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PUBLISHED THREE THEY HEAR TAFT Caslcmary Presidential Advice Has Been Delivered TO SENATE AND HOUSE The Tenor of the Document Pleases the Republicans, Who Think Its Reeommmdations Are a Skillful Cross Between Fulfillment of the Pledges and Recommendations. Congress met on last Monday and on T?eeday^heard President "TaftV message read. The formality of reading >the message consumed about an hour and a half of the time of each house. When tbe conclusion was reached the house immediately adjourned but the senate remained j is session for some time afterward, an executive session being held be-; fore that body adjourned. Little fault was found with the message among the Republicans, who J seemed to agree that it was as sat isfactory a document as the Presi dent could prepare and remain con sistent with the party's campaign pledges. The Democrats approved j of the president's efforts to econo mise but deprecated his suggestion! that the Monroe doctrine bad prac tically become obsolete. Opposition to the proposed imme diate congressional investigation of the sugar import scandals in the New York custom house, and like wise to any further revision of the tariff at present;. absence of -any ' specific-Tecommendation regarding the crisis in Nicaragua, and actual recommendation of legislation to for bid the issuance of judicial injunc tions without notice in labor contro-j -versiea, and for the establishment j of a system of postal savings banks, i may be considered the most strik ing features of the first annual mes sage of President Taft to congress., The Nicaraguas question, conser vation of the nation's natural re sources, needed amendments to the anti-trust and 'interstate commerce acts, and the contemplated revision ttf - tlfe federal shaturtes governing the organization of the armed forces of the nation in time of war are all j reserved for possible treatment later | in special messages. In his message which bulks some 17,000 words, Mr. Taft reports tne country to be "in a high state of prosperity." and he adds that "there is every reason to believe that we are on a eve of a substantial busi ness expansion, and we have jutst garnered a harvest unexampled ' in 'the market value of agricultural pro ducts." The president ? expressed entire confidence ahat the , duty Imposed i upon the executive of enforcing the maximum rates of the new tariff law | against nations unduly discriminat ing against the United States will not provoke any tariff war, and he favors ino further tariff tinkering at least until the new tariff com mission has completed its work of gathering information as to the rela tive cost of producing dutiable ar ticles In this country and abroad. This task, he expects, will occupy two or three years. Projects recommended by the j president, in addition to those men-j tioned ' above, include: A ship subsidy to encourage Amer-1 kan shipping." Publicity of political contributions in elections of members of congress. Civil pensions. 1 A higher rate of postage on peri odicals and magazines. A fund of $50,000 to aid In 6up-| pressing the "white slave" traffic. A commission to evolve a plan to expedite legal procedure and miti gate the "law's delays." "Construction of an artificial island and fortification in the entrance to J Chesapeake bay, two battleships and one repair ship for the navy and the establishment of an extensive; naval baBe at Pearl Island, Hawaii. A "national bureau of health. Statehood for New Mexico and Arizona and an appointive governor j and executive council for Alaska. Civil control of the light bouse | board and separation of the national survey. Celebration in 1913 of the semi-| centennial of negro emancipation and reimburseemnt of the depositors of the defunct Freedman's Trust and Saving Company. Consolidation of the bureau of I manufacturers and statistics in the ] department of commerce and labor. Appropriation for the remodelling] of the District of Columbia jail. Calling attention to the crisis in Central American affairs brought about by the execution in Nicaragua of two Americans, the president an nounces that this government has terminated diplomatic relations with j the Zelayan administration in Nica- j ragua and intends to take such fur ther 6teps as may be found mo6t consistent "with its dignity, its du ty to American interests and its moral obligation to Central America and to civilization." In opposing any immediate inves tigation of the New York customs house scandal the president takes the ground that such . investigation "might.' by giving immunity and Otherwise, prove an embarrassment TIMES A WEEK. OLD TRAGEDY RECALLED NEGRO WAS SENT TO THE PEN FOR TERRIBLE CRIME. Pin Worn by Lexington Man Slain Twenty-seven Tears-Ago Returned to His Son.. Twenty-seven years ago the dead and mangled body of W. S. Hook was found lying on the Richmond and Danville Railroad track (now the Southern), between the litt?e towns of Summit and Gilbert Hol low, ten miles, from Lexington. A few days afterwards. Squire Clarke, a negro, waa "arrested, charged with having, killed Hook, and placing his 'body on the railroad track to cover his terrible crime. For a time the feeling against the negro ran high, and after two trials he was convict-, ed and eentenced to serve' the bal ance of his iife in the State Peni tentiary. Clarke is said to have pro tested his innocence through thick and thin, but owing to the fact that he bore a bad reputation in the com munity, coupled with the fact that he and Hook had had a falling out a day or two before, it was believed that he was the guilty party. Another thing which worked against the accused was that he and Hook both resided at Gilbert Hol low, which was only two miles from Summit, and both walked the rail road on the night in question. Hook was a barkeeper, and at time, drank to excess, it is Bald, and at the time the negro was tried some of the citi zens believed that be had merely laved down upon the track and went to sleep. Clarke did not remain in the Peni tentiary long, dying about two years after being taken there, of consump tion. When death was staring him in the face, and when be knew there was no possible escape, be is said to have denied any knowledge of the killing of the white man. Four or five weeks ago a letter came to Summit, addressed to Mr. W. 8. Hook. TLe postmistress. Mrs. Shealy, the mother of Clerk of the Court Frank W. Shealy, of Lexing ton, delivered the letter to W. 8. Hook, Jr., who resides in the neigh borhood, not far away. The letter was from a gentleman in Charles ton, and in the letter w?? inclosed a Masonic pin, bearing the inscrip tion of "W. 8. Hook." Young Hook did not know what to think of it at first, for he himself was not a Mason, and he at once began to make in quiry. He told his friends and rela tives about it. To him the finding of the body of W. S. Hook on the railroad track was but a dream. ?But there were others who remem bered that terrible tragedy, and it was learned that the Masonic em blem was no other than that which was worn by W. S. Hok on the night in which he met his death, but which was never found. The sender of the letter stated that be had found the p!n a few days before at the Union Station in Columbia, and that he took pleasure in Bending it to its owner. It is now believed by many that the negro, Equire Clarke, was con victed and punished for a crime of which he was innocent, and finding of the pin may be the means of bring ing to justice the partieB who com mitted the murder?if murder thero w-us?or of clearig up the mystery which surrounded the finding of the dead body of W. 8. Hook.beside the. old Richmond and Danville Railroad track more than twenty-seven years ago. Who knows? Send Them Back. A dispatch from Geneva says that J the police there declare that there is a wholesale exodus of members of the blackhand who are looking for new fields of operation in America. It develops that sixty of theee char acters, forty of whom were expelled from Switzerland, are making their way to the United Stales by a cir cuitous route. in securing convictions of the guilty parties." A proposal submitted by the sec retary of the treasury that the ex ecutive department for the current fiscal year, estimated at $73,075,620 ?be met by issuance of Panama bonds authorized by congress, is ap proved by the president. He ex plains that in order to avoid a de ficit for the ensuing fiscal year, end ing June 30, 1911, estimates frav? been cut to the bone and instead of a deficit, there will. be a surplus of $56.931.000, excluding payments oo. the Panama canal which are expect ed to be taken care of by bonds. The president records with pleas ure the satisfactory arrangements made by the arbitration of the impo tant North American fisheries issue with Canada and the successful pros ecution of the work of the commis sions adjusting other boundary is sues and the lake fisheries. He urg es an international conference to de I vise measures for the protection of j fur seals. He Is hopeful of a hap py adjustment of the Kongo ques tion and expresses his desire to af 1 ford a large measure of protection i to the little negro stato of Liberia. I Satisfaction is expressed with thi I declaration by Japan and Russsia in favor of the "open door" and appro priations are asked for the expenses of the Pan-American congress to be held in Buenos Ayres and for par ticipation in the Belgian exposition, both scheduled for next year. OBAX6EBUBG ARTFUL CROOKS Use the Hails to Defraud (be Public on a Big Scale CLEVER BEGGING GAME An Official of the Postoffice De partment Tolls of an Interesting Scheme Where a Girl Raked in Big Pile of Hard Cash by a Chari ty Scheme. ; The following Interesting story Is .reported by- a postofflce official: "' "Use of the mails is resorted to by artful crooks as a most conve nient way of defrauding the defense less public. The chief postofflce in spector and his numerous expert as sistants, stationed in various parts of the country, are busy at all times trying to save thr people from be ing Illegally separated from their money. Little does the public rea lize the nature of the schemes em ployed to defraud through the mails. Almost every day the Postmaster General signs orders depriving In dividuals and concerns conducting businesses to defraud, from further use of the mails. This is not al ways the final disposition of such cases?numbers of these individuals are summoned to court, and in many Instances after trial, sentenced to serve long terms In the penitentiary. "Perhaps one of the most unusu al schemes to defraud through the mails was discovered not long ago. After thorough investigation by the Inspectors it was ultimately suppress ed, but not until after the promoters had reaped a harvest. The schemes consisted of -an' appeal to the .peo ple for financial assistance in behalf of an armless girl. For the pur pose of bringing her condition to the public attention, she published a booklet and sent it broadcast throughout the country. The booklet was devotod to a brief history of the girl's life, detailing an accident by which ehe had lost both of her arms. Th/e narrative was accom panied by Illustrations of the unusu al work she performed with her feet Wdth 'each booklet mailed was enclosed a coin card requesting the remittance of 25 cents for the same, and a circular letter appeal ing to the recipient for money with' which to build a home and get some good , motherly woman to take care of it for her. "The Investigation made by the inspector developed the fact that the armless girl had entered into a contract with a man, who resided in the same city, to furnish the capi tal necessary to publish the booklet. I In return the man was to receive, i and did receive one-half of the net I proceeds deriving from the sale of I the booklet. He was first reimburs ed for the money he had advanced to pay for Its publication. . "On his initial visit to the town where the business was being car ried on, the inspector found that the enterprise had attained such pro portions that the services of eleven persons, in addition to the armless girl and her manager, were requir ed. The girl informed the inspec tor on this visit that at that time three thousand booklets per day were being mailed, that the dally receipts amounted to from $S5 to $150, and that the buelnosB was steadily in creasing. She further informed the Inspector that up to that time she had accumulated as her share of the proceeds more than $10,000. While the representations appearing in the booklet respecting the physical con dition of the girl were true, she had long passed the stage where she was dependent upon charity. ' "When the Inspector was Batlfied that the girl was no longer a sub ject for charity, and that her man ager was sharing equally in the pro ceeds, the subject of depriving them of further use of the mails was tak en up. The interested parties were asked to show why such an order Bhould be Issued. After appearing and consenting to eliminate from their literature objectionable and misleading statements, they were permitted to continue their business. During the ensuing few months the business dwindled to practically nothing and it Boon abandoned en tirely; the elimination of the ob jectionable features from the litera ture having proved as effective as the issuance of a fraud order. "The letter which accompanied the booklet was a reproduction. A footnote explained that It was a facsimile of a letter written with the feet of the girl, and that she would like to write each a personal letter, but it would bo too much of a task. On the reverse side of the letter, what the girl proposed to do with the money derived from the salo of the booklet was explained and at the same time a little history of her j past was recited. It was stated that she had not had much experi ence in a business way and that her frlen's thought it advisable that Bhe have some one look after ber interest, and that the county court had appointed a man to act as her trustee. "The booklet enclosed in add.' tion to giving a detailed hi?tory of the girl's life, contained many il lustrations of the performance of marvelous acts with her feet, such as sharpening a pencil, using the shares, writing, combing her hair, S. C. THURSDAY, DEI TAKES IT ALL BACK RETRACTS SLANDER AGAINST SOUTHERN WOMEN. Collier's Explanation and Apology in Regard to Publication That . Was Offensive to the South. For a. year or more the charge has been -appearing every now and then in the Southern press that Collier's Weekly upon a time vilely Insulted the women of the South in an editorial on lynching. A few days I ago The Jeffersonian carried the sub joined editorial challenge, presuma bly from the pen of its editor, Hon. Thomas E. Watson. ? Make Collier's Take it Rack! : The Griffin Daily Herald has promptly followed up the sugges tion that the Southern papers should compel Collier's Weekly to take back that vile insult which it flung in the face of Southern women?-and consequently In the face of all Southern men. Bully for the Griffin Herald. What about it, Pendleton? What about it, Clark Kowell? What about it, Messrs. F. L. Seely and Jas. R. Gray? What about it, Bowdre Phinizy, of The Augusta Herald? What about it, Savannah News, and Evening Press? What about it, Lindsay Johnson, of The Rome Tribune-Herald? What about it, brethren of the Southern press? Get after Colliur-s and make that reckless slanderer of Southern womanhood take it back and apol ogize! The Georgian,- of Atlanta, Ga., addressed the following letter to the editor of Collier's Weekly: Dear Sir. The charge has been going the rounds' of the Southern press, for more than a year, that in one of your editorials you in sulted, by innuendo, the women of the South. In justice to your great paper, The Georgian would like to present the exact text of your editorial in which this alleged insult appeared. Will you be so kind as to send: us a copy, or transcript, of the editorial in question, together with a state ment, if you think any ,be needed, as to what you meant? Yours very truly, Atlanta Georgian. In due time the editor, of The Georgian received the following let ter from Mr. Robert J. Collier, pub lisher of Collier's Weekly: Dear Sir: Thanks for your note of November 23, which has been re ferred to me. I am glad to have the opportunity of letting you know the facts in relation to an editorial which has been kidely misconstrued. A paragraph ">peared in Collier's some two years ago (without my seeing it, I regret to say) which commented severely upon a lynching In Springfield, Iii. While this article made no reference to the.South, it was suffciently obscure in language, and injudicious in tone, to provoke very general resentment throughout the South. % While there was nothing further, I am sure, from the mind of the writer 'of *hat article than to re flect .upon the South, I nevertheless regarded its publication at the time as a matter for serious regret The attitude of Collier's toward the South has always been particularly cordial. We have been praised for our sympathy in discussing Southern problems by no less an authority than your distinguished colleague, Mr. Clark Howell, in the following words: "The Constitution desires to con tribute its share Nof full meed of praise due Collier's Weekly for the truthful, fair and fearless stand that excellent periodical is taking editorially on all mutters affecting generally misrepresented and mis understood conditions of the South." I am glad, therefore, to be able to say to you with aboolute frank ness that the article which has giv en offense was printed without my knowledge and to my deep regret; that it did not refer to a Southern city, but to a city in Illinois; that in so far sb it can be construed as reflecting upon the wisdom of the South, In its treatment of the race problem, for upon the women of the South, for whom I have the most profound respect, it represents exactly the opposite of my sentiments and the sentiments of Collier's. I inclose for your consideration a few odltoriais published In Collier's during the past four years, together with the unfortunate paragraph in question. Very sincerely yours. Robert J. Collier. Hero is the extract from Collier's Weekly, which appeared over a year ago, that raised all the row above alluded to and contains the language for which Mr. Collier apologizies in his letter above: Barleycorn, and Others. Colonel Watterson observes that the proprietor of The New York Times "deserves to be hanged to the nearest lamp-post." In the same is sue of his paper it is related that because a negro in Kentucky was rumored to have sworn, and drawn a revolver, his home was burned sawing wood and presented many re productions of embroidery work and pen sketches." DEMBEB 9 1909.? A FIEND CAUGHT In Act of Trying to Assault a Little Ifhite Girl on Road. BRUTE LODGED IN JAIL A Gentleman Riding Along the Road Heard the Screams of the Little Victim, Went to Her Rescue and Saved Her From the Lustful Devil's Clutches. A dispatch from Kingstree to The News and Courier tolls of a dastard ly, but, luckily for the intended vic tim, unsuccessful attempt to commit rape in WilL'amsburg county on Monday, about one-half mile from the Clarendon county line. A little white girl about 13 years old, was od her way to school a little before 9 o clock Monday morn ing, when she was approached by a negro fiend about 18 to 19 years of age. Without warning, the ne gro seized her and dragged her into the woods near at hand, the girl screaming and fighting. A young man by the name of Burgess, who lives i nthe neighbor hood, and who was on the road in his buggy, beard the screams of the little girl and hastened to the scene. As he approached he saw the little girl on the gronnd in the clutch of the fiend, whom be recognized and who broke and ran into the woods. Mr. Burgess gave h'.a immediate attention to the poor /lltle girt, whose clothes had been nearly torn from her person in her struggles with the devlish fiend. She was ter ribly alarmed and in a hysterical condition. Meanwhile the alarm was spread in the community and a vigorous search instituted. The news came to Kingstree, and a party was organiz ed and started up the road to join in the hunt. Before this party reached the scene of the attempt, Trial Justice McElveen came up with the negro in the woods and soon had him tied securely. Mr. McElven. with the holp of some five or six of his neighbors carried the negro Quickly and safe ly to Kingstree and lodged ? him in jail about 3 o'clock. Had the crowd which was every hour growing big ger, gotten possession of the negro, It is doubtful if he would have got ten to jail. Now that he is lodged in jail no violence is apprehended. Mr. Burgess who went to the child's assistance, was in time to prevent the scoundrel from accom plising his purpose. The negro gives his name as John Woods and has worked at various times in Kingstree. Great credit is due to Mr. McElveen und his posse for their cool headed work and good judg ment In bringing their prisoner safe ly to Jail. BOY STRANGLED TO DEATH. Spartanbnrg I .ad Accidentally Hangs Himself in Bath Room. William Pcndleton, aged 9 years, a Bon of the Rev. W. H. K. Pendle ton, rector of the Church of the Advent, was found dead in the bath room at his home a few mornlng6 ago In Spartanburg, S. C. He evi dently had been dead for some time. The boy went into the bath room to brush his hair, mounted a chair, which tilted and his shirt waist col lar caught on a hook on the door and he strangled to death before assistance could reach him. He was found by the Japanese servant who found him hanging with his back to the wall, and his feet about two inches above the floor. Mr. and Mrs. Pendleton were in the city at the time doing their Christmas shop ping and had purchased presents for the lad. Woman Burglar. Declaring the loss of her position forced her to become a burglar, Mary Moll,a stenographer, was arrested at Los Angeles, Cal., Tuesday morning. She confessed her guilt of two rob beries. and his wife, bis 5-year-old daughter nnd his small baby were shot by the expectant mob. In Springfield, 111., a little while ago, a woman said something about a negro, nnd with the horrors that ensued the country was ablaze. Then, after the burn ing and the shooting had subsided, the woman's story was disproved and the uegro, whom the mob had fail ed to get, was set free. That lit tit item about the final truth, when it emerged, was in most papers half hidden from the eye?an unimpor tant fact, to blush unseen. It is well known that many "identifications" are nheer hysteria, often for crimes that never were committed, and many other charges and identifications are founded on something worse than hysterical invention; they are the easiest escape from scandal; Now, these are not the things to say, no doubt. They altogether lack chivalry and the aristocratic virtues. But perhaps it is time to put Justice and truth above "honor," whatever that may be. If this paragraph wore not already named, "Chivalry" or "Hon or" would serve for a title as well as any other term?as well, for in stance as "Murder for Fun," "Bru tality" or "The Lust for Blood." VERY SAD DEATH THE PASSING OF A BRILLIANT / YOUNG GENTLEMAN. James Hamilton Bagot, the Accom plished Journalist, Dies After a Short Illness. Particularly sad was the dfath which occurred suddenly Sunday night at the Columbia hospital, of Mr. James Hamilton Bagot of the editorial staff lof The State, says the Columbia Record. Mr. Bagot was only 28 years old. The imme-. diate cause of his death was uraemic poisoning, though he had been a suf ferer from tuberculosis for several years. Recently, however, he ap peared to be recovering, and he look ed well and was in good spirits. He took suddenly ill Saturday and was taken to the hospital, where he died Sunday night without regaining con sciousness. Mr. Bagot waB one of the most capable and promising young news paper men in this section of tbe South and was d'> -?g splendid work at the time death called him. He began his newspaper career under N. G. Gonzales on The State upon graduating from the University of South Car-'ina in 1902. He was a most attractive young man per soually and there are hundreds of hearts sad in Columbia today over his death. Mr. Bagot's death comes as a doubly sad and heavy blow to his mother, who is now herself criti cally ill at her home in Oolleton county. Mr. Bagot, although quite young, has done excellent service as an as sistant editor of The State. For a number of years- 'he prepared a sprightly lot of miscellaneous matter for the editorial page, but like all active newspaper men, he.did what ever he was. called upon to do and did It well. WHITE SLAVE AGENT Confesses -Her Trade and Two Girls Are Rescued^ Cleo Evans, a strikingly handsome young Atlanta woman, confessed to tfie police of that' city on Tuesday afternoon, that she was an ageht.^m , the white "Blave traffic and aske^j the officers to detain two young wo-? men who were to^Tfeaye for Colum- ' bus, Ohio, that evening!'" She police found the young girls at the station, waiting for the Evans woman. The latter had two tickets for Colum bus, which she said had been sent to her for the girls' use by the keep er of a disorderly house there. The Evans woman was formerly a bookkeeper in that city, but said she had been in Columbus and was sent on to Atlanta to recruit young women. The girls she had selected were but 15 years of age. They sat in court and laughed and giggled as though the whole affair was a joke. The Evans woman said: "I strayed away myself, but at the last moment I had not the courage to lead those two children into that life. I want you to know what I have done and I want to have those children saved." Police Judge Broyles believes that the woman thought she was under suspicion and took this means of .escaping punishment, but he was forced to dismiss her. His suspic ions were strengthened by the fact that the- brother of one of the girls was following the trio. The young er girls will bo sent to the house of the Good Shepherd. In dismissing the Evans woman, the magistrate sa^: "I? I ever hear of your doing this again I will do what I can to send you to the penitentiary. AVIATOR MEETS DEATH. French Acroplonist Falls While Using Machine First Time. A dispatch from Nice. France, says Antonio Fernandez, an aviator, met death a few days ago while Hying for the first time in an aero plane of his own Invention at the new areodrome .near the mouth of the Var. The accident appears to have been due mainly to the inexperience and recklessness of the aviator, who. impatient at the delay and not heed ing the expostulations of his me dian lean, patched up a defective part of the machine by binding it with common twine. The aeroplane sailed off gracefully, amid the cheers o* the spectators, and the inventor's hopes seemed to be fulfilled, when, after going two hundred metres and gradually rialng, tbe aviator attempt ed to make a turn too sharply, and the machine tipped over in the twink ling of an eye. Fernandez was hurled headlong to the ground, striking with terrific! force, with the wreck of his aero plane on top of him. Willing hands lift d the mass of debris and the aviator was found crushed beneath I the motor, his head having been driven into the soft earth by the impact. The victim took up aviation quite recently, devoting all of his time to it. He was convinced that his ma chine, which resembled . both the Wright and the Curtiss machines, was absolutely superior to either. D CENTS PEB COPY SOUTH S FUTURE Vast Potentialities Lie Within the Grasp of This Sectios. WEALTH OF GOLCONDA The Souths Cotton Crop is the Main stay of All the Financial Insti tutions of This Country, DeeUw? the President of the Southern*. Cot ton Association. Opportunities lying within *. the grasp of Dixie land and a recapitu lation of its vast recources were pre sented before the Southern Commer cial congress at its opening meeting in Washington Tuetsday. ?: That the cotton crop of the South 4b the madnstay of all the financial institutions of this country and is in no wise involved as a sectiohal question was the declaration of Har vie' Jordan, president of the South ern Cotton association, who opened the first session as its chairman.. He reviewed the history of cot ton production for the past 30 years and spoke of the future prospeqts for the South relative to cotton pro duction, incidentally introducing some statistics. He added that 4f half the ratio held good for the next 30 years the demand for cotton by the Southern mills would be vastly increased. "If more of the farmers In the South would redouble their efforts the production could greatly be in creased." With this atatemnet, O. W. Kiner, commissioner of agricu*- ' tore of Virginia, made a plea for' increased energy on the part of agriculturalists of the South. He said that no section of the globe offered greater opportunities for in vestment than the South and spoke particularly of bis own State. *; Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Hayes was not able to be present. His address was road. Science and education combined with the new spirit ofi the times, said Mr. Hayes in'hie address, "are clearing to the decks for most wonderful activities in the South." - ~i "The South of 'today, in so far* as the development of its resources Is: tfc0ff|jiraed,- is in the first flush of ^t?"yc!5Th?*'^afl the. happy'introduc tion to an address delivered by Hugh "McRae of Wilmington, N. C. He de clared that from an industrial stand point the South had to be born over again and that it had required 40 years since the Civil war to accu mulate capital sufficient to do things, but that no wit was on the thresh old of a great future, having great opportunities within its grasp. He dwelt upon the necessity of immi gration to the South and what the lack of it had cost that section. Mr. McRae expressed the belief that in creased immigration would tend to solve the race problem. The South has a monopoly on yel low pine, the great structural Tim ber, and its hickory Is the best vehicle wood ever produced, declar ed Assistant Forester Kellogg of the United States forest service. He al so statvd that timber had been cut in wasteful fashion. He pointed out that the government, too, had a du ty to perform in the maintenance of the Southern forests. Gen. J. S. Carr, of Durham, N. C, deplored the fact that.raw material of the South was more largely con verted into the manufactured pro duct in other sections, although the South contained ail the essential pre quisites for manufacturing. He pre sented 3n array of figures showing the wealth of the resources of the South and urged the necessity of a vigorous campaign for the bringing of capital to that section. John L. Matthews, of St. Louis,, said that a transportation company in St_ Louis, organized with a capi tal of $10,000,000, which in a very short time will have to increase its capital to $26,000,000, proposes to navigate the deep channels of the Mississippi with deep boats and shal "Jqw charters with shallow boats. It was proposed, he said, to put on coast line steamships and trains of barges for sea-towing to all the prin cipal ports of the South, including Pensacol;., Tampa, Jacksonville, Charleston and all intervening points. Mr. JJatthews said that wherever on the smaller rivers proper means of transportation were provided the boats of this company would come to thsin and take off their cargoes. It further is proposed to go out of Now Orleans to any point in tho world, he asserted, and to this and other contributory points he urged the necessity of utilizing the shal low rivers. Will Review Cas?. The Supreme Court of the United States Tuesday granted the petition for a writ or certior."-} In the con tempt cases of Samuel Gompers, Frank Morrison and John Mitchell, officers of the American Federation I of Labor. The effect of the decis ion will be to bring the entire record in the Buck's stove and range case against these men to the Supreme Court for review. Persian Empress "?ot HI. A dispatch from St. Petersourg says the report that the Empress is ?ry ill is untrue.