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VOL. XXIII MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMIBER 16, 1908 NO.17 SOME HOT STUFF Teddy Brands Two Prominst Ed itos as Mendacious Liars. PANAMA CANAL DEAL Makes Roosevelt Very Mad, and He Hands Around the Lie Right and Left But He Does Not Throw Any Light on the Matter Under Dis cussion. White House, Washington. Dec. 1,'1908. My Dear Mr. Foulke: I have re ceived your letter of the 29th ultim and have read it in connection with your previous letters enclosing quotations from the Indianapolis News, a paper edited by Mr. Delavan Smith. The News states in one of its Issues that probably some of the documents dealing with the matter have been destroyed. This is false. Not one has been destroyed. It states that the last documents were sent over in June of this year, the object of this particular falsehood being, apparently, to connect the matter in some way with the nomi nation of Mr. Taft. As a matter of fact, the last papers that we have received of any kind were sent over to us in May of 1904, and they have been accessible to every human be ing who cared to look at them ever since, and are accessib e now. * * * You quote the News- a~stating that "the people have no official knowledge concerning the Panama Canal deal." The fact Is that the people have had the most minute 1 offcial knowledge; that every im- t portant step in the transaction and 1 every important document have been made public in c'ommunications to 8 Congress and through the daily a press, and the whole matter has been threshed over in all its details again t and again and again. * * e The fact has been officially pub lished again and again that the a Government paid $40,000,000,000, i and that It paid this $40,000,000 di- .I rect to the French Government, get- b ting the receipts of the liquidator appointed by the French Government ( to receive the same. The United z States Government has not the n slightest knowledge as to the partic ular individuals among whom th-e e French dGovernment distributed the f eum. This was the business of the c French Government. The mere sur position that any American received f from the French Government a b "rake off" is too absurd to be dis- n cussed. a It is an abominable falsehood, and o it is a slander, not against the Amer ican Government, but against the Freac'h Government. * * * The President's brother-In-law was invrolved in no 'scandal. .Mr. Dela- ~ van Smith and the other people who repeated this falsehood .lied about the President's brother-in-law; but why the fact that Mr. Smith lied shonld be held to involve Mr. Robin-. son in a "scandal" Is difficult to understand. The scandal affects no d one but Mr. Smith; and 'ais conduct - has been notsmerely scandalous, but ~ infamous. Mr. Robinson had not the slightest connection of any kind, sort d or description at any time or under -any circumstances with the Panama matter. Neither did Charles Taft.* * * * So far., as I know there was no syndicate; there certainly was no syndicate in the United States that b to my knowledge had any dealings b with the Government direet'y or indirectly; and, in.ismuch as there ~ was no syndicate, Mr. Taft naturall-' I could not bel-ng to it. The News ~ demands that Mr. Taft appeal to. the evidence by wshich it mneanst what it calls "the records." * * * All of th.se documents that pos-|? sessed any importance as illustrat .Ing any featuire of the transactionls|I have already been made publiej There remains a great mass of docu- j menta of lit'!e or no importance which the Admihistration is entire- O ly willing to havo published. but j which because of their mass ani pointlessness, nobod'y has r'ver caredj to publish. Any reputable man canr have full access to these do'u ments. * * * * Mr. Delavan Smith is a conspice ! ous offender against the laws of!| hones'y a1nd teut ifuln'e, b-it hi | does not stand alone Hie oceuplos for Instance, the same evil emine-ic' with such men as Mr. Laffan, of th' New York Sun, editriia of whos( paper you or others have from tim t6 time called to my attention, just as you have called to my attentior these editorials of the Inc~ianapollE News. Of the editorials thus sen~ - me there is hardly one which does not contain some wilful perversion of the truth. 'Mr. Roosevelt quotes for an ex ample his re :ent statement in replM' to a Ne-w Ynrk Sun storv. entcitk-ed "Roosevelt and Prarie Oil," and t.oen* continues:) The fact is that these particulaT newspapers habitus'ly and continu ally and as a matter of business prajetice every form of mnendaci*.y known to man from the suppression of the truth and the suggestion o1 the false to the lie direct. Those who write or procure others to writ*. ths: articles a-e 'engaged in tit practice of mendacity for hire, andi surely there can be no lower form of gaining a livelihood. Whether them are paid by outsiders to say what i4s false, or whether profit comes from the circulation of the falsehoods, i. a matter of small consequence. It is utterly impossible to attempt to answer all of their falsehoods' V 'hen any given falsehood is exposed -they sinmply repeat it and circulate anoth -7. If ther wer* mistakeu ing the facts, if they possessed in thejr make-up any shred of hanesty. .2 wu be worth while to set them TEDDY USURP POWER HAD NO RIGHT TO TEAR DOWN BUILDING. Col. Brownwell Claims He Cited Fact of Lack of Authority, Roosevelt Giving Direr. Order, Anyhow. Washington, Dec. 11.-Attention was called today to the fact that the utterances of the President in re gard to the action of Congress in limiting the use of the secret service force is not the only action of the executive that is considered by mem bers as objectionable. It became known today that the sub-committee of the committee on appropriations, having in charge the preparation of the legislative, execu tive and judicial appropriation bill. has been investigating the raising of. the old Pennsylvania station that was located on the Mall until the President had it torn down. That the committee failed to ex punge its inquiries about this action from the printed hearings is takea o indicate the temper of that com nittee toward the executive. When Col. Bromwell, military aide :o the President, and superintendent >f public buildings and grounds, ap ?eared before the committee Regrc sentativeBurleson, of Texas, asked t ii if he had not requested an ap propriation last year for a watch nan for the old depot. "I think so," replied Col Brom- C ell, "but I have not had any oc ation to use it, because I have torn [own the railroad station." "What? Torn down the railroad t t tion!" exclaimed the Texas mem- r Col. ' well explained that he n ore down the ing on the writ en order from the President of the d Xnited States. ' t 'Do you know of any law on the q tatute books that authorizes any t ecutive officer to sell any of the n roperty of the United States of 1 hat character, real estate?" inquir d Chairman Tawney, of Minnesota . "No, sir," replied the President'.r f ide. "I called the attention of the e igher authorities to that fact, and received the order to tear the h ullding down." Replying further to the chairman E ,ol. Bromwell said that he knew et " o immediate necessity for its re- -1 aoval. a The committee also went into an zamination of the government of- P eials to ascertain what right the C, ammission on country life appoint- g d by the President, had to use the s ranking privilege, as it claimed was b eing done. Members of the con- 1) fittee referred to the qbmmision s "one created without authority si f law." *s h GOVERNMENT DYKES BREAK. P o: 'ive Dwellings and Lumber Plant af Are Swept Away. b 01 Pine Bluff, Ark., Dec. 7.-The k overnment dyke at the foot of w ennessee street -gave way late to- rf ay and tonight the waters of thet .rkansas river are fast eating the~rir 'ay toward the mouth of Hardmngs 0 ayou which crosses the city. To- a ay ive dwelling houses and the arehouse of the Arkansas Packete ompany, were swept away and the reater portion of the Candy Hard cod mill was destroyed. Bar- a acque street for a distance of fiveg locks east of Georgia street has een eompletely destroyed and thed ildings on the south side of the :reet are being moved back as rap-a fly as possible, with the water fol >wing closely in the wake of the s -orkmen. Took His Own Life.c St. Louis, Dec. 7.--Charles A. |ckstromer, Swedish vice counsel in t. Louis, committed suicide today. 'ckstromer came into public notice ame time ago through a controversy ith Federal officials which resulted 2 the revocation of his exequatur t: y President Roosevelt. Later he ir ras reinstated and resumed his of- , .cial duties. ight. But there is no question a 11 as to any "mistake'' or "nis derstanding" on their part. They tate what they either know to .e mtrue or could by 'the slightbest a caquiry find out to be untrue. d Ordinarily I do not and canno t ay heed to these falsehoods. If I id I would not be able to do my *a ~ork. My plan has been to go aheadq d do the work and to let these eople and those like them yell; and |. hen to trust with abaiding confi- h ence to the good sense of zhs' n Emerican people in the assured con-a iton .that the yells will die out. n he falsehoods be forgotten and thev vork remain, * * * . There is no higher and more hon trable calling than that of the menT :onnected with an upright. fearless Lnd truthful newspaper, no callingt n which a man can render greater r evice to his fello countryman. The e )est and ablest Aditors and writersc n the daily press render a service to he community which can hardly be taralleled by the servic "en.iered by Lre best and ablest of the men in the t public life or of this proposition is U.so true. The most corrupt finan :iers, the most corrupt politicilans, a~re no greater menace to this coun Lry than the newspaper men of the type I have above discussed. Wheth er they belong to the yellow press1 .. to the purc~aed press, wha: ever may be the stimulating caus~e f their slanderous niendacity, and whatever the cloak it may wcear, mat ters buxt little. In any eve-nt they repreent one of the potent forces for ev~il in the community. Theodore Roosevelt. Win Dudley Foulke. Richmond, Ind WILL GET EVEN The Wounded Religious Fanatic Swear Vengeance on Officers HE PLANS REVENGE On Police of Kansas City, Who Shot Him in Street Row-A Pitable Story of Fanaticism and Supersti- 1 tion Told by One of the Dupes of the Holly Rollers. Kansas City, Dec. 11.-"I am not going to die. I am going to get well and live to kill a few more police men." That Is the assertion of Louis Pratt, self-styled "Adam God," tht. religious fanatic, who is lying in the t eneral hospital, seriously wounded t in a battle between his followers an i :he police Tuesday night. As a result of the fight Pratt's 13-year-old daughter, Lula, and t oliceman Alber 0. Dalbow are dead f mnd two other policemen are in a -ritical condition. James Sharp, known as "Elijah I," and who was the real leader of c he little band of religious enthusi- I Lsts, is still at large. Shortly after the shooting Tues- F lay he walked into a saloon, laid b town his revolver with the remar<, 1 -I am satisfied; I give up." t As there was no policeman present a .nd no one seemed inclined to take b Lim into custody. Sharp waited a p soment, then picked up the weapon. g eloaded it and walked out. He has c Lot been seen since. Mrs. Pratt, with two of her young c aughters, spent Tuesday night in f he -matron's room at police head- t1 uarters, but Mrs.: Sharp, who fireu a wo of the shots that struck Police- k ian Michael Mullane, was confined a a the city jail. a "I've been in trouble before," said g Irs. Pratt, and if I can be killed )r righteousness sake I shall be p ternally happy." p Mrs. Pratt bemoaned the death of d er other daughter, Lula, aged 13, w -ho was shot during the second p tage of Tuesday's battle when the tE -oman and her children pulled off w i a rowboat in the Mississippi river is nd attempted to escape. n At the hospital it was said that y atrolman Mullane had small w Nance of recovery, but that Ser- n, eant Patrick Clark's condition was b ightly improved. A. J. Selsor, the 01 y-stander, who was hit by a stray ullet. also is expected to get well. Mary Pratt, the little 11-year-old ster of the dead girl, displayed the A tme remarkable coolness shown by er leaders when questioned by the )ice. She did not cry when told her sister's death. Mrs. Pratt, in a statement to the asistant prosecutor, told of thet and's work. "Mr. and Mrs. Sharp. d; ar leaders," said Mrs. Pratt. "were Ic nown to us as Adam and Eve andi ni e believed their teachings, It was realed to Mr. Sharp last summer p: at our meetings were not to be di terfered with again. We armed G< arselves. 'If the police attempt to Mi rest you, shoot,' our leader said. ci hey cannot kill me. I'll live for- h< rer.' The first I heard of the b< ouble Tuesday was when Lulu and af ary came running down to the boat ad told me that the shooting was m ing on. n "Then the officers came and want- w to take us away. I got my rifle w >wn off the wall, told Lulu to go: a gun, and we all got Into a skiff ut iat was tied to the houseboat. I tl t In the bow with my gun In me' nd. I was not going to shoot un- w ss I had to. because I had no et ance to ask either Adam or Ev' pl hat to do. I'm sorry I did not re st. I'm afraid I have lost inxy ~rnal life because I think Adam ould have advised me to shoot. L "Lulu got into the back of the tiff, which was covered, and Mary >ok the oars 'and we started acrosF ie river. The officers began shoot ig at the boat. We drifted up 12 1e bank and when I saw blood o-i z uiu's ear I knew- she was shot.. F hen Mary and I go out and hung aj i the side of the boat until the.v v aptred- us. al Mrs. Melissa Sharp. a slender wo ian of m'i:1dle age, whose statriment Li -as taken by another officer, detailed 'y de occurrences leading up to Tues s, ay's f1rht and then told of the -andrings of the band. h "I1 was born in Mount Grove. Mo . 7 years ago, on a farm," said Mrs. harp. "I married Sharp. a farme:. wenty years ago and we went to ~rkansas. Later, we went to Okla oma and took up a claim. We had~ o religion then. About six years go my hushand came home one ight and said he did not think we v ere :iving right. "He had had a revelation of the aith of God. We began to read the ~ ible and a w~eek later I got the rev- C lation. Then we hoth repented for wo weeks. weeping and mourning. Lt because we wanted to. but be ause we conld not help it. We sold C mr farm and gave the money away o people who needed it, and start d on the march. Since then we have traveled rogh Oklahoma. Kansas. Mis- I *ouri and Illinois. Then we went I orth to Minnesota. and last summer ve spent in Canada, in Manitoba an~d I askatchewanl. We lived on gifts aade by converTs and by small sums 1 ffered us. One man who found the t iht. sold all his property and put 37. in. We kept all the money n a common fund. 'A bout latt August. when we came back from Canada. we built a house boat and started down the Missouri from a place in Montana near White Earth. "We floated down the river, stop- C ping and preaching at towns and sometime camping in the wdads TEDDY FROTHS ROOSEVELT THREATENS TO SUE THE NEWSPAPERS. He Says "If They Can be Reached For Criminal Libel, I will Try a Have Them Reached." Washington. Dec., 10.-"If they can be reached for criminal libe!. [ shall try to have them reached said President Roosevelt in speaking this afternoon about "those Ameri pans who have been guilty of infa nous falsehood concerning the ac uisition of the property and the :onstruction of the Panama Canal .tself." It was to the committee of one iundred of the Lakes-to-the-Go.. l )eep Waterway Association, headed i >y Governor Deneen, of Illinois, who ere received by the President in he East room of the White House, hat he made this declaration. Governor Deneen had presented a t opy of resolutions adopted by the tssociation, and made a few remarks o which the President' replied as f ollows: "I have felt, as the Governor has t yell put it, that no more important r ervice could be rendered to this t ountry than the building of -e anama Canal between the Atlantic 1 nd the Paeific, and one thing I am roud of in connection with the s uilding of that canal is that there s as not been legitimate cause for h he breath of scandal connected with ny feature of the proceeding. We a ave cause to be ashamed of only t, ne set of Americans who have been b uilty of infamous falsehood con- c erning the acquisition of the prop- e rty and the congtruction of ithe 1 anal itself: If they can be reached a yr criminal libel, I shall try to have h rem reached. If not, at any rate c: I the facts we know or ever have T nown are at the disposal of each f ad every one of you here, and or ny one -in Congress or of all Con- r ress if they wish to see them. d "Next only in importance from f( hysical standpoint to building the P anama Canal comes the question of g eveloping the use of our own water- d ays. That must be done by the tl icy of irrigation at the headwa-. 'rs up in the arid regions; and e here you come from, gentlemen, I to be done by making our coast Lke a big loop in from the Gulf - T exico to the Great Lakes, and we ill see that the work is done; and T > work could have been done from ginning to end more hones'iy re more efficiently." *a TWO MORE VIOTDIS. Fanatic and a Brave Policeman Dies From Wounds. Kansas. City, Mo., Dec. 11.-Two ore names were Thursday added to e list of dead as a result of Tues ty's battle between religious fanaL- C s and the police here, the total imber now being four. Shortly before noon today Louis ratt, 45 years old, the foremost sciple of James Sharp, died at the ->1 eneral hospital and an hour late f ichael Mullane, a policeman, sue- in imbed to his wounds at St. Joesph's a' >spital. Policeman Albert 0. Dat pi >w and Lula Pratt died immediate'y ,y< ter being shot Tuesday. Mulane suffered himself to be fe ortally wounded because he would |ai yt shoot a woman. According to tI Itnesses he dodged behind a wagon le hen Mrs. Sharp attacked him wita? fr revolver and, though she contin- te d firing, he made no resistance. w ough armed. "Boys, I could have killed the al oman, but I would not," he claim- fc I as he sank to the pavement w erced by four bullets. * tc ii DEATH BY TRAIN. di oses His Life Soon After Leaving Y b; the Court Room. hi Cuthbert, Ga., Dec. " 10.-Mr. t ines Chesire, a well known citi-h n of -this country residing near ountain Bridge, was run over by e Cenrtal of Georgia pas.,nger an, No. o, yesterday afternoon. L the Bell's pond crossing, one-half ile north of the depot, and died a w hours later. Mr. Chesire had een to Cuthbert, where he was ~rving as a juror on the Randolphe perior court and was on his wa.' ome when the accident occurred.* ' WOLVES IN DEATH COMBAT. f r r 'ieee of Meat Causes Confinct at c the Bronx Zoo.0 New York, Dec. 7.-Hundreds of a isitors to the Bronx zoo yesterday - a~w two gray wolves fight for twenty iinutes after clashing over a piece g f meat. u Despite the efforts of the keepers. rho turned the hose on them the c nals continued to battle until' a ne of them was so bady injured that twas necessary to administer chlo omorm to end its suffering. One of its legs had been bitten f as clean as if severed by a keen :nife. The other wolfe was badly ~ nangled but may be saved. n many places we have been perse 'uted by the officers, who wanted to I ake our children away and makec hem go to school. "We have been going armed for C nany months and have practiced hooting. None of the children can1 'ad or write. We teach them, but 1 e teach them righteousness. Paul :ays the wisdom of this world is I oolishness. Christ chose his disci lrs from ignorant people. Chri. id tiot go to school. My husba id 1 uind I can read and write. That is manoug to tenah the Bible." * FIEND PUT TO DEATH DRAGGED SICK YOUNG LADY FROM HER BED g After Shooting Several Times in Her Room--Trailed by Dogs and Caught and Was Lost. Valdosta, Ga., Dec. 12.-Parties who came here last night from Statenville, in' Echols county, brought some rather meager detais )f the. exciting experience which the family of Mr. Fisher Belote had ar. he hands of a negro desperado who an amuck during the previous night mnd bblted into the house where the nembers of the family were sleep ng. The negro was evidently one who iad had some trouble with Mr. Be ote and, after becoming drunk at L negro frolic, later went to the vhite man's home for trouble. The negro first broke open the loor of his home and rushed into he room where the wife and sick laughter were sleeping, exclaiming: "I want old Fisher Belote," and [ring three shots from his revolver nto the roof. Mrs. Belote, who kept ter nerve remarkably well, told the tegro that Mr. Belote was not in he room. The negro then stumbled to the ted where the sick daughter was ving, catching her by the foot and 1 aying: "Here he is," and at the ame time firing two shots into the 'ad of the bed. By that time, Mrs. Belote had otton out of the bed and secure. be rifle and was calling her hus- < and from the adjoining room t., ome and shoot the negro. A young r son, Harper. In -the meantime, ran i with his little single-barrel gun nd fired once at the negro, but In I is..excitement the shot went wild, -t ashing through a bureau mirror. I 'he negro then left the place and < ed from the scene. Messengers were sent to the con- s [ct camps at Tarver for the track ogs and they were put on his track, s )llowing the negro for many miles. i e was trailed along the Georgia I outhern road toward Valdosta, but c Isappeared in Grand bay, where ie pursuers follewed him. They t ere close upon his heels when they I itered the bay. t After several hours in there, tbe t irsuers came out without the .negro v hey stated, however, that he would at make any more 'midnight raids. t hey did not say so, but it Is the a mnoral belief that the negro either e sisted arrest and was killed, or he c as given a speedy courtmartial and t ceived the verdict of death. s The affair happened in a section p tat does not believe much in bur- t 'ning court dockets with such cas- r when the right man can l8 aught. " t WORK OF WHITE FIENDS. r r awardly and Brutal Assault on the 1' s Gibson Family. r Cartersville. Ga., Dec. 11.--On thi' arge of being implicated with ti o a :her men In firing on the Gibson t emily near Cantersville, resulting the v ->unding of Mrs. Gibson and :tempting an assault on her and laging the house, Tom Collier, a a ung man has been jailed here. The officers also have warrants r Bud Lanhiam and Steve Heath, id are making efforts to locate em. Lanham, Heath and Collie" ft after m:ldnight after imbibing eely of whiskey and near-beer and rrorlzing the county wherever they ent. They shot the house full of hol s ter breaking down the doors and rinig an entrance. The husband as forced at the point of a pistK sit aside while the house was be g robbed and the women assaulted. Lanham,'ar. the poinist of a pistol, ragged Lizzie Hardy, a sister off ris. Lizzie Gibson, 16 years of age. 7 the hair of her head from the ouse into the bushes away fronm le house and criminally assaulte'l er. The other men attempted tc, ;sault Mrs. Gibson. QUEER DAMAGE SUITI. ady Sues for Being Carried Off by Balloon. New York, Dec. 10.-Mrs. Mary S ,oper, of Brooklyn, tomorrow will deavor to convince twelve men in 1e supreme court at -Kingston, N. .that her feelings were lacerated >the extent of $25,000 when her ot was entangled in the anchor pe of a balloon, and she was car ied skyward in an inverted and un omfortable position in the presence f more than 5,000 persons. The Anglo Society, under whose uspices the balloon ascension was iven, is the defendant. The sut t ;the sequel to a story which thrilled de country on the morning of Aug. 0. 1906. the day after Mrs. Roper. rder protest, accompanied the bal yoni skyward. But the Agricultural ociety goes Mrs. Roper one better rd charges her with having spoiled he exhibition. REPUBLICAN PROSPERITY. igantic Lumber Trust Will Soon Be a Realty. Duluth, Minin., Dec. 1 0.-Edwar.1 ines. of Chicago; William O'Brine. if St. Paul. and W. H. Cook.. of )uluth. are engaged in a series of -onferences, looking to a deal to. >ringing lumber intere-sts arid hol.1 rgs of the Northwest and West mrder the gigantic combination. The it. Paul and Duluth men are pine ings of the WVest and Northwest Ld Hines represents himself and he Weirhauser intereste. The resl ~truggle will come tomorrow. Cook s opposing the plan, but probably ml be overule. * ELEVEN KILLED Big Explosions of Dynamite in Panama Canal Cut. TERRIBLE ACCIDENT Ten Laborers Are Killed and Fifty Are Wounded by the Premature Explosion of a Giant Blast of Dynamite, Which Set Off Twenty Tons Stored Near by. Colon, Dec. 12.-A giant blast. of dynamite, already prepared for fir ing, was prematurely exploded in the workings at Bas Obispo today. Ten. men were killed and fifty injured. It may be that others have beet killed, for debris is piled up in all directions. Bas Obispo cut Is about thirty miles from Colon, and the shock of the explosion was distinctly felt here, as in addition to that in the blast twenty-two tons of dynamite was exploded. All the killed were Spaniards except two, who were 'm ericans. Numerous reports are current a; :o the cause of the accident, but :he official version from Oulebra, which gives an estimate of ten tilled and fifty wounded, states that luring the loading of the last hole )f the blast the dynamite in this utting was discharged and the re naining twenty-two tones were ex )loded by concussion. The holes had not been connect d electrically as the discharge of he blast was set for 5 o'clock in he afternoon. The last hole was eing loaded under the supervision f one of the most efficient powder nen in the employe of the commis ion. Relief trains were sent to the c2ne of the disaster and one which eturned here several hours later rought back the report that 43 f the injured had been sent to ncon hospital. The officials on the rain stated that eleven dead had peen found, while many others in he gang of a hundred and twenty wo who were employed in the cut ere missing. It was also reported by the train 2en that the explosion was due to passing steam shovel, which hook d the wire leading to the immense harge of dynamite. Whether or not j his was the cause of the accident, a team shovel and crew which ha i ':ned to be on the scene were prac [cally buried under the mass of ocks and earth thrown up. Gangs were soon searching for be dead and assisting the wounded. :lectric lights were sent up, and to ight steain shovels were5 at work|] emoving the tons upon tone of de-| ris. Many of the men have been | eriously injured, some of them robably fatally. Tradition has ik~ hat the Panama Railroad cost one uman life for every tie, and with t ccidents, insurrections and disease be construction of the canal has notl one along without exacting Its toll.| There have been a number of ac-t idents In the last two years, chief moong which was the premature ex-| losion of dynamite at Pedro MIguel 1 June, 1907, which resulted in the i eath of seven men and the Injuryt f a hundred.*1 PIERCED HIS BRAIT. 'oung Lnd Meets With a Very Pe culiar Death. Mobile. Ala., Dec. 10.--Clarence f. Benson, aged 13, son of Robertj tenson, an electrical engineer, was s illed here today In a peculiar man-1 er while playing with a number of ompanions in the Barton academy ard. Several of the boys were throwing .stick in the air, that had a sharpa n paper file stuck In the end, and n some manner the point struck oung Benson on the head, and pen trated his brain, causing death. The school authorities are unable o locate the boy who threw the sti':.k nto the air. hJTEAMER RESCUED. jost Her Propeller at Sea, Towed Into Port. Halifax, N. S., Dec. 7.--The teamer Valentla arrived in port to lay towing the oil tank steamer )riflamme, which had been picked ip disabled at sea. The Valentia, aden with cotton, was bound from ilmington. N. C., for Bremen, and be Oriflamme. with a earge of oil, was bound from Philadelphia for lette, France. The Orifiamme lost 1er propeller and was helplessly idrift when she was sighted by the Eaentia, which answered her sig 1als and went to her assistance. SUDDENLY STRICKEN. Was Prominent in This State Dur ing Reconstruction. Washington, Dec. 10.-H-. G. Worthington, a former representa ive from Nevada, was stricken with paralysis in the house of represen at ives today. Mr. -Worthington. who is a resident of Washington. was removed to his .home, and phy sicians called. This is his second stroke. Mr. Worthington, it is said, is the only surviving pallboarer of Abraham Lincoln. Worthington was a prominent politician in -South Carolina during the days of Reco'n struction. Among other offices he held the Collectorship at Charleston. tn. GRAND LODGE CLOSE THE MASONS ELECT OFFICERS AND ADJOURN, After a Very Pleasant and Har Ionious Session of Several Days in Charleston. The Grand Lodge of Masons of South Carolina, which met In Charleston on Tuesday, closed its one hundred and thirty-second annual communication at 1 o'clock Thurs day afternoon, after a very harmo nious session In which much impor tant routine business was transacted and some very interesting points of concern to the craft discussed. At noon Thursday the annual elec tion of officers was held, the follow ing being chosen, practically no changes being made from the roster of last year. Grand Master, J. L. Michie, Dar lington. Deputy Grand Master, James R. Johnson, Charleston. Senior Grand Warden, George S. Mower, Newberry. Junior Grand Warden. George T Bryant, Greenville. Grand- Treasurer, Zimmerman Da vis, Charleston. Grand Secretary, J. T. Barron. Columbia. Grand Chaplain, W. P. Smith, Spartanburg. Senior Grand Deacons, J. P.-Duck ett, Anderson, and J. F. Kinney, Bennettsville. Junior Grand Deacons, W. J. Rog ers, Darlington, and J. W. - Roberts, Greenville. Grand Steward, A. L.' Barton. Charleston, and O. F. Hart, Colum bia. Grand Marshall, John Kennerle okesbury. Grand Pursuivant, Van Smith. Newberry. Grand Tyler, W. A. Winkler, Charleston. The Grand Master appointed the 'ollowing district deputy grand mas ers: William G, Mazyck, Charleston, First District. S. H. Rogers, Beaufort, Second District. Ryan A. Gyles, Blackville, Third District. Wm. A. Giles, Granittville, Fourth )istrict. . B. E. Nicholson, Edgefield, Fifth )istrict. R. A. Cooper, Laurens, Sixth Dis rict. J. C. Watkins, Anderson Zeventh )istrict. 0. R. Doyle, Eighth District. A. S. Rowell, Piedmont, Ninth )istrict. B. B. Bishop, Inman, Tenth Dis rict. George Y. Hunter, Prosperity. leventh District. E. C. Secrest, Lancaster, Twelfth istriot. Joseph Lundsay, Chester, Th.'- 1 eenth District. G. L. Ricker, Sumter, Fourteenth1 istrict. R. *K. Wallace, Kingstree, Fif-a eenth District. . W. E. Jones, Darlington, 'Slxteent 1 )istrict. - - - I John C. Sellers, Sellers, Seven eenth District. William L. Glaze, Orangeburg iighteenth District. The Grand Lodge being callecd 'rom the third to the first degre" he newly elected and appointed of-. cers were installed- in full and ncient form and received the pre ~cribed salutes of their brethren. Lfter which the Grand Lodge re rned to the third degree for final I ork of the session.1 At the session Wednesday nigbt beautiful memorial tribute to th.' i ate Past Grand Master, John R ellinger, whose death had occurred ince the meeting of the Grand Lodge ast year, was read by Past Grand aster R. F. Divver, from the conm dittee appointed by the Gran-' ~faster to prepare an address. The report on the Masonic Or han Home fund was made by Dep'. y Grand Master James R. Johnson. ~howing an addition of nearly eleve.' housand dollars to the fund dur ng the past year. The total now n hand for the establishment of :his institution is nearly $24,00" rhich has been collected within the ast three years. No recommenda ion was made as to the beginnin. f the home. but It is generally inderstood that nothing will be done intil the fund has grown to $50, 109, which, at its prdsent rate of rgress should be in the ner :wo years. At the Thursday morning session eports of committees were subnmit ed and disposed of. Some unus tially interesting and illuminating jiscussions of Masonic jurisprudence were made, and some points of in ~erest to the craft in the work of he lodge were determined. It was decided to impose a penatty f 10 per cent on all subordinat lodges that hereafter fail to make returns and remittances to the Grandi secretary by November 15. It was resolved to bold the next meeting of the Grand Lodge in harleston on the second Tuesday i. December. 1909. The Grand LodgE was then closed in ample form ..r the third degree in Masonry.* Holly Rollers Dispursed. Sandusky, Ohio. Dec. 10.-Th< Holly Roller organization at Berli, eights. almost 200 strong, was or dered disbanded by irate townspeo ple today. and the organizers, Jacob Hoppinger and D. K. C. Deecken, of Buffalo, N. Y., were served waith notices to leave the community. ' Best Man Hangs Self. Minneapolis. Minn., Dec. 8.-After acting as best man at the wedding of a young womag he . had hi~mself lo-ng wooed in vain, Edward Thomas went home and hanged himself with MAD WITH TEDDY Committee Will Consider Roose velt's Criticism of ACTION OF CONGRESS Statements in the Annual Message Relating to the Secret Serviec will Receive Careful Attention and the Committee will Recommend What Course to Pursue. Washington, Dec. 11.-The indig nation of the members of the Hou'.e of Representatives over the- para graph of the President's annual message relating to the secret ser vice found expression today in a res olution offered by Mr. Perkins, Re publican, of New York, providing for the appointment of a committee of five to consider the subject and re port what action should be taken in connection with the matter. The resolution was as follows: "Whereas, there was contaged in. the sundry civil appropriation bill. which passed Congress. at its last session and became a law, i provil - ion in reference to the employmeni. 6f secret service in the treasury-de partment; and, "Whereas, in the message of the President of the United States. to the two houses of Congress s was stated in reference to that provision, 'it is not too much to say that this amendment has been of benefit only, and could be of benefit only to the :riminal classes,' and it was further stated .the 'chief argument in favor . :f the provision was that the Con-,. gressmen did not themselves wishr to be investigated by secret service men,' and it- was further stated, but -if this is not considered desir able a special exception could be nade In the law, prohibiting the use )f the secret service force in In restigating members of Congress. I w'ould be far better to do this than :o do what actually was done, and strive to prevent or at least to hamp 'r effective action against criminals y the executive branch of the gov -rnment.' Now, therefore, be it 'Resolved, That a committee of :he President, and report to the Iouse be appointed, by the Speaker o consider the' statements contain .d in the message of the President Lnd report to the House what actior. f any should be taken In reference hereto." * STILL REMAINS SOLID. )emocracy's Hold on Old North State Strong as Ever. Washington, Dec. 10.--"It's all ommy-rot about the Republicans naking gains -In the South," says overnor Glenn, of North Carolina, who is- here on a visit.: "While i1: s true that my majority was about .5,000 greater than that given Go; rncr-elect Kitchen, tfie Democratic rote was larger by nearly 18,000. han it ever has been. The Republl :ans polled a bigger vote, of crouse~, phieh showed that greater interest w'as taken in the last campaign thin n any past election. "Why should the Southern States hange their .politics? Individuair he States of the South are more >roslperous than the Republisan states of the North. There never. ras a time when the South was more irosperous. If, therefore, we are >rogressing, why, I repeat, should1 re change our politics? "Because Mr. Bryan was defeated s no reason for a change of mind n my part regarding him. I eon ider him one of the greatest Amuer cans that ever lived, and history nil prove it."* BALKED AT ORDEAL. japtain Minus Refused to Take the Test Ride. Washington, Dec. 10.--Orders at he war department direct that more >ficers shall appear before retiring >oards, because of their failure to ake the prescribed horsemanship est while on their examination for yromotion. These are officers below -he grade of major who, by the oe ler issued last May. are required to ake the horsemanship test, as a part >f their examination for promotiott ro take up the cases of three or 'our such officers, a new retirement >oard has been appointed. The firnt 3ase to come before the board will ie that of Capt. J. C. Minus, Six -eenth Infantry, military instructor it the Clemson agricultural college, clemson, S. C. * GETS THIRTY YEARS. I Prominent Man Must Pay Penalty for Crime. Raleigh, N. C.. Dec. 10.-Accord nig to a ruling just made by the su >reme court finding no error In the rial below, Lute Banner, former 'nember of the State legislatui'e, ,ostmaster of his town, international --evenue officer of Wantauga county nust serve a sentence of thirty years in- the penitentiary for the murder >f Ambrose Cline. A plea of insan :ty was set up. but the supreme court teclares there was no evidence of insanity produced, and Banner was lucky in escaping the gallows.* Printer Kills Himself. Defuniak Springs. Fla., Dec. 10. Frank E. Gibson, of Bennettsville, S. C.. a printer employed in one of Defuniak Springs' printing offices, committted suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. Doctors were zummnoned, but he died before med-. ica1 aid could be rendered.~*