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ABBEVILLE. S. C.
A German Bays electricity will cure
Insomnia. But with fatal results.
Turkey does not seem to have dona
much for Europe except exist there.
It Is not difficult to make the jani
tor believe in that rumor of a eoa]
famine.
On the other hand, It frequently
happens that motorcycle riders are
not hurt
"Everybody's going to get a red
nose," declares a St. Louis physician.
Happy days!
Radium is advanced as a cure foi
gout. Gout always was a bloated
plutocrat's disease.
A Pittsburg tramp was arrested
with 1,000 pennies in his pocket Ha
was coppered, all right
A woman has been appointed con
troller of Atlantic City. Control fash
ions, bathing suits, or what?
Electric lights have now been used
about thirty years, but some people
are still blowing out the gas.
A German scientist says that tele
phones make the modern man crazy.;
He must be on a four-party line.
A Newport woman was fined for
stealing a dress which she hid in'
her hat Bet it was a bathing suit
An Ontario doctor advocates hot:
baths as a cure for delirium tremens, j
Lack of whisky would serve the same
end.
The lord mayor of London may be j
Bome person; but there isn't one m
a thousand on this side can tell his ;
name.
Brussels has had a marriage on ;
bicycles. In the course of a century j
or two they may advance to aero
planes.
A prize hen in Missouri has laid 260 ,
eggs In eleven months. What was j
the hen doing on the other seventy
odd days?
"Love cannot thrive on less than
$20 a week," says a New York clergy- '
man, thus giving us a line on the j
cost of living.
A German professor says that !
cooking Is a lost art, but look at the I
lovely fruit salads our girls are mak
ing nowadays.
A" - ? omnl/YT fv
wueen aiaiy iciuocu iv ?
typewriter for her private correspond
ence. Perhaps she wants her epistles
correctly spelled.
When Informed that $350,000 had
been stolen from him a Moscow mer- j
chant dropped dead. Poverty suffers i
from no such shocks.
"3 torpedo boat destroyer hit a barge
In the Delaware river and was badly
damaged. One can't be too careful
r\t thoao frail war frnft
"Paris is adopting American
dances," says a dispatch. We're sure- !
ly going some when we can teach |
Paris anything In that line.
A Cornell professor announces that
a new Ice age Is about to strike the <
earth. Thank goodness, one commod- <
ity will go down In price then.
Government scientists who aro to :
raise vegetables by electricity may I ]
have noted the success with which }
many people raise Cain under the ,
glow of the arc lights.
A German scientist has Invented a
machine that you feed vegetables into
and get real milk from. It's a safe !
bet there Is a pump around it some
where.
So far as the reports go, none of
the prehistoric cav 9 paintings In
Europe thus far discovered is an
Interpretation of moonlight or a still
life portrait of & pan of fried eggs.
German duelists are In a dilemma. J i
It is a disgrace to refuse a challenge,
and they'll be sent to prison if they :
fight. The only solution appears for J
them to be killed. , i
In the old days the happy Eskimo
was able to go out and for three fish
hooks buy the prettiest girl in the
igloo for his wife. That was before
he was discovered. Now, the girls
pay for the husbands.
After July 1 of next year Louisiana
shoe dealers will have to sell pure
goods or be liable to punishment, j
Polar explorers will now know where
to procure the footgear containing
the greatest nourishment
Prof. Flynn advocates hair pulling j
as a fine cure for baldness, but there's
many a man minus his hirsute adorn- !
ment who won't agree with him.
In the Isle of Man, the wedding |
ring was formerly employed as an in-1
8trument of torture. It is in this
country toaay, in many instances.
Dictators of fashion state that the |
waist line may be placed this season :
wherever the wearer chooses. How
ever. it probably will continue in the j
same old place.
A Tale professor says the average
American wastes fifteen years of his
life. But he'd soon die If he worked
all the time, and there you are.
Fashionable eastern society women
are leaving their dog's card with their
own when making calls. The dog,
poor thing, can only suffer in silence.
Engineers in Egypt have succeeded
In using the sun's heat to generate
Bteaw, but we all cannot go to Af
rica just to save money on the coal
bill.
NEWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Latest News of General Interest That
Has Been Collected From Many
Towns and Counties.
Spartanburg?The barn of A. Smith
aear Pauline was destroyed by fire,
two mules being burned to death.
Jesse Smith was slightly burned in
his efforts to save the mules.
Sumter.?The county board of com.
missioners met and signed the second
series of $10,000 Sumter county road
improvement bonds. The bonds will
be issued from time to time from now
Dn as the money is needed.
Columbia.?City council met in reg
ular session and disposed of some
Important routine business. Monthly
reports were made by the city officers
and a number or ordinances tor side
walk paving were passed.
Sumter.?"Sumter's Seaboard Cele
bration" has been decided upon aa
the name for the big celebration to be
held here on November 29, when the !
coming of the new railroad line by 1
that name into Sumter will be ob- -
served and appropriately celebrated. 1
The plans for the day are rapidly be- <
ing put in shape and a big crowd and '
a general big time is expected. ]
uattnty.?a owening nouse on Vic- ]
toria avenue, owned Dy L?r. W. B. Du- i
pre of YorKvuie and occupied by K. i
t). SKinntsr, was burned, 11 id suppos
ed uxat tne fire started from a detect- 1
Ive flue. The building was practical- 1
ly destroyed and very little lurniture
was saved. The Jdouse was insured
for $l,uuu while no insurance was car
ried on the contents.
Cheraw. ? Perhaps the best faiJ
flower show that the Civic league has
ever had was held recently at then
hall. There never was sucn a prolu
sion of flowers in one place in Cneraw '
before and tne many ^ persons who '
saw them were not oniy astonished at J
the number and variety of plants on
exnibition, but were delighted at the j
growing popularity of this feature ol '
the league's work.
Lexington.?Al. M. Lane, of Cope, ^
and A. ?i. Bates, of Norway, were In
Lexington for the purpose of commun
icating with Congressman Lever in .
reference to lending aid toward se- ,
curing the release of Olin Lane, '
brother of M. M. Lane, who is now .
under arrest and being held in th< j
United States arsenel in Augusta foi ,
deserting from tne United States
army. ' .
Fiornce.?Webster Brown, an em 1
ployee at the Southern Cotton Oil i
Miii here, shot and killed an un- ,
known negro on the property of the
mill. Brown was at work in the seed
house and the negro came in sudden 1
ly upon Brown and without waiting .
to ascertain what the stranger wanted ,
he shot him. Magistrate McClena- ,
ghan held an inquest and the verdict 1
was in accordance with the above. 1
Brown surrendered and is in jaiL ]
St Matthews.?T. W. Dantzler, on? 1
of St. Mathews' scientific farmers, 1
sent a sample of his long staple cot 1
ton to a buyer in a distant town foi <
the purpose of getting a price. The '
buyer returned the sample with th? <
explanation that the staple which '
measured one and five-sixteenths ol 1
an fnrh was tnn lnnc fnr hiR maahin. ]
ery. Mr. Dantzler is now looking foi
a man with a loom of sufficient capac
ity to spin his long fibre.
Greenville.?0. K. Alauldin, the at
torney representing the prosecutors
in the recent legal tangle involving
Inspector Gilreath and two other of
ficers, who were arrested on a charge
of assisting in aiding in the escape
of T. U. Vaughan from Greenville jai]
has issued a statement to the press in
which he declares he was misled by
the prosecutors. He also avers that
It is his sincere belief that the men
accused are absolutely innocent of
every charge against them.
Spartanburg.?William G. Willard
ot the contracting firm of Willard &
Boggs was caught between freight !
cars at the Southern station here and :
had his left hand so badly crushed It !
became necessary to amputate two of }
his fingers. Mr. Willard, who has
worked on the interurhan line be- I <
tween here and Greenville was at
tempting to pass between cars of a
freight train that had been cut in two
to reach a passenger train on a far
track. Only by jumping backward
quickly did he escape being crushed
to death.
Sumter.?Dr. Walter Cheyne and
children had a narrow escape from
being burned to death, when his resi
dence, situated about three miles
from St. Charles in Lee county, on the
Bishopville road, caught fire, from
some unknown cause, and was burn
ed to the ground.
Chester.?Elmore Mobley and Albert
Newman, who were convicted of as
Bault of a high and aggravated nature
were sentenced by Judge Sease to pay
a fine of $200 each or spend 6 months
on the public works or in the state
penitentiary. Motion was made for a
new trial, but was overruled.
Orangeburg.?The prize winners in
the Girls' Tomato Contest club in the
county has just been announced by
L. W. Livingston, superintendent of
education. A great deal of interest ,
was manifested in this club this year j
by the girls of Orangeburg county. ,
Columbia.?Attorney General Lyon (
said that the sale of the old state dis- (
pensary building to Christopher At- ,
kinson for $125,000 by the sinking
fund commission was legal and that ;
he would ignore the letter of protest
filed by the governor. The attorney ,
general refused to comment on the (
position of the governor.
Lexington.?The jury in the case
of M. J. and J. D. Frick against the
Columbia, Newberry and Laurens rail
way, a damage suit for $10,000, re
turned a verdict in favor of the plain
tiff for $2,500. The attorneys for the
defendant immediately gave notice of ,
a motion for a new trial.
Barnwell. ? Josie Owens, charged
with murder, who, together with Tal
bert Williams, escaped from the Barn
well county jail several days ago was
caught in Augusta, Ga., and will be
brought back to Barnwell. The ar
rest of Williams is expected at any
time.
MOW WILSON
CARRIES STATE
LA8T REPORT SHOWS THAT
SOUTH CAROLINA CONTRIB
UTES 41,742 VOTES.
COUNTIES TO BE REPORTED
Several Counties Have Net Been
Heard From.?The Result of the
Vote on Bond Issue For Asylum
Seems to Be In Doubt.
Columbia.?The general belief that
Woodrow Wilson had carried the
State of South Carolina was justified
when the official returns were can
vassed in tue majority of the coun
ties. With 41 counties reported, six
af the number being Incomplete, Gov.
^Vilson had received 31,742 votes. He
tiad several times a majority, his op
ponents receiving only scant support
is follows: Roosevelt, 1,233; Taft,
383; Debs, 170.
The state board of canvassers in
many counties have not completed
their work and on that account the
reported vote tor governor and on the
auestion of a bond issue for the asy
lum is much less than that given for
presidential electors, votes for the lat
ter having already been tabulated by j
the federal boards.
In Spartanburg, where a large vote j
was caBt, the state election commis
sioners had not completed their work,
[n Edgefield the state commissioners
had not as yet met.
With only 28 counties of the 44 re
ported Blease received a vote of 30,
332 against 200 for Britton, the So
cialist candidate.
The result of the vote on the bond
issue and the constitutional amend
ments can not be forecast The vote
3n the amendments seems to be close
while a tabulation of the vote on the
isylum bond issue in 30 counties
shows a .wonderfully close race.With
L 4 counties to hear from officially |
the vote stands at 12,619 for the issue
ind -11,385 opposed thereto.
The results in the races for presi
Jent and governor can not be changed
by the unreported counties, but it
seems that any of the amendments
ar the bond issue can be affected.
The vote for president:
County.
W.
R.
T.
D.
Williamsburg
.41,742 1,233
538
170
Abbeville ..
. 1,095
4
9
Anderson ..
. 2,168
66
25
16
Aiken
1,542
4
2
Barnwell ..
. 248
2
12
Bamberg ..
. 164
1
2
1
Beaufort ..
. 464
62
50
Berkeley .. j
Hheaterfield ' .
. 344
1 13
5
Chester ...
. 1,286
21
1
..
Charleston..
. 1,760
100
34
55
'Cherokee ..
. 501
21
21
...
Clarendon ..
. 932
32
.
Colleton ..
. 797
12
14
Calhoun ...
. 460
16
15
..
Dillon .. ..
. 571
11
2
..
'Darlington .
448
1
...
'Dorchester .
491
13
12
..
Edgefield ..
. 779
18
S
...
Florence ..
. 1,496
. 65
6
6
Fairfield ..
. 635
4
3
..
Greenville ..
. 3,140
31
50
5
Greenwood .
. 1,307
6
17
3
Georgetown
. 405
37
10
...
PTninnton
HTnrrv
Jasper.. ..
kT7A.MUA?*?
1 OA
on
i
...
ivciauttw
Lexington ..
xav
. 1,201
30
3
31
Lee
571
6
3
Lancaster ..
. 1,140
6
5
Laurens ....
1,566
17
6
Marion ..
11
3
...
Marlboro ..
. 719
3
Sewberry ..
. 1,206
6
12
3rangeburg .
. 1,550
95
95
.
Dconee..
Pickens.. ..
. 815
15
18.
Richland ..
. 1,557
161
23
25
Spartanburg
. 3,716
185
37
6
Sumter.. ..
. 910
52
31
Saluda .. ..
850
3
4
14
Jnion
1,609
56
20
iVilliamsburg
. 729
18
6
.
ifork
, 1,641
12
12
1
Total .. ..41,742 1,233 583 170
'Incomplete.
Slinton Wants New 'County Seat.
New county Is the loud cry of Clin
;on these days. Committee meetings,
street parades, public gatherings for
speech making, soliciting committees
;o get financial backing, all are go
ng on. A parade including the
schools, business organizations, citi
sens and ladies numbering between
L.000 and 2,000, with banners which
said, "We are for the new county,"
inarched the length of Broad street.
'Muscgrove" is the name proposed.
Dlinton would like to give her name
:o the county but will not suggest It.
Pellagra Hospital For Spartanburg.
If plans under consideration by phy
sicians and certain cotton mill presi
lents of this county matures a pella
gra hospital will be built in or near
this city and placed at the . disposal
af the Thompson-McFadden Pellagra
3ommission. Representatives of this
commission formed for the study of
this disease spent last summer in
Spartanburg and laid the foundations
for a most thorough study of this dis
ease which has manifested itself in
all parts of the South and is yet a
puzzle to the modical world.
Progress of Chamber of Commerce.
When Harold M. Weir had com
pleted his part in the Columbia cham
ber of commerce campaign and had
turned over to the committee in
charge of temporary affairs checks,
books and letters, approximately $13,
000 a year for three years had been
collected or assured. Mr. Weir left
for Sumter for the purpose of con
ducting a day's campaign th?*-e. The
campaign in Columbia will continue
until the $15,000 mark has been pass
ed and the amount Is increased as far
beyond this as possible.
THE SCHOOLS IN ANDERSON
Have Shown Much Progress In Past
Two Years.?Report By R. A.
Abrams?Increased Funds.
Columbia.?The following interest
ing report in part upon the progreSB
of the free ublic schoola of Anderson
county for tae last two years has
been received by the state suerinten
dent of education from Superinten
dent R. A. Alrams of Anderson coun
ty:
"Complying with your request for a
supplementary report on the progress
maae among Lhe public BChools of An
derson county during tbe past two
years, I beg to submit the following:
'The past two years among the
rural schools of Anderson county have
been notable for development along
two lines. These two l:.nes are, first,
the securing of more funds for the
schools by local taxation supplement
ed by such aid as was available from
he state under the 'term extension
,ct'; and, second, the erection of a
goodly number of adequate school
buildings properly equipped with the
best furniture. Naturally the devel
opment along these two lines has pro
ceeded f simultaneously. Invariably,
where a special tax has been levied,
a new building has been erected, or
the old one remodeled and enlarged.
"During tha two years just past,
special taxes, varying irom two 10
four mills, have been levied In 16
new districts. In the same period,
eight districts have increased their
levies from one to two mills. This
represents an increase in revenue for
the schools from this source alone cf
$5,308.71. In addition to this, eleo
tions w.ill be held during the month
of November in three other dietricts,
the same having already been ordered
by the county board oil the question
of levying an additional mill, in each
instance bringing the total extra levy
up to four mills. There is no doubt as
to the levy currying in each of these.
This will mean that 47 special tax
elections will have carried in the
county in 24 months."
South Carolina New Enterprises.
The secretary of state has issued a
commission to the Lyric theatre of
Greenville with a capital of $4,000.
The petitioners are Theodore D. Jet
vey, Jr., and F. E. Schroder, The
Overlook Land Company of Green
ville has been chartered with a capi
tal stock of $30,000. The officers are:
T. F. Hunt, president; James B.
Woodside, vice president; J. D. Wood
side, secretary, and T. C. Gower,
treasurer. The Westervelt Mills of
Gre?nville ha^e been given the right to
increase the capital atock from $1,
000,000 to $1:250,000. A / charter has
been granted to the Dunean Drug Co.,
of Greenville, with a capital stock of
$2,500. The officers are: W. J. Dendy,
president; B. Wallace, vice president,
and S. C. Dendy, Eecretary and treas
urer. A charter has been issued to
the DuBose Furniture Company of
Lake City with a capital stock of $3,
000. The officers are: A. M. DuBose,
president, and R. W. DuBose, secre*
tary and treasurer.
Levi Gunter Released on Bail.
Levi Gunter, who on the night oi
October 27 last shot and killed Lester
Gunter, his third cousin, and who has
been in Lexington jail Bince, was re
leased from custody, Judge Shipp hav
ing granted bail in the sum of $4,000.
The motion was argued by Solicitor
Timmerman and E. L. Asbill for the
state and by C. M. Eflrd and W. H.
Sharpe for the defense. A number
of aflidavits were read by both sides,
and i;he arguments or the attorneys
were eloquent and forceful.
Sumter County Corn Show Prizes.
The prize for the corn show to be
held in Sumter in order to arouse the
interest of the farmer^ in the county
in tho National Corn Show, in Colum
bia next January and February, and
to encourage them to send exhibits to
the big exposition, have been an
nounced as follows: Best 10 ears
white corn, 55; second best, $3; third
best, $2; best 10 ears yellow corn, $5;
second best, $3; third best $2 best
single ear white corn, $5; second
best, $3; third best, $2; best single
ear yellow corn, $6; second best, $3;
third, best $2. Much interest has been
manifested in the coming of the coun
ty corn show and a large number of
exhib.ts are expected.
Harmony Presbytery Meets.
The second missionary institute ot
Harmony Presbytery was held in the
Presbyterian church at Manning. An
inteersting address was delivered by
"D /-?tr T. T. T flfff r\f "niolinnwillA
UiC HCV. J-#. UCglCl D, VU uionupuiit,
who gave 10 years of his life to mis
sionary work. Th?! Rev. H. C| Ham
mond of Mount Zion church, made an
address on consecration and the Rev.
Arnold Hall spoke on the "Million
and a Half Campaign." Superintend
ent Newton took the entire high
school to the church to hear the mis
sionary address.
Make Plans For County Fair.
The chamber of commerce has un
dertaken to put into operation a coun
ty fair association by the time for the
next corn show. The wonderful rec
ord of Miss Pearl Currin in tomato
raising is believed to be a world's
record. It will be published with the
government's reports, but everything
looks now like a record, and the suc
cess of the recent fair has prompted
the chamber of commerce to put for
ward the county that holds as many
world's records in agricultural suc
cess.
McLaurin to Run For Senator.
The question of .a successor to Seu-1
ator J. B. Green is increasing in inter
est. An announcement of his candi
dacy was made by Jno. L. McLaurin.
Mr. McLaurin's announcement opens
with a eulogy of the late Senator
Green, as a conscientious public offi
cial, whose influence did much to pre
vent factional bitterness. The state
ment then goes on: "I am entering
this race In the hope that I can in a
measure fill his place and prevent this
county being torn to pieces throvigh
class strife."
i TOLLS ARE FIXED
FOF3 PANAMA CANAL
I
' MERCHANT VESSELS ARE TO PAY
$1.20 PER TON NET OF ACTU
AL CARRYING CAPACITY.
U. S. BATTLESHIPS EXEMPT
I
! Rates Practically the Same as Those
to Be in Force at the
Suez Canal.
'Wachin^fnn.?President Taft has
I ?
1 issued a proclamation fixing the rates
' that the foreign shipping of the
I world shall pay for passage through
| the Panama canal. The proclamation
' made under the authority of the canal
I act, passed by congress in August, es
tablishes a merchant vessel, rate of
$1.20 per net ton of actual carrying
capacity, with a reduction of 40 per
cent, on ships in ballast.
j The provisions of the proclamation
j are as follows:
"1. On merchant vessels carrying
! passengers or cargo, $1.20 per net
j vessel ton?each 100 cubic feet?of
actual earning capacity.
"2. On vessels in ballast without
passengers or cargo, 40 per cent, less
than the rate of tolls for vessels with
passengers or cargo.
"3. Upon naval vessels, other than
transports, colliers, hospital ships and
| supply ships, fifty cents per displace
ment ton.
"4. Upon army and navy transports,
colliers, hospital ships and supply
ships, $1.20 per net ton, the vessels
to be measured by the same rules
1 as are employed in determining the
net tonnage of merchant vessels.
I "The secretary of war will prepare
and prescribe such rules for the meas
urement of vessels and such regula
tions as may be necessary and proper
to carry this proclamation into full
force and effect.'*
American coastwise shipping was
I exempted from toll payment by con
| gress. It was to this provision of the
| act that Great Britain diplomatically
! protested. No reference to the inci
j dent was made in the president's proc
lamation.
American naval vessels are exempt
ed without specific mention, either in
the act of congress or the proclama
tion, because the authorities believed
It unnecessary to explain the useless
ness of payment from its navy depart
I ment Docket to the one belonging to
the treasury department The rates
named are .practically the same as
will be In force at the Suez canal
next year. N .
I
TURKEY SUES FOR PEACE
;
i Porte Sends an Envoy to the Bulga
rian Headquarters.
Constantinople.?Th&t the porte has
entered into direct negotiations with
Bulgaria for an armistice is confirm
ed. Nazim Pasha, the Turkish com
mander-in-chief, bas received instruc
1 tions to open communication with the
Bulgarian generals, and he has sent
| an envoy to the Bulgarian headquar
! ters.
[ The porte appears resolved upon
; this course, owing, on the one hand,
j to the delay of the powers in hand
; ling the mediation proposal, and, on
! the other hand, to thef, divergence of
1 views the proposal has occasioned
among the powers.
j London.?The porte on the advice
: of Russia has instructed Nazim Pa
' sha, the Turkish commander-in-chief,
! to apply to the Bulgarian commander
for an eight days' armistice with a
view' to opening direct negotiations
for peace. This decision seems to
show that Turkey has little hope of
I being able to hold the Tchatalja lines
against the Bulgarian commander's
j advance.
Strike Against Death Sentence.
St. Petersburg. Russia.?What Is
| practically a general strike has been
declared by the factories and work
shops in protest against the recent
sentencing to death of seventeen sail
ors of the Black Sea fleet for insti
gating mutinies. Demonstrations were
stopped by the police and many ar
j rests have been made.
Wife Kills Husband.
Tampa, Fla.?Donald C. Livingston,
a conductor on the Tampa-Sarasota
branch of the A. C. L., was shot and
killed by his wife. Mrs. Livingston
stated that her husband came home
under the influence of liquor and
abused her all day. She sought safe
ty In her room, where he forced the
door, and commenced beatmg ner. i
She seized a pistol, she stated, which J
was in his hip-pocket, and shot him.
She fired four times, all the bullets
taking effect in his breast. She was
placed under arrest.
15 Persons Killed in Wreck.
j Indianapolis. ? An open switch,
which permitted a passenger train on
the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
railroad, to catapult, head-on, into a
freight standing on the sidetrack, was
' 11 ?!V>1" tnr> death of fif
neiQ re^unoiuic t~.
teen persons and the injury of seven
teen more. The crash occurred at
Irvington. a suburb. The majority of
the injured reside north of the Ohio
river. Among the dead passengers
were five members of the Chaney
family of Jackson, Ky. The sixth of
the family, Clifton Chaney, was hurt.
! Father and Daughter Murdered.
Ocala, F!a.?J. T. Beargess, an aged
farmer of near Mcintosh, 20 miles
| from here, and his ]3-year-old adopt
I ed daughter were murdered near their
I home by a negro. Beargess was shot
down from ambush, while the girl
had hor rhroat cut from ear to ear.
The sheriff and his posse soon cap
tured the- negro, and, fearing mob vio
lence. started with him for Gaines
ville. N'e'ghbors hearing of this
quickly formed a posse and at last
accounts were close on the heels of
the sheriff and his prisoner,
Dr. Jordan, president of 8tanford
university, Berkeley, Cal., has an
nounced that he will resign In 1915
and devote his time to the promotloa
of International peace.
AMBASSADOR BRYCERESIGNS
BRITISH DIPLOMAT DESIRES TO
COMPLETE HIS LITERARY
WORK.
Official Announcement Made ? Sir
Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice to
Succeed Bryce.
Washington. ? James Bryce, the
British ambassador to the United
States, has tendered his resignation,
and will return to England.
While the news that Ambassador
Bryce is to retire will be received
with regret in official circles and by
the country generally, it is not wholly
unexpected. There has been no
break in the harmonious relations of
the distinguished ,Englishman and his
government, but it has been an open
secret for some time that Mr. Bryce,
advancing in year, desired to sur
render his post and give entire at
tention to the completion of the lit
erary work which has occupied so
large a part of his life. His book on
South America, written since his tour
of that country two years ago, is just
off the press, and he Is about to begin
a work covering his recent tour of
Australia and New Zealand.
London, England.?Announcement
that James Bryce, ambassador to the
United States, has resigned and that
he was succeeded by Sir Cecil Ar
thur Spring-Rice, British minister to
Sweden, caused surprise here, but
general interest In the situation was
overshadowed by the Balkan crisis.
Sir Cecil is regarded as one of the
ablest men in the diplomatic service.
He is 62 years old. He has served at
S'ockholm as minister since Septem
ber 1, 1908. In 1880 he was acting
third secretary In Washington and
was appointed acting second secre
tary at Washington to act as secre
tary to the British delegate to the
international maritime conference, Au
gust 17, 1889, and, after serving for
a time at Brussels and Tokio he was
transferred to Washington in 1893.
He was' charge d'affaires at Teheran
in 1900 and minister to Persia in
1906-08.
DIXIE WOMEN IN SESSION
Lay Cornerstone of Monument to
Confederates Buried in Arlington.
Washington.?Hundreds of South
ern women, wearing the red and white
ribbon of the' United Daughters of
the Confederacy, arrived in Wash
ington to attend the nineteenth
annual convention of the organiza
tion. The credentials committee of
the organization was busy issuing cre
dentials to delegates, who will partic
ipate in the sesssions of the conven
tion.
Word was received by the local of
ficials of the daughters that Mrs. Al
exander B. White, president general
of the organization, would be unable
to attend the convention. Mrs. White
is detained at her home in Paris,
Tenn., by the grave illness of her
husband.
The big event of thel convention was I
the laying of the corjierstone of the
monument to Confederate soldiers '
buried in Arlington cemetery.
To Protect Americans.
Washington. ? European powers
most intimately concerned in the Bal
kan situation have underlain to ex
tend protection to Americans in Tur
key. Various American .embassies in
Europe were instructed when inform
ing the nations of thi decision of
the United States to send the cruisers
Tennessee and Montana to Asiatic
Turkey, to inquire whe
had been made in tb 3 interest of
American citizens in
plies of foreign govern nents indicate
the desires of the Unit
4a DAfcnnc Dead: !JO Iniurerf.
her provision
Turkey. Re
;d States.
New Orleans.?Fourt' ^en lives were
snuffed out and ninety
jured when a through freight train
crashed into the rear
bound excursion train
and Mississippi Valley
Montz, La. Of the
white wcmen, one a
four negro women and
Forty-one of the inju
and forty-nine negroes.
that all of these,
three, will recover.
passengers in
f id of a north
on the Yazoo
railroad near
lead four are
white infant,
ive negro men.
ed are white
It is expected
e: cept possibly
Socialist Takes ?wn Life.
Girard, Kan.?J. AM Wayland, a
founder and owner offThe Appeal to
Reason, a Socialist we
published here, shot
self in his home. Bet
of a book lying on t
lowing no.te was founc
under the competitiv
worth the effort; let
jkly newspaper
md killed him
veen the leaves
!je bed the fol
"The struggle
system isn't
it pass." The
friends of Mr. Waylai a attribute his
act to despondency ov
his wife, who was kil
mobile accident a yea
r the death of
ed in an auto
ago.
REVISION OF THE TARIFF
President-Elect Has Gono to Bermuda
. i
For a Vacation?Message to the New
Jersey Legislature.?His Decision Is
Strongly Approved by All.
New Yokr. ? Goernor Woodrow
Wilson announced that immediately
after his inauguration as President of
the United States, he would call an
extraodinary session of Congress to
convene, not later than April 15, for
the purpose of revising the tariff.
The President-elect sailed for Ber
muda for a vacation and will return
December 16. To set at rest in the
meantime speculation as to what he
would do with regard to the tariff
revision, he Issued the following state
ment:
"I shall call Congress together in
extraordinary session not later* than
April 15. I shall do this not only be
cause I think that the pledges of the
party ought to be redeemed as prompt
ly as possible, but also because I
know it to be in the interest of busi
ness, that all uncertainty as to what
the particular items of tariff revision
are to be should be known ^as soon as
possible."
Beyond this brief announcement,/
the Governor said he had nothing fur
ther to say. Most of the opinions he
had received from public men seemed
to be in favor of an axtra session, be
declared.
The Governor did not intend to ex
press himself about an extra session,
so soon after bis election. Although
he has favored the idea of an extra
session because the present arrange
ment would not bring the new Con
gress into session until 13 months af
ter itse election, he had expected to
spend more time in ascertaining pub
lic opinion. With the time to be con
sumed in-discussion the Governor felt
that if an extra session were not
called, the benefits of tariff revision
would be postponed for practically
two years.
Two More Rebe' Leaders Captured.
Washington.?Two more Mexican
rebel leaders have been captured
along the border and are being held
by Brigadier General Sttever, in
charge of the American forces along
the boundary, according to a report
to the War Department. The prison
ers are Felipe Casaras, who was pay
master of General Oresco's army, and
who later was said to be collecting
funds at El Paso for the revolutionists;
and Pedro Figueron, who is claimed
to have been a member of the rebel
band which captured and held Arthur
P. McCormick an American, until he
paid $1,200 ransom.
Have Agreed on an Armistice.*
London.?Bulgaria and Turkey have 2
agreed upon an armistice, according
to a special news agency dispatch. As -
the censorship permits no news to
come from the front, the situation at
the scene of the fighting in the Balk- |
ans is now more perplexing than ever.
Various reports have drifted in, how
ever, among them that Adrianople has
fallen, that the Bulgarians had cap
J. J TT.J 1. i iU.
tureu niiumuMjui, me ucauquai ici o
of the Turkish commander-in-chief,
that Nazim Pasha, the Turiksh gener
alissimo, had-capitulated and that the
Bulgarians had reached the vicinity
of Kilios on the Black Sea.
New Treaty About Worked Out
Washington. ? An agreement be
tween the United States and Russia to
take the place of the commercial
treaty of 1832, the abrogation of which
becomes effective Jan i, next, has
virtually been reaped, according to
information from high official author
ity. It Y'as de-dared probable that It
would be v-orked out satisfactorily to """
both countries before the date at
which the old treaty would expire.
Jenkins Is Made President.
Atlanta. Ga.?Edward H. Jenkins,
Connecticut, was elected president of
the Associaton of the American Agri
cultural Colleges and Experiment Sta
tions, which concluded its twenty
sixth annual convention here. Other
officers elected were: E. A. Brown,
Washington; A. M. Souie, Georgia; A.
F. Woods, Minnesota, and J. F. Daggio,
Alabama, vice presidents, J. L. Hill,
Vermont, secretary and treasurer, A.
C. True, Washington, D. C., biblio
grapher. The place for holding the
next convention will be decided later.
Allen Juror Found With Throat Cut.
Rural Retreat, Va.?William O. Neft,
one of the jurors who sentenced to
long imprisonment a member of the
Allen clan charged with "shooting up"
the court at Hillsville, and killing
Judge Massie and several of the court
officers, is near death and it is believ
ed that he sought to take his own lil'e.
He was found with throat cut, a
razor lying beside him. Claude Swan
son Allen, the young mountaineer
whom Xeff joined in convicting of con
spiracy, has been sentenced to death
by a subsequent jury.
Daughters Meet in New Orleans Next.
Yvashington.?The United Dough*
ters of the Confederacy, in convention
here, voted unanimously to hold the
1913 convention in New Orleans. Tbe
New Orleans delegation made a vigor
ous campaign for the honor, and when
the final vote came won without op
position. The New fork delegation
made an effort to secure the conven
tion for New York city, but when it
became apparent that sentiment
among the delegates was strongly in
favor of the Louisiana city, the New
Yorkers withdrew.