The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, July 17, 1912, Image 2

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i mmm mdmih Published Wo?kly ABBEVILLE. 8. C. The failure of the peach crop A overdue. This Is the time of the year for turning on the electric fan. Mona Lisa bids fair to rival Charley fins* in fr<>niif?nev of discovery. The farmers welcome hot nights, as well as hot days, and also steamy showers. "Big hats." says a physician, "re cult In brain fag." If you don't be lieve it, ask father. A man in New Jersey was arrested and fined for raising mosquitoeg. The war Is on in earnest. It is said that Kaiser Wllhelm chooses his wife's hats. That man Isn't afraid of anything. One 'way to cure Insomnia Is to read the history of the alleged war between Italy and Turkey. An Italian organ grinder Is going j back home with a fortune of $50,000. j Sometimes crime Is highly profitable. ! It is reported that one of the war correspondents In Tripoli Is dead. The <nnui probably was too much for him. ' i The American girl who has Jilted an English nobleman evidently wouia rather be a wife than a financial as *et. Perhaps the modern styles In wom en's dress were designed to make bathing suits seem modest by com parison. A Harvard professor says he has dis covered a way to restore life. This will arouse the enmity of the undertakers' %ssociation. vi ne manager 01 a iobius u&ueuau team has as hard a job explaining as the husband returning from a late lodge meeting. \ Verjly, this Is a world of wonders. Occasionally we meet a man who owns a motor car, and has not mort gaged his house. We are doing our best in the fly swatting campaign, but we would be persuaded to waste one healthy swat on the weather man. The neighbor who runs hi? phono graph late into the night generally is the fellow who arises at 6 a. m. to run the lawn mower. __________ ^ "A New York man has been ar rested for stealing 1920 collars." Look again and see whether he isn't really a Pittsburg man. French army aeroplanes are being need to carry ammunition, but It strikes us that they are dangerous enough, even when not loaded. A Californlan hag written to his congressman asking "for a copy of the Congressional Record. Evidently he Is looking for a cure for Insomnia. A noncapsizable boat has been In vented by a genius in Norway, but the fool who rocks the boat will find some other method of bursting into print A court has decided that it is not onlawful for a man to play poker in bis own house. But if he is wise be will not do it unless his wife is away. Policeman In Berlin shot three bur glars without notifying the moving picture men. A mistake of that kind In Paris would have cost him his ?ob. A French duelist is about as harm fess as a chess master, but a French taxlcab bandit is not the sort of per son one would care to meet in a dark alley. A Chicago hotel has abolished the > /eglster, and the guests sign cards, which Are filed out of sight. Thus is nnRtdne awav another cherished lnati tution. Brunette In Nfw York wants a dl- j rorce because her husband raves in | bis sleep about "Blondle." Evidently j she does not like tbe color of his af . Sections. One Chicago man has moved his dome by sailing it on the lake. This Is another proof that Chicago people have got past the stage where they use their lake exclusively for boiling ourposes. A scientific experimenter has sue- : seeded in producing artificial malaria, j Such achievements may be fun for j the scientists, but it makes the gen eral public feel very much like the ( tamous protesting frogs. Another foolish scientist has been ! heard from. He says kissing Is the j ?_ A-1 .1J most dangerous tiling in me wunu. j The most dangerous thing In the i world is encouraging a man who j thinks he has ability as an after-din ner speaker. A Washington man in support of the | term that the "Star-Spangled Banner" j is not singable says, "You ought to ; have heard the house of representa- | tives trying to sing it." Great snakes! What musical composition in classic j V ragtime could survive mai iesi: Students of a New York college have adopted a resolution not to treat one another. If they succeed In keep ing this resolution they will make a great gain In moral courage, also In the amount of theft: spending money. A New York Judge has sent a wom an to jail for beating her husband. He deemed it necessary to justify his ac tion by saying that if It had been the husband who did the beating he would have sent biin to Jail, and he must treat the wife the same way. So an other woman's right Is destroyed. FROM OVER PALMETTO STATE The Latest News of General Interest Yhat Has Been Collected From Many Towns And Counties. Columbia. ? The Richland county dispensary profits for the quarter end ing June 30, have been distributed by the board. The total amounted to $53,800.03, of vhich the city received $26,900.01; the county $16,140.01; and the schools $10,760.01. The figures show a net gain over the same quarter in 1911 of $5,800. Columbia.?E. W. Dabbs, president of the state farmers' union, has re quested the local .county unions of South Carolina to appoint a commit tee of three to confer with the bank ers in the various counties of the state and endeavor to reach a working agreement as to how the cotton crop this year is to be marketed. Elloree.?Since the refreshing rains crops in this section have taken on new life. Corn, which suffered a great deal from the dry weather, has im proved very appreciably within the past week or two, and while there will be nothing like a full crop -made the indications are that more corn will be made than was anticipated by tiic laimuo a nccao a^u. Charleston.?At a meeting of the board of health the matter of co-opt r ating with the United States public health and marine hospital service in keeping the bubonic plague out of this country, by destroying the rats on the waterfront, was taken up and it was decided to refer it to a sub committee consisting of Health Officer J. M. Green, Thaddeus Street and Dr. H. B. DeSaussure to ?ubmit a plan. Columbia.?The state board of par dons recommended clemency in 33 cases out of 87 considered. The re port was completed after several ses sions and was sent to the governor by J. A. Summersett, the secretary. The other members of the board are R. Mays Cleveland of Greenville and E. Frank Warren of Hampton, chair man of the board. Spartanburg.?Roach Young, a ne gro boy 15 years old, is in jail, charg ed with the murder of Ben Young, his cousin, a negro boy about his own age. The shooting occurred on West Henry street and though the coroner has examined many witnesses in the case no cause for the killing has been shown. Roach Young ran away after the shooting and was not arrested for several days. Orangeburg.?Work on the Orange burg railroad from Orangeburg to North is now in its last stages, prac tically all grading being finished and the rails being laid. The Seaboard Air line railway company has placed its connecting track w;th the Orange burg railway and by winter the entire railroad is expected to be constructed and ready for operation. William C. Wolfe of Orangeburg is president of the railroad. Bishopville.?Bishopville boasts ol having one of the most enterprising and enthusiastic chambers of com merce in the state. At the regular monthly meeting of this organization the attendance was unusually large and much interest was taken in all matters brought up for discussion. President Thos. G. McLeod presided. Upon motion of W. A. James the board ^of directors was authorized to employ g. regular commercial secre tary. , ' " Columbia.?A. C. Summers, chemist of the state department of agricul ture has made report to Commissioner Watson on the samples alleged to be near-beer sent from Newberry several days ago. He found that the per centage of alcohol by volume was 2.32 per cent and by weight 1.89 per cent. The report was made for the information of the Newberry county officers as the near-beer does not come under the provisions of the pure food and drug act. Newberry.?A county institute for rarmers was neia in Youngs urore, Prosperity, by a joint faculty compos ed of Clemson college professors and federal agricultural experts. Some of the subjects discussed were: Live stock; farm crops; insect pests; cat tle tick eradication; handling long sta ple cotton; cover crops and crop ro tation; forage crops -pnd fertilizers. The entire day was spent in the grove with an intermission at midday for dinner on the grounds. Columbia.?The time for filing pledges by candidates for offices in Richland county will expire at noon on July 24. So far very few candi dates have paid their assessments to R. Beverley Sloan, secretary of the county Democratic executive, commit tee. Orangeburg.?The report of the re ceipts of the Branchville postoffice, as compiled by Postmaster Byrd, reveal interesting figures. The receipts of the quarter ending June 30, 1912, were $59.22 more than for the same quar ter last year, but the figures are less man ior me ursi quarter or i?iu. Charleston.?The Aiken and Lancas- | ter companies of artillery w.ill go into camp with the artillery troops next month on Sullivan's Island. The i state companies in command of Maj. Hammond are expected to report at j Fort Moultrie about August 1st. Columbia.?The farmers of South Carolina have this year used about 100,000 less tons of fertilizer than last year. The tax is 25 cents a ton and the receipts so far amount to $209, 210. The total amount received for the same time last year was $242, 156. This fund goes to Clemson Col lege. Gaffney. ? A movement has been started by the local business men of the community to have a county fair next fall in Gaffney. Those who are ftcHtatfnc tha matter state thnt tKov are meeting with much encourage ment. Chester?The county board of edu cation has deemed it wise to close the nummer school for teachers, which started here about a week ago in the College street school building. Lack of numbers in attendance brought about the closing. Prof. W. H. Mc Nairy had prepared a very strong pro gramme. SUPERINTENDENTS HOLD CONVENTION DISCUSS TOPICS OF MUCH IM PORTANCE TO UPLIFT OF < EDUCATION. I RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED The Legislature of South Carolina Is Urged to Enact Laws For The Bet terment of The Educational System of The State. Columbia?A special from Rock Hill states that the meeting of the county superintendents of education of this state was held at Winthrop College. The meeting w^s called to order by President A. H. Gasque of Florence, who made a very interesting address to the body assembled. The first matter of business taken up was the arrangement for the ipeet :"~ /innvonHnn art a a nnt tr> llifcO U1 tlAO V.V/U ? tuwiv- ww v.w -w - conflict with the summer school work 1 which is going on at Winthrop. This ' being arranged, the convention took 1 up a number of matters pertaining to 1 the work of the various county su- 1 perintendents througnout the state. 1 Superintendent Seigler, of Aiken 1 county, introduced the following reso lution, which was adopted: "We, the county siyierintendents of 1 education of South Carolina, in con vention assembled, do petition you, 1 the lawmakers of our state, to en- 1 act a statute so as to change the 1 present term of office of district ( BChool trustees, sucn tnat me new act will provide that the terms shall be for a period of three years; that In the beginning of the enactment of this law. the appointments will be for one, two and three years, respectively, so that there will be one new mem ber, or a new appointment each year, thus leaving a majority of the board always in office." Another resolution that was unani mously adopted by the convention was that: "We will not accept teach ers secured through teachers' agen cies." This matter was thoroughly discuss ed and some very interesting facts brought out along this line, hence the resolution. Another resolution that was adopt ed by the convention was one to ask the legislature to do something In behalf of the rural schools. The convention adjourned so that the members could return to their homes and bold the Clemson college examinations. County Roads Are Satisfactory. The Richland board of county com missioners on their trip over sec tions of the upper township found things In very satisfactory condition, said W. F. Muller, county supervisor The party left the Richland county court house in an auto and journeyed up the Monticello road for about three I' miles on the Fairfield side, then crossed the country to the Winnsboro road, came down the same and cross ed again to the Dutch Fork section. Farmers' Institute at Lexington. ] The farmers' institute to be held i under the auspices of Clemson Col- . lege in conjunction with the farmers' co-operative demonstration work of I the United States government will be held in this county at Summerland, < Friday, July 25. Following is a list ! of speakers: J. M. Burgess, "Live i Stock"; J. M. Napier, "Farm Crops"; ( A. F. Conradi, "Insect Pests"; Mr. j Earle, "Fertilizer Laws"; W. F. Bur- ' leign, l ick j&raaicauon ; neu iay lor, "Handling Long Staple Cotton"; W. H. Barton, "Cover Crops and Ro tation"; J. M. Napier, "Forage Crops." NevCfberry Sunday School Convention. The Sunday school convention of Newberry county will hold its thirty fourth annual session at Trinity Meth odist church, in Floyd township, July 25-26. An interesting programme has been arranged for the occasion and the community is preparing to enter tain the delegates hospitably. The convention is interdenominational and all the churches take an active part. 1? Farmers' Institute at Lancaster. A farmers' institute under the aus pices of Clemson College was held at Lancaster. The attendance was not very large although a number of rep resentative farmers were present and the meeting was a pleasant and high ly profitable one. The following were the speakers and their subjects: Dr. J. F. Fahey, tick eradication; Prof. H. W. Barr, plant diseases; Prof. ,J. N. Napier, seed selection and grading 1 crops; Prof. T. F. Jackson live stock; i W. It. Elliott, cotton crops and rota- ] tion. i Coroner's Jury Has Found Verdict. The coroner's jury empanelled in the case of the killing of Dr. J. K. Love ( at Norway several days ago has s found a verdict, the substance of e which is that the deceased came to i his death by a gunshot wound in the ] hands of Marion Evans. The four ' other negroes who were arrested along i with Evans are being held as wit- i iiusses. i ue pi uuauimy is uiai r^vaiis [ will not be admitted to bail, as he was ] on bond, being held for the alfeged c killing of another party when the t killing of Dr. Love occurred. ( Laurens Wants Chicora College. ' At an enthusiastic mass meeting of the citizens of Laurtens a campaign 1 was started for the purpose of secur- i ing $75,000, the amount named in the i proposition made to this city by the i board of trustees of Chicora College 1 as the condition on which they would ] recommend the removal of the col- i lege from Greenville to Laurens. The 1 campaign will begin soon and it is ex 1 pected that the amount will be rais- l ed in a few days. Meantime options < on available sites will be procured by t special committees. I ro GIVE PRIZES FOR CORN The Summervllle Business League Is Encouraging The Growth of This Cereal in The State. Columbia.?In Dorchester county it will be worth while to raise corn this year, or rather more corn than any Dther man, woman or child there abouts. Two prizes have been offered for the most prolific yield in that sec lion?$50 by the Summerville Busi ness Men's League for the largest yield of corn on any single acre of land within 15 miles of Summerville md $50 by the Bank of Dorchester Cor the largest yield in Dorchester ;ounty. The, experiment station can not compete for the prizes, but all farmers of that part' of the 3tate who are withlb the prescribed limits are eligible and the following rules are laid down ror them: "Rule 1?Measuring of land. The acre of ground on which the corn it grown is to be measured by three re liable citizens of South Carolina, whc ire to make an affidavit, sworn to be fore a notary, thut they jointly meas ured the l^nd with a tape line. "Rule 2?Gathering and measuring. The corn shall be gathered and weighed in the presence of the three reliable citizens who measured the land, and they must also sign an af fidavit that they were all present and 3aw the corn gathered and measured and that it was gathered from the acre as measured and staked off by them. "Measuring. Weigh two 100 pound lots from different parts of the total. Shuck and shell each lot and then weigh the shelled corn in each in stance, fn order to find the average percentage of shelled corn. Multiply the total weight hy this per cent and divide by 6 to get the, number of bushels." South Carolina New Enterprises. The following Is a record of new enterprises recorded in the office of the secretary of state: A charter was issued to the Cherokee Place, Inc., of Charleston, with a capital of $15,000 to do a general real estate and devel Dping business, the officers being* Thos. S. Wilbur, president; John A Hertz, vice president; William C. Wil bur, secretary and treasurer. A com mission was issued to the King gtreet Real Estate Company of Charleston With a capital of $50,0000, the peti tioners being Ernest Nicholson of Union, James Allan of Summerville md W. S. Allan of Charleston. The company proposes to do a general real estate and developing business, handle stocks, bonds, etc. Winnsboro Company Not Disbanded. Capt. J. B. Doty has the following 3tatement to make relative to reports that the Winnsboro military company has been disbanded through failure to join the Third regiment which re cently left for encampment at Annis ton, Ala.: "The captain of the Winns boro Guards wishes to correct the va rious rumorF that have been in circu tion over uie state in reference to Winnsboro company being disbanded on account of failing to go on en campment. All statements that have appeared were euiireiy wiiuoui iuuii- | dation and were stated without au thority. This company acted under Drders. For the benefit of those Inter ested, the Winnsboro company ie known as Company G, First Infantry, ind will leave for the encampment on luly 15." Politic* In Lexington County. The first shot In the Lexington lounty campaign will be fired at Swansea Thursday, August 1, this late having been fixed by the county executive committee at its meeting In the court house several days ago. rhe following itinerary was arranged by a special committee named by the :ounty chairman, D. Frank Efird, after much deliberation: Swansea, August L; Brookland, August 3; Irmo, August 3; Chapin, August 9; Peak, August j 10; Gilbert, August 14; Summerland, August 15; Boylston, August 17; Steedman, August 22; Pelion, August id. Tne assessment or candidates ror the various offices was fixed as fol lows: State senate, $15; house, $8; :lerk of court, $30; sheriff, $20; au- j iitor, $15; treasurer, $15; county su- | perintendent of education, $15; super-i risor, $20; county commissioner, >2; :oroner, $5. , Politics in Dillon County. Quite a crowd was present to hear :he speaking of the candidates for so icitor of this district and for congress ind the United States senate. W. T Bethea, county chairman, presided jver the meeting. The candidates ivere pleasant in their rivalry for of fice and the speeches weer on a high plane. The first to speak was Mr. Laney of Chesterfield. He reviewed lis record in the general assembly ind based his ability to serve the peo ple as solicitor on the ability he had shown in the past. rhe Death Chair Has Arrived. The electric chair has arrived in Columbia and will be installed at the jtate penitentiary under the supervi rion of T. Q. Boozer, state electrician ind C. F. Adams representing the STew Jersey firm making the chair, rhe house to be occupied by the chair s located near the main prison build ng at the state penitentiary. The juilding will be completed by August L. The first execution will take place m August 6. The, death house con ains five rooms, one of which is the letention chamber. 'Near Beer" Dispenser in Trouble. J. P. Lawson, who has become well mown at Newberry through his deal ng in "near beer" was arrested by T)n n.UV, mit-ini uuiwi u vuaifjcu ? Hii ucauuo n alcoholic beverages. He was re eased under bond ot $300. It is said Lawson will resume his business and a that case Sheriff Buford says he will arrest him again. Dawson first begsn his "near beer" business in the iown of Newberry but when the coun ;il fixed the license for such a Ten ure at $1,500 he retired just outside :ho city limits. 10 FULL TOGETHER THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF SOUTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN ORGANIZED. MANY ATTENDED MEETING The Gathering of Business Men Wa? Represented By Every Section of The State.?The Officers Were Elec? ted At This Meeting. Columbia.?Two hundred progres sive citizens, representing a score of progressive cities of the state, gather ed here and organized the South Car olina chamber of commerce. The key note of the meeting, which was sig nificant in many ways, is "progressive Go-operation." The organization, w,hich Is made up of representatives from practically every town In the state, will work for the advancement of South Carolina along agricultural, commercial and industrial lines. A progressive constitution was adopted. A board of directors was elected by the various delegations present. Each community was allowed one member. The board in turn elected the follow ing officers: A. W. McKeand, Charleston, pres ident; B. A. Geer, Bel ton, first vice president;' W. A- Barringer, Florence, second vice president; F. S. Terry, Co lumbia, third vice president; John Wood, Spartanburg, treasurer, and R. G. Buchwielder, Charleston, tempo rary secretary. The question of financing the organization was post poned. A committee of three was named to prepare the by-laws for the nro-o nWoflnn Thlo will uigauiKaiivut x um vviuuii^wo *?,*** make report at a meeting of the board of directors to be called later by the president. There was a get-together spirit man ifested in all of the discussions. Ev ery delegate present seemed to have the welfare of South Carolina at heart. The general opinion expressed was that the organization should be free of politics. The meeting was brought to a close with the "dollar dinner" at Craven hall, when several interesting ad? dresses were delivered. Candidates Speak at Beaufort. Beaufort.?Not uninteresting per haps to the people who heard them were the speeches delivered in the palmetto decorated court room of Beaufort county by candfdates for the state offices. But the meeting cer tainly was "flat, stale and unprofit able." Gov. Blease and J. R. Earle were absent. B. B. Evans did not speak and the attorney general, J. Fraser Lyon, did not mention Mr. Evans except by indirection. Notice To Nurserymen of State. Clemson College.?Prof. A. F. Con radi, state entomologist, has given out the following notice which is of inter est to nursery men and fruit growers: "In order to facilitate ?the nursery inspection work this season and in order to do it as economically as pos sible, nurserymen and other individu als who are selling plants cultivated as nursery stock under the regula tions of the state crop pest commis sion are requested to notify us. Such places must be inspected before the certificates granted last year expires. By furnishing us this information we are enabled to make an early sched ule for the nurseries inspected, thus avoiding a great deal of delay and in convenience. Chester County Farmers* Institute. Chester.?The farmers' institute for Chester county will be held at Corn well in the near future. The institute has been well advertised and an im mense crowd is expected to be pres ent. A basket picnic and a barbecue w,m iiKewise ieaiure uie uay. ine programme of speakers and their sub jects are as follows: J. M. Burgess, "Live Stock"; J. M. Napier, "Farm Crops"; A. F. Conradl, "Insect Pests"; W. B. Burleigh, "Tick Eradication' ; Fred Taylor, "Handling Long Staple Cotton"; W. H. Barton, "Cover Crops and Rotation," and J. N. Harper, "Forage Crops." Pellagra Campaign In Chester. Chester.?Monday, August 5, is the date that has been set for the pellagra conference that the Chester County Medical Association has been hard at work upon. The Thompson-McFad den pellagra commission has accepted the invitation of the association and : will be hereto address the people of j Chester along non-technical lines and i the medical fraternity in the technical lines. Physicians from most of the adjoining counties will be invited, and also, will be asked to give their ex leriences with the malady. First Regiment Goes Into Camp. Columbia.?The' First Regiment ol South Carolina National Guard left | for its annual encampment at Annis ton, Ala., on July 15. A special train j in three sections was run by the Southern railway. The mobilization points were Rock Hill, Greenville and , Spartanburg. The first regiment is 1 commanded by Col. \V. W. Lewis, of; Yorkville. The companies are from \ the following places: Chester, Heath 1 Springs, Rock Hill, Fort jVfill, York-1 ville, Clifton, Spartanburg, Union, Laurens, Anderson and Greenville. Farm Work Is Being Delayed. Lexington.?Rains have fallen near ly every day during the last week and as a result much farm work is being delayed. There is too much rain for cotton in some localities and the farmers are wishing for hot sunshiny weather. Cotton has been growing rapidly, but should the rains continue the grass will get strong headway and the damage to cotton will prove dis astrous. All crops are from two to three weeks later than last year. The rains are proving disastrous to the peach crop. : --'km a f' IDE MOVE APPEALS TO MEN WHO WORE THE GRAY AS WELL AS BLUE AND SONS OF EACH. THE ONE REQUISITE A MAN I General Sickles Says That Wilson is "Rebel" anu Should Never Reach White House ? Progressive Con? vention Will Be Non-Sectional. Oyster Bay, N . Y. ? A protest against any hint of sectionalism in the new Progressive party was made by Colonel Roosevelt who said that he did not "care a rap" where a man was born or whether his father wore the Blue or the Gray, so long as he was the right type. Colonel Roosevelt was told of a speech, made by Major General Daniel E. Sickles of New York, at the meeting for the organiza tion for the new party in thiB state. General Sickles was quoted as saying Woodrow Wilson was "horn amid reb el surroundings, and that we of the North have never been dlsposed^to put such a man in the White House." Colonel Roosevelt said he could not discuss the speech, but that it was the desire of the founders of the new party to make the movement one which would truly represent all sec tions of the country. "The call for the Progressive con vention," he continued, "stated that this w,as to be a nation-wide non-sec tional movement, free from any of the sectional or other jealousies and bit terness of the past. In my speech at th,e Orchestra Hall mass meetfng in Chicago in which I stated that I would accept ihe Progressive nomina tion if tendered to me, I also stated that we appealed alike to the men who wore the Blue and the men who wore the Gray and to the sons of men who wore the Blue and to sons of the men who wore the Gray." l am mybeii oy uioou nau a ueur glan. The brothers of my own mother served in the Confederate navy just as the kinsfolk of my father served in- the United States army." Bar To Immigrants Now Swept Away. Washington.?All bars restricting the admission to the United States of minor foreign-born children of natu ralized citizens, whether imbeciles, idiots or other forbidden classes were swept away by a far-reaching interpre tation of the immigration and natural ization laws by Secretary Nagel of the Department of Commerce and La bor. The Secretary authorized the entry into this country from Russia of little eleven and a half-year old Riwke Polayes, who has been held at Ellis Island, N. Y? for several weeks threatened with deportation on the certificates of surgeons of the Public Health and Marine nospital service that she is an imbedile. Notified of British Protest. Washington.?The senate was offi cially notified of the British protest against the Panama canal administra tion, when Secretary of State Knox, in a letter to Senator Brandegee, chairman of the senate inter-Oceanic canals committee outlined the objec tions raised by Great Britain. The let ter, paraphrasing the protest by charge in D'Aftairs Innea, was genei> ally accepted as voicing the decision of the State Department to leave the entire matter in the hands of con gress. Educators Adjourn Meeting. Chicago.?The fiftieth^ annal con vention of the National Education Association has closed. E. T. Fair child the new president said undoubt edly a meeting in the autumn would ratify the selection of Salt Lake City, Utah, for next year's meeting., Meet ings of departments and a general ses sion at which Albert E. Winship, Boston; Baroness Bertha Van Suttner, Vienna, and Luther Halsey Gulick of the Russell Sage foundation w.ere the educational speakers ended this year's meeting. Sale of Absinthe Forbidden in U. S. Washington.?The importation of absinthe into the United States and its sale in interstate commerce was prohibited after October 1, next, by the pure food decision, signed by Secretary Wilson. "It is generally rec ognized," he says in the decision, "that this beverage is dangerous to health." Members of the pure food board expressed the opinion that the decision would abolish the use of ab sinthe in the United States. Several other countries have alread passed laws putting the ban on absinthe. Strike Threatened at Newport News. Newport News, Va.?Nine metal trades unions affecting about 2,000 man omninvofl nt the nlant of the Shipbuilding & Dry Docljs Co., voted to strike if the Shipbuilding company puts into effect in their departments the bonus system which the company has announced will be inaugurated in every department of the plant. Ac cording to a '"stick together agree ment" signed by representatives of the nine unions, the day the objection able system is put into force, every man will walk out. Attend Notification in A Body. . Washington.?A special train will convey the House Democrats to Sea Girt, N. J., to attend the notofication of Governor Woodrow Wilson that he has been nominated by his party for the presidency. This was decided by the House Democratic caucus. Representatives Foster of Illinois, Al len of Ohio and Reilley of Connecti cut were named as a committee to make the arrangements. Speaker Champ Clark left to visit Governor Wilson. ? ? " > ; ;'vs-:$8 . vf . : . ^ MANY KILLED IN MIKE EMOK ACCUMULATION OF GAS IN AN ENGLISH COLLIERY CAUSE OF DISASTER. THE KING VISITS THE SCENE . "^xty-Nine Persons Are Dead?But For the Fact That Many of the Miner* Were Taking a Holiday, Fatalities Would Be Larger. ? Conisbrough, England.?The bodies it 69 victims of a series of explosions In-the Cadeby colliery have been brought to the surface. It is feared that a further search of the mine will Increase the death roll to 80. Of the killed, 30 were mine workers; the oth ers were men who went into the pits iu rescue uiuou euiumucu, aiuuus these were three government inspec tors, including William Henry Picker ing, chief inspector of mines, York- \ ihire and north Midland district, who was to have explained to King George ind Queen Mary the workings of an other Yorkshire collier^. The King visited a colliery adjacent to that in which the explosions oc curred. The presence of their majes ties in the district greatly minfmized the fatalities, because the miners were celebrating and had taken a holi day. Therefore, instead of the usual 136, only 32 men were working in that part of the mine where the accident happened. Thirty of these were kill ed outright and one, the manager of the pit, was brought up alive, but died later. The first explosion which killed the miners occurred earlv in the moraine. [t was followed by an explosion about Ave o'clock in the afternoon which re sulted in the collapse of the roof, ove^' whelming the entire rescuing brigade. The King and Queen visited the < scene and personally expressed their sympathy. t ? An accumulation of gas which was ' Ignited by the firing of a sljot is be lieved to hare been the cause of the disaster. ?> Grand Jury to Consider Riots. Lake Charles, La.?The grand jury has been ordered to convene in special session Monday to consider the riot at Grabow between union and non union saw mill workers, in connection w.ith which ten men are held in jail here, eight charged with murder and two with having incited a riot. Those held on murder charges are: Arthur L. Emerson, president of the timber workers union; Paul Galloway and John Galloway, of the Galloway Lum ber Company, at whose plant the riot occurred; V. E. Spionel, R. G. Green, H. E. Turner, F. E. Ezell and L. Perry. The two accused of having incited the riot are John Perry and R. Perry.' Engineer Drunk, pause of Wreck. \ Corning, N. Y. ? That William Schroeder, engineer of the express train which ran into the rear end of Lackawanna passenger train, number 9, here several days ago, causing the deaths of forty persons in the result* % | ing wreck, was apparently intoxicated ! within four hours of the time he boarded the engine which he guided to destruction, was the testimony giv en at the coroner's inquest here by I Charles Klapproth of Elmira, for many | years a close personal friend of Schroeder. Wilson Confers With Labor Leaders. Trenton, N. J.?Governor Woodrow Wilson was in conference for more than an hour with Samuel Gompers and other officials of the American Federation of Labor. After the meet ing, Gompers said: "We discussed v I with the Governor the platform adopt I ed by the Baltimore convention and i expressed ourselves as being in entire | accord with the planks which apply to j legislation and principles affecting the 1 rights of the working people of the United States. Mormon Colonists to Fight Rebels. j A^aeta, Sonora, Mexico?Interna | cional complications were threatened by the determined attitude of Mormon colonists at Colonia Moreolos and Colonia Oxaca, 65 and 75 miles south east of Here respectively, wno nave refused to contribute provisions and horses to rebel bands now invading ! the state of Sonora. Well-armed and supplied with ammunition, 250 men of the Mormon settlement were prepar ed, they declared to fight the rebels if necessary in protecting themselves against devastation of property. Chairman of Republican Committee. Washington.?Chairman Hilles and the full national committee will meet on Friday, July 19, in New York to ap point a treasurer, other officers, an executive committee and an advisory committee. At the meeting Otto Ban nard, of New. York; Charles G. Dawes and E. F. Swinney, of Kansas City, and ; John Hays Hammond, of Washington, | were all considered for the office of ! treasurer, but not even a tentative de cision was reached. Mr. Hilles will ! resign his office as secrtary to the ! ^resident soon. Texas Republican* Fop Teddy. Dallas, Tex.?To formulate a cam j paign for Texas republicans who de | sire to support Theodore Roosevelt, I republicans met here. Cecil Lyon, ! chairman of the republican state com mittee, called the meeting to order. He said the*^neetings purpose was to prepare an address to the people of Texas. "I have always believed," he said, "that it took physical courage to be a receiver of stolen goods and I re gard the present republican presiden tial nominee as a receiver of stolen goods."