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ANSWER PRAYER The Power of Speech Was Restored to a Ian at Westminster, S. C. DUMB FOR THREE YEARS Like the Marvels of Early Christian Days, Reads Story of Mr. Drayton Poore, Who, Dumb, Speaks Again, the Thorn in the Flesh Having Been Removed. A letter from Westminster to the News and Coruier says without ques tion the most conspicuous man in up per South Carolina to-day is Mr. Thomas Drayton Poore. He had this unabating conspiciousness since the afternon of Feb. 7, 1911. It dces not dwindle in the least, but rather grows greater as the circle covering the knowledge of his experience grows wider. People from different parts of the state and the neighboring State of Georgia have come in nun. bers to Westminster for the sole pur pose of looking on the person of this new marked man. Letters have been received by the hundreds making in quiry about him. The thing that has brought Mr. Poore into the lime light is the sud den restoration of speech, of which he had been totally deprived for al most three years. To be more eA act, the thing that has pointed him out as a conspicious character is not the simple fact of the restoration of speech, but the circumstances under which his speech was restored, and more especially the cause that is be lieved to have been behind it and responsible for it. A brief history of the case of Mr. Poore will tell the story and put before the reader the evidence upon which the claim of a miracle is posited. Mr. Poore, who is one of the most reputable men of the town and coun ty in which he lives, began to lose the power of speech on the 11th day of April, 1908, and continued to grow worse in this respect until on the 18th day of December of that year he was utterly unable to make an audi ble sound, even in the form of a whis per. The physicians told him that it was the result of a case of nervous indigestion that had been troubling him for a long time. Mr. Poore was unable to make a single sound in the nature of speech until the afternoon of February 11, 1911. It is the re turn of the power of speech, espec ially in the light of the circumstances of its return, and, as it is confidently believed by all, the cause of its return that makes Mr. Poore to be a subject of great interest at this time. The circumstances are these: There was a protracted service in progress at the Baptist chuch in Westminster, of which Mr. Poore is a member and officer. The services were being con ducted by the Rev. S. E. Stephens, a returned missionary of that denomi nation. On the afternoon of the 'ta of February, at a very quiet meeting in which prayer was the predomi nating feature, Mr. Poore wrote on a slip of paper *a request that prayer be offered for him that God would give him grace to bear his affliction. At tention was called, to the fact that it might be God's will to restore to him his voice, and this was raiade the bur den of the prayers- offered at that time. Like Paul of old, the brethren prayed that the "thorn of the flesh" might be removed, but if it was not for the glory of God that it be re moved that their brother might be given grace to bear it to God's glory and praise. After the season of prayer was over, without asking if the answer had been given, the leader announced a hymn,. and none was more sar prised, perhaps, than Mr. Poore to find that he could join in the singing with as strong and melodious a voice as any one present. The amazement was startling when Mr. Poore, just as the minister was about to dismiss the congregation, rushed to the plat form, lifted his hand and began to tell, with lips that had been speech less for three years, of how wonder fylly God had answered the prayers of His people on that occasion. At the request of Mr. Poore the congre gation sang, "Nearer, 'My God, to Thee" and "Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow," the subject of the blessing leading the singing with a thrill in his voice that by that con gregation was never heard on land or sea. If any one imagines that there was any drag in the meeting after ti-it they are quite mistaken. An ovation was tendered IMr. Poore on the ground, and as the remarkable inci dent spread through the town and surrounding country multitudes thronged the streets. delegation after delegation met him on his way home, or called on him after he reached home. The house was packed at night with people. who, like the Jews in Bethany that came not for Jesus' sake onl'y, but to see Lazarus whom He had raised from the dead, came not for the meeting's sake- only, but that they mnight see the man who had received such a tangible and apparent blessing iji answer tc prayer that had been offered in that house. The crowds still come to. Mr. Poore's home and such an occurrence in the life of one so well and so fav orably known, and in a denomination that is noted for its conservativencss and quietude, and yet in the life of a man with such an implicit' and abid-' ing faith in the promises of God, has received no other explanation than that God was pleased to hear the cr~y of His people and answer them "ac cording to His loving kindness and tender mercies." The following affidavits, made in the presence of an officer of the law and under the seal of the Common wealth of South Carolina. will at test the historicity of the incident. even to the most sceptical: "The State of South Carolina. "County of Oconee. "Per..anally appeared before mie Thomas Drayton Poore, of the town of Westminster, State and county aforesaid, who, being duly sworn. says: That he is 49 year of age, and that he deals in real estate and farm ing: that on the 11th day of April, 1908, he began losing his power of speech, and that his power of speech had become totally lost on the 18Stn day of December. :908. the loss being attributed as a result of nervousness. That he had been unable to speak. even in an audible whisper, from the WANT JUTE FREE CRUST TRYiNG TO THROTTLE A ALL COMPETITION. he Duty Proposed Would Suppress I Calcutta, Dundee and Liverpool Jute Bagging Mills. To prevent the closing down. by ;he trust in this country. of every i: oreign mill manufacturing bagging C or covering cotton, mill interests in his and other Southern States have petitioned congress at the 62d extra- I )rdinary session to place all baggin: E or covering cotton on the free list. A letter written to Senator Benj. Ryan Tillman of South Carolina was given out Thursday. The letter fol tows: Eon. B. R. Tillman, Washington, D. t C. Dear Sir: Under paragraph 355 of :he tariff act jute bagging is protect d by a duty of six-tenths of one per ent and three-fourths of a cent per c running yard, provided the bagging is t omposed of jute, jute butts or hemp. t The manufacturers of bagging in this country not being satisfied with I the tribute paid to it by the cotton farmers for the past fifteen years un der the above tariff, recently made a test case to prove that foreign bag ging contains some jute mill waste or I other fibre, and on that account is 4 not entitled to entry as above. but must pay a duty of 45 per cent ad < valorem. This will stop every Calcutta. Dun dee and Liverpool mill now engaged in making bagging for shipments to this country for cotton. I am led to believe that the mills in this country use other fibres than jute in making their bagging, and it is evident that the intention of congress was simply to protect American made bagging by a three-quarter of a cent duty per yard and not by duty of 45 per cent. ad valorem, which these manufacturers now insist shall be paid on every yard of imported goods unless chemical and microscopic ex amination shows same to be absolute ly pure jute, jute butts or hemp. With the foreign mills closed down the American manufacturers will soon have the cotton planters at their mercy. and it appears to us that now is the time for congress to act and see that justice is done to the plauter and to the oil mills who use larges quantities of bagging in packing their linters. Binder twine is admitted free of duty. This twine is made from the same stuff that bagging is manutac tured from. Now why should the farmers who raise wheat and oats be exempted while the cotton planter is called upon to pay a heavy duty on his bagging as well as 13 1-2 cents per bundle on cotton ties? We hope that you will be able to place all articles used in covering cot ton on the free list. Yours very truly, B. F. Taylor, President Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers' Association. In other States protests have been made to the present congress. The matter is one of grave importance af fecting the cotton mills, the farmers and other interests wherever bagging is used for any purpose. The- closing down of foreign mills, it is believed, would create an oppressive monopoly in this country that would operate against the farmers to a large ex tent. aforesaid date, December 18, 1908, unntil the 7th day of February, 1911, at which time the power of speech was completely returned to him; and that he is firmly of the opinion that the return was due to prayer offered in his behalf on that date, February 1, by members of the Westminster Bap tist church, during a series of revival services, conducted by the Rev. S. E. Stephens, assisted by the Rev. F. 0. Lavender.- That he requested th*. special prayers, and that at their con clusion, immediately, his voice re turned and he was able to return thenks to God, loudly singing His hymns. "Signed) T. D. Poore. "Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2nd day of April. 1911. ."E. M. Scott, "Notary Public for S. C. Physician's Testimony. "Personally appeared before me Burt Mitchell, M. D., of the town of Westminster. who, being duly sworn, says: That he is a practicing phy sician of 32 years' service, a graduate of the Baltimore Medical College, and that he has been treating Thomas Drayton Poore about five years. his first trouble being an acute attack of neuralgia. His second and last trou ble was nervous indigestion, which caused loss of voice. That Mr. Poore lost his voice about two or three years ago, and that his speech was returned to him during a religious service on February 7, 1911, when special prayers were offered that his voice be returned to hini. That it is his (deponent's) opinion that Mr. Poore's return of speech was due to his strong faith in the Almighty. "(Signed) B'urt Mitchell, M. D. "Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2nd day of April, 1911. "E. M. Scott. "Notary Public for S. C." .Minister's D~eposition. "Personally -appeared before me1 the Rev. F. G. Lavender, of the town of Westminster. who, being duly sworn, says: That he is the pastor of the new Westminster Baptist I church, and that he was present at the service when Mr. Thomas Drayton Poore's power of speech was returned to hini: that the return followed four especial prayers offered in behalf of Mr. Poore. That he (deponent) is firmly of the opinion that the~ return I of voice wvas a direct answer to these prayers: that he has known Mr. ?oore since ho (deponent) came to Westminster. sixteen months ago.t and that he had never heard Mr.C Poore speak prior to February 7. 1 1911. That no excitement existed int service prior to Mr. Poore's return of speech.C "(Signed) F. G. Laiender. "Sworn to and subscribed before e this 2nd day of April. 1911. I "E. M. Scott. "Notary Public for S. C." t The above are only a few speci- I nens of testimonials that have been f :aken or that are available. They t ;ettle beyond controversy the fact of I TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE L'ILL BE PLAINLY VISIBLE IN ALL PARTS OF STATE. 'eople of this City and Vicinity Will Get Fine View of the Phenome non. On the 2Sth of this month people 1 this State will have an excellent pportunity of observing a total clipse of the sun, which will be more lainly visible here than any other clipse for years. The eclipse will e visible here as obscuring of two .igits off the southern limit of the un. This means that from this point he moon will totally blot out a por ion from the lower part of the sun, rhich will represent in size two astro omical digits. Many people will get ut their smoked glasses and amateor elescopes and attempt to learn some hing about the king of the planets. The eclipse will be visible in a arge portion of the United States and towhere better than in this section. 'he sun will set eclipsed east of a ine drawn from Pittsburg to Mata ;orda Bay, Texas. Washington. D. 3., is at the northern Atlantic boun lary of the area of visibility. The eclipse- will be invisible north >f a line drawn from Portland, Ore., hrough Milwaukee and Pittsburg to Vashington. The eclipse will be very mall in the Wester2 and Middle tates. At San Diego less than one ialf of the sun's face will be ob cured, while at Chicago less than >ne-sixtieth will be eclipsed. The ,ties where it will be best visible are ven below, with the lime the eclipse vill begin and end : Charleston. S. C.. begins 6:14 p. n., ends sun sets eclipsed. St. Louis, Mo., begins 5:43 p. m., mds 6:28 p. m. New Orleans, La., begins 5:22 p. n., ends sun sets eclipsed. Raleigh. N. C., begins 6:23 p. m., ds sun sets eclipsed. Jacksonville, Fla.,, begins 6:06 p. n., ends sun sets eclipsed. Little Rock, Ark., begins 5:34 p. n., ends at sunset. Jackson, Miss., begins 5:27 p. m., inds sun sets eclipsed. Chattanooga, Tenn., begins 5:52 p. n., ends sun sets eclipsed. Savannah, Ga., begins 6:07 p. m., mds sun sets eclipsed. Louisville, Ky., begins 5:56 p. m., mnds sun sets eclipsed. Richmond, Va., contact at sunset. There will be another solar eclipse :his year, which will take place on ctober 22. This will be an annulai eclipse, and will not be visible on the 6Vestern Continent. Astronomers will hail the eclipse :his month with great rejoicing. Ai eady the great observatory on Mount 7ilson is making preparations for ob servation A solar eclipse furnishes aluable opportunities for the study f the sun's corona. This portion of ;he sun is practically beyond the study of the astronomer under nor nal conditions, because of its great brightness. When the moon passes between :he earth and the sun, it is possible o train a telescope upon the corona n such a manner as not only to get hotographs and observations of the ~orona, but what is considered far ore important, to obtain a spectro ~copic photo of the .corona, which is xpected to add greatly to the intor nation of astronomers concerning the :omposition of the solar body. * NEGRO TELLS OF MURD)ER. Sot Mad Because He Was Not Bail ed for Selling Booze. Becoming enraged because his white "friends" would not pay him >ut of jail when he was arrested for ;elling whiskey in violation of the tate prohibition law, a negro at larfield, a station on the Savannah, ugusta & Northiern railway, 25 niles from Statesboro, Ga., told the fficers of a murder said to have been ommitted by a white man named Vullins in December last. Hie said he body of a negro was buried down n a swamp near Gar'field and in ~tructed the officers to go there and Fearing they would not find the ~xact spot, the officers carried the egro with them and it is said he ,ook them with no difficulty to where ie helped bury the negro. He says ie had no hand in the killing, but the hite man made he and another ne fro bury the corpse. They began .o dig and in a short while it is said, he decomposed body of the negro vas found. It is said the negro was killed hout the middle of December and othing had been heard of it until he negro was arrested for selling hiskey and his white friends refus d te come to his rescue, when he be :ome "sore'' and revealed the secret. t is undierstood the sheriff of Emanu I county has been notified and is earching for the murderer. It is aid that the accused white man has one to parts unknown. I Three Were Killed. A long distance telephone message rom Monroeville, Ala., the county eat of Monroe county, north of Mo ile, states that a cyclone struck a ettlement near there Sunday nistit Lnd that three persons were killed. ng Thomases" who will refuse to be ieve. That is their prerogative. The act remains just the same. If they *o desire let them make a journey to estminster and there they may hear vith their own ears what God hath vrought for those who believe His ironses. The question of cause may be con idered as still an opa c:~a. So was hat of the miracles of old. However, hose in the community who have arefully studied the matter, includ ng some of the most conservative heologians of the country, say that tis the direct result of the attitude f belief on the part of God's people.4 'hey aver that this is an exam ple or rhat the church might see today but 3 or her belief. Prominent ministers re urging that it is not the limita- I ion of God's power or willingness, 1 ut the limitation of the faith of His eaple that keeps the church today 1 rom saying in thousands of instances < a -er deaf and dumb. both physical eand spiritually: "Eph-pha-tba' - 1 PREY OF MOSQUITOES ?UEEN IS BOUND TO STAKE AND LEFT TO PERISH. ,ruel Vengeance Exacted by the T Ruler on an Erring Woman May Wipe Out Colony. Quietly but persistently, and with )romise of startling revelations, the g ;nited States has turned its coldly se nquiring gaze on a condition of af- ca airs that exist on the island of St. du dalo on the coast of Louisiana. The ce ircumstances hark back a full cen Ary when the French pirate LafittI was a very real bugbear to voyagers ;eeking homes and fortunes in the French colonies of Louisiana. From gi :hose times up to the present the isl- el mnd has been held by an outlaw male 0 :ommunity of semisavages, having t hcir own government, which they :alled a "Free Republic," and admin- dc tstering justice through their own P :ouncil. Once or twice there have er een perfunctory, effects to bring this dE island under the laws of this country to >ut only recently has there been prov :cation sufficient to inspire energetic er investigations. P1 Up to the time of the recent trag- tb dy in which poor, wayward, romantic t NIarie La Vigne, a mainland beauty Df Acadian descent lost her life, the S" island was referred to as an "Eve- la less Eden." Women were not tol- sc rated. Up to the present the details b( Df the tragedy which Marie La Vigne brought upon herself are somewhat h( vague, except her horrible death. N She captivated the master of the m colony while he was marketing a boatload of fish until he became so obsessed by her charming figure and cc coquettish glances that he dared' to w violate tradition by letting her ac ompany him home. For some months a he was able to reconcile his people 1 to the presence of his "queen," as 0 Marie insisted upon calling herself. Gradually younger men of the col ony lost their prejudices, under the S inbuence of Marie's glances. Pres- T ently the master found he did not oc- a cupy the whole of Marie's heart, worse, that his rivals were not only fc successful, but numerous. Marie's public accuser was the' h master himself. And his thirst for s vengeance was so fierce that he 0 turned her over to her worst ene- i mies, the council of elders, for trial. T There was no lack of evidence. Ac- li cording to the barbarous standard of the community, a punishment to fit G the crime - was announced by the K council: 0 "Let her be eaten alive by mos- ] quitoes!" The council of elders, in delivering this terrible judgment, also swore the islanders to permit no future in- tl vasion of the island .by any women. iE Then Marie La Vigne was led forth .fi to execution. ti She was bound to a stake in the M marshes naked, where swarms of h mosquitoes and gnats denied any pos- la sibility that she would live long li enough to suffer pangs of hunger. n Such is the outline of the tragedy n which has turned the gaze of the au- yt thorities on the whole problem of tr civilizing St. Malo, and, if possible, Il bringing to justice the murderers of te poor Marie La Vigne. s A Wise Policy. a, Officials of the Southern Railway u: announce when a wreck or ac, fi cident occurs on any of their lines 10 complete and accurate information b will be furnished the newspapers t without question and without quab- tl ble. The Augusta Chronicle thinks a "the decision is a wise one, and the hi road will find, as others following S: that policy have found, that it wil; b benefit in the end. "Much of the prejudices against w railroads which has been capitalized it: by a certain type of politician is due 5S to the old-time mistaken policy of " exclusiveness and lack of confidence fC towards the Dublic on the part of the hi corporations. A railroad is a quasi- P9 public institution. The public is in.. h terested, and has a right to know,. at about any important occurrence con nected therewith. "Until a few years ago, every rail road in the country maintained a rule d: of secrecy with regard to matters of in public interest that would have ni hamed the officers of the Czar of st Russia. W-hen wrecks occurred, those ai with all available correct informaion al gave correct imitations of the calami- n< ty when the newsgatherers went Ci around. The result was that a re- n< porter assigned to a wreck always got bE a "story" from somewhere or some- is: liow-, but it was usually inaccurate, th exaggerated and nine times out ot b: ten unduly harmful to the railroad. h< But the newsgetter was not to blame; u: for in many instances wrecks oc- fr iurred at inaccessible points or es sential details could be obtained only from the management of the road. I "But the policy announced by the3 Southern is only one step in a direc- I tion that many should be taken by the managers of railroad properties. hey should take their patrons into i heir confidence, and be perfectly Erank' with them regarding rates,C schedules and all other matters re- l ating to service. They should have aothing to conceal, and therefore t hould hide nothing. Let the public. uderstand about the operations of :I railroad, and in a majority of cases .t will be convinced that it is operated t ~onestly. Knowing this, the ear ofi :he voter will not be attuned -to the ~creachy voice appealing to anti-rail 'oad prejudices--prejudices which al an be overcome as to the body of the ly ~eople by candor and open dealing." qt Lame Duck Pond. it There seems to be a lot of pub- ly ic money wasted in putting defeat_ tv d congressmen on commissions for se vhich there is little use, and for gc Thich, if they are of use, very few D >f the appointees have needful quali ca ications. It is getting so that for Lmost every conceivahle thing there s a commission, and apparently they Lre created mainly for above named th mrpose. If a congressman on the ed lominant side, or any side, is defeat- on d for renomination or re-election it Hs s always open to him to follow his re >revious calling or take up some vo- fir ~ation. That, certainly, would be th nore manly than to be cared for by 4 he government at the expense ->f th-' in ubic. .The Democratic House shiorul to ok into this lame duck businioss and be ut off the supplies on which they ha eed. This lame dnck pond grows jco igger and bigger and it is about of MARTIN THE LEADER LECTED AS READ OF MINORITY IN UPPER HOUSE. e Progressive Democrats Vote for Shively, Who Polls Sixteen of the Thirty-Seven. Senator Thomas S. Martin of Vir ija was selected a; the Democratie iate caucus Friday as permanent acus chairman and minority leader ring the present congress. He re Ived 21 out of the 37 votes cast, 16 >ing to Senator Benj. F. Shively of diana. Senator W. E. Chilton of West Vir nia was elected secretary, being cted by acclamation. Senator ven declined reelection as secre ry. The expected long cont.est did not velop. Prior to the session the ogressive Democrats, as the follow s of William J. Bryan prefer to be signated, met in the office of Sena r Owen to canvass the situation. A number found themselves in an abarrassing position, because of edges made many weeks ago that ey would support Mr. Martin for e minority leadership. It was decided that the progres ves should vote for Senator New nds of Nevada, as Senators Culber n of Texas and Stone of Missouri th declined to become candidates. The plan was changed in caucus, wever, when it was learned that r. Shively, who was the vice chair an under the leadership of Senator oney during the last congress, ould not object to receiving the implimentary vote of those who ould not vote for Mr. Martin. Mr. Martin was nominated by Sen :or Clark and Senator Shively hy mator Kern. Senator Stone sec ided the Shively nomination. The 37 votes cast account for the emocratic strength except four. mators Tillman of South Carolina, errell of Georgia and Shively were )sent because of illness, and Senatox artin did not vote. The roll call llows: For Martin: Bacon, Bailey, Bank ad, 'Bryan, Chilton, Clarke, Culber in, Fletcher, Foster, Johnstone, verman, Paynter, Percy, Rayner, mmons. - Smith, (Md.), Swanson, aylor, Thornton, Watson and Wil ams. For Shively; Chamberlain, Davis, re, Hitchcock, Johnson, ('Me.), ern, Lea, Martine, 'Myers, Newlands, 'Gorman, Owen, Pomerene, Reid, nith (S. C.) Stone. Stranger Than Fiction. The Nashville Advocate says were Le story of Samuel Burdette woven to a novel, it would be pronounced 3tion of the most crude type. It is te truth, nevertheless; and there are any who rejoice that vindication as come, even though it be 30 years te, and that suspicion has been ted from a worthy man that he ay stand spotless before his fellow en in his declining days. Thirty ~ars ago Samuel Burdette, a regis y clerli in~ the postoffice at Peoria, I., put a package of registered let rs containing $3,500 into a mail tk and billed it to its destination. len the sack was opened the pack i~e was missing, and suspicion fell pon Burdette. Owing to the con lence reposed in him by his super rs, Burdette was not prosecuted, .it was retained in his position foi ro years longer, when he entered Le ministry and was sent to Asia as missionary. For several years past a has been pastor of a church in ringfield, Mass., loved and honored, it occasionally reminded of the issing registered package. A few eeks ago a veteran maii sack found s way into the government repair OP in San Francisco, and under ath the lining in the bottom was und the package, where It had been dden from sight for 30 years. Imu obable as the story is, its truth is been vouched for by the postal ithorities. Keep Good Towns Dow1n. The Augusta Chronicle says hun 'eds of good towns have been kept the village classification and de ed their proper growth by factional rife and personal animosities. Ab Sexample of what it means by the ove the Chronicle says they are >w trying to pass a bond issue in ylquitt, Miller county. We know thing of the proiosition. It may good or it may be bad, but the ue seems to have been forgotten in e factional bitterness engendered its discussion. An exponent up >lding the bond issue writes a col nn long card to the local paper, om which we extract the following: Right here I dispute ever being in associate of yours during any eriod of my life. No connections thatever with you except imagi tary objiects from your multiple 'ision. I find you still suffering from ilusions. Take the safe remedy from your Id family physician. Stop your :nocking, kicking and iching: close your childish prat les: get with the progressives. Aga~n, being an orator of re own, many of us remember with reat pleasure your maiden ora ion delivering medals to the mer ted at the close of the late Miss lice McCann School. (hic). It is reasonable to assume that the ove is in reply to something equal as personal and foreign to the estion at issue. No matter how dly the bond issue may be needed, would be better to forego it entire than to precipitate debates of such pe between leading citizens. Suchl seless pow-wowing holds many a od town down, and lets better temn red and less deserving rivals es pe with the bone of progress. Fatally Burned. TheBamberg Times says one of e most horrible deaths ever record in this county took place at Olar Sunday night when the wife of rbert Kearse died from the burns eived from her clothing catching e. Mrs. Kearse was standing near open fireplace. dressing her little tonths-old infant, when her cloth took fire. She screamed and tried protect herself with a blanket, but fore assistance reached her, h d been burned terribly. She lost sciousness, but regained control: her mental faculties long enough. HITS THEM HR PATENT MEDICINE MAKERS LOSE DPORTANT CASE. Manufacturers Denied the Right to Dictate Prices to the Selling Houses. The attempt to put the ban on "cut rates" in proprietary medicines in this country received the unqalified disapproval of the Supreme Court of the United States Monday. That tri bunal declined in an opinion by Jus tice Hughes to give its aid to such an attempt on the ground that it would afford the manufacturers of medicine an unlawful monopoly. The question of the right of a manufacturer to control the price of his article to the consumer arose in a suit begun by the Doctor Miles Medi cal Company, of Elkhart, Ind., against a wholesale dealer in medi cines in Cincinnati, John D. Park & Sons Company. The manufacturer sought to enjoin the Cincinnati firm from induding dealers who had procured medicines from the fanufacturer to sell in vio lation of a contract with the manu facturer, and from selling medicines procured in this way at "cut rates." Justice Lurton, then a judge in the circuit court, announced the opinion of the circuit court of appeals of the Sixth circuit, denying the Injunctions sought. He said that while the man ufacturer of medicines under a secret formula has a right to. a monopoly of manufacture until the formula was discovered by fair means, yet courts could not insure him *the "unneces sary monopoly" of controlling the price to the consumer. Justice Lurton added that such a manufacturer would be accorded oth erwise a.greater privilege than an in ventor. He pointed out that an in ventor must make public his inven tion, which becomes the property 01 the public after a few years, but a manufacturer of a proprietary medi cine under a mere secret fomula, might enjoy a monopoly forever. Justice Hughes today quoted ap proviursly from Judge Lurton's opin ion, and stkted that the medicine corupany had made the mistake of conwidering its monopoly of manufac ture to N monopoly of sale. Justice ;1olmes, in a dissenting opinion, said that he believed polic) of letting people manage their busi ness in their own way as much as possible. Furthermore he stated he believed there was a tendency to overvalue the benefits of competition to the public. THIRTY-FOUR REBELS SLAIN. Regulars Surprise Insurrectos Near Chihuahua. Thirty-four rebels are dead and many wounded as a result of an at tack made by 350 Federals on Friday night upon a detachment of 150 insurgents at Aldama, Mexico. The Federals report the death of but four men. The defeat of the rebels was large ly due to lack of discipline on the part of the rebels. They had entered Altdama without resistance early In the day. Not anticipating attack their officers issued invitations to a dance and then began the killing of twenty head of cattle, announcing that they were preparing the beef for the sup per of 1,000 rebels encamped some distance south of the city of Chihua hua. The dance took place. Both the rebels and their guests drank heavily and late in the night the insurgent camp was located in a grove near the edge of the town. No sentries were out when the attack was made and few of the rebels had their guns. They fled toward the town and were shot down as they ran. Amon-g the rebels dead are Capts. Francisco and Jose Portillo, brothers. The federal dead include two lieutenants. KILLED ON WAY TO CHURCH. Stranger Slain With Shotgun in Greenville Sunday. A strange negro man, supposed to be named Frank Gary, judging from the name on a tax receipt of Hart county, Georgia, was shot and in stantly killed about 11 o'clock Mon day night by a negro supposed to be Gamp Smith at Greenville. The dean. negro was en route to church with a young negress. The parties met on the sidewalk on Green avenue, a dou ble-barreled shotgun was brought into action and the strange negro fell 'to the ground with a hole torn in his breast. The negress fled and has ntim yet been found. Residents of that section claim they saw Smith flee down the road with a shotgun after the shooting. Great Loss to the South. Dr. Seaman A. Knapp died at his home in Washington on last Satur day. While his death is a great loss to the whole country, it is a greater loss to the South than any other sec tion, and a greater loss to South Car oina than any other State. He did a great work for this State, and his death will be regretted all over it. Long ago, as The State says, it was "discerned that the shortest route to the South's industrial independence and the permanent prosperity of its agricultural people lay in diversified farming, but the task of convincing them of that truth was far from easy. Dr Knapp, as the officer in charge oz the farm demonstration of the Na ti onal department .of agriculture, came to their aid at the opportune moment. A man of wide information and a profound thinker, he believed in the South, saw plainly the richness of its unused resources and set to work with his whole heart to reveal them to the Southern people. North ern born, his sympathies were as wide as humanity and his aim was to help the 'Southern farmers help themselves so that the country that he loved would be the stronger ane happier by reason of the lifting of the people of a great section to a higher and better plane. The work that he did will go on and the South will not forget how much he inspired it and cherished it and the affection of the South for the Republic is the deeper by reason cf the disinterested efforts of this one of the Republic's Biking Absolut ' The Only Baking Po1 Grape Crea Chemis*&' tests have show biseuit made with an alni the stomach, and that di0 Read the label and a powder Is not GAME DID NOT WORK PRETENDED CORPSE FAILED TO MOVE THE OLD MAN. Young Man Tried to Fool Money Out of His Father by Pretending to be Dead. The Atlanta Journal says Lewis E. Pohlman, 30 years of age, an At lanta electrician, who lives at 15 Short street in that city, enjoys the distinction of being a young man whose father won't trust him, eithei alive or dead. He has tried it both ways. Pohlman, who used to be a sol dier with the 17th regiment at Fort McPherson, found himself recently out of funds. He was not in good standing with his father, a respected merchant in Harrisville, Pa., ana knew it would be useless to appeal for help. So he decided on a rather startling plan to soften the father's heart and loosen his pocketbook. He spent his last small change to send a Western Union message, which read as fol lows: "E. Pohlman, Harrisville, Pa.: Your son, Lewis, has just died of pneumonia, at the hospital here. Please send $80 to cover expenses for shipping his remains to you. (Signed) "A. B. CARNES." Then he waited an answer. But it didn't come. Apparently the old gen tieman had little more confidence In his son dead than he had previously had for him living. At any rate, In stead of send the money to "Carnes,' he got a Harrisville undertaker to wire Barclay & Brandon to look into the case. Lewis Pohiman, pretending to De "Carnes," got wind of this and- went to Barclay & Brandon. He was promptly arrested, and confessed to the whole transaction. Bleeding the .Country. The ten members of the nationai monetary commission now draw sal aries of $7,500 a year each. When the 'commission was originally ap pointed, the members were not paid salaries, inasmuch as they were members of the senate or the hoase and there was a constitutional ob stacle to the drawing-of two salaries by congressmen. Inasmuch, how ever, as the members of the commis sion in all cases ceased to serve in congress with the end of the last session, provision was made for the payment of salaries to them just be fore the adjournment. The Springfield Republican says It is now a well-paid "lame-duck"~ com mission, consisting of Ex-Senators and Ex-Congressmen, who were re pudiated last fall by th~e people. The lame ducks on the board are Ex-Sen ators Nelson W. Aldrich, Julius Caes ar Burrows, Eugene Hale, Hernando D. Money, Frank P. Flint, Henry c. Teller and James P. Tallaferro, and ex-Representatives James MacLach lan, George W. Prince and Robert W. Bonynge. The names of *Messrs. Prince and MacLachlan were added only last month In order to provide places for them in the public service. Another "lame-duck" performance ing of ex-Senator Warner of Missouri upon the board of ordnance an'd for tifications at a salary of $5,000 a year. All such offies are practically sinecures, and the effect is to pensio~n Indirectly the occupants, says the Re publican, which goes on to say that the multiplication of commissioner ships under the'federal government should be investigated rigidly by the Democratic house. That is good ad ice, and the Democrats should act n it at once. If the Democrats pro ;ose to carry out their promise to re dce expenses, this is a good place to egmn. They Hunt Work. More than a hundred Eastern col lege boys have already inquired of harles Harris, Topeka, Kan., direct r of the State free employment bu eau, as to the prospects for employ ent in the Kansas wheat fields the. oming summer. The majority of the inquiries are from colleges in Del ware, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and South Carolina. Mrs. Champ Clark is to be a so cial leader at Washington. We hope she gets the government clerks to attend all her parties so as to re ieve the strain of their distressing verwork. When you buy goods in some dis tant city that could be had as well at ome, you- miss the chance to maKe a business ally in your own town who sooner or later may be very useful. After the New York fire horror building codes will be advised all over the country, but often the mo tive will be not to protect the factory orkers, but to get protection from~ heir vote ely Pure vder Made from Royal nm of Tartar. [the food e alum~ *ihat a part of the alum from ai baldng powder passes into resuion is retarded thereby. ke sane that yaw bakimg made froms afto MAKE BIG GAINS Democrats Win a Sweepiig Yictory in the Chicago Election WISTHE FIFTH TME Majority for Carter Harrison, Demo' cratic Candidate, About Eighteen Thousand-There Was a Great Falling Off in the Republican Vote, While the Dqnocrats Gained. Carter H. Harrison, mayor of Chi cago, from 1897 until 1905, and son of Carter H. Harrison, Sr., who oc cupied the mayor's office from 1879 to 1887, and was assassinated dur ing the World's Fair. was elected mayor for the fifth time Tuesday. He defeated Charles E. Merriam, his Republican opponent, by 17,082 votes, gaining a total of 177,358. votes I In spite of the opposition of a ma jority of the local press, the election was almost a complete Democratic victory. The election of Fred Con nery, for city clerk, and Henry Stuck art, for city treasurer, early was concedcd, although a count of their total vote has not been completed. ~ The Democratic-majority of the city council has been increased by a doz en members. Prof. Charles E. Merriam, his Re publican opponent, conceded -cne election to Mr. Harrison at 6:30, two and a half hours after the poils closed, but declared that results were such as wculd give him hope for an other campuign. He said: "I am satisfied with the fight we have made. We have presented the issues of decent, honest, economical government squarely to the voters in a way that cannot fail to help con ditions. The battle must be fought not once, but mapy times, and In the long run it will prove successful. I congratulate Mr. Harrison on his vic-\ tory and wish him well in his ad ministration. Returns by wards show that Prof. Merriam was given nearly 7 per cent less votes than Busse (Republicans was accorded four years ago, while Harrison ran over 17 per cent ahead of the figures attained by Dunne (Democrat) at that time. The vote reached above 340,000, which Is about 25,000 more than the record at the same time in the last mayor alty contest. In spite of this both sides agreed that Merriam lost through failure of the "silk stocs. ing" wards to. show the strength ex pected. Even in the twenty-fifth ward, where Merriam's candidacy was con ceived, failure of Merriam supporters to vote caused the professor's total to drop far below what had been expect ed. Harrison announced as soon as this ward had been reported that he had won and prepared a- statement. After this ward had reported the re suit never was in doubt." While the first ward gave up its usual Democratic plurality, it was not alone from this, and the river wards of similar character,. that Har ison drew his support. His eight years' .service in the mayor's chair drew out many from the ranks his opponent had not counted on, and his promise of 70-cent gas was said by his managers to have had a great in fluence with the West Side wards, where he showed unexpected strength. One of the features of the cam paign was the vote polled by the So ialist party. Five-sixths of the total precincts in the first Indicated that the vote would reach 24,000, a gain of 11,000 over the vote of four years ago. On the other hand the prohi bition vote dropped to 3.000 this year, as against 11,000 last year. CHILD LOST TEN YEARS. Youth Blown Away in Galveston Hur ricane is Recovered. In the hurricane and tidal wave on Sept. 8, 1900, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wood son, of El Dorado, Tex., who were visiting relatives near Bolivar, on Galveston bay, was swept away when the house was carried by the sea i~i land nearly a mile. A few days ago a traveling salesman heard the story of the finding of the child in a pasture by a man, who placed the boy in an asylum in San Antonio. The sales man knew the Woodsons, who have since moved. to Kansas City, and the child now nearly 1 4 years old, was traced to a family near Fredericks burg. Tex. The family adopted the child six years ago. Identity was established by a goid medal with the child's initials en graved on it, which he wore when he was swept away, and a birthmark on the body. The parents believed the boy bad baen carred to ea.