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HEAR TAFIT Castomar Neat Adice Has Bets TO SEATE AND HOUSE The Tenor of the Document neasC' the Z~pubUcans,,. Who Think It, BeC0Mnendatons Are a SkllUi ('ro" Beceen a lAUmnt (f the PledgeS and Recom CongreSs met on last llonday an, on Tuesday hcard Pesiden. message read- The !ormality o: res e - e68e consumd abotl reading the. M.im an hour and a half of the tiMe 0 eahhuse. When the CODnelu-IO0 w" reached the house immdia-e1I adjourned but the senate remain% ini seeaiofl for some tm a eecu-e session being beld be lore that body adjourned Little fault was found with Message among the Republicans. h seemed to agree that it was as isfactory a document W th dent could prePa- panre o sistent with the party's campaig Pledges- The Democrats appCoV of the president's efforts to econo mise but deprecated his suggestiot that the Monroe doctrine had prac tiany become obsolete. oppo; Wtion to the Proposed m diate 4CO~greSOa 'UVVAsIgation' O the sugar Imort esu4a!s n tht New York custom tuse. ad Uke wine to y further revsion of the tariff at present absence of a speciCe recommendation regardI te Cisis in Nicaragua. and actua recommendation of legislation to for bid the issuance of judicial Injunc tions without notice in labor contrO versies. and for the establishmeW of a systen' of postal savings banks may be considered the most strik tg features of the Irst annual mes Sage of President Taft to congres The N-icaraguan queston. conKser vatlon of the nation's naturaa re soures. needed amendments to tIM anti-trust and terstatO comuerc acts. and the contempl3ted re*slot of the federal statutes governina the organisation of the'armed force' of the nation In time of war are al reserved for possible treatment late: in special messages 7n his mcssge which bulks som' 17,000 words, Mr. Taft reports tht country to be "In a high state o' prosperity." and he adds that "thert is eveCry reason to believe that we are on a eve of a substantial bull ness expansion. and we have Jua garnered a harvest unexampled It the market value of agriculturel pro ducts." The President expressed entire confidence that the duty inspoee upon the executive of enforcing th maxlmuml rates of the new tariff la' against nations unduly discriminat ing against the Uited States wil. not provoke any tariff war, and h* favors no further tardif tinkerin$ at least until the new tariff comn mission has completed its work o: gtering Information aa to the rela lve cost of producing dutiable a? tides in this country and abroad This task. he espects. will occup) two or three years. Projects recommended by tI presIdent, In addition to those men toed above, include: A ship subsidy to encourage Amer Publicity of political contribtoUr in elections of members of congress Civil pensions. A higher rate of pcstage on pen odicals and magazines. A fund of S50.(000 to aid in sup pressing the "white slave" traf~c. A commission to evolve a plan tc epedite leg'al procedure and mit! gate the "law's delays." Construction of an artincial island and fortinlcationl in the entrance tc Chpeake bay, two battleships a one repair ship for the navy anc the establishment of an extensint naval base at Pearl Island. Hawaii A national bureau of health. Statehood for New Mexico and Arizona and an appointive governor and executive council for Alaska. Civil control of the light house board and eparation of the national survey. Celebration In 1913 of the semi entennial of negro emancipation and r~imburseemint of the depositon~ of the defunct Freedman's Trust and Saving Company. Conaolation of the bureau o1 manufacturers and *sttit-c In the department of commerce and labor. ApcM'itionl for the remodelling of the -District of Columbia jall. Calling attention to the crisis It Central. American aftairs brought about by the execution in Nicaragua of two Americans. the president an nounces that this government tas terminated diplomatic relations with the Zelayan administration in Nica ragua and intends to take such fur her step' as mayv be found most onsistent "with its dignity. its du ty to American interests and its moral obligation to Central America and to civilization." In opposing any immediate inves tgation of the New York customs house sandal the president takes the1 ground that such Investigation "might. by giving ImmunIty and otherwise. prove an embarrassment I securing convictions of the guilty prties." A proposal submitted by the sec retary of the treasury that the ex eutive department for the current fiscal year. estimated at $73.075.620 -be met by Issuance of Panama bonds authorized by congress. is ap pved by the presIdent. H. et pains that in order to avoid a de fiit for the ensuing fiscal year. end in June 30. 1911. estimates hays hoon 'cut to the bone and instead of a deficit the're will be a surplus of SZ5693100. excluding payments on theePanma canal which arc expect ed o be taken care of by bonds. The president records with plea.3 ur the sat. facto-y arrangements mae y the arbitration of the impo tan North Americaa Ssberies issue with Canada and the successful pros ection of the work of the commis sio adjusting other boundary is sues and the lake $sheries. He urg-i es an international conference to d ' vise measures for the proection o fur es. He is hopeful of a hap-. D TRAGEDY RECALLE] %E(ArbO WAS SENT TO THE PE FoR TERIBLE CRDIE. Pin Wora by Lexinaton Man Sal Twenty-seveu Years Ago Rearne to His Son. Twny-.-.'en .:'ars asgo the7 de and mangled body o W. S. Hoc was found lyin- on the Richmot and Danr!ile Ra:road track (no th.. Southern). !etween thA 110. towas of Sumnitl and Gilbert Hc iow. ten ::es fr Lexingtoz. few days at.erwards. Squire C.ark a n.-ro. was r.-s'--d. caged w! having killed Hook. and placing b oody on the raIlroad :rack to cow his terrb1t:e crime. For a time t feeling against the negro ran bIg and after two trials be was couvk -d and senteneed to srre the bi ance of his life In tb' State Pei tentiary. Clark- is said to have pr test-d his innocence through thi and thin. but owing to the fact tb he bore a bad reput-ation in the co1 munity. coupled with the tact tb be axrd Hook had had a falling o a day or two before. It was belier that he was the gn!Ity party. Another thia: which work against the accused was that be a Hook both r-s'ded at Gilbert H low, which was only two miles f-. Summit, and both walked the ra road on the night in question. Ho was a barkeeper. and at time. dra to excess. it is said. and at the til the negro was tried some of the cl zens believed that he had mer layed down upon the track and w, to sleep. Clarke did not remain in the Pe tentlary long, dying about two yei after being taken there. of consun tion. When death was staring b in the face. and when he knew th4 was no possible tscape. he is said hav. denied any knowledge of I killing of the whit man. Four or five w-.-k- ago a let :ame to Summit. addressed to W. & Hook. T.e postmistress. N1 3healy. the mother of Clerk of Court Frank W. Shealy. of Lex !on. delivered the letter to W. iook. Jr.. who residee in the net borhood. not far away. The let was from a gentleman in Charl 'on. and In the letter was Incla r Mason!c pin. baring t- Inaci ion of "W. S. Hook." Young H< 'id not know what to think of it drst. for he himself was not a Mas ind he at once began to make iniry. lie told his friends and ri tives about it. To him the nd of the body of W. S. Hook on railroad track was but a dre. But there were others who rem4 bered that terrible tragedy. and was learned that the Masonic q blem was no other than that wb was worn by W. S. Hok on the Pi in which he met his death, but wb was never found. The sender of the 'etter sta that he had found the pIn a: lays before at the U.non Station Columbia, and that he tock pleas i n sendIng it to its owner. SIt is now believed by many t the negro. Equire Clarke. was e victed and punished for a crime which he was Innocet, and 2nd of the pin may be the means of bri lng to justice the parties who et mitted the murder-if murder tb was-or of cleanig up the ms-st which surrounded the finding of dead body of W. S. Hook beside old Richmond and Dlanville Railr1 track more than twenty-seven ye ago. Who knows? WHITE SLAVE AGENT CneesHer Trade and Two G Are Bescoed. Cleo Evans. a strikingly handso young Atlanta woman, confessed th' poilce of that city on Tuest siternoon that she was an agent the white slave trafflo and asi the omceers to detain two young 1 men who were to leave r Colv hus, Ohio, that evening. '.ae pol found the young giris at the statS waiting for the Evans woman. 1 latter had two tickets for Coln bus, which she said had been s< to her for tbe girls' use by the ke< er of a disorderly house there. The Evans woman was forme a bookkeeper in that city, hut si she had been In Columbus and v sent on to Atlanta to recruit you women. The girls she had select were but l5 years of age. Th satincortand laughed and giggl as though the whole afair was joke. The Evans woman said: I strayed away myself. but at t last moment I had not the cours to lead those two children into t life. I want you to know what Ihave done and I want to hav thc children saved." Police Judge B'oyles believes et the woman thought she was und suspicion and took this means escaping puznishmnent, but he w forced to dismiss her. His susp! ions were strengthened by the fs that the brother of one of the gIl was following the trio. The youn en girls wi!l be sent to the house the Good Sheoherd. In dismissing the Evans woma the magistrate saki: "If I e.: hear of your doing this again I w do what I can to send you to tI penitentiary. James Edwards. Is Respited. Cor. Ansel Tuesday granted a r spite to James Edwards. who was have been hanged in Bierkeley cou: t.y next Friday on the charge 4 intrder. The respite Is until tI frst Friday In January. The ca1 is pending appeal to the supren court. Thore was some misunde standing as to when the time f< appeal was out. I'nder the la when notice of appeal is given tI sentence Is suspended until the at peal is board or dismissed. Fc wards was sentenced on Novembec tst. :ion and expresnes his desire to al ord a !arge measure of protectin :o the !!tti~e negro state of Libert.a Satisfaction is expressed with Lb leciaration sy Japan and Rusia Il avor of the "open door" and ..'uro trIations are' ade<d Tor the expense >f the Pan-American congress t 9- heldi in Buenos Ayres and for par fripation :n the Belgian e-trosition ARTFUL CROOKS juse it Ias ito Ddrod the PUhfbC &" a 8% Scale dl An Offidal of the Poutomce T)e iartmet Tolls of an InteretinS Sce-me Where a Girl saked iz BUi PUe of leed Cash by a Chari Ai e ty Scheme. The following interesting story is reported by a po6toffce omcial: *iI*Tse of tbe mnalls !a resort'-d Lc h. by artful crooks as a most con'e n!ent way of defrauding the defense less public. The cbkf postomce In spector and his numerous expert as 1 sistants. stationed In various part of the country. aro busy at all Ume .trying to save tbe people from be at ing ilegally separated from thei ut money. Little does the public rea itUe the nature of the schemes ow ployed to defraud through the ma115 ed Almost every day the Postmaste 3d Gener. signs orders depriving in Sdiiduals and concerns conductin; , businesses to defraud. from furthe use of the mails. This is not a: ways the fianal disposition of sue I cases-numbers of these individual ne are summoned to court, and in man L. instances after trial. sentenced t serve long terms In the penitentari "Perhaps one of the most unust al schemes to defraud through th malls was discovered not long ag< After thorough investigation by tb Inspectors It was ultimately suppres& m ed. but not until after the promote re had reaped a harvest. The tcheme to. consisted of an appeal to the pe< b.. pie for financial assistance In beba of an armless girl. For the pu tr pose of bringing her condition I 6. the publk attention, she publishe __ a booklet and sent it broadca: h, througbout the country. The bookli . was devoted to a brief history ; g the girl's life. detaling an accldet ;- by which she bad lost both of h ter arms. The narrattve was accon es. I panied by illustrations of the unusi - al irork she performed with h I feet WIth each book"e mails k was enclosed a coin card requestiz at the remittance of 2V cents for tl same. and a circular letter appea .ag to the recipient for money wi1 da- which to build a home and get son good motborly woman to take ca: t of it for her. "The iuvestigation made by ti m- inspector developed the fact tb I the armless girl had entered in a contract with a man, who residi Ich in the same city, to furnish the cap rht tal necesary to publish the bookli ch In retura the man was to receiv and did receive one-half of the n tproceeds deriving from the sale< ethe booklet. He was first reimbur Sed for the money he had advanci to pay for its publication. "On his initial visit to the to' ha where the business was being ca on-i ried on, the inspector found that tU of Ienterprise had attaIned such pr lg jportions that the services of ee g-i persns in additic to the armie >m.- girl and her manager. were requi ere ied. The girl .infortned the inspe er tor en this vlstt that at that tin he thr* thousand booklets per day wel the being mailed, that the daily receip ad; amounted to from lBS to $150. a: ar that the business was steadily it creasing. She further informed ti Inspector that up to that time sI had accumulated as her share of tU proceeds more than 110.000. WhI . the representations appearing In tl booklet respecting the physical co: dition of the girl were true, she ha long passed the stage where she we me dependent upon charity. ~When the inspector was sat!Se that the girl was no longer a sul jetfor charity, and that her mai Sager was sharing equally In the pr< Sceeds, the subject of depriving thel of further use of the malls was tal en up. The Interested parties we: easked to show why such an ordl hshould be issued. After appearin -and consenting to eliminate froi Stheir literature objectionable an misleading statements. they we permitted to continue their busines During the ensuing few months th bi ness dwindled to practicall nothing and it soon abandoned et tirely; the elimination of the ot jectionable features from the liter~i ture baring proved as effective a the Issuance of a fraud order. "The letter which accompanle the booklet was a reproductIon. footnote explained that it was at nasmile of a letter written w:;h tb Sfeet of the girl. anid that she woul< g like to write each a personal letter but It would be too much of a task at On the reverse side of the letter er what the girl proposed to do witi o the money derived from the sale o a the booklet was explalned and a e the same time a little hIstory of he et past was recited. It was state< Sthat she had not thad much expert .*ence In a business way and that he f riends thought it advisable tha she have some one look after be: interest, and that the county couri h~ ad appointed a man to act as he: "~ The booklet enclosed In adds tion to giving a detailed history o; the girl's life, contained many I1 :ustratuons of the perfortrance of marvelous acts with her feet. suci Sas sharpening a pencil. using the 0shares, writing. combing her hair, s awing wood and presented many ' Ip-aductions of embroidery work and pea sketches.** Send ThmBack. A disgatch f'rom Geneva says that jthe police there declare that there is e a wholesale exodus of members of tho blackband who are looking for new SeldB of operation In America. r it develops that sixty of there char acters. forty of whom were expelled from Switzerland. are making theIr -way to the tou:ted States by a cir ,cutous route. What a blessing in the honme is amusic. The home that has in It .some good insturm~ent which one or , more membe-s of the family carn >I !ay and around which all may gath -er and sing. Is a home that ought ,to~ be dlooded with melody and joy GT THEM NO0W C2ABT CHIUSTMAS PRF.SEXTS ME FORE THE Bt'SH COMES And You Will Make the tired Clerks and the Postoffice and Ex pre.4 People Happy. The approach of Christmas fore bodes the aunual "unpreedented" rush that th.- postoic.- and erpress compaz.s wi:! L. called upon to bear. The many appeals that the prts !n behalf of suffeing humani ty has hurl. at the people bese-ch Ing them to shop early has had the desired effect in many instances and much shopping has been disposed of. AssumIng. bowever. that the pres ents so purchased are to be sent any distance the question arises-how? As the messenger and stage coach no longer serve the mails and ligbhtmaig expresses will have to substitute. *hlall early" and "express early" should be companion expressions to the "shop early" slogan. - Postmasters and express man3g ers all over Tho country are uing the people to "comt early and avoid the rush." and as A. D. Webster. post master. and Harry Dawson.. local - manager for the Southern Expri'ss Company. 1re only human. notwith s:andiag the phenomenal way they take care of the Christmas rush. they will, on b.-half of cl.-rks and miessngors and drivers..shower bless ings upon the people who will ship their pr~ests now instead of walt Ing to get In line at the last minute with those who have no choice but a to be late. . Better late than never is para r phrased by these oMcials to "better a early than late." and the 11th hour . packages may not reach their desti nation before Christmas. while the ones sent now will be ready and Swaiting upon the stage when the cur d tain is rung up on the big YuletidE Sact. t The postoffices all over the country f gnd It neAssary some 10 days be t fore Christmas to install extra clerk r to care for the rapidly increasan . malls. Such a force will be put or . at the Orangeborg postoico ver3 soon now. but even with the Iucreas d ed facilities for handling the rusi of Uncle Sam's burden. some pres. e ents from procastinating persons ar . rive a few days after schedule time b If the senders are very, very tard. e they may be transformed into Ne e Year offerings. The express company is puttIn; e out placards urging their patrons tA t hurry along with their packages an A get the best service. These card: d announce. "*Do not wait until tbN . last day; ship your Christmas pres t- ents now." They also furnish rec elabels with which the packages ship Sped early but intended for Christ marus are decorated. ~-These labels read: "Do not ope: d until Christmas'" with the name o: the sender foalowing the request The label will at once attract th4 attention of the recipient and th4 e present wtil be tucked away un*.i the dawn of Christmas day. It La afb wiser to ship several days ear hier than the ordinary giver would al once consider necessary, for over burdened cars and crowded omic are to be avoided. The Southern Exr 'press Company issues a card of in formation to shippers, saying: d 1 All packages of freight o0 merchandise should be proper3 tpacked, so that all ordinary band ehlig, such as packages must have it e iuransportation, will not -result it e the breaki.ng of contents. ThE e strength of the box or wrapper mus1 ~always be proportionate to the char dacter or weight of the contents. Al1 ~packages should be securely tied and should be plainly marked with : marking brush or a strong tag or label printed or written with plait 'black ink pasted on the package. " 2. If there are any old markt on the package they should be thor. Soughly obliterated. No package should be sent to the express comn pony with two marks thereon, even rthough both marks are the same. gOne mark Is enough. " 3. If there are two places of d he same name in the same State, always put the name of the county on the package. When you send a package to a city always give the Sfull address of the consignee, the street and number. It is always well to send a letter by U'nited States -mal, advising the consignee that you 'have sent a pckaget by express. "4. Do not pack in one box one Iclass of matter that might injure Sanother cla.. 1 "S. Remember that glass will n'rot carry without breaking unless Iproperly packed. If you send a gloss of jelly In a package of nice dress goods and the glass breaks you spoil your goods. "6. When shipping always tell Ithe receiving clerk what the value is. so that such care may be given it as its value may require. "7. Do not put any money or valuables whatever into a freight package." "D)EATH TO .UfERICANS." Report From Panama Say% That is~ Order Inned in Nicaragua. A cable to the New Orleans Picayunai from Paname says: "Death to Americans" !s :h-. order issued to the Nicaraguan governuent-s ar-] my by Pre'sident Zvlaya. Positiv. info: .ation was receive.d that muore~ than a month ago Z"Ilaya issured in sructions to his military command ers to shoot every American caught fighting in the army of the revolu-. tionists. Some of Zelara's mi:tary officers protcsr.'4 attainst this order and warned hIm that trouhie with, "To h'all with the grin gos." Z'. laya replied. "Shnot er. 'nn y)uf can capture." Rebuke Handed Cable. The name of Roya! E. Cabe'l. Vir ginia internal reve'nue commin:one who was named to succee d John G Capers. of South Carolina. was~ ob jeted to in the Senate Finance~ com-. mitee Friday afte'rnoon. msa a dis patch :rom Washing~ton. This drats tic step was taken by Senators who he.a M. C"Maben-esp e his .nd4c.* TAKES IT ALL BACK RETRTCTS SL:NDER AG.UNST SOETHERN WOMEN. Collier' Explanation and Apology in Regd to Publication That Was Offensive to the South. For a year or more the cbarge has b.':n appearing every now and th.-n in the Southern press that Cil0I..r's Weekly upon a tme vilely insulted the women of the South in an editorial on lynching. A few daya ago The Jeffersonian carried the sub joined editorial challenge. presuma bly from the pen of its editor. ion. Thomas E. Watson. Make Colier's Take it Back! The Griffin Daily Herald has promptly followed up the sugges tion that the Southern papers should compel Collier's Weekly to take back that vile insult which it sung in the face of Southern women--a-d consequently in the face of all Southern men. Bully for the GrIffin Herald. What about it. Pendleton? What about it. Cark Howell? What about it. M.-ssrs. F. L. Seely and Jas. R. Gray? What about it. Dtowdro Phinizy. of The Augusta Herald? What about it. Savannah News, and Evening P'rtss? What about It. Lindsay Johnson. of The Rome Tribune-Herald? What about it, bre'thren of the South-rn pr.-ss? Get after Collitr-s and make that reckle-ss siando'rer of Southern womanhood take it back and apol ogize! The Georgian. of Atlanta, Ga., addressed the following letter to the editor of Collier's Weekly: Dear Sir. The charge has beem going the rounds of the SoutherE press, for more than a year. thai in one of your editorials you in sifted. by innueudo. the women 01 the South. In justice to your great paper. Th< Georgian would like to present th exact text of your editorial in whict this alleged insult appeared. Wil you be so kInd as to send as copy, or transcript. of !he editoria. in question. tog..ther with a state ment. If you thInk any be needed as to what you meant? Yours very truly. Atlanta Georgian. In due time the, editor of Th< Georgian received the following let ter from Mr. Robert J. Collier. pub lisher of CollIer's Weekly: Dear Sir: Thanks for your not of November 23. which has been re ferred to me. I am glad to have th< opportunity of letting you know th< facts In relation to an editoris which has been kidely misconstrued A paragraph appeared in Collier' some two years ago (without m: seeirg It. I regret to say) whlcl commented severely upon a lynchina in Springfield. Ill. While this articl< made no reference to the South. was suffciently obscure in language and injudicious in tone, to provok very general resentment throughon the South. While there was nothing further I am sure, from the mind of th< writer of that article than to re flect upon the South. I nevertheles regarded its publication at the tim as a matter for serious regret. The attitude of Collier's toward fly South has always been particulari: cordial. We have been praised to our sympathy in discussing Souther1 problems by no less an authority tha: your distinguished colleague. Mr Clark zswell. in the followin, words: "The Constitution desires to con tribute its share of full mee o praise due Collier's Weekly for th< truthful, fair and fearless stant that excellent periodical is takinj editorially on all matters affectinj generally mIsrepresented and mis understood conditions of the South.' I am glad, therefore, to be abb to say to you with absolute frank ness that the article which has gie en offense was printed without m3 knowledge and to my deep regret; that it did not refer to a Southeri city, but to a city in Illinois: that in so far as it can be construed as refleting upon the wisdom oi the South. in its treatment of the race problem, for upon the wotneta of the South. for whom I have the most profound respect, it represente Iexactly the opposIte of my sentimentj and the sentiments of Collier's, I inclose for your consideration a few editorials published In Collier's during the past four years. together with the unfortunate paragraph in question. Very sincerely yours. Robert J. Collier. Hlere is the extract from CollIer's Weekly, which appeared over a year ago, that raised all the row above alluded to and contrains the language for whiah Mr. Collier apologizies in his letter above: Blarleycorn. and Othe-. Cocnel Watterson observes that the proprietor of The New York Times "deserves to be hanged to the nearest lamp-post." In the same is sue of his paper it is related that because a negro In Kentucky was rumored to have" sworn, and drawn a revolver. his home was burned and his wife, h~s a-year-old daughter and his small baby were shot by the expectant mob. In Springfield. I11.. a little. whi!-- ago, a woman said somethlug about a ne'gro, and wi'h the horrors that ensuedi the country was nIalare. Then. after the burn !ng and the shoot~ng had subsided. the woman's story was disproved and the negro. whom the mob had fail ed to get, was sot tree. That little item about the nna! truth. when it nm.erged. was in mos papers half hidden from th" eye--an unimpor tant fact, to blush unseen. It is well known that many "Identincatio,,s are shee-r hysteria, often for crimesi that ne~ve'r were entr.anitted. and ma-y oher charges and ide-ntifreations ar"' rounded on sometbir.g worse than hyse'r:cal inte-ntion: they are the~ easiest .-scawe from scandal: Now. th.-se ares aot th'e things to -ay. no; doul*. They altogothe.r lack chivalry and :h.' aristocratic virtues. But pb;sit :itim to put justice and trr:h abov.e "honor." whatever that: ruy t.--. If this paragraph were not c!-a.lv' named. "Chivalry" or "H~ou-j A HEND CAUGHT iaAc of Trying to Aank a LitAe White irl en Read. BRUTE LODED IN JAIL A Gekntleman Riding Along the Road Heard the Scrrams of the LAttle Victim, Went to Her Rescue and Saved Her From the Lstftul Devi'S Clutches. A dispatch from Kizgstree to The News and Courier tells of a dastard ly. but. luckily for the intended vie tim. unsuccesful attempt to Commit rape in W1ilWaisburg county o1 Monday. about one-half mile fro= the Ciarendon county line. A *ittle white girl about 13 year. old. was on her way to school 2 :Ittle before 9 o'clock Monday morn Ing. when she "s approached b: a negro fiend ab. at 18 to 19 year of age. Without warninc. the ne gro seized her and dragged ber inti the woods near at hand, the gir screaming and fighting. A young man by the name o Burgess. who lives I nthe nelahbor hood. and who was on the road Ii his buggy. heard the screams of th Ilittle girl and hastened to the scent As he approached he saw the lit;! girl on che ground in the clutch o the flend, whom he recognized an who broke and ran into the wood Mr. Burgess gave his immediat attention 'to the poor :iitle girl whose clothes had been nearly tor from her person .n her struggle with the devi~ah fiend. She was tei ribly alarmed and In a hysteric; condition. Meanwbile the alarm was spreo in the community and a vigorot search instituted. The news came t Kingstree. and a party was organi ed and started up the road to jol In the hunt. Defore this part reoched the scene of the attemp Trial Justice McElveen came up wit the negro in the woods and soc had him tied secirely. . Mr. McElvon. with the help some fire or six of his neighbol carried the negro quickly and safi ly to Kingstr"e and lodged him I jail about 3 o'clock. Had the cro0 which was every hour growing bLi ger. gotten possession of the negr It is doubtful if he would have go ten to jail. Now that he Is lodge In jail no violence is apprehended. Mr. Burgess who went to Q . child's assistance. was In time i ? prevent the acoundrel from accor I pllsing his purpose. The neg gives his name as John Woods ax has worked at various times 1 Kingstree. Great credit is due I sMr. McElveen and his posse for the 9 cool headed work and good jud -ment in bringing their prisoner sal Sly to jail. tAVIATOR MEETS DEATE. Uslng Machine First Time. A dispatch from Nice. Franc - says Antonio Permanden, an aviatc smet death a few days ago 'phI e flying for the first time in an seri e plane of his own Invent'ion at U1 e new areodrome ,near the mouth< r the Var. r The accident appears to have be4 a due mainly to the inekpertence at i recklessness of the aviator. wb .Impatient at the delay and not hee< ; ing the expostulations of his m chanican. patched up a defective pa -of the machine by binding It a-it t common twine. The aeroplane sal4< a off gracefully, amid the ch'ers Sthe spectators, and the inventor e hopes ,eemed to be fulfilled, whe: Safter goirng two hundred metres a: -gradually rising, the aviator attemp 'ed to make a turn too sharply, ax Sthe machine tipped over In the twini .ling of an eye. .Fernandez was hurled headlong I the ground, striking with terrif force, with the wreck of his aert plane on top of him. Willing hand lifted the mass of debris and f! aviator was found crushed beneat the motor. his bead having bee drf'ren into the soft earth by tI impact. The victim took up aviation guit recently. devoting all of his time I it. He was convInced that his ma chine. which reses.bled both tb Wright and the Curtiss machine: was absolutely superior to either. Pointed Pargraps What becomes of the 2 cents woman saves when she boys a dolla article for 98 cents? Mtany a man is willing to lead dog's lIfe when a pretty girl say'! ''Love me. love my dog." The Republican party is the great est takir of the age. It bristles u1 at a few half-breeds down there t1 Nicaragua as If they were really nation. But anyr~hng to seenre thb applause of the unthinking masse is theIr stock In trade. With two million dollars on de posit in the banks of Orangeburi county another cotton mill or tw< in th!.s city looks easy. The rrouble with the averag< young man is that he doesn't thinI seriously of marriage until he faces the parson. A girl may be angry at a max for try~ng to kiss her, but just the same she admires his good taste. A dispat--h from St. PThrusoxr sas the report that the Empress is very' IU is untrue. The p olitical candidate doesn't a. ways win just because the a-omen vote him a succesj. A woman's idea of a tasteful man is on who ts able to Increase the admration i.b" has for hers"!?. Gree-k Kitls Greek. .At R'atok'. Vn . We'resday Mchae! Mitalia. a Greokt. 19 years o?s. p'oprirtnr o'f a Greek ri'tau -an'. The men 'uarrted in a Greekc nar."'r shop and3 when th'e retau rant man attempted to efecrt M!yalis tIh 'at.'r s.ba"d him: in the rt as any otbher term-as w&. for in "reea "Mod.-T. for FPn" ":r4 The only ba I podawe frowRoyal Creaf Trt -uade frMn Gr&ae A ~o Pnuse IFAi Absolutely PuM SHORT COTTON CROP SOJ]'S FEJE CEINSUS REPORT SENDS PR1CE f OF STAPLE 17 SRARPLY. of Thi SeLCio. Its Publicatloe Folowe4 by Incressed d Aone b- J -l WETH OF OLCONDA I ess. With Baus Caideut. L There were 8.878.277 running e bales of cotton ginned from :e The South.% Cotton cop 'a the 31&W growth of 1909 to December 1. as a compared with 11.008.661 for 1908. according to a bulletin of the cen- tations of This Country. NCISue sus bureau is-ued Wedneeday. These figures count round bales tie President of the Southem 00 as half bales and exclude linters. t d They stand against 8.343.296 for s 1907 and 10.207.868 for 1906. The 02portufles lying wthin the 0 proportion of the last three crops grasp of Dixie land and a recaplta ginned to December I is 84.1 per 0 cent for 1908. 7.5 per cent for 1907. lanted of tecou were pme ' and 77.2 per cent for 1906. Round - bales included this year are 133.- cia conre at its opening meeting S919 against 201.0 Included forsday. 0 190 a~an 1 i.36 fo 97 e That the cotton crop of the South 0 19(t8 and 154.636 for 1907. Sea islad bles!neude ar 7777Cforis the mainstay of all the financial Island bales included are 77.776 for ' 1909: 68.369 for 1908. and 55.299 j-itItis of this country and Is s for 10. in no wise involved as a Sectional The dist-ibution of sea island cot- question was the declartion of Ear " ton by States for 1909 is Florida, ie Jordan. president of the South 'd 25.906: Georgia. 43.118. and South ern Cotton assoclation, who opened - Carolina 8.753. The'total cotton He reid th i t - crop for 190S was 13.036.005. and for 1907 is 11.767.822. The COT- ton production for the Past r-0 yeas d rected statistics of the quantity of and spoke of the future prospects Cottn gorie u~s seson~ ~ for the South relative to cotton pro ootton Cloned t.his season to Novem ie pe-duction. incidentally introducing .be 14 are 8.112.119 baes.some statistics. He added that I oI By States the cotton ginned from 2' ?be 1909 growth to Deamber 1 al 'o follows: I"o years the demand for cotton by djA laaa i I ~ the- soutthcrfl mills would be vasty Alabama, 19.3: Arkansas. 633.- reae. n 871; Florda. 5.958: Georgia. 1.- wor.- of the farmers in the 0 677.23:; Louisiana. 37.573; 1i i sissippi. 866.950: North Carolina.Suhw~drdubetereot 53.6;Oklahoma. 504.836; South cesd~Wt hssaeie.G SCarolina. 998.340: Tennessee, 204 . ie.cn~isle farcl 357: Texas. 2.212.319: all other States. 49.133.inradenry oteprt f Excitenw Yor'k Mart. agiutrlssoteSuh. o A Nfw York dispse~h ray's the re- idtanosto fteglb - port of the census bureau showingofedgraeoprtnisfri only 8.87S.377 bales of cotton . gin e .ietta h ot n pk to December 1. comparing with 11 .- priual fhsOUSae 008.661 to the same date last season. rwas followed by increased aciviy AssatSceayo giutr 1and considerable eitement In the - cotton market Wednesday morningedcto co iedwhte e with May contracts selling up) tosprtothtiead rHas 15.39 or 17 points above the cloe-inhsdre.'aecrngtte lng Sigures of Tuesday night, and at dcsfrms odru cli~ a new high record for the season. d Heavy realizing, attributed to some "h ot ftdy ns a of the leading bulls, caused slightashedelp ntoitrsocs recessions during the morning, but i ocre.i ntefrtfuho there was a great volume of ont- isyul< a h ap nrdC side buying and the market showed dnt drs eiee yHg a very firm tone with bulls claim- 1eof ilngn.NC. ed d ing that the census figures indicated drdta rma nutilsad a government estimate of under 10.- eSuh a o ebrnOe 250.0-00 bale'?. The cottonl Crop lastan Syear was in the neighborhood of 13.-yarsicth Cilwatocc Th mak beam eve mor bu htact-a nte heh re later in the day, with buyingolofagetuurhinget orders reaching the ring from all opruiiswti t rs.H directions, while it looked as though detuo h eest f1m some of the largest of the old bulls rto toheSuhadw tth owere replacing cotton which they lko thdcs htscin r Chad sold below 15> cents~ in expc-O'Mfa xrse h eifta n tattoo of 16 cenuts before Christ-cradimiato woltedo smae. May contracts sold at 15.30 lv'terelrocm hor $1.40 per bale above the clos- TeSuhhsamnpl ny! in ~bid of Tuesday night. wible Au- lwpn' . ra tutrltm gutavne o1.5 r$2.40 hr n t ikr stebs ea bole. The close was steady with hclwoderpodc.dca the general market showing a gain e s~tn oetrKlogo h Cfor the day of from 14 to 43 potintatsfrstsevce e NE t-I. RULES. sott'dtatibradbecu That Soth's otnt troo, thd ain The CmpanyHas Rused heir ty o rfor Al the Fiatnanc onfi th rdn fthe Southern forsts Rules and Regton.ulcation n.JS.Cr.ofDra.NC. the ew ule.Uah grtsp iof thxe lanufactuaredaprtu Thismaybe he ew'gretin dutin othits astecours. altoug tre of th Pulman orterfromno en ted boet he.' Soth sent Comer It ws rjx~d afew aysago t cil- cogres atants opeing meeting oneof he ompny' Chcag ofic- 'Thdan thea cotto cres of houthg - esthatsomenew ulesweul he i the aita of al the otcsfacha ~ wiute an tht anoldonecon id- tSoutins urgf ths cunty and 3s ~ Insuhtanc th eorte chng n of ise tolve asasetona ~ ! thecondct. nd cae ofthees-ion w.athewdclrai of Har-ois mansareas ollos: a~v tha Jra prensidentttof ch opth No gip hat illzo~go uderaen otonis asoaion, whoa cpne seator t. a ay wse n te wy tHeo rleviewed'O thih inr of very wil beallwedonPulman. Sch ht production for te pnas ieas lu~a~emus b chcke i th bo- and spok tof 5the future proset gage car ?forigthe Soth relatiel cofto heo to t~ vstlue .d te ~ fe ~ ome saistis. He~ .added' thats.f senges whoare aout t et ha.lf wthe raiod held good, or pt n The ld r.'. epored 1 lis' -:o ea~.irs t:r~he demand foracttn of rejventio, i th on whch o- thre~ Soutr nmils touald the prstl b~dsportrs tom rushng pss' --- :ia or- of th-- armers inudie er- of ayw~r. ~ te cr xcet '.Sohwo. redoubl their efforts a? th ends.the ruction could g::reatly beoin cread."Wit ti tataeneverG W. Kier comissi oer oaris T~e SuprrincreasedeIenergy othed pathof for wri of errira~iin te gricultui. ralsd te Soout Hf temptcas. o: amu*.I Gc:o aid\ thI'atno stij ont f thelb Fran Mori~-n :nd ohn ~c esItmen than~ the: othiandpk off..rs,( he.Xueic~ Fdeatin par ~ticlrly hs on Sate Of la~.o. Th .fl.:Assihstant- Secre t of. Arcture ~onaPIhoto 'ri~gtheentrerec~ is addres was rea. thee sand spiw'vrito.h ie.si r ae Iin hisheddress. "are clearingato the againstth.~"':nin thth.South."' "TheSout of oday In o fa \t.~en ~.Ofli~is concerne'd.rs in he first Ja ush: of -. *.:.- ~-hcMc-ae *-. o ington.0 . :rr C. Hide p....'' '.~ 2rav:~-clared. tha fr) om:. Manz industia hsn I -"-npoint the Southe hadI*.to be bon.ve