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: 'uffll The Abbeville ' t X ' ' + ; % * 4jsa '?WSm $2.00 A YEAH ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13; 1912. ESTABLISHED 1844 Atlanta, Nov. 6.?Woodrow Wilson's eltction to the presidency means that for the first time since 1845 a south ern Democrat will be inaugurated and occupy the presidential chair. Sixty-five years have elapsed since a southern man and a Democrat too has been named president of the United States. James K. Polk, the 11th president, which the country had, was a Demo crat. He was born in North Carolina and elected from Tennessee. . He was inaugurated in 1845. Woodrow Wilson will be the 28th president and the first southern Dem 11?x in ocrat in tn<u pusiuua. ? this generation. There have been two southerners elected to the presidency since Polk and one non-southern Democrat, but the combination of a Democrat and southerner has not been repeated. Preparing tor State Tournament to Be Held Here. ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN FORMED. Entertainments to Be Given to " - " - ???ll /? fl.n Kai.se r uuus?nun vi tuc Company. Active preparations are being made by the young men of the fire depart ment to put the department in a first class working condition and to have themselves in fine trim for the State Fireman's Tournament, which will be held in Abbeville next spring. The department has been thorough ly reorganized and a volunteer asso ciation formed by a number of young men who are determined to make a creditable showing in the Tour nament The association has elected the fol lowing officers: J. V. Elgin, Chief. T. C. Beaudrot, Assistant Chief. J. Frank Clinkscales, Secretary. R. H. Kay, Treasurer. It will be necessary for the boys to have a light wagon for racing pur molro a orpditablfi showing in the tournament. The money for this purpose will have to be rais ed in some way by the members of the association and to this end plans are being made for feiving several enter tainments to raise the necessary funds. The public should patronize liberally these entertainments. The young men of the department are de voting considerable time and energy to the work of the department, which will be of real service to the commun ity, and they should not lack the cor dial cooperation of all who are inter ested in promoting the efficiency of the fire-fighting force. At a meeting held Monday night Chief Elgin appointed the following committees: On Examination?T. C. Beaudrot, chairman; J. Frank Clinkscales, Cal houn Cason. On Grievances?R. H. Kay, chair man; S. F. Sherard, A. H. Nance. The Roll The following is the roll of mem bers as compiled up to Monday night: J. V. Elgin. T. C. Beaudrot J. Frank Clinkscales. R. H. Kay. J. H. Sherard. S. F. Sherard. R. L. Mabry, Jr. R. E. McKenzie. H. E. Pennal. A. H. Nance. W. D. Wilkinson. Richard Sondley, Jr. T. E. Archie. Calhoun Cason. niM.nwiv mvisiov Trolley to Buy the Dae West Rail road It is rumored that the Piedmont & Northern road will take charge of th< Due West Railway in the near future says the Greenwood Journal. Som< time ago the suggestion was mad< but at that time the Piedmont & Northern officials denied the report It seems however that it is altogethei probable that they will later do so.? Daily Mail. MR. J. 0. CANS IS ELECTED RURAL POLICEMAN Mr. J. 0. Cann has been electe* rural policeman to fill the vacanc; created by the resignation of Mr. J A. Schroeder. Since the resignation o Mr. Schroeder several weeks ago, Mi Cann has been filling the positioi with eminent satisfaction and ther were no other applicants for the jol at the election, which was held Sat urday. MILLER-TOLBERT Married by Rev. Mike McGee, on th? 6th inst., at the residence of th bride's father on Long Cane, Mr. A M. Tolbert and Miss Jennie Miller daughter of J. D. Miller. 0-0-0?0-0- 0 -0-0-0-0 0 0 U. D. C. 0 0 The Abbeville Chapter U. D. 0 C.,will meet Tuesday afternoon 0 Nov. 19th with Mrs. L. T. Mil O ier. All members please notic 0 change in date. 0 O?O?0?0?0? 0 ? 0?0?0?0?< HERN DEMOCRAT ESIDENT SINCE 1845 Zachary Taylor, the 12th president was a southerner, born in Virginia He was inaugurated in 1849, but was a Louisiana Whig. Andrew Johnson, born in Raleigh, N. C., and elected from Tennessee, was the 17th president, a southerner, but he was a Republican. ' ^ ? /"It +V*/\ QjftV* T\I?AD1_ urover v^icvciouu, iuc jj'""" dent was a Democrat, but he was born in New Jersey. Woodrow Wilson, the 28th presi dent, was born in Virginia and elect ed from New Jersey. He was born a southerner, reared a southerner, married a southern woman, practiced law in the south and will go into of fice a southerner. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, the daugh ter of a distinguished Georgia minis ter, will be the first Georgia woman who has ever been mistress of the White House. SALE DISPENSARY Columbia, Nov. 11.?Gov. Biease today formally protested to Attorney General Lyon against deeding the old state dispensary building to Christo pher Atkinson, who bought it at pub lic auction for $125,000, the governor alleging that a quorum of the sinking fund commission cannot be secured. The late Senator Mauldin is dead and the Governor holds that L. J. Brown ing, who was chairman of the ways and means committee in the last house and therefore a member of the sinkink fund commission, went out of office this morning as he was not re elected. This leaves only four members and only three who will sign the deed, as the governor will not It takes four to make a quorum. / The letter of the governor to At torney General Lyon as chairman of the sinking fund commission is as follows: "I desire to enter my pro test against any action of the sink ing fund commission in deeding the building, known as the old dispen sary building, or any other matters or transactions, unless a full quorum of the said commission is present. "Under my understanding of the law, there are six members of the commission and a quorum of the six is necessary for the transaction of Kitoinaac Senator Mauldin, who was ex-offi cio a member, is dead and no suc cessor can be appointed to him until the senate convenes, Representative Browning passed out of office last night at twelve o'clock, the constitu tion providing that the members elect term of office shall begin on the Monday following the election. Therefore, you can have but three members of the commission, for as Mr. Wilburn and Mr. Walker come in Mr. Browning goe6 out, hence, it only makes four legitimate members of the commission. "I call this matter to your at tention now, hoping that it may pre vent any unpleasantness in the com mission." ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Abbeville cotton milla was held Tuesday, at which the offi cers of the company were re-elected. Among those who attended the meet ing waB Mr. S. M. Milliken, of New York, one of the largest stockholders. In the party which accompanied Mr. Milliken were his son, Mr. J. H. Milli ken. Mr. A. M. Greene, of New York, and Mr. Chas. Clark, of Maine. Mr. H. E. Waernicke, of the Land and Industrial department of the Southern Railway, also accompanied Mr. Milliken and his party. The party left for the North on th noon train, traveling in a private car. TRACTOB PLEASES Supervisor Stevenson says the more he uses the traction engine, purchased by the county last summer, the more he is convinced or its worm ror roau building. Mr. Stevenson says that it is no trouble to alter the scenery with this engine, large hills giving way to the road scrapes attached to the trac tor without any trouble whatever. Be sides its efficiency the tractor is eco nomical, effecting a considerable sav ing over mule power. MB. BRISTOW SICK Friends of the Rev. Louis Bristow will regret to know that he is confined to his bed. Mr. Bristow preached as usual at the Sunday morning service, but on account of sudden illness was prevented from filling his pulpit at the evening service. At last accounts his condition was somewhat improv ed, but he is still confined to bed. His many friends wish him a speedy re covery. MAN SUICIDE IN ANDERSON Anderson, S. C., Nov. 7.?Raymond H. Kay, 30, farmer and member of a prominent family, placed a shotgun on his bed and with the muzzle against his abdomen, pulled the trigger with his thumb. He said financial trou bles caused him to seek death. A widow and four children survive him O-O-O-O-O- 0 -0?0?0?0?0 0 0 0 CHURCH BAZAAR 0 0 (1 0 The Ladies of the Working 0 0 Society of the Methodist church 0 0 will hold a Bazaar on the 12th 0 0 and ISth of December. fl 0 0 O?O?O?O?O? 0 ?0?0?0?0?0 (cotton market here mi high Abbeville Continues to Pay More Than Other Towns. POLICY OF LOCAL COTTON MILL As a Result--of Better Prices Considerable Cotton Offered During Past Week. The cotton market is still holding the good level towards which it has gradually been working. Further ad vances have been noted in the local market the past week and a lew bales have been sold here for as much as 13 cents. The cotton market in Abbeville has not only been above that of towns in this section of the State, but the pri ces paid "here have been higher than the quotations in many of the leading cities. As a result of the good prices paid for the staple, much coton has been attracted here that would. In other circumstances, have been placed on the market in other towns. One gentleman who sold his cotton here said that he had demonstrated to his own satisfaction that he could, in addition to receivng a higher price for his cotton, also purchase goods cheaper than in hi local market, which made a double inducement to patronize Abbeville. Messrs. R. E. Cox and W. D. Barks dale have been bulling the local mar ket considerably. This they found a onmonthof onov t?clf fn the face of a steadily raising market. But aside from the activities of these gentle men, it is the settled policy of the lo cal mills, which buys the greater part of the cotton sold here, to pay the very top of the market?in fact, the mill wishes to keep the market here at a higher level than compet ing points, to the end that they may be able to secure as much of their stock as possible from Abbeville coun ty. The mill-consumes from 10,000 to 12,000 bales of cotton yearly. The past week has seen the market ine of considerable cotton, though many are still holding for a further rise. The market here yesterday was quoted at 12 7-8 cents, a slight drop in response to the action of the New York market. LONGEST PAINTING EXECUTED IN AMERICA AT CORN SHOW Immense Canvass, Sixth ?f Mile Long Will Depict Scenes In Various arates Columbia. Nov. 10.?The longest painting ever executed in this coun try or abroad, according to authentic statements, will form a striking fea ture of the decorations for the educa tional building at the Fifth National Corn Exposition here next January. The canvas for this immense paintir.g will be nearly a sixth of a mile m length, by nine feet wide. It will ex tend entirely around the big steel building which will house the exhib its from the department of agrcul ture and the thirty or moro States which will enter the Exposition. The canvas will cover about 7,600 square feet of space, and 533 pounds of dry paints of various colors will be neces sary in the execution of the task. * - ?* ?K?o The artist wno win imuaiuiui material into a mammoth work of art is Mr. E. E. Sprague of Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Sprague executed a some what similar, though smaller piece of work for the Fourth National Corn Exposition held at Columbus last year. The high artistic quality of the work and the wide variety of subjects and Bcenes, attracted instant attention and aroused wide comment. Mr. Sprague is now a resident of Colum bia, and is at present superintending the erection of the frame-work for the support of this enormous stretch of canvas. Within the next few days he will begin with his brush and paints upon the titanic task. Mr. Sprague will be assisted in this work by his son, Mr. S. B. Sprague. The canvas will be divided into thirty or more spaces, into which will be painted landscape scenes typi cal of the various States whose ex hibits, educational and competitive will be arranged below. SHE PREDICTED WILSON WOULD BE PRESIDENT Jollet, 111., November 7.?John C. Baker, of Manhattan, was the happiest man in Will county over the election of Woodrow Wilson to the presidency, because it fulfilled a prediction made by his sister, Mrs. Mary Russel, more than forty years ago. Mrs. Russell was Mr. Wilson's teacher, when he was 10 years old, in Tileston school, Wilmington, N. C., and at that time predicted that the boy some day would be president. She did not live to see her prophecy fulfilled. She died three years ago at Leesville, N. C., at the age of 84. As a token of his esteem Wilson pre sented his teacher with a little fret i wood picture frame, which is now in the Baker home. Mrs. Russell watched Mr. Wilson grow to fame, and with each advance changed the picture in the frame. When she gave the frame to her brother she remarked: "You will want to keep this, for when he * * ?ill k/v vAmi ' gets to be president you win l?c 1 proud of it" | Baker said that Wilson's father, Rev. - Joseph Wilson, visited him at Manhat 1 tan at the time his son published hia " first book and said. "Well, I don't see where Wood row gets his smartness." DISPENSARY WINS IN UNION County Votes to Reestablish Liquor Business?Large Tote Union, November, 5.?Union county has voted to reopen the county dis pensary, which was closed six years ago. The vote received giveB a ma jority of 113 in favor of re-opening. HOSTLER HOWIE IT BY HOBO V Assailant fescaped in the Dark ness and Confusion. PAINFUL WOUND IN RI6HT HAND. Man was Apparently Endeavor ing to Steal Tools from Loco motive Box. Considerable excitement was creat ed at the Seaboard Air Line yards last Wednesday night by the shooting of Mr. L. Z. Howie, the popular host ler of the railway company in Abbe ville. Mr. Howie, who was preparing an engine to go out on a trip, heard a noise in the engine. Upon climbing up to investigate, he found a negro appar ently endeavoring to force open the engineer's box, supposedly in an en deavor to steal the tools contained therein. The supposed theif immedi ately opened fire on Mr. Howie with a revolver, firing two shotB, one of which took effect in the right hand, inflicting a severe wound. Mr. Howie's assailant immediately decamped, but showed himself again on an embankment near the crowd which bad gathered and threatened to lynch him. He defied the crowd-to take him and fired his pistol at them. Fortunately no one was injured. h. The desperado escaped in the dark ness and confusion and no trace of him has yet been found. Mr. Howie did not recognize the negro and has no idea who he could have been, except that he believes him to have been a hobo. The ordinary garden variety of hobo would never attempt to stea a set of tools?things for which he is known to have a substantial'avers)op ?and many persons are inclined to the belief that the man may have been a yeggman. It was customary for the gang of yeggmen which operated in this State several years ago, and which was so successfuly rounded up by Postofflce Inspector Gregory, to use tools taxen irom uiuckbuiilu ?uu other shops near the scene of their operations rather than run the risk of carrying these about with them. The boldness of Mr. Howie's assailant and the fact that he was apparently endeavoring to secure the tools car ried by engineers, led some people to fear that a gang of these desperate criminals was again about to infe3t the Stntp It is hardly likely, however, that such is the case, because South Caro lina has been made a hard territory for this desperate class of crimfnals. At this writing Mr. Howie is recov ering as rapidly as could be expected. HiDAY SEI NOVEMBER 28 Washington, Nov. 7.?President Taft today issued the Thanksgiving' proclamation, setting aside November 28 for the observance of that day. The proclamation follows: "By the President of the United States of America. "A Ood-fearing nation like ours, owes it to its inborn and sincere sense of moral duty to testify its devout gratitude to the All Giver for the cuntless benefits it has enjoyed. For many years it has been customary at the close of the year for the na tional executive to call upon his fellow countrymen to offer praise and thanks to God for the manifold bless '??" vAiinhoofoH tr? thpm In the Dast AU&O WUVUVMtVM and to unite in earnest suppliance for their continuance. Prosperity in Land. "The year now drawing to a close has been notably favorable to our for tunate land. At peace within and without, free from the perturbations and calamities that have afflicted other peoples; rich in harvests so abundant and in industries so produc tive that the overflow of our pros perity has advantaged the whole world; strong in the steadfast con servation of the heritage of self- gov ernment bequeathed to us by the wis dom of our fathers, and firm in the resolve to transmit that heritage un-; impaired, but rather improved by good use, to our children and our children's children for all time to come, the people of this country have abounding cause for contented grati tude. "Wherefore I, William Howard Taft, president of the United States of America, in pursuance of long established usage and in response to the wish of the American people, in vite my countrymen, wheresoever they may sojourn, to join, on Thurs day, the twenty-eighth day of this month of November, in appropriate ascription of praise and thanks to God for the good gifts that have been our portion and, in humble pray er, that His great mercies toward us may endure. In witness whereof, I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be af s fixed. i "Done at the city of Washington, i this seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand, nine hundred and twelve, and of the inde pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty i seventh. (Signed) "William H. Taft. "By the President: "Alvey A. Adee, "Acting Secretary of Stats." 0-0-0?0?0? 0 ?0?0?0?0?0 0 The Auction Bridge Club will 0 0 meet at Mrs. Frank Gary's Fri- 0 0 day afternoon at half-past 0 0 0 -0 0?0? 0 ?0?0?0?0?0 0 0 0 CLUB MEETING 0 0 0 0 three. 0 0 0 . . t CONNIE MAXWELL PRIDE OF BAPTISTS Boys and Girls from Institution Will Visit Abbeville. MOD EXAMPLE OF DR. MAXWELL Something About the Founding of Baptist Orphanage at Greenwood. The pride of the Baptist State Con viction is Connie Maxwell Orphanage, located, at Greenwood. Superintendent Jamison will bring to the Convention in Abbeville about one hundred of the little fatherless boys and girls from this splendid institution, that the del egates to the Convention may see their wards. There are now 260 in the Connie Maxwell family. Twenty-two years ago a movement was started in the Baptist State con-/ vention looking to the establishment of an orphanage. A committee was ap pointed to enquire into the matter, to report to the nexa annual session of the convention. This committee recom mended that an orphanage be estab lished, apd the committee was empow ered to set agoing the movement As a result, the Baptists of South Caro lina now have a home for fatherless little ones who are homeless, with a property value of more than $350,000, and a moral, value inestimable. Neith er is there jiny way in which to meas ure itB civic worth. . The late Dr. J. C. Maxwell, of Greenwood, came before the conven tion's committee and proposed to exe cute a mortuary title to certain prop erty upon the condition that the Bap tists would build and maintain an or phanage in or near Greenwood, and call it after the name of Dr. Maxwell's deceased daughter, Connie. The' offer was accepted, and money raised throughout the State for building the first oottage. This money was raised in the town of Willlamston, by the late Elijah Horton, father of Mr. ?. C. Horton, editor of The Abbeville Medium. A small tract of land was se cured and a building erected. The first child received was Susie Burton, of Newberry county, who is now the wife of a prosperous business man in a Georgia town, and the mother of sev eral bright children. Had Dr. Max well's gift done nothing more than care for that little homeless girl, edu cate her, and give her Christian in fluence in her tender years, his life's accumulations would not have been spent in vain. But Dr. Maxwell's mu nificence led the way for the care of several thousand homeless girls and boys, many of whom today, as women and men, fill responsible places in business and preside over happy Christian homes. Others, taking inspi ration from Dr. Maxwell's example, have given Connie Maxwell Orphanage large sums of money. The name of Dr. Maxwell, like that of his little child who was carried off by an attack of scarlet fever at the tender age or nine, win nv? m pci petuity, to be honored by a great de nomination, and blessed by thousands of men and women whose cheerless childhood was made bright by his Christian philanthropy. The Baptists believe in putting their Institutions under the care of suc cessful business men, and the board of trustees of Connie Maxwell Orphanage consists of: Jos. N. Brown, of Ander son; Mr. J. K. Durst, Greenwood; W. H. Hunt, Esq., Newberry; Mr. S. B. Ezell, Spartanburg; Mr. O. B. Buell, Charleston; Mr. Laban Mauldin, Eas tey; Mr. C. B. Bobo, Laurens; Mr. R. H. Ferguson, Chester; Mr. j. w. ivmg, Dillon; Col. R. B. Watson, Ridge Spring; Mr. J. W. Sproles, Greenwood; Rev. Wm. Haynesworth, Sumter; Mr. W. G. Wilson, Camden; and Orlando Sheppard, Edgefield. It would be diffi cut to select -a more thoroughly com petent business board. The orphan age expends about $35,000 annually for support ROBBERS GET $2,500 IN A STORE AT GANTT Safe Was Not Locked by Owner. En* trance Effected Through Front Door Window Greenville, Nov. 7.?News of one of the biggest robberies that has oc curred in Greenville county in many years was received yesterday through a reliable Bource, it being stated that on last Monday night a party, or parties, broke into the store of a Mr. Brown, at Gantt, and stole something like $2,500 from a safe. Upon going to his store Tuesday morning, it is said, Mr. Brown ob served that the front door or a win dow?it could not be learned defini tely which?had been forced open sometime during the previous night. Further investigation revealed the fact that the safe, which had been 1 ' 3 MnnHau n I p>h t had 1611 UlllUt'&CU iuvuuu; M>0 ?. been opened and a large amount of money stolen. Just how much money was in the safe could not be learned definitely but it is understood that Mr. Brown had between two and three thousand ?more nearly twenty-five hundred ?dollars in it. The robber, or rob bers, made a clean sweep. As near as could be judged, the store was broken into about 2 o'clock Monday night. FORGED THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR Columbia, Nov. 7.?Charged with having forged the name of Governor Cole L. Blease to a draft for $10, drawn on the Bank of Belton, W. F. Snipes was this morning sent to jail to await trial in criminal court. His bond was fixed at $300 by the record er, James S. Verner, who conducted the preliminary. The draft was presented to the night clerk, Mr. Gayden, by Snipes, but before the money requested was paid out Governor Blease was com municated with and the information 4 * J J -J obtained tnai ine goveruor uiu uui know about the draft. The local po lice department was notified and Snipes was placed under arrest EUROPE MAY SOON WITH WAR OVER London, Nov. 11.?Europe is facing one of the most critical weeks in its history. It may end in a war, ill which the whole of Europe will be involved, or it may be remembered as a week in which diplomacy succeeded in solving problems that appeared insoluble to many. The Bulgarian armv is on the noint of entering Constantinople. This will be resented by Russia. At the same time the Turish capital is threatened with massacre from within. , On the other side of the Balkan peninsula there is an acute conflict between the aims of Austria-Hun gary and Servia, which if it is not arranged, might start a general Euro pean war. The most hopeful sign is the fact that moderating influences are being brought to bear by Germany, close ally of Austria-Hungary and by Bul garia, Servia's comrade in arms. Anstrla's Yiew. The views of Austria-Hungary con cerning European Turkey's future are pretty well known to include access to the earnest markets, the Integrity of Albania, including the Adriatic coast of that country and compensa tion for Rumania which has always claimed that when Bulgarian terri tory is extended her borders should likewise spread. Iflalnnalca Fvf?t_ The Austria-Iiungarian minister at Belgrade informed the Servian gov CONGRESSMEN TO NAME POSTMASTERS Washington, Nov. 11.?From an un deniably reliable source it is learned here today that President-elect Wil son has decided that, upon his entry into the White House, March 4, the appointment of all postmasters, with the exception of those under civil ser vice rules, shall be left to the mem bers of the house exclusively. In the selection of such officials tbe wishes of the respective house mem bers will be! rigidly regarded. Further than this It could not be ascertained from this authority what the president-elect will do toward fill ing other positions such as collector of the port, district attorney, mar shal, eto., but it is understood, how ever, that these appointments will V.? ronAmmonHaHnn nf tVlA UC ICIL LU tuc i ?^viumwMUMvw>* senators, although on this latter point no direct information could be se cured. % This action would place the appoint ment of all postmasters not under civil service at the disposition of the house members and leave the larger places to be filled as the various Democratic senators might suggest. That such a plan will be decided upon there is no doubt, this informa tion coming from a well known sena tor who is on the inside in such mat ters and who has his ear close to the ground regarding future presidential appointments. Besides it is the cus tom followed in former Democratic administrations. WAKEFIELD-HUNT A wedding which will be of special interest to the people of this section, was-the marriage of Mr. H. L. Hunt, of Shelby, N. C., to Miss Azalee Wake field, of Antreville, S. C., on November 7th. The ceremony was performed af the home of the bride, Rev. R. W. Rhoads officiating. Promptly at 11:30 o'clock Miss Camile Smith began soft ly playing the wedding march, the doors - * were rolled bacK ana miss maum aim Master Boyce Wakefield unrolled the white ribbon. Mies Ada McMillan, of Abbeville, and Mr. John Wakefield marched in, after them came the bride nnd groom, and slowly they marched 'nto the room, coming to a halt midst lovely ferns and evergreens. i The bride is the daughter of Mr. S. T. Wakefield. The bride was handsomely dressed <n a blue coat suit carrying a bouquet of lovely white chrysanthemums. The bridesmaids were dressed in white carrying yellow chrysanthemums. 4fter the ceremony all marched in to the dining room, a sweet course was served by Misses Geniveive An derson and Daisy Bowen. ^Mrs. Norris Wakefield served puncb The bride and groom left for Atlanta -mi an early train. They .will be at home to their friends in Shelby, N. C., after the first of January. STREET PAYING Cement sidewalks are being laid on Main street in front of the Baptist church. The paving will be continued around the church and down Moseley street for the distance of one block. The congregation of the Baptist church will have a cement walk laid from the pavement to. the church. These improvements will add to the appearance of the street considerably. The work will be completed before the meeting of the Baptist State Con vention. O?O?0-0-0? 0 -0?0-0?0-0 WILL HOLD PRIMARY FOR POSTMASTERSHIP Terrell, Tex. Sov. 11.?There are so many Democratic candi dates for the postmastership here since the election that a move is afoot to hold a special "postmaster primary election," one securing the highest vote to he the only applicant. The plan was put up to Congress man James Young who refus- 0 ed to consider until conferring 0 with President-elect Wilson. 0 0 0-0?0-0-0- 0 -0?0-0?0^-0 8E AFLAME | TURKISH SITUAIION s XsB emment of the proposals and sug gested that a reasonable settlement would be that Austria, in -return (or corresponding priviledes in the Bal kan ports and on the railroads lead- ' ing to them, should give Servia run ning privileges over the line that is to ' be built to Durazzo and that the two countries should together use it sa \ a free port. Existing jealousies are so intense, however, that it will take ^ a lot of pressure to induce either Aus tria or Servia to recede from its de mands. Austria in fact takes so se riously the advance of a Servian force toward Durazzo that she has dis patched a steamer there to take off Austrian residents when the Servian troops arrive. fiasia Prepared. Servia's friend, Russia, also is pre paring for eventualities. Besides keeping her time-expired men in the army, sue is moooiizwg ner xorces and her arsenals and commissariat departments are working night and day. As to the actual fighting, very lit tle news is coming through. The situ ation at Adrianople continues some thing of a riddle. The Bulgarians claim to have absolutely surrounded the city. . - , Much Disease A complete dispatch says that in the opinion of European doctors, the disease which has broken out among the wounded is certainly Asiatic, cholera. TILLMAN TO HEAD RIG nflMMITrFFS v ' vvja % .. Will Be Chairman of Natal Affairs. HAS CHOICE OF SEVEUL OTHER* / M / 1 Control by Democrats Will Cause Many Changes?E. D. Smith In Line. Washington, Nov. 11.?The begin ning .'of the 63d congress after March 4, next will make many v important changes in the personnel of commit tees assignments in the house and senate, and these are most interesting from a southern standpoint The fol lowing are now the ranking Demo? crats in the senate on the committees named and will be entitled to chair- ' manships of those committees when the senate is reorganized, as a result of its control by the Democrats: Ag riculture,' Bankhead of Alabama; ap propriations, Tillman of South Caro lina; Canadian relations, Tillman; census, Shively of Indiana; Bailey of , Texas retiring; claims, Martin of Vir ginia; coast defenses, Simmons of North Carolina; commerce, Martin; conservation of national resources, Newlands of Nevada, with Overman of North Carolina next; Cuban rela tions, Simmons; District of Columbia, Martin; education and labor, Rayner, of Maryland; finance, Simmons in Bailey's place; fisheries, Overman; foreign relations, Bacon of Georgia; forest reservations and protection of t1! n tv* on Civilized 5 tune, aikuauu, Tribes of Indians, Tillman; immigra tion, Jeff Davis, Arkansas; interocean ic canals, Simmons; interstate com merce, Tillman; judiciary, Bacon; manufactures, E. D. Smith, South Carolina; military affairs, Johnston, Alabama, Senator Foster retiring; mines and mining, Tillman; naval af fairs, Tillman; pensions, Gore of Ok lahoma, in the place of Taylor of Ten nessee, deceased; postoffice and post roads, Bankhead; printing, Smith of Maryland, with Fletcher of Florida next; privileges and elections, John ston, taking the place of Paynter of Kentucky, the latter retiring; public buildings and grounds, Culberson of iTexaB, with Swanson of Virginia next; ' ? _ 1J.T. a PU0110 I16cl 1IU (tliU uanv/uui i|mim i . ?r .. Culberson, with Fletcher next; rules, Bacon; transportation rules to the seaboard, Smith of South Carolina, woman suffrage, Overman. All told, there are not more than two committees in the entire list just given which are not of the greatest importance. Senator Tillman will probably go to the head of the naval affairs committee in preference to others. Senator Bacon may have the choice of judiciary and foreign af fairs, and it is a certainty that other chairmanships will fall to Senators Fletcher, Martin, Swanson, Hoke Smith and E. D. Smith of South Caro lina. Of course provision must be made for taking care of the new men in the senate who were elected* in Tuesday's landslide to succeed repub licans, but they will probably have to be content for some time, at least un til the best assignments have been passed around and distributed among the old timers. Another thing that the election set tled is that Senator Bacon will be come the Dresident pro tem of the senate when that body is reorganized For some time it has been impossible for the members of the upper house to agree upon a presiding officer, but now that the Democrats are to be in control after March the well known Georgia legislator will succeed Vice President Sherman as president of the upper house. In the house there will also be some interesting changes when the new session begins. Everything considered the coming session of congress bids fair to be Democrats mean that every part of the the country. Wilson's election and the future control of the senate by the Democrats mean that every art of legislative machinery is to be tal i apart and given a good overhauli| and oiling before it starts runn^ with a Democratic engineer at, throttle for the next four years. .. '