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published tri-weekt5 MUST TOE MARK Advisei Faniers to Walch Their Cen gres nnen and Senators. MAKE TiEM VOTE RIGHT President Charles 8. Barr>tt, of the Nat onal Farmers Union, Says the Far aen Hast Not Allow Them selves U< be Fooled by the Gift of Bui etin; and Garden Seed. Having failed to secure a bill to prphitit ottos speculation,' to get parcel j pest, "tariff legislation bene ficial to tiie farmer and other laws through a Republican congress, Pres ident Chal-les 3. 'Barrett. "of tie Na tional Einers*. Uiiiohl is going to Wash: ngtcn at the opening of, the ex tra' session to see it the farmer-can i expec:. anything more at the hands of :th? Democrats. Tho national legislative bureau of the. union will be maintained throughoc' the fccssion, and Presi dent Barrett will"personally spend as mi ch time there as possible. In a statement Just-seilt out to che ?rgariza$Jpii_he is fr.em.lUz. skeptical of results, unless the farmer wakes up to his opportunity and forces ac tion. He declares he would not be surprised to "see a semblance Oi tariff reform," or "no tariff reform at all.'*\He makes- it rather plain that ae hasn't much more confidence in the Democratic organization than the Republican, unless pressure is brought to bear. In many ways President's Barrett's lates1: communication is his most in teresting, because he speaks out frankly imd unafraid about things. Here is what ho Bays: To the Officers and Members of the Fariuen' Union: At a moment when politics is in a I rarely formative condition, congress meets in extra session. I am Jiware that at the present time the plans of the leaders who will control the majority in the next house are as yet uncertain. The platform and the immemorial prece dents of their party pledge them to a j tarifl.' reform. At the aame time the past attitude and performances ot the "insurgent" contingent in the Republican party commit them in the samo general direction. .Meanwhile,' the so-called "stand pat" Republicans are to be remem bered. They have seen the drift oi the country and with characteristic political astuteness may be expected to keep reasonably near the band wagon. 1 Back of these varied elements,! each of them striving to promote .their little individual cause, lies the presidential election- in 1912?and you can rest assured, none of them are loosing sight of this great'event. In fart, much of what is done in the extra session and in the next reg ular sesidon will be largely directea toward zaining good strategic posi tion for the presidential election. If yoi.. want tariff reform, now or in the' regular session, it Is up to you to watch each individual mem ber of congress, especially the new member who went to congress on a tidal waive of promise, not forgetting either tue senators, since it is only a question of time before we elect sen ators d rectly by the people. I wo ild not be surprised to see a semblai.ee of tariff reform enacted at the approaching session, nor would I be surprised to see no tariff reform enacted We can tell more, and I can more accurately advise members how to bring pressure on their indi vidual representatives, when con gress meets and we get a look at the line-up. You will be kept posted from time to time. !Sn the meantime, remember that) unselfishness is not the predominat ing note of politic*, and that to get) results we must follow closely thei records of all lawmakers, not ex-J cepting those we know are our friends Remember that they, too, ar j only human. This is as good a moment as any otier to tell you what the average, not the exceptional, politician thinks of the farmers. He ::egaros the American farmer as a sleeping elephant?with the pol itician as his official keeper, who mast exercise carefully the sacred function of his office. He Finows that may happen again in the past the elephant has awak ered s.nd writes his impress on na tional legislation. He knows that my happen again ar.y time! But he al?o knows how to keep the elephant quiet with a few furious sreeches about nothing, by playing on his prejudices, by getting the man with a little "fluence" in the "dis trict" a little job that will keep votes corraled. He also handshakes, asks alter the wife and children, sends government bulletins (for which there is scarce room at Washington) and garden seed (which occasionally will sprout). He seems to be "raising dust'* for the fanners. In reality, the av erage member is bending every en ergy to get re-elected. He would as soon work, for the farmers as for himself, if the latter ?woke up and made him do it, and let h m understand that he would not bo paid off in "jollies." In hand shakes, and in "hot air." In other words it is a game ot QUEEN IS BOUND TO STAKE AND LEFT TO PERISH. Cruel Vengeance Exacted by the Ruler on an Erring Woman May Wipe Out Colony. Qnietly but persistently, and with promise of startling revelations, thb United States has turned its coldly Inquiring gaze on a condition of af fairs that exist on the island of St. Male oh the coast of Louisiana. The circumstances hark back a full cen tury when the French pirate Lafittb was a very real bugbear to voyagers seeking homes and fortunes in the French colonies of Louisiana. From those times up to the present the inl and has been held by an outlaw mule community of semis..rages, having their own government, which {hoy called a "Free Republic," and admin istering justice through their o wn council. Once or twice there huve been perfunctory effect* to bring this island under the laws of this country but only recently has there been prov ocation sufficient to inspire energetic investigations. Up to the time of the recent trag edy in -which poor, wayward, romantic Marie La Vigne, a mainland beauty of Acadian descent lost her life, the island was referred to as an "Eve less Eden." Women were not tol erated. Up to the present the details of the tragedy which Marie La Vi,;ne brought upon herself are somewhat vague, except her honible death. She captivated the master of the colony while he was marketing a boatload of fish until, he became so obsessed by her charming figure and coquettish glances that he dared to violate tradition by letting her ac company him home. For some months he was able to reconcile his people to the presence of bis "queen," as iMarle insisted upon calling herself. Gradually younger men of the col ony lost their prejudices, under the inbuence of Marie's glances. Pres ently the master found he did not oc cupy the whole of Marie's heart, worse, that his rivals were not ouly successful, hut numerous. Marie's public accuser was the master himself. And his thirst for Vengeance was so fierce that he turned her over to her worst ene mies, the council of elders, for trial. There was no lack of evidence. Ac cording to the barbarous standard of the community, a punishment to fit the crllne - was announced oy the council: "Let her be eaten alive by mos quitoes!" The council of elders, in delivering this terrible judgment, also swore the islanders to permit no future in vasion of the island by any women. Thcr? Marie La Vlgne was led forth to execution. She war bound to a stake in tht marshes naked, where swarms of mosquitoeB and gnats denied any pos sibility that she would live lon^ enough to suffer pangs of hunger. Such is the outline of the tragedy which has turned the gaze of the au thorities on the whole problem of civilizing St. Malo, and, if possib'e, bringing to justice the murderers of poor Marie La Vigne. ? ?? o MANY GOATS .MILLED. In Texas Storm Which Destroyed Much Property. A wind and hail storm played hav oc in the extreme southwestern por tion of the state Wednesday morn ing, according to dispatches received here this morning. The damage to property is offset by the goods that wii; be derived by the crops by the rain. Cotton was sadly in need of moisture when the rain storm came up. The storm was especially severe at Will Ranch Mine, nine miles east of Brackett. In a pasture there wert 300 goats, all of whJch were killed by the large hail stones which lit erally peppered the backs of the ani mals until they died. Th-9 storm reached proportions of a tornado in Kendall county and there three buildings were totally de stroyed by the intensity of the wind. They Hunt Work. More than a hundred Eastern col lege boys have already inquired of Charles Harris, Topeka, Kan., direct or of the State free employment bu reau, as to the prospects for employ ment In the Kansas wheat fields tht coming summer. The majority oi the inquiries are from colleges in Del aware, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and South Carolina. political poker, and you have got to keep calling! Their stock-ln-tra 1e is in know ing how susceptible the average voter is to these little counterfeit favors. Demand work, and they will quick ly give it! There are many studious, hard working members, *vho keep abreast of public questions, and really try to legislate for the general good. I give then the credit. But they need to be increased, by the farmer showing that he will give his vote only ii, exchange for ser.ice, not pretty words. All of this is said in the best of hu mor, but the sooner you know how the congressman regards you, the quicker you'll get the results you are now surprised at not getting from this most pleasant and smiling gen tleman. CLas. S. Barrett. ? ORANGEB V A SERIOUS CHARE A FAKE DOCTOR ARRESTED IN FLORENCE COUNT!. He is Charged With Selling Medicine to Aiken County Negroes Contain ing Poison. The Florence Times says according to .Information given out at. police headquarters here this morning Aik en county authorities have secured the capture of a man whom, it is al leged, killed two negroes and at tempted to kill the third one in that county by administering poisonous drugs while he was traveling through the country claiming to be a doctor and. selling the negroes his medicine. His name is given as Frank Win terman alias Frank Slate. It is stated that the case was worked up against hina by a well-known negro of this city who knew Slate whe:a he liven at Aiken at the time it is alleged he poisoned these negroes in 1905. Slatt? is said to be a White man but has lived with the negroes practically all of his life. A warrant was issued for his arrest dn Aiken but he escaped and has been traveling in various parts of the county. He was arrested here a few days ago bq Health Officer Deberry on the charge of being drunk and disorderly and was turned over to Policeman Haseiden and locked up. Chief Koop man who had been in communication with the negro man there whom it is Baid knew" all about Slate's move ments, telegraphed Sheriff Raybourn of Aiken and he came last night to carry the prisoner back to that county for trial. JEFFARES WROTE A LETTER. For That Reason He Was Refused Notary Conunission. To the Editor of The State. I have received a letter from Gov ernor Blease's private secretary since I wrote my letter to The State in which the Governor gives his reasons for not signing my commission as notary public. Kindly publish my letter of request to the Governor, and his reply. Also my answer to his question. R. R. Jeffares. Shelton, S. C, April 5. Shelton, S. C, Mch. 31, 1911. His Excellency, Coleman L. Blease, -Governor of South Carolina, Co lumbia, S C. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of a letter from the secretary of State stating thai inasmuch as you have refused to sign my commission as notary pub lic, he sends me a check to reimburse me for the two dollars sent by me to pay for the commission. Will you please inform me whether or not I have been correctly informed or whether or not the matter has just been overlooked by you in the routine of daily business. If I have been correctly informed kindly write me your reason for not signing my commission and oblige. R. R. Jeffares. Columbia, S. C, Apr. 3, 1911. Mr. Robt. R. Jeffaros, Shelton, S. C. Dear Sir: The Governor is in receipt of your letter of March 31, and directs mt, to ask in reply if you remember an article you wrote in the papers some time since? Yours very truly, Alex Rowland, Private secretary. FATAL ELECTION TROUBLES. Political Arguments Cuused Shooting at Little Rock. At Little Rock, Ark., two persons are dead as a result of shooting af frays, having as their origin quar rels over Tuesday's city election. Following the tragic death of Con stable Ed Lindsay, who was shot to death in a fight with Patrolman Will Scott in the law offices of J. A. Co mer on West Second street, former Patrolman Charles Brown was shot and killed by E. A. Pipkin early Thursday. In the same affray Louis Hild was shot and his left leg brok en above the knee. Brown had engaged in several fist fights during the day as a result of political arguments. Earlier in the day he had severely beaten peputy Prosecuting Attorney Frank Hender son. Weary and Worn. At Redding, Cal., E. E. Bailey, vice i president of the Bank of Northern j California, of that city, was found j in a cemetery lying across the graves of his two wives with a bullet hole in his head and an empty revolver : by his side. The following note was found on his body: "I am weary I and worn and physically and men \ tally unable to bear the load.'' Bai ! ley had been ill for weeks. Fall From Loft. According to a telephone message ? received from Princeton, Laurens county, R. Lee Mahon, a well known citizen who lived near the Greenvillb i and Laurens county line, was found : dead 3'esterday afternoon at his barn, j his back having been broken by a ! fall from the loft of the building. He ! was a son of William M. Mahon, ana was a prosperous farmer, aged about 40. URG, S. C., SATURDAY, APR GAVE THE NAME Greatest Sensation Yet in toe Famon? Lorimer Bribery Case. TELLS OF SLUSH FUND The General Manager of the Interna* tional Harvester Company Says Men Who Put Up Corruption Fund to Elect Lorimer Asked Subscrip tions for Reimbursement. At Springfield, 111., ; Clarence S. Funk, general manager of the Inter national Harvester Company, Wed nesday exploded the biggest sensation of the Lorimer bribery case. Mr. Funk testified, before the investiga tion committee, that Edward Hines asked him as manager of the Har vester Company to contribute $10, ! 000 to reimburse certain men who ihad put up a $100,000 "slush fund" I to elect Wm. Lorimer to the United States Senate. The Harvester Company's manager further testified that Hines named Edward Tilden, a wealthy Chicago packer, as the collector of this fund to reimburse the men who, as Mr. Hines was quoted as having said, had: "underwritten" the election of Lori mer. ? Mr. Funk declared that his object In giving this testimony was to save H. H. Kohlsaat, publisher of the Chi cago Pecord-Herald, from a possible jail sentence as a result of Mr. Kohl saat's refusal to give certain infor mation demanded by the committee last week. The witness said he had given Mr. j Kohlsaat information in. confidence upon which the Chicago publisher had based an editorial. The publica tion, in February last, of this edi torial, which charged the use of a $100,000 fund to elect Lorimer, re sulted in the calling of Mr. Kohl sat as a witness before the commit tee. He refused to make known the name of Mr. Funk and was given one week's time to divulge this name or stand in contempt of the Senate committee. News of the disclosures before the committee reached the State House nearby within a few moments. The House was still in session, while the Senate had just adjourned. The re ports caused excitement, much discus-] sion and hurried consultations among! the members of the Legislature. Mr. Kohlsaat preceded Mr. Funk on the witness stand. He brieny stated that he was ready to give the name of the man who had furnished! him with the report of the alleged | $100,000 "slush fund." I In explanation of the appearauce of <Mr. Funk he said: ' When I arrived at my office Thursday, the first call over the tel ephone was from Clarence S. Funa, general manager of the International Harvester Company. Mr. Funk asked if he could see me at once and I told him yes to come over, and as near as' I can remember he said: "I see by the papers last night ana this morning that you have been sub poenaed to appear in Springfield and had declined to give up my name to the committee, the Senate committee. I would be a little less than a man if I held you under confidence as to; ? my name or identity. I wish to say i now that I release you from all obli jgation to maintain secrecy and that j I feel I also have a duty to perform j that until this time I do not feel free ! to, but now I will'go to Springfield and tell the whole story." In detailing his conversation with Mr. Funk concerning the alleged j bribery, Mr. Kohlsaat said: "Mr. Funk told me that the gen j tlemen who came to him said that ' they had had no opportunity to -sleet ? Mr. Lorimer. A few of them haa unwritten it and were around ask-j I ing subscriptions to reimburse them j Ipatially, for the money that was! ! spent." Clarence Funk, general manager of the Harvester Company, then was! called and told of a conversation with ' I Edward Hines, which he said took i J place in the Union League Club, j i about the first part of June, 1909,! Mr. Funk testified: "He said I was just the fellow he; :had been looking for, or trying to j 'see, and said he wanted to talk to j me a minute. So we went and satj down and without any preliminaries,! j and quiet as a matter of course, he; .said: "Well, we put Lorimer over down! I at Springfield, but it cost us about; I $1 00,000 to do it." | "Then he went on to say they had to act quickly when the time came; ?that they had had no chance to con I suit any one before hand. "Then he said, 'we-now we I are seeing some of our friends so as; ? to get it fixed up.' "I asked him why he came to us, : meaning the Harvester Company. He :said, "well, you people are just as Imuch interested as any of us in hav-, j ing the right kind of a man at Wash j ington.' "I think I replied, 'we won't have anything to do with that matter at. all.' He said, 'why not?' I said,: 'simply because we are not in that , sort of business,' and we had some J discussion, back and forth and I! asked how much he was getting from his friends. He said, 'of course we, : can only go to a few big people, and If ten of us put $10,000 apiece, that I I will clean it up.' As I left he asked I - EL 6, 1911. MISS HOOD IS ALIVE SUPPOSE?!) DEAD, SHE IS LIVING WITH BOGUS LORD. Gained Fame in 1900 as the Last of the Victims of "Lord Percy Sholto Douglas." Mourned as one dead because she was supposed to have been murdered by John C. Cavendish, alias "Lord Percy Sholto Douglas," Josephine Hood, a member of one of the lead ing families of Asheville, N. C, who became a victim of the wiles of the preposesslng Englishman, by a cer emony of marriage, Dec. 16, 1906, at Lake Charles, La., has broken the si lence of years by writing to an aunt in her home town. In her letter she cites some circum stances of adventure befalling her In company with the bogus lord, to which she seems bound by a hypnotic spell, since she declares her belief in his uprightness and that she Is happy and is cared for in luxurious style. She carefully refrains from telling her present address. The letter was mailed on a train going west from New Orleans. Mrs. Cavendish tells of trips around tht world, of 20 trans-Atlantic voyages, of visits to Europe, Asia and Africa. She mentions many gifts of jewels from her husband and his lavish ex penditures which suggest that Caven dish may be an international gambler. Cavendish was notorious as a big amist at the time of his marriage with Miss Hood, and she is believed to be his ninth wife. The present Mrs. Cavendish does not indicate that she knows of his earlier marriages, but does say plainly that she could not communicate before or return to her home because Cavendish has troubles he hopes soon to overcome and then they will live in Los An geles. Cavendish is said to have married j eight women in as many differenii parts of the United States bpfore he met Miss Hood. One of these he; married in Los Angeles, one in Fort Worth, Tex.; one in Norfolk, Va.; one In Georgia, one in Denver, Colo., one in New Orleans, La., and one in Ohio. All of these women are said to have written to Miss Hood's aunt, but she has kept no memoranda of their names. He soon deserted all of j them except Miss Hood. Given Damages. At Columbia Robert M. Bryant, engineer for the Atlantic Coast Line, who sued the Southern railway for $50,000, was Thursday awarded by a Richland jury $4,4nS, because of injuries received when his engine was hit at Royster Junction by a Southern locomotive. Damage by Cloudburst. Damage estimated at over a mil-! lion dollars was caused in Middles boro, Ky., Tuesday night by a cloud-! burst. Half of the town of Middles-' boro was under water. Coal mines j were flooded. me to think it over. I just walken away, without replving." After more questioning by Attor ney Healy, the witness gave the name of the man to whom he alleged Mr. Hines asked that the money be for warded if contributed. Mr. Funk said: "Will the com mittee permit me to divulge that to, the committee confidentially or In! executive session or to the chairman, j or the attorney or in some way with out making it public? "I have no reason for wanting to conceal this man, except that I do not like to drag the name of any oiher' man into this thing." Permission being refused, he said: j "Well, I will answer, under pro-! test. He/told me to send the money to Ed Tilden." "Who is Ed Tilden?" "I think he is president or vice president of one of the banks at the stock yards, and one of the officials of the National Packing Company." "He is president of the National Packing Company, Isn't he?" "I understand so." "It might be proper for me to say| here that I have no acquaintance with Mr. Tilden, and I have not and had no reason other than that I have; stated regarding bringing in his1 name." Questioned concerning occurrences; following the printing of the Kohl-j saat editorial bearing upon the fraud, he said: "Mr. Hines came to my: office a short time after that editorial appeared. He was much disturbed and undertook to refresh my mem-; ory as to what our conversation had been about. He stated that his for-j mer conversation with me had been! a general one, and he said he had not asked me for any money, and he! said he did not know anything about money being raised." The witness was questioned as to his business and political affiliations, disclaimed any personal feeling oni the testimony given, said that his ac-l quaintance with Mr. Hines was slight; and that he did not know Mr. Lori-j mer. He also said that C. H. Mc-j Cormick had no interest in the Chi- ? cago Tribune. After a few minor questions, he was dismissed and the; committee adjourned until April 1.1.' Edward Hines today denied the; story absolutely that was told by Mr. Funk that he, Hines, had solicited a fu .d of $100.000 to reimburse those who had "put up" for the Sen ator's election. THEY WANT BRYAN MEMPHIS OFFERS HIM GREAT IN DUCEMENTS TO COME. The Great Commoner Tells People From Tennessee City That He Must Remain at Lincoln. A special dispatch Irom Washing ton to the New York World says the assertion is made here that Memphis is willing to put up a million dollars to induce William Jennings Bryan to take up his abode and publish the Commoner there. A year ago a movement for a greater Memphis was started, ana today a delegation of leading citizens came to Washington to extend an In vitation to the thrice defeated can didate for President to move to their city and make it his future home. Mr. Bryan said he had no inten tion of leaving Lincoln, Neb., except for his farm in Texas, but the Ten nesseeans insist they are going to get him, and on Thursday will enter tain him at a luncheon and tender him their formal invitation. Another Washington dispatch says William Jennings Bryan Thursday r.old the committee sent by the cit izens of Memphis to invite him to make his home in that city that he could not accept. The invitation was extended at a luncheon given Mr. Bryan by the committee. Judge James M. Greer of Mem phis, chairman of the committee, as toastmaster presented the Memphis idea. He was followed by Senators Gordon of Tennessee, Representative Lea and Taylor and Representative Sisson of Mississippi and Robinson of Arkansas and Duke C. Bowers of Memphis. They begged Mr. Bryan to come where "the people loved him; where he would find friends." Mr. Bowers said he felt sure that Memphis would easily raise $2,000, 000 if that would be any inducement to Mr. Bryan to live in his city. Mr. Bryan replied that it was not a money consideration, and that if he looked at it in that light, he would not be worthy of such an invitation. He said he knew he had friends in the South who would stand by him and that was why they did not need him there; they needed him more in the North. Suggesting that he should not be on one edge of the country, he said, his home at Lincoln lb al most the center of the country and only about two days ride to any sec tion where he might be needed to help fight for the cause of Democracy. SHOOTS AT YOUNG WOMAN Because She Did Not Reciprocate His Affection. "Now I will have my rcerge," shrieked James E. Connor Thursday afternoon as he sent a pia'oj ballet at Mrs. C. M. Rowse, a stenov.raDher, young and pretty, at Savannah, Ga. The bullet struck the woman 'n the left arm, causing a severs but not dangerous wound. Before Connor could fire again, Capt. P. H. Haddon, in wlrse office the shooting occurred, jumped for him and the men went to '.h: floor together. Captain Haddon disarmed the man and called for an officer. Connor is held at the po'i.*? sta tion, charged with assault wM> in tent to murder. He answers ques tions in a vacant, absent-minded way, and the police believe his mi'id is affected. It was stated that he had been paying unwelcome attention to Mrs. Rowse for some time and was told to stop them. He was granted his request, walked into the office, faced the woman and fired. Connor formerly was an engineer on the river steamer Twt> states which plied to Augusta, but later was sunk. He is 25 years old. TRA(?E!>Y SHATTIiHS MIND. Woman Se*cn Yoini; Man and His Sis ter Killed by Train. Harry McCoy, aged twenty-one, and his sister, Grace, aged thirteen, were struck and killed by an east bound Cleveland and Pittsburg pas senger train near their home, at Smiths Ferry, Pa. Several hundred feet away, standing on her porch, Mrs. David Quinn screamed to tilt, young people to warn them but the noise of the train drowned her voice. She assisted railroad men gather the mutilated bodies and as they were laid on her porch she was suddenly taken with convulsions, caused by the shock, and physicians fear her mind is shattered. Killed by Tree. Willie Crowell, while at work for the Scott Lumber company in the lower part of Marlboro county, was killed by a tree falling on him. The skidder was being operated when the log struoic a tree, knocking it down and killing Crowell. Mr. Crowell re cently went to Marlboro from ITorry. He was about 35 yeas old, and leaves a wife and one child. Made Him a High. Prinre Tsai Sunn, uncle of the Chinese Emperor, got the toothache while he was in Philadelphia last September, and went to Dr. E. Druitt Crawford, who stopped the imperial pain. Dr. Crawford has now receiveu word, through the Chinese consulate in San Francisco, that Tsai Suun has conferred a decoration on him. TWO CENTS PER COPY. THE LILY WHITES Republicans Will Haid Meeting Soon is Colombia to Powwow. CALL HAS BEEN ISSUED Capers Approves of the Call find En? dorses the Meeting?It Came From Secretary Dan Wallace and State Chairman Leumas Blalock?Mo Negroes Will Be there. The Record says there will be held In Columbia on Wednesday, April 12, a meeting of the executive commit tee of the new "Lily White" Repub lican organization in this State. The call reads: "In further connection with the or ganization of the Republican party of South Carolina, perfected in the con vention assembled in the city of Co lumbia on October 27, laat, a meet ing of .the State Republican executive committee and also a meeting of the State Republican central committee is hereby called to meet In the rooms of the undersigned,. State chairman, in the city of Columbia at 1:: o'clock Wednesday, April 12, (Columbia Ho tel.) Please be present. Respect fully, "D. H. Wallace, Secretary Treasurer." "Countersigned and approved: L. W. C. Blalock, State Chairman." "The organization of the Republi can party referred to in the above notice and the call for a meeting of the executive and the State central committees meets with my hearty ap proval. "John G. Capers. "South Carolina Member, Republican National Committee." The notice is sent out on paper j headed: ) "John G. Capers, general counsel lor of the National Republican league," j and a member of the Republican na I tional committee. L. W. Blalock, 'State chairman, Goldville, I. H. Nor |ris, vice president, Yorkville; Dan H. i Wallace, secretary-treasurer, Hop kins." The Republicans in this State formed a "new party" for South Car olina at the meeting last fall, refus ing to acknowledge the colored or ganization in this State. There was quite a split in the camp of the Re publicans. Two sets of meetings were j held. There are at present two State j chairmen, the one for the "Lily j Whites" and th,e one for the organ 1 ! zation that for the most part consist jed of negroes, whose meeting wa-. . held here two weeks prior to the ; meeting of the John G Capers crowd. Secretary Wallace is the son of the j late Judge W. H. Wallace of Union, speaker of the famous "Wallace ' house." LIVE STOCK AGENT. Southern Railway Appoint:; Mr. E. L. Word to the Position. A dispatch from Washington, D. C, says: In pursuance of the policy of the Southern Railway Company ?o encourage the growing of live stock j in the territory traversed by its lines, j the appointment of Mr. F. L. Word to ithe position of Live Stock Agent ot I that company will soon be made. I Mr. Word is to devote his entire ' time to the encouragement of live j stock growing in agricultural com i munities along the lines of the com i pany, to the dissemination of infor mation as to the growing of live i stock of all kinds that will be help ! ful to farmers, to supplying informa tion relative io markets and facih ; ties for shipment, and to developing j the business of shipping cattle into j those localities along the lines of the ! company where they can be most ad vantageously fed for the market. He I !s also to give attention to the mat i ter of facilities for feeding live stock ; in transit. JAPANESE ENVOY SILENT. ! Baron Ucliida Won't Discuss a Story Already Denied. Baron Uchida, Japanese ambassa '?. dor, Thursday declined to comment j on or even to deny the declaration made Wednesday in El Faso by a man j said to be close to the Mexican for 1 eign office, but whose name was with l held, to the effect that the United States troops were sent to the border ;as a caution to Japan, which count ! try, it was rumored was attempting j to secure a coaling station on the^-Pa cific coast of Mexico. The ambassador declared that, he would not deny an old story which long since had been officially declared untrue. No comment was forthcom ing from the Mexican embassy, where the story was launched at as a "bug a-boo." Accident in Suicide. Craige Lippincott, head of J. B. Lippincott company, publishers and ? one of the most prominent men in , financial and social circles of Phila ! delphia, died mysteriously early Thursday at his palatial home, 21? West Rittehouse square, the artlso : cratic residential aection of Philadel phia. According to the police, death was due to a pistol wound. How he received his injury, whether by ace'* dent or design, is not publicly known.;