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S ~ ____ t _ tvauui1t4~ iI1tL~+ VOL. XXV MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 15, 1911 NO.31 - -- m~ COCK OF WALK Gas. Blease Sayse Ca Beak Any AOne i Sith Carlina hcept SENATOR TIUMAN On His Way to Atlanta the Governor Stopped Over in Augusta and Took Tea With His Friend, L. J. Wil liam and Talks to a Newspaper Reporter. Governor Cole L. Blease of South Carolina passed through Augusta Wednesday night en route to At lanta. where he will be in attend ance at the Southern Commercial congress. The Augusta Chronicle says of the visit: "Gov. Blease was met at the Al bion hotel by Mr. L. J. Williams, who accompanied him to supper. In -a conversation, at which a representa tive of The Chronicle was present. Gov. Blease rehearsed his fight dur ing the recent campaign for the ex ecutive chair. "Gov. Blease stated that the Caro lina press, with a few exceptions had fought him with an unwarranted bit terness and that the Columbia Stale and the Zharleston News and Courier had fought him from personal reas ons. disregarding his ability as an executive. "Gov. Blease stated that the idea of trying to force him to appoint his enemies to office in the State was foolish, saying that he had no idea of doing so. He. however, said that some people misconstrued his mean Ing and did not understand the dif ference between an enemy and an op ponent. *There are some of my op ponents that I would not hesitate to appoint to any position they were fitted to occupy. but I will not ap point my enemies.' said the governor. "Gov. Slease stated that he had won his fght by telling the people. in his speeches throughout the State. what he Intended to do and that he had stuck by his platform promises. He stated that his ambitions had been gratified and that if the people of South Cj-:na wanted him to serve another term as governor he would do so. but that he was gov ernor now for a term of offilce and he was going to fulfil the law to the letter while holding the chair. "When asked what the outcome of his altercation with the supreme court would be. the governor stated that that body would eventually wake up. He said that he had the law on his side and that he would be locked up before he would appoint his ene mies to any position, no matter what the supreme court wanted. "Gov. Blease stated that in fulfil ment of his life's ambition he had written his name on the pages of the history of South Carolina so that It would never be wiped off. He can have this satisfaction if defeated in the election two years from now. "Goy. Blease does not believe. however, that he will be defeated. lHe said that he could lick any man in South Carolina for the United States senate except Ben Tillman and that he could lick any man for governor. "'He thinks that the people who elected him believe in him and he said that he would not go back on them. "Gor. Blease stated that the Caro lina press was of no consequence to him, and that he paid no attention to the articles they printed on him dur ing his race or during his adminis tration. He could reach the people in other ways and that was all that he would ask. "Gov. Blease had nothing to say in regard to the new county, but sug gested to Mr. Williams that the Sa vannah river's course be changed to include Augusta. which city he would then recommend for the county seat. "Goy. Blease will stop over a few hours in Augusta on his return trnp from Atlanta." BRYAN RElOI'ES. That Reforms He Has Advocated Are1 Being Adopted. Declaring that it was a greater pleasure than being President to sit back and see the reforms he had ad vocated for years being adopted by the West. most slowly accepted by the East and publicly supported and proclaimed by Col. Roosevelt and President Taft. William 'ennings Bryan Wednesday night addressed a thousand members of the Boston City Club. Mr. Bryan upheld th.' Canad ian reciprocity measure, declaring it would be th'e end of the Republican party, and he said that reciprocity would be finally adopted. In closing he said he would not again be a can didate for the Presidency. Let Water Flow Out At nlorence somne onie teft open a valve in the waterworks system. probably after reading of a similar case in Columbia a few days ago. arud bled the standpipe to death Saturday night. While the late risers we're bathing and getting breakfast th' water supply suddenly gave out. and investigation showed that the stand pipe bad been emptied. The pump was put to work at onc* and the drought lasted only about la min utes. S Found Tied to Horse With his wrist tied to the tail of a wild hors^. the body of a Paparf Indian was found yesterday by a de tchment of the First United States cavalry at the edge of the Gila river near Mesa. Ariz. In order to snure the body it was ncssary to shoot the horse. it is believed the youn: Indian had been condemned to die. in this manner because of havin; v:., laac e aw oef the tribe. TURNS BAD ONE LOOSE NOTORIOUS ROBER IS PAR DONED BY GOV. BLEASE. No One Knew He Was Turned Loose Until He Turned Up In Charles ton. A dispatch from Charleston to The State says Rudolph Rabens. who has several aliases. is back in that city, Laring been pardoned by Gov. Blese after a service of about two-thirds of his sentence in the penitentiary, hav ing been convicted at Walhalla for complicity in the blowing and rob bery of the safe of the Newry mills in Oconee county several years ago. Through his attorneys. Rabens made a hard flght to keep out of the penitentiary hut it was a futile con test and he was placed behind the bars. The pardon of the rovernor enables Rabens to return to Charles ton much sooner than he had hoped to do. Rabens was charged with being the "fence" for the gangs of yegg men who operated in South Carolina some years a-o. blowing safes in postoffices and cotton mills. In sev eral instances better results were got ten with the prosecution of the yegg men in the State than the federal courts and the United States authori ties gave way to the State In the trial of Rabens and his pals on the charge of robbing the Newry cotton mills. It was not known in ChArleston that any steps were under way for the pardon of Rabens and his return to Charleston without any notice of his case was a surprise. His former friends and companions could scarce ly believe that it was Rabens when he showed himself a few days ago for the first time about his eestablish ment on upper King street. The State says no announcement as to the pardon of Rabens was made by Gov. Blease. Gov. Ansel refused a pardon to Rabens. and it was thought that such a notorious pris oner as he would surely have to serve out his term. but It seems he found favor with the Governor, and he turned him loose, without letting any one know anything about it be fore he was pardoned. THE DIEMOCRATS UNITED. What Champ Clark Says About Po litkal Situation. A statement made at Pittsburz. Pa.. Wednesday night by Congress man Champ Clark of $1issouri. speak er of the next congress, severely ar raignes Republicans and newspapers of the country who are alleged to be predicting a split in the Oemocrat ic party. In part the statement fol lows: The strangest political phenome non of our times is the persistenae with which Republican newspapers try to create the impression thatl there is, or is about to be. a great split among Democrats. They work at the game as industriously as any rattlepate ever worked to discover perpetusl motion. "All this hullabaloo about 'Demo cratic splits is to hide the wide and irreconcanble splits among Republi cans. Democrats are united for vic tory in 191? and afterwards for many years to conie." PARDONS ANOTHER M1-RDERER. Governor Blea.se Turns BurrBi Thom as Loose. Burrill Thomas of Hampton coun ty who was serving a life sentence in the State penitentiary for murder has been pardoned by Gov. Blease. He was convicted with recommenda tion to mercy in 18$95 for killing John Lightsey at Varnville. in Hamp ton county, and was sent to the peni tentiary for a life sentence. Benja min Bennett was convicted -at the same time with Thomas on the same charge and war pardoned in 1903 by Go. MeSwee~ney. In a previous peti tion for pardon of Thomas. _the par don was recommended by G. D. Bel linger, former solicitor, and Judge Aldrich. who heard the case. Worked Ham Circuit. At New Orleans Ananias Penny. negro. is under arrest. charged witn stealing $600 worth of hams from a packing concern. It .is saiid that Penny has been operating a "ham circuit"' for a month peddling his wares at red uced prices. Clerks checked up the stock this week and found the shorta-:'. Penny declares he is sure he did not get 5S600 worth. as he only took about eight hams a week. Killed by a Teacher. At Tennille. Ga.. D~r. T. J. Kelley was shot and instantly killed Thurs day by Nathan L. Johnson. superin 'tendent of T.ennille institute. Thel punishment of Dr. Kelley's son at the institute, it is said, led to the trou ble the culmination or which was Thursday's tra:-edy. Friends had tried to settie the trouble, but when t'he disputants met on the street Thursday the killing occurred. Shoots Hi% Friend. Failing to giv.' the countersi:n upon be'int signalled. William S:-ph ens was shot Tuesday night and killed by his fri.'nd. Rambert lt.onr at Natchotoches. La. Tro':n~l. had been feared and a :uard was pilaced about the sawmill proporty where :!' men worked. th.- emuploy..es atr:e-in: upon a cun?'orsiZn. Why t'-rown failed tors ondt the challenge is not known. Kilb-d1 for Rurglar. Si .1. Mnore. a young farmer. shot and killed his sit?r. Mrs. Lottie Wtl mon. at an *eariy hour Thursday at teir home near Dallas. Texas. :nis SIILL AN ISSUE Be S!ate Supreme Court Ihists on its C(nitisual Rights IN JUDGESEP MATTER Governor Blease Wants the New,.pa pers to Give Publicity to All the Correspondence in the Several Cases That Have Arisen Between Him and the Supreme Court. The issue between the supreme :ourt and Gov. Blease is no nearer a nal solution than on the frst day when the chief executive sent a note o the judicial department of the tate stating that he would appoint special judges who were his friends. regardless of the recommendation or ny one. Gov. Blease has received a lettet from Chief Justice Jones appointin: F. L. Willcox of Florence as a special judge for that county to take the lace of Judge J. C. Klugh. who .s 11. Gov. Blease said that he did not know what disposition he ;would nake of the matter. He did say, however, that "he oped that the newspaper men would e honorable enough to publish the etter from the chief justice.' A letter which was not given out )y the chief executive from the chief lustice, which stated conclusive-t hat the governor had gone beyond ls jurisdiction in making up a list yf "eligibles" was several days ago ient to Gov. Blease. The following is the letter receivea by Gov. Slease Wednesday fron -hief Justice Jones: "Being advised that Judge J. C. Klugh. because of illness. is unable :o hold the court of general sessions or Florence county. commencing on fonday, March 13. 1911, to which he was regularly assigned, and there be ng no other circuit judge disengaged, 2ow, pursuant to section 2.743. 1 :ode of law, I respectfully recom nend that you issue a commission to F. L. Willcox of Florence. S. C.. learned in the law. as special judge. :o hold said court." The following copy of a telegram., received from the Florence har by :he chief justice, was also sent to Gov. Blease: "Hon. Ira B. Jones. chief justice supreme court of South Carolina: I im directed by Florence Bar Asso iation at special meeting today to may that deeming it necessary that he regular spring term criminal :ourt be held here next week. there being 16 prisoners in jail. unani nously recommend F. L. Willcox as speal judge to preside this couit. E. G. Oliver. secretary." There was no court in Conway last week because Gor. Blease refused to -ommission a special judge. The locket was crowded, there being over 20 prisoners in the Horry county jail iwaiting trial, and the law requires :hat the governor of the State shall -ommission special judge upon the ecommendation of the supre.ase ourt. There were no circuit jtudges lisengaged that mirht have :w~n as igned by the supreme court. These facts wore presented to Gov. lease and he refused to appoint a pecial judge. On three occasions Chief Justice ones recomnmended.) accor-linar to a. the commission of C. P. Quat :lebaum for special judge. Every request of the chief justice 'or the appointment of a sp"oial udge was ignored by Goy. Blease. The followin: telegrams which were exchanged in the controversy tre given: "Twenty prisoners in jail, heavy locket, how shall we proceed. "B. W. Wait. Secretary." To which following response was nade: 'B. W. Wait, Secretary. Conway, a~ C.". "Telegram received. T can do othing but urge goivernc-r to atppoi't! pecial judge as recommended. which [ am doinc. Judge Copes assign--d :o Richland court. Judge Metr.,in-.:r :eo il to serve. ''Ira P.. Jones. C. The telegram to the goverz:.r was rs follows: 'Gov. Cole L. itlase. Columbia. S. C. "Received following tel.-zram fromn s!orry bar: 'Twenty prisoners in iai'. aeavy docket. how shall we pro'eed.' urge you to inrmediate'y comi sinl C. P. Q'uattlehaumf as :e-n ludge as recommende'd by n' atile 'eq uest of H-orry bar. No circit judte being available. "Ira B. JTones. C-. Go. fliease. in refusing to commis sion a special judge for the 2onway tourt. took the position that ab"re were two disengaged circuit j':-.-. ie thought that Judge Copes and Indge mminger were diser-:3.tcd [t afterwards developed that th two Judges were not disenrar'1. nedi Gov. fllease was so informed thre does by Chief Justice Jones. P'ess Asenclation MeetInZ. Woodrow Wilson. G'overn'o" of N.w Jersey. will address the south rarolina Press Association at its meetin in Columbia this s:'ring. The date of the :r'eting "illb fix~ed b the executive commnitte". of which the Editor of The Timu" anid emocrat is a member, on Fritay at a metn~ to be held in Cou:lumia for the purpose. All newspaner mnn of the State are cordially in'.i'-. to heome m-smhers of the ass50Cnt8n fl they have not already done so. American Machinery l'01'. In CawnporO. Indlia. with A:,t.ric.n machin~ry. :hey are making >hu'*' s'; cheaply that the manufaeur.-rrs o lnn can no longer comy---~' "V themi. The cottons and silk., n&b'G we onA time sent to Asia air' now made innaan and China. AN OBJECT LESSON THAT IS WHAT THE FARM OF C.APT. J. M. M(Si SURELY IS. The System Used on His Thirteen Hundred Acre Farm Should Be Used by Ot hers. There are in South Carolina mor" imnrovenents in recent years In de volon'nT farm lands and in develop ing farmers than have ever been trite b fore. Everv county in our State can furnish object lessons in this im portant respect. A correspondent of The State writes as followz concein inc the farza of a well-known suc cessful farmer: "Your correspondent had the pleas ure a f-w days ago of visiting the home of Cant. J. M. Moss. whose 1.?n.n-acre farm lies within two milos of the flouriqhing town of Cameron. Progroseive farming methods in ev err meaning of the term are hera 'n -vdroneo. and the lo-ding sririts gniding it all are (ant. J. Nt. Moss and his son. Thos. C. Moss. For many vears. of course. the work was done hy Cant. Moss. but for some years now the active management of all of the affairs of the f-irm have been in cha-e of Thos. C. Moss. The present order and system of this farm combines in such fine style all that should belong to progressive farm ing of today that a brief recital of It will not only be a benefit to the people of the State. but will furnish an object lesson of which any young many should be proud. The system on this farm Is such that there are five divisions. and these are systematically worked in a businesslike manner each year. rota tion and diversified farming being cardinal ri os. Tu"* fvP Av sions include the culture of cet'on. corn. grain. oats. asparagus, stock and poultry raising. Your correspon dent greatly regrets that this article must necessarily be condensed and brief, for the systematic details of work on this farm should be known to other planters in South Carolina. The soil is light and loamy, but has been developed to a high state of cnItivation. Seventy acres last year yielded 600 pounds of lint cotton pet aere. Another field of t4 acres plant ed In cotton after peas with 600 potnle of nhosnnte -0 mnriate of potnh made a yield of 60A nounds of entton to the acre. On 12 acres of this s-Ime li-ht soil 1.200 bushels of corn were ainate with what might b" ,.rrn-d radiunm fortiliver. Tt may be incidonatilv remarked inst here that the "XWillia-con plan" of corn cul tin-e is included in the progressive de tails of this farm. Mr. '%ocs has 14 acres in aspara %nis. and has been cultivating and shipping this crop for seven years. A correct estimate of his business nthods of farming mar he easily inferred from the fact that his net ,,eofits from this field have averaged $900 per v'earr. In addition to these crons. '\Tr. Moss makes each year fine grun crons. Mr. Moss is in no sense a "'cotton tet." and has alwavs believed In di versified farming. ile plants in rota tion each year und.-r his own cultiva tion 104 acres in rotton. An acres in corn. Set acres in oats and 14 aer*' in asparn-:us. Mutch of the 1 .%00 ares comnosinig this farm are splen did timber lands, and. In addition to what Mr. Moss plants himself, he rents a large portion of the land toI tnants and farms on shares with a good many others. Some interesting details can be mentioned here. For instance. Mr. Moss has long been a breedler of cotton seed, and showed me something less than a bushel of sed which he said $300 would not buy. I paid a visit to his smoke house. and when I saw the hams. shoulders. sides. sausage, lard and less profusion filling up a large smoke-house. I was reminded at once of the wonderful stories of antebel lum days. Young Mr. Moss has been a stock raiser for some years. and now he has bought the very finest breeds of reistered stock and itntends to make this a special feature of his farm. He has a heard of short-horn cattle. nunuhering in the neighborhood of an or 75. and this herd contains some of the very finest register-'d stock that ca be seen anywhere. The ship ments in the last yo-trs. have aver aged .'I or 40 annually, in addition to what was sold In the neichhor hood. A splendid lot of Berkshire hogs were next seen, and Mr. Moss. in speaking of these said: "It is my nent ion to have the best Berkshire hogs in the State. and that is .just what I am going to have." When one meets and talks with this pro-' grssive yo~ung farmer who Is a col lege gradeuat.'. se,.s his ener;:y and ability and learns what he purposes to do it is easily seen that here is a voung farmer of whom South Caro lina will one day he proud. In addition to the hogs and cattle. Mr. Moss had some of the fnest ~youn.: mule. and horse colts I have ver s.m'n. Theso~ were all home raiset, an;! no r~ner specimecn could be found anywhere. The horse pas ture contained about four acres. an<: this hadl a sp.lendid growth of Ber-1 mud:;a grass. This also had a lareo growt h of pecan trees. Mr. Moss is enthsiasti- over Itermiuda grass, Hie sas he car. ;:raze on this four acres not less than 2" or 25 horses. and that oth--r farmers should not fail to pant TXermudla zrass. Th.- hog pas Nuei argo and splendidly euipped. anti: this :net'bMrry trees take the pIu'-- of ;e.''ant tr.---. A\s mi.ht :.e eatsily inferred ev*'ry el.Tail of this farm is ini keeping withi what hae be.-n mentioned. I saw two of the finl''t poultry yards I ever ;,e osee' anyw here, the one being led with partride.' coc-hen chickens i:: hard to etual. Theses bird. are a--rect in. plumazo and size. and Mr. .\.s makes as nmuch a specijalty of . ..:.,e,(~n he.'- a ne in thel THEIR DEATH KNELL PREDICTS REALIGNMENT OF PO LITICAL PARTIES. Gov. Foss Says Failure of the Senat, to Respond to People Demand Hastens Its Downfall. A realignment of political partie, in this country was predicted by Gov Eugene N. Foss in the course of ai address before the Holyoke Board o Trade Wednesday evening. This, h< declared, would come as a result o the failure of the Senate to pass th4 McCall Reciprocity bill. "The action of the Republican Sen ate." said Gov. Foss. "in rejectin th!s opportunity to carry out thi principles of its party platform. thi request of its President an . wishe of the people; its support of Lorime: and its opposition to other progres sive measures of legislation but em phasize the necessity of securin leislation that will make the Sena tors more responsible to public sen timent by their election by the di rect vote of the people. The Repub lican leaders by their action hav sounded their own death knell. "It means. In my judgment, a re alignment of parties. This is in fac already going on. It is taking plac now. The only thing that the pro gressive wing of the Republican par ty can do is to join hands with Lh4 progressive wing of the Democratio party and secure legislation that wiI be in the Interests of all the peo-ii and not of special privilege." The Governor declared that th4 United States" has much to gain an< nothing to lose" from reciprocit: with Canada. . Urging the necessit: f getting ready for the result of re cprocity, the Governor advocated th enlargement of transportation facil! ties in Massachusetts and particu larly the development of inland wat erways. Referring to the proposa to dredge the Connecticut river. s< as to extend navigation from Hart ford to Holyoke. Gov. Foss said: "The computations of the expens and the benefits seem to justify all h asking that the Government prooee< with this work." AGAINT HIS PARDON. People of Barnwell Want Kenned: to Serve His Time. Representative James E. Davis. o Barnwell. presented to Gov. Bleas< on Tuesday afternoon a petitioi counter to that which was recenti: filed in behalf of J. Chester Kenne dy. the white man who was convictc< of procuring the murder of a neigh bor, Perry Ussery. by negroes on thl square of Barnwell and who was sen tenced two years ago to life impris onment In the penitentiary. Mr. Davis. a former solicitor, wa one of the attorneys assisting Solic itor Byrnes in the prosecution. H-i supported the petition with a stron; personal appeal to the Governor, no to pardon or parole Kennedy an< turn him loose again upon the com m unity. Mr. Davis said he h:d procured th< signatures of some_ of the best p~c pe of Barnwefl county to the peti tion. Among the endorsements is on< by zMagistrate T. S. Dunbar. of Fou Mile. who swore Goy. Blease Into of fle-"For God's sake don't gran It." Kennedy is a man of about 2. years. His father died recently. FREE 10 YEARS, GOES BACK. Fscaped North Carolina Convict Car tured in Kentucky. After being at liberty for sixteel years. T. B. Whitson, who on Febru ary 27, 1S95, escaped from the Stat prson at Raleigh. N. C.. where h was serving a sentence of thirt; yers for murder, was arrested a Lexington. Ky.. Thursday. and wil be taken back to North Carolina t< serve out his term. Residing 11 Letcher county. Kentucky. as "Sam ul Jones.'' he has amassed a comx 'rtable fortune. He was sentence< to death March 19. 1893. for th murder of C. C. Byrd at Bakersville N. C., but on a second trial he wa given thirty years' imprisonment. An l'nusual Alarm. L. M. McCool. of Columbus, Ind has a cat that wakes him up ever morning regularly at 5 o'clock. Jus as the clock strikes the hour the ca jumps on the bed, it is said, and rub~ a paw over :McCool's lips, continuin; to do this until McCool is full, awake. other departments. The drainage was used all ove this beautiful farm. which addel much to its beauty and usefulnens Of course the latest farming utensil were used here-sulky plows, cori shellers. reapers. rakes. sweep-hay rake, feeder, stacker, hay balers-il fact. everythIng modern pertaining t the cultivation of crops. I did no see a stump in any field, and has n"~"r seen a prettier farm. Th farm house was a fine specimen or: country home, showing up white an< beautiful a::ainst the dark gree' background of the woods. Water works and sewerage were here, an acetylene gas furnished the lights. Within this home I found all th races and culture which belong our representative families, and you correspondent will long remembe the cordial and courteous hospitalit which greeted him. This splendi work was begun by Capt. J. M. Most but is now bein:: carried on suces fully. enercetically and rhoroughl by his active young son. Thos. ( Moss. It seems to your correspond ing in a business-like way all of .h ing in a businesslike way aU of tn work that should be done on the far: and what he continues to inako of should be watch,-d with ipterest." T. E \' MORE BOOZE Prhion Does Not Afed the Consump tion of liquor. MORE USED THAN EVER I According to the Annual Report De spite the Closing of Many Salpon in Various States, Production o Intoxicating Liquors for 1910 Ex ceeded That of 1909. The last annual report of the com missioner of internal revenue, show ing that there had been a large in crease both in pt-oduction and con sumption of intoxicating liquors dur tng the year 1910 over 1909. raise< an interestinz question in the sessioi of Congress just ended as to whethe the closing of saloons really tendei to increase consumption. says th, Washington correspondent of Thi News and Courier. The House com mittee on Inter-State and foreigi commerce gave a number of hearing concerning the question. Many per sons were brought before the com mittee and otherwise a large amoun of data was closely examined. Congressman James. H. Millex joint author of the Miller-Curt!s bi' in the House, was asked for an ex pression of opinion just before h< went to his home in Kansas today His statement is especially signifncan not only because he is a member o the committee which has b:een in vestigating the subjs*t. but also be cause the State from which he comes Kansas, has In recent years been th battle ground of many hot liquo contesta. "*It is not denied," Mr. Miller said "that the amount of both, distille4 and fermented liquors produced an consumed during the last fiscal yea has increased over the amount fo 1909. It is highly interesting t note, hnwever. that there is a ver materia decrease in both the con sumption and production of liquor In the revenue districts. comprisin prohibition States. while the increas is largely in three or four of th< States where the license policy pre Vails. "It !s important to notice also tha while there is an increase In the ito tal production and consumption of if quor. as compared with the year be fore. yet there is a substantial de crease In comparison with the fsca year of 1909 The reason for thi - showing is indicated by the fact tha I wh!le during 1910 there was no back ward step, and some additional coun ties and comtnunities were in ta 'dry' column. yet the number of thes - districts that became 'dry' durin 1910 was not so large as the aggre 5 gate of those which went *dry' dut - ing either of the two previous years strbsequently the amount of decre~s in the sections that were added to th tno-license list was not sufficient t offset the continued Increase in tn - large cities and license States. "During the fiscal year of 191 there were the following decreawe -Alabama and M1ississippi. 176 gal - ons: Georgia. 7.245: Kansas an SOklahoma. 357: Mlaine, Vermont an New Hampshire. 597: North Carc lina. 271.160: Tennessee. 460,l81. t"In contrast to these figures thos containing the three largest licens citIes in the United States are as foi lows: New York. increase. 2,100, 791: Pennsylvania, 1.528,147; Ill: nois. 234,005." Upt~on heing asked In what manne the raricus State's might be enable to stop the Inter-State shipment C liquor, Mir. M3iller said: "As w view the problem. three or four pot sible ways by which the State ma be given the n'ecessary relief. e1. Action, such as is contemplate by the Mliller-Curtis bill, which no' attempts to remove an impedime:3 which now exists by reason of th absence of a specfic utterance, on tA part of Congress. thus allowing i:r pot ted liquors to fall within the jurh diction upon arrival immediatel withIn the boundary of the Statet which consignment has been mad4 -and thereby becom" mingled wit the common mass of property withi the State. 2. Action by which the Inter-Stat shipments of intoxicating lIquors ma be forbidden altogether, as In th case of lottery tickets. t3. ActIon forbidding partial Intet State shipments of liquor when cota sgned to those who are not authot ized by State law to dIspose of thett ~4. The adoption of an amendmrnt to the Inter-Stato commerce claus - of the Constitution whi-h. withou question, will give Congress ful power to take whate:ver action is n'et I essary in giving r.e'is-f to the State. ."This latter sutggestion is cond! 5 tonal on th- possibility of Congres i failing to take~ fu:rther action on th - ground of unconstitutionatlity. 1I i however, the public sentiment n' > ready aroused! on the question sha: be compelled to resort to this es C treme. It is pro'.lematic where th demands for constitutional change L witl end. I I"The hilt in q':"ct ion proposes t i constitute intoxicatinlg liquors as -special class of comnmod!ities. to b I admittedl to an'd carried in lnt': State comm n.-ree on condition 'hat :h nt-r-Stat" comerce charn'te'r C > the shipmien shall rease at onc" upo arrival immnediately within th.' boui dary of the Stat". ity this propos.' i Act Congress is not atsk.'d to hel ! enforce the polic" reulations of an .State-. or to do aLnyth:rg which t -Stat e4 can Io for t h.:nslv's. it. i simplyv to p'rot.- th.- .ates in th .exercise of their p.oiic.' powers at -point where such -:xerels" is not no' aNow is a g".. timu to e:.'anr t t around the yard and whi:-swr: f'nces and out houses. I: maysa TALE OF WOE TULD MORE DETAILS OF THE CHI'ESE FA3MINE REACH US. Missionaries Working Hard and Have Attacked Problem of Relieving Sufferers. More gruesome stories of the hor rors of the Chinese famine reached the state -department Thursday from the consul general at Shangthal. who describes conditions at the beginning of February. One traveler reported passing 13 dead bodies in 13 minutes. Others tell of the natives eating cakes made of leaves and stems mixed with mil let chaff, which they buy with the al lowance from the government of three cents apiece. Trees have been stripped of the bark and eaten. An American Presbyterian mis sionary declared that in the whole af!'icted region there were 2.000.000 starving people. In one village of 100 families one-third were dead of hunger and pestilence. Snow was falling and many were without prop er shelter or clothing. The missionaries have attacked the work of relief with the greatest sys - tem and directness. The families in the province of Puchow. for instance, were divided into four classes and enumerated with this result: Those who had plenty numbered 18,995; those who could exist till harvest on wheat grain they had, 209.937; those who had a little grain, but would be in need before the end t of February, 156,301, and those real ly destitute and in need of immedi . ate relief. 195.651. - One thousand dollars raised by the Chinese relief committee of the chamber of commerce of Cincinnati was cabled to Shanghai Thursday by the American National Red Cross. THERE MUST BE A CHANGE. Republican Party Must Progress or It Wll Die. Gifford Pinchot, speaking at Ak ron at the banquet of the progressive Republicans of Ohio, said the Amer Ican people had devoted the last third of the nineteenth century "to the great task of material develop ment." He continued: t "When the great combinations of - capital found that monopolistfc con - trol of the natural sources of wealth - could be secured more easily through - politics than in any other way, they I went into politics. Using ,corrupt commercial methods with the tire t less efflciency they had learned in - theiR .egitimate operations, they set - out to get political power, and they succeeded. Politic Al power opened an easy way to use money to get more money, and they clung to it - till they wore their welcome out. The - Payne-Aldrich tariff was the last straw. R"Whatever is right and vital in the Republican party today is pro. Sgressive. Whatever is unprop,'ssive is dying or dead. The Repul lica: party cannot live half dead and half alive." After praising progressive legisla tion by State legislature, which he said was not reactionary. Mr. Pin c hot said. "In the field of national -politics the situation is less clear.' He said the Republican candidate for President in 1912 must be a pro. gressive and have certain qualities, -for the party could not risk its - chance of victory on the hope of -Denrocratic blunders. rROBBERS ARE CAUGHT. Conductor Identifies Men Who Held -Up His Train. W. A. Pinkerton, head of the Pink erton detective agency who is in Mo bile, was notfied Thursday in a tel t egram from Chicago of the capture in the woods of Michigan of the rob' hers who robbed the mail train on the - Oregon Short Line some time ago. -The men arrested are Thomas O'Har,1 and Victor Close. At the time of the robbery one of the porters on the train was shot to death and another wounded. The men were traced tc the woods of Northern Michigan but the arrests were not made until the conductor of the train was taken tc Michigan and identified the men. Shot Himself on Roof. Standing on the edge of the roo! - of a tenement house In New York -Thursday an unidentified man se'nt -two revolver bullets into his head. The body crashed to the street. fly' stor~es below. That the suicide had intended to make sure of dying if hih rvolve'r failed t1im was indicated by the finding on the roof of a bottle filled with a powerful acid. SCru%hed to Death. Arthur M. Stuart. a switchman of the Charleston Terminal Company, fell from a freight car, and was fa tally crushed under the wheels of at en:ine tender. He died a few min utes after the accident happened. and an inquest held Thursd.ay by the cor oner resulted in a verdict or acce 'dental death. Feeding the Starving. For the relief of the starving mu! titude of China. The Christian Her ,ad WVednesday sent $l0.000 to thi taedepartment for transmission tc Shnghai. This amount will be ca bl-d to the American consui at Shancha! for distribution to the fa. mine sufferers. AbTout 3,000 New Notaries. aApproximately 3.600 commissIon; -ave been issued for notaries pubai in the revoking order of the Gov. ero.Governor Blease said~ recent 'yv that he would very prob-ibly re: ~ommnd next year to the Genra! A; sembly that a3 annual fee be ro TARN IU WUKI Me Named for Seced u Isjuctiu APPOINED BY BLE Supporters of the Beaufort Delega tion Nominees for Commisdoners, Who Were Ignored by Gov. Blease, and Others Given the Places, Brought the Action in the Court. Judge Gary Thursday at Walter boro issued a temporary injunction against the men recently appointed township commissioners in Beaufort county by Gov. Blease in opposition to the recommendations of the legis lative delegation. and they are cited to show cause why the temporary in junction should not be made perma nent. Gov. Blease. In appointing the township commissioners, entirely ig nored the recommendations of the legislative delegations In six of the seven townships in spite of the pro vision of the code that he shall ap point them upon the recommendation of the delegation. The appointments were made, it Is understood, after a conference with Thomas Talbird. a political follower of the governor, who opposed the election of the members of the Beau fort delegation The governor's action caused in dignation in Beaufort and as it is be. lieved that the appointments made by the governor are illegal It was de termined to take the case to the courts. It is especially necessary that there be no question as to the legality of the township commissioners because they are to be entrusted with the spending of $300,000 for the erao. tion of a bridge from Beanfort to the opposite island. Now that the restraining order has been Issued the case will have to be argued upon question of making the order permanent and the decision of this case may be a precedent that will settle the other disputed a pointments in the State. REFUSES TO OBEY LEAME Magistrate Kirby Declines to Give Up His Ofmce. Magistrate A. H. Kirby. of Spar tanburg. has received a letter from Gov. -Blease ordering liim to vacate his office as magistrate and turn over his records to Malcomb Bowden. the governor's appointee. Maj. Kirby has said that he will do nothing of the kind. Though the major is 83 years old. he says he irt not ready to retire at this time and holds that the governor has no right to remove him from of fce. His attorneys advise him that he can hold over, since Mr. Bowden, whom the governor appointed to suc ceed him, has not hid the indorse nent of the county delegation nor been recommended by the senate. Both Maj. Kirby and Bowden are transacting business. What the de velopments will be is the question ina which the city !s much interested. Holds' On Also. The latest developments In the magisterial situation at Greenwood is a letter received Thursday morn ing from the governor by Judge Kerr. In this letter Magistrate Kerr is told that "his successor having been appointed, his commission Is re oked and is null and void."~ Previous to this the governor had advised his appointee. J. W. Canfleid, to go ahead transacting business as magistrate and if at the end of 30 days 'Magistrate Kerr had not turned over his books to him. Mr. Canfield. it would be in order to have a war rant sworn out for him. The notice of revocation of Magis trate Kerr's commission is another move which Mr. Kerr says can not be sustained as the cause given, the appointment of his successor, is not one of the three causes specified by law upon which his commission can be revoked. What It Means. A Washington dispatch says all doubt as to the purpose of the goT ernent in sending '.Y.000 troops to the Mex~can border has at last been swept away. The T.nited States has d.termined that the revolution in M'cico must end. The American troops have been sent to form a solid military wall along the Rio Grande to stop filibustering and to see that there is no further smuggling of arms andl men across the Internation al boundary. Blow Proves Serious. At Alken Robert F. U2ssery, a young printer, was arrested Wednes day morni~ng andl place'd in jail for strikn: G;ary Glover. son of P. B. Glover. wIth a pool cuc in the Hotel .Aiken poolmoom. The blow was not hought to have been serious, but it dev.ioed that the bor Is not ei- ' pected to live. Ussery is about 20 years old and Clover is said to be 17. Set Him Fr-.e. Tzra'! Lazaruzs. a negro. who was c~nvicted in Colleton county on the charge of manslaughter. in March lof f11a. and se'nte~nced to three years othe c.hain gan:. has been par don.d by G;overnor Blease. The par Idon was r'comnmende d by Solicitor Perifoy. who prosecuted the case. Lazarus kIlled another negro. Circular Saw' Bursted. .t .Taek sonv:2.' Daniel .lohns. 21 yars old. was kill-d instantly this moin- th" Dturke Lumber Mills. Whn a circulazr saw bursted and. at Item passin- entirely through a two ..y-.... .da. cut his boyIn twain.