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VOL. xxIv MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY HE HAD TO GO Taft FMre Pinca. Hease Unmake Baingr' MIS DEAL WH TRUSTS The (Ciet Forester ad Two Subor dinates D=mISsd Beca e They Exposed Secretary Caillnger's Con nection With a Del In Alaska Government Coal Lands. As was -edicted would be the ease when his letter to Senator Dol liver, exposing Secretary of Interior Ballingers connectton with an un ILWinI nttemot to donate valuable government coal lands in Alaska to &'former client, who is a coal baron. was read In the senate on Thursday. Gifford Pinchot, chief forester and intimate friend of Theodore Roose velt. was dismisaed from the service of the United States Friday night by President Taft for alleged insubo dinatloi. bnswrn reality for exposing Ballinger's attempt to give away the people's land to a trust manate. Amociate Forester Oilerton W. Price, and Assistant Law Officer Alexander C. Shaw. Pinchot's !Imme dlate associates in the forestry bo reau. followed their chief out ofI government employ. Thoroughly indignant over the ac tion of Mr. Pinchot in inducing Sen ator )ollIver to read a letter from him in the senate on Thursday. ex -posing allinger, President Taft Fri day would listen to no advice that the forester's violation of executive orders In writing the letter be over looked pending the Inquiry soon to be undertaken by congress In the charges aainst Ballinger. He de clared the dignity of the offce he had been chosen by the people to All was being attacked. ana he would be unfathWfl to his trust if he sub mitted longer. Mr. Taft undoubtedly realises ful ly what the dissal of Forester Pinchot means in a political way. He bas been convinced for some time that the "insurgents' and other t critics of his administration had on- 1 bsted the services of Mr. Pinchot and practically were defying him to separate Pinchot from his offiee. The 1t3 letter of Thursday, - few t doubt, was written with the direct 1 o of putting it squarely up to t the president." .The president sought to avoid the 1 threatened war as long as he could. bat'declared Friday that patience 1 had ceased to be a virtue. He pick- t ed up the gauge of battle thrown - down by Xr. Pinchot by the hand of Senator Dolliver = the senate. a and with the aminitaton suppor- 1I esn Is ready fer the fray which is certsin to ensue. - Pcite=l observers in Washington declare that the altuatlon created 1 bye Friday' developmsents is the naet tense of many years. What the 1' outcome w11 be no one la willing 1 to prophecy, but all admit that th' consequences will be far reachinr| in Republican politics. Roosevelt 1 looms up largely as a factor, and 1t can be put down as a certainty that he wUi side with, his friend Pin hot, whe he appointed to the of |1 fca from which he has just ben dismissed by the president. BANK'S PAPES FOUND , Thast Have Been Missing Since the it - - Cashier mes aI. Forty thousand dollars of note Mjagle securitIes belonging t the Blank of Entavile, Ga.. which' is owned and controlled by the Ban)' of Southwestern Georgia, located Ir Americus. were found Thursdaer aftrnoon carenuy concealed in the boxing about the Ellaville court house. Wheii Cashier Walters o' the Ellaville bank committed sul ide by shooting hirnself in Ameri cus a ya and a half- ago. most of the bank papers were found miss lg. Every effort made to discover then missing documents proved fruit less. TIwo eitisents camne upon th pprs by accident Thursday after-' noon. EIve hundred dollars reward offered by the Americus bank. il si outstanding. The object of ConD ceament of the securities remains . mystery. MAROON(ED IN DESERT ~-~i~a~uiueFIs Because of Twoe Washouts. Train No. 4. on the San Pedro. Salt Lake & Los Angeles railroad. due at Salt Lake from Los Ange January 1. Is marooned In the des ertgve miles from Callente. Nevada. the track on both sides having teen torn out by the dlood of last week. The train is carrying In the neigh borood of 150 passengers. Plentr of provisions are on hand and there is no danger of suffering from th' lack of food. The t;;es are being torn from the tracks and used as fuel with which to make steam for hetng~ the cars. As soon as wagons can reach the stalled train, a mat ter of three or four days. passengers wil be taken to Barclay. where the train will be waiting to bring them to Salt Lake. Everyone on tho' train is reported well and fairly com fortable. Alleged Slayer Captured. E. A. Green, a young man wanted In Graham county. N. C.. for the kill. lg of Grant Postello. another whit. man, eighteen months ago. has been arrested at Anderson, and is being held on a fugitive warrant. pending the arrival of instructions from the .ort, Carolina authorities. GETS A BA! JOLT INSURGENTS WIN A VICTORY OVER OLD MAN CANNON. Power Taken From Him to Appoint the Bamnlger Investigating Com mittee From House. In the house of representatives FrIday Speaker Cannon lost his first fight to the "insurgents." who. comb ing with the Democrats, caused to be adopted an amendment to the Bal linger-PInchot Inquiry resolution so as-o take from the speaker the pow er to appoint the house member of the joint special committee nf investigation. The margin of vic tory was a narrow one of three votes. but the insurgents and Democrats alike are jubilant. The dismissal of Pinchot has lent fuel to the flames of their celebration. and they a.-e venturing all manner of predic tions as to what is to-happen in the 'uture. Three Republicans no' lassed as t insurgents. but who - 1oess their t friendship for Pinchot. voted with z the Insurgents and Democrats fo'* :he amendment. which calls for the I selection of the house investigators t by election from the floor. These two incidents, at the capital an,] r White House, kept Washington in E olitical ferment all day. The Cabinet was in special session r luring practically the entire after- t ioon. following the regular session y f the morning. Secretary Ballinger. s egnlzat of the action that was d bout to be taken remained away . rom the aftenoon sitting. It was s tt the end of this special session I 'hat the president gave out the let- A1 :er he had written to Mr. Pinchot iotifying him that his usefulness as a L public servant under the present 9 dministratfon was at an end. e Speaker Cannon received. "ialt" u a the house of representatves n i. he voie on the amendment offered a sy Representative Norris, of Nebras- t :a. the Insurgent leader, and the o 'ote was 149 to 146,five voting T present." p So unexpectedly was the victory G ecomplished that the Insurgents and eir Democratic allies could scarcely ' elieve their ears. For an instant a Imost complete silence reigned. then d he storm broke. and for almost a ' l minut. the noise in the cham Per was deafening. After that the emoerats, jubilant that they had i: elped to pierce the hitherto imper ious armor of the speaker. seemed A illing to abandon their fight against n he resolution itself. which all after- 11 oon had appeared too broad to suit h hem. and all of them voted for it t' n a viva voce vote. f The orsnination leaders made n'> !s ttempt to conceal their confusion. y' t deviloped that the three regu- e re who voted for the amendment be ere all staunch frends of Chief For- a ster Pinehot. and that they had fa- I ored the election of members of the T mmittee by the house to !nsur-e a: n impartial jury to try what is pop- 0 larly known as the Pinchot-Bel- A nger case. They were Represen- 9 stives Ames, of Xassachusetts. and h 'ish and Psons of New York. - p PEITION TO BE CIRCULATED y a Greenville Asking for Dispensary t Election. One county on the eve of the ses-Y Ion of the legislat'te is to have a etitio'i circulated for the establsi- t' sent of the county dispensary sys em. The Piedmont, of Greenville. C e county in Question, says: b "Within the next few days there. ll be petitions circulated in Green - lle by Mr. C. E. Cook requesting C be legislature to order an election a 'or the estabeltshmne-t of a county j iapensary in Greenville. 'This ~subject has 'been spokenI f by. advocates of the dispensary ystem In preference to the present lan for some time and it Is alleged - hat there is a strong sentiment in avr of the old plan. "The argument that Is being used favor of the dIspensary. is the ~ act that a certain amount of liquors tre being bought by citizens of' ~reenvile from outside of the State ud that the money spent for this C turpose is absolutely of no benefit C the city or county of GreenvIlle. a 'rhreas. It is claimed that the es etiishment of the dispensary would 'ring in a cer-ta!" amount of reve ue for the support of the school r SAFE BLOWERS AT WORK. 'he Hartsvrille Postoffice Entered sad Robbed.h A special from Hartsville to the olumba Record says upon arri-a! t the postoince Wednesday morn ing. to fix up the mail for the .out oing 7 o'clock train. Postist': -IJ . Heus'.Is foond that a win-i n- had een *orcel cpwn and the ofil -e sace ad been blown with dynamI>m. - Te safe dorr was found o- the loor some distance away wi ' its hinges broken rnd the comb: ,-ti,., kno shattered. The postmnaste- =ay e is unable at this time to say .inst how much caseh and stamps aremi in, but the amount includes the pro eads of v-'.:r days' business Mr. J. W. DavIs. who lives n1.ar>y. eard a& report at about 2 o'cbock in the morning, but at the~ tim~e thought a cannon-cracker ha.! been fired by some early riser. At Chicago Louis B. Cone and his wife were killed Wea'esday when their automobile. racing for the crossing at a high rate of speed was struck by an Illinois Centrai train at Stoney Island avenue and SPIRIT WRITES Former Mayor oston Tells of iA Beyond the Grave SAW HIS OWN MRAL He Describes the Other World a lking Most Beautiful. With Birds and Flowers in Profusion-.1 Place Was Given Him to Live in. and He Was Happy. A man now dead tells the sensa ion of death he experienced and iow he woke up in a spiritual world. rhat life is like there. and many oth r ghostly things in "Both Sides of he Veil." a book published by ;herman French & Co.. of Boston. rhe disembodied person who describ -s the land beyond the grave is said >y the author of the book, one danning Robbins. to be none other han the late Gen. Augustus P. Mar in. former mayor of Boston. for ner police commissioner and former rater commissioner of that city. Te was one of the best known Bos onians for nearly half a century. Gen. Martin was a bluff, big-bodied an with nothing ethereal, occult or soteric about him in the flesh. liss Robbins. the author of this re iarkable book, was stenographer for he Boston police board for many ears and afterward Gen. Martin's ecretary at City Hall. She took own a stenographer reprt of the *ords purporting to be uttered by pirits through the medium of Mrs. eonora E. Piper. the celebrated rlington clairvoyant The reports made by Miss Robbins ere for the Society for Psychical esearch. General Martin is quot I for many thousand words of spirit tternnces in this book. Extracts which he tells about what he re tembers about his own death and ie eternal life which is now his wn in another sphere are appended. rough living Mrs. Piper, and re rted by living Miss Robbins, dead en. Martin Is quoted as saying . "When I first passed out my mind as cloudy, rather confused. I felt though I was going into space. Id not know where. drift!ng as it ere. for a few hours-that was all -and then I felt as though there as a strong hand grasping me and Lid to me: "'It's all right; it L3 all over. nd I said, 'What is over?' I could Dt scem to understand what it all eant, and after a little while, per %ns an hour, possibly an hour or ro. oh such a light! You cannot uagine it: cannot conceive what it like. It is the most brilliant and 't the softest moonlight that you rer saw, and I thought what a ~atiful light it was! And all of sudden I saw people moving about. saw their heads, their figures. hen they seemed all clad in white. ad I could not seem to make them t. They were moving in the air. nd I said. 'What is this place? 'here I am? What am 1? What is happened? It was all such a azzle to me.' "Did you know anything about >ur funeral at the time?" "Yes. I knew It.'" said Gen. Mar n. "and saw the body and saw te flowers. I saw the way in hich it was laid out. I saw-don't yu think it looked well? I looked ;though I was asleep, don't you aink so? And I don't think the ce showed suffering-that is, the ay did not show the sufferer, the ady itself; but I felt, oh. I was so eased to be out and away om the atmosphere. I felt so soked and so distressed for breath. ad the moment I was released from ie mprisoning body then I could reathe perfectly. I felt-I could o describe it to you." "What happened just after yo'u 'ent out. either on this side or on ur side?" asked Miss Robbins. who -as taking down n shorthand what e was saying while dead, just as be had for years taken his utter nes when he was living. Gen [artin continued to describe his own eth by saying: "You know the actual passing out f the body, there Is a little feelIng f sort' of depression, as it were. nd then when I passed out, just ".s passed out. I began to fee'l uplifted. felt as though the air was filled rih perfume. and I was (soaring), ising. rising. rising above my body. ntil I pastsed behind simply a veil. t is thin. It blinds your visIon. t obstructs the vision for a moment ro the earthly world. Then. after ;e have passed beyond it. why th' ausic. the flowers .the trees. thl" Irds. the lakes, the rivers, the hills. he gardens, the walks are perfectly aagnificent. perfectly magnificent. *nd nothing sti the earthly world tardiy can ever corresp'ond to themn. "And we are taken up perhaps y a priest, a man that acts in the apacity of what you would under' tand as a clergyman, and they say This is a state of transition. You rill not see th.a face of the Father or many, many years. but Hie will :ve you strength and powecr to go ack and see those whom you hav~ eft behind.' And the feelna of estacy is beyond description, and o spirit that ever rurned a, earth ould he::i to describe it for the anderstanding of the mortal mind. "And then I was surrounded by ~riends. by acquaintances. by old war oeerans. by my Intimato friends hom i Iknow. members of my family and all. sur-ounded by them. w'l. oming me. Why. I f"lt as though should~ b.- envelope-l by thema. the! lelight was so gr-at. but when 1 tried to c-al to them by name 1 was at a loss to do so. They had! to to:1 me who they were. I knew~ their faces: not one failed to know me I knew them and -ccennzed MANY LOST AT SEA SEVERAL FISHING BOATS AR] MlI.WING IN BIG STOR1M That Is Still Raging in Nova Sco tia Waters and Fears Are Felt to the Crews. Forty-one fishermen have beei claimed as victims of the sea, accord ing to reports received Thursday a Halifax. N. S.. from the fleet tha is cruising Nova Scotia waters in wide hunt for eight of the boat driven to sea at the height of th< storm that is still raging. More ships were sent on rescut cruises Thursday. Twelve boats wert missing when the tally was taken four have been found, but there i no hope for the others, among thos' who know the ways of the sea Ir the North. Four of the missing boats. all ol which belonged to the Haddock fleet, hailed frt.m Dover; the other fou, from Whitehead. In the former wer 19 men; in the latter 22. Most of the missing craft are no longer than twenty feet. Without cabins, they afford little refuge to the mariners trapped In such a storm as has raged along the r.orthern coasts for several days. At least one of the missing ves sels Is known to have met disaster. Her wreck was seen on Dogfish rock by another of the fleet which was scudding to haven. The crew of this ship, the William Feltmate. were rescued when they were bein'g driven to sea in a dory. All were In a se rious condition from exposure. They told a pitiful story of almost rare severity when they were hurled on the rock by waves. wind and tide. Along the coast much damage has been done on land by the storm. Reports are being received slowely. but the total loss will be enormous. WILL HIT BACK. The Insurgents Propose to Fight Taft to a Finish. A dispatch from Washington says It is expected that the Insurgent Re publican mtembers of the house will call :. meeting at an early day to give earaest consideration to the situation arising from the announce ment that the adminstration would no longer countenance "insurging' in congress and would withhold pat ronage from the recalcitrant mem bers. Most of the radical insurgent lead ers in the house side feel that, with the elections but a few months dis tant. It is a life and death strug :le with them and consequently. when fo-rced into the fray they will have no hesitation about carrying the war to any extent. The effort to defeat the insurgent ongressmen by starting a fight gainst them In their home districts which, as was reported a few days ago, had already begun in several :i'its in the West, has hit bard :. ngressmen so attacked prob bly will make no choice of weapons in defending themselves. Hands Over Money. Dr. W. J. \Murray. ( airman of the dispensary commissioz.. Wednesday turned over to the State Treasure' the sum ot $275.000. ThIs money will go to the schools, and repre sents part of the amount saved by the commission. One hundred thou sand dollars was held In reserve. The sum of $62,000 Is now In the courts. them, but to call them by name. oe lieve me. I could not. And when I tried to speak I found, instead of it being an effort and difficult for me to speak. I found that my thoughts were understood, actually were returned to me. There was a perfect communicatIon between us. "And then I was taken-would you believe it if I should tell you? I was taken to an actual mansion. It would be what you could call ' palace. There is a garden and walks about it. It Is divided into roomds. actual compartments. I was takten to that and (they) said: 'Here is your home: occupy it, live in~ It, have what friends you choose with you, what relatives you chooset with you, and as those whom you have Jeft behind follow you, 70'. may welcome them to this home as you may see fit.' "I went in and looked ab.out mue I said: 'WVytre dies this music come from?' I walked throug'i a corridor and turned in a room at the right and actually walked, with out fatigue, without effort: I simipl glided In. I saw beautiful pictures upon the walls. I saw beautifu' flowers that we called in the bo-ly palms. growing about me. I heard this beautiful music. I steppod along to a window and looked out, and under the window there we:a .d young. beautiful faces. all playi-tc -an orchestra. That wais my we! conme. that was mry sereniad-. as it were. And they said: " This is Heaven, this Is th' spiritual world. We greet you.' I went to the window, and as I look ed out upon the orchestra th1ey' each one bowed and waved their hands, and yet the .nusic continued. rhey w.re playing upon instruments, actual instruments. all in harmony, and I never heard anything like is in the earthly world. The music was divine. I said: 'I would lk' to go elsewhere. I bade them good hv. as it were-I just s'ainted thert and passed~ along across the corrido! into tho opposite side. "Il walke'd about. I felt-it was strance I had no hunker. no thirst no desire to eat, no desire for food. but I am sustnined by the conditions of the elements. The conditions o: the elements are such that we are TAKING THE CENSUS INTERVIEW WITH THE SUPER VISOR OF THIS DISTRICT. - Good Men Wanted Everywhere as Enumerators to Ensure an Ac curate and Fair Count. "The simple test which candidates for enumerators' places will undergo February 5 does not take away the sulervisors' right under the census law to designate suitable persons for such positions," said Supervisor of Census Ernest M. DuPre, of this dis trict, at his office in Columbia, S. C.. recently. "It is designated to aid the super- St visors in the exercise of that dis cretion and to enable the Census i Lirector intelligently to use the pow- es er of approval of the supervisors' St designation conferred upon Dim b: Cc law. "It is very well understood that President Taft, Secretary Nagel, and de Census Director Durand all hold the $5 supervisors responsible for the enu- no meration. There is no doubt, there fore. that our first and most impor- ea tant duty is the selection of honest. capable and active persons to make tic the count. Ge "The census will be taken, not by Ia the census bureau officers or the sic supervisors, but by the enumerators. They are the ones who come In con- nu tact with the people and get the W.! facts. Unless every single enumer ator does his whole and proper duty to there can not be a correct census. There can not be anything of greater an scientific value to this country than neV accurate statistics as the basia of a study of the existing conditions re- Fa garding our pcrulation. agriculture, mt manufactures, and m!nes and quar- we ries. ge: "All persons, unless specifcally diLs- sir qualifed, are entitled to apply to lice take the test. Only those unde: 18 years of age and over 70. and p. those who have not become citizens wh of the United States, are barred- at Otherwise, all persons. regardless of tha sex and political affiliations, are be eligible. It is left to my judgment Fa: whether It is wise to appoint wo- he men in my district. They can do pul the work, I have no doubt, especially fur in certain parts of the district. al There were a good many employed the all over the country in the Twelfth par census. ace "The time for closing the consid eration of applications is January 21. ten Those received after that date will iml have to be ignored. Applications In should be addressed in writing to tor me at this o!ice and not to the Cen- pos sus Director. I will send Inquirerz dra the necessary form at.d instructions cep concerning it. Afterward I will jud send those on the list, prior to to the test, a set of directions for fill- pri. ing out the test papers. This will enable everyone ro come weli pre-Ly pared. Nothing could be fairer orpe better calculated to insure a satis-Fa factory applicant passing the test o "The test itself need nor deter for anyone. Any persons with corum'n ts sense and a common school eriuca- co tion can pass It. All It consists cof cha is giving the candidates sample popu- tic lation and agricultural schedules,. upon which are to be written in the cas proper columns the required details. unf which are found in printed descrip- wh tions. In narrative form, of typic-il Ha families and farms supposed to be in a district. There will be some In stances requirIng the exercise of i judgment to decide whether a givenwi entry should be made under on erna column heading or another. Y91: aw: can see how simple and elementary it is- cas "The test will be held all overpi the country and in every supervisor's district February 5. There will be c several places in each district fo agt taking it. One place weuld be in- km sufficient. *It would not hold all for the candidates. As supervisor, I ik shall have the direction of all, and p the test examination at each. no do4 matter under what official agency it h is held, will be that sole and simple - one prescribed by the Census Di-ca rector. pr< "I am given until February 22 to he rate the pm~ers In a very simple way. Rii and to gain an idea of the qualifi- anm cations of those rated as having pass- pe ed. Next I will forward the papers e of the successful candidates, with tes my recommendations or designations- tut to the Census Director. He will, if h satisfied that suitable persons have cri heen selected, give his consent to - their appointment, anid thc y will be commissioned. The middie or lat his tr'r part of March should see every- ed thing settled, and the selected an-l hit commissioned enumerators will be en senft more circulars and books of In structions relative to the interpre tation or meaning of the questions on h the two schedules. ~ "April 15 the Census Army wilh move forward in the enumeration. "Certamnly the Federal census taking is as necessary and as honor able as jury duty, and, as all good an and useful citizens do not hesitate tri to respond to tho call for such duty, do I th.'refore ask the same high-grade' pu citiz.enship to comec forward and help th me have the~ census taken accurately P and expeditiously. thl "As President Taft has said, the P~ pay is not large but the work te is worth doing well, and some day wo J shall all feel proud in the consciou ne'ss that we had a part, however humblo. In taking thIs census."* Cook's Records Comingf. Y. Dr. Frederick A. Cook's polar data it Is on~ its way to Washington to beb exam'in:-d by the National Geogra- Cd phie Society. The documents were c~ s trtd from Copenhagen Decemnber 1. and are due in WXashington the l'tt.'r part of the woak. Professor Core. Roar Admiral Pi!lshury. and ri Dr. M. WX. Hayes. of the Geological D survey. will examino~ the papers and b: PLEADS GUILTY rum Buys Imm nity for Less Tha it Wouml Cost Him to FIGHT CASES IN COURT ie of the Star Defendants in the ispensary Graft Prosecution Finds it Cheaper to Pay a Fine Than HIre Lawyers, So He Pays a Fine and Goes Free. James S. Farnum. agent in this ite for the Anheuser-Busch Brew ; Company and other liquor hous- t which did business with the late ( ite dispensary. in open court in lumbia on Wednesday pleaded lty to a charge of conspiracy to t fraud the State. paid a fine of v ,000. and was told to go and sin more. t The Columbia Record. says the I of this case was a great surprise c d came without previous intima n. Wednesday morning Attorney neral Lyon appeared in the Rich id county court of general ses ns with Solicitor Cobb. and pre- c ited a new !k2ctment against Fat m, charging him with conspiracy .h Joseph R. Wylie. formerly mem - of the State dispensary board, defraud the State. he grand jury at once ret!:ed I Wylie was examined as a wit- t a. In a short while the grand t y ret-urned with a true bill. t mum and his attorneys then came - D court and other proceedings , re interrupted while the attorney e teral announced that Farnum de .d to plead guilty and he would ept the plea. -arnum stood up and Judge s nce asked for the written plea, g ch Fa-num signed. Judge Prince C once imposed sentence, saying t in view of the plea he would t lenient but not as lenient as u: -num might wish. The judge said ti knew Farnum's humiliation was t ishment, but that he described c ther punishment, though his mor- a] ;uilt was not as great as that of ) offcers of the State who had 01 ticipated in the conspiracy and E pted bribes. A e would therefore impose a sen- a e of $5.000 fine or one year's .a risonment on the chaingang or the penitentiary. Farnum's at- n ey produced a certificate of de- w it for $5.000. which had been h wn Tuesday. and which was ac- e ted as payment, and then the gj ge nmended the sentence, so as p eliminate the alternative of im- te onment- di 'he Record says Attorney General sc >n will, in view of Farnumn's a, i. nol pros the other cases agaInst oi -num.-flve in an., two for bribery m tate dispensary ofUelals and three conspiracy, all based on similar p imony. At the last term of se rt Farnum was acquitted on a et rge of conspiracy based on prac- u: .ly the same set of facts. oj 'he sensational compromise of the s: es against Farnum was entirely se -xpected until the very moment. a: in hc and his attorneys. B. A. m ood and T. M. Mordecal, of Char- s, on and District Attorney Ernest o, Cochran of Anderson. appeared it court with him, and tooit seats - s in the lbar, while Attorney Gen- rf 1 Lyon sat ne-ar the s->icitar. w iting an opportunity to break in it n the trial of the Medlin miurdtr cc e. Mr. Farnumn was looking she j :re of health. it: 'hen congratulated by a friend having an end of the prosecut'o.n e: inst him, he said: "Well, I don't u >w whether the situation calls o; congratulations or not. I don't a Sto plead guilty, even with the y 'ilege of paying a fine. A fellow i~ s not like to have a thing like t t chalked up asgainst him." c l'he agreement under which the a es against Farnum are to be nol b ssed applies to all cases in which a is a defendant. both those in e bland and in Chester, for bribery a I conspiracy. In the other cases t ding against State dispensary cis Farnum cannot be made to: tify. however, as he has cone'.- r onal immunity on the ground a t his testimony might tend to in- c tinate him. Sis understood that Farnum has e :itively r.-fused to testify against former friends. just as he refus- g to take the stand and perjure t aseif by denying that he had gir- 1 bribes or rebates. His pleas of o Ity. however, is a comple'te admis- 'p n of the allegations of corruption f: m::ht against the State dispensary temn. Sticks' to His Party. President Taft Thursday broko I th-r re-cord by naming two Dis I et Commission.-rs. Cunco H. Ru lph and John A. Johnson. both Re-. blicans. Hleretotore it has beenx : invariable custom to name onee mocrat and one Republican, the rd b.'ing an army ome~er. not sup sed to have any polities. This I th~ o1e~ Taft tried to give Mr J. Hemnphill. Too Much for Robbers. Thr*"e h.-avily armed men held up private hank in W~Iliamsburg. N .Thursday and attempted to rob I Th.-y were resisted and orne rob-: Sshot after a fight. The wound man and his companions were ptured. Kills His Rival. A fe'w minutes following the mar age to Miss Rose Blutler. Gabriel in, a farmer. was shot and ki!!ed Joe Jackson. a rejected suitor. -a Lyenn. Ga. o n Wednesday. CENSUS TAKERS SCARW PEOPLE DON'T SEEM AN-IOS FOR THESE PLACES. Densus Director Durand Appeals to the Public Spirited People In the Matter. Census Director Durand stated on Nednesday In Washington that, as result of his conference with the upervisors of census throughout the ountry he finds that in many sec ions, especially in the larger cities. here have not been as yet suicient pplications for the positions of enu nerators. It looks, he thinks, as f the country is so prosperous that eople are not as anxIous to get hese responsible plaecs as had been xpected. The scarcity is giving the director ome concern, as only a few weeks emain before the date for closin; he consideration of applications. It rill be Impossible generally to ex end the application time limit, as o examine the "test" papers, with he necessary care to insure the des gnation of qualifed persons, will onsume e-ery moment of tha time lowed for this phase of the work f selecting the enumerators, leav ig nothing fcr an extension of the ate for shutting down on appli ati6ns. The director therefore urges all ersons desiring places as enumera )rs to make application as quickly a possible, and he hopes that, in rder to help get a perfect census. ublic-spirited and energetic people roughout the country will offer emselves for these positions. even ough they may not care for them rom the standpoint of the pay In oved. He also trusts that employ rs will deem It their duty to give save of absence to their employees ho may desire to act as enumera >rs. Some slight sacrifice of this >rt will be amply repaid by the Im roved quality of the census returns. ontinuing, the director said: "Although the actual work of ting the pnsus will not begin atil April 15. it is essential that tose who wish to act as enumera rs should apply immediately. Ex pt under unusual circumstances, no ;plcation received after January 2 5 will be considered. About 68.- 1 )0 enumerators will be required. ach will work in his own locality. ny competent Uerson Is entitled to )ply for this position, and will be lrly considered for appointment. "Political recomngendatlons are )t necessary. The supervisors, to hom application must be made. 1 sve been instructed to consider all P Lndidates and to select solely on n te basis of effciency. For the pur n >se of aiding the supervisors in de- C rmining the competence of the can I dates, a written test will be pre- 1 ribed. and any person between the es of 18 and 70 who Is a citize I the Urnited States will be per Itted to take it. "The test will 1e of a strictli.' -actical character, substantially thb i mie as was used in 1900. It wil: ~nsist of filling out a sample sched le of population, and. In the cas rural districts, filling out also t mple schedule of agriculture. thes hedules being precisely the samt Swill actually be used by the enu erators in their work later on. Ir. hdules and general instruction> dgr to assist candidates in prepar g for the test copies of the blank. heduies and general Instructions ~garding the manner of filling then' ill be furnished to each candidate advance. Any person of ordinary >mmon school education and good idgent should have no difmcult3 Spassing. "This test is not a civil servict amination. It will be conductet' ader the director of the supervis s of the census, and the papert i be examined only by the super isors. and by the census bureau i order that convenient examina on places may be provided for al: indidates., local civil service ex mining boards and postmasters will e called upon to preside at th( tual taking of the test In certair. ises, but In this respect they will :t merely as the representatives of i supervsors of the ce"sus. It is impossible to exaggerat. 2e importance of obtaining a cor-| act consus of the population and griculture of the country. Thc rrectness of the returns depends holly upon the competence of thej numerators." The enumera~tors will earn aboutj 60 each. Those In the rural dis -icts must complete their work with-| thirty days. and those in citIes f 5.000 and more population at the recednn census within two weeks. rom April 15. 1910. Woman Stops WeddINg. The marriage of Barney Klin' 'rank. son of Henry Frank of South lend. Ind.. to Miiss Rae Goldstone ress and society leader at Daven ort. Ia.. was Interrupted by the ppearanlc" in Davenport of a woman~ :ving her name as Mr7s Ethel Palm r Kine and claiming to live at Des ,i-nes. She saId she was the wif-' fFrank and pleaded with the po ice to stop the marriage. Rifle Foundi In Tree. Don Carson. a young man of ehl. GreenvIlle county. while set ing m!nk traps in a creek nea ls home a few days ago found an >1d rifte in a hollow tree. Inquiry ts to the gun brought out the fact htit was hid there in 1865 by Confederate soldier who was be ing pursued by a posse with dogs.* Burglars Shot. While attempting to force anen trace into the home of C. Mf. Donald at Lexington. Ga., on Tuesday night. Jim Nelson and Harley SmIth were stand probabl fatall wonded. THEY DEFY TAFT ThekIlsargent Repahins Refuses to be Rimdzby Ira. NORRIS FRES A SHOT He Declares That the President is Aiding Cannon and That He -Has Not Scared the Anti-Administra ion Members by Withholding Patronage-The Fight Wil Go On. "The insurgent Repubi: toi of the house are not Intimidated by the ac tion of the administration In with holding patronage from them, and are not scared into silence by any apparent combination of President Tart and Speaker Cannon against This was the declaration Thurs lay of Representative Norris, of Ne braska, one of the leading insurgents :f the house. Mr. Norris resented stories published to the effect that the insurgents were "lying down" ander the edict of the administra ion. On the contr.ry, Mr. Norris :r1t1cised President Taft himself for he act of the administration in singling out Epublican insurgents 'or punishment. "President Taft Is makring a rave nistake by aiding Cannon in this way, and I want to say unhesitating ly.," continued Mr. Norris, "I do lot object, nor do any of the inur rents object, as far as I know, to he withholding of patronage from is, but I denounce this singling out >f the men who have opposed Can ion and the house organization for ta Infliction of punishment. "How can the president say that' re are opposed to his policies and leclare that we are to be punished or it, when we have not opposed his Policies in' any way? We do not a fact, know yet what President 'aft's policies are to be. Still, we Lave been punished. Postmaster ;eueral Hitchcock has admitted that re are belag discriminated against Ight now, although we have done hbsolutely nothing to merit, except og to oppose Cannon and the house achine. "Thie president Is aiding Cannon. here is no ether construction that an be placed upon this move of the dm'aim*ratlon. If he is not, why ae the lInsurgents who opposed annon been singled out as the men pon which the presidential dis leasure is to be visited? If the resident is not aiding Senator Can on. then why are only the Anti annon men being punished by the ostmaster general, acting at the resident's behest? "I want to say, airo, that this ef ort to defeat us by starting fights gainst us at home is open to very igCoos critilam. I have no objeo ion, to Speaker Cannon or any of his upporters coming to Nebraska and saking any kind of a fight upon me hey wish to make, but I do deny hat the Republican congressional ommittee has any honorable right to ttack us. It is unjust and unfair. "That the committee is doing this here Is no doubt In my mind. "The fight of the Insurgents in he house will continue against peaker Cannon and the house rules, rhich he personinles." LIST OF GUIS ACCIDENTS rges Greater Caution in the Hand ling of Firearms. The need for greater caution in the andling of firearms is emphasized my James Henry Rice, Jr., secrett y if the Audubon Society. The fol owing letter has been received from tim. "The following is a partial list of muating accidents that have occur ed since the report of the Audubon society was issued. They should erve to "mphasize the necessity of :aution In the handling of firearms, nd since nearly all happened to -oung boys, the lesson to parents is ufficiently obvious: November-Arthur Ward, George own, shotgun; fatal. January 1-James Duke. Colum >1a, shotgun: fatal. December 28-Thornwell H. Park r. Dalzell, shotgun; serious. December 15-Barkin Berley, Cewberry. :,hotgun; fatal. December 17-Holmes Robertson, hester, chotgun; fatal. December 11-Shelley Pressley, Eastover, shotgun: fatal. December 25-Jesse Gee, Tim nonsville. shotgun: fatal. December 25-Richard Gee. Tim nonsville, shotgun; serious, lost lac January 1-Henry Br'iswell, Mar on. shotgun; fatal. December 29-Walter Skinner, 'ampobells.. shotgun: fatal. December 24-Hans Rector. 'nion. shotgun; fatal. January 1-Alva Solomons, Sam ~er. partor rine: serious. The above are r-ot all the acci dents. nor all the fatailiies. '>.zt all hat are by mue at th.s mnomn. Jnmes Henry Rice. Jr., Sec. Summerville. S. C.. Jan. 6, 1910.* Coldest in Years. Eighteen de::r->es below zero was recorded in Kansas Thursday. the lowest temperature in that part of the Southwest in twelve years. ATZ itense cold wave covered Missouri. Oklahoma. Arkansas and Texas. About this time congress usually gets the notion that if It raises the wind to pay the government clerks and distributes the usual number of public bulings. the country can wag along another two years more