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VOL. XXV MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 2,11 O5 FARMERS UNION Hold a Most lateresting geeting in the Cly of ColoE hi;. FAVOR THE CORN SHOW Several Important Resolutions Adopt ed.. The Membership Has Increas ed.. Action of Senator Smith .in Cotton Report Endorsed. .Death of Dr. Seaman A. Knapp Deplored. The South Carolina State Farmer's union, which met in Columbia on Wednesday adopted a number of resolutions of State-wide importance. The union indorsed the National Corn how to be held in Columbia, and urg ed upon the4ocal unions to cooperate with the Columbia Char.ber of Com merce to make the show a success; indorsed the action of Senator .Smith in calling the attention of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson to the evil ef fects of the premature report on the probable yield of cotton, recommend ed the work of Dr. Harvey E. Wiley in his work of enforcing the pure food laws; deplored the death of Dr. Seaman A. Knapp, the late.head of the United States farm demonstration work, and proposed a mon'ument for him to -be erected in Washington. The sessions of the union are be ing held in the hall of the hou'se of representatives. The first session _was held Thursday afternoon, com mencing at 4:30 o'clock 125 dele gates from every county In, the State are present. The following is the programme for Thursday. Minutes of -previous meeting. 'Election of Oficers. Report of commitees. Report from national meeting. Unfinished business. 4:30 p. m.-Address by Clarence Poe, editor of Progressive Farmer. The following are the offi'ers of the Union: President-A. J. A. Perritt, -La mar. Vice President-E. W. Drabbs, Route 1, Mayesville. Secretary-Treasurer-J. Whitner Reid, Columbia. Chaplain-W. E. Bodie, Wards. Conductor-W. E. Hopkins, Hop kins Sergeant-at-arms-W. P. Caskey, Lancaster. Doorkeeper-A. P. Calvert, Abbe ville. Executive committee-A. D. H-ud son, Newberry, Route 1; Douglas Mc Intyre, Marion; L. C. Padgett, Smoaks, Route 2. The following committees were named: Credentials-J. Whitnttr Reid, S. F. Parrott, C. W. Haddon, and J. H. Price. 'Education-W. A. Stucey, S. A. Burns, H. W. Beall, 3. 0. J-acques, T. L. Manning., and C. C. McAliley. JGood 'of the order-J. Swinton Whaley, A. E. Rogers, L. B. Frick and 3. H. Claffy. Memorials--J. H. Price, C. A. 0.ic Fadden,. 3. H. Adams, and W. Bright Bowie. Resolutions-W. C. Brown, 0. P. Goodwin, 3. B. Sansbury, C. F. Ka ger, and C. P. M(oorer. Committee to meet President W. 3&. Riggs-A. D. Hudson. W C. Fox worth. Committee to meet Clarence Poe L. C. Padgett, S. F. Parrott. -Press commitee-E. W. Dabbs, L. C. Padged, 3. H. O'Nea11 Holloway, Among the matters included in the report of the State executive commit tee, the union was congratulated on its good fortune in securing the ser vices of 3. B. O'Nea11 Holloway as State organizer and general field rep fled in stating that the work of Mr. Belloway has beern so satisfactory that several counties have been re vived and many reorganized. B. F. Keller and E. W. Dabbs have done some special work, the former in Al ken and Charleston counties, and the latter in A\ illiamsburg con'uty. The result of these workers was satisfac tory. The report of the secretbary-treasur er shows a healthy cash balance in the treasury after meeting all obliga tions up to the end of fiscal year, end Ing June 30, 1911. A. C. Davis, national secretary treasurer, in his report to 3. WhIt ner Reid, State secretary-treasurer shows that there has been a gratify ing increase in the membership ir our State. The committee thinks this increase is due to the representa tives stressing the basic principlef of the organization, namely, educa tion. co-operation and general up lift work among the farmers in the the State. The committee believes that the increase in those three States is due to emphasizing warehouse and general cooperation. The union held a most Interesting session tI(t night. Among the in teresting features was the address of W. M. Riggs on "The Aims and Extent of the Usefulness of Clemson College." B. F. Keller. deputy or ganizer reported on his work In Charleston county. 3. B. O'N. Hol loway. depu-ty organizer, made a very interesting report of the work he has done. His picture of the condItion of many of the farmers is far from encouraing and ap~peals most strongly for an active campaign for a more thorough organization. The officers for the coming year were elected as follows: E. W. Dabbs, Sumter. president; B. F. Keller, Col lum, vice president; 3. Whitner Reid, Columbia. secretary and treasurer; W. E. Bodie, Saluda, chaplain; con ductor, C. W. Sub~er, Columbia; ser geant-at arms, W. P. Oaskey, Lan caster; A. F. Calvert, doorkeeper. AbbeVille: H. T. Morrison, Charles ton. member of executive committee for three years. J. B. O'Nea11 Hollo way of Newberry was elected as a deligte to the national convetIon, which is to held at Shawnee, Oka., on Sept 5. The convention adjourned Thurs day night after one of the most har monious sesnions in the whole his tory of the order in this State. Mat ters of great moment were discussed and a business plan for handling the coton crop was adopted. Clarence H. Poe. editor of the Pro gresive Farmer, of Raleigh, N. C., delivered an address on "Education and Cooperation," and explained the working of the Torrens system of registration of land titles. The un ion indorsed the Torrens system. A strong committee was appointed on bhe cotton marketing plan. On farm life and school the fol lowig committee -was appointed to report at the January meeting of the union by bill or therwise: H. H. Beall, A. J. A. Perritt and W. A. Stucky. The legislative committee is W. A. Stucky, J. H. Claffy and Dr. W. C. Brown. The union called on the legislature to provide for a tuberculosis camp. It also passed resolutions condemn ing The State for its readiness over the summary of crop conditions two weeks ago, claiming that -the headlines were misleading. Dele gates from some counties stated that conditions in their localities are very serious. The Union adjoured to meet at about the middle of January. The next annual meeting will be held in Charleston on the fourth Wednesday in July, 1912, upon the special request of the board of trade of Charleston. The executive committee mapped out an aggressive cam-paign of or ganization for August and Septem ber. The following delegates attended the convention: Abbeville-A. F. Calvert, W. B. Bowie. Anderson-S. A. Burns, T. H. Bar riss. Bamberg-J. E. MeMillan. - Beaufort-W. C. Vincent. Calhoun-B. F. Keller. Charleston-H. T. Morrison, J. S. Whaley. Cherokee-E. Hardin, S. F. Par rott. Chester--. C. McAliley, AL G. Westbrooks. -Darlington--J. I. Thornwell, J. B. Welton. Clarendon-C. A. McFaddin. Colleton-A. S. Varn, J. D. Risher, John Beach, C. F. Koger, J. 0. Jacques. Darlingto-J. I. Thornwell, J. B. Sanisbury. Dillon-Frank Sanderson. T. .L. Manning. Dorchester-C. P. Moorer, D. L. McAlheny, J. B. Whetsell. Edgefield-3. H. Courtney, W. R. Parks. Fairfield-D. L. Stevens". Florence-W. R. Langston. Georgetown-W. H. Curry. Greenville-T. H. Foster, R. A. Dalbon. Greenwood-W. H. Clegg, W. C. Haddon. Hampton-3. H. Adams, 3. W. Smith, T .D. Williams. Horry--J. A. Lewis. Kershaw-Newton Kelley. Lancaster-C. L. McManus, U. A. Funderburk. ILaurens-O. P. Goodwin. Lee-W. A. Stuckey. Lexington-G. B. Wingard, James W. Shealy, L. B. Frick. Marion-A. E. Rogers, M4. D. Mc Rae. W. C. Foxworth. Newberry-R. T. C. Hunter, W. C. Bro'wnf. Oconee-J.'.W. Alexander. Orangburg--J. H. Claf fy, 3. H. Price, J. D). Wiggins, S. H. Inabinet, . B. Traywick. Richland-C. W. Su'ber. Saluda-George B. Lester, 3. C. Riley. Sumter-J. M4. Brogdon, H. W. Beall. Union--J. M4. Greer, 3. 0. Harris. Williamsburg-J. C. Everett, W. . Camlin. York-J. F. Ashe. MANY FOOLISH WOMEN. Man Who Made Bigamy a Business Sent to Prison. In sentencing George William Lu zid, alias Leslie, Moran and Lay, to seven years penal servitude for big iy and heartless frauds on a large number of women, Judge Rentoul, at 'he Old Bailey, in London, the other lay declared: "I think the earth never contained - more infamous scroundrel than u." A clerical looking, plausible man f thirty-nine Lucid. through matri nonial advertisements. became ac uainted with many women from -hom he received sums varying from M5 to $30-0 by promising to marry them. In this rooms were found no ewer than 2,700 letters from more 'han seventy different women. At -e time he was sendin-g love let trs interlarded with appeals for mon y to thirty women. Very Old Town. Near Os'mo, In Italy, Professor D~all 'Osso, has discovered the re mains of an important Gallic settle mnent dating back as far as the year 1600 B. C. The buildings are circu ar in shape and contain numerous domestic utensils, weapons. earthen ware obl'ects, etc.. denoting the pas age f'rom the neolithic to a more ad vanced stage of civilization. Kills Father and Son. At Shaw. Miss.. C. 3. Miller Friday hot and killed George Hudspeth and his son, Edward Hudspeth. Trouble bad been brewing between them for some days. The Hudspeths are from Indanna. Fixed up at Last. After months of warfare, d.uring~ a iart of which time it appeared that the United States and Germany would engage In a tariff war, over the per plexing ptash question, the matter ha been Battled.- * THE COTTON BILL Comes Up in the House and is Discuss ed by the Representatives. AN IMPORTANT MEASURE Underwood Figures Saving to People of 209 Millions Annually.-Payne Presents Minority Report and Urg es Delay Until Tariff Board Makes Report in December. iDebate on the Democratic cotton schedule revision bill was begun in 1 the House Friday by Representative . Underwood, of Alabama, the chair man of .the ways and means com mdttee, which prepared the bill. No date was fixed for closing debate on the measure, although it is believed it will end Wednesday, with a vote on the day following. The minority report was presented i by Representative Payne, of New I York, leading minority niember of the ways and means _ committee. It ex- t presses opposition to the bill because it does not furnish protective duties t for a great American industry, and it I is frankly admitted that it is not in- I tended to do so. The report says: i "There is no demand for such leg islation at this time, but, on the con trary the country appreciates the sound reasoning that asks postpone ment of the revision of the cotton t schedule until after the report of the tariff board has been :eceived." Mr. Underwood said that the cot ton schedule revision proposed by the bill would save American con sumers $209,000,000 a year. He de nied that labor would be injured in the least by the proposed tariff re dutions. "The only basis on which the Re publican party has stayed in power," he declared, has been a false appeal to the laborers of the country, mak ing them believe they were receiving more wages because of a protective tariff than they would otherwise re ceive." He Insisted that the duties levied under Republican tariff had amount- P ed to from 100 to 300 per cent of the labor cost of the goods, and that the s laboring man bad received a very small percentage of the above duty. r The charge had been made that 21r. Underwood said the Democratic re vision was a radical measure. "I am anxious," he continued, "if we have the power to do so. to re duce every schedule in the tariff bill to a strictly revenue basis. But in reaching that point, I am not dispos ed to be radical. If we enact this bill I do not think we ought hastily or unduly agitate the country again with constant revisions." !Three rool calls were necessary during the afternoon to keep a quo rum in the House. Only two others spoke on the bill, Representative Roberts, of Nevada, against, and Representative >Bathrick, of Ohio. for it. Mr. Roberts urged awaiting re ports from the tariff board. "Whnen the Democrats are not dis ussing free trade on the floor," said Mr. Roberts, "they are sitting in the Democratic cloak room wearing Im ported pants, smoking imported ci gars and lighting them with import ed maitches." 'Then holding aloft a small box of foreign made matches, he added: "And evertime one of them strikes an imported match on the seat of his imported pants, he strikes a blow at the American working man." Mr. Pathrick, attacking the Attor ney General in the course of his speech, declared that the law must b upheld when a man steals a loaf f bread, but wiien great criminals have been convicted before the Su preme Court, our Attorney General sits supinely by and says he will wait1 until some convenient time to insti tute proceedings flor the enforcement of the law." Representative Austin. of Tennes see came to the defence of the At torney General, claiming that official was doing his full duty. .Debate on the bill was resumed Saturday. * SAW THE HUMAN SOUL. Tells of Many Experiments He Has Made at Deathbed. Dr. Duncan MacDougall, of Haver hill Mass., who has been long a stu dent of physico-psychical phenomao, declares -his belief that the human1 soul weighs from one-half ounce to nearly an ounce and a quarter, and 1 further that the soul substance is blended with the plotoplasm of the brain and spinal chord in life. 'Dr. MacDougal says it has been his experience in a dozen instances to stretched on a bed that was part.of a delicately adjusted scale, and to hear as the patient's last breath leaves the 1 body the noise of the dropping weight.1 Again sitting in a darkened room, he has watched the strong ray of 1 white light rest along the body of a I dying man, converting him like a 1 silver bar from head to feet and over the face. Dr. MacDougal and his assistants has made closese obser vation of the light to see if that in tangishape In cloud or in wavering tints see a man or woman from he outworn body. Killed in Wreck. Four persons were killed and one seriously injured Thursday night when a fast train on the Pennsylva nia Railroad struck an automobile at a grade crossing at Wilkingsburg, a suburb of Pittsburg, Pa. * White Gets Parole. Governor Blease has paroled 3ohn White, a former penitentiary guard who was convicted in Richlanld ccunty n 09 as acessory to the killing of ber Ashford. GIVE THEIR VIEWS RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE FAMERS UNION. xpress Themselves on Several Sub jects at Their State Convention Recently Held. At their recent meeting in Colum )ia the Farmers State Union adopt d resolution on. several subjects.. rhe first was in reference to Dr. Wi ey as follows: "We, the Farmers' Union of South ,arolina, do heartily endorse the ac ion of Dr. Harvey E. Wiley In -his vork of enforcin-g the pure food law. Lfnd we hereby request the president o continue him in office, and that a oipy of these resolutions be for varded to the President." The following resolutions which vas adopted provides for a legislative :ommittee: "Resolved, That the president ap oint a le.gislative committee of three ersons to loof after all legislation n which the union Is interested for he next twelve months." The following in reference to a uberculosis camp was adopted: "Resolved, That this body do hear ily indorse tihe movement now on oot to establish in our State a camp or tuberculosis, and that we agree ndividully and as county unions to ry to influence our respective legis ative delegations to aid this cause y an appropriation." The following resolution on the ext book adoption was passed: "Resolved, That we do hereby arnestly protest against the whole ale change in the public school ooks by the state board of education .t its recent meeting, as such change vas, in our judgment, unnecessary .nd imposes a burden upon that class if our citizens least able to bear such iurden." The next was one endorsing Sen tor Smith calling down the fake otton estimate as folows: "We, the members of the Farmers' Tnion, in convention assembled, do tereby endorse the action of Senator i. D. Smith in calling the attention -f Secretary Wilson to the evil ef ects of the premature report on the robable yield of cotton for the pres nt season and demanding that no uch reports be sent out without the ndorsement of the department of ag iculture." The National Corn Exposition was dorsed: "Resolved, That the State Far ers' Union of South Carolna notes Pith great satisfaltion the oon'di ional announcement that the author ties of the National ~Corn exposition ill hold the next national corn show ni the capital city of our State. "Resolved, That the State union trge upon all county and local un ns the most vigorous cooperation a the efforts to comply with the nec sary conditions fot the reason thatI he holding of such an exposition In outh Carolina will- be of incalcula ile value to the agricultural inter sts of this State.". The following, indorsing the orens system was adopted: "Whereas, tie- farmers and land wners are entitled to get credit as asily as city property-holders and wners of manufactoring properties; .nd Wheras, this is not true now but euld be helpf'ul all the time, and is specially important now that the armers are trying to arrange to fi ance the coming cotton crop; there ore, be it "Resolved, That we do heartily In ndorsed the Torrens system register ng land titles by means of which far ers who wish may got their land itles registered and .guaranteed, so .s to make the property easily ne :otiable and avoid the necessity of nying heavy lawyer's fees each and very time a title is passed upon. The following preamble and reso utions were adopted in honor of Dr. leaman A. Knapp: "Whereas, since the last annual eeting of the State Farmers' union teah has claimed that devoted la orer for the public weal and true hristian gentleman, Dr. Seaman A. Cnapp, the head of the United States arm demonstration 'work; and "Whereas Dr. Knapp was the first nan to hear the call of distress from he cotton belt states when the boll eevil came and ,proceeded forthwith o organize and put into operation e most effective work for the cause f agriculture ever atempted in the ation's history, a work 'which is to ontinue its onward and upward noveent for ages to come; and "Whereas, it was this Illustrious atriot's most cherished desire oft xpresed to live long enough to make outh Carolina the objiect lesson tate of the South in agriculture; tow be it f'Resolved, That the State Far ners' 'Union of South Carolina deems t a special privilege to inaugurate a novement among the States of the otton belt indeed in the wihole South 'or the erection in Washington, D. ., the nation's capital, of a monu nent to the man and his life work in he cause of humanity and agricul ure.+ "Resolved further, That a commit ee of three of the South Carolina tate Farmers' union be named to ake this matter in charge, communi ate with the officials of the other ;tate unions, and urge their vigorous ctivity in support of this moement. Resolved, further, That the State mion urges iupon eery couny and ocal union in South Carolina, active ork in behalf of this movement. Party Leader Gone. Edward NIorse Shepard, the well mown New York lawyer and Demno ~ratc political leader. whli, had been 1 since the contraction of a cold in few York on June 26, died at his amer home at Lake George, N. Y., 'riday nigibt of pneumonia. The nembers of his family were at the WOOL BILL NOW INSURGENTS AND DE10CRATS UNITE ON OOMPROMISE. It Worries President Taft Who Will Probably Veto Any Measure Now Passed. Wool legislation has displaced reciprocity at the White House. Not since the extra session begun as the political situation been as tense in executive circles as it was Friday. The Democratic-1nsurgent coalition has given the administration a great shock if it does nothing else. This shook was all the more pain ful for the -reason that no longer ago than Wednesday Senators Smoot and Crane, senatorial advisers of the pres- E ident, brought Mr. Taft the glad tid- C ngs that there would be no wool bill, that adjournment would come about August 10, and that there was re joicing in all the regular Republican ranks. But there was a miscaloula ti6n, and this has cast a gloom over administration circles. From infor mation which has come to the White 1 House there will be a wool bill re ported out of conference which will g pass both bodies. That means that the president will have either to. sign it or to veto it. The story which comes to the ex- 1 ecutive offices is that the Democrats agreed to suport the Io Follette com- 1 promise In the senate Thursday, pro- . vided the Insurgent Senators in the I seate would later support a con- I ference report which could be passed in 'the house. 'T1his arrangement, the story contin ues, gives both parties to the coali tion some glory. La Follette and his followers can claim the credit *before j the country for proposing the com promise measure, the measure which made a bill possible. while the Demo crats can claim the credit for fur nishing the final measure. The best Information at the White House this morning is that the presi dent will stick to 'his announced in tention of vetoing any tariff revision legislation sent to him in advance of the tariff board's report. He called I the extra session to consider reciproc ty. He wanted no other tariff bills passed. A number of Republican callers at I the White House. this morning told I the president that he would loose ) nothing with the country by vetoing I any wool bill that reached him dur- T ing the tntire session. . * THEY WON'T GET RICH. The Scale of Wages Paid the Work men in the Orient. Clarence Poe, in the July World's Work, gives some interesting figures concerning the pay of laborers in various oriental countries. In China a member of the emperor's grand council told me that the average rate of wages throughout the empire is probably 18 cents a day. In Japan It is probably not more, and in India it is much less. The best mill workers in Osake average 22 cents aday; the laborers at work on the new telephone line In Peking g'et 19 cents; wheelbarrow coolies in Shanghai, $4 a month; linotype operators in Tokio, only 45 cents a day; presmen, 50 cents; po liceman, 40 cents;. the iron workers in Hankow average about 10 cents a day; street car conductors in Seoul make 35 cents; farm laborer s about Nankou about 10 cents. The higthest oriental wages are paid in the Phillipi'nes, where the or dinary laborer gets from 20 cents to 50 cents a day. WANTED TO KILL EVERYBOD)Y. Hindu With Rifle Ran Anmck in Crowded Chioogo Street. While the police were planning I to send him to an asylum for crimI nal insane, N. Hausin, a Hindu, and former member of the Bdtish army, ' who wounded five persons and caused( a panic in Chicago's crowded down town street Wednesday by discharg- 4 ing a rifle at the passing throng, sat in a cell and jeered at his guards. "I bought the rifle to kill all the I bad people in Chicago," he said, "I hate all of your white American 4 faces. You have .been cruel to me, t and I wanted to kill everybody." Hausin came to this country from( India four years ago, and worked in il a steel mill in Piitsburg before corn-1 ig to Chicago. Poerty and loneli- c ness are believed to have affected his mind already possibly deficient from a wound he susftained while a I soldier. FATAL FAMILY FIGHT. A an and His Wife Killed in a Gen eral Kentucky Row. In a family fight, at South Quick sands, four miles from Jackson, Ky., Sunday two persons were killed and another seriously wounded. The vic-t tims were William Simms and his wife, Mdrs. Eliza Simmis, who were killed, and Alonzo Allen, who was se riously wounded. Norman Allen, a son-in-law of the dead couple and a brother of the wounded man is at I large. The Allens, it is said, attack ed the old people. Simms fired and wounded Alonzo anid in the fight that followed he and his wife were killed. Mrs. Simms was foremost in the( shooting, according to Alonzo Allen, who was carried to a Lexington hos pital Monday suffering from four bul-( let wounds. Three Were Drowned. Chales Dixon, of Kansas City, his son, aged 16, and 'daughter, aged 14, were drowned by the upsetting of a canoe in Lake Michigan at Macatawa Park late Monday. One son, aged 11, was rescued in time to res.Xti REIAIL PRICES What the Text Books Recently Adopted Wil Cost the ChildreD. 3TATEMENT OF AMOUNT qames of the Text Books Adopted by the State Board of Education. Name of Publishers,. and What They Will be Sold at RetaJU for All Over the State. J. E. Swearingen, the State Super ntendent of Eduration, Wednesday nnounced the contract Tetail price f the text-books adopted by the kate board of education. Below Is rinted a full list of the text-books vith the retail price of each and the Lames of the 'houses publishing the vork." American Book Compaiy-Hunt's ?rogressive Speller, complete 18c, ook 'I 13c; book II 13e; Webster's rimary Dictionary, 44c; Webster's !ommon school dictionary, 65c; Web ter's High School Dictionary, 90c; Vebster's Academic Dictionary, $1. |5; Brooks English Composition, ook I, 68c; Milne's Progressive krithmeticj first book -3.o, second ook 36c, third book 41c; Maury's ;ew Elements of Geography, 45c; daury's New Obmplete Geography, 18c; White's Beginners' History of he United State, 40c; Gleason's A 7erm of Ovid, 67c; Pearson's Latin rose Composition, 90c.. Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover Supplementary) Rope and Paper: pplied Arts Drawing Books, Nos. 21 2, 10c; Nos. 23-28, 11c. B. D. Berry & Co.-(Paper covers) erry's Writing Books-B-ook One, 8 pages, 5c; Book two, 24 pages lus 28 pages, 5 c; Book three, 36 ages, 5c; Book four, 36 .pages, 5c; ook -ive, 40 .pages, 5c; Book six, 40 ages, 5c; .Book seven, 28 pages, 5c; ook eight, 28 pages, 5c, Book nine, 4 pages, 5c. Ifterary and social Porms. Educational Publishing Company 'Basal) Flexible Manila; Augburg's )rawing Teachers' Manuals, -Nos. I, I and III, each 25c; Pupils' Practice ablets, Standard Course, Nos. I to GI, inclusive, each 15c; Pupils' 'ractice Tablets, Shorter Course, Tos. I to VIII, inclusive, each 15c. teachers' Lesson Outline-free. 'Ginn and Company.-The Hill teaders, 'Book Four, Supplementary, 5c; The Hill Readers, Book five, ;upplementary, 40c; Snyder's Selec ions from the Old Testament, 30c; ,ollar and Daniell's First Year Lat a,- 94c; Montgomery's Leading Facts if English History, $1.06; Myer's ,hort History of Mediaeval and Mod in Times, $.104. D. C. Heath & Co.-Woolley's 1and Book .of ComPiostion, 63c; hom-pson's History of the United tates, 70c; Wells Algebra for Sec ndary Schools; Pocket Edition, Complete), $1; Part I, 68c; Part II, 5c; Wells' New Plane Geometry, 5c; Wells' New Solid Geometry, 5c; Wells' New Plane and Solid Ge rmetry, $1.25; Glldersleeves-Lodge latin Grammar (Sichool Edition), '5c; Heart of Oak Readers (Basal). look III, 32c; Bodk IV, 35c; Book T, 35c. ~Hougiton, Mifflin Comiiany-Se ection from Riverside Series for ,ith Grade 38c; Selections from Iiverside Series for Seventh Grade, 8c; Riverside Literature Series, Sin le Nos., 35c; Double Nos., 40c; r'iple Nos., 50c; Quadruple Nos., Oc. B. F. Johnston Publishing Coin >any-Payne's Common Words Coin nonly Misspelled, 22c; Supplemen ary Classic-The Yemasee, 68c; lupplementary Reading-Hall's Half ours in Southern History, 75c. W. HI. Jones-(Paper): Thomas' 3anks for Written Spelling, Graded eries No. 2 ,eacb 5c. The MacMillan Company-K~inard ithers English Language-Book )ne, 32c; Book Two, 44c; Dhbggar's tgriculture for Southern Schools, Oc; Tarr's New Physical Geography, Sc; ,Bailey's Botany, Elementary, 9c; Botsford's Ancient History for 3eginners, $1.20. ~Newson and Co.-Buehler's Mod n English Grammar with Composi ion, 55Sc. Rand, McNally & Co.-Story of otton (Supplementary), 60c; Rot son's Commercial Geography $1.12: eller and Brown's Business Meth ids, 70c. Beni. H. Sanborn & Co.-Johnson a Sanford's Caesar's Gallic War, looks I--V, 85c; D'Ooge's Select )rations of Cicero, 83c; Falircloth & 3rown's Virgil's Aeneid, Books I TI, $1.10. Charles Scribner's Sons-(Supple nentary): The Scribner English ~lassics, each 25c; Minms and Paynes ~outhern Prose and Poetry, 65c. B. B. Setzler-Setzler's Advanced nglish Syntax, 80c. Silver Burdett & Co.-Stepping tones to LiteratureSugpPlemnen ary: A First Reader, 20c; A Second leader, 25c; A Third Reader, 30c; Vhite's the Making of South Caroll ta, 50c. Parker P. Simmons-Manilla: tmerican History Leaflets, 10c; A tecord of My Reading, 6c. The Southern Publishing Company -Wllace's United States Civil Gov rnment, 45c; Wallace's Sout~h Caro na Civil Government (With South arolina Constitution and Index), c; Wallace's United States and outh Carolina Civil Government Combined), 75c. W. H. Wheeler & Co.--(Basal): ~Theeer's Graded Primer, 25c; Theler's Graded First Reader, 25c; iheeler's Graded Second Readt~, World Book Company--Pimer of Tygiene, 35; Primer of Sanitation, "A complete offcial list of all the LOc; Human Physiology, 60c. LdOtlnS ha bn furnished the R. REEUSkIJ Ii AITl'iiIf GOV. BLEASE DlD NOT GO TO FIL- i BERT PICNIC. Did Not Want to Engage in a Verbal Combat With Aspirants for His Of fice now. The Yorkville correspodent of The News and Courier says the an nual picnic at Filbert, four miles to the North of that city, on. the Caro lina and Nortiwestern railway, was pulled off Friday and a crowd esti mated at from 1,500 to 2,000, com ing from every direction, but princi .pally from an area of a few square miles in the immediate vicinity, was present. U The affair is given eadh year under t the auspices of the Filbert camp, W- a 0. W., and this year the committee in c charge extended invitations to Gov. w ernor Blease, Ex-Governor John Gary I Evans, Railroad Commissioner John c; G. Richards and the Hon. T. C. Ha- G mer,- of .Bennettsville, a leading w Woodman official. tc The fact that Governor Blease had r accepted the invitation was widely advertised and a large proportion of the crowd was made up-of his friends and'admirers, but there was quite a number present who are not the Gov ernor's friends. Governor Blease failed to show up. It is said that In a conversation with a member of the local commit tee,. he stated that "inder the cir cumstances" he had decided not to come. It Is also said "that on being asked what the "circumstances" re- q ferred -to were he hung up the re ceiver and failed to talk any more. d Messrs. Evans, Ridhards and Ha- U mer made speeches. Mr. Evans is said to have made a speech that caught r the crowd, but made no reference to c politics, while Major Richards refer- sl red to it incidentally, and Mr. Hamer b confined his remarks to "Woodcraft." C The Governor's friends were sore- b ly disappodnted at his failure to meet them, but say that, -under the circum- 0 stances they did not blame him. He > was evidenly under the Impression, i until within thypast -few days, that B he was Invited to Filbert to partici- f pate in a love-feast with hfs friends, and not to encounter the possibility 0 of engaging in a verbal combat with i ne, and possibly two, aspirants to the position he holds, more than a year tl in advance of the eletion, and that o: the committee treated him discour- ff teously, especially, If It led him to w supose at the outset that-he would be ta the principal attraction, and then la- p ter invited possible aspirants to his it position. On the other hand his en emies are saying that- they had n'o fr idea. he would be on hand at Filbert E regardless of circumstances. * ti n BELIEVES IN.KING COTTON. si 13 Watson Does Not Think There Will h Be.Over 13,000-,000 Bales. V h Commissioner E. J. Watson, like many of us, does not believe in the' F absurd fraudulent prediction made tl by some fakir connected with the y National Agricultural Department s< that the cotton crop of this year will kc reach over 14,000,000 bales. He thinks the farmers will receive a splendid price for their cotton If they L maintain their sup~remacy by market- d ing the crop in a sane method. g Mr. Watson is unquestionably one of the greatest authorities in the h country on the situatlon,' for he not n only takes In South Carolina, nor the G cotton belt, but be goes to Europe. G .o ascertain conditions there. He vy states that the cotton crop thIs year li cannot exceed 13,000,000 bales and g with deterioration which may be ex pected, it will fall considerably under tl that figure. Mr. Watson says the condition of the European spinners is such that they ,will have to have cotton and s have it In great quantities. He states , that with such conditions confronting e them they will have to pay the price y, demanded by southern farmers. In Iz addition to this Mr. Watson says that c< crop conditions over the whole belt G are not Ideal and that even with pres ent seasons South Carolina will not make more than 1,3 00,000 bales, ~ which is a little more than last sea-t son- a Mr. Watson says South Carolina will make almost enough corn to sup ply the local needs, notwithstanding the backset the drought gave the ear- F ly planted corn. He thinks this Is a great thing for a certain belt State, G like South Carolina, to do. All our .: farmers have to do is to sit steady in the boat and market the cotton crop slowly and it will bring good prices. Protect a Fiend. A dispatch from Akron, Ohio, says fearing an attempt to take John Kel ly, aged 24, from the county jail, with a view to av'enging the confessed as sault of Audra Martin, two-year-old d. daughter of Mfrs. H. T. Martin. Sher- G 1ff David Ferguson called in all ihis R~ deputies and armed them with riot d~ guns. Kelly was arrested at Cleve- ti land. * t After Three Years. t A body found Tuesday on Bridge 0 Island in the Chattahoochee river, ~ near Columbus, Ga., has been iden- r ified through a scar on the arm and h a filled tooth as that of Tucker Day- a: idson, a young white man who had ~ been missing three years. * a L. Bryan Company of Columbia, h which firm will serve as 3nanager of b the central text-book depository. Un- e: der the text-book contract the man ager of the central depository was to be selected by the publishers and ap proved by the State board of educa- i tion. All local dealers in text-books v should therefore communicate at 'I once with the R. L. Bryan company d in order that arrangements may be a made for introdlucing new books re- t entl aoptd RAT MW WAK remief'Asquih lakes Plaia Esgiad's ude. About loreMCc. ANTS ISSUE SETLED peech Delivered In the House of Commons Indicates Nearness of a Orisis in Mispute Between Fuce and Germany Over the Morocco Matter. A cablegram from London says le most pessimistiz view Tega .ng ie acuteness of the Moroccan situ Jion was taken Thursday in the mment of the prime minister, ben -be delivered a speech. o thie ouse of Commons which had been trefully prepared. He stated-that reat Britain proposed to stand-for hat she considered her rights and > maintain"the balance of powei in urope. Further testimony 'to the griiity t the situation is given by the-fact tat the prime minister had taken ke leader of the Opposition Into: the overnment's conddence; and- 3r. .r. Balfour's declaration wam nless rm than Mr. Asquith's. The -prime mpntters -statannt couched In strong terms. Att the ry opening he said:. "It is obvious that thIs &ioriia estion has reached a poit- at hich it will become increiily Ificult embarrassing and Ankfous aless a solution is found." Later he said: "We though it ght from the beginning-to-make ear that failing of a settlesient ich, as I have indicated, we must come an active party in'the:'dis Ission of the-situation. That4oizId ? our right as-a signatory to the -eaty of Algeciras, as It might be ir obligation under the termawof ir agreement of 1904 'with France. might be our duty in defens- of ritish interest directly affed a.by trther developments." In pr'omsing the support'-of the ;ositiofrto the government Mr. Bal--' our said: "If there are any who suppoed tat we would be wiped oZ the map Europe because we htave our dif rences at home, It may -be worth' hile saying that they bitterly mis ke the temper of the British -peo e and the -pariotism of the opposi on." Such plain speaking on a question ought with possibilities of a great uropean -war has not been heard in te British Padliament in a great any years. The outcome of the uation appears to rest almost wihol on Germany's shoulders. If as me German papers say, Germany is reace!d the stage of national de opment where the necessities of r population demand that she en rge, and dmvoses conditions on rance which Great Britain thik -reaen her interests, the on-ly re lt, so far as those best Informed e it, will be the oft-threatened and ing averted European war . The majority of the German news apers profess to think that Mr. loyd-George warning was not ad 'essed to Germany, but assort. of meral proclamation 'of -principles. e -prime minister miade it -plain,' ,wever, that Great Britan 7661d :,t consent to some of the Ideas -of ermany. Great ~Britain feels that ermany thought she could take ad intage of the crisis, and that Eng ud was busily engaged In home af irs-too busy to pay attention to her questions. The politicians and e publie earnestly 'hope that Ger any's programme is not one which ay be impossible. The British prime ' ministers - atement 'in the House of Commons as greeted in Paris wit-h the great 4 satisfaction). The 'gpinion ex esed to-night is -one -of confidence ,a satisfactory settlement of the >troversy -between France and ermany. Premier Caillolux conferred with .Desolves, minister of foreign af .irs, and afterwards with the aninis-. rs of war, marine, -public works id finance. Later M. Caillaux-said at prudence and cool heads were .orethan necessary to all parties. The Ternps say that although the rench ambassador to Germany, and aron Von ilderlen-Waechter, the erman foreign secretary have taken 1 a tone of greater cordiality, they ive not resulted in advancing the tuaton. 3TRANGE MARRBIAGE CUSTOM. racticed by Natives of Dutch New Guinea. Describing the work of the expe tion to Dutch New Guinea, Captain .C. Rowling, at a meeting of the oyal Geographical Society, at ~Lon n, gave his impresions of the na es. During a years sojourn with te the travellers obtained -consid -ble insight 'to many of their cus ims. Marriage was only witnessed 1 one occasion, In this instance the en who escorted the bridge uap the ver betaking themselves to their :mes, while the bride, preceeded by 1 old woman, crawled through the .ud and up the -bank on her bands id knees, and in this degraded po tion disappeared into her future ame. Neither in marriage or in rth were any festivities undertak 1.. Mashed by TraIn. Mr. C. C. Burkhalter one of the -ominent citizens and planters of the estern section of Edgefield county hursday met with a railroad acci nt that resulted in h-Is death. The cident occurred at Par-ksville, on ie Charleston and Western Carolinea