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VOL. XXV1 MANNING, S. C, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST WANTS TRUTE Senator Smith Decres Cotton Estimat Are Erreneous. HE ISSUES STATEMENT Presents iStatement f: am Princip Cotton' Growing States, Refuti Department's Claim as to Prob bility of Record Breaking Crop Previous Protest Ur.heeded. Senator E. D. Smith, of South Ca olina, Friday spoke at length in t] Senate in behalf of a resoluti< which he introduced. r-questing ti Secretary of Agricultur. if feasibi to issue a preliminary report upc the condition of the cot 'n crop, at to make the same publiz at the fir possible moment. Senator Smith couter's that it only fair to the Southern cotton fa mers that the department issue satement of the conditior of the crc now In order to atone in some degri for the damage done the farmer t the advance estimate on June 25. ] this cnnnect~on, the Senator rda telegrams from the agricultural d< partment of the various States ten' ing. to prove that the Federal depar ment's advance guess was heavily e: cessive. Senator Simmons. of North Car( lina, supported Senator Smith b calling attention to the fact that ti federal department's pessimist guesses as to the corn crop in tI cotton states where corn is subje< to very much the same influences a the cotton crop. Senator Burton, of Ohio. a corx growing State. endeavored to brea the force of the Suoth Carolinian argument, but with no success. an also did Senator Burnham, of Ne Hampshire, a leading cotton mi State. Senator Smith agreed to referrin his resolution to the Senate commi1 tee on agriculture, if Senator Burr ham, the chairman would promise t call the committee together at one to consider it. The chairman prom1 ed, and the committee voted to sul mit the matter to the Secretary c Agriculture, asking him to repor before the meeting of the Senat Saturday, whether or not the requeE made in Senator Smith's resolutio: is feasible. Crnairman Burnham and Senato Smith went to see Secretary Wilso: and communicated to him the com mittee's wish and the Secretar promised to "talk with the boys" wh make up the department's figure and let the Senate know. In th event of an unfavorable answer fror the Secretary of Agriculture, th South Carolina Senator announce his intention to push .his resolutio with all his might. Sen. Heyburn who was in the chai when Senator Smith was speakini ased the latter if his resolution wa offered as a substitute for the pre vious resolution, asking informatiOl as to the methods employed by th department e0 agnriculture in makin; advance estimates. Senator Smiti replied emphatically it was not an that he would press both resolution separately. - Senator Smith said cotton droppe $20 a tale on the strength of th Government's report of a 3,000,000 bale increase in this year's crop. "This estmate was made Jun 2," he declared, "before part of th crop was out of the ground." He said hie protested to Secretar wicon and was informed the Secre tary did not know the preliminlar report had been issued and that would not occur again. But on Aug ust 2, Senator Smith, added, anothe glowing preliminary report was it sued. "I should hate to draw, in th Senate of the United States," Sent ton Smith said, "the conclusions tha I might feel might be drawn fro: this remarkable report of thle agr cultural department. Either the con aissioners of all the cotton State! men right on the ground and fami iar with conditions, are utterly mis taken or else the agricultural depaz' ment is wrong in its deductions th: there will be a record crop th: ~On account of :his belief that th cotton growers of the South ha~ been heavy losers by the guesswor advance crop estimates of the d< partfent of agriculture. Senat<: Smith issued the following stati ment intended to offset these enol mous estimates as far as possible. On July 3 the agricultural depar nent isued its monthly crop repoi giving the condition of the growir cotton crop as SS.2 per cent of not mal, as compared with 80 per cent the average condition on June2 during the past ten years. The nun be of acres to be harvested was est mated at 34,000,000. The following launiage as repor d by the press was used as a dedu tion from these two facts: 'The condition indicates a prob: le ield of 20S-S pounds per act which on 34,000,000 acres won mean 6.895,000,000 pounds. or 14 425000 bales." I saw the secretary of Agriculltu and 'ne informed me that any est mate as to the probable yield th have been issued from his depar ment. based upon a condition repo was without his knowledge or co sent and would not occur again. On August 2 the crop reportul bureau of the department of agrici ture placed the condition of the cr< from estimates gathered up to Ju 23 at 89.1 per cent of normal. A etimate was made upon this, b marked in the press reports "unol ccl." that th.e probable yield wou be 14.700000 bales. I introduced a resolution in tl Snate requiring the Secretary of A ,.icltunet furnish detailed inform r tion as to the methods employed in ascertaining the condition of the growing crop, the names of the per sons by states making the reports. On August 15 I received the fol gg lowing telegram: "Sumter, S. C. August 15, 1911. "The Hon. E. D Smith, Washing ton, D C.: Joint meeting Sumter Far mers' Union and Chamber of Com merce. Cotton situation discussed. From information cotton yield great ly overestimated. Drought unbrok ne. Deterioration rapid and general. Request you urge department of ag al riculture make immediate investiga tion and publish results. E. W. Dabbs, a- President Farmers' Union. A. W. Snell, R. I Manning, Acting Ch'm Chamber of Commerce. I took the matter up with the r- department of agriculture, and the ie assistant Secretary informed me that >n the department had been discussing xe the advisability of making arrange e, ments for an inter-monthly report a when the conditions were extraordi d narily uusual, but that they were not st prepared to do this work efficiently in this emergency; that it was only is about ten days before they would is r- sue their August cotton report. a In order to get the facts officially a as near as possible, I saw a Senator from each of the nine-principal cot e ton states and requested them to n send the following telegram to the d commissioners of agriculture of their resopective states: "Wire immediately what deterio - ration, if any, has taken place in con dition of the crop in your state since July 25. Also give prospective yield tour state, this year as compared with last year." The following replies have been e received: SJackson, aliss., August 15, 1911. t Hon. John Sharp Williams, Wash s ington, D. C.: Deterioration 20 per jcent. Exgessive rains. Overflow. L- Boll weevil and worms. Outlook not k encouraging. A. E. Blakeslee. Is d Atlant, Ga., August 15, 1911. V Hon. A. 0. Bacon, Washington, 11 D. C.: Deterioration of cotton since July 26 is at least 20 per cent. The , yield comparison to last year about the same. T. G. Hudson. o Montgomery, Ala., August 15. 1911. e Hon. J. H. Bankhead, Washing- 1 - ton, D. C.: Deterioration since July i 25 at least 15 per cent. Estimate I f the yield as compared with last year , as 5 per cent greater I. F. Kolb. t Austin, Texas. August 15, 1911. a Hon. C. A. Culbeson, Washing ton, D. C.: Your wire 15th. Slight I r deterioration in cotton crop since, Ju a ly 25. Prespects very slight increase, - if any, in yield this year compared to i y last year. , Ed R. Kone. s Little Rock, Ark. August 15,1911. e Hon. James P. Clark, Washing a ton, D. C.: Cotton crop has slight e depreciation since July 25, caused by s rain. Inferior fruitsge and lateness a of plant will not give us a cro-p ex- t ceeding last year, notwithstanding r fine appearance of stalk at this time. 1 Clay Sloan.C -Raleigh, N. C. August 15, 1911. 1 a Hon Lee S. Overman, Washington, e D. C.: Commissioner absent. No dete rioration in cotton crop. Outlook for a better yield than last year. :1Eias Carr. Baton Rougs, La. August, 15, 1911. d Hon. Murphy J. Foster, Washing e ton, D. C.: No reports of deteriora - tion received since date mentioned, though the continued rains ow pre e vailig might prove disastrous. The e present outlook indicates a third more cotton than last year. Y E. 0. Burner. YOklahoma City, Okla. August 15. t :Hon. Robert L. Owens, Washing -ton, D. C.: Practically no change in r condition for cotton since July 25. C Estimated yield this year 1,000,000 bales. G. T. Bryan. Columbia, S C. August, 15, 1911. Hon E. D. Smith, Washington, D. C.: Yours even date. Our crop now in the midst of crucial period. In certain sections deterioration rapid i .nd heavy. In others none. Condition 'not as good as on July 25. Until end. of August would not care to ve-nture prediction as to total production. If tt no adverse conditions in three weeks sthis State's crop will be about an av eerage crop. E. J. Watson. From the foregoing it will be seen kthat, according to the commissioners of agriculture of the States of Geor rgia, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi the yield will probably be no greater than last year. In Alabama deterioration since Ju t- ly 25 to August 15 has been 15 per cent, and with present prospects the gyield will only be 5 per cent greater Sthan last year. S From North Carolina the report *'does not come from the commission ~er. The increase if any is not indi ~ cated. From Louisiana the report is to1 t- the effect that the crop would be a Sthird greater than last year. Louisi-1 ana made last year according to the a- department. 256,375 bales. e..'From Oklahoma the report is to Id the effect that they will make 1,000, ,000 bales. Oklahoma made lart year acording to the department, 955,951 re bales. - From South Carolina the report is at that if conditions remain practically t- the same the yield will be about an rt average crop. The conclusion tI. ore a f ore, from these reports would seem 'to be, taking the increase of Oklaho g ma. Louisiana and North Carolina .1- and Alabama, not exceeding 1,000, p 000 bales. l The conclusion drawn from these n reports are widely at variance with att the preliminary crop estimate made fi- by the department of agriculture. d The stock ct cotton on hand is. perhaps, the smallest in more than a 1e decade. Were there to be an unus g-jnally large crop, the world has need -foevrpond of it at a much high VETO WOOL BILL President Taft Bases Refusal to Ap prove It on His Party's Platform. T WAIT ON TARIFF BOARD. Reading of the President's Special Message Followed by Chairman to di Underwood's Announcement of H Motion to Pass the Measure Over T the President's Veto. 1 to Republican applause, which greet- ki ad President Taft's veto of the wool sa bill, was followed by outbursts of of Democratic cheers, when Majority of Leader Underwood announced that m he would call up the 'bill and move m its passage over the veto. The President's veto message U1 reached the House Thursday while ta .he roll was being called on fir. Un- ti< derwood's motion to consider in the t-h Eouse Senate amendments to the free p, ist bill When the conference re- su port on that .bill, in its final legisla- p, ive stage, was announced, the read- to .ng of the President's message was K: egun, each member following the th eading closely. When the reading th vas concluded, Mr. Underwood arose: th "Mr. Speaker," he said, "I do not fo lesire to ask that this message from :he President be referred to the com ittee on ways and means. I ask C at it lie on the Speaker's table, and M ive notice that I will call up the bill -1h ,o-morrow immediately after the th *eading of the Journal and move to tic ass it over the President's veto." st, Cheers and shouts from the Demo- pe :ratic members greeted this an- ca iouncement. Mr. Garrett, of Ten- th essee, when quiet was restored, le Lsked consent to incorporate in the tie ecord a portion of President Taft's lai peech, in which he described the ne vool schedule of the Payne-Aldrich to ariff bill as "indefensible." Repub ican Leader Mann asked consent to wi ncorporate the Winona speech. inj The Democratic majority will t* nake a determined effort to pass the ha ill over the President's veto. Rep- cei esentative Mann and other Repu'b icans expressed a belief that this pa ould be impossible. The bill, how- a ver, was signed Thursday night by lit Tice President Sherman and Speaker n lark in 'President Taft, in carrying out, ca Lis threat to veto the wool tariff bill n a special message to the House of tepresentatieves, said the bill was tot in harmony with the platform on Is hich he was elected, and that the Lmerican people are deeply impress ith the conviction that the interest f the consuming public can be prop rly guarded only by revising one ba chedule at a time, and then upon kn 'accurate and scientific informa ion." di After promising that the tariff to~ eard will be ready to report in De ember, the President argues that o ailure of the present bill should not cer >e regarded therefore, as taking way the only chance for revision by f his Congress. The message was ac-co epted as an indication that no tar- th ff bill prepared in the advance of a b eport of the tariff -board upon sched-b iles effected will be signed by theh resident. Th TERRIBLE FLORIDA TRAGEDY. t scaped Convict Soots a Woman and Son and Is Shot. fa< News of a tragedy in Lee County, pe 'lorida on Saturday night, resulting co: ai the death of Mrs. Weeks, the wife co rf the postmaster in a small town. eal nd Willie Williams. an escaped con- ge ict and the serious injury to the son m f irs. Weeks m Willie Williams, a double murder- gi r, .escaped from the convict farm vith three other life termers and ce rent to Weeks' home. Mrs. Weeks rent to the door in response to the J :nock, and Williams opened fire, ta :illing her, Her son was awakened H< ed ran to the door and also was th hot. an He crawled back to his room and ha cured a revolver and shot Williams. p "e others fled, leaving Williams on e ground where .he remained -until be ton Sunday, when Weeks returned is tnd found his wife dead and his son to nconscious. Later Williams died. de Z*S se HLD UP ON COUNTRY ROAD'.n Led Man Attacked and Robbed By fr st known Parties. th Henry Garland, an old man, who as ies near the mineral spring, just i mt of Darlington was attacked ['uesday night two miles south of own and severely bruised, and his sssailant made away with $4.90. Cl vhhich he had on his person. It was thout dark and Mr. Garland noticed uss mule shy in the road and was in he act of urging the animal on when es ome one struck him in the back of - a he ead He did not know any C1 nore until about 3 o'clock Wednes- le; ly morning, when he was found by fr: mn old negro who knew him and who ha iarried him home in a semi-con- er scious condition. He is out, but was anI sufferuing considerable pain. No ar- *1 eests have been made, di Bleae's Pardoning Record-.b Governor Blease holds the chain- at aionship as a pardoner of criminals. an ice assuming office the governor as has extended clemency in 21S cases sh us follows: Paroles, 114; pardons, N 1022. r rice 'than they are now offering tc and I hope the farmers will see to it that they shall not be deceived and led into sacrificing their cotton by these reports. i Act wisely and conservatively. ci Agree anong yourselves what you yt are willing to take, an~d stand by that bI .rice.di TAFT GETS ACTIY RYING TO FIND OUT SECRETLY N HOW KE STANDS. I he President's Secretary Is Con- D ducting an Extensive Campaign for His Reelection. According to information published Chicago, there has been brought b light an extensive campaign con- cl icted in secrecy from the White tl Duse and other Federal offices in XN ashington in behalf of President P3 aft's candidacy for reelection in fc )12. Charles D Hillis, seoretary L the President, and George C. Ran- G, n, who is a national receiver, are r id to have sent out a large number confidential letters in the nature c2 inquiries concerning popular senti- a' ent upon the President and his ad- Of inistration. cl Each letter sent out 'by Mr. Hilles, tc on White Mouse stationary, con- hi ins enclosed another communica- 01 mn which in detail sets forth all of h( e claims of achievements under 'esident Taft's regime. The enclo- cc re is a copy of a letter sent by the w 'esident's secretary some time ago R Frank P. MacLennan, of Topeka, g, in. This document is looked on as lu e first political communication of dE e coming campaign and furnishes bE e basis for arguments to be made Pa r President Taft next year. The text of the letter is as follows: tb The White House, Washington, D. uS Confidential. August 9, 1911.- th 7 dear sir: I should be very glad to tr; ve you write me your estimate of te e work of the present administra- it' n, and to have you give me a frank th atement as to the sentiment of the h2 ple in general and the Republi- ra nas in particular, with respect to if e course of the President. Such a ter would be treated as confiden- C l unless you wish that it should be bc ter utilized iby some reputable W wspaper engaged in endeavoring ag sense the situation. ; w1 "I have recently had occasion to wl te a friend in Topeka, and am tak- mi the liberty of enclosing a copy of sa rs letter In order that you may Di ve my personal point of view. Sin- lic ely yours, Charles D. Hilles." th In Mr. Rankin's letter, he says in ag rt: "To an Illinois man up a tree, long distance from home, the po- de ical situation in the States does t appear encouraging. With best W :entions, may I inquire as to your in did views on this subject," .bo WHAT IS PELLAGRAL de th the Strange Disease Contagi6us-bW fir Is It Not?. T1 lei The disease pellagra which Is be- fo: ming more and more prevalent an ffes the skill of physicians and ca own materia medica. "In a recent review given this ir ease, South Carolina is reported have nearly twice as many cases T y of the other States. This may, se: may not be true; at any rate it is bo tainly on the increase and is a ich dreaded aisease.s: "Some of the physicians of the uf intry are treating pellagra with su a arsenical compound discovered the German Scientist, Dr. Erlich, ich has aroused such interest in medical world-the socailed 606. e result so far has not demonstra- g conclusively the efficacy of his re- 4 dy but when prescribed In the ear stages of the disease an improve- a mnt is noted in the patient. D "Neither has there been any satis- m tory explanation as to the cause ofl! lagra. A recent theory is that fa en whiskey distilled from spoiled ce n is a prolific source of the dis- t se, another, and one which is most nerally accepted is that it Is com- a iicated by flies. This calls forW >re carefullness in keeping clear of "The majiority of physicans are un tain as to whether or not pellagra e a contagious or infectious disease. e hns Hopkins believes that it is cer- fo .nly infectious if not contagious. ru >wever, undertakers have made upr air minds that it is communicable, d they are now taking care to s ndle the bodies of those dying from ilagra with rubber gloves. "One of the principal reasons for p lieveing pellagra to be contagious that several cases have been known break out in the same family; in ed it is seldom that it confines it f to one person in the family or Ju ighborhood. "We have recoutly read a letter >m .lohns Hopkins in which the Ltement is made that they believe ar at Dr. Babcock, of Columbia knows th much about pellagra as any one America." n CURE FOR PELLAGRA. rea inton Physician Claims to Cure N< th This Disease. t Everybody ought to feel an inter- P1 a in Mr. Dedmond's pellagra cure, P1 there are several 'u:ses !n and nea1 W inton which have :>een cured, we m irn. Hearing of the case of a lady di end near tnis city who was said to ec .e been cured of this dread dis se, we called her up over the phone .d ased her if such were the case. c replied that it was true: that her sc ense was pronounced pellagra by re -o physicians who treated her for it, w; it she finally went to Mr. Dedmond es Ld procured some of the medicine m d in four days' time she felt as well ci she ever felt in her life, and that at e considers herself entirely cured. pi i, for the sake of suffering hu- m anity, Mr. Dedmond ought to be el couragd; and the doctors ought give his remedy a -trial. Turns Rapist Loose, tr Raney Chavers who was convicted at Kershaw county in 1905 on the F arge of rape and sentenced to ten XM ars in the State penitentiary has 31l en paroled .by Governor Elease G irin hi good behavior. - IGHT FOR PURE FOOD OT WELL SUPPORTED BY SEC RETARY WILSON r. Wiley Hampered, and Tells of Opposition .to His Assistant and Solicitor McCabe. Dr. Harvey W Wiley, chief of the ireau of chemistry and of the agri ttural department testified before .e House investigating committee ednesday that he has surrendered -actically all his authority for en rcing the pure food law to Dr. F. Dunlap, associate chemist, and ?orge 'P. McCabe, solicitor of the ag cultural department. Overruled in over two thirds of the .ses he -has brought before the food Ld rugs inspection board, composed these two men and -himself, he de red that he had found it 'useless appeal to Secretary Wilson and d not even received an answer to te of the most important appeals had made to the Secretary. Dr Wiley, summoned before the mmnittee to tell of his connection th the employment of Dr. H. H isby on an alleged illegal contract, ye to the committee the most il minatinig information that has been veloped in the investigation now ing made into the agricultural de .rtment He testified he had never received e letter from Dr Rusby, which was ed by the personnel board to prove at he knew about the Rusby con ict. He said that in using this-let r, the personnel .board had omitted most essential portion, namely, e statement by Dr. Rusby that "we ,ve agreed upon the following ar ngement as fair and satisfactory, approved by the department." Dr Wiley stated that Solicitor Mc .be* held the decisive vote on the ard of food and drug inspection. hen Dr. Wiley and Dr. Dunlap dis reed on questions of chemistry, it s Solicitor McCabe who decided iether a prosecution should be tde In fully one 'hundred cases, id Dr. Wiley, where he and Dr. inlap had voted together and So itor McCabe had disagreed -with Bm, Dr. Dunlap changed his vote to ree with Mr McCabe. "Did you ever appeal from these cisions " he was asked. "I found it useless to appeal," Dr. ley answered, "for the Secretary rariably upheld the decision of the ard." In'two cases he did appeal, he ad d, where he thouight public health s "seriously menaced." One of se involved the labelling of gluten ur, the food of diabetes patients. e board's decisions he believed, t physicians without suffieient in mation as to the exact contents d strength of the flour. In this -e the secretary - eld the board The other case iL. ,ged the label g of fruits and fruit products ,ich contained sulphur dioxide is subject is now before the Rem 2 pure food referee sboard. The ard, composed of three cabinet ~mbers, Secretaries MacVeagh, Wil , and Nagel, decided that the man icturers could continue to use the Iphuring process if the fact was tde clear on the label. Dr. Wiley left the agricultural de rtment one day at four o'cloek to to 'Boston Between that time and 30, when the department closed, a ci'al meeting of the' board of food d learned of the action, said Dr. nlap, acting as chairman was ide overruling the "three Secretar "' board, and permitting the manu ~turers to use the sulphuring pro is without publishing the fact on air labels. As soon as be reached Washington d learne dof the action, said Dr. iex, he wrote to Secretary Wilson, pealing to him from the decision, d declaring that the health of the blic, particularly of invalids, to Loin fruit juices are often prescrib ,was seriously threatened by the cision and the board of drub and d inspection had no right to over le the three secretaries. "What was Secretary Wilson's an er?" asked Representative Floyd, to conducted the questioning of the >ss committee. "I never reoeived any answer," re .ed Dr Willey. TEGRO'S SLATERS UNKNOWN ry Don't Know Who Did the Bru tal Burning of the Men. The authorities at Coatsville, Pa., e having trouble in apprehending e men who, burned the negro at the ie last Sunday night. The coro r's jury which has been investigat the lynching of Zeck Walker, the gro who shot and killed Ed Rice, idered its veridct Wednesday night. >withstanding that more than a ousand persons were in the mob at dragged Walker from the hos al and threw his 'body upon the le of hay and fence rails, which is fired -by the mob, not a name is ntioned by the jurors. The ver t was that the crime was commit by ,persons unknown. Money in Peaches. The State says "Col. R. BR Wat n of Ridge Spring was in the city cently looking hale and hearty. He is in fine spirits and talked inter tingly of his success this year in arketing peaches grown in his or ards. He says from less than 25 res 'he has already made a clear 'ofia of $1-2,000. In all of his ship ents he did not lose a single ,bush of peaches. Town Marshall Shot 'Two- hundred armed men, with ack dogs, are scouring the woods ross the Chattahoochee River, in Lorida, in searching for Charles 'est, a neg-ro, who shot an d killed arshall Newberry, of Donaldsville, ., while resisting arrest for wife STOLE A MARCH Regular Repoblicaus Leave Senate Chamber Putting the Democrats IN COMPLETE CONTROL Democrats Pass the Cotton BU De. spite Rage of the Insurgents, who Charge Treason on the Part of thc Democrats and Denounce Action of ' Regular Wing of Their Party. ... A shrewd move by the regular Re puiblIcans, as unexpected as It was effected, Thursday suddenly threw the Democrats into complete control of the Senate in their own right and foroed them absolutely to abandon their coalition with the p1$gressive Republicans. Out of the chaos and the -uproar, came a bill to revise the cotton schedule of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law. It was the bill as passed by the House, but saddled with amendments to revise the iron and steel, the Cot ton machinery and chemical sched ules of the tariff law, coupled with a provision for reciprocal free trade in bituminous coal across the Cana dian border Democratic votes alone were cast in favor of the .bill. The regular Republicans absented them selves, deliberately, from the Cham ber. The insurgents, taken- completely by surprise, were thrown into a rage. Alternately they denounced what they termed the treason of the Dem ocrats and inveigled against the Reg ular Republicans for the part they had played In the new combination, which had brought about a revolu tion in the Senate as startling and sensational as the coalition which earlier had robbed the regular Re publicans of their supremacy in the Senate. The insurgents invoked all-but forgotten rules in an effort to stop votes The insurgents charged that the 5emocrats had broken faith, al though in caucus Wednesday night the latter had determined to carry through an insurgent-Democ1atle programme on the cotton bill, which would have included the adoption of a LaFollette substitute for the House measure. They Insisted the Demo crats had entered into an agree ment or understanding with the reg ulars to leave the progressives in the lurch. 'W-hatever the aigreement, whatev er the understanding the -results ac complished were both definite and de cisive. The Democrats found them selves in a position where for the sake of party consistency they had to disregard completely their previous arrangements with the insurgents. his arrangement was ;based upon the belief that the House bill would be defeated and then the Democrats and insurgents would, combine to ass a LaFollette measure, just what was done with the wool schedule. The regular Republicans made no tttempt to conceal their delight at aving put the insurgents in a posi ion where they were compelled to ote against cotton revision at this ime. Senator Cummins rallied <his nsurgent comrades to vote against bis own amendment for. an iron and teel revision, when the amendment as offered by Senator Bacon. Sena or Bristow helped to defeat his own tmendment for a revision of the suw r schedule, when It was offered in his absence by Senator Jones, of Washington. Progressive Republican Leader La ollette declared it was impossible for the insurgents to vote for the emocratic ,bill, while the Democrats ad agreed that if their bill w'as de feated they would be willing to sup port the LaFollette measure. As the rogress of votes showed that the Democrats had been given a clear ajority by the absence of the regu lar Republicans, the insurgents set out to get a vote on the LaFollette ompromise bill, which, it had been xpected, would be adopted In place f the House bill. Senator LaFollette finally offered iis bill as a substitute for the House bill and the amendments that had been added to It. The LaFollette su'bsttute secured no votes, howev er, but those of insurgents. Then ame the final vote on the House otton bill. Only the Deinocrats vot d for it, but as the roll call pro gressed it bcame apparent that many were absent or not voting, slipping back into the cloak rooms before their names were reached. Those who kept track of the vote realized that the cotton bill had recived a favorable vote-2 9 to 19. TRAJLED BY BLOOD-HOUNDS, 'Went Straight From Scene to the House of Suspect. The bloodhounds from the County chaingang reached St. George three ours after the dastard attempt was made by some one a little after ten &clock on Tuesday night to assault a lady in her ,bed room in that town and was carried immediately near the window from which the suspect leap ed after having 'been freightened by the screams of the woman. Little diffculty was had in getting the trail, led by a circuitous route to the home of the negro, who had been previous ly apprehended and lodged in jail After 'havng reached the home of the negro the dogs then trailed to the jail where the negro had been previously taken. The Sheriff would not open the doors of the jail for the dogs to enter because of the possibility that the negro would fall into unoffi cial hands and be roughly dealt with. Two Blown to Pieces. Two men were blown to pieces In a powder mill explosion at Caresso na- ew mile f-nm Pottsville. Pa. REFORM NEEDED AUTOMOBILE FATALITIES ARE ON THE INCREASE. Colonel August Kohn, of Columbia. Suggest a Safe and Sane Campaign in This State. Col. August Kohn writes as fol lows to The News and Courier from Columbia: A day does not pass that does not give occasion for a funeral notice as a result of an automobile accident. The New York papers record several accidents a day. "With the increasing use of auto mobiles in this State it may be a good idea to have an early start in a "safe and sane" campaign. In New York city the pedestrian is given a chance for his life-that's about all. There is no need for legislation, as there is now ample law on the books. All that is wanted is an enforcement of the existing laws. Every city and town has a law against speeding and, while it may not be krown, there is a State law against fast driving. In effect the main features of the present law read: Section 591. No person shall op erate a motor vehicle on a -public highway at a rate of speed greater than Is reasonable and proper at the time and place, having regard to the traffic and use of the highway, and its condition, or so as to endanger life, limb or property of any person or in any event at a greater rate than fifteen miles an hour, subject, however to the provisions of Sec tions 592 to 598 inclusive. Section 592. "Upon approaching a erossing of interest, public high ways, or a bridgu, or a sharp curve or a steep desent, and also travers ing such crossing, bridge, curve or descent, a person operating a motor vehicle shall have it under control, and operate it at the rate of speed no greater than six miles an hour, and in no event greater than is rea sonable and proper, having regard to .the traffic then ;on such highway and the saftey of the -public." Other sections relate to cars stop ping upon signal. The automobile clubs and organizations cannot take up and encourage anything that will do the antomobilist as much good as to discourage speeding and fast driv ing. Reckless driving is not general among ajutomobstbut the m~any will suffer the few If the "safe and sane" idea is not impressed. At a recent term of the Court in Spartanburg the grand juy~ In Its presentment to J-udge Watts said: "We desire to call the attention of the owners and drivers of automo biles and other motor driven machine to the law regulating their operation on the -public roads. In no case are they allowed to run more than fif teen miles an hour, and on curves, bridges, etc, the rate of speed is lim ited .to six miles an hour. We be ieve many violations of the law are from thoughtlessness, but the dan ger of acidents is very great, and we call upon all officers of the law to en force same in the interest of the pub ic safety "It has also been called to our attention that a great many automo biles and motorcycles are being op erated in this county without having uch motor registered in accordance with .the law, and by not having such umber placed on the rear of said achine In a conspicious place, with the name of the county In which said otor vehicle is registered." These are the beginnings of dam age suits'and extreme legislation! Some months ago there was in Co u,.ia a 'break-neck automobile race. A fine young man from Grenwood was injured In the preliminary spin. ~e is now dead as a result of the ac cident by which his back was injur It may ;be locking the door after the horse is out, but some one will, o doubt, propose a statute, at the next session of the Genearal Assem ly outlawing speed and endurance ontests with automobiles. Benj. Beis oe and other leading automobilist argue that nothing is now to be gained ,by such contests and that they shuld be discouraged. Automobilists generally shoud sup press the speed maniac and it is best for it to be done by those interested in the new motor machines, GOOD SNAR(E SEUORY. How a Frog Prevented a Snake Eat ing Him Alive.. The New York World says Thomas Brown of Boyd street, Stapleton, and5 William Lockman of Sherman street. New Brighton, both printers, went for a stroll in the Silver Lake woods Tuesday morning. They noticed a commotion in the path ahead. A three-foot striped adder and a large bullfrog were engaged in a martial The adder was trying to grip the frog sidewise and swallow it whole The frog was a master of stategy. It had seized in its mouth a six-inch piece of twig, which it held with the ends extending on each side. The adder could have swallowed the bull fro, but it could not take in a six inch stick. 'The frog, its bulging eyes expanding and Its breast heav ing, kept turning, while the adder circled, waiting for an opening. When the combat had lasted an hour. and the frog was getting worst ed, the men killed the snake. Lock man has the bullfrog alive as a sou venir; Brown has the body of the snake, which he will have stuffed. To Arrest Lynchers. Quick justice will be meted out to those responsible for the burning of the negro Ezekial Walker, at Coates ville Sunday says a Philadelphia dis patch. The state troops that were ordered out are provided with 150 John Doe" warrants for the arrest of iymhers. PLAN NOT FAIR New Orleans Cottn Exchange Demes. ces Validation Schme. UNJUST TO THE SOUTH Declares that This Section jShould Fight Against the Disciminatin Proposed by the Bill of Lading Ing Clearing House In New York and Repudiate It. Brand!ng the proposed plan of the Liverpool cotton bills of lading com mittee to institute in New - York a clearing house for the palidation of cotton bills of lading as a "direct re flection and Insult upon those en gaged in the exporting of cdtton, and placing itself upon record asp posing the plan in its entirety, the New Orleans cotton exchange Wed nesday afternoon, through- its board C of directors, -passed resolutions I this effect and approved the Tepor of its special committtee, appointed tc investigate the proposition. The directors also adopted resolu-_ tions authorizing the president ofithe exchange to issue Invitations In the name of the exchange to all Southern exchanges, boards of trade, bankes and exporters and others interested In the handling of eotton to meet at New Orleans In joint. conferenee, probably during the sanual conen-. tion -of the Amercian Bankers' asso clation, about the purpose of SADopt ing measures for the protection -of their respective and mutual interests The New Orleans Exchange 'e pressed Itself as 'being willng in-the future as in the past, to cooperate If any feasible and just plan for the prtection of the legitimate cotton trade and the elimination of practices ontrary to commercial morality;. any feasible plan that will not take fur ther -tribute -from the Southern plan ters. All cotton exchanges in the United States were urged to oppose the proposed plan. In the repert of the special cdm. mittee it was stated Wednesdy that Charles S. Haight, representing lAv erpool interests at a conference last aturday explained the whole plan. to the local committee, but 2s no .hange from the original plan was aoted he was Informed that an ad-. verse .report would be made and the proposition opposed. "To the surprise of your commit tee," says the report,- 'T&. Haight thereupon informed the committee that this matter'had been practically oncluded by the Liverpool commit tee and the New York. Sub-bill of lading committee, disregarding the greement to leav'e matters in abey nce ?until further conference with the Southern interests' and that a letter was -being printed and la. 17 different languages to be Issued to :otton importers and foreign bank ing interests all over the world, re guestng said cotton buyers to ask their American sellers of cotton to :mply with the plan and to request Amercian evchange b-uyers to have 11 their documents approved as to their ,genuineness through the cen tral office In New York." The committee, in giving reasons or opposing the plan, reported that he losses through Knight, Yancey, & Co, and Steele-Miller & Co. were mothing, and consequently there was othing to justify the complex and :umbersome methods of handling :otton," as proposed; "that the -pro posed plan is an Insult to those in terested in the handling of cotton," Lnd that it gives to New York a decid ed advantage in the purchase of doc. umentary bills, while the other cities will be under the necessity of pay ng for their bills before veriflca ion can 'be obtained. "In other words," says the report; he plan is drawn entirely in the in terest of the foreign cotton buyer and he New York exchange buyer, with ut regard to the Interests of the arge section of the country in which cotton Is produced and which bears. the primary -burden of financing the crop." -Attention Is directed particularly to the -fact that cotton alone is se lected out of the enormous quantity of commodities exported for the vali dation of bills of lading, nor is any such -plan in vogue In any other com mercial country. Therefore, it can only -be construed as a reflection up on the cotton business -as carried on in the Southern states," concludes the report The committee recommended im mediate action on the part of the directors in calling a conference of all cotton shipping organizations for the protection of their respective In terets. Pellagra Can Be Cured. -Pellagra can 'be cured. That fact has ;been demonstrated beyond the shadow of a doubt by E. W. Ded mond, of Belton. He was dying of pellagra and cured himself. Since that time he has treated more than one hundred cases with results that are nothing less than marvellous. His discovery is the most discussed sub ject in the Piedmont section today. Flying Fish Attack Men, Flying fish 'by the thousands at tacked Capt Selley and son, of the obster launch Audrey, just off the Coronado Islands, Saturday, accord Lg to reports brought to Los Ange les Cal, Tuesday. As a result Capt. Selley is nursing a badly ~bruised head, and his so nis suffering from numerous sore spots and cuts and bruises. Prove4 Fatal Mixture. James Conyers, an industrious, well-to-do and honest negro, of Pine wood, died from ptomaine poisoning, produced from the effects of a sur feit of catfish stew and buttermilk. Prompt medical attention was 'una