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EUNT SHOWS LOBBY FREER CONSIESSIEN ADEIT VORKINi AT WAITOL I Z WILSONS CHARGiiE TRUE One Former Senator and Four Form- a er Representatives Admit They Had Interest in Making of Tariff- I They Deny Having Done Anything p Improper or Concealed. The Washington correspondent of I The News and Courier says turning away from the examination of col- I leagues who might have been in- f fluenced -n matters of legislation, the a Senate lobby investigating committee 9 late Monday began to inquire into e the Washington pursuits of those who might have exercised the in- C fiuence. With only half a dozen Sen- t ators yet to take the witness stand c the majority of the committee is con- a vinced that it has seen a flash of the underground workings of a lobby and believes that only patient search Is -needed to reveal the trail that will lead to the quarry. The minority members apparently are not so cer tain that an "insidious" lobby will be discovered. The few Senators who have not been heard are out of the city and will testify before the hear Ings are concluded. One former Senator and four for- s - mer Representatives Monday admit- 1 ted more or less interest in legisla tion at the Capitol, but none would a say that he considered his cause un just, or that he had done anything improper. Their work had been done in the open, they say, and con - sisted mostly in the filing of briefs - before committees of Congress, mak- c Ink oral arguments in 'behalf of f clierts and arranging for hearings for their employers. Senator Reed, I the principal inquisitor, apparently expected to show that many men spend most of their time In Washing ton, with nothing to do but convince 1 Congress it is wrong about particular . legislation. t Former Senator Charles A. Faulk ner, of West Virginia, the first wit- I ness from the outside, told the com- t mittee he represented twenty-two of the big railroads of the country anA 1 -ad represented them here for many years. Faulkner said he knew of no Yobtby that has ever been brought to Washington in reference to railroad 1 matters for the purpose of influencing members of Congress. "My business has been to find bills that affect railroads, send them to my clients and give my opinion of them," 'he said. "If the railroads fnd something they regard as preju- 1 dicial or if they need amendment, they notify me to arrange a hearing before the committee in charge.", -Senator Cummins said Faulkner 1 had appeared four or five times be fore him and that questions at issue had been argued as they would be in a Court. The other former Congressional witnesses were 3. A. T. Hull, of2 Iowa; A. W. *Kopp, of Wisconsin: Charles S. Bennett, of New York, and, Charles B. Lan'is, of Indiana. *Mr. Huflsaid hehad been out of *Congrest for two years and had been in Washington most of the time since. *e had reported an association of corn products manufacturers in con nection with the pending tariff bill, presenting his case by filing briefs with the House ways and means com mittee, and sending letters to Sena tors. He hiad talked with Senator Cummins because the latter was fa milar with the duties In which he was interested. Ma. Hull said he had .been interested also in legislation for the' Veterinarian Association of thet United States, which wished to ob-d 'tain commissioned ranking for its -\members in the army; for a Mr. t SBaker, of Philadelphia, who was In- 2 terested In the duty on cocoanuts, 1 and for representatives of the Gov-r ernent of Ecuador, who wishede Government engineers to investigate I sanitary conditions there. He alsoc figured in legislation affecting the t telephone company in the District of( Columbia.C "I suppose you would accept em-C ployment from any institution or I concern that wanted you to appear 1 before committees of' Congress, so - long as you regarded the matter as public and straightforward?" asked Senator Reed. "I would," answered Mr. Hull. I "That may be said to be your pres- 1 ent occupation and employment?" t "I would hardly like to say," was 1 the reply..d Mr. Kopp declared he had spenti probably three weeks id Washington 13 shortly after his retirement from c Congress in March. Although he had i once declined, he said, at the earnest i solicitation of people In hl's home dis trict, he had ocmne back to Washing ton to present arguments In behalf of the .lead and zinc schedules. The ways and means committee had com- t pleted its work, he added, and the r only three members he talked to weref Representatives Kitchin, Collier and t Decker. Former Congressman Bennet told of filing a brief In behalf of the Dia .mond Trade Tariff League, interest ed in the diamond schedule. He saw two members of the sub-comnmittee ine charge of the schedule during an 1 hour's stay in Washington..s 'Mr. Bennet said he also had filedt briefs and made arguments for lace s manufacturers. Mr. Landis. out of Congress for ' four years, said he had been in the I employ of the Dupont Powder Coin- a pany for three years. His principal e business with the concern was to a build up the South American trade.' He was a member of the House for eign affairs committee, and believed c the fact had had something to do 'v with his employment, which came un- 1I solicited by him. He spent much of c his first year with the powder comn- r pany, but for the last two years has lI been an infrequent caller. I Senator Reed conducted a long t, cross-examination of the witness la about that first year in Washington. d Mr. Landis said he had spent much of the time before departments and some time before the House naval b affairs committee. 1 Old newspapers for sale at this of-I D ef c . MCAN ARMY BEATEN EBEL PLOT DISCOVERED IN CTY OF MEXICO. acatecas Garrison Shattered and Only About Twenty of the Mexican Army Escaped. A dispatch from Mexico City says s the result of the discovery of a A lot to incite rebellion in the capital, te police Monday night arrested Dr. afael Cepeda, former governor of an Luis Potosi and four men of less olitical prominence. A number of rmy officers of minor ranks are said D be involved In the plot against the [uerta government. More than 250 members of the 'ederal garrison which was success al in the defense of Zacatecas t gainst a superior rebel force several 1 reeks ago, were either killed or tak- 1 n prisoners, according to survivors rho Tuesday straggled into Aguas :alientes. Telegraphic communica- C ion between the capital and Zacate- t as has been suspended for more than P , month and Tuesday's news was the e rst direct confirmation the govern 2ent had received of the reported e apture of the city by the rebels. 1 Only twenty men of the Zacatecas arrison of 300 escaped, according to 0 he statement of these survivors, a rhich was telegraphed to the War t )epartment from Aguas Calientes. C 'he attacking force, they stated, 1 umbered about 900. The Federals b esisted until the fighting in the s trets had resulted in the killing of I iany non-combatants. t The successful rebels forced loans nd looted some- of the business a ouses of the city. One of the weal blest residents of Zacatecas was exe uted because he refused to contri ute 20,000 pesos to the revolution- I sts. The governor was made a pris ner. No mention was made of any oreigners being injured. - Four cannon and a few machine ,us were captured by the'rebels but he refugees stated that practically L of the ammunition not used in the lefense of the garrison was exploded Pefore the Federals surrendered. According to advices received by he War Department, a rebel army is oving on Aguas Callentes where the ;rrison is not large and the situa ion is complicated by the presence of any idle workmen who are expected o join the rebel ranks. RAPPED IN SUFFRAGIST FLAG. lody of Emily Davison to be Buried r With Due Ceremony. t Miss Emily Wilding Davison, the nilitant suffragette, who died from njuries received while interfering c rith the running of the Derby, will e buried at her home, Long Horsley, 4orthumberland, England, on Satur ay. The body has been wrapped in suffragist banner and a suffragist adge has been placed in the coffin. I Phe Women's Social and Political Jnion is arranging an imposing fun- t tral procession across London and a nemorlal service Is to be held at the ieadquarters of the militant organi ation. The suffragists have dispatched his message to King George: "Con titutional methods of approaching >ur King having failed, and Miss imily Wilding Davison h'aving given t nands for the franchise, we ask.-he [ing to give serious attention to this .ppeal of womanhood." . KILLED IN THEIR HOME. 1 erain Rolls Down Embankment and a Crushes House. A woman and her daughter and c wo trainmen were killed early Mon ay in a spectacular wreck of a fast erfolk & Western railroad freight rain at Cleveland, Va. Several train- j. sen were injured. The train, drawn my two engines, left the rails, and olling down an em~bankment, crush d the home of Mrs. Sarah Owens. b frs. Owens and her seventeen-year ld daughter, who were still asleep in I heir beds, were killed. Engineer Hllespie and Fireman Stuart were t aught under one of the engines and rushed to death. The engineer and t reman of the second engine jumped >t suffered probable fatal injuries. t Proves Fatal to Grasshoppers. Grasshoppers, which appeared in js reat numbers in Ness County, Kan., ast week, are being killed by mil- q ions by a form of fungus, according I o reports received from special in 'estigators for the state agricultural q tepartment. A shipment of weeks on s rhich are clusters of dead grasshop ers has been sent to the University c f Kansas at Lawrence. The fungus i being studied to see if it be pos- i ible to distribute it. Run Over by Funeral Carriage. i At Augusta, Ga., Monday Calvin C eago, aged twelve years, fell from a p icycle at intersecting streets and was E un over by one of the carriages in a I uneral procession returning from C he city cemetery. He is in the hos- 1 ital and believed to have sustained E nternal injuries. In voting on new counties no citi- 'I en should be deprived of his vote be- e ause of the way the lines of the pro- C posed county is run. If any citizen is I eparated from his voting precinct by I he lines of the proposed new county, ome provision should be made so as I te can vote at some other precinct T ithin the border of the proposed g ew county. This is simple justice, E nd the Legislature should see that F very voter has a right to vote for ori gainst a proposed county. Some citizens in a proposed new ounty in the upper part of the State g hich you live? Don't you want to elp make Orangeburg the largest ti ity commercially, Intellectually and C eligiously in South Carolina? If so. C t's get together and start by making .yceum Week the success it deserves h a be. One pull, a long pull and a ull all together and the thing Is F one. . The United States Supreme Court I as declared the newspaper publicity iw constitutional and it will now be. nforced. Why any honest newspa- D er should object to the law we could 1 CLEMSON COLLEGE RENTY-FOUR GAUATES If EN RIPLOMAS S FINE [LASS OF BOYS nnual Address Delivered by Hon. Joseph A. McCollough-W. H. Frampton, of Charleston, Wins Orator's Medal - Norris Medal Awarded to W .G. McLeod, of Dar lington. Though the wind still blew cold, te rains very considerably ceased londay night and the sun has been iaking efforts to smile on the seven r-foui grave and reverend seniors, rho received their diplomas from lemson College Monday morning, in te presence of a large gathering of eople. The commencement day ex reises, which began at 10:30 with he addresses of the graduating class, nded with the publishing of the ave of absence order at one o'clock. President W. %-'. Riggs presided ver the exercises with ease, grace nd dispatch. On the rostrum, when he exercises opener, were the orator f the day, Mr. Joseph A. McCol ,ugh, of Greenville; Dr. Riggs, mem ers of the trustees, the faculty, tbe enior orators, three in number; the 3cal ministers and the cadet orches ra, which furnished music through ut the commencement program. raduating class was a forceful Mr. McCollough's address to the peech on "The Community Spirit," .nd was full of wholesome and well lt thought. The speaker made a ost favorable impression on his arge audience. Senior Orators and Subjects. The three senior orators spoke as ollows: D. L. Cannon, Spartanburg, n"And Yet There is Room"; T. F. )avis, Richland, on "The 'Panama anal," and A. C. Turbeville, Char eston, -president of the class, on 'America's -Mission as a Peacemak r." These speeches, though brief, ere thoughtful, well written and rell delivered. Following the class orations came he delivery of the diplomas to the eventy-four young men who, having nished the four-year course, receiv d, at the hands of President Riggs, he degree of bachelor of science. receding the delivery of the diplo aas Col. Alan Johnstone, of New erry, president of the.board of trus ees, made a brief address to the lass, and following the conferring of he degrees, Dr. Riggs, in a few well hosen, happy remarks, bade the class f 1913 good-bye and God-speed. Dr. R. H. Timmerman, a member f the board, acting as chairman of he committee of judges, which heard he oratorical contest on Monday, de vered the medal to the winning ora or, Mr. W. H. Frampton, of Charles on, who represented the Calhoun ociety in a strong speech on the Panama Canal Act". The Hon. Richard L. Manning, an ther member of the board of trus es, then delivered, in a pleasing lit le talk, the 'Norris medal. offered an tually for the most, meritorious grad Late, the award being based upon cholarshilp, general conduct, lo'yalt'y o the College, etc., during the last bree years of the course. The for unate winner this year is Mr. W. G. icLeod, of Darlington. With the an ouncement of cadet officers-for' next ear and the publication of leave of bsence, including September 9, 913, the session of 1912-13 came to n end. Cadet Oflicers. Following are the appointments of adet officers: Field and Staff. .Major, 1st battalion, Boyd, A. R. Major, 2nd battalIon, Pressley, E. Major, 3rd battalion, Dunlap, 3. E. Captain and adjutant, Ezell, R. B. Captain and quartermaster, Thorn .111. T. W. Captain and commissary, Barron, I. P. First lieutenant and battalion adju at, 1st battalion, Erwin, 3. W. First lieutenant and battalion adju ant, 2nd battalian, Hunter, H. W. First lieutenant and battalion adju ant. 3rd battalIon, Byrd, E.,.M. Second lieutenant and battalion uartermaster, 1st 'battalion, Pearl tine, L. C. Second lieutenant and battalion uartermaster, 2nd battalion, Salter, '. P. Second lieutenant and battalion uartermaster, 3rd battalion, Arm trong, G. M. First lieutenant and chief musi ian, Smith, H. L. Second lieutenant and principal iuscian, Wilkerson, W. B. Line., Captains: Company A, Parker, H. ;Company B, Harrison, J. P.; ompany C, Dantzler, M. A.; Coin any D, Ward, A. H.; Company E. ~erley, 3. A.; Company F, Edwins, A. .Company G, Lachicotte, W. F.; ompany H, McDonald. F. H.; Comn any L, McDonald, 3. W.; Company ,Gandy, A. P.; Company L. Sprott, 7.* T. P.; Company M, T. C. First lieutenants: Banks, D. K.; odd, 3. R.; Thornton, C. C.; Fletch r, . E.; Gilmore, E. R.; Harris, T. ; Wells, 3. H. S.; Douthit, 3. B.; arksdale, 3. C.: Robertson, F. H.; ~antzler, F. C.: Woodward, 3. T. Second lieutenants: Emerson, C. .Boozer, H. S.; Lever, B. R.; rood, W. D.; Ridgell, R. H.;' Rod ers, T. 'B.; 'MeBride, 3. N.; James, .N.; Willis, J. W.; Tinsley, D. B.; eeves, W. A.; Morgan, G. R. Non-commissioned Staff and Band. Regimental sergeant majior, Senn, .H. Regimental quartermaster ser eant, Glover, 3. E. Battalion sergeants major, 1st bat alion, Corbett, V. P.: 2nd battalion, athcart, T. M.; 3rd battalion, Le rand, L. Color Sergeant's Band: Swine eart, D. E.; 'Pate. E. H. Drum Major Sergeant's Band: aminer, 3. E.; Baymer, 0. H.; [oore, 3. S.; Drakeford, 3. N. Corporal's Band: McDermid, C. C.; oar, E. M.; Adams. H. M. Line-1st Sergeants. Company A, 'Bigby, W. A.: Comn any B, Bowman, 3. S.: Comipany C, rescot. 3. H.; Company D, McCall, CHARGE AGAINST DUNN --- SAID TO HAVE MADE WAY WITH BANK ASSETS. Head of Defunt Interstate Trust Com. pany is Order to Produce $110,' 000. A dispatch from Aiken says papers demanding that '& Sherwood Dunn president of the bankrupt Interstate Trust Company, produce assets to the amount of $110,000, which Capt. W W. Williams, United States referee im bankruptcy, alleges that Dunn has concealed, were served Tuesday or Dunn by order of Captain Williams and criminal action may follow, as a result of the charge that has moved and secreted his assets. This action grows out of the invol untary bankruptcy proceedings im connection with the Interstate Trus Company, which owned the CitizenE Trust Company of Augusta, becausc of the failure of which institutior Dunn has been indicted in Georgia oE a charge of violating the bankini laws of that state. Captain Williams state that som( time ago Dunn swore in the presenc( of his attorney that the Interstatf Trust Company owned assets amount ing to $350,000. Named in the sched ule were several thousand dollari worth of household goods, books, tap estries, bric-a-brac, paintings, bani fixtures, etc., most of which were saie to be in the magnificent Aiken hom4 of the Dunns, on Hayne Avenue. Three or four months ago Unitee States Mfarshal Adams came to Aikel from Charleston, and acting upon in structions from the United State court, took possession of the Dunns home. The Dunns have 'been permit ted to occupy the house since then however, until Monday a sale wa held on the premises under directio1 of the referee in bankruptcy. Good to the amount of from $300 to $40( were sold. It had been advertised that th sale would ciontinue from day to'da until all the goods in the house wer sold, but Captain Williams has calle off the continuance of the sale, stat ing Tuesday morning that it would b postponed until other goods, name as assets, were located. He claim that certain-valuable goods have bee removed from the Dunn home, anm has taken action to compel Dunn t( produce them. Watch the Insurgent Senators. There are in the. United States sen ate seven men who, as Republican four years ago, broke away frou their party aind voted against th( Payne-Aldrich tariff bill. They are Joseph L. Bristow, Kansas. Moses E. Clapp, Minnesota. Coe I. Crawford, South Dakota. Albert Cummtns, Iowa. Robert iM. LaFolette, Wisconsin. Knute Nelson, Minnesota. Miles Poindexter, Washington. Collier's Weekly says "these comn pose the senators who are left of th< original Insurgents. Their voti against the Payne-Aldrich tariff bil in 1909 elevated them high In publi' esteem. One of the most interestini problems of the present moment .I whether in the year 1913 they wil vote for or against the Payne-Aidric1 tariff bill. The -problem before then can not. be- stated -otherwise. Thi final vote in the present tariff sessiox will be either to perpetuate th< Payne-Aldrich 'bill or to sabstitut< another." pany F, Murray, 3. 3.; Company G Lachicotte, E. S.; Company H, Berley G. E.; Company I, Hunter, W. 3. Company K, 'Richards, S. N.; Coin pany L, Crayton, P. C.; Company M Hamilton, B. L. Sergeants. Company A, Wannamaker, W. B. Wannamaker, H. L.; Taylor, W. A. DuVernet, E. P. Company B, Weston, C. T.; Harris G. L.; Caughman, -K .G.; Miles, F. A Company C, Thornton, . R. . P. Jones, 3. D.; Williams, L. E.; Buyck D. D. Company D, Vaughan, C. L. Smith, M. A.; Randle, E. L.; John ston, R. H. Company E. Stribling, F. D.; Jef fords, T. E.; Hutto, S. W.; Thomas N. G. Company F, Cureton, R. B.; Hoff man, G. P.; Jennings, T. A.; Iler, C Company G, Davis, W. 0.;Me roe, 3. B.; WVest, C. F.; Teal, W. A. Company H, Skelton, S. E.; McMa hon, E. 0.; Epps, W. C.; Barnes, F Company L, Acker, E. C.; Carmi chael, J. H.; Jeter, W. R.; Ligon, P Company K, Cannon, 3. C.; Con nor, F. M.; .Magill, W. K.; Rowell W. A.* Company L, Hopkins, D. R.; Ben jamin, R. H.; Shannon, C. J.; Law. hon, G. 3. Company M. Barnett, D. E.; Ward C. W.; Smith, P. IM.: Muldrow, H. W Corporals. Company A, Anderson, C. S.; Odom, R. 3.; Mallard, 3. T.; Banks D. H.; Woods, E. T.; Sharp, W. B. Campany B, Stribling, S. C.; Holli day, F. G.: Suggs, H. L.; Siddel, T H.; Padgett, T. D.; Quttalebaum, H Company C. Kendrick, 3. B.; Funk L. W.; Green, L. P.; Armstrong, F E. Jones, A. C.; Moore, T. P. Company D, Boone, T. E.; Strib ling, J. W.; Boone, 3. E. Boyleston, 3 W.; Duncan, D. T.; Johnston, M. T. Company E, Culclasure, 3. H. Sprott, 3.; Patjens, A. A.; Johnes, W B.; Pitts, P. M.; Carwile, A. B. Company F, Webb, S. C.; Barre, M L.; Vincent, C. A.; Green, M. C.; Oliver. R. S.; Pettigrew, W. F. Company G, Wright, W. F.; Dick son, A. M.; Campbell, L. 0.; May, L A.; Rosa, D. D.; O'Neal, R. iM. Company H, Harrall, 3. P.; Con nor, F.; Heldman, 3. M.; Poole, R F.; Camp, W. B.; Tate, T. H. Company IL Jeter, 3. P.; Ferguson T. N.; Andrews, N. Z.; Littlejohn, C E.; Wise, 3. R.; Kirven, C. I. Company K, Agnew. E. H.; Sitton . .: Kyz'er, E. D.; Wannamaker, H C.; Haigler, S. W.; McMahon; W. E Company L, RIchter, 3. C.; Bean C.: Creighton, W. H.; McCord, A. S.; Earle, T. M.; Warner, H. T. Company M. Patrick, W. T.; Du Rant, N. L.; Jackson, 3. M.; McBl vee. A. V.; Reeves, R. H.; Ragsdale, ATTEMPT ASSAUL NEGRO FIEND ATTACTS LADY I BLUFFTON A SUSPECT WAS KILLE Beaufort Naval Reserves on Way Prevent Trouble, Which May Grc O-.it of Excitement Following Ki ing of Negro Who Proved to be t Wrong Man. A dispatch from 'Bluffton says th town and the surround.ing region in a'state of excitement, following attempted assault by a negro up the wife of a prominent citizen Tui day evening. The woman was pi paring supper at the time, l'er hi band not havir; returned from woi About half past se-en o'clock a neg suddenly appeared and attacked t woman, who wreniciied' herself fr and ran from the house. She hastened to the home of neighbor and gave the alarm and posse was quickly in pursuit of t black, who is described by his Inter ed victim as being about 30 years o over six feet in height and of a da ginger-cake color. A negro answi ing the description was arrested W( nesday morning in Ridgeland by t chief of police, and is being h( there. A negro named Jackson, answeri the description of the assailant, v killed in Bluffton Wednesday, wh he resisted arrest, and the negr< are threatening reprisals. It is 1 lieved there that Jackson is the nel who attacked the woman. Goveri Blease has been asked to call out t Beaufort militia for the protection the citizens of Bluifton. Parties from Ridgeland are h tening to Bluifton in automobiles aid in controlling the situation, whi is beginning to look ugly. Acting Governor Blease's orders, the Bei fort Navaf Reserves are under ar: in readiness to proceed to Bluffton a moment's notice. Sheriff Wh and the commander of the troops i keeping in touch with Bluffton th Sheriff Porter at Ridgeland . The negro William Jackson, w was shot and instantly killed by St, Detective E. F. Hammond when resisted arrest Wednesday, has be declared by the woman upon whi the criminal assault was attempted being the wrong negro and not t one who made the attempt. Sheriff M1. 0. D. White, of Be fort County, has left with a lauz full of extra deputies to render a Sheriff Porter, of Jasper, is alrea In Bluffton rendering all possible : sistance. The posses are still sear ing for the negro, but it now see as if he has made good his esca: The bad weather still continu wilhch makes the search extremi hard on the men. A late dispatch from the scene the crime Friday afternoon stat that the search was -being kept1 Ibut that there was quiet in the cc munity. The Beaufort company on hand to prevent further tr< ble. IGovernmnent Recipe for Whitewal Half. a bushel ,of unslaked lin: lake with warm water; cover durn the process to keep In the steal strain the liquid through a seive strainer; add a peek of salt. previo1 ly welL dissolved in warm wat three pounds of ground rice boiled a thin paste, and stir in boiling h half a -pound of powdered Spani whiting and a pound of glue whi has been previously dissolved over slow fire, and add five gallons of]I water to the mixture; stir well a let stand for a few days, covered from the dirt. It should be put hot. One pint of the sque properly applied will cover a sque yard. Small brushes are best. The is .nothing that can compare with for outside or inside work, and it tains its brilliancy f or many yea Coloring matter may be put in a made of any shade. A Summer Home Folder. The Southern Railway has .iust sued a Summer Home Folder for 1 season of 1913. It is handsomely lustrated and gives niuch valuable formation in an Interesting way those expecting to make sumn trips. It contains a list of hate boarding houses with the rates board and other timely informati< in addition to descriptive artici about various places in the mou tains of the Carolinas and elf where. Division Passenger Agent' H. Caffey, of the Southern Railwa of Charleston, S. C., will be gtad send copies of this handsome fold to those who may expect to take trip this summer if they will dr him a postal requesting him to do Don't fail to send for it if youa going to take a trip this summer. The fatal ending of the prize fig in Calgary will probably do much bring that form of sport into dis: pute, and it is high -time. In sevei of the states there has of late be strong efforts put forth to legali certain kinds of boxing match which are not really distinguishal from an actual prize fight with all brutal features. What particul satisfaction there can .be in seeil two bruisers pound each other no a: can tell except those of vicious tast< Manly sports are and ought to 'be e couraged but there is nothing mat in brutality, especially when th brutality is commercialized, as pri fights always are. In all likelihood most people, pecially those who live in rural di tricts, are convinced that if the m lions voted to build battleships th soon become obsolete, and far whii in all probability there will never any use, were given to build got highways it would be very much -be ter for the country. Certainly gol roads that may be traveled easily bad weather as in good are amoa the most pressing needs of the pre ent day. Spartanburg is one of the comil cities of the State, and some of th~e days in tbe not distant future, s1 will be one of the largest in t] South. This Is the Impression mal on us during a short visit within b "THE DUTOH PROPHET." Amateur Forecaster Talks of Weath- W. I er Conditions and Prospects. W. P. Houseal, of Columbia, who is known everywhere in So uth Caro- the lina as the "Dutch weather prophet," tur: has not retired from tf-o special ene series of forecasts of temperature and aga precipitation in which he has achiev- Bra 0 ed a State-wide notoriety, but it is inl well known in the city that some of C.I his recent predictions have been ful- bei: to filled to the letter. Ing Early in the year his prediction has was that the absence of rain in May nin 11. would amount to a drought, and he Sot set May 21 as the day when the ber ie drought would 'be broken.' The lin "Dutch weather prophet" was.obdu- to rate. He would not change the fore- sta is cast. The rain came as predicted, in- Thi as sufficient in quantity in many sec- lin4 Dn tions, but abundant in others. It tOn was a starter, and, as the Dutch an e- weather prophet again assured all Edi e- inquirers, -before a change came for POr k. a long period of sunshine the showers tio] would cover the whole country, ad- ora he hering to the -fortnightly periods as he which rule until the summer solstice, riv which occurs June 20. bui The next general disturbance will the a centre around June 19, owing to a two he major planetary movement on that C. d- date. toy Id, Cool nights are to prevail during tw rk the greater period of the summer, wr which Mr. Houseal says are the re- riv sult of the four-year period that oc- cal curred this year on March 22 and abc he caused the Omaha cyclone and the the ld Ohio flood, having been shifted from Br, March 4 to the above date by the rat magnetic influence of the sun In con- jOY As en nection with the position which the us, oes planet Juniter assumed on that time. me es The assurance is also given by the Fo long distance forecast of the Dutch of or weather prophet that the South At he lantic coast will not be visited this fro of year by a West Indian storm., The six four-year period likewise has a con- eia trolling influence that it nullifies at 1oa to the equinoxial date the atmosphere col ch movements which around the vernal wa oh equinox produces inland disturbances wi on similar to the Omaha tornado of Eas- tul Lu- ter Sunday. fro at ~a .at DATES FOR ENCAMPMENT. eil ite Aiken, Anderson, and Columbia wb tre rei .ru Named for Encampments. ine ho A committee consisting of the col- w tte onels of the three regiments of State p he troops met Tuesday in Columbia and ha en decided on the following dates for the thi ym encampment of the State militia: th as Third regiment, Aiken, July 17 to its he 26. an First regiment, Anderson, July 21 co U- to 3 0. *thi .cb Second regiment, State camp, July m1 id. 29 to August 7. dy This action by the committee was si &s- sent to the governor for his consid- ne :h- eration and will have to be approved bl s by him before being permanently b1 pe. agreed upon. s. to ly The Many and the Few. to Speaking of the developrgent of of protection sentiment in the very heart :ed Louisiana holding out for special ip, privilege, because of her sugar boun m- ties-The Saturday Evening~ Post cu is sagely remarks that "any system th >u- which tends powerfully to concen- by trate wealth In relatively few hands Er will naturally cause the fortunate su bfew who possess the wealth to be- sa scome leading citizens of the commun- m be; ity. By simple force of gravation in n social power will flow to them. To a considerable extent position and ab or preferment will depend upon them. kii 1s Presently they will not mistake them- ali er, selves for the whole community, but sty to persons professionally engaged In of ot, speaking for the community will w sh heartily echo the mistake.', dr< ch The Athens Herald says there Is co a piercing truth and understanding of th. iot human nature in these simrple words. 'pr nd Nor does it require a governmental th~ up system of special privilege to bring sh on this weakness In human nature out ; pre n glaring relief. The greatest stum- m .re bling block in the way of Democratic fa re progress is In this mnate tradyism, tic it which is found in abundance, wher- go eever two or three well-to-do and hoi rs. prosperous citizens agree among thi nd themselves that they are the com- wi 'munity. The first symptom that a be community Is being badly strangled in by ring rule is the fear and abhor is-|rence of the things which the people he lmight do, were they intrusted with il-|responsibility of looking after their o Ln- jown 'business. ' to| As the idea of Democracy grows, ac .er as civilization develops, with the in- Th ls,|crease of Intelligence and independ- col of| ence this domination of the many by to m,| the few grows more and more hazard- Zei les ous. The outer wall of mental and e in- moral inaminates gives way and gov- t ie- ernent by the people and for the ne W. people inevitably asserts itself. It cot ty. doesn't pay, therefore, to keep up qu to the arrogant assumption that wisdom bei em and discretion are the monopoly of a a| small clique, when the people begin op to give sure indications of their dis o. satisfaction. There is but one end to re the struggle between the many and isi the fewer; the sooner the victory Yo comes the less disastrous the conse- Re ht quences-to the few. tin to bal -e- Now what two large railroads have the al| gone into the hands of receivers there me en will be a hue and cry raised that me- go: ze cent railroad legislation is responsi- the es ble for the failure, and a demand will for ele doubtless be made to have the pas- the its sengem and freight rates increased. a But It remains to be seen how the , 2g |roads were managed. Not unlikely it izei no will be found that there was loose the s. management and abnormally high ers - salaries paid to the principal officials. Mil lyThose features are the rocks on der at which railroads and other large comn- the ze binations that fail often get wreck- bre ed. Anyway it is well to remember bob that a good many roads failed before rov 's- the recent railroad legislation was to1 i- enacted. jdis' i- fig] at They do say that Governor Blease's :h broadside into Mayor Grace and Man bel ager Sotile of the Isle of Palms near-| d ly tickled Blind Tiger King Chicco gra t- to death. He did not believe In thi: d closing up the blind tigers tight on civi inSunday in Charleston and allowing ver g them to run wide open on the Isle mel a- of Palms. let gre< After making a most successful war ig against the Turks together. Bulgaria, se Greece and Servia are about to go has de to war over the sOils. During their on me |war to drive the Turks out the allies to le had the sympathy of the world, but cial er If they go to fighting among them- the: TO 'PLY ON THE EDISTU. F. Trumbly to Run Boat Between Branchville and- Charleston. ranchville, June 11.-Although United States government has ned down the proposition in refer e to making the Edisto River nav ble, there is a boat -being built in nchville, for the purpose of ply the river between Branchville, 8. mnd Charleston, S. C. This boat is ag built by one of our enterpris citizens, Mr. W. F. Trumbly, who for some time anticipated run g a boat on the Edisto River. ne time ago the Edisto River Lum Company purchased a small gaso boat, and secured Mr. Trumbly run it from Charleston, to Edisto tion on the Southern railroad. s little boat, like nearly all gaso ) boats was built with a round bot 1, and drew three feet of water, i on the trip from Charleston to isto gave Mr. Trumbly a good op tunity to make a general inspec i of the river. After being so fav bly impressed with the conditions well as the width and depth of the er, Mr. Trumbly at once decided to Id a -boat and put on the river for purpose of hauling freight be en Branchville and Charleston, G. This is of great interest to the rn of Branchville, and points be en here and Charleston. The iter is well acquainted with the er, and is certain that this .boat -be operated easily between the >ve mentioned points, and will pay owner well; besides will give nchville -a competitive freight e which has not been -before en ed, which means a great deal to of which most of our business n have scarcely given a thought. lowing Is the size and description the boat: ixty-four feet and eleven inches m stern to bow,' thirteen feet and inches wide, and will draw from -hteen inches to two feet of water ded up to sixty-five tons, but of irse would carry more in deeper ter. It is built flat on the bottom :h a reasonable flare on the side, -ned up slightly and sharp in the nt and square in the rear or stern i will have a six and one-half by :ht feet propellor or water wheel .ich will be at the stern and will rolve with not more than twelve hes of the wheel paddles In the ter driven by- an eighteen horse wer engine and boiler, the latter ring already 'been placed in the it. This- boat can be seen 'back of ) M7ers building. It seems that construction was not known by F except a very few. It is nearly npleted and to-day is the first time Lt the writer heard of It and. Im <Hately went down to see and in ct the boat. This Is about the e boat that the government engi ers figured would run to Orange rg, if the river and made navaga We wish -Mr. Trumbly great cess in his new enterprise. This at is built as large as Is allowed come within class No. 3 and- will re a crew of three men. rong and Right Views of Farm Life The head of one of the great agri Ltural colleges in the country says Lt boys can not be kept on the farm talk about golden butter and in, glorious sunsets, and other :h sentimental phrases. In fact he s that such language has done ich to drive boys off the farm and o the city. And he is right. The poetic gush yut "gentle shepherds", "lowing of Le," "limped streams," ' "fragrean "and much more In the same -le, and the Watteau-like pictures dairy maids with hair festooned d flowers, wearing impossible ~sses and tripping gaily to milk the r do not fool the boy who knows t in farm life there'-is far more >e than -poetry, and hard work n lilting of love songs -under dy trees. But get the boy to realize that far ng when properly conducted pays -better than most of the proposi ns the city, can offer; that there is yd money in corn, cotton wheat, gs, cattle and the other products of farm, and he will .be content :h farm life. Especialy .will this the case if, while a boy, he shares, the profits of tin farm. Negro Accidentally Killed. dispatch from St. Matthews says Tuesday afternoon a,bout. 6:30 lock Clarence Glover, colored, was Identally. shot by C. P. Zeigler. ey were in a wagon going to the mtry and stopped at a commissary purchase something when Mr. [gler pulled the pistol from his :ket. It was discharged, the ball :ng effect In the forehead. The ro lived about ten hours. The oner summoned a jury for the in est and at this time no verdict has m rendered. Cut the Vile Thing Out. 'he Florence Times says Columbia o have another visit from the New rk Jockey club and we note the cord, wh'ich was the leader some e since, in the fight against that .d and naked vice, is now telling people of Columbia how much ney the merchants and other are ng to get from letting the scum of earth use that city for a footstool a while. It shows very forcibly changes in things mundane. raking the position that the legal breweries can not compete: with wholesale "blind tiger" beer deal of Charleston, Dispensary Auditor chum announces that he has or -ed a reduction of twenty cents In royalty paid by the legalized weries to the county dispensary .rd on each case of beer. The alty was reduced from forty-five wenty-five cents. This shows that pensaries can not successfully it blind tigers. dore than half of the seventy-two duates from the State University year were graduates in law and .1 engineering. We think the Uni sity ought to graduate more young a from its literary department and our young men get their law do es from other institutions. Ve are glad that Governor Blease taken steps to enforce the law the Isle of 'Palms, but he will have follow up his orders to the offi s In Charleston .by seeing that y carry them out. If he does not, seye wil flow right on there. TAE Alli KANII UOME PEOPLE AT WOODMEN OF THE WORLD MEET Those Who Are Taking Part in the Deliberations From this State and Section. Jacksonville, Fla., June 10--Spec ial: Sovereign Head Carmp, W. 0. W. composing all of the United States ex cept the Pacific coast, met at Jack sonville, Fla., this morning and will continue from day to day until June 22. The convention assembled in the Board of Trade Building at 10 o'clock and was opened- with prayer by Rev. G. T. Boone, pastor of the First Christian church, of Jackson ville. The large hall was entirely filled with Woodmen, and Ladies of the Woodman Circle. The address of Gen. Root, the founder of the order, now having more than 650,000 mem bers was listened to with profound. respect. All of Jacksonville have combined to make this a successful convention, and to entertain the visitors. There are ample accomodations, and .the charges are reasonable. The more than thirty thousand Woodmen of South Carolina are rep resented by Tom C. Hamer, of Ben nettsville; Robert Lide' of Orange burg; W. Hampton Cobb, 6f Colum bia; M. W. Power, of Laurens; E. Inman, of Greenville; L. I. Parrott, of Sumter; J. J. Hope, of Rock Hill; and Jas. H. Fanning, of Springfield. Robert Lide is a member of the Law Committee, and L. I. Parrott is a member of the Credentials Commit tee. Tom C. Hamer is Senior Head Consul Commander. W. M. Power Is Junior Head Consul Commander. From the potato -fields of Maine to the Rio Grande and from the Great Lakes to New Mexico there are repre sentatives to this body. Mrs. Robert Lide, (rs. T. C. Ha mer anl Mrs. Jas. H. Fanning are with their husbands. Tomorrow the convention goes to St. Augustine as the guests of the lo cal Woodmen of Jacksonville. A very attractive program has been arrang ed for each day, and it goes without a doubt that this N going to be a great convention. "Cautionary List for 1913." A prominent English .paper has just published a book of more than one hundred pages which it calls "Cautionary List for 1913." In it are the names of 750 people of whom the the public are warned to beware ber tause they are sharpers, imposters, swindlers or shady'persons who prey upon innocent and ignorant people. Under the head of "Religion and Phlanthropy" is given the names of fifty people or societies that make a practice of swindling the benevolent. Medical quacks, money lenders and many other classes are dealt with in turn and their methods of operation exposed. Probably there is not a business man in this or other towns who has not wished many times over for some such aid that might enable him to distinguish between worthy and unworthy solicitors. Some of those gentry are so sleek and plaus ible that at times even the very elect are deceived. -The only safe rule is to ha've nothing to do with agents who are not furnished with official credentials of- 'societies that have proved their worth, nor under any circumstances to dabble with get rich-quick schemes. He who abstains from so gloing will avoid many after regrets. Epidemic of Black Tongue. The Calhoun Advance says "for some time quite a number of valu able dogs around town have died with what appeared to be poisoned by lye, but later developments have proven that the disease is what is known as "black tongue." And I is very fatal, killing almost every dog it attacks. 0. H. Wienges who is quite a lover, and an owner of a large number of fine -fox dogs, informs us that a good preventitive is common sulphur. He says if four tablespoon fuls are given to each grown dog the first week, and two tablespoonfuls each week thereafter, a dog will not .be likely to contract it. We men tion this to protect the good dogs of the community. If the disease be comes epidemic few dogs will be left. Election Will Likely be Held. The Calhoun Advance says the "board of Supervision of Registration revised the list of registered electors of Calhoun County on Wednesday, and they, find that there are 1.115 qualified electors theron. The pe tition asking for an election contain ed 505 names, some of which will be taken off, but it is not likely that enough will be dropped to keep off the election. So It will likely be or dered." Buried Up to His Neck. Falling 600 feet from an aero plane, Arthur Lampham, a youthful parachute jumper, landed feet first in a Staten Island marsh and was buried to his neck in the mud. With ropes and boards he was extricated. He suffered only from shock. His para chute failed to work. Stop and think of the Intellectual treat in store for us all in the great Lyceum course that has been secured for Orangeburg and vicinity, at the nominal price of $3 for the twelve entertainments. Positively no city In this State has given its citizens and friends an opportunity for such a treat. Coldest Day for Florida. A dispatch from Jacksonville says Wednesday was the coldest June day in Florida in forty years, or since the weather bureau was established at that place. It is down to 52 and the damp and chill has started grate and furnace fires to going again. Some of the papers are stressing the necessity of keeping the .boys away from the wash holes in the fear that they may be drowned. The Augusta Chronicle says the only plan Is to go to the wash holes with them and teach them to swim. Col. John Temple Graves, of the Hearst Yellows, Is on the eve of de claring war on Japan all by his lit tle self