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VOL. XXVIII MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER]. 1913 NO.12 WHALEY 1 ACCUSED WREE MAKE. SERIOUS CHARGES AIGAINST 111 PRESENTS A PETITION P-The Charges Allege That Congress man Whaley Spent Over Sixty Thousand Dollars to Secure the Nomination and Election and Made False Returns About Money Used. Mayor John P. Grace, of Charles ton, Wednesday personally presented to the Speaker of the House of Rep resentatives a petition asking for an Investigation of the right et Congress man Richard S. Whaley to his seat, and making sweeping charges against Mr. Whaley in connection with his nomination last spring and his ex pense statements to the clerk of the House, says the Washington corre spondent of The News and Courier. In his petition Grace alleges that on the 4th of February, 1913, Rich ard Whaley announced his candidacy to fill the vacancy created by the death of Congressman Legare and be gan a canvass for the Democratic nomination, simultaneously circulat ing throughout the district that who ever entered the race must be pre pared to out-spend him in money, in telligence of which speedily resolved the campaign into one of the unpre cedented vote-sellirg. That at stated times before and after any primary or election for Con gress, each candidate is requ:-el by Federal law to file- certain sworn statements of expenses, etc., showing that the cost of such primary and election has not exceeded $5.000 In the aggregate, in pursuance of which Mr. Whaley filed four statements now on the file in the office of the clerk of the House of Representa tives, reference to which is hereby craved as often as may be necessary, and which are hereby made part of this petition. That the First Congressional dis trict of South Carolina is composed of five counties, Charleston, Claren don, Colleton, Berkeley, and Dorches ter, inhabited preponderantly by ne groes; for the exclusion of whose par ticipation in politics it is the custom by common consent for white men'to settle their differences In the Demo eratic primary: the nomination in which is equivalent to an election; that there were in round numbers but twelve thousand votes cast, in the Democratic primary, in these coun ties, and in which Mr. Whaley was nominated, of wiich on the face of the returns Mr. Whaley obtained 6,298 votes. That thereupon Mr. Whaley was declared the noininee of the Demo cratic party and in a special election, which was held on April 29, 1913, Mr. Whaley was elected without op position to fill the unexpired term. That in order to obtain these 6,298 votes, as your petitioner is informed and believes. Mr. Whaley spent in the first and second primaries and, the campaigns incident thereto not less than sixty thousands dollars ($60, 000), or an average of about ten dol lars ($10) for each vote. That notwithstanding 'such exces sive use of money, and because, as above set forth, he was required by Federal law, under oath, to file state ments showing that he spent not over five thousand dollars ($5,000). your petitioner alleges Mr. Whaley wilfully and knowingly filed false sworn statements with the clerk of the House of Representatives, show ing that he spent altogether only the sum of $4,533.10. That in filing such statements Mr. Whaley wilfully and knowingly made oath to the truth of something which he knew was abso luately false. That Mr. Whaley now sits in Con gress, therefore, because he openly bought his nomination and election by going out upon the highways and byways and debauching the elector ate, and by using over twelve times as much as the maximum of money allowed by law, in avoidance of the consequences of which he afterwards committed four felonious perjuries. "Wherefore, your petitioner prays that the matter of Mr. Whaley's right to his seat in Congress be investigat ed, and that he be expelled from that body if the allegations contained in this petition be found to be true and for such and other further relief in the premises as to your honorable ody may seem just. NO NOMINATIONS. President Wilson Does Nothing About South Carolina Offices. Althou;;h it was expected that President. Wilson would send to the Senate nominations of a district at torney and a marshal for South Car olina Thursday this was not done. When the senate on Monday remain ed in session for such a brief length of time that no nominations could be received, it was generally supposed that action on the South Carolina matters would be taken Thursday and there was some surprise here that nothing was done. Nothing of a de finite kind having transpired in this matter Thursday it Is not known whether the president will send these nomination in when the senate meets again or whether he will wait a few days. Steamer Rams Schooner. The British schooner Evan bound from Mobile to Matanzas, Cuba. was rammed by the American steamer Santurce Monday morning as the two met in the channel, sixteen miles below Mobile. The Evadne was so badly torn that she sank a few minutes later, her tug having taken her full speed ahead toward the ALL A TISSUE OF LIES SAYS WHALEY, REPLYING T( CHARGES OF GRACE. Oongressman Declares That th Mayor is Actuated by Persona Hostility to Him and His. When Mr. Whaley was asked abou1 the petition filed by Mayor J. P. Grac( he characterized the allegations as a tissue of lies from beginning to end says the Washington correspondenl of The News and Courier. Mr. Whal ey then made the following state ment: "The people of South Carolina and the city of Charleston know this tc be a fact, if for no other reason than that the allegations are fathered b3 Mayor Grace, whose reputation as a character thief, and whose vile oppo sition to me, politically and personal ly, is well known to the people of the State and district. "The man whom I defeated for the nomination, Mr. Hughes, has made na protest, although he could have made such a protest to the State board of canvassers, and the House of Repre sentatives in the proper way. If he is complaining, hic complaint has not been made known, and I take it that he, the real man in interest, who nat urally knew best the situation, has acquiesced in my nomination and election, otherwise he would be the contestant in this matter. "I confess no surprise at the action of Mayor Grace; he is my political and personal enemy, the personal and political enemy of my family for years, and it is another evidence of the vindictive and unrelenting char acter of the man who happens. by accident, to be the mayor of Charles ton. Mayor Grace has an unorganiz ed and insane mind, thinks like a house afire and is about as destruc tive and illogical. He has ambition and loves power as much as any man I have ever seen. He is a chronic office-seeker, having run for the State Senate and being overwhelmingly de. feated. He ran- for sheriff, and was overwhelmingly defeated by the peo ple of his own county, who knew him best. Then my brother-in-law, Ex Mayor R. Goodwyn Rhett, was candi date for the United States Senate, and Mr. Grace entered the race with the avowed purpose only of defeating my brother-in-law. He canvassed ev ery county In the State, and yet his purpose was so plainly vindictive and vituperative that his total vote did not exceed two thousand in the en tire State. He then ran for mayor of the city of Charleston and by every artifice known to the demagogue, and by every appeal to passion and pre judice, succeeded in winning this po sition by one hundred and eighty votes. He has never been, and is not now, the choice of the progressive business people of the city of Charles ton. He is a disturber, and a dan gerous iconoclast, who seeks to tear down, without pointing out how tc 'buIld up. "His opposition to me Is not sur prising, for I have regarded his meth ods as dangerous and have, there fore, opposed them with all the strength of which I am possessed. His campaign against me last spring was vicious,vile and evidently moved by personal hostility to me and my family. His candidate was defeated by a clear majority of the untram mele1 Democracy of the district, and his action at this time is an evidence of the fact that he is disgruntled, sore, desperate and willing by impli cation to befoul his own nest. "As far as I am concerned. I re gret that these dirty and maliciou! charges should be filed against me but I shall not let them Interfere with my efficiency as the Representa tive of the First district. My eleve: years as a Representative In the Stat4 legislature of South Carolina; m3 four years as the chairman of the judiciary committee of that body, m. one year as Speaker pro tem, and four years as Speaker of that boody are evidence of the esteem and respc1 and confidence in which I am hele by the people of South Carolina. Th4 further evidence of this esteem i: shown in my unanimous election a president of the State Democrati< Convention In 1910 and my electior last year as a delegate to the Balti more Convention. "The charges of Mayor Grace ar' irritating, naturally, but those wh< understand the situation and knot the facts, realize that they are inspir ed by the desperation of a man whose admitted ambition was to. come t< Congress, and who realizes that m: election destroys absolutely the wros pect of the realization of that ambi tion. He is merely playing a hani guided by a mlid obsessed and insan ed by personal hostility to me. and am willing and ready to rest my care upon the facts." Two Killed in Wreck. Engineer Walter H. Johnson, 0: Chicago Junction, Ohio, and Firemai R. S. Blackwood, of Pittsburg,'wen killed Wednesday night in a wrach.. Eastbound Baltimore and Ohio pos senger train No. 10, when the~Dina jumped the track in Youngstown. C telephone lines and to farm property including prospective crops. ' Fatally Wounds Fiascee0 . Marguerite Gilbert, seventeen years old, daughter of a wealth paxner o? Reddng, Conn., was shot:.af4 fatalt wounded shortly after midnigh~tWed nesday by John Todd, ;her finceee Todd declares he pointed a rif!q.s her as a joke and pulled the tr ge~ not knowing it was load~ed d, Chinks Slip n An increase in sm1$gl~g o~ nese into the United States alarmin in its proportions, has induced immi ration authorities to rgloubleite vigilance, particulily" along :h southern and westen1f b'oiderS ofh SULZER'$ TRIAL ON GOVERNOR BREAKS EVEN ON THE FIRST TWO DAYS TESTIMONY IS HEARD Witnesses Say There Was No Strings Tied to Contributions and Gover nor Was Free to Use Them as He Pleased-Judge Rules to Admit AUl Testimony. Wednesday's testimony marked the opening of the actual trial of William Suizer, the impeached executive of New York, which until ioon Wednes day had been delayed by arguments of objections of counsel for the de fense. At that hour all obstacles to the taking of testimony had been swept aside by vote of the court, thereby permitting Eugene Lamb Richards of counsel for the managers of the impeachment to outline the evidence against the governor. This opened the case. The last of these obstacles-the motion of the defence to quash the three articles of the impeachment dealing with the gov ernor's alleged misuse of his cam paign contributions-was disposed of in this manner: Presiding Judge Cul len overruled the motion without pre judice to its merits and recommend ed that decision be reversed until the testimony' was all in. This recom mendation was adopted by the court by a vote of 49 to 7. The negative votes all were cast by Democratic sen ators. The first witness was then put be fore the judges. Gov. Sulzer was free to use the $2,500 check given him by Jacob H. Schiff, a New York bank er, In any way he chose. The banker so declared on the witness stand at the impeachment trial of the gover nor. The designation of the check across its back as a contribution to the governor's campaign fund did not restrict its use to that purpose, Mr. Schiff said. Henry Morganthau, ambassador to Turkey, formerly chairman of the finance committee of the National Democratic committee, testified that when he gave the governor a check for $1,000-a personal contribution -he had placed no limitations on its use. He said, however, that he had made the gift to help the governor in his campaign and had been "foolishly generous". These are two of the al leged campaign contributions which the articles of impeachment against the governor charge that he misused. On Thursday Jacob H. Schiff, the banker, was recalled, and he testified that he was recently asked by Samuel I. Frankenstein, a former law part ner of Gov. Sulzer, if he would accept the return of the alleged $2,500 cam paign contribution which the banker Wednesday said he gave to the gov ernor without restriction as to its use. Mr. Schiff said he had replied negatively. The high court, by an unanimous vote Thursday decided to admit all testimony pertaining to campaign contributions made to the governor even though they were not specified In the articles of impeachment. This ruling paved the way for the Intro duction of evidence intended to show the governor had solicited and receiv ed large contributions from brewing interests. Counsel for the Impeachment man agers said they were prepared to prove the governor received campaign contributions "vastly in excess" of the total mentioned in the articles of impeachment. There were more than 100 not accounted, for, counsel as serted. The names of a large num ber of these contributors, other than those of the brewing interests, were brought Into the evidence. These In luded 52 persons mentioned as drawers of Suizer checks, in the ac count of Louis A. Sarecky, the gov ernor's campaign secretary, in the Mutual Alliance Trust company. Ts account showed, with checks and cash, that deposits of $14,400 had been made between September 10, 1.91.5, and the date of the governor's inauguration. Deeision on the question as to wheth'ei Sulzer's alleged misuse of checks given him without restriction as to their use constituted larceny was reserved to give the court an op -pot itz-3 investigate the authori ties. 'The cttestion to the admissibility of the evideaie .oi campaign contribu tiss not cited in the articles o"f im pe~AchmetStiecipitated a heated erangle siofg the attorneys. "These transactions-a hundred or -orer ini n~ i"er'-dserted John B. gtanchield, counsel: for the prosecu tion, "constituted a common scheme, a design on the part of the respon dent to display certain contributions and conceal others. I can see that he1filu'~iire "t fepon~fiis'might have bgg--an accident two 'acoincidence, Ibut to fail to account for a hundred i a crime." ~Atoi-neys for the governor protest ed fbht the articles should be treated asn'ndictmrent and that-the gov eior could not be tried 'for offences not alleged In such Indictment. Thesiding Judge Cullen overruled tiObjctionls. He pointed out that th'e governor's counsel had been 'given amplopportunity to request :the croeeution :for a bill of particulars. The'court .voted unanimously- in fa vor of letting all the evidence in.. N'- *Aviator Tiled. Anothic? wrench mrilitary aviator ivas killed when Lieut. Auguste Sou lelland of the Thirteenth rifie -regi m ent fell '150 feet when endeavoring Sto glide to-the ground with his mono Splane at OuidapMorocco on..Wednes WILL CERTAINLY RUN CLINKSCALES DENIES THAT HE WILL WITHDRAW. Is a Veteran Speaker and Has Assur ances of Support From All Sections of the State. - "I will most assuredly be In the race for governor and will make an unrelenting campaign," said Dr. John G. Clinkscales, of Wofford college, Wednesday to a Spartanburg Herald reported. "Also, you might say I will be the next governor of the State." Rumors have been prevalent throughout the State for several months that Dr. ClInkscales would not be in the race; that he intended to withdraw. He kills this rumor with the foregoing statement. It was said that he would be physically unable to make the campaign be cause of ill health. Dr. Clinkscales stated that he had been campaigning for the past fourteen years for Wof ford college and as an apostle of edu cation and that "a little thing" like a canvas for gubernatorial honors would not deter him. Dr. Clinkseales said because he had indiscreetly exposed himself in all kinds of Inclement weather this summer in, making his educational speeches, he had contracted a severe cold and had to be confined to his room for about a week. "For this reason, I suppose," he said, "the ru mor of my physical disability started, but since that time I have made many speeches." When Dr. Clinkscales made his an nouncement that he would be in the race for governor, running on a com pu!zory education platform, it creat S-! a deal of interest throughout the reate, for ti ,re is not hardly a see ti.n in South Carolina in wh-:ch he is not h-nown. For the past fourteen vs he has averaged two speeches a lav during the summer on education -1 topics, and he is perhaps one of the bept extemporaneous speakers in the st;.- and r orator of finished abil ity. In debate he Is a foeman of tested metal. Dr. Clinkscales said that he had epressions of pleasure at his decision to run for governor and assurances of support from all conditions and classes of people in the lecturing tours over the state. CRDIINAL CARELESSNESS. Children Should Not Have "Unload ed" Rifles for Toys. Seer Hair, a young negro twenty one years old, was shot through the right lung and dangerously wounded by a parlor rifle in the hands of Lon nie Powers, an eleven-year-old white boy, Wednesday aboutone o'clock, at the corner of Divine and Assembly streets, Columbia. Hair was rushed to the Good Samaritan hospital, where examination showed ~ his wounds to be dangerous, the outcome of whIch can not be told at this time. The bullet entered his right side just below the ribs and ranging up ward, passed through his right lung, lodging in the left side just below the heart. Young Powers stated that he was playing with the gun and didn't know it was loaded when he pointed It at Hair and told him to stand still a minute. For -one so young, he kept his composure remarkably well under the circumstances, but appeared very solicitous for the welfare of the vic tim of his childish prank. The white boy is being detained at police headquarters for the present, pending the result of the negro's wounds. LIVE .STOCK PLANS. Galloway Explains Scheme to Help South Carolina. Congressman A. F. Lever Is in re ceipt of a letter from Assistant Sec retary Galloway outlining the, plan for encouraging live stock production in South Carolina. The plan contem plates the selection of about fifteen counties, where the greatest Interest is being manifested in live stock, and the selection of two good live stock men with six to eight counties each to handle the work in co-operation with Clemson college and the pres ent farm demonstration work in the State. These men will organize live stock associations in the various counties and then select a sufficient number of live stock demonstrators to be visited by State experts when ever practicable. Just as soon as the two experts can be procured work will begin in earnest. Mr. Lever expresses himself as be ing highly gratified with the begin ning of the undertaking and feels satisfied that the plan agreed upon is the best arrangement possible to be had under the circumstances An nouncement was made at Washington Thursday that some one from the de partment of agriculture will be de tailed to deliver an address in con nection with the exhibit of the South Carolina poultry association at the State fair. Mr. Lever took this mat ter up with the department, at the reuest of Mr. Thompson, president or the poultry association. Report on Lever's Bill. Favorable report of Representative Lever's bill for additional aid from the United States government for ag ricultural extension work in colleges was ordered Thursday by the .House agricultural committee. Secretary louston has endorsed the bill. Control Forest Fire. After burning for three days with amage to timber and agricultural lands estimated at $1,000,000 and uwards, forest fires in four counties f Central California were reported [ua- nimi~fl~ Wednesday afternoon. MANNING IN TERC SUMTER MAN ASPIRES TO BE OR NEXT GOVERNOR. Announces His Candidacy-Stands for Honest Primaries and Sound Business Administration. Outlining his platform as one of honest politics and business adminis tration, Richard I. Manning of Sum ter Thursday definitely announced that he would be a candidate for gov ernor in the Democratic primary next summer'. Mr. Manning accompanied his announcement with a statement ef his views, prominent in which was his views, prominent in which was his advocacy of piimary reform. Mr. Manning declared he was not the can didate of any faction and that unless ne was forced to draw the line he would not recognize the exictence of two factions. The statement follows: "My attention has been called to a statement made more than once to the effect that I may not be a candi date for governor in 1914. I feel called upon to answer this statement and, in doing so, I shall take occasion to make certain other declarations which I deem pertinent at this time. I shall be a candidate in the ap proaching primaries for governor of South Carolina. "Unless it is forced upon me, I shall not recognize the existence of two factions in the Democratic party of this State. My own belief is that the people of the State are 'tired of strife and that the time has come when the interests of all our people will be advanced 'y getting together on a. platform of principles, admin istering the government along busi ness lines, looking to the upbuilding of the educational, agricultural and commercial development of the State. All differences among the whites in governmental policies and officers have been settled in the Democratic primaries. "The qualifica'Ion of the suffrage in South CarolinL was adopted pri marily to guarantee white suprem acy. Political diffei ences among the whites were to be settled by the pri mary elections. In order to settle these political differences so that the will of a majority of the Democratic voters of the State shall be obtained, it is necessary that the party rules shall be strictly adhered to and, with out going into detail, my opinion is that they should be amended so as to insure honest elections in which every - white man, except those dis quallfied by constitutional and statu tory -provisions, shall be given the op portunity of voting, but that no man shall be allowed to vote more than once. "The qualifications for voting in the Democratic primary are well known and my purpose is not to re lax the existing requir'ments. but to safeguard the honesty and fair ass of primary elections so that the declara tion of the primary will carry with it the assurance that .the nominees of the party have been honestly and fairly nominated, and that all Demo crats, including those who may be opposed to such nominees. may unite in the support of the party nominees in the general election. "No man with proper self-respect and sense of right would want an ofice acquired by fraud. So that what I am pleading for Is honest elec tions, the result- of such elections to be the expression of the will of the voters independently cast and hon estly counted. The great object to be attained Is to get the honest expres sion of the will of the Democratic voters and no one can complain of the alteration of any of the party rules and constitutional provisions that will secure thfs obfect.' - call on all candidates for State offices and others interested in honest government to unite with me in preserving and maintaining fair elections in the par tys primaries. "In such elections no one need fear the result, for the majority must rule. My position has always been for a fair ballot and for such rules governing elections as will 'be mani festly fair ta all. "Demands for restrictions upon the ballot In the primary, besides those already provided in the constitution and rules, are overshadowed by the more Imperative demands of honesty in the conduct of elections and the maintenance of the integrity' of a white man's party in South Carolina. With the Ideals of honesty realized, and with party harmony restored, constructive legislation, tending to uplift all of the interests of our State, will become easy, and will be cheer fully observed. In government, as in nature, evolution does not proceed by leaps. "At the proper time I shall an nounce my platform and shall en deavor to show i1.1 detail the prinei pes for which I stand and the poli cies which I think should be pursued in order that South Carolina, In all respects, may keep abreast with the wonderful progress of the other states of the nation." Buggy Wrecks Auto. Frank Greenwald, proprietor ofa garage at Wooster, Conn., was killed and A. H. Ellenberger and - A. C, Comeley were injured when Green wold's automobile came In collisior with a buggy near Wooster Saturday night. George Brown and two com panions, occupants of the buggy, alsc were injured. A wheel of the auto mobile locked with a wheel of the buggy, tearing the steering gear from Greenwald's hands. Announces His Death. After having swalowed poison at his home near Louisville, Ga., Her* schel V. Barganier, a jrosierous far. mer, walked Into an adjoining room and calmly told his brother what he had done. He died a few minutes a4 terward. HAD PISTOLS DRAWN TENNESSEE HOUSE HAS A GAME BUNCH OF MEMBERS ARE READY TO F16UT Fusionists Attempt to Force Vote on Law Enforcement Measure But the Speaker Adjourns House Without a Vote-Wild Excitement for a While. A tense'situation was saved in the Tennessee House of Representatives at Nashville Wednesday evening by the coolness of Representative A. L. Todd, of Rutherford County, who, in a conciliatory address, quieted angry members after Speaker Stanton had declared the House adjourned with out a roll call. The adjournment brought a storm of protest. In a statement issued Wednesday night Speaker Stanton, of the House of Representatives, said concerning his adjourning of the House the after noon: - "I knew, or had reason to know, that members on the floor of the House were armed. The House was in the wildest throes of turmoil and disorder. In the gallery to the right were all of the penitentiary guards in a most threatening attitude, while near them with guns drawn, were John Yeaman and a man named Gar rett. These two men were near pil lars, ready to pick me or some one else off. Feeling that the lives of men were .in danger, I did adjourn, as any presiding officer would and should have done." Representative McDade had made a written motion that the House set the so-called law. enforcement bills for a special or.der at six o'clock. Rep resentative Wilson moved to adjourn "Those in favor say 'aye', those op posed 'no'. The House is adjourned." ruled the speaker without taking a vote. Representative McDade advanced toward the speaker, and Senator Fisher, who was on the stand, step ped between the two men. Spedker Stanton hurried from the hall, and Mr. McDade assumed the gavel. An appeal from the decision of Speaker Stanton regarding adjournment was taken with. Representative McDade in the chair, but was lost because there was no quorum. The sergeant-at arms was. dispatched in search of Speaker Stanton. Failing to find hin the House, after fifteen minutes' wait, adjourned. During the uproar it is claimed that weapons were drawn. The ex citing finale of the session followed a day's filibuster by regular members who had spoken apparently against time to delay consideration of the law enforcement bills. At the morn ing session Representative Tester man, addressing himself to Repre sentative Foyston, had declared "You lie, you hound!" and had started to ward him when pinioned by five oth er members. Shouts of "Throw him out" and "He did not belong here," greeted Senator Fisher when he interposed between the speaker and Representa tive Mcflade and Senator Eisher was escorted from the hall by the ser geant-at-arms. Representative Bdjach dared members to' put him out, and also was led away by the sergeant-at arms. On Thursday afternoon as a pre caution against possible rioting over the so-called law enforcement bills, the Tennessee House of Representa tives cleared the capitol of all spec tators, including members of the Sen ate, which was not in sessio.n It did not require formal action of- the House to do this, as all the spectators left after being addressed briefly by Representative Macfarland, who sug gested that their presence in the gal eries '- anywhere in the capitol would seriously interfere .with the business of the House. Before leav ing, however, some of the visitors gained the assurance that detectives and others suspected of being armed likewise would leave the capitol. A squad of policement in the corridors left also. The faction opposing the passage of the so-called law enforcement bills, -which are designed to make more ef fective the .present prohibition laws, Thursday continued a filibuster against the measurer. Late in the day a petition signed by a majority of the House, it is claimed, urging Speaker Stanton to allow the bills to come to a vote, was ordered spread upon the journal. The House voted down a resolution providing that John Yeaman, a deputy game war den, be cited before the House for contempt. It is alleged Yeaman dis played a revolver during the uproar in the House Wednesday when sev eral speakers charged that gunmen were present. Robbed and Burned Out. Desperately wounded, James Ben nett, known as "The Hermit" was found in a clump of bushes near his burned home near Waycross, Ga., Wednesday. He had lain there since Saturday night, when he dragged himself from his burning home. OffI cers are searching for a negro, who Bennett says shot him, and then en raged because he did not find a large Isum of money the recluse was be lieved to have hidden in the house fired the building. Tillman Invited. At a meeting of the Chester County Fair association Wednesday morning it was unanimously decided to invite Senator B. R. Tillman to be the ora tor of the Chester county fair. It is believed that he will accept the invi tation. HOW TO FIGHT WEEVIL SO3E GOOD ADVICE SENT TO SOUTHERN FARMERS. Department of Agriculture Tells Them to Destroy the Stalks and Diversify the Crops. The department of agriculture at Washington is sending out -warnings to the farmers in the cotton belt, cautioning them against the spread of the boll weevil. It is also advising them through field agents how to de stroy and prevent the spread of the insect. "Destroy the cotton stalk ear ly in October, if possible," advises the department. "Destroy your stalks even if your less progressive neigh bor does not. It will pay. Clear off and burn all your rubbish on ditch banks and other hibernating places for the weevil. This'should be done early in the fall. "Do not plant cotton after cotton bit plant your cotton on land that has grown a heavy crop of cowpeas, velvet beans, lespedeza or some other leguminous crop to supply the land with nitrogen and vegetable matter. Break the land in the fall or early winter that is to be planted to cot ton next year. "Where sufficient teams and tools are available to plow under and com pletely bury the stalks this Bhould by all means be done. Where it is im possibe to plow the stalks under they should be uprooted, raked into wind rows and allowed to dry for a few days, they should then be burned. To prove the value of destroying the cotton stalks, the department con ducted experiments in Amite county, Mississippi, last year and the follow ing results are shown: "'On 117 acres where no stalks were destroyed but where all other nstructions of the government were followed, the average yield was 619 pounds of seed cotton per acre. On 28 acres where the stalks were de troyed before October 10, and the same cultural methods applied, the verage yield per acre was 1,050 pounds of seed cotton, or a gain of 41 pounds of seed cotton per'acre, worth at that time $17.64, was secur ?d by early fall destruction of stalks. [f it pays a few men $17.64 per acre to cut their cotton stalks before Octo ber 1.0, what would it mean to a county if every stalk in it were cut before October 10?' "On the other farms In the same county where none of the govern ent instruction was followed, it took from eight to ten acres to make , bale of cotton." SHOT BY HIS FRIEND Ehrhardt Young Man Victim of Dis tressing Acident. Mr. Monroe Kinard was shot Satur ay night near Ehrhardt by his friend Mdr. Hiers. Acording to the report, r. Kinard and his -friend, ,oseph Riers, both young business men of hrhardt, left Ehrhardt after busi aess hours Saturday night on bicycles for the homes of their parents in St. ohn's community, where they in tended spending the week-end. .By way of protection along the dark roads they had to travel, each carried a pistol. On the way, at a particular ly dark section of the road ,they de tided to fire their guns. Mr. Kinard s said to have fired several shots and Mr. Hiers endeavored to follow suit, but the pistol refused to act but later went off accidentally, the ball enter ing Mr. -Kinard's body, just below the heart and passing through the left Supporting Mr. Kinard, Mr. Hiers took him along the road in the direc tion they had come. They soon met Mr. Perry Kinard, who took his wounded brother in the buggy to the nearest neighbor's, where medical aid was summoned. The wound proved fatal, and at noon Sunday he died. Before his death it Is said that Mr. Kinard asked that no censure be at tached to Mr. Hiers, as the shooting was entirely accidental. TOAST WITH WATER. Drunk to President Wilson and Presi dent Poincare. A toast to President W~ilson and President Poincare and the tradition al friendship between France and the United States was drunk in water Monday night by Secretary Bryan and the visiting French commission selecting a site at the Panama-Pacific fair. The news leaked out when Maj. . 3. Dickinson, who was host, made a positive denial of a published story that Mr. Bryan had not drunk when the champagne glasses were raised for the toast, and that the French visitors were offended. Maj. Dick inson explained there was no cham pagne at the dinner, merely an old fashioned cocktail, which the French men had expressed a curiosity tc taste, and that as Mr. Bryan proposed the toast near the end of the dinner it was drunk with water. 'iDies Before Reunion. On the eve of reuniting his family from whom he had been separated for five years, Abraham Becker, forty-six years old. fell under a wagon Wed nesday night and was killed. Two months ago Becker sent to his wife n Russie the savings of years to bring her and their four children to this country. They are due next Mon Lockjaw Kills Two. Raymond Clee, five years old, and Catherine Flynn, aged seven, pupils in the public school of Morrisville, Pa., died of lockjaw Monday as the result of picking the wounds on theiu arms after having been vaccinated, The children were compelled under law to submit to vaccination at the opening of school. DIRTY MEAN flfHi IS MADE ON THE TIRES Ano I - DIRIT EDITOR MANY UES TOLD ON fil The Names of Mr. Weston ond Mr. Sims, Who Had Been Selected for District Attorney and Marshal for South Carolixa, Not Yet Sent in by the President. The Washingtoi correspondent of The Spartanburg Herald says "while it has been stated on apparently good authority, that Francis H. Weston, of Columbia, and J. L. Sims, of Orange burg, had been decided upon for the positions of United Ctgtes attorney and United States marshal, respec tively, for the district of South Caro lina, the nominations were not made Monday afternoon.as was expected. "The senate was in session only a few minutes Monday afternoon when it adjourned until Thursday. Neither Sen'tor Tillman nor Senator Smith, who are interested backers of candi dates for the two offices, has any thing to. say for publication. There are those familiar with the situation who state that the matter Is all fixed as announced 1y The Associate? Press dispatches of Saturday night, while others, apparently equally wel informed, declore that there are sur- - prises coming before the matter Is disposed of." The Washington correspondent'of The State says "witn both President Wilson and Secretary Tumulty sway from Washington Tuesday, there was' little for those interested in the -dis trict attorneyship and marshalship fight in South Carolina to do bit sit quietly by and await developments. While it is believed that Francis H. Weston will be nominated for the first named place and James L. Sims for the latter, as stated in press dis patches, there is a possibility that there may -be no nominations Thurs day and that a third man for the dis trict attorney's place and some one other than Mr. Sims for thaf of mar shal may be submitted. "The reason for this assumption Is that so many friends of the respective candidates have visited the White House that it may be possiblethat the president will call for a new deal til around and ask that other names be submitted. This was some of the talk that was heard Tuesday, although Senator Tillman would not discuss pointed." Letter from Mr. Shelton Smith." There are'a half dozen or more candidates in Washington be sieging the President and Attorney General begging for the ma h ' Mr. Sims is the only candidate so far against whom a fight has develop ed. One W. J. Shelton gave The State's Washington correspondent the following correspondence regarding his position in reference to charges against Mr. Sims for operating .a ne gro paper. Letter from Senator Till man to Mr. Shelton datedSepteinber 8 as follows: "I have your letter of.... the 1st instant. Senator Smith ad E have agreed about the United States marshal and Mr. Sims will be ap pointed." Letter from Mr. Shelton to Senator Smith under date of -Sep tember 12: "Inclosed you will find copy of let ter from Senator Tillman stating he and you had agreed on Sims for Unit. ed States marshal for South Carolina and he would be appointed. In talk ug with Hon. Pringle Youmans, he said he had letters from the State senator and sheriff of Wiliahsburg county, stating that ,Sims had beenl employed by a negro State senator to operate a Republican paper In said county In the early seventies. Said' letters are now-on file in the United States district attorney's Qfie in' Washington, D. C., with the applica tion of Pringle Youmans for the posi- - tIon of United States marshal.'. This Is an absolute unmitigated lie and as Senator Tillman, Smith and Attorney-eneral McReynolds. have been furnished with proof to that ef fet it will not have any effect on Mr. Sims' chances to land the marshal ship. If he loses out, It will be for some other cause, and not because such a slanderous lie has been con cocted against him. This is the way the matter stands at present.~ The President may send In Mr. Sims' name today, if he does Mr. Sims feels sure that he will be confirmed. Mr. Sims has made a clean, open fight for~ the place. He has made charges against no one. SUICIDES ON TRAIN. Note Pinned on Her Waist Give Di rections for Funeral. - Mrs. Oscar Golden, of Doerun, Ga., committed suicide on a Georgia northern 'passenger train Monday morning by taking carbolic acid. She left a note saying she got on-a train to take the poison to insure escape from medical attention. In the note, which was pinned on her waist, Mrs. Golden gave minute direction as .t her funeral even naming the minister she wished to officiate, and asking that she be burled in a white shroud. - "Give the sixty cents in my purse to my two sons," she wrote. Accord ig to relatives, she had shown sIgns. of insanity for some time, and her ~ husband was considering sending her to a sanitarium. Waited Long Time. R. S. Hall, seventy years of age, a retired farmer of Breckenbridge, M~..f and Mrs. L. H. Carr, sixty-four years old, of HartsvlleO, Ind., who were en gaged to wed fifty years ago, obtained marriage licence at Kansas City