Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, October 21, 1910, Image 1

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ISSUED SEMI-WEEKI.Y. ^ l. m. GRISTs SONS, p?bii?her?. | ^ #amilD JJeicspaper: Jor the promotion of the political. Social. Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the people. | TER.Jv.'rivBCE^""' ESTABLISHED 1855. YORK V1LLE. S. C. FRIDAY. OCTOHRli 31, 1i)1Q. ' NO. 84. ' 1 11 ? i 1 I uiri i ham nce/<cmnc im rtrcau si t*** **** **** *** W+&* I KING $ ?S Th Story Thai ; Shakespeare'. * z?y Chas. an *8+1 **+a **+a **+a ?#+a *? l'x\ tt 1 11. Lear at first could not believe his eye9 or ears, nor that it was his daughter who spoke so unkindly. Ht could not believe that she who had received a crown from him could seek tc cut off his train and grudge him the respect due to his old age. But sh? persisting in her undutiful demand, the old man's rage was so excited, that he called her a detested kite, and said that she spoke an untruth; and so indeed she did, for the hundred knights were all men of choice behavior and sobriety of manners, skilled in all particulars of duty, and not given to rioting and feasting, as she said. And he bid his horses to be prepared, for he would go to his other daughter. Regan, he and his hundred knights; and he spoke of ingratitude, and said it was a marble-hearted devil, and showed more hideous in a child than the seamonster. And he cursed his eldest daughter Goneril so as was terrible to hear; praying that she might never have a child, or if she had, that it might live to return that scorn and contempt upon her which she had shown to him; that she might feel how sharper than a serpent's tooth it was to have a thankless child. And Ooneril's husband, the duke of Albany, beginning to excuse himself for any share which Lear might suppose he had in the unkindness, Lear would not hear him out, but in a rage ordered his horses to be saddled, and set out with his followers to the abode of Regan, his other daughter. And Lear thought to himself how small the fault of Cor delta (if it was a fault) now appeared, in comparison with her sister's, and he wept; and then he was ashamed that such a creature as CJoneril should have so much power over his manhood as to make him weep. Regan and her husband were keeping their court in great pomp and state at their palace; and Lear dispatched his servant Cains with letters to his daughter, that she might be prepared for his reception, while he and his train followed after. But it seems that Ooneril had been beforehand with him, sending letters also to Regan, accusing her father of waywardness and ill humors, and advising her not to receive so great a train as he was bringing with him. This messenger arrived at the same time with Caius, and Caius and he met; and who would it be but Caius's old enemy the steward, whom he had formerly tripped up by the heels for his saucy behavior to Lear. Caius not liking the fellow's look, and suspecting what he came for, began to revile him. and challenged him to fight, which the fellow refusing, Caius, in a fit of honest passion, beat him soundly, as such a mischiefmaker and carrier of wicked messages deserved: which coming to the ears of Regan and her husband, they ordered Cains to be put in the stocks, though he was a messenger from the king her father. and in mat cnarai-in ut-umnu^u m. highest respect: so that the first thins: the kins: saw when he entered the castle, was his faithful servant Cains sitting: in that disgraceful situation. This was but a had omen of the reception which he was to expect; but a worse followed, when upon inquiry for his daughter and her husband, he was told they were weary with traveling all night, and could not see him; and when lastly, upon his insisting in a positive and angry manner to see them, they came to greet him. whom should he see in their company but the hated Cloneril, who had come to tell her own story, and set her sister against the king her father! This sight much moved the old man, and still more to see Regan take her by the hand; and he asked Goneril if she was not ashamed to look upon his old white beard. And Regan advised him to go home again with Ooneril, and live with her peaceably, dismissing half of his attendants, and to ask her forgiveness; for he was old and wanted discretion, and must be ruled and led by persons that had more discretion than himself. And Lear showed how preposterous that would sound, if he * ? ' --- ?.?- i???. o.,a WIT*' IO go Uiiltn I'll ins nnrrs, UMU of his own daughtt r for food and rainnu'iit, and he argued against such an unnatural dependence, declaring his resolution never to return with her, hut to stay where he was with Regan, he and his hundred knights; for h? said that she had not forgot the half of the kingdom which he had endowed her with, and that her eyes were not fierce like Ooneril's, hut mild and kind. And he said that rather than return to Goneril, with half his train cut off. In would go over to France, and hog a wretched pension of the king there who had married his youngest daughter without a portion. Rut he was mistaken in expecting kinder treatment of Regan than he had experienced from her sister Goneril As if willing to outdo her sister in unfilial behavior, she declared that sh< thought fifty knights too many to wail upon hint: that fivo-and-twenty were enough. Then Rear, nigh heart-broken, turned to Goneril, and said that ht .. la ir,, t,!i,.if with her fur her fiftv doubled tive-and-t wcnty. ami so hoi l??ve was twice as much as Regan's I'ut floiieril excused herself, and said "What need <?f so many as five-audtwenty? or even ten? or live? when h> night he waited upon hy her servants or her sister's servants?" So thos? two wicked daughters, as if they strove to exceed each other in cruelty to theii old father who had heen so good u them, hy little mid little would hav< abated him of all his train, all respect t little enough for him that once commanded a kingdom), which was left him to show that he had once been a king! Not that a splendid train is essential to happiness, hut from a kim. to a beggar is a hard change, iron: commanding millions to he without on? attendant: and it was the ingratitmh in his daughters denying it. nmr? than what he would suffer by the want of it. which pierced this poor king tr *** Y-K* +$* Y+v? Y+?* Y+v LEAR t is Contained in s Famous Play d Mary Lamb f A *?*A *?+A **+A Hy+A *<S+A I the heart: insomuch, that with th i double ill-usage, and vexation for hai 5 in jet so foolishly given away a kingdor i nis WHS organ 10 lie Uiiscui , ui while he said he knew not what, 1 vowed revenge against those unnatui > al hags, and to make examples of thei s that should he a terror to the earth! > While he was thus idly threatenir > what his weak arm could never ex< I cute, night came on, and a loud stori of thunder and lightning with rair i and his daughters still persisting i I their resolution not to admit his fo lowers, he called for his horses, ar chose rather to encounter the utmoi fury of the storm abroad, than sta under the same roof with these ur , grateful daughters; and they, say in > that the injuries which wilful me i procure to themselves are their jui I punishment, suffered him to go in tin condition, and shut their doors upo ; upon* him. i The winds were high, apd the ral and storm increased, when the old ma : sallied forth to combat with the eh ments, less sharp than his daughter I unkindness. For many miles abot there was scarce a bush; and thei i upon a heath, exposed to the fury < the storm in a dark night, did Kin L<ear wander out, and defy the wine and the thunder; and he bid the wind . to blow the earth into the sea. or swe the waves of the sea till they drowne : the earth, that no token might remai of any such ungrateful animal as inai The king was now left with no otht companion than the poor fool, who sti abided with him, with his merry cor celts striving to outjest misfortun saying, it was hut a naughty night t swim in, and truly the king had hettt go in and ask his daughters' blessing But he that has a little tiny wit. With heigh-ho, the wind and the rain Must make content with his fortune fit. Though the rain it raineth every daj and swearing it was a brave night t cool a lady's pride. Thus poorly accompanied, this one great monarch was found by his ever faithful servant the good earl of Ken now transformed to Caius, who eve followed close at his side, though th king did not know him to be the earl and he said, "Alas! sir, are you here creatures that love night, love not sue nights as these. This dreadful stori has driven the beasts to their hidin places. Man's nature cannot endur the affliction or the fear." And Lea rebuked him and said these lesser evil were not felt, where a greater malad was fixed. When the mind is at east the body has leisure to be delicate: bii the tempest in his mind did take a feeling else from his senses, hut r that which boat at his heart. And h spoke of filial ingratitude, and said was all one as if the mouth should tea the hand for lifting food to it; for pa rents were hands and food and every thing; to children. But the good Caius still persisting i his entreaties that the king would nc stay out in the open air, at last per suaded him to enter a little wretche hovel which stood upon the heatl where the fool first entering, suddenl ran hack terrified, saying that he ha seen a spirit. But upon examinatio this spirit proved to l?e nothing mor than a poor Bedlam beggar, who ha crept into this deserted hovel for shel ter, and with his talk about devil frighted the fool,?one of those poo lunatics who are either mad. or fcig to be so, the better to extort charit from the compassionate country poo pie, who go about the country, cajbn themselves poor Tom and poor Tnrly good, saying, "Who gives anything t sprigs of rosemary into their arms t make them bleed; and with such hor i rible actions, partly by prayers, an I partly with lunatic curses, they mov or terrify The ignorant country folk into giving them alms. This poor fel low was such a one; and the king see iug him in so wretched a plight, wit nothing but a blanket about his loir to cover his nakedness, could not b persuaded but that the fellow wa ' some father who had given all away t his daughters, and brought himself t that pass: for nothing he thougl could bring a man to such wretched ness but the having unkind daughter And from this and many such wil speeches which he uttered, the goo Cuius plainly perceived that he wa not in his perfect mind, but that hi I daughters' ill-usage had really mad him to go mad. And now the lovalt of this worthy earl of Kent showed it > self in more essential services than h ' had hitherto found opportunity to pei i form. For with the assistance of sum . of the king's attendants who remaine loyal, he hail the person of his roys master removed at daybreak to tl castle <>f Dover, when- liis own friend and influence, as earl of Kent, ehiefl lay: and himself embarking for Franc hastened to the court of Cordelia, an did there i.i such moving terms repr< sent the pitiful condition of her royj father, and set out in such lively eo! ors the inhumanity of her sisters, tlu this good and loving child with man tears besought the king her husban that he would give her leave to on hark for England with a sufth iei power to subdue these cruel daughtei and their husbands, and restore the o] king her father to his throne; v.hic being granted, she set forth, and wit a royal army landed at Dover. Dear, having bv some chance escape from the guardians which the goc i earl of Kent had put over him to tali c an- <>i luiii in mis lunacy, was mmih l?y some of Cordelia's train, wanderin , almut the fields near I (oyer, in a pit ia ; Me condition, stark mad, and siimiii i aloud to himself, with a crown upc his head which he had made of stray ; and nettles, and other wild weeds th: i he had picked up in the corn-Helds. It . the advice of the physicians, f'ordelii ? thotmli earnestly desirous of scciiiK In . father, was prevailed upon to put o the meeting, till, by sleep and tl > operation of herbs which they yax him, he should he restored to greater 4 composure. H.v the .aid of these skil^ fill physicians, to whom Cordelia promised all her gold and jewels for the ^ recovery of the old king, Lear was soon in a condition to see his daughter. ^ A tender sight it was to see the ^ meeting between this father and i* daughter; to see the struggles between ? ? the joy of the poor old king at be^ holding again his once darling child and the shame at receiving such filial ? kindness from her whom he had cast ^ off for so small a fault in his displeasif?3 ure; both these passions struggled with the remains of his malady, which in 's his half-crazed brain sometimes made him that he scarce remembered where n? he was. or who It was that so kindly 'd kissed him and spoke to him; and then ,e he would beg the standers-hy not to r" laugh at him, if he were mistaken in ro thinking this lady to be his daughter Cordelia! And then to see him fall on his knees to hep pardon of his child; and she. pood lady, kneelinp all the ro while to ask a hlessinp of him, and '1 tellinp him that it did not become him 'n to kneel, but it was her duty, for she I- was his child, his true and very child Cordelia! And she kissed him (as she said) to kiss away all her sisters' unV kindness, and said that they mipht be ashamed of themselves, to turn their old kind father with his white beard out into the cold air, when her enemy's st dop, thouph it had bit her (as she prettily expressed it), should have stayed n by her fire such a night as that, and warmed himself. And she told her I'1 father how she had come from France p with purpose to brinp him some assistance; and he said that she must s' forpet and forpive, for he was old and it foolish, and did not know what he did; 'e but that to be sure she had preat cause not to love him. but her sisters had S none. And Cordelia said, that she had 's no cause, no more than they had. 19 So we will leave this old kinp in 1' the protection of this dutiful and lovd inp child, where, by the help of sleep n and medicine, she and her physicians at lenpth succeeded In winding up the >r untuned and jarrinp senses which the 'J cruelty of his other daughters had so ?- violently shaken. Let us return to sa.v p. a word or two about those cruel dauph0 ters. 'r These monsters of ingratitude, who had been so false to their old father, could not be expected to prove more [' faithful to their own husbands. They soon grew tired of paying even the apr: pearance of duty and affection, and in o an open way showed they had fixed their loves upon another. It happened e that the object of their guilty loves - was the same It was Edmund, a nat, tural son of the late earl of Gloucester, >r who by his treacheries had succeeded e in disinheriting his brother Edgar, the ; lawful heir, from his kingdom, and by ? his wicked practices was now earl h himself; a wicked man, and a fit obn ject for the love of such wicked creatg ures as Goneril and Regan. It falling e out about this time that the duke of ,r Cornwall, Regan's husband, died, Res gan immediately declared her intention y of wedding this earl of Gloucester, e, which rousing the jealousy of her sisit ter, to whom as well as to Regan this II wicked earl had at sundry times pro>f fessed love, Goneril found means to e make away with her sister by poison; it but being detected in her practices, r and imprisoned by her husband the - duke of Albany for this deed, and for - her guilty passion for the earl, which had come to his ears, she in a fit of n disappointed love and rage, shortly put >t an end to her own life. Thus the jus - tice of Heaven at last overtook these d wicked daughters. i. While the eyes of all men were upon y this event, admiring the justice disrl nlaved in their deserved deaths, the n same eyes were suddenly taken off e from this sight to admire at the mysd terious ways of the same power in the - melancholy fate of the young and virIs tuous daughter, the lady Cordelia, >r whose good deeds did seem to deserve n a more fortunate conclusion; hut it is y an awful truth, that innocence and i- piety are not always successful in this g world. The forces which Goneril and - Regan had sent out under the c?mo mand of the had earl of Gloucester d were victorious, and Cordelia, hy the o practices of this wicked earl, who did ? III... ...... ak/.?|,l ol o 11,1 lM.?|V,.(.|| Illll lll\t* tiII> aiiwuiu oiun\i " v ?? ? ? d him and the throne, ended her life in e prison. Thus, Heaven took this inno;s cent lady to itself in her young years, I- after showing her to the world an il - lustrions example of filial duty. Hear h did not long survive this kind of child, is Before he died, the good earl of Kent, io who had still attended his old master's is steps from the first of his daughters' o ill usage to this sad period of his deo ray, tried to make him understand it that it was he who had followed him I- under the name of Tains; hut Lear's care-crazed lira in at that time could d not comprehend how that could he, or d how Kent and Cains could he the same is person: so Kent thought it needless to is trouble him with explanations at such |e a time; and Lear soon after expiring. v this faithful servant to the king, be t\ve? n age and grief for his old inasie ter's vexations, soon followed him to - the prove. ie How the judgment of Heaven overd took the had earl of flloueester, whose il treasons were discovered, and himself 10 slain in sinple eomhat with his brothls er, the lawful earl; and how floneril's y hushand, the duke of Albany, who was o, innocent of the death of Cordelia, and el had never encouraged his lady in her .. wicked proceedings against her father, *] ascended the throne of Britain after I- the death of Lear, is needless here to it narrate; Lear and his Three Daupliv ters being dead, whose adventures alone concern our story. THE KNI). it s Hawaiian Mahogany For Trees.?Iv O. Koulkuer, head of the forestry de'* partment of the Santa ! >, has relurn^ ed from Honolulu, where he went to sign up a eontraet for the entire output of ohia ties of the Hawaiian islauds. ? Hi in is tlie heaviest wood known and id is also one of the hardest. It is a spel(r eies of mahogany, very knotty and unsplitalde. Experiments have demoiil" strated that it is affected hut little by ig the eoutinuous pounding of heavy rollin ing stock and for that reason it is 1??? ing used in curves where strength and ' durability are ot the greatest import ,T ance and cost a matter of secondary !y consideration. I.os Angeles Express. r 't Nervous dyspepsia and chronic ff gastritis, with nausea and vomiting, le are troubles now traced to eye strain e and curable by proper eyeglasses. Uncle Sam's Sail I Anothe I I ; 1H][ i ' < J< i ? i it;'i ^ , ? fe : vl [r ; . r> ,/ A . I -T ' ? f-- 1,C^7;>; 1 jy* i i> . , ffiiMBte I i iMtei .' ' '' '? -:*:; JRjl i " ..>:< :* .. :' * * ' v:'. . ; *. lEf ?sk W S,^ ^ : % MB I -<t , 1 * '' 315/t/ZOA?'5 W wart/noo/ Copi right. 1U10. by American Press Asso iHUsrftlancous 2Uadin<|. V O C- ' a! GREAT CORN EXPOSITION. *l( The Show In Columbia Promises to be as of Much Importance. al Approximately J10.000 will be piven PJ as prizes for the best corn to be ex- cc hibited at the South Atlantic States ^ Corn exposition, which is to be held in Columbia from December fi to 8. The exposition is a climax of the interest in of the farmers of the south in corn j*' growing. Four states?North Carolina, w* South Carolina^ Georgia and Florida? ei will participate in the exposition. There tr will be special prizes for each of the states. This will be the first corn exposition e> that has been held in the south and its w > i al success is assured. Resides the handsome prizes in mon- tii ey there will be several trophy cups, ta These cups will be given by the Co- , lumbia Record, the Atlanta Constitu- ^ tion, the American Agriculturalist, the as Atlanta Journal, the Augusta Chroni- ot ele. It is expected that there will be a p(? cup given by all of the larger papers til of the south. The cup b> the American oi Agriculturist is valued at $fi00. cc The ^reat aim of the exposition is to interest the farmers of the south in a? i crrnuMn<y <?f mnro nntl liptt^r r?nr 11 he Ira \V. Williams of tin* United Stales farm demonstration work will hold a uj hoys' corn show at the same time with li< the exposition. He has secured $2,000 s' in prizes for the members of the Boys' v, CV>Vn cluhs. Special freight rates have to been quoted over the railroads for ex- '*? hihitors. The president of the South Atlantic u. States Corn exposition is A. IX Hudson el of Newberry, who is one of the most 01 progressive farmers in the state. tu "Owing to the intense interest shown la in the South Atlantic States Corn ex- hi position," said Mr. Hudson, "to be held br in Columbia, December 5-8, a brief history of corn shows will possibly be of !?<" interest. The first corn show of which izi we have any record was held in the Bi city of Chicago just four years ag?i and as owing to the fact that very little was qt known of it or its object it was a fail- of tire. The next year it was moved to St Omaha and at the same time exposi- Si tions were held in Iowa and Illinois. h? The business men had been educated Pr by that time to the advantages of a ?'i corn show and they contributed liber- 'a ally to the support. Educational feat- C< tires had been added and everything i?l done to attract the man on the farm, co As a result of this agitation there were w s.noo exhibitors at the Omaha show m alone last year and had the corn been f? laid end to end it would have reached lb from all parts of this country was fo brought into competition aiul the visitors were allowed the opportunity to see for themselves the best type of ear . that could be produced. The educational features consisted of addresses every morning, afternoon and evening by the fjs leading corn growers of the United States. These addresses were attended by thousands of farmers from all ri sections of our country. The prizes at this show alone amounted to over $20.- vv, 000. .. "The exposition managers" he continned, "work hand in hand with till Si corn growers' and corn breeders' as- o< sociations in all parts of the country? jt) in fact, the exposition has been but a culmination of all the work that these I.... . !,...? 1. . I, I i-i < I I 1 I Ail I i* m in I <11 I It'll Hill. Ill "In the middle west one docs mil see 'p| tin* scrub or mongrel corn only in the most unprogressive sections. Com is bred as pure and as scientifically as sh the best lines of live stock. The idea m has been to secure well matured and sound varieties of corn that will make the best feed and produce the highest 1" yields per acre. These people have had to to pioneer their way, ami of course, j have made many mistakes, but in the end they have achieved wonderful resuits. The exposition has aroused the interest in corn growing; it has tv brought the best minds together and |\ has educated the people along the best lines. It is a well known fact that the peojde who attend these expositions, ni ors Off For ir Long Cruise of Ei 2iw ri,1 iMMMiiimiw 4.ft'WMi w.v.*x''i: ::>*.V:7' /''' *V'':' *'*: . 'v-- ? -7 . v v-r* ' ' 'v "* ... ?; ... .X". v- *r it a? :|| ?*"> : ' // it ??T"**- h m | Rmm^Af>?kV?lL LETTE&SBl VLOHC TOUR WITH BATTLE SHI, elation. id make exhibits of corn are produe- FO ig the highest yields per acre. For Onp with the desire to use better culiral methods there is a desire for bet>r methods in improving the fertility ' the soil. T1 Take for instance, the Corn Breeders' }lou. isoeiation of Illinois, whose members w *e among the strongest, best and jVas lost enthusiastic exhibitors at these Yori (positions, where the average yield of hous >rn In Illinois was 39 bushels per acre, ? le entire acreage of the membership ' the Corn Breeders' association aver- Ti red 63 5-10 bushels per acre." 1910 "Judging schools." he said, "are held leas, i connection with these expositions id prizes are awarded to those who ('ans > the best work In judging. In this the ay expert corn judges who Judge corn T1 chibits at fairs and corn shows are tioui ained." "Every sample of corn is scored by battl competent judge," continued Mr. now udson, "and the score attached to the ^ chibit so that the exhibitor can see . * herein he failed. This is uiuiuestion- snov ?ly one of the greatest educational publ atures in connection with the exposi- Ti r>n, for it enables every exhibitor to ike his exhibit and contrast it with ic winner and see just wherein he the as weak. Some of the main points of shov le score cards deal with such points i average condition, vitality and such . . , her things of interest to the man owing corn. Any one familiar with it >rn raising in this state will know even lat the question of vitality alone is (hen le that cannot be stressed enough for Mid stands in this section are the ex- thro ptlon rather than the rule, due en- publ rely to lack of vitality, brought about, pani i a rule, by our not knowing how to .. .. indie corn for seed purposes. Thi n, ' J o, this will teach us how to judge the Boin >rn we buy. We have been imposed Bi ion every year to the extent of mil- rese, ins of dollars by the western farmers lipping us da in aged corn. While, of tfie mrse. we hope that within a few may ars there will be no corn shipped in- cans our state, at the same time it will jorii ' well for us to know good corn when to t< e see it. gent "A feature of all of the great exposi- Dem mis has been the display of farm ma- term linery. We can never hope to take tilled lr place in the fore rank of agricul- fall ral states until we learn to use more Is ei hor-saving machinery. Methods of the irvesting corn, storing it, etc., should tion shown at our exposition." enou The South Atlantic States Corn ex- surg >siti?>n is the outgrowth of the organ- com; ation of the South Carolina Corn Thus reeclers' association. This breeding to s isoeiation was organized at the re- Mail lest of A. G. Smith of the department "Inst farm management of the United tor ates department of agriculture. Mr. Burr nlth is a western man and coming Piles re from the corn belt, he was in a may isition to see and appreciate our Tl cakness in corn breeding. When the ceiv< coders' association was organized prog immissioner Watson suggested the ]t est of holding the exposition and a ever nimitee was requested to take it up ing ith the Columbia Chamber of Com- mon erce, with the result that it was Dem rniailv launched. The South Caro- Tli la legislature was approached for as- tion.* stance and they contributed liberally Tl r its sunnort.?Columbia State. distr ? Davi Fish starving to Death.?The report J"'"11 is reached George W. Miles, sta r heit'u ill and game commissioner, that the dier.* 1- I-" ?.? Cl'ilt. >11 III I 111| u*l?l I M <- Uirw UI xr wt n>h . e thousands. Dead fresh water her- ,pj' UK are said tn line the hanks. teenl It was thought first that the garfish the ere killing them, hut an investigation 'J',v^ selosed they are starving to death j)em x y/'ars ago the state lish and game s,6(?( mnnissioiiers stopped netting and the 'I*' rring have multiplied so rapidly that e lake is now literally alive with j> j em. Their food supply is exhausted, whin liey ahvavs remained in the deepest '* , ' . , . , , . , triet aces and do not seek food along the j,?l; lores or in shallow places. They can Mail >t he caught with hooks and Mr. tativ iles may he compelled to permit net- J('jl ,T lg under strict regulations in order |)a,| preserve a limited nninher of the agaii ih.?Indianapolis Star. _ facte ' The laying of the new ealde he* j*,1, reen Nagasaki. Japan, ai d Tamsiii, went rinosa, to cost $.r>fiX,noo, will he he- hers m at once hy the Japanese governent. fleer: IK br ih Ui Ei iropean Waters, cle ne I ?"S?f : Jt_ - ... 1 J :=*? ? - ? ft* ? 'vJ- "r, .1 .11: " ' ' tie * - I. u, ,ln f_;A /f I - nn ? \\^ j''' **-w. 'wtaitei Jill ' ^ ' j p" If pr it Te - ,n a III pr sei PSC i th is uri ^ 1 ln< ati no RECAST OF NEXT ELECTION. co1 In Republican Congressmen, 141 Dem- ve ocrats, and 118 Doubtful. lere are 391 members of the ex <e of representatives, writes the i>>0 hlngton correspondent of the New ou < Herald, and in the present se 217 of these are Republicans 174 are Democrats, le first survey of the campaign of i shows that there are 132 districts ?' ratably certain for the Republl- 1112 and 141 reasonably certain for aft Democrats. <>a' lis leaves US districts, classed as ttv< itful or debatable in which the 'n* le for the control of the house is pei raging. ( classification of these 11S districts a . ? that 82 are now held bv Re- an< ieans and 36 by Democrats. ie plain inference from these figwould be that at the outse1 of campaign the Republican party is hai ring a disposition to go to pieces prepare for the worst whipping km is had in many years. must be admitted, however, that Lie as this article is being prepared ^ s are signs here and there pe ughout the country that the Re- e\| leans are recovering from their f'r? hrl c. The buoyancy of the Democ- a Is not quite so apparent. It is anl g to be a battle royal anyway. of Th it not only is the house of repii tat Ives at stake this election? ra{ political control of the senate Th also be involved. The Republi- bu! have now, "on paper," 26 may, but this includes from seven 'ur ivelve senators classed as "insur- 1 s," who frequently vote with the co? ocrats. Uf the 31 senators whose kui s expire and whose seats must be rar I by legislatures to be elected this a 1 twenty-four are Republicans. It ?t* usily probable that by the time co1 new senate Is ready for organlza- sta after March 3 next there may be as^ igh new Democrats and new "In- J ents" In the ottice to turn over sqi pletely the control of that body. an< i far the election of a Democrat ucceed the conservative Hale of an( le, is assured, while there will be tlo; lrgent" senators succeeding Sen- to Flint, from California; Senator ows, from Michigan, and Senator i, from Washington. Even Depew ,jia tremble for his seat, lis phase of the campaign will re special attention as the contest resses. is interesting to note that wher- It elections have been held affectcongress within the last twelve ? I lis the drift litis been toward ocracy. iree special congressional elec- sul i have been held. ^ ie tirsi was in the Sixth Missouri ict for a successor to the late Kei d A. De Almond. Mr. De Ar- wo .1 U...1 ........II,. .... r.'i.wl Ih^ ilistrict A?. bout 3,000, most of his majority k,.. S supplied by the old Union sol(. Ulemet <\ Dickerson. Democarried it at the special election he ipproxiinately 3,800. (jes ie second was held in the Fourth Massachusetts district. Here majority for the late William C. / riiiK whose place was to be till- hac ivas 14,00(1. Eugene M. Foss, tj ocrat, carried it by a majority of " ). l'h(l ie third was in the Thirty-second bejj York district, the county of Mon- t(, for a successor to the late James Vrkins. Mr. Perkins had been Jug by more than 10,000. James the a Veils, Lseviiocrtu, nirriuu tut* ma- ^ by u majority <>f about 7,000. ?^s irtlier tests came in Vermont and ie. In Vermont both represen- the es had made their election sure was howing independence of the rule tna leaker Cannon in the house. Poth promised not to vote for him 1 for s[leaker. Yet, largely be- Aw p of general Republican dissatis- jn : on in the state, the vote fell off e great -extent. Maine everything Republican ",0 by the board except two mem- ing of congress, who scraped f igh. The Democrats elected in itate the governor, other state of- u" i, two members of the national this ?unr in ir|Mr?nunuvr9 aim uwiii anches of the legislature, assuring e election of a Democrat to the ulted States senate to succeed Mr. ugene Hale. Meanwhile, the Republican party, ready assailed on the hip by the Inrgents throughout the country and i the thigh by the Democrats, sudnly found itself confronted with the w attitude of Mr. Theodore Rooselt. who, emerging from Oyster Bay ter many conferences with insurnts took himself seriously and Hamacross the country and back again Imittedly a candidate for the leadship of his party and supposedly a ndidate for the presidential nomlLtion in 1912. The effect of Mr. aosevelt's tour was to discourage eatly nearly all Republican owners property and those engaged in busess. While he received applause am the progressives, or Insurgents, r his rather extreme socialistic decrations, he almost appalled the nservative wing of his party. California, present house. 8 Rep. ngressmen, next house. 6 Rep. and doubtful; Connecticut, present, 5 jp. next. 4 Rep. and 1 doubtful: Inana present. 11 Dem. and 2 Rep., xt, 2 Dem. and 1 Rep. and 10 doubtI; Kentucky, present. 8 Dem. and 3 >p., next. 6 Dem. and 3 Rep. and 2 ubtful: Maine, present, 4 Rep., next Dem. and 2 Rep.; Mass., present. Dem. and 10 Rep., next 3 Dem. and Rep.; Missouri, present. 10 Dem. d 6 Rep.; next. 10 Dem. and 2 ?p. and 4 doubtful: New Hampshire, esent. 2 Rep., next. 1 Rep. and 1 ubtful: New York, present, 12 >m. and 25 Rep. next. 12 Dem. and Rep. and 13 doubtful: North Caro1a. present. 7 Dem. and 3 Rep., next Dem. and 5 doubtful: Ohio, prest. 8 Dem. and 13 Rep., next 4 Dem. d 8 Rep. and 9 doubtful: Oregon, esent. 2 Rep.; next, 2 Rep.; Penn., esent, 5 Dem. and 27 Rep.: next 2 m. and 16 Rep. and 14 doubtful: nnessee. present, 8 Dem. and 2 >p.. next 7 Dem. and 2 Rep. and 1 ubtful: Washington. present, 3 ?p.. next, 3 Republican. MILITARY TEAM WORK. quiry as to Why S. C. N. G. Makes Such Poor Showing. Interest in military rifle shooting, which he has taken active part ring the past for many years, ompts Mr. Hampton to write the ter in The State this morning, in llch he outlines the causes, as he es them, for the poor part played South Carolina In the national le contests. There are as good natural riflemen South Carolina as in any other ite. Perhaps there are naturally tter shots than in the northern ites because relatively more of our ?n are accustomed to handle flrems from boyhood. Yet South Caroa is with the tailenders at the nanal shoots and has made no adncement during years of expence. Fine military rifle shooting Is a ience. To come anywhere around e expert class of the present day It ucuessdi) IU pusac-oa not utuj ncttal qualifications but tt> thoroughly derstand the science of the game, :luding the effects of wind, temperire and light. The rifleman must t only be a good shot under all ndltions, but must have confidence his ability. He must know. A ry few riilemen can train themves; the vast majority must have pert training. Members of the uth Carolina team have been witht that training. It should be given ?m. With $8,500 a year to be devoted promoting rifle practice there luld be rifle ranges in various parts the state. To become a good riflein frequent practice is necessary ;er the shooter has all the theoretknowledge needed. If the eightys hundred dollars a year had been elligently and economically exuded conditions would be different. Complaint is made that the $8,500 pear is not enough to build ranges [1 prepare a good team for Camp rry. But that is $34,000 in four us and, as Mr. Hampton asks, lere are the rifle ranges? What ? been spent on them? Where are the leaks? We do not ow, but The State is Informed that has been the custom of Brigadier neral Boyd, Colonel Brock and 'UH'liaill UUIUI1CI ijinunuj, , to accompany the team to Camp cry, traveling at the government's ;iense, Pullman cars included, and iwing pay for rank. The pay of gadier general, U. S. A., Is $16.67 lay: colonel. $11.11 a day; lieutent colonel. $9.72 a day. If the pay ihose officers was as reported to e State, the aggregate for sixteen ^s at Camp Perry, Ohio, aside from lroad expenses, was $600 a year, at would go a long way toward [Iding a battalion rifle range. Was drawn out of the rifle-practice id? Meantime, the private and the lionnmissioned officer who leave their siness to do the real work at the lges are getting from fifty cents to dollar a day. Have these or any ler officers, not engaged in the rifle itests, attended ritle shoots in this te. and drawn pay for rank? We : for information. [f the men who shoot are to get a lare deal by having proper practice 1 efficient Instruction, so they may ;e creditable rank for themselves 1 for South Carolina at the nanal rifle matches, there will have be a radical change in the plan of lending the money given by this ,'ernment for this purpose.?ColumState. A NIGERIAN LEGEND. Tells of the Origin of Man's Subjection to Women. "here is a quaint old Nigerian leul that relates the origin of man's ijection to women, it the beginning of things, the leid runs, the world was peopled by men only. One day the earth god, bassi Nai, happened by accident to a woman. On hearing this the rest hered together and prayed that, if meant to slay them, he would bring truction on all together rather than them one by one. iwhissi was sorry for the grief he 1 caused and offered as eompensai to give them anything they should lose out of his possessions. They rged him to mention what he had give and said that they would all "Yes" when he named the thing y wished to have. iwbassi mentioned one by one all fruits, fowls and beasts, but at each y shouted "No." At length the list s nearly ended?only one thing reined to offer. Will you, then, take man?" asked bassi at last. "Yes!" they roared i great shout, and, catching hold of another, danced for joy at the light of the gift Awhassl was sendhus men became the servants of lien and have to work for them to i day. Daring Balloon Party Picked Up Off Cape Hatteras. New York, October 18.?Man's first attempt to cross any ocean in an airship has failed, but Walter Wellman. five companions, and a kitten, who essayed the voyage, are safe. The airship?the giant America?is a battered aerial derelict, abandoned at sea, perhaps still In the air, perhaps sunk beneath the waves with her costly equipment. When deserted she had been in tVio ol*? nrnlta Kltr 70 hnn ra a n n ti> world's record for dirigibles, and driven by the wind had traveled doubtless 800 miles. Whether the distance record for dirigibles?870 miles?also will be broken, remains to be computed. Picked up by the steamship Trent early this morning off the North Carolina coast, Wellman, and hip fellow air navigators are due in New York at noon tomorrow. They left their craft because she was In distress and blown so far from the lane of the Atlantic steanfier travel that a continuation of the voyage with the British isles as the objective point was hopeless. So, summoning aid by wireless, the difficult and dramatic transfers to the Trent was accomplished and the America was left to the fate of the winds. For an incident without parallel In history?the transfer of passengers from an airship to a steamship? meagre were the details obtainable by wlrelpss during the day. Wireless, at all times more or less uncertain, was rendered more so by the tropical storm which swept northward but tonight wireless stations In the vicinity of New York picked up from the Trent a word here and a word there amplifying on the earlier dispatches. It was learned that Wellman had found It necessary to rid the airship of the burden of most of its gasoline, retaining only enough to reach land In the event the Trent had not come to the rescue. When the steamship heeded the calls of distress and drew near its aerial sister, "Wellman shouted his predicament through a megaphone and decided that he would lower his life boat, which swung from the dirigible's belly. As a precaution the Trent lowered her life boats which stood by until the transfer was effected and Wellmen and his companions, even down to the frightened, squirming kitten, were safe on board the liner surrounded by the excited passengers. The rescue was accomplished at a time when two continents awaited breathlessly the fate of the dirigible and her crew. Having been spoken by wireless presumably in the vicinity of Nantucket at 12.45 p. m., on Sunday, it was a surprise then when the news came that the American had encountered the Trent, homeward bound from Bermuda, in a longitude and latitude .nearly 400 miles southward and only 250 miles northwest of Bermuda. Thrilling must have been the experiences of the America's commander and crew as they were thus swept from their course. ' Captain Down of the Trent, flashed first news of the rescue in a message to the New York Times, which with the Chicago Record-Herald, and the London Daily Telegraph contributed $35,000 for the purpose of the expedition. Captain Down also advised Sanderson & Son, New York agents for th<? Royal Mail Steamship Packet line. Subsequently more details came in a dispatch to the Associated Press. Further wireless messages reaching New York tonight say one of the America's motors had broken which made more serious the predicament, when all the gasoline that could be spared was cast into the sea. The America is, or was 228 feet long and 52 feet in diameter, with a lifting capacity of 23,650 pounds. The envelope alone weighed two tons. There were three gasoline engines aboard, two of from 80 to 90 horsepower for the propellers and the smaller for the operations of a donkey engine. Taken as a whole, the craft was practically the same in which Wellman made his two starts for the north pole in 1907 and 1909 respectively. Neither of these attempts was successful; both were made from Spitzbergen, one of a group of islands in the Arctic ocean between Franz Josef Land and Greenland. On board Steamer Trent, Oct. 18.? By United Wireless to New York.? The crew of the airship America, In abandoning their craft, lowered themselves into the life boat, which swung beneath it. They then cast the life boat oft and were afloat on the sea. The airship, relieved of the weight of the lifeboat, shot upward high into the air, and was rapidly blown away. The transfer of the Wellman party from the lifeboat to the Trent was effected with much difficulty. At 4.30 a. m., today, the steamer Trent sighted the airship America and wireless communication was immediately established, Irwin, the operator on the airship, informed Ginsburg, the operator on the Trent, that the airship America's crew wished to abandon the balloon. Wireless communication was kept up from this time on between the airship and the steamer. Daylight was rapidly approaching and the Trent was requested to follow the America, which was then drifting at the rate of twelve miles an hour. After a council held on the airship, it was decided that the only means of rescue was the lifeboat. But this was such a hazardous undertaking that much time elapsed before the manoeuvring was executed, as the tail of the airship, consisting of tanks of gasoline and wooden blocks, threatened to capsize the lifeboat as it was dropped from the balloon into the water. This danger was at last overcome and the operation was carried out with success. In the operation the trailer struck Wireless Operator Jack Irwin and Louis Loud, the engineer, and also knocked a small hole in the side of the lifeboat. The airship immediately on being released of its weight of the crew and boat, shot skyward as the boat shot downward. A moderate sea was running at the time and after some slight difficulty the crew were taken on board, the ground with the lifeboat at 7.30 a. m. All the members of the crew are well after a thrilling experience. Wireless telegraphy has distinguished itself by showing the great assistance in accomplishing the work of rescue. The Morse lamp signalling also took a great part in the communication by Jack Irwin and officers of the steamer Trent, which gave the signals leading to the rescue. The crew was picked up in latitude 35.4? north, longitude 62.18 west, where the America was abandoned. Wellman said that the airship had been blown far out of her course so that it was inadvisable to proceed. The foregoing is the lirst story of the thrilling rescue and was sent by wireless direct from the steamer Trent to the Associated Press.