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AUTO BANDITS SHOI THOUSANDS Of PEOiE SEE TM flSRCE BATT.E A TIRILLIN~i EMNUNTH Two Desperadoes Charged With Nu merous Crimes, Surrounded ii Garage. Held at Bay for Hours b, Police and Soldiers and ig Finall: Dit-lodged With Dynamite. Bonnot, the leader of an organir ed gang of automobile bandts, wh have been tarrorizing Paris and th, surrounding district for munths past and Dubois, a notorious Anarchist were shot to death in the most thrill Ing encounter in the annals of Frencl crIme. A garage at Choisy-Le-Rol, si miles south of Paris, in which thi bandits had taken refuge. was blow: up by dynamite after these two met had kept a: bay for hours a large par of the police force of Paris, a con tingent of gendarmes, tWo companie of Republican Guards and a com pany of engineers. Bonnot and Dubois, after wound Ing two policemen, took refuge in th garage. They were trapped in th building, which was at once sut rounded. Reinforcements were diE patched to assist the police, consist ing of gendarmes and engineers. battery of artillery was on the wa from Versailles, when a small attacl ment of soldiers succeeded in pila ing dynamite against the structul and blowing out the front wall. The battle was witnessed by te thousand people from points of van1 age. Bonnot was captured alive. H was riddled with bullets and died o the way to a hosp!tal. The gre: crowd that had gathered, with crie of "Death to Bonnot!" almost to: the baudit from the soldiers, sever; of whom were injured. Parisians, partlcularly automobi ists, ha-e been In a state of terror bo cause of the reckless rimes of tI automobile bandits, which rcached climax in the murder of Assistat Superiatendent Jouin, of the dtocti department, and the wounding < Chief Inspector Colmar by Bonn< on -the morning of April 24. TL Government then ordered all tI available police to hunt the assassix day and night. M. Gulchard, super'intendent of di tectires, tracked Ronnet to the ist lated garage at Choisy-Le-Rei. A Gulchard and his men approached, bandit, who proved to be Dubois, w, preparing to mount a motorcycle. E answered the summons to surrendi by opening fre, while he retreate to the garage. At the same momei there was a hail oi bullets from window and two detectives fell, o1 with two bullets in his abdomen. was Bonnot shooting from the Sir foor. The detectives retired and a gene al alarm was sent out. Pollee, gel darmes and all classes of people can quickly. They were armed wish mu kets and revolvers, and directed hu dreds of bullets at the garage, fro: which came a steady rain of lead reply. M. Lepine, prefect of Pari was immediately notfied and he te ephoned instructions to the policei do nothing until he arrived. "E will blow them up with dynamite, he said. Meanwhile the Republican Guar and engineer corps arrived, whi thousands of persons socked to ttl scene.- Titey became so numero' that the soldiers were forced to dri' them back, as they were interferin with the progress of the siege. M. Lepine, Mir. Guichard and th commanding oficial of the Republ can Guards held a council of we and decided to use dynamite. Hur dreds of gendarmes, armed with ca: bInes, then began to encircle it building to prevent the escape of th bandits. A cart was rigged upn wi: thick mattresses as a barricade an the attacking party backed slow! toward the garage. When the cart reached the wa Lieut. Forleau emerged and cooll placed two huge sticks of dynami agaInst the building and igniged th fuse. But no explosion followei This operation was repeated twict Then came a terific report and a co: umn of smoke S~d debris shot sk: ward. All the while the bandits were ye leying steadily, but no one was hi As the front walI collapsed with rash, the police and Republica Guards rushed up. On the groun floor they found Dubois dead. The mounted a narrow stairway and 0 served a man streaming with bloot his left arm in a sling, crouched be hind a mattress. Blood was pouring from wound in his head and chesi. "Curse yota Curse you!" as he pulled the trigge of his empty revolver. He reache for poison In his belt, bet before l could take it he was overpowvere and placed in an automnobile. It w then the erowd changed into a wil cr~d, howling for the death of t: bandit. The soldiers protected hi: with the butts of their carbines, bi: many blows fe!.t on Bonnot befor the automobile started off, literal! crushing down a score of nemoi elearing a pathway, ard s.;eeded Paris. Bonnet was unconscious and exp1: ed on his way to the hospital. To doctors found twelve wounlds .,he were two bullets in his head and tw in his abdoimen. Dubois had thre wound's. On Bonnct wa~s found statement consist irg of an Anarchis ti~c confession o' -at "ad conclud ng 'With the. wod h. leved to hay been feverishi'- webidahe las moment: "I di.Ju o:nm." II was armed with o' re-::es a,~ ed special edi:!ons ",ourly, cera1ho the day. give :ro~ence a hp f a carbine. Thbe lParIs newsparts whihi tha the garago - : h m dits, from whic> :ycmu Fromentin, was c redo '~~l Ferrer. founder of 'Ihe Mer Sc In Spain, whomi heceunly.si~ at Barcelona. Fromenti ifoundd ot Choisy-Tec Ro a number of smoll villas, whic1 R -6 AT IS ORST lHE IS TR 1 rSTR4CT IS VERY LARG LN AREA. The Prblem of Providing for the Living and Pre';ening Pestilence Deniuds Great Deal of Attention. The need for relief work In the Mississipai vaey increase daily as cresi of the flod !uoves ocean ward. Aled up'wards of 89,000 are people ar:..g-. by the United States army in the diszrict between Mickm-an, Xy.. nd _Natchez, Miss. Secretary of Var Stimson made an s:aeths week that the Govern - ment will have to keen up this work f or 42 days, or until the flood suffer ers are able to establish their homes and lbegia to cul-.ivate their lands. To carry on this work he has asked for a total appropriation of )2(,00. While the quartermasters Iare feeding and shelrering the af c icted ones from Arkansas, Louisiana Tnd Mississippi, and the engineer are i strengthening ar.d repairing the levees, the medical department of the P t Red Cross is already planning for x - cleaning up the flooded areas to prd t] s vent the spread of disease. . The flood has reached its worst stages in the-delta region and it is de- g clared the loss off life will reach sev- c eral hundreds. More are dying from e I d exposure thn estarvation, disease andepsr than s f rom downing in the high water. Delegates from six states are in Washington. D. C., this week to in vIte the louse tivers and Farbors y committee to be their guests on a cruise from Cairo, Ill., to New Or- v leans, La., while the Mississippi river is still raging. e Reports have reached Jackson, T Miss., that over 2 00 were drowned in Bolivar county when the dike . broke at Beulah. Ths county was never before known to be covered. s under water from three to twen ty feet deep. The chief concern of t he entire district now is the problem of providing for the living. Supplies -iare wholly inadequate. Clothing, e beddIng, and food are lacking. Ra 1 tions are being distributed by the United States army, but they are un eable to reach hundreds in their a pIaces of refuge. Gor. Earl Brewer, of Mississippi, e ordered immediate aid sent this week )fto a camp of G..000 refuges in Cleve )t !and, Miss. They had rations that t .e 'would last about 24 hours. Three c e thousand negroes took refuge In box p cars at Benoit and Beulah with no sort of comforts or provisions. Two c train loads of provisions and skiffs I - were sent out to rescue them. Un- E J doubtedly the heaviest loss of life in E a the delti region was at Greenville. I LS There many died of exposure. :e At Roosevelt, Miss., few persons E r were drowned. In North Louisiana, d this week, a family of five was res- r Itle ed after spending three days on a t a Ihouse roof. They were unharmed.t teNearby a man was rescued from thet It second story of his home. Hie be st icame insane when placed on the raft. That more levees will break and I rcause st ill greatet' damage Is not a- doubted by the army experts who are tdoing their utmost to preyent further! s. loss along the course of the river. f a- Rain weakened the caving dikes3 :n and they cannot hold, it Is feared. .n Most of the water in the delta terrn s, tory will have to go back into thet 1. river, and with this water eating at :o the breast of the dikes and water e washing along the back of the samet "dikes there appenrs to be no hope of preventing greater losses as the dforce of the great flood spends its en- I le ergy In its mighty rush toward the ~e Gulf of Mexico. e STUCK~EY KILLED HP.SELF. I J. A. DuBose is Released From the County Jail.c ~r The State says J. A. Dulose of SBishopville, who was arrested Sun day night in connection with thee e0 death of Is friend. J. D. Stuckey, ewho was found dead with his throat h cutt In a local sanitarium on Main d street, was released Tuesday by Cor Soner Walker. Coroner Walker said ithat he would very probably hold an l i::quest but that he had not deoided y upo the date. Coroner Walke. gave . e the oginion that air. Stuckey com e mtted suicida. Mr. DuBose was ar .- rested Sunday night and placed In -~ the Richianld county jail because the - nif with which it is supposed Mdr. - Sucky'sthroat was cut was foundr o his (Dualose) room on Lady street' a I a ILLEDI~1 WHElN TIRE BURST. t dl ils Sknlt Was Crus~hed When His CAuto Turned Over. Iliadale Parsons, aged 48, of Sch:eec:ady, N. Y., vice president iand general manage-r of the General s Eemrio~ co::It:..n. was instantiv k!!l-j cd Monday at (Tintorn Heights, three' cie atof Albany, when one oflO d .. rea -.irs of his au:tomobile a 11 e 'sint, causin g the car to swerve -an :r o-:or. The ca-r landed on .'r.Pasos head, crishling his skull d and causir~z instant death. The e chuffurT. J. '~ichlolson, was ser n~ iously ijured, and Penj. Hi. Weis rd.Mr. Parsn2s' secretary, escaped a 'e called ":he iRed Nest." 'They were ocup.l al-:s exeiusive.y by per-'2 sons f Anachibtie eief. Bonnot Sas'.u. oryyirs of age and a e :.' 'v o' '.o.~ He~ formerly served .........en..::-Cu crsof the army.. o Ee ws a e~ertch::enur. the real e brit~ o! I 0 hnd.About thirtyt m er : 'r- :: nd h v now heen d - ares~e or re o- ofthe way.Evo - idene in he c ao of the oie ei shwta haoe' hir career : bya "diu sy'on, having e gm nalprsof Europe. t Tos prech'ers who regard the eriD c(tastrophe that befell the .a s God's retribution upon - s r r-h passegers w!i hav to show whyif S-itwas ncessa'ry, I 3 etibuion so many -Ioud go down to rof fact such - a a e: Almightyby It - -ofc IITS TEDDY HARD RESIDENT TAFT PUTS HIM IN THE ANANIAS CLUB, [CORD PROVES HARiE ver Heard Harvester Discussed by Cabinet, Quotes Other Members of Roosevelt's Cabinet to Some Ef fect, and Proves by Record He Was Not in Country at Time. President Taft issued the follow g personal statement from the 'hite House on Monday: "Mr. Roosevelt, in his speech at orchester, as reported by the pub c press, referring to the Harvester rust suit, said: "As a matter of fact, Mr. Taft was member of my Cabinet when this entical case was fully dis cussed be >re the Cabinet and he cordially ap roved the action taken; and, indeed, 3 a matter of fact, my memor. is iat he himself made the motion that lere should b.e no prosecution of the :arvester Trust pending the investi ation Into the trust by the bureau of >rporations.' "Mr. Roosevelt's memory is very luch at fault. I am authorized to iy by 'Mr. Root and Secretary Wil )n both of whom were members of ae Cabinet at the time, that they ave no recollection whatever of ever earing the prosecution of the Har ester matter diiscussed in the Cabi et. And M-. Root is very certain aat he never saw or heard of Mr. [erbert Knox Smith's letter to Mr. ,oosevelt under date of September 1, 1907, on the subject. "I am able to say the same thing. lo far a; my recollection goes, I ever heard the Harvester Trust mat er mentioned in any Cabinet meet ag that I attended; and I cannot be iistaken in the statement that I nev r saw or knew of Mr. Herbert Knox mith's letter of September 21 to the 'resident, until after my administra on had begun and the time when the uestion of the prosecution came up a 1910 or 1911. And I never saw ir read the letter until about two aonths ago. "This correspondence shows that he subject matter of the prosecution f the International Harvester Com any came before President Roosevelt Lugust 22, 1907, which is the date > his letter to Attorney General 3onaparte; that Mr. Herbert Knox mith's letter discussing the question .nd advising against suit, was dated september 21, 1907 and that Mr. mith's letter was forwarded by dir ction of President Roosevelt, under Late of September 24, to the Attor tey General with direction to the At orney General to bring the letter to he President that week, to talk over he matter. "The official records show that >resident Roosevelt left Washington a June, 1907, for Oyester Bay, and 'eturned from Oyster Bay to Wash ngton on September 24; that on september 29 he left Washington or a tr'p down to the Mississippi liver, returning to Washington on )ctober 23, 1907; and that he re nained in Washington from .that ime on. "The offcial records of the war de >artment show that I left Washing on In June of the same year and vent to Murray Bay, Canada; that I -emained there until August, when visited Oyster Bay on August 13, .nd then went to Washington on the .4th and left Washington on August .S for a Western trip through Okla toma, Missouri, the Yellowstone >ark, Oregon and Washington, reach ng Seattle on September 8. and sail ng form Seattle for the Philippines nd September 13. I did not return o the United States until the 20th f December, 1907. "I have a letter from Herbert Knox mnith, commissioner of the bureau of orporations, written at my request a which he uses the following lan u.age: "On November 7, 1907, which date fix from my personal diary, I tele honed Mr. Perkins at the President's rder that the President took the lew that the bureau's investigation hould come before the suit.' "This indicated with certainty the [me when the matter was decided nd shows that if the matter did ome before the Cabinet at all, it tust have been after September 24, nd on or before November 7, 1907, period when I was out of the Coun 'y, and could not have been present nd certainly could not have made a :otion or suggestion in the Cabinet 2at no suit be prosecuted until after ae investigation." Live Wire Kills Mulesl. The State says two mules were kill d yesterday On east Taylor street car the corner of Marion as a result f a live wire breaking and dropping ross their backs. Dr. Manney .ice, city physician had a narrow scape, he having stepped out of his utomobile directly in front of the 'ire. Millions Asked in Titanic Suits. Damage suits Involving millions of ollars will be filed against the White tar line by those who lost relatives 1the Titanic disaster. Other dam ge sul:s will be filed to secure comn ensation for the personal loss of iose who were saved. In our large cities the great gulf etween the extreme rich and the ex -eme poor is being made wider and eper every day by the foolish and stentatious display of wealth which 'any rich people make, and by their] illous indifference to the neede of e poor. Such action breeds dis.. >n at and swells the ranks of anarch m. Managers of political parties are mt mtsters in the art of explaining way defeats at prinmary and other 'tion. Am ong otner things they serr. either that they were never aiy' expected to win that particu r contest. or. that they would have on if the other side had not cheated om out of an otherwise sure A ,ry. Scold~ng and nagging never mend anything. They have ruined the 'ac of nnnumbered families. CURBSTONE CHAT SOME CRUDE THOUGHTS FROM AN OLD EDITOR'S BRAIN. Who Gives His Ideas for the Benefit of the Many Readers of The Times afnd Democrat. If all the members of a family were as courteous and kind to each other as they are to strangers, what a aifference it would make in the home atmosphere. All the elegance in the world will not make a home, and a spoonful of love exceeds whole snip 'loaas or fur niture and all the gorgeousness the world can gather. * * * Many women are martyrs, and yet they do do not know it. They shut the sunshine out of their houses and their hearts, they wear veils, they carry parasols, they do all possible to keep off the subtlest and yet most potent influence which is Intended to give them strength, beauty and cheer fulness. * * * No matter how your mothers may speak, their hearts are in the right place; if their attire is old-fashion ed and their manners not up to the frills of the tweniteth century stand ard, they have had experience 0i more value than all the schooling and extra accomplishments that you may think of shining excellence, Heed your mother-you will nevei regret it * * S It is the mother of a household whose life Is chiefly threatened b3 monotony. She stays at home. Sh( is always in the house seeing th( same things, hearing the same voices doing the same work day after day with endless regularity. The de mands upon her time and strengtt and love and patience are increasing and the wonder Is that she does no break down more frequently than i actually the case. * * * Girls, listen to your mothers; the! are your wisest teachers, your bes counselors. E'en though you hav4 received a college education, and th4 dear one who in all probability ha denied herself to give it to you ha never gone beyond the third reader you can rest assured that it is no book learning that will keep you: feet away from many pitfalls tha she can warn you from in tender loving fashion that you will do wel to heed. * * * We never knew a man who wa faithful to his early and adoptei home who was given over at the sam time to any gross forms of wicked ness. If you find more enjoymen in the club-room, in the literary so ciety, in the art saloon, than you d in these unpretending home .pleas ures, you are on the road to ruin. * * * One reason why sme men do no get along better in Lhis world is be cause they have not the proper stim ulant in their homes. Their home lack those little touches of refine ment which bring the best out o them. Neatness and taste are possi ble in the poorest homes. Let a wo man make the atmosphere as daint; as her means allow, and she wil raise her husband to the same stan dard. And as she elevates him thi effort is felt upon herself, her chil dren, h.er home, and her future. * * * When you want to get your grand est idea of a queen, yo-u do not thin] of Catherine of Russia, or of Anni of England, or Marie Theresa of Ger many, but when you want to get you grandest idea of a queen you thin] of the plain woman who sat oppo site your father at the table o walked with him arm in arm dowl life's pathwa3; sometimes to ths Thanksgiving banquet sometimes ti the grave but always together soothing your petty griefs, correctini your childish waywardness, joinin; in your infantile sports, listening t your evening prayers, toiling for yoi with needle or at the spinning whee and on cold nights wrapping you ul snug and warm. "Mother! Mother!' Ah, she was a queen! * * * Do not distrust, your friend. Yoi may not always understand his ac tions and consequently you may no interpret them aright. If he is iVr pulsive he may not always act in ac cordance with your ideas, he wil make mistakes and perhaps stumbl by the wayside. But if he is you: friend, stand up for him 'and believi in his goodness and virtue and hit desire for your welfare. Remembel that you cannot see his heart ani there is m'ore of nobility and good ness than appears on the surface You cannot afford to distrust him for real friendship is rare. Do noi hold yourself aloof from him bu encourage him by counsel, precepi and example. Help him if he is weak and encourage him if he falters. Hii heart will go out in gratitude, and you both will have made the world better. What Florence Nightingale was 10 the British soldier during the Cri mean war that Clara Barton was tc the American soldier during the Civil War, and to the soldiers of other na cions in subsequent wars. No one on arth can estimate the great blessing she was to thousands of sick and wounded and destitute during the ninety long and gracious years of her life. Truly she was an "Angel of Mercy" and the recording angel has kept count of her loving deeds. She now receives the eternal reward be. stowed for faithful loving service here on earth, and although she has passe from earthly scenes the story of her life work will prove an inspira tion to many in years to come and her memory be gratefully treasured. The row between the two Republl can facrions should give every hon est man new hope. They are proving one another to be just what every body knew them to be all the time. but could not prove. Let the dance go on and joy be unconfined. Fortune tellers and other cranks are now being heard from In refer ence to the Titanic disaster. It Is wonderful how many people can fore tell events after the events have oc PLEASES OR, ULEASE SAYS HE HAS RECEIVED GOOD NEWS FROM THE CLUBS. T But the Published Returns from Dif ferent Parts of the State Were In f Favor of Jones. The Columbia correspondent of A the News and Courier says Governor Blease, in conversation Monday morning on the result of the Demo cratic club meetings, expressed him self as pleased with the results. He said that he had received good news and that he would be a delegate to the State Convention from Newberry County and a delegation friendly to him would come along. He said that reports from clubs friendly to him, 0 which hadn't appeared in the papers, brought good news and he talks con firently of the outcome. Charleston County seems to be for Jones. Out of twelve delegates elected by the Alcaln. The Fork and Harmony clubs ten are for Jones, one is for the Governor and one is doubtful. Summerton bias already C reported a solid delegation for Judge Jones, and it seems from reports that Governor Blease fared equally as bad throughout the county. In ?Manning the Farmer's Plat form Club, a club organized in the early nineties, and composed of Tilmanites, with a delegation of twenty-three to the County Conven tion, gave Judge Jones seventeen, t Blease five and one in doubt. The other two Manning clubs, Clarendon and Manning, gave Judge Jones sev en and six, respectively, while Gov ernor Blease got none. One signi ficant fact was the defeat of Senator t Appelt as a delegate from the Farm ers' Platform Club. Senator Appelt is a strong supporter of the Governor. A motion in the Dillon Club that the chair appoint a committee of five to name delegates to the county con vention, coming from Dr. J. H. Ha mer, a pronounced friend of Judge Jones was a challenge to the other side and Mr. William Murchison a staunch supporter of Governor Blease declaring that this motion being an attempt to override the prerogative of the individual member of the meet ing, moved that Dr. Hamer's motion I be tabled. t This at once became the issue be- t tween the opposing factions and as the vote on Mr. Murchison's motion to table would affix a correct idea of 4 the situation it was awaited with in tense interest. The result was as I gratifying to the friends of Judge Jones as it was disappointing to those 4 of Governor Blease. Mr. Murchison's motion to table was lost by an over I whelming vote. The chair appoint ed on this committee three for Jones - and two for Blease, the delegation t named by it to go to the convention, 23 to 7 in favor of Judge Jones. The Laurens Club, Darlington - County, don't want B-lease or Jones for Governor. The Gubernatorial contest, or the Presidential contest, t was not discussed in the meeting, but -| the sentiment doesn't seem to be In -|favor or neither candidate for Gov s ernor. A majority expressed them -|selves as wanting the third man to f lenter the contest for Governor. The -|club was opposed to sending instruct - ed delegates to the State Convention f ' for any special Presidential candi 1|date, although the sentiment seemed -| to be in favor of Wilson, If Bryan 3|cannot be nominated. The Conway Demcratic Club met with something over eighty members present. L. H. Burroughs was elect .. ed chairman and J. N. Jenrette secre Stary of the club. Twenty delegates a were chosen for the county convent - tion which meets on May 6. There e. were in evidence two tickets at the t meeting representing mere or less - "Bleaseism" and "anti-Bleaseism." r The latter were In the majority and elected every delegate to the county convention. This Is the only report from Horry County in Columbia. It is reported that Lowndes J. Browning was defeated as a delegate to the Union County Convention and a straight Blease ticket selected.4 Mr. Browning is a canidate for del egate-at-large to Baltimore. In Anderson the Jones delegates are in the majority, as it is the case in Edgefield, where an estimate gives the Jones forces 85 out of 90 dele gates elected. None of the clubs reporting yes terday instrueted for any presidential candidates, but the Edgefield dele gates are believed to be favorable to the New Jersey governor. An interesting sidelight was thet action of the McColl club, which adopted a resolution urging that re strictions be placed around voting In the primaries. Bright Light in the Cloud. As with all great calamities theI awful disaster to the Titanic has its bright spots that relieve the gloom which otherwise would be unbear able. The two whicb show most prominently are, of course, the splen did heroism displayed by the great majority of the crew and passengers. and the deep, universal and practical sympathy given the survivors. Without referring to individual cases of heroism it is enough to point out that the urnwritten law of the sea "women and children first'' t was scrupulously and chivalrously S followed. It is to the credit of the r race that with only one or two ex- b ceptions that rule has been invariably b obeyed, and those few exceptions but v made the more prominent the noble e self-sacrifice that impels people to t surrender their lives that others may e live. Heroism is usually associated with K war, and the annals of battles are re plete with examples. But peace has b its heroes as well as war and perhaps b the fortitude and moral courage is d greater than that shown in war- t< most certainly it is in no sense infer- " ior. t! If "one touch of nature makes the whole world kin" certain it is that b tae real brotherhood of man is fully seen in times of trial. It is seen loc ally when some family is bereaved and it is seen on a large scale in h times of national disas:er or when al occurs a calamity like that of the a: Titanic. And that sympathy is not k emotional merely but find practical d. expression in gifts and kindly deeds. k Such are the "bright light in the e< EDDY 13 BEATEN fT LACKS ONLY fORTY-NINE I VOTES TO WIN OUT IOURES 61EN BELOW s Furnished by Congressman Mc iKinley, President Taft's Campaign Manager, Who Claims that They Are Correct, and Shows That Taft Has Teddy Beat to a Frazzle. - The following statement was is ted Saturday by Director McKinley the National Taft Bureau: elegates to convention. . . . 1078 ecessary to nominate. . . . . 540 elegates elected. . . . . . . 710 elegates to be elected. . . . . 338 Of the delegates elected: aft has.. .. ..........-467 ,oosevelt has.. .......... 227 a Follette has.. ........ 36 ummings has. .......... 10 Total.. ........ ...-740 Of the delegates to be elected: aft needs.. ..7....... 3 oosevelt needs.. .........313 aFollette needs.. ...... 504 ummins needs.. ........ 530 The States of Arkansas, 18 votes, nd Nevada, 6 votes, are now ready ) act finally, both being for Presi ent Taft. This means 24 additional otes for Taft and makes the real 'aft figures as follows: For Taft, 91; Taft needs 49. Adding Arkansas and Nevada to de Taft total would increase the to 1l of delegates elected to 764 and educe the number to be elected to 14. It affects the Roosevelt table s follows: Delegates to be elected, 14; Roosevelt needs 313. Hence toosevelt has already practically lost ontrol of the convention. STANDING OF DEMOCRATS. n Real Voting Strength Wilson Is Far in the Lead. With the elections Friday of the ourteen delegates from Connecticut o the Baltimore convention, more han one-half of the 1,094 delegates, ho will constitute the Democratic tational convention, have been chos !n. Here is the count up to last ;aturday. Instructed for Clark. Cansas.. .............. 20 )klahoma.. ............ 10 isconsin 2............2 Ilinois.. .. ............. 12 ebraska.. .. ............8 issouri.. .. .......... 36 Total for Clark.... .. .. .. 144 Instructed for Wilson. ennsylvania. ........... 76 )regon.. .... ...... .... 1 )klahoma.. .. ..............10 hisconsin.... .... .......24 llinois.. .. .... ........... elaware..................6 Cebraska................. 4 [exas.... . .................40 Instructed for Wilson. .. 172 Instructed for U'nderwood. 1eorgia.....................2S Uabama.. .... .........24 'lorida.. .... ..............64 Instructed for Underwood 64 Instructed for Harman. Cebraska.. ................4 Instructed for Marshal. :ndiana.. ...................30 Instructed for Baldwin. onnecticut...............14 Instructed for Foss. dassachusetts.. .. .. .. .. ....36 Instructed for Burke. Corth Dakota.. .. ............10 D~elegates Uninstructed. dene.. .... .............13 Cew York.. .. ...............90 Uaska.. ..................6 Total uninstructed.. .. .. . ..10S Taking into account those dele ates who favor him as second hoice, many of whom are pledged to 'ote for him on the second ballot, svernor Wilson is easily in the ead among the other candidates. The North Dakota delegates openly ssert that the 'New Jersey executive their second choice, and two-thirds if the Kansas delegation, which is nstructed to vote for him as second hoice favor his candidacy. Governor Wilson is the second hoice of the Massachusettes as well .s of the Nebraska delegation. In act, most of the Clark vote is for he governor as second choice. It is intersting to note that Govern r Wilson is the only candidate who as been able to carry any number of ates that are not contiguous to his wn state. Chairman Undei-wood does not ave the vote of any state removed rom the Alabama boundary, while peaker Clark's strength, with the ingle exception of Colorada, comes rom states that adjoin his home tate of Missouri. SAVED FROM WATERY GRAVE. olored Man Fescued Two Boys From Drowning. The Greenville Piedmont says for he cool head and quick work of loan Allen, a colored man in the em loyment of the Greenville, Spartan urg & Anderson railway two white oys, Otis Green and Bud Nesbit ould have probably gone to a wat ry grave Thursday afternoon when eir boat capsized on the Reedy riv r. suddenly the boat capsized, turned turtle," as the expression oes and the two boys were thrown ito the water. Alle nquickly grab id a rope and threw it to one of the rys who caught it and was pulled to e bank. When the rope was cast the other boy he missed it and ent under. Hie arose and grabbed e rope when it was thrown to himi second time and was drawn to the ink and to safety. Young Man Kills Himself. Leaving a certified check to pay s board and funeral expenses, Jon han Hawkins, twenty-five years old id unmarried, of Andrews, S. C.. led himself at Waycross. Ga.. Fri ty. He is a brother of E. A. Haw as, of Raleigh, N. C. The deceas left a note requesting that none 11 CLARK'S MAN BEATEN )ELEGATES FROM MASSACHU SETTS ARE FOR WILSON. *ongressman Burleson. of Texas, E' plains Exactly How the Matter Now Stands. Representative Albert Burleson of rexas, chairman of the Democratic iouse caucus, who campaigned Mas ;achussetts for Gov. Wilson until the ,olls closed, said of the primary re muit: "The situation in Massachusetts vas anomalous. The candidates for lelegates at large and the district Jelegates who were elected were pledged to Gov. Foss for nomination. Dn the ballot each name is followed by this notation, 'Pledge to Gov. Eu tene N. Foss for president.' "Of all the candidates for delegate, as far as I know, only one, George Fred Williams, was an outspoken Clark partisan and he was defeated by a vote of more than 2 to 1. Be fore the primary took place it was decided that Gov. Foss' name should not go on the ballot for presidential preference. "Many Democrats, knowing thal that the Foss delegates were sure o: election, went into the Republican primaries and voted for Roosevelt The vote as between Clark and Wil son is not the expression of the ma jority of the Massachusetts Demo crats, and the delegates at large d< not so consider it and so declared ir advance. "A poll of thirty-five Democrat elected as delegates from the Stat( shows that a considerable -majority o them will vote for Gov. Wilson, i Gov. Foss Is not a candidate befor the convention at Baltimore. 'Mayo Fitzgerald of Boston will head th Massachusetts delegation and he ha repeatedly said that he will not vot for Clark as a second choice." COTTON CROP BY COUNTIES. South Carolina Output for the Las Two Years. The total number of bales of cot ton ginned, counting round bales a half-bales, and excluding linters, fo the crops of 1910 to 1911, inclusive for South Carolina counties is a follows: County. 1911. 1910 Abbeville.. .. ..42,162 32,80 Aiken.. .. .... 51,361 36,16 Anderson. ......80,382 63,17 Bamberg. . ....28,019 16,57 Barnwell .. .. .. 67,601 42,95 Beaufort.. .. .. 7,040 9,90 Berkeley .. .. .. 17,118 12,4,6 Calhoun.. .. .. 31,730 21,44 Charleston.. . 11,586 14,16 Cherokee.. .....16,542 14,79 Chester.. .. .. 36,012 28,38 Chesterfield. . .. 36,418 29,87 Clarendon.. ... 54,222 36,06 Colleton.. .....21,916 15,57 Darlington.. .....57,700 40,36 Dillon.. .. .....50,576 40,37 Dorchester.. . ...19,295 14.18 Edgefield.. .. ..40,356 26,43 Fairfld.. .. ...33,486 25,68 Florence.. .. ..58,902 33,91 Georgetown.. .. 5,935 3,46 Grenville.. .. ....54,442 37,36 Greenwood.. .. ..45,546 29,74 Hampton.. .....25,797 16,64 Horry.. .. ......16,164 .18,48 Kershaw.. ......36,193 23,06 Lancaster. .. ...31,137 24,55 Laurens.. .. ...54,686 42,31 Lee.. .. .....47,713 28,45 Lexington..-..-.--34,011 24,17 Marion.-.-.-.-.-.29,436 17,81 Marlboro.. .. ..75,942 66,41 Newberry.. ....46,426 33,82 Oconee.. .. ....22,824 15,19 Orangeburg.. .. 87,976 56,59 Pickens. .. .. ...22,520 15,16 Richand.. .. ...22,613 15,24 Saluda. .. .. ...30,470 19,43 Spartanburg.. .. 78,145 59,71 Sumter.. .......50,613 33,53 Union.. .... ..23,029 18,16 Williamsburg.. . 38,701 24,79 York.. .. ....49,403 41,50 Total...1,692,146 1,210,96 Orangeburg County leads, with Ar derson and Spartanburg coming se< ond and third. The State last yea was 481,178 bales more than it wa the year before, and 553,764 mor bales than it was the year befor that. LYNCHERS WERE ACQUITTED. Burning of a Negro in Pennsylvani is Unavenged. A dispatch from West Chester, Pa says Lewis Dentithorne, on trial fo second degree murder in connectio: with the lynching of Zach Walker, negro, last August, was acquitte Friday morning by a jury. After the jury had brought in th verdict of not guilty in the Denti thorne case the commonwealth aslb ed for the acquittal of the other fiv defendants. The acquitted men wer charged, among them being Chief o Police Usted. The commonwealth's reason fo asking acquittals was the inability t obtain codvictions ibecause of tsh state of mind of the people of th county, Zach Walker, on the night o August 13, 1911, was burned by; mob after being arrested for killin; a special policeman. BRAVERY 1S REWARDED. Poor Man Gets Big Sum for Rescuin: Two Little Girls. A dispatch from Marion Ind., tell| of the reward a farm hand receivec for his bravery. At work on a farm and with only eleven cents in hi: pockets, William H. Prickett Frida3 was told that he had inherited $25, (0 from Frank Horch, a ranch ownei f Pocatello, Idaho, for having rescu e dHoreh's two daughters from theil burning home several years ago Prikett, then a circus bill poster rsked his life by running into tbc blazing house and carrying the girlk :o safety. Horch's brother, J1. H. Eorch, came here to notify Prickett f the bequest. Says the Boiler Burst. Daniel Buckley. who was a steer ue passenger on the Titanic, in his estimony stated that a fireman who vas on the steamer told him that the itanic did not hi an iceberg, bu hat while trying to make a record. he boilers burst DOES GREAT WORK WINTHROP IS PREPARINi FOR A GREATER USEFULNESS NEW TRAININE SCHOUL With Impressive Masonic Ceremonies the Corner Stone of the New Build ing Was Laid on Friday, Commem orating Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Founding of the College. - Friday was a glorius day for Win throp College and Rock Hill, and as evidenced by the many visitors, for South Carolina as well, the institu tion Friday celebrating in ample form her twenty-fifth anniversary, and lay ing the corner-stone of her magnifi cent new Training School for Teach ers. Everything combined to make the occasion an auspicious one. After the assembly in the auditor ium of the College, and the roll call of the delegates, the guests.and stu dents repaired to the front of the main building to await the arrival of the Masons who were to conduct the ceremonies of laying the corner stone of the magnificent Teachers' Training -School building. In double line and forming a wide lane extending from the gravel en trance of the College to the corner of. the new building were stationed the seven hundred and fifty Winthrop girls, and never in the history of the State has the most Worshipful Grand Lodge of South Carolina had the privilege of parading a more beauti ful avenue than this. The procession mached as follows: Marshals: The Masonic Order, the Grand Master and president of Win throp, the trustees of Winthrop, -the delegates and specially invited guests, the faculty of Winthrop, the the .alumnae of Winthrop. The Rev. Alexander Martin, of the Presbyterian Church, made the invo cation and was followed by Presi dent Johnson, who read a statement covering the development of the insti - tution from its beginning in the Pres S ton stable in Columbia with two r teachers, the -present spacious cam pus of fifty-eight acres and a group S of buildings costing almost one mil lion dollars. Of this the State of South Carolina contributed some I thing over four hundred thousand. ) Dr. Johnson did not so state, but the 5 remainder was raised by his efforts,* ? of which he is and should be, intense 3 ly proud. t The corner-stone ceremonies were 5 then conducted by Most Worshipful I Grand 2aster Geo. S. Mower, assist ) ed by Deputy Grand Master M. H. 3 .Sandifer, Grand Chaplain T. C. I O'Dell, Senior Grand Warden Joseph 3 Lindsey, Junior Grand Warden A. E. D Smith, Grand Treasurer V. B. McFad I den, Grand Secretary John Hart, 9 Grand Senior Deacons C. -K. Chrietz S berg and W. C. Willis, Grand Junior S Deacons W. W. Moore and W. A. 0 Pressley, Grand Stewards J. Wilson 2 Moore and S. George Moore, Grand 6 Pursuivants, R. E. Browne, Grand 4 Tiler W. W. Lewis, Grand Marshal J. 9 F. Reid. The trowel .used in the 4 -ceremonies was the .beautiful histor 2 ic Lafayette trowel and gravel, one S of olive wood presented to the Rock 3 Hill Lodge by the Lodge at Jerusa 6 lem, through the late lamened Rev, 2 James Spratt White, who -traveled 9 in foreign countries. 7 -The following articles were placed 0 in the corner-stone: - 3 Coins, Lincoln penny, five cent 6 piece, dime; newspapers, Rock Hill 6 Record, Herald, State, News and 6 Courier. 3 List of churches and pastors, lat 9 est statements o-f the local banks, list 7 of school trustees, superintendent I. and teachers, list of Masonic Order, 5 Grand officers and members, Bulle 7 tin of Summer School, first report of 0 Winthrop Training School, last re S port of Winthrop College, view book - of college, illustrated post card, pro 8 gramme, Winthrop Journal, Alum - nae Bulletin, poem by member of Ssenior class, copy of Dr. Johnson's r statement, copy of Dr. Joyne's ad s dress, copy of Mr. Lawton B. Evan's e address, Winthrop College Catalogue, e a Bible. The exercises in the Auditorium consisted of addresses by Dr. Edward L. Joynes, 'ML A. LL. D., professor emeritus of modern languages, Uni i versity of South Carolina, and Mr. Lawton B. Evans, M. A., superintend ent of the city schools of Augusta, Georgia. Dr. Joynes, who was intro Sduced by Dr. Johnson as one who had 1been associated with Winthrop Col Slege even before its beginning, and as Sbeing a very part of it, whose wise judgment did much in conceiving and shaping the plans of the infant insti -tution and in guiding its policy since its development. Dr. Joynes in sketching the history of Winthrop showed much feeling, and in paying a tribute to David Bancroft Johnson as the young man with whom he had ~become acquainted in Tennessee, whose career he had watched and whom he had brought through his influence to South Carolina his voice was full of emotion. Dr. Jones' sketch was complete. The venerable eoaucator was listened to with great est interest. From the Auditorium the guests repaired 'to the dining hall and more t':an thirteen hundred students and guests sat down to a splendid lun cheon, for which Asbury's Orchestra, of Charlotte, furnished music. At the conclusion of the luncheon Mr. WV. .T. Roddey, as toastmaster, called pon the following, who responded withi short talks: The Hon. J. E. Swearingen, Prof. L .T. Eaker, University of South Car clina: T. W. Palmer, of Montevalo, Ala.: Prof. .T. M. Donglow. of David son College: Prof. C. M. Furman, of Clemson: Messrs. T. F. McDow and W. W. Lewis, of Yorkville, and John G. Arnderson. of Rock Hill. The happy occasion of Winthrop's b'irthday closed with a brilliant re ception in the Carnegie Library Fri day evening, where the town folk as sembled to meet the visitors. Killeel About Card Game. At Atlanta recently C. Richard Harper. member of a prominent Jack sonville family was killed and Kell Potts was dangerously wounded in a fight following a quarrel over a card gaome. The men uedr knives.