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THEY ME- PAfLE1 GOV. BLEASE TURNS MORE CON VICTS ON THE PEOPLE. TWELVE SLAYERS FREE Among Released Are One Guilty of Criminal Assault, Two of Arson, Five of Larceny--One of Burglary, One of Highway Robbery, Several for Violating Dispensary Law. According to papers filed with the secretary of state Monday the gov ernor has granted fifteen paroles to prisoners serving terms in the State penitentiary and the county chain gangs. Eight manslayers are includ ed in the list of those released. The paroles were issued to the following prisoners: Willis Perry, convicted in Green wood in 1906 of carbreaking and lar cency and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. Arthur Byrd, convicted in Newber ry in 1908, of manslaughter and sen tenced to ten years. Bud Ligon convicted in- Oconee in 1913 of murder and sentenced to life in the penitetinary. Gilder P. Varn convicted in Char leston in 1904 of grand larceny and sentenced to six months on the chain gang. Ely Freeman, convicted in Green ville county in 1913 of ars5n and sen tenced to ten years in the peniten tiary. Amanda Truesdale convicted in Kershaw in 1914 of larceny and sen tenced to six months on the chain gang. Bud Simmons, convicted in Saluda of manslaughter and sentenced to two years. Majoe Smith, convicted in Abbe ville in 1909 of murder and sentenced to life. On February 20 the governor rednced his sentence to twenty years on condition that he serve on the county gang. Noy he is parolled. Frank Williams, convicted in Hor ry in 1913 of manslaughter and sen tenced to two years. William Gantt, convicted in Edge feld in 1896 of murder and sentenc ed to life Imprisonment. Stephen Turner, convicted In Ma rion in 1912, of manslaughter and sentenced to ten years in the peniten tiary. Ambrose Scruggs, convicted In Cherokee in 1912 of manslaughter and sentenced to five years. J. W. Sykes, convicted in Cherokee of practicing dentistry without a 11 cense and sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or serve thirty days on the chain gang. James Bull, convicted in Darling ton in 1906 of criminal assault and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years. On February 17 the governor reduced his sentence to nine years and eleven months on the condition that he serve'a time on the courity chain gang. Now he Is paroled. Herbert Tarrant, convicted in Greenville in 1913 of arson and sen tenced to 12 years in the peniten tiary. On Thursday of last week the Gov ernor paroled fourteen others. Three 1rere sent up for manslaughter and one for murder. They were: James Jeter, convicted in Chero kee in 1901, of murder and sentenced to life. Early thIs year his term was commuted to twenty years. John Lawrence, convicted in Pick ens in 1912 for assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying con cealed weapons and sentenced to three years. Otis James, convicted In Richland in 1909 of larceny and sentenced to ten years. E. L. -Pound, convicted In Lexing ton in 1913 of obtaining goods under false pretenses and sentenced to three months or a fine of $450. John Lindsay, convicted in New berry in 1913 of violating the dispen sary law and sentenced to six months. Will Guyton, convicted In Ander son in 1908, of burglary and sentenc ed to 12 years. Cato Williams, convicted in Marion in 1908 of highway ro~bbery and sen tenced to nine years. Dennie Wilkes, convicted in York In 1913, of violating the dispensary law and sentenced to a fine of $400 or serve 12 months. John Smith, convicted in York In 1913, of housebreaking and larceny and sentenced to one year. George Epps, convicted in Union in 1912 of manslaughter and sen tenced to four years. J1. C. Judson, convicted in Wil liamsburg in 1912 of assault and bat tery of a high and aggravated nature and carrying concealed weapons and sentenced to five years. John Walker, convicted In York in 191fi, of manslaughter and sen tenced to two years. Marmon Mansell, convicted In Pickens In 1913, of assault and bat tery of a high and aggravated nature and carrying concealed weapons and sentenced to two years. J. H. Haynes, convicted in Oconee in 1913 of violating the dispensary *law and sentenced to a fine of $100 or serve six months. Paroled on con dition that a fine of $25 be paid. Tom Posttoon, convitced in Wil liamsburg of manslaughter in Feb ruary of this year and sentenced to two years. Men Overpower Watchman. Three men who entered the depart ment store of Timothy Smith & Co. In Roxbury, Mass., Sunday night, ov erpowered the watchman and blew open the safe, escaped with several thousand dollars. The burglary was not discovered until early Monday when the watchman was found. Killed Her for Visiting. Because his wife, a bride of seven months, persisted in visiting her parents, Alfonzo Zuniga, of San An tonio. Texas, Saturday killed her; wounded his mother-in-law and then probably fatally shot himself. Drop Dead at Seeing Fight. P'atrick Eagleton, 70 years old, and Mrs. Dennis Arseneault. 60 years old, of Spencer, Mass., dropped dead from fright in the street late Friday UNDERWOOD VICTOIUS ALABAMA SENDS HDI TO SENATE BY BIG MAJORITY. Richmond P. Hobson is Snowed Un der-Democratic House Leader Will Wear Senate Toga. Oscar W. Underwood, for nearly twenty years representative of the ninth Alabama district in the lower house of congress, swept the state in his battle with Congressman Rich mond Pearson Hobson for the nomi nation for United States senator, ac cording to Tuesday night's returns from Monday's Democratic primaries. Mr. Hobson conceded the victory to his rival candidate before noon Tues day, although returns still 'were in complete. Mr. Underwood's nomination ter minated one of the most spectacular political contests in the history of the state. With the exception of a whirl wind speaking tour during the Christ mas holidays, the successful candi date's campaign was conducted by his friends. One of the chief claims for recognition for their candidate advanced by Mr. Underwood's friends was the charge that Representative Hobson was neglecting his duties as a congressgiqi' eto conduct the cam paign. Mr. Hobson entered the senatorial race nearly two years ago. He visit ed every county and town In the state. In stump speeches he charged his opponent with having been in fluenced by the liquor Interests. He also charged that corporation in fluence was behind the campaign of Mr. Underwood for the presidential nomination in 1914. All of the charges were denied by Mr. Under wood. The activities of the distinguished candidates attracted nation-wide in terest in the outcome of the prima ries, when Mr. Hobson sent the fol lowing telegrom to Mr. Underwood: "Accept my congratulations upon your nomination. As the Democratic nominee you can count on my sup port In the election. "Richmond P. Hobson." THE CIGARETTE SMOKER How They Are Rendered Unflit for Business. Mind Becomes Dull. All narcotic poisons tend to be numb the nervous system, weaken the mental power and corrupt the moral nature. The boy who begins to smoke cig arettes before the age of twelve will doubtless become a degenerate, and the first symptom of his degeneracy will be to lie about his being addict ed to the habit. Many a fond mother has -been fool ed by the heartless lies of her fiend ish cigarette offspring, too far gone in depravity to care a rap whether he has any mother. If such boys live to get out of their teens, they generally manage soon to get into prison cells. A large percentage of heartless criminals are cigarette fiends. Judge Gemmill, of Chicago, recent ly stated that of twenty-five thousand or more criminals, that have passed before him, many of them had the tell-tale yellow stains on their fin gers. Go to the cell of the neyly arrested murderer, and you will see the cigar ette in his teeth or hear him calling for it.. Cigarettes harden the heart for ter rible deeds, and unfit. the mind for any useful service. ".~Smoking cigarettes." says an Im ploring mother;' "has made a wreck of my son, once .bright and full of brains and ambition. Now he can't think; he can't hold a subject in his mind. - He was a stenagrapher, but now he is nothing." Japan and China have prohibited cigarettes and opium, but we Ameri cans who think ourselves superior to the yellow races are allowing our youth to practice a habit which will utterly ruin the nation in one geziera tion unless checked and suppressed. SPEAKS FOR BRYAN. Johnson Says Commoner Has Passed Through Criticism Unscathed. The uniforms of state department footmen, their compensation, the Panama tolls fight, Secretary Bryan's salary and his chautauqua lectures, and half a dozen other subjects, oc cupied the house Saturday during consideration of legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bills. Estimates Included provision for a coach and footmen for the Bryan car riage, which provokes comment. Rep resentative Johnson of South Caro lina, In charge of the bill, read from the Bible the story of the fiery fur nace and declared Secretary Bryan had come through a furnace of "criticism, sarcasm and ridicule with his hair unsinged and his .body un scathed." SHOT THIROU7GH WINDOW. Two Negroes of Grier Engage in Fatal Shooting Scrape. After Homer Arnold's wife had locked him up in his home at Grier Monday to prevent his killing Gofer Paden, whom he had been chasing about the house with a pistol, Paden stepped around to the windlow of the window of the room in which Arnold was locked and fired two shots at him through the window pane. both taking effect and resulting in the death of Arnold several hours later. Girder Hits Five Men. A 20-ton steel girder broke loose from a derrick and crushed three floors of the frame work of a build ing on lower Broadway Saturday, carrying six workmen with it. Five of them were in jured fatally. Three Killed in Wreck. Three persons were killed and thirty-five injured at Attica, Ind., Sunday when a passenger train fell into the Wabash river. The trestle gave way. Bring Out Heavy Vote. Alabama Democrats yesterday cast ballots and ended long fight between EPLAINS 13SUES CMINKSCALES GIVES OUT ?LAT FORM OF HIS CANDIDACY. FOR LAW AND EDUCATION Wofford Professor Outlines His Views on the Importance of People Unit ing for the Sake of Progress Doesn't Want the Office at Cost of Personal Bitterness and Hate. Dr. John G Clinkscales, professor of mathematics at Wofford college, Spartaniburg, candidate for governor in the Democratic primary the com ing summer, has given out the fol lowing platform in a statement to the people: When any man presumes to offer himself for any office in the gift of the people he is expected to hve rea sons therefor and it is his duty frank ly and sanely to state them. The people he would serve have a right to know even beforehand what he thinks about vital matters of common good. It has, therefore, become a custom for candidates for public office to an nounce a "platform" in which they are supposed to lay down the princi ples and policies they expect to advo cate. With such an announcement I now come before the people of my native State, whose history and traditions are dear to me, and whose future progress along right lines is of deep patriotic concern to us all. I do not like to describe what I have to say as "my" platform, preferring "our" plat form in the thought that it expresses the sentiments, the views, the hopes, the aspirations of thousands of right thinking people in this great com monwealth, regardless of whether they shall vote for me or not. Measures Not Men. 1. I believe the time has come for us to have in our political life less of abuse of persons and more of a sane discussion of policies and principles. We can not think clearly for the com mon good if we have in mind the de feating of men rather than the pro moting of measures. Certainly for me no office is big enough to cause me to want it at the cost of personal ,bitterness and hate. If the campaign closes with my opponents not more friendly to me than when it began I shall be greatly disappointed. 2. I believe the time has also come when we should think of ourselves as one people with common interests and hopes, and that whatever conten tions may have divided us in the past, we are at bottom united by too much that belongs to us all not to see that whoever would disrupt us into warr ing factions, poison our sentiments towards one another with suspician and disti-ist, and keep stirring the unwholesome ferment of bitter class prejudices is an enemy to our peace, our prosperity, and, our largest pro gress. I repeat, therefore, we are one people, and we must do our thinking in terms of the largest good to all the people of the common wealth without regard to class con ditions or previous alliance of any sort. And even should I fail of elec tion, I shall count the service render ed worth any cost if in my campaign I shall sow the seeds that shall fruit in a greater harmony of feeling and purpose than we have recently known in South Carolina. Harmony and Unity. 3 In this spirit, the spirit of har mony and unity, the time has come for a study of conditions in South Carolina as they really are with a view of applying the administrative and legislative powers of the State to the great end of promoting the mate rial welfare and progress of all the people. We are engaged in varied tasks .and labors, the tasks and la bors by which we get a living and hope to get a little more than a liv ing. Our problems are thus largely economic and industrial in character. They grow out of what we do in shop and store and office and on the farm, and concern the happiness and pro g-ess of our entire citizenship. The world about us, other states, is on the big job of developing its natural re sources In the fullest and most profit able manner. Are we on this job in South Carolina? It seems to me that our duty has at last come when real izing our common needs and gather ing all the knowledge we can of what others have successfully accomplish ed, we should set our political ma chinery to work, in the most scienti fic way, to advance every Industrial Interest. In saying this, I have In mind no special interest or pet scheme, but rather I am possessed with the conviction that we have reached a point In our history when we should begin in the spirit of per fet fairness to apply the most mod ern methods to conditions as they are -.for example, to the great question of equitable taxation, to the efficient, economical administration of the functions of government, and to the betterment of both rural and urban life as far as this Is a matter of legis lation. To these ends I solemnly pledge what influence I have. Must Look Ahead. 4. But while the time has come for the beginning of a thoroughly scientific effort to bring out legisla tive and administrative machinery up to their full standard of efficiency, and to develop our material resources for the good of all the people, we must remember that in the nature of things it is only a beginning we are making and a preparation for future realization. The achievement of the great ends we have In view depends absolutely on what we do with and for the human material in the State. This leads me to the subject that has been with me a lifelong passion-uni versal education. Democracy means, of course, the right to vote and equal ity before the law. But there is a conception of it that goes deeper than this, and that is. equality ot oppor tunity, the giving of every child the same chance to realize his host self, to conquer his surroundings intelli gently and therefore fruitfully, and to serve co-operatively the collective interests of his community and State. Frm my standpoiat, the child as a future member of society can only attain these great ends by being ex posed to the creative and, developing AMERICA COMPLAINS I DELINEATIONS MADE TO OAR RANZA FOR SPAIN. Villa's Recent Order of Deportation Issued Against All Spaniards of Torreon Causes Diplomatic Action. Vigorous representation went from the American government Tuesday to i Gen. Carranza, the Constitutionalist chief, urging him to modify the or- i der of Gen. Villa expelling Spaniards from Torreon. The situation is giv- 1 ing grave concern to authorities at Washington. The United States had undertaken to extend to Spaniards in 1 Mexico the same protection it affords Americans resident there, and Am bassador Riano has been assured that nothing ,ill be left undone to assure 1 for the unfortunates at Torreon every right to whiih they are entitled under international law and usage. Spain proposes to exhaust every resource to protect her people, it was made plain Tuesday, when Rear Ad miral Mayor, at Tampico, called the navy department that the command ing officer of the British cruiser Her moine had been instructed to care for Spaniards at that port. The State department, as well as the Spanish embassy at Washington, is embarrassed in dealing with the Torreon situation by a lack of exact information as to the extent of the expulsion decree and how far it has been executed. It is understood Vil la, in a public speech, told the Span iards of Torreon they were to be de ported en masse; that a commission would be appointed to examine i'nto each individual case and that such of them as could establish the fact that they have rendered no aid to Huerta would be permitted to return to Torreon. The gravity of the problem has been increased by unofficial, but cred ible information, that this policy of expulsion of the Spaniards is to be of general application; that as rapidly as the Constitutionalists extend their control they intend to drive out the Spaniards and seize their property. Foreseeing the gravest internation al complications if the Constitutional ists should undertake to apply this doctrine of wholesale expulsion of aliens 'o other than Spaniards, the state department is expected to lay this subject before Gen. Carranta so plainly that he will exercise his full power to prevent further interfer ence with all foreigners. to this opportunity is, in my view, the most fundamental right in a de mocracy. For we get nowhere wise ly in anything except through a train ed and enlightened citizenship. The costliest liability of this common wealth is ignorance. All our progress waits upon what we do to banish it forever from us. The reform of our laws, the improvement in the efficien cy of our legislative and administra tive machinery, the proper regulation of our industrial Interests, the devel opment of our material resources, the all round welfare of the people--all linger and halt till we have trained our citizenship to know what ought to be done and how to do it. And this is the task of the school, the col lege, the university. I, therefore, have fixed in my mind the vision of a vast army of children in a school sys tem administered liberally and effi cently, an ever increasing body of young men and young women in our colleges and school and college con sciously moved by the high ideal of service in the upbuilding of the State. The common schools, the high schools, the university, Clemson, the Citadel, Winthrop, shall receive my most cordial support, and I shall ask every denominational and private in stitution to join in friendly co-opera tion in hedptng a great common wealth realize its best life, social, moral, political and industrial, by Iproperly training all the youth of the State. This is our biggest job and all else is but a baffling dream till we have done this. Observe the Law. 5. In the last place, I believe it is time for us to come to a realization of the use and meaning of the law. Nothing we have is safe--life, liberty, property-unless it be protected by the law. A lawless people with jus tive perverted or laxly administered are a people who are relasping into barbaric conditions. But, however easy and frequent seems the violation of law in this State, we simply must not remain' a lawless people. What we need is to be called back to our best selvjes and to be reminded that to persist in our dangerous habit of lawlessness is to forget what is fine in our history and traditions and to be faithless to a noble future whose* guardians we are. If I am elected to the position of chief executive of the State, I pledge myself to try the tonic effect of enforcing the laws without regard to section or class. I believe the results of such a course will be a stuffening of our moral fibre and a cleansing of the moral atmosphere to such a degree as to make South Caro lina a better place to live in and South Carolinians proud of their citizenship. We dare not go on as we are, and if I should imagine for a moment that as governor I should have to make a truce with lawless ness of any sort, I should continue teaching boys in the hope that they one day would be able to accomplish the reforms impossible to this gen eration. J. G. Clinkscales. Escape From Jail. After forcing their jailor into their cell with a pistol two youths held for burglary Monday escaped from the Tulsa, Okla.. county jail. A waiting automobile whisked them to safety. JKilled Trying to Lscape. Three convicts were shot and kill-1 ed and two others injured probably fatally in an attempted break from the incorrigible ward of a Sacra mento prison Saturday. Departmient Ste~re Robb)~t Three men entered a dr-. . tment store of Doston Sunday rni;;ht, bound - and gagged two watchmen and rob bed the sai'e of $2.riOO. Fired in Three Places. A pyromaniac fired a building in Augusta Tuesday in three places, and failing to. burn it. later fired it the second tIi'g ENSION CHECKS READY IOUNTS FORWARDED TO THE VARIOUS COUNTIES. I the Comptroller-General Distributes Money to Counties-Loss of Pen sioners During Year Was 283. The State pension report was an tounced Monday' from the office of he comptroller-general. The total 'und t~o be paid this year for State >ensions is $256,488. The total num >er of pensioners is 8,780. The roll n 1913 was 9,102. During the past -ear 849 pensioners died. During he year there were 566 pensioners Ldded to the rolls. The applications or pensions were considered at a re ent meeting of the State pension )oard. Following amounts will be sent to 'ach county in the State: bbeville ... ... ... ...$ 4,392 kiken ... ... ... ... ... 9,912 nderson ... ... ... ... 15,384 3amberg ... ... ... ... 2,688 3arnwell ... ... ... ... 4,320 3eaufort ... ... ....... 720 3arkeley .. ........... 3,096 lalhoun ... ... ... ... 984 ,harleston ............ 7,584 herokee ............ 6,624 hester ... ... ... ... .. 4,248 lhesterfield .. ... ... ... 6,360 .larendon ... ... ... ... 3,936. "olleton ... ... ... ... 9,024 Darlington ... ... ... ... 5,376 Dillon ... ... ... ... ... 3,408 Dorchester ... ... ... ... 3,600 @dgefleld............ 4,104 Fairfield ... ... ... ... 3,504 Florence ... .. ........ 6,504 aeorgetown .. ... ... ... 2,136 areenville ... ... ... ... 14,712 areenwood ... ... ... ... 3,984 Efampton ... ... ... ... 3,600 [lorry ... ... ... ... ... . 6,744 asper ... ... ... ... ... 1,320 Kershaw ... ... ... ... 4,392 Lancaster ... ... ... ... 6,976 Laurens ... ... ... ... 8,280 Lee ... ... ... ... ... 2,352 Lexington ... ... ... ... 7,632 Marion ... ... ... ... ... 4,056 Marlboro ... ... ... ... 3,288 ewberry ............ 4,560 Oconee ... ... ... ..~. ... 7,464 rangebur. .. ... ... ... 6,216 Pickens ... ... ... ... 6,744 Richland ... ... ... ... 11,976 Saluda ... ... ...... ... 3,786 Spartanburg.. ..........17,928 Sumter ... ... ... ... ... 4,488 Union ... ... ... ... ... 6,624 Williamsburg ... ... .. . 4,440 York ... ... ... ... ... 8,040 Total .. ... ... ... ... . $256,488 FIGHT HOG CHOLERA. Annual Drain on Animal Industry a Serolus Menace. Experts of the department of agri culture estimate that the annual loss from hog cholera In the United States Is $75,000,000. They regard the eradication as one of the most serious problems that faces the bu reau of animal industry, for the loss caused by it approximately as great as that from all other animal diseases combined. The loss from hogs killed outright by cholera in 1912 was estimated at $60,000,000. The loss to the hog in dustry Indirectly resulting from the disease was about $15,000,00~0 more. rhe cholera is most common In the corn states of the West and South. The two other chief animal diseases are cattle tuberculosis and Texas fever. Statistics .upon the annual losses from these two diseases never have been gathered by the department or Rgriculture. Texas fever and cattle tuberculosis do not cause anything like the number of deaths as does Dholera, but the loss to the cattle in dustry through Illness, Interference with reproduction and making cattle unfit for marketing is heavy. The osses run Into many millions of dol lars a year. PROHIBITS DRINK. Secretary of the Navy Will Not Allow Any Wines in U. S. Navy. Absolute prohibition will prevail In the United States navy after July 1 next. Secretary Daniels Sunday night made public a sweeping order, whh not only will abolish the tradi tional "wine mess" of the officers, but will bar all alcoholic liquors from every ship and shore station of the navy. This order, constituting one of the most notable victories ever won by phoribition forces, was issued at the recommendation of Surgeon General Braisted. It was brief and o the point: "The use or Introduction for drink ing purposes of alcoholic liquors on board any naval vessel, or within any navy yard or station, Is strictly prohibited, and commanding officers will be held directly responsible for the enforcement of this order." NINE WORKM1EN KILL2E1). Fatal Explosion in Caisson of Bridge Being Constructed. A dispatch from Memphis, Tenn., says between four and eleven work nen were killed and as many injured n an explosion of gas Monday in aisson No. 5 of the new J. T. Hara lan bridge being constructed across le Mississippi river there. The dead tnd injured are being removed slowly 'rom the caisson because of the gases. Tihe explosion is said to have oc 'urred when the tube~ was driven into ipocket of gas ne:1r the Arkansas hore. Tile men work in the caisson n shifts of eighteen or twenty and t is saidl a change of shifts had just een concluded. The decad and injur d are being placed on boadls to be arried to Memphis. Limits Man's Liquor Supply. According to a law enacted by the egislature of Mississippi, one gallon f whiskey and one case of beer is he maximum quantity of intoxicants hat one person can le'gally order each 0 days. Car Falls and Kills Woman. A woman was killed and two men ~erously injured when their auto werved off a bridge at Wlnfleld, L. r. Sminraa. ilEN. HH PRAISE CARIRANZA SPEARS HIGH OF WIL SON AND BRYAN. HELI IN HI ESTEEM Constitutionalist Leader in Carefully Worded Paper Explains the Atti tude of His Party Towards Ameri can Statesnin and Their Adopted Policies. A carefully worded communication from Gen. Carranza dealing with the rebel foreign policy was made public Monday by Dr. Henry Allen Tupper of the International Peace Forum at El Paso, Texas. Doctor Tupper inter viewed Gen. Carranza at the request of Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas. The letter says in part: "I possess a deep admiration for the American people and hold In great personal esteem President Woodrow Wilson and Secretary of State William J. Bryan. I know they are men of the very highest mental Ity as well as moral and political aims and for that reason I think that their friendship toward me, and the sympathy evinced for the principles of the M1exican Constitutionalists, are not only sincere but entirely disinter ested, and a-,) the result of the exist ing harmony between the aims of the cause which I have the honor to rep resent and the ideals of the Ameri can democracy. "As long as I am at the head of the Constitutionalist army, or in any oth er office my policy will be to strive in such way as to have our international obligations with foreign governments become more and more cordial, and especially with such countries as have their destiny linked with the politi cal economic and personal interests of Mexico. "I sincerely regret that incidents of an international character should have given rise to an interpretation not entirely. in accord with my real attitude as the chief of the Constitd' tionalists. I have striven to place myself in the legitimate light deserv ed by the high aims of our party, without overlooking the cordial sug estions which were offered me with in the attitude just expressed, neith er evading responsibility nor Ignor ing diplomatic customs and usage. "In surpuance of this attitude all representations and matters called to our attention by the United States in an unofficial way have, in the past, received our.prompt attention and I assure you that hereafter the same attention will be given to all repre sentations and matters presented to us through the United States In be half of other nations, In conformity with international diplomatic usage and custom notwithstanding the fact that we always have deemed it prefer able to avoid responsibility being thrust upon the United States by oth er powers as a result of its attitude toward the political conditions now existing in the republic of Mexico. "I can conceive no better evidence of the spirit of cordiality and friend ship which we bear towards the Unit ed States than our willingness to re relve unofficial representations and claims made by the United States government in regard to all matters concerning its citizens within the re public of Mexico. I must, however, call your attention to the fact that we could not, without sacrificing our hard-fought for prestige, consider representations made through the good offices of the United States In behalf of foreigners, unless we be previously informed that such media tion has been requested of the United States by the Interested nation." QUIET IN RACE. Senaor Smith Has Nothing to Say Concerning Opponent. United States Senator E. D. Smith did not disc uss his race for re-election while in Columbia Monday en route to Washington from the Pee Dee sec tion of the State, where he has been speaking. The junior senator was in conference with several of his politi cal lieutenants while in the city and appeared confident. He gave out no statement relative to the candidacy of his opponent, Gov. Blease. Senator tiith's friends are encouraged over the good news he has been receiving on his present trip through the Pee Dee, they say. They state thy are confident that he will defeat Gov. Blease by a good majority. The sen ator himself, however, while smiling ly confident, will not discuss hig op ponet's chances, but is leaving that until the joint debate this summer. Senator Smith's cotton bill is well on its way to passage through con gress and the Immigration commit tee, of which he is chairman, has that bill before the Senate. On both meas ures the junior senator has put in hard work and is anxious to get them through. HOMICIDE NEAR LEXINGTON. School Closing Exercise Results in Fatal Duel Between Men. Levi Rish, a farmer and trustee of the district school, 20 miles from Lexington, known as Smith's branch school house, was killed in a gun ight betw'een himself and James Clark and Elliott Cant on Saturday niht. Th~e three cornered duel fol loed a quarrel which was supposed to have arisen at a school celebra ton. Rish and the other men met later anti shots were fired. Rish fel! w;ith seveoral bullet wounds in his body and expired immediately. D louble Killing. Iecause his sweetheart, a house keeperp qurreledl with himt, George eFauve of Peabody, Mass., Satur da shot her and her employer. To 'tudly Hog Cholera. James J. Hill has pledged $50.00) to the Rockefeller Institute for Med ical Research of New York for the investigation~ of hogr cholera. IKilled by. Fl~l Fromz Cab. Frank McQuirk of Mt. Vernon, N. Y., fell from a cab at Jacksonville, Pla., Sunday and falyv fracture<d his. Iskul, No Sul ETURN to i s\titutes sent ing Powder. stitute for ROYAL cream of tartar be healthful. Powde stitutes are made THE PARDON RECORD GOVERNOR HAS SHOWN CLEMEN CY TO OVER A THOUSAND. Looks Like He Will Carry Out His Threat to Turn All the Criminals Out of the Penitentiary. TLere have been 1,176 convicts who have received clemency at the hands of Gov. Cole L. Blease since he was Inaugurated for the first time on January 17, 1911. Of this number about three-fourths were released un der paroles and the rest were given full pardons or had their sentences commuted. These figures were com piled Saturday morning from records in the office of R. M. McCown, Secre tary of State, by a correspondent of The News and Courier. With nearly 1,200 to his credit, Gov. Blease seems to have beaten the mark he set for himself. At the an nual conference of governors in Rich mond, Va., in the fall of 1912 Gov. Blease, in boasting of his pardon record, which was over 400, said that he hoped to make the number 800 by the end of his second term. With a little less than a year of that sec ond term gone the governor's par doning record has reached nearly 1,200. There is much speculation being indulged in as to the effect the par doning record is going to have on the governor's race for the United States Senate. He stated after his re-elec tion in 1912 that he was proud of his pardon record and that he considered the people had endorsed it by relect ing him over former Chief Justice Ira B. Jones. Since that time 600 more prisoners have been freed and there Is every indication that the par doning record will again be one of the main issues in the campaign for the United States Senate this sum mer. Gov. Blease is apparently carrying out his declaration that he would de populate -ie State penitentiary by August 1. A 'great many prisoners have been sent back to the county chain gangs of the counties from which they were sentenced and others have been released under paroles and pardons. There are only 1 86 pris oners left In the penitentiary, of whom just 150 are men. There are in addition sonm; 57 prisoners e ployed on the State farms, but it is stated that this is much less than the number necessary to work the farms and operations will have to be greatly curtailed. SPEAKER LOUDLY HISSED. Retired Army Major Is Cat-Called When He Attacked Wilson. Prais.: and blame for President Wilson's Mexican policy were min gled at last week's session of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, held at Philadelphia, ut there was general agreement that there will be no peace in that country until the land question is settled. The concensus was against intervention. Major Cassius L. Gillette, U. S. A., retired, described conditions in Mex ico, and declared that it was his be lief that the president would not be unwilling to become a war hero in order to get a second term. Loud and long hisses came from different parts of the hail at once. He added that he knew yhat lhe said would arouse protest, and prophesied that such a situation would come about. Congressman S. F. Prouty of Iowa resented the remarks of Major Gil lette. "Although I am a Republican and have fought all my life to de feat Democrats," he said, "I will up hold with all my power the president of my country in his Mexican policy and in his efforts to avert war." He also resented, he said, the "dragging of the president down to the level of Huerta". HAS GOO1) RULE. Wilson Tells Ho0w He Decides Uipon His Public Servants. President Wilson recently enun ciated the principle by which lie chooses public servants, declaring the first requisite was a spirit of justice and fairness. He said lie believed the best result came from choosing those who w d consider questions fairly rather ti:an those who would decide questions in a certain way. The president remarked to him that it seemed that justice was the thing in the world to obtain and required rore conrage and conscience than any other one thing. Asked to be Jailed for Murder. Henry Goldsby approached a Dan ille. Va., policeman Tuesday night, nd said: "I'm a murderer and want to be arrested." Hie claims he killed Georgian named Hart at Douglas, Gunmxien Rob Gamblers. Five armed men entered a New York einb early Thursday morning. bree up several poker games, grab b 1 85,000 and f!ed. Explosion on Torpedo 1Roat. An explosion on the torped!o boat Aylwin stationed at Norfolk resu!!ed hi the death of a firemnn Monday. Hilled His Stepson. Van Hemphill of Caffney To"uy killd his stepson in the Star 1kr:au sectin o ne rekee county, istitutes he grocer all sub-' you for Royal Bak There is no sub Royal is a pure, ldng powder, and rs offered as sub from alum. CARE FOR FORESTS THIS STATE IS ABOUT TO LOSE iTS,,VALUABLE TMBER. SHOULD BE REliILATED Large Tracts of Land Are Denuded of Their Natural Protection Against Floods by Indiscriminate and Care. less Cutting of Young and Imma ture Trees. It will be a question of only a few years more before the timber prob lem of South Carolina is serious In the extreme. Great traces of timber land have been cut off during the last ten years and the operations of many sawmills have made great inroads into the available supply of timber in the Palmetto State. There are several large tracts of timber now on the market in South Carolina and if these are cut off, as they a're quite likely to be within the next two years, South Carolina's timber interests will have been considerably lessened. Some of the largest tracts in the State have been purchased by north ern and western capital and the dressed lumber shipped outside the State to markets where it would bring the highest prices. If you keep In touch with conditions and events you will note that when forests are cut down by these lumber operators, the small trees, which are valueless, are alsoswept away and the ground made desolate, so to speak, instead of cleaning out the larger trees and leaving the young saplings to grow and bring later revenue. This is one of the evils of the "timber hog". South Carolina has for years re garded her timber rights with little regard. These seemed to be enough in sight and ample timber to take care of Immediate needs. So, why worry? The average man paid little heed or had no concern in the future cost of timber for construction pur poses fifteen or twenty years from now. W~ood sufficient for his nre place seemed the only issue when considering the timber question. But not so the men who have the interests of State and nation at heart. The question of forest reserves' has. become of paramount importance. The problem of conserving our nat ural resources is not new. Yet it Is pounding on the front doors of our legislative halls for recognition, and crying out against the shameful wastes of timber lords and hogs who recognize no man's rights but their 1own personal gain. Our pine forests have become do pleted and by carelessness, many val uable tracts have been almost de stroyed by fire. In some parts of the State where long leaf pine yas plenti ful five years ago, there is hardly a hundred trees visible. .Forest fires over uncared-for tracts of timber land prove costly. One woman In eastern North Carolina had a large tract of long leaf pine for which she* refused $75,000 and six months later Ia negro, after he had been discharg ed. set fire to the forest and it iras. sold later for $5,000. This only illustrates the extent of damage by fire possible, and further, emphasized the importance of earing for valuable timber tracts so that ex Itensive and damaging fires will be imposible. Py proper trimming here Iand there and cleaning up or burning debris the amount of fire risks would have been reduced to a minimum. Of course. In thousands of in stances, land has been cleared of trees and stumps and converted .into profitable f arming acreage, whereas it produced nothing before but a third grade of lumber. But the point is, not enough emnphasis5 of Importance is placed upon the value of restocking our forests or providing for the fu ture. In Germany, for instance, a certain area is replanted with young trees every year to replace the nat ural yearly consumption of timber through regular channels. If a man desires his son to be a rich man, at the child's birth ten or twenty acres of land are planted with bland walnut and at the age of 21 years the young man is indeed wealthy. This is a system of conservation or providing for the future entirely foreign to the average American. Our farm journals and agricultural papers are filled with column after column devoted to the ubjects of good seed, more power for the farm er, county fairs and such subjects, but not a line do you find as to the value of timber to any State and the need of restocking our waste areas with some good quality of timber. Prof. Charles A. Keffer says: "The farmer man or boy. woman or girl, who knows only the work of the farm, can not be as happy in his or her living as the one who knows well the life surrounding him; wild birds and fishes ought to be very much a part of the society of him whose home is in the country." Prof. Keffer is right. Every farm er. and his boys should study trees, the dfdrent wood, park, branches nd development. With -nursery. sock so cheap and the possibilities of rchards becoming more and more apparent; there is no reason why pro table orchards could not be planted. n te acreage left vacant or desolate y the woodehoppers. Columbia leads the leagi;! RIS9 n , v a ment honpe