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SH?ffitD ADVERTISER. ?Mari Paper in South Caro jins. Edfcfleid, S. C." Beware of thin ice. : TJegt upsets auto," An up-sotter? Way ia he always called a "lone" . pfriadTIT Why not just a "a bandit?" - A deep snow would help the av?a te? that hare acquired the falling ? g 3 ? Hov they say that the old hoop is coming back. Here's hoping it cant. is importing thousands of ?tel? III Itera from this country. No. they are just the machines. IgSrwsiakee physicians plan lo put a end to telephone practice. They see a man's tongue over the. Tho automobile is acceptable in ???eral processions but the aeroplane Ss stQl barred out by the undertakers' frat ',>,'.. yfcafrng season is ? upon us-that is. ?ea skating. Skating in a general J*aj ls practiced-regardless of the Before lang Germany may be eating BmgDTted meat exclusively.' The pret '?ris, however, will he manufactured as ot yore. H it is agreeable to the surgeons. Ste average man would prefer to be ?gyrated on for appendicitis only 'Warn it is necessary. A stan who marries two wives is a Mgmaist, bot that California man who Married six of them is just the old. Beifahte brand of fool. That New York person who shot ?tlmsel? five times- and failed to kill will probably die some day of . Ton never can telL A Washington man has started suit jfor $300,000 for the loss of.'his wife. ?AH of which leads us to remark that must have been some wife. "Tn future," says Doctor Wiley, "the 'fdr will furnish heat, fuel and power." 3fc might do so right now if some way ito extract the coal from it could be That Kansas City man, as we under stand the case, did not want a di -ycrco merely because. his wife ?ancked, but on account of what she ''esnaked. : Europe's wine shortage this year is iSsrid to he the greatest for ? 1 A lady smuggler arrested with ?8,OOO worth cf Jewels in her stocking claims Bat that's where she always wears toa. Evidenly we've been overlooking a good thing. A few phlegmatic men who never 'become excited about anything are ?ot going to buy a fruit farm next year and get rich in one season by . raising apples. The fashionable dressmakers are r?H quarreling over the location of the ?waist line, and women will have to go laloag a while without knowing where itt win finally be located for-the sea ii There are many ways of getting In 'bm?. only one of which is to travel .em a train which ls about to be .wrecked. ' A Massachusetts octogenarian who leas sever shaved in his life, claims ila kare saved $24,000 in that way, but mun would rather not have the than the whiskers. T7e are told that the day pf the laos el is ended. When we consider the aUeged literature that has been ^perpetrated recently, we cannot ont even the semblance of a Wow we are told that the Garden af Eden was located at the north pole. ?Ks?bly we shall learn also that Adam wad Ere were Eskimos and ate of the Torhidden blubber instead of the for fidddea iruit A Boston young woman has been vis iting dentists' offices and stealing, mon ey and other valuables from the wraps . of Hie patients in the torture chamber, another excuse for not going to ? dentist when you ought to. Tte Kew York doctor who asserts fiat overripe eggs are as nutritious as tte fresh kind will not meet with wMsnt objections if he tries to get a -monopoly of eating the ancient vint hobble skirt and high trolley - steps have clashed in Trenton. The may have the logic of the situa tion, bot the hobble skirt has the eter nal f?minine end of the discussion, and a3 haman experience is a unit on what llwtrT***"1 when logic attempts to tackle 'ibo eternal feminine. Tte New York Tribune reports the -case of a girl who was so modest that late refused, when she was wounded .en one of her legs, to let anybody jsee lt, and so bled to death. She .probably called them limbs, too. Canada has 40,000,000 or 50,000,000 of land located near the arctic .circle and which it is asserted can be -made tc produce big and profitable wheat crops. Perhaps Canada's claim ito tte north pole ls based on the be ?Def that the extremity of the earth can j (tro c?Uzed for agricultural purposes. P ALL CHIMED IN Democrats at Jackson Day Banquet in Baltimore. TALK OF DISTINGUISHED M?N Tariff Law Subject For Discussion Harmon and Clark en Program Governors Absent - Democratic Senators and Representatives There Baltimore.-The gaunt spectre of Che tariff, with all the vicissitudes it brings from without and within a political party, stalked boldly brough the Jackson Day gathering of the Democrats. It made its presence felt at the mass-meeting at the Lyric in tho afternoon and it would not down at the bountiful feast which was spread at the Fifth Regiment armory. But the issue was fairly met by all the speakers. Some frankly acknowl edged that there would be diff erences of opinion among the Democrats on this subject, as there has been among the Republicans. Senator Bailey for instance, while declaring that har mony of action must be. the watch word of the Democracy, if they main tain the advantage won at the last election, took direct issue with those Democrats .who favor piecemeal re-, vision of the tariff. Champ Clark of Missouri, Speaker-to-be, of the House of Representatives, had just announc ed that the sentiment among Demo cr a ts in the House seemed to favor piecemeal, revision - schedule by schedule, if possible, but item by item if necessary. Governor Harmon of. Ohio, one of the most prominent figures in the day's gathering, also pounced upon the tariff. The day passed as the Democratic leaders wished it might, without an attempt from any quarter to launch a boom for the presidential nomina tion in 1932. Senator Bailey paid Champ Clark, the Democratic leader of the House, the tribute of placing him in the presidential class. "If Champ Clark makes a better Speaker than Mr. Harmon makes a Governor, we will nominate him for Pr?sident," he declared amid enthu siasm at the Lyric meeting. "But", he added, "if Governor Har mon mfkes a better Governor than Champ Clark makes a Speaker, then we are going to nominate Mr. Har mon." - In rapping "new nationalism" Sen ator Blackburn insisted that the three co-ordinate branches of the govern ment should be kept separate and dis tinct and that there should be no encroachments one upon another. The absentees included > Governor FOSS of Miit?c!ni>t,"en<,f?-n?>"--*" former AepicocuM.u<v ~-. Bell of California was one of the Anal speakers of the evening. Mr. Bell paid a glowing tribute to Champ Clark abd declared that if the party stands behind him as Speaker of the House of Representatives, Democratic success in 1912 will be assured. "The people of the middle West and the far West have the greatest confidence in the integrity and the ability of Champ Clark as a leader af the Democracy," said Mr. Bell. The reference to Mr. Clark was? regarded as unusually significant, in asmuch as Mr. Bell has generally been known as the close friend and representatives of William J. Bryan. Very Unusual Accident. . Washington.-The accident on the United sV'-es battleship Delaware which killed eight men and seriously injured one, will be investigated by a hoard which Secretary of the Navy Meyer' appointed. It is known at the Navy Department only that the acci dent was caused by the blowing out of three backheaders of a boiler. Such an accident as occurred on the Delaware is very unusual in the navy. In fact many officers express the be lief that it is the first one on record. New Governor of Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, Pa.-John K. Tener, of Charleroi, was inauguarted governor of Pennsylvania. In his inaugural address Governor Tener recommended the abolition of the present railroad commission and substituting therefor a public com mission vested with power of general supervision and control over all cor porations and individuals having to do with public utilities. Gov. Tener belongs to the "stand pat" 'division. Aviators Draw High Salaries. New York-Aviation prizes dis tributed during the year amounted to $940,000. This total does not in clude special sums paid to aviators. Louis Paulhan, received ^"der con tract $20,000 a month extra. The list of aviators who in 1910 won $20,000' or more includes Paulhan, $70,000; Latham, $60,000; Mor?ne, $60,000; Grahame-White, $50,000; Le Blano, $30,000; Cattaneo, $30,000; Chavez, $30,000; Captain Dickson, $25,000, and Wynmalen, $20,000. Three Y. M. C. A. Buildings. Florence, S. C.-The contract for the Y. M. C. A. buildings for this city, Rocky Mount N. C., and Way cross, Ga., has been awarded by the Atlantic Coast Line. Work is to be started right away and will be rush ed to completion. The building for Florence will be erected on the old Presbyterian church property, a site which the Coast Line has been hold ing in reserve for several years. It is the prettiest lot in the city for such a building. The contractor's bid for all three buildings was $52,000. CHAMP CLARK NAMED Democrats in Caucus at Washington Nominate Missourian for Next Speaker-Member Dismissed. . Washington-Representative Champ Clark of Missouri, the Democratic leader of the House, and receptive candidate for the Democratic nomina tion for the presidency, was nomi nated by acclamation for Speaker of the House in the Sixty-seond Con gress. This, with the selection of a committee on ways and means, to make an early preparation of tariff legislation for submission to Congress immediately upon the beginning of the next session in December, when the House becomes Democratic, was I oae of the features of a caucus of the Democrats-the old and new mem bers-of the next Congress, held in the hall of the House at the Capitol. About 210 Democrats were present. Mr. Hay of Virginia presided and Mr. Ashbrook of Ohio was secretary. Francis Burton Harrison of New York called the attention of the caucus to the * fact that the name of Teron Akin,. Representative-elect from New CHAMP CLARK Congressman From Ninth District of Missouri. York, had been called twice in the opening roll-call. Mr. Harrison .an-, nounced that he had been informed that Akin had declared that he would not enter the caucus and that Akin had said he would vote with the Re publicans. Mr. Harrison therefore asked that Akin's name be stricken from the roll of the Democrats. Mr. Henry of Texas, conspicuously mentioned for chairman of the iiext rules committee, made the formal motion outlining the order of busi ness. His plan carried. This invol v o ri t ho_ml ni ell Palmer of Pennsylvania. The Harrison motion to strike Akin of New York from the Democratic roll, was adopted. Mr. Akin was elected on an inde pendent ticket and had the endorse mejst of the Democrats. Fined $1,750 For Selling Liquor. Valdosta, Ga.-John A. Mansor, a wealthy fruit dealer here, plead guilty to three counts of selling liquor, and was fined a total of $1,750 with an alternative of two years on the chain gang. He paid the fine, which sets a new record for heavy penalties for liquor selling.' Five Naval Reservations Doomed. Washington-The administration is authorized to abandon and dispose ot the naval reservation at Culebra, San Juan, Porto Rico; Port Royal, ?. C.; New London, Conn., and Sack etts Harbor, N. Y., under action taken by the House committee on naval affairs. This is at the suggestion o? the Navy ' Department that these stations no longer are necessary. The committee has voted on the program for increase of the navy. The reservation may not be adan doned. Great Negro Farmers' Conference. Tuskeegee, Ala.-Nearly 2,000 negro farmers from Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi and educators from many parts of the country were present at the opening of the twentieth annual negro farmers' conference. Booker T. Washington, principal of Tuskee gee Institute, opened the meeting with a speech in which he urged the negro farmer to strive for better methods of cultivating the land. He dwelt especially upon the evils of the mortgage system. Carnegie Awards to Heroes. Pittsburg. - Twenty-six awards In recognition of acts of ^heroism were made by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, sixteen bronze and ten silver medals besides cash awards being authorized. Nineteen of the awards were made for rescues or at tempted rescues from drowning, three from fire, two from suffocation In wells and one each from train and shooting.- In nine instances the he roes lost their lives and the award is made to a member of the family. Rice Holding Movement Broken. El^Campo, Texas-The rice holding movement appears so far as this sec tion is concerned to have been broken as 35,000 sacks have been sold since January 1 at prices ranging from $2.25 to $3.0?). News from all over the South Texas belt shows a re sumption of selling. Taft to Sec Corn. Columbus, Ohio.-It has been an nounced that President Taft will visit the National Corn exposition, which opens here January 30. Ely Plies From Shore to Ship and B^ck. USEFUL IN TIME OF NAVAL WAR Trip Consumed One Hour-Not an Accident Happened - Perched on Cruiser With Ease-Wife and Spec tators Wild With Enthusiasm. San Francisco.-Eugene B. Ely flew 13 miles in an aeroplane, made a successful landing on the cruiser Pennsylvania and an hour later, from the cruiser, flew back ito Selfridge field, 12 miles south of San Francisco. The feat was accomplished without mishap. Not a wire or bolt of the biplane was injured. "It was easy enough," said Ely, as he stepped from his seat after his return and was seized by the cheer ing soldiers ofvthe Thirteenth Infan try and hoisted on their shoulders. A canvass barrier was stretched across the forward end of the plat form. Launches and ships' boats ful ly manned were put out in p^ent of a mishap. Ely had installed two seven foot pontoons upder his aeroplane to float the machine in case he was forced to descend on the. water and forward he had built a hydroplane to keep the aerpolane from diving in the water, - He was flying low as he neared the ship and dropped down lightly, strik ing the platform about 40 feet from the inner end. The hooks on the aeroplane caught the ropes and stop ped the biplane within 60 feet HENRY CABOT LODGE WINS. Re-Elected to United States Senate After Hard Fight. Boston.-Henry Cabot Lodge won the hardest fight in his political ca reer in nearly thirty years, and re turns to the United States Senate for a fourth term with the support ot 146 out of 279 members of the Massa kjcuaLUL ui unttasucnuaeLis nas ueen assailed by Republican insurgents and the Democratic party. Governor Foss refused to comment on the result, while Congressman Ames said that he was convinced that the desires of a large majority of the people of Massachusetts "have been submerged by the influence of financial interests." Mr. Ames also declared his inten tion of continuing the fight. Political historians say that the contest was the most important senatorial battle in the State since the election of Charles Sumner as a free soiler in 1851. Woman to Prison For Life. Columbia, S. C.-The sentencing of Nannie.Lee Suber, a colored woman, to life imprisonment by Special Judge Aycock adds one to the few life term ers among the women at the State prison. The last white woman life termer was Fannie Carson, whom Govenor Ansel pardoned last fallu Nannie Suber was convicted of the killing of Hattie Suber on. October 10, the trial taking place at the pres ent term of court The verdict had recommendation to mercy attached. Thousand Dollars a Word. New York-Talk is said to be cheap, but not in White Plains, N. Y. Four words alleged to have been hiss ed into the ear of Miss Grace Ray mond will cost Mrs. Naomi D. King, seventy years old, $4,000 by the ver dict of a jury. And in so ruling the jury cut the price of talk to half, for at the previous trial Miss Raymond was awarded $8,000. A short time prior to the marriage the bride-to-be met Miss Raymond on the street and made a remark on which the lady sued for slander. Maine's New Senator. Augusta, Me.-Charles J. Johnson, of Waterville, a Democrat, was elec ted United States senator to succeed Eugene Hale by the Maine legisla ture. Mr. Johnson received 107 votes and Frederick A. Powers, of Houlton, Republican 67. Hitchcock Elected Senator. Lincoln, Neb.-Representative G. M. Hitchcock (Democrat) was elect ed United States senator to succeed E. J. Burkett. McLean Chosen Senator. Hartford, Conn.-George Payne Mc Lean, of Simsbury, Republican, was chosen United States senator from Connecticut for the six year term be ginning March 4 next Gov. Colquitt Inaugurated. Austin, Texas.-The inauguration of Governor Colquitt and Lieutenant Governor Davidson was great. Govenor Colquitt made his speech along lines of conservative govern ment, fewer and fetter laws and safer and saner legislation. CENSUS COTTON FfGURES Statement Made Public by the Depart ment Gives Information 2nd Sta tistics Concerning Staple. Washington. -; Representing the su*p]y of cotton in the United States for the year ending August 31 last as being 12,188,021 bales, twenty per cent less than that of the previous year, in its annual review of the cot ton supply the census bureau says that 52 per cent was exported. The quantity of cotton consumed during the year was 4,798,953 bales compared with 5,240,719 bales in 1909, a decrease of 441,764 bales or eight per cent. The average weekly con sumption of cotton in the United States in 1910 amounted to about 92, 000 bales, compared with 108,000 in 1909; 87,000 in 1908, and 96,000 in 1907. A significant feature of the report is the growth shown in the manufac turing industry In the cotton growing states eince 1880. There were in these states thirty years ago only 561,36o active spindles, which consumed 188, 748 bales of cotton. In 1910 there were 10,801,494 active spindles, con suming 2,292,33 bales of cotton. The 'QT 'v of domestic raw cot ton expoi^-j during the year ending August 31, 1910, amounted to 6,339, 028 running bales, valued at $460. 863,020. Of. this cotton 38 per cent went to the United Kingdom, thirty per cenr. to Germany 15 per cent to France, these three countries taking about five^sixths of the total qauntity ex ported. According to the report the total value of exported cotton goods of do mestic manufacture for the year end ing June 30, 1910, amounted to $33, 398,672, whereas the import of manu factures into the United States during the same year amounted to $66,473, 143 in value. The industrial importance of Ameri can cotton is illustrated by the fact that not less than nine million per sons are employed in its production and handling and the industries for which it furnishes the raw materia!. METHODISTS WORK TO UNITE. Distinguished Clergymen and Laymen Hold a Conference. Cincinnati-Members of ax commit tee of a joint commission held a con ference in this city for the purpose of considering ways and means whereby the Methodist Episcopal, the Protestant Methodist and Methodist Episcopal Church, Sopth, can consoli date. . The members of the committee were appointed by the three churches to formulate the plans for union anC .. uv/uoiuvn, ?a., Ul LUC lYlCLUOLUbl Church, South, and President T. H. Lewis, of Westminster, Md.; Dr. M. L. Jennings, of Pittsburg, and F. L. Harris, of Henderson, N. C., of the Protestant Methodist church. Nsw York's Beer Consumption. New York-Greater New York con sumed 8.500,000 barrels of beer dur ing the year 1910, according to a re port made public. This is about an average of two barrels a year for every man, woman and child in the city. Throughout the United States the year's consumption reached near ly sixty millions. Review of Gold Production. Washington-The output of gold in North and South Carolina increased materially in '1910. That of Alabama, Tennessee and Texas remained abolit the same as for the preceeding year, while a decrease was shown in Vir ginia and Georgia, according to a pre liminary review of the gold produc tion issued by the Geological survey. The value of the total production in the United States for 1910 was less by more than $3.500,000 than in 1909 when it was in round numbers $100,000,000. Asks for Popular Vote on Prohibtion. Austin, Tex-Gov. Oscar Branch Colquitt, while elected on an anti State-wide prohibition platform will, by majority vote of the people on the question at the same election, submit to popular vote the question as to whether Texas shall remain a local option or State-wide prohibition State. In bis message Governor Col quitt, among other things, recom mends that the Legislature submit State-wide prohibition to a vote of the people at the earliest consistent date. Colored Democrats Want Jobs. Washington-The change in the political complexion of the House next session has aroused the ambition of many negroes who have support ed the Democratic party in the past to replace eight hundred negro Re publicans who are now employed about the House wing of the Capitol. Giles F. White, a negro school teacher at Cabin John, Md., will for &ake pedagogy if he can be appointed messenger to Champ Clark, the Speaker to be. Governor and Legislature Disagree. Little Rock. - The Senate and House passed over the veto of Gov ernor Donaghey a bill appropriating $200,000 for expenses of the Legisla ture. Governor Donaghey stated that the amount was $50,000 too much. Will Show Pictures Anyhow. New Or cans.-Denied an injunc tion against the mayor, ar. amusement company desiring lo show pictures of the Jeffnes-Johr.son fight, but re strained by the city, will exhibit on a steamboat beyond the jurisdiction. SOUTH CAROLINA. $303,603.17 FOR LIQUOR. That's What Six Dispensaries Sole In Month of December. That there was an extra amour t o', whiskey purchased in anticipation ci. the holidays in South Carolina iE shown by the fact that the sale.} ol the dispensaries in six counties ol the State for the month of December was approximately $83,000 greatei than the month of November. The total sales of the dispensaries in sis counties were $303,608:17 for Decem. ber as compared with $220,797.05 foi the month of November. These sta tistics are gievn In the monthly re port by Dispensary Auditor Dani.els "It will be noted that there has been an appreciable gain in sales ai all dispensaries. This is due first tc what is known as holiday trade, and second, to Florence county, where ar additional dispensary was opened.' The following is the report bj counties: Gross Operating sales, expense Alekn .$41,471.50 $1,365.92 Beaufort . 24,357.95 920.0' Charleston . 82,533.07 $.002.7' Florence . 42,906.75 1,031,51 Georgetown . 19,675.35 345.5' Richland. 92,662.55 2,862.34 Grand total .. .$303,608.17 $9,6*8.15 Regarding Increased Salaries. Two years ago when an effort wai made to get the legislature to ralst salaires of State officers, the secre tary of State, R. M. McCown, by re quest furnished information showins how much more liberally othei States paid their officers. The salaries and length of termj of governors in the Southern States and other State officers in proportion were reported as follows in 1910: Alabama, four years, $7,500, Arkan sas, four years,, $4,000; Florida, foul years, $5,000; Georgia, two years $5,000; Kentuc'-.y, four years, $6,500; Louisiana, four years, $5,000; Mary land, four years, $4,000; Mississippi four years, $4,500; Missouri, foul years, $5,000; North Carolina, foul years, $4,000; South Carolina, twe years, $3,000; Tennessee, two years $7,500; Texas, two years, $4.000; Vir ginia, four years, $5,000. COLUMBIA WILL GET IT. Great National Corn Show Wantec Wanted for 1912, to Come South. The Carolinas will send a strong delegation to the National Corr show, which is to be held in Colum bus, Ohio, from January 30 to Feb ruary 12. The Columbia chamber ol Commerce, the State department Ol agriculture and the State of' Soutt Carolina will imahe a d?termin?e Will UC UC1U ?M- yuiwa. week of December 4, this year. Th* sum of $20,000 will be secured, which will be filtered in prizes foi the best corn shown. This announce ment has been made by A. D. Hud son, the president of the exposition company. President Hudson has returned from Charleston, where he raised over $1,000 in one day for the sue cess of the exposition. There will be many commercial or ganizations and manufacturing con cerns to give prizes. The success ol the next exposition is already as sured. Aetna Indemnity Company Barred Insurance Commissioner McMastc: has revoked the license of the Aecnr Indemnity company of Connecticut tc do business in South Carolina. 1'aie action was taken following the ap poiutment of a receiver for the som pany. The receiver appointed was Theodore H. McDonald, insurance commissioner of the State of Con necticut. The head office of the com pany is in New York4 The company did a general surety business. There was little business dc-ne^ in Soatb Carolina by the company. Lever on the Firing Line. W. L. Glover, chairman of the Orangeburg committee that has b3en working very earnestly lor the open ing of the Edisto river to navigation, received a telegram rrom Congress man A. F. Lever to the effect that the board of engineers of rivers and harbors had reconsidered and mid?, a favorable report to Congress to appropriate money enough to surrey the Edisto river, with a view to open ing it to navigation. lt looks like the work will be doue. Aged Colored Man Pardoned. Acting on the recommendation ol B. R. Tillman, United States Senator; W. M. Riggs, acting president ol Clemson college; 10 of the members )f the board of trustees of that insti :ution, a number of well known citi sens of the State and the State board 3f pardons. Gov. Ansel has granted a full pardon to Dennis Ladson, an aged negro, who is serving a life sen tence for burglary from Orangeburg county. There was a personal lettei from Senator Tillman in behalt' ol the negro. State Teachers' Meeting. The indications point to a large at tendance of teachers at the meeting} in Columbia March 23-25. A meeting in the spring is an experiment and the approaching sessions will be the first to be held in South Carolina at this season of the year. It is be lieved, however, that the change will be an advantageous one, the sys tem of having the meetings held in the spring having been very success ful in other States. Program of exercises ha? not been announced? THE DEBTOf fl STATE Virginia Asks West Virginia for Part on Old Debt. WEIGHTY QUESTION OF LAW United States Supreme Court Kas a Problem to Solve-Accounts Dated From 1825-Tribunal Will Give Plenty o' Time. Washington.-The staggering arith metic problem, complicated by ques tions of international law, of how much of the $33,000,000 debt of the old State of Virginia, West Virginia should bear, was laid before the Su preme Court of the United States for its solution. Recognizing the intracacy of the problem and the importance of the outcome, the court consented to de vote practically all its time for several days to a hearing of arguments in the case. This is more time than has been given to any case argued before the Supreme Court of the United States within many years. . The debt of Virginia at the time West Virginia was organized is recog nized as ;about $33,000,000. Many more millions have been added to that sum as interest. The Common wealth of Virginia seeks to have West Virginia bear about one-third of the ' debt West Virginia denies her lia bility for one cent. To settle the con troversy, it may be necessary for the Supreme Court to review the expen ditures and receipts of the State of - Virginia since 1825 and figure out from that examination the liabilities. The bitten os of the contest wjiich has been manifest for years, was re flected by the earnestness of Holmes Conrad of Virginia in opening th? argument He was the spokesman for holders of $15,000,000 worth ot certificates, representing a part of the debt. In the present litigation, the certificate-holders are urging that West Virginia be required to pay the debt represented by the certificates. Mr. Conrad only had time to lay before the court part of the founda tion for the contest. He took the court back to. the days of 1825, when Virginia inaugurated a system of con structing roads, canals and railways, extending from the Atlantic to the Ohio river. That he said was the time of the origin of the public debt of Virginia as it existed in 1861. The public improvements were' begun "largely if not entirely for the de velopment of the coal and oil and minerals and gas that today makes \ the State of West Virginia the wealth iest State in the Union," Mr. Conrad , told the court Because of the origin of the debt, if for no other reason, he argued that West Virginia was under a "recognte-' 1 liability,"" to pay her equitable are of it fr,. ?onrad_told. of Virgina's s trust to bear the debt to induce^West inia to assume Its share, and fl to find relief from the burden by mg new bonds for two-thirds of debt and giving certificates to the . _bondholders for the other third. This was done with the understand ing, Mr. Conrad said, that the State of Virginia would be liable for the remaining third, if West Virginia did not pay lt. He acknowledged that Virginia's" liability for the remaining third was disputed' and also Virginia's right to sue West Virginia for the third. He claimed that Virginia had a right to sue as a "trustee." Just before court adjourned he said two plans would be advanced for the settlement of the account. One he designated as the "international" law plan" and the other the ''Wheel; ing ordinance plan." He approved' the former. Maybe They Will, and Washington.-The ; commission of fine arts, which was called upon by President Taft several days ago to decide whether the District of Colum bia should be allowed to build a re formatory near Mount Vernon, has decided that on esthetic grounds it sees no objection in such action. The regents of Mount Vernon and others had objected to having the institu tion so near the home of Washington. The building will be three and a half miles in a direct line across the water from there. If He Does lt. Havana.-The city council of Ha vana has voted a purse of $3,000 to J. A. D. McCurdy, the American aviator, In case he makes a success ful flight in a heavier-than-air ma chine from Key West to Havana. Mr. McCurdy arrived in Havana on the United States torpedo boat de stroyer Paulding, for the purpose of selecting a suitable landing place and making other arrangements relative to his proposed flight. The flight will be made in a day or two. . Just Miners Killed, That's All. Richmond, Virginia.-Five men were killed, four fatally hurt and seven injured as a result of an explo sion of dynamite or gas in the Gay ton mines, about 15 miles west of Richmond. The dead were Poles and came to Virginia from Pennsylvania. Seven were badly injured. They are still in the mine, 1,200 to 2,000 feet from the entrance. The exact cause of the explosion is unknown. An investigation will be made to ascertain the cause. Of Course, All Knew lt Washington.-"Japan wants peace. There is not the least desire in the hearts of any of the Japanese people to have war with the United States, towards which they feel most friend ly to which they look as a model of justice and right" This was the statement made by Bishop M. C. Harris of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Japan and Korea, who called on President Taft. Japan, her said, has the same desires and am bitions as this country, the desire to grow, but to grow by peace.