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Scraps and Jacts. % ? A carefully drawn provision for ' compensation for personal injuries of Panama canal employes is embodied in an executive order promulgated by President Taft last Wednesday, to take effect after March 1. The Panama canal act passed last August, directed the president to provide the method for adjusting the claims of employes. Every canal employe and family dependent upon him are Insured against the result of injuries recived in the course of his work without reference to questions of contributory negligence or any of the other restrictive rules of the common law limiting the liability of the employer in such cases. Every injury received while at work and death resulting from such injury are compensated for, except for injuries caused by the employe's wilful intention or his intoxication. The president's order was drawn in the light of the report of Senator Sutherland's commission on workmen's compensation. ? The postofflce appropriation bill, carrying approximately $283,000,000, an increase of nearly $3,000,000, over the house bill, was passed by the senate last Wednesday. The largest single item in the bill is for the transportation of mails on mail routes, $51,500,000 being authorized by the senate for this purpose. The senate appropriated $47,500,000 for the rural delivery service. The measure carried an Increase of more than $12,000,000 over the appropriations made last year, due to the establishment of the parcel post system. An amendment proposed by Senator Penrose providing for the pensioning of postal employes after they had served 25 years or more in the service was eliminated from the bill on a point of order by Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia. He contended that it was general legislation and was sustained by the chair. The provision In the bill as reported to the senate providing for the election of fourth class postmasters was also stricken out. Charges th t 1 railroads are grossly overpaid for ce rying the malls were made by Senator Ashurst during the consideration of the bill. He produced statistics showing that the government paid $71.39 for carrying a ton of mall from New York to Chicago, while for carrying a ton of freight the railroads received $13 and for a ton of express $25. Senator Ashurst contended the government could save much by using its own postal cars Instead of renting cars from the railroads. ? The present Constitution of Mexico was adopted Feb. 5, 1857. There 1 has been a number of amendments. Under this Constitution, Mexico is considered a federative republic, divided into twenty-seven states, three territories and one federal district, each having the right of local self- | government. The functions of the federal government are divided as under our own Constitution, the three departments, executive, legislative i and judicial, being similarly organized. The president, under the Constitution at least, is elected by 'electors popularly chosen, for a single term of six years. The area of the country is 765,535 square miles, nearly three . times that of the state of Texas. The population in 1910 was 15,063,207. Of 3 these about 19 per cent were pure ^ white, 43 per cent mixed bloods and 38 , per cent Indians. A relatively small part of the population, from 15 to 18 < per cent live in the temperate zone, ! tohink omkt>oAna thn r Arthnrn ato too , VT1IIVU V AAA V/ A auvo lUW U V* W*?V* ii wm*?vw, now In open rebellion aglnst the authority of Provisional President Huerta. In his message to congress, Sept. 16, 1912, the late President Madero stated that the full strength of the army was 107 generals, 6,236 officers and 49,332 men. Six gunboats of 1,000 to 1,300 tons, two transports and several revenue cutters constitute the naval equipment. The revenues for the last fiscal year amounted to $55,500,000 and the expenditures the same amount. The total national debt on Jan. 1. 1911, was $219,213,000, with interest and other annual charges of $14,418,000. Mexico has 16,000 miles of railway, 50,000 miles of telegraph lines and 2,964 postofflces. ? With the outlook of armed opposition to the new provisional government in Mexico, reduced to a few small, threatened uprisings by followers of the late President Madero, it is the opinion of administration officials in Washington, according to a dispatch, that chances for the use of the military arm to protect American interests have greatly diminished. Concentration of troops at Galveston will continue, but admittedly the purpose now is principally to test the working of the new system of army organization. Major General Carter, commander of the second division, due to arrive in Galveston within the next twenty-four hours, will take the opportunity afforded by the assembly of a complete division of troops to put them through their paces thus affording to the various regimental and brigade commanders practically their first oportunity to direct the movements of the large bodies of men that would fall to their command in time of war. If the complete division is assembled in Galveston, at Texas City, about seven miles distant, and in the camp Just opened near Houston before the end of the present week, the military experts feel that they will have accomplished a creditable feat. It is true that the movement appears to be very slow in comparison with the remarkable mobilization of the allies in the Balkans. But as a matter of fact, s?ucxi uioidiiues as umi iivm run 1^. a. j Russell, Wyo., and Fort Snelling, Minn., to Galveston, would have greatly taxed 1 the resources of the best European < quartermaster department. On the whole Secretary Stimson feels veryproud of the record made up to this point, when, by the issue of a single 1 order to Major General Carter, the sec- i ond division commander, the entire body of men was set In motion, whereas under the old plan the adjutant gen- ' eral's department was obliged to send 1 hundreds of telegrams to as many in- < dividuais commanding officers, ail the . way from major generals down to a captain, to begin the mobilization. Under the new system, too, the quarter- : master general had already assembled ( at the proper point of embarkation all the supplies needed for a campaign. ? The operations of the five armies engaged in the Balkan war, says a London dispatch, have been brought practically to a standstill by the win- i tery weather. Snow storms are fre- ' quent and the roads are in a deplorable state. The daily official dispatches, upon which the world is now com- j pelled to rely for news from the theatre of war, repeat the sterotyped 1 statement, "nothing of Importance has occurred." A dispatch from Constan- i tinople goes a little further, record- , ing that there has been skirmishing ' on the front of the Tchatalja lines by Turkish volunteers who claim to have t met with some success. These must , have been of a minor nature as the Bulgarians earlier in the week were said to have withdrawn further to the westward. Roads in that neighborhood are so bad that the transport i columns found it difficult to keep the i troops at the front supplied with pro- : visions and ammunition. The news | from the neighborhood of Adrianople j is conflicting. The Bulgarian war de- i partment says only desultory fighting i has been in progress, but a dispatch : from a French correspondent inside the city, says that since February 3, , the Bulgarians have been delivering , desperate, but ineffective assaults on , the fortress and are bombarding it , cruelly and fruitlessly. Even less has , utcurrsu in me vn.-inuy ui cuiau, 111 the Gallipoll peninsula, than at the Tchatalja lines. Here the Buglarian i and Turkish armies are entrenched, , patiently awaiting a break in the weather. The only heavy fighting, except at Adrianople, since the war 1 was resumed, has taken place around I Scutari, where the Montenegrin army, , now assisted by Servian troops, has again failed in trying to take the fortress. Austrian military experts say the Montenegrin siege guns are , placed too far away to do serious damage to the Turkish works and that 1 King Nicholas of Montenegro will not permit them to be moved for- ( ward, as he fears a sortie by the Turkish garrison. He is now await- ' ing the arrival of the big Servian < seige guns which have been shipped from Salonikl. The Montenegrins are m??t anxious to canture the fortress. { as Russia has agreed to the Austrian demand that it should be included in i the future Albania state. With the ( town once In his possession, King Nicholas believes that his brother ' Slavs would insist on its retention by i Montenegro. The Greek army seems c to be just as idle at Janlna as are the t Bulgarians at Bulalr. An occasional report comes through of a movement " of Turkish troops In Macedonia, show- ? lng they are not entirely disposed of a there, while the failure of the Greeks j to take Janlna, which is their object, is regarded as another Indication that 1 there is a lot of fight left in the Ottomans in that part of the country. The Greek fleet has now extended its v blockade of the Albania coast as far as Durazzo to stop revlctualling of the * Turks in Scutari and Macedonia. This r action may give rise to oojecuons uy f Italy and Austria on the ground that the blockade is Ineffective. J _ ^ ftltf \lorkrillc inquirer. Entered at the Postolilce In Torkville r as Mail Matter of the Second Class. , ===zzzz==z=rz:zzzzirz===z: t r TORKVnill, S. o.f I FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 28. 1913 I ? i, If two gubernatorial candidates can r set the state by the ears as was the case last summer whet will a half a dozen of them do? t " a Dispatches of yeeterday reported d that Turkey has at last agreed to ne- f gotiate peace with Bulgaria on a ba- f sis of the surrender of Adrianople. f m . r It is now settled that Hon. Wm. J. 1 Bryan is to be secretary of state in c Wilson's cabinet and that means that c the administration is to be really and ^ truly progressive. r ?. t If that old Idea of giving precedence 1 to members of congrejs on a basis of 1 length of service rather than on a ba- ^ sis of fitness and ability wins out, how 8 do the people ever expect to get In real- ' ly close touch with congress? p , m , s There has been very little real war r In Mexico. Most of the disturbance 0 has been the work of marauding bands ' of robbers living on the helpless peo- e pie of the smaller villt ges on pretence 8 that they were wailing for orders h from one side or the other. In a large u measure that Is the situation now. . P The Columbia State some days ago n ssued an editorial chal'enge to Senator f McLaurln to discuss the negative side >f compulsory education. The senator las accepted and the State of yester3ay, contains articles con and pro, the * State being for and thc'senator against the bill that has Just passed the sen- p ite. h , 9 , li The act authorizing the court house d jommissioners to condemn sites for ' :he proposed new building does not ? compel the commissioners to buy at the price fixed by the arbiters. Under ? the act, the commissioners may conJemn as many sites as they please c without being required to take any of p hem- , U Editor W. W. Smoak of the Walter- 8 t>oro Press and Standard has sold his p interest in that paper for the purpose p >f taking charge of a semi-weekly at e Viadisonville, Ky. We have always 8 :onsidered Mr. Smoak to be a high ' toned gentleman and well above the ^ iverage in newspaper ability, and we egret very much to see him leave * South Carolina. I 9 . 1< About the only argument we have ^ teard advanced against the state ware* louse law is that so-called "tax" of 25 g rents a bale where you "don't have to pay nothing" now. In his article pub- ^ ished elsewhere, President E. W. Dabbs, of the State Farmers' Union, fives the farmers something to think sbout along this line. _ r? 1 m' ti If the Democratic party will make oroper and wise provision under the t( sixteenth amendment to the Constltu- ^ lion it will be able to correct many of :he ills from which the country now c suffers. In this way the protection fealure of the tariff may be reduced to a t( really scientific basis, and the heavy ^ :ax on industry can be removed. The g possibilities of the income tax are p nore potent and promising than any a other economic proposition in sight. n ' * ' U There is persistent repetition of the proposition that President-elect Wil- t] son proposes to invite Vice-President s Marshall to participation in cabinet t( councils, thus establisliing an innova- ?j tion hitherto unknown in the history n of the country. Heretofore the vice 0 president has been only a figurehead, n notwithstanding the fact that theo- n retically at least he is presumed to be t] second in importance to the president s in the conduct of the government. U ' * V York county is now some five or six 0 thousand dollars in "the hole." The ti exact amount cannot be ascertained at 1 this time. By in "the hole," is meant _ that the taxes now being collected will fi lack that much of paying such claims n as have been already matured, and ? during the balance of the year, the or- h dinary county fund will have to be u supplied by borrowing This situation 8 Is due largely to the freshet that swept [] away so many bridges last spring, and pi of course to other extraordinary ex- P penses. ? ' " ' a * As a consequence, I am fret n to say to you that I do not believe t there is a county in the state which has o no blind tigers in it?white men sell- t Ing whisky, negroes selling whisky and s; In many instances white men backing tl the negroes and having the negroes p acting as retailers for them.?Governor Blease's Annual Message.. A majority of negroes who are "running blind tigers" are doing it for white ~j men. How else do they manage so " readily to get up the money to pay ^ their fines.?Newberry Observer, February 25. * We are not reproducing the above so tl much as an illustration of how great e minds run in the same channel, as an ? illustration of how even political op- ^ ponents may sometimes see and ac- ti knowledge the truth from the same mgle. ^ tl Tnere are frequent intimations of a a lack of harmony as between Presl- ^ ilent-elect Wilson and Speaker Clark, tl While both are "Democrats," it is ?lear that they stand for ideals and policies that are widely different. Mr. |j Clark is generally understood to be a what Is known as a practical politi- t! cian and therefore a standpatter. Mr. j, Wilson believes that there is lots of o room for Improvement in the conduct if the government, and that the situ- N ition would be bettered by a nearer k ipproach to the real letter and spirit n >f the declaration of independence and he Constitution. There are many who ire looking for an early locking of lorns as between Messrs. Wilson ind Clark and their respective followngs; but as to how that Is going to >e remains to be seen. The money trust committee which las been making such an extensive investigation of conditions, has gotten so nuch Information that it is unable to ormulate a report upon which a maority can agree. This is not surprising. iVhlle most reasonably well Informed >eople understand that the financial lystem of this country is a wretched latchwork generally, the best and WAflt rvnfrl rw+l/t mon fho PAlintrv hofl ire not able to see Just how reform is o be secured without a serious unsetling of the present status. It Is our >elief that Senator Aldrich understands he money question better than any tther statesman of the day; but as here are very few people who believe hat Senator Aldrich ever undertook egislation intended to benefit other han a class or section, his bill should >ot be accepted as It Is. Honest, earlest, patriotic experts, however, might ake the bill as it stands, drive the nigger" out of the woodpile, and then et the proposition be enacted into a aw that would eventually prove about ight for the country. At last the senate has yielded to he importunities of the seedsmen ,nd stricken out the appropriation un!er which seeds have been distributed ree to the people of the country. This ree distribution of seeds has come in or quite a lot of contention during nany years past, mnny people holding hat Its main purpose was to keep ongressmen in c'rser touch with their onBtituents. The government seeds lave been attacked as Inferior, and nanv arfiruments have been used to ireak up the practice of free distributor Although many times requested o do so by seed houses, The Enquirer tas never seen proper to say anything gainst the free seed distribution idea, t has been our observation that while robably thousands of packages of eed are wasted in that for various easons they are never planted, stil! ther thousands of packages have ound their way Into the ground where xcept for the free distribution no eed would be planted. We are not, lowever, inclined to consider the failire of the appropriation as being of ery much consequence, because the rice of seeds generally is so low that ???* IItf /loolrn fn nlonf IIUOI pcuy?c miw * -.ai?j uvauo vv? >/ ? >. Ind little difficulty In securing exacty what they want. In the course of Its experience The Inquirer has been brought to a realsation of the fact that there are newspaper readers, not a great many peraps; but some, who seem to have the Sea that the editor must approve or Isapprove everything he prints. That i that a given article that is publlBhd without comment, must be taken as avlng the approval of the editor. We an very readily understand how an lnlvldual who has a mere superficial onceptlon of the conduct of a newsaper can become obsessed of such a otlon; but speaking largely from a ifetlme of practical consideration of the ubject, we do not believe that a newspaper run on such lines would prove permanently acceptable to any consldrable circle of readers. While there re those who cannot get around the dea that the one chief end of a newspaper, If It has a chief end, is to mold public opinion" and "lead thought," ire do not entertain such a notion to 1 ny considerable extent. Public opln>n might be temporarily Bwayed by a ewspaper comment, locally at least, i nd generally, for a time If all newsapers should work together along the ame lines, and print only such facts r alleged facts as seemed to uphold { he particular purpose In view; but ; uch a policy would result In disaster nd chaos, sooner or later, and more ; robably sooner. The only thing that eally "molds" public opinion Is truth, he eternal truth, and this view the ewspapers cannot sidetrack, except \ emporarily. Neither could the pulpit, 1 we would grant for the sake of argu- j lent that It would try. The Idea is learly expressed in connection with 1 he incident when the Pharisees sought ' j rebuke people for involuntary ac- ^ nowledgement of the Savior. Christ aid that If these should hold their I eace. "the stones will cry out." And ' s to "loading thought," any man or ew8paper who has a real thought can ?ad with It until It forms Its mission i securing recognition as truth; but he individual whether In his own peronal capacity or as a newspaper edlar, who undertakes to lead and direct hought, has assumed a task that has ever been discharged with a great deal f success by other than a very few lortals in thiB great world of ours. A ewspaper ma: state as fact a thing hat Is not a faci; but the thing will tand only until it is exposed to the ight of truth. And the newspaper ,-hich confines itself to the recording f only such happenings as it would like o happen can be of very little value to he people who look to it for lnformaion about things as they are. A great ewspaper man once defined as "news t to print" anything that the Allighty permitted to happen, and while j dmitting frankly that we have neith- i r the sources of information or the , igh courage necessary to the proper 1 se of them, if we had them, we will ] ay that in our opinion, this great , ewspaper man came very near cover- . rig the whole ground. If this same ule, however, were upheld as to the pro- ( riety of comment we take It that the , ditor who could measure up to all re- '{ uirements would be rather beyond ( nything yet known In connection with ( ewspaper making. Also we take it that , he man who essays to "lead thought" r "mold public opinion." contrary to he controlling facts, has a job alongIde of which the little dog that bayed at he moon must have felt himself most rofltably employed. In speaking of the unrest and disatisfaction throughout South Carolia. which The Yorkville Enquirer says xists it goes on to say: "Our own lew of the whole situation is that beve all else it is time for the people d turn their thoughts to common jusIce and insist on strict and impartial nforcement of the laws. If the laws f the land were properly observed, here would be no place for dissatisiction or unrest." All of which is veryrue and to which might be added that of iws we have entirely too many. If men rere to do their neighbors as they rould their neighbors should do unto hem, there would be little use for laws, nd the enforcement of such laws as 'e had would be easier of enforcement, 'he great trouble with these times is hat we are trying to regulate everyhlng by law, and as a result we have ery few laws strictly enforced. There ? too much law and too much regulat- i ig everything by law, or at least an ] ttempt to do it. If people would turn { heir thoughts to common justice and i ot rely so much on laws, there would i e less infraction of law and less need < f law.?Newberry Herald and News. ] The suggestions of the Herald and ' lews are sound. There are too many J iws. That does not mean that no ( lore laws should be enacted; but it t does mean that we have many laws JL that should be repealed. There are on the statute books many laws that have no justification other than the personal whim of the men who Introduced Be them and got them through. For Instance, many years ago (1882) a certain member of the house In Union county Jrode to town one day, and while he , was engaged in the transaction of his j. business, an acquaintance took his horse which had been left in a hitching lot 1x1 and rode it away far enough to be gone when the owner returned. The owner J. was very angry; but said nothing to 1 the offender. Instead at the next ses- F1. sion of the general assembly he secur- j -J r\f nn onf that nrnvM/ a eu 111C paooafttr %/l an av-w vimb |/*V* !U(.o that whoever shall knowingly use an- _ 1 Oft other's horse or mule without the consent of the owner, and without Intent to steal, shall be liable to a fine of not more than $60 or Imprisonment of not Yc more than si* months. This law may have been enforced a half-dozen times since then; but It has been violated thousands of times without anybody K1 thinking of a prosecution. There are , scores of criminal statutes on the books that have no more Justification in their origin or existence than* this, and the T 1 civil code is literally full of statutes that . have been put there by interested per- . sons for no other reason than to subserve their own purposes. But even j 1 such laws as these should be obeyed until they are repealed. However, the idea that none but wise and Just laws be enacted is hopeless, and it will continue hopeless until the people begin to , insist on sending only the wisest and best among them to the general assembly. And the wisest and best are 0J always those who practice the rule , suggested by the News and Herald? J "Do unto others as you would have \ them to do unto you." A PLEA FOR MERCY. ] Sty Governor Asks Legislature to 8top ' Cruelty at Penitentiary. , governor mease on luesaay mgni. v-u sent the following message to the senate. On Wednesday night, after the convening of the house, he also sent a Ja copy to that body: Message No. 44. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 1 Executive Department. Gentlemen of the General Assembly: I transmit to you herewith, letter re- D ceived by me on the morning of Feb- > ruary 25, 1913: "February 23, 1913. "His Excellency, Governor Blease, Columbia, S. C. < "Honorable Sir:? pri "Simeon Ellis (colored) a prisoner ... as I understand was talking to you yes- It < terday, Saturday, on the street. He *] was working on the city street detail ha' and as you passed, asked his guard, zat Corporal Boykin, to speak to you and utt Boykin refused him the permission to 8ht do so and he spoke to you anyhow. Yo "Today he was brought up before clu Capt. Sondley by Boykin and was sen- . tenced to the stocks and Ellis says he j ' was struck forty-five or fifty lashes, he cannot say the exact number, and his back now shows the result from his h head down to his hips. . ' "I am telling you this as a matter of jivj Information, which I think you will be ? " glad to know at this time, as I am very b" well posted as to what your policies are regarding such things regarding the state penitentiary. * * "Therefore I do not hesitate to send you this information as I know that you will not give the source of your information. j "Yours respectfully, b e (Signed) ret "Monday morning." , "Ellis was taken to the blacksmith B Bhop and a pair of very short shackles put on him and he then told the cap- ijr tain and Dr. Jennings that he was going * to tell you the first chance that he had 1 been whipped for talking to you. Then An he was taken to the shop again to |ac have the chain lengthened and while this was being done he had a fit. He Wt is subject to such spells. The chains n01 were cut off him and he was taken to I frho hnanlto] whom ho now iff T flit- Ofl derstand he is in a serious condition'. Asi "Later: To still further punish this its poor, ignorant, defenseless negro. Dr. brc Jennings applied a strong electric bat- da] tery to him and tortured him for more He than a half hour. His screams and thr cries and piteous appeals for mercy hel could be heard all over the penitenti- th? ary grounds." on Upon receipt of the letter, Col. Aull, fes my private secretary, requested Cap- to tain of the Guard Sondley, at the state ter penitentiary, to bring this prisoner to byl my office at Ave o'clock p. m. He was er brought in his prison garb, closely mo Bhackled, with a chain around both enj legs. As to his physical condition, I we leave the description of that for Rep- gel resentativcs C. C. Wyche, Mitchum and stri Fortner, who were present and saw the lllu negro's back and hips. Sal This is but another instance which on came to my ears only by accident, and the which I am giving to you for the pur- ent pose of showing that I am doing what the [ can to relieve suffering humanity, but and that I am only heeding the de- a i mands of humanity upon me. Oa After finding that the negro had been Yo In the penitentiary thirteen years for nei killing another negro, and feeling sure an< that if I returned him to the penitentiary as a prisoner he would again be whipped, shocked and possibly killed, I gTarnea mm a paroie aunng on guuu ^ behavior. __t In taking this course, I am satisfied . , that I am not only heeding the demands . Df humanity, but that I am upholding lt the letter and spirit of our Constitu- A tion, which provides in Section 19 of ( Article 1, "nor cruel and unusual pun- ^ Ishment inflicted," and "corporal pun- " Ishment shall not be inflicted." The letter which I have transmitted J to you says that when this negro was ? tortured with "a strong electric battery f * * *for more than a half hour." "His screams and cries and piteous appeals * for mercy could be heard all over the r? penitentiary grounds." They reached [] 8 my ears. They have now reached yours. ' The demand upon me was not for " mercy, but for justice, and I believe that justice was secured from me, so J far as in my power lay to give It. What , *; will you do? '*. ! Very respectfully, Cole L. Blease, Governor. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 25, 1913. gjj 1 car ? Columbia, February 27: The com- ty, mittee that investigated the state Con- ing federate infirmary submitted its report dol to the general assembly today with tha the testimony adduced at the various ma hearings. All papers in the case were of received as information and ordered sai< printed in the house Journal. The ? committee found that drunkenness on the the part of some of the inmates was her sustained by the testimony; that the of charges of partiality are conflicting; if s that there is great room for discipline; int< that there is a lack of proper nursing cen for the sick; that for a short time last the summer bread, made of musty meal, yea was served to the inmates; that prob- cee ably the home Is allowed to get Into pll< a pretty filthy condition at times, and ? that the practice of dealing out sup- inc plies of liquor to the veterans should rep be discontinued. Part of the report i reads: "Your committee is oftheopln- A. Ion that too much of the appropriation for the old soldiers' home goes for salaries. One man of the right kind ?ould perform all of the duties now ? supposed to be performed by Major Clo Richardson and Captain Caldwell, and flel If he possessed proper executive abil- vill Ity, considerable improvement in the the management of the home and a large occ Increase in the products of the farm me :ould be made." The opinion of the tha :ommittee is that $85 per month giv tvould be good pay for the physician apj if the home, "since it appears from Gat the testimony that about all that can sch be done for the inmates, on account if their lack of recuperative power, as Qf shown by Dr. F. W. Butler's testimony Qf s to give them cathartics occasionally (jen ind something to ease pain." gar ? Wii ? Attorney General Peeples has an- Th? lounced that he has appointed Fred H. Mie Dominick, of Newberry, as assistant ittorney general to succeed M. T. Deiruhl, the appointment to take effect F're April first. Mr. Dominick has announc- Jec' d that he will accept the appointment 'n ' Re was a law partner of Cole Blease W01 iefore the latter became governor and ?PP tas since practiced law in Newberry. ce8 Re is a member of the state Demo- ? iratic committee and is well known sho hroughout the state. pro; .OCAL AFFAIRS, b , S NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 * annon-Smarr Co., Sharon?Want to t talk to you about fertilizers, tsy Wood?Warns all persons not o to employ or harbor her minor son, I Agi, who has left her home. i: M. Atwood?Has opened a restau- p rant in the McNeel building and Is t ready to furnish meals at all hours, t c. ,100m?Offers the J. B. Bell t house for sale. See page four. s uls Roth?Wants to furnish you p with several varieties of seed Irish t potatoes at right prices. a <J. Wray?Calls attention to his big 1 special sale and invites you to call a on him when In town M.onday. s rsi National Bank, Yorkville?Says I that the man of the hour is the man 1 with money, and advises you to save t a part of your earnings. v rroll Furniture Co.?Offers the Irene t range to its trade as one that is en- g tlrely satisfactory, and moderately t priced. Phonographs cheap. a irkvllle Hardware Co.?Is optimistic 8 on the weather, and tells farmers t where to And all kinds of farming hardware. rkpatrick-Belk Co.?Sells Wunderlose for the family. Four pairs for 1 II, guaranteed four months. Single pairs, 26c and 36c. 0 an and Savings Bank?Says people e )f Yorkville and surrounding coun- * try are growing more conservative p each succeeding year. t M. Stroup?Will sell 25 lbs. of best a granulated sugar for $1.26, and 20 t lbs. of rice for $1. See him for gar- t den seeds and seed potatoes. * f omson Co.?Is receiving large ship- ? ments of spring goods, including ladles' co&t suits, embroideries, laces, galatea, ginghams, etc. 8 o. W. Williams?Tells you to stop, n look and list your real estate with c him If you want to sell. See him If a you want to buy. Offerings, lmetto Monument Co.?Says that a a monument is a mark of esteem and 0 love for the dead. It makes monu- 1 ments of all kinds. J loak-Brown Co.?Ask you to call on c them Monday, and see their mules C and buggies. rroll Bros.?Have a large supply of p seed Irish potatoes, and want to sell j them, and will make prices right. ^ mes Bros.?Invite you to visit their y stables next Monday, and see the f mules and horses they have to offer. W. Johnson?Asks you to call on c him for lard, snowdrift, snowhlte, 3 ard, chicken feed, tea, coffee, and p ather edibles. 8 E. Boney?Remarks that while it p Is too wet to work, it is a good time r to attend to your Insurance. s Jwing to the rapid advance In the f, ce of gasoline, it costs about twice ? much to run an automobile now as tl did two years ago. v rhe Chester county Com club beys n ye already started their 1913 organi- p don; but as yet there has been very a le done toward getting the work in b tpe in York county. However, the rl rk county boys are assured that the ti b will do business as usual. n during his recent visit to Yorkvllle h Jge Gary said the county has too .ny weeks of court, a proposition in 0 ich most of the lawyers even are tl irtlly agreed. Notwithstanding the b parent burden on the calendars, it is c, ncult to get two weeks of steady ti siness at any one term of the court; w t still the law provides for several tl re weeks than are necessary, and the tl >ple patiently foot the bills without n imbllng?because they do not know. t< p ABOUT PEOPLE. V diss Julia Witherspoon, who has , :n visiting in Wisacky, S. C., has urned to her home in Yorkvllle. dr. R J. Love and daughter, Miss isle Love, of Clover, are visiting in rkville for a few days, the guests of J . B. M. Love and family. ? dlsses Daisy Gist, Willie Williams, r nie Ashe and Pearl and Annie Wal- ? e of Yorkvllle, leave in the mom- ? ; to attend the inauguration in *' ishington. They will visit other * them cities before returning home. 3peaklng of the visit of Rev. J. L. w tes, of Yorkvllle, to Due West, the a sociate Reformed Presbyterian in ^ current issue says: "This good f, >ther arrived in Due West last Tues- b / and began preaching that evening. e] preached two sermons a day, on b ough Sabbath. The exercises were t id in the Y. M. C. A. hall during g s week and in the A. R. P. church & Sabbath. There were seven pro- Vi sions of faith made. These will go y the Associate Reformed Presbyian, the Baptist, the Southern Pres:erian and the Methodist Broth- J Oates preach?d a series of able serms. The sermons were very much f< loyed by all who heard them. They r! re morougniy scripiurai ana evan- " ical and pr> sented the truth In a ? Iking way. Ilia illustrations were a imlnatlng. The audiences on the )bath were very large?especially rl Sabbath morning. It Is not often a .t a minister preaches to an audi- S :e of that size. As we are Informed, it accessions on this occasion leave w : one student in Erskine who is not w member of the church. Rev. Mr. d; tes left on Monday for his home in tl rkville, having made quite a lot of 01 v friends in Due West and kindling ci iw old friends." , A TO SELL THE COUNTY FARM ci fhe general assembly has passed an giving the county commissioners 8 I power to sell the county poor farm i to erect a modern county home vl h the money. The act is as follows: "< Act to empower County Board of tf Commissioners of York County to tl lell County Poor Farm and to Pro- m dde new quarters. d; lection 1. Be it enacted by the H leral assembly of the state of hi ith Carolina, that the county board tl commissioners of York county be n< 3 Is hereby authorized and em- sc vered to sell and convey to the tl hest bidder for cash either at pub- ol or private sale as their judgment c< y be to the best Interest of said r? inty, the whole or any part of the te irty poor farm of said county. tc tec. 2. In case whole of said farm ly jold the said board Is hereby auth- vi zed and empowered to purchase 01 ds of not less than llfty acres at vi ne suitable place In said county It 1 erect thereon the necessary build- hi s for the proper protection and ol e of the poor Indigent of the coun- ni Provided, the cost of such build- a s shall not exceed fifteen thousand te lars (215,000). Provided, further, fe t the said board of commissioners tl y retain not less than sixty acres tl the present poor farm and erect c< 3 buildings thereon. tl !ec. 3. For the purpose of this act, bi said board of commissioners Is tc eby authorized to borrow the sum sc fifteen thousand ($15,000) dollars, jo much be necessary, at a rate of Brest not to exceed six (6%) per _ it, and to pledge for the payment K reof one-half mill tax levy for the ? ir 1913, Provided, that the pro- ^ ds of the said sale shall be ap- fr ;d In payment of said loan. tec. 4. All acts or parts of acts j" onslstent with this act are hereby ealed. m Approved the 12 day of February, D. 1913. J er WITHIN THE TOWN th The Yorkville High School and the ver High School have arranged for . d day exercises to be held in Yorke on March 22, and to include all . sports and trials usual on such asions, preparatory to the state ?t later on. The understanding is t the Yorkville High school Is to a Plnvpr a rptnrn date and similar (ointments are contemplated with ^ itonia, Hickory Grove and other t ools. J* On Tuesday afternoon a number Qf the graduates and former students er Wlnthrop college met at the resl- ag ce of Miss Mary Williams and or- he ilzed a society to be known as "The ithrop Daughters of Yorkvllle.'' es ; following officers were elected: pe is Mary Williams, President: Mrs. K8 n S. Jones, vice president; Mrs. J. he Hart, secretary and treasurer: Miss 0f drlca Lindsay, Gleamer. The ob- tl< t of the association is to keep all co closer touch with the Interests and w; ks of their Alma Mater and afford pa ortunity for pleasant reminiscen- pr of school days. Yorkvllle Is to have another "movie" w. Mr. D. R. Lavender is to be ta prletor and Mr. Percy Berry is to sa e the manager. The J. W. Dobson toreroom on the corner of Congress nd Madison streets la now being over, i iauled and put in shape as an audiorlum. Mr. Lavender has been In the movie" business for several years and wns theatres in several other towns, le understands thoroughly the princi >!e that success In this business delends upon giving the best, and he sees o It that his patrons have everything hat Is to be seen in the foremost plcure shows of the country. He will how in Yorkville the same class oi ilctures that are shown In Charleson, Columbia, Spartanburg, Charlotte md elsewhere, and will see to it that forkvllle gets the pictures along ibout the same time they are to be een In other towns. Another thing rfr. Lavender promises to use only the ion-inflammable films, and as an addiional precaution will have an exit that rill enable the audience to get out of he building promptly in time of danger. It Is pretty generally conceded hat the town really wants a picture how, and if Mr. Lavender delivers the roods as he promises, he will be paronlzed. LOCAL LACONIC8 "he Face at the Window. The young: folk* and many of the ilder ones too, are very much Interested in a play that Is to be given at the Mckory Grove academy tonight, "The ^ce at the Window." The cast has ieen working at the play long and hard ,nd will give a good account of Itself onlght. It Is probable that the viators will Include a number of people rom Yorkvllle. fork Cotton Mill Sold. The York Cotton Mill property was old from the court house steps at loon today by Col. J. G. Wardlaw, reelver, W. W. Lewis, attorney acting a auctioneer. Mr. J. F. Cannon, of Concord, N. C.. was the only bidder nd the purchaser at the upset price f $160,000. The understanding Is hat the mill Is to be owned by Mr. . F. Cannon and his father, Mr. J. W. tennon. loath of Miss Margarot Roddsy. Rock Hill Record: Miss Margaret toddey passed away about 5 o'clock fonday afternoon at the home of her rother, Mr. S. W. Roddey, aged 77 ears. She had been In poor health or some time. The funeral was held 'uesday afternooh at Neely's Creek , hurch, with Interment there. The ervlces were conducted by Rev. A. S. togers of this city. Miss Roddey is urvlved by three brothers, W. P. toddey of Richmond, Va., and T. P. toddey and S. W. Roddey of this city, iucoessor to Mr. McElhaney. The death of Mr. J. W. McElhaney, or many years magistrate In Fort 1111 township, has created Interest in bat township over the question as to rho shall be his successor. There is lore or less sentiment In favor of a rimary and several people will probbly enter the same If it is held; ut the delegation may, as It has a Ight to do, recommend a suitable man o the governor, and have the appolntlent made at once, list Russell's 8alary. The senate on Wednesday struck ut of the Winthrop appropriation bill be item of (1,200 that has heretofore een used to pay the salary of the ounty school supervisor, and substiuted the sum of $900 for tomato club rork. Winthrop has had the use of bis $1,200 for some time past, and be activities of the supervisor of rual schools has been donated mainly j Tork county. As to how the aproprlation will further fare has not et fully developed; but the probabily is that the work of school supervllon is doomed unless the expenses are aid from other sources. [illed by Freight Train. Gaston Progress, February 27: John . Watts of Morganton, a brakeman n a C. & N.-W. freight train running etween Lincolnton and Gaatonla, was illed about 12 o'clock last night at Vallna THa train woa ahiftlno' a nri lacing: a car on a sidetrack. Watts 'as on the car with a lantern. It eems that he fell under It while the rain was in motion, as his lantern 'as seen to fall and a few minutes fterward he was found dead on the *acks. The left arm was severed rom the shoulder, his neck was badly roken, his rigrht foot hurt and sevral bruises, etc. The body was rought here and prepared for burial, 'his morning it was shipped to Moranton. Watts was about 22 years of ge and was well known here among lilroad men. Ifinthrop Girls for Washington. Rock Hill, February 27: Dr. D. B. ohnson, president of Winthrop col;ge, has completed his arrangements )r a special train over the Southern lilway to take the entire senior class f the college to Washington to see le Inauguration of Woodrow Wilson s president The special will leave ere Monday morning at 6 o'clock, arIvlng in Washington that night. Dr. nd Mrs. Johnson will accompany the iris, as well as a number of the lady lembers of the faculty. The party 'ill remain in Washington the whole reek, leaving the capital city Saturay morning at 6 o'clock. While there ie entire party will be quartered in 8 ne of the large apartment houses, se- ^ area ior me occasion oy senator < illman. They will, of course, go to ? rllngton and Mount Vernon, and 1 art of the programme Includes a re- 1 eptlon to the girls by the South Car- a Una delegation in congress, ub-soiling With Dynamite. * Mr. J. Boliver Scott, of No. 3, York- r llle, a farmer who is always trying to v io better," was among those who at- t rnded the Corn show In Columbia, and g le thing that seemed to Impress him c lost was the Idea of sub-soiling with s ynamite. He says he is going to try it. a !e cannot do it now for the reason that i Is sub-soil is too wet; but he thinks t rnt he will do some experimenting ? ext fall. Mr. Scott believes that sub- 0 >iling with dynamite Is the solution of c le moisture problem so far as many ( f the farms in this section are con- a jrned. He does not condemn the ter- ^ ice, because he recognizes that the j, irrace has value; but he thinks the rrace solves the problem only partial and that It involves certain disadintages that must be removed. For ? r?e thing the terrace wastes a lot of * tluable ground, and for another thing . harbors grass and weeds that do g arm. Breaking of clay soil to a depth ? r four feet or such a matter with dy- *, amite, Mr. Scott thinks will leave it in condition to take care of all the wa- . ir that may fall upon It without suf- ? ring from washing, and he believes jj lat water will be kept for use during ? le year as needed by the crops. Of " )urse It Is not to be understood that . lere is anything new In these ideas; J at they have been put into effect only ? a very limited extent in this section ? ) far. J, ' t Would Office of Secretary of State u eatroy Bryan??Measured by the fate ti ' others, William J. Bryan would be a " 88 Dotent political force in Woodrow a nison's cabinet than he Is outside of A To be secretary of state Is so high r i honor that few could resist It, but s< ie office has rarely brightened any L an's future. w Henry Clay lost the presidency M hen he took his seat as secretary of ti ate beside Adams, for he could nev- h live down the absurd charge of y ie "corrupt bargain." Webster was, t< 1 things considered, the most power- T il secretary America has ever had, s< it he was a poor politician. The of- p ;e was a hindrance rather than a a >!p to him in his presidential aspira- b cms. t< Great as was Seward, he put the K rhlte House forever beyond his reach d hen he accepted Lincoln's Invitation tl sit at his right haftd In the cabinet, o: he disruption of the Republican par- ai in a few months of Garfield's term ai as largely due to Conkllng's hatred el Secretary of State Blaine. This ir ninent statesman, beyond question, rr rain lost prestige during the time he tl Id the same office under Harrison. L As a free lance Bryan is the great- d< t single factor in the Democratic ci irty. Weighted down by the obll- ti ition to his chief as secretary of state L ; will be robbed of the virile powers cl leadership and independent direc- a; jn. If the eloquent Commoner be N nsldering only his own future, he tl 111 surely decline, if offered, this ap- hi irently golden gift of the incoming n< esident.?Philadelphia Ledger. fr * ' ? al -The Rembert bill that proposed to A x water powers has failed of pas- ui ge. tl CRUELTY TO CONVICT8. Committer Undertakes Investigate of Boating. Following the receipt of the me sage of Governor Blease on the sul |ect of the negro Ellis, who was bea en for violation of prison rules speaking to the governor on the stre< the senate committee on charltab Institutions undertook an lnvestig tlon. Ellis was taken before the commi tee and after he had been stripped, tl members of the committee took a lo< at his person, which they found to 1 covered with bruises and welts ov most of the fellow's body. It developed that the letter to tl governor had been written by a on armed man named F. J. Nichols, fc merly a telegraph operator In the ei ploy of the Southern railroad ai serving his second term for hous breaking. On making known the name of tl writer or rne leuer, oovernor tnea handed Nichols a parole, stating th he was a free man and could testll and explaining that he was afra that If Nichols should be sent back the penitentiary after what he hi done, he would be beaten and othe wise mistreated unmercifully ai probably killed. The letter had be< smuggled to the governor throui means that were not divulged, and tl governor said that he had not giv< Dut Nichols' name until after he hi gotten the consent of Nichols. The negro, Ellis, told of his beatli and testified also that he was subje to epileptic fits, and that the electi battery had been applied to him different times on that account It developed that when it was r ported to Capt Sondley that Ellis hi violated the rule in speaking to tl governor on the street Ellis was ta an to the "leather house," strlpp* M.?? I- 1? ? ?nu |/ui iu mo BIWAS, nuu accural! to the prisoner, given 75 lashes. El itated that he was knocked down 1 the licks, after which he was whlpp< From the other side. On Monday I was taken to the blacksmith shop t>e shackled, and fell down, whereu an he was taken to the hospital ai the electric current applied. Dr. R. K. Jennings said that wh< the negro was brought to the hosplti tie was suffering from some kind congestion and that the congests was relieved by the application of t! electric battery. Dr. Jennings d lounced as a "lie" the statement th the electric battery was used as punishment. Capt. W. H. Sondley said that if ai wrong had been committed he thoug it would be better to punish hii rather than turn dangerous men loo an the community. He said that tl legro, Ellis, was a bad man, in prist for murder and that he had nev aeen a trusty. The investigation is still in progre ind may not be completed for sever lays. 80UTH CAROLINA NEW8 ? Mr. Richard I. Manning, of Sur :er, has also thrown his hat into tl -ing for the governorship. ? The senate last Tuesday nig struck out of the appropriation bill i tern of $2,600 to pay the expenses the Citadel cadets to the inauguratlc tnd the understanding is that on such of the cadets as are able ai willing to pay their own way are goln ? The Batesburg Herald and tl JTorkvllle Enquirer won the first pri >f $60 and the second prize of $2 espectively, offered by the Columfc chamber of commerce for the two b< irticles appearing in the newspape >f the state setting forth why Sou Carolinians should attend the Natlo il Corn exposition. The judges, W lam E. Gonzales, Hon. H. N. E nunds and Gustaf Sylvan, so decide tnd In their reports suggested th :he third prize of $10 be awarded tl Fountain Inn Tribune, and prizes 15 each to the Calhoun Advocate, tl Lancaster News and the article 1 lira. J. R. Carson of Beaufort, whl< ippeared In the Columbia State. The iddltlonal prizes will be awarde Flazlett N. Clark, secretary of tl chamber, said. ? The McCravy compulsory scho tttendance bill was taken up in tl tenate last Tuesday night Senat Epps of Williamsburg, moved to co Inue the bill to next session, whl notion was lost by a vote of 20 to 1 Senator Epps then read from man icript an extended argument again :he bill. Senators Ackerman of C< eton, and Weston of Richland, spoi lor the bill, and its passage was o; ?osed by Senators Glnn, of Hampto Strait, of Lancaster, and Verner, Dconee. All the arguments we ilong the lines formerly brought ov rhe motion of Senator Verner itrlke out the enacting words of tl >ill was lost by a vote of 12 to 2 rhe following senators voted to k he bill: Black, Epps, Ginn, Goodwi Jross, Johnson, Mars, McLaurln, Pa erson, Strait, Stuckey and Verner rotal 12. The following voted in f ror of the bill: Senators Ackerma Ippelt, Banks, Beamguard, Buc Carlisle, Chrlstensen, Hall, Hardl iough, Johnston, Ketchln, Lawso dannlng, Mauldin, McCown, Niche ion, Sullivan, Weston and Youngrotal 21. Amendments were then a :epted by the senate as follows: 1 Senator Mauldin, reducing the ai imit of children affected by the la rom 13 to 12 years; by Senator La^ ion, requiring that four weeks' n ice instead of two should be giv? tefore holding an election on the a eptance of the law. The most fa eachlng of the amendments accept* vere those by Senator Laney, of Che erfleld, to provide text books, ai ienator Williams of Aiken, to provl* lothing for children forced to attei chool, whose parents are not flnanc lly able to supply these article ?he trustees of the district and coui y superintendent of education she >e the judges of the financial positk if such parents and guardians. Tl ounties of Williamsburg, Abbevil] )conee and Greenville were except* t the instance of their senators. Tl iill was then passed and sent to tl louse with amendments. ? Columbia Record, Tuesday: oroner's jury investigating the deai >f Walter L. McNeill, a conductor he Seaboard Air Line railway wl /as killed Friday afternoon, last, 1 l. V. Lee, a baggagemaster, net Iwansea, S. C? Tuesday afternoo eached the verdict that the decease ame to his death by a pistol sh [red by A. V. Lee. The case will 1 rled In June at Lexington, S. C. L lalmed that the killing was acclden J. The only witness at Tuesday tearing was C. F. Hutto, the expre nessenger, who witnessed the shoo ng. He told the jury that last Fr ay afternoon he was In his ci hecking up his express when Lee ei ered the car; he was followed shor V afterwards by Conductor McNei! he negro porter came In a few mil tes later. "The first thing that a racted my attention," said Hutt was that Lee had a pistol In his har 1 In ?Un n( nu was waving me pisiui in uic at fcNeill was in front of him with h ight hand on Lee's left shoulder ar eemed to be trying to pacify hln iee appeared mad and used an oat rhich I thought was addressed to M< reill." Hutto continued: "I the ried to get the pistol from Lee ar e said to me with an oath, 'I'll sho< ou too.' I then made no further a ;mpt to get possession of the pistol he witness testified that he did n ee the two men scuffling over tl istol, nor did he see McNeill mal ny effort to hurt Lee. "I have nev< efore seen Lee and McNeill playir jgether with the pistol," said Hutt le then told of how McNeill, seven ays ago, fired his (Hutto's) pistol I re car, but it was not pointed at anj ne. He said he had never known ? ny difficulty occurring between Lt nd McNeill: he did not notice thi Ither of the two men had been drinl lg. In reply to a question from tember of the Jury the witness sal lat when the first shot was fired b ee he noticed that the pistol was hel ownward and that the second sin ime a few seconds later; that enoug me intervened between the shots fc ee's arm to be raised. Hutto cor uded his testimony by stating thi j he and Lee were supporting M( elll and wiping away the blood froi le wound, Lee remarked that he ha urt the best friend he had. The wll esses and spectators then retire om the room and the Jury delibeJ ted on the merits of the testimon; verdict was reachm! in a few mir tes. A. V. Lee was represented t le investigation by Mr. Dreher < Eflrd & Dreher, attorneys of Lexlngton. Lee's father and a brother of ,n McNeill were also present. ? Columbia State, February 28: Because of the refusal of the senate to allow an amendment for the tax collected In certain counties to remain *" In those counties, supporters of this v1 amendment started a filibuster in the senate last night about midnight. This ie filibuster continued until 1.30 o'clock a" t'.iis morning. Senator Williams started the filibuster, making a mot* tlon to adjourn, which was lost Senator Clifton then secured the floor and spoke until LJeut. Gov. Smith at De 1.30 o'clock this morning ruled that er the motion to adjourn by Senator WilHams prevailed, although a division ne was called for. Senator Clifton offere' ed amendments providing that the ir* money raised In Sumter should be apn* portioned In that county and made ar ftUIIICUia tUUUg UIHl line. AllCIWttlUB le~ he began reading statistics. Time after time points of order were raised he against him. At 12.60 o'clock, on an ?? aye and nay vote of 22 to 6, the senate At refused to adjourn. Mr. Clifford then y. asked that the clerk read line by line id the educational report of W. H. Hand, to state high school Inspector, a volume id of some 200 pages, and when a point r- of order was raised on this, the senid ate refused to sustain the point This sn kept up until 1.20 o'clock when the fh senate adjourned. When the senate tie met this morning Mr. Clifton still had en the floor. The best part of the three id sessions of the senate yesterday was spent in debate on the Rlttenberg bill ag and the one-mill tax bill for the free >ct public schoola The Rlttenberg bill on 1c a motion of Senator Carlisle was apat parently continued until next session, but late last night it was found that ?- Senator Hough's vote was wrongly id recorded by the clerk of the senate he and with the senator from Kershaw's k- vote the senate refused to continue the ed bill. The governor sent a message to aV. 1 a -i.Ui ...A.I. _ AU _ Will us uie KHAie iui mgui veioiui uie urn lis to sell the present property of the by State Hospital for the Insane and Bd transfer the Institution to "State tie Park." The governor said In his mesto sage that he would not become a party p- to the p'ans of certain persons who id have been trying to get the property. The governor asked that the bill be en postponed until next year. Senator il, Laney moved to pass the bill ovor the of veto but the motion was lost On moan tlon of Senator Appelt the message he was ordered printed in the Journal ( e- and debate deferred until today, at i e a MERE MENTION The Educators' congress of the Na?* tlonal Education association Is in sesslon in Philadelphia, Pa Up to last Sunday night President Taft since his inauguration four years ago, had traveled a total of 114,700 miles, an average of about eighty miles a day for er every day during the four years Patrick Cudahay, the big Omaha and ;?7 Chicago meat packer, predicts that the ai price of meats will fall materially within the next six months George C. Grutz, an Insurance broker, was convicted In New Tork on Monday, being found guilty of arson in connection with the so-called "arson trust" He is "e the second prisoner to be convicted on evidence secured after the confession of ht "Imv thA Painter/' inm? weeka um. ui There are about a score of other agents of and brokers to be tried Samuel >n, Neuin died at Lebanon, Pa., Monday, at ily the age of 108 years, after his first and nd only illness during his life Porflro ig. Diaz, ex-dictator of Mexico, says he is he ready to hurry to Mexico, in case comze plications with foreign countries should !5, make his return desirable Hunila dreds of inhabitants of the province of at Fuklen, China, have been killed durirs lng the past week or ten days while ofth ferlng armed resistance to government n- troops engaged in destroying crops of 11. opium producing poppy plants The d- dally receipts of the postofflce departid, ment have reached the enormous total at of $2,427,000, which is more than $200,he 000 gt-eater than the combined receipts of of the government from all other he sources "Article XVI." is now a by part of the Constitution of the United ch States, being put into effect Tuesday ae by a proclamation by Secretary of State id, Knox. It relates to the income tax. he The amendment is the first to be added to the Constitution during a period ol of forty-five years Klamil Pasha, deposed grand vizier of Turkey, is reor ported to have died in Alexandria, n. Egypt, Tuesday, of apoplexy Govch ernor Wilson's resignation as governor c of New Jersey, takes effect tomorrow UJ at noon A French aviator on Tues18t day flew a monoplane from Paris to }j_ London, a distance of 287 miles in 185 l?e minutes, averaging a mile and a half p. a minute Supt Russell of Matq. tewan Insane asylum. New York, 0f charges John N. Anhut, a New York -e lawyer, with having offered him a lt bribe of $20,000 to aid in releasing t0 Harry K. Thaw from that institution. Mr. Roosevelt is out in a letter I advocating fusion against Tammany in In the mayoralty election in New York n next fall J. B. Washington, aged 87 years, began serving a one year _ sentence at the Federal prison at a. Leavenworth, Kan., Tuesday, for vion latlon of the Federal liquor laws. He k' was sentenced from Texas While n' preparing to embalm a negro's body \n' at Wilmington, Del., Monday night, Gr the undertaker was surprised by the "corpse" opening his eyes, taking In the situation, and then knocking the 3y undertaker down....A steel oil barge ' left Philadelphia Tuesday, with a carw go of 3,325,000 gallons of naptha in v. bulk, and 1,200 10-gallon casks. The 0. shipment goes to London Mrs. Mary Wanda, was fined $600 in the ~Cm Federal court at Mobile, Ala., Tuesr_ day, after conviction on a white Slav *d ^ llialfiC' VUC VIWUUl UVIUS HW WffU ' daughter. Senator Tillman assisted In jJ raising the money to pay her fine ie * id ?On last Tuesday at Vernon, Texas, :i- John Beal Sneed, a wealthy west Texas >8. ranch owner, was declared not guilty a- of the murder of Al Boyce, Jr., at ill Amarillo, Texas, last September. The m Jury retired Monday night and reie turned the verdict when court opened :e, Tuesday morning. Sneed shot Boyce >d to death on a downtown street in ie Amarillo at what was said to have been ie the first meeting of the two after Boyce eloped with Mrs. Sneed about a year A before the killing. Al Boyce, Jr., was the second member of the Boyce fam0f lly Sneed had killed on account of de10 velopments following the elopement. 5y The first killing was that of Capt. Al' bert Boyce, Sr., the father of Al Boyce, n whom Sneed shot In a Port Worth ho;(j tel. His defense was that Capt Boyce ' t was aiding his son, Al, in the elope}e ment and also that he feared for his ae life at the hands of Capt. Boyce. Two "t_ of the largest and wealthiest families ,.j in the southwest are concerned in the 8S Sneed-Boyce tragedies. On October 12, t. 1C11, Mrs. Sneed confessed to her hus,j. band her love for Al Boyce and proposir ed that she leave Texas with Boyce 3. and go to South America. A few days t_ later Sneed placed his wife in a sani11 tarium near Fort Worth. On Novem_ ' her 2 'R/wre received a letter from t_ Mrs. Sneed at the sanitarium saying: 0 "For Qod's sake come and take me out icj of this mad house." Six days later r; Boyce and Mrs. Sneed eloped. During lg the several weeks following, Sneed l(j spent $20,000 in searching for the pair, j. Finally they were found at Winnipeg, h Canada, where Boyce was held by the j. police on charges of theft made by sn Sneed at Fort Worth, Texas. Sneed J,j went to Winnipeg, persuaded his wife Jt to return to Texas with him and the t_ charges against Boyce were dropped. >. Several months later Boyce returned to Texas and Sneed, at his trial, de,e clared that for months before he killed ce Boyce in Amarlllo, he had lived in exJr pectation of death at any time at 'g Boyce's hands. o. ? ' ' a.1 ?Washington, February 27: After In an all-night session filled with & bitter r- struggle over public building expendl)f tures, the senate at 3.60 o'clock this e morning passed the public building it appropriation bill carrying an increase c- of nearly $16,000,000 over the $25,000,a 000 bill as passed by the house. One id sweeping amendment Inserted just beiy fore passage at the suggestion of d Senator Kern of Indiana, prohibited >t the erection of a building for the purh chase of a site for postofflce purposes >r exclusively in any city where the p >si tal receipts were less than $10,000 a it year. This change would hold up indefinitely the erection of sixty orsev n enty buildings authorized by the bill, d The all-night session was replete with factional argument arising over apd propriatlons made for memorial bulldr ings at Washington and over alleged y. preference given to "loyal women" of i- the War Between the Sections, in it control of the affairs of the American >f Red Cross.