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Mi?1> ABBEVILLE, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1914 $1.50 A YEAR UNEASINES3I IS APPARENT AMONG CONSTITUTION ALISTS AGENTS OFFICIALS SILENT Carranza is Taking His Own Time About Answering As To His Attitude Washington, June 29.?In Washing ton tonight mediation and the Mexican revolutionary situation both appeared to be in a somewhat unsettled state. Agents of General Carranza confer red frequently. Rafael Zubaran, chief aerent in Washington, left tonight for New York on a secret mission. Luis Cabrera, chief constitutionalist expon ent of the proposed conferences with / Huerta and American representatives by commission from Carranza, also announced he might go to New York in a few days. Carranza's representative denied any first hand knowledge of reports that Villa had withdrawn with his ar my from Zacatecas to Torreon or of dispatches from the border indicating that the breach between Villa and Carranza had widened. It was appa rent, however, that there was con siderable uneasiness among consti tutionalists. Alfredo Breceda, after a conference with Mr. Zubaran and Mr. Cabrera, telegraphed to General Car ranza for information as to develop ments within the constitutionalists ranks. He said tonight that he had re ceivea no repiy. Jfo Discussion. Administration leaders would not dscuss recent developments. President Wilson told callers that he still held to his determination not to talk about Mexico. Secretary Bryan also was si lent Luis Cabrera today declared he be lieved General Carranza would send delegates to the proposed conferences to consider the plans for a provisional government. He said he thought General Carranza would have consult ed his vgenerals, who were parties to the plan of Guadaloupe, within a day or two and that a definite answer would be received soon afterward. Washington government officials as , well as constitutionalists agents here, expressed interest in the report from Mexico City that Sir Lionel Carden had advised British subjects to lea\;e Mexico. Both, however, explained this action as a measure of safety re ?1x?* o nnrnfl r?h SUliailL irUlii IUC vvutiuuwu u^/^? v?v.. of the revolutionary armies upon Mexico City and the general uneasi ness over the fact that the mediation conference at Niagara Falls has failed thus far to bring about the composi tion of Mexican affairs. Will Await Message. Fernando Iglesias, chief of the Lib- 1 eral party in Mexico, and his asso- 1 ciate, Leopoldo Hurdato, who have 1 been in Washington several days, said 1 tonight they would remain here await- I Ing word from Carranza rs to what ! he intends to do with respect to med- i iation. Mr. Iglesias, who usually has , been referred to as Calderon, expain ed that his family name was Iglesias. j > He said Carranza had selected him as ( a delegate to the proposed informal consultation over Mexican affairs if it is to be-held. Belief prevailing in some quarters ' here that General Carranza eventually would decide to send mediation dele gates was said to be due to the fact that such a course had been strongly recommended to him by some ol his y advisers here. One of the arguments presented to General Carranza was that an infor mal discussion between his delegates and those of Huerta could do no harm to his cause even if no final agree i ?ohrtniH hp rpaclied. meat ui any ouu In the event there should be no yield ing by the Huerta delegates, it wa3 argued the military movements could be carried forward with undiminished vigor. It also was poiated out that arguments presented by the constitu tionalist representatives in conversa tional form during an 'nformal con ference would not be ?o likely to cause embarrassment or misinterpre tation in any quarter as would any declarations of purpose which might be given out as a result of formal communications. In the third place, it was suggested that the meeting be tween Carranza's delegates and those of Huerta, even if not conclusive of definite results, might lay the basis for a platform on which Mexico's in ternal affairs could be adjuslcd. Suicide In Colombia. Columbia, June 29.?R. A. Kelley, a Columbia grocer, committed suicide this morning in a local Hotel by drinking carbolic acid. He went to the wash room of the Imeprial and drank a large bottle of the deadly ac id. Walking back to the lobby he dropped into a chair and expired. Congressional Itinerary. Itinerary of candidates for Congress in Third Congressional District: Newberry, July 27th. Greenwood, July 28th. Abbeville, July 20th. Anderson, July 30th. Walhalla, July 31st. Pickens, August 1st. IIY ou can always deppnd on the rubber Roods you get at Mil ford's. Every piece is guaranteed and your money is still yours if the article proves unsatisfactory. ' . - \ y... . UNANIMOUSLY IS TERM REBELLION VOTED AS EMPTY Congress Removes the Statute Against Payment of South ern Claims Washington, June 29.?With an un usual demonstration, the House to day unanimously passed a bill to re peal the section of the revised stat utes which prohibits the payment of accounts, claims or other obliga tions against the United States in fa vor of any one who encouraged or sustained or in any way favored the "rebellion." The measure would open up claims of various kinds aggregating $165,000 from West Point graduates who were afterwards officers in the Confedera cy. r -presentative Graham told the Houst he had found stored away on the judiciary calendar this bill to re move penalties from men who had fought in the South. "The half century or more which has passed," said Mr. Graham, "has brought together the warring com batants of Gettysburg to weep and cheer in unison on that fateful field. Let's wipe from the statute books the offspring of the feelings which bitter strife engendered." The measure was passed promptly without a dissenting vote and en thusiastic applause came from both sides of the chamber,. CLARK HOWELL rrit wr-? r\ a r%ir v i/\nnn i 11L UAKIS, nUK3?i In Case There Should be Dead lock in Gubernatorial Situ ation in Georgia Atlanta, Ga., June 29.?If there is a deadlock in the Georgia state con vention when the hour for choosing the next governor arrives it will be broken by the election of Clark How ell of Atlanta, publisher of the Atlan ta Constitution, according to politi cians who say they know whereof they speak. "It isn't at all unlikely that no can didate will go before the convention with a cjear majority," said the spokesman of one little knot of law makers and political dotfesters in the Kimball corridor. "An I've got it pretty straight that if Randolph An derson and Judge Nat Harris find neither of them can reach the plum they will tyave their supporters com bine on Mr. Howell and he will go into office without the trouble of a race." Naturally the friends here of neither candidate would admit there was anything in the report of a con templated compromise. It is still a otaa/1 nrotr oViqoH tn + V?o rnnvpntinn hut buvu WMVWU vvr V?v vx/M ? if there is a deadlock the prophecy of mid-June might "Vvell be remembered. Judge Ernest Gary Dead. A telegram reached Abbeville yesterday announcing the death of Judge Ernest Giry, of Columbia. The news, was re c 'ived with sadness by many friends here, as it will doubtless be received all over the State. Few men so successfully combined the pleasant address and affable disposi of the man with the dignity of the office. Judge Gary was a learned judge, a just judge and a merciful judge. He was an agreeable companion and had friends all over the State who looked forward with pleasure to his visits on the.circuit. Judge Gary had been sick for more than a year ana ne naa oeen iu ror more man two months. Dr. Wilson Moves to Due West. Lowndesville, 6. C., June 25, 1914. Dr. J. D. Wilson, who has practiced med icine for about sixteen years in Lowndes ville, has moved his family to Due West to' educate his children,1 Dr. Wilson has been most successful in his chosen profession. He threw his whole soul and energy iato his profession, and was untiring in his efforts to help all those who patronized him. Honesty and integ rity combined with Christianity is his char acter. We wish iior him and his the high est success in the^ir new field. This leaves th^ people of Lowndesville in need of a goofl up-to-date* physician. ' A Friend. At th^i Opera House. I TO-NIGHT. "Soul of Horfor." A two-reel War Dra ma. / "When Wheels of Justice Clogged." A good Westerji. { THURSDAY. "snortys xrip to Mexico." a two-reei Western. ( "His Enenyy." A good Drama. / FRIDAY. "Drifting Hearts." A good Beauty Com edy. "Song Off jthe Shore." A good Drama. "Her Friend the Bandit." This is one of those great Keystone comedies. ) SATURDAY. "Tennesseey" This is a great picture that you should not miss. "Tango Troubles." A great Royal Com edy. j SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN. The itinerary for the Senatorial campaign follows: Lancaster, Wednesday, July 1. Yorkville, Thursday, July 2. Gaffney/ Friday, July 3. Spartamburg, Saturday July 4. ) SUMMONED TO IEW ORLI WASHINGTON HEALTH ARMY TO HELP STAMP OUT DISEASE NEW YORK GUARDS Officials All Around Guarding Against the Spread of the Bubonic Plague New Orleans, June 29.?With the introduction o? a joint resolution in the two houses of the general assem bly at Baton Rouge today authorizing the governor to borrow $150,000 to be expended in the fight on the bubonic plague here, and the inauguration of a rigid quarantine of the infected dis trict this afternoon by local author ities,preliminary steps toward stamp ing out the contagion were well ad vanced. The quarantine established by city health authorities around four blocks in the vicinity of the Industrial Home of the Volunteers of America, where the two cases so far reported were discovered, is backed by armed j guards. Only bread winners will be allowed ingress or egress to the^juar antined district, which includes some of the large French markets, and a number of commission and wholesale houses. Those permitted to cross the dead line must report three timse a day for inspection. Control Hoped For. While it is now believed here that the situation is well in hand stringent precautionary measures will be tak en. A campaign for the extermina tion of rats in the city will begin to morrow . morning.; Federal authorities will take part in the fight against the disease. Sur geon General Rupert Blue, of the nublic health service, and two ex perts from Washington will come here to aid the local authorities. Health departments of a number of Southern States have telepgraphed Dr. Dowling, state health officer, pre ferring assistance. So far only two cases of plague have been reported, one death result ing. Alarm was caused today by re ports of the discovery of two more cases in a different part of the city. The reports proved to be erroneous. Washington, June 29.?Surgeon General Blue, of the public health service, will go to New Orleans to take charge of the campaign there against bubonic plague. One death and one other case have been re ported. After receipt of a telegram today from Oscar Dowling, president of the Louisiana board of health, the treasury department ordered the sur geon general to take charge of the situation. Dowling reported bacteri ological confirmation of the two cases. The public health service, however, will make it-sown examina tion. No Serious Danger. Surgeon General Blue said today that neither the city of New Orleans nor the territory surrounding was in any danger, but that it was advisable that the federal government take sharp movements. Apparatus for rat catching and fumigation are being sent to New Orleans and a corps of experts in plague eradication, includ ing Surgeo.i Creell, of the public health service, will carry out the sur geon general's plans. As a precautionary measure to pre vent the spread of the infection by shipping, Surgeon General Blue to day sent warnings to health authori ties of the Atlantic coast states and to those of the Mississippi river states as iar norm as lowa, suggesting inai they take up the work of rodent erad-. tcation actively. Advice Given. Municipal health officials who have asked for aid are being furnished got into communication with Solicitor methods to prevent the spread of the infection will be put in force imme diately at New Orleans. ? New York, June 29.?Health Officer of the Port Joseph J. O'Connell to nighmt declared quarantine against New Orleans on receipt of advices that several cases of the bubonic plague had been discovered in that city." Similar action was taken with regard to Santiago, Cuba, weher cases of the plague were reported. The health officer notified steam ship companies having vessels en route from New Orleans to New York to direct the captains by wireless to report to him on arrival for visita tion, inspection and fumigation. Ships from Santiago de Cuba will be similarly treated. Besides New Orleans and Saniago the plague is said to have been pre vaiuiiL in navaiia. iui suuit; luumus, twenty-five cases having been report ed in that city. Austin, Texas, June 29.?Instruc tions to state port officials to observe the regular bubonic plague quara tine restrictions against New Or leans and all foreign ports which may have bubonic plague infection were issued today by State Health Officer Ralph Steiner. Mobile, Ala., June 29.?Dr. Charles A. Mohr, city health officer of Mobile, today was delegated by the Alabama state health officer, Dr. W. H. San ders, to visit New Orleans and assist in preventing the spread of bubonic plague on the Gulf coast. Vessels from New Orleans will not be allow ed to dock here without "r&t guards" on all hawsers. \ MEDIATION HAS , REACHED A VERY COMPLEX STATE Some of the Parties to Delibera tions Doubt the Final Suc cess of the Councils Niagara Falls, Ont., June 29?Me diation tonight is in a most complex state. Its principals are undetermin ed whether to adjourn formally or to recess and renew their efforts through the American jrovernment ' toward bringing the Constitutionalists and Huerta delegates into conference for the settlement of Mexico's internal problems, wnne tne signing or the se ries of protocols covering various phases of the international situation has brough forth confident expres sions from some quarters here that mediation has been a success, skepti cism has arisen among others vitally connected with the proceedings at to whether anything of value actually . has been accomplished. That war has been averted is gen erally admitted, but of the actual pa cification of Mexico, few here see any visible sign of progress. The protocols already signed, set forth in effect the conditions which . the United States will recognize a , new government in Mexico. Every- , thing, however, is conditioned on the j .establishment of a provisional gove- 1 ernment which must be the result of , with advice. The most approved factions. These have not yet been ! brought together. Some of the medi- ' ators doubt if they ever will be. llFlUED ; niirn nnnw UVtK BUUY JOE KELLY KILLED AT WIL LIAMSTON SHOT BY C. C. POORE i Greenville Authorities Refused Delivery of Body as Man Died in That County Probably due to the fact that C. C. Poore was named as policeman in the town of WilHamston ahnnt threp months ago, to replace Joe Kelly, a j row arose between those two men yesterday morning about 10:30 o'clock and Poore shot Kelly to death In an ^ alley way just next to the .main , business section of the town. The in jured man did not die instantly but expired while he was being carried j from Williamston to a Greenville hos pital. j Peering through the bars from his cell in the Anderson county jail yes- j terday, Poore did not present the us- ^ ual "murderer" appearance. Ner- , vously gripping the iron bars and looking at the reporter through his gold rimmed spectacles' he looked ^ more like a country merchant or j school teacher than a town policeman. When asked by a reporter to tell of the affair he spoke in a straight for ward manner. He said that he succeeded Kelly as | policeman in Williamston about three " months ago and that so far as he , knew this caused no ill-feeling to- j ward him on the part of Kelly. How- ( ever, according to the prisoner's story, Kelly was drinking Sunday night and . became disorderly on the main street , of Williamston, following which he, . as an officer, had to take Kelly in , charge. The latter put up bond for his ap- : pearance at Mayor's court and then, accordine to Poore. he was followed all over town by Kelly during the night but the officer managed to stay away from the infuriated man. Claims Self Defense. According to Poore's story, when he went on duty yesterday morning he was advised that Kelly was in a vic ious humor, but said that he paid but little attention to these reports. As he started to walk into a drug store on Main street Kelly saw him and called "Poore, I want to see you." He walked back to the sidewalk and : then Kelly motioned for him to follow into an alley. At this time it occurred to him that there might be some foul play brew ing and for that reason he claims that he told Kelly: "Joe I don't want , any trouble with you" whereupon Kel. ly is said to have replied. "Well, ?: there is going to be some trouble and we are going to settle this right now." 't Poore claims that he started to re treating from the alley way with Wollv fnllnwinp- him nnrl foarincr that Kelly might shoot, as he had both hands in his pockets, he demanded , that Kelly halt, saying "If you con- ; tinue I will shoot." Kelly did not , heed the command and then Poore fired his 38-calibre revolver. six times, four bullets taking effect near the heart and in the side causing death. Following the shooting relatives of < the injured man secured physicians and started for Greenville while Poore surrendered to Mayor Vance : Cooley. Mr. Cooley brought Poore to i Anderson and shortly after 12 o'clock i yesterday he was placed in the county < jail. When the train eached Greenville, carrying Kelly's dead body, the cor- i oner of Greenville county took charge i of it and when the Anderson officials 1 made request that it be sent back to ( MARTIAL LAW IS DECLARED IN SARAYEVO 1 MI IRDFR OF P.RANn niTlfF WAS ANTI-SERVIAN EX PRESSION STUDENTS RIOTING Demonstrations in Bosnian Cap ital Required Drastic Action By the Authorities Sarayevo, June 29.?A bomb thrown by a youth standing on the corner of the Main street here was the signal this morning for a serious anti-Ser vian outbreak which the troops found considerable difficulty in quelling. Martial law immediately was declared. The only damage done by the bomb was a sugtit injury to a passing Muss ulman. The rougher element, joined are regarded as legitimate contracts, by a numb6r of Croatian students, pa raded along the streets stoning the windows of Servian shops, clubs, schools and houses and looting the in teriors. The manifestants carried a potrait of the Emperior Francis Jo seph at their head. They sang the A.ustrain national anthen and attack ed everything Servian until they were lonfroL'.^d by an overwheming force >f soldiers. Martial law was proclaimed by beat 3f drum and the posting of placards. \11 the chief points of the city were sccupied by troops. Death Masks M*de. Death masks of the archduke and ,ne jjucness were taken today and :he bodies placed on a catafalque In .he chapel of the palace and sur ounded by a magnificent display of wreaths and other floral emblems Tom all parts of the country. According to the semi-official report )f the tragedy, when Gavrio Prinzip, he young assassin, fired the fatal shots, Count Francis Von Harrach vas standing on the footboard of the :ar acting as a shield to the occu rnnts of wjiom he had constituted limself the special bodyguard after be bomb bad been thrown a short ime before by Nedeljo Cabrinovics. Phe archduke was joking with the sount about his precautions when the ihot rang out. The aim of the assassin was so true hat each of the bullets' inflicted a nortal wound. Neither the archduke lor the Duchess uttered a sound but l moment later it was seen that they lad been hit. - ' Injured Improving. , Lieutenant Colon?(l Erik Merrizzi, vho had been wounded by the bomb n the first attack today was pronoun :ed out of danger, while the injury lustained by Count Von Boos-Waldeck s said to be insignificant. , Gabrinovics, ft was learned, today, lad been expelled from Sarayevo two rears ago, but had been recently per nitted to return through the inter vention of a socialist member of the Bosnian diet. The official account of the assassi lation issued today, after stating that :he deadly effect of the murderer's sullets was explained by the extreme closeness of the range proceeds: Dying Spoke to Each Other. "The Duchess of Hohenburg collap 3ep against her husband Field Mar shall Oskar Potiorek thought she had merely fainted from the shock. He was strengthened in this belief by the fact that the archduke and duchess exchanged a few words in a low voice. "It was not until the field marshal turned around after giving instruc tions to the chauffeur to proceed to the governor's palace that he noted the archduke, while still sitting quiet ly upright, had his open mouth full of blood. "When the car stopped before the palace the duchess was unconscious. After she had been lifted from the car the atrchduke collapsed in the seat. "The archduke died about a quarter of an hour afterward and a few min utes later the duchess expired without either of them regaining conscious ness." A report was ^current here today that the archduke's last words 'to his wife were: "Sophia, live for our chil dren." Williamston the Greenville coroner refused to do so. Solicitor Kurtz P. Smith was sum moned to Williamston and he at once Proctor Bonham of Greenville and that officer instructed the coroner of Greenville county to permit the bring. Ing back to Anderson of the body. The inquest began in Williamston last night, the jury returning a ver dict to the effect that the deceased came to his death from gun snoi wounds inflicted by C. C. Poore. The testimony introduced at the in quest differed somewhat from the statements that Poore made yester day. According to these statements, as reported by a man at the inquest, eye witnesses to the affair swore that before the shooting occurred Kelly told Poore "I haven't a thing in the world but my hands but they are all I need" and the testimony went on to show that Kelly was in his shirt sleev es and it could be seen that he had i ) gun. It was further testified that when Poore fired the first shot by standers ran toward him begging him not to shoot again but that he con tinued until his revolver was exhaust ed. It is said that feeling ran high in Williamston immediately after the shooting and that friends of Kelly might have attempted something rash had Poore not been rushed to the An ierson jail. I v r . . . $r NEW HAVEN MEN STAND INDICTED BY GRAND JURY Mellen, Former President of Road in the Lot?Serious Charges Are Brought - Cambridge, Mass., June 29.?Eigh teen persons, including Charles S. Mellen, former president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford, and the Boston and Maine Railroad Com panies; Frederick S. Moseley, of F. S. Moseley and Company, Boston brok ers; the late Ralph D. Gillett, of this wnr?a +a/1qv hr tho H_ V1V > "WV lllVUUWtU bUUWJ %JJ UUV iuiu~ dlesex county* grand jury on various charges in connection with the financ. ing of the Campden Railroad from Bondsville, to Springfield. Mr. Gil lett was president of the Hampdon Railroad. > ? The railroad was built a year ago as a link to connect the Central Mass achusetts division of the Boston and Maine with the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, but never has been operated, an attempt to obtain the legislature's consent to its lease to the Boston and Maine having failed. The indictments against Messrs. Mellen, Moseley and Gillett allege conspiracy to induce the. investment committees of the two banks to lend a total of $45,000 to the corporation. The notes securing the loans were endorsed by the Hampden Investment Company, organized by Mr. Gillett to finance the construction of the rail road, which cost approximately $4, 000,000. SOUTHERN SELLS ITS NEW BONDS I , ~ . ? And the Double Tracking of the Main Line is Now Practically " a Assured % Atlanta, Ga., June 29.?Within five years the management of the South ern Railway expects to have a double track line the entire distance?649 miles?from Washington to Atlanta. President Harrison has made , ar rangements for financing this great undertaking of immense importance to the entire south, and it is planned that the work shall go forward as rapidly as it is> possible to carry it on without interfering with the heavy freight and passenger traffic which moves over this line. The funds for this work will be provided by the, sale of $20,000,000 of bonds of the Atlanta & Charlotte Air line Railway Company, the is sue of which has been authorized and approved by the Georgia Railroad Commission. Of these bonds $5,500, 000 have already been sold and the proceeds will be used to refund an equal amount of Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line bonds now owned by the Southern Railway. This sum will be used by the Southern Railway in double tracking those portions of its line between Charlotte and Atlanta, which are still single tracks. This will involve a great deal of heavy "work, especially in the mountains of North Georgia, and will call for the expenditure of between $13,000,000 and $14,000,000. The single track lines north of Charlotte to be double tracked are as iolows: Orange* Va., to Amherst, Va., 73.99 miles; Whittle, Va., to Danville, Va., 22.09 miles; remain, .in. v,., ?,v Greensboro N. C? 37.14 miles; Con cord, N. C., to Harrisburg, N. C., 6.4 miles; a total of 139.62 miles. STORES TO CLOSE. We, the undersigned mercahnts of the city of Abbeville, agree to close our places of business on Monday, i July 6th, 1914. ? The L. -W. White Co. A. M. Smith. Cason and McAllister. * C. A. Milford & Co. P. B. Speed. Parker and Reese. [ Dr A. L. Harvin. x Haddon-Wilson Co. S. J. Link. Dr J. R. Nickles S. J. Link . J. R. Glenn. Rosenberg Mercantile Co. Dr. G. E. Calvert. Philson and Henry. Amos B., Morse Co : J S. Bov/ie. T. M. Miller. * A. M. Hill Co. H. H. DuPre Co. Mrs. Jas. S. Cochran. L. C. Haskell W. D. Barksdale. Cash Bargain Store. . ?. R. L. Mabry. ' ' ,i W. C. DuPre % Kerr Furniture Company. \ C. D. Brown, Jr. \ Abbeville Water & Light Office. The McMurray Drug Co. Peoples Bank. J. Allen Smith, Jr. T. H. Maxwell. "3F W G. Moore v W. A. Calvert. f ? $ D Poliakoff. E. R. Tomson. Y W. E. Johnson. " L. W. Keller & Bros. Acker Building & Repair Co. ~T Abbeville Lumber Co. * For Sale. A splendid cow, giving over a pound of butter per day. Young calf. Apply Press and Banner Oflice, m [ m ' h MEASURE TO CONTROL THE COTTON EXCHANGES IS CHANGED ABOUT ALTER CONTRACTS The House Votes for a Substitute For Carolina Senator's B31. After Debate Washington. June 29.?The House substituted the Lever bill for regula tion of cotton exchanges through pro hibitive taxes, for the Senate measure proposing regulation by means of prohibiting the use of the mails anil tbe telegraph lor co-called gambling transactions. The bouse put the bill through ntr dor suspension of rules by a vote of 84 to 21 and seat It to tbe "Senate. If the Senate faiit, to agree lothe substitute, the differences will be taken up in conference. Senator Smith, author of the Sen ate bill is now campaigning in South Carolina, and consideration of the substitute may be delayed until biis return, though Senator Smith, of Georgia, or some other Southern'sen ator may call it up in the meantime. , Both Would Regulate. Both the Senate and. the House measures aim tq regulate alleged evil practices on the cotton exchanges which the cotton producers/ contend keep down the price of cotton. The Senate bill through the postoffice de partment and the Interstate Cojtf merce Commission's jurisdiction over the telegraph would prohibit the transmission and lists of sales of cot ton that did not comply, wjth the re quirements as to the standardization prescribed in the hill. Both bills would regulate though, they would not prohibit the transactions In fu tures. * ' The House bill relies on the govern ment taxine cower, instead of inhibi tions on the mail and tbue telegraph, proposing a tax of five dollars a bale on contracts that do not comply with the requirements. No tax would be imposed a*, what an agreement between the two-waring The measure would , require'that con tracts must be in writing;: most spec ify the quantity of cotton involved In each transaction and give names and addresses of buyers and sellers, with :he basis grade of the cotton invol ved. f Other sections would, provide that the cotton must be of \6r. wlthln the grades specifically established by the secretary j of agribultujre $n$ J# case other than the baate grade is delivered, the differences 'feqiow <pr above the contract price wpuf<jT be , th,e actual commercial difference, and not the differences arbitrarily fixed $7 the cotton exchanges, the commercial ijg > / Mi v, SB aiiiereiice? tu ut> ucwsi^mcu uj u? Secretary of Agriculture by compar ison of prices of the spot cotton mar Vets Had Lively Fight. A lively vote preceded the vote on the. bill. Democratic Leader UnderT wood, favoring the measure pointed out that the whole proposition rested on the proposal that Congress should enter and suppress or regulate ulate the cotton exchange of the coun try. "Whatever particular power you use to enforce a law," he said, "is a secondary proposition, but tyere is no better power in the government than the power to tax, which is in this bilL The Scott bill was intended'to wipe out the cotton exchanges.- The Lever bill is intended to 'regulate them. In two different congresses T have supported legislation along the lines of the recent Scott bill, and they have died in committee in senate. A similar bill at this time would meet a similar fate." "I believe that the practices of the New York Cotton Exchange cost the Southern producers annually $100, 000,000," declared Representative Le ver, of South Carolina, chairman of the Agriculture committee, and author of the bill. "The purpose of the bill is to eliminate the practices which constitute such an enormous bur den." , , " ' Representative Wingo, of Arkansas,, insisted upon legislation along the lines of the Scott bill. Representative Aswell, of Louisia* na, sought to introduce as a substi tute for the Lever bill, a measure of similar intent formed by officers of the National Farmers' Union, but waa ruled out of order. The Aswell bill would levy a tax of 20 cents a pound. Representative Hughes of Georgia, opposed the bill, because, he declared that certain features were detrimental to cotton growers. Progressive Leader Murdock, of ITonooo ale/-. nnnnooH fVio Kill ITa #a ix?u0M0| aik)v vp|/vo^u tuv will. XJLV M?" vored the Smith bill. Representative Sims, of Tennessee, spoke against the measure. * 4*$! STATE CAMPAIGN. <* ' The itinery for Governor and other State officials in their canvass fol lows: Bennettsville, Wednesday, July 1 Chesterfield, Thursday, July 2. Camden, Friday, July 3. ai Columbia, Saturday, July 4. No prolonged waiting in having a pre scription filled at Milford's. An expert pharmacist always waiting to compound the required medicine for you.