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XEGRO'S NAME IS WIHDR.UVX Patterson Declined tlie Appointment Owing to Opposition of Tilltfan, Smith and Other Senators. Washington, Aug. 2.?President Wilson today withdraw the nomination of Adam E. Patterson of Oklahoma, a negro, to be register of the treasury. Patterson declined the appointment, and the president nominated instead Gabe E. Parker, of Oklahoma, a Choctaw Indian, recommended by both senators from Oklahoma and the congressional delegation from that State. In his letter to President Wilson, T>/-% tf AT?r-Ar> corc xauuovu oa;o. "In view of recent developments caused by ray name having been submitted to the United States senate for confirmation as register of the treasury, I beg to request that you withdraw my nomination for that position. I consider that you have paid me a high tribute and an honor well worth cherishing in appointing me register of the United States treasury, for which I heartily thank you. I had hoped that the nomination and confirmation would be made without protest. This hope, it seems, was unfounded. "I feel like our Savior must have felt when he was handed the bitter cup?it meant life and death. Yet I take it and cheerily stifle my personal ambition and surrender back to you, Mr. President, the appointment as register of the United States treasury, the prize for which I have striven all my life. "I refuse to embarrass your administration, Mr. President, by insisting upon my confirmation and I also believe it is best for my race that I withdraw my name from further consideration for that position. I am anxious that the spirit of harmony and good will exist between the two races and by taking this step I believe it will go far toward bringing about a more friendly racial feeling." Patterson worked in the democrauc national headquarters during the last presidential campaign in the colored men's bureau and was recommended by National Committeesman Hudspeth of New Jersey. Opposition in the senate from Southern senators, including Senators Smith and Tillman of South Carolina, brought about the withdrawal of Patterson's name. ens wood, but do >ot kill. Xew Rifle to be Adopted by British i Army is Most Humane Weapon. The British army is shortly to be j equipped with a new type of rifle, pos-1 sessing a considerably longer barrel | than the present mode and a slightly decreased bore. V/ith this weapon it will be possible to discharge a bullet with very high velocity and penetrating power. Ninety-nine people out of a hundred will jump to the conclusion that this weapon has been designed in order to j increase the wholesale slaughter and i carnage that is generally supposed to be the inevitable outcome of modern warfare. As a matter of fact, this is quite a mistaken idea. Modern weapons 01 war aic ia^u-; ly developing into very humane instruments as compared with those of a few years ago. This tendency is not due to any humanitarian reasons, hut solely because it is not policy to create wholesale slaughter in present-day warfare. Experts have discovered that lo wound an enemy is far better than killing him. A number of wounded soldiers entails responsibility on the side that they represent, which is a severe handicap in a strenuous war campaign. Ambulance corps and field hospitals have to be maintained, and in big campaigns where casualties are large, the burden of taking care thp -wounded is no small matter. That is one great reason why modern weapons tend to put a man temporarily out of action and not to kill aim. The terrific speed of a bullet discharged from .he modern highpower rifle sends it, in nine cases out of ten, right through a man. It puts him out, but seldom kills him. The wounds made by high speed bullets, though severe, heal very rapidly.?What is more, the modern bullet seldom poisons a wound, as was ?--"u /-viri r>f cVint tne case wim me um Owing to the heat developed by the high-power used in the discharge the bullet is rendered sterile of antiseptic, and very seldom causes complications by blood poisoning. A proof that this is the case is supplied by the recent Balkan war. A doctor who attended the wounded Turks stated that out of nearly 700 wounded soldiers only two needed serious operations for their hurts, twenty only required plaster bandages, while the remainder !:.-a. : thoir wounds in two weeks largely by means of the first-aid packets, which $ formed part of their kit. Recent wars have also shewn that wholesale carnage is most undesirable as regards the disposal of the dead. In a strenuous campaign there [ Excursio -Tl n i i < M)lumD] * Accou Conference for ! August 6th an VI. Southern The Southern Railway will sell ve ets to Columbia, S. C., on account o be on sale August 5th, 6th and 7th, following rates will apply: Charleston Chester Newberry Abbeville G-ieenwood Rock Hill Grehnville Spartanburg Proportionately low rates from all mation op ply local agent or address S. H. McLean, D 1' A, Columbia, S ( is little time to spare to inter those j who have fallen, ana tne victorious side often has many bodies of the enemy to dispose of. Cemeteries canrot be placed anywhere, as they must be well clear of towns or rivers, from a sanitary point of view. In the Russo-Japanese war the Japanese were so handicapped by their own dead and those of the Russians left behind, that eventually they em- , ployed vehicles fitted up as crematoriums which traveled about with the j army. By this means the serious problem of disposing of corps was to a large extent solved by cremating : them. i tn disable rather X ilia IGllUCUVJ ? than to kill is to be found in several directions. ' The shell which most people con-! sider a weapon of terrific death-deal- 1 ing properties, really wounds more often th-in kills. This type of shot 1 in the fir?t place is meant to demolish fortifications, entrenchments and houses. It certainly may kill while carrying out this mission, but more often its flying pieces cause flesh wounds, serious but not fatal. In the same way airships bombs and shells, though at first sightserious, death-dealing factors, will prove useful more for wrecking pro| perty than taking human life, i To start with aerial craft engaged ! in dropping bombs will have to stay at a high altitude to elude the snarpshooters on earth. Thus a falling bomb from a great height will not be difficult to avoid. Its fall will be gauged with more or less accuracy, certainly with sufficient correctness to enable those underneath to run clear of the spot it is falling toward. All things considered, modern war- j fare is tending to become far less an ' ! affair entailing wholsesale slaughter f I ~ j?not because we are becoming more humane, but merely because recent conflicts have proved it is policy to wound and not to kill.?'New York Press. j SO POWER. American Inventor Builds Solar ^lotor Plant in Egypt. Frank Snuman, a distinguished American engineer, who recently i*>ft T.rmrir.n fnr Eevnt. is making a ? radical departure in the generation of natural power. He is going to harness the sun to the Nile, says a i London letter. He has already in-, 'stalled near Cairo a l$$-horsepower I sun plant for irrigation, and his; pres! ent mission to Egypt is to complete | the installation and begin operations I almost immediately. ' Four tmes only in the history of fhn hnmpn mne hac; thp eaneration of I power been the subject of invention. ; First came the windmill, then the i water wheel. The third departure, i and the greatest so far was the comi bastion of fuel. Xow comes the use 1 of the solar ravs, which if successful ! '?and Mr. Shuman says that success (is already assured?will be the most ; complete revolution of all, solving at once for the tropics the problem of i n Rates 3? ?_ c r> ia, o. u nt of Common Good ,J 7A 1Q1Q Ill 1111; ?U1<J A, Railway. ry low round triy excursion tick's the above meeting. Tickets will with final limit yugust 9th. The 2.15 1-55 2.70 2.75 3-6o 3-05 other points. For further infnrL. D. Robinson, G P & T A, or i. C. fuel, which in the past has been so great handicap to remunerative labor and which in the future, with the diminishing supplies of coal, must become a greater handicap still. Explaining in an interview the character and purpose of his sun power plant, Mr. Shuman said: "By means of parabolic mirrors thp hppt nf thp snn is concentrated to five times its natural intensity. "This gives us a temperature of about 600 degrees Fahrenheit, and by means of this heat concentrated on boilers, the steam is generated, which is used for driving a low pressure condensed engine. This engine in turn drives a large reciprocating pump capable of pumping 13,000 gallons a minute, and thus of irrigating in this particular locality, 1,00 acres lanu. "You can do the same thing of course," Mr. Shuman went on to say, "by means of steam generated from coal. But coal in the tropics costs from $10 to $20 a ton. Sunlight does not cost anything. It is true that the cost of the first construction of a sun power irrigation plant is double that of a first class plant using coal. Estimating the interest on the increased investments at 6 per cent, this places us on an equality with the coal at $2.50 a ton, delivered at the site of the plant. "tv>o niant mnrpnvpr. is so con structed that with ordinary care it will last for many generations. It is composed entirely of re-enforced concrete, iron and glass. The glass and concrete will last indefinitely, and so will the iron plant, provided that it is painted every five years. "You have, therefore, a permanent plant, the upkeep of which costs very little The labor that is required to run a S'in power plant is, indeed, a great ^eal less than that which is necessary for a coal plant. No stokers are needed, there is no coal to be shoveled and no ashes to be removed. "Hitherto the great handicap to cultivation of the soil in the tropics has been the high cost of fuel, making the irrigation of all great areas of land prohibitive. Sun power plant by working without fuel, sweeps away the handicap completely, and as soon as its use becomes general, as it is certainly tcund to do, it will make wide areas of deserts productive and will enable the tropics to support a vastly greater jcpula ion than they are able to do at present. "In America in the summer and faxl of .I'll, a 33 hourse power sun pl?mt was thoroughly tested with perfect success. In Cairo we hope to have the plant working by the first of next month. "If its success there is established " *- +!->/-> r-mmtripc; must IIS Ubt' ill IUC v, vy ^ ^ become general, because no one need have to face any longer t'.ie difficult problem of fuel. In addition to the tropics, the sun power plant could also be used with immense advantages in the South of France, Spain, Italy, and. in fact, in all countries where they have on an average of 75 per cent of sunshine every day of the year." mh iniw ^ micn?ifi iimiiiwii iiniy?m The Nev Capital St "T^he Bank . n.i pUT^ tona IN the d needs business-li best ways Make you m or monthl; of your bi bank. Ca "\roiJ wil 1 NOW Health and s one always. i > BARBECUE NOTICES. <S> <S> <$> I will give a first class barbecue at my residence at the late J. A. Crom- I er's home place, on Saturday, August i 9. Dinner 35 and 45 cents. Enjoy- j ment for young people guaranteed. J. A. Felker. ! "VTe will give a barbecue at Fork School, on August 8th. "We invite everybody to be present. H. F. Counts, W. H. Counts. We will furnish a first class Bar 'Decue at ePak, S. C., on August l*th, Come one and al and have a good "ime and enjoy yourselves. L. A. Ellisor, W. G. Sloan. S-3-2t. Mothers! 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