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VILLA 13 LOOTINI RO OMEES TELL SThRY OF SAK INO OF GHIHUAHUA FOREIiNERS IN ANiER American and German ConsuLs Are Disregarded by Rebel Commander in His Seizure--Spaniards Are the Worst Sufferers Although All For elgners Have to Contribute. Americans, Germans and Spaniards who arrived at El Paso, Texas, Sun day from Chihuahua, Mexico, report thaL Francisco Villa. the rebel leader, virtually has constituted himself dic tator there and that he refused to heed the request of representatives of foreign governments. The refugees asserted that the rebel leader had seized $5,000,000 worth of property belonging to for eigners. had put to death about 20 Mexican civilians, including Sergeic Sanchez, a lawyer and former State official, and -had commanded the American, German and' British- con suls to obey rebel orders. The hap penings- in Chihuahua since Villa oc cupied the city on its evacuation by the federal troops were told by the refugiees who numbered 1,000. Villa seized a large department store valued at $1,500,000 and owned by French. German, English and Spanish interests, but chiefly by Span ish and placed in command of the store Gen. Chao. a rebel leader. He also seized a brewery, a clothing fac tory and all the grocery and other stores owne4 by Spaniards valued at $3,500,000. He called a meeting of merchants of all nationalities and told them they must pay him large sums of money. aggregating several millions dollars. to support the revolution. He gave orders that the so-called Constitution alist money should be zccepted as currency. Marica Letcher. United States con sul, was asked by the foreigners to protect them. Mr. Letcher attempt ed to send a cipher message to the state department but was informed by Villa that no cipher messages would be permitted on the rebel tele -graph. Villa then informed the for eign consuls in a body that they would have to obey rebel orders. Otto Kueck, the German consul protested to Villa against the exac tion of ,tribute from Germahs. Villn threatened Kneck, saying the latter would be escorted to the border is be persisted in his protest. A store in which Kueck was interested was re quired to pay $30.000. All homes and property of the expelled Span lards were appropriated to the per sonal use of the rebels. The expulsion of Spanish nuns and .priests were complete except that the bishop, a Spaniard. was allowed to remain. Villa's attitude toward the *consuls was hostile," a German cloth inlg merchant said. "The German -colony went to Mr. Kueck for protee tion. Mr. Kueck went to Villa with a protest. Villa said: 'I can not shoot you. but I can escort you to the border.' Kueek replied he would re * main in Chihuahua as long as there was a German citizen there." The situation resulted in a confer -ence of rebel leaders at Juarez, at which it was explained that Villa. be nug a military commander, rather than the head of a civil government. had acted without sufficient advice. It was decided that Gen. Carranza *-should be asked to Immediately start for'Chihuahua. where hereafter he might determine the future policies of the revolution, after personal con ferences with Villa. The meeting decided that Villa, by his acts toward foreigners, had pre cipitated a serious situation. From -Gen. Benavades, rebel commander at Tuares, came the explanation that while the rebels regarded Spaniards as supporters of Huerta and, there fore, enemies of the revolution, all other foreigners would be given full protection. Gen. Villa's order, how ever, was explicit, that he would not guarantee protection to Spaniards. and that they would have to leave the country within ten days on pain of serious consequences. As indicating their fear of Villa, 478 citizens of Spain, most of them wealthy merchants of Chihuahua. - 'Sunday arrived on a special train aL Juarez and immediately sought safe ty on the United States side of the river. They were accompanied by Federico Moye, who was civil govern or after the Federal evacuation ot Chihuahua. Some of the refugees, reputed to be millionaires, were without money. They reported that technically they had left their property in the hands of Henry Scobell, British vice con sul, but that really Villa had taken possession of It. Forty-seven Federal soldiers, who had been left on police duty in Chi huahua after the evacuation and who were allowed to accompany the 5r.n ish refugees, were arrested by Gen. Hugh L. Scott, of the U'nited States army, as they crossed the border. PARDON MILL STILL GRINDS. Another Man-Killer Turned Loose by Governor Blease. James G. Seigler, the well known white farmer of Aiken county, who shot and killed Officer Patterson on the streets of Aiken and was tried in June cf last year. found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary, was Friday afternoon paroled by Governor Blease on condition of good behavior. Seig ler was paroled during October to let him go home and try and save his property, whIch was being sold under foreclosure of mortgage. He is said to have been worth $60,000 before' his trouble, but It is stated that his trial cost him the larger portion of his wealth. He returned to the peni tentiary on the 1st of December to resume his sentence. Rebels Repulsed. After four days of fighting the Me' Ican federal garrison at the seaport of Tampico reinforced by the arrival of gunboats with troops. amnunition~ and dynamite Sunday drove theat tacking Constitutionaliste out of aROR GAVE HIM CHANCE 'LEr.K'S EIROR FOUND WRICI KEPT MAN FREE. ileanwhile Convicted Mia Has "Made Good" .tnd the Question of Punish ment Worries Chicago. The error of a filing clerk-in thei )fllce of Judge Brentano in Chicago i seven years ago, kept Joshua Ted ord, a former policeman. from the penitentiary and gave him a chance :o begin life anew. To-day he is sup ?rintendent and iman7ger of one of :he largest men's furnishing stores in hicago. But now the error which -ept him from prison has been dis ,ov.ered and the prison doors are awning for the man who had appar Intly lived down his crime. The case s one of the most unusual on record, nvolving the old problem of "social :s. legal justice." The error which kept Ted ford from o prison was very simple. When the fi rnandate from the Supreme court was returned to Chicago. a new clerk slip- i ped the papers into a pigeonhole in- st tiend of handing them to the trial I udge. In this pi2eonhoie of fate the IN papers rested until a few days ago b hen a vindictive lawyer. accused il Judge Bretano of partiality towards 11 redford. An investigation revealed ij the paper and the case will now be ! andled according to legal precbedeat. Joshua Tedford was a policeman. k Tn 1904 he was convicted on a chargeb of conspiracy -to defeat justice by sending away Mabel Lewis. a witness: for the State in a case against Wil :C, hlam Hickey, charged with burglary. ie was sentenced by Judge Pretano to serve from one to five years in the penitentiary. Counsel for Tedford appealed thei verdict and the convicted man was allowed to remain at liberty under t'onds while the case dragged its way f through the Appellate and Supreme f courts. In February. 1906. the Su ,reme Court affirmed the verdict and. but for the error in filina Tedford would have been sent to prison. . After his trial and admission to n bail Tedford went to the clothing store and sought a position as floor' detective. He told of his conviction ,nd appeal. and w-is hired. The man ii!ers of the store felt that he had heen "railroaded by the police aang." "e applied himself to business and -!vanced faster than his Pmployers -ould advance his wages until he fi n-lly became manager and superin endent and was entrusted with all he afairs of the business. His employers declare no bad check T 2ver gets by Tedford at he knows the -ocks and cannot be duped. His riends declare he has accomplished " r hin-self a more comtnlete reform 'han comes from the usual long term -f imprisonment and they are circu . :irg a petitton for his pardon. NEGRO KILTS WHITE MAN. ~tabs Mill Operative to Dea~th With c Knife. At Anderson on Friday Ollie Kin t ard. a white man, employed in the rame room of the Orr Cotton Mills. was stabbed to death by Will White. t negro, employed in the picker room of the same mills. Death was instan-' taneous. Testimony adduced at the inquest is to the effect that Kinard had been drinking and that he,.i company with two friends, met White and asked him to ac'company them to the woods. Kinard is said to have tensed the negro until the negro be car.ae angry, and without warning drew his knife and stabbed Kinard to the heart. White ran off, but was captured, and Is in the county jail. 1 About half past 8 o'clock Friday night between fifty and sexenty-five men gathered on Church street, near the county jail, while three of themn according to report, went to the jail door and made demand on Sherim Ashley for Will White, the negro who is charged with having stabbed -to death Ollie Kinard at Orr Mill village Friday afternoon. The men, who, it is claimed, were recosgnized by the sheriff when he answered the alarm at the d'oor, told the offncer. it is said, that they had come for White; that. he (Sheriff Ashley) could make a big bluff to convince the public that he tried to save the negro from them, and that the crowd could then take the negro. Sheriff Ashley replied forcibly, itc is said, saying that there is no bluffc in him, that he has sworn to protect the prisoners and that he intended doing so with all his might. Hie told them further that they wouldn't g the negro unless they did so over hist dead body. The three men withdrew, one of them remarking that they would be back later that nieht, it is said. The crowd dispersed soon after.t It was rumored there at 10 o'clockt that a crowd had gathere just south of t'he city, but the sheriff and his deputies did not give the story any credence. The sheriff has tihe jail well barricaded, having called in: four of his deputies and two of thee city policemen. They are well forti-' fed. NEGRO STRUNG UP. Man Found Under Woman's Bed in State of Florida., Henry White, a young negro, was lynhed at Campville, Fia., at a late hour Friday night after he had been discovered under the bed in a young white woman's room. Several young men were calling on the young wo man when they heard a noise in the bed room. Upon investigation the rw gro was found. A rope was secuxed and he was strunmg up near the house The rope broke and the negro P211 to the ground, buit he was promptly rid dIed with bullets, his body being found early this morning. Sentenced to Walk 73 Miles. Edward Leo and John Nolan, 1 7-.p year-old boys of New Yo'.: city. who ran away from home, we2re orrested at Middletown. N. T'., en a charge of illeal train riding. They were re-h eased on their promisrr to walk the 7 mniks' back to their h'ame- r Helples M1an F-ell into Fir. Friling intio an open fire wThen r e .ndlyin on the heart~h, his facef ',rrred ~o '. : - 'ALE O 0N LUJR R[EN IY 3NATOR F. D. SMITH STRESSES NEES bF FARMERS H01AD BE CONSIDERD Speaki.-g Before the United States Senate the Junior Senator Ap proves Democratic Measure asl First One That Has Given Real Es tale Proper Place. Senator E. D. Smith of South Caro na, discussing the question of the rners' needs and financial neces ties, said Monday in the course of e debate on the administration cur 'ney bill: "The president recognizes the need legislation to enable the farmer to ance his business. He says: 'We mst add the means by which the rmers may make his credit con antly and easily available and com and when he will the capital by hich to support and expand his siness.' No stronger terms than lese can be used: in this expression e covers completely the exact ob ction which all financial legislation, p to the present and including this ill, has striven to do for what is nown technically as 'commercial' usiness. "The conditions under which the irmer produces *is commercial mmodities, by the.laws of nature, re different from those of any other ommercial productivity. By the very ature of things he is forced to aI >nger period of credit without anp tervening marketable return. As he president sa'ys, he is dependent pon the seasons which can rot be orced during the period necessary or the growth, maturity and harvest ig of his crops. A constant outlay absolutely necessary. This time or the production of staple farm roducts, averages from six to eight onths. "le, therefore, is forced, by the nehangeable nature of his business. obtain his loans for this length of ine. A 90-day loan either would .ave to be renewed under the present ystem or the farmer be forced to btain it elsewhere than under the resent proposed banking act. Under he conditions set forth, it means all ccumulations of Indebtedness, repre enting the cost of the production of is entire crop and the c ' of har -estin g. This indebtednt.es. extend ng over a period of six or eight aonths. naturally becomes due and nayable when his crop is ready for he market. Under present conditions te has to pay the highest rate of in erest when he secures a loan for aking his crop. and these loans be oming due when his crop is gathered nd ready for the market, he is forc d to sell practically his entire pro luction within a period of 30 to 90 lays in order to meet his obligations. "Hence, he is handicapped both in he production and sale of his crop. Iis paper not being recognized as rdinary prime commercial paper is lisounted at the highest possible egal rate, if he is able to obtain a oan at all, and then his crop when eady for market necessarily must be old, regardless of the law of supply nd demand, in order to meet these >bligations. In other words, ie armers of this country, in order to net the obligations incurred in pro lucing their crop, have to put upon he market a 1 2-months' supply of arm products wIthin 30 to 90 days. t is inevitable under such conditions hat the purchasers or the buyers of here products, having to carry them or the next 12 months for distribu icn, discount the price and all ex >enses incident to the risk incurred n carrying them, and then charge that profit they think sufficient to -emunerate them. Therefore, as I tavo just said, the farmer is handi -apped, both in the production and ale of his crops. It is to remedy his condition that the government hould address itself. An Important Part. "The farm is an intimate and vital art, in fact, the essential part, of very nation's life and prosperity. This is a trite saying, but none the ess true because so often repeated. \nd whatever tends to improve the onditions surrounding the farm, fa ilitate production, aid in supporting nd expanding the business and as ists in wise and1 profitable market nur. tends to the uphuilding and en ihment of the nation. In view of he relation that the farm bears to very department of our life every frt should be used to promote very facility for obtaining loans for he farmer suflicient for the produc ion of his crop and the marketing of tto the best advantage. "As saidh before, the farm differs romn every other business. A d:1y's ~rdt'tion from a mine is ready for he mark~e: to meet the expense in urred in that day's production: the mtput of a lumber mill is ready at he end of the (lay for shipment and icidation of the debt incurred in rducting ti:at day's output. "Th~e samte is true of the factory nd mercantile buzsiness: in fact. very:~ other form of commercial a"c ivit y. And all of thoe have to wai mo tho farm far their sustenance na c'omfrt, and the farmetr has t~o o !:as a ri::ht to dcmand r'e'azni on, 'rem'nt rOecuentiont. in the nan.I! Be-iat ion of Amrin. We o rot heanz to thore nations of r '''oac io triorl tarest unai!this :ountry would be solved. "In this bill some measure of re ief may be looked for. It is provid ad that certain prime commercial paper is to be made the basis of cur-i rency issue, thus providing an addi tional, if temporary, increase in the circulating medium to meet the re quirements of trade. This, of course, will tend to grve opportunity for loans elsewhere than in our banking and currency system of sufficient length of time to meet the require ments of the farmers. Hence, the farmer will be indirbetly the benefi ciary perhaps of a system in which he should have been the beneficiary directly. "I am going to vote for the bill, be lieving that it Is a first step in the right direction, with a hope and faith that from time to time there will be such amendments and modifications as the needs of the agricultural in terests may demand. I fully appre ciate that at this time there might arise some embarrassment perhaps with those time notes extended for a longer period than specified in this bill. "Necessarily there must be change and readjustment and these should be as easy and successful as possible. Reserves are to be established, de posits and credits built up, gold and other securities accumulated and the system gotten into working shape. and then perhaps, and I hope in the near future. the farmers of this country may find an adequate way of meeting all of their needs under the proposed system when established, amended and developed. A Real Departure. "This bill also for the first time in our banking history recognizes real estate as a bonding collateral. This also is of great benefit to the agricul tural int,-ests of the country. It maker 'ble the financial resources or. .. ader this bill for the ben et a. os. who wish to realize upon th. capital. Before this, tho: :ished to use their landed propert as collateral for its develop ment were dependent upon such loans as they could negotiate outside the law governing national banks and the resources controlled by the na tional laws - This is one of the most important features of this bill and is a recognition of the value of the property upon which the entire na tion depends and upon which the fzrnier necessarily is dependent. "The great cry has been 'back to the farm'. The agricultural depart ment is spending millions of dollars for the development of agricultural interests. All of this may avail some thing. but until agriculture is reliev ed from the financial handicap under which it is now laboring, until it is placed upon a financial footing with the other commercial and industrial activities of thc country. the condi tion now obtaining will become no better and the high cost of living be come more acute as the years go by. "It Is Idle to talk about getting young men of education and ability to engage in a pursuit in which credit and the means of obtaining it are I doubtful and uncertain, and the pro ducts of which are forced upon the market, regardless of price, in order to meet the obligations incurred In their production, President Wilson says: 'And yet the farmer does nol stand upon the same footing with the forester, and the miner in the mar ket of credit ** * the securit3 he gives is of a character not known n the broker's office or as famillia s it might be on the counter o1 the bankers.' "In the same connection he said: 'Our thoughts may ordinarily be con centrated upon the cIties and the hives of industry, upon the cries o1 the crowded market place and the clangor of the factories, but it is from the quiet interspaces of the open val eys and the free hillsides that we draw the sources of life and prosper. ity.' It is for this reason that the an cient cry of unrest all over the coun try comes up against the inequalities in wealth, and it is the most potent reason for the political unrest thai characterizes conditions to-day. While Money Shrinks. "In the last 130 years the percent age of increase in agricultural pro ducts has been 97.1, while the in crease in money circulation has been but 72.6 per cent.: a di'ference be tween the relative increase of the wo of about 25 per cent: more In agricultural products than in circu ating medium. When the fact is taen into consideration that a very small per cent. of the entire capital of the country is used under our pres ent system for the purpose of produc ing and marketing our agricultural products, it wvill be seen how inade cuate are the means for financing this great -Tustry and establishing con ilience lxf Its certain remiuneration. "The greatest per cent. of the ac tual capital of this country is concen trated in the great centres of trade and used for purposes of speculation and gambling in stocks. bonds, and even in agricultural products them selves--a use of capital which adds not one dollar to the material deyvel onment and welfare of the country. it is for the following reason, among others. that I shall support the bill. It seeks to establish regional banks, to decentralize this dangerous con centration of capital in the few great centres of speculation and gambling, and to place the money of the coun try where these who are engaged in legitimate industry may secure ade quate accommodlations at all times. "I favor tile establishment of eight rgional banks, even though the ac commodatiorns that they may be able to extondl to the industries in the re gions in which they may be placed, may not at first be as great as may now be received from sonme of the present reserve centres. But they will become the neuclel of the wealth of the different sections in which they are located, and. I believe, rapidiy increase that wealth. With wise ad ministration. I preict the rapid de~ vepment of the latent resources of t~ee sections. resulting from the es talihment of these regional banks. Equaliu~es Conditions. "Net only. does this provision of right reserve centres tend to decen tr-lize ca'pital and equalize conditi6ns of opportunity in the country, but it willt aid pownrfutlly in the develop et of the latent resources of each rin It necessarily tends5 to make th capital of each of these sections an-migrtory. It retains the weaith o eachs *etion for the benefit of the retion in which the wealth is pro :cd: It makes the money of eacn m eein available for the development of the resources of that section; it so ut.lesm i tb+t it may not be tansk COTTON BEING GINNED ORANGEBURG LEADS COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA. S Federal Figures Place Anderson and Spartanburg in Next Places for Ginnings Up to December 1. Cotton ginned in South Carolina during the present season, prior to 9 December 1, amounted to 1,160,815 bales, or 119,126 bales more than for the same period last year, according to figures given out by the United States census bureau in annoancing the ginning by counties up to Deceg her 1. Orangeburg county agaifn leads, with 67,336 bales, Anderson o coming next with 60.807 bales, and c Spartanburg third with 58,47. Tie ' three counties ginning the snilest i number of bales to December 1 are: t Georgetown, 3,080; Jasper, 5,599. and Beaufort, 6,218. 9 Ginning by counties, counting 1 round as half bales, and no-; inclid- f ing linters, follows: County. 1913. 1912. Abbeville .. .. 27,103 24,756 Aiken .. .... 42,032 32,268 Anderson .. .. 60,807 46,588 I Bamberg .. .. 24,092 17,051 i Barnwell .. .. 49,811 38,039 N Beaufort .. .. 6,218 4,470 < Berkeley .. .. 11,682 9,394 - Calhoun .. .. 23,044 17,989 1 Charleston. .. 11,217 6,628 Cherokee.... 15,145 12,169 Chester .. .. 26,965 27,787. Chesterfield .. 24,326 27,223 1 Clarendon.. .. 35,009 30,619 Colleton .. .. 16,935 12,503 Darlington . 31,0792 35,930 Dillon... . . . 2.9,975 34,269 i Dorchester. 14,772 11,244 1 Edgefield .. .. 27,972 24,104 Fairfield .. .. 20,741 22,484 Florence .. .. 37,427 33,352 Georgetown .. 3,080 2,61 Greenville. .. 34,600 27,328 Greenwood. .. 25,630 26,468 Hampton .. .. 16,937 12,555 Horry .. .. .. 7,736 7,956 Jasper.. .. ... 5,599 4,333 Kershaw .. 22,933 23,484 Lancaster . 19,571 22,461 Laurens .. 36,642 31,611 Lee. ....... .21G 1 ,501 e::ngton.. . 22,!72 18,044 Marion. .. 15.673 16.508 Marlboro .. . . 44.'29 57,948 Newberry .. .. 32,299 29,194 Oconee. .... 16.369 11,446 Orangnburg .. 67,336 50,s'7 Pickens..... 14,626 9,730 Richland .. . . 19,45 18,361 1Saluda.. .. .. 21,566 21,129 Spartanburg .. 58,473 49,166 Sumter. .... 35,240 31,114 Union . .......16,819 15,327 Williamsburg . 21,484 19,938 York .... . . .33,482 34,662 Total. .. ..1,160,815 1,041,689 WAS STILL IN THE JAIL. When Governor Blease Turned Him Loose. A dispatch -from Sumter says the release of T. Birnie Cangnman by Covernor Please has been much d is cused there on the street and there seems to be general dissatie faction among the people that a parole should have been granted, especially so soon after the killing took place and before Caughmnan commenced to serve his sentence. Since his convic tion in October, Caughman has been kept in the county jail awaiting the, result of an appeal to the State Su preme Court for a new trial. Thursday night, when notified of his parole, Caughman requested per misjsion to remain in jail over nigh., as he was without-funds and had no place in town to which he could go. Friday morning he came up street, where he met and spoke to a number of friends and acquaintances, visited the barber shop and then returned to Ithe jail: until time for his train to leave for his home at Smithvlle, Lee county, about fifteen miles north of Sumter. Caughiman has never seemed to realize the seriousness of the offence of which he was convicted and his demeanor changed little when he was told that he had been granted his freedom. Bateman, who was killed by Caughman, was a stanch Blease man,. and many of his friends, it is understood. who are also Blease par tisans, deem the governor's action as unwarranted. In fact, one of them stated Friday that he and several more he knew of who had always votcd for Blease in the past, would never do so again. (Thief of Police John R. Sumter stated Friday morning, when a.sked if he had signed the petition for len iccy for Caughman said that he :ost certainly had not. Mr. Thomas S. Sumter stated that he had signed the petition out of friendship for a osin of Caughmaen's, but that it *sttedl that Caughmnan was to be iven his freedom after hie had served a reasonable time. ferrd to thle great centres of specu 'on and gambling. I, for nyself, \'uld he willing to nay a hizh:er rate of int'rest and suffer a temp~oraryi ack of capitol. In order to see these eiht res'rve banks established'; be iving, as I do. that they wi:l uiti mately result in the development of the rndeveloped resources of the na "nd:er our present system. all1 see' tins of the country have horn but tributary feeders to the few fi'lancial (ct r*s. making possible tihe bu:ilding 1m of the colossal fortunes of the few: rendering easy means for the. rhrnm.ful s'aeculations which have dirar-ed our market placrs, and nakhr~g possible the floating cof col esal scheme's that have der'royedh comottion essential to the healhhy growih of our industries. T!:y have lrnrd from every quarter of thae country the capital so sorely need'd for the development of its vast re sources. "This bill provides further than in ties of emergency the assete of the cunry, the real wealth of tio' (cun trp. may be used as a basi- of eir clation, miaking the possiblity of the recurrence of disastrous panie s, re'ote, if not wvholly im;ssible. Should it establish confidenen' h~ the ability of co-operation bety;cen the, bks and the government in making safe tile commerce of the naion, it will furnish a solution of the most vexing problems that now ccafront ta Amean people." CURRENCY DEBATE ENSTOR SMITH PUTS INTO IT SOME NEW FEATURES 'IIURES BACK REPORT enator Holds Attention of the Sen ate on Credits and Needs of Com mercial life in America-Increase of Production Overshadows In crease of Circulating Medium. Severely criticising the inadequacy f the present currency law, Senator mith, in a speech in the Senate 'hursday, held that gold and govern aent bonds were at present the only asis of issue; that prime commercial aper in addition to the gold and the overnment bonds, was absolutely ecessary in view of the increase of arm productions which amounted tc S per cent. for the past decade, vhile that of the circulating medium vas only 11 per capita for the past ecade. The Senator strongly criticised the lepublicans for not having eracted n their regime an adequate law b3 rhich the credits and the needs ol ommercial life in America would al LII times and undet all circumstance e met by an adequate circulating edium. With a table piled higi :!th statisticse, Senator Smith helc ihe attention of the Senate, while h( njected new features into the cur ency debate. The Senator first called attentloi o the cotton increase by citing tha n 1900 the value of the increase wa! more than double the value in tei rears. The South Carolina Senato: 'hen read to the Senate a mass of fig ures whereby be effectually an( -learly pointed out that in addition ti :otton all farm products, mining pro ducts,. manufacturing products ani ommercial products had increasei in varying amounts during the pas 10 years, while the amount of in rease of the crculating medium wa hardly worth consideration. Senator Smith ther cited figures t shLow the increased population an Le actual increase of money durn the past census period. From th data, be drew skilful comparisons t demonstrate on what "thin ice th American people were traveling." Comparing the amount of mone in circulation in 1865 to the amoun now In ciroulation and the value o the crops of that year to those of th present year, Senator Smith said tha unless the amount of money was io creased to a sufficient amount tha the commercial and farming interest might conduct their business withou inconvenience, ruin would confron the nation. The large amounts cf money store in the reserved centers, particularl in New York, Chicago and St. Loul: which are used for speculating pui poses, was declared unnecessary t the classes and of harm to th masses. The value of the incremer of railroads and their earnings wa discussed in detail. "The acutla products of America I wealth is outstripping beyond th available circulating medium, eve where tse money is equitably diffu: ed, that is, if each branch or divisio of our industries were to get a pr at,, :lhare according to the lawc sp;iy and demnand of the circulatin medium, on account of the infiexibi ity of the present banking and cui rency system, there Is not a sufficier amount of money to guarantee fait and confidence to meet the expandin trade; theref6,re, I want to state the it is the duty of the government t provide a safe and adequate law b whIch the credits and the needsC agricultural and commercial life ca at all times and under all circun stances by an ample circulating me dium. Senator Smith then commented c the safety of the proposed increas by stating: "Thirty-five per cent.C the loan secured by gold or by gol enent bonds in addition to the 10 per cent. Secured by prime comme1 ciril paper is certainly enough for an reaonable man. It is necessary. fc the prosperity of the nation, that th) bill be passed." In concluding his speech, Senat( Smith cited the trials the farmer e: peiences in the financing of his crol with the following: "As nature ca not be forced-it takes nine month to produce a staple crop in Americ: This means that the cost incident t production must wait nine month for liquidation. The value of th produce depends largely on a forc beyond the control of man- It ca never be calculated, discountedc foretold--this force consists of tb seascus, and the uncertainty of th labor supply. The supply, if itb ket up to the demand, must be prol erly financed, so there will be an it ducement for its Increment." KILED AT HIS DOOR. Left Dead With Twenty Wounds i His Body. Miike Laporta war 'alled to his doc in the South Side &. the Italian qual tr of Chicago, Sunday by criesc "Hurry, your brother is dying.' A mc mnt later he was struggling wit three men who left him dead with 2 stab wounds in his body. Antoni Laporta. the brother came home soo after the police arrived. Hie said he knew who had kille ike, but when questioned about th ientity of the assassins he replied "It is my affair, I will find them." Lr porta ,aid the murder was the resul of a Sicilian feud of 20 years dure tion. "My7 brother was not the first he will not be the last," Laporta add Plan to Head On' Boll Weevil. Clovernment entomologists hav warned farmers in South Carolin that the boll weevil may reach th State in two years. They are wart c-I to takec all precautions against th p-st ars its ravages, with norma cops, will cause a loss of fror $50A0.000 to $30.000,000. Uad Concealed Weapons. At a hearing of a strike case a Caumet, Mlich., the witnesses de manded that those in the crowdei Cr:rt room be searched for weaponi Wena the Justice told the bailiff t< seek for weapons twelve men rusho. 4 BAKINGOf F Absolutel Absolutely has A Many mixtures a substitutes for Ro baking powder is composition or eff so wholesome an nor will make st Royal is the only Bak from Royal Grape ( WILL EFFECT REFORMS I G. 0. P. INTERPRETS HANDWRIT ING ON WALL. )Basis of Representation is Changed in Response to Demand Created V Since 1912 Convention. After five hours of debate the Re publican national committee Tuesday night determined that it was clothed with ample power to readjust the composition of the party's national conventions and had authority to make reforms in convention rules and procedure that have been de manded by many elements since the convention of 1912 and the Demo cratic victory at the polls last Novem- th ber. in 3 With little bitterness and po tang- d< ible evidence that differences which iti arose over methods could not be re- ec conciled, the committee took steps pc which have been agitated in the party ca for 30 years and which have been th vital factors in many exciting conven 8 tions in Its later days. w Without a dissenting vote the com- te mittee decided to make a change in cc t the basis of representation in nation- st al conventions, which will greatly af- or fect Sout'hern states; gave full recog- tr t nition to the principle of-the primary cE in the election of delegates to such si t conventions, approved laws regarding no such elections and by several states u, t which provide that all delegates be b: t selected at large, and accepted the principle that delegates properly ac- p, d credited by state authorities shall be cc Y placed on the temporary convention ti roll. no The only difference of opinion that In 0developed was over the question of m the machinery used to effect the re- sa ~forms. Of the 49 committeemen who F voted on the one roll call taken, 14 'w favored the calling of a special con- cc vention to bring about these changes, R eand 35 declared themselves opposed. tl SAfter this ballot, progress was mark- ti ed by a friendly spirit, with an ex- hi ~pressed desire to harmonize and to *y face the "common political enemy" m fwith a reunited and solidified party. te gThe resolution adopted expressed le -the party's faith in primary election of delegates and in the right of a s tstate to choose them at large, but de- cc itails of 'the method of reducing ci southern representation were left to ti a special subcommittee. ti 0It was predicted that It would h: favor a compromise between the plan ri ifadvocated by the Republican congres- m sional committee and by Chairman 15 -Hilles and other leaders. This plan tu ~would provide for four delegates at ~ large from each state, one from each congressional district and additional F delegates from each congressional ifdistrict where the Republican vote -bears a 'certain ratio to the entirer vote.J With the adoption of the report of ri this subcommittee. the national com- T~ mittee will adjourn probably until t1 1916. In bringing in a plan for re- a duced representation the subcommit rtee will suggest how the plan shall be t ratified by the Republican voters in e .all states.w The much talked of referendum, vi requiring that the plan must be ap- m y proved by Republicans in states yr which cast two-tgir..s "f the totalw party vote in 1908, was still in favor pi eat Tuesday night's meeting. Debate, le during the day practically was lim- n< aited to a discussion of the number ofw a special national congention. HIUERTA CLA~ISM3ILLION. 1 Mexican Resident Says He Can Secure 0 That Many Soldiers. r bl Replying to a letter sent him by the correspondent of the Frankfurter Zeitung, a German newspaper. Pres-t ident H-uerta said that if it should be come necessary he could put into ser rvice immediately more than 1,000. 000 armed men. This statement he ~explained as follows: "Without counting the 150,000 tl men of the national army, the gov ernment in agreement with various' states of the republic have organized an armed force for the local service r of 1,800O men for each state. Also dthe government has arranged with 52.000 hacIeneados (farmers) that they keep ten armed workmen each -for their own protection.0 "Thus, then, the government counts upon the number of armed men aggregating seven hundred and -some thousand without taking Into tc consideration the reserves, which to the number of 300.000, could be or-t genized. if the peace of the country eshould be disturbed." eWhite Man Kills White Man. At Fork Shoals in Greenville coun- h, a'ty Saturday afternoon Clyde Willis. he .1a young farmer, shot and killed Alex y, aPruitt, a farmer and blacksmith. Tm- br mediately following the tragedy Wil lis camne to the city and surrendered to the sheric. -Pardons Another Negro. Friday Governor Blease turned w: loose Henry Richardson, colored, who pr was convicted of statutory burglary hi 1at Greenville in September. 1913. and . of OWDER FPare go substitute re offered as yal. No other the same in ectiveness, or d economical, ch fine food. ng Powder made rean of Tartar 8EUL AT LAST CCE USELESS EIFFEL TOWER IS WIRELESS CENTER. AST NETWORK OF WIRES veral Years Ago About to be Torn Down Eifel Tower Has Now a Splendid Plant Where a Maze of Machines Makes it the World's Wireless Center. The famous Eiffel Tower, of Paris, e highest steel structure of its kind the world, was about to be torn wn several years ago on account of. uselessness. To-day*it is regard as one of France's most valuable >ssessions. The French capital, be .ue -of the Eiffel Tower, has become .e wireless center of the world. Underneath the Champ de Mars, in hich the tower stands, a vast sub rianean wireless plant has- been nstructed. Its presence is scarcely spected by the passer-by, for -its ily entrance is little more than a apdoor in the ground, partly con- . aled by a clump of trees. But tould he attempt to approach too ar the little iron staircase leading 2derground, he will find his waY irred by soldiers. Below ground, amid a maze of ssages, gigantic machines and a tinual crackling and flashing of e wireless, a corps of military engi ers and electrical experts are work g day and night to perfect instru ents on the accuracy of whose mes ges Iin wartime may depend rance's victory or defeat, and, on hich also will depend the adequate -operation of the allied army of ussia. It was in his laboratory ere that Prof. Henry Abraham, of e Sarbonne, talked to-day of what s work as a member of the French ~ireless Mission sent by tlie govern ent to Washington, will be. Pro ssor Abraham will not. join his col agues until late in October. "During our work at Arlington last ring," said he, "we succeeded in >-operation with our American asso ates in establishing the relative me of Washington and Paris within e tenth of a second. Since then we ve been able to Improve greatly the ~ceiving and recording of wireless essages. We expct now to estab th the time of Washington to within ie hundredth of a second, and as a irt of this result the longitude of ashington as related to Paris. rance will later send missions to the :hr principal nations with the ob et of establishing a similar accu icy in the relative times:. Once this ork Is accomplished, the world will ceive time signals from the Eiffel ower and will be able to' register iem to within the hundredth of a ~cond. "This effort for accuracy to within t hundredth of a second has requir--I I a tremendous improvement In the ireless apparatus and a great ad ince in clock-making. Two of the .ost Important pieces of the equip ent which we shall take to America ill be chronometers of such extreme ecision that after being set before aving France they are relied upon t to vary appreciably during the hole of our time in America. "We shall use photography in reg tering Eiffel Tower signals for fix theo et lonsitude of Washing 'n. \'e --r"a 4- at an accuracy. a hunAtedith I-art of a second by cans of a fin revolving at a fixed ite of sp'oed and a iunninlous spot in enced by the wireless ,mesges tregistering the speed of radio aves. I have sucoeded in dividing e second into 40.'000 parts. Expe ences so far on the speed of wire ss waves tend to show that they avel at the same speed as light, omn which we make the important 'dneton that they are the same king." SMALLPOX IN SCHOOLS. orence Commiasioners Close School and Vaccinate Pupils. A case of smallpoc was diagnosed one of the pupils of the Florence -aded schools Sunday. A meeting of te board of commissioners after con iltation with the president of the ca board of health, it was ordered at the schools be closed until Mon ty, .Tanuary n. 1974. In the mean me all pupils of the schools, white yl colored, will be vaccinated. None ill be permiited to re-enter school in nuary unless they have been sue -ssfully vaccinated. The school, iidingrs are being fumigated by the rad of health. The school board ok this action to prevent any out Sponge Fish~ermatn's nive Fatal. Diving to a d'pth of 100 feet for 'onge at Tarpon Snrings. Fla., Geo. rmatos. a Greek sponge fisherman, as so badly injured from~ water csure that the died within 24 murs. Kermatos wxas considlered one the best sponge fishermen on thej