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STARTLING REPORT OF SUVERY EXISTS CHARGE THAT SAVAGE FAMILIES SELL CHILDREN IN PHILLIP FINES VERIFIED. PROBE MADE BY AUDITORS -Secretary Garrison Receives the Flndi ings of Inquiry That Was Carried on For Months By Phipps.?Informants Names Not Given. s ~ Washington. ? Secretary Garrison bad before him a Philippine slavery report by W. H. Phipps, auditor for the islands, practlc?aliy backing up the startling charges of Dean Worcester. It cites details of many cases of boys and girls sold into slavery at prices ranging from $60 to $100, and that heads of savage families sell their daughters and regard the prac' tice as a right. "I have no hesitancy in saying that I think that the charges or Secretary Worcester that slavery in the Philippines are sustained," says Mr. Phipps. j The Phipps "report is based upon Investigations conducted under tne direction of the Philippine auditor by district auditors. It is accompanied by a list of names of sixty-seven persons held as slaves, some being hell outright and some under the so-called "debt" system, the fallacy of wjbieh is shown by the fact that some of the slaves so held are more than CO years of age and have been held by the present owners since birth. All of the district autditors who assisted Mr. Piiipps were obliged to promise their informants that the source of the information would not be made public. The names of the officials who helped in the preparation of the report also are withheld. One investigator stated in his report: "There is a considerable traffic in girls. I personally have had a number of offers of this kind, and it is a generally known fact that a large percentage of the Chinese who have Filipino wives actually bought them at a stipulated price. A recent instance ;m which I was offered boys and girls for the small amount of 20 pesos, 30 pesos and 40 pesos was in August of last year at Cebu." Sulzer Intends To Fight Case Out. Albany, N. Y.?With rumors current that Governor William Sulzer would resign in event that his attorneys lose their fight to prevent him from being forced to defend himself "before the high court of impeachment, statements forthcoming from his counsel seemed to indicate that he has every intention of fighting the case out to the end, be it bitter or ? - 9 J -sweet. The statements were inspired by the general interpretation placed on the letter which Mr. Sulzer sent to Lieutenant Governor Glynn, turning over to him for signature requisition papers for the extradition of a prisoner. Senate Committee To Hear Bankers. Washington. ? The Banking and Currency Committee of the Senate, preparing to continue its hearing on the administration currency bill as passed by the House, decided to invite Frank T. Vanderlip, president of the National City Bank of New York, to discuss the measure before the committee. Later Vice President Talbott, of the same institution, will be 1" vited to appear. The committee has decided to have in attendance an expert from the office of the Comptroller of the Currency to keep the committee straight on technical ques.dunn? the examination of wit nesses in the future. Lucero Charged With Bribery. Santa Fe, X. M.?J. P. Lucero, Representative of the first State Legislature, was put * on trial in District Court here charged with the solicitation of a $500 bribe in connection with the election of A. B. Fali to the United States Senate last spring. Conferees Take Duty Off Bananas. Washington.?The Tariff Conference Committee of Congress voted to leave bananas on the free list. After a controversy, in which the influence of President Wilson was thrown in favor of the continued free importation. the Senate conferees receded from their amendment, which would have imposed a duty of one-tenth of one cent a pound. The Senate gave way as to duty on lemons, limes, grapefruit and similar fruits, leaving the rates as fixed by the House, based on the measurement of packages. Defense Procedure Undecided. Concord, N. II.?A mass of information bearing upon extradition precedents in New Hampshire lay before counsel for Harry K. Thay. ready for presentation before (governor Felker in an effort to defeat the attempt to have the slayer of Stanford White returned to Matteawan. The order will be decided soon. Ic had been hoped to submit an outline of the plaws to Thaw's mother and sister, Mrs. Geo. Lauder Carnegie, but at last report no member of the family except . ;..vry are here. 15 STILL II PUZZLE WHO WILL BE APPOINTED IN SOUTH CAROLINA IS THE QUESTION? HAVE TWO VACANT BERTHS Selections Must Be Made For United States District Attorney and Marshall For the Palmetto State.?Looked For In Near Future. ?-? Columbia.?A special from Washington states that the arrival here of W. F. Stevenson of Cheraw and other well known South Carolina men, and the visit of John Gary Evans to the White House and that of Senator Smith to the department of justice, has opened up again the question of what is going to he done about the appointment of a district attorney and a marshal to succeed Ernest Cochran and J. D. Adams. I What has already transpired in this j matter is now well known to persons j in South Carolina-and those who are j familiar w.ith what has teen done arc j closely watching for any move indi- j j eating a final adjustment of the situ- j j ation. i So far a sthe appointment of a dis- >' J f l ~ ^r?or! triCt 2,i.XOriitIJ> 15 :icu uuiu , tors -Smith and Tillman seem satisfied, . each feeling confident, as far a3 can ; ; he learned, that he will get his man, , I W. J. Thurmond for Tillman and F. j IT. Weston, for Smith, fixed in the de- i | sired place, : Regarding the question of the . marshalship, Senator Tillman having ; withdrawn the name of J. L. Sims, j would appear to put the matter up to : Senator Smith, hut the latter does not j , seem inclined to take action just now. j preferring it is presumed to wait un; til the other place is filled. "While it was believed here that j President Wilson might settle the j matter and send the names of a dis- ' i trict attorney and a marshal to the , i senate for confirmaton, this course S was not followed and careful inquiry j i made at the offices of both the South ' Carolina senators brought out no new j i information. j i However, the visit of Mr. Steven- j ! son to Senator Tillman's office and i i the visits of John Gary Evans and j n A/. +1-1 TXrVi Ho VI mi c o ! SeiMUUr OULlltll IU biio ??1XJLCW xavuiuv ? and the department of justice, re- | | spectively, give rise to the belief tbat j something may be looked for in this i matter during the next day or two. i j Lexington County Dispensary Board, j j Lexington.?G. A. Goodwin, chair- j i man; George K. Koon, secretary and j j Walter F. Hook, comprising the Lex- j ington county dispensary 'board of control, held an important meeting, in 'Which many matters in regards to the early opening of the dispensaries in ; this county were considered. It was j agreed that the county should have five dispensaries to begin with?one ; at Lexington, on? at Brookland, Feak, | Swansea and one at either Leesville ; or Batesburg. The board will meet I again on September 27 to hear arguj ments of those seeking the dispen- | j sary at Batesburg and Leesville in j ! order that the board might be advised j i as to which place will be proper for i { the dispensary. j News From the Capital. i Columbia.?Owing to the inclemency j ! of the weather Governor Blease and j j Representative Rembert did not at- j i tend the barbecue at Chapin, but ; { wired their regrets. The fertilizer ! 1 tag tax from the sales of fertiliers I from January 1 to date has amounted i i to $224,332.86, according to the state- I j ment from the office of the state treas- ! 1 : i urer. Commissioner of Agriculture j E. J. Watson says that he inaugurated ! a special campaign against bleached | flour and has issued instructions for i the drawing of samples. I Charged With Robbing Postoffice. j Laurens.?David Hamilton, a young ! man of the upper section of this coun- i ty, was arrested recently by Deputy j United Stetes Marshal Hudgens and j | carried to Edgefield, where lie is j charged with breaking into the Tren- j ; ton postoffice early in this month. ; v ! Gives His Version of Case. I Columbia.?Governor Blease receiv- J ed a telegraphic inquiry from lawyers j i in Vow Ynrlr if ?!riii<h Pirnlim had ever applied for* or given extradition of escaped lunatic or of insane i person charged with crime. In reply ; the governor said 110 such case had j ever arisen in this state within his j ! knowledge and added that if the in- i quiry referred to the Thaw case, if j Thaw were in tiiis state, no papers i would he granted for his return to j New York unless local physicians first j adjudged him insane. Additional License Fees. Columbia.?The insurant-" comnris- j sioner has turned into the s'ate treas- : ury what is known as an additional li- j cense fe^s on premiums collected bv j insurance companies during the six ! months ending .Tune .10. It'll. The 1 amount of such addi'lonal licence fees ; was $01,217.24. One-half of 'this | amount goes to the state for general i . purposes and the other half is divided j ' among the several counties in propor- j i ti-on to the premiums collected in those ? i counties. Richland's share is nearly i i $3,000. j FROM THE PALMETTO STATE Latest News of General Interest That, Has Been Collected From Many j Towns and Counties. i I Columbia.?A. C. Sllgh, of Dyson,! has been appointed as magistrate fo?< Greenwood county. Chester.?The Chester Baptist Association will hold ts big annual meeting at the Blaokstock Baptist ohurcih, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, October 7, 8 and 9. Columbia.?Little of the advance In the hJgh^cost of living can be attributed to the price -paid for coal now as compared with that of five years ago, according to Columbia coal dealers. Columbia.?Commissioner Watson has accepted an Invitation to deliver an address at the annual fair of the Pendleton Fair Association October 8. The fair will be given by one of the oldest agricultural societies In the South. Conway.?Moving In a northeasterly direction and hewing a course about onehalf mile wide, a terrible cyclone swept North Conway recently and left ruin and desolation in its wake. While iio lives -were lost, several persons escaped as though by a miracle. Washington.?The house passed a hill introduced by Representative Byrnes permitting the people of Beaufort to construct a bridge across the Beaufort river. This bridge is much wanted by the people of the town and Mr. Byrnes thought it best to have the bill passed by congress to prevent any trouble hereafter. Spartanburg.?In the fnce of the positive statement ci" a respectable white matron of high intelligence that he had assaulted tmr, Will Fair, p. negro, was found not gully at a special term of general session court called for the ' of his case. The jury was cut ' ! curs. The verdict caused r.o surprise and was quietly received. Washington.?Former Speaker. W. F. fr. evens on, o: the South Carolina l n. / . . *?' : .-ifooo'irirt'vaa on ]:w 'AM v to his home in Cheraw, after a visit to Atlantic City, X. ,T., when ashed about his rumored intention to be a candidate to the senate to succeed Senator Smith, said that he had not yet niado up his mind what lie would do. Florence.?A bank has been organ- | ized at Pamplico, the most consider- j able station on the new South Carolina Western road between Florence and ! Poston, where a city is expected to i be some day. The capital is to be $25,000, and it was all subscribed in a day by the men who live in that section and those who own property in Pamplico. Anderson.?Four new school buildngs costing together about $50,000 are to be erected here by the 1st of January. Contracts for all of the buildings bave been awarded and work on the construction of two of them has already been commenced. A new building for the colored pupils was completed a short t^me ago at a cost of $6,000 and put into use at the beginning of the present school year. Columbia.?Tfrade opportunity by South Carolina with the score of countries of South America and the commercial possibilities of the Panama Canal were outlined in an address at ! the Columbia theatre by John Barrett, | director-general of the Pan-American Union and Dr. Clarence J. Owens, managing director of the Southern Commercial Congress. Several hundred Columbians were present. Anderson?A Cleveland, Ohio, bank has made a proposition to the agricultural department of the Anderson chamber of commerce to purchase all the bonds that might be necessary to float in order to secure funds with, which to drain approximately 1,000 acres of land in the vicinity of Rocky River, near the city, and the whole matter is now toeing handled toy Z. C. Ballentine, an Anderson county farmer. Lancaster. ? News reached here that Walter Cauthen, the eldest son of James M. Cauthen of the Dry Creek section of the county, met with an exceedingly painful and serious accident recently at his home. 11 r was operating a wood saw at the gin house w.hen the box covering the mantle came off and the saw flew up, wounding the young man about the shoulders and cutting a long gash from the left shoulder downward, almost to the heart. Columbia.'?Unable to agree upon a verdict in the case of J. G. Grant, a young white man, charged with forgery, the jury was dismissed and a mistrial ordered in session court for Richland county. Winnsboro.?In response to the call for citizens of the town and county ) to contribute labor for the good roads I movement, many have deemed it ! more advisable to aid two weeks be- | fore the appointed time and others j havo promised to help. The whole I scheme shoe's a spirit of co-operation ! and endeavor to do the best work for j county's roads. Manning. ? The Ions continued j drought in this section has at last j been broken. There were light driz- ! zling rains at intervals several days | ago, hut in the aggregate there was only about enough to lay the dust j good. Greenville.?The contract, for the block of warehouses to be c?- a i near the inlerurban Iivi*. V. station | will be Jet within ilia r. ; -i / \\ lays. 1 he buildings are to he vo > >tf?ri. s high and of most modert on',,j.j^. Jt ].-> ;.a1nnc-d to establish a new whoP- ;]: district, in tin- vicinity oi 1 bo ij {r'riii - ;t;i stitio.i. j ROUND TRIP 1 Excursion Fares * FROM 1 Lexington, S. C. VIA Southern Railway = (Premier carrier of fhe South). B $10.00. Knoxville, Tenn., and Return B ("Good in coaches only"). B $0.75. Knoxville, Tenn., andjjreturn B ("Good in coaches, parlor or B sleeping cars, pullman charges B additional"). Account Na- B tional Conservation Exposi- BB tion, Sept. 1-Noy. 1, 1913. g Tickets sold daily, A.ug. 30 to B Nov. 1, good 10 clays from ?j $1S.OO. Louisville, Ky. and return, B account Centennial Oelebra- B tion Perry's Victory, Septem- jj|l ber 29-October 5, 1913. Tickets B sold Sept. 27, 23, 29, with ||j final limit returning October $25.13. New York, N Y and return, B account General Conventic n j ||j Protestant Episcopal church. { ||? Tickets sold October 4, 5, (>. j 1913, final limit returning Nov; 4, J 913. $29.35. Atlantic City, N J and re- j " v. . . i luni account. American hue- " < | " I trie Kaitway Association, j ^ Tickets r-oal October 9, JO, 11, ! * ? ? ? i ? * 12. IDJI, with final limit r - ; turning October. 21, 191.1. j vNashville, Tonn, and rerun: ! 0 account Southern Edncari ?na; j y . VssDciati; n, October 10-No- ; * 1 ^ vomber 1, I'M'-*, Ur-kois soM Oct 2S ar.d 20, lie::! limit Nov 1 i 5, 1911. ; vJj j w. Nn*v Orl'-a^s La. and r* iurn , HCCvjUItfc x\ Ht lO I] Lil i\.5 v; 1 *' 1 a t: #?! ; ^ Grain Dealers, tickets so.fi ,0, Ootooor 11, 12, and II, 11)11, j r.iJ filial limit i? taming Oct IS, uk 1911. 1 ?V ? /i ? LuPa, Oklahoma and return j account International Farm j fi.:ci Soli Products Exposition, j tick' ts sold Oct 18-21, 11)13, j final limit returning Nov G, \| a Pullman, sleeping and diniug car .1 service on through trains, good convenient through and local schedules. For detailed information, etc., call upon nearest ticket agent, or write S. H. Hardwick, PTM.; H. F. Cary, y GPA.; Washington, D. C.; W. E. wj McGee, AGP., Columbia, S C; Magrader Dent, DPA, Augusta, Ga. Despondency ^ Is often caused by indigestion and Ji constipation, and quickly disappears when Chamberlain's Tablets are taken. For sale by All Dealers. adv. 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Zoc Sm THEJOLD RELIABLE The Carolina National Bank 1 ?Organized 1868? 9 United States, State, County and City Depository. 9 Capital stock $300,000 00 SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. _ ?| Surplus profits 155,000 00 m* Liability^ of stock- Interest allowed at the rate'of gfl holders 300,000 00 4 per cent, per annum, payable |9 * Protec ion to Depos- quarterly, February, May, An- B itors $755,000 00 | gust, November. |1| The new banking House is provided with a modern Fireproof W Vault which is protected by an Electric System installed by the |j| Electric Bank Protection Company of New York City, and is made ||| thoroughly burglar proof. B It has also installed a complete set of safety deposit vaults which 2 are offered to our customers at reasonable rates. V* e are prepared to I afford every facility and accommodation which one's business justifies mb ?OFFICERS? m W. A. CLARK, President, JOSEPH M. BELL, Cashier, | T. S. BRYAN, Vice President. JOHN D. BELL, Asst. Cashier. ? 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