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TURNS MANY LOOSE UTEINSI BLEASE SET ELEVEN NEGRSES FREE PARONS AND PAROLES In Twenty-Four Hours the Goveinor Paroles and Pardons Eighteen Prisoners, Nearly Two-Thirds of Whom Are Negroes and the Rest of Them Are White. During Monday and Tuesday Gov ernor Blease pardoned and paroled eighteen prisoners, eleven of whom are negroes and seven are white. The following are the names of those turned loose by the Governor: W. R. Goldsmith, colored, convict ed.at the January, 1911, term of Court for Greenyille County, of for gery,.and sentenced to three years on the public works and to pay a fine of $1. Sam Matthews, colored, convicted at the July, 1907, term of Court for Colleton County, of manslaughter, and sentenced to ten years' imprison ment in the Penitentiary or upon the public works. Ben Norman, white, convicted at the November. 1912, term of Court for Newberry County, of riot and as sault and battery with intent to kill. Manor Morris, white, convicted at the November, 1912 term of Court for Bamberg County, of manslaughter, an( sentenced to five years imprison ment upon the public works. Sim Mobley, colored,-convicted at the July, 1909 term of Court for Sa luda county of manslanghter and sen tenced to. five years' imprisonment upon the public works. Henry Allen, colored, convicted at the March, 1913, term of court for Barnwell County of assault and bat tery with intent to kill, and sentenced to one years' imprisonment upon the publie works or pay a fine of $150. Sentence commuted to a fine of fifty dollars or' imprisonment upon the public works for six months at hard labor. Benjanin Wylie, white, convicted - at the April, 1913, term of Court for York county of assault and battery with intent to kill, and sentenced to fiye months upon the public works or pay a fine of $75. Sentence commut ed to-fne of $40 or imprisonment for five months upon public works. Herman E. King, white, convicted St the April, 1900, term of Court for keenwood County of murder, with recommendation to mercy, and sen temced to life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary. Paroled by Gy ernor Ansel and now pardoned to re -oectzenship. S. .= Smith, white, convicted at the Febuary, 1900,' term of Court for illiamsburg County of bigamy, and entenced to six months' imprison mient Sentence served. Board of pardons recommended pardon for the purpose 6f restoring citizenship. Prdon granted for this purpose. Sam Spates, colored, convicted at \he February, 1912, term of Court for - Wlmsburg County of' grand lar e.eny, and sentenced to seven years upon the public works. Board of par don& recommended parole during -gocod behavior. -Luther Johnson, colored, convicted - at the.February, 1911, term of Court 'for Williamsburg County of assault - and .battery, and sentenced to eighteen months upon the public works. Board of pardons recoin * mimnded parole during good behavior. Henry Green, colored, convicted at -the March,' 1909, terin of Court for Oconee County, of .burglary and lar -'cency (two cases and), and sentenced -to thirteen mionths and five years, re * spectively, upon the public works. Board of pardons recommended pa t,~role during good behavior. Joe Jackson, alias Joe Thomas, col ored, convicted at the Octozer, 1899, term of Court for Berkeley County of murder, with recommendation to mercy, -and sentenced to life impris onment in the State -Penitentiary. Board of pardons recommended pa role during g6od behavior. Tom Perry, colored, convicted at the March, 1912, term of Court for Bamberg County, of housebreaking and larceny, and sentenced to two years and six months on the public works. Board of pardons recom mended patole during good behavior. Late Monday Governor Blease pa roled,'during good behavior, Alexan der Patton, colored, whio was con --victed of arson in York County and sentenced to serve ten years' impris-1 -*onment. The negro has served eight years and nearly three months of his sentence. The sentence of Racheal Goodwin, white, of Lexington County, convict-) ed of violating the dispensary law and sentenced to pay a fine of $90 ori serve thirty days on the chain gang, *was commuted to a fine of $25 ori thirty days on the chain gang. i Governor Blease late Tuesday is-1 sued one parole and one pardon. He pardoned Alex Ferguson, colored, of1 Richland' County,-'sentenced to thirty1 days' imprisonment for failure to payi commi.ation road tax. Ernest Brewington, white, convict ed In Richland County of non-support of wife and sentenced to one year's imprisonment, was pardoned on con dition that he support his child. -- Animals Burned to Death. Three hundred and fifty animals three hundred hogs and fifty head of I cattle-were cremated Monday whens the big stock yards of Boiling & Pow ers at Nashville burned to the grounda . within thirty mirittes after the alarma was turned In. The property loss is e estimated at about $25,000. Kill Women and Children. A large baud of Chinese recently surrounded the Thibetan town of Siangchen. Before gbing Into battle the Thibet-ans killed their women and *children lest they should be captured by the Chinese. 'The Chinese ran short of ammunition and the Thibe tang repulsed them. Governor Blease has written the *-proper letter" as required by See retary of War Garrison, and the boys will go on their encampmnt. It cc .was a bitter pill for the:Governlor to e0 give in, but he ehib'i-d horse sense p -y inMw drawing :his foolish .prattle le .som+ +bm hai a Yahk.tl10 t1 AGAINST BOLL WEEVIL 6ENATOR SMITH HAS PLAN TO BLOCK THE PESTS. yill Ask Federal Government to Es tablish Dead Line for Protection of Atlantic Coast States. Plans for the Federal government :o raise a barrier against the boll weevil of the Southwestern States in rading the Atlantic coast States are being drafted by Senator E. D. Smith, >f South Carolina. Secretary Houston, >f the department of agriculture, is ;aid to have given the proposition his tentative approval. Senator Smith's plan is for the Fed eral government, with State co-opera tion, to prohibit the growing of cot ton in a belt which would separate the Atlantic Coast States from the Southwestern States. As the boll weevil migrates only from cotton field to cotton field, the Senator be lieves this belt would save the States to the east of it from the pest which has cost cotton raisers to the south west millions of dollars annually. According to investigation already made ,the narrowest belt where a bar rier might be raised would be in Ala bama, between the mountains near the Tennessee line and the Gulf. This would be a distance of about 150 miles. The boll weevil already has swept over Texas, Oklahoma, Louisi ana and Arkansas and is said to be travelling eastward into Alabama. Senator Smith is'preparing to urge upon the Senate that this narrow belt will be a practical barrier if imme iate action is taken to establish it. If effective, it would protect most if Alabama and all of Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina from the weevil. The barrier to be effective must be fifty miles wide, it is believed. The growing of cotton in that zone would be prohibited, but the farmers could raise any other crops. Senator Smith's plan is to have the Federal Government compensate the farmers in this zone for not planting cotton. He is investigating the action of the Federal Govern ment in stamping out yellow fever in Louisiana and in establishing for est reserves for the conservation of resources in order to have precedents for his plan. Senator Smith Tuesday consulted Senator Kern, of Indiana, the Demo cratic leader, and won his approval to a feasible plan to accomplish the de sired object. HUNG GIRL UP BY CHAIN. Then Georgia Father Beat Her With Butt End of a Whip. Charges that he fastened a chain around the neck of his fifteen-year old daughter, suspended her from a meat hook in his butcher shop and then beat her with the butt end of a whip until .the blood flowed from her wounds, were made against J. J. Johnson in Court at Augusta, Ga. Policeman R. M. Moore, who ar rested Johnson, said that when he reached the Johnson meat market he found the daughter, Neflie, hanging from a meat hook, suspended .by a chain which had been wrapped twice around her neck and locked. Moore said that the girl's arms and neck showed evidences of severe beating. She was exhausted when released. Johnson said he had to beat the gfi to control her. Trying to Discredit Wilson. Rudolph Spreckles, a very rich Re publican who voted for Presidenti Wilson, says "the present appearance of unfavorable symptoms in the American business world are artifi cial. They are the result of the large Interests putting out pessimistic ru mors in an attempt to discredit Pres ident Wilson's administration with the people :by a hard times bluff. I regard Secretary McAdoo's recent an nouncement as absolute assurance that no unfavorable business situa tion of any importance can possibly arise in the United States. The sel fish large interests are desperately against Wilson. They are doing ev erything in their power, by no matter what means, to create a wide impres sion that the popular new administra tion will ruin business. Aside from the scares created by these artificial stimuli there is in the country no feeling worth mentioning that the aew reform government threatens prosperity in any fashion. I am con inced that Bryan will make a record is the greatest secretary of state in the nation's history. Wilson's with irawal of government support from the American bankers in the Chii ese loan was a wise and .just action, n no way endangering our diplomatic prestige or weakening the defence of ur legitimate foreign property In eresta. It merely called a halt to ovrnment backing of bankers' ex ortions." We think Mr. Spreckles s right. But the big crops being nadee by the farmers will ..prevent my serious business or financial :rouble this fall or winter. Th~e Re yublican leaders will do all they can : discredit Wilson's Administration >ecause the trusts and Wall Street want it done. COTTON SEED M1EN. ) South Carolina Open Convention 1 at Lake Toxaway. With President C. R. Sprott, of1 ranning, S. C.. presiding, and about ixty memcers in attendance, the outh Carolina Cottonseed Crushers'' ssociation opened its annual session1 t Lake Toxaway Tuesday. Several xcellent addresses featured the eeting and the .members are mak- I ag enthusiastic plans for the compil- 1 ig of statistics of cotton seed mar :eted and cotton ginned each week In outh Carolina., The average estimate made by thee aembers of 'the association regardingt tton crop prospects In South Caro- i na this year placed the figures at I .363000 bales. The association. it " 'as declared, spends over $10,000 e nnually to secure cotton statistics nd advertise cotton seed products. Iv Pearls in Gravel Bed. I Some of the richest pearls ever dis- 3 vered in America were found re - mtly in Indiana by men working on d amp boats. One workman, while a veling gravel, picked up a pearl es -I1 ntd to bewrth AL000O. PRIMARY NEEDS REFORM )ISCUSSION AS TO PROPER BASIS OF SUFFRAGE IN STATE. John J. McMahan Tells of the Sound ness of Constitutional Provisions of 1893--Some Requirements. To the Editor of The Times and Democrat: "The primary needs reforming." Let us hammer at it. "Line upon line and precept upon precept." We have seen that the voters should be all the white men of intel ligence and character, and that most ,f tlese will be admitted by the test of reading and writing or by the al ternative test of owning $300 worth of propety. We have also seen that the heroes of the '60s and '76 deserve to be permanent voters, and that all these (and likewise all other white men who were of age before January 1, 1898,) have had ample opportunity to be registered for life under the special temporary "understanding" clause of the State constitution of 1895. The suffrage article provides in section 4: "A separate record of all persons registered before January 1, 1898 sworn to by the registration of ficer,'shall be filed, one copy with the clerk of court and one in the office of the secretary of state, on or before Februray 1, 1898, and such persons shall remain during life qualified electors unless disqualified by the other provisions of this article." The few deserving men who may and write in this era of free schools, important for the personal welfare of each man-as well as for his fitness in citizenship-that the illiterate ought to be given a progging now and then to prevent his contenting himself to go through life a misfit in this world of reading, reading every where. If he really values the bal lot, he can learn to read and obtain it; and unless he can read he can not truly use the ballot though it be be excluded by these tests must be after emancipation. The rising gen eration, who are to furnish new vot young and can still learn to read and given to him, for he is dependent up write. Many a negro learned as much ers each year hereafter, are being now encouraged to slothfulness and to lack of ambition except to excel the negro if they are assured the high privilege of manhood suffrage though growing up unable to read cheap newspapers, and unavoidable catalogues and other advertising lit erature of every kind. Reading is so on others to prepare it for him, and he can never know that he is voting his own choice-he may be the help less .tool of the ballot-fixer. 1f a man can not read-thanks to his parents, who denied him a white man's chance-he ought to be the more anxious to do better by his chil dren, and not doom them to bear the handicap he labors under. He should therefore welcome any reasonable ad ded stimulus to spur his boys to learn. But the prevalence of illiter acy indicates that many an illiterate is not concerned to save his children from a repetition of his own fate, and rather permits or forces them to abstain from the rudiments of school ing and to propagate and r-21tiply their father's defects. If he himself were denied the ballot--shut out from a man's voice in the community affairs because of his illiteracy and until he overcomes that deficiency, he would probably have less contempt for schooling and more respect for the ballet as the final badge of equal manhood. He might for the ~first time perceive some reason to send his children to school. Well for him if the laws of the party as well as of the State should thus wake him from his present Indifference, make him realize that he and his are losing something rea,1, bring home to him the error of the policy pursued by his parents and himself. It would be mercy to put this coal of fire on his back. Denial of the suffrage because of illiteracy would operate as an in direct compulsory education law, self-enforcing. It would afford also an education in civic duty. Let us stop a practice which teaches that the ballot is a cheap play thing handed out to all whether or not they can use it understandingly. 'Let us rath er teach that the ballot is a prize to be striven for and when o~btained to be reverently cherished, a sacred trust to be merited and never to be misused. It 1s humiliating that we have ig nored all these considerations In the practices of the Democratic party pri mary. But our State constitution of 1895 has provided' just these stand ards for suffrage in the general elec tion. It took care of all white men becoming of age by 1898. and gave to the youger fellows two or more years of warning that they anust learn to read and write if they would become voters Independently of the property qualification. It provided especially for their education by rais ing the age of school attendance to 21 years, and Increasing the school und In several ways and with par ticular reference to the ensuing three years-1 896-'7-8 before the require ments should become rigid. There was thus every precaution of fair :iess in giving notice and affording pportunity to get ready for the new requrements before they went into ~ffect. We should adopt for the primary he same legal requirements that now pply to the general election. We nust do so if we are not to per >etuate Illiteracy and the rule of ilt ~racy, cursing our people with a lame tnd backward government. We must lo so if we are to justify the oath ior prescribed by the Democratic >arty constitution, to "support the iominees" of the primary. Think of he absurdity of such an oath taken y men unable to vote in the general lection. The real voters of the State ledge themselves..o elect in Novem ~er the choice of a primary election onducted not by themselves but by hemselves and a large number of on-voters. The latter may be the1 alance of power in nominating those hom th'e majority of the real voters osider unfit. The nomination rould amount to nothing 1t for the otes of the real voffers in hovember. hey go to the polls and elect the1 ien they dozU want because they are participated in a primary with onvcters and hare voluntarily ab Icated their own pbwer andI rights|~ s voters. They use their real ballots 4 SNovember to g effective the!l antce of the nonavetrs. in a preced DEKOCRATSUNITED SENATORS HOLD PARTY CAUCUS AND PLEDGE SUPPORT |1 TO TARIFF REFORM RILL The Two Senators From Louisiana Refuse to Pledge Their Support Be cause of Free Sugar Provision, But Enough Are Left to Insure the Pas- 1 sage -if the Measure. Forty-seven Democratic senators stood up in the party caucus one by one late Monday and declared their intention to vote for the Underwood Simmons tariff revision bill a's finally approved by the caucus a few min utes previously. Two senators-Rans dell and Thornton of Louisiana stated that they would not make such promises because of the proposal to place sugar on the free list in 1916. Senators Hitchcock of Nebraska and Culberson of Texas were absent, but both are known to be in favor of the bill. This gives the Democrats forty nine votes for the bill, or a slender majority of one, with the vote of the vice-president to fall back on in an emergency. An absolute binding resolution was not adopted, the poll by individuals being substituted, and that poll was put only on the ground of personal promise and was not made binding. A resolution was adopted, however, declaring the Underwood-Simmons bill a party measure and urging its undivided support without amend ment unless such should be submit ted by the committee. Senator New lands of Nevada cast the only vote against this resolution but Senators Shafroth of Colorado, Ransdell and Thornton did not vote. The resolution was as-follows: "Resolved,. That the tariff bill agreed to by this conference, in its amended form, is declared to be a party measure and we urge its undi vided support as a duty by Demo cratic senators without amendment. Provided, however, that the confer ence or the finance committee may. after reference or otherwise, propose amendments to the Dill." Senator Kern, chairman of the caucus, Chairman Simmons, of the finance committee, who have fought hard for the measure, and other ad ministration leaders, expressed entire satisfaction over the outcome and de clared their confidence that enough votes were personally pledged to as sure the passage of the measure, with free wool' asnd free sugar included. It became at once apparent when the caucus convened, that a resolu tion which would bind members ab solutely to the bill without amend ment was distasteful to many sena tors. The resolution, therefore, was modified and presented in the form of a party declaration. Before this was put.to a vote, the motion was made that senators be asked flatly as to their intention regarding the measure and this was agreed to. The roll was then called and the Louisiana senators stated that it was not their intention to support the bill without amendment. Senator Newlands said that he had not definitely made-up his mind as to certain amendments he might urge, but in the end it was his intention to stand by the party measure. Senator Shafroth explained that he did not want to be bound to support the bill but that it was his present in tention to vote for it. All the others present-forty-five-voted "ayes" on the roll call. These senators. Hitell cock and Culberson absent but ac counted for, constitute the Democrat ic membership of the senate, fifty one. Lever Praises Clean Press. Breathing a spirit of loyalty to Newberry college and pleading for an organization that will render altruis tic service for the common good, thej speech of Asbury F. Lever, congress-i man from the Seventh South Caro lina Congressional district, before the Columbia club of Newberry college recently at the Jefferson Hotel was significent in its utterances. "The greatest struggle in public life since the establishment of Amern can independence is now going on," he said. "Secret forces are arraying themselves in such a manner that the greatest battle that has been fought for more than a century is now being waged. When the press of :he coun try boldly prints names of men high t~ in public life men who are accused of political corruption, 'it is a sign that we are reaching a crisis."t "All honor," he continued, "to the press of the country that exposes cor-t ruption in high places and at the 1 same time treats men fairly. The 1 public conscience is undergoing a bath, and it is for you who have had e some little opportunity to do the rub- s bing. Not only the nation, but the State needs the service from you. a Group ability, team work, is what is needed. ia "The secret forces are at work at ~ all times but we are sure to win un- c der the leadership of men like Wood- s row Wilson, who does not go about , his business with rubber boots on, 1 but taken the people into his confi- a dence. Our appeal here to-night is that you support the men battling for ntegrity in public life. Stand behind us, and we will make this a govern- c ment by the people and for the people o in nmae and in fact also." a Aeronauts Have Close Call. ci Flying at the rate of fifty miles an our near Chicago on Monday, Glenn ~fartin's hydro-aeroplane dipped too ca :lose to Lake Michigan and was over- c: :urned. Martin and his assistant, it Dharles H. Day, were rescued by the it ife saving crew, which also recovered 1< he machine. b ci Senator Smith --introduced a t: >illI in the Senat - ablish a fifty a: nile wide zor - ss the State of a: labama in wta ' . -' -on would be t: lanted to pre, boll weevil p 'rom coming furts. ast. The plan. s entirely feasible. The only matter o be considered in connection with a1 t is would it pay? s bi ng primary! The subserviency of the o< nen who can vote to the men who y an not vote is generosity run mad! ni John 3, McMahan. tr an'1uma Jnl .' *t BOY KILLS HIS FATHER ICKENS COUNTY FARMER KILL ED IN FAMILY ROW rother of Slayer Perhaps Fatally In jured by Bullet From Victim's Pis tol-Boy Has Surrendered. John Dobson, a white farmer liv ng on the Peizer plantation, near ?endleton in Pickens county, was hot and killed late Monday night by is 16-year-old son, Will Dobson. A ounger son was desperately wonded )y a bullet from the pistol of the eld :r Dobson, who returned the fire of Vill Dobson. The younger Dobson is n the hospital and is in a critical ondition following an operation. Will Dobson has been lodged in jail Lt 'Pickens. The tragedy occurred at the home f John Dobson. He had been over earing in his manner toward his ife and there had been a family uarrel Sunday. Dobson went tc Pendleton Monday and on his return resumed quarreling with his wife he sent to the field for her elder sen, and when he came to the house the attitude of the father and son be mame belligerent. Some say that the first shot was fired by John Dobson who was in the yard at the time. There was an exchange of shots each of the principals being armec with a .38 calibre pistol, and Johr Dobson was struck by four of the five shots fired by the son. The youngei son, Roy Barton Dobson, aged 11 year, was in the house with hi: mother when he was wounded by shot from his father's pistol. Th< 'ather fell desperately wounded ant several physicians who were quickl: summoned saw that there was n< chance to save his life. He died a 2 o'clock Tuesday morning. There was some chance for the boy's life and he was hurried to the Anderson hospital. The operation de veloped that the ball had broken rib on the left side and had plower its way through the child's body puncturing the colon in three place! and otherwise causing a dangerous wound before leaving the body. Th< little fellow was cut almost in two it the efforts of the surgeon to perforn an operation that would save his life The perforation of the intestine; would cause death in an older ant less healthy person, but there is saic to be a fighing chance for recover as he is in fine health. SMITH WILL BE IN RACE. Statement That He Would Not Rui for Senator False. The Washington correspondent o The News and Courier says Senatom E. D. Smith's attention was called t< the statement which Governor Bleast is quoted as having made at Dallas K. C., to the effect that Presiden1 Wilson was going to give Senator Smith a good job, and that formes Governor Heyward would be the mar whom Governor Blease would. have tc beat for the Senate. Senator Smith said: "I hav* a jol iven me by a greater power thar President Wilson. That same powel recognizes what I have done, and an still doing, and I propose to seek nc ther job than the one the peopli have given me." The juniorSenator was in the bes1 ,f humor, and seemed to be amazet xt the suggestion that he would noi be in the campaign. Push Along the Tariff Bill. President Wilson was right wher le called attention to the lobby tha1 was at work trying to defeat tarifi revision. The result of the investi ~ation set on foot at his request ha! findicated his action in asking thai t .be made. President Wilson was ~learly doin-g the right thing in tell ng the people about the lobbyists ho were at work in Washington tc lefeat the tariff bill. The people had Sright to know who is fighting the ariff bill at the capital, why they are Ighting it and how much it was cost ng them. They also had a right to now what methods was being used. ny man who is opposing tariff re ision could object to this. There was a good deal of criticism hen Secretary Redfield announced xis ntention to make a governraent nquiry into the situation if any cor orations reduced the wages of their mployees and blamed it on the new ariff. In such an event we think the cuntry would have a right to know vhether the corporations were re :ouping themselves for losses due to he new tariff or for losses due to the payments they are now making to de eat the tariff bill. The chief harm o business caused by the tariff bill fill be due, not to the provisions of hat bill, but to any unnecessary de ay in Its passage. For this the Re u.lican Senators will be responsible. While the uncertainty lasts mer hants are not 'going to lay in large tocks of goods; until the tariff bill asses they will live on the hand-to iouth principle, and that, of course, not good for business. It is to the iterest, therefore, of every honest erchant and of the whole conimer lal world that the bill be passed as aon as possible. No one doubts that hen the bill finally reaches the pres ent it will be in the main as it is ow. The only end that delay can rve Is that some corporations or ame class of corporations most in uential than the others hope to sc are changes in certain schedules fav rable to them. And for this they sk the whole body of business to pay e price that extended delay will If the fact that disgrace does not nsist in the punishment but in the rime were but more fully recognized would be a great gain for humai, *y. But the corrupt politician and bbyist and the unscrupulous trust ave no .qualms of conscience con erning their misdeeds. With them i disgrace Is in being found out ad punished, something which they re experiencing more frequently in iee days of a more enlightened blic conscIence. The Republican leaders in the Sen e threaten that if the tariff revi on bill becomes a law as it has en passed upon by the Senate Dem !ratic caucus many of Its provisions ll be tied up In the courts indefi tely. The Republican agents of the: usts in the Senate die hard, but HELD FOR MURDER YOUNG MLAN ACCUSED OF DROWN ING HIS SWEETHEART. Body of Girl is Found in Lake-Had Been Together Night Before--De clares He is Innocent. Every effort is being made by the Pennsylvania state authorities to clear the mystery surrounding the death of Alice Crispell, the eighteen year-old girl whose body was found in Harvey's lake near Wilkesbane, Pa., on last Monday. Nearly half a hundred witnesses were summoned to appear at the inquest held in the hotel near where the body was re covered. Search is still being con ducted for possible rival suitors, who may have attacked the girl after her sweetheart, Herbert Johns, left her on the night of July 4. Johns, who was taken into custody shortly after- the body. was discover ed, continues to protest his inno cence. Many widely varying theories are being advanced to account for the girl's death. Those who believe Johns' innocent, assert that another man may have killed the girl or that she was seized with a faiting spell and fell into the lake accidentally. The detectives are trying to get possession of a letter which a girl companion of; Miss Crispell wrote to her two weeks ago, and which, it Is said, may contain some valuable in formation. Although .the Crispell family con tradict the statement that their daughter was subject to fainting spells. Johns himself says that the girl had a fainting spell while walk ing on the streets of that city with him some months ago. Regarding the theory that Miss Crispell was seized with one of these spells when she left her lover on' Friday night, and while unconscious fell into the lake, a well known phy sician, who has given the subject some attention, says this would not necessarily have caused death, as the fall into the water would have reviv ed the victim and, as the water on the shore was quite shallow, she could have waded out. MISSIONARY CONFERENCE. Interesting Communication About General Meeting. The general missionary meeerng at the Southern Assembly grounds near Waynesville, Ga., was a memorable occasion. Several articles in the Southern Christian Advocate of this week tell of the speakers, the speech es and the notable things done at this meeting. About thirty-five South Carolina preachers, and a number of laymen were in attendance, and Rev. J. K. Holman, of Rowesville writes that it was the greatest meeting he ever attended. All sides of both Home and For eign Missions were considered, and inspiring speeches were made by preachers, laymen and women. Dr. E. 0. Watson, who Is at the head of the Industrial School, to be opened In Horry In the fall, spoke on the needs of the Southern Lowlanders. An offering was made for missions amount to $151,000. ACARICE KILLS MANY. Ship Forced by Owners to Leave Har bor in Dangerous Condition. Foreknowledge of the fate of his ship, the Mount Oswald, which with her crew of twenty-four men, was never heard of after her departure from Baltiomre for Ham,burg on Feb ruary 1'7, 1912, was shown in a letter from Captain Stannard to his wife, read at Newcastle, Eng., during the board of trade inquiry into the loss of the vessel. In this letter, sent ashore at 'Baltimore by the pilot, Cap tain Stannard said: "We have twelve feet of water in the fore peak and are not yet out of harbor. God knows whether we shall ever reach home. The sailors are now working at the pumps. I want ed the ship to be drydocked at New York-. but the owners would not al low it." Employs Business Mameiwe. The Greenville News says follow-t irg the examnple or Sumter. South (arolina. Hendoe)rvi.w Xcrlh Car e, u... has em'ir.:-a-l a busin.'ss nmn ag-r to conduet tha ci'v3 n'::' ini Sumnter the plan has worked1 well. I .ust as all expected. for the inaugur ai'm of business-like methods never worked any other way. So Hender sonville may expect a good adminis tration of its business, provided a goo'l man has been secured for the C business managership. This trend of municipal govern- a ment, as evidenced in the two cases C cited, and in the cases of the two ( hundred or more cities which have adopted the commission form of gov- t erameant, unquestionably presages e municipal government in the United r States of a much higher standard Ir than has been in the past. Foreign r economists have remarked that our municipal governments were the sor riest phases of the country's govern mental affairs, and certainly the e statement is not founded entirely in c ignorance or fiction. s But the day of transition Is at hand, and progressive cities aret transforming. The News says within c two years Greenville will vote on the, question of transformation of the commission form of government. If the city is true to its spirit of devel-t opment this election will result In a change from the old to the new anda better. This new form of city gov- t ernent seems to have come to stay.c Foul Tip Kills Baseball Scorer.c A foul tip from the bat of a player in a game between fraternal order a baseball teams at Jersey City, N. J. c struck the scorer, Harry C. Harved, t on the head, causing his death. a Meningitis in Lexington. A new case of spiro-meningitis Is r reported neal- Lexington. The victim v s the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 'I James Lindley, about four miles from a Lexington. h 'President Wilson says that in hot weather he feels like loafing. That sounds natural, and shows that the a President is very much like the. bal- E na af us 1n ne rempe at 1east. T ROYAL Baking Pt is the great s time helps t and biscuit i home bakiu profitable. food more guarantees alum and a MOST ACT QUICKLY 'O. APPEAL FROM MAJOR HOW ELL'S ADVERSE REPORT. )rangeburg Must be Represented by a Delegation and Only Two Days Left in Which Steps Can be Taken. Do the people of 'Orangeburg "ounty, merchants, planters, .profes onal men, everybody, want the Edisto River opened for navigation? f they do, there remains only a few lays before the hearing on the appeal rom Major Howell's adverse report i to be made before the Board of Engineers at Washington. July 15, the hearing is set for, and whether here are delegations there or not, te hearing comes off. A week ago to-day Congressman Lever addressed a large audience of business men and farmers in the ourt House, and he outlined the )nly hope there was for the project. 'hat was the absolutely essential ne .essity of convincing the board that :here was commerce that would be leveloped upon the line if it was )pened. To do this he urged the ;ending of as large a delegation as possible to Washington appear with im before the board. Representatives from Branchville were present, and they were also ledged to secure a delegation. They nave done their part. Six men are ready to leave for Washington to push the project with the representa. ives sent by Orangeburg. These six nen are Messrs. L. H. Fairey, W. F. rombly, C. F. Smoak, J. W. Black, 1. B. Williams Jr., and W. C. Martin. [n a letter from one of the gentlemen who are pushing the project at Branchville t~o another gentleman in ~rangeburg occurrs the following entence: "We have our people retty well aroused over the 'Edisto roject. We - do not propose to let Tangeburg send a larger delegation > Washington than we do, hence we ave arranged to send six," and they re going to send six. In the meantime what has Orange urg been doing towards sendings its elegaton? Each man who goes will e required to pay -half of his ex enses, and efforts were to be made 0 collect enough from the citizens of e town and country to pay h'alf the xpenses of the delegates. A comn ittee was appointed at Saturday's eeting, but. up to this time there aas been no prot4isions made to se-1 are a representation from Orange urg at the hearing on Tuesday. It -'i11 cost over $100 to have Orange urg's representation equal to that of ier sister city of Branchville and at S100 is needed immediately. The [elegates who go are compelled to ave the city Sunday afternoon in Irder to .be on hand for the hearing, fd there remains only to-day in 'hich the question must be decided. Mr. WV. L. Glover, who has been lways taking a leading part in push g the plans for opening the Edisto. nd who has s'otten together statis cs showing the value of such a; oute, when seen yesterday spoke dis uragingly of the prospects, unless ose who are to be benefitted by ening the route and those upon 'hom the committee, of which Mr. lover is the head, has been depend-* l. take Immediate steps to help de -av the expenses of the delegation . Washington. If you are interest in onening the river, if you think will do the county and city any nd, if you think the exnenditure of 45.000 of the government's money, the Edisto to open it, and $35.000 early to keep it up. is worth going fter, hand a contribution to Mr. lover to-day. If you are not in ~rangeburg, mail it to him. In the meantime Branchville must congratulated on the public spirit dness of its citizens, and its ready esponse to the call for a delegation, ady to stand for the opening of the Army's "Manchu Law." Hereafter the detail of every army icer in Washington, except bureau tiefs will be limited to four years. cretary Garrison will extend to the taff officers and officers of all grades e operation of the so-called "M~an au law." Prize for Crop Rotation. Manager Frampton of the agricul mal department of the Chamber of: mmerce of Charleston has received check for two hundred dollars from e banks of Charleston for the en ,uragement of crop rotation in that )unty. Al the Confederate Veterans who tended the Gettysburg reunion ie away more than delighted with ae reception accorded them by the nion Veterans who were there. For fact, the war is over.'| Teddy Roosevelt says that Wood w Wilson is "magniloquentlyi igue". Dollars to doughnuts that eddy's old friends in Wall .Street id the trusts does not agree with in that President Wilson is at all If we were in Attorney-General Mc-, eynolds' place, we would fire every I epublican District Attorney at once.; ley m1 e hMm. f they could.- I I .. wder st of modern o perfect cake naking. Makes g pleasant and It renders the digestible and it safe from Xl adulterants. PANICPREVENTED I'ADOO DISPELLS FEARS OVER FAILURE OF BANK CONDITIONS ARE NORMAL Practically No Excitement Following Sensational Failure of Kuhn Group of Institutions Whose Losses May Reach Total of $5,500,000-Large Investigation to Follow. To the decisive statement of Secre tary McAdoo of the treasury depart ment, issued Tuesday night, is attri buted the restoration of almost nor mal conditions in financial Pittsburgh despite the closing Monday of. the doors of the First-Second National bank, an institution which had been accredited one of the strongest in the country. While the situation was tense in the financial world and little information as to .possible de velopments was obtainable, the - flat statement of facts of the secretary seemed to develop an overnight opts= mism that grew as the day advanced. The closing of the First-Second was naturally followed by suspension of its affiliated bank, the First Na tional of McKeesport, and the ap pointmen of receivers for the banking house of J. S. & W. S. Kuhn, Inc., whose principals were tle majority stockholders of both institutions and a like action with the American Waterwork and Guarantee company, an enterprise lathered by the Kuhn interests. Another Kuhn Interest which was affected, the Pittsburgh Bank for Savings, ..ffered somewhat from the complication, a run being started on it Monday, chiefly by small depositors. This continued, somewhat increased early Tuesday, but It ap peared to abate as the day wor'e on. Crowds assembled near the bank building and the sidewalk about the building were roped off with mounted police prancing their horses within the lines on the sidewalk. Tl'e peo ple were forced outside the ropes in to the middle of the street. The crowds were made up mostly of 'cu rious spectators. The small groups of depositors that entered the bank were promptly paid $500 on demand, and required to give the legal notice of 30, 60 or 90 days to withdraw oth er amounts above stated figures. Fifty-seven thousand dollars was withdrawn from the bank while the deposits were $27,000. Chief interest now centres In the steps that may be taken by the gov ernment in an investigation into criminal liability in tonnection -with the bank failure. United States Dis trict Attorney John H. Jordan, through whom the first steps in this direction would be taken, said'hie had received no notice from Washington along this line but that it was pos sibly a little early for the officials to have had opportunity to decide upon any course of action.. According to a dirnnch from Wshinuton Secretary McAdoo will ask Attorney General McReynolds within a few days to investigate alleg ed irregularities in the conduct of the Firs+-Second National. Bank of Pittsburgh. which closed its doors Monday. The secretary definitely de cided to refer the situation to the de partment of justice and is now engag ed in the collection of all the facts connected with the management of the big bank to prepare the attorney general for en inouiry designed to develop whether there was any vio lation of law in connection with the failure. John Skelton Williams, assistant secretary of the treasury, returned from Pittsburgh, where he superin tended the closing of the bank, and reported that the institution had been "freely mismanaged", necessitating a reference of the conditions to the de partment of justice. The latest reports to the treasury department indicate that the losses of the First-Second may reach $5. 500,000 because the entire capital and surplus of the bank now seem to have been wiped out. These advices were accompanied by assurances from officers of the bank that the de positors, whose claims total about 38000,000, probably would be paid n full or nearly in full through real ization of the bank's assets. Police Fight Bootlegger. Tw men were killed and two oth ers seriously wounded in a fight at Champaign, Ill., Sunday between the olce and alleged illicit liquor sell The Charlotte Observer quotes lovernor Blease as saying in a speech t Dallas recently: "Since we have 0thing but Democrats and niggers n South Carolina, I could say almost nything down there; but up here in orth Carolina the people might not ppreciate everything I would say.'" ,onder what the Governor meant? Where Is the old fashionled man who picked his teeth with his pocket nife, asks The Richmond TimerDlis atch. Don't lr'owt Ee never lived