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ik mmm mdmmb , Published- W??kly ABBEVILLE. 8 C The peace serum does not seem to have taken in Europe. Nothing withstands the cold breezes like a young girl's white shoes. Uncle Sara is short 3,000,000 girls. That number is needed to match the male population. Please note that the burglar whom somebody smashed in the face with a pie got away with it. A woman gets a hat to fit her face. The fit that the man gets is propor uonai 10 me size 01 me um. "The latest thing In dances is the "horse trot." And probably the next thing to it is the nightmare. Some experts declare that the hob ble skirt makes our women knock kneed. We are from Missouri. Poison ivy is full of lovely color In the autumn, but no one should carry It home because of its loveliness. Los Angeles complains of a school book famine, but the small boys of that city are bearing up bravely. Tbey are going to make dollar bills smaller. The grocery man attended to that little detail some time ago. A New York man had his name ! changed from Arestad to Nightingale. He certainly selected a bird of a name. If the plan to employ policewomen for Chicago is carried out we may ex pect the crooks to go to carrying mice. The limit of criticism is reached when one woman says of another: "Why, she doesn't even make her own bed." Mathematics tell ns the birthdays we have beer, celebrating are frauds But everybody over 30 knew that al ready. Parisian beauties are to be yellow of fnpA instead of nink and white. One moment, please, while we change com plexions. A contribution of two cents was re ceived by the Washington conscience fun. Bet the fellow who sent it looks like it, too. A Colorado man had fifteen hives robbed of honey at one time. He must be cultivating the stingless va riety of bee. A Boston doctor says the women of that town are not knockkneed. Ani he talks like a man wbo knows where of he speaks. Somebody is advertising an appara- ! tus for cooking over a gas jet, but he Is no friend to the woman who has a hall bedroom to let , There will always be a difference between unlaundered money and , tainted money, with plenty of people ready to grab either. . I y ? A French expert saya that the fam ily is doomed within a half-century through the automobile. Wonder what death rate he figures. The largest stone statue in the world is in Japan. It is forty-four feet " * ~ #ai? a higti, WH1CQ prooaoiy awuuuw >ui fact that it is still there. A California judge refused alimony to a woman who refuses to cook for her spouse. If she's still cooking for him, what need of alimony? A Chicago bride ran away because her husband would not buy her a new feather for her hat. Trifles have be fore now overturned empires. The woman conductor on Philadel t phia's street cars iB called a cashier by courtesy. This is, however, no slam on conductors in general. A German specialist claims that tel ephones make the modern man crazy. Until he spoke, it was generally be lieved the operators were responsible. A New York man was fined for swearing when tickled by a young woman's hat feathers. Wrong word. He evidently wasn't tickled. The Fido muff is the latest armful afTected by feminine caprice. De T>ata rin not however, enter in tcaouu ?? ? - to the composition of this elegant trifle. As a suggestion to a means of pre venting so many drownings in the United States navy, it might be a good idea to teach the sailors how to gwim. The man who married a girl under school age and is now obliged under a fine to see that his wife goes to school regularly, is somewhat wiser since the fine was imposed, and perhaps he is obliged to get his own meals. Milk makes an admirable hair tonic, according . to the same prima donna who lately discovered the $15, 000 lump of ambergris.- Thus is it proved that grand opera is a terrible strain on the inventive powers of the press agent. The statement of the comptroller of the currency that a dollar bill usually last about fourteen months is not in line with experience out this way. A dollar bill lasts just long enough to go downtown. A boy, mistaken by an enthusiastic hunter for an opossum, was shot and killed. One remarkable thing abouv, these accidents, which now make a regular feature of the shooting season, Is the accurate aim of the hunter whw never fails to hit when ho aims at a mistake. NEWS OF SCU H CAROLINA -atest News of General Interest That Has Been Collected From Many Towns and Counties. Lexington.?The 9-year-old daughtei >f Mr. and Mrs. Luther Sharpe, who i *eside about six miles south of Pel ! on, was accidentally burned to death. : Mrs. Sharpe and the young girl were washing in the yard and in some man aer the daughter's doming caught fire ind before aid could reach her 'she was fatally burned. Chester. ? Twenty-four applicants , 'or the Hcensed pharmacist degree, ! twenty-two white and two colored, were examined nere Dy me siaie uoa.ru Df pharmaceutical exauiiners, who will look ovgr the papers immediately and ! give out the results to the press in the near future. The next meeting of the board will be held at Bennettsville In March. Orangeburg.?Fire hroke out in the boys' dormitory at Orangeburg college and some damage was done to the roof of the building and water damage. : Had it not been for the valiant work i of the local firemen the fire may have been very destructive. The building j Is a three stroy frame building. The I loss is covered by insurance, except 1 the water damage suffered by students. Chester.?Although Postmaster J. W. Dunovant has three more years tc I serve, as is duly attested by the com mission issued him a few months ago,. and signed by President Taft, there I are already several Democrats edging ' up to the pie counter and signifying their willingness and desire to serve the community as postmaster. Peti tions are being freely circulated. Abbeville.?A fire in Lowndesvllle destroyed the store occupied by Mart Speer and three 60-foot poles on the ' power line of the Savannah River Pow ; er company. When the poles fell the electric current was cut off from Ab beville' and Greenwood. The powei company says the line will be up soon The lack power to run small mo tors has ceased considerable incon 1 venience. i Laurens.?The county, state anc national elections being out of the way, interest is beginning to be direct ed toward the next municipal contest At present two candidates are ,m the field for mayor, Clarance M. Babb, the incumbent, and John M. Cannon. Mr Babb has been honored with the office three terms and is making a quiet though active, campaign for re-elec tion. Columbia.?In making a heroic at tempt to save his dog, a silky-hairec setter, from the wheels of a train Robert E. Kirby, a grocer, who livei at 612 Lady street, narrowly escape< with his life, while out hunting along the line of the C., N. & L. railroad about five miles from Columbia. Mr Kirljy's left foot was crushed, and an amputation may be necessary. Hii dog was killed by the train. Laurens.?Since it became known s few days ago that R. A. Cooper, solic itor of this district, bad decided tc enter the lists for appointment to tht district attorneyship for South Caro v,{n frionHn hprp and elsewhere in the state have been quite active it promoting his claims for the position At a meeting of the Laurens Bar as sociation, called for the purpose, he was formally endorsed by the mem bers for the appointment. Lancaster.?Hollis Truesdale, a ne grc tenant on .the Stogner farm neai tow.n, was fired upon from ambush as he was approaching the home of Ed Blackman, another negro. Direct]} after the shooting, Blackmon was seen running away from the premises, and this, together with the fact that there had been demonstrations of animosity between these two' negroes prior tc this difficulty makes suspicion point strongly to Blackmon as the guilty party. Manning.?A bold robbery was per netrated in Manning when Thomas I Nimmer's store was entered and rob ! bed of about $200 worth of goods, in : eluding a number of sacks of rice, flour, a lot of meat, tobacco, some fruit and several boxes of fine cigars. Entrance was effected by forcing open I a window shutter at the rear of the store, removing the glass from a sasb and thus jnaking an opening large ; enough for a small person to get : through and remove the heavy bar that fastened the door. Darlington.?In the primary election held here to nominate a mayor and aldermen to serve for (the next two : years, Col. E. R. Cox received 115, A. j Hyman 134 and S. A. Woods 72 votes. A second race will be run between j Cox and Hyman in the near future. Aiken.?Dr. Adam Hayne of Colum bia, State health officer, addressed the Aiken County Medical society at its meeting on "Malarial Fever." The ! members of city council and of the Aiken board of heatlh attended the meeting in a body, and the meeting j was also open to any citizens who de i sired to attend. | Sumter.?Sumter is now, receiving regular railroad service over three great systems, the Attaniic Coast Line, I :he Southern railway and the Seaboard Air Line, for recently a regular pas senger service was inaugurated over j the South Carolina Western, a branch ; of the Seaboard Air Line. Columbia.?The governor has nam ed a commission to make a report on j the question of annexing part of Lex ington county to Kicniana county. me members of the commission are G. P. | Lowman, Ballentine; J. G. Hiller, Chapin; J. P. Richardson, White Rock, j and J. W. Bouknight, Ballentine. Anderpon.?The condition of V. B. I Cheshire, who was shot and wounded by W. J. Muldrow, was regarded by at tending physicians as more favorable. His breathing is better and he is rest i ing easier. Lextington.?Farmers from every I section of the county state that this is indeed a busy season; that in some ; sections much cotton is still in the ! fields and that hands are scarce and hard to obtain at any price. On ac count of the hort corn crop, much small grain is being sown, and the j indications are that this crop will at tract more attention than ever before. J USING MAILS TO PROMOTE CRIM INAL PRACTICES IS THE CHARGE. 173 PERSONS ARE INVOLVED urmca oiaxcs inspectors ma*e Mi rests in Many States?Prominent Men Involved. Washington.?A nation-wide raid involving the practically simultaneous arrests of 173 persons in the princi pal cities of the country, was made by postoffice inspectors and United States marshals upon doctors and drug concerns charged with the mis use of the mails to solicit criminal medical practice, or to dispose of medicines and instruments connected ( with such practice. The raid, the most extensive and far-reaching ever made by any de partment of the government, was un der the personal direction of Post master General Hitchcock and Chief Inspector Robert S. Sharp of the post office department. So carefully had its details been guarded that until the first of the arrests were_ made at Indianapolis, practically nothing was KI1UWX1 <JL LUC ?UiCiuui&ui,o VVU templated action. Working with clock-like precision, the inspection force spread over 22 states, carried out the pre-arranged plans and the postofflce department has received word ti.it nearly all of the designated persons have been ar rested. Chief Inspector Sharp and a large part of his force of 390 inspectors had been engaged for seven months, un der the orders of the postmaster gen eral in working up the scores of in dividual cases in which arrests were made. Many of those taken into custody were members of prominent whole sale and retail drug concerns, or phy sicians well known in their own com munities. The government will prosecute the cases vigorously, according to a state ment by Postmaster General Hitch cock. "The work of the postofflce inspec tors is the culmination of the cru sade instituted more than t&o years ago against the fraudulent and un lawful use of the mails,", said Mr. Hitchcock. 'In that comparatively . brief time we have wiped out of exist- [ ence concerns which have mulcted the people of this country out of more than one hundred million dollars by frauds perpetrated through the use of the mails, and the courts have sent many of the promoters of the fraud ulent sceheme to the penitentiary, where they are now serving time. The wide publicity given to the arrests made will do more to put an end to this particular sort of criminality than any number of practically unknown prosecutions of widely - separated cases." BRYAN KEEPS HANDS OFF Denies That He Would Confer With ; Wilson About Cabinet. Waycross, Ga.?Regarding the pub lished reports from Bermuda, William Jennings Bryan denied "flatly that he . would go to confer with Mr. Wilson about cabinet officers. He said: "With regard to the statement of , Governor Wilson, tendering .me a place in his cabinet, I have already answer- , ed that question. I do not know why ( it should be necessary to answer some new rumor every day. The public ( knows that Wilson has gone to Ber- . muda to rest and that he is not select ing his cabinet. They ought to let , him do the selections and not spend the time in guessing, and if they do guess, I see no reason why I should , spend my time discussing their guesses. I have not conferred with Wilson since the election, and have j never discussed with him at any time ( any person in connection wl!h any of- , flees. I have no intention of going to Bermuda. This answers all-rumors upto date, and I hope I may be able to reach Miami before there is an other." "Dead" Husband Faces "Widow." Independence, Kans.?Mrs. Eveline Stalnaker, suing the Modern Wood men lodge of Independence, to force payment of a $20,000 policy on ner husband's life, was confronted by Stal- ( naker In the district court here. The i case was dismissed with the costs i assessed against Mrs. Stalnaker. Mrs. Stalnaker earlier had taken the stand, i She said her husband was the broth- i er of her first husband and that when she married him he was 19 years old i and she 40. In 1904, she related, he left her and she claimed he was dead. Nuns Save Girls as Convent Burns. Washington, Ga. ? One hundred girls narrowly escaped death when the St. Joseph's academy, the only Catholic college exclusively for girls In Georgia, was totally destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at $75, 000. The conflagration was discov ered at 3:30 o'clock in the morning by Miss Jennie Hollenshead, aged 16. a student, who spread the arm and probably saved the lives of many of the inmates. Sisters Secelia. Raphael and Vita formed the girls In line and led them to safety. Slashes Throat Before His Wife. Macon, Ga.?Despondent over con tinued ill health, Dr. Alphonso R. Price, a veterinary surgeon and the brother of the late Daisey Price, one time mayor of Macon, slashed his throat with a caseknife while sitting in his home, 354 Edgewood avenue, in i the presence of his wife and several friends and neighbors. He was rush ed to the Macon hospital and, after examination, the attending physician stated there is little hope of recov *ry. This is the first portrait taken of Viscount Haldane, former British sec retary for war, in the robe and wig of his new office, that of lord chancel 50.000 WHS CAPIURED MONASTIR, THE GREAT MOSLEM STRONGHOLD, IS FORCED TO SURRENDER. Powers Once More Asked to Stop the War?Cholera Is Raging in Turkish Army. Belgrade, Servia.?The Turkish fortress of Monastir has surrendered to the Servian troops. Fifty thousand Turkish soldiers and three gene.-als laid down their arms. Monastir is the headquarters of the Sixth Turkish army corps, command ed byAFethi Pasha, but many other Turkish troops, fleeing from surround ing towns which had been captured by the Servians, concentrated there. Djavid Pasha, the commander of the Seventh Turkish army corps, went there with many of his soldiers after the fall of Uskup to the Servians. i'etm fasna, iormer mrju?n miuio ter to Belgrade, was one of the first to hand over his sword. At the be- < ginning of the war he made the re- | mark: "We wiil sOon invite our j friends to dinner in Belgrade." j London, England.?Any idea that ( the Turkish government may . have , had of benefiting by continued re- , sistance must be shattered by the ( news of the fall of Monastlr. In the , capture of that important town the , Servians took three pashas, including the commander-in-chief, Zekkl Pasha, ( 50,000 men and forty-seven guns, thus ( achieving the greatest Individual sue- , cess of the war. , With cholera and typhus raging , within her demoralized army, and a ( powerful enemy hammering at her gates, Turkey again appeals to the . allies for ternys. ( EIGHT TRAINMEN ARE KILLED ! Through Passenger Trains Collide In 1 North. Carolina. Norlina, N. C? Eight trainmen were killed and three badly injured near here when Seaboard Air Line through passenger traina running be tween New York and Jacksonville, Fla., collided head-on. Both locomo tives and three passenger coaches were demolished. Further deaths and injuries were prevented by the fact that there were no' passengers in the coaches demolished. The wreck, which occurred seven miles north of here, happened at four o'clock in the morning just as train No. 81, southbound, was coming out of a long curve in a deep fill. Both trains were running at full speed and the engineer of neither could have seen the approach of the other for more than a minute before the crash. The wreckage did not catch fire and there was no panic among the passengers. snoruy aner me wiwn. u^uhcu, j nearby farmers brought coffee to the ( scene for the benefit of the chilled ( passengers and injured. One of the women passengers was ^ hurled backward from her berth to the compartment back of her. She , tore a hole through the thin partition, , but escaped injury. . Hebrew Farmers '.n Convention. New York.?The fourth annual con vention of the Federation of Jewish , Farmers of America opened here with delegates ^ in attendance, repre- j senting fifty local societies scattered ( over seven states. All the problems ( confronting the 1,000 Jewish farmers j in the Eastern states will be discuss- , ed. Supreme Court Justice Samuel1 J Greenbaum, president of the educa- , tional alliance, welcomed the aeie- ( gates. He congratulated them for re turning to the occupation of their , forefathers. Holy Jumpers Hurt. Durham, N. C.?One woman was fa tally injured and a score of women and men seriously burned or bruised when an overturned lamp set fire to ( a building in which the I-Ioliness church, sometimes known as the ] "Holy Jumpers," was holding its an nual convention. A panic followed. Mrs. Jud Pope, one of the many who jumped from the second stor;* win dows, is expected to die. Some dele- ' gates were burned as thev fought their way out of the build'ng, and J others were injured by falling glass. ^ Foot Powder for U. S. Soldiers Washington.?The war department, which is looking after the feet of en- ( listed men with renewed vigilance, , has just ordered through the surgeon general's office 30,000 cans of foot powder to be used in connection with ( adhesive plaster, both of which ar- - tides will be supplied on requisition ( of medical officers. The provisions of the general order, which provides for | the proper protection of the feet of i enlisted men. have attracted wide at- | lention in the militatry service. IN CAPTURES POLIGE STATION FOR HOURS MANIAC HOLDS PO LICE FORCE AND THE COURT , OFFICERS AT BAY. HAD AN INFERNAL MACHINE Terror Reigned in Los Angelese Po lice Headquarters and in the City Jail. Los Angelese, Cal.?Armed with an infernal machine, containing enough dynamite to destroy an entire city lock, a bottle of nitroglycerine and i 45-calibre revolver, a masked man took possession of the Central po lice station, and held it for more than an hour, wh'\e hundreds of occupants Df the building and those f.. * blocks firound, panic-stricken, sought safety 1 , When Detective James OHosick 1 knrcked the man unconscious with a < leather "billy," after slipping up be- - hind him, the fuse of the infernal ma- . shine was automatically ignited, but Detective Samuel L. Brown grabbed the box, with its fuse sharply splut tering, and hurled it into the street. > Sticks of high power dynamite scat tered over the pavement, while hun ireds of spectators stood apparently paralyzed by fright Through a freak j Df chance, there was no explosion, md Brown continued kicking the sticks of dynamite and jumping on the fuse until he had broken the con aection and extinguished the Are. Davis entered the outer office of 3hief of Police Sebastian. His face ind head were completely covered with a grotesque mask Manacled to a cot in fXe receiving iospital the would-be dynamiter, who ?ave his name as Albert Henry Davis, is suffering with several severe scalp svounds, but the police surgedns say his injuries are not serious. INTEREST IN THE SOUTHWEST Many People Receiving Information About This Section. Chicago.?Great interest about the Southeastern states was aroused by the exhibits made this fall by the Southern railway system at Northern .'airs and expositions, over a quarter 3f a million desirable people seeking ind receiving information regarding the resources and opportunities of the Southeast, according to reports received from' representatives of the railway in charge of the exhibits. The various exhibits made extended Dver a period of two months and in cluded the country north of the Ohio river from New York nad Pennsylva nia to Iowa. There were twenty seven separate exmoits maae ac dis trict and county fairs in the North ern states in addition to a fine dis play put in at the Canadian Interna tional exhibition at Toronto. The ex hibits everywhere attracted attention, ks a rule visit-re pronounced them 5ner than those made gy local ex hibitors', and it was usual to hear the statement from a man that he had no idea that the Southeast was a country of such wonderful resources ind opportunities. - The fine displays jf fruit, of corn, wheat and other grains, and the showing about other | products of the Southern soil were things that especially appealed to | ;reat numbers of Northern farmers. Not less than two representatives Df the Southern railway and its as- { sociated lines were present at each ? Df ttlOSe exniDHS, expx&Jinug uuuur ^ tions in the Southeast and the oppor- j. tunities offered to the homeseeker as f cvell as the attraction of the South- i jrn country for Investors or for visit- ^ jrs. Reports of these agents show . :hat the total attendance at the va rious fairs and exhibits visited ^ imounted to over 1,830,000 people, ? :hat about 240,000 visited the South ?rn railway exhibits, over 70.000 peo- ^ ?le were personally talked with about :he Southeast and nearly 250.000 cop- c es of literature advertising this sec- j iion were distributed. In addition to r :hese exhibits special dairy exhibits r were made at the Chicago and Water- f !oo, Towa, exhibition, and a special ^ exhibit on live stock opportunities g trill be made at the International Live j Stock exhibition at Chicago in De- t member. f Terrell Buried at Old Home. Greenville, Ga.?The body of Joseph Meriwether Terrell, former governor r ind United States senator, who died j n Atlanta, was buried in the old cem- j. stery here. The interment was at- ? ? Vinnrirorts nf Oeoreians who r .CI1UCU lJ J uu?M. v?.w w ^ lad known and honored Mr. Terrell t since his early manhood and had a watched his love and Interest his rise ( in life. The funeral was held In the 3reenville Baptist church. Among the j pallbearers and the honorary escort ^ were many Atlanta friends who ac- s ;ompanied the body from Atlanta. r Respite Is Granted Aliens. Richmond. Va.?The date for the execution of Floyd Allen and his son, Claude S. Allen, for participation in v ihe Hilsville courthouse murders, was c ~ * ^ ?? ? i postponed tiy Uoveruur inciiiu 11 "ii. S'overnber 22 to December 13. The t respite was granted so that Claude a Mien might take an appeal to the s United States supreme court on the r constitutional ground that his life had r twice been placed In jeopardy. In r announcing the stay of execution r Sovernor Mann said he granted it upon request of Judge Staples. c Four "Gunmen'' Found Guilty. New York.?"Gyp the Blood," "Lef ty Louie," "Dago Frank" and "Whitev a Lewis" killed Herman Rosenthal, the c gambler, at the instigation of Charlese j Becker and must pay the penalty of ? [leath in the electric chair. The jury { which has been hearing the evidence j aga'nst the four gunmen so decided, , when it returned a verdict of murder t in the first degree, after but 20 min- t utes of deliberation. The gunmen i heard the verdict pronounced against t them without show of emotion. . FRANCIS G. NEWLANDS United States Senator Newlands of Nevada presided over the delibera tions of the national Irrigation con* jress In Salt Lake Cfty. 10 PREPARE II HIUIIA \CTING SECRETARY OLIVER IN VITES CO-OPERATION IN WAR COLLEGE PLANS. mportant Move Proposed by War De. partment to Governors of All States.^ Washington.?One of the most im jortant moves In recent years to pre )are the national militia for use in ime of war is proposed in letters iddressed by Acting Secretary Oliver :o the governors ^ of all the states ind territories, inviting their co-oper lHOn in me wax uuuege piauo iui wo >rganization of the militia into sixteen .actical divisions. The letters point out that it the nilitia is to be used as a field force sffectively in war time, it can only be lone by this system of divisions and ;hat to insure the proper working of ;he plan all of.tbe details should be worked but in time of peace. In the outline of the sixteen di visions no place is given to separate jompanies of infantry, which, it is said, should be absorbed into regi nents or other larger organizations, ("ii-lrl armies wmild ho formed hv the grouping of two or more divisions of ;he militia or by combining one or ;wo divisions of milita with one of egular troops. RegijJar organizations would form :he fourth brigade of any division as signed to a field army, for the reason :hat the organized militia is localized vhile the regular army must go any vhere lJpon call. Some money will be available for :he assistance of siate authorities. The var department also proposes to de ain inspector instructors to assist the itate officials and war material for :he militia will be distributed and stored in suitable depots to be at hand ocally when mobilization is ordered. General Oliver plans to have the Irst fou# of the sixteen tactical di visions composed entirely of tegular .roopfy with the District of Columbia nilitla assigned to duty as regulars. MOTHER AND CHILD KILLED i Vlrs. Bessie Lyic and Daughter Are Thrown Under Trolley. Atlanta.?Catapulted Into the air ram the tonneau of an automobile ind hurled underneath the tracks of i trolley car when It collided with ;er husband's machine directly in the ront of their Luckie street home, Urs. Bessie Lyle and her two-year >ld daughter, Margaret, were killed, ls they started on a pleasure trip Her husband, W. Richard Lyle, who vas at the steering wheel of the fatal luto, and their other daughter, Olivia, vho sat beside her father upon the ront seat, escaped unhurt Two wheels of the forward trucks >f the trolley car passed over the egs of the little girl, severing them rear the abdomen. The body of her nother was wedged underneath the ront platform and dangerously near he trucks. Mr. Lyle, seizing the imall tire pack from the toolbox of lis wrecked automobile, "jacked" up he forward end of the car to extri :ate his injured wife. Father Causes Boy's Death. Mount Vernon, Ind.?Parental ad nonition resulted in the death of talph Conner, aged 11. The boy and lis brother, McKinley, aged 14, were ;oing nutting. The father urged the >lder boy to take a gun with them 0 be used in case they should meet 1 n:ad dog that had been terrorizing he neighborhood. The boys had flu id up their sacks, and McKinley had )icked up the gun to start home, i-hen it was discharged, the contents itriking the younger brother in the leek. He died in 30 minutes. Storm Sweeps Over Jamaica. Kingston, Jamaica. ? The storm vhich struck sections of Jamaica in licate that great damage has been lone. Banana planters seem to be he heaviest losers, although railway md telegraph properties also have mffered greatly. Telegraph and rail oad communication generally is de noralized, making it difficult to esti nate the exact state of afffairs in >arts of the island. Reports say a mrricane passed over the northwest :oast of Jamaica " " Moonshine Leaders in Prison. Nashville, Tenn.?Melvin Dodson ind Luther Roberts of Van Buren :ounty, alleged to be members of a ' jowerful gang of moonshiners, which lome months ago fought a desperate )attle with revenue officers, were! jrought here and placed in jail. They vere indicted at the recent session of federal court at Cookeville for at empting to assassinate G. S. Marsh i posseman. Both men were held ir he sum of $10,000 to answer to the lext term of Federal court. < CONGftESS HAS GlVEfc %200/XX) IU fLAtt lAULtlS UVLK SOUTHERN SOLDIERS REPQRT OF GENERAL BERRY The Suggestion Came Originally From Late President Mckinley in a Speech Made in the South.?Report Will Be Transmitted to Congress. i . Washington.?So far as an earnest andv careful search by one of their own leaders on the field of battle can assure, every Coitfederate soldier and sailor who died in a Northern miaon and was buried nearby now. lies be neath a headstone or monument of marble. Gen. James H. Berry, ex Senator from Arkansas, the only sur viving member of the commission en trusted by Congress with this task, has just reported the completion of his work to the Secretary of War. i The suggestion that the National Government mark ihese long-neglect ed graves came originally from the late President McKinley in the course of one of his speeches delivered 'in the South and took form in an act of Congress of March 9, 1906. This ap propriated $200,000 ror marking the graves and created a commission to uv LilO rr Ui CL. ill LIIC paoi olA y KXXIQ IWU commissioners ex-Representative El liott of South Carolina, and Governor Oates of Alabama, have passed away, and it has remained for General Ber ry, one of the few' living Confederate .Generals, to carry out the work. General Berry's report will be transmitted to Congress. It shows that the Geenral found end marked by headstones and tablets the bodies 6t 99 P.Afifofiorftfn rlaaH Ifi/tlnHlnff *11 .positively known to fall within the terms of the act. In every case where it was possible each of these graves was marked with a white marble headstone similar to those placed over the graves in the Confederate section of Arlington National Cemetery. . . Thompson is Sworn In. Washington.?Carmi A. Thompson was sworn In as Treasurer of the United States, succeeding Lee Mc Clung. In accepting his commission from Secretary MacVeagh, Mr. Thomp- j son said he would retire from political life with President Taft on March 4. The( committee appointed by Secre tary MacVeagh to count money and securities in the Treasury in order to . verify the accounts of the retiring Treasurer, has taken entire charge of the caults and safes. Guilty of Second Degree Murder. Wytheville, Va.?Siaaa Alien, leadei of the clan w.hich shot up the Carroll, county'court at HillsviUe last March, resulted in the death of five persons, was found guilty of murder In th* sec ond degree for the killing of Judge Thornton Massie. The jury fixed the penalty at fifteen years in the peni? tentiary. * War Cry Raised in Canton. Chicago.?A special dispatch to the Chicago Daily News from Canton, China, says: "Th?? governor general has designated Lieut. Gov. Chank Wing Ming cofiimander ot the CaAtoneae force going to Mongolia to hold the territory of the' republic. Red Cross societies are preparing to follow the army. 'Let us fight and end once for all these foreign invasions,' is the war cry that has been raised in Canton. Will Review Trust Busting Record Washington.?A complete resume of the "trust" prosecutions program of President Taft's administration, will be contained in the forthcoming annual report of Attorney General Wickersham. Particular emphasis will be laid upon the anti-trust record of the past four years among which 70 anti-trust suits were instituted, while the combined total of the administra tions of Presidents Harrison, Cleve land, McIIinley and Roosevelt was 62. M/Mtcu Cnr RftaH Wnrlr i n Washington?The $500,000 appropri ated by congress for improvement of roads will be distributed equitably among the states that co-operate with the federal government in this work. The question! has been under discus sion by the cabinet and it has been agreed that the amount shall be al lotted among all the states on the basis of $10,000 to each state that agrees to spend on its part $20,000 of its own funds. It is anticipated that a number of states will not be able to raise the required amount. Want Positions in Consular Service. Washington. ? Aspirants for posi- ' tions in the consular service already are bombarding the state department and members of congress for appoint ment to foreign shores, atlhough the service is one of 'he most difficult branches of the government to achieve. Applicants for foreign com mercial posts must pass an extremely rigid examination must be versed in at least one language other than their native tongue and are examined along ti any other lines, both commercial and academic. Uncle Sam Bread Basket of World. Washington.?The United States is still the "bread basket of the world," according to the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, which issued a report showing that this country is furnishing foodstuffs to other nations at a rising ratio. While the exports of corn and meal fell off sharply, more than one hundred million bush els of wheat were sent abroad the past ten months as against eighty three millions during all of last year. The heavy wheat exports, were off set by the decline in other products. - - .