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VID7 VOL. XXV MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY* JUNE ,1flN.3 FELDER ACCUSED New D1;?ahpu y Com .sion Swears Out Warraant FEr Him. CORRUPTION CHARGED Action Follows. Resolution Passed in Session at Columbia -Requisition Papers Filed and Rearing Will be Held in -June. A warrant charging T. B. Felder of Atlanta with "offe:-g and at tempting to bribe a State oicer and with conspiracy to defr-'.d the State of South Carolina was sworn o ur Wednesday at New.berry by B. F. Kelly, secretary of the new dispen sary commission. The warrant was sworn out before J. C. Sample and. was placed in the hands of Sheriff Buford of that county. A dispatch from Atlanta says Sher if Buford Thursday afle-noon con sulted Governor Brown and filed requisition for T. B. Felder. The hearing will take place bfore the governor on June 20. Col. Felder remains apparently indifferent to the entire proceedings and onlv reiterates that the governcr of South Carolina is tryin.z to cover up bis own sins by directing a fight on him. The warrant against Mr. Felder was sworn out following ,he adoption of the new dispensary ecmmission: "Whereas. certain information hav ing come into our possession, which we are advised is sufficient upon which to secure a conviction. "Be it resolved, that the secretary of this commission is hereby instruct ed to immediately swear out a war rant for the arrest of one Thomas B. Feld-er for offering and attempting to brib'e a State officer of the State of South Carolina and for conspiracy to defraud the said State." The commission has given no offi cial statement as t6 the State official Mr. Felder is charged with attempt ing to bribe. The swearing out of the warrant follows sensational counter charges on the part of Mr. Felder and the governor of South Carolina. The governor recently made pu.blic a letter purporting to have been written to H. H. Evans. former chairman of the State dispen sary board of control, by T. B. Fel der, offering to "frame-up" a deal for $50,000. The letter in question was signed "T. B." This letter was . secured from H. H. Evans by the gov ernor. Just what kind of informa tion the commission has against Mr. Felder is tiot known. The commission met at Columbia Wednesday. Several weeks ago an order was issued requiring Mr. Fei der. a member of the firm of Ander son, Felder. Wilson & Roundtree of Atla.ta, to come to Columbia on May I, 28 and tell what he knew of the acts of the governor as private citizen. State senator. -and chief executive ia connection with the dispensary situ-1 ation. MIr. Felder did n.ct come to Columbia Wednesday. The commis * sion accordingly adopted the resolu tion directing that a warrant be sworn out against him. MIr. Felder * sent a letter to the commission in .3which he explained his position. The letter of Mr. Felder follows: M1ay 26, 1911. "Mr. James Stackhouse. Chairmrran and Mr. B. Frank Kelly, Secretary St-3.te Dispensary Commission, of South Carolina. Columbia. S. C. "Gentlemen: "Receipt of your valued favor of the 19th instant is hereby acknowl edged. I have ben absent from the city for the past week or 10 days conducting some investigations on my own -account anent the matter re ferred to in the second paragraph of the series of resolutions adopted by your commission at a meeting held 11. the city of Columbia on the 19th in stant, a copy of which you caused tc be transmitted to me here. "After mature consideration. have reach-od the deliberate conclu sion that -if 'your governor' could with p)rotnriety create a commilssior who are 'all friends cf mine and per. sonal supporters' to investigate ti. members of the old commission, the ottorney general of 'he State of South Carolina and the agents. at torneys and employes of the old comn mission, and to make 'a rigid inves tigation of all of my (Ble's's) acts as State sentor, private citizen anr~ governor of the State.' I could witi equal protiriety resolve myself inte a committee of one to make invest5 gations *es to the said Blease. hi5 allies and affliates. I think it wiP .be conceded that my jurisdiction is equally as broa d -es yours: that I havr the same authority to subpoena wit nesses. compel their cttendance, ant' to give evidence touching the prem ises. as you possess, and I feel that I may say, without undu-e arrogance that mv- 'fndings of both law and fact' will be just cs binding and carry with them the same degree of weight and respectability as yours. tbat my investigations have beer quite .oxtensive. thorough. exhaustive and most satisfactory to me. ano when made public will, in all human probability, disqualify for service' some of those now seeking to pass offcial juriament upon the acts of my associates -and myself. To some of you this statement may prove en "In ronclusion. permit me to say irmatical, while to *'thers it will be most clear-. "It does not suit the convenience of my ecomittee to meet with yours at the tim-a and place indicated, but jf we en. mutuail r ree upon a dif-j ferent time and place. for an inter cha-e of vier:s.. ir formation and con .sdences. 1 foot auite safe in sayinrg that t'-. restit will be most pleasine -'wh'ian vakin. no urconditional rMi2La to do so er I mus- in thlese FOR DUTY ON WOOL HOUSE DEMOCRATS AGAIN PUL] TOGETHER IN CAUCUS. Party Declare for Duty of 20 Pei Cent. for Revenue Purposes, Fifti Per Cent Reduction. A Washington dispatch says th4 sum and substance of the action ol the Democratic House caucus Thurs day night is that the Democrats it that body are keeping up their rec rd of achieving at the extra sessior the best politics -the party has played for two decades. Republican hopes of a serous Dem ocratic split are again blasted b3 the magnificent Democratic leader ship in the House, the proposed Dem ocratic revision of the wool tarifl and the Underwood bill, being unan ,mously approved by the .Democratic ::auscus at midnight, twelve hours af ter it had been made publ.ic by the ways and means committee. Through a resoluion, which leaves the Democratic party open in the fu ture to renew its advocacy of free .rade -in raw wool, but which com mits all Democrats to .the support of the present bill as a revenue meas are, that measure was put through he caucus Thursday. The final vote on the approval of :he Underwood bill was made .unan mous, but the following members ere excused from a pledge to sup >ort the caucus action: Representa :ives Rucker, of Colorado; Ash-1 rooke and Francis, of Ohio; and 3ray, of Indiana. The resolution agrees on e. free .w wool tariff, but was finally voted own and the revenue deriving bill was adopted. The need for a duty, the resolution tated, was due to Reputblican ex :raagance, which made necessary arge revenue. Speaker Clark took :he floor and supported the resolu ion, which had been framed in the onference. TO PENITENTIARY TO-DAY. W. T. Jones to Begin Serving Life Ser-tence for murder. The Penitentiary authorities were nformed that W. T. Jones, the 'nion County man given a life untence for unoxicide, would reach olumbia Friday from the Union ounty Jail. Jones has been n the jail since July, 1908, vhen he was arrested charged with he..poisoning of his wife. He will >e 'placed in the State Pententlary *enceshrdlu cmfwy -vbg cfwyaxfiqak o commence the serving of his life erm. Jones is not an old man, be ng less than 45 years of age. He ias, therefore, barring future exe utive clemency, probably many ears to serve In the State prison. To-day was exactly two weeks since e Supreme Court decision was hand d down. The remittitur went to nion Monday, seven days after the ecision, Jones has lost on appeais o the Supreme Court and recently overnor Blease refuse to extend exe mutive clemency. .Jones Reaches Penitentiary. W. T. Jones, the Union County ~armer, convicted of wife murder, vho is to serve the rest of his days n the State Penitenti-ary, was car lied there Thursday . to commence he sentence. He has regulark een -imprisoned at the Penitentiary lones has protested his innocence, 'ut has given up the fight in the ourts, according to his own state nent. Weevils Worry Farmers. Great anxiety has been caused the ottcn planters of Clark county. Ala ama, by the appearance of the boll weevil which has lately been found n that section in large numbers. The ests have been pronounced genuine veevils by government experts and -peciments have been sent to the tate school at Auburn. Hottest D~ay in 36 Years. Saturday was the hottest day in ontgomery. Ala.. that has .been re orted in thirty-six years, the temn erature reaching 90 degrees at 3 >clck in the afternoon. Cotton is rowing rapidly under the tremen lus heat that has been registered *or the past two weeks and the coo' dights. Bank Divided. The distribution of check disclos i an increase of the dividend of he bank of Toronto to 11 per cent. er annum. natters consult -and largely yield to he wishes of others more vitally in erested In the outcome of this con roversy than I can po.ssibly be. and may add, whose views have deterred e from doing so heretofore), still if mnrestrained, It will .be my pleasure o deliver in the not distant future ,a veritable 'broadside' "With assurances of my most dis rtinguished consideration. I have the honor to be "Yours very truly, "T. B. Felder. ChaIrman of the Anti-Blease Inves tigating Committee."' Several matters were discussed at the meeting of the dispensary com 'anission. The secretary announced that it has been decided to employ Holan & Holmnan of Charleston as ttoreys for the commission. The -la-im of S. W. 'Scruggs of Spartan ur for -about $4,000 will be con idered. Mr. Scruggs claims the -bove amount for delivering a wit ness to the old commission and At :orneyi General Lyon in connecticl wth th~e graft prosecutions. It I M'so probable that the Carolina Glass empany case will come before the SAYS GOOD=BYE Aged and Broken Ex-Ruler Diaz Embaks for Spaia. PATHETIC SCENES Last Words Before Leaving Country be Ruled so Long a Warning that His Methods Must Continue to As sure Peace in Republic.-Farewell to Officers and Soldiers. General Diaz said his farewell to Mexicon Wednesday at Vera Cruz, With his wife and other mem bers of the Diaz family, he boarded the steamer Ypiranga, bound for Spain. Gen. Diaz said from this port Wed nesday on the steamer Yplranga for Haxre, France. The steamer goes by way of Havana and Gen. Diaz ul timate destination is Spain. His ship was only a little ways out when the searchlight of the fort ress guarding the port was turned on it. With glasses in hand, among a small party in the stern, Diaz was standing somewhat apart, close to the rail. He was plainly discernible. The last words of the Ex-Pre-sident spoken ta those left on shore were, "I shall die in Mexico." This was uttered In a tone of pro phecy and with a look of Inspired conviction. It was 5 o'clock when Gen. Diaz and his party went aboard. The journey from the house where he had been quratered was made In carriages. Crowds Jammed the way. Gen. Diaz, accompanied by the mili tary commander of the port, Gen. Joaqualn Mass, and followed by Se nora Diaz and the other members of the party, received an ovation on the walk to the ship rarely accorded to any one in Vera Cruz and never be fore to Gen. Diaz. With his arms filled with flowers, and bowing right and left, the for mer president started up the com panionway. On board, the ship's band began the Mexican national hymn. Every hat was off and Diaz nalted at the head of the companion way. The guns of Fort Santiago be gan for the last time to fire a presi dential salute dn honor of Diaz. The crowd cheered itself hoarse and the general lifted his hat. "I will never forget this reception, fellow citiasns." he said. "It comes at a time when the-country Is against me. Not even a President can be the recipient of a greater ovation than this.." Once mon cheers arose and Diaz moved into the ship. -01n board the ship were scores of friends and vis itors to the General. The ship cap tain took the old fighter to the bridge. whore the General .gazed out uren Mexico. Darkness came over the harbor, 'izhts appeared and people held their rositions weating for the ship to sail. Senora Diaz, as well as her hus hand appeared on the bridge. She bade farewell to the old family ser vants who did not accompany the party, and was visibly affected by the parting. Miany telegrams and letters had been received by Gen. Diaz. To each an* answer was sent. To hais country, Gen. Diaz delivered a warning. Speaking to the little~ group of soldiers who had served as a guard, the old man who governed M1exico for more than thirty years by miltary strength, declare1 that .th -present Government must resort to his methods di peace is to be restored. The soldiers were the same men who had defended the life of the Ex President and his family, when'rebels attacked the special train coming .to Vera Cruz. Four of the number were killed in the affair. When Gen. Diaz stepped forward on the veranda of the house, there was a buzz of comm-ent, but no ap plausea. Diaz was brief. In the name of the army. Gen. Huerta addressed him, telling his old chief that he could always count on these men, "notwithstanding what every one said." Gen. Huerta's v6.ice .broke as he added, with perhaps more frankness than tact: "It Is the only portion (a the coun try that did not go against you." H{e declared that he and his men and the army in general were sorry to see Gen. Diaz leave Mexico. but that there was alro reason for grat. itude, inasmuch as the peoule would be given an opportunity to know what he has done for Mexico. Bravely Gen. Diaz began his reply, but before many minutes he was' having great difficulty in mastering "Is a grtflto the army," said the Ex-Presideant. "that I ould count on it to the last moment of leaving Mexico. It is the only real defence the country has and to re-es tablish ,it will have to be used In this crisis." roln thod Tears were rligdownthod man's face now, and his voice was broken. 'But he continued, assuring his hearers that should his country at any time become Involved in trouble, he would be willing to return. Pointing to the colors of Mexico, the General added: "I would then place myself at the head of the country's loyal f-orces, and under the shadow of that flag, I would know how to conquer as in Punish 'Violators. . If we are not going to enforce the speed limit ordinance we should repeal it. Open violation of one ordinance induces contempt for all other ordinanoes. Average Yield of Potatoes in Maine. The average yield of potatoes in the state of Maine for the ten years -ls9% to 1908-.was lil1 bushels per acre. PROBE IRUST MAGNATE CRIMINAL ACTIONS PLANNED, SAYS WICKERSHAM. Attorney General Questioned by the House Committee on Expenditures. Says Juries Loath to Convict. The recent decisions of the Supreme Court in the Standard Oil and American Tobacco Com pany cases will result in a sweeping attempt to secure criminal ow.nvction of violatiprs of the anti trust law, according to Attorney Gen eral Wickersham, who appeared re cently before the house committee on expenditures. Mr. Wickersham was asked why the government, thus far failed to lodge any "trust magnates" in prison? "We have done the best we oculd," he said, "but thene has been an un willingness on -the part of juries and courts to sentence men to prison un der the anti-trust law. Until the Supreme Court laid down its expla nation of the law, in the cases just decided, this reluctance was well un derstood, and the law has always been open to question. "Juries are becoming more willing now, however, to convict and -judges who have been reluctant to impose prison penalties now have these de isions to sustain them." Criminal prosecution pending against the meat packers, he added, and the milk dealers, 4.he naval st.;r3s and window glass combinations and other alleged violators of the anti trust law,. he said, would be followed by other prosecutions. He stated that the government had definite plans. When asked why there had been no prosecutions against the heads of the Standard Oil and toba ceo com panies, he replied that "it has been practically impossible to convict them. Now, however, we have an In terpnetation of the Anti-Trust Act up on which we can proceed." The atorney general was closely questioned by Mr. Ball as to the cot ton cases In New York, -but he re fused to disclose the government's brought against those seeking to elevate the -prices of raw cotton rath er than against the spinners and tne "bears" who were trying :to depress future acts. Asked why actions were it, Mr. Wickersham said the govern ment had believed it much easier to reach the seven men controlling the raw cotton pool, against whom it had information. "The Staute of Limitations has Dot run against the others," he add d. "If the government is sustained 1 in this first cotton case, the other 1 ombinations will be attacked. "Has there ever been an investi ation of the attempt of 'bears' to iepress cotton prices in New York 1 ir New Orleans?" Chairman Ball isked. "Not that I 'have heard of," -he . ep-ied. LUNCHEON TO GOV. WILSON. 01o. August Kohn Tenders Delightful Reception at His Honie. The State in addition to the recep, ion Thursday evening in honor of overnor Woodrow Wilson and the 'isiting members of the Press Asso-. ation the press meeting has been narked by -a number of handsome af airs for the guests of honor of the reek and othersfi Friday from $1.30 to $3.30 o'clock Mugust Kohn, retiring president of he State Press Association. enter aned atluncheon at his home on ~ervais street in h-ounor of Governor ~Voodrow Wilson.. For the occasion two adjoining ooms were thrown together -and ee arranged with a succession of mall tables at each .of which four ~uests were seated. The luncheon ook the form of a progressive affair I ~vith each new course two of the men1 t each to'bio advancing to the one eyond so that all were given an >nportunity -e'f a chat with the guest f honor, and who sat with the host. When the gu-nsts were first seated the arrangemnt was as follows: At ~ble number one sat Governor Wil1-I on. Mr. Kohn. Dr. .T. W. Babcock nd Robert Lathan of the News and ourer: at table number two were AH. S.-ats of The State. .T. L. Mims f the FEdgefield Advertiser. John L. imnaugh of Columbia and C. 0. ernor of the Spartanburg Herald: ~eated at the third table were W. D. ~felton. Thomas Waring of the Char .ston Evening Post. Ambrose E. .cnzles of The3 State. and W. R. radley: at the fourth were .Tames A. ot of the D)aily Record. E. H. Aull: f the Newberry Herald and News. . L. Ahney of Columbia, and .1T. C. ac' of the Marion Star, Dr. S. C.. itchell. H. L. Watson. president lect of the association: William E. onzales. -and Ed. DeCamn of the affnev Ledger, were at table nun-. ber fia and at number six were ayor W. F. Gibbes, W. D. Grist of he Yorkville Enquirer, John . Earle. Around the seventh tableg ere Gilbert M1. Berry. J. .T. Watson, F. N. Brunson, 3. L. Sims of The Or ng.burg Times -and Democrat, Phil p P. *Kohn. A. W. Knight of the~ Ramberr Herald. George L. Baker. ad C. C. Poe of 'Raleigh. formed the party at the eighth table, while at the ninth ware Ben F. Taylor. W. F. (aldwell of the Chester Lantern. Wiliam Banks of The State. R. T.. Freeman. of the Pee Dee Advceai ,i ad Clarence E. Poe of The Pro~'m-I !'e Farmer. Luncheon was arr'ed in nine courses, the appoinemen~ts and decorations all being elaborate and beautiful. Snow Falls in Manitora. A dispatch fro Harrowford, orthwestern Mianitoba. Sunday says: Winter returned in earnest. Ti-e ie-es of snow covers the gron t, an a blnding blimear is raging.* SPY REVEALS SECRT SAYS AN AMERICAN BLEW UP THE "MAINE." -4- - Plausible Story Attracts the Atten tion of Chief Wilkie But it is De nied by the Man's Biograpber. The United States government it became known, has investigated a report to the effect that the Maine was blown up in Havana harbor by an American who had been con demned to death-by the Spanish, but won his freedom by destroying the American battleship. The spy who turned the story into the Secret Ser vio3 bureau at Washington, D. C., asserted that George B. -Boynton, a "soldier of fortune" who died re cently was the man who actually blew up the Maine. Horace 9mith, biographer of Boynton, declares the story is false and that he can prove Boynton was In Venezuela at the time of the explosion. "The Spaniards," said the inform er to Chief Wilkie of the Secret Ser vice, "were entirely unprepared for the visit of the Maine, which was sent to Havana suddenly and with out warning. Consequently there was no mine attached to .the buoy et whigh she -was moored. "Capt. Gen. Blanco and his staff lid not relish having a hostile war ship in such an advantageous posi ion in the event of war with the United States, which they then re arded as at least a possibility, and [t was decided to blow her up, un ler such monditions as might make it appear she had been destroyed by n accidental explosion of her own magazines. A large boiler from the aavy yard was taken to the arsenal nd filled with powder. It wes pro ided with a mechanism by which it would be exploded by electricity and then bermetically sealed. "The boiler was lashed in a sling nder a lighter, which was towed cross the bow of the Maine 'at igh-t. When the lighter was di rectly in front.of the battleship the lines which held the boiler were cut and it dropped into the mud. "The Spaniards then fixed on Boynton as the person to set off the nine. He had been captured short ly before while conducting a fili.bust aring expedition for the Cubans, wvhom he had aided during the ten Fars' war, and was then Imprisoned n Cabanas Fortress. "According to the story, he was :ried and sentenced to death, but I vas offered life and liberty - If he . v.ould press'the button th-at was to lestroy .the Maine, and swear never. :o reveal the secret. He accepted t :hese terms and on the night of Feb. 15, 1898, when the Maine ;wung around until her bow was I lirectly over the mine, with her ! eel only three or four feet above t, he was taken to the Machina vharf, where he threw the switch 2 hat caused the explosion. Then he 1 as set free and left Cuba." Hangs Himself to Tree. When the great fire of 1909 crept ap Telegraph Hill, It left a dead treet aith one naked limb standing on the . lighest bit of ground in San Fran isco. Francisco Luigi CapI Del Ca esa, pining for his native land anged himself to this-limb Sionday with a red sash . which he had ,rought from Tuscany. Suicides W~ith Handkerchief. t Using a handkerchief -as a noose. 'rs. Minnie Wiler, aged 76, commit-t ed suicide in the police station atC Philadephia. Pa., Saturday by hang ng herself from a cell bar.: The w'om-an was 'irrested on a charge ef icking pockets. Fear of disgrace was the motive for suicide. *C Killed by Deputies. Charles Young, a desperado, was iled. Young's wife was probably atally wounded, and Deputy Sheriff Voodruff was seriously wounded In pitched battle yesterday between he Youngs .and Deputies. Woodruff td Brown in the dountains of Al eghany county, N. C.* Auto Struck by Train. t While driving acrcss the tracks of i :he Southern Railroad in Fort Val ley, G'a-., Saturday afternoon with urs. T. C. Eberhardt, the Rev. H. I B. Dean, a Methodist minister of that place, was killed and his companion I riously injured when a freight train struck their automobile. * Need More School Room. By a vote of 145 to 24 Greenwood ;chool district, including the town of reenwood. voted Monday $25,000 'or additional school buildings and an atra levy of two mills for school purposes. The present large build .ng on Magnolia street Is greatly >vercrowded. times past." Cen. Huarta grasped his hand and then the fold fighters embraced. One by one the minor officers moved for ward, and each was embraced by Cen. Diaz and told good-bye. It was over. The troops stoad at attention fr an hour in the ,brolling heat, but none appeared weary. G-en. Diaz turned to enter the house and the officers gave the command to march. he troops went directly to the cars of a special train, on which they De gan their journey to the Capital. Gen. Diaz, took luncheon. boarded the '"uluna, a Government tug, which carried him to the Ypiranga. With the Ex-President were Senora Diaz, the wife of the General; SenoraTere: sa, the sister of Senora Diaz, and her son, Jocse; Col. Porfir.io Dia~z, Jr., his wf~e and five children; Lieut. and Mrs. Lorenzo Elizaga and their young son: Gen. Amenuel Gonzales and Col. Gonzales. Lieul. Elizaga is a brother-in-law of Gen. Diaz. GOES FOR COLE ------ Col. T. B. Felder Addresses Opeu Le! ter to Govcrsor Cole L. Blease. LIBEL SUIT OR A DUEL Publshes Two Interesting Letters of Blease, and Dares Him to Enter Suit for Damages.-Promises to t Pay Attorneys Fees if He Sues and Wins. The Atlanta Constitution Saturday < published a most sensational open I tter addressed "To Cole L. Blease" ind signed by Thomas B. Felder. rhis letter follows one of a more eneral character addressed to many iewspapers. Charges of the gravest nature are nade against the govern-or of South "rolina, and he is challenged to go nto the United States courts for edress. Two letters signed "C.ole" leged to have been addressed o a liquor establishment, one asK ng for pay for servios and the oth r acknowledging the receipt of $500 nd expressing doubt of "Hub's:" eliability in money matters, are rinted. It is distinctly shock ng to South, Carolinians to have 'coward or thief" applie to the gov rnor of this State. While the matter ha been publish n a responsible newspapers, we do iot feel warranted in reproducing I he }anguage conveying criminal :harges until there is more light I rhed. Mr. Feld should be made :o prove his cliagers or else suffer he penal-ties for gross libel. He says in part: If the charges I make are false, hey are libelous per se, and I am iably solvent. Moreover, with apologies to the ihade of my departed ancestors, I n modesty (?) claim to be your ual, and if you are aggrieved by r he charges, it will be my pleasure .to neet you at such time and place ithout the confines of- your State hat may suit your convenience, to he end that abundant opportunity nay be afforded to -redress you! rievances. If my charges are groundless and ibelous and you do not wish to seqk >rsonal satisfaction, you can insti ute suit, against me in the Unitea tates court in the city of Atlanta hould it be objected, however, that his is my home county, then in any f the subdivisions of the district. Ls soon as suit is filed I herby t oromise and agree, in order to facil- t tate and expediate the same end by t y of circumventing any excuse you t nay offer for inaction, that I will P eknowledge service' and will enter nt a recogniance with good and ap ~roved security in an amount cover g the sum sued for, .the fees of 5 'our counsel and the cost of court, ogether wit~your personal expenses nd the expenses of your witnesses; he only condition of the bond be t hat you shall finally prevail in .the b itigation An -investigation of this court will isclose that it is presided over by t distiguished jurist, who, in the dministration of the laws, knowst either friend nor foe, and while his k lecisions are occasionally reversed, ~ hey abound in such rigid integrity g hat they are universally interpreted o be "without variableness or shad- '. sw of turning.''" Then follow the direct charges ons mhich Blease is invited to base his uit for libel. They affect his con luct while senator from Newberry in ealing with persons selling supplies o the State dispensary. Here- are two letters as presented 'y Col. Felder: I use you own language: From he "mountain of evidence.' In my h ossession I submit for your consid- F ration "a few grains of ssad." In Icing so I omit the name of the ad tresse: t "Dear sir: I am greatly surprised h hat you failed to call upon me dur- A ng your recent visit to Columbia ,, d arrange the matter .as promised. ipoke to Hub about it and he re- h 'erred me to you. Have performed l 1l services as agreed, 'both as to mat ers pending here and as to the last urchases by the board. Let me hear rom you at once. Read and de Yours very truly, (Signed) "Cole.'' This letter was written by you dur-t re a session of the legislature of .b State of South Carolina, in thec noth of February. 1905. to the re re~entative of *a well know liquor5 iouse which has had large transac ions with the State dispensary. 'hereafter, on March 16, 1905, yout -d ressed another comi:nunicationl to be same party, as follows: "Dear sir: Since writing you on he 26th ultimo, saw Hub. He hand 2 me the five hundred. Hereafter C 'ither deal ditectly with moe or h-ough J. F. Confidentially cannote -ely on Hub in money matters Hope o see you soon and repor': happen- C gs. Very truly yours. (Signed) "Cole." Other charges aout the methods f securing votes In the primary elec ion last summer follow, and Felder :loses In a caustic taunt to the gay rnor of South Carolina to seek yin s ication. Commenting on the letter, the At- e sta Constitution says editorially: ( The Constitution -publishes else iere an interesting, though some- c shat pers'on-21, communication ad-1 , lressed by Hon. Thomas B. Felderi I :0 Gv. Bloase of South Carolina. To thos who know Cel. Felderi e SETTER CR01P EUPORTEI FOUR PER CENT MORE LiL] WAS PLANTED. )ondition of Growing Crop Was 87. Per Cent. of Normal Score-Bear ish Report on Cotton Issued. A Washington dispatch says the trea planted to cotton this year ii he United States is estimated b: he crop reporting board of the de artment of agriculture, in the firs rop report of the season, as abou1 .04.7 per cent of the area plantet ast year, or 35,004,000 acres in luding that already planted and ex ected to be planted. This is an increase of 4.7 per cen1 r 1,586,000 acres, as compared witt 3,418,000 acres, the revised esti xate of last year's planted area. The condition of the growing crol n May 25 was 87.8 per cent of s ormal condition as compared witl 0.2 per cent, that day last year nd 80.9, the ten-year everage ox hat date. Details by the state of area planted a 1911, per cent of 1910, area anm ondition on May 25, follow: Condi State . Acres: Per et. tior rirginia .. 37,000 109 9S T. C... .... 1,587,000 105 9S . C........ 2,705,000 103 8C eorgia .. 5,199,000 103 92 'orida .. 284,000 106 95 .abama .. 3,815,000' 105 91 dississippi ., 3,454,000 101 94 ,uisiana .. . 1,118,000 104 91 'eas ... ...10,868,000 105 8V Lrkansas. . 2,446,000 103 8' 'ennessee .. . 882,000 105 82 Ussouri .. . 115,000 112 84 klahoma. ..2,622,000 116 8'1 alifornia. . .. 12000 123 95 STUDENTS STOLE CORPSE. iscontent of Suspension of Base. ball Team Causes Trouble. (Discontent college students tied a sked corpse to the piano stool Im e chapel in Alfred, N. Y., this week The affair so upset the faculty nd student body that the program repared of the last- day of college ear has been postponed. For sevez .ays the students had een in a sullen mood over the su pension of the baseball team, which layed a game recently at- a Wels le without having obtained per Aission. A raid was mede on an undertak ig room in the town and a body Oken. from one of the slabs. The >wn authorities have taken the mat .r up and will make arrests, 'and e undertaker acting for the rela ves of the corpse, will -demand nishment for the violators. BIG RAT ATTACKS WOMAN. he Mistook Rodent for a Kitten and Was Badly Bitten. ~Mstakng 'a ,big seer rat for a kit m, Mrs. Joseph Shoalt-er, of Pitts ur~g, tried to pet the rodent and had terrible battle to keep the animal rom causing her death. As she yuched the 'animal to stroke Its fur ; jumped at her throat, sink-ing Its eth Into the flesh. She tried to nock the rodent fern her, but it aght her. With a scream Mrs. hoalter fell to the street In a faint. Pedestrians rushed to her side. 'he rodent escaped into a near-by er. Mrs. Shoalter as removed to nearby drug store, here, after con derable difficulty, she was Tevived. .ter the bites were cauterized she ent to her home. Cutthroats and Assassins. A special from Atlanta to the Au. usta Chronicle says T. B. Felder, hen told tonight of the action taken SNewberry during the afterzioon, hen a warrant was sworn out for [i, charging attempt to bribe H. H. vans and cconspiring to defraud the ate of South Carolina. said: "Blease ?l his commission are a set of cut iroats and assassins." He says he as no Intention of replying to the eand to appear before "that corn Lsion." Col. Felder's friends have advised im that It would be dangerous for im to go into the state. In reference to the report that eps will be taken to secure requl ion -papers for him he says he "has o fear of their r'equnsltions" Lopez Put to Death. "Red"' Lopez. the Mexican revolu onist, ordered imprisoned by Fran isco I. M'adero, Jr., on the charge hat he had "sold out" to American aterests while in command of a ction of the Insurrecto garrison a-t -ugua Prieto, has been put to death. opez was being carried to Camanea serve an eight-year sentence im osed by a court martial. * .nd who are informed as to the as existing in the political affairs f South Carolin-a, it Is scarcely nec ssary to say that the governor ol outh Carolina has, to say the least f it, taken a circuitous route to at hck Mr. Felder, his allegation, as iysteious and misty as It is, relat i to an event of seven years ago. there had been anything in the overnor's position, he was recreant his duty In not having given .the eople of his State the benefit of is information before now. when he uddenly springs an 'attack on Col. 'elder In a general fusillade ir iich he assaults at the same time any prominent citizens of South 'arolna. Gov. Blease seems to have 'a way f running amuck, and that he has one so in this instance no one Wh0 :nows Col. Felder will doubt. The St.e con notfi of course, fore -e the oue of the governor of VEEIP ILUI LAIR: WeiV Overthrew the Seenumbai Start New Reveti AMONG THE U Two of the Rebel Leaders Promised to Desert Madero UntilTheynOot All the Secrets-4f the -Mes -Phan. ing the Camp ad Then They.-Toid About It. Revelations of a plot.to starttan. other revolution In. Mexico aftem-W erthrowing the leadership of- Fran cisco I. Madero, Jr., and preventing his journey to Mexico City;. creati inte'nse excitement- throughout- th insurrecto army Monday. The plot, which. resulted-aundai night in the arrest.of Daniel- l 11E Hers of Mexico:City; at El Paso and W. F. Dunn, an americanat Mot erey, Mexico, -Is safd- to include among- its leaders three- inureete chiefs operating in the State of:C4o huila. A telegram from Monterey states that Dunn, on Madero's orders*ha been placed in communicado fi'2 hours. De Villiers isheldnt t Zisd Paso- jail:on charges fonspf r' to murder Francisco L Wade*or#f According -to Gen-B n joen, the Boer veteranr who4Wa-3!'e dero's. chief military. adviser;:the scheme was that Vllljoezr.ali&-Gen Oroco were to desert MaderMo_ aud start a new- revolutionary moveme which would be .Joineby-certain-in surreeto leaders- now in thfield to gether with.e.federal generaLknosWn to be friendly to the "Clentiso' party. R was represented to him, Gen. Vilijoen saysthat-great-enantities'of arms and ammunition-wer-stor-i the mines-oft Coahf; la In> eatr c . tion of the. newo- utbrmk- andJ-tlwe success' was,- assured.- as.@Mtd would never:reach.eCGitZ 'Behind the: arrest of:-the "7twra leged conspirators-is- ther-toryaof several weeks ofconferenoendm4r exchange.of many. telegra Sop after. the battle .Juares,.GendYI joen received a. telegramtfrom Xz foo City, sayingr. "The government waftstoMaike- - proposition." The- telegram- was ers." Madero- was- infoimed~f the telegram and It was decided -to give evei-y encouragiement to those-be hind the -overtures. Viltloen; accord. Ingly, sent a- reply statinv that,1ze& "was open to receive proposi-tons This was, folowed- -.by .a-telegram from Villiers,- instructing Villjoen. "to watch the -rebei chief,. note. by what route he comes.and when. h4 leaves. Make friends with Orozco. There is a fortune In sight for us. Shortly after this two men-ap peared In El Paso and secretlyrme~ Villjoen land Orozco, who professed their willingness to enter' theiplot./ Villjoen declares he was to receive $25,000 end Orozco a. like:amounti Money was given themn- for--current. expenses, Villjoen receiving-$A4 and Orozco $200. Dunn, who was one-of the pair,- Vilijoen asserts, translated to them a cipher message which read, "Last message at Ihand- Rom working fast for change-of federNT city. Do not worry about. fnanciat end of which will take care. Would adi'ise direct action Diez - at early time. -Be very -careful. Confinue advising and act as you-thinkebWstr Mexico City man says agentVFigueroan brothers coming- you from-souf'. The message, it was- explali~d came from the agent of the- conspira~ cy at Mexico City. The-rr'feren~ce.?o Diaz was not explained by Gem..,VIl joen. Agreement having been reached with Villjoen and Orozc, Duna. started for Meylco City, followed by a private detective with-instructions: to arrest him on Mexican soil. The arrest was made at Monterey Sunday night. Telegrams from thete de clared that "Important papers" had: been found on the prisoner: Forest Fire Heroine a- Bride. M~iss Bernice Tripp~ of Sout. Bend, Ind., heroine in a terrible -for est fire at Spooner, ~Minn., a year: ago, this wek became-the ibyide of Fred Cheek, of Spooner, one of the hundreds she saved. Miss Trlpp res sided at Spooner, and at the time of the fire was on duty as operator in a telephone exchange. She remained at her post until the fre had':barn ed over half of the town; when she finally fled for her life. Hanged ic* Usual. Crime. Pat Crump, a negro, who it Is charged, attempted to assault .the wife of a planter at White Haven, Tenn., Thursday, was hanged by a mob late that night. Crum-p was captured by a sheriff's posse- and was being brought to the county pris on at Memphis for safe keeping. Just outside the city limits the mobsoevee': took the posse and securing the ne gro hanged him to a tree on the roadside. Several Persons Perish. At San Francisco, Cal., ten men perished in a fire destroying "The Chutes,'' the city's largest amusement resort. The dead were occupants~of an adjoining lodging house -from. which escape was cut off by the flames. Many were lnjurzed in trying to escape. The loss Is $250,000. Executive Clemency. Since assuming the duties of chief executive of the state of South Caro lina on January 17th, GovernOr Blease has granted executive clem ?in 171 cases, as follows: Pa d.es. 84; pardons aid, comrmute