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Campaign Dates Were Arranged.
A subcommittee of thc State Dem
ocratic executive committee, consist
ing of Chairman Wilie Jones, Comp
troller General A. W. Jones and C. L.
Blease of Newberry, met and " ar
ranged the schedule for thc Demo
cratic campaign this summer. Capt.
D. J. Griffith, also a member, was
unavoidably absent on business. As
was decided upon by the State con
vention there are to be two campaign
parties, one for the candidates for
the United States senate and congress
and the other for the candidates for
the State offices. The State cam
paign will open at St. Matthews on
.June 17 and the senatorial campaign
will open at Sumter on the same
date.
' No pledges for the various ofricc.7
can be filed after noon on June 16,
which is a section of the constitution
on the subject.
The following arc the schedules:
Senatorial Candidates. .
Sumter-Wednesday, June 17.
Manning-Thursday, June 18.
Monk's Corner-Friday, June 19.
Georgetown-Saturday, June 20.
Kingstree-Monday, June 22.
Florence-Tuesday, June 23.
Marion-Wednesday, Jane 224.
Conway-Friday, June 26.
Darlington-Saturday. June 27.
Bishopviiie-Tuesday, June 30.
Bennettsvillc-Wcdnesdav. Julv 1.
Chesterfield-Thursday. July 2.
Camden-Friday, July 3.
Lancaster-Saturday, July 4.
Winnsboro-Monday, July 6.
Chester-Tuesday, July 7.
Yorkville-Wednesday, July 8.
Gaffney-Thursday, Julv 9.
Spartanburg-Friday, July 10 .
Union-Saturday, July ll.
-Columbia, July 14.
Newberry-Wednesday, July 15.
Greenwood-Thursday, July 16.
Abbeville-Friday, July 17.
Anderson-Saturdav, Julv 18.
Walhalla-Tuesday," July 21.
Pickens-Wednesday, July 22.
Creen ville-Thursday, July 23.
1 aurens-Friday, July 24.
Lexington-Tuesday, July 28.
Saluda-Wednesday, July 29.
Ed gefield-Thursday, July 30.
Aiken-Friday, July 31.
Barnwell-Tuesday, August 4.
Hampton-Thursday, August 6.
Beaufort-Friday, August 7.
Walterboro-Saturday, August S.
Charleston-Wednesday, August 19
Sf. George-Thursday, August 20.
Oraneeburg-Friday, August 21.
St. Matthews-Saturd.iy, August 22
The State Campaign.
The schedule for the candidates for
State officio is as follows:
St. Matthews-Wednesday, June 17
Orangeburg-Thursday, June 18.
S*. George-Friday, June 19.
Charleston-Saturday, June 220.
Walterboro-Monday, June 22.
Beaufort-Tuesday, June 23.
Hampton-Wednesdav, Jnune 24.
Barnwell-Friday, June 26.
Bamberg-Saturday, June 27.
Lexington-Tuesday, June 30.
Saluda-Wednesday, July 1.
Edgefield-Thursday, July 22.
Aiken-Friday, July 3k
Sumter-Tuesday, July 7.
Manning-Wednesday, July 8.
Monk's Corner-Slmrsday, July 9.
Georgetown-Friday, July 10.
Ki"gstree-Saturday, July ll.
>rence-Monday, July 13.
..arion-Tuesday, July 14.
Conway-Thursday, July 16.
Darlington-Firday, June 17.
Bishopviiie-Tuesday, July 21.
Bcnnettsville-Wednesday, July 22
Chestrefield-hursday, July 23. ? j
Looking for Lee Bronson.
Spartanburg, Special. - Believing
that R. Lee Bruson, the missing as
sistant cashier of the Bank of Flor
ence, might be in Spartanburg, Chief
of Police J. J. Koopman of Florence
was in the city, looking for Brunson.
Thc officer is still here but will likely
. ?o to Asheville. Brunson is said to
have been missing from Florence
since May 17.
The Dispensary Receivership.
Columbia, Special.-Attorney Gen
eral Lyon returned from Richmond,
whrrc he appeared in behalf of the
State of South Carolina in the suit
brought for a nvieversbip of the dis
pensrry funds, this being an appeal
from thc decision of Judge Pritchard.
It will probably be some time before
thc caro is decided by the court of
appeals and even then it will not be
settled, as both sides have anounced
that they would appeal. This, of
course, means that the United States
supcrme court will have to pass up
on the case.
Pledges Filed.
Columbia, Special-Three campaign
pledges were filed with State Chair
man Wilie Jones of the Democratic
cxecativc committee. These were C.
L. Please of Newberry, for governor;
Jas. F. Byrnes, of Aiken, for soli
citor of the Second circuit, and J. A.
Sunmenett of Columbia, for rail
roa:! commissioner.
Both Legs Crashed by Engine.
Sumter, Special-Charley Lowry,
one of the colored scavenger cart
drivers of the city, met with a most
terrible accident Saturday night
about 10:30 o'clock in being run over
by a switch engine in the Atlantic
Coas: Line yaTds. Both of his legs,
just 'jelow the knees, were so badly
erm;' rd that they had to be amputa
ted. His chances of rwevery are
fail'" gwd, but it will nquira aver
ti a yet before asy definite idea
Affairs
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Car<den-Friday, July 24.
Lancaster-Saturday, July 25.
Winnsboro-Monday, July 27.
Chester-Tuesday, July 2S.
Yorkville-Wednesday, July 29.
Gaffney-Thursday, july 30.
Spartanburg-Friday, July 31.
U?iion-Saturday, August 1.
Columbia-Tuesday, August 4,
Newberry-Wednesday, August 5.
Greenwood-Thursday, August 6.
Abbeville-Friday, August 7.
Anderson-Saturday, August 8.
Walhalla-Wednesday, August 19.
Pickens-Thursday, August 20.
. Greenville-Friday, August 21.
Laurens-Saturday, August 22.
New Railroad Laws Go Into Effect.
Columbia, Special.-After July 1
next, all passenger coaches used with
in the State will be provided with
cinder deflectors, like those used on
Pullmans. An act requiring the com
panies so to equip their cars by the
j date named was passed by the recent
{legislature. The penalty for non
compliance is a fine of not less than
$500 and not more than $1,000 for
each car not furnished with the de
flectors. The railroad commission
lias furnished the railroad companies,,
for their information and guidance,
with copies of the act. The commis
sion also wrote to the railroad com
panies directing their attention to an
other act passed by tho recent legisla
ture, forbidding public drinking on
trains. It is requested that a sign be
displayed in each coach.
Aged Woman Killed y Passenger
Train.
Aiken, Special.-A most deplorable
accident occured at Jackson Station
last week, when Mrs. Pass Wilson,
one-of the oldest and most highly re
spected women of that section, was
run over and instantly killed by a
ain. Coroner Owens was notified a
j few minutes after the tragedy and
thc left for Jackson. There was a
'freight train on the siding at Jack
son, waiting for a passenger train to
?pas?. Mrs. Wilson desired to cross
the railroad track and made her way
j to the rear of thc freight to cross be
hind the caboose. Just as she was
about to cross around the caboose,
the Atlantic Coast Line passener
train came dashing by at a high rale
of Speed, lt is thought that Mrs.
Wilson saw this train just before it
?got to her, but did not have time to
? get out of the way.
Batesburg At Work for Board of j
Trade.
Batesburg, Special.-A movement
is on foot to organize a board of
?trade for Batesburg, and it is hoped
that every business man and proper
ty owner and ail ?>thers interested
in thc development and well being of
the town will join and give to it the
j heartiest support, as there is no ques
tion that a well organized and hard
working board of trade can do more
for a town than any other one thing.
Huguenot Mills to be Sold.
Greenville, Special.-The Huguenot
mill property will be sold Wednesday,
June 10, at ll o'clock, under an order
? of the .district United States court by
?the reciver, Mr. J. B. Burga rd. In
j addition to the mill and its equip
ment proper, several lots of real es
tate belonging to the corporation will
also be sold. The mill has a comple
ment of 6,000 ring spindles and 239
box looms, with ocher machinery used
j for making ginghams.
Implicated in Murder.
Columbia, Special.-Gov. Ansel
has granted a requisition for Eppor
;son McLeod, a negro, who has been
? arrested in Alabama and is wanted
as an accessory to a murder in Dar
lington county in 1900. Epperson is
[said t have prompted another negor
woman. McFadden is now serving a
life sentence for the deed.
Shooting in Bsnnettsville.
Bennettsvillc, Special.-In a row
late Sunday night among negroes on
the edge of town, John Stokes was
shot and seriously wounded by J. T.
Harley. The bell entered Stokes
right shoulder and is thought to have
?lodged in one of his lungs. He was
?seriously wounded. All of the par
. ticipants were arrested. There was
?a gathering at the home of a negro
, women. These two men among the
number engaged in a quarrel. In the
?police court later Stokes and
Harley were both fined for disorder
ly conduct and shooting.
Negro Arrested.
Florence, Special.-A negro man
named William Caston was arrested
last week charged with having raised
the value of a check. The check was
presented to the bank and payment
was refused by Mr. Frank J. Brand,
the cashier. The case was heard this
aftcrnon before Magistrate Early
and Caston was committed to jail
to await the coming term of court.
New School For Holly Hill.
Holly Hill, Special.-The election,
held last week, to determine whether
Holly Hill is to have a new school
building or not, resulted in a victory
for the advocates of thc school by a
vote of 56 to 2. While opposition
was feared, the friends of education
got to work early and on the day of
election moat of the opponents come
over, The people of this district feel
justly proud of having their top?
iulfiUod.
CONGRESS IS OVES
Session Adjourned Saturday
At Midnight
TIRED MEMBERS GO HOME NOW
Last Day in Senate Proves to Be a
Bnsy One, Many Important Bills
Being Rushed Through - Aldrich
Vreeland Emergency Currency Bil]
Passes by a Vote of 43 to 22.
Washington, Special.-Just ten
minute?, officially, before the hands
of the big round clock in the cham
ber of the two houses of Congress
pointed to the hour of midnight the
first session of the Sixtieth Congress
came to a close. In the House the
closing hours were characterized by
singing of songs by Republicans in
honor of Speaker Cannon, and by
Democrats in the interest bf William
J. Bryan. The excitement which was
great at times finally subsided and
the session closed with general good
fellowship among the members. The
Senate was extremely quiet during
the closing hours, held together only
by the necessity of remaining in ses
sion for the engrossing and signing
of bills.
The last days of thc Senate will be
memorable on account of the filibus
ter of Messrs. LaFollette, Stone and
Gore against the emergency currency
bill, by the remarkable interpreta
tions of the rules which go far to
establish cloture in a body note
worthy for the freedom of debate,
and by the final passage of the cur
rency bill. President Roosevelt and
several of his cabinet were at the
Capitol during the evening.
The President shortly before 10
o'clock signed the compromiso cur
rency bill and presented the pen he
used in affixing his signature to Rep
resentative "Wilson, of Chicago.
At 9:55 p. m. committees from
both houses waited upon the Presi
dent and informed him that Congress
was ready to adjourn. They report
ed that they had performed the duty
and that the President said he had
no further communication to make.
Previous to his signature to the
currency bill the President had hand
ed it to Secretary Cortelyou, who
carefully read its provisions. Two
other members of thc Cabinet were
present-Secretaries Root and Gar
field. The President in conversing
with several Senators told then: that
he was very well satisfied with the
accomplishments of the congressional
session.
An hour after his arrical at the
Capitol, the President had signed all
the bills placed before him, including
the-pubfic 'buildings, the general de
ficiency and the government em
ployes' liability bills.
The President applied a "pocket
veto" to the bill to compensate in
ventors for inventions used by the
government.
Last Day in House.
"Washington, Special.-Having con
cluded its labors for the session the
House Saturday night shortly after
9 o'clock adopted a resolution to ad
journ sine die at 10 minutes before
midnight. The news that the cur
rency bill had passed the Senate
quickly reached the House and evok
ed great applause. From that time
on business moved with a rapidity
that signified a speedy termination
of the first session of the Sixtieth
Congress. The cenfcrcnce report on
the public buildings bill, which had
been held up pending action on the
currency question, was quickly
brought out and agreed to. This ac
tion was immediately followed by the
adoption of thc conference report on
the general deficiency bill, thus clear
ing the decks of all important pend
ing legislation.
Just before adjourning Mi-. Tawney
gave a resume of the work of the ses
sion. Mr. Tawney stated the tola!
appropriations for the session to be
$S51,0SS,G07. H* said the total rev
enues of thc &?v'criiihent estimated to
Congress by the Secretary of the
Treasury, are placed at $S7S,123,011 ;
that in addition to the authorized ex
penditures of $S51,0SS,0'07 for the
operation of the government during
the next fiscal year, appropriations
are also made as follows: Deficiency
acts, exclusive of $12,466,750 for pub
lic buildings authorized at this ses
sion, $44,529,223; for requirements
of the sinking fund $53,000.000; for
redemption of national bank notes
$25,000,000; for construction of (he
Panama canal (bonds to bc issued)
$29,187,000; for miscellaneous and
special objects. $1,000,000, including
$250,000 for the relief of storm and
flood sufferers in Southern States,
and $403,000 for the payment of
claims of the Roman Catholic church
in thc Philippine Islands; making a
grand aggregation for the next fiscal
year of $l,0OS,S04,S94.
Ashore on Nausett Beach.
Chatham, Mass., Special.-An un
known steamer went ashore on Nau
sett beach shortly before ll o'clock
Sunday night. A southwest gale is
blowing and there is a high sea, mak
ing her position a very dangerous
one. The Old Harbor lifo saving
crew has gone to her assistance with
beach apparatus.
Young Man's Rash Act.
Charlotte, N. C., Special. - Louis
Murphy, an employe of the American
Machine and Manufacturing Com
pany, a young man about 24 years of
age, commit teed suicide late Friday
afternoon by shooting himself
tbl'cugb Hie head in the thick under
growth of the Wilson wods. Thc body
was found by two colored men who
happened >o bc uas3ing nearby. Less
of position, toother with bid inability
to got other t mploymsnti ww the
cftlv*i of his ?'fish wet.
Another Brave Confederate
VB*
Leader Gathered to Rest
HONORED ALL THROUGH DIXIE
One of Three Surviving Lieutenant
Generals of the Confederacy [fasses
Away Within Sight of thefFields
On Which He Fought the Hardest
Battles For tho Cause He LoVed.
Vicksburg, Miss., Special-JVithiu
sight of the fields on which fe lind
fought his hardest battles during the
civil Avar, and on the same gfounds
where he had welcomed and^enter
tained his former foes less than a
week ago, General Stephen D> Lee,
commander-in-chief of the Fnited
Confederate Veterans and one &f the
last three surviving lieutenant^ gen
?rals of the Confederacy, died here
In the Vicksburg National Military
Park, at the official residence of the
park commission. ('.
Immediately following the ?death
of General Lee Hie sad intelligence
was Hashed to all parts of thej?ouii
try and from carly morning uutU late
at night messages of condolence and
sympathy continued to pour in.JFrora
Montgomery, Ala., the cradle tff the
Confederacy, where its government
was first organized from Richmond,
Va., the stronghold of the Southland
dining the greater part of the bloody
strife; from New Orleans, the head
quarters 'of the United Confederate
Veterans, and from many other cities,
not only in thc South, but iu the
North and West expressions of,' sor
row and brief eulogies were received.
Camps and other Confederate organi
zations as well as many prominent
persons, including the President of
the United States, were quick to. con*
voy their expressions of sympathy to
the bereaved family.
Ail a Rangements for the funeral
\p n> libral Lee were completed-and
. . . bearing upon this was is
si;..i by Adjutant General Mickle
from the headquarters of the veterans
at Nev,- Orleans at the direction of
Gen. W. L. Cabell, of Dallas, Tex.,
who, in accordance with the by-laws
of the organization, assumes the office
of lieutenant general commanding.
General Mickle left New Orleans for
Columbus, Miss., where the funeral
would be held Saturday afternoon at
4 o'clock.
At the time of his .death, although
not the ranking officer of the Confed
eracy. General Lee was commander
in-chief of the Confederate Veterans.
Lieuienant General A. P. Stewarti of
Chattanooga,. is. ranking. -<?flit"-<r, -?-'urr
on account of his infirmities he has
not taken an active part in the af
fairs of the organization for many
years.
General Lee was one of the South
Carolina Lees. He was born in that
State in 1833. He received his ap
pointment to the United States Mili
tary Academy at West Point and
graduated at that State, receiving his
commission in the artillery. At the
outbreak of the civil war General
Lee resigned his commission in the
United States army and entered the
Confederacy. He served with the
Confederate army in Virginia until
after the battle of Antietam, when
he was made a brigadier general and
sent to Vicksburg.
Remains Taken to Columbtn.
Vicksburg, Miss., Special.-With
an escort of Confederate veterans and
members of the State militia, who
were appointed by Governor Noel,
the body of the late General Stephen
D. Lee, commander-in-chief of the
United Confederate Vetrans, was
conveyed by a special train and
taken to Columbus, Miss.
Daughters Asked to Hold Memorial
Services.
Houston, Tex., Special.-Mrs. Cor
nelia Branch Stone, president-general
of the United Daughters of the Con
federacy, issued a general orders de
ploring the death of General Stephen
D. Lee and requesting that every
chapter of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy, shall at once ap
point a day for a fitting memorial
service to be held in his memory.
Flags at Vicksburg at Half Mast.
Washington, Special.-President
Roosevelt issued an order that in
honor of the memory of the late
General Stephen D. Lee, commander
in-chief of the United Confederate
Veterans, who died at his home in
Mississippi, the flags in the national
park cemetery at Vicksburg should
be half-masted. General Lee was a
member of the Vicksburg park com
mission. Flags on the Federal build
ings at Vicksburg, Jackson and Col
umbus, Miss., also will bc placed at
half-mast.
Virginia Farmer Killed By Lightning
Roanoke, Va., Special.-Shilo Bish
op, a well-known Montgomery county
farmer, who lived near Christians
burg, was struck and instantly kill
ed by lightning Friday afternoon.
Bishop, with several of his children
was standing in his yard under a tree
when the fatal bolt'fell. One of the
children was knocked senseless, but
recovered.
Prominent Georgian Killed.
Eastman, Ga., Special.- \. Jones
was shot and instantly kil ' Friday
night by Gus Hagan at I latter's
stables. There were no cy ?tnesses
but the trouble is said to 1 grown
out of the driving of a ho by Mr.
Jones. Mr. Jones leaves ? fe and
six children. Mr- Hagan is . singh
mau. Both parties arc iu-.ubsrs i
Dodg? county's most prominent faa
Hies, and aro largely connected ot
both aldea,
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YOU'VE GOT TO REFORM YOUR EX
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TO PLAY WAR ON <
Regulars and Militia Take Par
A Minimum of Ceremony a
Exhibitions-Details Pn
Work and Long P
Washington, D. C. - Preparations
have been completed by the War De
partment for joint maneuvres during
the coming summer of all branches of
the regular service and many State
militia organizations, for which Con
gress has appropriated $1,000,000.
Instruction camps will be established
and maneuvres held for one month
at each place, as follows:
Pine Plains, N. Y., June 15 lo July
15.
Chickamauga Park, Ga.. July.
Leon Springs, Texas, July.
American Lake, Wash., August.
Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo., August.
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., Sep
tember.
Fort Riley, Kan., September.
Atascadero Ranch, Cal., October.
The army maneuvres, which are to
be on a scale never before attempted
in the United States, are to be car
ried out by Major-General Frederick
D. Grant with the regulars of the De
partment of the East and a large force
of militia. The operations, says Gen
eral Grant, will includemore men and
cover wider territory than any pre
vious, and, as far as can be, they will
offer au approximation of warfare.
The plan of campaign includes two
separate series of operations, the first
on the coast, the second inland. A
series of coast defense maneuvres will
be carried on simultaneously at the
various fortifications from Baltimore
to Boston. After four weeks of this
coast defense practice, the comman
der believes, the troops, both regulars
and national guards, will be thor
oughly seasoned to powder, while the
officers will haya gained great famil
iarity with the particular styles ot
maneuvre involved, and the chiefs in
command will have plenty of valu
able records as to" the performances
of the troops and the. efficiency of the
individ-ucl-officersr-r
A monta or more later will come
the inland maneuvres. They will be
HOPES BY CHILD CULT?I
Dr. Landone, Pupil of Herbert Spencer, \
Does With Plants-Starts $100,C
Los Angeles, Cal.-Dr. Leon El
bert Landone, who has purchased a
$100,000 residence property in Holly
wood, where he will establish a school
in which to accomplish in child cul
ture what Luther Burbank has done
in horticulture, has met with the dif
ficulties that invariably beset reform
ers, but ignores them. He is about
.to work out theories regarding child
cukure that te hopes and intends will
result in the material benefit of the
human race. To a World correspond
ent he said:
"There are four steps In evolution
ary development which are true in
both the human and plant life. Bur
bank recognizes the gradations in his
plant work, *as did Stanford in the
breeding of fine horse stock. Even
Eo, they figure in the human race in
the development of children.
"These four steps or gradations
are as follows: First, variation; sec
ond, sex crossing to carry on the
qualities by heredity; third, selec
tion, and fourth, cultivation and de
velopment.
"'Dr. Jordan, president of Stanford
University, recognizes these same
steps in a recent work.
"As far as concerns the first two
steps in evolutionary development,
those called variation and crossing,
they have been attended to already,"
explained Dr. Landone.
Xo Artificial Marriages.
"This country of ours is the most
crossed, as far as races go, of any
nationality on the face of the globe.
We simply take the best representa
tives of child life in the land and
work with them.
"Any effort along the line of arti- |
ricial marriage is a failure, since true
marriage is where each party to the
contract is honestly in love with the
other freely and of his or her own ac
cord. The offspring of an artificial
marriage would be a failure.
"i will select ten to twelve children
from various parts of the United
States for each of the first two or
three years, and iu these children 1
will seek to develop thc best there is
in them.
"The basis of my system of educa
tion for these children will be in the
reconstruction of structure. The com
mon way of changing a child who has
Eccentric Recluse Left
President Roosevelt $10,000.
Boston.- Upon the authenticity of
a new will and two codicils, which
have just been discovered and which
provide for a bequest of $10,000 to
President Roosevelt, depends the dis
tribution of the $500,000 estate left
Dy Benjamin Hadley, an eccentric re
cluse who was found dead in Somer
ville last December.
If the new documents are genuine
all of the estate with the exception of
the $10,000 bequest to the President,
will be distributed among relatives.
Jlrief Gleanings by Telegraph.
Washington, D. C. - President
Roosevelt, in a letter to Dr. Lawrence
F. Flick, of Philadelphia, has agreed
to preside at the International Con
gress on Tuberculosis, which will
hold its sessions In Washington next
October.
Chicago.-The city of Chicago is
going out of the electric lighting busi
ness. City Electrician Carroll is
now engaged in winding up the entor
? arise, in th? future the city will
1 pureb&Bd ull tho current required tor
j the municipal electric lighting eyatpin
(rom the Sanitary District.
?TRA VAU AN I HABI l?, ULU m/uii
. A. Rogers, in the New York Herald. .
GIGANTIC 5CALL
t in Big Game This Summe?
nd No Merely Spectacular
Dvide For Progressive
Tactics Marches,
gin with an experiment in concentra
tion. Troops of the department from
many posts, some as far as Washing
ton, D. C., will be marched so as to
arrive at Pine Plains, near Water
town, N. Y., within , three hours of
each other. Large evolutions will
then ba carried out on much the same
scale as in modern war.
In introducing his plans General
Grant began with a plain word or two
on preparation for war.
"We are the most pugnacious na
tion on earth," he said, "and perhaps
the least prepared for real trouble."
He did not believe that "In God We
Trust" was a good enough motto to
excuse lack of military preparation.
He went on to say:
"? am preparing seacoast Eianeu
vres for this summer to show how
our big guns could knock out any for
eign fleet that might come poking
around with evil intentions."
The absence of the battleship
squadron in the Pacific has led, it is
understood, to the attaching of much
more importance in Washington this
year to the maneuvres centring about
the coast defenses of the Atlantic sea
board.
Orders issued governing details of
the maneuvres prescribe a "minimum
of formal ceremonies and a total ab
sence of merely spectacular exhibi
tions." Practice marches have been
ordered, in which infantry will cover
200 miles and cavalry 250 miles. The
exercises will be carried out in a pro
gressive manner, beginning with
small bodies of troops and ending
with the entire command. These ex
ercises will comprise periods of at
tack and defense; periods of advance;
rear and flank guards, and control
work; periods of outposts and control
work, to be followed by general man
euvres. It is understood, that the
State iioop8 .wiHL.not be. /.-equiped to
do all of the work prescribed for the
regular organizations
RE TO AID HUMAN RACE
Viii Wr f -nong Mortals as Burbank
100 Schuvi on the Pacific Coast.
developed some harmful habit or ten
dency is to quiet that particular re
gion of nervous activity. Then it is
easy enough for the child to pick up
its old habits, although it may have
reformed temporarily.
"With my system the entire struc
ture is changed. It is a different
structure entirely, and the child in
order to get back into its old habits
must not merely 'backslide,' but build
back. Do you catch the essential dif
ference between the two?
"I will have four departments in
my school this year. The first will be
art, with special attention to music
and sculpture; the second, therapeu
tic curing of incurable diseases, like
spinal troubles, particularly; the
third, remedying backward children
who are deficient in some of the
senses, as in color perception or in
not hearing accurately, while the
fourth will be the selection of those
dozen children whom I will choose
this summer, and the educating of
them along the lines given in my spe
cial educational system.
"These particular twelve I will ed
ucate free of charge; the other pupils
[ will charge for, as in other institu
tions of educational character.
Methods Will Be Radical.
"My methods of work with these
children will differ radically from the
ordinary methods of teaching. For
instance, you have observed, doubt
less, many a man in the business
world whose school training didn't
extend beyond the seventh or eighth
grade perhaps, but whose mental pro
cesses and accordingly whose busi
ness methods were on a better plan
and were much better systematized
than those of the man who had had
more years of school and college
training.
"Now, when he was a child that
man of little training but of excellent
ability would have been the child we
would choose for our school."
Dr. Lando;:e has been connected
with settlement work in New York
City, the South End of Eoston, Phila
delphia and Chicago. He studied
abroad at Padua, the University of
Paris, at two or three English insti
tutions of learning and for three
months was a companion and pupil
of Herbert Spencer.
Chairman Now Allotting Sra!s
in Republican Convention.
Chicago.-Chairman New has as
signed seats in the Republican Na
tional Convention to the press, the
politicians and the people. Five hun
dred seats have been allotted to the
press.
One thousand and fifty seats have
been allotted to delegates and the
same number to alternates. One ex
tra seat will be given to each delegate
and 300 will be held by the commit
tee fex distinguished visitors. The
capaci?v of the building is 11,167.
Prominent People.
Cardinal Logue warned Americans
against a great army and navy.
Hamilton Mabie has written an es
say on the Short Story, without men
tioning Bret Harte.
Marquis Saionji has written the
premiers an appreciative preface to
the Japanese edition of Emile Zola's
"Paris."
Seuator Borah in his first speech
ia tba Ssuate declared that no res*
sonable man could read tris testimony
In tbs Brownsville or.se and fall to be
convinced that negro soldiers shot up
the towa_<
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North Carolina Votes Dry By
a Very Large Majority
ONLY SEVENTEEN COUNTIES WET
Estimated That Majority Against
Liquor Will be From 30,000 tc
40,000.
Raleigh, N. C., Special.-The sec
ond election on state prohibition was
held, resulting in a sweeping victory
with a larger majority than State
Anti-Saloon League chairman John
A. Oates, expected. It was thought
there wood be a large stay at home
vote on btoh sides, but there was a
great turn out. The ballots were
"for or against the manufacture and
sale of liquor."
Both sides had worked from Janu
ary to poll closing. The anti-prohi
bitionists made their greatest efforts
in about twenty of the large coun-.
ties and in these spent money freely.
Ir'was noticed ^in this county ' that
some republicans worked against pro
hibition in order to get democratic
support later.
The day's great, victory was in
sharp contrast to the crushing defeat
in ISSI when the first election was
held.
Then the whites divided and ne
groes voted so solidly against prohi
bition that the saloon majority was
practically the negro vote. Very few
negroes voted this time., and of these
perhaps a majority voted the dry
ticket. It had been roughly calcul?t
ed at anti-saloon headquarters that
not over twenty counties of the
ninety-eight could be carried by the
wets.
The wets went to thc polls early by
direction of their state chairman,
Mayor A. H. Boyden, of Salisbury.
The latter's own city, however,
went dry by 13S majority. It is the
main center of the liquor traffic in
the state. Raleigh went dry by a
small majority. The mountain coun
ties cast a great vote for prohibition.
Governor Glenn and Judge Pritch
ard, the two chief speakers-demo
cratic and republican-carried their
home counties handsomely.
There were prayers by women in
many churches, some churches here
and elsewhere being open all day. The
women of Fredericksburg, Va., also
offered special prayers for victory.
The anti-prohibitionists had claimed
the state, but never gave figures.
The estimates of thc prohibition
ists ranged from ten to sixty thous
and, Chairman Oates, Governor Glenn
and Judge Pritchard making esti
mates around forty thousand. There
had been two doubtful factors-thc
rural vote and the stay-at-home
voters.
The saloon and dispensaries in the
state will all does December 31, un
der the law.
Big Immigration Project.
Pendleton, Ore., Special. - Water
was turned from the monster reser
vior . covering over 1,700 acres upon
the arid land in the Umatilla govern
ment irrigation project, for the first
time Wednesday and was made the
occasion of a great celebration. "The
little town of Hermiston, the official
town of the project, was the centre
of thc celebration, and an excursion
carried people from all over this sec
tion to the incipent metropolis. Ad
dresses by several prominent men
formed a part of the programme of
the official opening of the project.
A Car Crash on Brooklyn Bridge.
New York, Special.-A number of
people were badly injured in a car
crash on Brooklyn Bridge. The brake
shoe on a car coming down thc bridge
incline broke and the car struck the
one ahead. The second car was un
able to check its speed and the two
crashed into a third. These struck
a fourth car at the foot of the in
cline, throwing it from tracks. Thc
can were ali heavily loaded. Twelve
persons were taken to hospitals, and
others aro badiy hurt, It ia believed
that all will recover,
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department
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3nths, January and July.
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MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST ?
A new high record for the year wal
made in July options on cotton.
The Clyde Line steamer Seminole
ran on a sandbar off Mount- Pleasant,
N. J. -
The bill for a new capitol approch'.
and a Lincoln memorial passed the
House.
Mr. Bryan has received enough
delegates to secure him control of flu
Denver convention.
The Methodist Protestant Confer
ence concluded its sessions in Pitts
burg.
Two women have been named ??' ai
alternates to the Republican Nation!
Convention.
The Seattle Exposition will be giv
en $750,000 under the Sundry Appro
priation law.
Admiral Sperry may test the spee?
of his battleships oh the way homt
from the Orient.
Five thousand men attended th?
litary mass nt the navel trail
station in Newport.
A scholarship for
and officers is to be
the White Star Line.
Two thousand miners in the Poca
hontas fields will return to work after
four months' idleness.
Conflict between local and State
transportation laws over liquor will
be carried into court.
The Reformed General Synod, ia
annu " session at York, heard en
couraging reports ou missions.
Thc Southern Presbyterian Geneial
Assembly, in session at Greensboro,
N. C., discussed infant salvation.
A number of lives were lost and
great property loss was occasioned
in Texas and Oklahoma by floods.
The first case to test the commo
dity clause of the Hepburn act will
come up in Philadelphia June 16.
The Government will soon begin a
$35,000,000 suit against the. Southern
Pacific Railroad over public lands.
Miss Katherine Roosevelt, sec&nd
counsin of the President, was ba.Uy
injured by a horse falling on her.
Monsignor Garvey, of Philadelphia,
a graduate of Mount St. Mary's Sem
inary, at Emmitsbnrg, Md., is d$ad.
High wiuds and -heavy rains- ia
Texas and Oklahoma have done grrat
damage and caused disastrioi; fiobdi.
The issuance of $750,000,0uj ia
emergency currency is the latest fin
ance plan and will probably be pass
ed before Congress adjourns.
The United States monitor Forida
sailed from the Norfolk Navy Yard
to be used as s. target for thc, big
guns of other warships.
Mr. John T. B. Spaulding, Repub
lican, is on the face of unofficial re
turns, elected Mayor of Martinsbu'&
W. Va., by one vote.
Harry K. Thaw will have to stay
in Matteawan Asylum, the court; at
Poughkeepsie having pronounced Tiim
insane.
Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt obta'li
ed a divorce and the custody bf har
son, the father being also forbidden
to marry again.
The anthracite roads, which are be
ing sued by the Federal Government
as an alleged combine, had a hearing
before a referee in Philadelphia.
A facetious burglar broke into the
house of an expert Chicago detective
and stole jewelry and money, from
under the sluth's pillow as he slept.
Ten 'persons were killed by a seile?
of tornadoes that visited Oklaho'aa
last week.
Rev. Joseph F. Lubeley of Sali?- .
bury, Mo.; was stabbed and. probably
fatally wounded just after celebrat
ing mass by Joseph Schuette, a weal
thy parishoncr.
A New York expert cloth examiner
who had saved up money for an
operation to ward off an incurable
malady, having exhausted his . f ind
to save the life of his daughter, who
was ill, took poison.
The tria of the alleged yeggman
James A. Baker, for the murder el
Operator E, Y. Hutchinson and/ltht
robbery of the postoffice at Wel?jn%
W. Y&y wiU begis this week at p$?>