Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Published W??kly ABBEVILLE. 6. a After all, a pennant Is only a flag. Dlctagrafting Is the latest addition to the English vocabulary. If you are in favor of pajamas, as against nighties, tell It to the ma rines. Man's best friend at present is the electric fan. It Is better even than a snow-bank. If Boston wins the American league pennant baked beans will become the national dish. A Philadelphia policeman Is going into vaudeville. Going to do a sleep walking act, probably. What a happy little world this would be if we could only shovel snow In the summer time. Speaking of civilization, Chinese women once crippled their feet but never wore tight skirta. A Missouri woman has written a beck with her toes. Probably it waa made up from footnotes. The letter-carrier will be glad when the vacation season with its flood of foolish post cards is over. An aviator fell 200 feet without be ing hurt, * but this la no proof that aviation is being made safer. If a lobster Is "not an animal." what is It Y You can't classify it either as -a vegetable or as a mineral A Long Island woman eloped the v other day with a liveryman. We sup posed liverymen had become obso lete. nl* Hmnn n rlnv If vnn want to be healthy, says a New York doo tor, but not if you would be wealthy, too. Man in Vienna shot himself because three girls were In love with him. He was loved not wisely, but too well Farmer In Ohio says he ownB a cat with three heads. Think of listening In the stilly night to a cat with three voices. Woman In New York has left all her mnnOT in hor luttrsr rrrnhRhlv on the theory that he would get it anyhow. The recent death of the 185 year old Mexican must have been a happy one. Think of living 185 years in Mexico! Man in Indiana ate a gallon of Ice cream at a single sitting. All of which goes to show how easy it is to break a record. A New York woman says she loves her horses better than she does her husband. Probably she doesn't drive them as hard. The fear that the price of shaves may be fixed under the patent law need not alarm. There is no law against whjj&ers. ~ ' ? However, perhaps we ought to be giaa tnai uue giris are enowing a ten dency to wear their own hair in fas cinating little bunches. Archaeologists in Asia have run across remains of a nation that once worshiped the peacock. But the pea cook, in all his glory, was not arrayed as one of these up-to-date damsels. A scientist says that Cleopatra would. If now alive, be put in a luna tic asylum, but she might put the alienist there first The mayor of Boston says that women know less about flying than men. They know more, because few er of them are doing it ?? j' v "If you want to be beautiful, do your own washing," says one of the doctors. Most women will prefer the drug store brand of beauty to ' A cow up York Btate is said to have Vi - tttUV. Via,. (nil K.i* nrkn CZIU^Ub ft UDU Tt tvu UUV YIUU wants to flsEi with "a cow? Fawncy casting a cow In a trout stream. V ??: ^ V Woman tip state Want! a divorce because her husband Insists on talk ing politics. This comes under the head of cruel and Inhuman treatment Theaters without orchestras? With out the shivery music, how are we to know whether the villain Is hunting mushrooms or creeping up to the sleeping hero to stab him through the heart? A contemporary asks: "Can a mar ried man be a hero?" Yes, verily, he | shows his heroism by marrying. Let us remark In charity that per haps some of the young women on the street never realized how unclothed ! they were until they saw It In the pa- j pers. The treasury department plans to J make paper money smaller In size, but not because the ultimate consum er is troubled with enlargement of the bank roll. That pupil of aviation who fell 200 feet without being hurt is of the type that should succeed in aviation. A linguist tells us that there are 6,000 known dialects, but the lingo an umpire uses,when he announces the batteries will always be an unfath omable mystery. Real reform has finally struck wicked New York. The humane so ciety there is threatening to prosecute the owner of a troupe of trained fleas Xor putting their collars on too tightly. The Latest News of General Interest That Has Been Collected From Many Towns and Counties. Rock Hill.?A very importan con ference was held at Winthrop college in regard to the extension work throughout the state in mill village betterment, canning and poultry clubs ind home economic work. Yorkville.?A negro driving two mules to a wagon loaded with dirt attempted to cross the track of the C. i & W. C. as the southbound train had lust sounded the station blow here. As a result the owner of the wagon, M. C. Willis, has what is left of a badly smashed vehicle and the ne gro a broken leg. No damage was done to the train, further than that it was delayed ten minutes. Interest were transacted at the reg ular monthly meeting of the cham Kar nf orvm m omo rcnnntlv AmnTlf them was the appointing of a commit- | tee to act with one from the city council to secure umbrella sheds and passenger sidetracks for the union station. This improvement will not only protect the passengers during disagreeable weather, but will be a great time saver for the railroads. Moncks Corner.?Official vote tabu lated by the executive committee re sulted In the election of Guilds as treasurer, Hill aB supervisor, and Har vey to the legislature. B. Davis for the legislature gave notice of protest. j Blaney.?In a quarrel here between i Tom Sessions, Lewis Sessions, Lon j Bowen and Chas. Hall, Bowen was cut rather painfully. He was given medi cai attention. Lexington.?Lexington is on the greatest building boom in its history, and many handsome business houses now grace the publio thoroughfare. The Bank of Western Carolina will shortly move into its splendid new building on Main street, which is now nearing completion. It is one of the prettiest and best appointed banking buildings In this section of the state and is a credit to the town, as well ae the officers of the bank. Aiken.?Returns from the second j primary establishing the election ol J. E. Murray aa master of equity over his opponent, J. R. Surgee, a nice i point arises and will probably have to be settled before Mr. Murray, al though elected by a handsome major- j ity, can take charge of the office. The j contest for master was originally three-cornered, L. M. C. Oliveros, the incumbent, having been defeated in the first primary. Columbia.?Acting upon the recom-1 mendation of Congressman Lever. Thomas A. Early, financial agent oi the Seaman A. Knapp memorial fund has designated the Union National bank of Columbia as the depositary for South Carolina. All South Caro linians desiring to contribute to the fund should send their subscriptions ] to the above named institution. Dr i Knapp inaugurated the farm demon : stration work in the South. j Kinstree.?Complet official returns j; from the second primary give the fol! lowing results: R. H. Kellahan ie ,1 elected over B. B. Chandler by a plu j1 rality of 83 to the house; H. TJ. Kindei is elected coroner by a plurality of 4QC 1 over H. M. Burrows. These w.ere the 1 only two contests in the county. The I members elected to the house from j TTTI11J TXT T QmUar TJ i ' W UlltLUJBUUl g aic. rr . u, kjuiiio;, av I J. Kirk and R. H. Kellahan. This |1 makes a solid anti-Blease delegation j1 Johnston. ? The Johnston lifgfc j school opened with fine prospects of a i year of good work and the fact thai j interest was being taken by the pa j ( rents is apparent by the great num , ( ber in attendance. This school ranks (j among the highest in the state of its j kind, having 11 grades. The corps ol1, teachers have been well selected, and the new superintendent, W. B. Scott, comes highly recommended. Clinton.-?Several items of public , Sumter.?Announcement has beer j made of the establishment of a ne^ ;. bank at Mayesville, a branch of the j ( Farmers' Bank and Trust Company , of this city. Mr. C. 0. Rowland, pres- i i ident of the Farmers' Bank and Trusl j Company, was in Mayesville recently . < gnd completed the arrangements foi,' the opening of the new bank in the 11 ne|r future. The institution will have ; i quarters in the McElveen drug store j ] until such time as it can build a , i home roPuflem 11 ^ Chester.?County guper visor Thos. i ^.Isha'njion died ebddenly at his iwifil in the OdQfilry several days ago. Mr Shannon, who was a very popular an? eMcient oftfjer, was not a candidate 1 for re^eTeclffitti I Cheated?The South Carolina CSrad- i ua.te NiiMfes' association will meet i in Chfefeter in annual session Octobei i 22-M. An extensive programme hae ! teen arranged and topics of great moment will be discussed. An effort wjll be made to have every graduate i nurse in the Btate present. The ses' Bions of the convention will be held in the rooms of the Commercial club. Union.?Bird Ivy, 40, a farmer, was * v.. A 4- ??rt I ?1 llJSltuiuy Kilieu uy a. ucieui ucuu while he was returning home aftei hearing the election returns. Spartanburg.?The New Era club was organized by the ladies of Spar tanburg for the purpose of studying the question of woman's suffrage. The officers and members of the club are: President, Mrs. Helen <3. Howland; vice president, Mrs. W. L. Abbott; secretary, Miss Garland Rice; treas urer, Mrs. E. 0. Frierson, A. W. Smith was appointed chairman of the committee on constitution and by* laws. Columbia.?The governor has ap> painted John M. Austin as supervisor for Greenville county to take the place or J. f. lioottwin, aeceasea. joim u. Darby has been appointed as super visor for Cheater county to take the place of T. W. Shandon, deceased. Columbia.?"The legislation is con tused," says A. W. Jones, the comp troller general, in a letter to J. N. De Loach, treasurer of Saluda county, with reference to the commutation road tax in that county. In his letter the comptroller general reviews a number of acts that have been passed during the past 10 years. holder of duration flight record killed IN flight at chicago. WAS ONE OF ARMY BIRDMEN Flying at Night, Peck Attempts Steep Spiral Glide and Falls to His Death. / Chicago. ? Aviator Paul Peck of Washington, D. C., holder of the American duration flight record, was killed by a fall with a biplane -while flying In a gusty wind. He attempt ed too steep a spiral, and when he struck the ground the heavy engine ftrooKivl fKrntinrV? fho wrorlropp RtTik lug him in the neck. A gusy wind blew at Cicero field all day and Director Andrew Drew post ed the customary warning to avia tors against going up. Peck, believ ing his small biplane would be fast I enough to carry him through the i choppy wind, went out In spite of ' the caution. 1 At about eight hundred altitude, he 3 started to come down in a spiral glide. Because of the unusually , small span of his machine, Peck got 1 into too steep a spiral, his areoplane ' slid in toward the center of the vor tex, and he could not bring it back. F His real difficulty did not become apparent till he was within 200 feet of the ground. He would have escaped with minor injuries, Director Drew ana nis tecn nical committe declared, had it not been for the fact that the heavy en gine, crashing through the framework, with .its gasoline tank and iron fit tings, struck Peck in the neck and across the legs. Peck was American licensed avia" ' tor No. 67, and had developed a mon- r oplane and the biplane in which he was Injured. The biplane was of only a 26 feet span, headless, and equipped * with a gyro-motor. He was making a trial flight preparatory for the inter- ? national aviation meet here. GENERALW. W.GORDON DEAD t a Was Hero of Two Wars and Prom- a inent Man of Affairs. Savannah, Qa.?Gen. W. W. Gor- ' don of this place, brigadier general ? commanding second brigade, first di- ^ vision of the Fourth army corps, Unit ^ ed States volunteers in the Spanish- . American war, and a Confederate veteran, died at White Sulphur ^ Springs, Va., according to a message received here. News that he was again seriously 111 was received in Savannah with con- ? siderable surprise. Members of his | family were telegraphed for and has tened to be present before It was too . late. * General Gordon was born In Savan- ^ nah, October 14, 1834. He was the son af William Washington Gordon, who was the first graduate of the United 0 States Military Academy, and also the a Qrst president of the Central of Geor gia Railway company, and Sarah An- A Jerson Gordon. He graduated from Sfale in 1854 and three years later e ?Wnotinr T.vtlo TTln?ia of ulcHHCU 1U1DO UlVMUVi Chicago. Throughout the Civil war General jordon saw active service in the A.rmy of Northern Virginia, and also In the Western Army, in both the uavalry and infantry branches of the service. At one time General Cle bourne asked him to become a member of his staff, but the appoint ment was declined. Two Aliens Sentenced to Death. Wytheville, Va.?In the trial of Vic tor Allen for the alleged participation :n the Hillsville courthouse murders, Judge Staples had Floyd and Claude Allen, who were found guilty of first iegree murder on the same charge, brought into court and passed sen" teiice of death upon them, fixing No vember 22 as the date of execution, rhe feature of the evidence in the trial of Victor Allen was the testi mony of the defendant. He accounted for the fact that he was in Hillsville tho tim<? of the tragedy by saying that he had been telephoned to and asked to bring <a sick witness. Scores Caught In Shift Trap. Denver, Cold;?A? the sequel to a war of newspaper accusations that featured largely in the Citizen's par ty campaign in the city and county Blection o! last spring, more than a score of present and former city of ficlals and prominent business men of Denver gave bond in the criminal di vision of the district court to answer special grand jury indictments. The indictments contain an infinite num ber of allegatios of bribery, misuse of the city's streets, theft of franchises, and operating disorderly houses. Blease Suporters Win. Columbia, S. C.?Returns received from different sections of the state indicate that in the county races the candidates who favored Governor Blease and made their races on that ? ~oiionoccfn 1 "NJn issue were mieciji ...... ? state contests were held as the re- p suit of the state primary had not f( been determined by the executive t committee. In this county two legis- 0 lators were elected, one being a sup- c porter of Judge Jones and the other of tl Blease. Jn the contest for sheriff the v Bleaslte won out. ^ Progressives Win in Colorado. Denver, Colo.?Incomplete returns Indicated the nomination at Colora- p do's first primary of a Democratic r and Republican tickets dominated e largely by representatives of the pro- c gressive elements. The vote was ex- n tremely light. For Democratic nomi- i nation for the long term to the Unit- b ed States senate Gov. John F. Shaf- a froth has a safe lead over Alva Ad- s ams and T. J. O'Donnell. Charles S. v Thomas was unopposed on the Demo- c cratic side for the short term. c I? III si B ram we 11 Booth, who. wu selected ay his father, Qen. William Booth, to succeed him a> head of the 8alvatlon &rmy, contemplates some changes In the management of that great organi sation. IVE HUNDRED AMERICANS ARE COOPED UP IN TOWN OF CANANEA. V K Jnited States Government Sends Arms From Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Naco, Ariz.?Mexican rebels cut all raffle and communication between tere ana cananea, sonora, Mexico, rhere about five hundred Americans eside. Shortly afterward a paBsenger train rrived here, carrying five hundred ifles and 150,000 rounds of ammunl Ion sent by the United States govern* aent from the arcenal at Fort Sam louston, San Antonio, Texas, to arm be American residents In Cananea. The rebels cut the railway in an at" empt to prevent the shipment of rms reaching the Americans at Can nea. Six bridges were burned. Care had been taken to conceal the lentity of the shipment of arms, but ews that the Americans at Cananea ad requested Washington autliorl ies to send them arms for self-pro action, and that the request had een granted, is believed to have be ome known among the rebel chiefs 1 this vicinity. Not only are American lives bellev d to be In danger as a result of peratlons by the rebels, but mines lust . close down for lack of fuel rithin a short time, In Cananea are about five hundred Lmerican men and about fifty Ameri an women. About one hundred of lese are American cowboys from the urrounding ranches. Recent threats f rebel leaders to attack Cananea re taken seriously here. 1ARINES HOLD THE CAPITAL Ight Hundred Marines .Arrive in Managua, Nicaragua. Managua, Nicaragua.?The Ameri an marines from Philadelphia and luejackets from the cruiser Colora o have arrived here. There are now 90 marines and bluejackets in Man gua and about the same number ave headquarters at Leon. Detachments of marines and blue ickets were left to guard the inr ortant railroad towns and bridges I a the road from Corinto to Mana ua and marines will be sent to Ma aya and Granada to reopen the rail ?ad at these points. Panama.?News of an important attle in Nicaragua was received by t. Marease Velasauez, tho Panaman linister to that country. The mes" ige, which comes from the Nicara uan mirfister of finance, Pedro Ra lel Cuedra, says that the govern lent forces captured PagayaC and aratoga, important positions dom lating the City of Masaya .which is eld by the insurgents. The fighting as severe and many lives were lost, ut exact number of casualties i not stated. Mysterious DlseaSe Kills Horses. Topeka, Kan.?A conference of all le veterinarians, pathologists and acteriologists no w treating horses fflicted with the mysterious disease lat is killing hundreds of animals j 1 Kansas was called by Governor tubbs and J. H. Mercer, state live tock sanitary commissioner, who is onmmnns It is hoped to or lieu ? __ anize for a systematic fight on the lague. Dr. R. Sophian, a meningi s expert, told Governor Stubbs that ie disease affecting the horses was issimllar to meningitis. 50,000 Deadly Ticks. Washington.?A package more eadly thrn dynamite was delivered 3 the United States hygienic labora Dry by a special messenger who lopped his brow with evident relief rhen he got a receipt for it. The iackage contained 50,000 ticks ln scted with the deadly Rocky Moun ain spotted fever, enough to wipe ut the population of the nation's apital should they be liberated from he glass tubes. The fever carriers re re those of the late Surgeon T. B. IcClintic. 35 Persons Hurt In Wreck. Cleveland, Ohio.?Thirty-five peo ele were injured, five of them se* lously, when a special Lake Erie lectric car, with a trailer attached, rashed into a brewery truck, four ailes west of Rocky river, near here, "he cars were crowded with a party iound to a clam-bake. Ambulances nd physicians were rushed to the cene from Cleveland. The injured i-ere conveyed to local hospitals. The rowded cars were bound for Toledo rowded cars were bound for Toledo. ; -i' TOGO U.5. WASHINGTON GRANT8 PERMIS SION FOR PASSAGE OF TROOPS OVER AMERICAN SOIL. .. TROOPS TO GUARD MEXICANS The State Department Thinks the Sit uatlon Has Improved, So Far as the U. S. Is Concerned. Waeiington.?Permission 'given to move 1,200 Mexican troops through United States territory to attack the Mexican rebels In the state of Son ora and the reported repulse and re treat from the border of the rebel leader, General Salaaar, and his men, combined to bring satisfaction to gov" ernment officials here. The permis sion to move troops was granted to Mexico without .hesitation, and every thing will be done to insure careful transportation of the federals. While a certain amount of unres. will exist on the international bound ary line as long as the trouble in Mex ico continues, officials here are deep ly gratified that the scene of hostili ties apparently Is being removed from the border. With a considerable force of federals already garisoning strate gic towns in Sonora, it is expected that the 1,200 additional men will be sufficient large either to subdue jthe rebels or force them further south. The Mexican 'troops will be entrain ed at El Paso and be transported to Nogales, Ariz. Their arms and ammu nition wil be carefuly sealed in ex press cars, so they will go through American territory unarmed. In ad dition, they will be guarded by a de tachment of United States regulars. The date for the movement has not been set President Taft authorized commer cial shipments of 1,000 rifles, shot guns, pistols and revolvers and 183, 000 cartridges and shells from New York to Mexico by water. Th3 ship ments are destined for undisturbed portions of the republic. FLOODS RAVAGE FLORIDA Damage Is Enormous In Tampa and Its Terlrtory. Tampa, Fla.?Damage estimated to reach into the hundreds of thousands of dollars has resulted from the tor rential rains which have fallen In this section. The damage here is es timated at $75,000 daily. The precipi tation in Tampa in two days was 14.06 inches, breaking all former rec ords since the establishment^ of the weather bureau here twenty years ago by several inches. Tampa suburbs resemble a vast mill pond, high tides sweeping over sea walls adding their quota to the rainfall. Suburban street car traffic, including the line to Port Tampa, was totally abandoned, 2,000 tele phones are out of commission and no less than fifty houses have been un dermlned. Communication with sections be low here has been cut off. Reports before the wires gave way were that thousands of cattle were drowned, bridges washed away, roads convert ed into canals and growing crops in undated. The pratcice of business men com ing from their suburban homes to their places of business, attired in bathing suits, was witnessed here for the first time. Ill Luck Pursues Train. Waco, Texas.?At Hillsboro, a Trin I Ity and Brazos Valley passenger train ran into an open switch and collided with a work train. The locomotive was an oil burner and was complete I ly destroyed by fire. The mail car j caught fire, but was extinguished by the local fire department, and the f mail was saved. The fireman, whose name was no? learned, on his first run, was seriously hurt. Express Messenger Huff had his back and arm broken, and the mall clerk, whose name was not learned, was badly cut on the arm. The train wan wrecked at Normanges earlier In the day. One passenger has a broken leg and two others were less seriously ; jlUrt, : . \ , j , | No Prohibition for Arkansas. Little Rock, Ark.?The returns from the general election in Arkan sas, while still In9omplete, are suffi cient to confirm earlier. Indications that state-wide prohibition and, with one exception the several other pro posals submitted to the voters, failed of enactment. The grandfather clause amendment failed to carry, as did the act providing for the recall of all elective officers. The propisal to lim it legislative sessions to sixty days was approved. The Democratic state ticket was elected. 28 Persons Injured in Wreck. Erie, Pa.?Twenty-eight persons ooHonaiv iniured in the wreck of eastbound train No. 6, on the Nickel Plate railroad, derailed by a spread rail at Sagon road, near Erie. Probably a score or more, slightly in jured, were put up at Erie hotels. A private car carrying W. G. Conlff, president of the road; W. J. Patter son, superintendent of the division, and President Dunston of the Fort Wayne and Western railroad, which was attached to the train escaped In jury. Army Birdmen Fly to Death. Oxford, England.?Another double fntoHtv the second within a aviaiiuu ? ? week, occurred, when Lieut. C. A. Bettington and Lieut. E. Hotchkiss, both of whom had just been given commissions on probation, were kill ed while flying past Wolvercote. The machine in which the officers were maneuvering had passed over Oxford and had reached a point just outside Wolvercote when the motor appear ed to stop and the aeroplane fell to the ground from a height of 500 feet. lanaKnmnnB Leader of the Republican minority In the house of representatives. REPBBLICANS WIN IN MAINE BESIDES LOSING GOVERNORSHIP DEMOCRATS LOSE A SEAT IN CONGRESS. Democratic Vote Fell Off While Re publican Vote Increased?Legis ) lature Republican. Portland, Maine.?Maine turned back to the Republican party in the state election, William T. Haines be ing elected governor over Frederick W. Plaiuted, his Democratic oppon ent, who sought a second term, while the Republicans regained one of the two congressional districts The new legislature is expected tc have a small Republican majority, al though returns were not sufficient tc show whether former Congressman ri n VII??? .. JOAivriu V i3 ui itJigu, ivcpuui^au, u? Senator Obediah Gardner, Democrat, will be chosen to the United States senate for the term beginning next March. Haines is elected by about 3.00C plurality, compared with 8,660 given Plalsted. In 1810. The Congressman elected are: First District?Asher C. Hinds, Re publican. Second District?D. J. McGllllcud dy. Democrat Third District?Forrest Goofdwln. Republican. s Hinds, McGillicuddy and. Guernsey were re-elected. Returns, for the legislature showed eight Republicans and three Demo cratlc senators and forty-three Re publican and thirty-six i Democratic representatives elected out of a to tal membership in the senate of thir ty-one and in the house ot-151. ' RURAL TELEPHONES. Durham, N. C., Sun Tells (n Editorial Value of the Telephone to Farmers. We are glad to notice that quite a number of fanners of this county have recently Installed telephones In their country homes with connection with the Durham exchange. There is nothing that adds more to the comfort and pleasure of living in the country than a telephone. It brings to the home assurances of safety from many evils that come to the country home. The telephone places the home in Instant connection with medical aid; it commands instant as sistance in case of accident, fire or other calamity; and in case of busi ness it is of very great importance. . The farmer who has a telephone in his home saves his horses and teams many needless trips. He can know when to go to market by phoning and finding out the price of products on the day he expects to go to market If the prices are low he can wait un* til next day, or next week. - In fact the advantages of the tele' phone In the country home are so numerous that It Is impossible to mention them in detail. We are glad to know that our farmers are waking up to their value, and we predict that as a few live, progressive farmers in stall these conveniences that others will follow. ' At present we have several lines running out from Durham. We hope to see the day come when the entire county will be covered by rural phone lines.?Durham (N. C.) Sun. Knox Reaches Japan. Tokio, Japan.?Secretary or ouue Knox arlved at Yokohama on board the United States armored cruiser Maryland, which was convoyed into the harbor by Japanese battleships. Charles Page Bryan, the American ambassador to Japan, was the first person to go aboard the Maryland. Shortly afterwards Baron Shlnitchiro Kurino, accompanied by representa tives of the imperial household, and of the aripy and navy, went on board the American cruiser and greeted Mr. Knox. How Philippines Fare. Washington.?Progress in the de velopment of the Philippines under American auspices is disclosed in a statement from the insular bureau on the husiness of the archipelago dur ing the last fiscal year. This Is de clared to have been "extremely sat isfactory-' In comparison with preced ing years, and In support of this as sertion, it Is pointed out that the to tal exports, $50,319,836, were 25 per cent, more than for any preceding year, and considerably more than double that of any previous year. Martial Law Extended. Charleston, W. Va.?The scope ol the martial law zone In the Kana wha valley coal fields was extended when the property of the Four States Coal company at Dorothy, Raleigh county, was taken out of the hands of civil authorities, and Captain Le vy of the National Guard placed in charge by Brigadier General Elliott. It is alleged that the presence of striking miners and the assemblance of mine guards near the mines I prompted the action by the governor. KNAPP URGES BETER SY8TEM OP FINANCES TO ASSIST THE FARMERS. CHOSE HUTTIG PRESIDENT After Spending Busy Day in Conven tion the Association Selects Boston as the Next Meeting Place?Many Noted Speakers Attend. Detroit, Mich.?The American I era' ..Association concluded its nual convention by selecting Bostoi ' for its next meeting Dlace: formally advancing Charles H. Hattig of St. Louis from vice president to presi dent and almost unanimously declar ing for penny postage on ordinary' letters. p The currency refprm question we not taken up by the convention. tically the only attention giyen to matter was contained in a short dress of the new president. He pledged himself to work for the paa-, sage of laws "that will keep banking business in a normal and healthy con dition,'* United States Senator Charles E. ' Towneend of Michigan, addressing the bankers, severely criticised those" who, he declared, speculated with the funds entrusted to their care. Much of the afternoon session was devoted to the election of officers. Ar thur Reynolds of Des Moines,1 Iowa, retiring chairman of the executive council, was chosen to succeed Char les H. Huttlg as vice president. William R. Creer of Cleveland was sponsor for the resolution asking the convention to declare for penny pos tage. But one vote was registered in opposition. Mr. Creer, in his address, flovntpfl mnnt nf h1<i time ail At. tack on the magazine postal rate. Among the addresses on agricul tural topics delivered at the opening. session was one from Bradford Knapp, special agent of the Depart ment of Agriculture. He urged the hankers to devise a better system of financial assistance for farmers and declared against what he termed a wasteful system of distributing the output of the farmers. . Charles A. Conant of New York spoke on "Land and Agricultural Credits." Gibson Trial Has Been Postponed. Middletown, N. Y.?The examina tion of Burton W. Gibson, the New York lawyer, on the charge of murder ing his client, Mrs. Rosa Menschik Szabo, in Greenwood Lake July 16, was postponed until September 24. The postponement was granted upon application of District Attorney Rog ers. Gibson, who appeared without counsel, won his point In an argument with the court as to whether the an amination could be postponed with out his making formal application. District Attorney Rogers then formal* ly applied for the postponement Sea Island Growers. Valdosta, Ga.?With delegates pret ent from Georgia, Florida and South Carolina, the three states that pro XU^Unnl uuutj tsea lomuu wuuu, ^auuuoi Cotton Congress of Sea Island Grow, ers held Its annual session here. Thomas G. Hudson, former Commis sioner of Agriculture of Georgia, j spoke on the diversification of crope i and scientific farming and M. Y. | Knight, president of the Florida i branch of the Farmers' Union, on the market of cotton. Wilson Will No Support Dlx. Son flirt- V .T?Rnvemor Woodrow Wilson declared that when he saw Governor Dix at the New York state fair at Syracuse he gave him no as surance of support. The declaration was called forth by a published report that such assurances were given by Governor Wilson to the New York - state executive. The presidential nominee had nothing more to say on the New York state situation. Excavation Work on Panama. Washington.?Earth slides on the Culebra in the Panama canal have amounted to 16,500,000 cubic yards since the excavation of the cut began. These slides represent not less than twenty per cent of the total amount ; of earth and rock that so far has been removed from the cut and would keep the excavating force at work at least half a year. The engineers have found no absolutely effective means to pre vent the slides. A process of ter racing the banks has been found the best. American Troops May Take a Hand. Washington.?American troops may take a hand in the fighting at Agua Prieta, if bullets fall in Douglas, Ariz., or lives are menaced on the American side of the boundary. This was inti mated at headquarters of the gen-, eral staff of the army, after receipts of advices that rebel leaders would disregard warnings that they must not fire in the direction of Dougal6. Troops commanders have blanket in structions to prevent a repetition of the killing of inocent Americans in Douglas during the Madero rebellion. Uucle Sam Plans to Intervene. Washington.?The United States is about to intervene in Santo Domingo for the protection of foreign lives and I property. A fresh revolution, believ ed to be a renewal of the recent one thought to have been squelched, is threatening American and other inter ests. The gunboat Wheeling at Guan tanamo. the gunboat Tacoma at Blue fields, Nicaragua, and the protected cruiser Des Moines at Key West, each carrying a complement of marines and a full crew of bluejackets are the most available forces for the work.