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VOL. XXVIII MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY JULY 8, 1 oQUESTION OF COST DOLARS AND CENTS FURNISH WEAK ARGUMENT VS. WIPOLSORY EDUIATION Opponents Fire Upon Clinkscales and Aka Him Where Money Is to Come From_-Answering This He Points to Amount Appropriated and Sas Pletny is Avanae, . The matter of financing-systems of compulsory education was given at tention by some of the candidate for governor in their speeches Thursday before the Chesterfield audience Lowndes J. Br->wning wanted to know how any system was to be fi nanced, uhile Richard I Manning - inquired of John G. Clinkscales how he proposed to get the money to meet the expenses of schools and put up enough additional buildings to make Statewide compulsory education ef fective. 'Mr. Clinkscales inferred in his reply that if the State could af ford to spend thousands of. dollars for higher education it could find some way of supporlying suffcient ac commodations for the children unable to get In at present. Mr. Manning declares compulsory education Im practicable. Chas. A. Smith developed his ar guments in favor of submitting the question of Stat'e-wide probition to the people. "One of the candidates has shied badly on this question," said Lieut. Gov. Smith, referring to Mr. Clink scales. "Does Mr. Clinkscales stand for compulsory education among the ne groes?" asked Lieut. Gov Smith fur ther on in his speech. "Mr Clinkscales' plan of State wide compulsory education is an im practicable theory incapable of being put into. execution," declared Rich ard I. Manning, who was warmly greeted by the audience. "I ask Mr. Clinkscales to answer in his speech today where the money is coming from to rua the schools and pay the. teachers if State-wide compulsory education is put into ef fect." In Chesterfield county, Mr. Mann ing said that a third of the boys were not in' the schools ad quoted the county superintendent of education as the authority for the statement Sthat it would take a levy of 15 mIll to pay- the salaries of the teachers a-d the running expenses of the schools, exclusive of erecting new buildings, should all the children be forced into the schools now. "If you adopt Mr. Clinkscales' -plan you will give a backset to edu cation because you will not have the money to make State-wide compul -sory effective." urged Mr. Mahning after he presented his plan for local option school attendance. -"I asked 'Mr. Clinkscales, Mr. Man ing and Mr. Smith where they were -.going to get the money to run the schools if any one of the systems of compulsion they advocate are put into effect, and they have not an swered yet," said Lowndes J. Brown ing He held that the copstitutionial State tax of 3 mIlls for school pur poses should be abolished in order to effect other tax reforms. "If you are going to leave the 1 mill tax in the constitution, then make it a State tax and divide it among the counties equally," urged Mr. Browning. He said that the same principle should be applied to the education of children that now applied to the pensioning of veter - ans. "There are 39,799 white children out of school while the schools are running," asserted John G. Clink scales. "South Carolina gives Clemsonl $300,000 a year to educate a few hundred boys, thousands of dollars to Winthrop and this year $30,000 to eradicate the cattle tick, placing the tick above the children," said Mr. Clinkscales -in taking up his oppo nents' querry ~about how compulsory school attendance was to be financed. Is this fair to the thousands of chil dren who are out of school?" "I contend further that many thou sands of children out of schools can be put into them noiw without in creasing the tax levy one cent," in sisted Mr. Clinkscales. "You d~n't have to force the ne groes into the schools," declared Mr. Clinkscales after he ridiculed Mr. Richards' declaration that he would nevc/ agree to spending an addition al dollar for negro education until all white children were given equal ed ucational advagtages. I - Morgan Calls on Wilson. J. P. Morgan, noted financier. Thursday called on the President at the 'White House and chatted with him for several hours. Hotel Fire Has Fatal Result. H. T. Collum, a traveling sales man of Philadelphia was stiffacated In a fire which destroyed Guillford hotel at Greensboro, N. C. Friday. Wilson to Urge Relief. President Wisoni has. decided to ask congress for $200,000 to aid the fire stricken city of Salem. Mass., in Its rehabilitation. Would Keep Negroes Out. Representative Park of Georgia has introduced a bill to keep negroes from holding commissions in the army or navy. Ten Sailors Are Lost. Ten of the crew of the Gloucester, a fishing schooner near Portland. Me., DANGER FACES SOUTH BLACKS ONCE OUTNU3iBERED WHITES IN LEGISLATRE. Tillman Distributes Photograph of Darker Days With Solemn Warn Ing to Men of White Race. The clerks of courts in the coun ties of the state have received from Senator B. R. Tillman a copy of a protograph showing the radical members of the South Carolina legi lature of 1868. Of 63 members of this body, 50 were negroes or mulat toes, 41 were unable to read or write and 44 paid no taxes. Senator Tillman writes that he found the picture in Greenville and had it enlarged and framed in order to have one sent to each county, so that the people of South Carolina can see it for themselves. Under the picture, which it is ex pected will be hung in every court house in the state, appears this in sciption: "Presented by Senator Tillman to the clerk's office in each county of South Carolina as a warning to his fellow citizens of the necessity for white unity. "'Lord God of hosts! be with us yet, "'Lest we forget! Lest we forget!"" Senator -Tillman issued a state ment in which he says: "When in South Carolina last April returning to Washington from Clemson College, I stopped in Green ville to see my niece. While there Mr. L. M. McBee showed me a photo praph, two by three inches in size, of the Reconstruction Legislature of 1868, the first we had. There were far more negroes in it than white men. I borrowed it and brought it to Washington and had it enlarged. I have had it framed, and intend to send .one to every county to be hung in the clerk's office, so that those people may see it who have a mind to. "Governor- Blease and Mr. Fort ner are howling about the negroes. having white teachers and the dan ger to- our civilization from that source. I am inclined to believe the Southern people made a great mis take when they did not take charge of the negroe's education and put them all under white teachers in stead of colored teachers. However that may .be the one real danger, and a great one it is, to South Carolina's civilization lies in a possible division among the white people themselves, making the negroes the balance of power and the controlling factor in our politics. As long as the white people stand shoulder to shoulder and fight it out among themselves we need never fear. The new rules adopted at the last State Convention -to govern the primary insure an honest vote,. and every good- Democrat will abide the result, whatever it be. There is lit te possibility of our having ever again as -bad a Governor as Blease has been. "South Carolina can even stand Blease in the Senate, however nau seating it will be~to some of us, but would never recover from an appeal by the Bleaseites or any others to the negro vote. Should that occur our civiliaton would be doomed. An indefinite "era of good - stealing" wold come again, and in the course of time another "ringed, streaked and striped" Legislature would as semble in Columbia." The photograph to which the Sen ator refers has attracted much at tention from visitors to his office in the Capitol. Without exception ev ery beholder who has commented up on the picture has declared that it presented more eloquently than any number of speeches or .books- could do the horrible conditions under which the State labored in the per iod of "Reconstruction." NEGRO SAVES CHILD. Heroism of Colored Man to be Paid - for by His Death. A rather peculiar accident happen ed Saturday afternoon in a storm on the Robert Wylie place a few miles from Chester. The child of John A. Campbell was out in the grove In front of the residence when a sinafl cyclone suddenly made its appear ance. A darky, Jim Hampton, hap pening along about that time saw the little girl and ran and picked her up o take her to safety. Just as he grabbed her up a big tree was blown over him, felling him and doing him great bodily harm. In his fail he managed to save the child from being hurt. Had he not rescued the child when he did it would ha're been in stantly killed. The negro is in a pre carious condition. Girl Saies Train. Standing in the middle of the track Jennie Parker aged seven of Douglass, Ga., saved a passenger train from destruction. The bridge a quarter of a mile up the track had been burned away. Cloudburst Causes Damage. Immense damage was caused by a cloudburst Sunday evening at Ben koelen, Sumatra. The business sec tion was destroyed and the hospital, the school and a number of houses collapsed. Wears Suit From This State. President Wilson blossomed out Wednesday in a suit of South Caro lina manufacture, the gift of Con gressman Byrnes. It wi's made at Aiken. Send Special Envoy. .... Wilson has sent John Silliman to confer with General Carranza and to act as the American representative at.the constitutionalist headquarters. HE HAS NO ANSWER BI4EASE IGNORES ALL CHARGES IN SAUNDERS CASE SPEAKERS RUBBINO IT IN Jennings Suggests That Blease Go In Partnership With James Sottile, The King of Blind Tigers, Who Is On His Staff--Carolina Militia Must Salute "Mashed Down Nose". For the second time Wednesday, at the Senatorial campaign meeting at Lancaster Governor Blease Ignor ed the charge brought by two of his opponents, Messrs L. D. Jennings and W. P. Pollock, that the Execu tive with regents or. the State Hospi tal for the Insane appointed by him, had attempted to discredit Dr. Elean ora B. Saunders, formerly a physi cian at the asylum, and that her treatment by the Governor and his appointees drove Dr. Saunders and Dr. 'Babcock, the superintendent, from the service of that institution. The Governor reiterated his policy of silence, again declaring that he sttood on his record, and had neither apology for nor explanation of any official act or word of his since oc cupying the gubernatorial chair. This, however, did not deter Messrs. Jennings and Pollock from again presenting the facts in the Saunders case as contained in the report of the Legislature investigating com mittee, which exonerated Dr. Saun ders. Dr. Saunders and Dr. Bab cock resigned after the investigation was completed and the report made. The Governor spoke first. He again attacked the new primary rul es, declaring the personal enroll ment feature was for the purpose of cutting down his vote in some places it was purposely made difficult for his supporters to enroll, and that many men couldn't write their' names and must go before some "lit tle cigarette-sucking clerk" and have that service performed for them. He said .he had many strong friends who stick to him "because I stick to them." The Governor de clared that Statt ~ Secretary John Gary Evans stated in Spartanburg, referring to the new rules, that Blease wouldn't be elected this time because "we've got him fixed." But, said the Governor, "I'll show him I'll beat him and the whole bunch." Nr. L. D. Jennings said he would show that "Blease - is unfit for the United States Senate. He said that the Governor had tried to run and was at loggerkeads with every other department of the State Government and that he had signed more pardons than and other Governor South Caro lina ever had. "Was it because of a tender heart?" somebody asited. "No, not a tender heart, but to please political henchmen of his," Mr. Jennings re plied. When the speaker 'asked how many endorsed Governor Blease's re cord in the Saunders case, there was a chorus of, "no," while one man yelled "Yes." "May God have mercy on your soul," came from the speaker. Mr. Jennings explained that the new primary rules were far alike to the friends and political enemies of the governor. "You're .right," an aged man in the crowd answered. "I've been here S0 years and I ex pect to enroll my full name and vote under them." This speaker retaliated said that the governor could do better than go back to Newberry and work in the livery stable, as the governor threat ened to do before he would apologize for or explain any word he had- ever uttered or anything that he had ever done. "My suggestion is," said Mr. Jen nings, "that he go to Charleston and go into partnership with James Sot tile, who's of his staff and the king of blind tigers, and the governor will have a better ousiness." Mr. W. P. Pollock read his list of "furriners" and said that they were "the kind or riffraff that drift into Charleston who haven't a dollar in the world, who can't sign their names, yet they are herded together and voted like sheep .by Vincent Chicco and James Sottile. They are tbe kind that cross over from Augus tc and adjoining counties to kill the honest votes of the farmers of South Carolina." Mr. Pollock then explained what he said were the relations exsisting between the governor and James Sot tile-"the king of all blind tigers and colonel on the governor's staff." The speaker then asked whether they would salute -the "mashed down Dago," and there was a chorus of "Nos" and many hurrahs' for Pol lock. Answering another question Mr. Pollock said South Carolini lost the encampment because of "the greatly magnified ego of your Governor, Cole L. Blease, who said they wouldn't bow to him and had ignored his dig nity, and until then T never knew he had any dignity." He said he was running to help Senator Smith, but not as many people thought; that he was running "to help Senator Smith back to the farm." Senator Smith was the last speak er. Each of those preceding him had gleefully reminded him that the Lever cotton exchange bill had been substituted for the Smith bill. As soon as the senator was introduced he read the Associated Press dis patch from Washington this morning which said that the senate had refus ed to accept t , substitute. On each stump Mr. ollock tells the au dience that it has cost the govern ment almost $1,000 a pound to fat ten Senator Smith. The Senator 'aebmachk" to day by answering CLINKSCALES STARS COMPULSORY EDUCATION WINS BENNETTSVILLE CROWD Sentiment at Anti-Blease Meeting Appears Strong for Complusory Education and Law Enforcement. John G. Clinkscales was given an ovation Wednesday at Bennettsville by the 1,200 Marlboro County peo ple who heard the candidates for State offices. Many ladies were in the audience. Perfect order prevail ed and each candidate was given good attention and applause. It was a Clinkscales crowd, and the ovation given him was the feature of the meeting. It was also very plain that the audience was overwhelmingly Anti-Blease in sentiment. . A. G. Brice, for Attorney General, said the record of his opponent, At torney General Peeples, was one. of "masterly inactivity." He also de clared that he -nevr had voted for Cole L. Bdease and was not a suppor ter of the present State Administra tion. The sentiment at Bennettsville ap pears to be strong for compulsory education. The crowd waited pati ently for several hours and practical ly all were present when Mr. Clink scales, the last speaker, made his ad dress favoring compulsory education. Law enforcement and curtailment of the pardoning power were applauded by the people when they were voiced by R. A. Cooper, M. L. Smith and R. A. Cooper, M. L. Smith and R. I. I. Manning. Charles A. Smith also received applause on his condemna tion of lawlessness. "I thank God for the press of to day," said Mr. J. A. Hunter, candi date for lieutenant governor, in tell ing of the press as the great medium through which the people were kept informed and educated. He paid. a tribute to the greatness of the press. John G. Clinkscales was the last candidate for governor. He came forward amid great applause, cheers, shouts and blowing of automobile horns. He said that four years ago at Boykin church, in Marlboro coun ty, he stated the would run for gov ernor on com'pulsory education If no body else came out, and he was here in the race with compulsory druca tion as the leading plank in his plat form. He said 95 per cent. of the white boys and girls got no educa tion except in the rural schools, and he then launched into a discussion of compulsory education. He emphasized the crying need for compulsory education and promised to enforce the law. He said that while he did not want the liquor question injected into the campaign he promised to enforce the laws. He was given an ovation when he con cluded. He was also presented with flowers. READY TO HELP. McAdoo Asks BRanks Whether They Want Help for Crop Funds. Secretary McAdoo mailed a letter Mionday to each of the national banks' in the United States asking whether they believe it will be advisable for the treasury department to lend a and again this year In the move ment of crops by distributing addi tional government deposits. 'The secretary asked for an opinion as to what cities in each State may be used to the best advantage as cen ters from which the national banks may place the money among their country correspondents and as to the sort of collateral the 'bankers regard as best for the security of govern-i ment funds.I "While it Is expected that the fed eral reserve banks will begin busi ness in time to assist in moving the crops this fall," the letter concluded, "the treasury department will never theless be disposed to hel-p .business to the full extent of its powers through the proper use of govern ment funds, If It becomes apparent that such help is needed in any sec tion of the country." Last year Secretary McAdoo de posited more than $3 a,000,000 with national banks for crop movements and every cent of the money was paid back Iith interest before April of this year. that he was a "thoroughbred" and that his opponent was a "razor back," and that .his opponent could never be fattened. The .senator also likened his oppo nent to the famous steamboat on the Mlississippi, "the whistle of which was so big and the boiler so little that when it blew it had to stop." It had also been charged that the senator was a man of one idea. "There is but one sun, yet all the light and the heat and the plain food come from this," he answered. "Just wait until I develop my one idea and you'll see its relation to the homes, to the school houses and to the shoes for the little children's feet." The crowd day was composed largely of farmers and Senator Smith went extensively into the time exten sion feature of the new banking and currency law designed soley for the benefit of the farmers. He also took up in detail the standardization of grades and explained how this would enable theproducer to know at least' the quality of cotton he was throw ing on the market. At no place where the party has yet been did the senator's arguments receive a more thoughtful hearing nor at any place have there been more enthusiastic supportsers charging the stand when the meeting was concluded to speak to Senator Smith and clasp his hand. War Vessel to Haiti. The armored cruiser Washington has been ordered to Port Au Prince,j END CARNIVAL OF CRIME GEORGLI POLICE SEIZE GANG SUSPECTED OF MURDER. Bold Highwaymen Kill Three in Two Weeks--First Killed Victims and Then Rifled Clothes. The bloody carnival of crime, which resulted in the murder of three men in two weeks in Columbus, Ga., received a temporary check a few days ago when the city and county police caused the arrests of Son Per kins, Dave .Warner, Luther Bahbett and G. J. Brooks, on charge of mur dering William P. Hindsman, Roy Palmer and Frank Allen. The. men were arrested primarily for the slay ing at Allen, but the police have evi lence which connects them with the ther two killings. In addition to the three murders, the accused men are suspected of at ;empting a number of hold-ups. That the murders were committed with obbery as the motive is indicated by the fact that the pockets of all three nen were turned inside _ut when lound. The first murder committed in the utskirts of Columbus was that of W. . Hindsman, who was shot in the ack on the evening of May 23. His ody was found between Sixth and renth avenues, robbed. Ray Palmer, son of Detective rames Palmer, was shot in the head d killed early Sunday morning, ruiD ) 7, while on the way home from seeing a brother. He was robbed of 12. His .body was found near a cem btery. Frank Allen, the last victim, was tilled on the afternoon of June 8, and is body was found in a piney woods n the outskirts of Columbus. In addition to these murders, the rang is suspected of attempting to iold-up several negroes, of attempt-. ng to kill a neighbor of the Palmer amily, who caught them lying in wait for the man they slew, and with Lttempting to shoot witnesses who iappened to be nearby when Allen was.slain. The arrest of the four accused men aused no end of excitement In C& umbus, where a few years ago the ;heriff of the county and other jail )ficials were slain while defending risoners suspected of heinous rimes. Sheriff Jesse Beard took no hances when he learned of the ar -ests and converted the jail into a reritable arsenal. SHOULD PLANT SORGUM W. B. Elliott Advises Farmers to to Cultivate This for Feed. Mr. W. R. Elliott, an authority pon stock in this state and now is onnected with the work of the. Unit d States Department of Agriculture ad Clemson College in extension work,' writes tte following which hould interest every farmer: If the farmers who pull fodder ould use. sorgum for forage instead, he corn yield of South Carolina irould be increased several thousand ,ushels. Nothing saves more money m the farm than sorgum, and a crop >f orange sorgum can be planted any ie from April 1st. to July 15th, Lnd Xf schocked just .before killing ~rost, will remain green until the fol owing spring. Stock relish It and :hrive on it, and .in food value it is ar superior to fodder, and much ore nourishing. When stock are loing light work sorgumn alone can >e fed, keeping them in fine condi Thousands of tons of hulls are pur thased yearly 'by farmers for cattle 'edding during the winter, while sor ;um can be used as a substitute and ~aten with a relish by the cattle: )ne acre producing anywhere from ~ight to fifteen tons of green food.. Prepare land as for cotton and fer :ilize with soda, meal, fish scraps, tc, to produce a good, stalk. One peck of seed per acre is ample, and when up to a'stand should be thinned o a hoes breadth to insure a good ~rowth and large stalks. Stalks the ;ize of a man's thumb, If shocked be !ore frost, will hold the sap from ctober until March. Small stalks Iry out and become too woody. Dairymen who have no silos will nd sorgum an excellent fc.. 1 by run ung it through a food cutter and ixing In meal. Increase you corn yield by allow ing the fodder to die on the stalks, nd grow sorgum instead. Cut out your hull bill this coming winter by preparing land now and seeding it to sorgumn; shock It up tightly this [all and tie binder twine around the op, and it will remain good all win ter in the field. If house room is onvient it can be stood on end and packed tight until house is full, but if allowed to fall down it will soon heat and spoil. Four good acres will eed ten good cows from October un ti February, or two fifths of an acre per cow. . |. French Postmen Paralyze Mails. When the French senate rejected a proposed increase in pay seven hundred Parisian postmen held the central office and prohibited the han dling of mail for six hours. Mother Breaks Neck. Holding her three-year-old baby in her arms, Mrs. J. J. M. Peay of Ridgewood Tuesday fell off her front porch and broke her neck. Judge Ernest Gary Dies. Ernest Gary, judge of the fifth judicial district, died In Columbia Tuesday after serving 23 years on the bench. He was 56. Makes War on Rodents. The city of Charleston has offered three cents a head for all rats, In an effort to stamn them out, DIFFICULTY FIXED DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN U. S. AND MEXICO SETTLED DELEGIATES ARE PLEASED Solution of Internal Problem Will be Left to Mexican Factions-Presi dent Has Always Said Such Means Would Most Likely Result in a Permanent Peace. Ambassador Da Gama of Brazil Wednesday formally announced the virtual settlement of the conflict be tween the United States and Mexico. The ambassador announced that while mediation would take an indefi nite recess* awaiting the outcome of efforts by representatives of the two Mexican factions, the task of media ti n was not yet concluded, though an essential part of its work has been accomplished. The announcement was made at luncheon' t/ newspaper men. The en tire delegations of all interested coun tries were present. "It is a source of satisfaction for me," said the ambas sador, "to be able to say that one of the essential points of our program, that dealing with the international side of the conflict, is virtually set tled. This does. not imply that we go home with our task concluded, but we feel that so far we have avert ed war. "We have established also, through agreement between the parties most directly interested and in complete harmony with th sentiments of the government of the United. States, that it Is a principle of American po1 icy to have our national differences given a fair investigation and always settled without foreign interference. We understand that if such a result has been attained we shall have creat ed a more favorable atmosphere in in ternational politics in America." Mr. Dr Gama called attention to the fact that President Wilson per sonally had informed the mediators before they left Washington that the only way to solve Mexico's problem was to "aid the contending parties in Mexico to reach an agreement among themselves, thus obtaining a Mexi can solution of the Mexican ques tion." In this manner the ambassa dordor revealed that the course medi aition has taken -was in President Wilson's.mind frGm the beginning. The speech served also as a defiei tion for the world generally of the hitherto unsettled status of media tion. The Washington government would have preferred that the media tion board remain while the Constitu tionalists were urged to act quickly on the invitation already extended to them. The mediators formally acknowl edged the latest note from Gen. Car ranza The answer expresses appre ceation for Carranza's friendly senti ments toward peace and is courteous ly phrgsed. The American delegates received word from Washington to leave when they thought advisable but they will be the last to go. The Huerta delegates received 'formal in structions from their government giv ing them plenary powers to discuss internal questions with Consitutional ists. The Huerta delegates are anxious to know when and where the confer ence will take place. Should no de finite word be received by Friday or Saturday, some of the .Hucerta dele gates will go to New York to stay. Minister 'Naon of Argentine, after conferring in Washington with Luis Cabrero, expects to telegraph the Huerta delegates some definite idea of the time the informal conferences will be convened. Mllio Rebasa, head of the Huerta delegation, said he was pleased with the accomplishments of mediation thus far. Thlo recess of mediation still holds in effect the armistice be tween the United States and the Huerta government at Vera Cruz, No protocol has been signed Indicating when the American forces will be withdrawn. This has been left for consideration after the two Mexican factions agree on the new provisional government. It is expected this protocol, along with others already signed, will be embodied later in a complete agree ment to be signed by the Constitu tionalists, the Huerta delegates and American representatives. This would clear up all points of interna tionaldifference and fix a date for the recognition of the new government. As future meetings of the mediation board and delegates probably will be held in New York or Washington's Wednesday's luncheon was in the na ture of a farewell. Rat Traps on Duty. Six thousand baited traps did sil ent duty on the waterfront of New Orleans. The board of healt is vig orously carrying out a protective campaign. White Boy Loses Life for Negro. Willis Parkman, of Spartanburg, a white -boy drowned Wednesday while trying to save Luther Jones, a young negro, with whom he was seining. Five Miners Killed. The bodies of five miners were found by the rescuers in the West Virgina mine at Williamston, where a fire had been burning for several hours. Firemen Killed by Dynamite. Chief Wallace and firemenu Glenn of the Charlotte. N. C., fire depart ment were instantly killed Wednes day .by dynamite in a burning build SENATE VOTES TO WORK WILL STAY ON THEIR JOBS UN TIL BILLS ARE PASSED. Should It Become Necessary Caucus May Make Party Question of Anti Trust Measures. Senate- Democrats in conference late Wednesday adopted a resolution declaring their .purpose to stay in passed by the House has been acted upon in the Senate. The resolution does not bind senators to vote for the bills without change. The resolution is designed to serve definite and final notice to business and the country that anti-tryst legis lation is to be passed before congress quits Washington. It was proposed by Senator Stone, after a tak with President Wilson and with other Democratic gaders. Senator Stone said it was intended as an answer to the .propaganda for immediate ad iournment of congress. If party leaders decide in the fu ture that it will be necess.ry to make party measures of the three House bills or the substitutes offered for them, another conference will be held for the purpose of binding Dem Dcrats to definite legislation. Some senators thought , the resolution night bind senators to vote for the bills, but Senator Kern, chairman of the conference, declared such was cot its purpose and a clause stating this in specific terms was adopted. The resolution says: "Resolved, rhat the conference of Democratic senators, after due consideration, hereby declares that the present ses sion of congress should not adjourn ntil at least the following bills now pending in the Senate have been fin ally disposed of." It names the trade commission, the railroad se aurities, and the Clayton anti-trust bills as the measures to be included. rhe explanatory clause attached to .he resolution reads: "The resolution hereinbefore a lopted is intended merely as 'an ex Dression of the purpose of the major ty party in reference to adjourn nent." Senators who hope to get Lway from Washington within six eeks or two months found comfort n the announcement from the con :erence that Senator Kern, majority eader, will ask the senate to hold iight sessions next week. At the same time Senator Lewis, he Democratic "whip," was instruct d to keep a quorum present at all imes. These facts indicate an in :ention by the majority to press the :rade commission bill to a vote as soon. as possible and to put the ap ropriation bills through when oppor unity offeder The trade commis don bill is before the senate and a rote may be asked any day. The railroad securities bill and the. Nlayton bill still are in committee, yut it is possible that one may be -eported as soon as it becomes ap arent the commission bill is near assage. Some leaders hope ad iournment can be taken with the pro ;ramme complete by August 20 or eptember 1. The conference was harmonious. several senators expressed dissatis action with provisions in some of ;he bills, but it was made clear no me was bound to vote for any par ;icular bill. GREETED WITH APPLAUSE Rural Letter Carriers Give Clink scales* Name Warm Reception. Tumultuous cheering for John G. linkscales, 13rofessor of mathematics it Wofford College and candidate for overnor, was inspired by the men :ion of his name at Spartanburg luesday at the opening session of the nual Convention of the South Zarolina Rural Letter Carriers' Asso iation. The applause is being fea :ured by his advocacy of State-wide :omiulsory education, continued for several minutes. The speaker was R. *D. Robinson, >f Edgemor, Chester County, and he vas responding to the -address of wel :ome. He paid a tribute to Spartan burg as the home of well known men whom he mentioned, and had no nore than uttered Dr. Clinkscales' ame than there came such a demon stration of enthusiasm for the candi .late from the letter carriers as pre rented the speaker from continuing for perhaps three minutes. The out burst of applause was commented u~pon as b~ing remarkable for its spontaneity. CAP MANGLES BOY'S HAND. Dynamite Detonators Mistaken for Blank Pistol Cartridges. Jackson Herbert, the 13-year-oldI son of the Rev. Thomas G. Herbert, pastor of the Columbia Methodist church, met with a painful accident uesday, which will probably result in the loss of two fingers and a part f the thumb on the left hand. Mistaking some dynamite caps, which were given him by a child in the neighborhood, for blank pistol cartridges, he and several little com panions proceeded to rub them to make them "shiney". One of the caps exploded, mangling Jackson Her bert's left hand badly. He was taken immediately to a hospital, where an operationl was performed in order to save a part of the hand. Champion Corn Planter Dead. Zachariah J. Drake, of Bennetts ville, worlds champion corn raiser, holding a record of 254 bushels to the acre died at his home Wednes day at the age of 71. Navy Goes Dry. Secretary Daniel':: order abolishing the wing mess went into effect on he fir-st and the navy is now dry. PROMISE IS l6f MUCH IMPROVEMENT ON COT TON'S CONDITION NOTED Bi YIELD INDICATED Government Cotton Crop Condtn Report Is Issued and Shows Splan did Condition of Growing Crop Products Are for-Largest Acreage and Crop as Large as Last Year. With the second largest acreage ever recorded and with the prospects of production probably equal to -or better than those of last year, the growing cotton crop of the United States Wednesday was reported by. the department of agriculture as be ing 79.6 per cent. of a normal with the area in cultivation as 36,960,000 acres. The condition of the crop Is slight ly more than 1 per cent. under June 1. 'Bad weather early in the season caused damage-in some sections, but during June conditions In those. localities improved greatly. In Texas, , where on May 25 the condition was 65 per cent a normal, the June 25-re port shgwed a condition of 74 per cent.; in Oklahoma It improved from 68 to 79, in North Carolina from 76 to 82 and in South Carolina from 72 to 81. The area in cultivation Is 498,000 acres, or 1:3 per cent. less than the revised'acreage in cultivation a year ago. Oklahoma reported an 9 per cent. decrease and Texas and Virginia - a 5 per cent. decrease. In California the area was more than doubled and Louisiana reported an increase of 10 per cent. in acreage. The month began with one of the severest droughts ever known in th Qe eastern portions of the cotton belt. It greatly retarded growth of early planted cotton and delayed the ger mination of late planted. In. the western portions of the belt the first week of the month was excessIvely wet. 'This prevented any Improve ment in the plants and made cultiva tion and planting difficult. Better conditions prevailed during the second week, the plant making good progress in the eastern and cen tral .portions of the -belt, while the western portion had the most favor able weather for several weeks. During the third week local show ers in the central and eastern por tions of the belt greatly improved the outlook and early planted cotton gen erally was reported in good condi tion, but later planted was backward and needed rain. Highly favorable weather continued in the western part of the belt. The final week of the month was reported as the most favorable thus far this season, good rains having fallen over much of the central and eastern portions and the plant haying made excellent growth. Over the western portions warmth, with occa sional showers. perraitted rapid growth and the outlook greatly Im proved. Boll weevil were reported as numerous in Louisiana, nissIsappi and Alabama. The area planted, by states, with last year's plante'd area and area picked (100's omitted) follows: Planted Planted Picked 1914 1913 1913 Missouri . . 124 113 ,112 )klahoma. . 2,854 3,102 3,009 Virginia . . 46 48 47 N. C. . . . 1 589 1,589 1,576 S. C. . . . 2,826 2,798 2,790 Georgia . . 5,398 5,345 5,318 Florida . . 194 192 188 Alabama . . 3,912 3,798 3,760 Mississippi . 3,148 3,117 3,067 Louisiana. . 1,389 1,263 1,244 Texas . . .12,052 12,689 12,597 Arkansas . . 2,527 2,527 2,502' Tennessee. . 866 866 .865 California. . 35 14 14 Condition of the growing cotton rop on June 25 and May 25 this year. with the June 25 condition last year and the ten.year average of June 25 condition follows: 1914 1913 June May June 10-yr 25 25 25 aver. Virginia . .86 83 81 84 NC. .. .82 76 74 81 S. C. . . .81 72 73 79 Georgia. . .83 80 74 81 Florida . . . 86 82 85 85 Alabam. . .82 85 79 80 Mississippi .81 87 82 78 Louisiana. .81 82 81 78 Texas . . . .74 65' 86 82 Arkansas . .80 79 86 81 Tennessee. .79 80 87 83 Missouri . .93 86 88 ..83. Oklahoma. .79 68 89 82 California .100 100 95 97 North Carolina-There has been pronounced improvement over a month ago. Good rains brought up practically all cotton. Fields are un even, but the plants are strong and growing rapidly. South Carolina-All portions of the State, except the northwest, have had bountiful rains since the middle of the month, causing cotton pre viously germinated to come up. The stand is practically full. Georgia-Probably 12 to 15 per cent. of the total planted acreage, mainly in the northwest portion, did not come up until early in June. The remainder of the crop is in splendid condition. Indications point to a large crop. To Fight .Bubonic Plague. All river towns and cities In Mis souri have been ordered to prepare to exterminate all rats from whom might be spread disease. Three Burn in Fire. Three persons were burned to death in a fire which destroyed a Manchester, 'N. H., department house