The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, January 02, 1907, Image 8
REFORM NEEDET
In the Matter of Weighing the
Mail on Raihwa) s.
TO PREVENT GRAFT.
The Railroads Have Had A Good
Thing of it. But Honest Bus
iness Methods Are Hereaf
ter to Be Adopted-Mst
ter Up in Congress.
The Columbia Becord's Washing
ton correspondent says it is reasonably
certain that congress, at the p:egemla
session, will pro.vide by definite lg!s
lation for readi aatment o' the matli
ods of weighing the mails carried by
the raljrways of the cuntry. That
the mettod of ascertaining the weight
of the mails now is not only obhsoleze,
but inequitable is the convictionl 3r'
rived at by imparial investigtors.
The average daily weig t Of m
carried by a given railroad Is fcund by
weighing the mail for ninety succes
sive "working" d;ays. As a matter of
fact, the mail is weighed for 105 sue
cessive days, inc!uding Sundays, but
instead of reaching Nhe .verage by di
viding the total weight by 105, it is
reached by dividing.the total welglt
by 90, the number of what the law
terms "working" days. Nawura-,
such a division increasd the a-ersge
daily weight, oa whloh the paynOats
by the government are basd.
The suqj 3C has Oeen considered by
every postmauter ge.:eral for a quar
ter of a century. and opinions have
been obtained from several attorneys
general of the United States as to the
'~ legality of the methods pursued by
the postofflee department. In every
instance, the present method has
been sustained by these opinions.
Congress never has seen fit to change
the law and, consequently, every
postmaster general has followed the
methods of his predecessors in the
mail weighing and payments.
Rcently, Representative Murdock,
of JKansas, a member of the post
office and postroads coxmittee, deliv
a spech in the house in which he as
serted that the gcvernment annually
was paying more money to the rail
roads for carrying the mails than
they were entitled to: In fact. he
said that In the past terenty years
$40,000,000 in excess of righ tful
charge had been paid to the railroads.
The sutj t has been discussed
pretty fully since the delivery cf Mr.
Murdock's speech, both among mem
bers of congress and in the newspap
ers. In congress a tentativa, al
though informal decision has been
reached to change the wording of the
present lawso that after the act be
comes effective, the railroads will be
paid, not for an average daily weight
of mail struck in any sense at randdm,
but~for an exact avar.ge found by di
viding the total weight for a period
of six mort, for instance, by the to
tal number of days including Sundays,
on which the mall is weighed. This,
it is contended will be fair alike to
the railroads and to the government.
Of course it will reduce the~ railway
mall pay of some of the re.iiroads, but
it is maintained they cannot com
plain reasonably tecusse they will
receive full piy for the service they
render.
The agitation of the question of
railway mail pay has inducad the post
office department to take up the sub
ject again. In fact, It had been under
ecnsideration by Postmaster General
Cortelycu before Mr. Murdock deli
vered his speech. He called for a re
port on the question from Second As
sistant Postmaster General Stallen
berger some time ago and now haa it
under conssderallion.
It has been dlsvovered by Inquiries
that a few of the big railroad systems,
like the Pennsylvania and the New
York Central, are carrying the great
bulk of the mall west of New York
and east of Chicago, while other Im
portant lines apparently have been
discriminated against. Why this dis
arimination has been shown will be
made a subject of inquiry by the de
partment and, very likely, by congress
It is intimated that~some Interesting
facts may be developed.
Ehuropeanl Buzzard.
The continuing snow fall In Eng
land has created practically an unpre
cedented situation, the worst known
in 30 years. The conditions existing
there are apparently general through
out Europe. From all parts of Great
Britain come stories of trains burled
in snow drifts. The train bound from
Dundee to Edingburgh Is still Imbed
ded in a mnowdrifb. Rescue tramns sent
toits assistance are alco stuck in the
drift. This morning small quantities
of provisions were conveyed to the
starving passengers, and crew. Forty
to fifty women had narrow escapes
from death owing to the collapse of a
snow laden roof of Convent Garden
warehouse, most of them were rescued
from the wreckage with only slight
Injuries. There was no loss of lie.
lEine persons have been found frozen
to death In the roads In England
alone during the past 24 hours. The
list doubtless will be much lengthen
ed ~when communication with the lo
calities now snowbound is restored.
Handsorne Present.
The Columbla Record says Mr. W.
0. Tatum, the state liquor commis
stoner, has been the recipient of many
pleasant attentions this Christmas
and has been called upon to respond
in thanks to presents from many un
expected sources, but he Is prouder of
nothing he has received than of the
handsome gold watch presented the
other day with the compliments of
the clerical force at the State dispen
sary. The watch was piesented by
Mr. W. A. Nicholls, who made a sim
ple but heartv and whole-souled little
speech in tendering it. Mr. Tatum's
repos was impromptu and natur
ally brif, but showed quite satisfac
torily how much touched he was br
this spontaneous demonstration of the
affection and esteem In which he is
held by the people with whom his
work brings him in daily contact.
Well Paid Cook.
Mrs. Bosa Lewis, chief culinary
artist of the Cavendish hotel, London,
Is belelved to draw a larger salary
then any other female cok known.
She is paid $15,000 a yearT f'-r her
services and so widespread Is her fame
that graduates from her kitchens are
MAKING CORN.
PROF. NEW MAN, ENDORSES THE
WILLLAM SON PL.1LN.
He Urges Farmers to ?xp;riment
With It Next Year, as
it Yakes Corn.
Prof. C. L. Newman, of Clemson
College, who recently visited Darling
ten County and the Pee Dee sec
tion for the purpose of investigating
the pl.n cf growing corn originated by
Mr. McIver Wil'iamson, has c.>m
pleted t's report . . the subject. In
Part it is as follows:
The peculiar or essential William
soi, plan features are:
1. Deep and thorough rreparation
of seed oed. The soil is not only brok
en to fully twlce the depth to which
it is usually broken, but is broken
mucli more thoroughly than is the
custon.
-. Deep planting of the seed. The
seed are placed four to six inches b
ow t1e soil level, and almost or qaite
in contat with the subsoil, but cov
e:-%d tot"S usual depth. This aids in
"sturting" or retarding the growth
cf the young corn and of grase-s and
v-eeds as mll, si.z3 very nearly all
the soil proper has been ploughed
away from the corn row and into the
'niddles, and no feril;zzr has been ap
plied.
3, Infrequent and partial -ultiva
tion in early stages of growth. This
's c.tn.ry t popular belief and prac
tice, and Mr. Williamson styles it
e most diff:ult point in the whole
prxess," n quiring experience . and
jav2gnent I'eo know just how much
;he stalk sbuld b3 stunted, and plen
: cF ner-e is required to hold back
J7ur corn when ) ouz neighbors, who
fertt'izj at plantir g time and cultivat e
rapidly, have corn twice the siza of
yours."
4. An Increase of 200 per cent or
more in the number of stalks par acre.
With rows 6x1 feet the Williamson
plan has a little more than 7,300
stalks per acre against a little more
than 2,900 if plantirg is done 5x3
feet, in accrdance with the ordinary
practice. Theoretically, this would
give 73 and 29 bushels per acre, re
spectively, and it seems, from evi
dence at hand, that it is born out in
practice, assuming that each stalk
will produos an ear, and one hundred
ears will shell a bushel of grain.
5. k'ostponding application of for
tilizers until corn Is given its second
cultivation. In ordinary practice this
would be about the time corn should
be worked the third time. The stalk
has been checked or "stunted" as de
sired, and the fertilizer is applied
when the plant needs it for the devel
opment of t-e ear.
6. Intentional retardation of early
growth of the stalk until its size is
reduced one-half or one-fourth its nor
mal development.
0. Augminted development of the
ear (fol'o wing retardation In stalk de
velopment,) by cultivation and heavy
applications of fertilizars made at ap
propriate interveals
Since the Williamson plan corn is
planted 4 to 6 inches below the level,
and Is laid by 4 to 6 inches above the
level, there is 8 to 12 inches of* the
stack below the soil surface. The stalk
roots or brace roots are below the sur
face when the crop Is laid by, and
probably perform their nutritive func
tions better than would be if a part
of them were expostd to the air.
Mr. Williamson recommends the
folowing amounts of fertil:zars ap
plied to an acre:
For 50 buabels of corn per acre: T wo
hundred pounds 'of cottcn seed meal,
200 pounds of acid phosphate, 400
pounds of kainit, 126 pounds of ni
trate of soda, 925 pounds, costing
about $9.
For 100 bushels of corn per acre:
Four pounds of cotton seed meal, 400
pounds of acid phosphate, 800 pounds
of kalnit. 300 pounds of nitrate of
soda, 1,900 pounds, costing about 319.
The total cost of fertilizers, cultiv
ation, etc.. producing 50 bushels on
one acre would vary from $15 to $20:
and for producing 100 bushels on cne
acre from $25 to $30. These valua-.
tions are based on the market price
of the fertilizers (assuming the acid
phosphate to be 14 per cent goods)
and the average prise of labor. The
'cost of labor varies In different parts
of the State and even on adjacent
farms.
If the cow pea crop grow with the
corn produces one ton of hay, this
crop, If left on and in the ground,
would add to it about $12 worth of
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash.
If the cow pea crop would produce
two tons of hay, this crop lefton and
in the ground would add $24 worth
of these fertilizer ingredients. How
ever, the value of the Cow pea for
feeding purposes Is double its value
for fertilizing purposes. If judicious
ly fed to animals this hay will have a
feeding value of about $24 per ton,
and if all the exoreta is saved and re
turned to the soil bet ween 80 and 90.
per cent ($10 20 per ton) of the fertil
izing value of the cow pea hay will be
given back to the land. An ordinary
crop of cow peas may be made to pay
the cost of cultivating the corn, or
probatly the cost of the fertilizar. A
good crop should pay for both.
Considerable 6ffart has been made
to gather as much comparative data
as possible so as to have Williamson
plan corn yields that might justly be
compared with yields from the ordi
nary method, it is highly desirable
that as far as possible, and without
prejudicing ether, the two crops for
comparison be grown on the same
character of land and planted at the
same time, and that the treatment
and surroundings of each differ in no
way except as to the peculiar or es
sential features of difference existing
between the two plans or methods.
Reports of some three dozen farmers
who have this year given the William
son plan a test have been brought to
the notice of the writer. Some of
these were not considered definite
enough for consideration, but twenty.
eight reported either a comparison of
yields from crops grown this year by
both plans or gave yields secured from
the ordinary plan In the past on the
same lani. The two lowest yields re
ported from the ordinary method were
seven and ten bushels per acre. The
two highest yields reported from the
same method were forty-five and fifty
bushels per acre. The two lowest
yields reported from the Williamson
plan were twenty-seven and thirty
bushels per acre. The two highest
yields reported from the same plan
were one hundred and one hundred
and twenty bushels per acre. The
yields from twenty-eight reporting
both the ordinary and the Williamson
plan comfared gives an average of
23.25 bushels per acre for the former
ter. These twenty eight s2w a re
markable average difference of 33.17
more bushels per acre in favor of the
WilliamsCn plan, an increase of 142
per cent.
It cannot, however, in justics tO
either method, be said that these
comparisons indicate the actual diff
erence between the Williamson plan
and the ordinary method. Many of
the reports give the number of bush
els per acre in round numbers, indi
cating that the yields were estimated
rather than actually determined. In
a number of cases the yield in 1906
from the Williamson pian was com
pared with the yield secured from the
same land when it was last in corn.
the compared crops not having been
grown the same year. There may be
other sources of error. Oa the other
hand, a large m- j Irity of farmers who
I have tried the Williamson plan now
enthusiastically accept it and it is the
I sensation in the communities where
the plan has been colisistently follow.
ed. It is hoped that every farmer in
ths State will give it a fair and im
'partial trial in 1907.
IXEIBIIS FOR JAMESTOWN.
Assistance of All Parties Asked to
Get Them.
There is opportunity cff3red for a
concerted action of patriotic South
Carolinians In aiding the -commission
chargsd with making an exhibit of
South Carolina's agricultural and in
dustrial resources at the Jamestown
exposition. Capt. William E GoLza
iss, chairman of the South Carolina
commission, said last week that he
heartily endorsed the call contained
in card from Mr. Moore that is print
ed below.
Since ascertaining that the exbibit
collected here was deficnt in many
particulars, the csmmission has had
an agent on the road, but the respon
ses have been slow. A general call is
now made, and something of the best
In each branch named by Mr. Moore
is wanted. If any persons with some
thing to contribute will write to Mr.
Moore, he will give directions for
shipment.
To the Editor of The State:
Owing to the shortness of time at
our disposal and owing also to the
magnitude of the undertaking I
wish, throughi the medium of your
columns, to reach the loyal sons of
Carolina, who can, and, I trust, will
lend a hand in making South Caro
lina's exhibit second to none at the
coming Jamestown expositicn. No
State in the Union can surpass us in
the diversity of our resources. Let the
world know about this.
This Sate will occupy 3,500 square
feet in one of the most desirable por
tions of the general States' exhibit
building. We will show: (1) The me
chanical, agricultural and textile de
partments of Clemson college; (2) ag
riculturE; (3) forestry; (4) minerals;
(5) an extensive exhibit of the cotton
mill industry; (6) mineral waters; (7)
undeveloped water powere; (8) gener
al manufacturerr; (9) historical.
In addition to this there will be an
educational exhibit in a different
building, occupying 700 square feet.
It is desired that all persons inter
ested in any cf the above heads, or
having on hand any desirable mater
ial, communicate at once with the
manager of this exhibit.
Good agricultural specimens are es
pecially desired.
Under the head of minerals we pr'o
pose to stress those things of some
economic importance, e. g., kaolin
clays, phot~phates, tines monozites,
structural stones etc. Polished bcards
or panels of hard woods, cypress,
pines, etc., can be used to advantage.
E special attention of owners of un
developed water powers Is called to
the great opportunity to reach capi
tal. A hand book is now being pre
pared giving statistical information.
We especially desire a large picture of
every such power. If possible show
everal views.
All communications .should be ad
dressed to
PAUL V. Mooax, Manager,
Dec. 24, 1906. Calumbia, S. C.
XILLING NER SPRINGFIELD.
During the Inquest an impertinent
Mulatto Wa.s Beaten.
Christmas morning about 10 o'clock
Tiney Chavis, a white man. went to
the house of Stephney Clemens, a ne-I
gro tenant on the. place of Henry
Cooper, about four miles from Spring
field, and asked him for a 2mall sum
of money due him by the negro, Clem
ens told him he did not have the mon
ey, and Chavis, It Is alleged, began
cursing him.
Clemens shoved Chavis out of the
door and picked up his gun, and fol
lowed him out into the yard and shot
him dead. Chavis was not armed. The
negro aas captured abcut the house
of Mr. Cooper, and after much diff
culty gotten to Springfield and deliv
ered to Mag~strate A. B. Corbett, who
sent him over to Barnwell to prevent
the friends of Chavis lynching him.
Considerable excitement was mani
fested at the Inquest, and it was at
times as much as the magistrate could
do to keep the friends of Chavis from
taing the law In their own hands. To
add to the seriousness of the simuation
a very Impertinent mulatto by the
name of Livingston, who has been
staying in New York city for the last
year or two made himself very Impor
tant In asking g aestions, with the re
sut that he is nursing a broken head
and anointing a well tanned skin to
Tiney Chavis was known as a
"moonshine" stiller and had figured
in a good many diimoulties. Only a
day or two ago Chavis and Jim Glea
ton, another alleged "moonshiner"
had fallen out, and had each other
eoss indicted. Clemens was brought
to Orangeburg on Wednesday after
noon, and Is now In the county jail,
where he will remain uutil bis trial. He
claims that he acted in self defence
and says he is glad to get away from
Springfield as some folks up there
wanted to hang him at once. When
asked If he had killen a white man.
he replied that he passed for white,
but ha did not so consider him. Osi
entering the jail Clemens said he was
mighty glad to get In so ccmfortable
a place, which shows that jailer Dukes
makes it as pleasant as possible f or his
boarders.
Negro Teacher shot.
, S. McTeer, a colored school
teacher, was shot and seriously wound
ed near Branchville Friday by his
brother-in-law, Malcoln Durant. On
stabe Byrd went to the scene of the|
shooting Immediately &f her the same
was reported, bat Durant had made 1
good his eseape. It appears that the
trouble was caused by McTeer and
SEROUJSCRHARiES.
MUkDR.H PILLAGE. RAPE REIGN
1N THE CONGO STATE.
"flagrant Inhumanity" Is Unbridled
Say Prominent Authorities In
Letter to Secretary Xlihu Root.
A letter signed by J. Pierpont
Morgan, Dr.. Lvman Abbott and
other .prominent citizens of New
York, was addressed to Secretary of
State Elihu Root, directing his atten
tion to conditions in the Congo Free
State, where it is asserted "flagrant
inhumanity exists." And urging
him, on behalf of the American peo
ple, "to use the moral support of the
United States government to correct
the abuses the Congo natives are
l.-eged to be sufferingfrom."
The communication follows:
"Over a year has passed since the
report of the commissioners chosen
by the chief executive and virtual
owner of the Congo to investgate
conditions in that state was publish
ed. In spite of their natural desire
to give all possible credit to their
sovereign, the commissioners felt con
strained to report the existence of
measure; and practices of flagrant in
humanity. Among these measures
and practices are the following:
"First, The exaction of a labor tax
so oppressive that many laborers on
whom it falls have little, if any, free
dom.
"Second, Appropriation of land to
such an extent that the. natives are
practically prisoners within their
own territory.
"Third, The employment under
the authority of the government as
sentries of e-mel, brutish blacku,
chosen from hostile tribes, wha mur
der, pillage and rape the people for
whose protection the government is
avowedly established,
"Fourth, The abuse of the natives
by white representatives of officially
recognized companies.
"Fifth, The binding of little chil
dren to years of labor at uncertain
wages by contracts they do not un
derstand and even more serious mal
treatment of children supposedly
under the immediate care of the
government.
"Sixth, Great iDjustice in the ad
ministration of the courts, so that
the natives dread the place of Boma,
the place where the judicial system
is centralIzed.
"Seventh, The sending out of puni
tive expeditions, not for the nurpose
of establishing peace and order, but
for the purpose of terrifying the na
tives into paying a tax which, as ad
ministered, even the. commisuionerm
regs r3 as inhuman.
"It is to be remembered that these
are not charges brought against the
Congo gcvarnment, but findings of
the commission appointed by the
chief executive of the government tc
investigate and report on the facts.
"Acting upon these findings, a
second commission, also appointed by
the king, has recommended measurel
of reform. No steps have been.taker
to adopt them. There Is no evideice
that the Congo government is under'
taking seriously to remedy these evils.
The powers whinh created the Con4c
government have clearly a right tc
call that government to occouint.
"Inasmucy as the United Statei
gave its moral support to the estab
lishment of the congo government,
so It is justified In giving Its moral
support to any undertaking to secure
conditions in the Congo that will not
disgrace. We wish to assure you that
for any measure you may adopt in or
der to give the powers such moral
support of the United States, you will
have our hearty an' urgent ap
proval."
The letter Is signed by the Rev.
Messrs. Lyman Abbott, Henry Moi1
tot, Wilford L. Robbins, George Wil.
1am Knox, Charles H. Parkhurst,
John P, Peters, Win. Elchards, An
son P. Hatberbury, Percy S. Grani
and Messrs Win. Jay Schieffelin.
Win. H. Douglass, Charles A. Schie
fen, Spencer Trask, George Haver
Putnam, Everett P. Wheeler, Robert
C. Og den, J. Plerpont Morgan, D.
Wllls James, R. Fulton Cutting, J.
Cleveland Cady and W. 3. Havemeyer.
The letter of J. Pierpont Morgan,
Dr. Lyman Abboti and others, ad
dressed to Secretary Root, urging him
to use the moral support of the United
States In the direction of correcting
abuses said to exist in tne Congo re
gion, It wa satated at the department
to-day, would be taken intio considera
tion along with other similar oommu
nications on the subject. Secretary
Root, in speaking of the matter and
of the recent statement In the Belgian
parliament that the purpose of Bel
gium in annexing the Congo Free
State was In order to enable that
country to deal with the subjects In a
more effective way, and that all this
contry could do was to politely urge
Belgium to greater activity.
urrage oy Negro Soldiers,
At El Reno, Okla., a negro soldier
assaulted Mrs. T, S- Clifford, wife of a
prominent physician of that place.
Mrs. Clifford and sister, Mrs, S. H.
Clark, were attempting to pass a De
gro soldier of the Twenty-fifth Infan
try when he viciously grabbed Mrs.
Cliford around the waist and threw
her into the street, exclaiming that
the sidewalk belonged to him. Mrs.
Clark screamed and the assailant fled.
News of the attack spread rapidly,
the entire police department rein
forced by several hundred men and
boys searched the town and surround
ing country, but this evening the
chase was given un. The negro was
In uniform and must return to the
post or become a deserter. Word was
sent to Fort Reno and all absentees
were noted. Both Mrs. Clifford and
her sister are positive they can Iden
tify the man and wil' go to Fort Reno
Thursday and attempt to find him
among the soldiers who were out of
the post Wednesday when the assault
occurred.
Uplanal Long staple Cotton.
Mr. W. W. Watson of Bateaburg,
who has been doing some experimen
tal farming, '2as receIved 22 cents a
pound for a shipment of upland long
staple cotton sold to Whaley k Rivers
of Charleston, $220.44 for two bales
of cotton. Mr. Watson is so much
pleased with the yield and sale of this
variety of cotton he expects to plant
probably 40 acres In this long staple
cotton next year. Compared with
the yield of ordinary short staple this
year the proportion of lint was just
as good or better. He thinks every
farmer should plant not less than
half of his crop in an improved varie
y of long staple cotton, This would
insure better and more uniform
prices of both long and short staples.
Mr. Bonaparte became attorney
general and several other cabinet
uebers changed their titles, Mr.
au. bocinn a member.
DEBERVID COMPLIMMET.
Ex-Governor Chamberlain Writes
Governor Heyward a Letter.
Governor Heyward to-day received
a letter from former Governor D. H.
Chamberlain. congratulating him up
on the success f his administration.
Writing from University Station,
Charlottesville, Va., Mr. Chamberlain
says:
"My Dear Governor Heyward:
"I am going to take the liberty of
sending you my congratulations on the
success of your adm!nistration, which
is now so near its close. I think It
quite likely that you are congratulat
ing yourself, though others are not,
on the nearness of the conclusion of
your offcial labors. Such, I think, is
apt to be the feeling of the faithful
official, who has borne offloial respoD
sibilities for four years.
Permit me to add that I regard
your success as governor as the more
remarkable as well as oreditab'e from
the fact that you had no previous ex
perience in official life.
"I am extremely glad that you have
allowed yourself to be made president
of the recently organized immigration
society. In that capacity I am sure
you can do large service for the pub
lic. I congratulate you also on the
success of your commissioner of Immi
gration, Mr. Watson. He has cer
tainly done what no one before him
has been able to do, namely, start a
tide of immigration directly to South
Carolina ~and the 3outh-an event, I
hope and trust, of large Inluence for
good to the whole South.
"Whenever you can conveniently do
so, please give Mr. Watson my oCn
gratulations. though I have no per
sonal acquaintance with him. My in
terest in all things in your state is al.
ways keen and particularly so in this
matter of immigration.
"With great respect and admira
tion, dear Governor Heyward, I re
main Faithfully yours,
"D. H. CHAMBERLAIN."
FABRMR' INSTITUTES.
Many of Them Will be Held in Lower
Counties.
Prof. J. N. Harper, director of the
agricultural department, has given
out the following schedule of farmers'
institutes for the low country coun
tries, to be held during January and
February:
Leesville, January 4.
Ridge Springs, January 5.
Johnston, January 7.
Graniteville, January 8.
Montomorenci, January 9.
Williston, January 10.
Blackville, January 11.
Springfield, January 12.
Barnwell. January 14.
Allendale, January 15.
Hampton, January 17.
Beaufort, January 18.
Meggett's, January 19.
Young's Island, January 21.
Summerville, January 24.
St. George, January 25.
Branchville, January 25.
Orangeburg, January 26.
St. Matthew's, January 29.
Sumter, January 30.
MannIng, January 31.
Foreston, February 1.
Georgetown, Febrxlary 2.
~Kingstree, February 4.
Lake CIty, February 5.
.Florence, February 6.
MarIon, February 7.
Wannamaker, February 8.
Homewood, February 9,
Uonway, February 11.
Darlington, February 12.
Hartsville, February 13.
Chiraw, February 14.
Chesterfield, ffebruary 15.
As heretofore, the exhibit cars will
go from one Institute to another,
showing specimens of farm produce,
varieties of corn, cotton and other
craips suitable to South Carolina, be.
sides erxbibits from other departments
of the College, showing what Clemson
boys are taught to do, etc.
Two Commit Suicide.
At Ehnira, N. Y., although a
guard was standing close beside him
Wednesday, Frank Delaney, a rail.
road man, succeeded In a bold at
tempt to end his life and the life of a
woman who occupied a cell in the
woman's domitory of the Elmira jail.
The guird stood close by the man and
woman were conferring together,
when suddenly Delaney drew from his
pocket a bottle of carbolic acid and
passed It through the bars. The woman
seized It and swallowed Its contents.
Sudd anly Delaney pressed a bottle to
his own lips. A guard sprang upon
him, but the man fought him fiercely
for a moment and then collapsed.
He died before a physician could be
called. When the door of the cell was
unbolted t :e woman lay dying on the
floor. _________
Car Load of Booza.
The Greenville News says on Wed
nesday before Christmas a solid car
load of bcoze arrived In that city for
Its people. The News says the whis
key shipments have been large during
the past few days, but the shipment
received Saturday was a record break
er for this season. The express com
panies always make arrangements
early In Decembsr to handle the In
evitable whiskey ' shipments for
Christmas. From now on extra ex
press cars will be pressed Into service
to handle the l'quor shipments and
also handle the Increased business in
other lines of shipments.
Very Sad Case.
At Greenville, Pa., because neigh
bors murmured that he would go mad
as a result of blood poisoning tha t set
in after a vicious horse had bitten his
thumb off. Samuel Miller. a prosper
ous farmer, Is a raving maniac. He
attempted to kill his wife to-day and
then make way with himself, but was
prevented from accomplishing his
plan. He Indlicted serious injuries on
his wife and self before he was over
powered.
Gave His All.
George Evans a Bohemian glass
worker was so impreesed by a lecture
in the First Methodist Episcopal
church at Millvlle, N. J., Sunday
night that he drew $1,200 from the
Millville National Bank the next day
and donated It to a mission In Rho
desia, Africa. The money was his
savings of many years.
Cut Of Graft.
Heretofore It has been the custom
of large shippers along the Pennsly
vanla railroad lines to make
Christmas presents ranging from
boxes of cigars to checks for sums as
high as $1.000 to employes Influential
In the allotment of cus. This year
the company will not permit such
gifts to he received, which is quite
HE EOBBU MN
After Putting Them to Sleep With
Doped Whiskey,
The meanest kind of a theif haa
been arrested at Augusta, Ga. The
Chronicle says."in the person of Joe
Cloud, a young white man, the police
believe they have a most important
capture. He is charged with having
drugged and robbed several men, and
there is enough circumstantial evi
dance to bind him over upon the first
hearing.
Thursday afternoon, shortly after 3
o'clock Policeman Matthews and Wil
helm brought Cloud and an elderly
white man named J. A. Alexander, to
the barracks. Alexander was very
drunk and, the arresting officer said,
had lust recovered from a stupor, in
duced, it is believed, by drinking
'dopod whiskey. The old man said
he was from Elbert county, and com
plained that he had lost ten dollars
"The circumstances of the case are
thEse: Cloud and the old man were
seen to enter a shanty In the rear of
the old Deventy-Hood store, Alexan
der being apparently sober at the
time. A short while af terwards he
was found in the place in an uncon
scious conditioh, and Clcud was miss
Ing. So was the old man's ten dollars,
which he claims to have had on his
person. Fortunately, Cloud was lo
cated and brought to the barracks at
the same time with the Elbert coun
ty farmer. Both were incarcerated
and will be tried by the recorder. In
the meantime cficers are at work on
the case, and It is believed that they
will secure strong evidence against the
young man.
"It is charged that Cloud has en
ticed several men to this shanty, ob
viously for the purpose of taking a
drink on the "quiet," and there ad
ministered his drugge- liquor. When
his victim succumbed to the "dopa"
and lost full possession of their men
tal faculties, they usually lost some
money. Cloud has been observed to
enter the place several times in comp
any with elderly men, and later these
men were found in a peculiar state,
with some or all of their money miss
ing. Mr. Tom Bresnahan, a clerk in
the employ of the Evans Hardware
Co., is one of the chief witnesses
against Cloud, who is well known to
the police."
Waylaid and Robbed.
The little town of Williston has
another sensation. On last Wednes
day night, Mr. Sam Trotti was way
laid and sandbagged while on his way
from hi z store to his home. The dis
tance between the two is not more
than a quarter of a mile, and when
he reached that part of the street
which is shaded by the evergreens In
front of the home of Col. R. M. Mix.
son he received a terrifie blow on the
back of his bead, which felled him in
unconsciousness. A piece of two-ineh
iron pipe bearing blood stains wa
found at the spot. The motive seems
to have been robbery, as the thiel
succeded in r 3ig 'his pockets of all
the money he had with him with the
exception of $10, which was in an in
ner pocket.
Russia Faces Famine.
While the final results of the croj
of 1906 in Russia will not be deter
mined for some time, enough Is known
to make it clear to Gavernment ex
parts in Washington that the Russia
peasant is facing one of the worst
famines Russia has known during
the last 20 years. According to the
preliminary report of the central sta
tistical committee, the entire crop of
winter wheat equals 238. 000,000
bushels and of spring wheat 299,000,
000. The rye crop is 633,000,00:
bushels. This makes the wheat crop
100,000,000 bushels short of 1904.
The wheat erop of 1906 is the smazl
lest Russia has had since 1901.
Fell Down shart.
Elias Lshtenan and Joseph Bar
dessono were instantly killed In the
Colby iron Iron mine at Bessemer,
Mich., Wednesday, by falling 500 feet
to the bo'.tom of the shaft when a
"ship" on which they were riding t0
the surface was dumped by striking
on a pr<-jecting beam. Two other
miners riding in the skip saved their
lives by catching bold of the rope and
clinging to it. One of these, Mike
Scavardant, was seriously injured be
fore his plight was disccvared by the
other one, who came out of the ex
perience unharmed.
Mingn Space Paf.
'The Japanese lo net like to spare
the square feet a fence would take
up. If a border around a field is ne
cessary it is made of mulberry trees,
the leaves of which are good for silk
worms. It is said that 19,000 acres,
that would otherwise be taken up
with fences are used in this manner.
The largest and costliest building
thus far undertaken in New York,
the city of immense structures, is
the magnificent $10,000,000 Episco
pal cathedral of St. John the Divine,
now being erected on Morningside
Heights. This will be the greatest
sacred edifice in America, and the
fourth in importance in the world.
Varities of Mcsqu.toes.
About 800 species of mosquitoes
have been described, and it is esti
mated that 200 more exist. Giles
recognizes only 36 species in the
whole of North America, but Florida
alone claims 22 species.
With Sign Language.
A deaf and dumb person who is
fairly expert at finger language can
speak about forty-three words a
minute. In the same space of time a
person in possession of his speech
will probably speak 150 words.
Banks in Switzerland.
Fifty years ago, in Switzerland.
180000 depositors possessed $12.
000,000 ia. 167 savings banks. There
are now 1,400,000 depositors pos
sessing $160,000,000 in more than
00 savigs bns
Asia Cotton Cr!op.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg,
Russia says the cotton harvest in
entral Asia is extremely good, 17 000
arloads instead of the usual 12,o00
being available for export. R silroads
will require special facilities to trans
port the cotton.
The new battleship Connecticut is
in the Chescpeake Bay.
A discrepancy of $930,000 is alleged
o exist in the accounts of the Farm
srs and Drovers' National Bank of1
Waynesbnrn. Pa.
DISPENSER BRODIE
MAKES STATE3ENT AS TO THE
SPRINGFIELD DISPENSARY
In Reply to Charges About a Recent
Fire Which restroyed Building
and Contents
Having published an article respect
Ing the destruction of the Springflele
dispensary recently by fire in justice
to Dispenser Brodie we publish the
article below:
Springfield, S. C., Dac. 26, 1906
Elitur Times and Damcrat:
I beg that you will give me space In
your v.iluabie paper to state the plain
unvarnished facts as they are in re
gard to the folloa ing communication
which appearad in your columns a
few weeks age headed "The Burning
of Dispensary." That communication
stated that a serious -condition pre
vails in Springfield on accoant of the
warring factions into which the town
has been drawn on account of the dis
pensary. When in fact and in truth
the factions have existel for five ox
six years on account of personal and
political differings, in which the dele
gation which went to Columbia to ser
4he governor 'and which delegation
gave the bureau Its information al.
ways got the worst of it, as the record,
aill full) show, and chafing under
iis, they have seizid this opportu
nity to destroy me and the dispensary
and the friends of the same.
There were a number of ies In
Springfield and a number of buildings
were destroyed, among them thl
building in which the dispensary was
kept, and insinuations that the dis
pensary people knew or had anything.
to do with it has never been made ex
cept by these enemies of mine. The
feeling has been so high against'me
on accouat of the reasons given above
that I have regularly hired a man to
sleep in the dispensary at night for
its protecti*%. AS to any threats of
shoot'ng any one by the diapensary
paople, su -1 Ptstemeut is entirely un
foundeO,' but on tie ccntrary the
brothr and grandson of the intendent
have been on de streets on the Sab
bath night with their shot guns. In
regard to the statement that ihe
mayor and t e better elemant wil
have a clash with the dispenser and
his !riends, i :esire to say that there
is an element of g"d piople In ani
arourid Spr'n.field. but that they are
hands off, rtgardbng the matter as a
personal o-e.
That trere was a delegation headrd
by the m-70r is an error, I% was in
fact headed by a man who has not
been admitted to the bar, but as
sumes to pettifeg la a-d around
Sp-ingfieU, and if the good people de
Eire to knr'r anything about his prat
ties the.? mAy ask the Norris-Cnmer
Co-npany, cl O::-umbia, and numerous
others, wbo hiTm had dealirgs with
him. In zegaid to tie dippensary
liquor-that was sold a. "tiger" liquor,
there was a car load of liquor shippsd
to the dispenser, and stored in the de
pot. 'and the negro porter and others
stole $45.25 worth of it, and some
of the delegation who went to the
governor purchased some of the 11
quor from the negro for the purpose
zf drinking It, when they knew full
well It was stolen, and the negro is
now in the county jail at Orangeburg
awaiting trial for the same, and oth
era going free. Some of the crowd
against the dispensary went into the
depot, opened the cases and filled their
pockets with the dispensary vs hiskey.
This same delegation which went
to the governor or part of It, inform
ed Chief State Constable Hamm.tt,
and had my premises searched by five
constables, the result of which the
public can get from these gentlemen,
The purpose was to retsct, on me, but
they did me a favor.
The county board of control through
one of Its members demanded of the
Intendant that they prefer charges
against me .and appear before the
county board at Orangeburg and they
refused to appear. The county board,
which is an excellent one, desired the
iznvastigation, saying they would know
no one in the discharge of a public
duty, but strfil they refused and go
to the governor and Into the news
papers to attempt to blacken my char
acter. rather than meet the issus
squarely, when they knew that no
tribunal would for a moment conuid
er their slanderous charges. They
have appealed to Caesar, by Ceasar I
am willing to be judged, but I[feel It
jat to say that there were two high
ly respected gentlemen from Spring
field who went to Columbia the same
day, but I am Informed that they
went on other business, business con
nected with bank. I have never had
any experience with newspapers In my
life and but for the unjust flings at
me from my enEmies I would not hate
appeared at this time and'enly that
the public may have the facts as they
are. I have been dispenser for ten
.ears and have been regularly check
ed up and have always passed "mus
ter." With malice toward none, with
charity for all, with flrmnaess in the
rjgh, as God gives me to see the
right, I shall do my duty as a public
official. Very respectfully,
Jos. A. B~oDIE,
Dispenser,
The Biggest Drug Store.
The greatest drug store in tha world
will be fouznd in one cf the most back
ward countries of the world. It exists
in Moscow, and is 203 years old. Its
title is the Old Nibolska Pharmtoy,
and since 1833 it has been In the fam
i1y of the present proprietor. It Is a
building of imposing dimensions, with
many departments, including one of
professional education for the staff,
which numbers '700 persons. They
make up about 2,00 prescriptIons a
day, and so perfect, is the organizi
tion that an error Is seldom recorded
Kinling at Ferguson.
E. S. Tillery was shot and killed at
Ferguson by W. S. B. Tate. It seems
that Tillery had borrowed a gun from
Tate, about which the men quarreled.
No blcws were passed until Tate
started home, when, it Is alleged,
Tillery ran after and cut a gash under
Tate's chin. Tate then shot and kill.
ed Tillery with his own pistol. The
ger eral impression is that Tate was
j':stifita in defending himself when
iallery attacked him with a knife as
he did
A Good Order.
The Brotherhood of LocomotIve
Engineers has 55,000 members. In
the past twenty months 394 engl
Qeers have been killed at their post
f duty, and in two years the orgini
uition has paid 1,129 death and dis
tbility claims. At the present time
she brotherhood is carrying e85,000,- c
inn insancen on Its meam .a
COmPANIONS Ir MISERY.
Ctader Circumstances It Made - So
Difference to. Her.
A well- known New Yorker tells a -_
story amusingly llustrative ot the
horrors of mal de mer. This gentle
man, according to his own account,
was coming from Southampton on
one of the big liners. Although the
sky was clear and the weather warm.
a somewhat tempestuous -sea had oe
:asioned more than the.sual
amount of seasickness among -the r
passengers. As the New.' Yoi-ke
paced the deck one afternoon he
observed a lady reclining. in a steam
er chair, and the unearthly pallo
her face and the hopeless languor of
her manner indicated 'that she.'had"
reached that state of collapse mark
ing th4 extreme limit of seasickness.
Touched by this piteous spectacle,
the New Yorker approached the-poor -
creature and in his most conpassion-,
ate tone asked: "Madam, can I beo
any service to you?"
She moved her head feebly And
answered: "No, I thank you-noth
ing at all."
"But your husband, madam," said
the New Yorker, indicating a gentle
man lying with his head in the lIaly's
lap, "shall I not bring something to
revive him?"
The -lady again - moved her head
feebly, gave a glance of utter indif
ference in the direction of the man
at her feet, and then murmured
faintly:
"Thank you, sir, but he is not my
husband. -I don't know who he Is."
in aLaw Court -
"The late Judge J. I. Clarke
Hare," said a lawyer of. Philadel
phia, "was one day relating to me
some of his odd experiences on
bench.
"He said that a certain man was
about to be tried in the common
pleas, and 'showed a great disposZ
ion to challenge the jurymen.
"Evidently the prisoner -knew a
about the right to challenge,. and
evidently he felt that the morechal
lenging he and his- lawyer- did, the
better his case would goforhim.
"Finally. though - his
came to an-end. He announced
the -jury now satisfied him.
-'Your challengingis all over!
can now go on?' said, with a a
the attorney for the prosecution.
"'The jury 'is all right;' said -
prisoner, hurriedly and. anxiou
'hut I want *to challenge- the jud
I've been convicted under him
eral times before, and it's more than
likely he's prejudiced against me.'
Dear ILittle SouL
There was company to dinne-, an
little Edith was seated at table 'n.
all the glory of her best dress and -_ 3
pinafore. -
Dinner was proceeding amicably
enough, but there 'were -one or.two
awful pauses, and in the silent depths :
of one .of these the sweet treble If
little Edith was raised.
"Oh, mamma,'' she cried, "what Is
this?"
"This " was a very obi6us, hazir, ,
but mamma, although red with con
fusion, had suffcient presence of
mind left tao say..
"Hush, dear; you can see-what It
is-it Is a crack!"
Silence for a momenf, and-then:
"Oh, I say, mamma, sm't it. fun
ny? I can move this crack abont.
.Chicago Tribune.
The Educational Question.
"Well, I really think the higlierd
education a woman has the more
powerful she becomes.
"Nonsense, my dear lady: a worn
an who wields more power than any
one I know can. neither read nor ~
write."
"Who is she?"
"Our cook."--Judy..
An .Interruption.
As the young man was takng
leave for the night his voice, as he -
stood at the door, rose passionately
on the still night air.
"Just one," he pleaded--"just
one"
Then the young girl's mother jn- -
terrupted, caling from her bedroom
window:.*
"Just one?" she cried. -"No, It
ain't quite that yet; but it's close en N
to twelve, and so I think yon'd be
ter be .goin' just the same."-An
swers.4
Emily's Ruse.
-"Well, Emily, did you have a good
time at the masked ball?"
"Oh! I had a splendid time. I p
made my husband dress up as a
knight In heavy armor, and he
wasn't able to budge from one spot
all night.-Glasgow Times. .
Legislative investigation of ,lhS
orthwestern coal famine and stePS
o -revent any recurrence are being
urged. __
The funeral of William ii. .Bywa
bers, the victim of the Culpeper, Va.,
~ragedy, was attended by a large -
srowd. _ _ _
Bev. A. Gaertin was recomende
!or appointment as bishop of Man
~hester, N. H.
The trial of Col. William dwAltoni
Mann on the charge of perjury was
begun in New York.
A bill giving an Aaglo-Frenoca *om
pany authority to tunnel the English
~hannel has been deposited in parIa
aen .
The estate of Eldward W. James ofI
Trgna, of which was left to the Un
versity of Virginia was apprised at
235,000.
The draft of a proposed new tar law
a presented to the commissioners -
fthe District of Columbia and will be
umtinantsd tonc--gr