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ODD FELLOWS IN GRAND LODGE. The Erection of Officers-Orphanage Mattier? ot Principal Interest. Andereon, May 14.-To-morrow morning the South Carolina Grand Lodge of Odd FellowB, in annual convention here, will vote on the question of closing the Odd Fellows' Orphan Home, located near Green ville. The home was the all-absorb ing subject in the two business ses sions of to-day and the members have talked of but little else since arriving in Anderson. It is said that, due to the Vaughn episode and to the slack business methods which are alleged Lo have been practiced in running the or phanage, the members of the order throughout the State have' allowed their interest In the home to wane to such an extent that sufficient sup port has not been forthcoming. Officers Chosen. The election of officers resulted as follows: Grand Master-Kenneth Baker, Greenwood. Deputy Grand Master-Mendel L. Smith, of Camden. Grand Warden-F. C. Perry, of Columbia. Grand Secretary-Dr. S. F. Kill ingsworth, Columbia. Grand Treasurer-H. Endel, Greenville. Grand Representatives-James H. Craig, Anderson; Wilson G. Harvey, Charleston. (The National Conven tion meets In Minneapolis in Sep tember. ) 75 Lodges, ??,500 Members. Reports submitted by the various officers show that the order has pros tiered during the year. Tho net gain In membership was 114. There are 75 lodges, with a total membership of 3,500, in South Carolina. Tho meeting to-night was purely social, several candidates being given tho first degree by a team from Wade Hampton Lodge, Columbia. Several addresses were made during the smoker "which followed. The Orphan Home Continued. (Anderson Mail, 15th.) After two days spent in earnest discussion of the problems facing them, the members of the Grand Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows this afternoon decided, by a vote that was practically unanimous, to continue the work of the Odd Fel lows' Orphan Home at Greenville. The Grand Lodge was not disposed to act with such unanimous accord, but the action shows the determina tion of the Odd Fellows to advance the state of their order and the con dition of the orphans entrusted to their care. Outside of tho election and instal lation of officers and tho deciding on Columbia as the next place of meet ing the Grand Lodge disposed of very little else at this session. Grand Master Craig, who presided over tho trying deliberations, was elected to succeed Col. Jas. G. Long, Jr., o;' Uir >uii, ;ts repr?sent?t!ve io tho Sover eign (fraud Lodge at Minneapolis. Tn* Orphan Homo. A. L. Kline, pf Greenville, was elected to take charge of the Orphan Home, which is located near Green ville. H$ is a man of large experi ence in the affairs of the world and has heretofore been connected with an Odd Fellows' home, having been on the board of tho home of the State of Arkansas for some years. He will give bond for the faithful perform ance of his duty, and the members bf tho Grand Lodge seem to think that he is the very mau >br tho place. It is proposed to di. < bargo all In debtedness within the coining year, The S - N 1 preserves th< It means b kitchen, and No fire to kii STAJVDi? Washington, D. C Richmond, Va? Norfolk, Va. - and Mr. Kline and ochers will visit tho lodges in this S\ *e. The in debtedness is $2,500. t.nd of this amount the lodges in Richland coun ty have already raised $400, the lodges in Greenville $300, and a cash contribution of over $100 was taken on the floor of the Grand Lodge. All reports on the orphan home and all resolutions thereon were re ferred to a special committee, of which A. B. Langley, of Columbia, was the chairman. This committee after sifting the matter thoroughly, submitted a substitute for the whole matter and that substitute, after discussion was, with amendments, adopted unanimously: The Grand Lodge paid quite a de served compliment to the South Car olina Odd Fellow, edited by the loyal and veteran Odd Fellow, Capt. J. K. P. Neatherfy, of Columbia, and the publisher was voted $300 to aid him in his worthy efforts to promote Odd Fellowship. His paper kept the spark of life glowing In the Odd Fel lows* Home when lt appeared that the institution was dead. The committee, through Chairman Langley, after making a special re port, declined to receive the resigna tion of the, present board of trustees of the Orphans' Home, with the ex ! ception of Governor Blease, who de i dined to Berve. The following is the basis on which the work will be henceforth carried on: I We, your joint committee to whom was referred all matters before the Grand Lodge relating to the main tenance and support of the Orphan ? Home, recommend that the following : resolutions be adopted: I 1. That a competent superintend ent be placed in charge of Hie or phan's homo, and he held strictly ac countable for Its management: that he be required to make monthly re ports to the hoard of trustees in item ized form, showing all expenditures, with vouchers thereto attached, for all money paid out and statements showing all outstanding indebted ness. i 2. All monies received shall be re-^ ported in duplicate to tho Grand Sec retary and the chairman of the hoard of trustees, who shall report same to i tliis Grand Lodge. i 3. That tho superintendent shall be bonded in a solvent surety com- ( pany, licensed to do husine. s in this i State, such bond to he paid "for out I of the Orphan Home fund. Amount I of bond to he fixed by trustees. 4. That tho trustees he required to make a quarterly report to tho Grand Secretary In itemized form, such as n?ade to them by Superin tendent of tho home, and the Grand Secretary in turn be required to send a copy of this r'hport to each subor dinate lodge in the State. .". That wo appeal ?o the subor dinate lodges that are able to adopt a child and 'pay for its maintenance in .the home, either by the lodge or 1(8 members until such time as the indebtedness of the home is cleared up. 8- That wo reconnue ul Hint the trustees arrange toi the.-.uiporlntend cut. tb visit, ali iudgi-s p< sslble, anti jil ciiiiin i'uiiM with Grand Seen: 'l?ry-nt? associate State 'vqanii'er'. lo organize now lodge*., to revue dor mant and .detunet lodges, and to so licit cash and p'edges to support the Onihan Home. 7. That the trustees be directed to apply at least one-third of ill Or phan IIon;e tax io past indebtedness. The orphanage matter was refer red Wednesday afternoon to a joint cominitte?, composed of the commit tee on the state of the order and the committee on finance. Two reports were submitted by the joint comniit tee. The majority report provided that tho home be closed and that the orphans of deceased Odd Fellows he j teady Ever of the >il Cook-stov ? rich natural flavor etter cooking, a cle< 1 CSS work, idle, no drudgery of c no sm The n Perfec cooks at one expi troubl Smaller 2 or 3 them a or write circular LRD OIL co (New Jersey) BALTIMORE placed in the various denominational orphanages and ?supported by the Grand Lodge. The minority report pVovlded that the Orphan Home be kept open and supported by a per capita tax. In addition this minority report made an appeal to all subordinate lodges which are able to adopt one or more of the little orphans and support them within the walls of the orphan-^ age at Greenville. Several lodges In and around Co lumbia agreed to take one or more orphan* each If the home should be discontinued. Governor Blease pledged himself to support two or phans either way the issue turned out. Cost of Maintenance ali Home. Following is the expense, average number of children and per capita by years since the ho'me was started: \ Total Avg. No. Cost Expenses. Children. Per Cap. Year. 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 $6,206.77 4,902.48 5,387.44 6,212.94 t, 338.62 5 758.64 34 41 44 48 45 35 $182.50 119.57 122.44 130.25 118.63 164.53 Average tor six years, $139.65 per child. * Table b'ised on actual current ex penses, such as salaries, groceries, dry goodi, etc.: Total Avg. No. Cost Expenses. Children. Per Cap. Year. 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 $3,173.86 4,000.33 4,747.19 5,212.94 5.338.62 5,758.64 34 41 44 48 4 5 35 $ 93.35 97.56 107.89 108.60 118.63 164.53 Averaging for "&lx years $115.09 l>er child. With the English Suffragettes. London, May 14.-A suffragette bomb was found to-day in the car of a passenger train on the Southwest ern railway between Kingston-on tbe-Thames and London, tho third outrage on the same line In two months. Tho conductor turned the bomb over to tho police. A militant arson squad last night destroyed an untenanted . residence on the highlands near Folkestone-on the-Channel and left post cards ad dressed, "Dishonorable Premier" and "Dishonorable Home Secretary." A business-like bomb addressed to Henry Curtis Bennett, police magis trate, who Is hearing charges against suffragette leaders, was delivered by a letter carrier at Boy Street court to-day. The package was marked "Immediate." The suspicious court officer threw it in a pail of water. It contained a tin box filled with gunpowder and a shot cartridge ar ranged for explosion if struck. I - Oreen vi lie Policemen Exonerated. (Greenville Piedmont, 14th.) (in the Court, ol Bossions late yea tor rt ny Judge Bowman directed a verdict, of .."not guilty" in .favor. ?2 Prlv Re* ti. C Aloxnnoer, A. M. Blair and J. A, Mayfield, ol tho-local police force, who wero arraigned on charges of murder in two cases, the Indict ment growing out of the killing of young Leonard Smith and Rowley Martin, who engaged in a pistol bat tle with the policemen while in the act of robbing tho Hobbs-Henderson store several weeks* ago. Solicitor P. A. Bonham Instigated a directed verdict, following the ex amination of four witnesses and De fendant H\ C. Alexander, stating to the court that the evidence of guilt was not sufficient to warrant a con tinuance of tho ense. i Heat e of the meat, mer, cooler :oal or ashes, oke or soot. ew 4-burner tion Stove a whole meal e, with least 5 n s e and e. stoves with 1, burners. See t your dealer's, : for descriptive to MPANY Charlotte, N. C. Charleston, W. Va. Charleston, S. C. LIQUOR FOR PERSONAL USE. Suprem? Court Denne? Webb Act. , Rights of tho State. (The State, 15th.) That there is no statute by the State of South Carolina prohibiting the importation of whiskey from an other State, for personal use, and that the Webb act gives tho State the right to enact such a statute, if lt so desires, is the decision of the Su preme Cburt lu deciding a case test ing tho constitutionality of the Webb act passed by Congress, with drawing the protection of iuter-State commerce from whiskey shipments from one State to another. The Su preme Court held that the old dis pensary act forbidding the ordering of whiskey for personal use from other States, having been declared unconstitutional, before the passage of the Webb act, could not be vital ized by the passage of the Webb act. Intention of tho Act. "It is not the intention of the Webb act to interfere with the policy of the State in regard to the impor tation of liquor, but merely to pro vide that the enforcement of a State statute would not be Interfered with or hampered by the Inter-State com merce laws," says the decision. "In other words the act In this respect is passive," continues the de cision, "while it is Incumbent on the State to enact legislation of an ac tive nature if they are desirous of prohibiting the importation of li quors for personal uso or other pur poses. But even If Congress had undertaken to give validity to an un constitutional State statute lt would have been beyond its powers. Power of Legislature, "While tho Legislature cannot pass an act. validating the provisions of the dispensary statute which we have declared to be'unconstitutional. so ?s to give lt a retroactive effect, lt, nevertheless, has tito power to adopt a statute with similar provis ions having a prospective effect, pro hibiting1 alcoholic liquors from being imported into this State. "Such a statuto would not contra vene any provision of tho United States constitution. As we have al ready said,-tho recent act of Con gress ?divests intoxicating liquors of their Inter-State commerce character and invests the respective States with power either to prohibit fte impor tation absolutely or allow it only for sale and use through a dispensary. The classification of tho counties, so as to allow the sale of liquor in some of them while lt ls not prohibited in others, would not be violative of Sec tion 1 of tho Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the JInlted States, which provides that no State shall deny to any person within Its jurisdiction the full protection of the laws " TK.tCHIN(? OF AGRtX ULT I! HE? TTiei. i: a i.\ ;>v. oit; i>>;u:;?nd loi* U' rlCultural Knowledge. .-. t r (Greenville News.) The time was, and this was not many years since, when the average farmer looked upon the teacher of scientific farming as one unduly en dowed with presumption, who Im agined (hat he, through hooks, eoald learn more about farming than the man who had followed tho plow had learned through experience. The ad vocate of Intensive farming was look ed upon as rather unwelcome* muong the farmers, for his theories'were but little resepcted. But now this condi tion has changed, and tho farmers are willing to learn scientific farm ing. They generally welcome the coming of a teacher of agriculture, and not Infrequently do they profit by his teachings. This fact of the awakening Of the farmers ls one of the best signs of the times, for it means a larger production at a lower cost. It moans the possibilities of the soil will be realised to a vastly greater extent than under tho old regime. # A recent government bulletin il lustrates the growing demand for ag ricultural knowledge. In the year 1006 there were but 100 secondary schools which offered agricultural courses. Now there are no less than 2,000 in the United States. And .igain, the larger salaries paid the teachers of agricultural science shows the i creased demand for this kind of knowledge. Investigation shows that the average salary of the high school teacher of subjects other than agriculture is $700 per annum. The average teacher of agriculture re ceives $1,200 annually. This condi tion is caused by the rapid awaken ing Of the farmer to the necessity for scientific knowledge, whlchvawak ening has come so rapidly that the schools have not turned out so many soil scientists as the country is .?ail ing for. Another significant fact is that elementary agriculture is re quired in seventeen States of the Un ion, and that many States are mak ing appropriations for various agri cultural schools. The rosa II. of this new trend in ed ucation is easily seen. The Ameri can farmer, especially in the South, has been wasteful in the extreme, failing in the* majority of instances to realize anything like the potenti alities of the soil. This was because of a dearth of knowledge of ;yiont tile farming. It was not formerly recog nized that agriculture is a practical science, and one which requires study in the schools as well as in the fields'. But,now the American planter sees his former mistake and is seeking to Are You Sub to H ERK IS A SIMPLE WAY OF COR- I RECTING IT INSTANTIA Y BE FORE IT BECOMES CHRONIC. Very few people go through life without some time or other hoing troubled with constipation. Thou sands- injure themselves by the use of strong cathartics, sait mineral wa ters, pills and similar things. They have temporary value In some caseB, lt is true, but the good effect is soon lost, and the more one takes of them the less effective they become. A physic or purgative ls seldom necessary, and much better and more permanent results can be obtained by using a scientific remedy like Dr. Caldwell's Syrup PepBln. It does not hide behind a high sounding name, but ls what it is represented to be, a mild laxative medicine. It is so mild that thousands of mothers give it to tiny infants, and yet it ls so com pounded, and contains such definite ingredients that it will have equally good effect when UBed by a person suffering from the worst chronic con stipation. In fact, atnOTCtg the great est endorsers of Syrup Pepsin are el derly people who have suffered for years and found nothing to benefit them until they took Syrup Pepsin. It is a fact that millions of fami lies have Syrup Pepsin constantly in the house, homos like those of Mrs. Q. P?. Pruitt, Berea, Ky., who used Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a lax ative tonic. Mrs. Pruitt writes that it so strengthened and cleansed her system that she was quickly reliev ed of a sever?? cough which had troubled her for months. Tho special value of t li is grand laxative tonic \a i HOLDS JOHNSON TO I'HOMISF.. Wyatt Aiken Protests Against Col league from Kentucky. Washington, May 14.-Something of a sensi.iion in Congressional cir cles oas been caused by the tiling ol' a protest 'by Representative Wyatt Aiken, of South Carolina, against the selection of Representative lien John son, of Kentucky, to succeed him self as chairman of Committee on the District of Columbia. The protest has been lodged with tho Ways and Means Committee and ls accompanied by documents which are said to show that when Mr. John son was originally made chairman of this committee he received tho posi tion by reason of the fact that Mr. Aiken, who was ranking member, stood aside at Johnson's request. Tho South Carolinian claims that the Kentuckian n?ked th? favor on the ground 'hat it. would liolp bim m his candidacy for the Governorship of bia state, ami promised/to step dowu fro?i> the ebal; imui'.ihlp the time ?nd lot Aiken have it. lc is u linera tond that ??op. .sonta tive Johnson dei les having had any such understanding with Mr. Aiken, but the latter backs up his assertion with a letter, signed, by Chairman Underwood and ten other Democratic' members of the Ways and Moans Committee, declaring that unless the South Carolinian had voluntarily stood aside in 1911 he would have been made chairman of the District Committee. Among those who have sent Mr. Aiken letters to the same effect is former Representative Brantley, of Georgia, who was a member of tho Ways and Means Committee previous to Iiis retirement from Congress last March. Representative Johnson now in sists upon remaining at tho head of the Ditsrict Committee and probably will do so. *| He is also a. candidate for the chairmanship of the Demo cratic Congressional Campaign Com mittee, for which position Represen tative Finley, of South Carolina, is directly In Une, but which Mr. Finley is not seeking, lt has been freely predicted that the Kentuckian will get tho Congressional Committee chairmanship in spite of the feeling that President Wilson would prefer a "progressive." DECIDE YOURSELF. The Oppin i unity is Here, Raeked by Wallinna Testimony. Don't take our word for it. Don't depend on a stranger's state ment. Read Walhalla endorsement. Read the statement* of Walhalla citizens. And decide for yourself. Hero ls one case of it: J. R. Hughes, railroad engineer, Faculty Hill, Walhalla, S. C., says: "For many years I worked on* a lo comotive, and the constant jarring weakened my kidneys. I had sore ness in the small of my back and through my t-honlders. 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Caldwell, HT Washington St., Mon ticello, 111., and a 1'iee sample bottlo will be mailed you. "1XDHCMXT," BAH CLUB WO.MKI?, Modern Dances Denounced us "Dun* g?rons to MoralK." Charleston, May 15.-Decrying tho preseut wtylo of dancing as "Inde cent" and tho up-to-date modes of dressing as "dangerous to morals," the- City Federation of Women's Clubs, at its annual meeting, held yesterday afternoon in the Gibbes Memorial Art Museum, unanimously adopted resolutions against two of the most popular ovlls of the da^. The resolution, which was introduced by Mrs. Samuel G. Stodney, roads: "The Federation -places Itself on record as opposed to indecent danc ing and dressing so dangerous to morals, and that each member be called upon to give personul influ ? ence to correct them In every way possible/' The seventy-live numbers of (.ho Fe*?er:*.i::j!: present, transmited ? mea'.' <l<vil Of impon nm business ai addi tion t? cob dem bin g ino ' huniiyiUus" rind the "pottb.oatleuri skirt." j Johnson Guilty, Hoven Counta. Chicago, May 15.-Jack Johnson, champion heavy woight lighter, Tues day was found guilty of violating tho Federal white slave law in transport ing Belle Schreiber from Pittsburgh to Chicago in 1910. He was convict ed on all seven counts In tho Indict ment. The jury returned Its verdict after an hour's consideration. The maximum penalty under the finding is flvo yoara' imprisonment or $10,000 fine, or both. 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