of American pro duction; the surplus held by cotton manufacturers of the United States and the exports. The house bill di recting the secretary of agriculture to report in July instead of June of each year the acreage plantea to cot* ton was favorably reported. Taylor's Toga May Go to Brother. Washington.?Efforts are on foot to- - have Gov. Ben W. Hooper, the Re publican governor of Tennessee, name Alfred A. Taylor, who is one of the same political faith as the governor, and a brother of the late Senator Robert Taylor, to succeed to the va cant seat In the United States sen ate. Alfred A. Taylor was the nomi nee of the Republican party in 1886, when Robert Lovje Taylor was the Democratic candidate. They stumped the state in opposition to each other and "Fiddling Bob" won the election. Governors File Solemn Protest. Washington.?The governors of the states as a body filed their solemn protest with the Supreme court of the United States against the proposition to strike down state railroad rates as interfering with interstate com merce. They respectfully called upon the bench, having in "especial charge the covenant of the Union'' to see that the boundaries of the states re main. It was the first time in the history of the nation that such a pro J test had been made.