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CLYDE ENIZ FOUND TLMMONSVLLE PLANTER CARED FOR LOST LAD. Paid Boy's Fare as He Was About T to be Put Off of Train and Took Him Home with Him. The News and Courier says Clyde N Rentz, the 13-year old boy who van ished from his home at Lakeland, Fla on January 23, and for whom since b that date a fruitless search has been maintained by his relatives in this ti State and in Florida, has been found on a farm seven miles from Tim- s monsville. Mr. Pic Purvic, a plant- c er of that section came to the assis tanice of the little lad as he was about to be put off a train in Geor- E gia, and taking the lost youngster y home with him, has cared for him t ever since. An account in The News J and Courier concerning the disap- P pearance of the boy was the means of the discovery of the lad by his 3 relatives after they had almost giv- t en up hope of seeing him again. S Clyde Rentz is the son of Mr. D. d P. Rentz, of Lakteland, Florida. b When Clyde was two days old his a mother died and he was sent to live with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. a Jacob G. Rentz, who reside near Branchville, in this county. He re- 1 mained with his grandparents till la.'i: sup rier, when he went t !a father's home In Florida. He dis- 3 appeared from Lakeland on January 23 and since that date all efforts to find him have been vain. The first clue to where the boy went when he vanished was report ed in The News and Courier Tues day. A Charleston man, travelling on a north-bound Coast Line train from Jacksonville to Charleston on January 23, saw on the train a little 1 lad who gave his name as Clyde 1 Rents, and who stated that he had lost his father in Jacksonville and ' had boarded the train, thinking that his father was in one of the coaches. I The Charlestonian stated that the conductor had put the lad off the train at Folkston, Ga. It now appears that Mr. Pic Pur via, a farmer of the Timmonsville section who was also on the train at c the time, paid the boy's fare in or der to prevent the conductor from 1 putting him off, and then took the lad with him to his home. On Mr. Purvis' farm, seven miles from Tim monsville, Clyde Rentz has been liv ing happily ever since. Mr. Purvis g bought him a suit of clothes and some books and started him at school, and the lad seemed perfectly happy. Although diligent search was made for the lad from the time of his disappearance, the case was not t reported to the newspapers until about a week ago. Then an article was published in The News and Courier narrating the circumstances of the lad's disappearance, and this was followed by several other arti cles of the same gieneral sort. One of these articles in The News and Courier was seen by Mr. Purvis and he sat once communicated with Clyde's grandfather at Branchville. An uncle of Clyde's, Mr. Peter Rents, immediately went to Mr. -Purvis' farm to get the youngster. Among those who aided in the searrch for the little fellow was the Rev. E. A. McDowell, of Ehrhardt: The following letter from Clyde's grandfather to the Rev. M. McDowell speaks eloquently of the gladness which the discovery of the boy has brought to one South Carolina home: "The Rev. E. A. McDowell, Ehr hardt, S. C.-My Dear Brother: We have found Clyde; he is at Timmions-1 vile, S. C. My son, Dr. Peter Rents, has gone for him. "Leaving Lakeland,. Fla., -Clyde| boarded a train between Jackson ville, Fla., and Charleston. Having' no money to pay his fare the con ductor was about to - put him off, when a man form Timmonsville en-i gaged him in conversation. Clyd told him his parents were dead and that he was hunting for a home. The man paid his fare and took him to hs home in Timmonsville. He bought for him a suit of clothes and some books and started him to school; said he seemed perfectly sat Isfied and was doing well. He saw the article about Clyde's disappear ance in The News and Courier and at once wrote to me. So the dead is alive, and the lost is found. Thank God! And may the Lord bless you for the interest you have taken in the matter and the help you and the 9apers have given us In fiinding him. "I have hope of seeing my poor little lost boy before to-morrow C night. I feel like a new man, I am so happy. Thank God! "I am gratefully and fraternally' a yours, "Jacob G. Rentz." MONEY FOR THIS STATE. For Oonmpletion of Work on Post a Offices Now Buidling. a As reported to the National House Monday the sundry civil appropria tion bill carries the following terms for completion of work on post office buildings now. in process of construe tion in South Carolina: Abbeville, $10,000; Gaffney, $10,000; Darling, ten, $10,000; Laurens, $10,000; Newberry, $10,000; Union, $15,000; S Orangeburg, $5,000. s The following items are for con- c tinuance of work on post otilce build- D ings: Benr.ettsville, $15,000; Cam 'en, $10,000.V Without the necessity of a rell call t] the House fell almost over itself Mon- 0 day evening in its haste to pass the n1 public buildings bili introduced Sat- hi urday. This measure is regarded as s one of the best 'loaded" affairs that 'T ever appeared on the Calendar. ti A heavy fiilibuster is planned d against it ivhen it returns from con- d ference after passing the Senate.d The gentlemen who are announc ing themselves as candidates for a Governor evidently believe in the old adage that the early bird catches the p. Gen. Huerta replied In a loud voice, d; ondemning the Madero family. se Up to a late hour the Vice Presi- k dent of the Republic, Jose Pino Suar- w qz, had not been found. Detach- ol ments of troops were searching for hi A MABERO UIT RESENT IF MEXICO WAS MADE TO RESIGN a ICE LONi IONFLIIT IS ENDED Was Planned and Carried Out by Gens. Huerta and Blanquet Huerta is Made President.-Ma dero and His Cabinet Were Made A dispatch from Mexico City says Madero was forced out of the Pres -idency. He was arrested at the Na tional Palace shortly before 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon by Gen. Blan quet,- Gen. Victoriana Huerta, com mander -of the Federal troops, was proclaimed Provisional President. About the time Madero was seized - by iBlanquet, his brother, Gustave Madero, the former minister of fin ance, was arrested by Gen. Huerta, who was dining with him in a public restaurant. All members of the Cabinet were promptly placed under arrest, with the exception of Ernesto Madero, the uncle of the President, who held the portfolio of finance. He was ap ' prised of the intentions against the Government and managed to make his escape. Notwithstanding the fact that some definite action was expected 4 :Tuesday, the coup d'etat at the pal ace caused a sensation, and the ex " ?act status of affairs could not be as iertained for several hours. The direct movement against Ma ero was struggling with the sol bad beeq brewing since Monday and . which possibly existed with Blan n o4uet for a much greater length of time. The forces. numbering 1,000 men, which arrived late Monday, were seat Immediat-ely to the palace, os teaibly to relieve the reserves there The- reserve were sent into the field. n agreement between Gens. Blan 'uet and Huerta was reached Mon r a night, but the first intimatlot " that Blanquet's men had of the nea ole they were to play was shortl3 before the -successful stroke way age.d Blanquet drew his men up ir order and delivered a stirring speech E'This ihuman battle must end," he ., 17 "The time has come when seme drastic means must be taker toatop a conflict In which father iu s 1ng non; and brother is flghtinj " inst brother; when non-combat !nk are sharing the fate of war - znd all this because of the capric f one: man.' $lanquet then issued orders foi the arrest of the President and as g e& a detachment to that duty S Madero was soon a prisoner in his oa rooms. One reason given for the attitude of Gen. Blanquet frog ::;the beginning was the presence o! bs son -n the ranks. of Gen. Dla. - When the arrest of the Preuident and his ministers became knowi crowds gathered in the streets thrn which they paraded, shouted "vivas' __for Huerta'and Dias. A conference was held between thi ~3- ~rpreeuatle5of these two generali Sisdanr- agreemnent was reachel --hereby-ther appointment of Gen '. uerta to che provisional -Presidency ras proclaimed. " Z Pior to this, however, Huerta't attempt'to .communicate with Dias precipitated one of the sharpest en gagemnents of the day. Tefire from the rebel rifles and naitne guns was long sustained, r t.ws by no means certain at tha1 Stim'e that the coup~ wich had beer earried out meant the end of hostilia ties. At 3:30 in the afternoon the cannonading was still heavier thari before and the rattle of .-machinE -guns-was heard in various quarters. At that time San Francisco street was! being cleared by Huerta as i he were expecting an attack. A half bour later the order to cease firing ws sounded and the battle was over. A few loyal members of Madero's st uaffrushed Into the room when Ma. deco was strugugling with the aol diers and-went~to his rescue, but in S fectually. Capt. Garmnedia, who 'ha u$st been appointed chief of po lice, advanced upon CoL. Riveroll, shooting and wounding him serious Immediately -there was an ex -change of shots and three or four members of the .President's staff are said to have been wounded. Just to make the, records clear, Madero has been given reasonable time in which to write his resignation. - Failure to do this, it Is said, will result in his ~'being sent with his family to Vera Cruz, where they will be given the choice of outgoing vessels. - Gen. Delgado, who acted as the emissary of Madero In the negotla tions for an amristice Sunday, has *-been arrested. Huerta and his sup porters did not trust Delgado to come Into their plan. Twenty- men of the 29th infantry of Blanquet's forces were entrusted with the duty of guarding the pri vate rooms of the President at the beginning of the revolt in the pal ace. The arrest of Mahero took place in the- hall of the ambassadors. When -the President entered the room he found all the entrances guarded. One soldier, over-excited by the -words of Blanquet, pointed his gun at the breast of Madero, who leaped upon him. In the the-struggle the gun was discharged, but no one was injured. * The finest Irony attended the ar rest of Gustavo Madero, the brother of the President. distinguished as a politician, to whose doors most of the evils of the Administration have *been laid.' He had invited General Huerta to luncheon at the Gambrinus, a popu lar restaurant. This was a custom with Gustavo Madero In winning fa vor. Gen. Huerta, however, had in vited guests unknown to his host. In a room adsoining he had station ed a detatchment of Calpultepec guards. All were preparing to take their seats, when at a signal Irom Huer ta, the officer In command entered. gointing a pistol at Madero he an iounced he was under arrest. At esame inoment soldiers, fililng in to~e room, cleared it of all except - ih ?ncipals. Gustavo loudly pro Sagainst this indignity, but SOME UNGALLANT BOYS HEY ATTACK SUFFRAGETTES WITH SNOWBALLS. he Marching Ladies Would Have Been Routed Had it Not Been for Some Students. The marching pilgrims bound from *ew York to Washington in the tuse of woman suffrage had their rst hostile, reception since their hike gan at Lieperville, a small village te north of Chester, Pa., late [onday afternoon when they were iowballed and almost routed by a rowd of small boys. A crowd of cavalry from the ennsylvania Military college went allantly to the rescue, but the oung opponents of the movement rout and escorted "Gen." Rosalie ones and her "army"~' to Chester, ,a., where they spent the night. Prominent women suffragists from Vilmington, Del., joined with sympa tizers in Chester in giving the pil rims a reception of a nature which id much to make them forget the ardshlps on their march from Phil delphia. Despite the snow covered ground 11 of the army managed to walk the ntire fourteen miles from Philadel hia and no desertions have been re iorted. The trim appearance which ad been maintained by some of the ounger marchers, however, suffered everely. Miss Phoebe Hawn's shoes ;ave way un4er the strain before the ourney was half ended and the great oe of her right foot was in evidence hen Chester was reached. Miss Crowell, who insisted opon arching with painfully blistered eet, has won her the sobriquet of -Minerva the Martyr," discarded ieavy tan marching shoes, whlich lave been the cause of her agony, nd appeared in a pair of light pumps rith high heels. The pumps were practically dis ntegrated at the end of the day's alk and her feet were in worse con lition than ever. This fact, however, iss Crowell declares, will not pre rent her continuing the march. The start from Philadelphia was elayed by a reception at the Univer Ity of Pennsylvania law school, when housande of students gave the pil rims a warm reception. MAY BE IN THE RACE. ;peaker Smith Urged to be a Candi date for Governor. The Columbia correspondent of ['he News and Courier says an inter sting development of the session is been the enthusiastic suggestion hat Speaker M. L. Smith should be a andidate for Governor in the pri nary next year. The masterly han ing of the General Assembly by fr. Smith as Speaker this year and luring many previous sessions of the eneral Assembly has so impressed nany with his leadership that they aye urged him to enter the field for ~overnor. The suggestion is not, of ourse, confined to the members of he General Assembly, but is quite ~eneral. Mr. Smith. In response to the many uggestions that he should make the ace, Is giving It serious considera Ion, because If he should decide to ~nter the field for- Governor he would nly do so with the determination to Ight to the finish. Mr. Smith Is a nan of unusual ability, and from the ime he was a brawny first-baseman >n the Citadel team until to-day 'he as been a leader of men. As a pub i speaker there are few men In jouth Carolina who have his vocab il-ary and forcefulness, and whatever Levelopments there may 'be in the ace for governor, M. L. Smith Is' to se reckoned with. HUSBAND WANTS A DIVORCE. ays Wife Spanked Him With a Board Containing a Nail. Because his wife spanked him with , board in which there was a large tail, J. A. Brown has asked the supe ior court to grant him a divorce. 'he above is given in his petition as , specific instance of cruelty on the art of Mrs. Lizzie Brown, whom her usband says owns a 27-acre farm In )eKalb county. Drown recites that the nail pro ruded through the board, and when e was struck by the board the nail enetrated. the flesh to the bone of is thigh. He adds that If he had not eld his wife until he couldl get a hance to get away he believes he rould have been more seriously In zred. The couple were married In Febru ry, 1908. and lived together until ugust 25, 1911, when the alleged panking took place. The husband ays he was deserted by his wife. [e also claims that she made .marrien fe impossible by a violent temper, nd that she woulh fly Into a frenzy 'ithout cause, and would curse and buse him. TALiKS SOUND SENSE. ihat Senator Tiliman Says About Mexican Trouble A dispatch from Washington says ost senators declined to discuss the turtion in Mexico. A notable ex ption was found In Senator Till an. He said: "I think the president ought to be ry, very cautious how he involves us country in war just at the closa lhis administration. I know of o greater misfortune that could appen to us right now than to have ich a war forced on the country. he situation is a very fine illustra on of 'You will be damned if you s and you will be damned if you n't,' especially If you do. Let us a what Is necessary to protect the nor of our country and no more; we have to ge there let us get away soon as possible." Tigers Sent to Chain Gang. At Waycross, Ga.. Leon Smith was it to work on the city gang Satur y afternoon to serve a ninety-day ntence for violating the city whis uy ordinance. He is the third hite man to go to the gang for this fence within a week, and the fifth. id tiger to be convicted In Way CURTAIL THE ACREAGE WATSON URGES FARMERS TO CUT COTTON CROP. He Warns Them Not to be Misled by the Present Prices, and Asks Co operation. "The planting season is upon us now. Stop and think for a day or two before you listen to the siren song of 13 cents," says E. J. Watson, commissioner of agriculture of South Carolina and president of the South ern Cotten congress in an address to the farmers of the South, issued re cently, in which he urges a reduction of cotton acreage during the coming season. "The cotton growers of the South," says the commissioner, "have passed through two of the most trying years in the history of cotton.. At this time last year those who have been in the forefront of the fight to maintain a living price for cotton against abnor mal conditions, made possible by American and foreign market meth ods, which as yet are permitted to exist, were lending every energy to bring about a reduction of acreage or at least to prevent an increase of acreage. Conditions following the huge crop of 1911, and hard work made this possible. The price on the crop just harvested was kept steady. "A more serious situation con fronts you now and hence this word of warning. With the price of the 1912 crop remaining fairly good and steady all the season through the ar gument of the manipulators will be that the cotton farmer of the South will yield to temptation and do as he has done hundreds of times .before plant more acreage to cotton, on the assumption that the price will stay up. This expectation you have jus tified in the past and it will be used from the start. Under present laws and established methods. though the world demand be for a crop possibly larger than 14,500,000 bales, I wan1 to say to you it will be suicidal to in crease your acreage. It is more im portant to hold yourself and your ac reage in check this year than ever be fore. To yield to the temptation oi an increased price this season will be equivalent to proving yourself devoid of even common sense. "The planting season is upon us now. Stop and think for a day of two before you listen to the siren song of 13 cents. The danger of you and yours is greater by far than lasi year. If you must have a larger acreage on your farm, put the in crease in corn and other food crops. As one who has striven to aid you in the hour of need, and has been faith ful to the trust imposed in him, lei me entreat you to hold your acreage down and prove to the world that you are not obliged to rush in and do what every cotton broker in New York, Liverpool and elsewhere ex pect you to do for your own undoing and the enrichment of others. "In this State I have endeavored tc get the general assembly to enact a simple cotton statistics-gathering la' that will force facts on the world when they should be there-not when It is too late; this measure, which would aid In some degree, is not yet a law. Oklahoma already has it, and your organizations have all asked for it In every cotton State. "Again let me .beg of you to watch your acreage, and let good sense in stead of lack of judgment guide you in the planting of your crop this year. If you don't you will face in the fall a situation that may be the most se rious you have ever faced. "If you don't do your part now, don't say then that you were not warned. "The fight for justice to America's greatest money crop can not be won by a few men year after year; it must command the personal co-opera tion of every grower of cotton." TRIED TO BURN C7LAFLIN. Negro Boy Confessed That He Had Set Fire to College. Wilbur Miartin, a colored youth, was arrested in Greenville for set ting fire to a school house. It is said the boy Is a victim of pyromania: Martin, it is alleged, has admitted to settiiig fire to building of the Claf lin University at O)rangeburg and the Greenville case is the outcome of the recent fire at Union colored school building in that city, of which the boy was serving as janitor. The fol lowing statement issued by -a mem ber of the hoard of school trustees is self-explanatory: "On Wednesday afternoon, Janu ary 29 a mysterious fire occurred at the Union colored school building on Markley street, and but for the prompt efforts of the fire depart ment the large wooden structure would have been entirely consumed. As It was the damage amounted to about $200, which was fully covered by insurance. "At a meeting of the Board of Trustees a day or so after the fire the committee on builiing, Messrs. Mackey, Rowley and Wilson, was em powered to make the necessary re pairs and to investigate in co-opera tion with the Chief of the Fire De partment the cause or the fire. "The janitor of the building. Wil ber Martin, the son of J. C. Martin, the principal of the school, was the last person seen about the building. He left the school a short time prior to the alarm. his father having been in the building assisting in getting the rooms in order for the next day's use. "Information came to the commit tee from reputable colored men in the city warning them about em ploying yc"ig Martin as janitor again. They stated that it was well known among many of the colored pople of the city that during the time Wilbur Martin was a student at. Claflin University. this city, two years ago, he was charged with and has confessed to having set fire to build ings of that institution on more than one occasion. Greenville Man Found Dead. 3. L. Walker, president of the Greenville Cotton Mills Company. Greenville, S. C.. was found dead Tuesday in his room in a Thomas ville, Ga.. hotel. Death was due to acute indigestion. Mr. Walker came to Thomasville Sunday. The body THREE MORE COME OUT THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR TO BE HOT NEXT YEAR. 0 John G. Richards Jr., Mendel L. Smith and Charles A. Smith An nounce Candidacies. The race for governor next year promises to -be a lively one. Some E time ago Attorney-General Peeples announced his candidacy, and now three other candidates have shied their hats in the ring, as Teddy would say. The Columbia correspondent of The Newsrand Courier says when ask ed Tuesday night about the matter, Railroad Commissioner John G. Rich ards Jr., authorized the announce ment that he would be in the race for governor in 1914. Mr. Richards t is serving a second term as railroad commissioner and previously saw sev eral years' service in the House. He is a resident of Liberty Hill, in Ker shaw County. Speaker Mendel L. Smith, of the House of Representatives, Tuesday affirmed the report that he would be a candidate for governor in 1914. Speaker Smith has served several terms in the House, several years as presiding officer. His home is at Camden. Lieut. Governor Chas. A. Smith Tuesday night also affirmed the re port that he would be in the race for governor in 1914. Governor Smith is serving his second term as Lieuten ant Governor and before that saw service in the House. His home is at Timmonsville, In Florence County. Attorney-General Peeples announc ed his candidacy for governor some days ago, so this makes four in the race, and several others are mention ed as possible candidates. Representative George R. Rembert, of Columbia, when asked if he in tended to enter the race, said: "This is not the time to make an announce ment. I am attempting to accom plish some things in the Legislature. If it fails to act in these matters I shall probably submit them to the people." NEGRO PAROLED CUTS ANOTHER Reported to Governor Who Says the Courts Are Open. A dispatch from Chester says Jim Lewis, paroled November 6, 1912, "during good .behavior," was convict ed here of assault and battery and was sent to jail. Hearing that the negro was a paroled prisoner, Chief Saunders of the Chester city police force looked up the records and found that the man had been paroled while serving a two-year sentence for killing another negro. The chief wired Governor Blease to see if the parole still was effective and was in formed that the criminal courts were open for the prosecution of the ne gro. The following telegrams were ex changed between Chief Sanders and Gov. Blease: "Cole L. Blease, Governor, Columbia, S. C. "Jim Lewis, paroled by you No vember 26, 1912, drunk; convicted assault and battery with knife this evening. Please advise in regard to parole. "J. L. Sanders, Chief of Police. "Chester, S. C., February 14." The reply: "J. L. Sanders, Chief of PolIce, Ches ter, S. C. "Your wire. Criminal courts op en for prosecution of Jim Lewis. "Cole L. Blease, Governor. "ColumbIa, February 14." Lewis, the cause of the trouble, was arrested by Officer Grant on low er Gadsden street Friday afternoon after having started an altercation with a negro boy, the difficulty end ing with the boy having to take to the tall timb'er with several knife slashes in his wearing apparel. It is said he would have been killed had he not run. Immediately following the arrest Chief Sanders looked up Lewis in the pardon and parole rec ord, and found that while serving a two-year sentence for killing of Ben Hall, also colored, Lewis was paroled by Gov. Blease November 26, 1912, "during good behavior". Lewis was released Saturday morning after trial and conviction in the mayor's court, and the payment of a fine of $7.50. JUMPED FOR THEIR LIVES. jA. C. L. Locomotive Smashes Into1 Railroad Tricycle. A very near serious accident was averted near Effingham Saturday on the Atlantic Coast Line. Two line meni of the Southern Bell Telephone Company and a negro lalborer were n a railroad tricycle, going with the I wires of the Bell Company, which are strung along the railroad com pany's right of way between Flor ence and Charleston. The men were watching the wires and not thinking of a train behind them. All of a sudden they heard the whistle of a locomotive behind. and as they turned to look saw one of the monster freight locomotives '] bearing heavily down upon them and i only a few yards away. The threej men quickly jumped for their lives. and as they passed over the ends of the cross-ties the locomotive struckv the tricycle, cutting it In half and crushing it under its wheels, com- r letely wrecking the tricycle. i The men were frightened out of e their wits for a minute, but were d glad to get off with no bones broken. s The train was stopped after the colli- b sion, but there was nothing to do but 1 report the accident, as no one was in- 1 jured. t Several Persons Injured. ti Twenty members of the congrega- y tion of the First Methodist Church, o South, at Oak Grove, Mo., were in iuded Sunday night when a gas tank blew up in the basement of the church. Soon after services began e the odor of gas was noticed in the ~ church. Mr. Jester, with a lantern, b: went to the basement to find the n leak. The explosion demolished the r< interior of the building- at tI Davis Aide-de-Camp Dead. G. W.C. Lee. eldest son of General Robert E. Lee, former aide-de-camp di on the staff of Jefferson Davis. and e: president .emeritus of Washington vi a~nd Lee university, died-at Ravens- fc lIST HAVE 15$ WAY R COLE WILL BREAK UP THE STATE COLLEGES LEASE, THE DICTATOR [e Again Declares He'll Veto "Every Nickel of Appropriations for Sup port of State Colleges" if General Assembly Fails to Levy One Mill for Public Schools. "Unless the General Assembly asses a one-mill tax for the support f the free public schools I will veto very nickel of the appropriations for he support of the State colleges," aid Governor Blease Monday morn- A ng. "I put the Legislature on notice ,o this effect in my annual message nd I will certainly do it," continued he Governor. Governor Blease in his -message I recommended that a special levy of mne mill, to go to the support of the rural schools, be made and he told :he Legislature that unless this levy was put on he would veto the appro ?riations for the State colleges. A bill for this one-mill levy has been introduced in the House, but it bas been resting as a second reading bill with no effort apparently to push it along. The measure has not as t yet appeared in the Senate. The appropriation bill, carrying, money for the support of the State colleges, E has passed the House and is up in the Senate for its final passage. No provision is made in the ap propriation bill for the free public schools, and the $100,000 usually put in the bill was left out, the general understanding being, it is claimed, that the one mill would be levied for them, which would bring in about $2S4,000. Unless the Legislature puts this one mill through, and it is now so late in the session that it can hardly do so unless extra effort is put forth, Governor Blease says he will veto all appropriations for Winthrop, the Cit adel, the University the Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind and all other State educational institutions. Then it will be up to the General Assembly to either pass the appro priations over the veto, or- else there would be no funds to run any of the State colleges for the next year and they would have to close their doors. If the Legislature failed to pass the appropriations over the veto the State colleges would be paralyzed. Winthrop College, with its 700 girls; the University, with its 500 boys; the Citadel, at Charleston, with its 300 boys, and the other State insti tutions would be without any funds at all. The situation is causing un easiness in some quarters, for the Governor declares he means what he says. Advocates of the one-mill tax will make every effort to push It througn in the few days remaining of the session and there Is no doubt but1 that many of those who fear for the safety of the college appropriations will rally to the supoprt of the one mill measure, for it Is extremely doubtful if the appropriations can be passed over the veto. -If all the Blease men back up the Governor it can't be done. This situation may cause the Gen eral Assembly to go Into another week and It suddenly loomed up Monday 'morning as the .big issue following the Governor's statement. DOES WITHOUT SLEEP. But Enjoys Most Excellent Health 1 and Works Hard. A dispatch from Boston says a Harvard professor who has not slept for 20 years but has taken his rest in the "twilight state" is the subject af investigation by the psychological Laboratory of the University and the tate psychopathic hosital. The twilight state" in -hich the sub ject retains conscioubness is declar- ~ Id to be a scientific relaxation more satisfying than sleep, restering the 'l bodily vigor in about half the time 'equired by sleep. The identity of the Harvard pro ~essor is kept secret. Prof. Hugo S Wunstereberg, director of the pschol >gical laboratory at Harvard, who Is C Spersonal friend of the sleepless ed. icator, has made a close study of is case. Prof. Munstereburg said is experience showed that it is scien ifically possible to sleep without :omplete loss of consciousness. To assist in experiments at the I tate pschopathic hospital on the 'I 'twilight state"~ a special easy chair ias been constructed. It is described 'I L a device to aid subjects to relax. C WEBB LIQUOR BILL ;amne as One Proposed by Senator Tillman Long Ago. - N The Washington correspondent of F The News and Courier says it Is an nteresting fact that the Webb bill, N ust passed by overwhelming majori ies in both houses of Congress, is F ractically identical with a bill which as introduced by Senator B. R. Till- s: ian January 23, 1897, to divest ship lents of intoxicating liquor of their R aterstate character -after they have ntered the territory of the State of estination. A favorable report was ecured by Senator Tillman on this ni ill from the Senate committee on ga terstate commerce, February 3, i 897, but it went no farther. It has b ten the proposition sixteen years Ifr get through Congress. Now sen- jb4 ment is so strong for it that its ad- cc ocates believe they could pass It of ver a Presidential veto, a Supt. H. A. Williams Dead. Henry A. Williams, assistant gen ra superintendent of the Southern alway, died at his home in Colum- tI la Sunday evening, after a long Ill- L. ss. Mr. Williams began his rail- le ad career when a very young man st Sa brakeman, advancing steadilyl in Iw te service. He was 52 years -of age. ib Astronomer Garrett P. Serviss pre ets a terrible smashup between the rth and the sun. 'But, as Mr. Ser- fic ss assures us, it will not happen it r the next three thousand years, we so: Sn pronoe in wonr abnnt it? do HOT BIUE hot cakes, ROYAL Ma are deIloi ful and a TRuE MOTHER LOVE WOMAN WHO OPPOSES FEMALE SUFFRAGE. lelieves Woman Was Created for Two Purposes Alone in this World, Wire and Mother. The following written by an Au usta woman to the Chronicle of that ity, will be read with interest by all rue wives and mothers: |ditor Augusta Chronicle: WiU you grant me space in your -alulable columns to relate to your eauers one of the most beautiful ex mples of mother love that I have ver witnessed? Berg in one of the large depart aeat stores on Broad Street last 'hursday morning, I was attracted y the tenderness of a lady in fitting LP a little newsboy in a nice warm weater, gloves and steckings. In ter conversation with the saleslady, rho was serving her, I overheard her emark: "No, he is not my boy, only little newsboy I found sjanding on he street corner with little bare eld almost frozen hands and a beau ifully little face almost bleeding rom the blasts of the cold wind." With the affection and tenderness Ls though the child were her very own, this mother (for she spoke of wo little ones at home) gladdened he heart and life of this little fel ow who could not have been more han six or seven years of age. 'Twas ndeed beautiful to watch the glad ome ligbt and the expression of ratitude seaming on his little face L she fitted him in his new, warm )utfit. "No," she was heard to say, I haven't lots of money, but I want see this dear little child made com ortable and warm while selling his apers." What a beautiful example ,f mother love; would to God that he w:rld was filled with mothers of his kind! How vividly it brings to ,ur minds the teachings of the bless dd Savior, "Inasmuch as ye do unto he lee.st one of these ye do also unto 'our Father which is in heaven." ro my mind and belief, God created roma:t for two purposes alone in this ~rorld, wife and mother. What is here mn life that woman cannot sc omplish through wifehood and othrhood? Ins:-ead of suffragette, public eakers, saloon smashers and va ius other things of notoriety for rhich woman of the present day is amoring, give us wives and moth rs; mothers who welcome these lit e one~s in their homes, taking them to their hearts as they grow to anhood and womanhood; this other' love grows with them, check g the tenderlcy toviceandevil.Make world of your home, whether it be abin or palace, envelop it in a frame f mother love and our saloons, gain ing dens, etc., will soon close their oors for lack of business. Ho'w many of us to-night, through emory, drift back to our childhoed Lays, recalling that beautiful and old weet poem: ackward, turn backward, 0 time in your flight, ake me a child again, just for to night. other come back from the echoless shore, 'ake me again to your heart as of yore; iss from my forehead the furrows of care, ooth the few silver threads out of. my hair; Iver my slumbers your living watch keep, ock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep. Backward, flow backward, 0 tide of t the years, am so weary of toll and of tears- t 'oil without recompense, tears all in vain ake them and give me my child hood again. * * * ver my heart in the days that are flown other worship abides -dkyma o love like mother love ever has shown other worship abides and en dures aithful, unselfish and patient like yours. one like a mother can charm away pain rom the sick soul and the world weary .brain: umber's soft calm o'er my heavyE lide creep ck me to sleep, mother, rock me tQ lids creep Bryan says the weekly country ~wspapers of the nation are the true ardians of the people's libertIes, as .ey are owned, as a general thing, the men who edit them; and arer e from corporation control. We iee this is true, not only of the ~ untry press of South Carolina, but 6 the city dailies also. If there is t ororation controlled newspaper in is Stute, we have never heard of it. Would Not Request Him . The concurrent resolution from p sniate to request Senator John cc Maurin of Marlboro to visit the a' ~ishures of other cotton-raising T] ties '.o present to them his plan for fe Lreh.sng cotton was voted down de the house. It carried no appro- re iatii. The burning of a newspaper of- n< n Mexico City br a mob because pi stood up for the right, is just what se ne people in South Carolina would de if they were - ot afra4r / made with king Powder [ue, health slay made. PLANS WAR ON FLIES [HEY OAN BE EASILY KIJED NOW IN THE HO.ME. Warm Days in Winter Offer Best Opportunity for Conducting War of Extermination. The News and Courier says the harleston Civic Club is preparing for an active house and yard cleanwi6 atmpaign with the advent of spring. A meeting of the health committee was held recently at the resiaenee of Dr. Allen to consider among other subpects ridding homes and shops of flies. 'Mr. William E. Simmons, who has earned distinction as a fly-flghtea., was present by invitation to give his views and a practical demonstration of fly-killing. After a brief talk he showed how easy it would be for ev ery housewife and shopkeeper to kill te flies Indoors. "The extermination of tne ny. said Mr. Simmons, "is a vital neces sity. In the light of recent discov eries he stands revealed as the most deadly enemy of mankind-more deadly even than war. In the Span ish-American war he killed a hun dred times more good American sol diers than the Spanish bullets Uni ted States army surgeons fixed in dubitably upon him the responsibility for the frightful mortalitly tnat oc curred in the great military camps from typold fever, dysentery and oth er diseases. The. proof was so over whelming that the United States Du reau of entomology has renamed him the 'typhoid fly'. - "A few years ago alarming out breaks of typhoid fever in New York city were traced to his agency. In vestigation found him congregating in vast numbers on floating sewer age along the river fronts. Captured specimens were loaded with typhoid germs. By sprinkling red powder on groups the movements of " the flies were traced directly to the infected sections of the city. Later an gut break of typhoid fever occurred at Plattsburg, N. Y. Local authorities attributed it to water, milk or some .oedstuff, but an investigator from ew York city showed it was due to files, by tracing them from the cew erage of the Saranac River to the nfected portions of the city. Surgeon eneral Moore, of the British army n India, traced an epidemic of car uncles to fies that swarmed by a oadside. Innumerable other in stances of the agency of flies in spreading disease might be cited, but the above are sufficient. "The fly is not merely a nusance, e is noxious, exceedingly noxious. Vith frightful industry he spreads ty hod fever, dysentery, cholera, car uncles, consumption, enteritis anad other intestinal difsorders; whooping ough, grippe, diptheria, supparation r festering of wounds and abrasions f the skin, blood poisoning. In fact, almost all infectious diseases. "His hairy body and legs are -!un sing contrived vehicles for transport ug particles of filth and other geimn nediums to the person's food ana Irink of human beings. The foot of the fly is a perfect mop for swabbing d conveying disease germs. Germs are also conveyed in the excremet r 'fly-spec' too frequently deposted n food and drink. It has been ibown that 5,000 chIldren are killecd annually by flies in New York city alone. About half a million cases of yphoid fever and 50,000 deaths oc ur every year In these United States, and the fly is responsible bor the treater number, If not all of them. "N. more Important work then can e undertaken .by any community han to exterminate the fly. The ie is fast coming when it will be ,onsidered a disgrace for any city t'e e infested by flies. But how can we ~xterminate them? The problem can e solved more easkly than is genel ily beieved. The first step Is to kill very fly you find in the winter tinie. les nnlvited take refuge in your iomes from the winter cold and Dre erve themselves to go out and bree i rith the return of spring. On warm Lays they come from their hiding taces and buzz about the dining oom or'kitchen. Then is the time to :111 them. You can do it easily an:1 fectively with Sheppard's Fly Driv r. Cleveland, Ohio, has earned the istinction of being called the 'flyless Ity.' The result was accomplishel .ainly by a campaign for. killing iles winter time. Every housewvife hould get Immediately on the job. "The second step In the workz of rterminaton is to attack the breea. ig place, .but that can be safely ce erred until spring, and is property he business of the municipal author We commend the above to our eaders. We are all interestedl in ttlg rid of the flies Why not tart a crusade sLgainst these oests [ght here at home, and lessen the ienace they bring to our homes. 'ow is the time to exterminate the os. Kill every one you see, and 1st ie city break up the breeding places. Kills the Wrong Priest. A visiting Cathol'ic clergyman nam t Wengeler was shot and killed by a olish workman Wednesd-ay in the nufessonal at St. Englebert's church Muelhem-A'n-Ruhr, Germany. tie murderer, who had asked to con s to the priest, was arrested. He clared he had Intended to kill the gular priest of the church. The Anderson Mall says "it was t a bill to muzzle the press, but to t the press on a lower plane of If-defense than the unscrupulous ma m whofalifies against the