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VOL. XXVIII MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. APRIL 15, 1914 NO.3 SIN NEW TREATY UNITED STATES TO PAY COLUMBIA FOR GRABBING OF PANAMA MUST NOW BE RATIFIED Tentative Agreeemnt is That This Country Pay Twenty-Five Million Dollars for the Participation of Panama and the Acquisition of the Canal Zone. Twenty-five million dollars is the amount the United States agrees to pay to Colombia for the partition of Panama and the acquisition of the canal zone In the treaty signed Wed nesday in Bogota by American 31inis ter Thompson and the Colombian authorities. No rights for a new In tereceanic canal across Colombia by the Astrato river route and no coal ing privileges on Providencia Islands of the Colombia coast, it was added, were contained in the treaty. The boundary between Colombia and Panama is to follow the line laid down in an earlier treaty which was signed but never approved by the Colombian congress. One important demand which the Souih American country had been insisting upon, the free passage of her merchant vessels through the canal, was given up be cause of President Wilson's attitude In favor of repeal of the tolls exemp tions. That had been a stumbling block in the way of final agreement. The Colombian congress will be called in special session to pass on the treaty before it is submitted to the United States Senate. Accept ance of the latest treaty will end 10 years of negotiation and friction be tween the United States and Colom bia and relieve strained diplomatic relations which have been watched with the keenest interest by Latin American republics. Colombia has insisted that the United States either pay a lump sum for the canal zone it acquired when the Republic of Panama was set up over night with guarantees of integ rity from Washington, or that the whole question be submitted to The Hague for arbitration. The last ne gotiations took place at the close of President Taft's administration when Minister Dubois under instructions of Secretary Knox offered a settle ment on this basas: Ratification by Colombia by the so called tri-partie treaty of 1909 by which Panama agreed to apportion with Colombia the annual payment of $250,000 'Which she receives from the .United States as rent for the canal zone for a sufficient period to liqui date any claim of Colombia's up to $10,000000. Payment of $10,000,000 to Colom bia by the United States for the op tion on the Atrato routes and mili tary sites at St. Andrews and old Providencia. An offer of the friend ly Influence of the United States to bring about a settlement with 'Pan ama. An offer to arbitrate rever ulonary rights in Panama. Before going out of office Presi dent Taft transmitted a letter to Con - gress containing Secretary Knox's re port of the negotiations, saying that Colombia by refusal had "closed the door to any future overtures by the United States". Secretary Hay had previously declined to submit Colom bia's claims to arbitration on the ground that they were political and not justifiable. The text of the treaty Is not to be published officially until afterfaster, Representative newspapers declare the treaty Is very concise and con tains the following provisions: I. The restoration of friendly rela tions between the United States and Colombia. II. An indemnity of $25,030,000 to be paid to Colombia six months after the ratifications have been ex panded between the two countries. III. Certain privileges for Colom bian commerce .by way of the Pana ma canal. IV. The Colombian Panama boun dary to be based on the law of June 9, 1855, demarcating the former So lombian State of Panama. V. The United States t~o lend her good offices for the settlement for pending questions between Columbia and Panama. Bank Robbers Slain in Fight. Joseph A. Patterson, who entered and robbed the State bank of New alla, Okla., of 0700 was shot and killed in a running fight near Okla homa City. Gasoline Fumes Fatal. Tom Fuller. a negro workman of Fayetteville, N. C., went into a gaso line tank car Tesday to clean it out. The fumes killed him before onlook ers could drag him out. Schoolboys Fight With Knives. At Sandersville, . Ga., Ernest Grnbbs, aged twelve, is expectc i to die as a result of a pocket knife stab Inflicted by another boy in a school boy fight Tuesday. Massachusetts Ex-Governor Dies. Ex-Governor Eben S. Draper of Massachusetts. died Thursday in Greenville from the result of a stroke of paralysis earlier in the week. Bomb Outrage in Detroit. Vittorla Gunsmana. a drug store proprietor of Detroit. Mich.. was kill ed Wednesday when a bomb wrecked his store. Glets $20,000 Verdict. The widow of one of the victims in the wreck on the L. and C. rail road, last summer, has been awarded $2n n00 damages GOVERNOR IN TEARS GLYNN REFUSES PARDON TO THE NEW YORK GUNMEN. Puts Aside the Sympathy of His Heart in Order That Justice May be Done. An impassioned and dramatic ap peal by five Jewish clergymen of New York for a stay of the execution of the four gunmen convicted of killing Herman Rosenthal was denied by Gov. Glynn late Thursday. The con victed men now must die in the elec tric chair at Sing Sing next Monday. The plea, which was made in the executive chamber, was based on the possibility of new evidence develop ing in the second trial of former Police Lieut. Becker. It so complete ly unnerved the executive that he had to retire to his private office for a time before he could resume his du ties. The clergymen are all officers or members of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America. Each was permitted to make this plea. The governor meanwhile stood, nervously twitching his watch. chain. His face was drawn and white, his lips quivered and tears were in his eyes. At times the governor interrupted, the evidence before him did not war rant a change of his decision not to grant the prisoners' plea for execu tive clemency. "If it were my heart alone that was considering this case," he said, "you know what I would -do. If it was a choice between sentiment and justice and I had to side with jus tice, I would have given every cent I possess not to have had to pass upon this case finally." The governor summed up his deci sion thus: "I am conviced that it would be a miscarriage of justice to grant a commutation and an improp er exercise. of executive power to grant a reprieve." Declaring himself "unable to dis cover any reason that would justify the granting of a reprieve," Mn. Glynn quotes the unanimous opinion of the. court of appeals in sustain ing the verdict against the gunmen, as well as District Attorney Whit man and Trial Justice Goff, to sub stantiate his contention that the gun men's case "does not in the least de pend upon the result in the Becker case." Until late Monday night, when Gov. Glynn had finished reading every scrap of material bearing on the trial and conviction of the gun men, the belief prevailed lie would grant a respite. The governor sev eral times declared to newspaper men that if he followed the dictates of his heart he would put off the execution until after Becker had been tried again. Mr. Glynn seemed to fear that something might develop at Becker's second trial that would put an entirely different aspect on the part played by the gunmen in the murder of Rosenthal. The matter of deciding the fate of the gunmen was the most nerve racking task that the governor has had before him. ''For four days," said one of his friends, "this affair has been on the governor's mind dur ing every minute of the day. A man of generously sympathetic nature, the governor found it hard to bring himself to sign an order that would carry out next week the death sen tences of the gunmen." KILLS ULTLE BOY. While Firing at Each Other Two Men Cause Lad's Death. In a difficulty Saturday afternoon between R. E. Briscoe and Ben Brad ley. both of St. Stephens, Briscoe, it is said, in attempting to shoot Brad ley, fired the gun and killed the lit. te son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Jaudon instantly. The little fellow received the whole load -of shot .intended for Bradley in his .breast. Bradley saved himself by catching hold of the muz ze of the gun. He lost almost the entire hand, it being shot away .by the same load that killed the child. The boy was about seven years of age and a fine little fellow. Excitement was very high, but violence was pre vented by cooler heads. Towvn Terrorized by Crazy Negro. Lewis Martin, a crazy negro of Pendleton, armed himself with a long knife Tuesday and went on the war path. Citizens organized a posse and finally captured him. He was sent to the insane asylum at Columbia. Gun Kick Causes Death. Walter Rittenberg of St. Stephens discharged a double barrel shotgun. and the blow over his heart, caused by the recoil of the gun, caused his death. Joke Causes Trouble. An April Fool advertisement told the unemployed of Chicago that a local railway wanted men.- Five hun dred applied and began rioting when not employed. Engineer Terribly Burned. As Engineer W. Hi. Murphy of the Anderson Ice plant turned off the steam of an engine a pipe burst and he was seriously burned by the steam and water. Just for Two Years More. 'In announcing his race for re-elec tion Attorney General Peeples says ~e will quit after filling one more term and give the oflce to some one else. Fireman Killed in Wreck. John Rogers. a negro fireman. was kiled at Spartanhurg Tuesday when ANOUNCES ISSUES RICHARD 1. MANNING OUTLINES PLATFORM TO PEOPLE TALKS TO YOUNi MEN Sumter Candidate Outlines His Posi tion on the Various Political Ques tions Affecting the State-Young Men of Sumter Organize to For ward his Candidacy. Recently there was organized in Sumter the Young Men's Manning club. In speaking before them at their request, Mr. Manning outlined his platform as follows: An issue before the people of this State is that of safe guarding the primary elections. The constitution of 1S95 restricted the suffrage so as to eliminate, as far a spracticable, the negro vote. Questions between the whites were to be settled by a friend ly family fight in the primaries, In which every white man, who was not barred by the constitutional and stat utory provisions, was to vote. Under these conditions differences among the whites were settled, but being a sort of family :ffair, no rigid rules were made or practised. The rules governing primary elec tions, loose as they were, were often disregarded, until it became the cus tom to let them go in almost any way. When differences arose and feeling ran high, and distrust of each other crept in, dissatisfaction with prevailing methods was manifested and charges and countercharges of irregularities and illegal voting were made. White mens' differences must be settled fairly. Party feeling and prejudice often caused men to disre gard exact justice and fairness. Un der our present party rule the party elections are loosely conducted and abundant opportunity exists for re peating and illegal voting. We should adopt such changes in our party rule as will insure to every man to vote once, but to vote but once. It should be made impossible to permit repeating or to allow non residents and citizens not entitled to vote to kill the votes of South Caro linians whose right and prerogative it is to vote. We should see to it that only living South Carlinians be allowed to vote, and each man only once, in order that the primary may be preserved and not destroyed. I shall advocate such changes in assessment and taxation as shall more fairly distribute the burdens of taxation, and make more equal as sessments, and with exemptions of small homes in town, and a home and small farms of limited acreage, and I shall advocate such laws as will promote ownership of homes in town, and a home and small farms in the country. I shall advocate a land reg istration bill and encouragement to rural credits, warehousing of cotton, better marketing of crops, accurate grading of cotton, and protection from fraud or adulteration of fertili zers, which will protect the farmer and honest fertilizer manufacturer; and by making life on the farms more profitable and more pleasant and comfortable, many of our problems will be solved in a safe and sane manner. Self-protection, and the so lution of rural problems, which con front us, require attention to these matters. I wish to stress the importance of the application of good busincss methods to the administration of all of the affairs of our State. I believe in efficiency with economy. The gov ernor can, by close study and atten tion to the affairs of the various In stitutions of the State, insure econ omy and greater effectiveness with an ever widening development, and, if elected, I will give to my State a clean, progressive business adminis tration.. I favor education at public ex pense. South Carolina stands nearly bottom of the list in the percentage of illiteracy. I shall never be satis fed until this percentage of illiter acy is reduced. We have made great progress in our educational system, more and more money is being spent for the cause of education. As a parent can not spend his money bet ter than by educating his child, so the State can not spend its money better than by educating the citizen. I favor the maintenance and support of institutions of higher learning. and provisions for their growth and development to meet growing needs. but I emphasize the needs of the public schools. A liberal appropria tion should be made by the State of a fund to supplement the funds for the school raised locally--thus to en worse and to encourage the spirit of self help. An educated citizenship is the real justification for public education. We must make parents realize the neces city for education. That sentiment must be so strong as to force parents to send their children to school. When a community reaches that point almost all of the white children will he in school, and a law requiring attendance upon school by all chil drn between certain ages will be ef eive, and as soon as it is shown that co~mty can have adequate scool 1elities. I would favor comi p.usory edu1cation, with the local op ton feature, because any law to be effective must be supported by pub lie sentim'ent. Mere lcgislation is not cure-all. I wa"'nt to be frank yith yoCu. my friends and neighbors. I want to be eqally frank with my fellowg (itizens throuhout the State who do not~ know rae as well as you do-I will at sail under falso colors -I want all voters to know where I stand on public questions. I want peace re stored in So'uthi Carolina. This state STOP TRACK BETTING GOVERNUA STUART OF VIRGINIA RUNS BOOIDIAKERS OUT. 0 Detectives Raid Track 'and Arrest Bookmakers-Governor' Threatens to Call Out Militia. Acting on orders issued by Gov. Stuart of Virginia ten detectives em ployed by the Baldwin agency, enter ed the Jamestown -race track, near Norfolk, Va., Wednesday and arrest ed fourteen men accused of bookmak ing. The detectives were armed with big revolvers and one of them car ried a rifle. The raid caused consid erable excitement among the w'dmen, but amused the majority of the race followers, who followed the detec tives to the gate, shouting jocular warnings. The detectives poked their revol vers under the noses of the men of fering odds on the races, and made a grab for the money, which in most cases was carried in a satchel. Only four alleged bookmakers were ar rested, while ten others were not mo lested. The raid occurred after the second race, but the entire six races were run and many bets were made after the offi-ers left. Manager Bob Levy, of the James town track, Wednesday night an nounced that meeting would c6n tinue, but instead of offering purses, the horse owners would divide the, gate receipts each day.- The race track management will fight the case in order to get a legal opinion that will prevent future interference. It is claimed that the system of betting in vogue at the local track is not a violation of the Virginia laws. After being warned by Gov.. Stuart that the State militia would be used if necessary to suppress violation of the Virginia anti-betting laws, the Jamestown Jockey club late Thurs day night abandoned the spring race meeting, which was, to continue until April 17. Sensational raids and fines and prison terms imposed upon book makers had marked the few stormy days the meet had been in progress. In a formal statement-the officials of the Jockey club announced that they had decided to discontinue the meet to avoid "any conflict of opin ion". The statement added that .if the higher courts later construed the laws so "that we can condnet racin-g without fostering a violation of the laws of Virginia, we will resume; otherwise the course will be perma nently closed." FOUR ARE KILLED. Farmer is Held Pending Investigation of His Faiily's Death. Elihu Francis, a farmer of Aska delphia, Ark., was taken into custody late Saturday and will be held pend ing an investigation of the killing of his wife and three children, whose skulls were crushed presumably with an axe and th'eir bodies burned in a fire that 'destroyed the dwelling on the Francis farm nears Arkadelphia early that morning. Francis declares that his wife and children were killed and the house set afire by an unidentified man'~who escaped. He asserts that when he was awakened the man was in the room wielding an axe. Seeing .his youngest child, an Infant, Franois de clares he ran from the house 'and' be fore he could return the building was In flames. Negro Makes His Escape. A constable of Fort Mill was tak ing a negro to the county jail Tues day in his buggy. When he left the. buggy for a moment, the negro, though handcuffed, caught up 'the reins and made his escape. Body Found in River. - The body of an unknown negro was found Tuesday in the Black River, about three miles ~below Kingstree. It is supposed to have been iti. the water for three weeks. Mexicans Quit War for Work. Ten Mexican federal' deserters threw their rifles into the Rio Granide at Laredo, Tex., a few .days ago .and crossed the U. S. border to find. w.ork. Had an Eye Shot Out. During a general 'row'am6'ng 'soihe negroes at church near Reno, LaurenS county, one negro had his, eyes, shot out at the hands of another Sunday. had no reason to change it. I Want good will, good feeling. .I want. to see factional politics relegated-to.thie pat. I want the people to unite~-fl id vocating the policies which .wilP build up our State, improve and-uplift, tpe character of the citizen and,.giye pp port unity to 'better -condition's. ' shall not. unless forced to do'so. r'ec ognizc the- existence of twq. faetiens in this State. 1 have'many friends and supporters who vo'ted for ~Blease and many who voted for-Johes In the governor's race let us drop the personalities of the past and, .look ing ahead. take up those riuestions which affect the interest and welfare of the people. It is. however, only froni .for me to state so that all many. understand me and my attitude that j..have never been a follower or suppoi-tei- of Gov. Plese, nor have -I approved - his course. Some have attempted to in ject the issue of Bleaseism into the gubernatorial race. While I do not agree with them in this, if 'the same is persisted in. then my attitude i-s known and is as stated. I will have no fear in meeting such an 'issue. If elected governor I promise to be the governor of ail the people, and not of those only who supported me. I pledge myself to do .justly and to love mercy and to uphold and maintain the honer and dignity o1 Sonnth Carolina, CONFIRMS WILSON'S MAN AFTER THREE DAYS' FIGHT THE SENATE GIVES CONSENT. Withrop M. Daniels of New Jersey is Named a Member of Interstate Commerce Commission. Nine members of the Senate, head ed by Senator LaFollette, openly.re volted against proceedings behind closed doors Saturday night after an executive session In which the Senate, by a vote of 36 to 27, con frmed the nomination of Winthrop M.. Daniels of New Jersey to be a inmber of the interstate commerce commission. Senator LaFolleite declared on the fiboF that he irobpsed to defy the rules of the Senate in future and -discuss pu.blicly, legislation not af fecting foreign relations, and later it was announced that Senators Bris tow, Cummins, Clapp, Kenyon, Mor ris, Jones and Gronna, Republicans, and Poindexter, Progressives, would r&aintain the same attitude. The revolt oreated a sensation and there was much speculation as to the effect it would have on future execu tive sessions. The general opinion wal that there would be no attempt to take action against members who disregarded the rule of secrecy. Confirmation of Commissionar Daniels closed a three-day fight mark ed by one of the most bitter debates heard at the capitol in years. Both sides contested determinedly, Mr. Daniels' advocates having the sup port of President Wilson's well known desire that his appointee and personal friend be confirmed without delay. Opponents to the confirmation bas ed their objection on the grounds that Mr. Daniels' views on the valua tion of public service property were unsound. As during the two preced ing days, senators continued to in sist that Mr. Daniels' ideas, as ex pressed in the decision of the New Jersey public service commission, of which he was chairman in the Pas saic gas rate case, would make him dangerous as a member of the inter state commerce commission, at* a time when. the commission was fix ing a valuation on railroad property. Senator Hughes of New Jersey called back from a congressional fight hi his state, spoke at length in sup port of. Mr. Daniels, and was joined by Senators Newlands, chairman of the interstate commerce committee; Pittman and Williams. The opposition was nettled by the patching up of the split in the Dem ocratic ranks over night. They con sented fo, postponement of a vote Fri day, when victory apparently was in sight, to allow Democratic senators to talk with the president about with drawing Mr. Daniels' name after the noimnation had been recommitted. Tfiey denounced- the determination of Democratic leaders after a visit to the White House to force a vote on confirhation as evidence of bad faith. B'LIND TIGER IN JAIL. Negro Arrested at Gaiffney Keeps Up His Whiskey Sales. On Saturday afternoon the Gaffney polce arrested dlephas Littlejohn un der the charge of selling whiskey, to gether with two other negroes. They also rai'ded an alleged blind tiger and captured 36. pints of booze. The whskey~was in- a-box near the door of. the cell in which Littjejohn was confued, thoiugh not quite within reach. A confederate from the out sde banded him a piece of stiff wire with which he pulled the box near enough to be. reached, and during the day disposed by sale and otherwise of 15 pints ot the whiskey. A great crowd was around the city jail dur ing the whol? day, but it was not dis covered until later that Littlejohn had been supplying the thirsty deni zens. Policeman Slays Woman and Self. ..Leaning .over the shoulder of a nurse dressing a wound inflicted by a blow of his' fist'-on the face of Mrs. Roberta Lester of Richmond, Va., Police Sergeant Neisz shot and kill ed'-her. He then shot himself. D)ynamite Kills Three. Three-men were instantly killed, 'ne was so badly-hurt that he lived oly a..few minutes and, four others less seriou~sly injured by an explosion on The Dalles Celilo canal works neir Dalles, Ore., -Tues<;ay. Ifusband.ausd Wife Found Dead. Officers who broke into a house in West Phi-ladelphia Thursday found Axander -Glnzer, 20 years old, and his- wife, 2S, . dead from -bullet wo.unds. .Two sons, aged 6 and 8, were iiihaImed. I ' - Mzrrdered as He Slept. c' 0P . Bonnell of Hawkinsville, G.~, was killed Sunday night while sleping. with his nephew. The lat te- is held' foi' the zodrder, but claims a egio burglar comrmitted th'e deed. Could Not Stand Blindness. Because he, was going blind Alex nazei d"Piifdelphia Monday killed his wife*a-nd -hinise'lf. Their two sons -believe robbers hilled- them and the polie are withholding the truth.-. -T.ife Convict ~Freed. ' The goernor'lias granted a parole to.LobeMngo, who was convicted-in Kershaw.county in Julsv, 1911, of murder and sdntenced to a life term in the State penitentiary. Claims Unusual -Damages. Lillian -Dailiy of Spartanburg re* centlylost her eyo through the explo sIn of atrpedo which she found or Ii railxo'ad track-. She'ieti for $10, |00, but em :iothin. INTEREST AROUSED EXPULSION OF SPANIARDS MAY CAUSE COMPLICATIONS THIS COUNTRY WAITCINi Constitutionalist Chief Sustains Vil la's Order and Affirms as a Consti tionalist Policy the Expulsion of Spaniards - Wealthy Refugees Reach Border. Official interest in the Mexican sit uation at Washington Wednesday night was divided between the grave problem presented by the arrival of the 800 Spanish exiles at El Paso and the outcome of the battle at Tampico. Sharp fighting already has occurred at Tampico, and army and navy strategists expect the battle there to be the next decisive strug gle. Rear Admiral Fletcher at Vera Cruz Wednesday notified the navy department that refugees already were going aboard men-of-war in Tampico -harbor. He forwarded a report from Rear Admiral Mayo at that port asking for an army trans port as a refuge for non-combatants. The American fleet at Tampico is composed of the battleships Minne sota and Connecticut, the cruisers Phester, Des Moines and San Fran cisco and the dispatch boat Dolphin. The battleship Utah has been ordered there from Vera Cruz. Read Ad miral Fletcher reported he had or dered the hospital ship Solace, nov at New Orleans, to coal and be in readiness for service at Tampico. State department officials were re ticent in discussing the expulsion of Spaniards, In whose behalf vigorous representations were made to Gen. Carranza. - Officials were noncommit tal when asked whether further rep resentations would be made. The war department probably will be called on to direct measures for the care ^f the refugees at El Paso, al though at the state department late Wednesday it was said that phase of the question had not been considered. While officials agree that in inter national law these Spaniards have a right to seek asylum on American soil, it is realized that the problem of their ultimate disposition is likely to bring up many questions to be ad justed by the United States, Spain and Mexico. The gravity of the sit uation will be increased if the con stitutionalists carry out their threat to drive the Spaniards out of all the territory they conquer. A dispatch from El Paso, Texas, says eight hundred members of the Torreon Spanish colony, expelled by Gen. Villa, found a haven in the United States Wednesday. They had been stripped of their property tem orarily at least but supplied with emporary funds. They had refused o leave the train in which they and heir baggage had come from Tor reon to Juarez until American Con sular Agent Carothers arrived to ad vise them. Carothers was unable to assure ny that they would be restored to their homes, his interview with Gen. Carranza having met with the flat statement that expulsion of Span iards from Mexico was a settled pol icy of the rebels and would be modi fied only In the cases of individuals who had not been involved in poli Rafael Arozena, wealthiest resident f the Laguna district and reported to be the most extensive grower of sea island cotton In the world, was one of the Spanish refugees who rode to the border in a second class coach, with only his personal possessions to show for his lifetime struggle in the Coahula cotton country. Aronzena is to the Coahuila Span ish colony what Luis Terrazas is to the Chihuahua refugee colony of Mexicans. He is the leader in com mercial activities of the Laguna dis trict, owns a number of the largest haciendas in the district and his wealth is estimated at $17,000,000 Mexican currency. Aronzena carried only a leather satchel, a big steamer rug and a bag filled with his personal belongings, wvhich he hastily gathered when the order was given by Villa for the Spaniards to leave the country. The Spanish millionaire is a striking look ing man with a heavy white beard, a shock of white hair and a pair of gold rimmed glasses over which he looked sharply when parrying the questions of reporters. " am alone. My relatives and my possessions are all in the Leguna district," he said. "I hope to be able to return, for I have had no part in the internal politics of the country. For that reason I prefer not to say anything for fear it will be misunder stood. I was not mistreated by any one at Torreon and have no plans for the immediate present.'' The most important property left behind the Spaniards was cotton said to be valued at $15,000,000. Word was received from Torreon Wednes was being loaded on trains for ship ment to El Paso by Villa. It Is said the Spanish o,:ners can not touch the property if it arrives at El Peso in bond, as is frequently the case.' If it comes bonded for transit through the United States for shipment abroad it can not be re covered, it is said. It is said the only way the original owners have of get. ting their cotton back is in a court of equity in case the consignment Is released from bond in the United States. Bandit Robs Express Car. A masked bandit robbed an express car near Little Roci Ala. ThurSda7 of $3'O000. TARIFF WORKS WELL REVENUE COMES IN ABOUT AS ESTIMATED BEFORE. Decrease In Customs Receipts for the Past Nine Months Reaches Twenty five Millions. Figures were made public in a treasury department statement Wed nesday night showing that customs revenues during the fiscal year, which ends June 30, 1914, almost certainly will meet 'and probably will exceed the estimates made when congress passed the new tariff law. The State ment, prepared by Assistant Secre tary Milburn, in charge of customs, said: "It was estimated that receipts from customs for the fiscal year 1914, which included three months under the tariff act of 1909 and nine months under the present tariff act, approved October 3, 1913, would amount to $270,000,000, resulting in a loss of $49,000,000 from the cus toms receipts of the previous year. "The total customs collections for the nine months just ended amount ed to $225,500,000, showing a loss for the nine months' period of $24, 750,000 compared with the collec tions for the same period during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. As this loss Is only one-half of the esti mated loss or the whole year, It Is proable the the J.une 30, 1914, will exceed the estimate. "The loss in revenue during the months of January and February, 1914, amounted In round numbers to $6,000,000 and $10,000,000, respect ively. The customs receipts for the month of March show a loss of but $1,500,000 and a recovery of receipts as compared with February of this year of over $8,000,000. "In view of the above figures it now appears that a monthly average of less than $15,000,000 for April May and June, the remaining three months of the present fiscal year, would bring the total of customs re ceipts up to $270,000,000, the origi nal estimate for this nscal year. It is proable that receipts for the three remaining months will exceed this average of $15,000,000 and that the total receipts for the fiscal year will run over the estimate of $270,000, 000. ])ISPENSARY SALES. Whiskey Sold in State During First Quarter of Year. County dispensaries in South Caro line have sold more than $900,000 worth of whiskey since the first of the year, according to a statement Issued by M. H. Mobley, State dispensary auditor. The sales for March was $295,359,87. The sales were $305, 081.36 in February and $330,123.84. in January. Following are the sales by coun ties: Aiken .... .........$ 22,812.40 Beaufort .. .... .....11,755.40 Barnwell. .. .. .. .... 22,006.55 Bamberg .. .. .. .. .... 10,38 9.81 Charleston. .. .. .. ..45,139.40 Calhoun.............5,953.20 Dorchester .. .. .. ....7,957.00 Florence. . .... .. .. .. 43,153.73 Georgetown .. .. .. .... 13,142.05 Jasper....... . ... .. .. 1,762.05 Orangeburg .. .. .. .... 25,870.10 Richlann .. .. .. .. .... 70,881.28 Union .. .. .... ....14,537.30 Total .... .......$ 295,359.87 Robbers Hold up Women. Four women clerks In a jewelry store at Worcester, Mass., were held up by a bandit Wednesday night and beaten and robbed. One of the wo men Is in a serious condition. The robber got only a few dollars. 1. I Break Out of Box Cars. One hundred and sixty members of the army of the unemployed who were locked up in box cars at Pueblo, Cal., awaiting shipment broke out and secured their release by over powering twelve -policemen. Saved Four and Lost His Life. After saving four of his children Malcolm Ford dashed into his blaz ing home at Rossington, Ky., Wed nesday night to rescue his wife and two babies, but perished with them in the flames. SPresident Takes Rest. President Wilson and family left Washington Thursday for White Sul phur Springs, Va., where they will spend a few days for the benefit of Mrs. Wilson's health. ' Iz Child Falls Through Trestle. Louise Chapman, a three-year-old girl, last her balance while crossing a trestle near Lancaster and fell to the ground thirty feet below. She was not seriously hurt. Negro Stabs Colored Woman. Leila Smalls of Florence, a negress, was stabbed Saturday by Fred Mel ton, another negro. She was rushed to the hospital in a dying condition. Fireman Fatally Burned. A. C. Page, captain of the Troy, Ala., fire department was burned to death Monday when he entered a building in a search for a child. Lexington to be Wet. The election in Lexington in favor of the county dispensary sytem was declared legal Friday by the supreme court. Unknown Men Drown. Two unidentified men were drown ed when a bride over the Mohawls River, Schenectady, N. Y., was swep1 HEARS CASE AiAIN JUDGE SMITH RtCONSIDERS STi IAN NATURALIZATION CASE MUCH INTEREST AROUSED Nation Wide Interest Has Been Aroused Over Recent Decision, Which Was Greeted With Severe Condemnation by Syrians Because of of Misunderstanding. Great interest has been aroused all over this country by a recent deci sion of Judge H. A. M. Smith, in the United States District Court at Char leston. Judge Smith refused a certi ficate of naturalization to George Pow, a Syrian, on the ground that he was not eligible under the act of 1790. The newspapers of the State erroneously reported that the natur alization papers were refused because of race, but this is wrong as the fol lowing article from The News and Courier will show. Only informal consideration was given Wednesday to the matter of an other hearing upon the petition for naturalization. It was agreed that Judge Smith is to file a second opin ion upon the case, and should it be the same in effect as the first, the matter will be taken before the Su preme Court of the United States'for final decision. To look-after its-end' of the case, the Syrian-American club of New York has retained coun sel. At the hearing there was Dr. N. A. Mokarzel, editor of the leading Syrian newspaper of this country, published in New York city, appear ed in a strictly informal capacity and took part in the discussion. - It is doubtful if any decision of the judge of a United States Dis trict Court in recent years has arous ed such a manifestation of racial pride as has the decision .handed down in the George Dow case by Judge Smith something more than a month ago. In denying naturaliza tion papers to Dow, Judge Smith held that a Syrian was not eligible to citizenship under the construction of the statute of 1790, which provid-. ed that only "free white persons" should be admitted to citizenship. Judge Smith explained, however, that he did not intend to imply by his decision that a native of Syria is other than a white man, but that at the time of the passage of the statute of 1790 the country of Syria was unknown to the lawmakers of this country and that, therefore, the act did not apply to natives of that coun try. A mistaken impression of Judge Smith's decision gained currency im mediately following its promulgation and the entire Syrian population -of the United States was aroused to a pitch of indignation. Syrian publica tions in their editorial columns ve hemently condemned the decision of Judge Smith, as they incorrectly un derstood It, and prominent men of the race sought to air their ~-digna tion through non-Syrian paurs and in other ways. .It was pointed .out that there are thousands of Syrians who have been admitted to citizen ship by other judges in recent years, and the interesting question Is as to [what would be the status of these naturalized Syrians in case the deci sion of Judge Smith was accepted as a precedent. The Syrian-American club of New York city became interested In the Dow decision because of the 'bearing it had on the future of the Syrians in America. Steps were taken to file a protest before Judge Smith, .and It was stated that the case would be taken to the Supreme Court If the de cision is affirmed by Judge Smith. It is quite possible that the highest tri bunal in the land may yet be called upon to decide the matter, since the Syrian organization is - prepared to carry the case up-.immediately after the filing of the second opinion- by Judge Smith. Having obtained the prevailing in correct understandirig of the ruling of Judge Smith on the Dow case Dr. H. A. El-Kourie, a prominent Syrian of Birmingham, several weeks ago paid a visit to Charleston for the ex press purpose of appearing before Judge Smith with arguments to re fute the statement that a Syrian was not a white man, as he at the time understood the decision.. He had a conference with Judge Smith with the result that -he became convinced that the decision was not based upon .ra cial prejudice, but that the point at issue was geographical instead of ethnological. He prevailed upon Judge Smith to order a rehearing of the entire case and the date original ly selected for this was April 6, but for reasons it was postponed until recently. After discussion it was de cided that a formal reargument of the case was unnecessary and the matter will rest until Judge Smith fles a second opinion. The nature of this second opinion is a matter of country-wide Interest, not only to Syrians of the United States, but to lawyers and judges as a whole. In case his first decision Is reaffirmed by Judge Smith the case will be carried to the United States Court and Syrian organizations, news papers and individuals will make a strenuous fight to have Judge Smith reversed. Charged With Serious Crime. An unknown negro from Wahse township in Marida county was jailed Saturday morning on the charge of criminal assault upon a girl Auto Accident Injures Two. Dr. Floyd Rogers and his wife of Anderson were seriously injured Sat urday when their auto turned Qyer