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VOL. XXVIII MANNING, S. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23. TALKS TO PEOPLE SENATOR TILuAN WARNS THEM AGAINST ILLE5Al VOTING TELS OF HIS LEVTRES Has Refused Offers to Speak When ever Senate Was in Session-Ad vices Supervisors of Registration to Obey the Strict Letter of the Law and Register Only Those Qualified. Referring to affairs in South Caro lina, Senator Tillman said Wednes day: "I notice that Governor Blease has broken loose again. He makes a misstatement, to speak mildly, and I feel compelled to correct him. He went to Hendersonville the other day and in a telegram to The Columbia Record he Is made to say: "'Senator Tillman ruined himself with the people of South Carolina In just the same manner when he went about lecturing instead of remaining in Washington and attending to the business in the Senate.' "I have lectured very extensively throughout the country, but I never neglected any Senatorial work to do it, as The Record will show. I do not recall ever having left Washing ton while the Senate was in session exceeding half t dozen times to deliv er lectures. Then I went to nearby points which I could reach after the Senate adjourned for the day, deliv er the lecture that night and return to Washington the next morning. I have received offers time and again to lecture while Congress was in ses sion. But I always declined. I could have made tens of thousands of dol lars had I believed it right to do so. "Governor Blease has recently done two things about which I want to say something. I have bee amus ed at the subtleness and cu ng he has shown in getting out of the mili tia muddle. He double-somersaulted instantly, and was so anxious to com ply with the requirements of the war department tOat he telegraphed his tcquiescence to the Secretary's de mands. The mail was too slow for him. "Another thing the Governor has done recently is the letter he wrete to the supervisors of registration or dering them peremptorily to register all white men. His exact words are: 'Let no white man-be refused.' "I have examined the law careful ly to see just how far the supervisors ought to go, and I take the liberty o advising them to obey the law, the strict letter of the law, and register only men qualified under the law who will take the oath required. - That oath is as follows: "'I do solemnly swear (or aMrnw that I ami a inale citizen of this Statt and of the United States; that I am tweny years o. age or more, that I have resided -in this State for tw< - years, and In the polling precinct I! which I apply to be registered and i which I will offer to vote If register ed for four months, and that I have not been convicted of burglary, arson obtaining goods or money under fals. pretences, perjury, forgery, robbery bribery, adultery, bigamy, wife-beat lug, house-breakig, receiving stoler, goods, breach of trust with fraudu lent Intent, fornification, sodomy, In est, assault with intent to ravish miscegenation, larceny or crime' against the election' laws.' "I am very anxious to have ar white men who can take the above oath register, and thus be able tc fulfill their duties as citizens. 'But I will be a fearful blunder and crim' for anybody in South Carolina to lay the foundation or-give excuse for th' House of Representatives or the Sen ate of the United States to throw on a Senator or Congressman electe'. from South Carolina because of Ille gal registration. The Republican . are not now In power, and the dange is not as great as it once was. Bu even a Democratic Senate and a Dem oratic House can not afford to to] erate anything smacking of i1egality or fraud. "The law as It stands now require te people to elect Senators by direc voe, and I do not want to see Sout1 (nrolina5 jerked up for illegal voting Until we get our primary law amend ed by the Legislature so as to remoV all possibility of of the charges o fraud and bribery In the primary, w' cannot afford to take any changes. "If Governor Blease will exert him self to see that the Legislature at It next session passes a reasonable an just law to insure honesty and fair nes in our primary, all will be wefl I want to emphasize this, and I say I with all due solemnity "If money ,buys the next Senator ship in South Carolina, as It may do and as it is charged It has done Ib the recent Congressional race In th' First district, I will feel compelle' to object to the seating of any mar sent here with a tainted title. "I join with Gov'ernor Blease i urging our people to register. While It may be straining a construction o' the law In any other than a genera election year for supervisors to go tc places away from the Court House Ir each county, I can see no harm ir that. They are permitted and can gc to any place they see fit for the meagre salaries they receive. Bu' every good citizen ought to see to i* that no Illegal registration Is permit M~L. beoarse as things are now Ir South Carolina, illegality, dishonesty or fraud, either In the primary or Ir the general election, will prove very dangerous. Every fairminded mar wants honesty and fair play, and every patriot will abide the result of an election so conducted whether his side loses or wins." Russian Peasant Perish in Fire. In the fire which destroyed the vI-11vme of Astradamo~kab. 14 s e a#sat Iobt thber Wefs. ATTENTION TO MEXICO STATE DEPARTMEINT TO WEIGH SITUATION BEFORE ACTING. Having Been Appealed to by a For eign .Nation, President Wilson Calls Ambassador From Mexico. Just which foreign power had in quired for a definition of this gov ernment's attitude in the present Mexican situation was still unknown officially Thursday, though reports in offcial circles mentioned Great Britain and France. The denial from Berlin that Germany had made rep resentations was generally accepted as removing that country from the list. The report that the situation had beeiLdiscussed by representatives of the powers in Paris Wednesday seemed to strengthen the .belief that rance was interested. It was pointed out that the French have heavy Interests In Mexico. French interests are said to control te Mexican National Bank, the Ban :o Central, another large financial in stitution, and French investors are said to e heavy holdings of Mexi :an rail securities. Great Britain's interests are said to be prin :pally in the national railways and n mining. Germany's Interests are said to lie largely in agriculture and L nation wide hardware business. While American losses are believ ad to have been greatest In the revo lution English losses also have been heavy through destruction of rail road property. French losses, It is said, have been largely so-called spec ulatve losses, that Is, lossse of what would have ben profits had not a se ries if revolutions depresed buiness. No answer will be made, however, to the note of one of the European Dowers until after President Wilson &nd Secretary Bryan have had an op >ortunity to confer with Ambassador Renry Lane Wilson, now en route to Washington, from Mexico City. pon the advice and report of con tions which Ambassador Wilson ilmself presents will depend wheth r he will return to the Mexican Cap Itol. Administration officials, In stating he facts, confessed their embarrass nent and defy in obtaining trust rorthy information at long range Lbout -Mexican politics and Its ephe neral changes. The same officials et it be known incidentally that they selieved the demonstrations in Mex co City, recently against Americans E were fomented and executed by a s ;all group of Mexicans who were c rying to force the United States to e ecognize the Huerta government. 1 The President has made It clear to I hose who have discussed it with him I hat his mind is open on the proper I me for redognizing the de facto gov arnment in Mexico, and there is no 1 eftite determination to extend rec ,gnition after October elections. It s altogether possible that the United !tates may await a return to stable ~ondtons, inasmuch as the Carranza1 rbeon' secording to State depart rnent reports, is growing rapidly and the Constitutionalists admittedly con trol a large portion of the Mexicen -epublic. *BLEASio AND McLAURIX. leet in Hendersonlville With Two Friendly Editors. A dispatch from Hendersonville ays Governor Cole L. Blease, of South Carolina came into Hender onville on Sunday afternoon and was nnet at the train by State Senator Mc :Aaurin accompanied by Editor W. D. rist, of the Yorkvil11e Enquirer and aken to the Wheeler Hotel, where he party registered. There they were joined by Editor L. M. Green f the Anderson Intelligencer. Before su< the party was taken for an mto. \bile ride around the city by snal.or McLaurin. The meeing of the Palmetto State overnor with Senator McLaurin and -o principal newspaper men of suth Carolina whose papers are riendly toward the adminiistrationl mmmedlately started a report around -h city that an important conference mn South Carolina politics was tak ng place, but when asked about the -iatter Governor Blease said that he :ust ran up to Henders5onville to iend Sunday night and enjoy the so climate. COURTEOUS TO EACH OTHER Uited States and Japan Appear Eilndly Disposed. During-th3 past few days the Uni -e States has officialy welcomed n. toean or more eminent Japanese visi o, some of whom, even were hero to sound public opinion as to the anti i~ien legislation which caused the ;t.. Now the Japanese government aas presented the United States cruis r harleston with a silver loving cup. In August, 1910. there was a flood 1n Tokio and the officers and men of the Charleston and the cruisers Sara toga and New Orleans, which were -1ar the stricken city, raised a fund which was sent ashore for the relief fthe sufferers. The incident was for gtten until Ambassador Chinda sent -h cup to the State Department with request that it be forwarded to the 'Charleston. Rebels Efi Mail Carrier. Word reached Deming, N. M., Thursday by courier of the murder by Mexican rebels near Columbus, on 'he Mexican border, of the United sttes mail carrier operating betw'een Columbus anid Doming. Crackmen Miake Rich Haul. Crackmen secured 4ewelry valued 'sttween $20.000 and $30,000 early Thursday by blowing a safe In the es tabishmnt of Rosehb~rg & D'aniel, ,r a iaez' Npl koasa cY Ngw Ydrk. ANSWERS TILLMAN!S F BLEASE REPLIES TO STATEMENT OF SENIOR SENATOR P TALKS AGAINST BRYAN Governor Says His Hendersonville df gj Statement Was Misquoted- Said ta Nothing About Bryan Drawing Two bel Salaries-Does Not Refer to M411- "' tia and Registration Criticism. th Governo Blease declared it as his ul vinion that Senator 'Tillman broke es down his health by his lecturing a tours and "ruined his usefulness tp a the people of South Carolina by run aing round over the country deliver- s ing lectures and overworking him- er elf", in a statement Thursday, re plying to Senator Tillman's interview in the morning papers. He repeated Als criticism of Secretary of State U Bryan for lecturing while holding his present office. r Says the Governor's dictated state- re nent: "Yes, I have noticed Senator illman's interview. "The first part of it is brought W tbout by a statement published in the co iewspapers which Is absolutely un- be :rue, and if the Senator had read The th 7ews and Courier, Mr. Caldwell's re- it port, he would have seen the differ 1mce. I did not state, as quoted by de senator Tillman, and as published in rhe Columbia Record: 'Senator Till- eb nan ruined himself with the people z f South Carolina in just the same nanner, when he went about lectur- M ng instead of remaining in Wash ngton and attending to the business n the Senate.' What I said, and now -epeat, was that Senator Tillman fa 3roke his health down and ruined his fa sefulness to the people of South u 11 tr "arolina by running around over the tr ountry delivering lectures and over orking himself. I repeat that now.. YC "I was also misquoted in the paper n Ls to what I -id about Secretary of st tate Bryan. I said nothing about M im drawing two salaries, because g anybody with good sense knows that gC matter of holding a public office m tnd ai pearing on the platform are to ot in conflict with each other, so far tr s the salary is concerned; but what I e aid was that I did not think that the ;ecretary of State of this great nation ze hould ,be going around a Chautauqua be ircuit under the management of W ome little fellow like a circus rider, th Inder a ring-master, and I still think I1 hat it is beneath the dignity of the as >osition which Mr. Bryan holds for in ilm to so act. So far as money is hc oncerned, that, in my opinion, is not lei o be taken into consideration in the lo natter at all. It is a question of dig- pr ity on his part. itj "As for the remaining part of pr senator Tillman's interview, I care fo o have nothing to say.a CRIES "KILL ME QUICK". n lye Sarrett Pays Death Penalty for Foul ila Deed. ina For the murder on May 18 of jth Aaron Campbell, his son-in-law, and re f. H. Campbell, the father of Aaron, c el .n Lee county, M. L. Garrett, who at iad served terms on the chain gang m n his county and in the State peni-|at :entiary, was electrocuted at the l p state prison in the presence of some su :hirty-five witnesses. In the crowd were several citizens of the neighbor-" iood where the crimes were commit ;ed. A brother of Aaron Campbell was present to witness the legal ed atonement for the deed promoted by cc ealous rage which resulted in death se :o his brother and father-. t Garrett, who, during the period of ilz us confinement at the penitentiary, st uas apparently faced death with the bi reatest fear Monday morning walk- tr d into the death chamber and sat in t :he chair with splendid composure, a hough it was evident in the low :ones that he used that he felt deep- ct ty the awful seriousness of the mo- y nent. His last request was: "Kill a ne quIck and don't hurt me any more tii than you can help." a! Garrett's deed was promoted by a u aierce jealousy. Hatred for the man who married his daughter caused him to go to her home and the double r killing resulted. Garrett then forced S 11s daughter to the woods nearby, where he stayed in hiding for sev eral days. Bloodhounds from the penitentiary trailed the man and fin- " ally led to his place of capture with ut bloodshed. Laughed at Warning, Killed. Warned by his mother that heD would be killed that day, Eugene Os burne, a railroad man of Oklahoma City, Okla., laughed at her fears and went to work. Two hours later he was struck by a passenger train and e instantly killed. w N Toy Balloon Causes Heavy Loss, gi A toy balloon with Its torch still ai burning land-ed upon the root of a residence in Norwood, Ala., and be fore the flames could be checked four i homes had been consumed at an esti- a mated loss of $25,000. ci Fined for Wearing Slit Skirt. n On a warrant charging indecent ex posure, Mayor Ainslie and Police 'ie of Werner Tuesday afternoon t made the first arrest on record for the wearing of slit skirts. She was fned $25. Ffet Bale at New Yor1k. The first bale of cotton of the 1913 e: rop was sold at aiggionu on the N7ew v York cotton exahange today for 20 t~ cnts a pound. The money goes to ii caty. The .bale, weighing 605 lbs.. p - w-as raisda - frd Caerda c& ' HOULD STUDY MEASURE &RMERS OF STATE OUGHT TO DISCUSS CLARKE BILL. eesident E. W. Dabbs Asks That Well-Informed Farmers Write Sen. ators and Representatives About It. E. W. Dabbs, of Mayesville, presi nt of the State Farmers' union, has S Yen to the press for publication cer in letters pertaining to the Clarke 11 for taxing cotton contracts or utures". The paper follows: 'o the Press of the State: "There Is no better way to learn e wishes of the farmers of the State ion a matter affecting their Inter ts than discussion in the papers. OJ ierefore I am sending to the press S, copy of a letter to Senator E. D. o aith, and would ask you to publish s' me, and would ask for such farm- g s as are informed on the subject to e: blish their opinions. Eepecially do le ask the delegates and visitors to e State meeting of the Farmers' Ie Lion next week to study this ques- ti m of taxing future contracts with ". view to. giving our senators and ti presentatives light upon the sub- 0 :t My letter follows: I " 'Mayesville, July 15, 1913. h "'Dear Senator Smith: Your favor M th Senator Clarke's bill for taxing M tton contracts received. I have not I en able to discuss this matter with e farmers of the State, but will lay f before the State Farmers' union xt week at Charleston. Mr. McEl- e rry of Talladega, Ala., writes me st d incloses a copy of a letter ex- P: ange strongly indorsing the meas- t e. "'Without having heard the argu- e( mts for the bill I must ask, Why h igle out cotton? Why not grain, ti fee, cotton oil, steel rails, etc., etc., t libitum? Stocks, bonds, etc., in t everything traded in any vol- ti 2e in the exchanges of the coun- si al "'I think you best stick close to a, ur bill to require the grade to be S med in the contract, according to d mndard grades, and let the govern mnt establish the standard of ti ades, just as it does the fineness of w Id and silver and weights and h! msures. Then not allow anything .I be tendered but. the grade concen wcted for or one better at the differ- ri ce in price. "'I think Senator Clarke in his tc al to mak6 the cotton exchanges si have as they should will do harm. cl ith fair rules I' can not see any- d ing wrong in sales for future de- a -ery, but when things are juggled es we think they are It is a most s, [quitous business. The question is w to regulate it In the interist of b, timate trading. I ought to be al- Ir ed as free right to trade In the it oducts of my labor as in my labor = elf, and no one would attempt to r( event me from contracting to labor c, r another at a stipulated wage for sl stipulated time-except to prevent it uses and the oppression of the Ig- et rant. I think labor contracts are t ated to one year. or the calendar ar. We see another exception in t or unions and their employers fix g a labor scale for a term of years. "'If the exchanges are so bad that sy should be abolished, do so by di et act under the general welfare use of the constitution. For the ove reasons, I can not, without0 re light, approve the measure. IE i giving out this letter that the ~ ople of the State may discuss the ~ bject. Yours truly.0 "'E. W. Dabbs. ~ President South Carolina State Farmers' Union.a "Mr. McElderry, who was appoint- b by the National Farmers' union tl rference in Columbia In January to ure the enactment of legislation n at will make effective the standard- t Lton of cotton grades, writes a d< ong letter in favor of the Smith tF L, senate No. 110, 'To regulate tl ding in cotton futurcs and providea r the standardization of 'upland"a .d "gulf" cotton 3eparately.' Tn his :ter to the New Orleans cotton ex-t ange referred to above, he said, 'Jf u would do as much to correcth uses as you do to prevent legisla m, we would not need to legislate,' d he indorses the Clarke bill as I iderstand It only as a last resort. 'I wish space would permit the c< blication of ,both bills and the cor- t spondence I have on them. At the tl ate union meeting the entire mat- tL r will be discussed. "E. W. Dabbs, d 'resident South Carolina State a Farmers' Union. tl "Mayesville, July 17." b TO HELP JACK TARS. I miels Working to Give Them Voca- ti tional Education. Details of a plan for the vocational lucation of enlisted men In the navy n ere announced by Secretary of the hi avy Daniels, who stopped at Chica- t1 on his way to the Pacific Coast, p here he will inspect naval stations b id fortifications. c "It is planned to give enlisted men A the navy the benefit of their hours s regular day schooling In a course e at is along the lines or the curri- p ilum of the naval academy at An Apolis," he said. "The curriculum ill be modifled and abbreviated om the studies pursued at the acad- e ny, but It Is the purpose so to train tl te men as to fit them for responsible 3 sitions In civil life when thglr en- E ttgent erpires."I $500,000 for Good Bogas. t An eleecion wll be hold In Flor ice county on Tuesday, Augut 5, to te on the question of issuing bonds the extent of $500,000 for 'bu.Ild- o ig good roads. 'This amount, It Is ~ rovided, if 'voted favorably upon, I, ll be expended shder the d~I'eton ~ s~p a m mlh i'. a IRYAN'$ LECTO AS TO SPEAK BECAUSE SAI IS LESS THAN EXPENSE REPULCANS EXPL mator Bristow Introduces R tion to Determine Proper Rem ration to Secretary of St Bryan Replies to Criticism, V He Says He Welcomes. William Jennings Bryan, Secr State, declared at Hendersoi dturday that his salary as a me President Wilson's Cabinet we Lificient to meet his expenses. tve this as an explanation of w] pected to continue his work eturer. "As this is my first Chauta ture since becoming a memb te Cabinet," said Secretary B [t may not be out of place t( Lat I find it necessary to lectu -der to supplement the salary a receive from the Government. tve lectured for eighteen years ethod of adding to my income : Dt natural one to which to tur regard it as extremely legitima "I did not think it Improper om the Chautauqua platform I residential race, and if I had ected I would have thought apping down to returato the le atform. These meetings enab] keep In touch with the people Washington Tuesday was intf I chiefly In developments follc )cretary Bryan's statement thi xd to spend his vacation on thi tre platform, because he coul re on the secretary of state's s $12,000 a year. The lobby I gation, the tariff and the Me: tuation were forgotten tempor 'least, while dvery-body t4 >out the resolution Introduce mator Bristow calling on the I mnt to "advise the Senate ould be a proper salary to el te present secretary of state t( Ith comfort and enable him to s time to the discharge of his duties." When the Bristow resolution ad amid Republican laughter, ratic Leader Kern and other irs immediately objected to its deration and after a few brie ianges it went over. It was scussed, however, In the 10 id cloak rooms at both ends o Lpitol. Later Secretary Brya Led this statement: "I am glad to have the crit ought to my attention. I b( criticism of public officials. ism is helpful. If a man mal istake, criticism enables him t< et it; if he is unjustly criticise iticism helps him. I have ha are of criticism since I have public life, -but it has not pre my doing what I thought p do. "In devoting a part of my vac ~lecturing I am doing what ee to be proper and I have nc hatever that any unbiased pl ill criticise me when he know "For seventeen years the so my income have been writini cturing, but each year I have: .ore public speeches, without ansaton and where I have pal n traveling expenses, than I hero compensation was reci y earning capacity has been id 1 have made not only an In fficient for my immediate z at have saved, on an average, , ing more than $10,000 a yea "In accepting the office wh: aw hold, I gave up the opport add to my accumulations, y not expect to Increase, durin rm, the amount I have laid as hat Is, I am willing to forego Ivantage I might derive fron quirng of $40,000 more foi ivilege of serving the count: is office during the coming 3ar. I will do more If nece at I do not believe that fair m eople will ask It of me. "Therefore, until I see some n for changing my purpose, ct to lecture enough to bring z >me up to my expenses, thesi res to be delivered during the lat other officials give to their ons. In addition to suppleme y salary, I hope that my lec good-people who attend 'ould not do so If they did not jey received their money's v ut I would be glad to spend m Ltons resting Instead of lectur could do so without eating u mount I have laid away as a pl on against old age." orth Dakota Enacts Marriage North Dakota has just .passe tost progressive marriage law as yet been enacted. Under this ie marriage of diseased persc rohibited. Each person seeki: a married must file with the 11 terk a certificate of good h nother certificate must :be fil iow that the persons are not I by blood. Habitual drunkarc rohibited from marrying. Has Too Many 'Wives. That in this day and time a . not properly cay. for the ne ires wives at once Is asserti [re. I. L. Davis, formerly Miss 1adshaw, of Atlanta, who Is .L. Davis for divort, on th. g, iat he has twe other 'nW-In on to herself. One Day aL.Man-led Ufe Emzoi Twenty-four hours was the 4 Daniel Soper's married lif4 rife 0leaving him the day aft edding, March 21, 1911, ai sgeles, dal. A few days g7e daa nbrca. EFORESTS ARE VALUABLE;' WORLD BUTS HUNDRED MILLION LART FROM US YEARLY. Immense Value of Our Foreign Trade in Tree Products Shown by De mand for Pine and Oak Woods. More than $100,000,000 worth of solu- the products of the forests of the Uni ted States was sent out of the coun iUne- try in the fiscal year just ended, against less than half that sum in 1903, a decade ago, according to of hich ficial figures of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. The total value of wood and man stary ufactures thereof exported during iville the fiscal year 1913 amounted to ap mber proximately $120,000,000 and the bulk of this was in a crude or semi *s manufactured condition. Hewn and he sawed timber approximated $11,000, y he 000 for the year; boards, deals and as a planks, over $60,000,000 and shooks and staves over $12,000,000; while uqua the higher grades of manufactures, er of such as doors, sash, blinds, trim mings, woodenware- and furniture re in formed little more than 10 per cent. rhich of the total exports of wood and As I manufactures thereof. These figur'.s this of forest products exported do not in clude "naval stores (tar, turpentine s the and rosin) ", of which the exports i and amount to over $25,000,000 annual ly. to go iPine and oak are the principal ato a classes of timber being sent out of been It no the country. Of the approximately cture $120,000,000 worth of wood and e me manufactures thereof, exported in the , year just ended,. $37,000,000 worth was pine timber and lumber, and ap wisg proximately $15,000,000 worth of Lt he oak. Of that going out in the come lec- completely manufactured form, fur i not niture amounted to approximately lary $7,00'0,000. aes- , The whole world seems to be de rican manding the products of the Ameri rily, can forests. The oak lumber export iked ed in 1912, for which full details are d by avalfable, was distributed to a dozen I resi- countries in Europe: about twenty i what countries in North and South Ameri- < iable ca, and in smaller quantities to Asia, i 4 live Oceania and Africa. The other give classes of lumber exported went to I pub- more than seventy-five countries and 1 colonies' including a score of coun- i was tries in North America, practically ' Dem- every country in South America; a sena- dozen countries in Asia; a dozen is con- lands In Oceania, and various coun f ex- tries and colonies on the eastern. fully western and northern coasts of Afri bbies ca. fthe n Is- TO PREVENT STRIKES [cism Congress Rushes Bill Through and ieve Crit- President Signs It. es a New federal machinery for the ad Scor- justment of the railroad wage dis d the putes was authorized Tuesday, when the house and senate passed and the been president signed the Newlands-Clay vent- ton bill just as it was agreed upon at roper the White House Monday at a confer toence between President Wilson, con tngressional leaders and representative: I-of the big eastern railways and their fear employes. arson This law creates the board of me s the diation and conciliation, headed by a commissioner, to which the Eastern urces railways and employes' brotherhood and have declared their willingness to inade submit the wage dispute, on account cor- of whIch 80,000 conductors and d my trainmen have voted to strike. The have union officers have agreed to an arm dved- istrice pending actica by congress. large and officials cxge~t them to make come ready to lay their case before the eeds, federal mediators as soon as Presi-1 ome- dent Wilson makes the appointments. r. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ch I DELIBERATE KILLING. 1 unity L'or I Savannah Man Slays Boarder Suspect g my lde- ed of Intimacy With Wife. th J. L. George entered the room of -the Henry J. McClellan, a boarder at his ynwife's home in Savannah Tuesday af frternoon about three o'clock, and with Isary, the words, "Get dgown on your knees inded and pray to your God, for I'm going to kill you right now," shot and mor rea- tally wounded McClellan, who died ex- In less than an hour afterward. He iy In- was shot in the body, the bullet pass le- lng close to his heart. time Afted shooting McClellan, George vaca- left the house and surrendered to a nting policeman. He accuses McClellan of tures undue intimacy with his wife, from them whom he had been separated several think weeks. He talked freely a,bout the 'orth, shooting after being locked up and y va- expressed regret for his act. "But it [ng if just had to be," he said. rotec- Endorse Smith's Plan. After conferences between Senator Smith, of -South Carolina, and officials Law of the departments of justice, agricul-. fthe ture and la,bor, in regard to Senator that Smith's proposal to stop the growing law, of cotton in a belt through Alabama, us is as 'boll weevil barrier, the govern ag to ment endorsed the plan. The justice cense department will study the methods salth. by which government can co-operate ed to to the state to eliminate the pest. La are Wreck Injures Many. Eleven are known dead, and if Is feared many of the two hundrodi who were injured will die, followin~ the man wreck of two three-car trains return idS of ng fromr Venice and Ocean Paori: ad by loaded with pleasure sae m 3racS day night. Four cars rt Ee suing and the rear train running forty -ound miles an hour crashed into the rear addi- coach of the first train. -Killed Under Five Tons of Sand. Lh- Robert McDonald. of New London,1 xtent Conna was instantly killed when the , his sand trueg, of which he was chauf r the lfour. gave way and let five tons of Ls sand fall ecDen him. He had crawl ewja l' tints a truck to locatt -a trou EAMILY 13 DRUGED RYSTERIOUS AND FIENDISH VISIT MADE TO ATLANTA HOE (OUN(i WOMAN BRAINED kwakening, One of the Family Smells n ti Chloroform, and Investigates, Find- T) ing the Entire House Full of Dan- b a gerous Fumes, Under Which They L Ii Were All Unconscious. Five members of the family of Mrs. c L D. Duncan, of Atlanta, were chlo- 1 -oformed as they slept, and a sixth, a oung woman, was knocked uncon cious by a blow from a blunt instru nent, some time after midnight Wed esday morning. Tracks were found about the resi- 1 lence, and the police, who were call- C d there before six o'clock In the 8 norning, can find no motive for what a a hey believe was a visit to the resi lence by an unknown man or men.. Jrs. Duncan, however, is confident he visitors came to the house. Miss Hilderbrand was the first of e he family to awake, and her first e onscious thought, according to re- 0 orts, were that her hair was matted t vith blood and that blood was caked 0 mn her face. Then she noticed the I >dor of chloroform in the room, and C vith some difficulty aroused her sisz m er. b Going through the house the two V roung women found the odor of chlo- t -oform in every room, and the occu- 0 >ants when aroused with difficulty, d eemed in a stupor. Besides Mrs. uncan and her two daughters, the b )ther victims of the chloroform fiend b vere Earl Hilderbrand, aged nine- m een years, and Ernest Hilderbrand, v tger eighteen years. I, The two young men were aroused I ith more difficuliy than were the g adies and it is believed that an un- I isual amount of the drug was held s >ver their faces as they were sleep ng. While Miss Pearl Hilderbrand had yeen struck two severe blows over he head with a blunt instrument, her njuries are not serious, and Mrs. )uncan supposes her daughter stir ed as the chloroform was being ad ninistered and that the marauder, 5 earing discovery, knocked her un- f nscious. 0 Although she suffe:red from an in. d ense headache, when she was awak- D med, Mrs. Deal declares that she oes not remember any unusual oc- 8 urrence during the evening, the pre- P umption being that she was the first o be chloroformed. t While Mrs. Duncan asserts that g he is confident that the chloroform- 3 rs were bent on robbery, an Inves- a igation developed that nothing In p lie house has been disturbed and s othing is missing. a Evidently the chloroform fiends a mtered the house by a window of the oom occupied by Miss Hilderbrand tud Mrs. Deal. The tracks led all f the way around the house and to d he window, which ,the young ladies iad left open. It was the only win- C low open on the ground floor, and ti here was no evidence of any attempt I, o break Into a window or a door. b BAGGIN~G AND TIE PROBE. mith Urges Inquiry to Learn Cause t of Price Ras Senator E. D. Smith Tuesday intro- a luced a resolution directing the Sec etary of Commerce and Labor to in estigate the recent advance of the >rice of bagging used in baling cot- ,J :on. as well as the advance in the >rice of ties used to band or bale cot :on, and to report to the Senate at he earliest possible time the cause y f such advances. Because of the b irgency of the matter, Senator Smitb C sked immediate consideration of his -esolution. Senator Williams, of Mississippi, )bjected on the ground that cotton ,agging is put on the free list in the ending tariff bill. To this the South a arolinian rejoined that If the gov-t 'rnmnt waited for the tariff bill to ass its benefits would come too latet o apply to the present cotton sea on. whereas an Immediate investiga ion might bring results in time to C elp in the marketing of the present rop and save the farmers of South ~arolina $160,000 or $170,000 and hose of Georgia $300,000. Young Man Found Dead. A Tallahassee special says the >ody of a young white man believed . be that of H. E. Clary, agent for a Cw York publishing house, was ound on the outskirts of the city. rh man had been shot in the head iEhe decomposed condition of the ydy show:2 it had been lying ex yosed for several days. If the body is that of Clary he has >een missing some five. days. Clary s a son of a sheriff in Georgia. The lead man wore a hat purchased in Bainbridge, Ga. Robbery was appar sntly the motive for the crime. Corn Grain Kills Baby. The fourteen-months-old son~ of rr. and Mrs. Thomas 3. Harrington. Ludowici, Ga., strangled to death it Saannah Thursday as the resulf 'f a grain of corn which it swallowed *~y..-.y at play. The kernel lodg -' in the child's windpipe and it teadily grew worse until the endt Pe1agra Station Establishesi. Word was received Wednesday that the United States public health ad marine hospital service will es tablish a receiving station in Spar tanburg for pellagra patients. The announcement is made in a lettert ,..- Surgeon Gunara.1 Xnwert 3I2. I LEVER TO HOLD SEAT AYS HE IS USEFUL TO HIS STATE IN PRESENT CAPACITY. 5 Concentrating His Energls on Ag ricultural Matters But Won't Pre dict as to What Might Happen. In commenting on a recent state Lent in The Columbia Record saying iat he would not be a candidate for nited States Senator next summer ecause one man would be better ble to whip Blease, Congresman ever said: "The Record's statement is sub tantially correct In quoting me, ex ept in that clause in which I wa iade to say, 'I believe one man rould have a better chance to beat lease than if two or three were In ie race.' If I should decide to en 3r the race for the Senate it would e for no purpose of beating any an. tan, but my campaign would be up a the Idea of winning the race my lf, and I would not be figuring upon plan to beat any one man-either lease or Smith, but to win the nom iation regardless of those in the con est. "While it is true that I am urged very day by letter and otherwise to nter the race I do feel that -for the oming year at least my service in / le committee on Agriculture will e f more- benefit to the state than if I rould be Senator during that time. f course, I am not willing to say ow what my course will be a year ence, I can not forecast the develop xents nor my own sense of duty to ie state at that time-the latter con deration will control me in my final etermination. "In the meantime my thought shall e given to the performance of the igh duties which the House has iade for me and I shall go about this rithqut regard to the fact that there 3 a senatorial rate pending in which may be a contestant. The reasons rill have to be strong for good which now hold to enter a contest for eming promotion." BRYAN SHOULD QUIT. Timman Thinks He Should. Leave the Lecture Plaorm. A special to the New York Herald ys: "Senator Tillman, who con esses that at one time he made $25, 00 a year on the lecture platform uring vacations of Congress, said he ever had neglected his official duties D fill lecture engagements. He re retted Mr. Bryan's devotion to the latform. "It is a perfectly legitimate way 1 make money," he said, "but I re ret to hear of Mr. Bryan doing it. ust at this time, when there is so iuch important work before his de artment, I would prefer to have him tay in Washington. He could, better fford to impoverish himself than to ppear to neglect his official duties. "The Impression prevails-though don't know how well founded It is -that Mr. Br-an has made a great eal of money since 1896. He has ublished two or three books. The ommoner, which has a wide circula on, and has lectured extensively. I ve the man so much I hate to see im do anything that will belittle him the eyes of the people as this cer Binly will do. While his spakdn urs will serve a good purpose in at he always preaches true democ acy, and patriotism- and Christian ving, he can never again appear as knight-errant of democracy." CHARLESTON BOY A mEO. ames Leary Risks Life in Attempt to Sace Fellow Seaman. First Class Electrician James eary, of Charleston, S. C., on the attleship Nebraska, at present at the 'harlestown, Mass., navy yard, was rightfully burned Wednesday while *temptng to save the life of Sea ian Henry Azena, of the same ship. Lzena was scalded to death. A'valve ew out In the dynamo room envel ping Azena In steam. Leary rushed his aid and pulled him out Into the pen, but before-hie had done so was erribly scalded himself. The accident was caused by exces le pressure in the pipes, and a court f the ship's offiers will sit to probe he matter and find out who Is to lame for the mishap. Leary is the ero of the battleship, where he lies a the hospital room swathed In ban ages and under the care of ship sur eons. He will recover. Americans Leave Mexico. Destitute Americans are arriving In e United States on every boat from fexican ports. Many of them face nancal ruin In consequence of the eries of revolutions which has par lyzed commercial and Industrial en erprises and they are leaving the outhern republic with reluctance. Children See Double Tragedy. While his two small children stood y and watched, Ben Strong, a farm r, of Meridianville, Ala., shot his rife twice In the breast, then turned le gun on himself, and blew off the op of his head. He is said to have een insane. Roosevelt's Assant to Prison. John Schrank who attempted to as assiate Theodore Roosevelt on Oc ober 12 last at Milwaukee, probably will shortly be taken from the North n hospital for the Insane to the tate's prison at Waupn. Has Not Been Pagidoned. It turns out that the Washingtoh ispatch of last Friday phrporting to ive the news of a conmuntation ot he SenteheaB of 'Milton A. Carlisle Y'om fiWe years to one 'was bhhauthog