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VL X -ANIN S. C, W E D A. CH , VOL. XXVI MIANNING, S. C.,VEDNESDAY. AC 3 11 X8 FIRST *'I 15iSFRED JUME JONES OPENS STATE CAM PAIGN AT !!AMPTON FIRES SOME HUT SHIE Governor Blease Was Not Present But His Opponent Attacked Many of the Governor's Acts Since He Went into Ofiice, Which Was Wel Re ceived by the Large Crowd Present. "Hurrah for Blease"-threc little words, uttered with no especial em phasis or degree of enthusiasm, were nevertheless suilicient to call forth from Judge Ira B. ones, candidate for Governor of South Carolina, in his speech at the lHampton High School Wednesday, a ringing denun ciation of the presen: administration of the State and a call for law-abid ing and law-loving citizens to end the regime, which he termed nothing short of anarchy in its tendency, says the correspondent of The News and Courier. The correspondent goes on to say: Judge Jones. from all indi cations, would not have particulariz ed, nor would he have been so spe cific in his charges against Governor Blease, had not the challenge been flung out by some one in the audi ence. He was in the midst of a dis quisition on the principles of good government and had named the pil lars upon which society and civiliza tion must rest to be secure. when the call came. To say that the speaker came back at his ehallenger would put it but mildly: he came back with all the fire of his nature, and from the glimpse of it Wednesday. there appears to be an adequate supply of that compound in his make-up. Naming the Courts of the land as one of the four pillars upon which society and civilization rested. Judge Jones declared that any agency which sought to nullify the acts of the Courts. or to impeach their power. or to insult them. was an enemy to so cety and anarchy. pure and simple. Obviously. this was in reference to the attitude which Governor Blease has assumed toward the Courts and particularly toward the Supreme Court of Sou1, Carolina. and to what Julge Jones evidently considered an abuse of the pardoning power of the Governor. Thereupon came the call from the audience: "Hurrah for Blease." "It makes no difference to me." flashed back the speaker as quickly as thought. "what you say of Blease: I say hurrah for civilization." The audience applauded loudly. "Hurrah for purity in public life. as well as in private life." shouted Judge Jones. and the audience applauded more vigorously. "Hurrah for law and order." and there was still greater cheering. "Down with you Anar chists." cried the speaker and his hearers applauded him again. That Judge Jones has declared Bleaseism a tendency towTard anar chy. which if continued for but a lit tle while longer. wvill cause the peo ple of South Carolina to hang their heads in still greater shame, cannot be doubted. Starting out to discuss governmental affars and education in a general way, he was called, and he showed his hand. None who heard him can have any doubts as to v hat attitude he bears toward the present Governor of South Carolina and his policies, and none can fail to see the lines upon which the fight will be made this summer. Judge T-rtas's opening special in dicates clea.rly that he regards Rleaseism as anarchy and he has sounded the call to what he regards as the law-abiding respectability of the State to rally to his standards and wipe it out. Judge Jones has thrown down the gauntlet. Govern or Blease was not present. having de clined to attend at the last minute on account of his duties in Columt bia. This i; the excuse he gave for failing to be present, but some attri bute his absence to other causes. Judge Jones prefaced his remarks by the statement that he hardly knew what to do or say under the circumstances: that he had been in vited to atte'nd school dedication ex ercises: that he wvas infr'aed that a disculssion Of political maters v.ould not be amiss. "But." said the snceaker. " find that I have no antag ornist in a politi''al debate. However. I came clown with both bar'rels load ed-to talk po'it ics or lducation." Hte referrod. to Governcor Dlease's statement that "JTudge Tones wil'. be ost-tesman withoni a joi>." saying that h-2 thaalced the !'overnor for a: least consd':ing hima a statesman, but that as for as a job, he was alreadv out of a job. "I have no job." SeeC'~aredi Judge Jonos. "evcept to heat rtesse." ''If I am a statesman." said the sneaker. "i hope to be able. like that great statesman of south Carolina. John C. Caitotn, to say a saving wvord at a critical time. But if I had but ane word to ray, that would be .edac your chi!dre"'.' " Judge Tones doe?ared that thaere were four pillars u:'on which society and civil' iza!ion, to stand, must be founded: and the Courts. "Thach your chil dren to honor their fathers and moth ers." adviswed the saeaker. "not to honor thema in a passive m-anner or. bat :each them that they ma" do scmm 'r . rc'ry. ndi ger a usi o- te Cots BLEASE NOT L~ GOVERNOR FAXLE1D TO ATTEN] HAMPVTON ME-TING . His Failure to Attend Causes Con nient, and Sonic Thought It Wouli Hurt Hlim in County. governor Blease did not atten, the meeting at Hampton on Vednes iay, as he had protrisc'd the com mittee be would do. The occasio of the meeting was the dedication o the handsome new school buildini "'tis place, and both Governo Blease and Judge Jones, togethe 'With State Superintendent of Educa Ion J. E. Swearingen had been in vited to attend the exercises and de liver addresses upon subjects of thei: own chcosing. It was signiicantl: stated in the invitations that poli :ics would not be barred. In writing up the meeting the cor respondent of The News and Courie: says this attracted a great crowd and had not the weather condition been so disagreeable there wou> doubtless have been three thousand people in Haniton Wednesday. A, i. was, there were fully fifteen hun lred. not all of whom, however, at tended the exercises at the schoo house. The one question of the da: was: "Why did Governor Bleast not come?" Some time ago he ac cepted the invitation, with the reser vation that if pressing work requir ed his presence in Columbia h would not attend. In a letter Tuesday to Mr. E. F Hammon, editor of the Farmers' Re view, a local newspaper. Governoi Blease s'ated thatihe had importan' work In Colunbia and would, though he regrettei it be forced to declinc the invi:ation, giving -s a reaso: that since the Legislature had re ut-aired in session so long the work wa heav. But fror.n the comment heafrd on all sides, the.'e was still rea: deal of questioning in the nads of the people. "If he could not come here today because of his work. how could he go up to Blacks I burg the other day when the Legis lLtore was just about to a'.ourn,' was a question propounded by some !ne. Another remark was: "Al the bils passed by the i.egislature and all the appoir.ntez:s to be ir.ad bad to be done by Tuesday, and why :-ould he not come" he people of Hampton and sur .oundig country wanted to heaT ;overnor IRlease: of that there cat be no doubt. It is equally cer:ain 'that these people aro disappointed tat he did not attend. Strenuous effort was made to get him: a long distance call was male for him Tues day, in addition to the written invi' tations. Another point that caused com 'ment was that Governor Blease ought to have come to Hampton because it was one of his counties in the capaign of 1910, his vote then be ing 936 as against 729 for Feather' sone. "His failure to attend the meeting today," said a prominent citizen of the county in talking with The News and Courier representative, "has hurt him a great deal, and it will surprise me if he carries the county in the coming election." Without fear of contradiction it may be stated that this question 01 why Governor Blease gave Hampton the go-by was asked many. many times Wednesdlay, ard :he people ap peared to attach a great deal of im portance to it. A conimodious brick school build' ing has been erected by the taxpay ers of Hampton at a to:al cost. for 'the lot, and building furnishings in luded, of about $20.000. A bond issue of $10,000 was made. which with the sale of the old school prop' rty provided the fund0s. A competent board of trustees is in charge of the sciiool affairs, and for the instruction of the pupils are 'the followin~g e'icient teachers: Pof. A. P. Sites. principal, and Misses Anna Radeliffe. Sarah Kohn. Mym'e MceDaniel and Zula Stephen Both Supnerintendent of Educa ion 'Swearingen and .Judlge Jones. in teir speeches. corn'ratulated the proressive spirit of the town in th't handsicomely providing faci!ties for e' edlucation of her c-hildren. Ia hs welcoming remarks. the 'o. George Warren. told of the ef ots on 'he part of the citizens tr 'rng abou:t a realization of thei: hopes in the matter of adequatE 'ec - m p'rsil t at the meetinn. '"nsa-, and bouth he and Mr. ass..e atthe visitors of a warnm No' 'he lezst of the ray's t~ens ureso was~ the magi!i att barhc't '"nd -p~-ietinnv-r. serv--d by t'he la dit'es ofhe town to all 'he visi' ors. w'hih he ,eprded as :- -aerr it the pe~opl' rihs a' libe' "rd pro-eeionfo heir ,-o'erii-ns .udge Jones 1ive.ghed acis o who woculd 'ear 'own -h M House or any ituence tha woQl FLRRENCE LAD VICTIM Of ATR LIDUS ERME W ~AS HOKLl TO DEATHI Gruesome Discovery, After Two Days' - Search, Solves Mystery of Disap pearance of Eight-Year-Old Boy While Returning 1lone From His - Granditolher's Near His Home. L in a pool of his own bloo !, i4n fve ht:ndred yards of his ho:e, an old box car in the shop y ards of the Atlantic Coast Line, the body of little eight-year-old Andrew Jackson was found Friday, where he was nost foully slain on Wednesday evening 'Iy some party or parties as yeu unown. Such is the sequel to the disappearance. from Florence, ohe chid. mention of which was m ade in The Times and Democrat on ;aturday. Ever since nine o'clock on Wel nesday afternoon. when the little fel iew !eft the home of his grandmoth er. Mrs. M. L. A. Gardner, in North Gaillard street, to go home, which is only next door, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas Jackson, were distressed lest some person had kid narpped the child and carried him a-way on some of the many outgoing trains. It was only a few moments after left his grandmother's that his "aren-s 'nade in'quiry as to his whereabouws and were inforinel Ih had left there to go home. He was never sen alive after that tinw by anvne who knew hi'n. As soon his father. who is a machinist in th :oast Lire shops at Florence. missed hi: he bgan a search and was is sisted by a number of neighbors and friends. Every effort was made to locate him and wires were s-nt to a!! reighboring towns and cities askin: them to keep a looko::t for the hoy. The search was pushed since Wed n Ysday afternoon. Friday .r. Jas. :.ans. in charge. of the Doy Scouts. olun:eer-d :o assist in the search and he and his boys starte ! out. MAu: four o'clock. while searching 1I, "undreds of cars on whatIs .zw s the "repair tracks." o;-' site :.e Coast Line passenzer 4:a nr :Mrthe cool chute. yonnqt !rt Howell found the body in Atl ( ,Cast Line box car No. 1S.-4 and a one gave t:he alarm. it reIr ed only a fevw moments for a crow-d of e-ople to gather about the car to ciew he body. which lay on the noo of this car, well in the north end o' the car. The door on the north side of the ,ear was open. through which young Howell gained admittance. The body as~ found, was laying on the right side, with face partially upturned. te left arm over behind and parti aly under the body and the knees.: dra wn considerably. At one time it' wa th" ~ought thh the child' s mouth hal been stuffed with cotton, but it was found that, instead, it was badly The head was somewhat swollen he face on the right side was bru s e& and several scars on the neck, ad face, which resembled finger' trints, showed that the child had evi dent~ly been choked or strangled to death. Around the neck there was adistinct red mark, as if it had been ted with a string, and it is thought thtte slayer must have tied a stin around the child's neck to sti in and carried him to this lonely! sot and choked him to death. !!nsie the body lay a pair of home "ade suspenders, some old cloths re eblig pieces of an old quilt, and ome rag-s which may have been used n st' in the child to death. Th m~~rurder is the topic of conver sation throughought the city, and the pople a.re worked up as never be * re.' It is hoped that the 5ury of njuest, which is now investigating: he horriialde affair, will have some th'n of a definite clue to the per pera o" or perpetrators of this, the tmos' horrible and foulest murder e-e o-it: el in that sect ion. Nev er eore has Florenec been so stirr d and the streets are, at this hour, te 'lock. Friday night, filled with eowar' oeen who are talking and. iscussing the terrible deed and :e-'i to do) vengeace. should a clue he fo"nd to the perpetrator of the AnewJakson was a favorite a~son the oys o is size andu was a pupil..o...th....ntra ra ted schools. He was a eove eight years old. : ""1 was w- : or h is ag.a !!" as aman fe!O :d a W I LL E N F n- P, u T HT L A V REQiRING SEATS FOR ALL FE MALE EMPLOYEES. A Woman Inspector Will be Appoint ployers of females in any mercan, Out to the Letter. The law requiring seats for femalt emptioyes in mercantile establish nrents in South Carolina will be rig idly enforced by the State departmen1 o- agriculture. commerce and indus tries. Con:missioner Watson wil ne a woman inspector as provided the act. ' The name of the inspec Ior will no: be announced until the report for the year has been pre pared. The following is the act to regu late the hours of labor for women employed in mercantile establish ments: *That from and after the passage of this act the hours of labor for women employed in mercantile estab lishments in this State shall be lim ited to 60 hours per week, not to exceed 12 hours in any one day, and that such female employes shall not be required to work later than the hour of 10 o'clock p. m. The en forcement of this law is placed in the hands of the commissioner and factory inspectors. "Any employer of female labor in mercantif P'stablishments who shall violate the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor nd spail be punished by a fine or not ess than Sit nor more than $40. .r inrisonment of not less than ten ihys ncr exceeding : 6 days." The lollowing is the act with ref -on-e to the e:nploya:ent of an in "Th at se& ion :. of the criminal code of South Carolina. be amended a 'dim at the end of said section he words. 'the conmissioner of agri -ulitre. c-omnmerce and industries. nad the State factory inspectors, are ereby c-har:Zed with the enforcement or the !Irovisions of this Miw. and said ner is hereby emnowered. 'mi to time whenever he may Si necessiry. to em -loy female . ~rn ors for the purpnoe of collect 1 eide ce. The sum of S'00, if :c ne-cssnry. shall annually a-7---ro-riated for the purpose of n' sur-h female inspect so : -hat the section. when so - -end: . shall read as follows: :- s'tali be the duty of all em :oT'-vrs o ffemales in any mercan etab-Iiishmernt. - any place where -cd- or wares of merchandise are on;ered for sale, to provide and main tin ehairs and stools, or other suit able seats. for the use of such female (mployes at reasonable times, to such an extent as may be requisite for the preservation of their health. And such employes shall be permitted to use same, as above set forth, in front f the counter, table, desk or any fture when the female employe for he use of whom said seat shall be ept and maintained is principally r.gaged in front of said counter, able, desk, or shall be kept and naintained1 is principally engaged In ront of said counter, table, desk, or fixture: and behind such counter. able, desk or fixture when the female employe for the use of whom said scat shall be kept and maintained is ricialy engaged behind said ounter, table, desk or fixture. "Any person who violates or omits o comply with any of the forego ing provisions of this section, or who tfers or permits any woman to stand, in violation of its provisions, shal be guilty of a misdemeanor. and, on conviction, shall be punished y a fine of not less than $20 nor nore than $100 for each offense. The ommissioner of agriculture, comn nerce and industries, and the State factory inspectors, are hereby charg d with the enforcement of the pro isions of this law, and said com issioner is hereby empowered, from time to time, whenever he may deem t necessary, to employ female in spectors for the purpose of collecting evidence. The scm of $300. if so nuch be necessary. shall annually be ppropriated for the purpose of comn ensating such femnale inspectors.'' y Magistrate McIntosh,. of that place. Elder married at Lynchburg, S. . and lived in Florence for several years. They: have one dIaughter and this daughter now attends the city :red schools. It is stated that lder desired possession of this :auzhter. which was refused by his ue, andI he has n''de efo-rts to se -ue .er -i-i sid by forme. He wt~ to the school buildin::, it is -:r'- r sttd on W ed::esd::y to see h- ehi,1 'cv~e s::e sajw hisu comn og she 1 -r-( hes ln the cloak -n~ : : 99 hr r-- "er from seeing .y.. o~erin te da. it is st:Kedi. e ad ar~ie in town tha~t if he et s~aebdy- chi-d bef~ore he -s wrne a't vrict. TEEIIY'S BEST FRIEND PERKINS, BIG TRUST MAGNATE, PAYS HIM A VISIT. .Harvester and Steel Trust Oflicials Are Among Roosevelt's Most De voted Followers and Admirers. George W. Perkins, former partner of J. P. Morgan, paid a mysterious visit to Theodore Roosevelt at Oys ter Bay on Wednesday. Mr. Per kin's supposed activity in behalf of Col. Roosevelt and his connection with the International Harvester Company have firnished campaign material for the Colonel's opponents since he declared himself as willing to accept the Presidential nominat- it tion. Mr. Perkins slipped inconspicuous- c ly into Oyster Bay late Wednesday afternoon. All that was seen in the village was a high powered Limous- t ine, which sped through the snow azt suen a cl!p that no one could tell who was within. The New York fin- a ancier remained only a short time at Sagamore Hill before starting on the return trip to New York. r1 All that Col. Roosevelt would say of the visit was that Mr. Perkins came a* the bearer of a message from Senator Dixon, the Colonel's si campaign manager. When be was seen in the afternoon the Colonel T said he had received a telephone t message from his secretary in New h York, saying that Senator Dixon would pass through New York Wed nesday evening and would like to see the Colonel. Senator Dixon s (ould remain in the city only three hours. it was said" Col. Roosevelt repited that he would he unable to go to t'own to see the Serator. He was then told, he said. that Senator Dixon might send a message to Oyster Bay. but the Col onel did not say whether he knew who the message bearer woul I be. On March 2 dispatches from the 1 \Wes appeared in the newspapers al p: leging that LaFollette supporters in North Dakota were turning from iloosevelt and supporting Taft. be cause of the connection of Mr. Per kins and Medill McCormick, of Chic ago. with the International Harvester Company. Mr. McCormlrk has been one of the leaders in the Roosevelt move ment, and manazed the Roosevelt burean at Washington before Senator Dixon took charge. Mr. Perkins is c';hairmanf of the finance committee ofy the International Harvester Com-: pny, )nd is regarderl as one of the most important factors in the affairs of that corporation. He is also anc !irector of the United States Steel cle Corporation. 10. BLINDED AND BEHEADED. cu I ex I Cruel Treatment of Chinese Chris- m tians by Troops. St A letter from a missionary at t Hwang-Hsion near Chi-Fu, states that the Imperial troops put out the th eyes of forty Christian converts and s then beheaded them, saying that they a were naturally rebels. Heads still s hang warningly on tripods here and a there in the streets of Peking, ri although some of the bodies have t been removed and buried. t Ching Ting Fu, an important city a on the railroad about 160 miles to ea the southwest of Peking. was ad led th Monday to the list of places which ave been looted and burned. No t details have reached here, but it is i thought there need be no fear for ha foreigners there because the mut- of ineers everywhere are observing the di same rule of not touching strangers.ti Parties of mutineer's returned here Tuesday, intending to resume loot ig. They were arrested and decapi tated. t LET THE GO01) WORK GO ON. in of th issori Republican~ THave a Monkey be and Parrot Timne. W. di A dispatch from Exceisior Springs, its Mo.. says in a bedlam of uproar the Third District Republican convention ta convened at noon Thursday and im- su mediately split into to conventions.ti The Rloosevelt men organized under de one set of officers, the Taft men un der others. Both chose delegates t and alternates to the Chicago con-a vention and both claim to be regular. nr IThe meeting was one of wild disor-b der from start to finish, provoked by th the operations of the steam roller engneered. by E. L.. Morse, the Third~ District bo0ss. Dlarricad!e.l doors secial police and men armed with~ baeball bats were o part of the tac es empieyed by the .\orse machinew o defeat the Roosevelt men.M __________- SC Fatal Railroamd Accident. En~""er A. J. Smedle ' of Atianti v*as ki' ed and six personst were in- \ jrd eairy Thuirsday vwhen the NewS York lintired of the Southern ra"I Iway v:as derailed at Milsteed, Ai. G The list of injured includes Rt. E. F'oster of Snartanburr. S. C. lHei not seriously hurt. The cause of the derailment is not knovwn. C AwitnI Family Tragedy. p At S"n Francisco Samuel A. Fish r a weathey retired importer and sit a. killed his wife anide 'ree~ daug~hters Satu'Yday anel th--n c: 'o mmitedI suicide. Fisher sho? e::'h v embe~tr of his fi'mily throuth th.e Mad,~ then tu!rt''! his w*~ non tuN'i sef Thec fat:tily was ;rom:a zcnt socially. V i m* ttu I I EVERAL TOWNS BIDDINfi fI THE FISH HATCHERY ;OMINi TO THIS STATI he Appropriation Made Through the Efforts of Senator Tilman for the Establishment of the Hatchery Now Available and Investiation to Determine Location Conducted The Appropriation Act approved [arch 4, 1911, carried the followina em: "For the establishment of a fish itural station, including purchase C site, construction of buildings and nds, and equipment, at a point in ie State of South Carolina to be se eted by the Secretary of Commerce d Labor, $25,000." The Washington correspondent of he News and Courier says the his iry of that provision is that in Feb iary, 1911, when the sundry civil )propriation bill was before the ap -opriations committee of the Son :e, and the matter of confirming a milar provision for a fish-hatchery Minnesota was taken up, Senator liman said that he would not like object to any measure in which s friend, Senator Nelson, of Min sota, was interested, but that he uld not let this provision go rough without objection unless mething of the same kind should done for South carolina. The Senator explained that at sev .l previous sessions a hill for the tl~s::nert of a fish-cultural sta )n i Sot:th Carolina had been sed by either the House or the nate, but that on each occasion e measure failed because there was t concurrent action. As a result Senator Tillman's remarks. the ragrph just quoted was inserted the Act by the Senate committee d became law. A number of States e still without fish-hatcheries. ough they are in great demand Acordin7 to custom the Secretary Commerce and Labor has left the ater-of recommending a site to the missoner of the bureau of fish is. the Hon. George M. Bowers, d ,in azent of the bureau is now South Carolina investigating the bject. (corgetovn, Camden. Che w, Oranzeburg, Springfield and veral other towns have made ow their desire to get the sta m. In this conncetion it may be te- that hardly more than a half zen expert men will be needed to )k after the hatchery when it is tablished and that the prize of se ring the location will not be of tensive industrial value to the com mnity securing it. The station will be a boon, how er, to the fish industry of the whole ate and to lovers of sport. It Is idea of Senator Tillmnan as well of Fish Commissioners Bowers at both fresh and salt water fish all be propagated at the statiori, d it is proposed to stock the large -eamns with shad. where conditions e suitable, and to propagate such h as bass and trout for shipment upland sections. Regular fish cars, specially built, e used by the fish commission for rrying the fish long distances from e hatcheries, but where the fish are be planted at points not very far m the hatcheries they are hauled 1 0-gallon cans in the ordinary ggage cars under the supervision agents of the fish commission and tributed in these cans to the par s making application for planting rposes. Means More Fish. After the South Carolina fish cul ral station is established and gets to working condition, the number fish planted in the State will be ousands of times as great as it has en under the present condition, ien the State is without a central tributing and hatching station of own. The amount of $25,000 for the es ilishmenit of the station will be pplemented as necessary from ne to time for the continuance and velopent of the work. The following table furnished by commissioner of fisheries at Sen or Tillman's request shows the mber of species of fish distributed the bureau in South Carolina in e fiscal year ending June 30, 1911. lRainbow Tront. -unkins Creek ....... aias Creek.. .. ..... ,3 :;!'te Slt~da River... ... 0 u:~~a'ua Rve.. ......450 I~l Siluir Rier....45 th Sluda River...... 00 uth S:aluda River.. .........900 Pick ens -een's Creek...............450 Brook Trout. Pic'kens tne Creek.. .... ....--. F 4;::z' r: Is CONDUCTING CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT BfOLL WEEVIL. President Finley Tells of Cotton Cul ture Worlt by the Southern Ril way in the South. The Southern Railway is conduct ing a campaign in the South to en able the farmers of the cotton belt to overcome the boll weevil. The campaign is educational in its nature and it is planned to introduce im proved cultural methods. President Finley, discussing the work recently, said: The primary purpose of the organ ization of the county culture depart ment by the railway companies which r contribute to its support was to co operate with farmers along the lines c those companies in the territory along the advance of the Mexican cotton boll weevil for the adoption of those cultural methods recom mended by the late Dr. S. A. Knapp of the United States agricultural de- f partment, for growing cotton under e boll weevil conditions. Dr. Knapp also advised that if would be advan tageous to adopt those methods inde pendently of the presence of the weevil. The results of the first year's work of our cotton culture depart ment have demonstrated the sound ness of his advice in all respects. "In a circular, under date of Feb ruary 12, 1912, prepared by Dr. W. D. Hunter. the boll weevil expert of the bureau of entomology, and issur by Dr. L. 0. Howard, chief of that bureau. with the approval of the see- r etary of agriculture. it is pointed ou:t that the weevils were less num erous in 1911. owing to adverse weather conditions, and that the in sect was exte:minated In an area: covering about 23.000 square miles in the northwestern portion of Texas and the portion of Oklahoma. where I conditions were particularly unfav orable. Dr. Hunter shows that. not vithstanding thcese conditions, the in sect continued to spread to the north- I sissippi an d Alrbamna. He says! the reduction in numbers in 1911 was due to a combination of climatic in fuences which can only be expected h to recur at infrequent intervals. and' I-I tat. with the return of favorahi seasons, the weevil will again multi ply. He urges, therefore. that it is! .ecessary for planters to continue i their flght against the weevil accor! ing to the methods that have been recommended by the agricultural de- n artment. These are the methods d advised by the Southern railway cot- iT tcn culture department. ti "It should be borne in mind that the cultural methods recommended by the late Dr. Knapp, and advisedj by our cotton culture departmentit I involve intensive farming. This is t important not only as to cotton. Dut V also as to other crops, and we are ei urging farmers to produce all of the Ot grain, fruits, vegetables, meats, dairys ~roducts, and poultry used on the farm so that they may not have to b) sell cotton regardless of market con-' ditions in order to buy these things. bitt may be able to market their crop when there is an economic demand for it. It will thus be seen that the agents of the cotton culture depart- cI ment are giving advice as to .farm " oeaions generally. Their success ~ in this is shown by the records made ~ in thirty fields of corn grown in ac- C cordance with their advice. The av- W erage yield obtained under improved SE cultural methods was 47% bushels C per acre, as compared with an. es timated average of 14 bushels peFr. te acre on similar lands in the same nt general localities. The best corn ni yield reported by our cotton culture CE department was 82 bushels per acre r on a field of 65 acres. "I desire again to call attention to n the actthattheservices of the field a agents of this department are givenb free of charge to all farmers alongI ~the lines of the participating coin panies. Farmers residing along the lines of these companies in localities where a field agent has not yet been stationed may obtain literature de scriptive of the methods recommend ed by addressing T. 0. Plunkett, gen ral agent, Chattanooga. Tenn." Neves Pond.. ....--..... -10~ Eamburg Hammond's Pond..-..-..-..-20 Leesville Brodie's Pond......... ..-400 McColl Hatch Pond.. .. ..--.--.--. Manning Back River. Fork of-.--.. .... 2 Pickens flassv Mountain Pond...--.-..I Petersre Pnd~...... 200 Ii 1 1 e AteAsr!!! )ao...,... er...T.ar Pceoup r in frod. t..of..t2e st nor a:~O Murll Po......abut11o'lckr nny nift A~lls tr:aks. weet b e. ked nd th staiod n bal i 'I ii'-5 a., 'D UN ITVR ANIBThES "A!T TO BE I 7:-, ir; U R I N [ fu,15 aN AI 1N I A T E BASIS ILliance Said to be Backed by New York Cash, and That Underwood, Clark and Harmon Are in the Frame Up to Defeat the New Jer sey Executive. A Washington dispatch says Wood ow Wilson is playing a lone hand a the democratic presidential nomi ation fight, according to his man gers, against a combination of the 'iark, Underwood and Harmon can idates. It is charged by democratic ongressmen friendly to the New Jer ey governor, That the candidacies of Clark, nderwood an'd Harmon are financed rom New York by the same inter sts. That a division of territory has een made whereby Underwood is to njoy a free hand in the South, as gai.nst Wilson: Clark a free hand i states west of the Mississippi, as zainst Wi1son. and Hanrmen a free and in the northern and New Eng md states. as against Wilson. The object of the combination Is > get enough delegates to preveno Ir. Wilson from controlling two irds of the Democratic convention. acking two-thirds. ho cannot be '.minate d. The Wilson managers 'a:ize that to win thev m:st make ie most rrternd kind of a fight :r ironclal instructions. Tn arldiMton. it is their dsire to rove to the convention when It shall FenIble that there Is such an over helming nopilar sentiment for the Pw Jersey governor that his nomi .tion will increase Democratic ances of success in the election, hile failure to nominate him will Rsuit in Democratic defeat. The boomers for Clark. Underwood Ad Harmon believe, whoever may the Democrat!c-nominee. he will elected. provided that President ft be the Rem:blican standard arer. They roalize. however. tnt ih Mr. Taft as the rTepublican !nilate. Governor Wilson in all -obability will be the choice of the emcratic convention. If Colonel. Rloosevelt should be yinated. it Is their belief. in or r to attrnet the conservative vr te the Remnblican perty. the conven n will discard Wilson. and Clark Underwood c, Harmon will get e nomination. They are not wait . however, for the eventuation of is possibility. They want to beat e New Jersey executive before the invention shall meet by securing tough delegates instructed for one the other, and thus prevent a Wil >n walkover. It is denied by the Clark men, as rthose championing the cause of arerwood and of Harmon, than any imbination exists as is allete-l by e Wilson mancgers. Yet there are rcumstances which would seem to ye some basis to the Wilson arges. In the Sotuth the Under aod manageers are displaying great tivity without much counter actiir r being manifested or either the ark or Harmon men. In the states est of the Mississippi the line-up ems to be principally between ark and Wilson. It will be recalled that In the con st for the Oklahoma delegation the ties of Underwood or Harmon did t figure and that the fight was con trated upon Wilson by the rep sentatives of the speaker of the ise. That William Jennings Br'y tbelieves there is an understanding to division of territory between e candidates referred to, is shown the warning to Mr. Clark he pub hed in the Commoner last week at an apparent 'alliance between e speaker and Harmon in the states the middle west would injiure ther than aid the former's aspira The division of territory Is a nat -a1 result of the geographical loca on of the anti-Wilson candidates. nderwood's home is in Alabama, d he is epcCtedl to have a large lowing in the Sorth. Clark re res in Missouri. and it is believed at his can~di~tey wi!l appeal to the st. Ha'rm'on, boiling from Ohio, regarded as strong in the middle st and also to have a following the East, which likes his conserva A camnpaign such as is beinge on ced c'n get nowhere without nd. It Is charced the the mon riein w Yc-k 3150.000 has ed~.,y.itis not knowvn how i:ch h,s been asinod to Clnrk or aron. Thait the Underwood hMom s do not lack for means is shown -a genera! plan disclo~ed some me azo to buy newspaper public e fav'ora~le to Underwood in the ~i-e weckly: press of the sout'iernl ates. City U:ars Johess Men. For the first time in the history an .merican municipality. San rgo. C21.. has barred the unemploy !. A camp has been established :'side the city, where men seeking crk are conducted. There are 300 umiless men. many of them profes cnal men, in the cam-p. Most of :er were taken West by land and Pleaing as a defense that his 15 ar-lid dauwer hB-id been im'proP v ap"'o-C'e'd. Patrolman J. K rso: :or-t Worth Was Tuesday Snot atniity of? the murder of a~ c;:vers, a Dallas accountant.