The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, June 16, 1909, Image 6
SOME HOT STUFFI
1.
Republicans Clash in the senate
About Tariff.
THEY FAIL TO AGREE
Tilnan Declares That. Aldrich 1s
the Senate and That the Repub
lican Menibers of the Finance Com
mittee Are the Boldest Band ol
Buccaneers That Fver Was.
Senator Dolliver of Iowa Saturday
made a speech in reply to that of
Senator Aldrich Friday night, when
the latter gave his statement of the
effect of the pending tariff bill upon
the cotton goods industry.
Mr. Dolliver commented on tLt
statement that "only 10 per cent cz
the cotton cloth schedules had loen
changed."
Denying this by a counter state
me-nt on the authority of Senato:
Smoot, that only 30 per cent werr
unchanged, he was quickly inte
rupted by Mr. Aldrich.
-I said," he interrupted. "that
no en 0 m r rr ofth aP
import nt:ons. onj-':
in aggregate to $7S,000.000. were
affected by this provision."
Mr. Aldrich arising to leave the
chamber, Mr. Dolliver said:
"I hope the senator will remain
to hear what I have to say."
"I had an engagement." said Mr.
Aldrich.
"Well. you have an engagement
here," retorted the Iowan. "I say
you will not turn your back upon
what I have to say without taking
the moral consequences that will nat
urally arise in such a case."
Mr. Dolliver then presented a copy
of a petition from merchants of New
York. declaring against any increase
of the tariff duties.
"Please state which of them art
importers," said Mr. Aldrich.
"Well, some of them are leading
merchants of this country." repl!ed
Mr. Dolliver.
Mr. Dolliver criticised Mr.'Aldrich
for having read in the senate ar.
anonymous clipping stating that
$500,000 would be lost in the form
of duties by reason of a decision
in the United States supreme court
because of a contention over the
question whether the duty should
be 25 or 30 per cent. All the im
portations of cloth of that kind. he
said. at New York. in 1907, was
worth only $250,000. and the
matter in dispute involved only 5
per cent of the amount.
"Yet," he said, "that is the kind
of clap-trap that is here substituted
for facts."
Senator Borah declared that he
had written to the treasury depart
ment for the total amount Involved
in this case and had been told It
was $400,000. If senators could not'
get reliable information, he declar
ed," one thing must be apparent
there would she some (hanges in
the treasury department."
"Either," suggested Mr. Tillman,
"the senator from Rhode Island
ba.mbooz!ed us last night or the Sen
ator from Iowa is bamboozling us
now."
When Mr. Dollver concluded Mr.
Culberson took the floor to criticise
the statement of Senator Aldrich
concerning the revenue probable un
der the bill as reported by the fi
nance committee. He said that Mr.
Aldrich had criticised a portion of
his (Mr. Culberson's) estimates
which proved upon investigation to
have been a literal copy of Mr. Ald
rich's own estimates.
A vote was taken on a committee
amendment consolidating the para
graphs on the cheapest grades of cot
ton cloths and fixing a rate of 1 cent
a square yard on unbleached cotton
cloth of 50 threads to the Inch of 1
1-4 cents on bleached cloth. If valu
ed at not more than 9 cents, and at
2 cents more than 12 cents. The
amendment carried. 41 to 30.
On this vote Senators Foster and
McEnery voted with the Republicans.
Mr. Tiliman declared that he did
not want to say anything bitter or to
hurt any one's feelings, said. "I am
very, very tired of this sham battle.
or what appears to me to be one
on that side," addressing the Repub
licans. "Last night the senator from
Rhode Island (Mr. Aldrich) proved
to his own satisfaction and to the
satisfaction of the Macedonian
phlanx which he has organized and
holds together that there is no In
crease of rates In the amendment.
The senator from Wisconsin and they
senator from lowa today have prov
ed from about the same sources that
the rates have been increased ma
te-rially."
Declaring that Senator Aldrlceu
was admitted to be the senate In the
tr.atter pending, Mr. Tillman said
"Why don't you push this thing to
a vote and go h'me?' He raid that<
a Republican senator had referred to
the Republican members of the fi
nance committee as hypocrites. It
"You are not hypocrites," added Mr.!:
T1illman, "but you are the boldest
hand of buccaneers that ever got
together. '
By 39 to 28 ihe f:st committee '
atendment, providting specific for ad t
'ralorem duties of the house bill was z
agreed to. i
Senator Bacon then suggested that c
as all amendments of the- cotton
schedule involved the same question
they might be voted on at one time.
The suggestion was adopted and the
vote was then taken on 13 amend
ments covering 10 pages of the bill.
They were agreed to as were -the en
tire sections containing them by a'
vote of 39 to 28.
DAVIS KILLED BY STILL.
Fatal Shooting Affray in Barnwell t
County.
A Mr. Davis, of the Red Oak c
township. Barnwell county, was shot: tl
and instantly killed last SaturdayE
night by Jut Stifl. It is said Davis a
was drinking and was advancing on 0
Mr. Still with a shotgun when he
was killed. Davis was from Geor- si
gia and had only been living in the p
Red Oak township about five months. C
Mr. Still is a prosperous farmer and ,a
as always been considered a peace
ble citizen. He immediately nt oi
MAN AND COW
V1LL BE WIPED OFF THE EARTH %
_SAYS NATHAN STRAUS,
,he Great New York Philantbropist, T
by Tuberculosis, Unless It b;
Fought Successfiuly.
Cows and men are in danger Of
iltimate extinction through tuber- a
,ulosis, declares Nathan Straus. of li
ew York. This startling announce
nent was made by the New York
hllanthropist in a paper read be
ore the International Dairy congress.
it Budapest. Hungary. 'As the result
if iS years spent in warning against
:uberc, -ii he declared that he is
-onvinced that time and persistence
n present methods will certainly
issure the extinction of the dairy
industry and of the human race.
Ensisting that the great white plague
txists and spreads among cattAr and
imong people largely because of the
-eril of tuberculous milk. Mr. Straus
said:
"Tuberculosus cows bear healthy
.alves and straightway infect them
with this disease through the -milk
-hat they give to their young. and
when the calves are weaned these
liseased cows supply the germs of
:he white plague to the human beings
who use their milk. Thus we are
inviting the extermination of the
dairy industry and of the human
race, for this plague is Increasing
both among cattle and among inen,
and it will increase like the spread
Ing of a fire so long as the 'milk
awarming with tubercule bacilli is
used as food for calves or babies.
There is a mathematical certainty
is to this fact.
"Eighteen years ago I declared
that it would soon be regarded as a
crime to feed a young child upon
milk that had not been pasteurized.
I was optimistic. Intelligent farmers
now regard it as folly to feed a calf
or a pig with unpasteurized milk
unless they know by the tuberculin
test that the cow is free from tuber
culosis, but Chicago is the only city
In the world that takes such precau
tions to save its people from tuber
culosis."
As for the consequence of dairy
men selling tuberculous milk Mr.
Straus pointed out that there had
been in New York city in two years
an increase of 33 per cent in the
number of new cases of tuberculo
sts. a fact which the Health depart
ment of the city tried to explain.
but did not deny. At this rate, be
said, within a generation the great
wealth of the American metropolis
would be insuffcient to provide ho&
pitals for the tuberculosis patients.
Mr. Straus said that bovine tuber
culosis now costs the American farm
er $14,000,000 a year, and the In-1
mediate killing of all the tuberculo
sis dairy cows. if it could be effected.
would ecst a billion, but that pasteur
ization would Infallibly kill the
germs of tuberculosis and all other
disease germs that migh't be in the
milk.*
MADE TO PAY FINE
Because He Did Not Pay First
Class Postage.
The Aiken correspondent of The
State relates a case that should be
a warning to all people. He says
Mr. John Wallenburg. one of the
prominent citizens of that city, was
fined $1.0 by a postoffce inspector for
an alleged violation of the postal
law. The Inspector Informed him
that about a year ago he inclosed a
ine or two of writing in a fourth
class paikage and that he was due
ncle Sam $10 for it. At first Mr.
Wallenburg had no recollection of
such a violation, and refused to pay
it. declaring that he would carry the
matter into the courts. He after
wards remembered, however, send-1
ing a package of photo films, and he
labeled each one and stated how~
many of each he wished of the deal-[
er. He then went to the postofficej
and asked the clerk to weigh it,j
Itending to pay first class postage
rates, paying on one ounce. but the
inspector says it weighed two onc
es and he was due $10 for the same,
as t was a vIolation. Mr. Wallen
burg paid the $10 as it would have
:ost him a good deal to have the case
brought into court. *
FOT-ND IN S*WER.
c
Fhe Body of a Iong Missing~ Man a
Found at Last.
The dead body of E. V. Moore. d
vho disappeared mysteriously the 0
ight of May i9, 1902, was unearth
d Friday by workmen escavating
or a sewer extension In 'Dilworth, aft
uburb of Charlotte. N. C. Moore 1t
uarreled with a stranger at the fair
~rounds the night of his disappear-! t1
nce and was supposed to have been t
aurdered and the body hidden. Per- TI
onal effects were found on the same t<
pot the next day but no clue to the t
ody nor any trace of the missing 1o
aan was unearthed until Friday. h
'he swer extension was open at the O
lie and the police think that he'r
2ay hai-e fallen Into it while intox- h
ated. He left a wife and two
hildren and the remains were turn
d over to the family for burial. *
ORDERED TO KILL HIMSEIF'.
:mperor TelLs~ Yuan Shi Kai to Comn
mit Suicide. a
of
A dispatch from Peking, Chin:a..f
jys ive court officials are now o'i as
eir way to Honan. carrying the in'i - f
erial yellow cord, signifying the 't
rone's order that Yuan Shi Kal:01
2ail commit suicide. b
The report is accompanied by 'cir'- th
istantial detals to the effect that th,
w officials are to watch Yuan Shim
ai day and night, giving him two re
oths in which to carry out the tii
der.
The persistent revival of' the death:
ory comes coincident with the re
rted serious illness of Prince on
bing. and is given color by the ad-: Le
itted favd that the present dowager de
prss widow of the late emperor,'
SEVERAL DROWNED
lLU. COLLAPSES AND SCORES
FALL IN'TO A LAKE.
he Crowd Had Hurried to Board
a Steamer to Go to New Or
leans.
By the collapse of a frail wharf
t Mandeville, La., on Sunday even
ig. upon which about seventy peo
le had rushed to board the excursion
teamer Margaret, on her retura trip
a New Orleans, ten persons are
nown to be dead and several are
a'ssing.
The M-dargaret did not land at the
-harf at which she was accustomed
o tie up. Instead she ran into a
ock built especially for skiffs and:
mall crafts. This small wharf was
ulled by the steamer's ropes entire
y away from the main pier and some
eventy people went into the lake
a about eight feet of water.
The cries and shrieks of those
>recipitated into the lake were heard
611 over the place and many men
-ushed to the wharf to join in the
ieroic work of rescue which had
>een begun. The officers and crew
)f the Margaret did excellent work
>y throwing life preservers, and some
>f them going into the water.
Those who figured in the accident
old of the usual heart-rending in
-idents that mark such catastro
?hies. A young mother who was
hrown into the lake, with her baby
in her arms, was stunned when
;truck by a piece of piling. When
she was finally rescued the body
:f the infant could not be found
and it required the efforts of several
trong men to prevent the woman
from throwing herself back into the
Lake.
Miss Laura Rays, a young woman
who lost her life in the accident, was
to have been married within a few
months. When the crash came and
she was carried down into the wa
ter, under the wreckage, those near
heard her calling pitifully save
me. Jim! Save me!" Her ance
followed her 2ito .the water and
worked heroically around the wreck
age until borne out exhausted. A
short time later the dead body of his
sweetheart was recovered. bearing a
deep gash above the righf temple.
FAMILY LIVED IN STCMP.
They Build a Cosey Home in a
Gigantic Cedar.
A dispatch from Seattel. Wash.,
says with seven children and a fat
wife, John Selvert, lately from Iowa,
is living in a stump in the northern
part of that city.
Selvert went to Seattle several
months ago. He had but little mon
ey and a large famiay. Because of
the great boom there he was unable
to find an empty house and resolved
to build one of his own. Hie bought
an unimproved lot in the north part
of the city, in a district where log
ging operations ceased but 'a year
ago, and on going out to plan his
house he found half the lot occu
ped by a gigantic cedar stump thir
ty feet high and eighteen feet in
diameter ten feet above ground.
Wwith an auger and saw Selvert
cut out a seven-foot section from the
south end, and walked into his
stump. The walls were found to be
fifteen inches thick and the whole
stump was a hollow shell. He cut
put windows, laid a tight floor and
made a ceiling of planking and floor
ing.
With an auger and saw Selvert
twelve feet above ground, went in
ide and made the windows for the
second story. Third story was con
tructed and a tight roof of shiplap
and shingles was mnade caer the
op.
Seivert peeled off the bark and
>anted the stump a light green and
hemindow and door frames pure
whte. The whole makes a very
>retty home at a cost of only $40,
Lad the owner has refused $2,500
or his unique abode.*
)TRAGE ON HELPLESS WOMEN.
[asked Robbers Torture and Abuse
Three Victims.
A brutal outrage perpetrated by
nknown roobers at Belmont, Pa.,
as aroused the community, and a
ynchng is threaten if the men are
aptured. Five men, all masked.
roke into the home of Mrs. Minnie
she, aged 90, a ad ransacked the
lace.
With the aged woman were her
aughter, Mrs. Mary Ober, 69 years
d, and her grand-daughter, Miss
innie Ober, 23 years old. The men
yundt only $3.50 in the house and,
eliering there was more, they bound
e three women and subjelted them
>merciless torture.
The men tore wire from the pir
ires hanging on the walls and fat
ned the three women to chairs.
he men then held lighted candles
>their victims' bare feet. Par
ally unconscious, the women were
:herwise abu-sed. Before leaving. the
ouse the burglars released Miss.
ber, who late Wednesday afternoon
covered sufficiently to summen
~lp.
FEUD WAR BREAKS OUT.
dl. Cnaaan, Former Sheriff, Shot;
by an Assassin.
Kentucky's reign of blood is on.
ain. Eli Caliahan, former Bheriff
Breathirt county and a notorions
udis-t. was slaot Tuesday by an
sassin and is thought to be dy- I
g. The shooting is expected to be 1
e signal for a combat that will end ]
ly wben the county is overrun I
-State troops. Trouble betweeni
e factions began four days ago and.
e town has been filled with armed
yuntaineers. taking sides with the
pective Hargis and Gosk reil fac
>ns. I
Crushed in Elevator.
On her first visit to New York and
her first ride in an elevator. Miss 4
na Schoonmaker, wa,s crushed to C
ath Monday afternoon.
TAX ON IRON ORE
Se&ator Stone Tells Why many
Democrats Voted For it.
ONLY REVENUE DUTY
Was Voted for by the Democrats,
Which Was in Accordance With
All Democratic Precedece-The
Tax Rather Hurts Than Helps the
Huge Steel Trast.
In the United States senate. Sen
ator Stone of Missouri, made a state
ment in which all Democrats will
be interested. Senator Stone spoke
on the vote of certain Democratic
senators in favr f a tariff on iron
'ore, and as Senator Tillman has been
accused of being in league with the
Steel Trust because he voted for the
tariff on Iron ore, we present some
extracts from Senator Stone's state
ment so as our readers can see it
the charge against Senator Tillman
is true or false. Here is Senator
Stone's statement:
Mr. President, I am one of the
eighteen Democrats who voted to
put a duty of 25 cents per ton on
Iron ore. The eighteen Democrats
who voted that way are Messrs. Ba
con. Bailey. Bankhead. Chamberlain,
Clay, Daniel, Fletcher, Foster, Fra.
zier, Johnston of Alabama. McEnery,
.dartin, Payter, Simmons. Stone, Tal.
iaferro. Taylor and Tillman. TeE
Democrats voted to put iron ore or
the free list, viz, Messrs. Clarke ol
Arkansas, Culberson, Gore, Hughes
Newlands. Overman. Rayner, Shively
Sm!th of Maryland and Smith ol
South Carolha.
Mr. I rmide.z, when the questioc
of putting a duty on iron ore wat
before the senate, I was hesitant a-&
somewhat uncertein as to what w.u
the rigat and proper thing to do
but la the eni the best judgment o
wnc I am capable, not only as
party man. but as one desirous o
promoting the best policy for th
public welfare, I conceived it to bi
my duty to vote as I did. I believ4
in the doctrine of a -tvenue tariff
and this whether considered from thi
standpoint of the constitutional pow
er vested in congress to levy tariff
or from the standpoint of economi
policy. I :believe that tariffs shoul<
be levied with the primary objec
of producing a needed public reve
nue, and that the duties should h<
as widely distributed and laid upoi
as many articles as possible, always
of course, having in view the need
of the government; and I hold tha
the burden should be made lightes
upon artciles of common use aa<
heaviest upon others.
Under present circumstances
doubt the wisdom, or I might mor1
properly say the feasibility, of ax
extended free list; but at the sam
time, having in view the needs of thi
treasury. I favor admitting free o
duty as many articles of commoi
necessity as possible where the art
icles are controlled by a monopoly
I do not as a general proposition sub
scribe to the notion advocated b:
some of free raw materials to thos4
who manufacture them, and at'the
same time allow protective dutiet
on the manufactured products. Suc
cnctly stated that is my view of th4
Democratic position on the tarifi
question.
Now, in applying this view to the
case of iron ore. The first fact con.
fronting me was that the duty .af 2f
cents per ton was a purely revenue
duty, and in no sense a protective
duty. Twenty-five cents per ton oz
ore is equivalent to about 10 pet
cent ad valorem. That means thai
under that rate all ores coming from
the outside into this country for con
sumption, except that coming from
Cuba, would pay a duty of approxi
mately 10 per cent. Under our reci
procity agreement with Cuba. ores
from that island would come in un
der a reduced rate, and would pay
20 per cent less than ores -from oth
er foreign mines. In othe~r words,
placing the rate at -25 cents per ton.
while foreign ores generally would
pay 10 per cent ad valorem, Cuba
ores would pay 8 per cent. Whether
In the one case or-the other manifest
ly the duty Is very low.
Mr. President. every since we have
had tariff laws, and we have had
them for more than a century, there
has been a duty on Iron cre. In
all our tariff laws up to this time,
whether made by Democrats, Re
publicans, or others, a duty has been
laid on these ores. The duty of 25
cents per ton, for which I voted, is
tae lowest duty ever imposed upon
iron ore in any tariff bill ever enact
ed by the American congress. Even
the Walker bill, that wisest, best ar
ranged, and most celebrated of Dem
ocratic tariff measures, laid a duty
on these ores almost double that pro
vided in the bill before the senate:
and a duty of 40 per cent was laid on
those c-' . In the Wilson bill. And
so. M' ~ ent, at the very incep
tion - estigation ahd consid
eratk s < *? subjeet, I was con
front-' s. sais situation and with
these .
Therefore, it seemed to me, unless
some excellent reason could be given
to the contrary, that I ought to vote
to impose this low revenue tax, and
I felt that in doing so I was fol
lowing not only Democratic policy,
but Democratic precedent. Of
course, this was a question about
which Democrats might well and con -
istently differ. The question was
whether i-on ore should go on the
re list, or be subject to a low reve
sue duty. Whenever that question
s related to any article is presented
:o a Democratic legislator it is onej
e is at liberty to decide according
o his own judgment-according to
1 own view of the whole situation
--and this he can do without in any
legree violating his party obligation
,r ignoring his party policy.
The chief argument against the tax
ray predicted upon the assertion that
he United steel corporation, known
e tho "steel trut," -favored the!
mposition of a tariff duty on ironi
>re. It was asserted that this great!I
orporation had acquired possession
~d control, through ownership and
easeholds of enormous areas of land
ly held a monopoly of the American
supply. One senator, at least, and
perhaps others, asserted that the
trust controlled about 85 per cent
of the iron ore area of the United
States. Assuming these almost in
credible statements to be true, it was
urged that foreign ore should be ad
mitted free in the interest of in
dependent manufacturers of iron and
steel.
Now, Mr. President. It is undoubt
edly true that the "steel trust," so
called, has obtained possession and
control of a large acreage of ore
bearing land. but to say that the
trust controls 85 per cent, or even
50 per cent, of these lands Is, to my
mind, a gross exaggeration. The
senator from Alabama (Mr. John
ston) says that the trust and Its al
lied interests do not in any way
control as much as 50 per cent of
the ore lands and mines of his State,
and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. E
Smith) declart'. as a n atter of par
sonal knowli'4ge, that 'be trust does
nrm cnitirci tas n:nTh as 50 per cent
of the ore lands of h:4 State.
The same is declared to be true as
to the lands and mines of other t
States. In fact, it is affirmed that I
in some of the States, as in Virginia,
where great quantities of Iron ore I
exist and are mined, the trust has
no property interests whatever. Mr.
President, to my mind it is perfectly
evident and clear that if we should 4
exclude and shut out every acre of -
ore lands owned or controlled by the
trust there would still be left vastly
more than could be used by all the
iron and steel industries of the coun
try, including the trust, for a cen
tury. Of course, I may be wrong
as to this, but I do not believe so.
I have the utmost confidence that
my estimate in this behalf Is at least
approximately correct. If this be
so, then the independent manufac
turers of steel and iron, if indeed
there really are any such, can obtain
their domestic supply on equal terms
with the trust; and if that be true,
then of what peculiar advantage
would free ore be to the "indepen
dents?" If foreign ore should be
made free, the trust could go out
into the world and buy and Import
as well as the "independents," and
at least upon equal terms with them.
One would hold no advantage over
the other.
But it has been asserted that the
steel trust magnates favored a duty
on iron ore. I am frank to say that
in my view of the situation, as I have
stated it, I am unable to perceive
how the imposition of this duty can
possibly work to the advantage to
the trust, or how free ore would con
tribute to its disadvantage. I must
have clearer, more definite, and cer
tain evidence than has been submit
ted to convince me to the contrary.
I can not ignore what seems to me
to be the plain truth of this situa
tion, and be thrown off my feet and
satmpeded because some one exhibits
the specter of the steel trust. i must
be controlled in my action by facts
as I see them, and not by the fear
of some remote and improbable
danger.
Again, Mr. President, this further
fact stands out and can not be over
looked: Enormous, Iron ore deposits
have been recently discovered and
are now being rapidly developed on
the northern coast of Cuba. These
-great properties have been acquIred,
.ostensibly, at least, by the Bethle
-hem and the Pennsylvania steel
-companies. These ores can be min
ed cheaper in Cuba than in this coun
try, and they can be shipped to our
seaports by water at a comparatively
light transportation charge. There
fore It is altogether probable that the
great bulk of foreign ores coming
to the States will come from these
Cuban mines, owned, as I have said,
by the Bethlehem and Pennsylvania
steel companies.
.In the management of~these com
panies, at least of the Bethlehem, Mr.
Schwab is a central and commanding
figure. And who Is Mr. Schwab?
He was educated In the iron and steel
industry under the tutelage of
Andrew Carnegie, and he was at the
head of the great Carnegie works
when they were sold to the trust.
Hie received pay for his stock In the
Carnegie plant, amounting to mil
lions, -In the stocks and securities
of the steel corporation, and there
fore for a long time served as the
president of the great corporation
known as the 'trust." Several years
ago he retired from the presidency
of that corporation to take charge
and direction of the Bethlehem es
tablishment. But does anyone sup
pose that he has severed his connec
tion with the trust; that he no long
er holds Its stock and securities in
large amounts, or that he is not still
intimately connected and vitally in
terested In that stupendous organi
zation?
Are there any so credulous as to
imagine that the corporation with
which Mr. Schwab Is at this time <
Immediately and prominently identi- t
fed is Independent? Rather Is iti
not more reasonable to ,uppose that f
these Schwab enterprises are in somec
way allied with the greater corpo
ration? Mr. President. while I can I
not speak with knowledge, I have
it'1e or no doubt that when Mr.
Schwab's Cuban mines begin to s
empty their ores into our markets g
the trust will shareo with the Schwab i
company in whatever benefits may b
-accrue. It seems to me, therefore. s
that free ore would work no harm p
to any of these great establishments, s
but would be of great-r benefit to -a
them than ,to anybody else. As I C
view this subject, I would not be r1
willing to give free admission to the t<
foreign products of these great cor
porations. i
Put the Money in the Bank.
Mrs. George Shea of Duluth,
Minn., who was visiting her sister',
Mrs. John England, at Akin Point. a r
s'burb of S4'mb,! reported the ot w.
night that she had been robbed of
$20,000 iin curretiey. The ladics
ad planed to visit Seattle the dayi
the money was received by Mrs. Shea,
and they hid it between the sheets
of the bed. On reutrning home it
was found that the money had been
stolen. These ladies should have
put he money in some bank. That
is what bauks are for, and citizens
who keep money in sums about to
their homes invite loss. ci
Devastated by Earthquake. re
The town of Korinchi, in Sumatra, in
as devastated by an earthquake on th
the night of JTune 3. Two hundred ah
ad thirty were killed and many oth- s
I. 0. P. DOOMED
anator Smith Thinks its Days
Are Numbered.
PEOPLE IN EARNEST
.nd the Tariff Bill Will Cause the
Undoing of the Republicans-The
Democratic Party Has the Oppor
tunity, Under Skillful Manage
ment, to Get New Life.
lion. E. D. Smith, junior United
tates Senator from this State, spent
fonday in Columbia on personal
usiness. The State says Mr. Smith
s in the very best of health and
pirits and his work at Washington
grees with him, although he said
hat really he prefers "cotton cam
>aigning" with its activity and work
o the more sedate occupation as a
nember of the Senate.
Mr. Smith was generally congrat
ilated upon his stand on the tariff
uestion and many of his friends
xpressed their gratification that he
iad received such flattering attention
ind such complimentary notice up
2n the occasion of his speech in the
enate last week.
Mr. Smith declares his belief that
he tariff bill is the rock upon which
he Republican party ship will get
a jar which will send It to the bot
tom in the next presidential cam
paign.
"In this present tariff bill, in the
present discussion," he said, "it is
made apparent that the Republican
tariff policy has at last reached its
logical outcome. The principle has
been applied and its disastrous ef
fects, understood when this bill
becomes law, will defeat the Re
publian party. And, -in order to
prevent this logical result of their
outrageous policy, the Republican
press is attempting to magnify what
seems to be the disloyalty of some
Democrats.
"By holding this up before the
public, they are hoping to distract
attention from the disastrous ef
fects of their own applied policy.
"The difference between the Dem
ocratic situation and the Republi
can situation is that the Republi
can principle has been applied, has
been tested, put into law and has
proved disastrously disappointing.
"Its advocates have been loyal
practically unanimous, while, on the
other hand, the Democratic doctrine
has not been applied, and the few
Democrats who have seemingly de
serted have in 'nowise affected the
principles of Democracy but have
simply emphasized the misleading
and pernicious doctrine of protec
tion.
"Therefore, the hope of the coun
try is in pruning the Democratic
forces of such as will not stand for
Democratic principle and the appli
cation of the plans of Democracy in
government..
"The people must not be mislead
in thinking that Democracy as a
principle of government is a fail
ure because a few men may' be un
true to their pledges, but it is true
that the Republican protection prin
cIple Is a failure, because the Re
publicans have been true to their
pledges, carry them into effect and
the result is that the people will
repudiate it.
"If the press of this country will
keep this distinction and will insist
on the repudiation of the graft sys
tem now on us. and will plead for
the principles of Democracy being
put in practice by the genuine Dem
ocrats. I believe that the next elec
tion will witness an overwhelming
victory for the Democratic party.
The line of distinction between the
two parties, as I see it now, is not
sectional to the extent that it has
been, but is the line between the
masses and the 'protected Interests.
"This will be the battle ground
f the coming conflict; and If handl
ed properly, I have no doubt of the
issue. I think the nterests of the
people would be better served if more
prominence were given to the dis
:inctions between the present
system and real 'IDemocracy.
han to magnify the shortcomings of
some few Democrats."
THlE OLD APPLE TREE.
)ver- One Hundred Years Old and
Stil .Bears.
According to the Greer Observer,
here is an apple tree up in the High
and section that bids fair to vie
ith the "Meckien burg Myth," as one
f the boasts of the Piedmont. This
ree, which is as much of a wonder
n its way as the "myth" is in a dif
erent manner, is located on the farm
if Mr. Walker Moon, one of the sub
tantial farmers of the prosperous
ighland section.
The tree is eight feet. nine inches
n circumference, and has a limb
ix feet from the surface of the
round that is five feet eight Inches
a circumference. There is also a
ollow in the tree trunk in which
everal of the biddies of Mrs. Moon's
oultry flock made their nest, with
nch result .that .seventy-five eggs
ere gathered therefrom this y.ear
ne hen determined to break all
'cords hatched out a brood of fif
en chicks in this hollow.
But, this is not all, tradition has
that in 1878 Mr. Bart Pennington,
ho owned the properi.y at the time,
ade sixteen gallons of brandy from
e year's crop of apples. By well
~tenticated records the age of this
markable tree is established at 128,
ars. It is still vigorous and will
oduce a bumper apple crop this
ason.
L AWYE R COMMITS SI-ICTDE.
illiam Brunson, Prominent Law-.
ye'r, Ends His Life.
William Brunson, one of the fore
st attorneys of Macon, Ga., and
rmer solicitor general of the Blbb
,cuit for eight years. Saturday
rning committed suicide at his
sidence in Macon. He had been
bad health for many weeks and!
ree days ago his condition becamei
irming. In a fit of despondec he i
ot himself while his wife wasft
MANIAC BUTCHER
lULLS FIVE MEN BEFORE LE S.
COULD BE STOPPED.
Somerville Man Runs Amuck in F
Packing House. Slashing Madly
With Razor-edge Knife.
At Somerville, Mass., Saturday,
John Murphy turned from pig-stick- a
ing to man-killing in the North Pack- t
ing and Provision Company's salugh- 3
ter house and driving his fellow
working men before him., slew five of
them and wounded four others.
Two of the wounded were reported
later as dying. According to some of
the workmen, Murphy had been act
ing peculiarly for some days, but
he retuned from his dinner apparent
ly in normal condition.
Shortly after 2 o'clock he suddenly
uttered a blood-curdling scream and
sprang at Dr. Hayes, waving his 15
inch razor-edge knife in his hand.
He cut Dr. Hayes a deep gash on the
neck, stabbed him over the heart and
practically disemboweled him.
The terrified workmen rushed for
the door, but Murphy ran after them,
slashing right and left. Every man
whom he struck went down with a
groan. The crowd plunged down
stairs, with Murphy after them, and
at every landing he cut somebody.
On the second floor one of the
workmen, an Italipn, seized a heavy
bar of iron and feiled Murphy, but he
was quickly on his feet again and
wounded another man.
On the street floor he was given
another heavy blow on the head and
his knife was wrenche'd from his
hand. Two police officers came in
to assist the workmen and Murphy
was given a fearful beating and
finally overpowered and itaken to
the police station.
Murphy is 50 years old, weighs
200 pounds and was regarded as
one of the strongest' men In the
plant. He is married and lives in
Somerville.
KILLED BY DEPUTY.
Result of Political - Fued in St.
Louis. Mo.
Frederick Moh.rl.), who killed
Samuel Young in North St. Louis
several weeks ago, was killed in the
corridor of the criminal court build
ing Tuesday by Wan. Kane, a former
deputy under Young.
The shooting occurred as Mohrle
was being taken to iourt to stand
'trial for the death of Young and
is the culmination of a bitter politi
ca feud.
Kene used Young's revolver on
Mohrle. When the shots re-echoed
through the court building, Wm.
Wright, a co-defendant with Mohrle
in the Young case, became hysteri
cal.
He begged to be placed in jail
and' his bondsmen surrendered him
to Judge Fisher, who ordered him
locked up.
Only a few days ago Wright be
came frenzied on the streets late at
night and began shooting wildly
under the'impression that the "gang"
were after him. Alfred Neilson, who
was passing in his way to work in
a dairy, was mortally wounded.
Wright is also under arrest for this
death.
Mohrle killed Young on April 4.
News of Young's death was received
with chen~-c at a political meeting
after the tragedy.
CLEMSON WANTS THE EDITORS
And They Are Likely to Gather at
the College.
It is likely that the South Caro
lina Press Association will hold its
1910 meeting at Clemson College.
The college authorities have extend
ed the editors of the State a cordial
invitation to come to the college
then and spend a week, the college
authorities to pay the expenses of
a week's entertainment out of their
own pockets.
This Is done because of the recent
discussion that has been going on
over the State about the management
of Clemson. The college authori
ties say they wan~t the newspaper
men to come there and personally
inspect the plant and workings of
the college, and write afterwards
just how they feel about the mat
ter.
This will appeal strongly to many
of the newspaper men over the State,
and It Is thought the Press Associa
tion will accpet the invitation.*
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Unknown Parties Try to Burn Negro
and His House.
John Hampton, a negro, who lives
on Mr. Wmn. Brickle's place, in Zion t
lownship, about seven miles from
this city, had a very narrow escape
from being burned to death on Tues
day night. During the night he was
twakened by his house being dis
covered on fire, and had to move
pretty iively to get out. On investi- C
gation it was found that someone C
had undoubtedly set the house on
fire. Mr. Brickle communicated with e
Sheriff Salley as to the best methods c
as to the capture of the guilty par
ties, but up to yesterday afternoon
no arrests had been made.
Hampton and his wife recently e,
hat a row and she had Hampton ar- ti
rested on the charge of assault and fi
battery with attempt to kill. Hie was ei
rried and let out on $'200 bond by ni
Judge Brundon on Tuesday morning. tl
t is though that the affair of Tues- w
lay night is a derclopment of that tt
:ase.p
Pointed Par-agraphs. w
Worn with ruffles-tempers.
Would you call a loving cup an
mpty compliment?
Belgian Is a pretty thin cloak a
hen it is put on only wire +.he
unday clothes.
fo
Must Pay Church Debt, va
That a subscription promise to pay pa
Sa inding contract was the decis- hy
n of Circutit Judge C. L. Collins, sa
1is week, in the case against Frank th
GROWS ON TREES
01PLE OF COTTON FROM PHIL-.
IPPINE ISLANDS
[ardly Suited for Spinning Think
Cotton Men Who Examined it in
Charleston. S
The Charleston Evening Post says
n interesting exhibit of kapok or
ree cotton was received by John F.
faybank Wednesday from the Phil
ppine Islands, with an accompanying
etter from the sender, Arthur L.
yars, a former cotton buyer, mak
ng inquiries as to the market value
>f the cotton in this country.
The exhibit attracted considerable
Lttention among the cotton people
'ho visited Mr. Maybank's office.
['he cotton is dark, a creamy color,
rery soft and silky, but without sta
)le, and in the opinion of the Char
eston cotton people who examined
t, as of Mr. Byars, it is hardly suit
,d for spinning.
The cotton has undoubtedly a com
tuercial value, being admirably suit
ed in the opinion of those who looked
at the sample for the making of pil
lows and mattresses, and Mr. May
bank will secure information along
this line, as requested by Mr. Byars,
forwarding it to his correspondent,
when he gets the information in
hand.
Mr. Byars writes interestingly of
the cotton. He bought cotton for
Inman & Company, being attached
to Mr. Maybank's office several sea
sons ago, but later he moved to the
Philippines and was appointed a gov
ernment inspector of agriculture.
He became interested in the study
of fibre plant, many specimens of
which are to be found in the foreign
possessions and among the number
in kapok, or tree cotton. Mr. Byars
is now engaged , in testing the ef
ficiency of machinery for stripping
and cleaning the fibre, and inciden
tally, he decided to write to his for
mer employer with a view of as
certaining the commerical value of
the cotton in this country.
In the Philippines, the cotton,
whose short and downy fibre keegS
it from packing, is largely used .for
mattresses and pillows for which use,
Mr. Byars says that it is unsurpass
ed. The kapok tree grows twenty.
meters high and seventy centimeters
in diameter, bearing from 500 to 800
pods a year, the pods being about
the size of the average small bana
na, three times the size of the com
monly seen cotton boll 'in this coun
try, and holding about. two hands
full of cotton. One hundred pods
produce about -.384 kIlograms of
fibre.
According to Mr. Byars, the plant.
grows very readily, a branch of the
tree stuck into the ground in the
rainy season will take root and grow,
and in a year will be bearing cotton.
The readiness with which itgrows .
makes the cotton tree of general
use for poles and for fence purposes.
Mr. Byars states, and ,the agricul
tural inspector thinks, that the tree
may be put to a more profitable ac-.
count.
One of the pods was opened with
a pocket knife in Mr. Maybank's
office, and, it was a marvel to every
body to view the amount of cotton'
which was removed. The seed Is
about the size of a buckshot, and are
readily removable from the 1int. .The
seed is not as brittle as that ot'the
American grown cotton.
As stated, the cotton people who
viewed the exhibit think that the
tree cotton has a considerable market
value, and will- await with interest
the information which Mr. Maybank
will secure for Mr. Byars...
A sample of the cotton may be
seen at the business office of The
Evening Post, having been furnished
by Mr. Maybank.
COTTON AGAINST C7ERTATA
Some Interesting Facts From the
Census Report.
A .bulletin fust Issued by the bu
reau of the census contains some
interesting facts on cotton produc
tion, says the Anderson Mail.
It is found that revised figures
for the crop of 1908 expressed In
equivalent 500-pound bales and in-,
cluding linters, show a total produc
tion of 13,587,306 bales. This rep
resents an Increase over 1907 of
2,211,845 bales or 19.4 per cent.
It is the third largest crop- ever
produ'oed, beiug exceeded only by
the crops of 1904 and 1905, and
is 978,751 bales larger than the aver
a~ge crop of the last five years.
But what is more interesting, it
s shown that the aggregate value of
:he cereal crops for the United States
.n 1907 was estimated by the depart
nent of agriculture at $2,378,000,
)00, while the value of the cotton
,roduced that year was estimated
Lt $701,000,000, nearly one-third
he value of all cereals.
No less than 9,000,000 persons are
mployed in producing, handling and
nanufacturing American cotton, of
whom some 6,000,000 are farmerr.
.nd farm laborers, 1,000,000 other-.
rise engaged with the fiber in this
ountry and about 2,000,000 are con
erned with It in foreign countries.
'he value of the goods manufactur
d from the average American cotton
rop is estimated at -$2,000,000,000.
Saved Man's Life.
Cleveland Strow, a teamster, hurl
I a huge stone at a bull that was
'ampling David Purchis to death,
'actured the animal's skull and say
I Purchis' life. Purchis and a
eighbor were driving the bull along
te road near Vermontville, Mich.,
hen it became unruly. The crea
re had no horns but after knocking
archis down proceeded to trample
.e life out of him. The neighbor,
as unable to drive the bull away.*
Whitewash Beceipt.
The "whitewash season" Is at hand
d a receipt to make whitewash that
.11 not crumble off may be of use
someone who reads this. Here's the
rmula used by Uncle Sam at the
rious government works: "Ten
rts fresh slacked lime and one part
draulic cement. Mix well with
t water and apply thin." Give
Es formula a tria! the next time